Chapter Summaries

As the Evil Tide Civilization prepared to finish off the Decayed Civilization, Saine learned that Fallen Emperor remained on the Dimensional Battlefield and that Destruction Spring had advanced to Half-Nine. Destruction Spring kept absorbing Destruction Factors, growing more powerful and less rational as its destructive tides spread across the battlefield.

• Saine asked Su about Fallen Emperor and learned that he was still fighting Demon Fall Supreme on the Dimensional Battlefield.
• Su explained that Demon Fall Supreme had several possible paths after leaving the Star Realm, while Gray Mist Level-9 Cthulhu was also considering his options.
• Saine learned that Destruction Spring had advanced from Level-8 Peak to Half-Nine by absorbing the Destruction Factors left by fallen Dominators.
• Su warned that Destruction Spring had become increasingly muddled and irritable, and that its repeated destruction tides had created vast numbers of destruction beings.
• Destruction Spring continued absorbing Destruction Factors on the Dimensional Battlefield, pursuing greater power despite its growing instability.

Destruction Spring told the Spring Lords of the Myriad Springs World Cluster that it wanted to fulfill Spring Ancestor’s last wish by raising their civilization to the top level, even as it continued absorbing Destruction Factors. After leaving Overseer Space, Saine felt his life level begin to transform, signaling that he was nearing the Half-Level-9 Realm.

• Destruction Spring told Illusion Spring and the other Spring Lords that it intended to make the Myriad Springs World Cluster a Top-Level Civilization for Spring Ancestor’s sake.
• Saine learned that Destruction Spring’s growth continued despite the war cooling, while Su urged him to end the conflict so he could help with mounting troubles in the Material Star Realm.
• Saine spent over five thousand years researching in Overseer Space before preparing to return with Master Douglas and the others.
• After Saine left Overseer Space and returned to the Material Star Realm, changes in his Dominator body signaled his imminent breakthrough into the Half-Level-9 Realm.

Saine began advancing to Half-Level-9 in Decay Time-Space, using knowledge gained from his experiences to transform his level of life. His breakthrough produced a disturbance so immense that nearby powers mistook it for a Level-9 Being's advancement.

• Saine weighed the risks of advancing in Decay Time-Space, and Su assured him that his time-space imprints and accumulated knowledge would protect him.
• Saine stopped suppressing his power and transformed his Dominator True Body without summoning the God of Machines.
• Flames of Ash and multiple kinds of Source Power of Rules covered Saine as he advanced, while the God of Machines lent him its pressure from within the Magic Cube.
• Nearby Dominator-class beings felt Saine's overwhelming breakthrough aura, and Kil'jaeden turned toward the disturbance in alarm.

As Saine began advancing from Level-8 Peak to Half-Level-9 in Decay Time-Space, the Evil Tide Civilization intensified its offensive while the Decayed Civilization’s allies and unaffiliated Dominators started defecting. The Gekdraman Civilization, led by True Ancestor Dracula, secretly approached the Evil Tide Civilization to change sides.

• Saine underwent a life-essence transformation in the Star Realm, drawing attention from both civilizations as he advanced toward Half-Level-9.
• The Evil Tide Civilization seized the opportunity to intensify its advance against the Decayed Civilization.
• Unaffiliated Dominators joined the Evil Tide camp to claim the Decayed Civilization’s War Fortune, while more World Civilizations entered the Anti-Decay Alliance.
• The Gekdraman Civilization, unable to hold on, secretly negotiated with Zi You about joining the Evil Tide Civilization.
• Camilla True Ancestor told Zi You that the Gekdraman Civilization could become the Evil Tide Civilization’s weapon against the Decayed Civilization.

Camilla True Ancestor secretly sought to bring the Gekdraman Civilization into the Evil Tide Civilization’s alliance, but Zi You made acceptance conditional on destroying Decayed Civilization channels and killing Dracula. Camilla agreed to try to recruit other True Ancestors, leaving the proposed defection dependent on whether they would betray Dracula.

