Chapter Summaries

After five hundred years of experiments, Rhodes found a safe method to strengthen his Divine Beast body with divine spark essence and prepared to refine Wind and Lightning essence to strengthen himself. He woke from a long recovery sleep to find Hathaway had watched over him, then accepted her stockpile of divine sparks before beginning his next stage of cultivation.

• Rhodes concluded that divine spark essence was too dangerous for ordinary bodies, ended his Midgod Divine Beast test subject, and finalized a strengthening method suited to himself.
• Over five hundred years, Hathaway’s territory expanded across much of the Netherworld, while Rhodes used captured Deities and their divine sparks in his experiments.
• After exhausting himself with his research, Rhodes slept for more than fifty days as Hathaway monitored him and continued comprehending the Rules with the help of faith.
• Rhodes woke fully recovered, and Hathaway admitted she had been watching over him; their growing closeness left her blushing at his thanks.
• Rhodes told Hathaway that he was ready to strengthen himself and needed more divine sparks, and she gave him a spatial ring she had filled over the years.
• After sharing wine with Hathaway, Rhodes prepared to begin strengthening himself with the collected divine sparks.

Rhodes spent more than two thousand years fusing divine spark essence into his original Divine Beast body while Hathaway unified the Netherworld and Pash waited for him to emerge. Rhodes finally left seclusion after his transformed aura surpassed that of a Highgod Artifact.

• Rhodes began carefully fusing alternating Lightning Element and Wind Element divine spark essence into his original Divine Beast body, and his feathers began transforming after he absorbed more than ten drops.
• Hathaway left Nether Mountain for nearly a thousand years, then returned and continued comprehending the Death Rule near Rhodes's place of seclusion.
• Hathaway unified the Netherworld by defeating its remaining opposing factions, killing four powerful experts and forcing another to flee through the Teleportation Array.
• Pash returned to Nether Mountain with Cerberus and stayed nearby, sensing that Rhodes was close to emerging from seclusion.
• Hathaway and Pash witnessed a Divine Peng phantom soar into the sky as Rhodes's aura surged beyond that of a Highgod Artifact and he emerged from his room.

After leaving seclusion with a divine body tougher than a Highgod artifact, Rhodes celebrated with Hathaway and Pash and revealed how divine spark essence had strengthened him. As he began preparing to share it with them, his wind divine clone spotted an unexpected visitor secretly seeking him and Pash at the Hall of the Gods.

• Rhodes emerged from seclusion, and Hathaway and Pash congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Rhodes learned that Hathaway had unified the Netherworld while he was away and explained that divine spark essence had strengthened his body beyond Highgod-artifact toughness.
• Rhodes gave Hathaway and Pash a drop of divine spark essence each so they could experience its effects.
• Rhodes promised them more divine spark essence and warned them about the time and danger involved in absorbing too much.
• Rhodes's wind divine clone spotted an unexpected person secretly visiting the Hall of the Gods to seek him and Pash.

Zijing secretly visited the Hall of the Gods with an important warning, while Rhodes concealed his Wind Divine Clone and had Lei Ding meet her in his place. Zijing revealed that the Hall’s conquest of Material Planes and collection of the Power of Faith had been exposed, along with another force doing the same.

• Lei Si told Lei Ding that a disguised Highgod had come to the Hall of the Gods asking for Rhodes or Pash.
• Lei Ding interrupted Rhodes’s seclusion, and Rhodes used his divine sense to identify the visitor as Zijing of the Amethyst Alliance.
• Rhodes instructed Lei Ding to meet Zijing, conceal his Wind Divine Clone, and mention the Amethyst Demon Cavern and fishing out amethyst as proof that Rhodes was nearby.
• Lei Ding and Lei Si met Zijing, who inferred that Rhodes had not left the Infernal Realm as the Hall had claimed.
• Zijing told Lei Ding that the Hall’s conquest of Material Planes and spread of faith had been discovered, as had another force’s collection of the Power of Faith.

