Recaps

The Evil Tide Civilization’s leaders considered its dwindling strength and uncertain future after major battlefield losses, while Darkness Demon Ancestor offered to fight one last battle before departing. They learned that the Demon Subjugation Alliance was preparing a major move and that Star Wheel Demon Ancestor wanted reinforcements.

• Darkness Demon Ancestor declared that he would fight one final battle for the Evil Tide Civilization, while Undying Supreme and Secluded Bamboo Supreme faced the question of its future strategy.
• Undying Supreme asked how much of Saite Demon Ancestor’s Deity Set had been recovered, and Six-Winged Demon Ancestor reported that Saite’s true-spirit fragment had escaped but most of the set was lost.
• Undying Supreme considered possible ways to use the lost Deity Set components to bargain with the Wizard Civilization for the Sealing Divine Ring.
• Star Wheel Demon Ancestor reported that the Demon Subjugation Alliance had gained strength and might soon make a major move.
• Star Wheel Demon Ancestor asked the Supremes to send reinforcements or transfer high-level combatants to the Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.

The Evil Tide Supremes moved elite legions toward the Demon Subjugation Alliance to restore their civilization’s morale and punish its enemies. At the Wizard Civilization’s frontline command, Lilith shared her discoveries about Reverse Demonization with Saine, while the Dragon Mother gave Saine’s family a more complete Sky Starfall fragment.

• The Undying Supreme warned that civilizations watching the Evil Tide might join a future assault, and the Supremes decided to strike the Demon Subjugation Alliance hard.
• The Secluded Bamboo Supreme asked about Demon Ancestor Kai Huang, who had escaped the Wizard Civilization’s encirclement with the Seal Eye secured by Gaia Demon Emperor.
• The Evil Tide recalled elite legions from the Immortal Domain and Wizard battlefields and sent them to the Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.
• Lilith gave Saine a test tube of purplish-red slurry containing secrets of Reverse Demonization and left the Wizard Civilization’s frontline command.
• The Dragon Mother gave Saine’s family a more complete Sky Starfall fragment, and Saine considered using alchemy to repair and improve the civilization supreme treasure.

Saine reflected on his children’s growing talents and gained more Civilization Supreme Treasure fragments to study as Wizard Civilization continued its war against the Evil Tide. The chapter left Saine leading the campaign to reclaim lost territory while Carell awaited equipment suited to his abilities.

• Saine learned that Nicole had become especially compatible with Sky Starfall and recognized that his children had made impressive progress on the battlefields.
• Old Lady Mei pressed Douglas about whether Saine could reach Level Nine, and Douglas said Saine was Wizard Civilization’s greatest genius in a hundred thousand years.
• After a brief, private gathering at the frontline Combat Command, Saine returned to lead his Ashes Group Army in reclaiming Wizard Civilization’s territory.
• Befu lent Saine the Heart Piercing Bone Nail, another Civilization Supreme Treasure fragment, for study and use.
• Wizard Civilization obtained parts of the Deity Set for Carell, but its Sun God Spear did not suit his weapons or attributes, and Carell still lacked a fitting sword.

Lilith left the Wizard Civilization and met the Astral Realm Overseer, Ming, who explained that the Evil Tide had caused trouble across regions without Overseers. He invited Lilith to serve as an Overseer in the vacant Star Sector near her civilization.

• Lilith entrusted the Death Scythe to Lina and left the Summoning Codex with Rogge while Wizard Civilization continued using the Death Crown in Naige'er's research.
• Befu told Douglas that Lilith had departed with Vivian, difficult-to-revive True Spirit Lights, and the gravely wounded Dragon Mother.
• The Dragon Vein Warlock Family discovered only after the Dragon Mother had been gone for years that their Old Ancestor had left the Star Realm.
• Lilith entered a milky-white door and met Ming, the Astral Realm Overseer, without her scythe or codex.
• Ming explained that the Evil Tide had spread through Star Sectors with vacant Overseer positions and asked Lilith to serve as an Overseer.

Ming explained the limits of an Astral Realm Overseer and his fear of the Immortal Domain, then asked Lilith to become Overseer of the Wizard Star Region. Lilith refused, leaving the Wizard Civilization free to grow without supervision as she looked forward to its future ascent into a Higher Dimensional Plane.

• Ming reflected that Overseers had limited power over civilizations and that he could not safely approach the Immortal Domain’s core.
• Ming admitted that Lilith and other Level-9 Beings could rival him in battle, though the Astral Realm Will’s blessing let him punish those who violated its rules.
• Ming asked Lilith to become an Astral Realm Overseer for the Wizard Star Region and described the benefits the role could bring.
• Lilith refused because she did not want the Star Realm’s suppression or the responsibility of restraining the Wizard Civilization.
• Lilith believed the Wizard Civilization should remain without an Overseer and continue its unrestrained growth, and she looked forward to its reaching a Higher Dimensional Plane.

