Recaps

The Arcane Council approved an expensive first trade with Distant Harbor to obtain extraterrestrial materials, while its members planned to exploit the deal later. In the Star Palace, Apophis heard his awakened master identify Kang De as the enemy and command him to stop.

• The Starry Sky Council argued over the stalled negotiations, and the grand speaker proposed offering Distant Harbor a monthly trade with advance payment.
• The councilors approved the proposal, but Distant Harbor demanded military equipment, supplies, and patented knowledge for the first shipment and charged a high fee for Kang De to transport them.
• The Arcane Council agreed to pay for Kang Express, advancing the negotiations while leaving the other disputes unresolved.
• Nixiyasi remained isolated in her room, while the survivors of Yilan-Tai'er continued waiting in their sealed prison.
• Apophis prayed in the Star Palace and heard his master command him to stop the enemy, naming Kang De.

At a banquet, Hong San announced a preliminary agreement with the Arcane Council while publicly condemning its actions, leaving Aokexindun furious and humiliated. Kang De and Malegith discussed their plan to intercept the Council’s research, and Malegith promised to protect him as the next stage approached.

• Hong San brought Aokexindun to the podium and announced a ceasefire, future negotiations, and an agreement to exchange supplies for the three exotic substances.
• Hong San denounced the Council’s military adventure and announced the creation of the Continental Humanitarian Observation Group, while Aokexindun held his anger in public.
• Banquet guests received photographs and translated records of Hong San’s speech, and Kang De later visited Malegith to laugh about Aokexindun’s humiliation.
• Kang De explained that he planned to intercept the fruits of the Council’s research after it received the Yilan-Tai'er substances, and Malegith warned that the Council could retaliate through political and economic pressure.
• Malegith told Kang De that the elves would help him and promised to protect him as the Council’s plan neared its start.

The Starry Sky Council accepted Kang De’s demands and received the goods through his Phase Gates, then panicked over the military threat posed by his spatial abilities. As the Council prepared to deliver the ruin materials to Yilan-Tai’er’s survivors, a hidden figure beneath the sea declared that events were about to begin.

• The Starry Sky Council agreed to Kang De’s list of goods, hoping to obtain the ruin materials from Yilan-Tai’er’s survivors.
• Kang De’s armored warriors collected the supplies through Phase Gates and warned the Council not to tamper with them.
• The Council debated how to defend Tula Xiaye from Kang De’s spatial attacks, but its aircraft and detection projects proved inadequate.
• The Council asked Yilan-Tai’er’s survivors for advice, and they described methods for detecting and blocking dimensional overlap.
• The Council began sending the ruin materials toward the submarines so the seal could be undone.
• Beneath the sea in the Broken Isles, a hidden figure set down a crystal plate and murmured that it was about to begin.

Kang De concluded that the Arcane Council was preparing to rescue Yilan-Tai’er’s surviving people and decided to intervene, intending to persuade them that he had helped free them. As the Council began its operation despite a severed connection to Yilan-Tai’er, the chapter left the survivors preparing to fight their way into the Eternal Tower.

• Kang De and the shogunate ministers deduced that the Azure Fleet was staying in the Broken Sea to support the Council’s secret search for Yilan-Tai’er’s last people.
• Kang De ordered the shogunate to stop the Council’s rescue operation, but said he would reason with the survivors rather than force them to join Distant Harbor.
• The Grand Speaker learned that the sanctuary’s escape system would activate when its seal was lifted and heard that Aokexindun had proposed using Nixiyasi to hinder Kang De.
• A Yilan-Tai’er message instructed the Council to begin immediately, but the connection was severed; the Grand Speaker ordered the operation to proceed anyway.
• The Knight Astolfo detected the two submarines moving, and A Fu alerted Kang De.
• A blue-haired woman rallied her companions to fight their way into the Eternal Tower and burn the prison.

Aifu confronted Tuosidiwa and the people of the City of Redemption, exposing the truth that they were descendants of Yilan-Tai'er rather than sinners condemned to atone. When Tuosidiwa refused to yield and ordered his forces to attack, Aifu unleashed three war vehicles built from the Sea Traveler, beginning a battle for the Eternal Tower.

