Chapter Summaries

Han Shuo sent the Golden Armored Corpse into Demon Peak to collect Divine Crystal ore, but the search awakened Lolth, the Spider Goddess, who attacked as the corpse tried to escape. The chapter ended with Han Shuo recognizing Lolth and scrambling to save his son.

• Han Shuo learned from the Golden Armored Corpse that Demon Peak contained Divine Crystal ore and ordered him to gather it.
• The Golden Armored Corpse collected nearly all the scattered ore while Akelie doubted Han Shuo’s plan.
• The Cauldron Spirit warned Han Shuo that intelligent, human-faced spiders were watching the Golden Armored Corpse and that a powerful creature was waking.
• Han Shuo spotted Lolth, a giant human-faced spider sleeping atop a black Divine Crystal, and urgently ordered the Golden Armored Corpse to retreat.
• Lolth awoke and struck the Golden Armored Corpse with darkness Divine Power as Han Shuo recognized her as the Spider Goddess and sought to protect him.

Han Shuo and Akelie fled Demons Peak after discovering that its Divine Crystal deposit belonged to the Upper God Lolth, while the Golden Armored Corpse and Earth Armor Zombie escaped underground under the Cauldron Spirit’s protection. After reaching safety, Han Shuo reunited with the Earth Armor Zombie and learned that Little Gold was alive, then announced that he would redistribute the ore.

• Lolth’s dark divine power struck the Golden Armored Corpse, destroying several demons as Han Shuo realized an Upper God was attacking and fled with Akelie.
• The Golden Armored Corpse reached the Earth Armor Zombie, who carried him deeper underground while swarms of spiders tried to restrain them.
• The Cauldron Spirit burned demons to break the spiders’ threads, allowing the two corpses to escape as Lolth emerged from Demons Peak and sent phantoms searching.
• Han Shuo calmed himself, learned Lolth had not pursued them in person, and continued toward Shadow City with Akelie.
• After flying for half a day, Han Shuo hid beneath a river and recovered until the Earth Armor Zombie returned with ore and confirmed that Little Gold was fine.
• Han Shuo told Akelie their previous agreement was canceled and that he would redistribute the Divine Crystal ore.

Han Shuo divided the Divine Crystals with Akelie and headed for Shadow City after sending Earth Armor Zombie and Golden Armored Corpse back to the Undead World. He reached a fortress on the city’s outskirts and learned that the Darkness Divine Domain admitted cultivators of most elements but barred those of light and life.

• Han Shuo counted 106 Divine Crystals and gave Akelie ten each of Destruction, Wind, and Lightning crystals, keeping the rest for himself and his companions.
• Han Shuo revealed that he cultivated the Law of Destruction as well as Death Element power, then urged Akelie to protect his share and use it to grow stronger.
• Han Shuo gave Akelie five Purple Crystal Coins and parted ways with him, while Akelie planned to recover nearby and might later seek Han Shuo in Shadow City.
• Earth Armor Zombie told Han Shuo that the Continent of the Gods better suited the corpses’ cultivation, but Han Shuo decided they should remain in the Undead World until they became gods.
• Han Shuo sent Earth Armor Zombie and Golden Armored Corpse back to the Undead World and continued toward Shadow City, worrying about the risks their elemental affinities posed.
• After passing thirteen villages, Han Shuo reached a fortress on Shadow City’s outskirts and learned that its domain barred cultivators of light and life powers.

Han Shuo entered Valka Fortress and explored its shops, learning that divine scrolls might help his destruction-element incarnation advance. After buying two scrolls and finding a useful but incomplete attack method in one, he heard the shop girl offer to show him a scroll she had kept for herself.

• Han Shuo entered Valka Fortress after presenting his Divine Token and paying fifty Blue Crystal Coins.
• Han Shuo explored the fortress and learned about the Kerton Family’s rule, its residents, and the divine scrolls sold in its shops.
• Han Shuo visited the largest divine scroll shop, hoping to find insights that would help his destruction-element incarnation break through to the late stage of lower god.
• Han Shuo bought and read a three-Purple-Crystal-Coin scroll, but its insights offered him no help.
• Han Shuo bought a ten-Purple-Crystal-Coin scroll and found it described the Destruction Orb, though its method was deliberately vague.
• The shop girl told Han Shuo she had a scroll on the Law of Destruction that she thought would interest him.

Han Shuo uncovered a Godhunter Alliance scheme that used scrolls teaching destruction-power devouring to recruit followers, then studied the method and formed a Destruction Orb. His training was interrupted when a woman investigating the deaths of destruction cultivators ordered him to come with her.

