Chapter Summaries

After the Fire Rhino Tribe defeated the Black Bat Tribe, Hagson led the takeover of its territory while Roger examined Black Bat’s remains and belongings. With Beverly and Croya’s tribes joining, Hagson proposed that Roger become the new chief, leaving Roger stunned by the sudden nomination.

• Roger agreed to let Hagson distribute the spoils, and the survivors divided Godheads and artifacts among themselves.
• Hagson took Beverly, Croya, and several Lowgods to claim the Black Bat Tribe’s territory while Roger stayed behind.
• Roger examined Black Bat’s corpse and Interspatial Ring, finding little of value beyond the Godhead, armor, and mysterious black crystals.
• Hagson returned with news that the Black Bat Tribe’s survivors and Beverly and Croya’s tribes had joined the Fire Rhino Tribe.
• At the Council Hall, Hagson proposed Roger as the new chief, and the gathered experts supported him, leaving Roger bewildered.

After killing Black Bat, Roger accepted leadership of the tribe and laid down rules for its members. He renamed it the Nether Luo Tribe and promised Soul Gold Beads to members who earned merit.

• Hagson, the other Lowgods, and Allen urged Roger to become chief, and Roger accepted.
• Roger declared rules requiring unity, clear rewards and punishments, and loyalty, while allowing members to leave if they swore an Overgod Oath to keep tribal secrets.
• Hagson, Beverly, Croya, Allen, and the other Lowgods agreed to Roger's rules and chose to remain in the tribe.
• Roger renamed the Fire Rhino Tribe the Nether Luo Tribe after its members welcomed the change.
• Roger promised Soul Gold Beads as rewards for contributions and for collecting Sanctuary souls, winning over members who had been uncertain.

Roger expanded the Nether Luo Tribe and used its growing forces to gather Sanctuary souls while advancing his understanding of the Death Edict. After years of struggle with the Laws of Wind, he comprehended the Speed Profound Mystery and formed a Wind Divine Clone, giving him a new way to address his weakness in speed.

• Roger merged the Fire Rhino Tribe, Black Wolf Tribe, and Night Wind Tribe into the Nether Luo Tribe, which became the strongest power across several million li.
• Over the following years, Roger and his subordinates gave Godheads to loyal Sanctuary beings, raising the tribe's Lowgod ranks to nearly fifty and organizing them into squads to capture Sanctuary beings.
• Roger refined Soul Gold Beads, progressed into the Death Edict's Soul Defense branch, and recognized that the edict offered strong soul abilities but lacked speed.
• After reaching a bottleneck in the Wind Elemental Profound Mysteries, Roger made progress with the Fast and Slow Profound Mysteries and found the point where they aligned.
• Ten years later, Roger fused the Fast and Slow Profound Mysteries, comprehended one-tenth of the Speed Profound Mystery, and formed a Wind Divine Clone through External Godhood.
• Roger tested his new clone and found that its speed exceeded that of his Midgod Death God Divine Clone, then sent it back to continue cultivating.

Roger’s wind divine clone reached the God level, and after strengthening its soul, Roger decided to explore the Nether Luo Tribe’s vast territory. He organized a patrol team and prepared to leave with Hagson while Allen stayed behind to manage the tribe.

• Roger told Allen that he had made a breakthrough in the Laws of Wind and gave him ten Soul Gold Beads to distribute.
• Over ten years, Roger cultivated the Jade Disc Fragment and his death divine clone’s Soul Defense branch while his wind divine clone studied the Speed Profound Mystery.
• Roger fully comprehended the Wind Elemental Profound Mysteries, and his wind divine clone became a God whose soul he strengthened to its limit.
• Roger left seclusion and invited Allen, Hagson, and the others to celebrate his wind divine clone’s advancement.
• Roger asked Hagson about unfamiliar experts and announced a patrol of the tribe’s territory; Allen offered to join, but Roger told him to remain and manage the tribe, while Hagson volunteered.

Roger, Hagson, and Beverly began patrolling the Nether Luo Tribe’s territory and encountered Bell, a Midgod fleeing with three Lowgods. Roger recognized that Bell was a soul mutant with fused divine power, but let him leave; the patrol continued with Bell’s abilities still unknown.

