Arc 1The Thunder Lord Rises

Rhodes became a Midgod, built a powerful faction in the Thunder Region, and traveled with Pash to the Amethyst Mountains to gain soul-strengthening amethyst. After the Overgod Edict opened the realms to mass travel, alliances prepared to conquer territory as the great wars approached.

  • Rhodes awakened as the universe’s first life-form, became a god, and cultivated the Laws of Lightning and Wind before leaving Heavenly Thunder Mountain for the Infernal Realm.
  • Rhodes defeated Ahaner and challenged Di'ers, then won Di'ers’s respect and learned about the Infernal Realm’s factions and powerful rulers.
  • Rhodes reached Midgod, mastered Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain, and defeated the leaders of the neighboring Thunder Region factions, who joined his growing power.
  • Rhodes sent Di'ers and Pulide to expand their faction and search for amethysts, then flew alone toward the Amethyst Mountains.
  • Rhodes met Monty Pash in the Star Mist Sea, sparred with him, and joined him on a journey toward the mainland and a soul-strengthening treasure.
  • Rhodes and Pash survived Kadia and Kadik’s ambush, defeated Bollet, and reached the Amethyst Alliance, where Pash lost a spar to Lei Jialie.
  • Lei Jialie hosted Rhodes and Pash, showed them how to collect amethysts, and they gathered a vast supply while cultivating and sparring for more than a century.
  • The Overgod Edict led to the creation of Teleportation Arrays, and Atez, the Demon King’s alliance, and the Amethyst Alliance prepared to expand as travelers flooded into the Infernal Realm.
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Ch. 1The beginning

Rhodes was reborn as the Wind-Thunder Divine Roc, the first life-form in the newly formed Coiling Dragon Universe, and discovered that heaven and earth had granted him fifty percent Willpower. After deciding to build strength and seek a Sovereign Spark in the future, he searched Heavenly Thunder Mountain for treasures and found a few unusual objects.

  • Rhodes awakened inside an egg and, after hatching, learned from his bloodline that he was a peak Saint-level Wind-Thunder Divine Roc with command over wind and thunder.
  • Rhodes discovered that he was the first life-form born in the universe and had received fifty percent Willpower, which activated a rudimentary system displaying his status.
  • Rhodes recognized the Coiling Dragon Universe and reasoned that its timeline had only just begun, then resolved to cultivate, build a faction, and seize a Sovereign Spark when the Sovereign Era arrived.
  • Rhodes gathered the pieces of his eggshell and searched the mountaintop, naming it Heavenly Thunder Mountain.
  • The first Divine Beasts appeared across the four continents as Rhodes complained about the mountain’s meager resources, despite holding a few clearly unusual objects.

Ch. 2Becoming a God

Rhodes cultivated beside a lightning pillar on Heavenly Thunder Mountain, seeking to comprehend the Laws of Lightning and Wind while other beings across the realms began reaching godhood. After a flash of inspiration, he crossed the boundary between Saint and god, and a vast power lifted him into the air.

  • Rhodes failed to bind the strange stones with his blood and studied his Wind-Thunder Divine Roc inheritance, deciding to cultivate the Laws of Lightning and Wind.
  • Rhodes reasoned that his Willpower could give him overwhelming strength after he became a god, then flew to a lightning pillar to cultivate and explore his speed.
  • As life spread across the Infernal Realm, Light King Atez became a god in the Celestial Realm and demanded the nearby factions submit or leave.
  • Atezi used his God's Domain to confront three divine beasts, while newly godlike figures appeared in the Netherworld, Divine Realm, and Infernal Realm.
  • Rhodes sensed that he had crossed from Saint level into godhood, and a vast power enveloped him and raised him into the air.

Ch. 3Elemental Sea

Rhodes became a Lowgod by forming an external lightning divine spark, splitting his soul, and creating a divine clone. After exploring his new abilities and transforming his original body with divine power, he continued examining the changes that came with godhood.

