Chapter Summaries

After slaying the Saint Pinnacle Golden Horned Dragon, Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman spent a peaceful week eating its meat before continuing toward the outer Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Kelin Xiaoman rescued a struggling mercenary squad from a Bloodthirsty Demon Boar, and Shiheng agreed to shelter them for the night.

• Shiheng harvested the Golden Horned Dragon’s magic core and roasted its meat with Kelin Xiaoman, whose cultivation foundation strengthened over the following week.
• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman reached the outer region of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and found a mercenary squad fighting a fifth-level Bloodthirsty Demon Boar.
• Kelin Xiaoman killed the Bloodthirsty Demon Boar with an Ice Spike, saving the wounded mercenaries.
• The mercenary captain offered Kelin Xiaoman the boar’s magic core, but she declined it, leaving the squad grateful for the valuable spoils.
• As night approached, Shiheng agreed to accompany and protect the mercenaries, and they made camp together in a secluded clearing.

Two struggling mercenaries talked by a campfire about the families and financial burdens that drove them to risk their lives in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. After recalling the benefactor who gave them valuable beast cores and meat, they looked forward to returning home with enough money to ease their hardship.

• A third-level mercenary said he had feared dying before he could see his newborn daughter again when the group encountered a fifth-level magical beast.
• The third-level mercenary explained that debt, a new baby, and his parents’ needs forced him to keep taking dangerous work.
• A second-level mercenary said he had two children to support, no parents to help him, and no dock work during the winter slowdown.
• The second-level mercenary celebrated that a benefactor had killed fifth-level magical beasts, given the group the Magicite Cores, and left them valuable meat.
• The third-level mercenary imagined paying down his mortgage, finding steady work, and bringing gifts home to his wife and daughter.

Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman reflected on the mercenaries’ hardships before a messenger told Xiaoyuan that his sister was dying from years of exposure to poisonous miasma. As Shiheng followed Xiaoyuan and his brother-in-law toward her, witnessing their grief deepened his understanding of the Life and Death Laws.

• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman listened to the mercenaries discuss their struggles and admired their perseverance.
• At dawn, Xiaoyuan’s brother-in-law arrived and told him that his sister was near death.
• Xiaoyuan rushed home with his brother-in-law while learning that his sister’s years of gathering herbs in the miasma had caused fatal illness.
• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman followed the men as Xiaoyuan and his brother-in-law grieved their helplessness and impending loss.
• Shiheng’s understanding of the Life and Death Laws broke through a barrier as he witnessed their suffering.

Xiaoyuan returned home and found his sister dying from years of gathering herbs in the miasma. Her selfless acceptance of death enlightened Shiheng, bringing his death law to ninety-nine percent, and he used his life law to restore her to perfect health.

• Xiaoyuan reached his sister's hut and remembered how she had sacrificed for him and their family throughout her life.
• Xiaoyuan's sister spoke her final concerns for her family and calmly accepted that she was dying.
• Shiheng was enlightened by her acceptance of life and death, and his death law reached ninety-nine percent completion.
• Shiheng sent life law power into Xiaoyuan's sister, healing her completely and restoring her to health.

Shiheng used the Life Law to restore the dying woman to health, then gave her family wealth and medicine so they could leave their dangerous life of gathering herbs. After helping them, he departed with Kelin Xiaoman, his Dao Heart clearer and his comprehension of the Death Law near the God realm.

• The woman recovered her health as Shiheng's Life Law cleansed her body, and her family rejoiced that she had survived.
• Xiaoyuan, his brother-in-law, and the children thanked Shiheng, while the woman embraced her children and tried to bow with her family.
• Shiheng stopped the family from kneeling and explained that saving the woman had balanced their cause and effect.
• Shiheng produced gold coins, healing potions, and spirit herbs, telling the family to use them to repay debts and live safely.
• Shiheng reflected on mortal life and death, then took Kelin Xiaoman's hand and vanished with her from the village.

After reaching ninety-nine percent perfection in the Four Supreme Laws, Shiheng accompanied Kelin Xiaoman to Shadow City to fulfill her wish to see its blood-red twilight. When arrogant Shadow Church youths tried to claim Xiaoman for themselves, Shiheng’s concealed power stirred, and the chapter ended as an overwhelming pressure fell over the crowd.

