Chapter Summaries

Destruction Giant Ape Wukong visited Laozi at the Eight Sceneries Palace and coaxed several treasures from him. He left with tools and pills, along with a suggestion to have Yuanshi Tianzun strengthen his Golden Hoop.

• Destruction Giant Ape Wukong found Laozi meditating with the Limitless Core and tried to grab the treasure, but it slipped away from him.
• Laozi mentioned that Zixia’s reincarnation should have been born and offered Wukong a compass to help him find Bai Jingjing.
• Laozi gave Wukong a Purple-Gold Gourd containing one Level-8 Golden Pill and three Seven Revolutions Golden Pills.
• Laozi gave Wukong a Vajra Bracelet to reinforce his Golden Hoop and directed him to ask Yuanshi Tianzun to forge it.
• Destruction Giant Ape Wukong left the Meditation Cushion grumbling that Laozi was less generous than Tathagata Buddha.

The Destruction Giant Ape asked Sage Laozi to refine five Destruction Divine Pills and learned that Laozi had grown stronger through his new Limitless Core, Wuji. As the Immortal Domain’s war against the Evil Tide eased, the Destruction Giant Ape left to handle another matter in the Eight Sceneries Palace.

• The Destruction Giant Ape gave Sage Laozi three Destruction Lotus Seeds and asked him to refine five Destruction Divine Pills, which Laozi agreed to do in five hundred years.
• Laozi warned the Destruction Giant Ape not to spread the name and nature of Wuji, his Limitless Core, because it could harm the Immortal Domain Civilization.
• The Destruction Giant Ape reflected that the ongoing war against the Evil Tide had become a vast training exercise, though dangerous battles and Dominator deaths still occurred.
• The Destruction Giant Ape decided not to seek out his loves yet and headed for the Eight Sceneries Palace Pill Refining Room to take care of another matter.
• The Destruction Giant Ape considered the Immortal Domain’s broader affairs beyond his responsibility, focusing instead on his own life, Flower-Fruit Mountain, and supporting the Demon Race when he could.

The Destruction Giant Ape left the Evil Tide front after recalling fallen comrades and went to Eight Sceneries Palace to take pills from Xuandu and the Panda Brewmaster. His promise to return in five hundred years triggered a cauldron explosion, while he escaped into the starry sky.

• The Destruction Giant Ape reflected on fallen brothers, especially Yao King, and reaffirmed that he would not fight for the Evil Tide when it went against his feelings.
• At Eight Sceneries Palace, the Destruction Giant Ape found Xuandu and three Panda Brewmaster clones refining pills with rare materials traded from the Evil Tide.
• The Destruction Giant Ape took two-thirds of the stored pills and a gourd of new Golden Cores, claiming they were for the Demon Race Saints and the Buddhism Sect.
• Xuandu asked the Destruction Giant Ape to leave so they could continue refining pills, and the Destruction Giant Ape said he would return in five hundred years.
• The pill cauldron exploded after the Destruction Giant Ape left, blackening the three giant pandas and dirtying Xuandu’s robe.

Naige'er explored the Eternal Kingdom and discovered changing white jade pillars left by the Speech Spirit Civilization, while Saine received the Shadow King's report about unrest within the Wizard Alliance. Saine suspected Bostan Civilization and the Crystal Wall World Group of meddling, but the Shadow King could confirm only Bostan's involvement.

• Naige'er had grown tired of the front lines and traveled to the Eternal Kingdom to investigate its secrets.
• Naige'er found white jade pillars whose changing scenes and rule patterns appeared to come from the vanished Speech Spirit Civilization, and he decided to record them for Wizard Civilization's True Spirit Magicians.
• The Shadow King reported recent developments in the Wizard Alliance to Saine at Wizard Civilization's General Headquarters.
• Saine questioned whether Bostan Civilization and the Crystal Wall World Group had intervened, and the Shadow King said Bostan had acted but he could not confirm whether the Crystal Wall World Group's Main Gods had authorization.

