Recaps

Agulos fought the Qihuang Castle Civilization while weighing whether to recruit the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord to help secure its Dimension Supreme Treasures. When Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Army raided Agulos’s Main Camp, the Qihuang Castle Civilization’s use of Penetrating Light trapped Agulos and his forces on the battlefield.

• Agulos battled a Level-12 Castle Being and considered inviting the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord to join the war against the Qihuang Castle Civilization.
• Agulos grew uneasy but received a distress signal reporting that Saine’s forces had launched a surprise raid on his Main Camp.
• Agulos tried to withdraw and rush back to his Main Camp, but the Qihuang Castle Civilization’s Penetrating Light locked him and his forces in place.
• The Qihuang Castle Civilization unknowingly delayed Agulos’s return, giving Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Army more time to plunder the Main Camp.

The Qihuang Castle Civilization launched a fierce counterattack that kept Agulos trapped on the front lines, while Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Legion raided the enemy’s rear bases. Around the 130th year of the assault, Little Tenth brought Saine a Rule Star Core left by a fallen Level-11 Being.

• The Qihuang Castle Civilization fired its Penetrating Light and surged into battle, preventing Agulos from withdrawing to support his rear.
• Agulos remained tied down for nearly a hundred years as his legion suffered devastating losses from the Qihuang Castle Civilization’s attacks.
• Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Legion took advantage of the unprepared Evil Swamp Time-Space forces to breach rear bases and seize resources and treasures.
• Around the 130th year of the assault, Little Tenth brought Saine a Rule Star Core containing the power of a fallen Level-11 Being.

Little Tenth captured an intact Level-11 Rule Star Core, strengthening Saine’s position as he fought the insect beast and led the Mechanical Civilization’s assault. Elsewhere, Star Mark rebuked the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord for delaying his assigned attack on the Mechanical Civilization.

• Little Tenth told Saine how she had intercepted the Evil Swamp Time-Space forces transferring the Level-11 Rule Star Core.
• Saine stored the core and intensified his attacks, further wounding the enraged insect beast.
• Saine led the Mechanical Civilization Legion deeper into the Evil Swamp Time-Space rear lines to kill enemy forces and plunder resources.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord sent his legions to support Star Mark’s battle against Gear Time-Space while keeping himself away from the frontlines.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord asked Star Mark about Evil Swamp Time-Space and its Lord of Dimensional Planes, but she rebuked him for neglecting his assigned attack on the Mechanical Civilization.

Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Legion completed its surprise raid on the Evil Swamp Time-Space Main Camp and withdrew with its spoils before Agulos caught up. Agulos confronted Saine and the God of Machines in a fury, demanding to know who Saine was.

• Saine ordered the Mechanical Civilization Legions to abandon their remaining targets and withdraw after two hundred years of raiding.
• Saine used the Magic Cube’s dimensional space to store loot, repair wounded units, and conceal much of his army during the attack.
• The two Level-11 experts from Eternal Day Time-Space received their agreed compensation and kept the spoils they had personally seized.
• Agulos caught up with Saine in the central star region, bringing elite subordinates while still bearing a wound inflicted by a Qihuang Castle Civilization expert.
• Agulos activated his complete Rule True Body, charged at Saine and the God of Machines, and roared, “Who exactly are you?”

Saine and the fused God of Machines fought Agulos while the Mechanical Civilization Legion withdrew after raiding Agulos’s Main Camp. Their battle drew nearby forces into the conflict, and Qihuang Castle Civilization seized the opportunity to counterattack and reclaim territory.

• Saine searched for the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord but found no trace of his aura, then ordered the Mechanical Civilization Legion to withdraw while moving toward Agulos.
• Agulos transformed into his Rule True Body and attacked the God of Machines, but their clash became a stalemate as Saine fought defensively.
• The battle’s immense energy fluctuations drew Evil Swamp Time-Space reinforcements and alerted the native forces and powerful civilizations of Gear Time-Space.
• Qihuang Castle Civilization learned that Mechanical Civilization had raided Agulos’s Main Camp and launched a full-scale counteroffensive to reclaim occupied home star zones.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord learned of the raid and Qihuang Castle Civilization’s counterattack while stationed on another battlefield, where Star Mark was fighting.

