Recaps

Han Xiao arrived at the frontline base and stopped Arcane and Glory from killing Hila, then rejected their offers to settle the conflict peacefully. He activated several Character Cards and unleashed his mechanical army against the gathered Beyond Grade As.

• Han Xiao struck Seraon and severed his arm, forcing the attackers into a tense standoff while Seraon regrew it.
• Han Xiao learned that an emergency mission required Hila to survive and offered an additional reward for capturing the attackers.
• Hila joined Han Xiao and shared life energy with him to boost his combat strength.
• Seraon offered to withdraw if Han Xiao unsealed Glory's Scepter of All Gods, while Kasuyi proposed joining forces against Glory.
• Han Xiao rejected both deals and challenged the more than ten Beyond Grade As to attack him together.
• Han Xiao activated several Character Cards, amplified his power, and sent his mechanical army surging toward the enemy.

Han Xiao unleashed the Tyrant's character card and doubled Mechanical Sense, overwhelming the Glory and Arcane Beyond Grade As while letting them believe he had burned his potential. He captured Tolain in Space-Time Amber, and Kasuyi called for the others to retreat as the battle turned against them.

• Han Xiao attacked the assembled Beyond Grade As with his boosted mechanical army, and Seraon mistook his power for the Pugilist skill Cellular Super Limit Release.
• Hila learned that Han Xiao had supposedly burned his potential to protect her and attacked the Arcane fighters in anger, while Han Xiao hid that his power came from the Tyrant's character card.
• Han Xiao's Apostle Weapons isolated Tolain and battered him, while his Space-Time Amber shield blocked attacks and Sisko's character card reflected mental assaults from Crystal Soul and Hedis.
• Seraon charged Han Xiao, but the Mechanical Deity met him in a clash of strength, while Han Xiao repelled a joint virtual intrusion and destroyed Francisco's Dominion avatar.
• Hila and the mechanical forces nearly defeated Tolain, and Han Xiao stopped Hila from killing him before sealing him in Space-Time Amber as his first capture.
• Kasuyi advised the Glory and Arcane forces to retreat, warning that the operation had failed and that they could not continue fighting Han Xiao.

Han Xiao exploited the collapse of the Glory and Arcane alliance to capture three of Glory’s Beyond Grade As, while Kasuyi helped him and Arcane escaped. After revealing that the Sovereign could teleport through space-stabilization defenses, Han Xiao set off to pursue Gorutan.

• Seraon and Kasuyi led Glory and Arcane on separate retreats, and Han Xiao focused his forces on Glory while letting Arcane escape.
• Han Xiao trapped Jack Gonitz inside the Mechanical Deity, and Seraon abandoned him to continue Glory’s retreat.
• Kasuyi turned on Glory and helped Han Xiao capture Hedis and Wormur as Seraon escaped with Crystal Soul aboard Glory’s teleporter.
• Han Xiao thanked Kasuyi, recalled his mechanical forces, and sent Hila back to Black Star Palace in the Sovereign to help Ames.
• Han Xiao demonstrated that the Sovereign could teleport through space-stabilization defenses, then borrowed Silver Shadow’s body and headed to confront Gorutan.

Hila appeared at the Black Star Palace and sent Silver Shadow to Han Xiao, who awakened Silver Shadow’s hidden ability to become Universal Treasure-grade equipment. As Han Xiao set off to confront Gorutan, Gorutan remained unaware of the battle’s outcome until a silver meteor approached him.

• Hila arrived at the Black Star Palace, where Ames forced Traveler to retreat, then equipped Silver Shadow with the Sovereign and sent him to Han Xiao.
• Hila told the officers that she felt she owed Han Xiao too much, leaving them worried about his fate.
• Han Xiao revealed Silver Shadow’s hidden ability to transform into Universal Treasure-grade equipment, and Silver Shadow enveloped him, sharing his abilities.
• Sagman, Taylor, and Motes escaped, while Seraon returned to Glory furious over the losses and blamed Kasuyi.
• Manison kept Gorutan cut off from news while his Apostle Weapons held him at a stargate station.
• Han Xiao raced toward Gorutan as a silver meteor, and Gorutan sensed danger approaching.