• Camilla True Ancestor met Zi You to offer the Gekdraman Civilization’s defection to the Evil Tide Civilization.
• Zi You demanded that the Gekdraman Civilization help destroy at least thirteen Decayed Civilization Space-Time Channels, and Camilla agreed to try.
• Zi You revealed that the Evil Tide Civilization also required the Gekdraman Vampire True Ancestors to kill Dracula and seize the Blood Cross.
• Camilla warned that she could not defeat Dracula alone, so Zi You urged her to recruit the other Level-8 and persuadable Level-7 True Ancestors.
• Camilla agreed to return and contact the others, while Zi You watched her leave.

Camilla pretended to relay the Evil Tide Civilization’s demands while secretly seeking allies to betray Dracula. Ampsa agreed to help and insisted they also needed Vlad, Dracula’s most loyal confidant.

• Dracula summoned Camilla and discussed the Evil Tide Civilization’s demand to destroy thirteen Space-Time Channels, proposing that they recruit forces from weakened allied civilizations.
• Camilla invented an additional demand for one-third of the Gekdraman Civilization’s blood pearls, and Dracula sent her to Ampsa to arrange their transfer.
• Camilla went to Ampsa, whom she trusted, and confessed that she wanted to backstab Dracula.
• Ampsa agreed they needed help and said they should recruit Vlad, surprising Camilla because he was Dracula’s most loyal confidant.

Ampsa and Camilla secretly prepared to turn against Dracula and cooperate with the Evil Tide Civilization as the Decayed Civilization weakened. Years later, rebellions erupted across the World Battlefield of Time Retracing, with several civilizations and an Eternal Soul Clan faction attacking the Decayed Civilization.

• Ampsa warned Camilla that Dracula had depleted their Blood Pearls and urged her to recruit support while keeping their plans from the other vampires.
• Ampsa and Camilla agreed to gather Blood Pearls from other True Ancestors and let those willing to oppose Dracula join them.
• Two hundred and seventy-one years after Camilla contacted the Evil Tide High-Level, a Zeus Skelton Empire Dominator-class fleet attacked a Decayed Civilization Space-Time Channel.
• A second Zeus Skelton Empire Dominator-class fleet joined the rebellion, while officers in both fleets killed severely Decayed superiors and resisted their commanders.
• The Gekdraman Civilization, Wanqiong World Civilization, and Tianhai Realm Civilization rebelled, and the Son of the Soul Emperor led Eternal Soul Clan forces into the uprising.

As Decayed Civilization withdrew from the Flowing Light Retrospective World, Fallen Emperor left command of its remaining forces to the Serpent Empress and urged her to follow her own path. When Decayed Civilization’s territory contracted to about 3.71 percent, the Dimensional Ascension Gate suddenly appeared at the center of the World Battlefield of Time Retracing.

• After two Eternal Soul Clan Dominators joined the Evil Tide Civilization camp, Fallen Emperor declined to suppress the rebellion and ordered Decayed Civilization to retreat into Decay Time-Space.
• Fallen Emperor told the Serpent Empress that he would remain in the Flowing Light Retrospective World and entrusted her with command of Decayed Civilization’s 227 remaining Dominators.
• The Serpent Empress accepted the responsibility and said she would continue leading Decayed Civilization’s legions into battle after returning to the Material Star Realm.
• Fallen Emperor and the Serpent Empress allowed dissenting Dominators and World Civilizations to leave as Decayed Civilization began its broad retreat.
• Over several hundred years, Decayed Civilization’s territorial share fell from more than thirteen percent to around 3.71 percent.
• The Dimensional Ascension Gate appeared at the center of the World Battlefield of Time Retracing.

The Dimensional Ascension Gate began forming, intensifying the Evil Tide Civilization’s resolve as the war shifted toward Decay Time-Space. Meanwhile, the Gekdraman Civilization fractured when Camilla True Ancestor and other vampires betrayed True Ancestor Dracula, who was left surrounded after trying to flee.

