Chapter Summaries

As the war in Darkness Sword Time-Space worsened, the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord decided to intervene rather than let Ebony rely on Source-Devouring Time-Space alone. After negotiating costly terms with Ebony, he and the other Lords of Dimension began deploying their forces, and the chapter ends as the expeditionary legions set out.

• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord reviewed the expanding Source-Devouring presence and, seeing Locke and Saine press the attack, decided to go to Darkness Sword Time-Space.
• The Myriad Law Thunder Emperor and the Paper Figure Dimension Lord agreed to join the intervention, but demanded resources, guarantees, and arrangements for their legions.
• Ebony negotiated the terms, moved some locations and substituted materials, then accepted the final agreement and promised the first batch of supplies.
• Ebony reopened sealed storage areas and sent out the first batch of resources while preparing passages and arrival zones for the incoming forces.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord rejected a location tainted by the Source-Devouring Origin, and the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor ordered the legions to deploy.
• Expeditionary legions from Myriad Phenomena Time-Space began arriving at their designated points, and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord ordered them to move out.

The Thunder Domain, Card, and Myriad Phenomena legions entered the Darkness Sword Time-Space, followed by their three Lords of Dimension, strengthening Ebony’s forces against Locke. In response, the Dark Nether Death God and Duolie reconsidered joining the war and asked Ebony to increase his offer.

• The Thunder Domain Expeditionary Legion crossed into the Darkness Sword Time-Space and spread out from its Jieyin Zone.
• The Card Time-Space Legion arrived through enormous cards and deployed across its assigned positions, allowing the Darkness Sword Organization to reconnect its scattered defenses.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor, and the Paper Figure Dimension Lord entered the battlefield, and Ebony’s local forces expanded again.
• Saine told Locke that three Lords of Dimension had arrived, and they adjusted their battlefield deployments as the new legions advanced.
• The Dark Nether Death God and Duolie reviewed Ebony’s promised resources and decided to ask him how much more he could offer.

Locke pressed his attack on Ebony and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, whose Myriad Phenomena Balance Disk diverted and resisted the force of his God Slaying Spear. Ebony and the Paper Figure Dimension Lord helped stabilize the defenses, but Locke kept striking as the chapter ended.

• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord intervened to protect Ebony with the Myriad Phenomena Balance Disk, but Locke’s spear and Destruction Black Lotus battered the disk and damaged the defensive region.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord redirected the disk’s patterns to disrupt the connection between Locke’s spear and lotus, briefly halting his advance before Locke burned through the interference with support from Paradise Lost Time-Space and the Destruction Time-Space Star Sector.
• Ebony recovered enough to slash at Locke from behind, but lotus phantoms blocked his Darkness Long Sword; he then joined the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord in defending against Locke’s strikes.
• Ebony severed a dark-origin channel that Locke’s destruction flames had thrown out of control, but Locke pierced through the breach and left a scorch mark on the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord’s shoulder.
• The Paper Figure Dimension Lord linked the remaining defensive regions, restoring local power and strengthening Ebony’s sword, while Locke continued gathering destruction power for another strike at the disk.

Saine fought the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch and the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor at once, using the God of Machines and its ash fire to withstand their attacks. After Skynet warned that stray lightning threatened the Expedition Jieyin Zone, he repositioned to block the route to the rear and contacted Locke, then checked the Communication Marks of his allies.

• The Myriad Law Thunder Emperor arrived and attacked Saine, who charged into his lightning sea and used ash fire to disrupt its power.
• The Myriad Law Thunder Emperor trapped the God of Machines in a Thunder Prison, but Saine seized a lightning junction and punched through the gap.
• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch joined the fight, and the two opponents coordinated their attacks to constrain Saine.
• Saine burned away part of the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch's ring radiance, then broke free of the lightning and forced both enemies to reposition.
• After Skynet reported that stray lightning threatened the Expedition Jieyin Zone, Saine moved the God of Machines to block the route to the rear and sent the battle situation to Locke.
• Saine checked his allies' Communication Marks, one of which showed exceptionally rich light-element rule radiance.

