Recaps

After Huaxia teams’ success in the Galaxy League, Han Xiao prepared the Black Star Army for the ten-year gap before version 3.0 and attended Section Zero’s founding. The version 2.0 update began as players logged out, while Stefan arrived in the Shattered Star Ring.

• Huaxia teams celebrated their strong Galaxy League results, and Han Xiao anticipated that their success would attract more players to the Black Star Army in version 3.0.
• Han Xiao considered the dangers and opportunities facing the Black Star Army during the ten-year update, including Krent’s Secret War and competition for new players.
• Laifer summoned Han Xiao to Scimitar, where he declared Section Zero officially established to resist the War Realm’s invasion of Colton.
• Hao Tian invited Frenzied Saber, Li Ge, and other professional teams to celebrate together before players logged out at Black Star Number One Base.
• Han Xiao received notice that the version 2.0 update had begun and reflected on the ten years ahead.
• Stefan arrived in the Shattered Star Ring aboard a spaceship.

Han Xiao planned the Black Star Army’s development after the Inhumans disappeared and prepared to join the Secret War on Amethyst’s side. The war began when War Realm invaded Colton, and Han Xiao received a Grade S mission that could last ten years.

• Han Xiao planned to strengthen the Black Star Army by expanding its training, fleet, recruitment, and high-ranking fighters while earning merit for Section Zero.
• Han Xiao reduced the army’s commissions, ordered its factories to build small ships, recruited more fighters, and warned his senior officers to prepare for war.
• Reynold announced that he had advanced to Grade A, giving the Black Star Army three Calamity Grade fighters alongside Han Xiao and Lagi.
• War Realm invaded the Colton Star Cluster, beginning the Secret War, and Amethyst ordered Section Zero to deploy.
• Han Xiao received the Grade S Secret War mission, recognized that he had triggered the main storyline ten years before the players, and ordered Phillip to gather the troops.

War Realm’s vanguard established a bridgehead in the West Wind Star System, and Section Zero assembled its forces to attack. Han Xiao joined the allied army and received orders to hold back the enemy flank as the battle began.

• Jorde briefed War Realm’s vanguard on occupying uninhabited planets, while Frothers Slot declared that he intended to kill Black Star.
• Austin divined that Han Xiao was connected to one of his forbidden sorcerers and sent sorcerers to retrieve that person.
• Han Xiao arrived in the West Wind Star System with three hundred warships and joined Section Zero’s allied forces.
• At the pre-battle meeting, Han Xiao was assigned to hold back War Realm’s flank and agreed to help Sevitt disrupt the enemy’s main force if he could.
• Han Xiao warned his officers to protect themselves, and a day later Section Zero’s allied forces advanced toward War Realm’s planetary stronghold.

Han Xiao led Team Seven in Section Zero’s assault on the War Realm, destroying an enemy flagship and gaining the upper hand in their local battle. He was ordered to retreat after the alliance’s main force was crushed, while Fosters noted that Black Star had been spared the slaughter on the frontal battlefield.

• Han Xiao directed Team Seven to pin down a War Realm fleet as Section Zero launched its assault on the fortress planet.
• Han Xiao contested two Grade A Virtual Mechanics while the fleets exchanged fire and Myriad Beast Soldiers boarded ships; Lagi helped rescue Melos’s vessel.
• Han Xiao piloted the Berserk Ape with Lagi and three other Calamity Grades into the enemy formation, where they killed its lone Calamity Grade and destroyed its main ship.
• Team Seven gained the advantage, but Han Xiao received orders to retreat after the War Realm defeated Section Zero’s main force, destroying over two thousand ships and killing eight of its fifteen Calamity Grades.
• On the burning Arc Light Organization ship, Hunting Blade killed Sevitt, and Fosters remarked that Black Star had not been on the frontal battlefield.

