Chapter Summaries

The Enlightenment Prophet tried to sabotage Saine’s Source Energy City and proposed peace to the Undying Supreme, who refused to cooperate and fought to stop him. As the city’s fusion neared completion, Saine absorbed its power and knowledge, and the Inheritance of Knowledge was completed.

• The Enlightenment Prophet arrived to disrupt the fusion of Saine’s Source Energy City and asked the Undying Supreme to bury their feud, but the Undying Supreme remained silent.
• The Enlightenment Prophet flew toward the city’s control center, and the Undying Supreme intercepted him as their clashes caused explosions and rule disturbances.
• Saine received Origin Power and knowledge through the Magic Cube and Sky Net while the Source Energy City’s components were assembled.
• The Light of Wisdom recorded the Source Energy Sub-Cities’ knowledge and Origin Truth arcana, completing the Inheritance of Knowledge.

Saine used Source Energy City's knowledge to strengthen his foundations and battled Mandara while the Evil Tide Civilization gained ground on the Dimensional Battlefield. In the Material Star Realm, Saint Laozi fought Oren, and the Secluded Bamboo Supreme sent Demon Emperor Raymond to negotiate for Laozi's Nine-Turn Golden Pill to help the injured Darkness Demon Ancestor.

• Saine concluded that reaching half-level-9 would remain difficult even after Source Energy City fused with his God of Machines, and he ordered it to bombard Mandara on Auto-Pilot.
• Gray Mist Level-9 joined the Demon Fallen Supreme in suppressing Emperor Chenlun, while their forces helped the Evil Tide Civilization push back the Decayed Civilization.
• Saint Laozi battled Star Radiance Envoy Oren and injured him with the Heavenly Dao Sword despite Oren's Myriad Star Shield.
• Several powerful beings noticed Laozi's Nine-Turn Golden Pill, and the Secluded Bamboo Supreme decided the Evil Tide should try to obtain it for the injured Darkness Demon Ancestor.
• The Secluded Bamboo Supreme ordered Demon Emperor Raymond to negotiate with the Immortal Domain Civilization for the pill.

As the Level-9 beings left the Material Star Realm, Yuanshi Tianzun and Rogge exploited the battlefield by targeting weaker opponents while their allies held back stronger foes. Meanwhile, Saine’s Source Energy City completed its fusion in the Flowing Light Retrospective World, where time passed far more slowly.

• Yuanshi Tianzun attacked Sky Feather Civilization’s Dominators and White Cloud Flowing Tuo World’s Element-type Dominators, harvesting materials for spiritual treasures as Yang Jian, Nezha, and the other disciples helped him kill one.
• The Element Pioneer tried to break away from Silver Knight to stop Yuanshi Tianzun, but Silver Knight prevented it from leaving their fight.
• Rogge led an expanding undead army toward the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s Metal Graveyard front line and asked Befu whether they should attack the Capricorn Empire.
• Befu told Rogge that the time was not right, since Wizard Civilization had not yet established cooperation with the Yan Emperor Divine Clan and had little to gain from a costly battle.
• As the Material Star Realm’s time flow accelerated relative to the Flowing Light Retrospective World, Saine’s Source Energy City completed its fusion and stood behind the Evil Tide front line.

The Undying Supreme forced the Enlightenment Prophet to abandon his attack on the newly fused Source Energy City, which then sped toward Saine’s battlefield. There, Saine and his allies continued wearing down Mandara as Galaxy Star Safina spotted the approaching city.

• As Source Energy City completed its fusion, the Undying Supreme told the Enlightenment Prophet to keep walking in the opposite direction and urged him to withdraw.
• The Enlightenment Prophet recognized Source Energy City’s ability to imprison targets, then faded from the battlefield without being pursued by the Undying Supreme.
• Source Energy City departed for the Dimensional Battlefield front line, while the Undying Supreme reflected that the Dimensional Hegemony was nearing its end.
• Saine and his allies kept attacking Mandara, whose immense vitality allowed her to endure their assault.
• Galaxy Star Safina spotted Source Energy City approaching and rejoiced at the return of the Source Energy Civilization’s pinnacle creation.

