Recaps

Yi Chen’s forces subdued the Bone Spike Tribe while the Shadow Emperor and Soul Race captured Morris’s Earth Tree Race subordinates. As the Human Federation tried to negotiate with Yi Chen, the Expeditionary Force prepared an attack on the Lisi Tribe to pressure the Carter Tribe Alliance.

• Tai Shi’s forces surrounded and defeated the Bone Spike Tribe Vanguard Army, using Little Golden Ball’s repeated explosions to break the elites’ formation and capture Chief Bone Spike and other leaders.
• Chief Nika secured the surrender of the Bone Spike Tribe and nearby tribes, while the Soul Emperor agreed to help the Shadow Emperor kill Earth Tree Race members.
• Yi Chen’s sphere of influence expanded to about 630 million square kilometers as Morris’s subordinates arrived, and Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor began tracking them.
• The Shadow Emperor and Soul Race killed Tosman and captured more than three hundred Earth Tree Race members, taking their bodies as hosts and claiming their Space Stones.
• After Morris discovered his subordinates were gone, Human Federation leaders sought a new arrangement with Yi Chen, but Bai Zhenshan rejected Lu Qingxian’s visit and told him to leave.
• Gu Li’s forces prepared to attack the Lisi Tribe while the Carter and Lisi Tribes allied and planned to defend against the Nika Tribe.
• Tai Shi led 1.6 million Human, Demon Race, and Black Tiger Race fighters toward the Lisi Tribe, approaching within five hundred kilometers before revealing their march.

Tai Shi defeated the Carter Tribe Coalition while Yi Chen expanded the Great Flame Empire, collected the Human Federation’s payment, and established Marquis Moses as an agent among the Undying Race. Yi Chen then entered the Undying Star System to obtain materials by force, capturing Marquis Nisi and killing him.

• Tai Shi drove the Lisi Tribe south, then defeated the Carter Tribe Coalition with the Human Army and captured more than three hundred experts.
• Yi Chen taught the Avatar Stage and improved cultivation methods, then demanded Immortal Enlightenment Stone and fifty million orphans under three from the Human Federation as interest payment.
• Lu Qingxian delivered the materials and children to the Revival Army, and Bai Zhenshan gave him Spirit Dao Stage cultivation methods from Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen expanded his territory, advanced in cultivation, and led the Expeditionary Force to defeat several large Tribes while the geniuses progressed through new teachings.
• Yi Chen captured Marquis Moses, tortured him into submission, bound his Essence Blood, and ordered him to deceive Duke Falla about the Great Flame Kingdom.
• Marquis Moses gathered materials from the Famous Fragrance Trading Company and other marquises, while Yi Chen secretly entered the Undying Star System with him.
• Yi Chen infiltrated Marquis Nisi’s cultivation site, captured and burned him to ash, and took his Space Stone as Marquis Moses begged for mercy.

Yi Chen built his strength and entrusted Zhan Cheng with an elite campaign against the Swiftfoot and Spirit Heart Races. Zhan Cheng’s forces looted planets, captured their defenders, and crippled the Spirit Heart Race’s army as the campaign moved toward a decisive assault.

• Yi Chen fought and killed a Ten Thousand Hands Race expert, then continued raiding Undying Star while the Undying Monarch mistook him for the Soul Emperor and sent him resources.
• Yi Chen returned to Crimson Planet, rewarded Marquis Moses, and sent him to await orders as the Black Tiger Race unified the planet.
• Yi Chen appointed Zhan Cheng commander of an elite force, and Zhan Cheng devised a campaign against the Swiftfoot and Spirit Heart Races while monitoring Chieftain Jin Jun for signs of rebellion.
• Zhan Cheng’s teams attacked Colin Planet, captured Milton and the Spirit Heart Race powerhouses, and emptied the planet’s Treasure Vault before raiding another territory.
• Zhan Cheng’s forces ambushed the Spirit Heart Race’s fleet, destroyed its ships’ Energy Shields, and left its soldiers exposed and panicked.
• As the Swiftfoot Great Emperor and Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader pursued the attackers, Zhan Cheng divided his forces to strike more planets and capture their leaders and resources.
• Zhan Cheng began the fourth stage of his plan by sending three teams toward the Spirit Heart Race army’s assembly point to attack its powerhouses, with Yi Chen approving his request for the Little Golden Ball.

Zhan Cheng captured Jin Jun and his supporters, prompting Yi Chen to reorganize the empire’s military and approve a plan to conquer neighboring races. The expedition reached the Spirit Heart Race’s fortified homeworld, where its leaders sought peace just as an unknown voice rejected their terms.

• Zhan Cheng’s teams captured Spirit Heart Race commanders, then trapped Jin Jun and seized Black Tiger Race leaders and fighters.
• The Great Flame Empire suppressed the Jin Jun Tribe’s march, imposed severe punishments, and created an independent Military Department with five legions.
• Zhan Cheng presented a conquest plan that used the Spirit Heart Race and other races to help subdue the Swiftfoot Race and weaken future targets, and Yi Chen approved it.
• Morris hired Marys to track Yi Chen, but Marys learned the promised payment was nearly worthless and that earlier envoys had met disastrous fates.
• Gu Li led Human, Demon, and Black Tiger Race forces to Colin Planet, where the expedition surrounded the Spirit Heart Race’s Old Nest and prepared to force its surrender.
• The Expeditionary Force attacked the First Defense Line from four sides, and the Giant Human Walls melted its fortifications while the Nika Tribe’s army entered.
• The Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader offered intelligence, military support, and resources in exchange for peace and the return of captives, but an eerie voice rejected the terms.