Chapter Summaries

Summary of “Soul Resonance”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold’s Wind God Clone continues deducing the fusion of five profound mysteries in the Gebados Plane, while his Saint Domain true body studies the Dimensional Profound Truth.
• By repeatedly opening Spatial Rifts, Arnold investigates Spatial Turbulence and questions why it appears when powerful attacks disrupt the space within the Yulan Plane.
• After three years of intense meditation, he concludes that Spatial Turbulence is normally present everywhere but is concealed by a force that maintains the plane’s spatial balance. Powerful attacks temporarily disturb this balance, revealing it.
• This insight leads Arnold to explore whether the hidden balancing force could be manipulated to produce greater effects with less power. His studies help him discover new compatibility between Dimensional, Fast, and Slow Profound Truths.
• Arnold’s two main cultivation paths diverge:
  • The Wind God Clone focuses on fusing five wind-related profound mysteries.
  • The Saint Domain true body centers its cultivation on Dimensional Profound Truth and its combinations with other mysteries.
• Over the following centuries, Arnold reaches several major bottlenecks and breakthroughs:
  • Dimensional Profound Truth reaches great mastery.
  • Its pairwise fusions with Wind Element, Fast, Slow, and Wind Space Profound Truths break through.
  • Clone Profound Truth advances close to its limit.
  • The Water God Clone masters Mist Illusion Profound Mystery and reaches the Mid-God level.
  • The Fire God Clone masters Fire Element Profound Truth and also reaches the Mid-God level.
• The Fire God Clone’s breakthrough causes Arnold’s five bodies to resonate through their souls. Their soul strength rises simultaneously, with the Earth and Wind God Clones surpassing the former Mid-God limit.
• After a full day and night of transformation, all five souls stop growing. The Fire and Water God Clone souls become extremely powerful within the Mid-God stage, while the Earth and Wind God Clone souls exceed Mid-God limits. The Saint Domain true body’s soul becomes nearly as strong as the Wind God Clone’s.

Character Development

• Arnold demonstrates extraordinary persistence and analytical ability, spending three years obsessively solving the mystery of Spatial Turbulence.
• His understanding of Dimensional Profound Truth deepens significantly, validating his decision to make it the foundation of his cultivation.
• He develops two distinct advancement strategies: the Wind God Clone pursues a complex five-mystery fusion, while the Saint Domain true body follows a broader path centered on Dimensional Profound Truth.
• Arnold’s soul becomes his greatest advantage, accelerating comprehension and fusion across multiple laws.
• His Fire and Water God Clones advance to the Mid-God level, while the Earth and Wind God Clones undergo an even more significant qualitative soul transformation.

Significant Themes

• Persistence and insight: Arnold’s breakthrough comes from sustained, obsessive examination rather than immediate cultivation.
• The hidden structure of reality: Spatial Turbulence is revealed as an omnipresent force concealed by an unseen balancing mechanism.
• Power through understanding: Arnold seeks not merely greater force, but a way to achieve stronger results by comprehending the underlying laws.
• Parallel growth and unity: Arnold’s separate clones follow different paths but remain connected, eventually sharing a collective soul advancement.
• Breaking limits: The resonance allows the souls of the Earth and Wind God Clones to surpass the established Mid-God boundary.

Character Interactions

• Arnold’s clones primarily interact through shared soul connections rather than direct conversation or conflict.
• The Saint Domain true body’s contact with the Earth, Water, and Fire God Clones gradually strengthens their souls and improves Arnold’s overall comprehension.
• The Fire God Clone’s breakthrough triggers a powerful resonance linking all five bodies, causing their souls to grow together and marking a new stage in Arnold’s development.

Chapter Summary: “Pursuit”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold continues cultivating, using his extraordinarily powerful soul to deduce the fusion of five Wind-related Profound Truths. His Saint Domain true body also works on fusing the Dimensional Profound Truth with four others.
• Tru Pei warns Arnold that war is about to erupt between Flowing Flame City and Evil City. Such wars are rare but devastating, often killing over thirty percent of each city’s population.
• Because Evil City has begun patrolling routes out of Flowing Flame City—including roads toward Bluefire City—Arnold and Tru Pei decide to flee east toward Ice Domain City instead.
• After leaving Flowing Flame City, they are discovered by Evil City patrols. What begins with them merely knocking out Demi-God soldiers escalates into repeated battles and the slaughter of increasingly powerful pursuers, including High-Gods.
• The Evil King specifically orders Arnold and Tru Pei’s deaths and dispatches four elite subordinates, including Troy, a Divine Beast known as Scent Wolf for his exceptional tracking ability.
• The pursuers eventually catch Arnold and Tru Pei. The captain, a High-God who has nearly fused three Profound Truths, battles Arnold, while the other three surround Tru Pei.
• Arnold is initially outmatched, but the intense battle stimulates his cultivation. After half an hour of combat, he finally completes the fusion of five Profound Truths, causing his strength to increase at least fivefold.

Character Developments

• Arnold: His powerful soul continues to accelerate his cultivation. Rather than being discouraged by facing a stronger opponent, he uses the pressure of battle to break through the final bottleneck in his Profound Fusion. His completed fusion marks a major increase in power.
• Tru Pei: His anxiety reveals that he understands the danger posed by the conflict and likely has a personal grudge or history with Evil City. He remains a capable and determined fighter, holding off three powerful enemies simultaneously.
• The Evil King: He is shown to be actively targeting Tru Pei and treating Arnold as an associate who must also be eliminated. His willingness to deploy elite assassins emphasizes Tru Pei’s importance and the seriousness of the pursuit.
• Scent Wolf/Troy: Troy’s tracking ability makes hiding nearly impossible for Arnold and Tru Pei. The four-man team is portrayed as experienced and trusted agents of the Evil King.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation through crisis: Arnold’s breakthrough occurs not in quiet meditation but under extreme combat pressure, showing how danger can trigger growth.
• Pursuit and survival: The chapter shifts from political danger to a relentless physical chase, with Arnold and Tru Pei constantly forced to fight for their lives.
• War’s destructive consequences: The impending conflict between the royal cities establishes the broader instability of the world and the vulnerability of ordinary residents.
• Strength and strategic choice: Although Arnold and Tru Pei are powerful, they avoid unnecessary confrontation when possible and attempt to choose a safer escape route.
• Hidden personal histories: Tru Pei’s reluctance to travel through certain regions hints at unresolved ties or enemies connected to Evil City.

Character Interactions

• Tru Pei confides in Arnold about the coming war, prompting them to discuss possible escape routes.
• Arnold proposes going to Bluefire City, but Tru Pei explains that Evil City has anticipated this and blocked major roads.
• The two cooperate closely while fleeing, concealing their tracks and fighting successive patrols together.
• During the final confrontation, Arnold engages the strongest enemy while Tru Pei is besieged by the other three pursuers.
• Arnold’s battle with the pursuit captain becomes the catalyst for his breakthrough, transforming the balance of power at the chapter’s conclusion.

Chapter Summary: “Tru Pei’s Past”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold, previously evenly matched with the captain of Evil City’s hunting squad, breaks through at a critical moment and gains a decisive advantage.
• Using his sword technique, which combines five Profound Mysteries centered on the Fast and Slow Profound Truths, Arnold kills the captain and destroys both his divine clones, collecting their God Sparks and interspatial ring.
• The remaining three members of the squad flee in panic. Arnold kills two, while Tru Pei intercepts and kills the third. The entire elite squad is eliminated.
• Afterward, Arnold questions why Evil City continues targeting them. Tru Pei reveals that he is the squad’s true target and explains his history with Evil City and its ruler, Odin.
• Tru Pei recounts how he was saved as a Saint Domain magical beast by Bowen, a Mid-God guard of Evil City. After cultivating for many years, Tru Pei became a god and was recognized as a Divine Beast.
• Bowen later returned from a mission gravely wounded by a mysterious soul-based Innate Divine Ability. Tru Pei took him outside Evil City and used his own Innate Divine Ability repeatedly to restore Bowen’s soul.
• Tru Pei clarifies that his ability is called God Nourish, not God Nourishment. It can either transfer his own soul power to another god or, through a different application, drain soul power from others.
• After a year of treatment, Bowen survived, but warned Tru Pei to flee. Odin had secretly observed the healing process, discovered the nature of Tru Pei’s ability, killed Bowen, and forced Tru Pei into a master-servant contract.

Character Developments

• Arnold: Breaks through his cultivation bottleneck during the battle, dramatically increasing his strength and speed. His confidence grows as he effortlessly defeats enemies who had previously threatened him and Tru Pei.
• Tru Pei: Reveals his true history, his identity as a Nourishing God Rat, and the full nature of his Innate Divine Ability. His past shows his loyalty and willingness to sacrifice his own strength to save Bowen.
• Bowen: Although only present through Tru Pei’s account, he is established as compassionate and important to Tru Pei. He once saved Tru Pei and later sacrificed himself by protecting Tru Pei from Odin’s intentions.
• Odin: Emerges as a cruel, domineering ruler who exploits Tru Pei’s ability, kills Bowen, and enslaves Tru Pei rather than helping or rewarding him.

