Chapter Summaries

Byron reported the Four Divine Beasts Family’s heavy losses, and Gaisreisen honored the fallen and those who had lost their strongest Divine Clones. Wharton then presented seven captured Sovereign Artifacts for discussion, explaining that four taken from the Four High God Families could put their future wielders at risk.

• Byron announced that several commanders had lost their strongest Divine Clones, seven commanders had fallen below commander-level strength, and the family had lost dozens of Seven-Star Demons and thousands of Six-Star Demons.
• Gaisreisen declared that elders who had lost their strongest Divine Clones would retain elder treatment and that a Battle God Tower would be built to record the fallen.
• Gaisreisen turned the meeting to battle rewards, and Wharton rose to discuss the captured Sovereign Artifacts.
• Wharton explained that Gaia would keep the Soul-Defense Overgod Artifact taken from Oren Riel and that seven other Sovereign Artifacts were available for distribution.
• Wharton warned that four of the seven artifacts had come from the Four High God Families and could make their wielders targets, then revealed that he had forcibly severed the artifacts’ ownership bonds.

The Four Divine Beasts Family distributed seven Sovereign Artifacts among its commanders for their deeds in battle. Linley refused his award and persuaded the patriarchs to give the remaining two artifacts to Ronald & Bowen and Cardinal & Bowen.

• William warned that the four Offensive Sovereign Artifacts could make their owners targets of the Four Divine Beasts Family's rival High God Families, but Blue and others declared they would not be intimidated.
• Gaisreisen awarded artifacts to Blue, Sophia, Bryant, Williams, and Voskull for their achievements against the Eight Clans.
• Gaisreisen named Linley as the recipient of a Sovereign Artifact, but Linley refused it and said Ronald & Bowen and Cardinal & Bowen deserved the two remaining artifacts more.
• Gaisreisen awarded the remaining artifacts to Ronald & Bowen and Cardinal & Bowen, who chose a spear and a warhammer, completing the distribution.

The Four Divine Beasts Family rewarded its fighters after defeating the Eight Clans, and its leaders warned the clansmen not to grow complacent. The family celebrated its victory and toasted Wharton for his contributions, while preparations began for members who wanted to venture into Hell.

• William gave Sovereign Artifacts to Blue and the others, who bound them and swore to defend the Four Divine Beasts Family’s prestige.
• Gaisreisen distributed Sovereign’s Might according to the fighters’ achievements, including rewards for Linley, Kane, Kate, Barker, Olivia, Tarossa, and Dylan.
• Arinas and Gaia warned the family against relying on its name or becoming arrogant, while Blue vowed to face any future enemies without yielding.
• Gaisreisen announced a three-day celebration and said clansmen could prepare to leave for Hell afterward.
• Blue and William toasted Wharton, then Gaisreisen, Arinas, Bowen, and Gaia joined in honoring Wharton as the family’s greatest contributor.

After the Four Divine Beasts Family celebrated its victory, Gaisreisen and the other patriarchs prepared to hand family affairs to Byron and cultivate for Paragon. In the Light God Realm, Augusta learned what had happened to Hanks and ordered his family not to attack the Four Divine Beasts Family while they prepared for the Planar Battlefield.

• The Four Divine Beasts Family left the Tianji Mountains to travel and gain experience, while Wharton’s formations helped strengthen its disciples.
• Wharton advised Gaisreisen and the other patriarchs to let the clan face future opponents as a test, and the patriarchs decided to entrust family affairs to Byron before cultivating in seclusion.
• Hanks told Han Jin that Wharton had defeated him and Tom and banished them into Spatial Turbulence.
• Augusta arrived and ordered Han Jin and Hanks not to attack the Four Divine Beasts Family, instructing them to prepare for the Planar Battlefield.
• Augusta revealed that he had spent a year searching Spatial Turbulence for Hanks and had wanted to kill Wharton and William, but Orloff’s orders and the Destruction Sovereign’s authority had restrained him.

Augusta’s faction discussed revenge against the Four Divine Beasts Family but postponed action until after the Planar Battlefield, while Betteer ordered his people to kill any family disciples they encountered. Decades later, Tarossa and the others prepared to leave the Tianji Mountains, and Bebe, Little Gold, and Linley also expressed interest in traveling with them.

• Manlu and the other Sovereigns discussed the losses caused by Wharton and the Four Divine Beasts Family, and Augusta deferred further action until the Planar Battlefield ended.
• Betteer ordered his family to kill Four Divine Beasts Family disciples they encountered, then left for the Spatial Turbulence.
• Decades after the final battle, Gaisreisen and the other leaders kept the family’s disciples from leaving Hell to protect them.
• Tarossa, Olivia, and their companions told Wharton they had decided to leave and build a home in a mountain range east of the Tianji Mountains.
• Bebe and Little Gold said they wanted to travel with Tarossa’s group, and Linley acknowledged that he had also considered leaving.