• Han Shuo bought a scroll from a shop assistant, memorized its forbidden instructions for devouring destruction power, and burned it.
• Han Shuo used a Xuan Demon to discover that the assistant was distributing identical scrolls for Radman, a Godhunter Alliance member recruiting new followers.
• Han Shuo chose not to interfere with the alliance and rented a cultivation ground in Valka Fortress.
• Han Shuo spent two months condensing a Destruction Orb but could not decipher the scroll's deliberately distorted attack instructions.
• A red-haired woman and several Divine Guards arrived and ordered Han Shuo to accompany them as they investigated the deaths of people who cultivated destruction power.

Han Shuo was investigated as a suspected Godhunter after the Kerton Family’s test detected an abnormality in his divine power, but he cleared himself by revealing that he cultivated both death and destruction. As he was released, Radman arrived with several people who had received his scrolls.

• Han Shuo followed Eunice and other destruction cultivators to the Kerton Family’s investigation after learning Godhunters had killed people in Valka Fortress.
• Eunice and Barnett tested the group’s divine power with an energy tower, which turned gray when Han Shuo used his destruction power.
• Barnett and Eunice accused Han Shuo of being a Godhunter, while angry people in the training ground demanded his death.
• Han Shuo explained that his natal blood essence caused the test’s abnormal reaction and demonstrated his death and destruction divine powers.
• Eunice and Barnett accepted that Han Shuo was not a Godhunter and let him leave, but he saw Radman arrive with several scroll recipients.

Han Shuo watched Radman reveal himself as a Godhunter and trap everyone in the training ground with a powerful Divine Artifact. As the shrinking barrier forced the crowd through a Two-Way Space Gate, Han Shuo pretended to share Radman’s intentions and entered without exposing himself.

• Han Shuo noticed Radman exchanging signals with destruction cultivators, then watched Radman unleash a dark gold sphere that sealed the training ground in a Divine Domain.
• Radman revealed more than twenty Godhunters among the crowd, and Destruction Orbs killed Lacey when he charged them.
• Radman announced that the barrier was shrinking and forced the trapped crowd to enter a Two-Way Space Gate, while Barnett and Eunice went through ahead of Han Shuo.
• Radman questioned Han Shuo about the scroll, and Han Shuo claimed he was interested in its devouring method but had not yet found a target.
• Han Shuo entered the Space Gate while pretending to be Radman’s ally.

Han Shuo was trapped in a valley base of the Godhunter Alliance, where Brost and Radman urged the captives to devour fellow destruction cultivators and join them. After Lage betrayed and began devouring his former savior Anli, Han Shuo demanded half and charged at him.

• Han Shuo entered a mist-shrouded valley, sensed a powerful barrier, and saw Radman lead the newcomers to Brost’s cave.
• Brost ordered the destruction cultivators to devour someone nearby to join the Godhunters, while a scroll taught them how.
• Brost and Radman promised safety and greater strength, causing the captives to grow suspicious and begin memorizing the method.
• Lage poisoned and attacked Anli, then started devouring him as the others backed away.
• Han Shuo demanded half of Anli from Lage, and Lage raised his crossbow as Han Shuo charged at him.

Han Shuo defeated Lage in a duel, but Brost stopped him from killing his opponent and ordered the people in the valley to prove their resolve through slaughter. As the valley descended into chaos, Brost let Ademan claim Eunice, and the chapter ended with Ademan attacking her after Brost struck down Barnett.

• Han Shuo used hidden demonic essence to overpower Lage, but Brost’s scroll blocked his finishing blow and forced the two men apart.
• Han Shuo absorbed Anli’s dying divine soul into the Cauldron Spirit as Brost ordered everyone in the valley to prove their resolve within an hour.
• The people in the valley began attacking one another, while Han Shuo stayed beside Anli and watched the slaughter.
• Ademan asked Brost for Eunice, and Brost agreed; Barnett charged to protect her, but Brost’s scroll struck him down.
• Ademan lunged at Eunice, who decided she would rather take her own life than suffer his assault.

Han Shuo collected the Divine Souls of the dead while Lord Heitian battled Brost and the valley descended into darkness. After Eunice accused him of being a Godhunter, the survivors confirmed he had not harmed Anli, and Shadow City’s Divine Guards arrived to secure the valley.

• Han Shuo decided to collect the Divine Souls in the valley despite the risk that Brost might notice.
• Lord Heitian attacked Brost, shattering the barrier and plunging the valley into darkness as the warriors fought blindly.
• Han Shuo gathered all forty-three Divine Souls in the Myriad Demon Cauldron while the fighting continued.
• Eunice accused Han Shuo of being a Godhunter and attacked him, but survivors examined Anli's corpse and confirmed Han Shuo had not harmed him.
• A party of Divine Guards from Shadow City arrived and announced that Heitian had pursued Brost into the Chicoro Mountains.
• The green-haired Divine Guard discovered that someone had taken the dead people's valuables, while Han Shuo concealed his satisfaction.

