Recaps

Saine traveled to Cybertron Planet to help ordinary robots awaken their intelligence, agreeing to Optimus Prime’s request to reserve some slots for non-combat robots. He reached the planet’s central plaza, where the robots awaited awakening, while considering future fusion experiments involving Optimus Prime, the Decepticons, and a Space Fortress.

• Optimus Prime asked Saine to reserve Awakening slots for household, service, mining, and other non-combat robots, and Saine agreed.
• Saine invited Optimus Prime to visit his laboratory and considered using the Magic Cube’s scans to pursue fusion experiments with a smaller group of high-level robots.
• Saine contemplated a powerful experiment combining Optimus Prime and the Decepticons with a Space Fortress, drawing on his previous success attaching robots to a giant fortress robot.
• Saine and his companions traveled across Cybertron Planet, and Lina observed that its buildings resembled those of the Galente Federation.
• Saine left Energy Amethyst as gifts and arrived at the central plaza, where countless unintelligent robots had gathered to receive New Life from him.

Saine awakened Cybertron Planet’s newborn will, which began perfecting the planet and tried to appoint Optimus Prime as its guardian. Saine and Optimus Prime refused, and when the planet chose Wall-E instead, Saine rejected that choice too, prompting the planet to act spoiled toward him.

• Saine used the Magic Cube to awaken Cybertron Planet’s will, and the planet began rapidly evolving and perfecting itself.
• Cybertron Planet’s will gathered its new Power of Rules around Optimus Prime and began transforming him into her guardian.
• Saine and Optimus Prime both objected to Optimus Prime becoming guardian, so Cybertron Planet chose another candidate.
• Cybertron Planet’s will chose Wall-E, but Saine rejected that choice as well.
• Cybertron Planet trembled and sent Saine an emotional plea that felt like a daughter acting spoiled toward her father.

Saine helped Cybertron Planet’s Will appoint Bai Wuji as its guardian and poured energy into the planet. The Will awakened a new ability that spread life through mechanical creations, leaving Cybertron Planet transformed into a true world.

• After Saine refused to change his mind, Cybertron Planet’s Will chose Bai Wuji, a peaceful Level-5 Intelligent Robot, as its guardian.
• Cybertron Planet’s Will granted Bai Wuji the authority to convey its thoughts and guide the planet’s development, while Optimus Prime and the Decepticons remained the Intelligent Robot race’s leaders.
• Saine emptied the remaining energy from his Magic Cube, including his stored energy crystals, into Cybertron Planet, delighting its Will.
• A blue beam rose from Cybertron Planet’s core and became a worldwide meteor shower that awakened and empowered completed mechanical creations.
• Saine told Optimus Prime that the Intelligent Robots could now awaken their own creations, and Optimus Prime thanked him for transforming Cybertron Planet.

Saine’s Awakening Forbidden Spell and Cybertron Planet’s will transformed the planet, bringing countless mechanical beings to life and helping Optimus Prime advance. After Saine and his family returned to Ash Holy Tower, Wizard Civilization assigned him a new combat mission.

• Cybertron Planet’s will awakened countless mechanical beings, while Optimus Prime advanced to Level-6 Late Stage and thanked Saine.
• Saine considered whether the Awakening Forbidden Spell could be used on other Federation Mechanical Planets and favored saving Cybertron Planet’s energy for its future advancement.
• Saine, Optimus Prime, and Bai Wuji agreed that Cybertron Planet’s development mattered more than raising individual robots’ strength.
• After several years on Cybertron Planet, Saine and his family returned to the Wizard World through the Space Channel.
• Saine joked that the Intelligent Robot race should support him if he received a combat mission, and Optimus Prime promised its help.
• Wizard Civilization issued Saine a new combat mission soon after he returned to Ash Holy Tower.

