Arc 3The Challenge of Gunther

Rog gained new insight into lightning, killed several powerful enemies, and gathered allies while traveling through the planes. After claiming a Sovereign Artifact and freeing three prisoners, he accepted Gunther’s challenge, drawing experts from across the planes to Tianhua Prefecture.

  • Rog used the Heart of Light Awakening to become a three-element soul mutant, then killed William and gained the attention of powerful commanders.
  • Rog faced Daphne in a sparring match and admitted defeat, while Claire drew inspiration from the duel and reached Asura level.
  • Rog killed Makenrich, Gustav, and Mosi’s bodies, then studied Makenrich’s Death Rule diagrams as the final battle in the Aoqi Plane began.
  • Rog watched Langsiluo’s lightning techniques and gained insight into Electromagnetic Space as the Wind faction won the expedition.
  • Rog traveled with Haidisi to the Divine Lightning Plane, killed the Thunderhorn Behemoth Addison, and forged three lightning-absorbing spears from its horns.
  • Rog trained in the Thunder Abyss, then rescued Bodun from Charles and killed the Seven-Star Fiends who refused to leave them alone.
  • Rog entered Paerlun Planar Prison, claimed Aide’s Golden Spirit Battle Armor, and agreed to take Cloy and Baturu with him.
  • Rog accepted Gunther’s challenge at Sarnoki Mountain Range as Aiken, Haidisi, and experts from across the planes prepared for the coming battle.
Chapters 52–76 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 52Heart of Light Awakening

Gray and Domir sought Prefect Rog’s help against the Four Divine Beasts Clan and offered him the Heart of Light Awakening. Rog used its final charge and discovered it had transformed him into a three-element soul mutant, so he began absorbing Light elemental energy cautiously to control the change.

  • Valk stopped Gray, Domir, and their companion at the prefect’s residence, but let Dimont identify them as old acquaintances from the Deen Tribe.
  • Dimont brought the three to Rog, who agreed to intervene against the Four Divine Beasts Clan after hearing what had happened to Gray.
  • Domir gave Rog the Heart of Light Awakening, explaining that it could awaken Light aptitude and had one use remaining.
  • Rog used the treasure and sensed a change in his soul that allowed him to absorb Light elemental energy and understand how souls were restricted.
  • Rog realized he had become a three-element soul mutant and chose to transform his soul gradually before pursuing the Laws of Light further.

Ch. 53Three-Element Soul Mutation Complete!

Rog completed his three-element soul mutation after becoming a god in the light element, gaining the power to extract and control Sovereign's Might. In the Aoqi Plane, he encountered Ernest pursuing William and struck at William with his ultimate move after Ernest offered a reward.

  • Rog formed a Light Divine Clone and fused its power with his Death Divine Power, completing his three-element soul mutation.
  • Rog extracted Destruction Sovereign Power from an Inkstone, then ordered Elmira to have the Prefecture Army sweep Tianhua Prefecture for bandits so he could obtain more Inkstones.
  • After several hundred years of slaughter in the Aoqi Plane, two members of the Aiken Clan had died, while Colin and Gu Rory had drawn Rog's attention with their strength.
  • Rog's group came upon Ernest chasing William, and both Ernest and William asked Rog for help, with Ernest offering a thousand drops of Sovereign's Might.
  • Rog unleashed his ultimate move, summoned vast thunderclouds, located William's true body despite his Thousand Shadow Illusions, and sent black lightning toward him with Azure-lightning.

Ch. 54William's Death

Rog killed William with a lightning attack after William repeatedly used his clones to evade him. After the battle, Ernest rewarded Rog with Sovereign's Might and offered him a Sovereign's emissary position, but Rog declined.

  • Rog pursued William beneath the thunderclouds, forcing him to flee and repeatedly swap places with his clones to avoid the lightning.
  • Rog unleashed Azure Thunder, and its lightning dragon attacked William again after he switched places, killing him and leaving behind a black Godspark.
  • The commanders who witnessed the fight feared Rog's strength and resolved to warn Langsiluo about him.
  • Ernest thanked Rog for helping him kill William and gave him a crystalline flask containing Sovereign's Might.
  • Ernest offered Rog a vacant Sovereign's emissary position, but Rog declined because he wanted to remain free.

