Recaps

Saine observed the Alliance leaders gathering in the Howling Stone World ahead of the Wizard Alliance Assembly and reflected on the strength and prospects of several member planes. The assembly had yet to begin, and Saine remained a low-key presence among the arriving Dominators.

• Befu and Lisa discussed the Wizard Civilization’s support for Alliance Member Planes, while Saine briefly voiced his approval of Befu’s suggestion and kept a low profile.
• Thunder God Thor arrived with a Dominator-class mechanical warrior from the Galente Federation and a Level-7 Green Skin Dominator, while Loki had still not appeared.
• Saine noted the Challenger World’s two recently ascended Dominators and the loyalty that had earned the world Wizard Civilization’s support.
• Saine considered Elune a prominent and capable leader, while he judged Kampas less capable but valued his loyalty, fighting ability, and son Rexxar.
• Qingtian arrived with two Level-7 Earth Elemental Dominators, and all three entered a dormant state soon afterward.

The Wizard Alliance Assembly on Howling Stone World showcased the varied fortunes of member planes, including the Shadow King's growth, Myriad Flowers Spirit World's new Dominator, and Void Aphid World's stalled advancement. Luna's recent breakthrough to Level 7 surprised Saine and led the Alliance to raise Centaur World's status and offer it preferential support.

• The Shadow King attended the assembly as Shadow World's sole Dominator and reflected on his survival and advancement after following Saine through the Dimensional Hegemony.
• Myriad Flowers Spirit World presented its newly advanced Sunflower Dominator, whose growth had been supported by resources Saine brought back to the Wizard Alliance.
• Void Aphid World's Aphid King remained unable to advance despite receiving resources, while Activated Fairy World arrived as a newly upgraded large plane led by the Level-7 Spark Fairy King.
• Yuli piloted the Flame Mark to Howling Stone World with Nesser Civilization's Construct Masters, preferring to remain Saine's maid rather than become her plane's pillar.
• Luna arrived as a Level-7 Dominator after advancing during seclusion, surprising Saine and prompting the Wizard Alliance to upgrade Centaur World's seating rank and offer preferential support.

Nair Wen Yinke, the Undead Overlord, and numerous other alliance leaders and representatives arrived at the Howling Stone World, where they gathered with Wizard Civilization’s allies. The chapter ended with the arrival of several powerful phoenixes and their colorful retinue.

• Nair Wen Yinke arrived at the Howling Stone World without the Annihilation Mirror Wheel and settled in a secluded corner with his Underworld creatures.
• The Undead Overlord arrived with three newly advanced Level-7 Undead Dominators, greeted Befu and the others, and studied Saine before leaving without asking questions.
• The Gluttonous Snake Dominator and representatives from the Sanoras World, Rose Dynasty Civilization, Namek Star, and Yakina World joined the gathering.
• The Purple Dragon God and Blue Purple Star contacted the Deep Sea Jiao Dragon Plane’s Flood Dragons, while the weakened Wuzhuo World Group arrived as a timid delegation.
• Faelun Continent brought several prominent gods and Flynn, who arrived with hundreds of Arcanists aboard Floating Cities.
• The Fire Phoenix Ice Phoenix, Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix, and Minghua arrived alongside many phoenix creatures, filling the skies with color.

Alliance Dominators and representatives arrived at Howling Stone World for the Wizard Alliance Assembly, where Saine observed their shifting influence and behavior. The gathering included returning allies and a lone representative from the Faceless One World, which was beginning to integrate into the Alliance.

• The Galente Federation delegation arrived quietly, while the Reverse Mutant represented the Alien Civilization alongside its white auxiliary alien.
• Little Tenth greeted Befu and Lisa, then questioned Saine about his low-key behavior before leaving to visit old friends.
• Di'ersi Jia arrived as the Light Dimension Country's prominent representative, drawing powerful Alliance creatures eager to befriend the Light Giants.
• The chapter noted that Pantera World benefited from the Wizard Civilization's Gate of Resurrection experiments, while A Lai represented the depleted Faceless One World.
• The Lightning Origin Core arrived and maintained close ties with the Light Giants, though Church powerhouses such as Michelle were not invited to the Assembly.