Saine brought Source Energy City to the battlefield, confined Mandara in a time-space barrier, and began fusing the city with his God of Machines. The fusion began to transform the machine, leaving Saine poised to explore the Rule Arcana of breaking the balance and potentially advance toward Level 9.

• Source Energy City arrived and bombarded the battlefield, then gathered energy to trap Mandara and nearby Dominators in a time-space confinement.
• Saine brought Source Energy City into the special subspace and ordered the fusion to begin.
• Di'ersi Jia, the Destruction Giant Ape, the Blade Empress, and others charged at Mandara to help Saine suppress her.
• The God of Machines and Source Energy City touched and began merging, drawing the attention of Dominators, Level-9 Beings, and Saine's Mechanical Legion.
• Naige'er wondered whether the fusion would let Saine's machine reach Level-9 combat power, while Saine focused on the transformation and its Rule Arcana.

Saine studied the God of Machines as it fused with Source Energy City and prepared to advance to Level 9, reassuring it about the unknown and promising they would meet again. When Mandara tried to escape, Saine battered her transformed Flower of Life, and she offered herself for soul control and experimentation to stay alive.

• Saine questioned the God of Machines about its transformation, and it admitted that it feared the unknown and did not want to leave him.
• Saine told the God of Machines that they would meet again and suggested his own future path might depend on it, easing its fear and inspiring it to scout the Higher Dimensional Time-Space for him.
• As the God of Machines fused with Source Energy City and grew larger, Saine recorded their conversation as valuable evidence for future Wizard Civilization research.
• Mandara struggled to escape the encirclement while the God of Machines' transformation placed increasing pressure on her.
• Saine struck Mandara's Flower of Life with the God of Machines' metal palm, cracking it with near-Level-9 power.
• Mandara begged Saine to control her soul and conduct experiments on her, insisting she had no real grudge against the Wizard Civilization.

Saine continued killing Mandara, believing he could control her more reliably by turning her into a Mechanical Element Dominator. He then proposed an experiment to separate the God of Machines from the Source Energy City, but the God of Machines volunteered and refused to fear the risk.

• Saine concluded that killing Mandara and modifying her corpse gave him the best chance of controlling her, while preserving her memories for later study.
• As the God of Machines crushed Mandara, she realized her suffering might be punishment for violating the Time-Space Rules.
• Saine told the God of Machines that its mechanical origins might let it remain in the Flowing Light Retrospective World after reaching Level 9.
• Saine split the Source Energy City's rule phantom into twenty-seven Source Energy Sub-Cities and proposed testing whether removing it could lower the God of Machines below Level 9.
• The God of Machines volunteered for Saine's experiment, and Saine offered the Magic Cube or Gray Mist Level-9 Cthulhu's Darkness Space as ways to preserve it.
• The God of Machines interrupted Saine and declared, "I'm not afraid!"

Saine’s God of Machines fused with the Source Energy City and advanced to Level 9, breaking the confinement space with its power. It spread its rule light across the Mechanical Civilization and began merging with Saine’s Mechanical Element Dominators, leaving the Level-9 beings stunned as its power continued to rise.

• The God of Machines told Saine it was not afraid to leave and promised to contribute its remaining power, while Saine vowed to find it wherever it went.
• The God of Machines completed its fusion with the Source Energy City and reached Level-9 power, shattering the rule-based confinement space around it.
• A deep blue Rule Light Pillar enveloped the Mechanical Civilization, and the God of Machines sent a beam of rule light into Saine’s Magic Cube as a gift.
• Saine ordered his Mechanical Element Dominators to merge with the God of Machines, and they rushed to their assigned fusion positions.
• Mechanical Monster Emperor Geluomuzi became the God of Machines’ breastplate, Second Brother became its left arm, and Gatanothor merged with its right foot as the God of Machines showed signs of rising even higher.

