Chapter Summaries

The allied forces advanced against the Dreadful Treant Civilization and concentrated their strength on the Sky-Based Human Civilization battlefield. Glait activated the Apocalypse Helmet to turn enemy forces, prompting Saine to answer with Mechanical Awakening.

• The Black-Horned Dung Beetle King intercepted Mechanical Second Brother with a charge, spreading rule slime and poison gas that forced Little Tenth Helen to withdraw with her Pharaoh Legion.
• Helen left the Bone Spirit Magic Puppets and Monster Legion behind, warning her monster mounts not to approach or eat anything on the battlefield.
• The Destruction Giant Ape held back the Calamity Source Giant Tree while Mechanical Second Brother and the Mechanical Monster Emperor engaged other opponents; meanwhile, allied fleets and Zerg attacked the Sky-Based Human Civilization.
• The Blade Empress, Galaxy Star Safina, and Little Tenth joined the assault on Glait as Saine and other reinforcements arrived.
• Glait burned Eternal Soul and activated the Apocalypse Helmet, boosting his forces and turning allied legions, especially those of the Free Blade Civilization.
• Saine snapped his fingers and unleashed deep-blue light with the words “Mechanical Awakening!”

Saine’s Mechanical Awakening transformed and empowered machines across the battlefield, including Sky-Based Human Civilization fleets and the Heavenly Machine Hub. Glait charged Saine, but Lisa intercepted him, and Befu’s Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon struck him as Lisa’s growth drew Saine’s attention.

• Saine used the Magic Cube to amplify his Mechanical Awakening, transforming Sky-Based Human ships and strengthening Mechanical Civilization forces across the battlefield.
• Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor watched as Saine’s influence reached the Heavenly Machine Hub, alarming Glait and destabilizing Sky-Based Human forces.
• Glait charged toward Saine, but Blade Queen Lisa intercepted him and slashed his face despite his amplified mind-power laws.
• Saine sensed that Lisa had grown stronger after obtaining the Gegentis Queen Worm’s Flesh Genes and reflected on Befu’s rapid advancement in Truth Arcana.
• Befu prepared a Piercing Strike from the Heavenly Planet Destroyer Cannon, and its blue beam swallowed Glait as Lisa vanished.

Saine’s Mechanical Awakening transformed the Sky-Based Human Civilization’s Heavenly Machine Hub into a colossal Heavenly Machine Metal Robot, which immediately turned against its former masters. The Sky-Based Human forces suffered heavy losses as their animated fleets and fortresses joined the Mechanical Civilization.

• Befu continued attacking Glait while Safina’s Source Energy Sub-Cities helped trap him inside the Heavenly Planet Destroyer Battleship’s strike.
• Saine began Mechanical Awakening and targeted the Heavenly Machine Hub, causing technological warships to be affected and parts of the Hub to fall out of Glait’s control.
• Little Tenth flew toward Saine, but he ignored her as the Hub began transforming into a Super Robot.
• Jue Teng Tree Demon attacked Saine and its Rule Light restored some strength to Glait and supported the Sky-Based Human and Dreadful Treant forces.
• The Heavenly Machine Hub completed its transformation into the Heavenly Machine Metal Robot and attacked Sky-Based Human legions with a Heavenly Machine Energy Wave.
• The Mechanical Civilization animated former Sky-Based Human fleets and fortresses, adding them to its forces on the battlefield.

Saine’s Mechanical Civilization overwhelmed the Sky-Based Human Civilization on the Land of Exile, while the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s spore army failed to turn the tide. The Sky-Based Human Civilization Legion was annihilated, and the Dreadful Treant forces retreated after suffering devastating losses.

• Saine awakened captured Heavenly Machine Hubs and unleashed mechanical forces that shattered the Sky-Based Human Civilization’s morale and battlefield formations.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon spread flower spores that grew into Treants on mechanical units, but its creations were weaker and less extensive than Saine’s awakened army.
• Saine rose above the battlefield and watched as the Jue Teng Tree Demon arrived, while the Mechanical Civilization continued its occupation advance.
• The Sky-Based Human Civilization Legion was annihilated, and Blade Empress Lisa helped Saine collect the slain leader Glait’s true spirit and the Heart-Electric Crystal Sphere.
• The Dreadful Treant Civilization retreated after the battle, with the Calamity Source Giant Tree badly injured, the White Feather Rebel King severely wounded, and the Black-Horned Dung Beetle King killed.

