Recaps

After Phoebe’s jealous outburst, Han Shuo left Lisa and returned to the Death Cemetery to refine three Spirit Demons from the souls of the Light Pope, the Old Shaman, and a demigod mage. As the Spirit Demons began evolving, his recovered necromancy External Incarnation gained new insight from battle and felt close to reaching the middle stage of Lower God.

• Han Shuo reassured Lisa that Phoebe would calm down, sent Lisa back to the academy, and left Osen City after speaking with Almerick.
• Han Shuo returned to the Death Cemetery, where his two External Incarnations continued recovering from their injuries.
• Han Shuo prepared a formation with rare materials and his Natal Blood Essence to refine Spirit Demons.
• Han Shuo cast the demigod mage’s, the Old Shaman’s, and the Light Pope’s souls into the formation, then supplied the three Spirit Demons with Demonic Essence until they entered dormancy.
• Han Shuo took medicinal pills and rested while his fully recovered necromancy External Incarnation descended into the Death Cemetery, encouraged by its improved mastery of Death Element power.

Han Shuo explored the lowest level of the Death Cemetery and learned that the Underground World's lowest level might offer a path to greater power. After recovering, he returned to Osen City and agreed to visit the Calamity Church headquarters as its campaign against the weakened Church of Light advanced.

• Han Shuo passed through the final barrier of the Death Cemetery and found a mirror containing a message from the owner of the Skeleton Magic Staff.
• The message explained the secret to godhood and directed Han Shuo to seek the lowest level of the Underground World for a way to advance further.
• Han Shuo absorbed a Death Element Divine Crystal and let his three bodies recover in the Death Cemetery before leaving, while three spirit demons continued evolving.
• Han Shuo returned to Osen City and contacted Woaofu, who arrived with Bert Zili and urged him to visit the Calamity Church headquarters.
• Woaofu told Han Shuo that the Calamity Church had destroyed over a hundred churches and killed thousands of followers while the Church of Light reeled from Han Shuo's victory.
• Han Shuo agreed to accompany Woaofu and Bert Zili to the Calamity Church headquarters.

Han Shuo traveled with Woaofu and Bert Zili through the Tukla Desert to the hidden underground headquarters of the Calamity Church. After sensing the vast settlement and its inhabitants, he saw the church’s Pontiff emerge to welcome him.

• Han Shuo learned that the Calamity Church had deliberately filled the Tukla Desert with deadly creatures and hazards to protect its headquarters.
• Woaofu explained that the Church of Light knew the Calamity Church was in the desert but feared launching a full-scale attack against its defenses.
• Han Shuo detected thousands of people and a spacious headquarters beneath the dunes despite its concealing Barriers.
• A lift rose from beneath the sand carrying the Calamity Church’s Pontiff, a powerful Base God, and a scrawny Demigod.
• Woaofu and Bert Zili knelt to greet the Pontiff, and Han Shuo realized the Pontiff had personally come to welcome him.

Han Shuo arrived at the Calamity Church headquarters, where the Pontiff welcomed him warmly and treated him as the church’s hope. He reunited with Belinda and Edwin, eased their fears about their past conflicts, and began touring the underground headquarters with them.

• The Pontiff greeted Han Shuo at the lift and said the church had waited nearly ten years for his return.
• The Pontiff introduced Belinda and Edwin as Han Shuo’s guides, and Han Shuo exchanged greetings with his old acquaintances.
• As the group descended into the underground headquarters, the Pontiff described the church’s history of hiding from the Church of Light and praised Han Shuo for weakening its enemies.
• After the Pontiff and other leaders left, Belinda and Edwin nervously asked Han Shuo where he wanted to look around.
• Han Shuo told Belinda and Edwin he had forgotten their past conflicts and would not punish them, then asked them to show him around the headquarters.

Han Shuo toured the Calamity Church headquarters with Edwin and Belinda, then encountered the Hexhorn Clan King of the Soul-Quelling Clan, an old enemy. After overpowering the king and pinning him against a wall, Han Shuo warned him that killing him would be easy and demanded they talk.

