Recaps

Karl and the Blue Star people prepared to resist the incoming Kryptonian Legion without turning the conflict into a fight to the death, hoping to negotiate peaceful integration. Outside Blue Star, Saine offered to clear the planet’s outer defenses for Kalazo, who doubted he could do so in one attack.

• The Blue Star commander worried that the planet could not withstand the full force of the Kryptonian Legion, and Karl promised to hold back his uncle while asking the Blue Star forces to avoid needless bloodshed.
• Karl explained that he wanted the coming battle to pave the way for integration negotiations rather than become a fight to the death.
• Saine surveyed Blue Star’s sparse outer defensive line and offered to clear its metal defenses with large-scale magic.
• Kalazo accepted Saine’s offer but privately doubted that the Level-5 Magician could destroy the entire defensive line at once.

Saine used Blue Fire magic to break through Blue Star’s outer defenses, giving Kalazo’s Kryptonian Legion an opening to attack. As Kalazo and Karl fought over the Kryptonians’ future, Karl argued that they could reach a peaceful agreement with the Blue Star people.

• Saine summoned blue flaming meteors that pierced Blue Star’s energy shield and set its outer defensive line ablaze.
• Kalazo ordered hundreds of thousands of Kryptonian Legion soldiers to advance while Kram stayed behind to protect Saine.
• Saine remained out of the fighting as the Kryptonian Legion attacked the burning Blue Star Frontline.
• Kalazo attacked Karl and condemned him for turning against their people despite inheriting his father’s Red Cloak.
• Karl dodged Kalazo’s attacks and argued that the Kryptonians could communicate with the Blue Star people and achieve a win-win outcome.

Saine observed the Kryptonian Remnants’ assault on Blue Star Civilization, learning about Karl’s and Kalazo’s differences and the Kryptonians’ fighting methods. As Kram joined the battle, Saine headed toward a Demigod-level battlefield to help.

• The chapter described how Kryptonians relied on frozen embryos to reproduce and how Kalazo’s memories of Krypton’s destruction made him more hostile toward the Galente Federation than Karl.
• Karl and Kalazo continued their battle away from the main front, while the elderly Level-5 Kryptonian Drew stayed behind to guard the Kryptonian base.
• Kram explained that Misoli had been Karl’s best friend and that she was circling the battle between Karl and Kalazo because she cared about one of them.
• Saine told Kram she would join the fighting soon, then observed Kryptonian rays and their battle attire before heading to a Demigod-level battlefield.
• Saine saw a wounded Demigod-level Kryptonian warrior remain in combat after Blue Star energy shells had destroyed a third of his body.

Saine rescued wounded Kryptonians and Blue Star creatures on the battlefield while studying their bodies and technology. He discovered a gray crystal used by the Blue Star people as an energy source, but could not determine its properties, and planned to report his findings to the Wizard Civilization.

• Saine treated a wounded Demigod-level Kryptonian warrior and sent Yuli in Flame Mark to drive off the Blue Star forces that had injured him.
• Saine rescued other Kryptonians, earning goodwill from warriors who had watched him help them on the battlefield.
• Saine also saved some Blue Star creatures and studied their water-based bodies and technological weapons.
• Saine found a small gray crystal in the wreckage of a Light Water Particle Cannon and recognized it as an Inert Crystal.
• Saine named the crystal Gray Crystal, but Flame Mark felt nothing unusual from it and Saine could not uncover its hidden properties.
• Saine decided to report his observations about the Blue Star creatures, Kryptonians, and Inert Crystals to the Wizard Civilization.

The Kryptonian Legion crushed Blue Star’s defenses and advanced toward its four inhabited planets while Saine offered Kalazo support and supplies. At Blue Star’s capital, the divided leadership considered surrendering two planets, and the Legion Commander asked Karl what he thought of the proposal.

