Recaps

Han Xiao reached level 320, completed his advancement, and unlocked Divine Transformation talents that strengthened his Mechanical and Void abilities. He discovered a mysterious First Sanctum skill fragment and found a prized blueprint in the newly unlocked Terx Mechanical Legacy, though its details were not revealed.

• Han Xiao stopped his spaceship in open space and concealed the energy fluctuations from his advancement.
• Han Xiao spent his accumulated experience to reach level 320 and used a Mission Settlement Card to complete the advancement mission.
• Han Xiao gained Divine Transformation: Mechanical and Divine Transformation: Void, along with two Divine Transformation points and a First Sanctum skill fragment.
• Han Xiao invested one point in each Divine Transformation talent, improving his mechanical abilities and Void species talents.
• Han Xiao reviewed the newly unlocked Terx Mechanical Legacy blueprints and became delighted when he spotted a gold drop.

Han Xiao unlocked two Universal Treasure-grade Terx blueprints, the Sovereign armor and the Great Emperor’s Robe, and assessed how they could strengthen him and his Mechanical Deity. He planned to manufacture them soon as the Shattered World filled with powerful opponents, then reviewed his level 320 attributes.

• Han Xiao unlocked the Sovereign and Great Emperor’s Robe blueprints upon reaching level 320.
• Han Xiao examined the Sovereign’s combat enhancements and its ability to teleport him to and from a fixed Throne location despite spatial interference.
• Han Xiao judged that he could afford the Sovereign’s materials and had a promising chance of manufacturing it with his Divine Equipment talent.
• Han Xiao learned that the Great Emperor’s Robe reduced Mechanical Deity upkeep, strengthened its interior defenses, and improved its movement and attack speed.
• Han Xiao decided to pursue both pieces of equipment to prepare for a crisis among the Beyond Grade As gathered in the Shattered World.
• Han Xiao checked his level 320 attribute panel and saw a message that his evolution could lead toward a higher life form.

Han Xiao advanced to level 320, improved his class knowledge, and planned to manufacture powerful equipment while waiting for the Chaos Mysterious Energy to appear. Meanwhile, the Crimson Dynasty approved Gaud’s request to use the energy and prepared to seize it without relying on Black Star.

• Han Xiao reached level 320, left his free attribute points unspent, and raised [Ultimate Mechanical Engineering] to level 3.
• Han Xiao decided to work on Sovereign and the Great Emperor's Robe using the Secondary Dimension Army Factory while waiting for the Chaos Mysterious Energy.
• Bekorodi told Gaud that the Dynasty had approved his application to use the Chaos Mysterious Energy if his Esper Ability could control it.
• Bekorodi said the Dynasty had dispatched troops to likely locations and identified rival factions, while its prophets considered the Emerald Star Cluster the likeliest site.
• Gaud suggested drawing Black Star away, but Bekorodi said Black Star was likely at his headquarters and that the Dynasty could negotiate with him if he interfered.

Ravenlaude, Secret Master, the Modo Civilization, and Sisko each prepared to pursue Chaos Mysterious Energy in the Emerald Star Cluster. At Black Star Palace, Ames discovered Han Xiao was away, then decided to stay and wait for him while claiming she had only come to see Aurora.

• Ravenlaude agreed to help the empire pursue Chaos Mysterious Energy in exchange for the chance to claim a Universal Treasure if it appeared in the Emerald Star Cluster.
• Secret Master captured a group that knew the coordinates of Chaos Mysterious Energy and traveled to the Emerald Star Cluster to compete for it.
• Roddick sent an elite Modo Civilization team of around forty or fifty Calamity Grade combatants to seize Chaos Mysterious Energy, while Lagos worried that their stronghold would be left vulnerable.
• Sisko drove off two fighting fleets near the Star Pupil Protoss stronghold, then welcomed a rescued Calamity Grade who offered him a clue to Chaos Mysterious Energy.
• Ames arrived at Black Star Palace expecting to see Han Xiao, learned he was away, and agreed to stay with Aurora while pretending she did not care whether he returned.