Significant Themes

• Power and breakthrough: Arnold’s sudden advancement changes the balance of power and allows him to overcome a stronger opponent.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Tru Pei repeatedly sacrifices his own soul power to save Bowen, demonstrating deep gratitude and devotion.
• Abuse of authority: Odin uses his position as ruler of Evil City to manipulate, kill, and enslave others for personal gain.
• Concealed identities and abilities: Tru Pei hides the true nature of his Divine Beast form and Innate Divine Ability because revealing them would make him a target.
• Freedom versus control: Tru Pei’s efforts to live independently are destroyed when Odin forces him into a master-servant contract.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and the captain engage in a final battle, with Arnold’s breakthrough allowing him to kill the captain.
• Arnold and Tru Pei cooperate to eliminate the fleeing members of the squad.
• Arnold questions Tru Pei about Evil City’s pursuit, prompting Tru Pei to reveal his past and his connection to Odin.
• Arnold initially misunderstands Tru Pei’s ability, but Tru Pei explains that God Nourish can both restore another’s soul and drain soul power from enemies.
• Bowen’s relationship with Tru Pei is defined by mutual dependence: Bowen saves Tru Pei’s life, and Tru Pei later exhausts himself to save Bowen—only for Odin to destroy their bond.

Chapter Summary: “Arnold’s Ambition”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Odin imprisoned Tru Pei in the Evil City Lord’s Manor and secretly experimented on his Innate Divine Ability, which could strengthen another person’s soul.
• Odin tested the ability on a subordinate, then killed him to prevent anyone from learning about Tru Pei. He later forced Tru Pei to use the ability on himself, but it inexplicably failed.
• After repeated attempts and replenishing Tru Pei’s soul power with Soul Golden Pearls, Odin discovered that the ability only worked when Tru Pei was free of a Master-Servant Contract. Odin therefore dissolved the contract and controlled Tru Pei with a Soul Seed instead.
• Tru Pei gradually broke free of the Soul Seed as his soul grew stronger, but Odin continued forcing him to use his ability for roughly one hundred thousand years. Because Odin was a powerful High-God, the ability could only be used on him once every ten years.
• Tru Pei eventually escaped by bribing one of Odin’s powerful subordinates with his ability. The subordinate was presumably killed by Odin afterward.
• Tru Pei spent several hundred thousand years hiding in the other royal cities, waiting for a chance to avenge himself, until Odin’s forces finally discovered him.
• After hearing Tru Pei’s history, Arnold realizes that Odin may personally join the pursuit. Tru Pei believes they must reach Darkness City, where Odin would be more cautious about acting.
• Arnold reflects on the overwhelming power of the Five Kings and worries that his Wind God Clone is not yet strong enough to oppose Odin.
• The chapter then explains Arnold’s cultivation strategy. Rather than quickly becoming a High-God, his Earth God Clone is deliberately attempting to fuse as many Earth Law Profound Mysteries as possible while still a Mid-God.
• Arnold’s long-term objective is to fuse five Earth Law Profound Mysteries pairwise, eventually integrate the sixth, and achieve an unusually powerful Earth Law High-God. His Wind Law cultivation is also nearing another major stage, dependent on further fusion involving the Dimensional Profound Truth.

Character Developments

• Tru Pei: His past reveals extraordinary endurance, cunning, and determination. Despite a century of torture and hundreds of thousands of years in hiding, he remains focused on revenge against Odin. His ability to gradually resist the Soul Seed demonstrates the unusual strength and resilience of his soul.
• Odin: He is shown as paranoid, ruthless, and highly controlling. He kills anyone who might learn about Tru Pei, refuses to trust his own subordinates, and subjects Tru Pei to prolonged experimentation and coercion.
• Arnold: He gains a deeper understanding of Tru Pei’s hatred and becomes increasingly aware of the danger posed by Odin. His anxiety about the coming pursuit highlights the gap between his current strength and his ambitions. At the same time, his cultivation plan reveals exceptional patience, confidence, and ambition.

Significant Themes

• Endurance and revenge: Tru Pei’s centuries-long suffering and determination show how prolonged oppression can create an equally prolonged desire for revenge.
• Power and mistrust: Odin’s fear of betrayal leads him to rely on Soul Seeds and secrecy, but his oppressive methods ultimately help create Tru Pei’s escape and hatred.
• Long-term ambition versus immediate survival: Arnold sacrifices rapid advancement for the chance to achieve far greater strength through extensive Profound Mystery fusion.
• Freedom and control: The contrast between the Master-Servant Contract, Soul Seed, and Tru Pei’s eventual resistance emphasizes the limits of absolute control.
• Strategic cultivation: Strength is presented not merely as a matter of rank, but as the result of carefully planned fusion and specialization.

Character Interactions

• Odin repeatedly forces Tru Pei to use his Innate Divine Ability, treating him as both a tool and a prisoner.
• Odin kills a subordinate who benefited from Tru Pei’s ability and later likely kills the subordinate who helped Tru Pei escape, reinforcing his distrustful and merciless nature.
• Tru Pei manipulates one of Odin’s subordinates into helping him escape, using the very power Odin sought to monopolize.
• Arnold and Tru Pei discuss whether Odin will personally pursue them. Their conversation combines Tru Pei’s firsthand knowledge of Odin with Arnold’s growing concern over the Five Kings’ strength.
• Tru Pei’s history prompts Arnold to compare their circumstances and recognize that he, too, might seek revenge after enduring such extreme imprisonment.

Chapter Summary: Ice Prison City

Key Plot Points and Events

• Under intense pressure from Odin, Arnold and Tru Pei flee east from Flowing Flame City toward Ice Prison City. Their journey takes three months, during which they cover only half the distance.
• Arnold’s Saint Domain main body remains active on the Yulan Continent, continuing his cultivation while his Wind God Clone travels through the Gebados Plane.
• The pair reaches Ice Prison City without encountering pursuers. The city is an enormous, indestructible block of ice surrounded by ice-crystal castles and seven-colored reflections.
• To enter the city, they must pay an entrance fee. Tru Pei uses a valuable Demi-God-level Soul Defense Artifact, revealing that he is skilled at forging such artifacts and has sufficient wealth to live comfortably in royal cities.
• Ice Prison City provides temporary safety because even Odin would hesitate to provoke the Ice Prison King.
• During ten years in the city, Arnold and Tru Pei discover that the rumored war between Evil City and Flowing Flame City never occurred. The supposed conflict was likely false information spread by Odin to lure Tru Pei out of hiding.
• Arnold resumes intensive cultivation. His Saint Domain main body works on fusing the Dimensional Profound Truth with the Wind Element Technique Profound Mystery, while his Wind God Clone studies the Clone Profound Mystery.
• Arnold discovers the key to the fusion when a Nine-Tails-shaped elemental creature strikes the sea with its tail. He realizes that extreme speed combined with dimensional power can produce a devastating attack.
• After fifty years of deduction, Arnold completely fuses the Dimensional Profound Truth with the Wind Element Technique Profound Mystery and finishes comprehending the Clone Profound Mystery.
• Arnold now has seven of the nine Wind Law profound mysteries completed, with five fully fused. He continues working toward broader fusion involving the remaining mysteries.
• On the Yulan Continent, Arnold repeatedly tests his increasingly powerful techniques over the South Sea, causing terrifying elemental tides and spatial disturbances.
• Wharton, Doehring Cowart, and Beirut observe Arnold’s rapid growth. Doehring acknowledges that Arnold’s talent may rival Linley’s, while Beirut praises Arnold’s ability but questions why he sent his Earth God Clone rather than his Wind God Clone to the Gebados Plane.
• Arnold continues testing powerful fused techniques in the South Sea, taking advantage of its vastness while avoiding the dangerous Spatial Turbulence that could damage the fragile Yulan Plane.

Character Developments

• Arnold makes major advances in the Wind Laws. He completes the Clone Profound Mystery and successfully fuses the Dimensional Profound Truth with the Wind Element Technique Profound Mystery. His growing strength begins to attract attention across the Yulan Plane.
• Tru Pei is shown to be more capable and resourceful than previously apparent. His mastery of forging Soul Defense Artifacts allows him to survive and move through the royal cities, though his desire for revenge prevents him from settling permanently.
• Odin remains a looming threat. His misinformation campaign demonstrates his determination to force Tru Pei into the open, even though he does not immediately pursue the fugitives.
• Wharton recognizes Arnold’s growing power but believes Arnold’s experiences in the Gebados Plane may still be less intense than Linley’s battles in the Infernal Realm.
• Doehring Cowart admits that Arnold’s talent is comparable to Linley’s, despite his personal affection for Linley.
• Beirut praises Arnold’s extraordinary progress but criticizes his choice to send the Wind God Clone into the Gebados Plane. He also reflects on Bluefire’s strength and continued refusal to accept Beirut’s condition.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation through insight and experimentation: Arnold’s breakthrough comes not from brute force but from observing the interaction between speed, dimensional power, and elemental techniques.
• Temporary safety versus unavoidable conflict: Ice Prison City offers protection, but Tru Pei’s exposure means that confrontation with Odin remains inevitable.
• The cost of revenge: Tru Pei deliberately avoids buying a home because comfort might weaken his determination to seek revenge.
• Talent and potential: Arnold’s progress prompts comparisons with Linley and suggests that his abilities may rival those of the strongest geniuses.
• Power in a fragile world: Arnold must carefully control his abilities because the Yulan Plane cannot withstand uncontrolled Spatial Turbulence.
• Misinformation and manipulation: Odin’s false report of war reveals how information can be weaponized to control enemies’ movements.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Tru Pei cooperate closely while escaping Odin and later share temporary refuge in Ice Prison City.
• Tru Pei’s payment of the entrance fee with a Soul Defense Artifact surprises Arnold and reveals his hidden financial and crafting abilities.
• Arnold’s cultivation indirectly becomes a topic of conversation among Wharton, Doehring Cowart, and Beirut, who evaluate his progress in relation to Linley and Bluefire.
• Wharton and Doehring disagree slightly over Arnold’s standing compared with Linley, though Doehring concedes that Arnold’s talent is exceptional.
• Beirut’s comments combine admiration for Arnold’s achievements with criticism of his strategic choice to send his Wind God Clone into the Gebados Plane.

