Recaps

Ian embraced the souls’ power and pursued his plans to rescue Sheo, strengthen Layan Territory, and uncover the secrets behind the Void and the Star-Prison. As he faced Grand Duke Solin’s legacy and prepared for war, he returned to the Imperial Capital while the Empire and the Blazing Flame Lands mobilized for conflict.

• Ian guided the Light-Embracing Rescue Team through the labyrinth, destroyed Idema, and gathered his research before advancing deeper into the laboratory.
• Ian accepted the souls’ Torrent and awakened as the Gloomvale Knight, pledging to use their strength to save the world.
• Ian learned that the Star-Prison would eventually cut Terra off from the stars and deduced that Grand Duke Solin planned to shelter his duchy in a planetary core.
• Ian rescued Sheo and discovered the imprisoned souls, then foresaw that his future self intended to use the Void Spawn as an ark, only for its journey to end at Star-Prison.
• Ian prepared to reclaim Layan Territory, gathered allies and armor, and developed plans with Adalbert to create artificial intelligence and pursue Ascension.
• Ian eliminated the Spirit Cognition Institute’s Avak Central Laboratory staff and led his forces to besiege Layan City as rival Mountainfolk factions struggled for control.
• Anna Tecumseh tested Ian’s Cyclops Armor and recognized its focused beam weapon as a powerful sniper system.
• Ian returned to the Imperial Capital with Master Gose and Isengard as the Empire and the Blazing Flame Lands declared readiness for war, then awakened on September 23.

Ian unified and fortified Xiahui Territory, defeated the mountainfolk army, and built alliances while pursuing the Steel Dragon Nest’s legacy and new Artificial Soul research. As the territory gained strength and recognition, foreign enemies prepared an ambush for Ian’s return journey.

• Ian exposed his Second Energy Level, equipped Scott’s soldiers with Charged Rifles, and led them to reclaim Layan Territory.
• Ian’s forces used Magnetic Storm Armor and the storm to defeat the mountainfolk army, then he began reorganizing the territory and urging the mountainfolk to unite.
• Ian welcomed Miles and Cynthia to Xiahui Territory and used Miles’s psychic power to advance Artificial Soul research.
• Ian infiltrated the Steel Dragon Nest, awakened its ancient arrays, and learned that Kede Jiamu was preparing to attack the Frodo Autonomous Region with the Steelwing Dragon flock.
• Ian won the mountainfolk’s allegiance, revealed plans to suppress rebel tribes and investigate the Southern Ridge base, and became their recognized common lord and Dragon God’s Emissary.
• Ian and Azure Tide advanced to the Second Energy Level, while Xiahui Territory expanded its workshops and hydroponic production and gained Dragon Island’s offer of an alliance.
• Ian accepted Sheo’s help and materials, while Adalbert presented an Artificial Soul method that could shelter citizens’ souls in a Spirit-Mechanical Core.
• Foreign representatives planned to ambush Ian after Three Rivers City, but Ian anticipated the attack and told Azure Tide to ready the sword and alert Viscount Grant.

Ian pursued research, alliances, and new powers while uncovering secrets tied to dragons, the Tree Sea Spirit, and Hilliard’s past. The arc left him searching a ruined building, where he found a working hourglass containing another Origin Matter Chip.

• Ian studied his Artificial Soul research and hydroponic farming, while Roland returned from his survey to learn that Morda was unconscious.
• Ian entered Steel Dragon Nest and experienced the memories of Sol-Stner-Bernamayne-Gokel, a hatchling born in a laboratory on a planetary fragment.
• Ian controlled a Crystal Dragon avatar, helped Green Pupil hatch, and learned that the fused dragon soul needed pilots for its three bodies.
• Ian killed Kede and flew with Sheo toward the Frodo Autonomous Region, hoping his action would help bring a ceasefire among the Mountain Folk.
• Ian learned that the Tree Sea Spirit was a planetary collective intelligence, and later received its Foresight Twin Leaves after his hydroponic tower helped the Wilderness spread.
• Ian explored simulated timelines and gathered inheritances tied to Hilliard, the Dragon God’s Vault, and the Rust-Steel Dragon, while resolving to face his possible futures.
• Ian investigated Master Gravi’s superlife erosion aboard the Siren as Magic Beast swarms and three Beast Kings threatened the fleet.
• Ian led an expedition into the Xenobiology Research Institute and later entered ruined territory with Anfa, Isengard, and Sheo, where he found an hourglass frozen at 18:23 with an Origin Matter Chip in its base.

Ian claimed the Pioneer’s authority, defeated the Final Echo, and began building Terra’s Heart to govern Xiahui Territory. As powerful factions gathered around the ruins, Ian prepared to draw Blazing Flame Lands into a confrontation on his terms.

• Ian entered the World Tree Capital, identified a relic as a damaged Fifth Energy Level computing chip, and learned that rival families were targeting Anfa’s dragon soul.
• Ian descended into the Xenobiology Research Institute, claimed its director authorization as Pioneer, and discovered the Pioneer’s corpse in the main control room.
• Ian learned the Pioneer’s history and accepted his legacy, then confronted the Final Echo and destroyed its remaining soul.
• Ian built Terra’s Heart from the Origin Matter Computing Chip Core, freed the souls bound to his Undead Monarch Mark, and gave the artificial intelligence authority over the chip.
• Ian began constructing a separate mechanical body for his Soul Light Body and cooperated with Yafda, who gave him a complete computing chip core after his fight with Campani.
• Mahdi absorbed the Source of Dragonblood and challenged the gathered explorers, while Ian’s companions traveled to the expedition camp near Half-Moon Lake.
• Ian and Adalbert created Terra’s Heart and used Soul Brands to regulate access to its computational power and prevent the artificial intelligence from developing selfish desires.
• Ian let Terra’s Heart repel and capture Shadowmeld, then implanted false memories so the spy would leak selected intelligence to Blazing Flame Lands.