• Edwin and Belinda showed Han Shuo the underground Calamity Church, where its followers were cheerful because the Church of Light had weakened and they hoped to reunite with their families.
• Belinda and Edwin explained that Han Shuo’s actions had helped weaken the Church of Light and inspired the Calamity Church’s followers.
• Han Shuo sensed powerful beings beyond a sealed ironstone gate, and the Hexhorn Clan King of the Soul-Quelling Clan emerged with two subordinates.
• The Hexhorn Clan King did not recognize Han Shuo until Han Shuo altered his divine sense, then accused him of stealing his belongings and attacked.
• Han Shuo blocked the king’s physical and soul attacks, pinned him to a wall, and held the Heavenly Demon Blade to his neck before ordering him to behave and talk.

Han Shuo confronted the Hexagon Clan King and questioned him about his race’s powers and their past dispute over the Elemental Origin Crystals. He offered several crystals from his Spatial Ring, and the king recognized something he desperately wanted among them.

• Han Shuo subdued the Hexagon Clan King, then told Edwin and Belinda to stand aside while he questioned the Hun Gua Clan members.
• The Hexagon Clan King revealed that his people sensed souls innately and evolved by absorbing special energies, gaining another horn with each evolution.
• Han Shuo learned that the Elemental Origin Crystals he and his companions took from Talaga Gorge had been intended to help a clansman evolve to six horns.
• The Hexagon Clan King repeatedly called Han Shuo a thief and said he would stop if Han Shuo returned the stolen crystals.
• Han Shuo produced several crystals from his Spatial Ring, and the Hexagon Clan King stared at them with sudden excitement.

Han Shuo settled his debt with the Hexagon Clan King by giving him a Sea Dew Green Crystal, then consulted McKinley about the Main Gods of Death and Destruction. He was summoned to meet the Calamity Church’s Pontiff and Elders, where he learned an Elder wanted to take his Skeleton Magic Staff.

• Han Shuo gave the Hexagon Clan King a Sea Dew Green Crystal to settle their old debt, and the King agreed not to call him a little thief again.
• Han Shuo asked why the Hexagon Clan King had not sought him out earlier, and learned that an attack had delayed him.
• Han Shuo went to a secret chamber and asked McKinley about the allied Main Gods of Death and Destruction; McKinley advised him to prove his value to their faction to avoid becoming expendable.
• McKinley introduced himself to Han Shuo, who put away the Holy Grail and reflected on his choices.
• Woaofu and Bert Zili came to escort Han Shuo to meet the Pontiff and Elders, warning that the church’s oldest Elder wanted him to surrender the Skeleton Magic Staff.

Han Shuo entered the Calamity Church’s Hall of Elders, where he embarrassed Kiron Luo in a soul-power clash and charmed the Elders by pretending to be innocent. When the Hexhorn Clan King arrived, the Elders expected him to attack Han Shuo over their past conflict, but he did not strike.

• Woaofu told Han Shuo how Kiron Luo’s plague had once turned the Calamity Church into the continent’s enemy and how Kiron later became its most influential Elder after the Pontiff.
• Kiron Luo secretly probed Han Shuo’s soul, but Han Shuo struck back and then claimed Kiron was slandering him, winning the Elders’ approval with his false innocence.
• The Pontiff introduced Han Shuo as Brian, and the Elders warmly praised him as one of their own.
• The Hexhorn Clan King and two Five-Horned subordinates entered, and the Pontiff explained their people’s historic role in the Calamity Church’s wars.
• Kiron Luo reminded the Hexhorn Clan King that Han Shuo had taken his things and that they had met in Talaga Gorge, but the Clan King still did not attack.

Han Shuo joined the Calamity Church’s Elder Hall, where the Hexagon Clan King declared him stronger than everyone present and the Pontiff welcomed him as a church member. Kiron Luo challenged Han Shuo’s place in the church and demanded the Skeleton Magic Staff, but Han Shuo angrily confronted him over his past failures.