Alliance Dominators and representatives gathered in the Howling Stone World, where Saine observed the varied strengths and relationships among the Wizard Alliance’s members. The assembly’s arrivals included newly joined powers and formidable individuals, while the Kun and Fempton faced off outside the world.

• The Ant-Man Civilization and Wasp World arrived, and the Ant-Man Civilization brought a new Dominator nearing Thunder God Thor’s strength.
• Zi Lixiang reached Level-7 Peak, while Dao Dali advanced to Level-8 Mid-Stage and received treatment from the Wizard Civilization befitting the Alliance’s first echelon.
• Bond negotiated with the Ghost Crow King and a Frog Dominator, who promised to arrange two hundred thousand sets of shed frogkin skins for the Galente Federation.
• Liu Yun led the Flowing Fire Great World’s delegation quietly, while Yin and Hongxia arrived from the Black Yin Civilization and Hongxia drew attention with her aura and connections to Little White.
• The Myriad Springs World Cluster sent its spring masters, and the Kun faced Death Descendant Fempton outside the Howling Stone World.
• The World Tree Dominator sent a powerful projection and approached the Myriad Springs World Cluster and the Elf Great World.

Saine welcomed the Tianming Empire and other allies at the Howling Stone World, where Dominators from Wizard Civilization’s Alliance gathered. Master Douglas arrived as a Level-8 Peak Dominator, strengthening Wizard Civilization’s leadership.

• Gongsun Wudi arrived with Tianming Empire officials and generals, who negotiated and socialized with Wizard Civilization’s allies.
• Scythe Wing King arrived with nearly a thousand subordinates and was struck by the strength and diversity of Wizard Civilization’s gathering.
• Dominators from the Bairen Empire, Dawn Conclave, City of Steel, and Kapeiqi joined the assembly, including familiar figures such as Master Midiqi and Master Victor.
• Master Douglas descended with Mei, revealing that he had advanced to Level-8 Peak after reaching a Critical Point during an experiment in Sky City.
• Saine greeted Douglas and celebrated his breakthrough, which came after Naige'er and Saine had reached Level-8 Peak.

Saine and the Wizard Civilization powerhouses gathered on Howling Stone World as the Wizard Alliance Assembly began, with Dominators from across the Alliance arriving and Master Douglas newly advanced to Level-8 Peak. As the assembly venue fell silent, Saine rose to its highest point to address the gathered creatures.

• Saine asked Master Douglas to help him conduct time-space experiments with a Source Tracing Stone, and Douglas agreed.
• Dominators and other representatives from Wizard Civilization factions and allied races arrived on Howling Stone World, including Master Naige'er, Klopp Knight, and several young powerhouses.
• Rule soundwaves rang across Howling Stone World, signaling the start of the Alliance Assembly, and Saine led the Wizard Civilization group to the venue.
• Nasi Xiu attended as a member of the Land of Ashes faction, carrying the Civilization Supreme Treasure Decay Sword.
• Saine flew to the highest point of the open-air arena, and the gathered creatures quieted and turned their attention to him.

Saine opened the Thirtieth Wizard Alliance Assembly and laid out a fast-moving agenda that included memorials, future development plans, and arbitration against members secretly communicating with the Demon Subjugation Alliance. The assembly then considered new defensive rings and funding plans, while its leaders recognized that Wizard Civilization’s plans near the Silver Soul World could threaten the future of their close neighbor.

• Saine opened the Thirtieth Wizard Alliance Assembly and announced its agenda, including remembrance of the fallen, future planning, development incentives, and arbitration of disloyal members.
• Saine introduced plans for inner and outer defensive rings, with the Spring Guardian and Autumn Guardian explaining the inner ring to the assembly.
• The assembly heard that outer defenses would be built near the Light Dimension Country, the Minghe Empire, and regions beyond the Silver Soul Star Region.
• Wizard Alliance Dominators realized that the planned defensive lines near the Silver Soul World reflected Wizard Civilization’s strategic concerns about its neighbor.
• The Dominators watched the Galente Federation delegation and feared the Silver Soul World might eventually suffer the same fate as Wizard Civilization’s former ally, since lasting peace could require one civilization to submit.

