Chapter Summaries

Saine gave Duan Po a Rule Crystal for Hong Hou and discussed the Immortal Domain’s possible role in the war in the Flowing Light Retrospective World with Master Tongtian. The Immortal Domain remained divided, with most Sages avoiding the Dimensional Hegemony while the Buddhism Sect’s decision remained uncertain.

• Saine congratulated Duan Po on his wedding to Hong Hou and gave him a Rule Crystal to strengthen her and help her conceive a child.
• Master Tongtian brought Duan Ning to meet the Wizard Civilization’s representatives, while Saine asked him whether the Immortal Domain intended to enter the war.
• Master Tongtian explained that Wukong and Nether River Old Ancestor led a Radical Faction willing to fight, but most Immortal Domain Sages, including Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, opposed joining the Dimensional Hegemony.
• Master Tongtian said the Buddhism Sect’s stance was unclear, though Saint Zhunti appeared interested in intervening while weighing the Immortal Domain’s future dangers.

Saine and Master Tongtian discussed whether their civilizations should enter the Dimensional Battlefield, with both leaders resolving to investigate it themselves. Saine then gained the Wizard Civilization’s approval for the Magic Cube to devour the Galente Federation’s Super Quantum Computer.

• Master Tongtian said the Intercept Sect would enter the Dimensional Battlefield to give Immortal Domain Dao cultivators a platform to participate.
• Saine explained that Dimensional Hegemony followed balancing rules and said he would personally investigate the battlefield and its underlying rules.
• Master Tongtian returned to the Immortal Domain, while Duan Ning stayed in the Wizard World to vacation.
• Saine traveled toward the Galente Federation to review its Source Energy Sub-City research and held a communications meeting with Wizard Civilization leaders.
• Befu, Master Naige'er, and the other leaders agreed that Saine’s Magic Cube could devour the Super Quantum Computer.

Saine secured approval to wield a Civilization Supreme Treasure and promised the Galente Federation technology in exchange for its Super Quantum Computer. He sent the Magic Cube to devour the computer, beginning another transformation and advancement.

• Befu and Master Naige'er backed Saine's proposal to place a Civilization Supreme Treasure under his control, and Saine considered how to contribute more to Wizard Civilization.
• Saine reassured Bond that Wizard Civilization would treat the Galente Federation as an equal and promised to provide it with Source Energy Remnant Clan warship and spatial warp technologies.
• After Bond left, Saine brought out the Magic Cube and ordered it to devour the Super Quantum Computer.
• The Magic Cube surged into the computing facility, and its transformation and advancement began amid a flood of blue light.

Saine devoured the Galente Federation’s Super Quantum Computer, causing widespread disruptions across the Federation while advancing the Magic Cube to a mid-grade Civilization Supreme Treasure. Sky Net also became a Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure, and Saine left it and the Mechanical Dominators to improve Mechanical Civilization’s systems and prepare for future wars.

• Saine ignored the Galente Federation’s request for five thousand years to prepare and used the Magic Cube to devour the Super Quantum Computer.
• The computer’s destruction caused power outages, accidents, and command errors across the Galente Federation, though the Wizard Civilization’s silence order prevented major military disasters.
• After three months, the Magic Cube completed its transformation, and Sky Net advanced to a Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Sky Net identified shortcomings in Cube Space and Mechanical Civilization and supplied Saine with suggestions, which he assigned to the Mechanical Dominators.
• Saine learned that Sky Net could coordinate subordinate war zones, recover fallen robots’ Data Streams, and make better use of battlefield wreckage.

After the Magic Cube absorbed the Super Quantum Computer, Saine returned to the Wizard World to repay its support by crafting World-Class Secret Treasures for its Dominators. The chapter left him supplying powerful equipment for the coming Dimensional Battlefield and war with the Demon Subjugation Alliance.

