Recaps

Saine completed his advancement to the Dominator Realm as experts gathered to witness the changes around the Ash Holy Tower. His Ash Power spread across the Land of Ashes before the Guardian of Summer prompted him to withdraw it, leaving him to stabilize his newly transformed power.

• Victor and Vikz watched Saine's law starlight, and Vikz felt defeated by Saine's achievement before Victor encouraged him to follow his own Road of Machines.
• Kaseda and Darlene arrived at the Land of Ashes to witness Saine's advancement.
• The blue grid starlight around the Ash Holy Tower gave way to gray Ash Power as Saine's understanding of Ash Law and the Star Realm's rules deepened.
• Saine entered the Dominator Realm and unconsciously spread Ash Power across the Land of Ashes.
• The Guardian of Summer reminded Saine to stop, and Saine withdrew his Ash Power to avoid harming the Land of Ashes and the Wizard World.

Saine reached Level 7 after half a year, then spent centuries adapting to his new power while the Guardian of Summer protected him. After emerging from seclusion, he thanked her, and she demanded that he pay the Guardian Organization’s fines for the damage caused by his Cyan Sun and Ash Power.

• Saine passively advanced from Level-6 Peak to Level 7 and kept his agreement with the being in the Time-Space Crack secret.
• Saine remained immersed in enlightenment for more than three hundred years as the Guardian of Summer supported his transformation and the Guardian of Winter left the Land of Ashes.
• Saine emerged from the Ash Holy Tower 372 years later to cheers from witnesses, while Kaseda, Darlene, and Victor stayed to speak with him.
• Saine flew to the exhausted Guardian of Summer and thanked her for protecting and helping him.
• The Guardian of Summer told Saine to pay the fines for the Cyan Sun and the damage Ash Power had caused to the surrounding rules.

After advancing to True Spirit Dominator, Saine stabilized under the Guardian of Summer’s watch and learned her true name, Shana. He then began building direct ties with Bairen Empire and Black Domain, positioning the Land of Ashes as an equal partner in their future dealings.

• The Guardian of Summer stayed in the Land of Ashes to monitor Saine’s unusual advancement, and Saine thanked her with valuable experimental materials.
• Saine asked the Guardian of Summer for her true name, and she told him to call her Shana.
• Saine thanked Shana for supporting him since his apprentice days, and she reflected on watching him grow into a Dominator.
• Saine examined the Guardian of Winter’s crystalline-blue barrier outside the Holy Tower and recognized its ability to suppress leaking Dominator Power.
• Saine met the Bairen Empire Dominators Kaseda and Wei Da, acknowledged their role in the Land of Ashes’ gray business, and shook hands with them to establish future cooperation.

After greeting the Wizard World's powerful figures, Saine reunited with his family and the Azure Blaze Sect. He planned to remain in the Wizard World to stabilize his realm, build the Ash True Spirit Tower, and help his companions with their research and cultivation.

• Saine spoke with Vikz and Mechanical True Spirit Master Victor, agreeing to collaborate on Mechanical Arcane Truths and join research on the Endless Light Device.
• Saine reunited with his wives, the Grant Family, and the Azure Blaze Sect lineage, where Gagaru congratulated him on becoming a True Spirit Magician.
• Saine told everyone he would stay in the Wizard World to stabilize his realm and oversee construction of the Ash True Spirit Tower.
• Saine privately offered to discuss Chaos Body Tempering with Cuilisi and the World Laboratory Project with Luluenman.
• Saine promised Gagaru and Pinas that he would help them refine a World-Class Secret Treasure.

After the Ash True Spirit Tower began construction, Saine planned to expand his influence across the Wizard World, especially toward the South Coast. He stabilized his realm and forged World-Class Secret Treasures for the Azure Blaze Sect, including a powerful staff for Gagaru.