After Section Zero’s defeat, Han Xiao assessed his losses and recognized that the War Realm was targeting its Grade A fighters to exploit the alliance’s disunity. He offered to hold off all eight enemy vanguard officers in the next battle in exchange for advanced Mechanic knowledge, and Laifer agreed.

• Han Xiao learned that Section Zero’s main force had suffered heavy casualties, while his own fleet lost only thirty-four warships and no high-level combatants.
• Han Xiao spoke with Laifer about the War Realm’s strategy of killing Section Zero’s Grade A fighters and learned that reinforcements would arrive before the next attack.
• Han Xiao volunteered to join the main battlefield and hold off all eight War Realm vanguard officers.
• Han Xiao demanded advanced knowledge for the Mechanic Class in exchange for taking the risk, and Laifer agreed.
• Lagi offered to collect Han Xiao’s corpse, but Han Xiao asked him to keep jinxing him.

After Section Zero’s first defeat, its allied forces hesitated to risk their Calamity Grade experts in another assault, while Han Xiao volunteered to face the War Realm’s vanguard. As the second battle turned against Section Zero, Han Xiao confronted Fosters and deployed his mechanical army, standing alone against the eight officers.

• Jorde praised the War Realm vanguard’s first victory, and Fosters asked to hunt down Han Xiao to provoke Ames into drawing Heber into the Secret War.
• After suffering casualties, the Arc Light Organization and other allied forces resisted joining another frontal assault, while Han Xiao volunteered and kept his troops out of the most dangerous fighting.
• Section Zero launched its second attack after reinforcements arrived, but its Calamity Grade experts avoided the eight vanguard officers as they tore through the fleet.
• Laifer urged Han Xiao to intervene, and Han Xiao revealed himself before the vanguard officers and challenged them to attack.
• Fosters charged Han Xiao and punched through his giant mechanical fist, but Han Xiao released hundreds of thousands of machines and challenged all eight officers to fight him.

Han Xiao used his mechanical army and evasive abilities to keep Fosters occupied, until all eight War Realm vanguard officers joined the fight and destroyed nearly the entire army. Han Xiao then endured their combined assault without dying, leaving Section Zero’s onlookers wondering whether the Undying Body title was true.

• Fosters attacked Han Xiao with an External Wave, but the Oathkeepers stopped it while Han Xiao’s mechanical army opened fire.
• Han Xiao evaded Fosters’s attempts to reach him and used his machines to drain Fosters’s energy while repairing damaged units.
• Fosters called in the other seven vanguard officers, and together they devastated Han Xiao’s mechanical army.
• With less than a tenth of his army left, Han Xiao stayed to face all eight officers instead of retreating.
• The eight officers battered Han Xiao until his mechanical suit shattered, but his body remained intact, shocking them and the watching Grade A powerhouses.

Han Xiao held off the Tyrant’s eight vanguard officers and survived their combined Star Shattering Fists, proving his strength to Section Zero. Though Section Zero retreated after losing the larger battle, Han Xiao returned as a celebrated powerhouse, while Fosters and the others let him go.

• Han Xiao fought off the eight vanguard officers, who changed tactics and tried to overwhelm his regenerative abilities with sustained attacks.
• As Han Xiao’s strength rose during the battle, Fosters unleashed Star Shattering Fist, and all eight officers struck him with the move.
• Han Xiao survived the combined blast by switching forms and using his defensive abilities, then restored himself with Aurora’s [Life Returns] character card.
• Section Zero ordered a retreat after losing ground on the main battlefield, and Han Xiao rejoined its fleet without the exhausted Fosters pursuing him.
• Section Zero’s fleet welcomed Han Xiao back, and those who witnessed the fight recognized that he had become a major powerhouse.

After holding off War Realm’s eight vanguard officers, Han Xiao earned the Star Cluster Legend [Undying Body] and secured advanced Mechanic knowledge from Laifer. He withdrew from the Secret War to rebuild his army, while the battle’s reports led major powers to identify him as a Beyond Grade A candidate.

