Recaps

Saine and the Magicians inside his Combined Fortress battled Nine Extremes Demon Lord, using the fortress’s weapons and coordinated attacks to overwhelm him. After Duan Po recovered with Saine’s Life Potion, he joined the fight and helped drive the demon lord into a desperate state.

• Saine used the Combined Fortress to trade blows with Nine Extremes Demon Lord and recognized three approaching Level-6 Peak Creatures.
• The fortress Magicians coordinated its weapons and poured Magic Guided shells and elemental attacks onto Nine Extremes Demon Lord.
• Nine Extremes Demon Lord adapted to Saine’s fighting style, damaging some weapons and scorching the fortress’s metal armor, but Saine continued the battle.
• Duan Po rose after being grievously wounded, drank Saine’s Life Potion, and attacked Nine Extremes Demon Lord from behind with his Firewood Chopping Knife.
• Saine and Duan Po coordinated their attacks, combining punches, knife strikes, and fortress fire to batter Nine Extremes Demon Lord.

Wind-Drilling Demon King and Evil Spirit Buddha clashed as Old Man Xuan Tian attacked the Heretical Cultivators, while Sky Devil Locust fled and Saine prepared his World-Extinguishing Impact Light sequencer against Nine Extremes Demon Lord. Wizard Civilization forces then arrived, capturing the badly injured Sky Devil Locust.

• Wind-Drilling Demon King taunted Evil Spirit Buddha and fought him with his Hurricane Flag after Evil Spirit Buddha attacked him.
• Old Man Xuan Tian attacked the Heretical Cultivators with his immortal sword, relieving pressure on Bora, the mages, and the elves.
• Sky Devil Locust fled from Fumila, who then joined Saine and Duan Po against Nine Extremes Demon Lord.
• Saine began charging the World-Extinguishing Impact Light sequencer while Fumila and Duan Po kept Nine Extremes Demon Lord occupied.
• Wizard Civilization fleets and legions arrived, and a Wizard Civilization knight seized the injured Sky Devil Locust.

Death Knight Alex arrived with a Wizard Civilization patrol legion and asserted control over the battle, while Saine’s weapon continued charging and Nine Extremes Demon Lord’s fight raged on. Alex ordered the Immortal Domain combatants arrested and confronted Old Man Xuan Tian, Evil Spirit Buddha, and Wind-Drilling Demon King, as Evil Spirit Buddha tried to explain.

• Alex, a Level-6 Peak knight known as the Death Knight, seized the wounded Sky Devil Locust and threw him toward a Space Fortress.
• A Level-6 Magician trapped Sky Devil Locust in a magical cage and cited laws and agreements accusing the Immortal Domain combatants of violations.
• Alex ordered the arrest of all Immortal Domain Cultivators who had participated in the battle, allowing resistance to be met with execution.
• Alex ordered Old Man Xuan Tian, Evil Spirit Buddha, and Wind-Drilling Demon King to come with him.
• Evil Spirit Buddha stepped forward and suggested there might be a misunderstanding, but Alex rejected the claim.

Wizard Civilization forces moved to arrest the Immortal Domain Heretical Cultivators, and the renewed fighting left Evil Spirit Buddha struggling against Alex. As the other Quasi-Saints submitted or kept their distance, Mountain-Moving Taoist surrendered and blamed Evil Spirit Buddha and Nine Extremes Demon Lord.

• Death Knight Alex ordered the Wizard Civilization patrol legion to capture the Heretical Cultivators and attacked Evil Spirit Buddha with his World-Class Secret Treasure sword.
• Evil Spirit Buddha resisted Alex, prompting the surrounding Heretical and Demonic Cultivators to resume fighting the Wizard Civilization forces.
• Wind-Drilling Demon King struck Evil Spirit Buddha with the Hurricane Flag, while he and Old Man Xuan Tian agreed to cooperate with the Wizard Civilization mage.
• Mountain-Moving Taoist surrendered, claiming Nine Extremes Demon Lord had tricked him into coming and Evil Spirit Buddha had ordered them to surround the Mystic Immortal-level mage for his Sage's Blood.

Saine and his allies helped the Wizard Civilization patrol legions defeat the Immortal Domain cultivators, and Saine thanked the elves who had aided them. The Fangshi faced inspection and possible closure, while Evil Spirit Buddha remained trapped under attack.

