Recaps

Luo Ao and Echidna settled into the Sinking Fire Tribe, where they learned about the tribe’s strength and available work. Luo Ao joined the tribal army to gain time for cultivation and access to texts on the Laws, and he left with new armor and a better understanding of flowing water.

• Suosuomiluo introduced himself, built Luo Ao and Echidna a house, and told them the Sinking Fire Tribe had three Highgods, including a chief who had once been a Fiend.
• Hansating offered Luo Ao three assignments: gathering sinking fire stone essence, herding One-Horned Mammoths, or joining the tribal army.
• Hansating persuaded Luo Ao to join the army by describing its benefits, including time to cultivate and access to texts on the Laws.
• Luo Ao registered with the Sinking Fire Tribe's army and received Midgod Artifact armor and a weapon.
• Luo Ao reflected that he now had a general understanding of flowing water, the final profound mystery of the Water Law.

Luo Ao studied the Flowing Water profound mystery as Echidna advanced to God in the Edicts of Fate. Their peaceful life in the Sinking Fire Tribe was interrupted by an attack from a large bandit force, and Luo Ao went to assess the danger.

• Luo Ao studied the Water Pressure Technique and learned that mastering the Flowing Water profound mystery involved water pressure in both still and flowing water.
• Echidna broke through to God in the Edicts of Fate, and Luo Ao told her he planned to reach Highgod in the Water Element before they took the Fiend test.
• Luo Ao and Echidna learned that several thousand Deity Level experts had arrived in two azure serpent Metal Lifeforms to attack the Sinking Fire Tribe.
• Suosuomiluo identified the attackers as roaming bandits, and Luo Ao went out to assess the threat and prepare to flee if necessary.

The Azure Snake Organization attacked the Sinking Fire Tribe to seize its accumulated wealth, igniting a battle between their armies and Highgods. The Sinking Fire Tribe revealed hidden Highgods, but the Azure Snake Organization still held the advantage as Luo Ao tried to protect Echidna amid the fighting.

• Luo Ao, Suosuomiluo, and Echidna joined Grandi and the Sinking Fire Tribe's assembled warriors as the Azure Snake Organization surrounded them.
• Yarlin refused the Azure Snake Organization's demand to surrender the tribe's wealth, and the five bandit leaders attacked him and his companions.
• The armies unleashed mass Soul Attacks, killing and injuring warriors on both sides as Luo Ao warned Echidna to stay close.
• Luo Ao saw that Yarlin had secretly raised six additional Highgods by having trusted subordinates refine High Godheads.
• Donald revealed that the Azure Snake Organization also had hidden Highgods, and more than twenty Highgods fought as the organization retained the upper hand.

Luo Ao intervened in the battle after Meng Tuo trapped Yarlin with his water element divine clone. He killed both of Meng Tuo’s divine clones, leaving the remaining Highgods stunned by his strength.

• Luo Ao judged that neither Yarlin nor Meng Tuo had reached the strength of a Five-Star Fiend as the battle continued.
• Meng Tuo revealed his water element divine clone and bound Yarlin with a whip attack that used the profound mystery of flowing water.
• Luo Ao escorted Echidna to the rear of the tribal army, then transformed into crimson flames and charged into the battlefield.
• Luo Ao struck down Meng Tuo’s death divine clone and immediately attacked his water element divine clone.
• Luo Ao pierced Meng Tuo’s water element divine clone several times until it died, stunning the other Highgods.

Luo Ao destroyed the Azure Snake Organization’s attack and helped the Sinking Fire Tribe recover, then prepared to leave with Echidna. Suosuomiluo decided to join them and take the Fiend Trial, and Luo Ao lent him the registration fee.

• Luo Ao killed the Azure Snake Organization’s Highgods, including its leaders, and the remaining bandits fled.
• Yarlin gave Luo Ao the spoils and thanked him for saving the Sinking Fire Tribe, which soon returned to peace.
• More than half a year later, Suosuomiluo told Luo Ao he intended to leave the tribe and take the Fiend Trial despite the danger.
• Luo Ao agreed to lend Suosuomiluo the ten thousand Inkstones needed to register, and Suosuomiluo accepted them.

Luo Ao, Echidna, and Suosuomiluo traveled with Kele’s party toward Tagan City, where Echidna gained insight from the Heart of Flowing Extension. She broke through to independently attained godhood, and Luo Ao concealed her divine-body transformation from the others.

