Recaps

After completing the Golden Apple Raw Liquid, Saine returned to peaceful magical research in the Wizard World while Bond brought Ai Youlan Butterfly Civilization relic information to the Galente Federation. At the Federation science center, Chief Scientist Samirato examined the information and Bond’s Gene Bracelet as the war continued to press into Federation territory.

• Saine finished producing the Golden Apple Raw Liquid and resumed his magical studies in the Wizard World.
• Bond returned to the Galente Federation and met Chief Scientist Samirato at the Federation Special National Science Center, bringing information about the Ai Youlan Butterfly Civilization relics.
• Samirato showed great interest in the relics’ Infinite Energy Device, and Bond stayed to answer his questions about the discoveries.
• Bond praised Marshal Rommel’s efforts at the relic site, and Samirato reassured him that Rommel would be fine after evading a Wizard Civilization Dominator encirclement.
• Samirato examined Bond’s Gene Bracelet from the Black Yin Civilization and offered to have Matthew upgrade it.
• Bond told Samirato that the frontline war had mostly retreated into Federation territory, prompting the scientists to sigh and continue their work.

Bond left the Federation’s science center, donated his savings to his old orphanage, and set out to visit Charlie Robert near the Beacon of Light Star System. In the Wizard World, Saine continued his research, learned of a young Grant Family genius, and arranged funds to potentially buy two more Space Fortresses.

• Matthew and his team upgraded Bond’s Gene Bracelet to a lower-mid-grade World-Class Secret Treasure before Bond left the national science center.
• Madam Jima approved Bond’s rest but barred him from joining the war temporarily, so Bond visited his childhood orphanage and donated all his savings.
• Bond remembered his old friends, including Charlie Robert, and traveled toward the Beacon of Light Star System in his capsule ship.
• After twenty-one years back in the Wizard World, Saine received a report that the Grant Family had grown to nearly three hundred Level 1-or-higher knights and had an eighteen-year-old Level 1 Knight.
• Wojin reported that Saine had nearly 1.2 billion Magic Coins in liquid funds, and Saine asked her to advance him fifty million for emergencies as he considered buying two Space Fortresses.

Saine discussed funding and the Spider Queen’s activities before Rose contacted him to seek a Holy Fruit. Rose then revealed that Lina had been imprisoned at Atlanta Interstellar Prison, leaving Saine shocked and enraged.

• Wojin told Saine she could raise more Magic Coins, and he praised her growing power and talent.
• Seventeen years later, Rose contacted Saine and praised his battlefield accomplishments before asking for his Holy Fruit.
• Saine refused to give Rose the Holy Fruit but offered to trade a potion for spider silk from her true body.
• Rose declined the trade but offered news, saying Lina had gotten into trouble on the frontline and was now locked up in Atlanta Interstellar Prison.
• Saine reacted with shock and anger upon hearing that Lina was imprisoned.

Saine learned that Lina had been imprisoned in Atlanta Interstellar Prison for allegedly attacking Wizard Civilization forces and hurried there to learn what had happened. He left before Tourmaline returned to the Wizard World with a gift for him.

• Spider Queen Rose told Saine that Lina had been captured about twenty-three years earlier after she allegedly slaughtered Wizard Civilization legions and seriously injured a Level-4 Magician.
• Rose offered to help Saine get Lina out through unofficial means, but Saine declined because an escape could leave Lina with nowhere to live in the Wizard World.
• Saine doubted Lina had attacked the legions without cause and messaged his mentor and grandmentor on the Frontline Battlefield to seek help through proper channels.
• When Luluenman did not reply and Saine could not wait for news about Lina, he set out for Atlanta Interstellar Prison to investigate.
• Tourmaline returned to the Wizard World with a gift for Saine, but found that he had already left.

Saine visited Atlanta Interstellar Prison to see his wife, the Level-4 Black Magician Lina, who had been imprisoned for seriously injuring Magician Jerry and damaging his Holy Tower Legion. As Saine and Byron Hadley flew through the prison’s oppressive subspace, they learned it had been built from a prehistoric civilization’s secret realm and had no teleportation arrays, leaving Saine still on his way to Lina.