Zijing warned Lei Ding and the Hall of the Gods that several Infernal Realm factions had uncovered their faith-gathering and planned to destroy them. Rhodes ordered the Hall to prepare for war while he and his second brother tried to return from the Netherworld.

• Zijing explained how Chris Ding’s secret faith campaign had exposed the Hall of the Gods to Solo Ross and the Amethyst Alliance.
• Zijing warned that three factions had agreed to attack the Hall and left after Rhodes ordered Lei Ding and the others to let her go.
• Rhodes told the gathered leaders to remember Zijing’s warning but show no mercy if they met her in battle.
• Lei Si was ordered to prepare the Hall’s Deities for war as the ten-thousand-year agreement ended.
• Rhodes instructed the Hall to continue spreading faith with fewer Highgods, defend itself if attacked, and wait for him and his second brother to return from the Netherworld.

Rhodes learned that several Infernal Realm factions had joined forces against the Hall of the Gods and decided to return there with Pash. After they left, Hathaway found a message from Rhodes in his cultivation chamber.

• Rhodes told Lei Ding and the other Divine Beasts to stay on Heaven-Reaching Peak and study the laws while he prepared for the coming war.
• Rhodes warned Pash and Hathaway not to fuse more than a hundred drops of divine spark essence until he had tested its limits.
• Rhodes revealed that Chris Ding, Solo Ross, and other factions planned to attack the Hall of the Gods after discovering its efforts to gather faith.
• Rhodes and Pash left Nether Mountain for the Infernal Realm, while Hathaway watched them go.
• Hathaway entered Rhodes's cultivation chamber and read the writing he had left on the stone table.

Hathaway discovered that Rhodes had left her the remaining Supreme God tokens, then descended Nether Mountain to summon Green Leaf Castle’s Highgods. As Rhodes hurried back, the major factions launched an assault that drove the Hall of the Gods toward collapse, leaving Lei Ding to buy time for Rhodes’s return.

• Hathaway found nearly a hundred drops of death divine spark essence and the Death Orb and Goddess Scepter in Rhodes’s spatial rings.
• Hathaway descended Nether Mountain and ordered Ina Lisi to assemble the Highgods near Green Leaf Castle.
• Rhodes traveled toward the Teleportation Array with Pash and Cerberus as the Infernal Realm’s factions prepared for war.
• Chris Ding, Solo Ross, and Lei Jialie sent forces to attack the Hall of the Gods, killing its Deities and capturing both Teleportation Arrays on the Blood Peak Continent.
• The Demon Alliance and Amethyst Alliance pushed the Hall of the Gods back toward the Skyrite Mountains while Lei Ding tried to delay them until Rhodes returned.

Rhodes’s Wind Divine Clone fought to protect the Hall of the Gods as the enemy forces surrounded the Skyrite Mountains, while the Four Divine Beasts used their fusion ability to kill Solo Ross. With Lei Ding gravely wounded and Rhodes’s clone near defeat, a furious figure rushed toward the Four Divine Beasts, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Rhodes raced back from the Netherworld while his Wind Divine Clone warned the Four Divine Beasts to prepare for an attack on the Hall of the Gods.
• Chris Ding, Lei Jialie, and their allies arrived at the Skyrite Mountains and sent Deia and another expert to fight Krus and Lei Si.
• Rhodes’s Wind Divine Clone fought Deia and began approaching a breakthrough, but Lei Jialie’s Amethyst Space helped Deia suppress him.
• The Four Divine Beasts used their fusion innate divine ability to kill Solo Ross, then faced attacks from more than ten Highgods.
• Lei Ding took a fatal blow meant for Nimo and was grievously injured as Rhodes struggled to protect the Four Divine Beasts.
• A furious figure roared that the attackers were courting death and rushed toward the Four Divine Beasts.

