Chapter Summaries

Han Shuo endured the valley’s mutated energies destroying his body, then rebuilt himself through a transformation that advanced his Nine Transformations cultivation. After collecting something in the valley, he flew out of the Abyss.

• Mutated energies from the valley’s barriers, seals, and magic arrays surged toward Han Shuo, forcing him to defend himself with his Body-Protecting Astral Shield.
• As his demonic essence ran low, Han Shuo deliberately dropped the shield and used his remaining power to protect his demonic nascent soul while the energies destroyed his body.
• The Starry Sandstream vanished, and Han Shuo’s blood, flesh, meridians, and cells reassembled and grew stronger over an unknown stretch of time.
• Han Shuo regained awareness and realized that his body had been rebuilt through the Nine Transformations.
• Han Shuo circled the valley at high speed, collected something with his Spatial Ring, and flew out of the Abyss.

Han Shuo discussed Behemoth’s high-level homeland and the future claims that powerful gods might make on him, while preparing to leave the Abyss. After his main body emerged stronger from the Starry Sandstream, he reunited with his followers and declared that he owned the Abyss Realm.

• Behemoth offered Han Shuo his territory and explained that powerful figures from his homeland would eventually seek to contact him because of his cultivation.
• Han Shuo told Behemoth that he would decide where he stood after seeing the situation clearly, and insisted no one could take the Abyss from him.
• Han Shuo’s main body emerged from the Starry Sandstream, and his two External Incarnations returned to him.
• Bode, Qiniya, Jiebier, Blood Spirit, Haimanna, and Xierfu arrived and asked Han Shuo whether the four Demon Kings were truly dead.
• Han Shuo confirmed that he was their god and claimed everything the four Demon Kings had owned, adding that Behemoth’s territory would soon be his too.

Han Shuo refined Soul Rings that let his companions cross the Starry Sandstream, then led them safely back to the valley containing the Plane Teleportation Array. He sent Behemoth to his home plane and prepared to travel with Jiebier and the others.

• Han Shuo refined Soul Rings and gave them to Behemoth, Blood Spirit, Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu, while instructing Bode and Qiniya to remain in the Abyss Realm and consolidate his rule.
• Han Shuo took Blood Spirit through the Starry Sandstream to prove the Soul Ring worked, prompting Behemoth, Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu to follow safely.
• Han Shuo led the group back to the valley and found that its barrier, seals, and mist had disappeared.
• Han Shuo activated the Plane Teleportation Array to send Behemoth to his home plane and asked whether Behemoth was male or female.
• Han Shuo replenished the Magic Crystal Ore and activated the Plane Teleportation Array with Jiebier and the others.

Han Shuo returned to the Qio Continent after five years away and reunited with the leaders of Buleiteer City. He learned that a continent-wide war had begun three years earlier, and the arrival of Old Monster Stassom and the Fifth Stage Flame Emperor suggested the city faced ongoing danger.

• Han Shuo returned to the Death Cemetery, left Jiebier, Blood Spirit, and the others there, and teleported to Buleiteer City.
• Han Shuo appeared in Buleiteer City's Council Hall, where Elizabeth and Bolands recognized him and stopped a Guard Captain from attacking him.
• Han Shuo reunited with Jack, Dokes, Dick, Valklan, and Helen Tina, and learned he had been gone for five years.
• Old Monster Stassom and the Fifth Stage Flame Emperor arrived, and Stassom said a continent-wide war had begun three years earlier.
• The Fifth Stage Flame Emperor asked about Fire Armored Corpse, and Han Shuo told her he was cultivating and would be greatly changed when they met again.
• Han Shuo asked Old Monster Stassom to explain the current situation in Buleiteer City.

Han Shuo learned from Old Monster Stassom how war and religious influence had reshaped the Qio Continent during his five-year absence. He discovered that Adair had spread worship of the Spider Goddess Lolth in Buleiteer City and the Seven Grand Duchies, and he left determined to stop her.

• Stassom told Han Shuo that the Lancelot Empire and the Seven Grand Duchies faced attacks from the Orcs Empire and the Kasi Empire while the continent’s other nations were also engulfed in war.
• Han Shuo learned that the major religions backed rival nations, while the Hun Gua Clan had established influence in the Bart Trade Alliance.
• Stassom explained that he had escaped the Hexagon Clan King by fusing with a battle aura crystal and had stayed in the Seven Grand Duchies to protect its people.
• Stassom revealed that Adair had promoted the Spider Goddess Lolth and built temples in Buleiteer City and the Seven Grand Duchies.
• Han Shuo condemned Adair for gathering followers in his territory and said he would not let her continue.

