Recaps

Lina arrived at the Skeleton Remains World as a newly advanced True Spirit Magician to support Saine against the approaching Evil Tide Legion. She raised a vast undead army for the battlefield, though she could not yet summon Dominator-class undead.

• Lina hurried to the Skeleton Remains World despite the danger and Saine's concern about her unstable realm.
• Lina's inherited mark from Death God had helped her enter the True Spirit realm and stabilize her Dominator True Body.
• Lina deployed Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beasts and used the world's dense Power of Death to raise undead forces.
• Lina opened seven Gates of Summoning and brought trillions of Undead Creatures, along with more than a dozen Level 6 undead and two Level-6 Peak undead, to the battlefield.
• Lina told Saine she had studied Summoning Element arcana and could not yet summon Dominator-class undead, and Saine praised her work.

Evil Tide Civilization launched a full-scale assault on Skeleton Remains World, and Saine answered its Level-8 Demon Emperor with a newly developed Level-8 Mechanical King fusion. As Saine clashed with Demon Emperor Leiao, Zi Lixiang’s battered force broke through nearby and witnessed the machine’s power.

• Evil Tide Civilization attacked Skeleton Remains World with at least seven Demon Emperors, including a Level-8 Dominator.
• Saine fused Thunder God, Icarus, Fumila, and 474 intelligent robots into New Thunder God, a Level-8 Mechanical King.
• Saine charged Demon Emperor Leiao, splitting the invading Evil Tide Army and forcing several Level-7 Dominators aside.
• Saine and Leiao’s battle shook the surrounding battlefield as Zi Lixiang led a ragtag force through the encirclement.
• Zi Lixiang saw Saine’s New Thunder God and exclaimed in shock.

Saine and the Wizard Civilization forces held the defensive line at Skeleton Remains World while fighting the Evil Tide Army. Zi Lixiang led seven million battle-hardened refugees through the enemy blockade to reinforce them, then headed toward Gongsun Wudi’s war zone.

• Saine’s Level-8 Mechanical King transformation let him withstand Demon Emperor Leiao’s lightning attacks and press the battle toward a stalemate.
• The Dominators on both sides joined the fighting, while Gongsun Wudi, Lina, and the Silver Soul World True Spirits helped Wizard Civilization repel the Evil Tide Army at Skeleton Remains World.
• Zi Lixiang abandoned her assigned retreat route and led her exhausted force of roughly seven million Alliance creatures through the Evil Tide blockade.
• Zi Lixiang’s reinforcements joined Saine’s Ashes Group Army, helping the defenders crush the invading Evil Tide Army more quickly.
• Zi Lixiang avoided Saine and Demon Emperor Leiao’s duel and headed for Gongsun Wudi’s war zone.

Saine drove back the Level-8 Demon Emperor Leiao and then joined Lina’s battle as the New Thunder God disassembled and Fumila and Icarus returned to combat. He conserved energy for his garrison duty while targeting the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor, whose spine he hoped to use for Lina’s new Magic Staff.

• Saine combined the Flames of Ash, Chaos Body Tempering, and Holy Light Power to strike the Demon Emperor Leiao’s Evil Tide Heart and force it to retreat.
• The Demon Emperor Leiao escaped on its Z-shaped Crystal Javelin, while Saine acknowledged that he could not catch the swift Level-8 Dominator.
• Saine flew to help Lina, who had only recently advanced to True Spirit rank, as the New Thunder God separated into Intelligent Robots.
• Fumila and Icarus returned to their main bodies and joined the fight, shifting the balance of Dominators on the battlefield.
• Saine chose to conserve energy for his garrison mission and moved toward the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor, intending to use its spine for Lina’s new Magic Staff.

Saine led a counterattack against the Evil Tide forces, trapping the weakened Mourning Bone Demon Emperor with Holy Light magic, reinforcements, and heavy artillery. Zi Lixiang delivered the final blow, killing him as the battle turned in Saine’s favor.

• Saine confronted the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor as Fire Cloud Demon Emperor’s Rule Bell weakened him and forced him to flee.
• Saine and Fumila blocked the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor’s escape while Icarus went to support Gongsun Wudi.
• Saine deployed two Dominator-Class War Fleet groups, whose firepower joined his magic to batter the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor.
• Saine struck the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor with a Godly Ball, rapidly draining his Dominator Omnipotent Soul.
• Zi Lixiang stabbed the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor in the neck and severed his head, killing him.

After the Evil Tide Civilization retreated from the Skeleton Remains World, Saine rewarded Zi Lixiang for helping defeat the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor and reinforced the Silver Lamp World legions. He then reflected on the power of the Source Energy Civilization’s city ruins and the possibility of building a comparable metal city.

