Chapter Summaries

Saine and the Wizard Civilization Legion reinforced the Tenth Pharaoh King as Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor tried to contain them. Empowered by the Minghe Holy Book, the Tenth Pharaoh King created a powerful Rule Avatar and sent a distress signal through the frozen space barrier.

• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor watched Saine approach and considered capturing him alive for Zi You after dealing with the Tenth Pharaoh King.
• Saine advanced with the Thunder God Fortress Group, Icarus, and the Reverse Mutant, who engaged Evil Tide Civilization’s Demon Emperors.
• Saine fused with Icarus and fired a beam cannon at the Bat-Winged Demon Emperor, easing some of the pressure on the Tenth Pharaoh King.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King used the Minghe Holy Book to create a Rule Avatar with Level-8 Late-Stage power and sent it to attack the Black Star Demon Emperor.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King resisted Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor and sent a death-rule distress signal through the frozen space barrier.

Saine struggled against the Plague Poison Demon Emperor and Bat-Winged Demon Emperor while the Tenth Pharaoh King faced other Level-8 foes, as Evil Tide forces overwhelmed the Minghe Empire’s defenses. Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor sealed the Anubis Star Region inside a crystal curtain, leaving Saine and the others trapped with no clear escape.

• Saine and Icarus were slowed and poisoned by the Plague Poison Demon Emperor, then badly damaged by the Bat-Winged Demon Emperor’s attack.
• Saine broke the Bat-Winged Demon Emperor’s net with powerful flames and used Destruction flames and Holy Light Power to counter the poison.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor pressed the Tenth Pharaoh King while more Evil Tide Dominators gathered on the battlefield.
• Evil Tide forces broke through Minghe Empire defensive lines across the Anubis Star Region, leaving the Minghe and Wizard forces outnumbered.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor activated her Time-Space Crystal Diamond and enclosed the Anubis Star Region in a blue crystal curtain, trapping Saine and the others.

Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor trapped and battered the Tenth Pharaoh King while Saine and the Wizard Civilization forces retreated across the Anubis Star Region. The Tenth Pharaoh King drew the allied Dominators toward the Death Rule Vortex, and Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor began to suspect they intended to use it.

• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor struck the Tenth Pharaoh King through her death shield, forcing her to burn Dominator Omnipotent Soul before counterattacking with two Fingers of Death.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor judged the Tenth Pharaoh King troublesome and intensified her assault, wary that Wizard Civilization might send aid.
• Saine and the Wizard Civilization legions suffered heavy losses and retreated toward the center of the Anubis Star Region as Evil Tide Dominators pressed them.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King moved toward the Death Rule Vortex, and Saine and the other allied Dominators converged in the same direction.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor and Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor noticed the movement and speculated that the Netherworld Empire intended to activate the Death Vortex.

Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor ordered the Evil Tide forces to intensify their assault, forcing Saine to take refuge inside the Thunder God Fortress Robot as the battle dragged on. By the third year of the fighting in the Anubis Star Region, Minghe Empire Pharaoh King Umonsito had become the first Dominator to fall, while Saine and the other defenders remained overwhelmed by the Purple Evil Tide.

• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor ordered the Evil Tide Legion to attack across the Anubis Star Region and commanded Bat-Winged Demon Emperor and Plague Poison Demon Emperor to kill Saine quickly.
• Saine fought on the move as Bat-Winged Demon Emperor, Plague Poison Demon Emperor, and three other Level-7 Demon Emperors launched increasingly fierce attacks against him.
• The Thunder God Fortress Group reached Saine, who entered it as nearby Intelligent Robots, Decepticons, and Optimus Prime joined to form the Thunder God Fortress Robot.
• In the third year of the battle, the surrounded Minghe Empire Pharaoh King Umonsito failed to self-destruct and became the first Dominator to fall.
• Saine and the other defenders continued fighting as Evil Tide forces crowded the battlefield and the defenders felt increasingly helpless.

Saine and the Tenth Pharaoh King fought their way toward the Death Law Vortex as the Minghe Empire’s war potential ran out and no reinforcements were assured. At the vortex, the Tenth Pharaoh King summoned her Master and Senior Sister; her Senior Sister cut the connection, but the Death God answered, prompting her to cry for help.

• In the fifth year of the war, Saine contacted the Tenth Pharaoh King, who admitted that the Minghe Empire had no strength left to send reinforcements and hinted at an uncertain plan involving someone she could no longer reach.
• By the seventh year, Saine reunited with Bai Xing and part of the Ashes Group Army, sheltered them in the Thunder God Fortress Group, and mechanically combined Ancient Sea God Usotos with it to strengthen the defense.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King charged into the Death Law Vortex and used the Minghe Holy Book to activate its Rule Runes and summon her Master or Senior Sister.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King’s Senior Sister briefly responded but severed the connection to the Anubis Star Region, leaving her stunned.
• The Death God answered the Tenth Pharaoh King’s summons, and she shouted for her Master to save her.