• Saine's World-Extinguishing Impact Light destroyed half of the Nine Extremes Demon Lord's body, and Wizard Civilization patrol legions took over the fight against him and Evil Spirit Buddha.
• Luo Bo, a powerful knight wielding Light Attribute Battle Qi, joined Death Knight Alex in attacking Evil Spirit Buddha, while exhausted Duan Po was carried into Saine's fortress to recover.
• Fumila gave Saine a broken spatial bracelet she had found beside the Nine Extremes Demon Lord, and Saine joined the patrol legion in suppressing the remaining cultivators.
• Saine thanked Aurelia, Sylvanas, and the other elves with gifts, and Aurelia offered him Fangshi materials in return after Sylvanas recognized him as an auction rival.
• The Wizard Civilization's inspection spread across the starfield and threatened the Fangshi with review and closure, while the wounded Evil Spirit Buddha could no longer escape the two knights.

After the Fangshi battle, Saine learned that the captured heretical cultivators would be imprisoned at Atlanta Interstellar Prison, then hurried back to the Wizard World when he sensed his son was about to be born. Duan Po recovered consciousness during the journey and agreed to one of Saine’s offers, though Saine did not know which.

• Alex and another powerful knight defeated Evil Spirit Buddha, while Wizard Civilization forces captured the other heretical cultivators and killed several who resisted.
• Stein told Saine that most uninvolved cultivators would be released after investigation, while Evil Spirit Buddha, Nine Extremes Demon Lord, and others would be sent to Atlanta Interstellar Prison.
• Saine visited Atlanta Interstellar Prison, where Warden Norton assigned Evil Spirit Buddha to the 19th floor and the other prisoners to the 17th and 18th floors.
• Saine sensed that his son was about to be born and left the prison to return to the Wizard World with Master Bola and the others.
• Duan Po awoke during the journey, and Saine offered him experimental cooperation or the role of his son’s Adoptive Father; Duan Po agreed without specifying which.

Saine brought the injured Duan Po into the Wizard World, where the Mother Plane Will and several powerful beings sensed his arrival. Saine then welcomed his son’s birth, as the child’s exceptional physique and Level-2 life level brought the family and their companions together in celebration.

• Saine docked the Combined Fortress Group at Titan Star Port and brought Duan Po, who felt no planar suppression, to his Ash Holy Tower.
• The Wizard World’s Four Guardians and a True Spirit astrologer sensed an extraordinary arrival in the Land of Ashes, but none interfered.
• Lina gave birth to Saine’s son, whose cries shook the top floor and whose life level was already Level 2.
• Luluenman praised the child’s powerful physique, while Saine suggested it came from his Body Tempering and joked that the boy could join the Azure Blaze Sect.
• Saine cared for Lina as their companions gathered around the newborn, and Lina rested against him in the warm, crowded room.

After Lina gave birth to Nasi Xiu Grant, Saine introduced Duan Po as the boy’s adoptive father and learned that two specialists had arrived to help with Nataya and Lina’s soul problems. Saine had Qieni and Iruike jointly examine Nataya’s dormant soul and begin planning treatment.

• Kelman Grant and Duan Po visited Saine’s newborn son, and the baby happily accepted Duan Po’s grass-gourd gift, which held protective spiritual qi.
• Saine named his son Nasi Xiu Grant and asked Duan Po to help care for him when Saine and Lina were occupied.
• Xia Ya told Saine that the Undead Magician Qieni and the Level-6 Black Magician Iruike had both arrived at Ash Holy Tower to address Nataya and Lina’s soul problems.
• Qieni apologized for his past delays and offered to treat Nataya without charge beyond material costs.
• Saine asked Qieni and Iruike to analyze Nataya’s dormant soul together, and Qieni agreed to try.

Saine brought Qieni and Iruike together to treat Nataya, whose soul remained dormant after shattering. Their experiment succeeded, and Nataya would need years to recover before waking fully; Saine then asked the two Magicians to help with another experimental subject.