Heavenly Wing Demon Lord mocked Agulos’s losses and showed Star Mark a battle between Agulos and Saine, who had merged with God of Machines. Saine unleashed Endless Light across Agulos’s occupied territory, while Heavenly Wing Demon Lord spotted two level-11 Light-element Beings from Eternal Day Time-Space among Saine’s forces.

• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord laughed at news of Agulos’s defeat, while Star Mark questioned why he would not return to help his supposed ally.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord used a rule mirror to show Star Mark the battle between Agulos and Saine fused with God of Machines.
• Saine and God of Machines combined the powers of Star Ring Rail, the Magic Cube, and Skynet to fire Saine’s Level-12 Endless Light.
• Endless Light devastated the occupied territory, killing many Evil Swamp Time-Space Beings and swallowing two Level-9 subordinates of Agulos.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord noticed two level-11 Light-element Beings from Eternal Day Time-Space in Saine’s army and realized Saine had other hidden advantages.

Agulos fought to stop Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Legion from escaping with the wealth it had plundered, while calling on nearby forces and requesting aid from Star Mark and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord. Saine began withdrawing toward the Mechanical Star District, and the chapter leaves the Time Clock Civilization’s true strength and mastery of time still unknown to him.

• Agulos summoned nearby Evil Swamp Time-Space forces and launched repeated attacks against Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Legion.
• Saine held Agulos back with the God of Machines and ordered his elite troops to withdraw toward the Mechanical Star District.
• Agulos saw that his hastily assembled forces could not match the Mechanical Legion’s compact formation and battle-ready troops, so he requested reinforcements from Star Mark and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord.
• Agulos warned that Mechanical Civilization might next raid their rear bases and could possess powerful concealment or detection methods.
• Saine reflected that Mechanical Civilization’s strength now rivaled Qihuang Castle Civilization and that Star Mark was fighting the Time Clock Civilization, whose power and foundations Saine still barely understood.

Saine’s Mechanical Civilization withdrew from Agulos’s territory after severely damaging his forces, while news of its victory inspired other Gear Time-Space civilizations to resist. Time Clock Civilization launched a counterattack to keep Evil Swamp Time-Space’s main forces occupied as Saine’s army continued its retreat.

• Qihuang Castle Civilization spread news of Mechanical Civilization’s surprise attack and achievements, hoping to encourage resistance and build a future partnership with Saine.
• After learning of Mechanical Civilization’s rise, Time Clock Civilization launched a fierce counterattack to prevent Evil Swamp Time-Space’s forces from reinforcing Agulos.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and Star Mark refocused on the Time Clock Civilization battlefield, but neither committed to aiding Agulos or personally stopping the counterattack.
• Saine’s Mechanical Civilization army continued withdrawing, while its earlier attack left Agulos’s two Level-9 Beings severely wounded.
• Agulos failed to stop the retreat, and Saine prepared another forbidden-spell-level mechanical magic through the God of Machines.

Saine’s Mechanical Civilization Legion reached the outer periphery of Evil Swamp Time-Space’s occupied territory after a prolonged retreat, escaping encirclement and reducing its losses. Saine then sent the Darkness Demon Ancestor into battle, who opened with a direct strike at Agulos.

• Saine’s forbidden spells inflicted devastating losses on Agulos’s pursuing forces, while the Mechanical Civilization Legion also suffered casualties.
• Agulos learned that Star Mark and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord were pinned down by a Gear Time-Space counterattack and could not assist him.
• After more than a hundred years of fighting while retreating, Saine’s legion reached the outskirts of the enemy-occupied territory and escaped the encirclement.
• Saine considered the Mechanical Star District’s defensive preparations and wondered why the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had stayed out of the war.
• Saine gave the Darkness Demon Ancestor permission to fight, and the Demon Ancestor unleashed the Burial Sky Blade at Agulos.