Chapter Summary: “Extreme Point Inch Light”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold abandons his earlier attempt to immediately find a way to fuse all six of his profound truths. Instead, he methodically experiments with combining the Dimensional Profound Truth with each of the other five:
  • Nine-Tails Kill: Combines Dimensional and Wind Element truths to create a massive nine-tailed wind creature.
  • Dodonpa: Combines Dimensional with either Fast or Slow, producing either an extremely rapid or deceptively slow energy wave.
  • Wind Extreme Transformation: Combines Dimensional and Wind Element Technique.
  • Inch Dragon Kill: Combines Dimensional and Wind Space to form a destructive, restraining wind dragon.
• Through years of experimentation, Arnold gradually discovers compatibility among increasing combinations of his profound truths.
• After twenty years, he finally finds a way to make all six—Dimensional, Fast, Slow, Wind Element, Wind Element Technique, and Wind Space—mutually compatible.
• He determines that the six truths must be organized into functional groups:
  • Dimensional as the core,
  • Fast and Slow as a unified pair,
  • Wind Element, Wind Element Technique, and Wind Space as another unified group.
• While watching an Arena battle on the Gebados Plane, Arnold witnesses a dark warrior use the Devouring Profound Truth of Darkness. The technique inspires him to develop a new attack.
• Arnold’s Wind God Clone and Saint Domain original body work simultaneously on the inspiration. After extensive testing, he creates a huge sword attack that combines six profound truths.
• The attack tears through space, leaving behind numerous spatial cracks. Arnold names it Extreme Point Inch Light, borrowing the name of Mu Yi’s ultimate move despite using a greatsword instead of a flying dagger.
• Arnold acknowledges that the technique is not yet perfected and believes its power could increase several times once the fusion reaches its final bottleneck.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates extraordinary patience, persistence, and inventive talent. Rather than becoming discouraged by the slow progress of fusion, he spends two decades systematically refining his understanding.
• His comprehension of the Dimensional Profound Truth deepens as he experiments with different combinations, eventually allowing him to achieve a rare sixfold fusion.
• Arnold shows remarkable adaptability: even an opponent’s Darkness technique in a public duel becomes a source of inspiration for his own advancement.
• His confidence and playfulness remain evident when he jokingly admits to reusing Mu Yi’s technique name.
• Tru Pei continues to act as Arnold’s companion and observer. He admires Arnold’s ability to enter enlightenment at any moment but also becomes concerned that Arnold may soon surpass him.
• Tru Pei reflects on his own progress. He has fused three Earth profound truths and is working toward a fourth, while his Light cultivation is less advanced. Though close to forming a High-God clone, he deliberately prioritizes profound fusion over an immediate breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• Persistence and long-term cultivation: Arnold’s twenty-year effort emphasizes that profound breakthroughs require sustained experimentation rather than sudden inspiration alone.
• Creative synthesis: The chapter focuses on combining different powers into increasingly complex and powerful techniques.
• Learning from observation: Arnold gains a crucial insight by watching someone else’s battle, showing that enlightenment can come from unexpected sources.
• Balance between breakthrough and mastery: Both Arnold and Tru Pei value fully understanding and fusing their abilities instead of rushing into the next realm.
• Competitive friendship: Tru Pei supports Arnold but also feels pressure to improve, creating a subtle contrast between admiration and rivalry.
• Power and refinement: Achieving a powerful technique is only an intermediate step; Arnold recognizes that Extreme Point Inch Light still requires further perfection.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Tru Pei regularly watch Arena battles together, with Tru Pei observing Arnold’s unusual ability to enter enlightenment during combat.
• After creating Extreme Point Inch Light, Arnold explains to Tru Pei that he has developed a new ultimate attack rather than comprehending another profound truth.
• Tru Pei silently compares his own cultivation with Arnold’s rapid advancement and resolves to work harder, fearing Arnold’s strength will soon pull far ahead.

Chapter Summary: “What Does Asura Mean?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After creating Extreme Point Inch Light, Arnold spends ten days watching Arena battles in Ice Prison City with Tru Pei. Both eventually decide to resume their training because the fights have become repetitive.
• During an Arena duel, Arnold recognizes Bemona, who is using a Wind God Clone and competing as a Mid-God. She defeats a Water Law cultivator by using at least three fused Wind Law profound mysteries.
• Bemona’s aggressive response to heckling—whipping several spectators out of their seats—establishes her intimidating and overbearing nature.
• Arnold waits for Bemona after her matches and brings her to his lodging, where she meets Tru Pei.
• Bemona explains the connection between Tru Pei and Lord Beirut: they are powerful Divine Beasts born in corresponding planes, the Material Plane and its Prison Plane, and exist as two sides of the same whole.
• Beirut discovered Tru Pei thousands of years earlier but paid little attention to him because Tru Pei was still weak. Bemona had previously learned about Tru Pei from Beirut.
• Arnold reveals that he voluntarily came to the Gebados Plane because Beirut agreed to help him leave if he could defeat one of the plane’s kings.
• Bemona explains that Beirut usually notices only exceptionally powerful individuals—specifically, High-Gods who have completely fused five profound mysteries. The only person to attract Beirut’s attention in the past ten thousand years is the Bluefire King.
• The chapter concludes with Bemona explaining the power ranking of Asuras: a High-God who completely fuses five profound mysteries is roughly equivalent to an Asura, while those who fuse two, three, or four are comparable to five-star, six-star, and seven-star demons respectively.

Character Developments

• Arnold continues advancing in cultivation, having successfully created a technique that combines six profound mysteries. His curiosity and strategic thinking are shown through his close observation of Arena fighters and his questions about Beirut and the Bluefire King.
• Tru Pei remains devoted to training and is progressing toward fusing the four profound mysteries of the Earth Law. His resemblance to Beirut becomes a source of personal significance when Bemona confirms the connection between them.
• Bemona is introduced as a formidable Wind Law Mid-God with at least three fused profound mysteries. She is confident, physically aggressive, and familiar with the deeper history of the Gebados Plane and Beirut.
• Lord Beirut is characterized indirectly as a powerful figure who can travel freely between planes and selectively assist exceptionally talented individuals.
• The Bluefire King is established as an extraordinary figure who achieved Asura-level strength despite being trapped in the resource-poor Gebados Plane.

Significant Themes

• Strength and recognition: The chapter emphasizes that exceptional cultivation and the fusion of profound mysteries determine how powerful beings are viewed and whether they attract the attention of figures like Beirut.
• Freedom versus confinement: Arnold willingly enters the Gebados Plane, while many inhabitants desperately seek escape, highlighting the different meanings of imprisonment and choice.
• Duality and connection: Tru Pei and Beirut represent corresponding halves of a larger whole, reinforcing the relationship between Material Planes and Prison Planes.
• Power classification: The explanation of demons, Asuras, and fused profound mysteries establishes the broader hierarchy of strength in the world.
• Talent under adversity: The Bluefire King’s rise to Asura-level power despite limited resources presents him as a symbol of extraordinary perseverance and potential.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Tru Pei share a close training partnership and communicate through soul messages.
• Arnold observes Bemona’s battle and later seeks her out, demonstrating his interest in her identity and abilities.
• Bemona recognizes Tru Pei’s resemblance to Beirut, creating an immediate connection between them.
• Arnold and Tru Pei question Bemona about Beirut, the planes, and the conditions for gaining Beirut’s attention.
• Bemona acts as the source of crucial information, explaining Tru Pei’s origins, Beirut’s actions, and the meaning of the Asura rank.

