Recaps

Saine completed his transformation into a Half-Level-9 and learned that the Twisted Void Civilization had nearly two hundred Dominators and was preparing to expand across the Material Star Realm. After studying the balance of power and the Dimensional War, Sargeras resolved that his civilization would avoid Dimensional Hegemony and spread its Abyss Intestines until the Star Realm became Hell.

• Saine sensed the power of his new Half-Level-9 state, and Zi You offered to bring him two Gekdraman Vampire True Ancestors for experiments.
• Saine learned that the Twisted Void Civilization had nearly two hundred Demon System Dominators, while the weakened Decayed Civilization retained four Half-Level-9s and five Level-8 Peaks.
• Saine learned that Sargeras, the Twisted Void Civilization's Half-Level-9 leader, had paused his civilization's invasions to profit from the war around the Decay Starfield.
• Sargeras concluded that the Twisted Void Civilization should avoid Dimensional Hegemony and instead spread throughout the Material Star Realm, turning it into Hell.

The Anti-Decay Alliance gathered more than a hundred Dominators at the front lines, with the Twisted Void Civilization contributing a large but limited force. The Green Vine Civilization joined at Astral Realm Overseer Su’s urging and proved valuable by shielding and restoring allied forces, while Su asked Saine to help keep the coming war from escalating too far.

• Sargeras brought one hundred demon Dominators to the battlefield, while the Dragon God Realm, Curse Descent Civilization, and Green Vine Civilization also committed forces.
• Astral Realm Overseer Su recruited the Green Vine Civilization to help guide the conflict against the Decayed Civilization.
• Di Pu Shu Ling led seventeen Green Vine Dominators, who raised green barriers that enhanced plant-element and vitality rules and restored Dominators’ Omnipotent Souls.
• The Evil Tide Civilization and Twisted Void demons watched the Green Vine Civilization greedily, recalling how the Evil Tide had destroyed two other Top-Level Plant-Type Civilizations.
• Su asked Saine to influence the war and keep it from becoming too intense, promising him rewards and compensation.

Saine agreed to help Astral Realm Overseer Su recruit support for the fight against Decayed Civilization in exchange for permissions to enter her Overseer Space and the Source Tracing Wormhole Land. He then traveled to the Anti-Decay Alliance’s front lines, where Wizard Civilization’s forces prepared to observe the conflict while Naige’er eyed Twisted Void Civilization’s demon-type Dominators for research.

• Saine offered to help Su draw more top-level civilizations into the conflict, but asked for access to her Overseer Space and the Source Tracing Wormhole Land.
• Su said she needed time to consider granting Saine the requested permissions.
• Saine flew to the Anti-Decay Alliance’s front lines after warning Wizard Civilization’s forces not to interfere too heavily in the past time-space.
• Naige’er arrived with Wizard Civilization’s experts atop his One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet, which could contend with an ordinary Level-8 Peak Dominator.
• Naige’er revealed that he had called the White-Eyed Demoness and Gustavo to meet Twisted Void Civilization’s demon-type Dominators.

Saine and his powerful allies arrived at the Anti-Decay Alliance front, where the gathered Dominators scrutinized them and Naige'er’s formidable entourage drew particular attention. The chapter ended with Kil'jaeden confronting Gustavo and the other demons, asking which abyssal layer they came from and how they had arrived.

• White-Eyed Demoness, Gustavo, and other Kada Star Thief Group members were described as having risen to Dominator levels as Wizard Civilization expanded its influence.
• Saine brought Naige'er and several powerful companions to the Anti-Decay Alliance command center, where the Golden Dragon Queen and Nan Yang welcomed them alongside other alliance leaders.
• Saine's Light Giant Di'ersi Jia remained on the World Battlefield of Time Retracing with Little Tenth and allied legions while the war there continued.
• The Anti-Decay Alliance powerhouses watched Naige'er's One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Synthetic Beast, Mystic Black Axe, and Death Mourning Civilization followers with unease.
• Kil'jaeden stepped forward and asked Gustavo and the other demons which layer of the abyss they came from and how they had arrived.