• The Kryptonian Legion broke through Blue Star’s outer defenses and pushed toward the civilization’s planets and resource demiplanes.
• Saine watched Karl retreat with Blue Star’s forces and remarked to Yuli that Karl’s position was exhausting.
• Kalazo told Saine that the Kryptonians expected to occupy the planets within two years and asked for further help.
• Saine agreed to assist the Kryptonians and gave Kalazo Wizard World magic potions, thanking him for accepting the aid.
• Blue Star’s leaders split between continuing the war and offering the Kryptonians two of their four planets.
• The Blue Star Legion Commander asked Karl what he thought of the proposed territorial division.

Blue Star’s leaders debated whether to yield two Life Planets to the Kryptonians and began seeking help from four friendly civilizations while preparing their defenses. As the Blue Star Legion Commander reflected on the civilization’s inexperience with war, Karl agreed that survival in the Star Realm was cruel.

• Karl stayed silent when the Blue Star Legion Commander asked whether Blue Star should cede two Life Planets to the Kryptonians.
• Blue Star’s high-level meeting ended without a clear policy, and the civilization sent a small team to negotiate while maintaining its defenses.
• Blue Star considered requesting aid from the Black Bat Civilization, Sea Planet, Wonderful Plane, and Lightning World, each with different strengths and prospects for helping.
• Blue Star sent peace envoys to the Kryptonian Legion and transmitted requests for aid to friendly worlds as it built planetary defenses.
• The Blue Star Legion Commander told Karl that Blue Star had never fought a real war and needed to grow, and Karl agreed that the Star Realm’s laws of survival were cruel.

Saine decided to protect Blue Star by steering the Kryptonians toward negotiations, hoping to limit their losses while advancing Wizard Civilization’s interests. As the Kryptonian leaders remained divided over war or peace, Saine told Kram and Misoli that he also opposed fighting Blue Star again.

• Saine concluded that Blue Star’s people would make useful agents for Wizard Civilization and resolved to protect them while securing resources and influence for the Wizard World.
• Blue Star’s envoy offered the Kryptonians a Life Planet, but Saine urged Kalazo to demand at least two, arguing that the offer was not the Blue Star people’s limit.
• Kalazo postponed a decision on war while consulting his warriors, and Saine set up a temporary laboratory and gave Magic Potions to Kryptonian soldiers.
• Kram and Misoli visited Saine as he studied a Blue Star energy cannon and Gray Crystal technology.
• Kram explained that the Kryptonians remained split between conquest and negotiation, and Saine said he also favored avoiding another war with Blue Star.

Saine learned that the peace between the Kryptonians and Blue Star was only temporary, as Kalazo planned to resume the war once his warriors recovered. Saine remained dependent on Kalazo to find his way back to the Wizard World, while he continued studying Kryptonian physiology.

• Misoli left Saine’s laboratory to seek Senior Kalazo, while Kram lingered before leaving; Saine then analyzed Krypton Crystal and found it more powerful than ordinary Gray Crystal.
• The Kryptonians and Blue Star creatures completed peace talks, with Blue Star ceding two Life Planets and supplying Gray Crystals to the Kryptonian Legion.
• Over the next two and a half years, Kram became Saine’s closest daily companion, and the Kryptonians’ strength recovered with the crystals from the ceded planets.
• Kram told Saine that Kalazo intended to continue the war after the Kryptonian warriors recovered, since he would not bring their non-combatants to Blue Star while resistance remained.
• Saine gave Kram a Crimson Demon Potion, which she drank before letting out a loud belch and a wave of fiery air.

The chapter introduced the civilizations responding to Blue Star’s plea for aid, including Black Bat Civilization and Sea Planet, while revealing the political and personal stakes facing their leaders. Bruce Wayne and Arthur Curry departed to support Blue Star as concerns grew about wider conflict and Sea Planet’s succession.

