Chapter Summaries

Redding achieved godhood through External Godhood and used his new Water Element Divine Clone to restrain Laius. Nemo and Bowen arrived, and Nemo’s attack failed to break Redding’s domain.

• Redding chose External Godhood, endured the division of his soul, and formed a Divine Clone with a Water Element Divine Spark.
• Redding merged his Saint Domain True Body into the Divine Clone and began adjusting to his human form.
• Laius arrived and challenged Redding, who trapped the white tiger inside his God's Domain.
• Nemo and Bowen rushed to Laius’s aid, but Nemo’s fireballs were swallowed by Redding’s water domain.

Redding used his God Level powers to subdue his siblings and then explained the difference between divine power and their Saint Domain strength. After testing their reactions to his God's Domain, he considered how the Four Divine Beasts could become strong enough to stand among the Sovereigns.

• Redding trapped Laius, Nemo, and Bowen in water curtains and knocked them unconscious with soul attacks before contemplating the Water Law beside them.
• Nemo awoke after ten days and aimed a fireball at Redding, but relaxed when he explained that his Divine Clone and true body shared the same soul aura.
• Laius and Bowen woke about a day later, and Redding told them that those below God Level were ants.
• Redding suppressed all three siblings with his God's Domain and judged their differing defenses and resistance.
• Redding resolved to seek at least a Mid-level Sovereign Spark, or possibly a High-level one, so he could gain a firm foothold among the Sovereigns.

After demonstrating his divine power, Redding taught the Four Divine Beasts how to comprehend the Laws, and Black Tortoise Bowen became a god. Bowen chose External Godhood and endured the painful splitting of his soul, while Redding warned Laius and Nemo to make the same choice when their turns came.

• After Redding withdrew his God's Domain, Laius declared that he wanted to become a god, and Nemo and Bowen showed their eagerness to learn.
• Redding explained the Laws of Earth and parts of the Laws of Wind and Fire to the three Divine Beasts over three months.
• Bowen comprehended a Profound Mystery and became a god, prompting Laius and Nemo to vow to work harder.
• When the Laws of the Universe offered Bowen a choice, he chose External Godhood and endured the painful splitting of his soul.
• Redding reassured Laius that Bowen would be fine and warned Laius and Nemo not to choose Internal Godhood.

Over a thousand years, the Four Divine Beasts advanced their cultivation after Bowen became a god, while Redding remained in seclusion. Bowen and Laius sparred in the Skyrite Mountains and waited for Redding to emerge, which he had promised to do within six years.

• Bowen became an Earth Element god, awakened his Black Tortoise defensive Innate Divine Ability, and impressed Redding, Laius, and Nemo.
• Less than a hundred days later, Nemo and Laius became gods after Redding explained the Profound Mysteries of the laws.
• Over the next thousand years, Redding advanced in Water, Lightning, and Life, while Laius, Bowen, and Nemo developed additional Divine Clones and reached higher levels.
• Bowen and Laius sparred above the Skyrite Mountains, and Laius sent Bowen's hammer strike flying after Bowen shattered his wind blades.
• Laius asked when Redding would leave seclusion, and Bowen said Redding would emerge within six years.

Tristan attacked Laius in the Skyrite Mountains after advancing to Highgod, but Laius’s powerful Laws of Wind kept him wary. As Tristan launched another strike, Laius revealed that he had baited him into an opening.

• Laius confronted Tristan, who mocked him for remaining a Midgod and revealed that he had become a Highgod.
• Tristan attacked from behind with his divine artifact claws, but Laius’s saber forced him to retreat into the shadows.
• Laius sensed that the fight would draw Bowen and Nemo, while Tristan worried the other Divine Beasts would arrive before he could kill Laius.
• Tristan emerged from the shadows and lunged for Laius’s chest, believing the attack would secure victory.
• Laius smiled and told Tristan that he had finally fallen for his trap.

Tristan fought Laius and Bowen in the Skyrite Mountains, but Laius’s strength and Bowen’s support drove him into retreat. As Laius closed in, Tristan swallowed a mysterious crimson fruit and prepared to fight back.