Han Xiao confronted Gorutan after rescuing Hila and began fighting him with Silver Shadow’s power, while the Empire’s support fleet learned the rescue battle had ended. The fight between Han Xiao and Gorutan remained underway as Sorokin grew worried that Gorutan was not answering his messages.

• Han Xiao, riding Silver Shadow, struck Gorutan and revealed that Hila was safe and Gorutan’s plan had failed.
• Gorutan admitted his scheme and prepared to fight Han Xiao, while Manison’s forces withdrew rather than intervene.
• Han Xiao unleashed his mechanical army and fought Gorutan at close range, astonishing him with his greatly increased strength.
• Kant told Ravenlaude, Beoni, and Kohler that Han Xiao had resolved the rescue crisis, and the Empire’s fleet decided to go see if it could help with his fight against Gorutan.
• Sorokin paced in Gorutan’s palace and worried that Gorutan had not answered his messages.

Han Xiao fought Gorutan in a grueling duel while the Beast Ancestor’s descendants hesitated and Imperial forces arrived to prevent interference. Han Xiao defeated Gorutan and sealed him in Space-Time Amber, while the Traveler escaped into a secondary dimension to hide.

• Han Xiao used his mechanical army and repeated Endless Accumulation charges to battle Gorutan, while Gorutan’s descendants debated whether to intervene.
• Beyram led the Beast Ancestor’s fleet toward the fight, but Kant and the Imperial forces arrived and formed a perimeter at Han Xiao’s request.
• The Traveler reported his failed operation to the Super Star Cluster Alliance, then entered a secondary dimension to hide.
• After a costly battle that destroyed many mechanical troops and weapons, Han Xiao exhausted Gorutan and declared victory.
• Gorutan refused to beg for mercy, and Han Xiao sealed him in Space-Time Amber.

After defeating Glory and Arcane’s forces and capturing Gorutan, Han Xiao secured his authority and prepared to face the political fallout. Hila reaffirmed her loyalty to him, while news of his victory spread across the universe and stunned everyone.

• Han Xiao captured Gorutan in the Space-Time Amber and decided to keep him rather than hand him over.
• Han Xiao thanked his allies, credited Silver Shadow and Ravenlaude for their help, and learned that Gorutan’s fleet was retreating.
• Han Xiao completed his mission for capturing five Beyond Grade As and spoke with Urranrell, who urged him to persuade Hila to join the empire.
• Hila told Han Xiao that he would always be her army commander, and Han Xiao dismissed the Traveler’s accusations before preparing to return to headquarters.
• News that Han Xiao had driven back twelve Beyond Grade As and captured Gorutan spread across the universe, shocking the public.

Black Star’s defeat of the joint Arcane Church and Federation of Light attack transformed the Black Star Army’s standing across the universe and forced the major factions to reconsider their approach to him. The Crimson Dynasty decided to mend its relationship with Black Star by temporarily granting him the right to sell Evolution Totems.

• Black Star Army members in the Star Cluster Abyss celebrated Han Xiao’s victory, and locals treated them with newfound respect when they reached a transit planet.
• Players spread recordings of the battle across the forums, praising Han Xiao and predicting that the Black Star Army’s reputation would attract more recruits.
• Kasuyi told Arcane Church leaders that Black Star was formidable even outside his burst form, prompting them to abandon plans to target Hila.
• President Bader blamed the failed operation and ordered the Federation of Light to negotiate for the release of its three captured Beyond Grade As without provoking Black Star again.
• Urranrell and the Crimson Dynasty’s leaders agreed to support Black Star and temporarily grant him the right to sell Evolution Totems.

After Han Xiao defeated Gorutan and stopped a brewing conflict among the three Universal Civilizations, his victory became known as Black Star's Battle of Deification and boosted his standing across the universe. Han Xiao returned to the Black Star Palace, entered seclusion, and claimed his mission rewards, including four character summon cards.

• Sorokin considered how Gorutan's downfall could benefit him and decided to halt commercial pressure on the Black Star Army and get rid of Traveler.
• The Secret Master planned to claim some of the Beast Ancestor's forces and strengthen his ties with Black Star.
• Carrot's colleagues teased him for saying Black Star had tried to recruit him, while Carrot watched news of his idol without taking offense.
• Black Star's victory became known as Black Star's Battle of Deification, and Han Xiao publicly announced he would enter seclusion to recuperate.
• Han Xiao settled the Hila Rescue Battle mission and received a Legend Point, 92 billion experience, and character summon cards for Kasuyi, Seraon, Gorutan, and Hila.

