Recaps

Saine traded with Setum, then studied the Marduk Subsidiary Divinity and found a path toward the Level-5 Peak realm. He decided to use it as the centerpiece of his own World-Class Secret Treasure Magic Staff, the Staff of Ashes, and began considering materials for its construction.

• Setum negotiated a Blood Crystal deal with Saine and explained that the devils sometimes traded with the Alibaba Interstellar Merchant Association and cooperated with Black Magicians.
• Saine told Setum he might invite him to join a future invasion of Faelun Continent, and Setum readily agreed.
• After Setum left, Saine studied the fire divinity and Tianyang Venerable's Dominator's Blood, which helped him approach the Level-5 Peak realm.
• Saine decided to craft his first World-Class Secret Treasure, a Magic Staff called the Staff of Ashes, using the Marduk Subsidiary Divinity as its head.
• Saine considered obtaining a Level-6 Peak Creature's body part or trading with the Blade Warriors for materials.

Saine traded his Inert Crystals to the Zerg for Soul Crystals, rare materials, and Marduk's subsidiary divinities, while also selling them his research on the crystals. After the Zerg delivered the goods, Beipeng and Mel returned to his Laboratory Base with the God of Black Mist and others.

• A Level-6 Zerg Blade Warrior offered Saine a generous price for his Inert Crystals, and Saine negotiated to receive some of Marduk's subsidiary divinities instead of part of the payment.
• The Zerg agreed to provide Saine with fire-element and plant-element divinities, and Saine agreed to sell them all his academic achievements on Inert Crystals.
• The next day, the Zerg delivered five fire-element divinities, one plant-element divinity, and many rare metals and mineral materials to Saine's Laboratory Base.
• Saine summoned Yuli and had her, Flame Mark, and more than a hundred Intelligent Angels sort the delivered goods.
• Beipeng and Mel returned with the God of Black Mist and others; Beipeng admired Saine's Zerg resources, while Mel appeared upset.

After Mel failed to seize a divinity in the final battle, she asked Saine to help her obtain one of the Level-4 divinities captured by the God of Black Mist and his allies. Saine arranged to recommend the allies for the Wizard Alliance and traded Mel a Fire Element Divinity in exchange for a thousand years as his experimental assistant, leaving her eager to study a Level-6 Peak Fire Element Divinity too.

• Saine told Mel that her defeat by Marduk's divine thought avatar was understandable and suggested she seek a lower-level divinity.
• Saine learned that the God of Black Mist and his allies had captured a Water Element Divinity and a Wind and Fire Dual Element Divinity, and took both into his possession for safekeeping.
• Saine promised the God of Black Mist and his allies rewards for their contributions and said he would recommend them for the Wizard Alliance after the war.
• Mel offered to serve as Saine's experimental assistant in return for a Fire Element Divinity, and Saine required her to work in his laboratory for a thousand years.
• Saine offered Mel the chance to participate in researching his Level-6 Peak Fire Element Divinity if she performed well, and Mel agreed to the deal.

Saine and Mel continued working together in his laboratory, where Mel’s fire-magic knowledge and Saine’s experiments benefited them both. As Saine began another body-tempering experiment on Mel, she asked whether he had ever experimented on Tourmaline, and Saine assured her that no accident would happen this time.

• Mel assisted Saine with fire-element experiments, and Saine suggested taking her on as an apprentice.
• Mel bargained for half of Saine’s fire-element divinities, while Saine explained that his experiments had already helped her improve.
• Saine recalled that a previous body-tempering experiment had overwhelmed Mel with Flame Energy, causing her to break free and pounce on him before he restored her to normal.
• Mel returned to Saine Laboratory after a brief absence and established two laboratories of her own nearby.
• During another body-tempering experiment, Mel asked whether Saine had experimented on Tourmaline, and Saine said he had not.

Saine fed the Ark Heart Core Fragment to the Magic Cube, then answered the Blade Empress’s summons and reported what he knew about Inert Crystal and the Ai Youlan Butterfly Civilization. The Blade Empress showed interest in the newly revealed crystal sources and accepted Saine’s defense of the Kryptonians as he spoke at her audience.

