Chapter Summaries

Rog and his companions reached the Blood Peak Continent and headed toward Indigo Prefecture, where he killed two men to obtain a Soul Defense Divine Artifact. The group continued toward the Azure Dragon Clan with Dimont now able to benefit from the artifact.

• Rog and his companions crossed the Star Mist Sea and parted ways with Susan and Luomiu upon reaching Hailian Prefecture.
• Rog decided to travel to Indigo Prefecture and visit the Azure Dragon Clan after hearing about its abuses and the Reynalds Clan's humiliation.
• Montreal pursued Ge'ernuosi for his Soul Defense Divine Artifact and used the Azure Dragon Clan's Dragon Roar to hinder him.
• Ge'ernuosi begged Rog, Dimont, and Mina for help, offering the artifact in exchange for his life.
• Rog killed Montreal with his Soul Annihilation Arrow, then took the artifact from Ge'ernuosi after killing him as well.

Rog discovered that a mysterious 108-faced crystal gave his soul extraordinary protection, then spent five hundred years studying it and developing a powerful soul-defense technique of his own. Having completed his research, he called Dimont in and prepared to learn how much his subordinate had advanced.

• Rog bound the blond youth's spatial ring and confirmed that neither the blond youth nor the Azure Dragon Clan youth had a Divine Clone.
• Rog discovered that the black crystal was not a Soul Defense Divine Artifact but that it formed a sophisticated defense by guiding his soul force, and he named it the Soul-Suppressing Celestial Crystal.
• In Dawa City, Rog studied the crystal and suspected its 108-faced structure concealed an innate technique, while testing its ability to block incoming Soul Attacks.
• After five hundred years, Rog successfully replicated the crystal's defensive structure with his own soul force and greatly improved his soul defense.
• Rog called Dimont inside and asked whether he had made progress in his cultivation during Rog's long retreat.

Rog and Dimont took a Six-Star Fiend mission at Kunsha Fort, where Rog faced the Wind expert Davis and Dimont fought the bandit leaders. Rog killed Davis with a soul attack after nearly being struck down, and the battle left him with a crucial insight into his cultivation.

• Dimont told Rog that his physical strength had reached the level of a Six-Star Fiend, and Rog gave him the Soul-Suppressing Celestial Crystal as a Soul Defense Divine Artifact.
• Rog and Dimont applied for the Six-Star Fiend examination and challenged Davis at Kunsha Fort, while Mina stayed behind because the target was too powerful.
• Davis surrounded Rog with more than a thousand doppelgangers, trapped him in Storm Cage, and launched a deadly Space Slash.
• Rog dodged Davis's attacks with Electric Light Flowing Shadow and killed him with a soul arrow when Davis's sword nearly reached him.
• Dimont defeated the Kunsha Bandits' second leader and helped the other Fiends wipe out Kunsha Fort after the bandits fled.
• Rog reflected on Davis's nearly perfect techniques and realized he had found an oversight in his cultivation path.

After reflecting on his rushed cultivation, Rog sought to refine his Lightning Law techniques while hunting Aolade the Volcano Giant with Dimont. Rog’s new attacks overwhelmed Aolade for the moment, but the Volcano Giant endured them and prepared to counterattack.

• Rog reflected on his battle with Davis and decided to develop his individual Lightning Law mysteries more carefully instead of rushing to fuse them.
• Rog and Dimont traveled to the Luolunweier Mountain Range to kill Aolade, whose strength nearly matched a weaker Seven-Star Fiend.
• Aolade emerged with Tedun, a Ghost Clan fighter, after learning that two Midgod Fiends had accepted the mission against him.
• Dimont charged at Tedun while Rog met Aolade’s giant axe with Thunderquake Break and was driven back.
• Rog used Lightning Shadow Thousand Strikes to assault Aolade from every direction, but Aolade absorbed the blows and waited for a chance to counterattack.

Rog killed Aolade with a Soul Attack after learning that the Volcano Giant’s heart core was his true weak point, while Dimont killed Tedun. Their search for Aolade’s missing wealth revealed that it had likely gone to Lord Fulaite, who ordered Li Wei and Anna to hunt them down.