Saine met with the Anti-Decay Alliance’s leaders to discuss their war plans and learned more about their situation from Di Pu Shu Ling. The meeting also raised questions about the origins of demons and devils, while Saine left Di Pu Shu Ling with an invitation to visit Wizard Civilization.

• Kil'jaeden asked Gustavo which layer of the abyss he came from, but Gustavo refused to answer.
• Tichondrius questioned the White-Eyed Demoness about her race, and her reply led Naige'er and the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor to wonder whether demons and devils shared an origin.
• Naige'er rebuked Kil'jaeden and Tichondrius for interrogating his subordinate, and the two Dominators withdrew.
• Nan Yang congratulated Saine on reaching Half-Nine, and the Golden Dragon Queen spoke with Saine about the Anti-Decay Alliance's next battle plans.
• Di Pu Shu Ling secretly shared information with Saine, who gave it a Luluenman Brand Life Potion and invited it to visit Wizard Civilization.

Saine assessed the stalled Anti-Decay Alliance war and focused on securing Inert Energy Crystals to support the Zerg’s expansion. After giving Blade Queen Lisa a huge supply of crystals and coordinates for more deposits, he left her Zerg gathering resources while their strength continued to grow.

• Saine concluded that the Anti-Decay Alliance’s war would remain delayed and said the alliance would likely leave the Decay Time-Space once the Evil Tide Civilization opened its Dimensional Ascension Gate.
• Naige'er warned Saine that the Five Directions Civilization Axis Group might also fracture if it faced a difficult war.
• Saine gave Blade Queen Lisa most of his Inert Energy Crystals and Nasi Xiu’s marked starfield coordinates to help the Zerg expand.
• Lisa dispatched Zerg Engineers and Queen Zergs to systematically search for and gather Inert Energy Crystals.
• Saine learned that two Zerg Kings and a Blade Warrior were nearing advancement to Dominators and acknowledged that the Zerg already had the combat power of a top-level civilization.

Saine received Camilla and Ampsa, two Level-8 Vampire True Ancestors, as a gift from Zi You and used them for experiments while indulging in a diversion from his research. After three experiments, Camilla stayed close to Saine, leaving their relationship in an intimate but unsettling state.

• Saine learned that the two vampire True Ancestors Zi You sent were Camilla and her aunt, Ampsa, the last surviving Level-8 members of the Gekdraman Civilization.
• Camilla passed on Zi You's message that Saine should remember to relax during his long experiments.
• Saine led Camilla and Ampsa to his Body Tempering Laboratory to study vampire longevity, bloodline infection, and Bat Shadow Clone abilities.
• After three experiments, Camilla nestled against Saine and licked his neck until he slapped her buttocks, bringing her gaze back into focus.

Saine questioned Camilla and Ampsa about their depleted Dominator Omnipotent Souls and learned about the Gekdraman Civilization’s blood-pearl techniques. An emergency report announced that the Decayed Civilization had attacked the Anti-Decay Alliance, and Saine watched the opening clash from afar.

• Camilla explained that she and Ampsa had depleted their souls condensing blood pearls demanded by Zi You as payment for accepting their surrender.
• Saine offered Camilla and Ampsa rewards, including high-grade Dominator’s Blood, if they cooperated with his experiments.
• The Decayed Civilization launched an attack on the Anti-Decay Alliance after regrouping in Decay Time-Space.
• Eer Gunde led ten thousand Annihilation Dragons into battle alongside Bloody Clockwork Rui Tuo Cui Pu, Autumn, and forces supported by the Dim Radiance Prophet.
• Camilla asked Saine who would win the clash, and Saine remarked on the ferocity of the Decayed Civilization’s battlefield legions.

The Decayed Civilization routed the Anti-Decay Alliance, whose forces struggled to cooperate and could not match the veterans’ battlefield experience. With its strongest fighters occupied and the rest of its army collapsing, the Anti-Decay Alliance sought help from nearby forces.

