Recaps

After Locke reached Level-13 Late-Stage and forced the Destruction Supreme back, Saine and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord negotiated Luo Heng’s ransom. They agreed on an exchange of rule resources, and Saine prepared to assess Luo Heng before his return.

• Saine learned that Locke had advanced to Level-13 Late-Stage and reviewed records showing the Destruction Legion had reclaimed territory after Locke’s clash with the Destruction Supreme.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord asked Saine to settle Luo Heng’s ransom, and Saine agreed to negotiate.
• Saine demanded a large supply of rule resources in exchange for Luo Heng, and the two revised the list and argued over quantities and materials.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord examined Luo Heng’s condition and confirmed he remained alive, while Saine agreed to keep laboratory details confidential under a defined contract.
• The two reached final terms, the first batch of resources arrived in Gear Time-Space, and Saine went to begin Luo Heng’s final condition assessment.

Luo Heng was released from Saine’s laboratory under a confidentiality contract and returned to the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, still weakened by years of experiments. After warning that Saine was dangerous beyond his raw power, Luo Heng began recovering while Saine resumed his research and sensed that a breakthrough might be near.

• Saine removed the restraints and experimental devices from Luo Heng, then had him sign a contract requiring him to keep the Mechanical Civilization’s experiments secret.
• Luo Heng left the laboratory without the fragments of the Myriad Phenomena Balance Disk and was handed over to the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord at the agreed meeting point.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord examined Luo Heng, helped soothe his injuries, and listened as Luo Heng warned him not to treat the Mechanical God Emperor as an ordinary Level-12 Strong Practitioner.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord arranged for Luo Heng to recover and reassessed ties with the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction, adjusting some defenses while continuing resource trades.
• Saine returned to the Central Experimental Cluster, received new materials from Lina, and restarted an experiment as he sensed that a breakthrough was approaching.

After more than a thousand years of experiments and cultivation, Saine refined his control over his Rule True Body and advanced to Level-12 Peak. He stabilized his new power, demonstrated the God of Machines’ increased strength, and ended the chapter speaking with Locke.

• Saine used the resources from the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord to resume experiments and gradually gained finer control over his power.
• After another thousand-odd years, Saine entrusted ongoing projects to Little Fox Girl and the laboratory assistants before entering the depths of the laboratory to focus on himself.
• Saine harmonized the powers within his Rule True Body and broke through to Level-12 Peak, releasing a surge of elemental rules through the Central Experimental Cluster.
• Wall-E moved the Engineering Corps away from the perimeter as Saine drew the spreading Ash Fire back under control, while Lina and Little Fox Girl watched from outside.
• After stabilizing his new Rule True Body, Saine merged with the God of Machines and demonstrated power far beyond that of an ordinary Lord of Dimension.
• Locke congratulated Saine over a communication link, and Saine opened the mechanical hand to reveal a wisp of condensed Ash Fire burning in its palm.

The World-Realm Emperor Monarch visited Gear Time-Space, where Saine showed him how diverse civilizations lived and traded under Mechanical Civilization's rule. After the resource delivery, Saine asked him to help test Saine's power, and they prepared to travel to an isolated stretch of space.

• Saine agreed to host the World-Realm Emperor Monarch and arranged to restrict his visit to areas open to outsiders.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch arrived through the Cross-Dimensional Channel with the Cosmic Realm Disc and a small contingent to deliver the agreed resources.
• Saine showed the World-Realm Emperor Monarch gear-element life forms, the Green Vine Civilization, and trading districts where different civilizations exchanged resources while maintaining their distinct ways of life.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch observed how affiliated civilizations fulfilled obligations in return for protection and continued development.
• After the resources were delivered, Saine asked the World-Realm Emperor Monarch to help test how much power Saine could wield, and they chose an unpopulated stretch of space.

Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch sparred across a devastated starfield, testing how the God of Machines and the Cosmic Realm Disc countered each other's powers. They stopped after learning from the exchange and began discussing the techniques directly.

• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch manipulated space to test Saine's ash fire, prompting Saine to reveal the God of Machines' rule true body.
• Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch traded blows with the Seven-Realm Spear, the Cosmic Realm Disc, mechanical rules, ash flame, and the Wings of Destruction.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch adapted his use of lingering momentum after observing how Saine linked successive powers, while Saine studied how his opponent's rule true body controlled space.
• After their sparring altered the nearby starfield, Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch stopped fighting and began discussing the techniques they had observed.

Ebony negotiated with Source-Devouring Time-Space to establish supply depots and escort forces in his territories in Primordial Universe Time-Space, hoping to strengthen his position against Eternal Day Time-Space. The agreement was finalized without a promise of military intervention, and the first contingent began arriving at the selected stronghold.

• Ebony proposed using his strongholds in Primordial Universe Time-Space as storage and transfer sites for trade with Source-Devouring Time-Space, while the Dark Nether Death God refused to involve Dark Universe Time-Space and Duolie reserved judgment.
• The Source-Devouring Progenitor approved supply and escort forces for the arrangement but declined Ebony's request for troops to fight on the Darkness Sword Organization's behalf.
• Ebony negotiated terms that allowed Source-Devouring forces to establish storage facilities and protect supplies without transferring ownership of the selected regions, in exchange for urgently needed rule resources arriving early.
• Ebony ordered the Darkness Sword forces near the delivery area to shift outward but retain key routes and sentry positions, while the Darkedge Sword Lord kept some legions in place.
• Source-Devouring Time-Space prepared a contingent of resource-transfer specialists and the Source-Devouring Beast Legion, and the selected stronghold opened a passage as their bright yellow radiance appeared.

Source-Devouring Time-Space sent a legion and supplies into Primordial Universe Time-Space with Ebony’s invitation, prompting nearby powers to strengthen their defenses and reconsider their ties. The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord weighed whether to intervene, but the tangled alliances left the Multiverse’s future uncertain.

• Geduo led the Source-Devouring Time-Space contingent into Primordial Universe Time-Space, where its beasts unsettled nearby traffic and its forces began taking over storage facilities designated by Ebony.
• Jin Yi identified the arriving power as Source-Devouring Time-Space, warned the Lord of Eternal Day, and ordered patrol forces to withdraw while protecting important routes.
• Saine reviewed the arrival with the World-Realm Emperor Monarch, then instructed Locke and the mechanical garrison to monitor the source-devouring forces.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord condemned Ebony for inviting the legion, while the Paper Figure Dimension Lord noted that other powers were also trading with Source-Devouring Time-Space.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, the Paper Figure Dimension Lord, and the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor discussed the complicated alliances and forwarded updated garrison and route information to their forces.

The World-Realm Emperor Monarch traveled to Primordial Universe Time-Space to study its dimensional channels and visit the Source-Devouring encampment. As local civilizations pulled back from new dealings with Source-Devouring Time-Space, he ordered Geduo to honor existing deliveries without sending escort legions to their encampments.

• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch obtained public transit records from Saine, discussed their ongoing resource deliveries, and entered a Cross-Dimensional Channel to Primordial Universe Time-Space.
• The Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor arrived at the Source-Devouring encampment, checked the nearby garrison records, and began organizing the transfer of duties and supplies with Geduo.
• Homeland Civilizations curtailed plans to expand trade with Source-Devouring Time-Space after learning that its forces were increasing, while Ebony dismissed their concerns and focused on the front lines.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch observed several Cross-Dimensional Channels and noticed that local civilizations were avoiding the Source-Devouring encampment.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch told Geduo to complete agreed deliveries but keep escort legions away from the recipient encampments.

The Darkness Sword Organization launched a counteroffensive against Jin Yi’s forces, but repeated clashes and mechanical fortress fire kept it from reclaiming the vital positions. As Ebony entered the Primordial Universe Time-Space, Saine set out from Gear Time-Space, while a powerful trace of dark energy appeared behind the front.

