Chapter Summaries

As the Rhine Clan prepared to leave for the Netherworld, Jason pursued insights through long travels across the sea and broke through in the Edicts of Death and the Water Element. Before departure, Delisha agreed that one of his Divine Clones could remain on the Yulan Continent and entrusted him with treasures to protect the clan.

• Jason stocked supplies for the Netherworld and explored the seabed, where his original body gained an insight and entered sudden enlightenment.
• Jason’s original body became a god in the Edicts of Death, while his Water Clone advanced in the Water Element and its fusion with the Water Body Technique.
• Jason studied the plane’s boundary, gained inspiration about destruction, and returned to the Yulan Continent.
• Jason asked Delisha to let him leave a Divine Clone behind, and she agreed.
• Delisha gave Jason divine artifacts, materials, a Lowgod Spark, a Deathgod Golem, and Floating Shadows before the clan’s departure.

Thirty-two years after Delisha led much of the Rhine Clan to the Netherworld, Jason prepared to send his Lightning and Death Clones after them while rebuilding the clan’s strength on the Yulan Continent. He left Barek in charge of Crescent Island and returned to Bloodshadow Valley with Veronica, uncertain about the continent’s powerful rulers but hopeful for the future.

• Jason introduced Linda as the Rhine Clan’s newest Deity after she refined the Death Divine Spark, and announced that she would help him guard Crescent Island while Barek managed it.
• Jason reopened the exchange of souls for Blue Jade Fruits and ordered the Rhine Empire to retaliate against hostile forces and train its younger members.
• Barek regretted that he had reached Saint level too late to ascend with the clan, and Jason told him that Delisha’s group had lost three Midgods to Highgod-led robbers in the Netherworld.
• Jason gave Barek two divine artifacts and instructed him to avoid confronting powerful enemies and seek Linda’s help if necessary.
• Jason returned to his home in Bloodshadow Valley, where Veronica welcomed him, and he drew her into his arms as they looked forward to a long life together.

After the Rhine Clan suffered years of deadly raids in the Netherworld, Jason and Edward asked Landon to help take the human members away and preserve part of the clan. Landon agreed, making Jason promise to survive and avenge the Rhine Clan if Landon died.

• Landon reached the Midgod level but regretted that he had not become strong enough to save his wife, Naerdai, who had died defending the clan.
• The Rhine Clan settled in Northbone Prefecture, where raiders repeatedly attacked them after Delisha refused two Highgods’ demand for Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiends.
• Jason told Landon that the clan was in danger and revealed his plan to take some human members away, despite the Overgod Oath he had sworn.
• Edward begged Landon to help save their descendants, explaining that Landon was the only Midgod who had not sworn loyalty to Delisha.
• Landon agreed to lead them out on the condition that Jason survive if he died and avenge the Rhine Clan after reaching the Highgod level.

Delisha and the Rhine Clan survivors turned Jason’s apparent betrayal into a counterplot that defeated the Highgod who had been attacking them. After escaping underground, the clan settled in a remote basin while Delisha’s unusual soul defense remained unexplained.

• Jason told the fleeing clan members they should join another tribe, but Delisha confronted them and questioned Landon about abandoning her.
• Jason revealed that he had secretly contacted the Highgod, who had promised the clan a place in his tribe in exchange for luring Delisha into a trap.
• The Highgod activated a formation that weakened Delisha, but she suddenly destroyed two of his Divine Clones, took his Interspatial Ring, and broke the formation.
• Delisha, Jason, Edward, and Landon led fewer than a hundred Rhine Clan survivors underground, and Delisha thanked them for helping the counterplot succeed.
• After traveling underground for a month, the Rhine Clan reached a remote basin, where Delisha chose to settle and called a meeting of the deities.

Delisha reorganized the Rhine Clan by appointing five elders and five councilors after the clan’s years of attacks. The clan celebrated with a three-day feast, while Delisha postponed distributing Highgod Artifacts to avoid attracting trouble.

• Delisha proposed creating equal-standing elders to face powerful enemies and councilors to manage clan affairs.
• The clan selected Jason, Hernan, Angela, Vargas, and Matisse as elders, and Edward, Rita, Alpa, Norwood, and Maisiji as councilors; Lucy withdrew from consideration.
• Delisha announced the appointments and declared a three-day feast for the clan.
• The Rhine Clan feasted on the Netherworld Phoenix that had attacked them, while Delisha asked Jason and Edward whether to give the new leaders Highgod Artifacts.
• Jason and Edward advised caution, and Delisha decided to discuss the artifacts after the feast.

Jason’s Death Clone became a Midgod, and he learned how the Rhine Clan had developed during his century and a half in the Netherworld. Delisha gave him blood and research notes from a powerful divine beast, asking him to find a way to pass on its bloodline.