• The Gray Mist Level-9 praised the Magic Cube’s growth and decided to remain with Saine rather than seek refuge with Lilith.
• Saine chose to return to the Wizard World and contribute to Wizard Civilization after gaining what he wanted from the Galente Federation.
• Saine crafted a succession of Mid-Grade Top-Quality World-Class Secret Treasures at the Ash True Spirit Tower, causing powerful rule turbulence.
• Wizard Civilization’s High-Level Experts advised Saine to tailor secret treasures to each Dominator’s abilities and fighting style.
• Saine assured Kaseda that he would receive at least a High-Level World-Class Secret Treasure, while Naige'er hid in his Black Domain True Spirit Tower after boasting about Saine’s work.

Saine improved his Magic Conductors with the Guardian of Summer’s help and gifted her a High-Level World-Class Secret Treasure. An envoy from the Evil Tide Civilization, Zi You’s avatar, asked the Wizard Civilization for aid as the war worsened, leaving Saine to consult his leaders before deciding whether to join the fight.

• The Guardian of Summer enhanced Saine’s Magic Conductors with her Power of Rules, and Saine gave her a crimson Radiant Flame Ring.
• Saine planned to craft an Ice Crystal Crown for Green’s wife, the new Guardian of Winter.
• Zi You’s avatar told Saine that the Evil Tide Civilization was losing ground on two fronts and planned to activate the Darkness Demon Ancestor to counterattack in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Zi You asked the Wizard Civilization and the Immortal Domain to help the Evil Tide Civilization and urged the Five Directions Civilization Axis Group to ease pressure in the Star Realm.
• Saine said he needed to consult the Wizard Civilization’s other leaders before answering, and Zi You invited him to visit her home world sometime.

Wizard Civilization’s leaders agreed to prepare for the wars involving Evil Tide and decided that Saine would travel to the Dimensional Esophagus to assess the Darkness Demon Ancestor’s attack and assist Evil Tide. Before departing, Saine named Green as Wizard Civilization’s next leader in case he did not return.

• Kaseda volunteered to serve as a vanguard in the Dimensional Hegemony, while Wizard Civilization assigned other forces to the Material Star Realm war.
• Saine told the Sky City gathering that Wizard Civilization would wait to assess the Darkness Demon Ancestor’s move before committing to coordinated action.
• Saine revealed that Zi You had asked him to bring the God of Machines into the battle against Decayed Civilization’s Dominators, using its ability to freeze special spacetime.
• Wizard Civilization’s leaders agreed to Saine’s trip to the Dimensional Esophagus, and Saine assured them he would return safely.
• Saine selected Green as Wizard Civilization’s successor in case he was absent, while the Immortal Domain considered sending someone to accompany the reconnaissance mission.

Saine prepared to survey the Flowing Light Retrospective World with Master Naige'er and a formidable contingent of allies and weapons. The Immortal Domain also chose a small group of experts for an initial survey, while the Evil Tide Civilization welcomed both civilizations’ involvement.

• Master Naige'er insisted on joining Saine, prepared his inheritance for the possibility of his death, and agreed to travel with him to the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• The Immortal Domain decided against sending a large force into the Dimensional Esophagus and selected Master Tongtian, the Nether River Old Ancestor, Fa Hai, and Celestial Venerable Han to investigate.
• Saine learned that Han Li sought personal transcendence and joined the Dimensional Esophagus war to pursue insight into the Astral Realm Rules.
• The Evil Tide Civilization was satisfied after Zi You’s visit revealed that Saine would bring his Mechanical Dominators and the Magic Cube, while Naige'er would bring Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beasts.
• Before departing, Master Naige'er asked Befu to let him take the Frost Dragon Lilith had left behind as another safeguard.

Befu agreed to let Naige'er take the Death Frost Dragon to the Flowing Light Retrospective World as a reserve trump card. As Saine and the Wizard Civilization experts prepared to depart alongside the Immortal Domain, they chose to enter the Dimensional Esophagus independently and investigate the war for themselves.