• After bidding farewell to Xiaoyuan and his family, Shiheng reached the ultimate mortal limit in the laws of life, death, destruction, and fate.
• Shiheng continued traveling with Kelin Xiaoman rather than pursuing godhood, and the pair arrived in Shadow City after several days.
• Shiheng concealed his strength as he and Xiaoman entered the city, where people admired her beauty and mistook him for an ordinary companion.
• A richly dressed Shadow Church youth and his followers surrounded Shiheng and Xiaoman, mocked Shiheng, and demanded that Xiaoman go with their leader.
• Xiaoman moved closer to Shiheng and trusted him to handle the insult, while Shiheng let a trace of his Four Extremes Laws escape and froze the surrounding crowd with pressure.

Shiheng used an overwhelming display of law power to punish a brocade-clad youth who had provoked Kelin Xiaoman in Shadow City. The youth was left crippled as the crowd realized Shiheng was no ordinary passerby.

• Shiheng's pressure froze the crowd and terrified the brocade-clad youth and his followers.
• Shiheng asked who had dared lay a hand on someone of his in Shadow City.
• Shiheng's law power crushed the youth's magical foundations, destroying his cultivation.
• The onlookers whispered about Shiheng's strength and wondered who he was.
• Kelin Xiaoman stayed close to Shiheng, confident in his strength and fierce protectiveness.

Shiheng spared the Judgment Hall master's nephew after the man provoked him and threatened Kelin Xiaoman, then continued with her toward the Shadow Church. The church's elders recognized the power he had unleashed, and a greater upheaval began to gather over Shadow City.

• Shiheng comforted Kelin Xiaoman, then warned the injured young man that he would not spare him if he attacked again.
• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman walked through the fearful crowd, while the young man vowed to hunt Shiheng down.
• Shiheng strolled with Kelin Xiaoman toward the church, intent on enjoying Shadow City's sunset with her.
• The Shadow Church's Saint elders sensed Shiheng's burst of power and recognized the dreaded name from their memories.
• The young man's provocation set a larger storm in motion across Shadow City.

After Shiheng crippled the Judgment Hall Master's secretly hidden son, the furious Hall Master sought the Shadow Pope's help in killing him. They agreed to invoke the Shadow True God through God Descent, setting a deadly confrontation in motion.

• The Judgment Hall Master learned that Shiheng had crippled his son and vowed to destroy him.
• The Hall Master received a report on Shiheng's strength and history, then confronted the Shadow Pope.
• The Hall Master warned that Shiheng's power and past enmity made him a threat to the Shadow Church.
• The Shadow Pope agreed that they could not defeat Shiheng in a direct fight but argued that Shadow City gave them an advantage.
• The Shadow Pope ordered the Shadow Secret Scripture activated and God Descent prepared to summon the Shadow True God and kill Shiheng.

The Shadow Church began a God Descent ritual to bring the Shadow True God’s power into the Mortal Realm and kill Shiheng. As Shiheng urged Kelin Xiaoman to flee, a divine eye opened above the church and fixed its gaze on him.

• The Judgment Hall Master ordered the church’s holy maiden, high priest, and Saint elders to begin the forbidden God Descent ritual.
• The altar opened a rift toward the God Domain, and a portion of the Shadow True God’s consciousness and power descended over Shadow City.
• The divine pressure forced the city’s inhabitants to their knees as they realized the church had invoked God Descent.
• Shiheng sensed the divine power targeting him while walking with Kelin Xiaoman, and told her to escape to the Principality of Klan with the Frost Dragon.
• Before Kelin Xiaoman could respond, an enormous shadow divine eye opened above the Shadow Church and locked onto Shiheng.

Shiheng confronted the True God of Shadow’s divine thought as its God Domain overwhelmed Shadow City, while protecting Kelin Xiaoman from its power. He broke free of the domain and struck the god’s destructive beam with the Four Extremes Laws, beginning a direct battle between a Saint and a god.