  • Rhodes formed a lightning Lowgod divine spark and chose to keep it outside his body, causing his soul to split and one half to fuse with the spark.
  • Rhodes sensed the lightning elemental sea and used the world's bestowed willpower to draw divine power from as deep as fifty meters, then formed a human-shaped divine body and stored additional power in it.
  • Rhodes merged his original body into his divine clone, then summoned his Wind-Thunder Divine Roc body and examined his soul space and two innate divine abilities.
  • Rhodes found that his lightning clone could comprehend the Lightning Law easily but struggled with the Laws of Wind, so he resolved to use his original body for wind comprehension.
  • Rhodes used divine power to transform his original body, which became tougher than his lightning divine clone, and then continued examining his changes after becoming a god.

Ch. 4Artifact forging

After becoming a Lowgod, Rhodes forged a spatial ring, refined a Lightning Element treasure, and made the divine sword Calamity Breaker while continuing to cultivate. As he worked on inner armor, his original body began rising into the air, signaling that it might soon become a god.

  • Rhodes checked his changed system panel and planned to leave Heavenly Thunder Mountain after preparing a spatial ring and divine artifacts.
  • Rhodes forged and bound a spatial ring, then refined the Lightning Element crystal and discovered it could aid his cultivation of the Lightning Law.
  • Rhodes forged the purple lightning sword Calamity Breaker and drew it into his body to nurture it as a Lowgod artifact.
  • Rhodes began forging inner armor and found that working with the eggshell material also helped him comprehend the Lightning Law.
  • Rhodes noticed his original body rising into the air again as the Wind Element around it grew dense.

Ch. 5Leaving

Rhodes’s Wind Element attainment made him a god in two elements, and he spent years cultivating before deciding to leave Heavenly Thunder Mountain and explore the Infernal Realm. He crossed the Thunder Region safely with his divine roc body and extreme speed, reaching the outside world.

  • Rhodes attained godhood in the Wind Element, formed his Wind Divine Clone, and found that his soul orbs had divided equally.
  • Rhodes’s Wind Divine Clone spent ten years refining a bluish-purple jade flute, then merged into his Lightning Divine Clone.
  • Rhodes decided to leave cultivation behind for a time, checked his system status, and considered the dangers of the world outside.
  • Rhodes transformed into his divine roc form and flew through the Thunder Region, where the Thunder Crystal protected him from the lightning.
  • Rhodes activated Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed, reached the edge of the Thunder Region, and emerged into the Infernal Realm.

Ch. 6The Real Infernal Realm

Rhodes emerged from the sea of lightning into the Infernal Realm and set out to explore, hoping to meet other beings. After a Lowgod attacked him in territory ruled by Di'ers, Rhodes killed him, found little of value among his spoils, and flew off to seek Di'ers.

  • Rhodes left the sea of lightning with his Lightning Divine Clone and flew across the unfamiliar Infernal Realm.
  • A Lowgod claimed the area belonged to Di'ers and demanded to know why Rhodes had come, then attacked him.
  • Rhodes dodged the Lowgod's soul attack and killed him with a lightning-charged sword strike.
  • Rhodes collected the Lowgod's Divine Spark, divine artifact, and spatial ring, but found the ring nearly worthless.
  • Rhodes flew away, intending to find Di'ers and ask for directions.

Ch. 7Di'ers

Rhodes tracked down Di'ers after a Saint-level beast pointed him toward the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison, seeking an explanation for Ahaner's attack. Di'ers refused to settle matters peacefully, and the chapter ended as he charged Rhodes into battle.

  • Rhodes forced Sahanandis to give him directions to Di'ers, then flew to the castle in half a day.
  • Rhodes confronted three Lowgods at Di'ers's castle and showed them Ahaner's divine artifact, revealing that he had killed Ahaner.
  • Di'ers emerged after hearing that Rhodes had come to demand an accounting and agreed to fight rather than explain himself.
  • Rhodes drew the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword, and Di'ers charged at him wreathed in purple lightning.

Ch. 8Full battle power unleashed

Rhodes and Di'ers fought until Rhodes’s overwhelming final power prompted Di'ers to concede, after which they discussed the Infernal Realm’s expanding territory and its competing powers. Learning that Midgods such as the Demon King and a possible figure in the Sea of Chaos were active, Rhodes considered forming a force of his own.

