Chapter Summaries

As Agulos invaded the Mechanical Star District with a vast allied force, Saine activated the newly upgraded Skynet across the region. Skynet empowered the Mechanical Civilization’s bound forces as Saine viewed the approaching armies from a higher-dimensional perspective.

• Saine received urgent reports of Agulos’s invasion and learned that the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had revealed the enemy’s plans, though he was bound by contract to fight openly for Agulos.
• The Mechanical Civilization prepared for war, with Qihuang Castle Civilization and Time Clock Civilization positioned to provide resources and possible reinforcements.
• Saine emerged from cultivation with the Sky Net Origin Core and unleashed its energy across the Mechanical Star District.
• Skynet’s nodes activated and linked together, covering the region in a network that empowered every bound Mechanical Civilization Being.
• Saine saw the star district as a chessboard, with his army assembled at its center and the invading forces closing in from the edges.

Saine’s Mechanical Civilization prepared for Agulos’s invasion as Skynet’s upgrade strengthened its forces and improved their recovery. When the assault began, the Darkness Demon Ancestor volunteered to face two Level-11 enemies alone, while the remaining invaders were matched against Mechanical Civilization’s allies.

• Skynet’s upgrade boosted Mechanical Civilization’s combat strength, production, and ability to resurrect fallen warriors.
• Saine and Locke postponed plans to explore Evil Swamp Time-Space until their current battlefronts were secure and Locke could reach Level 13.
• Agulos began his invasion by sending at least five Level-11 Beings to attack Mechanical Civilization’s defenses.
• Saine declined offers of reinforcements from the Light God Race and the Destruction Divine Kingdom, relying on his current forces and local allies for now.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor stopped the Celestial Star Nether Scorpion couple and marched out to fight two Level-11 enemies alone.
• The two Eternal Day Time-Space Light-element Beings and the Lord of Green Cang Mountain prepared to face the other three invaders one on one.

Saine spent a thousand years using the Magic Cube and a level-11 Rule Heart Core to restore and transform the Lord of Green Cang Mountain, preparing it to defend the Mechanical Star District. When Agulos targeted it during the invasion, Saine and the God of Machines raced to intercept him.

• Saine transformed the Lord of Green Cang Mountain over a thousand years, raising its life foundation from less than 3% to around 27%.
• The Lord of Green Cang Mountain continued refining Agulos's level-11 Rule Heart Core and prepared to hold the defensive line with Skynet support.
• Saine judged that a complete fusion with the Lord of Green Cang Mountain had only a 22% success rate, though localized fusion had a 68% chance of success.
• Agulos entered the battlefield in his golden Rule True Body and headed for the weakened Lord of Green Cang Mountain.
• Saine detected Agulos through Skynet and left the command center with the God of Machines to confront him.

Saine faced Agulos in the Mechanical Star District, where Skynet amplified his attacks and helped him fuse with the God of Machines. Agulos attacked the fused Saine, who now had level-12 baseline strength but less power than in his former full fusion, and the battle began in earnest.

• Agulos abandoned his ambush plan and turned his attention to Saine and the God of Machines.
• Saine struck Agulos with a lightning beam amplified by Skynet, briefly numbing him and disrupting his movement.
• Agulos drew his Golden Greatsword and charged Saine, while Skynet's coverage enabled Saine and the God of Machines to fuse quickly.
• Saine and the God of Machines completed their fusion, which had baseline combat strength comparable to a level-12 being without incorporating every Mechanical Element Dominator.
• Skynet formed a barrier that blocked Agulos's first sword strike, and Agulos mocked Saine's reduced strength before attacking again.

Saine used Skynet to coordinate the Mechanical Civilization’s defenses and bombard Evil Swamp Time-Space across the Mechanical Star District, while Agulos struggled to gain ground. After Agulos demanded the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s arrival, the demon lord appeared with elite legions and three Level-11 Beings.

