Chapter Summaries

Saine attended a Dragon Clan gathering where Zhao Gongming arrived, and he met several of Tourmaline’s relatives. The gathering ended in stunned silence when Zhao Gongming recognized Duan Ning and Duan Po stepped in front of her, causing the Saint to retreat.

• The East Sea Dragon King and Turtle Prime Minister welcomed Zhao Gongming to the Dragon Palace.
• Saine joined Tourmaline, Duan Po, and Duan Ning among the younger Dragon Clan members and met Yi Yi and Pan Li.
• Pan Li and Bi An both sensed something unusual about Duan Po and Duan Ning.
• Zhao Gongming abruptly stopped speaking and stared at Duan Ning, drawing the Dominators’ attention.
• Duan Po blocked Zhao Gongming’s view of Duan Ning, and Zhao Gongming took half a step back when he recognized him.

At the Dragon Palace, Zhao Gongming encountered Duan Po and Duan Ning standing together and left after an uneasy exchange. He later contacted Duobao Daozun about discovering Master Tongtian’s reincarnated body, while Duobao worked on a treasure for a promising Intercept Sect disciple amid the war’s immense gains and losses.

• Duan Ning joined Duan Po in facing Zhao Gongming, who then left the Dragon Palace without greeting the other Dominators.
• Saine returned to the Space Fortress with Duan Po and Duan Ning, while Tourmaline stayed to meet her Immortal Domain relatives.
• Zhao Gongming dismissed his companions and contacted Duobao Daozun after deciding to report his discovery of Master Tongtian’s reincarnated body.
• Duobao Daozun continued refining the White Jade Qingtian Staff as a reward for a talented Long-Armed Ape disciple.
• The three Top-Level Civilizations continued to suffer losses and claim resources from one another during the war.

Duobao Daozun learned from Zhao Gongming that their master, Tongtian, had reincarnated and was with the Three Heavens, who were siblings in this life. They agreed to verify the discovery cautiously, and Zhao Gongming asked Duobao Daozun to bring the Immortal Trapping Sword to test whether it would react.

• Duobao Daozun was forging a White Jade Optimus Prime when Zhao Gongming's urgent transmission interrupted him.
• Zhao Gongming told Duobao Daozun that he had found Tongtian's reincarnated body with the Three Heavens.
• Duobao Daozun questioned how Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao could all be together, given the difficulties recovering their souls.
• Duobao Daozun told Zhao Gongming to summon Jin Ling and Kui Niu to verify the discovery and said he would travel there himself.
• Zhao Gongming asked Duobao Daozun to bring the Immortal Trapping Sword, which would react if the person was truly Tongtian.

Saine began a Body Tempering Experiment on Gal Gadot, a Level-4 Peak Alliance God from the Wonderful Plane, after she sought his help to improve her chances of reaching Level Five. The experiment began as Saine reflected on Kram’s recent breakthrough and hoped that Gemora and Kamora would also advance successfully.

• Saine bound Gal Gadot to the Laboratory Table and learned that Kram had told her about his Body Tempering Experiments.
• Saine considered how Kram’s advance to Level Five had benefited the Kryptonians and hoped Gemora and Kamora would succeed in their own breakthroughs.
• Saine prepared to inscribe body-tempering runes and apply potion while Gal Gadot overcame her embarrassment and followed his instructions.
• Gal Gadot asked whether the experiment would help her reach Level Five, and Saine said he could not guarantee success but would do his best.
• Saine began the Body Tempering Experiment, and the laboratory’s soundproofing magic array kept its strange sounds from escaping.

Tourmaline returned from the Dragon Clan’s star domain with her cousin Pan Li and a vast haul of treasures, while Gal Gadot successfully advanced to Level 5 during Saine’s experiment. Pan Li announced that the Dragon Clan would cooperate with Saine’s legion in the next offensive, and she planned to stay and train Tourmaline.