Rhodes returned to the Skyrite Mountains, rescued Lei Ding and the others, and began fighting the assembled experts who had besieged the Hall of the Gods. After nearly killing Demon King Chris Ding, Rhodes pressed his attack on Watrod, who unleashed his innate divine ability, Soul Cage, as the battle continued.

• Rhodes arrived in time to shield Lei Ding from the attacking Highgods, killed them with one strike, and sent Lei Ding, Nimo, and Lei Si to Heaven-Reaching Peak to recover.
• Rhodes killed the unknown expert who had fought Lei Si, then found Solo Ross's corpse and realized the Four Divine Beasts had likely killed him with their fused innate divine ability.
• Lei Jialie demanded that Rhodes surrender the Four Divine Beasts, but Rhodes refused, and Pash arrived to help guard Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Rhodes attacked Demon King Chris Ding, severing his arm and ribs; Chris Ding revealed three-element fused divine power and struck Rhodes back, but lost his other hand to Rhodes's sword.
• Rhodes attacked the assembled experts and cut through Watrod's black spear, but Lei Jialie used Amethyst Space to pull Watrod away from the blow.
• Watrod retreated while unleashing his innate divine ability, Soul Cage, sending threads of soul power after Rhodes.

Rhodes fought off Watrod and the other deities as they joined forces against him. He escaped Lei Jialie and Zijing’s Amethyst Space, but the battle continued as Watrod and Chris Ding tried to hold him back.

• Rhodes cut through Watrod’s Soul Cage and pursued Lei Jialie, who joined Zijing to trap him in their stronger Amethyst Space.
• Chris Ding urged the assembled lone wanderers and the Demon and Amethyst Alliance Highgods to attack Rhodes together.
• Pash used his Devour ability to interrupt Lei Jialie and Zijing’s Fusion Innate Divine Ability, freeing Rhodes from the Amethyst Space.
• Rhodes activated his First Innate Divine Ability and evaded the enemies’ attacks while killing several deities with his divine sword.
• Watrod used Soul Cage to buy time for himself and Chris Ding to retreat into Dislocated Space, and Rhodes slashed at their barrier.

Rhodes broke through Chris Ding’s alternate space and turned the battle in the Hall of the Gods’ favor, forcing the enemy leaders to retreat into Amethyst Space. As Rhodes recovered and prepared for what came next, Chris Ding revealed that reinforcements had been summoned.

• Rhodes cleaved apart Chris Ding’s alternate space, and Watrod transformed to shield the retreating Chris Ding from his attack.
• Watrod sacrificed part of his body to slow Rhodes, then escaped with Chris Ding into Lei Jialie and Zijing’s Amethyst Space.
• Rhodes hunted down the enemy’s strongest Deities while the Hall of the Gods fought the remaining forces, with Lei Si leading the charge.
• Rhodes ended Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed to recover, while his Wind Divine Clone focused on reaching Highgod status.
• Inside Amethyst Space, Lei Jialie and the others struggled to maintain their defense, and Chris Ding said the allies he had summoned might arrive later.

Rhodes held the Infernal Realm’s experts inside the Amethyst Space while recovering his strength, until Light King Atezi arrived from the Celestial Realm with a large force of Highgods. The newcomers reached the Skyrite Mountains, giving the trapped experts hope of escape, though Atezi was bewildered by the situation he found.

• Rhodes waited outside the Amethyst Space as Lei Jialie and his wife conserved their divine power, while the trapped leaders argued over whether the Celestial Realm would come to their aid.
• Chris Ding detected Light King Atezi approaching with powerful Deities from the Celestial Realm, and the trapped experts’ anxiety eased.
• Rhodes sensed a large force racing toward the Skyrite Mountains and realized the Infernal Realm’s leaders had arranged outside help.
• Atezi detected Rhodes and the assembled experts, then wondered why the situation differed from Chris Ding’s account.
• Atezi recalled learning that Rhodes was only a Midgod and brought enough Highgods to fight an Overgod war if necessary.