The Tenth Pharaoh King contacted Death God and began summoning help while the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor and the Evil Tide Civilization attacked the Death Law Vortex. Saine’s allies rushed to reinforce the formation and accelerate the summoning as his group neared the battlefield’s center.

• The Tenth Pharaoh King used the Minghe Holy Book and the Death Law Runes to contact Death God, while the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor attacked the vortex.
• The Evil Tide Civilization bombarded the vortex and sent lower-level forces to disrupt its runes, so the Tenth Pharaoh King ordered her allies to stop them and speed up the summoning.
• Saine sensed the nearby auras of Cuilisi, Fumila, and Dao Dali, but he could not find Alex, Nefka, or Jing Ning.
• Level 4 and above Pharaohs from the Minghe Empire entered the vortex to help its death summoning formation run faster.
• Wizard Civilization magicians and Saine’s allies, including Lina and Mei Kaili, joined the effort by working on the formation’s Rule Runes.

Saine and the allied Dominators endured twelve years of fierce fighting while the Minghe Holy Book completed its death-summoning ritual. The vortex opened and an ancient skeleton emerged, whom the Tenth Pharaoh King recognized as her master.

• Lina, Mei Kaili, and other allied fighters left the Thunder God Fortress Group and entered the Death Vortex to help accelerate the summoning.
• Saine and the Wizard Civilization and Minghe Empire Dominators fought off the Evil Tide forces, including the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor, as the battle continued for twelve years; two Minghe Dominators fell and Usotos was gravely wounded.
• The Minghe Holy Book's white death-light grew brighter, and Saine and his allies successfully prevented the Evil Tide from interrupting the summoning.
• A white Rule Mist poured from a newly opened vortex gate, obscuring the battlefield and leaving Saine unable to find Lina and the other women.
• An ancient skeleton emerged from the gate, and the Tenth Pharaoh King cried out to it as her master; Saine sensed that it was a Half-Step Level-9 being.

The Death God descended onto the battlefield, revealing himself as a Half-Step Level-9 Being undergoing rule-based transformation, and grievously wounded God-Eye Demon Emperor with one strike. After seizing the unconscious Lina from the Rule Vortex, he faced Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor’s attack and raised an Obscure Black Scythe, leaving the battlefield on the verge of another clash.

• The Death God appeared beside the Tenth Pharaoh King, and Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor recognized his rule-based transformation.
• God-Eye Demon Emperor pierced the Death Element mist with his golden divine light, but the Death God’s skeletal hand struck him and left him gravely wounded.
• Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor prepared an attack combining light and darkness against the Death God.
• The Death God ignored Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor at first and seized the unconscious Lina from the center of the Death Vortex.
• As Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor’s attack arrived, the Death God formed an Obscure Black Scythe and swung it toward Sun Radiance Demon Emperor.

Death God fought the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor and the Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor, unleashing deadly shockwaves across the Anubis Star Region. As the battle raged, Little Tenth offered to care for Lina, and Death God handed her over.

• The Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor joined the Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor against Death God, and their Source Laws collided in a vast tide of energy.
• The shockwaves scattered legions and forced Dominators, including Saine, to consider retreating as the battle intensified.
• Death God's power of death spread across the Anubis Star Region, while Little Tenth watched and studied his fighting.
• Little Tenth offered to look after Lina, whom Death God had been holding, and Death God tossed Lina to her.

The Tenth Pharaoh King recognized Death God's power in the silver inscription on Lina and sent her toward a Wizard Civilization Space Fortress. As Saine and the Minghe Empire Pharaoh Kings fought on the central battlefield, Death God faced a growing crowd of Evil Tide Dominators, revealing new rule powers that astonished the Tenth Pharaoh King.

• The Tenth Pharaoh King took Lina from Death God, noticed her rare soul and Saine's marks on her belongings, then sent her away with a Bone Spirit Magic Puppet.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King drew the Black Star Demon Emperor into Death God's battle, easing the pressure on Saine and the other forces on the central battlefield.
• Saine asked whether Death God could withstand the many Evil Tide Dominators surrounding him, and the Tenth Pharaoh King said she had never seen her master fail.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King moved closer to Death God's battlefield despite her confidence, noticing his rule-artifact codex and an unfamiliar phantom of rules above him.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King wondered what Death God had experienced during the hundred thousand years since he had left.

Little Tenth gave the Minghe Holy Book to the Death God, who used it to unleash a devastating Death Tide across the Anubis Star Region. As Demon Fall Supreme responded to the threat, the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor activated the Time-Space Crystal Diamond and focused it on the Death God.

