Recaps

Saine considered how the Evil Tide Civilization might try to win the Wizard Civilization’s support, while refusing to make promises on his civilization’s behalf. After the battle, the Demon Fall Supreme confronted the unresponsive Death God and tried to provoke him by pointing out his disciples among the Wizard Civilization forces.

• The Evil Tide high-level considered how to secure help from the Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain, and viewed Saine as a valuable potential ally.
• Saine resolved not to let his relationship with Zi You lead him to make commitments for the Wizard Civilization.
• After fighting God of Destruction Zanding, the Demon Fall Supreme approached Death God and judged that he had reached the Quasi-Level-9 stage.
• The Demon Fall Supreme found Death God emotionally empty and received no answer when he asked whether Death God still had emotions.
• The Demon Fall Supreme angrily pointed out Death God’s disciples among the Wizard Civilization forces, and Death God finally turned his head.

The Death God clashed with Demon Fall Supreme, then vanished once the threat to the Star Realm’s balance had passed. As Demon Fall Supreme withdrew into the Demon Territory Depths, Little Tenth told Saine she thought her master had glanced toward her.

• The Death God attacked Demon Fall Supreme after his advance crossed the Safety Line, prompting Secluded Bamboo Supreme to warn him and Undying Supreme to turn his attention toward the clash.
• The Death God’s Rule Body began to fade after the Decayed Civilization’s forces withdrew, and Demon Fall Supreme calmed as he watched it disappear.
• Demon Fall Supreme headed toward the Demon Territory Depths to recover, consumed by despair and uncertainty about his future path.
• Saine and the others watched the Death God vanish, then prepared to move to another battlefield.
• Little Tenth tugged at Saine’s Magic Robe and said she thought her master had glanced their way.

Saine reassured Little Tenth after she revealed that Death God seemed to retain a trace of his own will despite approaching rule-based existence. As the campaign to clear the Demon Territory Middle Part continued, Saine received news that Reverse Mutant had reached Level 8 and the Evil Tide Civilization had delivered the captured White Alien King.

• Little Tenth told Saine that Death God had looked at her and seemed to retain a trace of his will, contrary to what she understood about Level-9 beings merging with the rules.
• Saine urged Little Tenth to keep Death God's condition secret, including from Lina, and promised to investigate the mysteries of Level-9 existence.
• Saine led the Wizard Civilization Expeditionary Force to other battlefields, where God of Machines and his subordinates handled the fighting while he supervised and studied the White Spine Scepter.
• Purple Colony Demon Emperor stayed in the Demon Territory Middle Part to support Saine and the Evil Tide Dominators and help wounded Evil Tide forces recover.
• Saine learned that Reverse Mutant had advanced to Level 8 and that the Evil Tide Civilization had delivered the captured White Alien King to him.

After the Reverse Mutant became the Alien Empress, Saine reassured her and considered how to develop her new abilities and the Alien Clan. Little White then submitted to Saine and presented him with a Soul Light Spot.

• The Level Eight Reverse Mutant joined Saine, who told her to follow him and promised not to mistreat her or her clan.
• Saine examined the Reverse Mutant and considered using her and her metal equipment to build a Mechanical Alien Legion.
• Saine assessed Little White as a possible support-type Dominator for the Wizard Civilization and wondered why the Alien Clan had produced one.
• Little White submitted to Saine as the Alien Civilization’s True Emperor and offered him a Soul Light Spot.

Saine took the Alien Queen’s Soul Light Spot from Little White and considered using it in Wizard Civilization’s first attempt to resurrect a Level-8 Dominator. As the war in the Demon Territory Middle Part wound down, he prepared to return to Wizard Civilization after securing plans to expand its influence into the Alien Star Sector.

• Saine recognized the Alien Queen’s Soul Light Spot and took it from Little White to preserve it in the Magic Cube.
• Saine considered resurrecting the Alien Queen as a test subject, believing the Magic Cube and Sky Net could keep her under control.
• Saine planned for Wizard Civilization to support and eventually absorb the Alien Star Sector planes whose Dominators had died in the war.
• Over the following centuries, the remaining Decay-Type Dominators were suppressed, killed, or driven into other space-times.
• After helping settle the war in the Demon Territory Middle Part, Saine led the reduced Wizard Civilization Expeditionary Force home.