• Jason’s Death Clone broke through to Midgod and tested his new power in the elemental ocean.
• Jason saw that the Rhine Clan had grown to more than two hundred members, with twenty Deities and Blue Jade Fruit Trees providing a valuable harvest.
• Delisha walked with Jason and learned that he had become a god through the Edicts of Fate on the Yulan Continent.
• Delisha told Jason she had studied bloodlines for two hundred years and revealed that he had previously transplanted a Venomous Dragon bloodline into his Death Clone’s arm.
• Delisha gave Jason notes and essence blood from a powerful three-eyed divine beast, asking him to find a way to pass on its bloodline in exchange for half the essence blood.

Jason’s Lightning Clone paused its push toward Midgod and visited Bili to learn about her time in the Water Elemental Divine Plane. Bili described the Highgod Sovereign’s Emissary who brought her to the Yulan Continent, while Jason left with new questions about the planes and their history.

• Jason decided to let his Death Clone consolidate its new Midgod realm while his Lightning Clone focused on fusing Profound Mysteries.
• Jason visited Bili, who had refined a Mid Godhead and was growing Blue Jade Fruit Trees with the help of a Tree of Life.
• Bili explained that a Sovereign’s Emissary had brought her from the Water Elemental Divine Plane to the Yulan Continent without paying travel expenses.
• Bili said the Emissary fled after other Highgods attacked him, leaving her behind, where her later master rescued her.
• Bili described the Water Elemental Divine Plane’s magical beasts, frequent battles, and the title Iceflower, which Jason compared to Fiend.
• Jason thanked Bili for helping the Blue Jade Fruit Trees grow and said he already had fruit-bearing trees on the Yulan Continent.

Jason visited Anya to obtain two human slaves, then spoke with Rita about the Rhine Clan’s shortages and security concerns. The clan remained isolated in a remote region, and Rita said it needed time and more members before it could expand safely.

• Jason visited Anya, who summoned seven female Midgod slaves, and he chose two human Deity-level women.
• Jason stopped by Lucy’s residence and learned that she and Gakpe were in secluded cultivation after reaching the Saint level.
• Rita told Jason that the growing clan lacked materials for Defensive Divine Artifacts and could not safely raise or admit outsiders because of infiltration risks.
• Jason and Rita discussed buying plants and materials in Falling Rain City, but the clan’s leaders could not yet travel there safely.
• Rita said the clan needed thousands of members and more self-raised Midgods to occupy a fertile region, while Jason noted how far the clan was from the nearest city.

After two hundred years of research and growth, Jason and the Rhine Clan faced the Thunderwolf Bandit Group, which demanded protection fees and threatened Delisha. Delisha revealed her strength, killed the bandit leaders and their Midgod followers, and the clan captured a few survivors for questioning.

• Jason studied magical beast bloodlines and the Lightning Element while the Rhine Clan grew to more than a thousand members.
• The Thunderwolf Bandit Group, led by Baerte and Baerda, demanded four hundred thousand Nether Stones from the Rhine Clan and threatened to take Delisha.
• Delisha, Anya, and Kasabu attacked the bandits, and Baerte discovered that Delisha was a Five-Star Fiend.
• Delisha killed Baerte, then joined Anya and Kasabu in killing Baerda and the fleeing Midgod bandits.
• Delisha, Anya, and Kasabu captured a few surviving bandits for questioning after the attack was over.

While sorting the spoils from the captured bandits, Landon studied a deeper book on the Four Edicts and broke through to Midgod. Delisha agreed to send small groups outside the basin to gain experience and resources, and Rita reported that the bandits’ former cavern might be a better place for the clan to move.

• Angela crushed Interspatial Rings that might lead powerful enemies to the Rhine Clan, while Landon examined books on the Laws and described the Four Edicts as webs of nodes and lines.
• The Laws of Heaven and Earth descended, and Landon’s Death Clone merged with a Divine Spark, advancing him to Midgod.
• Delisha said the captives had revealed no valuable information and proposed sending small groups beyond the basin; Landon, the others, and Jason agreed.
• Delisha ordered the spoils distributed and the Four Edicts books copied for the clan.
• Rita reported that the bandits had once occupied a well-hidden cavern southwest of the clan with abundant resources.

Jason and Rita led the Rhine Clan’s bandit squad through Northbone Prefecture to search for a hidden cavern, where they encountered another bandit group led by a Fiend. Jason fought the enemy leader, then intervened when the man turned toward the fighting clan members.

