Recaps

Wang Chen forced Luo Anguo to end his questioning after reminding him that the Investigation Bureau had no evidence or authority to target an Imperial Major. A massacre at Wanhai Tower then devastated the Wan Family, and the Holy Light Emperor demanded answers from the three bureau directors, leaving the Investigation Bureau director on his knees for arresting Wang Chen.

• Wang Chen denied responsibility for Wan Bangda's death and warned Luo Anguo that the Investigation Bureau was overstepping its authority.
• Luo Anguo received an urgent assignment, ended the questioning, and escorted Wang Chen out before rushing away.
• A terrorist attack at Wanhai Tower killed Wan Yaokun and thirty-eight senior executives, destroying much of the Wan Family's core leadership.
• The attack's news spread across the Star Sea Network, and Wanhai Group stocks plunged, causing trillions in losses.
• The Holy Light Emperor questioned the three bureau directors about how cleaning robots had breached Wanhai Tower and killed everyone in the conference room.
• The Holy Light Emperor confronted Director Chen over arresting Wang Chen, and Director Chen dropped to his knees and admitted his fault.

The Holy Light Emperor learned that Wang Chen had submitted thousands of Nether Crystals and a Nether Dragon Horn, and rewarded him while forcing Investigation Bureau director Chen Bangzhi to resign. He ordered a thorough investigation of Wanhai Group, then questioned whether Wang Chen had caused the Wanhai Tower bloodbath, but concluded that the truth did not matter.

• The Holy Light Emperor showed Chen Bangzhi three cases containing 13,765 recently condensed Nether Crystals from Wang Chen’s spoils on Tampas Star, revealing the scale of Wang Chen’s service to the Empire.
• Chen Bangzhi accepted the Holy Light Emperor’s order to resign and thanked him for sparing his dignity.
• The Holy Light Emperor promoted Wang Chen to Imperial Baron, granted him the Glorious Noble Title, and awarded him the Royal Starlight.
• The Holy Light Emperor ordered the bureau chiefs to investigate Wanhai Group thoroughly while avoiding social unrest, and they understood he expected them to satisfy him.
• After the bureau chiefs left, the Holy Light Emperor examined the Nether Dragon Horn Wang Chen had given him and asked the Captain of the Guards whether Wang Chen could have caused the Wanhai Tower bloodbath.
• The Captain of the Guards noted that Wang Chen had been at Investigation Bureau headquarters, 37.53 kilometers from Wanhai Tower, and the Holy Light Emperor decided that the truth did not matter.

After receiving the Glorious Noble title, Wang Chen met Princess Shiyu, claimed the Imperial yacht Starlight, and traveled to Taiwu Star. He arrived safely and surprised Tang Mi and Akemi with his new spaceship.

• Wang Chen attended an investiture ceremony presided over by the Emperor, while the Empire seized Wanhai Group and moved against the Wan Financial Consortium.
• Princess Shiyu confronted Wang Chen over Starlight, but he refused to return it and gave her a lollipop before leaving the palace.
• Wang Chen claimed Starlight at the Royal exclusive spaceport and spent five days learning to operate the luxurious, heavily armed spaceship.
• Wang Chen piloted Starlight alone to Taiwu Star, where he contacted Tang Mi and Akemi and showed them his new yacht.

After returning to Taiwu Star, Wang Chen tested and helped refine Akemi’s custom heavy mecha, which became the God of War Mecha. Once he armed three of them, the Nether Race invaded the Empire’s border regions.

• Wang Chen returned to Taiwu Star with Akemi and Tang Mi after five days aboard the Starlight.
• Akemi presented Wang Chen with the Valiant General III, a heavy combat mecha she had designed and built for him.
• Wang Chen piloted the mecha at the Third Mecha Research Institute, impressing the researchers with its mobility.
• Wang Chen, Akemi, and the institute’s staff refined the mecha for months, and the finalized design was renamed the God of War Mecha.
• Wang Chen obtained weapons and equipment for three God of War Mechas, spending over one billion Star Yuan.
• The Nether Race launched a massive invasion of the Empire’s border regions half a month after Wang Chen received the equipment.

Wang Chen joined the Empire’s war against the Nether Race, delaying his return to the Haotian Realm so he could help defend the Empire and test his God of War Mecha. He departed aboard the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet for the Iron Lion Star Cluster, where he confirmed to Zhao Kai that he had killed a Nether Dragon.