• The Evil Tide Demon Emperors and Demon Sovereigns withdrew after the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor fell, leaving only weaker Demon Kings behind.
• Saine accepted the Mourning Bone Demon Emperor’s remains from Zi Lixiang and gave her potions and a Dominator’s Eye as payment for her aid.
• Zi Lixiang examined the rewards and recognized the yellow potion’s potent holy light as useful for treating her injuries.
• Saine learned that the Silver Lamp True Spirits were unharmed but their legions had suffered losses, so he assigned them advanced Intelligent Robots and over one billion Mechanical Legion units.
• Saine recalled the Source Energy Sub-City ruins and considered how a civilization-serving metal city differed from his Magic Cube and Thunder God Fortress Group.

After Saine’s victory in Skeleton Remains World, Wizard Civilization extended his garrison mission by seventy years and ordered Zi Lixiang to remain and assist him. Saine accepted the responsibility and prepared for reinforcements as Evil Tide forces moved toward his position.

• Wizard Civilization commended Saine’s forces and awarded him a Life Potion after he reported their victory in Skeleton Remains World.
• Zi Lixiang reconnected with Combat Command and was assigned to help Saine defend Skeleton Remains World for 270 years.
• Klopp Knight told Saine that Evil Tide legions were converging on his position and that Combat Command had extended his garrison mission by seventy years.
• Saine accepted the added duty, and Klopp Knight promised resources and sent Dao Dali to reinforce him.
• Zi Lixiang complained about her new assignment while recovering from rule-inflicted wounds in Saine’s Thunder God Fortress Group.
• Befu received three otherworldly Dominators who had arrived to support Wizard Civilization.

The Wizard Civilization welcomed three foreign Dominators, including Minghua, who had come to support its war against the Evil Tide after Minghua learned Saine and her old friends were fighting on the front lines. Meanwhile, Demon Emperor Kailute intensified the Evil Tide assault at the Skeleton Remains World battlefield after punishing Leiao for his defeat.

• The Rhythmic Purificationist explained to Befu that she had brought the Ancient Sound World Legion to the Wizard Star Region at the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix’s suggestion.
• The Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix said her clan had come to repay the Wizard Civilization for helping Minghua in the Despair World.
• Minghua told Befu that Saine had helped her, asked where Saine, Gongsun Wudi, and Dao Dali were, and decided to go to the Challenger Star Territory to meet them.
• At the Skeleton Remains World battlefield, Demon Emperor Kailute reprimanded Leiao for losing to Saine and crippled one of his arms.
• The chapter noted that Kailute had previously slain a Yan Emperor Divine Clan Dominator and had recently crushed a Norman Federation artificial-human Dominator.

Demon Emperor Kailute concentrated Evil Tide forces around the Skeleton Remains World, forcing Saine to prepare for a major assault. Saine began setting up a secret plan to hold the front, while Roy carried out reconnaissance and installed unfamiliar devices.

• Demon Emperor Kailute shifted his forces toward the Skeleton Remains World, where the Wizard Civilization expected twenty-seven Demon Emperors to converge.
• Saine was warned that the Evil Tide would attack and resolved to preserve his forces while holding the front for the coming century.
• Saine recalled his tactic against Greedy Phosphorus Demon Emperor and began planning a Doomsday Plan that would require help from other Dominators and lower-level forces.
• Roy, a Level-3 Magician of the Ash True Spirit Tower and Saine's descendant, received orders to scout a meteorite belt and install strange mechanical devices.
• Roy reflected on his rise from a Level-1 Magician and on his elder sister Milan Grant's greater talent and potential.

Roy's squad installed the first of two mysterious devices on a covert mission, losing two members along the way. When the battered survivors disagreed about continuing, Blaine sided with the three who wanted to install the second device, leaving Roy to confront how little he understood about her.

• Roy and his six teammates infiltrated the front-line battlefield to install two oval mechanical devices for Saine's secret Doomsday Plan.
• Hoke used his Shadow Crawler to find an infiltration route, and the squad followed him toward a shattered Meteorite Belt.
• The squad installed the first device, but two members died before they could finish.
• Roy and the injured Hoke voted to abandon the mission, while Blaine, Tester, and Mario chose to continue.
• Blaine said she would carry on even if the others left, and Roy wondered why she had made that choice.

Roy’s squad suffered catastrophic losses while trying to install a mechanical device during the Evil Tide Civilization’s purge. With his teammates dead and the Evil Tide closing in, Roy activated the device’s pre-activation rune and detonated his final self-destruction scroll.

