Recaps

The First Flame Emperor revealed a powerful Rule Fire Lotus technique during his battle with the Soul Emperor, while Saine studied their fire-based abilities. The lotus blasted the Soul Emperor away, and the First Flame Emperor prepared another attack.

• Master Naige'er left the central region battlefield to pursue the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet.
• Saine observed the Soul Emperor and the First Flame Emperor as they continued fighting on the Eternal Soul Clan battlefield.
• The First Flame Emperor gathered thousands of Rule Fires and compressed them into a seven-colored Rule Fire Lotus.
• The First Flame Emperor hurled the lotus at the Soul Emperor, and Destruction Giant Ape Wukong dodged while the explosion swept the Soul Emperor out of the battlefield.
• The First Flame Emperor revealed that his lotus contained a trace of Emperor Flame's source and formed another special lotus.
• Saine judged the lotus's destructive power comparable to a God Crystal.

Master Naige'er seized the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor's corpse puppet from the Decayed Civilization and began strengthening it with the T-Virus. The battered Half-Level-9 puppet's struggles weakened as the virus took effect.

• Master Naige'er arrived on the battlefield and found the Evil Tide Demon Emperors suppressing the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet while Dim Radiance Prophet and Autumn fought nearby.
• Master Naige'er swept aside the Decayed Civilization Dominators blocking his way and pinned the corpse puppet beneath his feet.
• Master Naige'er used powerful magic and incantations to suppress the puppet and claim it as his property.
• Master Naige'er poured the T-Virus onto the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet, whose movements gradually weakened as it underwent intense changes.

Master Naige'er used the T-Virus to transform the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet, restoring its damaged body and awakening new death-related power. The enhanced puppet opened its scarlet eye and raised the Mystic Black Axe as Naige'er considered what materials to fuse into it next.

• Master Naige'er observed the T-Virus restore the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet and imbue it with dense Death and virus power.
• Master Naige'er considered the puppet's Half-Nine strength and wondered whether to have a Level-9 Being infuse it with more power.
• Master Naige'er recalled studying Gatanothor and recognized the Level-7 Mechanical Element Dominator's great potential.
• The One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet grew larger, drew in Death Origin rules, opened its scarlet eye, and raised the Mystic Black Axe.
• Master Naige'er pondered fusing another Devil Ancestor's corpse or a Faceless Beast arm into the puppet and noted that the Heart of Death Mourning might have suited it.

The Darkness God sensed that he was being summoned from the Material Star Realm and decided to leave the Evil Tide Civilization a Civilization Supreme Treasure. He began forging the Darkness Throne, a defensive treasure that could restore allied Dominators’ Omnipotent Souls.

• Naige'er watched the transformed One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet attack a Decayed Civilization Dominator with the Mystic Black Axe.
• Over five hundred years later, the Darkness God sensed the rules rejecting him and a summons from a Higher Dimensional Plane as the Evil Tide Civilization continued its planned war under Demon Ancestor Di Fa’s future command.
• The Darkness God stopped fighting God of Destruction Zanding, retrieved the Burial Sky Blade, and considered what to leave behind for the Evil Tide Civilization.
• The Darkness God poured his Level-9 Power into the Darkness Throne, forging it into a Civilization Supreme Treasure focused on defense and restoring allied Dominators’ Omnipotent Souls.
• Saine watched the Darkness Throne’s creation and reflected that Level-9 beings could use balance-breaking power to restore Omnipotent Souls.

The Darkness God completed the Darkness Throne and prepared to leave the Flowing Light Retrospective World through a Time-Space Gate with the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor. After turning away the Demon Emperors who wanted to follow him, he entered the gate, leaving the Evil Tide Civilization to continue its battles without him.

• The Darkness God finished forging the Darkness Throne as a black space-time vortex appeared behind him and locked onto him.
• The Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor joined the Darkness God, carrying the Water Stream Sky Curtain, while the Burial Sky Blade floated beside him.
• Dozens of Evil Tide Dominators asked to follow the Darkness God, but he pushed them back and ordered them to remain in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Before entering the Time-Space Gate, the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor gave the Darkness God a bottle containing two Nine-Turn Golden Pills, and he realized the Immortal Domain Civilization had supplied the second pill.
• The Darkness God waved farewell and crossed the gate with the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor as the gathered Evil Tide beings bowed in respect.

After the Darkness God departed, Demon Ancestor Di Fa took command of the Evil Tide Civilization’s campaign, while Gray Mist Level-9 Cthulhu held off Zandin. Zandin gathered the true spirits of fallen Decayed Civilization followers, and the chapter left their eventual resurrection to the possibilities of the Higher Dimensional Plane.

