Chapter Summaries

Wizard Civilization’s counterattack stalled as the Evil Tide widened its offensives and infiltrated toward its heartland, while Lilith was set to return. The Immortal Domain also faced renewed pressure, but its formations and Sages held off the Evil Tide as Ya Zi clashed with the injured Long Hou Demon Emperor.

• Saine’s Ashes Group Army remained steady in the Wings of Light War Zone as the Evil Tide renewed its assault, while the Underworld’s defenders fought a costly battle to protect their Mother Plane.
• Wizard Civilization re-established contact with Lilith after detonating the Endless Light and two God Crystals, and she prepared to return.
• Geluomuzi and Saite Demon Ancestor broke through the Steel Fortress World Group and Galente Federation’s α-707 Star Territory, while Evil Tide forces infiltrated as far as the Sano Lars Burner Star Region.
• Douglas, Naige’er, Roland, Abaddon, and the Destruction Spring went to reinforce threatened fronts as Carell and Lisa remained tied down near the Challenger Star Territory.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor shattered the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation, but the Immortal Domain countered with the Four Symbols Formation, Laozi’s Three Purities, and the Jade Emperor Queen Mother’s Yin-Yang Formation.
• Ya Zi began a fierce battle with the still-injured Long Hou Demon Emperor, who wondered what other hidden forces the Immortal Domain possessed.

Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor’s ambush devastated the Iron-Blood Civilization, and Grand Elder Nigrode could not stop him from killing its Dominators. A massive Source Energy Sub-City then emerged from the shattered starry sky with fleets of an unfamiliar Technological Civilization, as a Dominator prepared to appear.

• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor avoided fighting Nigrode directly, targeted the Iron-Blood Civilization’s Level-7 Dominators, and wounded Nigrode with the Civilization Supreme Treasure Teeth of Sharpness.
• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor’s forces killed three Iron-Blood Dominators, leaving the Iron-Blood Civilization with only a dozen or so Dominators.
• Nigrode unleashed a powerful Blood Blade attack after Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor pierced an Iron-Blood Elder’s skull, but Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor evaded most of the blow.
• A blue-and-white Metal City and unfamiliar Technological Civilization fleets emerged from the starry sky, leaving Nigrode uncertain whether they were Capricorn Empire reinforcements.
• The Metal City was identified as a newer Source Energy Sub-City, and Dominator-class fluctuations signaled that a Dominator was about to emerge.

The Source Energy Remnant Clan emerged from spatial turbulence with a powerful force and encountered the Evil Tide Legion. After an Evil Tide demon king attacked one of their transport ships, a Level-8 Peak female Dominator killed him, making a battle unavoidable.

• A Level-8 Peak female Dominator appeared before Grand Elder Nigrode, followed by five more Dominators and four Dominator-class War Fleet formations from the Source Energy Remnant Clan.
• Nigrode observed the arriving fleet and its civilian and support vessels, while Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor eyed the Source Energy Sub-City with greed and held back from attacking.
• A fifth-level demon king struck a Source Energy Remnant Clan Transport Ship, and Evil Tide forces surged toward the fleet.
• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor cursed the demon king as the female Dominator cut him into four pieces with Space Hidden Blades.
• The clash ended any chance of reconciliation, and the opposing forces prepared to fight.

The Source Energy Remnant Clan, led by Galaxy Star Safina, clashed with the Evil Tide Civilization after the latter attacked their forces. The Source Energy Sub-City joined the battle, and Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor identified it as a Civilization Supreme Treasure fragment.

• Galaxy Star Safina counterattacked the Evil Tide Dominators, and Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor pierced her shoulders with the Teeth of Sharpness.
• Safina struck back with her Space Blade as the Source Energy Remnant Clan and the Evil Tide Civilization began a fierce battle.
• The Evil Tide forces targeted the Source Energy Civilization’s transport fleets and Biological Warship groups while more reinforcements threatened to arrive.
• The Source Energy Sub-City unleashed attacks across the battlefield, striking Evil Tide Legions and threatening Dominators.
• After a main cannon blast hit his chest, Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor recognized the Source Energy Sub-City as a Civilization Supreme Treasure fragment.

Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor recognized the Source Energy Sub-City as a fragment of a Civilization Supreme Treasure after its Time-Space Power helped Galaxy Star Safina and Iron-Blood Grand Elder Nigrode attack it. As Safina’s blades faltered against Liè Chǐ’s superior armor, Nigrode lent her the Iron-Blood Battle Blade, and she joined the fight with the borrowed weapon.

• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor realized that the Source Energy Sub-City was a fragment of a Civilization Supreme Treasure after its milky-white beam slowed time and bound it.
• Galaxy Star Safina and Iron-Blood Grand Elder Nigrode attacked the restrained Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor, but its Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure armor blunted their blows.
• Safina’s Space Curved Blades became damaged as she struggled to pierce Liè Chǐ’s armor.
• Safina casually asked Nigrode to lend her his blade, and he tossed her the Iron-Blood Battle Blade after coating it with his blood.
• Nigrode warned Safina that she had to return the blade after the battle, and Safina agreed.

Galaxy Star Safina and Grand Elder Nigrode worked together to turn the battle against the Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor, while the Capricorn Empire suffered major losses. As more civilizations joined the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s war, Saine prepared to withdraw from the Blazing Lightstone Plane within 3,000 hourglasses.

• Galaxy Star Safina used the Iron-Blood Blade to crack the Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor’s armor, and Grand Elder Nigrode struck him from behind while the Source Energy Sub-City restrained him.
• The Iron-Blood Civilization and the Source Energy Remnant Clan coordinated their forces, reducing the damage inflicted by the Evil Tide Legions.
• The Capricorn Empire fleet was routed, and Evil Tide Dominators concentrated their attacks on the empire, costing it territory beyond the Metal Graveyard.
• The Level-8 Rhythmic Purificationist brought the Ancient Sound World Legion to the front and offered to persuade the Hundred Spirits Immortal Phoenix to join the war.
• The Celestial Origin Saint Ancestor joined the Yan Emperor Divine Clan’s war zone, while allied civilizations began arriving to support the Wizard Civilization.
• Saine rested outside the Blazing Lightstone Plane as the Land of Ashes gathered resources before the Wizard Civilization Legion’s withdrawal in no more than 3,000 hourglasses.

After learning that Gagaru had died on the Eternal Ancient Plane, Saine chose to lead his forces to the Brain Eater Star Region rather than retreat to a safer battlefield. On the way, he heard that Michelle had been targeted by the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor and hoped she was still alive.

• Saine mourned Gagaru, whose attempt to destroy the Eternal Ancient Plane's volcanoes had failed, and resolved to accelerate his Resurrection Arcana research.
• Saine chose to take the Ashes Group Army to the Brain Eater Star Region, where Wizard Civilization was preparing for renewed fighting.
• Nefka traveled with Saine, while Luo Bo and more than half of the Light Dimension Remnants were ordered to a safer Light-attribute starfield.
• Taiputelu and the Level-7 Peak Light Giant Mengbi Wusi were assigned to the Brain Eater Star Region after Leimujiao was allowed to rotate out because of his injuries.
• Saine received a report that the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor had targeted Church Holy Daughter Michelle with the Time-Space Crystal Diamond, but her fate remained unknown.

Wizard Civilization launched a desperate assault to free Michelle after Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor trapped her with the Time-Space Crystal Diamond, but Evil Tide reinforcements blocked the rescue. Inside the prison, Michelle revealed her combat skill and fought while healing and blessing herself, though Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor and seven Demon Emperors still surrounded her.

