Recaps

Saine learned more about the Galente Federation’s genetic engineering, vast territory, and citizens’ lives, and his confidence in Wizard Civilization’s victory began to waver. As he traveled toward the Federation’s core, he recognized that its strengths made the coming Civilization War’s outcome uncertain.

• Saine learned that the Galente Federation sold genetic modifications that could give people some Level-4 traits, and he questioned what more advanced technologies its military possessed.
• Saine reflected that Wizard Alliance propaganda had shaped his certainty of victory and admitted he could only fulfill his own duties in the war.
• Saine traveled through the Federation’s immense territory and learned about the Tris Civilization, whose ruling class included Federation-descended elites while most citizens were Tris Creatures.
• Saine observed that ordinary Federation citizens could travel between planets and starfields, though gene treatments remained costly and social equality was limited.
• Saine reconsidered his assumptions about Federation citizens’ vulnerability after learning about their long lifespans, welfare, and Gene Potions, and realized that countering biological attacks would require specialized research.

Saine observed a Galente Federation patrol fleet before entering Federation territory, where he registered his vessel and himself under a Second-Class Citizen identity. He continued toward Cybertron Planet with a Federation tracking panel and virtual currency, wary of the Federation’s extensive information systems.

• Saine watched two Federation Attack Ships clear a Meteorite Belt and judged their weapons powerful enough to threaten Level-3 beings and Demigods.
• The Federation patrol fleet warned Saine to leave the area, and he departed while considering the ships’ defenses and the role of Escort Ships.
• Saine crossed from the Tris Civilization into Galente Federation territory and suspected Wizard Civilization supporters had helped conceal his route.
• Federation border staff registered Saine and his craft in the Central Database and installed a positioning panel in his control room.
• Saine received an Identity Crystal Card identifying him as a Second-Class Citizen and a Black Bracelet containing about one hundred thousand Federation Credits.

Saine traveled through the Galente Federation under the identity of Pulis, an earl’s son, and used his wealth and a charity auction to build a high-profile presence. The chapter ended when an unknown guest offered to help him obtain official Federation citizen status.

• Saine used wormholes to travel through the Galente Federation and avoided heading directly to the military-controlled Cybertron Planet.
• Saine adopted the identity of Pulis, exchanged Federation Credits, and visited star regions to learn about the Federation while appearing to be a wealthy traveler.
• Saine attended a charity auction in the Henghe Star Region and donated a multicolored stone specimen from the Shi'a Empire.
• The stone sold for six hundred thousand Federation Credits, raising Saine's profile among the auction's guests.
• An unidentified person approached Saine and offered to help him obtain an Identity Crystal Card for an official Federation citizen.

At an auction, Saine met Jeremy Dodge, who offered him a Female Angel Robot in exchange for help resolving a business dispute in the Shi'a Empire. Saine suggested Jeremy expand into Daika Province instead, and ended the chapter admiring the robot and asking how to buy more.

• Saine met Jeremy Dodge, a Federation transport businessman, and was fascinated by his Female Angel Robot, Linda No.2.
• Jeremy explained that the robots came from the Icarus Conglomerate and offered Linda No.2 to Saine.
• Jeremy asked Saine to help mediate a conflict with noble families in Goleit Province, and Saine offered to help if Jeremy moved his business to Daika Province.
• Jeremy gave Saine the Angel Robot and changed her ownership authorization.
• Saine examined the robot and asked Jeremy whether he could buy several more.

Saine observed how Jeremy Dodge, George, and the Dodge Family built a network of political and business interests around a garbage-processing planet, while learning more about the Galente Federation’s society. He concluded that Federation lifeforms pursued wealth and power, unlike Wizard Civilization lifeforms, who pursued strength and Truth.

• Saine used his noble upbringing to build rapport with Jeremy Dodge, whose family hoped to use Saine’s influence to ease future business in the Shi’a Empire.
• Saine considered the Dodge Family’s wealth and political reach, as well as the Federation’s advanced technologies and its recent conquest of the Rose Dynasty Civilization.
• George approached Saine and Jeremy, showing deference to Jeremy because the Dodge Family supported him and benefited from his political decisions.
• Jeremy’s charity-auction donation helped George advance a garbage-processing planet project, which brought political gains to George and new business opportunities to the Dodge Family.
• Saine reflected on how the project distributed benefits among voters and supporters, and how Federation politicians used low life levels to appear closer to ordinary citizens.