• The Nether Race launched a prepared invasion, capturing the North Sea Star Cluster and inflicting severe losses on Imperial forces as other border regions came under attack.
• Wang Chen answered the military summons because of his ties to the Empire, the chance to obtain a new Origin of the World, and his desire to test the God of War Mecha in battle.
• Wang Chen said farewell to Tang Mi and Akemi, then boarded the Radiance Cruiser and received a temporary promotion to lieutenant colonel.
• Zhao Kai briefed the fleet’s officers and ordered the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet to hurry to the Iron Lion Star Cluster, where Imperial defenders urgently needed reinforcements.
• Zhao Kai asked Wang Chen whether he had killed a Nether Dragon, and Wang Chen confirmed that he had.

The Seventh Rapid Response Fleet was ambushed by the Nether Legion near Star Gate No. 1, and Wang Chen deployed in his God of War Mecha to fight the Ghost Fighters. After shooting down more than thirty enemy fighters, he was surrounded and drew his Ship-Slaying Saber.

• Nether Warships emerged near Star Gate No. 1 and attacked the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet as Zhao Kai ordered an emergency turn to clear the Space Fortress's line of fire.
• The Radiance Cruiser and the Space Fortress fired on the Nether attackers, including three Nether Dragons, while the fleet launched its Combat Mechas against the Ghost Fighters.
• Wang Chen deployed alone as a Dragon Rider and used Psionic Power, missiles, and his particle cannon to destroy more than thirty Ghost Fighters.
• Dozens of Nether Fighters surrounded Wang Chen, and he drew his Ship-Slaying Saber.

Wang Chen cut through Ghost Fighters and saved a besieged destroyer, but the Nether Dragon devastated the Imperial fleet and threatened the Radiance. He unleashed a Psionic Storm to clear a path and flew toward the dragon as it prepared another attack on the flagship.

• Wang Chen killed five Ghost Fighters, then cleared the fighters clinging to a destroyer and defended it from the surrounding attackers.
• A Nether Dragon pierced the Radiance’s shield and damaged its bow, while two escort ships shielded the flagship and the Space Fortress drove the dragon away with its main cannons.
• Wang Chen saw the Nether Legion gaining the upper hand and unleashed a Psionic Storm that shattered the thought cores of Ghost Fighter pilots, opening a path through the enemy.
• Wang Chen flew his God of War Mecha toward the Nether Dragon, which had sunk a destroyer and two escort ships and began charging another breath attack at the Radiance.

Wang Chen used the God of War Mecha to cripple the Nether Dragon from within while evading its attacks, giving the Imperial Army time to counterattack. After the Space Fortress blasted apart much of the dragon’s head, Wang Chen struck its neck with all his Psionic Power, and half its head fell away as his saber shattered.

• The Nether Dragon destroyed an Imperial Destroyer with its breath and blasted away the mechas attacking it, but Wang Chen cut through its defenses and injected Psionic Power into its neck.
• Wang Chen evaded the Nether Dragon’s attacks while repeatedly striking it, disrupting its energy structure and preventing it from entering a Phasing state.
• The Imperial Army and Space Fortress counterattacked, destroying Nether Warships and Ghost Fighters as Wang Chen kept the Nether Dragon occupied.
• The Space Fortress’s main cannon struck the Nether Dragon’s head, blowing away more than half of it and leaving the dragon sluggish.
• Wang Chen plunged down and slashed through the Nether Dragon’s battered neck with his full Psionic Power, shattering the Ship-Slaying Saber as half the dragon’s head fell away.

Wang Chen helped destroy the Nether Dragon and the Imperial Army defeated the Nether Legion at the Star Gate, though the victory came at a heavy cost. After submitting his battle data, Wang Chen received leave and traveled to Lionheart City for a vacation.

• Wang Chen beheaded the Nether Dragon, then escaped its self-destruction with the God of War Mecha while the blast killed many Imperial Army troops and Nether forces.
• Wang Chen resupplied aboard the Radiance Cruiser and returned to battle as the Imperial Army drove the Nether Legion toward the Star Gate.
• The Imperial Army disrupted the Star Gate with space torpedoes and destroyed most of the retreating Nether Warships after an hour-long pursuit.
• Wang Chen uploaded his combat records, including his major role in destroying the Nether Dragon, while the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet counted heavy losses.
• The Seventh Rapid Response Fleet completed search-and-rescue operations and docked at the space fortress, and Wang Chen received leave to visit Lionheart City.

Wang Chen explored Lionheart City's chaotic nightlife and visited the VISE nightclub, where he spent lavishly and attracted attention. A slick-haired young man approached him with an offer of something exciting, and Wang Chen told him to leave.