Han Shuo traveled from the Chicoro Mountains to Shadow City, gathering rare treasures along the way and marveling at the city’s scale and power. He reached the Rivers Family residence to find Donna, who welcomed him warmly and brought him inside.

• Han Shuo examined the devastation left by Heitian and Brost’s battle, then crossed the Chicoro Mountains and collected rare treasures that strengthened his Demonic Essence.
• After traveling for half a month through villages and fortresses, Han Shuo arrived at Shadow City, paid the entrance fee, and entered the city.
• Han Shuo asked for directions to the Rivers Family and spent most of the day crossing Shadow City before reaching its district.
• At the Rivers Family gates, Han Shuo introduced himself to the guards and asked to see Donna; one guard warned him about difficult members of the family.
• Donna came out to greet Han Shuo, then pulled him into the residence, surprising the guards.

Han Shuo learned about Shadow City's five great families and declined Donna's invitation to join the Rivers Family, preferring to explore and improve his strength independently. Donna showed him the family estate and the nearby shops, where Han Shuo revealed that he had a trove of divine artifacts to sell.

• Donna told Han Shuo that Hei Tian was a Middle Stage Upper God and explained the balance of power among Shadow City's five great families, with the Saint Family as the strongest.
• Donna explained that most people on the Continent of the Gods needed a powerful family affiliation, but Han Shuo said he wanted to travel and strengthen himself before making any commitments.
• Donna offered Han Shuo a place to stay at the Rivers Family estate and showed him its facilities.
• Han Shuo met Donna's older brother, Diwei, who briefly greeted them before returning to his room and mentioned an upcoming trip to the Space-Time Divine Domain.
• Donna took Han Shuo to the nearby shopping district, where he handed her a Spatial Ring of divine artifacts and objects to inspect.
• Donna examined the ring and realized that Han Shuo had come to sell a large collection of valuable goods.

Han Shuo sold a collection of Divine Artifacts for three hundred Black Crystal Coins and then shopped with Donna for Origin Crystals to take back to the Qio Continent. Donna admired his quick success but grew unsettled when his thoughts turned to the people he missed.

• Donna took Han Shuo to a Divine Artifact shop and explained how the Divine Refining Clan’s craftsmanship surpassed that of the Elves on the Qio Continent.
• Han Shuo showed Duomoge more than twenty Divine Artifacts, including three that had belonged to Caesar and Erickson, and sold them for three hundred Black Crystal Coins.
• Donna praised Han Shuo for making a fortune so quickly, while realizing that Crystal Coins might not persuade him to join the Rivers Family.
• Han Shuo bought dozens of inexpensive Elemental Origin Crystals to bring to his friends on the Qio Continent.
• Donna teased Han Shuo about missing someone, and his thoughts turned to Emily, Fanny, and the others, leaving Donna strangely troubled.

Han Shuo explored the Rivers Family estate’s training ground and watched Tengfei defeat Ketch and Zico in a spar. After Han Shuo identified himself as Donna’s friend, Tengfei and Ketch urged him to spar with Dolosius, and Han Shuo agreed.

• Jackson secretly ordered guards to investigate the origins of the divine artifacts Han Shuo had sold, despite Domog taking responsibility for the transaction.
• Donna returned with Han Shuo to the Rivers Family estate and went to meet her uncle, while Han Shuo headed to the training ground.
• Han Shuo observed Tengfei use his lightning power to overpower Ketch and Zico in their spar.
• Zico approached Han Shuo and invited him to spar, but Han Shuo initially declined and said he had come only to watch.
• Tengfei and Ketch encouraged Han Shuo to fight Dolosius, and Han Shuo agreed to a friendly match.

Han Shuo defeated Dolosius in a spar, then faced hostility from the Rivers Family after Dolosius broke the rules and Ketch ordered him detained. Donna intervened, but Han Shuo left Shadow City’s Rivers estate, unwilling to join the family, while Donna realized they had lost a promising ally.

• Han Shuo saw through Dolosius’s shadows and struck him, but Dolosius retaliated with dark divine power, prompting Han Shuo to hold a Heavenly Demon Blade to his neck until he surrendered.
• Ketch accused Han Shuo of going too far, and Han Shuo rebuked him and Eve before Ketch ordered Zico to take him into custody.
• A Middle God guard charged Han Shuo, who concealed his true strength and let the guard overpower him until Donna struck the guard away and defended her friend.
• Donna apologized and urged Han Shuo to stay, but he refused to remain with the Rivers Family and left the training ground.
• Donna rushed after Han Shuo but found he had disappeared, while she regretted that the family had driven away a talented individual.