After the battle in the Demon Territory Middle Part, Saine led the battered Wizard Civilization Expeditionary Force away as both the Wizard Civilization and Evil Tide Civilization counted enormous losses. Saine left with a public declaration of victory, while Zi You prepared to continue the Evil Tide Civilization’s campaigns.

• The Evil Tide Civilization’s forces killed 221 Decay-Type Dominators, while God of Destruction Zanding and 77 others fled, and its Demon Emperors pursued the survivors.
• Saine’s expedition returned with only a little over twenty direct-line Wizard Civilization Dominators; more than thirty Alien Star District Dominators had died, and the Wizard Civilization collected their bodies.
• The Wizard Civilization Combat Command drafted a triumphant account of the battle before Saine’s force had returned to its territory.
• At the edge of the Evil Tide Star Territory, Zi You promised Saine that resource compensation would arrive in installments under their Rule Contract.
• Saine asked where Zi You would go next and observed that the Evil Tide Civilization was producing new Dominators and forcing its civilization potential to meet the demands of Dimensional Hegemony.

Star Wheel Demon Ancestor, Demon Ancestor Lei Ji, and One-Eyed Demon Ancestor arrived at the Endless Fire Territory Battlefield as Demon Ancestor Kai Huang held off the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s strongest fighters. Evil Tide Civilization chose to confront the Alliance’s concentrated forces head-on, leaving the battle poised for a major clash.

• Demon Ancestor Kai Huang used his Crimson Sky Battle Armor to withstand the Alliance Dominators’ attacks and struck at Only-I Venerable with the Blade of Destruction.
• Kai Huang had previously focused on Galaxy Star Safina, whose repeated losses of Dominator Soul had driven her to keep her distance and attack him from afar.
• Star Radiance Envoy Oren’s proposal to transfer Safina to another battlefield was rejected by Only-I Venerable, who feared Kai Huang would target him even more.
• Star Wheel Demon Ancestor, Demon Ancestor Lei Ji, and One-Eyed Demon Ancestor arrived to reinforce Evil Tide Civilization at the Endless Fire Territory Battlefield.
• Evil Tide Civilization chose to defeat the Demon Subjugation Alliance where its main forces were gathered rather than first reinforce its other battlefields.

Star Wheel Demon Ancestor and the other Evil Tide reinforcements arrived at the Endless Fire Territory Battlefield and turned the tide against the Demon Subjugation Alliance. Five hundred years later, Zi You reached the Metal Graveyard War Zone and focused on the Source Energy Sub-City.

• Star Wheel Demon Ancestor attacked Oren while Demon Ancestor Lei Ji engaged Safina with Pitch-Black Rule Thunder.
• Safina sensed the battle turning against the alliance and ordered the Source Energy Remnant Clan Legion to fight cautiously and prepare to withdraw.
• One-Eyed Demon Ancestor targeted Only-I Venerable with his Mystic Black Axe as Demon Ancestor Kai Huang resumed fighting First Flame Emperor.
• The Evil Tide Civilization launched a full-scale advance across the Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.
• Five hundred years later, Zi You arrived at the Metal Graveyard War Zone with more than twenty Demon Emperors and fixed her attention on the Source Energy Sub-City.

Zi You led Evil Tide Civilization’s forces to attack the Source Energy Sub-City in the Metal Graveyard War Zone, intending to seize it for Wizard Civilization. She brought Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor to lock down the city while Demon Emperor Raymond and the others began the assault.

• Evil Tide Civilization launched a broad counteroffensive, and Zi You brought more than twenty demon emperors and their legions to the Metal Graveyard War Zone.
• Saine and Wizard Civilization’s leaders weighed future alliances and strategies, while Saine prepared to discuss cooperation with Immortal Domain leaders in the Honeycomb Star Territory.
• Evil Tide Civilization gained an advantage in the war zone, but the Capricorn Empire and Source Energy Remnant Clan remained cautious and guarded the Source Energy Sub-City.
• Zi You ordered the attack and asked Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor to use the Time-Space Crystal Diamond to prevent the city from escaping.
• Demon Emperor Raymond and the other demon emperors began fighting the defenders as Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor prepared to lock down the Sub-City.

