Recaps

Saine reflected on the meaning of magic and human nature while traveling through the Biranssen Wilderness World with Luluenman. After two years, he reached Black Rock City, where the Black Beetles rewarded his aid with a token to enter Huo Huo Forest; news of a full-scale war between Xin Hua Forest and Wilderness Forest reached him as he stayed in the city.

• Saine expressed concern for the Green Beak Tree, and Luluenman asked him what he believed magic meant.
• Saine described magic as a tool for exploring the Truth Arcana, while Luluenman said it was her way of exploring the essence of life.
• Two years later, Saine arrived at Black Rock City after traveling peacefully through the Biranssen Wilderness World and burying three Node Weakening Devices.
• Saine treated the Black Beetles' Phosphate Stone Disease and helped their aging chieftain, earning the race's friendship and a token for entering Huo Huo Forest.
• Two passing creatures told Saine that Xin Hua Forest had gone to full-scale war with Wilderness Forest.

Saine and Luluenman traveled north through the Biranssen Wilderness World’s civil war, suspecting the conflict was tied to the imminent birth of a new Level-4 lifeform. At a Plane Node in the war-torn Wilderness Forest, they found green-furred gorillas already there to destroy it.

• Luluenman explained that the war between two Demigod-level plant lords might be driving the birth of a new Level-4 lifeform, and Saine continued north with her.
• Saine passed growing numbers of refugees as the conflict spread and millions of native creatures suffered.
• Half a year later, Saine reached the war-ravaged Wilderness Forest and avoided the fighting Demigod-level Creatures.
• Saine and Luluenman arrived at the Plane Node and found several dozen green-furred gorillas preparing to destroy it under the War Ape God's command.
• Luluenman wondered whether they and the gorillas had reached for the same target.

Saine and Luluenman witnessed the Green-Haired Apes destroy a Plane Node in the Biranssen Wilderness World and withdrew before local Level-3 creatures arrived. Luluenman decided to observe the coming war between the worlds and look for a chance to profit from it.

• Saine and Luluenman watched Wen Lai and the Green-Haired Apes use a crystal spear to destroy a Plane Node, sending a red beam into the sky and causing the Mother Plane to cry out.
• Luluenman urged Saine to flee before Level-3 creatures from the Biranssen Wilderness World arrived, and they left by a route near the apes’ retreat.
• About four hourglasses later, a deer-bodied creature with green branches and leaves arrived at the damaged Plane Node and called out for the intruders.
• Saine asked Luluenman why they had not attacked the apes, and she explained that killing them could not stop an invasion between worlds.
• Luluenman decided to postpone setting up the Plane Node Weakening Device and remain in the world to assess the Wild Gorilla World’s strength before joining the conflict.

Saine captured and interrogated a Green-Haired Ape after Wild Gorilla World’s forces destroyed a second Plane Node in Biranssen Wilderness World. He learned that four Gorilla Gods had planned the invasion and that Wild Gorilla World had targeted other worlds for conquest, suggesting a wider campaign of expansion.

• Three months after the first Plane Node was destroyed, Green-Haired Apes destroyed a second one in a burning forest and clashed with Biranssen Wilderness World’s native creatures.
• The White-Haired Ape overpowered the level-three Mottled Green Snake, and the Green-Haired Apes withdrew before more natives could arrive.
• Saine captured an unconscious level-one Green-Haired Ape and took it to his underground laboratory for interrogation.
• Saine learned that the apes’ natural fur was usually brown and that they came from Wild Gorilla World.
• Saine discovered that four Gorilla Gods, led by the War Ape God, had conspired to invade Biranssen Wilderness World and that Wild Gorilla World had marked other worlds for conquest.

After learning that Wild Gorilla World might be a Medium Plane, Luluenman considered whether to continue the invasion and planned to consult Cuilisi and the Wizard Alliance. As Biranssen Wilderness World grew outwardly calm, Saine noticed their weakening devices were disappearing, while Luluenman argued that the world’s own defenses could help resist an invasion.