• Secluded Bamboo Supreme told Undying Supreme that the Dimensional Ascension Gate would take thousands of years to condense and might require the Decayed Civilization’s Source Tracing Stone.
• The emerging gate strengthened the Evil Tide Dominators’ morale while the Decayed Civilization’s forces retreated toward the Material Star Realm of Decay Time-Space.
• Several Gekdraman Civilization Dominators switched sides, and Camilla True Ancestor, Ampsa True Ancestor, True Ancestor Vlad, and other vampires turned against True Ancestor Dracula.
• Star Wheel Demon Ancestor arrived with Evil Tide reinforcements and supported Camilla True Ancestor’s faction.
• True Ancestor Dracula tried to escape, but Swift Blade’s Starry Sky Heavenly Wheel severed his bat wings, allowing Camilla True Ancestor and the others to surround him.

The Evil Tide Civilization defeated the True Ancestor Dracula after a siege lasting over twelve hundred years, leaving the Gekdraman Civilization devastated. With the Flowing Light Retrospective World's time flow slowing, the Decayed Civilization withdrew to face another war, while Saine reached the Half-Level-9 Realm.

• The True Ancestor Dracula focused his desperate counterattack on Camilla, Ampsa, and Vlad, but the Star Wheel Demon Ancestor intervened to protect Camilla and Ampsa.
• The Evil Tide Civilization killed the True Ancestor Dracula and claimed his heart and the Scarlet Cross, while Vlad died after the Star Wheel Demon Ancestor refused to aid him.
• The Evil Tide Civilization killed two Level-7 Vampire Dominators, and the Gekdraman Civilization was left with four weakened Vampire True Ancestors.
• Ampsa offered the Evil Tide Civilization a Gekdraman soul-restoration technique and used the True Ancestor Dracula's remains to produce Vampire True Ancestor Blood Beads, which the Star Wheel Demon Ancestor approved.
• As the True Ancestor Dracula fell, the time-flow ratio dropped to 23:1, and most of the Decayed Civilization's remaining main legions withdrew to their Home Star District.
• Saine replenished himself with Astral Realm Rules and completed his advancement to the Half-Level-9 Realm.

Saine completed his transformation into a Half-Level-9 and learned that the Twisted Void Civilization had nearly two hundred Dominators and was preparing to expand across the Material Star Realm. After studying the balance of power and the Dimensional War, Sargeras resolved that his civilization would avoid Dimensional Hegemony and spread its Abyss Intestines until the Star Realm became Hell.

• Saine sensed the power of his new Half-Level-9 state, and Zi You offered to bring him two Gekdraman Vampire True Ancestors for experiments.
• Saine learned that the Twisted Void Civilization had nearly two hundred Demon System Dominators, while the weakened Decayed Civilization retained four Half-Level-9s and five Level-8 Peaks.
• Saine learned that Sargeras, the Twisted Void Civilization's Half-Level-9 leader, had paused his civilization's invasions to profit from the war around the Decay Starfield.
• Sargeras concluded that the Twisted Void Civilization should avoid Dimensional Hegemony and instead spread throughout the Material Star Realm, turning it into Hell.

The Anti-Decay Alliance gathered more than a hundred Dominators at the front lines, with the Twisted Void Civilization contributing a large but limited force. The Green Vine Civilization joined at Astral Realm Overseer Su’s urging and proved valuable by shielding and restoring allied forces, while Su asked Saine to help keep the coming war from escalating too far.

• Sargeras brought one hundred demon Dominators to the battlefield, while the Dragon God Realm, Curse Descent Civilization, and Green Vine Civilization also committed forces.
• Astral Realm Overseer Su recruited the Green Vine Civilization to help guide the conflict against the Decayed Civilization.
• Di Pu Shu Ling led seventeen Green Vine Dominators, who raised green barriers that enhanced plant-element and vitality rules and restored Dominators’ Omnipotent Souls.
• The Evil Tide Civilization and Twisted Void demons watched the Green Vine Civilization greedily, recalling how the Evil Tide had destroyed two other Top-Level Plant-Type Civilizations.
• Su asked Saine to influence the war and keep it from becoming too intense, promising him rewards and compensation.