Saine returned from the Demon Domain with the White Spine Scepter and learned that the Alibaba Interstellar Merchant Association was trading with both the Evil Tide Civilization and its enemies. Passing the Sealed Land, he recalled the Minghe Remnant Clan’s secret and concluded that they held the initiative in the coming campaign through the Dimensional Esophagus.

• Saine and the Wizard Civilization expeditionary fleet returned from the Demon Domain through the Evil Tide Civilization’s vortex passage.
• Nefka told Saine that the Alibaba Interstellar Merchant Association maintained ties with numerous civilizations and secretly collaborated with the Evil Tide Civilization.
• Saine explained that the Alibaba Interstellar Merchant Association profited by trading with both sides and encouraging the Evil Tide Civilization and the Demon Subjugation Alliance to fight.
• Saine passed the Sealed Land and looked toward Little Tenth’s Minghe Empire bone warship, noting that she had not brought the Sealing Divine Ring.
• Saine recalled the Minghe Remnant Clan’s secret and said the Evil Tide Civilization would need their help during its campaign through the Dimensional Esophagus, giving them the initiative.

Saine returned to the Netherworld Star Territory, where Wizard Civilization was expanding its control, and ordered its legions to advance faster. Meanwhile, Master Naige'er gathered the Kada Star Thief Group's leaders and announced that the group would expand alongside Wizard Civilization.

• Saine met Rank Eight Mechanical True Spirit Victor, learned Sword Saint Carell was exploring a Civilization Relic, and ordered the Wizard Civilization legions to accelerate their occupation of the Netherworld Star Territory.
• Little Tenth asked to remain with the Minghe Remnant Clan in the Netherworld Star Territory, and Saine approved her request while postponing a decision on relocating the clan from the homeland.
• Master Naige'er left the returning expedition to meet with the Kada Star Thief Group's White-Eyed Demoness and Gustavo in the Netherworld Star Territory.
• Naige'er declared that the Kada Star Thief Group needed to expand its manpower and Dominator ranks to keep pace with Wizard Civilization's territorial expansion, and said he would explain the plan to Saine.

After returning to Wizard Civilization, Saine took charge of its accumulated affairs and learned that Death Mourning Civilization might have originated as a technology-based civilization. He ordered Master Naige'er to investigate the battlefield and sent the Shadow King to scout the Dimensional Esophagus.

• Master Naige'er secured promises of greater benefits and authority for the demons and Star Realm powerhouses in the Kada Star Thief Group, while reminding them they remained Wizard Civilization's hidden enforcers.
• Saine returned to Wizard Civilization and found that Master Douglas had gone into seclusion, leaving Saine to manage official business with help from Klopp Knight and others.
• Saine learned that the allied forces of Wizard Civilization, the Silver Soul World, and the Immortal Domain had pushed into Death Mourning Civilization's homeland, where expeditionary magicians had found evidence of its technological past.
• Klopp Knight told Saine that Death Mourning Civilization had transformed and rapidly expanded about a hundred thousand years earlier, and that Befu had requested Master Naige'er's help investigating it.
• Saine ordered Klopp Knight to direct Master Naige'er to the Death Mourning Civilization Battlefield when he returned from the Netherworld Star Territory.
• Saine sent the newly advanced Shadow King to infiltrate the Dimensional Esophagus Battlefield and investigate.

Naige'er agreed to travel to the Death Mourning Civilization Battlefield after Klopp relayed Befu’s promise that the mission could advance his research, and Saine accepted Naige'er’s condition for giving him Geluomuzi’s corpse. At the Death Mourning Civilization Home Starfield, the four giants gathered as Tyrant arrived badly wounded after the allied forces drove it back.