• Aifu recalled how her father had taught her that her people were heirs to Yilan-Tai'er, then remembered learning that they were called Oathbreakers and lived in the Land of Atonement.
• Aifu faced a hostile crowd and accused Tuosidiwa of deceiving the people with the story that they were sinners, while insisting they were survivors entrusted with rebuilding Yilan-Tai'er.
• Aifu explained that she had contacted the Arcane Council to unseal the shelter and planned to use the Eternal Tower to bring the survivors back into the outside world.
• Aifu knelt to apologize to the generations who had suffered before declaring that the Oathbreakers would continue, hoping this would be Yilan-Tai'er's last civil war.
• Tuosidiwa ordered his forces to prepare for battle, and Aifu revealed three heavy war vehicles assembled from the Sea Traveler before ordering them to burn the city.

Aifu led the Oathbreakers’ chariots through the City of Atonement’s forces, destroying a giant sea scorpion and driving toward the Eternal Tower. As the Council submarines prepared to undo the Shelter’s seal, a voice in the tower declared that it was the people’s god.

• Aifu used the chariots’ weapons and the Oathbreakers’ armor to break through the slave army and advance toward the Eternal Tower.
• Tuosidiwa ordered the Condemnation Warriors to attack, but the chariots detected and ambushed a giant sea scorpion carrying six warriors.
• Aifu’s cannon bolt destroyed the sea scorpion and killed the Condemnation Warriors riding it.
• Aifu reflected on the slaughter and her hope that Tuosidiwa would eventually help release the Shelter and return Yilan-Tai’er to the sunlight.
• Tuosidiwa realized that the City of Atonement could not stop the chariots, while two Council submarines prepared to begin undoing the seal.
• In the Eternal Tower, an intrigued voice asked the kneeling survivors whether it was their god.

Kang De prepared the Broken Isles for the Council’s underwater operation while Dong Tianming considered how to seize the benefits of the Yilan-Tai’er ruins. Kang De agreed to inspect the seabed in a submersible, leaving Dong Tianming and Parrot an opening to tamper with the Azure Fleet.

• Kang De brought reinforcements and heavy weapons to the Broken Isles as the Council’s submarines approached the ruins.
• Dong Tianming reflected on his plans to transfer his accumulated power to Kang De and keep the Council from gaining Yilan-Tai’er’s discoveries.
• Kang De and Dong Tianming reviewed a sonar image showing the two submarines approaching the underground city.
• Parrot suggested Kang De inspect the site from a submersible with A Xing, and Kang De agreed.
• Dong Tianming exchanged a knowing glance with Parrot and planned to tamper with the Azure Fleet while Kang De was away.

Kang De sent the Jiaolong toward the seabed while preparing the Broken Isles for a possible attack, and he dispatched Dong Tianming to scout the Azure Fleet and capture Osko if possible. Meanwhile, the Starry Sky Council chose to proceed with the Yilan-Tai'er rescue despite losing contact, as Bennu ordered the sealed survivors to return to the mortal world and slaughter everything they saw.

• Kang De sent Horus piloting the Jiaolong toward the seabed and ordered the islands to prepare for battle after noticing the Council and Azure Fleet had gone quiet.
• Kang De asked Dong Tianming to focus on Yilan-Tai'er and capture Osko only if circumstances allowed, and Dong Tianming flew toward the Azure Fleet.
• Kang De learned that two people had teleported away from the Council's temporary embassy and suspected the Council was acting hastily because of an unexpected crisis.
• The Starry Sky Council lost contact with Yilan-Tai'er, debated the dangers of unsealing it, and voted to proceed while shifting the risk toward Kang De and the Azure Fleet.
• The Council arranged for Nixiyasi's father to return to the Azure Fleet, expecting Nixiyasi to seek Kang De's help if danger arose.
• Bennu proclaimed himself the God of the Heavens and ordered Yilan-Tai'er's descendants to wield his weapons, return to the mortal world, and slaughter everything they saw.

Bennu descended into Yilan-Tai'er’s shelter and manipulated its devout survivors into preparing for war against the mortal world. As Aifu tried to stop them and Tuosidiwa fled, Kang De spotted a Star Palace god from a submarine and charged toward it.

• Apophis sent Phaethon east to search for Kang De and dispatched Bennu to Yilan-Tai'er’s shelter to prevent its survivors from escaping.
• Bennu slaughtered people in the shelter, learned that Yilan-Tai'er’s survivors worshipped the Star Palace as gods, and decided to use them against the mortal world.
• Bennu appeared above the Eternal Tower and ordered the survivors to gather weapons and fight their enemies as atonement.
• Aifu recognized the Star Palace apparition and ordered her vehicle squad to flee, while Tuosidiwa tore off his ornate robes.
• Kang De and Horus approached the ruins aboard the Jiaolong, spotted the Star Palace god inside a submarine, and accelerated toward it.
• A submarine officer saw the Jiaolong’s blazing lights and screamed at the sight of its enormous silhouette in the darkness.

