Recaps

Saine returned to the Wizard World and learned that his father-in-law, Wilson, had died and his wife, Nataya, was near death after joining a war. He left Ash Holy Tower immediately to visit her at Azure Source Holy Tower.

• Saine returned to Ash Holy Tower as the Regional Holy Tower Academy War was about to begin.
• Saine summoned Meili and listened to her report on the Holy Tower's affairs.
• Meili told Saine that Wilson had died in the fighting near the Feilan Demiplane and Nataya had fallen into a near-death coma after joining the campaign.
• Saine asked where Nataya was and learned that his mentor was treating her at Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine left for Azure Source Holy Tower without delay.

Saine rushed to the Azure Source Holy Tower and learned that Nataya’s body had been restored, but her soul remained severely damaged and her consciousness was still slumbering. Lulianman had kept her alive with a Golden Apple Potion, though whether Nataya could awaken—and what memories she might lose—remained uncertain.

• Saine learned that the Eye Demon Great World's rebellion had devastated the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall and left Nataya near death.
• Saine sensed Tourmaline sleeping near the Azure Source Holy Tower but hurried inside to find Lulianman and Nataya.
• Lulianman told Saine that she had used a Golden Apple Potion to restore Nataya's body and preserve her Life Source Power.
• Lulianman explained that Nataya's soul was incomplete, her consciousness remained slumbering, and she could not be awakened.
• Saine realized that even if Nataya awoke, her damaged soul might leave her with missing memories.

Saine brought Nataya's crystal coffin home and promised Xia Ya that he would find a way to awaken her. He also told Lulianman that the Alliance would reward him with a Golden Apple, which he planned to give her to make into potions.

• Saine asked Lulianman how to awaken Nataya, and she explained that carefully controlled physical or spiritual stimulation might rouse her weakened soul.
• Xia Ya and Red Scales joined Saine and Lulianman in the laboratory, where Xia Ya wept beside Nataya's crystal coffin.
• Saine lifted the coffin and said he would take Nataya home and seek help from experts in soul studies.
• Lulianman told Saine that Grandmaster Cuilisi was at the front line and Gagaru was handling supplies and allied legions in Wizard Civilization's heartland.
• Lulianman noticed Saine's wounds and offered to treat him, but Saine said they were minor and mentioned his upcoming Golden Apple reward.
• Lulianman realized Saine intended to give her the Golden Apple so she could make it into potions and stared at him in astonishment.

After returning to the Ash Holy Tower with Nataya, Saine considered how to restore her soul and decided to contact the Ghost Crow King and seek Undead Magicians. While awaiting a response, he received substantial war proceeds for his service in recent battles.

• Saine placed Nataya's crystal coffin in his Ash Holy Tower and considered seeking help from Black Magicians, Undead Magicians, and the Ghost Crow King to restore her soul.
• Saine decided to contact the Ghost Crow King and post a commission for Level-4-and-above Undead Element Grand Magicians in the Mamet United Alliance.
• Saine received his war proceeds from Soli, a Level-4 Knight from the Western Islands, including twenty million Magic Coins, five Star Cores, and half of a giant mecha wreck.
• Saine learned that the Wizard Alliance had also awarded him a share of the Ferramo World war profits for persuading the Huya people to defect.

Saine received five Star Cores and learned about the Huya people and Knight Mane before ordering more investment in Ash Holy Tower. He also rewarded Meili and urged her to continue advancing her cultivation.

• Saine received five Star Cores from the Jahana Kingdom knights and considered using them to strengthen his Magic Staff and Ash Holy Tower.
• Soli told Saine that the Huya people were recovering in a Low-Level Plane and that Knight Mane had entered seclusion to attempt Rank Five.
• Saine ordered Meili to add Star Cores to the compensation offered to Undead Magicians above Rank Four.
• Saine told Meili to invest more of the Wizard Alliance's Magic Coins and the Holy Tower's profits into Ash Holy Tower's construction.
• Saine gave Meili thirty thousand Magic Coins and experimental materials as personal support, and encouraged her to continue her cultivation.

At Sky City, Wizard World leaders debated how to deepen their trap for the Galente Federation in the Underworld Star Region and assigned Danielle to lead a probing attack. They also discussed Saine’s Magic Cube and decided to send it to the Light of Wisdom for study, while Danielle warned Befu that the Minghe Empire seemed unusual.