• Han Xiao regrouped with his troops, earned the [Undying Body] Star Cluster Legend, and completed the tactical mission.
• Han Xiao told Laifer he needed to withdraw temporarily, and Laifer approved his leave in exchange for his return after recovery.
• Han Xiao advised Section Zero to conserve its strength and wait until War Realm spread its forces thin; Laifer agreed to pass the proposal to headquarters.
• Laifer sent Han Xiao a list of advanced Mechanic knowledge, and Han Xiao chose [Exotic Energy] from the energy branch.
• Han Xiao returned to the Garton Star System with the Black Star Army as the other Section Zero members watched them depart.
• Reports of Han Xiao facing eight vanguard officers prompted major organizations to reassess his strength and recommend him for the Shattered Star Ring Beyond Grade A Seed Watchlist.

After Han Xiao’s victory made him famous as a Beyond Grade A seed, major powers changed their plans around him and rumors exaggerated his potential. Back at his base, Han Xiao learned Exotic Energy and advanced to the Truth Mechanic class.

• Heber dismissed concerns about Black Star and insisted that no potential rival threatened him while he led War Realm.
• Amethyst officials agreed to invest more in Han Xiao, raise the Black Star Army’s status, and protect him as rumors spread that he would become the Shattered Star Ring’s fifth Beyond Grade A.
• Aurora told Hila that Han Xiao was rumored to be nearing Beyond Grade A, prompting Hila to return to training while Ames admired her determination.
• Han Xiao returned to his base, received improved cooperation and compensation from the Goddora and Amethyst civilizations, and ordered replacements for his losses.
• Han Xiao learned Exotic Energy, fulfilled the requirements for a class change, and became a level-one Truth Mechanic.

After advancing to Truth Mechanic and reaching level 180, Han Xiao gained abilities that greatly strengthened his mechanical creations and raised his combat power. He received a trial mission to earn 50 points by defeating Calamity Grade opponents, then secluded himself to rebuild his mechanical army using Psionic Energy reactors.

• Han Xiao reviewed his new Truth Mechanic abilities, including talents and skills that enhanced mechanical creations, energy output, and virtual technology.
• Han Xiao spent experience to raise his class and overall level to 180, upgraded his Exotic Energy knowledge, and received the Trial of the Strong advancement mission.
• Han Xiao noted that sparring with Calamity Grade allies could earn the required trial points and planned to complete the mission after rebuilding his army.
• Han Xiao handed Black Star Army affairs to Melos and the others, then began rebuilding his mechanical army with Psionic Energy reactors.
• Han Xiao prepared to extract primordial Psionic Energy particles, a process he could safely perform as a Calamity Grade Mechanic with Exotic Energy knowledge.

Han Xiao tested a Psionic Energy reactor, upgraded his Mad Ape suit, and rebuilt his mechanical army while the Secret War spread across three border star systems. As War Realm fortified its bridgehead and prepared a stargate for reinforcements, Han Xiao stayed away from the fighting until unexpected visitors arrived at his base.

• Han Xiao installed a Psionic Energy reactor in the Mad Ape suit and tested its upgraded weapons, shield, and Psionic Energy Wave.
• Han Xiao upgraded his military production, built new machinery, and completed a mechanical army of more than a million soldiers.
• War Realm’s vanguard armies seized strongholds in the West Wind, Kaya, and Chaida star systems, while Section Zero struggled to stop their advance.
• Krent’s forces began building a teleportation stargate to bring reinforcements and supplies into Colton, and Section Zero shifted toward harassment and conserving its strength.
• Han Xiao spent Amethyst’s ten million Enas on expanding the Black Star Army and planned to stay out of the war while finishing his advancement mission.
• Han Xiao was about to spar with Lagi when several uninvited guests arrived at his base.