Saine agreed to help Astral Realm Overseer Su recruit support for the fight against Decayed Civilization in exchange for permissions to enter her Overseer Space and the Source Tracing Wormhole Land. He then traveled to the Anti-Decay Alliance’s front lines, where Wizard Civilization’s forces prepared to observe the conflict while Naige’er eyed Twisted Void Civilization’s demon-type Dominators for research.

• Saine offered to help Su draw more top-level civilizations into the conflict, but asked for access to her Overseer Space and the Source Tracing Wormhole Land.
• Su said she needed time to consider granting Saine the requested permissions.
• Saine flew to the Anti-Decay Alliance’s front lines after warning Wizard Civilization’s forces not to interfere too heavily in the past time-space.
• Naige’er arrived with Wizard Civilization’s experts atop his One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet, which could contend with an ordinary Level-8 Peak Dominator.
• Naige’er revealed that he had called the White-Eyed Demoness and Gustavo to meet Twisted Void Civilization’s demon-type Dominators.

Saine and his powerful allies arrived at the Anti-Decay Alliance front, where the gathered Dominators scrutinized them and Naige'er’s formidable entourage drew particular attention. The chapter ended with Kil'jaeden confronting Gustavo and the other demons, asking which abyssal layer they came from and how they had arrived.

• White-Eyed Demoness, Gustavo, and other Kada Star Thief Group members were described as having risen to Dominator levels as Wizard Civilization expanded its influence.
• Saine brought Naige'er and several powerful companions to the Anti-Decay Alliance command center, where the Golden Dragon Queen and Nan Yang welcomed them alongside other alliance leaders.
• Saine's Light Giant Di'ersi Jia remained on the World Battlefield of Time Retracing with Little Tenth and allied legions while the war there continued.
• The Anti-Decay Alliance powerhouses watched Naige'er's One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Synthetic Beast, Mystic Black Axe, and Death Mourning Civilization followers with unease.
• Kil'jaeden stepped forward and asked Gustavo and the other demons which layer of the abyss they came from and how they had arrived.

Saine met with the Anti-Decay Alliance’s leaders to discuss their war plans and learned more about their situation from Di Pu Shu Ling. The meeting also raised questions about the origins of demons and devils, while Saine left Di Pu Shu Ling with an invitation to visit Wizard Civilization.

• Kil'jaeden asked Gustavo which layer of the abyss he came from, but Gustavo refused to answer.
• Tichondrius questioned the White-Eyed Demoness about her race, and her reply led Naige'er and the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor to wonder whether demons and devils shared an origin.
• Naige'er rebuked Kil'jaeden and Tichondrius for interrogating his subordinate, and the two Dominators withdrew.
• Nan Yang congratulated Saine on reaching Half-Nine, and the Golden Dragon Queen spoke with Saine about the Anti-Decay Alliance's next battle plans.
• Di Pu Shu Ling secretly shared information with Saine, who gave it a Luluenman Brand Life Potion and invited it to visit Wizard Civilization.

Saine assessed the stalled Anti-Decay Alliance war and focused on securing Inert Energy Crystals to support the Zerg’s expansion. After giving Blade Queen Lisa a huge supply of crystals and coordinates for more deposits, he left her Zerg gathering resources while their strength continued to grow.

• Saine concluded that the Anti-Decay Alliance’s war would remain delayed and said the alliance would likely leave the Decay Time-Space once the Evil Tide Civilization opened its Dimensional Ascension Gate.
• Naige'er warned Saine that the Five Directions Civilization Axis Group might also fracture if it faced a difficult war.
• Saine gave Blade Queen Lisa most of his Inert Energy Crystals and Nasi Xiu’s marked starfield coordinates to help the Zerg expand.
• Lisa dispatched Zerg Engineers and Queen Zergs to systematically search for and gather Inert Energy Crystals.
• Saine learned that two Zerg Kings and a Blade Warrior were nearing advancement to Dominators and acknowledged that the Zerg already had the combat power of a top-level civilization.

