Chapter Summaries

Luo Ao, Weiersi, and Echidna inspected the spatial weak point connecting the Boya Continent to Stalag Planar Prison and found the magic formation that had been damaged when Weiersi escaped. Unable to repair it themselves, they decided to seek help from the planar overseer, Betty.

• Weiersi warned Luo Ao and Echidna that the Demon Dragon, Zennard, ruled Stalag Planar Prison, but said the spatial weak point was difficult to find and force open.
• The three discussed the risk of more experts escaping, and Weiersi estimated that opening a temporary passage required at least peak Lowgod strength.
• Weiersi led Luo Ao and Echidna into a dark cavern beneath Gloomy Gorge and showed them the exposed azure magic formation.
• Luo Ao saw that the formation’s intricate lines were badly cracked and concluded that they could not repair it themselves.
• Echidna suggested asking planar overseer Betty for help, and Luo Ao agreed to seek her out.

Luo Ao and Echidna sought the Planar Overseer Betty’s help with the damaged sealing magic array, but she could only report the problem to higher authorities. Unwilling to abandon the Boya Plane, Luo Ao returned to the cavern beneath Gloomy Gorge and focused on the area above the azure platform, leaving Echidna shocked by what he did next.

• Luo Ao, Weiersi, and Echidna traveled from Gloomy Gorge to find Betty at her home on Mount Tesla.
• Betty recognized Luo Ao, praised his strength, and listened as Echidna explained the sealing magic array problem.
• Betty said she could only report the matter and could not promise when anyone would come to repair the array.
• Betty urged Luo Ao and Echidna to leave the Boya Plane for the Divine Planes, but Luo Ao chose to handle the crisis himself.
• Weiersi decided to stay in the Nightmare Forest after hearing that surviving elves lived there, while Luo Ao returned to the cavern beneath Gloomy Gorge.
• Luo Ao focused on the area above the azure platform, and Echidna cried out in shock at his actions.

Luo Ao sent his Water Element Divine Clone into the Stalag Planar Prison to guard the breach and investigate the area. After meeting a dark elf fleeing pursuers, he lied to the pursuing men about her direction, and their yellow-haired leader attacked him.

• Luo Ao cut open space with the Crimson Annihilation Divine Sword and sent his Water Element Divine Clone through the breach into the Planar Prison.
• Luo Ao emerged in the barren Stalag Planar Prison, found what seemed to be Weiersi's cave, and set out to learn about the area.
• Luo Ao caught up with a dark elf woman, who warned him that someone was chasing her and urged him to leave.
• Luo Ao ignored her warning and pointed her pursuers in the wrong direction when they asked where she had gone.
• The yellow-haired leader realized Luo Ao was lying and charged at him with a thunderous punch.

Luo Ao killed Montreal and the other Saint-level fighters serving Asol, then waited in Weiersi’s dwelling until Asol tracked him down. Their battle escalated as both unleashed powerful fire attacks, and an azure streak emerged from a spatial fissure after their strongest moves collided.

• Luo Ao killed Montreal with a fiery sword strike and then wiped out the other Saint-level fighters who warned him about Asol.
• Luo Ao learned that Asol was a God certified as an elite expert by Cold Moon City, then settled in Weiersi’s dwelling.
• Asol found Luo Ao and attacked him with flaming serpents and a Soul Attack, but Luo Ao resisted both.
• Asol used Lava's Wrath, and Luo Ao endured the flames while sensing the properties of Asol’s profound mysteries of fire.
• Asol unleashed Flames Burn All, and Luo Ao answered with A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze, causing their attacks to clash and tear open spatial fissures.
• Both fighters flew back from the collision, and an azure streak darted out of one of the fissures.

Asol bound an azure longsword that was a Sovereign Artifact and used its power to overwhelm Luo Ao in the Planar Prison. Just as Asol prepared to finish him, Luo Ao broke through the final mystery of the Water Body Technique, changing the balance of the fight.

• An azure longsword and a blue-green crystal flew out of spatial turbulence, and Asol caught the sword while Luo Ao secured the crystal.
• Asol bound the azure longsword with his blood, unaware that it was a Sovereign Artifact, and challenged Luo Ao with it.
• Asol's empowered slash shattered Luo Ao's Black Longsword and wounded his shoulder, forcing Luo Ao to draw another weapon.
• Outside the Planar Prison, Luo Ao's Fire Divine Clone recovered from the crisis and returned his attention to mastering the Water Body Technique.
• Asol prepared to kill Luo Ao, but a breakthrough in the Water Body Technique brought down the pressure of the natural laws and stunned Asol.