Tarossa and the others left the Tianji Mountains after Wharton and the Four Divine Beasts Family helped them establish a fortified castle. Fifty years later, Widi had become a Middle God, while Wharton and Linley remained in the mountains and discussed their plans.

• Wharton agreed to let Tarossa, Dylan, Olivia, and the others leave, then arranged for a castle to be built for them in the Tianji Mountains.
• Gaisreisen tried to persuade the departing elders to stay, but, when they refused, he helped build their castle and returned their elder tokens.
• After the castle was completed, Gaisreisen and many members of the Four Divine Beasts Family gave Tarossa and the others a warm farewell as they departed for Magnolia Castle.
• Back at the castle, Linley told Wharton he planned to return to the Yulan Mainland after Widi completed the Clan Baptism, then venture through Hell again.
• Fifty years later, Widi had become a Middle God, and Little Gold urged Wharton to leave the Tianji Mountains; Linley and Delia arrived at Wharton's residence, where he asked about Widi.

Wharton, Linley, and their family prepared to return to Yulan Mainland, where they hoped to visit their relatives and look for their missing children before continuing to Bifu Continent. At Ironknife Gorge, Wharton used a token bestowed by the Amethyst High God as the group faced the enormous fee for teleporting to the Material Plane.

• Linley and Delia invited Wharton and Nia to return to Yulan Mainland with them, and Wharton agreed before continuing to Bifu Continent afterward.
• Wharton asked Byron to explain their departure to the family elders and organize a search for the Red Ling Crystal Diamond.
• Linley contacted Kane, Kate, Barker, and the others, who joined the group to visit their families on Yulan Mainland.
• At Ironknife Gorge, a Bloodridge Army captain recognized Linley and respectfully led the group to the teleportation array.
• The captain explained the high teleportation fee, and Wharton displayed the High God Token bestowed upon him by the Amethyst High God.

Wharton, Little Gold, Linley, and their companions used a High God token to teleport from Hell to Yulan Mainland, where the new Plane Guardian, Danny, received them. Danny reflected on the continent’s powerful rulers and growing strength, while Wharton warned him to fulfill his duties and avoid causing trouble.

• Little Gold urged the Bloodridge Army to activate the teleportation array, and the group chose Yulan Mainland as their destination.
• Danny saw one of the arrays in the Arctic Ice Plains activate and waited respectfully for the arrivals from Hell.
• Wharton and the others appeared, and Danny identified himself as Yulan Mainland’s Plane Guardian.
• Wharton warned Danny not to cause trouble in the plane, and Danny agreed to carry out his duties.
• Danny recalled that Beirut, Bluefire, Odin, and the Baruch Empire’s powerful family made Yulan Mainland far more dangerous than he had expected.

Wharton and Linley returned to the Yulan Mainland and learned that Odin had slaughtered George and seized control of much of the continent. Linley flew to confront Odin while Wharton waited with Little Gold at the Arctic Ice Plains for Odin’s Death Divine Clone.

• Wharton scanned the Yulan Mainland, discovered Odin’s rule and found no trace of Yale or George.
• Wharton and the others reached Dragonblood Castle, where Hogg explained that Odin had killed George and other Saint Domain experts, controlled Yale, and driven the Baruch forces from the O’Brien Empire.
• Hogg told Wharton that Bulen and Fain had gone to Hell after becoming Middle Gods, and that the clan had stayed on the Yulan Mainland under Wharton’s orders.
• Linley, enraged by George’s death, flew with Bebe to attack Odin, while Wharton ordered the army to prepare to unify the continent.
• Wharton and Little Gold waited at the Arctic Ice Plains for Odin’s Death Divine Clone as a huge surge of energy revealed that Linley and Odin had begun fighting.

Little Gold intercepted Odin as he tried to escape from the Yulan Mainland and killed him after resisting Odin’s soul attack with Wharton’s Soul-Defense Divine Artifact. Linley and the others arrived afterward, and Little Gold told them Odin was dead.

• Odin rushed toward the teleportation array, but Little Gold struck him and severed one of his arms.
• Little Gold and Odin fought, and Odin used Death Web to attack Little Gold’s soul.
• Wharton’s Soul-Defense Divine Artifact protected Little Gold, who shattered the soul attack and forced Odin to flee.
• Little Gold transformed into his true form and killed Odin with Tiger Roars Through the Mountains, then seized his Divine Spark.
• Wharton praised Little Gold’s Innate Divine Ability, and Linley arrived and thanked him for killing Odin.

