Recaps

Lister returned to Lucian, registered the Merrick Civilization with the Galactic Federation, and joined the Arcane Army Group recruit camp to gain access to resources. He entered a competition for a special resource and began training alongside Wang Yue.

• Lister uncovered Hoffman’s alchemical secrets, defeated the district’s mechanical giant, and met Kavin Dill, who gave him a knowledge legacy crystal and Jiji.
• Lister returned to Lucian, killed Count Yodi in the palace, and gained Parik Province, where he taught the Merrick Saber Technique to millions of players.
• Lister returned to Hoffman and Kavin, then traveled to the Arcane Civilization to register his own civilization rather than join another.
• After testing as an S-rank advanced lifeform, Lister registered the Merrick Civilization and advanced to Soul Saber Wielder, spending most of his stored experience on levels and skills.
• Lister and Wang Yue found that the Federation restricted valuable goods and potions by civilization level, so they decided to join the military for access to resources.
• Lister and Wang Yue entered the Arcane Army Group recruit camp, where Lister’s Overlord Tier status drew attention from Lim Aiven and Ian as recruits competed for a special resource.
• Lister rejected Ian’s offer to withdraw from the competition despite Lim’s threat, then began learning Federation Basic Footwork and Federation Shunpo under Instructor Kata.

Lister won the recruit camp’s special resource, absorbed a Soul Crystal, and graduated into the Arcane Army Group as a captain. After proving his strength on Ship A73, he took a mission in the Yalan Civilization to capture or kill Powell, whom he recognized from his previous life.

• Lister mastered Federation Shunpo and other skills, then discovered that his simulated exam opponents had been given better equipment and that his own attributes were restricted.
• Lister defeated Lim and Hannah in the monthly exam, while Major Qi revealed that Major Eerli had manipulated the match order to help Lim.
• Lister and Wang Yue killed Lim, covered up her death with Reck’s help, and used her identity to mislead Jialiwen, while Ian withdrew from the competition and reconciled with Lister.
• Lister won the camp’s special resource and absorbed a Soul Crystal, raising his skills to S-rank and his overall rating to SS-rank before he arranged to graduate with Reck.
• Lister and Reck joined Ship A73, where Captain Boren objected to Lister leading the Landing Operations Department and Major Thorn took him to investigate a planet overrun by giant black ants.
• Lister used his Killing Intent to locate and kill the ant colonies, and Captain Boren secured military merit for the Landing Operations Department and urged Lister to stay aboard.
• Lister took leave to pursue a personal mission in the Yalan Civilization, where he recognized Powell as the Dog Profiteer from his previous life and pretended to buy one of Powell’s S-rank sabers.

Lister upgraded his equipment, strengthened the Merrick Civilization, and proved his power during a campaign against insectoid and rebel forces. After a deadly confrontation with Central Army officers, he led A73 through the Federation’s conscription mission and agreed to pursue promotion aboard the cruiser.

• Lister forced Powell to pay 300,000 credits and finish upgrading his Time Crystal Bracers, then ordered Tim to oversee construction of Merrick’s teleportation array.
• Lister taught martial arts players the Merrick Saber Technique, completed the array, registered the Merrick Civilization under his name, and secured Yalan’s approval for its expanded star domain.
• Lister joined A73’s mission against an insectoid mother, resisted her mental attack, killed her, and helped clear the planet of the remaining monsters.
• Army officers debated Lister’s future and decided to transfer him to the Central Army, while Lister commissioned Powell to upgrade Merrick’s Heart of Determination, Jiji, and his equipment.
• When a Central Army soldier killed an A73 sergeant and wounded Reck, Lister killed the soldier, attacked Captain Titus, and forced the watching captains to help kill Titus before officers intervened.
• Weiss treated Titus’s death as part of the conscription mission and assigned A73 a punishing route, and Lister then led A73’s assault against the Silver Mutual Aid Society on Planet K15 and destroyed its defenses and forces.
• Captain Boren spared the hostile planet’s inhabitants and offered Lister A73’s vacant vice-captain position once he completed his third evolution, and Lister agreed to stay aboard and seek promotion.
• Lister helped A73 claim nine coordinate points in four days, and Major Siegfried assigned his force 35 percent of the military merit for an interception mission while arranging an ongoing communications link.

Lister advanced to Quasi-Hegemon, helped the Federation defeat Marquez and the Silver Mutual Aid Society, and was promoted to major. He chose to remain with Ship A73 and agreed to take a year’s leave while the cruiser was repaired.

• Lister found a Planetary Catalyst aboard an enemy frigate, then helped A73 hold its position and advance along Route Three despite heavy losses.
• Lister built his fame through warrants arranged by Wang Yue, reached the mission threshold, and advanced to Soul Saber Battlemaster.
• After A73 was driven into the core region, Lister killed Bowen and destroyed three enemy warships, then warned Boren away from Planet E09.
• Planet E09 collapsed and destroyed much of the Federation fleet, but A73 and SA199 survived, and Weiss learned that Lister had warned the fleet about the danger.
• Lister extinguished the soul flames of Marquez’s undead army, killed Marquez with help from Weiss and the Astrological Phase Array, and helped the Federation defeat the remaining enemy forces.
• Lister returned to Truth Star, accepted his military merits, chose to remain with A73, and was promoted to major as Luolin proposed cooperation between the Arcane and Merrick Civilizations.
• Lister reviewed Federation records and military merit requirements, then agreed to take a year’s leave while A73 underwent repairs.