Chapter Summary: Bluefire Attains Paragon

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold discusses the power structure of the Gebados Plane with Bemona. The strongest figures are the four city lords, several reclusive cultivators, and the Bluefire King, who is already among the most powerful Asuras.
• Arnold assesses his own cultivation. Having fused five Wind profound mysteries and begun fusing all six, he is currently between the strength of a Five-Star and Six-Star Demon. He estimates that reaching Seven-Star Demon strength will require at least a thousand years.
• Bemona reveals that it took her eighty thousand years to fuse five Wind profound mysteries, emphasizing how unusually fast Arnold’s progress has been.
• During their conversation, Bemona receives a soul transmission from Beirut and announces that the Bluefire King has attained Paragon—the highest level achievable through completely fusing the profound mysteries of a single law.
• Beirut had intended to escort Bluefire from the Gebados Plane to the Yulan Continent. Because Arnold’s training objectives have largely been fulfilled, Beirut now permits Arnold to return with Bluefire.
• Arnold, however, is concerned about leaving Tru Pei behind, since Odin may eventually kill him. He asks Bemona to bring Tru Pei to Bluefire City as well.
• Bemona agrees to transport Tru Pei to Bluefire City, though she cannot guarantee that Beirut will allow him to return to the Yulan Continent.
• Arnold secretly plans to bring his Saint Domain true body and other divine clones to the Gebados Plane. By combining their divine powers, he intends to eventually gain enough strength to kill Odin and protect Tru Pei.
• Bemona leaves temporarily to say farewell to a friend, then returns to escort Arnold and Tru Pei.

Character Developments

• Arnold: His rapid cultivation progress is highlighted, as he has begun fusing six Wind mysteries far earlier than Bemona did. Although he is eager to return home, his loyalty to Tru Pei causes him to delay leaving and formulate a plan against Odin. He also continues concealing the true extent of his power and his knowledge of Divine Power Fusion.
• Bemona: She is astonished by Arnold’s cultivation speed and shows clear affection and familiarity toward him. She also demonstrates confidence in her ability to protect Arnold and Tru Pei from Odin, relying on her connection to Beirut.
• Tru Pei: He becomes increasingly grateful to Arnold but remains confused by Arnold’s confidence and plans. He fears that Bluefire City will become dangerous once the Bluefire King leaves, yet tentatively accepts Arnold’s promise to deal with Odin.
• Bluefire King: His attainment of Paragon marks a major shift in the power balance of the Gebados Plane and provides the opportunity for Arnold and others to leave.
• Beirut: Though absent, Beirut’s influence is central. His authority enables Bemona to move freely and may determine whether Tru Pei can return to the Yulan Continent.

Significant Themes

• The difficulty and timescale of cultivation: Bemona’s eighty-thousand-year effort contrasts with Arnold’s extraordinary speed, underscoring the immense patience required to advance in power.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Arnold chooses to protect Tru Pei rather than immediately pursue his own safe return.
• Hidden strength and strategic planning: Arnold conceals his Divine Power Fusion ability while preparing to overcome Odin in the future.
• Power and authority: The Bluefire King’s breakthrough and Beirut’s influence demonstrate how a few supreme figures control the fate of entire planes.
• Trust: Tru Pei must rely on Arnold despite not understanding how Arnold intends to defeat Odin.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona engage in playful, intimate conversation, causing Tru Pei visible discomfort as he recognizes their mutual feelings.
• Arnold questions Bemona about her origins, cultivation history, and Beirut’s authority, while she teases him and avoids revealing her age.
• Arnold repeatedly advocates for Tru Pei, asking Bemona to transport and protect him.
• Bemona reassures Arnold that Odin would not dare interfere while she is present.
• Arnold sincerely asks Tru Pei to trust him, promising to eliminate Odin and seek Beirut’s help on Tru Pei’s behalf.

Chapter Summary: “Soul Mutation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bemona returns to Tru Pei’s house using her Darkness Divine Clone, which has black hair and wears a black dress.
• Arnold, Tru Pei, and Bemona travel west toward Bluefire City aboard Bemona’s Metallic Lifeform. The vehicle is extraordinarily fast, completing the journey in about ten days instead of the six months their previous trip required.
• After entering Bluefire City, the group goes to the city lord’s manor and meets Bluefire and Beirut.
• Beirut grants Tru Pei permission to leave the Gebados Plane and travel with Arnold, provided Arnold can kill Odin.
• To confront Odin, Arnold gathers his true body and all four divine clones. His Wind God Clone merges into his true body, allowing him to reveal his full strength.
• During the journey to Evil City, Arnold demonstrates Four-System Midgod Divine Power Fusion. He combines the divine powers of his four clones into a dark-gray fusion power and uses it to strengthen his true body and all four divine clones.
• The strengthening process takes nearly a week and makes Arnold’s true body as strong as, or possibly stronger than, a High-God Artifact.
• Beirut identifies Arnold’s ability to fuse divine powers as a possible sign that he is a Soul Mutant, a rare type of god capable of combining powers and laws from different elemental systems.

Character Developments

• Arnold becomes increasingly determined to defeat Odin, especially because Tru Pei’s future depends on Beirut’s condition. He is willing to expose the secret of Divine Power Fusion to achieve this goal.
• Arnold’s power rises dramatically through the fusion of four types of Midgod Divine Power. His physical body and divine clones become vastly stronger.
• Arnold remains unaware that his abilities may indicate Soul Mutation, prompting Beirut to explain the phenomenon to him.
• Tru Pei gains Beirut’s formal permission to leave the Gebados Plane, though only if Arnold succeeds in killing Odin. He also becomes emotionally affected by seeing Beirut, whose appearance closely resembles his own.
• Bemona reveals her Darkness Divine Clone and continues supporting Arnold and Tru Pei. She proudly reports that her Earth God Clone has already met Arnold’s other divine clones on the Yulan Continent.
• Beirut shows both authority and guarded interest in Arnold’s potential. Although he may possess the power to help Arnold further, he intends to wait until Arnold proves himself and ventures into the Higher Planes.
• Bluefire assists the group by personally controlling the Metallic Lifeform and transporting them toward Evil City.
• The black-robed observer, implied to be a Divine Beast, is skeptical that Arnold could defeat Odin without being a Soul Mutant.

Significant Themes

• Hidden potential and exceptional talent: Arnold’s unprecedented ability to fuse divine powers suggests that he may possess a rare nature beyond that of ordinary gods.
• Power and sacrifice: Arnold’s willingness to reveal his greatest secret demonstrates his commitment to helping Tru Pei and confronting Odin.
• Destiny versus cultivation: Bluefire and the black-robed man discuss how Paragon-level achievement depends not only on talent but also on luck and enlightenment.
• Limits of divine talent: Divine Beasts possess extraordinary innate abilities but may be unable to become Paragons, emphasizing that great gifts can come with corresponding restrictions.
• Trust and conditional support: Beirut supports Tru Pei and recognizes Arnold’s potential, but he sets strict conditions before granting full assistance or revealing further resources.
• Identity and transformation: The concept of Soul Mutation introduces the possibility that Arnold is fundamentally different from ordinary gods, capable of transcending the normal limits of divine clones and elemental laws.

Important Character Interactions

• Arnold reacts to Bemona’s Darkness Divine Clone, though he remains relatively reserved while she enjoys his attention.
• Tru Pei and Arnold marvel at the speed and capabilities of Bemona’s Metallic Lifeform.
• Bluefire and the black-robed man debate Arnold’s chances against Odin and whether Arnold may be a Soul Mutant.
• Beirut formally addresses Tru Pei and permits him to leave the plane if he maintains the honor of the Nourishing God Rat lineage.
• Tru Pei respectfully thanks Beirut, while his resemblance to Beirut creates a poignant and emotionally charged moment.
• Beirut challenges Arnold to kill Odin in exchange for allowing Tru Pei to accompany him.
• Beirut, Bluefire, Bemona, and Tru Pei witness Arnold’s Divine Power Fusion, leading Beirut to explain the nature of Soul Mutants and why Arnold’s abilities are so extraordinary.

Summary: “Odin’s Death”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold learns from Beirut that Profound Mysteries from different Laws can be fused. Such fusion is vastly more powerful than combining mysteries from the same Law—roughly equivalent to fusing three mysteries of one Law—but is also more than ten times as difficult.
• Beirut questions Arnold about a period of prolonged unconsciousness. Arnold recalls being unconscious for a month as a child after his soul struggled against another soul, though he conceals the details involving the other soul’s memories.
• Beirut and Bluefire view Arnold as a possible candidate for their plans because he is a Four-System Soul Mutant. However, Beirut emphasizes that Arnold’s character must still be observed before he is fully trusted.
• After traveling to Evil City, Beirut uses overwhelming power to seize Odin from the city and bring him directly to the group.
• Beirut orders Odin to fight Arnold to the death. Odin is allowed to live and retain control of Evil City if he wins, but must die if he loses.
• Beirut creates a one-li-wide battlefield by cracking and transforming the surrounding ground and sky.
• Odin attacks first with his black scythe and later uses a powerful soul attack. Arnold survives because of the Soul-Defense Mid-God Artifact given to him by Tru Pei.
• Arnold creates a hundred clones to surround Odin. Though Odin destroys nearly all of them, their destruction activates a powerful Wind Space Profound Truth that binds him.
• Arnold then uses his strongest technique, Extreme Point Inch Light, powered by his Four-System Midgod Fusion Divine Power. The attack tears through space and completely destroys Odin’s main body.
• Odin’s Wind God Clone emerges, but Arnold kills it as well. He collects Odin’s two God Sparks and interspatial ring.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates rapid growth and increasing confidence. Although still a Mid-God, he can defeat Odin, a Seven-Star Demon-level expert, through strategy, defensive preparation, and fused divine power.
• Arnold’s unusual soul history remains mysterious, hinting at the deeper origin of his soul-mutant abilities.
• Beirut is shown to possess terrifying power and authority. He treats Odin’s capture and forced duel as effortless, while also carefully evaluating Arnold’s character.
• Bluefire continues to support Beirut’s plans and serves as part of the group observing Arnold.
• Tru Pei contributes indirectly by having equipped Arnold with a highly effective Soul-Defense Mid-God Artifact.
• Odin, initially confident in his combat ability, becomes frightened and cautious after Beirut captures him. Despite being a formidable Seven-Star Demon-level fighter, he underestimates the combined effect of Arnold’s clones, Wind Space Profound Truth, and fused divine power.