• The Hexagon Clan King told the elders that Han Shuo was stronger than he was and stronger than everyone in the hall.
• The Pontiff invited Han Shuo to sit beside him, while the Hexagon Clan King ignored Kiron Luo’s invitation and joined Han Shuo instead.
• The Hexagon Clan King asked about the energy stones, and Han Shuo said he had obtained all of them from their source.
• The Pontiff closed the Elder Hall and declared that Han Shuo and the Hexagon Clan King belonged to the church, but Kiron Luo disputed Han Shuo’s affiliation.
• Han Shuo said he had come to acknowledge his place in the church, while Kiron Luo demanded that he surrender the Skeleton Magic Staff for testing.
• Han Shuo called Kiron Luo an old bastard and accused him of nearly bringing the church to ruin through his past mistake.

Han Shuo silenced the Calamity Church Elders by overpowering Kiron Luo, then secured an honorary Elder position and control of the Church’s operations in the Lancelot Empire and Brettel City. The Pontiff told him the Altar would open in five days and that he had to attend.

• Han Shuo unleashed his Divine Domain, seized Kiron Luo by the neck, and warned the Elders that he had the strength to be arrogant.
• At the Pontiff’s request, Han Shuo spared Kiron Luo’s life but broke the finger he had used to point at him, then threw him into a wall.
• The Elders stopped resisting Han Shuo, and the Pontiff made him an honorary Elder with authority over the Church’s forces in the Lancelot Empire and Brettel City.
• The Pontiff gave Han Shuo information about the Church’s members, international agreements, and bases, and assigned Woaofu and Bert Zili as his subordinates.
• The Pontiff informed Han Shuo that the Altar would open in five days and that he was required to attend.
• After the Council session ended, the Pontiff laughed with Han Shuo about Kiron Luo’s humiliation.

Han Shuo reassured the Calamity Church's fat Pontiff that he had no interest in taking control, then attended the Evil God Sacrifice Ceremony and won the believers’ fervent support with a speech. The ceremony ended with the crowd calling his name, while the Pontiff recognized Han Shuo’s influence among the church.

• Han Shuo demonstrated his mastery of the Law of Destruction, guided the fat Pontiff, and promised he would not compete for control of the Calamity Church.
• The church Elders brought Han Shuo gifts and sought his favor, while Woaofu and Bert Zili enjoyed higher status as his subordinates.
• Five days later, the fat Pontiff escorted Han Shuo to the Evil God Sacrifice Ceremony, where believers loudly called out to him before the Pontiff could begin.
• Han Shuo urged the believers to leave their underground refuge and openly stand against anyone who opposed them.
• The believers erupted into cheers for Han Shuo, and the fat Pontiff told him he was better suited to lead the church.

During the Calamity Church’s sacrifice, Han Shuo spoke with Tailuoke, an Upper God of destruction, who revealed that powerful factions were preparing to enter the Qio Continent over a mystery in the Underground World. Han Shuo faced the coming threat with grim resolve, determined to protect his loved ones and seize the crisis as an opportunity.

• The Calamity Church began its sacrificial rites, and Han Shuo watched the Altar while pretending to kneel.
• A blood figure appeared in the Blood Pool, and Tailuoke introduced himself to Han Shuo as an Upper God of destruction.
• Tailuoke offered Han Shuo protection and a place among his faction, then revealed that he wanted access to the bottommost level of the Underground World.
• Tailuoke ordered Han Shuo to power the Death Cemetery’s Plane Teleportation Array and find a route to the Underground World’s third level before allies arrived in about half a month.
• Tailuoke warned that the Ice and Snow God Temple and the Church of Light might send Deities through another Plane Teleportation Array guarded by the Ancient Giant Dragon.
• After the sacrifice ended, Han Shuo worried about the danger to himself and his loved ones, then resolved to face the arriving powerhouses.

After leaving the Calamity Church, Han Shuo trained in the Death Cemetery while preparing for the danger posed by the Ancient Giant Dragon and its allies. Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny visited him, but the Ancient Giant Dragon discovered the cemetery and charged toward them.

• Han Shuo left the Calamity Church headquarters and returned to the Death Cemetery, where he checked the Spirit Demons and prepared the Plane Teleportation Array.
• Han Shuo resolved to grow stronger, had his Death Element External Incarnation absorb a Death Element Divine Crystal, and studied the Nine Transformations Realm with his main body.
• Han Shuo sensed visitors approaching the Death Cemetery and went outside to find Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny.
• Emily helped Phoebe reconcile with Han Shuo, and Phoebe tearfully made up with him.
• Han Shuo warned the three women that the area was dangerous, then sensed the Ancient Giant Dragon approaching and announced, "He's here!"