Lilith left the Star Realm and braved a perilous space-time passage, following the Ancient Moon Tree’s guidance toward a faintly glowing gate. After entering it, she heard a familiar voice and began to cry.

• Lilith ignored the Astral Realm Overseer, entered the law light gate, and rode a Dragon of Death into the passage.
• Lilith endured dangerous attacks as she traveled through the passage, avoiding the enticing gates and windows along the way.
• Lilith reached the Ancient Moon Tree, received a message from it, and collected a branch as a specimen.
• Lilith continued deeper into the passage and entered an inconspicuous gate filled with faint, dreamlike starlight.
• A voice told Lilith, "You've come," and tears streamed down her face.

After Lilith departed for the Higher Dimensional Plane, Wizard Civilization inherited her contracts with the Star Realm Dominators, while Carell received a key to the Heavenly Origin Sword from Turbid Wind. The Dominators and Lilith’s Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beasts remained important forces in the war against the Evil Tide.

• Lilith’s departure weakened her Rule Contracts with the Star Realm Dominators and shifted their contract holders to Wizard Civilization.
• Turbid Wind quietly left the Wizard Civilization Battlefield, and Carell gave him the wooden sword he had used for many years.
• Turbid Wind gave Carell a white sword soul and revealed it could help open the Heavenly Origin Sword, a Civilization Supreme Treasure he had discovered in the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm.
• Carell watched Turbid Wind depart and wondered whether his friend was heading to the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• The Star Realm Dominators gradually committed to fighting alongside Wizard Civilization as the Evil Tide retreated and the war offered chances for reward.
• Lilith’s Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast legion remained with Wizard Civilization, with the Death Frost Dragon commanding its Dominator-class members.

Befu rejected the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s request to coordinate a full-scale counteroffensive against Evil Tide Civilization unless it provided resources, arguing that Wizard Civilization had already carried the war’s burden. She then heard that Saine had been conducting risky experiments and that his Intelligent Robots were advancing.

• Klopp Knight reported that Nine Stars Civilization had contacted Wizard Civilization about coordinating a counteroffensive against Evil Tide Civilization.
• Befu criticized the Demon Subjugation Alliance for staying out of earlier fighting and said Wizard Civilization would consider sending Dominators if it received Energy Crystals and other resources.
• Klopp and Befu discussed how the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s long-occupied planes would be difficult to reclaim and agreed that its civilizations would now have to bear more of the fighting.
• Befu asked about Saine, and Klopp said Saine had been conducting experiments, one of which had destroyed a Star Harbor.
• Klopp reported that Saine’s Intelligent Robot Decepticons had reached the Dominator level and that Optimus Prime had entered a qualitative transformation period.

Saine studied the God Source’s compatibility with Faelun’s goddesses and used the depleted relic in an experiment on Mystra. The procedure changed Mystra’s core source but consumed about two-fifths of the God Source, leaving Saine to test the results.

• The Decepticons and Optimus Prime advanced to the Dominator tier and demonstrated that they could fuse with other Intelligent Robots into a giant.
• Saine focused on researching Lilith’s Reverse Demonization reagent, God Source, and the Fate Stone Slab.
• Saine brought Mystra, Wojin, and Karenina to his laboratory because Faelun’s goddesses were compatible with the God Source.
• At Mystra’s request, Saine implanted the ancient white God Source in her chest and fused it with her heart on a rule-based level.
• The procedure altered Mystra’s core source and consumed roughly two-fifths of the God Source, and Saine left her to rest while he ran tests.

Saine completed experiments with Wojin and Anna Karenina, then absorbed the refined God Source and the Fate Stone Slab into his Magic Cube. The Magic Cube transformed into a Quasi-Civilization Supreme Treasure, gaining stronger Faith Power and potent spatial abilities.

• Wojin cooperated with Saine’s experiment and endured the God Source’s effects better than Mystra had.
• Anna Karenina became the final goddess to participate, using the experiment to deepen her foundation.
• After the experiments, all three goddesses entered slumber while they adapted to the God Source’s power.
• Saine’s Magic Cube devoured the God Source’s crystal essence and the Fate Stone Slab, drawing the attention of Dominators with its spatial tremors.
• The Magic Cube transformed from a Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure into a Quasi-Civilization Supreme Treasure.
• The transformation boosted the Intelligent Robots’ Faith Power and gave Saine’s Magic Cube expanded spatial and combat capabilities.

