Chapter Summaries

Saine watched powerful Alliance Dominators and Wizard World leaders arrive at the assembly, learning about their ties and alliances. He spotted Saneseus, the Flame Conclave’s Level Seven leader, and considered the distance between their positions as fellow Fire Elementalists.

• Tang Beierjina arrived and told an Ebarute Empire Magician that her brother was exploring the depths of the starry sky and that she would attend the war from beginning to end.
• A Purple Eye Demon and a bone-armored Dominator from the Challenger World appeared, and the Ice Phoenix ignored the Demon’s greeting.
• An Overlord-level Knight from Jahana approached the Challenger Civilization’s Dominator, whose delegation included nearly two hundred Level Four and above beings.
• Saine saw more than a thousand Flame Conclave knights and Magicians gathered around his mentor Luluenman and recognized Saneseus as their Level Seven leader.
• Saine reflected on Saneseus’s rise and his own ambition to follow the path of a Fire Elementalist.

Saine observed the Dominators and representatives gathered for the Wizard Alliance Assembly, including the late-arriving Elf God, Mountain Giant God, and Titan God-King Odin. He counted forty-one Dominator-class Beings at the assembly and saw the Wizard World’s strength as a source of confidence for the coming war against the Galente Federation.

• Saine observed the Elf God, the Mountain Giant God, and their many followers arrive at the assembly.
• Saine noticed the low-profile Orc God Kampas and Underworld Dominator Nair Wen Yinke, whose realm lay near the Galente Federation.
• Saine studied the Netherworld’s Undead Overlord and its jeweled crown, then watched Titan God-King Odin descend into the assembly.
• Saine noted that three hundred thousand beings attended the assembly, including more than one hundred thousand Level-4-and-above representatives from Alliance planes.
• Saine counted forty-one Dominator-class Beings, including twenty-four native Wizard World Dominators, and felt confident about the coming war.

At the Wizard Alliance Assembly, Befu began proceedings by exposing nearly a hundred suspected infiltrators, including members of the Norman Federation delegation. Nair Wen Yinke killed two revealed Underworld traitors, and the assembly was left facing evidence that enemies beyond the Galente Federation might have infiltrated them.

• Befu appeared before the assembly, introduced herself as its presiding True Spirit Magician, and began clearing out suspected uninvited guests.
• Befu's magic exposed nearly a hundred creatures, including a Demigod-level Magician and dozens of Norman Federation personnel and Artificial Humans.
• Saine examined the Norman Federation's Artificial Humans and noted that many could fight at Level Four or Level Five.
• The Norman Federation's vice president turned pale as the discovery threatened to raise questions about the delegation's loyalty, though Wizard Civilization did not appear to blame the Federation.
• Nair Wen Yinke asked Befu how she would deal with the traitors, then impaled a Level Four Underworld Mole Cricket and a Level-Five Ram-headed Monster with his halberd.
• Nair Wen Yinke tore the wounded Ram-headed Monster apart and ate it, alarming Alliance members and unsettling some Wizard World powerhouses.

At the Twenty-Fifth Wizard Alliance Assembly, Befu declared the Wizard Alliance’s preparations for war against the Galente Federation and led a vote to admit the Rose Dynasty Civilization. The Alliance began organizing for the conflict, while Saine observed the powerful figures and the Black Magicians and Knights attending the Assembly.

• Nair Wen Yinke’s Blood River Grand Warlord killed and swallowed two Underworld creatures, and Befu reassured Norman Federation Vice President Pengke that Wizard Civilization trusted the Federation’s loyalty.
• Befu opened the Twenty-Fifth Wizard Alliance Assembly and declared that its members would prepare for war against the Galente Federation over the next thousand years, halt other conquests for three hundred years, and raise war legions.
• Befu condemned the Galente Federation’s treatment of conquered worlds and its invasion of the Rose Dynasty Civilization as she rallied the Assembly behind sanctions and war.
• The Assembly voted almost unanimously to admit the Rose Dynasty Civilization into the Wizard Alliance after a Dominator-class mentalist from the civilization addressed the gathering.
• Saine studied the visiting mentalist and noticed the large contingent of Black Magicians and Black Knights, but he could not locate Lina’s mentor, the Pale Bone Black Tower Tower Master.

At the Alliance Assembly, Saine watched members vote on war spending and internal disputes, including support for Violet Brake Flame Soul World and the transfer of its planes to Sano Lars Burner World. The Assembly then turned to Magic Coin depreciation, leaving the currency issue under discussion.