Han Shuo stopped the Ancient Giant Dragon from crashing through the Death Cemetery’s Barrier and learned that the dragon had come alone. As the two began their battle, Han Shuo vanished from sight while the dragon sensed a threat nearby.

• Han Shuo ordered Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny to stay inside the Death Cemetery, then rushed out with his other bodies to intercept the Ancient Giant Dragon.
• Han Shuo used his Destruction Element External Incarnation, Death Element External Incarnation, and original body together to deflect the dragon’s attack and throw him away from the Barrier.
• Han Shuo admitted that he had killed the dragons in Dragon Valley and blamed the Ancient Giant Dragon for trapping him in the Abyss Realm.
• Han Shuo confirmed that the Ancient Giant Dragon had come alone, and both declared their intention to kill the other.
• The Ancient Giant Dragon attacked with waves of earth, but Han Shuo flew clear, claimed he would become Qio Continent’s new guardian god, and vanished while the dragon sensed him nearby.

Han Shuo launched a surprise attack on the Ancient Giant Dragon as the dragon approached the Death Cemetery, and the two unleashed powerful attacks against each other. The dragon tore into Han Shuo’s clouds, where Han Shuo’s hidden Demonic Treasures exploded and engulfed him in devastating assaults.

• The Ancient Giant Dragon shrank into an old man and headed toward the Death Cemetery, expecting Han Shuo to attack before he reached it.
• Han Shuo sent a spiked blood sphere and Bone Spears at the dragon, who blocked the Bone Spears with an Earth Wall and evaded the blood sphere’s attack.
• Han Shuo summoned dark clouds infused with Death, Destruction, and an unknown power, while the dragon raised hills and hurled a meteorite into them.
• The dragon sensed Han Shuo inside the clouds and transformed to tear into them, believing his attacks had badly injured Han Shuo.
• Han Shuo’s Explosive Destruction Beads and Heavenly Demon Jade Flame Shuttle erupted inside the clouds, burning through the dragon’s Earth Armor and battering his body and soul.
• The Bloodlust Banner swept toward the dragon’s head as he screamed in pain.

Han Shuo used his Demonic Treasures to injure the Ancient Giant Dragon, who petrified himself to blunt the attacks. Han Shuo repeatedly struck through the stone with the Demon-Slaying Edge, but the dragon escaped toward the Kasi Empire after recovering his soul.

• Han Shuo concealed the Explosive Destruction Beads, Soul-Piercing Needles, Heavenly Demon Jade Flame Shuttle, and Bloodlust Banner in dark clouds and unleashed them on the Ancient Giant Dragon.
• The Ancient Giant Dragon petrified his body, weakening the effects of the Heavenly Demon Jade Flame Shuttle and Bloodlust Banner while he worked to purge the Soul-Piercing Needles from his soul.
• Han Shuo drove the Demon-Slaying Edge into the dragon’s stone back and repeatedly struck the wounds, inflicting severe damage to several vital areas.
• After purging the Soul-Piercing Needles, the Ancient Giant Dragon emerged from petrification and blocked Han Shuo’s strike at his head.
• The Ancient Giant Dragon fled toward the Kasi Empire, and Han Shuo chose not to pursue him because he needed to recover and had another plan.

After defeating the Qio Continent’s guardian god, Han Shuo sent Emily, Fanny, and Phoebe away and moved the Death Cemetery to a remote island in the Boundless Sea. While exploring the area with his Divine Sense, he encountered an arrogant sea creature and sensed a barrier beneath a nearby island.

• Han Shuo reassured Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny after the battle, explained that powerful enemies from other planes threatened him, and told them to leave and avoid provoking other countries.
• Han Shuo used the Skeleton Magic Staff and a magic disc to raise the Death Cemetery, then flew it across the Boundless Sea to a remote gourd-shaped island.
• Han Shuo buried the Death Cemetery beneath the island, preserving the Spirit Demons’ formation, and had the Earth Armor Zombie and Wooden Armored Corpse repair the landing site.
• Han Shuo surveyed the surrounding sea with his Divine Sense and ignored a powerful nonhuman soul that ordered him to leave its territory.
• Han Shuo sensed a barrier beneath an isolated island that blocked his Divine Sense.

