Chapter Summaries

The Rhine Clan’s necromancer army drove the Golden Royal Court’s beastmen to a desperate battle, and Jason joined the Saint-level clash to neutralize the priest Tohuti. Jason’s collision knocked Tohuti out of the fight, though the impact badly injured Jason.

• Edward said the Golden Royal Court had sent seven waves of suicide troops against the necromancers, while the Rhine Clan’s elite forces guarded them.
• The Golden Royal Court’s Saint-level experts finally appeared, and Jason learned that nineteen opponents faced the Rhine side’s thirteen Saint-level experts.
• Edward, Lucy, and other Rhine necromancers summoned thirty-one Saint-level undead, bringing their combined force to forty-four.
• Edward asked Jason to hold off Tohuti, a defensive priest whose Life Magic and divine-artifact cloak made him a dangerous support for the beastmen.
• Jason charged through the Saint-level battle and slammed into Tohuti’s Earth Guardian Saint Armor, knocking him out of the fight while the impact injured Jason and disrupted his battle-qi.

Jason kept Tohuti away from the main battle until the Rhine Clan’s ancestor stopped the Golden Royal Court’s Deathgod Golem and the enemy forces began to collapse. After Edward took over the fight against Tohuti, Jason pursued fleeing opponents, and the ancestor learned that he was a young Saint-level lightning specialist.

• Jason repeatedly rammed Tohuti away from the fighting, then summoned an ice dragon to battle Tohuti’s Earth Guardian golem.
• A Deathgod Golem entered the battle, but the Rhine Clan’s ancestor struck it down with lightning and identified it as a weakened Blood-colored Golem.
• The Rhine Clan’s Saint-level fighters defeated most of the Golden Royal Court’s forces, while the ancestor directed groups to pursue the survivors.
• Edward arrived with nine undead, took over the fight against Tohuti, and sent Jason northeast after the fleeing enemies.
• The Rhine Clan’s ancestor and four Saint-level experts used coordinated soul attacks to kill the golem’s controller, then she learned that Jason Rhine was a young lightning specialist.

Jason fought a Golden Royal Court Saint who used the Earth Travel Technique and pursued him toward the East Sea. After killing him with a lightning scroll and the Power of Death, Jason discovered that his Edicts of Death had advanced and recovered a divine artifact shield.

• The orc Saint attacked Jason, then fled toward the East Sea when Jason wounded him with the Power of Death.
• Jason used a light elemental angel scroll to force the orc out of the earth and fought him in a battle of attrition.
• Jason restored his Battle-qi with a Holy Light Illumination scroll and pursued the retreating orc toward the sea.
• When the orc entered the water, Jason struck him with a Thunder Punishment scroll and killed him with a slash empowered by the Power of Death.
• Jason realized his Edicts of Death had made a breakthrough, looted the orc's belongings, and identified his shield as an earth-attribute divine artifact.

After the Rhine forces defeated the Golden Royal Court, Jason used a Blue Jade Fruit to secure a breakthrough in the Edicts of Death and found the Life Magic inheritance he had sought. With the enemy’s Saint-level experts dead and the Golden Royal Court taken, Jason and the others returned to Rhine City while the empire prepared to campaign against the prairie tribes from its borders.

• Jason received a Blue Jade Fruit from Edward and spent ten days cultivating, gaining the Withering ability in the Edicts of Death.
• Jason and Veronica watched the remaining orc and barbarian tribes fight to defend the Golden Royal Court as Barek’s forces wore them down.
• The Rhine army took the Golden Royal Court after another ten days, and Emperor Maisiji ordered reinforcements to help wipe out the orc and barbarian tribes.
• Jason found and copied the Life Magic inheritance, including its methods for forming contracts with plants.
• Barek told Jason to return to the imperial capital while the Rhine army rested and prepared to withdraw from the prairie.
• Jason and the others returned to Rhine City as the empire planned to expand into the prairie from its borders.

Jason exchanged his full soul crystal ball for a Blue Jade Fruit and obtained a Blue Jade Fruit Tree sapling to cultivate through Life Magic. After bonding with the sapling, he found that his own power could not meaningfully speed its growth, and he and his companions settled in Bloodshadow Valley to cultivate.

• Jason asked Bili to exchange his full soul crystal ball for a Blue Jade Fruit Tree seed, and she let him take a sapling after inspecting his Life Magic inheritance.
• Bili's Deity-level master told her that Jason was worth nurturing and instructed her to guide him when she could.
• Jason requested a house in Bloodshadow Valley, while Ivan chose a nearby mountain as his territory.
• Jason used a magic array to form a contract with the sapling and discovered that its life energy and Water Element mana were already at Saint-level.
• Jason realized he could not provide enough power to hasten the sapling's growth, then began cultivating Life Magic and Necromancy while his companions settled into seclusion.

