Recaps

Saine obtained an incomplete star map from the God of Evening Drool and set course for the Myriad Springs World Cluster with Tourmaline, who sensed relatives in an unexplored direction. Meanwhile, the Third Pharaoh King launched an assault into the heart of the Cosmos Great World, where its leaders faced him.

• The God of Evening Drool gave Saine an incomplete map of the Myriad Springs World Cluster and explained that the Neon Spring was said to possess Level 6 strength.
• Saine decided to travel to the Myriad Springs World Cluster in hopes of finding a route back to Wizard Civilization, and detoured to the Flowing Water Plane to collect another payment for sparing the God of Evening Drool.
• After leaving the Vimi Starfield, Tourmaline sensed relatives in a distant, unmapped region, but Saine chose to visit the Myriad Springs World Cluster first.
• The Third Pharaoh King led an elite legion into the center of the Cosmos Great World, where the Star Cosmos King, the Flame Phoenix Dominator, and Vivian watched his approach.

Third Pharaoh King Yiboon Mokaste killed the Colorful Pheasant Dominator and pressed the Star Cosmos King, the Fire Phoenix, and Vivian into a final confrontation. As the three prepared to fight him together, Vivian revealed a mysterious blue eye that made Mokaste wary.

• Third Pharaoh King Yiboon Mokaste snapped the neck of the Level-7 Colorful Pheasant Dominator and absorbed its soul mist.
• The Star Cosmos King told Vivian and the Fire Phoenix that they could no longer retreat and would have to fight Mokaste together.
• Mokaste released a crushing wave of power as the Star Cosmos King and the Fire Phoenix entered their full combat states.
• Vivian drew her Magic Staff and revealed a pupil-less blue eye surrounded by mysterious law power, making Mokaste furrow his brow.

During the Dominator War, Mokaste pushed the Star Cosmos King, Vivian, and the Flame Phoenix Dominator to their limits and attempted to stop them from withdrawing. Vivian used the Seal Eye to suppress Mokaste’s Second Unsealing state, leaving him stunned as the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The Star Cosmos King tried to withdraw after years of fighting Mokaste, forcing Vivian and the Flame Phoenix Dominator to retreat as well.
• Mokaste entered his Second Unsealing state and reached for the Star Cosmos King with a giant energy hand.
• Vivian revealed the Seal Eye, whose sealing power countered the Minghe Empire’s unsealing technique.
• The Seal Eye suppressed Mokaste’s Second Unsealing state and dissipated his energy hand, leaving him staring in disbelief at his palm.

Mokaste contemplated whether the Seal Eye could help him break through to Level 9, then headed toward the Cosmos Great World, where another battle seemed likely. Near the Somar Meteorite Belt, Tourmaline watched Saine’s group raid star pirates and wore a decorative eyepatch inspired by Alebi’s stories.

• After Vivian, Star Cosmos King, and the others escaped, Mokaste reflected on how the Seal Eye might let him suppress and retrain his power, though he recognized the idea was only theoretical.
• Mokaste left for the Cosmos Great World, reasoning that Star Cosmos King could flee but the Mother Plane could not.
• Near the Somar Meteorite Belt, Tourmaline excitedly watched Saine and his group carry out their third large-scale plundering operation in ten years.
• Tourmaline wore a decorative eyepatch that Saine had forged after Alebi entertained her with tales of his star pirate exploits.

Saine’s Ash Star Thief Group crushed the Red Beard Star Thief Group and collected its spoils, while Saine reflected on the resources needed to secure a place for Angel-Type Intelligent Robots in the Wizard Alliance. The chapter ended with Saine and Tourmaline preparing to reach the nearest Complete Rule Plane.

• The Ash Star Thief Group defeated the Red Beard Star Thief Group, with Fumila killing its peak-demigod leader with a single laser shot.
• Bixi and Tourmaline greeted Saine after he emerged from his laboratory, and Tourmaline showed her affection by rubbing her dragon horn against his chest.
• Fumila and Tourmaline distributed the battle spoils, while Saine considered the challenges of producing robots above Level 4.
• Saine observed that his Magic Cube and Energy Amethyst were changing the Angel Robots, blending Galente Federation technology with Wizard Civilization’s magical energy alchemy.
• Saine told Tourmaline they needed to hurry because they were nearing the closest Complete Rule Plane.

Saine’s Ash Star Pirate Group disguised itself as a merchant convoy while passing Lanbo World, which Saine chose not to conquer so they would not jeopardize his plans to collect a ransom from the God of Evening Drool. He considered buying technological materials there to create a body for Flame Mark.