Han Xiao reviewed four powerful Character Summon Cards and then drew permanent abilities from five captured Beyond Grade As. After gaining several useful talents, he faced his final draw from Gorutan and considered five Pugilist abilities.

• Han Xiao celebrated the effects of Kasuyi, Seraon, Gorutan, and Hila's Character Summon Cards, especially Hila's ability to grant another person a single revival.
• Han Xiao confirmed that his other Character Summon Cards remained available and that the new cards had more than made up for his costs.
• Han Xiao drew from Hedis and chose [Mental Barrier Enhancement] to strengthen his resistance to mental damage and abnormal states.
• Han Xiao drew from Tolain and chose [Super Load], then selected Wormur's [Cell Activity Expansion] for its growing energy bonuses.
• Han Xiao drew [Mechanical Control Master] from Jack Gonitz, boosting the damage and performance of his machinery.
• Han Xiao began the final draw from Gorutan and reviewed five Pugilist abilities, including [Extreme Path Style: Blood Energy Berserk].

After gaining new abilities and securing the Black Star Army’s position, Han Xiao planned how to handle the prisoners, the Beast Ancestor’s forces, and the Army’s next projects. The chapter ended with Hila giving him an amulet for the original body’s birthday, leaving Han Xiao reflecting on the first birthday anyone had celebrated for him since arriving in the Galaxy.

• Han Xiao tested the five abilities drawn from Gorutan and the other Beyond Grade As, finding that Blood Energy Berserk’s health-burning burst suited his rapid recovery.
• Han Xiao reviewed the rewards and consequences of the Hila Rescue Battle, then planned prisoner exchanges, the Beast Ancestor’s legacy, repairs, and new projects for the Black Star Army.
• Han Xiao met with Ames and the Army’s officers, promised Ames he would travel with her, and told Hila to consult him before responding to any Dynasty request.
• Sylvia told Han Xiao that director Benny Travol wanted permission to make a documentary about him, and Han Xiao agreed to meet him.
• Hila gave Han Xiao a birthday amulet containing a coin imbued with her and Aurora’s powers; Han Xiao recognized it as a vessel for Hila’s revival ability and put it on.

Jotina led defectors out of the Beast Ancestor's faction, while Beyram let them go after a costly battle left the faction badly weakened. Han Xiao forced Glory and the Arcane Church to improve their prisoner negotiations, then received a film offer that triggered a mission requiring him to appear in a movie.

• Jotina demanded that Beyram let her rebel faction leave the Beast Ancestor's stronghold, but loyalist officers opened fire and started a battle.
• Jotina's fleet broke through after suffering heavy losses, and she declared that the defectors would seek to join the faction that had defeated Gorutan: Black Star's.
• Silver Shadow left the Black Star Palace after spending several days with Han Xiao and growing closer to him.
• An Arcane diplomat offered generous terms to buy Glory's Beyond Grade A prisoners, and Han Xiao told Glory he might accept unless it improved its offer.
• Benny Travol asked Han Xiao to authorize a biographical film and make a cameo, prompting a mission that required Han Xiao to appear in the movie.

Han Xiao agreed to appear in Benny Travol’s film and arranged for Fording to join the production. He then accepted Jotina and six other defectors from Gorutan’s forces into the Black Star Army and promised to liberate the Beast Ancestor’s headquarters, while a mission to end all human trafficking revealed an immense potential reward.

• Han Xiao agreed to help Benny Travol’s film, offered funding, and arranged for Fording to receive a role.
• Han Xiao learned that Jotina and six other Calamity Grade officers from Gorutan’s forces had come to join the Black Star Army.
• Jotina described Gorutan’s breeding facilities and asked Han Xiao to free the captive mothers and adopt the young offspring.
• Han Xiao accepted Jotina and her companions into the army and agreed to liberate the Beast Ancestor’s forces.
• Han Xiao received the mission to end human trafficking across the Galaxy, whose rewards included one trillion experience and a permanent Revered standing with order-aligned factions.