The Wizard Civilization and its allies killed the Black-Horned Dung Beetle King after its foul gas made it a target for the battlefield’s Dominators, and Blade Queen Lisa claimed its genetic material. Saine drove back the Jue Teng Tree Demon and realized its roots had spread across much of the Land of Exile, strengthening its foundation despite the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s retreat.

• The Dominators increasingly targeted the Black-Horned Dung Beetle King for its foul stench, while Saine kept the Jue Teng Tree Demon from intervening.
• Blade Queen Lisa delivered the final blow to the Black-Horned Dung Beetle King, then took samples for genetic research and shared much of its corpse with the other Dominators.
• The Wizard Civilization group continued fighting the Dreadful Treant Civilization and drove the Jue Teng Tree Demon back several thousand li.
• Saine realized that the Jue Teng Tree Demon had extended its roots across a vast portion of the Land of Exile, increasing the strength of its foundation.

The Mechanical Civilization’s victory forced the Dreadful Treant Civilization to retreat, leaving its battlefield territory compressed to 24.5% as the war approached its late stages. Saine held back from an immediate pursuit while the allied forces considered their next target, and he took an interest in the Stark Pantheon’s Bronze Mask.

• The Dreadful Treant Civilization withdrew under the cover of the Level-9 Jue Teng Tree Demon after the Mechanical Civilization and its allies routed its forces.
• Saine defeated the Jue Teng Tree Demon again and chose not to press the retreating forces, judging that the advance required caution.
• After the Sky-Based Human Civilization Legion was annihilated, the allied legions considered five remaining battlefields, and many turned their attention to the Stark Pantheon.
• Saine noted Master Naige’er’s interest in the Stark Pantheon’s Bronze Mask and wondered at the Mystic System Civilization Supreme Treasure’s creator.

Morati struggled to preserve the Stark Pantheon’s future as the Mechanical Civilization’s forces and their allies converged on its war zone. With Neutron Star joining the Wizard Alliance under binding contracts, the Stark Pantheon faced the prospect of defeat while its surviving gods tried to protect their home civilization.

• Supporting War God Peak Civilization, Free Blade Civilization, and Immortal Domain Buddhism Sect legions redirected their forces toward the Stark Pantheon as allied armies weakened and opposition to the war spread.
• Morati ordered the Stark Pantheon’s gods to fight while seeking to send their spoils and resources back to the Material Star Realm, and an eighth-level chief god urged the home gods to conceal their auras.
• After the chief gods left, Morati wondered whether the Stark Pantheon could escape the karma of the Dimensional Hegemony and avert disaster in the Material Star Realm.
• The Mechanical Civilization’s Dominator forces shifted to the Stark Pantheon war zone, while Saine intercepted the Level-9 Jue Teng Tree Demon and the Dreadful Treant Civilization continued sending support.
• Neutron Star joined the fighting after Befu and the Wizard Civilization bound it to a series of contracts that made it an Alliance Dominator.

The Dawn Civilization’s Dominators deserted the Dimensional Battlefield as the Mechanical Civilization advanced, triggering a crisis of trust among the Dreadful Treant Civilization and its allies. The Goddess of Dawn left for the Material Star Realm to retrieve the deserters, while the Jue Teng Tree Demon warned that the Dawn, Sage, and Dark Empire civilizations had no safe retreat if the Dreadful Treant Civilization fell.

• The Neutron Star joined the Mechanical Civilization’s frontline, coordinating with Little Star and other Celestial Star Creatures in a formation that inspired Wang Wang.
• Several Dawn Civilization Dominators fled the Dimensional Battlefield and returned to the Material Star Realm, taking their legions and the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s compensation with them.
• The Dreadful Treant Civilization’s Dominators suspected the Goddess of Dawn might also desert, and some proposed reducing the Dawn Civilization’s battlefield resources.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon allowed the Goddess of Dawn to return to the Material Star Realm and promised not to reduce the Dawn Civilization’s battlefield share.
• The Goddess of Dawn departed with one trusted Level-7 Dominator while the rest of her forces remained on the battlefield.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon told the Layered Silver Tree that the Dawn, Sage, and Dark Empire civilizations had no path of retreat because their home coordinates lay close to the Dreadful Treant Civilization.