• Luluenman said Biranssen Wilderness World’s connection to Wild Gorilla World suggested they might be dealing with a Medium Plane.
• Saine asked whether they should continue the invasion, and Luluenman said she needed to consult Cuilisi and might report the discovery to the Wizard Alliance.
• Luluenman privately favored launching the war because conquering a Medium Plane could bring substantial rewards and ease her debts.
• After Saine captured a Green-Haired Ape, fighting in Biranssen Wilderness World quieted, though Saine sensed hidden conflict beneath the calm.
• Saine reported that another Node Weakening Device had stopped responding, and Luluenman said Biranssen Wilderness World’s rules and plant life could help resist Wild Gorilla World.

Bear Owl destroyed the Plane Node of Xin Hua Forest and gained a frightening power that he believed would let him rule the Biranssen Wilderness World. As the Wild Gorilla World forced a crack open in the north, its allies gathered to welcome the invaders while Pine Needle Forest resisted.

• Bear Owl attacked Xin Hua Tree with power beyond his level, destroyed Xin Hua Forest's Plane Node, and declared that he would surpass Xin Hua, Guardian Bai Ling, and Biranssen.
• Luluenman told Saine that the Wild Gorilla World was invading by tearing open a space crack in the north of the Biranssen Wilderness World.
• A crimson crack appeared at the northern edge of Wilderness Forest as creatures from the other side urged it open and the cold winds swept across the plane.
• Bear Owl's followers and Green-Haired Apes prostrated themselves beneath the crack to welcome the arriving New Gods.
• Pine Needle Forest's creatures fired Green Energy Beams at the crack, showing that some of Wilderness Forest still resisted the Alien Gods.

Four Gorilla Gods invaded Biranssen Wilderness World, and the first Level-4 Gorilla God finally broke through its Plane Barrier as native forces fought to defend their world. Saine learned that Azure Source Holy Tower was nearly ready to support the war, while Wizard Alliance had yet to assess Wild Gorilla World.

• The Gorilla God and two companions widened the rift while the War Ape God watched, and invading forces clashed with Biranssen Wilderness World's defenders.
• Biranssen Wilderness World's native creatures, including the Pine Needle Forest Plant Element Beings, fought the invaders and refused to retreat.
• In the second year of the northern invasion, the first otherworldly Gorilla God entered Biranssen Wilderness World after more than a year of struggle.
• Luluenman told Saine that Kapeiqi had delivered the Space Fortress and Azure Source Holy Tower's mobilization was nearly complete, but Wizard Alliance had not yet replied.
• Luluenman said Cuilisi was ready to support them and could provide the Gate of Elements or Flame Conclave if Wild Gorilla World proved to be a Medium Plane, then corrected Saine for calling his grandmentor old.

Saine and Luluenman confirmed that the invading Wild Gorilla World was a Medium Plane with many powerful gods, while the war devastated the Biranssen Wilderness World. Saine continued observing the conflict and helping native creatures as the fighting concentrated around Biran Forest.

• Saine and Luluenman decided to remain in the Biranssen Wilderness World to learn more about the Wild Gorilla World before choosing how to respond.
• As the war entered its fifth year, the four Gorilla Gods continued attacking Biran Forest, where the Biranssen God had taken root.
• Saine captured Wild Gorilla specimens and learned the names of seventeen Gorilla Gods, confirming that the Wild Gorilla World was a Medium Plane.
• The invasion spread across the Biranssen Wilderness World, displacing native creatures as millions of combatants gathered around Biran Forest.
• Saine saved a young Black Back Armor Beetle and directed its mother toward the safer Green Mushroom Forest.

Saine returned to the increasingly crowded Green Mushroom Forest and prepared a teleportation array as the Wizard World organized its intervention in the Biranssen Wilderness World. The chapter ended with three Space Fortresses on their way and Saine preparing for his grandmaster’s arrival.