• Befu warned Naige'er not to damage the Death Frost Dragon, and Naige'er promised to keep it as a final trump card among his other Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beasts.
• Saine and the Wizard Civilization experts scheduled their departure for the same day as the Immortal Domain experts so they could support one another in the Dimensional Esophagus.
• Saine and the others declined the Evil Tide Civilization's Space-Time Channel, choosing to observe the Dimensional Battlefield without relying on a route selected by Zi You and the Evil Tide.
• Zi You asked Saine to answer when the Evil Tide Civilization contacted him during its planned counteroffensive against the Decayed Civilization.
• Saine asked whether the Darkness God's intended target was Aurora, but Zi You kept the target secret, leaving the Wizard Civilization experts curious.

Saine, Master Naige'er, and the Shadow King prepared to travel through Thales Cansin's passage to the Flowing Light Retrospective World, joined by Immortal Domain Dominators seeking access without spending Omnipotent Souls. The group grew to include Dipamkara Buddha and Demon Sky Great Sage Li Qingshan, who brought Xiao An along under his protection.

• Zi You's clone returned to the Evil Tide Civilization after completing her diplomatic mission, while Saine prepared to lead his forces toward the Dimensional Esophagus.
• Saine, Master Naige'er, and the Shadow King set out through the passage, with Naige'er carrying the Death Crown and his newly forged Bone Emperor Brand Magic Staff.
• Master Tongtian and other Immortal Domain figures came to Wizard Civilization to use its passage to the Flowing Light Retrospective World, forcing Thales Cansin to request more materials for the expanded journey.
• Dipamkara Buddha and Demon Sky Great Sage Li Qingshan joined the travelers, with Dipamkara intent on purifying evil and corruption while also pursuing the battlefield's treasures.
• Li Qingshan placed Xiao An on his shoulder and promised to protect her on the way to the Dimensional Esophagus; Xiao An, now a fifth-level White Bone Bodhisattva, stood on White Lotus flowers.

Thales Cansin sent the Shadow King, Han Li, Naige'er, and the Immortal Domain Saints through his Space-Time Channel to the Flowing Light Retrospective World. Saine’s immense mass collapsed the channel, though Thales confirmed the destination was still correct and Saine proceeded into the unstable passage.

• Thales Cansin opened his expanded Space-Time Channel, and the Shadow King entered first to scout the way.
• Naige'er deferred his turn, so the Immortal Domain Saints entered before him, with Han Li's measured mass exceeding the Nether River Old Ancestor's.
• Naige'er entered safely, then Saine followed and caused the Space-Time Channel to collapse under energy consumption three times greater than Naige'er's.
• Thales told Saine that the destination remained correct but that the chaotic currents might separate him from the others.
• Saine proceeded into the unstable channel, and Thales began cleaning up the space-time wreckage.

Saine explored the Flowing Light Retrospective World after being separated from Master Naige'er and the others, discovering its ruins and strange blue spacetime phenomena. He then encountered a Level Seven Dominator from Decay Time-Space who wielded Curse Power.

• Saine arrived in the Flowing Light Retrospective World and found himself separated from Master Naige'er, Master Tongtian, and the others.
• Saine surveyed the world’s many civilization ruins and skeletons, then flew toward the fringes of the battlefield between the Evil Tide Civilization and the Decayed Civilization.
• Saine explored the blue rule meteor phenomena and spacetime wormholes in the sky, but found that the dangers and costs outweighed his gains.
• Saine returned to the land and met a late Level Seven Dominator from Decay Time-Space who was wrapped in gray-white bandages and wielded Curse Power.

Saine confronted the Curse Art Dominator, a Level-7 powerhouse from the Curse Descent Civilization, and became fascinated by his curse-based abilities. After the Dominator tried to flee, Saine summoned his Mechanical God True Body and blocked his escape, leaving him trapped.

