Chapter Summaries

After recovering, Shiheng entered the fifteenth floor and discovered an ancient temple whose fused laws suggested it belonged to an existence at least as powerful as a peak Seven-Star Fiend. The temple seized him and completely suppressed his soul, divine power, and body, leaving him trapped and helpless inside.

• Shiheng recovered fully, said goodbye to Tarrossa, Kailin, and the others, then entered the fifteenth floor alone.
• Shiheng found the fifteenth floor empty and filled with scorching fire and magma, but detected a concealed temple far across the desolate landscape.
• Shiheng examined the temple and recognized its four fused fire laws and traces of a fifth, concluding that its creator was at least a peak Seven-Star Fiend.
• Shiheng tried to retreat, but the temple sealed the surrounding space and dragged him inside.
• The temple suppressed Shiheng's soul, divine power, and body, and his attempts to break free failed.

After two years sealed inside the ancient hall, Shiheng discovered its suppressive force and hidden rhythm could temper his body, transforming him into a peak Lowgod physique. The hall’s restraint then loosened, leaving him poised to resume his path with a perfected physical foundation.

• Shiheng struggled against the ancient hall’s sealing force for a month before realizing it imprisoned him without harming his life or essence.
• Shiheng stopped resisting and spent three months observing the hall, discovering its source rhythm matched the fundamental patterns of the human body.
• Shiheng aligned his body with the hall’s rhythm and endured two years of continuous suppression and nourishment that refined his physique.
• The ancient hall’s restraining force loosened, and Shiheng sensed that his body had reached the peak Lowgod level.
• Shiheng recognized that his perfected physique would let him advance to a Midgod physique when his cultivation realm broke through.

Shiheng’s two-year body tempering ended, and he met Diyan, a peak Seven-Star Fiend who explained humanity’s weakness in Hell and the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal’s power. Diyan revealed that Lord Beirut had sealed him in the ancient hall for ten thousand years after he survived Beirut’s attack.

• Shiheng reached peak Lowgod perfection, and the suppressive force on him vanished, restoring his soul power.
• Diyan appeared before Shiheng, who withdrew his soul probe and respectfully asked why Diyan had sealed and trained him.
• Diyan identified himself as a pure human from the Bifu Continent of Hell and the strongest human there, at the peak of the Seven-Star Fiend level.
• Diyan described how Hell’s powerful races oppressed humans and showed Shiheng the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal, which could empower and protect human wielders.
• Diyan explained that the seal had granted him Humanity’s Supreme Body-Refining Art and that he had planned to claim the Yulan Plane’s Sovereign Artifact to improve humanity’s position.
• Diyan recounted how Lord Beirut slaughtered the experts gathered outside the Yulan Plane, spared Diyan when the seal protected him, and sealed him in the ancient hall for ten thousand years.

Diyan passed humanity’s cultivation legacy to Shiheng, including Humanity's Supreme Body-Refining Art, and entrusted him with guarding the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal. Shiheng accepted the duty to preserve the legacy and revitalize humanity, while Diyan remained sealed in the ancient hall, hopeful for humanity’s future.

• Diyan explained how he had spent ten thousand years imprisoned while holding onto hope for humanity and revealed that he had prepared Shiheng as a successor.
• Diyan told Shiheng that his fierce destiny made him incompatible with becoming the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal’s master, so the seal would be stored within him until humanity’s rightful master appeared.
• Diyan placed the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal in Shiheng’s dantian and passed Humanity's Supreme Body-Refining Art and humanity’s cultivation legacy into his mind.
• Shiheng’s body and soul grew stronger as the art took effect, giving him a protective aura that even Seven-Star Fiends could not shake.
• Shiheng vowed to protect the seal, preserve humanity’s legacy, revitalize humanity, and pass the treasure to humanity’s future lord.
• Diyan accepted Shiheng as the guardian of the new generation’s legacy and remained in the hall, hoping to hear of humanity’s revival.

After Shiheng cleared the fifteenth floor of the Tomb of the Gods, Diyan assessed his four-rule soul mutation and advised him to cultivate cautiously, keeping all four powers balanced. Shiheng received a supreme divine sword and resolved to grow stronger before pursuing the Tomb’s remaining secret realms.

• Diyan explained that Shiheng’s soul mutation joined the rules of life, destruction, death, and fate, giving him immense potential but making their fusion exceptionally difficult.
• Diyan advised Shiheng to advance all four rules together to Midgod and warned that uneven progress could destroy the balance of his powers.
• Diyan urged Shiheng to stay cautious until his combat strength reached the Seven-Star Fiend level and described his exceptional soul defenses and future physical strength.
• Diyan conjured a supreme divine sword as Shiheng’s reward for clearing the fifteenth floor, and Shiheng took it.
• Shiheng considered the opportunities in the Tomb’s three unexplored secret realms but chose to focus on cultivation rather than risk pursuing them at his current strength.