• Saine had the Magic Cube consume the Ark Heart Core Fragment, and it entered dormancy after gaining more power.
• Saine flew to Death Descendant Fempton with Fumila and met the Blade Empress in the Empress Palace, where she teased him about taking her bath water.
• The Blade Empress asked Saine about the Ai Youlan Butterfly Civilization Secret Realm and Inert Crystal, and Saine recounted his experiences, including the supreme-grade crystal mountain in the Hongguang Technology Center.
• The Blade Empress said Inert Crystal could not easily be destroyed and believed most of the crystal inside the damaged facility remained intact.
• The Blade Empress discussed Kryptonians and their Krypton Crystal, and Saine praised their importance as Wizard Civilization allies.

Saine asked the Blade Empress for the Ark, but learned that she would give it to him if he reached Level-6 Peak. After leaving the Empress Palace, Saine focused on reaching Level-5 Peak, while the Zerg discussed the spoils of war and the recovery of the injured Raptor Zerg King.

• Saine asked to study the Ark and revealed that his Magic Cube had devoured a fragment of its Heart Core.
• The Blade Empress showed Saine the damaged Ark and Heart Core, then offered him the Ark if he advanced to Level-6 Peak.
• Saine accepted the agreement and left the Empress Palace, planning to reach Level-5 Peak before returning to Wizard Civilization.
• The Zerg discussed the Supreme-Grade Inert Crystal Mountain and whether it could help their high-ranking members advance.
• The Blade Empress asked about the Raptor Zerg King's recovery and learned that its injuries were manageable, though its lost Omnipotent Soul could not be restored.

Saine spent 156 years in seclusion advancing his fire, mechanical, and body-tempering arcana, emerging at Level-5 Peak. He learned the Tianming Empire would remain in the Divine Descendant Star Region for another 300 years and wondered whether something had changed on Wizard Civilization’s main battlefield.

• Saine experimented with Azure Blue Flame, Tianyang Fire, and God-Descendant Fire as he sought to reach Level-5 Peak.
• Saine spent 21 years integrating Tianyang Fire and continued researching Marduk’s divine sparks while Mel, Fumila, and Yuli assisted with his work.
• Saine remained in his laboratory for 156 years, advancing his fire, mechanical, and body-tempering arcana before emerging at Level-5 Peak.
• Saine received Gongsun Wudi’s congratulations and learned the Tianming Empire planned to head to Wizard Civilization’s main battlefield in 312 years.
• Saine questioned why the Tianming Empire and Zerg had slowed their attacks despite the plan to remain in the Divine Descendant Star Region for another 300 years.

After Mosquito Daoist fled the Tyron Star battlefield, Cloud Arising Venerable withdrew his forces, leaving the Destruction Giant Ape and Demon Sky Great Sage to resume fighting the Galente Federation. The chapter ended with the wounded Wukong charging back into battle as the Federation’s forces faced mounting defeat.

• Mosquito Daoist escaped the battlefield after breaking through the Federation formation, and Cloud Arising Venerable withdrew his legions once their common enemy was gone.
• Demon Sky Great Sage prepared to attack Cloud Arising Venerable’s departing forces, but the Destruction Giant Ape stopped him, believing they might not be enemies next time.
• The Destruction Giant Ape grumbled about the Buddhism Sect’s absence while recovering from severe injuries with the power of destruction.
• Wukong repaired the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle and charged back into battle against the Galente Federation, followed by Demon Sky Great Sage and the fleet groups under his command.

Dipamkara Buddha led a Buddhist army to the Wizard Civilization Battlefield, claiming they would help Victorious Fighting Buddha and save suffering beings. When Fa Hai exposed the hidden Minghe Empire’s Tenth Pharaoh King, Dipamkara Buddha ordered the Buddhists to attack, and she fled.

• Dipamkara Buddha and the Buddhist army emerged near the Apocalypse Great World, intending to fight in the area rather than head directly to Victorious Fighting Buddha.
• Dipamkara Buddha said Victorious Fighting Buddha was already safe and proposed spreading Buddhist Dharma while gradually making their way toward him.
• Haoyue Bodhisattva questioned the plan, but Fa Hai supported Dipamkara Buddha’s mission to save sentient beings and eradicate demons.
• Fa Hai sensed a concealed evil presence and used his Purple Golden Bowl to expose the Minghe Empire’s Tenth Pharaoh King.
• Dipamkara Buddha led Fa Hai and the other Buddhist powerhouses in an assault, and the Tenth Pharaoh King turned to flee.