• On Blue Star, Karl worried that war was near while his girlfriend Amy comforted him.
• Black Bat Civilization assembled a relief force led by Bruce Wayne, with one Level-5 powerhouse and two Level-4 powerhouses.
• A Level-6 Creature warned Bruce Wayne to aid Blue Star without becoming trapped in its conflict, since Ancient Desert Wasteland World might make a move.
• Bruce Wayne learned that Sea Planet and other civilizations had also received Blue Star’s plea for aid.
• Sea Planet’s aging Sea King had two Level-5 sons, and Arthur Curry led the expedition to Blue Star with the expectation that he would inherit the throne.

Arthur, Gal Gadot, and Barry set out to aid Blue Star after receiving its plea for help. Meanwhile, Sailun received an envoy from Apocalypse Great World inviting Ancient Desert Wasteland World to join the Galente Federation’s Holy War against Wizard Civilization.

• Arthur departed Sea Planet with around two hundred thousand Neptune Royal Guards to support Blue Star.
• Gal Gadot left Wonderful Plane with a Level-4 assistant and one hundred fifty thousand Amazon Warriors, while Queen Hippolyta felt a bad premonition.
• Barry detected Blue Star’s distress signal and flew there alone to help.
• An envoy from Apocalypse Great World invited Sailun and Ancient Desert Wasteland World to join the Galente Federation’s Holy War against Wizard Civilization.

Sailun considered the Apocalypse Great World envoy’s offer to help the Ancient Desert Wasteland World reach Level-6 Peak and eventually become a large plane in exchange for joining the Galente Federation’s Holy War. Meanwhile, Wizard Civilization continued its siege of the Galente Federation’s Vanguard Fleet in the Underworld Star Region, where Nair Wen Yinke and Kampas faced another incoming attack.

• Sailun rejected the idea of joining the Holy War but hesitated when the envoy promised free advancement to Level-6 Peak and help elevating his world into a large plane.
• Wizard Civilization kept attacking the encircled Galente Federation Vanguard Fleet from all sides, while the Federation tried to send reinforcements and win over additional worlds.
• Wizard World’s plan aimed to eliminate most of the Federation’s remaining Underworld Star Region forces within about four hundred more years.
• Nair Wen Yinke and Kampas watched the Galente Federation fleet charge toward them, and Kampas complained about being trapped there.

The Orc God Kampas and Blood River Grand Warlord Nair Wen Yinke faced three Galente Federation Dominator-Level Combat Powers as the Federation attacked the Underworld. Nair rallied the Underworld’s defenders, drew on the plane’s power, and summoned the World-Class Secret Treasure sword Suwe ite.

• Kampas and Nair Wen Yinke found themselves surrounded by Federation forces after the Orc Legion joined the Underworld’s defense.
• Nair rose into the sky and called on the Underworld creatures to defend their homeland as the Federation pressed its attack.
• The Underworld’s Plane Will empowered Nair with the Skeleton River and Soul River’s Origin Power while the Blood River strengthened the plane’s barrier and its inhabitants.
• Kampas noticed a mirror fragment on Nair’s chest that allowed him to summon Suwe ite, a contracted World-Class Secret Treasure sword.

Nair Wen Yinke unleashed two World-Class Secret Treasure swords against the Galente Federation Fleet, then threatened Kampas into joining the fight. Kampas drew his superior Blood-Colored Warblade as the Orc Legions rallied under Shaman Priests’ auras and charged toward the Federation’s Vanguard Legion.

• Nair Wen Yinke sent Suweite and the Curved Holy Sword into the Galente Federation Fleet, triggering widespread explosions without using his own strength.
• Nair Wen Yinke warned Kampas that he would kill him if he held back, and Kampas summoned his Blood-Colored Warblade.
• A Bearman God shed his armor and roared as the Orc Legions beat war drums and Shaman Priests cast supporting auras across the battlefield.
• The Orc Legions chanted Kampas’s name, and their auras also aided the Underworld creatures.
• As the Orc forces approached the Galente Federation’s Vanguard Legion, Eugene, the God of Half-Orcs, shouted, “For the Orc God Kampas!”