• Iruike and Qieni examined Nataya and discussed the chances of awakening her, with Qieni offering to raise the odds using his mentor's Soul Element Arcana and a vast quantity of Soul Crystals.
• Saine promised to supply the Soul Crystals, drawing on a shipment stored in the Yi Crystal Demiplane, and the treatment experiment began with enough crystals to raise the stated success rate to 84%.
• Qieni warned Saine that Nataya could awaken with lasting soul damage and partial memory loss, and the experiment ultimately succeeded.
• Qieni said Nataya would need a few years, or perhaps a dozen, to recuperate and adjust to her strengthened soul; Saine thanked Qieni and Iruike and paid them in Soul Crystals.
• After seeing Fumila, Iruike understood why Rose wanted Saine on her side, and Saine asked Qieni and Iruike to help with another experimental subject.

Saine hosted a six-month academic salon to discuss dividing Lina's soul and reshaping Mei Kaili's body, then contacted Setum to arrange punishment for his enemies in Atlanta Interstellar Prison. He planned to wait for Nataya to awaken before beginning the experiment.

• Saine invited Qieni and Iruike to discuss the experiment, and summoned Mel and Tourmaline to contribute their Bloodline Studies knowledge.
• Saine, Qieni, Iruike, and the others exchanged Truth Arcana for half a year, while Tourmaline slept through much of the salon.
• Qieni and Iruike departed after the salon, and Iruike suggested using Mei Kaili's hair to reconstruct her bloodline information.
• Saine completed notes for the experiment but decided to wait for Nataya to awaken and spend time with Nasi Xiu.
• Saine contacted Setum and asked him to have his associates in Atlanta Interstellar Prison teach Saine's enemies a lesson.

Seven years after Nasi Xiu’s birth, Saine discovered that his son excelled at battle qi and close combat but resisted studying magic. The chapter ended with Nataya waking from her long slumber and Xia Ya informing Ash Holy Tower.

• Seven years after Nasi Xiu was born, Xia Ya regularly helped care for him while he grew slowly but learned to walk, fly, and control fire.
• Saine discovered that Nasi Xiu preferred Duan Po’s saber training and battle qi cultivation to magic, and that he had already condensed a Battle Qi Seed and could form a battle-qi sword.
• Nasi Xiu showed exceptional close-combat talent while sparring with Catherine, prompting Saine to wonder whether his son should follow the knight’s path; Lina urged him not to force the child into studying magic.
• Xia Ya visited Nataya’s room with Nasi Xiu and found that Nataya had awakened from her long slumber.
• Nataya recognized Xia Ya and remembered Saine and Lina, but joked that Nasi Xiu might be her son or younger brother before asking to hold him.
• Xia Ya let Nataya hold Nasi Xiu and then informed Saine and the others at Ash Holy Tower that Nataya had awakened.

Saine prepared Ash Holy Tower magicians to operate his repaired Combined Fortress and hurried to see Nataya after she awakened. Meanwhile, Zhong Kui secured Mountain-Moving Taoist’s release, and Knight Klopp added Saine to Wizard Civilization’s Reserve Potential Dominator Cultivation List.

• Saine paid Master Bola and others for their help, settled his debt with Setum, and learned that Evil Spirit Buddha had escaped punishment while Nine Extremes Demon Lord and the others remained imprisoned.
• Saine ordered Meili to select Ash Holy Tower magicians to train in operating and maintaining the Combined Fortress, then went with her to visit the awakened Nataya.
• Zhong Kui asked Knight Klopp to release Mountain-Moving Taoist, and Klopp agreed on the condition that he atone through meritorious service and commit no further offenses.
• Knight Klopp received a World-Class Secret Treasure gift from Sky Demon World, whose bone Buddhist Beads were made from Evil Spirit Buddha’s head, as it sought to preserve its interests on the battlefield.
• After reviewing Saine’s battle report, Knight Klopp praised his growth and added his name to the Reserve Potential Dominator Cultivation List.

The Mountain-Moving Taoist was released from Atlanta Interstellar Prison and agreed to serve the Witch Clan while atoning for his crimes in Wizard Civilization. At Ash Holy Tower, Saine welcomed the awakened Nataya and discussed her recovery, plans to help Lina and Mei Kaili, and news of his old Senior Brother and Senior Sister.