Ch. 55Silver-Eyed Witch Clan

Rog’s group encountered Commander Daphne and Claire of the Silver-Eyed Witch Clan, and Gu Rory fought Claire to a stalemate. After Claire lost her temper and briefly revealed her monstrous transformation, Daphne apologized and challenged Rog to spar.

  • A thousand years passed, leaving Haidisi and Difan as the only surviving members of the Aiken Clan, while Difan reached the Asura level by fusing seven Wind Law profound mysteries.
  • Gu Rory volunteered to face Claire, a Silver-Eyed Witch Clan member who wielded a greatsword and cultivated the Path of Destruction.
  • Claire attacked relentlessly, but Gu Rory defended himself with his Water Law technique, Flowing Dance, and held his ground.
  • Rog observed Daphne’s golden eyes and learned that the Silver-Eyed Witch Clan’s abilities included powerful perception and a monstrous form triggered by extreme anger.
  • Claire’s face briefly took on demonic markings before Daphne rebuked her; Claire apologized and withdrew.
  • Daphne apologized for Claire and challenged Rog to spar, and Rog accepted while preparing to rely on his mastery of the Laws of Lightning and Azure Lightning.

Ch. 56The Witch Daphne

Rog fought Daphne and discovered that her armor nullified his Azure Lightning while her swordsmanship and spatial attacks far outmatched him. After the duel ended, Claire broke through to Asura level by cutting open space.

  • Rog unleashed Azure Lightning at Daphne, but her Material Defense Sovereign Artifact absorbed the attack without harming her.
  • Daphne used Flower of Condemnation to surround Rog with spatial cracks, and Rog realized he could not match her strength or swordsmanship.
  • Daphne called the fight a draw, but Rog acknowledged his defeat.
  • Claire, inspired by the duel, struck through space with her greatsword and reached Asura level.

Ch. 57Makenrich's Revenge

After Claire broke through, Rog continued sparring with commanders while Makenrich plotted revenge for the destruction of his Death Divine Clone. Makenrich traveled to the Infernal Realm, intending to enlist a powerful figure and target Rog at Starfall Peak.

  • Claire thanked Rog for the inspiration that helped her break through, and Daphne invited him to visit the Abyss Plane.
  • Rog reflected on his shortcomings and continued meeting and sparring with commanders in the Aoqi Plane.
  • Makenrich lamented that Rog had destroyed his strongest Death Divine Clone and considered rebuilding his strength by refining three Death Rule Godsparks.
  • Makenrich suspected Rog had an ownerless Sovereign Artifact protecting him from the Soul Attack, but knew the accusation would be hard to prove.
  • Makenrich took his mysterious grimoire and traveled through a teleportation array to the Infernal Realm, where he learned Rog was at Starfall Peak.
  • Makenrich sped away from the teleportation array, and the Sovereign's army soldiers guessed he was a Seven-Star Fiend.

Ch. 58Visitors to Miluo Island

Makenrich visited Miluo Island to bargain with Mosi, offering a page from the Demonic Tome in exchange for help killing Rog. Mosi agreed to the plan, which would lure Rog out by revealing Makenrich’s identity.

  • Makenrich subdued the Bagshaw Clan’s guards and asked Baokewei to arrange a meeting with Castle Lord Mosi.
  • Baokewei sent Youlai to escort Makenrich to Hendsey Castle, and the onlookers were disappointed when no battle broke out.
  • Mosi recognized that Makenrich had come in his original body after using Refine Divine Spark to become a god again.
  • Makenrich showed Mosi a Demonic Tome design and claimed the complete tome could help someone become a Paragon.
  • Mosi agreed to help Makenrich lure Rog out and kill him, with the option of recruiting another helper.

