Recaps

Ming Xin absorbed the Starfire’s knowledge, escaped the Forgotten Corridor, and reunited with Shadow Fiend in a Chaos-tainted wasteland. After uncovering a route toward the Rust Heart’s core, he infiltrated its systems and sent a soul fragment toward a guarded fissure while his main body sought another way in.

• Ming Xin reached the Will Slumber Hall, accepted the Starfire’s oath, and left the Ark Heart with its knowledge of the Gates and encrypted coordinates.
• Ming Xin entered the Forgotten Corridor, gathered Observer records about the Gate and the Law Master, then escaped pursuing purge units into Chaos.
• Ming Xin survived the chaotic currents, found Shadow Fiend’s surviving spirit beneath a wasteland, and fused their essences while rebuilding his body.
• Ming Xin fought the wasteland’s aberrations and a giant underground creature, then learned that the Rust Heart might contain the world’s contingency measures and anchor data.
• Ming Xin infiltrated a corrupted energy hub, copied information about anchoring and coordinates, and learned that the anchor’s core or backup database lay deep within the Rust Heart.
• Ming Xin studied the southern towers’ spacetime vortices, used the Silver-White Broken Staff to sense a stabilizing stream, and traced its direction deeper into the Rust Heart.
• Ming Xin disguised himself as waste, passed through the Rust Heart’s pipes, and reached a work platform near the Chaos abyss.
• Ming Xin implanted a soul fragment in a repaired gear-shaped core bound for the guarded fissure, while his main body left the garbage heap to find another route there.