Rhodes’s opponents tried to persuade Atezi to join their fight by offering him access to the gray substance on Rhodes’s longsword and a Teleportation Array. Atezi remained neutral and demanded better terms, leaving the battle at a stalemate.

• Atezi stopped the Celestial Realm’s gods from advancing after seeing that Rhodes had the advantage over Chris Ding and the others.
• Chris Ding offered Atezi a chance to study the gray substance on Rhodes’s longsword and promised him a Teleportation Array if they killed Rhodes.
• Watrod, Lei Jialie, Zijing, and Deia agreed to Chris Ding’s terms but argued that the Infernal Realm should study the longsword first.
• Chris Ding challenged Lei Jialie to negotiate with Atezi, and Atezi threatened to join Rhodes if the offer was insufficient.
• Atezi waited between the two sides, weighing their offers while preferring that Rhodes be killed.

Atezi accepted Chris Ding’s offer to aid the Infernal Realm after learning about the Power of Faith, just as Rhodes’s wind divine clone broke through to Highgod and awakened greater control through his Willpower. The Infernal Realm and Celestial Realm forces launched their attack, and Rhodes’s allies moved to meet them.

• Chris Ding and the Infernal Realm experts negotiated with Atezi, who agreed to help them after learning about the Power of Faith.
• Rhodes told Pash to protect the recovering Four Divine Beasts while he watched the forces gathered around the Amethyst Space.
• Rhodes’s wind divine clone became a Highgod, and Rhodes discovered that his Willpower let him shatter space and control his surroundings.
• Chris Ding urged Atezi to stop Rhodes’s breakthrough, but the transformation ended before Atezi arrived.
• Lei Jialie withdrew the Amethyst Space, and the Infernal Realm experts charged with Atezi at the front.
• Rhodes’s lightning clone attacked Atezi as Pash engaged Deia and an azure figure intercepted Chris Ding and Watrod.

Rhodes's forces battled the Demon Alliance, the Amethyst Alliance, and Atezi's Celestial Realm forces at the Skyrite Mountains, while Krus's powerful attacks badly wounded Watrod and Lei Jialie. Atezi blocked Rhodes's Gray Divine Thunder, leaving the Hall of the Gods struggling to hold its ground as Rhodes waited for Krus to change the battle's course.

• Rhodes ordered the Four Divine Beasts to recover and save their Innate Divine Abilities for the best chance to kill one of the enemy leaders, while Lei Jialie and Chris Ding directed their alliances to target the beasts.
• Krus cut Watrod's Destruction Divine Clone in half and struck Lei Jialie's clone so severely that Lei Jialie switched to his strongest Laws of the Earth Divine Clone.
• Krus fought Chris Ding with repeated sword and fist clashes, while spatial rifts wounded Chris Ding and Krus drove Watrod away from the rift before he could finish him.
• Rhodes's Gray Divine Thunder and Atezi's Golden Flame vanished whenever they collided, and Atezi attacked Rhodes after insisting that his Sacred Flame should not be matched.
• Pash fought Deia while Cerberus guarded the Four Divine Beasts, and the Hall of the Gods' other enemies prepared to attack after Atezi checked Rhodes.
• Rhodes hesitated to use his Second Innate Divine Ability against Atezi, fearing that failure would cost him access to Annihilation Divine Thunder, and waited to see whether Krus could break the stalemate.

Krus pretended Lei Jialie and Zijing’s Amethyst Space restrained him while he maneuvered close enough to attack Lei Jialie. As the battle raged around Heaven-Reaching Peak, Krus launched his strike, and Chris Ding realized too late that Lei Jialie was the real target.

• Lei Jialie and Zijing used Amethyst Space on Krus, who pretended it weakened him while planning to kill Lei Jialie.
• Chris Ding and Watrod accused Lei Jialie of holding back because Amethyst Space barely affected Krus.
• Rhodes drew Atezi away from Heaven-Reaching Peak as they fought over Rhodes’s Gray Divine Thunder and Atezi’s Golden Sacred Flame.
• Rhodes told Lei Ding he would create an opportunity to keep Atezi in the Infernal Realm, while Cerberus guarded Heaven-Reaching Peak against approaching Deities.
• Krus sent Chris Ding flying, rushed toward Lei Jialie, and struck at him; Chris Ding realized Krus had been pretending to be restrained and shouted for someone to stop him.

