Recaps

Green rallied nearby World Civilizations against the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s invasion of the Demon Domain Starry Sky, while Saine’s coalition continued its Dimensional Hegemony. As the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s roots were cut back at great cost, Saine wondered why the Level-9 Being had not been forced off the battlefield.

• Green denounced the Demon Subjugation Alliance in a public address and called on surrounding World Civilizations to resist its invasion of the Demon Domain Starry Sky.
• Green sent Wizard Civilization legions to attack the invading forces, prompting other members of the Eight Directions Conglomerate and beneficiaries of the Joint Development Declaration to prepare to act.
• First Flame Emperor and his allies pushed to finish the Dimensional Hegemony quickly so they could confront the Demon Subjugation Alliance, though Saine remained the one capable of driving the war to its end.
• After several more years of fighting, the coalition had severed all outer roots and more than seventy percent of the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s central roots, with more than twenty Dominators dying in the effort.
• Saine questioned why the Jue Teng Tree Demon had not been repelled from the battlefield despite its many kills, considering the Astral Realm Will’s role and the creature’s hold on space-time.

Saine launched the final assault on Jue Teng Tree Demon after its usable roots dwindled to about 20 percent, bringing Little White and a Level-9 Super Fusion Robot into the battle. As the fight drove Flying Illusion Flower Spirit from the tree’s core, Little Tenth and nearby Dominators moved to capture it.

• Saine summoned the Mechanical Rules True Body, combining Intelligent Robots across the Land of Exile and the Material Star Realm into a Level-9 Super Fusion Robot that straddled both realms.
• Saine released Little White, whose strength had recovered with help from Tree Crystals and Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, and she charged into battle.
• Saine, Little White, and the Super Fusion Robot attacked Jue Teng Tree Demon's main body while other Dominators supported them and cleared remaining resistance forces.
• The Level-9 attacks forced Flying Illusion Flower Spirit to flee from the center of Jue Teng Tree Demon's trunk.
• Little Tenth led her group in surrounding Flying Illusion Flower Spirit as nearby Dominators joined the attempt to capture it.

Flying Illusion Flower Spirit was captured as Jue Teng Tree Demon’s defeat became inevitable. Jue Teng Tree Demon asked Saine to pass a message to Dreadful Treant before Saine continued destroying its roots.

• Flying Illusion Flower Spirit emerged from Jue Teng Tree Demon’s core and was surrounded by more than thirty Dominators, with Little Tenth suppressing her realm using the Sealing Divine Ring.
• Jue Teng Tree Demon told Flying Illusion Flower Spirit to help some Plant Element Beings escape, hoping their scattered seeds might preserve the Dreadful Treant Civilization.
• Jue Teng Tree Demon admitted defeat and asked Saine to send his regards to Dreadful Treant if they met in the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Saine speculated that Dreadful Treant had been killed and might have used Jue Teng Tree Demon to complete its resurrection, then resumed attacking Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Little Tenth and the other Dominators captured Flying Illusion Flower Spirit alive and carried her toward the Mechanical Civilization’s rear, while Saine’s forces stopped Jue Teng Tree Demon from intervening.
• Flying Illusion Flower Spirit’s capture left Jue Teng Tree Demon isolated, with its roots and Dominator Soul reserves both reduced below twenty percent.

Saine defeated the Jue Teng Tree Demon after 11,200 years of Dimensional Hegemony, and the Dimensional Ascension Gate appeared after the Tree Demon's death. Saine prepared to enter the Higher Dimensional Plane, while battles in the Nightmare Star Territory and Material Star Realm still remained.

• The Jue Teng Tree Demon realized Saine's power approached the peak of Level 9 and asked whether he had reached beyond it, but Saine stayed silent and continued attacking.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon accepted its defeat and offered Saine its body, legacy, and rule-based things, asking him to explore the future in its place.
• Saine killed the Jue Teng Tree Demon after 11,200 years, and the Dimensional Ascension Gate formed at the center of the former battlefield.
• Saine sensed that the gate led to a Higher Dimensional Plane and looked forward to meeting Lord Locke, Master Lilith, and the God of Machines again.
• The Astral Realm Overseers indicated that Saine's Mechanical Civilization still needed to defeat the remaining forces in the Nightmare Star Territory and Material Star Realm.