• Saine explained that a pirate group staying in one region needed to join local trade interests or collect protection fees to secure a sustainable income.
• Saine carefully prepared sweet Recovery Potions for Tourmaline and remained cautious about using Joy Spring Water because emotional power could be addictive.
• Alebi boasted that he could conquer Lanbo World with the Torrent Seashell, but Saine ordered him not to attack the Micro World.
• Saine revealed that he wanted to avoid alerting anyone before collecting the ransom from the God of Evening Drool at the nearby Flowing Water Plane.
• Saine surveyed Lanbo World’s trading activity and considered buying technological materials to make a body for Flame Mark.

Saine investigated the Myriad Springs World Cluster and its surrounding planes while keeping the God of Evening Drool captive, then traveled toward the Flowing Water Plane. After collecting the ransom, Saine invited the God of Evening Drool to accompany him into the cluster, and the chapter revealed that Saine, Tourmaline, and Fumila had been recovering their strength.

• Saine sent a pirate and angel-type Intelligent Robots to investigate Lanbo World, then learned from the God of Evening Drool about wars among the Spring Lords in the Myriad Springs World Cluster.
• Saine's people returned from Lanbo World with merchant goods, and the Ash Star Pirate Group continued toward its destination with greater caution.
• After about fifteen years, Saine and his companions reached the Flowing Water Plane and received Li Sha Crystal and Purple Flame Blue Copper as ransom from the God of Evening Drool.
• Saine gave the shattered Heart of the Plane to Fumila, leaving Alebi envious, then asked the God of Evening Drool to travel with them to the Myriad Springs World Cluster.
• The God of Evening Drool agreed to go with Saine, while Saine's companions continued recovering their peak strength and Fumila approached her former Level-6 combat strength.

Saine and his group reached the Myriad Springs World Cluster after a long voyage, and Saine recovered to his peak condition along the way. Tourmaline’s enormous Dragon Turtle form drew the attention of several spring masters, while she happily played with a curious Level-5 fish.

• The God of Evening Drool had his ransom delivered at the Flowing Water Plane, and Saine removed his Magic Shackles before the caravan traveled with Saine’s group.
• After another twenty-one years, Saine and his companions reached the Myriad Springs World Cluster, and Saine found his strength and understanding of Space Element laws had improved.
• Saine and his group approached the Clear Spring Ding Dong Plane, where Tourmaline revealed her full Dragon Turtle form and roared into space.
• Ding Ding Clear Spring and several Level-4 and Level-5 creatures arrived, including a red Level-5 fish that circled Tourmaline and played with her.

Saine and his companions befriended several Spring Lords in the Myriad Springs World Cluster and sought routes to explore other starfields. Their unusual Dragon Might drew the attention of Destruction Spring, who ordered Darkness Spring to bring them to him.

• Tourmaline played with Ding Ding Clear Spring and Hongyu Feitang, while Saine explained that the group sought routes to other starfields.
• Ding Ding Clear Spring recommended the Spring of Vitality Plane for nearby destinations and described the Myriad Springs World Cluster's wider channels.
• Hongyu Feitang offered to guide the travelers, and Tourmaline rode on its back as they journeyed through the starfield.
• Destruction Spring sensed Tourmaline's Dragon Might and asked Darkness Spring to bring Saine, Tourmaline, and the others to him.

Saine investigated the Spring of Vitality Plane and learned that the Myriad Springs World Cluster was stronger and more extensive than he had expected, perhaps with the potential to become a Top-Level Civilization. He found no direct route back to Wizard Civilization before a Level-6 Peak lifeform arrived outside the plane.

• Saine observed that the springmasters could draw extraordinary strength from their planes and suspected the Myriad Springs World Cluster might grow into a Top-Level Civilization.
• Hongyu Feitang brought Saine and the others to the Spring of Vitality, which warmly welcomed Tourmaline and directed Saine to its transmission spring eye.
• The Spring of Vitality explained that its people traded mainly with Energy Crystals and would not accept souls or corpses as payment.
• Saine found fifty-six directly connected planes and starry sky nodes, along with more than two hundred indirect connections, but none linked to Wizard Civilization.
• A Level-6 Peak lifeform appeared beyond the Spring of Vitality Plane, darkening the sky and putting Saine on guard.

Darkness Spring took Saine, Tourmaline, Fumila, and the Ash Star Pirate Group to meet Destruction Spring, a powerful Dominator in the Myriad Springs World Cluster. Destruction Spring recognized Saine’s connection to Master Joss and asked about their relationship.