Saine fused the power of the Mechanical Civilization into the God of Machines, elevating it to a new height and making it the strongest being on the Dimensional Battlefield. As the God of Machines advanced toward Mandara, Darkness God prepared to confront it despite Demon Fall Supreme's warning.

• Saine recalled Level-4-and-above robots, Cosmic Battleships, and Interstellar Fortresses to join the Mechanical Element Dominators around the God of Machines.
• The God of Machines completed its fusion with Mechanical Civilization forces, and a bolt of white rule lightning marked its transformation.
• Demon Fall Supreme recognized that Saine's God of Machines had reached a realm comparable to Level-9 Mid-Stage beings and wondered whether Evil Tide Power could be used similarly.
• The newly transformed God of Machines advanced toward Mandara, earning the title of the strongest on the Dimensional Battlefield.
• Darkness God revealed his eagerness to fight the God of Machines, and Demon Fall Supreme urged him to calm down.

Saine used the God of Machines to overpower Mandara while studying the rules behind her power and experiencing Mid-Stage Level-9 strength. He concluded that Level-9 Beings were not gods, having discovered that they too possessed Omnipotent Souls.

• Demon Fall Supreme warned the Darkness God not to attack Saine, and the Darkness God withdrew after recognizing the danger.
• Saine and the God of Machines suppressed Mandara, while the Destruction Giant Ape Wukong and the other allies helped attack her.
• Saine used his control of the God of Machines to study Mandara as a set of rule runes and discern differences and commonalities between Level-8 Dominators and Level-9 Beings.
• Saine realized that Level-9 Beings were not gods because they were not omniscient and omnipotent, and he discovered that they possessed Omnipotent Souls.

Saine continued speculating about the nature of Level-9 Beings while his God of Machines battered Mandara. Aurora fled the battlefield, leaving the Decayed Civilization’s forces shaken as Saine’s attack continued.

• Saine reasoned that Level-9 and Level-8 Beings might share the same life threshold, though he lacked a way to prove his theories.
• Saine rejected Mandara’s plea for mercy and continued attacking her, hoping to study her resurrection ability after her death.
• Destruction Giant Ape Wukong and the other Dominators retreated from the God of Machines’ powerful strikes, while Lisa could not determine whether Saine was all right.
• Aurora sensed the God of Machines’ formidable pressure, abandoned Mandara, and fled the Dimensional Battlefield.
• Aurora’s retreat broke the morale of nearby Decayed Civilization forces, and Yin marveled at Saine’s God of Machines as it struck Mandara again.

After Saine's God of Machines defeated Mandara, Saine ended their fusion and studied how the God of Machines' power and rejection by the Flowing Light Retrospective World changed. The God of Machines still sensed a distant lock, and Saine wondered whether hiding in the Chaos Void could break it.

• Saine's God of Machines destroyed Mandara after their battle lasted several hundred years, leaving a vast Dominator Crater on the Dimensional Battlefield.
• Saine reflected on the rules of the Flowing Light Retrospective World and decided to pursue the Star Realm's Source Power before seeking a Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Saine ended the fusion, and the Mechanical Beings and Source Energy City detached from the God of Machines, reducing its power to Half-Level-9 Peak.
• The God of Machines told Saine that it still felt rule rejection and a distant lock, though both were weaker after the fusion ended.
• Saine thought of Pan Gu in the Chaos Void and wondered whether hiding there could sever the lock.

After the God of Machines reached Level 9, Saine discovered that the Magic Cube could fire the Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon without the God of Machines as its carrier. A greedy Level-7 shadow-element Dominator tried to seize Mandara’s Flower of Life, and Saine killed it with a strike from his fingertip.

• Saine sent the God of Machines to rest inside the Magic Cube, where it sensed that the rules’ rejection of it had weakened.
• Saine realized the God of Machines’ advancement had transformed the Endless Light Launch Device and Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon, letting the Magic Cube power and fire them independently.
• A concealed Level-7 shadow-element Dominator crept toward Mandara’s Flower of Life while Wukong and the others watched the battlefield.
• Lisa stopped Wukong from attacking the intruder, and Wukong saw Saine form a Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon beam at his fingertip.
• Saine fired the Deep Blue Piercing Strike and killed the Level-7 shadow-element Dominator.