Ebony negotiated with the Dark Nether Death God and Duolie to secure their personal aid, paying with scarce resources while struggling to supply several allied armies. Saine and Locke arranged for the Lord of Eternal Day and the Limitless Golden Emperor to join the war, and the first forces began arriving in Darkness Sword Time-Space.

• Ebony accepted revised terms from the Dark Nether Death God and Duolie, who agreed to depart after receiving the first batch of resources and completing preparations.
• Ebony ordered sealed resources shipped to the Jieyin Zone, diverting supplies from his own reserves and assigning legions to protect the transport routes.
• Saine sent battle reports to Eternal Day Time-Space and Limitless Time-Space, and the Lord of Eternal Day agreed to join the fighting and send his legions in stages.
• The Limitless Golden Emperor agreed to bring his legions, while he and Locke settled how to divide existing and future spoils of war.
• Saine and Skynet prepared new Jieyin Platforms and routes for the arriving allies, while Locke chose not to summon every potential ally at once.
• The World-Realm Emperor Monarch received updates but stayed in Primordial Universe Time-Space, as the first dense radiance crossed into the mechanical Jieyin Zone.

The Lord of Eternal Day entered the battle and engaged the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor, drawing the lightning assault away from Saine and the God of Machines. At another Jieyin Zone, the Limitless Golden Emperor confronted the Paper Figure Dimension Lord and pressured the cards shielding Ebony’s source-power connections.

• The Lord of Eternal Day crossed the stabilized Jieyin boundary and advanced toward the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor’s sea of lightning.
• The Lord of Eternal Day cut off the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor’s power from the God of Machines and told Saine to leave the fight to him.
• The Lord of Eternal Day and the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor exchanged powerful attacks, damaging each other and destabilizing the surrounding space.
• The Limitless Golden Emperor entered another Jieyin Zone and used golden Rule Chains to pin down the Paper Figure Dimension Lord’s shifting card defenses.
• The Paper Figure Dimension Lord emerged from the cards and concentrated on protecting key source-power connections as the Limitless Golden Emperor launched another chain attack.

Ebony and the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch disputed the Source-Devouring Jieyin Zone’s expanded use of origin power while fighting Locke’s forces. Saine exploited the resulting disruption to capture a resource area, as reinforcements from Dark Nether Death God and Duolie arrived.

• Ebony discovered that origin power meant for core defenses was being diverted to expand the Source-Devouring Jieyin Zone, and challenged the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch over the unauthorized extraction.
• The Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch invoked Ebony’s Local Rule Mark to justify the expanded supply, while Ebony and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord demanded that the extra extraction stop.
• When the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch refused to halt the current batch, Ebony redirected some origin power back toward the core defenses.
• The Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch withheld replenishment resources meant for the Darkness Sword Organization, and Ebony did not restore the reclaimed origin supply.
• Saine recognized that weakened replenishments had disrupted a resource area, advanced with engineering forces, and captured the war zone before distributing the agreed spoils.
• Ebony received word that the advance forces sent by Dark Nether Death God and Duolie had arrived.

The Dark Nether Death God and Duolie joined Ebony and the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch in the battle against Saine and Locke. Saine held off the two attackers while Locke faced three opponents at once, ending the chapter as he challenged them to attack together.

• The Dark Nether Death God and Duolie crossed into the battlefield and headed toward Saine and Locke.
• The Dark Nether Death God infiltrated Saine's God of Machines through its damaged armor, but Saine exposed the shadows with Ash Fire and severed part of the attack.
• The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch and the Dark Nether Death God pressed Saine from both sides, while Saine used the opening between their attacks to crush nearby shadows and expand his Ash Fire.
• Duolie's sandstorm and Ebony's Darkness Long Sword struck at Locke and the Destruction Black Lotus, while the Myriad Phenomena Balance Disk helped halt the lotus's advance.
• Locke unleashed a fresh surge of Destruction Flames and challenged Ebony, Duolie, and the Myriad Phenomena Balance Disk to attack him together.

