Chapter Summaries

First Flame Emperor joined the assault on the Jue Teng Tree Demon, while Li Qingshan and Xiao An discussed traveling to the Nightmare Star Territory. After the war, Li Qingshan invited Xiao An to roam Across the Astral Realm with him, and she agreed.

• First Flame Emperor charged the Jue Teng Tree Demon in the Strange Fire Cauldron but ordered the other Flame Emperors to stay back and target the remaining Dreadful Treant Civilization Dominators.
• Li Qingshan watched the battle with Xiao An, who said Fa Hai might return to the Dimensional Battlefield after seeing scenes from the Nightmare Star Territory.
• Li Qingshan and Xiao An decided to visit the Nightmare Star Territory, where his Great Sage brothers were fighting.
• Li Qingshan invited Xiao An to roam Across the Astral Realm after the war, and Xiao An agreed.

The War God Peak Civilization joined the Immortal Domain’s campaign in the Nightmare Star Territory, while the two civilizations expanded their cooperation and developed powerful war platforms. The Iron-Blood Civilization continued fighting for recognition as an Axis Civilization.

• The War God Peak Civilization chose to side with the Immortal Domain and sent its leader and main army to the Nightmare Star Territory.
• The War God Peak Civilization attacked the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s outer roots cautiously, losing one Level-7 Dominator while its other Dominators suffered only injuries.
• The Immortal Domain received the War God Peak Civilization’s warship technology and completed the Dominator-class platform Heavenly Palace, which Yang Jian took to the front lines.
• Saine sent Felin to study Heavenly Palace as the Immortal Domain neared completion of its Southern Heavenly Gate platform.
• Saine learned that Duan Po’s Intercept Sect and Wa Huang Palace were developing their own Saint-class war platform, Qingluan.
• The Iron-Blood Civilization fought quietly on the battlefield as Niggerhood sought recognition from the Eight Directions Conglomerate.

The Iron-Blood Civilization and Blue Fox Civilization stepped up their attacks on the Jue Teng Tree Demon, hoping to secure their standing and share of the spoils. As powerful forces converged on its main body, the Level-9 Jue Teng Tree Demon faced an increasingly desperate position.

• Iron-Blood Grand Elder Niggerhood led his warriors into the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s heartland and helped Saine sever several Level-9 root systems.
• Niggerhood offered the roots to Madam Befu, who told him to keep the spoils and assured him the Iron-Blood Civilization’s hopes would be fulfilled if it kept fighting.
• Saine sent Niggerhood a Level-8 Golden Pill, encouraging the Iron-Blood Grand Elder to fight even more proactively.
• The Blazing Red Fox asked Lan Qi to let it continue fighting, and Lan Qi agreed while warning it to prioritize safety.
• The Blazing Red Fox led Blue Fox forces back into battle near the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s main root system.
• Numerous top-level civilizations and reinforcements converged on the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s main body, leaving it close to defeat.

Saine calculated that the Jue Teng Tree Demon was nearing defeat as the Mechanical Civilization’s Dimensional Hegemony entered its final stage. Meanwhile, the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s members were exploiting the Eight Directions Conglomerate’s lack of troops to plunder the Demon Domain, and Saine questioned Astral Realm Overseer Ming about whether he had orchestrated their actions.

• Saine used Saine's Magic Cube to estimate the Jue Teng Tree Demon's weakening, while its physical and psychological wounds and diminishing Level-9 Soul made defeat increasingly certain.
• The Mad Beast Civilization and Dead Realm Civilization smuggled into the Demon Domain to plunder resources while the Eight Directions Conglomerate focused on the war and other fronts.
• The Twisted Shadow Civilization encouraged the two civilizations to keep testing the Eight Directions Conglomerate and gradually joined their efforts.
• Eight Directions Conglomerate leaders vowed to punish the Demon Subjugation Alliance after the Dimensional Hegemony, alarming even alliance members that had not taken part in the plundering.
• After learning what had happened, Saine sent a Mental Strength transmission to Astral Realm Overseer Ming and asked if he was behind it.

