Recaps

Saine and Locke maneuvered among the rival powers as the Jade Vine Tree’s advancement drew the Light Universe’s factions into a devastating war. The Green Vine Civilization neared destruction, its survivors were gathered for evacuation, and Ebony struck at the weakened Jade Vine Tree’s Rule power.

• Ebony withdrew the Darkness Sword Organization’s forces, and Hongjun joined Locke’s camp before explaining that linking higher and lower dimensions required cooperation between powerful beings and a top-level civilization.
• Saine returned to Gear Time-Space, resumed his research, and watched the Light Universe battlefield shift as the Jade Vine Tree prepared to advance to Level 12.
• The Jade Vine Tree led the Green Vine Civilization in an attempt to reclaim lost territory, but the Light God Race withheld meaningful support while Qisha and Dark Universe forces attacked.
• Locke arranged for Salamander Grayke and Bewilderment Time-Space to assault the Green Vine Civilization, and the Bewilderment Behemoth devastated the Green Life Great Wall.
• As the Green Vine Civilization lost its territory and allies, Saine planned to recruit survivors for Mechanical Civilization, while the Earth Element Golden Wall World Cluster sent reinforcements.
• Locke’s forces and the Light God Race converged on the Jade Vine Tree as Hongjun’s arrival frightened the Bewilderment Behemoth into retreating, and the Jade Vine Tree then sacrificed itself in a final attack that the Lords of Dimension blocked.
• Saine and the Pure World White Lotus rescued several wounded Plant Element powerhouses and prepared to take them to Gear Time-Space, while the Jade Vine Tree and Sky Lantern Clan remained trapped in the battle.
• Duolie attacked the Jade Vine Tree, Kakarot and Ilena joined the fighting, and Hongjun sought alchemical materials, and Ebony slipped through the chaos and gouged a piece of pure Rule power from the Jade Vine Tree’s trunk.

The Lords of Dimension destroyed the Jade Vine Tree, while Saine gathered survivors and secured cooperation from neighboring civilizations. Saine then counterattacked Evil Swamp Time-Space's invasion, and the fighting escalated when Star Mark intervened.

• Locke, Saine, and the other Lords of Dimension plundered the Jade Vine Tree, while their allies drove off rival claimants and secured its Rule Tree Heart.
• The Jade Vine Tree died, and Saine entrusted the 72nd Grade Pure World White Lotus with relocating Green Vine Civilization survivors to Gear Time-Space.
• Saine routed the Bewilderment Time-Space Legion, healed and reinforced the Mountain Giant King, and secured its goodwill and future trade concessions.
• Bing Xin offered tribute and cooperation to Saine, arranged migration for Water Mirror Civilization members, and participated in his experiment.
• Saine coordinated with Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, launched a counteroffensive, and sent assault units to detonate Big Boy and Skinny One at Evil Swamp Time-Space bases.
• Saine injured the arriving Blue-eyed Octopus and Gnome Lizard with Endless Light, and Alarm Clock Girl and Thomas engaged the two Temple Lords.
• Saine kept allied reinforcements waiting while Gear Time-Space's forces fought the invaders and several Evil Swamp Time-Space leaders withheld assistance for centuries.
• Star Mark attacked Alarm Clock Girl, and Saine blocked the strike before unleashing Flame Element power through a giant Rule Phantom of the Sky Burning Staff.

Saine turned back the Evil Swamp invasion, brought the Water Mirror Civilization into his alliance, and began strengthening the God of Machines True Body. Scouting then revealed the Evil Tide Civilization in Demon Cave Time-Space, while Gear civilizations volunteered for Saine’s transformation experiments.

• Saine secretly met Jiang Qi, agreed to cooperate, and gained intelligence about Demon Cave Time-Space and its conflicts.
• Saine used a Rule Jade Pill to reach Level-11 Peak, then ambushed Blue-eyed Octopus and Long Ga as they invaded Gear Time-Space.
• Saine’s fusion True Body overwhelmed the invaders but began to overheat, and Bing Xin arrived with the Water Mirror Civilization to help drive the enemy back.
• After the victory, Saine gave the Water Mirror Civilization a resource-rich region, and Bing Xin prepared to move her people into Gear Time-Space.
• Saine recognized that Water and Ice Element experts could stabilize his True Body, and considered integrating Bing Xin into its fusion system.
• Saine learned that the Evil Tide Civilization had been found in Demon Cave Time-Space and asked Jiang Qi to help investigate it.
• At Saine’s request, Qihuang Castle Civilization and Gear Clockwork Civilization agreed to send volunteers for transformation and future True Body fusion experiments.

Saine allied with the Evil Tide Civilization, advanced his mechanical fusion research, and led Gear Time-Space’s resistance against the Evil Swamp invasion. After years of fighting and strategic withdrawals, he continued preparing for the conflict’s next turn while eyeing the weakened Lord of Dimension in Demon Cave Time-Space.

• Saine negotiated an exchange of positive-attribute purification resources for the Evil Tide Civilization’s advanced negative-attribute materials, and Secluded Bamboo Supreme showed him Purple Demon Flames and a Level-13 rule-skin flake.
• Saine developed Level-11 mechanical fusion units, including Mechanical Second Brother, while Water Mirror Civilization moved into Gear Time-Space and the Moonlight Goddess sought Mechanical Civilization’s protection for her people.
• As Locke prepared for his Level-13 breakthrough, Saine refined the Purple Demon Flames, learned about Wuzhuo and the Evil Spirit King, and mobilized Mechanical Civilization when the Evil Swamp invasion approached.
• Saine killed a Level-11 black octopus and led Gear Time-Space’s forces against the invaders, then fought Star Mark while gaining the black octopus’s rule skin and Rule Stone.
• Saine and Star Mark agreed to exchange cross-dimensional resources, and he learned that the Lord of Dimensional Planes had devoured the former First Temple Lord and threatened any being approaching Level 13.
• After more than seven hundred years of sparring, Saine secretly left Star Mark a communication crystal, and she withdrew from the battlefield as Gear Time-Space abandoned two and a half star districts under pressure.
• Saine completed new Castle-type and Clock-type fusion units and considered using Bing Xin as a defensive core, while Evil Spirit King and Wuzhuo stayed focused on the weakened Demon Cave Lord of Dimension.