Recaps

Han Xiao chose seven strategic star systems for the Black Star Army, then organized investment and construction plans after the Crimson Dynasty announced the Shattered World's first development phase was complete. He settled the first part of the main storyline mission with an S+ rating and enough contribution points to obtain his final Ultimate Knowledge, while Sorokin reconsidered the risks of focusing his investments on Heber.

• Tarrokov explained that Urranrell supported Han Xiao's choice of important territory, and Han Xiao selected seven strategic and resource-rich star systems in the Gaolu Star Cluster.
• The Crimson Dynasty announced the success of the Shattered World's first development phase and listed the territories granted to its allies, with the Black Star Army receiving seven star systems.
• Han Xiao screened financial groups and arranged negotiations for investment and development rights, while Sylvia reported that Sorokin's Infinite Financial Group was investing mainly in the War Realm.
• Han Xiao completed the first part of the [Shattered World] mission with an S+ rating, unlocked the [Exploration Pioneer] milestone, and gained enough dynasty contribution points to exchange for his final Ultimate Knowledge.
• At the War Realm, Loffer questioned Sorokin about not making the Black Star Army his main investment, and Sorokin worried that its territory would make it harder to suppress Han Xiao.

Sorokin planned to undermine the Black Star Army’s business network in the Shattered Star Ring by backing War Realm, while the army negotiated new investments and punished staff who accepted bribes. Han Xiao received the Crimson Dynasty’s approval for his final Mechanic Ultimate Knowledge, learned Space-Time Theory, and unlocked powerful new talents.

• Sorokin told Loffer that the Infinite Financial Group would help War Realm seize established business channels and weaken the Black Star Army’s interests in the Shattered Star Ring.
• Heber reviewed the Infinite Financial Group’s proposal to finance War Realm’s expansion into industries beyond mercenary work.
• Dillard pressured a financial group during negotiations, while Han Xiao’s surveillance revealed that forty-five negotiators had accepted bribes; Han Xiao fired them, canceled their agreements, and blacklisted the groups involved.
• Han Xiao received approval to exchange his dynasty contribution points for Space-Time Theory, the final Mechanic Class Ultimate Knowledge.
• Han Xiao learned Space-Time Theory and gained Hyperspace Thinking, enhanced Ultimate Knowledge Master, and the All-Round Mechanic talent.

After mastering all class knowledge, Han Xiao strengthened his abilities and began putting his plans for a mechanical civilization into action. As his construction force departed for the Shattered World, he traveled toward the Central Galaxy, while Ames and Hila left the Shattered Star Ring for their own journey.

• Han Xiao gained the [Hyperspace Thinking] and [All-Round Mechanic] talents, raised his intelligence with 500 free attribute points, and resolved to eventually maximize all his class knowledge.
• Han Xiao released his mechanical life forms, assigned Dark Emperor to lead their expansion on a resource-rich planet, and made Heaven Suppressing Flag a new Apostle Weapon.
• Dark Emperor took the Black Spirit Race from Planet Black Spirit to a new home at Han Xiao's command.
• Lagi, Reynold, Sylvia, and Melos led the Black Star Army's construction force toward its territory in the Shattered World while Han Xiao remotely supervised.
• Han Xiao and Aurora entered a stargate toward the Central Galaxy so he could meet imperial allies and cultivate ties with future leaders.
• Ames and Hila departed the Shattered Star Ring through a stargate, with Hila expecting a long absence from home.

Melos and the Black Star Army began building infrastructure across their seven Shattered World star systems while the mechanical lifeforms and Black Spirit Race settled on new home planets and started developing. As the Army focused on construction, the Infinite Financial Group moved against its interests in the Shattered Star Ring.

• Melos, Sylvia, and other officers planned infrastructure for the Army’s seven star systems, then Melos ordered construction to begin.
• Dark Emperor led the mechanical lifeforms in founding a city, factories, and mines on Planet Apostle.
• The Black Spirit Race settled on New Planet Black Spirit, received a tailored technology tree, and worshiped the Black Star God.
• Han Xiao considered the mechanical lifeforms, the Black Spirit Race, and the Fourth Calamity to be three of the four great calamities.
• The Infinite Financial Group took advantage of the Army’s focus on Shattered World and moved against its network of interests in the Shattered Star Ring.

