Recaps

Han Xiao uncovered the Domino Virus’s true danger, destroyed its core, and fought Manison over the lost technology. The crisis elevated Han Xiao’s standing with the three Universal Civilizations, while new clues about the Sanctuary and the Sanctum opened another mystery.

• Han Xiao used Harrison’s luck and his own investigation to discover that the Intelligence Plague was the evolving Domino Virus, capable of escaping into the physical world and moving through the quantum network.
• Han Xiao helped the three Universal Civilizations and the Beyond Grade A Mechanics trap the virus core, but Manison seized it and offered to study its technology.
• Han Xiao took the core from Manison and erased it, then fought Manison with their Mechanical Deities until the other Mechanics intervened and forced a draw.
• The three Universal Civilizations praised and rewarded Han Xiao, while he gained Manison’s Billion Mechanic Emperor talent and secured support and Ultimate Knowledge for the Black Star Army.
• The civilizations eliminated the remaining virus nodes and lifted the Ancient Star Desert blockade, while public reports celebrated Han Xiao’s role in ending the crisis.
• Han Xiao received an incomplete Domino Virus blueprint and a talent that could counter virtual viruses, then resumed negotiations with Oathkeeper and asked about the Sanctuary.
• Hila learned from Onicelu that the Sanctuary could revive the dead and decided to tell Han Xiao, who planned to ask Iso about the Sanctuary, the Sanctum, Oathkeeper, and Manison.

Han Xiao uncovered the Sanctum Organization’s plan to revive historical powerhouses while managing a public scandal and refusing to let the Development Federation take sides for the Three Universal Civilizations. The Super Star Cluster Alliance began its expansion, drawing the galaxy into war as Han Xiao tested his suspicions about Sorokin.

• Han Xiao searched for the invisible Lodi Anke, discovered that Child of Destiny was transforming him, and consulted Oathkeeper about the ability and Soul Flame.
• Han Xiao confronted Manison over the Intelligence Plague, then let players’ mistaken belief that Manison had impersonated him expose spies and unstable players at the Black Star Cup ceremony.
• Han Xiao learned from Hila that the Sanctuary could revive the dead and struck a deal with Oathkeeper to protect the Sanctum Organization’s secret in return for its revival method, technology, intelligence, and ties to the revived.
• Oathkeeper opened the Third Sanctum, destroyed Manison’s remaining consciousness, and entered before the passage collapsed.
• The Three Universal Civilizations awarded Han Xiao the Galaxy Medal, but he refused their request to make the Development Federation oppose the Super Star Cluster Alliance.
• The Northern Front and other forces seized strategic planets in the Free Competition Zone, triggering the Eve Incident, and the Three Universal Civilizations responded with sanctions and a call to arms.
• Han Xiao sent players to fight Modo Civilization and asked Sorokin to fund the campaign and provide business channels, then suggested that Rovel Sisok might have survived as Soul Flame’s former host.
• Sorokin agreed to cooperate with Han Xiao but feared that an investigation would expose his role in the Tragedy of the Pinnacle, and concluded that killing Han Xiao might be necessary.

The Black Star Army fought Modo after its plot against Iso, while Han Xiao defeated Manison and seized the Soul-Switching Device and several of his controlled fighters. Han Xiao then rallied the Beyond Grade A Association, invaded Modo’s heartland with Ames, and killed Roddick, Lagos, and most of Modo’s Expeditionary Army leadership.

• The Black Star Army attacked Modo’s forces in the Ferdinand Star System as Han Xiao organized intelligence operations and allies to encircle Modo.
• The Soul-Switching Twins used the Soul-Switching Device to replace Iso’s soul and make him report false information, but Han Xiao and Ames tracked down the impostor and exposed Modo’s plot.
• Han Xiao confronted Manison on Earth Ring Planet, restored the self-awareness of Manison’s controlled troops and Convicts, and captured several of them and the Soul-Switching Device.
• Han Xiao revealed Manison’s use of Beyond Grade A Convicts at the Association meeting and won support for retaliation against Modo after its attack on Iso.
• Han Xiao and Ames arrived in the Ferdinand War Zone, ordered other forces to withdraw, and led the Black Star Army’s assault on Modo’s defenses.
• Han Xiao and Ames crossed Modo’s territory while Han Xiao’s mechanical troops disrupted its fleets and planted Throne nodes, but Modo’s leaders failed to secure outside protection.
• Han Xiao’s troops detonated outside Modo headquarters, killing Roddick, Lagos, and most of the Modo Expeditionary Army’s leadership before Han Xiao and Ames escaped.

Han Xiao helped force Modo out of the Shattered World Battle, then advanced to level 340 and entered a sealed secondary dimension with Kasuyi. There, they joined Jess in a plan to break the looping world and escape.

• Ames left Han Xiao with her Stellar Energy Absorption Method, while Han Xiao exposed Modo’s defeat to the Kunde settlements and learned that Fording had planted thousands of spies.
• Modo’s opposition challenged the Three Kings, and Rotel assassinated one of them before Han Xiao helped him escape, prompting Modo to withdraw from the Shattered World Battle.
• The Yanhuang Alliance won the national war on Planet Milton, and Han Xiao gained enough experience to reach level 340 and complete his advancement.
• Han Xiao gained Void Authority and joined Kasuyi on an expedition into a sealed secondary dimension, where they found a powerful civilization and lost access to many of their abilities.
• Han Xiao deciphered the local network and learned that the Federation of All Stars was trapped in a failed World Restart Plan, then received a message from the mysterious Jess offering a way out.
• Jess explained the repeating world and the Protector’s role, and Han Xiao accepted a mission to destroy the dimensional consciousness and break the loop.
• Han Xiao copied Jess’s technical knowledge and built up his mechanical army while Jess, Kasuyi, and Han Xiao planned to infiltrate the Super Security Department’s warehouse and attack the dimensional core.