Chapter Summaries

The Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong advanced to seal the Source-Devouring Channel, slowing its rotation and reducing the flow of beasts. A Level-12 aura emerged from the far side, and new source-devouring remnants appeared elsewhere in Clear River Time-Space as the battlefield data was sent to Saine.

• The Azure Blue Sea Lord used the Heavenly Water Deep Blue Mirror to reveal source-devouring veins and advanced with the Deep Blue Sacred Sea.
• Lan Qiong unleashed the Heavy Water Heavenly Waterfall, crushing Source-Devouring Beasts as he followed the Azure Blue Sea Lord toward the channel.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord reflected the channel's veins in the mirror while Lan Qiong formed a heavy-water seal, slowing the channel and reducing the number of beasts emerging.
• Source-Devouring Beasts sacrificed themselves to restore the channel's activity, and a Level-12 aura from the far side strengthened the beasts, veins, and vortex.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong received reports of new source-devouring remnants in other star fields, and comprehensive battlefield data was sent to Saine.

Source-Devouring Beasts broke through the Clear River Allied Legion’s outer defenses, draining planes and throwing homeland forces into disarray. Mechanical Civilization and Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction legions held their lines, and Clear River forces began regrouping behind them.

• Source-Devouring Beasts bypassed the frontline, severed allied legions, and attacked Clear River planes and stellar nodes.
• Clear River civilizations that surrendered were devoured, while the Clear River Delegation circulated footage of the devastated Dead Silent Dimension.
• Fear and disorder spread through the Clear River Allied Legion, and some civilizations recalled their forces against the Myriad Rivers Ancient Star Civilization’s orders.
• Saine’s Mechanical Civilization legions used fortresses, Sky Net Sub-units, and targeted weapons to stop Source-Devouring Beasts from reaching nearby planes.
• Locke’s Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction legions met the Source-Devouring tide with disciplined counterattacks and protected wounded fighters from being consumed.
• Clear River forces gathered around the mechanical and Destruction legions, and some Top-Level Civilizations handed over command authority as a new defensive line formed.

Lan Qiong fired the Profound Water Heavenly Bow at a Level-12 Source-Devouring Strong Practitioner, but the Source-Devouring Channel devoured most of the arrow and grew more stable. Saine studied the channel’s energy conversion, while a hand holding a Gray White Bone Spear emerged from the channel.

• Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong faced the approaching Level-12 aura as Source-Devouring Veins pressed toward them.
• Lan Qiong gathered energy from the Profound Water Celestial Pivot Civilization’s War Platforms and fired a Rule Ice Crystal Arrow through the Source-Devouring Channel.
• The channel stripped away and converted most of the arrow’s power, damaging the channel slightly but making its edges more solid.
• Azure Blue Sea Lord shared recorded battle data with the Clear River Delegation, and Saine analyzed how the Source-Devouring Channel converted different energies.
• Saine ordered mechanical probes to capture more examples of the conversion process as a hand holding a Gray White Bone Spear emerged from the channel.

The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor descended through the Source-Devouring Channel and fought the Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong, while the channel continued to stabilize and spread the invasion. With new channels opening elsewhere and the enemy refusing to leave its post, the defenders withdrew and formally requested reinforcements from the powers behind the Clear River Delegation.

• The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor emerged with the Source-Eroding Bone Spear and Devouring Realm Wheel, revealing its self-awareness and Level-12 Late-Stage strength.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong attacked the Ancient Emperor and damaged its wheel, but the channel replenished its injuries and the Ancient Emperor held its position.
• As the channel stabilized, more Source-Devouring powerhouses poured through and spread toward other star domains.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord detected two more distant star domains where Source-Devouring Channels were forming and withdrew with Lan Qiong.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord sent a formal plea for reinforcements from the powers behind the Clear River Delegation.

After the Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor’s advance threatened the Clear River Time-Space, Saine ordered a second, elite wave of Mechanical Civilization reinforcements while continuing his experiments in the Evil Swamp Time-Space. The forces began crossing realms, but the arrival of three Level-12 Strong Practitioners made the long channel shake violently.

