The impact of all Seven Emperor Monarchs entering the battle soon spread across the battlefields of the Source-Devouring Time-Space.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch and the World-Eroding Emperor Monarch tied down Saine and the Limitless Golden Emperor respectively.
After escaping Locke's destruction blockade, the Withered-Realm Emperor Monarch began working with the Abyss-Pasture Emperor Monarch to stabilize the collapsing Source-Devouring Beast lines.
The Origin-Balancing Emperor Monarch remained locked in combat with the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord.
Vast quantities of the Mother Time-Space's source power continually changed course under the combined influence of balance rules and the Source-Devouring Rule.
The Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch, whom Locke had grievously wounded earlier, also reappeared with support from the Source-Devouring Progenitor's source power.
He did not immediately approach the main Emperor Monarch battlefield. Instead, he used his space rules to repeatedly sever the cross-star-domain links established by the Mechanical Civilization and the Destruction Divine Kingdom Legion.
The armies of Source-Devouring Beasts mobilized by the Abyss-Pasture Emperor Monarch poured toward the front from even more directions.
Although Locke was gradually suppressing the World-Realm Emperor Monarch, his return still greatly bolstered the Source-Devouring Time-Space's high-level combat strength.
For the first time, the Mechanical Civilization's previously expanding lines began contracting on a large scale.
This was not because the frontline legions could no longer hold out.
Rather, Saine had used Skynet to deliberately abandon several star domains that no longer held much research value.
Stretching the lines further would only give the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch and the Abyss-Pasture Emperor Monarch more openings to exploit.
The Mechanical War Fortresses, the Destruction Legion, and the Myriad Phenomena Community's combat forces began converging on several core regions.
As the legions pulled back, the armies of Source-Devouring Beasts immediately pressed in from all sides.
The Destruction Angel Legion voluntarily remained at the outermost edge