After returning from the mission, Ian would use his points to upgrade his armor. He would create a Dark Matter Energy Core and raise his Doom Armor to Tier 6. In addition, he would strip away his Divinity, converting all of its power into pure energy to nourish his soul, allowing his soul to reach Tier 6 as well. The inspiration for the current arc came from Doctor Doom in the comics, where he once said something along the lines of, "I have been a god, but I found it beneath my dignity." Ian would do something similar.
He would continue his friendship with Dr. Eve Frey, who successfully bought the best Awakening Wizard potion after the second mission. Ian would later discuss future bloodline choices with her and offer her some advice. He also learned that Booth, their captain from the first mission, had died. However, everyone else was thriving.
The assassin storyline would continue. Ian would kill that assassin at the Mars base, triggering the intervention of the people controlling the base. But faced with his army of Doom Bots, they would have no choice but to compromise. Still, they warned Ian that they had powerful backing: one of the strongest Reincarnators in Samsara Hall, a Tier 8 Godslayer. I set this person up as being from the anime Godslayer. In that anime, people could become Godslayers after killing gods, and their job was to hunt down Gods of Disobedience. This news gave Ian the perfect excuse to accelerate his growth.
After his armor reached Tier 6, Morgana would finally be able to trace the causal method the Divine Artifact used to monitor Earth. Its main source came from the Ninth Dimension. The concept worked like this: we lived in the fourth dimension. In the fifth dimension, individuals