Locke and the allied Lords of Dimension clashed with Ebony’s side across several battle zones, forcing both sides to withdraw and regroup when the fighting threatened nearby Star Sectors. Saine sent the damaged God of Machines to the Maintenance Area, where reinforcements including Bing Xin and the Pure World White Lotus had arrived.

• Locke fought Ebony, Duolie, and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, but their combined attacks damaged the Destruction Black Lotus and kept his spear at bay.
• Saine used the God of Machines to break free from the Dark Nether Death God and the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch, though the machine suffered damage to its waist and abdominal armor.
• The Lord of Eternal Day struck the Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring while the Limitless Golden Emperor attacked the Paper Figure Dimension Lord, worsening the chaos between the battle zones.
• Ebony and the other Lords of Dimension pulled back their attacks as the fighting threatened to destroy nearby Star Sectors, and both sides paused to regroup.
• Saine sent the God of Machines to the Maintenance Area, where Engineering Platforms and the arriving Reinforcement Team, including Bing Xin and the Pure World White Lotus, were waiting.

Saine reunited with Bing Xin and the 72nd Grade Pure World White Lotus, who had advanced to level-11 mid-stage, and heard about the growth of her Purification Star Domain. As Bing Xin and White Lotus went to settle their people and prepare a place to stay, a recording showed Ebony gathering the Dark Origin for another attack on the seized resource distribution area.

• Bing Xin arrived with White Lotus while parts of the Water Mirror Fleet went to repair transport areas.
• Saine saw that White Lotus had reached level-11 mid-stage and led her and Bing Xin away from the maintenance area.
• White Lotus purified damaged water domains and told Saine about the development of her Purification Star Domain.
• Bing Xin said that new personnel were sharing the Water Mirror Civilization's burdens, and Saine asked about her cultivation.
• Bing Xin and White Lotus left to attend to their people and lodging, and Skynet showed Ebony gathering the Dark Origin toward the seized resource distribution area.

Ebony attempted to reclaim links to his home territory while the Mechanical Civilization resisted his control of the resource area. Locke and Saine drew their forces together, leaving Ebony to face a growing threat to a deeper foothold.

• Ebony advanced through Duolie's sandstorm and the Dark Nether Death God's shadows to reconnect his home-territory links, while both allies held back from the Destruction Black Lotus.
• Saine returned to the front line and fought off the Dark Nether Death God and the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch with the God of Machines and its ashen flame.
• Locke cut through Ebony's sword patterns, but Ebony's original defenses responded only to be blocked by the Mechanical Civilization's modifications.
• Locke shifted aside as the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord sealed a fissure, and Duolie pursued Locke while the God of Machines moved toward him.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord warned Ebony to tighten his rear defenses, and Ebony noticed a dark sword curtain rising above a vital foothold as Locke received a Communication Mark from Saine.

Locke, Saine, and their allies forced Ebony to abandon the inner anchor point while holding off the defenders on several fronts. The offensive to retake the resource region failed, and Skynet began advancing its platforms into the newly seized area as Dark Sword Formations appeared ahead.

• Locke pressed Ebony with the God Slaying Spear while Saine held off the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch and the Dark Nether Death God.
• Saine used the Magic Cube to intercept pathways supplying Ebony, weakening the sword curtain around the inner anchor point.
• Locke split the sword curtain with a spear strike as the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord and Duolie tried to protect Ebony.
• The Lord of Eternal Day and the Limitless Golden Emperor prevented the Myriad Law Thunder Emperor and Paper Figure Dimension Lord from supporting Ebony.
• Ebony severed the eroded local connections and retreated with the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord and Duolie, allowing the sword curtain to collapse.
• Skynet sent Mechanical Engineering Platforms into the seized region, where Dark Sword Formations lit up ahead.

