Chapter Summaries

Saine studied the Destruction Time-Space behind the Bronze Gate as Evil Swamp forces prepared to join its exploration. Wuzhuo volunteered for the first close-range expedition, hoping Saine would help it escape the Lord of Evil Swamp’s lingering mark.

• Saine examined a Destruction Angel’s corrosive wing fragment and continued sending reconnaissance units through the Bronze Gate.
• Star Mark, Long Ga, Agulos, Lian Mo, Wuzhuo, and the Blue-eyed Octopus pledged legions for the coming expedition.
• Several hundred years later, Star Mark, Long Ga, Agulos, Wuzhuo, and Lian Mo arrived at Saine’s Experimental Starport and felt the Bronze Gate’s destructive pressure.
• Saine asked the Evil Swamp practitioners to cooperate in close-range exploration, and Wuzhuo volunteered first.
• Wuzhuo chose to prove its usefulness to Saine in hopes of breaking free from the Lord of Evil Swamp’s mark and recovering its strength.

Saine prepared to investigate the dangerous Destruction Time-Space beyond the Bronze Gate in person, leading the Evil Swamp Level-12 practitioners with the Mechanical God's new Fortress Defense Form. As Locke and Hongjun watched and supported the passage, Saine opened the channel and led the Mechanical God through.

• The Evil Swamp practitioners agreed to cooperate with Saine, and he told them he would personally accompany them through the Bronze Gate.
• Saine equipped the Mechanical God with new defensive systems and prepared to inspect the Ancient Tree of the Moon and the gate without entering the depths beyond it.
• Locke agreed to stabilize the passage from the rear, while Saine left Kakarot behind to prevent him from charging deeper into danger.
• Saine deployed the Mechanical God's Fortress Defense Form and assigned Wuzhuo, Star Mark, Long Ga, Agulos, and Lian Mo to protective positions.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared beside Locke as the Bronze Gate's destructive patterns began to glow.
• Saine opened the cross-dimensional channel and led the Mechanical God through first.

Saine piloted the Mechanical God into the Dimensional Ascension Channel to study its space-time and the Ancient Tree of the Moon. He confirmed the route could lead back to the Higher Dimensional Multiverse but not to the Material Star Realm, and ended by beginning a close-range examination of the Ancient Tree.

• Saine entered the Bronze Gate passage with Wuzhuo and reconnaissance units while his allies maintained the anchor formation behind them.
• Saine confirmed that the channel matched the route he had glimpsed during his own ascension, and Lilith’s memories further supported his analysis.
• Saine found that the Mechanical God could retreat to the Higher Dimensional Multiverse while the anchor held, but the dimensional barrier made a return to the Material Star Realm nearly impossible.
• As the Ancient Tree of the Moon came into view, Wuzhuo sensed the danger of approaching its true source.
• Saine ordered the Mechanical God to begin close-range sampling of the Ancient Tree of the Moon.

Saine investigated the Ancient Tree of the Moon and the Bronze Gate, collecting samples and recording the gate’s ancient markings. He began examining the destruction tide behind the gate and moved the God of Machines toward its crack.

• Saine sent sampling units to collect bark from the Ancient Tree of the Moon and found traces linked to Locke and Lilith.
• Saine gently contacted the tree, learned it remained conscious and had reached Level 11, and collected more specimens.
• Saine examined the Bronze Gate and used Micro Rubbing Cores to record its blurred images, though seven cores shattered under the pressure.
• Saine compared the chaotic Destruction Time-Space behind the gate with other extreme time-spaces and considered their similarities.
• Saine moved the God of Machines toward the gate’s crack as the destruction crystal tide intensified.

Saine tested the God of Machines' Fortress Defense Form against the Destruction Crystal Tide and gathered samples to study its effects. After the Ancient Tree of the Moon warned of awakening Destruction and urged them not to approach, Saine prepared to enter the Bronze Gate anyway.

