Chapter Summaries

Rog reclaimed the Death Demonic Tome from Lilith and learned that she wanted him to help with her next Overgod Mission, which he refused. After examining her Scythe of Death in hopes of activating the Bronze Door, he returned it and left Lilith fuming.

• Rog took back the Death Demonic Tome from Lilith, and she reminded him that he still owed her help several times.
• Lilith asked Rog to help her complete her next Overgod Mission, but he refused and asked to borrow her Overgod Artifact instead.
• Lilith handed Rog the Scythe of Death, and he tested its aura against the Bronze Door but found that it could not provide the energy needed to activate it.
• Rog returned the Scythe of Death to Lilith and teased her before flying away.
• Lilith warned her attendants not to reveal what they had witnessed, and they acknowledged that Rog had bested the Sovereign of Death.

Rog brought Haidisi to the Milo Clan and revealed that he had become a Sovereign. He made Kingsley his Sovereign’s Emissary and bestowed an Offensive Sovereign Artifact and other treasures on him.

• Rog brought Haidisi from the Yatlan Plane to the Milo Clan’s residence to repay the favor he owed Kingsley.
• Rog offered Kingsley a Sovereign Artifact, but Kingsley initially chose to preserve his chance to call on Rog for help.
• Rog revealed his Sovereign status, stunning Kingsley, Haidisi, and the Milo Clan members.
• Kingsley accepted Rog’s offer to become his Sovereign’s Emissary and requested an Offensive Sovereign Artifact.
• Rog bestowed the Profound Spirit Light Sword, a thousand drops of Sovereign’s Might, and a Sovereign Medallion on Kingsley.

Rog gave Haidisi the Heart of the Ocean, a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact, then returned to cultivating the Death Rule. After perfecting it, he created a nine-variation soul attack called Ghostly Child and gained the ability to separate soul fragments safely.

• Rog told Haidisi that he had become a Sovereign by killing three Sovereigns and refining their Sovereign Sparks.
• Rog gave Haidisi the Heart of the Ocean, which she refined despite already serving as the Sovereign of Death's Emissary.
• Rog studied page 82 of the Death Demonic Tome and perfected the Death Rule, prompting the Natural Laws to transform his souls and granting him more Willpower.
• Rog spent nine days developing Ghostly Child, an ultimate Soul Attack with nine variations for striking, freezing, poisoning, controlling, and tormenting souls.
• Rog realized that perfecting the Death Rule let him separate soul fragments while preserving their stability.

Beirut gathered powerful experts from across the planes and led them into the Necropolis of the Gods, claiming he was fulfilling a Sovereign’s task. He revealed that the supposed contest for a Sovereign Artifact was a trap, leaving the experts facing him inside the tomb.

• Beirut finished creating the Necropolis of the Gods and prepared to receive the experts who had gathered on a North Sea island.
• Duoluosa, Anjita, Nielsen, and the other experts waited for the promised Sovereign Artifact after a decree had kept them in the Yulan Plane for a thousand years.
• Beirut arrived, identified himself as a Sovereign’s Emissary, and opened a spatial portal with a cyan medallion.
• Beirut led the experts through the portal to another plane and showed them the enormous Necropolis of the Gods, where they recognized the Azure Dragon relief.
• When the experts demanded the Sovereign’s decree, Beirut said the tomb needed gods to be buried with the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns.
• The experts realized Beirut had lured them into a trap and demanded he send them out, while Beirut drew a black iron staff to confront them.

Beirut defeated the Highgods in the Necropolis of the Gods, traded half of the Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood to Rog for his Darkness Divine Clone’s safe passage, and became famous across the planes. He told Rog that four humans had survived his essence-blood experiment, and Rog instructed him to send their descendants to the Skyrite Mountains.

• Beirut killed the Highgods in the Necropolis of the Gods and made their servants guards for the necropolis.
• Beirut gave half of the Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood to Rog, who made Beirut’s Darkness Divine Clone his Sovereign’s Emissary.
• Beirut gained fame after defeating Agni, who was secretly a Divine Clone of the fire Sovereign Adkins.
• Beirut told Rog that Baruch, Amanda, Hyde, and Bolei had fused with the Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood and become the Four Ultimate Warriors.
• Rog told Beirut to send the Four Ultimate Warriors’ descendants to the Skyrite Mountains.

