Recaps

Han Xiao uncovered the truth about Sanctuary revival, forged an alliance with the revived First Ones, and later discovered that Gaud carried part of Sorokin’s consciousness. After secretly capturing Sorokin, Han Xiao ambushed Gaud and revealed that he knew his identity.

• Han Xiao and Kasuyi raided the Super Security Department vault to destroy the Protector, while Jess sacrificed himself after giving Han Xiao his technical data.
• Han Xiao and Kasuyi escaped the collapsing dimension, kept the Sanctuary secrets from outsiders, and returned to the Army as version 4.0 approached.
• The Oathkeeper revived the First Ones and concealed that Sanctuary revival could be repeated, but Han Xiao exposed the truth and secured the Sanctum Organization’s cooperation.
• Han Xiao fought five First Ones at once, won their respect, and persuaded them to train in seclusion and consider joining the Beyond Grade A Association.
• Gaud broke through to Beyond Grade A, and Han Xiao discovered that his Rebirth ability and Energy Manipulation suggested he was Sorokin in a new body.
• Han Xiao opened Sorokin’s Space-Time Amber prison and fought him, confirming that Sorokin had split his soul and left another consciousness in Gaud.
• Han Xiao spread rumors about Gaud’s Energy Manipulation, and Gaud fled the Empire fleet after an unknown attacker seized control of his ship.
• Han Xiao attacked Gaud’s fleet, captured Gaud in a sealed secondary dimension, and told him he knew he was really Sorokin.

Han Xiao captured Gaud, manipulated the Empire’s search, and later exposed Sorokin before turning him into a Heroic Spirit. After years of peace and Aurora’s rise to Beyond Grade A, Han Xiao became president of the Beyond Grade A Association and went to meet the Sanctum Organization with the keys to the Third Sanctum assembled.

• Han Xiao captured Gaud in Space-Time Amber after uncovering his connection to Sorokin and his secret analysis of the Evolution Cube’s energy, then chose Gaud’s Perfect Energy Affinity Physique as his reward.
• As the Crimson Dynasty and other powers searched for Gaud, Han Xiao joined the Empire’s task force and secretly steered the investigation toward the Super Star Cluster Alliance, which became the Empire’s temporary scapegoat.
• After the war against the Super Star Cluster Alliance, Mabrus replaced Urranrell as head of the Crimson Dynasty, while Han Xiao secured the Netherland’s heroic spirits as allies for Hila and Aurora.
• Han Xiao helped lift restrictions on over a hundred billion Kunde, recruited many into the Black Star Army, and gained major rewards for advancing the Kunde Race’s recovery.
• Sorokin found the Sanctum Organization while pursuing the Soul Flame, but Oathkeeper and the revived First Ones captured him, and Han Xiao then helped lure Sorokin into an ambush and trapped his soul in the Netherland.
• Sorokin agreed to become a Heroic Spirit under Hila’s control and confessed to his aliases, role in the Tragedy of the Pinnacle, and hidden collection of eight Universal Treasures, while the Crimson Dynasty’s warrant brought down the Infinite Financial Group.
• During the ensuing years of peace, Aurora became a Beyond Grade A, the Beyond Grade A Association reached its fiftieth anniversary, and Han Xiao won its presidency after Roles received no votes.
• Han Xiao promised to unite and protect the association, warned that a major change was approaching, and teleported to the Ancient Star Desert to meet the Sanctum Organization with the keys to the Third Sanctum assembled.

Han Xiao entered the Third Sanctum, revived the First Ones, and used the growing Beyond Grade A Association to protect emerging Supers as tensions with the Three Universal Civilizations mounted. After Version 5.0 began, he investigated a Sanctum spy and challenged four reclusive Beyond Grade As to join the Association.

• Han Xiao entered the Third Sanctum, uncovered its records and messages from past civilizations, and returned with Third Sanctum Access Lv6.
• Han Xiao revived a group of Beyond Grade As, offered them a choice between joining the Association and staying hidden, and brought most of them into public view at Mael’s welcome meeting.
• The Three Universal Civilizations discussed how to counter the revived Beyond Grade As, while Han Xiao strengthened the Association and kept the full truth about Sanctuary Revival secret.
• Han Xiao’s forces protected Beyond Grade A Seeds from deathsworn hunting squads, and he recruited Carrot while promising guidance toward Peak Beyond Grade A.
• Version 5.0 opened in Galaxy Calendar year 782, bringing players back to the Black Star Army as the Three Universal Civilizations continued pressuring the Association.
• Han Xiao investigated the Sanctum spy, learned that Pangon had killed Kotlin, and tracked the observer to Joey Tan Ryan’s hidden refuge.
• Han Xiao fought Joey and his three companions across several Secondary Dimensions, defeated them, and urged them to join the Association before returning to improve the Army’s player benefits.

Han Xiao led the Beyond Grade A Association through sanctions, black-market conflict, and a widening confrontation with the Three Universal Civilizations. After a raid exposed Manison’s Virtual Mutiny Virus research, both sides mobilized, and Han Xiao stood between the Association and the joint fleet as a ten-day ultimatum began.

• Frenzied Saber trained Jiangcheng Guild members on the way to a mission while the Black Star Army introduced new benefits and a military exercise, and Louis agreed to sanctions against Beyond Grade A factions.
• The Three Universal Civilizations sanctioned the Association, prompting Han Xiao to suspend support for their direct-line Beyond Grade As and seek cooperation with the Super Star Cluster Alliance and the Interstellar Black Market.
• Han Xiao negotiated limited Sanctuary Revival slots with the Super Star Cluster Alliance, while Planet Aquamarine withdrew from the Civilization Council and Lothaire returned to the Black Star Army.
• Han Xiao discovered an enormous damaged mechanical body, identified it as [Unknown Aggregate], and learned through its memories that the World Tree Civilization had destroyed the Kama Republic Alliance after its Fusion Mechanical Ascension technology failed.
• Players fought over black-market territory, and the Gods Guild killed Dafis on Planet Birger despite civilian casualties, and Han Xiao accepted responsibility for the guild’s actions and told its players to avoid excessive collateral damage.
• Han Xiao completed his exclusive talent research, gained [Great Emperor of War Han Xiao], and agreed to admit the Kingdom of the Four Gods into the Association while Oathkeeper reported progress on the Sanctuary keys.
• Mornisa and other Mechanics raided Manison’s database and stole faction intelligence and technological blueprints, and Han Xiao then confronted Manison about the stolen Virtual Mutiny Virus records.
• The Association mobilized and gathered its forces in the Shattered World as the Three Universal Civilizations announced Manison’s virus research and sent a joint fleet toward Machine Race territory.
• Han Xiao and the Association refused to surrender the virus technology, formed a defensive perimeter around Machine Race territory, and faced a joint fleet that paused for negotiations.
• Han Xiao rejected the Three Universal Civilizations’ ten-day ultimatum and private offer, while Simon ordered the fleet to prepare a High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter and the Association’s leaders discussed the impending battle.