• After the Evil Tide Civilization discovered a captured mechanical device, it began a sweeping purge as Roy’s squad searched for a new installation point.
• A Demigod-level magic beetle killed Tester, who sacrificed himself to give Roy and the others time to retreat.
• Hoke found the installation coordinates before dying, leaving Roy to reach the point amid a converging Evil Tide army.
• Blaine died after sharing her convictions and memories of her grandmother, strengthening Roy’s resolve to complete the mission.
• Mario fell while buying Roy time to activate the device, and Roy found his Elemental Body being corrupted by the Evil Tide.
• Roy activated the device’s pre-activation rune and tore apart his final self-destruction scroll as darkness engulfed everything.

After Roy’s death activated the final guidance device for the New Doomsday Plan, Saine ordered Wizard Civilization’s forces to launch a coordinated strike across the Skeleton Remains Front. The battle began with Wizard Civilization unleashing its full magical and technological firepower against the Evil Tide Army.

• Roy’s self-destruction activated the last designated device on the Skeleton Remains Front, while Evil Tide Civilization’s discovery of Wizard Civilization’s maneuvers prevented another infiltration mission.
• Saine sensed Roy’s death and mourned the third of his descendants to fall in the war, then recognized the bloodline signal and guidance beam as signs that the plan was ready.
• Saine ordered the allied Wizard Civilization legions to take their positions and begin the New Doomsday Plan’s attack.
• Wizard Civilization’s magicians began linked forbidden spells as its warships and cannons targeted the coordinates marked by the guidance beams.
• Saine entered the battle as his Conqueror-class Titan Ship charged its Star Dome Device and Wizard Civilization unleashed a vast assault that overwhelmed many Evil Tide legions.

Saine led his forces in an assault on the Evil Tide Army and activated the New Doomsday Plan, unleashing destructive power across the battlefield. The chapter ended as the Godly Gene devices detonated, leaving Demon Emperor Babbock and another Demon Emperor caught with the dangerous devices in hand.

• Saine charged into battle with the Thunder God Fortress Group, joined by Dao Dali and his Azure Dragon Blade, which had grown more powerful during the war.
• Saine also brought Zi Lixiang Dominator into the assault, though she privately doubted his decision to attack while outnumbered and still facing over a century of garrison duty.
• Saine used the Staff of Ashes to activate the devices he had planted across the battlefield as part of his New Doomsday Plan.
• The devices released their stored Godly Gene, triggering catastrophic explosions and elemental-law halos across the planes and other locations.
• Demon Emperor Babbock tried to throw away the device in his hand, while another Level Six Demon Emperor could not stop his own device from erupting.

Saine unleashed a World Extinction Tide against the Evil Tide Army, trapping three Level-7 demon emperors and forcing Demon Emperor Kailute to intervene. Kailute advanced through the destructive force toward the frontline as the tide’s full spectacle came into view.

• Saine charged three Level-7 demon emperors with the World Extinction Tide, preventing the other Evil Tide Dominators from immediately supporting them.
• Demon Emperor Kailute ordered Demon Emperor Leiao and five Level-7 demon emperors to rescue the trapped trio, then decided to lead the advance himself.
• Kailute left Demon Emperor Baboer in command and ordered him to destroy as many Wizard Civilization Legions and Dominators as possible.
• Demon Emperor Leiao reached the edge of the World Extinction Tide but hesitated to enter, while the other demon emperors feared its power.
• Demon Emperor Kailute strode into the World Extinction Tide and swept his greatsword forward, revealing the full force of Saine’s attack.

Demon Emperor Kailute tore through Saine’s World Extinction Tide and advanced toward the battlefield, but Saine chose to keep fighting rather than retreat. Saine’s allies joined him in pursuing two wounded Demon Emperors as he fused with the Thunder God Fortress Robot to prepare for the escalating battle.

• Demon Emperor Kailute breached the World Extinction Tide, astonishing Saine and prompting Zi Lixiang to warn that he was too powerful to face directly.
• Zi Lixiang refused Saine’s order to withdraw, while Gongsun Wudi also stayed with the group.
• Saine ordered them to press their attack on two wounded Demon Emperors and told Gongsun Wudi to coordinate rear-line fire support if needed.
• Saine entered the Thunder God Fortress Robot and fused with Icarus, Fumila, and the nearby Intelligent Robots to become the Level-8 Mechanical King.
• Zi Lixiang joined the pursuit, watching Saine with a strange, excited intensity as the group continued fighting.