• Klopp told Naige'er that Befu believed the Death Mourning Civilization Battlefield held something crucial to his research on fundamental Truth Arcana and Death Plague Magic, so Naige'er agreed to go and bring Rose.
• Klopp explained that Saine would also travel to the battlefield to meet Silver Knight and Master Tongtian and discuss the war and strategic cooperation among civilizations.
• Saine agreed in principle to Naige'er’s proposed expansion of the Kada Star Thief Group, while Naige'er said he would give him Geluomuzi’s corpse if Saine settled things with Rose; Saine accepted.
• Tyrant, Goddess of Revenge, Nosferatu, and Globus gathered in the Death Mourning Civilization Home Starfield, where Tyrant appeared battered and bore wounds inflicted by the allied forces, including one from Silver Knight.

Tyrant returned to the Death Mourning Civilization badly wounded after the allied forces of the Wizard Civilization, Immortal Domain, and Silver Soul civilizations defeated him. At a meeting of its four leaders, the chapter revealed their roles and Globus’s connection to the civilization’s technological past.

• Tyrant recalled how the Destruction Giant Ape and Silver Knight had overwhelmed him, and how his allies and Heart of Death Mourning had helped him escape.
• Nosferatu angrily blamed Tyrant for provoking the enemy alliance, though the allied civilizations would have sought the Death Mourning Civilization’s Home Starfield regardless.
• The chapter described the Goddess of Revenge as a powerful outsider who had joined the Death Mourning Civilization against her will and commanded a small elite legion.
• Nosferatu was identified as the civilization’s strategic core, while Globus was introduced as a noncombatant researcher who controlled most of its experimental subjects.
• Globus was revealed to have assisted a scientist of the predecessor technological civilization in exploring the Realm of the Dead, and Tyrant, the Goddess of Revenge, and Nosferatu bore subject markings from those experiments.

The leaders of Death Mourning Civilization debated the crisis as the coalition of Wizard Civilization, Immortal Domain, and Silver Soul World waited outside its territory. Rogge’s research revealed that the Rule Virus strengthened infected beings but could not yet be cured, so the coalition held back while awaiting experts.

• Nosferatu admitted that Tyrant’s crisis had angered him, but the powerful enemies approaching Death Mourning Civilization also excited his ambition.
• The coalition reached Death Mourning Civilization’s Homeland Star Territory, but Befu persuaded Master Tongtian and the others to delay their advance because of the Rule Virus.
• Flood Demon King contracted a Rule Virus and suffered severe injuries, while Rogge suppressed the infection in his laboratory but could not cure it.
• Rogge explained that the virus could strengthen its victims and transform them into Death Mourning System Dominators, while also affecting their minds.
• Rogge suspected the virus was incomplete and that a more powerful Initial Virus existed, prompting Befu, Master Tongtian, and the coalition to wait for Saine and Master Naige'er.

Before leaving for the Death Mourning Civilization battlefield, Saine met Wizard World’s newly appointed Guardian of Autumn, Autumn Rain, a knight who had reached the Dominator Realm through his own efforts. The chapter ended with Autumn Rain greeting Saine and calling him his idol.

• Saine prepared to travel to the Death Mourning Civilization battlefield with Lina, the Tenth Pharaoh King, and other Wizard Civilization powerhouses, while planning to finish dismantling the White Spine Scepter.
• Saine praised Klopp Knight and the Guardian of Spring and Summer for cultivating Wizard Civilization’s rising powerhouses, and Klopp Knight told him about the new Guardian of Autumn.
• Saine delayed his departure so he could meet Autumn Rain in Wizard World.
• Klopp Knight explained that Autumn Rain had refused an earlier offer to become a Guardian, choosing to reach the Dominator Realm without using Plane Source Power.
• Saine met Autumn Rain in Sage's Forest and congratulated him, and Autumn Rain told Saine that he was his idol.

Saine traveled toward the Death Mourning Civilization Battlefield with Master Naige'er and Rose, while the Wizard Civilization coordinated its role with the Immortal Domain. In the Honeycomb Star Territory, Saine sent robots to aid reconstruction and was left facing Master Naige'er's crude offer of treasures if he and Rose had children.

• Saine learned that Sherry was among the candidates to become the Wizard Civilization's Guardian of Winter.
• Saine traveled toward the Death Mourning Civilization with Master Naige'er, Rose, and Geluomuzi, and he and Rose went to his laboratory together.
• Saine's group passed through the Immortal Domain, which was set to claim the occupied territories and long-term development rights in the Death Mourning Civilization region.
• In the Honeycomb Star Territory, Master Naige'er offered Saine the Half-Nine skull or Death Crown as rewards for having children with Rose.
• Saine left Li Ba Tian, Bruticus, Michael, and other Intelligent Robots in the Honeycomb Star Territory to help rebuild it.

