Chapter Summaries

With Emperor of Depravity Xili'ao protecting him, Alan advanced to Half-Level-9 and unleashed a devastating final attack before Demon Ancestor Gui Mie killed him. Alan’s fall weakened the Decayed Civilization’s counterattack, while the Fallen Emperor preserved his True Spirit Light.

• Emperor of Depravity Xili'ao protected Alan as he completed his transformation into a Half-Level-9 powerhouse.
• Alan used Extreme Starfall and Falling Stars to attack hostile forces across the battlefield, causing Dominators to fall and many others to be injured.
• As the long battle wore down, Destruction Giant Ape Wukong struck Alan while competing for spoils, and Demon Ancestor Gui Mie delivered the fatal blow with his Demon Blade.
• Alan’s final stand helped cover the retreat of Decayed Civilization forces, which withdrew until their territory in the Dimensional Esophagus shrank to around 2%.
• The Fallen Emperor recovered Alan’s True Spirit Light and hoped they would fight side by side again.

After Alan's fall, the Evil Tide Civilization secured the complete Destruction Gauntlet while the Immortal Domain's Dipamkara Buddha claimed a fragment of Alan's Nuclear Nova. As the war shifted toward the Material Star Realm of the Decay Time-Space, Saine prepared to test Little White in battle after making progress taming her.

• Dipamkara Buddha survived Alan's final assault and kept the largest fragment of Alan's shattered Nuclear Nova, the Polar Star Core.
• The Evil Tide Civilization traded flesh and resources with the Nether River Old Ancestor and obtained both halves of the Destruction Gauntlet.
• The war in the Flowing Light Retrospective World largely ended with Alan's fall, leaving the Evil Tide Civilization to prepare for the conflict in the Decay Time-Space.
• Saine's training had made Little White obey some commands, though she had licked away half of the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.
• Saine asked the God of Machines to release Little White's restraints so he could test her on the battlefield, and Little White reacted timidly when Saine offered her candy.

Saine treated Little White and assessed the shifting war in the Decay Time-Space as the Evil Tide Civilization prepared to intervene. The Star Wheel Demon Ancestor and his forces launched an assault, while Saine sent the Zerg and Mechanical Legions into the Decayed Civilization's starfield.

• Saine's Holy Light treatment calmed Little White and faded the Illusion-type Rule patterns on her skin.
• Saine observed that the Decayed Civilization had weakened and the Anti-Decay Alliance was nibbling at its borders, while predicting the Evil Tide Civilization would reignite the war.
• The Star Wheel Demon Ancestor descended into the Decay Time-Space with the Shura Demon Emperor and other Evil Tide Dominators, then ordered them to attack.
• The Shura Demon Emperor led the Evil Tide forces in a charge against the Decayed Civilization's camp.
• Saine ordered the Zerg Blade Empress to lead her Zerg toward Inert Crystal veins, then sent the Mechanical Legion to attack.

The Evil Tide Civilization launched its offensive against the Decayed Civilization, which withdrew across its vast territory to buy time while Demon Ancestor Di Fa coordinated the campaign remotely. After completing an experiment with the Zerg, Saine concluded that the present time-space and the one Nasi Xiu had inhabited a million years earlier were different, leaving him to wonder whether they were connected by a Time Intersection Line.

• The Evil Tide Civilization, led by the Shura Demon Emperor and others, advanced against the Decayed Civilization as it began an orderly retreat to rebuild its forces.
• The surrounding civilizations threatened the weakened territories left behind, while the Eternal Soul Clan continued to resist and Saine marked the Soul Emperor.
• The Supreme Hall assigned Demon Ancestor Di Fa to remotely coordinate the Evil Tide Civilization's war effort in Decay Time-Space.
• The Zerg Legion and Saine's forces mined Inert Energy Crystals while Saine completed an important experiment with the Zerg.
• Saine concluded that the present time-space and the one Nasi Xiu had inhabited a million years earlier were different and wondered whether they formed a Time Intersection Line.