Karuman repelled the Qisha Time-Space Legion’s attempt to sever the Mechanical Legion’s transport route, using his knowledge of Qisha military formations to destroy its key rule nodes. Duolie saw the battlefield footage while helping Ebony fight Locke and turned his attention toward the restored route.

• The Qisha Time-Space Legion approached the Mechanical Engineering Platforms’ rear transport route, aiming to cut off their supplies.
• Karuman confronted the Qisha forces and used destruction factors to break through their sandstorm formations and crush their rule nodes.
• The Destruction Legion followed Karuman’s attack, split the Qisha fleet, and forced its surviving troops to retreat.
• Karuman pursued the Qisha forces until he sensed Duolie’s law aura, then stopped without breaking his promise not to attack Duolie.
• The Mechanical Legion secured the captured platforms and restored the transport route, while Karuman guarded it.
• Duolie watched footage of Karuman’s counterattack and turned his gaze toward the transport route.

Duolie attacked Karuman’s flank, but Locke intervened and wounded him before Ebony and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord forced Locke back. With Duolie’s attack repelled and the front temporarily easing, exhausted Destruction Legion troops withdrew to the rear, where Befu watched Kerrygan’s Zerg Beasts return.

• Duolie sent a gigantic sandstorm hand toward Karuman’s transport route, and Karuman retreated with nearby Transport Platforms.
• Locke blocked Duolie’s strike with the Destruction Black Lotus and counterattacked through the exposed origin connection.
• Locke broke through Duolie’s sandstorm defenses and pierced his shoulder with the God Slaying Spear.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord and Ebony intervened, allowing Duolie to retreat into the sandstorm while his wound continued to burn.
• Duolie ordered the Qisha Legion to prepare to withdraw, and damaged Destruction Legion troops rotated toward the rear as Befu watched Kerrygan’s Zerg Beasts return.

Befu watched the Destruction Zerg Beasts recover and wondered how her sister Lisa and the Starry Sky Zerg had changed. Meanwhile, Ebony discovered that the Source-Devouring Reinforcements were draining the origin of Darkness Sword Time-Space, and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord proposed seeking help from the Destruction Divine Kingdom.

• Befu watched the wounded Destruction Zerg Beasts regenerate and thought of Lisa, who had remained in command of the Starry Sky Zerg in the Material Star Realm.
• Befu used holy rule light to drive some darkness power from a badly wounded Destruction Zerg Beast, then returned to the Legion Base.
• Ebony received word that Source-Devouring Mother Nests were draining the origins of surviving Plane Worlds and killing their inhabitants.
• Ebony ordered the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch to stop the devouring, and the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch agreed to halt further expansion but refused to remove the existing Mother Nests and channel facilities.
• Ebony sent his findings to the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord, who warned that Source-Devouring Time-Space might claim Darkness Sword Time-Space and suggested speaking with the Destruction Divine Kingdom.

Ebony considered a ceasefire as Source-Devouring Time-Space continued to exploit Darkness Sword Time-Space, and the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord negotiated with Saine. Locke agreed to discuss terms but refused to halt the advance before a deal was reached.

• Ebony recognized that continued fighting would leave him trapped between Locke's army and Source-Devouring forces, and asked the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord to contact Saine.
• The Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord showed Saine evidence that Source-Devouring Mother Nests were draining Darkness Sword Time-Space despite Ebony's order to stop.
• Saine told the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord that the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction would consider a ceasefire if Ebony offered sufficient compensation for all the forces involved.
• The Lord of Eternal Day and the Limitless Golden Emperor stated the compensation they expected from Ebony.
• After reviewing the recording, Locke agreed to negotiate but said his forces would not retreat until the terms were settled, and demanded that Ebony speak for himself.

Locke and Saine demanded resources and territorial concessions from Ebony in exchange for a ceasefire, but the first negotiation ended without an agreement. Ebony also failed to secure a withdrawal date or the return of Source-Devouring facilities, leaving the war unresolved.

