Recaps

Mother of Source Star emerged from beneath Source Star as a level 100 final boss and explained that she had manipulated events to gather her scattered consciousness by killing the planet’s living beings. Richard confronted her over Old Li’s fate while Clone No. 1 argued with Richard about his role in the scheme, and the chapter ended with Mother of Source Star asking how the clone planned to help.

• A giant hand crushed Richard’s remaining magic clones, and Richard and Clone No. 1 escaped as Tongtian Peak collapsed.
• Mother of Source Star emerged from beneath the Vast Sea Plain and reunited Richard with Old Li, whose monster level had become lv71.
• Richard spotted Mother of Source Star’s lv100 monster level, and she revealed that she had escaped the Illusory World Core’s control and needed to reclaim her scattered consciousness by killing Source Star’s inhabitants.
• Mother of Source Star explained that Clone No. 1’s appearance had inspired her to gather her consciousness quickly, while Richard blamed the clone for bringing him into danger.
• Clone No. 1 insisted he could help Richard fight Mother of Source Star, and she asked him how.

Clone No. 1 died protecting the Connection Channel, and Richard fought Old Li before trapping him in Crimson Purgatory. Old Li purged the flames and annihilation force from his legs, but the Crimson Sword Dragon reached him and unleashed thousands of attacks.

• Mother of Source Star ordered Old Li to kill Richard and Clone No. 1 after Clone No. 1 explained how guarding the Connection Channel could thwart the Illusory World.
• Old Li pierced Clone No. 1 through the chest, and Richard retaliated by kicking Old Li into the ground.
• Clone No. 1 disintegrated, and Richard fought Old Li to a standstill with his Crimson Lightsaber.
• Mother of Source Star urged Old Li to go all out, and Old Li transformed his entire body with Glazed Body.
• Richard trapped Old Li in Crimson Purgatory, where fiery snakes carrying Death God Spars cracked his Glazed Body.
• Old Li used several incantations to purge the annihilation force and flames from his legs, but the Crimson Sword Dragon attacked him with thousands of streaks of light.

Richard watched Old Li die in the Crimson Purgatory, then secretly recovered his body and resurrected him with a Sealed Spiritual Bead and the Space Stone. As the Source Star game world began rebooting, Old Li awakened at level 99 and learned that he had killed Clone No. 1.

• Richard saw a connection channel opening above Source Star and triggered the Crimson Purgatory to contract and explode, killing Old Li.
• Mother of Source Star inspected Old Li's burned-out body, cursed him, and threw the corpse to the ground while the connection channel continued expanding.
• Richard secretly carried Old Li's corpse underground and used the Space Stone and a Sealed Spiritual Bead to restore his body and return his soul.
• A mechanical voice announced that the Source Star game world was being rebooted, causing catastrophic upheaval across the world.
• Old Li awoke in a deep-blue Glazed Body at level 99 and thanked Richard for saving him.
• Richard told Old Li that he had killed Clone No. 1, leaving Old Li bewildered.

Richard, Clone No. 1, and Old Li survived a black lightning strike and watched the Mother of Source Star attack the newly formed connection channel. The game world detected her as an unknown, highest-level NPC and activated its Heavenly Punishment program.

• Richard summoned Clone No. 1, who reassured Old Li that the Mother of Source Star was the mastermind behind the deception.
• Richard and Clone No. 1 explained that the Mother of Source Star was the likely final boss of Source Star’s game world.
• A black lightning bolt broke through Richard’s Crimson Veil, but Old Li blocked it and absorbed the strike with his enhanced Glazed Body.
• The Mother of Source Star appeared beneath the connection channel and began hacking at it with her greatsword, but Richard and Clone No. 1 held Old Li back from charging in.
• The game world detected the Mother of Source Star as an unknown NPC and initiated its Heavenly Punishment program, drawing an oppressive gaze toward her from the channel.