The Darkness Demon Ancestor wounded Agulos with a powerful surprise strike, revealing the strength of Saine’s time-space treasures and prompting Agulos to end his pursuit. Saine withdrew the Mechanical Civilization Legion to the Mechanical Star District, having plundered much of Agulos’s accumulated war wealth while preserving his own forces.

• Saine used the Mechanical God Rule True Body to trap Agulos, allowing the Darkness Demon Ancestor to land a heavy blow.
• Agulos realized that Saine’s Dimension Supreme Treasures had enabled the surprise attack and ordered his forces to stop pursuing the Mechanical Civilization Legion.
• The Evil Swamp Time-Space Legion’s advance into the Mechanical Star District was halted by Mechanical Civilization’s prepared defenses.
• Saine dismissed Agulos’s threat and led the main legion back toward the Mechanical Star District, leaving forces behind to guard its retreat.
• The surprise attack ended with Mechanical Civilization returning safely after plundering much of the wealth Agulos’s legion had amassed over nearly twenty thousand years.

After driving Agulos’s forces from the Mechanical Star District, Saine returned to rebuild the district and prepare Mechanical Civilization for future battles in Gear Time-Space. He rewarded the expeditionary forces with part of the spoils and planned to give Heavenly Wing Demon Lord only one-third of the total under his interpretation of their contract.

• Saine waited until the Evil Swamp Time-Space forces had fully withdrawn, then returned to the Mechanical Star District and found it largely rebuilt and fortified.
• Saine planned to make Gear Time-Space a base for Mechanical Civilization’s future development, establish six passages to Cube Time-Space, and continue researching its rules.
• Saine ordered the expeditionary forces to rest and repair their equipment, then distributed nearly one-third of the spoils among the participating forces.
• Saine counted those rewards as combat costs under his agreement with Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, leaving the demon lord one-third of the total wealth to claim later.
• Saine intended to honor the contract while using his cooperation with Heavenly Wing Demon Lord to explore the mysteries of Evil Swamp Time-Space.

Saine considered expanding the Mechanical Civilization’s cooperation with the Qihuang Castle Civilization while consolidating its position in Gear Time-Space. The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord collected his promised share of the raid’s spoils, then hinted that Saine’s forces had also obtained a Level-11 Rule Crystal Nucleus.

• Saine concluded that cooperating with the Qihuang Castle Civilization would help secure the Mechanical Civilization’s future in Gear Time-Space, and planned to send envoys to negotiate with them.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord visited Saine through a Rule Avatar and urged him to fulfill their agreement, explaining that Agulos was too occupied with the Qihuang Castle Civilization to retaliate soon.
• Saine ordered his legions to deliver sealed containers holding nearly one-third of the raid’s spoils to the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord accepted the spoils after Saine explained that he had withheld part of the gains to cover war costs.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord congratulated Saine on supposedly obtaining the Level-11 Rule Crystal Nucleus that Agulos had taken from a Qihuang Castle Civilization being.

Saine traded with the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and arranged for their forces to disguise future resource exchanges as battles. After organizing the spoils and planning further trade, Saine entered seclusion to study the Level-11 Rule Crystal Nucleus and sent an envoy to the Qihuang Castle Civilization.

• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord collected Saine's war spoils with a black spatial crystal and proposed that their lower and middle echelon legions exchange resources under the guise of warfare.
• Saine agreed to explore trade for Evil Swamp Time-Space Rule Materials and recognized that staged clashes could conceal their cooperation from Agulos and other forces.
• Saine delegated logistics to Merri, Wealth Goddess Wojin, Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor of the Evil Tide Civilization, and Madam Befu, then told Madam Befu to arrange trade with forces on the Light Universe Time-Space Battlefield.
• Saine entered his laboratory to research the Level-11 Rule Crystal Nucleus and Evil Swamp Time-Space rules.
• Saine dispatched an envoy led by dozens of Mechanical Civilization Dominators, including Optimus Prime, to visit the Qihuang Castle Civilization and begin cooperation talks.