• Zhong Kui freed the Mountain-Moving Taoist with help from a writ issued by Overlord-level Knight Klopp, and the Taoist agreed to stay in Wizard Civilization and contribute to the Witch Clan.
• Zhong Kui told the Mountain-Moving Taoist that Evil Spirit Buddha had been killed and assigned him to protect Witch Clan forces and Formation Masters involved in building Soul Gathering Arrays.
• Nataya awoke having lost her memories of her father, but Saine found that the Soul Crystals had given her soul strength comparable to an ordinary Level-4 lifeform.
• At a banquet, Saine said he would first address Lina's bodily problem because the Black Domain had recently been affected, and Mei Kaili's Pale Bone Black Tower had also suffered.
• Saine told Meili that Zorro was struggling to advance beyond peak demigod level while Fei'er had already reached Level 4.

Fei'er advanced to Rank Four after surviving the Black Magicians’ devastating campaign, while Saine prepared to help his allies and received a huge compensation payment from the Immortal Domain. After beginning Mei Kaili’s body reconstruction experiment, Saine learned that Klopp Knight wanted to see him on the battlefield once his rest ended.

• Fei'er’s Rank Four advancement reflected the risks and rewards of the Black Magicians’ campaigns, which had reshaped the Black Domain’s power structure.
• Saine resolved to support Fei'er and Zorro, including by sending resources and sharing his alchemical insights with Zorro.
• Saine received the punishments imposed on the Immortal Domain attackers and learned that the Quasi-Saint Evil Spirit Buddha had died, while Mountain-Moving Taoist would serve on the battlefield.
• The Immortal Domain’s three major powers paid Saine 1.367 billion Magic Coins in compensation, and he used some of it to order military equipment for his Combined Fortress Group.
• Klopp Knight told Saine to visit him on the front lines after his rest period, leaving Saine wondering what the Dominator-class knight wanted to discuss.
• Saine began Mei Kaili’s body reconstruction experiment.

Saine spent more than a decade reforging a new body for Mei Kaili, then successfully separated her soul from Lina’s and returned it to that body. Lina and Mei Kaili both awoke after periods of sleep, and the chapter ended with Saine offering to help Mei Kaili adjust to her body.

• Saine used the Ash Holy Tower’s Flame Law energy and valuable materials to reforge Mei Kaili’s body over eleven years, restoring her youthful appearance from forty thousand years earlier.
• Saine completed the soul separation experiment, and Mei Kaili’s soul entered her new body while Lina and Mei Kaili both fell asleep during their adjustment.
• Lina awoke after about half a year, and Nasi Xiu told Saine that his mother had recovered.
• Three and a half years later, Nasi Xiu reported Mei Kaili’s awakening, and she embraced him when he called her Mother.
• Saine visited Mei Kaili and offered to help her test and adjust to her new body, and she agreed.

After restoring Lina and Mei Kaili, Saine began crafting the Staff of Ashes and learned that Luluenman planned to attempt a breakthrough to Level-5. Thirty-two years after Luluenman departed, a clear Phoenix Cry rang out from Ash Holy Tower.

• Saine explained that Mei Kaili’s Level-4 body needed time to adapt, but she chose to stay and became intimate with him.
• Saine prepared to craft the Staff of Ashes using Marduk’s Subsidiary Divinity, Immortal Domain Wutong Wood, divine fires, and other rare materials.
• At a family dinner, Luluenman announced that she planned to attempt to advance to Level-5, and Saine wished her success before she returned to Azure Source Holy Tower.
• After Luluenman departed, Saine began crafting the Staff of Ashes, using Ash Holy Tower’s Plane Node power and attempting to draw out the Black Phoenix essence blood.
• Thirty-two years later, a clear Phoenix Cry sounded from Ash Holy Tower.

Saine forged the World-Class Secret Treasure Staff of Ashes and tested its abilities in subspace, drawing attention from powerful figures across the Wizard World. After Sky City awarded him the title of Alchemy Grandmaster, Saine told two Guardian Organization magicians that he planned to attempt a breakthrough to Level 6 within the next hundred-odd years.