Jason strengthened his undead legion in the Netherworld before returning to the Yulan Continent, where he learned that Lucy had reached the Saint-level and planned to become empress. The chapter ended with Jason agreeing to attend her coronation with Veronica.

• Jason and Lumba subdued a force of Dark Knights and recruited their Saint-level leader to help command the undead army.
• Jason tracked down and subdued a Saint-level skeleton archer, gaining a lightning-attribute Divine Artifact war bow that could only be used in the Netherworld.
• Jason told Lumba and the core undead to develop the legion themselves, then returned to the Yulan Continent.
• Lucy told Jason and Veronica that she had reached the Saint-level as a warrior, comprehended the Profound Mysteries of Shadow, and regretted her past conflict with Barek.
• Lucy said she planned to succeed Imperial Father as ruler of Rhine City so he could attempt to reach the Saint-level, and Jason agreed to attend her coronation with Veronica.

Jason spent years cultivating peacefully in Bloodshadow Valley while the people around him advanced in their cultivation and settled into a comfortable routine. The chapter left Jason continuing to pursue the Water and Death paths, with the Blue Jade Fruit Tree aiding his cultivation and his friends gathered around Linda’s cooking.

• Jason gave Maisiji an Interspatial Ring and learned that the Blue Jade Fruit Tree gradually improved his clarity and spiritual growth after they formed a contract.
• Five years after Jason returned to Bloodshadow Valley, Ivan reached the Saint level, and Jason explained Ivan’s Dazzling Light Profound Mystery.
• Jason progressed rapidly in the Elemental Essence of Lightning and Edicts of Death while pursuing a fusion of Water Profound Mysteries.
• Veronica advanced in the Edicts of Destruction, Clear Spring found signs of fusion between her Evil and Curse Profound Mysteries, and Linda made little progress in cultivation.
• Veronica, Clear Spring, Ivan, and Jason praised Linda’s cooking, and Linda promised that they could rely on her.

Lucy warned that the Rhine Empire faced war and rising hostility, prompting its rulers to consider how to protect the clan’s future. Delisha announced that she would lead the clan to the Netherworld in a hundred years and insisted Jason come, leaving him worried about the dangers awaiting them.

• Lucy told the Rhine Empire’s former emperors and Saint-level experts that the Yulan and O'Brien Empires had declared war while nomads pressed south and the Luo'ao Empire stayed neutral.
• Jason volunteered to remain on the Yulan Continent to defend the empire, but Delisha arrived and ordered him to join the clan’s migration.
• Delisha revealed that she was a Highgod and said she would lead the Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiends and some Rhine Clan members to the Netherworld in a hundred years.
• Jason warned Veronica that the Netherworld held vast numbers of powerful Deity-level experts and that their group could attract dangerous attention.
• Jason began considering whether the clan should choose a safer destination, such as the Divine Life Realm.

Jason and his companions arrived at Crescent Island, where Saint-level experts trained and sought breakthroughs, and settled into a new home. Jason continued preparing for his own breakthrough to the Deity level as the group began adapting to life on the island.

• Jason and his companions flew to Crescent Island, where Saint-level magical beasts inhabited the surrounding waters.
• They met Janet, the Blood Dragon who managed the island, and Jason chose a shared residential area for his group.
• Jason planted a sapling and summoned undead to build houses while Veronica, Ivan, Linda, and Clear Spring pursued their own activities.
• Jason expanded his Interspatial Ring to a thousand cubic meters while the houses were being built.
• Linda called everyone to try her coconut-stewed squab.

Jason learned why Dante resented Ailin’s Equal Contract with Adelong, the Extreme Ice Sword Saint, and joined Edward and Dante to hunt a Unicorn Crystal Dragon with him. The group reached Ailin and Adelong, and Jason judged the famed Saint to be rather showy.

• Jason learned that Dante had formed an Equal Contract with Edward and that Ailin had recently formed one with Adelong, a human Saint Warrior over five thousand years old.
• Dante angrily objected to Ailin’s contract with Adelong, while Jason and Edward tried to reassure him.
• Edward explained that Adelong had invited them to hunt a Unicorn Crystal Dragon, hoping the outing would ease tensions with Dante.
• Edward warned Jason that the dragon was a powerful Saint-level beast, with both Water and Darkness Elements at the Saint-level Limit.
• Jason, Edward, Dante, and Veronica reached Ailin and Adelong, and Jason saw the cold, white-clad Extreme Ice Sword Saint.

Jason and three allies sparred with the Unicorn Crystal Dragon, Kulai Xi Caldwell, to test their strength and seek breakthroughs. After a series of punishing clashes, Jason’s speed and Death attack let him wound the dragon, who conceded defeat and agreed to fight them again.

