Chapter Summaries

Wharton investigated a forbidden cave in the Arctic Ice Bears’ territory after learning that several clan members, including a former chief, had died inside. Drawn by a familiar sensation, he entered alone and ventured into a mist-filled corridor lined with carved pillars.

• Kullen Kates led Wharton and Little Gold to the Arctic Ice Bears’ territory, then handed the chief position to the clan’s strongest bear.
• Wharton noticed a mountain cave with unusually dense spiritual energy, and Kullen Kates explained that it was forbidden because no one who entered had returned.
• Wharton flew to the cave despite Little Gold and Kullen Kates offering to accompany him, and told them to wait outside.
• Wharton explored the hand-cut passage and chose the left path after his soul force detected an obstruction to divine sense.
• Wharton reached a misty corridor lined with carved ice pillars that resembled a formation and stepped inside cautiously.

Wharton escaped a powerful illusion when the Purple Mark on his forehead jolted him back to his senses. After recovering and pressing deeper into the passage, he found a dead cultivator from a world like the one he had lived in before.

• Wharton relived memories of his master, Hogg, and Linley before an illusion turned them against him and trapped him in anguish.
• The Purple Mark released a cool energy into Wharton's soul and broke the illusion.
• Wharton recognized that the scenes were false and realized the illusion had severely drained his soul.
• After two days of recovery, Wharton continued through the passage and entered a secret ice chamber.
• Wharton found a dead man in ancient-style robes and read a jade slip revealing that the man had come from a world of immortal cultivation through a spatial rift.

Chi Yangzi, a celebrated artifact refiner and Mahayana cultivator, was caught in a battle over a powerful immortal artifact and thrown through spatial turbulence to the Yulan Mainland. He hid in the Arctic Ice Plains to recover from severe injuries as the Gods' War began.

• Chi Yangzi became the Artifact Refinement Sect's sect master and forged an immortal artifact in the Cultivation World.
• A top-grade auxiliary immortal artifact appeared, and Chi Yangzi accidentally caught it while Ninth-Level Rogue Immortals fought over it.
• The rogue immortals attacked Chi Yangzi, killing two of his sect's Nine-Tribulation Rogue Immortals before he was blasted into spatial turbulence.
• Chi Yangzi arrived on the Yulan Mainland with severe injuries and hid in the sparsely populated Arctic Ice Plains.
• Chi Yangzi learned about the Yulan Mainland and tried to heal by turning magical elements into spiritual energy and using pills as the Gods' War broke out.

Wharton read Chi Yangzi’s account of his final battle and examined the treasures left behind. He absorbed the Qilin Jade Pendant and began studying the contents of Chi Yangzi’s spatial ring, finding manuals that could help him learn the Cultivation World’s formation-based artifact-refining methods.

• Wharton learned that Chi Yangzi had exhausted his spiritual energy and died after defeating the Middle God from Earth with formations.
• Wharton bound two spatial rings and the Qilin Jade Pendant, learning that it was a rare auxiliary divine artifact.
• Wharton absorbed the Qilin Jade Pendant into his body and felt it protect his soul while converting magic elements into spiritual energy.
• Wharton searched the Middle God’s ring and found thirteen Divine Sparks, divine artifacts, spatial rings, and artifact-refining materials.
• Wharton examined Chi Yangzi’s larger spatial ring and found precious materials and cultivation manuals, including the Complete Formation Compendium.

Wharton studied Chi Yangzi’s artifact-refining manuals and practiced basic formations before attempting to forge an artifact. His experiments repeatedly exploded, but they improved his technique and helped him begin comprehending the Heat Profound Mystery.

• Wharton spent a year studying Chi Yangzi’s records and learned the basics of formations and artifact refining.
• Wharton prepared to test whether artifact refining could work in the Coiling Dragon World and began with inferior materials.
• Wharton used fire magic, battle-qi, a hammer, and his soul force to refine materials and inscribe formations, but his unfinished artifact exploded.
• Wharton failed at artifact refining forty-five times over half a year as Little Gold and the others felt the blasts from outside the cave.
• Wharton’s repeated use of fire magic deepened his understanding of Fire Law, and he began comprehending the Heat Profound Mystery.

