Recaps

Saine and his companions left the Ancient Moon Tree and traveled through the Crystal Channel with a Mechanical Civilization fleet. At a three-way fork, Saine chose the central passage, which resonated with a Level-9 tree branch, leaving the group to continue toward the Higher Dimensional Plane.

• Saine discussed the dangers behind the Bronze Gate with Lina before he and his companions moved on from the Ancient Moon Tree.
• After they departed, the Ancient Moon Tree sensed their presence and wondered whether the Wizard Civilization had produced such powerful beings.
• As the Crystal Channel widened, Saine released mechanical warships and Source Energy Sub-Cities from his Magic Cube to prepare for their arrival in the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Saine and his companions reached three passages: the upper one summoned them toward the God of Machines, the lower one followed clues near the Ancient Moon Tree, and the middle one resonated with Saine's Level-9 tree branch.
• Saine reasoned that the God of Machines and Locke's group were in different but nearby time-spaces, then chose the middle passage as a compromise.
• The Mechanical Civilization fleet sailed into the central fork.

Saine entered the Higher Dimensional Plane with the Mechanical Civilization fleet, revived several people from his past, and began exploring the new realm. Just as he prepared to investigate a nearby planet, a bizarre rule-based lock descended on him, signaling the arrival of a Level-9 Being.

• Saine led his fleet through the gate of light into a transit space in the Higher Dimensional Plane and found that its rules no longer rejected him.
• Saine used the Power of Rules to revive several people from his past, while saving the revival of stronger Dominators for later.
• After the fleet passed through and the gate closed, Saine led it out of the transit point through a Time-Space Rift.
• Saine sensed that the Higher Dimensional Plane could support beings beyond Level 10 and wondered how powerful Pan Gu might be there.
• The Mechanical Civilization began exploring and building fortresses as Saine prepared to study a nearby planet.
• A bizarre rule-based lock suddenly descended on Saine, indicating that a Level-9 Being had arrived.

Saine encountered the resurrected Dreadful Treant, a late-Level-9 Being whose repeated deaths had twisted its form and mind. After Saine revealed the Wood God Sword and Green Source Grass Ring, the furious Dreadful Treant attacked him.

• Saine recognized the descending Level-9 Being's powerful Plant Element and Mystic System laws as it demanded to know what had happened to the Treant Civilization and Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Saine identified the creature as the Dreadful Treant and deduced that it had died and revived multiple times in new forms.
• The Dreadful Treant's hope of seizing the Jue Teng Tree Demon was dashed when Saine revealed the Wood God Sword and Green Source Grass Ring made from its former treasures.
• The Dreadful Treant lost control and lunged at Saine, who calmly raised his head and looked at it.

Saine overwhelmed the Dreadful Treant and drove his rule-based body toward completion, revealing that he had already reached the realm beyond Level 9. The Dreadful Treant recognized this realm as the Transcendent Realm as Saine continued his transformation.

• Saine revealed his peak Level-9 power and attacked the Dreadful Treant with the Hand of Ash.
• Saine unleashed the Super Forbidden Spell World-Ending Azure Flames, suppressing the Dreadful Treant.
• Saine judged that the twice-dead Dreadful Treant was only barely in the late Level 9 stage and might have relied on schemes against the Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Saine’s Rules True Body began advancing from 99% rule-based toward 100% as his assault continued.
• The Dreadful Treant realized Saine had already reached the realm beyond Level 9 and identified it as the Transcendent Realm.

Saine advanced toward Level 10 while the Dreadful Treant tried to escape in a cloud of black mist. Saine’s forces arrived to surround it, and the Mechanical Civilization army began merging into a Level-9 Fusion Mechanical Giant.