The Tenth Pharaoh King fled through Wizard Civilization territory with two injured King of Monsters as Dipamkara Buddha and the Buddhism Sect pursued them. Dipamkara targeted the Beetle King of Monsters’ horn, and the chapter ended with him swinging the Cosmos Ruler at it as the Tenth Pharaoh King cursed him.

• The Tenth Pharaoh King reunited with her two injured King of Monsters and the Netherworld Empire army remnants, then urged them to flee from the pursuing Buddhism Sect.
• The Buddhism Sect’s cultivators overwhelmed and purified many of the Netherworld Empire remnants while the Tenth Pharaoh King kept running to avoid being trapped by other armies.
• Dipamkara Buddha targeted the Beetle King of Monsters and cracked the base of its horn with twelve Ocean Stabilizing Pearls.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King refused Dipamkara Buddha’s challenge and continued fleeing with her underlings.
• Dipamkara Buddha drew the Cosmos Ruler and swung it at the Beetle King of Monsters’ horn, prompting the Tenth Pharaoh King to curse him.

The Wizard Civilization redirected the Buddhism Sect to the Minghe Empire Battlefield while more Immortal Domain forces arrived to support its war against the Galente Federation. The chapter ended with the Rogue Cultivator Duan Po arriving on the Meifule Plane and beginning registration for the battlefield.

• The Wizard Civilization sent the Buddhism Sect to the Minghe Empire Battlefield, and Baxia and the Flood Demon King persuaded the Immortal Domain Dragon Race to stop pursuing the Tenth Pharaoh King.
• Candle Dragon urged the dragon forces to continue advancing against the Galente Federation, whose Star Cores and Energy Chunks had made the Immortal Domain forces wealthy.
• Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi gained Befu's approval to send his disciples and Immortal Domain Rogue Cultivators to the Wizard Civilization Battlefield, where they would share spoils and accept deployment.
• Hundreds of millions of cultivators under Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi arrived on the Meifule Plane, including the Rogue Cultivator Duan Po.
• A Level-2 Female Magician directed Duan Po to Light Prism Fortress No. 2 to register and receive his identity badge.

Immortal Domain rogue cultivators and Shu Mountain Sword Sect sword cultivators bolstered Wizard Civilization’s forces, while Wizard Civilization continued recruiting Immortal Domain allies for its battlefields. The Exposition Sect began negotiations, the Galente Federation’s isolation deepened, and the war’s heavy toll became clear.

• Immortal Domain rogue cultivators strengthened Wizard Civilization’s mid- and low-tier forces, accepted a fifty-fifty split of seized resources, and used Magic Coins under their war contracts.
• The Shu Mountain Sword Sect sent its younger disciples and elite sword cultivators to the battlefield, where Wizard Civilization assigned most of them against the Galente Federation and opened teleportation routes to the Cosmos Great World battlefield.
• The Exposition Sect contacted Wizard Civilization about joining the war, and Wizard Civilization planned to send its forces against the Minghe Empire.
• Wizard Civilization considered its ties with Nether River Old Ancestor but did not seek his help because the battlefield did not need more reinforcements.
• The Galente Federation continued to hold much of its homeland and launch local counterattacks, but its lack of allies raised doubts about how long it could endure.
• Wizard Civilization counted 3,142 fallen mages and 9,964 fallen knights above Level Four, with foreign gods suffering further casualties.

After reaching the Level-5 Peak, Saine explored the Divine Descendant World and measured how long its Dominator Craters would remain dangerous. He then rewarded the gods under his command for their service in the war, leaving them equipped and motivated for future conflicts.

• Saine explored the Divine Descendant World, established temporary laboratories, and measured the three Dominator Craters, finding that they would remain too dangerous for Demigods for centuries or millennia.
• Saine summoned the gods under his command to assess their contributions in the Divine Descendant World War.
• Saine learned that Alebi had reached Level Four through faith and luck, then arranged for him to receive a share of believers and future faith quotas.
• Saine stripped divine offices and divinity from captured divinities and distributed them to the gods according to their merit.
• Saine especially rewarded the God of Black Mist and the God of Black Dog, returning two Level Four Subsidiary Divinities and praising the God of Black Dog's efforts to protect others.

