Recaps

Over the decades, the Amethyst Alliance grew to dominate an entire continent while factions throughout the Infernal Realm prepared for war. As the teleportation array beside the Amethyst Mountains began receiving a surge of arrivals, Rhodes remained a Midgod and assessed his strength.

• Lei Jialie and Zijing led the Amethyst Alliance as it absorbed rival factions and renamed its territory the Amethyst Continent.
• Rhodes trained his companion into a Midgod and advised Di'ers and Pulide to retreat into the Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain when threatened.
• Pash fought arriving Midgods and helped bring nearly half of the Alliance's Midgods into the faction, then chose to remain a Midgod after seeing the difficulty of advancing.
• Lei Jialie and Rhodes fought to a draw in the Mist Sea, with Rhodes relying on his Willpower to match Lei Jialie's Highgod strength.
• The teleportation array beside the Amethyst Mountains began operating in a frenzy, and many figures appeared as the atmosphere grew tense.

Aosijiade arrived on the Amethyst Continent with a vast Demon Alliance force and demanded that Lei Jialie submit. Lei Jialie trapped Aosijiade and the enemy Midgods in Amethyst Space as the two alliances began fighting, while he clashed with Aosijiade.

• Aosijiade emerged from the teleportation array with more than a hundred Midgods and over five thousand Lowgods, then declared that those who refused to submit would die.
• Lei Jialie arrived to confront Aosijiade, who invited him to join the Demon Alliance and help the Demon King unite the Infernal Realm.
• Lei Jialie unleashed Amethyst Space to hold Aosijiade and the enemy Midgods while waiting for Zijing, Rhodes, and the others to arrive.
• Aosijiade ordered his Lowgods to kill the Amethyst Alliance deities guarding the array and seize the continent, and both sides entered battle.
• Lei Jialie and Aosijiade began a fierce clash inside Amethyst Space as the Amethyst Alliance Midgods fought to protect their forces.

Lei Jialie fought Aosijiade while his Amethyst Space held enemy Midgods, but Aosijiade’s strength kept him pinned down until Zijing arrived and helped clear the battlefield. With Zijing controlling their enemies, Lei Jialie withdrew his ability and prepared to fight Aosijiade at full strength.

• Lei Jialie exchanged blows with Aosijiade while suppressing over a hundred Midgods in his Amethyst Space, and realized Aosijiade matched his strength.
• Lei Jialie saw through his divine sense that nearly all his forces had fallen and that over four thousand Lowgods were chasing the surviving Alliance Midgods.
• Zijing arrived, trapped the pursuing Lowgods in her Amethyst Space, and helped the Alliance Deities kill them before joining Lei Jialie.
• Aosijiade realized his outside forces were likely defeated when Zijing entered the Amethyst Space.
• Zijing covered Aosijiade and the Midgods with her Amethyst Space, allowing Lei Jialie to withdraw his own ability and charge Aosijiade at full strength.

Lei Jialie and Zijing fought Aosijiade, a Highgod sent by the Demon Alliance, and used their fused Amethyst Space to kill him. They returned toward the Amethyst Mountains to recover their nearly depleted divine power, while the Alliance members’ loyalty to them grew.

• Lei Jialie withdrew his Amethyst Space and struck Aosijiade with his full strength, but Aosijiade transformed into a Volcano Giant and fought back.
• Zijing killed the immobilized Midgods and collected their Divine Sparks and possessions while Lei Jialie battled Aosijiade and was injured.
• Lei Jialie and Zijing combined their Amethyst Spaces, crushing Aosijiade’s lava armor and assailing his soul with eerie wind.
• Lei Jialie killed the defenseless Aosijiade with a punch and collected his Highgod Divine Spark.
• The Amethyst Alliance members followed Lei Jialie’s order to return, and he and Zijing headed for the Amethyst Mountains to replenish their divine power.

After killing a Demon Alliance Highgod, Lei Jialie withdrew the Amethyst Alliance’s forces and spent decades seeking allies as the Demon Alliance expanded. Six allied forces arrived at the Amethyst Mountains to negotiate, while Rhodes felt uneasy about what might happen.

• Lei Jialie awarded the slain Highgod’s Fire Godhead to Sari Lang and ordered the Amethyst Alliance to pull back and defend the Amethyst Mountains.
• Lei Jialie told Rhodes about his fight with Aosijiade, and Rhodes advised seeking help from other continents while he and Pash remained with the Alliance.
• Over the following thirty years, Lei Jialie’s envoys found few willing allies, and the Demon Alliance expanded across half the Infernal Realm.
• Four more forces joined the planned alliance after one of the original allied forces was destroyed by four Highgods.
• Six Highgod-led groups arrived at the Amethyst Mountains, where Lei Jialie and the others went out to receive them.

