Recaps

Laozi reunited with Duan Ning and other Immortal Domain figures in the Higher Dimensional Plane, then shared news from the Material Star Realm with Saine. Saine learned that Wizard Civilization was stable but that Douglas had gone missing after a time-space experiment, leaving him concerned about Douglas and Naige'er and their connection to the Source Tracing Stones.

• Laozi met Locke and reunited with Duan Ning, who bowed to her master and received his quiet praise.
• True Person Xuanyi and True Person Miaoyi paid respects to Laozi, and their shared ties to the Immortal Domain created a quiet sense of harmony.
• Duan Ning told Saine that the Immortal Domain and Wizard Civilization had largely overcome the Demon-Pacifying Alliance's threats before Laozi left the Material Star Realm.
• Laozi's news revealed that Douglas had gone missing after a Time-Space Element experiment and that Naige'er had also come close to Laozi's level of power.
• Saine suspected the Source Tracing Stones might have drawn Douglas and Naige'er into the Time Rules, archived clues in Skynet, and planned to consult Alarm Clock Girl and the Despair Matriarch.

After Laozi reported on the Immortal Domain Civilization’s plans and his travels through Clear River Time-Space, Saine recognized the new realm as a valuable research opportunity and potential future destination. He stayed in Final Silence Time-Space to finish his ongoing work while Skynet organized Laozi’s account for future study.

• Laozi’s news reached Saine and Madam Befu, who reflected on the Immortal Domain’s upcoming ascension and praised Green for guiding the Wizard Civilization after their departure.
• Laozi described Clear River Time-Space as a relatively mild Higher Dimensional Plane where he had traveled for nearly thirty thousand years without obvious rule alienation.
• Saine created a Skynet file classifying Clear River Time-Space as a non-extreme time-space and sorted Laozi’s information by its reliability.
• Saine considered questions about Clear River Time-Space’s rules, its treatment of outsiders, and whether it had a Level-13 Lord of Dimension, but did not press Laozi for more details.
• Saine decided not to leave Final Silence Time-Space before completing his Source-Devouring Remnants research and the second revision of the civilization-level noise-reduction system.

The Darkness Demon Ancestor broke through to Level-12 in the depleted Demon Cave Time-Space, strengthening the Evil Tide Civilization and its alliance with the Mechanical Civilization. Saine assessed the breakthrough and ordered the Evil Tide Civilization to maintain order and submit its records while the Demon Cave Time-Space faced a long recovery.

• Saine received news that the Darkness Demon Ancestor had begun his breakthrough in a dark star sea guarded by the Secluded Bamboo Supreme, Zi You, and Evil Tide legions.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor used his own accumulated power to reverse-fill his high-dimensional life structure and successfully advanced to Level-12.
• The Secluded Bamboo Supreme recognized the breakthrough as a new pillar for the Evil Tide Civilization, while Saine judged that the Darkness Demon Ancestor could become an unusually formidable Level-12 Early-Stage practitioner.
• Saine instructed the Evil Tide Civilization to preserve order in the Demon Cave Time-Space and submit complete records of the breakthrough's origin fluctuations to Skynet.
• Saine archived the report, arranged for rewards under the Mechanical Civilization's existing system, and noted that the Demon Cave Time-Space would need hundreds of thousands of years or more to recover.

Decayed Civilization slowly recovered in the Dead Silent Dimension after Emperor Chenlun reached Level 11, while Zanting and Cassiopeia strengthened their roles in exploration. Saine monitored the civilizations’ growing influence and continued investigating the Source-Devouring Remnant in Final Silence Time-Space.

• Emperor Chenlun’s advance to Level 11 stabilized Decayed Civilization’s defenses and helped it reopen ancient routes with Mechanical Civilization’s support.
• Zanting grew toward Level-10 Peak by leading teams through dangerous ruins, while Cassiopeia used her Divine Soul perception to find hidden anomalies.
• Decayed Civilization and Evil Tide Civilization cooperated and competed over routes and resources as Skynet tracked their exploration gains.
• Emperor Chenlun urged caution as Decayed Civilization regained vitality, while Saine monitored its progress alongside Evil Tide Civilization’s expansion.
• Saine connected data from several Higher Dimensional Planes in his research and continued working to unravel the Source-Devouring Remnant.

