Recaps

Frenzied Saber struggled against Key of Solomon’s demon-enhanced magic until he used the Character Summon Card-Black Star Descent. Han Xiao’s power surged through Frenzied Saber and reversed the fight with a single blow.

• Frenzied Saber used ranged attacks and stealth tactics against Key of Solomon, who countered with tracking magic and a frostfire spell.
• Frenzied Saber charged into melee and damaged Key of Solomon’s shield, but Key of Solomon escaped with Object Replacement Spell and gradually gained the advantage.
• Key of Solomon released his demon talent, restoring health and increasing his attributes before overwhelming Frenzied Saber with frostfire attacks.
• Frenzied Saber summoned Han Xiao with Character Summon Card-Black Star Descent, gaining a 247% increase to Mechanical Affinity for three minutes.
• Frenzied Saber shattered Key of Solomon’s magic shield and struck him with his shield, dealing enough damage to erase his temporary health and reverse the fight.

Frenzied Saber used Han Xiao’s [Black Star Descent] card to defeat Key of Solomon and his demon summons, drawing attention to Han Xiao’s strength. After the match, players flocked to buy more Ability Potions, but Han Xiao said he had none left and sent them away.

• Han Xiao watched Frenzied Saber’s match and realized the card’s powerful Mechanical Affinity bonus had brought him fame and attention.
• Frenzied Saber used [Black Star Descent] to overwhelm Key of Solomon, who summoned five demon scouts with [Gate of Howling] in an attempt to stall him.
• Frenzied Saber defeated the demon scouts and killed Key of Solomon before the three-minute buff expired.
• The match became widely discussed, and players speculated about Han Xiao’s abilities while Key of Solomon went on to use his summoning item in later matches.
• Frenzied Saber returned to Han Xiao’s room, where players gathered to buy Ability Potions, but Han Xiao said he had no more and drove them out.

Long Sky defeated Temple in a decisive group-stage match, and the finalists were announced with Long Sky advancing in eighth place. Han Xiao then left the tournament behind and took the Black Star Mercenary Group on a Dragon Calm supply escort mission.

• Long Sky beat Temple without holding back, ending Temple's chance to advance and securing Long Sky's place in the standings.
• Li Ge directed Temple to play aggressively in its remaining matches and shape public opinion around the team's determination and solidarity.
• The group-stage rankings placed Devil first, Dynasty second, and Long Sky eighth, while Frenzied Saber and Kings and Generals qualified for the individual finals.
• Han Xiao learned that Dragon Calm needed him to escort a seller carrying supplies from a Goddora colony planet in the Garton Star System.
• Han Xiao and the others set out on the escort mission, with the contestants joining him so he could repair their armor.

Han Xiao escorted Dragon Calm’s supply convoy and discovered that Sylvia, a girl traveling with the cargo supervisor, was destined to become a famous figure. Near the end of the journey, he detected poison in his drink and seized the bartender.

• Tulip defeated KEY three to one, while the tournament semifinals were set as Tulip versus Devil and Dynasty versus Yamata.
• Han Xiao met Teril at the spaceport, checked the supplies, and set off for Dragon Calm with Daike, Sylvia, and the escort team.
• Sylvia criticized mercenaries, and Han Xiao recognized her as the future Mechanical Female Knight Sylvia, who would later become a space pirate and then a rebel hero.
• During the ten-day journey, Han Xiao followed the tournament results and worked on machinery while the convoy traveled toward Dragon Calm.
• At a meal near the end of the trip, Han Xiao noticed the liquor was poisoned and pinned the bartender against the bar, accusing him.

Han Xiao discovered that someone had poisoned his glass aboard the supply ship, and Meat Bun died after testing the toxin before respawning. The surveillance footage had been erased, and the ship’s operation log showed the captain’s account had authorized the deletion.

• Han Xiao identified the liquor glass as poisoned and gave the nearby players a mission to test it.
• Meat Bun drank the spiked liquor, died from the toxin, and respawned, revealing its effects to Han Xiao and the crew.
• Han Xiao deduced that the culprit knew his itinerary and might be seeking revenge, then ordered the bartender restrained and asked to review surveillance footage.
• The captain discovered that the footage had been erased and found a log showing the captain’s account had cleared it 22 hours earlier.