After Jotina defected to the Black Star Army, the Beast Ancestor’s officers split between rebels seeking to leave and loyalists hoping to rescue Gorutan. Secret Master took control of the officers gathered at the base, while Snake’s attempt to leave for Black Star failed; Secret Master then began negotiating with Sorokin over a share in the Interstellar Black Market.

• Han Xiao ordered Melos and Sylvia to send a fleet to the Beast Ancestor’s headquarters, free the slaves, and dismantle the descendant-breeding production line.
• Snake gathered rebel officers and planned their defection, while diehard loyalists discussed infiltrating the Black Star Army to rescue Gorutan.
• Beyram summoned the officers to a meeting, where Secret Master appeared through a portal and announced he would take temporary control of the Beast Ancestor’s forces.
• Snake supported Secret Master’s takeover but asked to retire and join his sister Jotina; Secret Master refused to let him or the other officers leave.
• Secret Master marked the officers to monitor them, then thanked Beyram for helping him seize control of the base.
• Secret Master and Sorokin discussed a deal in which Secret Master would help Sorokin become an Interstellar Black Market protector in exchange for Gorutan’s vacant Infinite Financial Group shareholder position.

Han Xiao agreed to the Crimson Dynasty’s plan to open Evolution Totem sales to the universe, then persuaded Secret Master to let Snake and other Beast Ancestor cadres join the Black Star Army. The Dynasty’s announcement raised Han Xiao’s prestige, and he quietly arrived at an Infinite Financial Group branch.

• Han Xiao completed a second gold-quality Sovereign Mecha and arranged for it to be delivered to Hila.
• A Crimson Dynasty official told Han Xiao that the Dynasty planned to open Evolution Totem sales to the universe, and Han Xiao agreed to negotiate a new profit-sharing arrangement.
• Jotina urged Snake to leave Secret Master’s control, and Han Xiao later persuaded Secret Master to let Snake and other cadres join the Black Star Army.
• The Crimson Dynasty announced that Evolution Totems would be available to the entire universe in one year, prompting excitement and renewed attention to Han Xiao’s Battle of Deification.
• An uninvited Han Xiao quietly arrived at an Infinite Financial Group branch in the Shattered World.

Han Xiao visited Sorokin and used the political leverage created by the Evolution Totem to force Sorokin to accept him as an Infinite Financial Group shareholder. The chapter ended with Sorokin bitterly recognizing that Han Xiao had ruined his plans and muttering that he hated Beyond Grade As.

• Han Xiao arrived at an Infinite Financial Group branch and met Sorokin, who wondered why he had come.
• Han Xiao led Sorokin to believe he wanted ordinary commercial cooperation, then revealed he wanted Gorutan's vacant shareholder position.
• Sorokin refused, citing the agreement with Gorutan and the need to preserve balance among the three civilizations.
• Han Xiao pointed out that the other shareholders and the civilizations could not easily oppose him because of his standing and the Evolution Totem.
• Sorokin realized he had no viable way to resist and agreed to make Han Xiao a shareholder.
• After Han Xiao left, Sorokin lamented the loss of his plans and smashed his wineglass.

Han Xiao secured Sorokin’s agreement to grant him an Infinite Financial Group shareholder position and began planning a Beyond Grade A federation, while arranging for Fording to portray him in a film. The chapter ended with Han Xiao learning that the Dark Emperor had stepped down.

• Han Xiao reflected on Sorokin’s hidden strength, secured dividends and a shareholder position, and contacted the three Universal Civilizations to register their agreement.
• Sorokin told the Secret Master that Han Xiao had taken the reserved shareholder seat, prompting the Secret Master to reconsider their deal.
• Han Xiao presented Sylvia with a draft proposal for the Shattered World Beyond Grade A Development Federation, and she agreed to refine it despite her concerns about the Universal Civilizations’ reaction.
• Han Xiao persuaded Fording to play him in a film after Fording objected to being cast as the lead.
• Han Xiao checked an internal Empire news item and discovered that the Dark Emperor had stepped down.

Han Xiao welcomed Jotina and ten other former Beast Ancestor officers into the Black Star Army, then considered an Army-wide competition to strengthen unity. He and Manison drafted a Beyond Grade A federation proposal, but their discussion left the presidency—and their rivalry for it—unresolved.