The Mother of Source Star endured the Heavenly Punishment, severed the Connection Channel, and charged into the black cloud vortex to fight the force behind it. While she battled, Richard, Old Li, and Clone No. 1 secretly recovered part of the severed channel to prepare an escape route, and the vortex collapsed under her assault.

• The Mother of Source Star blocked a giant black plasma cannonball without losing any health, then slashed the Connection Channel into two pieces.
• Richard, Old Li, and Clone No. 1 secretly opened a portal and brought the fallen half of the Connection Channel to Old Li’s resurrection tunnel to cut it into pieces.
• The Mother of Source Star charged into the black cloud vortex and severed the thumb of a grotesque bone hand that attacked her.
• The bone hand struck the Mother of Source Star’s eyes, blinding her with golden blood, but she continued pressing forward and hacked the hand apart.
• The black cloud vortex cracked, turned into flesh and blood, and vanished, revealing a huge circular black hole.

Richard and Clone No. 1 watched Mother of Source Star defeat a level 100 crowned skeleton, then confront the Illusory World Core as it unleashed four chained planet souls in beast forms. Mother of Source Star charged into battle against them, while Clone No. 1 began to form an idea.

• Clone No. 1 showed Richard and Old Li a crowned level 100 skeleton emerging from the black hole.
• Mother of Source Star endured the skeleton’s attacks, destroyed its defenses, and killed it with her sword and flaming hand blade.
• Mother of Source Star restored her blinded eyes, refused the Illusory World Core’s offer to negotiate, and ordered it to emerge.
• The Illusory World Core sent out four chained level 100 beasts that Mother of Source Star recognized as former planet souls.
• Mother of Source Star charged the beasts, and Clone No. 1 told Richard he had an idea.

Richard and Clone No. 1 traveled to another Game World and destroyed its Giant Eye of Thunder Mainframe, weakening the Black-Haired Gorilla fighting Old Li. Old Li killed the weakened beast as the other beasts fled, while a voice inside the Circular Black Hole realized that the God of War World's Mainframe had lost contact.

• Clone No. 1 proposed luring the Illusory World Core out of the Circular Black Hole so Mother of Source Star could fight it on her home ground, and Richard agreed to use a Magic Mark to reach another Game World.
• Old Li rushed to help Mother of Source Star when the White Jade Giant Elephant and Black-Haired Gorilla drove her back and the Vulture prepared a sneak attack.
• Richard and Clone No. 1 used a channel fragment to disguise themselves as Hu Laoda, traveled to the Giant Eye of Thunder Mainframe, and destroyed it with Spears of Death.
• Players in Peach Blossom Village flickered away as the Game World disconnected, and the Black-Haired Gorilla's level rapidly fell during its attack on Old Li.
• Old Li killed the weakened Black-Haired Gorilla, the remaining three beasts fled from Mother of Source Star, and a voice in the Circular Black Hole noticed that the God of War World's Mainframe had lost contact.

Richard and Clone No. 1 entered the Illusory World and searched for its core, learning that the world controlled thirteen game worlds. They found the lv120 black-haired woman inside the core, and Richard activated Weakness Insight as they considered how to approach her.

• Richard and Clone No. 1 passed through the black hole into the Illusory World, where they overheard two robots discussing the lost connection to the God of War Game World mainframe.
• Richard understood the robots’ language and learned that the Illusory World controlled thirteen game worlds, so he and Clone No. 1 split up to search them and locate the Source Star game world.
• Clone No. 1 sent twelve Magic Clones to search the lower planets while Richard headed for the micro planet that housed the Illusory World Core.
• Richard saw a woman inside the micro planet’s stellar core, and Clone No. 1 discovered that she was lv120.
• Richard activated Weakness Insight while observing the black-haired woman through the core.

Richard discovered that the Illusory World Core had negative soul defense, then joined Clone No. 1 in disabling its black-haired guardian. With space sealed, Richard carried her through the connection to the Source Star Game World and reached the small planet’s interior, where he sensed No. 1.