After breaking through to Water Element Lowgod, Luo Ao decided to leave the Boya Continent for the Hell Plane to advance his Water Law. He brought Echidna home and received his parents’ blessing before setting out for a higher sky.

• Asol escaped while Luo Ao completed his Water Element breakthrough and manifested his Lowgod Divine Spark.
• Luo Ao judged that his increased strength still did not give him an advantage over Asol and resolved to pursue the Water Law in the Infernal Realm.
• Luo Ao told Echidna he planned to go to the Hell Plane, and she asked to accompany him; he agreed.
• Luo Ao and Echidna returned to Helen City, where Bourne encouraged Luo Ao to follow his path and promised that he and Mansha would wait for him.

Luo Ao and Echidna left the Boya Material Plane for the Infernal Realm after saying goodbye to their family and friends. In the Shadow Courtyard, Xide learned of their departure and reflected on Aogemate’s destruction of the sealing array.

• Luo Ao’s sister Nicole gave him a powerful ice-crystal longsword from Shadow, who had also caught the hidden Aogemate.
• Luo Ao and Echidna declined Betty’s offer to travel to the Radiant Divine Realm and used her teleportation array to reach the Infernal Realm.
• Alpha told Xide that Luo Ao had arrived in the Infernal Realm, and Xide said he hoped they would meet again.
• Xide explained that Aogemate had destroyed the sealing array, admitted he had been careless, and dismissed Alpha after she apologized.

Luo Ao and Echidna arrived in the Infernal Realm and joined over a hundred beings from Material Planes at Sky-Piercing Peak. Captain Gumonli Leiya of the Muja Army took charge of transporting the arrivals and instructed them to follow her orders.

• Luo Ao and Echidna appeared in a teleportation formation at Sky-Piercing Peak and sensed the Infernal Realm’s dense elements and powerful restrictions.
• A red-haired guard ordered Luo Ao and Echidna to join the arrivals waiting in the clearing.
• More beings from Material Planes arrived, and a green-haired woman told them they would be sent away after daybreak.
• Gumonli Leiya introduced herself as a captain in the Muja Army and took charge of transporting the arrivals.
• Gumonli Leiya told the group to obey her instructions as they learned what they needed to do next.

Gumonli Leiya sent Luo Ao, Echidna, and more than a hundred newcomers from the Material Planes aboard a Metal Lifeform toward Redbud Prefecture. During the journey, Zamir introduced the Infernal Realm and its rulers, leaving the newcomers awed by its vastness and power.

• A burly man transformed into a black mystic turtle, and Gumonli Leiya ordered the Material Plane newcomers aboard.
• Luo Ao, Echidna, and the others explored the Metal Lifeform as it departed from Sky-Piercing Peak and flew across the ocean.
• Gumonli Leiya chose Redbud Prefecture as their destination, and Zamir began explaining the Infernal Realm to the passengers.
• Zamir explained that the Infernal Realm had five continents and two oceans ruled by the Seven Sovereigns of Hell, and that the Muja Continent belonged to Sovereign Muja.
• Zamir described Redbud Prefecture as spanning over two billion li, leaving the newcomers stunned by the scale of the Infernal Realm.

Luo Ao and Echidna arrived in Redbud Prefecture after a ten-year journey aboard a Metal Lifeform and received Inkstones as currency for the Infernal Realm. They joined the Sinking Fire Tribe for protection and were shown a vacant place to build a home, while the Saint-level travelers were left to fend for themselves.

• Luo Ao cultivated the Mist Illusion Profound Mystery during the journey, and the Muja Army's Metal Lifeform crossed the Infernal Realm without being challenged.
• Zamir gave Inkstones to Luo Ao and the other twelve travelers who had reached Deity Level, then the Metal Lifeform dropped its passengers into Redbud Prefecture.
• Luo Ao and Echidna landed in the Sinking Fire Mountain Range, where Hansating invited them to join the Sinking Fire Tribe for one Inkstone each.
• The Saint-level travelers were refused entry to the tribe and stayed together nearby, while Hansating led Luo Ao and Echidna away.
• Hansating showed Luo Ao and Echidna a vacant building site and explained that the tribe's sinking fire stone was common construction material, while its valuable essence came from the mountain.

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.