Saine prepared to lead a support mission to the Gares Star Region while the Purple Dragon God came seeking to join his command. After Saine asked for the Purple Crystal Dragon Pearl as the price of joining, the Purple Dragon God agreed and entrusted him with the pearl and the fate of the Purple Dragon Beast Clan.

• Saine prepared to take his forces, including Cybertron Planet's legions, to support an offensive in the Gares Star Region.
• The Purple Dragon God visited Saine and asked to join his command, explaining that he faced hostility from the Western Islands and the Dragon Vein Warlock Family.
• Saine asked the Purple Dragon God to hand over his World-Class Secret Treasure, the Purple Crystal Dragon Pearl.
• After considering the cost to his strength, the Purple Dragon God agreed and asked Saine to protect the Purple Dragon Beast Clan.
• The Purple Dragon God produced the Purple Crystal Dragon Pearl before Saine.

Saine accepted the Purple Dragon God's allegiance and sent it to the Gares Star Region with the Purple Dragon Beast Legion, while considering how to mediate its conflicts with the Dragon Vein Warlock Family and the Western Islands. He contacted Mane Knight for help, and Mane agreed to assist in exchange for Saine forging him a World-Class Secret Treasure.

• The Purple Dragon God offered Saine its Purple Crystal Dragon Pearl, but Saine examined it and returned it before accepting the dragon's allegiance under Magic Contracts.
• Saine ordered the Purple Dragon God to lead the Purple Dragon Beast Legion to the Gares Star Region, where it promised to arrive before the Ash Holy Tower Legion and scout ahead.
• Saine considered asking Mel to mediate with the Dragon Vein Warlock Family and decided to contact Mane Knight about the Western Islands factions.
• Mane Knight warmly greeted Saine and revealed that he had reached Level-5 Peak and earned military merits during the Civilization War.
• Mane Knight agreed to help Saine with his matter, asking Saine to forge him a World-Class Secret Treasure in return.

Saine agreed to forge a defensive World-Class Secret Treasure shield for Knight Mane after completing his mission in the Gares Star Region. There, he joined the campaign on Edward Planet and found Vikz leading the battle with a newly powerful Molten Steel Tyrant King.

• Knight Mane agreed to help Saine deal with the Purple Dragon God and asked Saine to forge him a shield, offering to provide the materials.
• Saine accepted the commission and said he would begin forging the shield after his war mission in the Gares Star Region.
• Saine gathered the Land of Ashes forces and took his Combined Fortress Group to the Gares Star Region to support the City of Steel against the retreating Galente Federation Army.
• Saine arrived at Edward Planet, where Vikz was commanding the battle against Federation forces trapped on the planet.
• Saine recognized the Level-6 Molten Steel Tyrant King as it unleashed a thunder-charged blast that destroyed a Federation Interstellar Fortress.

Saine watched Vikz’s Molten Steel Tyrant King dominate the battle on Edward Planet, then deployed his own forces and transformed the Combined Fortress Group into a colossal Metal Giant. The chapter ended with Vikz admiring Saine’s giant fortress robot as Saine had admired the Tyrant King.

• Saine judged the Molten Steel Tyrant King capable of challenging powerful Level-6 beings and envied its mechanical design.
• The Purple Dragon God arrived, and Saine assigned him and his legion to battles around several planets.
• Saine led the Combined Fortress Group and part of the Land of Ashes Legion into Edward Planet to help clear the remaining Federation forces.
• Saine summoned Fumila and more than a million Mechanical Angels from his Magic Cube.
• Saine fused with the Combined Fortress Group, transforming it into a Metal Giant nearly one hundred thousand meters tall.
• Vikz watched Saine’s giant fortress robot with the same envy Saine had shown toward the Molten Steel Tyrant King.

After the battle for Edward Planet, Saine and Vikz coordinated their plans for the Gares Star Region campaign. Inspired by Vikz’s mechanized Molten Steel Tyrant King, Saine considered modifying the Purple Dragon God and left him wondering what experiment awaited.