Significant Themes

• The immense difficulty and reward of fusion: Combining Profound Mysteries across different Laws can produce extraordinary strength, but such advancement is exceptionally rare and difficult.
• Hidden potential and destiny: Arnold’s soul mutation, unexplained childhood experience, and ability to use multiple systems suggest that he may be central to larger plans.
• Power and authority: Beirut’s effortless domination of Odin establishes a vast difference between ordinary high-level experts and truly supreme beings.
• Preparation versus raw strength: Arnold survives Odin’s soul attack because of prior equipment and wins by combining tactics, clone manipulation, binding techniques, and a decisive finishing move.
• Judgment of character: Beirut values Arnold’s morality and loyalty as much as his strength, implying that power alone is insufficient for the role he is considering.

Character Interactions

• Beirut explains the nature of cross-Law Profound Mystery fusion to Arnold and tests Arnold’s background through questioning.
• Beirut and Bluefire privately assess Arnold as a possible candidate while remaining uncertain about his character.
• Tru Pei’s earlier gift of the soul-defense artifact becomes crucial during Arnold’s battle with Odin.
• Beirut forcibly brings Odin before Arnold and gives him no real choice but to accept the duel.
• Odin and Arnold engage in a direct life-or-death battle, with Odin relying on his scythe and soul attacks and Arnold countering with clones, spatial binding, and fused divine power.

Chapter Summary: “Journey to the Earth God Plane”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold demonstrates the overwhelming power of his four-element fused divine power by defeating Odin with ease, shocking Tru Pei and Bemona.
• Beirut warns Arnold that his four-element Soul Mutation is extraordinarily rare and that powerful figures across the higher planes may seek to exploit or investigate him. Arnold agrees to conceal his abilities.
• The group returns from the Gebados Plane to the Yulan Continent through Beirut’s teleportation ability. They then separate:
  • Bluefire leaves to pursue his own plans.
  • Tru Pei chooses to remain on the Yulan Continent temporarily.
  • Arnold returns to Dragonblood Castle.
• Bluefire recreates the sunken Qingya Continent, renaming it the Bluefire Continent, and relocates ten million inhabitants there.
• Arnold and Bemona spend three years traveling across the Yulan Continent, enjoying a peaceful period together and visiting many regions, including the Easternmost Great Prairie.
• Arnold reveals that he wishes to travel to the Earth God Plane because of his particular love for the Earth Law. Bemona decides to accompany him, since she possesses an Earth God Clone.
• Tru Pei announces that he intends to remain on the Yulan Continent until he reaches Asura-level strength, after which he will explore the divine and higher planes.
• Arnold says farewell to his family, friends, disciple, and magical beast at Dragonblood Castle. Bemona separately bids farewell to Beirut and Harry.
• Arnold and Bemona reach the Arctic Icefield, where the plane guardian Hodan activates the teleportation array to the Earth God Plane. The two leave the Yulan Plane and begin their journey into one of the Seven Divine Planes.

Character Developments

• Arnold: His immense strength is confirmed after defeating Odin. Despite having the option to enter one of the Four Higher Planes, he follows his personal preference for Earth Laws and chooses the Earth God Plane. He also becomes more emotionally open by asking Bemona to accompany him.
• Bemona: She grows closer to Arnold during their travels and quietly agrees to join him in the Earth God Plane. Her decision reflects both her affection for Arnold and her own connection to earth-based cultivation.
• Tru Pei: Rather than immediately leaving for another plane, he chooses to build his strength on the Yulan Continent. His ambition is to eventually become an Asura and make the reputation of the Nourishing God Rat known throughout the planes.
• Bluefire King: He demonstrates extraordinary power and initiative by reconstructing the destroyed Qingya Continent and taking responsibility for resettling its people.
• Beirut: He acts as Arnold’s guide and protector, emphasizing the danger of revealing his rare Soul Mutation.
• Hodan: He remains friendly and attentive while secretly wondering which higher plane Arnold will choose, recognizing Arnold’s exceptional talent.

Significant Themes

• Power and secrecy: Arnold’s four-element Soul Mutation makes him uniquely powerful but also places him in danger, reinforcing the need to hide his true abilities.
• Personal choice over conventional wisdom: Although the higher planes would seem more suitable for Arnold’s four divine clones, he chooses the Earth God Plane because of his genuine preference for Earth Laws.
• Friendship and parting: The chapter repeatedly depicts characters separating while maintaining the expectation of future reunions across the divine planes.
• Love and companionship: Arnold and Bemona’s shared journey develops into a deeper emotional bond, culminating in her decision to accompany him.
• Rebuilding and responsibility: Bluefire’s recreation of the Qingya Continent highlights the importance of restoring civilization and caring for ordinary people after catastrophic conflict.
• Ambition and future growth: Tru Pei and Arnold pursue different paths toward greater strength, each setting long-term goals for their future adventures.

Important Character Interactions

• Arnold and Beirut: Beirut warns Arnold about the dangers of his Soul Mutation, and Arnold promises to remain cautious.
• Arnold and Tru Pei: They discuss where they will live and their future plans. Tru Pei intends to become an Asura, while Arnold prepares to leave for the Earth God Plane.
• Arnold and Bemona: During their quiet time on the prairie, Arnold admits his desire to travel to the Earth God Plane and asks Bemona to join him. She accepts, creating the chapter’s central emotional moment.
• Arnold and his companions at Dragonblood Castle: He informs Wharton, Cessler, and Doehring about the others’ activities, then later says farewell to them, Pitero, and Red-Eyed.
• Arnold, Bemona, and Hodan: At the Arctic Icefield, Hodan welcomes them and activates the teleportation array, marking their official departure from the Yulan Plane.

Chapter Summary: “Hongmeng’s Prank”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the mysterious Hongmeng Space, Hongmeng observes that Arnold is traveling toward the Earth God Plane. He recognizes Arnold’s unusual destiny and his Four-System Soul Mutation involving earth, fire, water, and wind. If Arnold gathers and fuses the four Sovereign Sparks, he may eventually form a Hongmeng Body.
• Although Hongmeng refuses to directly help Arnold, he decides to create pressure and motivate him. He sends a drop of cyan water into the Earth God Plane. The drop splits into eight portions and spreads across the plane.
• Each droplet enters a different dragon, rapidly transforming them from Saint Domain creatures into gods. The dragons instinctively understand their purpose and travel toward Melville Lake.
• The chosen dragons include a Red Dragon, a purple young dragon, and six others of different colors, culminating in a dazzling Seven-Colored Giant Dragon. Their sudden evolution causes confusion and alarm among their former caretakers, bandits, and local forces.
• At Melville Lake, the eight dragons gather near a Simon Army teleportation array. The guards and hundreds of deities are shocked by their unexplained appearance and initially consider driving them away or killing them.
• At the same moment, Arnold, Bemona, and five other travelers arrive through the teleportation array. Arnold jokes that the group has received an unusually grand “welcome ceremony,” referring to the eight dragons gathered nearby.

Character Developments

• Hongmeng is established as a powerful, enigmatic figure who is interested in Arnold’s potential but deliberately refuses to provide direct assistance. His prank is meant to test and encourage Arnold rather than solve his problems for him.
• Arnold arrives in the Earth God Plane as a notably talented cultivator, already accompanied by a strong group. He remains calm and humorous despite the intimidating gathering of dragons and Simon Army deities.
• Bemona accompanies Arnold and is identified as a delicate black-haired woman, though she receives little individual development in the chapter.
• The eight dragons undergo dramatic transformations. Their evolution from low-status or oppressed creatures into gods gives them new freedom and a shared purpose. The purple young dragon, in particular, displays exceptional speed and composure when escaping the bandits.

Significant Themes

• Testing through adversity: Hongmeng believes Arnold must face pressure and danger to develop the determination needed to compete for Sovereign Sparks.
• Hidden potential and transformation: The dragons’ instant ascension demonstrates that extraordinary power can exist within seemingly weak or insignificant beings.
• Fate and destiny: Arnold’s unpredictable fate and possible creation of a Hongmeng Body mark him as an exceptional figure whose future cannot easily be foreseen.
• Freedom versus oppression: The Red Dragons are treated as livestock and food, while the purple dragon is hunted by bandits. Their sudden ascension allows them to escape their former circumstances.
• Power and hierarchy: The chapter contrasts the lowly status of Saint Domain creatures with the immense authority of gods, while also showing that unexpected power can disrupt established systems.