Han Shuo cultivated his destruction incarnation and Heavenly Demon Indestructible Body for nearly a year, then visited a scroll shop seeking insight into advancing his Law of Destruction. After a scroll offered only a hint about hatred, Shadow City Divine Guards surrounded him and accused him of stealing their spoils.

• Han Shuo rented a cultivation ground and trained his incarnations, learning to control five Destruction Orbs while his death incarnation absorbed all the death-power crystals.
• Han Shuo practiced the Heavenly Demon Indestructible Body with the Cauldron Spirit, enduring repeated bodily destruction and reconstruction until he could activate the technique at will.
• After nearly a year, Han Shuo ended his training, paid the extra rental fee, and went to the Divine Gift scroll shop for guidance on the Law of Destruction.
• Han Shuo bought a scroll about reaching the late stage of the Lower God realm, but its unclear account of a breakthrough through hatred yielded little practical help.
• A squad of Shadow City's Divine Guards surrounded Han Shuo, and their green-haired leader accused him of stealing their spoils and ordered him to come with them.

Han Shuo was accused of looting Divine Artifacts and was nearly forced to surrender most of their sale proceeds, but his connection to Donna made the officials hesitate. Kamelita arrived, ended the dispute, and took Han Shuo away to help her with something unspecified.

• Anita accused Han Shuo of selling Divine Artifacts looted from the dead, and Jiadun ordered him to hand over two hundred Black Crystal Coins.
• Han Shuo protested that three Middle God Divine Artifacts were his own and asked Jiadun to verify the matter with Donna.
• Anita tried to leave, but Kamelita struck him into the hall and confronted the Divine Guards.
• Jiadun explained Han Shuo's case to Kamelita, who recognized his name through Donna and ordered him to come with her.
• Kamelita declared Han Shuo's dispute over and dragged him away, and Jiadun and Anita agreed not to pursue it.

Kamelita brought Han Shuo to the Miasma Cloud Mountains to help track down cultivators from the Life Divine Domain who had entered Shadow City's territory. Han Shuo found evidence of their passage, earning Kamelita’s trust and Karina’s apology, but he still did not know where the fugitives were.

• Kamelita took Han Shuo from the Third Divine Guard Division and led a group of Saint Family Divine Guards toward the Miasma Cloud Mountains.
• After half a month of travel, Kamelita explained that they were hunting cultivators of life or light power and led the group into the poisonous miasma.
• Karina doubted Han Shuo’s ability and warned him not to expect the Divine Guards to protect him.
• Han Shuo used demon heads to find signs of human activity and led the group to trees that had been repaired with life power.
• Kamelita confirmed the tracks, Karina apologized to Han Shuo, and Kamelita asked him to choose their next direction despite his uncertainty.

Han Shuo and Kamelita searched the Miasma Cloud Mountains for followers of the Life Law and finally tracked them to a lava cavern. There, Han Shuo discovered Kamelita fighting two Upper Gods over a God-Given Divine Stone that revealed the Life Law’s natural patterns.

• Han Shuo and Kamelita searched the Miasma Cloud Mountains for days but found no trace of the people they sought.
• As the group prepared to leave, Han Shuo noticed magical beasts fleeing a lush mountain cave and persuaded Kamelita to investigate it.
• Han Shuo detected a water-element presence deep in a lava cavern, and Kamelita hurried ahead with two Divine Guards while Han Shuo followed secretly through another passage.
• Han Shuo saw that two Upper Gods had killed the Divine Guards and were fighting Kamelita, while six Middle Gods prepared a formation nearby.
• Han Shuo recognized the dazzling azure rock Kamelita tried to destroy as a God-Given Divine Stone whose moving specks traced the Life Law.

Han Shuo rescued Kamelita and Karina from the Miasma Cloud Mountains after Kamelita’s attempt to destroy a God-Given Divine Stone failed and the attackers began hunting the intruders. After Karina drew off the pursuers, Han Shuo escaped with Kamelita, who promised to support him in Shadow City as they headed there for reinforcements.

• Kamelita fought two Upper Gods and was trapped in the lava cave while six Middle Gods blocked the exit, so Han Shuo used the Golden Armored Corpse to open a hidden route and pull her to safety.
• Han Shuo found Karina lost in the mountain and led her through a concealed passage before escaping with her and the unconscious Kamelita.
• Han Shuo warned Karina to stay under the miasma clouds, but she later left a false trail and drew the white-haired Upper God away from him and Kamelita.
• Han Shuo escaped the Miasma Cloud Mountains with Kamelita and carried her across a river to a marsh, where she gradually regained consciousness.
• Kamelita mourned the dead, resolved to return to Shadow City and retaliate, then promised to support Han Shuo against anyone who opposed him there.