• Little Tenth sent the Minghe Holy Book to the Death God, then withdrew from the deadly battle zone.
• The Death God joined the Minghe Holy Book’s power with its black codex and unleashed a Death Tide that withered the life auras of more than a dozen Level-7 Evil Tide Dominators.
• The Death God’s power forced the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor to retreat, while the Astral Realm Will appeared to ignore the devastation in the Anubis Star Region.
• Demon Fall Supreme sensed the danger from the Light Dimension Star, left for the Minghe Empire, and sent the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor an order.
• The Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor activated the Time-Space Crystal Diamond and targeted the Death God.

The Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor sealed Death God inside the Time-Space Crystal Diamond and carried him away from the Anubis Star Region to a remote border battlefield. With the time-space barrier lifted, the Tenth Pharaoh King and Saine attacked the weakened Evil Tide Dominators as reinforcements headed for the newly important Second War Zone.

• The Time-Space Law Crystal Screen withdrew from the Anubis Star Region and focused on sealing Death God, allowing Saine and the others to leave as only three years had passed outside.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King refused to interfere in Death God's battle and chose to attack the Evil Tide Dominators weakened by the Death Tide.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King received word that the Minghe Empire and Wizard Civilization were sending reinforcements, and the Anubis Star Region began to emerge as a Second War Zone.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King gathered her strength and joined Saine, Icarus, Fumila, and the others in attacking the Evil Tide Dominators.
• The Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor transported Death God to a desolate battlefield at the border of the Minghe Empire and the Light Dimension Country Star Region, where she prepared to leave the main confrontation to someone else.

Demon Fall Supreme tried to tempt the Death God into joining the Evil Tide Civilization, but the Death God rejected him and embraced a violent battle as a way to seek death. He split into a Black Skeleton and a White Skeleton, who turned to face Demon Fall Supreme and the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor.

• Demon Fall Supreme offered the Death God demonization, the title of Fourth Supreme, and dominion over the Minghe Empire and its star region.
• The Death God recalled his former state and rejected Demon Fall Supreme’s promises, declaring that he wanted to walk toward death.
• The Death God asked Demon Fall Supreme to help him die, then unleashed his death rules in a violent frenzy.
• The Minghe Holy Book split the Death God into a Half-Step Level-9 Black Skeleton and a Level-8 Peak White Skeleton.
• The Black Skeleton charged Demon Fall Supreme while the White Skeleton confronted the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor.

Demon Fall Supreme and Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor fought Death God in an isolated space while the Evil Tide Civilization continued its campaign across the Minghe Empire. In the Anubis Star Region, Saine and the others counterattacked, and Black Star Demon Emperor rallied the Demon Emperors to support his battered forces against the Tenth Pharaoh King.

• Demon Fall Supreme and Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor struggled to contain Death God, whose immense Eternal Soul and mastery of the Rule of Death made him difficult to kill or exile.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s Time-Space Frozen Crystal Curtain limited the battle’s effect on the Minghe Empire battlefield as Evil Tide armies continued advancing.
• In the Anubis Star Region, Saine and the others used Death God’s earlier assault and expected reinforcements to hold their ground and counterattack.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King pursued two Level-8 Demon Emperors, while Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor suffered dangerous Rule disorder and Black Star Demon Emperor shielded him.
• Black Star Demon Emperor summoned the other Demon Emperors in the Anubis Star Region to gather and support the battlefield’s central area.

Saine and the allied forces seized the chance to attack the Evil Tide Dominators left gravely wounded by Death God, while enemy reinforcements approached the Anubis Star Region. Saine focused on bringing down Bat-Winged Demon Emperor, and Dao Dali pressed his assault on the seemingly helpless God-Eye Demon Emperor.

• The Evil Tide forces stationed beyond the Anubis Star Region threatened to reach the battlefield before Wizard Civilization and Minghe Empire reinforcements.
• Saine and Fumila pursued the wounded Bat-Winged Demon Emperor while the Thunder God Fortress Robot kept Plague Poison Demon Emperor occupied.
• The allied Dominators counterattacked the Demon Emperors whom Death God had severely wounded.
• Dao Dali found God-Eye Demon Emperor badly weakened by death rules but noticed a trace of golden light struggling in his eye.
• Dao Dali continued charging at God-Eye Demon Emperor as a look of despair appeared in the Demon Emperor's gray pupil.

Dao Dali killed the God-Eye Demon Emperor and shared some of his remains with allied fighters, while the Anubis Star Region battles continued to take a heavy toll on both sides. The Tenth Pharaoh King and Saine then joined forces to attack the Bat-Winged Demon Emperor.