• Vikz and Saine met after the Wizard Civilization forces occupied Edward Planet, praised each other’s command of mechanics and magic, and discussed their upcoming campaign.
• Vikz advised Saine to coordinate with the Yakina Empress near Binosh Planet, and the two arranged to lead their forces against Galente Federation fleets from different directions.
• Saine received the Purple Dragon God, who had completed occupation missions and helped intercept a Federation transport fleet with the Purple Dragon Beast Legion.
• Saine learned that the Cybertron Planet Intelligent Robot Legion, led by the Decepticons and Optimus Prime, had arrived and would join the forces waiting in the asteroid belt.
• Saine asked the Purple Dragon God what he thought about having two Particle Pulse Cannons installed, then said he wanted him to cooperate in a future experiment.

Saine directed his forces through the Gares Star Region while developing a fusion experiment that combined Intelligent Robots into a giant fortress. He brought the experimental machine to the Bigates No. 2 Star Region battlefield, where the Yaqina Empress saw it for the first time.

• Saine set aside his initial plan to modify the Purple Dragon God and welcomed Decepticons, Optimus Prime, and other Intelligent Robots arriving to support him.
• Saine coordinated the campaign’s spoils and ordered his forces to advance across seventeen battlefields in the Gares Star Region.
• Fifty years later, Saine chose to lead part of his forces to the Bigates No. 2 Star Region battlefield to meet the Yaqina Empress.
• Saine tested a Combined Fortress Group built from seventeen Intelligent Robots, with Decepticons forming its right arm and contributing its High-Frequency Shockwave Blade.
• The Yaqina Empress saw Saine’s giant fusion robot and exclaimed in astonishment.

Saine discussed his unstable Level-6 Peak combined robot with the Yaqina Empress, who explained how her Qi Mechanism let her sense opponents’ power and glimpse moments ahead in battle. As the planetary battle ended, the Empress noticed Duan Po’s swordsmanship and watched him with growing interest.

• Saine admitted that his combined fortress and Intelligent Robots had poor coordination, though their fusion had reached Level-6 Peak combat power.
• The Yaqina Empress praised Saine’s Truth project and revealed that his personal level was nearing Level-6 Mid-Stage.
• The Yaqina Empress explained that her Qi Mechanism sensed combat power and let her predict a few seconds ahead during battle.
• Saine noticed the World-Class Secret Treasure rule fluctuations around the Short Sword at the Empress’s waist.
• The Yaqina Empress watched Duan Po fight with a Firewood Chopping Knife and grew increasingly intent on his swordsmanship.

Saine and Yaqina Empress coordinated the war while she befriended Duan Po and sparred with him, losing twice in contests of pure Sword Dao. As Saine continued his Mechanical Arcana research, Meili shared gossip about Yaqina’s new friendships and rivalries, and Saine wondered how Gongsun Wudi was doing.

• Yaqina Empress recognized Duan Po’s blade-as-sword technique as profound Sword Dao and asked Saine for a chance to exchange insights with him after the war.
• After the battle, Yaqina Empress approached Duan Po, and the two became friendly and arranged to spar.
• Yaqina Empress planned operations in the surrounding starfield while yielding overall battlefield command to Saine, giving him more time to refine his Mechanical Arcana.
• Meili told Saine that Yaqina Empress had sparred with Duan Po three times, winning once through her greater power but losing twice in pure Sword Dao contests.
• Meili said Duan Ning disliked Yaqina Empress for pestering Duan Po, while Tourmaline was jealous of her; Hal had passed the gossip to Aijieli.
• Saine thought of Gongsun Wudi as he gazed out at the starry sky.

Saine and Meili planned a full-scale assault on the Galente Federation’s final starfield, while Saine continued his research. Master Vikz arrived and demonstrated a new fusion technique that raised the Molten Steel Tyrant King to Level-6 Peak combat strength, as the war in the Gares Star Region reached its forty-first year.

