Chapter Summaries

The Petrov Family prepared to seek Ailin’s help over the Blood Pattern Ice Mine dispute, while Ek arrived with a task from Ailin. Ek told Andre that Ailin wanted to find High-Gods who cultivated the Death Law.

• Waldo ordered Andre to approach Ek and Glass to reach Ailin, while Kori was sent to seek help through the Karik Family.
• Waldo instructed Ruma to move clan members and quietly sell assets in case the Petrov Family had to flee Blood Nether City.
• Ek arrived at the Petrov Family, and Waldo sent Andre to receive him personally.
• Ek told Andre that Ailin had assigned him a task and wanted to find High-Gods who cultivated the Death Law.

Ailin summoned Andre to learn how he made Soul Poison, hoping the process would help him advance his Death Law cultivation. Andre agreed to concoct poison in the courtyard, then revealed that the Petrov Family had offended the Four Divine Beast Family and was preparing to flee Blood Nether City.

• Ek brought Andre to Ailin, then left the courtyard after Ailin dismissed him.
• Ailin asked whether Andre could make Soul Poison, and Andre said he could, though his poison had limited power against High-Gods.
• Ailin told Andre to make Soul Poison in the courtyard at his own pace so Ailin could observe the process.
• Andre offered to contact other Petrov Family members who could make Soul Poison if Ailin needed more.
• Andre knelt and explained that the Petrov Family feared staying in Blood Nether City after offending the Four Divine Beast Family.
• Ailin questioned how the Petrov Family had offended them and asked Andre to explain the matter in detail.

Andre told Ailin that the Petrov Family had lured Bensgodo to Blood Nether City by revealing a mine of Blood Pattern Ice, and feared the Four Divine Beast Family would punish them for Bensgodo’s death. Ailin promised to protect the family and began considering how he might obtain some Blood Pattern Ice through the Four Divine Beast Family.

• Andre explained that his ancestor had left information about valuable mineral resources beneath Blood Ghost Mountain.
• Andre revealed that the Petrov Family had discovered the mine contained Blood Pattern Ice, a rare material that strengthened weapons and could affect souls.
• Andre admitted that the Petrov Family had contacted Bensgodo, hoping to gain affiliation with the Four Divine Beast Family in exchange for the information.
• Andre feared the Four Divine Beast Family would slaughter the Petrov Family because Bensgodo had died in Blood Nether City.
• Ailin promised to intervene if the Four Divine Beast Family came after the Petrov Family and told Andre to focus on refining the Soul Poison.
• Ailin decided that obtaining Blood Pattern Ice might require relying on the Four Divine Beast Family, since he would not destroy an Overgod-built city to mine it.

Ennio told Gaisreisen that Elder Bensgodo had been killed by Ailin while pursuing Blood Pattern Ice in the Netherworld. Gaisreisen ordered an investigation into Ailin’s identity and postponed mining the Blood Pattern Ice until he could consult his father, the Azure Dragon Sovereign.

• Gaisreisen dismissed a clan member and said Kende would handle the matter involving Cloudy Peak Mansion and the Reynars Family.
• Ennio told Gaisreisen that Elder Bensgodo had fallen while seeking Blood Pattern Ice in the Netherworld.
• Ennio urged Gaisreisen to avenge Bensgodo and claim the Blood Pattern Ice, but warned that Ailin was powerful enough to defeat Bensgodo while his Sovereign’s Might remained active.
• Gaisreisen told Ennio to investigate whether Ailin had concealed another identity and said he would personally arrange the response.
• Gaisreisen decided to wait for his father’s advice before mining the Blood Pattern Ice, while ordering Ennio to prepare for mining once they received news.

Ailin continued studying Andre’s Soul Poison preparation while trying to reproduce it with his Death God Avatar, but repeated failures left him without a breakthrough. After Ek delivered a detailed dossier on the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture, Ailin reviewed her battle recordings and concluded that she might be far stronger than she had appeared.

• Ailin watched Andre prepare Soul Poison for a month, while his Death God Avatar unsuccessfully followed the same process on the Brinia Plane.
• Ek brought Ailin a detailed dossier on the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture, which he had purchased for a hundred thousand Nether Stones.
• Ailin read that the Prefect was a female High-God who had held her position for countless years and cultivated the Fire Law.
• Ailin watched five Floating Shadow recordings showing the Prefect facing challengers ranging from a Seven-star Demon to someone likely at Asura level.
• Ailin suspected the Prefect had concealed her strength in earlier battles after seeing her kill the strongest challenger with a single move.