• Befu and the gathered leaders considered whether to tighten their encirclement of the Galente Federation, and Befu proposed deepening the trap in the Underworld Star Region.
• Danielle volunteered to lead a probing attack intended to provoke the Galente Federation into sending reinforcements.
• The meeting discussed Saine’s Magic Cube, and Befu ordered it sent to Master Douglas so the Light of Wisdom could examine its capabilities.
• After the meeting, Danielle privately told Befu that something seemed off with the Minghe Empire civilization.

Danielle reported that the Light Dimension Country Civilization had twice sought an alliance against Minghe Empire, prompting Wizard Civilization’s leaders to consider cooperation while weighing threats and the ongoing war with the Galente Federation. Befu supported discussing the alliance at a high-level meeting, and the chapter ended with her reflecting on Wizard Civilization’s future and the next generation of leaders.

• Danielle told Wizard Civilization’s leaders that the Light Dimension Country Civilization had twice proposed a cooperative front against Minghe Empire and warned that the war with the Galente Federation might not follow its expected timeline.
• Befu and Danielle discussed unusual movements near Minghe Empire and agreed that Wizard Civilization should consider cooperation with the Light Dimension Country Civilization while remaining vigilant.
• Befu said the alliance could be raised at the next high-level meeting and stressed the need to advance the war against the Galente Federation quickly.
• Danielle regretted that Immortal Domain Civilization could not join the war, while Befu explained that its internal divisions made its potential intervention uncertain.
• Danielle praised Befu’s leadership, and Befu credited her fellow leaders and expressed hope that Wizard Civilization’s successors would uphold its prosperity.

Saine inspected Ash Holy Tower and reviewed its forces as Wizard Civilization’s war with the Galente Federation continued. The Light of Wisdom began testing Saine’s Magic Cube to see whether it could be strengthened for the war.

• The Light of Wisdom received the Magic Cube from the Wizard Alliance and began trying to activate and strengthen it after the Source of Fire encouraged it.
• Saine visited Ash Holy Tower in disguise and observed apprentices discussing the Civilization War and imagining their future battlefield roles.
• Saine reflected on the dangers of war and the contrast between the apprentices’ excitement and the seasoned magicians’ caution.
• Saine heard Wojin and the Dark Elf Queen report that Ash Holy Tower could mobilize more than two thousand Formal Magicians, roughly two million elite slave creatures, and nearly five hundred thousand Dark Beings.
• Saine learned that a mixed-blood Sub-Dragon clan carrying Abyss Demon Dragon blood had migrated into the Land of Ashes.

Saine accepted Dark Elf Queen You Yue'er’s argument that the Dark Beings of the Land of Ashes could serve Wizard Civilization during the war, and put her in charge of their legions. Afterward, Saine and You Yue'er became intimate, leaving him calmer and revealing that she was still a virgin.

• You Yue'er argued that the Dark Beings should be allowed to contribute to the Civilization War instead of Saine worrying about others’ suspicions.
• Saine agreed to place the Dark Being legions under You Yue'er’s management and encouraged her to recruit more Underground World forces.
• You Yue'er said the Dark Elf Race could supply up to one hundred Abyss Subdragons as mounts.
• Saine recognized You Yue'er’s ability, confirmed her name, and later became intimate with her.
• Saine noticed the dark red blood and realized You Yue'er had been a virgin.

After returning to the Wizard World, Saine received his Golden Apple and the components for Yuli’s new Constructed Magic Puppet, then reconnected with Lina, who had advanced to Level 4 in the Black Domain. Twenty years later, while Saine conducted a body-tempering experiment with Xia Ya, he learned that the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall had returned to the Wizard World to rest and reorganize.

• Saine sent his Golden Apple to Luluenman at the Azure Source Holy Tower to be refined into potions.
• Saine received the advanced magic puppet components he had ordered, and the City of Steel, Sky City, and Kapeiqi contributed to building Yuli’s new Constructed Magic Puppet.
• Lina contacted Saine from the Black Domain, told him she had advanced to Level 4, and confided in him about her plans to establish a Black Tower.
• Saine and Lina shared news of their lives, comforted each other, and discussed Rose’s absence and the Pale Bone Black Tower’s upcoming mission.
• Twenty years later, Saine conducted a body-tempering experiment with Xia Ya and had Little Fox Girl assist him.
• Saine received a message that the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall had withdrawn to the Wizard World for rest and reorganization.

