Recaps

Ma Zhi helped Simon defeat the Pegasus Group and secure Pegasus Galaxy, while Leon’s raid against the Blue Star Federation helped List establish the North Wind Knight Order. After a risky wave of promotions and a ceasefire, He Kai began building influence at Odessa Mining Company with support from both the He Family and Leon, while secretly altering his apprentices’ potions.

• Ma Zhi revealed his allegiance to Simon, helped capture the Pegasus Group fleet, and took charge of stabilizing Pegasus Galaxy under Duke List.
• List sent Leon and the North Wind volunteers behind enemy lines, where they destroyed the Blue Star Federation’s energy supply fleet and helped force its rearguard to surrender.
• List founded the North Wind Knight Order with Simon, Virut, and Leon as deputy commanders, while Leon took captured prisoners including He Kai and Wu Hua as apprentices.
• Dust joined the order, advanced using a Fallen Knight Potion, and prompted Leon to reconsider his beliefs about Transcendence and faith.
• List ordered Leon and Dust to select apprentices for rapid promotion, but Wu Hua died during the trial while He Kai survived and awakened Transcendent Power.
• He Yun negotiated a ceasefire returning the Sirius and Pegasus systems to the Blue Star Federation, then arranged for He Kai to take a post at Odessa Mining Company.
• He Kai took over the mining escort squad, began training its recruits, and received potions and a supportive letter from Leon.
• He Kai kept Leon’s favor separate from the He Family’s support and secretly added gray Transcendent Power to the potions given to his apprentices.

He Kai survived a staged pirate attack, while the Dark Empire drew the Li Family into its orbit and prepared to conquer a newly discovered civilization. Lucas allied with the Sacrificial Civilization against the Dark Faction, whose assault on He Kai’s outpost left him choosing to fight before retreating.

• He Kai survived the pirate assault on Odessa Mining Company, escaped the Federation military with help from allied ships, and was assigned by He Wei to rebuild training camps beyond the planetary system.
• He Kai rejected Li Yifei’s offer to join the Li Family, then helped connect him with the North Wind Knight Order as Dust recruited Li Yifei’s cooperation and taught He Kai about faith.
• Li Yifei negotiated agreements with Virut and Leon for mechs, technology, potions, training, and trade, while List prepared to conquer the hidden New Star System.
• Simon led the Dark Empire’s forces into the system, and Leon’s knights dismantled the Saike people’s planetary defenses before Simon demanded their submission to the Lord’s faith.
• Elvis revealed the Dark Faction’s discovery to Dennis, prompting Lucas to seek Qin’s help as the Dark Faction’s expansion threatened the Blue Star Federation.
• Qin arranged for Manhab and the Sacrificial Civilization to help defend the Federation, and Lucas signed a treaty with Manhab before ordering strikes on Dark Faction training camps.
• Shalier and Hadige joined the Federation forces, and He Kai chose to fight the Sacrificial Civilization knights attacking his outpost before using He Wei’s escape route.

Li Yifei and the Dark Faction moved against the Blue Star Federation Government as war spread, while He Kai led the remnants of the He Family to Magellan Fortress. With Duke Palmer preparing a great counterattack, Leon offered He Kai support to rebuild his knights.

• He Kai escaped Hadige’s assault, then learned from He Wei that the He Family had suffered heavy losses and its remaining Knight Order had been discovered.
• Simon led his knights through the Native Civilization’s defenses, and Li Yifei’s allies offered their planetary system to Duke Palmer in return for his support.
• List rewarded Li Yifei with a baronial title and fief, and Li Yifei negotiated with his family and recruited Yin Sang to build his own strength.
• Li Yifei and the Dark Faction decided to eliminate Lucas, but Yin Sang’s attack on the Ministry of Defense failed to find him and Lucas declared war.
• Yin Sang’s forces captured Magellan Fortress and killed Cao Yang, while Lucas secured control of the Blue Star Federation Military Government and prepared an offensive.
• He Kai and his depleted force fought their way toward Magellan Fortress, where Leon and the North Wind Knight Order rescued them from Sacrificial Civilization knights.
• List ordered the forces at Magellan Fortress to expand for a counterattack, and Leon offered He Kai support to rebuild and reform the He Family’s Knight Order.

He Kai fought to keep his knights alive while Leon secured divine grace for their allies and led them into the final assault. The fortress fell, Abigail escaped, and He Kai chose a knightly title that left open a path to the He Family’s influence.

• He Yun accepted Duke Palmer’s rewards and promised the He Family would earn its noble honor, while He Kai was given the remaining elite knights and responsibility for training recruits.
• He Kai took command of the He Family’s knights in the counteroffensive, survived the fortress assault, and joined Li Yang and other officers in seeking ways to outlast the war.
• Leon secured Count Simon’s support for the officers and applied for divine grace on behalf of He Kai and his allies, while He Wei arrived with reinforcements from the He Family.
• Abigail led a decapitation squad against He Kai, but Leon and the North Wind Knight Order rescued him after he received a surge of Transcendent Power.
• Derek granted the gathered knights divine grace, and his power awakened a stone Angel Knight while draining Heavenly Mountain’s energy.
• Leon joined the final assault, where He Kai’s knights breached the fortress and Leon fought Abigail as the fortress began to self-destruct.
• Derek stopped the fortress’s explosion, then empowered Leon and Abigail before Abigail withdrew and Leon warned the knights not to pursue her.
• Count Simon offered He Kai a separate baronial title or a share of the knights’ titles and fiefs, and He Kai chose the knightly title while He Wei remained heir to the He Family.