Recaps

Han Xiao expanded the Black Star Mercenary Group, uncovered the Mutation Disaster threat, and captured Rezar while building his reputation with players. As the international tournament began, he sold Frenzied Saber an Ability Potion just before the player faced Key of Solomon.

• Han Xiao rescued the mercenaries with Ames’s help, discovered the Whispering Bead held a Mutation Source, and arranged for Goddora to receive it while prioritizing Planet Aquamarine.
• Han Xiao returned to Juberly Hub, recruited more than a hundred Sunil mercenaries, repaired Melos’s arm, and built an arsenal of compressed machines and new combat systems.
• Han Xiao used the faction store and Dungeon Crystals to draw players into the Dragon Emperor dungeon, while Meat Bun’s videos spread stories of Han Xiao and Ames.
• Ashes learned of Sarota’s capture and the bead’s delivery, vowed to kill Han Xiao, and was reprimanded by Anur and barred from missions for a year.
• Han Xiao and the Black Star Mercenary Group stopped Rezar’s ritual, defeated him after he reached Grade B, and later helped him escape Rex’s planned assassination.
• Han Xiao extracted Rezar’s magic and gained a temporary Source Water Magic summon, then warned King Jiale about a possible Mutation Virus before returning to Juberly Hub.
• The international tournament began, and Dynasty won its opening matches as Huaxia teams faced tougher counters and qualification pressure.
• Han Xiao sold Frenzied Saber an Ability Potion that greatly increased his mechanical affinity, and Frenzied Saber began his match against Key of Solomon.

Han Xiao dealt with Sylvia’s revenge, prepared for the players’ yearlong absence, and pursued four Mysterious Statues across the stars. After taking the final statue by force on Mystic Blue Star, he completed Morning Star’s mission and received a talent reward.

• Frenzied Saber used Han Xiao’s summon card to defeat Key of Solomon, and Han Xiao’s Mechanical Affinity bonus drew widespread attention.
• Han Xiao escorted supplies to Dragon Calm, exposed Sylvia’s assassination plot, and learned that she had acted to avenge her imprisoned father.
• Han Xiao brought Sylvia to Langley, revealed the truth about her father, and recruited her for ten years of service.
• Han Xiao delivered the supplies, joined the Space-Time Research Society, and prepared for the Version 1.0 update and the players’ disappearance.
• Tens of millions of players vanished when the update began, and Han Xiao suspended mercenary operations to seek a Mission Settlement Card.
• Han Xiao found a Mysterious Statue at a scavenger base, then accepted Morning Star’s mission to find the other three statues.
• Han Xiao traveled to Mystic Blue Star, defeated Rune City’s forces, and killed the Lord of Runes before taking the final statue.
• Han Xiao gave Morning Star all four statues and received the mission rewards, including a Character Summon Card, before drawing a talent as his random reward.

Han Xiao resolved the Morning Star possession, rescued the missing researchers, and advanced into a Void Lurker War Mechanic. He then traveled to Noriosse to investigate Ames’s missing teacher, where mercenaries ambushed the group outside a seer’s villa.

• Han Xiao defeated Morning Star, discovered that Audrian Kevinson Fording shared her body, and helped him suppress her while he gained psychic abilities of his own.
• Han Xiao brought Aroshia through the first stage of [Restart] and rescued Laini and the other researchers from the Star Roaming Beast, then harvested the creature for potions.
• Han Xiao completed Sylvia’s first operation, drew two Mission Settlement Cards, and used one to advance to level 100 and evolve into a Void Lurker War Mechanic.
• Han Xiao visited Planet Sunil with Melos, helped him reclaim Shattered Splitting Light, and won their spar before reverse-engineering the armor’s blueprint.
• Han Xiao took his group to Noriosse to search for Ames’s missing teacher, while Aroshia recognized the planet and gained progress in [Restart].
• Han Xiao obtained the target’s last known location and traveled with his group to a seer’s villa, where Rock mercenaries ambushed them and Phillip fought through a Flying Serpent Mecha.

Han Xiao became entangled in the struggle over Owenn while DarkStar hunted the defector, and he helped drive off its forces as Aroshia’s past began to resurface. The arc left Owenn escaping toward the Goddoran fleet, Anur dead, and Han Xiao’s group trapped inside Noriosse’s shield as the city demanded compensation.

• Han Xiao tracked down Iso and reunited him with Ames, then discovered Nagokin was under attack by Anur and Ashes.
• Han Xiao gathered mercenaries to protect Owenn and fought Ashes, damaging him before he retreated.
• Han Xiao learned why Owenn had defected from DarkStar, while Aroshia found Resta and began recovering her past as an AI life form.
• DarkStar found Owenn’s real body, but Han Xiao and Nagokin held off Anur and Ashes while Aroshia helped Owenn escape.
• Anur trapped the battle inside Noriosse’s isolation shield, and Morning Star took control of Fording to defeat Linhaisa.
• Han Xiao used Ames’s Character Summon Card to immobilize Anur, then joined Nagokin in killing him.
• Owenn and Aroshia escaped through Yixuan’s portal as Ashes confirmed that a DarkStar fleet was waiting in space.
• Han Xiao’s forces defeated the remaining DarkStar soldiers, and Han Xiao exposed Morning Star’s disguise before asking Noriosse’s Guardian to lower the shield.