• Saine told a guard that Lina was his wife and learned she had been arrested for seriously injuring Magician Jerry and damaging his Holy Tower Legion.
• The guard said Saine’s visit required the deputy warden’s approval, would be limited to 100 hourglasses, and could not secure Lina’s release; the deputy warden later approved the visit.
• Byron Hadley escorted Saine into the prison’s subspace and said it might have been remodeled from a prehistoric Top-Level Civilization’s secret realm.
• Byron explained that many low-level prisoners had been sent to the Civilization Battlefield as cannon fodder and that the prison officially had 21 public floors.
• Saine found that the prison suppressed his Element Power and had no Teleportation Arrays, which Warden Norton had removed after a famous prisoner escaped.

Saine visited Lina in Atlanta Interstellar Prison and learned that her mentor, Mei Kaili, shared her body. Meanwhile, Warden Norton pressed a powerful prisoner to work for Wizard Civilization, threatening to move him to harsher prison floors.

• Byron led Saine to the 14th floor, where he learned Lina had been imprisoned after injuring the Level-4 Peak mage Jerry.
• Saine saw Lina in shackles and noticed her changed appearance and the Pale Bone Flame around her.
• Mei Kaili briefly took control of Lina’s body, rebuked Saine for leaving her, and then Lina revealed that Mei Kaili was her mentor.
• Warden Norton offered the masked Level-6 Creature employment for Wizard Civilization and promised to settle matters with the War Emperor of Challenger World.
• The Level-6 Creature accused Wizard Civilization of secretly using the Kada Star Thief Group and hesitated to accept Norton’s offer.
• Norton warned that he could move the prisoner to the three floors above and reminded him that his sentence was seven hundred thousand years.

Warden Norton recognized Saine’s disturbance in Atlanta Interstellar Prison and recalled that Saine might have suited the Warden System. Meanwhile, Phantom Thief Kijad agreed to join Wizard Civilization, though he remained imprisoned while Norton prepared a Rule Contract and demanded the coordinates of Kijad’s Mother Plane.

• Warden Norton sensed Saine tapping Lina’s energy screen and identified the disturbance, recalling Saine’s speech at the Wizard Alliance Assembly and his potential fit for work in the Gray Areas.
• Phantom Thief Kijad, anxious about remaining imprisoned for hundreds of thousands of years, told Norton that he was willing to serve Wizard Civilization.
• Norton approved Kijad’s decision and said he would prepare a Rule Contract and require Kijad to provide his Mother Plane’s coordinates as insurance.
• Kijad asked whether Atlanta Interstellar Prison held beings from Immortal Domain Civilization, and Norton explained that Wizard Civilization imprisoned some of its Heretical Cultivators as a favor to its ally.
• Norton told Kijad that he could not yet leave the prison, and Kijad said he would negotiate for more rights, noting that other Level-6 Creatures lived on his Medium Plane.

After visiting Lina, Saine stayed near Atlanta Interstellar Prison and learned the truth about her crimes: her mentor Mei Kaili had tried to seize her body, leaving them sharing one body and two souls. Saine vowed to free Lina and erase Mei Kaili, while Lina remained in prison under his watch.

• Saine's visit with Lina ended, and he decided to stay near Atlanta Interstellar Prison until he could see her again in three months.
• Saine met Gina, who had waited decades at the prison for her imprisoned Brother, and she comforted him about Lina's release.
• Saine learned that Mei Kaili had tried to devour Lina's soul after Lina rescued her, leaving them in a one-body-two-souls state.
• Saine learned that Lina's berserk struggle with Mei Kaili had injured Jerry and his legion, while Jerry may also have sought to capture Lina for his research.
• Mei Kaili taunted Saine about saving Lina from Jerry, and Saine vowed to rescue Lina and then erase Mei Kaili's existence.
• Saine continued watching over Lina and befriended Byron, helping ensure that she was not mistreated in prison.

Saine waited at Atlanta Interstellar Prison for news about Lina’s release while relying on his mentor, Lulianman, and grandmentor, Cuilisi, to intervene. During his visits with Lina, he learned that Mei Kaili’s connections might offer another route to freedom, while Mei’s feelings about Saine and Lina began to stir.