After Diyan’s guidance, Shiheng spent a year cultivating on the fifteenth floor of the Tomb of the Gods, strengthening his body and bringing his four systems of laws into balance. He emerged with a Midgod-level body while remaining a Lowgod, and chose not to enter the sixteenth floor, resolving to advance cautiously.

• Shiheng reflected on Diyan’s warnings about balanced cultivation and the dangers of advancing recklessly, then decided to remain on the fifteenth floor and cultivate for a year.
• Shiheng studied the Human Race Supreme Body-Refining Secret Art, breaking through his Lowgod body’s limits and advancing his physical strength to the Midgod level.
• Shiheng’s laws advanced in balanced stages: Fate and Death reached the fifteenth level, Destruction reached the thirteenth, and Life remained at the twelfth.
• Shiheng understood the cultivation thresholds for higher laws and recognized that his highest attainment remained five levels short of Midgod.
• Shiheng judged the sixteenth floor too dangerous to enter and resolved to strengthen his foundation before attempting to advance further.

After ten years in the Tomb of the Gods, Shiheng left the fifteenth layer to reunite with his friends on the Fourteenth Layer, while Dragon Venerable decided to approach him. Shiheng revealed that he had encountered a Seven-Star Fiend, leaving everyone stunned.

• Shiheng ended his secluded cultivation and headed from the fifteenth layer to meet Emperor Star, the War God, and the other trial participants before the Tomb of the Gods closed.
• Dragon Venerable sensed Shiheng's return and spent fourteen days weighing whether to befriend, test, or avoid him before flying toward him.
• Shiheng reunited with Emperor Star, the War God, and their companions, who questioned him about his three-year absence on the fifteenth layer.
• Shiheng casually said he had cultivated in seclusion and encountered a Seven-Star Fiend, shocking everyone gathered on the Fourteenth Layer.

As the Tomb of the Gods trial neared its end, Shiheng and several other gods sensed a catastrophe unfolding outside the sealed realm. Dragon Venerable revealed his identity as Ao Ditian and formed an Equal Heavenly Dao Contract with Shiheng, while Shiheng remained anxious about his family and the fate of the outside world.

• Shiheng, War God Emperor Star, and Kailin shared their growing premonitions of a great upheaval beyond the Tomb of the Gods, but they could not leave before the trial ended.
• As the final night approached, Shiheng's worry for Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao intensified.
• Dragon Venerable approached Shiheng and praised his strength, fortune, and character before asking to follow him through a Heavenly Dao Contract.
• Shiheng agreed, but told Dragon Venerable that leaving the Secret Realm depended on Lord Beirut's wishes.
• Dragon Venerable revealed his true name, Ao Ditian, and formed an Equal Heavenly Dao Contract with Shiheng.

Beirut punished Diyan for violating the Tomb of the Gods’ rules, though he believed the ordeal might help Diyan reach Asura-level strength. Beirut then examined Shiheng on the Fourteenth Layer and watched him prepare to leave, unaware of the attention and hopes surrounding him.

• Beirut confronted Diyan for allowing Shiheng to receive the Divine Core Sword inheritance without defeating him, and Diyan admitted his guilt.
• Beirut trapped Diyan in a punitive fire domain that sealed his divine power and tormented his body and soul.
• Diyan silently endured the punishment, hoping his sacrifice would help Shiheng secure humanity’s future.
• Beirut judged that the ordeal could help Diyan fuse the fifth aspect of the Fire Element Laws and become an Overgod’s Emissary.
• Beirut examined Shiheng’s talents and strength from afar, while Shiheng remained unaware and prepared to leave the Tomb of the Gods.

After completing his contract with Ao Ditian, Shiheng struggled with dread over the catastrophe engulfing the Yulan Continent. Beirut arrived and revealed that the Klan Empire was under attack by a Highgod and Shiheng’s three life-saving measures had all been destroyed, leaving him frozen in shock.

• Shiheng and his companions spent the night unsettled by the planar catastrophe and reflected on the gains they had made in the Tomb of the Gods.
• Beirut appeared, noticed Ao Ditian and Shiheng’s transformed strength, and praised Shiheng’s considerable gains without reproaching him.
• Beirut ordered Shiheng to leave immediately, revealing that a Highgod was attacking the Klan Empire and Midgods were besieging Linley’s Baruch Empire.
• Beirut warned that Shiheng’s three life-saving measures had already been shattered, and Shiheng froze as his worst fears came true.

