Chapter Summaries

The Eternal Soul Clan struggled against the Evil Tide Civilization in the Flowing Light Retrospective World until Saine brought his God of Machines into the attritional war. Saine’s Level-9 fusion crushed the Soul Hall Grand Elder, who was left barely able to move as the Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon charged.

• The Evil Tide Civilization’s armies overwhelmed the newly arrived Eternal Soul Clan, then fought a costly war of attrition as the Flame Soul Beings adapted to the battlefield.
• Demon Ancestor Gui Mie led the Evil Tide Civilization against the Eternal Soul Clan while Demon Ancestor Kai Huang took over holding off Annihilation Dragon Er'gongde.
• Saine deployed his God of Machines alongside the Mechanical Civilization Dominators, Zerg Legion, and Wizard Alliance Legion as the war reached a stalemate.
• The God of Machines descended and bombarded the Eternal Soul Clan with Endless Light energy before transforming into a giant covered in gray Rule Flame.
• Saine struck the Soul Hall Grand Elder with a metallic flaming palm, crushing his Dominator True Body despite the Nine Nether Flame Pagoda’s defense.
• The Soul Hall Grand Elder could barely move as Saine charged the Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon within his palm.

Saine’s forces overwhelmed the Eternal Soul Clan until the Half-Level-9 Soul Emperor arrived, revealing that he had joined the Dimensional Hegemony under a five-hundred-year contract with the Enlightenment Prophet. Saine sent Angle to recruit the Yan Emperor Divine Clan, whose people were natural enemies of the Eternal Soul Clan, and left the possibility of rescuing Nasi Xiu in Decay Time-Space for a later opportunity.

• The Soul Emperor descended onto the battlefield at Half-Level-9 and revealed his agreement with the Enlightenment Prophet to hold out for five hundred years in the Material Star Realm.
• Saine’s God of Machines attacked the Soul Emperor, while Saine sent Angle to the Material Star Realm to contact Befu and summon the First Flame Emperor of the Yan Emperor Divine Clan.
• Saine explained that the Yan Emperor Divine Clan and the Eternal Soul Clan could devour one another, and told Demon Ancestor Gui Mie that the Evil Tide Civilization could redeploy if the Yan Emperor Divine Clan joined the battle.
• Demon Ancestor Gui Mie asked whether Saine would travel to Decay Time-Space to find the missing Nasi Xiu, and Saine said he would go when the time was right.

The Yan Emperor Divine Clan learned that the Eternal Soul Clan’s Soul Emperor had taken Emperor Flame after the Burning Flame Emperor’s death, and agreed to march against the Eternal Soul Clan. Benjamin offered the clan a share of the battlefield spoils, but the First Flame Emperor withheld any decision on leaving the Demon Subjugation Alliance.

• The Wizard Civilization sent the Yan Emperor Divine Clan corpses of Eternal Soul Clan creatures and images showing Emperor Flame around the Soul Emperor.
• Benjamin said the Soul Emperor had likely devoured the Burning Flame Emperor’s Flame Heart and absorbed Emperor Flame, with the Decayed Civilization’s Enlightenment Prophet aiding the assassination.
• The Mei Flame Emperor and Ancient Flame Emperor blamed the Decayed Civilization and urged the Yan Emperor Divine Clan to fight.
• The First Flame Emperor declared an expedition against the Eternal Soul Clan to avenge the Burning Flame Emperor, reclaim Emperor Flame, and secure at least one-third of the enemy’s corpses and soul crystals.
• Benjamin offered the Yan Emperor Divine Clan up to half the battlefield benefits in exchange for expanded cooperation and possible withdrawal from the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• The First Flame Emperor refused to decide on withdrawal for now and said the Yan Emperor Divine Clan would not cooperate with the Evil Tide Civilization.

The First Flame Emperor agreed to send the Yan Emperor Divine Clan into the Eternal Soul Clan Battlefield while the Mei Flame Emperor handled expanded Treasure Medicine trade with the Wizard Civilization. After arriving in the Flowing Light Retrospective World, the First Flame Emperor attacked the Soul Emperor and sensed a chance to advance further.