• Saine deployed the God of Machines' Fortress Defense Form and endured thirty-six hourglasses of Destruction Crystal Tide while collecting and classifying fragments.
• Saine tested mechanical mother metal, a Death Rule crystal, and Wuzhuo's Pollution Mud Core, finding that pollution-type rules withstood the tide more steadily than expected.
• The Sky Net Central Hub calculated that a brief entry behind the Bronze Gate was controllable, and Thomas and Qingtian confirmed their defensive modules could hold.
• Saine questioned the Ancient Tree of the Moon, which warned that the gate had opened, Destruction was awakening, and they should not approach; Lilith said it had warned her before, but she kept going.
• Saine stored the collected samples and gate rubbings, then ordered the God of Machines to prepare to enter the Bronze Gate.

Saine discovered that Wuzhuo’s pollution could contain residue from the Bronze Gate’s Destruction Crystal Tide, which suppressed the lingering mark of the Lord of Evil Swamp. After testing the effect, Saine approached the gate to enter Destruction Time-Space, and Wuzhuo followed him.

• Destruction residue sank into Wuzhuo’s pollution, so Saine ordered him to stay still and began testing the interaction.
• Saine fed Wuzhuo increasing amounts of destruction residue, causing him intense pain while suppressing the Evil Swamp Echo within his origin.
• Lian Mo, Agulos, Long Ga, and Star Mark watched as Wuzhuo’s condition stabilized and recognized that the experiments might offer him a path back to his former peak.
• Saine recorded Wuzhuo as a living collector and sealer for further experiments after the Lord of Evil Swamp’s imprint had been pressed deep down.
• Saine advanced the God of Machines into the Bronze Gate’s dark-red tide, and Wuzhuo gritted his teeth and followed.

Saine led an organized exploration into the Destruction Time-Space beyond the Bronze Gate, using expendable legions and mechanical units to map its dangerous entrance region. As a Level-12 Destruction Behemoth clashed with Wuzhuo, Saine concluded that the realm’s Lord of Dimension might have become a chaotic, rule-based existence rather than a true life.

• Saine crossed the Bronze Gate in the Mechanical God, endured the Destruction Tide, and began mapping the shattered continent and surrounding regions.
• Wuzhuo’s Evil Swamp Legion, Agulos’s Deep Swamp Battle Group, and the Blue-eyed Octopus’s legions entered the realm, suffering losses while gathering data and leaving positioning markers.
• Saine deployed mechanical units and Rule Anchor Points, gradually creating a star map of the entrance region.
• A Level-12 Mid-Stage Destruction Behemoth attacked, and Wuzhuo intercepted it and fought it to a dead heat.
• Saine studied the battle and sensed that the Destruction Time-Space had a Lord of Dimension whose chaotic state might have transformed it into a rule-based existence.

Saine drove the Mechanical Civilization and Evil Swamp Legion deeper into the Destruction Time-Space to gather data and establish a temporary observation base. With Wuzhuo restraining a Level-12 Destruction Behemoth, Saine continued analyzing it and ordered Wuzhuo to keep holding it back.

• Saine sent Mechanical Legions and the Evil Swamp Legion forward to map the terrain, record the Destruction Crystal Tide, and collect samples despite heavy casualties.
• Saine ordered Blue-eyed Octopus, Agulos, and Lian Mo to enter the Destruction Time-Space and assigned each a scouting and containment zone.
• Mechanical units built a temporary observation base around the God of Machines, using rule anchor piles and a defensive belt made partly from Evil Swamp remains.
• Wuzhuo continued battling a Level-12 Mid-Stage Destruction Behemoth, allowing the Mechanical Observation Core to record its rule fragments and the crystal tide’s responses.
• Saine analyzed the Destruction Behemoth from the God of Machines and told Wuzhuo to continue restraining it.

Saine studied the Destruction Behemoth and avoided killing it, then focused his exploration on the Black Flame Spire Cluster after finding evidence of an ancient civilization. Fragmentary records suggested an empty throne and a ruined altar, leaving the meaning of the throne and the fate of the civilization unresolved.