• Luluenman told Saine that his infiltration mission was complete and ordered him to return to the Green Mushroom Forest.
• Saine began assembling a one-use long-range Teleportation Array while Luluenman shifted his attention to troop deployments.
• After Luluenman’s main consciousness withdrew, Saine resumed his Body Tempering Experiments in an underground laboratory.
• Luluenman told Saine that three Space Fortresses would reach the Biranssen Wilderness World within a year and that his grandmaster would descend there.
• Luluenman said the Space Fortresses belonged to the Azure Source Holy Tower, the Off-Ground Light Flame Holy Tower, and the Flame Sigh Holy Tower, and that Wizard World forces were eager to confront the Wild Gorilla World.

Saine kept a low profile while the Green Mushroom Forest prepared for the Wizard Civilization army’s arrival and concealed a large Space Gate from the Wild Gorilla Legion. Seven months after Luluenman contacted him, Cuilisi crossed into the Biranssen Wilderness World, and Saine helped Luluenman support her.

• Luluenman warned Saine that the Wizard Civilization army would arrive in a year, so Saine and the Spiked Green Mushroom King avoided drawing attention.
• The Spiked Green Mushroom King let the Wild Gorilla Legion advance into the Green Mushroom Forest’s outer regions but kept it from reaching the forest core, where the large Space Gate had been built.
• In the seventh month after Luluenman contacted Saine, the Space Gate activated and Cuilisi emerged from it, struggling against the pressure of crossing worlds.
• Luluenman manifested an Elemental Avatar and supported Cuilisi, while Saine hurried over to help her from the other side.

Cuilisi descended into the Biranssen Wilderness World, concealed by Master Anglong’s Elemental Assimilation Technique, to stop the four Gorilla Gods from escaping and protect the space crack to the Wild Gorilla World. As two Level-4 Gorilla Gods approached, she considered showing weakness to keep them from fleeing toward the crack.

• Cuilisi assessed that the Elemental Assimilation Technique had helped her enter the world without alerting the four Gorilla Gods, and she set out to block their escape and protect the space crack.
• Bai Ling sensed Cuilisi’s arrival near the Green Mushroom Forest and warned the Biranssen God that another foreign evil god had descended.
• The four Gorilla Gods noticed the disturbance and, at the War Ape God’s order, sent two Level-4 Gorilla Gods to investigate without scaring Cuilisi away.
• Cuilisi saw the two Gorilla Gods approaching and wondered whether she should show weakness because she could not be sure she could capture both before they reached the space crack.

Cuilisi concealed herself behind an emerald energy barrier as two Level-4 Gorilla Gods arrived in Green Mushroom Forest. She claimed to be the Azure Fire God, a traveling deity, and agreed to consider joining Wild Gorilla World while asking for a few months to recover.

• Cuilisi formed an emerald-green dome around herself to keep the Gorilla Gods from detecting her.
• Two Level-4 Gorilla Gods arrived above Green Mushroom Forest and questioned Cuilisi about her presence in the plane.
• Cuilisi claimed she was the Azure Fire God and asked to leave, while the Gorilla Gods invited her to join Wild Gorilla World.
• Cuilisi asked about the world's strength and how to join, and one Gorilla God proposed making her the eighty-seventh Gorilla God after the war.
• Cuilisi said she was injured and needed a few months to recover, and the Gorilla Gods agreed after warning her not to flee.

Cuilisi deceived the Gorilla Gods and prepared Wizard World forces to invade the Wild Gorilla World. The first legions and Space Fortresses arrived at the Biranssen Wilderness World, where the War Ape God faced powerful Wizard World reinforcements and received the Fire Ape God's desperate cries for help.

