Recaps

Loa and his companions retreated to the Twelfth Layer to train before challenging the Thirteenth Layer’s three Middle God elders and Lowgod chief. After eight years, Dylan broke through to Middle God, and Loa received a message that prompted the group to prepare to return sooner than planned.

• Loa proposed that the group train for nine years, and the companions returned to the Twelfth Layer to strengthen themselves and their newly acquired divine artifacts.
• Dylan repeatedly sparred with Loa, while Catherine mastered the emerald-green shortbow, O'Brien improved his fire attacks, and Cesar advanced his shadow-clone technique.
• In the eighth year, Dylan pushed himself through an intense fight with Loa and broke through from Lowgod to Middle God.
• Loa told the others that they would not need to wait nine years and ordered them to prepare to return to the Thirteenth Layer the next day.

Loa completed his Lightning Divine Clone’s fusion of three profound mysteries, then comprehended the first layer of the Destruction Rule and formed a Destruction Divine Clone. As he prepared to reunite with Wangcai, eight escapees from the Gebados Planar Prison emerged in Mist Canyon and scattered across the Yulan Continent.

• Loa’s Lightning Divine Clone fused Lightning Judgment, Electromagnetism, and the Thunder Element Profound Mystery, then merged with his Wind Divine Clone.
• Loa’s original body comprehended the first layer of the Destruction Rule, endured the pain of splitting his soul, and formed a Destruction Divine Clone while Linley watched.
• Loa thanked Linley, learned that his children might have had children, and sent Wangcai a transmission announcing his breakthrough and planned visit.
• Eight battered people escaped from the Gebados Planar Prison through a spatial rift in Mist Canyon and rejoiced at returning to the Yulan Continent.
• The eight escapees parted ways and flew off in different directions.

A Green-Robed Gaunt Elder drained the souls of everyone in New Wushan Town to restore his strength, then fled toward the Luo'ao Empire. Loa and Linley discovered the massacre and began searching the continent for the unknown Deity.

• The Green-Robed Gaunt Elder activated a magic array that tore the souls from more than ten thousand people in New Wushan Town, restoring some of his strength.
• After reading information from the victims' memories, the Green-Robed Gaunt Elder decided to avoid places watched by Deities and flew toward the Luo'ao Empire with his nine servants.
• Loa and Linley sensed the divine power and Death Law, hurried to New Wushan Town, and found everyone dead, including Old Hiri, Old Henry, and Old Mund.
• Loa and Linley mourned the dead, and Loa used Destruction Divine Power to make the bodies disappear peacefully.
• Loa warned Fain about the unknown Deity, then he and Linley began searching the continent while the Green-Robed Gaunt Elder continued toward the Luo'ao Empire, unaware they were pursuing him.

Loa and Linley searched the Yulan Continent for the Grand Warlock, then learned from Beirut about the spatial weak points linking the Gebados Planar Prison to the continent. While the two returned to search the Luo'ao Empire again, Beaumont found the weakened Grand Warlock and agreed to help him gather souls in exchange for Soul Gold Beads.

• Fain mobilized the Saints under War God Mountain and ordered them to watch for the unknown Deity after New Wushan Town was slaughtered.
• Loa and Linley searched the continent for seven days, found no trace of the killer, and went to the Dark Forest to consult Beirut.
• Beirut told Loa and Linley that the Grand Warlock had headed toward the Luo'ao Empire and explained the sealed spatial weak points, including the danger to the Bosha Dike.
• The Grand Warlock hid in the former Dark Alliance territory, afraid to gather enough souls to restore his strength while Loa and Linley hunted him.
• Beaumont approached the Grand Warlock and proposed that he refine Soul Gold Beads from souls Beaumont would provide.
• The Grand Warlock negotiated for half the souls, and Beaumont accepted while secretly planning to take advantage of him later.

