Recaps

Han Xiao brought Ames to Planet Aquamarine, where she met the Inhumans and learned of Resta’s plea to save his people from Manison. Han Xiao then revealed a new Mutation Source to Nagokin, setting the stage for a possible change in Goddora’s crisis.

• Han Xiao and Ames left Dragon Calm together, prompting speculation among its residents and distressing Jenny.
• During their ten-day journey, Han Xiao told Ames about his past and the sisters Hila and Aurora; Resta appeared and asked Ames to help free his civilization from Manison, but she refused because she could not defeat him.
• Han Xiao and Ames arrived at Planet Aquamarine, where Ames went to the plaza and astonished the players, while Han Xiao headed to the Goddoran camp.
• Han Xiao told Nagokin he had found a new Mutation Source, and Nagokin rushed out to meet him.
• Han Xiao showed Nagokin the sealed Mutation Source and proposed discussing it inside.

Han Xiao negotiated with Goddora to trade the Mutation Source for money, supplies, and long-term benefits, giving the civilization a way to advance its research into the Mutation Disaster. After Goddora accepted the deal and took possession of the source, Han Xiao reflected that his intervention would change the course of the conflict and the players’ futures.

• Han Xiao showed Nagokin the sealed Mutation Source and explained how he had taken it from a DarkStar courier, then said he would only hand it over in exchange for payment.
• Nagokin suspected Han Xiao might have ties to DarkStar, but Han Xiao told him to verify his story with Ames, who was waiting at the plaza.
• Nagokin contacted Goddora’s higher-ups, who heard the news and began negotiating directly with Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao and Goddora’s officials agreed on a deal that included three million Enas, supplies, and long-term benefits for Han Xiao and his mercenary group.
• Han Xiao gave the Mutation Source to Nagokin to send secretly to Goddora, then reflected that his actions would change the storyline and the players’ futures.

Ames arrived at the Sanctuary, drawing a crowd of players and surprising Han Xiao’s officers with her gentleness toward him. Meanwhile, a DarkStar operative spotted her on Planet Aquamarine and rushed to report the alarming intelligence.

• Ames observed the players, recognized that they could revive, and flew to Han Xiao’s base as players gathered to see her and speculated about her arrival.
• After handing the Mutation Source to Nagokin, Han Xiao planned to build an interstellar-standard branch base at the Sanctuary and use players as construction labor.
• Han Xiao met Ames at the base, arranged for her to stay and meet Hila and Aurora, and discussed Goddora’s gratitude toward her.
• The officers and players interpreted Ames’s gentle manner toward Han Xiao as evidence that they were romantically involved, and Meat Bun recorded the scene to turn into a sensational story.
• A DarkStar surveillance operative saw Ames arrive on Planet Aquamarine and hurried to report her presence to his superiors.

DarkStar learned that Ames was on Planet Aquamarine but dismissed her as a threat and continued its infiltration plans. Meanwhile, Goddora confirmed that Han Xiao's Mutation Source sample could help stop the Mutation Disaster, and Ames's visit ended with her meeting Hila and Aurora.

• Degulish ordered DarkStar's agents to watch Ames from a distance and continued plans to infiltrate the Black Star Mercenary Group and Dragon Calm.
• Nagokin delivered the Mutation Source to Goddora's researchers, who confirmed it was the source of the Mutation Disaster and could accelerate antidote research.
• The War Bureau official urged Nagokin to deepen his relationship with Han Xiao, prompting Nagokin to threaten to beat him up.
• Han Xiao guided Ames around the Sanctuary while residents and players spread rumors about their relationship.
• Ames asked Han Xiao about Hila and Aurora when the sisters encountered them, and Hila took Aurora's hand and approached.

Han Xiao introduced Hila and Aurora to Ames, who explained her interest in the sisters and offered to take them as disciples. Hila demanded proof of Ames’ strength, and Ames demonstrated it by pulling the Goddoran escort fleet out of orbit and stopping it above the Sanctuary.

