Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Challenge Kerlai”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold challenges Kerlai, a renowned Seven-star God Hunter, in the mountains of southern Bray Prefecture.
• Kerlai attacks with Earth-based techniques that manifest as enormous yellow pythons. Arnold counters by shattering them with sword strikes infused with spatial and water-related profound mysteries.
• Arnold traps Kerlai inside a powerful Wind Space Profound Truth, a technique Kerlai identifies as containing five fused profound mysteries. Kerlai quickly breaks free using his Earth Godforce.
• Arnold launches a devastating sword attack aimed at Kerlai’s head, but Kerlai blocks it with a defensive earth-yellow door formed from Earth Element, Vitality, and related mysteries.
• The two exchange numerous attacks. Arnold relies on speed and complex sword techniques, while Kerlai combines overwhelming Earth-based offense with exceptional elemental material defense.
• Kerlai announces his ultimate move and traps Arnold in a Gravity Space containing Gravity Space, Earth Element, and Vitality. Arnold counters by creating numerous fine Wind Spaces to neutralize the gravitational restraint.
• Kerlai covers his entire body in a thin protective earth-yellow membrane, then creates an elemental greatsword and begins a second, more intense phase of combat.
• Arnold uses techniques containing six and then seven fused profound mysteries. Their weapons eventually shatter from the force of their collision, and both fighters are thrown to the ground.
• With their weapons destroyed, Arnold and Kerlai continue the battle through hand-to-hand combat using fused profound mysteries.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates extraordinary talent for a Mid-God, using techniques that fuse five, six, and seven profound mysteries. His speed, adaptability, and ability to counter Kerlai’s abilities impress his opponent.
• Arnold also shows tactical maturity: he recognizes the limits of his Wind Space technique, uses Wind Laws to escape Gravity Space, and heals himself after their collision.
• Kerlai reveals why he is considered a powerful Seven-star God Hunter. His Earth-based attacks, defense, Gravity Space, full-body armor, and elemental greatsword make him extremely difficult to injure.
• Kerlai moves from initially dismissing Arnold because of his Mid-God status to sincerely admiring Arnold’s strength and skill. He becomes enthusiastic about extending the duel.

Significant Themes

• Strength versus realm: Arnold’s accomplishments show that profound-mystery fusion and technique can allow a lower-level God to challenge a much stronger opponent.
• Adaptability in combat: Both fighters constantly adjust their methods, countering restraint, defense, and offensive techniques rather than relying on a single move.
• Mutual respect: The fight evolves from a challenge into an exhilarating contest between two warriors who recognize each other’s abilities.
• The limits of weapons and raw power: Their final collision destroys both weapons, emphasizing that their true strength lies in their mastery of profound mysteries rather than their equipment.

Character Interactions

• Kerlai initially underestimates Arnold but accepts the duel after witnessing Arnold’s destructive power.
• During the fight, Kerlai openly analyzes Arnold’s techniques and warns him before using his ultimate move, treating him as a worthy opponent rather than an inferior challenger.
• He repeatedly praises Arnold’s ability to fuse profound mysteries and encourages him to continue fighting.
• Their rivalry remains competitive but respectful, culminating in a close-range battle after both weapons are destroyed.

Chapter Summary: “God Spark Weapons and Sovereign’s Might”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold and Kerlai engage in an intense close-quarters battle. Arnold’s physical strength proves greater than the power of a High-God Artifact, astonishing Kerlai.
• The two combatants exchange their strongest attacks, producing immense shockwaves that tear apart the clouds and shake the surrounding mountain range. The fight ends without a clear victor, and both are left exhausted.
• Kerlai praises Arnold for resisting the temptation to become a High-God, explaining that doing so would normally increase his strength tenfold. Arnold clarifies that he cannot yet become a High-God because he has not comprehended the final profound mystery of Wind Law.
• Kerlai invites Arnold and Bemona into his hidden cave dwelling, made nearly impossible to detect through his mastery of Earth Law.
• During their discussion, Kerlai explains why the Seven-star God Hunter and Asura levels represent especially significant changes in power. Beyond fused profound mysteries, weapons, Sovereign’s Might, innate divine abilities, and specialized applications of laws become decisive.
• Kerlai introduces God Spark Weapons—weapons made from God Sparks. Though weaker offensively than Sovereign Artifacts, they are harder than High-God Artifacts and nearly as durable as Sovereign Artifacts.
• God Spark Weapons are extremely rare and cannot be purchased. Only Lord Beirut, a powerful Asura in the Infernal Realm, can forge them, which explains their scarcity in the Earth God Plane.
• Kerlai then explains Sovereign’s Might, an energy bestowed only by Sovereigns. Depending on whether its attributes match the user’s cultivation, it can increase power by roughly one hundred times or even several hundred times.
• Sovereign’s Might is consumed after a single use, yet it is so powerful that even lower-ranked God Hunters can threaten far stronger opponents while using it.
• Kerlai reveals that he once possessed Sovereign’s Might and explains that Sovereigns most readily grant it to relatives, such as partners and children.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates extraordinary physical strength, confirming that his body itself can surpass the attack power of High-God Artifacts.
• He remains unable to advance to the High-God realm because one profound mystery of Wind Law remains incomplete.
• Arnold’s curiosity about the upper levels of power becomes clear as he repeatedly questions Kerlai about rare weapons and Sovereign’s Might.
• Arnold shows confidence in his future potential. He believes that once all four divine clones become High-Gods, his Four-System Highgod Fused Divine Power may rival Sovereign’s Might.
• Kerlai is established as both a formidable warrior and an experienced source of knowledge. He is strong enough to battle Arnold evenly and possesses extensive understanding of weapons, power systems, and Sovereign-level resources.
• Kerlai also reveals a humorous and somewhat boastful side, deliberately discussing subjects Arnold does not know in order to make himself feel less jealous of Arnold’s youth and talent.
• Bemona functions as an amused observer, laughing at Kerlai’s attempt to show off his knowledge.

Significant Themes

• Power depends on more than cultivation level: Weapons, divine abilities, special techniques, and external energy can radically alter the outcome of battles between experts.
• Rarity and privilege: God Spark Weapons and Sovereign’s Might are inaccessible to most powerful beings, emphasizing the advantage held by those with exceptional connections or status.
• Innate talent versus external resources: Arnold’s strength comes largely from his own body and fused divine power, while others may rely on artifacts or Sovereign’s Might.
• Knowledge as power: Kerlai’s explanations broaden Arnold’s understanding of the higher power structure and the resources available beyond ordinary God Hunters.
• Humor amid serious conflict: Kerlai’s envy and deliberate “showing off,” along with Bemona’s laughter, lighten the otherwise highly technical discussion of overwhelming power.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Kerlai begin as combatants but end the chapter as conversational allies, shifting from competition to mutual respect.
• Kerlai admires Arnold’s unusual strength and talent while also teasing and envying his youth.
• Arnold responds to Kerlai’s boasts with persistent questions, treating him as an experienced mentor or source of information.
• Bemona’s laughter exposes Kerlai’s self-important behavior, creating a playful dynamic among the three characters.

Chapter Summary: “Next Challenge Target”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kerlai explains three ways to obtain

Sovereign’s Might

1. Receive it directly from a Sovereign.
2. Become a Sovereign’s envoy.
3. Participate in the Planar Wars and exchange enemy kills for Sovereign’s Might.

• The Planar Wars occur once every trillion years among the Four Higher Planes and Seven Divine Planes, excluding the Life Higher Plane. The next war is less than a thousand years away.
• Entry requires at least the strength of a Six-Star God Hunter, and each conflict between paired planes lasts a thousand years. Arnold realizes he has time to improve and potentially participate.
• Kerlai discusses the power of Innate Divine Abilities, explaining that they may be offensive, defensive, or supportive. Some can temporarily raise a Seven-Star God Hunter to Asura-level strength.
• Arnold describes an ability he witnessed that could steal soul energy. Kerlai then reveals that Beirut’s “God Devour” can consume an opponent’s God Spark and ranks among the most powerful Innate Divine Abilities.
• Kerlai states that the White Tiger’s Innate Divine Ability is reputed to be the strongest among deities.
• The conversation shifts to advanced applications of Profound Mysteries. Kerlai recounts how a Dark Demon Leopard fused only three Profound Mysteries yet used a technique modeled after his “Demon Sound Roar” to produce Soul Attacks comparable to those of Seven-Star God Hunters.
• Arnold remains with Kerlai for two months and fights him several more times. Without using Fused Divine Power, Arnold and Kerlai are evenly matched.
• Arnold’s bottleneck in fusing seven Profound Mysteries begins to loosen, though he has not yet achieved the final breakthrough.
• Arnold and Bemona leave Kerlai behind. Arnold selects his next opponent: the Seven-Star God Hunter Divine Beast known as the Ba-Serpent.