Saine and the others arrived at Death Mourning Civilization as the three-civilization alliance plunged into fierce war and profited from the battlefield’s resources and trade. Saine asked about the Immortal Domain legion fighting nearby and learned it was led by the First Emperor of the Great Qin Empire.

• Saine and the allied forces entered Death Mourning Civilization, whose creatures and worlds offered valuable spoils that fueled a prosperous market dominated by Wizard Civilization’s Magic Coins.
• The three-civilization forces found the fiercest fighting in the Immortal Domain War Zone, where Death Mourning Civilization’s fearless legions battled them.
• Saine led Little Tenth and the Minghe Remnant Clan into the war, and they eagerly anticipated making a fortune from the battlefield.
• Saine pointed out a distant legion fighting amid surging soul power and asked Immortal Emperor Yunhua which Immortal Domain force it belonged to.
• Immortal Emperor Yunhua identified the legion as the Xuan Yong Netherworld Soldiers led by the First Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, whom she admired.

At a three-civilization war council, Yun Zhongzi proposed conquering Death Mourning Civilization within three thousand years, but Saine urged the alliance to finish in two thousand so it could turn its attention to the territories left behind by Evil Tide Civilization. He backed his argument by revealing the White Spine Scepter, a Civilization Supreme Treasure he had obtained on the Demon Realm Battlefield.

• Yun Zhongzi told the leaders that the alliance had eliminated seventeen of Death Mourning Civilization’s more than seventy Dominators and proposed completing the conquest in three thousand years.
• Saine and the other leaders discussed the war plan, the Rule Virus, and how to divide the surrounding territories after the war.
• Saine argued that the war should take only two thousand years because Evil Tide Civilization’s Dimensional Hegemony could soon reshape the Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.
• Yun Zhongzi warned that the shorter schedule could complicate the postwar cleanup, but Saine stressed the need to seize the vacant territories left by Evil Tide Civilization.
• Saine produced the White Spine Scepter, a Civilization Supreme Treasure, drawing the attention of the Dominators, Saints, and Undead Kings present.

The leaders of three civilizations set a general offensive against the Death Mourning Civilization for two hundred years later, while Master Tongtian worried about Nasi Xiu’s fate. On the run in the Woli Walker Star Territory, Nasi Xiu and the Demon Ancestor Gui Mie fled Old Man Xuan Tian again.

• Master Naige'er promised to develop a vaccine for the Death Mourning Civilization's Rule Virus within two hundred years.
• The three civilizations' leaders scheduled their general offensive for two hundred years later, and Saine spoke with Master Tongtian about Nasi Xiu.
• Master Tongtian said he had sensed Nasi Xiu facing a great tribulation, but Saine believed his son was safe.
• Nasi Xiu and the Demon Ancestor Gui Mie continued fleeing together, wary of each other but relying on one another against Old Man Xuan Tian.
• Nasi Xiu sensed Old Man Xuan Tian approaching, so the Demon Ancestor Gui Mie opened a Time-Space Rift and they escaped through it.

Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie fled Old Man Xuan Tian for thousands of years before entering the azure-blue territory of Xia He Civilization to hide. Xia He Civilization surrounded them with Dominator-class fleets, and Nasi Xiu tried to talk his way inside while privately claiming he could win over the voice addressing them.

• Old Man Xuan Tian pursued Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie across the starry sky for several thousand years, forcing Nasi Xiu to improve his escape skills.
• Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie followed the Four Swords of Zhuxian and entered an azure-blue star region that Nasi Xiu identified as a likely Technological Civilization.
• Xia He Civilization detected the intruders, restrained them with azure-blue beams, and surrounded them with fleet formations carrying the combined power of two and a half Dominators.
• Nasi Xiu claimed they came from the peaceful Nine Stars Civilization and proposed friendship with Xia He Civilization.
• The electronic voice said it had never heard of Nine Stars Civilization, while Nasi Xiu privately told Demon Ancestor Gui Mie he was sure the speaker was a woman and planned to win her over.