Saine and his allies pursued the badly wounded Demon Emperor Hui Xian while Demon Emperor Kailute fought through the World Extinction Tide to reach the battlefield. As Kailute arrived and disrupted Saine’s Sky Net, Zi Lixiang harvested Hui Xian’s heart and blood essence, then warned Saine they had to leave.

• Saine and his allies drove their attack against the fleeing Demon Emperor Hui Xian, while the other Level-7 Demon Emperor escaped in the opposite direction.
• Demon Emperor Kailute forced his way through the World Extinction Tide, drawing Demon Emperor Leiao and the others behind him toward the battlefield.
• Demon Emperor Kailute arrived and cut off a large section of Saine’s Sky Net after destroying an advanced Intelligent Robot.
• Saine continued attacking Hui Xian, whose shattered Evil Tide Heart and nearly severed head could not overcome her Plant Element vitality.
• Zi Lixiang extracted Hui Xian’s shattered Evil Tide Heart and collected her blood essence, then warned Saine that they had to leave.

Saine stayed behind to kill Demon Emperor Hui Xian before Demon Emperor Kailute could stop him. After enduring Kailute’s attack and spotting more Demon Emperors arriving, Saine retreated from the battlefield.

• Saine ordered Zi Lixiang, Dao Dali, Gongsun Wudi, and the others to leave while he stayed to finish Demon Emperor Hui Xian.
• Demon Emperor Kailute attacked Saine, but Saine raised the Planet Protection Shield and continued assaulting Hui Xian.
• Saine killed Demon Emperor Hui Xian with a strike combining the Strength Arcana, Ash Arcana, and Holy Light Arcana.
• Kailute’s strike damaged Saine’s King of Machines and forced several Intelligent Robots out of the combined state.
• Saine saw Demon Emperor Leiao and nearly twenty more Demon Emperors arrive, then withdrew from the battlefield.

Saine withdrew from the Dominator battlefield while Demon Emperor Kailute pursued him and Demon Emperor Leiao moved to block his escape. As the battle reached the Wizard line near the Skeleton Remains World, Lina ordered the Wizard forces to support Saine.

• Saine retreated under Demon Emperor Kailute's attacks, taking most of Demon Emperor Hui Xian's Dominator Remains but leaving the scattered spoils behind.
• Demon Emperor Kailute ordered Demon Emperor Leiao to catch Saine, and Leiao used his lightning-enhanced speed to overtake and block him.
• Saine struck Demon Emperor Leiao with the Fortress Iron Fist, and Leiao countered with his Lightning Halberd, slowing Saine's withdrawal.
• Saine and Demon Emperor Leiao exchanged powerful attacks, injuring both and leaving Saine's retreating King of Machines vulnerable to Kailute's approaching forces.
• Lina ordered the Wizard Civilization legions on the Skeleton Remains battle line to support Saine with renewed artillery fire and attacks.

Saine held off Demon Emperor Leiao while Demon Emperor Kailute and other Evil Tide Dominators closed in, prompting Wizard Civilization’s Dominators and Silver Lamp World forces to join the battle. The Skeleton Remains Front became a fierce offensive clash, with Saine still caught between the advancing enemies.

• Wizard Civilization’s Combat Command assigned Dao Dali to support Saine rather than divert scarce Dominator-class reinforcements from other fronts.
• Saine’s fleet and allied forces unleashed attacks on Demon Emperor Leiao as he fought Saine near the Skeleton Remains Front.
• Lina’s Soul Death Ray injured Leiao, while Saine endured attacks from him ahead and pursuing Evil Tide Dominators behind.
• Gongsun Wudi, Dao Dali, Zi Lixiang, Lina, and the Dominator-Class War Fleets joined the fight as Kailute closed in on Saine.
• Yin Hua True Spirit proposed supporting Wizard Civilization, and Jiu Xi True Spirit led the Silver Lamp World forces and their allies against the Evil Tide Army.

After Saine’s victories on the Skeleton Remains Battlefield made him a leading candidate to succeed Befu as Wizard Civilization’s leader, the fighting left his forces badly damaged. Just as the battle remained deadlocked, reinforcements from Hundred Spirits Aviary and Ancient Sound World arrived.

• News of Saine’s three Demon Emperor kills spread through Wizard Civilization, and Befu considered passing leadership to him after the Magic Tide War.
• Klopp urged caution about Befu stepping down and discussed reinforcements, while Befu insisted that Saine’s forces needed second-line support.
• Several decades of fighting on the Skeleton Remains Battlefield damaged both of Saine’s Dominator-Class War Fleet groups, destroyed an Orobos-class warship, and wounded the Wizard Civilization Dominators.
• The Silver Lamp World True Spirits continued defending Saine’s flank despite Yin Hua being severely wounded.
• A phoenix cry and the notes of a guzheng announced the arrival of reinforcement legions from Hundred Spirits Aviary and Ancient Sound World.