• Saine considered what the Transcendent Realm might entail as he advanced beyond Level-9 Peak.
• The Dreadful Treant spread its black mist and attempted to flee from Saine.
• Di'ersi Jia felt suited to the Higher Dimensional Plane, while Little Tenth eyed the Dreadful Treant’s materials.
• Little White tore through a Time-Space Rift and charged the Dreadful Treant as the Level-9 Fusion Mechanical Giant joined the attack.
• Mechanical Element Dominators emerged from Saine’s Magic Cube and merged with the Mechanical Civilization army.

Saine completed his transformation into 100% rules and entered the Transcendent Realm while Little White and the fused mechanical giant held off the Dreadful Treant. Saine unleashed his new Eye of Light against the Treant and charged back into the battle as the Lord of Huanlan watched in awe.

• Little White attacked the Dreadful Treant and stopped it from fleeing while the Mechanical Civilization completed its Level-9 fusion.
• The mechanical giant struck the Dreadful Treant with a Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon, while Silver Knight, Little Tenth, Di'ersi Jia, and the other Dominators cleared away its roots.
• Saine broke through from 99% to 100% rules transformation, and a golden Rule Eye opened above him.
• Saine named his new ability the Eye of Light and pierced the Dreadful Treant's Rules True Body with a beam of light.
• Saine entered the Transcendent Realm and charged at the Dreadful Treant as the Lord of Huanlan watched the battle in astonishment.

Saine and the Mechanical Civilization fought for more than four thousand years before sealing the Dreadful Treant, then learned about Light Universe Time-Space and the Light God Race. The chapter ended with Saine preparing to speak with the Lord of Huanlan, a native Dominator.

• Saine and his allies fought the Dreadful Treant, severed its connections to the surrounding time-space, and sealed it in a golden pyramid powered by the Magic Cube.
• Saine searched the Dreadful Treant's fragmented memories and learned that this realm was called Light Universe Time-Space; he also saw images of angels resembling the Light God Race.
• Mandara and the Flying Illusion Flower Spirit questioned the Lord of Huanlan, who identified the Light God Race of the Star Vortex of Light as the strongest nearby civilization.
• Saine sensed that Light Universe Time-Space was closer to the realm of the God of Machines, while Befu and Hela could only vaguely sense that their father, the God of Destruction Locke, was alive.
• When Befu asked what they should do next, Saine said he would speak with the native Dominator, the Lord of Huanlan.

Saine questioned the Lord of Huanlan about the Light God Race and confirmed that the civilization in the Star Vortex of Light was the same one the Wizard Civilization had encountered. Saine considered making contact with them, while the mechanical giant began to disassemble after the battle.

• The Lord of Huanlan compensated Saine’s group for the destruction caused by their fight with the Dreadful Treant and answered Saine’s questions about the Light God Race.
• The Lord of Huanlan mistook Fumila and Icarus for members of the Light God Race and warned Saine that the race might react badly to his Mechanical Angels.
• Saine explained that Befu’s Light Necklace could identify her to the Light God Race and noted that Befu and Hela had ties to the Lord of Radiance.
• Saine used the Lord of Huanlan’s account and coordinates to identify the likely location of the Light God Race and speculated that hidden circumstances had shaped its victory in the Dimensional Hegemony.
• Befu nodded as Saine shared his suspicion, and the super-giant metal robot began to disassemble.

Saine secured the Lord of Huanlan’s allegiance, studied him, and spent five centuries establishing the Mechanical Civilization in the surrounding starfield. Saine then traveled with Befu and Hela toward the Light God Race’s Star Vortex, where Befu sensed her half-brother nearby.

• Saine offered the Lord of Huanlan protection and a reward in exchange for joining the Mechanical Civilization, and the Lord accepted.
• Saine examined the Lord of Huanlan and investigated how native Dominators cultivated and contacted the Power of Rules.
• Over five hundred years, the Mechanical Civilization gained a foothold, and the Lord of Huanlan helped Saine recruit smaller civilizations and contact two other Large World Civilizations.
• Saine left most of his Mechanical Element Dominators behind and journeyed toward the Star Vortex of Light with Befu, Hela, Di'ersi Jia, and close subordinates.
• As they approached the Star Vortex, Befu and Hela felt a familiar tremor in their bloodlines, and Befu said her half-brother was likely there.
• Saine and his companions saw flourishing light-element planes and planets as they neared the Star Vortex.