• Darkness Spring arrived at the Spring of Vitality Plane and said Destruction Spring wanted to see Tourmaline and the others.
• Darkness Spring tried to take Tourmaline, but Fumila attacked until Saine stopped her and agreed to meet Destruction Spring.
• Darkness Spring transported Saine, Tourmaline, Fumila, and the Ash Star Pirate Group through a Space Gate to Destruction Spring.
• Saine saw Destruction Spring on an eleven-petaled lotus dais and sensed that his power surpassed that of any Dominator he had encountered.
• Destruction Spring asked Saine what his relationship was with Master Joss, and Saine said Joss had been his mentor and that he had inherited his Truth Arcana and part of his legacy.

Saine explained how he and Tourmaline had been driven into the Myriad Springs World Cluster and discussed the Wizard Civilization’s war with the Destruction Spring. The Destruction Spring offered to help Saine bring back reinforcements and opened a spatial spring eye to an unknown destination.

• Saine told the Destruction Spring that he had entered the cluster while fleeing Minghe Empire forces and described the empire as the Wizard Civilization’s greatest threat.
• Saine explained how he inherited Jos’s legacy, and the Destruction Spring asked whether he had encountered a bull and a snake in the Knight Continent Secret Realm.
• Saine examined a law vortex and inferred that the Destruction Spring gained power from wars unfolding across numerous battlefields.
• The Destruction Spring lifted Tourmaline from the lotus platform, warned that its destructive aura could affect her, and said her Uncle would arrive soon.
• The Destruction Spring offered to suggest that Saine bring reinforcements to the Wizard Civilization and opened a spatial spring eye toward a distant region.

Saine left the Myriad Springs World Cluster for the Martial Arts Civilization, now called the Tianming Empire, while Tourmaline stayed behind to help the Destruction Spring persuade the Spring Lords to support the Wizard Civilization. The Destruction Spring hoped to join the war for both the alliance and the chance to gain more Destruction Power.

• The Destruction Spring persuaded Saine to leave Tourmaline behind, explaining that she could help win over the Spring Lords and that her uncle was expected to arrive.
• Saine reassured Tourmaline that they would meet again at the Wizard Civilization, then the Destruction Spring sent him, Fumila, the Ash Star Pirate Group, and the God of Evening Drool through the spatial spring eye.
• Saine asked the Destruction Spring the destination civilization's name and learned it was the Martial Arts Civilization, now called the Tianming Empire.
• The Destruction Spring kept Tourmaline in the Myriad Springs World Cluster and planned for the Darkness Spring to show her the Spring of Life plane, where she could gain benefits and help soften resistance to aiding the Wizard Civilization.
• The Destruction Spring reflected that the cluster's lack of expansion had slowed its growth and hoped to join the Wizard Civilization's war to strengthen its Destruction Power.

Saine and his companions emerged from the spatial passage in the star region where the Martial Arts Civilization was located, then encountered a Plane War near Jue Mu World. Their arrival drew the attention of Tianming Empire general Ximen Feixiao, who learned that lifeforms above Level 4 were present outside the plane.

• Saine sent the God of Evening Drool and the Ash Star Pirate Group to search the surrounding star region for living beings.
• Several days later, Saine, Fumila, and the God of Evening Drool rushed to help pirate members who had come under attack and found a Plane War underway near Jue Mu World.
• Jue Mu World’s Treants had lived under Rongyue Civilization until the Tianming Empire’s invasion brought the war to their plane’s vicinity.
• A deputy told Ximen Feixiao that unknown alien creatures were spying outside Jue Mu World, and he sent a unit of the Crane Control Army to drive them away.
• After hearing that power fluctuations from lifeforms above Level 4 had appeared, Ximen Feixiao looked beyond the plane.

Saine entered the Rongyue Star Region to represent the Wizard World and seek cooperation with the Tianming Empire. After General Ximen Feixiao escorted him to the Rongyue Plane, Saine saw the empire’s extensive forces and arrived as its armies continued fighting Level-6 opponents.

• Saine watched a Tianming Empire Legion mounted on white cranes rout the star pirates and declared that he had come peacefully to discuss cooperation.
• Ximen Feixiao questioned Saine’s identity, then accepted his Wizard Civilization credentials and agreed to escort him to a senior commander.
• Saine left the God of Evening Drool and the other pirates detained while he traveled deeper into the Rongyue Star Region with Ximen Feixiao and a Dragon Knight squad.
• Saine observed that the Tianming Empire had nearly conquered the Rongyue Star Region, where fierce battles still raged around the Rongyue Plane.
• A large Dragon Knight Legion received Saine outside the Rongyue Plane, and he read banners proclaiming “Invincible Swift Dragon Army!” and “Tianming Hegemony, Ten Thousand Years!”

