Recaps

After surviving betrayal and awakening as an Avenger, Tianyang joined the Nightwalkers and began a mission to recover a Star Marrow Pillar. The mission brought Raven Squad to Metropolis, where a distress signal sparked a dispute over whether to rescue a trapped squad or continue toward the objective.

• Klaf opened a black gate into a dangerous realm, and over the centuries people discovered 127 Klaft Gates.
• Qin Wu shot Tianyang and abandoned him as bait for Wanderers, but Tianyang found a Star Marrow Pillar and survived an attack by a Black-Mist Spreader after its silver essence transformed him.
• Tianyang killed the Transmitter, awakened as an Avenger, returned to Lighthouse Base, and joined the Nightwalkers as an Upper Citizen.
• Tianyang killed Qin Wu after confronting him over the betrayal, then traveled to Skyhold and reunited with Nanfei, though their argument left him regretting his words.
• Tianyang found Su Lie’s diary, learned about his father’s relationship with Nanfei, and accepted a mission to guide Han Shu’s Raven Squad to recover the Star Marrow Pillar.
• After receiving a Tactical Electronic Eye, Tianyang joined Raven Squad, trained under Han Shu, and fought Wanderers alongside the squad and Chen Liu’s armaments.
• Wade proposed reducing investment in Ascenders after watching the armaments fight, while Chu Yan and Cao Gang opposed cutting their support.
• Tianyang stopped Zhou Wang from threatening Xun, then traveled with the joint force to Metropolis, where Ji Yu received a distress signal and Chen Liu urged the squads to rescue the trapped personnel.

Tianyang fought the Ghost Car, returned to the Fortress, and discovered his mother had been sent to the Black Mine and killed through Qin Jie’s conspiracy. After rejecting the Nightwalkers’ offer to handle Qin Jie, Tianyang prepared to confront him and the hired sniper Qu Gao.

• Tianyang killed the Demon Hound and helped the Nightwalkers destroy the Ghost Car, but the battle cost several lives and left him injured.
• On the train back to the Fortress, Tianyang stopped Zhou Wang from forcing Xun into marriage, and Zhou Wang was expelled from the Nightwalkers.
• Tianyang learned that Nanfei had been taken to the Black Mine, found her gravely injured, and watched her die before he could save her.
• Ling Feng promised an investigation, and Tianyang later learned Qin Jie had framed him and arranged for Nanfei to be sent to the mine.
• Tianyang armed himself and set out for Qin Jie’s residence, but Ling Feng and the others intercepted him and urged him to leave the matter to the Nightwalkers.
• Tianyang rejected their offer, accepted Spring Water and his equipment, and rode toward the Qin Residence to avenge Nanfei.
• Tianyang studied the residence and planned to kill Qu Gao first, then Qin Jie, before public security arrived.