Saine and Befu encountered Imperial Angels of the Light God Race, who halted their group before recognizing Befu’s Light Necklace and bowing to the angel it summoned. The summoned angel revealed his service to the Lord of Radiance, and a radiant presence approached as Befu sensed someone familiar.

• Saine and Befu’s group was stopped by four Dominator-class archangels, who forbade outsiders from entering the Light God Race’s territory.
• Saine noticed that the archangels combined the Light Source Rule with other elemental laws, unlike the records he had read about the Light God Race.
• Befu revealed her Light Necklace and summoned a Twelve-Winged Elemental Angel, prompting the archangels to kneel and greet him as a Great Light Angel.
• The summoned angel explained that he had served the Lord of Radiance and had arrived in the Higher Dimensional Plane with Befu and the Wizard Civilization group.
• A dazzling beam of white light approached, and Befu recognized something in it and grew excited.

Saine, Befu, and their companions entered the Star Vortex of Light with Rocky, the son of Lord of Radiance and Befu’s younger brother. As Rocky led them onward, Hela claimed seniority over him through her connection to Saine, leaving Rocky stunned.

• A Level-8 earth-element Archangel invited Saine’s group to accompany Rocky to the Radiance Star Domain.
• Rocky arrived and recognized Befu and Hela through their bloodline resonance; Befu identified herself as his elder sister, and Rocky introduced himself.
• Rocky dismissed the surrounding angels and led Saine’s group toward Lord of Radiance in the depths of the Star Vortex of Light.
• Lord of Radiance offered to send a grand welcoming legion, but Befu declined the ceremony, so Rocky showed her and Hela around instead.
• Rocky called Hela his great-niece and promised to protect her, but Hela said he would have to call her Aunt because Saine was her master’s disciple.

Rocky guided Saine, Befu, and their companions through the Star Vortex of Light, showing them his vast territory and describing a planned war against a technological civilization. Saine asked about the Light God Race’s powerful figures, and Rocky revealed that Lucifer had left to establish the Fallen Angel Civilization.

• Rocky led Saine, Befu, and the others toward the Light God Race’s heartland, while Saine and Befu admired the higher-dimensional phenomena and Truth Arcana along the way.
• Rocky showed the visitors his faith territory and explained that he had built his dominion through tens of thousands of years of expansion.
• Rocky said he had planned to conquer a rival technological civilization in two thousand years, but had postponed the war after his relatives arrived.
• Rocky explained that the technological civilization had a Level-9 combatant and that the Lord of Infinity was expected to intervene in the coming war.
• Saine asked which powerful Light God Race figures remained, and Rocky said the Supreme God and Angel Michael were still around while Lucifer had left a hundred thousand years earlier to found the Fallen Angel Civilization.

Rocky explained the Light God Race’s angel branches, leadership, and plans as Saine and Befu learned how much time had passed since the race entered the Higher Dimensional Plane. Saine reflected that arriving later had helped him build the foundation for his breakthrough, leaving him and Befu to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of entering the higher realm early.

• Saine and Befu considered whether Lucifer’s departure from the Light God Race and creation of the Fallen Angel Civilization had been a true betrayal.
• Rocky explained that the Light God Race had Light Angels, Blood Angels, and Fallen Angels, and said he might request two hundred thousand Blood Angels for his planned conquest.
• Rocky named Gabriel the Death Angel as the Religious Tribunal’s nominal leader and described the powerful figures of the Light God Race.
• Rocky estimated that the Light God Race had spent one or two million years in the Higher Dimensional Plane, prompting Saine and Befu to recognize the difference in time flow.
• Rocky marveled that Saine had reached beyond Level 9 so quickly, and Saine said his long study of the Material Star Realm’s rules had helped him break through.
• Saine told Befu that arriving in the Higher Dimensional Plane earlier had both advantages and disadvantages, and Befu agreed.