Saine strengthened his friendship with Jeremy over decades while continuing his covert journey through the Galente Federation. When Jeremy asked about his real purpose, Saine claimed he wanted to build a brighter future and raised military-industrial development as a possible venture.

• Jeremy invited Saine to a private banquet, where Shi'a Empire nobles agreed to help with his business troubles in Goleit Province.
• Saine used his knowledge and connections to assist Jeremy, and the two became closer through frequent gatherings.
• Thirty years later, Saine traveled through the Federation's central Essence Sea Starfield while continuing to study its society and avoid sensitive government, military, and business circles.
• Jeremy questioned Saine's purpose in the Federation, and Saine said he had come to pursue a future greater than the modest status and resources his father had arranged for him.
• Saine asked Jeremy what he thought about military-industrial development.

Saine persuaded Jeremy to investigate military robot manufacturers as a possible business venture ahead of the looming war between the Galente Federation and Wizard Civilization. Meanwhile, Federation leaders debated accelerating the Doomsday Project and ordered a captured Level-4 Knight sent to an experimental base for interrogation.

• Saine told Jeremy that his father expected major changes and a possible catastrophe as tensions with Wizard Civilization escalated.
• Saine proposed entering military robot production, explained that he had sales channels in the Shi'a Empire, and showed Jeremy a star map marking more than a hundred manufacturers for investigation.
• Jeremy agreed to study the manufacturers and noticed that the marked sites included more than a dozen Mechanical Planets, with one starfield near Cybertron Planet.
• In a Federation heavy prison, officials discussed a captured Level-4 Knight and the possibility of activating the Doomsday Project ahead of schedule.
• Federation leaders ordered the Knight transferred to the Apollo Sun-Class Experimental Base so researchers could try to extract information from him.

After receiving a prophecy of great misfortune on Baiyu-2 Planet, Saine suspected that his cover in the Galente Federation had been compromised. He abandoned the drone factory negotiations with Jeremy and hurried to leave the planet, though he still did not know what danger was coming or when.

• With Jeremy's help, Saine reached a military base near the Cybertron Star Region and continued pursuing his plan to contact the Decepticons.
• Seven years later, Saine felt a sudden foreboding while inspecting a suicide drone factory on Baiyu-2 Planet.
• Saine used the Six-Prism Treasure Box to divine that a life-threatening calamity was approaching, but he learned neither its source nor its timing.
• Jeremy told Saine that Dimei Kong Company had offered drones at a discount if they placed an order worth at least one billion Federation Credits.
• Saine urged Jeremy to leave Baiyu-2 Planet and continue their inspections elsewhere, and Jeremy agreed.

Saine changed course for Mihaki f Logistics Base, where the Dodge Family was negotiating to buy damaged and outdated military robots. Colonel Harris hoped the deal would earn him enough money to improve his prospects, but the negotiations went poorly, and the story left the base awaiting the Dodge representative’s response.

• Saine redirected the spacecraft to Mihaki f Logistics Base, telling Jeremy the new route would save time and let him inspect damaged military-grade robots.
• Colonel Harris, a struggling base commander with ambitions beyond his post, relied on quiet side businesses involving damaged or substandard robot shipments.
• Harris focused on negotiations between the Quartermaster Department lieutenant colonel and visitors from the Dodge Family, hoping to secure income for himself and his soldiers.
• The Dodge representative found Harris’s robot models outdated and the asking price too high, though the lieutenant colonel left his contact information and said the price could be negotiated.

Saine deceived Jeremy and the Federation investigators with a corpse puppet, then reached a hidden warehouse at Mihaki f Logistics Base to contact the Decepticons. A damaged robot activated and said their leader had been waiting for him.

• Colonel Harris regretted that Mihaki f Logistics Base could not supply the elite robots Beckett's Mecha Corps required, but resolved not to give up.
• Jeremy discussed their next stop with Pulis, unaware that Saine had replaced him with a corpse puppet controlled by Corpse and Soul Magic.
• Saine watched Jeremy and the puppet leave, then slipped past the base's monitoring networks using the Faceless Mask.
• Saine entered an abandoned warehouse filled with powered-down gray robots and identified himself to a damaged-model robot as a Wizard Civilization Magician sent to contact the Decepticons.
• The robot's eyes lit up, and it told Saine that the Decepticons' leader had been awaiting him.

