Recaps

After the Black Star Army relocated the Subterranean Mutants and resolved Sunil’s crisis, Han Xiao gained a new race of worshippers and strengthened the army’s standing. Over the next two years, the army expanded steadily, reaching one million mercenaries and extending its influence beyond the Garton Star System.

• The Sunils settled their employment contract, raising the Black Star Army’s Mercenary Alliance assessment, while players collected rewards for completing the missions.
• Han Xiao supervised the Subterranean Mutants’ relocation, and the united tribes established a new home and began building a civilization under the Germinal Tribe’s leadership.
• The Subterranean Mutants named themselves the Black Spirit Race, worshipped Han Xiao, and earned him a Race Savior Legend Point and maximum faction favorability.
• Sherinde and other Sunil mercenaries established a training camp at Number Three Base, while the Sunils continued rebuilding and recruiting for the army.
• Planet Aquamarine’s players joined the Black Star Army, bringing its mercenary count to one million as Han Xiao expanded its bases and operations.
• Two years passed as the Black Star Army steadily grew across the Garton Star System and began reaching into nearby systems.

Two years later, players from Long Sky and Jiangcheng visited the Orange Star Relay Station to complete a hidden mission, where their Black Star Army ties protected them from space pirates. They found Ronaldo, who warned of a coming storm in the Shattered Star Ring and gave them a hunting list bearing Black Star’s name.

• Hao Tian, Frenzied Saber, and their teams entered the Orange Star Relay Station, where space pirates backed down after recognizing the Black Star Army emblem and Goddora officers offered their help.
• Two fleeing pirates discussed how the Black Star Army had crushed pirate groups and become feared across nearby star systems.
• The players found the disabled repairman Ronaldo and delivered him a letter; he refused recruitment and spoke of a growing upheaval across the Shattered Star Ring.
• Ronaldo suggested a transcendent force was guiding events, then gave the players a list to pass to Black Star and revealed that Black Star was on it.

Ronaldo warned the Black Star Army that a mysterious group called the Hunters was capturing powerful figures listed on a stolen document, and the players triggered a hidden quest. After capturing Kernid, Hunters Shana and her partner chose Black Star as their next target, with Shana planning to go after him alone.

• Ronaldo told Long Sky and the others that Hunters had captured his Calamity Grade friend and that the incomplete list included Black Star.
• The players triggered the hidden quest [Mysterious Hunting List] and agreed to pass the warning to Black Star.
• Kernid fled through space, but two masked Hunters caught up with him and defeated him with powerful magic and metal manipulation.
• The Hunters captured Kernid, and the man crossed his name off their list.
• Shana selected Black Star as their next target and decided to pursue him alone.

Over two years, Han Xiao expanded the Black Star Army into a major regional mercenary force while improving his machines and combat strength. As he considered the faction’s growth bottleneck and the approaching version update, Sylvia told him that Frenzied Saber, Hao Tian, and their group had arrived with important information.

• Han Xiao sparred with Reynold, testing the new Shapeshifter machine and noting that Reynold was nearing Calamity Grade.
• Reynold reported that the army’s reserves were generally healthy, though three bases faced shortages that were already being addressed.
• Han Xiao reviewed the Black Star Army’s expansion and concluded that its mercenary business had reached a limit, eventually requiring transformation into a semi-private armed force.
• Han Xiao examined his status and reflected on his growing combat power, stored experience, and preparations for the long version update.
• Sylvia informed Han Xiao that Frenzied Saber, Hao Tian, and their group wanted to see him with important information.

Frenzied Saber and the other players warned Han Xiao that a mysterious group of powerful hunters had placed him on a target list, while Han Xiao identified the Crimson Dynasty as the force behind the Shattered Star Ring’s growing turmoil. The Amethyst Civilization then hired him for a covert fleet-extermination mission, offering a chance to earn its trust and eventually gain access to cutting-edge Mechanic knowledge.

• Frenzied Saber gave Han Xiao a hunting list that included his name, and Han Xiao decided to investigate the listed targets’ whereabouts and remain on guard.
• Frenzied Saber asked about the Shattered Star Ring’s disturbances, and Han Xiao identified the Crimson Dynasty as their cause.
• Han Xiao issued Frenzied Saber, Hao Tian, Meat Bun, and the others a generous mission and saw them leave satisfied.
• Sylvia told Han Xiao that the Amethyst Civilization wanted to hire him, and Laifer explained that the job was to destroy a disguised fleet and warn the force behind it.
• Han Xiao suspected the fleet was connected to Krent and accepted the mission after Laifer offered payment and the possibility of future cutting-edge knowledge.