Saine dismissed Astral Realm Overseer Ming’s involvement in the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s raids and left the response in the Material Star Realm to Green while he focused on the late-stage Dimensional Hegemony. As the Alliance’s raids expanded and the Eight Directions Conglomerate remained committed to the battlefield, Green faced his greatest challenge as Wizard Civilization’s leader and addressed the surrounding civilizations.

• Ming denied Saine’s accusation, and Saine concluded that the Twisted Shadow Civilization was likely behind the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s recent actions.
• Saine chose not to intervene in the Material Star Realm, trusting Green and the forces left there to handle the three Top-Level Civilizations.
• The Eight Directions Conglomerate’s forces stayed in the Land of Exile and Nightmare Star Territory to pursue the Dimensional Hegemony’s rewards, while the Blue Fox Civilization continued fighting on the front lines.
• The Demon Subjugation Alliance expanded its raids as other dissatisfied Top-Level Civilizations grew restless and sought resources.
• Green faced the growing crisis and delivered a public address to the Wizard Civilization and nearby World Civilizations.

Green rallied nearby World Civilizations against the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s invasion of the Demon Domain Starry Sky, while Saine’s coalition continued its Dimensional Hegemony. As the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s roots were cut back at great cost, Saine wondered why the Level-9 Being had not been forced off the battlefield.

• Green denounced the Demon Subjugation Alliance in a public address and called on surrounding World Civilizations to resist its invasion of the Demon Domain Starry Sky.
• Green sent Wizard Civilization legions to attack the invading forces, prompting other members of the Eight Directions Conglomerate and beneficiaries of the Joint Development Declaration to prepare to act.
• First Flame Emperor and his allies pushed to finish the Dimensional Hegemony quickly so they could confront the Demon Subjugation Alliance, though Saine remained the one capable of driving the war to its end.
• After several more years of fighting, the coalition had severed all outer roots and more than seventy percent of the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s central roots, with more than twenty Dominators dying in the effort.
• Saine questioned why the Jue Teng Tree Demon had not been repelled from the battlefield despite its many kills, considering the Astral Realm Will’s role and the creature’s hold on space-time.

Saine launched the final assault on Jue Teng Tree Demon after its usable roots dwindled to about 20 percent, bringing Little White and a Level-9 Super Fusion Robot into the battle. As the fight drove Flying Illusion Flower Spirit from the tree’s core, Little Tenth and nearby Dominators moved to capture it.

• Saine summoned the Mechanical Rules True Body, combining Intelligent Robots across the Land of Exile and the Material Star Realm into a Level-9 Super Fusion Robot that straddled both realms.
• Saine released Little White, whose strength had recovered with help from Tree Crystals and Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, and she charged into battle.
• Saine, Little White, and the Super Fusion Robot attacked Jue Teng Tree Demon's main body while other Dominators supported them and cleared remaining resistance forces.
• The Level-9 attacks forced Flying Illusion Flower Spirit to flee from the center of Jue Teng Tree Demon's trunk.
• Little Tenth led her group in surrounding Flying Illusion Flower Spirit as nearby Dominators joined the attempt to capture it.

Flying Illusion Flower Spirit was captured as Jue Teng Tree Demon’s defeat became inevitable. Jue Teng Tree Demon asked Saine to pass a message to Dreadful Treant before Saine continued destroying its roots.

• Flying Illusion Flower Spirit emerged from Jue Teng Tree Demon’s core and was surrounded by more than thirty Dominators, with Little Tenth suppressing her realm using the Sealing Divine Ring.
• Jue Teng Tree Demon told Flying Illusion Flower Spirit to help some Plant Element Beings escape, hoping their scattered seeds might preserve the Dreadful Treant Civilization.
• Jue Teng Tree Demon admitted defeat and asked Saine to send his regards to Dreadful Treant if they met in the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Saine speculated that Dreadful Treant had been killed and might have used Jue Teng Tree Demon to complete its resurrection, then resumed attacking Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Little Tenth and the other Dominators captured Flying Illusion Flower Spirit alive and carried her toward the Mechanical Civilization’s rear, while Saine’s forces stopped Jue Teng Tree Demon from intervening.
• Flying Illusion Flower Spirit’s capture left Jue Teng Tree Demon isolated, with its roots and Dominator Soul reserves both reduced below twenty percent.