Saine reunited with Lunna after her return from the war, treated her injuries, and heard how the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall had fought the Eye Demon Great World near the Feilan Demiplane. After learning the extent of their losses and Nataya's apparent death, Saine considered taking the Ash Holy Tower Legion to that front to fight the Eye Demons.

• Saine met the thin, battle-worn Lunna at Ash Holy Tower and asked her to explain the frontline situation.
• Saine treated Lunna's minor wounds while she described the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall's devastating casualties and its successful defense near the Feilan Demiplane.
• Lunna told Saine that several Level-4 Eye Demons had turned their legions against the knights and that the fighting targeted the Eye Demon Great World and its vassals, not the Galente Federation.
• Saine considered applying to deploy the Ash Holy Tower Legion to the Eye Demon battlefield to avenge the losses suffered by Lunna and Nataya's family.

Saine tended to Lunna’s injuries, and the two became intimate before Xia Ya arrived at the Azure Source Holy Tower and fled after hearing them. Later, Saine oversaw Yuli assembling a transforming magic puppet in the Ash Holy Tower and received a mission reward from a Sky City envoy.

• Saine treated Lunna’s injuries, and they became intimate in the Holy Tower.
• Xia Ya arrived looking for Lunna to ask about the Feilan Demiplane front, heard Saine and Lunna, and hurried away.
• Saine observed Yuli assembling a nearly two-hundred-meter magic puppet made with flexible metal and fitted with elemental cannons.
• Bosh, a Level-4 Magician from Sky City, delivered Saine a dark cubic Magic Cube as the Alliance’s reward for his contributions to the Civilization War.

Saine examined the transformed Magic Cube, discovered it had become a World-Class Secret Treasure, and used it to improve Yuli's new Constructed Magic Puppet. After Yuli advanced to Level 4, she tested the still-unfinished puppet and named it Flame Mark.

• Saine found that the returned Magic Cube had changed and confirmed with the Faceless Mask that it had become a World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Saine ordered the Magic Cube to analyze Yuli's Constructed Magic Puppet, then decided to remake several of its components according to the Cube's upgrade plans.
• Yuli emerged from cultivation as a Level-4 lifeform with Mental Strength of one hundred thousand points, and Saine chose not to reinforce his soul control over her.
• Saine sent Yuli to test her partially assembled magic puppet in Ash Holy Tower's training chamber.
• Yuli displayed mid-Level-4 Combat Power with the puppet and named it Flame Mark.

Saine and Yuli completed the Flame Mark Constructed Magic Puppet, and Saine used the Magic Cube to grant it intelligence. After Yuli tested Flame Mark’s combat abilities, Saine traveled to Flame Worm World to inspect one of his slave-creature-producing planes.

• Saine discovered that the Magic Cube could repair Yuli’s Constructed Magic Puppets, and Yuli finished painting Flame Mark.
• Saine used the Magic Cube to grant Flame Mark intelligence, and the puppet activated and showed affection toward Saine and Yuli.
• Yuli entered Flame Mark’s cockpit and tested its weapons and movement, demonstrating their strong compatibility.
• Saine considered visiting the Intelligent Robots on Cybertron Planet but went to Flame Worm World instead.
• Saine observed that the native creatures of Flame Worm World had adapted to Wizard Civilization’s rule.

Saine shared a Molten Steel Tyrant scale with Green to help him develop Flame Insects able to withstand the Galente Federation’s firepower, then departed for the plane where the Cybertron robots were settled. Meanwhile, Wizard Civilization launched a major offensive in the Underworld Star Region, prompting Marshal Gankanuoqi to request reinforcements.

• Saine met Green on Flame Worm World, where Green explained his efforts to strengthen his Flame Insect slave creatures against Federation weapons.
• Saine gave Green a Molten Steel Tyrant scale and offered to share it in exchange for a portion of any successful research results.
• Green asked about the frontlines, and Saine warned him that the Galente Federation Army was stronger than Wizard Civilization had previously claimed.
• Saine left Flame Worm World for the plane where Megatron and the other Intelligent Robots were stationed as Wizard Civilization began a broad assault in the Underworld Star Region.
• Marshal Gankanuoqi read a report of Dragon Mother Danielle’s attack and ordered the rear to send reinforcements.

Saine visited the Intelligent Robots, who were rebuilding their community in Wizard Civilization, and discussed the prospect of returning to Cybertron Planet with Megatron. He presented the upgraded Magic Cube, which could give ordinary robots intelligence and help increase their population.