During Shiheng’s seven-year absence in the Tomb of the Gods, Kelin Xiaoman peacefully governed the Klan Empire while their son Shi Hao grew into a prodigious martial cultivator. The chapter leaves ten-year-old Shi Hao training at the seventh-level warrior peak and eagerly awaiting his father’s return, confident that no danger can harm him.

• Kelin Xiaoman governed the Klan Empire alone for seven years, bringing lasting peace and prosperity to the realm.
• Shi Hao grew into a ten-year-old with exceptional martial talent but discovered he could not practice magic, leaving him discouraged.
• Kelin Xiaoman comforted Shi Hao by explaining that martial arts and magic were not truly separate on the path to godhood, and he resolved to pursue martial cultivation alone.
• Shi Hao’s powerful soul gave him remarkable comprehension, and despite refusing to cultivate magic, his spiritual power reached the level of an eighth-level mage.
• Shi Hao advanced to the peak of the seventh-level warrior rank and gained strength far beyond other children his age.
• After training in the palace courtyard, Shi Hao asked Kelin Xiaoman about the treasures Shiheng might bring back and declared that his father was invincible.

After years of peace, Gorba Prison’s seal shattered during a battle involving Lin Feng (Linley) and Beaumont, unleashing countless vicious prisoners onto the Yulan Continent. The O'Brien Empire and Yulan Empire fell, while the Klan Empire and Baruch Empire survived for now under the protection of their Lowgods.

• Kelin Xiaoman ruled the Klan Empire peacefully for seven years alongside her son, Shi Hao, while the Grand Duke of Kelan and the Frost Dragon cultivated into Lowgods.
• A tremendous impact shook the Yulan Continent, and overwhelming God-level auras terrified its inhabitants and reached Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao in the imperial gardens.
• Lin Feng (Linley), his companions, and Beaumont fought at Gorba Prison until their clash shattered its ancient seal.
• Countless imprisoned villains escaped into the Yulan Continent and vowed to plunder its nations and resources.
• God-level prisoners overwhelmed the O'Brien Empire and Yulan Empire, killing their Saints and destroying both powers.
• The Klan Empire and Baruch Empire survived the first assault because Lowgods guarded them, while refugees fled into their territories and the greater threat remained.

After the Gorba Prison seal broke and chaos ravaged the Yulan Continent, the Klan Empire faced rebellions and banditry despite being protected from outside attackers. Shi Hao spent three years crushing the internal threats, reaching the Warrior of the Ninth Rank Peak and preserving the empire as he left it standing amid the wider catastrophe.

• Escaped prisoners devastated the Yulan Continent, while Grand Duke Kelan and the ancient Frost Dragon defended the Klan Empire and Baruch Empire as Lowgods.
• High-ranking warriors, magi, and rebels exploited the Klan Empire's unrest, plundering towns and defeating the court's suppression campaigns.
• Ten-year-old Heir Apparent Shi Hao left the palace and began a three-year campaign against bandits, uprisings, and separatists, relying on his physical strength.
• Shi Hao developed a body-refinement path, mastered Kelin Xiaoman's Berserk Secret Art, and comprehended the greater momentum of heaven and earth.
• By age thirteen, Shi Hao had reached the Warrior of the Ninth Rank Peak and Early Saint soul level, defeated the empire's internal enemies, and secured its remaining peace.

After ending the Klan Empire’s overt bandit troubles, Shi Hao headed for Klin Royal City to await his father Shiheng’s return, but discovered a hidden bandit stronghold and a surviving Saint elder of the Shadow Church. When Shi Hao’s anger exposed his presence, the Saint elder unleashed his pressure against him.

• Shi Hao killed the five Ninth-Rank Warriors and Ninth-Rank Magus leading the last major bandit force, ending the empire’s three years of open unrest.
• Shi Hao set out for Klin Royal City, hoping to reunite with Shiheng in a little over a month.
• Shi Hao followed the cries of captive women into a secluded valley and infiltrated a hidden stronghold guarded by powerful warriors.
• Shi Hao overheard a Ninth-Rank Dark Magus ask a Saint elder whether the destroyed Shadow Church could rise again, and the elder recounted its downfall and his defeat by Shiheng.
• Shi Hao recognized the elder as his father’s old enemy, and his anger let a faint soul fluctuation slip out.
• The Saint elder sensed Shi Hao in the woods, demanded that he reveal himself, and unleashed his pressure across the valley.

Shi Hao confronted the veteran Dark Saint elder of the Shadow Church, who sought revenge against Shiheng by killing his son. After they exchanged accusations and declared their opposing paths, both unleashed their ultimate attacks, beginning a fight to the death.