Saine defeated the Jue Teng Tree Demon after 11,200 years of Dimensional Hegemony, and the Dimensional Ascension Gate appeared after the Tree Demon's death. Saine prepared to enter the Higher Dimensional Plane, while battles in the Nightmare Star Territory and Material Star Realm still remained.

• The Jue Teng Tree Demon realized Saine's power approached the peak of Level 9 and asked whether he had reached beyond it, but Saine stayed silent and continued attacking.
• The Jue Teng Tree Demon accepted its defeat and offered Saine its body, legacy, and rule-based things, asking him to explore the future in its place.
• Saine killed the Jue Teng Tree Demon after 11,200 years, and the Dimensional Ascension Gate formed at the center of the former battlefield.
• Saine sensed that the gate led to a Higher Dimensional Plane and looked forward to meeting Lord Locke, Master Lilith, and the God of Machines again.
• The Astral Realm Overseers indicated that Saine's Mechanical Civilization still needed to defeat the remaining forces in the Nightmare Star Territory and Material Star Realm.

After Saine defeated the Jue Teng Tree Demon, he surveyed the Level-9 resources and the dangerous law phenomenon left by its death. Saine and a few others searched the crater, while the rest were forced to retreat, and Saine considered how his victory would draw him into conflict with the Dreadful Treants in a higher dimension.

• Saine assessed the Jue Teng Tree Demon's abundant Level-9 resources and the benefits its remains would bring to Wizard Civilization and other participants.
• Saine reflected that his battle with the Jue Teng Tree Demon had arisen from opposing positions, and considered how his coming encounter with the Dreadful Treants might unfold.
• Saine observed the enormous crater left where the Jue Teng Tree Demon had died on the Land of Exile battlefield.
• A greenish-blue law halo spread around the crater, and Saine, Little White, and the Super Metal Robot entered it to search for law materials.
• First Flame Emperor and the others snatched materials from the crater's outer regions before retreating, injured by Plant Element toxins and Mystic System curses.

Saine claimed the Absolute Vine Treant’s level-9 tree heart and other valuable spoils, then decided how to distribute them for research and alchemy. He sent Nasir to Saint Laozi with two pseudo tree crystals, leaving the old immortal wondering whether he had been paid for lending Duan Ning to the battle.

• Saine retrieved the Absolute Vine Treant’s level-9 tree heart and kept it, recognizing its immense value and its ability to help restore a level-8 Dominator’s Eternal Soul.
• Saine gave Little White one of the three pseudo tree crystals to absorb, while Duan Ning suggested that Saint Laozi refine them instead of attempting it herself.
• Saine entrusted two pseudo tree crystals to Saint Laozi and kept the third for experiments or future alchemy by Duan Ning and Luluman.
• Saine sent Nasir to the Eight Sceneries Palace with the two crystals, and Nasir told Saint Laozi that Duan Ning had recommended him.
• Saint Laozi saw Nasir’s delivery and wondered if Saine had given him the crystals as payment for lending his disciple.

Saine prepared for his journey to a higher dimension by securing rare alchemy materials and arranging for the allies who would remain behind. After Genji’s death in the dimensional hegemony, Saine returned the Dragon Blade to the Free Blade Civilization and revealed that he had collected Genji’s Soul Light Spots.

• Saine gave Saint Laozi two Level-9 Pseudo Tree Crystals as ingredients for Nine-Turn Golden Pills.
• Duan Ning used lesser tree crystals to refine pills, while the surviving participants shared the spoils of the dimensional hegemony.
• The Free Blade Civilization mourned Genji, whose death as its strongest warrior threatened its future ties with the Wizard Civilization.
• Saine returned Genji’s Dragon Blade to the Free Blade Civilization after studying its dragon-related properties for a time.
• Saine told the Free Blade Civilization’s leader that he had collected Genji’s Soul Light Spots, and the leader looked up at him in surprise.

Saine discussed a future Higher Dimensional Plane resurrection for Genji, while the victorious alliance turned its attention to the weakened Dark Empire. As Little Tenth gathered a coalition to raid it, Saine stayed behind to study how the Dreadful Treant had spread through spacetime.