• Han Xiao introduced Hila and Aurora to Ames, while Aurora eased the tension between Ames and the wary Hila.
• Ames told the sisters that their life- and death-related abilities resembled those of a pair among the ancient First Ones.
• Ames asked Hila and Aurora to become her disciples, and Han Xiao encouraged them to accept the opportunity.
• Hila asked whether Ames was strong enough to teach them, so Ames used her force field to drag the Goddoran escort fleet from space and halt it above the Sanctuary.
• Ames asked the stunned sisters whether she was qualified, while Han Xiao admired her display.

After Goddora developed cures and a detector for the Mutation Source, Han Xiao organized a planet-wide search to eradicate the Mutation Disaster. The suppression devices brought refugees relief, and players rushed to accept Han Xiao’s lucrative mission to locate the Source.

• Hila and Aurora stayed on Planet Aquamarine to help with disaster relief and agreed to train under Ames after the crisis ended.
• Han Xiao completed Black Star Base No. 2, established production lines, and continued earning money from player purchases.
• Nagokin brought Han Xiao Goddora’s area suppression devices, an injectable agent that destroyed the Mutation Source, and a detector that could locate it nearby.
• Han Xiao proposed mass-producing detectors and using players and the Six Nations’ armies to search Planet Aquamarine for the Mutation Source.
• The suppression devices were deployed across the Sanctuary and Six Nations’ cities, letting infected people retain control during outbreaks and giving refugees hope.
• Han Xiao issued the [Lock On to the Source] mission, and players flocked to accept it and buy the detector from the faction store.

Han Xiao sold Mutation Source detectors to players and mobilized Planet Aquamarine's forces for a planet-wide search. DarkStar ignored reports of the search while preparing to attack Planet Golden Gate, where Black Star Base was located.

• Han Xiao sold roughly two hundred thousand detectors to players, earning about six hundred thousand Enas, then sent them across Planet Aquamarine to search for the Mutation Source.
• The Six Nations and Goddora joined the search across the planet and its oceans, while Han Xiao monitored the detectors and decided to find the Mutation Source himself.
• A hidden DarkStar team reported Planet Aquamarine's search, but Degulish and DarkStar's intelligence chief dismissed the report as another futile effort.
• Degulish prepared DarkStar's attack on Planet Golden Gate, planning to destroy the planet and its strategic defenses.
• Degulish asserted command over the operation, including Ashes, and announced that the fleets would attack Planet Golden Gate in three days.

Nine-Tailed Fox found the Mutation Source in a beast-filled basin and completed the [Lock On to the Source] mission before dying. Players gathered at the basin to pursue the Mutation Disaster storyline, and Black Star arrived above the horde.

• Nine-Tailed Fox sent a drone with a detector into the beast horde, but the Mutation Source destroyed it before it could lock on.
• The Mutation Source attacked Nine-Tailed Fox, who planted a spare detector in the mud before dying; the detector registered the target and completed his mission.
• The Drizzle Jianghu guild revealed the Mutation Source's coordinates, drawing players from across the Western Continent to the basin.
• Jupiter urged the gathered players to wait for reinforcements rather than provoke the horde, but Black Star's Blacklight Stealth appeared over the basin.

Han Xiao arrived at the beast horde and attacked the Mutation Source, whose powerful healing and damage resistance made it difficult to kill. His attack triggered the final boss mission for the watching players, and Han Xiao set out to claim the first-kill reward.

• Han Xiao leaped from the Blacklight Stealth and landed among the beasts, scattering them with the impact.
• Han Xiao recognized the Mutation Source’s resemblance to the long-dead Germinal leader, then attacked it without answering its questions.
• The Mutation Source healed from Han Xiao’s punch and drove the surrounding beasts into a rage as he studied its formidable abilities.
• The players watching Han Xiao received the Grade B mission [Destroy the Source], and Han Xiao resolved to claim its first-kill reward.