Lei Jialie gathered the major factions to form an alliance against the Demon King, and they agreed to assemble their forces for an attack. Before they could begin moving, a huge force of Demon Alliance Deities approached the Amethyst Alliance, leaving the leaders convinced the Demon King had arrived.

• Lei Jialie welcomed the faction leaders and brought them into the city to discuss an alliance against the Demon King.
• A burly Highgod challenged Rhodes and Pash for sitting among the leaders, but Rhodes and Pash answered the pressure with powerful auras.
• Lei Jialie urged the factions to gather their forces and fight the Demon Alliance, and after lengthy negotiations they agreed to travel together to the Central Mainland.
• The faction leaders swore before the Overgods not to kill one another until the Demon King was eliminated and to help fight the Demon Alliance.
• The leaders sensed a vast host approaching, including at least as many Highgods as those present and thousands of Midgods, and ordered their forces to teleport to the Amethyst Continent and kill anyone wearing a demon medallion.

The Demon King attacked the Amethyst Alliance, revealing soul-mutation powers that let him shrug off its strongest attacks. As he prepared a fused divine-power strike, Rhodes moved behind him and launched a sword attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• The Demon King arrived with his forces and ordered Tuoleitia to kill the Amethyst Alliance while he faced Lei Jialie.
• Lei Jialie and Zijing unleashed Amethyst Space, and the Highgods attacked the Demon King, but he emerged unharmed and killed several of them with punches and soul attacks.
• Rhodes recognized that the Demon King's power appeared to come from soul mutation, then repelled a soul attack aimed at him and gave his name.
• The Demon King fused Destruction and death divine power and began combining Profound Mysteries as Rhodes prepared to interrupt him.
• Rhodes used Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed to appear behind the Demon King and swing the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword at his head.

Rhodes outmaneuvered the Demon King, but the Demon King’s Innate Divine Ability made him impossible to hit while it remained active. They agreed to a truce that halted the invasion, while Lei Jialie saw the Amethyst Alliance’s heavy losses and the spoils that could strengthen it.

• Rhodes appeared behind the Demon King and severed his arm with the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword, but the Demon King escaped the next strike with Dislocated Space.
• The Demon King recovered and offered Rhodes a place in the Demon Alliance, but Rhodes refused and pointed out that the Demon King could not attack while his Innate Divine Ability was active.
• Rhodes and his allies agreed to negotiate, and Rhodes warned the Demon King that he could keep killing his followers if the conflict continued.
• The Demon King, Chris Ding, swore by the Overgod never to attack the Amethyst Alliance again, and Rhodes agreed that neither side would initiate an attack.
• Lei Jialie surveyed the battlefield, found that fewer than a thousand of the several thousand Midgods remained, and saw six High Godheads among the uncollected spoils.

After fusing three Wind Profound Mysteries, Rhodes and Pash left the Amethyst Alliance to explore the Infernal Realm and seek out powerful experts. They departed before Lei Jialie could enlist their help, traveling in the Demon King's former Metal Lifeform.

• Rhodes completed the fusion of his Wind Profound Mystery of Speed, Profound Mystery of Slowness, and Windwalk Technique, while Pash advanced to Highgod during their long stay in the Amethyst Mountains.
• Rhodes reviewed his strength and learned that the Amethyst Alliance had united the Amethyst Continent as the Demon Alliance expanded across two continents and Watrod repelled the Demon King.
• Rhodes and Pash told Lei Jialie they were leaving to travel through the Infernal Realm and visit Watrod, declining to help with a problem in the continent's north.
• Rhodes refused Lei Jialie's invitation to stay for a drink and asked him to pass their goodbyes to Zijing before he and Pash departed.
• Rhodes summoned the Demon King's former Metal Lifeform, and he and Pash boarded it to continue their journey.

While traveling across the Star Mist Sea toward the Skyrite Mountains, Rhodes encountered a natural Fog Sea Riot and used the lightning spectacle to comprehend the Laws of Lightning. The chapter left him in a powerful state of breakthrough while Pash recovered from protecting them both.

• Rhodes and Pash traveled southeast across the Star Mist Sea toward the Skyrite Mountains, passing the year at sea discussing the Laws and drinking wine.
• Rhodes and Pash spotted lightning spreading through the mist at tremendous speed, and Rhodes began contemplating the lightning flash profound mystery.
• A vast lightning vortex formed over the sea, and Rhodes gained insight into the lightning magnetism profound mystery.
• Pash used his innate divine ability to swallow the lightning striking them and was left unable to use the ability again until he recovered.
• Rhodes's aura grew stronger as he remained immersed in comprehension, and Pash moved away to avoid disturbing him.