After nearly two years of practice, Wharton successfully refined his first Low-Grade Spirit Artifact and went on to make several more weapons. He decided to forge a heavy weapon suited to his mastery of the Lightning Law and gathered rare ores to begin preparing.

• Wharton repeatedly practiced engraving formations, learning from each failure and improving his precision.
• Wharton forged a blue longsword with defensive, offensive, and sharpness formations, completing his first Low-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Wharton refined several more weapons, but none surpassed Low-Grade Spirit Artifact rank, so he decided not to give them to Kane and the others.
• Wharton chose to forge a heavy weapon for himself, since Audley's Mid-Rank Divine Artifact was water-attributed and the weapons in Lianhuo Adept's ring did not suit him.
• Wharton gathered ores from Hell and precious purple-radiant ores from Lianhuo Adept's spatial ring for his planned weapon.

Wharton forged a battle saber and, while crafting it, fully comprehended the Burning Heat Profound Mystery. The Laws of Heaven and Earth descended as he became a god, drawing the attention of God Level experts across the Yulan Mainland.

• Wharton refined top-grade ores and forged them into a battle saber while deepening his understanding of the Burning Heat Profound Mystery.
• Wharton inscribed eighty-one formations into the saber and infused it with a drop of Azure Dragon Essence Blood.
• Lightning struck the saber, which absorbed the current and bonded with Wharton.
• Wharton meditated for seven days and broke through the final bottleneck, fully comprehending the Burning Heat Profound Mystery.
• The Laws of Heaven and Earth descended upon Wharton, and Beirut noticed his breakthrough and looked toward the Arctic Ice Plains.

Wharton became a Fire God through External Deification, gaining a Divine Clone while his true body survived. After naming his newly forged Top-Grade Spirit Artifact Purple Lightning, he left Chi Yangzi’s resting place and sealed the cave passageways.

• Beirut stopped Huo Dan from acting against Wharton, while Yulan Mainland’s God Level experts learned that a new god had emerged.
• Wharton received a Divine Spark from the Laws of the world and chose External Deification.
• The Laws split Wharton’s soul, formed his Fire Law Divine Clone, and strengthened his true body.
• Wharton claimed his violet-gold battle saber, recognized it as a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact, and named it Purple Lightning.
• Wharton bowed to Chi Yangzi, left the ice chamber, and collapsed the passageways to protect Chi Yangzi’s resting place.

Wharton became a Lower God and traveled with Little Gold and Kullen Kates to Acton Prefecture City, where a stranger entered their private room offering fine wine. The chapter left Wharton’s group facing an uninvited guest.

• Little Gold realized Wharton had become a god, and Wharton warned him not to grow complacent.
• News of Wharton’s breakthrough stirred concern among the Yulan Mainland’s God Level experts about how it might affect the continent’s balance of power.
• Wharton and his companions left the Ice Bear Clan’s territory and learned that more than four years had passed during their stay in the forbidden region.
• Wharton’s group entered Acton Prefecture City and stopped at a restaurant to eat and drink.
• A middle-aged man entered Wharton’s room without waiting for permission and offered to share his fine wine.

Wharton welcomed Hisse, the King of Assassins, after Hisse tested Little Gold with his God-Level power. Over ancient wine, they grew comfortable with one another, and Hisse asked Wharton about Linley, not realizing Wharton was from the younger generation of the Dragonblood Warrior Clan.

• Little Gold attacked Hisse, but Hisse stopped him with his God's Domain, and Wharton revealed that Hisse was a God-Level expert.
• Hisse explained that he had sensed Wharton's aura in Acton City and had come to meet the newly ascended god.
• Wharton introduced Little Gold and Kulen Kanci to Hisse, and they greeted him respectfully.
• Hisse shared jars of century-old Scarlet Flame Red, and the group relaxed as they drank together.
• Hisse mistook Wharton for an elder of the Dragonblood family and praised Linley’s potential to reach the Saint Domain or God Level.

Wharton spoke with Hisse about Linley’s extraordinary rise and accepted Hisse’s warning never to oppose Beirut. Their conversation turned to wine, and Wharton revealed rare bottles from his Space Rings, leaving Hisse and the others eager to try them.