• Meili reported that the Galente Federation had retreated to its last small starfield, and Saine ordered the legions to launch a full-scale attack.
• Saine continued an experiment involving a crimson Flame Law lotus pedestal after discussing the war plan with Meili.
• Master Vikz arrived with the City of Steel mechanic legion and demonstrated his new Fusion Arcana on the battlefield.
• Vikz fused with the Molten Steel Tyrant King, boosting its strength from Level-6 Mid-Stage to the ability to rival a Level-6 Peak creature.
• Saine praised Vikz’s progress, and the Gares Star Region war reached its forty-first year.

After the wars in the Gares Star Region ended, Saine received a mandatory mission from Klopp Knight to destroy the Sovereign Star Region for secretly aiding the Galente Federation. Klopp Knight revealed that Wizard Civilization was preparing a general offensive against the Galente Federation, and Saine set out to lead the purge.

• Saine said farewell to Vikz, Yaqina Empress, Duan Po, and the others after the Gares Star Region wars ended.
• Klopp Knight ordered Saine to destroy the Sovereign Star Region, which had spied for the Galente Federation and corrupted Norman Federation officials.
• Klopp Knight explained that the Sovereign Star Region had been feeding false information to the Galente Federation before cutting contact two thousand years earlier.
• Klopp Knight told Saine that Wizard Civilization's general offensive against the Galente Federation was about to begin and that Saine would be more needed there than on the Minghe Empire battlefield.
• Saine asked whether the Sovereign Star Region knew it had been exposed and where its main forces were; Klopp Knight said they remained on the Galente Federation front and would be eliminated there.
• Klopp Knight advised Saine to use the Holy Tower and Knights' Hall legions for the purge, and Saine agreed to depart for the Sovereign Star Region.

Saine led the Land of Ashes’ forces in destroying the Sovereign Star Region and capturing its leaders, while discussing the Purple Dragon God’s dispute with the Dragon Vein Warlock Family with Knight Mane. After Mane confirmed that the dispute had been mediated, Saine agreed to ensure the Purple Dragon God honored his contracts and promised to forge Mane’s shield after returning to Wizard World.

• Saine dismissed the Wizard Alliance legions attached to the Land of Ashes, then led his private forces into the undefended Sovereign Star Region and began its purge.
• Fumila’s Mechanical Angel Legion crushed the region’s resistance while Saine captured the figures accused of secretly contacting the Galente Federation.
• Knight Mane told Saine that the Western Islands, the Dragon Vein Warlock Family, the Bairen Empire, and the Deep Sea Jiao Dragon Plane had helped resolve the Purple Dragon God’s dispute.
• Saine promised to make the Purple Dragon God fulfill his contracts with the Dragon Vein Warlock Family, including obligations beyond the previous quota.
• Saine told Knight Mane that he would begin forging the promised shield after returning to Wizard World.

After returning from the Sovereign Star Region, Saine used materials supplied by Mane Knight to resume alchemy experiments in the Ash Holy Tower. He completed the Black Star Arm Shield and armor for his companions before vowing to stop making Magic Conductors for a thousand years.

• Saine thanked the Purple Dragon God for his cooperation and asked him to visit the Deep Sea Jiao Dragon Plane to thank the Sea Serpent King.
• Saine finished purging the Sovereign Star Region, handed captured high-level lifeforms and some spoils to Klopp Knight's command base, and returned to Wizard World.
• Mane Knight sent Saine far more alchemy materials than his experiment required, and Saine began crafting World-Class Secret Treasures.
• Nasi Xiu persuaded his Adoptive Father to let him join alliance missions, then went with Duan Po to the Civilization Battlefield frontlines while Saine was secluded.
• Thirty years later, Saine emerged with the Black Star Arm Shield complete and had also forged armor for Lunna, Xia Ya, Red Scales, Nataya, and others.
• Saine's vow to stop forging Magic Conductors for a thousand years followed the exhausting experiments.