Eugene and the Half-Orc Legion prepared to fight the Galente Federation as Kampas charged into the enemy fleet. Elsewhere, Elune coordinated the Elf and Undead forces, sending the Bone Dragon Legion to attack the Federation’s defensive line.

• Eugene led the Half-Orc Legion at the front, hoping the war would help the Half-Orc Race grow stronger and produce future gods.
• Kampas charged into the Galente Federation’s fleet despite Nair Wen Yinke warning him not to get trapped again.
• Elune commanded the Elf forces against the Federation’s lines while holding back from a costly assault.
• Elune asked the Undead Overlord whether his forces could secure the line if she broke through it with Dominator Power.
• The Undead Overlord sent millions of Bone Dragons charging toward the Galente Federation’s defenses.

Sanchez charged with the Netherworld Bone Dragon Legion as it advanced on the Galente Federation fleet, while the Federation faced a dire situation. In the Underworld Star Region, Hela rebuked Thor and Loki for sneaking to the front, assigned them to block defeated Federation forces, and told them their Aunt Befu was nearby.

• Sanchez cursed his fear of the battle and charged forward with his bone dragon subordinates as the Bone Dragon Legion advanced.
• Elf God Elune moved with the Bone Dragon Legion, prompting a Federation Five-Star Admiral to fear the battle was lost.
• Hela confronted Thor and Loki after they arrived at the front with their believer legions, and ordered them to help block the Federation breakout attempt.
• Loki led Thor away after Hela rebuked them, and Hela told them to visit their Aunt Befu on the battlefield.

Cuilisi reassured Lulianman that Saine might still be alive and offered to seek help locating him while she recovered from her injuries. Beyond Blue Star, the Black Bat Civilization Legion and a Level-Four Lightning Element arrived as new forces gathered around Saine and Kalazo.

• Cuilisi visited Lulianman at her Space Fortress and said astrologers could not locate Saine, though his Ash Tower’s Source Power suggested he might still be alive.
• Lulianman told Cuilisi that she believed Saine would be contacted eventually and asked about Gagaru, Pinas, and Beleka.
• Cuilisi promised to consult another Level-6 astrologer or True Spirit Magician Master Saneseus, and Lulianman offered her a restorative plant potion for her injured arm.
• Beyond Blue Star, reinforcements from several sides appeared and surprised Saine and Kalazo.
• The Black Bat Civilization Legion arrived first, and Saine sensed that a cool Black Phantom at its center was watching him and might have noticed his Faceless Mask.
• A Level-Four Lightning Element arrived beyond Blue Star, becoming the first lightning-element lifeform Saine had encountered.

The arrival of several interdimensional reinforcements made Kryptonian commander Kalazo halt the planned assault on Blue Star, and both sides resumed negotiations. As Kalazo prepared to sign another peace pact, Blue Star surprised Saine by asking to join the Wizard Alliance.

• The Black Bat Civilization, the Sea Planet Legion, and warriors from the Wonderful Plane reinforced Blue Star, prompting Kalazo to pause the attack and reopen negotiations.
• Arthur urged Blue Star to destroy the Kryptonians, but the Blue Star Speaker proposed peace because Blue Star had recovered its people and wanted to avoid further deaths.
• Saine told Kram that the war would not resume and urged her to join the Wizard Alliance, promising to seek help for the Kryptonians.
• Kram agreed to speak with Kalazo, who abandoned his plan to fight to the end and proposed another peace pact.
• Blue Star asked to join the Wizard Alliance and requested that Saine witness its application.

Saine attended formal peace talks between the Kryptonians and Blue Star, where both sides agreed to detailed terms witnessed by him. After the agreement, Arthur challenged Kalazo, Karl stepped in to fight Arthur, and Bruce challenged Saine while considering whether the Black Bat Civilization should join the Wizard Alliance.