Loa and his allies attacked the Elf Clan, whose elders and queen fought back beneath the mother tree. Loa's Lightning Divine Clone overwhelmed the elves' defenses and blocked Fiona's empowered Life Flame arrow, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Elisthe, Aurelian, Fiona, and Elisda gathered before the mother tree after sensing Loa's group, and Dylan struck the Elf Clan's barrier in his true form.
• Elisthe assigned Aurelian to fight Dylan, Fiona to fight Loa's Wind Divine Clone, Elisda to occupy the Lowgods, and herself to face Loa's Lightning Divine Clone.
• Loa's Lightning Divine Clone slashed the mother tree's barrier, forcing Elisthe to pour more Life Law power into repairing it.
• Dylan intercepted Aurelian, while Loa's Wind Divine Clone slowed and scattered Fiona's flame arrows with Wind Space barriers.
• Elisthe launched her Life Deprivation Spear at the Wind Divine Clone, but Loa's Lightning Divine Clone intercepted it with Thunder-Magnetic Cone and pierced through its center.
• Elisda empowered Fiona with the Life Law, and Fiona's Life Flame arrow began assimilating the Wind Space barriers before Loa's Lightning Divine Clone shielded both Loas and met it with a lightning-law shield.

Loa fused his Wind and Lightning Divine Clones and unleashed a devastating attack against the four elven leaders. His magnetic storm overwhelmed their defenses and left four Divine Sparks floating above a vast crater.

• Loa merged his Wind Divine Clone with his Lightning Divine Clone, forming sky-blue fused divine power and a God's Domain that pressured the elven leaders.
• Loa called on Dylan, whose devouring power pinned the four elves and pulled the surrounding space toward him.
• Elisda empowered Elisthe with Life Empowerment, and Elisthe drew on the Mother Tree to launch the Life Deprivation Spear at Loa.
• Loa used Lightning Three-Magnetic Abyss Thunder Burial to dismantle and swallow the spear in a magnetic storm vortex.
• The vortex destroyed the elves' defenses, compressed the surrounding matter, and erupted in a blast that annihilated Elisthe, Aurelian, Fiona, and Elisda.

After ten years in the Necropolis of the Gods, Loa and the others returned to a Yulan Continent consumed by war and regrouped with Linley to assess the enemy’s forces. The Grand Warlock continued refining Soul Gold Beads, intending to become a Middle God and take revenge on Loa and Linley.

• Beirut led the survivors out of the Necropolis of the Gods, where Loa reported that undead forces and the Luo'ao and Rhine Empires had plunged the continent into war.
• Catherine, O'Brien, Cesar, Dylan, and Loa departed for their respective destinations after learning that the Xunzhen Republic Empire, Yulan Empire, and O'Brien Empire had formed an alliance.
• Loa reunited with Linley, Olivier, and Desri and recounted the Necropolis floors, while Linley described the wars and the soul-controlled armies attacking the continent.
• Loa, Linley, and Desri concluded that they faced at least two enemy deities and sought a way to lure them out; Loa revealed that his wind and lightning clones concealed his Middle God strength.
• In an underwater cave, the Grand Warlock refined Soul Gold Beads from captured souls and planned to become a Death Law Middle God before taking revenge on Loa and Linley.

The return of Catherine, O'Brien, and Loa helped the Three-Nation Alliance crush the undead and defeat the Luo'ao Empire and the Rhine Empire, after which the victors divided the conquered lands. When the Laws of the World stirred over the West Sea, Loa and Linley realized their elusive enemy was there and flew to confront him.

• Loa's attack scrolls devastated the undead, allowing the Three-Nation Alliance to advance and cut off the undead armies' supply lines.
• The controlled Saints of the Luo'ao Empire and the Rhine Empire regained their senses, and their empires fell to the alliance's attack.
• Xini Baruch negotiated the division of territory, assigning the former Holy Union to the O'Brien Empire, the Dark Alliance to the Yulan Empire, and the Luo'ao and Rhine lands to Xunzhen.
• Three days after the undead were exterminated, the Laws of the World stirred above the West Sea as someone began condensing a Divine Spark.
• Loa and Linley sensed that their quarry was beneath the West Sea and flew there together, determined not to let him escape.