Character Developments

• Arnold becomes increasingly motivated by the possibility of entering the Planar Wars and acquiring Sovereign’s Might. He recognizes that he must strengthen himself before the next war.
• His curiosity and ambition expand as he learns about Innate Divine Abilities and special applications of Profound Mysteries.
• Arnold begins considering the study of advanced Profound Mystery techniques as a way to compensate if his cultivation progresses too slowly.
• His prolonged battles with Kerlai demonstrate that Arnold’s strength has reached a level comparable to a powerful expert when he withholds Fused Divine Power.
• Kerlai serves as both mentor and sparring partner, revealing valuable information about the Planar Wars, Divine Beasts, Sovereigns, and high-level combat techniques.
• Bemona remains alongside Arnold and Kerlai, witnessing Arnold’s growth and departure toward his next challenge.

Significant Themes

• Pursuit of greater power: Sovereign’s Might and the upcoming Planar Wars give Arnold a new long-term objective.
• The limits of cultivation: Many Six-Star God Hunters remain trapped at the same level for hundreds of millions of years, emphasizing the difficulty of advancement.
• Risk and ambition: The Planar Wars attract experts despite their extreme danger, because they offer rare opportunities for growth, glory, and Sovereign’s Might.
• Innovation beyond raw strength: Special applications of Profound Mysteries can rival or surpass the power of innate abilities, showing that creativity and technique are as important as cultivation level.
• The cost of overwhelming abilities: Innate Divine Abilities can be devastating but consume significant soul energy, forcing users to balance power against endurance.

Character Interactions

• Kerlai educates Arnold and Bemona about the Planar Wars and the methods of obtaining Sovereign’s Might.
• Arnold and Kerlai exchange knowledge about Innate Divine Abilities, with Arnold sharing what he has witnessed and Kerlai providing broader explanations and examples.
• Kerlai’s stories challenge Arnold to think beyond conventional cultivation and consider unusual applications of his Profound Mysteries.
• Their repeated sparring matches confirm their comparable strength and deepen Arnold’s confidence before he departs to face the Ba-Serpent.

Chapter Summary: The Challenge to Wushero

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold reaches a bottleneck while attempting to fuse the seven profound mysteries of the Wind Element. Since challenging Kerlai and several other nearby Seven-star God Hunters only loosened the bottleneck without breaking it, he decides to challenge Wushero, a notably powerful Seven-star God Hunter.
• Wushero’s true form is the Divine Beast Ba-Serpent, whose special inner space and devouring ability make him especially dangerous. Arnold recalls Tarosse, another Ba-Serpent, and recognizes that Wushero may be far more formidable than an ordinary Seven-star God Hunter.
• Arnold and Bemona travel from Bray Prefecture to Swett Prefecture, only to discover that Wushero Lake—Wushero’s supposed residence according to outdated records—has disappeared.
• After investigating in Boti City, they learn that Wushero defeated the city lord a thousand years earlier and took his position. Wushero is also revealed to be a battle enthusiast who posted a mission inviting qualified God Hunters to challenge him.
• Arnold accepts Wushero’s seven-star mission using his own Seven-star God Hunter badge. The news spreads throughout Boti City, exciting the inhabitants because this will be a battle between two recognized Seven-star God Hunters.
• The challenge is scheduled for two months later in a mountain range outside Boti City. Arnold and Bemona rent a residence in the city while he prepares.
• During this period, Arnold continues cultivating. His main body studies the bottleneck in fusing the Wind Element’s seven profound mysteries, while his Wind God Clone works on integrating the Clone Profound Truth with other wind-related mysteries.
• Arnold prepares for the possibility that Wushero may fight to the death. He considers revealing his Fused Divine Power if necessary, though he intends to conceal the fact that he is a rare Four-System Soul Mutant.
• After nearly two months, Arnold leaves Boti City with Bemona and arrives early at the designated battlefield. Large numbers of deities gather at a safe distance to witness the imminent clash.

Character Developments

• Arnold: Becomes more determined and proactive in overcoming his cultivation bottleneck. Rather than waiting for progress, he deliberately seeks increasingly powerful opponents. He also demonstrates caution and strategic awareness by planning how much of his true strength to reveal.
• Bemona: Continues accompanying Arnold and provides practical support and commentary. She helps investigate Wushero’s whereabouts and keeps the situation light with her teasing humor.
• Wushero: Is established as a powerful, ruthless, and battle-hungry Seven-star God Hunter. His history of killing challengers and defeating Boti City’s former lord creates an atmosphere of danger around the coming fight.
• Tarosse: Though absent from the present events, his earlier encounter with Arnold provides important context about the Ba-Serpent’s abilities and heightens Arnold’s concern about facing Wushero.

Significant Themes

• Breaking through limits: Arnold’s repeated challenges reflect the theme of using extreme pressure and powerful opponents to force breakthroughs in cultivation.
• Preparation versus uncertainty: Outdated information about Wushero’s residence shows the difficulty of navigating a vast world, while Arnold’s careful preparation demonstrates the importance of adapting to unforeseen circumstances.
• Hidden strength and identity: Arnold must balance survival with secrecy, especially concerning his Four-System Soul Mutant status and extraordinary Fused Divine Power.
• Reputation and danger: The challenge attracts widespread attention because battles between Seven-star God Hunters are rare and prestigious, but the spectators also recognize the lethal consequences of getting too close.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona travel and investigate together, with Bemona teasing Arnold about Wushero Lake’s disappearance while still offering useful advice.
• Arnold reflects internally on Tarosse’s Ba-Serpent abilities, using that past experience to assess the danger posed by Wushero.
• Arnold’s acceptance of Wushero’s mission establishes the central confrontation, drawing the attention of Boti City’s deities and turning the upcoming battle into a major public event.

Chapter Summary: “Revealing His True Form”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold waits above a mountain range for Wushero, who eventually arrives after receiving Arnold’s appearance and aura from God Hunter Castle.
• The two Seven-star God Hunters begin a barehanded duel, releasing such powerful auras that watching gods feel the pressure from miles away.
• Their first punches collide and shatter the space of the Earth God Plane. Arnold is slightly stronger physically, while Wushero’s Water Law gives him superior defensive flexibility.
• Wushero recognizes that Arnold has deeply cultivated the Wind Law, while Arnold notices Wushero’s mastery of a water-based defensive technique resembling the Profound Mystery of Water’s Circular Flexibility.
• Arnold changes tactics by incorporating the large-scale Wind Space Profound Truth into his attacks, severely slowing Wushero and gaining the advantage.
• Wushero counters by summoning forty-nine interconnected streams of water around his body. These streams weaken Arnold’s spatial binding technique and create a different form of space-binding based on water’s softness.
• Arnold realizes that Wushero’s technique may help him improve his own understanding of the Wind Space Profound Truth, particularly by combining hardness and softness.
• As Wushero gradually strengthens his control over the battlefield, Arnold creates two hundred clones. Wushero destroys them all, but their destruction generates whirlwinds that reinforce Arnold’s Wind Space Profound Truth.
• Arnold traps Wushero within a five-hundred-meter area of frozen, bound space. Because the Water Law lacks strong explosive power, Wushero cannot escape quickly.
• Wushero becomes enraged and reveals his true form: an enormous azure serpent ten thousand meters long. His body extends beyond Arnold’s binding range, shocking and exciting the observing gods.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates strong physical attacks, advanced Wind Law comprehension, tactical adaptability, and the ability to learn from an opponent during battle.
• He shifts from direct combat to strategic use of clones and spatial restraint, showing that he is not relying solely on brute strength.
• Arnold also gains new insight into combining opposing qualities—hardness and softness—to improve his Wind Space Profound Truth.
• Wushero is portrayed as a powerful and experienced Water Law cultivator. Though slightly weaker in direct material attacks, he compensates through defensive techniques and precise manipulation of space.
• His inability to escape Arnold’s binding technique exposes a weakness in the Water Law’s explosive power.
• His transformation into his true form reveals that he has been holding back a major source of strength.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation in combat: Both fighters continually adjust their techniques rather than relying on a single attack.
• Hardness versus softness: Arnold’s rigid, space-freezing Wind Law is contrasted with Wushero’s fluid, flexible Water Law.
• Learning through conflict: Arnold studies Wushero’s technique and recognizes how it might enhance his own cultivation.
• Hidden power and revelation: Wushero’s true form represents the escalation of the battle and the danger concealed beneath his humanoid appearance.
• Spectacle and reputation: The watching gods treat the duel as a rare opportunity to witness the abilities and true form of a powerful city lord.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Wushero exchange respectful assessments of each other’s Law comprehension while remaining focused on defeating one another.
• Their combat reflects a direct contrast between Arnold’s forceful wind-based suppression and Wushero’s defensive, water-based redirection.
• Wushero’s transformation marks a major turning point, suggesting that the battle is about to become far more dangerous.