• The Ash True Spirit Tower entered construction, and Saine planned to extend his influence south toward the South Coast while keeping other directions as future options.
• Saine stabilized his realm with the Guardian of Summer’s help and conducted experiments related to his own research and the work of Luluenman and Lina.
• Saine forged World-Class Secret Treasures for Azure Blaze Sect members who had reached Level 4 or above, including Gagaru’s disciples and granddisciples.
• Shana praised Saine’s skill as an alchemist, and Saine discussed how his early training and Dominator status made forging Secret Treasures easier.
• Saine forged Gagaru a low-grade Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure Ink Iron Magic Staff, and Gagaru was very satisfied with it.

After stabilizing his Dominator power, Saine continued rewarding his family and allies with secret treasures and prepared to travel to the Immortal Domain. Meanwhile, wars in the Minghe Empire and the Immortal Domain worsened, prompting Wizard Civilization to consider reinforcements and offer support.

• Saine gave Pinas four Magic Rings and Beleka a Plant Element Magic Sword, and promised Cuilisi a secret treasure when she advanced to a True Spirit Dominator.
• The Guardian of Summer left the Land of Ashes after arranging for the Guardian Organization to help Saine develop it, while construction of the Ash True Spirit Tower continued.
• Saine's aura fully stabilized, and he decided to lend the Dominator's Eye to Cuilisi before beginning his journey to the Immortal Domain.
• The Evil Tide Civilization pushed back the Minghe Empire's front lines as the empire lost two Dominators, leading Wizard Civilization to consider sending more reinforcements.
• Immortal Domain legions withdrew from the Cosmos Great World as war broke out in the Immortal Domain, and Wizard Civilization offered to send support if needed.

Saine traveled to the Immortal Domain with Tourmaline and a powerful entourage, officially on a diplomatic mission but also to marry her. In Qingyang Realm, they learned that the Immortal Domain was at war with Evil Tide Civilization.

• Saine prepared for the journey, sent Gongsun Wudi congratulatory gifts and potions, and learned she had advanced to Dominator.
• Saine left Wizard World with Tourmaline, Ming, Icarus, the Thunder God Fortress Group, and many other powerful companions bearing betrothal gifts.
• Tourmaline excitedly returned toward the Immortal Domain for the first time and chose to stay beside Saine rather than travel ahead with the Dragon Clan elders.
• Saine and his companions arrived in Qingyang Realm, where Dragon Clan elder Chao Feng revealed that Evil Tide Civilization was fighting the Immortal Domain.

Saine arrived in the Qingyang Realm and learned that the Immortal Domain’s war against the Evil Tide Civilization had already claimed Dominators. The Faceless Mask reacted to a hidden Saint in the realm, prompting the retired Black Fiend to leave his village and head toward Heaven One Palace.

• Saine ordered Mark to report the news to the Wizard Civilization and thanked Yunmeng Fairy for Heaven One Palace’s help during the war.
• A Level-5 scorpion from Chao Feng’s Aliba Merchant Alliance told Saine that Dominators had apparently fallen in the Immortal Domain’s war against the demons.
• Saine sensed an unknown Saint in the Qingyang Realm, and the Faceless Mask reacted to that being’s presence.
• The hidden Saint, a former demonic cultivator known as Black Fiend, recognized the Faceless Mask while living quietly among cultivators in his village.
• After encouraging a child practicing with a flying sword, Black Fiend left the village for Heaven One Palace’s territory.

Saine left the Qingyang Realm with his vast wedding procession bound for the Prehistoric World, where he would attend his sworn brother Duan Po’s wedding to Tourmaline. Before departing, he met the hidden Saint Black Fiend Taoist, who recognized Saine as Jos’s successor and promised to help him.

• Saine discussed trade cooperation with Heaven One Palace and was escorted to the Qingyang Realm’s teleportation array by Yunmeng Fairy.
• Saine’s enormous fleet, carrying betrothal gifts for the Dragon Clan, departed for the Prehistoric World, where Duan Po and Tourmaline’s wedding would be held.
• While Saine shared potion-making insights with Yunmeng Fairy, Black Fiend Taoist appeared and asked about Saine’s Faceless Mask.
• Saine confirmed he was Jos’s successor, and Black Fiend Taoist revealed that he owed Jos a favor and offered Saine his help.
• Black Fiend Taoist identified himself to Saine as “Black Fiend” before leaving.