• Tourmaline brought Pan Li and two Space Fortresses filled with gifts from the Dragon Clan back to Saine.
• Gal Gadot advanced to Level 5 in Saine’s laboratory, and Saine gave her potions and instructions to consolidate her realm.
• Saine gave Tourmaline the Deep Sea Night-Shining Pearl and discussed who should receive the Ghost Carriage and Yin Pill, but Tourmaline left the decisions to him.
• Pan Li told Saine that Saint Zhao Gongming had sent about a quarter of the gifts and that the Dragon Clan Legion would likely fight alongside the Land of Ashes Legion.
• Pan Li chose to stay, teach Tourmaline Water Element Control Power, and transfer her Dragon Palace Legion to coordinate with Saine’s forces.

Saine fought alongside the Immortal Domain Dragon Race, demonstrating his Combined Fortress Group and mechanical-fusion experiments while impressing their dragons. As Intercept Sect Saints and Dragon Clan Dominators observed the battlefield, the Immortal Trapping Sword reacted violently to Duan Po, whose own firewood chopping knife began to tremble.

• Saine cooperated with the Dragon Clan in battle and used his Combined Fortress Group, enhanced with high-level Intelligent Robots, to display power comparable to a Level-6 Peak.
• Saine discussed making more Gene Potions after Pan Li asked whether he had any left for the younger Dragon Clan members.
• Zhao Gongming, Golden Spirit Mother, Duobao Daozun, and the Heavenly Pacifying Great Sage arrived in the local war zone, drawing Bi An and the Flood Demon King to meet them.
• Duan Po fought a Level-5 Late Stage King of Monsters and a Level-6 Early Stage Bone Spirit Magic Puppet without falling behind.
• Duobao Daozun drew the Immortal Trapping Sword, which erupted with light and struggled against his restraint as Duan Po's firewood chopping knife began to tremble.

Duan Po and Duan Ning fought the Minghe Empire’s forces as the Intercept Sect Sages recognized signs of their Master Tongtian and former companions. The Immortal Trapping Sword broke free and flew toward Duan Po, while Duobao Daozun resolved to retrieve the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and reunite the Four Swords of Zhuxian.

• Duan Po split the Bone Spirit Magic Puppet’s Death Tide with a slash and cracked its mech while fighting two powerful enemies.
• Golden Spirit Mother and the Heavenly Pacifying Great Sage recognized Master Tongtian’s aura in Duan Po.
• Zhao Gongming saw Duan Ning transform into Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao and recognized their recreated treasures as Yuanshi Tianzun’s work.
• The Immortal Trapping Sword broke free from Duobao Daozun, cutting his hand before flying toward the battlefield.
• Duobao Daozun declared that the sword’s return heralded the Intercept Sect’s rise and vowed to reclaim the Immortal Slaughtering Sword from the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• The Immortal Trapping Sword flew straight toward Duan Po.

Duan Po caught the Immortal Trapping Sword, unlocked memories of Master Tongtian, and used its power to destroy a Bone Spirit Magic Puppet and free a King of Monsters from its control. The sword continued to empower him, and the freed King of Monsters submitted to him as a subordinate.

• The Immortal Trapping Sword flew across the battlefield, and Duan Po caught it as its presence terrified the Minghe Empire forces and the Bone Spirit Magic Puppet.
• The sword unlocked memories within Duan Po, and he used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to annihilate the Bone Spirit Magic Puppet and devastate nearby Minghe Empire legions.
• Duan Po's Immortal Spiritual Power began recovering as the Immortal Trapping Sword boosted his energy and pushed his realm beyond the Level-5 Late Stage.
• A Level-5 King of Monsters knelt before Duan Po, and Duan Po severed the Pharaoh's control over its bloodline and soul with a sword strike.
• The freed King of Monsters submitted to Duan Po and nuzzled against him, while Saine watched with envy and the Pacifying Heaven Great Sage Bull Demon King muttered under his breath.

Duan Po’s display with the Immortal Trapping Sword helped turn the local battle against the Minghe Empire, while his aura continued to rise. Duobao Daozun left to seek the Immortal Slaughtering Sword from the Blood Sea Nether River Old Ancestor, and Zhao Gongming revealed what he needed to reach Level 8.