Chapter Summary: “Battle Inside the Belly”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After revealing his true form as the Divine Beast Ba-Serpent, Wushero’s devouring ability renders Arnold’s Wind Space Profound Truth ineffective.
• Wushero attempts to pull Arnold into his Devouring Space. Arnold resists by creating an azure barrier formed from Wind Godforce and a Fusion Profound Mysteries technique designed to counter binding forces.
• Wushero intensifies the suction until Arnold’s barrier shatters, swallowing him into the Ba-Serpent’s internal space.
• Arnold finds himself in a vast, dark, artificial-like space rather than a normal abdomen. Wushero then appears inside the space, confusing Arnold.
• Within this internal domain, Wushero’s physical attacks become dramatically stronger. He repeatedly overpowers Arnold, forcing him to use stored Fused Divine Power combining Wind and Earth Godforce.
• With Fused Divine Power, Arnold’s strength increases tenfold, allowing him to fight Wushero evenly. Wushero realizes that Arnold is likely a Soul Mutant and becomes concerned, especially because Arnold has not yet used his Mutated Fusion Profound Mysteries.
• The battle becomes a stalemate, but Wushero gradually weakens while Arnold gains the advantage. Arnold eventually shatters Wushero’s right arm with a powerful punch.
• Wushero then transforms into blood mist containing the Ba-Serpent’s aura and immense Water Godforce. Arnold suspects that the opponent he fought may have been created from a drop of the Ba-Serpent’s essence blood and divine power, explaining both Wushero’s strength and his later weakening.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates adaptability and deep combat experience. He uses his knowledge of binding techniques to create a defensive barrier, then relies on stored Fused Divine Power when ordinary Wind Godforce is insufficient.
• Arnold’s possible identity as a Soul Mutant is revealed through his ability to combine Wind and Earth Godforce. This significantly raises the threat he poses to Wushero.
• Arnold remains calm and analytical despite being swallowed, studying the internal space and deducing the source of Wushero’s changing strength.
• Wushero displays overwhelming power through his Ba-Serpent form and Devouring Space, but his confidence turns to panic once Arnold matches him with Fused Divine Power.
• Wushero’s weakening reveals that his manifested body or combat form may have a limited energy supply rather than being his complete, permanent body.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation and countermeasures: Arnold survives by turning his own understanding of spatial binding against Wushero’s devouring technique.
• Hidden power and transformation: Both fighters possess abilities beyond their initial appearances, with Wushero’s true form and Arnold’s Soul Mutant potential altering the balance of battle.
• Endurance versus overwhelming force: Wushero initially dominates through superior strength, but Arnold’s resilience allows him to outlast and eventually injure him.
• Mystery and uncertainty: The nature of the internal space and Wushero’s blood-mist form raises questions about whether Arnold has been fighting the true Wushero or a temporary projection sustained by the Ba-Serpent’s essence.

Character Interactions

• Wushero repeatedly attempts to immobilize and devour Arnold, while Arnold counters with spatial restraints and defensive techniques.
• Their direct punches reveal the changing balance of power: Wushero first overwhelms Arnold, but Arnold’s Fused Divine Power eventually lets him fight evenly and break Wushero’s arm.
• Wushero is shocked by Arnold’s hidden abilities and begins to fear that he may lose, while Arnold grows increasingly suspicious of the source and limitations of Wushero’s strength.
• Bemona witnesses Arnold being swallowed but remains confident that his Fused Divine Power will allow him to escape.

Summary: “Escape from the Collapsing Space”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wushero transforms into a blood mist, spreading throughout the internal space of his Divine Beast form, Ba-Serpent.
• Arnold realizes that Wushero intends to destroy the space rather than continue fighting directly. The space’s boundaries begin to tremble and fill with expanding Spatial Rifts.
• Arnold deduces that the opponent he fought earlier was not Wushero’s true body, but a manifestation created from Wushero’s essence blood and divine power. Since the internal space is tied to Wushero’s innate ability, destroying it would likely kill Arnold.
• As the space collapses like a shattered mirror, Arnold recognizes a possible way to combine his Wind Space Profound Truth with destructive force to create and control Spatial Rifts.
• With only seconds before the collapse reaches him, Arnold attempts to develop this technique through rapid mental simulations. He does not perfect it, but gains important insight.
• At the last moment, Arnold uses Four-Element Fusion Divine Power to shatter the small section of space around him and escapes.
• Arnold reappears less than three minutes after being swallowed. Wushero has returned to human form and is visibly weakened and pale.
• Wushero admits defeat, astonishing the distant spectators. The staff of God Hunter Castle hesitates to declare Arnold the winner because Wushero’s intimidating condition suggests he may still be dangerous.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates caution, quick reasoning, and adaptability. Instead of panicking inside the collapsing space, he studies its destruction and turns the crisis into an opportunity for advancement.
• He gains a new understanding of how to combine spatial stabilization and spatial destruction, laying the groundwork for a potentially powerful future technique.
• Wushero is revealed to have relied on a deceptive manifestation and a forbidden strategy: trapping Arnold inside his internal space and destroying it. His eventual admission of defeat suggests that Arnold’s escape and resistance caused him serious damage or undermined his confidence.
• Bemona shows perceptiveness by correctly interpreting Wushero’s pale appearance and understanding that Arnold likely reversed the situation inside the internal space.
• The observing gods remain confused because they cannot see what happened inside Ba-Serpent’s space, highlighting the gap between appearances and reality.

Significant Themes

• Ingenuity under pressure: Arnold survives not through overwhelming force alone, but by analyzing the collapsing environment and finding a last-second escape.
• Turning danger into growth: Even while facing death, Arnold studies the Spatial Rifts and discovers a possible breakthrough in his cultivation.
• Appearance versus reality: The visible battle misleads the spectators; Wushero appears to have swallowed Arnold, while the true outcome is much more complicated.
• Control over destruction: The chapter explores the difficult balance between creating stable space and deliberately causing it to collapse.
• Pride and acknowledgment: Wushero’s admission of defeat represents recognition of Arnold’s victory despite having used a seemingly overwhelming advantage.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Wushero’s confrontation shifts from direct combat to a battle of strategy and survival within Ba-Serpent’s internal space.
• Arnold understands Wushero’s deceptive use of an essence-blood manifestation and escapes the trap before the space’s destruction can kill him.
• After the battle, Arnold calmly tells Wushero that he not only escaped but also gained valuable insight, while Wushero, visibly injured, concedes defeat.
• Bemona interprets the encounter more accurately than the distant spectators, while the God Hunter Castle staff nervously avoids provoking Wushero even after his defeat.

Chapter Summary: “Collapse Space”

Plot Points and Events

• The battle between Arnold and the Seven-star God Hunter Wushero is recorded through Floating Shadow Techniques and publicized by Black Tortoise Castle. Arnold’s reputation begins spreading throughout Swett Prefecture.
• Arnold and Bemona return to their hotel after collecting their mission reward. Bemona points out that Arnold failed to break through his bottleneck and exposed his identity as a dual-element Soul Mutant, but Arnold considers the duel worthwhile because it gave him new insight into the Wind Space Profound Truth.
• Over the next thirty years, Arnold works on perfecting a new ultimate technique inspired by the spatial attack he used inside Wushero’s body.
  • His Fire and Water God Clones study the compatibility of several wind-related profound mysteries.
  • His original body continues fusing the Clone and Dimensional Profound Mysteries.
  • His Earth God Clone works on fusing five profound mysteries.
  • His Wind God Clone focuses on refining the new spatial technique.
• Arnold experiments with combining the binding force of the Wind Space Profound Truth with countless spatial cuts. He initially uses wind elemental particles to create dimensional tornadoes, but their cutting power is insufficient.
• Inspired by Wushero’s use of forty-nine streams of water godforce, Arnold replaces the elemental particles with forty-nine streams of wind godforce. After decades of adjustment, he successfully creates his new ultimate move, Collapse Space.
• During this period, Arnold’s Sound Wave Profound Mystery reaches mastery and fuses with his other six profound mysteries. His Wind God Clone therefore becomes a genuine Seven-star God Hunter based solely on the Profound Mysteries of Laws.
• Bemona tests Collapse Space outside Boti City. Arnold traps her inside a hundred-meter-radius spherical space, which maintains its binding force while shrinking inward and generating countless Spatial Rifts around her.
• Arnold explains that the technique currently has a radius limit of one hundred meters because he must precisely control the wind godforce along the shrinking boundary. Larger spaces risk errors and allow opponents to escape.
• Having perfected the Wind Law’s seven profound mysteries, Arnold decides to begin fusing Heterogeneous Law Profound Mysteries, expecting a major increase in strength.