• Saine channeled forbidden spells through Skynet across the Mechanical Star District while fighting Agulos, devastating Evil Swamp Time-Space forces and strengthening Mechanical Civilization troops.
• Saine used Skynet to let fallen Mechanical Beings upload their consciousness and rapidly return to battle in reconstructed bodies.
• The Lord of Green Cang Mountain fought the Level-11 spider with a new, metal-enhanced Rules Body and shattered several of its legs despite his grievous injuries.
• Mechanical Civilization recovery units collected battlefield wreckage so efficiently that Evil Swamp Time-Space’s war profits fell by more than seventy percent compared with the Qihuang Castle Star Zone Battlefield.
• Agulos demanded that the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrive and threatened to end their agreements and demand compensation for his losses.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrived with elite Evil Swamp Time-Space legions and three Level-11 Beings.

Heavenly Wing Demon Lord arrived in the Mechanical Star District as Agulos’s reinforcement while secretly protecting his profitable cooperation with Saine. Though his high-level forces avoided serious combat, his lower and middle legions intensified the fighting, leaving Saine’s Mechanical Civilization under heavier pressure.

• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord entered the Mechanical Star District with the Evil Swamp Time-Space Group but kept his strongest forces away from the Core Battlefield.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s private trade with Saine had earned him immense wealth, including Blood Crystals that helped Evil Swamp beings control their minds.
• After Heavenly Wing Demon Lord probed Saine for more Blood Crystals, he shared intelligence about Agulos’s expedition, and Saine agreed to prepare another batch.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord urged his high-level followers to avoid serious fighting while maintaining his public alliance with Agulos.
• Evil Swamp Time-Space’s lower and middle legions fought fiercely, worsening Mechanical Civilization casualties and pushing several defensive zones into difficulty.
• Saine watched the intensified battle and recognized the superior average combat power of the Evil Swamp expeditionary forces.

The Qihuang Castle Civilization and Time Clock Civilization sent reinforcements and resources to support Saine’s Mechanical Civilization as the war against Evil Swamp Time-Space escalated. As Agulos struggled against the Mechanical City’s Fusion True Body, the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord refused to help unless Agulos paid more.

• The Qihuang Castle Civilization voted to send resource support and two Level-11 Castle-type Beings to the Mechanical Star District, while Thomas led an elite force to counterattack Evil Swamp Time-Space’s occupied territories.
• The Time Clock Civilization dispatched Kiran and scarce war resources to support the Mechanical Civilization under the Gear Time-Space Mutual Defense Declaration.
• The arriving allied forces offset the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s reinforcements, forcing his three Level-11 subordinates to join the battle.
• Agulos grew furious at the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s refusal to help while Agulos fought the Mechanical City’s Fusion True Body.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord told Agulos he had to pay more before he would help.

Agulos persuaded Heavenly Wing Demon Lord to join the fight by granting him twenty thousand years of exclusive mining rights to two Demonic Green Magic Stone star regions. As Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord prepared to attack, Saine expanded his fusion with Mechanical Element Dominators, raising the God of Machines’ power enough to challenge them both.

• Agulos offered Heavenly Wing Demon Lord a Dimension Supreme Treasure, but Heavenly Wing Demon Lord refused and demanded payment for intervening.
• Agulos granted Heavenly Wing Demon Lord exclusive mining rights to two Demonic Green Magic Stone-producing star regions for twenty thousand years.
• Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord prepared to attack Saine and the God of Machines with their Rule True Bodies.
• Saine activated the Cube Supreme Treasure and summoned Mechanical Element Dominators through Cube Time-Space and the Skynet system.
• Saine’s fusion Rule True Body grew as more Mechanical Element Dominators joined, its pressure rising to contend with the two Level-12 Strong Practitioners.

Saine and the God of Machines faced an increasingly overwhelming assault on the Mechanical Star District battlefield as Agulos attacked from the front and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord struck from the flank. With Evil Swamp forces pressing from every direction, Saine surveyed the battle and focused on the nearby Lord of Green Cang Mountain and its Azure Mountain Remnant Clan legion.