Han Shuo confronted Adair in the Spider Goddess Lolth’s temple after discovering she had used his name to spread Lolth’s faith in Buleiteer City. He killed her divine servants, then used Adair to draw Lolth into a direct confrontation before destroying Adair’s soul.

• Han Shuo learned that Adair had become a demigod and established Lolth’s largest temple in Buleiteer City.
• Adair revealed her hatred of Han Shuo and set five of Lolth’s demigod Divine Servants against him.
• Han Shuo killed the five women and dragged Adair to the temple’s altar.
• Han Shuo activated the altar, allowing Lolth to speak through Adair, and challenged the goddess to come in person.
• Lolth agreed to come, and Han Shuo annihilated Adair’s soul after she had served her purpose.

Han Shuo killed Adair, destroyed her altar, and moved to end the Spider Goddess Lolth’s influence in Buleiteer City and the Seven Grand Duchies. As he gathered the citizens’ faith for his Destruction Element incarnation, he confirmed to Old Monster Stassom that he had become a god.

• Han Shuo killed Adair and destroyed the sacrificial platform that linked Lolth to her believers.
• Han Shuo banned Lolth’s worship in Buleiteer City and the Seven Grand Duchies, though the citizens remained hostile toward him.
• Han Shuo reunited with Helen Tina after five years apart, and they spent the night together.
• Han Shuo ordered Lolth’s temples destroyed, replaced them with his statues, and began gathering the citizens’ faith for his Destruction Element incarnation.
• Old Monster Stassom asked Han Shuo whether he had become a god, and Han Shuo confirmed it and offered to share his experience.

Han Shuo explained how Stassom could form an elemental body and demonstrated the power of his divine domains. After Stassom left to cultivate, Han Shuo split his efforts between strengthening his death-element incarnation, traveling toward Osen City, and preparing to restore Gilbert’s body.

• Han Shuo told Stassom to spread his battle aura throughout his body to form an elemental body, while warning that his body would need to withstand the strain.
• Han Shuo revealed his two external incarnations and released their divine domains, convincing Stassom that he had become a god.
• Stassom left Buleiteer City for Thorn Valley to cultivate and pursue a breakthrough.
• Han Shuo left his death-element incarnation beneath Buleiteer City to absorb a Death Element Divine Crystal and sent his Law of Destruction incarnation toward Osen City to visit Emily, Phoebe, Fanny, and Lawrence.
• Han Shuo returned to the Death Cemetery, then headed to the Dark Forest to reconstruct Gilbert’s body using materials and divine objects from the Abyss.

Han Shuo rebuilt Gilbert's body in the Fire-Extreme Land and guided him as he began adapting to it and studying the Darkness Department Divine Power in his bones. Meanwhile, Han Shuo's Destruction Element External Incarnation arrived in Osen City, where the empire's people faced growing hardship and his three women had become prominent figures.

• Han Shuo used the Fire-Extreme Land and a Dragon Soaring Diagram to rebuild Gilbert's dragon body, then sealed it in a blood cocoon to recover underground.
• Han Shuo confirmed that Gilbert's soul had connected to the new body and told him to adapt to it and study the divine power in his bones.
• Gilbert began training in his new body, determined to seize the chance to become stronger.
• Han Shuo stayed nearby to guard Gilbert while recovering his Demonic Essence.
• Han Shuo's Destruction Element External Incarnation arrived in Osen City and saw that the Lancelot Empire was under pressure from the Orcs Empire and the Kasi Empire.
• Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny had risen to powerful positions, while many young men pursued them despite knowing they were Han Shuo's women.

Five years after Brian disappeared, Phoebe rejected Prince Haige’s courtship and refused his offer of favorable trade terms, insisting she still loved Brian. A letter from Emily revealed that Brian was back, leaving Phoebe thrilled and eager to see him.

• Phoebe remembered her past with Brian as Fubin'en told her that Prince Haige had arrived again and that rumors claimed Brian was dead.
• Haige offered the Buster Trading Company a low tariff, but Phoebe refused the special treatment and told him she would never accept his courtship.
• Haige protested that Phoebe should move on from Brian, but she rejected him and had Fubin'en show him out.
• Chester delivered a letter from Emily, and Phoebe read its message: Brian was back.