• Wharton told Hisse that Linley was his older brother, astonishing Hisse with how quickly both brothers had advanced.
• Hisse praised Linley’s strength and warned Wharton never to offend Beirut, whom he described as the continent’s absolute ruler.
• Wharton reflected that Hisse had risked much to help Barker and the others, and planned to explain godhood to his companions when they reunited.
• Little Gold asked Hisse for more wine, and Hisse produced over a dozen jars for the group.
• Wharton remembered the wine stored in Chi Yangzi’s and the Middle God’s Space Rings and brought four rare jars to the table.
• Hisse stopped Wharton from putting the wine away and examined the unusual jars, noticing divine-power fluctuations from two of them.

Wharton shared wine from Hell and the Cultivation World with Hisse, Little Gold, and Kullen Kates, and the drink greatly improved their strength. After they finished drinking, Hisse challenged Wharton to spar, and Wharton accepted.

• Wharton poured wine from Hell for Hisse, Little Gold, and Kullen Kates, and they refined its energy to strengthen themselves.
• Wharton opened a jar of spirit wine from Chi Yangzi's storage ring, and Hisse entered an Empty-Spirit State as his divine power and soul improved.
• Hisse asked Wharton for more wine, and Wharton gave him several jars from Hell before limiting how much the others could drink.
• The group drank until nightfall, and Wharton kept the remaining wine from Chi Yangzi's ring for himself.
• Outside the tavern, Hisse challenged Wharton to spar, and both vanished to begin their match.

Wharton and Hisse sparred in the air, revealing the great gap between their strength and the weakness of Hisse’s dagger against Wharton’s Purple Lightning. After the fight, Wharton explained the ranks and variety of the Darkness Law’s profound mysteries, then warned Hisse that both of them were still weak Lower Gods.

• Hisse used his Stealth Technique to attack Wharton, but Wharton’s powerful soul let him perceive and evade every strike.
• At Hisse’s request, Wharton drew Purple Lightning and damaged Hisse’s Lower God Divine Artifact dagger after only a few blows.
• Wharton apologized and offered Hisse a High-Grade Spirit Artifact dagger as compensation.
• Hisse asked why Wharton was stronger, and Wharton explained that different profound mysteries of the Laws had different ranks and strengths.
• Wharton described the Darkness Law’s six profound mysteries and told Hisse that his talent should have let him become a god sooner.
• Wharton warned Hisse that people across countless planes became gods and High Gods far faster, while Lower Gods like them lacked the strength to protect themselves.

Wharton challenged Hisse to regain his ambition and pursue greater strength beyond the Yulan Mainland, prompting a profound change in Hisse. After Hisse awakened with a Foundation-Building Pill, Wharton recruited him as a guest elder of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, and Hisse agreed to help.

• Wharton warned Hisse that his years of indulgence had weakened his confidence and that Lower Gods on the Yulan Mainland were vulnerable across the planes.
• Wharton explained the importance of fusing the laws' profound mysteries, becoming a god independently, and holding onto both a fearless spirit and loved ones.
• Hisse reflected on his past and the woman he cherished, then regained his confidence and thanked Wharton for pulling him back.
• Wharton gave Hisse two Foundation-Building Pills and manuals on the Darkness Law and the Water Law, and Hisse swallowed a pill and awakened looking younger.
• Wharton invited Hisse to become a guest elder of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, and Hisse agreed to have the Saber Organization cooperate and to act when needed.

Wharton met Olivia, a rare dual-element Sword Saint, and explained how to develop his understanding of the Light and Darkness Laws. After assessing Olivia’s sword technique, Wharton advised him to comprehend and fuse both laws, leaving Olivia with a path toward greater strength.

• Wharton gave Hisse a Four Divine Beasts token and parted ways with him, then traveled toward the O'Brien Imperial Capital with Little Gold and the Arctic Ice Bear.
• Wharton brought his companions to meet Olivia and revealed that Olivia had the rare potential to become a powerful god.
• Wharton praised Olivia’s early comprehension of the laws and offered him a cup of wine.
• Olivia asked Wharton about the Profound Mysteries of the laws, and Wharton explained that comprehending one could lead to godhood.
• Wharton recognized that Olivia wielded both light and darkness battle-qi after watching his sword technique, then advised him to study and fuse the two laws.