• Saine suspected Misoli had guided the Blue Star beings to request a Law Contract and accepted Kalazo's invitation to witness the peace talks.
• Kalazo and Blue Star representatives, including Bruce, Gal Gadot, and Barry, negotiated an agreement involving Gray Crystal mining, technological aid, and assistance from the Kryptonians.
• Arthur challenged Kalazo, but Karl appeared after the talks and accepted the challenge on Kalazo's behalf.
• Saine agreed to fight Bruce on the condition that Bruce visit the Wizard Civilization Starfield and consider persuading the Black Bat Civilization to join the Wizard Alliance.
• Bruce warned Saine that he specialized in sonic power, and Saine answered that he specialized in the Fire Law Profound Truth before they entered battle.

Karl and Arthur’s battle ended without a victor, while Saine and Bruce concluded their spar after comparing their abilities. Impressed by Saine and the Wizard Alliance, Bruce agreed to visit the Wizard Civilization, leaving open the possibility of future ties with the Black Bat Civilization.

• Karl admitted that he considered himself the loser against Arthur because they had fought far from active Water Elements, and Arthur fell silent in embarrassment.
• Saine and Bruce ended their spar without deciding who was stronger, after Bruce demonstrated the Black Bat Civilization’s illusionary Fission Venus clones.
• Saine explained how Bruce’s clones differed from Panda Brewmaster’s, and Bruce praised his civilization’s technology and Phantom Chariot.
• Saine pointed out Yuli and the Flame Mark Constructed Magic Puppet, prompting Bruce to acknowledge Saine’s strength and curiosity about the Wizard Civilization.
• After learning that Panda Brewmaster and the Orc World belonged to the Wizard Alliance, Bruce agreed to accompany Saine and visit the Wizard Civilization.

Saine accompanied Kalazo to Scarlet Planet to meet the Kryptonian Remnants and discuss their possible entry into the Wizard Alliance. Kalazo revealed how the Kryptonians preserved their population, then led Saine to seek the counsel of Drew, their oldest leader.

• Kalazo told Saine that the Kryptonians had lived for tens of thousands of years in the chaotic Sea of Chaos Star Region and had learned of the war between Wizard Civilization and the Galente Federation.
• Saine brought Bruce, Arthur, Gal Gadot, Barry, and the others to Scarlet Planet, while their forces remained near Blue Star to guard against the Kryptonian Legion.
• Kalazo explained that the Kryptonians struggled to reproduce because they lacked Inert Crystals and used fallen warriors’ Krypton Crystals and genetic codes to preserve beneficial genes.
• Saine saw the Kryptonian Remnants’ modest population and their damaged equipment on Scarlet Planet.
• Kalazo said Drew’s advice mattered to the decision about joining the Wizard Alliance and led Saine toward the center of the planet to meet him.

Saine met with the Kryptonian Remnants’ leaders as they considered joining the Wizard Alliance and seeking vengeance against the Galente Federation. Drew agreed to fight alongside the alliance in exchange for written guarantees of support, while Saine offered to ease Drew’s ailments and discussed how Blue Star’s Gray Crystals could help the Kryptonians.

• Drew declared that the Kryptonian Remnants would join the war against the Galente Federation but asked the Wizard Civilization to support them beyond the battlefield.
• Saine promised to record the alliance’s resources, rights, and other terms in a Magic Contract, and offered to prepare potions for Drew’s chronic ailments.
• Kalazo thanked Saine for offering to help Drew and said Karl was avoiding him because he was ashamed.
• Saine met Gal Gadot as she cared for a scarred Kryptonian youth and explained that the condition affecting lower-level Kryptonians came from missing rare elements in their environment.
• Saine said the Gray Crystals brought back from Blue Star could alleviate the condition and that moving near Blue Star might eventually eradicate it.