• Lulianman told Saine that Cuilisi had reached Level-6 Peak and was investigating Jerry to help secure Lina’s release.
• Saine asked Klopp Knight to pardon Lina, offering his battlefield rewards and agreeing to accept any deployment, but Klopp gave no clear answer.
• After a year and a half at Atlanta Interstellar Prison, Saine continued meeting Lina every three months and promised to show her gifts when she was freed.
• Mei Kaili warned Saine that the Bone Tower Master had connections among the prisoners and that Byron might not protect her and Lina forever.
• Saine asked Mei Kaili about the Black Fluorite she had sent out, then told her to leave so he could spend the remaining visiting time with Lina.
• Mei Kaili faded from Lina’s body without arguing, and the tenderness between Saine and Lina stirred feelings in her.

Three months later, Cuilisi visited Saine at Atlanta Interstellar Prison and arranged for Lina’s release after Jerry withdrew his accusation. Lina signed the contract and was freed, while Mei Kaili remained hidden.

• Cuilisi arrived with Luluenman, Jerry, and a powerful blue-robed Magician, drawing Deputy Warden Balami to meet them.
• Saine glared at Jerry with Mental Strength pressure, injuring him further until Luluenman calmed Saine and the blue-robed Magician intervened.
• Cuilisi cited her investigation and Klopp Knight’s ruling that the incident was a misunderstanding, then demanded that Jerry withdraw his accusation against Lina.
• Jerry submitted the prepared Magic Contract, and Balami signed it before Lina was brought in to sign and secure her legal release.
• Saine reunited with Lina and realized that Mei Kaili stayed concealed in the presence of Cuilisi, Balami, and the blue-robed Magician.

After Lina was released from Atlanta Interstellar Prison, Saine reunited with her and confronted Mage Jerry, making clear that their conflict was not over. Saine and Lina left with Cuilisi, while Warden Norton wondered what made Saine’s mask special.

• Klopp Knight’s intervention secured Lina’s release, and Saine took her hand as they reunited.
• Cuilisi declined Deputy Warden Balami’s invitation and reprimanded Tomke for letting his disciple target a fellow member of Wizard World.
• Saine taunted Mage Jerry about his height and warned him that their dispute was not over, causing Jerry to cough up blood.
• Saine and Lina left the prison with Cuilisi and the others.
• Balami reported their departure to Warden Norton, who said Saine’s mask looked unusual and questioned whether Saine was special.

Saine left Atlanta Interstellar Prison with Lina, Luluenman, and Cuilisi, encountering Dark Flame Master before they returned to the Wizard World. Cuilisi freed Lina from Mei Kaili’s control, while Kijad watched from hiding and decided to focus on his assignment for the Wizard Civilization.

• Saine invited Gina and her brother Jean to consider settling in the Land of Ashes after their release, then left the prison with Lina and his companions.
• Dark Flame Master arrived at the teleportation passage, recognized Saine, and hurried away after noticing Cuilisi’s power.
• Lina’s grip tightened and her expression turned cold, but Cuilisi’s glance dispersed Mei Kaili’s consciousness and let Lina regain control of her body.
• Cuilisi watched a patch of starry sky as Saine, Luluenman, and Lina entered the Teleportation Array and returned to the Wizard World.
• Kijad emerged from hiding, considered the two World-Class Secret Treasures Saine possessed, and vanished after deciding to carry out the Wizard Civilization’s task.

After Saine returned to the Wizard World, he focused on finding a way to remove the Black Magician soul inside Lina, with help from his Grandmaster Cuilisi. Cuilisi rebuked Saine for spending his Alliance rewards to rescue Lina, then joined his experiments, which went smoothly at first but grew far more difficult when they reached separating or eliminating a soul.