Han Xiao joined an Amethyst Civilization operation to intercept a disguised intelligence fleet and unveiled his newly improved Ship Breaker colossus mech in battle. He destroyed an enemy battleship, leaving Jayn and Gadeli overshadowed as the fight continued.

• Han Xiao arrived at the assembly point, met Dotter, Jayn, and Gadeli, and learned that the operation would intercept a fleet in the Thousand Lights Star System.
• Dotter mentioned that Kernid, the Deep Purple Warlock, had gone missing, and Han Xiao recognized the name from a hunting list.
• Captain Bright's disguised fleet was attacked in the Ninth Star Zone after transmitting intelligence about the Colton Star Cluster.
• Han Xiao deployed his third-generation Ship Breaker colossus mech and piloted it into the enemy barrage.
• Han Xiao disabled an enemy ship's shield and sliced the vessel in half with the mech's thermal chainsaw, astonishing Jayn and Gadeli.

Han Xiao and his allies destroyed Bright's fleet, then accepted an invitation to join the Amethyst Civilization's planned secret faction, Section Zero. Before they could regroup, the Calamity Grade Shana attacked, targeting Han Xiao with powers that severely countered Mechanics.

• Han Xiao piloted the Third-Generation Ship Breaker alongside Jayn and Gadeli, wiping out Bright's forces and completing the mission for Dotter.
• Dotter praised the group, paid them, and invited them to join the Amethyst Civilization's upcoming secret faction, which Han Xiao recognized as Section Zero.
• Han Xiao, Jayn, and Gadeli agreed to consider joining, while Han Xiao weighed the benefits and risks of the coming secret war.
• Shana arrived in a one-person spaceship, identified Han Xiao, and attacked the group without warning.
• Shana destroyed ships and Gadeli's weapon with her metal and magnetic-field manipulation, forcing Han Xiao to evade her attacks without using a mech.

Han Xiao and two Calamity Grade allies fought Shana, a metal-controlling esper sent to capture him, but her power over the planet’s underground metal overwhelmed them. Han Xiao revealed that he had secretly prepared orbital fire support, and fifty satellite cannon strikes engulfed Shana in a massive explosion.

• Han Xiao ordered Resta to escape Shana’s metal control and fought her in the mostly nonmetallic Void Dragon Mechanical Suit while Jayn and Gadeli joined the battle.
• Han Xiao triggered the hidden Grade A chain mission Prey, which required him to repel Shana and offered experience and a chance to gain one of her skills or talents.
• Shana drew metal from underground to form giant serpents, trapped Gadeli in a compressed sphere, and then captured Jayn despite his powerful vibrations.
• Shana turned to capture Han Xiao, but he revealed that Resta had deployed fifty Eyes of Divine Might orbital cannons and unleashed their energy strikes on her.

Han Xiao drove Shana off with a brutal combination of orbital strikes and close-range attacks, while Gadeli helped stop her escape from the planet. He let her flee so he could track her mysterious organization, and completed the first stage of the hidden Grade A mission [Prey].

• Han Xiao used an orbital salvo, Void Jets, and a berserk attack to badly injure Shana, then bombarded her with a second salvo and missiles.
• Shana fled toward space to dismantle Han Xiao's satellite cannons, but Gadeli struck her with an orbital sniper cannon and helped the Blacklight Stealth escape her ability's range.
• Shana summoned a metal snake to hold Han Xiao back and escaped in a spaceship, while Han Xiao placed an Observation Mark on her before she left.
• Han Xiao decided to track Shana's organization and produce machines resistant to magnetic-field manipulation, then received the first-stage completion reward for [Prey].

After Shana escaped, Han Xiao returned to the Black Star Army and claimed a reward for completing the first stage of [Prey]. He left the story with five adjusted abilities from Shana to choose between, while an unseen observer tracked her toward her base.

• Han Xiao told Jayn and Gadeli that Shana had escaped, asked the Amethyst Civilization to investigate her, and invited the two leaders to join the Black Star Army, but they declined.
• Han Xiao offered Jayn and Gadeli a ride to a port planet after their ships and forces were destroyed in the battle.
• Shana treated her injuries and told Eilet that she had failed to capture Han Xiao; Eilet ordered her to lie low and return to headquarters, while a giant eyeball secretly followed her.
• Han Xiao returned to Planet Golden Gate, rubbed Fording for luck, and claimed the first-stage [Prey] reward.
• Han Xiao drew five adjusted abilities from Shana and considered the selection average.

Han Xiao chose the growing talent [Super Electromagnetic Induction] and prepared to counter Shana's abilities while seeking cutting-edge knowledge to advance his class. Meanwhile, Laifer worked to build an alliance against Krent and announced that the Amethyst Civilization's new coalition would be called Section Zero.