Saine discussed Kryptonian dependence on Inert Crystals with Gal Gadot, then reflected on his pursuit of destructive power and her interest in exploring Wizard Civilization. As the Kryptonian Remnants prepared to migrate to Blue Star, Saine observed that their kindness had softened even the Kryptonian warriors and himself.

• Saine explained to Gal Gadot that Kryptonians had great potential but faced catastrophe when their environment lacked Inert Crystals, and he wondered whether a substitute could be developed.
• Gal Gadot challenged Saine to consider improving life rather than focusing on power and slaughter, and Saine said he might do so after reaching the pinnacle of power.
• Saine warned Gal Gadot that Wizard Civilization was still at war with the Galente Federation, and she said she looked forward to seeing more worlds and civilizations.
• Forty million Kryptonian Remnants began preparing to leave the Scarlet Planet for Blue Star with support from Blue Star lifeforms.
• Kram said she understood why Karl could not attack the Blue Star lifeforms again, and Saine realized their kindness had softened the Kryptonian warriors and influenced his own thinking.

Saine and the Kryptonian legion traveled toward Wizard Civilization, discussing their allies and preparations before an Astral Wandering Tribe attacked them in the Sea of Chaos. After the Kryptonians crushed the attackers, Kalazo explained where wandering tribes in the region came from and described the growing influence of the Ancient Desert Wasteland World.

• Kalazo explained why the Kryptonian legion needed to prepare for a dangerous journey to Wizard Civilization, while Drew and other powerful allies joined for their own reasons.
• Saine told Yuli he suspected Barry and Lightning World held secrets, then asked about her training and Flame Mark's Energy Amethyst absorption.
• Saine reflected on the Galente Federation's destruction of Kryptonian Civilization before an explosion announced an attack.
• A roughly two-hundred-thousand-strong Astral Wandering Tribe attacked the three-hundred-thousand Kryptonian warriors, who quickly routed them.
• Kalazo told Saine that wandering tribes entered the Sea of Chaos through Space-Time Windows or fled the Ancient Desert Wasteland World, which was expected to become a major plane.

After the Kryptonians crushed the Kalaguaduo assault, Kalazo explained the Sea of Chaos Star Region and its Free Star City to Saine. The fleet endured further ambushes and an accident on the way, while Bruce and Gal Gadot discussed uniting worlds against the Ancient Desert Wasteland World.

• The Kryptonian Legion defeated the Kalaguaduo after their hidden Level-4 leader fled when Karl appeared, killing over a hundred thousand and capturing tens of thousands.
• Kalazo told Saine that nomadic groups fought constantly over living space in the Sea of Chaos Star Region and that the fleet would sell its captives at Free Star City.
• Saine learned that Free Star City served as a trade hub maintained by nomadic groups, with rumors claiming a Level-6 Creature protected it.
• The Kryptonian fleet faced two more ambushes and lost a ship to a stellar vortex, but gained tens of thousands of Slave Creatures with few casualties.
• Bruce called for oppressed worlds to unite against the Ancient Desert Wasteland World, and Gal Gadot agreed that it posed a serious threat.

Kalazo brought Saine to Free Star City to find an information broker and obtain a star map route to Wizard Civilization. They met the mysterious Collector, who appeared eager to see what new visitors Kalazo had brought.

• Arthur dismissed the Ancient Desert Wasteland World as a threat, while Saine noted that the region's wandering races had complex reasons for their hostility.
• Kalazo explained that Kryptonian warriors had taken missions from Free Star City and led Saine and a small group of Kryptonians into the city, leaving most of the army outside.
• Kalazo said he needed a detailed star map route before he could lead the Kryptonians toward Wizard Civilization.
• Gal Gadot, Arthur, and the others explored Free Star City while Saine accompanied Kalazo to the lower-level stone grotto district.
• The Collector accepted Kalazo and Saine's request for a meeting and appeared before them as a white-haired Level-5 humanoid creature.