• The First Flame Emperor entrusted deeper trade negotiations with the Wizard Civilization to the Mei Flame Emperor and prepared an expedition to the Eternal Soul Clan Battlefield.
• The Yan Emperor Divine Clan dispatched thirty-two Dominators and immense legions to the Flowing Light Retrospective World, while keeping forces in reserve to defend its homeland.
• The Yan Emperors found Evil Tide Civilization powerhouses consuming the Yan Emperor Divine Clan’s Treasure Medicine on the battlefield after trade with the Wizard Civilization expanded.
• The First Flame Emperor arrived at the Eternal Soul Clan Battlefield carrying the Strange Fire Cauldron and the Nine Thousand Flame Heavy Ruler.
• The First Flame Emperor struck the Soul Emperor while Saine’s God of Machines was already pummeling him, then sensed the Soul Emperor might help him advance.

First Flame Emperor fought Soul Emperor while Saine watched from the God of Machines, and the Destruction Giant Ape's group faced twelve Eternal Soul Clan Dominators. As the Soul Hall Grand Elder used a formation to empower himself, Church's Holy Daughter Michelle arrived wielding the Hope Staff.

• First Flame Emperor attacked Soul Emperor, driven by his desire for Soul Emperor's soul crystal and anger over Burning Flame Emperor's death.
• Saine observed the duel and considered how Soul Emperor's soul laws could help his research into the Gate of Resurrection.
• The Destruction Giant Ape, Blade Empress, Di'ersi Jia, Death Descendant Fempton, and Little Tenth fought twelve Eternal Soul Clan Dominators, including the Soul Hall Grand Elder.
• The Soul Hall Grand Elder formed an array with the twelve Flame Soul Dominators, drawing their combined power into himself.
• Michelle appeared on the battlefield wielding the Hope Staff.

Michelle and the Church forces joined the battle against the Eternal Soul Clan, while Naige'er and the others unleashed their powers against the Soul Hall Grand Elder. Wukong flew to aid the First Flame Emperor against the Soul Emperor, but his attention kept returning to the Strange Fire Cauldron.

• Michelle arrived with part of the Church Legion and used the Hope Staff to summon a Light Hammer against the Soul Hall Grand Elder and his allies.
• The Soul Hall Grand Elder defended the Eternal Soul Clan’s slaughter of weaker beings and unleashed countless souls with the Nine Nether Flame Pagoda and Soul Hook Chain.
• Naige'er sent Death Descendant Fempton to swallow nearly half the souls, then attacked with the Death Crown’s Death Tide and the T-Virus.
• Di'ersi Jia, Little Tenth, and the Blade Empress joined the assault, while Wukong summoned Destruction Legions to fight the Eternal Soul Clan’s lower-ranking troops.
• Wukong flew to help the First Flame Emperor fight the Soul Emperor, but kept watching the Strange Fire Cauldron in the Emperor’s hand.

While the war continued in the Flowing Light Retrospective World, Duan Ning, Luluman, and Dust Flame Emperor exchanged alchemical and medicinal knowledge, producing recovery items that eased allied losses. Elsewhere, First Flame Emperor cut the Yan Emperor Divine Clan’s supplies to the Demon-Pacifying Alliance, while Oren learned of new allies and returning forces.

• Saine reflected on Wizard Civilization’s wartime losses and the dominators who had emerged during the fighting.
• Duan Ning, Luluman, and Dust Flame Emperor shared their knowledge of alchemy, medicine refining, and potion-making in the rear of the Eternal Soul Clan’s war zone.
• Their collaboration produced large quantities of exceptional recovery items that reduced allied casualties.
• First Flame Emperor reduced the Yan Emperor Divine Clan’s divine medicine supplies to the Demon-Pacifying Alliance by thirty percent, while preserving Nine Stars Civilization’s share and cutting other allocations.
• Oren failed to meet First Flame Emperor and learned that he had joined the fighting in the Flowing Light Retrospective World with the Yan Emperor Divine Clan’s main legions.
• Oren learned that Void Civilization and Heavy Hammerer Civilization had returned to the Siwoda Star Territory Battlefield and that the Demon-Pacifying Alliance had recruited the Xuan Tian Great World and its peak level-8 dominator, Old Man Xuan Tian.