After learning that Yale and George could be revived in the Underworld, Linley left to seek a Sovereign, while Wharton led the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans to Hell and later traveled to Bifu Continent with Nia and their companions. The group reached Moonwatch City and went to the Demon Castle to buy information about Cini and the others.

• Wharton told Linley that the souls of those who died before reaching the Saint Domain could become undead in the Underworld, and Beirut explained how to revive Yale and the others.
• Linley departed for the Underworld with Bebe, while Wharton promised to find Taylor and the others and later led the clan migration to Hell.
• Wharton divided the clansmen into groups led by himself, Little Gold, Kane, Kate, and Barker, and spent more than thirty years bringing them to the Skyrite Mountains.
• Wharton left clan members and a Divine Clone in the Tianji Mountains, then set off for Bifu Continent with Little Gold, Nia, and Corison.
• After crossing the Chaotic Sea, Wharton and his companions arrived in Moonwatch City, where Little Gold asked the Demon Castle to sell them information.

Wharton sought information about the Marquez Family and learned that Cini and the others were last seen in Kunlun Prefecture’s dangerous Lost Forest. He chose to investigate there before confronting the Marquez Family, suspecting his children might be trapped.

• Wharton asked the Demon Castle for detailed records on the Marquez Family, and its lord and the Moonwatch City Lord arranged for the information to be gathered.
• The Demon Castle’s records showed that the Marquez Family had hunted Cini and the others, who were last seen entering the Lost Forest over a thousand years earlier.
• The Moonwatch City Lord explained that even Shura-level experts struggled to escape the Lost Forest and that outside divine clones could not learn what happened inside.
• Wharton thanked the hosts with three Creation Pills and asked them to keep the gift secret.
• After reviewing the information, Wharton told Little Gold they would travel to Kunlun Prefecture first because he suspected Cini and the others were trapped in the Lost Forest.

Wharton’s group reached Kunlun Prefecture and stopped in Jade Flood Dragon City, where they learned the city lord had accepted a challenge from the newly promoted Shura Venomous Snake Demon. Little Gold pressured a group of the city lord’s allies to explain the situation, and Wharton noticed that their green-robed leader, Sheriff, was close to a breakthrough.

• Wharton ordered Corison to take the group to Kunlun Prefecture, and they traveled for twenty years before reaching its snowbound territory.
• Corison told Wharton’s group about Jade Flood Dragon City and its mysterious city lord, prompting Wharton and Nia to decide to meet her.
• At a restaurant, Wharton’s group overheard that the Venomous Snake Demon had challenged the city lord after she rejected him, and that he had recently become a Shura.
• Sheriff vowed to protect the city lord if the Venomous Snake Demon harmed her, despite being only a Six-Star Demon.
• Little Gold demanded that Sheriff’s group explain their connection to the city lord and offered to help, then pressured them until Sheriff alone remained standing.
• Wharton observed that Sheriff was breaking through under Little Gold’s pressure.

Sheriff broke through during a confrontation with Wharton and Little Gold, then explained how Jade Jiao had once saved and guided him, Junior, and his brothers. Wharton declined to get involved in Jade Jiao City Lord’s conflict with the Venomous Snake Demon, but Nia urged him to help.

• Sheriff released a terrifying aura as he broke through, and Wharton contained it while Little Gold withdrew his own aura.
• Sheriff thanked Wharton and Little Gold for helping him, and he and his companions joined them in the private room.
• Junior and Sheriff told Wharton how Jade Jiao had saved them from several High Gods and guided their cultivation.
• Parker explained that the group had returned to help Jade Jiao despite their limited strength, and Sheriff led them toward the City Lord’s Estate.
• Wharton refused Little Gold’s suggestion to help Jade Jiao, but Nia asked Wharton to reconsider.

Wharton and the others watched the Jade Flood Dragon Demon fight the newly advanced Venomous Snake Demon, who wanted to force her into becoming his partner. After he overwhelmed her, she fell from the sky badly wounded, her mask broken and her face revealed.

• Wharton and his companions arrived at the valley, where over a million experts had gathered to watch the duel.
• The Jade Flood Dragon Demon and Venomous Snake Demon began fighting, and she launched an ice-dragon attack that he shattered.
• Venomous Snake offered to end the challenge if the Jade Flood Dragon Demon accepted him, then threatened her when she refused.
• Venomous Snake exploited her anger to break through her defenses and injure her, but she transformed into a massive silver-white flood dragon and fought back.
• Venomous Snake transformed into a two-headed serpent and defeated her; she fell from the sky wounded, and her broken mask revealed her face.