Saine gave Gaoersiji Jin the Fate Stone Slab’s residue in exchange for Che Guevara’s resources, helping the God of Gamblers pursue his future breakthroughs. Their meeting was interrupted by Mystra and Wojin becoming Dominators in succession, while other forces across the war also saw new Dominators emerge.

• Gaoersiji Jin asked Saine for help after sensing the Fate Stone Slab’s power of fate, and Che Guevara offered a vast trove of resources on his successor’s behalf.
• Saine gave Gaoersiji Jin the residue left by the Magic Cube’s absorption of the Fate Stone Slab, and Che Guevara handed Saine his resource list and an ancient Space Ring.
• Mystra broke through to become a chief god, followed by Wojin, who advanced to the Dominator Realm.
• Che Guevara reacted with astonishment as Saine’s Ashes Force gained two new Dominators, adding to the recent breakthroughs of the Decepticons and Optimus Prime.
• Darkness Spring reached the Dominator Realm on the Southern Front, while Evil Tide Civilization saw more breakthroughs after the Darkness Demon Ancestor advanced to Level 9.

As Saine resumed researching Reverse Demonization, the Demon Subjugation Alliance launched a counteroffensive against the weakened Evil Tide. Wizard Civilization and the Source Energy Remnant Clan were pulled into the conflict despite their mutual distrust.

• Saine received news that the Evil Tide had weakened and withdrawn from several battlefronts, prompting the Demon Subjugation Alliance to prepare a counteroffensive.
• The Yan Emperor Divine Clan secured promises of support from Gali and Violet Blaze, while First Flame Emperor and Only-I Venerable committed to the campaign.
• The Yan Emperor Divine Clan and Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World launched the counteroffensive, followed by Iron-Blood Civilization and the Source Energy Remnant Clan.
• Star Radiance Envoy Oren questioned whether the time to counterattack had come, even as Evil Tide forces continued retreating.
• The Source Energy Remnant Clan entered the war despite its members' fear and resentment toward Wizard Civilization, leaving both civilizations awkwardly bound to the same alliance.

The Demon Subjugation Alliance’s counteroffensive collapsed when the Evil Tide Civilization sprang its trap and unleashed a massive counterattack. After heavy losses, the alliance’s member civilizations began considering retreat, while Only-I Venerable called for more worlds to join the fight.

• The wounded One-Eyed Demon Ancestor struck down a Level-8 Star Envoy with his Mystic Black Axe technique, Severing Star.
• Demon Ancestor Kai Huang, Six-Winged Demon Ancestor, and other Evil Tide forces overwhelmed the Demon Subjugation Alliance as nearly five hundred Evil Tide Dominators entered the battle.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor used the Time-Space Crystal Diamond to trap several alliance Dominators and deepen the rout.
• The Demon Subjugation Alliance lost one Level-8 Dominator and several Level-7 Dominators, while more than a dozen others suffered severe injuries.
• Several alliance civilizations began contemplating retreat, and Only-I Venerable urged more World Civilizations to join the resistance.

The Demon Subjugation Alliance expanded its efforts to recruit Star Realm civilizations as the Evil Tide held back, while Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain focused on reclaiming territory and distanced themselves from the alliance. Wizard Civilization prepared its Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly, which could establish Saine as its next Civilization Leader and gather powerful allies under its influence.

• Only-I Venerable and the Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World aided civilizations whose Dominators had fallen, prompting other alliance members to follow their example.
• Only-I Venerable blamed the Wizards and the Immortal Domain for the Evil Tide’s return, and Oren later agreed to recruit more Star Realm civilizations into the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• The Demon Subjugation Alliance began pursuing new alliances while the Evil Tide Civilization held to its front rather than pressing its advantage.
• Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain declined to join another counterattack and concentrated on reclaiming their lost territories.
• Saine prepared for the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly, where his leadership would be confirmed and invited Dominators from across the Star Realm would gather.

Saine agreed to accompany Gongsun Wudi back to the Tianming Empire, where she intended to escort her brother’s coffin home and inherit the throne. As Wudi approached, the Crown Prince and his faction prepared to confront her return.

• Gongsun Wudi asked Saine to return with her to the Tianming Empire, and he agreed to take his main body while leaving an avatar to manage Wizard Civilization.
• Saine and Wudi departed without legions, accompanied only by Wudi’s female-soldier personal guard unit.
• Wudi returned to escort Gongsun Wuji’s coffin and inherit the Empress’s throne, while the Tianming Empire’s upper echelons kept the emperor’s death and succession secret from most of the realm.
• The Crown Prince’s allies worried that Wudi’s succession would threaten their faction, which had expected the Crown Prince to inherit the throne.
• After learning that Wudi was approaching, the Crown Prince set out for Black Tortoise Gate.

