Recaps

Lu Xiao secured resources and a Logistics Point through Weidiya and the Postman while the Warden prepared humanity for the coming Black Domain Battlefield. Lu Xiao ascended to Godhood, the Director returned from the New World to lead the Foreign Ministry, and the Postman’s Logistics Point began taking shape.

• Lu Xiao helped Liu Ni become Life’s Chosen One, and ten thousand Mother God Elves emerged to serve her under Weidiya.
• Lu Xiao recruited Driver, Gambler, Liu Ni, Weidiya, and Dart for a mission, learned about the Mother God Elves’ vast realm, and arranged to borrow resources from them.
• Lu Xiao negotiated with the Postman to ship ten thousand Space Base Units of supplies, while Weidiya confirmed the contract and the Postman agreed to establish a Logistics Point on Earth.
• Lu Xiao asked the Warden to organize the borrowed resources and build a Logistics Point, and the Warden summoned financial professionals to help plan humanity’s response.
• The Postman arrived in Kyoto and agreed with the Warden on a site for the Logistics Point, while the Warden began arranging a strategic partnership with the Mother Goddess Elves.
• Lu Xiao ascended to Godhood, while Bai Ning returned from the New World and the Director agreed to lead the Foreign Ministry of Human Civilization.
• Bai Ning appointed Zhang Ming minister after he submitted a business proposal, and the Director prepared to join the Warden and Postman at the Logistics Point site.

Lu Xiao gathered allies and learned more about the Species Ranking Tournament as Driver reunited with Tina, who revealed herself as the Zerg Empress and took control of the Swarm. With the Outsider Clans closing in and Daimon preparing the Demon Clan, the Warden also learned that his descendant Lorne had arrived and decided to mentor him.

• Gambler found that the Swarm had grown by more than three billion newborn Zerg, and Lu Xiao planned to help it compete in the Species Ranking Tournament.
• The Doctor returned in a newly printed body, demonstrated control over electronic equipment, and explained his understanding of space and technology.
• The Warden and Director learned that the God-Making Plan had produced seventy-six people who completed Deification Rituals, including one who ascended to godhood.
• Sly and War Elephant entered the Dark Prison on an infiltration mission, while Lucilla ordered War Elephant to become her battle thrall.
• Postman explained that the Supreme Insect Emperor was hiding in the Brood Nest and that Fate had registered the Heavenly Insects for the tournament.
• Driver received Tina’s letter and bet that she would be beautiful and intellectual, then turned pale when she arrived in a hideous bug form.
• Tina told Driver she planned to lead the Heavenly Insect Clan into the tournament, then revealed that she would bring a thousand Mother Worms to Hell and asked him to protect her.
• Tina took control of the Swarm and subdued twelve of the thirteen Heavenly Worms, while Lu Xiao claimed the title of Heavenly Worm Marshal and negotiated cooperation with her.
• Amilia warned Lu Xiao that the united Outsider Clans were advancing to surround and kill Tina, and Daimon prepared the Demon Clan for battle near the Royal City.
• The Warden learned that his descendant Lorne had arrived and decided to mentor him, recalling how Artisan had killed Jailer and stolen his identity.

Lu Xiao and his allies arranged for Lu Qian to replace Tina as Zerg Empress, while Luolin agreed to look the other way after the war in Hell. Meanwhile, the Warden expanded humanity’s teleportation business and Yi Hao’s clothing design brought him into conflict with Weidiya, leaving Liu Ni on her way to meet him alone.

• The Warden and the Director prepared Chang'an City for Luolin’s million Star-level Life forms and ten gods, and expanded humanity’s teleportation and support businesses as the visitors spent their Star Source.
• Lu Xiao learned that the Mother Goddess Elves feared the risks of partnering with humanity, then investigated whether Lu Qian could challenge Tina for control of the Swarm.
• Lu Xiao, Antie, Gambler, and Doctor agreed to help Lu Qian become Zerg Empress after the war, while Driver brought Lu Xiao and Lu Qian into the Swarm.
• Lu Xiao convinced Luolin that Tina’s role in Hell served Fate and Space’s larger plan, and Luolin agreed to turn a blind eye if Lu Xiao replaced her.
• The Doctor explained the risks of divided consciousness and gave Antie an Old One’s remnant eye, while Antie and Liv argued over succubus contracts.
• Yi Hao designed a gown for the Mother Goddess Elves, but after Weidiya confronted him about his portraits and tried to buy the design, he crumpled it and left.
• Weidiya regretted losing the design but could not bring herself to approach Yi Hao, so she asked Liu Ni to buy it for her, and Liu Ni hurried to Yi Hao’s room alone.

Humanity prepared for the growing conflict by courting alien allies, trading with the Mother Goddess Elves, and weighing the risks of entering the war. Lu Xiao learned more about Hell and the Demon Clan’s fate, while the Warden faced a provocative arrival from the goblins.

• The Doctor arranged for Director to impersonate Liu Ni and approach Weidiya, while Yi Hao made the clothes Director needed for the disguise.
• Augusis warned the Warden that humanity had to reignite its dead star or produce a Great Old One to register as a species, and the Warden learned that outside help could invalidate the effort.
• Lu Xiao and Driver considered the war against the Swarm, while Lu Xiao learned that Tina commanded twenty powerful Warship Bugs and that the Outsider alliance had hundreds of millions of troops.
• Moli'an met the Warden to discuss teleportation and trade, then negotiated a deal to share humanity’s red wine process in exchange for star source and human production support.
• Daimon asked Lu Xiao to shelter Demon Clan refugees, and explained that he had been chosen as Flame’s vessel while Kaitlin was meant to host Tyrant.
• Lu Xiao offered Daimon a chance to transfer his consciousness into a new body, while Moli'an proposed that the Warden become her partner and join Mother Goddess Star’s think tank, and he refused.
• The Doctor kept the Gambler confined as Zhang Weidong judged humanity too weak to take part in the war, while Ivan shared his alchemy research and Shuns backed up his consciousness.
• The Warden welcomed five goblin gods and three hundred thousand goblins, who ignored him, surrounded his building, and spat on its walls as Moli'an watched.