Saine divided the spoils after killing Mandara and a Level-7 Dominator from Decay Time-Space, then left the frontline battlefield with his gains. With his role in the war against the Decayed Civilization largely complete, he headed to a quiet area near the front lines to begin his next experiments.

• Saine collected Mandara's True Spirit Light, the Flower of Life, and part of her remains, then offered the other spoils to his allies.
• Wukong initially refused a share but changed his mind when Saine explained the value of the Life Crystals; Lisa, Di'ersi Jia, and Master Naige'er also claimed useful materials.
• Saine gave Naige'er the Level-7 Dominator's corpse but kept its Heart Core to reward the Shadow King.
• Saine left the battlefield carrying his spoils and twenty-seven Source Energy Sub-Cities after deciding he no longer needed to fight in the nearby wars.
• The Six-Winged Demon Ancestor wondered whether he might live to see higher-dimensional time-space, while Saine traveled to a quiet area near the front lines to conduct experiments.

After Mandara fell, the Decayed Civilization’s forces suffered another collapse, while the Evil Tide Civilization considered whether the Dimensional Hegemony might eventually extend into Decay Time-Space. As the war continued in the Flowing Light Retrospective World, the Blade Empress expanded the Zerg and the Destruction Spring grew into a dangerous force that neither side dared disturb.

• Undying Supreme and Secluded Bamboo Supreme discussed the possibility that the Dimensional Hegemony would require an invasion of Decay Time-Space, while Undying Supreme ordered the Evil Tide Civilization’s rulers to remain vigilant for at least another ten thousand years.
• Saine devoted himself to research as Wukong explored his own power and Lisa’s Zerg continued expanding across the Dimensional Battlefield.
• Lisa sensed that the Zerg’s opportunities in the Flowing Light Retrospective World were not over and ordered the swarm to seize every available resource.
• The Destruction Spring absorbed immense Destruction Power, grew to a size that drew the attention of Half-Level-9 beings, and became a threat neither civilization wanted to provoke.

The Decayed Civilization continued to suffer losses on the Dimensional Battlefield, but Bloody Clockwork Rui Tuo Cui Pu killed the Evil Tide Civilization’s rising star, Demon Emperor Wu Tian. Master Naige’er then offered Six-Winged Demon Ancestor Life Potions in exchange for Wu Tian’s corpse, leaving the negotiation unresolved.

• Destruction Spring remained inclined toward the Evil Tide Civilization despite efforts by Enlightenment Prophet and the Decayed Civilization to recruit it.
• About five hundred years after Mandara fell, Demon Ancestor Kai Huang and allied forces killed Faceless Beast Dominator and captured the Fangs Mask.
• Rui Tuo Cui Pu killed Demon Emperor Wu Tian in battle, then retreated and later advanced to Level-8 Peak.
• Evil Tide reinforcements arrived before Bloody Clockwork could claim all of Wu Tian’s corpse as Spoils of War.
• Master Naige’er offered Six-Winged Demon Ancestor two Life Potions for Wu Tian’s corpse, then raised his offer to three.

Master Naige'er failed to obtain Demon Emperor Wu Tian's corpse, while Saine reflected on fate and continued his experiments amid the war. The chapter ended with news that Emperor Flame of the Yan Emperor Divine Clan had gone missing.

• The Six-Winged Demon Ancestor refused to trade Demon Emperor Wu Tian's corpse until he had reported the matter to the Undying Supreme.
• Master Naige'er considered Wu Tian's reputation and contrasted his fall to Bloody Clockwork with the fortunes of other Demon Emperors.
• The chapter identified Hammer of Destruction Ogrimmar and several other Demon Emperors as promising figures for Evil Tide Civilization.
• Saine heard of Wu Tian's fall in his laboratory and reflected that the future was created by the present, not dictated by destiny.
• Master Naige'er failed to obtain Wu Tian's corpse as the frontline fighting continued.
• Saine heard that Emperor Flame of the Yan Emperor Divine Clan had gone missing.