• Richard identified the black-haired woman’s fatal weakness as soul defense -1000 and told Clone No. 1 to prepare soul-control arts.
• Richard used Soul Herder's Whisper while Clone No. 1 cast Mind Cage, leaving the black-haired woman dazed as tens of thousands of ships attacked the Mainframe planet.
• Richard found that the Star Core’s space was sealed, then spotted a light screen showing the battle in the Source Star Game World.
• Richard carried the extremely heavy woman through the cavity connected to the Source Star World, using her as a shield against black lightning.
• Richard followed the energy veins inside the small planet and reached a circular portal, where he saw that one of four chains had stopped transmitting energy.
• Richard sensed No. 1 nearby and abruptly turned toward the presence.

Clone No. 1 destroyed nearly the entire Flying Ship fleet with a final Crimson Meteor Burst before dying. Richard reached the Circular Black Hole as Old Li and Mother of Source Star fought the invaders, and the chapter ended with Richard emerging alongside a revived black-haired woman, terrifying the remaining beasts.

• Clone No. 1 unleashed Crimson Meteor Burst, destroying nearly every Flying Ship before he died.
• Richard sensed Clone No. 1's death, then carried the black-haired woman through the Black Lightning and into the Circular Black Hole.
• The Giant Black Vulture gravely wounded Old Li, but Mother of Source Star restored him and urged him to escape with Source Star's last hope.
• Old Li grabbed the Giant Black Vulture's claw and helped Mother of Source Star decapitate it, though its body struck him and cost him much of his Health Bar.
• The White Jade Giant Elephant and Earth-Yellow Giant Lizard retreated toward the Circular Black Hole as Richard emerged with the recovering black-haired woman, whom they recognized as Lord Sovereign.

Richard and the Mother of Source Star confronted Yan, the Lord of the Machine Spirit Mystic Realm, after sealing the portal that empowered her beasts. The Mother of Source Star challenged Yan to win Source Star’s freedom, and Yan accepted after absorbing the White Jade Giant Elephant and the Earth-Yellow Giant Lizard.

• Richard warned the Mother of Source Star that Yan was the core of the Illusory World and that the black chains were feeding energy through the portal.
• The Mother of Source Star sealed the portal, snapping the chains and reducing the White Jade Giant Elephant and the Earth-Yellow Giant Lizard from level 100 to level 99.
• Yan regained her awareness, confronted Richard, and heard the Mother of Source Star challenge her to a duel for Source Star’s freedom.
• Yan absorbed the White Jade Giant Elephant and the Earth-Yellow Giant Lizard, transformed into her armored form, and named herself Lord of the Machine Spirit Mystic Realm.
• The Mother of Source Star struck at Yan with her greatsword, but Yan stopped the blade with her scepter and questioned the strength of the blow.

Mother of Source Star lost her duel with Yan, but Richard rallied Old Li to hold out until No. 1 returned. Meanwhile, Clone No. 1 had respawned in the Mechanoid Profound Realm and met Fat Ball, who gave him a set of gear.

• Mother of Source Star shrank to human size and attacked Yan at tremendous speed, but Yan blocked every strike and declared her opponent had no chance of winning.
• Richard and Old Li watched the battle, and Old Li gave up hope until Richard urged him to fight until No. 1 returned.
• Old Li regained his resolve and joined Mother of Source Star, while Richard suspected No. 1 had respawned in the Mechanoid Profound Realm.
• Clone No. 1 appeared in his underwear at the Qiuling Island resurrection point, where Fat Ball pulled him away and gave him level-ten green equipment.
• Clone No. 1 put on the gear and sidled up to Fat Ball to ask him about something.

Clone No. 1 learned about the Flying Ship Fleet and searched the Host Planet’s Star Core for the Mechanoid Profound Realm’s secrets. Meanwhile, Old Li and Mother of Source Star continued fighting Yan as cries of “Source Star is not free, give me death!” rang across the world.