Han Shuo followed the wounded Ancient Giant Dragon to a hidden refuge in the Orcs Empire, hoping to destroy the Plane Teleportation Array and prevent hostile Other Plane Powerhouses from reaching Qio Continent. After finding the dragon alone behind a Water Element Barrier, Han Shuo broke through and rushed toward him, realizing the ancient Earth-Extreme Land could rapidly restore the dragon's strength.

• Han Shuo used the Death Cemetery and Teleportation Arrays to reach the Southern Border, then tracked the Ancient Giant Dragon into the Orcs Empire using the dragon's scattered flesh and blood.
• Han Shuo disguised himself as an Orc and crossed the barren empire and a vast plain before entering a rainy, beast-filled mountain region where he sensed the Ancient Giant Dragon.
• Han Shuo cautiously approached a Water Element Barrier and used the marks inside the Ancient Giant Dragon to sense that the dragon was sleeping underground and that no other souls were present.
• Han Shuo concealed the Demon-Slaying Edge's aura, then struck the Barrier with full force and opened a passage through it.
• Han Shuo sensed an ancient Earth-Extreme Land inside the Barrier and realized the Ancient Giant Dragon could recover quickly there, so he lunged toward the dragon.

Han Shuo defeated the Ancient Giant Dragon by overwhelming his soul with attacks from all three bodies, then let the Earth Armor Zombie claim the Earth Spirit Pearl and the dragon’s remaining divine soul. He destroyed the Plane Teleportation Array and declared that he had won, leaving his enemy unable to reach him through it.

• Han Shuo attacked the still-dormant Ancient Giant Dragon with necromantic barriers, Death Withering, and the Demon-Slaying Edge, but the dragon shielded his head with the Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Han Shuo abandoned physical attacks and used the soul powers of his three bodies to trap and destroy the Ancient Giant Dragon’s consciousness.
• Han Shuo sent the Earth Armor Zombie into the dragon’s skull, where it claimed the Earth Spirit Pearl and absorbed the dragon’s remaining divine soul and Earth Element power.
• Han Shuo found the Plane Teleportation Array beneath the Ancient Giant Dragon’s body and destroyed it with the Demon-Slaying Edge.
• Han Shuo laughed and declared that he had won the battle.

Han Shuo used the Blood-Rending Demonic Escape Art to flee Ericson, a Middle God who had trapped him behind a reinforced barrier, but the escape shattered his body and left him helpless in the Orcs Empire. An orc boy found him and chopped down the tree he was hanging from, only to discover that Han Shuo’s heart was still beating.

• Han Shuo sent the Earth Armor Zombie to the Undead World with the Ancient Giant Dragon’s divine soul and Earth Spirit Orb, then faced Ericson’s reinforced barrier.
• Han Shuo unleashed the Blood-Rending Demonic Escape Art and vanished, leaving Ericson and Caesar’s group baffled as they searched for him and planned to find the Death Cemetery’s Plane Teleportation Array.
• Han Shuo appeared a thousand miles away in barren mountains, where his shattered meridians and bones left him unable to move or summon protection.
• An orc boy came to chop firewood, mistook Han Shuo for a dead man, and cut down the tree to bury him.
• The orc boy discovered Han Shuo’s heart was still beating and recoiled in fright.

Han Shuo recovered from his wounds with help from the kindhearted young orc Tuya Fu, then passed the Beast Bone Necklace’s Shaman inheritance to him before leaving. After returning to the Death Cemetery on Gourd Island, Han Shuo encountered a powerful marine beast that threatened him.