• Roger chose Hagson and Beverly to join his patrol, while Croya stayed behind to guard the tribe.
• The three Midgods set out to survey the tribe’s territory, beginning a circuit expected to take at least a year.
• Roger’s group encountered Bell and his companions, who said they had fled from the Pale Highlands and showed a Floating Shadow recording as proof.
• Roger ordered Bell’s group to avoid Nether Luo Tribe territory and let them depart rather than risk a fight.
• After Bell left, Roger sensed earth-element divine power fused with Bell’s light-element power and concluded that Bell was a soul mutant.

Roger and his companions continued their patrol after avoiding a fight with Bell, then discovered a mysterious woman hiding by a giant tree. The woman summoned a thousand-meter fox phantom, and Roger prepared to fight her.

• Roger chose not to provoke Bell, who likewise avoided attacking after sensing Roger's unusual soul strength.
• Bell and his companions continued fleeing Hermann, while Roger vowed to train until he reached the Highgod level.
• After six months of uneventful patrol, Roger, Hagson, and Beverly approached Nightshade Canyon and found a strange life fluctuation near a giant tree.
• Roger and his companions surrounded the tree and confronted a cold-faced woman who claimed the land was not theirs to claim.
• The woman refused Roger's offer to join the tribe and summoned a thousand-meter fox phantom as Roger readied his soul attack.

Roger defeated the Nether Fox Mia’s soul attack and enslaved her with a Soul Seed, making her his first divine beast servant. Mia revealed her origins and ability, while Hagson and Beverly reacted to Roger’s strength.

• Roger let Mia attack him, then shattered her Soul Shatter ability and struck back with his Soul Javelin.
• Roger subdued Mia with Mind Gray Mist and planted a Soul Seed in her soul core, gaining control over her.
• Mia woke and knelt before Roger, apologizing and pledging her service as his master.
• Mia told Roger she was the first Nether Fox, had become a Lowgod through the death edict, and could kill stronger foes with Soul Shatter.
• Hagson and Beverly congratulated Roger, while Hagson privately wondered whether Roger could have enslaved them too.

Roger finished his year-long patrol with Mia, Hagson, and Beverly, then returned to the Nether Luo Tribe and introduced Mia as a capable Lowgod. Allen reported that a fast-moving group led by someone wielding the Laws of Light had secretly approached the tribe, and Roger recognized the leader as Bell.

• Roger and his companions completed six months of patrol without meeting any unusual experts, while Mia killed several unaffiliated Lowgods and Roger studied her divine abilities.
• Roger, Hagson, Beverly, and a recovered Mia returned to the Nether Luo Tribe, where they found Allen and the tribe safe and dozens of Sanctuary soul-filled crystal balls collected.
• Roger introduced Mia to the tribe as a capable Lowgod he had brought back to nurture, keeping her identity as a Nether Fox and his soul slave secret.
• Allen told Roger that a group had secretly approached the tribe months earlier, led by someone whose Laws of Light power greatly increased the group's speed.
• Roger recognized the leader in Allen's account as Bell.

Roger strengthened Allen’s authority in the Nether Luo Tribe, rewarded Mia, and spent decades cultivating the laws of wind and the death edict. When the Jade Disc evolved again after a century, its energy helped Roger feel that his Soul Space bottleneck was within reach.

• Roger warned Allen to flee if he encountered Bell and gave him two Godheads to create a loyal Midgod subordinate.
• Roger gave Mia an Interspatial Ring containing Soul Gold Beads and Midgod Artifact armor before returning to secluded cultivation.
• Roger refined Sanctuary souls into Soul Gold Beads, shared some with his subordinates, and cultivated the remaining branches of the death edict.
• Over several decades, Roger fused the Fast and Slow mysteries of wind and gained an initial understanding of the Profound Mystery of Dimensions, but remained stuck on Soul Space.
• After a hundred years of nourishment, the Jade Disc evolved again, and its energy made Roger feel his Soul Space bottleneck was no longer an obstacle.

Roger awakened an affinity for the water law after the Fortune Jade Disc transformed, then advanced his death edict enough to comprehend the soul space branch and create soul poison. He tested the poison on three Sanctuary Black Dragons, killing them with a single sword thrust each.