• Clone No. 1 asked Fat Ball about powerful figures and learned that Marquis Qiuling was level 88 and that the Flying Ship Fleet had one ship for each of the Xuan Realm’s fifteen thousand islands.
• Fat Ball secretly told Clone No. 1 that each flying ship was about as strong as an island’s strongest person.
• Clone No. 1 teleported into the Host Planet’s Star Core space and found only thirteen empty cavities until he heard a heartbeat and walked through a wall.
• Yan struck Old Li and Mother of Source Star with a shockwave, burning away a third of their health bars.
• Old Li and Mother of Source Star continued attacking Yan and cried out that Source Star was not free as their words echoed across the world.

Source Star began upgrading, empowering its inhabitants and restoring game dungeons to the real world. Richard transformed into a Long Island Giant Whale as the upgrade continued, while nearly ten thousand of his rewards flew away and a shooting star descended into the Abyssal Forest.

• Yan raised a barrier as Source Star turned against her, while the Mother of Source Star returned to the Origin Land and told Old Li to seize the opportunity.
• Richard and Old Li grew stronger as Source Star doubled in size, and Richard's stored dungeon and Field Boss rewards spilled out of his inventory.
• Golden rain transformed Richard into a Long Island Giant Whale, and he leveled up as he swam through the sky.
• The Abyssal Forest, Giant Elephant Valley, Silver Waterfall Flower Forest, and 3,789 other dungeons returned to the real world.
• Yan stayed inside her barrier, afraid Source Star would destroy her if she tried to stop the upgrade, while Richard's rewards shot into the sky unnoticed.
• A shooting star plunged toward the Abyssal Forest.

Source Star completed its upgrade, restoring creatures across its dungeons and Field Boss locations. Richard met his evolved pet Liuge, while Mother of Source Star and Old Li prepared to face the presence in the sky.

• Starlight motes restored creatures throughout Source Star, and Mother of Source Star raised Giant Whale Island back above the sea.
• Richard awoke at Lv88 and discovered that Source Star's upgrade had strengthened space, preventing him from teleporting freely.
• A giant winged whale pounced on Richard, and he recognized her as his evolved pet, the Sky Island Whale.
• Richard and Old Li named the whale Liuge, and Mother of Source Star blessed her.
• Old Li asked why Mother of Source Star had retained some Game World functions, and she explained that the Illusory World still had desirable aspects.
• Mother of Source Star flew toward the presence in the sky, and Richard and Old Li followed her.

Yan rejected Mother of Source Star’s offer to make peace, and the three of them fought her while Richard survived her attack with a hidden trick. Clone No. 1 arrived at level 110 wearing the Oath of Dark Flames, and Yan recognized the armor in panic.

• Yan refused to make peace unless Mother of Source Star received compensation, then attacked her with a black slash.
• Old Li and Richard joined Mother of Source Star, wounding Yan with a spear and pressing their attack, but Yan injured Old Li and targeted Richard.
• Yan pierced Richard’s crimson veil, but Richard emerged unharmed and refused to reveal how he had escaped.
• Clone No. 1 tore through the spatial barrier wearing the Oath of Dark Flames at level 110, and Yan panicked at the sight of him.

Clone No. 1 forced Yan to submit, then explained that her origins and his black armor were tied to the creation of the Mechanoid Profound Realm. He recounted witnessing the realm’s formation and ended as the mysterious creator dropped the mechanical heart meant for the armor.

• Clone No. 1 called Yan back, compelled her to kneel, and made her address him as Master.
• Clone No. 1 revealed that his armor was made from the Mechanoid Profound Realm’s original star core and that Yan was an automaton formed from its leftover scraps.
• Clone No. 1 recalled entering the Host Planet’s spatial wall and finding an altar, chained black armor, and a mechanical heart in a cavern.
• Clone No. 1 watched a mysterious white humanoid reshape a dying planet into floating islands inhabited by mechanical lifeforms.
• Clone No. 1 followed the mechanical lifeforms to a creation platform, where the mysterious person crafted the armor with Yan assisting.
• The mysterious person dropped the mechanical heart as he prepared to install it in the armor.