After leaving Qingyang Realm, Saine traveled toward the Prehistoric World and learned more about Immortal Domain Civilization from the Dragon Race envoys accompanying him. At the Eastern Chen Gou Realm, he examined Chaos Qi and learned how it had both sustained the Immortal Domain and kept it isolated before Wizard Civilization helped it reach the Star Realm.

• Saine and Yunmeng Fairy exchanged farewells, and Saine left Qingyang Realm through its Teleportation Array.
• Saine's party traveled through the Immortal Domain's Three Thousand Worlds, while the East Sea Dragon Palace's Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Turtle Prime Minister explained the civilization's territories and history.
• Saine arrived outside the Eastern Chen Gou Realm, territory of the Intercept Sect, and examined a mass of Chaos Qi.
• Saine learned that Chaos Qi filled the void between Immortal Domain Cultivation Worlds, making travel perilous while providing a powerful source of energy.
• Saine learned that Wizard Civilization had helped the Immortal Domain end over a million years of isolation and begin exploring the Star Realm more than three hundred thousand years ago.

Saine learned that the Chaos Void could aid his and Cuilisi’s Chaos Body Tempering research, and planned to seek the Witch Clan’s cultivation method in the Prehistoric World. Near their destination, he allowed the Azure Dragon Saber Practitioner to visit the Heavenly Shu Realm to pursue his sword cultivation, leaving him with support and a way to stay in contact.

• Saine realized the Chaos Qi outside the Immortal Domain could let him move the Body Tempering Laboratory into the Chaos Void, and planned to seek the Witch Clan’s method from Zhong Kui and other Underworld experts.
• Saine and his companions traveled through several Cultivation Worlds and found that Chaos Qi grew denser as they approached the Prehistoric World.
• The Azure Dragon Saber Practitioner asked Saine to visit the Heavenly Shu Realm and study its sword cultivators after his sparring with the Alliance Empress had brought him close to Dominator.
• Saine agreed to let the Azure Dragon Saber Practitioner pursue his training, gave him Duan Ning’s Jade Talisman, and assigned Intelligent Robot 17 and Intelligent Robot 18 to accompany him.

Saine arrived in the Prehistoric World and married Tourmaline in an elaborate Dragon Clan ceremony, gaining a closer place among her powerful relatives. After their wedding night, he learned that two Immortal Domain Dominators had fallen in the war against the Evil Tide Civilization.

• Saine arrived in the Prehistoric World, where the Dragon Clan welcomed him and prepared for his marriage to Tourmaline.
• Saine traveled to the East Sea aboard the Thunder God Fortress Group and showered Energy Crystals over the region as part of his betrothal gifts.
• The wedding rites lasted three months, and Saine met Tourmaline's second uncle, Ya Zi, before consummating his marriage with Tourmaline.
• Saine grew closer to the Dragon Clan and learned that the Jade Balance Immortal Emperor and the Sleeping Dream Arhat had fallen in the war against the Evil Tide Civilization.

Saine shared intelligence about the Evil Tide Civilization with the Dragon Clan, whose Dominators prepared to reinforce the Demon Court Star Territory. He then traveled with Icarus and Candle Dragon to the Netherworld Blood Sea to visit Duan Po and meet the Four Great Judges.

• Saine and the Dragon Clan exchanged information about the Evil Tide Civilization, and Chao Feng warned that the Immortal Domain’s frontline defenses might fail.
• Chao Feng, Suan Ni, Baxia, and other Dragon Clan Dominators agreed to send legions to the Demon Court Star Territory, while Baxia prepared to assess the battlefield and explore future cooperation with Wizard Civilization.
• Saine chose to visit Duan Po in the Netherworld Blood Sea before traveling to the Demon Court Star Territory, accompanied only by Icarus and guided by Candle Dragon.
• Candle Dragon brought Saine to the Netherworld, where Zhong Kui and Cui Yu received him.
• Saine judged Zhong Kui’s strength to be nearing that of a Half-Step Peak Despairer and believed he was close to finding his path to Dominator.