• Jason and Rita led the Rhine Clan squad across a remote region while searching for the cavern described by a captive.
• Ailin spotted a thirteen-member bandit group approaching, and Jason ordered his companions to prepare for battle.
• Jason recognized the opposing leader’s Fiend Medallion and engaged him while the two groups began fighting.
• Jason judged that the enemy leader was likely a Three-Star Fiend who practiced Earth techniques and wielded a Highgod Artifact.
• The enemy leader turned toward the fighters, so Jason dove down and clashed with him again to protect the clan members.

Jason and the Rhine Clan defeated a disorganized bandit gang, then continued searching the Netherworld for a cavern and useful plants. When a cavern was discovered, Jason and Rita halted the others and ordered them to check for danger before anyone entered.

• Jason warned the Rhine Clan members to take to the air when the enemy leader burrowed underground, then intercepted his attacks while the two sides exchanged ranged strikes.
• Three bandits betrayed and killed a Midgod, and Jason used the chaos to kill another enemy Midgod.
• The bandit leader and several Midgods fled, leaving the Rhine Clan to defeat the remaining bandits; Jason warned his clansmen not to grow overconfident.
• Rita chose to cross a vast hill to continue their search, while Jason's group also looked for plants and animals worth cultivating.
• A clansman found a cavern, and Jason and Rita stopped anyone from entering until they could notify the clan leader and check the surrounding area for danger.

Jason, Anya, Kasabu, Rita, and the Rhine Clan party explored a cavern and found a rich metal deposit, fish, and Iron-Armored Saw Crocodiles whose hides could be used to forge artifacts. After confirming the cavern held no hostile Deities, they decided the Rhine Clan could move there and left the unexplored passages for later.

• Anya and Kasabu joined Jason's group, and they entered the hidden cavern after Rita reported that no one had visited its entrance for thirteen days.
• Jason's group discovered a broad underground river, identified a pale blue metal deposit in its bed, and found that the metal conducted Lightning, Water, Wind, and Light Divine Power well.
• Anya caught White-Scaled Short-Tailed Fish, and she learned from their memories that Saint-level fish had fled downstream or been eaten by predators.
• The group found more than twenty Iron-Armored Saw Crocodiles, learned their Deity-level kin had gone downstream, and confirmed that bandits had previously driven them upstream.
• Rita tested a crocodile's hide and found it tougher than ordinary dragon hide, while Jason judged it suitable for the Rhine Clan's artifacts.
• After finding a small Azure Nightmare Stone deposit and reaching branching passages, Jason's group chose to return and leave further exploration until the Rhine Clan moved in.

The Rhine Clan prepared to settle in a vast underground cavern rich in pale blue metal while Jason cultivated and broke through a bottleneck. After the clan arrived, Delisha organized exploration of the cavern’s rivers and the unfamiliar Midgod traces, leaving the story poised for an investigation downstream.

• Jason and the others guarded the cavern, surveyed its enormous pale blue metal vein, and learned that Dragon-Scaled Loaches had escaped into branching waterways.
• Jason consumed ten Blue Jade Fruits, entered secluded cultivation, and broke through a bottleneck in his Lightning Element Profound Mysteries.
• Ailin told Jason that clansmen had sensed a Deity-level expert downstream and found golden metal-bearing sand, while Rita suspected the stranger was the earth-attribute Fiend bandit leader.
• Jason ordered everyone to stay alert until Delisha arrived, and the Rhine Clan reached the cavern three months later aboard three Metallic Lifeform airships.
• Delisha assigned the five councilors to develop the cavern, sent Anya and Kasabu with five elders to explore upstream, and went downstream to investigate the Midgod traces.

Jason and the Rhine Clan explored the underground river, learned about its history, and named it the Earth Rainbow River and their home the Blue Crystal Cave. The clan chose to stay cautious and postpone contact with Falling Rain City, while Jason continued cultivating and eventually broke through to Midgod in the Lightning Element.

• Jason and the elders found the Dragon-Scaled Loaches, learned that powerful Deity-level beings had killed their ancestor about twenty years earlier, and let the loaches go.
• After exploring the branches and finding little of value, the group returned to the Rhine Clan's base, where the clan had expanded its caverns and begun using local resources.
• Delisha reported that the underground river extended over thirteen thousand li to the Gray Serpent River and that a tribe lived at its confluence.
• Delisha named the river the Earth Rainbow River and the clan's opened cavern section the Blue Crystal Cave.
• Jason proposed sending people to Falling Rain City to pursue a Fiend title, but Delisha decided the clan would wait a hundred years before making contact.
• More than seventy years later, the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended around Jason, and he condensed a lightning-attribute Mid Godhead.