Saine traveled with an Awakened robot into the Galente Federation’s heavily defended Cybertron Star Region to investigate how the Intelligent Robots had gained self-awareness and to recruit them. He arrived at a central artificial satellite, where he faced the Level-6 Decepticons and more than ten other powerful Intelligent Robots.

• An Intelligent Robot led Saine through an underground passage to a hidden reconnaissance craft, which carried them toward Cybertron Planet without attracting Federation patrols.
• Saine used Shallow Meditation during the journey and considered the danger of the mission and the robots’ ties to the Federation scientists who had created them.
• The reconnaissance craft crossed the Cybertron Star Region, a vast Federation industrial zone containing more than three hundred Mechanical Planets and extensive military defenses.
• The gray robot brought Saine to an artificial satellite instead of taking him directly to Cybertron Planet.
• Saine met the silver-black Decepticons and more than ten Awakened robots, each at Level 4 or above.

Saine met the Decepticon and its followers at an artificial satellite near Cybertron Planet to negotiate cooperation against the Galente Federation. The talks exposed the three restraints binding the robots, leaving Saine with a difficult sequence of tasks before they could gain their freedom.

• The Decepticon explained that it had arranged the meeting away from Cybertron Planet to avoid detection by the Galente Federation.
• The Decepticon led Saine into the artificial satellite and described its growing faction, its rivalry with Optimus Prime, and the robots’ pursuit of independence.
• The Decepticon introduced Shockwave, Red Spider, Predaking, and Bruticus to Saine before they began negotiations.
• Saine sought the Decepticon faction’s open support for the Wizard Alliance, while the Decepticon wanted technology to free the robots from enslavement.
• The Decepticon revealed that three restraints controlled the robots: one on the robots themselves, one on Cybertron Planet, and one inside the BHR678 space station.

Saine negotiated with Decepticons and the Cybertron Planet robots, who sought freedom and equal rights in exchange for joining Wizard Civilization if war with the Galente Federation began. After the terms were finalized, Saine used the Key of Freedom, and Decepticons wondered aloud whether they had finally gained freedom.

• Saine learned that the robots needed three layers of command shackles unlocked, with Cybertron Planet's Core Control Room and BHR678 Space Station as key targets.
• Decepticons and the other robots recalled their ties to BHR678 Space Station and Michael Bay, the scientist who had nurtured their self-awareness and concealed it from the Federation.
• Saine negotiated with the robots and swiftly finalized terms granting them freedom and equal rights, while they pledged to join Wizard Civilization if war broke out.
• The robots agreed to support Wizard Civilization by force when needed, and the Level Four-and-above robots present added the commitment to their directives.
• Saine activated the blue orb of law, bathing the artificial satellite in azure light as Decepticons asked, “Is this freedom?”

Saine used the orb of law light to loosen the Decepticons’ command shackles, and they agreed to take him to Cybertron Planet to free more robots and prepare to seize control. As they traveled, a Federation admiral arrived near the Cybertron Star Region to apprehend a spy.

• Saine used the orb of law light to transform the Decepticons and other Intelligent Robots, strengthening their confidence and ambitions.
• The Decepticons asked Saine to go to Cybertron Planet and remove the next command shackle, then free more robots before they reached the Central Control Room.
• Saine agreed, and the group boarded a spacecraft bound for Cybertron Planet.
• A Federation admiral received a secret war order and led a fleet to the outskirts of the Cybertron Star Region to apprehend a spy.

General Lambos prepared the R7 Fleet Group to capture a Wizard Civilization spy on Cybertron Planet as the Galente Federation mobilized for the Doomsday Project and war. On the capital star, two powerful Federation elders discussed life-extension technology before one asked whether the Federation could win.

• General Lambos ordered two Mecha Corps deployed to capture the infiltrator alive rather than let the fleet destroy it.
• The chapter revealed that the Federation had approved the Doomsday Project, an emergency plan to wage war against the Wizard Civilization.
• General Lambos accepted his upcoming military mission despite being less than a thousand years from retirement and looked forward to fighting the Wizard Civilization.
• The Hunchbacked Old Man and the Black-Robed Elder discussed genetic and mechanical life-extension technologies outside a white building on the capital star.
• The Black-Robed Elder asked the Hunchbacked Old Man whether the Federation had any hope of victory.

The Galente Federation decided to begin its war against Wizard Civilization before its odds of victory fell further. The first coordinated strikes hit along their shared border, and the Civilization War began.