Saine and Icarus traveled through the Reincarnation Underworld with Zhong Kui, learning how the Underworld handled the spirits of those killed in the Magic Tide War. They reached the Netherworld Blood Sea, where Saine recognized Duan Po as the Immortal Decimating Sword and Immortal Trapping Sword flew toward him.

• Zhong Kui greeted Saine and offered to guide him and Icarus toward the Netherworld Blood Sea, while Mountain-Moving Taoist watched awkwardly.
• Saine saw the Underworld crowded with spirits, many of them Demon Race victims of the Magic Tide War, and asked whether they would be reborn as demons.
• Zhong Kui explained that spirits could reincarnate as humans, Asura, or a different Demon Race, and that memories of their past lives would be erased.
• Saine and his companions crossed the Underworld's vast reincarnation spaces and arrived at the Blood Sea, where Candle Dragon's presence drew respect from the Asura Race and the undead.
• Saine recognized Duan Po seated on the Twelfth Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus as the Immortal Decimating Sword and Immortal Trapping Sword rushed toward him.

Duan Po continued fighting the Nether River Old Ancestor in the Blood Sea, refusing to embrace the inherited power of the Four Swords of Zhuxian and insisting on forging his own path. Saine arrived to support Duan Ning and noticed a change in Duan Po’s Firewood Chopping Knife as the battle continued.

• Duan Po fought the Nether River Old Ancestor with the Four Swords of Zhuxian and his Firewood Chopping Knife, but the old man's Twelfth Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus kept him unharmed.
• The Nether River Old Ancestor recognized that Duan Po refused to accept the swords' full power or become a second Master Tongtian, while the sealed Immortal Slaughtering Sword strained to reach its master.
• Saine arrived beside Duan Ning with Icarus and Fumila and reassured her that Duan Po would succeed.
• Saine assessed the Four Swords of Zhuxian and noticed a bronze glow spreading across Duan Po's Firewood Chopping Knife.

Duan Po’s 115-year battle with the Nether River Old Ancestor changed when the Immortal Slaughtering Sword broke free, only for Duan Po to turn against it and face the Four Swords of Zhuxian. As Duan Po fought his former self and deepened his understanding of Sword Dao, thunderclouds gathered over the Blood Sea, signaling a tribulation.

• Saine watched the battle while Fumila and Icarus recorded and analyzed it, and he considered how to address Icarus’s overheating and Fumila’s stalled advancement.
• After 115 years, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword broke free of the Nether River Old Ancestor’s seal and flew toward Duan Po.
• Duan Po struck at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and the Four Swords of Zhuxian formed a sword formation around him as the Nether River Old Ancestor withdrew.
• Saine reassured Duan Ning that her brother was breaking through himself while Duan Po fought the Four Swords and gained deeper insight into his Sword Dao.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Blood Sea, and the watching cultivators recognized the signs of a thunder tribulation.

Duan Po endured an eighty-one-bolt Sage Thunder Tribulation and entered the Sage Realm, regaining Master Tongtian’s memories as numerous Immortal Domain Sages gathered to witness his return. His Firewood Chopping Knife transformed into a Chaos Sword, leaving the assembled Sages astonished.

• Duan Po fought the Four Swords of Zhuxian while the Sage Thunder Tribulation descended, and the swords formed a ring to help protect him.
• Duan Po endured eighty-one bolts over half a year and completed his ascension into the Sage Realm.
• Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, and many other Immortal Domain Sages arrived to witness Master Tongtian’s return.
• The Intercept Sect Sages appeared as Duan Po recovered Master Tongtian’s memories along with his Sage Primordial Spirit.
• Duan Po’s Firewood Chopping Knife transformed into a high-grade Chaos Sword, whose power and potential astonished the gathered Sages.