Kang De mistook the Council submarines’ attack for hostility while they mistook the Jiaolong for a monster, then discovered a God of the Star Palace was beneath the ruins and tried to warn the Council. The Council continued its ritual as Yilan-Tai’er began to awaken, while Aifu tried to stop the scheme and Tuosidiwa questioned her motives.

• The Deep Sea Pioneer crew mistook the Jiaolong for a giant sea monster and attacked it, while Kang De and Horus believed the Council submarine had attacked them knowingly.
• Kang De fled the submarine’s weapons, sensed the God of the Star Palace beneath the ruins, and returned to the Broken Isles to warn Parrot and Malegith.
• Kang De ordered A Fu to launch a spatial beacon by torpedo, then went to the Council’s temporary embassy and demanded an immediate call to the Starry Sky Council.
• The Councilors dismissed Kang De’s warning as a ploy to claim a share of their gains and refused to halt the mission as the extract injection neared completion.
• Yilan-Tai’er began to tremble awake, and Aifu urged Tuosidiwa to help stop the Star Palace’s plan, but he asked her why.

Tuosidiwa and Aifu argued over whether the Land of Shelter should submit to the Star Palace or risk its people and legacy to resist. Aifu led the Oathbreakers toward the Eternal Tower to warn the mortal world, while outside the Shelter three deep-sea mining trucks charged the Deep Sea Pioneer.

• Tuosidiwa urged Aifu not to resist the Star Palace, arguing that submission offered the Shelter its best chance of survival and that the mortal world would exploit Yilan-Tai'er’s legacy.
• Aifu rejected life under the Star Palace and chose to preserve Yilan-Tai’er’s wisdom by helping the mortal world, even if her people did not survive.
• Aifu told the Oathbreakers to discard their armor and weapons, and Tuosidiwa offered to help them enter the Eternal Tower without being identified by its security screens.
• Aifu planned to contact the Council’s submersible and warn the mortal world while the Council was breaking the Shelter’s seal.
• The Deep Sea Pioneer’s crew spotted three enormous machines descending toward them, and the deep-sea mining trucks charged across the seabed.

Kang De tried to stop the Starry Sky Council from breaking the seal beneath the Yilan-Tai'er Ruins, but the Deep Diving Walker completed its injection and released the refuge. The God of the Star Palace armed the liberated inhabitants and called them to slaughter the fallen, while Kang De ordered the Broken Isles evacuated as Mass Projection began.

• The Deep Sea Pioneer disarmed when surrounded by Kang De’s mining machines, but the Starry Sky Council ordered it to cover the Deep Diving Walker’s final injection.
• Kang De rammed the Deep Diving Walker, but the Deep Sea Pioneer attacked; Kang De’s mining machines destroyed it, and he retreated when he could not stop the injection in time.
• The Deep Diving Walker broke the seal, prompting the Starry Sky Council to celebrate while the grand speaker worried about the danger hidden in the ruins.
• A Fu warned Nixiyasi that the broken seal threatened her fleet, and Nixiyasi rose to take command as the ruins began to shake and open.
• The refuge emerged beneath the sea, and the God of the Star Palace gave its inhabitants weapons and ordered them to slaughter the fallen.
• Kang De returned to the Broken Isles and ordered all living personnel to evacuate before Mass Projection commenced.

Kang De evacuated the Broken Isles and prepared for battle after discovering that the God of the Star Palace was allied with Yilan-Tai'er survivors. As the Azure Fleet remained in danger and Nixiyasi yielded to Osko’s coercion, the sealed ruins erupted and golden figures began shooting toward the surface.

• Kang De learned that the God of the Star Palace and Yilan-Tai'er survivors were gathered together, so he evacuated the Broken Isles and deployed weapons for battle.
• Kang De explained to Malegith and Parrot that he would protect his subjects and strike Yilan-Tai'er if its people showed hostility, while Malegith mourned the civilization’s possible destruction.
• A Fu reported that the Azure Fleet refused to evacuate and that Nixiyasi had smashed her communicator, while Horus warned Kang De that the ruins’ inhabitants were about to emerge.
• Osko threatened Anthony Syracuse and forced Nixiyasi to agree to lead the Azure Fleet to a designated position, while Councilor Aokexindun planned to blame her if the fleet suffered losses.
• The Eternal Tower erupted from the ruins, its shock wave scattered Kang De’s mines and threw the Jiaolong aside, and golden streaks shot upward as more towers emerged.