• Duan Po’s Immortal Trapping Sword and the Bone Spirit Sound drove the Minghe Empire forces into retreat, and Saine’s forces captured a Level-6 King of Monsters.
• Saine watched as Duan Po’s aura continued to rise, leaving him undisturbed in his cultivation state.
• Duobao Daozun decided to return to the Immortal Domain and ask the Blood Sea Nether River Old Ancestor for the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
• Duobao Daozun entrusted the Cosmos Great World Starfield Battlefield to his junior apprentices and junior sisters before departing.
• Zhao Gongming told Duobao Daozun that he needed Dipamkara’s twelve Sea Pacifying Pearls to advance to the Level-8 Sage Realm.

After the battle, Duobao Daozun and the other Immortal Domain experts departed, while Duan Po entered seclusion to stabilize his newfound power and absorb the Sword Dao meanings in his memories. Saine could not examine Duan Po or his sword, so he took Duan Ning to his laboratory for further genetic research.

• Duobao Daozun left the war zone after entrusting the failed White Jade Optimus Prime to Golden Spirit Mother for the Long-Armed Ape.
• The Intercept Sect experts, Zhao Gongming, and the Dragon Clan Dominators departed, leaving Master Tongtian's reincarnated body in a war zone that their factions planned to watch closely.
• Duan Po entered a hollowed-out meteorite to stabilize his enhanced strength and digest the Sword Dao meanings in his memories.
• Saine found Duan Po's Level-5 Black Bull guarding the cave and decided not to interrupt his seclusion.
• Saine invited Duan Ning to resume genetic experiments, and she followed him toward his Space Fortress group.

After Duan Po emerged from his breakthrough, Saine collected his blood and examined the Immortal Trapping Sword, while Duan Ning’s questions led the siblings to suspect a connection between the sword and Duan Po’s Firewood Chopping Knife. Duan Po left to teach Nasi Xiu swordsmanship, and Saine’s experiment on Duan Ning ended with her splitting into three forms as she appeared ready to advance.

• Duan Po emerged from his breakthrough at the Level-5 Peak in both Life Realm and aura, and he gave Saine a vial of blood for testing.
• Duan Po showed Saine the Immortal Trapping Sword, whose sword intent tore Saine’s Magic Robe before it vanished into the void.
• Duan Ning asked Duan Po about the mountain fire and the iron blank he had turned into his Firewood Chopping Knife, leaving him thoughtful about its possible connection to the Immortal Trapping Sword.
• Duan Po declined to help in Saine’s laboratory and left to teach Nasi Xiu swordsmanship while reflecting on his mastery of the Sword Dao.
• Saine continued Duan Ning’s gene experiment, and Duan Ning used One Qi Transforms into Three Purities to split into three forms as Saine realized she was about to advance.

Duan Ning advanced to Level 5, while Saine’s Land of Ashes Legion faced a stronger Netherworld Empire offensive on the Cosmos Great World battlefield. Reinforcements from the Intercept Sect and Dragon Clan helped Saine’s forces counterattack as he resumed studying Light magic, and Duobao Daozun traveled to the Netherworld Blood Sea on a special mission.

• With Saine’s experimental assistance, Duan Ning advanced to Level 5, and tests revealed that her three avatars differed in strength and realm.
• The Netherworld Empire returned with elite legions and powerful Level-6 combatants, putting Saine’s Land of Ashes Legion under pressure.
• The Intercept Sect sent a Long-Armed Ape and its legion to reinforce Saine’s front, while the Dragon Clan dispatched relatives of Saine and the East Sea Dragon King’s youngest daughter.
• Saine’s forces joined the Immortal Domain and Dragon Clan reinforcements in a fierce counterattack, and Saine resumed studying the Profound Truths of Light.
• Duobao Daozun returned to the Immortal Domain Civilization and headed for the Netherworld Blood Sea to find the people and things he sought.