• The Decayed Civilization attacked and quickly broke the Anti-Decay Alliance’s mid- and lower-level forces, exploiting the poor cooperation between the Dragon God Realm and the Twisted Void Civilization.
• Sargeras confronted Annihilation Dragon Er'gongde, whose brutal fighting had already wounded two demons and swallowed a Dread Dominator.
• Sargeras used Goreybor and Tesarac against Er'gongde, but the more reckless dragon suppressed him despite its injuries and lower realm.
• The Golden Dragon Queen fought Bloody Clockwork Rui Tuo Cui Pu until Di Pu Shu Ling supported her, and she switched to humanoid form to counter Rui Tuo Cui Pu’s mobility.
• The Anti-Decay Alliance failed to gain ground across the Dominator battlefields as its lower-level armies continued to rout.
• The Anti-Decay Alliance requested aid from the Wizard Civilization Expeditionary Force and Evil Tide Civilization legions in nearby starfields.

Saine and the Evil Tide Civilization refused the Anti-Decay Alliance's request for aid, while Saine predicted another decisive battle in the Flowing Light Retrospective World. There, Despair Star Envoy Alan chose to stay behind and fight, and his desperate assault began a breakthrough toward Half-Level-9.

• Saine rejected the Anti-Decay Alliance's appeal and left with Ampsa, predicting that the Decayed Civilization's remaining legions would soon fight another decisive battle.
• Despair Star Envoy Alan refused the Fallen Emperor's offer to withdraw, choosing to make one final contribution after the death of his friend Wiki.
• Alan wielded the Nuclear Nova and God of Destruction Zanding's Destruction Gauntlet to unleash a massive Meteor Shower against the Evil Tide forces.
• Demon Ancestor Gui Mie and Nether Vortex Demon Ancestor Kandira attacked Alan to prevent his apparent Half-Level-9 breakthrough.
• Emperor of Depravity Xili'ao shielded Alan from the attacks, giving him time to complete his transformation.

With Emperor of Depravity Xili'ao protecting him, Alan advanced to Half-Level-9 and unleashed a devastating final attack before Demon Ancestor Gui Mie killed him. Alan’s fall weakened the Decayed Civilization’s counterattack, while the Fallen Emperor preserved his True Spirit Light.

• Emperor of Depravity Xili'ao protected Alan as he completed his transformation into a Half-Level-9 powerhouse.
• Alan used Extreme Starfall and Falling Stars to attack hostile forces across the battlefield, causing Dominators to fall and many others to be injured.
• As the long battle wore down, Destruction Giant Ape Wukong struck Alan while competing for spoils, and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie delivered the fatal blow with his Demon Blade.
• Alan’s final stand helped cover the retreat of Decayed Civilization forces, which withdrew until their territory in the Dimensional Esophagus shrank to around 2%.
• The Fallen Emperor recovered Alan’s True Spirit Light and hoped they would fight side by side again.

After Alan's fall, the Evil Tide Civilization secured the complete Destruction Gauntlet while the Immortal Domain's Dipamkara Buddha claimed a fragment of Alan's Nuclear Nova. As the war shifted toward the Material Star Realm of the Decay Time-Space, Saine prepared to test Little White in battle after making progress taming her.

• Dipamkara Buddha survived Alan's final assault and kept the largest fragment of Alan's shattered Nuclear Nova, the Polar Star Core.
• The Evil Tide Civilization traded flesh and resources with the Nether River Old Ancestor and obtained both halves of the Destruction Gauntlet.
• The war in the Flowing Light Retrospective World largely ended with Alan's fall, leaving the Evil Tide Civilization to prepare for the conflict in the Decay Time-Space.
• Saine's training had made Little White obey some commands, though she had licked away half of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.
• Saine asked the God of Machines to release Little White's restraints so he could test her on the battlefield, and Little White reacted timidly when Saine offered her candy.

Saine treated Little White and assessed the shifting war in the Decay Time-Space as the Evil Tide Civilization prepared to intervene. The Star Wheel Demon Ancestor and his forces launched an assault, while Saine sent the Zerg and Mechanical Legions into the Decayed Civilization's starfield.