• The Assembly approved major Civilization War measures, including increased resources and troop deployments for Alliance territories such as the Underworld Star Region.
• Saine learned that the eighth proposal concerned continued support for Violet Brake Flame Soul World and assigning some of its Element Planes to Sano Lars Burner World.
• Saine abstained on both votes, while Anglie rejected continued support for Violet Brake Flame Soul World and approved the transfer of planes.
• The Assembly reduced Violet Brake Flame Soul World's support to 47% and assigned twenty-three Complete Rule Planes to Sano Lars Burner World.
• Befu told Violet Brake Flame Soul World's Level-6 monarch that the Alliance might restore its support if the world contributed sufficiently in the coming war.
• The Assembly began discussing Magic Coin depreciation and its effects on Alliance members.

Saine followed the Wizard Alliance Assembly’s debates, considering the interests and dangers behind its proposals. At Item Twenty-Three, he took the floor to discuss the demihuman race.

• Wizard Civilization planned to issue hundreds of trillions of Magic Coin for the coming war, despite the risks its currency system faced.
• The Assembly discussed new Space Fortress sales, thousands of accumulated disputes, and aid for resource-producing worlds.
• Saine, Green, and Anglie listened closely to the proposals and privately discussed their implications.
• After a Level-5 Witch argued for preserving Wizard World’s traditions and supporting witches, Befu invited Saine to speak.
• Saine told Befu he wanted to discuss the demihuman race.

Saine advanced proposals for Subhumanoid rights and a path for Black Magicians and Black Knights to reform at the Wizard Alliance Assembly. His first proposal received limited support, his second was rejected, and his defense of the dark forces provoked fierce opposition.

• Saine called for better rights for Subhumanoids and recognition of Alliance creatures with Wizard World bloodlines, drawing uproar in the assembly.
• Befu called a vote, and the proposal for native Subhumanoid rights received 41.37% while the broader citizenship proposal received 11.72%.
• After Saine finished, Befu unexpectedly asked whether he had anything else to say.
• Saine proposed giving Black Magicians and Black Knights a chance to turn over a new leaf, provoking even greater outrage.
• A Level-5 Knight from the Eli Knights Alliance shouted that Saine's proposal was absurd, and the assembly turned its attention to the faction's silent leader.

Saine argued before the Wizard Alliance Assembly that some Black Magicians should be allowed to atone and choose a new path, drawing on his own past and mentors. The proposal was rejected, but his speech earned the attention and goodwill of powerful figures, including those from the Black Domain.

• Saine defended giving less-hardened Black Magicians a chance to reform and spoke about the guidance he had received from Moxidu, Midiqi, and Luluenman.
• A Level-5 female magician questioned why Saine defended Black Magicians despite his past suffering and his campaign against them in the Davier Region.
• Saine explained that his experiences had shown him some Black Magicians could turn back, and he revealed that he had built a Holy Tower in the Davier Region.
• Befu put Saine's proposal to a vote, and the assembly rejected it with only 6.73% support.
• Befu asked whether Saine sympathized with Black Magicians who had committed many crimes, and Saine replied that he was irreconcilable with evil.
• The Elf God told Hela that Saine, the inheritor of the Faceless Mask, looked quite good, and Hela nodded.

The Wizard Alliance Assembly concluded with the declaration of Level One war readiness against the Galente Federation. Saine and his companions planned to prepare their legions and pursue the Flame Worm World before the civilization war began.

• Ghost Crow King and Hengsha World Master briefly spoke during the assembly, while Bai Xing advocated for seafolk interests and gained support for protecting the Sea King Class.
• After forty-seven items concluded, Befu declared the assembly adjourned and announced Level One war readiness against the Galente Federation.
• Angle asked Saine about the decision to send reinforcements toward the Cosmos Great World, and Saine said the garrison might guard against unforeseen threats.
• Saine reminded Green that they had limited time before the civilization war, and Green promised to finish deciphering the Flame Worm World’s coordinates within fifty years.
• Saine and Angle agreed to prepare their war legions and pursue the Flame Worm World, then Saine went to rejoin Luluenman and the Azure Blaze Sect.

After the Wizard Alliance Assembly, Saine and the Azure Blaze Sect prepared to leave and discussed funding a Golden Apple purchase for the coming Civilization War. The chapter ended with the sect members pledging their shares of the seventy million Magic Coins.

• Cuilisi and Ailide spoke with Fire Element Beings from Violet Brake Flame Soul World before Saine and his companions finished saying farewell to other Alliance members.
• Cuilisi led her descendants onto her Interstellar Airship and asked Saine how he could obtain a Golden Apple for seventy million Magic Coins.
• Saine explained that a Titan god he had met in Kapeiqi had offered to help him acquire one, and Thor flew past the airship as Saine confirmed the god's identity.
• Cuilisi agreed to gather the seventy million Magic Coins, and Gagaru pledged thirteen million while Pinas and Beleka offered eleven million together.
• Luluenman pledged six million Magic Coins, and Ailide said he could contribute two million.