The Infinite Financial Group pressured the Colin Group into an acquisition and ordered it to end its cooperation with the Black Star Army in favor of the War Realm. Sylvia recognized the growing threat to the army’s business network and decided to inform her teacher.

• Colin told the Colin Group’s executives that the Infinite Financial Group had disrupted its business after he rejected its acquisition offer, and the company’s second-largest shareholder pushed him to accept a buyout.
• Colin signed the share purchase agreement, and Madick of the Infinite Financial Group announced that the acquired company had to end its cooperation with the Black Star Army and support the War Realm.
• Colin suspected the Infinite Financial Group’s real target was the Black Star Army as it acquired companies and helped the War Realm build a united interest group.
• Sylvia learned that the War Realm and the Infinite Financial Group had joined forces, assessed the losses to the army’s business channels, and decided to notify Teacher.

Han Xiao visited the Empire's Sixteenth Comprehensive Super Academy to meet Carrot, a future Beyond Grade A, and offered him a place in the Black Star Army, but Carrot refused. After learning that the Infinite Financial Group was backing the War Realm to constrain the army, Han Xiao planned a defensive alliance among its business partners and prepared to confront Heber.

• Han Xiao toured the academy with Aurora and identified the unawakened student Carrot as a future peak Beyond Grade A.
• Han Xiao offered Carrot a place in the Black Star Army, but Carrot declined because his family wanted him to become an esper without joining a fighting force.
• Sylvia reported the Infinite Financial Group's moves in the Shattered Star Ring, and Han Xiao inferred that it was helping the War Realm restrict the army's growth on behalf of forces connected to Glory and Arcane.
• Han Xiao told Sylvia to organize the army's partners into an alliance to resist hostile acquisitions and limit their losses.
• Han Xiao decided to send his mechanical body to speak with Heber and planned to challenge him after reaching level 300.

Heber used the Infinite Financial Group’s support to expand the War Realm while Han Xiao recruited promising people and countered the group’s pressure on Black Star Army partners. On Planet Ladebudo, Enterprise faced threats for challenging the ruling families in an election and decided to try to use Black Star’s nearby presence.

• Jorde reported that the Infinite Financial Group had helped the War Realm diversify its business, and Heber privately welcomed the chance to undermine the Black Star Army.
• Carrot’s classmates reacted with shock and jealousy after learning that Black Star had invited him to join the army, while Carrot reconsidered his refusal.
• Han Xiao returned to the academy, gave Carrot his contact information, and left after drawing the other students’ attention to him.
• Han Xiao traveled through dynasty territory recruiting promising people, while Sylvia helped Black Star Army partners form an alliance against the Infinite Financial Group’s acquisitions.
• Enterprise refused the ruling families’ demand that he withdraw from the Planet Ladebudo election, and he decided to make use of Black Star’s presence nearby.

Han Xiao accepted Enterprise’s invitation to Planet Ladebudo after realizing Enterprise hoped to use his presence in a local power struggle. His arrival halted an assassination attempt and left the nervous Enterprise facing Han Xiao’s pointed remark.

• Han Xiao trained with the Universal Dark Energy Refinement Method and asked Phillip to review recent invitations.
• After learning that Enterprise was a candidate for Planet Ladebudo’s leadership and was in trouble, Han Xiao accepted his invitation and redirected the fleet.
• Enterprise celebrated Han Xiao’s acceptance but ordered his secretary to keep the news secret while the planet’s prominent families plotted against him.
• The families arranged for a Grade B assassin to target Enterprise when he appeared at the ground spaceport.
• Han Xiao arrived at the spaceport with Aurora, causing the families to call off the assassination and the assassin to flee.
• Enterprise welcomed Han Xiao, who looked him over and remarked that he had quite some nerve.