Character Development

• Arnold becomes more confident and strategically mature. Rather than viewing the duel with Wushero as a failure, he recognizes the valuable insight it provided and dedicates decades to developing a more powerful technique.
• His Wind God Clone reaches the level of a peak Seven-star God Hunter, both through the complete fusion of seven Wind Law profound mysteries and through the exceptional strength of his body, which surpasses a High-God Artifact.
• Arnold demonstrates increasing technical precision, learning to combine binding, spatial compression, and spatial cutting into one unified attack.
• Bemona remains Arnold’s supportive companion and sparring partner. She encourages his progress but also critically identifies the limitations of Collapse Space, particularly its dependence on continuous control.

Significant Themes

• Growth through setbacks: Arnold’s failure to break through his bottleneck and the exposure of his Soul Mutant nature nevertheless lead to a major breakthrough.
• Persistence and refinement: The creation of Collapse Space requires thirty years of experimentation, emphasizing the patience needed to master profound mysteries.
• Innovation through observation: Arnold adapts ideas from Wushero’s techniques, transforming his opponent’s methods into a stronger and more versatile ability.
• Power and control: The chapter highlights that overwhelming strength is not enough; precise soul control is essential to maintain a technique’s effectiveness.
• The next stage of cultivation: After mastering one law, Arnold turns toward the more advanced and potentially transformative fusion of different laws.

Character Interactions

• Bemona questions whether Arnold’s duel was worth its costs, prompting him to explain the insight he gained.
• She eagerly supports his creation of a new ultimate move and later volunteers to test it.
• After witnessing Collapse Space, Bemona accurately identifies its operating principle and its current weakness, while Arnold explains how the wind godforce preserves the technique’s binding force as the space contracts.

Chapter Summary: Magic Array Master—Breiler

Key Plot Points and Events

• After achieving his goal of challenging Seven-star God Hunters, Arnold leaves Boti City with Bemona to seek out Breiler, a renowned Seven-star God Hunter and master of magic arrays.
• Their journey from Swett Prefecture to Martin Prefecture takes a year, despite traveling rapidly in Arnold’s Metallic Lifeform.
• Near Bair City, they search for more than twenty days before finding Breiler’s residence, the floating Lost Garden. Bemona observes that it is likely an enormous defensive magic array.
• Arnold introduces himself at the entrance, and Breiler welcomes him after recognizing his reputation, particularly his victory over Wushero, the Divine Beast Ba-Serpent.
• Inside the Lost Garden, Arnold explains that he wishes to study magic arrays because he has already fused seven of the eight profound mysteries of the Wind Law, while completing the final fusion may take thousands of years.
• Arnold hopes to create a Magic Battle Formation capable of coordinating his four divine clones and increasing his combat strength.
• Breiler offers to help design such a formation, but Arnold declines because his unusual circumstances would make the research especially complicated and time-consuming.
• Breiler warns that mastering magic arrays could take thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Arnold accepts this, viewing the study as worthwhile beyond cultivation alone.
• Before teaching Arnold, Breiler insists that they first spar. The chapter ends as the two prepare to fight.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates patience, ambition, and unusual priorities. Rather than rushing to become a High-God, he remains committed to fusing all eight Wind Law mysteries and ultimately becoming a Paragon.
• He also reveals his willingness to pursue a long-term intellectual interest in magic arrays, showing that his goals extend beyond simply increasing cultivation.
• Bemona continues to support Arnold while teasing him about his persistent interest in magic arrays.
• Breiler is established as both powerful and approachable. He admires Arnold’s strength, has extensive experience helping other Seven-star God Hunters, and genuinely enjoys the study of magic arrays.
• Breiler also reveals his own ambition: despite his scholarly focus, he still hopes to reach the level of an Asura.

Significant Themes

• The value of pursuits beyond cultivation: Both Arnold and Breiler recognize that eternal life and eventual cultivation bottlenecks make it meaningful to pursue interests such as magic-array research.
• Patience and long-term goals: Arnold is willing to spend thousands of years studying and waiting for breakthroughs rather than taking the easier path of advancing immediately to High-God.
• Strength through innovation: Magic Battle Formations offer Arnold a way to combine the abilities of his divine clones and develop power beyond conventional cultivation.
• Balancing scholarship and combat: Breiler embodies both intellectual mastery and martial ambition, while Arnold seeks knowledge as another route to greater strength.

Character Interactions

• Bemona and Arnold exchange light teasing and encouragement during their search for Breiler.
• Breiler respectfully discusses Arnold’s victory over Wushero and praises his rank among the strongest Seven-star God Hunters.
• Arnold openly explains his goals, while Breiler responds with surprise and admiration at Arnold’s mastery of seven Wind Law mysteries and possession of four divine clones.
• Breiler offers assistance, but Arnold politely withholds details about his special circumstances.
• Their mutual respect develops into a willingness to test one another in battle, setting up the next chapter’s sparring match.

Chapter Summary: “Researching Magic Arrays”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Lost Garden, Arnold and Breiler discuss their recent battle. Breiler praises Arnold’s powerful material attacks, attributing them to Arnold’s mastery of the Wind Law and his fusion of six of its space-related Profound Mysteries. Arnold likewise acknowledges Breiler’s formidable defense after transformation.
• Breiler gives Arnold books on magic arrays and instructs him to study independently. While Arnold researches, Bemona becomes restless and spends her time exploring or robbing bandits.
• Arnold begins with the fundamentals of magic arrays, learning that they primarily consist of offensive, defensive, and binding types, each with numerous specialized branches.
• He learns that magic arrays require Divine Crystals as energy sources. More advanced arrays can incorporate Laws and Profound Mysteries, while complex multi-element arrays can generate tremendous power.
• Arnold’s intended formation, designed to coordinate with his four God Clones, is identified as one of the most advanced forms of multi-element magic arrays.
• He practices basic energy attack arrays, defensive barriers, binding arrays, and eventually creates a simple illusion array using a Nightmare Flower as its core. The array affects the soul and could make weaker deities drowsy.
• Arnold notes that magic arrays can be profitable but are expensive to construct, particularly because rare materials such as Nightmare Flowers are costly and difficult to obtain.
• After nearly seventy years, Arnold fully masters several dozen representative basic arrays. Rather than immediately advancing, he requests more variations from Breiler to deepen his foundational understanding.
• Over almost a century, Arnold uses arrays based on the seven Elemental Laws to study their individual characteristics, laying the groundwork for future composite arrays.
• During this period, his greatest advancement comes in Mutated Fusion Profound Mysteries. His Wind and Earth Law fusions continue progressing, while he carefully considers how to combine Profound Mysteries from different Laws.
• Arnold and his God Clones begin fusing the Water Element Profound Mystery with the Fire Element Profound Truth. After a hundred years of deduction and refinement, the two finally begin to harmonize, and Arnold senses the extraordinary power of the fusion.

Character Development

• Arnold demonstrates patience, discipline, and an increasingly scientific approach to cultivation. He recognizes that mastering basic arrays thoroughly is more valuable than rushing into advanced techniques.
• His understanding of the seven Elemental Laws deepens through practical experimentation with magic arrays.
• Arnold also becomes more strategic in his cultivation, choosing foundational Profound Mysteries from different Laws for fusion rather than recklessly attempting the most difficult combinations.
• Breiler acts as Arnold’s mentor, selecting representative arrays and providing increasingly extensive study materials without interfering with Arnold’s independent learning.
• Bemona remains energetic and easily bored, occupying herself with wandering and attacking bandits while Arnold studies.

Significant Themes

• Patience and foundational mastery: True expertise comes from repeatedly studying basic principles and understanding their variations.
• Integration of knowledge: Arnold combines magic arrays, Divine Crystals, elemental characteristics, and Profound Mysteries to pursue more powerful techniques.
• The cost of power: Magic arrays require rare resources, and stronger abilities demand both time and expensive materials.
• Experimentation and innovation: Arnold seeks to create a formation compatible with multiple God Clones, pushing beyond ordinary magic-array techniques.
• Risk and ambition in cultivation: Fusing Profound Mysteries from different Laws is extremely difficult but promises power far beyond ordinary same-Law fusions.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Breiler exchange mutual praise regarding their combat strengths, establishing respect between them.
• Breiler supports Arnold’s development by providing books and carefully chosen examples rather than directly teaching every detail.
• Arnold’s four God Clones, especially the Water and Fire God Clones, contribute to the prolonged deduction and refinement of the heterogeneous fusion.
• Bemona’s independent activities contrast with Arnold’s focused, solitary research.