• Qihuang Castle Civilization and Time Clock Civilization's reinforcements arrived and joined the battle against Evil Swamp Time-Space.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord attacked the flank of Saine and the God of Machines with his hidden crystal sphere, while Agulos intensified his frontal assault.
• Saine's enormous fused body struggled to defend against attacks from multiple directions and the relentless drain of the surrounding Evil Swamp legions.
• Saine chose not to request help from other dimensional factions, wanting to test his Truth Arcana and Mechanical Civilization's war potential.
• Saine surveyed the battlefield and focused on the nearby Lord of Green Cang Mountain and its Azure Mountain Remnant Clan legion, which was fighting alongside Mechanical Civilization.

Saine used Skynet to defend Lord of Green Cang Mountain while he transformed and joined the God of Machines. Their successful combination drove Saine’s combat strength toward Level-12 Mid-Stage as the battlefield shook.

• Lord of Green Cang Mountain, now mechanized and empowered by Saine’s Gear Being Heart Core, fought an Evil Swamp Level-11 Strong Practitioner and prepared to prove his race’s worth.
• Saine extended a Mechanical Arm, and Lord of Green Cang Mountain split his Rule True Body into two halves to join the God of Machines.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and Agulos attacked to stop the fusion, but Saine raised a Skynet shield drawing on the Mechanical Legion’s strength.
• Lord of Green Cang Mountain successfully mounted himself onto the God of Machines, and Saine’s aura surged toward Level-12 Mid-Stage, briefly stalling the Evil Swamp Legion’s offensive.

Saine fought Agulos and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord while drawing on Gear Time-Space and Cube Time-Space, growing stronger as the battle continued. The Celestial Star Nether Scorpion couple defended the Lord of Green Cang Mountain’s former battlefield, and the war was expected to last another five or six thousand years.

• Saine held off Agulos and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, honing his Mechanical God Fusion Rule True Body and learning from Destruction Demon God Locke’s combat methods.
• Saine’s stand against the two Level-12 Beings lifted the morale of the Mechanical Civilization Legion, while enemy forces attacked the battlefield left by the Lord of Green Cang Mountain.
• The Celestial Star Nether Scorpion couple took over the endangered battlefield and repelled the Evil Swamp Time-Space Invasion Legion with a combined attack.
• The male Celestial Star Nether Scorpion considered mechanized modification, but his wife urged him to focus on their duties and weigh the risks and compatibility first.
• The Magic Cube estimated that the Mechanical Star District war would last five or six thousand years, after which Evil Swamp Time-Space might retreat if it gained no advantage and faced pressure elsewhere.

Saine’s mastery of the God of Machines and Azure Mountain let him suppress and badly injure Agulos while holding off two Level-12 opponents, establishing the Mechanical Civilization as a major force. Elsewhere, rivalries escalated into new alliances and wars, while Ancestor of Eternal Fire’s raid drew Salamander Gray Guest and possibly Bewilderment Time-Space into the conflict.

• Saine endured Heavenly Wing Demon Lord’s flank attack and battered Agulos with a barrage of Azure Mountain iron-fist strikes, badly damaging him.
• Eternal Day Time-Space ambushed Qisha’s expeditionary army, and its allies killed a Level-11 Being from Qisha, prompting Duolie to attack with the Yellow Sand Rules.
• Lord of Eternal Day blocked Duolie’s strike, and the two Level-13 practitioners clashed before Qisha and the Darkness Sword Organization joined forces against Eternal Day.
• Ancestor of Eternal Fire raided a shared trade center, capturing a Level-11 Rule Heart Core and stealing much of the wealth held by Salamander Gray Guest, Dark Universe Time-Space, and the Darkness Sword Organization.
• Salamander Gray Guest became furious over the losses, and the attack threatened to pull its home, Bewilderment Time-Space, into the war as the opposing camps solidified.

Salamander Gray Guest explained why Bewilderment Time-Space, despite its great strength and nominal unification under the Level-13 Bewilderment Behemoth, was poorly suited to coordinated war. Pressured by the Ancestor of Eternal Fire and the compensation owed to the Dark Nether Death God and the Darkness Sword Organization, he decided to draw its powers into the conflict, while lamenting the cost of his trade route through Ebony.