• Saine's threat ranking among Wizard Civilization beings was listed as 23,107th after his appearances proved he had escaped the Galente Federation Star Region.
• Saine visited the Intelligent Robots' resource Demiplanes, where Megatron said they would rebuild Cybertron Planet only after fighting their way back to the Cybertron Star Region.
• Saine learned that the robots had expanded their production lines and revived some of their number, but could not manufacture Level-4 robots, leaving only thirty-two high-level Intelligent Robots.
• Saine showed Optimus Prime, Megatron, and the others the upgraded Magic Cube, which could grant intelligence to ordinary robots more efficiently.
• Saine recognized Shockwave, Red Spider, Bruticus, Blazing Fire, Vanguard, and Jin Tieshou among the robots who had reached Wizard Civilization.

Saine used the transformed Magic Cube to awaken fifty thousand robots and discovered it could also analyze robot designs and injuries. After helping Megatron and the others, he left with plans to restore and further develop the Cube while maintaining his alliance with the Intelligent Robots.

• Saine activated the Magic Cube and awakened intelligence in roughly fifty thousand robots before it ran out of energy.
• Saine explained that the Cube needed time to recover its Source Law Power, and Megatron asked when it could be replenished.
• Saine revealed that the Cube could analyze robot structures, record blueprints, and potentially help establish robot production lines.
• Optimus Prime cared for the newly awakened robots while Megatron led Saine to examine injured high-level Intelligent Robots.
• Saine used the Cube to analyze and help repair the high-level robots, but learned it could not control Intelligent Robots above Rank Four.
• Saine resolved to keep building his relationship with the robots and continue improving the Magic Cube through technological and alchemical methods.

Saine visited the Intelligent Robots and the Huya people as the Wizard Civilization’s war with the Galente Federation escalated. After returning to the Wizard World, he requested permission to lead the Ash Holy Tower Legion to the Eye Demon Great World battlefield.

• Saine offered Optimus Prime and Megatron the captured Federation scientists, and the robot leaders accepted his offer.
• An Alliance message reported that the Wizard Civilization had launched an assault on the Underworld Star Region as fighting spread across other fronts, forcing Saine to prepare to return.
• Saine visited the Huya people, whose forces included one Level-5 powerhouse, five Level-4 powerhouses, and a Combat Legion of roughly three million.
• The Huya King asked Saine to take his two daughters with him, and Saine said he would try to arrange for the Huya people to fight near his war zone.
• Saine learned that Pinas had received a combat deployment order, then applied to lead the Ash Holy Tower Legion to the front lines.
• Saine requested deployment to the battlefield around the Eye Demon Great World.

Saine upgraded his Magic Staff while preparing for war, then received orders to capture the Radiant Arc Plane and eliminate Wizard Civilization’s traitors. He mobilized Ash Holy Tower’s forces and collected Golden Apple Potions from Lulianman before departing.

• Saine uploaded his Decomposed Blue Fire Profundity to the Arcane Light and received a large reward.
• Saine replaced the Fire Cricket God’s divinity in his Magic Staff with a fire-element Low-Level Plane Star Core and refined the staff’s elemental patterns.
• About twenty years after applying for deployment, Saine received orders to capture the Radiant Arc Plane and eliminate its traitors.
• Saine gathered Ash Holy Tower’s combat magicians and slave creature legions at Ash Fortress beyond the plane.
• Saine visited Azure Source Holy Tower, said farewell to Lulianman, and took six of the thirteen Golden Apple Potions she had made.

Saine left the Wizard World with the Ash Fortress and his forces to join the battle at the Radiant Arc Plane, leaving Tourmaline in Lulianman’s care. The chapter ended with Wizard forces attacking the plane’s remaining stellar defenses and fighting inside the world.

• Saine gave his remaining Golden Apple Potions to Lulianman to hold and left Tourmaline in her care before departing for the front.
• Lulianman planned to use Saine’s Star Core to improve her World Laboratory and try cultivating another Golden Apple.
• Saine led several thousand battle mages and more than two million slave creatures aboard the Ash Fortress toward the Radiant Arc Plane.
• Tourmaline woke to find Saine gone and decided to ask her elder sister Bai Xing for permission to join the war.
• The Wizard Civilization Legion attacked the Radiation Arc World’s remaining stellar rings as fighting spread inside the plane.

Saine arrived at Radiation Arc World with the Ash Holy Tower Legion and prepared to take the offensive against its radiation-enhanced defenders. As Yuli revealed her Level-4 combat power, Saine gathered immense fire-element energy to attack the plane’s laws directly.