• Saine tested how suppression measures could weaken the connection between a Source-Devouring Crystal Core and its time-space, then reviewed the Clear River battlefield footage sent by the Azure Blue Sea Lord.
• Saine ordered the second reinforcement wave to assemble, choosing to remain in the Evil Swamp Time-Space and oversee the Node Project remotely through Skynet.
• Mechanical Engineering Legions, War Fortresses, node devices, and other forces gathered in the Gear Time-Space and began crossing the stabilized channel in stages.
• Bing Xin, Mountain Giant King, and Alarm Clock Girl joined the second wave, with Alarm Clock Girl recalibrating the time difference and preparing to establish a Time Anchor Point.
• Mechanical Engineering Ships entered the channel first and laid Rule Anchors, but the channel shook violently when the three Level-12 rule fluctuations appeared.

Five additional Source-Devouring Channels opened across Clear River Time-Space, forcing the Myriad Rivers Ancient Star Civilization to redistribute its limited forces as the invasion spread. The Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong split up to contain threats from two incoming Level-12 enemies, while reinforcements slowed the collapse but all six channels kept expanding.

• Two previously discovered anomalous starfields formed new Source-Devouring Channels, and three more channels appeared in other starfields, bringing the total to six.
• The Myriad Rivers Ancient Star Civilization abandoned some outer Plane Worlds and reassigned legions to defend the six channels and major inhabited starfields.
• The Azure Blue Sea Lord used the Heavenly Water Deep Blue Mirror to monitor the war zones and contain the Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor, while another Level-12 aura approached through his channel.
• Lan Qiong carried the Profound Water Heavenly Bow to a different channel to try to delay another Level-12 enemy's descent.
• Level-11 reinforcements from the Destruction Divine Kingdom, Limitless Time-Space, Eternal Day Time-Space, and the Light God Race helped stabilize several battlefronts.
• The reinforcements slowed Clear River Time-Space's collapse, but the six Source-Devouring Channels continued to expand.

Bing Xin, the Mountain Giant King, and Alarm Clock Girl crossed into the Clear River Time-Space and helped turn the scattered reinforcements into an organized war base. As the front continued to suffer defeats and two more Level-12 Source-Devouring Strong Practitioners grew more distinct, both sides continued escalating their forces.

• Alarm Clock Girl stabilized the cross-dimensional passage as Bing Xin and the Mountain Giant King completed the dangerous crossing into the Clear River Time-Space.
• Bing Xin ordered Skynet to inspect every legion, and a homeland warship carrying hidden Source-Devouring contamination was isolated for cleansing.
• The Mountain Giant King anchored the arrival zone while Skynet organized the reinforcements and Clear River fleets into supplied combat groups.
• The first reorganized combat groups departed to support threatened frontlines, while Alarm Clock Girl established Time Anchor Points for future crossings.
• Level-11 reinforcements from allied civilizations arrived and connected their communications and logistics to Mechanical Civilization, even as defeats mounted and two Level-12 Source-Devouring auras grew stronger.

Bing Xin, the Mountain Giant King, and Skynet organized the arriving reinforcements into six combat groups while keeping them concentrated in the Reinforcement Arrival Zone. Skynet selected a Source-Devouring Channel as their first target, and the groups received orders to assemble for an attack intended to capture the channel and living samples.

• Bing Xin classified high-level combat strength and Rule Attributes while the Mountain Giant King helped Skynet position the arriving legions, and Alarm Clock Girl stabilized the passage’s temporal anchor points.
• Skynet reorganized the legions from several powers into six mutually supporting combat groups with different combat roles.
• Skynet assigned missions that legions could accept or refuse, while the three Super Civilizations of Clear River Time-Space backed compensation for the reinforcements.
• Saine ordered Bing Xin and the Mountain Giant King to keep the Joint Combat Legion together rather than expose it to risks by splitting it across the six war zones.
• Skynet selected a Source-Devouring Channel guarded by three level-11 Source-Devouring strong practitioners and many beasts as the first target.
• The six combat groups received the assembly order to prepare for the attack.

The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor held the Source-Devouring Channel while the Source-Siphoning Ancient Emperor Nalos and the Domain-Rending Ancient Emperor Hemijia descended into Clear River Time-Space. The three Ancient Emperors stayed to expand and secure their channels as they awaited reinforcements and reported the war’s unexpected complications to Source-Devouring Time-Space.