• Shi Hao emerged from hiding, and a Shadow Church warrior recognized him as Shiheng's son and the Klan Empire's Heir Apparent.
• The Dark Saint elder examined Shi Hao, was stunned by his ninth-rank peak at age thirteen, and sent his followers into the stone stronghold.
• The elder resolved to kill Shi Hao while Shiheng was away, seeking revenge for the defeat that had humiliated him years before.
• The elder challenged Shi Hao's ability to fight a Saint, and Shi Hao declared that his Law of Strength was enough to kill him.
• Shi Hao condemned the elder for ambushing Shiheng, and the elder mocked Shi Hao's claim before their hostility erupted into battle.
• The Dark Saint elder unleashed a Saint killing move as Shi Hao released his full power, and their ultimate attacks clashed.

Shi Hao endured a lethal strike from the Dark Elder, whose cultivation had risen to saint pinnacle, and awakened his body’s instinctive protection. Driven by his resolve to survive and reunite with his parents, Shi Hao transformed the Berserk Secret Art beyond its original limits and charged into a second fight to the death.

• After a day of fighting, the Dark Elder revealed his saint pinnacle cultivation and explained that his past battle with Shiheng had helped him comprehend the Darkness Laws.
• The Dark Elder unleashed a giant palm imbued with Darkness Laws at the exhausted Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao survived the strike as his soul-tempered body absorbed Spiritual Energy and autonomously protected him.
• Remembering Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman, Shi Hao ignited his Berserk power and pushed the Berserk Secret Art beyond Shiheng’s original form.
• Shi Hao restored his fighting power, confronted the Dark Elder, and charged at him to begin their true showdown.

Shi Hao unleashed the full power of his spirit-nurtured body and fought the Saint Pinnacle dark elder in a desperate battle. He killed the elder at the cost of a devastating wound, then declared that he had settled his father's feud.

• Shi Hao used his Berserk transformation to meet the dark elder's Saint Pinnacle Darkness Laws head-on with his physical strength.
• Shi Hao let the elder's laws tear through his defenses so he could close in and batter the elder with a storm of punches.
• The dark elder burned his cultivation and soul to unleash the Dark Annihilation Blade while Shi Hao drove a final punch through his chest.
• The blade carved a severe wound across Shi Hao's back, but the dark elder's law core shattered and he fell to his death.
• Wounded and near collapse, Shi Hao looked down at the elder's corpse and said that he had settled his father's feud.

After killing the Dark Saint elder, Shi Hao used the Light Rebirth Scroll to heal and spent half a month recovering in the valley. He rescued Shadow Church captives, arranged safe homes for them, concealed his remaining scar beneath new clothes, and returned alone to Kelin City.

• Shi Hao took the Dark Saint elder's storage ring and found a Saint Pinnacle Light Rebirth Scroll inside.
• Shi Hao used the scroll to purge the Darkness Laws and heal his wounds, then killed every remaining Shadow Church cultivator in the valley.
• Shi Hao spent half a month recuperating until his strength returned and his back had almost completely healed.
• Shi Hao rescued the captives imprisoned by the Shadow Church and arranged work and safe homes for them in frontier towns and garrison cities.
• Shi Hao put on new clothes that concealed his faint scar and returned alone to the Imperial City.

Kelin Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, and the Frost Dragon faced the coming invasion of Highgod Adkins after Shiheng’s three protective attacks were exhausted. They chose to defend the Klan Empire, unaware that Shi Hao was already returning to Klin Royal City.

• Kelin Xiaoman told the Frost Dragon to find Shi Hao and protect him, while Grand Duke Kelin and Kelin Xiaoman vowed to remain and defend the capital.
• Grand Duke Kelin refused to abandon Kelan, citing the devastation caused by the escaped prisoners who had destroyed the O’Brien Empire.
• Four Midgods attacked Kelin Xiaoman, but Shiheng’s three Highgod attacks killed three of them and forced the survivor to flee.
• The surviving Midgod sought out Adkins, who planned to lead an army against Klin Royal City half a month later.
• The Frost Dragon and Grand Duke Kelin realized the empire had no protective trump cards left and regarded Shi Hao as its last hope.
• The three believed Shi Hao was still away, but he had recovered from his battles and was already returning to Klin Royal City.

Shi Hao returned to Klin Royal City and found the Klan Empire under attack, with his family and its defenders near defeat. Seeing the devastation, he awakened his body’s ancient power and stepped forward to challenge the gods with mortal flesh alone.

• Shi Hao reached the ridge above Klin Royal City and saw the ruined city engulfed in battle.
• Adkins watched from above while his forces besieged Kelin Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, the Frost Dragon, and the imperial soldiers.
• Kelin Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, and the Frost Dragon fought on despite severe injuries and mounting exhaustion.
• Shi Hao saw his family and the empire’s defenders fighting for their lives, and his grief turned into resolve.
• Shi Hao awakened the ancient power in his body, vowed to destroy whoever threatened his nation and family, and stepped toward the battlefield.