Saine arrived in the Tianming Empire’s war camp and met Gongsun Wudi, the Level-6 Invincible General. After he asked for the empire’s aid in a war cooperation, Gongsun Wudi agreed to answer on the emperor’s behalf and set a condition: Saine must first help end the war in Rongyue World.

• Ximen Feixiao delivered Saine to Rongyue World, where a Golden Armor General escorted him to the Tianming Empire’s command camp.
• Saine observed the empire’s legions and command tent while waiting for the Invincible General to arrive.
• Gongsun Wudi entered the tent, introduced herself, and confirmed that she was the Invincible General.
• Saine asked the Tianming Empire to cooperate with Wizard Civilization and provide aid in war.
• Gongsun Wudi said she could represent her brother, the emperor, and told Saine to help end the war in Rongyue World first.

Saine joined Gongsun Wudi’s campaign in Rongyue World and deployed his forces before casting a small forbidden spell against a native city. The Meteor Shower began falling across the battlefield as Gongsun Wudi watched from afar.

• Saine accepted Invincible General’s request, and Gongsun Wudi assigned him to the Iron Cavalry Army and allowed his pirate forces to come to Rongyue World.
• Saine released two hundred thousand Angel Legion troops and scattered roughly three hundred thousand Green Source Seeds across the battlefield.
• Saine prepared and cast his customized small forbidden spell, Meteor Fire Rain, using Flames of Ash.
• Two Rongyue World creatures charged from their city, but Fumila blocked them as Saine’s meteors began to descend.
• Gongsun Wudi stepped outside her command tent and watched the Meteor Shower streak across the sky.

Saine's forbidden spell devastated Giant Mountain City, provoking a frenzied Level-5 Rongyue creature to charge him. After Fumila severed the creature's arm, Saine blocked its club strike and counterattacked with an alchemy hammer as Fumila struck from behind.

• Saine's Meteor Fire Rain overwhelmed Giant Mountain City's defenses and killed countless Rongyue creatures.
• A frenzied Level-5 Rongyue creature charged Saine, and Fumila intercepted him with her Light Sword, severing one arm.
• The wounded creature continued toward Saine and smashed a Spiked Club Phantom down at him.
• Saine transformed into an Ash Demon and blocked the blow with his Magic Staff, cracking its shaft.
• Saine seized his Alchemy Heavy Hammer and struck the creature's skull as Fumila attacked from behind.

Saine and Fumila killed a Level-5 Rongyue creature, and Saine observed the Tianming Empire’s superior combat discipline during the war. Three years later, with the campaign nearing its end, General Tuoba Hong summoned Saine to meet Gongsun Wudi.

• Saine and Fumila defeated the Level-5 Rongyue creature, and Saine collected its remains while Fumila kept one severed arm.
• Saine studied a battle between a Level-4 Iron Cavalry Army commander and a Rongyue creature, judging that the Tianming Empire had a more complete cultivation system and stronger grasp of laws.
• Over the next three years, Saine fought alongside the Tianming Empire Legion and compared its weapons and battlefield strengths with those of Wizard Civilization.
• General Tuoba Hong came to Saine’s camp and invited him to the central army camp for a discussion with Gongsun Wudi.
• Saine reflected that the Tianming Empire was a powerful, expanding civilization led on its campaigns by Gongsun Wudi.

Saine proposed marking and stimulating Rongyue World's Plane Nodes to weaken the world without destroying its Plane Navel, and Gongsun Wudi agreed to the plan. After studying and marking nodes near the Plane Navel, Saine activated a marker on Yuntai Mountain, setting in motion changes that would temporarily strip the world of its tranquil, flourishing state.

• Gongsun Wudi asked Saine to cast a forbidden spell at Rongyue World's Plane Navel, but Saine suggested stimulating its Plane Nodes instead.
• Gongsun Wudi accepted Saine's proposal, and Saine asked the Tianming Empire to consider cooperating with Wizard World after the war.
• The Tianming Empire assigned Saine to mark Plane Nodes near the Plane Navel and sent experts to protect him and observe his work.
• Saine studied Rongyue World's resilience and inserted a magical marker into the soil on Yuntai Mountain, causing it to resonate with nodes he had marked elsewhere.

Guardian White Horse Ronglu watched the Tianming Empire’s invasion devastate Rongyue World as its Plane Will weakened. After a sudden Rule Mutation withered vegetation across the world, the battle at Rongyue Royal City left King of Shanyue and the Rongdi Earth Hou near defeat, facing Gongsun Wudi and the Tianming Empire.