Han Xiao studied Divine Transformation and the mysterious First Sanctum, then hid near a nebula where Chaos Mysterious Energy was expected to appear. As rival factions gathered and prepared an ambush, the energy emerged, leaving the contenders poised to fight for it.

• Han Xiao reviewed the empire's research on Divine Transformation, speculated that advancement conditions governed its points, and decided to keep leveling rather than hold back.
• Han Xiao learned that the empire knew nothing about the First Sanctum skill fragment he had obtained, then concealed his ship in the Emerald Star Cluster nebula.
• Ravenlaude, Sisko, Secret Master, and other factions arrived to compete for Chaos Mysterious Energy, each pursuing their own strategy.
• The factions set space stabilization traps and waited near the expected emergence site.
• Red energy spilled from the void, confirming that Chaos Mysterious Energy had appeared.

Ravenlaude sealed Chaos Mysterious Energy after defeating the Modo Civilization’s ambush and driving Sisko away, but Secret Master stole it before Ravenlaude could claim his reward. Han Xiao’s Dominion avatar then intercepted Secret Master and took the sealed entity, while Sisko retreated and Han Xiao confronted Secret Master.

• The factions activated a spatial stabilization trap, but Chaos Mysterious Energy destroyed the first fleet that tried to contain it and fled under pursuit.
• Ravenlaude and Sisko fought over Chaos Mysterious Energy while the Modo Civilization’s fleet was secretly hijacked into attacking them; the two Beyond Grade As destroyed the fleet and killed most of its Calamity Grades.
• Ravenlaude drove Sisko off and sealed Chaos Mysterious Energy in a crystal sphere, but Secret Master stunned him, stole the sphere, and prepared to escape through a portal.
• Han Xiao’s Dominion avatar appeared, used Void Displacement to take the sphere, and trapped Secret Master and Ravenlaude in Void Domain Prison while his mechanical troops escaped with it.
• Sisko chose not to pursue Han Xiao’s forces and retreated, while Han Xiao turned to confront Secret Master.

Han Xiao kept the chaos mysterious energy after Secret Master confronted him, then fought Secret Master while Ravenlaude tried to pursue the prize. Han Xiao deliberately let Ravenlaude escape so he could demonstrate his strength to the empire elsewhere, leaving his Dominion avatar and arriving forces to hold Secret Master back.

• Secret Master confronted Han Xiao over the stolen chaos mysterious energy and attacked him with spells, but Void Domain Prison kept him from escaping.
• Han Xiao closed in and battered Secret Master in melee, while Secret Master discovered that Han Xiao's fortune was almost impossibly low and lost focus.
• Ravenlaude helped break Void Domain Prison, then opened a portal and left to pursue the mechanical troops carrying the energy.
• The arriving mechanical troops activated space stabilizers and magic disruptors, preventing Secret Master from following Ravenlaude.
• Han Xiao revealed that he had deliberately allowed Ravenlaude to go so he could use him to demonstrate his strength to the empire while keeping the details from outsiders.

Han Xiao refused Bekorodi’s offer to trade a Universal Treasure for the Chaos Mysterious Energy, and the Empire ordered Ravenlaude to seize it. Ravenlaude trapped Han Xiao’s mechanical troops in a forbidden-spell domain, but Han Xiao’s hidden Apostle Weapons ambushed him and overwhelmed him.

• The onlooking forces gave up pursuing the Chaos Mysterious Energy when Han Xiao’s mechanical army blocked their way, while Dominion’s avatar fought the Secret Master.
• Bekorodi contacted Han Xiao, argued that he should have informed the Empire, and offered a Universal Treasure in exchange for the Chaos Mysterious Energy.
• Han Xiao declined to commit to the deal and agreed to continue competing, so Bekorodi ordered Ravenlaude to capture the energy.
• Ravenlaude drew the mechanical troops away from Dominion’s avatar and trapped them inside his Deep Purple Duel Arena, which weakened their Mechanical Force and blocked their escape.
• Ravenlaude attacked the troops and tried to grab the Chaos Mysterious Energy, but Dark Emperor and the other concealed Apostle Weapons ambushed him.
• Han Xiao’s Apostle Weapons overwhelmed Ravenlaude, who realized that Black Star had grown stronger again.