• Saine told the Free Blade Civilization's leader that he could not revive Genji in the Star Realm and proposed resurrecting him in a Higher Dimensional Plane while preserving his memories, bloodline, and life form; the leader accepted.
• The war in the Land of Exile ended, and Dipamkara Buddha, Erlang Zhenjun Yang Jian, Nether River Old Ancestor, and other Immortal Domain Sages entered the Nightmare Star Territory to seize more War Fortune.
• With the Dark Empire weakened after the Dark Emperor and more than twenty elite Dominators fell, Little Tenth began organizing a raid on its home to seize its rumored Civilization Supreme Treasure.
• Little Tenth recruited Galaxy Star Safina, the Red-Clothed Little Girl, Niggerhood, the Blue Fox Civilization, Mechanical Civilization Dominators, and Immortal Domain Sages into the campaign against the Dark Empire.
• Saine remained in the Land of Exile and investigated how the Dreadful Treant had spread its roots across spacetime in the Material Star Realm and the Land of Exile.

Saine studied how Jue Teng Tree Demon had rooted itself in the Star Realm and experimented with cultivating its roots, while the Flying Illusion Flower Spirit agreed to help bring the Dreadful Treant Civilization’s Plant Element Beings over to allied civilizations. As the Dimensional Hegemony neared its end, Saine continued his research and the victors plundered resources, while the Demon Subjugation Alliance fell silent.

• Saine examined Level-9 roots in the Land of Exile and discovered surprising effects when they interacted with the Material Star Realm and its spacetime.
• Saine experimented with activating and cultivating Jue Teng Tree Demon's roots, explaining to Luluenman, Lina, and the others that any life-form grown from them would not be Jue Teng Tree Demon.
• Saine kept Jue Teng Tree Demon's True Spirit Light untouched in his Collection Room and chose the tamed Layered Silver Tree as his preferred subject for Mechanical Tree research.
• The Flying Illusion Flower Spirit accepted mechanized modifications and offered to persuade Plant Element Beings to join the Mechanical Civilization, the Wizard Civilization, or the Immortal Domain Civilization; Saine agreed to let her return to the Material Star Realm.
• Saine and his allies stayed busy researching and plundering as the Dimensional Hegemony wound down, while the Demon Subjugation Alliance's Top-Level Civilizations went quiet.

The Mechanical Civilization invaded the divided Dark Empire under Cuilisi’s command, and the conflict ended in a one-sided victory. The war lasted fewer than four hundred years, while Little Tenth and the other Dominators looked toward their eventual journey to a Higher Dimensional Plane.

• Cuilisi took overall command of the war against the Dark Empire, while Lisa sent a Blade Warrior, Dominator-class Zerg Kings, and a Zerg Legion to support the invasion.
• The Dark Empire fractured into factions that chose to fight, seek allies, or flee; the escape faction carried away some Civilization Fire Seeds, and Little Tenth and the others let them go.
• Saine continued researching at the Jue Teng Tree Demon’s former root system, while Little Tenth and the other Dominators waited for his orders and strengthened their reserves.
• Little Tenth began aspiring to surpass Level-8 Peak after seeing powerful beings and contemplating the dangers of the Higher Dimensional Plane.
• Little Tenth, Safina, the Red-Clothed Little Girl, Yin, and Mechanical Monster Emperor Geluomuzi defeated the false emperor in their first battle, and the war ended in fewer than four hundred years.

After thousands of years studying the Jue Teng Tree Demon's roots, Saine developed the Root-Grasping Arcane Truth and rooted himself in the Land of Exile time-space, greatly weakening the Astral Realm's rejection of him. The Decepticons then reported that three Gates of Rules had appeared after the war between the Mechanical Civilization and the Dreadful Treant Civilization.

• Little Tenth and the others delivered the Heaven Emperor Armor to Saine, who admired its alchemical mysteries and asked them to bring Gongsun Wudi to him as its wearer.
• Saine spent thousands of years studying the Jue Teng Tree Demon's roots while the time-flow difference between the Land of Exile and the Material Star Realm continued to decline.
• Saine mastered the Root-Grasping Arcane Truth, using his feet to grip the Land of Exile time-space and draw upon its origin energy.
• Saine realized that rooting himself in the time-space had weakened the Astral Realm's rejection of him and made him a tenant whom the Astral Realm Will and Overseers could not easily force to leave.
• The Decepticons reported to Saine that three Gates of Rules had appeared in a blank region near the dimensional main battlefield after the Mechanical Civilization and Dreadful Treant Civilization war ended.