• Saine forged the Staff of Ashes, awakened the Phoenix bloodline in its Wutong Wood shaft, and tested the staff's powers in subspace for three months.
• Duan Po watched Saine depart on a Black Phoenix while Nasi Xiu practiced sword techniques nearby.
• Sky City awarded Saine an Alchemy Grandmaster Medal, and two Guardian Organization magicians confirmed that the earlier disturbances had accompanied the birth of a World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Saine told the Guardian Organization magicians that he had completed most of his preparations and would attempt to advance to Level 6 within the next hundred-odd years.
• The female Level-4 Magician pledged the Guardian Organization's support in safeguarding the Land of Ashes during Saine's breakthrough.

Saine saw Lina and Mei Kaili off as they returned to the Black Domain, then prepared to travel to the frontline starfield with Duan Po. Nasi Xiu stayed behind after Duan Po promised to return with his aunt, an immortal sword, and spiritual pills.

• Saine reviewed the congratulations sent after he forged the Staff of Ashes and learned that his mentor remained in seclusion at Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Lina and Mei Kaili refused Saine’s offer to stay, explaining they needed to rebuild their Black Towers and would visit again through the Space Gate.
• Lina and Mei Kaili left Nasi Xiu in Saine’s care, while Saine gave them resources to take back to the Black Domain.
• Duan Po told Saine his injuries had mostly healed and that he planned to return to the Immortal Domain to find his younger sister.
• Nasi Xiu asked to accompany Duan Po, but Duan Po persuaded him to stay by promising to bring back an immortal sword and spiritual pills.
• Saine entrusted Ash Holy Tower’s affairs to Meili and departed for the frontline starfield with Duan Po and all seven fortresses.

Saine met with Klopp Knight at the Horgentins Demiplane to request more time away from the war so he could advance to Level 6. Klopp granted him six hundred years of rest and admitted him to Wizard Civilization’s Potential Dominator Cultivation Plan, leaving Saine with access to rare resources and special assignments.

• Saine parted from Duan Po in the Central Operations Star Territory after giving him potions, then continued toward the Horgentins Demiplane.
• Saine asked Klopp Knight for several hundred more years of rest to complete his advancement to Level 6, and Klopp granted him six hundred years.
• Klopp offered Saine a place in the Wizard World Potential Dominator Cultivation Plan, citing his combat strength and his forging of the Staff of Ashes.
• Saine signed the contract after reviewing its resource benefits, mandatory assignments, and restrictions on sharing or reselling support.
• Klopp told Saine that his grandmentor, Cuilisi, had also joined the plan, then reflected that Saine had qualified through inheriting the Faceless Mask and might reach the Dominator realm sooner than expected.

After meeting Klopp Knight, Saine went to Moguo World to see his grandmaster Cuilisi and discuss his planned breakthrough to Level-6 amid the closing stages of the war against Apocalypse Great World. He learned that the war against the Galente Federation could turn within several thousand years, while the Wizard Civilization watched the Immortal Domain and Minghe Empire exhaust each other at Cosmos Great World.

• Saine resolved to return to the Wizard World and break through to Level-6 after securing another six hundred years of rest from Klopp Knight.
• Saine met Cuilisi at Moguo World, where the Azure Blaze Sect was campaigning, and told her he planned to attempt a Level-6 breakthrough.
• Cuilisi explained that Apocalypse Great World was nearing defeat, but the Apocalypse Dominator had chosen to defend his homeland with the fortifications and supplies left by the Galente Federation.
• Cuilisi advised Saine to gather resources during the war and estimated that the conflict with the Galente Federation would end in about five thousand years, with a turning point in three or four thousand.
• Saine asked about Cosmos Great World and the Minghe Empire, and Cuilisi said the Immortal Domain’s arrival had forced the Minghe Empire to commit more forces while benefiting the Wizard Civilization.

Saine visited his grandmaster Cuilisi, gave her valuable law materials, and left Moguo Plane to return toward Wizard World as he approached his Level 6 breakthrough. En route, he found Green fighting the Galente Federation at Geste No. 2 Planet and ordered his fortress group to support Green’s forces.