Optimus Prime led the Mechanical Civilization’s delegation to establish cooperation with the Qihuang Castle Civilization, exchanging gifts and negotiating agreements. After both sides signed a rule contract, the partnership began and promised to reshape Gear Time-Space.

• Optimus Prime presented war supplies and Rule Treasures to Thomas and the Qihuang Castle Beings as a gesture of goodwill from the Mechanical Civilization.
• Thomas thanked the delegation, recognized Optimus Prime as its true representative, and arranged gifts in return.
• Optimus Prime learned that the Qihuang Castle Civilization had stockpiled unusable spoils containing Evil Swamp Time-Space’s negative extreme rules, and he began negotiating to trade for them.
• Optimus Prime and Thomas signed agreements covering resource exchanges, military mutual aid, and technical cooperation.
• Optimus Prime and Thomas activated the rule contract, officially beginning cooperation between their civilizations.

Optimus Prime returned from Qihuang Castle with abundant resources, a promise of further cooperation, and a Mechanical Heart that could help him reach Level 9. Saine assessed the treasure and Optimus Prime’s chances of breaking through, while reflecting on the Mechanical Civilization’s growing strength.

• Optimus Prime returned from Qihuang Castle with resources worth far more than the Mechanical Civilization’s initial gifts and reported that Qihuang Castle would introduce them to the Time Clock Civilization.
• Optimus Prime told Saine that Qihuang Castle had gifted him a Mechanical Heart, a rare inheritance treasure left by a fallen Level-9 Castle Being.
• Saine examined the Mechanical Heart in his laboratory and estimated that it raised his chances of helping Optimus Prime break through to Level 9 to more than 83%.
• Optimus Prime credited Saine and the Mechanical Civilization for making the cooperation and gift possible, and Saine grew more approving of his assistant.
• Saine reflected that the Mechanical Civilization’s core combat strength had improved through its reunion with the God of Machines and the loyalty of veteran Mechanical Element Dominators.

Saine strengthened Mechanical Civilization’s alliances in Gear Time-Space while pursuing research, and the chapter contrasted his quiet period with Locke’s comfortable life amid the wars. It left the Light Universe Time-Space battlefield crowded with powerful forces but with fewer Lords of Dimension fighting in person.

• Saine studied the Mechanical Heart and other seized resources while Mechanical Civilization developed its strength.
• Qihuang Castle Civilization helped arrange contact between Mechanical Civilization and Time Clock Civilization, which joined them in a formal alliance against Evil Swamp Time-Space.
• Saine and his allies agreed to build Cross-Star District Teleportation Arrays and exchange resources and troops.
• Saine remained immersed in experiments, while the Lord of Eternal Day and Duolie arrived in Light Universe Time-Space as its conflicts intensified.
• With fewer Lords of Dimension personally fighting, Locke spent his time with his wives exploring the Great Dao of life and consolidating his cultivation.

Saine and Destruction Demon God Locke benefited from the war drawing powerful factions to the Light Universe Time-Space, while Mechanical Civilization grew stronger in Gear Time-Space. As Annie continued developing her talent and guiding the Carby Beast King, Optimus Prime broke through to Level 9 with help from Gear Time-Space’s will.

• Saine and Locke took advantage of the war’s focus on the Light Universe Time-Space to consolidate their strength and gain resources.
• Annie adapted to life in Gear Time-Space, discovered her talent for gear studies, and helped the Carby Beast King reach Half-Level-9.
• Mechanical Civilization’s direct members, including Optimus Prime, grew rapidly by absorbing Gear Time-Space’s Mechanical Element Rule Treasures.
• A blue-white pillar of energy appeared behind the Mechanical Civilization camp, signaling Optimus Prime’s breakthrough to Level 9.
• Saine concluded that Gear Time-Space’s will had aided Optimus Prime’s advancement to strengthen its defenses against Evil Swamp Time-Space.