• Wang Chen walked through Lionheart City, gave a flower-selling girl a hundred-yuan bill, and entered the VISE nightclub.
• Wang Chen paid his way past the queue and ordered cocktails at the bar.
• The bartender arranged a booth and two girls to keep Wang Chen company, and he ordered tens of thousands of Star Yuan worth of drinks.
• A slick-haired young man approached Wang Chen with a crystal chip and offered him something exciting.
• Wang Chen told the young man to scram.

Wang Chen left the nightclub after learning that the Black Dragon Society controlled the area, then fought off an ambush and fled the city on a stolen hover bike. Dozens of pursuers chased him into the outskirts, where he drew a shotgun.

• Wang Chen dismissed the Black Dragon Society’s threat, danced with two girls, and paid them before leaving VISE through the front entrance.
• Two assailants attacked Wang Chen with a metal bat, but he seized it, knocked them off their hover bike, and rode away on it.
• Dozens of riders pursued Wang Chen through Lionheart City, and one fired a particle beam at him.
• Wang Chen led the pursuers beyond the city and pulled a shotgun from the Sea of Stars Ring.

Wang Chen slaughtered most of the Black Dragon Society riders who attacked him, killed one survivor, and returned to his hotel without leaving identifying evidence. The next night, he revisited VISE Nightclub, where its owner, Master Qin, confronted him as armed personnel surrounded the booth.

• Wang Chen evaded the riders' Particle Beams and shot down their hoverbikes until the survivors fled.
• Wang Chen questioned a wounded rider, learned he belonged to the Black Dragon Society, and killed him.
• Wang Chen left the scene, returned to his hotel, and spent the night watching Lionheart City's skyline.
• Wang Chen returned to VISE Nightclub the following night and met its owner, Master Qin, instead of the promised girls.
• Master Qin revealed that he knew Wang Chen had killed Black Dragon Society members, while armed personnel surrounded Wang Chen and the nightclub emptied.

Wang Chen killed the Black Dragon Society gang gathered at VISE Nightclub and defeated Hei Kui and Qin Qi. After asking what lay beneath the floor, he provoked Qin Qi into transforming into a werewolf, and the fight continued.

• Hei Kui arrived and confronted Wang Chen over the deaths of his men, then ordered the armed Black Dragon Society members to attack.
• Wang Chen used Psionic Power to kill the armed men, and Hei Kui and Qin Qi attacked him together.
• Wang Chen stopped their weapons, killed Hei Kui with a counterstrike, and pulled the fleeing Qin Qi back into the room.
• Wang Chen asked Qin Qi what was beneath the floor, prompting Qin Qi to transform into a werewolf and attack.
• Wang Chen kicked Qin Qi into a wall, but Qin Qi survived and howled.

Wang Chen defeated Qin Qi and discovered a hidden altar beneath the nightclub, where an Eight-armed statue tried to corrupt his mind. He trapped the statue with the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil, which began consuming its evil power.

• Wang Chen killed Qin Qi’s werewolf underlings and subdued Qin Qi, who begged him to spare his family and then killed himself rather than reveal what lay below.
• Wang Chen found over seventy million Star Yuan in Qin Qi’s personal terminal and donated it to the Holy Light Charity Association before crushing the terminal.
• Wang Chen descended into a concealed passage, destroyed its traps, and reached a Cave Dwelling with an altar and an ancient bronze Eight-armed statue.
• The Eight-armed statue tried to invade Wang Chen’s mind, but the Primordial Dao Stele cleansed the corruption.
• Wang Chen activated the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil, trapping the statue and consuming its evil power.

People across Lionheart City transformed into beasts as an evil force was destroyed beneath the city. Wang Chen learned about the outbreak after finishing off the Eight-armed statue, but declined Zhao Kai’s offer to evacuate him.

• Residents across Lionheart City, including nobles, commoners, and superpowered people, suddenly transformed into monstrous beasts and plunged the city into chaos.
• Wang Chen used the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil to destroy the Eight-armed statue’s core, absorbing its evil power and raising his Eight Rings Psionic Power to about 30%.
• Wang Chen realized the statue had served as a vessel for an Evil God and that destroying it had prevented the entity from eventually threatening Iron Lion Star.
• Wang Chen returned to the surface and discovered the chaos in Lionheart City.
• Zhao Kai told Wang Chen that the Empire had sent Investigation Bureau and Security Bureau forces, and offered to evacuate him to the space fortress.
• Wang Chen declined Zhao Kai’s offer because he did not believe anything else on the planet could threaten him.

Wang Chen completed his split-soul incarnation and joined the Imperial expedition against the Nether Race stronghold in the Flame Star Cluster. After receiving the Empire Hero Medal and a promotion to colonel, he arrived with the Joint Fleet and met a Nether Race fleet, beginning the campaign.