Austin sent Desoro and two Forbidden Sorcerers to retrieve Lagi, who revealed that he had once been Austin’s fourth disciple and the commander of the Forbidden Sorcerers. Lagi agreed to return to settle matters with Austin, while Han Xiao arranged a spar with the visiting mages; meanwhile, Stefan watched Planet Aquamarine and prepared to carry out her plan.

• Desoro told Han Xiao that Austin had ordered them to take Lagi back, and Han Xiao agreed to let Lagi decide whether to go.
• Lagi revealed that he had served as Austin’s fourth disciple and Forbidden Sorcerer commander before being expelled for an unspecified mistake.
• Lagi chose to return with Desoro to clear things up with Austin and avoid causing Han Xiao trouble.
• Han Xiao challenged Desoro and the other Forbidden Sorcerers to spar, then added Lagi to the challenge.
• Stefan watched Planet Aquamarine from a stealth spaceship and said she would proceed with her plan.

Three years after the Mutation Disaster, Planet Aquamarine had rapidly developed, with Black Star City becoming its largest metropolis. Stefan and nine other Calamity Grade shadows planned to lure Han Xiao back to his home planet and capture him, while Han Xiao tested his new Mountain Ape suit and mechanical army in a spar against Desoro.

• Bennett established a new government with Black Star City as its capital, making it Planet Aquamarine's seventh nation.
• Stefan studied Black Star City and decided to use an attack on Planet Aquamarine to lure Han Xiao into an ambush.
• Han Xiao and Desoro began sparring on an uninhabited planet, where Han Xiao used his Mountain Ape suit to blast Desoro's summoned colossus and rush him with Psionic Energy.
• Desoro recovered from Han Xiao's attacks and summoned creatures while casting buffs, but Han Xiao deployed twenty-two barracks boxes and unleashed his mechanical army.
• Han Xiao's mechanical army overwhelmed Desoro's summons and swarmed Desoro.

Han Xiao defeated Desoro and three other Forbidden Sorcerers in spars, demonstrating the strength of his upgraded mechanical army and earning trial points. After Lagi departed with the others, Han Xiao saw that he had triggered the third link of the Prey mission.

• Han Xiao's Psionic Energy-powered mechanical army overwhelmed Desoro's summons and forced him to surrender the spar.
• Han Xiao challenged the other three Forbidden Sorcerers, who also surrendered, and gained trial points from the fights.
• Han Xiao assessed his combat strengths and weaknesses, then offered Lagi a future deputy commander position.
• Han Xiao placed an Observation Mark on Lagi as Lagi departed with Desoro and the other two sorcerers.
• Han Xiao checked his advancement progress and was startled when the third link of the Prey mission appeared.

Han Xiao learned that a new Hunter squad was targeting him and sought help predicting or preparing for its attack. After Iso’s vague vision and Ames’s refusal to assist, Bennett warned him that the Six Nations had declared war on Black Star City.

• Han Xiao received the third-ring mission to counter a new Hunter squad and decided to search for clues about the hidden enemies.
• Han Xiao asked Iso to foresee the Hunters’ plans, but Iso saw only a vague vision of Han Xiao being swallowed by darkness.
• Ames refused Han Xiao’s request for help, believing he needed to overcome the danger himself.
• As Han Xiao left Dragon Calm, Bennett sent him an urgent message, and Han Xiao suspected Planet Aquamarine’s crisis was connected to the mission.
• The day before, Bennett learned that the Six Nations had all declared war on Black Star City.

After learning that the Six Nations had declared war on Planet Aquamarine, Han Xiao suspected the new Hunters were using the crisis to lure him into an ambush. He sought help from Amethyst and Goddora before returning to the planet, and both agreed to send support.

• Bennett told Han Xiao that the Six Nations had declared war on his nation and rejected his attempts to contact their leaders.
• Han Xiao realized the Hunters were likely exploiting the Six Nations to draw him back to Planet Aquamarine, where they planned to ambush him.
• Han Xiao contacted Laifer and explained that suspicious Hunters were threatening his home planet, hinting that Krent was behind them.
• Laifer agreed to ask the Amethyst Civilization to send high-level combatants to help Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao contacted Serre V, who agreed to Goddora's support, and Han Xiao headed to an uninhabited asteroid near Planet Aquamarine to rendezvous.