• The Darkedge Sword Lord attacked the garrisons, and Jin Yi met him at the connection between two positions while Venerable Blazing Day reinforced another front.
• Darkness Sword Organization legions destroyed peripheral installations, but Jin Yi pulled back vulnerable forces and mechanical fortresses helped Venerable Blazing Day reconnect isolated defenders.
• Ebony’s request for the Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor to move the Source-Devouring Legion forward was refused, as it would exceed their agreement and risk conflict with the Mechanical Civilization.
• Jin Yi’s counterattacks forced the Darkness Sword Organization back, and the injured Darkedge Sword Lord reported that he could not secure the positions with his available forces.
• Ebony arrived at the reception channel, issued new orders to the Darkedge Sword Lord, and entered the channel to the Primordial Universe Time-Space.
• Saine prepared to travel to the Primordial Universe Time-Space, and a trace of dark energy far stronger than the Darkedge Sword Lord’s appeared behind its front.

Ebony wounded Jin Yi and broke through the Frontline Position, forcing the legions to retreat. Saine arrived in Primordial Universe Time-Space and confronted Ebony, while the Lord of Eternal Day prepared to guard against other threats.

• Ebony emerged from the darkness, struck Jin Yi twice, and forced him to retreat after the Lord of Eternal Day’s life-saving power opened a path.
• Jin Yi reached the Mechanical Fortress wounded and ordered Venerable Blazing Day and the nearby legions to fall back as Ebony’s forces broke through the front.
• Saine told the Lord of Eternal Day that he would face Ebony himself, and the Lord agreed to watch for other Emperor Monarchs while reorganizing forces across the front.
• Ebony crushed the defenses of a large Mechanical Fortress, but Saine’s Mechanical Arm caught his dark blade and drove back the surrounding darkness.
• Saine walked toward Ebony and declared himself his opponent, and Ebony redirected his next strike at the God of Machines.

Saine battled Ebony in the God of Machines, using the Power of Ashes and improved coordination to overcome Ebony’s defenses and force him to retreat. Saine halted before the intermingled Garrison Zones and recorded Ebony’s retreat position in the Magic Cube.

• The God of Machines and Ebony exchanged heavy blows, with Saine using mechanical rules to withstand Darkness Edge and Ebony’s attacks.
• Ebony engulfed the battlefield in darkness and attacked from several directions, but Saine’s ash fire burned through the dark power and reopened a path to advance.
• Saine pressed Ebony with successive fists and ash flames, forcing him to break off his attack and retreat as his rule true body was wounded.
• Ebony withdrew the Darkness Lockdown and fled under Saine’s continued attacks, prompting the Darkness Legion to retreat.
• Saine stopped near Garrison Zones used by the Darkness Sword Organization and the Source-Devouring Time-Space, then recorded Ebony’s retreat position in the Magic Cube.

After Ebony’s attack was driven back, the Mechanical Civilization and Yongji’s Day consolidated their positions while the Source-Devouring Legion protected its existing holdings and avoided being drawn into the fighting. Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch then discussed establishing a new resource-delivery site in territory controlled by the Mechanical Civilization, with its terms left to negotiation.

• Jin Yi learned that Ebony had retreated and the God of Machines had driven him back, then began treating his severe injuries.
• Venerable Blazing Day halted the advance after key positions were reclaimed while Mechanical Engineering Corps began salvaging wreckage and repairing the damaged front.
• The Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor pulled back his forces, refused to pursue the fighting, and later received the World-Realm Emperor Monarch’s order to hold the territory already secured.
• Ebony stopped his counterattack, began removing the ash interfering with his recovery, and contacted the Dark Nether Death God and Duolie after learning that Saine had fought at the front.
• Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch met after the front stabilized and discussed a new resource-delivery site, with Saine setting conditions on its location, personnel, and trade goods.

The Mechanical Civilization established a second trading outpost for the Source-Devouring Time-Space, allowing it to exchange goods with local caravans without relying solely on the Darkness Sword Organization. The new trade route unsettled Ebony and attracted interest from other civilizations seeking opportunities to expand their influence.

• Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch formalized a Delivery Zone in Mechanical Civilization territory, with rules limiting source-devouring activity and long-term military presence.
• Wojin's personnel ran the outpost, where the first local caravan cautiously exchanged goods with the Source-Devouring Time-Space.
• More merchant teams began trading at the Delivery Zone, and Saine focused on studying preserved rule materials while allowing business to continue under the agreed restrictions.
• Ebony learned of the new outpost and resented the Source-Devouring Time-Space's growing trade ties, though its existing agreements with the Darkness Sword Organization remained unchanged.
• A civilization's transport ship changed course toward the Darkness Sword Organization, while another team asked to meet the Source-Devouring Time-Space voluntarily.