After the Alliance Assembly, Saine returned to the Wizard World and entrusted the Golden Apple to Luluenman to refine into potions. Back at the Land of Ashes, he supported Wojin’s expansion plans and prepared to put his newly refitted Ashes Fortress into service.

• Saine and the other descendants pooled funds for the Golden Apple, and Cuilisi covered the remaining cost.
• Saine, Gagaru, and Pinas supported Luluenman refining the Golden Apple, and Cuilisi entrusted it to her.
• After the Alliance Assembly, Cuilisi asked her descendants about their needs ahead of the Civilization War, and they described their preparations.
• Saine returned to the Land of Ashes and authorized Wojin to pursue trade with major Wizard World financial powers and develop believers on his Enslaved Planes.
• Saine learned that his refitted Space Fortress had reached its Star Harbor and renamed it the Ashes Fortress.
• Meili trained Ash Holy Tower mages as fortress operators, while Saine began preparing to assemble a combat command room.

Saine bought a Golden Apple from Thor and brought it back to the Azure Blaze Sect for Cuilisi and the others to examine. Afterward, Green told Saine that he had deciphered the Flame Worm World’s coordinates and planned a joint conquest seven years later.

• Ash Holy Tower had 971 registered magicians, while Saine recognized that its young apprentices advanced too slowly for recruitment to expand.
• Thor told Saine that he had obtained the Golden Apple, and Saine met him at the Titan God Race’s Star Harbor to pay seventy million Magic Coins for it.
• Thor explained that Loki had obtained the Golden Apple and would receive forty million Magic Coins, while Thor kept thirty million.
• Saine brought the Golden Apple to Luluenman’s Azure Source Holy Tower, where Cuilisi confirmed it was genuine and the Azure Blaze Sect gathered to study it.
• Green told Saine that he had deciphered the Flame Worm World’s coordinates and scheduled a plane war for seven years later, inviting six Holy Towers and Knights’ Halls to join.

Six years later, Saine assembled his Ash Holy Tower Combat Legion and its allies at a blank demiplane before a planned invasion of the Flame Worm World. With nearly ten million troops gathered, the Level-4 and Level-5 leaders faced the question of who would enter the battlefield first.

• Saine brought a five-hundred-thousand-strong legion and his Space Fortress to the demiplane, including lower sea folk, subhumans, Dark Beings, and other troops.
• Green, Fladi, and Angle arrived with their forces and Space Fortresses, while Green opened Space Gates for the assembled troops.
• Muge told Macas that Fladi's junior apprentice knew Saine and another Level-4 Magician, making the conquest easier.
• The Bauhinia Shield Knights' Hall contributed nearly six million cannon fodder troops and more than one hundred and fifty thousand knights to the force.
• The leaders gathered to decide who would lead the charge into the Flame Worm World.

Saine and the other commanders prepared the first assault on the Flame Worm World, choosing his Ash Fortress to lead the invasion. In the Titan World, Hela interrogated Thor and Loki about a stolen Golden Apple, learned they had sold it to Saine, and charged the loss to her own quota.

• Knight Muge volunteered to lead the initial charge, while Saine and Angle offered to take his place if needed.
• Saine and Knight Muge positioned their Space Fortresses above the largest Space Gate, with Saine's Ash Fortress set to lead the invasion.
• Hela confronted Thor and Loki about the missing Golden Apple and demanded to know who had bought it.
• Thor confessed that he and Loki had sold the Golden Apple to Saine for seventy million Magic Coins, with forty million going to Loki.
• Hela said the Golden Apple would be counted against her quota and warned Thor and Loki not to steal another one.

Flame Worm World’s history, powerful Flame Insects, and five subordinate planes were described as the ancient Void Devouring Flame Emperor sensed danger from a spatial beacon and summoned the other rulers. Before they could gather, an axe-wielding man burst into the world, beginning the calamity.

• Flame Worm World was described as a prosperous fire-element plane ruled by five Flame Emperors, with Flame Insects as its dominant race.
• The world’s history revealed that its rulers had conquered several planes and once lost a Flame Emperor in a war against an equal-ranked plane.
• The Void Devouring Flame Emperor sensed troubling signs from a distant spatial beacon beneath the Boiling Sea.
• The Void Devouring Flame Emperor summoned the Purple Radiance Flame Emperor, Emperor Gui Mie Yan, the Guardian, the Qing Lian Yan Emperor, and the absent Bone Phosphorus Flame Emperor.
• Before the rulers could assemble, a dark-skinned man wielding a giant axe burst into Flame Worm World.