Little Gold rescued Alexia from the Venomous Snake Demon, then challenged and killed him in a duel. Though he won the right to rule Jade Flood Dragon City, he refused the position, leaving Alexia as acting City Lord until Bifei Castle received instructions.

• Little Gold caught the defeated Alexia, drove back the Venomous Snake Demon, and helped Wharton and Nia restore her.
• After Alexia admitted defeat, Little Gold challenged the Venomous Snake Demon, who recovered for an hour before accepting.
• Little Gold overwhelmed the Venomous Snake Demon, destroyed his weapons, and killed him and the figure who fled from his corpse.
• Little Gold collected the Venomous Snake Demon's belongings and true form before Bifei Castle announced him as Jade Flood Dragon City's future ruler.
• Little Gold refused the City Lord position, and Bifei Castle said Alexia would act as City Lord until a new ruler was appointed.

After Little Gold fell in love with Alexia, he pursued her while Wharton and the others stayed at Jade Flood Dragon City's manor. Alexia chose to leave the city and travel with Little Gold, who departed with her to search for Cini and the others.

• Wharton and his companions accepted the Jade Flood Dragon City Lord's invitation to stay, and Nia and Wharton noticed Little Gold's feelings for Alexia.
• Little Gold declared that he would pursue Alexia, then awkwardly asked whether she would travel with him; Alexia blushed and spoke privately with Nia.
• Nia told the group that Alexia wanted to travel but had neither accepted nor rejected Little Gold, and Little Gold spent the next half month growing closer to her.
• Before Wharton and the others left, Little Gold asked Alexia to come with them, but she said she needed time to decide.
• As Little Gold was about to leave Jade Flood Dragon City, Alexia hurried to join him, and her followers asked him to look after her.

Wharton entered the Lost Forest to investigate Cini’s disappearance and discovered an ancient formation that concealed a small world. After breaking through, he encountered eleven powerful people and recognized that the place held more than he had expected.

• Little Gold invited Alexia to seek out the Four Divine Beasts Family on the Bloodridge Continent, and Alexia joined Wharton’s group as they traveled toward the Lost Forest.
• Alexia warned Nia and the others that the Lost Forest caused severe soul pain and had claimed the previous Prefect of Kunlun Prefecture.
• After two years, Wharton reached the Lost Forest, left his Fire-Element God Clone with the others, and flew into the forest with his Lightning-Element God Clone.
• Wharton resisted the forest’s pressure and soul attacks, found a drop of dried blood carrying Cini’s aura, and continued to the forest’s edge.
• Wharton discovered ancient pillars arranged in an Eight Trigrams formation, deduced how to bypass it, and was pulled through a curtain of light into a small world.
• Wharton encountered eleven people in the small world and sensed that their leader was nearly a Paragon while the other ten were at least Seven-Star Demons.

Wharton entered the Morgan Family’s world searching for five young people, but the family’s elders confronted him and attacked. After overpowering two Paragons, he faced the First and Second Elders and prepared for a desperate battle.

• Wharton encountered a group led by the Morgan Family’s Tenth Brother and explained that he was searching for five young people.
• The Morgan Family’s Eighth and Ninth Elders arrived and demanded that Wharton release the group and leave.
• When Wharton named the young people, the elders attacked him, and he fought back with Purple Lightning.
• Wharton sent one elder flying and overwhelmed the other, prompting the Tenth Brother to summon the First and Second Elders.
• The First and Second Elders arrived, and Wharton sensed they threatened his life.
• Wharton took out the Azure Dragon Blade, transformed with the Azure Dragon Transformation, and braced to fight all four Paragons.

Wharton fought a young Paragon of the Destruction Rule after entering the Four Saints Realm in search of his family, then learned the realm had been created with help from the ancestors of the Four Divine Beasts Family. The old man agreed to take him to his missing relatives.

• Wharton clashed with a young swordsman whose flawless Destruction Rule techniques initially gave him the advantage.
• Wharton revealed his Soul Mutation power, combining the Destruction Rule and Fire Law, and forced the young man to retreat.
• The old man stopped the duel and confirmed that Wharton's son, daughter-in-law, nephew, and niece were safe.
• Wharton followed the old man into the realm's mountain stronghold after watching him seal the spatial rift with a wave.
• The old man explained that the Four Saints Realm had been opened with the help of the Four Divine Beasts Family's ancestors.