Rog arranged for Bast to spread his faith in the Yulan Plane without interfering in mortal affairs, hoping to spare Linley the loss of his mother and the grudges that followed. Later, Rog and Dimont searched for new Sovereign’s Emissaries on the Crimson Cloud Continent, where two unusual candidates awaited them.

• Beirut agreed to send escorts to the Skyrite Mountains so the four youngsters could receive the baptism and awaken their innate talents.
• Rog ordered Bast to go to the Yulan Plane and spread his faith without interfering in mortal affairs, then gave him several items.
• Rog reflected that Bast’s mission could replace the Radiant Church and keep Lina alive, changing Linley’s childhood and future path.
• Rog and Dimont traveled across the Crimson Cloud Continent while seeking candidates for Rog’s Sovereign’s Emissaries.
• Lambert reported two candidates in Black Fang Prefecture: a Soul Mutator and a rare Divine Beast, prompting Dimont to look forward to testing them.

Rog assessed Chase and Flying Star as candidates for Sovereign's Emissary by having them fight Dimont. Chase was badly outmatched in a direct exchange, but used his speed to evade Dimont and counterattack.

• Lambert told Dimont that Chelstaff, the Prefect of Black Fang Prefecture, was a powerful bovine Divine Beast as Rog's party traveled toward Black Fang Prefecture.
• Lambert reported that Chase and Flying Star had accepted Rog's assessment, and the two experts arrived to meet the Sovereign.
• Rog ordered Chase and Flying Star to fight Dimont one at a time, with their performance determining whether they passed.
• Chase fought Dimont barehanded, but Dimont's first punch injured him and revealed his superior physical strength.
• Dimont covered his body in black matter and attacked Chase with twenty percent of his strength, forcing Chase to retreat and rely on his speed to dodge and counterattack.

Chase and Kolen passed Dimont’s combat test and became Rog’s Sovereign’s Emissaries, each receiving a Sovereign Artifact and Thunder Sovereign Power. Lambert reflected that the new Sovereign had made their appointments possible and that their new weapons greatly increased their strength.

• Dimont ended his fight with Chase, praised his physical strength, and asked Rog to let him pass.
• Rog appointed Chase as his emissary and gave him a golden warhammer and Thunder Sovereign Power.
• Kolen used a black glove to withstand Dimont’s blows and reveal his unusual strength in one arm.
• Dimont recommended that Kolen pass, and Rog appointed him as an emissary, giving him dark-purple armor and Thunder Sovereign Power.
• Lambert thought that Chase and Kolen’s new Sovereign Artifacts made them at least as strong as he was.

Rog continued recruiting Sovereign’s Emissaries and then used his Light Sovereign Clone to create the Light God Plane. The creation gave him new insight into the Laws of Light and led him to decide that his other Sovereign Divine Clones should create planes as well.

• Rog and his companions traveled through several Divine Planes in search of candidates, recruiting a Frost Giant and a Medusa as his fifth and sixth emissaries.
• Rog’s Light Sovereign Clone gathered Sovereign’s Might in the Void for several hundred years and began creating a Divine Plane.
• As the Light God Plane took shape, Rog gained insight into the fusion of the Profound Mysteries of Holiness and Regeneration and fused five profound mysteries of the Laws of Light.
• Rog created a sun and a moon for the new plane, then completed its land, mountains, and seas, leaving it without life.
• Rog decided that his other Sovereign Divine Clones should create Divine Planes to improve how he applied his perfected laws and rules.

Rog and Dimont traveled to the Earth Divine Plane so Dimont could challenge Hemus and Rog could recruit suitable Sovereign’s Emissaries. After arriving, they asked the Blazing Rock Sovereign for guidance and learned that Kede might be a worthy candidate.