• The Darkness God left the Flowing Light Retrospective World, and Demon Ancestor Di Fa sat on the Darkness Throne to command the Evil Tide Civilization.
• Zandin unleashed destructive power across the battlefield, slowing the Evil Tide army until Gray Mist Level-9 Cthulhu arrived to restrain him.
• Zandin gathered the true spirits of fallen Decayed Civilization followers, including Re-Judicator Su, but could not recover Lord of Echoes Baliek’s spirit.
• Zandin sensed that Serpent Empress Cassio Peiya would encounter future opportunities connected to him, though he could not discern what they were.
• The Darkness God departed with only a few possessions and Bright Blue Demon Ancestor, leaving fallen Evil Tide heroic spirits for other leaders, potentially Secluded Bamboo Supreme, to preserve and resurrect.

Saine defeated the reincarnated Soul Hall Grand Elder and claimed the soul crystal he left behind, which Saine wanted for his Resurrection Arcana. As the Soul Emperor escaped Source Energy City's prison, the Enlightenment Prophet suddenly attacked Michelle for the Hope Staff, but its power burned him and left him surrounded by Wizard Civilization forces.

• Saine weakened the Soul Hall Grand Elder and killed a Level-8 Mid-Stage Soul Clan member with his Orbital Planet Destroyer Beam, then asked the Evil Tide Civilization to lend him the Darkness Throne.
• After another five hundred years of fighting, Saine and his allies killed the Soul Hall Grand Elder again, and a pure soul crystal appeared where he fell.
• Fermton moved in to devour the soul crystal, but Saine pushed it away and explained that he needed the crystal for his Resurrection Arcana.
• The Soul Emperor broke free from Source Energy City's spatial prison, and Michelle pursued him with the Hope Staff.
• The Enlightenment Prophet appeared through a space crack and reached for the Hope Staff, but its power burned him and foiled his attempt.
• Safina, Michelle, and the other Wizard Civilization forces surrounded the Enlightenment Prophet with attacks.

The Enlightenment Prophet attacked the western battlefield but was forced to retreat, while the Soul Emperor and several Eternal Soul Clan Dominators used the chaos to escape. With the Eternal Soul Clan’s front collapsing, Michelle blessed the allied forces with the Hope Staff, and the First Flame Emperor seized the chance to lead a counterattack.

• The Enlightenment Prophet withdrew under attacks from Saine, Di'ersi Jia, the Destruction Giant Ape, and other Half-Level-9 powerhouses, suffering injuries along the way.
• The Soul Emperor and other Eternal Soul Clan leaders escaped the battlefield as the Enlightenment Prophet’s arrival distracted their enemies.
• The Eternal Soul Clan’s position on the frontal battlefield collapsed after the Soul Hall Grand Elder fell and its leaders fled.
• The Enlightenment Prophet left the war zone, and Michelle used the Hope Staff to heal and protect the Wizard Civilization’s allied forces with Holy Light Power.
• The First Flame Emperor emerged from Source Energy City’s shattered confinement space, hurled the Strange Fire Cauldron toward the enemy, and ordered an attack.

After the Eternal Soul Clan’s forces began collapsing, Saine and First Flame Emperor agreed to cooperate on research in exchange for Eternal Soul Clan spoils. Saine then opened his battlefield acquisitions to researchers across the Wizard Civilization, ushering in an age of national research.

• First Flame Emperor chose to prioritize the Yan Emperor Divine Clan’s gains over pursuing the fleeing Soul Emperor, while Wizard and Yan Emperor forces launched a full-scale assault on the Eternal Soul Clan.
• Saine observed that the weakened Rules Barrier made it easier for Dominators to leave the Dimensional Battlefield and considered going to the Decay Time-Space.
• Saine offered First Flame Emperor residual soul fire and a share of battlefield gains, and First Flame Emperor agreed to cooperate in experiments for greater Eternal Soul Clan spoils.
• Saine pursued research on soul crystals, Eternal Soul Clan arrays, First Flame Emperor’s rules, and oceanic civilizations, while Rose and Bai Xing visited his laboratory.
• Saine opened nearly all his battlefield gains to other Wizard Civilization researchers, including Level-4 Magicians, beginning an age of national research and analysis.

Saine prepared to travel to Decay Time-Space to study time-space, investigate the Decayed Civilization, and seek a way to break the Dimensional Battlefield deadlock. He secured the Evil Tide Civilization’s support, declined offers of powerful companions, and chose to bring only the Mechanical Civilization, naming Di'ersi Jia to accompany him.