• Wang Chen materialized his split soul, creating an incarnation that could carry most of his strength and strengthen his connection to the Great World of the Sea of Stars.
• The Empire assembled five fleets to retaliate against the Nether Race by attacking its Mother Nest in the Flame Star Cluster, and Wang Chen transferred his savings to Akemi and Tang Mi before departure.
• Marshal Connors awarded Wang Chen the Empire Hero Medal and promoted him to Imperial colonel before the Joint Fleet set out.
• Wang Chen declined a place aboard the flagship, stayed with the Radiance Cruiser, and cultivated his split soul during the fleet’s two-month voyage.
• The Joint Fleet entered the Flame Star Cluster’s region and encountered a Nether Race fleet, starting the campaign with a fierce vanguard battle.

Wang Chen destroyed a Nether Race warship as the Joint Fleet fought its way to Flame Star and attacked the Nether Mother Nest. The fleet breached the nest’s shield and launched a devastating assault, leaving its destruction imminent.

• Wang Chen cut open a Nether Race warship, fired his particle cannon into it, and escaped as it exploded.
• The Joint Fleet defeated three Nether Legions and fought its way to Flame Star, losing numerous ships in the battle.
• The Royal Glory Battleship charged and fired its Star Annihilator Cannon at the Nether Mother Nest, but the nest’s force-field shield stopped the blast.
• Two more Titan ships fired their Star Annihilator Cannons, and the third strike shattered the nest’s shield.
• The Joint Fleet launched hundreds of thousands of missiles and continued firing at close range on the exposed Nether Mother Nest.

After the Joint Fleet destroyed the Nether Mother Nest on Flame Star, Wang Chen sensed the Origin of the World inside it and ventured into a hidden underground chamber. He found a powerful Origin Fire and met a girl named Shan Lan, who welcomed him to her home.

• The Joint Fleet destroyed the Nether Dragon and dealt a fatal second blow to the Nether Mother Nest, then began landing operations on Flame Star.
• Wang Chen sensed the Origin of the World within the mother nest and piloted the God of War Mecha into the bombardment crater.
• Wang Chen found a metallic tunnel leading deep underground and followed the growing source-power aura nearly a hundred kilometers.
• Wang Chen entered a spherical Cave Dwelling, where the tunnel sealed behind him and a powerful Origin Fire began corroding his mech.
• Wang Chen shielded the God of War Mecha with Psionic Power as a little girl appeared and introduced herself as Shan Lan.

Wang Chen confronted Shan Lan, the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest, inside the Cave Dwelling and fought to suppress her. As the dying Nether Mother Nest’s power weakened, Shan Lan suddenly exploded, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Wang Chen recognized Shan Lan as the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest and introduced himself before attacking her.
• Shan Lan healed from Wang Chen’s strike and assaulted his mind, but Wang Chen drove off the mental attack with his Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Dharma Image.
• Wang Chen’s Heavenly Net to Punish Evil failed to catch Shan Lan, so he used his Eight Rings Psionic Power to bind and suppress her.
• Shan Lan transformed and struggled against Wang Chen, drawing on World Source Power as their contest continued.
• Wang Chen realized Shan Lan was weakening because the Nether Mother Nest was dying, and Shan Lan then suddenly exploded.

Wang Chen destroyed the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest and escaped the collapsing Star Sea world, carrying the World Origin Fire back to the Haotian Realm. The Haotian Realm took the fire and rewarded him with a surge in cultivation and a powerful breakthrough in his physique, leaving him to stabilize his new strength.

• Wang Chen used the Primordial Dao Stele to suppress and devour the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest's remaining power core, ending the Nether Mother Nest as its Cave Dwelling began to collapse.
• Wang Chen's true soul left his body, protected by the Primordial Dao Stele and Heavenly Net to Punish Evil, and carried the World Origin Fire through the void toward the Haotian Realm.
• Wang Chen's split soul entered the God of War Mecha as his true soul returned to his main body in the Haotian Realm.
• A spatial vortex took the World Origin Fire from Wang Chen, after which the Haotian Realm's power raised his cultivation from Nascent Soul First Layer to Nascent Soul Seventh Layer.
• The Heavenly Dao reward advanced Wang Chen's Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma to its eighth-layer Vajra Undying Realm and increased his Physique, Spiritual Root, and Divine Soul.
• Wang Chen regulated his breathing and began stabilizing his new realm.

After returning from the Great World of the Sea of Stars, Wang Chen learned that his avatar was still fighting the Nether Race and prepared to offer the world-origin power he had brought back as a Heavenly Dao sacrifice. He gave the World-Crossing Pearl to Du Jiuniang, leaving her surprised by his generosity and stirred by thoughts of him.