Ch. 59Dead Before the Battle Began

Rog traveled to Dawen Island after learning Makenrich’s location and discovered that Makenrich had arranged an ambush with Mosi and Gustav. Rog struck first with his strengthened Soul Attack, killing Gustav and destroying one of Mosi’s bodies before Makenrich could act.

  • Elmira told Rog that Makenrich had been found on an island in the Puze Sea Region, and Rog set out with his Death Divine Clone.
  • Mosi, Gustav, and Makenrich positioned themselves around Dawen Island to ambush Rog.
  • Rog used his divine sense to locate all three and launched Soul Attacks at Mosi and Gustav before they detected him.
  • Gustav’s soul collapsed, while Mosi lost his Divine Beast Saint Domain True Body and Destruction Divine Clone.
  • Rog recognized Mosi and Gustav after their true bodies reverted to their original forms, while Mosi flew into a rage at Hendsey Castle.

Ch. 60Hunter and Prey

Rog killed Makenrich and collected the bodies and treasures of the three prefecture-lord experts he had ambushed. Back in Tianhua Prefecture, he studied Makenrich’s diagrams and began improving his understanding of the Death Rule.

  • Rog killed Makenrich with a soul attack and claimed his interspatial ring.
  • Rog found Gustav’s hidden body and recognized his true form as a Storm Elemental Spirit, then collected his remains and possessions.
  • Rog collected Mosi’s Blood-Veined Titan body and treasures, along with Makenrich’s belongings, and left the area.
  • Rog decided not to pursue Mosi’s remaining Death Divine Clone, who had fled after Rog killed his other bodies.
  • Rog returned to Tianhua Prefecture and found diagrams among Makenrich’s belongings that contained Death Rule techniques.
  • Rog studied the diagrams and gained new insights into the Death Rule.

Ch. 61The final battle begins

Hayden celebrated Makenrich’s death and kept the Death God's Demonic Codex, while Rog examined the spoils and discovered a pearl that nourished his soul. When the final battle began on the Aoqi Plane, Rog stayed back as Colin and Gu Rory joined the deadly melee.

  • Hayden realized Makenrich had died, freed him from his control, and decided to keep the Death God's Demonic Codex for himself.
  • Rog found that Mosi's armor was a Sovereign Artifact he could not use, and took a fine weapon and rare material from Gustav.
  • Rog discovered that Gustav's spherical pearl restored and nourished the soul, named it the Soul-Nourishing Pearl, and continued studying the Death Rule.
  • Six seven-colored beams signaled the start of the final battle, and soldiers from both camps poured through the three passageways into a brutal melee.
  • Rog, Difan, and Haidisi stayed out of the fighting, while Colin and Gu Rory entered the battlefield to seek a chance to advance.

Ch. 62Langsiluo's Trump Card

Rog watched the final battle for the Aoqi Plane, where the three Star River Passages became deadly battlegrounds for the Wind Sovereign's camp and the Lightning Sovereign's camp. When Langsiluo unleashed a pair of opposing lightning serpents, Rog realized they revealed a principle he had been seeking.

  • Colin and Gu Rory joined the fighting, while Rog, Haidisi, and Difan watched from the left passage.
  • A white-robed commander used Sovereign's Might to kill dozens of soldiers, including nearly killing Colin, and Rog identified him as Yolande.
  • More than a thousand soldiers killed a red-armored young man with successive Soul and material attacks, prompting Difan and Rog to note how vulnerable commanders were in the battle.
  • Langsiluo appeared and attacked with purple and azure lightning serpents that ravaged the space around them.
  • Rog recognized the serpents as yin and yang forces producing Electromagnetic Space, and became absorbed in the discovery.

Ch. 63Epiphany

Rog watched Langsiluo’s lightning techniques and gained new insight into the Profound Mystery of Electromagnetism, including its uses in attack and defense. While the battle continued across three passages, Haidisi and Difan realized Rog was having an epiphany.