• Saine's Holy Light treatment calmed Little White and faded the Illusion-type Rule patterns on her skin.
• Saine observed that the Decayed Civilization had weakened and the Anti-Decay Alliance was nibbling at its borders, while predicting the Evil Tide Civilization would reignite the war.
• The Star Wheel Demon Ancestor descended into the Decay Time-Space with the Shura Demon Emperor and other Evil Tide Dominators, then ordered them to attack.
• The Shura Demon Emperor led the Evil Tide forces in a charge against the Decayed Civilization's camp.
• Saine ordered the Zerg Blade Empress to lead her Zerg toward Inert Crystal veins, then sent the Mechanical Legion to attack.

The Evil Tide Civilization launched its offensive against the Decayed Civilization, which withdrew across its vast territory to buy time while Demon Ancestor Di Fa coordinated the campaign remotely. After completing an experiment with the Zerg, Saine concluded that the present time-space and the one Nasi Xiu had inhabited a million years earlier were different, leaving him to wonder whether they were connected by a Time Intersection Line.

• The Evil Tide Civilization, led by the Shura Demon Emperor and others, advanced against the Decayed Civilization as it began an orderly retreat to rebuild its forces.
• The surrounding civilizations threatened the weakened territories left behind, while the Eternal Soul Clan continued to resist and Saine marked the Soul Emperor.
• The Supreme Hall assigned Demon Ancestor Di Fa to remotely coordinate the Evil Tide Civilization's war effort in Decay Time-Space.
• The Zerg Legion and Saine's forces mined Inert Energy Crystals while Saine completed an important experiment with the Zerg.
• Saine concluded that the present time-space and the one Nasi Xiu had inhabited a million years earlier were different and wondered whether they formed a Time Intersection Line.

Saine verified that the Inert Crystals in the starfield had not been mined, confirming that the Decay Time-Space influenced by Nasi Xiu differed from the one before him. He traveled toward the former Zeus Skelton Empire with Little Red and Little White, only to find that another force had claimed it and war was raging at its border.

• Saine considered how the untouched Inert Crystals supported his deductions about the different Decay Time-Spaces.
• Lisa told Saine she would remain in the Star Sector rather than bring Fermton there, and Saine bid farewell to his sworn sister.
• Saine set off for the Zeus Skelton Empire with Little White and Hongxia, whom he called Little Red.
• Little Red helped Saine handle pirates and specimens during the journey, and Saine realized she had also won Little White's cooperation.
• Saine arrived at the outer starfield of the Zeus Skelton Empire and discovered that someone else had claimed it, while fierce fighting raged at its border.

Saine advanced through the Zeus Skelton Empire’s territory, capturing scientists and using the loyalty of its officers to pass military checkpoints. When the Gunther Civilization’s fleet confronted him over its invasion spoils, Saine stopped Little Red and unleashed activation and Awakening Light.

• Saine observed the Gunther Civilization overpowering the Zeus Skelton Empire, whose restored emperor lacked the strength to defend it.
• Saine seized octopus-shaped machines and traveled through the empire with pledged scientists, officers, and marshals, inspecting research facilities and taking scientists.
• The Gunther Civilization, led by Level-8 Late-Stage Otto, sent a Dominator-Class War Fleet to confront Saine and protect its share of the empire’s resources.
• Little Red prepared to attack the fleet, but Saine stopped her and released activation and Awakening Light, triggering a riot among the Mechanical Element life forms.

Saine seized control of a Level-7 Gunther Civilization fleet by awakening its machines and learned about Otto and the Ultimate Spider Behemoth. As Otto and the Behemoth approached, Saine reflected on the Zeus Skelton Empire’s accelerating recovery and military buildup.

• Saine used the Magic Cube and his machine-controlling abilities to turn the Gunther Civilization fleet’s machines against their former masters, overwhelming its creatures and erasing their independent wills.
• Saine learned details about Otto and the Level-8 Ultimate Spider Behemoth, and he considered the Behemoth a gift for Rose.
• Otto lost contact with the fleet and hurried toward the site, wondering what force had destroyed it.
• Saine detected Otto and the Ultimate Spider Behemoth approaching and welcomed the chance to meet them without having to search for them himself.
• Saine learned that the recovering Zeus Skelton Empire was building at least four Dominator-Class War Fleets and two Dominator-Class Fortresses, while two Dominator-Class cyborgs neared breakthroughs.