Yilan-Tai'er’s descendants emerged from the Land of Shelter in ancient armor, but the Star Palace’s supposed god had turned their awakening into a trap. As Tuosidiwa watched through a warrior’s eyes, the first arrivals mistook the Azure Fleet for enemies and attacked, while Kang De prepared to let the massacre draw out more arrivals before intervening.

• Chosen sinners donned ancient weapons and armor, while Bennu mocked Yilan-Tai'er’s revived war machines and waited for the outcome.
• Aifu realized the sinners’ devotion to Bennu made it impossible to unite them against him, and Tuosidiwa urged the Oathbreakers to arm themselves and leave for the mortal world.
• Tuosidiwa parted from Aifu and entered a hidden domain, where he used an ancient power to watch the first Yilan-Tai'er warriors ascend toward the surface.
• Aifu warned the Azure Fleet to leave, but its officers dismissed her ultimatum and ordered sailors to seize the emerging warriors for the Council.
• The first Yilan-Tai'er warrior surfaced, called the Azure Fleet enemies, and attacked, setting off a massacre across the fleet.
• Kang De refused to intervene at once, telling Horus that the fleet could draw out more arrivals before he used a forbidden spell to clear the area.

Yilan-Tai'er attacked the Azure Fleet with Aegis Battlesuits, while Kang De watched the battle and sent warships closer to lure the attackers and recover their technology. Tuosidiwa observed the fighting and was startled by Kang De’s steel warships.

• Yilan-Tai'er launched a sudden assault on the Azure Fleet, and Kang De ordered the shogunate and Distant Harbor to prepare.
• Aokexindun forced Osko to order Nixiyasi to counterattack and capture Yilan-Tai'er, then used Anthony to reassure her that her father was safe.
• Kang De studied the Aegis Battlesuits and ordered A Fu’s warships to approach the battle so they could kill attackers, recover wreckage, and capture intact equipment.
• Kang De asked Parrot to capture Yilan-Tai'er alive if possible, hoping to learn what had happened to them.
• Kang De’s steel warships approached the Azure Fleet, drawing Yilan-Tai'er fighters toward the ruins materials aboard the gunboat.
• Tuosidiwa watched the battle through the Mirror of the Deep Sea and reacted with surprise when he saw the steel warships.

The warships Knight Astolfo and Generous Boris annihilated the Aegis Guards and fought off the Celestial Mecha and Gaili'ou Golems, while Nixiyasi rallied the Azure Fleet to counterattack. Aifu learned about Kang De and his forbidden spell, and Tuosidiwa watched Kang De strip a captured sinner of everything and named him the Fire Thief.

• A Fu directed the Knight Astolfo and Generous Boris to destroy the charging Aegis Guards with concentrated gunfire.
• Tuosidiwa watched the sinners’ defeat and the warships’ advanced defenses, then saw their weapons overcome the Celestial Mecha and Gaili'ou Golems.
• Envoy Osko and the Azure Fleet’s officers begged Nixiyasi to resume command, and she ordered a counterattack after realizing Kang De’s warships had not moved to save her.
• Aifu approached the fleeing Council submarine, was taken aboard, and learned from its captain about Kang De and his forbidden spell.
• Tuosidiwa witnessed Kang De seize a captured sinner’s soul, bloodline, memories, and history, then called him the Fire Thief.

Tuosidiwa discovered that the Fire Thief was leading a powerful mortal civilization against Yilan-Tai'er, and realized the Star Palace had manipulated his people into fighting on the wrong side. As the battle threatened Aifu and the Oathbreakers’ future, he began using his authority to intervene, but the God of the Star Palace appeared before he could act.

• Tuosidiwa recognized the black-haired being who had stripped a captured sinner of his armor and life as the Fire Thief described in Yilan-Tai'er's secret histories.
• Tuosidiwa concluded that the Star Palace was using Yilan-Tai'er as cannon fodder against the Fire Thief and feared that the sinners’ attack would also destroy Aifu’s hopes for the Oathbreakers.
• Tuosidiwa watched the sinners turn from the steel warships toward the wooden Council Fleet and realized their assault could ruin Aifu’s future among the mortal peoples.
• Tuosidiwa invoked his authority and directed golden threads from the Eternal Tower toward the mortal world, intending to exclude the Oathbreakers from his action.
• Tuosidiwa called to Aifu through the Mirror of the Deep Sea, received no answer, and turned to find the God of the Star Palace arriving with a priest following behind him.