• Saine set aside his other projects and began studying soul magic to address Lina's condition.
• Cuilisi rebuked Saine for contacting Klopp Knight early, explaining that the rescue had cost him most of his remaining Wizard Alliance mission rewards.
• Saine revealed that he had acquired another Golden Apple, and Cuilisi said the Holy Fruit requested by Klopp Knight would still be delivered despite the canceled rewards.
• Saine offered to have his mentor combine the Holy Fruit with Golden Apple Raw Liquid into a potion for Cuilisi and Luluenman to try.
• Cuilisi stayed in the Wizard World and helped Saine begin experiments on Lina's soul, but the work became difficult when they tried to separate or eliminate one of the souls.

Saine learned more about the importance of the soul as Cuilisi advised him on Lina’s condition and left safeguards against Mei Kaili. As Luluenman worked on a potion from the Holy Fruit, Bixi and Saine’s companions returned to Ash Holy Tower, where Lunna entered his laboratory and found a shocking scene.

• Cuilisi explained that the soul was the foundation of a Dominator’s power and said Lina had gained strength from Mei Kaili, though their fusion threatened both their identities.
• After the experiment stalled, Cuilisi inscribed runic chains on Lina to restrict Mei Kaili’s Pale Bone Flame, then left Ash Holy Tower.
• Saine chose to have Luluenman refine the Holy Fruit into a potion so his mentor and other companions could benefit, and he kept his Dominator Liquid specimen to himself.
• Dragon Turtle Bixi returned to Ash Holy Tower, followed by Dean Meili, Xia Ya, and Lunna, who came to handle plans for Space Fortresses and Xia Ya’s Knights’ Hall.
• Lunna approached Saine’s laboratory, heard a soul-piercing scream, and opened the door to find a scene that made her blush.

Saine subjected Mei Kaili, who was controlling Lina's body, to body-tempering experiments to force her to recognize her predicament. The experiments strengthened Lina's physique, but Saine's growing attraction to Lina's body left Mei Kaili suddenly alarmed.

• Mei Kaili rejected Saine's proposed cooperation and demanded that he surrender control of his soul before she would consider negotiating.
• Saine explained that body-tempering experiments would strengthen Lina while making Mei Kaili share half the pain, and he began the experiments with Lina's prior approval.
• Mei Kaili endured Saine's increasingly intense treatments without begging for mercy, instead cursing and mocking him.
• Saine noticed Mei Kaili's reactions and wondered if she was enjoying the experiments, prompting her to threaten him with the Pale Bone Flame.
• Lunna entered Saine's laboratory as Saine began feeling attracted to Lina's body, and Mei Kaili nervously asked what he was trying to do.

Saine abandoned his attempt to negotiate with Mei Kaili and subdued her, allowing Lina to regain control. Lina then revealed that Mei Kaili and the Dark Flame Master had once been fellow disciples whose paths split after their academy was destroyed.

• Saine offered Mei Kaili a non-aggression contract and a new body, but she demanded a living Level-4 female magician’s body.
• Mei Kaili mocked Saine by suggesting his mentor could provide a body, and Saine angrily gave up on negotiating.
• Saine overpowered Mei Kaili, whose consciousness sank as Lina returned to the forefront.
• Lina told Saine that Mei Kaili and the Dark Flame Master had studied under the same Black Magician before their academy was destroyed.
• Lina explained that the Dark Flame Master was rescued into the Holy Tower while Mei Kaili was taken to the Black Domain, and that the Black Fluorite Saine received was meant to send the Dark Flame Master a message.

After recovering from his battle with Lina, Saine tested Lunna and discussed Knights’ Halls before taking Lunna and Xia Ya to the City of Steel to buy Space Fortresses. Xia Ya had begun preparing her Flame Demon Knights’ Hall, while Saine funded most of its costs and paid for both women’s fortresses.

• Saine left Lina resting after applying recovery-aiding Body Tempering Potion, then stopped Lunna from leaving and took her to the neighboring laboratory for a body test.
• Afterward, Saine asked Lunna whether she would establish a Knights’ Hall, and she refused because she disliked managing people.
• Saine discussed the Land of Ashes’ potential for more Knights’ Halls and worried that Ulysses and the Reverse Feather Lion King were not yet ready to challenge Level 4.
• About thirty years after bringing Lina to Ash Holy Tower, Saine took Lunna and Xia Ya to the City of Steel to purchase Space Fortresses, bringing Bixi and Tourmaline along.
• Xia Ya named her Knights’ Hall the Flame Demon Knights’ Hall and financed it with two-thirds from Saine and an interest-free Knight Hall Basic Loan for the rest.
• Saine paid for Xia Ya and Lunna’s Space Fortresses after explaining why the City of Steel offered the best choice.