Saine arranged transport, supply, and defensive agreements with the Homeland Civilization, while the Source-Devouring Time-Space began trading with civilizations seeking rare resources. After the negotiations, Locke contacted Saine and showed him a destructive frontier where the legions had advanced and a dark golden tide continued to batter newly lit origins.

• Saine negotiated agreements for transport access, long-term supplies, defensive facilities, and troop deployments with the Homeland Civilization.
• A Level-9 Strong Practitioner visited the Source-Devouring Time-Space to trade, and Geduo received him despite sensing the urge to devour his rule true body.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch authorized further negotiations, allowing the visitor to obtain a Rule Treasure and plan future deliveries.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch told Geduo and the Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor to keep the visitors safe and move unsuitable Source-Devouring Beasts farther from the reception area.
• Saine finalized further arrangements with the Homeland Civilization and prepared to return to the Gear Time-Space before Locke invited him to visit.
• Locke showed Saine a frontier where the legions had advanced and the dark golden tide battered newly lit black-and-red origins.

Saine joined Locke at the front as they pushed deeper into Destruction Time-Space, aiming to connect and secure regions that the Destruction Supreme had used to attack their forces. Saine’s Engineering Legion captured its first nodes, while a much stronger pressure began rising from the depths ahead.

• Saine crossed the Bronze Gate and met Kerrygan, who reported that the golden tide reclaimed areas whenever Locke left them.
• Locke showed Saine a map of connected regions he planned to bring under control, and Saine asked to preserve a battered area containing an unstable strand of golden source.
• Saine’s Engineering Legion recovered damaged equipment and rebuilt a platform around golden threads it could not remove.
• Locke’s destruction forces and Kerrygan’s Zerg Swarm advanced on multiple fronts while Saine deployed Engineering Platforms behind them.
• Locke suppressed a source counterattack as Saine’s Engineering Legion established its first secured nodes.
• Locke continued toward the deeper golden radiance as a heavier pressure rose ahead and the God of Machines spread its black wings.

Locke, Saine, Kerrygan, and their forces struggled for years to seize regions of the Destruction Supreme’s territory while enduring its devastating counterattacks. They finally embedded Locke’s destruction will in several connected source regions, but the Destruction Supreme unleashed an even fiercer assault as Locke charged to meet it.

• The Destruction Supreme’s golden tide devastated the frontline, but Locke blocked its advance with the Destruction Black Lotus while Kerrygan withdrew the nearby Zerg swarm.
• Saine diverted a mass of golden source away from the Engineering Legion, and the mechanical forces continued repairing platforms and protecting transport ships.
• Locke’s forces and the Destruction Supreme battled across the contested regions for years as Saine and Kerrygan concentrated their forces on connected sectors.
• Saine discovered concealed source connections, and he and Locke used final silence radiance and Locke’s destruction will to claim several regions and turn their crystal clusters against the golden tide.
• The Destruction Supreme erupted with greater force, and Locke charged forward to meet its attack.

Locke and Saine drove the Destruction Supreme deeper into unconquered space, seizing enough territory for Locke to command more origin power than his opponent. The Destruction Supreme remained powerful and undefeated, while Locke ordered the newly captured areas stabilized and the Engineering Legion began building garrisons.

• The Destruction Supreme unleashed a concentrated golden assault, but Locke and Saine deflected it together as the God of Machines took heavy damage.
• Locke struck the Destruction Supreme with the God Slaying Spear while Saine intercepted its counterattacks, forcing it backward and allowing native destruction creatures to reclaim territory.
• The Destruction Supreme stirred subdued beasts and threatened nearby nodes, but Locke restored the destruction marks, the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast steadied the front, and Saine ordered the Engineering Legion to reinforce the boundary.
• Locke severed a golden connection supplying the Destruction Supreme, then pressed forward with Saine until the origin power under his command exceeded the Supreme’s and drove it into unconquered space.
• Locke ordered his forces to stabilize the newly captured concentrations of origin power instead of pursuing the Destruction Supreme, while Saine prepared recovered materials for study and the Engineering Legion continued construction.
• Newborn insect beasts from the Erosion Abyss Mother Nest crossed the shattered crystal layers toward the designated garrison areas as Locke watched the still-dangerous expanse.