Fuxis asked Saine to protect the Zeus Skelton Empire, and Saine agreed in exchange for resources. Saine then waited for Otto and demonstrated his power by transforming Otto’s metal arms into a cage that wounded him.

• Fuxis contacted Saine and offered the Zeus Skelton Empire’s cooperation and resources in exchange for aid against the Gunther Civilization and a legacy.
• Saine accepted Fuxis’s request and gave him a list of the resources he wanted.
• Saine stayed behind to wait for Otto, while the infected Dominator-class fleet group entered the Cube Time-Space.
• Otto arrived and challenged Saine to show the power that had dismantled the Gunther Civilization’s fleet.
• Saine used Rule Light to transform Otto’s eight metal spinal arms into a bladed cage that trapped and wounded him.
• Otto stared at the cage and asked what kind of power Saine had used.

Saine tested his Mechanical God True Body against Otto’s Ultimate Spider Behemoth and impressed Otto with his technological mastery. Otto surrendered and asked to become Saine’s assistant, agreeing to relocate the Gunther Civilization to Saine’s Mechanical Civilization, though Astral Realm Overseer Su objected.

• Otto’s Level-8 Ultimate Spider Behemoth arrived and attacked Saine, who studied its abilities before praising Otto’s creation.
• Saine summoned his Mechanical God True Body, and the Ultimate Spider Behemoth froze under its overwhelming power.
• Otto stopped resisting and asked Saine to accept him as an experimental assistant.
• Saine asked Otto to relocate the Gunther Civilization to his Mechanical Civilization, and Otto eagerly agreed.
• Saine asked Astral Realm Overseer Su whether he could take the Gunther Civilization, and Su protested.

Saine subdues Otto, gathers resources and scientists from the Zeus Skelton Empire, and visits the Gunther Civilization while pondering how time-space history may change. On the Decayed Civilization’s frontlines, the Enlightenment Prophet reappears under the Undying Supreme’s attack, and the Soul Emperor finally reaches his limit under relentless pressure.

• Saine recruits Otto and tells him to consider joining the Anti-Decay Alliance while deciding the Gunther Civilization’s future.
• Emperor Fuxis delivers Saine’s requested resources and scientists, but Saine tells him the Zeus Skelton Empire cannot join the Anti-Decay Alliance and suggests the Decayed Civilization may yet survive.
• Saine accepts Otto’s invitation and travels to the Gunther Civilization through a time-space wormhole Otto discovered.
• The Enlightenment Prophet returns to the battlefield, where the Undying Supreme immediately targets him and matches his rising power.
• The Soul Emperor, pressured by the First Flame Emperor, the Evil Tide Civilization, and Saine’s Dominators, can no longer hold on.

Saine returned from the Gunther Civilization to witness the Soul Emperor’s final battle and death, while reflecting on Otto’s violent rise to power and the Gunther Civilization’s technological progress. The Soul Emperor’s fall caused vast rule disturbances across the Material Star Realm.

• Saine learned that the Soul Emperor had been worn down by a powerful coalition and hurried back to the Decayed Civilization Battlefield to claim a share of the spoils.
• Otto told Saine how he had killed or removed opponents to reshape the Gunther Civilization and described leading its leap into a large world civilization.
• Saine and Otto reached the front lines in time to witness the Soul Emperor’s death in a crimson Sea of Fire.
• The Soul Emperor’s death triggered immense rule disturbances throughout the Material Star Realm, and Saine remarked on how fragile its rules were compared with those of the Flowing Light Retrospective World.

After the Soul Emperor’s fall, Saine and First Flame Emperor divided the spoils, with Saine securing two supreme treasures and the right to continue studying First Flame Emperor. Saine then observed the battlefield, where he heard the Enlightenment Prophet was nearby.