Gongsun Wudi’s procession was ambushed at Black Tortoise Gate as she returned to the Tianming Empire, but she easily overwhelmed the attackers’ commander. The Tianming Crown Prince’s Dragon of Luck then joined the fight, turning the ambush into a battle over the empire’s throne.

• Gongsun Wudi’s procession entered the imperial palace and approached Black Tortoise Gate without resistance.
• The palace gates slammed shut, a barrier sealed the area, and black arrows rained down on Wudi’s Luanjia.
• Gongsun Wudi stepped out and froze the arrows with her Dominator-class aura as Zhang Yongde confronted her.
• Gongsun Wudi struck Zhang Yongde back with one punch and continued attacking him while the soldiers watched.
• The Tianming Crown Prince’s Dragon of Luck took physical form and dove at Gongsun Wudi.

Gongsun Wudi fought the Tianming Crown Prince and his loyalists at Black Tortoise Gate while Saine secretly disrupted the empire’s luck formation. After the Dragon of Luck transferred its blessing to Gongsun Wudi, she overwhelmed her nephew and demanded to know whether he had anything more to say.

• The Tianming Crown Prince and his loyalists attacked Gongsun Wudi, who fought them with her Fangtian Halberd while Saine watched from the side.
• Saine studied the imperial palace’s luck formation and used his Magic Short Staff to weaken the Crown Prince and his supporters.
• The Tianming Crown Prince’s crown was cut, while the luck of his party’s officials fell sharply.
• Saine redirected the Crown Prince’s luck toward Gongsun Wudi, whose popularity among the empire’s people further strengthened her momentum.
• Gongsun Wudi received the Dragon of Luck’s full blessing, displayed nine dragons and two phoenixes, and gained strength comparable to a Level-7 Peak creature.
• Gongsun Wudi stopped her fist before the Tianming Crown Prince’s face and asked whether he had anything else to say.

Gongsun Wudi quelled the coup at Black Tortoise Gate, arrested Gongsun Bo, and secured Zhang Yongde’s submission. She recognized that the Li Clan and other conservative noble forces had driven the rebellion and resolved to eliminate the remaining conspirators.

• Gongsun Wudi bound Gongsun Bo with chains of luck and ordered Invincible’s guards to take him away under arrest.
• Gongsun Wudi confronted Zhang Yongde over his role in the coup, and he bowed to acknowledge her as emperor.
• Gongsun Wudi decided that the other participants, especially the chief culprits and accomplices, would not be spared.
• Gongsun Wudi traced the coup to the Li Clan and conservative nobles who feared losing power if she ruled and her descendants inherited the throne.
• Gongsun Wudi wondered whether Gongsun Wuji had passed the throne to her so she could eradicate the former dynasty’s forces.

Gongsun Wudi ascended as empress of the Tianming Empire after purging its old power factions, while Saine gained the empire’s second-strongest Dragon Qi and prepared to return to Wizard Civilization. Before leaving, he urged Wudi to consider relocating the empire’s capital and aligning its future with Wizard Civilization as the Immortal Domain and Wizard Civilization fought the Evil Tide.

• Gongsun Wudi executed the Tianming Empire’s traitors and ascended into the sky as its people prostrated themselves, confirming her position as empress amid the dragon’s roar and phoenix’s cry.
• Saine received Dragon Qi second only to Wudi’s, and the empire’s middle tier of power stood vacant after the Incident at Black Tortoise Gate.
• Saine told Wudi he needed to return to Wizard Civilization for the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly, and Wudi quietly accepted as they rested together.
• Saine left behind an Intelligent Robot legion of about two hundred million before setting out for the Wizard World.
• Saine advised Wudi that the Tianming Empire could move its capital and draw closer to Wizard Civilization, prompting her to consider the empire’s future.

Saine encountered the Alien Queen on his way back to Wizard Civilization and accepted her gifts as she sought to bring Alien Civilization fully into the Wizard Alliance. At Renault Star City, the Imperial Council smoothly confirmed Saine as Wizard Civilization’s next leader.

• The Alien Queen stopped Saine with three Dominator-class Alien Kings and asked him to help Alien Civilization join the Wizard Alliance completely.
• The Alien Queen gave Saine a Civilization Supreme Treasure fragment and a wounded Empress Facehugger as gifts.
• The Alien Queen revealed that Little White, a newly risen Level-7 Alien King with support abilities, had helped locate Saine.
• Saine told the Alien Queen to send her legion to report to the Southern War Zone, then continued to Renault Star City.
• Wizard Civilization’s Imperial Council convened and confirmed Saine as the civilization’s next leader.