The Xuan Tian Great World joined the Demon Subjugation Alliance and prospered as it seized territory and resources from the weakened Evil Tide Civilization. As Star Radiance Envoy Oren considered the Astral Realm Overseer’s request to enter the Flowing Light Retrospective World battlefield, Iron-Blood Grand Elder Niggerhood broke through to the Star Realm’s topmost ranks.

• Old Man Xuan Tian brought the Xuan Tian Great World into the Demon Subjugation Alliance, and its twelve Dominators joined the fight for the Evil Tide Star Territory’s spoils.
• The Xuan Tian Great World amassed wealth and materials on the battlefield, while the Five Directions Civilization Axis Group and the Demon Subjugation Alliance divided the Evil Tide Civilization’s four semi-trusteeship Star Sectors between them.
• Star Radiance Envoy Oren asked Nine Stars Civilization’s high-ranking Dominators whether they should intervene in the Flowing Light Retrospective World battlefield at the Astral Realm Overseer’s request.
• Black Abyss Star Envoy warned that most Demon Subjugation Alliance members might refuse to join the war in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Iron-Blood Grand Elder Niggerhood broke through and entered the Star Realm’s topmost ranks.

The chapter revealed that Pan Gu had been using civilizations and powerful figures as pieces in a long plan to transform the Material Star Realm through a new act of “World-Opening.” As Iron-Blood Grand Elder Niggerhood’s breakthrough encouraged the Demon Subjugation Alliance, the Element Pioneer of White Cloud Flowing Tuo World also approached a breakthrough.

• The Astral Realm Overseer sought out Star Radiance Envoy Oren, but Oren and the other Nine Stars Civilization Star Envoys were reluctant to enter the war in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• The chapter described how the Astral Realm Will’s balance rules had shaped the conflict with Evil Tide Civilization and enabled more successful breakthroughs among civilizations resisting it.
• Pan Gu’s ambition was revealed to be transforming the time-space of the entire Material Star Realm, with Saine, Master Tongtian, Sage Laozi, the Darkness God, and others serving as pieces in his plans.
• Iron-Blood Grand Elder Niggerhood broke through, encouraging the civilizations fighting under the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• The Element Pioneer of White Cloud Flowing Tuo World displayed a clear advancement trend toward becoming a Half-Level-9 existence.

Silver Knight and the Element Pioneer both advanced toward Half-Level-9 while fighting, and Silver Knight used the Undead Warhorse and Light of Death to withstand the Element Pioneer's attacks. Elsewhere, Saine's God of Machines killed Meteor Seahorse, and Autumn returned to battle after learning of the ally's death.

• Silver Knight and the Element Pioneer began advancing during their fight, with the Element Pioneer completing the breakthrough first.
• The Element Pioneer struck Silver Knight with elemental laws and the Flowing Cloud Whip, but Silver Knight and the Undead Warhorse endured the assault and countered with the Light of Death.
• Star Radiance Envoy Oren and other Demon Subjugation Alliance leaders watched the clash with little interest as the wider wars continued.
• Saine's God of Machines helped kill Meteor Seahorse in the Eternal Soul Clan war zone, and Demon Ancestor Di Fa received news of the fall.
• Autumn learned that Meteor Seahorse had died, then put aside his grief and faced the Evil Tide Civilization's renewed assault.

Saine killed the weakened Meteor Seahorse, claimed its corpse and the Sea Emperor Spear for the Wizard World's sea clans, then separated the God of Machines from its Source Energy Sub-Cities to avoid the starry rules' rejection. He summoned Safina to pilot the united Source Energy City, setting her up to wield the Source Energy Civilization's former peak power.

• Saine's God of Machines killed the depleted Meteor Seahorse, and Saine collected its corpse and the Sea Emperor Spear for Bai Xing and the Wizard World's sea clans.
• After sensing the starry rules rejecting the God of Machines, Saine released its Fusion Arcana and withdrew the machine into his Magic Cube.
• Saine directed the twenty-seven Source Energy Sub-Cities to fire on enemy legions, then combined them into a towering Source Energy City.
• Saine summoned Safina and invited her to enter the Source Energy City, while a beam of blue light reached toward her.

