Chapter One: Divinity

The Vast World, among the Three Realms, is the place with the richest vital energy, the world most yearned for by immortals.

Here, the strongest from all levels gather, seeking the ultimate fulfillment of their desires!

Here, one step away and you can become a god, completing that long-dreamed-of transformation!

Here, it is the final stop for immortals to ascend to godhood!

Duan Tianya, a landmark of the Vast World, floats ten thousand miles high in the sky—a sudden thousand-meter cliff. The area around Duan Tianya is filled with a powerful and aggressive high-concentration vital energy field, repelling any living creature that approaches. Many god-cultivators, driven by desire, have become part of Duan Tianya itself. This is one of the five forbidden lands of the Vast World, rarely visited by people. Yet at this moment, hundreds of figures float in the distance, each with a different expression, but all eyes are fixed on Duan Tianya, shrouded in pure vital energy mist.

Even in the Vast World, where the strong are everywhere, these people are all renowned figures—god-cultivators above the fiftieth level of Fate Realm, representatives among immortals, each controlling several cultivation planes, their every move shaking the heavens and earth. At this moment, everyone holds their breath, gazing at Duan Tianya, as if the secret to godhood is hidden there.

The Vast World, the immortal realm countless mortals yearn for, possesses the most abundant vital energy of all planes. No matter which plane, which civilization, or which cultivation method, after passing countless trials, cultivators ultimately aim to enter the Vast World. Only here can one shed their mortal body and achieve immortality. Here, what is cultivated is... godhood!

No matter the level reached, there is always a distinction between the strong and the weak.

What is the Dao of Heaven?

Man follows the earth, earth follows the heavens, heavens follow the Dao, the Dao follows nature.

What is nature?

Survival of the fittest, the strong survive!

In every realm, cultivation resources are limited. In the Vast World, at this final step toward godhood, competition is even more intense, and the strongest are undoubtedly the Five Demigods. The so-called demigods are those who have touched a trace of the mysterious Dao of Heaven, just one step away from true godhood—the most powerful among immortals.

Without a doubt, they occupy the places with the richest vital energy in the Vast World, coveting the moment of becoming a god, while also being coveted by others. The cycle repeats, but for thousands of years, demigods have come and gone, yet none have ever taken that final step.

Until the Demon God Brian Clark, who had been in seclusion for a hundred years, emerged, having perfected the Seven Veins Reincarnation Grand Technique, finally changing the landscape of the Vast World.

In three years, Brian Clark challenged three demigods in succession: two from the Saintly Path—one died, one was injured; one from the Demonic Path was devoured, his soul and fate utterly destroyed. Countless top experts from various sects were defeated. For a time, the invincible might of the Demon God Brian Clark completely enveloped the entire Vast World.

And now, Brian Clark faces the last and most unique demigod of the Vast World—the Defiant Evil God Eric Bennett, an outlier from the Lesser World.

Only Duan Tianya is worthy to be their battlefield, and only demigods can enter Duan Tianya.

If Eric Bennett is defeated, then there will be no one left in the Vast World who can rival Brian Clark, and Brian Clark will become the closest person to godhood in a thousand years.

There are many ways to pursue the ultimate in power, but in essence, they all lead to the same goal: the possession and use of vital energy. Saintly cultivators advocate exploration and learning, believing that there must be a path to godhood in nature, waiting for cultivators to find it.

Demonic cultivators are essentially the same, but the difference is that they will stop at nothing to improve, such as devouring others’ vital energy as a shortcut.

The third, rarer type is the evil cultivator—arguably the madmen among cultivators. They cultivate against the heavens, advancing through “self-harm” in defiance of the Dao of Heaven. Thus, most evil cultivators are reclusive, making them outliers in a world of competing factions. The brutal competition has also made the evil path very fragile—until the Defiant Evil God Eric Bennett reached the demigod realm.

Outside Duan Tianya, there are vital energy vortices that can tear immortals apart, but inside Duan Tianya lies the purest vital energy—though this means little to the two demigods.

Brian Clark stands with his hands behind his back, his whole being merging with the surroundings. Every movement embodies the Dao of Heaven.

The Great Dao is one; whether saintly or demonic, all paths lead to the Dao of Heaven and ultimately to godhood. This has been proven in both factions, providing invaluable experience for those who follow. Yet among evil cultivators, the highest achievement is the Defiant Evil God Eric Bennett before them—demigod is already the highest realm for the evil path.

Eric Bennett's head of red hair looks rather disheveled—three days have passed, yet his expression remains calm.

Brian Clark gazes up at the sky, as if facing not the final opponent on the road to godhood, but an old friend.

At his level, power and beauty are already fleeting clouds; what remains is only an ever-intensifying obsession with the Dao of Heaven, and boundless loneliness.

The last to seek out Eric Bennett was not because he was the strongest, but the weakest. Even Brian Clark did not expect that Eric Bennett would turn out to be the strongest among the other four demigods, even a bit stronger than before Brian Clark went into seclusion.