• Rog struck Aolade’s neck with Thunderquake Break, but Aolade survived by moving his heart core.
• Rog used Soul Annihilation Blade Formation to destroy Aolade’s soul and kill him.
• Dimont killed Tedun with two punches, and he and Rog discovered that Aolade’s ring held far less wealth than expected.
• Tedun reported the deaths to Lord Fulaite, who sent Li Wei and Anna to pursue Rog and Dimont.

Rog and Dimont arrived at the One-Eyed Tribe to help Nuoti Taylesi in a battle scheduled for two months later. Meanwhile, Nuoti’s rivals planned to wait until the two Fiends left, unaware that Nuoti intended to use a mysterious pot to refine Sovereign’s Might and kill them.

• Rog and Dimont reached the One-Eyed Tribe after nearly a year of travel and met its chief, Nuoti Taylesi.
• Nuoti welcomed the two Six-Star Fiends and asked them to help in a great battle planned for two months later.
• In the Shadow Tribe, Naiser, Yodewen, and Ashamu realized that Rog and Dimont made it too dangerous to confront Nuoti for now.
• Naiser decided that the three rivals would wait until Rog and Dimont left, then demand their share of the Findaer Clan’s treasure.
• Nuoti Taylesi revealed that he planned to use a mysterious pot to refine a drop of Sovereign’s Might in two months and kill Naiser and the two Fiends.

Nuoti killed Hati, a hidden Findaer Clan descendant, and took the treasure in his interspatial ring. He later led an attack on the Shadow Tribe, where his battle with Naiser and their allies began, while Dimont defeated a six-armed Naga woman.

• Hati revealed that he was a direct descendant of the Findaer Clan, but Nuoti killed him and seized his interspatial ring.
• Nuoti learned that the Findaer Clan had already fallen apart, then spent roughly fifty days preparing to attack the Shadow Tribe.
• Nuoti led Rog, Dimont, and tribal warriors in an assault on Naiser's Shadow Tribe.
• Rog engaged the fast werewolf Yodewen, while Nuoti fought Naiser, who used shadow clones and Shadowspace to evade him.
• Dimont killed the six-armed Naga woman with three punches.

Nuoti unleashed Sovereign's Might and killed Naiser and Yodewen before chasing Rog and Dimont. Dimont revealed his giant ape form and endured Nuoti's powerful physical attacks, but Nuoti then targeted him with a soul attack.

• Rog and Dimont fled when Nuoti activated a drop of Destruction Sovereign Power, transforming him into a foe comparable to an Asura Prefect.
• Nuoti caught and killed Naiser with one staff strike, then killed Yodewen as they tried to escape.
• Nuoti caught up with Rog and Dimont, but Dimont revealed his towering giant ape form and intercepted Nuoti's attack.
• Nuoti repeatedly struck Dimont with his staff, but Dimont's body withstood the blows without serious injury.
• Nuoti changed tactics and sent illusory soul swords at Dimont, hoping to exploit a weakness in his soul defense.

Nuoti nearly killed Rog after Dimont’s defenses and soul protection proved unable to stop him, but Rog’s desperate awakening and a mysterious black ray changed the fight at the last moment. The ray vaporized Nuoti, leaving Rog’s fate unresolved.

• Nuoti’s soul attacks failed against Dimont’s Soul-Suppressing Celestial Crystal, so he turned his attack toward Rog.
• Dimont used Suppress Heaven to restrain Nuoti for an instant, allowing Rog to survive a staff blow that destroyed most of his body.
• As Nuoti prepared to strike Rog again, Rog reflected on his life and realized he had been driven by fear rather than purpose.
• A beam of black light descended from the clouds and vaporized Nuoti before he could kill Rog.

Aiken saved Rog from Nuoti and revealed that he was a two-element Soul Mutator whose mastery of Fate and Light had made him comparable to a Paragon. He left Rog with the secret of his strength and the revelation that he had fought a Darkness Paragon to a draw.

• Aiken struck Nuoti down from afar, leaving only Nuoti's Godspark, and appeared before the badly injured Rog.
• Rog recognized Aiken as the legendary powerhouse of the Zijing Continent, and Aiken confirmed that he was a Soul Mutator of fate and light.
• Aiken explained how he fused the Profound Mysteries of both Laws and cultivated the Edicts of Fate until a final fusion gave him the special transformation and Willpower associated with Paragons.
• Aiken told Rog that he had fought a Darkness Paragon while using only Light Divine Power and had ended the battle in a draw.
• Rog suspected that Aiken was concealing the full extent of his strength and wondered why Aiken had shared his secrets with him.