Nasi Xiu persuaded the Xia He Civilization’s Third Princess that he and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie were envoys from the Nine Stars Civilization, securing an invitation to rest on her planet. Their negotiations were interrupted when Old Man Xuan Tian arrived in pursuit, and Nasi Xiu tried to turn the Third Princess against him.

• Nasi Xiu presented himself and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie as envoys of the Nine Stars Civilization and signed a Law Contract to convince the Xia He Civilization fleet.
• The Third Princess met Nasi Xiu, discussed diplomatic ties, accepted a Peach of Immortality through her guard, and invited the pair to Hai Lan Planet.
• Old Man Xuan Tian appeared and demanded that Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie surrender their treasures.
• Nasi Xiu claimed Old Man Xuan Tian was an evil Evil Tide Civilization creature plotting to sabotage the new diplomatic relationship, and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie backed him up.

Nasi Xiu escaped the battle with Xia He Civilization’s Third Princess in Bumblebee while Old Man Xuan Tian attacked the fleet in pursuit. The Third Princess said her uncle, the Nation Protecting War God, would arrive with the Invincible Fleet within fifteen Xia He Time.

• Old Man Xuan Tian attacked the Xia He Civilization Fleet with a Dominator’s Hand as Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie tried to flee with the Third Princess.
• Old Man Xuan Tian’s assault sparked a battle and destroyed many Xia He Civilization vessels as he pressed after them.
• Nasi Xiu drove the Third Princess away in Bumblebee, leaving Demon Ancestor Gui Mie behind.
• Nasi Xiu asked the Third Princess how Xia He Civilization would stop Old Man Xuan Tian and offered to return to help the fleet.
• The Third Princess said her uncle, the Nation Protecting War God, would arrive with the Invincible Fleet within fifteen Xia He Time.

The Xia He Civilization’s Invincible Fleet arrived and overwhelmed Old Man Xuan Tian with its firepower and powerful rule weapons. As Old Man Xuan Tian fled, the commander ordered the fleet to pursue him and investigate his origins.

• The Third Princess told Nasi Xiu that her uncle had arrived with the Xia He Civilization’s Invincible Fleet.
• The Xia He commander accused Old Man Xuan Tian of violating Xia He law, and the fleet opened fire while more warships joined the attack.
• Nasi Xiu sensed the fleet’s Civilization Supreme Treasure-level power, and Old Man Xuan Tian realized the Xia He Civilization could outmatch him.
• The Xia He commander ordered a Super Particle Oscillation Bomb fired and told his staff to identify Old Man Xuan Tian’s origins.
• Old Man Xuan Tian fled and threw his gray Beggar’s Gown behind him to slow the fleet, but the Xia He warships unleashed their full firepower and engulfed him.

Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie escaped Old Man Xuan Tian’s pursuit after the Xia He Civilization Fleet drove him away, then accepted an invitation to visit the civilization’s heartland and discuss diplomatic relations. Nasi Xiu presented them as Nine Stars Civilization envoys and pushed for the Xia He Civilization to join the Demon Subjugation Alliance, while the commander said such a decision required a citizen council vote.

• The Xia He Civilization Fleet drove Old Man Xuan Tian from its territory, and Nasi Xiu concealed the Four Swords of Zhuxian as he waited for Demon Ancestor Gui Mie to arrive.
• The Xia He Civilization commander acknowledged the Third Princess’s proposed diplomatic friendship with Nasi Xiu and revealed that his civilization had heard of the Evil Tide crisis and the Nine Stars Civilization.
• Nasi Xiu invited the Xia He Civilization to join the Demon Subjugation Alliance, but the commander said participation in the war required a council vote guided by the citizens’ will.
• The commander invited Nasi Xiu and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie to visit the Xia He Civilization heartland to discuss diplomatic relations, with the fleet’s main cannons pointed toward them.
• Nasi Xiu accepted, identified himself and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie as Sword Star Envoy and Gui Star Envoy, and privately warned Gui Mie to let him handle any Law Contract.