• Han Xiao selected [Super Electromagnetic Induction], raising his mechanical affinity bonus by 120%.
• Han Xiao used the Observation Mark to watch Shana and Eilet, then began preparing nonmetallic machinery and a device to counter Shana's magnetic abilities.
• Han Xiao considered how to obtain cutting-edge knowledge to complete his [Galaxy Mechanic] advancement mission, hoping the Amethyst Civilization would establish Section Zero.
• Laifer rejected the 173 proposed partners as insufficient to counter Krent and its ally War Realm, and ordered his agents to recruit more forces.
• Laifer announced that the agency's coalition would be named Secret Service, Section Zero.

Krent recruited Heber and the War Realm to lead a secret war against the Amethyst Civilization, while Shana’s organization decided to capture Black Star. Han Xiao learned of the planned attack through the Observation Mark and prepared to turn Shana’s participation to his advantage.

• A Krent envoy asked Heber to lead the War Realm in a secret invasion of the Colton Star Cluster, and Heber agreed.
• Shana returned to headquarters and was assigned to guard it after her failure exposed her face.
• Albert ordered Eilet and Adrian to capture Black Star, and allowed Shana to join them because her ability countered him.
• Han Xiao watched the organization’s meeting through the Observation Mark and learned that all three were coming after him.
• Han Xiao judged that the trio could capture him, but realized Shana’s presence would let him track their movements as he planned his response.

Han Xiao planned to lure Shana’s trio back to their headquarters so he could capture all six enemies and rescue their prisoners at once. He secretly contacted the factions backing the missing experts to recruit help, while Shana’s group prepared to infiltrate the Black Star Army and ambush him.

• Han Xiao rejected attacking the enemy headquarters or splitting his forces, deciding instead to drive Shana’s trio away so they would return with the other three enemies.
• Han Xiao contacted Laifer and offered a way to help Section Zero recruit more experts.
• Han Xiao contacted Kemas and the Star Beast Organization’s deputy leader, claiming he might know where their missing experts Kernid and Gorila were.
• Han Xiao called factions across the Shattered Star Ring to gather allies while Shana, Eilet, and Adrian traveled toward the Black Star Army headquarters.
• Shana’s trio planned to disguise themselves as mercenaries, restrain Han Xiao, and let Shana imprison him in a surprise attack.

Han Xiao recruited Ames and Goddoran allies to help him turn the coming attack into a chance to strengthen Dragon Calm’s influence. When Shana, Eilet, and Adrian infiltrated his base, players exposed them by attacking their red-name markers, and Han Xiao’s ambush forced the trio to face several Grade A opponents.

• Han Xiao asked Ames to command the gathered forces during a future strike on the mysterious organization’s headquarters, and she agreed to help.
• Han Xiao found that Hila had advanced to Grade B and Aurora’s healing ability had grown stronger after two years of training under Ames.
• Han Xiao waited at a Black Star base on a Goddoran colony planet for Shana and her companions, intending to repel them and improve his standing with players.
• Eilet and Adrian infiltrated the base under disguise, but the players noticed their red names and opened fire, exposing them.
• Han Xiao confronted Eilet and Adrian as Shana joined the fight, then Nagokin and two other Goddoran Grade A executives emerged from hiding.
• Eilet, Adrian, and Shana assessed the four Grade A opponents and prepared to fight their way out.

Han Xiao let Eilet and his companions escape so he could track them to their secret base, then gathered the forces whose experts they had abducted to launch a combined attack. Eilet’s group returned to their base believing the danger had passed, unaware that Han Xiao’s overwhelming force was approaching.

• Han Xiao and Nagokin fought Eilet, Adrian, and Shana, then let the trio escape through Eilet’s teleportation portal while secretly marking them with Observation Mark.
• Eilet, Adrian, and Shana returned to their spaceship and decided to put Black Star on their deferred list and avoid operations for several years.
• Han Xiao tracked the trio to their headquarters and summoned the forces whose experts had gone missing to an uninhabited planet near the desolate cosmic belt.
• Han Xiao told the assembled forces that their missing companions were being held at the enemy headquarters and prepared to lead a joint assault, bringing players along to record the campaign.
• Albert ordered Eilet and the others to stay at their secret base and leave Black Star alone, unaware that Han Xiao’s forces were coming.

Kernid and the other captured powerhouses faced being transferred away from the Shattered Star Ring, while Lagi deepened their despair with grim predictions. Black Star and the Dragon Emperor attacked the captors’ headquarters with a fleet, and the defenders’ attempt to escape failed when a mage countered Eilet’s teleportation spell.