• Saine gave Cuilisi Nine Heavens Mysterious Fire and other law materials, told her about his forged Staff of Ashes and place in the Reserve Potential Dominator Cultivation Plan, and discussed his plans to reach Level 6.
• Cuilisi gave Saine a Transformation-Type Rubber Fruit from Moguo Plane, and Saine left without visiting the other members of his sect.
• Saine’s Combined Fortress Group passed Azure Sea Plane and several frontline war zones, where he saw Wizard Civilization holding the advantage over the Galente Federation.
• Saine encountered Green directing a battle at Geste No. 2 Planet and noticed that Green’s forces included genetically modified Flame Worms and that the Federation possessed a World-Class Secret Treasure coveted by Saine’s Magic Cube.
• Saine ordered the Combined Fortress Group to bombard the Federation’s concentrated forces and assist Green’s legion.

Saine arrived at Geste No. 2 Planet with his seven-fortress Combined Fortress Group and helped Green’s forces rout the Galente Federation legions. After the old friends reunited and discussed their arcana, Saine offered Green the Sea Heart Flame in exchange for the source of the law fluctuations inside the Federation base, and Green agreed.

• Saine’s Combined Fortress Group overwhelmed the Federation forces, allowing Green and the two Level-4 Knights to launch a decisive assault.
• Saine met Green in the sky above the battlefield, and the two magicians exchanged news after recognizing each other.
• Green described his Truth Arcana Mask, his progress in alchemy, and the World Heart and Frozen Ice Crystal Souls used to forge it.
• Green said he had last seen Angle thirteen hundred years earlier and believed Angle had since advanced to Level 5.
• Saine offered Green the Sea Heart Flame and asked for the source of the law fluctuations in the Federation base; Green accepted the deal.

Green traded Saine's Sea Heart Flame and rare Fire Element specimens for the Federation secret treasure, Magic Coins, and other compensation, then witnessed Saine's colossal fortress robot break the Federation's main defensive line on Geste No. 2 Planet. Saine departed with a damaged spatial device and invited Green and Angle to join his upcoming conquest of a Medium Star Region.

• Saine offered Green the Sea Heart Flame, rare Fire Element specimens, and additional compensation in exchange for the Federation secret treasure, and Green accepted the deal.
• Green invited Saine to demonstrate his full combat strength, and Saine agreed.
• Six months after Saine joined the war, his colossal fortress robot helped collapse the Federation's main defensive line on Geste No. 2 Planet.
• Saine used the Magic Cube to find a damaged metal sphere whose vast internal space could eventually let him store his Combined Fortress Group.
• Saine gave two Level-4 Knights Life Potions and invited Green to join his upcoming conquest of a Medium Star Region with Angle.

Saine returned to Ash Holy Tower intending to attempt a breakthrough to Level Six, only to learn that Nasi Xiu had secretly gone to the Black Domain. Lina had found him, and Nasi Xiu met Fei'er, who offered him a group of enslaved elves to take along.

• Saine returned to the Wizard World with the Magic Cube consuming the mechanical sphere and prepared to pursue Level Six.
• Meili told Saine that Nasi Xiu had left Ash Holy Tower more than ten years earlier with Xiao Qi, Luo, and Sha'er to find his mother in the Black Domain.
• Saine learned that Lina had found Nasi Xiu and was watching over him, then entered secluded cultivation after speaking with Catherine.
• Nasi Xiu arrived at Fei'er's Black Tower, where she welcomed him and offered him slaves as companions.
• Nasi Xiu accepted Fei'er's offer and asked to take all the slaves with him, reasoning that he was helping them escape the Black Domain.

Saine began his long-prepared attempt to advance to Level 6, while more than five hundred and seventy years passed and Nasi Xiu grew into a Level-3 adventurer in the Wizard World. The chapter ended when Nasi Xiu felt a tremor in his bloodline and suspected Saine had successfully advanced.

• Saine entered his laboratory and began preparing to use Tianyang Venerable's Dominator's Blood and other materials to support his Level-6 breakthrough.
• The narration described the rarity of Level-6 advancement and Saine's extensive preparations for crossing the boundary.
• Five hundred and seventy years later, Nasi Xiu traveled through Sage's Forest with his companions, while Xiao Qi secretly protected him.
• Nasi Xiu developed a mixed path of magic, martial arts, and Immortal Domain spiritual energy, and prepared to challenge the demigod-level Amethyst Winged Horse.
• Nasi Xiu felt a tremor rise from his bloodline, looked toward the Ash Holy Tower, and wondered whether Saine had successfully advanced.