• The True God of Shadow’s divine thought unleashed its God Domain across Shadow City, immobilizing its inhabitants and Saint experts.
• Shiheng shielded Kelin Xiaoman and resisted the domain with his Four Supreme Laws of life, death, destruction, and fate.
• The Judgment Hall Master watched from the God Descent Altar and declared that Shiheng could not escape or defeat the god’s power.
• When the True God of Shadow fired a destructive pillar at Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman, Shiheng told Kelin Xiaoman to awaken the Frost Dragon and flee.
• Kelin Xiaoman summoned Frost, who manifested its true body and protected her from the god’s pressure.
• Shiheng tore through the God Domain and clashed his God-Slaying Battle Saber with the divine pillar, shaking the True God of Shadow’s divine thought.

Shiheng summoned his four Hell-forged Godslayer Blades and used their powers to protect his allies and weaken the Shadow True God's attack. He then fused the Four Edicts into the Destruction Godslayer Blade and launched his God-slaying strike, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Shiheng summoned the Life, Death, Destruction, and Fate Godslayer Blades, which drove back the Shadow True God's domain and stunned the Judgment Hall Master and the gathered Saint-level experts.
• The Shadow True God's divine consciousness reacted with anger and wariness, then formed a Divine Giant Hand and brought it down on Shiheng.
• Shiheng sent the Life Godslayer Blade to shield Kelin Xiaoman and the Frost Dragon, while the Death Godslayer Blade eroded the Divine Giant Hand and the Fate Godslayer Blade severed its power connections.
• Shiheng wielded the Destruction Godslayer Blade, fused the Four Edicts into one, and shouted, “Four Extremes Unite as One, One Blade God-Slaying!”

Shiheng used the four Godslayer Blades to form a Chaos Blade Aura and destroy the Shadow True God's remnant divine will. With the God Domain gone, the battle ended and the Judgment Hall Master was left helpless before him.

• Shiheng merged the four extremes laws into a Chaos Blade Aura and shattered the Shadow True God's God Domain.
• Shiheng cleaved the divine hand in two and struck the Shadow God Eye as the Shadow True God's remnant will cried out in disbelief.
• The Shadow God Eye and the remnant divine will were completely destroyed, and the God Domain over Shadow City vanished.
• Shiheng recalled the four Godslayer Blades and fixed his gaze on the terrified Judgment Hall Master.
• Shiheng's victory established him as the Saint who had slain a god's remnant will, making factions across the Yulan Continent wary of crossing him.

After Shiheng defeated the Shadow True God's lingering will, he spared the defeated Shadow Church and left with Kelin Xiaoman. News of his feat spread across the Yulan Continent, while Shiheng settled in a secluded valley and continued cultivating toward the God-level and the worlds beyond.

• Shiheng refused to kill the surviving Saint experts, reassured Kelin Xiaoman, and warned the Judgment Hall Master that the Shadow Church would be erased if it provoked him again.
• The Radiant Church's Pope ordered everyone to honor Shiheng, and the sovereign of the Principality of Klan named him Protector Saint and called for a three-day celebration.
• The continent's powers forbade their people from insulting or challenging Shiheng, while the Shadow Church rapidly lost territory and influence.
• Shiheng took Kelin Xiaoman to a secluded valley, where he deepened his understanding of the Four Edicts and continued pursuing the God-level.

After leaving Shadow City with Kelin Xiaoman, Shiheng headed for the Principality of Klan, intending to consolidate his Four Extremes Laws and prepare to ascend to godhood. On the way, a seemingly ordinary but unfathomably powerful being appeared before them, and Shiheng braced himself for a potentially fatal encounter.

• Shiheng left Shadow City holding Kelin Xiaoman's hand and set out for the Principality of Klan.
• Shiheng reflected on how years of travel had brought the Laws of Life, Death, Destruction, and Fate to 99% perfection, giving him power to challenge a true god.
• Shiheng planned to find a secluded place to consolidate his insights and prepare to break beyond Sainthood.
• A mysterious figure appeared silently in the road ahead, making Shiheng's Four Extremes Laws tremble.
• Shiheng sensed that the figure surpassed ordinary God-level beings, shielded Kelin Xiaoman behind him, and gathered his power for a desperate strike.