Kang De prepared to use a forbidden spell against Yilan-Tai'er’s invading forces as the Starry Sky Council argued over its losses and ordered the Abyss Walker to evacuate Aifu. After learning that the attack could destroy both her people and the fleet, Aifu refused evacuation and asked the captain to help her return to the Land of Shelter to stop it.

• Kang De learned through Extraction that Yilan-Tai'er’s attackers were oppressed fanatics manipulated by the Star Palace, but decided they had to be destroyed to protect the outside world.
• Kang De told the Azure Fleet to draw the attackers together so he could use Mass Projection, while refusing the Council’s request for help.
• The Starry Sky Council anticipated the Azure Fleet’s destruction and ordered the Abyss Walker to take Aifu and the other ancient survivors to Tula Xiaye.
• After the captain explained the forbidden spell and the Council’s evacuation order, Aifu realized the spell threatened both her people and the fleet’s soldiers.
• The captain insisted on taking Aifu to safety, but she refused and asked him to help her return to the Land of Shelter to prevent the forbidden spell.

Bennu forced Tuosidiwa to activate Yilan-Tai'er's ancient Thunder God's Cage and deep-sea spiral drill, intending to channel their power into a seabed fissure and devastate the mortal world. Tuosidiwa turned the machinery against the Shelter, triggering its emergency evacuation so it would carry Bennu into the mortal world, where the Fire Thief waited.

• Bennu revealed that he wanted Yilan-Tai'er's engineering marvels activated to channel energy into a seabed fissure and promised to spare the people if Tuosidiwa obeyed.
• Tuosidiwa activated the Thunder God's Cage and the deep-sea spiral drill under Bennu's watch.
• Tuosidiwa redirected the machinery's energy toward the Shelter, and Bennu discovered the surge and attacked him through the sacred pillars.
• Tuosidiwa resisted Bennu and explained that the Shelter's emergency mechanism would send its central hub to the surface before the explosion destroyed it.
• Tuosidiwa revealed that he had intended to force Bennu into the mortal world, where the Fire Thief was waiting.

Aokexindun tried to secure Yilan-Tai’er’s weapons while the Azure Fleet fought the ancient survivors, unaware that Kang De was preparing a forbidden spell. As the strike descended, Nixiyasi destroyed the flagship’s teleportation array and confronted the councilor, leaving the fleet and its enemies beneath the falling projectile.

• Aokexindun ordered Osko to demand more ancient weapons and live prisoners from Nixiyasi, while refusing to leave the besieged flagship.
• Nixiyasi reassured the Azure Fleet that Kang De would rescue them, then began directing what she expected to be her final battle.
• Kang De ordered a forbidden-spell strike and recalled his military assets, while deciding to postpone an attack on a nearby Council submarine.
• Aokexindun realized Kang De was preparing a forbidden spell and ordered the flagship to teleport away, but Nixiyasi’s fleet accidentally destroyed its teleportation array with a magic-device strike.
• Nixiyasi denounced Aokexindun and refused to yield as he ordered his guards to seize her and use her as a hostage.
• A forbidden spell opened a void in the sky, and an enormous mass plunged through a Phase Gate toward the sea.

Yilan-Tai’er’s evacuation began as its Shelter collapsed, while Aifu returned to the Hidden Domain and inherited the kings’ authority after Tuosidiwa sacrificed himself. Their intervention disabled the ancient combat systems just in time to stop Kang De’s forbidden spell, leaving Tuosidiwa and Aifu alive and the Abyss Walker’s crew relieved on the surface.

• Yilan-Tai’er’s Shelter activated its evacuation protocols and launched its people and legacies toward the mortal world as its core destabilized.
• Bennu captured Tuosidiwa, and Aifu returned to the Hidden Domain, where Tuosidiwa ordered her to kill Angxisi.
• Aifu killed Angxisi, and Tuosidiwa wounded himself to pass royal authority to her; Aifu then invoked the ancient kings’ power, and the two escaped in an evacuation pod.
• The Abyss Walker’s captain ordered an emergency surfacing, and his crew reached the surface to signal Kang De to stop the forbidden spell.
• Kang De’s attack ceased, and Yilan-Tai’er’s combat units lost power as the captain realized Aifu had fulfilled her promise.
• Tuosidiwa and Aifu escaped together, while the Abyss Walker’s crew celebrated their survival.