Saine prepared stronger forces for deployment as Locke sent destruction creatures to reinforce the garrisons in Primordial Universe Time-Space. Bing Xin’s fleet arrived to coordinate defenses and supplies, while the Bedrock Crystal Civilization also began moving its forces out.

• Saine reviewed the God of Machines’ repairs and delegated work as Gear Time-Space’s engineering capacity expanded.
• Locke ordered Kerrygan to send destruction zerg beasts and adaptable destruction creatures to the existing garrisons, while keeping four level-12 primordial beings in Destruction Time-Space.
• Thomas advanced to Level-12 Late-Stage, and Saine reviewed the improved equipment and readiness of Bing Xin, the Mountain Giant King, and their forces.
• Bing Xin led the Water Mirror fleet and supporting personnel to Primordial Universe Time-Space, where she coordinated with the Homeland Civilization and assigned War Fortresses to agreed peripheral positions.
• A Bedrock Crystal Civilization leader ordered its crystalline-rock warships to depart the Home Starfield.

The Bedrock Crystal Civilization broke through a rival civilization’s defenses with the Ten-Thousand-Peak Crystal Seal and the newly completed Mountain-Devouring Crystal Wheel, seizing contested crystal deposits. Lord Novell’s Clear-Tide fleet continued supplying the campaign despite heavy losses, just as a level-12 existence approached the front.

• The Bedrock Crystal Civilization attacked the disputed resource fields, and the Ten-Thousand-Peak Crystal Seal crushed the defenders’ perimeter as both sides’ Level-11 Strong Practitioners clashed.
• The Mountain-Devouring Crystal Wheel drained earth and stone essence, eroded the dark brown Rule Barrier, and helped the Bedrock Crystal legions break through to the planar cores.
• Lord Novell redirected his Clear-Tide transport fleet to a new delivery site after the original facility was destroyed, accepting improved resource certificates and promised mining privileges.
• The Bedrock Crystal Civilization captured several crystal deposits and used Novell’s fleet to deliver water-element supplies, while local mining crews were held captive and forced back to work.
• Enemy legions attacked a flank storage site, destroying Clear-Tide ships and killing many of their crews; Novell rescued survivors before Bedrock Crystal reinforcements drove off the attackers.
• As the Bedrock Crystal advance halted, Novell sensed a level-12 existence approaching the front.

The Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor sent the Source-Devouring Legion to help the Bedrock Crystal Civilization retrieve its detained supplies and push back a Level-12 enemy. After the supplies were recovered, Novell told his people to take back everything they could carry.

• A native Level-12 Strong Practitioner overwhelmed the Bedrock Crystal Civilization's forces, forcing its Dimension Supreme Treasures to retreat and leaving Novell's fleet unable to return along its route.
• The Bedrock Crystal Civilization appealed to the Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor for help and offered resources and future supply arrangements in exchange.
• After receiving orders from the World-Realm Emperor Monarch, the Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor deployed a portion of the Source-Devouring Legion to retrieve supplies already belonging to the Source-Devouring Time-Space.
• The Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor confronted the Level-12 Strong Practitioner, while the Bedrock Crystal Civilization's remaining Level-11 Strong Practitioners rejoined the fight and the enemy began retreating.
• Source-devouring beasts attacked enemy positions and began corroding a crystal-rich planet, so Source-Devouring experts ordered them away from the marked mineral zones.
• The Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor directed the legion toward another battlefield after recovering the detained supplies, and Novell handed his transport documents to his people and told them to take back everything they could carry.

Bing Xin defended the transport area from the Bedrock Crystal Civilization and the Source-Devouring Time-Space, then fought the Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor in a fierce Level-12 clash. Novell’s people reached the mechanical defenses, and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch arrived as the battle continued.