After Saine defeated the Jue Teng Tree Demon, he surveyed the Level-9 resources and the dangerous law phenomenon left by its death. Saine and a few others searched the crater, while the rest were forced to retreat, and Saine considered how his victory would draw him into conflict with the Dreadful Treants in a higher dimension.

• Saine assessed the Jue Teng Tree Demon's abundant Level-9 resources and the benefits its remains would bring to Wizard Civilization and other participants.
• Saine reflected that his battle with the Jue Teng Tree Demon had arisen from opposing positions, and considered how his coming encounter with the Dreadful Treants might unfold.
• Saine observed the enormous crater left where the Jue Teng Tree Demon had died on the Land of Exile battlefield.
• A greenish-blue law halo spread around the crater, and Saine, Little White, and the Super Metal Robot entered it to search for law materials.
• First Flame Emperor and the others snatched materials from the crater's outer regions before retreating, injured by Plant Element toxins and Mystic System curses.

Saine claimed the Absolute Vine Treant’s level-9 tree heart and other valuable spoils, then decided how to distribute them for research and alchemy. He sent Nasir to Saint Laozi with two pseudo tree crystals, leaving the old immortal wondering whether he had been paid for lending Duan Ning to the battle.

• Saine retrieved the Absolute Vine Treant’s level-9 tree heart and kept it, recognizing its immense value and its ability to help restore a level-8 Dominator’s Eternal Soul.
• Saine gave Little White one of the three pseudo tree crystals to absorb, while Duan Ning suggested that Saint Laozi refine them instead of attempting it herself.
• Saine entrusted two pseudo tree crystals to Saint Laozi and kept the third for experiments or future alchemy by Duan Ning and Luluman.
• Saine sent Nasir to the Eight Sceneries Palace with the two crystals, and Nasir told Saint Laozi that Duan Ning had recommended him.
• Saint Laozi saw Nasir’s delivery and wondered if Saine had given him the crystals as payment for lending his disciple.

Saine prepared for his journey to a higher dimension by securing rare alchemy materials and arranging for the allies who would remain behind. After Genji’s death in the dimensional hegemony, Saine returned the Dragon Blade to the Free Blade Civilization and revealed that he had collected Genji’s Soul Light Spots.

• Saine gave Saint Laozi two Level-9 Pseudo Tree Crystals as ingredients for Nine-Turn Golden Pills.
• Duan Ning used lesser tree crystals to refine pills, while the surviving participants shared the spoils of the dimensional hegemony.
• The Free Blade Civilization mourned Genji, whose death as its strongest warrior threatened its future ties with the Wizard Civilization.
• Saine returned Genji’s Dragon Blade to the Free Blade Civilization after studying its dragon-related properties for a time.
• Saine told the Free Blade Civilization’s leader that he had collected Genji’s Soul Light Spots, and the leader looked up at him in surprise.

Saine discussed a future Higher Dimensional Plane resurrection for Genji, while the victorious alliance turned its attention to the weakened Dark Empire. As Little Tenth gathered a coalition to raid it, Saine stayed behind to study how the Dreadful Treant had spread through spacetime.

• Saine told the Free Blade Civilization's leader that he could not revive Genji in the Star Realm and proposed resurrecting him in a Higher Dimensional Plane while preserving his memories, bloodline, and life form; the leader accepted.
• The war in the Land of Exile ended, and Dipamkara Buddha, Erlang Zhenjun Yang Jian, Nether River Old Ancestor, and other Immortal Domain Sages entered the Nightmare Star Territory to seize more War Fortune.
• With the Dark Empire weakened after the Dark Emperor and more than twenty elite Dominators fell, Little Tenth began organizing a raid on its home to seize its rumored Civilization Supreme Treasure.
• Little Tenth recruited Galaxy Star Safina, the Red-Clothed Little Girl, Niggerhood, the Blue Fox Civilization, Mechanical Civilization Dominators, and Immortal Domain Sages into the campaign against the Dark Empire.
• Saine remained in the Land of Exile and investigated how the Dreadful Treant had spread its roots across spacetime in the Material Star Realm and the Land of Exile.