Saine considered growing divisions within Wizard Civilization’s alliance and ordered Master Naige'er recalled from the Silver Soul World Battlefield. He planned to use Naige'er’s return and possible cooperation with Evil Tide Civilization to investigate and eliminate forces undermining the alliance.

• Saine identified Chris Civilization, Faceless One World, and the Norman Federation as major sources of trouble within the Wizard Alliance.
• Saine told the Shadow King to recall Master Naige'er and send Woerta to replace him at the Silver Soul World Battlefield, where Woerta could display the captured Deity Set.
• Saine planned for Master Naige'er to bring the Black Glove back to Wizard Civilization to handle jobs Wizard Civilization could not openly undertake.
• Saine considered reaching an agreement with Zi You and Evil Tide Civilization to purge troublesome forces, suspecting that external powers might be worsening internal divisions.
• The Shadow King withdrew from Saine’s secret chamber, leaving Saine to wait for Master Naige'er and better intelligence.

Master Naige'er revealed that Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World and the Source Energy Remnant Clan were behind recent troubles, while recordings from Silver Soul World showed Wizard Civilization collapsing amid a possible Black Armor Creature threat. Wizard Civilization's leaders debated whether to warn other civilizations and which enemy to confront first.

• Master Naige'er reported that Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World had contacted Faceless One World and the Source Energy Remnant Clan had contacted Chris Civilization.
• Master Naige'er showed scenes from Silver Soul World that appeared to depict Wizard Civilization descending into chaos and the Wizard Alliance collapsing.
• Master Douglas said the Black Armor Creatures resembled those found in the ruins of Prehistoric Azeroth Civilization, with a 66.67% similarity rate.
• Befu wondered whether the Black Armor Civilization was connected to problems across several civilizations and argued that outsiders should not intervene in each other's internal affairs.
• Befu linked the threat to Star Realm balance and warned that Wizard Civilization might face consequences for helping Evil Tide Civilization.
• Kaseda urged an attack on Faceless One World, while Klopp Knight proposed starting with the Norman Federation, and Haishan Knight noted that the Galente Federation had no problems.

Wizard Civilization began a discreet purge of disloyal Norman Federation officials and uncovered multiple infiltrators among Marshal Meisaikensi’s fleet groups. After Naige'er captured General Alik, investigators found that other officials had ties to hostile powers, including the Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World and the Evil Tide Civilization.

• Wizard Civilization sent Spellcasters to detain General Alik, but black threads emerged from his eye and transformed him into a Level-5 Peak creature corrupted by the Power of Decay.
• Naige'er appeared, restrained General Alik, and took him away for investigation.
• Naige'er and his subordinates uncovered two more cases of Black Armor Civilization corruption within Marshal Meisaikensi’s fleet groups.
• Wizard Civilization’s purge revealed that some Norman Federation officials had covert ties to the Capricorn Empire, the Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World, or the Evil Tide Civilization.
• Wizard Civilization’s upper echelon learned that a Norman Federation general had sold Wizard Alliance intelligence to the Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World in exchange for immortality.

Wizard Civilization responded to signs of betrayal in the Chris Civilization and the Faceless One World by moving to seize their fleets and punish compromised leaders. Saine sought to take control of the Chris fleets, while Kaseda led forces toward the Faceless King to determine whether he had been corrupted.

• Cecilia and General Haishan discussed the Norman Federation's serious problems after its purge exposed infiltration among its leaders.
• Two Chris Civilization Dominator-class fleet groups abandoned their front-line missions and headed for a teleportation node leading to their Home Starfield.
• Wizard Civilization moved to seize a Chris fleet group under repair and sent three True Spirit Dominators to demand accountability from the Chris Civilization.
• Saine ordered Victor, Sethy, and the others to eliminate the chief culprits and recover as many uninvolved Chris fleet groups as possible for Mechanical Awakening.
• Wizard Civilization launched an attack on the Faceless One World after finding that two and a half of its four Dominators might be compromised.
• Kaseda set out to confront the Faceless King, while Saine asked Alice to keep an eye on him and sent Wei Da, Nefka, and others along.