At the Wizard Alliance Assembly, Saine proposed an Alliance Optimization Mechanism that would redistribute benefits based on member planes’ performance. Little Tenth and Di'ersi Jia considered the risks and opportunities for their civilizations as Wizard Civilization expanded, while Silver Soul World’s future in the alliance remained uncertain.

• The assembly attendees avoided discussing the possibility of a future conflict between Wizard Civilization and Silver Soul World, while Saine’s plans for troop deployments hinted at future tensions.
• Little Tenth considered Wizard Civilization’s wariness toward powerful alliance members and resolved to secure benefits for the Minghe Remnant Clan while she could.
• Little Tenth decided that if she eventually had to choose between Wizard Civilization and the Minghe Remnant Clan, she would leave with Saine.
• Di'ersi Jia worried that Wizard Civilization’s planned battle lines could threaten Country of Light’s leaders, though its ordinary population would remain unaffected.
• Di'ersi Jia wondered whether Silver Knight would realize that joining the Wizard Alliance might be Silver Soul World’s only way to keep developing.
• Saine proposed the Alliance Optimization Mechanism, which would classify alliance members and reduce benefits for backward or inactive planes while rewarding strong performers.

Saine presented Wizard Civilization’s plans to reform the Wizard Alliance, including a last-place elimination mechanism and standardized assessments. The Assembly then reached a proposal to divide the Alliance into star-domain areas, which would determine member Planes’ interests and prepare for a network of Interstellar Teleportation Arrays.

• Saine’s Item Ten introduced an optimization mechanism that would remove underperforming Alliance Planes, though the Orc World and Void Aphid World had secret relegation protection.
• Elf God Elune and the Undead Overlord reacted thoughtfully to the proposal, while Orc God Kampas wondered whether he might be eliminated.
• The Assembly considered broad proposals on energy resources, Wizard language, and Magic Coin currency before reaching Item Thirty-Four.
• Saine proposed unified administration of the Wizard Alliance through star-domain Area Division over the next ten thousand years.
• The Level Four and above beings listened for their assignments, which would affect their interests and support plans for Interstellar Teleportation Arrays.

At the Wizard Alliance Assembly, the Scythe Wing King considered the implications of joining the Alliance and listened closely to a proposal for the World Tree Forest System. He decided that the Scythe Wing Great World should seek to join it.

• The Wizard Alliance Assembly reached its fifty-third agenda item, and the newly joined Scythe Wing King struggled to understand the Alliance’s procedures and deeper implications.
• Wizard Civilization proposed a World Tree Forest System centered on the World Tree, supported by several Alliance Planes and provisional funding of about eighty billion Magic Coins.
• Saine announced that the system would supply some Dominator Soul Recovery Potions, drawing the Scythe Wing King’s attention to the potential benefits for his subordinates.
• The Scythe Wing King instructed a late-stage Level-7 Dominator to represent the Scythe Wing Great World and find a way to join the forest system.

During the Wizard Alliance Assembly, Saine and other leaders learned that the Destruction Spring was on the verge of advancing to Level 9, a breakthrough that could elevate the Myriad Springs World Cluster into a Top-Level Civilization. Saine suspended the assembly as alliance powerhouses and Myriad Springs World Cluster Dominators departed for the Flowing Light Retrospective World.

• The Wizard Alliance Assembly discussed stationing Wizard Civilization legions near the Scythe Wing Great World and opening special secret realms to alliance members.
• As the assembly reached its sixty-seventh proposal, several Myriad Springs World Cluster lifeforms unexpectedly advanced a level and the delegation's elemental aura grew stronger.
• Saine sensed a law aura from the Flowing Light Retrospective World and realized that the Destruction Spring was about to advance to Level 9.
• Douglas, Naige'er, Di'ersi Jia, Little Tenth, and other alliance leaders recognized that the breakthrough could make the Myriad Springs World Cluster a Top-Level Civilization.
• Saine suspended the Wizard Alliance Assembly, and several Myriad Springs World Cluster Dominators left for the Flowing Light Retrospective World.

Saine and the other Star Realm Dominators gathered in the Flowing Light Retrospective World to witness the Level-9 Destruction Spring and the Grade-36 Black Lotus of Destruction. The Destruction Spring formed two Civilization Supreme Treasures for the Myriad Springs World Cluster as its final gift.