Han Xiao uncovered Sylvia's identity as the daughter of Langley, whom his mercenary group had helped capture, and realized she was behind the attack. Sylvia and the captain trapped Han Xiao and the others in a poison-filled ship set to jump toward a star, but Han Xiao prepared to take control as a mechanic.

• Han Xiao connected Daike's daughter Sylvia to a suspicious disguise and confronted her, prompting Sylvia to reveal herself.
• Sylvia blamed Han Xiao and the Purple Gold Legion for her father Langley's imprisonment and vowed to hunt them.
• The captain released a poisonous gas grenade, set the ship to jump toward the nearest star, and locked the doors, trapping Han Xiao and the others in the control room.
• The captain escaped while Sylvia was sealed outside, and poisonous fog began pouring through the ship's ventilation system.
• Han Xiao received the emergency mission to thwart Sylvia's revenge, put on his mechanical suit, and approached the main console.

Sylvia’s plan to poison and trap the Black Star Mercenary Group failed when Han Xiao hacked the ship and his team captured her. After taking control of the vessel, Han Xiao exposed the captain as a shapeshifting assassin and confronted Sylvia about the faction backing her, leaving her facing his gun.

• Han Xiao ordered the players to break through the ship and capture Sylvia while he hacked its systems, and Aroshia went after Sylvia before the ship jumped.
• Sylvia launched most of the escape pods, but Aroshia disabled the last two and Melos’s group surrounded Sylvia and the captain as the ship entered jump mode.
• Han Xiao seized control of the ship, canceled its dangerous course, and gathered the crew with Sylvia, Daike, and the captain bound for questioning.
• Daike revealed that Sylvia had forced him to help, while Han Xiao suspected another faction had supported her plan.
• Han Xiao shot the captain, whose body changed into that of a shapeshifter, and identified him as the assassin who had replaced the real captain and poisoned the drinks.
• Sylvia refused to answer Han Xiao, and he pressed his gun against her cheek as she trembled and dared him to kill her.

Han Xiao negotiated compensation with the travel group after taking control of its ship, then decided to keep Sylvia alive and bring her to see her father. Sylvia was left stunned as Han Xiao prepared to take her away.

• Han Xiao explained the ship’s security breach to the travel group and demanded compensation, settling on thirty thousand enas.
• Han Xiao agreed to lend the ship for a few days and declined to steal it.
• Han Xiao asked Melos and the players what to do with Sylvia, and Melos suggested hearing her out.
• Han Xiao decided Sylvia might be useful for triggering a mission and ordered everyone to prepare to leave while she was locked up.
• Sylvia asked where Han Xiao was taking her, and he said they were going to see her father.

Han Xiao brought Sylvia to Agolo Prison City to confront her father, Langley, and force him to reveal the truth about his rebellion. Sylvia learned that her father had been a traitor who deceived her, and she fainted as Han Xiao carried her away.

• Han Xiao arrived at Agolo Prison City with Sylvia and received permission to visit Langley.
• Han Xiao spoke with Langley alone and falsely claimed that Sylvia was dead, then threatened to kill her unless Langley told her the truth.
• Langley agreed to reveal that he had been a spy and traitor who had lied about his motives.
• Sylvia confronted Langley and learned that the heroic image she had of him was false.
• Sylvia fainted after the conversation, and Han Xiao carried her out of the prison.

After learning that her father Langley was a traitor, Sylvia abandoned her revenge and thanked Han Xiao for helping her. Han Xiao made her agree to serve as his subordinate for ten years, leaving her future tied to his mercenary group.

• Han Xiao woke Sylvia and watched as she accepted the truth about Langley and apologized to him.
• Sylvia revealed that the intelligence organization Mital had supplied information for her assassination attempt.
• When Sylvia said she planned to travel the universe, Han Xiao told her she owed him compensation for his help and her attack.
• Han Xiao demanded ten years of service, and Sylvia agreed after he threatened to hold Langley responsible if she ran away or betrayed him.