• Nalos crossed the first channel, drained origin water from nearby planes, and fed the extracted rule energy into the channel to expand it.
• Nalos observed the gathered forces from several different dimensions, while the Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor explained that he had stayed to protect the channel.
• Hemijia descended in a distant starfield, opened spatial fissures in weak points of Clear River Time-Space’s Rules Barrier, and guided Source-Devouring legions through them.
• The three Ancient Emperors discussed the delayed arrival of Satun and Palde and considered Clear River Time-Space a gateway to other cosmic spaces.
• The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor warned that a Lord of Dimension might arrive, but Nalos dismissed the danger and spoke of reaching the Emperor Monarch Realm.
• The three Ancient Emperors remained by their channels, urged their reinforcements to hurry, and sent reports to other Level-12 practitioners in Source-Devouring Time-Space.

The Joint Combat Legion overwhelmed a Source-Devouring Channel in Clear River Time-Space, captured a Level-11 Late-Stage Source-Devouring powerhouse alive, and sealed the channel intact. Saine received the channel’s recorded data and prepared to study it in his laboratory.

• Skynet directed more than ninety percent of the Joint Combat Legion toward the Source-Devouring Channel, where the Mechanical Engineering Legion began isolating its veins.
• Bing Xin ambushed the Level-11 Late-Stage powerhouse as it tried to break through the blockade, and the Joint Combat Legion subdued it alive.
• The Mountain Giant King held back the two remaining Level-11 defenders while the War Fortress formations and allied legions drove back the Source-Devouring Beasts.
• The Mechanical Engineering Legion severed the channel’s connections, and Final Silence Radiance stopped its rotation while Mechanical Chains and node devices fixed it in place.
• Clear River Time-Space's native legions reclaimed lost positions as the surrounding Source-Devouring Beasts lost the channel’s support.
• Skynet transmitted the channel’s recorded rule changes to Saine, who ordered the frontline to preserve the channel and living specimen intact.

The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor and the other Ancient Emperors discovered that the Mechanical Civilization had used a transformed power connected to the Final Silence Rule to seal a Source-Devouring Channel, prompting them to fortify their remaining channels. In the Evil Swamp Time-Space, Saine studied data from the sealed channel and ordered the transfer of a captured Level-11 specimen for further research.

• The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor recognized Final Silence Rule in fragmented feedback from the sealed channel, while the Domain-Rending Ancient Emperor and Source-Siphoning Ancient Emperor noted that the Mechanical Civilization had altered it with other rules.
• The Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor ordered Level-10 and Level-11 practitioners to stay near the five remaining Source-Devouring Channels and pulled established source-devouring veins deeper into space, but allowed the legions to keep advancing into the Clear River Time-Space.
• After the channel was sealed, source-devouring beasts in the surrounding starfields retreated, and native Clear River fleets reclaimed territory while Azure Blue Sacred Sea Civilization legions stabilized damaged water-element planes.
• Saine examined Skynet's data and found that the sealed Level-11 specimen's Source-Devouring Crystal Core continued consuming energy and trying to reach the dormant channel.
• Saine ordered the captured specimen transferred to the Evil Swamp Time-Space after its seal and transit safety had been verified.

Lady Chenglan watched the Lanxi Civilization evacuate refugees as Source-Devouring Beasts devastated Clear River Time-Space, while Saine held back further reinforcements until the local powers offered better terms. A new bright yellow Law Tide appeared, forcing the refugee fleet to accelerate its retreat.

• Lady Chenglan saw that Source-Devouring Beasts had drained several water-element planes and that the Lanxi Civilization's refugee fleet was running short on space and resources.
• Many Lanxi Civilization beings grew hopeful after Mechanical and Destruction forces helped repel a Source-Devouring Beast legion without interrupting the evacuation.
• Lady Chenglan remained wary that the distant reinforcements would require greater resources in exchange for further help.
• Saine decided not to send additional Level-12 strength unless Clear River Time-Space offered improved terms and access to more rule data.
• A bright yellow Law Tide appeared near the refugee fleet, and the Lanxi Civilization legion ordered its ships to accelerate their evacuation.

Saine tested a method to weaken a damaged Source-Devouring Being’s connection to Source-Devouring Time-Space. Meanwhile, five Ancient Emperors launched a full-scale assault on Clear River Time-Space, forcing its leaders to request more aid from the Mechanical Civilization and the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction.