  • Rhodes and Di'ers exchanged powerful attacks, and Di'ers used a soul attack that briefly robbed Rhodes of his senses before his Willpower broke it.
  • Rhodes began gathering Willpower for a final strike, and Di'ers sensed the danger and conceded rather than risk severe injury.
  • Rhodes introduced himself and asked Di'ers about the Infernal Realm, so Di'ers invited him into a nearby castle and described the region.
  • Di'ers explained how five rival alliances divided the Thunder Region and avoided venturing deep into the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison.
  • Di'ers told Rhodes about a possible Midgod in the Sea of Chaos and confirmed that Chris Ding, the self-proclaimed Demon King, was a Midgod controlling the Infernal Realm’s central territory.
  • Rhodes weighed the strength of the realm’s experts and asked Di'ers for more information about local forces as he considered establishing his own.

Ch. 9Midgod

Rhodes took control of Di'ers's faction and began secluded cultivation, aiming to master the Lightning Law before confronting the four rival factions. After forty-eight years, he fused the Profound Mystery of Judgment with the Lightning Element and became a Midgod.

  • Di'ers explained the strength of the four neighboring factions and offered to follow Rhodes, who ordered him to arrange a meeting with their leaders after his seclusion.
  • Di'ers declared Rhodes the faction's leader and had the bald Lowgod guide him to a secluded cultivation chamber.
  • Rhodes cultivated the Lightning Law with the Thunder Crystal while continuing to develop his Wind Elemental Laws.
  • After forty-eight years, the laws of heaven and earth descended as Rhodes's Lowgod Divine Spark transformed into a Midgod Divine Spark.
  • Rhodes fully fused the Profound Mystery of Judgment with the Lightning Element and reached the Midgod realm, while Di'ers and Shuini'er waited outside.

Ch. 10Fusing Profound Mysteries, a Great Leap in Strength

After fusing two lightning profound mysteries, Rhodes perfected Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain and became powerful enough to challenge the surrounding factions. He summoned their leaders to his castle, intending to defeat them and bring their forces under his control.

  • After becoming a Midgod, Rhodes continued cultivating and decided to seek amethyst to strengthen his soul.
  • Over more than twenty years, Rhodes perfected Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain by fusing the Profound Mystery of Judgment with the Lightning Element Profound Truth, repeatedly testing it on Di'ers.
  • Rhodes checked his system and found that his overall strength had reached the Five-Star Fiend level despite his Midgod realm.
  • Rhodes ordered Di'ers to summon the leaders and Lowgods of the other four powers, while his Saint-level subordinates searched for purple crystals.
  • When Di'ers reported that more than thirty Lowgods were approaching, Rhodes went out to meet them and prepared to overpower them with his ultimate technique.

Ch. 11Lord of the Thunder Region

Rhodes defeated Pulide and the other factions’ Lowgods with the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison, then accepted Pulide’s offer to follow him. As the battle ended, Rhodes sensed something arriving.

  • Pulide and the other faction leaders chose to attack Rhodes and Di'ers after learning Rhodes was a Midgod.
  • Rhodes dodged the Lowgods’ opening attacks and trapped them in the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison.
  • Rhodes struck down the other Lowgods with falling thunder, leaving Pulide as the sole one still standing.
  • Pulide surrendered, thanked Rhodes for showing mercy, and asked to follow him; Di'ers worried the factions might split into opposing camps.
  • Rhodes sensed something arriving just as the groups considered what would happen next.

Ch. 12Five Hundred Years, Part One

Rhodes became a Wind Element Midgod and directed his followers to expand their territory while searching for the Amethyst Mountains. After advising Pulide on Earth laws and sending Di'ers into seclusion to pursue a breakthrough, Rhodes also began cultivating in his courtyard.

  • Rhodes's Wind Divine Clone broke through to Midgod, and the awakened Lowgods congratulated him and accepted his authority.
  • Rhodes ordered Di'ers and Pulide to expand their territory and search for the dangerous Amethyst Mountains, promising amethysts to those who helped.
  • Pulide described his Earth-law cultivation, and Rhodes explained how to cultivate the earth element profound mystery.
  • Rhodes told Di'ers to stop fighting and enter seclusion to pursue a Midgod breakthrough.
  • Rhodes checked his system panel, then summoned his Wind Divine Clone and contemplated the Laws of Lightning and Wind.