• Wang Chen finished a month of meditation, stabilized his cultivation, and learned through his Divine Soul connection that his avatar had joined the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet in further battles against the Nether Race.
• Wang Chen considered how he might eventually bring Akemi and Tang Mi's true spirits back to the Haotian Realm, then concluded his Star Sea training.
• Wang Chen discovered that the World-Crossing Pearl had absorbed a trace of the Great World of the Sea of Stars' Origin of the World, which could be sacrificed for a Heavenly Dao reward.
• Du Jiuniang greeted Wang Chen and was disappointed when he said he had failed to find her lost Divine Soul in the Great World of the Sea of Stars.
• Wang Chen gave the World-Crossing Pearl to Du Jiuniang, who realized its Origin of the World could repair her Divine Soul and blushed as she considered his generosity.

Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang for help finding Five Elements Spiritual Items and a rare copy of the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law, then decided to earn merit by slaying Heavenly Demons at a World Pass. Du Jiuniang agreed to help him obtain the text and recommend him for a suitable World Pass, and Wang Chen returned safely to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion.

• Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang about obtaining Five Elements Spiritual Items and a rare copy of the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law.
• Du Jiuniang learned that the Immortal Alliance treasury had few Five Elements Spiritual Items but still had the rare text available for merit points.
• Du Jiuniang offered to help Wang Chen obtain the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law, while Wang Chen agreed to find his own Five Elements Spiritual Items.
• Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang to recommend him for a World Pass so he could earn merit by slaying Heavenly Demons, and she agreed to find a suitable one.
• Wang Chen returned to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion, where Xu Xinlan, Su Ziling, Yuan Yuan, and Bai Susu were glad to see him safe.

Wang Chen prepared to hunt Outer Realm Heavenly Demons at the Border Pass, and Bai Susu arranged to accompany him as a demon pet to benefit from the void’s power. After securing the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and receiving a rare cultivation art from Du Jiuniang, Wang Chen joined the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance as a guest elder and applied to travel to the Border Pass.

• Bai Susu gave Wang Chen a Demon-Control Tablet so she could accompany him to the Border Pass in her true form, and Yuan Yuan asked to go but was told to stay and cultivate.
• Wang Chen spent several days with Xu Xinlan and Su Ziling, then sealed the Xuan You Immortal Mansion before leaving with Bai Susu.
• Wang Chen met Du Jiuniang in Nine Provinces Immortal City and presented Bai Susu as his demon pet.
• Du Jiuniang gave Wang Chen a rare copy of the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law and introduced him to the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance headquarters.
• Wang Chen joined the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance as a guest elder and applied to travel to the Border Pass to slay Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

Wang Chen settled into his post at Anyi City, surveyed Dique Boundary Pass, and prepared to hunt Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. After returning from his first circuit of the surrounding void, he received a visit from his elderly neighbor, Xiong Liangpeng, who explained that he had come to the pass to secure resources for his descendants.

• Wang Chen adapted to Anyi City, where he was assigned a Cave Mansion as a Nascent Soul guest elder defending the satellite city.
• Wang Chen gave Bai Susu most of the Immortal Alliance’s Primal Spirit Pills and a hundred High Spirit Stones, and she set up a formation before falling asleep.
• On his sixth day, Wang Chen left Anyi City to study the Void Heavenly Demon Illustrated Record and survey Dique Boundary Pass before hunting.
• Wang Chen made a circuit of the boundary pass, visited four satellite cities, and explored the nearby void while the region remained calm.
• After Wang Chen returned to Anyi City, Xiong Liangpeng visited and said he had little lifespan left and sought resources for his descendants.

Xiong Liangpeng invited Wang Chen to join a team searching for a Spirit Stone meteorite, but Wang Chen politely refused. Wang Chen then explored a star ring in the void and attacked a swarm of black bats, scattering their formation with his Fire Crows.

• Xiong Liangpeng told Wang Chen about a meteorite that might contain a Spirit Stone deposit and invited him to join a treasure-hunting team.
• Wang Chen declined Xiong Liangpeng's invitation, and Xiong Liangpeng accepted his refusal.
• Wang Chen flew into the void aboard his Magic Treasure Flying Ship and reached a star ring marked on the Immortal Alliance's map.
• Wang Chen put away the ship and explored the meteorites on his Dragon Abyss Sword, relying on his body and the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil to endure the void.
• A swarm of hundreds of black bats formed a giant beast and attacked Wang Chen, who countered with tens of thousands of Fire Crows and broke apart the swarm.