Duan Po advanced to the Sage Realm, forged the Azure Lotus Sword, and chose to embrace his present self while retaining ties to his past life. He set off for Golden Turtle Island with Duan Ning, while Saine stayed behind to handle other matters.

• Duan Po named his newly transformed sword the Azure Lotus Sword after its light tore through the void, and Nether River Old Ancestor recognized that he had chosen his True Self.
• The Four Swords of Zhuxian returned to Duan Po, who combined them with the Azure Lotus Sword and prepared to stabilize his Sage aura and adjust to his inherited memories.
• Duan Po showed Saine a gentler temperament, then invited Duan Ning to travel with him to their new home at Golden Turtle Island.
• The Intercept Sect’s disciples and Sages welcomed Duan Po’s return, while Saine told him he needed to handle other matters before visiting.
• Duan Po invited Nasi Xiu and Nicole to Golden Turtle Island and offered to teach them the Supreme Clarity Immortal Formula, but Saine said Nicole would study magic with him.

After Duan Po and Master Tongtian departed, Saine met several Immortal Domain Sages and built connections for Wizard Civilization. His talks with the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother opened the way to practical cooperation between Central Celestial Court and Saine’s Land of Ashes faction.

• Duan Po led Duan Ning and the others away, while Duobao Daozun, Golden Spirit Mother, and other Intercept Sect powers pursued Master Tongtian.
• Saine spoke with Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, who invited him to visit Five Villages Temple and share Ginseng Fruit.
• Azure Dragon introduced Saine to the Four Symbols; Vermilion Bird traded three fiery tail feathers for three vials of Life Potion, while White Tiger and Black Tortoise departed after brief encounters.
• Saine spoke with the Immortal Domain Sages to expand his network and maintain Wizard Civilization’s ties with their Dao Courts.
• Saine discussed practical transactions with the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, securing promises for cooperation between Central Celestial Court and his Land of Ashes faction.

Saine received gifts from the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, then discussed his powers and Wizard Civilization's ties with Nether River Old Ancestor. He secured access to Great Witch body-tempering techniques from Zhong Kui and learned of Chaos Stones, which he hoped to acquire in bulk.

• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother gave Saine an Immortal Ring containing rare Peaches of Immortality and other specialties from the Central Celestial Court.
• Nether River Old Ancestor questioned Saine about his Karma Fire Lotus Seed and Source Laws, recognized his Chaos Flame and Destruction Flame, and directed him to seek cooperation with the Asura King.
• Saine asked Zhong Kui to sell or share the Witch Clan's body-tempering techniques, and Zhong Kui offered Great Witch-level arts while refusing to trade Ancestral Witch secret arts.
• Zhong Kui showed Saine a Chaos Stone gathered from the Chaos Void, and Saine asked to buy every surplus stone the Witch Clan had.

Saine arranged further trade and cooperation with the Witch Clan and Asura Race before visiting Golden Turtle Island, where Master Tongtian had gathered thousands of Intercept Sect cultivators. There, Nasi Xiu wandered off and startled Rainbow Cloud Fairy by prodding her cloud form, then left her alone with Nicole.

• Zhong Kui agreed to trade Chaos Stones and offered to have Witch Clan members gather rare materials from the Chaos Void for Saine.
• Saine met the Asura King, who offered to represent the Asura Race in future exchanges with the Land of Ashes.
• Saine went to Golden Turtle Island to meet Duan Po, where nearly twenty thousand Heavenly Immortal-level Intercept Sect cultivators had gathered under Master Tongtian.
• Saine brought Nasi Xiu and Nicole to the island, and Nasi Xiu slipped away to explore among the Intercept Sect disciples.
• Nasi Xiu repeatedly poked Rainbow Cloud Fairy in her cloud form until she transformed into a female cultivator, then left her with Nicole.