• Laius used a gravity attack to force Tristan down and severed his arm with a blade of Qi, while Tristan retreated into the shadows and regenerated.
• Bowen joined Laius, and the brothers worked together as Laius searched for Tristan and Bowen guarded him.
• After more than an hour, Tristan’s divine power began to run low, so he emerged from the shadows and tried to escape.
• Laius pursued Tristan with wind blades, cutting him as Tristan dodged and pleaded to be allowed to leave.
• Tristan produced a crimson fruit, warned Laius one last time, then swallowed it and declared that Laius would die.

After eating a crimson fruit, Tristan gained a temporary surge of strength and attacked Laius and Black Tortoise Bowen, but he escaped their lethal combination by using his Innate Divine Ability. As the fruit’s power faded and Bowen’s defense collapsed, an Azure Dragon Shadow appeared just as Tristan closed in on Laius.

• Tristan ate the crimson fruit, healed his wounds, and attacked Bowen and Laius with greatly increased speed and strength.
• Laius and Bowen combined Bowen’s Innate Divine Ability, Seal, with Laius’s Tiger Roar, but Tristan made himself insubstantial and escaped the attack.
• Tristan challenged Laius again as the crimson fruit’s effect weakened and Bowen’s Seal began to dissipate.
• Bowen’s Innate Divine Ability vanished, and Tristan advanced toward Laius, threatening to dig out his Divine Spark.
• An Azure Dragon Shadow appeared in the air as Tristan came within a hundred meters of Laius.

Redding killed Tristan’s Darkness Element Highgod clone and took its High Godhead, while Tristan’s Water Element clone vowed revenge and planned to grow stronger with azure fruits. Redding and the Four Divine Beasts continued northwest toward the Zijing Continent to strengthen their souls, but a sudden cry interrupted their journey.

• Redding appeared beside Tristan, erased his soul, and took his Darkness Element High Godhead.
• Tristan’s Water Element Divine Clone awakened in the Infernal Realm’s Chaotic Sea and resolved to use an azure fruit to improve his strength and seek revenge.
• Redding directed Nemo, Laius, and Bowen to travel toward the Zijing Continent so they could use its Amethyst Mountains to strengthen their souls.
• Nemo and then Laius carried Redding and the others across the continent as the siblings cultivated during their journey.
• A thunderous voice from nearby mountains called, “Pash, hand it over!”, interrupting Redding’s contemplation.

Redding and his companions watched Frost fight Pash, whom Redding suspected was the future Blood Peak Sovereign, while Laius used the battle to understand the Edict of Destruction and broke through to Midgod. As the group prepared to leave for the Zijing Continent, Frost hurled Pash toward them and turned his attention to the three Midgods.

• Redding stopped Laius so they could watch Frost and Pash fight over their shares of a wondrous object, and recorded the battle with the Image Recording Technique.
• Laius studied Pash's Destruction Element attacks while Redding recognized Pash as a possible future Blood Peak Sovereign.
• Frost gained the advantage and pressured Pash to surrender his share, while Laius's Destruction Element Divine Clone comprehended the Edict of Destruction and transformed into a Midgod.
• Redding told the group to leave for the Zijing Continent, and Laius merged his Destruction Element Divine Clone into his Saint Domain True Body.
• Frost saw the group preparing to depart and struck Pash toward them, intending to kill the Midgods and take their Divine Sparks.

Redding rescued Pash and killed Frost with his Dragon Roar and flexible sword, then claimed Frost’s Divine Spark and spatial ring. After introducing himself and his siblings to Pash, Redding explained the tradeoffs between Internal and External Godhood, and Pash resolved to focus on strengthening his Destruction Divine Clone.

• Redding stepped in to protect Pash and used a water python to swallow Frost’s spear and lightning attack.
• Frost fled, but Redding slowed him with Dragon Roar, beheaded him, and obliterated his soul.
• Redding took Frost’s High Godhead and spatial ring, refined the ring, and found a rich collection of artifacts and Divine Sparks inside.
• Redding introduced Laius, Nemo, and Bowen to Pash, who asked about Laius’s breakthrough and External Godhood.
• Redding explained that Internal Godhood allowed faster cultivation but limited Pash to one Divine Clone, while External Godhood allowed other Laws and clones at the cost of splitting the soul.
• Pash accepted his choice of Internal Godhood and began discussing Profound Mysteries with the Four Divine Beasts.

