Recaps

Han Xiao decided to help the Three Universal Civilizations complete the dark-side universe’s transformation, partly to protect himself and his home. After their teams entered three Sanctuaries, the leaders asked him to help end the Star Alliance threat while the explorers were away.

• Han Xiao weighed the risks to his home and the fate of the universe, then resolved to help the Three Universal Civilizations transform the dark-side universe.
• The Three Universal Civilizations prepared three teams of trusted elites, with Oulu and Clottey leading two of them; Urnos was absent from the Arcane Church’s team.
• Han Xiao watched as the three spaceships entered separate Sanctuary passages and explained that the teams would take a long time to return because their permissions were low.
• Mabrus, Louis, and the leader of the Arcane Church asked Han Xiao to help deal with the Star Alliance before it could disrupt their plans.
• Han Xiao agreed to look into the conflict and said he hoped his involvement would help the Star Alliance accept reality with less bloodshed.

The Super Star Cluster Alliance worried that Black Star and the Three Universal Civilizations’ cooperation might leave them isolated, while the Star Alliance celebrated fabricated reports of interstellar society’s defeats. The chapter ended when the Star Alliance learned that the World Tree army had entered its territory.

• The Super Star Cluster leaders learned that Black Star and the Three Universal Civilizations had secretly agreed to develop the Sanctuary together and feared they might join forces against the Alliance.
• The Star Arc leader urged the Super Star Cluster Alliance to reconsider its stance toward both sides and avoid appearing aloof.
• The Star Alliance leaders celebrated false battle reports claiming the World Tree was devastating interstellar society and that Black Star and other powerful figures had fallen.
• The Star Alliance head warned that the World Tree could become a threat after the Three Universal Civilizations were defeated.
• A secretary rushed in and announced that the World Tree army had been detected inside Star Alliance territory.

As the World Tree invaded the Star Alliance, panic and internal divisions shattered the alliance’s unified command, driving its members to flee. Han Xiao exploited the chaos by capturing Sevinis and striking at the Star Alliance’s leaders, leaving the Lorl Civilization without its leader.

• The World Tree fleet overwhelmed the Star Alliance’s rapid response force and began consuming a prosperous planet as the Heart Tree King looked toward the Star Alliance’s home planet.
• The Star Alliance leaders argued over fighting, fleeing, or seeking help from the Three Universal Civilizations, then abandoned the conference without agreeing on a plan.
• Member civilizations began evacuating independently, causing the Star Alliance’s governing structure to collapse as Han Xiao’s divide-and-conquer strategy took effect.
• Sevinis fled Lorl Civilization aboard an evacuation fleet, but Han Xiao disabled the ships, destroyed much of the escort, and captured Sevinis and the leaders aboard his flagship.
• Han Xiao declared Sevinis his first capture and vanished, leaving Lorl Civilization’s remaining forces confused and leaderless.

Han Xiao’s forces crushed the Star Alliance, captured its leaders, and revealed that the World Tree had already been defeated and was now his Universal Treasure. He offered the imprisoned leaders a choice between submission and destruction, leaving them to decide as the Three Universal Civilizations continued their campaign.

• Han Xiao used the virtual networks to capture the leaders and upper echelon members of all forty-six Star Alliance civilizations, while the World Tree and Three Universal Civilizations overwhelmed their disorganized defenses.
• In the prison, Sevinis and the other captives believed the Three Universal Civilizations had become servants of the World Tree after joining the attack on the Star Alliance.
• Han Xiao revealed that he had captured the World Tree and that fabricated battle reports had deceived the Star Alliance’s infiltrators for over a year.
• Han Xiao demanded that the Star Alliance civilizations submit as vassals if they wanted their peoples to survive, while Sevinis refused and was restrained.
• Han Xiao left the captives in the Three Universal Civilizations’ custody, and Tenny thanked him as their forces continued the cleanup.

Han Xiao researched a way to break through the Dark Side Universe while the Three Universal Civilizations dismantled the Star Alliance and the players completed their fifth professional league season. When the version update began, news arrived that the Sanctuary Exploration Team had returned, and Han Xiao rushed to meet them, leaving Ames worried that she could no longer share his burdens.

• Han Xiao watched Calamity Grade players compete in the professional league and considered how their growing strength might eventually bring new chaos.
• The Three Universal Civilizations finished most of their reckoning with the Star Alliance, while Dynasty won the fifth professional league season under Tai Erzi.
• As version 5.5 ended and the players logged off, Han Xiao assessed his research plan as more than seventy percent likely to succeed.
• Ames confronted Han Xiao about his secrecy and relentless work, but he promised that this would be the last time and that he would make sure they all survived.
• Mabrus informed Han Xiao that the Sanctuary Exploration Team had returned, so Han Xiao changed into the Sovereign and teleported away, leaving Ames feeling unable to keep up with him.

Clottey and the others returned from the Sanctuaries with proof of Universe Iteration and successful Sanctuary Revival, confirming Han Xiao’s claims to the Three Universal Civilizations. Han Xiao outlined two ways to escape the Dark Side Universe, and the leaders began preparing while weighing their options.