Chapter Summary: Illusory Lake

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold spends another century in Breiler’s Lost Garden, bringing his understanding of basic Magic Arrays to an advanced level. Impressed, Breiler gives him more complicated and multi-element arrays to study.
• Breiler later leaves with the Lost Garden to meet a distant friend, forcing Arnold to return to Bair City with Bemona.
• In Bair City, Arnold and his divine clones continue cultivating and researching:
  • His main body studies complex and composite Magic Arrays.
  • His Earth God Clone continues fusing the five profound mysteries.
  • His Wind God Clone works on combining the Clone, Wind Element Technique, and Sound Wave Profound Mysteries.
  • His Water and Fire God Clones continue fusing their elemental mysteries while developing new ones, including Water Ripple and Fire Body.
• Arnold spends enormous sums on Divine Crystals, array cores, and rare materials, but his wealth from killing bandits and obtaining a Seven-star God Hunter’s fortune makes the cost manageable.
• His research advances him to the second realm of Magic Arrays, allowing him to use arrays not only for conventional effects but also to amplify the power of profound mysteries.
• Arnold and Bemona secretly create an Illusory Magic Array around Illusory Lake. They arrange for God Hunter Castle to use the location for a One-Star God Hunter examination so they can test the array on a large group of Mid-Gods.
• Nearly six hundred examinees are sent to Illusory Lake to retrieve Illusory Flowers. They are warned about the flowers’ soul-affecting fragrance and the Mid-God-level Elemental Sea Monsters living beneath the lake.
• Arnold and Bemona observe from hiding as the examinees approach. Bemona plans to control the sea monsters, while Arnold prepares to evaluate the effectiveness of his newly developed array.

Character Developments

• Arnold makes major progress in Magic Arrays, moving from studying and reproducing basic formations to understanding their underlying principles. He learns that array cores are useful but not absolutely necessary and discovers how arrays can enhance the power of profound mysteries.
• His cultivation also broadens as he develops new elemental profound mysteries, demonstrating his continuing innovation across multiple laws.
• Bemona is shown as an active collaborator in Arnold’s experiments. She is confident, competitive, and eager to control the Elemental Sea Monsters herself.
• Breiler recognizes Arnold’s exceptional talent and supports his development by providing increasingly advanced array knowledge.

Significant Themes

• Continuous cultivation and specialization: Arnold advances through persistent study rather than relying only on combat or natural talent.
• Integration of different disciplines: Magic Arrays and profound mysteries begin to merge, allowing Arnold to amplify his own laws through external formations.
• Experimentation and risk: Arnold uses a real God Hunter examination as a large-scale experiment, showing his willingness to place others in danger to test his creation.
• Resource and knowledge accumulation: Wealth, rare materials, instruction, and long periods of study all contribute to Arnold’s rapid progress.
• Hidden power and manipulation: The examinees believe they are participating in a standard mission, unaware that the examination site has been deliberately arranged for Arnold and Bemona’s experiment.

Character Interactions

• Breiler and Arnold discuss Arnold’s progress, with Breiler expressing astonishment and rewarding him with more advanced Magic Arrays.
• Arnold and Bemona continue working as partners, though Bemona playfully challenges Arnold over who understands the arrays better and insists on handling the Elemental Sea Monsters.
• The God Hunter Castle officials explain the examination’s dangers and requirements to the examinees, establishing the apparent purpose of the mission.
• The chapter ends with Arnold and Bemona observing the unsuspecting examinees, poised to test the power of Arnold’s first Magic Array capable of amplifying his profound mysteries.

Chapter Summary: “Soul Attack”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The 600 God Hunter Examination candidates arrive at Illusory Lake, where exactly 305 Illusory Flowers grow across the water. Since the flowers are likely required for the examination, the candidates immediately begin competing for them.
• A four-person team approaches a nearby flower but encounters a strange Elemental Sea Monster resembling a small, white-furred Gomamon. The creature is actually a Mid-God Artifact-level Death God Puppet controlled remotely by Bemona.
• The team attacks first, but the puppet easily disperses their material attacks, knocks them back despite their Mid-God Artifacts, and slices all four of them in half. They survive by regenerating, while the puppet retreats beneath the lake without pursuing them.
• Believing that some flowers may be less heavily guarded, thirty teams—over one hundred candidates—simultaneously approach different flowers.
• Two sea monsters briefly surface and retreat, causing the candidates to believe that overwhelming numbers can drive them away. However, as the teams near the flowers, the lake fills with azure blossoms whose fragrance carries a powerful soul attack.
• The candidates inhale the fragrance before realizing the danger. Despite trying to hold their breath, they lose consciousness and fall into the lake, while those remaining on shore realize they narrowly avoided the trap.
• From hiding, Bemona praises Arnold’s Magic Array. Arnold explains that the Illusory Flowers’ natural soul-affecting ability is being amplified by the Soul Attack of his Mist Illusion Profound Mystery.
• Arnold confirms that the array can also amplify fused Profound Mysteries, but admits he currently lacks the understanding required to create such a sophisticated formation.

Character Developments

• Bemona demonstrates her skill in controlling the Death God Puppets and becomes increasingly impressed by the effectiveness of Arnold’s Magic Array. Her initial amusement at the puppet’s unusual appearance shifts into excitement over the array’s power.
• Arnold is shown as a highly capable but still developing expert in Magic Arrays. He understands how the formation enhances the flowers’ soul attack, yet recognizes the limits of his current mastery, particularly regarding the amplification of Fusion Profound Mysteries.
• The candidates move from confidence and competitiveness to confusion, panic, and helplessness. Their willingness to rely on numbers proves ineffective against the layered defenses of the lake.

Significant Themes

• Deception and layered trials: The lake’s dangers are designed to mislead the candidates. The sea monsters create the impression that physical strength and overwhelming numbers are the main obstacles, while the true threat is the flowers’ concealed soul attack.
• The limits of brute force: Even large groups of candidates cannot overcome an attack they fail to recognize or defend against.
• Synergy between natural and artificial power: The Illusory Flowers possess their own soul-affecting properties, but Arnold’s Magic Array and Mist Illusion Profound Mystery amplify them into a far more devastating threat.
• Growth through mastery: Arnold’s inability to amplify Fusion Profound Mysteries highlights that advanced power depends not only on strength but also on deeper technical understanding.

Character Interactions

• Bemona and Arnold discuss the unusual Gomamon puppet, with Bemona joking about its name and Arnold defending his decision to use it.
• Bemona controls the puppet while observing the candidates’ reactions, using it to test their strength and discourage them from approaching the flowers.
• After the mass attack, Bemona praises Arnold’s formation, prompting him to explain the relationship between the Illusory Flowers, the Mist Illusion Profound Mystery, and the Magic Array.
• The candidates interact mainly through temporary cooperation: teams join forces to approach the flowers, but their shared confidence collapses once the soul attack is revealed.

Chapter Summary: “Water-Style High-God”

Key Plot Points and Events

• During the Illusory Flower examination, one-fifth of the examinees fall into the Illusory Lake, while the rest search for a safe way to retrieve the flowers.
• A team succeeds by flying high above the lake and using an extending whip to snatch an Illusory Flower without approaching the surface, inspiring the other examinees to imitate them.
• Competition quickly breaks out over nearby flowers. Despite warnings that battle fluctuations might attract the two powerful Elemental Sea Monsters, teams begin fighting with Godforce and summoned elemental beasts.
• Arnold and Bemona choose not to participate. Since Arnold originally supplied the Illusory Flowers as bait for his Magic Array experiments, they return to their inn in Bair City.
• Arnold continues researching Magic Arrays that amplify the power of Laws and Profound Mysteries, while his four divine clones separately cultivate their respective Laws.
• Arnold secretly designs increasingly strange examination tasks, including one involving the fangs of defensive Mid-God Teng Snakes. The examinees fail because Arnold’s Magic Arrays greatly enhance the snakes’ defenses.
• Over another two hundred years, Arnold’s Water Law cultivation reaches its decisive stage. His Roundness and Flexibility Profound Mystery advances to its final bottleneck.
• Arnold finally breaks through, and the Earth Laws descend as his Water God Clone’s Mid-God Godhead transforms into a High-God Godhead.
• The chapter ends with Arnold’s Water God Clone and all his other bodies entering a deep, seemingly important state of transformation or awakening.