Redding entered Crimson Island, paid for a ten-year token, and visited its orderly marketplace to gather information and buy a nautical chart. As he left, a sales pitch about an item that could change a person's soul presence caught his attention.

• Redding paid a Lowgod Spark for a Crimson Island entry token and learned that fighting was forbidden on the island.
• Redding entered the marketplace, where guards checked his token and warned him against flying or fighting.
• Redding bought a detailed nautical chart from a Midgod stallholder for a Midgod Spark.
• Redding stopped when he heard someone question whether a strange item that changed soul presence was worth a Midgod Spark.

Redding spotted a wonder that could change its user's soul signature and bid aggressively to obtain it, hoping to use it for an alternate identity. He exposed the stall owner's attempt to inflate the price and left without buying the wonder.

• Redding saw the scar-faced Midgod demonstrate a wonder that changed his soul signature and decided he had to obtain it.
• Redding bid one Midgod Spark, but the skinny-monkey Midgod offered one Midgod Spark and one Midgod Artifact.
• Redding and the skinny-monkey Midgod raised their bids until Redding offered five Midgod Sparks.
• The scar-faced stall owner secretly urged the skinny-monkey Midgod to keep raising the price so they could squeeze more from Redding.
• Redding withdrew from the bidding, refused the stall owner's attempts to lure him back, and walked toward the market's exit.

Redding deliberately baited the scarred stallholder into an ambush so he could take the man’s Heaven and Earth Wonder. After killing the four Midgods who attacked him, Redding faced the terrified stallholder, who begged for mercy and offered the wonder.

• The scarred stallholder sent Midgod and three other Midgods after Redding to rob him of his spatial ring.
• Redding flew away from the island and slowed down until the five pursuers surrounded him at sea.
• The scarred stallholder demanded Redding’s belongings and ordered his men to attack.
• Redding deflected the four Midgods’ weapons, then killed all four with his sword and soul attack in less than five breaths.
• The scarred stallholder trembled and begged Redding to spare him, offering him the Heaven and Earth Wonder.

Redding tracked down the scar-faced stall owner and recovered the object that could change a soul signature, while Nemo fought Wen Jie to protect their escape. The lord of Crimson Island intervened just as Nemo was about to kill Wen Jie, leaving Redding and Nemo facing the island’s ruler.

• Redding killed the scar-faced stall owner’s Midgod Divine Clone, but discovered the owner had another clone when the spatial ring resisted his blood.
• The scar-faced stall owner went to Wen Jie for help, and Wen Jie refused to seek revenge against Redding, whom he suspected was a Highgod.
• Redding and Nemo found the scar-faced stall owner in Wen Jie’s courtyard, where Redding killed him and recovered the wondrous object from his ring.
• Nemo fought Wen Jie while Redding prepared to leave, and Wen Jie kept them engaged to avoid punishment from the island lord.
• The lord of Crimson Island arrived and deflected Nemo’s spear, saving Wen Jie from a fatal strike.

Luolie tried to recruit Redding and Nemo to Crimson Island, but Redding demanded that Luolie submit and accept a Soul Seed. The demand sparked a battle, with Nemo holding off five Highgod elders as Luolie and two elders surrounded Redding.

• Luolie summoned six Highgod elders and offered Redding and Nemo positions on Crimson Island.
• Redding agreed to join only if Luolie submitted to him and let him plant a Soul Seed in his soul.
• A Highgod elder attacked Redding, and Nemo intercepted him with her spear.
• Nemo used her Fusion Profound Mysteries to fight three Highgod elders, then held off five as they joined forces.
• Luolie declared that Redding would die on Crimson Island and thrust his divine artifact longsword at him.

Redding fought Luolie, the lord of Crimson Island, and decided to subdue him for the Four Divine Beasts’ future plans. After transforming and overpowering Luolie and the island’s two Highgod elders, Redding forced Luolie to accept a Soul Seed.

