Recaps

Humanity expanded its economy and alliances through Dream Clan cooperation, investment schemes, and the Farstar Project while preparing for the Species Ranking Tournament. Chasing Stars warned Lu Xiao of an enemy Cosmos, and humanity offered gene chain repair to prospective allies.

• The Doctor investigated the Mariana Trench and learned that Doctor Li's Biological Gene Bank had contaminated the ocean.
• Liu Guang secured Dream Clan cooperation with the Minotaur Tribe, and the Warden arranged Lu Qian's visit to help free the Dream Clan from its vassal relationship.
• Humanity and the Humanoid Race established Farstar Group, and humans profited from share trading before the Farstar began its trial run.
• Chasing Stars warned Lu Xiao that an enemy Cosmos had breached the barrier, while the Rule Controllers escaped and Time obscured their universe's timeline.
• Liu Guang recalled leading the Spark Plan into the Present World and explained his schemes involving Li Changqing, Dante, and Old Bai.
• Liu Guang promoted gene chain repair to the Dream Clan and assigned Xiao Zhe to manage cooperation and dreamscape intelligence gathering.
• Nico asked Lu Xiao to accept her relationship with Daimon, but Lu Xiao objected to their species' reproductive barrier.
• Qin He secured the Holy Maiden Spider Clan's service as species gathered for the tournament, and Lorn Augusis told Xingya that gene chain repair could restore her people's original appearance.

Lu Xiao captured Night and used his political position to challenge the Andrelo Family’s control of Sailai County while building support for Liu Ni. As Elf Cloud revived the county’s economy, the Andrelo Family turned to a public campaign against him.

• The Holy Maiden Spider Clan submitted after learning of Gene Chain Repair, and Lu Xiao traveled to Mother Goddess Star to discuss the unclaimed authority and Night’s anchor with the Empress.
• The Empress explained Night’s ties to Andrelo and the Dark Star Clan, while Lu Xiao pledged to maintain humanity’s partnership with the Mother Goddess Elves and learned how he could use Night’s anchor against her.
• Lu Xiao brought Weidiya and Technology to Hell Star, gathered the Succubus Clan’s Faith Power, and used it to locate Night.
• Technology trapped Night in a photograph with a Phase-Matrix Collapse Array, and Lu Xiao returned to the Empress before spending years building support among the Mother Goddess Elves.
• Lu Xiao became municipal administrator of Sailai County, allied with Morningstar, and prepared to break the Andrelo Family’s control while Liu Ni gathered political support for her succession.
• The Andrelo Family worsened Sailai County’s economic crisis by closing businesses, but Lu Xiao arranged joint projects with Rheinblue and prepared Morningstar’s Ji Family to take over idle businesses.
• Morningstar chose to stay on Mother Goddess Star, and Lu Xiao used Elf Cloud, city defenses, and Mad Tiger to pressure the Andrelo Family’s partners into cooperating.
• Elf Cloud revived Sailai County’s economy, but the Andrelo Family launched a public campaign against Lu Xiao, and complaints about him reached the capital and the Empress.

Lu Xiao consolidated his influence in Sailai County and Pulixidian while managing the Empress, the Deliberative Council, and the growing ambitions of Xiao Zhe. The arc ended with Tina Empress and Princess Lu Qian arriving for the Zerg visit, where Lu Qian publicly called Lu Xiao her father.

• Mabel investigated Lu Xiao in Sailai County, accepted his explanation for keeping Mother’s God Statue, and later revealed that she wanted to leave her interest group and form her own faction.
• Lu Xiao reconciled with Night, used Futiya’s pregnancy to divert her attention, and coordinated a public campaign that helped clear his name and improve his reputation in Sailai County.
• Lu Xiao’s economic partnerships spread across Mother Goddess Star, and the Deliberative Council appointed him City Administrator of Pulixidian after his success in Sailai County.
• Liu Guang explained how the Starry Sky Sea Demons had caused the Abyssal Rats’ destruction and brought Xiao Zhe to Mother Goddess Star, where Lu Xiao later made him his adjutant and tasked him with mapping Pulixidian’s factions.
• Lu Xiao restructured Pulixidian’s council and municipal administration, while the Warden challenged Sitika’s authority and secured the Empress’s agreement to shift her faction toward external affairs.
• Lu Xiao and the Empress negotiated over Sitika’s concessions, the Empress’s abdication, human support in the Species Ranking Tournament, and a possible marriage alliance involving Lan and Li Xiuqi.
• Lu Xiao told Liu Ni to appear with Lu Qian during the Zerg visit to strengthen her prospects of taking the throne, while Xiao Zhe built connections and gathered information among Pulixidian’s officials.
• Tina Empress led the Zerg delegation to the imperial palace, where Lu Xiao greeted her and Lu Qian rushed into his arms and called him father.

Lu Xiao and the Warden left Mother Goddess Star to explore the universe, while the Warden pursued a new path to power and Night made plans to divide her consciousness. The journey ended with humanity strengthened and secretly preparing for the Species Ranking Tournament, as Lu Xiao gathered luck-related Authority Weapons.

• Lu Xiao and the Warden entrusted Mother Goddess Star’s affairs to others, and Weidiya prepared to take office while waiting for a chance to speak to the person she loved.
• Lu Xiao’s group traveled to the Humanoid Race’s home planet, then headed for the Far North with Night after learning that its primordial beings might identify the Warden’s ability.
• Night fed Lu Xiao a Love Gu, attacked threats along the journey, and gave him a Divinity after he refused to let her enslave a trader.
• Chasing Stars warned Lu Xiao and the Warden that invaders from another Universe had destroyed a timeline, while Night learned Technology had blocked her Ascension to protect their Universe.
• The Warden experimented with imitating prisoners’ powers, then bought and imprisoned Deities until he could wield weaker versions of their authorities.
• Lu Xiao visited minor species and the Landwalking Sharks, accepted the nominal title of Star Lord for the Solar System, and continued traveling through the Milky Way.
• Night divided her consciousness, leaving one part to guard the Dark Star Clan and creating bodies for Ruiqi and Dolores to follow Lu Xiao.
• Over the next three hundred years, humanity grew into a medium-sized species and secretly prepared for the Species Ranking Tournament, while Novia gathered luck-related Authority Weapons for Lu Xiao.