After more than fifty years of comprehending laws in the Star Mist Sea, Rhodes awakened with new lightning and wind abilities and continued traveling with Pash. They reached the Aksu Continent, where Rhodes planned to search for Stone Sword Mountain, while Pash agreed to help.

• Rhodes finished comprehending several profound mysteries, including Lightning Magnetism, and awakened after Pash guarded him for more than fifty years.
• Rhodes and Pash traveled across the Star Mist Sea, stopping at islands for supplies before speeding toward the continent.
• Rhodes and Pash reached the Aksu Continent and learned about its shifting alliances and conflict with the Demon Alliance.
• Rhodes asked how Pash had comprehended the Fire Element, and Pash said he had done so after lightning caused Earth Fire to erupt on an island.
• Rhodes told Pash they would search for Stone Sword Mountain in several directions, and Pash agreed to help him.

Rhodes and Pash searched the Skyrite Mountains for the Four Divine Beasts but found no sign of them after many years. As they prepared to leave, two observers discussed why their Eldest Brother had ordered them to watch the pair.

• Rhodes and Pash reached the Skyrite Mountains after wasting three years searching east for Stone Sword Mountain.
• They flew among the peaks, searching for the Four Divine Beasts and collecting Heaven and Earth wonders.
• Rhodes found a soul-scan-blocking stone and planned to use it with another strange stone to conceal his Wind Element clone.
• After searching the mountain range for more than a dozen years without finding the Four Divine Beasts, Rhodes proposed that he and Pash leave and seek out the Demon King.
• A young man and a beautiful girl in red watched Rhodes and Pash, and the young man asked why their Eldest Brother had assigned them to watch the two.

Rhodes and Pash discovered the Four Divine Beasts hiding inside the Skyrite Mountains after pretending they would destroy their home. The four emerged and were immobilized by Pash, but Rhodes stopped him and left them alive.

• Rhodes told Pash he only wanted to meet the Four Divine Beasts and ask for a little blood, then prepared to leave the Skyrite Mountains.
• Rhodes sensed four Lowgods inside the mountain and realized they were the Four Divine Beasts.
• Rhodes and Pash pretended to plan to cut down the peak, prompting Azure Dragon to lead his siblings out of hiding.
• Black Tortoise used the Heaven and Earth Wonder to bring Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and himself outside the mountain.
• Pash trapped the four with his God's Domain, but Rhodes ordered him to stop, and the four collapsed to the ground after Pash withdrew it.

Rhodes and Pash captured and beat the Four Divine Beasts, then learned how the group had tracked them and what they knew about the four’s origins. Rhodes considered how to handle them, deciding he could not kill them but still coveting their bodies.

• Rhodes reassured the Four Divine Beasts that he and Pash meant them no harm, then ordered Pash to teach them the rules of the Infernal Realm.
• Pash beat the Four Divine Beasts until they stopped resisting and agreed to cooperate.
• Bowen explained that he had discovered Rhodes and Pash in the Skyrite Mountains, while Nimo had used his strong soul perception to judge their strength without scanning them.
• Rhodes learned that the four had been born nearly a thousand years ago, had chosen Internal Godhood, and had no Divine Clones.
• Rhodes considered the Four Divine Beasts’ future fusion ability and concluded that he could not bring himself to kill them, though he still wanted their bodies.

Rhodes decided to stay in the Skyrite Mountains with Pash, hoping to cultivate, develop stronger techniques, and build ties with the Four Divine Beasts. He trapped them in his Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison to train them while refining the technique, and the increasingly powerful attacks left them struggling to endure.

• Rhodes and Pash chose to remain in the Skyrite Mountains while Rhodes worked on new finishing moves and considered the Four Divine Beasts' potential as allies.
• Rhodes offered to guide the four Lowgods, then trapped Azure Dragon Leiding, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise in the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison and challenged them to comprehend another Profound Mystery to earn their release.
• Rhodes's humanoid lightning figures attacked the Four Divine Beasts, whose Innate Divine Abilities proved unevenly effective against soulless opponents.
• The Thunder Region's magnetic field and lightning attacks grew stronger as Rhodes refined his technique, making it increasingly difficult for the Four Divine Beasts to escape or withstand the blows.

Over five centuries, Rhodes and Pash advanced their cultivation while the Four Divine Beasts endured Rhodes’s increasingly powerful Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Region. The chapter ended with all four Divine Beasts becoming Midgods at the same time.