• Saine observed Wuzhuo battle the Destruction Behemoth and judged that killing it might provoke a dangerous reaction from the depths of Destruction Time-Space.
• Saine used the Mechanical Civilization’s data to map the entrance zone and identified the Black Flame Spire Cluster as a priority after reconnaissance units found traces of civilization there.
• Saine ordered more Mechanical Cores and Evil Swamp Legions to approach the spires, and a Core transmitted the fragmentary words, “The throne... is empty...”
• A later Mechanical Core captured an image of humanoid lives kneeling before the spires beneath a damaged throne-shaped phantom, convincing Saine that the cluster recorded the civilization’s final history.
• Mechanical Assistants reconstructed the spires as a vast circular altar with a scoured pit at its center, where something—or someone—might once have been placed.

Locke felt the Destruction Time-Space behind the Bronze Gate calling him to become its Lord of Dimension, but he chose to wait for Saine’s intelligence before entering. As Saine’s God of Machines explored the other side, Locke prepared the Destruction Divine Kingdom for a possible war while guarding against the gate’s dangers.

• Saine reported that the throne beyond the Bronze Gate was empty, and Locke sensed the Destruction Time-Space trying to draw him into the position of Lord of Dimension.
• Locke absorbed and refined a strand of Destruction Crystal Tide, while Hongjun warned him that the Karma beyond the gate was heavy and sought someone to bear it.
• Locke decided he would enter the Destruction Time-Space eventually, but would wait for Saine’s intelligence and refuse to let its Origin of Destruction control his path.
• Kakarot and the gathered Destruction Divine Kingdom powerhouses sensed the powerful enemies beyond the gate, while the Limitless Golden Emperor and the Lord of Eternal Day assessed the time-space’s strength and risks.
• Saine’s God of Machines continued exploring beyond the gate, and Locke ordered the outer legions to withdraw three layers of formation in case a Destruction Tide surged out.

Saine sent Level-12 outsiders into Destruction Time-Space to gather data, but their arrival stirred its defenses and drew four powerful Destruction-type Beings toward the entrance. As the attackers advanced, Saine ordered his forces to prepare for battle and assigned the Blue-eyed Octopus to hold the flank.

• Agulos, the Blue-eyed Octopus, Lian Mo, and Long Ga entered Destruction Time-Space, where its rules quickly suppressed their abilities and caused heavy casualties among Long Ga's legion.
• Saine used the Level-12 practitioners' combat to accelerate the Mechanical Civilization's data collection, while Sky Net Central Hub detected four approaching Level-12 Destruction-type life fluctuations.
• The Destruction Crystal Tide rose and the Black Flame Spires lit up as the time-space's deeper defenses reacted to the outsiders' arrival.
• Four Destruction-type Beings, ranging from Level-12 Early-Stage to Level-12 Peak, appeared and charged toward the entrance-zone battlefield.
• Saine ordered everyone to prepare to engage, then instructed the Blue-eyed Octopus to hold the flank.

Saine and the Evil Swamp Legion fought the Destruction beast tide inside the Bronze Gate as several Level-12 Destruction Beings overwhelmed the battlefield. Saine clashed with a Level-12 Peak humanoid Destruction powerhouse, and their battle split the Shattered Black Continent.

• Long Ga, Agulos, Blue-eyed Octopus, and Lian Mo battled Destruction Beings while the beast tide tore through the Evil Swamp Legion.
• Lian Mo distorted the low-level Destruction Beings' perceptions with her desire barrier, but a group of them turned toward her under the humanoid Destruction powerhouse's influence.
• Wuzhuo fought a Level-12 Mid-Stage Destruction Behemoth and sensed that the Destruction Time-Space was wearing away the mark binding it to the Lord of Evil Swamp.
• Saine shifted the God of Machines into a combat stance and confronted the Level-12 Peak humanoid Destruction powerhouse, whose first punch shattered many of the battlefield's Rule Anchor Piles.
• Saine tried to trap the humanoid with the Dimension-Severing Cage and struck with Mechanical Rules, but it burned through the cage, caught his next punch, and split the Shattered Black Continent.

Saine monitored five powerful Destruction Beings as the God of Machines and the Evil Swamp Hall Masters fought them near the Bronze Gate. With the Hall Masters suffering worsening injuries, the battle continued as Mechanical Civilization recorded samples and tracked contributions for future rewards.