• The Gorilla Gods contacted the War Ape God, accepted Cuilisi's fabricated story, and left while secretly marking her with divine power.
• Cuilisi exposed the marks, ordered Luluenman to hurry the legions and their allies through the Space Gate, and gave Saine a body-tempering notebook as a reward.
• Hundreds of thousands of Azure Flame Holy Tower troops arrived in the Biranssen Wilderness World, alerting the Gorilla Gods that the supposed wandering god had brought an army.
• The War Ape God learned that the Fire Ape God was watching Cuilisi and ordered a companion to investigate and bring her to him.
• Three Space Fortresses appeared outside the plane as a giant emerald Flame Element Giant confronted the barrier, while a powerful Elemental Tide erupted in the north and the Fire Ape God cried for help.

Cuilisi revealed her Level-6 power as Gagaru and Pinas joined the assault on Biranssen Wilderness World, while Saine watched Azure Flame Holy Tower’s forces pour through the Space Gate. Luluenman’s avatar departed to support her true body, leaving Saine to wait or find something to do until Azure Source Holy Tower’s army arrived.

• Cuilisi unleashed her Level-6 power, terrifying War Ape God as Fire Ape God cried out for help.
• Gagaru struck Biranssen Wilderness World’s Plane Barrier with his Magic Staff and spread cracks across it.
• Pinas arrived outside the plane, and the three Space Fortresses fired powerful beams into Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Azure Flame Holy Tower sent elite forces through Saine’s Space Gate, and Luluenman told Saine to wait or pursue his own interests until Azure Source Holy Tower arrived.
• Luluenman’s Elemental Avatar dispersed to strengthen her true body, and Saine felt uneasy after his mentor left.

Saine reunited with Sylph during the invasion of the Biranssen Wilderness World, where she offered to arrange his Magic Tower and proposed that they share one. Their conversation was interrupted by fighting between the Azure Flame Holy Tower army and the Wild Gorilla Legion near the Green Mushroom Forest.

• Sylph greeted Saine and marveled that he had become a Second-Level Magician, while Saine recognized how much she had advanced in magic and body tempering.
• Saine recalled how Green had suggested radiation and poison as possible methods for his body-tempering experiments, though both approaches carried serious risks.
• Sylph offered to use her authority over Magic Tower construction to secure Saine a tower west of the forest, where the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion was likely to land.
• Sylph proposed that she and Saine share a Magic Tower, and Saine began agreeing to the idea.
• An elemental explosion erupted nearby as the Azure Flame Holy Tower vanguard clashed with the Wild Gorilla Legion around the Green Mushroom Forest.

Saine and Sylph completed their shared Magic Tower and discussed ways to manage the dangers of Azure Fire Body Tempering. Sylph revealed a common Neutralizing Agent formula that Saine had never known about, leaving him ready to study it.

• Saine and Sylph inspected their newly completed Magic Tower and divided its floors, with Sylph taking the top three and Saine taking the bottom four and both underground levels.
• Sylph offered to obtain magical materials for Saine through the Azure Flame Holy Tower, but he said he did not need any at the moment.
• Saine told Sylph that physical exertion and intimate encounters had helped him relieve the effects of Azure Fire Body Tempering.
• Sylph explained that she used a Neutralizing Agent to counter the excess fire in her body and asked how Saine had managed without one.
• Saine admitted that he had never heard of the Neutralizing Agent and asked Sylph to show him its formula.

Saine exchanged body-tempering knowledge and Undying Purple Flame meteorite fragments with Sylph, then intensified his training using her Neutralizing Agent formulas. Two months after the Azure Flame Holy Tower Legion arrived in Biranssen Wilderness World, Luluenman's Azure Source Holy Tower Legion descended in a Space Fortress, worsening the world’s devastation as Wizard Civilization’s forces moved to stop the Wild Gorilla Legion from escaping.

