Recaps

Kang De pursued Cuixisi through the underground world as the mysterious element threatened to corrupt dragons and unleash a conflict across the world. After A Xing disappeared into the River of Origin and Cuixisi wounded Lily, Kang De entered the river himself and summoned the Grewind Swarm into the mortal world.

• Kang De extracted the corruption from Aocheweier, who revealed Cuixisi’s plan before dying, then followed his trail with Lily and Horus.
• Kang De experienced Time Flashbacks of ancient warriors wielding the mysterious element, while news of the underground crisis leaked and he threatened the Broken Isles to deter an attack on Goth.
• Kang De and Lily discovered that the mysterious element had corrupted both ancient warriors and dragons, then learned from Luzi that Cuixisi planned to spread it worldwide by sacrificing seven dragons.
• Cuixisi transformed Luzi and attacked Kang De’s group, naming Lily as his final sacrifice before fleeing into a rift.
• Kang De, Lily, and A Xing pursued Cuixisi, used enchanted armor, and found Wei'insi at the fifth crystal pillar, where Kang De transported him to the White Mist World and extracted the mysterious element until he died.
• The sixth crystal pillar shattered and released the River of Origin, empowering Cuixisi, while Kang De and his allies attacked him and severed the roots drawing power from the river.
• A Xing’s recovered memories revealed her connection to the Light Bearer, and she fell into the River of Origin after confronting Cuixisi.
• Kang De cleared the corruption from Lily and sent her to safety, then entered the River of Origin and summoned the Grewind Swarm through a Phase Gate beneath Zhuerban.

Kang De reunited with A Xing, defeated Cuixisi, and returned to Goth as foreign fleets and domestic factions threatened the country. He broke with Goth’s nobles and began building an independent power base, using the surrendered fleets and his new allies to secure Distant Harbor.

• Kang De followed Cuixisi through the River of Origin, found A Xing, and learned from Yasha how the Light Bearers had preserved their legacy in the Paradox Engine.
• Kang De and A Xing used the Paradox Engine to defeat Cuixisi, then opened a gate and returned to Goth as corrupted dragons attacked Distant Harbor.
• Kang De’s Knight Astolfo destroyed the corrupted ships, drove off the dragons, and forced the invading fleets to surrender while Tina remained under house arrest.
• Kang De confronted Goth’s nobles, rejected their concessions, claimed Valentan and the Paradox Element, and left to see Tina.
• Kang De and Tina reconciled, and he asked her to become an independent partner in his plans, while A Xing interrupted them and Hong San outlined Goth’s diplomatic options.
• Kang De began organizing an independent army and territory, recruited Lily’s help, and secured the surviving dragons’ service by offering to remove their Paradox Element.
• Kang De compelled Distant Harbor’s rulers to cooperate, established the Traitor Suppression Society, and recruited the elves by offering treatment and enhanced magical equipment.
• Kang De’s forces hunted the riot’s instigators, bombarded Delisa’s warehouse, and captured him so Alset could use mental magic to uncover his fears.

Kang De crushed Distant Harbor’s nobles after they engineered a grain crisis to undermine him, using a vast wheat shipment and financial pressure to take control of the city. He left the harbor under a new government, recruited Hong San and his followers, and began planning agricultural transformation and a broader struggle with the Broken Isles.

• Kang De arrested the Tinston Family and other suspected conspirators, then demanded that traitorous nobles lose their titles and face the same punishments as commoners.
• Kang De gained Han Zezheng’s cooperation, promised to protect him and the Cathayans, and announced plans to make Distant Harbor the Endless Ocean’s leading maritime trade center.
• Kang De allied with the Dragon Emperor, arranged support from Dragon Island, and launched programs to feed residents, hire workers, and educate homeless children.
• Han Zezheng warned Kang De that nobles and merchants were manipulating grain supplies, while Kang De refused outside aid and arranged for Santos and Dragon Island Defense to finance the speculators.
• As hunger spread, Kang De opened a vast spatial gate and poured wheat into Distant Harbor, while his forces arrested Sir Luste and the Broken Isles’ supervisors and placed the city under a tutelage government.
• Kang De let the dragons collect debts and seize speculators’ assets, confiscated traitors’ property, and publicly warned the nobles that he would punish those who used commoners’ suffering for power.
• Kang De’s forces captured fleeing conspirators, and he welcomed Hong San and 126 recruits from Valentan as he prepared to govern Distant Harbor and confront the Broken Isles.
• Hong San secured the nobles’ cooperation through loans and debt relief, while Kang De explained his plan to modernize farming until people no longer needed to farm for a living.

Kang De turned the Broken Isles’ attempt to resist him into an invasion, then fought through sea monsters and the island’s defenses to uncover the Star Palace’s sacrifices. The arc left him facing the exposed ruler of the Star Palace after summoning the Great Majestic Heavenly Monkey.

• Sarosmir brought Leona Vidal’s mocking letter, and Kang De agreed to prepare a Paradox Element contract for him after warning him about the risks and demanding loyalty.
• Kang De rejected Qiaobu’s offers of compensation and political concessions, demanded that the Broken Isles surrender its businesses and intelligence, and staged the execution of captured merchants as Distant Harbor’s recruits watched.
• Kang De gave the Broken Isles three days to submit, then began an occupation plan while the island lords sealed the ports and foreign fleets evacuated their citizens.
• Mei Xizhu and Ailike escaped a mob with help from Kang De’s drones, and Mei joined Han Guangcheng’s evacuation effort as sea monsters began attacking ships around the Broken Isles.
• Kang De organized the rescue of besieged ships, fought the monsters, and used missiles and the Song of Evergreen’s support to disable the Broken Isles’ magitech defenses.
• Kang De introduced powered armor to the fifty Valentan soldiers, named them the Doom Warriors, and led them ashore as his forces captured the Stone Thrower, Raging Tide, and Flame-Particle Light Lance.
• At Sea Suppression Castle, the island lord revealed that his bloodline had fed people to a deep-sea beast for the Star Palace, whose master intended to use the monster against Kang De.
• Kang De flooded and stripped the castle’s underground passages, exposed the island lord and Star Palace ruler when they emerged disguised, and summoned the Great Majestic Heavenly Monkey as the ruler charged him.