Saine toured Rocky’s divine kingdom in the Star Vortex of Light and agreed to support Rocky in a future war against a technology-based civilization. Saine also learned that Rocky once created an army of Destruction Angels, but Rocky had sent them away and did not know where they went.

• Rocky offered to split future spoils of war with Saine, who was interested in learning more about the Higher Dimensional Plane spacetime.
• Befu asked whether Rocky had built his strength himself, and Rocky admitted that the Lord of Radiance had supported much of his divine kingdom’s early foundation.
• Saine praised the Light God Race’s system for gathering Faith Power through holy churches and refining it in the God of Gods’ Hall.
• Rocky showed Saine and the others around his divine kingdom, and Befu encouraged him by saying his future achievements could match or surpass their father’s.
• Saine privately asked Rocky whether he commanded Destruction Angels, and Rocky revealed that he had sent away an army of more than two hundred thousand after his mother intervened.
• When Saine asked where the Destruction Angels had gone, Rocky said he did not know.

Saine and his companions traveled through the Star Vortex of Light to the Pantheon, learning about the Light God Race’s immense strength and internal factions. They met the Lord of Radiance, who welcomed them warmly and showed particular enthusiasm toward Befu and Hela.

• Rocky told Saine that he could unleash Destruction Power freely in war and explained that his mother, the Lord of Radiance, commanded great authority in the Light God Race.
• Rocky praised Di'ersi Jia’s potential as an Angel, but Saine said she could advance further in her Light Giant form without converting or adopting faith.
• Rocky guided Saine and the others through the Star Vortex of Light, avoiding rival chief gods’ territories and explaining the factions surrounding the Lord of Radiance.
• Saine and his companions reached the light-saturated region around the Pantheon, where Di'ersi Jia felt strong enough to challenge a Peak Half-Level-9 expert.
• The Lord of Radiance welcomed Saine and his companions, and Befu greeted her as someone she had met before.

The Lord of Radiance welcomed Saine, Befu, Hela, and their companions to the Light-Universe Space-time and explained why stable connections to other space-times were difficult and dangerous. Saine declined her offer to join the Light God Race but agreed to help Rocky in the coming war, and the Lord of Radiance offered Mechanical Civilization the defeated enemy’s territory as a base.

• The Lord of Radiance welcomed Saine and the others, and Rocky introduced Saine as Hela’s partner, leaving Hela blushing.
• Befu asked the Lord of Radiance how she could contact her father, and the Lord explained that political opposition and threats from other space-times made connections difficult.
• Saine and Befu accepted that finding their families and the Level Nine God of Machines would take time, and planned to develop Mechanical Civilization and Saine’s Truth Arcana first.
• The Lord of Radiance offered to support Mechanical Civilization or let it merge with the Light God Race, but Saine politely declined.
• After learning Saine would help Rocky in the upcoming war, the Lord of Radiance offered the defeated Top-Level Civilization’s territory to Mechanical Civilization as a development base.

The Lord of Radiance offered Saine’s Mechanical Civilization territory, resources, and further assistance, hoping it would become an equal partner and support for the Light God Race. Saine accepted the aid while insisting that their cooperation remain on equal terms, and the Lord of Radiance promised him an Angel Legion.

• The Lord of Radiance recognized that the Light God Race’s growth had slowed and hoped Saine’s rapidly developing Mechanical Civilization could help it break through its current bottleneck.
• The Lord of Radiance offered Saine’s civilization territory, countless premium Energy Crystals, and other resources, while Saine understood that the Light God Race wanted a powerful ally against nearby super civilizations.
• Saine insisted that any cooperation agreement proceed on an equal basis, and the Light God Race agreed without using its strength to pressure him.
• Saine watched the angels at the banquet, and the Lord of Radiance offered to have Rocky send him an Angel Legion as attendants.
• Saine accepted the Lord of Radiance’s offer.