• Saine traded Sylph Neutralizing Agent formulas for meteorite fragments containing Undying Purple Flame factors and secrets of Thunder Body Tempering.
• Saine used Sylph’s formulas to increase the intensity of his body tempering, while Sylph focused her interest on the meteorite fragments.
• The damaged Plane Barrier and the arrival of nearly ten creatures above Level 4 brought worsening cold, disasters, and further ruin to Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Luluenman’s Azure Source Holy Tower Legion arrived in an emerald-green Space Fortress with 3,175 participating magicians, after firing its main cannon three times to enter the plane and answer Cuilisi’s call.
• The Azure Source and the other two Holy Towers unleashed heavy attacks to prevent the Wild Gorilla Legion from fleeing Biranssen Wilderness World.

Saine considered the limits of Space Fortresses and the Wizard Civilization’s uncertain rivalry with the Galente Federation as three Holy Tower fortresses arrived at the Biranssen Wilderness World. He reunited with Irene, Serena, Nataya, and Lunna, while other factions prepared to join the war and Thunder Knight Lei Ming might seek Luluenman’s help.

• Saine reflected that Space Fortresses could threaten powerful beings but were not substitutes for fleets or high-level creatures, and that the Wizard Civilization’s broader decisions lay beyond his reach.
• Saine watched the Azure Source, Flame Sigh, and Off-Ground Light Flame Space Fortresses arrive, noting that Cuilisi’s custom fortress and Gagaru’s vessel were impressive while Pinas’s old fortress looked battered beside Luluenman’s new one.
• Luluenman privately felt relieved that her Azure Source Space Fortress compared favorably with those of her seniors, though she had no intention of showing off.
• Saine contacted the Fortress Headquarters and reunited with Irene, Serena, Nataya, and Lunna, who had followed the Azure Source Holy Tower to the war.
• Saine noted that other Holy Towers and Knights’ Halls were preparing to join the conflict, and that the debt-burdened Thunder Knight Lei Ming might approach Luluenman despite their recent disagreement.

After emerging from his laboratory, Saine was ordered by Luluenman to lead tens of thousands of native Biranssen creatures north to support the Wizard World forces at the Biran Forest. As the Azure Source Holy Tower’s legions deployed, Saine met Maya and Luna, who appeared to have something to ask him.

• Luluenman summoned Saine from his experiments and tasked him with leading the native Puppet Army toward the Biran Forest battlefield.
• Saine took command of tens of thousands of native creatures, many of whom followed the Wizard Civilization because they hated the invading Wild Gorillas and recognized him from his time in Biranssen Wilderness World.
• The Azure Source Holy Tower deployed its Centaur and Minotaur legions from the Space Fortress, while Saine’s force prepared to head north.
• Saine saw Demigod Maya greet him and Luna excitedly wave, her wind chimes still the gift he had given her years earlier.

Saine led Azure Source Holy Tower’s forces into the war on Biranssen Wilderness World, backed by sea folk, centaurs, and the tower’s magicians. The Maya Tribe hoped to use Luna’s connection with Saine to secure benefits for their Centaur God, while Saine advanced north with a vast army.

• Maya urged Luna to help the Maya Tribe gain influence through her relationship with Saine, leaving Luna embarrassed.
• Saine departed with the Spiked Green Mushroom King after greeting Luna and Maya, and learned that Bixi remained asleep in Jewel Sea.
• Azure Source Holy Tower deployed its magicians, three Demigod-level Sea King Class creatures, and hundreds of thousands of sea folk to Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Saine learned that Lina wanted to join the war and that Bone Dragon Sanchez had reached demigod level.
• Saine led tens of thousands of Homeland Beings north with the Sea Folk Legion, Centaur Legion, and Azure Source Holy Tower’s main magician forces behind him.

Saine’s Azure Source Holy Tower Legion fought the Wild Gorilla Legion in Qinghao Forest, where a Demigod-level Silver Fir Tree had been killed and native creatures rallied against the invaders. After the battle delayed his advance for nearly a month, Saine ordered a devastating assault that destroyed the Wild Gorilla force and cleared the road toward Biran Forest.