Saine spent nearly a thousand years refining Final Silence Time-Space’s Civilization-Grade Noise Reduction System, helping stabilize its civilization clusters and collecting rare data. He left with a sealed trace of Source-Devouring Remnants whose faint vitality synchronized with data from the Dead Silent Dimension.

• Saine and Final Silence Time-Space cooperated cautiously as he gathered data and refined the Civilization-Grade Noise Reduction System.
• Saine integrated several components into the system, improving its stability by around forty percent and allowing some inhabitants to remain active longer.
• Saine examined the sealed Source-Devouring Remnants and detected a faint breathing-like vitality that briefly synchronized with residual data from the Dead Silent Dimension.
• Saine resealed the remnants and departed, escorted by Envoy Jimin as the Lord of Final Silence sent gratitude and a promise.

After returning to Gear Time-Space, Saine reviewed Mechanical Civilization’s progress and met with Laozi and Jiang Qi. Laozi shared clues about Douglas and Naige'er and coordinates for Clear River Time-Space, which Saine added to his future exploration plans.

• Saine returned to Gear Time-Space, reviewed Mechanical Civilization’s development, and filed his observations of Final Silence Time-Space under a study of temporal environments and rule activity.
• Duan Ning informed Saine that Laozi would visit, and Saine welcomed him to Gear Time-Space.
• Saine questioned Laozi about Douglas and Naige'er, learning that Wizard Civilization had shown time-space experiment fluctuations before Douglas disappeared, while Laozi could not confirm anything about Naige'er.
• Jiang Qi arrived to discuss Evil Swamp Time-Space’s Origin Nodes and the Evil Spirit King’s request for Saine’s Node Engineering, and he reacted with restraint toward Laozi.
• Laozi gave Saine coordinates for Clear River Time-Space and explained that it gently scrutinized outsiders, prompting Saine to add it to his exploration plans and study its coordinate model.

Rocky led a combined force of Blood Angels, Destruction Angels, and Mechanical Angels against a Myriad Phenomena Community legion in the Primordial Universe Time-Space. His forces won decisively, demonstrating how his unusual command and his balance of light and destruction could overcome weapons designed to disrupt the Light Rule.

• The Light Universe Time-Space recovered after the Creation God reached Level-13, while Rocky became a prominent leader in local conflicts.
• Rocky combined Blood Angels and Destruction Angels with experimental Mechanical Angel legions provided by Fumila and Icarus.
• Rocky led his mixed force against a Myriad Phenomena Community legion whose war machines could disrupt the Light Rule.
• Rocky directed the Blood Angels into the enemy line, the Destruction Angels against its Rule Facilities, and the Mechanical Angels to purify disruptive ripples and block retreats.
• Rocky killed a Level-9 Dominator with his spear, and Saine later watched footage of his balanced light-and-destruction powers.
• Rocky ended the pursuit after the Light God Race won decisively, and his three legions completed their coordinated operation.

Saine agreed to assist the Evil Spirit King in expanding his influence in Evil Swamp Time-Space, but limited the project to cautious construction of outer modules while he focused on consolidating his power and other research. Meanwhile, Locke made a steady breakthrough into Destruction Time-Space's deeper authority by influencing the Dark Obelisk node.

• Jiang Qi brought the Evil Spirit King's request and supporting materials to Saine, who agreed to send a team to begin the Evil Swamp Nodes Project.
• Saine dispatched high-level Mechanical Beings and Skynet modules with strict safeguards against probing the core or awakening the Lord of Evil Swamp.
• Saine monitored the initial construction remotely while consolidating his Level-12 Late-Stage realm and managing his other research projects.
• Locke began influencing the Dark Obelisk node once controlled by the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch, causing some obelisks to respond to his destructive will instead of the Destruction Supreme.
• Saine assessed Locke's gradual progress as a significant advance into the deeper structure of Destruction Time-Space.

After advancing to level 13, the Creation God accepted an invitation to meet the Lord of Final Silence and discuss the Creation Prologue. His journey promised to deepen ties between Light Universe Time-Space and Final Silence Time-Space.