Saine learned that the Alibaba Interstellar Merchant Association held major auctions featuring rare Dominator-class materials, and fifty-six years later he attended one with Yuli and Fumila. He watched a captured Level-6 Divine Descendant Goddess go up for auction, but focused on the upcoming sale of Venerable Mu Ge's Dominator's Blood.

• The God of Evening Drool told Saine that recent auctions had offered Dominator-class materials, including Venerable Mu Ge's Dominator's Blood, and Saine asked to be informed before the next major auction.
• Fifty-six years later, the God of Evening Drool led Saine, Yuli, and Fumila to an Alibaba Merchant Alliance auction gala in a Demiplane outside the Divine Descendant World.
• The God of Evening Drool explained that the alliance attracted buyers from surrounding planar civilizations and had previously sold Venerable Mu Ge's Dominator's Blood to a foreign Level-6 Creature.
• Saine saw a captured Level-6 Divine Descendant Goddess, once a companion of Marduk, displayed as a finale auction item and chose not to bid on her.
• Saine ignored the spectacle and waited for the auction of Venerable Mu Ge's Dominator's Blood, the item he had come to buy.

Saine bought Venerable Mu Ge's Dominator's Blood at auction and spent the following centuries studying it while preparing to return to Wizard Civilization. Before leaving the Divine Descendant World, he gave Gongsun Wudi the fully tamed White Jade Dragon as a gift and departed with Beipeng, Mel, and the others.

• Saine bought Venerable Mu Ge's Dominator's Blood for goods worth 710 million Magic Coins after the auction frenzy over Goddess Dis subsided.
• Saine examined the toxic blood in his laboratory and planned to research its unusual properties further after returning to Wizard Civilization.
• More than three hundred years passed before Saine left for the Wizard Civilization Battlefield, while the Kada Star Thief Group had already vanished from the region.
• Saine met Gongsun Wudi and gave her the fully tamed Level-6 White Jade Dragon that she had once captured and entrusted to him.
• Gongsun Wudi escorted Saine, Beipeng, and Mel to the Divine Descendant Star Region's border and watched them leave through the Teleportation Array.

Saine returned to the Wizard Civilization battlefield and reached the Wote Huaien Star Region, where the Wizard Civilization’s forces were holding a fiercely contested former Galente Federation heartland. He learned that the Immortal Domain had fully joined the war and wondered about the separate front against the Minghe Empire.

• Saine and his party followed Alibaba Interstellar Merchant Association teleportation routes to the Wote Huaien Star Region, passing through detours on the way.
• Saine learned that Civilization Leader Befu and other Wizard Civilization leaders had stationed themselves in the Wote Huaien Star Region to defend its occupation.
• Saine saw Immortal Domain cultivators alongside Wizard Civilization forces and heard from Suoli that the Immortal Domain had intervened in the war about five hundred years earlier.
• Suoli told Saine that Buddhism Sect, Demon Race, and Sage Dao Court cultivators were fighting on the Minghe Empire front line, and Saine invited Suoli to trade with his Ash Holy Tower.
• Saine reflected on his long separation from his mentor and wondered whether the Galente Federation had allied with the Minghe Empire.

Saine reunited with his mentor, Luluenman, at the Collector Star Port after more than a thousand years apart, and they caught up over tea. Their conversation left Saine reflecting on the cooperation between Wizard Civilization and Immortal Domain Civilization.

• Saine met Luluenman at the Collector Star Port, and both were briefly at a loss for words after their long separation.
• Saine and Luluenman discovered that she had reached the Level-4 Peak and he had reached the Level-5 Peak, though Saine chose not to tell her he had touched upon the path to Level 6.
• Saine and Luluenman observed Immortal Domain Cultivators sharing the Magic Tea Restaurant with Wizard World mages and discussed cultural exchange between their civilizations.
• Saine expressed hope that Wizard Civilization and Immortal Domain Civilization would never go to war, but Luluenman had been distracted and asked what he had said.