Minghua, the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix, and the Rhythmic Purificationist arrived as reinforcements on the Skeleton Remains Front. They avoided the overwhelming Demon Emperor Kailute, and the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix moved to confront the weakened Demon Emperor Leiao while the Rhythmic Purificationist supported her with music.

• Minghua arrived and transformed into her Phoenix Dominator True Body while Saine fought the Demon Emperor Kailute in his King of Machines form.
• Minghua fled from Kailute’s battlefield and went to help Gongsun Wudi, raining Nirvana Fire on the Evil Tide legions.
• The Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix and the Rhythmic Purificationist arrived and saw Saine battling Kailute.
• The Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix chose to attack the weakened Demon Emperor Leiao, who was fighting Dao Dali.
• The Rhythmic Purificationist played her guzheng to support the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix as she flew toward Leiao.

The Rhythmic Purificationist and the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix joined Saine’s defense of the Skeleton Remains World, helping repel the Evil Tide Civilization’s attacks. As the garrison period neared its end, Saine met the new allies and focused on the Rhythmic Purificationist’s guzheng.

• The Rhythmic Purificationist blessed the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix and led her phoenix and bird legions into battle.
• The Rhythmic Purificationist supported Saine against Demon Emperor Kailute with law blessings and sound-based attacks, while the Ancient Sound World Legion joined the fighting.
• The Dominator battle continued for over a hundred years, and Saine’s side killed three Demon Emperors as his Magic Cube absorbed battlefield Origin Power.
• After the Evil Tide Civilization’s assault weakened and the garrison period neared its end, Saine formed a Dominator avatar to meet the newly arrived allies.
• Saine thanked the Rhythmic Purificationist and noticed that her guzheng was a mid-grade World-Class Secret Treasure.

Saine coordinated the Wizard Civilization’s withdrawal from the Skeleton Remains Front, completing the 270-year mission without losing a Dominator. After the retreat, his growing fame brought Land of Ashes more applicants than it could readily accept.

• Saine told Rhythmic Purificationist he would refine and enhance her guzheng after the war, then gathered Dominators to plan the retreat and rearguard.
• Saine withdrew the Ashes Group Army in batches, leaving mechanical troops and undead to delay Demon Emperor Kailute’s forces while volunteers stayed behind as the rearguard.
• With Klopp Knight’s support, Saine and the other Dominators completed their mission and reached the rear of Challenger Star Territory without losing a Dominator.
• Wizard Civilization praised Saine, whose followers began calling him the “King of Machines,” though his official title was “Ash True Spirit.”
• Meili told Saine that Land of Ashes had received 112 applications from newly advanced powerhouses, creating a recruitment challenge.

After withdrawing from the Skeleton Remains Front, Saine settled in a rear region and resumed his experiments while the Ashes Force recruited new members. News that the White Ant King had become the White Ant Demon Emperor after encountering Ant Queen Ilisa led Saine to reconsider Reverse Demonization.

• Meili helped Saine manage the Ashes Force’s recruits and administrative work as he prepared three World-Class Secret Treasure experiments.
• Zi Lixiang rested on Saine’s King of Machines True Body, while Saine considered asking her to cooperate in future research.
• Saine and his companions withdrew to Darkfall Land, where he returned to his Truth Experiments alongside allies including Minghua and Jiu Xi.
• News arrived that Ant Queen Ilisa had encountered her former child, the White Ant King, on a breached defensive line.
• The White Ant King, now transformed into the White Ant Demon Emperor, trembled when it saw Ant Queen Ilisa.

Wizard Civilization analyzed the White Ant Demon Emperor’s escape and debated using a Zerg King to study reverse demonization, while Saine worked on Dao Dali’s armor. The chapter ended with news from the Galente Federation that Bond had become its first Dominator-class Super Gene Warrior.

• The White Ant Demon Emperor self-destructed part of its body and fled after piercing Ant Queen Elizabeth, allowing her to escape; Saine and other Magicians suspected her bloodline influence had disrupted it.
• Kissinger proposed sending a Dominator-class Zerg King to undergo demonization for research, but Combat Command rejected the risky plan.
• Saine considered Kissinger’s proposal, then returned to crafting Dao Dali’s Blade Armor using the Ink Sea Master’s skin.
• Saine learned that the Rhythmic Purificationist would cooperate with him in two experiments, and that she was interested in his Faceless Mask.
• The Galente Federation informed Saine that Bond had advanced to become its first Dominator-class Super Gene Warrior.