Time flowed on.
Three thousand years slipped quietly away amid slaughter on the Dimension Battlefield and the tranquility of Truth Exploration.
Yet on this day, a modest stir arose within the core circle of Saine's faction.
Mechanical Monster Emperor Gromz, Flower of Life Mandara, the peerlessly valiant Decepticons Intelligent Robot dominator, the equally formidable Yin, and many other powerful figures—all of Saine's most trusted core enforcers—had failed in their attempts to break through to the Level-9 Realm.
An outcome no one had anticipated shocked them all.
Little Tenth, who had returned in defeat from her last attempt to reach the Level-9 Realm, had actually succeeded this time and entered the Level-9 Realm!
She had become another peak-standing existence among the many powerful figures under Saine's command.
The two attempts to break through to the Level-9 Realm had inflicted extremely severe wounds upon Little Tenth's Rule Origin.
For a period of time, she had remained in a weakened state.
However, the instant she successfully advanced to Level 9 this time, everything took a turn for the better.
The vast rule energy that surged forth during her advancement nourished her origin like spring rain moistening all things.
Much of the Rule Origin she had previously depleted was restored this time, even becoming more condensed than it had been at her peak!
Her silver-white hair, once draped loosely over her shoulders, gradually took on an inky luster between its strands as Little Tenth successfully advanced to Level 9. Bit by bit, it changed from silver to black, ultimately becoming a cascade of dark hair.
As the new-generation "Death God," Little Tenth's white hair, condensed from exceptionally pure Power of Death, should have better highlighted her cold and solemn temperament, complementing the Death Rule she commanded.
But through her long years of contact and