Clone No. 1 inherited the Oath of Dark Flames armor and took the name Li Ze, becoming the master of the Mechanoid Profound Realm. After the mechanical life forms acknowledged him, he set out to bring Yan back.

• Yan awakened on the Creation Platform, explored it, and later returned with a cold, murderous demeanor.
• Yan tried to place the mechanical heart inside the black armor, but its barrier rejected her, so she bound the armor with chains and forced energy into the heart.
• Yan left the Creation Platform after declaring that the Mechanoid Profound Realm would belong to her.
• Clone No. 1 awoke with the armor fused to him, broke the chains, and placed the mechanical heart inside his chest.
• Clone No. 1 learned that the armor had been forged by Ze, took the name Li Ze, and became the master of the Mechanoid Profound Realm.
• The mechanical life forms knelt to Li Ze, who tore open a Spatial Rift to find Yan.

Richard’s Clone Li Ze became an independent Alter Ego and raised Richard’s level to 110, while Richard and Li Ze helped Old Li reach the same level. After returning to Kamar-Taj, Richard learned that Ancient One wanted him to inherit the title of Sorcerer Supreme.

• Li Ze told Richard he would not return to being his Clone, and Richard fused part of his Spirituality into Li Ze to make him independent.
• Li Ze transferred power to Richard, raising Richard from level 88 to level 110, and the two thanked each other for their help.
• Richard removed the Space Stone from Old Li, and he, Li Ze, and Mother of Source Star helped Old Li absorb her power of origin until he reached level 110.
• Li Ze left Source Star with Yan, Richard departed, and Mother of Source Star told Old Li that Source Star would be in his care.
• Ancient One greeted Richard at Kamar-Taj and told him it was time to inherit the title of Sorcerer Supreme.

Ancient One left Kamar-Taj on a multiverse vacation and appointed Richard to take charge, leaving him to manage the sorcerers and their duties. Richard sent Mordo to replace the sick Sorcerer Vladimir in London, while the Bifrost Spirit Mirror suddenly carried a call from Li Ze.

• Ancient One told Richard that he was temporarily in charge of Kamar-Taj, then departed to visit friends in the Multiverse and left him the Eye of Agamotto to study.
• Richard summoned Kaecilius, Mordo, Hamir, Marcus, and Wong, explained Ancient One’s absence, and gave Mordo a Bifrost Spirit Mirror for emergencies.
• The sorcerers called Richard High Sorcerer and laughed about his appointment after leaving the main hall, while Richard overheard them and decided to send Mordo to London.
• Richard arranged for Mordo to replace Sorcerer Vladimir, who had just sneezed while reading at the London Sanctum.
• Mordo placed the Bifrost Spirit Mirror on a shelf, and its surface lit up as Li Ze’s voice came through.

Richard received Li Ze’s Virtual World Core, then reunited with Clea before reviewing S.H.I.E.L.D.’s investigation into Skrull gathering places. He suspected Alexander Pierce was a spy for another faction, leaving Hill astonished.

• Richard received the Virtual World Core from Li Ze and learned it could create simulations, link consciousnesses, and support communication and training.
• Richard reunited with Clea at the Sky Fortress, and they spent time together in the Crimson Dimension.
• Maria Hill reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. had confirmed twenty-three Skrull gathering places and was investigating over thirty suspicious areas.
• Richard identified Chernobyl as the Skrulls’ initial gathering place and told Hill to recall the personnel sent there.
• Hill reported that Skrulls inside S.H.I.E.L.D. had been purged and Nick Fury had regained control, while Alexander Pierce showed no unusual reaction.
• Richard suggested that Pierce was a spy hidden in S.H.I.E.L.D. by another faction, shocking Hill.