• Saine introduced himself as an Ash True Spirit and pinned the bandage-wrapped Curse Art Dominator when he tried to leave.
• The Curse Art Dominator revealed that he came from the Curse Descent Civilization of Decay Time-Space and warned Saine about his curse attacks.
• The Dominator unleashed his Curse Art, but it only snapped one thread of Saine's Magic Robe, shocking them both.
• The Curse Art Dominator tore off his bandages and sacrificed an arm to escape Saine's grasp.
• Saine summoned his Mechanical God True Body, blocked the Dominator's path and subspace escape, and asked him to talk.

Saine subdued the Level-7 Curse Art Dominator Nuo Luodun and learned about the Curse Descent Civilization’s presence in the Flowing Light Retrospective World. As Saine waited for the Wizard Civilization and Immortal Domain Dominators to arrive, Nuo Luodun secretly signaled other Curse Art Dominators to come to his aid.

• Saine forced Nuo Luodun to surrender, put away the Mechanical God True Body, and questioned him in a subspace.
• Nuo Luodun gave Saine his name and traded Mystic System materials while describing the nearby Curse Descent Dominators and the local battlefield.
• Saine contacted Master Naige'er, Master Tongtian, and the other allied Dominators, who were traveling to meet him.
• Master Naige'er told Saine that he had found something valuable and would show it to him when they arrived.
• Nuo Luodun secretly sent a signal through the Curse Descent Civilization’s communication method, summoning other Curse Art Dominators to rescue him.

Saine explored the possibility of trading with Nuo Luodun’s Curse Descent Civilization after learning they used Inert Crystals, which they called Strange Crystals. Master Naige'er then arrived with an unusual dragon Dominator as a gift for Saine, while Dipamkara Buddha questioned whether Naige'er had truly feared the dragon escaping.

• Saine gave Nuo Luodun several kinds of Rule Crystals, and Nuo Luodun showed strong interest in the Energy Amethysts and Inert Rule Crystals.
• Nuo Luodun revealed that the Curse Descent Civilization used Strange Crystals as a medium for Curse Arts and demonstrated a blessing with their powder.
• Saine considered whether Wizard Civilization could trade for Strange Crystals and establish contact with civilizations from the Decayed Civilization’s spacetime.
• Master Naige'er and the other Sages of the Immortal Domain arrived on a Level-8 Peak Death Frost Dragon Synthetic Beast, bringing Saine a captured Level-7 Mid-Stage dragon-type Dominator.
• Dipamkara Buddha suggested that Naige'er had feared the others would take his spoils rather than the dragon escaping, and Naige'er challenged him before Dipamkara Buddha denied objecting.

Master Naige'er and the Immortal Domain powerhouses gathered with their captured Golden Dragon, while Dipamkara Buddha attacked a group of Curse Descent Civilization Dominators. The chapter ended as Dipamkara declared the young female Dominator’s curse-type treasure was fated with him.

• Nuo Luodun recognized the captured Little Golden Dragon as Master Naige'er prepared to seize him.
• A Level-8 and three Level-7 Curse Art Dominators arrived, and their leader sensed the dangerous powerhouses concealed nearby.
• Dipamkara Buddha attacked the Level-7 Mid-Stage female Curse Art Dominator with his Buddhist treasures.
• The female Dominator drew a Mid-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure, and Dipamkara Buddha claimed it was fated with him.

Dipamkara Buddha fought the Curse Art Dominators after his attack on a Level-7 female Dominator escalated the standoff. The female Dominator was badly wounded, while the others counterattacked and Naige'er secretly tested Nuo Luodun with curse magic.