Jason and Veronica told their daughter Monica that the Radiant Church had destroyed the Dragonblood Warrior Clan, prompting her to vow to become a deity and seek revenge. In the Netherworld, Jason showed Delisha his newly activated Thunderwing Angel bloodline, and she prepared to merge with it herself.

• Jason and Veronica raised fifteen-year-old Monica in Cangbai City, where she studied magic and asked to become a singer.
• Veronica told Monica that the Radiant Church had hunted her family and helped destroy the Dragonblood Warrior Clan, and Monica vowed to become a deity and avenge the Baruch Clan.
• Veronica gave Monica the Dragonblood Secret Manual, and Jason gave her Unicorn Crystal Dragon blood to help activate her bloodline.
• Jason told Delisha he had developed a method to activate his Thunderwing Angel bloodline and demonstrated his transformed form.
• Delisha confirmed Jason's bloodline-fusion method and told him to stand guard while she prepared to merge with the bloodline.

Jason, Landon, and Kasabu traveled to Falling Rain City to prepare for the Rhine Clan’s trade and bought a residence after selling Blood Blades, High Godheads, and a Deathgod Golem. They settled into the house, though some clan members questioned its cost, and planned to take the test for Demon titles.

• Kasabu, Jason, and Landon entered Falling Rain City and went to North Skeleton Castle to sell goods.
• Jason sold ten Blood Blades, and Kasabu sold two High Godheads for fifteen million Nether Stones.
• The three found that the cheapest available house cost eighty million Nether Stones, so they sold one of Jason’s Deathgod Golems to raise the money.
• Jason, Landon, and Kasabu bought the house, bound it as its masters, and inspected its defenses and spacious rooms.
• Landon told Jason that some clan members were unhappy about the purchase, but Jason noted that Delisha had left the decision to them.

Jason, Landon, and Kasabu registered for the Fiend examination and searched Northbone Hall for useful materials and supplies. They left with Soul Gold Beads and poisoned arrows, planning to wait until after the examination before buying metals for the Rhine Clan.

• Jason paid the fee to register all three for the Fiend examination, and the receptionist gave them badges that would glow when the examination was due.
• The three returned to Northbone Hall, where Jason and Landon found Brownlight Adamantine on the first floor while Kasabu searched upstairs.
• On the second floor, the three found Blue Crystal Jade, a metal that could serve as either a supplementary material or a primary material for artifact blanks.
• Kasabu tested a bottle of Water of the Yellow Springs River, found it ineffective, and bought ten Soul Gold Beads instead.
• On the third floor, the three pooled their money to buy fifteen poisoned arrows for protection during the Fiend examination.
• The three returned to their house without buying metals for the Rhine Clan.

Jason, Landon, and Kasabu joined a Fiend examination team tasked with hunting bandits along Northbone Prefecture’s border. After cooperating with the other examinees to clear several camps, they helped Kasabu defeat a Highgod bandit, and Cheryl confirmed that Jason had met the examination requirements.

• A Highgod Fiend explained that examinees had ten days to kill ten Midgod bandits or one Highgod bandit, then divided them into ten teams.
• Kasabu proposed that he, Jason, and Landon each take ten kills before helping the rest of their team, and the group agreed to cooperate.
• The team defeated two bandit groups, while one female Midgod announced that she had met the requirements and stopped pursuing kills.
• At a valley, Kasabu, Jason, Landon, and Melita confronted a Highgod bandit chief while their teammates fought the rest of the gang.
• Melita was struck by a crossbow bolt and fell, but Kasabu held the chief while Landon and Jason wounded him with poison bolts, and Jason beheaded him.
• Jason’s team found Melita alive but gravely injured, and Cheryl confirmed that Jason had passed the examination before leading the remaining examinees onward.

After surviving the Fiend examination, Jason returned to Falling Rain City with Melita unconscious and shared the spoils with Landon and Kasabu. He bought poisoned weapons and lightning-affinity armor, while Melita remained unable to recover from her Soul Mutation.

• At the final bandit stronghold, the examinees fought among themselves over the remaining Midgod bandits, and five examinees died before Cheryl ended the examination with twelve passes.
• Jason and the survivors returned to Falling Rain City, where Cheryl gave Jason Melita’s registered Fiend badge and left her in his care.
• Jason tried using a Soul Gold Bead to help Melita, but an invisible force repelled its Soul Essence, so he joined Landon and Kasabu to divide the spoils.
• Landon and Kasabu reported Jason’s Thunderwing Angel transformation to Delisha, while the three counted their loot and agreed to contribute materials and Nether Stones to the Rhine Clan.
• Jason bought twenty Soul Gold Beads and dark-gold lightning-affinity leather armor for nine million Nether Stones; Landon bought a destruction-attribute greatsword, and Kasabu bought Soul Gold Beads and powerful soul poison.