Gu Hui was imprisoned after opposing the Six Nations’ sudden declaration of war on Black Star, while Stefan’s hidden squad prepared an ambush amid widespread unrest. Han Xiao returned to Planet Aquamarine with six Calamity Grade reinforcements and planned to draw out the Hunters by visiting the Six Nations’ leaders.

• Gu Hui recalled that the national leader had proposed war against Black Star City and that officials who opposed the decision had been arrested.
• Stefan watched riots spread through a Six Nations city and said her group would stay hidden until Black Star returned.
• Han Xiao met six Calamity Grade reinforcements, including Vilton and Nagokin, and assigned them to wait near Planet Aquamarine while he acted as bait.
• Han Xiao sparred with the six reinforcements, raising his advancement mission progress from 24/50 to 46/50.
• Han Xiao returned to Black Star City, where Bennett told him the Six Nations were preparing a missile strike and had arrested officials who opposed the war.
• Han Xiao said he would visit the Six Nations’ leaders and unite the divided civilization while discreetly considering that the Hunters might be watching.

Han Xiao confronted the Six Nations after discovering that Hunters had altered their leaders’ memories, then used Observation Marks to track the hidden enemy. After the Six Nations withdrew their declarations of war, they launched missiles at Black Star City the next day, exposing an enemy who had altered the leaders again.

• Han Xiao flew to Stardragon’s capital, where civilians welcomed him, then dismantled the military force deployed outside the Dragon Horn Building and confronted Stardragon’s leader.
• Han Xiao discovered that the Six Nations’ officials had a Memory Alteration status, placed an Observation Mark on Stardragon’s leader, and forced him to stop the declaration of war and release the arrested officials.
• Han Xiao visited the other five countries, persuaded their leaders to back down, marked them, and returned to Black Star City to wait for the hidden enemy.
• The Six Nations withdrew their declarations of war, then launched intercontinental missiles at Black Star City the following day; the city’s defenses intercepted them without casualties.
• Han Xiao used an Observation Mark to spot one of the enemies, while Gu Hui was jailed again before he could act on his plan to impeach Stardragon’s leader.

Ziglin altered the Six Nations leaders’ memories for Stefan’s group, but Han Xiao ambushed and killed him before the Hunters could spring their trap. Stefan and eight other Calamity Grades arrived to surround Han Xiao, who had already called allies for backup and recognized Stefan.

• Ziglin altered Raylen’s leader’s memories and told Stefan that Black Star had not noticed the manipulation; Stefan ordered the group to ambush Han Xiao the next time he left Black Star City.
• Han Xiao used space-based Psionic Energy cannons to attack Ziglin in an uninhabited region, then sent his mechanical army after him when he tried to flee.
• Ziglin failed to break through the army’s Psionic Energy barrier, and the mechanical soldiers killed him, completing Han Xiao’s advancement mission.
• Stefan and eight other Calamity Grades arrived and surrounded Han Xiao, while he relied on allies he had already called for support.
• Han Xiao recognized Stefan as he faced the surrounding Hunters.

Han Xiao recognized Stefan as one of Manison’s shadows and realized Manison was behind the Hunters’ capture of Supers. He attacked Stefan and the other eight Calamity Grades, but her strange Esper ability began inflicting multiple status effects on him.

• Han Xiao recognized Stefan from his past life and deduced that Manison was using the Hunters to acquire new shadows.
• Han Xiao recalled Stefan’s history: Manison had intercepted the Antetar survivors and made her his shadow after their civilization was destroyed in the war.
• Han Xiao launched a Psionic Energy Impact at Stefan as his mechanical army charged all nine Calamity Grades.
• The Hunters counterattacked, and the two Mechanics among them traded heavy fire and deployed a massive war fortress against Han Xiao’s forces.
• Stefan advanced on Han Xiao, causing his interface to register several status effects, while his Tough Body talent made him immune to true damage.

