Recaps

Hao Ren and Vivian rescued Lily from the Eben Werewolves, then helped repel a Demon Hunter attack. After Nangong May joined the household, Raven 12345 sent Hao Ren on a mission to retrieve a stranded tenant, and he departed with Nangong May and Izax aboard Transport Ship 883.

• Vivian and Hao Ren found Lily in a warehouse, where Vivian fought Casa Eben while Hao Ren passed through the black mist and freed Lily.
• Lily chose to stay with Hao Ren and Vivian, but Demon Hunters ambushed the group and wounded Casa Eben and Euen Eben.
• Lily created a thick cloud of water vapor to help the group escape, and Izax later captured the remaining Demon Hunters and handed them to the Arcane Servant.
• Nangong May arrived as Raven 12345’s new tenant and explained that a woman in her dreams had directed her to find Hao Ren.
• Raven 12345 assigned Hao Ren to retrieve a tenant stranded 895 light-years away and unlocked Spatial Teleportation on his Data Terminal.
• Hao Ren chose Izax and Nangong May to accompany him, and the three teleported to Kuiper Station.
• A station guide led Hao Ren and his companions to Connection Port Four, where Captain 883 welcomed them aboard his passenger-and-cargo ship for the day-long trip.

Hao Ren investigated a crashed transport on an alien world, recovered a mermaid egg, and received a starship from Raven 12345. Back home, the egg hatched into Doudou, and Hao Ren began learning to pilot his new ship.

• Hao Ren traveled with Nangong May and Izax to an alien planet, where Nangong May’s song sent him into the Dream Plane and he met Becky and the Wolf King.
• Hao Ren helped the Wolf King defeat a rival wolf pack, learned of the ancient Magic Empire’s destruction, and spotted a Rune of Leta before returning to the waking world.
• Hao Ren, Nangong May, and Izax found the transport craft’s wreckage and evidence that a demon had attacked it, then searched the ocean floor for its cargo compartment.
• Hao Ren found the empty cargo compartment and Nangong May picked up a white sphere that Raven 12345 identified as a mermaid egg.
• Raven 12345 gave Hao Ren the Giant Turtle Rock Platform, and he flew it back to Kuiper Station before returning home with the egg.
• Raven 12345 discussed the Dream Plane and its connection to Earth’s aliens with Hao Ren, then Lily accidentally hatched the egg by boiling it.
• Hao Ren and his companions named the newborn mermaid Elizabeth and Doudou, and Nangong May used her gift to help Doudou communicate and trust her.
• Doudou decided a cooking pot had been her mother, while the Data Terminal began teaching Hao Ren starship navigation and warp engines.

Hao Ren’s group captured Nangong Sanba and learned that the Day of Return was stirring otherworldly races and drawing Demon Hunters toward ancient ruins. To investigate the Dream Plane, Hao Ren prepared a group expedition and brought his companions to Lunber, where a guard recognized him from a previous visit.

• Vivian traced the Rune of Leta cards to Demon Hunters, and Lily organized hundreds of dogs to help watch the South Suburbs.
• Hao Ren’s group captured the lone Demon Hunter Nangong and discovered he was Nangong May’s older brother, Nangong Sanba.
• Nangong May explained her search for her missing mother, while Nangong Sanba revealed that he had secretly followed her to protect her.
• Bluefly Eben and Brushet Eben told Vivian and Hao Ren that the Sirens had announced the Day of Return and that otherworldly races were regaining lost powers.
• Hao Ren recruited Nangong Sanba as an external member of the shelter and learned that Demon Hunters were investigating ancient nonhuman ruins.
• Hao Ren visited Raven 23333, who made him five hibernation pods and warned him that the Dream Plane situation was deteriorating.
• Hao Ren prepared the pods, and the group brought Doudou and the Data Terminal along in a kettle before entering the Dream Plane.
• Hao Ren and his companions appeared in Lunber, where guards took them to register and a familiar voice recognized Hao Ren as the man who had fallen and hit his head.

Hao Ren’s group registered as mercenaries and crossed the grasslands and Dragon Ridge Mountains while investigating disappearances and searching for a mysterious woman. After learning Stone Giants were attacking the region, they obtained a permit to reach the Sacred Lake and entered the Twisted Woods.

• Becky guaranteed Hao Ren’s group, helped them register as Spire mages, and guided them through the mercenary registration process.
• Hao Ren named the team “All the Good Names Are Taken by Dogs” and discovered that the group needed to complete missions before it could obtain a pass to Beinz Blood Lake.
• Hao Ren and his companions learned about the Holy Church Orb’s disappearance, then set out with Becky and encountered the black wolves, whose Wolf King told them about a woman in white seeking unstable space.
• The group followed the woman’s trail through a mountain-dweller village and crossed the Dragon Ridge Mountains, where they helped mercenaries defeat Stone Giants.
• After reaching Leighton Town, Becky reported the Stone Giant attacks to Diocesan Chief Geldon and Marshal Ofra, and Hao Ren’s group received a permit to travel to the Sacred Lake.
• The next morning, Hao Ren’s group left their horses behind and entered the Twisted Woods as Vivian scouted ahead and Lily searched for danger.