• Bing Xin positioned her fleet around the transport facilities and ordered the Bedrock Crystal legions to stop outside the protected area.
• When the Bedrock Crystal forces and Source-Devouring Beasts advanced, Bing Xin froze the Mountain-Devouring Crystal Wheel, and the Mechanical Position opened fire on the charging beasts.
• The Spirit-Seizing Bone Emperor confronted Bing Xin, and the two Level-12 Strong Practitioners fought with ice, rules, and his Dimension Supreme Treasure bone ring.
• The shock waves forced the Bedrock Crystal legions and mechanical fleets to withdraw while the War Fortresses held their positions and the Destruction Mech Soldiers drove back the Source-Devouring Beasts.
• Novell arrived with the final Transport Ships and found that his people had reached the transport area, while the fighting continued nearby.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch arrived during the clash, and Saine appeared on a communication screen as the battle raged on.

Saine, the World-Realm Emperor Monarch, and the Bedrock Crystal and Mechanical civilizations negotiated terms that ended the fighting and established new delivery and garrison arrangements. The Clear-Tide Civilization reconsidered its trade commitments, while the displaced local Level-12 practitioner sought help from the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord.

• Saine and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch exchanged records and negotiated resource transfers, delivery access, and separate garrison positions.
• The Bedrock Crystal Civilization accepted the agreement despite its losses, and the Mechanical Civilization secured access to additional transport facilities and power-supply sites.
• Novell returned to the Clear-Tide Civilization, compensated a bereaved being, and chose to renegotiate deliveries near the combat zone while continuing other exchanges.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch reported the war's costs and gains to the Source-Devouring Progenitor, then reviewed trade requests from other civilizations.
• The local Level-12 practitioner sent a Communication Mark to the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord after deciding the Mechanical Civilization would not help reclaim his lost territory.

The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord agreed to send legions to help stabilize the Vast Peaks Civilization’s remaining star regions, while keeping the ceasefire in place and investigating the source-devouring damage. Luo Heng led the first fleet through the passage to Primordial Universe Time-Space.

• Hemon showed the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord the damage to the Vast Peaks Civilization and asked for aid, while explaining the Mechanical Civilization’s limited commitment.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord agreed to send legions to stabilize remaining territories but declined to immediately reclaim lost regions.
• Hemon supplied battle records showing source-devouring beasts consuming ore and leaving gray, drained rock strata, which the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord ordered investigated.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord assigned Luo Heng to inspect the affected regions and observe the Source-Devouring Legion as the deployment force assembled.
• Saine agreed to provide a clear passage for Luo Heng’s fleet and continue the previously arranged supply shipments and repairs.
• Luo Heng led the first fleet into the passage to Primordial Universe Time-Space.

Luo Heng and Hemon helped establish the Homeland Alliance by stabilizing damaged routes and coordinating limited joint defenses, while neighboring civilizations decided whether to contribute. The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch both kept their forces cautious, and the chapter ended with the Emperor Monarch preparing a larger trade deal with Hemon.

• Luo Heng and Hemon stabilized a damaged energy planet and reopened nearby shipping routes for evacuating wounded beings.
• Hemon and neighboring civilizations negotiated limited joint patrols and supply arrangements, leaving their core regions under their own control.
• A level-10 practitioner escorted transports to replenish their energy, delaying other shipments and prompting Hemon to open garrison reserves.
• The Clear-Tide Civilization offered resources under cautious terms, while the Bedrock Crystal Civilization declined to join the alliance.
• Luo Heng reported the alliance's limited reach to the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, who ordered him not to expand the garrisons outward.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch told Geduo to gather trade goods, then prepared to negotiate a larger deal with Hemon.

Hemon and the World-Realm Emperor Monarch oversaw the first resource exchanges between the Source-Devouring Time-Space and local civilizations, while Saine and Luo Heng monitored the arrangements. After the deliveries stabilized, Locke contacted Saine to say he wanted to release the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast.

• Hemon checked that the Source-Devouring garrison had stopped advancing, then presented the World-Realm Emperor Monarch's proposal to the other civilizations.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch and local practitioners completed their first exchanges at a Delivery Zone, replacing a batch of crystals that could not withstand the required rule power.
• Saine requested a portion of a crystal with unusual power patterns and negotiated the materials to be exchanged for it.
• The Source-Devouring transport teams withdrew to their agreed locations, and Luo Heng reported the transactions to the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, who ordered him to monitor the agreed boundaries.
• Locke contacted Saine from the Destruction Starfield and said he wanted to let the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast out.