• First Flame Emperor chose the Soul Emperor’s Origin Soul Crystal, while Saine welcomed the transformed Emperor Flame, which he called Ten Thousand Flames.
• Saine arranged for the Yan Emperor Divine Clan to receive most of the Eternal Soul Clan’s postwar benefits, and First Flame Emperor accepted the deal.
• Saine took the Eternal Soul Flame and Ten Thousand Flames, while the Evil Tide Civilization received the Soul Capture Pearl, which later ended up with Celestial Venerable Han.
• Saine gained permission to continue experiments with First Flame Emperor, while Otto witnessed the battlefield’s respect for Saine and grew more reverent toward him.
• Rose welcomed Saine’s Ultimate Spider Behemoth mount and shared laboratory treasures collected by Naige’er after Saine’s research had strengthened her Blood Elf legion.
• Saine looked across the surrounding starry sky after hearing that the Enlightenment Prophet was on a nearby battlefield.

Saine confronted the Enlightenment Prophet over his plans and the Source Tracing Stone, which the Evil Tide Civilization needed to complete its Dimensional Ascension Channel. After the Enlightenment Prophet lost his temper, Saine dragged him into Darkness Space, with Little White following.

• The Undying Supreme kept the Enlightenment Prophet from securing what he wanted on the battlefield.
• Saine arrived and questioned whether the Enlightenment Prophet had a third plan beyond victory for the Decayed Civilization or escape through the Gate of Rules.
• Saine accused the Enlightenment Prophet of bringing the Source Tracing Stone to bargain with the Evil Tide Civilization and warned that Cthulhu had already earned its support.
• Cthulhu watched from the Decay Time-Space and regarded the Enlightenment Prophet with hostility as Saine pointed out their possible competition for the best Gate of Rules.
• The Enlightenment Prophet shouted at Saine, who activated the Faceless Mask and pulled him into Darkness Space while Little White followed.

Saine questioned the Enlightenment Prophet inside the Darkness Space, learned of his fear of becoming like Little White, and suggested he explore the depths of the Immortal Domain. After they fought, the Enlightenment Prophet escaped into the Decay Starfield, leaving Saine with a Source Tracing Stone.

• Saine brought the Enlightenment Prophet into the Darkness Space, where the God of Machines and Little White stood with him.
• The Enlightenment Prophet revealed that he feared becoming a Rule Being like Little White and mocked the Star Realm’s destiny.
• Saine suggested that the Enlightenment Prophet search for another path in the deepest part of the Chaos Qi Sea, then tried asking him about Truth Arcana.
• Saine entered the God of Machines and attacked the Enlightenment Prophet, who eventually tore open space and escaped into the Decay Starfield.
• The God of Machines began sensing the Star Realm’s repulsive force, and Saine emerged from the Darkness Space holding a Source Tracing Stone left behind by the Enlightenment Prophet.

Saine gave the Undying Supreme the Source Tracing Stone and began studying the Soul Emperor’s spoils of war, hoping to develop his Flames of Ash into a special Rule Fire. As he experimented in Darkness Space, the Evil Tide Civilization’s occupation of Decayed Top-Level Planes accelerated its Dimensional Ascension Gate, while the wider conflict edged toward its conclusion.

• Saine handed the Source Tracing Stone to the Undying Supreme and arranged for the Evil Tide Civilization to give both stones to the Wizard Civilization after using them.
• Saine returned to the Wizard Civilization and shut himself in his laboratory to study the Soul Emperor’s spoils, including Ten Thousand Flames and the Eternal Soul Flame.
• Saine moved his experiments into Darkness Space as events unfolded across the Star Realm.
• The Evil Tide Civilization intensified its attacks on the Decayed Civilization and advanced its Dimensional Ascension Gate by another 2% after occupying decayed Top-Level Planes.
• The Evil Tide Civilization borrowed Camilla and Ampsa to help demonize Gekdraman World, while Bai Xing planned to visit the weakened Tianhai Realm Civilization.
• The Demon Fall Supreme and the Fallen Emperor stopped fighting, and the Dimensional Hegemony drew closer to its end.