Kang De halted the forbidden spell after Aifu disabled Yilan-Tai'er's war machines, and Distant Harbor began securing the captured forces and confronting the Arcane Council. Aifu died after saving her people and preserving their future, leaving Tuosidiwa grieving as she became part of Yilan-Tai'er's civilization.

• Aifu disabled Yilan-Tai'er's war machines, and Kang De canceled Mass Projection after the submarine surfaced and asked for a chance to speak.
• Kang De ordered A Fu and Horus to secure the Azure Fleet and the Yilan-Tai'er survivors while Distant Harbor forces moved in to capture them.
• Kang De directed Tina to protest the Arcane Council, detain its mission in Distant Harbor, and demand an apology and compensation from the grand speaker.
• Tuosidiwa held the dying Aifu as she explained that she had stopped the forbidden spell, saved her people, and ensured Yilan-Tai'er could continue.
• Aifu died beneath the blue sky, telling Tuosidiwa that she would become part of their civilization.

The Azure Fleet surrendered to Kang De’s forces as Councilor Aokexindun tried to negotiate a dignified outcome. When Envoy Osko took Nixiyasi hostage, her father Anthony saved her and was mortally wounded, leaving her grieving beside him.

• Astolfo’s fleet surrounded the Azure Fleet, and Quilion’s boarding party secured the Crimson Fire Fierce Flame’s surrender after another ship resisted and exploded.
• Aokexindun ordered the remaining ships to gather around his flagship and tried to persuade Nixiyasi to arrange a secret meeting with Kang De.
• Anthony approached Nixiyasi with healing potions, but Osko seized her and threatened to kill her rather than face capture.
• Nixiyasi declared that no one cared about her and began to unleash her magic, so Anthony struck Osko with a Frost Missile and pulled her clear with Telekinesis.
• Osko wounded Anthony with Arcane Missiles before the Legal Department’s rangers subdued him, and Nixiyasi rushed to treat her father.
• Anthony asked Nixiyasi to protect their family, then told her to be well as his hand fell.

Kang De secured the Azure Fleet’s surrender and learned that Aifu had died while saving Yilan-Tai’er, leaving its grieving high priest Tuosidiwa as its likely new leader. As Bennu attacked, Kang De’s allies drove him off, and Tuosidiwa accepted Kang De’s hand and a role in rebuilding his people.

• A Fu reported that Anthony had died saving Nixiyasi, Osko had been captured, and Councilor Aokexindun was trapped aboard the Azure Fleet’s flagship.
• Kang De ordered Aokexindun held and asked A Fu to comfort Nixiyasi and secure her help in arranging the fleet’s orderly surrender.
• Horus reported that the Yilan-Tai’er survivors resisted rescue, then found Aifu dead beside the grieving Tuosidiwa, whom the survivors treated with deference.
• Kang De met Tuosidiwa, offered condolences for Aifu, and asked him to lead Yilan-Tai’er in rebuilding and opposing the Star Palace.
• Bennu attacked, but Kang De redirected his strike while Malegith and Dong Tianming pursued him into battle.
• Tuosidiwa entrusted Aifu’s body to Kang De and clasped his hand, accepting the beginning of an alliance as Yilan-Tai’er’s new king.

Tuosidiwa calmed Yilan-Tai’er by recasting the truth of their return as the mercy of their god, while secretly deciding to align his people with Kang De. After Kang De killed Bennu before the assembled crowd, Yilan-Tai’er worshipped him as its new god, and Kang De discovered a power that let him deploy troops through faster, more precise teleportation.

• Tuosidiwa addressed Yilan-Tai’er, blaming a false god for manipulating them and claiming their return to the mortal world had come through their god’s mercy and Aifu’s sacrifice.
• Tuosidiwa privately decided Yilan-Tai’er should trust and ally with Kang De against the Star Palace, though he hoped to reveal the truth and grant his people freedom someday.
• Malegith brought the captured Bennu to the ship, where Bennu recognized Kang De as a Fire Thief and demanded to know where he came from.
• Kang De used Paradox to overpower and devour Bennu as the execution was broadcast, and Tuosidiwa declared the false god dead before kneeling to Kang De.
• Kang De discovered that he could project a domain through Paradox crystal and use it to teleport troops and supplies more quickly and precisely.