• The Creation God received Envoy Jimin's invitation from Final Silence Time-Space, prompting debate among the Light God Race's leaders about whether he should go.
• The Creation God agreed to visit, saying, "Light should not shine only upon places it already knows."
• The Light God Race and Final Silence Time-Space exchanged theories and samples, while the Lord of Radiance visited the outer stable zone and met Envoy Jimin.
• The Lord of Radiance and Envoy Jimin formed a favorable impression of one another despite their brief meeting and the lack of formal agreements.
• The Creation God decided to travel to Final Silence Time-Space with the support of the Supreme God, the Lord of Radiance, and other senior members of the Light God Race.
• Saine heard of the planned visit and welcomed the prospect of gaining comparative data from Final Silence Time-Space's contact with the Creation Prologue.

Saine visited Duan Ning as she refined pills under Laozi’s guidance, then received an urgent alert that the Evil Swamp Node Project had provoked a reaction from the sleeping Lord of Evil Swamp. He halted the project’s deeper expansion and began considering a redesign.

• Duan Ning combined materials from different time-spaces under Laozi’s guidance to develop a new system of pills suited to the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Saine visited Duan Ning’s alchemy room, watched her refine a furnace of Golden Cores, and discussed Final Silence Time-Space with her.
• Duan Ning compared Final Silence Time-Space’s suppression of its rules to cultivators restraining their inner demons, and Saine recorded her insight.
• Saine received alerts that Evil Swamp had contaminated Skynet modules and disrupted several project nodes after a roar from its depths.
• Jiang Qi warned that further work could awaken the Lord of Evil Swamp, so Saine ordered the project’s initial modules dormant and halted expansion toward the deeper layers.

Saine left Duan Ning’s alchemy chamber to investigate signs of awakening in Evil Swamp Time-Space, where the node project risked disturbing the sleeping Lord of Evil Swamp. He arrived at the time-space edge and was met by the Evil Spirit King.

• Saine told Duan Ning he had to visit Evil Swamp Time-Space in person because remote control of its Rule Nodes remained unstable.
• Duan Ning gave Saine a golden pill designed to suppress Mental Strength fluctuations before he departed.
• Saine traveled from Gear Time-Space with Skynet Sub-units, Magic Cube modules, Final Silence Radiance materials, and sealed contaminated node samples.
• Saine received word that the Creation God and the Lord of Final Silence had completed a smooth first meeting.
• Saine reached the edge of Evil Swamp Time-Space, and the Evil Spirit King immediately opened his eyes and went to receive him.

Saine reviewed Skynet’s reports on the escalating cold war between the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction and the Myriad Phenomena Community in Primordial Universe Time-Space. He then arrived in Evil Swamp Time-Space, where the Evil Spirit King greeted him as the Lord of Evil Swamp’s awakening tremors lingered.

• Skynet’s reports showed that the two factions’ forces were fighting across Primordial Universe Time-Space, forcing neutral civilizations and merchants to choose sides.
• Saine treated the battlefield reports as evidence of how the Multiverse’s factions were dividing and reorganizing, then turned his attention to the journey ahead.
• Saine reached Evil Swamp Time-Space and found the Evil Spirit King waiting at the Cross-Dimensional Channel.
• The Evil Spirit King greeted Saine respectfully while lingering shockwaves from the Lord of Evil Swamp’s awakening rippled deeper in the time-space.

Saine stabilized Evil Swamp Time-Space’s outer observation nodes by isolating their networks and suppressing contamination with Final Silence Radiance. He then led a cautious search for the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and Yilan, locating the Demon Lord in a ruined platform with a faint trace of self still remaining while Yilan remained missing.

• Saine examined the contaminated observation nodes and found that faulty channels and reverse circuits had caused the earlier incident.
• Saine adjusted the nodes, separated the Sky Net Sub-units into isolated regional networks, and used Final Silence Radiance to quiet the deep tremors.
• Saine ordered that outer construction continue while deep-level extensions were postponed, and the Evil Spirit King agreed.
• Saine and the Evil Spirit King began a cautious search for the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and Yilan using separate exploration teams and isolated recording networks.
• An Evil Swamp exploration team detected the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s faint aura near a collapsed temple ruin, and Saine’s probes located him on a ruined platform.
• Saine detected a faint remnant of the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s self beneath the contamination, while Yilan’s whereabouts remained unknown.