• Tuya Fu treated Han Shuo’s wounds and told him about the famine devastating the Orcs Empire and the orcs’ desperate raids for fertile land.
• Han Shuo’s Demonic Nascent Soul finished repairing itself, and he gave Tuya Fu the Beast Bone Necklace, passing on the Shaman inheritance.
• Han Shuo left Tuya Fu a message identifying himself as Brian and directing him to Buleiteer City if he wished to help the orcs.
• Tuya Fu realized he could become a great Shaman and celebrated as Han Shuo’s incarnation carried him back to Nanpu City and then to the Death Cemetery.
• Han Shuo resumed cultivating while his Death Element External Incarnation sensed a powerful marine Super-tier Magical Beast nearby, which threatened to kill him if he did not leave its territory.

Han Shuo defeated a sea monster that had challenged him, then spared him in exchange for being led to a mysterious barrier beneath an island. The barrier released the energy of the Life Law and repelled Han Shuo, so he summoned the Wooden Armored Corpse to investigate.

• The sea monster attacked Han Shuo, who weakened and trapped him with necromantic spells before injuring him with Soul Tremor.
• The sea monster begged for his life and offered to lead Han Shuo to a hidden treasure, so Han Shuo released him and followed him through the sea.
• At the base of an island, the sea monster revealed that energy from the hidden barrier had transformed him from a small octopus into a powerful creature.
• Han Shuo approached the barrier, but its green Life Law energy attacked him and forced him to retreat.
• Han Shuo realized that the barrier repelled his death-powered incarnation and summoned the Wooden Armored Corpse.

Han Shuo sent the Wooden Armored Corpse through a barrier to absorb the life force of a World Tree, which had formed from a deity who cultivated the Life Law. The Wooden Armored Corpse then used that power to heal Han Shuo’s badly injured main body, while Han Shuo took the great sea monster back to the Death Cemetery.

• The Wooden Armored Corpse passed through the barrier without resistance and revealed a World Tree hidden beneath the island.
• Han Shuo recognized the tree as a World Tree and told the Wooden Armored Corpse to absorb its power through Green Jade Wood.
• The Wooden Armored Corpse drained the World Tree until it withered into bones, gaining its life energy.
• Han Shuo buried the World Tree’s remains and brought the shrunken great sea monster to the Death Cemetery in a water-filled glass vessel.
• The Wooden Armored Corpse channeled life energy into Han Shuo’s main body, rapidly healing his severe injuries.

Han Shuo recovered in the Death Cemetery, advanced his Death Element incarnation, and refined three spirit demons while waiting for the Other Plane Powerhouses. Caesar’s group found and slaughtered the Black Dragon Clan to learn the route into the Underground World, and Han Shuo’s Plane Teleportation Array lit up as they departed.

• The Wooden Armored Corpse helped Han Shuo recover, and Han Shuo’s Death Element incarnation advanced to the middle stage of Lower God.
• Han Shuo awakened three newly refined spirit demons, recalled his external incarnations, and waited beside the Plane Teleportation Array.
• Caesar and Ericson failed to find Han Shuo, then agreed to seek the route to the deepest depths of the Underground World.
• Gilbert left his grandfather Gilges and the Black Dragon Clan to return to Han Shuo.
• Caesar’s group demanded the Black Dragon Clan’s secret, killed the clan, and had Dian extract the route from Gilges’s soul.
• Han Shuo’s Plane Teleportation Array suddenly blazed with light.

Han Shuo received Donna and her party of Other Plane Powerhouses, then led them toward the Underground World. He revealed that he had destroyed the enemy’s Plane Teleportation Array and escaped a Middle God’s Barrier, leaving Donna impressed and eager to reward him while Cobert remained displeased.

• Han Shuo welcomed Donna, Livy, Cobert, Borton, and Bowen after they arrived through the Plane Teleportation Array, then briefed them on the Qio Continent and their enemies.
• Livy tried to take the giant sea monster from Han Shuo, but he swiftly rescued it from her and released it into the sea.
• Han Shuo led Donna’s party toward the Dark Forest by way of the Boundless Sea instead of using the convenient Teleportation Array route.
• When Donna asked how he knew a Middle God from the Ice and Snow God Temple had arrived, Han Shuo said he had met him after killing the Plane Guardian and destroying the Plane Teleportation Array.
• Donna accepted Han Shuo’s claim and promised to reward him for giving her side a strategic advantage, while Borton mocked him and Donna worried that Cobert might retaliate.