Recaps

Ian uncovered deeper secrets of the Pre-Epoch Civilization, the Star-Prison, and the forces shaping Terra while building power and extending his influence. The arc left him advancing the Arcane Path among Magic Beasts and preparing to use the Rust-Steel Dragon’s Glimmer Cradle to unlock the Beast Kingdoms’ Sparks.

• Ian explored the Void Realm with Hua An, met the Fairy Mo Feng, and later learned from the Photonic Furnace’s memories how Fairies were summoned from parallel spacetime.
• Ian used the Silver Radiance Book and Silver Chip to uncover memories of the Sky-Fall Starship and the Calamity of Falling Skies, then experienced the chip altering his senses and awakening his psionic power.
• Ian recognized Terra’s Heart as a prototype Heroic Spirit Furnace, expanded settlements in the Southern Ridge, and abolished taxes on designated staple crops to draw immigrants.
• Ian and Savaga reached the Light Realm’s core, where Ian approached the embryonic Pearl of the Light Realm, while his Precognitive Vision showed that the Silent True Demon and End Fragment could destroy Terra.
• Ian and the Mountain King discovered Sheo’s contagious Subspace Demon's poison, while Ian and Gose fought off sea beasts and natives guarding the Gleamlight Crystal Clams.
• Ian completed his Fairy Body with the help of Frozen Fish Mentor, Mentor Gan Song, and Master Gravi, and the twin popes revealed that Light’s Embrace ultimately sought to become human.
• Grand Duke Solin explained his plan to send the Undead Monarch and its dead souls into Terra’s core, and Ian joined him in recognizing that the living and dead were alike in their confinement under Star-Prison.
• Ian defeated Afaer with his Stardust Battle Aura and sword, then learned that the Rust-Steel Dragon’s Glimmer Cradle could help decompress the Beast Kingdoms’ Sparks.

Ian expanded his influence through research, alliances, and the mountain folk while confronting dangers tied to the Labyrinth, the Southern Ridge, and the Empire. The arc left him facing a hostile fleet and a new investigation into the deaths of Baron Layan and Section Chief Solas.

• Ian captured two undercover Ascendants, uncovered their Imperial-agency identities, and continued pursuing the Dragon-Worshiping Cult’s connection to rare alchemical materials.
• Ian strengthened his ties with Elan, Anfa, Sheo, and the mountain folk, while Manyan reached the Third Energy Level and Ian accepted Thorstner’s request to protect the mountain folk and awaken their Blood Consensus.
• Ian used Guiding Star to contact a Fate River tributary and obtained a Life Psionics method, then returned to Harrison Port after recognizing that people lacked time to train and rest.
• Ian and his allies uncovered dangerous beast-modification technology in the Labyrinth, refused to surrender the Origin Matter Chip, and advanced toward the third floor as competing teams turned against one another.
• Ian’s forces struck the demon army’s Cursed Earth Altar, while Death Knell survived the attack and prepared to reveal a trump card.
• Ian received his barony and Imperial rewards as Carlos assessed his reforms, while Ian’s students began training and rival factions invited him to explore the Xenobiology Research Institute.
• Ian identified a Silent Abyss ritual around the laboratory, and Teres’s group encountered Viscount Avak’s Knight Order as phantoms charged them.
• Ian detected a hostile fleet near the Ironclad Shark, identified a modified Canaanmore combat armor aboard its flagship, and later learned an unknown dragon had flown over Nauman City as a Spirit Cognition Institute observer was seized.

Ian joined the Dragon-Worshiping Cult, traveled toward Nauman City, and explored the Void Realm and Fairyland while navigating threats, investigations, and his growing ties to powerful allies. The stretch ended with Mikael questioning Ian about Inaga II’s inheritance and the source of his alchemical knowledge.

• Elder Manyan explained the Dragon-Worshiping Cult’s interest in dragon-blooded people and invited Ian to join, and Ian showed him the crystal patterns on his left hand.
• Ian refused to let the Spirit Cognition Institute succeed, while the Baron’s eldest son and the other children sacrificed themselves to erase their traces.
• Ian captured Director Idema, took the Brain Attachment from him, and gave it to Mikael as the key.
• Ian joined Hua An, Mo Feng, and Frost Butterfly in the Void Realm after realizing they faced danger there.
• Ian uncovered the Faceless Child’s attack on Layan Castle and learned from Morda that the phantom had reached for him.
• Ian accepted Elder Manyan’s invitation to join the Dragon-Worshiping Cult and learned that its Canaanmore Branch was transporting an important item to Nauman City.
• Ian entered Fairyland with Hua An, who explained the realm’s history and warned him about dangerous ruins and machines.
• Mikael visited Isengard’s laboratory and asked Ian whether he possessed Inaga II’s inheritance and had learned alchemy from Inaga II’s manuscripts.

Ian uncovered Grand Duke Solin’s experiments with fairy souls and pursued the secrets hidden in the Central Laboratory as factions clashed around Azure City. The arc ended with Ian reaching the laboratory through the Void Realm overlap and pausing to hear the dead sing.

• Ian learned that Sheo and Lubek had been captured, then coordinated with Pan Sha to plan a rescue alongside Marquis Barton and the Empire’s counterattack.
• Ian used new ascendant organs and Precognitive Vision to investigate Solin’s experiments, finding evidence of artificial souls, Brain Attachments, and damaged fairy souls in the Avak Laboratory.
• Ian helped the Inspecting Knights fight through Azure City’s Madness Mist and confront Viscount Avak’s forces while Fourth Energy Level powerhouses converged on the region.
• Ian and Phoenix Count exposed counterfeit rare books and traced their theft to Spirit Cognition Institute members working with Solin and the Blazing Flame Lands.
• Ian discovered that Solin’s researchers were trying to replicate fairy souls and believed the laboratory held the natural and artificial souls connected to the Awak Domain.
• Ian recruited Adalbert and escaped the collapsing Subspace Labyrinth, then used an attack on the patrol knights to expose how hidden controllers directed hostile phantoms.
• Ian left Teres’s squad and the fairy ladies behind, raced toward the Central Laboratory during the battle, and cut through phantoms until the dead’s ballad stopped him near the entrance.