Saine verified that the Inert Crystals in the starfield had not been mined, confirming that the Decay Time-Space influenced by Nasi Xiu differed from the one before him. He traveled toward the former Zeus Skelton Empire with Little Red and Little White, only to find that another force had claimed it and war was raging at its border.

• Saine considered how the untouched Inert Crystals supported his deductions about the different Decay Time-Spaces.
• Lisa told Saine she would remain in the Star Sector rather than bring Fermton there, and Saine bid farewell to his sworn sister.
• Saine set off for the Zeus Skelton Empire with Little White and Hongxia, whom he called Little Red.
• Little Red helped Saine handle pirates and specimens during the journey, and Saine realized she had also won Little White's cooperation.
• Saine arrived at the outer starfield of the Zeus Skelton Empire and discovered that someone else had claimed it, while fierce fighting raged at its border.

Saine advanced through the Zeus Skelton Empire’s territory, capturing scientists and using the loyalty of its officers to pass military checkpoints. When the Gunther Civilization’s fleet confronted him over its invasion spoils, Saine stopped Little Red and unleashed activation and Awakening Light.

• Saine observed the Gunther Civilization overpowering the Zeus Skelton Empire, whose restored emperor lacked the strength to defend it.
• Saine seized octopus-shaped machines and traveled through the empire with pledged scientists, officers, and marshals, inspecting research facilities and taking scientists.
• The Gunther Civilization, led by Level-8 Late-Stage Otto, sent a Dominator-Class War Fleet to confront Saine and protect its share of the empire’s resources.
• Little Red prepared to attack the fleet, but Saine stopped her and released activation and Awakening Light, triggering a riot among the Mechanical Element life forms.

Saine seized control of a Level-7 Gunther Civilization fleet by awakening its machines and learned about Otto and the Ultimate Spider Behemoth. As Otto and the Behemoth approached, Saine reflected on the Zeus Skelton Empire’s accelerating recovery and military buildup.

• Saine used the Magic Cube and his machine-controlling abilities to turn the Gunther Civilization fleet’s machines against their former masters, overwhelming its creatures and erasing their independent wills.
• Saine learned details about Otto and the Level-8 Ultimate Spider Behemoth, and he considered the Behemoth a gift for Rose.
• Otto lost contact with the fleet and hurried toward the site, wondering what force had destroyed it.
• Saine detected Otto and the Ultimate Spider Behemoth approaching and welcomed the chance to meet them without having to search for them himself.
• Saine learned that the recovering Zeus Skelton Empire was building at least four Dominator-Class War Fleets and two Dominator-Class Fortresses, while two Dominator-Class cyborgs neared breakthroughs.

Fuxis asked Saine to protect the Zeus Skelton Empire, and Saine agreed in exchange for resources. Saine then waited for Otto and demonstrated his power by transforming Otto’s metal arms into a cage that wounded him.

• Fuxis contacted Saine and offered the Zeus Skelton Empire’s cooperation and resources in exchange for aid against the Gunther Civilization and a legacy.
• Saine accepted Fuxis’s request and gave him a list of the resources he wanted.
• Saine stayed behind to wait for Otto, while the infected Dominator-class fleet group entered the Cube Time-Space.
• Otto arrived and challenged Saine to show the power that had dismantled the Gunther Civilization’s fleet.
• Saine used Rule Light to transform Otto’s eight metal spinal arms into a bladed cage that trapped and wounded him.
• Otto stared at the cage and asked what kind of power Saine had used.

Saine tested his Mechanical God True Body against Otto’s Ultimate Spider Behemoth and impressed Otto with his technological mastery. Otto surrendered and asked to become Saine’s assistant, agreeing to relocate the Gunther Civilization to Saine’s Mechanical Civilization, though Astral Realm Overseer Su objected.