Kengo reported Ailin’s challenge to the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture, who focused on the Four Divine Beast Family and warned Kengo not to let them take his city-lord position. Days later, Ailin went to meet the Prefect’s Envoy and discovered that the Prefect herself had come to see him.

• Kengo told the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture that Ailin might challenge her and answered her questions about Bensgodo.
• The Prefect ordered Kengo to kill challengers if possible, show no mercy to the Four Divine Beast Family, and avoid battles he could not win.
• After Kengo left, the Prefect blamed Leiding and changed her plans before vanishing from the hall.
• A few days later, a waitress told Ailin that the Prefect’s Envoy had arrived, and Ailin agreed to meet the visitor.
• Ailin entered Courtyard One and recognized the woman in the gray-white dress as the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture.

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture visited Ailin and warned him that the Four Divine Beast Family had sent a Sovereign's Emissary to retaliate for Bensgodo's death. She revealed that old grievances made her consider Ailin a friend, but she could not oppose the family directly, leaving him to ask whether she wanted him to flee.

• Ailin recognized the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture when she arrived in his courtyard and dismissed the waitress.
• The Prefect asked whether Ailin intended to challenge her, and she said replacing her as Prefect might be interesting.
• The Prefect warned Ailin that the Four Divine Beast Family had dispatched a Sovereign's Emissary, likely targeting him.
• The Prefect privately told Ailin that she shared old grievances with the Four Divine Beast Family but could not act against them directly.
• Ailin asked whether the Prefect wanted him to leave and run for his life.

After the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture warned Ailin that the Four Divine Beast Family could pursue him across the planes, he reconsidered his recklessness and entered an epiphany. He awakened with a breakthrough in his understanding of the Mirror Profound Mystery and the path to becoming a Paragon, then learned that a full year had passed while the Prefect kept watch.

• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture warned Ailin that fleeing would not necessarily hide him from the Four Divine Beast Family or its Overgods.
• Ailin recognized that he had become conceited and reckless, and reflected on treating the world as real rather than as a fictional setting.
• Ailin entered an epiphany and realized how the Mirror Profound Mystery could fuse with his other five Profound Mysteries.
• Ailin concluded that his complete fusion could finish within ten thousand to one hundred thousand years and that becoming a Paragon was likely inevitable if he survived.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture revealed that she had guarded Ailin for a year, and Ailin thanked her.

After a year of enlightenment, Ailin emerged much stronger and learned that Hamusi, an Envoy of the Azure Dragon Overgod, had been hired to fight him. The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture offered to support Ailin and revealed a Crimson Longspear that was a Sovereign Artifact, though she did not say whether she was an Overgod Envoy.

• Ailin discovered that his enlightenment had lasted a year and told the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture that his strength had improved.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture explained that Hamusi, who wielded an offensive Sovereign Artifact, was the Four Divine Beast Family's chosen opponent for Ailin.
• Ailin asked about the Prefect's grudge against the Four Divine Beast Family, but she declined to explain and said she would stop what they wanted to do.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture offered to support Ailin against Hamusi and pointed out that he lacked a Sovereign Artifact.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture produced a Crimson Longspear radiating a terrifying aura, and Ailin recognized it as a Sovereign Artifact.

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture lent Ailin her Sovereign Artifact spear, Crimson Fire, so he could oppose the Four Divine Beast Family. She then asked him to become the Lord of Blood Nether City and prevent the family from excavating Blood Ghost Mountain’s Blood Pattern Ice mine.

• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture asked whether Ailin would reconcile with the Four Divine Beast Family, and Ailin said he would not compromise with those who wanted to kill him.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture lent Ailin Crimson Fire until his conflict with the Four Divine Beast Family ended, and Ailin refined the spear.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture told Ailin that the Four Divine Beast Family intended to excavate Blood Ghost Mountain for Blood Pattern Ice.
• The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture asked Ailin to become the Lord of Blood Nether City so the Four Divine Beast Family could not excavate the mountain without offending the Overgod.
• Ailin realized the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture had chosen him to block the Four Divine Beast Family because he was already their enemy and might be strong enough to defeat Hamusi.