After receiving Emily’s letter, Phoebe hurried away, and Fubin'en realized that Brian had returned. At Dark Curtain headquarters, Han Shuo reunited with Candida, learned about the empire and the women who had waited for him, and set out to meet Emily.

• Phoebe rushed off after Chester told her Emily was at headquarters, while Fubin'en concluded that Brian had returned and Hagrid lost hope of winning Phoebe.
• Han Shuo appeared at Dark Curtain headquarters, where its members welcomed the returned legend and Candida was astonished to see him alive.
• Candida told Han Shuo about the empire’s troubles, its alliance with the Nature Church, and how Emily and the other women had waited for him.
• Han Shuo revealed his intent to destroy the Church of Light, and Candida cautioned him not to underestimate it.
• Candida explained that Buleiteer City and the Seven Grand Duchies had grown powerful under Han Shuo’s subordinates, and Han Shuo accepted the situation before leaving to meet Emily.

Han Shuo reunited with Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny after five years away, explained how he had been stranded on another plane, and revealed that he had become a god. He demonstrated his Divine Domain and gave Fanny a Death Element Crystal with a cultivation method, leaving her poised to grow much stronger.

• Emily, Phoebe, and Fanny rushed to Han Shuo and tearfully embraced him after he returned.
• Han Shuo explained that he had been trapped on another plane for five years after someone plotted against him, and he vowed to make the Church of Light and the Ancient Giant Dragons pay.
• Han Shuo told the women he had become a god and demonstrated his Divine Domain, temporarily erasing the power of everyone nearby.
• Han Shuo gave Fanny a Death Element Crystal and taught her an Abyss Realm method for absorbing its energy and forming an elemental body.

Han Shuo reunited with Fanny, Phoebe, and Emily, then went to the Imperial Palace to meet Lawrence. He found Lawrence governing under mounting pressure from the Orcs Empire and the Kasi Empire, and announced that he had returned to help him conquer the world.

• Han Shuo failed to help Fanny focus on sensing his power because she was too excited, and Phoebe and Emily explained that the three women had grown close during his five-year absence.
• Han Shuo learned the women had distrusted Adele, and he told them he had killed her after discovering her schemes against him.
• Han Shuo left the women and slipped through the Imperial Palace's defenses to find Lawrence working on state affairs.
• Han Shuo greeted Lawrence, who recognized him with joy, and said he had returned to help him conquer the world in one fell swoop.

Han Shuo returned to the Lancelot Empire and promised Lawrence he would eliminate the hostile religious experts within a month before the empire conquered the Qio Continent. He went to the besieged Southern Border city of Nanpu, where Fanny had returned to find her father, Van Razer.

• Han Shuo assured Lawrence that the empire’s external threats would be removed and declared that he would sweep away the hostile religious experts in one month.
• Han Shuo told Lawrence to prepare the empire’s troops and announced that the campaign would begin against the Orcs Empire in the Southern Border.
• Van Razer’s outnumbered army continued defending Nanpu City as the prolonged siege weakened the defenders and residents considered fleeing.
• Fanny returned to Nanpu City by teleportation and learned that Van Razer was on the city wall reinforcing it with civilians.
• Fanny took Han Shuo toward the outskirts of the city to see her father, leaving the guards confused about their relationship.

Fanny reunited with her father, Van Razer, in Nanpu City, where he was struggling to repair the battered defenses against the Orcs Empire. Han Shuo promised to end the threat and flew toward the enemy army, while Little Skeleton summoned a vast force of undead to join him.

• Fanny found Van Razer repairing Nanpu City's walls, and he scolded her for coming into danger before angrily confronting Han Shuo over his long absence.
• Han Shuo apologized and declared that he would eliminate the Orcs Empire's threat, but Van Razer doubted he could defeat an army of more than a hundred thousand orcs alone.
• Han Shuo flew toward the enemy encampment, and soldiers and civilians recognized him as Lord Brian and reacted with excitement and alarm.
• Little Skeleton arrived on a bone dragon and summoned thousands of undead, organizing them into ranks as they charged toward the Orcs Empire.

Little Skeleton summoned a vast undead army to defend Nanpu City as Han Shuo attacked the Orcs Legion with overwhelming power. The battle continued with the orcs under pressure from both the undead and Han Shuo’s destructive sword.