• Carell, Lisa, Gegelong, and other Wizard Civilization powerhouses attacked Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s time-space prison, while Six-Winged Demon Ancestor and Demon Ancestor Kai Huang blocked the rescue.
• Evil Tide forces escalated the battle by sending more Demon Emperors and armies to counter Wizard Civilization’s reinforcements.
• Michelle drew the Scythe of Sanction and charged Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor, using Holy Light Power that restrained her opponent.
• Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor wounded Michelle and summoned seven Demon Emperors, including two Level-8 fighters, to overwhelm her.
• Michelle healed herself and covered herself in rule-enhancing blessings as the surrounding Evil Tide Demon Emperors watched in surprise.

Michelle endured the Evil Tide Dominators’ assault and reached a new understanding of Holy Light Power, using it to open a small breach in the barrier. Though she remained trapped, she sent a beam of hope beyond the frozen battlefield.

• Michelle’s holy light resisted the Evil Tide Dominators’ attempts to corrupt her as her understanding of its power deepened.
• Michelle struck the Time-Space crystal wall with her Scythe of Sanction, cracking it briefly before the barrier began repairing itself.
• Gegelong’s Destruction Horn pierced the barrier, combining with Michelle’s holy light to create a tiny breach at the cost of breaking off his horn.
• Michelle sent a beam of holy light through the breach, and the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor failed to intercept it fully.
• Michelle told the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor that the light she released was hope.

Pope Miller received a fragment of Michelle’s message calling for hope and ordered Elvin Continent’s Church forces to reinforce her and the others. As powerful fighters and legions assembled, the Church prepared to bring its considerable strength to the conflict with the Evil Tide Civilization.

• Miller sensed the word “hope” in the fragment of light Michelle had sent, though the Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor had severed most of her message.
• Miller ordered the Church army to assemble and reinforce Michelle and the others, committing the Church’s remaining forces.
• A Black Blade-wielding girl and a cannon-bearing woman answered Miller’s call, while other powerful beings across Elvin Continent began gathering.
• The newly advanced minotaur Sauta and Dominator-class dragonkin Lucas joined the mobilization alongside their forces.
• Elvin Continent’s Church forces prepared to depart, their growth bolstered by the Star Realm’s loosening rules and their strength against the Evil Tide.

Miller led Elvin Continent’s Church Guard Legion to the Challenger Star Territory frontline to aid Wizard Civilization and attack the barrier trapping Michelle. The Church forces joined the fighting, and Miller, Nicole, and Kelly began a coordinated assault on Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s Spacetime Frozen Crystal Wall.

• Kelly told Miller that Cha Tai and Xin Yan refused to go, while the Church’s hardliners remained reluctant to help Wizard Civilization because of its past ties to the Immortal Domain.
• Miller gathered the Church Guard Legion and used his Staff of Holy Light to turn the army into a beam of light that crossed the starry sky.
• At the frontline, Wizard Civilization’s repeated attacks failed to break the frozen crystal barrier, and Gegelong snapped a horn while opening only a small gap.
• Miller’s Church army arrived, and Sauta and Lucas led its lower-level forces in battle, destroying Evil Tide creatures with holy-light-infused attacks.
• Miller, Nicole, and Kelly attacked the Spacetime Frozen Crystal Wall in succession, with Kelly summoning the power of two Dominator-Class War Fleet groups as her cannons charged.

Miller and the others broke through Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s barrier and joined Michelle, turning the battle inside the Time-Space Frozen Crystal Curtain in the Church’s favor. Meanwhile, Wizard Civilization’s command estimated that Evil Tide had deployed about 1,047 Dominators and called on its allies to send reinforcements, including their leaders.

• Miller and the others tore open Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s Time-Space Frozen Crystal Curtain and entered to help Michelle.
• Gegelong followed with both horns broken, found Michelle grievously injured, and charged at an Evil Tide Dominator.
• Miller and the other Church powerhouses attacked Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s forces, filling the barrier with Holy Light Power.
• Saine learned that the Church had sent a legion to support Michelle as the Wizard Civilization’s front-line situation began to improve.
• Befu reviewed estimates showing roughly 1,047 Evil Tide Dominators across the battlefields and discussed the threat with Klopp Knight.
• Befu ordered contact with the Silver Lamp World, Bostan Civilization, and Crystal Wall World Group, asking the God of the Stars and the Moon Goddess to descend in person.