Saine studied how Jue Teng Tree Demon had rooted itself in the Star Realm and experimented with cultivating its roots, while the Flying Illusion Flower Spirit agreed to help bring the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s Plant Element Beings over to allied civilizations. As the Dimensional Hegemony neared its end, Saine continued his research and the victors plundered resources, while the Demon Subjugation Alliance fell silent.

• Saine examined Level-9 roots in the Land of Exile and discovered surprising effects when they interacted with the Material Star Realm and its spacetime.
• Saine experimented with activating and cultivating Jue Teng Tree Demon's roots, explaining to Luluenman, Lina, and the others that any life-form grown from them would not be Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Saine kept Jue Teng Tree Demon's True Spirit Light untouched in his Collection Room and chose the tamed Layered Silver Tree as his preferred subject for Mechanical Tree research.
• The Flying Illusion Flower Spirit accepted mechanized modifications and offered to persuade Plant Element Beings to join the Mechanical Civilization, the Wizard Civilization, or the Immortal Domain Civilization; Saine agreed to let her return to the Material Star Realm.
• Saine and his allies stayed busy researching and plundering as the Dimensional Hegemony wound down, while the Demon Subjugation Alliance's Top-Level Civilizations went quiet.

The Mechanical Civilization invaded the divided Dark Empire under Cuilisi’s command, and the conflict ended in a one-sided victory. The war lasted fewer than four hundred years, while Little Tenth and the other Dominators looked toward their eventual journey to a Higher Dimensional Plane.

• Cuilisi took overall command of the war against the Dark Empire, while Lisa sent a Blade Warrior, Dominator-class Zerg Kings, and a Zerg Legion to support the invasion.
• The Dark Empire fractured into factions that chose to fight, seek allies, or flee; the escape faction carried away some Civilization Fire Seeds, and Little Tenth and the others let them go.
• Saine continued researching at the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s former root system, while Little Tenth and the other Dominators waited for his orders and strengthened their reserves.
• Little Tenth began aspiring to surpass Level-8 Peak after seeing powerful beings and contemplating the dangers of the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Little Tenth, Safina, the Red-Clothed Little Girl, Yin, and Mechanical Monster Emperor Geluomuzi defeated the false emperor in their first battle, and the war ended in fewer than four hundred years.

After thousands of years studying the Jue Teng Tree Demon's roots, Saine developed the Root-Grasping Arcane Truth and rooted himself in the Land of Exile time-space, greatly weakening the Astral Realm's rejection of him. The Decepticons then reported that three Gates of Rules had appeared after the war between the Mechanical Civilization and the Dreadful Treant Civilization.

• Little Tenth and the others delivered the Heaven Emperor Armor to Saine, who admired its alchemical mysteries and asked them to bring Gongsun Wudi to him as its wearer.
• Saine spent thousands of years studying the Jue Teng Tree Demon's roots while the time-flow difference between the Land of Exile and the Material Star Realm continued to decline.
• Saine mastered the Root-Grasping Arcane Truth, using his feet to grip the Land of Exile time-space and draw upon its origin energy.
• Saine realized that rooting himself in the time-space had weakened the Astral Realm's rejection of him and made him a tenant whom the Astral Realm Will and Overseers could not easily force to leave.
• The Decepticons reported to Saine that three Gates of Rules had appeared in a blank region near the dimensional main battlefield after the Mechanical Civilization and Dreadful Treant Civilization war ended.

Saine traveled to the newly formed Gates of Rules and identified them as a Death Gate, a Life Gate, and an uncertain Twisting Gate. He remained near the gates as more Dominators arrived, including the Lord of Holy Spirit, who was shocked by Saine’s concealed strength.

• Saine flew with Decepticons and other Dominators to the ring-shaped mountains where three Gates of Rules had appeared, and refused Decepticons’ suggestion to drive away the other Dominators.
• Saine approached the gates while nearby Star Realm Dominators, afraid of his Level-9 strength, stayed still and watched.
• Saine discerned that the gates led to a dangerous Death Plane, a comparatively peaceful Life Plane, and an unpredictable time-space he called the Twisting Gate.
• More Dominators gathered as Saine waited, and the Lord of Holy Spirit arrived without initially sensing Saine’s presence.
• The Lord of Holy Spirit detected Saine at close range and was overwhelmed by the aura of the Level-9 True Spirit Magician.