• Adelong described the Unicorn Crystal Dragon’s mastery of Darkness and Ice, and Jason recognized that he had begun learning the Profound Mysteries of Ice.
• Jason fought Kulai Xi one-on-one for nearly an hour, breaking his old saber before borrowing a new one from Edward, and stopped when his Battle-qi ran low.
• Edward, Dante, and Adelong joined the fight, while Arnold struck Kulai Xi’s foreleg and was countered by Spears of Dark Curse.
• Jason returned to the battle and used his speed and Death attack to wound Kulai Xi, while the dragon’s icy aura slowed Edward and Dante and his breath nearly shattered Jason’s frost shield.
• Edward, Dante, and Arnold charged Kulai Xi head-on and halted his momentum, then Jason struck the dragon’s neck with a final lightning-fast attack.
• Kulai Xi admitted defeat, and Jason said their four-on-one victory brought no honor as Edward and the others asked to fight again.

After a battle with the Unicorn Crystal Dragon, Jason gained an insight from its blood and spent twenty-one years cultivating before becoming a Lowgod through the fusion of three water-attribute Profound Mysteries. Delisha explained the basics of godhood, gave him Midgod Artifacts, and invited him to Bloodshadow Valley in three days.

• Jason noticed an insight while examining the Unicorn Crystal Dragon's blood and began cultivating, remaining in seclusion for twenty-one years.
• At age 89, Jason broke through the ice wall and became a Lowgod, forming a water-attribute Divine Spark and choosing External Godhood.
• Jason created a Divine Body and learned from Delisha about the Elemental Sea, Divine Clones, and Divine Artifacts.
• Delisha gave Jason a dark-blue blade and scale armor made from Blood Blades, then invited him to Bloodshadow Valley in three days.
• Jason told Delisha that the Profound Mystery of Roundness, Water Body Technique, and Profound Mysteries of Ice had begun to fuse, allowing him to become a god.

After cultivating for twenty-one years, Jason became a Lowgod through the Water Element and tested his new Divine Clone, divine power, and artifacts. He planned to meet Lady Delisha in three days and considered changing the family’s destination from the Netherworld to the Infernal Realm.

• Jason returned to Crescent Island as a Deity-level expert, and Veronica told him he had cultivated for twenty-one years.
• Jason explained his new Divine Clone and divine power to Veronica, Clear Spring, Linda, and Ivan, then bound the Ice Rain saber and Black Water armor to himself.
• Jason told Veronica he would meet Lady Delisha at Bloodshadow Valley and wondered how to handle the surviving Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiends and whether to go to the Netherworld.
• Jason tested his powers over the sea, finding that his Water Clone could use other Laws only when merged with his original body and could comprehend Water Law more quickly.
• After a day of testing his strength, Jason planned to spend the next day with Veronica.

Jason met Delisha and the Rhine Clan’s other leaders, learned how the clan had been enslaved and nearly destroyed in the battle five thousand years ago, and questioned Delisha’s plan to move the clan to the Netherworld. The chapter ended with Delisha ordering Jason to swear an Overgod Oath of eternal loyalty to her and the Rhine Clan.

• Jason arrived at Bloodshadow Valley and met Delisha, Landon, Aaron, Angela, Rita, and Bili, learning their roles and origins.
• Landon and Delisha told Jason that more than twenty Highgods had fought Beirut for a Sovereign Artifact, while one of them had enslaved the Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiends through Soul Seed control.
• Delisha recounted the clan’s history, including its near destruction five thousand years ago and how the surviving leaders had concealed the truth from their descendants.
• Jason questioned Delisha’s plan to take the clan to the Netherworld, warning that bringing everyone together could draw hostile attention.
• Delisha decided to distribute her ten Lowgod Sparks through Landon, then ordered Jason to swear eternal loyalty to her and the Rhine Clan with an Overgod Oath.

Jason learned about Delisha’s history and strength from Landon while discussing the Rhine Clan’s future and the value of Divine Sparks. Landon accepted Jason’s advice and selected poorly gifted Saints related to the clan by marriage to receive the ten Lowgod Sparks.

• Jason spoke with Landon in the imperial palace, and Landon explained that the Rhine Clan descended from Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiends named Rhein.
• Landon recounted how Delisha fought Clan Leader Rhein to a draw, lost her Death Clone in the great war, and later became a Lightning Element deity before refining a High Godhead and her death Divine Spark.
• Jason learned that Lord Beirut mainly forbade the Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiends from killing Yulan Continent inhabitants, and asked Landon who should receive the clan’s ten Lowgod Sparks.
• Jason advised Landon to choose Saints related to the clan by marriage who had little hope of becoming deities on their own.
• Landon accepted Jason’s suggestion and selected several Saints with poor aptitude to refine the Lowgod Sparks.

