Chapter Summaries

Saine and the Mechanical Civilization’s high-level forces arrived in Gear Time-Space after a journey of more than two hundred years, intending to help evacuate the God of Machines and protect the civilization’s branch races. He entered a battle-torn realm and found the God of Machines fighting Evil Swamp powerhouses with a changed and strengthened form.

• Saine and Lina discussed the vast Multiverse and the long passage to Gear Time-Space, while Saine explained that his main goal was to cover the safe withdrawal of the God of Machines and other top Mechanical Element beings.
• During the journey, many of the Mechanical Civilization’s branch races relocated to Primordial Universe Time-Space and settled under Madam Befu’s arrangements.
• Near the passage’s exit, Saine sensed the God of Machines fighting two Level-11 beings from Evil Swamp Time-Space and rushed ahead of Lina, Natalia, and the others.
• Saine emerged into Gear Time-Space, where Evil Swamp energy had corrupted planets and disrupted the realm’s orderly Gear Rules.
• Saine arrived beside the dimensional time-space altar and saw the God of Machines fighting, with a huge ring engraved in intricate Gear patterns on the back of his Rule Body.

Saine discovered that the God of Machines had obtained a prehistoric Dimension Supreme Treasure and grown powerful while he was away. When Evil Swamp forces besieged the God of Machines, Saine and his allies arrived and launched a counterattack, ending with Saine’s forbidden spell threatening even the Level-11 invaders.

• Saine learned that the God of Machines had found and fused a prehistoric gear ring Dimension Supreme Treasure into its body during the war against Evil Swamp Time-Space.
• Saine saw the God of Machines’ battle damage and realized it was surrounded by two Level-11 beings, four Level-10 practitioners, and nearly ten Level-9 beings from Evil Swamp Time-Space.
• With most of the Mechanical Civilization faction already evacuated, the God of Machines unleashed a barrage of energy beams and destroyed many Evil Swamp attackers.
• Saine cast Heavenly Condemnation—Light of Machines, summoning a vortex that rained down blades of light and dissolved the Evil Swamp forces.
• The two Level-11 Evil Swamp practitioners sensed the threat from Saine and changed expression.

Saine and his allies turned back the Evil Swamp invasion of the Mechanical Star District while he investigated why the invaders coveted Gear Crystal Nuclei. He discovered that the crystals helped Evil Swamp Beings resist the corrupting effects of their own evil energy, and learned that their resource shortages had driven invasions of multiple dimensions.

• Saine and the God of Machines devastated the Evil Swamp Legion with coordinated attacks, forcing its battle line to collapse.
• Saine's powerful reinforcements, including the Celestial Star Nether Scorpion couple, the Level-10 Gear Hub, and Divine Venerable Miao Bo, arrived and reversed the battlefield's momentum.
• Saine observed the Evil Swamp Beings and determined that Gear Crystal Nuclei supplied order without provoking strong conflict with their negative energy.
• Saine learned that evil energy could impair Evil Swamp Beings' judgment, leading their leaders to seek resources that could suppress it.
• Saine discovered that Evil Swamp Time-Space had invaded other dimensions to plunder resources for its growing population and powerful practitioners.

Saine learned that Evil Swamp Time-Space was overwhelming Gear Time-Space, whose Azure Mountain Civilization was nearing extinction and whose Mechanical Civilization branch faced becoming the next target. After Saine’s forces reversed the local battle, he and the God of Machines prepared to fuse again, bringing three Dimension Supreme Treasures into the impending combat.

• Saine learned that Evil Swamp Time-Space was invading three Higher Dimensional Planes and that three Level-12 Beings led its assault on Gear Time-Space, which had only two native Level-12 Beings.
• Saine learned that the Azure Mountain Civilization was close to extinction and that the God of Machines had brought the Mechanical Civilization branch to find him to escape becoming the invaders’ next target.
• Saine and the Mechanical Civilization forces intervened in the Mechanical Star District, quickly reversing the God of Machines’ disadvantaged position.
• Saine and the God of Machines exchanged a desire to try fusion combat again after several hundred thousand years apart.
• Saine activated the Magic Cube as the God of Machines began gathering Mechanical Element Dominators and war platforms through the Star Ring Rail, preparing for Saine to enter its body as its controller.