• Luolie and two Highgod elders attacked Redding, but they could not break through his defense.
• Redding considered bringing Luolie under his command to help build and manage a force for the Four Divine Beasts.
• Redding completed his Dragon Transformation, struck Luolie’s sword aside, and pierced his chest with a dragon claw.
• Redding trapped the two Highgod elders in coils of Water Element divine power as they tried to flee.
• Redding threatened to plant a Soul Seed in Luolie or take his Divine Spark, and Luolie reluctantly agreed to the Soul Seed.

Redding secured control of Crimson Island and left Laius’s Destruction Divine Clone in charge while he and his siblings departed for the Zijing Continent. As they set out, Leijia disguised himself with a Heaven and Earth Wonder and began the next stage of his plan.

• Bowen planted a Death Element Soul Seed in Luolie, who accepted Redding as his master and agreed to keep managing Crimson Island.
• Redding ordered Luolie to keep the island’s Highgods quiet and arranged for Laius to remain as a guest elder, recruiting God Level experts and collecting Heaven and Earth Wonders.
• Bowen gave Laius a stone token that could temporarily restrain God Level experts whose Soul Seeds he had planted.
• Redding had Soul Seeds planted in the Highgod elders who agreed and killed two who refused, then left with his siblings for the Zijing Continent.
• Leijia used a cicada-wing-thin wonder to change his face, watched Redding’s party depart, and flew off to begin the next step of his plan.

Leijia, Redding’s alternate identity, lost his way through the seas while seeking a teleportation array and ended up in the Chaotic Sea. He reached Black Reef Island and waited for God Level traders, hoping to learn where an array was located.

• Redding sent his Lightning and Life Divine Clones out under the alias Leijia, carrying the soul-altering Heaven and Earth Wonder to seek a foothold in other Overgod Planes.
• After realizing he had flown from the Star Mist Sea into the Chaotic Sea, Leijia captured a Midgod and took his sea chart in exchange for letting him go.
• Leijia followed the chart to Black Reef Island, where he planned to wait for God Level experts to gather and ask about a teleportation array.
• God Level experts began arriving on the island, and Leijia judged that the mostly Lowgod and Midgod visitors posed little threat before returning to his cultivation.

At a trading fair on Black Reef Island, Leijia sought information about the Planar Teleportation Array and learned that Black Kun Island might hold the answer. Thirty years later, he and the long-bearded elder arrived near Black Kun Island, whose lord Leijia believed was the Sovereign of Destruction, Uhtred.

• A long-bearded elder opened the trading fair by offering a purple lotus that strengthened the soul in exchange for a divine-body defense treasure or a Highgod Artifact of Material Defense.
• Leijia traded for a few curiosities, then privately offered the elder a Highgod Artifact of Material Defense for the lotus if the elder would reveal the Planar Teleportation Array's location.
• The elder did not know the array's location but suggested that Black Kun Island might have information and described its lord, Uhtred, as the Chaotic Sea's strongest expert.
• Leijia recognized that Uhtred was likely the Sovereign of Destruction and decided to visit Black Kun Island.
• Thirty years later, Leijia and the elder reached the waters near Black Kun Island after Leijia had easily dealt with powerful experts who blocked their way.

Leijia won the Hundred Battles Arena and earned a meeting with Uhtred, master of Black Kun Island, to request access to the Chaotic Sea’s planar teleportation array. He explained that his unusual strength came from fusing profound mysteries, leaving Uhtred newly informed about cultivation.

• Leijia paid the long-bearded elder with a Highgod Artifact, received the lotus wonder, and flew toward Black Kun Island.
• Leijia defeated his final opponent in the Hundred Battles Arena, claimed the hundred-battle championship, and collected his winnings.
• Three days later, Uhtred met Leijia and questioned whether he was truly a Midgod after hearing of his victories.
• Leijia requested to use the Chaotic Sea’s planar teleportation array to travel to another Overgod Plane, and Uhtred agreed that he could make one request.
• Leijia explained to Uhtred how fusing profound mysteries of the laws increased strength, and Uhtred listened with surprise.