Saine watched the escalating battles across Light Universe Time-Space while his Mechanical Civilization expanded its territory and grew stronger through its alliance with the Destruction Divine Kingdom. His secret resource trade with the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord benefited every faction in the supply chain despite heavy casualties, and the arrangement was expected to continue.

• Optimus Prime's advance strengthened the future Fusion State of Saine and the God of Machines, while Saine continued developing his knowledge and power through research.
• Yongji's Day's forces and Duolie intensified fighting among lower- and middle-echelon forces, even as Lords of Dimension and Level-12 Beings restrained their direct clashes.
• Saine's Mechanical Civilization seized territory alongside the Destruction Divine Kingdom, with Locke's support helping it profit from the battlefield.
• Saine supplied Locke's faction with resources from Gear Time-Space and Evil Swamp Time-Space through a cross-dimensional channel, and Locke's command over destructive forces let him manage evil energy's corruption.
• Saine's secret transaction with the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord supplied most of the Evil Swamp resources, benefiting the parties involved despite casualties among lower-level Mechanical Beings.

Saine strengthened the Mechanical Civilization’s defenses and continued expanding cooperation as Agulos prepared to retaliate. After planning a further upgrade for Skynet, Saine entered seclusion to study the necessary methods.

• The Mechanical Civilization established cross-star zone teleportation links with the Qihuang Castle Civilization and began planning similar channels with the Time Clock Civilization.
• Intelligence indicated that Agulos was withdrawing from the Qihuang Castle Civilization’s territory and might attack the Mechanical Star District within fifteen hundred years; Heavenly Wing Demon Lord warned Saine to prepare.
• Saine ordered the Mechanical Civilization to reinforce its defenses while continuing its development and cooperation plans.
• Saine decided to focus his next experiments on upgrading Skynet, whose power had increased after absorbing the Sky Net Sub-unit but remained short of his envisioned perfect state.
• Saine entered seclusion to study Skynet’s upgrade while the Mechanical Civilization continued operating and expanding.

Befu, Hela, Rocky, and their allied forces reinforced Saine’s Mechanical Civilization as Agulos prepared to retaliate against the Gear Time-Space. About five hundred years later, Saine’s research produced a powerful Dimension Supreme Treasure, prompting Agulos to launch a full-scale invasion to seize it.

• Befu arrived in the Gear Time-Space with Hela, Rocky, and their forces to support Saine and the Mechanical Civilization against Agulos.
• Befu used her planning skills and connections to strengthen the Mechanical Civilization’s cooperation with the Eternal Day Time-Space, whose legions remained on the battlefield.
• About five hundred years later, a brilliant pillar of rule-light burst from Saine’s experimental bases and spread across the Mechanical Star District.
• Agulos sensed the extraordinary Dimension Supreme Treasure and ordered his army to invade the Star Sector, seeking revenge and the treasure for himself.

As Agulos invaded the Mechanical Star District with a vast allied force, Saine activated the newly upgraded Skynet across the region. Skynet empowered the Mechanical Civilization’s bound forces as Saine viewed the approaching armies from a higher-dimensional perspective.

• Saine received urgent reports of Agulos’s invasion and learned that the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had revealed the enemy’s plans, though he was bound by contract to fight openly for Agulos.
• The Mechanical Civilization prepared for war, with Qihuang Castle Civilization and Time Clock Civilization positioned to provide resources and possible reinforcements.
• Saine emerged from cultivation with the Sky Net Origin Core and unleashed its energy across the Mechanical Star District.
• Skynet’s nodes activated and linked together, covering the region in a network that empowered every bound Mechanical Civilization Being.
• Saine saw the star district as a chessboard, with his army assembled at its center and the invading forces closing in from the edges.