Saine used the Magic Cube and Skynet to accelerate the God of Machines' fusion with the Mechanical Civilization forces in the Gear Time-Space, greatly increasing its power. As more allies joined the transformation, two injured Level-11 beings from the Evil Swamp Civilization realized they could not stop it, while Saine prepared to manage further reinforcements and potential conflicts among them.

• Star Ring Rail supplied the God of Machines with immense dimensional energy, strengthening it and speeding up its fusion with nearby Mechanical Element Beings.
• Gear Hub fused with the God of Machines' right arm, transforming it into a massive gear-covered warhammer.
• Skynet absorbed the God of Machines' Sky Net Sub-units and advanced into the ranks of Dimension Supreme Treasures, then calculated fusion plans for the Mechanical Units.
• Mechanical Civilization branch races and powerful creations joined the God of Machines' fusion, alarming the injured Level-11 beings from the Evil Swamp Civilization.
• Saine's forces held off the Evil Swamp Legion, while the Celestial Star Nether Scorpion couple displayed a combined attack capable of threatening Level-11 beings.
• Saine considered arranging separate battlefronts for the expected Eternal Day reinforcements and the injured Darkness Demon Ancestor to prevent conflict between them.

Saine completed his fusion with the God of Machines, raising their combined strength to Level-12 Early-Stage with the Gear Time-Space’s blessing. He tested that power by firing a devastating attack at two Level-11 Evil Swamp beings.

• Saine entered the God of Machines’ core hub as the fusion of Mechanical Civilization’s forces continued.
• Saine and the God of Machines completed their ultimate fusion, and their power climbed to Level-12 Early-Stage.
• Saine felt the Gear Time-Space’s blessing and recognized himself as a Child of the Dimensional Plane.
• The two Level-11 Evil Swamp beings sensed the God of Machines’ overwhelming power, and one cried out in alarm.
• Saine fired a Level-12 Rule Energy Light Pillar from the God of Machines’ hand toward the two Evil Swamp beings.

Saine and the God of Machines unleashed Level-12 power in the Mechanical Star District, turning the battle against the Evil Swamp forces and prompting the Azure Mountain Civilization to retreat there. Saine ordered the allied armies to pursue the fleeing enemies and began a full counteroffensive.

• Saine's Light of Machines struck across the battlefield, driving the Evil Swamp and Iron Island Level-11 beings to flee while vaporizing many lesser Evil Swamp forces.
• The beam's power drew the attention of Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and the dying Level-11 Azure Mountain Being on a nearby battlefield.
• The Azure Mountain Being ordered its surviving forces to withdraw to the Mechanical Star District and shielded their retreat with its remaining strength.
• Saine and the God of Machines continued their assault, pursuing the Evil Swamp forces and seeking to secure the Mechanical Civilization's rear.
• Saine commanded all allied legions and High-Level Strong Practitioners to attack, beginning the Mechanical Star District's full counteroffensive.

Saine fused with the God of Machines to reach Level 12 and led the Mechanical Civilization Army in a fierce counterattack against the Evil Swamp Time-Space Legion. As the battle continued, he allowed willing lower- and middle-level Mechanical Beings to stay and fight while seeking to reunite the separated branch races with the main civilization.

• Saine unleashed a Level-12 Mechanical Fusion form, battered two Level-11 Evil Swamp creatures, and grew stronger as Gear Time-Space's rules supported him.
• The Mechanical Civilization Army charged behind Saine, while Annie watched the overwhelming dimensional war in confusion and fear.
• The Sea Mirror Woman led mirror and Water Mirror Civilization forces and resolved to remain close to Saine after witnessing his power.
• Saine agreed that engineering and infrastructure Mechanical Beings, along with willing lower- and middle-level combatants, could remain in Gear Time-Space, while other Intelligent Robots were to return to the Primordial Universe Time-Space.
• Saine renewed his assault on the Evil Swamp Time-Space Legion, determined to bring the branch races back under the Mechanical Civilization main race and integrate their knowledge.