• Saine, Wizard Civilization powerhouses, Myriad Springs World Cluster spring masters, and Wukong arrived in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• The group saw the Level-9 Destruction Spring being nourished by Destruction Power, with the Grade-36 Black Lotus of Destruction spinning beneath it.
• The Destruction Spring briefly displayed clear consciousness and greeted its old acquaintances, including Saine, Lisa, and the spring masters.
• The Destruction Spring said that its path had been unstoppable for tens of thousands of years and summoned two Civilization Supreme Treasures it had crafted over a long period.
• The Destruction Spring completed the Endless Spring Eye and the Tear of Life, treasures intended to benefit the Myriad Springs World Cluster.

The Destruction Spring’s two Civilization Supreme Treasures reached the Myriad Springs World Cluster, where the Illusion Spring received the Endless Spring Eye and the Life Spring received the Tear of Life. The Destruction Spring’s Level-9 advancement also began transforming Wanquan Great World and the surrounding cluster, leaving Wanquan World on the path to becoming a Top-Level Plane.

• The Endless Spring Eye flew to the Illusion Spring, while the Tear of Life went to the Life Spring, supporting the cluster’s external ties and internal development.
• The Illusion Spring grew even more reluctant to part with her brother after receiving the Endless Spring Eye.
• Saine reflected on the Tear of Life’s life-element nature and the Destruction Spring’s final hope for the Myriad Springs World Cluster.
• The Destruction Spring’s Level-9 advancement strengthened its connection to the cluster and brought further changes to its worlds.
• Wanquan Great World received nourishing rain, expanded, and began absorbing nearby water-element planes without harming them.
• Wizard World knights and magicians recorded Wanquan Great World’s transformation as research material.

As Wanquan World transformed after Destruction Spring’s Level-9 breakthrough, Destruction Spring prepared to merge with the Astral Realm Rules. Saine stayed behind to witness its final transformation and used the Destruction Set with the Sky Net proxy-control program.

• Water-element worlds merged into Wanquan World, where a new spring eye produced Water of Life and enabled recovery of Dominator Omnipotent Souls.
• Destruction Spring declared its task complete and said it could no longer suppress its power, urging the others to leave.
• Lisa gave Saine the Destruction Set to safeguard, while Wukong and Saine chose to remain with Destruction Spring.
• Saine activated the Destruction Set, resisted its destructive influence with the Sky Net proxy-control program, and changed the set’s appearance with Mechanical Light.

Saine used the Destruction Set while the Destruction Spring’s defenses collapsed and unleashed an immense tide of destruction. As Wukong departed after tempering himself against the tide, Saine stayed near its source, fused with the God of Machines and watching the Destruction Spring’s fate.

• Saine used the Light of Hope to overcome the Destruction Set’s mental interference, though he said its harmful effects could not be completely removed.
• The Destruction Spring lost its final defenses and released a growing tide of destruction throughout the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Saine’s Destruction Set changed amid the tide, while Wukong absorbed Destruction Factors and strengthened his resistance through spiritual tempering.
• Wukong left the Flowing Light Retrospective World on his Grade-12 Black Lotus of Destruction when the tide became too intense to endure safely.
• Saine fused with the God of Machines and remained near the storm’s source, focusing on the Destruction Spring’s fate and his research into higher dimensions.

Saine witnessed the Destruction Spring vanish into the Material Star Realm’s operating system after leaving behind Destruction Runes, then returned to Howling Stone World. He resumed the Thirtieth Wizard Alliance Assembly, continuing the supplementary agenda of the sixty-seventh proposal.

• Saine watched the Destruction Tide intensify until the Destruction Spring and the surrounding storm abruptly disappeared.
• Saine used the Magic Cube to review the Destruction Spring’s final moments and saw the Destruction Runes it had left behind, including runes meaning time-space and ruin.
• Saine concluded that the Destruction Spring had merged into the Material Star Realm’s rules and noted that the God of Machines faced 1.5% stronger rejection.
• Saine left the Flowing Light Retrospective World through a Time-Space Rift and returned to Howling Stone World, where only two years had passed.
• Saine confirmed that Befu and the others had returned, then announced that the Thirtieth Wizard Alliance Assembly would continue with the supplementary agenda of the sixty-seventh proposal.