Saine reunited with Luluenman and learned how the Ash Holy Tower and its allies had developed during his absence. The chapter left him asking where the Myriad Springs World Cluster Legion was, after hearing Tourmaline might be with it.

• Luluenman told Saine that Cuilisi and the others were fighting deep in the Apocalypse Starfield, where the Wizard Civilization's campaign was proceeding with relatively low casualties.
• Luluenman explained that the Ash Holy Tower Legion had continued fighting and grown several times larger while Saine was away.
• Saine learned that Meili, Ping Ke Man, and Musuoer had advanced to Level 4 and taken different paths in serving or leaving the Ash Holy Tower.
• Luluenman told Saine that the centaur he supposedly had a relationship with had advanced to Level 4, leaving him baffled.
• Saine learned that Bai Xing and others had appeared near the Apocalypse Great World, while Tourmaline was believed to be with the Myriad Springs World Cluster Legion.
• Saine asked Luluenman where the Myriad Springs World Cluster Legion was.

Saine reunited with Luluenman at Collector Star Port and discussed his plans to return to the Wizard World, visit his grandmentor, and prepare for a Level 6 advance. Meanwhile, Dominators and Saints from the Wizard and Immortal Domain Civilizations gathered in the Wote Huaien Star Region to discuss the Exposition Sect’s troop deployment.

• Saine gave Luluenman a trove of rare magical materials, and she eagerly took him to a temporary laboratory.
• Saine was ordered to report to the Wizard Civilization’s upper echelon, while Beipeng and Meili went their separate ways.
• Luluenman urged Saine to rest in the Wizard World and conduct his research there, and he planned to visit his grandmentor and reorganize his Ash Holy Tower Legion.
• Luluenman offered to accompany Saine to Apocalypse Great World, and Saine said he first had to meet the Wizard Civilization’s leaders.
• Destruction Giant Ape, Demon Sky Great Sage, Dipamkara Buddha, Immortal Emperor Qinghua, Bi An, and other Dominators and Saints arrived for a high-level gathering about the Exposition Sect’s coming deployment.

At a secret gathering of Wizard Civilization and Immortal Domain Civilization leaders, Destruction Giant Ape Wukong demanded compensation from Dipamkara Buddha for failing to arrive during his battle with Mosquito Daoist. He secured half of a Dominator’s horn for his broken weapon as other attendees arrived and Dipamkara Buddha claimed credit for Buddhism Sect’s campaign against the Minghe Empire remnants.

• Destruction Giant Ape Wukong complained to Dipamkara Buddha about Buddhism Sect’s absence during his fight with Mosquito Daoist and demanded compensation.
• Wukong tried to snatch Dipamkara Buddha’s unfinished Buddhist Beads and discovered they were made from a Dominator’s horn.
• Demon Sky Great Sage Li Qingshan, Bi An, Saneseus, Sethy, and other leaders arrived as Wukong continued pestering Dipamkara Buddha.
• Wukong bargained for half of the horn to repair his Golden Hoop Rod and offered alloy from Galente Federation warships in exchange.
• Bi An asked about the horn, and Dipamkara Buddha claimed Buddhism Sect had driven the Minghe Empire’s fleeing forces toward the Cosmos Great World Battlefield.

Befu convened a high-level meeting of Dominators and Saint-Level Experts as Wizard Civilization’s war against the Galente Federation neared its conclusion. She introduced Lisa and Gongsun Wudi as her younger sisters, while Nezha regarded Gongsun Wudi thoughtfully.

• Nezha arrived at the meeting, greeted by Wukong and the other Immortal Domain experts.
• Befu arrived with Lisa and Gongsun Wudi, and the gathered Dominators stood to welcome her.
• Befu offered to cover Wukong’s losses and treatment, including restoring the Dominator Soul he had expended, but Wukong downplayed his injuries.
• Wizard Civilization’s leaders assessed the Federation as likely to collapse within thousands of years and continued their advance cautiously.
• Befu introduced Lisa and Gongsun Wudi to the Immortal Domain experts, and Nezha looked at Gongsun Wudi thoughtfully.

Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain factions negotiated battlefield deployments, Rogue Cultivator oversight, and currency exchange at a high-level summit. They reached agreements smoothly, and Nezha announced the Exposition Sect would begin sending its army to the Minghe Empire Battlefield within a hundred years.

• Befu asked Dipamkara Buddha to send the Buddhism Sect’s remaining legions to the Cosmos Great World Border Battlefield, and Dipamkara Buddha raised concerns about Ghost Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators entering as Rogue Cultivators.
• Befu and the major Sage Dao Courts proposed reviewing and inspecting Immortal Domain Rogue Cultivator groups entering and leaving the Wizard Civilization Battlefield.
• Wizard Civilization established exchange rates between Magic Coins and Immortal Domain currencies and discussed its changing policies for collecting Rogue Cultivator war profits.
• Nezha said the Exposition Sect had assembled its army and would send it to the Minghe Empire Battlefield over the next hundred years.
• Befu concluded the summit by wishing for their cooperation to produce perfect results.

After the meeting, Gongsun Wudi explained her connection to the people Locke had rescued from the Heavenly Prison, and Befu reassured Crown Prince Nezha that the Martial Arts Remnants would not hinder cooperation. Befu brought Gongsun Wudi and Lisa to reunite with Hela, Thor, and Loki, where the younger family members exchanged greetings and gifts before Gongsun Wudi declined Hela’s invitation to visit Titan World.

• Gongsun Wudi told Nezha that Locke had rescued her brother and two mothers, and thanked him for helping them return.
• Befu assured Nezha that the Martial Arts Remnants would not affect their cooperative relationship.
• Befu brought Lisa and Gongsun Wudi to meet Hela, Thor, and Loki, and Hela warmly embraced Lisa.
• Thor and Loki called their aunts and received gifts, while Gongsun Wudi gave them Tianming Empire manuals and presented Hela with cosmetics.
• Hela invited Gongsun Wudi to visit Titan World, but Gongsun Wudi declined because she needed to return to the Divine Descendant Star Region and prepare for the Tianming Empire’s war arrangements.

Befu and Lisa gave Titan World advance notice of Wizard Civilization’s coming economic policies, while Saine finally received his mission rewards and traveled with Luluenman toward the Apocalypse Great World. On the way, Saine sensed a dangerous Demonic Cultivator following a mysterious knife-wielding Immortal Domain Cultivator, then wondered whether Wizard Civilization would intervene if Immortal Domain Cultivators fought within its territory.

• Befu and Lisa briefed Hela and the other Divine Sons of Titan World on Wizard Civilization’s upcoming currency exchange and price policies.
• After two and a half years, a Mamet United Alliance magician received Saine, confirmed his mission rewards, and arranged his leave before he and Luluenman set out for the Apocalypse Great World.
• During their journey, Saine used the Faceless Mask to identify a Level-5 Demonic Cultivator carrying the weight of many slaughtered lives.
• Saine sensed a sharp, blade-like aura from a Level-4 Immortal Domain Cultivator carrying a Firewood Chopping Knife, though Luluenman noticed nothing unusual.
• Saine saw the Demonic Cultivator suppress his aura and follow the knife-wielding cultivator, then asked Luluenman whether Wizard Civilization would intervene if Immortal Domain Cultivators fought in its territory.

Saine and Luluenman traveled to the Ancient Wilderness Plane, where Saine reunited with the Azure Blaze Sect and learned how its members had advanced. The chapter left him catching up with his sect while Knight Beleka remained cool toward him.

• Saine observed Immortal Domain cultivators and Wizard Alliance creatures during the journey, bought Immortal Domain items and Spirit Beasts, and wondered about the panda's avatar ability.
• Saine and Lulianman spent nearly two years traveling to the Apocalypse Great World and reached the Ancient Wilderness Plane, where the Azure Blaze Sect and allied legions were stationed.
• Saine reunited with Gagaru and Pinas, who praised his strength after he reached Level-5 Peak and surpassed them.
• Luluenman spoke with her mentor Cuilisi while Saine greeted Sylph, who had advanced to Level 4.
• Saine learned that Ailide had reached late Level 4, Pinas had reached early Level 5, and Beleka had reached Level-4 Peak; Beleka turned away when Saine greeted her.