• Kernid woke in the captors’ prison, where Shana, Albert, and Eilet counted the prisoners and Albert warned they would be sent away forever.
• Lagi told the prisoners they would probably be dissected and displayed, prompting them to tell him to shut up.
• A tremendous crash shook the prison, and Albert and his companions discovered Black Star and the Dragon Emperor tearing their hidden headquarters from the ground.
• Albert ordered Eilet to prepare a teleportation spell while the six defenders faced the arriving attackers.
• Han Xiao summoned a fleet and Calamity Grade forces to surround the defenders, then ordered an attack; a red-robed mage countered Eilet’s teleportation spell before it could form.

Han Xiao led a crushing assault that captured Albert and the other five, then allowed them to blame Krent while he pursued the real mastermind privately. Rescuing the prisoners won him new allies, strengthened Amethyst’s coalition, and brought Lagi into the Black Star Army.

• Han Xiao’s forces overwhelmed Albert and the other five, captured them, and rescued the prisoners held at their headquarters.
• Albert claimed Krent had ordered the kidnappings, and Han Xiao pretended to believe him while letting the accusation spread.
• The rescued captives thanked Han Xiao, improved their relations with the Black Star Army, and helped some forces agree to join Section Zero against Krent.
• Most independent Grade A Supers declined Han Xiao’s invitation, but Lagi joined the Black Star Army after Han Xiao welcomed him.

Han Xiao’s operation strengthened his alliances, damaged Krent’s standing, and delayed the War Realm’s plans, but Iso’s interrogation linked the attack to the powerful Ancient Ones. Han Xiao remained unsure who had targeted him and faced a decision about what to do with the six prisoners.

• Han Xiao welcomed Lagi as the Black Star Army’s first high-end Grade A combatant and formed new partnerships with the Star Beast Organization and other rescued allies.
• News of Han Xiao’s operation spread through the Shattered Star Ring, boosting Dragon Calm’s reputation and bringing condemnation and strategic trouble to Krent.
• Aboard the Blacklight Stealth, Han Xiao extracted the prisoners’ Esper Genes and had Iso interrogate Albert and his five companions.
• Iso revealed that the attack was connected to the Ancient Ones, though Albert denied that they were his masters.
• Han Xiao recognized the danger of provoking the Ancient Ones and considered killing the six prisoners as Eilet trembled at his killing intent.

After eliminating Albert and the other Hunters, Han Xiao returned to the Black Star Army and turned his attention to the upcoming second professional league. Seeing the league as both a chance to boost Huaxia’s standing and a major business opportunity, he prepared to travel to the tournament venues and sell supplies to players.

• Han Xiao killed Albert and the other five Hunters, learned that a powerful member of the Ancient Ones was behind them, and received Iso’s prediction that the threat would pause for now.
• Han Xiao brought Lagi to Number One Base, introduced him to the officers, and left him without a position while he settled in.
• Han Xiao watched Galaxy Times explain the second league’s divisions, survival matches, qualification rounds, and international championship format.
• The captains of Dynasty, Temple, Fish-Fragrant Eggplant, and Long Sky declared their championship ambitions, while Frenzied Saber set a more modest goal for his team.
• Han Xiao decided that the league could attract future players to the Black Star Army and increase equipment sales, so he planned to take a fleet to the venues and begin preparations ten days before the event.

Han Xiao brought the Black Star Army fleet to the league planet, where players competed in the second league and used his supply station. The qualifiers ended with Maple Moon becoming a dark horse, while the Amethyst Civilization mistakenly concluded that Han Xiao had gathered his mercenaries to train them for the Secret War.

• Han Xiao arrived at the competition planet with a fleet and supplies, telling players he had come to investigate the gathering and stayed to watch their tournament.
• The second league began, and qualifiers filled the forums as teams and individual contestants fought for regular-season places.
• The qualifiers ended with new teams appearing in the Shattered Star Ring roster, and Maple Moon qualified for the individual competition using a budget Void Dragon Mechanical Suit.
• Han Xiao earned substantial income from selling equipment and gene potions to players and club teams during the qualifiers.
• Amethyst Civilization officers discussed the gathering of Black Star Army mercenaries, and Laifer confidently claimed Han Xiao was training his troops for the Secret War.

Han Xiao upgraded his Tenacious Life talent after receiving rare biological potions, while Manison dispatched a new squad to continue capturing targets in the Shattered Star Ring. Stefan and nine others prepared to replace Albert’s failed team and pursue the escaped prey.