Character Interactions

• Hongmeng reflects on Arnold’s potential and deliberately sends the cyan droplets as indirect assistance and provocation.
• The Red Dragon’s transformation terrifies its Demi-God caretaker, who realizes that a once-controlled creature has suddenly become valuable and powerful.
• The purple dragon is confronted by bandits who mockingly call it a “rat.” It avoids conflict and escapes before they can react, demonstrating its superior speed.
• The Simon Army deities discuss whether to attack or capture the dragons, revealing their confidence and casual attitude toward weaker beings.
• When Arnold and the others arrive, the Simon Army members comment on the group’s unusually high cultivation levels. Arnold responds humorously to the dragons’ presence, setting up a potentially tense encounter between the newcomers, the dragons, and the Simon Army.

Summary of “A Great Opportunity”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold and six companions arrive at Melville Lake in the Earth God Plane through a Teleportation Array.
• Eight Demi-God Giant Dragons surrounding the lake begin roaring. The Simon Army captain guarding the array considers this an attack and launches eight Earth Spears at them.
• Arnold intervenes, creating a thousand-meter-wide yellow-brown defensive space formed from Earth Elements. The captain’s attacks dissolve upon touching it, revealing Arnold’s considerable mastery of Earth Laws.
• The dragons retaliate by firing eight powerful yellow-brown energy orbs at the array. Rather than damaging the group, the orbs are absorbed into Arnold’s defensive space.
• The absorption transforms the space into an extraordinary cultivation environment where the mysteries of the Earth Law become unusually clear.
• Everyone present—including the Simon Army captain, his soldiers, Arnold’s companions, and two Saint Domain experts—begins comprehending the Earth Law.
• After an entire day of cultivation, Arnold completes the fusion of the Profound Truth of Earth Element and Strength.

Character Developments

• Arnold: Demonstrates both restraint and immense power by protecting the dragons from the captain’s attack. His defensive ability unexpectedly evolves into a powerful cultivation domain. The opportunity helps him discover the compatibility between Vitality and Strength and complete the fusion of Earth Element and Strength.
• Simon Army captain: Initially arrogant and aggressive, he attacks the dragons and underestimates Arnold. Once he realizes the value of the transformed space, he abandons the confrontation and focuses entirely on cultivation.
• Simon Army soldiers: Begin by mocking the dragons and boasting about their captain, but their confidence disappears when Arnold neutralizes the captain’s attack. They then benefit from the cultivation opportunity.
• Bemona: Remains wary and distrustful of the Simon Army, but she recognizes the importance of the phenomenon and joins the others in cultivating.
• The two Saint Domain experts: Gain the most from the opportunity because their weaker cultivation allows them to make rapid progress in understanding and combining Profound Mysteries.
• The Giant Dragons: Initially appear to provoke the Simon Army with their roars, but their energy attacks unintentionally create the extraordinary cultivation environment.

Significant Themes

• Unexpected opportunity in danger: A potentially violent confrontation becomes a rare chance for everyone to improve their cultivation.
• The value of restraint: Arnold’s decision to protect the dragons rather than retaliate prevents needless bloodshed and leads to a far greater reward.
• Power and misunderstanding: The Simon Army interprets the dragons’ behavior as provocation, while Arnold recognizes that immediate violence is unnecessary.
• Cultivation through insight: Progress depends not only on raw strength but on recognizing the compatibility between different Profound Mysteries.
• Equal benefit from rare opportunities: Soldiers, experts, and outsiders alike gain from the transformed space, though the weakest cultivators ultimately benefit the most.

Character Interactions

• The Simon Army captain attacks the dragons while his soldiers encourage and praise him.
• Arnold counters the captain’s attack, establishing a tense contrast between his power and the army’s aggression.
• The dragons’ counterattack forces the captain and soldiers to cooperate defensively instead of continuing their conflict with Arnold.
• Arnold and Bemona share the same astonishment at the transformation of the defensive space and silently take advantage of it.
• Everyone eventually stops speaking and concentrates on cultivation, turning a hostile encounter into a collective period of advancement.

Summary: “Earth Origin Stone”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A powerful Earth-element force descends around the two Saint Domain experts, enabling them to become gods through newly formed Earth Demi-God Godheads.
• The yellow cultivation space surrounding Melville Lake disappears after transforming into pure Earth Element. The eight Giant Dragons outside the lake also vanish, ending the unique opportunity to study the Earth Law.
• Arnold and Bemona recognize that they benefited greatly from the experience, exchanging a knowing smile.
• The Simon Army orders the newly ascended deities to leave the teleportation array and wait until morning to be transported away. More newcomers, including Saint Domain experts, arrive during the night and witness the consequences of the earlier event.
• The following morning, a Simon Army member explains the structure of the Earth God Plane:
  • It is one of the Seven Divine Planes.
  • It contains seven enormous continents, including Simon Continent.
  • The newcomers are being sent to Muir Prefecture, a region spanning 1.2 billion li.
• The newcomers are transported in a Giant Dragon-shaped Metallic Lifeform. The vehicle’s insignia scares off a group of more than one hundred deity-level bandits.
• After traveling for three years, Arnold and the others reach their destination. Arnold and several other Deity-level newcomers receive an Earth Origin Stone, the standard currency of the Earth God Plane.
• Bemona explains that each Earth Origin Stone contains an extremely diluted trace of Earth Sovereign’s Might, giving Arnold a glimpse of the power hierarchy above ordinary divine power.
• Arnold and Bemona are dropped near the Waters Tribe. A black-robed elder offers them protection and residence in exchange for one Earth Origin Stone each.
• Arnold declines, choosing to explore the Earth God Plane independently. The elder accepts this without hostility and approaches other newcomers instead.

Character Developments

• Arnold advances from a powerful figure in the Material Planes to a newcomer in the vast and dangerous Earth God Plane. He remains observant and ambitious, quickly recognizing the value of Earth Origin Stones and resolving to one day obtain Sovereign’s Might.
• Bemona continues to act as Arnold’s guide, providing crucial knowledge about divine power, the Earth God Plane, and Earth Origin Stones. Her familiarity with the higher planes suggests she has extensive past experience.
• The two Saint Domain experts successfully become gods, marking a major transformation in their status.
• The newly arrived deities are overwhelmed by the scale and dangers of the Earth God Plane, especially after learning about its continents, prefectures, tribes, and powerful inhabitants.
• The Simon Army is shown to be authoritative and organized, controlling the newcomers’ movement while providing basic information and transportation.
• The black-robed Waters Tribe elder is practical rather than aggressive, offering newcomers a safe route into life on the Divine Plane.

Significant Themes

• The vastness of higher realms: The enormous continents and prefectures make the Material Planes seem tiny and insignificant.
• Power and hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the progression from Saint Domain experts to gods, then to greater divine powers and ultimately Sovereign’s Might.
• Opportunity and impermanence: The mysterious Earth cultivation space provides immense insight but vanishes suddenly, showing that rare opportunities cannot be taken for granted.
• Independence versus security: Arnold and Bemona reject the Waters Tribe’s protection, choosing the danger of independent exploration over immediate safety.
• Adaptation to a new world: The newcomers must quickly learn the laws, geography, economy, and social structures of the Earth God Plane to survive.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona share a silent understanding after both benefit from the vanished Earth cultivation space.
• The Simon Army warns and directs the newcomers, establishing its authority over them.
• Bemona privately explains the meaning of Earth Origin Stones and the nature of Sovereign’s Might to Arnold.
• The Waters Tribe elder offers Arnold and Bemona protection, but Arnold respectfully refuses.
• The elder then turns to other newcomers, demonstrating that joining a tribe is an available but voluntary path for those entering the Earth God Plane.

Chapter Summary: Yadai Mountains

Key Plot Points and Events

• After refusing the tribe’s recruitment, Arnold decides—following Bemona’s advice—to eventually travel to a major city in Muir Prefecture and undergo the God Hunter assessment.
• Since neither Arnold nor Bemona knows the geography of the Earth God Plane, Bemona provides a Metallic Lifeform, and they choose a direction at random.
• During their journey, they encounter two large groups of bandits fighting. Arnold uses his Wind God Clone to immobilize the entire battlefield with the Wind Space Profound Truth.
• He questions the leaders, takes one leader’s map of the surrounding region, and leaves without killing anyone, allowing the bandits to resume fighting.
• The map reveals two locations of interest:
  • Yunze Bit Highlands, known for producing Black Jade Obsidian.
  • Yadai Mountains, where a serpent-type Divine Beast supposedly appears every hundred thousand years.
• Bemona enthusiastically suggests visiting the Yadai Mountains, which lie along the route to Summerfield City. Arnold agrees, warning that they may not actually find the Divine Beast.
• Along the way, they encounter numerous bandits. Arnold scares off those merely fighting among themselves and kills the leaders of those who attempt to rob him. He accumulates several million Earth Origin Stones and various other items.
• Meanwhile, Arnold’s true body and Earth God Clone continue working on fusing the Vitality Profound Truth and the Profound Truth of Strength, having already identified their compatibility point.
• After ten years, Arnold and Bemona arrive at the Yadai Mountains, whose shape resembles a gigantic serpent.
• They sense many powerful people in the area, all hoping to seize the newly born Divine Beast and bind it through a Master-Servant Contract before it matures.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates overwhelming power, confidence, and restraint. He avoids unnecessary bloodshed when dealing with the battling bandits but responds decisively and lethally to direct attacks.
• His growing strength allows him to travel freely through dangerous regions. With six Wind Law profound truths broadly fused and the support of Four-System Midgod Fusion Divine Power, he believes he can contend with ordinary Asuras.
• Arnold continues pursuing two major goals: passing the God Hunter assessment and improving his mastery of Earth and Wind Laws.
• Bemona is portrayed as curious, adventurous, and playful. She encourages Arnold to explore the Earth God Plane’s unusual locations rather than traveling directly to the city.
• Their relationship remains cooperative and comfortable, with Bemona contributing resources and ideas while Arnold handles navigation, protection, and strategic decisions.