Han Xiao helped Enterprise win the election on Planet Ladebudo, then confronted him about using the Black Star Army as a political backer. Rather than accept Enterprise’s promised cooperation, Han Xiao told him to pack and come aboard his ship.

• Han Xiao accepted Enterprise’s invitation and recognized that the ambitious local financier could be useful to the Black Star Army.
• Enterprise admitted through his actions that he had invited Han Xiao to deter rival families and secure support for his bid to become planetary lord.
• The major families halted their plans against Enterprise, and the current planetary lord failed to learn Han Xiao’s intentions when Aurora turned him away.
• Enterprise won the election by an overwhelming margin while Han Xiao waited at his villa.
• Han Xiao told Enterprise that he understood his plan to secure long-term Army support, then ordered him to pack his things and board Han Xiao’s ship.

Han Xiao forced the newly elected lord Enterprise to join the Black Star Army, then used his influence with the Crimson Dynasty to secure Enterprise’s position on Planet Ladebudo. Aboard the flagship, Han Xiao assigned Enterprise to help build a subsidiary financial group, which he named the Germinal Financial Group.

• Han Xiao told Enterprise that his help had made him a creditor and gave Enterprise three days to join the Black Star Army.
• Enterprise left Planet Ladebudo after appointing his secretary to manage the planet remotely, and the major families sought to have him removed as lord.
• When the central government ordered Enterprise to choose between leaving the army and giving up his lordship, Han Xiao contacted the Crimson Dynasty, which led the government to withdraw its order.
• Han Xiao introduced Enterprise to Sylvia and proposed a subsidiary financial group to consolidate the army’s businesses and compete with the Infinite Financial Group.
• Sylvia offered Enterprise a chance to lead a team and earn promotion through results, and Han Xiao named the new group the Germinal Financial Group.

Han Xiao continued traveling through the Constellation Corridor while training to reach the vigor threshold for his advancement mission, and he brought Aurora and his guards to Aynia Hub for a break. Aurora and Fording found a wounded stranger emerging from a hidden battle site, and the chapter ended as they decided to save him and investigate.

• Han Xiao sent Enterprise to the Black Star Army headquarters, then heard Sylvia report that the Army’s partners were holding back the Infinite Financial Group while the War Realm helped it expand.
• Han Xiao trained with energy methods during his travels and raised his maximum vigor to around 119,000, leaving only 1,000 points until Lv19.
• Han Xiao brought Aurora and the guards to Aynia Hub, where the Evolutionary Totem had begun drawing more travelers and migrants.
• Aurora and Fording explored a street celebration, but Fording detected an occult barrier concealing a battle site and hurried there with her.
• A wounded man broke through the barrier and begged Fording to stop the departing robed attackers before losing consciousness.
• Fording asked Aurora to use her ability to save the man, deciding they should learn what had happened.

Aurora healed Raymond, a member of the Punisher Alliance, after the Blood Hammer Church nearly killed him. Raymond asked Fording and Aurora to help stop the sect, and Han Xiao recognized the factions and recalled a dangerous relic tied to the Alliance’s future.

• Aurora healed Raymond’s severe wounds, and he invited her to join the Punisher Alliance.
• Fording and Aurora introduced themselves as Morning Star and Ora, then learned that Raymond was tracking the Blood Hammer Church after discovering its members near the Aynia Hub.
• Raymond explained that the sect performed blood sacrifices and asked Fording and Aurora to help him pursue its members while his companions traveled to the hub.
• Fording left the decision open and planned to report the situation to Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao recalled the Blood Hammer Church’s dungeon and a powerful relic that would later cause heavy casualties for the Punisher Alliance.

Han Xiao sent Fording and Aurora to infiltrate the Punisher Alliance and investigate the Evolutionary Totem while multiple groups converged on Aynia Hub. The chapter left the Totem under threat from the Blood Hammer Church, master thieves, and former Fallen Ark fugitives, as Ludwell’s grandson arrived with two Calamity Grade bodyguards.