Ravenlaude summoned his mage tower and fought Han Xiao’s mechanical army, but was defeated despite using his full strength. Han Xiao secured the Chaos Mysterious Energy, while the Secret Master warned him that Gorutan might be plotting against him.

• Ravenlaude unleashed powerful spells and summoned his mage tower, enduring attacks from Dark Emperor and Heavenly Wild Hunt to complete the summoning.
• Ravenlaude joined with his tower and unleashed golems and monsters, but his forces were defeated by Han Xiao’s mechanical army.
• Imperial soldiers found Ravenlaude badly wounded, and Bekorodi learned that Han Xiao had reached Divine Transformation and ordered the information kept confidential.
• Bekorodi withdrew the Empire’s operation and refused Ravenlaude the promised Universal Treasure, offering only to cover repairs and replacement golems.
• Han Xiao stopped fighting the Secret Master, who conceded defeat and privately warned him that Gorutan might be plotting against him.
• The Secret Master and the watching factions departed, leaving Han Xiao with the Chaos Mysterious Energy and the Modo Civilization with heavy losses.

Han Xiao captured Chaos Mysterious Energy and tested whether he could host it, but incompatible energies caused severe physical penalties. After containing it again, he learned that it wanted to fight alongside him and offered to help him find its archenemy, Holy Light Particle.

• Dark Emperor returned with Chaos Mysterious Energy sealed, and Han Xiao praised the army for defeating Ravenlaude and gathering combat data.
• Han Xiao released Chaos Mysterious Energy and absorbed it, but the resulting energy conflict inflicted heavy damage and weakened his attributes, so he expelled it and sealed it in a containment device.
• Han Xiao communicated with Chaos Mysterious Energy, named it Little Chaos, and learned that it wanted a host and had spent much of its long life asleep.
• Chaos Mysterious Energy revealed that its archenemy was Holy Light Particle and described the secondary dimension where it lived.
• Han Xiao accepted the chance to capture Holy Light Particle and received the mission Chaos Mysterious Energy's Archenemy.

Han Xiao accepted the mission to obtain Holy Light Particle but postponed the expedition while he prepared equipment and monitored the Shattered World. After news spread that he had claimed Chaos Mysterious Energy, Gaud and the Modo commanders each faced setbacks tied to Black Star.

• Han Xiao agreed to take Chaos Mysterious Energy to Holy Light Particle, but delayed the mission while he worked on equipment, a mechanical host, and the situation in the Shattered World.
• The participants publicized Han Xiao’s capture of Chaos Mysterious Energy, and the news spread widely across the universe and among players.
• Gaud learned that Chaos Mysterious Energy had fallen into Han Xiao’s hands, then gave up hope of recovering it through a trade and reconsidered his development plan.
• After the Modo Civilization’s Three Kings reprimanded Roddick over the deaths of dozens of Calamity Grades, Roddick proposed finding outside help to keep the Black Star Army occupied.

Evans was injured when a mercenary used an Esper ability in the cafeteria, then learned that the Black Star Army had stopped his ship to recruit him at Black Star’s request. Meanwhile, a mysterious group in the Ancient Star Desert discussed taking the chaos mysterious energy from Black Star and preparing an awakening ritual.

• Evans’s supervisor defended him after coworkers ostracized him, but a reckless mercenary’s wind attack wounded him and guards treated the incident as minor.
• The Black Star Army stopped the fleet and announced it was searching for Evans, causing the crew to recoil from him and guards to surround him.
• A Grade B captain confirmed Evans’s identity and said Black Star wanted to recruit him for his talent.
• Evans wondered whether some hidden power within him had drawn Black Star’s attention, while his coworkers regretted mistreating him.
• In the Ancient Star Desert, a mysterious group resolved to reclaim the chaos mysterious energy from Black Star and prepare an awakening ritual.

Manison’s transformation into a Primordial Esper Ability Entity continued as his allies pressed him to finish quickly. Meanwhile, Han Xiao discovered that Evans had a suppressed Esper Gene and an ability identical to Sorokin’s, revealing him as Sorokin’s nemesis.