Saine, Lunna, and Xia Ya spent nearly half a year in the City of Steel inspecting equipment and arranging major purchases for their forces. They left with orders for two heavy Space Fortresses and large quantities of ships, puppets, and armor, including equipment for Xia Ya’s planned Knights’ Hall.

• Saine arrived in the polluted City of Steel, where Level Five mechanic Babbage welcomed him and offered to help secure favorable prices on Space Fortresses.
• Saine, Lunna, and Xia Ya inspected eight Space Fortress models and considered other military equipment at a heavy manufacturing factory.
• Saine and his companions ordered two heavy Space Fortresses, twenty-two Light Prism Fortresses, 315 War Airships, 3,000 Magic Energy Puppets, and nearly 5,000 sets of Magic Mechanical Armor.
• Saine bought the Magic Energy Puppets for Ash Holy Tower’s growing forces and prepared the Magic Mechanical Armor for Xia Ya’s planned Knights’ Hall.
• Saine considered upgrading or replacing his worn Ash Fortress as he and his companions completed their purchases in the City of Steel.

Saine funded the Flame Demon Knights' Hall and bought war machines ahead of the escalating Wizard Civilization–Galente Federation conflict. Back in the Land of Ashes, he learned that Jean wanted to relocate his Knights' Hall and attach himself to the Ash Holy Tower.

• Saine and his companions spent ninety-six million Magic Coins in the City of Steel on fortresses, airships, and Magic Mechanical Armor for new Flame Demon Knights' Hall members.
• Saine arranged for the incoming fortresses to dock at Titan Star Port and told Xia Ya that war machine prices would rise as the war intensified.
• Saine returned to the Land of Ashes with Tourmaline, where construction of Xia Ya's main hall and four branch halls continued.
• Meili told Saine that Jean and Gina had returned and that Jean wished to relocate his Knights' Hall to the Land of Ashes and attach it to the Ash Holy Tower.

Knight Jean and Mage Gina sought to join Saine’s Land of Ashes, bringing the prospect of relocating Jean’s Knights’ Hall and its thousands of members. Saine accepted Jean and offered Gina a Vice Dean position at the Ash Holy Tower, which she gladly accepted.

• Saine asked Jean whether he was willing to join the Land of Ashes, and Jean pledged to serve him for ten thousand years under a Magic Contract.
• Jean said that about five thousand of the 7,194 registered knights in his Crimson Sword Knights’ Hall would relocate with him, and Gina explained his reputation for protecting his subordinates.
• Jean and Gina chose to leave their former region after Jean’s dispute over his subordinates’ war spoils led to his imprisonment and left him without support from local knights.
• Saine welcomed Jean and his Knights’ Hall to the Land of Ashes and offered Gina a Vice Dean position at the Ash Holy Tower.
• Gina accepted Saine’s offer as Jean and Gina expressed their happiness.

Jean and Gina helped establish the Crimson Knights' Hall in the Land of Ashes, while Saine focused on his experiments after returning to the Ash Holy Tower. Saine's Body Tempering work advanced substantially, and he considered testing his strength against Gagaru.

• Gina befriended Meili and offered to help manage the Ash Holy Tower so Meili could devote more time to her own magical studies.
• Within five years, Jean moved more than half of the Crimson Sword Knights' Hall's assets to the Land of Ashes, where the hall was renamed the Crimson Knights' Hall and established east of the Ash Holy Tower.
• Jean brought 5,017 low-level knights to the Land of Ashes, and their arrival brought many Knight Families and greater prosperity to the region.
• Saine returned to his magical experiments, while his soul experiment involving Mei Kaili remained at a deadlock.
• Saine used a Level-6 Apocalypse Creature specimen and the Apocalypse Potion to advance his Body Tempering, bringing his physical constitution close to that of a Level-5 Middle Stage knight.
• Saine's transformed Ash Demon Law Body grew stronger, and he considered testing his strength against his senior uncle Gagaru.