Ch. 13Five Hundred Years, Part Two

After five hundred years of seclusion, Rhodes had strengthened his Lightning Law, grown the Thunder Region, and learned where the Amethyst Mountains lay. He left alone to cultivate there, leaving Di'ers and Pulide to develop the faction and follow later.

  • Rhodes made progress toward fusing three Lightning Law profound mysteries, while his Wind Divine Clone barely advanced in the Wind Law.
  • Di'ers and Pulide expanded the Thunder Region until it had hundreds of deities and several hundred castles.
  • A Lowgod reported finding the Amethyst Mountains across the Star Mist Sea, where a Midgod couple ruled over the mountain range that produced amethyst.
  • Rhodes easily defeated Di'ers and Pulide in a spar, reinforcing the faction's respect for him.
  • Rhodes told Di'ers and Pulide he would travel to the Amethyst Mountains alone and ordered them to foster more Midgods before following him.
  • Di'ers and Pulide agreed to guard and grow the Thunder Region as Rhodes flew away toward the horizon.

Ch. 14Making a Name

Rhodes flew across the mainland and into the Star Mist Sea, growing stronger and earning fame as the Lord of the Thunder Region. On a medium-sized island, he met the red-haired Midgod Monty Pash and began sharing wine with him while remaining wary of his intentions.

  • Rhodes combined the Lightning Speed Profound Mystery with the Profound Mysteries of Thunder as he flew, defeating deities who attacked him and collecting Divine Sparks.
  • Rhodes's sparring and conspicuous travels spread his reputation as the Lord of the Thunder Region and drew deities to the Thunder Region's forces.
  • After reaching the Star Mist Sea, Rhodes flew deeper through its empty waters, intent on reaching the mainland and the Amethyst Mountains.
  • Rhodes stopped when Monty Pash called to him from a medium-sized island, and the two Midgods introduced themselves and discussed their journey toward the mainland.
  • Pash offered Rhodes wine, and Rhodes drank two cups while using his Willpower to suppress it and watch for any hidden motive.

Ch. 15Sparring with a "Sovereign?"

Rhodes recognized Pash as the future Blood Peak Sovereign and eagerly accepted his invitation to spar. Their evenly matched battle escalated into a contest of Destruction and Lightning laws, leaving their powerful attacks colliding.

  • As they drank, Rhodes recognized Pash as the future Blood Peak Sovereign and offered him thunder-infused wine.
  • Pash proposed a spar, and Rhodes agreed; both revealed their divine weapons and clashed auras.
  • Rhodes and Pash exchanged repeated sword and saber strikes without either gaining a clear advantage.
  • Pash gathered Destruction Divine Power on his saber as Rhodes summoned thunder and lightning around his sword.
  • Their weapons collided in a fierce exchange, with Rhodes's illusory sword phantom traveling toward Pash.

Ch. 16Traveling together

Rode and Pash agreed to travel together toward the Amethyst Mountains, where Rode hoped Pash would help him face two powerful Gods. As they flew across the continent, they approached Gray Mist Canyon, where Kadia and his brother’s forces prepared an ambush; Rode noticed the unusually frequent presence of deities and warned Pash to be careful.

  • After sparring with Pash, Rode shared Heavenly Thunder Liquid with him, and Pash asked to travel alongside him.
  • Rode told Pash about a soul-strengthening treasure guarded by two powerful Gods with an ability to control others, and Pash eagerly agreed to go with him.
  • Rode and Pash flew east toward the continent, expecting the journey to the Amethyst Mountains to take about a hundred years.
  • Kadia learned that two Gods were approaching Gray Mist Canyon and ordered his concealed Lowgods to prepare for an ambush.
  • Rode and Pash noticed that they had encountered several deities in a short distance, and Rode warned Pash that something might be happening.

Ch. 17Amethyst Alliance, Part One

Rod and Pash were ambushed by Kadia in Gray Mist Canyon, but Rod and Pash overwhelmed him and his controlled followers. After defeating a second group led by Kadik, Rod spotted Amethyst Monsters nearby, suggesting they were close to the Amethyst Mountains.