• Han Xiao assigned Fording and Aurora to join the Punisher Alliance under false identities and investigate the sealed object, leaving Fording to work with Raymond.
• Raymond welcomed Fording and Aurora into the alliance, while veteran member Seli warned that the newcomers might be Blood Hammer Church infiltrators.
• The Blood Hammer Church prepared to move its hideout after its members reported that Raymond had escaped, and its map showed a plan targeting the facility that housed Aynia Hub’s Evolutionary Totem.
• A group of master thieves discussed stealing the Evolutionary Totem, while a disguised former Fallen Ark fugitive confirmed that their target had arrived with two Calamity Grade bodyguards.
• Urranrell questioned Ludwell about the Dynasty’s response to pressure over Evolutionary Totems, and Ludwell argued that the Dynasty should gain control of the Evolution Cube.
• Ludwell spoke with his grandson, who had arrived at Aynia Hub with the two bodyguards Ludwell had assigned to protect him.

Fording and Aurora searched for the Blood Hammer Church with Raymond and the Punisher Alliance, but a coordinated attack on Aynia Hub’s restricted military zone exposed a much larger plot. As the garrison rushed to defend the Evolutionary Totem, hidden forces prepared to strike another target in the city.

• Fording and Aurora joined Raymond and the arriving Punisher Alliance squad, where Seli questioned their motives and warned Fording he would watch him.
• Fording and Aurora detected Calamity Grade figures near a young man escorted by Crimson Dynasty bodyguards, then continued searching with Raymond and a Pugilist hero.
• Raymond received word that the Blood Hammer Church was attacking a restricted military zone, and explosions across Aynia Hub confirmed a citywide assault.
• The Blood Hammer Bishop summoned a powerful magical entity to aid the church’s assault as other forces attacked the military zone from multiple directions.
• Gabura left his post to defend the Evolutionary Totem, while a hidden wanted criminal reported that the city’s Calamity Grades had been drawn away.
• Two concealed operatives watched the unrest spread and discussed using the chaos to eliminate an unnamed target.

Gray forces attacked the Aynia Hub as part of a diversion while thieves stole an Evolutionary Totem, and Han Xiao’s Black Star Army guard officers joined the fight. Han Xiao captured the thieves and recovered the totem, then demanded that they reveal what they knew.

• Raymond joined the fighting in the military zone while Fording protected Aurora and helped the Punisher Alliance members.
• Four wanted Calamity Grades nearly killed Ludwell's grandson and his guards before Hadavy and the Black Star Army guard officers arrived to fight them.
• Aurora healed the wounded Punisher Alliance members as Gabura learned that the Evolutionary Totem had been stolen and received reinforcements from the Black Star Army.
• Gabura announced that the Black Star Army had arrived, raising the garrison's morale and frightening the attackers.
• Han Xiao used his connection to the Evolutionary Totem to find the thieves, restrained them, and sent a mechanical soldier to return the totem.
• Han Xiao demanded that the captured thieves tell him everything they knew.

Hadavy and the Black Star Army helped suppress an attack on Ludwell’s grandson, while Han Xiao uncovered the plot’s hidden organizers. The chapter ended with Han Xiao confronting the master of disguise and his companion, who had thought they could escape.

• Hadavy and his guards defeated the attackers threatening Ludwell’s grandson, and the bodyguards promised to report their help to Ludwell.
• Ludwell learned that his grandson had been saved by the Black Star Army, ordered an investigation, and acknowledged that he owed Black Star a favor.
• Gabura thanked the Punisher Alliance and tried to recruit Aurora, but she refused; Hadavy then jokingly offered Gabura a place in the Black Star Army, and the stolen Evolutionary Totem was recovered.
• Fording and Aurora earned the Punisher Alliance’s respect by fighting alongside them, while the suspected plotters withdrew after learning the Black Star Army had intervened.
• Han Xiao traced the plotters through the hub’s records and satellite surveillance, then confronted the master of disguise and his companion as they tried to leave.

Han Xiao captured two agents involved in a campaign against the Crimson Dynasty, then received thanks from Ludwell, who decided to warn Bekorodi and subtly interfere with the Infinite Financial Group’s plans. Meanwhile, Fording and Aurora left Aynia Hub with the Punisher Alliance, heading toward its headquarters, where Fording hoped to find the relic Han Xiao wanted.