• Kele gathered his party and invited Luo Ao and his companions to travel with them to Tagan City.
• During the journey, Kele gave Luo Ao the Heart of Flowing Extension, which contained visions that revealed mysteries of the water law.
• Echidna studied the Heart of Flowing Extension for three days and entered a state of sudden insight.
• The natural laws descended around Echidna as she broke through to godhood and formed a water-element divine clone.
• Echidna split her soul in two, and Luo Ao used firelight to hide her as she condensed her divine body.
• Echidna emerged with long blue hair, and the others congratulated her.

Luo Ao, Echidna, and Suosuomiluo arrived in Tagan City, explored its bustling streets, and visited Muya Castle. After buying a bottle of soul-healing Life Spirit Pills, Luo Ao read a history book and concluded that the world was already in the post-Linley era, after a great upheaval among the Sovereigns.

• Luo Ao, Echidna, and Suosuomiluo arrived at Tagan City and parted ways with Kele and the Sinking Fire Tribe before entering the city.
• Luo Ao and Echidna explored Tagan City while Suosuomiluo went into the Fiend Castle.
• Luo Ao and Echidna visited Muya Castle, where Luo Ao bought a bottle of Life Spirit Pills for eight million Inkstones.
• Luo Ao read a history book at their lodging and inferred that the Sovereign Spark he had obtained belonged to a Sovereign caught up in the ancient upheaval.
• Luo Ao concluded that the world was in the post-Linley era and that the upheaval had killed at least a dozen Sovereigns, including Augusta.

Luo Ao fully mastered the fusion of the Fire Seed Technique and Scorching Heat, the two profound mysteries of Burning, while cultivating in the Stalag Planar Prison. He considered how to fuse all four of his Fire Law mysteries and asked Pujiasi whether Asol had caused trouble.

• Luo Ao reviewed his progress in the Water Law and learned about the Fire Law’s Fire Seed Technique and Scorching Heat mysteries.
• In the Stalag Planar Prison’s Blazing Flame Desert, Luo Ao sought to fuse the Fire Seed Technique and Scorching Heat after decades of cultivation.
• Luo Ao realized that Burning made flames ignite souls while scorching matter, and fully mastered the fusion of the two mysteries.
• Luo Ao tested his newly mastered power, then reflected on how fusing all four of his Fire Law mysteries could improve the two-stage attack he had used to kill Meng Tuo.
• Pujiasi congratulated Luo Ao, who asked whether Asol had caused trouble recently.

Luo Ao reached a bottleneck in mastering the Water Laws and decided to seek inspiration by taking the Fiend assessment, while continuing to develop his Fire Laws. He and Echidna joined the assessment group, whose official began explaining their mission during the journey.

• Pujiasi told Luo Ao that Asol had remained in his territory and stopped searching for someone, and Luo Ao approved of his caution with the azure divine sword.
• Luo Ao mastered the Profound Mysteries of Burning and found ways to fuse them with Fire Element, then continued developing the fusion.
• Luo Ao realized that mastering the Profound Mystery of Roundness was his last obstacle to becoming a Water Element Highgod and chose to pursue experience through a Fiend assessment.
• Luo Ao and Echidna registered for the assessment and waited until the Fiend Castle summoned them.
• Luo Ao and Echidna boarded a Fiend-marked Metal Lifeform and traveled with the other participants for two days toward their mission.
• A black-robed Dragon-Man Race official addressed the participants and began explaining the Fiend assessment mission.

Luo Ao and the other Fiend trial participants traveled to Black Demon Mountain, where they were tasked with killing a Black Demon Mountain Guard and claiming its identity token. The powerful Fiends leading a larger mission charged into the mountain first, with Luo Ao and the others following into its blood-colored baleful aura.

• The Dragon-Man Race man and Noel explained that the trial participants had to kill a Black Demon Mountain Guard and obtain its identity token to become one-star Fiends.
• After twenty days of travel, Luo Ao and Echidna disembarked with the other participants and noticed that Aslan was the most prominent Fiend present.
• Aslan sensed danger from Luo Ao, while a silver-haired Fiend addressed the group and told the thousand trial participants to follow the Fiends.
• The group reached Black Demon Mountain, a solitary peak covered by blood-colored mist and a powerful aura of slaughter.
• Aslan and Pero flew into Black Demon Mountain first, followed by the other Fiends and the trial participants.