Ailin became the City Lord of Blood Nether City after Kengo stepped down, and received the token that granted him control over the city's arrays, castles, and forces. He moved into the City Lord's Mansion and arranged for Andre to refine the highest-grade Soul Poison there.

• The Prefect ordered Kengo to yield the City Lord position to Ailin, and appointed Kengo Deputy City Lord to continue handling the city's affairs.
• Kengo gave Ailin the City Lord Token, and the Prefect explained that it let Ailin control Blood Nether City's Magic Arrays, castles, and the Blood Phantom Army.
• Ailin bound the token, moved into the City Lord's Mansion, and brought Andre there to continue refining Soul Poison.
• Ailin ordered Andre to stop making low-grade Soul Poison and to refine the highest grade, while Borey agreed to obtain the necessary materials.

Ennio, Hamusi, and three other members of the Four Divine Beast Family traveled from Iron Saber Gorge toward the Netherworld to avenge Bensgodo and pursue their plans for Blood Nether City. After seven attempts, they kept arriving at the Sacred Mountain of the Undead or returning to Iron Saber Gorge, leaving them unable to reach Blood Spirit Island.

• Ennio and Hamusi led a group of five to Iron Saber Gorge and used Ennio’s Main God Token to enter the Teleportation Array for the Netherworld.
• The group arrived at the Sacred Mountain of the Undead and returned to Iron Saber Gorge so they could try teleporting again toward Blood Nether City.
• Ennio’s group repeatedly used the array, but their Netherworld destination remained the Sacred Mountain of the Undead and they returned to Iron Saber Gorge three times.
• After seven transmissions, Ennio ordered the soldiers to activate the Teleportation Array again, while his group remained unable to reach Blood Spirit Island.

Aristotle encountered Ennio and four other High-Gods from Hell arriving at Blood Spirit Island, and Ennio ordered him to pilot their Metal Lifeform to Blood Nether City. As they approached the city, Ennio and Hamusi prepared to confront Ailin over Bensgodo.

• Aristotle watched the Teleportation Array and was startled when five High-Gods from Hell arrived on Blood Spirit Island.
• Ennio had Aristotle pilot the Azure Dragon Metal Lifeform toward Blood Nether City while he and the others recovered from repeated teleportation.
• Aristotle reported his temporary departure to a fellow soldier and flew the group across Blood Spirit Island.
• After more than ten days, Ennio and the others saw Blood Ghost Mountain near Blood Nether City.
• Ennio told Hamusi that Ailin was still in Blood Nether City, and Hamusi confidently prepared to handle what came next.

Ennio gathered the Netherworld Elders of the Four Divine Beast Family to announce Bensgodo’s death and the family’s plan to seize Blood Pattern Ice in Blood Nether City. Hamusi and three powerful Elders had already gone there, while Ennio ordered the others to prepare for the mineral’s extraction and transport.

• Ennio told the Elders that Bensgodo had been killed by Ailin, an Asura-level expert who had defeated him without using Sovereign’s Might.
• Ennio said the Old Ancestor had sent Hamusi to kill Ailin, and the Elders welcomed the plan to avenge Bensgodo.
• Ennio explained that Bensgodo had died after Blood Pattern Ice was discovered in Blood Nether City and said the family had secured the Old Ancestor’s permission to mine it.
• Ennio announced that Youser, Kager, and Shira had gone with Hamusi to Blood Nether City to challenge for its lordship and keep Ailin from escaping.
• Ennio instructed the Elders to prepare to travel to Blood Nether City and oversee the Blood Pattern Ice’s extraction, secrecy, and safe transport to Hell.

Ennio, Hamusi, and Shira's group learned that Ailin had become the City Lord of Blood Nether City, disrupting the Four Divine Beast Family's plans to avenge Bensgodo and mine Blood Pattern Ice. Hamusi decided to reveal himself and challenge Ailin, hoping to force him out of the city if he refused.