Wizard Civilization launched a swift suppression campaign against Chris Civilization and Faceless One World, while evidence of Black Armor Civilization’s influence surfaced among their leaders. The chapter left Faceless One World’s rulers fighting amid a widening conflict and revealed that Black Armor Civilization’s chief strength lay in sowing discord and then spreading decay.

• Master Victor used a Large Forbidden Spell to disable much of the Chris Civilization fleets, while Wizard Civilization’s secret forces seized most of a rear fleet at its star harbor.
• Wizard Civilization held back from attacking the final Chris Civilization fleet in the Chris Star Region as it focused on rebels in its own Homeland Star Territory.
• A Level-7 Faceless One attacked the approaching Wizard Civilization Legions, triggering a chaotic battle and inflicting losses on Kaseda’s Tiger's Eye Stone Legion.
• Kaseda attacked the Level-8 Faceless King after discovering that half of its face had been corrupted by the Power of Decay.
• Alice joined Kaseda’s assault, using the Seal Eye while the Faceless King struggled with its divided will.
• A Level-7 Faceless One showed signs of decay and enhanced strength, revealing that Black Armor Civilization had influenced different factions across multiple civilizations.

The chapter described the hostile diplomatic response to Wizard Civilization’s suppression and the Source Energy Remnant Clan’s retreat from fear of retaliation. As the Demon Subjugation Alliance also fell into turmoil, Evil Tide Civilization exploited the chaos to train its forces and prepare for Dimensional Hegemony while honoring its secret agreement with Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain.

• The Myriad Transformations Celestial Venerable World and other Demon Subjugation Alliance civilizations condemned Wizard Civilization, which ignored them and recorded the slight.
• Galaxy Star Safina pulled the Source Energy Remnant Clan’s forces back around Source Energy City after learning of Lilith’s role in holding off Demon Fall Supreme.
• Turmoil spread through the Demon Subjugation Alliance as Wizard Civilization’s internal conflict continued, giving Evil Tide Civilization room to recuperate.
• Demon Fall Supreme allowed Demon Emperor Kailute and Shura Demon Emperor to lead attacks, while Demon Ancestor Kai Huang was rumored to be approaching a breakthrough to Half-Nine.
• Secluded Bamboo Supreme planned to use the chaos and abandoned Starfields as bait while preparing for the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Evil Tide Civilization continued training its forces on the Wizard Civilization and Immortal Domain battlefields without violating its secret cooperation agreement with them.

Saine and Wizard Civilization’s leadership secured support from their allies while investigating internal abuses involving the Crystal Wall World Group and Bostan Civilization. Saine prepared to confront Bostan personally, while other powerful allies were sent to question the Crystal Wall World Group’s leaders.

• Little Tenth visited Saine to pledge the Minghe Remnant Clan’s loyalty and demand the remaining compensation for the Sealing Divine Ring, so Saine had Klopp Knight receive her.
• Douglas reported that the Moon Goddess would support Wizard Civilization, while the God of the Stars had shielded the suspected God of Savagery and Violence; the God of Dark Nightmare was also implicated.
• Saine sent Naige'er, Lisa, and Carell to contact the God of the Stars, ordered Lisa to bring the Destruction Set, and decided to visit Bostan Civilization with the God of Machines.
• Saine ordered the Galente Federation to commit more troops and planned to use technology from Chris Civilization and Bostan Civilization to interest its leaders.
• Saine traveled toward Bostan Civilization with the God of Machines, Galente and Ai Youlan Butterfly fleets, and Bond, while Yin and others headed to the Crystal Wall World Group.
• Genji offered to help Wizard Civilization, but Befu, Douglas, and the other commanders declined.

Saine and the God of Machines confronted the Bostan Civilization Fleet Group at Illusion Star Sea after its unauthorized movements raised suspicions that it might threaten Wizard Civilization. The Bostan commanders invoked their contract and autonomy, but Saine’s blockade left the dispute unresolved.