• Salamander Gray Guest described how Bewilderment Time-Space's civilizations ruled themselves while paying tribute to the sleeping Bewilderment Behemoth.
• Salamander Gray Guest judged that internal rivalries could leave Bewilderment Time-Space vulnerable if the Dark Nether Death God restrained the Bewilderment Behemoth and Dark Universe Time-Space attacked.
• Salamander Gray Guest explained that he had tolerated the existing balance because the Bewilderment Behemoth had prevented catastrophic civil war and remained overwhelmingly powerful.
• Salamander Gray Guest decided to involve Bewilderment Time-Space's powers and civilizations in the war after the Ancestor of Eternal Fire forced him into a corner and he faced heavy compensation costs.
• Salamander Gray Guest recalled that Ebony had taken nearly half his profit in exchange for opening an exclusive trade route through the Darkness Sword Organization.

Salamander Grayke revealed plans to bring the wealthy Bewilderment Time-Space into the Light Universe Time-Space Battlefield, prompting the Crimson Flame Civilization to seek allies. On the Gear Time-Space Battlefield, Saine received resources from the Water Mirror Civilization, including fire treasures that could strengthen his combat arts.

• Salamander Grayke described the Bewilderment Time-Space and announced his intention to enter the battlefield, with revenge against the Crimson Flame Civilization as his foremost objective.
• The Crimson Flame Civilization, alarmed by Salamander Grayke’s threat, offered the Water Mirror Civilization a share of the spoils seized from him and secured their cooperation.
• Sea Mirror Woman delivered a large batch of resources from the Water Mirror Civilization to Saine as aid for the Mechanical Civilization.
• Saine recognized that most of the supplies came from Salamander Grayke’s seized wealth and that the high-grade Fire Lotus was likely a treasure from the Crimson Flame Civilization.
• Saine considered using the fire-related resources to advance his Ashes of Fire Rules Arcane Truth while his true body fought Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and Agulos.

Saine fought Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord while pushing the fusion of his Mechanical and Ashes Rule True Bodies toward a breakthrough. The Mechanical Civilization held firm against the invasion, sustained by Skynet, the Magic Cube, and Saine’s presence.

• The Water Mirror Civilization sent Saine vast resources to strengthen their alliance and secure his continued support.
• Saine maintained his advantage against Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord while igniting a Rule Flame that combined the Ashes and Mechanical rules.
• Saine used the prolonged battle to refine the fusion of his Rule True Bodies and approach a new realm, with Lord of Green Cang Mountain supporting him.
• After nearly three thousand years of fighting, Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord realized Saine’s power was not declining and that his attacks were growing stronger.
• The Mechanical Civilization resisted the invading Evil Swamp Time-Space Legion with enhanced strength and coordination from Skynet and the Magic Cube, rallying behind Saine’s Mechanical Will.

During the third millennium of the war in Gear Time-Space, both Agulos’s Evil Swamp Time-Space Legion and Saine’s Mechanical Civilization suffered heavy losses, while Saine continued studying the Star Ring Rail. Saine witnessed Kiran reverse time across a local battlefield, a feat that weakened Kiran but gave Saine a valuable reference for researching Time-Space Rules.

• Saine studied the Star Ring Rail, which boosted his Fusion State’s attack power and speed but offered fewer auxiliary benefits than the Magic Cube and Skynet.
• Agulos questioned whether invading Mechanical Civilization had been a mistake after his legion’s gains fell and its losses exceeded those from its campaign against Qihuang Castle Civilization.
• Mechanical Civilization also suffered major losses, including two Level-9 Mechanical Element Dominators, while Saine personally killed two enemy ultimate beings.
• Kiran and allied forces killed an Evil Swamp Time-Space Level-10 Being, and Kiran revealed that he could reverse the Time Rules in a local area.
• Saine observed Kiran’s time-reversal ability through Skynet and recognized it as a useful reference for studying Time-Space Rules.
• Kiran became severely weakened after using the ability, leaving Mechanical Civilization’s forces on his battlefield in a prolonged defensive posture.