Duobao Daozun traveled to the Netherworld Blood Sea and met Nether River Old Ancestor, whose growing power and dominance over his domain impressed him. Duobao asked the Old Ancestor to return the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and the chapter ended with Nether River Old Ancestor reacting sharply.

• Duobao Daozun entered the Netherworld Blood Sea and observed its growing power and the increasing number of departed souls and Blood Sea Creatures.
• Duobao reached the Blood Sea’s central palace complex, where Nether River Old Ancestor awaited him beside the Twelfth Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus.
• Duobao sensed Nether River Old Ancestor’s immense strength within the Blood Sea and considered how the Old Ancestor might have advanced during his years of seclusion.
• Duobao cupped his fists and asked Nether River Old Ancestor to return the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
• Nether River Old Ancestor’s eyes flashed blood-red as he looked at Duobao.

Duobao Daozun asked Nether River Old Ancestor to return the Immortal Slaughtering Sword to Master Tongtian’s reincarnation, but Nether River Old Ancestor refused until the other swords were restored and Master Tongtian came in person. After Duobao Daozun left, Nether River Old Ancestor considered the sword while the Asura King awaited his instructions.

• Nether River Old Ancestor viewed Duobao Daozun’s image of Duan Po wielding the Immortal Trapping Sword and asked whether Master Tongtian’s reincarnation had been found and the other swords recovered.
• Duobao Daozun confirmed that only the Immortal Trapping Sword had returned, so Nether River Old Ancestor refused to hand over the Immortal Slaughtering Sword until the other swords were restored and Master Tongtian came to claim it himself.
• Duobao Daozun invited Nether River Old Ancestor and the Asura Race to join the Wizard Civilization war alongside the Intercept Sect, but Nether River Old Ancestor did not respond.
• After Duobao Daozun departed, the Asura King appeared before Nether River Old Ancestor, who summoned his Yuantu, Abi, and Immortal Slaughtering swords from the Blood Sea.

Nether River Old Ancestor decided the Blood Sea Faction would send one legion to the Wizard Civilization War rather than have him join the fighting. He approved Ghost Fiend Maiden to lead it and gave her a Third Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus as a gift.

• Nether River Old Ancestor asked the Asura King whether the Blood Sea Race should join the Wizard Civilization War, and the Asura King pledged to follow his orders.
• Nether River Old Ancestor judged that the war was nearing its end and chose to send only one Blood Sea Asura legion to maintain ties and train its younger warriors.
• The Asura King proposed that Ghost Fiend Maiden lead the legion, and Nether River Old Ancestor approved.
• Nether River Old Ancestor gave the Asura King a Third Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus for Ghost Fiend Maiden and told her to uphold the Blood Sea's prestige.

The Asura King prepared the Blood Sea Faction for the Wizard Civilization war, while Duobao Daozun went to seek answers from his senior uncle. On the Cosmos Great World Starfield Battlefield, Saine and his allies fought the Minghe Empire as Long-Armed Ape arrived with the White Jade Optimus Prime, the staff Saine had offered to reforge.

• The Asura King praised Nether River Old Ancestor for granting Ghost Fiend Maiden a third-grade lotus platform and said she would be sent to the Wizard Civilization Battlefield to build ties with its young powerhouses.
• After the Asura King left, Nether River Old Ancestor returned three immortal swords to the Blood Sea, while the Asura King went to organize troops for the war.
• Duobao Daozun left the Netherworld Blood Sea and flew toward Eight Sceneries Palace to seek answers from his senior uncle.
• Saine displayed his Ash Lotus principles on the battlefield as Luo wielded the Ghost Carriage and Tourmaline crushed Minghe Empire soldiers with her Dragon Turtle form.
• Long-Armed Ape appeared wielding the White Jade Optimus Prime, and Saine recalled that the ape had rejected his offer to reforge the staff.