Silver Lamp True Spirit Mu Yi led six other Silver Lamp World True Spirits to aid Wizard Civilization, which agreed to set their duties and rewards through Rule Contracts. On the Challenger Star Territory front, Miller, Michelle, Nicole, and Kelly escaped Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s frozen space, and Gegelong began drawing on the battlefield’s Destruction Power.

• Mu Yi brought six Silver Lamp World True Spirits to the Wizard Star Region Battlefield and said he would repay Wizard Civilization for saving his life, while asking it not to impose deadly duties on his companions without cause.
• Wizard Civilization agreed to define the Silver Lamp World True Spirits’ obligations and rewards through Rule Contracts.
• Befu and Klopp discussed welcoming Mu Yi’s group and noted that Bostan Civilization and the Crystal Wall World Group were arriving slowly, though neither had broken its contract.
• Miller, Michelle, Nicole, and Kelly broke free from Mist and Haze Demon Ancestor’s time-space frozen space after a prolonged battle.
• Miller and Michelle’s enhancements left Gegelong in strong condition, and the Destruction Bull drew Destruction Power from the battlefield.

Little Red reached Level 8 and arrived at the Challenger Star Territory to reunite with the badly wounded Gegelong as Wizard Civilization received reinforcements. Despite their aid, Wizard Civilization remained outmatched, and its frontline borders were about to contract.

• Michelle used Holy Light Power to calm Gegelong and told him to rest because she could not fully counter Destruction Power’s effects.
• Little Red broke through to Level 8 after sensing Gegelong’s crisis, then hurried to the front and coiled around his broken horns.
• Little Red tended Gegelong’s wounds, and Michelle felt relieved that she could keep him from losing himself to destruction.
• Church experts and other reinforcements, including Silver Lamp True Spirit Mu Yi, strengthened Wizard Civilization’s forces but could not overcome the Evil Tide Civilization’s superior numbers.
• Bostan Civilization and the Crystal Wall World Group delayed their support but were still bound by the ancient alliance treaty to send their main legions.
• Wizard Civilization’s border battle lines, including the Challenger Star Territory front, were about to contract.

Wizard Civilization retreated after suffering heavy losses against the Evil Tide Civilization, including the death of Baer, a Level-7 Peak True Spirit Warlock. The chapter ends with Raymond, Baer’s killer and a favored subordinate of the Undying Supreme, established as one of the Evil Tide Civilization’s outstanding talents.

• Wizard Civilization’s Combat Command ordered a retreat after several Dominators died, including the Norman Federation’s Dominator-class Artificial Human and Amalek.
• Tidex ran out of Dominator Omnipotent Soul and fell, while Zi Lixiang fought through the Evil Tide encirclement and became the leader of refugee races and remnants of small civilizations.
• Zi Lixiang earned Wizard Civilization’s trust by fighting alongside Alice in the Challenger Star Territory, killing a late Level-7 Demon Emperor and receiving a Dominator Soul Recovery Potion.
• Raymond, a Level-7 Peak Demon Emperor riding Litra, killed Baer, prompting Wizard Civilization to abandon the outer defensive lines and retreat to its second line.
• The chapter revealed that Raymond had long been favored by the Undying Supreme, to whom Baer’s death served as Raymond’s answer in the Wizard Star Region campaign.

The chapter recounted Wizard Civilization and Evil Tide Civilization’s costly war, then described several new Dominators who had emerged from the Wizard Alliance. It ended with Eugene becoming a Half-Destruction Element Dominator after accepting an infusion of Destruction Power.