During Saine’s long rest in the Wizard World, he advanced his alchemy, fire-law research, and fortress technology while helping Lina and sharing knowledge taken from Mei Kaili. As his two-hundred-and-twenty-year rest period neared its end, the Magic Cube finished modifying three Space Fortresses so they could combine into a massive fortress cluster.

• Luluenman completed six vials of the Gold and Silver Potion, and Saine’s work alongside her greatly improved his alchemy.
• Saine gathered rare flames, expanded his Ashes of Fire research, developed three forbidden spells, and gained Mei Kaili’s Truth Arcana through Lina.
• Mei Kaili protested that Saine and Lina had taken her knowledge, but Saine continued treating Lina while refusing to release her from Lina’s body.
• During Saine’s final fifty years of rest, the Magic Cube modified Ash Fortress, Flame Demon Fortress, and Steel Heart Fortress so they could combine into a fortress cluster.
• Saine realized that his two-hundred-and-twenty-year rest period was ending.

Before his leave ended, Saine thanked Klopp Knight and received a new deployment order to join Cuilisi in BF037 Starfield. He learned that the starfield was a key battleground because it guarded the Galente Federation’s Gold Rock World Cluster, where Bai Xing’s Sea Folk Legion was also fighting.

• Saine visited Portman World and thanked Klopp Knight, who advised him to visit other war zones and meet powerful beings from across the Alliance.
• Saine told his mentor and grandmentor that his leave had ended and that he had given four of the six top-tier potions to Cuilisi and the others without accepting payment.
• Saine received orders to report to BF037 Starfield, where Cuilisi’s forces were still fighting to take control from the Galente Federation.
• Saine learned that BF037 Starfield’s location near the Gold Rock World Cluster made it vital to the Federation’s wartime industry and logistics.
• Saine learned that Bai Xing’s Sea Folk Legion was fighting near the Gold Rock World Cluster in a separate, water-rich starfield.

Saine gathered Jean, Lunna, and Xia Ya’s forces for deployment at the Gold Rock World Cluster, where his commander Cuilisi assigned him a three-year mission to seize the Cadillac Demiplane. The chapter ended as Saine arrived at the BF037 Starfield with millions of combat troops and Fumila’s angel forces in reserve.

• Jean volunteered to join Saine’s campaign despite having years of rest remaining, hoping to repay his debts, and Meili supported his request.
• Saine promised Jean a loan for a new Space Fortress after several frontline missions and advised Xia Ya to recruit scattered knight legions to strengthen her Knights' Hall.
• Saine agreed to let Tourmaline accompany the expedition, and she reminded him that she had left a small bead as a gift in his Collection Room.
• Saine’s forces reached the BF037 Starfield with around three million combat troops, while nearly one million Intelligent Angels and the Level 6 angel Fumila remained in the Magic Cube.
• Cuilisi ordered Saine to attack the Cadillac Demiplane and occupy it completely within three years.

Saine arrived at the heavily defended Cadillac Demiplane to lead Wizard Civilization's assault and meet Cuilisi's three-year deadline. He began casting a forbidden spell while the Galente Federation launched a counterattack, and his allies and forces gathered to protect him.

• Cuilisi assigned Saine the difficult task of conquering the Cadillac Demiplane within three years, where Wizard Civilization had advanced only about 47%.
• Saine arrived with reinforcements, approved Jean's request to lead the vanguard, and assigned the Blue Crescent King and the God of Murphy to support him.
• Saine led Lunna, Xia Ya, and Gal Gadot to the front, where they faced a Galente Federation force that included six giant mechs and a powerful planetary bunker.
• Saine began summoning a forbidden spell, prompting the Galente Federation to charge at him and Lunna, Xia Ya, and the others to intercept the mechs.
• Fumila emerged with a nearly million-strong Angel Legion to guard Saine, while Yuli piloted the Flame Mark nearby and Wizard Civilization's fortresses stood ready to protect him.