• Han Xiao learned that Clottey had temporarily left his post as the Dynasty leader’s personal guard and suspected the change was tied to his own actions.
• Jotina and ten other former Beast Ancestor officers joined the Black Star Army, and Han Xiao tested their combat abilities before planning their assignments.
• Jotina openly told Han Xiao she was attracted to him and wanted to become his personal guard, but he brushed aside her advances.
• Han Xiao proposed an Army-wide competition, and he planned to have Sylvia develop the idea into a large faction celebration.
• Sylvia completed a draft for the Shattered World Beyond Grade A Development Federation, and Han Xiao and Manison discussed recruiting influential Beyond Grade As to support it.
• Han Xiao raised the question of who would become president, but Manison deferred the decision, leaving Han Xiao to consider how to win support against his more established rival.

Han Xiao helped recruit allies for the Beyond Grade A Development Federation while the Crimson Dynasty debated how to respond. After crafting the Great Emperor's Robe, he prepared to visit the secondary dimensions, as Clottey set out for Fel Energy Aggregation.

• Han Xiao and Manison recruited Peak Beyond Grade As to the Development Federation, while Kant warned Han Xiao about Manison's motives and proposed that the association eventually control its own membership through purges.
• Bekorodi urged Urranrell to punish Han Xiao by revoking access to the Evolution Totem, but Urranrell rejected the idea and acknowledged that Beyond Grade As were beginning to unite.
• Han Xiao crafted the Great Emperor's Robe, unlocked the third-stage Mechanical Divine Transformation effect, and decided to leave for the secondary dimensions to visit Ames.
• Clottey entered a Dynasty portal prepared for secondary-dimension travel and selected Fel Energy Aggregation as his destination.

Clottey enlisted Guzar’s help to hunt Traveler in the secondary dimension space, while Traveler planned to ambush the Dark Emperor with help from hidden allies. Han Xiao and Ames entered the Void Dimension with Chaos Mysterious Energy to find Holy Light Particle, but a disturbance suddenly stirred the Void energy around them.

• Clottey met Guzar at Outpost A000 and asked him to help track Traveler, whom the Empire suspected of involvement in the Hila Rescue Battle.
• Traveler divined that Clottey was pursuing him and decided to gather powerful allies to ambush the Dark Emperor.
• Luo and Fei began a secret expedition to locate Black Star and seize Chaos Mysterious Energy, with permission to use a Child of Destiny esper body if needed.
• Han Xiao gave Ames custom mechanical armor and used Chaos Mysterious Energy to take her into the Void Dimension.
• Chaos Mysterious Energy began tracking Holy Light Particle, but the surrounding Void energy suddenly went berserk and Ames sensed something approaching.

Han Xiao and Ames entered the Void Dimension, met Void Lord Kirkmond, and agreed that Han Xiao would later help him defeat a rival. Kirkmond recognized an unusual aura in a Revival Coin, suggesting he might know the secondary dimension Hila had been seeking.

• Han Xiao and Ames were surrounded by Kirkmond's void army, and Han Xiao revealed his void nature before accepting Kirkmond's invitation to his base.
• Han Xiao learned about the Void Dimension's factions and accepted Kirkmond's commission to defeat Void Lord Bagdora, planning to return after finding the Holy Light Particle.
• Han Xiao received the Void Conqueror milestone mission, which required destroying eight Void Lord factions and earning the respect of four.
• Kirkmond sensed a familiar aura in Ames' Revival Coin and Han Xiao's matching coin, and said he had encountered similar energy in a secondary dimension.
• Han Xiao realized the energy might come from the dimension that had interfered with Hila's connection to Aurora.

Han Xiao learned of a collapsing secondary dimension that might be relevant to Hila, then traveled with Ames and the Chaos Mysterious Energy to find Holy Light Particle. Meanwhile, Clottey confronted Traveler and his hidden allies, while Luo and Fei’s fleet mistakenly searched for Black Star and fled after encountering Clottey.