Han Xiao confronted the Mutation Source with his four-thousand-strong Mechanical Beast Guards and weakened it with a Godoran injection, though the dose proved less effective than expected. As factions and people across Planet Aquamarine watched the battle and rushed to support him, Jupiter and the other players considered entering the fight to steal the kill.

• Han Xiao deployed the Mechanical Beast Guards, which halted the beast horde and protected the nearby players.
• Han Xiao attacked the Mutation Source on the mammoth and injected it with a destruction compound, temporarily suppressing its powers and control over the beasts.
• Han Xiao discovered the injection had weakened the Mutation Source by only about a third and prepared to keep fighting it himself.
• Jupiter and the other players saw the horde turn toward Han Xiao's machines and began considering joining the battle to claim the kill.
• Nagokin and Melos gathered forces to support Han Xiao, while Bennett broadcast the battle across the Sanctuary for Aurora, Hila, refugees, and the Six Nations to watch.
• The DarkStar infiltration squad on Planet Aquamarine also discovered the battle between Han Xiao and the Mutation Source.

Han Xiao weakened the Mutation Source with three doses of destruction agent, then killed it after it pleaded to live. With the Mutation Source gone, the beasts regained their senses and fled as Nagokin arrived.

• The DarkStar infiltration squad reported that Han Xiao had injured the Mutation Source, prompting Degulish to demand real-time battlefield updates and reconsider the attack on Planet Golden Gate.
• Han Xiao tracked the fleeing Mutation Source, injected it with the remaining doses of destruction agent, and kept players from stealing his kill by withdrawing his mechanical army’s cover.
• Han Xiao trapped the weakened Mutation Source behind the Halo Array’s shield and explained that its instinct to assimilate other life made its survival a threat to other species.
• As Nagokin’s spaceship approached, the Mutation Source asked Han Xiao to spare it and changed its face into a remembered smile before Han Xiao destroyed it with an energy blast.
• The beasts regained their senses and fled across the battlefield as the rain continued to fall.

Han Xiao destroyed the Mutation Source, ending the Mutation Disaster on Planet Aquamarine and earning the gratitude of its people. After receiving his mission rewards, he used Fording’s luck to draw two powerful talents from the Mutation Source.

• Han Xiao confirmed that the Mutation Source was destroyed, recalled the Mechanical Beast Guards, and sent the mercenaries to collect the battlefield’s materials.
• The players completed the [Mutation Disaster] main storyline, while Planet Aquamarine’s people celebrated their survival and the Six Nations and Bennett praised Black Star.
• Han Xiao received a Perfect mission rating, 2.4 million experience, a Planet Legend point, and the chance to draw two of the Mutation Source’s abilities.
• Han Xiao rubbed Fording for luck, then selected [Intermediate Cell Proliferation Control] and [Medium Energy Absorption] from the available abilities.

After gaining powerful new regenerative and damage-absorbing talents, Han Xiao returned with his forces and planned to bring the players into the interstellar world. DarkStar learned that Black Star had helped Goddora stop the Mutation Disaster and prepared further attacks, including a strike on Planet Golden Gate.

• Han Xiao endured a painful transformation as his new talents toughened his body, let him absorb some resisted damage as energy, and rapidly heal wounds.
• Han Xiao considered the limits of his new durability and energy recovery, then noted that his Mutation Disaster mission remained unsettled while the other disaster planets were still in danger.
• Han Xiao returned with Melos, the players, and the gathered forces, and planned to recruit the players into Black Star after dealing with the remaining problems on Planet Aquamarine.
• DarkStar's executives watched the Mutation Source's destruction, and the leader linked Goddora's research to the missing sample and suspected Dragon Calm and Black Star.
• The DarkStar leader ordered infiltration teams to mature Mutation Sources and cause more damage, then planned to attack Planet Aquamarine and eliminate Black Star once Goddora's escorts departed.
• The DarkStar leader insisted that the attack on Planet Golden Gate would proceed in two days, arguing that Goddora's public celebration of its disaster relief would make the strike especially effective.