  • Rog understood how the opposing yin and yang lightning forces could break down matter and strengthen soul defense, and considered whether attraction and repulsion might be controlled like Amethyst Space.
  • Langsiluo used Violet and Azure Electric Serpents to slaughter wind camp soldiers in the left passage, while Hamilton and the wind camp’s emissary struggled to respond.
  • Two identical commanders from the Divine Wind Plane unleashed Double-Eye of the Storm in the middle passage, sweeping away lightning camp soldiers and securing an advantage for the wind camp.
  • The wind camp held the advantage in the middle passage and the lightning camp in the left, while the evenly matched forces in the right passage fought without a clear victor.
  • Haidisi and Difan noticed Rog staring upward and wondered if he had reached an epiphany.

Ch. 64The Expedition Ends

Rog emerged from his enlightenment having developed new methods, though he had not advanced in fusing the profound mysteries. The Wind Sovereign faction won the expedition, and the surviving soldiers began their return.

  • Rog’s enlightenment gave him inspiration for new Electromagnetic Space methods, but he remained far from fusing the sixth profound mystery or reaching the Paragon realm.
  • After the Divine Wind Plane’s brothers Dilano and Delano helped break through the central passageway, the Wind faction routed the Lightning faction in the right passageway as well.
  • With two passageways lost, Langsiluo’s forces retreated from the left passageway, and the Wind Sovereign faction won the expedition.
  • Colin and Gu Rory returned alive with enough Soldier Badges between them to exchange for two drops of Sovereign’s Might.
  • Haidisi and Difan welcomed the survivors, while Rog remained in enlightenment until he opened his eyes and rejoined them.

Ch. 65Violet Lightning Peak

Rog and his companions returned from the expedition, claimed their rewards, and set out to visit other planes. Rog and Haidisi reached the Divine Lightning Plane, where the chapter ended at Violet Lightning Peak.

  • Bazel directed Rog and his companions to Anpusha’s commander desk, where they recorded their merits and Rog received Sovereign’s Might.
  • Rog gave his reward to Colin, and the five survivors left the Fiend Castle for home aboard a metallic lifeform.
  • Gu Rory decided to visit the Water Divine Plane, while Haidisi asked to travel with Rog and he agreed.
  • Rog’s original body and Divine Clones merged in Tianhua Prefecture, and Difan departed to return to his clan.
  • Rog and Haidisi set out for the Divine Lightning Plane and arrived at Violet Lightning Peak on the Yifan Continent.

Ch. 66Addison Mountain Range

Rog and Haidisi traveled through the Divine Lightning Plane toward the Thunder Abyss, admiring its scenery as they went. Nearby, the dangerous Addison Mountain Range slaughtered a group of god-level travelers, while Rog and Haidisi unknowingly approached it.

  • Rog and Haidisi arrived at Violet Lightning Peak, where Golden Lightning Army soldiers recognized them as powerful Highgods before they flew away.
  • Rog and Haidisi traveled toward the Thunder Abyss, and Rog considered the dangers of the golden lightning sea and the Sovereign said to dwell beyond it.
  • Haidisi admired the Orange Sea while steering their metal lifeform, and the pair continued across the Divine Lightning Plane.
  • Several dozen god-level experts flew over the Addison Mountain Range, where thousands of purple lightning bolts killed them and the range swallowed their belongings.
  • Rog and Haidisi approached the Addison Mountain Range aboard their metal lifeform, unaware of its danger.

Ch. 67Light of God-Slaying

Rog and Haidisi were attacked by Addison, a purple-skinned mountain-dwelling special lifeform who was immune to lightning energy. Rog used a Godspark as a projectile in his Light of God-Slaying, pierced Addison’s chest, and left him defeated and shaken.

  • Addison ambushed Rog and Haidisi with lightning currents erupting from the mountain, but Rog’s electromagnetic barrier blocked them.
  • Addison formed five World Destruction Thunder Dragons, and Rog redirected them, only to discover that Addison was immune to lightning attacks.
  • Rog unveiled his Light of God-Slaying and launched a lightning Lowgod Godspark at Addison.
  • Addison shifted his life core but could not dodge the Godspark, which pierced his chest and continued into the mountain.
  • Addison conceded defeat after the attack nearly struck his life core.