• The chapter described Bostan Civilization’s past pursuit of Galaxy Star Safina’s people and its growing ties with civilizations across the Star Realm.
• Saine led the God of Machines to Illusion Star Sea to stop Bostan Civilization’s main fleet group from leaving the Wizard Star Region.
• A Bostan commander demanded to know why Saine was blocking the fleet.
• Saine accused Bostan Civilization of disobeying Wizard Civilization’s Combat Command and potentially threatening Wizard Civilization.
• The Bostan commander argued that the contract granted its fleet autonomy and that temporarily leaving its assigned route proved nothing.
• Saine coldly questioned the Bostan commander’s appeal to the contract.

Saine demanded that the Bostan Civilization fleet disarm and submit to inspection, but the confrontation escalated into a full-scale battle in the Illusion Star Sea Star Territory. On a separate battlefield, Naige'er arrived before the Crystal Wall World Group and released Geluomuzi, leaving the opposing gods uneasy.

• Saine refused further talks after the Bostan Civilization fleet strengthened its shields instead of disarming.
• Saine merged into the God of Machines as the Wizard Civilization, Galente Federation, and Ai Youlan Butterfly Civilization forces entered combat formation.
• The Bostan Civilization fired first, and Saine answered with the God of Machines' Star Annihilation attack as both sides opened fire.
• A full-scale melee broke out across the Illusion Star Sea Star Territory, with the allied forces attacking the Bostan Civilization fleet.
• On the other battlefield, Naige'er arrived before the Crystal Wall World Group's gods and released his wounded but imposing Dominator-class Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast, Geluomuzi.

Master Naige'er confronted the Crystal Wall World Group and demanded the surrender of the God of Dark Nightmare, the God of Savagery and Violence, and 224 other gods. When the God of Dark Nightmare resisted, the Destruction Spring Dominator moved to attack.

• Master Naige'er arrived at the Crystal Wall World Group battlefield, where the God of the Stars faced him amid Wizard Civilization's Dominators and treasures.
• Naige'er demanded that the Crystal Wall World Group hand over the God of Dark Nightmare, the God of Savagery and Violence, and 224 gods for investigation.
• The God of the Stars hesitated, and Naige'er signaled Wizard Civilization's forces to attack.
• The God of Dark Nightmare erupted with Power of Death, revealed his Dominator True Body, and spread his divine domain across the battlefield.
• The Destruction Spring Dominator moved to engage the God of Dark Nightmare before the Ground Thorn Zerg King could act.

Destruction Spring and the Myriad Springs World Cluster Legion overwhelmed the God of Dark Nightmare and his forces, until the God of Dark Nightmare revealed he had been empowered by the Black Armor Civilization’s Power of Decay. Naige'er confronted the God of Savagery and Violence over his subordinate god’s corruption as the battle continued.

• Destruction Spring trapped the God of Dark Nightmare in a destructive vortex while the Moon Goddess ignored his plea for help.
• Darkness Spring, Death Spring, and the Spike Worm King joined the battle, further devastating the God of Dark Nightmare’s forces.
• The God of Dark Nightmare released the Power of Decay, revealing that the Black Armor Civilization had deeply corrupted him while leaving his will intact.
• Naige'er challenged the God of Savagery and Violence about covering for the God of Dark Nightmare, his subordinate god.

The God of Savagery and Violence rejected the God of the Stars’ offer to submit to an investigation and fought the Moon Goddess, Naige'er, Lisa, Yin, and their forces. Meanwhile, Zi You noticed something amiss among Demon Fall Supreme’s subordinates and asked Demon Emperor Sheng Huang about them.

• The Moon Goddess attacked the God of Savagery and Violence, and Monster Emperor Geluomuzi, Death Descendant Fempton, and the Zerg forces joined the assault.
• The God of the Stars urged his former brother to submit to an investigation but chose not to join the battle himself.
• The God of Savagery and Violence ordered his followers to fight and revealed signs of willingly accepting the Power of Decay as Naige'er, Lisa, and Yin attacked him.
• Naige'er noted that the God of Savagery and Violence’s Decay Transformation seemed greater than the Faceless King’s and considered its connection to the Black Armor Civilization.
• Zi You asked Demon Emperor Sheng Huang what the Shura Demon Emperor, Gnawing Mockery Demon Emperor, Lie Kong Demon Emperor, and the others under Demon Fall Supreme had been doing.