Saine completed his Flame Law Lotus experiment and advanced to the Level-6 Mid-Stage. After emerging from seclusion, he learned that Knight Mane had collected the powerful Black Star Arm Shield and offered to help him in the future.

• Nataya asked Saine why the Magic Conductors he forged for Lina and Lunna became World-Class Secret Treasures, and he promised to forge her one when she reached Rank Four.
• Saine resumed studying the Ashes of Fire Profound Truths and spent twenty years compressing a Flame Law Lotus more than thirty thousand times.
• Saine completed the Flame Law Lotus, inscribed its Spell Models into his soul, and experienced a breakthrough to the Level-6 Mid-Stage.
• Saine activated the finished lotus, which shrank into a magic pattern mark on his finger and would let him cast the spell almost instantly.
• Meili told Saine that Knight Mane had collected the Black Star Arm Shield, praised its quality, and offered to assist Saine whenever needed.

After reaching Level-6 Mid-Stage, Saine celebrated with Meili before traveling to Sky City to plan his future studies and await a Wizard Civilization battlefield assignment. He earned the title of Level-6 Arcanist and began studying advanced knowledge about life and resurrection.

• Saine told Meili he had advanced to Level-6 Mid-Stage, and she proposed a gathering to celebrate with Lina and the others.
• After the celebration, Saine went to Sky City to review his path in Truth Arcana, exchange ideas with Alchemy Grandmasters, and await his next war mission.
• Saine passed Sky City's assessment and received the title of Level-6 Arcanist, though he remained far from qualifying for Level-7.
• Saine entered Sky City's libraries and began consulting advanced arcana on life and resurrection, knowledge that required vast Arcane Points.

Saine studied resurrection arcana and other fields in Sky City, then visited Walton to discuss their research and Saine’s Mechanical Fusion Arcana. The chapter ended with Walton agreeing to supervise the construction of three more Space Fortresses for Saine.

• Saine studied the limits and drawbacks of resurrection treasures and reflected on the Soul Light Spots of Serena, Irene, and others stored in his Magic Cube.
• After spending nearly all his Arcane Points on study, Saine left Sky City’s libraries and visited Walton.
• Saine and Walton exchanged knowledge about alchemy and Space Fortress construction, while Xina listened in admiration.
• Saine told Walton about his battlefield experience and his Mechanical Fusion Arcana using Intelligent Robots from Cybertron Planet.
• Saine asked Walton to help plan and supervise more Space Fortresses, and Walton agreed to oversee three, with a later delivery date.

Saine commissioned three Space Fortresses from Master Walton, who urged him to use the Magic Cube and his own magic to build fortresses as well. After returning to Ash Holy Tower, Saine chose to head for the Cosmos Great World Battlefield.

• Master Walton agreed to oversee the construction of three Space Fortresses for Saine within two thousand years, then suggested Saine could use Mechanical Cataclysm to build his own.
• Saine took Master Walton's advice to heart and considered using the Magic Cube to analyze and build Space Fortresses and other war machines.
• Saine paid Master Walton a deposit that included Magic Coins and Hearts of the Plane, and Walton gave him Crystal Balls containing building insights and standard fortress blueprints.
• After returning to Ash Holy Tower, Saine received three possible war assignments from Wizard Civilization.
• Saine chose the Cosmos Great World Battlefield mission, saying that resisting the Minghe Empire there would contribute to Wizard Civilization.

Saine prepared the Ash Holy Tower Legion and allied forces to depart for the distant Cosmos Great World Battlefield. Before they left, Nasi Xiu returned with two sons, whom Saine named Lance Grant and Kent Grant.

• Saine arranged the expedition and warned Ash Holy Tower magicians that the distant battlefield could keep them away for centuries, while promising to seek a route home if needed.
• Saine summoned Duan Po and Nasi Xiu back to the Wizard World to join the expedition preparations.
• When Nasi Xiu returned, Saine and Lina discovered that he had two sons with Jenny and Diqi.
• Saine welcomed his grandsons, told Nasi Xiu to treat their mothers well, and named the boys Lance Grant and Kent Grant.