• Otto’s Level-8 Ultimate Spider Behemoth arrived and attacked Saine, who studied its abilities before praising Otto’s creation.
• Saine summoned his Mechanical God True Body, and the Ultimate Spider Behemoth froze under its overwhelming power.
• Otto stopped resisting and asked Saine to accept him as an experimental assistant.
• Saine asked Otto to relocate the Gunther Civilization to his Mechanical Civilization, and Otto eagerly agreed.
• Saine asked Astral Realm Overseer Su whether he could take the Gunther Civilization, and Su protested.

Saine subdues Otto, gathers resources and scientists from the Zeus Skelton Empire, and visits the Gunther Civilization while pondering how time-space history may change. On the Decayed Civilization’s frontlines, the Enlightenment Prophet reappears under the Undying Supreme’s attack, and the Soul Emperor finally reaches his limit under relentless pressure.

• Saine recruits Otto and tells him to consider joining the Anti-Decay Alliance while deciding the Gunther Civilization’s future.
• Emperor Fuxis delivers Saine’s requested resources and scientists, but Saine tells him the Zeus Skelton Empire cannot join the Anti-Decay Alliance and suggests the Decayed Civilization may yet survive.
• Saine accepts Otto’s invitation and travels to the Gunther Civilization through a time-space wormhole Otto discovered.
• The Enlightenment Prophet returns to the battlefield, where the Undying Supreme immediately targets him and matches his rising power.
• The Soul Emperor, pressured by the First Flame Emperor, the Evil Tide Civilization, and Saine’s Dominators, can no longer hold on.

Saine returned from the Gunther Civilization to witness the Soul Emperor’s final battle and death, while reflecting on Otto’s violent rise to power and the Gunther Civilization’s technological progress. The Soul Emperor’s fall caused vast rule disturbances across the Material Star Realm.

• Saine learned that the Soul Emperor had been worn down by a powerful coalition and hurried back to the Decayed Civilization Battlefield to claim a share of the spoils.
• Otto told Saine how he had killed or removed opponents to reshape the Gunther Civilization and described leading its leap into a large world civilization.
• Saine and Otto reached the front lines in time to witness the Soul Emperor’s death in a crimson Sea of Fire.
• The Soul Emperor’s death triggered immense rule disturbances throughout the Material Star Realm, and Saine remarked on how fragile its rules were compared with those of the Flowing Light Retrospective World.

After the Soul Emperor’s fall, Saine and First Flame Emperor divided the spoils, with Saine securing two supreme treasures and the right to continue studying First Flame Emperor. Saine then observed the battlefield, where he heard the Enlightenment Prophet was nearby.

• First Flame Emperor chose the Soul Emperor’s Origin Soul Crystal, while Saine welcomed the transformed Emperor Flame, which he called Ten Thousand Flames.
• Saine arranged for the Yan Emperor Divine Clan to receive most of the Eternal Soul Clan’s postwar benefits, and First Flame Emperor accepted the deal.
• Saine took the Eternal Soul Flame and Ten Thousand Flames, while the Evil Tide Civilization received the Soul Capture Pearl, which later ended up with Celestial Venerable Han.
• Saine gained permission to continue experiments with First Flame Emperor, while Otto witnessed the battlefield’s respect for Saine and grew more reverent toward him.
• Rose welcomed Saine’s Ultimate Spider Behemoth mount and shared laboratory treasures collected by Naige’er after Saine’s research had strengthened her Blood Elf legion.
• Saine looked across the surrounding starry sky after hearing that the Enlightenment Prophet was on a nearby battlefield.

Saine confronted the Enlightenment Prophet over his plans and the Source Tracing Stone, which the Evil Tide Civilization needed to complete its Dimensional Ascension Channel. After the Enlightenment Prophet lost his temper, Saine dragged him into Darkness Space, with Little White following.