• The Wizard Civilization army crushed the Eternal Soul Clan’s war zone, and forty-two Dominator-class Beings fell as the Destruction Spring neared Half-Level-9.
• After researching fire mysteries and conducting resurrection experiments, Saine decided his path to Half-Level-9 still needed crucial insights and planned a journey to Decay Time-Space.
• At a high-level meeting, Saine explained his goals to representatives including Zi You and sought the Evil Tide Civilization’s support and its Source Tracing Stone.
• Zi You agreed to consult the Secluded Bamboo Supreme about lending Saine the Source Tracing Stone.
• The First Flame Emperor declined to accompany Saine, and Saine turned down requests from the Zerg Blade Empress and other Dominators to join him.
• Saine announced that he would bring only the Mechanical Civilization and told Di'ersi Jia to come with him.

Saine prepared to enter Decay Time-Space to investigate Wizard Civilization’s origins and seek allies against Decayed Civilization. With Purple Colony Demon Emperor, Di'ersi Jia transformed into a Rules Hand Rod, and Mechanical Civilization’s forces ready, Saine approached the Time-Space Altar as the Source Tracing Stone began opening the way.

• Saine told the Wizard Civilization True Spirit Magicians he needed to investigate how their civilization came to be, and they supported his decision.
• Zi You brought Evil Tide Civilization’s Source Tracing Stone, and Saine agreed to take Purple Colony Demon Emperor with him to Decay Time-Space.
• Saine gathered Source Energy City, most of the Mechanical Element Dominators, and Di'ersi Jia, while his other forces stayed to defend the World Battlefield of Time Retracing.
• Di'ersi Jia transformed into a platinum-white Rules Hand Rod, which Saine took with him.
• As Saine approached the Time-Space Altar, the Source Tracing Stone emitted Rule Ripples and distorted space around him.

Saine traveled twelve million years into the past, arriving in the starry sky near the Decayed Civilization's Homeland Star Territory. Unable to locate Nasi Xiu, he followed clues toward potential allies and began observing a technological civilization, whose young creature unexpectedly spotted him.

• The Purple Colony Demon Emperor became a flower ring and supported Saine as he crossed the Time-Space Altar into the past.
• Saine arrived in the ancient Material Star Realm armed with his equipment, but he could only sense that Nasi Xiu was alive and could not locate him.
• Saine used the Soul Emperor's Source Fire and other Rule materials to identify directions toward the Eternal Soul Clan, the Curse Descent Civilization, and the Dragon God Realm.
• Saine and the Purple Colony Demon Emperor traveled to observe a Mid-Level World technological civilization without revealing themselves.
• A young tentacled creature aboard a passing warship saw Saine outside its window and told its mother.

Saine traveled through the Decay Time-Space, exploring its civilizations while heading toward the Soul Emperor’s coordinates, despite growing rejection from the time-space. In his seventh year there, Astral Realm Overseer Su confronted him and demanded that he leave, but Saine challenged her understanding of the rules.

• Saine gave a little pink octopus a wisp of Light of Origin Rules infused with knowledge, then continued his journey through the starry sky.
• Saine passed numerous small and medium World Civilizations and a Micro Plane, noticing that the Decay Time-Space increasingly rejected him.
• Saine reflected on his limited twenty-year journey and the risk that his actions would disrupt the Time Balance Rules.
• In the seventh year of Saine’s travels, Astral Realm Overseer Su tracked him down near the territory of Curse Descent Civilization, holding the octopus that had grown into a Level-1 Being.
• Su warned Saine to leave the time-space, but he questioned her ideas about the future and the rules and said he did not regret his actions.

Nan Yang arrived during Saine and Su’s standoff and offered to make Saine leave the time-space. Saine agreed to speak with Nan Yang, who revealed that he knew Saine had been searching for someone during his seven years there.

• Su confronted Saine and threatened to stop him from destroying the rules of the time-space under her charge.
• Nan Yang, the Level-8 Peak Dominator of the Curse Descent Civilization, appeared and offered Su a way to make Saine leave if she let them speak alone.
• Saine accepted Nan Yang’s request and offered to grant it one reasonable wish, except leaving the time-space.
• Saine dismissed Su’s objections, believing the Astral Realm’s balance rules did not yet permit her to attack him.
• Nan Yang told Saine that it knew he had spent the past seven years searching for someone, making Saine demand that it continue.

Saine brought Nan Yang into the Magic Cube so they could speak beyond Astral Realm Overseer Su’s reach, but Nan Yang surveyed the vast, expanding time-space instead of answering Saine’s question. Saine pressed him to reveal where the person he was seeking was, while Mechanical forces kept Nan Yang under guard.