Luo Ao and the other examinees crossed Black Demon Mountain’s blood mist and reached the Black Demon Palace, where Aslan challenged Wengulite. Aslan and Pero faced the palace’s strongest fighters while the Highgod Fiends led the examinees inside to complete their mission.

• Pero ordered Kapesi and Selin to purify the blood mist, allowing the group to continue up Black Demon Mountain.
• Aslan attacked the Black Demon Palace with his heavy sword, shattering its defensive formation.
• Wengulite emerged from the castle and identified himself to Aslan, who declared his challenge.
• Wengulite’s black-armored subordinate appeared, and Pero confronted him, leaving both pairs to face off.
• The Highgod Fiends led the examinees into the palace, and Luo Ao and Echidna followed to finish their mission.

The Fiends entered the Black Demon Palace and clashed with its guards in a narrow corridor. Two members of the Lightning Magnetism Clan trapped the leading Highgods in a powerful electromagnetic domain, but the Highgods coordinated a counterattack to try to escape.

• The Fiends advanced through the castle's blood mist while discussing Aslan, Pero, and the Black Demon Mountain master's divine beast.
• Two purple-haired guards confronted the invaders, and both sides charged into a chaotic melee.
• The guards revealed that they belonged to the Lightning Magnetism Clan and combined yin and yang electromagnetic domains to overpower the two leading Highgods.
• Luo Ao recognized how the pair's racial gift strengthened their electromagnetic domain and observed the Highgods' predicament.
• The brown-haired Highgod used Gravity Space as the red-bearded Highgod prepared an explosive saber strike, weakening the domain as they tried to break out.

Luo Ao revealed his strength by killing the two Lightning Magnetism Clan Highgods with his new Blazing Soul Slash. With the castle guards fleeing, he collected their Space Rings and left the castle with Echidna to see what was happening outside.

• Dalade escaped the Electromagnetic Space and abandoned Lubote, who was then killed by the Lightning Magnetism Clan brothers.
• Echidna killed a castle guard with Wheel of Fate and found an identity token, while Luo Ao said such tokens were rare.
• After killing Lubote, the Lightning Magnetism Clan brothers targeted Luo Ao and charged him together.
• Luo Ao unleashed Blazing Soul Slash, destroying both brothers and leaving their High Godheads behind.
• The castle guards fled, and Luo Ao collected the brothers' Space Rings before taking Echidna out of the castle.

Aslan killed Wengulite while Pero destroyed the Bloodhoof Demon Bull, and Luo Ao gained a breakthrough in his understanding of the Water Law by observing Pero’s attack. Luo Ao returned from his insight sensing a profound change within his soul as a major upheaval occurred in Stalag Planar Prison.

• Aslan confronted Wengulite while Pero faced the Bloodhoof Demon Bull in the sky above Black Demon Mountain.
• Wengulite attacked Aslan with his Claw of Annihilation, but Aslan unleashed a golden sword strike that cleaved Wengulite in two.
• The Bloodhoof Demon Bull’s soul attacks failed against Pero, who countered with Unceasing Circulation and tore the beast apart with a water dragon.
• Luo Ao realized that the Profound Mystery of Roundness could gather momentum through ceaseless circulation and erupt as an attack.
• The Black Demon Mountain guards fled, and Echidna stood watch while Luo Ao immersed himself in his insight.
• Luo Ao regained awareness, told Echidna he was better than ever, and sensed a transformation within his soul as upheaval struck Stalag Planar Prison.

Luo Ao broke through to Water Element Highgod and refined a High-level Water Sovereign Spark, becoming the new Water Element Sovereign. The Stalag Planar Prison and Boya Continent felt his arrival, and Luo Ao began receiving Sovereign Willpower and vast power of faith.

• Luo Ao’s Water Element broke through to Highgod, allowing him to refine the Water Sovereign Spark.
• The spark transformed Luo Ao into a Sovereign as blue-green water elements swept through the Stalag Planar Prison and Boya Continent.
• Demonic Dragon King Zennard, Aifiya, Kenuosi, and other powerful beings submitted to Luo Ao’s overwhelming presence.
• Luo Ao sensed Sovereign Willpower flowing through his souls and noted that his Fire Divine Clone gained strength as well.
• Luo Ao received vast power of faith, which sharpened his mind and increased his confidence in mastering the Water Law.
• Luo Ao declared himself the new Water Element Sovereign, and the beings beneath him bowed and kowtowed.