The Wizard Alliance Assembly resumed and addressed proposals ranging from trial access and interstellar teleportation to wartime preparations against the Demon Subjugation Alliance and resource allocation among member planes. It ended with Saine announcing that the Alliance would reassess the Myriad Springs World Cluster’s rank after its advancement into a Top-Level Civilization, shocking the Assembly.

• Alliance members used the intermission to seek explanations from their backers and observe powerful Dominators.
• The Assembly resumed its discussions, including entry fees and loot recovery services for secret-realm trials, and plans for interstellar-region Teleportation Array stations.
• Saine presented a proposal to establish a Wartime Economic Preparation Group targeting the Demon Subjugation Alliance, as the Wizard Alliance prepared for a possible future conflict.
• Alliance members debated resource allocation among thousands of member planes, negotiations over territorial disputes, and recovery for planes still affected by demonization.
• Saine proposed reassessing the Myriad Springs World Cluster’s Alliance rank, policies, resources, and obligations after it advanced into a Top-Level Civilization, startling the Assembly.

The Wizard Alliance Assembly concluded after celebrating the Myriad Springs World Cluster’s rise to a Top-Level Civilization and approving support for its recovery. As alliance members left uncertain about the coming war, the Demon Subjugation Alliance learned of the assembly’s agenda, and Ming urged Oren to confront Saine and make him use the God of Machines.

• The Myriad Springs World Cluster’s ascension delighted Wizard Alliance members, and Wizard Civilization promised resources and support to help stabilize it.
• Saine closed the Wizard Alliance Assembly after its 127 agenda items, including new measures for the Myriad Springs World Cluster and adjustments to Magic Coins and postwar compensation.
• Saine met with Befu and others to discuss alliance business while attending powerhouses gathered and considered the coming era and possible war.
• Alliance members departed without knowing when war with the Demon Subjugation Alliance would begin, though Saine’s remarks had heightened the sense of impending conflict.
• The Demon Subjugation Alliance’s leaders reviewed the assembly’s agenda and worried about facing Saine and the Wizard Civilization-led bloc.
• Ming asked Oren to engage Saine soon and force him to use the God of Machines, but Oren reacted awkwardly.

Astral Realm Overseer Ming failed to persuade Oren to have the Demon Subjugation Alliance strike first against Wizard Civilization or the Seven Directions Conglomerate. Meanwhile, Saine began arranging cooperation between Wizard Civilization and Blue Fox Civilization, leaving their alliance subject to review by the latter's leaders.

• Oren told Ming that Nine Stars Civilization and the Demon Subjugation Alliance lacked the unity and authority to launch a preemptive war.
• Ming accepted that he had fulfilled his duty and resolved to resign as Overseer after his term ended.
• Saine met with Blue Fox Civilization's Level-8 Late-Stage Blue Tanuki Beast representative after the Thirtieth Wizard Alliance Assembly.
• Saine proposed that Blue Fox Civilization attack Mad Beast Civilization and extend the conflict toward Twisted Shadow Civilization and the Capricorn Empire.
• Saine gave the Blue Tanuki Beast a cooperation contract, and the representative agreed to take it back for review while expressing confidence that Blue Fox Civilization could cooperate.

Saine discussed Blue Fox Civilization's agreement with Befu and prepared to inspect Wizard Civilization's new regulations and Master Naige'er's latest subordinate. At the Kada Star Thief Group's hidden lair, Naige'er punished troublesome members by ordering them into a powerful iron cauldron, while a Level Six demon—Carter Gustavo's son—remained terrified outside.

• Saine told Befu that Blue Fox Civilization had accepted their demands, and Befu explained the roles of its Red Tanuki and Blue Tanuki populations.
• Saine said he would visit Master Naige'er and review the Wizard Alliance's new regulatory systems instead of returning to Wizard World.
• Saine arrived at the Kada Star Thief Group's pocket star region while Naige'er reprimanded the group over its members' recent misconduct.
• Naige'er produced a Mid-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure iron cauldron and ordered the troublemakers to get inside.
• Carter Gustavo shoved his troublesome subordinates into the cauldron, while the White-Eyed Demoness used her psychic power to make hers jump in willingly.
• A terrified Level Six demon stayed outside and looked to his father, Carter Gustavo.