• Han Xiao handed the captured agents over to Gabura and learned they had helped orchestrate incidents targeting the Crimson Dynasty, including the attempted killing of Ludwell’s grandson.
• Ludwell called Han Xiao to thank him for saving his grandson and hinted that he might help counter the Infinite Financial Group’s expansion in the Shattered Star Ring.
• Ludwell contacted Bekorodi, intending to warn him to rein in his behind-the-scenes dealings with the Infinite Financial Group.
• Han Xiao received a separate invitation from Gabura’s superior, while the Punisher Alliance prepared to leave Aynia Hub after collecting its bounty.
• Fording and Aurora joined the Punisher Alliance’s ship as it headed for headquarters, and Fording hoped to find the relic Han Xiao sought.

Fording and Aurora found the Box of Bewitchment in the Punisher Alliance’s trophy hall, but Fording refused to steal it secretly and waited for Han Xiao to arrive. Han Xiao crushed the box, releasing a powerful psionic shriek that struck the Punisher Alliance members.

• Raymond showed Fording and Aurora the Punisher Alliance’s trophy hall, where Fording recognized the Box of Bewitchment and discovered that it contained a life signal.
• Fording and Aurora returned to the hall, and Fording openly took the box, setting off the alarm rather than sneaking away.
• Raymond and Seli confronted Fording and Aurora, but Fording sat down and waited instead of fighting the Punisher Alliance members.
• Han Xiao arrived with his subordinates, and Hadavy revealed that Fording was Black Star’s guard vice captain.
• Han Xiao crushed the Box of Bewitchment, releasing a powerful psionic shriek that caused the Punisher Alliance members mental pain.

Han Xiao killed the Mind Flayer that escaped from the Box of Bewitchment and gave its remains to Fording. After the fleet continued its journey, Han Xiao completed his level 300 advancement mission by reaching 120,000 maximum Energy and [Lv19] Energy.

• A Mind Flayer escaped from the Box of Bewitchment, and Han Xiao explained its origins and the danger it posed.
• Raymond, Seli, Tu Shu, and the others attacked the Mind Flayer, but their weapons barely harmed it.
• Han Xiao used a multidimensional-energy weapon to kill the Mind Flayer and claimed the mission rewards, including [Psionic Defense] and [Magic Resistance Body].
• Han Xiao gave the Mind Flayer's remains to Fording, while the Punisher Alliance members realized Black Star had saved them and Seli tried to apologize.
• Fording studied the remains as the fleet traveled, and Han Xiao completed [Energy Abundance] and [Erudite] by raising his maximum Energy to 120,000 and reaching [Lv19] Energy.

Han Xiao completed his level 300 advancement on a barren planet, choosing new Void and mechanical talents as his Black Star Race sublimated. After the transformation appeared to end, he changed to the Divine Throne Mechanic class, triggering another surge of energy.

• Han Xiao traveled to an uninhabited planet and completed his level 300 advancement and race evolution choices.
• Han Xiao chose the Void Divine Envoy and Holy Terx Race paths, gaining Void Divine Power and Terx Mechanical Legacy.
• Han Xiao's Black Star Race talent improved, and his body and attributes changed as his life level sublimated.
• Aurora, Fording, Hadavy, and the guards watched the planetary storm from the fleet and saw the energy reaction subside.
• Han Xiao completed his class change to Divine Throne Mechanic, and the energy reaction surged again.

Han Xiao completed his level 300 advancement and became a Divine Throne Mechanic, gaining powerful talents, skills, and a special throne blueprint. His transformation left him at the same level as Sorokin, the Mechanic Emperor, and the Dark Emperor.