• Roger sensed that the Fortune Jade Disc had awakened his affinity for the water law and resumed cultivating while pursuing his other studies.
• Two and a half years later, Roger comprehended soul defense and the material branch, and gained an initial understanding of the soul space branch.
• Roger created a soul space that could store Soul Seeds and produce Mind Gray Mist, then infused the mist with his soul-attack insights to make soul poison.
• Roger coated his Divine Sword with soul poison and asked Mia to bring him Sanctuary Magical Beasts for a test.
• Roger killed three Sanctuary Black Dragons with sword thrusts that sent soul poison through their defenses and destroyed their soul cores.

Roger advanced his soul space comprehension and broke through to Highgod, then used Soul Gold Beads to strengthen his soul to its limit. He reunited with Mia and encouraged her cultivation before inviting her to explore the mysteries of life with him.

• Roger tested his newly created soul poison by killing three black dragons, then returned to seclusion while Mia continued cultivating.
• Three years later, Roger gained a Water Element divine clone, developed new soul space techniques, and continued advancing his soul branch comprehension.
• Roger's water clone comprehended the Profound Mystery of Roundness, reached Midgod, and began fusing it with the Water Element Profound Mystery.
• After more than a decade, Roger fully comprehended the soul space branch and became a Highgod as his death clone's Godhead and soul transformed.
• Roger consumed more than five hundred Soul Gold Beads, extending his death clone's divine sense to ten thousand meters, then left seclusion and reunited with Mia.

After reaching the Highgod level, Roger announced plans to expand the Nether Luo Tribe into a city and chose Frostwhisper Plain as its site. As construction began, he withdrew to cultivate the death edict, finding that he had to rely mainly on his own understanding.

• Allen learned that Roger had reached the Highgod level and asked whether he planned to build a city.
• Roger summoned the tribe’s Lowgods and higher-ranked members, announced his plan, and received their support.
• Roger named the city Netherlo and chose Frostwhisper Plain as its location.
• The tribe relocated and began building an inner city, while Roger left the work to Allen and entered seclusion.
• Roger explored the death edict’s second layer and found that Charles’s recorded insights rarely matched his own approach.

Roger advanced his death-edict and other law fusions while Netherlo City was built over two centuries. After inspecting the completed inner city, he met with its leaders and heard Starr ask to bring fourteen tribes under Roger’s command.

• Roger chose to focus on fusing the death edict’s soul attack branch with its other branches, and over a hundred years raised his understanding to roughly the level of a Five-Star Fiend.
• Roger’s wind and water clones progressed toward three-mystery fusions while his original body continued powering the growing Jade Disc Fragment.
• After another hundred-odd years, Mia told Roger that Netherlo City’s inner city was complete and that more than a dozen tribes sought to join them.
• Roger inspected the city, praised Allen and the others, and ordered Mia to provide a hundred Soul Gold Beads for distribution according to their contributions.
• Starr, chief of the Star Tribe and representative of thirteen other tribes, asked Roger to accept them under his command.

Roger accepted Starr and his fourteen tribes into a thousand-year trial, continued building Netherlo City while cultivating, and found evidence that teleportation arrays had not yet appeared in the Netherworld. He left the question of the world’s early timeline unresolved.

• Roger accepted Starr’s fourteen tribes into a thousand-year trial and directed them to report to Deputy City Lord Allen.
• Roger refined Netherlo City’s plans and newcomer system with Allen, Hagson, and the others before returning to secluded cultivation.
• Over two hundred years, Roger accepted more nearby tribes, advanced his Wind and Water Law comprehension, and reached Six-Star Fiend strength in the Death Edict.
• Roger delayed exploring the Netherworld with Mia until one of his divine clones became a Highgod and a clone could oversee the city.
• Roger reviewed Allen’s records and found no evidence of visitors from material planes or Netherworld deities using teleportation arrays, leading him to suspect that the arrays had not yet appeared.

Roger’s water clone reached the Highgod level, allowing him to leave it in charge of Netherlo City while he and Mia traveled to seek the Undead Sacred Mountain. They flew southeast, guided by reports of the distinctive bone-white peak.

• Roger mastered the ice edge profound mystery, and his water clone broke through to the Highgod level.
• Roger stabilized his water clone’s strength and left it to guard Netherlo City while Allen managed the city’s affairs.
• Roger told Allen that he planned to explore the Netherworld with Mia, and Allen wished them a safe journey.
• Roger and Mia left Netherlo City late at night and flew southeast toward the Undead Sacred Mountain.
• Mia offered to take her true form so Roger could ride on her back and travel faster.