The Lord of Holy Spirit arrived at the Land of Rules, where Saine’s presence reminded him of his fear and his decision to remain in the Star Realm until the Holy Spirit Continent was safe. Han Li then arrived to contend for a Gate of Rules, and chose the Twisting Gate, the one Saine wanted to enter.

• The Lord of Holy Spirit sensed Saine’s overwhelming power and retreated, while Saine recognized that the Lord had been drawn to the Life Gate.
• The Lord of Holy Spirit considered leaving the Star Realm but decided to stay until the Mechanical Civilization’s forces no longer threatened the Holy Spirit Continent.
• Han Li arrived at the Land of Rules on a green gourd that he had refined into a High-Level World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Saine offered to recommend a gate, but Han Li examined the three Gates of Rules and walked toward the Twisting Gate.

Saine studied the three Gates of Rules, gave Han Li a powerful mechanical sphere, and departed with the Mechanical Civilization as Han Li prepared for the Gate Contention War. Saine then turned his attention to the Material Star Realm while Astral Realm Overseer Ming sought to negotiate with him.

• Han Li chose a gate despite Saine offering to recommend a better one, and a locust Dominator selected the Death Gate without guidance.
• Saine examined the three Gates of Rules, concluded he could not touch them, and left the Land of Rules with the Decepticons and other Mechanical Dominators.
• Saine gave Han Li a mechanical sphere capable of summoning a giant Dominator-class puppet and told him they would meet again in a higher dimension.
• Saine reflected on his growing access to higher-dimensional arcana and on the Astral Realm Will and Overseers' concern that he would remain in the Star Realm.
• Astral Realm Overseer Ming repeatedly tried to arrange a meeting with Saine, who remained occupied with experiments and then set out to observe the Material Star Realm.

Saine returned to the Material Star Realm, sealed much of his power to reduce the Astral Realm’s rejection, and told Ming he would not stay long while ordering the Mechanical Civilization to advance against the Dreadful Treant Civilization without haste. As the allied forces withdrew from the quieting battlefronts, powerful figures of the Eight Directions Conglomerate turned their attention toward the former Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.

• Dao Dali refused to join the Gate Contention War and chose to remain in the Material Star Realm, while Saine accepted his decision.
• Saine returned to the Material Star Realm and activated the Self-Sealing Technique, weakening the Level-9 ripples and reducing the Astral Realm Rules’ rejection.
• Saine ordered the Mechanical Civilization army to advance through the Nightmare Star Territory without rushing to finish the conquest.
• Astral Realm Overseer Ming questioned Saine, who assured him he would not stay long and claimed he was honoring their agreement to eradicate the Dreadful Treant Civilization.
• The top-level civilizations of the Eight Directions Conglomerate began withdrawing their main forces from the battlefields, and their high-level experts turned their attention to the former Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.

Saine explored the Nightmare Star Territory and the Dark Empire, but found little there to interest him. He negotiated with the Astral Realm Will for three thousand more years in the Material Star Realm before leaving for higher dimensions.

• Saine studied the Nightmare Star Territory and found its dense Mystic System laws and materials could make it a useful enclave for the Wizard Civilization.
• Saine asked Astral Realm Overseer Ming to let him visit the Dark Empire, and Ming agreed to that destination alone.
• Saine found little of interest in the Dark Empire beyond the legacy of its former Level-9 Being, then completed unfinished Alchemy Experiments and improved his followers' equipment.
• Saine promised the Astral Realm Will that he would leave within five thousand years, and Ming negotiated that limit down to three thousand years.
• Ming asked Saine to stop creating Civilization Supreme Treasure-type items and limit his production of Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasures, and Saine agreed.

Saine prepared to leave the Material Star Realm within three thousand years, accepting that the Astral Realm Will would take away the Wizard Civilization’s high-end spoils and planning to bring the resources to higher dimensions. After Gongsun Wudi chose the Heaven Emperor Armor, the Earth Emperor Belt unexpectedly tore through the void and departed, leaving Saine stunned.