Significant Themes

• Strength and freedom: Arnold’s immense power gives him the freedom to explore dangerous areas and pursue personal goals without being controlled by factions.
• Pragmatism and restraint: Arnold distinguishes between harmless conflict and genuine threats, showing mercy when possible but eliminating those who endanger him.
• Exploration and adventure: The journey emphasizes the vastness and mystery of the Earth God Plane, including rare materials, dangerous bandits, and naturally born Divine Beasts.
• The pursuit of mastery: Arnold’s continued efforts to fuse profound truths highlight the importance of patience, experimentation, and long-term cultivation.
• Control versus companionship: The planned Master-Servant Contracts reveal the coercive ways people seek to exploit Divine Beasts, contrasting with Bemona and Arnold’s more curious and exploratory motives.

Character Interactions

• Arnold questions the two bandit leaders and takes their map, intimidating them while ultimately sparing their lives.
• He and Bemona discuss the map and choose to visit the Yadai Mountains together.
• Bemona repeatedly proposes interesting destinations, while Arnold evaluates the risks and makes the final practical decisions.
• Upon arriving at the mountains, the pair observe the area together and recognize that they are entering a contested region filled with people seeking the Divine Beast.

Chapter Summary: Summerfield City

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold’s plan to skip the usual progression of fusing three and four profound mysteries and attempt a direct fivefold fusion is discussed. Although this method could save time, it would make finding compatibility among all five mysteries much more difficult.
• Arnold and Bemona briefly explore the Yadai Mountains, a region filled with snake-type magical beasts and poisonous mist. Irritated by the constant attacks, they soon leave and resume their journey in their Metallic Lifeform.
• After another year of travel, they arrive at Summerfield City in Muir Prefecture. The city is ancient, heavily protected, and ruled by the Seven-star God Hunter Dolores, known as the Mad Thunder God Hunter.
• They pay the entrance fee and stay at an expensive hotel for ten years, renting connected courtyards. Arnold is unconcerned by the cost because their earlier encounters with bandits yielded nearly ten million Earth Origin Stones.
• Arnold and Bemona discuss the God Hunter Examination and consider taking it after Arnold’s Vitality and Strength profound mysteries reach a bottleneck.
• Arnold then spends nearly thirty years cultivating in the hotel, with Bemona renewing their lodging fees.

Character Developments

• Arnold continues pursuing an extremely ambitious cultivation path. He has advanced rapidly despite beginning later than Bemona and intends to attempt an unprecedented fivefold fusion rather than progressing through the normal stages.
• During the thirty years of cultivation, Arnold brings the fusion of his Vitality and Strength profound mysteries to a bottleneck. His Earth Travel mystery advances more than halfway toward fusion with both Earth Element and Gravity Space, though he makes no progress connecting Earth Travel with Vitality or Strength.
• Arnold’s Wind Law fusion reaches roughly halfway toward completion, while his Fire and Water clones focus on improving their existing two-mystery fusions.
• Bemona remains highly disciplined and has already fused three Earth Law profound mysteries, placing her close to Fourfold Profound Fusion. She is impressed—and somewhat discouraged—by Arnold’s faster progress, but continues supporting him, including paying their hotel fees.

Significant Themes

• The difficulty and risk of cultivation: Profound Fusion becomes exponentially harder as more mysteries are combined, and Arnold’s shortcut carries substantial risks.
• Perseverance versus talent: Bemona’s steady progress contrasts with Arnold’s exceptional speed and unconventional methods.
• The danger of the Divine and Higher Planes: Strength is essential for survival, while bandits and dangerous environments make cities the only truly secure locations.
• Time and long-term ambition: Progress in cultivation takes centuries or even tens of thousands of years, emphasizing the patience required to reach the highest realms.
• Security and power: Summerfield City’s protection comes largely from the authority of its Seven-star God Hunter ruler.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona travel together and cooperate closely, though they tease each other about their cultivation progress.
• Bemona acknowledges Arnold’s frightening talent, while Arnold praises her perseverance and achievements.
• Their conversation about the God Hunter Examination reveals their shared interest in gaining official status and testing themselves through dangerous missions.
• Despite their competitive comparisons, their relationship is supportive: they share lodging, discuss cultivation strategies, and Bemona helps maintain their stay while Arnold devotes himself to training.

Chapter Summary: “Simon Castle”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold reaches a bottleneck in fusing Vitality with power, so he decides to accompany Bemona to Summerfield City’s God Hunter Castle and apply for the God Hunter Examination.
• In the city, they encounter three major castles:
  • Black Sand Castle, an ancient and mysterious structure built by a long-vanished earth-element Paragon. Its flowing black sand maintains the castle’s shape, and its reputation makes it dangerous for weaker individuals to enter.
  • Simon Castle, operated by the Simon Army and serving as a major marketplace for rare and valuable items.
  • God Hunter Castle, marked by a blurry Divine Beast carving and primarily frequented by established God Hunters.
• Arnold and Bemona apply for the God Hunter Examination. Each pays 10,000 Earth Origin Stones, receives proof of registration, and provides their residence so they can be notified when the examination is organized.
• The examination will generally take place within a month, once enough applicants have gathered and the tasks have been finalized.
• After registering, Arnold and Bemona visit Simon Castle to sell surplus items gathered during their travels, including numerous Godheads and Demi-God and Mid-God Artifacts.
• Arnold sells the unwanted items for 150 million Earth Origin Stones, while retaining Godheads corresponding to the seven elemental attributes.
• They then begin exploring Simon Castle’s upper levels, where more powerful equipment, medicines, materials, cultivation aids, and Godheads are sold.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates continued ambition and practicality. Although he has reached a cultivation bottleneck, he seeks advancement through the God Hunter Examination and uses Simon Castle to strengthen his resources.
• He also shows caution and foresight by retaining useful elemental Godheads while selling those he cannot use.
• Bemona acts as Arnold’s knowledgeable guide, explaining the significance and dangers of the various castles and the structure of Simon Castle’s marketplace.
• Red-Eyed, Arnold’s demonic pet, is characterized as independent and determined. He refuses to become a deity by fusing with a Godhead, choosing instead to rely on his own comprehension of the Fire Element.

Significant Themes

• Power and progression: Arnold’s inability to overcome his current bottleneck emphasizes the difficulty of advancing to higher levels of cultivation.
• Independence versus expediency: Red-Eyed’s choice to cultivate independently contrasts with Arnold’s practical use of Godheads and other resources.
• Hierarchy and specialization: The three castles represent different aspects of the world’s power structure—dangerous ancient strength, commerce, and organized God Hunter authority.
• Resource management: The sale and preservation of Godheads and artifacts highlight the importance of turning unused possessions into resources for future growth.
• Reputation and status: Established God Hunters are recognized by their medals and confidence, while access to certain locations depends heavily on one’s strength.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona travel together and discuss the nature of the city’s three castles.
• Bemona explains the history of Black Sand Castle, the purpose of Simon Castle, and the reason it attracts far more visitors than the other two.
• Arnold interacts with the red-haired God Hunter Castle receptionist, who explains the application requirements and examination process.
• Arnold and Bemona cooperate in selling their excess loot and then explore Simon Castle’s third floor, where the most valuable items are available.

Chapter Summary: “Gaining Entry into the Sound Wave Profound Truth”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold and Bemona browse the marketplace on the third floor of Summerfield City. Arnold purchases an expensive map of Muir Prefecture and several books on the Darkness, Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind Laws.
• Arnold gives the Darkness Law book to Bemona, shares the Earth and Wind Law materials with her, and studies the Fire and Water Law books himself. His divine clones use the books to gain broader insight into their respective cultivation paths.
• Arnold’s Wind God Clone focuses on the Sound Wave and Music Profound Truths. He learns that Sound Wave Profound Truth specializes in physical attacks through vibrating wind-element particles, while Music Profound Truth affects the soul and consciousness.
• Drawing on his memories of physics from Earth, Arnold experiments by causing fine Wind Element particles to collide and vibrate. After two years of experimentation and deduction, he successfully gains entry into the Sound Wave Profound Truth.
• During this period, the God Hunter Castle delays organizing the examination because it takes time to gather enough applicants. Arnold and Bemona therefore continue cultivating without urgency.
• Arnold also makes progress in Earth Law cultivation. Inspired by an airplane shooting game from his youth on Earth, he develops a practical training method involving dodging Earth Element attacks through Earth Travel Profound Truth and destroying them with Strength Profound Truth.
• Three days after comprehending Sound Wave Profound Truth, Arnold successfully fuses Earth Travel Profound Truth with Strength Profound Truth.
• Arnold continues working on further Earth Law fusions, including combinations involving Earth Element, Gravity Space, Strength, and Vitality Profound Truths.
• One month later, the God Hunter Castle finally summons Arnold and Bemona for the examination. They decide to use only their Earth God Clones, trusting that their stronger divine clones can intervene if necessary.
• The next morning, they arrive outside the city to participate in the God Hunter Examination.