• Jieluosi told Dimont that Hemus on the Earth Divine Plane could give him the fight he wanted, and Dimont eagerly agreed to seek him out.
• Rog decided to travel with Dimont and recruit Breler, a Bula Clan master of magic formations who had no master.
• Rog and Dimont arrived at the Blazing Rock Continent, where Mitande greeted them at the teleportation formation.
• Rog contacted the Blazing Rock Sovereign, Alvin, who sent Truman to guide them toward potential Emissaries.
• Truman recommended Kede, the Violet Star Prefect, describing him as a powerful rock-based Asura-level expert.

Kede fought Dimont to prove himself worthy of becoming Rog’s emissary, and Rog accepted him and granted him a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact and Sovereign’s Might. Truman then suggested they travel to Qinglun Prefecture to seek another god with a special ability.

• Kede transformed into a lava man and fought Dimont, holding his own until Dimont unleashed his black-armored innate ability and sent him flying.
• Dimont praised Kede as the strongest god he had faced and said Rog should let him pass the test.
• Rog offered Kede the role of emissary, and Kede accepted and requested a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact.
• Rog gave Kede a purple bracelet and two hundred drops of Lightning Element Sovereign’s Might, which Kede accepted.
• Truman told Rog that Kede was the only Blazing Rock Continent expert he knew who came close to the requirements, and Rog said exceptional abilities could also qualify.
• Truman proposed going to Qinglun Prefecture to meet a god with a special ability, and the three set off.

Rog sent Dimont to test his physical strength against Hemus, the Sinking Earth Sovereign’s emissary, after the Sinking Earth Sovereign summoned Hemus at Rog’s request. Their fight ended with Dimont’s strongest punch splitting Hemus’s skin slightly, though the wound healed almost immediately.

• After touring several more places in the Blazing Rock Continent, Rog decided to head to the Sinking Earth Continent and told Truman to leave.
• Rog sent his divine sense to the Sinking Earth Divine Palace, and the Sinking Earth Sovereign agreed to summon Hemus.
• Hemus recalled that the Sinking Earth Sovereign had told him to hold back and preferably lose, and suspected Dimont had powerful connections.
• Dimont met Hemus at the Whirling Rock Mountain Range and challenged him to a contest of fists.
• Dimont and Hemus exchanged blows evenly, then Dimont used God Splitter and briefly split the skin on Hemus’s fist.

Dimont and Hemus fought to a standstill and parted as newfound rivals. On the Black Tortoise Continent, Rog offered Breler the position of Sovereign’s Emissary and a Sovereign Artifact, and Breler eagerly accepted.

• Hemus and Dimont resumed their battle, trading blows until neither could claim victory and both came to respect each other.
• Rog and Dimont continued their journey to the Black Tortoise Continent after Dimont arranged to spar with Hemus again.
• William guided Rog and Dimont to Breler’s home and explained that Breler was known for his strong defenses and skill with magic formations.
• Breler greeted the visitors, knelt when William identified Rog as a Sovereign, and offered to serve him.
• Rog offered to make Breler his Sovereign’s Emissary and grant him a Sovereign Artifact, and Breler accepted.

Rog completed a new Death Divine Plane and planned to create another with his Lightning Element Sovereign Divine Clone, while the Four Ultimate Warriors settled in Indigo Prefecture under Beirut’s protection. In Wushan Town, the Baruch patriarch returned with the next generation of Dragonblood Warriors for their ancestral awakening rites.

• Rog granted Breler a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact and Sovereign’s Might, then brought him to the Divine Lightning Plane to help with magic formation research.
• After more than a thousand years, Rog completed the Death Divine Plane and refined his Ghostly Child to thirty-six transformations.
• Beirut became Prefect Indigo and helped protect Baruch and the other first-generation Four Ultimate Warriors as they established themselves.
• The Baruch patriarch arrived in Wushan Town with Owen, Jenny, Linley, and other children to prepare them for their Dragonblood Warrior awakening ceremony.
• Hillman welcomed the children, while the chapter noted that the ceremony required blood from Saint-level dragons.

Linley and the other Baruch children learned about their Dragonblood Warrior ancestors and underwent the painful awakening ceremony by drinking dragon blood. The children began transforming, and Linley fainted as gemlike scales appeared on his body.