• Saine ordered Wall-E to create separate files for the five Level-12 Destruction Beings and named them the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast, Black Flame Skeletonized Being, Hundred-Eyed Chaos Beast, Crystal Tide Snake King, and Empty-Faced Burning Monarch.
• Wuzhuo struggled against the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast, Long Ga fought the Black Flame Skeletonized Being, Agulos battled the Hundred-Eyed Chaos Beast, and the Blue-eyed Octopus was harried by the Crystal Tide Snake King.
• Saine judged the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch to be the most valuable sample and suspected it was connected to the Throne recorded in the Black Flame Spire Cluster.
• Lian Mo’s Desire miasma was torn open by Destruction Creatures, so Mechanical Artillery Arrays at the Temporary Observation Base fired to cut through the beast tide.
• Mechanical collection units recovered tentacles, blood, Rule Fragments, and other damaged remains from the fighters, while Saine recorded their contributions on the merit list.
• The injured Evil Swamp Hall Masters kept fighting because they hoped the mission would improve their standing and earn them greater resources and protection.

Saine used the God of Machines to withstand the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch and strip a Destruction Rule Fragment from it. He withdrew with the sample secured, having proved the Monarch could be weakened and the God of Machines’ upgrades could contend with it.

• The God of Machines blocked the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch’s punch with Thomas’s Castle Gear wall and Qingtian’s Earth Element Golden Wall Module.
• Saine’s Mechanical Rules chains redirected the Destruction Crystal Tide, allowing the Dimension-Severing Cage to briefly slow the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch.
• Saine used a Rule Drill to tear a Destruction Rule Fragment from the Monarch’s right arm, then retreated before its flames destroyed the sealed area.
• The God of Machines contained the fragment, while the Sky Net Central Hub detected reduced rule integrity and movement in the Monarch’s right arm.
• Saine halted the attack after the God of Machines’ systems took strain, and Locke watched from beyond the Bronze Gate.

Locke resisted the Destruction Time-Space’s summons and considered the danger of claiming its empty throne, while Saine’s expedition gathered vital data and samples behind the Bronze Gate. Locke ordered preparations for a larger campaign, awaiting Saine’s findings to learn whether the throne was truly vacant.

• Locke sensed the Destruction Time-Space calling him to its damaged black throne, then cut off the vision and refused to let its Origin of Destruction control him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Locke that he would have to suppress the time-space itself if he entered as its master, and Locke weighed the danger of being reshaped by it.
• Kakarot held back from entering the Bronze Gate despite his eagerness to fight, while Saine continued collecting samples and records for the expedition.
• The Empty-Faced Burning Monarch grew more violent after losing a fragment of its Destruction Rule, drawing beast tides against the observation base and causing heavy losses.
• Saine stored valuable creature and Rule samples, and Locke ordered the Destruction Divine Kingdom to prepare for a greater expedition while awaiting Saine’s answer about the throne.

Wuzhuo discovered that he might combine Destruction Factors with his Origin of Pollution to forge a new path, though the attempt caused him intense pain and required help from Saine and Locke. As the battle in the Bronze Gate continued, he began actively cooperating with Saine and resolved to survive before pursuing his new path.

• Wuzhuo realized the Destruction Crystal Tide was grinding away the Lord of Evil Swamp's lingering marks while leaving destructive power in his origin.
• Wuzhuo tried to absorb a wisp of Destruction Factor, igniting his Pollution Tide and leaving him vulnerable to the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast.
• Wuzhuo concluded that he needed Saine and Locke to stabilize his new path and turned away from relying on the Lord of Evil Swamp.
• Blue-eyed Octopus, Agulos, Long Ga, and Lian Mo suffered injuries fighting destruction beasts, while the Sky Net recorded their contributions and offered rewards.
• Wuzhuo sent pollution mixed with Destruction Factors to Saine and continued drawing destructive power into his origin while evading the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast.
• Wuzhuo suppressed his thoughts of settling old scores and focused on getting out of the Bronze Gate alive.

Saine ordered a withdrawal from the Destruction Time-Space after the battle stirred a nearby Rule-based Transformation Lord of Dimension. The expedition returned through the Bronze Gate with samples and intelligence, while the gate was sealed against the surging Destruction Tide; Locke noted that the summons beyond it had grown stronger.