• Saine concluded that the Astral Realm Will’s rejection limited how much high-end war loot the Wizard Civilization could keep, so the resources would serve as capital for his future campaigns in higher dimensions.
• With his departure set for within three thousand years, Saine grew nostalgic about the Material Star Realm and finished several remaining experiments.
• Saine gave the two sets of Emperor Armor to Gongsun Wudi, who chose the Heaven Emperor Armor and began mastering it.
• After Gongsun Wudi fused with the Heaven Emperor Armor, the Earth Emperor Belt suddenly tore through the void and flew away from Saine’s laboratory.
• Safina saw the departing object from nearby and watched as Saine remained motionless.

Saine returned to Wizard Civilization with Befu and observed its continued growth under Green’s leadership. As the Thirty-First Wizard Alliance Assembly approached, its leaders prepared a campaign against the Demon Subjugation Alliance, while Saine chose not to interfere.

• Saine told Gongsun Wudi to abandon the Earth Emperor Belt and promised to upgrade his Heaven Emperor Armor in the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Saine and Befu traveled to Wizard Civilization without announcing their return or disturbing its leadership.
• Saine learned that Green was preparing to preside over the Thirty-First Wizard Alliance Assembly.
• Green and the Sky City Imperial Council chose the Mad Beast Civilization, Dead Realm Civilization, and Twisted Shadow Civilization as priority targets for reckoning.
• Green and the council planned to enlist civilizations that had joined the Joint Development Declaration, while leaving the other Demon Subjugation Alliance members for further discussion.

Wizard Civilization’s leaders discussed the coming war against the Demon Subjugation Alliance, Iron-Blood Civilization’s entry into Eight Directions Conglomerate, and the positions of several other civilizations. Green approved closer cooperation with Typhon Giant Civilization, while Free Blade Civilization’s possible future in the Wizard Alliance remained unresolved.

• Eight Directions Conglomerate prepared to renew its war against the Demon Subjugation Alliance after its victory over Dreadful Treant Civilization.
• Green said Free Blade Civilization had to initiate any request to join the Wizard Alliance, to avoid undermining Eight Directions Conglomerate and alarming other civilizations.
• Iron-Blood Civilization revealed that Void Civilization had fled deep into the starry sky, where both the Demon Subjugation Alliance and Eight Directions Conglomerate could not readily reach it.
• Wizard Civilization discussed Typhon Giant Civilization’s repeated offers of goodwill and requests for metal-forging work.
• Green approved closer cooperation with Typhon Giant Civilization, which hoped to benefit from Eight Directions Conglomerate without seeking a seat at the table.

After the Wizard Alliance Assembly, Saine and Befu secretly returned to the Wizard World and met the Summer Guardian in its expanding Outer Ring. Befu had made a decision and asked Saine to give her privacy so she could speak with Shana.

• The Thirty-First Wizard Alliance Assembly gathered the Wizard Civilization's leaders, including the newly advanced Ming Wang and Ink Sea Master, while the Scythe Wing King backed plans to use his world as a staging ground against the Mad Beast Civilization.
• Saine reflected on the Wizard Civilization's Outer Ring defenses and trusted Green and the others to guide its future without him.
• The Summer Guardian sensed Saine and Befu's return and appeared beside them outside the Wizard World.
• Saine explained that they had returned quietly to avoid disrupting the Wizard Civilization's progress, while Befu said she wanted to rest from her former duties.
• Befu asked Saine to give her privacy so she could discuss something with Shana, and Saine agreed to look around outside the Howling Stone World.

Saine watched the Wizard Alliance Assembly from outside Howling Stone World, then traveled through the Wizard Civilization’s Homeland Star Territory with Madam Befu. Befu revealed that Hela wanted to leave the Material Star Realm with Saine to find her grandfather, Supreme Knight Dominator Lord Locke.