Han Xiao welcomed Sylvia into his team, delivered supplies to Dragon Calm, and reviewed the league results as the first season ended. With the version update approaching, he considered how the players’ disappearance would affect his plans.

• Han Xiao recruited Sylvia and asked the Volga Three Brothers to teach her the basics, while deciding to train her himself.
• Han Xiao delivered supplies to Dragon Calm, secured a larger discount from Teril, and watched the tour group reclaim the Colored Conch.
• Han Xiao reviewed the league results: Tulip won the team championship, Dynasty took second, and Frenzied Saber and Kings and Generals reached the individual top sixteen.
• Han Xiao noted that Huaxia’s results had improved since his previous life and that the players’ success would expand his influence.
• Han Xiao realized the version update would soon make the players disappear for a year of game time and began planning for the period without them.

Han Xiao planned for the players’ departure and the coming Mutation Disaster, then joined the Space-Time Research Society to obtain the [Scholar] subclass and reach level 100. He checked his advancement mission and was left wondering whether he should have chosen [Gambler] instead.

• Han Xiao planned to use the players’ absence to recruit NPCs and prepare his faction for version 2.0 and the Mutation Disaster.
• After returning to the Juberly Hub, Han Xiao sold equipment to the players before visiting the Space-Time Research Society.
• Han Xiao joined the society and acquired the [Scholar] subclass, which he raised to level five to reach total level 100.
• Han Xiao checked his level 100 advancement mission and wondered whether he should have learned [Gambler] first.

Han Xiao received a difficult advancement mission requiring him to kill a Grade A enemy and began considering how to weaken a suitable target. Back at the base, he started teaching Sylvia mechanical knowledge, while players learned that the Version 1.0 update would begin in twelve game days.

• Han Xiao received the Trial of the Strong advancement mission and realized he needed to kill a powerful Grade A enemy, so he began searching his memory for a vulnerable target and a way to weaken it.
• Han Xiao returned to an empty base, ate dinner, and assigned tasks to the returning officers before taking Sylvia aside.
• Han Xiao told Sylvia he would train her as a Mechanic, gave her ten days to study four textbooks, and promised to teach her how to awaken Mechanical Force after she passed a test.
• The game announced that the Version 1.0 update would begin in twelve game days and temporarily prevent all players from logging in.
• Players speculated about the new version and collaborated on chronicle threads documenting the stories and characters they had encountered across the newbie planets.
• Galaxy Times released an episode analyzing theories about the upcoming update.

Galaxy Times reviewed version 1.0’s planet storylines and predicted that version 2.0 would bring players into the interstellar world, highlighting Han Xiao’s frozen mission as a clue to Planet Aquamarine’s next crisis. As players massed at the Third Sanctuary, Huang Yu planned to divert them, while DarkStar monitored its Mutation Sources and discussed Ashes’ progress.

• Galaxy Times recapped the beginner planets’ storylines and presented Han Xiao’s history and role in Planet Aquamarine’s events.
• The hosts predicted that players would enter the interstellar world in version 2.0 and that Han Xiao’s frozen mission foreshadowed a catastrophe threatening Planet Aquamarine.
• Players flocked to the Third Sanctuary, where Huang Yu worried about the growing crowd and decided to divert some of them to nearby satellite cities.
• DarkStar’s leader ordered continued observation of the Mutation Sources and told Anur that Ashes was a promising candidate to reach Calamity Grade.

A nascent consciousness awakened through plants, animals, and microorganisms, eventually realizing that all life was part of it. As Aurora sensed the strange presence spreading everywhere, the Version 1.0 update began and all Inhumans vanished, leaving Han Xiao to face the coming changes.

• A new consciousness gained perspectives through different living things, discovered it could control microorganisms, and concluded that all was itself and it was all.
• One Leaf Green sensed that some plants in her potion room were watching her and realized something was wrong.
• Aurora trembled after sensing a young but enormous presence spreading everywhere, frightening Hila.
• The mercenary-group players gathered at the Black Star stronghold and logged off as the Version 1.0 update approached.
• Tens of millions of Inhumans vanished from the beginner planets, leaving Huang Yu and the Sanctuary officers stunned.
• Han Xiao received the update notifications, found the player forums inaccessible, and anticipated difficult days ahead.