Saine decided to save Azure Mountain Civilization and directed Mechanical Civilization to receive its fleeing people while he pursued the Evil Swamp forces. He raced toward Azure Mountain’s home Star Sector, where Heavenly Wing Demon Lord abandoned his attack on a trapped Azure Mountain expert and flew to confront Saine.

• Saine recognized Azure Mountain Civilization’s flight toward the Mechanical Star District and ordered Mechanical Civilization to support and receive them.
• Saine redirected part of his attacks toward nearby Azure Mountain battlefields as two fleeing Evil Swamp Level-11 Beings headed toward Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s battlefield.
• Mechanical Civilization’s vanguard received the first Azure Mountain refugees, and Lina watched the grateful giants return to battle as Saine advanced toward their home Star Sector.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord sensed Saine’s Level-12 presence, abandoned his attack on a Level-11 Azure Mountain Being, and flew to confront Saine and the God of Machines.

Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrived at the Gear Time-Space battlefield and saw Saine’s Mechanical God Fusion True Body driving back the Evil Swamp forces. The two Level-12 powers clashed, beginning a battle that threatened to tear open the surrounding time-space.

• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had conquered the Azure Mountain Civilization and gathered allied forces while preparing to challenge the Mechanical Civilization.
• Saine pursued two fleeing Level-11 Evil Swamp Beings, while Mechanical Civilization fighters began intercepting two Level-10 enemies.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrived at the Azure Mountain war zone and saw Saine’s enormous Mechanical God True Body.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord advanced toward Saine, gathering evil energy as Saine raised his metal arm to strike.
• Saine’s mechanical fist collided with Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s demonic claw, unleashing shockwaves and time-space rifts across the battlefield.

Saine fought the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord with the God of Machines while its overwhelming firepower devastated the Evil Swamp Time-Space forces around them. The battle continued with Saine largely untroubled by his injuries, while the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord was badly shaken by the God of Machines' blows.

• Saine unleashed the God of Machines' full firepower against the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and the surrounding Evil Swamp Time-Space legions.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord carved deep gashes into the God of Machines, but Saine continued fighting and sweeping the battlefield with its weapons.
• Saine's allies attacked the abandoned Evil Swamp forces after their two Level-11 leaders fled, leaving their subordinate legions in disarray.
• The immense size and oppressive presence of Saine fused with the God of Machines overwhelmed nearby forces and dwarfed surrounding planets.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord endured repeated blows from Saine's Mechanical Iron Fist, leaving his evil energy churning and his vision darkening.

Saine and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord halted their battle after Saine revealed that he and the Mechanical Civilization came from the Primordial Universe Time-Space. As the devastation of the Azure Mountain Civilization broke their tense silence, the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord proposed peace negotiations.

• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord pulled away from Saine’s increasingly powerful attacks and asked which dimensional time-space Saine came from.
• Saine paused his assault and explained that he had crossed from the Primordial Universe Time-Space to reach the Mechanical Civilization in the Gear Time-Space.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord revealed that he had heard rumors of the Primordial Universe Time-Space, and Saine inferred that the Evil Swamp Time-Space had no direct dealings with it.
• Saine and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord remained wary as the battle continued around them and a dying Level-11 Being of the Azure Mountain Civilization broke their silence.
• Saine asked what the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord intended to do next, and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord proposed peace negotiations and cooperation.

Saine and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord discussed cooperation after their clash, with both sides easing hostilities and considering trade between their civilizations. Saine remained wary of the Demon Lord’s authority and withheld information about Evil Swamp Time-Space, leaving their partnership tentative as he continued probing for its secrets.

• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord withdrew his demonic aura and proposed peace, trade, and cooperation with Saine’s Mechanical Civilization.
• Saine reduced his artillery fire and said he might cooperate if Heavenly Wing Demon Lord could show sufficient sincerity.
• Saine questioned whether Heavenly Wing Demon Lord could represent Evil Swamp Time-Space, and the Demon Lord clarified that he could command his own civilization and allied forces but not the entire time-space.
• Saine and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord began discussing Evil Swamp Time-Space, but the Demon Lord withheld sensitive details and evaded questions about its Dimension Lord.
• Saine stopped pressing for information the Demon Lord would not reveal and continued testing his limits while gathering clues about Evil Swamp Time-Space.

Saine and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord negotiated cooperation between Mechanical Civilization and Evil Swamp Time-Space amid the Azure Mountain Civilization war. They agreed to spare a Level-11 Azure Mountain Being in exchange for the Spine of Azure Mountain and a joint raid on another Evil Swamp Time-Space legion’s rear positions, with the spoils to be shared.

• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord asked Saine how they could demonstrate their sincerity, after giving him Evil Swamp Time-Space specimens to study.
• Saine demanded that Heavenly Demon Crown Civilization withdraw from the Azure Mountain war zone and preserve Azure Mountain Civilization, but Heavenly Wing Demon Lord refused and offered instead to let withdrawn Gear Beings join Mechanical Civilization.
• Saine asked Heavenly Wing Demon Lord to spare the gravely injured Level-11 Azure Mountain Being, promising substitute resources for its Gear Crystal Nuclei.
• After negotiating, Heavenly Wing Demon Lord agreed to spare the Level-11 Being in exchange for the Spine of Azure Mountain and resources equivalent to its Gear Crystal Nuclei.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord asked Saine to lead the Mechanical Legion in a surprise attack on another Level-12 Evil Swamp Time-Space being’s rear positions, promising support in return for half the captured spoils.

Saine accepted Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s proposal to cooperate against Agulos, agreeing to reach the specified coordinates in 537 years in exchange for sparing Azure Mountain. After both sides ordered their forces to withdraw, the surviving Azure Mountain beings escaped toward Mechanical Civilization.

• Saine questioned Heavenly Wing Demon Lord about his ties to Agulos, and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord admitted to spying on Agulos and offered to withdraw most of his legions during an attack on Agulos’s rear stronghold.
• Saine considered the risks of trusting Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and agreed to the plan, prioritizing the survival of the Level-11 Azure Mountain Being.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord demanded that the operation be completed within 500 years, and Saine calculated that he would arrive at the stated coordinates in 537 years.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord sent a withdrawal order, prompting his forces and affiliated legions to retreat from the battlefield.
• Saine ordered Mechanical Civilization forces to open a path for the trapped Evil Swamp Time-Space Beings to withdraw.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord opened a passage through the Azure Mountain Star Zone, allowing the remaining Azure Mountain beings to flee into Mechanical Civilization territory.

Saine and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord planned a joint operation that would preserve some Azure Mountain Beings while advancing their own interests. Saine had arranged for the operation to begin after reinforcements arrived, but had not decided whether to accept a Level-12 practitioner from Eternal Day Time-Space.

• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord agreed to spare surviving Azure Mountain Beings, expecting future gains from Saine and a possible share of Agulos's war wealth.
• Saine valued the rescued Azure Mountain Beings for their usefulness, while they mistook his aid for kindness and remained unaware of the secret deal.
• Saine relied on Skynet to time the operation for Darkness Demon Ancestor's arrival and expected support from Eternal Day Time-Space.
• The Creation God considered asking the Lord of Eternal Day to send a Level-12 practitioner, though doing so could shift battlefield leadership away from Saine.
• Saine withheld his decision on a Level-12 reinforcement and chose to observe Heavenly Wing Demon Lord's plans first.

Saine and the God of Machines secured the Azure Mountain Civilization’s survival by allowing its people to flee after the Lord of Green Cang Mountain surrendered the Spine of Azure Mountain. The Lord agreed to merge its clan into Mechanical Civilization and departed to recover, while Saine prepared to use it in future mechanical experiments.

• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord left Saine after agreeing to cooperate, while Azure Mountain beings began fleeing toward the Mechanical Star District.
• Evil Swamp Time-Space opened a route for the Azure Mountain people to escape on the condition that the Lord of Green Cang Mountain surrender the Spine of Azure Mountain.
• After receiving Saine’s message, the Lord surrendered the treasure and led its people away from the battlefield toward Mechanical Civilization.
• At the border, the Lord met Saine fused with the God of Machines, whose Level-12 Power could be sustained as long as their energy lasted and their fusion remained intact.
• Saine asked the Lord to bring the Azure Mountain Clan into Mechanical Civilization, and the Lord agreed, offering its life and Gear Crystal Nucleus in gratitude.
• Saine sent the wounded Lord to recover and said he would later need its cooperation in mechanical experiments; the Lord then led its people deeper into Mechanical Civilization.

Saine prepared for the secret operation he had planned with the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord while maintaining the appearance of hostility between their forces. As the agreed time approached, allies gathered and Saine learned that Eternal Day Time-Space could send Level-12 support if needed.

• Saine kept his forces fighting Evil Swamp Time-Space on the Mechanical Star District’s outskirts to conceal his collusion with the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord.
• Saine experimented on a dying Level-8 Azure Mountain being, studied its Gear Crystal Nuclei, and had its spirit will-light captured for possible Mechanical Reincarnation.
• Saine received word that the Darkness Demon Ancestor and two Level-11 beings from Eternal Day Time-Space had arrived.
• Merri worried that the Darkness Demon Ancestor and the Eternal Day guests might clash, but Saine said the Darkness Demon Ancestor would keep the bigger picture in mind.
• Merri told Saine that Jin Yi was ready for Cross-dimensional Teleportation from Primordial Universe Time-Space, and that the Creation God could send him if Mechanical Civilization requested support.

Saine led the Mechanical Civilization Army through Gear Time-Space toward an Evil Swamp Time-Space strategic stronghold, relying on Heavenly Wing Demon Lord to clear their route. After reaching the outskirts and reconnoitering, Saine began moving closer to the enemy camp, where the surprise attack remained dangerous despite the weakened defenses.

• Saine ordered the Mechanical Civilization Army to set out, leaving the Mechanical Star District guarded by the Creation God of the Light God Race and Lord of Green Cang Mountain.
• Saine and his forces used Heavenly Wing Demon Lord's cross-space wormholes to reach the outskirts of their target, passing through Gear Time-Space and observing its distinctive gears and Floating Cities.
• Saine collected specimens and wondered how his disciple Forn was faring in the Material Star Realm.
• Saine rested and reconnoitered before leading the army toward the Main Camp of Evil Swamp Time-Space's Cross-Dimensional Legion.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had secretly weakened the route's defenses by transferring away troops, while consolidating his control over Azure Mountain Civilization and contacting Star Mark.

Saine led the Mechanical Civilization Legion in a stealthy surprise attack into Evil Swamp Time-Space’s core hinterland, where he ordered a two-hundred-year plunder before withdrawing. The chapter left Saine sealing the battlefield and charging the defending Level-11 Demonic Energy Insect Beast.

• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord secretly allied with Saine while seeking Star Mark’s support and preparing to betray Saine if the attack alerted Agulos.
• Saine’s Mechanical Legion advanced undetected for thirty years and reached Evil Swamp Time-Space’s core hinterland, where it found several defenders, including a Level-11 Strong Practitioner.
• Saine ordered the Mechanical Legion to attack the defenders and plunder the demonic-energy-covered planets instead of becoming trapped in a prolonged battle.
• Saine set a two-hundred-year deadline for the plunder and ordered the Legion to withdraw through the cross-time-space Teleportation Array afterward.
• Saine sealed the surrounding battlefield, transformed with the God of Machines, and attacked the Level-11 Demonic Energy Insect Beast with a galaxy-class light sword.