• Saine used alchemical needles, Final Silence Radiance, and rule circuits to suppress a captured Level-11 Source-Devouring Being’s connection to Source-Devouring Time-Space.
• Withered Sea Ancient Emperor Satun and Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor Palde arrived, bringing the number of Level-12 Source-Devouring strong practitioners in Clear River Time-Space to five.
• The five Ancient Emperors led attacks from multiple directions while Bing Xin, Mountain Giant King, and the Clear River defenders could concentrate on only one main battlefield.
• Source-Devouring legions overran defenses, devastated water-element planes, attacked supply routes, and drove refugees toward the core star regions.
• Azure Blue Sea Lord and Lan Qiong acknowledged that Clear River Time-Space could not stop the invasion alone, and the three Super Civilizations sent a new request for aid with greatly expanded terms.
• Saine received the new request for aid in Evil Swamp Time-Space.

Saine negotiated a second wartime aid agreement with Clear River Time-Space, securing uncontaminated Origin Node data and limited command authority for Skynet. As the Mechanical Civilization prepared more support, the Destruction Divine Kingdom added two Level-12 practitioners to its third support list.

• Saine rejected the second aid offer’s limited normal Origin Node samples and demanded uncontaminated data and clearer wartime command authority for Skynet.
• The three Super Civilizations debated the risks of opening normal Origin Nodes, but worsening Source-Devouring attacks and evacuations led them to accept Saine’s supplementary conditions.
• Clear River Time-Space opened a first batch of normal Origin Nodes in shared and neutral regions and granted Skynet authority over local fleets assigned to its missions.
• Saine studied the new Origin Node data and continued recording how Clear River Time-Space’s rules collided with Source-Devouring Time-Space’s rules.
• The Mechanical Civilization gathered additional fortresses, engineering legions, and isolation devices, while the Destruction Divine Kingdom added two Level-12 auras to its third support list.

The third reinforcement legion arrived in Clear River Time-Space, bringing several powerful Level-12 fighters whose ominous auras alarmed the local civilizations. Laozi’s return and the discipline of the newcomers eased some concerns, and Skynet sent the reinforcements toward the front lines.

• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord descended, and local forces used a purification light curtain to shield weaker beings from his Evil Swamp aura.
• Balhaink and the Sword Demon followed, alarming Clear River’s water-element forces with their Destruction Storm and Darkness Sword Intent before containing their power.
• The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, Balhaink, and the Sword Demon obeyed military discipline and awaited orders, easing the local leaders’ fears that they might remain after the war.
• Laozi returned with the legion and reunited with old acquaintances from the Myriad Rivers Ancient Star Civilization, who welcomed him and publicly attested to his peaceful past in Clear River Time-Space.
• After Skynet reorganized the force, the war fortresses and Mechanical Engineering Legions headed for the Clear River front lines.

Mechanical God Emperor Saine coordinated a campaign to sever the Source-Devouring veins sustaining the invasion of Clear River Time-Space. The Mechanical Engineering Legion and its allies cut off a vast section of the network, leaving the five Ancient Emperors held back and the Source-Devouring rule system weakened.

• The five Ancient Emperors sensed the arrival of Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, Balhaine, and Sword Demon as Clear River Time-Space’s forces gained the advantage in numbers.
• Saine directed the Joint Combat Legion to sever Source-Devouring veins, while Azure Blue Sea Lord and the other Level-12 fighters held the Ancient Emperors away from the engineering force.
• Balhaink and Sword Demon cleared Source-Devouring Beasts and cut the veins, allowing the Mechanical Engineering Legion to deploy improved isolation devices.
• Heavenly Wing Demon Lord led Evil Swamp forces into the contaminated region and helped protect the isolation work with his Resistance Boundary Layer.
• With Skynet coordinating the allied forces, the Mechanical Engineering Legion severed several veins, weakening the Source-Devouring network and helping Clear River Time-Space reclaim territory.
• The five Ancient Emperors realized that Saine was dismantling Source-Devouring Time-Space’s origin rule system across a vast area.

The Mechanical Civilization severed several Source-Devouring Veins in Clear River Time-Space, disrupting the Source-Devouring Beast legions and prompting all five Ancient Emperors to attack the Mechanical Engineering Legion. The Mechanical Civilization evacuated its core equipment, while Saine detected a brief synchronization linking the five Source-Devouring Channels and the Ancient Emperors’ Origin Power.