With the players gone, Han Xiao sought a safe way to complete his level 100 advancement mission and decided to pursue difficult missions for a chance to obtain a Mission Settlement Card. After awakening Sylvia’s Mechanical Force and explaining the players’ absence to Melos, he prepared to travel to the Terrarium Star Cluster to find an item that would trigger a mission.

• Han Xiao concluded that confronting a Grade A opponent was too dangerous and decided to seek a Mission Settlement Card through high-evaluation missions.
• Han Xiao strapped Sylvia into a chair and used electricity to awaken her magnetic energy, then told her to study more mechanical theory.
• Melos asked why Han Xiao’s subordinates had disappeared, and Han Xiao claimed they had entered an unusually long sleep.
• Han Xiao told Melos that he planned to suspend the mercenary group’s operations and travel to the Terrarium Star Cluster to find a mission-triggering item.

Han Xiao raided an abandoned scavenger base to retrieve a Mysterious Statue tied to an occult mission, then stripped the base of everything useful. He and his crew traveled to the Ryan Star System, where the mission trigger was an interstellar celebrity invited to tour.

• Han Xiao landed near the scavenger base with Melos and used mechanical beasts and scouting insects to disable its defenses and breach its systems.
• Melos reported that the base was empty, so Han Xiao searched the warehouse and found the Mysterious Statue, a ritual object associated with the Arcane Church and a Psionic Undercurrent.
• Han Xiao called Melos over and dismantled the base, loading its equipment, walls, and other salvage into supply crates before leaving with his crew.
• The scavengers returned to find their base stripped bare, learned that Black Star had taken everything, and felt relieved they had been away.
• Han Xiao and his crew traveled to the Ryan Star System, where a celebrity invited by the New Feilan Alliance served as the mission trigger.

Han Xiao brought Sylvia to the Unification Day boarding ceremony and waited for the singer Morning Star, whose performance was his mission target. Morning Star recognized Han Xiao in the crowd and invited him to watch the performance in person.

• Han Xiao promised Sylvia he would take her to the Unification Day celebration, while Melos stayed behind to watch the ship.
• Han Xiao and Sylvia joined the crowd at the spaceport to watch dignitaries board the Wine and Celebration.
• Sylvia watched the ceremony excitedly as the alliance speaker and other officials passed by.
• Morning Star appeared, calmed the crowd with his voice, and walked straight to Han Xiao.
• Morning Star invited Han Xiao to watch his performance in person.

Han Xiao and Sylvia attended New Feilan’s celebration after Morning Star invited them aboard, then met the singer, who offered Han Xiao a well-paid mission to find two missing statues. Han Xiao accepted, already knowing where the statues were and planning to earn a high mission rating.

• Morning Star invited Han Xiao and Sylvia onto the celebration ship after noticing Han Xiao’s Mysterious Statue.
• Han Xiao and Sylvia watched Morning Star perform at the celebration, and Han Xiao then asked to meet him.
• Morning Star revealed a matching statue and explained that the four collectibles could locate one another when brought together.
• Morning Star offered Han Xiao 100,000 Enas to find the two remaining statues, and Han Xiao accepted the Find the Statues mission.
• Han Xiao recalled that he already knew where the missing statues were and intended to complete the mission quickly for a high rating.

Han Xiao collected the third Mysterious Statue and traveled to Mystic Blue Star to claim the final one from a local faction, deciding to use force rather than negotiate. The chapter ended as several rival factions converged on a newly fallen object near Rune City, unaware that Han Xiao’s group was approaching.

• Han Xiao accepted Morning Star’s offer of one hundred thousand Enas to find the other two Mysterious Statues.
• Han Xiao traveled to a barren planet and retrieved the third statue, then briefed his group on Mystic Blue Star and the faction holding the final one.
• Han Xiao rejected Melos’s suggestion to negotiate and decided to demand the statue by force.
• Near Rune City, smugglers found an egg-shaped metal object that had fallen from the sky.
• Steel Fire Fort troops and other rival groups arrived at the impact site and surrounded the object.