Luo Ao used his new Sovereign power to kill Asol, reclaim the Sovereign Artifact longsword, and bring his companions back to the Boya Continent. Later, in the Infernal Realm, he and Echidna set out to explore, with Luo Ao considering a future meeting with Dunnington.

• Luo Ao spread his divine sense across the Planar Prison and summoned a Water Sovereign Energy Avatar over Dark Volcano.
• The giant azure face killed Asol and took the Sovereign Artifact longsword while the experts at Dark Volcano cowered.
• Luo Ao led Pujiasi and the others through a spatial rift to the Boya Continent and restored the magic formation at Gloomy Gorge.
• Luo Ao brought everyone to the Darren Empire, then later emerged from the Fiend Castle in Taya City with Echidna after they received one-star Fiend medallions.
• Luo Ao told Echidna they should explore the Infernal Realm and considered meeting Dunnington if he passed through the Chaotic Sea.

Luo Ao and Echidna accepted a lucrative escort mission from Taya City to Eternal Night Prefecture and discovered that the journey involved far more powerful Fiends than expected. Aboard the Metal Lifeform, their employer Feilan introduced himself, while Luo Ao suspected the mission’s true destination and purpose were more complicated than they appeared.

• Luo Ao and Echidna chose an escort mission to Eternal Night Prefecture that promised eight hundred thousand Inkstones.
• Luo Ao and Echidna joined many other Fiends aboard a silver Metal Lifeform, including Aslan and Pero, and noticed that nearly thirty or forty Highgod Fiends were traveling with them.
• Luo Ao warned Echidna to use the cyan droplets he had given her if danger arose.
• Feilan introduced himself to the gathered Fiends and promised further rewards if his family reached their destination safely.
• Feilan went to speak with the Six-Star Fiends Gelan and Aslan, while a black-haired young man admired their bearing and wished to become a Six-Star Fiend.

During the Metal Lifeform journey, Luo Ao and Echidna cultivated while befriending Theodore. After a divine sense probe reached the vessel, they saw a large group of several thousand people led by a gaunt old man waiting outside.

• Theodore introduced himself to Luo Ao and Echidna, and the three chatted over four-colored balls.
• Luo Ao used his Water Sovereign Clone, Saint Domain True Body, and Fire Divine Clone to complete the fusion of three Fire Law profound mysteries.
• Echidna said she had begun comprehending a fourth Water Law profound mystery, though fusing profound mysteries remained difficult.
• Luo Ao and Echidna joined Theodore in the main hall for food and conversation.
• A divine sense probe swept over the Metal Lifeform, and Luo Ao recognized it while Theodore dismissed it as another bandit probe.
• Luo Ao, Echidna, and Theodore looked through a window and saw several thousand people led by a gaunt old man.

Aslan, Gelan, and the other Fiends fought off a massive bandit gang that attacked their Metal Lifeform. Aslan drove the leader Ravens into flight, and the surviving bandits scattered after Gelan and Osm killed several Highgod leaders.

• Feilan called for Aslan and Gelan when thousands of bandits surrounded the passengers from the Metal Lifeform.
• Ravens ordered the bandits to attack, and their combined blows shattered the Metal Lifeform as the passengers dodged clear.
• Aslan charged Ravens and struck down dozens of bandits with a powerful Earth Divine Power sword attack.
• Aslan transformed and threatened Ravens with a blow powerful enough to cross the threshold of a Seven-Star Fiend, so Ravens fled.
• Gelan killed a Highgod bandit and shredded many others with a wide-ranging sword attack, while Osm killed two more Highgod leaders with Soul Attacks.
• The remaining bandits fled, and Theodore and Luo Ao praised the strength of Aslan and Gelan.

Luo Ao reflected on a powerful opponent’s attack and used it to advance his understanding of the Profound Mystery of Explosion while traveling toward Eternal Night City. The journey remained quiet, but the chapter ended as Whitman entered Wudong Castle to speak with its mysterious lord.

• Feilan thanked Aslan and Gelan after they protected the group, and the travelers continued aboard a new Metal Lifeform.
• Luo Ao studied the hook-nosed old man’s attack and found new points of compatibility for fusing the Profound Mystery of Explosion.
• Luo Ao told Theodore that Echidna was cultivating and noted that his Destruction Divine Clone had reached the God level.
• A bandit group led by a green-headscarfed man fled into a pool after sensing the approaching Metal Lifeform, and Luo Ao watched them thoughtfully.
• At Wudong Castle, the black-gauzed woman warned Whitman how to behave before he entered the castle lord’s palace.
• The shapely woman behind purple gauze curtains asked Whitman what he wanted.