Character Developments

• Arnold demonstrates patience, analytical thinking, and adaptability. He uses both cultivation texts and scientific knowledge from Earth to develop his understanding of Sound Wave Profound Truth.
• His success with Sound Wave Profound Truth marks an important breakthrough in Wind Law cultivation, giving him a new physical attack method and a foundation for future fusions.
• Arnold also becomes more inventive in Earth Law cultivation, transforming a childhood memory of a video game into a useful combat-training technique.
• Bemona remains Arnold’s companion and cultivation partner. Although she does not need the books Arnold buys for her, she accepts them out of consideration for his kindness. She also provides practical knowledge about the unpredictable timing of the God Hunter Examination.
• Both characters show confidence and preparedness by choosing their Earth God Clones for the examination while retaining the protection of their stronger forms.

Significant Themes

• Persistence and experimentation: Arnold’s two years of repeated testing show that breakthroughs come through sustained effort rather than immediate inspiration.
• Combining knowledge across worlds: Arnold applies scientific concepts from Earth—especially vibration and sound propagation—to the cultivation system of his current world.
• Creative cultivation: Memories from ordinary life, such as playing a shooting game, become valuable tools for understanding profound truths and improving combat techniques.
• Integration and fusion: The chapter emphasizes that true advancement comes not only from comprehending individual profound mysteries but also from discovering how they complement and fuse with one another.
• Preparation before danger: Although the examination is delayed, Arnold and Bemona use the time to strengthen themselves and carefully plan how to participate.

Character Interactions

• Arnold and Bemona shop together, with Arnold purchasing cultivation resources for both of them.
• Arnold explains or shares the books with Bemona, while she accepts his gifts despite not truly needing them.
• Bemona informs Arnold about the usual delays in organizing the God Hunter Examination, helping him understand why the summons has not arrived.
• The pair discuss their examination strategy and agree to use their Earth God Clones while relying on their stronger divine clones as a safeguard.
• Their cooperation reflects mutual trust, companionship, and a shared approach to cultivation and risk management.

Chapter Summary: God Hunter Examination

Key Plot Points and Events

• Arnold and another participant arrive outside Summerfield City, where roughly five hundred Mid-Gods have gathered for the One-Star God Hunter Examination. Several High-Gods are also present, though Arnold suspects they are in the area for unrelated missions.
• The participants board a large Metallic Lifeform marked with the phantom emblem of a Divine Beast. The examinees are placed in the rear cabin, while High-Gods and God Hunter Castle personnel occupy the front.
• After a twenty-day journey, the organizers explain the examination’s mission: travel to Devouring Stone Mountain, infiltrate the castle located halfway up it, kill one of the castle master’s subordinates, and retrieve the Special Obsidian Emblem from that subordinate’s Interspatial Ring.
• Participants may keep the subordinate’s Interspatial Ring and other possessions. The castle master and his strongest followers will be handled by more experienced Three-, Four-, and Five-Star God Hunters accompanying the mission.
• Devouring Stone Mountain is valuable because it contains Obsidian, an ore ten times harder than Black Jade Stone and highly suitable for powerful Mid-God defensive artifacts. Its resources have attracted the interest of major families, although none have managed to control the mountain.
• After another twenty days of travel, the group reaches the mountain. The organizers warn them that they are outside the protection of Summerfield City and that death may occur at any moment.
• The estimated success rate is only about twenty percent, meaning fewer than one hundred of the five hundred participants are expected to survive and complete the examination.

Character Developments

• Arnold is introduced as observant and cautious. He notices the presence of High-Gods and evaluates their likely motives rather than blindly assuming they are examination participants.
• The examinees display a mixture of courage, anxiety, and realism. Although many are shocked by the mission’s danger, they have knowingly accepted the risks of becoming God Hunters.
• The violet-robed elder acts as the authoritative representative of God Hunter Castle, emphasizing that courage alone is insufficient and that the candidates must prove their strength.
• Wade provides the practical details of the mission.
• The bald and blond participants demonstrate the group’s concerns by asking about the castle master’s strength and whether every subordinate truly carries the required emblem.

Significant Themes

• Courage versus strength: The examination stresses that bravery is only the first requirement; survival depends on actual power and ability.
• Risk and personal responsibility: Participants understand that the mission may kill them, but having chosen it voluntarily, they must accept the consequences.
• Competition and opportunity: The examinees compete for limited certification while also gaining the chance to claim valuable treasures from defeated enemies.
• Power and hierarchy: The mission involves Mid-God examinees, stronger God Hunters assigned to handle the castle master, and powerful figures whose presence reflects the layered power structure of the divine world.
• Resources and ambition: Devouring Stone Mountain’s Obsidian illustrates how rare resources attract powerful families, lone cultivators, and conflict.

Character Interactions

• The participants interact collectively with the God Hunter Castle organizers, listening to the mission briefing and reacting with surprise and unease.
• The bald participant directly challenges the mission’s logic by questioning whether the castle master would allow his subordinates to be killed.
• The violet-robed elder reassures him that stronger God Hunters will confront the castle master, clarifying the division of responsibilities.
• A blond participant asks whether every subordinate possesses a Special Obsidian Emblem, revealing the uncertainty and danger built into the mission.
• The organizers’ warnings create tension between the examinees’ determination and their fear as they finally face Devouring Stone Mountain.

Chapter Summary: “Exploring the Castle”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Several hundred deities, accompanied by roughly twenty powerful High-God God Hunters, travel to Devouring Stone Mountain for the God Hunter Examination.
• After flying several thousand meters upward, they climb the mountain on foot to avoid revealing their strength through excessive energy fluctuations.
• They discover a strange, thousand-meter-tall castle embedded in the mountain. Its unusual structure resembles an inverted semicylinder fused into the rock.
• One of the leading High-Gods, a burly Earth-element expert, orders a companion to break open the castle. The companion’s powerful blade attack is neutralized by the castle’s Earth Godforce barrier.
• The burly High-God transforms into a massive Earth Giant and smashes through the castle wall. His attack demonstrates the fusion of the Profound Truth of Earth Element, Strength Profound Truth, and Earth Pulsation, impressing Arnold.
• Arnold recognizes that the burly man is likely a peak Five-Star God Hunter and may become a Six-Star God Hunter if he fully integrates his profound truths.
• The group divides into five teams and enters through the newly created opening. The High-Gods instruct the ordinary participants to handle weaker enemies while they deal with stronger opponents.
• Arnold and Bemona join Team Two. Despite expecting an ambush from the castle’s master, the group encounters no enemies on the first floor.
• The teams split up, with some searching upward and others moving downward. Team Two begins ascending while using combined Mid-God Domains to protect against attacks.

Character Developments

• Arnold displays strong observational and analytical abilities. He accurately identifies the techniques behind the burly High-God’s attack and evaluates the man’s current and potential strength.
• Arnold remains cautious, recognizing that the castle’s silence is suspicious and may indicate that its defenders are preparing an ambush.
• He also demonstrates his defensive capabilities by deploying the Gravity Star technique and relying on a defensive robe formed from Earth Godforce, the Earth Element, and Strength profound truths.
• Bemona continues to accompany Arnold and remains part of his team as they cautiously explore the castle.
• The burly High-God establishes himself as one of the expedition’s strongest figures. His impatience and confidence are evident, but so is his tremendous physical and elemental power.
• The lean young High-God, called “Fourth,” is shown to be powerful but unable to overcome the castle’s defenses alone.
• The purple-robed High-God takes on a coordinating role by organizing the participants into five teams.

Significant Themes

• Strength and hierarchy: The expedition is clearly divided between ordinary God Hunters and elite High-Gods, with the strongest individuals controlling the operation.
• Caution amid apparent emptiness: The lack of enemies does not reassure Arnold; instead, it suggests a deliberate trap or organized resistance.
• Mastery and fusion of profound truths: The burly High-God’s attack highlights how combining multiple laws and profound truths produces vastly greater power.
• Risk and exploitation: The participants understand that weaker God Hunters may be used as expendable scouts or “cannon fodder” when confronting dangerous missions.
• Preparation and defense: Arnold’s defensive techniques and the teams’ use of Mid-God Domains emphasize the importance of surviving unknown threats rather than simply attacking first.

Character Interactions

• The burly High-God commands the lean young man to attack the castle, then takes over when the attempt fails.
• The purple-robed High-God addresses the entire group, assigning responsibilities and dividing everyone into five teams.
• Arnold and Bemona work together within Team Two, remaining alert to the possibility of an ambush.
• The various teams coordinate their search, dividing between different floors while the High-Gods remain behind the main groups to confront stronger enemies if necessary.