Saine arrived to find Master Naige'er punishing the Kada Star Thief Group for its crimes, and Carter Gustavo sacrificed his hand to save his son Anli. Naige'er introduced Saine to the Thousand-Faced Dominator, whom Saine invited to help with an experiment.

• Carter Gustavo cut off his own left hand and gave it to Master Naige'er in exchange for sparing Anli Gustavo.
• Master Naige'er revealed that the Kada Star Thief Group had slaughtered Wizard Civilization creatures and massacred inhabitants of Alliance Plane worlds.
• Master Naige'er summoned Saine and explained that he was refining the group's captured offenders with Eternal Soul Flame.
• Master Naige'er introduced Saine to the Thousand-Faced Dominator, a being with two bodies and two faces.
• Saine gave the Thousand-Faced Dominator a Dominator Omnipotent Soul Recovery Potion and invited it to cooperate in an experiment.

Saine and Master Naige'er dealt with the Thousand-Faced Dominator and Naige'er refined a restorative Black Pill for Carter Gustavo. Saine revealed that the God of Machines had set a 1,200-year timeframe for moving against the Demon Subjugation Alliance, while he suppressed the Astral Realm Will's pressure to advance his own realm.

• Master Naige'er refined Carter Gustavo's severed hand and other ingredients into a Black Pill that restored 6.5% of a Level-8 Dominator's Omnipotent Soul, then returned it to Gustavo with a warning.
• Carter Gustavo bowed to Naige'er and ordered an internal investigation, declaring that Kada Star Thief Group members who had crossed the line would be executed.
• Saine dismissed the Thousand-Faced Dominator and told Naige'er that he planned to move against the Demon Subjugation Alliance in 1,200 years, after another force gave them an excuse to intervene.
• Naige'er asked whether the timeframe came from Saine or the God of Machines, and Saine said it came from the God of Machines.
• Saine explained that the Astral Realm Will was pushing him toward Half-Level-9 Peak, but he was suppressing his advancement while preparing for the campaign; the Blue Fox Civilization would make its move in 700 years.

Saine prepared the Wizard Civilization and its allies for an imminent war against the Demon Subjugation Alliance, while the enemy began to notice signs of unusual activity. The chapter ended with the Nine Stars Civilization and the Void Civilization revealed as the Alliance’s strongest forces, though their military strengths differed sharply.

• Saine inspected the Wizard Civilization’s expanding forces and territories as new policies and mass-produced Magic Coins supported its preparations for war.
• Saine privately coordinated with several top-level civilizations to plan a war against the Demon Subjugation Alliance, leaving the Yan Emperor Divine Clan out of the initial discussions.
• The Seven Directions Axis Conglomerate’s member civilizations secretly began preparing for war, while the Demon Subjugation Alliance detected some suspicious movements.
• The Void Civilization had more than one hundred and ten Dominators but was known for fleeing battles, while the Nine Stars Civilization had more than ninety Dominator-class Star Envoys and remained the Alliance’s greatest military power.

The Blue Fox Civilization attacked the Mad Beast Civilization after years of clashes, drawing the two top-level civilizations into war. As Saine inspected the Wizard Civilization, the conflict began with the Blue Fox forces retreating under pursuit by the Mad Beast forces.

• The Mad Beast, Dead Realm, Sky Feather, Twisted Shadow, and Heavy Hammerer Civilizations prioritized exploiting the Demon Territory, while the Iron-Blood Civilization and White Cloud Flowing Tuo World prepared for risks.
• Saine reflected on the Wizard Civilization’s changes during an inspection tour before a front-line battle report announced that war was about to begin.
• The Blue Fox Civilization launched a surprise attack on the Mad Beast Civilization’s exploration legion, severely wounding a late-stage Level-7 Beast King.
• The Blue Fox Civilization accused the Mad Beast Civilization of years of aggression and presented evidence of 352 conflicts, including the deaths of more than twenty Blue Fox creatures above Level 4.
• The Mad Awakening Lion roared in fury, beginning a war between the two top-level civilizations.
• The Blue Fox Civilization retreated after its attack, and the Mad Beast Civilization pursued it to avenge the wounded Beast King.