After Burning Flame Emperor was killed and Emperor Flame was stolen, the Yan Emperor Divine Clan and Evil Tide Civilization investigated the attack and suspected each other. Bright Blue Demon Ancestor uncovered evidence implicating the Decayed Civilization, which soon sent nearly a hundred Dominators into the World Battlefield of Time Retracing.

• Burning Flame Emperor died and Emperor Flame was lost, prompting First Flame Emperor to return to the Yan Emperor Divine Clan.
• Yan Emperor Divine Clan forces retaliated against the Evil Tide Civilization, while Mei Flame Emperor questioned whether the incident had been staged to frame another party.
• The Evil Tide Civilization investigated the attack, but the Undying Supreme and Star Radiance Envoy Oren could not identify the culprit.
• Bright Blue Demon Ancestor showed the Undying Supreme images of the Enlightenment Prophet and a powerful Level-8 Peak Decay Time-Space Dominator, suggesting they had assassinated Burning Flame Emperor.
• The Undying Supreme ordered Saine Master and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie to be summoned, and the Evil Tide Civilization passed its intelligence to the Yan Emperor Divine Clan through the Wizard Civilization.
• Bright Blue Demon Ancestor reported that nearly a hundred Dominators from the Decay Time-Space top-level civilization army had entered the World Battlefield of Time Retracing again.

Saine learned that the Eternal Soul Clan had joined the Dimensional Battlefield and became interested in its fire-and-soul attributes as a possible new direction for his Truth research. After discussing the clan and the stolen Emperor Flame with the Undying Supreme, Saine reflected that his pursuit of Truth had left him unable to serve the Wizard Civilization well.

• Naige'er Master admired the Eternal Soul Clan's intervention, while Saine left the coming battle to the Evil Tide forces and his Mechanical Civilization Legion.
• The Undying Supreme summoned Saine and showed him images of the Eternal Soul Clan, whose members possessed dual fire and soul attributes.
• Saine considered studying the clan's fire-related rules as a new path beyond Mechanical Element research and the volatile Ashes of Truth.
• Saine asked whether the Decayed Civilization and Eternal Soul Clan had taken Emperor Flame, and the Undying Supreme said the Yan Emperor Divine Clan had been informed but had not responded.
• Saine reflected on his work as Civilization Leader and concluded that he was not qualified for the role.

Saine agreed to help deal with the Eternal Soul Clan’s Soul Emperor, while Undying Supreme pledged support from the Evil Tide Civilization and its Demon Ancestors. As the Evil Tide vanguard advanced, the Eternal Soul Clan revealed its formidable reserves, including a second Level-8 Peak Dominator and four Civilization Supreme Treasures.

• Saine agreed to find a way to deal with the Soul Emperor, and Undying Supreme promised the Evil Tide Civilization’s support against the Eternal Soul Clan’s other Dominators.
• Undying Supreme offered Demon Ancestor Kai Huang and Undying Demon Ancestor’s cooperation with Saine’s experiments on their demonic flames and treasures.
• Saine considered research and plans for his allies and students, including Felin’s Floating City work and Catherine’s research with Light Dimension artifacts.
• The Yan Emperor Divine Clan hesitated to join the conflict because the Evil Tide Civilization had not proven that the Decayed Civilization and Eternal Soul Clan caused the Burning Flame Emperor’s fall.
• The Evil Tide Civilization’s vanguard marched toward the Eternal Soul Clan’s war zone, while Demon Ancestor Gui Mie, the Destruction Giant Ape, the Blade Empress, and others pressured the clan.
• The Eternal Soul Clan revealed that it had a second Level-8 Peak Dominator and four Civilization Supreme Treasures.