• Dao Dali killed the God-Eye Demon Emperor, kept most of the Dominator's remains, and shared fragments with allied Minghe Empire and Wizard Civilization fighters while reserving a share for the Intelligent Robots.
• Over the following dozen-odd years, three more Evil Tide Dominators fell, while the Minghe Empire lost another King of Monsters and a Level-7 Pharaoh King was severely wounded.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King examined a piece of Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor's skin and considered using it to upgrade her Sealing Clothes, though she remained unable to finish him off.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King suddenly turned away from the Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor and Black Star Demon Emperor and charged at the Bat-Winged Demon Emperor.
• Saine released an apocalyptic elemental halo from the Staff of Ashes toward the Bat-Winged Demon Emperor's chest as the Tenth Pharaoh King attacked.

Saine and the Tenth Pharaoh King struggled to hold the Anubis Star Region against the advancing Evil Tide reinforcements, relying on increasingly close cooperation despite their arguments. The Wizard Civilization’s reinforcements finally appeared, with Death Descendant Fempton among the forces arriving to fight.

• The Tenth Pharaoh King and Fumila joined Saine in attacking the wounded Bat-Winged Demon Emperor while the Dusk Radiance Demon Emperor and the Black Star Demon Emperor fought back.
• Four years later, Evil Tide reinforcements reached the Anubis Star Region, forcing Nefka, Alex, and the other defenders toward the Center Battlefield as Saine and Little Tenth came under mounting pressure.
• Saine asked the Tenth Pharaoh King to summon help, and they argued over their civilizations’ commitments and the resources promised to Wizard Civilization.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King briefly exposed Saine’s flank, then returned to intercept the Demon Emperors’ attacks and agreed to let Saine repair her Sealing Clothes if they survived.
• The Tenth Pharaoh King spotted a vast sea of insects and other forces arriving to battle the Evil Tide, and Saine recognized Death Descendant Fempton among them.

Wizard Civilization reinforced the Anubis Star Region as Evil Tide forces prepared to shift more troops there, while three displaced Evil Tide Demon Emperors discovered a rich new star region. Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor wanted to conquer it, but Nine Dove Demon Emperor urged him to prioritize joining Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor in the Minghe Empire.

• Saine sensed Zerg, Titan Giant, and Wizard Civilization reinforcements arriving at the Anubis Star Region battlefield, which was becoming a major front.
• Evil Tide Civilization considered moving One-Eyed Demon Ancestor, Demon Ancestor Lei Ji, and Demon Ancestor Kai Huang toward the Minghe Empire front after the Yan Emperor Divine Clan's failed counteroffensive.
• Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor, Nine Dove Demon Emperor, and Rotten Worm Demon Emperor emerged near a large star region after their route was disrupted by Wizard Civilization's Endless Light Strike.
• Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor coveted the water-dominated star region as a chance to gather resources and advance, while Nine Dove Demon Emperor urged him to leave a spatial coordinate and join Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor first.

Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor and the other Evil Tide leaders remained stranded far from the Minghe Empire and chose to investigate the surrounding starfield while seeking a way home. They learned it was the Ink Sea World Cluster, and Red Fish identified Golden Armor Lobster as its strongest being.

• Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor rejected the idea that the Evil Tide Legion could quickly return to the Netherworld Empire Battlefield and proposed investigating the starfield while locating its coordinates.
• A Level-6 Peak Demon Emperor returned with a demonized Level-4 Red Fish, whose brutal treatment made Nine Dove Demon Emperor worry they had alerted the local Dominators.
• The Level-6 Peak Demon Emperor and Red Fish told the Demon Emperors about the water-element planes and inhabitants of the Ink Sea World Cluster.
• Red Fish said Golden Armor Lobster was the powerful Dominator who had inspected the region around her home, Bubble World.

The Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor spotted a badly wounded Golden Armored Lobster Dominator and ordered the Evil Tide Legion to attack it, despite the Nine Dove Demon Emperor's warnings. As the Nine Dove Demon Emperor prepared to join the assault, Red Fish mentioned an old legend about an Ink Sea Master.

• Several Level-5 Demon Kings showed the Demon Emperors a Shadow-Folding Magic Mirror, revealing the injured late Level-7 Golden Armored Lobster rushing toward the Ink Sea World Cluster's center.
• The Nine Dove Demon Emperor urged caution, but the Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor ordered an immediate attack before the Lobster Dominator could reach its Mother Plane.
• The Dark Chestnut Demon Emperor charged toward the Lobster Dominator, and the Rotten Worm Demon Emperor and hundreds of millions of Evil Tide creatures followed.
• The Nine Dove Demon Emperor questioned Red Fish about whether the Ink Sea had any other Dominators, and Red Fish said it knew only of the Golden Armored Lobster.
• Red Fish recalled hearing an old legend of the Ink Sea Master from an Old Ao, and the Nine Dove Demon Emperor set out to support the battle.