• Uri and Ur greeted Ennio and led him, Hamusi, and Shira's group to a private tavern courtyard.
• Uri told Ennio that Kengo had stepped down and Ailin had become the new City Lord of Blood Nether City.
• Ennio and Shira's group worried that Ailin's new position would block their plans to mine Blood Pattern Ice and avenge Bensgodo.
• Hamusi explained that becoming City Lord gave Ailin a way to avoid being lured out, but that he could challenge Ailin and force him to leave the city.
• Hamusi decided to reveal his identity and challenge Ailin, and Ennio and the others agreed to the revised plan.

Ailin learned that Hamusi and four other members of the Four Divine Beast Family had arrived in Blood Nether City, and Hamusi challenged him for the City Lord position. Ailin accepted but scheduled their battle for one thousand years later on Black Sand Island, leaving him time to continue cultivating.

• Hamusi and Ennio discussed how Ailin's response to the challenge would affect their chance to avenge Bensgodo.
• Ailin reunited with Aristotle at the City Lord's Mansion and learned that Aristotle had escorted five experts from the Four Divine Beast Family to Blood Nether City.
• Aristotle described the visitors, and Ailin recognized Hamusi among them.
• Kengo informed Ailin that Hamusi had challenged him for the City Lord position and warned him of Hamusi's strength.
• Ailin accepted the challenge and set the battle for one thousand years later on Black Sand Island.

Hamusi and four members of the Four Divine Beast Family challenged Ailin, who accepted but scheduled the duel for a thousand years later on Black Sand Island. Ailin believed he could break through before then and become strong enough to face Hamusi.

• Kengo announced that Ailin had accepted Hamusi's challenge and set it for one thousand years later on Black Sand Island.
• Ennio accused Ailin of stalling, but Kengo rebuked him and ordered the city guards to strengthen security.
• Hamusi agreed to wait and declared that he would meet Ailin on Black Sand Island.
• Ailin told Aristotle he was confident he could break through within a thousand years, then returned to watching Andre prepare Soul Poison.

After Ailin accepted Hamusi’s challenge for a battle in a thousand years, Hamusi and the Four Divine Beast Family speculated that Ailin might have come from another Divine Plane to target them. Ennio ordered an investigation into Ailin’s origins, leaving Kager and Youser to check the Blood Spirit Island Teleportation Array records.

• News spread through Blood Nether City that Ailin and Hamusi would fight on Black Sand Island in a thousand years.
• Hamusi said the public challenge would humiliate Ailin if he lost, while Youser complained about the long wait and demanded that Ailin’s family be found.
• Hamusi suggested that Ailin might have come to the Netherworld specifically to kill Bensgodo, perhaps from the Light God Plane and connected to the Augusta Family.
• Ennio ordered Kager and Youser to investigate the Teleportation Array records on Blood Spirit Island using the Main God Token.
• Ennio said he would send someone to check the Teleportation Array at Sacred Mountain of the Undead.

A month after returning to Blood Spirit Island, Aristotle was ordered by Youser and Kager to help investigate the Teleportation Array records for clues to Ailin’s origins. Realizing the Four Divine Beast Family members were targeting Ailin, Aristotle quietly left for Blood Nether City.

• Aristotle grew tired of soldiers trying to curry favor with him and returned to guard the Teleportation Array.
• Youser and Kager arrived from Blood Nether City and ordered Aristotle to activate the Divine Plane Teleportation Array using a Main God Token.
• Youser and Kager searched the records from the past hundred thousand years, hoping to discover where Ailin had come from.
• Aristotle realized Youser and Kager were investigating Ailin and suspected their intentions were dangerous.
• Aristotle told the soldiers to cooperate with the two lords, then flew toward Blood Nether City to warn Ailin.

Ailin comprehended the Death Law while preparing Soul Poison and became a Death High God on Ailin Island. As hidden experts gathered to investigate the Heavenly Law’s descent, Ailin took out his Sovereign Spark and prepared to use it.

• Ailin watched Andre prepare high-grade Soul Poison in Blood Nether City and gained clearer insight into the Death Law.
• Ailin’s Death God Avatar prepared Soul Poison on Ailin Island, realized that life was the premise of death, and broke through to become a Death High God.
• Hamdan sensed the Heavenly Law’s descent and flew south to find the newly ascended god, while a middle-aged man wondered whether Klim had become a god.
• Hidden God-level experts across the Brinia Plane sensed the disturbance and headed toward its source.
• Ailin celebrated his breakthrough, took out the Sovereign Spark he had preserved, and forced out a drop of blood above it.