Bernice learned that a suspected Deni Family member was near the Xiluo Mountains and prepared to ambush him at the Greenfield Mountains. On the Metal Lifeform, Luo Ao completed a sword move by fusing the Profound Mysteries of Explosion and Burning, but Bernice’s forces destroyed the vessel and confronted Feilan and the green-clad girl.

• Whitman reported traces of a suspected Deni Family member to Bernice, who ordered her younger sister to cordon off the Greenfield Mountains.
• Luo Ao refined his sword technique and created a move that unleashed its power in a single instant, completing the fusion of the Profound Mysteries of Explosion and Burning.
• Luo Ao, Echidna, Theodore, Feilan, and the other Fiends traveled aboard a Metal Lifeform while Theodore speculated about Osm’s fused profound mysteries.
• After Luo Ao sensed a divine sense probe, more than a hundred people destroyed the Metal Lifeform and flew out from a castle among the trees.
• Bernice accused Feilan and the green-clad girl of belonging to the Deni Family and declared that every member of the family deserved to die.

Bernice revealed overwhelming power against Aslan and Gelan, and Gelan recognized her as the legendary Seven-Star Fiend, the Wisteria Fiend. As Gelan tried to flee, Bernice’s demonic vines destroyed his doppelgangers and closed in on his true body.

• Feilan left Aslan and Gelan to face Bernice, while Aslan sensed her danger and secretly coordinated an attack with Gelan.
• Gelan’s Windspace technique failed to trap Bernice, and her demonic vines shattered Aslan’s golden sword attack.
• Bernice struck Aslan with Ten Thousand Serpents’ Bite, overwhelming his Pulsing Defense armor.
• Gelan recognized Bernice as the Wisteria Fiend, a legendary Seven-Star Fiend, and the other Fiends panicked.
• Gelan fled using hundreds of doppelgangers, but Bernice’s vines destroyed them and pursued his true body.

Bernice killed Gelan and prepared to slaughter the remaining Fiends, but a mysterious black-haired youth intervened with a sea of fire. He revealed himself as a One-Star Fiend and began fighting Bernice, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Gelan attacked Bernice with a green storm, but her purple vines shattered his body and left his Divine Spark behind; Aslan escaped.
• Bernice ordered her purple vines to kill the Fiends gathered on the plain.
• A black-haired youth in green robes halted Bernice's attack with a sea of fire and challenged her.
• Bernice charged the youth with her purple vine-whip Divine Artifact, and he met her attack with an ice-crystal longsword.
• The youth's sword released a concentrated burst of searing energy that pierced a black hole through space as the two began their clash.

Luo Ao killed Bernice with a single sword strike, then helped the Fiends defeat the remaining attackers and continued escorting Feilan to Eternal Night City. After nearly three months, the group arrived safely, and Feilan gave Luo Ao a pair of azure feather flowing gold treasures as payment before he departed.

• Luo Ao killed Bernice with one sword strike, then used flaming sword shadows to kill the woman in black gauze.
• The Fiends defeated the remaining enemies, and Feilan’s group continued their journey with Luo Ao among them.
• Luo Ao and Echidna examined the treasures taken from Bernice’s Space Ring while traveling toward Eternal Night City.
• After nearly three months without further trouble, the group reached Eternal Night City, and Luo Ao declined to escort Feilan onward to the Kalosha Continent.
• Feilan offered Luo Ao a pair of azure feather flowing gold spheres, which Luo Ao accepted and bound with his blood.

Luo Ao received Azure Feather Flowing Gold from Feilan and arrived with Echidna in Eternal Night City. At a restaurant, Seven-Star Fiend Liermons challenged him, but Luo Ao refused and told Liermons to return after defeating the Prefect of Eternal Night Prefecture.

• Luo Ao tested the Azure Feather Flowing Gold, transforming it into several weapons as Feilan explained its durability and gave it to him.
• Luo Ao and Echidna reached Eternal Night City and went to a restaurant to eat.
• Liermons entered the restaurant, approached Luo Ao, and challenged him after hearing that Luo Ao had killed Bernice with one sword strike.
• Luo Ao declined the challenge and told Liermons to defeat the Prefect of Eternal Night Prefecture before seeking him out again.