The Goddess of Dawn returned to the Material Star Realm to rally support for the Dimensional Hegemony, but the Sage Civilization had split over how to respond and the Dark Empire refused to send troops amid a leadership crisis. When she returned to the Land of Exile, the Stark Pantheon was buckling under attacks from Mechanical Civilization and Wizard Civilization reinforcements.

• The Goddess of Dawn returned to the Material Star Realm and began rallying the Dawn Civilization, while the Great Sage's letter led the Sage Civilization's forces to split between supporting the war, staying behind, and fleeing into the void.
• The Goddess of Dawn grew uneasy that the Great Sage had contacted the Sage Civilization's Dominators directly and had told her nothing, but she reorganized the Dawn Civilization's legions and prepared to return to the front.
• The Dark Empire refused the Goddess of Dawn's request for troops after the Dark Emperor and elite legions died, while internal discord left the empire on the verge of civil war.
• The Goddess of Dawn returned to the Land of Exile and found that the Stark Pantheon was buckling under attacks by reinforcements from the Mechanical Civilization and Wizard Civilization.

The Mechanical Civilization and its allies defeated the Stark Pantheon, with Naige'er and the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet leading the attack that killed Morati. After claiming their spoils, Naige'er and several Wizard Civilization experts withdrew to recover while Saine's forces prepared to confront the Dreadful Treant Civilization's core region.

• The One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet split Morati's head with Shattering Star Strike as Naige'er and the allied forces overwhelmed the Stark Pantheon.
• Befu's forces prioritized killing the Stark Pantheon's believers and subordinate gods, weakening its chief gods as the battle spread across the battlefield.
• Neutron Star devoured Morati's godly body, the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor Corpse Puppet struck again, and Naige'er seized Morati's Bronze Mask and harvested his remains.
• The Mechanical Civilization gave Morati's Level-8 Peak chief god divinity to the Mani God System Civilization after the Stark Pantheon campaign ended.
• Naige'er, Befu, Lisa, and Little Tenth withdrew to recuperate while Saine's forces considered how to breach the Dreadful Treant Civilization's core region.
• Han Li continued fighting the Lord of Flame Demon, while Dipamkara Buddha and other external allies pursued opportunities on the battlefield.

Saine studied how to advance the Mechanical Civilization by changing its underlying binary logic into ternary, while considering the Astral Realm’s balance rules and the Wizard Civilization’s future. As his experiment began producing new rule fluctuations, it signaled a potential transformation for the Mechanical Civilization.

• Saine reflected that he could prolong his stay in the Material Star Realm through the ongoing Dimensional Hegemony, but he was increasingly curious about High-Dimensional Time-Space.
• Saine considered whether the many treasures he had left the Wizard Civilization would provoke the Astral Realm’s balance rules, and wondered whether an even stronger civilization had existed in the Star Realm.
• Saine chose to focus on the Dimensional Battlefield and on improving the Mechanical Civilization rather than returning to the Wizard World.
• Saine used the codes sent by the God of Machines to study the Mechanical Civilization’s binary foundation and seek a leap to ternary logic.
• Saine’s experiment changed the displayed codes from 0s and 1s to 0s, 1s, and 2s, while the Magic Cube emitted golden light and heartbeat-like rule fluctuations.

Saine’s research into Sky-Based Human brain-domain expansion advanced his Rule-based process to around 80%, bringing him to late Level-9, while Mechanical Civilization continued transforming and strengthening. The Dreadful Treant Civilization’s prospects worsened further when the Lord of Flame Demon fell on the battlefield.

• The Mechanical Heart and Dragon Patterned Arm began evolving into Civilization Supreme Treasures, strengthening Geluomuzi and the Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor as Mechanical Civilization’s forces pressed the war.
• Little Tenth traded with Dipamkara Buddha and other customers, paying Wizard Alliance taxes while profiting from the exchange of Death and Life Element resources.
• Saine studied Glait’s brain corpse and Apocalypse Helmet, expanded his brain domain, and increased his Rule-based process by about 5% to around 80%.
• Mechanical Civilization’s shift from binary to ternary accelerated its computational efficiency, and two Mechanical Dominators advanced over the following thousand years.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon sensed a troubling change in Saine’s power while the Dreadful Treant Civilization struggled to recover after the Sky-Based Human Legion’s defeat.
• The Lord of Flame Demon, the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s last Level-8 Peak powerhouse to enter the Dimensional Hegemony, fell like a crimson meteor.