• Fa Hai refrained from joining the fight, believing Dipamkara Buddha could handle the Curse Art Dominators.
• The female Level-7 Mid-Stage Curse Art Dominator attacked Dipamkara Buddha with gray-black rule mist, some of which penetrated his defenses and left him feeling ominously familiar with its effects.
• Dipamkara Buddha pressed his attack, but the Level-8 Mid-Stage Curse Art Dominator blocked his Ancient Coffin Glass Lamp and launched an area-wide curse attack.
• Dipamkara Buddha struck the female Dominator with his Cosmos Ruler, Prayer Beads, and Buddhist techniques, badly wounding her beneath the descending swastika seal.
• Master Naige'er patted Nuo Luodun's shoulder and secretly injected curse magic into him, leaving Nuo Luodun focused on resisting it while Naige'er watched the battle.

Saine and Naige'er watched Dipamkara Buddha fight the Curse Descent Civilization’s Dominators while Nuo Luodun explained the danger of Naige'er holding the Little Golden Dragon. Nuo Luodun revealed that the dragon was the son of the Level-8 Peak Golden Dragon Queen and the great-grandson of the Level-9 War Dragon God, while Saine asked about the Dragon God Realm’s ties to the Curse Descent Civilization.

• Naige'er described the Little Golden Dragon as valuable experimental material and threatened to repeatedly drain its blood and extract its sinews, using its soul to heal it.
• Saine observed that the battle between Dipamkara Buddha and the Curse Descent Civilization’s Dominators was activating rules tied to the Flowing Light Retrospective World’s Dimensional Hegemony.
• Nuo Luodun asked Naige'er to release the Little Golden Dragon, identifying it as the only son of the Golden Dragon Queen and the great-grandson of the War Dragon God.
• Naige'er revealed his Level-8 Peak aura, leaving Nuo Luodun speechless despite his warning about the Dragon God Realm.
• Nuo Luodun explained that the Dragon God Realm and the Curse Descent Civilization were nearby, had cooperated before, and that he had once received the Little Golden Dragon as an envoy.

Saine and Naige'er spared Little Golden Dragon in exchange for his treasures, while the opposing factions remained at a tense standoff. After Naige'er cured Nuo Luodun and returned the frightened dragon to him, Saine proposed that they talk.

• Nuo Luodun asked Saine and Naige'er to spare Little Golden Dragon, and Saine agreed to accept treasure as a ransom rather than risk conflict with the Dragon God Realm.
• Little Golden Dragon chose his life over his wealth and produced a vast collection of treasures, including more than a dozen World-Class Secret Treasures.
• Dipamkara Buddha called for help, then retreated from his fight against four opponents and returned to the Immortal Domain Sages, leaving the factions facing one another.
• Master Tongtian compared Dipamkara Buddha's curse-tainted aura to that of the God of Pestilence, prompting the other Saints to move away from him.
• Nuo Luodun described Naige'er's curse as a spreading virus, and Naige'er dispelled it before placing Little Golden Dragon beside him.
• Saine said the group could now have a proper talk.

Saine and the others exchanged information with Sihanouk, a Curse Art Dominator, and learned more about the Flowing Light Retrospective World and its distant time-spaces. Master Naige'er suggested that other dimensional wars could be unfolding elsewhere in the vast world, leaving the group to consider the scale of the conflicts and the role of civilizations gathered there.

• Saine and Master Naige'er considered the possibility of traveling to Decay Time-Space but set the idea aside because of the dangers and difficulties involved.
• Saine and the others exchanged information with Sihanouk after releasing Little Golden Dragon and Nuo Luodun, and Sihanouk shared details about his time-space and the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Sihanouk explained that few Dominators from civilizations bordering the Evil Tide and Decayed Civilizations had arrived, while other Astral Realm powerhouses had gathered in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Master Naige'er argued that the Flowing Light Retrospective World was vast enough to contain other dimensional wars beyond the conflict between the Evil Tide Civilization and the Decayed Civilization.
• Saine, Sihanouk, and Master Tongtian reflected on Naige'er's words and on Curse Descent Civilization's limited experience with star regions and expansion.