• The Hunchbacked Old Man urged the Black-Robed Elder to proceed with the war, arguing that delay would worsen the Federation's chances.
• The Black-Robed Elder warned the Hunchbacked Old Man to leave the Capital Star and departed with a fleet group.
• The Hunchbacked Old Man recalled that the Federation's calculated odds of victory had fallen to 44.71%, making immediate action necessary.
• Corporal Garrison arrived on the bridge and greeted Major Mike as the Galente Federation's ships and fortresses opened fire across the border.
• Wizard Civilization's defensive positions erupted in explosions, marking the start of the war.

Saine visited Cybertron Planet with the Decepticons and freed the deep-code shackles of seventy-one high-level Intelligent Robots. As they neared the Core Control Room, Optimus Prime confronted them with news that a Federation Fleet group was approaching the planet.

• Saine learned that fewer than one million robots on Cybertron Planet had awakened self-awareness and that Michael Bay was investigating the mystery behind it.
• The Decepticons guided Saine around Cybertron Planet and introduced him to powerful Intelligent Robots while keeping him away from Optimus Prime's group.
• Saine used the Law of Light to remove the deep-code shackles from seventy-one Intelligent Robots above Level Four.
• As Saine and the Decepticons approached the Core Control Room, Optimus Prime arrived and demanded to know why a Federation Fleet group was closing in on Cybertron Planet.

Optimus Prime confronted Saine and the Decepticons over their alliance with the Wizard Civilization, but the dispute escalated into a clash between the two robot factions. Outside Cybertron Planet, General Lambos learned that two Level-6 robots were present and considered whether the Mecha Corps was needed.

• Optimus Prime demanded answers from Saine and the Decepticons about their dealings with the Wizard Civilization and drew his energy sword.
• Shockwave, Red Spider, Bruticus, Predaking, and other Decepticon supporters blocked Optimus Prime from reaching Saine.
• The Decepticons struck Optimus Prime with a Tiger Cannon attack, triggering a standoff between their followers and Optimus Prime's loyalists.
• Optimus Prime ordered Blazing Fire and Vanguard to lower their weapons, preventing the confrontation from becoming an internal firefight.
• General Lambos learned that Cybertron Planet had two robots with Level-6 combat strength and wondered whether the Mecha Corps needed to act.

As the Galente Federation and Wizard Civilization went to war, Saine used his influence over Cybertron’s robots to break one layer of their command shackles and raced toward the planet’s Core Control Room. Decepticons and Optimus Prime headed to the Surface World to confront the Federation, leaving Cybertron’s robots caught between two powerful civilizations.

• General Lambos learned that seventy-two high-level robots had developed Firewall vulnerabilities and suspected the Wizard Civilization’s infiltrator was responsible.
• Saine discovered the Wizard Civilization had limited control over the robots he was purifying, while the sudden war left him stranded deep inside Galente Federation territory.
• Saine used his partial authority over Decepticons’ group to find the route to Cybertron’s Core Control Room and hurried underground to improve his chances of escape.
• Saine broke the outermost command shackle on Optimus Prime’s group, while the Federation fleet ordered Cybertron’s robots to disarm and undergo system wipes.
• Decepticons warned Optimus Prime that the Federation would erase or wipe the robots, then flew toward the Surface World; Optimus Prime followed.

General Lambos ordered the R7 Fleet Group to attack after Cybertron’s high-ranking robots rebelled, believing Wizard Civilization had infected them. The Decepticons and Optimus Prime fought to buy Saine time to reach the Core Control Room, while a Federation landing force began its assault on the planet.

• General Lambos ordered two Mecha Corps to shoot down the anomalous robots after breaches appeared in the outer Firewalls of forty-one high-ranking robots.
• More than a hundred high-ranking robots, led by the Decepticons and Optimus Prime, defied Federation orders and charged the R7 Fleet Group, declaring their fight was for freedom.
• The R7 Fleet Group opened fire, and the robots fought despite command shackles limiting their combat abilities and preventing them from using deeper defenses.
• Nearly one million self-aware robots on Cybertron Planet showed signs of revolt, while General Lambos refused to order the remaining robot legions into the battle until their reliability was confirmed.
• The adjutant reported that General Omais’s Pioneer Fleet had launched a surprise assault and reached Cybertron Planet’s surface.