• A hooded phantom spoke with the entity consuming Manison and urged it to complete its transformation for the plan to unlock the Third Sanctum.
• Han Xiao explained to Ames that he had asked her to protect Hila and Aurora while helping conceal his absence, and Ames agreed to keep playing along.
• Han Xiao examined Evans, discovered his powerful Esper affinity and a suppressed Esper Gene, and offered to help him awaken in exchange for fighting for the army.
• Han Xiao used Aurora’s life potion to revive Evans’s Esper Gene, then discovered that Evans’s ability absorbed Esper abilities just like Sorokin’s.

Han Xiao recognized Evans’s Replication ability and planned a careful path to help him grow without repeating Sorokin’s mistakes. He devised a way to use Esper Class players as a source of abilities, then completed the Sovereign Mecha and gained the Universal Treasure Creator talent.

• Han Xiao identified Evans’s ability as Replication and explained its risks, limitations, and potential, while warning him not to follow Sorokin’s corrupt path.
• Han Xiao decided Evans should absorb only a small number of useful abilities and resolved to keep him hidden until he became stronger.
• Han Xiao realized Esper Class players could provide abilities without permanently losing them after revival, and ordered Phillip to catalog their abilities and simulate combinations.
• Han Xiao returned to building the Sovereign Mecha and completed it, gaining a Divine Transformation point, free attribute points, crafting bonuses, and the Universal Treasure Creator talent.

Han Xiao gained Divine Transformation points and new abilities by crafting the gold-quality Sovereign suit, then tested the suit and reviewed his rewards. While browsing the player forums, he discovered Sorokin’s spy mission had been exposed and saw a post claiming Black Star Army players were being repeatedly spawn-camped.

• Han Xiao discovered that crafting a Universal Treasure could grant Divine Transformation points and reset attributes, then added a point back to his luck after it fell to zero.
• Han Xiao invested his new Divine Transformation point in Mechanical and gained the Universal Treasure Creator talent and another First Sanctum skill fragment.
• Han Xiao examined and tested the Sovereign suit, impressed by its performance and its Throne component.
• Han Xiao browsed the player forums, where Meat Bun’s Black Star Army video series had attracted a growing audience and a player had exposed Sorokin’s spy mission.
• Han Xiao considered using army players to take Sorokin’s money, then noticed a popular post reporting that Black Star Army players were being repeatedly spawn-camped.

Han Xiao discovered that foreign professional clubs were coordinating player attacks and forum provocations to drive players away from the Black Star Army. He began drafting a faction bounty to turn the Army’s players against those clubs’ factions, while the executives remained confident their scheme would work.

• Han Xiao read reports of army players being attacked and recognized the pattern as a dirty tactic used to provoke national and regional flame wars.
• Han Xiao concluded that foreign clubs were targeting the Black Star Army to limit its growing player population and protect their own factions.
• Han Xiao decided to counter the attacks with a bounty quest rewarding army players for killing members of the rival factions, and began drafting the order.
• Executives from professional clubs in several countries discussed their coordinated attacks and planned to use Huaxia’s league success to intensify resentment toward the Black Star Army.

After Army players suffered repeated attacks from foreign Immortals, Han Xiao issued three announcements offering newcomer benefits, warning hostile factions, and authorizing retaliatory strikes with rewards. The resulting player mobilization rattled rival factions and clubs, while Hila received a communication request from the leader of the Arcane Church.

• Beneath the Flying Clouds complained about being corpse-camped and considered leaving the Army as resentment toward foreign newcomers grew.
• Han Xiao announced support benefits for veterans helping newcomers, publicly warned factions whose Immortals had attacked Army members, and authorized rewarded counterattacks and bounties.
• Army players rallied to hunt hostile faction members, with veterans teaming up with newcomers who knew their former factions.
• Most targeted factions apologized and restrained their Immortals, while some suspected spies or blamed the Infinite Financial Group; Sorokin was bewildered by the accusations.
• Foreign clubs saw their plans disrupted as their factions refused to retaliate, leaving ordinary players bewildered by the sudden hunt.
• Hila received a special communication request from the leader of the Arcane Church.