Saine and the Evil Spirit King found the heavily contaminated Heavenly Wing Demon Lord waiting in a ruined temple platform. Saine chose to capture him alive for research, while learning that Yilan had gone deeper into the Slumber Zone after apparently receiving a summons.

• Saine and the Evil Spirit King discovered that the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had sealed his escape routes and was waiting for them.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord asked Saine for help and explained that the Evil Swamp's deep origin had contaminated him more severely than he had expected.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord revealed that Yilan had gone deeper three thousand years earlier, apparently summoned by something.
• The Evil Spirit King urged Saine to kill the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, but Saine decided his resistance to the contamination made him valuable as a live research subject.
• Saine used mechanical restraints and the Magic Cube to suppress and study the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, then sealed him and ordered his transfer to the temporary Experimental Zone.

Saine studied the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s struggle between his own rules and the Evil Swamp’s pollution while the search for Yilan continued. Meanwhile, Locke’s growing authority in the Destruction Time-Space nourished Paradise Lost, which expanded toward the dangerous territory of the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch.

• Saine deployed reconfigured Mechanical Probes and coordinated with the Evil Spirit King and local experts to search for Yilan.
• Saine extracted the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s origin samples and studied the unstable buffer between his heavenly wing rules and the evil swamp pollution.
• Locke stabilized his authority over a Destruction Star Zone, and its crystal tide nourishment strengthened the Destruction Black Lotus and Paradise Lost.
• The Sacred Tree, Soul Ancient Tree, and Life Ancient Tree helped absorb destruction ripples as new continents and dark-gold mineral veins formed around the Origin Continent.
• The Destruction Divine Kingdom Legion adapted to Paradise Lost’s rising rules, though weaker creatures perished under the new power.
• Locke slowly extended his destruction will toward the peripheral nodes of the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch’s region, resisting the intense backlash.

The Mechanical Civilization prepared a cautious trade and observation delegation to make first contact with the Clear River Time-Space, while cooperation in the Final Silence Time-Space produced a faint return of life. Saine received both reports as he continued investigating the Evil Swamp Time-Space, where a probe detected a trace of plague rules.

• The Mechanical Civilization completed part of the Cross-dimensional Teleportation altar, and the Despair Matriarch added time-space nails to help secure the passage to the Clear River Time-Space.
• Salamander Grayke agreed to send a small commercial team with the delegation, and Saine approved its roster and screened goods.
• The Creation God’s Creation Prologue gently restored a faint life fluctuation in a silent starfield in the Final Silence Time-Space, which Envoy Jimin observed.
• Saine reviewed reports from several time-spaces and watched a Mechanical Probe detect a faint trace of plague rules in the Evil Swamp Time-Space.

Saine brought Heavenly Wing Demon Lord deeper into the Evil Swamp to study how his resistance to Lord of Evil Swamp’s contamination responded to fear. The experiment revealed a complete Resistance Boundary Layer and clarified Yilan’s location near the deepest regions, where Saine marked the coordinates without ordering a capture.

• Saine brought Heavenly Wing Demon Lord toward the Slumber Zone while Skynet monitored his resistance to the Evil Swamp’s contamination.
• Saine recalled an earlier experiment in which Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s contamination spiraled out of control, but he survived after Saine strengthened the seals.
• Saine embedded a deep-red Rule Crystal from Destruction Demon God Locke in the sealing chamber, intensifying Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s fear and making his Resistance Boundary Layer form a complete structure.
• Jiang Qi’s Temple mark resonated with Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and Lord of Evil Swamp’s slumbering core, and Skynet recorded the connection.
• A trace of plague rules appeared in the depths and made Yilan’s coordinates clearer, so Saine marked the location in deep red without ordering a capture.