• The Undying Supreme kept the Enlightenment Prophet from securing what he wanted on the battlefield.
• Saine arrived and questioned whether the Enlightenment Prophet had a third plan beyond victory for the Decayed Civilization or escape through the Gate of Rules.
• Saine accused the Enlightenment Prophet of bringing the Source Tracing Stone to bargain with the Evil Tide Civilization and warned that Cthulhu had already earned its support.
• Cthulhu watched from the Decay Time-Space and regarded the Enlightenment Prophet with hostility as Saine pointed out their possible competition for the best Gate of Rules.
• The Enlightenment Prophet shouted at Saine, who activated the Faceless Mask and pulled him into Darkness Space while Little White followed.

Saine questioned the Enlightenment Prophet inside the Darkness Space, learned of his fear of becoming like Little White, and suggested he explore the depths of the Immortal Domain. After they fought, the Enlightenment Prophet escaped into the Decay Starfield, leaving Saine with a Source Tracing Stone.

• Saine brought the Enlightenment Prophet into the Darkness Space, where the God of Machines and Little White stood with him.
• The Enlightenment Prophet revealed that he feared becoming a Rule Being like Little White and mocked the Star Realm’s destiny.
• Saine suggested that the Enlightenment Prophet search for another path in the deepest part of the Chaos Qi Sea, then tried asking him about Truth Arcana.
• Saine entered the God of Machines and attacked the Enlightenment Prophet, who eventually tore open space and escaped into the Decay Starfield.
• The God of Machines began sensing the Star Realm’s repulsive force, and Saine emerged from the Darkness Space holding a Source Tracing Stone left behind by the Enlightenment Prophet.

Saine gave the Undying Supreme the Source Tracing Stone and began studying the Soul Emperor’s spoils of war, hoping to develop his Flames of Ash into a special Rule Fire. As he experimented in Darkness Space, the Evil Tide Civilization’s occupation of Decayed Top-Level Planes accelerated its Dimensional Ascension Gate, while the wider conflict edged toward its conclusion.

• Saine handed the Source Tracing Stone to the Undying Supreme and arranged for the Evil Tide Civilization to give both stones to the Wizard Civilization after using them.
• Saine returned to the Wizard Civilization and shut himself in his laboratory to study the Soul Emperor’s spoils, including Ten Thousand Flames and the Eternal Soul Flame.
• Saine moved his experiments into Darkness Space as events unfolded across the Star Realm.
• The Evil Tide Civilization intensified its attacks on the Decayed Civilization and advanced its Dimensional Ascension Gate by another 2% after occupying decayed Top-Level Planes.
• The Evil Tide Civilization borrowed Camilla and Ampsa to help demonize Gekdraman World, while Bai Xing planned to visit the weakened Tianhai Realm Civilization.
• The Demon Fall Supreme and the Fallen Emperor stopped fighting, and the Dimensional Hegemony drew closer to its end.

Saine fused several supreme flames into a golden flame that advanced his strength to the Half-Level-9 mid-stage. As the Evil Tide Civilization neared victory over the Decayed Civilization, the chapter followed Demon Emperor Kufeng’s anticipation, Clear Sky Demon Emperor’s mourning, and Twilight Tribulation Demon Emperor’s continued battles.

• Saine fused Ten Thousand Flames, the Eternal Soul Flame, and the First Flame Emperor’s fire into a golden flame with the attributes of fusion and advancement, raising his displayed life level to the Half-Level-9 mid-stage.
• Demon Emperor Kufeng drifted through Decay Time-Space, confident that the Evil Tide Civilization would soon win the Dimensional Hegemony and eager to explore a higher dimension.
• Clear Sky Demon Emperor returned to the Evil Tide heartland to recover from his injuries and placed a white Flower of Life at the tombstone of the fallen Unscathed Demon Emperor.
• Twilight Tribulation Demon Emperor fought on the front lines in Decay Time-Space, resolved to keep advancing beyond Level-8 and eventually reach the Devil Ancestor level.
• Two thousand years later, the Evil Tide Civilization had occupied much of the Decayed Civilization’s Homeland Star Territory, and the Dimensional Ascension Gate was nearing the final stage of its transformation.