Duan Po gathered the Intercept Sect and announced that they would join the war in the Demon Court Star Territory, while Saine asked about Hong Hou and agreed with Duan Po’s sense of duty. At the sect meeting, Master Tongtian sought Wizard World support for the Intercept Sect’s campaign by asking Saine to sell them two thousand Space Fortresses, leaving Saine stunned.

• Duan Po told Saine that the Intercept Sect would fight in the Heavenly Demon Star Territory War to defend the Immortal Domain.
• Duan Po said he would wait for fate to bring him and Hong Hou together again rather than abandon his responsibilities for private affairs.
• Master Tongtian convened 28,769 Intercept Sect disciples and decided to march into the Demon Court Star Territory.
• Master Tongtian asked Saine to sell the Intercept Sect two thousand Space Fortresses, and Saine asked him to confirm the number.

Saine negotiated strategic cooperation between Wizard Civilization and the Intercept Sect, including a possible sale of two thousand Space Fortresses. After Master Tongtian’s sermon, the Intercept Sect mobilized to join the war in the Demon Court Star Territory, where Duan Po would lead its first contingent.

• Saine told Master Tongtian that he needed approval from Master Victor and General Kaseda before arranging two thousand Space Fortresses, and offered to contact the Black Domain as an alternative.
• Saine and the Intercept Sect reached strategic agreements, and Master Tongtian spent more than half a year expounding on the Dao to his disciples.
• Master Tongtian turned the Golden Turtle Island assembly into an oath-taking rally, and Duan Po raised his Azure Lotus Sword as the Intercept Sect declared its march to war.
• Duan Po prepared to lead nearly ten billion Intercept Sect cultivators to the Demon Court Star Territory, accompanied by Master Tongtian and Golden Spirit Mother.
• Duobao Daozun stayed behind to coordinate the sect’s armies, while Kui Niu returned to Ji Lei Mountain to mobilize demon forces and Zhao Gongming remained behind at the threshold of Level 8.

Saine and the Intercept Sect forces traveled toward the Demon Court Star Territory, where they encountered the Evil Tide’s advance and discovered that its army used technology-based war platforms. The chapter ended as Saine’s and Duan Po’s legions opened fire on the Evil Tide forces in the Gulan Star Territory.

• Saine joined Duan Po’s forces with three Dominators and crossed the Chaos Void into the Original Star Territory, which Duan Po said had once been called the Blue Fist Star Territory.
• Saine advised Duan Po to buy war platforms from the Galente Federation, and Duan Po agreed to place a large order using Federation Credits.
• Saine’s forces reached the Gulan and Heavenly Demon Star Territories and found battles underway, while Evil Tide infiltration units had also disrupted supplies in the Garuda World Cluster.
• Saine saw an Evil Tide force led by two Rank Seven Demon Emperors using purple warships and other technological platforms operated by small, purple-skinned humanoids.
• Saine’s and Duan Po’s legions exchanged fire with the Evil Tide Army in the Gulan Star Territory.

After the Evil Tide Civilization withdrew from the Gulan Star Territory, Saine and Master Tongtian learned about the greater battle in the Demon Court Star Territory and Saine examined captured Evil Tide warships. Saine discovered that his Mechanical Cataclysm magic could affect the ships but was hindered by Evil Tide Power, which could also demonize machinery and living beings.

• The Evil Tide legions retreated from the Gulan Star Territory after Saine and Master Tongtian arrived with a powerful relief force.
• Saine and the others learned from Yun Zhongzi that more than a hundred Evil Tide Dominators had gathered in the Demon Court Star Territory.
• Saine traded Energy Crystals with the Exposition Sect for captured low- and mid-tier Evil Tide warships and inspected their construction.
• Saine found that his Mechanical Cataclysm magic could influence the warships, but the Evil Tide Power within them resisted his control.
• Yun Zhongzi explained that Evil Tide Power could infect cultivators and described the cleansing methods used by the Immortal Domain's factions.