Hila and Aurora experimented with linking and fusing their powers before Hila rejected the Arcane Church leader’s offer to join. The Church then prepared a surprise attack on Hila, while Kasuyi’s avatar privately resolved to keep her alive.

• Hila and Aurora discussed their failed attempt to transmit life energy across any distance, and Hila sensed that an unknown secondary dimension was absorbing most of it.
• Hila fused a small amount of Aurora’s life energy with her death energy, producing unstable golden-orange energy with weakened healing and destructive effects.
• The Arcane Church leader personally offered Hila a place in the Church, but she firmly refused and reaffirmed her loyalty to Black Star.
• After the recruitment failed, Photon Sagman and the other Arcane Church powerhouses prepared to attack Hila and planned to lure her away from the base or destroy its stargate passage.
• Kasuyi’s avatar agreed to hold off Black Star’s Dominion avatar and privately decided that Hila would not die.

The Federation of Light prepared to capture Hila with a strategic teleporter while Sorokin recruited Traveler to keep Black Star occupied and exploit tensions among Beyond Grade As. Meanwhile, Han Xiao successfully fused Chaos Mysterious Energy with a mechanical vessel, though the vessel still needed optimization.

• The Federation of Light assembled seven Beyond Grade As and prepared to teleport into battle to capture Hila and force Black Star to unseal the Scepter of All Gods.
• Sorokin predicted that Glory and the Arcane Church would attack Hila, then asked Traveler to challenge Black Star and tie him down during the operation.
• Sorokin told Traveler that the attack could also provoke infighting among Beyond Grade As and undermine the Meeting of the Gods.
• Han Xiao completed the seventeenth test of the Chaos Mysterious Energy vessel, achieving fusion with a 72 percent synchronization rate and 75 percent compatibility.

Han Xiao completed the first Mysterious Energy Envoy prototype and learned that Silver Shadow had come to Black Star Palace seeking access to the Evolution Cube. Meanwhile, Tolain challenged Hila at an army base as part of an ambush plan, but the fleet opened fire before she appeared.

• Han Xiao tested the Mysterious Energy Envoy, named it the First Generation, and decided to improve it before turning it into an Apostle Weapon.
• Phillip told Han Xiao that Silver Shadow had brought rare blueprint data to trade for use of the Evolution Cube, and Han Xiao waited for the Throne to reach Black Star Palace so he could teleport there.
• Ames received Silver Shadow at Black Star Palace while Han Xiao was away, and Silver Shadow mistook her role as host for proof of rumors about her relationship with Black Star.
• Tolain arrived at a Black Star Army base, challenged Hila, and secretly planned to lure her toward an ambush with Kasuyi and the others.
• Hila refused to respond to Tolain’s challenge, and the Black Star Army fleet opened fire on his spaceship, surprising him.

The Arcane Church launched a coordinated assault on Hila’s base, while Han Xiao’s Dominion avatar and Kasuyi’s avatar clashed amid signs that Kasuyi was secretly helping Han Xiao. As Hila fought to hold out and reinforcements were summoned, Ames learned of the attack and went to confront a challenger at the Black Star Palace.

• Tolain escaped Hila’s fleet bombardment and told Sagman’s team to begin their assault after Hila refused his challenge.
• Sagman and Taylor attacked the stargates as Kasuyi, Motes, Mechanical Catastrophe Francisco, and Tolain’s forces struck Hila’s base and pinned down its defenses.
• Hila charged the attackers but was overwhelmed by Red Devil, Desolate Beast, and Mechanical Catastrophe until Han Xiao’s Dominion avatar and mechanical troops arrived.
• Kasuyi fought Han Xiao’s avatar while covertly weakening his blockade, allowing mechanical troops to aid Hila as Han Xiao confirmed Kasuyi was acting.
• Players at the base recorded the battle, while Aurora warned Ames that Hila was under attack by the Arcane Church.
• Ames accepted Traveler’s challenge at the Black Star Palace, suspecting it was connected to the assault on Hila.