Safina used Source Energy City to devastate the Eternal Soul Clan and turn the battlefield in the Evil Tide Civilization’s favor, while Soul Emperor and the Soul Hall Grand Elder struggled to escape Saine’s forces. Elsewhere, Darkness God learned he would soon break free of the World Battlefield of Time Retracing and was told to hold the current situation until the last moment.

• Saine chose Safina to control Source Energy City, whose form adapted to her agile fighting style and whose power increased her strength.
• Safina unleashed Source Energy City’s firepower against the Eternal Soul Clan, while the Tianhong Eagle Dominator and True Ancestor Dracula led their forces in retreat.
• Safina’s attacks intensified the pressure on Soul Emperor and the Soul Hall Grand Elder as Saine’s Dominators surrounded them.
• The First Flame Emperor and Wukong continued attacking Soul Emperor, who struggled to survive despite coveting their flames.
• Darkness God told Undying Supreme and Secluded Bamboo Supreme that he expected to break free in at most two thousand years, and Secluded Bamboo Supreme urged him to maintain the situation until the last moment.

The Darkness God continued battling Zandin while preparing to leave the Material Star Realm with Bright Blue Demon Ancestor. Elsewhere, Wiki, the Six-Winged Demon Ancestor, and the Soul Hall Grand Elder fell, and Safina and her allies began attacking the Soul Emperor.

• The Darkness God and Zandin remained locked in battle, with Zandin reminding him to leave Civilization Supreme Treasures behind before departing the Star Realm.
• The Darkness God prepared to leave the Material Star Realm with Bright Blue Demon Ancestor, while other Evil Tide Civilization powerhouses remained behind.
• Calamity Summoner Wiki fell, and the Six-Winged Demon Ancestor died in the battle to kill him.
• The Undying Supreme collected the Six-Winged Demon Ancestor's True Spirit Light fragments and gave them to the Secluded Bamboo Supreme, who accepted responsibility for his future.
• Galaxy Star Safina and nearby powerhouses killed the Soul Hall Grand Elder, then joined the Red-Clothed Little Girl in attacking the Soul Emperor.

The Yan Emperor Divine Clan and its allies gained the upper hand as the Eternal Soul Clan’s Dominators fell and its soul-based reinforcements filled the Flowing Light Retrospective World. After the Soul Hall Grand Elder reappeared as a soul Dominator, Galaxy Star Safina turned the Source Energy City against him.

• First Flame Emperor accepted fighting alongside his many allies as the Yan Emperor Divine Clan and its forces killed Eternal Soul Clan Dominators in growing numbers.
• Michelle wielded the Hope Staff to bolster allied forces, while the Eternal Soul Clan extracted souls from the battlefield to summon Dominator-class reinforcements.
• The Soul Hall Grand Elder began to re-form from gathered soul power after his death, despite having lost his Civilization Supreme Treasures and much of his strength.
• Saine received the Soul Hook Chain, the Nine Nether Flame Pagoda, and most of the Soul Hall Grand Elder’s remains for his Truth research.
• After Saine nodded, Galaxy Star Safina focused her fire on the Soul Hall Grand Elder and pressed the Source Energy City toward him.

Safina used Saine's Source Energy City to imprison and attack the weakened Eternal Soul Clan Grand Elder while the Dimensional Battlefield's many forces clashed. As the fighting intensified and Destruction Power surged, Master Naige'er left to retrieve a failing Half-Level-9 Corpse Puppet.

• Safina activated the Source Energy City's Spacetime Imprisonment, trapping the weakened Eternal Soul Clan Grand Elder before striking him with a source-energy fist.
• Death Descendant Fempton devoured vast numbers of souls as Yan Emperor Divine Clan creatures and Mechanical Civilization forces fought across the battlefield.
• Master Naige'er studied the Eternal Soul Clan's reincarnation, rule chains, and formation while Luluenman's holy light purified vengeful souls.
• The battlefield's clashes drew the Destruction Spring closer and fueled its rapid growth toward Half-Level-9 power.
• Master Naige'er left the battlefield and asked the Blade Empress to keep the Soul Hall Grand Elder alive while he retrieved the failing Half-Level-9 One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet.

The First Flame Emperor revealed a powerful Rule Fire Lotus technique during his battle with the Soul Emperor, while Saine studied their fire-based abilities. The lotus blasted the Soul Emperor away, and the First Flame Emperor prepared another attack.