• Saine observed the Thirty-First Wizard Alliance Assembly and heard that the Iron-Blood Civilization had joined the Eight Directions Group, which the Wizard Civilization would lead against the Demon-Pacifying Alliance.
• Saine left Howling Stone World before the assembly ended and began revisiting the Wizard Civilization’s territory with Madam Befu.
• Saine planned to explore special dimensions before leaving the Material Star Realm, though he intended not to interfere in another civilization’s Dimensional Hegemony.
• Befu told Saine that Hela wanted to travel with him to a Higher Dimensional Plane and find her grandfather.
• Saine warned Befu that the Higher Dimensional Plane he was entering might differ from the one where Lord Locke resided, making Supreme Knight Dominator Lord Locke difficult to find.

Saine agreed to take Hela with him to a Higher Dimensional Plane, then toured Wizard Civilization before setting out to explore special regions of Different Time-Space. He left Befu behind as Wizard Civilization prepared for war against the Demon-Pacifying Alliance, and planned to return for Hela and his family before leaving.

• Befu explained that Hela understood the risks of following Saine, and Saine agreed to her request while Befu named Loki and Thor as possible leaders for Titan World.
• Saine toured Wizard Civilization for roughly a thousand years, leaving small ruins and Trial Spaces, while Befu also created ruined structures in her own style.
• Befu declined to accompany Saine to Despair World, Blood-colored Space, and Illusory World, choosing to remain in the Material Star Realm.
• Wizard Civilization and the Eight Directions Group began preparing a broad counteroffensive against the Demon-Pacifying Alliance, with Mad Beast Civilization among their targets.
• Saine told Befu he would return after exploring the special regions to collect Hela and his family, then leave for good.

Saine traveled alone through hidden Different Time-Spaces and arrived in the Despair World, where the Flame Dragon and Blackwater Civilizations were fighting a Dimensional Hegemony. He headed toward the battlefield and encountered the Level-7 Dominator Double Cabbage Head.

• Saine used his Level-9 power to locate hidden Different Time-Spaces connected to the Material Star Realm.
• Saine arrived in the Despair World and discovered the Flame Dragon and Blackwater Civilizations fighting a Dimensional Hegemony.
• Saine observed that the Flame Dragon Civilization was gaining ground despite having fewer Dominators, while both sides faced heavy losses.
• Saine flew toward the battlefield to watch the war and met the Level-7 Late-Stage Dominator Double Cabbage Head.

Saine traveled with the Double Cabbage Head Dominator toward the center of the Dimensional Battlefield to observe the war between the Flame Dragon Civilization and the Blackwater Civilization. There, he saw the Flame Dragon Civilization’s Nine Dragon Pearls and the Blackwater Civilization’s Blackwater treasure, taking particular interest in the pearls’ craftsmanship.

• The Double Cabbage Head Dominator discussed the war and advised Saine that the Blackwater Civilization offered better terms and a safer option for outside Dominators.
• The Double Cabbage Head Dominator said Saine seemed familiar, and Saine suggested they might have met before and invited him to visit his laboratory.
• The two Dominators flew toward the battlefield’s central region without joining the fighting.
• The Double Cabbage Head Dominator saw both civilizations’ supreme treasures as they were used in the intense battle.
• Saine admired the Nine Dragon Pearls’ design and forging, while judging the Blackwater Civilization’s liquid treasure to be a variant of a virus-element treasure with little appeal to him.

Saine advised Double Cabbage Head Dominator to consider joining Flame Dragon Civilization, while the two watched its battle against Blackwater Civilization. When fleeing Blackwater Dominators tried to implicate them and draw them into the fight, Saine prepared to respond.

• Saine warned Double Cabbage Head Dominator that Blackwater Civilization had not fully mastered its supreme treasure and recommended joining Flame Dragon Civilization instead.
• Saine assessed Flame Dragon Civilization’s stronger high-end fighters, and Double Cabbage Head Dominator chose to wait and observe before deciding.
• Three Flame Dragon Dominators pursued five retreating Blackwater Dominators toward Saine and Double Cabbage Head Dominator.
• The Blackwater Dominators called out as if Double Cabbage Head Dominator and Saine were their allies, drawing the Flame Dragon pursuers’ attention to them.
• Saine said trouble had come looking for him, and a gleam appeared at his finger.