• Saine found the dead Silver Fir Tree in Qinghao Forest and ordered his native legion to attack the Wild Gorilla Legion and its coerced armies.
• The native creatures fought fiercely, and tormented creatures hidden in the forest joined the battle against the Wild Gorillas.
• Saine urged Azure Source Holy Tower’s leaders, the Spiked Green Mushroom King, and Maya to eliminate the enemy quickly so the legion could reach Biran Forest.
• After the fighting held up the legion for nearly a month, several thousand magicians unleashed a forest-wide elemental bombardment, followed by charges led by the centaurs and Minotaurs.
• The Qinghao Forest Battle ended after a month and a half, and Saine’s forces cleared the way toward Biran Forest.

After winning the Qinghao Forest battle, Saine led the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion north to Biran Forest, where his mentor Luluenman fought foreign gods. Lina arrived in Biranssen Wilderness World with tens of thousands of Undead Legion soldiers, and she and Saine reunited as powerful battles shook the forest.

• Saine led the Azure Source Holy Tower forces north after defeating the enemy at Qinghao Forest, and he allowed the Spiked Green Mushroom King’s native volunteers to join without pay.
• Saine reached the edge of Biran Forest three months later, where Luluenman and Gagaru were fighting foreign gods in the forest’s heart.
• Lina crossed from the Wizard World through the Netherworld relay and arrived with tens of thousands of Undead Legion soldiers, including the Demigod-level Bone Dragon Sanchez.
• Saine welcomed Lina, while Sanchez’s attempted roar was silenced by a violent shockwave from Biran Forest and the Undead prepared for combat.

Saine reunited with Lina on the battlefield, prompting Nataya to confront her and the two women to leave and settle matters privately. As Lina and Nataya fought behind a magical barrier, Saine told Bone Dragon Sanchez that they were on a Low-Level Plane battlefield and that a Medium Plane battlefield was approaching.

• Lina arrived with Bone Dragon Sanchez's elite Undead Creature legion, including a powerful Level-2 Death Knight and its White Bone Warhorse.
• Nataya flew between Saine and Lina, then agreed to go with Lina to talk privately.
• Lina and Nataya flew to an open area west of the Azure Source Holy Tower's temporary fortress, where Lina raised a pale black elemental barrier.
• Fierce explosions and power tremors came from inside the barrier as Saine watched from outside.
• Saine told Bone Dragon Sanchez they were on a Low-Level Plane battlefield and that the Medium Plane battlefield was not far away.

Saine pressured Bone Dragon Sanchez into staying with the Wizard World forces, while Lina defeated Nataya in their sparring match. With the assault on Biran Forest set for three days later, Saine and Lina discussed keeping her identity hidden and Fei'er joining the battle later.

• Sanchez tried to retreat from the coming war, but Saine warned that fleeing would cost it the Wizard World's favor and make it a target, so Sanchez stayed silent.
• Saine considered the strength of the Azure Flame Holy Tower and its forces as he prepared for the battles ahead.
• Lina defeated Nataya in their sparring match, and Saine gave both women Recovery Potions when they emerged injured.
• Lina told Saine that Fei'er had wanted to come, but she had postponed her arrival.
• Saine told Lina that the forces would launch a full-scale assault on Biran Forest in three days and that her hidden identity as a Black Magician would remain protected.

Saine’s forces advanced through Biran Forest as he and Lina discussed her precarious position in the Pale Bone Black Tower. When Gagaru cast a forbidden spell toward the forest’s center, Saine hurried his companions and troops to shelter beneath the Spiked Green Mushroom King.

• Saine commanded a large Plant Legion and Lina’s elite Undead Legion as they advanced along the flank of the Biran Forest battlefield.
• Lina told Saine that the Pale Bone Black Tower’s master had noticed her ability to contact the outside world, while Saine worried about her safety.
• A crimson meteor descended toward the center of Biran Forest, and Saine suspected that his senior uncle Gagaru had cast a single-target forbidden spell.
• Saine took Lina, Nataya, and the others toward the abdomen of the Spiked Green Mushroom King and ordered nearby Undead Creatures and Plant Element Beings to take cover.