Character Development

• Arnold continues developing as both a cultivator and a Magic Array expert. He demonstrates increasing creativity in designing dangerous and unconventional examination trials.
• His understanding of the Water Law deepens significantly. He recognizes Roundness and Flexibility as the key to Water Law’s exceptional defensive power and reaches the High-God realm through it.
• Arnold remains ambitious but realistic: he hopes for Paragon-level achievement in Earth and Wind Laws, while considering High-God advancement in Water and Fire sufficient.
• Bemona remains eager for combat and disappointed that she cannot fight more examinees, but she follows Arnold back to the inn and observes his breakthrough with interest.

Significant Themes

• Ingenuity over brute force: The successful team retrieves the Illusory Flower through distance and technique rather than confronting the Elemental Sea Monsters directly.
• Competition and opportunism: Once the method is revealed, examinees immediately imitate it and begin fighting over limited resources.
• Power through preparation: Arnold’s Magic Arrays allow him to manipulate examination conditions and strengthen creatures, showing how planning can control seemingly unpredictable challenges.
• The nature of Water Law: Water is portrayed as flexible, resilient, and defensive rather than overwhelmingly destructive. Its ability to influence space through rippling, indirect force contrasts with Wind Law’s sharper, more forceful spatial control.
• Long-term cultivation: Arnold’s progress results from centuries of persistent research, deduction, and refinement rather than sudden advancement.

Character Interactions

• The examinees observe one team’s whip technique and collectively adopt the strategy, but their cooperation quickly turns into conflict over the flowers.
• Arnold and Bemona discuss abandoning the examination scene; Arnold is focused on Magic Array research, while Bemona would rather continue fighting.
• Arnold’s various divine clones work in parallel, with the main body researching Magic Arrays and each clone advancing its own Law.
• Bemona notices Arnold’s breakthrough and comes to witness it, while Arnold’s entire set of bodies undergoes the resulting transformation together.

Summary: “Willpower Potency”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Arnold’s Water God Clone becomes a High-God and its soul is strengthened by the Earth Laws, all five of Arnold’s souls begin resonating and growing together.
• This growth continues unconsciously for ten years while Bemona watches over him. She assumes Arnold is undergoing enlightenment because he does not respond to her soul transmissions.
• When Arnold awakens, all five divine clones have become vastly stronger. He can sense and seemingly control the spatial fluctuations around him.
• Arnold and Bemona leave Bair City so he can test his new power. With a simple hand gesture and no divine power or Laws, Arnold slices open a half-meter-long Spatial Rift.
• Bemona identifies this ability as Willpower Potency, a special power associated with the Earth Laws and possessed by Paragon High-Gods.
• Arnold learns that Willpower Potency is a major reason Paragon High-Gods are vastly stronger than ordinary Asuras. However, he is not yet equal to a Paragon because he lacks their mastery of six fused profound mysteries and their likely access to Sovereign’s Might.
• Arnold tests whether Water High-God Divine Power can be fused with his other three types of Mid-God Divine Power. Although the powers fuse, the result is weaker because the different levels of divine power are unbalanced.
• Arnold and Bemona begin studying Willpower Potency in a remote mountain range. Arnold continues developing his various Laws through his other divine clones while focusing his main body on understanding this new ability.
• As his mastery improves, Arnold repeatedly creates terrifying Spatial Rifts, frightening gods traveling through the region on Metallic Lifeforms.

Character Developments

• Arnold: Gains a dramatic increase in soul strength after ten years of unified growth. He develops the ability to use Willpower Potency, giving his attacks extraordinary force without relying on divine power. Although excited by this strength, he remains cautious and reminds himself not to neglect the Profound Mysteries of Laws.
• Bemona: Continues acting as Arnold’s guardian and adviser. She quickly recognizes the nature of his new power and enthusiastically explains its connection to Paragon High-Gods. Her confidence in Arnold increases, though she also keeps him realistic by emphasizing the gap between him and true Paragons.
• Arnold’s Divine Clones: Remain coordinated with the main body. After fusing back into him, they support his experiments and continue cultivating different elemental Laws.

Significant Themes

• The power of the soul and willpower: Arnold’s unusual soul growth produces a new form of strength beyond conventional divine power and Law comprehension.
• Strength versus mastery: Possessing Willpower Potency gives Arnold tremendous raw power, but he still lacks the deeper Law fusion and Sovereign’s Might of the strongest beings.
• Balance in cultivation: The failed fusion of High-God and Mid-God Divine Power demonstrates that power systems must be balanced; combining stronger and weaker forces does not automatically create a superior result.
• Continued humility and caution: Arnold recognizes that his new ability could make him arrogant or cause him to neglect foundational cultivation, so he deliberately continues studying the Profound Mysteries.
• Exploration and experimentation: Rather than immediately relying on his new strength, Arnold tests it carefully and begins systematic research into its limits.

Character Interactions

• Bemona questions Arnold about his supposed enlightenment, and he clarifies that his souls simply grew together for ten years.
• Arnold demonstrates his spatial attack to Bemona, prompting her to identify it as Willpower Potency.
• The two discuss whether this makes Arnold comparable to a Paragon High-God. Bemona acknowledges the significance of his power but points out the abilities he still lacks.
• Arnold and Bemona jointly test Divine Power Fusion and then work together in the mountains to investigate Willpower Potency.

Chapter Summary: “Exploring Space”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold spends fifty years researching Spatial Rifts after gaining Willpower Potency, which allows him to manipulate space and keep Spatial Rifts from naturally disappearing.
• Bemona observes Arnold surrounded by a ten-meter-radius sphere covered in Spatial Rifts and is shocked by the danger of his experiment.
• Arnold discovers that the inhabited planes consist of countless layers of interconnected space. Powerful material attacks disturb the balance of these layers, creating Spatial Rifts.
• He determines that the planes possess a natural “Restorative Force” that repairs Spatial Rifts almost immediately, allowing the Layered Space to remain traversable.
• Arnold initially considers two research paths:
  1. Learning to create Spatial Rifts more easily, thereby strengthening his attacks.
  2. Studying the Restorative Force so that the rifts caused by his attacks remain open longer.
• He eventually realizes that the Restorative Force is itself an application of Spatial Law, meaning both research paths are actually part of the same broader field.
• Arnold continues studying Spatial Law by controlling Spatial Rifts and using Fused Divine Power to imitate their trajectories.
• After another 150 years, his research and comprehension make significant progress, while all of his God Clones advance substantially in their Profound Mystery fusions.

Character Development

• Arnold: Develops from someone who once feared Spatial Rifts into a researcher capable of deliberately creating, controlling, and analyzing them. His Willpower Potency greatly enhances both his combat potential and his ability to comprehend complex laws and Profound Mysteries.
• Arnold becomes increasingly focused on Spatial Law, recognizing that understanding it could substantially improve his material attacks.
• His various God Clones make major breakthroughs:
  • Water God Clone: Reaches the High-God level and fuses the Water Element Profound Mystery with Roundness and Flexibility.
  • Fire God Clone: Comprehends about eighty percent of the Fire Body Profound Truth and discovers the Soul Attack Profound Mystery.
  • Earth God Clone: Nearly reaches fifty-percent fusion across its five Profound Mysteries.
  • Wind God Clone: Fuses the Clone Profound Mystery with the Wind Element Technique and Sound Wave Profound Mysteries, while making progress toward broader fusion among the Wind Profound Mysteries.
  • Water–Fire fusion: Advances to approximately fifty percent.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge through experimentation: Arnold turns a previously dangerous phenomenon into an object of systematic study.
• The relationship between destruction and restoration: Spatial Rifts are created when attacks disrupt Layered Space, while the Restorative Force repairs the damage and preserves the structure of reality.
• Limits of established laws: The chapter questions whether Spatial and Temporal Laws truly exist, or whether the Earth Laws conceal or reject them.
• Persistence and long-term growth: Arnold’s breakthroughs require centuries of research, emphasizing patience, dedication, and the cumulative nature of cultivation.
• Power through understanding: Arnold seeks not merely to increase raw strength but to understand the principles behind space so he can improve his attacks more efficiently.

Character Interactions

• Bemona and Arnold: Bemona watches Arnold’s dangerous experiment from a distance and comments on his recklessness, calling him a “freak” for surrounding himself with Spatial Rifts. Arnold does not directly respond; his focus remains on his research.
• The remainder of the chapter centers on Arnold’s internal reasoning and scientific-style investigation rather than dialogue or interpersonal conflict.