• Han Xiao watched the player league regular season, where Frenzied Saber's Jiangcheng team placed second and Maple Moon finished thirty-eighth in the individual competition.
• The Star Beast Organization delivered rare creature potions, and Han Xiao injected them until Intermediate Tenacious Life upgraded to Advanced Tenacious Life.
• Han Xiao celebrated his increased health and new combat effect, anticipating that he could take on the War Realm’s vanguard officers during the coming Secret War.
• At the Ancestral Land of Shadows, a man informed Manison that Albert had failed and the squad in the Shattered Star Ring had been wiped out.
• Manison sent ten new agents through the black mirror, and Stefan recalled his orders to continue Albert’s mission and capture the escaped prey.

Dynasty crushed Tulip in the International All-Star Tournament’s opening match, then advanced through the divisional finals to qualify for the international regular season. The Shattered Star Ring’s top four were set, and Frenzied Saber’s Jiangcheng prepared to face Rainstorm while Dynasty met Long Sky for the divisional championship.

• Dynasty dominated Tulip in both the team battle and arena match, surprising viewers who had expected the reigning champions to put up a fight.
• Dynasty’s victory drew intense attention and pressure as Huaxia’s viewers began treating the team as their home representatives.
• Long Sky defeated Fish-Fragrant Eggplant, while Dynasty beat Nine Gates, Jiangcheng narrowly defeated Madman, and Rainstorm upset Temple to reach the divisional top four.
• Dynasty, Long Sky, Jiangcheng, and Rainstorm qualified for the international regular season, leaving Fish-Fragrant Eggplant, Madman, Temple, and Nine Gates eliminated.
• The divisional championship matchups were set: Dynasty faced Long Sky, while Frenzied Saber’s Jiangcheng faced Rainstorm.

After Dynasty won the division championship, Han Xiao expanded the Black Star Army and sent Lagi to support a Sky Ring squad facing a Calamity Grade enemy. The international regular season then began, and Dynasty’s clashes with teams that teamed up against it sparked a furious forum backlash before Kings and Generals openly challenged them all ahead of the finals.

• Dynasty defeated Jiangcheng in the division final, while Jiangcheng took runner-up and Long Sky finished third.
• Han Xiao used his profits to prepare the Black Star Army for the coming Secret War and ordered Lagi to rescue a Sky Ring squad in the Feven Star System.
• During the international break, Li Ge sparred with qualified Huaxia teams, and reporters heard rival teams declare they would defeat Dynasty.
• The international regular season began with Dynasty and Jiangcheng in Group B, Long Sky in Group A, and Rainstorm in Group C.
• Dynasty led the standings at first, but other teams repeatedly teamed up against it in survival matches, drawing angry protests from Huaxia players.
• Kings and Generals dismissed the controversy and vowed to teach every opponent a lesson in the finals.

Jiangcheng gambled everything on its final regular-season match, and Frenzied Saber’s Han Xiao Character Card helped the team advance to the international top eight. Huaxia placed three teams in the finals, while Han Xiao turned his attention to Lagi, who had reached the mercenary squad’s distress location.

• Frenzied Saber told Jiangcheng that it had to defeat Kimchi by a wide margin and rely on Long Sky to keep Yamata’s points low, so he planned to spend every Ability Potion and use his Black Star Character Card.
• Jiangcheng barely won its team battle against Kimchi, then Frenzied Saber used dozens of Ability Potions and defeated five opponents in the arena before losing; Xie Xiaojian beat the remaining players.
• Long Sky overwhelmed Yamata, allowing Jiangcheng to advance by two points and giving Huaxia three of the eight finals spots alongside Dynasty and Long Sky.
• The finals bracket paired Dynasty against Jiangcheng and Long Sky against Kimchi, while Han Xiao observed that Lagi had reached the location where the Sky Ring mercenary squad had requested help.

Lagi rescued Goya’s squad from Getolod and revealed himself as a powerful Calamity Grade officer of the Black Star Army. Meanwhile, Long Sky defeated Devil to win the second season’s championship for Huaxia.

• Goya and her surviving Sky Ring squad members fled Bullseye’s forces and called for Black Star Army reinforcements.
• Getolod destroyed their aircraft and ordered his forces to attack, but Lagi froze the battlefield with Space-Time Mystic Arts and destroyed the enemy aircraft.
• Getolod escaped after Lagi broke his confidence, and Lagi escorted Goya and her squad to safety; Han Xiao recognized Lagi’s strength.
• Long Sky defeated Dynasty in the semifinals, while Devil defeated Swedish Battle Axe to reach the final.
• Long Sky beat Devil three to two in the final, winning the world championship and sending Huaxia’s players into celebration.