• Rhodes expanded the Thunder Region into a grueling training ground, and the Four Divine Beasts grew stronger as they fought its lightning figures and attacks.
• Rhodes’s wind divine clone and Pash swept through the Skyrite Mountains, earning Pash a fearsome reputation and refusing Aksu’s invitation to join the Light Alliance.
• Rhodes forged the wind divine clone a new sword called Whirling Rise and made progress comprehending and fusing profound mysteries.
• Pash fought the leader of the Light Alliance and killed several Highgods, worsening the feud while Rhodes continued cultivating.
• Rhodes withdrew the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Region as a soul-shaking power enveloped the Four Divine Beasts, who all advanced to Midgod together.

Rhodes and Pash watched the Four Divine Beasts advance to Midgods, then faced them when they attacked. Rhodes overwhelmed them with his strengthened Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Region, leaving both sides silent as Azure Dragon addressed him.

• Rhodes explained to Pash that the Four Divine Beasts would likely challenge them after advancing, and Pash recalled the ordeal of experiencing Rhodes's Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Region.
• Rhodes checked his system panel and resolved to master his Profound Mysteries before advancing to Highgod.
• Azure Dragon, Lei Ding, Laius, and the other sibling celebrated their advancement to Midgods after five hundred years of battling and comprehending Profound Mysteries.
• The Four Divine Beasts charged at Rhodes and Pash, with Lei Ding using Dragon Roar and Laius using Tiger Roar, but the effects barely troubled their opponents.
• Rhodes enveloped all four in the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Region, which left them unable to move and battered them with lightning before releasing them.
• The six stood facing one another in silence until Azure Dragon called, “Big brother.”

Rhodes and Pash welcomed the Four Divine Beasts as their younger siblings and celebrated together in the Skyrite Mountains. As the feast and sparring continued, Rhodes weighed how to strengthen the four and alter their future fate.

• Azure Dragon Leiding, Nimo, Laius, and Bowen called Rhodes their big brother, then called Pash their second brother.
• Rhodes and Pash took the Four Divine Beasts to their birthplace in the Skyrite Mountains, where Bowen formed a table and Vermilion Bird roasted Divine Beasts for the feast.
• Pash told the four about the Infernal Realm and its wars, while Rhodes considered their future training and whether to help them develop their fused divine ability.
• Rhodes considered learning Dislocated Space-Time and changing the Four Divine Beasts' fate, while keeping open the possibility of letting events follow their original course.
• Five years passed as Pash sparred with the Four Divine Beasts, helping them adapt to their Midgod strength.

Rhodes explained to Lei Ding and the other Four Divine Beasts how fusing profound mysteries could strengthen them and suggested they explore combining their innate divine abilities. The Light Alliance then approached with Aksu, and Rhodes prepared to destroy it.

• Rhodes reflected on the dangers and challenges of becoming powerful before the Sovereigns appeared, then renewed his determination to cultivate.
• Rhodes stopped Pash, Lei Ding, and the others and explained that fusing profound mysteries while still Midgods was easier than doing so after becoming Highgods.
• Rhodes told the Four Divine Beasts that their innate divine abilities might be fused, potentially multiplying their power by a thousand or more.
• Pash sensed Aksu and a force from the Light Alliance approaching, and Rhodes warned the Four Divine Beasts to avoid the Highgods' attacks.
• Rhodes rose to face the invaders and declared that the Light Alliance would be wiped out.

Rhodes and Pash counter-encircled Aksu’s force, trapping its main group in Rhodes’s Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Prison while the Four Divine Beasts fought the attackers left outside. Aksu’s troops struggled to escape the domain as the chapter ended with the battle still underway.

• The Four Divine Beasts sensed Aksu approaching with more than a dozen Highgods and nearly a thousand Midgods, and Rhodes and Pash decided to keep Aksu alive for a fight.
• Aksu arrived and demanded to know where Rhodes’s wind-element Highgod was, while Pash taunted him and urged him to summon his backer.
• Rhodes unleashed Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Prison, trapping Aksu’s main force and leaving about ten Midgods outside for Lei Ding, Nimo, Laius, and the others to fight.
• Aksu ordered his troops to attack the prison, but Rhodes’s magnetic force field diverted the Midgods’ material attacks and made the domain difficult to escape.
• The Four Divine Beasts quickly killed several of the remaining Midgods and gained the advantage, while Aksu’s trapped force struggled against the oppressive, constantly rebuilding lightning above them.