• Little Skeleton opened passages to the Undead World and sent enormous ranks of undead against the Orcs Legion outside Nanpu City.
• Han Shuo charged into the orc army with the Demon-Slaying Edge, whose destructive power killed thousands of warriors within three hundred meters.
• The soldiers and civilians on Nanpu City’s walls recovered from their shock and cheered Han Shuo’s attack.
• Han Shuo’s sword absorbed death energy and struck down several Orc Shamans as Little Skeleton kept summoning undead and killing orc warriors from atop a bone dragon.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton annihilated the Orcs Empire’s invading force outside Nanpu City, while death and destruction altars absorbed energy from the battlefield. After Little Skeleton returned to the Undead World and Han Shuo finished absorbing the energy, Han Shuo told Van Razer he would deal with the Kasi Empire next.

• Little Skeleton unleashed waves of undead while Han Shuo cut down the orc warriors and destroyed the Orcs Empire’s command tents, killing its leaders.
• Van Razer and Fanny watched from Nanpu City as the leaderless orcs were routed and the battle’s death toll grew.
• Han Shuo realized that the death and destruction altars were absorbing battlefield energy and increasing his divine power.
• Little Skeleton absorbed the death energy, returned the undead to the Undead World, and asked Han Shuo to send him back.
• Han Shuo absorbed the remaining destruction energy, returned to Nanpu City, and told Van Razer to prepare to attack the Kasi Empire after its threat was dealt with.

Han Shuo won Nanpu City's people’s faith after destroying the Orc army, then returned to the Dark Forest and witnessed Gilbert’s resurrection. The chapter left Gilbert heading to check on the Black Dragon Clan and the Lizardmen while Han Shuo turned his attention to an old hatred.

• Han Shuo built a divine altar in Nanpu City and used his Divine Domain to persuade the city's people and Roaring Legion soldiers to offer him their faith.
• Han Shuo told Van Razer and Fanny he would stay in Nanpu City for three days, then went to digest the destruction energy from the Orc warriors' deaths.
• Han Shuo's main body watched Gilbert's corpse emerge from underground and saw Gilbert soar into the sky after being reborn.
• Han Shuo praised Gilbert's new body and urged him to learn its abilities, telling him that careful comprehension could help him become a god.
• Gilbert left to visit his grandfather and the Black Dragon Clan, and to check on the Lizardmen in the Underground World.
• Han Shuo watched Gilbert depart, then looked into the Dark Forest and recalled his old hatred.

Han Shuo returned to the Qio Continent and took Blood Spirit, Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu out to explore Sun Radiance Valley. There, the Soul Annihilation Mercenary Group mistook Jiebier for an angel from the Church of Light, until Candice recognized Han Shuo and led them to Trunks.

• Han Shuo held back from confronting the Ancient Giant Dragon until his three souls could unite, then returned to the Death Cemetery.
• Han Shuo brought Blood Spirit, Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu out to see the Qio Continent, and they marveled at its scenery.
• Han Shuo led the group to Sun Radiance Valley, which Trunks and the Soul Annihilation Mercenary Group had controlled for five years.
• The guards mistook Jiebier's wings for proof that the group came from the Church of Light and prepared to attack them.
• Candice stopped the guards, greeted Han Shuo warmly, and admitted she had gotten together with Trunks.
• Candice led Han Shuo and his companions into Sun Radiance Valley to see Trunks.

Han Shuo arrived at Sun Radiance Valley with Candice, Jiebier, Haimanna, Xierfu, and Blood Spirit, where Blood Spirit demonstrated his strength to the mercenaries. Han Shuo reunited with Grant, Odyssey, and Trunks, and the Soul Annihilation Mercenary Group celebrated his return with a feast.

• As Candice questioned Jiebier’s wings, Han Shuo told her that Jiebier was his woman.
• Blood Spirit punched the bald mercenary across the training ground, stunning the onlookers, and Han Shuo continued toward the Back Hill.
• Grant recognized Han Shuo and rushed to greet him, while Odyssey also came out and embraced him.
• Trunks welcomed Han Shuo and ordered wine and meat for a gathering with their old friends and the mercenaries.
• The newly recruited mercenaries learned Han Shuo’s identity and toasted him as Sun Radiance Valley filled with celebration.