DarkStar launched a massive assault on Planet Golden Gate, overwhelming its garrison and trapping civilians on the planet. As the defenders neared collapse, a joint fleet of mercenary groups arrived from Juberly Hub, answering a call connected to Black Star.

• A DarkStar fleet of five motherships and more than a thousand warships attacked Planet Golden Gate from five directions, destroying patrol ship D-3018 and surrounding the planet.
• Degulish ordered relentless bombardment as the Goddora garrison fought defensively behind Vichy Magic Energy Shields and suffered heavy losses.
• Planet Golden Gate's troops sealed the docks to prevent civilians from fleeing, while news broadcasts spread panic across the star system.
• DarkStar fire began striking the planet as the garrison lost nearly two hundred warships and more than ten shields.
• A joint fleet of mercenary groups, including the Sky Ring Alliance, arrived from Juberly Hub and astonished Degulish.
• Gurega ended a call with the director of the Goddora War Bureau and said Black Star had brought them a big job.

After helping Goddora ambush DarkStar’s attack on Planet Golden Gate, Han Xiao sent Resta into a DarkStar mothership to steal intelligence. DarkStar retreated, and Han Xiao received a message that could reveal the organization’s location.

• Han Xiao planned to lead Black Star’s recruited players into the interstellar world while leaving a recruitment route on Planet Aquamarine.
• Han Xiao arranged with Goddora and major mercenary groups to ambush DarkStar at Planet Golden Gate, then asked Resta to infiltrate a DarkStar mothership through the quantum network.
• Resta agreed to help in exchange for Han Xiao’s promise to help Aroshia recover her memories, and Gurega agreed to assist with the infiltration.
• DarkStar’s forces failed to break through the defenders and mercenaries, so Degulish ordered a retreat; the victory restored confidence among the Goddorans.
• Han Xiao waited for news from Resta, then received a message and wondered how much Goddora would pay for the intelligence.

Han Xiao used Resta’s infiltration of a DarkStar mothership to offer Goddora its location, negotiating a major reward in exchange for the intelligence. As DarkStar’s fleet prepared to attack Planet Aquamarine and trap Han Xiao there, the story left the assault imminent.

• Resta infiltrated a DarkStar mothership’s intelligent system and began cracking its database, allowing Han Xiao to uncover its location.
• Han Xiao told Nagokin about the intelligence, and Nagokin brought him before Goddora’s supreme leader, Serre V.
• Han Xiao agreed to provide the intelligence on behalf of Dragon Calm in exchange for warships, access to five kinds of Super knowledge, twenty million Enas, and public recognition if the operation succeeded.
• Degulish led Ashes, Terry, and a DarkStar fleet toward Planet Aquamarine, planning to attack after the Goddora escort fleet left and use Ashes to force Han Xiao to fight.

Han Xiao received word that DarkStar’s mothership was approaching Planet Aquamarine, but the invasion began before reinforcements or evacuations could be organized. As Ashes attacked the sanctuary and targeted Hila and Aurora, Han Xiao faced an immediate fight to protect them.

• Galaxy Times reported that Planet Aquamarine had completed its version 2.0 main storyline and praised Han Xiao’s Black Star Mercenary Group as a promising guiding faction.
• At a sanctuary food stall, Han Xiao learned from Resta that DarkStar’s database had been cracked and a mothership with three Calamity Grade officers was near Planet Aquamarine.
• Han Xiao warned Nagokin, Bennett, and the Six Nations, then ordered residents to seek shelter as DarkStar assault ships began attacking the sanctuary and the Six Nations.
• Han Xiao ordered the base’s defenses activated and mercenaries to intercept the assault ships, but Ashes arrived and killed the stall owner and his family with his ability.
• Ashes challenged Han Xiao and targeted Hila and Aurora, causing their bodies to begin turning to ash.