Level-4 Knight Muge forced his way into Flame Worm World, battling its strongest local defenders as the invasion met fierce resistance. When the Level-5 Void Devouring Flame Emperor arrived and attacked, Muge was still fighting at the spatial vortex.

• Knight Muge began forcing his way through the Space Gate into Flame Worm World and encountered a Demigod-level Crimson Magma Flame Worm guarding the lava lakes.
• Muge struck the Crimson Magma Flame Worm with his axe, then fought it and numerous Flame Insects while struggling to enter the world.
• Saine sensed something amiss and dodged aside as the invasion stalled and Flame Worm World's powerful defenders arrived.
• The Void Devouring Flame Emperor unleashed a flame attack at Muge, who cursed as he turned to face it.

Saine and the Wizard World forces discovered that the Flame Worm World was guarded by a Level-5 creature, which drove Knight Muge back and began closing the Space Gate. Saine and Knight Macas decided to force their way in with their Space Fortresses before the passage could be sealed.

• Knight Muge withdrew from the Flame Worm World after the Void Devouring Flame Emperor struck him with a torrent of molten flame.
• The Guardian stopped the Void Devouring Flame Emperor from pursuing and agreed to help him repair the spatial breach.
• Emperor Gui Mie Yan urged the Flame Worm World to attack, but the Void Devouring Flame Emperor cautioned against provoking an enemy whose strength was unknown.
• Green detected that the Flame Worm World was closing the Space Gate and warned the Wizard World forces to act quickly.
• Knight Macas proposed forcing the passage with the Space Fortresses, and Saine sent Ash Fortress toward the Space Gate with its weapons activated.

Saine and Wizard Civilization’s forces launched a full-scale invasion of Flame Worm World, with two Space Fortresses blasting through the Space Gate and deploying their armies. The Flame Emperors counterattacked as Knight Macas descended, and the chapter ended with Flame Worm World recognizing that a true war had begun.

• The Ash Fortress crossed the Space Gate and unleashed a devastating barrage against Flame Worm World before vanishing from the blank Demiplane.
• Knight Macas ordered the Bauhinia Shield Fortress to fire, then Saine charged through the Space Gate ahead of him.
• Saine emerged in Flame Worm World and confronted the Level-5 Void Devouring Flame Emperor and the three Level-4 Flame Emperors.
• Knight Macas began descending into the plane as the four Flame Emperors attacked Saine and millions of Flame Worm combatants converged on them.
• The two Space Fortresses opened their hatches and poured out Wizard World’s slave creature legions, signaling that a full-scale war had begun.

Saine and Ash Fortress fought the Flame Emperors while Macas Knight descended into the Flame Worm World. As the Void Devouring Flame Emperor moved to disrupt the descent, Green emerged from the spatial vortex and Saine struck the Emperor from behind.

• The Void Devouring Flame Emperor attacked Saine, who used the Faceless Mask to unleash Eye of the Devil rays while Ash Fortress fired its Magic Guided Cannon and electromagnetic chain.
• The Void Devouring Flame Emperor broke through Saine’s defenses and struck him with its horn, sending him flying before it turned toward the spatial vortex.
• The Void Devouring Flame Emperor attacked Macas Knight, who continued descending under the protection of his Source Law Shield while fighting the Purple Radiance Flame Emperor and the Qing Lian Yan Emperor.
• Saine prepared the White Sand Fan as Green emerged from the spatial vortex and raised a gigantic elemental shield.
• Saine’s Flame Storm struck the Void Devouring Flame Emperor from behind as Green descended into the Flame Worm World.

Saine and the Wizard Civilization’s forces secured their descent into the Flame Worm World, forcing the Void Devouring Flame Emperor and its allies to retreat. With the expeditionary legion assembled and establishing bases, Saine asked Green how he had entered the world so quickly, and Green explained that he had used his World's Garment law arcana.

• Knight Macas used his Bauhinia Shield to release stored attacks against the Flame Emperors, while Green supported Saine and Macas by harassing the Void Devouring Flame Emperor.
• Angle and Knight Muge arrived, helping drive the Flame Emperors back as Wizard Civilization’s knights routed the lower-level legions in the Land of a Thousand Lakes.
• Knight Muge called after the retreating Void Devouring Flame Emperor, and Fladi’s arrival completed the descent of the Wizard Civilization’s expeditionary legion.
• Saine and the other five powerhouses watched as four Space Fortresses and the forces of four Holy Towers established their presence in the Flame Worm World.
• Saine asked Green how he had entered the Flame Worm World so quickly, and Green said his World's Garment law arcana had helped him.