Recaps

Han Xiao destroyed DarkStar, helped Goddora begin reforming its bloodline discrimination, and prepared the Black Star Army for the return of the players. After the players joined Section Zero’s counterattack in the Kant Star System, Sisko’s hidden attack struck Han Xiao during his confrontation with Hadavy.

• Han Xiao survived the DarkStar Leader’s curses and Sorokin’s avatar, escaped the wormhole with Harofal’s help, and captured the Leader before handing him over to Goddora.
• Han Xiao exposed Krent’s ties to DarkStar and the Fallen Ark, advanced to Apostle Mechanic, and recruited Lothaire to help Goddora address its bloodline conflict.
• With Lothaire’s Thought Contagion and Serre V’s reforms, Goddora began reducing discrimination, and Han Xiao killed the DarkStar Leader at his request before claiming his mission rewards.
• Han Xiao completed his advancement to Grade A+, expanded the Black Star Army, and spent seven years preparing for the Secret War while its conflict intensified.
• When version 3.0 began, Han Xiao welcomed more than a hundred thousand returning players, showed them the Army’s growth, and directed them to join the counterattack against the War Realm.
• Han Xiao led the Army’s attack on Planet K-00156, where he swiftly destroyed the defending fleet and the players captured the relay station before the campaign advanced through the Kant Star System.
• As Section Zero approached the final stronghold, Han Xiao restrained Hadavy while Lagi fought him, but Sisko’s Whispering Bead released a pursuing light that passed through Han Xiao’s defenses and inflicted mental damage and debilitating conditions.

Han Xiao weakened Sisko’s Soul Embryo by advancing and pursuing missions, while building his forces and gathering talents. As he sought the Eternal Light blueprints on Planet Maixibo, Sorokin’s scheme stole the Evolution Cube, and Sisko traced it to the same planet.

• War Realm’s ambush poisoned Han Xiao with Sisko’s Soul Embryo, but he drove the enemy from the Kant Star System and learned the toxin could not be removed safely.
• Austin identified the Soul Embryo and warned that Han Xiao needed to become a Beyond Grade A to recover, while Han Xiao’s leveling reduced its corruption.
• Hila and Aurora returned to the Black Star Army, and Han Xiao brought them to the front, where Hila absorbed battlefield energy and fought Manudo before Han Xiao captured him.
• Han Xiao reached level 220, evolved into a Void Star Chaser, and reduced the Soul Embryo’s growth to below one percent.
• Han Xiao recruited players on Planet Dield, agreed to act as Nero’s godfather, and continued gathering experience and talents while his army fought in the Secret War.
• Han Xiao’s group defeated Wosumede on Planet Nalen, convinced the king that they were gods, and brought Tomar to Black Star Army headquarters.
• Sorokin’s agents killed Harofal to obtain wormhole data, then Sorokin used three avatars to distract Sisko while Eklin and Orosen stole the Evolution Cube.
• On Planet Maixibo, Han Xiao infiltrated a shipyard to collect Eternal Light blueprints, refused Sedim’s offer to work for the Mechanic Emperor, and learned Sisko was heading there as the damaged Light Fox approached the spaceport.

Han Xiao took the Evolution Cube, advanced to Beyond Grade A, and used his new status to build alliances and expand the Black Star Army. The arc ended with his battle against Heber underway, as Sisko realized Han Xiao was stronger than he expected.

• Han Xiao became a Mechanic Emperor, infiltrated Sedim’s floating city, copied the Eternal Light blueprints, and then ambushed Orosen’s group, recovering the Evolution Cube from Eklin.
• Han Xiao activated the Cube for Hila, Fording, and Aurora, then escaped Planet Maixibo alone as Sisko pursued him.
• Han Xiao defeated Sedim and took control of his mechanical army before advancing to Beyond Grade A and naming his new species the Black Star Race.
• Han Xiao fought Sisko to a draw, kept the Evolution Cube, and returned to the Black Star Army to reveal his advancement and organize the army’s expansion.
• Han Xiao recruited Hadavy, publicly announced that he was Beyond Grade A, and allied with Ames and Dragon Calm while challenging Heber and Sisko’s claims on the Cube.
• Han Xiao secured the Crimson Dynasty’s support and advanced knowledge, then gathered allies and spectators for his duel with Heber in the West Wind Star System.
• Han Xiao began the battle against Heber with his mechanical army, escaped Heber’s energy-suppressing beam, and used Reynold’s Character Summon Card to boost his army as Sisko recognized his strength.

After winning the Secret War and securing the Crimson Dynasty’s backing, Han Xiao expanded the Black Star Army, explored the Shattered World, and took the Evolution Cube to Planet Aquamarine and the Central Galaxy. The arc ended with Han Xiao earning the Dynasty’s support and proving himself in a spar against Viru.

• Han Xiao defeated Heber and Sisko’s attempt to seize the Evolution Cube when the Crimson Dynasty fleet intervened, then secured the Black Star Army’s victory and joined the Dynasty.
• The War Realm withdrew from Colton, ending the Secret War, while Han Xiao expanded his army, rewarded its veterans, and agreed to explore the Shattered World alongside Heber.
• Han Xiao built alliances with Sisko and Austin, negotiated Evolution Cube access with major factions, and arranged for Planet Aquamarine to seek a seat on the Civilization Council.
• Han Xiao helped Harmon become chief of the Craggy Rock Tribe, evolved the Black Spirit Race and Planet Aquamarine’s citizens, and brought Nero into space to train as a Mechanic.
• Han Xiao evolved the Dynasty’s military elites and cultivated Tenny Amenlos before departing for the Central Galaxy with Ames, Iso, and a large fleet.
• At Tyrant Hamill Palace, Urranrell promised Han Xiao territory, resources, a Central Galaxy branch, and access to ultimate Mechanic knowledge in exchange for the Dynasty’s use of the Evolution Cube.
• Viru challenged Han Xiao’s standing among the Dynasty’s veteran allies, and Han Xiao fought him to a draw before Clottey ended their spar.