Saine received Camilla and Ampsa, two Level-8 Vampire True Ancestors, as a gift from Zi You and used them for experiments while indulging in a diversion from his research. After three experiments, Camilla stayed close to Saine, leaving their relationship in an intimate but unsettling state.

• Saine learned that the two vampire True Ancestors Zi You sent were Camilla and her aunt, Ampsa, the last surviving Level-8 members of the Gekdraman Civilization.
• Camilla passed on Zi You's message that Saine should remember to relax during his long experiments.
• Saine led Camilla and Ampsa to his Body Tempering Laboratory to study vampire longevity, bloodline infection, and Bat Shadow Clone abilities.
• After three experiments, Camilla nestled against Saine and licked his neck until he slapped her buttocks, bringing her gaze back into focus.

Saine questioned Camilla and Ampsa about their depleted Dominator Omnipotent Souls and learned about the Gekdraman Civilization’s blood-pearl techniques. An emergency report announced that the Decayed Civilization had attacked the Anti-Decay Alliance, and Saine watched the opening clash from afar.

• Camilla explained that she and Ampsa had depleted their souls condensing blood pearls demanded by Zi You as payment for accepting their surrender.
• Saine offered Camilla and Ampsa rewards, including high-grade Dominator’s Blood, if they cooperated with his experiments.
• The Decayed Civilization launched an attack on the Anti-Decay Alliance after regrouping in Decay Time-Space.
• Eer Gunde led ten thousand Annihilation Dragons into battle alongside Bloody Clockwork Rui Tuo Cui Pu, Autumn, and forces supported by the Dim Radiance Prophet.
• Camilla asked Saine who would win the clash, and Saine remarked on the ferocity of the Decayed Civilization’s battlefield legions.

The Decayed Civilization routed the Anti-Decay Alliance, whose forces struggled to cooperate and could not match the veterans’ battlefield experience. With its strongest fighters occupied and the rest of its army collapsing, the Anti-Decay Alliance sought help from nearby forces.

• The Decayed Civilization attacked and quickly broke the Anti-Decay Alliance’s mid- and lower-level forces, exploiting the poor cooperation between the Dragon God Realm and the Twisted Void Civilization.
• Sargeras confronted Annihilation Dragon Er'gongde, whose brutal fighting had already wounded two demons and swallowed a Dread Dominator.
• Sargeras used Goreybor and Tesarac against Er'gongde, but the more reckless dragon suppressed him despite its injuries and lower realm.
• The Golden Dragon Queen fought Bloody Clockwork Rui Tuo Cui Pu until Di Pu Shu Ling supported her, and she switched to humanoid form to counter Rui Tuo Cui Pu’s mobility.
• The Anti-Decay Alliance failed to gain ground across the Dominator battlefields as its lower-level armies continued to rout.
• The Anti-Decay Alliance requested aid from the Wizard Civilization Expeditionary Force and Evil Tide Civilization legions in nearby starfields.

Saine and the Evil Tide Civilization refused the Anti-Decay Alliance's request for aid, while Saine predicted another decisive battle in the Flowing Light Retrospective World. There, Despair Star Envoy Alan chose to stay behind and fight, and his desperate assault began a breakthrough toward Half-Level-9.

• Saine rejected the Anti-Decay Alliance's appeal and left with Ampsa, predicting that the Decayed Civilization's remaining legions would soon fight another decisive battle.
• Despair Star Envoy Alan refused the Fallen Emperor's offer to withdraw, choosing to make one final contribution after the death of his friend Wiki.
• Alan wielded the Nuclear Nova and God of Destruction Zanding's Destruction Gauntlet to unleash a massive Meteor Shower against the Evil Tide forces.
• Demon Ancestor Gui Mie and Nether Vortex Demon Ancestor Kandira attacked Alan to prevent his apparent Half-Level-9 breakthrough.
• Emperor of Depravity Xili'ao shielded Alan from the attacks, giving him time to complete his transformation.