Wharton advised Olivia on cultivating and gave him a token, a manual, and two Foundation-Building Pills before returning to his residence in O'Brien. He reunited with Hiri after guards who did not recognize him stopped him at the gate, and he planned to visit Nia later.

• Wharton advised Olivia to study fused and single-element laws before becoming a god, then gave him a Four Divine Beasts token, a manual, and two Foundation-Building Pills.
• Wharton and his companions returned to his O'Brien residence, where he found Linley, Kane, and the others absent.
• Wharton reminisced about the residence and Nia as he approached the gate with Little Gold and the others.
• Two guards stopped Wharton from entering, and Hiri came to the gate after hearing Wharton's voice.
• Hiri greeted Wharton excitedly, and Wharton praised the guards for doing their duty before entering the residence.

Wharton returned to the imperial capital and learned that Nia had searched for him for years. Unable to wait for Kane and the others, he went to see her, and they reunited at her palace.

• Hiri told Wharton that Kane and the others were at O'Brien Warrior Academy and that Nia had often asked about him.
• Little Gold introduced Kullen Kacz to Hiri and revealed that Wharton had become a god.
• After Kane and the others failed to return, Wharton decided to visit Nia and left Kullen Kacz with Hiri.
• Wharton and Little Gold entered the Imperial Palace without being noticed and heard Nia tell Ruth that she feared Wharton had forgotten her.
• Wharton revealed himself to Nia, and she ran to him, embraced him, and cried as she asked why he had been gone so long.

Wharton reunited with Nia and caught her up on his travels, giving her a powerful spatial ring and promising to take her to the Arctic Ice Plains. He later returned with Little Gold to find the Ultimate Warrior Clan disciples gathered at the residence.

• Little Gold left Wharton and Nia alone while he sampled pastries with Ruth nearby.
• Nia questioned Wharton about his years away, and he described his travels and the sights he had seen.
• Wharton gave Nia a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact spatial ring, which she claimed by blood and found larger than her father's ring.
• Wharton promised to take Nia to the Arctic Ice Plains, and Little Gold later joked with Ruth while they waited for the pair.
• Wharton returned with Nia, and she was surprised to learn that Little Gold could talk and had become a Saint-Domain Magical Beast.
• Wharton left with Little Gold and found Kane, Bulen, and the gathered Ultimate Warrior Clan disciples waiting at the residence.

Wharton reunited with his family and friends after years away in the Arctic Ice Plains, where he and Little Gold had reached God Level. He explained that he was only a Lower God and warned them that the wider worlds beyond Yulan Mainland held countless stronger beings, while Sally asked him to wait for her and take her with him.

• Kate teased Wharton about returning from Princess Nia’s place, and Wharton remarked on Kate’s cultivation.
• Wharton revealed that he and Little Gold had spent the past few years in the Arctic Ice Plains, shocking Bulen and the others.
• Kane realized Wharton had become a God Level expert, and Kate excitedly grabbed him and called him an idol.
• Wharton explained that he was a Lower God and described how common and weak Lower Gods were in the Supreme Planes.
• Sally asked Wharton to wait until she became a god and take her with him when he left Yulan Mainland.

Wharton reunited with Kane, Kate, Sally, and the others, shared wine with them, and advised his brothers on cultivation. The next day, he met Nia and agreed to ask the Emperor for her hand, while Nia asked whether he had noticed Sally’s feelings for him.

• Kane and Kate reassured Sally that they would always support her, while Wharton struggled to respond to her feelings for him.
• Wharton shared fine wine with his family and warned Kane and the others to comprehend and fuse the laws’ profound mysteries.
• After the family drank three jars of wine, Hiri told Wharton that Princess Nia was waiting to see him.
• Wharton found Nia chatting with Lisa and helped Sally refine the wine’s energy with his divine power.
• Wharton told Nia he would ask the Emperor for her hand, and Nia asked whether he had noticed Sally’s feelings for him.