Jason went to Fenlai City to obtain the Radiant Church’s Fate Law cultivation method without disturbing Linley’s future. Pope Allison gave him the method in exchange for a Blue Jade Fruit, leaving Jason ready to study Fate Law.

• Jason came to Fenlai City seeking Fate Law and questioned Cardinal Stampfli, who falsely claimed he could not reveal the church’s teachings.
• Jason erased Stampfli’s memories, then examined the Radiant Church’s fanatics and discovered their Battle-qi reacted to his divine sense.
• Jason entered Pope Allison’s office and learned that Allison had detected his recent ascension to godhood.
• Jason asked whether the God of Light taught the church to comprehend the laws, and Allison questioned whether believers would remain faithful if church members became gods.
• Allison gave Jason a book explaining Fate Law, and Jason offered him a Blue Jade Fruit in return.

Jason visited the High Priest at the Temple of Life to trade for a Tree of Life sapling, and their hostile meeting turned into a contest of Laws and elements. They agreed to exchange the sapling for a Blue Jade Fruit, leaving Jason wondering whether the tree could provide enough life force to ripen it.

• Jason followed a misleading prophecy to the Temple of Life and asked the High Priest for a branch from the Tree of Life.
• The High Priest criticized Jason over the destruction of the Golden Royal Court and objected to giving a Demon descendant an elven treasure.
• Jason and the High Priest clashed with Laws and elements, each resisting the other's attacks without using divine power.
• Jason offered a divine artifact for a Tree of Life sapling, but the High Priest countered with a Blue Jade Fruit.
• The High Priest accepted the trade, and Jason received a forearm-sized Tree of Life sapling.

After gaining insight into the Lightning Element and forming a Lightning Clone, Jason visited the War God on War God Mountain and sparred with him. Jason ended the fight battered but alive, while O'Brien concluded that Jason had been stronger than he was and that the Divine Spark’s original owner had made the difference.

• Jason secluded himself for five years, reached Deity-level in the Lightning Element, and formed a Lightning Clone as the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended.
• Delisha invited Jason to Bloodshadow Valley, but he chose to visit the War God on War God Mountain first.
• Jason and O'Brien discussed the Rhine Clan’s possible departure from the Yulan Continent, then agreed to spar using only the Laws and physical strength.
• O'Brien’s Fire Element attacks and spatial lock overwhelmed Jason’s defenses, but Jason injured O'Brien’s soul with the Edicts of Death and survived the final blow with his Water Body Technique.
• Jason admitted defeat, but O'Brien said he was no match for Jason and credited his own strength to the original owner of his Divine Spark.

Jason returned to Bloodshadow Valley, discussed his plans and cultivation with Veronica, and visited Delisha to ask how Divine Sparks worked. Delisha explained the limits of refining Divine Sparks, then announced that Landon and Bili had arrived with ten people.

• Jason reunited with Veronica in Bloodshadow Valley and told her he would leave a clone on the Yulan Continent while his other bodies pursued cultivation and insight.
• Jason sent his Lightning Clone into seclusion, kept his original body with Veronica, and had his Water Clone travel after visiting Bloodshadow Valley's forbidden area.
• Delisha offered Jason a High Godhead and a Mid Godhead, but he changed the subject and asked whether refining a Divine Spark could raise his level.
• Delisha explained that an existing Divine Clone prevented Jason from refining a matching Divine Spark, and that foreign Divine Sparks could not let him bypass the Laws of Heaven and Earth to reach Midgod.
• Landon and Bili arrived at the forbidden area with ten humans riding on Bili's back.

The Rhine Clan’s core members prepared for their eventual journey to the Netherworld by assigning duties, planning routes, and agreeing to pose as a branch of a powerful clan. Delisha distributed divine artifacts, leaving Jason equipped for the dangerous journey ahead.

• Delisha assigned Landon to lead ten Saint-level experts, Aaron, Angela, and Rita to train the clan’s descendants, Jason to manage resources, and Bili to care for the Blue Jade Fruit Tree.
• Landon urged the clan to plan a route from the Netherworld’s teleportation points, and the group considered safer western routes, including one through Northbone Prefecture.
• Jason proposed that the Rhine Clan claim ties to a powerful Netherworld clan, and Delisha chose Red Sand City in Canglan Prefecture as their fictitious home.
• Angela advised keeping the deception secret from the Saint-level members, and the core members agreed to pose as a branch of the Rhine Clan’s main clan.
• Delisha gave Highgod Artifacts to the core members and Midgod Artifacts to the ten Saint-level experts; Jason received the lightning-element blade Waking of Insects and Thunder Dragon Leather Armor.