After confirming Saine as Wizard Civilization’s future leader, the wizards held the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly amid growing attention from other civilizations. Representatives from three newly connected top-level civilizations arrived, while additional civilizations continued to observe the conflict with Evil Tide.

• Befu and the Imperial Council confirmed Saine as Wizard Civilization’s future Civilization Leader and discussed alliance matters and plans for the counteroffensive against Evil Tide.
• The Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly began, drawing fifty-eight outside Dominators and representatives from the Free Blade Civilization.
• Representatives of White Cloud Flowing Tuo World arrived and offered to help resist Evil Tide after their Dominators had witnessed its threat firsthand.
• War God Peak Civilization sent Leng Feng, a Level-8 Late-Stage Dominator, to establish ties with Wizard Civilization.
• Twisted Shadow Civilization arrived seeking to participate in and observe the assembly, while other top-level civilizations contacted the Demon Subjugation Alliance or continued to wait and watch.

Wizard Civilization hosted the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly as representatives from many top-level civilizations gathered, drawing the attention of Evil Tide Civilization. The chapter leaves Evil Tide secretly monitoring the assembly to learn what the newly involved civilizations might do next.

• Befu and Saine received Leng Feng of War God Peak Civilization, while Master Naige'er took over Abaddon's talks with Darkness Shadow after the two nearly caused a diplomatic incident.
• Master Naige'er and Darkness Shadow struck a private deal involving a large batch of Dim Element Curse Crystals, though their transaction did not commit either civilization.
• Master Douglas met with the Dominators of White Cloud Flowing Tuo World, and their relationship with Wizard Civilization warmed despite reaching no immediate agreement.
• The Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly began, with representatives from the Demon Subjugation Alliance, the Immortal Domain, and other civilizations attending without Voting Rights.
• Evil Tide Civilization sent many spies into the Wizard Star Region to watch the assembly and assess the intentions of the civilizations gathering there.

As Wizard Civilization prepared to open the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly, Saine became its focal point as foreign Dominators crowded around him. Befu opened the record-breaking gathering at Howling Stone World, where the assembled powers prepared to discuss the threats facing the Star Realm.

• Saine dealt with envoys from several foreign civilizations who sought to speak with him before the assembly began.
• Befu and Klopp Knight discussed the danger posed by Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World and the Source Energy Remnant Clan, then went to greet Blade Empress Lisa and Titan God-King Odin and his children.
• Eleven top-level civilizations attended, alongside representatives of fallen or wandering powers and six Level-8 Peak Beings.
• A total of 227 Dominators attended the assembly in person or through avatars, setting a record for Wizard Civilization’s gatherings.
• Befu declared the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly officially open.

At the Wizard Alliance Assembly in Howling Stone World, Befu exposed a group of infiltrators, including the demonized Dominator Dark Crawler. Wizard Civilization’s powerhouses attacked the intruders, and Naige’er killed Dark Crawler with the Death Crown.

• Befu raised law shields around Howling Stone World and announced that the Assembly was clearing out uninvited guests.
• Deep red beams locked down roughly two hundred beings, including more than a hundred demonized creatures and the Level-7 Dominator Dark Crawler.
• Thor and more than a dozen Wizard Civilization Dominators attacked Dark Crawler as the other Exotic Dominators watched.
• Dark Crawler erupted with purple demonic light, confirming that Evil Tide Civilization had demonized it and that it had evaded detection for a long time.
• The cleansing battle revealed that about a quarter of the intruders came from unfamiliar Alien World Civilizations rather than Evil Tide Civilization.
• Naige’er used the Death Crown to blast Dark Crawler into a death statue.

At the Twenty-Eighth Wizard Alliance Assembly, Master Naige'er killed the Dark Crawler and displayed the Death Crown, drawing attention from the gathered Dominators. The assembly began by honoring those who had died defending Wizard Civilization, as the war continued.

• Master Naige'er stored the Dark Crawler's remains after dozens of Dominators prevented it from escaping the venue.
• Darkness Shadow asked Naige'er for the Dark Crawler's shadow, and Naige'er said they would discuss terms after the assembly.
• The gathered Dominators learned that Naige'er wielded the Death Crown, which had once belonged to the Minghe Empire.
• Befu opened the assembly by calling for a moment of silence for Wizard Civilization's fallen and its allied legions.