Aiken explained the stages and balance required to fuse mysteries from different Laws, and Rog decided to pursue the Fusion Law alongside his individual cultivation. Aiken gave Rog a drop of Sovereign's Might before leaving, and Rog chose Lightning as the only individual Law he would continue cultivating.

• Aiken explained that Soul Mutators had to keep both Laws equally strong when fusing their mysteries, and Rog learned why advancing beyond the first stage was so difficult.
• Rog accepted Aiken's advice and decided to pursue the Fusion Law while continuing to cultivate individual Laws.
• Aiken gave Rog a drop of Sovereign's Might, which Rog realized could save his life in a crisis.
• Aiken left, and Rog reflected on the strength of Aiken's attack and considered how to begin fusing mysteries.
• Rog decided to cultivate Lightning as his sole individual Law and devote his remaining efforts to the Fusion Law.

After the Shadow Tribe battle, Rog spent fifty thousand years cultivating a Fusion Law in seclusion while Dimont grew strong enough to rival an Asura in material attacks. Rog emerged with his second fusion nearly complete, unaware that someone had been watching them.

• The battle projection spread across the Infernal Realm, and experts argued over who had killed Nuoti with a distant beam of light.
• Rog settled in Cloud Net City and began fusing the Death Rule’s Soul Ray with the Lightning Law’s Judgment Profound Mystery, then chose Thunder for his second fusion.
• Over fifty thousand years, Rog brought his Fusion Law close to the level of someone who had fused five Profound Mysteries and completely fused his fourth Lightning Law Profound Mystery.
• Dimont fought throughout the Infernal Realm, advanced the Path of Collapse and Destruction to its third level, and raised his material attacks to Asura level.
• Rog and Dimont discussed challenging for Seven-Star Fiend rank and the chance for Rog to become a city lord, not knowing someone had targeted them.

After leaving Cloud Net City for a Fiend mission, Rog was ambushed by Li Wei and Anna, who had waited tens of thousands of years for a chance to kill him. Li Wei’s Black Flame attack destroyed the caravan’s Metallic Lifeform, but Dimont remained unharmed as Rog escaped with Angelina.

• Li Wei and Anna learned that Rog had left Cloud Net City and moved to intercept his caravan.
• Rog accepted a mission escorting Angelina and her caravan from the Blood Peak Continent to the Zijing Continent.
• Li Wei attacked the approaching Metallic Lifeform with his Black Flame Stacked Explosion technique.
• Rog carried Angelina out of the attack’s path, while the blast destroyed the Metallic Lifeform and killed those aboard.
• Dimont was left standing unharmed amid the wreckage.

Rog defeated the assassins Li Wei and Anna with his Fusion Law and learned that they had been sent by someone named Fulaite. He took the black armor and sword, while his employer recorded part of the battle.

• Rog fought Li Wei, using his lightning techniques to overwhelm the Highgod despite the special armor protecting him.
• Rog killed Li Wei with Dark Soul Nether Lightning after noticing Anna was trying to escape.
• Rog caught Anna and learned that Lord Fulaite had ordered the attack, then killed her with Thunderclap - Fall.
• Rog found that Anna had another divine clone, claimed Li Wei's interspatial ring, and took the black armor and demon sword.
• Rog's employer recorded part of the battle with the Floating Shadow Technique.

Rog encountered a Fog Sea Riot and used its overwhelming lightning to deepen his understanding of the Laws of Lightning. He sensed the Profound Mystery of Thunder beginning to fuse and gained confidence that he could one day become a Lightning Paragon.

• Fulaite learned that Li Wei, his most promising genius, had died, but concealed his anger while visiting Saimengte.
• Rog traveled toward Red Moon City aboard a Metallic Lifeform, dismissed Angelina’s flirtation, and recruited more Highgod Fiends.
• Rog killed dozens of bandits with a single lightning strike, prompting his companions to mistake him for a Seven-Star Fiend.
• Dimont spotted lightning in the distance, and Rog recognized the approaching Fog Sea Riot and flew toward it.
• Rog entered the vast thunderstorm and endured its lightning as he studied the Laws of Lightning and began fusing the Profound Mystery of Thunder.
• Rog gained deeper insight into lightning and confidence that he would one day become a Lightning Paragon.