• Saine learned that Wizard World had four Level-4 combatants facing three remaining hostile Level-4 lifeforms, after Baron had slain a Peak Eye Demon and broken through the outer planar ring.
• Saine divided his forces, sending half to assist with the stellar rings while the rest entered Radiation Arc World with him.
• Knight Tex greeted Saine and warned that the plane’s radiation weakened Wizard World’s forces and that Eye Demon reinforcements might arrive.
• Saine rejected delaying the assault, and Yuli flew from Ash Fortress in her Flame Mark Constructed Magic Puppet, adding another Level-4 combatant.
• Saine gathered powerful fire-element energy at his Magic Staff’s tip and aimed toward the plane’s center to alter and destroy its environmental laws.

Saine arrived at Radiation Arc World and ordered a full-scale offensive, quickly drawing the attention of its defenders and the Alliance gods fighting there. As two exhausted Level-4 radiation creatures confronted him, a powerful Eye Demon remained in reserve.

• Saine used his Magic Staff and Faceless Mask to locate a key Plane Node and unleash a forbidden-spell-grade attack toward Radiation Arc World’s core.
• The Snow Silkworm and Level-4 Lizard Elder recognized Saine as a formidable replacement for Master Baron and watched the battle from another front.
• Saine rejected Tex’s cautious approach and ordered a fierce full-scale assault across the surrounding fronts.
• Radiation Arc World’s two Homeland Level-4 radiation creatures called for reinforcements from Eye Demon Great World and moved to face Saine despite their exhaustion.
• A hostile Eye Demon with deep red pupils held its position while the two radiation creatures engaged Saine.

Saine led a massive allied force in a full assault on the Radiant Arc Plane, using a forbidden spell to tear through the world and its defenses. After turning a Level-4 Eye Demon's ambush back against the enemy, he split the plane's innermost star ring, leaving an allied god astonished by his power.

• Yuli and Tex intercepted two Level-4 radiation creatures as Saine's fortress released its armies, including Maya and Luna's centaur legion, Ash Holy Tower magicians, and Grant Family knights.
• Lunna joined the battle with Xia Ya, while Saine continued to hope he could eventually awaken Nataya.
• Saine fired a forbidden spell into a Plane Node, opening a vast rift and reducing radiation particles across the Radiant Arc Plane by one-third.
• A Level-4 Eye Demon attacked Saine with a crimson beam, but the Faceless Mask reflected it into the enemy homeland creature legion.
• Saine swept his beam across the sky and cut the plane's innermost star ring in half, astonishing Ice Crystal Silkworm with his Level-5-comparable combat power.

Saine struck Radiation Arc World’s core and brought down one of its star rings, causing the plane’s radiation to decline as it empowered two Level-4 defenders in a final flare. He pursued the Level-4 Eye Demon that had attacked him, determined to kill it despite the danger to his allies.

• Saine unleashed forbidden-spell-level magic and sent the innermost star ring crashing toward Radiation Arc World, then flew toward the Level-4 Eye Demon that had fired at him.
• Knight Tex ordered the two Alliance Gods to support Saine as radiation beams from metal towers targeted him.
• Radiation Arc World poured Plane Source Power into two Level-4 radiation creatures, boosting their strength as the plane’s radiation concentration fell further.
• Knight Tex began struggling against the empowered defenders, while Yuli remained in no immediate danger.
• Saine locked onto the fleeing Level-4 Eye Demon and continued pursuing it, seeking vengeance for the Eye Demons’ attacks on Wizard World forces and Nataya.

Saine pursued a Level-4 Eye Demon through the enemy ranks for two months, devastating the low-level legions before the Eye Demon trapped him in a vast Law Formation Diagram. As the formation unleashed a barrage of attacks, Tex moved to rescue Saine, but Yuli blocked him and said everything was within Master's calculations.

• Saine chased the Level-4 Eye Demon through the hostile legions, killing countless Radiation Arc World creatures and ordinary Eye Demons with his Flame Storms.
• After two months, the Level-4 Eye Demon stopped fleeing, and Saine and the Eye Demon replenished their energy before attacking each other.
• The Eye Demon summoned a Law Formation Diagram powered by more than a hundred thousand Eye Demons, trapping Saine beneath a rain of attacks.
• Tex tried to leave his fight and rescue Saine, but Yuli blocked him and said everything was within Master's calculations.