Saine’s Mechanical Civilization prepared for Agulos’s invasion as Skynet’s upgrade strengthened its forces and improved their recovery. When the assault began, the Darkness Demon Ancestor volunteered to face two Level-11 enemies alone, while the remaining invaders were matched against Mechanical Civilization’s allies.

• Skynet’s upgrade boosted Mechanical Civilization’s combat strength, production, and ability to resurrect fallen warriors.
• Saine and Locke postponed plans to explore Evil Swamp Time-Space until their current battlefronts were secure and Locke could reach Level 13.
• Agulos began his invasion by sending at least five Level-11 Beings to attack Mechanical Civilization’s defenses.
• Saine declined offers of reinforcements from the Light God Race and the Destruction Divine Kingdom, relying on his current forces and local allies for now.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor stopped the Celestial Star Nether Scorpion couple and marched out to fight two Level-11 enemies alone.
• The two Eternal Day Time-Space Light-element Beings and the Lord of Green Cang Mountain prepared to face the other three invaders one on one.

Saine spent a thousand years using the Magic Cube and a level-11 Rule Heart Core to restore and transform the Lord of Green Cang Mountain, preparing it to defend the Mechanical Star District. When Agulos targeted it during the invasion, Saine and the God of Machines raced to intercept him.

• Saine transformed the Lord of Green Cang Mountain over a thousand years, raising its life foundation from less than 3% to around 27%.
• The Lord of Green Cang Mountain continued refining Agulos's level-11 Rule Heart Core and prepared to hold the defensive line with Skynet support.
• Saine judged that a complete fusion with the Lord of Green Cang Mountain had only a 22% success rate, though localized fusion had a 68% chance of success.
• Agulos entered the battlefield in his golden Rule True Body and headed for the weakened Lord of Green Cang Mountain.
• Saine detected Agulos through Skynet and left the command center with the God of Machines to confront him.

Saine faced Agulos in the Mechanical Star District, where Skynet amplified his attacks and helped him fuse with the God of Machines. Agulos attacked the fused Saine, who now had level-12 baseline strength but less power than in his former full fusion, and the battle began in earnest.

• Agulos abandoned his ambush plan and turned his attention to Saine and the God of Machines.
• Saine struck Agulos with a lightning beam amplified by Skynet, briefly numbing him and disrupting his movement.
• Agulos drew his Golden Greatsword and charged Saine, while Skynet's coverage enabled Saine and the God of Machines to fuse quickly.
• Saine and the God of Machines completed their fusion, which had baseline combat strength comparable to a level-12 being without incorporating every Mechanical Element Dominator.
• Skynet formed a barrier that blocked Agulos's first sword strike, and Agulos mocked Saine's reduced strength before attacking again.

Saine used Skynet to coordinate the Mechanical Civilization’s defenses and bombard Evil Swamp Time-Space across the Mechanical Star District, while Agulos struggled to gain ground. After Agulos demanded the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s arrival, the demon lord appeared with elite legions and three Level-11 Beings.

• Saine channeled forbidden spells through Skynet across the Mechanical Star District while fighting Agulos, devastating Evil Swamp Time-Space forces and strengthening Mechanical Civilization troops.
• Saine used Skynet to let fallen Mechanical Beings upload their consciousness and rapidly return to battle in reconstructed bodies.
• The Lord of Green Cang Mountain fought the Level-11 spider with a new, metal-enhanced Rules Body and shattered several of its legs despite his grievous injuries.
• Mechanical Civilization recovery units collected battlefield wreckage so efficiently that Evil Swamp Time-Space’s war profits fell by more than seventy percent compared with the Qihuang Castle Star Zone Battlefield.
• Agulos demanded that the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrive and threatened to end their agreements and demand compensation for his losses.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrived with elite Evil Swamp Time-Space legions and three Level-11 Beings.