Recaps

The Lampari Kingdom's long-range mana missiles sparked a continent-wide arms race after Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly explained how they worked. King Raymond and Freya discussed the upcoming Candel Federal United States elections and their long-term plans for the former Candel Empire.

• The Lampari Kingdom used long-range mana missiles to destroy a Malo Empire defense system and capture a strategic pass, revealing the weapon's power.
• The Malo Empire and the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom demonstrated their own missiles, and Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly explained that the technology built on satellite-launching mana rockets and precision guidance.
• Several countries announced they had developed long-range mana missiles, prompting questions about why the Xinfei Merchant Guild had shared information that could erase the Lampari Kingdom's advantage.
• King Raymond told Freya that he had stationed troops in the north and expected the Candel Federal United States' elections to proceed without Malo Empire interference.
• Freya asked whether Raymond regretted choosing to establish the Candel Federal United States rather than annex the Candel Empire, and he said the Lampari Kingdom was not ready to absorb it.
• Freya recalled Xu's reasons for rejecting an imperial throne, then suggested that she and Raymond had time to build an empire, and Raymond smiled without replying.

Xu Yi and the Xinfei Merchant Guild prepared to test an Alice teleportation array that could send people to an unknown destination. As the experiment began, an unexpected figure rushed into the array and vanished with the two Azshara Tribe elves.

• Xu Yi confirmed that the astronauts and test organisms were safe after the spacecraft reached the space station.
• Xu Yi and Lucian traveled to the Lunar Base on Alice, where Akali and Elder Lysania prepared a teleportation experiment.
• Two Azshara Tribe elves entered the array to search for their ancestors, despite the risks of the unknown destination.
• Akali ordered the researchers to activate the array after its spatial displacement reached 99%.
• Just as the researcher pressed the activation button, an unidentified figure rushed into the array and disappeared with the two elves.

Lucian risked entering the Teleportation Array and made contact from the other side, where he and two Azshara Tribe elves were stranded without a way back. While Xu Yi and his allies arranged to supply them and study the array, the former Candel Empire’s territories united as the Candel Federal United States under Frank Candel.

• The Xinfei Merchant Guild discovered Lucian was missing, then received a communication signal from him through the Teleportation Array.
• Lucian confirmed that he and the two elves were safe on the other side, but they could not activate their array to return.
• Xu Yi ordered Akali to send supplies and equipment so the three could establish a research base, while Elder Lysania agreed to wait for a way back.
• Over the next two years, most former Candel Empire provinces became autonomous territories, and allied forces retook Wimbledon City from the Malo Empire.
• Representatives from twenty-seven provinces founded the Candel Federal United States and chose Frank Candel as its first president.

The Malo Empire’s mobilization turned the war against the Lampari Kingdom, driving its forces out of the northern provinces of the former Candel Empire. A Malo Empire airship battalion then mistakenly bombed a Xinfei Merchant Guild refugee camp, killing thousands of refugees and over a hundred Guild Guards, leaving the Guild’s response uncertain.

• The Malo Empire expanded its military production and began pushing the Lampari Kingdom’s overstretched army into repeated defeats and retreats.
• On July 6, 3833, the Malo Empire Air Force’s Third Mana Airship Battalion mistakenly dropped its bombs on a refugee camp instead of a Lampari Kingdom logistics base.
• The bombing killed or wounded more than half of the camp’s five thousand refugees, killed many aid workers, and claimed over a hundred Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps members.
• News of the attack provoked outrage across the Sains Continent because the Xinfei Merchant Guild had long stayed out of wars and avoided interfering in disputes between nations.

Fivenn tried to persuade Duke Masalan and Duke Yodel to secure a ceasefire, but Masalan rejected the proposal and challenged the Xinfei Merchant Guild’s strength. The talks ended without agreement, leaving Yodel uncertain whether the guild could help the Lampari Kingdom.

• Fivenn proposed that the Lampari Kingdom and Malo Empire end the war and sign a ceasefire agreement.
• Duke Masalan accused the Xinfei Merchant Guild of intervening only because the Lampari Kingdom was losing, while Duke Yodel disputed his claim.
• Duke Masalan insulted the guild and implied its influence came from President Freya’s family, prompting Duke Yodel to draw his Mana Pistol and the guards to aim their guns.
• Fivenn explained that the guild sought a ceasefire because the refugee camp incident had cost it guards, staff, and its reputation as a protector.
• Duke Masalan refused the ceasefire and left after warning President Freya not to overestimate the guild’s strength.
• Duke Yodel questioned whether the Xinfei Merchant Guild could still support the Lampari Kingdom, while Fivenn promised to continue pursuing a ceasefire.

After the Xinfei Merchant Guild defeated the Malo Empire, more than twenty years of peace and technological progress passed. Xu Yi traveled through the star-spanning teleportation network to investigate life on Planet B339, where he discovered the planet was Earth and that he had returned to China in 2016.

• The Xinfei Merchant Guild intervened in the war, helped defeat the Malo Empire, and brought the continent-wide conflict to an end.
• Over the next twenty years, magic technology advanced, and Xu Yi finally traveled through the teleportation network to Planet B339 with Lucian.
• Lucian told Xu Yi that explorers had found large organisms on B339, and Elder Lysania showed him a translated inscription naming the settlers Atlantis.
• Xu Yi recognized the planet as Earth and teleported to its surface, where he saw China’s 2016 news broadcast.
• Xu Yi realized he had returned to his homeland after more than seventy years and wondered what he should do next.