• As new Level-12 destruction beings appeared and a Lord-level Rule Turbulence approached, Saine ordered the legions to withdraw with their samples and data.
• Wuzhuo tore a piece of crystallized flesh from the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast before retreating, while Saine used the God of Machines to block the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch from reaching the Bronze Gate.
• Locke, the Limitless Golden Emperor, and the Lord of Eternal Day protected the retreating forces outside the gate, and Saine left Rule Anchor Piles behind to transmit faint signals.
• Saine and Wuzhuo withdrew through the Bronze Gate as the distant Lord of Dimension drew near, and Saine helped seal the passage against the Destruction Tide.
• Locke welcomed Saine back and observed that the summons behind the Bronze Gate had grown stronger.

Saine and the exploration force tried to withdraw from the Bronze Gate with their samples and data, but a Destruction Supreme appeared and attacked across the boundary. Locke intervened, and the two Destruction powers clashed as Saine retreated to protect the survivors and recovered materials.

• Saine recognized the Destruction Supreme’s Rule True Body behind the Bronze Gate and ordered all Mechanical Lifeforms below Level 9 to stop looking directly at it.
• Wuzhuo withdrew his Pollution True Body, while Lian Mo, the Blue-eyed Octopus, Agulos, and Long Ga recoiled from the Supreme’s overwhelming presence.
• The Destruction Supreme sent a wave of Origin of Destruction through the gate, cracking the edge-sealing layers and forcing Saine to order a retreat.
• Locke unfolded the Destruction Black Lotus and met the Supreme’s cross-world attack, causing their forces of destruction to collide.
• Saine’s mechanical arm saved a transport ship carrying the Core of Remnant Text, and he sent contaminated Level Ten Mechanical Lifeforms to the Quarantine Zone for research.

Locke and the Destruction Supreme clashed across the Bronze Gate, revealing the immense power of the being beyond it and the gate’s resistance to their attacks. The two forces eventually withdrew, leaving Saine and the others to reckon with the danger of a future confrontation.

• Locke thrust the Spear of Destruction through the Bronze Gate’s crack, forcing back the Destruction Supreme’s dark-gold tide before it surged against him.
• Saine watched law sparks burn through a Mechanical Observation Tower, while the Limitless Golden Emperor and the Lord of Eternal Day assessed the Destruction Supreme as a threat beyond the Lord of Evil Swamp.
• The clash shook Saine’s channel and destroyed two groups of the sealing device, while Alarm Clock Girl and Despair Matriarch Ilena struggled to contain the aftershocks.
• Saine’s Mechanical Units collected the scorched leaves shed by the Ancient Tree of the Moon as samples of both Destruction Auras.
• Locke and the Destruction Supreme ended their clash after nearly a hundred hourglasses without either crossing the Bronze Gate, and Locke let the dark-gold traces on his palm burn away.
• Kakarot and Vegeta held back from challenging the Destruction Supreme, while Hongjun continued watching the Bronze Gate in silence.

Saine observed five more Level-12 destruction powerhouses emerge beyond the Bronze Gate and recorded their abilities as the Destruction Divine Kingdom prepared for a future expedition. With ten known Level-12 threats and the Destruction Supreme still looming within the Destruction Time-Space, Saine classified the enemies and prioritized research into countering the Erosion Abyss Mother Nest.

• Saine ordered Skynet to record the five newly revealed destruction powerhouses as they emerged beyond the Bronze Gate.
• Saine identified the Black Sun Falling Monarch, Star-Extinguishing Bone Phoenix, and World-Splitting Axe Demon, noting their battlefield and formation-breaking threats.
• Saine named the Erosion Abyss Mother Nest and ordered research into preventing it from replenishing its energy from the destruction crystal tide.
• Saine identified the Headless Spear Chief, whose spear nearly approached a Dimension Supreme Treasure, and counted ten known Level-12 destruction creatures.
• Locke's fighting spirit intensified, while Kakarot wanted to fight the Headless Spear Chief and World-Splitting Axe Demon, but Locke kept him back.
• Saine sorted the ten Level-12 enemies into threat categories and prepared an initial chart of their combat forces.