The Clear River Delegation made peaceful first contact with the Lanxi Civilization and began trading with them. Lady Chenglan then introduced the delegation to the cautious Gel Sea Civilization, whose acceptance of a trade terminal established the start of formal exchange.

• The Clear River Delegation crossed into Clear River Time-Space safely and reached the Lanxi Civilization, where Lady Chenglan welcomed them without hostility.
• The delegation presented its trade goods, and Lady Chenglan agreed to host them and discuss exchanges.
• The delegation and Lanxi Civilization traded basic resources, water-element rule samples, low-intensity energy furnaces, and Rippleheart Stones.
• Lady Chenglan invited the delegation to visit a water-curtain world and then introduced them to the Gel Sea Civilization.
• The Clear River Delegation demonstrated a Rule Purification Device to the Gel Sea Civilization, which responded by offering a sample of restored Gel Sea.
• The Gel Sea Civilization accepted a downgraded Skynet trade terminal from the delegation, beginning formal trade with the Mechanical Civilization.

The Clear River Delegation expanded its trade network in Clear River Time-Space as a dormant Source-Devouring Remnant began stirring, while Saine secured a sample of Yilan during a dangerous pursuit in Evil Swamp Time-Space. After the delegation contacted the powerful Clearwave Sacred Sea Civilization, Saine recognized that it had reached Clear River Time-Space’s upper echelon.

• The Clear River Delegation traded with a cautious Plant Element Super Civilization, receiving high-grade rule samples and securing a Level-11 fissure sample from a withered branch.
• A faint Source-Devouring Remnant stirred in Clear River Time-Space, and gray cracks appeared on ruined planets in a remote starfield.
• During the sixth pursuit of Yilan, Saine cut off and sealed a portion of its Rule True Body as Lord of Evil Swamp nearly awoke.
• Locke continued expanding his authority in Destruction Time-Space as Paradise Lost grew through the resources he gained.
• The Clear River Delegation completed five trade rounds, contacted nine Top-Level Civilizations and three Super Powers civilizations, and received an offer of contact from the Clearwave Sacred Sea Civilization.
• Saine received the Clearwave Sacred Sea Civilization’s message after sealing Yilan’s sample and recognized the significance of the new contact.

The Clear River Delegation passed the Azure Blue Sacred Sea Civilization’s inspection and began trading in its outer-sea zone. The Azure Blue Sea Lord revealed that the Heavenly Water Deep Blue Mirror had warned of a dangerous force approaching Clear River Time-Space, and the delegation offered to investigate a remote, unmarked region.

• The Azure Blue Sacred Sea Guards demanded the Clear River Delegation’s travel records, trade list, and rule samples before allowing it through the water curtain.
• The delegation provided its records and samples, and the Heavenly Water Deep Blue Mirror found no malicious threat in its movements or resources.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord permitted the delegation to enter the outer-sea trade zone, where its mechanical creations attracted buyers and eased the strained atmosphere.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord’s practitioners said the mirror had seen Clear River Time-Space’s water veins darkening and a dangerous force turning its gaze toward the region.
• The Level-9 Gray Guest offered to send reconnaissance forces, and the Azure Blue Sea Lord provided coordinates for a remote, unmarked starfield cloaked in darkness.

The Clear River Delegation investigated a dead-silent starfield where a water-element civilization had vanished and discovered hollow rule networks linked to a coordinate outside Clear River Time-Space. Their traces matched Source-Devouring Remnants, and the Mechanical Civilization sent the findings to Evil Swamp Time-Space under the name Source-Devouring Time-Space.

• Lady Chenglan recognized the starfield, and the Azure Blue Sacred Sea Civilization's Level-10 Strong Practitioner explained how a large water-element civilization had rapidly vanished there.
• The Mechanical Civilization deployed probes that found no conventional threats, then detected a hollow rule network inside an ash-blue Dead Star that drained energy from anything approaching it.
• The probes discovered similar networks in other stars and reconstructed their former flow, revealing that the starfield's origin had been drawn toward a coordinate outside Clear River Time-Space.
• The Mechanical Civilization compared the hollow networks with Source-Devouring Remnants from the Dead Silent Dimension and Final Silence Time-Space, finding their rule fractures almost identical.
• The Level-9 Gray Guest called for the data to be sealed, and the Mechanical Civilization relayed the survey findings and the name Source-Devouring Time-Space to Evil Swamp Time-Space.