• The severed Source-Devouring Veins weakened nearby Source-Devouring Beasts and briefly disrupted the Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor as he fought the Azure Blue Sea Lord.
• The five Ancient Emperors redirected their attacks toward the Mechanical Engineering Legion, but Bing Xin, the Sword Demon, Lan Qiong, Storm Dragon Balhaink, the Mountain Giant King, and the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord held them back.
• The Ancient Emperors and Source-Devouring Beast legions destroyed perimeter devices, while the local allied forces retook starfields around the severed veins.
• The Mechanical Civilization evacuated its core Engineering Legion and equipment before the Devouring Realm Ancient Emperor destroyed the last remaining severance device.
• Saine examined the battle’s rule fluctuations and identified a brief synchronized reaction connecting the five Source-Devouring Channels and the Ancient Emperors’ Origin Power.

Saine prepared to leave Evil Swamp Time-Space for Clear River Time-Space to study the Source-Devouring Channels firsthand. As he began his journey, the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch arrived in Clear River Time-Space with a massive army, while Saine’s God of Machines awakened at the other end of the passage.

• Saine studied a Level-11 Source-Devouring Strong Practitioner and discovered that the five Source-Devouring Channels connected to a larger network hidden within Clear River Time-Space.
• Saine instructed the Evil Spirit King and the Level-12 Temple Lords to continue Node Engineering and watch for signs that the Lord of Evil Swamp was awakening.
• Saine prepared to cross into Clear River Time-Space, bringing the captured specimen and experimental equipment through the Cross-dimensional Passage.
• The five Source-Devouring Channels flared, and a gigantic passage opened as a powerful Source-Devouring Legion poured into Clear River Time-Space.
• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch emerged from the passage, drawing source tides from more than a hundred nearby planes as the Ancient Emperors welcomed him.
• Saine’s God of Machines opened its luminous eyes at the other end of the Cross-dimensional Passage.

Saine arrived in Clear River Time-Space in the God of Machines and fought the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch, whose invasion was devastating the nearby star territories. As Saine recognized that the Emperor Monarch lacked the independent authority of a true Lord of Dimension, the Emperor Monarch sensed Final Silence power in Saine’s mechanical rules and demanded to know his connection to Final Silence Time-Space.

• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch’s arrival devastated the defenses of a Homeland Star Territory, and he severely wounded the Azure Blue Sea Lord with a single strike.
• The God of Machines descended, and Saine told the Mountain Giant King to hold the mechanical position.
• The God of Machines struck the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch and sent him flying, then unleashed Level-13 power and a barrage that cracked his armor.
• Saine fought off the Emperor Monarch’s attacks and realized that, despite his Level-13 combat strength, he could not permanently imprint his authority on Clear River Time-Space.
• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch recognized Final Silence aura in the God of Machines and asked Saine what connection he had to the beings of Final Silence Time-Space, as Saine attacked without answering.

Saine used the God of Machines to battle the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch, disrupting its links to the Source-Devouring Network and exposing its reliance on external power. The Emperor Monarch retreated to the giant Source-Devouring Channel, while Clear River Time-Space’s forces rallied and resumed their counterattack.

• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch restored its defenses by drawing life force, Plane Origin, and rule energy from the battlefield, but Saine’s artillery severed threads supporting its giant maw.
• Saine pressed the Emperor Monarch away from the giant Source-Devouring Channel and fought it at close range, where the God of Machines’ defenses nullified its Source-Devouring Power.
• The God of Machines tore apart seven Source-Devouring rings and destroyed the nodes linking them to the Channels, freeing the Clear River Origin they had seized.
• Bing Xin and the Mountain Giant King blocked two Ancient Emperors, while Balhaine, the Sword Demon, the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, and others counterattacked the remaining Ancient Emperors.
• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch used a Source-Devouring Tide to retreat near the giant Channel, and Saine stopped pursuing it rather than enter the enemy’s prepared network.
• After Mechanical God Emperor Saine stopped the Emperor Monarch’s advance, Clear River Time-Space’s legions rallied and resumed their attack along both flanks.