Arc 241The Bronze Gate Expedition
Saine led an expedition through the Bronze Gate to map Destruction Time-Space and study its creatures, while Locke resisted its call to claim the empty throne. The forces withdrew after confronting the Destruction Supreme, and Saine began cataloging ten Level-12 enemies as Locke prepared for a larger campaign.
- Cassiopeia broke through to Level ten with the Decayed Civilization’s support, while the Bronze Gate projection appeared in Saine’s laboratory and responded to Locke’s destruction will.
- Saine sent scouts through the gate and discovered the ruined Ancient Tree of the Moon, the dangerous Destruction Crystal Tide, and powerful beings that attacked the explorers.
- Saine and his allies entered Destruction Time-Space, mapped the entrance region, and fought several Level-12 Destruction Beings as Wuzhuo resisted the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast.
- Saine identified the Black Flame Spire Cluster as a record of a lost civilization and learned that its throne was empty, while Locke sensed the time-space trying to draw him into the role of Lord of Dimension.
- The Empty-Faced Burning Monarch attacked the expedition, and Saine damaged its right arm by extracting a fragment of its Destruction Rule before withdrawing to protect his strained systems.
- Wuzhuo discovered that Destruction was eroding the Lord of Evil Swamp’s mark, and he began drawing its power into his origin while fighting to survive and escape.
- Saine ordered a retreat as a Lord-level threat approached, and Locke, the Limitless Golden Emperor, and the Lord of Eternal Day protected the withdrawing forces before Saine sealed the passage.
- The Destruction Supreme struck through the gate, and Locke answered with the Destruction Black Lotus and Spear of Destruction until their clash ended without either crossing over.
- Saine recorded five newly revealed Level-12 enemies, bringing the known total to ten, while Locke restrained Kakarot and prepared for the growing threat.