Saine continued to hold the Mechanical Star District against Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, who agreed to extend their assault after Agulos offered more payment. Meanwhile, two Level-12 practitioners from Bewilderment Time-Space arrived in Light Universe Time-Space and allied with Qisha Time-Space.

• Saine killed two wounded Level-9 subordinates of Heavenly Wing Demon Lord with precise forbidden spell strikes while fighting Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord urged Agulos to withdraw, but Agulos offered him a generous additional employment fee to keep fighting for another two thousand years.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord agreed to continue the assault after considering the chance to plunder resources from the Mechanical Star District.
• Saine's forces held the Mechanical Star District as a defense line, while the civilization's core assets and reserves were stored elsewhere.
• Two Level-12 practitioners from Bewilderment Time-Space arrived in Light Universe Time-Space with elite legions and formed a strategic alliance with Qisha Time-Space.

Duolie formed a cooperative expeditionary legion with the forces of Bewilderment Time-Space, which targeted the Crimson Flame Civilization to seize territory and avenge Salamander Gray. The invasion began with overwhelming strength, but the Crimson Flame Civilization had built a broad alliance among Light Universe's native forces.

• Duolie accepted that his weaker position would let the Bewilderment Time-Space factions secure generous benefits through cooperation with Qisha Time-Space.
• The forces of Bewilderment Time-Space joined Duolie and advanced on the Crimson Flame Civilization's Star Sector to gain resources and avenge Salamander Gray.
• Salamander Gray personally joined the offensive after his rear base was raided, bringing the prospect of a three-way assault alongside the Darkness Sword Organization and Dark Universe forces.
• The invading legions overwhelmed the Crimson Flame Civilization's frontline with greater numbers of powerful practitioners and the backing of three Level-12 Strong Practitioners.
• The Crimson Flame Civilization had rallied many native Large Worlds and Top-Level Civilization factions by standing against the invaders, making it Light Universe's strongest coalition-builder.

Saine monitored the Crimson Flame Civilization’s war against Bewilderment Time-Space and considered using its need for support to obtain valuable Fire Element treasures. Meanwhile, his growing strength in the Mechanical Star District made Heavenly Wing Demon Lord want to withdraw, while Agulos reconsidered his failing offensive.

• The Crimson Flame Civilization received little meaningful aid despite its strategic alliance with the Water Mirror Civilization, while Saine delayed calling in promised reinforcements to test his own forces.
• Saine told Wealth Goddess Wojin to track the Crimson Flame Civilization’s war and bargaining chips because its Fire Element treasures could benefit his cultivation and the God of Machines.
• Saine watched Kiran’s rule techniques and reflected that the native Time Clock Civilization had a stronger affinity with the Gear Time-Space’s Origin Rules.
• Saine’s fusion of his Ashes Rule True Body with the God of Machines let him withstand Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, and sometimes suppress Agulos.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord grew eager to withdraw from the war, while Agulos, having suffered heavy losses without gaining an advantage, considered halting his offensive and changing strategy.

After Agulos and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord withdrew from the Mechanical Star District, Saine ordered the Mechanical Civilization to repair its defenses and recover rather than pursue them. He agreed to resume trade with Heavenly Wing Demon Lord but raised export prices, then turned to rebuilding the war-damaged sector.

• Agulos withdrew his forces after years of fighting, and Heavenly Wing Demon Lord and his elite troops departed first.
• Saine promised the Qihuang Castle Civilization and Time Clock Civilization stronger trade ties and help building defensive systems.
• Saine refused to pursue the retreating enemy and ordered the Mechanical Civilization to rest, repair its defenses, and reorganize damaged forces.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord contacted Saine to ask whether their trade deal could continue as before.
• Saine agreed to resume trade but raised the prices of exported resources by 17% to 31%, then ended the call and began organizing reconstruction.