• Kirkmond told Han Xiao about the Land of Dead Silence, a sealed secondary dimension now on the verge of collapse, and gave him its coordinates.
• Han Xiao agreed to scout the dimension for Hila after finishing his business, then left with Ames and the Chaos Mysterious Energy to find Holy Light Particle.
• Luo and Fei’s fleet intercepted Clottey while searching for a Peak Beyond Grade A, realized he was not Black Star, and hurriedly departed.
• Clottey reached the Fel Energy Aggregation and found Traveler, who had gathered three hidden Beyond Grade A allies and an army to defend himself.
• Traveler challenged Clottey on his home ground, and Clottey prepared to destroy him along with the dimension.
• Han Xiao and Ames arrived at Holy Light Particle’s beautiful lair, where the Chaos Mysterious Energy planned to draw her out by releasing its aura.

Han Xiao captured the Holy Light Particle in the Land of Light and discovered that its Holy Light Seeds could provide a secondary growth path for ordinary people, then traveled with Ames to the Land of Dead Silence to investigate its connection to Hila. There, they encountered a battered stranger as Luo and Fei pursued a newly detected peak Beyond Grade A, while Clottey finished a battle in the dying Fel Energy Aggregation.

• Han Xiao and Ames explored the Land of Light, where Han Xiao anchored its coordinates and had Chaos Mysterious Energy wake the Holy Light Particle.
• Han Xiao subdued the Holy Light Particle, learned about his abilities and Holy Light Seeds, tested a seed, then had it reclaimed and collected his mission rewards.
• Han Xiao unlocked the Primordial Esper Ability Collector milestone, which required two more Primordial Esper Ability Entities and rewarded a Third Sanctum skill fragment.
• Han Xiao and Ames visited the Land of Dead Silence, where Han Xiao's Resurrection Coin reacted, but neither could find a clue connected to Hila.
• A battered powerful life form fell through a hole in the Land of Dead Silence's spatial wall, while Luo and Fei ordered their ship to pursue a second peak Beyond Grade A.
• Clottey killed the last Beyond Grade A in the Fel Energy Aggregation and realized his opponent had escaped through spatial turbulence after Clottey used too much force.

Traveler escaped Clottey’s destruction of Fel Energy Aggregation, only to be captured by Han Xiao and Ames in another secondary dimension. After Traveler exposed Sorokin’s role in the conflict among Beyond Grade As, a hostile fleet led by Luo arrived and targeted Han Xiao.

• Clottey destroyed Fel Energy Aggregation and killed Traveler’s three allies, but Traveler escaped through spatial turbulence with an origin energy shard.
• Traveler entered a ravaged secondary dimension and tried to flee when he saw Han Xiao and Ames, but Ames captured and severely injured him.
• Han Xiao revealed that he knew Traveler served the Star Arc Civilization, prompting Traveler to confess to his cooperation with Sorokin and explain that Clottey had pursued him.
• Traveler said Dark Emperor had attacked him, and Han Xiao contacted Clottey, who confirmed Traveler’s mission target and asked for the origin energy shard.
• Han Xiao took the shard from Traveler, but a fleet led by Luo emerged from a spatial rift, identified Han Xiao, and prepared to fire.

Han Xiao and Clottey captured Traveler and learned that Sorokin had hired him, while an unidentified fleet launched a surprise attack using specialized technologies derived from Primordial Esper Ability Entities. The fleet escaped with part of the Chaos Mysterious Energy, and Han Xiao recognized its members as people who should not exist in this era.

• Clottey arrived and explained that the Crimson Dynasty wanted Traveler captured or killed, while Han Xiao said Traveler had named Sorokin as the mastermind.
• Han Xiao sealed Traveler in Space-Time Amber, and Clottey and Han Xiao discovered that the unfamiliar fleet belonged to neither of them.
• Clottey demanded to inspect the fleet, but Luo and Fei ordered their ships to attack with Dimensional Banishment Projectiles and a Memory Formatting Virus that disrupted Han Xiao.
• The fleet used an Advanced Life Form Energy Disruption Wave to weaken Han Xiao, Clottey, and Ames, then banished Clottey and tried to capture the Chaos Mysterious Energy.
• Han Xiao restrained the Chaos Mysterious Energy, but Luo severed and captured part of it before the fleet escaped through spatial turbulence.
• Han Xiao identified the attackers as a group of people who should not exist in this era.