Recaps

He Kai joined Elf’s effort to form a Knight Order, bringing his comrades and family connections into her growing force. After the Princess Royal Fleet’s first victory, Elf resolved to take responsibility for her followers and seek territory in the Dark Empire.

• He Kai accepted his knighthood and began building his fief, then joined He Wei’s upgraded Noble Game, where the Transcendent Black Bear weakened the Tool Mutes Kingdom.
• He Kai met Eunice Soren, learned she wanted a qualified husband to support her younger brother, and agreed to consider pursuing her after investigating her family.
• Eunice funded Elf’s effort to establish a Knight Order, and Elf secured Duke Palmer’s authorization before recruiting He Kai into her service.
• Elf defeated He Kai in a spar and tactical simulations, then accepted him and Li Yang’s battlefield veterans into her Knight Order after Shalier tested them.
• Elf received Franz’s donated Space Carrier fleet and announced she would help List on the battlefield before winning territory for her followers.
• He Kai and Li Yang coordinated family support for Elf’s force, while political tensions grew between the Great Xia Empire and the Blue Star Federation.
• Elf joined the Chaos Battlefield fleet, but Franz and Shalier kept her from entering combat until the battlefield was secured.
• Elf fought enemy mechs, then rallied her fleet by promising its members the chance to become landed nobles and told List she wanted to conquer territory and join the Dark Empire.

Elf triggered an Evolutionary Tide in the Scale Clan and sent Flesh Mountain to help guide the civilization through its upheaval. After joining the Provisional Evolver Management Bureau, Flesh Mountain helped Benedict establish the Fallen Angel Church, which Bax began expanding through the District Bureaus.

• Elf led the Sacred Evolution Tide on a newly discovered civilization, where Flesh Mountain emerged as a powerful, conscious being and passed the test to enter the Path to Heaven.
• Elf recruited Flesh Mountain as a Dark Warrior, and he strengthened himself by absorbing Replicant Number 101 before infiltrating the Scale Clan aboard the Stray Cat.
• Flesh Mountain spread Evolution Potion across the Scale Clan, then returned during the resulting chaos and joined the Provisional Evolver Management Bureau under Benedict.
• Benedict’s permanent appointment was blocked, so Flesh Mountain gave him a Divine Statue and Bible, and Benedict established the Fallen Angel Church with Flesh Mountain as its Knight Commander.
• Bax transferred to a struggling District Bureau, where Flesh Mountain helped him defeat a giant Mutated and draw attention to the bureau.
• Bax recruited Klein into the Fallen Angel Church, and Flesh Mountain Baptized him, awakening a powerful lightning ability.
• Bax appointed Klein captain of the Combat Squad, and the believers began preparing to expand the church into other District Bureaus.

Klein and Bax expanded the Fallen Angel Church as its followers gained power and the Evolutionary Tide threw the Scale Clan into upheaval. The arc leaves the Church confronting new political forces as Fissman joins its faith and Gwen claims its headquarters as her family property.

• Klein led the Evolver squad through successful Mutated assignments, baptized its members, and helped establish a Church branch beside the District Bureau.
• Bax turned Lucius into an informant, exposed and defeated the Investigation Team’s attempt to frame the Church, and forced the government to recognize its growing influence.
• Derek’s divine power transformed the Church’s leaders, while Flesh Mountain revealed that the Evolutionary Tide threatened social order and the Fallen Angel had protected the Scale Clan.
• Mutated outbreaks spread across the city and other planets, and Flesh Mountain destroyed a regenerating tiger with help from a military laser cannon.
• Scalekin Legacy attacked Rosen and Flesh Mountain, prompting Bax to seize the state legislature and declare an Evolver-only government.
• Flesh Mountain survived the Fortress Cannon, while the Mixed-Blood Scalekin invasion faltered as Mutated appeared across its fleet.
• Fissman entered the Fallen Angel Church, experienced his ability strengthening through prayer, and asked Klein to teach him about the faith.
• Gwen arrived at the Church with a golden giant deer, claimed the headquarters as her family property, and ordered Klein’s followers to give her space.

Gwen gained divine power through the faith stirred by Klein and Fissman, while Fissman and Elf spread her influence through violence and a deadly game. As the Fallen Angel Church embraced the Divine Son of Slaughter, Benedict prepared a purge of the council’s allies.

• Gwen warned Klein not to pray to her, but he believed the Bible showed she had divine blood.
• Fissman investigated myths with Gwen, then began sacrificing prisoners in camps to try to make her a god.
• Klein led a rescue of the prisoners, and their prayers nearly overwhelmed Gwen until Derek intervened and helped her gain divine power.
• Gwen granted Klein and Fissman Slaughter Holy Power, met the Joint Councilors, and declared that she would punish blasphemers in her domain.
• Fissman spread Gwen’s faith in Scale Clan territory, clashed with Klein, and later proposed a Slaughter Game that Gwen agreed to support.
• Elf and Gwen launched a deadly Hunger Games on Earthstar, where the killings strengthened their divine powers and fueled resistance.
• The Mixed-Blood Scalekin and Scale Clan formed the New Scale Clan Civilization, while Benedict and Bax investigated Klein’s new faith and met Gwen.
• Benedict, Bax, and Klein agreed to overthrow the council’s influence, and Benedict organized squads to target its supporters as Bax entered a guarded wealthy district.