Krus killed Lei Jialie's Earth Divine Clone and took its Divine Spark, while Lei Jialie's Destruction Divine Clone escaped with Zijing. As Krus turned his attention back to Chris Ding, the Demon King called for help and Atezi realized the battle had turned against them.

• Krus's sword overwhelmed Lei Jialie's defense, and Lei Jialie reflected on how jealousy had led him to oppose Rhodes.
• Lei Jialie sent his Destruction Divine Clone and Zijing retreating while his Earth Divine Clone stayed behind to attack Krus.
• Krus killed Lei Jialie's Earth Divine Clone and stored its Divine Spark in his Interspatial Ring.
• Chris Ding caught Krus as he pursued Lei Jialie's retreating clone, and Krus forced the Demon King onto the defensive.
• Chris Ding called on Watrod to help, while Atezi recognized that the battle had slipped beyond their control.

Krus and Rhodes faced mounting pressure as Celestial Realm and Infernal Realm fighters joined forces against them. The chapter ended with an unknown woman arriving to help Rhodes just as Atezi knocked him deep underground.

• Atezi offered Rhodes a deal for his Gray Divine Thunder, and Rhodes realized Atezi’s Golden Flame was likely a Heaven and Earth Wonder.
• Krus fought Demon King Chris Ding while Watrod, Deia, and two Infernal Realm wanderers joined the attack, leaving Krus unable to kill anyone.
• Five Celestial Realm experts trapped Pash after Deia broke away, while Yademuhan withdrew to the outskirts and refused to join the fight.
• Lei Ding told Rhodes that they could use their Fusion Innate Divine Ability again, and Rhodes told him to wait for a signal.
• A woman called out to Rhodes, distracting him long enough for Atezi to strike him deep underground.

Hathaway arrived in the Infernal Realm and stopped Atezi from finishing off Rhodes, while reinforcements from the Netherworld joined the battle. With the Celestial Realm forces losing their advantage, Chris Ding and the others began looking for a way to retreat, but Krus kept them engaged.

• Hathaway appeared before Atezi and battered him with her wooden club, preventing him from following up against Rhodes.
• Rhodes emerged unharmed, learned that Hathaway had brought the experts of Green Leaf Castle, and asked her to hold Atezi while he went to help Krus.
• Youming and the other Netherworld experts arrived, and Youming drew two Celestial Realm Highgods away while Pash fought the remaining three.
• Chris Ding began holding back as Rhodes became free to act, shifting pressure onto Watrod and Deia as Krus kept them from escaping.
• Lei Jialie and Zijing stayed near the fight, fearing the others would flee and leave them behind.

Rhodes killed Watrod with his Annihilation Divine Thunder, and Hongmeng showed no clear reaction. Before dying, Watrod struck Lei Jialie and Zijing with Soul Cage, severing Lei Jialie's connection to the Fusion Innate Divine Ability and leaving him motionless.

• Lei Jialie enveloped Rhodes in Amethyst Space, and Chris Ding, Watrod, Deia, and the others attacked him.
• Krus intercepted Chris Ding and Deia while Rhodes turned his attack on Watrod, who was trapped by Lei Jialie's Amethyst Space.
• Rhodes's Annihilation Divine Thunder destroyed Watrod's Water Element Divine Clone and then struck down Watrod's Destruction Divine Clone.
• Watrod unleashed Soul Cage at Lei Jialie and Zijing as he died, severing Lei Jialie's connection to the Fusion Innate Divine Ability and enveloping him in black light.
• The muffled thunder passed without further incident, and the Deities fled the battlefield while Rhodes considered Hongmeng's lack of response.