Loa and Linley confronted the Grand Wizard over the West Sea, where Loa overwhelmed him and killed him after he unleashed a failed soul attack. Linley finally mourned Hiri and acknowledged that they had avenged him, and Loa took him back toward their worried companions.

• The Grand Wizard emerged from the sea as a Middle God and prepared to confront Beaumont, Loa, and Linley, but Loa struck him with the Hidden Abyss Sword and knocked him back into the water.
• Loa used gravity to pull the fleeing Grand Wizard toward him and Linley, while the Grand Wizard blamed Beaumont and attempted a soul attack with his Black Scythe.
• The Grand Wizard's nine soul-scyrhe phantoms shattered against Loa's soul, and Loa's Sword Qi Threads tortured and immobilized the Grand Wizard until his soul collapsed and his body was reduced to dust.
• Loa collected the Grand Wizard's death-law Divine Spark and Space Ring as the battle's disturbances faded over the West Sea.
• Linley cried out that they had avenged Hiri and grieved that the old man would never return; Loa comforted him and said they should head back.

Loa sought Beirut’s advice on fusing Wind Element profound mysteries and learned how the nine mysteries connect. After Bebe and Wangcai became gods, Loa, Linley, and Olivier visited them in the Dark Forest, where Beirut kept the two young divine beasts cultivating toward Middle God.

• Beirut explained to Loa and Linley that the nine Wind Element profound mysteries could be combined into six, and advised Loa not to rush his fusion progress.
• Linley’s Wind Divine Clone fused Fast and Slow and became a Middle God, while Linley and Loa strengthened their souls using their remaining resources.
• Wangcai and Bebe told Loa and Linley that they had both become gods, but Beirut required them to reach Middle God before leaving the Metal Castle.
• Loa and Linley traveled with Olivier to the Dark Forest and congratulated Wangcai and Bebe on their breakthroughs.
• Loa and Linley urged the two divine beasts to keep cultivating, and Beirut called them back inside the castle to continue their training.

Beaumont claimed a Death Law Highgod Artifact and broke a spatial seal, releasing O'Gavin and Kingsley from Gebados Prison onto the Yulan Continent. Loa and Linley dealt with the escapees, while Beaumont headed toward the Arctic Icefield and the Netherworld.

• Beaumont learned the Grand Warlock had died, bound himself to the black warblade, and pulled it from the platform, collapsing the seal.
• O'Gavin and his son Kingsley emerged from the spatial rift and realized they had returned to the Yulan Continent.
• O'Gavin used his God's Domain to trap Olivier and attacked him, but Loa arrived and restrained O'Gavin and Kingsley.
• O'Gavin told Loa about Gebados Prison, Bluefire City, and Lord Adkins, then begged to leave the Yulan Continent.
• Loa withdrew his God's Domain, and Linley killed O'Gavin and Kingsley with Wind wave-Dimensional Slash.
• Linley questioned Loa's decision, and Loa explained that O'Gavin could have become a threat to them and their family.

Zacharias Relling’s Fire Element divine clone returned to the Yulan Continent through a spatial weak point, prompting him to summon his brothers and prepare to leave Gebados Planar Prison. Meanwhile, Loa gave Bob a Fire Element Lowgod Divine Spark and urged him to refine it before Loa departed for a Higher Plane.

• Zacharias Relling’s Fire Element divine clone crossed into the Yulan Continent and sensed Beirut’s powerful divine sense watching him from the Dark Forest.
• Relling summoned Burgess and his second brother, explained that the spatial weak point could provide a route back to the Yulan Continent, and told them to prepare to leave discreetly.
• Loa gave Bob a Fire Element Lowgod Divine Spark and promised him a Fire Element Intermediate Godhead to refine afterward.
• Bob accepted the Divine Spark, asked whether Hiri had been avenged, and heard Loa confirm that he had killed Hiri’s murderer.
• Bob warned Loa to be careful if he went to a Higher Plane, and Loa left the courtyard.