Saine traveled to the newly formed Gates of Rules and identified them as a Death Gate, a Life Gate, and an uncertain Twisting Gate. He remained near the gates as more Dominators arrived, including the Lord of Holy Spirit, who was shocked by Saine’s concealed strength.

• Saine flew with Decepticons and other Dominators to the ring-shaped mountains where three Gates of Rules had appeared, and refused Decepticons’ suggestion to drive away the other Dominators.
• Saine approached the gates while nearby Star Realm Dominators, afraid of his Level-9 strength, stayed still and watched.
• Saine discerned that the gates led to a dangerous Death Plane, a comparatively peaceful Life Plane, and an unpredictable time-space he called the Twisting Gate.
• More Dominators gathered as Saine waited, and the Lord of Holy Spirit arrived without initially sensing Saine’s presence.
• The Lord of Holy Spirit detected Saine at close range and was overwhelmed by the aura of the Level-9 True Spirit Magician.

The Lord of Holy Spirit arrived at the Land of Rules, where Saine’s presence reminded him of his fear and his decision to remain in the Star Realm until the Holy Spirit Continent was safe. Han Li then arrived to contend for a Gate of Rules, and chose the Twisting Gate, the one Saine wanted to enter.

• The Lord of Holy Spirit sensed Saine’s overwhelming power and retreated, while Saine recognized that the Lord had been drawn to the Life Gate.
• The Lord of Holy Spirit considered leaving the Star Realm but decided to stay until the Mechanical Civilization’s forces no longer threatened the Holy Spirit Continent.
• Han Li arrived at the Land of Rules on a green gourd that he had refined into a High-Level World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Saine offered to recommend a gate, but Han Li examined the three Gates of Rules and walked toward the Twisting Gate.

Saine studied the three Gates of Rules, gave Han Li a powerful mechanical sphere, and departed with the Mechanical Civilization as Han Li prepared for the Gate Contention War. Saine then turned his attention to the Material Star Realm while Astral Realm Overseer Ming sought to negotiate with him.

• Han Li chose a gate despite Saine offering to recommend a better one, and a locust Dominator selected the Death Gate without guidance.
• Saine examined the three Gates of Rules, concluded he could not touch them, and left the Land of Rules with the Decepticons and other Mechanical Dominators.
• Saine gave Han Li a mechanical sphere capable of summoning a giant Dominator-class puppet and told him they would meet again in a higher dimension.
• Saine reflected on his growing access to higher-dimensional arcana and on the Astral Realm Will and Overseers' concern that he would remain in the Star Realm.
• Astral Realm Overseer Ming repeatedly tried to arrange a meeting with Saine, who remained occupied with experiments and then set out to observe the Material Star Realm.

Saine returned to the Material Star Realm, sealed much of his power to reduce the Astral Realm’s rejection, and told Ming he would not stay long while ordering the Mechanical Civilization to advance against the Dreadful Treant Civilization without haste. As the allied forces withdrew from the quieting battlefronts, powerful figures of the Eight Directions Conglomerate turned their attention toward the former Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.

• Dao Dali refused to join the Gate Contention War and chose to remain in the Material Star Realm, while Saine accepted his decision.
• Saine returned to the Material Star Realm and activated the Self-Sealing Technique, weakening the Level-9 ripples and reducing the Astral Realm Rules’ rejection.
• Saine ordered the Mechanical Civilization army to advance through the Nightmare Star Territory without rushing to finish the conquest.
• Astral Realm Overseer Ming questioned Saine, who assured him he would not stay long and claimed he was honoring their agreement to eradicate the Dreadful Treant Civilization.
• The top-level civilizations of the Eight Directions Conglomerate began withdrawing their main forces from the battlefields, and their high-level experts turned their attention to the former Demon Subjugation Alliance Battlefield.