• Wizard Civilization and Evil Tide Civilization continued fighting after Wizard Civilization abandoned several frontier territories, with both sides suffering heavy losses and Evil Tide occupying vast regions.
• The Galente Federation approved research into Holy Light Bullets, led by Sipnas and Ilo, to use Holy Light Power against Evil Tide.
• Tyr advanced to Main God in Titan World, and Vereesa became the Elf Great World’s first new Dominator since Keltuilan’s fall.
• Elune enhanced Vereesa’s inherited longbow, Wrath of the Firmament, into a Mid-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Rexxar and Eugene advanced to Dominator Realm in Orc World, with Eugene undergoing an infusion of Destruction Power at his own request.

Eugene ascended to Dominator after killing the Crimson Sun Demon Emperor, while Saine received orders to hold a new front for at least two hundred years. As Saine moved to his post and Zi You entered the ruined Challenger Star Territory with Sylvanas, the chapter left both forces facing new battle lines.

• Eugene killed the Crimson Sun Demon Emperor and ascended to Dominator, rallying the Half-Orcs and Orc Legions to shout Kampas's name.
• Gegelong and the Blood Flood Dragon drew near Eugene, helping him escape a later encirclement by three Level-7 Demon Emperors.
• Saine learned that the Wizard Civilization had ordered him and his Ashes Group Army to hold their new position for at least two hundred years, with the Silver Lamp World Legion and Gongsun Wudi's forces set to reinforce them.
• Zi You led her legions into the ruined Challenger Star Territory and asked Sylvanas whether she had been there before; Sylvanas said no.

Zi You arrived at the Wizard War Zone and prepared to join the front lines, while Sylvanas recognized the direction of her former homeland, the Elf Great World. The Six-Winged Demon Ancestor weighed the risks of the war and considered seeking the Undying Supreme's guidance.

• Zi You learned that Sylvanas had never been to the Challenger Star Territory, and Sylvanas pointed toward the distant Elf Great World.
• Sylvanas briefly looked toward the Elf Great World before following Zi You and the other Demon Emperors away.
• The Six-Winged Demon Ancestor had transferred Zi You to the front only after the Evil Tide gained ground, wary of Wizard Civilization's remaining strength and hidden reserves.
• The Six-Winged Demon Ancestor considered sending an avatar to visit the Undying Supreme and ask for advice on the coming civilization war.

Saine and the Ashes Group Army took up their garrison at Skeleton Remains World and coordinated the reception and care of Wizard Civilization’s withdrawing forces. Bada’er warned that the Evil Tide Legion could reach the world within fifty years.

• Saine told Meili to coordinate with retreating legions without disrupting the Ashes Group Army’s defenses and to help them reach safety.
• Meili recorded Saine’s orders and prepared to distribute them throughout the Ashes Group Army.
• Transport airships and battered Space Fortresses arrived at Skeleton Remains World, where Saine’s forces deployed robots to unload supplies, extinguish fires, and assist the withdrawing troops.
• Saine arranged treatment and recovery resources for wounded knights, magicians, and lower-rank troops, drawing on the Ash True Spirit Tower’s healing magicians.
• Saine asked Bada’er about the front, and the severely wounded Level-7 knight estimated that the Evil Tide Legion would reach Skeleton Remains World within fifty years.

As Wizard Civilization’s forces withdrew from Challenger Star Territory, Saine helped the battered legions regroup and prepared Skeleton Remains World’s defenses. The Tianming Empire and Silver Lamp World arrived to reinforce the front, and Lina appeared with the potential to become a True Spirit Magician.

• Several injured Wizard Civilization Dominators and their legions passed through Skeleton Remains World, leaving resources Saine used to support them and build defenses.
• Around the twenty-third year after Saine arrived, Gongsun Wudi led the Tianming Empire Legion to Skeleton Remains World with fewer losses than the other retreating forces.
• Saine handed the battle line to Meili and spent time with Gongsun Wudi while waiting for the Evil Tide Legion.
• Silver Lamp World established a nearby defensive line, and its True Spirits Jiu Xi, Baili, and Yin Hua accepted Saine’s help building metal ramparts and added their arrays to them.
• Lina arrived at Skeleton Remains World with the potential to advance into a True Spirit Magician.