Han Xiao fought Stefan and eight other Calamity Grades while stalling for reinforcements, drawing the battle away from populated areas as its devastation caused disasters across Planet Aquamarine. Vilton and five others arrived with the dead Pugilist Stefan had sent to destroy Han Xiao’s space-based weapons, turning the fight against Stefan’s group.

• Han Xiao used his mechanical army and Scrap Modification to stall Stefan and her companions while waiting for reinforcements.
• Han Xiao drew the battle toward the far north and out to sea, but the Calamity Grade clash caused widespread destruction and disasters across Planet Aquamarine.
• Stefan sent a Pugilist into space to destroy Han Xiao’s space-based cannons, and a strike from them destroyed the enemy’s second war fortress.
• Stefan tried to catch Han Xiao with a surprise attack, but he anticipated her move and countered, sending her flying.
• Vilton and five others arrived carrying the Pugilist’s corpse, and Han Xiao taunted the startled Stefan as her group realized reinforcements had come.

Han Xiao and Stefan fought a destructive battle while their allies kept the other Calamity Grades occupied, and the battle’s aftershocks unleashed escalating disasters across Planet Aquamarine. Han Xiao entered the sea to try to break the stalemate, while Bennett learned that the disasters could become unsurvivable if the fight continued.

• Han Xiao’s reinforcements joined the battle, but Stefan wounded Vilton with her vibration ability and chose to fight head-on rather than retreat.
• Han Xiao recognized Stefan’s destructive power and kept her occupied so she could not attack his allies.
• After hours of fighting, the enemy mechanic and two other Calamity Grades died, leaving six fighters on each side as Han Xiao and Stefan reached a stalemate.
• With the battle’s disasters spreading across Planet Aquamarine, Han Xiao dove underwater to try to gain an advantage, and Stefan followed him while Vilton stayed behind to hold off the other enemies.
• Bennett received reports of destroyed coastal cities and worsening earthquakes, then learned the disasters would pass a critical point in four hours and thirty-five minutes if Han Xiao continued fighting.

Han Xiao completed his Level 180 advancement and evolved into a Void Twister, gaining a new Void Energy attribute and powerful racial abilities. He attacked Stefan with Twist Void, trapping her in a gigantic whirlpool as the other Calamity Grades watched in shock.

• Han Xiao dove into a newly formed trench and activated his completed advancement mission while his mechanical army held Stefan back.
• Han Xiao chose the Void Twister evolutionary path and gained enhanced attributes, a Void Energy attribute, and the Void Degeneration talent.
• Stefan broke through Han Xiao's mechanical soldiers and shattered the underwater whirlpool, but Han Xiao avoided her direct attack.
• Han Xiao spent experience to raise his Truth Mechanic class to its maximum level and reached level 195.
• Han Xiao used Twist Void on Stefan, distorting her body and trapping her in a colossal whirlpool that drew the attention of the Calamity Grades above.

After evolving into a Grade A+ Void Twister, Han Xiao overwhelmed Stefan’s squad and captured Stefan alive, but the battle’s disasters still threatened Planet Aquamarine. He and his allies set out to contain the damage.

• Han Xiao examined his new Void Twister talents and attributes, then stopped maintaining Twist Void as Stefan escaped the vortex.
• Han Xiao resumed the battle at full strength, turned the tide, and prevented Stefan’s exhausted squad from retreating.
• Han Xiao and his allies defeated Stefan’s team, killing several Calamity Grades and leaving Stefan near death for capture.
• Han Xiao thanked Vilton and his allies, acknowledged the loss of a Goddora comrade, and told Phillip to locate the disasters caused by the battle.
• Han Xiao departed to contain the disasters, while Vilton and the others split up to help protect Planet Aquamarine.