Recaps

Zhang Fan built alliances and armies across the stars while searching for a route back to Earth, then became entangled in the Liruwara People’s war against the Nagang People. The arc left Zhang Fan evacuating Myriad Demon Star as his forces launched attacks across the contested systems.

• Zhang Fan reached Asha, allied with Liya and the Lila People, and helped Liya reclaim her empire before leaving to search for Earth.
• After Nagang robots attacked Rebecca, Zhang Fan allied with King Pamir and Hu Baili, built a Li'erwala Insect Tribe army, and joined their campaign against the Nagang People.
• Zhang Fan’s forces attacked Thunderflame Star, where the Nagang People’s Star-Destroying Cannon devastated the insect army before Zhang Fan revealed a plan to infiltrate Nagang territory.
• Zhang Fan and King Pamir were captured on Huo Planet, but Zhang Fan escaped with Han Bing after Han Bing killed Tieqian and freed the king.
• Zhang Fan transferred Han Bing’s consciousness into an Insect Race body, and Han Bing took the name White Forehead.
• After Chiwila identified Moros’s Staff as a weapon capable of destroying the Thunderflame Star System, Zhang Fan prepared a four-system assault and recruited the enslaved people into his army.
• Hu Baili seized royal authority from King Pamir, while Zhang Fan ordered the Liruwara People to evacuate Myriad Demon Star aboard Rebecca.

Zhang Fan built the Insect Race into a formidable interstellar power, founded Second Earth, and forged alliances while expanding across the stars. The Insect Race entered the Nine Clouds conflict, where Zhang Fan manipulated rival rulers and the Proud Sun court descended into rebellion.

• Zi Dian used Moros's Staff to destroy Huo Planet, and the Western Realm Great Emperor later named Zhang Fan supreme commander in the Western Universe.
• Zhang Fan accepted the Emperor's rule to buy time, then built up the Insect Race while searching for power and studying dangerous life on Natawa and Jade.
• Zhang Fan transformed Jade into Titan, evolved new Insect Race forces, and claimed Second Earth, where Prince Buffett agreed to guide humanity.
• Zhang Fan defeated the Green Vine fleet, strengthened his body, and attended the Universal Combat Auction, where he used Emperor warships to acquire valuable lots and the Gomita Galaxy.
• Domina joined forces with Zhang Fan, who assembled the Twelve Beast God Generals and led the Insect Race toward the Nine Clouds Star System.
• Qilamei and Qilaya captured Illusory Cloud Star, while the Insect Race besieged Ghost Mist Fortress and overwhelmed its defenders after the relief fleet withdrew.
• Shusha negotiated with Raya for the Sulamei Starfolk and six planets, and the Right-Whirling Sun King advanced against the Insect Race after seeing its strategic projector.
• Zhang Fan staged a battle with the Right-Whirling Sun King's Hundred-Foot Army, while the Star Seer warned the Proud Sun King of danger before the Left-Whirling Sun King killed her and provoked an accusation of rebellion.

Zhang Fan expanded the Insect Race, secured new allies and technologies, and uncovered signs that humanity had been designed. After accepting Princess Domina’s request to kill her brother Dimis, he developed Sonic Boom Bugs to counter Dimis’s mental power and began the assault on Mambo Star.

• After the Proud Sun King sent his fleet away, Zhang Fan revealed himself as the Left-Whirling Sun King and helped destroy the Nine Clouds Star System before evacuating its survivors.
• Zhang Fan used dark crystals as devastating weapons, expanded Insect Race research, and sent Akadelan and Venom Scorpion to invade Ferandel for its technology and genes.
• The Insect Race defeated the Jinxiu Galaxy Council’s forces, and Doria compelled the council to surrender before Zhang Fan reorganized its peoples and secured a larger portal with help from the Blue Cardians.
• Zhang Fan helped Boss Jin win argon gold agency rights on Popocar Star, then returned to Second Earth and heard Buffett and Hu Baili’s suspicions that humans were designed and their potential genetically restricted.
• Zhang Fan showed Princess Domina his forces and accepted her request to kill Prince Dimis in exchange for two S-Class warships, then set out with an expedition to find him.
• After Dimis attacked the Broodmother with mental power near Mambo Star, Zhang Fan’s forces struggled against his control, so Nexis developed Sonic Boom Bugs to disrupt it.
• Zhang Fan sent an artificial meteor shower carrying Sonic Boom Bug eggs toward Mambo Star, while Nexis stayed with the falling Broodmother and Zhang Fan dispatched Qiu Lin, Man Ya, Meng Jia, Noya, and Snow White to find Dimis.

Zhang Fan took control of the Insect Race, expanded its forces across Aisalanth and the Western Universe, and set his sights on Orland Star. Along the way he gained new allies and powers, awakened a mysterious living planet, and left Domina confronting accusations about the invasion and Dimis’s fate.

• Zhang Fan survived the clash with Dimis, let the Insect Race believe he had died, and secretly claimed its leadership while taking its forces to Second Earth.
• Zhang Fan invaded Aisalanth for its magical genes, then halted the assault after Orlana offered information about Earth and Minerva revealed that Earth was also the Dragon Race’s birthplace.
• Zhang Fan agreed to free the Judgment Dragon King Dimayadis only if the Dragon Race protected the Qiya and Earth, then led the Insect Race toward Orland Star and accepted the Locarno’s help to evolve his forces.
• After the Halley Legion pursued the Locarno, Zhang Fan left Dachuwa, protected the Insect Race’s routes from pirates, and advanced toward Orland through Kade territory.
• Zhang Fan conquered Kade Star and its colonies, but punished the population after Charlie’s failed attempt to assassinate him.
• A mental attack nearly overcame Zhang Fan, but the Spirit Source and Dragon Crystal helped him transform and gain control of his mental power.
• While visiting the Dragon Race, Zhang Fan assessed Su Ya’s suitors and ordered his forces to collect genes from an immense creature beneath an icy planet, discovering that it was an egg carrying the Overlord consciousness.
• As Zhang Fan continued toward Orland, Domina revealed at the Interstellar Council that Dimis was alive and demanded that Zhiren prove the invading fleet belonged to the Dragon Race.