Chapter Summary: “To the Infernal Realm”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold continues cultivating in a mountain clearing while studying the nature of space. He develops his own classification of spatial abilities:
  • Space Lock: Using spatial techniques, such as the Wind Space Profound Mystery, to freeze or restrain an area.
  • Space Slaughter: Creating Spatial Rifts through powerful material attacks. Arnold believes greater understanding would allow such rifts to be produced with less energy.
  • Teleportation: Arnold theorizes that sufficiently profound mastery of space might eventually make teleportation possible, despite even Sovereigns reportedly being unable to do it.
• Bemona arrives with urgent intelligence from Black Sand Castle about the escalating war between the Eight Great Clans and the Four Divine Beasts clan.
• The conflict, which has lasted over ten thousand years, has intensified dramatically. The Eight Great Clans have fought recklessly over the past century, causing the Four Divine Beasts clan to lose thirteen elders—most of whom are Seven-star God Hunters.
• Arnold questions why Beirut, whose strength is among the greatest even among Asuras, has not personally ended the conflict.
• Bemona explains that the Four Divine Beasts clan was once extraordinarily powerful under its four Sovereign ancestors—the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise Sovereigns. Because of their former arrogance and dominance, Beirut merely restricted the battlefield rather than stopping the war outright.
• Recognizing that his friend Linley belongs to the Four Divine Beasts clan, Arnold decides to travel to the Infernal Realm and intervene. He intends to stop the conflict but does not plan to kill the patriarchs of the Eight Great Clans unnecessarily.
• Arnold and Bemona return to Bair City, purchase information about the Eight Great Clans, and learn their identities, origins, and specialties. Seven patriarchs are Sovereign’s envoys, while the eighth possesses a Sovereign Artifact despite lacking that status.
• They travel toward Bill Mountain on Black Tortoise Continent, where the transmission passage to the Infernal Realm is located.
• At the transmission station, Arnold pays the required fee of ten billion Earth Origin Stones for his High-God-level identity. The soldiers mistakenly regard his Wind God Clone as a High-God and allow Bemona, considered a Mid-God, to accompany him for free.
• The chapter ends as the Black Tortoise Army begins activating the transmission array.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates increasing mastery and originality in his understanding of space. His theories suggest he is approaching abilities beyond ordinary divine comprehension, including possible teleportation.
• He also shows growing confidence in his strength. He believes he can confront all eight clan patriarchs together, even if they wield Sovereign Artifacts, yet remains restrained and prefers to resolve the conflict without needless slaughter.
• Arnold’s loyalty to Linley and sense of responsibility toward the Four Divine Beasts clan motivate his decision to leave cultivation and become involved in the war.
• Bemona proves to be a reliable intelligence-gatherer and adviser. She provides Arnold with crucial political and historical context about the war and Beirut’s motives.
• The chapter also emphasizes the contrast between Arnold’s true strength and the soldiers’ limited understanding of him, as they mistake his Wind God Clone for an ordinary High-God.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of deeper power and knowledge: Arnold’s study of space shows that true strength comes not only from raw force but from understanding fundamental laws.
• Decline and legacy: The Four Divine Beasts clan’s fall from supremacy illustrates how even the most powerful families can be weakened by time, conflict, and the loss of their founding Sovereigns.
• Restraint versus vengeance: Although Arnold possesses enough power to dominate the Eight Great Clans, he seeks to stop the war rather than simply destroy its leaders.
• The consequences of pride: The Four Divine Beasts clan’s former arrogance helped create the hatred that now fuels the Eight Great Clans’ campaign against them.
• Loyalty and intervention: Arnold’s friendship with Linley causes him to take responsibility for a conflict that is not originally his own.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona: Bemona interrupts Arnold’s cultivation to deliver urgent news. Their exchange shows mutual trust, with Bemona acting as his information source and Arnold relying on her judgment.
• Arnold and Beirut, indirectly: Arnold respects Beirut’s overwhelming strength but questions his refusal to stop the war. Bemona explains Beirut’s decision as a deliberate response to the Four Divine Beasts clan’s historical arrogance.
• Arnold and Linley, indirectly: Arnold’s friendship with Linley becomes the personal reason he chooses to defend the declining Four Divine Beasts clan.
• Arnold and the Black Tortoise Army: The soldiers treat him and Bemona as ordinary travelers, enforce the transmission rules, and unknowingly underestimate Arnold’s actual power.

Chapter Summary: “Starmist Sea”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold and Bemona teleport to Starmist Mountain in the Infernal Realm’s Starmist Sea, much closer to their destination, the Bloodpeak Continent.
• Arnold’s overwhelming speed and High-God aura impress and frighten the Starmist Army soldiers guarding the teleportation array.
• They travel southeast in a mouse-shaped Metallic Lifeform. Along the way, Arnold encounters bandits:
  • He robs one group to obtain Inkstones, the Infernal Realm’s currency, and discovers that they contain extremely diluted Destruction Sovereign’s Might.
  • Most later bandits flee after sensing his High-God aura, while those who attack are swiftly defeated.
• Arnold and Bemona pass through the beautiful Starmist Sea, observing its purple waters, mist, numerous islands, and diverse inhabitants.
• Curious about the sea’s legendary lightning-filled mist, Arnold deliberately enters it. The lightning repeatedly strikes him but causes no harm because of his powerful Willpower Potency. Bemona teases him for his childish curiosity.
• After more than a month of travel, they arrive at prosperous Miluo Island and decide to stay for several days.
• They explore the island, enjoy its scenery and cuisine, and encounter many races, including foxfolk, minotaurs, dragonkin, and sea clans.
• Two Mid-Gods begin fighting in the restaurant. Arnold effortlessly immobilizes them with Wind Godforce, orders them to stop, and forces them to compensate the restaurant before leaving.

Character Developments

• Arnold continues to demonstrate his immense strength and confidence. His High-God aura alone is enough to frighten most bandits, while his Wind Godforce allows him to restrain two Mid-Gods instantly.
• He also shows a playful, curious side by intentionally testing the lightning in the Starmist Sea’s mist, despite having no talent for the Lightning Laws.
• Arnold’s dislike of fish is revealed, contrasting with his enjoyment of other Infernal Realm delicacies.
• Bemona remains cheerful and observant, enjoying the journey and Miluo Island’s scenery. She lightly teases Arnold about his curiosity and criticizes his greed when he wishes he could cultivate the Lightning Laws.
• Their relaxed conversation and shared meals show increasing familiarity and companionship.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Arnold’s High-God status commands immediate fear and respect, allowing him to avoid or end conflicts with little effort.
• Travel and exploration: The chapter emphasizes the vastness, beauty, and diversity of the Infernal Realm, especially the Starmist Sea and Miluo Island.
• Strength versus recklessness: Arnold’s invulnerability lets him indulge his curiosity, but his behavior also highlights his confidence and occasional childishness.
• Order amid chaos: Although violence and banditry are common, local rules—such as the restrictions on fighting in certain areas—help maintain some social order.
• Companionship and leisure: The journey is not only about reaching their destination; Arnold and Bemona enjoy food, scenery, and lighthearted interaction along the way.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona travel cooperatively, with Arnold protecting them and Bemona sharing information about the Starmist Sea.
• Bemona teasingly scolds Arnold after he deliberately exposes himself to the lightning.
• The restaurant confrontation highlights Arnold’s authority: he interrupts the Mid-Gods’ fight, threatens them calmly, and makes them obey.
• The defeated fighters and restaurant attendant respond with fear and deference, reinforcing Arnold’s dominant position.

Chapter Summary: Miluo Island

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold and Bemona visit Miluo Island’s High-God arena after dining, but quickly become bored because the fighters are far weaker than them. Neither is interested in participating, since doing so would amount to bullying.
• They explore the Free Castle, especially its fourth floor, where they purchase several rare and powerful treasures, including soul poisons, Death God Puppets, and high-speed metallic lifeforms.
• Bemona reveals that a powerful Purgatory Commander, Mosi Bagshaw, lives on Miluo Island. Since Purgatory Commanders are nearly as powerful as Asuras, Arnold becomes interested.
• Using his exceptionally powerful divine sense, Arnold locates a mysterious red-haired man inside Handisai Castle on the western island, correctly suspecting him to be Mosi.
• Arnold and Bemona travel to the restricted western island. When the island-guarding warriors attempt to stop them, Arnold incapacitates them with a glance and orders one to announce their arrival.
• Bowen, leader of the Bagshaw Clan, arrives with three powerful subordinates. Arnold openly dismisses Bowen and the clan, stating that he is only interested in meeting Commander Mosi.
• Insulted, Bowen orders Paslo to test Arnold’s strength. Arnold moves too quickly for Paslo to react and destroys half of his body with a casual strike.
• Bowen realizes in shock that Arnold’s strength has reached the level of an Asura.