Saine discussed connections between higher dimensions with the Lord of Radiance and considered how the Material Star Realm and Wizard Civilization might fit into larger plans. After learning that the Supreme God had reached Level-11, Saine spent over thirty years with the Light God Race and departed with an angel guard force of about one million under his command.

• Saine wondered whether the Material Star Realm could connect the great dimensions and reflected that Wizard Civilization might not have reached its peak there.
• Saine and Befu discussed Pan Gu and Hongjun's influence on the Immortal Domain, and the Lord of Radiance shared what she knew about Hongjun and other familiar figures.
• Saine asked the Lord of Radiance about the Supreme God's power, and she revealed that he had reached Level-11.
• Saine stayed with the Light God Race for more than thirty years, receiving resources and learning its secrets.
• Rocky recognized Raphael the Charming Angel as his elder sister, and she helped Saine obtain about one million angels led by the Level-8 Maria.

Saine and Rocky prepared their civilizations for war against the Remgia, or Engineer, Civilization while strengthening ties between the Light God Race and the Mechanical Civilization. As their forces mobilized and Saine pursued Truth research, Duan Ning approached him to discuss materials for refining the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

• Rocky told Saine that the Light God Race would summon hundreds of thousands of Blood Angels to fight the Remgia Civilization, while his mother and other duty angels handled the preparations.
• Rocky escorted Saine back to the Mechanical Civilization's encampment, where Saine considered taking territory from a Top-Level Civilization as a base and expressed curiosity about the Lord of Infinity.
• Saine gave Rocky roughly one million Mechanical Creatures, and Rocky explored Saine's city and warships while Saine began researching the Truth Arcana.
• The Mechanical Civilization expanded its factories and produced more combat units as both civilizations prepared for war against the Engineer Civilization.
• Duan Ning visited Saine to discuss Light Element materials and her plan to refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, which Saine supported.

Saine talked with Duan Ning about their family, Master Tongtian, and the uncertain paths of powerful beings in higher dimensions. After Duan Ning left, Little Tenth warned that Saine’s subordinates were growing close to Rocky, prompting Saine to summon Rocky for a plan to revive Genji.

• Saine told Duan Ning about reviving Serena and Gemora and discussed Master Tongtian’s potential to grow stronger and reunite with them.
• After Duan Ning left, Little Tenth warned Saine that Di'ersi Jia, Silver Knight, Yin, and others were growing close to Rocky and might join the Light God Race.
• Saine decided to summon Rocky and offer him a great angel with Level-8 Peak potential, as part of a new plan to revive Genji.
• Little Tenth tried to take Saine’s Magic Robe, then kissed his cheek before laughing and leaving the laboratory.

After the Light God Race announced its readiness for war, Saine joined Rocky to deploy against the Engineer Civilization. Rocky warned Saine to keep his Mechanical Angel Legions concealed to avoid provoking factions within the Light God Race, and Saine asked to visit Lucifer the Fallen Angel.

• The Light God Race told Saine it was ready to begin the war, while his Mechanical Civilization had rapidly expanded its forces and gained new Dominators.
• Rocky explored Saine's Mechanical Civilization and Magic Cube, then agreed to accompany Saine on the expedition against the Engineer Civilization.
• Rocky told Saine that the Light God Race had prepared its troops and interstellar Teleportation Arrays, and asked him to keep his Mechanical Angel Legions somewhat concealed.
• Saine understood Rocky's warning that the Mechanical Angels could provoke dissenting factions in the Light God Race, which might mistake them for Fallen Angels.
• Saine asked Rocky to arrange a future visit to Lucifer the Fallen Angel, and Rocky said he would tell his Mother.