Wangcai became a Lightning Element Middle God after three years of cultivation, while Bebe remained behind because of his lack of focus. Loa continued studying the destruction rule in Annihilation Canyon and, after sensing Wangcai’s breakthrough, began considering a trip to Hell.

• Wangcai broke through to Lightning Element Middle God in the Metal Castle, earning Beirut’s praise.
• Bebe complained that Wangcai had advanced without him, and Beirut scolded him for slacking in his cultivation.
• Wangcai told Bebe that Loa’s insight in Annihilation Canyon had delayed their departure.
• Loa failed to break through to the second layer of the destruction rule, and Annihilation Canyon began to collapse as its ancient aura vanished.
• Loa sensed Wangcai’s breakthrough and decided to put his plan to go to Hell on the agenda.

Loa and Wangcai left the Yulan Continent for a higher plane, but Hodan secretly sabotaged their teleportation. They arrived in the Netherworld instead of Hell, where Loa realized they had reached the wrong destination.

• Loa said farewell to Linley, Bob, Mia, Wharton, Xini, Taylor, Sasha, Wuzhui, and the others before leaving with Wangcai.
• Hodan sent Loa and Wangcai through the teleportation array while secretly hoping its destination would shift away from Hell.
• Loa and Wangcai arrived at the Undead Sacred Mountain in the Netherworld and encountered its white-robed guards.
• After noticing that the surroundings did not match descriptions of Hell, Loa asked Kais which plane they had reached.
• Kais laughed and told Loa that they were in the Netherworld.

Loa and Wangcai were sent to the Netherworld instead of Hell and learned how dangerous and vast it was while traveling with other arrivals. After the Saints were delivered to North Bone Prefecture, the metal dragon continued onward with Loa and the other Deities.

• Loa realized Hodan had sent them to the Netherworld, and he and Wangcai joined the group of arrivals waiting at the Undead Sacred Mountain.
• A white-robed captain assigned the Saints to replace dead miners in North Bone Prefecture and ordered the Deities to continue with the squad.
• During the journey, the white-robed instructor explained the Netherworld's regions and dangers, gave Nether Stones to the Deities, and the vice-captain killed a Saint who questioned why Saints received none.
• After half a month, the metal dragon delivered the Saints to a gray-robed group in North Bone Prefecture, and the vice-captain exchanged their roster for a bag of Nether Stones.
• The captain ordered the metal dragon to continue toward its next stop with Loa, Wangcai, and the remaining Lowgods and Middle Gods.

Loa and Wangcai arrived in the Netherworld and joined the Dikas Family, where they learned about Nether Stones, local powers, and Demons. After settling into the family’s territory, Loa considered traveling to Kapa City to seek Demon status and planned to make money by robbing bandits.

• Loa and Wangcai arrived above the Dikas Family’s mountain territory, where Eddie offered the four Lowgods protection in exchange for a thousand years of service.
• Eddie offered Loa and Wangcai membership for one Nether Stone each, and they joined the family.
• Loa asked Eddie about Nether Stones and learned their value, then sold his and Wangcai’s unused Lowgod Artifacts to Eddie for two hundred and ten Nether Stones.
• Eddie led Loa and Wangcai toward a secluded floating island and explained that the Dikas patriarch was a fourth-rank Demon and that Demons earned their status through assessment missions.
• Loa learned that Kapa City was nearly ten million li away and considered robbing bandits to earn the Nether Stones needed to apply for Demon assessment.

Loa and Wangcai settled into a remote floating island in Dicas family territory, while Loa explored the family’s busy Core Region and considered how to earn Nether Stones. A Four-Star Fiend then attacked the family castle with nearly a thousand Middle Gods, and the grand elder ordered everyone to fight back as he waited for Dicas.