Lord of Flame Demon fell after a group of Dominators overwhelmed it, leaving the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s forces in dire straits. On the frontal battlefield, Ancient Emperor Jing Jue broke through to Half-Level-9 Late-Stage with the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s support, then received a Level-9 Ancient Tree Crystal to devour.

• Celestial Venerable Han and several other Dominators killed Lord of Flame Demon, while Little Tenth sealed it as a Level-8 Late-Stage creature and secured a share of the spoils.
• Lord of Flame Demon died without revealing the coordinates of its mother civilization, and its fall showed that the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s individual Dominators had all died or defected.
• The Mechanical Civilization’s advance discouraged other Top-Level Civilizations and independent forces from joining the Dimensional Hegemony.
• Ancient Emperor Jing Jue endured Silver Knight and other experts’ attacks as the Jue Teng Tree Demon infused him with source life essence.
• Ancient Emperor Jing Jue advanced to Half-Level-9 Late-Stage, and the Jue Teng Tree Demon gave him a Level-9 Ancient Tree Crystal to devour.

The Jue Teng Tree Demon gave its Level-9 Tree Crystal to Ancient Emperor Jing Jue, helping it reach Half-Level-9 Peak and overwhelm Silver Knight. Mechanical Civilization reinforcements arrived to contain Ancient Emperor Jing Jue, while Saine weighed whether to kill it and thereby harm the Jue Teng Tree Demon.

• The Jue Teng Tree Demon gave its Level-9 Tree Crystal to Ancient Emperor Jing Jue, while Liu Yun continued fighting the Zerg Blade Empress.
• Ancient Emperor Jing Jue absorbed the crystal and advanced from Half-Level-9 Late-Stage to Half-Level-9 Peak.
• Ancient Emperor Jing Jue attacked Silver Knight with the Wood God Sword and Emperor's Spear, and Silver Knight tried to withdraw.
• Saine sent Destruction Giant Ape Wukong, Nether River Old Ancestor, Blazing Red Fox, Galaxy Star Safina, and other experts to reinforce Silver Knight and suppress Ancient Emperor Jing Jue.
• Saine judged that killing Ancient Emperor Jing Jue could seriously harm the Jue Teng Tree Demon and considered taking action himself.

Saine prepared to kill Ancient Emperor Jing Jue without directly violating the rules of Dimensional Hegemony, assembling the Mechanical Civilization’s strength around a new Super Robot. As the machine took shape on the frontline, Ancient Emperor Jing Jue and the Jue Teng Tree Demon watched in alarm.

• Saine decided he would not be the first to break the rules by personally using Level-9 Power to kill Ancient Emperor Jing Jue.
• Saine began planning a new Intelligent Robot as a way to act against Ancient Emperor Jing Jue without entering the fight himself.
• Ancient Emperor Jing Jue struggled under the pressure of holding the frontline and overseeing nearly forty percent of the Land of Exile battlefield.
• The Mechanical Civilization’s forces gathered as silver-white Metal Source of Fire transformed trillions of Intelligent Robots and drew in Source Energy Sub-Cities and Heavenly Machine Hub Super Robots.
• A massive new Super Metal Robot began to take shape before the stunned Plant Element Dominators and the Jue Teng Tree Demon.

Saine gathered the Mechanical Civilization’s forces into an unprecedented Super Metal Robot, drawing support from allies as its components assembled around his collective will. The colossus faced Ancient Emperor Jing Jue while the Level-9 Jue Teng Tree Demon watched, and Saine contemplated this new height of power.

• Befu sent the Heavenly Planet Destroyer Battleship fleet to Saine, while Safina dispatched the Source Energy Sub-Cities under her control.
• Metal Source of Fire spread as the Mechanical Civilization’s forces converged on Saine, whose growing power alarmed the Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Mechanical Second Brother, Geluomuzi, Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor, Fumila, Icarus, Decepticons, Optimus Prime, and other Dominator-class robots merged into a Super Metal Robot with a collective will.
• The Zerg, the Immortal Domain, the Eight Directions Conglomerate’s forces, and Naige'er supported the Mechanical Civilization’s fronts as its Dominators joined the fusion.
• The Super Metal Robot locked onto Ancient Emperor Jing Jue, prompting the external aid experts to withdraw from the coming battle.
• The completed colossus rose to rival and slightly surpass the Jue Teng Tree Demon in size, while Saine wondered whether this was the new height of power.