Richard’s team reported progress in training, intelligence, medical, and scientific work, while White Queen asked him to arrange a larger server. In Malibu, Tony taught Wanda and Pietro, and Richard arrived to tease him about acting like a father.

• Natasha reported that three hundred Crimson Nuns had completed initial training, while Vivian and Christine requested more staff for the Intelligence and Medical Departments.
• Melina reported that the Scientific Research Department had mastered nanofiber technology and finished the Combat Analysis System, which needed an auxiliary super artificial intelligence.
• White Queen offered to provide subsystems but asked Richard to get her a server like Jarvis’s, and Richard agreed to ask Tony.
• Tony praised Wanda for completing her test correctly and made her an amusement park promise, while he told Pietro to finish his test before deciding whether he could come.
• Tony scolded Pietro for using his super speed before fully recovering, but relented after Wanda pleaded for him.
• Richard watched Tony discipline the children and teased him for looking like a real father, leaving Tony frozen.

Tony brought Richard to Laboratory 4 to examine a captured Skrull infiltrator and learned that the Skrulls were targeting Stark Industries’ weapon technical data as part of a wider effort to destabilize Earth. Richard revealed that Skrulls had already replaced officials in Peru and might have infiltrated other countries, leaving Tony alarmed about the scope of the threat.

• Wanda and Pietro greeted Richard as “Boss,” credited Adele for teaching them, and went with Pepper to the game room while Tony asked Richard to follow him.
• Tony told Richard that a Skrull infiltrator had tried to ambush Happy at Stark Headquarters, and showed him the captive held in a modified morgue freezer.
• Richard pulled a strip of memories from the Skrull, and Tony viewed the infiltrator Pator’s memories by touching the film.
• Tony learned that Gravik had ordered Pator to steal Stark’s sealed weapon technical data, using Happy’s high clearance to gain access.
• Richard explained that the Skrulls wanted the data to stir conflict and revealed that Skrulls had replaced most of Peru’s high-ranking officials and might have targeted other nations.

Richard freed Baron Strucker and brought him into his organization, transforming him and Adele with crimson mana and assigning Adele to Nina Cho’s squad for training. After Strucker awakened the ability to use magic and accepted Richard as his master, Richard arranged for him to study alongside Shay and Kenneth.

• Richard accepted Baron Strucker’s agreement to return to leading his Sokovia base and forces, provided he ended human experiments, then offered to teach him magic.
• Richard took Baron Strucker and Adele to the Transformation Altar, where both underwent transformation; he also moved Liuge to the Abyssal Sea.
• Baron Strucker emerged able to wield crimson flames, knelt to Richard as his master, and Adele joined Nina Cho’s squad to train on Tara.
• Richard brought Baron Strucker to Kamar-Taj and told Shay and Kenneth that Strucker would train and study alongside them.

Richard sent Shay and Kenneth to show Baron Strucker around the Sorcerers' holy land while Alexander Pierce investigated Nick Fury's former associates and sought help from Whitehall. Grant Ward used magic to persuade John Garrett to embrace faith, and the chapter ended as Tony Stark learned of a terrorist attack in Harlem.

• Richard cut off Shay's attempt to refuse the assignment, and Kenneth introduced himself to Baron Strucker and agreed to show him around.
• Alexander Pierce learned that people removed by the Clearing Unit had connections to Nick Fury, but he decided it was not yet time to eliminate Fury and asked Mr. Whitehall for a favor.
• Richard appeared in Natasha's bed, covered her mouth, and vanished with her.
• Grant Ward showed John Garrett a crimson flame of Mana and persuaded him that faith in Richard could help him access magic.
• Tony Stark prepared to travel to the Kennedy Space Center, but Jarvis reported a terrorist attack in Harlem.