• Loa rented an empty stone house for three hundred years, furnished it, and spent the night drinking with Wangcai beneath the Netherworld stars.
• Loa visited the Core Region, saw people preparing for missions and traveling to Kapa City, and decided to learn more about the family before spending money on a trip.
• A metallic fortress carrying a Four-Star Fiend and nearly a thousand Middle Gods arrived above the Dicas family castle.
• The Four-Star Fiend ordered the attackers to wipe out the supposed bandit den, shattered the castle’s defensive array, and sliced through a tower.
• The grand elder confronted the attackers, learned they were on a Fiend Examination mission, and called for a joint soul attack while claiming Dicas would arrive soon.

Loa fought off Demon Guild challengers during the assault on the Dikas Family, then slipped into Dicas’s treasury and took nearly five billion Nether Stones. Dicas returned and confronted him as the Four-Star Fiend watched, leaving Loa trapped between two High Gods and preparing to fight.

• Loa killed Long Qi with one sword strike, drove off the rest of the squad, and carved out a forbidden zone by defeating more challengers, including a High God.
• Loa realized the battle was a Demon Guild assessment and secretly entered the castle’s underground passage to search for Dicas’s wealth.
• Loa broke through the treasury’s seals and filled fifteen Space Rings with nearly five billion Nether Stones.
• Dicas returned, found Loa beside the remaining Nether Stones, and demanded that he give them back.
• Loa sensed Dicas and the Four-Star Fiend closing in, then gathered his fused divine power and readied the Hidden Abyss Sword.

Loa defeated Dicas after resisting his ultimate soul attack, while Dika abandoned the fight and made peace with Loa. After the battle, Dika led Loa, Wangcai, and the surviving assessment candidates toward Kapa City, and Loa left with the family’s Nether Stones and a fortune.

• Loa wounded Dicas and trapped him with Magnetic Field Rotation, while Dika chose not to fight and offered Loa the spoils.
• Dicas launched his strongest soul attack, but Wangcai’s innate ability protected Loa; Loa then killed Dicas with Wind Leaves a Trace.
• Dika introduced himself as a Four-Star Fiend and invited Loa to Kapa City, while Wangcai arrived safely after killing ambushers outside.
• Dika helped wipe out the remaining Dikas Family members and announced that the fewer than fifty surviving candidates had passed the first-stage assessment.
• Dika took Loa, Wangcai, and the surviving candidates aboard his metal fortress, while Loa departed with the remaining Nether Stones and hundreds of millions in wealth.

Loa arrived in Kapa City with Wangcai and Dika, exchanged some of his Nether Stones for Nether Crystals, rented a courtyard, and bought soul treasures and other supplies. He purchased a powerful metal flying boat, and Dika offered to recommend him and Wangcai for direct two-star Fiend assessments.

• Loa and Wangcai entered Kapa City with Dika and exchanged two billion Nether Stones for two million Nether Crystals.
• Loa rented a secluded courtyard and began shopping with Wangcai, buying a hundred Soul Gold Beads and a piece of Lightning Element ore.
• Loa selected a deep blue metal flying boat from a catalog and bought an in-stock vessel for two hundred million Nether Stones.
• Dika offered Loa and Wangcai direct recommendations for two-star Fiend strength assessments, and Loa accepted.

Loa and Wangcai enjoyed an extravagant meal at Water Moon Pavilion, then made the restaurant a regular part of their routine. Dika later informed Loa that his Fiend Examination had been raised to a Five-Star Demon’s test, which Loa accepted calmly as a chance to gauge his strength.

• Loa and Wangcai visited Water Moon Pavilion, where they sampled its costly signature dishes and Wangcai relished the meal.
• After Wangcai prepaid fifty million Nether Stones, Water Moon Pavilion began delivering meals to their courtyard every day.
• Dika arrived and told Wangcai that the examination was arranged for the day after tomorrow, then explained that Loa would be tested by a Five-Star Demon because the committee doubted a Middle God could kill Dicas.
• Loa accepted the tougher examination, while Dika apologized and offered to treat them to a feast at Water Moon Pavilion.
• A Water Moon Pavilion waiter delivered Wangcai’s lunch, revealing his prepaid delivery service and embarrassing Dika, who declined Loa’s invitation to eat with them.