Ch. 68The Death of the Thunderhorn Behemoth

Rog defeated Addison, a lightning-immune purple-skinned creature, with his double-layer Ring of God-Slaying and discovered Addison’s enormous original form was a Thunderhorn Behemoth. He collected the behemoth’s body and planned to forge one of its three powerful horns into a spear.

  • Rog introduced himself to Addison and refused to let him escape after Addison admitted defeat.
  • Rog unleashed thirty-six Godsparks in a double-layer Ring of God-Slaying and pursued Addison with his divine sense as Addison fled.
  • Rog’s Godsparks pierced Addison’s body and shattered his life core, killing him.
  • Rog identified Addison’s original form as a Thunderhorn Behemoth and collected its body, noting that its three horns could make powerful divine artifacts.
  • Rog fashioned one of the lightning horns into a spear while Haidisi admired the behemoth’s enormous form.

Ch. 69Voidbreaker Divine Spear, Ascent of the Sacred Mountain!

Rog and Haidisi reached Thunder Sacred Mountain, where Rog’s Voidbreaker Divine Spear absorbed lightning and grew stronger as he climbed. Rog entered the golden Thunder Abyss, survived its first strike with the spear’s help, and prepared to face the lightning directly.

  • Rog named his lightning-absorbing longspear Voidbreaker after Haidisi suggested he give it a name.
  • Rog and Haidisi reached Thunder Sacred Mountain and began climbing through its sea of white lightning.
  • The Voidbreaker Divine Spear absorbed lightning, transformed several times, and strengthened as Rog climbed toward the summit.
  • Haidisi retreated when the gray lightning near the summit became too dangerous, while Rog continued to the top with the spear’s protection.
  • Rog jumped into the golden lake of the Thunder Abyss, blocked a powerful golden lightning bolt with Voidbreaker, and judged that he could withstand further strikes.

Ch. 70Comprehending the Laws in the Thunder Abyss

Rog endured the Thunder Abyss’s golden lightning to deepen his understanding of the Laws of Lightning and forge three powerful divine spears. He left without crossing the golden mist, having found a path toward becoming a Lightning Paragon, while the mysterious Sovereign observed him.

  • Rog set aside the Voidbreaker Spear and endured repeated strikes from the golden lightning to comprehend the Laws of Lightning.
  • Rog identified points of compatibility among all six profound mysteries and realized his ultimate techniques still lacked a complete fusion.
  • Rog forged two more divine spears from the Thunderhorn Behemoth’s horns, using more than three hundred additional drops of Sovereign’s Might to nurture the weapons.
  • Rog concluded that the three spears could rival Sovereign Artifacts and left the Thunder Abyss without crossing the golden mist.
  • The mysterious Sovereign noticed Rog’s training and weapons but did not invite him to become an emissary.

Ch. 71The Name of Gunther

After leaving the Thunder Abyss, Rog traveled with Haidisi toward the western continent. He captured Bodun, a Lightning Element Beast pursued by Gunther’s followers, and reconsidered the danger after Bodun sent him surprising information.

  • Rog descended Thunder Sacred Mountain and told Haidisi they would travel to the western continent before returning to the Infernal Realm.
  • Bodun fled a large pursuing group and spotted Rog and Haidisi’s metal life-form, hoping to use them to delay his pursuers.
  • Rog caught Bodun with a golden hand formed by his capture technique.
  • Charles and a dark elf woman demanded that Rog hand Bodun over, invoking Lord Gunther’s name.
  • Bodun sent Rog a Soul Transmission with information that made Rog willing to risk offending even an expert suspected of being a Paragon High-God.

Ch. 72Kava Material Plane

Rog rescued Bodun from the Seven-Star Fiends pursuing him, killed them, and accompanied Bodun back to the Kawa Material Plane. After arriving, Rog took control of the planar overseer Rupert and ordered him to open the Paerlun Planar Prison.