Han Xiao emerged from his damaged drop pod and easily defeated the warriors who tried to seize him, revealing that he had come to Rune City for a wooden-looking statue. He gave the city until morning to hand it over, while news of the living alien spread across Mystic Blue Star.

• Five factions fought over Han Xiao’s drop pod, then tried to destroy it when Rune City’s troops approached.
• Han Xiao came out of the pod unharmed and was mistaken for an alien, prompting the factions and Rune City guards to try to capture him.
• After a Steel Fire Fort sniper shot him without effect, Han Xiao unleashed mechanical beasts and defeated the assembled warriors, sparing most of them to carry a message.
• Han Xiao demanded that Rune City hand over a wooden-looking statue by morning in exchange for information about the universe, or he would take it himself.
• The survivors returned to their factions with news of the first living spacefarer, leaving Mystic Blue Star shaken through the night.

The Rune Lord and his officials rejected Han Xiao’s offer to trade information for the statue and chose to capture him. When Rune City’s forces surrounded him at daybreak, Han Xiao prepared to fight his way into the city.

• The Rune Lord convened an emergency meeting after Han Xiao arrived and requested the extraterrestrial statue in exchange for information.
• Rune City’s officials argued over whether to negotiate or seize Han Xiao, and the Rune Lord ordered an attack after the pro-war faction prevailed.
• Han Xiao waited in the forest overnight and sensed the gravity rune and killing intent as Rune City’s forces approached.
• Bakzas led a force of two thousand rune guards to surround Han Xiao and demanded that he surrender.
• Han Xiao dismissed the threat and turned toward Rune City, deciding to bulldoze his way through.

Han Xiao single-handedly routed Rune City's army and continued toward the city. The Lord of Runes learned that the army had been defeated and its target remained unharmed.

• Han Xiao advanced through Rune City's troops, using turrets and mechanical defenses to kill or disable soldiers and repel a volley of rune crossbow bolts.
• Three hundred Black Armor Guards charged Han Xiao, but his mechanical beasts and electromagnetic turrets eliminated them.
• Bakzas ordered the rune ballistae to fire, but Han Xiao deflected their energy bolts and destroyed three ballistae with an electromagnetic railgun.
• Rune City's army broke and fled, and Han Xiao gained the achievement talent [Ten Thousand Cannot Break Through] before continuing toward Rune City.
• The Lord of Runes received word that the army had been utterly defeated and Han Xiao was unharmed, frightening him and the officials present.

Han Xiao reached Rune City after defeating its army and recovered the final lost statue. The Rune Lord offered the statue and a treasury inventory to appease him, but Han Xiao rejected the compensation and prepared to make him pay for the attack.

• Rune City residents learned from fleeing soldiers that Han Xiao had defeated the army and was heading toward the city.
• The Rune Lord carried the statue to meet Han Xiao, followed by officials and a growing crowd of residents.
• Han Xiao confirmed that the statue was the last one he needed and reassured the crowd that mercenaries did not slaughter innocents.
• Han Xiao confronted the Rune Lord about the ambush and demanded compensation under the principle of equal exchange.
• The Rune Lord offered objects from the treasury, but Han Xiao judged them worthless and said the compensation could not buy the Rune Lord's life.

Han Xiao killed the Lord of Runes, retrieved the statue, and left Mystic Blue Star, whose factions changed their views on technology and interstellar power after witnessing him. He later reunited with Morning Star, delivered all four statues, and received mission rewards that included a charm-focused summon card and a random talent reward.

• The Lord of Runes tried to threaten Han Xiao with the statue, but Han Xiao shot and killed him before taking it.
• Han Xiao boarded a spaceship and left Mystic Blue Star, prompting its factions to reconsider their conflicts and adopt Steel Fire Fort's mechanical technology.
• Han Xiao collected the remaining statues and traveled to a colony planet to buy special consumables before contacting Morning Star.
• Morning Star confirmed the four statues and paid Han Xiao twice the fee, while Han Xiao received mission rewards including a Character Summon Card.
• Han Xiao rubbed Melos for luck before drawing his random reward, which turned out to be a talent.