DarkStar attacked Planet Aquamarine, forcing Han Xiao to hold off Ashes while reinforcements were delayed and the Sanctuary and Six Nations came under fire. After leveling up to strengthen his endurance, Han Xiao sent Nagokin to defend the people and prepared to face Ashes alone, then summoned his mechanical legions as the battle escalated.

• Ashes attacked Hila and Aurora, but Han Xiao interrupted him and Aurora healed their lost limbs before the sisters fled.
• DarkStar's assault triggered emergency missions for Han Xiao and the players as ships attacked Planet Aquamarine and its defenses fought back.
• Han Xiao spent his accumulated experience to reach level 136 and put his free attribute points into Endurance before counterattacking Ashes with his machinery.
• Nagokin arrived to help Han Xiao, but Han Xiao sent him to defend the Sanctuary and support the Six Nations while he kept Ashes occupied.
• Nagokin reported that spatial interference was delaying reinforcements, while Ashes secretly awaited two ambushers to join him.
• Han Xiao called on Phillip to release all the legions, and the Blacklight Stealth dropped barracks crates as Han Xiao linked them with Mechanical Force.

Han Xiao deployed his four mechanical legions and suppressed Ashes, but DarkStar’s reinforcements arrived and revealed the fight had been an ambush. As three Calamity Grades charged through the machines toward him, Han Xiao braced to hold them off.

• Han Xiao unleashed his mechanical legions, which overwhelmed Ashes and forced him to expand his black tide to defend himself.
• Hila watched from the Sanctuary while Nagokin fought DarkStar’s first assault wave and Melos led players to aid the Six Nations.
• DarkStar’s main force arrived, and Degulish and Terry joined Ashes to surround Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao realized the three Calamity Grades were trying to keep him occupied, and he chose to hold them there.
• Terry, Degulish, and Ashes charged through the mechanical legions toward Han Xiao, who prepared to fight them.

The Six Nations and Sanctuary fought DarkStar’s invasion while Han Xiao held off Degulish, Terry, and Ashes. Han Xiao’s regeneration stunned his enemies, but Degulish ordered the mothership to fire its main cannon at him.

• The Six Nations’ forces resisted DarkStar’s assault ships until Sanctuary reinforcements arrived to relieve some of the pressure.
• Nagokin fought DarkStar’s ships near Sanctuary while Han Xiao faced three Calamity Grades away from the base.
• Degulish, Terry, and Ashes destroyed much of Han Xiao’s mechanical army and battered him, but Han Xiao restored the wreckage with Scrap Modification and survived their attacks through rapid regeneration.
• Hundreds of thousands of players charged toward Han Xiao’s battlefield, and Ashes prepared to disintegrate them.
• Degulish ordered the fleet’s temporary commander to aim the mothership’s main cannon at Han Xiao.

Han Xiao tried to escape DarkStar’s mothership main cannon while Degulish, Ashes, and Terry kept him pinned down. With the cannon nearly charged, Han Xiao fortified himself with machines and prepared to take the shot.

• Han Xiao fled toward the Blacklight Stealth, but Degulish struck him into the ground and Ashes and Terry helped prevent his escape.
• Han Xiao escaped Degulish’s grapple by slipping out of the Void Dragon Mechanical Suit, but the three Calamity Grades continued to block him.
• Ashes killed hundreds of thousands of charging players with his ability, leaving Han Xiao unable to rely on them for help.
• Resta warned Han Xiao that the mothership’s cannon was locked on and would fire in 8.6 seconds, so Han Xiao built a defensive fortress and surrounded himself with machines.
• Degulish and the other two withdrew after receiving a signal, while Han Xiao activated [Countershock: Thorns] and braced for the incoming shot.