Loa and Wangcai went to the Demon Castle, where Dika arranged for Loa to be assessed personally by the Five-Star Demon Xiliya. The chapter ended as Xiliya unleashed her god's domain against Loa in the arena.

• Loa teased Wangcai before they headed to the Demon Castle for his assessment.
• At the counter, Erduolong confronted an effeminate man over Xinya, but Yana stopped the fight by reminding him that they were inside the Demon Castle.
• Loa told Yana that Dika had arranged an appointment, and she sent him and Wangcai to the second floor.
• Dika greeted Loa and led him to the arena, where a crowd had gathered to watch Xiliya assess him.
• Xiliya asked how many wind-law profound mysteries Loa had fused, but he refused to disclose the information.
• Loa entered the arena with the Hidden Abyss Sword, and Xiliya attacked by unleashing her god's domain.

Loa fought Xiliya, a powerful Five-Star Demon, and revealed that he could fuse his wind and lightning divine powers, leading a veteran Demon to identify him as a soul mutant. As Xiliya’s healing and relentless attacks wore him down, Loa feigned exhaustion and seized an opening to unleash his Ultimate-Nine Heavens Execution Platform.

• Loa and Xiliya battled with their domains, spear techniques, and swordsmanship until Xiliya’s highgod power sent him flying and left his sword hand numb.
• Loa fused his wind and lightning divine powers, matching Xiliya’s power and earning her recognition as a worthy opponent.
• Demons watching the fight identified Loa as a soul mutant, while a veteran Five-Star Demon predicted Xiliya would win if she used her Fusion Profound Mysteries.
• Xiliya’s water techniques, healing, and endurance put Loa under pressure, so he weakened his attacks to make her believe he was tiring.
• Loa spotted a brief gap in Xiliya’s defenses and poured his fused divine power into the Hidden Abyss Sword, unleashing Ultimate-Nine Heavens Execution Platform.

Xiliya and Loa unleashed their strongest attacks, tearing open a spatial rift and destroying the arena before Loa defeated and rescued her. After Xiliya recovered and acknowledged Loa's Five-Star Demon-level strength, Kapa City's Lord Yilikasi arrived at the Demon Castle.

• Loa attacked Xiliya's soul with Lightning Judgment, but Xiliya froze the yin thunder with her Ice Sealing profound mystery.
• Xiliya unleashed Frost-Frozen Spear, and Loa countered with Third Lightning-Magnetic Abyss Thunder Burial, tearing open a spatial rift and shattering the arena's defensive barrier.
• Loa pulled the unconscious Xiliya away from the rift and told Pasika that she needed a Soul Gold Bead to recover.
• Xiliya awoke, thanked Loa, and insisted on paying the full cost of repairing the arena.
• Xiliya told Loa that his strength qualified him for Five-Star Demon status, which required the Kapa City Demon Guild chairman, Lord Yilikasi, to appear in person.
• Lord Yilikasi arrived at the Demon Castle with two companions, and the Demons in the hall bowed as he headed upstairs.

Loa defeated Xiliya and demonstrated his mastery of fused profound mysteries and two-element soul mutation, drawing the attention of Kapa City Lord Yilikasi. After testing Loa and probing his origins, Yilikasi offered him a Five-Star Demon emblem, while Loa and Wangcai remained wary of him.

• Yilikasi arrived at the ruined arena and reprimanded his niece Xiliya for the destruction before she introduced Loa as the victor in their fight.
• Xiliya explained that Loa was a Middle God who had fused three profound mysteries and possessed a two-element soul mutation.
• Yilikasi tested Loa with a sword-like soul probe, but Loa stayed composed until the illusion vanished.
• Yilikasi asked where Loa came from, and Loa concealed the Yulan Plane by saying a powerful lord had taught him.
• Wangcai warned Loa that Yilikasi made him uncomfortable, and Loa resolved to stay cautious.
• Yilikasi presented Loa with a Five-Star Demon emblem and told him to claim it with his blood.