• Locke and Saine met Ebony with the Myriad Manifestations Eternal Lord to discuss ceasefire terms while the fighting continued.
• Saine demanded high-end rule materials, and Locke called for disputed territories to be transferred to Eternal Day Time-Space, Limitless Time-Space, and the Mechanical Civilization.
• Ebony rejected the demands as excessive but agreed to reassess them; both sides kept their forces in the territories they controlled.
• Ebony contacted the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch and demanded a withdrawal date and the handover of Source-Devouring facilities after the war.
• The Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch refused to set a withdrawal date or close the Source-Devouring Channel before losses and investments were reassessed.

Ebony negotiated a ceasefire with Locke and Saine, offering reduced and staggered compensation while refusing to meet the original demands in full. He also asked them to drive Source-Devouring Time-Space from Darkness Sword Time-Space, and Locke and Saine considered intervening only for another payment.

• Ebony reviewed the compensation demands from Saine and the Lords of Dimension who had aided him, while the front lines remained largely static.
• Ebony proposed cutting ordinary resources by half and delivering the rest in ten batches in exchange for the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction withdrawing from disputed star territories.
• Ebony and Saine failed to agree on when occupied homeland territories would be returned, though they agreed to change the compensation schedule to batch deliveries.
• Ebony asked Locke and Saine to help remove Source-Devouring Time-Space's Mother Nests and passages from Darkness Sword Time-Space in return for additional payment.
• After Ebony's communication ended, Saine explained that Source-Devouring Time-Space's occupation of Origin Nodes threatened their interests, and Locke agreed they could consider intervening for a price.

Ebony and Saine established a conditional ceasefire between the Darkness Sword Organization and the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction, but the Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch refused to withdraw the Source-Devouring Legion without concessions. After the Source-Devouring Beasts attacked a Darkness Sword fleet, Ebony gave Saine the coordinates and permissions needed to strike the Mother Nests.

• Saine accepted Ebony's request for help on terms that assigned war costs and captured spoils to the participating legions, while special nodes would be negotiated separately.
• Ebony, Saine, and Locke agreed to a temporary ceasefire framework tying compensation payments to the return of ordinary Homeland Star Territory.
• The Rift-Splitting Emperor Monarch refused to remove all Source-Devouring facilities or abandon claims to stationing territories, and Ebony cut off part of the garrison's origin supply.
• Source-Devouring Beasts ambushed a Darkness Sword fleet sent to take over a node, destroying warships and killing soldiers as the Mother Nests harvested their life force.
• Ebony sent Saine the Mother Nest coordinates, node information, and law permissions, and temporarily opened restricted origin permissions to the Mechanical Civilization.

The Mechanical Civilization, Destruction Divine Kingdom Legion, and Darkness Sword Organization attacked the Source-Devouring Mother Nests, capturing practitioners and taking control of key nodes. As World-Devouring Emperor Monarch opened a route for the Source-Devouring forces to retreat, Saine confronted him to protect the remaining Mother Nest.

• The Mechanical Legion, Destruction Divine Kingdom Legion, and Darkness Sword Organization formed a three-sided assault on the Source-Devouring Mother Nests.
• The allied forces weakened the Source-Devouring Beasts, while Skynet isolated their spreading rule power and the Mechanical Engineering Legion located their extraction veins.
• Bing Xin froze Source-Devouring practitioners, Pure World White Lotus purified weakened contamination, and mechanical forces captured a Level-11 practitioner alive.
• The Mechanical Civilization destroyed most Mother Nests, secured Origin Nodes, and carefully detached the most intact Mother Nest from Darkness Sword Time-Space.
• Ebony demanded that Saine return the occupied areas, but Saine delayed negotiations until inspections and contamination removal were complete.
• World-Devouring Emperor Monarch used the Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring and Origin-Returning Divine Gourd to reopen the Source-Devouring retreat, and Saine confronted him before the remaining Mother Nest.