  • Kadia ambushed Pash, but Pash survived the blow and sent Kadia flying with a counterattack.
  • A group of hundreds of controlled Lowgods attacked Rod and Pash from the gray mist, and Rod killed them with Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison.
  • Kadia emerged from the mist and tried to deny knowing Rod and Pash, while his younger brother Kadik arrived with more Lowgods and surrounded them.
  • Pash killed Kadia with a slash, and Rod used Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison to wipe out Kadik's group.
  • Rod noticed Amethyst Monsters nearby and said they must be close to the Amethyst Mountains.

Ch. 18Within the Amethyst Alliance

Rhodes and Pash encountered Bollet of the Amethyst Alliance while seeking soul amethyst and a spar with the Zijing Couple. Bollet agreed to guide them only if Rhodes defeated him, and Rhodes prepared to fight while Pash watched the Amethyst Monsters.

  • Rhodes detected Bollet approaching with three Amethyst Monsters and checked his system, which showed he had reached Six-Star Fiend strength.
  • Rhodes told Pash that the newcomers held the soul-strengthening amethyst they sought, and Pash recognized the group as members of the Amethyst Alliance.
  • Bollet asked whether Rhodes and Pash had seen Kadia and his brother, and Rhodes showed him their divine artifacts and said they were dead.
  • Bollet introduced himself as an elder of the Amethyst Alliance and invited Rhodes and Pash to join.
  • Pash said they wanted soul amethyst and a sparring match with the Zijing Couple, while Bollet refused to guide them unless they could defeat him.
  • Rhodes decided to fight Bollet himself and told Pash to keep watch over the three Amethyst Monsters.

Ch. 19Amethyst Alliance, Part Two

Rhodes defeated Bollet with one sword strike, then followed him and Pash to the Amethyst Alliance headquarters. There, Rhodes and Pash waited as Zijing and her husband arrived to hear why they had come.

  • Rhodes struck Bollet with a powerful lightning sword attack, severely injuring him despite his true Earth Giant form and innate defense.
  • After recovering, Bollet admitted he could not defeat Rhodes and escorted Rhodes and Pash toward the Amethyst Alliance headquarters.
  • Rhodes and Pash reached the mist-shrouded Amethyst Mountains after about a month of travel and landed at a castle near the Mist Sea.
  • Bollet summoned more than a dozen Midgods to surround Rhodes and Pash while he waited for the alliance leaders to arrive.
  • Rhodes warned Pash to watch for Zijing and her husband's gravity control, and the two discussed their plans for amethyst and a possible fight.
  • Zijing and her husband arrived with the Midgods behind them, and Zijing asked Rhodes and Pash why they wanted to see them.

Ch. 20Battling Zijing and Her Husband, Part One

Pash challenged Lei Jialie, leader of the Amethyst Alliance, and broke free of his Gravity Space before the two exchanged devastating blows. As Lei Jialie transformed and Pash revealed his Swallow Heaven Python form, their battle was poised to intensify.

  • Rhodes and Pash challenged Zijing and her husband to a spar, and Pash began fighting Lei Jialie.
  • Lei Jialie trapped Pash in Gravity Space, but Pash broke free with Destruction Divine Power and counterattacked.
  • Lei Jialie used Amethyst Space and struck Pash with his fist and sword, while Pash countered with Voidbreaker; both were injured and recognized the danger of taking a blow to a vital point.
  • Lei Jialie covered himself in Amethyst Armor and declared he would defeat Pash with his greatest strength.
  • Pash revealed the image of his blood-colored Swallow Heaven Python and began transforming as he faced Lei Jialie.

Ch. 21Battling the Zijing Couple, Part Two

Lei Jialie defeated Pash in their spar after using Amethyst Space to disrupt Pash’s movements, while Pash’s Devour ability spared him from a potentially fatal blow. Rhodes revealed his Six-Star Demon-level aura instead of fighting, and Lei Jialie welcomed him and his companions as guests of the Amethyst Alliance.

  • Pash transformed and fought Lei Jialie inside Amethyst Space, where Lei Jialie’s speed and gravity gave him an advantage.
  • Lei Jialie shifted Amethyst Space’s attraction and repulsion, disrupted Pash’s rhythm, and knocked him underground with a powerful punch.
  • Pash emerged, accepted his defeat, and warned Rhodes that Lei Jialie might still have hidden strength.
  • Rhodes explained that his group had come seeking amethyst, then revealed an aura at the Six-Star Demon level.
  • Lei Jialie matched Rhodes’s pressure and invited him and his companions to drink in the Amethyst Mountains as guests.