Zi You discovered suspicious changes in the Evil Tide’s resource deployments and legion movements and set out to warn her father, Secluded Bamboo Supreme. Shura Demon Emperor and five other Demon Emperors blocked her, and Zi You used the Divine Cards to empower herself and her allies as a confrontation began.

• Demon Emperor Sheng Huang investigated Zi You’s concerns and brought her records detailing Demon Fall Supreme’s subordinates’ resource deployments, legion rotations, and garrisons.
• After reviewing the records, Zi You decided to visit Secluded Bamboo Supreme, but Shura Demon Emperor and five other Demon Emperors intercepted her.
• Zi You challenged Shura Demon Emperor for abandoning his post on the Nine Stars Civilization Battlefield, but he refused to let her leave the Demon Hall.
• Zi You split the Divine Cards and used the Earth card to strengthen Qiang Shi Demon Emperor and the Water card to empower Demon Emperor Sheng Huang.
• Zi You circled the Wind, Fire, Light, and Darkness cards around herself and drew their powers into her Level-8 Dominator True Body.

Zi You fought Shura Demon Emperor and his allies after they blocked her in the Demon Domain, trying to break through and alert others. Just as Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor joined the battle to restrain her, Demon Emperor Sheng Huang betrayed Zi You with a spiritual attack.

• Zi You activated her powers of light, darkness, wind, and fire, then attacked Shura Demon Emperor to force a way out.
• Qiang Shi Demon Emperor and Demon Emperor Sheng Huang initially joined Zi You against the six Demon Emperors blocking them.
• Zi You and Shura Demon Emperor fought while he tried to persuade her that they only wanted to talk.
• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor appeared unexpectedly and attacked Zi You with the Civilization Supreme Treasure Teeth of Sharpness to restrain her.
• Demon Emperor Sheng Huang turned on Zi You and struck her with a spiritual shockwave.

Demon Fall Supreme stopped Zi You and Qiang Shi Demon Emperor from escaping and sealed them, then gathered the Divine Cards to form a Gold Card. He ordered Demon Emperor Sheng Huang to maintain Zi You’s affairs and directed the gathered Demon Emperors to follow his plans for the Evil Tide and Decayed Civilization.

• Demon Emperor Sheng Huang’s betrayal helped Shura Demon Emperor’s group ambush Zi You, while Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor struck her before she could use her other trump cards.
• Zi You unleashed the Star Ring’s energy, but Demon Fall Supreme appeared and swallowed the attack in his Evil Tide.
• Demon Fall Supreme engulfed and sealed Zi You and Qiang Shi Demon Emperor, leaving their auras intact in the Demon Territory Depths.
• Demon Emperor Sheng Huang gave Demon Fall Supreme a blue Water Divine Card, and six Divine Cards combined into a Gold Card that Demon Fall Supreme took back into his body.
• Demon Fall Supreme told Demon Emperor Sheng Huang to continue handling Zi You’s affairs and ordered Shura Demon Emperor and the others to follow his instructions regarding the Decayed Civilization.

After Demon Fall Supreme concealed the battle’s aftermath from two investigating Demon Emperors, he decided the Evil Tide Civilization might have to act ahead of schedule. Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor proposed seeking help from the Decayed Civilization, and Demon Fall Supreme ordered him to make contact.

• Great Blade Demon Emperor and Twilight Demon Emperor met Demon Fall Supreme, submitted to him, and left after he warned them to use the remaining time to grow stronger.
• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor asked why Demon Fall Supreme had not infected the two Demon Emperors with the rules of decay, and Shura Demon Emperor eased the tense exchange.
• Demon Fall Supreme said they might need to act early because Demon Emperor Sheng Huang could not hide matters for long and Youhuang and Undying would notice.
• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor worried that they were unprepared and that Star Wheel Demon Ancestor and Demon Ancestor Kai Huang might reject the plan, while his hatred and fear of Darkness God motivated his own allegiance.
• Liè Chǐ Demon Ancestor suggested contacting the Decayed Civilization for experts or establishing the Tower of Decay in the Demon Territory Depths, and Demon Fall Supreme ordered him to contact them.