Saine delayed his expedition to the Cosmos Great World Starfield Battlefield to spend time with his newborn grandsons, Lance and Kent, and began considering their training. Kent was entrusted to the Grant Family’s knights, while Saine sought a mentor to help Lance study both water and fire magic.

• Saine found that Lance showed exceptional magical talent and affinity for both fire and water, while the stronger, mischievous Kent seemed suited to becoming a knight.
• Saine postponed his expedition by two years, and visitors including Mei Kaili, Zorro, and Fei'er came to Ash Holy Tower to meet the boys.
• The Grant Family asked to train Kent as its future head, and Saine agreed that Kelman, Ulysses, and the other knights could teach him.
• Lance said he wanted to learn both water and fire magic, so Saine offered to find him a mentor.

Saine visited Green to ask him to take Lance as a disciple, then continued toward the Cosmos Great World Starfield Battlefield. On the way, he encountered increasing Galente Federation suicide-fleet attacks and learned that the Wizard Civilization was preparing a covert plan to coincide with its general offensive.

• Saine brought Lance to meet Green on the Blackfire Plane, where Green examined the boy in his laboratory for two days.
• Green accepted Lance as his Second Apprentice, and Saine met his first apprentice, Kachi.
• Saine entrusted Lance to Green and told him to study magic while Saine traveled to the Cosmos Great World Starfield Battlefield.
• Saine encountered three ship explosions and signs of battle caused by Galente Federation suicide fleets in the Wizard Civilization's starfield.
• Saine learned that the Wizard Civilization was preparing a covert plan in response to the Federation's growing use of clone combat units, to be carried out alongside its general offensive.

Saine arrived at the border of the Cosmos Great World Star Region with a massive force as Wizard Civilization prepared for the Netherworld Empire battlefield. After delivering supplies, he saw the busy trade hub and wondered whether its Teleportation Arrays led to the Immortal Domain, and Duan Ning offered to guide him there someday.

• Saine reflected on the distant Star Regions between Wizard Civilization and the battlefield, and on the uncertain fate of the Challenger Civilization and other remote worlds.
• Saine learned that the Gluttonous Snake Dominator had offered to help bring two Large World Civilizations into the Wizard Alliance.
• Saine arrived at the battlefield border with hundreds of millions of troops and learned that Tourmaline's uncles and other Immortal Domain forces had also been transferred there.
• Saine escorted military supplies from Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain to the frontline combat zone.
• Saine saw traders and creatures from many civilizations gathered in the safe zone, then asked whether the Immortal Domain Teleportation Arrays led to the Immortal Domain.
• Duan Ning offered to guide Saine through the Immortal Domain on a future visit, and Saine agreed.

Saine assessed the Minghe Empire’s forces and the Light Giants fighting alongside the Wizard Civilization before preparing to visit Tourmaline’s dragon uncles. After dispatching his legion on supply missions, he brought Duan Po and Duan Ning to the eastern battlefield to help him meet the Immortal Domain Dragon Race’s leaders.

• Saine observed the Light Giants and learned that the Light Dimension Country Civilization was cooperating with the Wizard Civilization against the Minghe Empire.
• Saine analyzed the Minghe Empire’s Death Servant and Bone Spirit Magic Puppet Legions and considered how Light Giants could help him study Light Element laws.
• Saine learned that, as a Reserve Potential Dominator Cultivation List candidate, he could choose which star region to fight in after completing his supply missions.
• Saine ordered the Land of Ashes Legion to split into three groups and deliver supplies across three Medium Star Regions.
• At Tourmaline’s suggestion, Saine decided to visit her dragon uncles and brought Duan Po and Duan Ning along to help him.