• White Horse Ronglu grieved over Rongyue World’s suffering and gave a restorative tuft of grass to an injured Level-4 lifeform for Colorful Feather Butterfly.
• A Rule Mutation turned the sky pale yellow and caused vegetation around Nine Abyss Mountain and other parts of Rongyue World to wither.
• White Horse Ronglu saw decay spreading across Rongyue World and despaired at the suffering of its creatures.
• At Rongyue Royal City, the Golden Fur Giant Hou lay near death while King of Shanyue’s attack was easily repelled by a Tianming Empire expert.
• Gongsun Wudi removed her helmet and looked across the devastated battlefield as King of Shanyue and the Rongdi Earth Hou neared defeat.

After Rongyue World's defeat, Saine observed the Tianming Empire's surrender negotiations with Guardian White Horse Ronglu and learned that Gongsun Wudi had revealed his role in suppressing the Plane Navel. Saine left the meeting after his calm explanation further strained relations with the surviving natives.

• King of Shanyue died refusing to surrender, while the wounded Rongdi Earth Hou was captured for transport to the Tianming Empire.
• Guardian White Horse Ronglu and the surviving native powerhouses accepted the Tianming Empire's terms after Rongyue World's forces were devastated.
• Saine attended the surrender negotiations as an observer and privately judged the Tianming Empire's methods less thorough than Wizard Civilization's.
• Gongsun Wudi told White Horse Ronglu that Saine had tampered with the area around Rongyue World's Plane Navel, deepening the Guardian's hostility toward Saine.
• Saine explained that his suppression of the world's rules should be temporary, then saluted both sides and left the meeting.

Saine returned with Gongsun Wudi and the surrendering representatives of Rongyue World to the Tianming Empire, where he received a rare weapon to help repair his Magic Staff. As the group reached Tianming Capital, Saine observed the empire’s vast colonial reach and encountered the protective dragon aura surrounding its Homeland.

• Gongsun Wudi praised Saine for influencing Rongyue World's Plane Will and promised to report his contribution to the emperor.
• Gongsun Wudi gave Saine King of Shanyue's Mystic Black Heavy Axe, which Saine planned to melt down for materials to repair his Magic Staff and strengthen Fumila.
• Saine traveled through Tianming Empire territory and observed that Gongsun Wudi was widely celebrated as the Invincible General and Martial Saint.
• Saine noticed the empire had occupied more planes than the Myriad Springs World Cluster and had established settlements across its alien territories.
• Gongsun Wudi showed Saine the enormous white Giant Dragon energy formation called the Tianming Empire's dragon aura outside Tianming Capital.

Saine learned how the Tianming Empire’s dragon aura reflected the civilization’s strength and could aid its martial artists, and Gongsun Wudi revealed that her father, the First Emperor, had created it. The victorious legion returned to the capital, where Saine was welcomed as an envoy and lodged at Gongsun Wudi’s Princess Manor while awaiting an imperial audience.

• Gongsun Wudi explained that officials could borrow dragon aura for battle and cultivation, and that its growth followed the Tianming Empire’s prosperity.
• Gongsun Wudi told Saine that her father, the First Emperor, had created the dragon aura.
• As the victorious legion returned with spoils and captives, the Dragon of Luck grew more active and granted benefits to the procession, including Saine.
• Gongsun Wudi explained that Saine’s envoy status gave him an official rank and a share of the dragon aura, then invited him to stay at her residence before the emperor summoned them.
• The Tianming Empire welcomed the legion, sent its spoils to the treasury and captives to the Heavenly Prison, and assigned the Colorful Feather Butterfly a temporary residence.
• Saine arrived at Gongsun Wudi’s Princess Manor and saw Dominator-class plaques her father had left above its gate.

Saine settled into the territory Gongsun Wudi gave him and began building Magic Towers before she took him to meet Emperor Gongsun Wuji. At the audience, Saine found the emperor and elder officials warmly received him, though younger court figures were more dismissive.

• Gongsun Wudi told Saine that her father had died soon after her birth without ever taking the throne, and that her brother had granted him the posthumous title of First Emperor.
• Gongsun Wudi gave Saine a large tract of land near her residence, where he summoned golems to build four Magic Towers for his research.
• Saine learned that Gongsun Wudi lived nearby, and before his towers were half finished, he was summoned to an audience with the emperor.
• Gongsun Wudi changed into a princess gown and rode with Saine to the palace, where she listened as he described unicorns from the Elf Great World.
• Emperor Gongsun Wuji received Saine in court alongside Gongsun Wudi, Crown Prince Gongsun Qi, and imperial officials; Saine sensed that the emperor and elder figures welcomed him, while younger officials were less sincere.