After completing enough missions, Rog applied for the Seven-Star Fiend assessment and selected Yiven Romison, the Aurora Fiend, as his target. He prepared to pursue the mission, whose description identified Yiven’s location, abilities, and fighting style.

• Rog returned to Angelina’s Metallic Lifeform after making progress in the Lightning Law and later declined her invitation to meet the Julie Clan leader.
• Rog told Dimont he wanted to complete the required missions and take the Seven-Star Fiend assessment, then accepted a mission to eliminate bandits led by a Six-Star Fiend.
• Rog wiped out the bandit gang and later joined Dimont in a bloody conflict between two powerful clans, meeting the mission requirements for the assessment.
• Rog reviewed Seven-Star Fiend missions at the Fiend Castle in Via City and chose Yiven Romison, the Aurora Fiend, as his target.

Rog challenged Yiven Romison at Lake Kejiaer and overcame the veteran Seven-Star Fiend’s strongest light-based attack with a newly devised technique. He then unleashed Azure Lightning, killing Yiven as the spectators watched.

• Rog challenged Yiven, and the two met above Lake Kejiaer while spectators gathered to watch.
• Yiven attacked with a golden spear technique, but Rog countered it with Thunderclap - Break and blocked his Holy Light Dissolution with a bolt of lightning.
• Yiven unleashed Aurora of Eternal Night, but Rog’s Heaven - Extermination dispersed its power.
• Rog summoned dark thunderclouds with Azure Lightning, leaving Yiven unable to move before a black lightning bolt blasted him into dust.

After Rog killed Yiven with Azure Lightning, the Fiend Castle awarded him the title of Clouddark Fiend, and his reputation spread across the planes as rumors declared him an Asura-level expert. As powerful figures took notice, Flame Burns traveled to meet Rog, and Rog received an invitation from the Prefect of Xiyun.

• Rog's Azure Lightning stunned witnesses with its power, and Luolixi awarded him the Seven-Star Fiend medallion and the title of Clouddark Fiend.
• The battle's Floating Shadow spread throughout the Infernal Realm and beyond, leading clans to warn their younger members not to provoke Rog and to befriend him.
• Aiken watched Rog's battle and recognized that his lightning technique was unusual, though he could not determine its deeper nature.
• Flame Burns watched the Battle Projection, became intrigued by Rog's methods, and set out for Golden Flame City to meet him.
• Rog received an invitation from the Prefect of Xiyun and learned that Flame Burns had succeeded Aiken to the post.

Flame explained to Rog how Purgatory and planar expeditions could help him obtain Sovereign's Might. Rog learned that Sovereigns used expeditions to peculiar planes as proxy contests, leaving him with a new path to pursue.

• Flame visited Rog, praised his mastery of lightning, and asked whether he had Sovereign's Might.
• Rog admitted he had little knowledge of how to obtain Sovereign's Might, and Flame described becoming a Sovereign's Emissary or joining a Planar War.
• Flame explained that Purgatory Commanders led armies in battles against experts from other Divine Planes.
• Flame told Rog that Sovereigns sometimes settled minor disagreements through expeditions to peculiar planes such as the Aoqi Plane.
• Flame revealed that he had gained much of his Sovereign's Might from these expeditions, where gods fought for rewards chosen by the Sovereigns.

Rog learned from Flame that the Aoqi Plane expedition could last thousands of years and decided he needed Sovereign's Might before facing other Asura-level experts. He sparred with Flame, whose combined material and soul attacks pushed Rog to unleash powerful lightning techniques, and the fight ended with Rog impressed by Flame's defensive use of the Fire Seed Technique.

• Flame explained the expedition's likely duration, risks, and rewards, and Rog decided to visit the Aoqi Plane to obtain Sovereign's Might.
• Flame asked Rog to spar so he could seek inspiration for fusing all six fire mysteries, and Rog agreed to meet him in the barren mountains.
• Rog and Flame revealed techniques that enhanced their divine bodies, then Flame opened with a spear attack combining a material strike and a soul attack.
• Rog answered with Azure Lightning, which suppressed Flame's movements and struck him with black lightning.
• Rog unleashed Sin-Cleansing Lightning, prompting Flame to burn divine and soul power to defend himself with the Fire Seed Technique.
• Rog recognized that Flame had used the Fire Seed Technique to cancel the soul attack and saw a possible lesson for improving his own defenses.