• Master Naige'er left the central region battlefield to pursue the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet.
• Saine observed the Soul Emperor and the First Flame Emperor as they continued fighting on the Eternal Soul Clan battlefield.
• The First Flame Emperor gathered thousands of Rule Fires and compressed them into a seven-colored Rule Fire Lotus.
• The First Flame Emperor hurled the lotus at the Soul Emperor, and Destruction Giant Ape Wukong dodged while the explosion swept the Soul Emperor out of the battlefield.
• The First Flame Emperor revealed that his lotus contained a trace of Emperor Flame's source and formed another special lotus.
• Saine judged the lotus's destructive power comparable to a God Crystal.

Master Naige'er seized the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor's corpse puppet from the Decayed Civilization and began strengthening it with the T-Virus. The battered Half-Level-9 puppet's struggles weakened as the virus took effect.

• Master Naige'er arrived on the battlefield and found the Evil Tide Demon Emperors suppressing the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet while Dim Radiance Prophet and Autumn fought nearby.
• Master Naige'er swept aside the Decayed Civilization Dominators blocking his way and pinned the corpse puppet beneath his feet.
• Master Naige'er used powerful magic and incantations to suppress the puppet and claim it as his property.
• Master Naige'er poured the T-Virus onto the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet, whose movements gradually weakened as it underwent intense changes.

Master Naige'er used the T-Virus to transform the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet, restoring its damaged body and awakening new death-related power. The enhanced puppet opened its scarlet eye and raised the Mystic Black Axe as Naige'er considered what materials to fuse into it next.

• Master Naige'er observed the T-Virus restore the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet and imbue it with dense Death and virus power.
• Master Naige'er considered the puppet's Half-Nine strength and wondered whether to have a Level-9 Being infuse it with more power.
• Master Naige'er recalled studying Gatanothor and recognized the Level-7 Mechanical Element Dominator's great potential.
• The One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet grew larger, drew in Death Origin rules, opened its scarlet eye, and raised the Mystic Black Axe.
• Master Naige'er pondered fusing another Devil Ancestor's corpse or a Faceless Beast arm into the puppet and noted that the Heart of Death Mourning might have suited it.

The Darkness God sensed that he was being summoned from the Material Star Realm and decided to leave the Evil Tide Civilization a Civilization Supreme Treasure. He began forging the Darkness Throne, a defensive treasure that could restore allied Dominators’ Omnipotent Souls.

• Naige'er watched the transformed One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet attack a Decayed Civilization Dominator with the Mystic Black Axe.
• Over five hundred years later, the Darkness God sensed the rules rejecting him and a summons from a Higher Dimensional Plane as the Evil Tide Civilization continued its planned war under Demon Ancestor Di Fa’s future command.
• The Darkness God stopped fighting God of Destruction Zanding, retrieved the Burial Sky Blade, and considered what to leave behind for the Evil Tide Civilization.
• The Darkness God poured his Level-9 Power into the Darkness Throne, forging it into a Civilization Supreme Treasure focused on defense and restoring allied Dominators’ Omnipotent Souls.
• Saine watched the Darkness Throne’s creation and reflected that Level-9 beings could use balance-breaking power to restore Omnipotent Souls.

The Darkness God completed the Darkness Throne and prepared to leave the Flowing Light Retrospective World through a Time-Space Gate with the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor. After turning away the Demon Emperors who wanted to follow him, he entered the gate, leaving the Evil Tide Civilization to continue its battles without him.

• The Darkness God finished forging the Darkness Throne as a black space-time vortex appeared behind him and locked onto him.
• The Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor joined the Darkness God, carrying the Water Stream Sky Curtain, while the Burial Sky Blade floated beside him.
• Dozens of Evil Tide Dominators asked to follow the Darkness God, but he pushed them back and ordered them to remain in the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
• Before entering the Time-Space Gate, the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor gave the Darkness God a bottle containing two Nine-Turn Golden Pills, and he realized the Immortal Domain Civilization had supplied the second pill.
• The Darkness God waved farewell and crossed the gate with the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor as the gathered Evil Tide beings bowed in respect.