Roger and Mia reached the Undead Sacred Mountain after decades of travel and found a group of powerful residents occupying it. When Roger asked to speak with whoever was in charge, the castle’s guards summoned reinforcements, setting up a possible confrontation.

• Roger rode on Mia’s back toward the Undead Sacred Mountain while studying divine beasts and refining his death-edict abilities.
• After several decades, Roger and Mia spotted the mountain and flew for three more days before landing on its bone-white summit.
• Roger found no teleportation array but discovered an imposing Bloodstone Ancient Castle on the summit.
• A cold-looking Highgod ordered Roger and Mia to leave, but Roger asked to speak with whoever was in charge.
• The cold-looking Highgod summoned more Midgods and another Highgod, who arrived asking whether someone was causing trouble.

Roger and Mia defeated the defenders of the Ancient Castle, then Roger used his Soul Seed to enslave Shelly, a Blood Serpent divine beast. Shelly revealed her race, Blood Blade ability, and recent rise to Highgod, leaving her as Roger’s new soul slave.

• Roger killed the sinister man and the Highgod with Soul Annihilation Blades while Mia fought the Midgods.
• Mia slaughtered the Midgods, but Shelly struck off her left shoulder with Blood Blade.
• Roger pursued Shelly and pierced her soul defenses with an improved Soul Annihilation Blade, planting a Soul Seed within her.
• Shelly submitted to Roger, and she and Mia traded jealous insults as Roger called them sisters.
• Shelly told Roger that she was the first Blood Serpent born from heaven and earth, cultivated the destruction edict, and had recently become a Highgod.

Roger took Shelly, the Blood Serpent divine beast, under his wing and traveled with her and Mia to the Undead Realm. After searching more than a hundred Lowgods’ souls, he found evidence that divine beasts and teleportation arrays were absent from the material planes in recent generations.

• Roger learned that Shelly was a nearly three-hundred-thousand-year-old Highgod who had taken over Bloodstone Castle and gathered subordinates to guard it.
• Shelly asked to join Roger and Mia on their travels, and Roger agreed.
• Roger, Shelly, and Mia flew south and arrived in the Undead Realm several years later.
• Roger searched the souls of Lowgods across the realm, hoping to find information about material planes.
• After searching more than a hundred Lowgods, Roger concluded that few divine beasts had been born in current material planes and that no teleportation arrays had appeared there.

Roger investigated the Undead Realm and confirmed that divine beasts had not yet appeared in the Material Planes, then traveled with Mia and Shelly into the depths of the Nether Sea. On a remote island, they encountered two young, unascended divine beasts.

• Roger searched the souls of Lowgods for decades and confirmed that the Material Planes were still relatively peaceful and lacked divine beasts.
• Roger speculated that Orloff and the Four Divine Beasts might not yet have appeared, then decided to explore the Nether Sea before returning to the Undead Sacred Mountain.
• Mia carried Roger and Shelly across the Nether Sea while Roger and his clones continued cultivating and surveying their surroundings.
• Mia spotted a small island deep in the Nether Sea, and Roger agreed to investigate it.
• Roger detected a turtle-like divine beast and a crab-like divine beast on the island, and both chose to relax rather than flee from the newcomers.

Roger learned that a red-haired powerhouse named Lilith had visited Canglan Island and was likely the future Sovereign of Death. After decades flying across the Nether Sea, Roger and his companions returned to land without encountering her.

• Roger questioned the divine beasts Sanchez and Kumas on Canglan Island and learned that a red-haired woman called Lilith had visited with two followers.
• Sanchez and Kumas said Lilith had gone north to the continent to seek powerful opponents, and Roger rewarded them with Soul Gold Beads.
• The Soul Gold Beads strengthened Sanchez and Kumas's souls to the Saint Domain Limit, inspiring them to seek the continent and cultivate further.
• Roger told Shelly that the encounter confirmed powerful beings lived in the Nether Sea and considered how strong Lilith and her companions might be.
• Mia carried Roger and Shelly across the Nether Sea for several decades, and they returned to land without meeting Lilith's group.