• Nan Yang accepted Saine’s invitation and entered the Magic Cube, leaving Astral Realm Overseer Su outside to wait by its exit.
• Saine and Nan Yang arrived in the Magic Cube’s immense, expanding mechanical time-space, whose rules and Cube Will helped Saine control it.
• Nan Yang admired the space and its factories while numerous Mechanical Element Dominators and Source Energy City locked onto him.
• Saine asked Nan Yang where the person he was looking for was, but Nan Yang continued watching the factories producing Source Energy Sub-Cities.

Nan Yang explained that Nasi Xiu was in a different time-space and that his actions had brought overlapping consequences, then offered Saine a way to travel back a million years. Nan Yang revealed that he was “Fishing the Illusion” and said he had waited five hundred thousand years for Saine, but would explain what he wanted once they reached a certain place.

• Nan Yang told Saine that Nasi Xiu was in another time-space, where his actions had disrupted the rules and earned him the status of a Child of Destiny.
• Saine reflected that Nasi Xiu’s troubles were his own trial and sensed that he was not currently in mortal danger.
• Nan Yang said he knew a way to help Saine travel back a million years, provided they had the Guardian’s assistance and the Source Tracing Stone.
• Nan Yang identified himself as “Fishing the Illusion” and suggested that Saine let the Astral Realm Overseer take them to a particular place.
• Saine asked what Nan Yang wanted in exchange, and Nan Yang said he had waited five hundred thousand years for him but would explain his request later.

Saine secured the Curse Descent Civilization’s willingness to join the war against the Decayed Civilization and learned that the Dragon God Realm would need to be approached through the Golden Dragon Queen. Astral Realm Overseer Su agreed to take Saine and Nan Yang to the Source Tracing Wormhole, though she worried Saine might cause trouble there.

• Nan Yang agreed that the Curse Descent Civilization could join the war against the Decayed Civilization for sufficient benefits and advised Saine to meet the Golden Dragon Queen about the Dragon God Realm.
• Saine asked Astral Realm Overseer Su how long she had held her position, and Su said she had overseen several nearby Star Sectors for seventy thousand years.
• Su urged Saine to leave the time-space or travel to more distant Star Sectors, while Saine considered her role and the rules of balance.
• Nan Yang told Su that Saine wanted to visit the Source Tracing Wormhole, and Su warned that she could be held responsible if Saine caused destruction there.
• Nan Yang promised Saine would not act recklessly and offered to accompany him, partly to obtain materials for the Curse Descent Civilization, so Su reluctantly agreed to take them.

Astral Realm Overseer Su opened a Space-Time Channel, and Saine followed Nan Yang through it toward the Source Tracing Wormhole. As they approached their destination, extreme time distortion weakened them, and Nan Yang accepted a Level-8 Golden Pill from Saine.

• Su opened a Space-Time Channel, and Nan Yang persuaded Saine that entering it was safe and would help with rescuing Saine's child.
• Saine entered the channel first, followed by Nan Yang and Su, and the passage closed behind them.
• Saine passed numerous Space-Time Windows but heeded Nan Yang's warning not to approach them.
• Time distortion intensified near the channel's end, leaving Saine uncomfortable and Nan Yang close to collapse.
• Nan Yang first declined Saine's help, then asked him for a Level-8 Golden Pill, took it, and announced that they had arrived.

Saine explored the Source Tracing Wormhole Land with Nan Yang and Astral Realm Overseer Su, collecting rare space-time and time-based materials. After Saine examined the Source Tracing Stone, Nan Yang asked him to help fish through illusions, leaving Saine to decide how to proceed.

• Astral Realm Overseer Su brought Saine and Nan Yang to a shattered space-time region and warned them not to interfere with her work.
• Saine explored the region while Nan Yang broke apart a Time-Space Rule Stone and shared pieces with him; they collected space-time stones and Time Insect Husks.
• Saine discovered that the Source Tracing Wormhole Land contained 19,762 gaps and wormholes, and Nan Yang said it had once been a gathering place for Time Worms.
• Saine took out the Source Tracing Stone, drawing Astral Realm Overseer Su's attention, and Nan Yang asked him to help fish in suitable illusion sites in exchange for a share of whatever they found.
• Nan Yang produced a black Illusion Thread and told Saine to grasp it to enter the fishing areas.

Saine agreed to help Nan Yang fish the Illusory World beneath a black Rule Altar, while Saine and his Mechanical Civilization gathered time-element materials. After Saine entered the illusion and activated the Source Tracing Stone, a white-clad monster rushed toward him, and he recognized it as a Level-9 Being.