Traveler fought Ames outside the Black Star Palace while the Dynasty mobilized to help Hila, and its leaders debated the cost of protecting her. Gorutan considered delaying the reinforcements, while Manison prepared to move and ordered his forces to watch him.

• Traveler challenged Ames at the Black Star Palace, and she fought him while Melos secretly arranged for the fleet to encircle and trap him.
• The Dynasty summoned Kant, Ravenlaude, Beoni, and Kohler to reinforce the Black Star Army, while Urranrell ordered full support for Black Star.
• Bekorodi proposed making Hila join the Dynasty in return for its help, but Urranrell postponed the discussion until after the crisis.
• Clottey told Urranrell that Hila was unlikely to survive because Glory would intervene, and Urranrell later urged him to leave his post and remind the universe of the Dark Emperor.
• Sorokin proposed that Gorutan delay the Dynasty's reinforcements by disabling nearby stargates, and Gorutan considered the plan.
• Manison ordered his forces to watch Gorutan and stop him if he acted, while Mornisa reported that the High-Dimensional Apocalypse Device was ready to depart.

Hila faced five enemies as Sagman and Taylor joined the battle and used an Arcane forbidden spell scroll to immobilize her. She survived their combined assault by linking her life force to Aurora, and the fight paused when a Federation of Light fleet arrived with six Beyond Grade As.

• Mechanical Catastrophe Francisco struggled to hold back the death energy while Tolain and Motes attacked from behind his shield, and Hila's mechanical and fleet reinforcements helped keep the battle near a stalemate.
• Sagman and Taylor destroyed the last stronghold stargate station and hurried to join Hila's battlefield, where their arrival pushed her onto the defensive.
• Kasuyi and Han Xiao discussed how to get Han Xiao's Dominion avatar to Hila, but Francisco's attack left Hila exposed and Taylor used the Forbidden Spell: Embrace of the Weeping Nun to immobilize her.
• Sagman, Tolain, Motes, and Francisco bombarded Hila, but her wounds rapidly healed after she activated a life link with Aurora, revealing a recovery ability that startled the attackers.
• Hila prepared to fight again as the combatants paused, then a Federation of Light fleet emerged from the void with six Beyond Grade As.

Traveler summoned the Fel Energy Aggregation secondary dimension around Black Star Palace and challenged Black Star after overpowering Ames. On the frontline, Hila gained Aurora’s life-energy support and faced a growing coalition of Beyond Grade As, until Kasuyi attacked Glory and exposed its plan to capture her.

• Traveler transformed and summoned the Fel Energy Aggregation secondary dimension, which battered the fleets around Black Star Palace as he fought Ames.
• Hila established a life-energy connection with Aurora, then watched six Glory Beyond Grade As arrive and join Sagman’s group against her.
• Hila charged the assembled Beyond Grade As despite believing she might die, while Han Xiao gave her a new suit of armor and promised she would survive.
• Kasuyi’s avatar attacked Glory’s group and accused them of planning to capture Hila to force Black Star to remove the Scepter of All Gods’ seal.
• Kasuyi declared that protecting Arcane’s supreme treasure took priority, while Han Xiao wondered whether Kasuyi’s convincing explanation was genuine or an act.

Glory and Arcane joined forces to capture Hila while Black Star’s Dominion avatar struggled to protect her, but the Mechanic Emperor disrupted Gorutan’s support efforts. Black Star’s original body arrived on the battlefield, badly injuring Seraon and turning the tide.

• Kasuyi fought Seraon while Glory and Arcane agreed to attack Hila, and Sagman chose to cooperate with Glory despite Kasuyi’s orders.
• Gorutan learned that the Mechanic Emperor had intercepted his troops, argued with Manison, and left to retrieve them and attack the stargate stations.
• Glory and Arcane overwhelmed Hila as Han Xiao’s Dominion avatar defended her, while their forces prevented him from summoning more troops.
• Sagman prepared Taylor to use forbidden-spell scrolls to kill Hila, but a vast mechanical army arrived at the battlefield.
• Han Xiao’s original body struck Seraon, severed one of his arms, and gave Hila a chance to escape the encirclement.
• Han Xiao faced the stunned Beyond Grade As and told them it was their turn to run.