• Han Xiao advanced to Divine Throne Mechanic as energy surged around him and the transformation began.
• Han Xiao gained the Key to the Mechanic Faith, Divine Equipment, and Creator's Heart, along with 2,317 freely assignable attribute points from his skills and blueprints.
• Han Xiao examined new creation, logistics, and virtual abilities, including All Things Simulation, Dimensional Factory, and Supreme Virtual.
• Han Xiao gained abilities to strengthen mechanical lifeforms and apostles, and to merge his army into a colossal Mechanical Deity.
• Han Xiao obtained the Mechanical Divine Throne blueprint and completed his level 300 advancement, reaching the level of Sorokin, the Mechanic Emperor, and the Dark Emperor.

Han Xiao completed his unprecedented advancement to Peak Beyond Grade A, reviewed his new powers, and returned to his flagship as the Dynasty sentries recorded the event. He prepared to confront Heber, while Heber sensed that something bad was about to happen during his meeting with Sorokin.

• Imperial sentries investigated the planet’s energy surge, mistook it for Black Star’s death, and learned that Han Xiao had caused it through his advancement.
• Han Xiao reviewed his evolved racial talents, new blueprints, attributes, and SS-grade status, and considered how he still lagged behind Manison as a Mechanic.
• Han Xiao reassured Aurora and the others, allowed the Dynasty to report his advancement, and decided to test his strength against the Tyrant.
• Han Xiao activated his reserve mechanical army with Dominator’s Descent at the Black Star Army headquarters.
• Sorokin toasted with Heber in the War Realm, and Heber felt an ominous premonition after his goblet shattered on the floor.

Han Xiao brought a small Black Star Army fleet to the War Realm headquarters and challenged Heber to an unfinished duel, forcing him to accept in front of the public. The battle was set for twenty days later, with Han Xiao planning to fight using a Dominion avatar and two million mechanical troops.

• A Krent sentry spotted the Black Star Army fleet entering Krent territory, and officials permitted it to pass while ordering it monitored.
• News spread that the Black Star Army was heading for the War Realm, and the fleet made its itinerary public as it traveled toward Heber's headquarters.
• Heber prepared the War Realm's fleets and waited at Planet Heber as the Black Star fleet arrived alongside Krent observers and media.
• Han Xiao reminded Heber of their unfinished battle and challenged him to fight in twenty days using a Dominion avatar and two million mechanical troops.
• Heber accepted the challenge to avoid appearing afraid, and the Black Star fleet promptly departed.
• Sorokin, observing from inside the War Realm headquarters, worried that a Black Star victory would damage Heber's prestige and disrupt his plans.

The Empire’s leaders agreed not to interfere with Black Star’s challenge to the Tyrant, while the coming fight drew wagers and widespread attention. Twenty days later, Heber waited on the battlefield as Black Star’s fleet arrived, with the Tyrant’s followers anxious about the outcome.

• Urranrell consulted the Empire’s officials about Black Star’s challenge, and the leaders agreed to remain neutral unless Black Star killed or crippled the Tyrant.
• Beoni and other Beyond Grade As organized bets on the fight, while Hila trained by slaughtering a vast beast tide and Ames said Black Star no longer needed her help.
• As rumors spread, the betting odds shifted toward the Tyrant because Black Star planned to fight with an avatar and two million mechanical troops.
• At the battlefield, Jorde noticed the Vanguard Officers’ wavering confidence and regretted that Black Star had not been eliminated during the Secret War.
• Heber sensed Black Star’s arrival, clenched his hands, and watched Black Star’s fleet appear in the distance.

Han Xiao’s Dominion Avatar and mechanical army overwhelmed Heber, who unleashed a dangerous power-up to avoid defeat. Han Xiao responded by combining his mechanical soldiers into a colossal new entity, which Manison recognized as a Mechanical Deity.

• Heber charged Black Star’s mechanical army, and Han Xiao directed the Dominion Avatar and his troops to fight him.
• Han Xiao’s mechanical soldiers battered Heber while the Dominion Avatar joined the melee, forcing the Tyrant onto the defensive.
• Heber’s condition worsened under the sustained assault, and he used Cellular Super Limit Release to boost his power and heal his wounds.
• Han Xiao stopped holding back and linked his mechanical soldiers together, assembling them into a colossal mechanical construct.
• Manison recognized the construct as a Mechanical Deity, while Heber and the surrounding observers watched in shock.