• Gap Baruch showed the children their ancestors’ deeds and explained that Baruch descendants could awaken their dormant Dragonblood Warrior blood by drinking living dragon blood.
• Gap led the children to choose among the Saint-level dragons, and Linley chose the Gem Dragon.
• The dragons filled eight wooden buckets with blood, and Gap gave each child Blue Heart Grass to eat before drinking.
• Owen drank first, collapsed in agony, and fainted as golden dragon scales appeared on his body.
• Jenny, Lampas, and Linley also suffered through the transformation, and Linley passed out as gemlike scales emerged on his skin.

Linley trained in Earth Element magic with Doehring, who learned how he had met Bebe and hinted that the Baruch Clan had a reason for supporting his magic training. After returning from the Yulan Empire with Delia, Linley married her and they had two children, Taylor and Sasha, while he continued training.

• Doehring praised Linley's Dragonblood Warrior strength and said he would understand later why the Baruch Clan supported his magic training.
• Linley told Doehring that Bebe had initiated an Equal Contract with him after they met in the ancestral hall.
• Doehring teased Bebe and began guiding Linley in Earth Element magic.
• Linley returned from the Yulan Empire with Delia, who became close with Lina.
• Linley and Delia had two children, Taylor and Sasha, and Linley continued his training.

Rog reflected on the limits of fusing Profound Mysteries while Linley continued to grow stronger without the opportunities he had missed in the Zijing Mountains. When news spread that a damaged crown had emerged from spatial turbulence, Linley and Bebe prepared to join the fight for it.

• Linley avoided the Zijing Mountains’ usual opportunities but became a Highgod and a Seven-Star Fiend after fusing four Profound Mysteries.
• Rog concluded that the world’s limits prevented him from fusing six Profound Mysteries across three Laws, though he saw promise in combining light and lightning.
• Linley and Bebe heard that a battered crown had emerged through a spatial rift and might be a damaged Sovereign Artifact.
• Bebe said he had become a Highgod and was ready to compete for the crown alongside Linley.
• Linley warned Bebe to save his God-Eater ability for a key opponent as they planned to enter the fight carefully.

Gorveida tried to escape his pursuers by throwing them a Tattered Crown, but Moreid recognized it as a fake and kept chasing him for the real crown. The crown seemed ordinary and powerless, though its unbreakable material left one pursuer suspecting it might still be genuine.

• Gorveida cursed the Tattered Crown and hurled it at the experts pursuing him.
• Moreid grabbed the crown, judged it fake, discarded it, and resumed chasing Gorveida.
• Another pursuer caught the crown, found no trace of divine power, and tucked it away after failing to crush it.
• Moreid demanded that Gorveida hand over the real crown, insisting he could recognize a Sovereign Artifact.

Ninisha arrived as a Paragon High-God and took the Tattered Crown from Anasta. After learning the crown was in a Paragon’s hands, Linley and Bebe abandoned their pursuit and decided to visit Olivier and his wife in the Byzantine Clan.

• Anasta offered the Tattered Crown to Ninisha after realizing she could not challenge the Paragon High-God.
• Ninisha accepted the crown and vanished in a streak of lightning.
• Linley and Bebe heard that a Paragon had claimed the crown and stopped pursuing it.
• Linley suggested visiting Olivier and his wife in Danlan Prefecture.
• Linley and Bebe recalled how Olivier had married into the Byzantine Clan and become a Highgod of light under its ancestor’s guidance.

Linley and Bebe visited the Byzantine Clan and reunited with Olivier, who had become a Seven-Star Fiend after completing a fusion of profound mysteries. Linley and Olivier began a sparring match that drew a crowd of clan members and elders, who recognized Linley’s extraordinary talent.

• Linley and Bebe arrived at the Redleaf Mountains to visit Olivier, and a guard told them Olivier was now an elder of the Byzantine Clan.
• Olivier explained that he had mastered the fusion of profound mysteries and raised his Darkness Divine Clone to Highgod, giving him Seven-Star Fiend strength.
• Olivier invited Linley to spar at the clan’s Battle Arena, and Linley accepted.
• Olivier and Linley exchanged powerful attacks that tore at space and attracted a growing crowd of Byzantine Clan members.
• Six elders arrived to watch and discussed Linley’s remarkable cultivation and the skill shown by both fighters.