Saine used the Mechanical Civilization’s power to assemble a Super Metal Robot without adding his own strength, then sent it to kill Ancient Emperor Jing Jue. As the robot suppressed Jing Jue, Saine wondered whether the power he had sensed was Level 10, while the Jue Teng Tree Demon faced a choice about intervening.

• Saine explained that the Super Metal Robot’s fusion used the Magic Cube and the Mechanical Civilization’s forces, while he kept his own power out of the battle.
• The robot’s fusion rate stalled at 97.8%, and Saine decided it was ready to fight despite its remaining flaws.
• Saine left the robot’s control room, and the Super Robot advanced on Ancient Emperor Jing Jue with nearly thirty mechanical arms.
• The Super Robot restrained Jing Jue and brought its metal palm down to suppress him, while Saine assessed its power as at least Level-9 Mid-Stage.
• Saine wondered whether the new height of power he had sensed was Level 10, as the Jue Teng Tree Demon considered whether to save Jing Jue.

Astral Realm Overseer Ming watched Saine briefly reach a power beyond Level 9 and realized the Astral Realm Will could not interfere with him during the Dimensional Hegemony. As Saine’s forces threatened the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s roots, the Tree Demon finally intervened to save Ancient Emperor Jing Jue from a fatal strike.

• Astral Realm Overseer Ming confirmed that Saine had briefly reached a realm beyond Level 9, perhaps comparable to Pan Gu’s, and wondered how such a power was possible in the Material Star Realm.
• Ming recognized that Saine’s entry into the Dimensional Hegemony protected him from being expelled, while Saine continued growing stronger and the Jue Teng Tree Demon weakened.
• Ming concluded that the Jue Teng Tree Demon was likely to be eliminated when the Dimensional Hegemony ended.
• Saine’s Super Metal Robot swung a full-force strike at the sealed Ancient Emperor Jing Jue as the Jue Teng Tree Demon hesitated over whether to intervene.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon chose to act, knowing Ancient Emperor Jing Jue would otherwise die and that the battlefield was turning against its civilization.

Saine's Super Metal Robot clashed with the Jue Teng Tree Demon after the latter intervened to save Ancient Emperor Jing Jue, escalating the Dimensional Battlefield's fighting to Level-9 intensity. The battle revealed that Saine's faction had three Level-9 combat powers, while Lisa and the others attacked the Dreadful Treant Civilization's exposed forces elsewhere.

• The Jue Teng Tree Demon intercepted the Super Metal Robot's strike, destroying a Source Energy Sub-City and injuring Mechanical Dominators in the fusion.
• Saine reflected that the Super Metal Robot had immense power but was a collective mechanical force rather than a true Level-9 Being.
• The Super Metal Robot resumed pressing toward Ancient Emperor Jing Jue, and the Jue Teng Tree Demon continued clashing with it.
• Observers realized Saine's faction had three Level-9 combat powers: Saine, Little White, and the Super Metal Robot.
• While the Level-9 clash continued, Blade Queen Lisa and the others attacked the Dreadful Treant Civilization's exposed forces in other war zones.

Blade Queen Lisa offered Liu Yun a way to live as the wounded Dominator struggled to withstand her attacks. Elsewhere, the Calamity Source Giant Tree advanced to Half-Level-9 but remained under First Flame Emperor’s assault, while Dipamkara Buddha targeted the injured White Feather Rebel King and his Jade Shadow Divine Hook.

• Liu Yun’s Dominator Omnipotent Soul fell toward 20% as Blade Queen Lisa offered her a way to live.
• First Flame Emperor repeatedly battered the Calamity Source Giant Tree, which showed signs of breaking through after enduring the attacks of many enemies.
• The Calamity Source Giant Tree advanced from Level-8 Peak to Half-Level-9, drawing attention across the battlefield.
• First Flame Emperor continued attacking the newly advanced Calamity Source Giant Tree, whose greater power only let it withstand the assault longer.
• Dipamkara Buddha knocked the wounded White Feather Rebel King from the sky and sought his Jade Shadow Divine Hook while eyeing the Green Source Grass Ring.