Saine and the Light God Race assembled their forces for a joint expedition against the Engineer Civilization, which had roughly 120 Dominators. After meeting Rocky and combining their legions, Saine's army entered the Light God Race's Space-Time Vortex.

• Saine gathered nearly forty Dominators and vast Mechanical Civilization legions, while the Light God Race covered much of the expedition's cost.
• Befu estimated that the allied forces had about one hundred Dominators against the Engineer Civilization's roughly 120, but expected Saine, Rocky, and the Lord of Infinity to give them the advantage.
• The Lord of Huanlan arrived with allied Dominators and troops, and Zi Lixiang reprimanded him and accepted a gift on Saine's behalf.
• Saine's forces reached the twisted space-time region near the Star Vortex of Light and reunited with Rocky and the Light God Race army.
• Saine and Rocky combined their legions and sent them through the Light God Race's Space-Time Vortex toward the Engineer Civilization.

The Engineer Civilization prepared for an impending invasion by the Light God Race, led by Yulista, while seeking support from its allies and neighboring civilizations. Yulista learned that a mysterious Mechanical Civilization had joined the invasion, leaving the Engineer Civilization facing an unavoidable first clash with uncertain reinforcements.

• Yulista recalled how the Engineer Civilization had refused the Light God Race’s demands to spread faith and provide offerings, making war seem inevitable.
• The Engineer Civilization received warnings of the Light God Race’s vast military mobilization and considered the possibility that hostile super civilizations might intervene if the war dragged on.
• A high-ranking engineer reported that the Red Lotus Civilization had stationed troops at its own border, while the Skywave Civilization was still debating whether to help and suggested negotiating with the Light God Race.
• Yulista learned that the Light Feather Civilization was trying to persuade the Light God Race to withdraw and had asked the Green Vine Civilization to support the Engineer Civilization.
• Yulista asked about the Mechanical Civilization, and an executive reported that it was a newly appeared top-level civilization with forces resembling those of technology-based civilizations.

As the Light God Race and the Mechanical Civilization approached the Engineer Civilization, Saine and Rocky discussed the Engineer Civilization’s formidable defenses and the unstable balance among the super civilizations of Light-Universe Space-time. The chapter left Rocky confident that the Light God Race would eventually overcome its rivals, while Saine urged vigilance.

• The Engineer Civilization fortified its vast territory with defensive structures and engineering modules, including Yulista’s Heavenly Calamity Project.
• Saine learned that the Engineer Civilization possessed several civilization-level treasures and extensive defensive technology.
• Rocky explained that the Light God Race’s rise had disrupted the balance among the six super civilizations of Light-Universe Space-time.
• Saine observed that old-established powers generally sought to preserve their existing foundations and advised Rocky to remain vigilant.
• Rocky repeated that his Mother and Uncle Lord of Infinity believed the Light God Race would eventually sweep aside the other super civilizations.

Saine and Rocky arrived at the Engineer Civilization’s starfield with the Light God Race’s forces, while Saine considered the wider High-Dimensional Time-Spaces and the secrets of the Angel Reincarnation Pool. Before the attack began, they received envoys from the Skywave and Green Vine Civilizations, leaving the Green Vine envoy before them.

• Rocky told Saine that Genji’s true spirit had been placed in the Angel Reincarnation Pool and might fight as an angel during the war; Saine clarified that he had only lent it.
• Rocky and Saine reached the Engineer Civilization’s starfield and received a Skywave Civilization envoy seeking to mediate, but Rocky dismissed the proposal.
• Saine learned that the Skywave Civilization had supplied the Light God Race with divine sacrifices, including high-quality souls, Energy Crystals, rare ores, and Rule Materials.
• Rocky told Saine that the Green Vine Civilization was one of four super civilizations hostile to the Light God Race, though it had not started an all-out war.
• A humanoid Plant Element Being from the Green Vine Civilization appeared before Rocky and Saine, and Saine noticed a green sky lantern connected to its crown.