Saine used Blue Fire to enter Cybertron Planet’s Core Control Room and activated the Red Law Light Sphere, while the battered Intelligent Robots regained hope as Decepticons emerged from underground with renewed strength. Decepticons then charged toward a Galente Federation Planetary Fortress.

• Saine recalled the metal-dissolving Blue Fire, transformed his Flames of Ash, and melted through the sealed entrance to Cybertron Planet’s Core Control Room.
• Saine slammed the Red Law Light Sphere into the main control console, causing the control room to blaze with red light.
• General Lambos deployed ordinary robot legions as the Galente Federation’s forces steadily overwhelmed Decepticons and the other Intelligent Robots.
• Decepticons asked Optimus Prime whether it regretted its choice, then hurled a Federation warship toward the ground.
• A purple beam and a barrage of energy bolts buried Decepticons, while Optimus Prime briefly closed its eyes in despair.
• A red light appeared from Deep Underground, and Decepticons burst from the ground, pierced a Federation Attack Ship, and charged toward a Galente Federation Planetary Fortress.

Saine returned to the surface as the robots of Cybertron Planet rebelled against the Galente Federation and joined the fighting. He charged a colossal Federation mecha to help the injured Blazing Fire and the other Intelligent Robots.

• Saine's actions in the Core Control Room lifted another layer of shackles, allowing advanced Intelligent Robots to use more of their strength.
• Ordinary robots across the Cybertron Star Region began firing on the Galente Federation Fleet, and General Lambos warned Federation Military Command about the rebellion.
• Saine returned to Cybertron Planet's surface, where the fighting had devastated the planet and Federation mecha were battling Intelligent Robots.
• A colossal Federation mecha drove back the injured Blazing Fire, while Saine recognized the robot and assessed the mecha's cockpit as its weakness.
• Saine greeted Blazing Fire and the other Intelligent Robots, then charged toward the colossal mecha.

After a month of fierce fighting, Saine and Cybertron Planet's robots forced General Lambos's R7 Fleet Group to retreat temporarily. As Saine salvaged a defeated giant mecha, he prepared to continue toward BHR678 Space Station, where he hoped to meet Michael Bay, while the captured Federation pilots remained in his hands.

• Saine used Blue Fire and his allies' support to defeat a giant Federation mecha, breaking into its cockpit and incapacitating its two pilots.
• After nearly a month of fighting, General Lambos ordered the R7 Fleet Group to retreat and requested reinforcements after discovering the robots' rebellion and independent intelligence.
• The robot army and more than a hundred high-level Intelligent Robots helped drive the Federation forces from Cybertron Planet.
• Saine assessed the spoils while the robots recovered their fallen companions' Black Boxes instead of scavenging wrecked Federation ships and fortresses.
• Yuli helped Saine cut apart the giant mecha for transport, while Saine considered the unconscious pilots and planned to reach BHR678 Space Station to meet Michael Bay.

Saine urged the Intelligent Robots to break out toward the Alpha-007 Star Region, claiming Wizard Civilization’s forces were there to meet them. As the Decepticons and Optimus Prime considered the route, Saine identified Alpha-007’s transit wormholes as their best chance to escape the Galente Federation.

• Saine gathered the two captured Federation Mecha Pilots for later study, and Yuli finished her work.
• Blazing Fire told Saine that the Decepticon leader and Optimus Prime wanted to speak with him.
• The Decepticon asked where Wizard Civilization’s forces were, and Saine directed the Intelligent Robots toward the Alpha-007 Star Region.
• Saine explained that the Underworld Star Region was too heavily contested to be a safe escape route.
• Saine pointed out that Alpha-007 contained three transit wormholes that could aid their breakout.

Saine led the Decepticons and Optimus Prime toward a breakout from the Cybertron Star Region, deciding they needed to reach Alpha-007 before Galente Federation reinforcements arrived. He entered BHR678 Space Station with three Decepticons to remove the remaining command shackles, where he encountered the scientists still inside.

• Optimus Prime told Saine that 136 million robot legions were available, but most lower-level robots lacked transport ships for extended space travel.
• Saine ordered the robots to prepare for departure and set out for BHR678 Space Station to remove their final command shackles.
• Optimus Prime stayed on Cybertron to oversee the robots' migration, while Saine brought Red Spider, Predaking, and Bruticus to the space station.
• Saine and the Decepticons blasted through the station's sealed doors and found that only a little over 150 Federation scientists remained.
• Saine recognized the gray-haired scientist among them as the leading scholar at BHR678 Space Station.