  • Rog freed Bodun and warned Charles and the others to leave, but killed all six Seven-Star Fiends when they refused.
  • Rog took Bodun to the Black Cloud Gorge teleportation array, while Haidisi returned to the Infernal Realm with two Voidbreaker Spears.
  • Rog and Bodun paid to travel from the Divine Lightning Plane to the Kawa Material Plane.
  • Rupert greeted Bodun, who angrily accused him of lying about the dangers of the divine plane.
  • Rog used Soul Control on Rupert and ordered him to open the entrance to the Paerlun Planar Prison.

Ch. 73Two Choices

Rog entered Paerlun Planar Prison with Bodun and sought out Aide, the Fate King, after sensing his unusual armor. Rog offered Aide a choice: surrender the armor and leave with him, or lose both his life and the armor.

  • Rupert opened a passage to Paerlun Planar Prison, and Rog brought Bodun inside with him.
  • Rog surveyed the barren prison with his divine sense, alerting Aide, Baturu, and Cloy to his overwhelming power.
  • Rog and Bodun headed for Fate King's City while Bodun explained Aide's strength and armor.
  • Aide waited for Rog, hoping the newcomer might offer a way out of the prison.
  • Rog confronted Aide and demanded his armor, giving him the choice of surrendering it or dying.

Ch. 74Material Defense Sovereign Artifact

Aide offered Rog the Golden Spirit Battle Armor in exchange for escape from Paerlun Planar Prison, and Rog accepted after confirming its defenses. As Rog prepared to leave, Cloy and Baturu sought permission to accompany him as subordinates.

  • Aide agreed to surrender the Golden Spirit Battle Armor if Rog demonstrated his strength, and Rog struck him with the Voidbreaker Spear empowered by Lightning Sovereign's Might.
  • The armor stopped Rog's material attack without injuring Aide, revealing itself as a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact; Aide then surrendered it rather than face Rog's Soul Attack.
  • Rog claimed the armor, bound it with his blood, and concealed it beneath his robe before deciding to leave the prison.
  • Cloy asked Rog to take him along and offered to follow him for ten billion years, while Aide protested that Cloy had not paid for the opportunity.
  • Rog accepted Cloy on those terms and said Baturu could come under the same conditions; Cloy went to fetch him.

Ch. 75One Piece of News

After freeing Aide, Cloy, and Baturu from Paerlun Planar Prison, Rog took them toward the Infernal Realm. Meanwhile, Gunther accepted Charles’s account of Rog’s challenge and announced he would travel to Tianhua Prefecture to fight him, drawing the attention of experts across the planes.

  • Baturu agreed to follow Rog, who opened the prison exit and led Aide, Cloy, and Baturu onto a material plane.
  • Bodun warned the three former prisoners about the dangers of higher planes, while Rog reassured them that their strength was formidable unless they faced a prefect-level figure.
  • Charles, Yura, and another survivor told Gunther that Rog had killed their companions, taken the Lightning Element Beast, and challenged Gunther to find him in Tianhua Prefecture.
  • Gunther decided to confront Rog to defend his reputation and had news of the coming fight spread across the four Higher Planes and seven Divine Planes.
  • Experts across the planes prepared to travel to Tianhua Prefecture to witness the battle between Gunther, a suspected Paragon, and Rog.

Ch. 76The Challenge Stirs Up a Storm

Rog accepted Gunther’s challenge for a battle at Sarnoki Mountain Range in three hundred years, drawing the attention of experts across the Infernal Realm. As the gathering grew into a major event, Rog’s Lightning Divine Clone returned with Bodun and the others and began traveling back to Tianhua Prefecture.

  • Rog accepted Gunther’s challenge and chose Sarnoki Mountain Range as their battlefield.
  • Aiken learned of the challenge and decided to help save Rog if necessary, partly because Rog had given him the Voidbreaker Divine Spear.
  • Haidisi returned to Tianhua Prefecture and warned Rog about Gunther’s strength, while Rog studied Gunther’s record and prepared for the fight.
  • Experts from across the Infernal Realm and the other divine planes began traveling to Tianhua Prefecture to watch the battle.
  • Rog’s Lightning Divine Clone returned to the Infernal Realm with Bodun and the other three and set out for Tianhua Prefecture.
Arc 3 of 9
Arc 3 of 9