Betru stopped time to meet Shiheng, praised his Four-Element Soul Mutation, and warned that his unguided cultivation risked fatal backlash. After giving Shiheng insights into fusing his four rules, Betru advised him to master their fusion before advancing to God-level, and Shiheng began his new cultivation path.

• Betru appeared before Shiheng and praised his rare Four-Element Soul Mutation.
• Betru examined Shiheng's cultivation and warned that the conflicting rules of Life, Death, Destruction, and Fate could destroy his soul without proper guidance.
• Betru sent Shiheng his insights into fusing Laws, helping the four rules resonate and revealing a path toward their fusion.
• Betru told Shiheng to cultivate steadily and achieve initial mastery of all four fused rules before advancing to God-level.
• Shiheng thanked Betru and resolved to follow his guidance as time resumed.

Shiheng returned safely from his encounter with Betru and headed home with Kelin Xiaoman. They found Klan City transformed by his reputation and power, and after meeting Grand Duke Kelin, Shiheng set out for Hess City.

• Betru vanished after confirming Shiheng's Four-Element Soul Mutation talent and imparting his insights into the Laws.
• Shiheng reunited with Kelin Xiaoman and told her they would go home.
• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman arrived in Klan City, which had grown into the Light Alliance's second-largest city because of Shiheng's strength and fame.
• Grand Duke Kelin welcomed Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman, then discussed Shiheng's travels and the principality's growth with him.
• Shiheng left the grand duke's residence with Kelin Xiaoman and set off for Hess City.

After reuniting with his parents in Hess City, Shiheng returned to Klan City and spent five years consolidating his cultivation and fusing the four laws. He emerged at the Saint Apex with the fusion at its introductory stage and a new supreme technique, the Annihilation Life and Death Slash, while Kelin Xiaoman waited outside his chamber.

• Shiheng returned to Hess City with Kelin Xiaoman and reunited with his parents at his family’s newly grand estate.
• Shiheng spent several peaceful days with his parents and Kelin Xiaoman before deciding to resume cultivation.
• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman returned to Klan City, where Shiheng entered Grand Duke Kelin’s secluded cultivation chamber and Kelin Xiaoman stood guard.
• Shiheng spent five years consolidating his insights and slowly bringing the Laws of Life, Death, Destruction, and Fate into harmony.
• Shiheng achieved the introductory stage of four-law fusion, created the Annihilation Life and Death Slash, and stabilized his cultivation at the Saint Apex.
• Shiheng emerged from the chamber, where Kelin Xiaoman greeted him with a smile.

As Emperor Star led a catastrophic beast tide against humanity, Shiheng prepared to defend the Principality of Klan despite still being a Saint and not having reached godhood. He unleashed the four laws within him and vowed that Klan would lose neither land nor people.

• At the start of the year 10000, Shiheng sensed God-level pressure awakening in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and recognized the arrival of the Day of Destruction.
• Emperor Star led an immense beast tide that devastated human cities across the Western Continent.
• Shiheng focused on protecting the Principality of Klan, where his parents, Kelin Xiaoman, and the people he cared for were gathered.
• As the beast tide neared Klan City, Shiheng resolved to face Emperor Star even though he had not become a god.
• Shiheng awakened the four powers of law and declared that the Principality of Klan would not lose any land or people while he stood there.

As a magical beast tide threatened Klan City, Shiheng stepped in to defend its failing protective formation and instantly killed the Saint Pinnacle Earth Bear leading the assault. The terrified beasts fled, and Klan’s defenders celebrated Shiheng’s victory.

• A vast magical beast tide attacked Klan City while the Saint Pinnacle Earth Bear battered the city’s protective formation.
• Shiheng leapt from the city wall and blocked the Earth Bear’s path, suppressing the surrounding beasts with his four laws.
• The Earth Bear attacked Shiheng with earthen spikes and a crushing paw, but Shiheng stood his ground.
• Shiheng fused the powers of Life, Death, Destruction, and Fate into a blade of chaos and killed the Earth Bear with one slash.
• The remaining magical beasts fled, and Klan’s defenders cheered Shiheng.