Saine stabilized the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s resistance to Evil Swamp contamination and secured his service through a long-term contract. As the Evil Swamp Node Project expanded the Evil Spirit King’s authority, Saine received alarming data from the Clear River Delegation and recognized signs of Source-Devouring Remnants.

• Saine tested the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord under increased Evil Swamp pressure and saw his Resistance Boundary Layer recover without outside intervention.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord signed Saine’s contract, agreeing to ongoing treatment, research cooperation, and deployment in exchange for help suppressing the contamination.
• Saine completed the second phase of the Evil Swamp Node Project, creating a stable region and helping the Evil Spirit King gain a small amount of time-space authority.
• Saine reviewed data from the Clear River Delegation about hollow rule networks and abnormal samples in the Dead Silent Starfield.
• Saine identified the samples as Source-Devouring Remnants and ordered the Clear River Delegation’s raw data transferred to him.

Saine confirmed that active source-devouring remnants were operating in Clear River Time-Space and uncovered signs that they had secretly consumed essence across multiple regions. As the Clear River Delegation widened its search, a distant starfield appeared to be on the verge of collapse.

• Saine compared the Clear River remnants with samples from the Dead Silent Dimension and Final Silence Time-Space, identifying their shared source-devouring process.
• He tested the remnants on a Mechanical Anchor Point and found that they latched onto energy circulation and rapidly drained it before Skynet suppressed them.
• Saine compared the remnants’ node erosion with the rule proliferation in Yilan and the resistance boundary inside the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, then inferred how source-devouring veins weakened and isolated their targets before a larger invasion.
• Skynet combined Clear River’s historical records and marked scattered regions where essence had suddenly fallen and nearby civilizations had lost contact.
• Saine ordered the Clear River Delegation to investigate distant starfields, and records from the Azure Blue Sacred Sea Civilization, Lady Chenglan, and the Tide King sped up the search.
• A distant starfield appeared before Saine, and its civilization was on the verge of collapse.

The Clear River Delegation discovered that hidden Source-Devouring Veins were draining a large starfield and its Level-8 Late-Stage Dominator. With Saine’s node-severance project, they contained the source loss and partially revived the leader, while the Azure Blue Sacred Sea Civilization arrived seeking deeper exchanges.

• Lady Chenglan and the Tide King found that the starfield’s lifeforms were weakening as Water Element Rules and Life Source Power flowed toward its center.
• The delegation discovered that Source-Devouring Veins were draining the Level-8 Late-Stage Dominator and every plane under his command, while blocking his calls for help.
• Saine sent node stabilization methods, and Lady Chenglan and the Tide King summoned reinforcements as the delegation began the project.
• The Mechanical Civilization and allied strong practitioners secured the outer nodes, suppressed backlash, stabilized the Dominator, and severed the most active veins.
• The starfield’s source loss was contained, the Dominator showed signs of life, and a Level-11 Strong Practitioner arrived with a request from the Azure Blue Sea Lord for deeper exchanges.

The Azure Blue Sea Lord confirmed that the Clear River Delegation was fighting the force devouring Clear River Time-Space and asked its allies for help. Saine agreed that the Mechanical Civilization would provide support as needed after further investigation, while the threat remained under study.

• The Heavenly Water Deep Blue Mirror showed two dark forces clashing, and the Azure Blue Sea Lord concluded that the Clear River Delegation was opposing the Source-Devouring threat.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord told the delegation about the danger and offered to contact the other two Super Powers civilizations in Clear River Time-Space.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord asked the delegation to seek aid from the civilizations and powerhouses behind it, and the representatives sent messages across dimensions.
• Lady Chenglan and Tide King prepared to alert the Lanxi and Gel Sea Civilizations to inspect their Rule Nodes for Source-Devouring Traces.
• Saine agreed that the Mechanical Civilization would provide support according to circumstances and asked the Azure Blue Sacred Sea Civilization to share more records and cooperate with further investigations.