The Evil Tide Civilization rapidly occupied Decayed Civilization territory, while Autumn risked his life to evacuate civilians from the advancing front. As he tried to save the people of the Thorn Sun Flower Great World, Demon Ancestor Kai Huang breached its barrier and the Evil Tide Army invaded.

• The Evil Tide Civilization occupied numerous Decayed planes and destroyed many of them, though its leaders later imposed limits on further massacres.
• Autumn stayed on the front lines and led surviving Decayed Dominators in evacuating civilians to safer planes.
• Autumn arranged twenty-two Interstellar Teleportation Light Gates in the Thorn Sun Flower Great World, but fewer than a third of its plant beings had escaped when the Evil Tide Army arrived.
• Demon Ancestor Kai Huang tore through the Thorn Sun Flower Great World's Plane Barrier, allowing countless Evil Tide Legions to pour inside.

Autumn and his loyal followers faced annihilation when Demon Ancestor Kai Huang shattered the Thorn Sun Flower Great World's Plane Barrier, but Fallen Emperor intervened to save the survivors. His rescue exposed him to Demon Fall Supreme’s attack and the Star Realm’s rejection, while a dark purple Rule Vortex appeared behind Demon Fall Supreme.

• Demon Ancestor Kai Huang broke through the Thorn Sun Flower Great World's defenses and overwhelmed Autumn and his six Decayed Civilization Dominators.
• The Brocade Fur Mouse Dominator Jin Yu refused to abandon Autumn as he shielded her from attacks until he collapsed with only a wisp of his Eternal Soul remaining.
• Fallen Emperor used the Power of Rules to rescue Autumn, Jin Yu, and four other surviving Decayed Dominators.
• Demon Fall Supreme ambushed Fallen Emperor while he was protecting Autumn and explained that he sought redemption rather than personal or civilizational ascension.
• Fallen Emperor suffered the Star Realm’s rejection, and a dark purple Rule Vortex appeared behind Demon Fall Supreme, making Demon Fall Supreme tremble.

Demon Fall Supreme accepted that the growing Rule Vortex would soon force him to leave the Dimensional Battlefield and prepared his Evil Tide Civilization for his departure. As he began gathering Origin Power to create a Civilization Supreme Treasure, his followers faced his final order.

• Demon Fall Supreme continued attacking the Fallen Emperor as the Rule Vortex behind him grew, while the Fallen Emperor sent Autumn and several Dominators of the Decayed Civilization away.
• The Fallen Emperor withdrew his power, and Demon Fall Supreme gradually stopped fighting as the vortex reached an irreversible state.
• Demon Fall Supreme told the Devil Ancestors and Demon Emperors under his command to obey Secluded Bamboo Supreme after he left, while allowing them to choose their own paths if they later reached Level 9.
• Demon Fall Supreme's subordinates bowed in obedience as his Evil Tide True Body expanded and gathered Origin Power to leave a Civilization Supreme Treasure behind.

Demon Fall Supreme left the Evil Tide Civilization two Civilization Supreme Treasures, a Thirty-Six Petal Evil Tide Purple Lotus and a purple magic mirror, before departing through the Space-Time Vortex. The lotus went to Shura Demon Emperor, while Demon Emperor Raymond received the mirror and was entrusted with the civilization’s future.

• Demon Fall Supreme revealed a Thirty-Six Petal Demonized Purple Lotus and a purple magic mirror as the Civilization Supreme Treasures he had prepared for the Evil Tide Civilization.
• Demon Fall Supreme sent the Thirty-Six Petal Evil Tide Purple Lotus to the injured Shura Demon Emperor, who bowed in gratitude.
• Demon Fall Supreme gave the purple magic mirror to Demon Emperor Raymond and told him to contribute to the Evil Tide Civilization in the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Demon Fall Supreme retreated toward the Space-Time Vortex after entrusting the Evil Tide Civilization’s future to its next generation.