Han Xiao endured the DarkStar mothership’s main cannon head-on, using his regenerative abilities to survive the barrage. The blast left a massive crater, but Han Xiao emerged alive, stunning allies and enemies alike.

• Han Xiao prepared layered defenses and used [Intermediate Cell Proliferation Control] to keep his health from collapsing under the main cannon’s damage.
• Nagokin saw the DarkStar mothership fire its main cannon at Han Xiao while Degulish, Ashes, and Terry retreated from the blast zone.
• The cannon’s sustained beam carved a huge crater and shook the Sanctuary as players, Bennett, Hila, and the surrounding forces watched in shock.
• After the smoke cleared, Han Xiao climbed out of the crater, shed his charred skin, and used Mechanical Force to cover his lower body.
• Han Xiao grinned and said the cannon had loosened him up, leaving Degulish, Ashes, Terry, Nagokin, Hila, and the players horrified that he had survived.

Han Xiao survived DarkStar’s main cannon and used its threat to stall Degulish, Ashes, and Terry until Goddora’s reinforcements arrived. DarkStar retreated, leaving Planet Aquamarine devastated, while an exhausted Han Xiao ordered Bennett to assess the damage.

• Han Xiao replaced his destroyed equipment with spare mechas and challenged Degulish to fire the main cannon again.
• Degulish, Ashes, and Terry attacked Han Xiao while the cannon charged, and Han Xiao kept switching mechas as they were destroyed.
• Han Xiao used Void Travel to reach Terry just before the second shot, forcing DarkStar’s commander to redirect the cannon and narrowly save Terry.
• Goddora’s fleet arrived, and Degulish ordered DarkStar’s forces to retreat after abandoning the attack on Planet Aquamarine.
• Han Xiao surveyed the ruined Sanctuary, told Bennett to assess casualties and treat the wounded, then collapsed from exhaustion as Nagokin recognized how he had held off DarkStar.

After repelling DarkStar’s attack on Planet Aquamarine, Han Xiao received mission rewards and recognition from Goddora, then began planning to rebuild his forces and prepare for the coming decisive battle. He also saw the disaster as an opportunity to guide players toward the wider universe and advance his next plan.

• Han Xiao completed the Planet Aquamarine Crisis and Assassination Target missions, earned a star system Legend, and unlocked a battle dungeon.
• Goddora’s commander arrived, and Nagokin reported that Han Xiao had fought three Calamity-grade enemies and endured DarkStar’s mothership cannon.
• Han Xiao checked on Hila and Aurora, learned that twelve million people might have died, and promised Bennett he would deal with DarkStar.
• Melos and the mercenary officers visited Han Xiao, who sent them to help with relief work before resting and planning to rebuild his mechanical army and reach Calamity Grade.
• Han Xiao browsed the players’ excited forum posts and decided to use the attack’s publicity to draw them toward the wider universe and advance his plan.

After DarkStar’s attack on Planet Aquamarine, Han Xiao arranged for galactic reporters to visit and publicize the Black Star Mercenary Group’s role in driving the attackers away. He tied Planet Aquamarine to Dragon Calm, and sensationalized reports spread Black Star’s name throughout the Shattered Star Ring.

• Galactic reporters arrived at Planet Aquamarine, but the Goddoran fleet initially stopped them from entering.
• Han Xiao asked Nagokin to arrange their entry, and the reporters learned from the Six Nations and Melos that the Black Star Mercenary Group had helped repel DarkStar.
• Melos described Han Xiao facing three Calamity Grade fighters and surviving a mothership main-cannon blast, then Han Xiao gave the reporters an interview.
• Han Xiao revealed that Planet Aquamarine would become a Black Star Mercenary Group branch base and a base for Dragon Calm’s field forces.
• News channels published reports that exaggerated Han Xiao’s role, and the story spread across the Shattered Star Ring, making Black Star’s name widely known.