• Saine agreed to help Nan Yang and released the Dominators from the Magic Cube to provide support.
• Nan Yang prepared a jet-black Rule Altar that connected three Space-Time Windows to one shared Illusory World.
• Nan Yang tied a black rule line around Saine and guided him down into the Illusory World beneath the altar.
• Saine explored the endless black-gray world and collected sample materials before Nan Yang asked him to take out the Source Tracing Stone.
• Saine activated the Source Tracing Stone, and a long-haired monster dressed in white charged toward him; Saine recognized it as a Level-9 Being.

Saine fought a white-clothed Level-9 Being in the Illusory Space while Nan Yang and Overseer Su watched from the Source Tracing Wormhole Land. As Saine prepared to merge with the other Mechanical Civilization Dominators, Su declined to intervene, claiming the matter was outside her jurisdiction.

• Saine encountered a seemingly irrational white-clothed Level-9 Being and summoned the God of Machines to fight her.
• Astral Realm Overseer Su questioned Nan Yang about the Illusory Space, and Nan Yang revealed that he had grasped a stalk of straw when he first entered it.
• Saine's God of Machines overpowered the monster, and Saine inferred that she relied on Space Power and had been drawn to the Source Tracing Stone.
• Saine ordered the other Mechanical Civilization Dominators to merge with him so he could end the battle and study the monster.
• Nan Yang asked Su whether she would expel the hidden Level-9 Being, but Su refused, saying the Illusory World was outside her jurisdiction.

Saine led the Mechanical Element Dominators into the Illusory World and used the God of Machines to overpower and capture a White-Clad Level-9 Being. Nan Yang’s law thread then pulled Saine and his captive back out, leaving Overseer Su amazed.

• Nan Yang attached his Fishing Touch threads to Saine’s Mechanical Element Dominators before they entered the Space-Time Windows.
• Saine formed the Level-9 Mid-Stage God of Machines and trapped the attacking White-Clad Being in its arms.
• Saine crushed and blasted the White-Clad Being until she could barely move, then examined her and found no other living creatures nearby.
• Saine gathered specimen materials and tugged the law thread attached to him, prompting Pumpkin Head to pull him and the captive out of the Illusory World.
• Overseer Su watched the God of Machines emerge with the struggling White-Clothed Level-9 and exclaimed, “Awesome!!”

Saine brought a White-Clothed Level-9 Being out of the Illusory World and subdued her with the God of Machines. As he collected her valuable materials, her strength and monstrous appearance faded, and Saine considered taming her.

• Saine dragged the struggling White-Clothed Level-9 out of the Illusory World and kept her confined with the God of Machines.
• Saine ordered his Intelligent Robots to collect her blood, hair, skin, nails, and flesh.
• Nan Yang asked Saine for an identical share of the materials and left the rest of the captive to him.
• Saine considered taming the weak, low-intelligence Level-9 Being and went to inspect her.
• As Saine’s machines drained her blood and bone marrow, her aura and struggles weakened, and the black patterns on her face faded.

Saine used Holy Light lightning to torture and heal the captured White-Clothed Level-9, studying her damaged soul and discovering that the treatment slowly restored it. He imprisoned her in the Magic Cube and prepared to travel through the Source Tracing Wormhole Land to the time-space where Nasi Xiu lived, while Overseer Su wanted him to leave her time-space soon.

• Saine tested Holy Light Power on the White-Clothed Woman and questioned Overseer Su about what she could offer in exchange for a specimen.
• Saine gave Su a Level-9 specimen and considered future cooperation with her over the Decayed Civilization.
• Saine moved the White-Clothed Level-9 into the Magic Cube, where his God of Machines could keep her contained.
• Saine's scans showed that the woman's organs slowly restored a small amount of Omnipotent Soul during the electric therapy, and she began to fear yet anticipate his visits.
• At Pumpkin Head's prompting, Saine prepared to travel through the Source Tracing Wormhole Land to the time-space from one million years ago where Nasi Xiu was located.

Saine traveled through a Time Wormhole to the Star Realm thirteen million years ago, searching for his son Nasi Xiu. As he followed Nasi Xiu’s bloodline traces through a region filled with warring civilizations, Saine sensed the Power of Decay.

• Su told Saine that the previous Overseer of the nearby time-spaces had been a powerful Level-9 Being named Xu.
• Saine entered the Space-Time Window, and Nan Yang said they would discuss his second request after he returned.
• Saine traveled through the Time Wormhole using pure Time-based Laws and arrived in the Star Realm thirteen million years ago.
• Saine sensed Nasi Xiu’s bloodline and flew toward his son’s location.
• Saine crossed half a star region filled with wars between plane civilizations and sensed the Power of Decay.