Saine’s war zone grew busier as Dragon Clan creatures and other groups arrived, drawn by Gene Potions and trade, while Saine continued his research and kept in touch with the Azure Blaze Sect. In the 210th year of his campaign, Wizard Civilization launched its general offensive against the Galente Federation, and the Minghe Empire began showing unusual activity.

• Long-Armed Ape’s Intercept Sect Legion continued supporting Saine, while Dragon Clan creatures flocked to his war zone seeking Gene Potions made by Meili from Saine’s formula and Gene Serum.
• Buddhism Sect members, Exposition Sect cultivators, Demon Race creatures, Light Giants, and Cosmos Great World merchants gathered behind the Land of Ashes frontlines as Saine considered the Cosmos Great World’s likely entry into the Wizard Alliance.
• Saine kept in contact with Cuilisi and Luluenman, sent them battlefield resources, and advanced his Light Element arcane truths by conducting experiments with hired Light Giants.
• In the 210th year after Saine arrived at the battlefield, Piccolo advanced to Dominator on the Wizard Civilization main battlefield and shattered a Galente Federation defensive legion.
• Wizard Civilization announced its general offensive against the Galente Federation, led by Lord of Wuzhuo and hundreds of millions of troops from the Wuzhuo World Group.
• The general offensive affected the Cosmos Great World Battlefield, where the Minghe Empire began displaying unusual movements.

Saine approved Barry’s return to the Lightning World and arranged for Barry’s Justice League companions to encourage the Lightning World to join the Wizard Alliance. Meanwhile, the Second Pharaoh King sensed that Aoziman might be close to becoming a Level-9 Being and hurried to the Sealing Temple.

• Barry asked Saine for leave to return to the Lightning World, and Saine approved his request while thanking him for his service.
• After Barry left, Saine summoned Karl, Bruce Wayne, and Gal Gadot to ask them to persuade Barry and speak well of Wizard Civilization to the Lightning World.
• Saine learned that Karl planned to attempt a breakthrough to Level 6 and promised to forge him a World-Class Secret Treasure if he succeeded.
• The Second Pharaoh King, Mo Kulong, sensed unusual law fluctuations coming from the Hall of Seals and wondered whether Aoziman was about to succeed.
• Mo Kulong hurried to the Sealing Temple, where the fluctuations remained contained by the Power of Sealing.

The Second Pharaoh King reflected on Aoziman · Diesi’s imminent breakthrough to Level 9 and the Minghe Empire’s prospects afterward. As the fluctuations around the Sealing Temple subsided, he remained troubled by a foreseen crisis and planned to discuss it with Aoziman once he advanced.

• The Second Pharaoh King judged that Aoziman · Diesi was nearing Level 9 and might break through within a thousand years.
• The Second Pharaoh King recalled how Aoziman had chosen continued expansion through the Star Realm over pursuing Dimensional Hegemony.
• The Second Pharaoh King expected Aoziman to remain in the Star Realm for about a thousand years after advancing, giving the Minghe Empire time to destroy rival civilizations.
• The Second Pharaoh King decided to ask Aoziman about the crisis he had foreseen after Aoziman broke through.
• The Second Pharaoh King watched the law fluctuations around the Sealing Temple slow and subside.

Saine observed increased activity and reinforcements on the Cosmos Great World Starfield Battlefield while pursuing research into the Long-Armed Ape. After seeing Duan Ning’s growth, Tourmaline decided to advance to Level 5 as quickly as she could.

• Saine noticed the more active Minghe Empire legions and the arrival of Wizard Civilization reinforcements, including Luo Bo, alongside Immortal Domain forces.
• A large Asura Legion from the Netherworld Blood Sea arrived near Saine’s war zone, and Klopp Knight told him to coordinate with it.
• Saine wanted to study the Long-Armed Ape’s physique, but the ape refused to cooperate with his experiments.
• Duan Po’s younger sister, Duan Ning, had grown considerably after Saine’s experiments, surprising Tourmaline.
• Tourmaline decided to challenge Level 5, since Saine said his body-tempering experiments would not help her unusually durable physique.