• Clottey and the returning explorers emerged from the Sanctuary passages, and Clottey confirmed they had found records about Universe Iteration and past civilizations.
• Clottey showed the Sanctuary Revival Mark, proving that the Three Universal Civilizations’ test using concealed revival mediums had succeeded.
• Han Xiao compared his Sanctuary Authority Mark with Clottey’s, then explained why the explorers had experienced time differently inside the Sanctuaries.
• Han Xiao proposed using the Information Materialization Device either on its own or with his Virtual Genesis ability to return to the Real Universe, estimating success rates of fifty and seventy percent.
• The Three Universal Civilizations’ leaders requested time to consider the plans and agreed to begin preparations, while Han Xiao kept his more risky World Tree plan secret.

Han Xiao prepared for the Information Materialization Device conversion by strengthening his Information Anchors, then revisited Planet Aquamarine to remember his past there. His memories formed his first Information Anchor, connected to the planet.

• Han Xiao realized that the conversion could sever his information interference channel, so he planned to reinforce his information foundation with memories and other Information Anchors.
• On Planet Aquamarine, Bennett reminisced with Nero and Mia about the fall of the Germinal Organization and celebrated his grandson’s promising Esper Gene.
• Han Xiao watched Bennett’s family leave and recalled his early struggles, the Germinal Organization’s destruction, and the calamities of versions 1.0 and 2.0.
• Han Xiao’s memories strengthened his information foundation and established his first Information Anchor, connected to Planet Aquamarine, before he departed.

Han Xiao visited Planet Saint and the Black Star Army headquarters, reflecting on the lives and history of those who had followed him. He formed two more Information Anchors before disappearing, leaving the people he had visited unexpectedly remembering him.

• Han Xiao toured Planet Saint and saw its mechanical lifeforms developing their own customs, businesses, and everyday lives.
• Han Xiao watched a mechanical father carry his child and resolved to let the mechanical civilization enjoy peaceful lives instead of sending them to fight for him.
• Han Xiao reflected on the mechanical civilization at the statues of his normal and Supreme Heavenly Venerate forms, formed an Information Anchor, and vanished.
• Han Xiao visited the Black Star Army headquarters unseen and recalled how Melos, Sylvia, Aroshia, Lagi, and Reynold had grown alongside the organization.
• Han Xiao formed another Information Anchor and disappeared, while Melos, Sylvia, Lagi, and the others unexpectedly remembered their early days with him.

Han Xiao released the Child of Destiny to help him create a new Information Anchor, then visited the Super Sanctuary and the Machine Race while reflecting on his companions. The chapter ended with a new anchor forming after his visit to Manison, who had refused to meet him.

• Han Xiao released the Child of Destiny and asked it to use its links with its offspring to help create an Information Anchor.
• Han Xiao observed Aurora leading a meeting, Fording and Morning Star on a date, Hila with her pet, and Sorokin managing the Super Sanctuary's business.
• Han Xiao visited the Gods' Plaza and sensed a new Information Anchor forming through his bonds with the Beyond Grade As.
• Han Xiao went to the Machine Race to visit Manison, but Manison's student Marigo Morgan told him that his teacher was in seclusion and would see no visitors.
• After Han Xiao departed, another Information Anchor formed, and Manison briefly looked in his direction before returning to his research.

Harrison and Jenny explored the ruins of the Teslande civilization with their child before Ames rescued them from a collapse and reunited with Han Xiao. As Han Xiao and Ames flirted and discussed having a child, their energy destroyed the planet, leaving Harrison and Jenny to escape into space.

• Harrison told Jenny the story of the last Teslande king as they searched the underground ruins and found two beast skeletons embracing.
• The ruins collapsed, and Ames used her force field to rescue Harrison, Jenny, and their child before taking the baby from Jenny to play with him.
• Jenny asked Ames whether she would have a child with Black Star, and Ames admitted she had not decided.
• Han Xiao arrived and told Ames he wanted a child with her because he needed another anchor for the future, while Harrison and Jenny fled aboard their spaceship.
• Han Xiao and Ames unleashed enough power during their intimate encounter to shatter the planet, and Harrison and Jenny watched the explosion from space.

Han Xiao discovered that the lives and admiration of people across interstellar society formed a powerful Information Anchor, strengthening his connection to the Dark Side Universe. He met with the Three Universal Civilizations and began discussing when to start the conversion plan.

• Han Xiao spotted a Black Star collector's edition Veyne Cards deck and realized that interstellar society's memories and admiration of him formed an Information Anchor.
• Han Xiao spread countless Virtual Souls through the quantum network, observing people across many planets and strengthening the Information Anchor.
• Mabrus and the other leaders of the Three Universal Civilizations discussed preparations for converting the Dark Side Universe while waiting for Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao arrived at the meeting and explained that his deepened connection to the Dark Side Universe had changed his aura.
• Han Xiao and the leaders agreed to discuss a start date for the conversion plan, which could take years or even decades to complete.

Nine years after the plan was made, Han Xiao used the World Tree to transform the Dark Side Universe and returned to the Real Universe, where the Galaxy worlds merged and Black Star reappeared. The transformation brought the Kabang explorers and Earth’s players face to face with a changed universe, ushering in a new era.

• Han Xiao activated the World Tree’s information materialization function, and people across interstellar society remembered Black Star as the Dark Side Universe transformed.
• Ames comforted her daughter, telling her that Han Xiao was undertaking a great mission and would return when their daughter grew up.
• Kabang explorers monitoring Earth detected massive spatial distortions and an energy wave, realizing that the universe was changing.
• Zhu Xiaohua found that no players could log in to Galaxy after version 6.0 went live, then saw warships and Black Star appear in Earth’s sky.
• Black Star looked down at Zhu Xiaohua and said he was home, as people witnessed the universe’s transformation and the start of a new era.