Ch. 23Days in the Amethyst Mountains, Part One

Rhodes and Pash entered the Mist Sea with Lei Jialie and spent more than ten days drinking rare wines and exchanging insights into the laws. Lei Jialie took them to an amethyst pit, where they saw the deadly suction that followed the amethysts’ eruption.

  • Rhodes caught an amethyst that flew toward him as the group entered the Mist Sea.
  • Lei Jialie hosted Rhodes and Pash with Amethyst Wine, and they shared their own rare wines while discussing the laws for more than ten days.
  • Lei Jialie led Rhodes and Pash to a pit where amethysts shot from a cavern and gathered across the pit floor and walls.
  • Pash asked if they could collect the amethysts, but Lei Jialie told him to wait until the cavern’s wind stopped.
  • The cavern produced powerful suction that pulled every loose amethyst into its opening, leaving only those embedded in the walls.

Ch. 24Days in the Amethyst Mountains, Part Two

Rhodes and Pash learned how the Amethyst Mountain pit erupted and gathered amethysts there before spending more than a century strengthening their souls and improving their abilities. As they heard that Highgods had appeared on the Central Continent, a vast surge of matter began gathering at the Infernal Realm’s edge.

  • The pit erupted, scattering amethysts, and Lei Jialie explained its eruption, pause, and suction phases and how to collect amethysts safely.
  • Rhodes and Pash gathered over a hundred million amethysts, sparred with Lei Jialie and Zijing, and strengthened their souls over more than a century.
  • Rhodes advanced his Wind Profound Mysteries and advised Lei Jialie and the others to delay breaking through to Highgod while they continued fusing profound mysteries.
  • Lei Jialie told Rhodes that Midgods were causing more trouble and that Highgods had appeared on the Central Continent.
  • At the Infernal Realm’s edge, the laws of the world operated as vast quantities of matter streamed in from the void.

Ch. 25Overgod Edict

The Infernal Realm stopped expanding after an Overgod Edict announced that Teleportation Arrays would connect the Four Overgod Planes and countless Material Planes in fifty years. When the arrays appeared, Rhodes and Lei Jialie prepared to secure them as the struggle for supremacy in the Infernal Realm began.

  • The Overgod Edict reached the Four Overgod Planes and deities across the Material Planes, declaring that Teleportation Arrays would be built in fifty years and that destroying one meant death.
  • Rhodes urged Lei Jialie to secure the arrays near the Amethyst Mountains and recruit arriving deities, while asking him to find one of Rhodes’s men.
  • Lei Jialie agreed to occupy nearby arrays and said he would later visit the Central Continent with Zijing to meet the Demon King.
  • Fifty years later, pillars of light formed across the world, and the completed Teleportation Arrays linked the Four Overgod Planes with countless Material Planes.
  • Rhodes’s preparations and Lei Jialie’s plans faced a new influx of travelers as the struggle for supremacy in the Infernal Realm began.

Ch. 26Growing strength, the eve of the struggle for supremacy

As teleportation arrays opened across the supreme planes, Atez and the Demon King prepared to unite their realms through war. Deities poured into the Infernal Realm, where the Amethyst Alliance recruited newcomers and grew stronger, while Rhodes anticipated the coming battles.

  • Atez became the first Highgod in the Celestial Realm and ordered the Light Alliance to prepare to conquer the other continents in a hundred years.
  • The Demon King’s alliance claimed the Infernal Realm’s Central Mainland and planned to gather teleportation arrivals before launching its own war of unification.
  • Deities began arriving at the array near the Amethyst Mountains in large numbers, and the Amethyst Alliance killed stubborn newcomers to deter resistance.
  • Lei Jialie’s alliance recruited Lowgods, offered Midgods the choice to join or leave, and sent Saint-level magical beasts into nearby lands to establish future tribes.
  • Rhodes watched the Amethyst Alliance grow at the Mist Sea and reflected that the great wars were approaching.
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