Character Developments

• Arnold: Demonstrates extreme confidence and overwhelming power. His divine sense allows him to locate Mosi without being detected, and his effortless defeat of Paslo reveals that he is far beyond ordinary Seven-Star Demons.
• Bemona: Acts as Arnold’s source of information, identifying Mosi and encouraging the visit. She remains observant and pragmatic, recognizing the significance of meeting a Purgatory Commander.
• Bowen: Initially proud and dismissive as leader of the prestigious Bagshaw Clan, he becomes angered by Arnold’s arrogance and then frightened after witnessing Arnold’s strength.
• Paslo: Starts as an aggressive challenger but is instantly overwhelmed, establishing the vast gap between himself and Arnold.
• Mosi Bagshaw: Does not appear directly, but his reputation as a top-tier Purgatory Commander drives the chapter’s main action.

Significant Themes

• Power and hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the enormous differences between High-Gods, Seven-Star Demons, Asuras, and Purgatory Commanders.
• Pride and humiliation: Bowen’s clan pride leads him to challenge Arnold, but Arnold’s effortless victory exposes the danger of underestimating a superior expert.
• Boredom born of superiority: Arnold and Bemona find Miluo Island’s attractions uninteresting because their abilities place them far above most local combatants.
• Reputation versus true strength: The Bagshaw Clan relies on its ancient status and prestige, while Arnold proves his standing through direct action.
• Curiosity and pursuit of powerful figures: Arnold’s interest in Mosi shows his desire to seek out exceptional experts and meaningful challenges.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona discuss the lack of excitement on Miluo Island and decide to seek out Mosi.
• Arnold confronts the island guards, subduing them without effort and forcing them to request permission for his visit.
• Bowen formally receives Arnold but is offended when Arnold dismisses him and the Bagshaw Clan.
• Bowen uses Paslo to challenge Arnold, but Arnold defeats Paslo instantly, leaving Bowen terrified and confirming Arnold’s extraordinary strength.

Chapter Summary:

Mosi

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold demands that Bowen summon Mosi, the Bagshaw Clan’s renowned Asura-level expert, so he can challenge him directly.
• Bowen sends for Mosi, who arrives with a female subordinate. Mosi is a towering, red-haired warrior wielding a black warhammer.
• Arnold and Mosi begin their duel high above the island, preventing further damage to the surrounding buildings.
• Mosi initially uses powerful material attacks based on the Destruction Law, while Arnold fights barehanded and counters every blow with his exceptionally fast punches.
• Their clashes generate massive Spatial Rifts, demonstrating the terrifying strength of both combatants.
• Mosi later incorporates Soul Attacks into his strikes, but Arnold withstands them effortlessly due to his immensely powerful soul.
• When Mosi combines a material and Soul Attack, Arnold allows the strike to affect him. The experience gives Arnold a sudden breakthrough in understanding the Wind Law’s final Profound Mystery—the Music Profound Mystery.
• Arnold explains that the Music Profound Mystery involves controlling vibrations in wind elemental particles, Wind Godforce, and even soul energy to produce destructive effects.
• After gaining this insight, Arnold casually knocks Mosi and his warhammer away.
• Mosi responds by unleashing his strongest technique, combining his Blood-Veined Titan innate ability with the Destruction Law.
• Arnold counters this attack with a single fist. The collision creates a Spatial Rift hundreds of meters long, but Arnold remains completely unharmed.

Character Developments

• Arnold: Reveals overwhelming physical and soul strength while deliberately concealing much of his true power. His fight with Mosi leads to a major breakthrough in the Music Profound Mystery, expanding his mastery of the Wind Law.
• Mosi: Demonstrates why he is feared as an Infernal Commander, matching Arnold’s attacks and using both material and soul-based techniques. Despite his strength, he becomes increasingly astonished by Arnold’s abilities.
• Bowen: Becomes stunned by the revelation that Arnold can withstand Mosi’s attacks barehanded, making clear how far beyond expectations Arnold’s power lies.
• Bemona: Correctly recognizes that Arnold is hiding his true strength and believes Arnold could have ended the fight much earlier.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and restraint: Arnold intentionally limits his displayed power, causing others to underestimate or misjudge him.
• Combat as a path to enlightenment: Rather than merely testing strength, the duel allows Arnold to gain insight into a previously inaccessible Profound Mystery.
• Connections between different laws: Arnold realizes that principles governing soul-based attacks can apply across the Elemental and Higher Laws.
• Overwhelming power versus established reputation: Mosi’s legendary status is confirmed, but Arnold’s abilities exceed even what such a powerful opponent can withstand.

Character Interactions

• Arnold challenges Bowen to summon Mosi and speaks confidently despite Bowen’s intimidation.
• Mosi welcomes the challenge and respects Arnold’s confidence in fighting without a weapon.
• During the duel, Mosi’s combined attack unintentionally helps Arnold reach a breakthrough, prompting Arnold to thank him.
• Mosi, impressed but unwilling to concede, answers Arnold’s breakthrough by using his ultimate attack.
• Bowen and Bemona observe the fight and react with shock and admiration as Arnold remains unharmed by Mosi’s strongest techniques.

Chapter Summary: “Floating Shadow”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Mosi’s strongest attack fails to injure him, he ends his Blood-Veined Titan transformation and realizes that Arnold is a Paragon.
• Arnold explains that he and Bemona arranged for him to appear publicly as a Paragon while concealing his true body and other divine clones, all of which possess terrifying Paragon-level strength through Willpower Potency.
• Mosi and Arnold stop fighting and exchange information about powerful experts across the various planes and about Sovereigns, learning that Sovereigns were once independent High-Gods who advanced by refining Sovereign Sparks.
• Mosi invites Arnold and Bemona to view his collection of Floating Shadows, crystal spheres containing recordings of battles between powerful experts.
• In a hidden hall beneath Handisai Castle, they inspect sixteen recordings featuring Seven-Star Demons, Asuras, Prefects, Purgatory Commanders, and Sovereigns.
• Arnold watches Prefect Reisgem battle Prefect Sharoid. Reisgem’s powerful Gravity Space, enhanced through Amethyst Space, overwhelmingly suppresses Sharoid.
• Arnold studies Reisgem’s manipulation of gravity, including changing gravity’s direction and converting it into repulsive force, and decides he should meet Reisgem in the future.
• Arnold also views battles involving famous Asuras such as Aiken and Elektra, followed by recordings of Sovereigns effortlessly killing powerful High-Gods with little more than a movement of their lips.
• Bemona finds the Sovereign battles boring because they end instantly, and Arnold decides they should stop watching and continue toward the Bloodridge Continent.
• When Mosi asks about Arnold’s destination, Arnold explains that he intends to help a friend from the Four Divine Beasts clan, whose conflict with the Eight Great Clans has intensified.

Character Developments

• Arnold: His status as a Paragon is effectively confirmed, though he continues hiding the full extent of his power. He displays humility toward Mosi and gains valuable insight into advanced gravity techniques and the overwhelming authority of Sovereigns. His goal of aiding the Four Divine Beasts clan becomes clear.
• Mosi: Initially astonished by Arnold’s strength, he becomes impressed and respectful rather than resentful. He treats Arnold as a peer and enthusiastically shares his collection and knowledge.
• Bemona: Remains close to Arnold, sharing his curiosity about powerful experts. Her humorous reaction to the Sovereign recordings highlights her straightforward personality.
• Reisgem and other experts: Though they do not appear directly in the present events, their recorded battles establish their exceptional abilities and importance within the wider power hierarchy.

Significant Themes

• The vast hierarchy of power: The chapter contrasts Prefects, Asuras, Paragons, and Sovereigns, emphasizing how even the strongest High-Gods are helpless before a Sovereign.
• Concealed strength and identity: Arnold deliberately disguises the true extent of his abilities, reflecting the dangers and strategic value of hiding one’s power.
• Knowledge through observation: The Floating Shadows allow Arnold to study unfamiliar techniques, especially Reisgem’s gravity-based abilities, reinforcing the importance of learning from other experts.
• Respect among powerful individuals: Arnold and Mosi’s battle evolves into mutual admiration and intellectual exchange rather than hostility.
• Preparation and purpose: Arnold’s observations are not merely recreational; he is gathering knowledge before traveling to help his friend in the escalating clan conflict.

Important Character Interactions

• Arnold and Mosi: Their duel ends in mutual respect. Mosi recognizes Arnold’s Paragon status, while Arnold acknowledges Mosi’s strength and learns from his experience.
• Arnold and Bemona: Arnold ensures Bemona can join him in viewing the Floating Shadows, and they share reactions to the recorded battles.
• Mosi and Arnold/Bemona: Mosi acts as a host and guide, introducing them to his collection and explaining the abilities of figures such as Reisgem and the Sovereigns.
• Arnold and Mosi at the conclusion: Arnold openly reveals his intention to aid the Four Divine Beasts clan, giving Mosi insight into his next destination and purpose.