Rhodes used Heavenly Tribulation to eliminate the Midgods and cripple most of Aksu’s Highgod allies, then let Aksu fight Pash for a chance to live. Aksu was swallowed by Pash’s innate divine ability, and Rhodes expected him to die before the Light King could arrive.

• Rhodes’s Heavenly Tribulation killed every Midgod and left fewer than five Highgods standing, with Aksu in the best condition.
• Aksu contacted Atezi, the Light King, for help, and Atezi set out to rescue him while berating him for his failures.
• Rhodes offered Aksu a chance to live if he fought Pash, and Aksu agreed as the other trapped Highgods pleaded for help.
• Pash and Aksu fought, with Pash enduring Aksu’s attacks and driving him into the ground with a saber strike.
• Aksu transformed and used Light-Speed Slash, but Pash swallowed him with Endless Devouring, leaving Rhodes to believe he would die before the Light King arrived.

Rhodes spared Aksu’s surviving Highgods and decided to unite the continent by founding an organization with Pash and the Four Divine Beasts. The six named it the Hall of the Gods, swore brotherhood before the Overgods, and set their sights on growing powerful enough to challenge the Demon King.

• Pash told Rhodes he had swallowed Aksu and was occupied suppressing him, while Rhodes said he wanted to subdue the remaining Highgods rather than kill them.
• Rhodes released his domain and offered the five Highgods their lives if they pledged loyalty, explaining that Aksu’s death would soon invalidate their previous oaths.
• Rhodes and his companions agreed to establish their own organization and compete against the Demon King and other forces in the Infernal Realm.
• After rejecting proposed names, Rhodes named the group the Hall of the Gods, and the six chose the titles Thunder God, War God, Water God, Wind God, Fire God, and Earth God.
• Rhodes, Pash, Lei Ding, Laius, Nimo, and Bowen swore before the Overgods to become brothers and sisters and share prosperity and ruin.

Rhodes organized the new force around the Skyrite Mountains while waiting for Aksu’s powerful backer, Light King Atez, to arrive. Atez and Rhodes fought to a standstill, with Atez believing Rhodes was weaker and identifying the Demon King of the Infernal Realm as the greater threat.

• Rhodes assigned the five surviving Highgods to Pash and the Four Divine Beasts, then had them subdue gods around the Skyrite Mountains.
• Atez arrived alone and demanded that Rhodes submit to the Light Alliance; Rhodes countered by offering Atez a position under his command.
• Atez attacked Rhodes, but Rhodes dodged his opening charge and punched him into a mountainside.
• Atez used countless light clones and a sword attack against Rhodes, while Rhodes countered with his Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Region and Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword.
• Rhodes struck Atez with black lightning and used Humanoid Heavenly Tribulation against his clones, but both fighters rapidly recovered and continued exhausting their divine power.
• Atez judged Rhodes weaker than himself and thought the Demon King of the Infernal Realm remained his greatest threat.

Rhodes and Atezi fought to a standstill until Rhodes detected the Demon King Chris Ding and the Amethyst Alliance couple watching nearby. The rivals paused their battle and prepared to meet the newcomers.

• Atezi and Rhodes exchanged powerful sword strikes, battling for days without either gaining the upper hand.
• Rhodes scanned the Skyrite Mountains and discovered Chris Ding, Lei Jialie, Zijing, and another powerful figure approaching.
• Rhodes warned Atezi that old acquaintances were watching, and Atezi used his Fate Divine Clone to find the concealed spectators.
• Rhodes and Atezi agreed to wait for Chris Ding before deciding whether to resume their fight.
• Rhodes called on Lei Jialie, Zijing, and Chris Ding to reveal themselves and join the gathering.

The rulers of the Infernal Realm’s continents gathered as Rhodes and Atezi’s battle drew the Demon King, Lei Jialie, Pash, and Solo Ross to the mountaintop. After Solo Ross’s failed surprise attack revealed Atezi’s golden flames, the gathered rulers considered whether to let the Light King leave.

• Lei Jialie and Pash openly joined Rhodes, while the Demon King stopped hiding and flew to the mountaintop.
• Solo Ross, the King of the Dark Night, arrived, and Lei Jialie warned Rhodes that he excelled at concealment, speed, and lethal strikes.
• The Demon King identified Atezi as Light King Atez of the Celestial Realm’s Light Alliance, and the rulers recognized him as an outside invader.
• Solo Ross attacked Atezi from behind, but Atezi blocked him and burned the attacker’s body with golden flames; the real Solo Ross reappeared unharmed.
• Lei Jialie asked the Demon King and Solo Ross whether they should keep Atezi in the Infernal Realm or let him go.