Chapter Summaries

After advancing to Truth Mechanic and reaching level 180, Han Xiao gained abilities that greatly strengthened his mechanical creations and raised his combat power. He received a trial mission to earn 50 points by defeating Calamity Grade opponents, then secluded himself to rebuild his mechanical army using Psionic Energy reactors.

• Han Xiao reviewed his new Truth Mechanic abilities, including talents and skills that enhanced mechanical creations, energy output, and virtual technology.
• Han Xiao spent experience to raise his class and overall level to 180, upgraded his Exotic Energy knowledge, and received the Trial of the Strong advancement mission.
• Han Xiao noted that sparring with Calamity Grade allies could earn the required trial points and planned to complete the mission after rebuilding his army.
• Han Xiao handed Black Star Army affairs to Melos and the others, then began rebuilding his mechanical army with Psionic Energy reactors.
• Han Xiao prepared to extract primordial Psionic Energy particles, a process he could safely perform as a Calamity Grade Mechanic with Exotic Energy knowledge.

Han Xiao tested a Psionic Energy reactor, upgraded his Mad Ape suit, and rebuilt his mechanical army while the Secret War spread across three border star systems. As War Realm fortified its bridgehead and prepared a stargate for reinforcements, Han Xiao stayed away from the fighting until unexpected visitors arrived at his base.

• Han Xiao installed a Psionic Energy reactor in the Mad Ape suit and tested its upgraded weapons, shield, and Psionic Energy Wave.
• Han Xiao upgraded his military production, built new machinery, and completed a mechanical army of more than a million soldiers.
• War Realm’s vanguard armies seized strongholds in the West Wind, Kaya, and Chaida star systems, while Section Zero struggled to stop their advance.
• Krent’s forces began building a teleportation stargate to bring reinforcements and supplies into Colton, and Section Zero shifted toward harassment and conserving its strength.
• Han Xiao spent Amethyst’s ten million Enas on expanding the Black Star Army and planned to stay out of the war while finishing his advancement mission.
• Han Xiao was about to spar with Lagi when several uninvited guests arrived at his base.

Austin sent Desoro and two Forbidden Sorcerers to retrieve Lagi, who revealed that he had once been Austin’s fourth disciple and the commander of the Forbidden Sorcerers. Lagi agreed to return to settle matters with Austin, while Han Xiao arranged a spar with the visiting mages; meanwhile, Stefan watched Planet Aquamarine and prepared to carry out her plan.

• Desoro told Han Xiao that Austin had ordered them to take Lagi back, and Han Xiao agreed to let Lagi decide whether to go.
• Lagi revealed that he had served as Austin’s fourth disciple and Forbidden Sorcerer commander before being expelled for an unspecified mistake.
• Lagi chose to return with Desoro to clear things up with Austin and avoid causing Han Xiao trouble.
• Han Xiao challenged Desoro and the other Forbidden Sorcerers to spar, then added Lagi to the challenge.
• Stefan watched Planet Aquamarine from a stealth spaceship and said she would proceed with her plan.

Three years after the Mutation Disaster, Planet Aquamarine had rapidly developed, with Black Star City becoming its largest metropolis. Stefan and nine other Calamity Grade shadows planned to lure Han Xiao back to his home planet and capture him, while Han Xiao tested his new Mountain Ape suit and mechanical army in a spar against Desoro.

• Bennett established a new government with Black Star City as its capital, making it Planet Aquamarine's seventh nation.
• Stefan studied Black Star City and decided to use an attack on Planet Aquamarine to lure Han Xiao into an ambush.
• Han Xiao and Desoro began sparring on an uninhabited planet, where Han Xiao used his Mountain Ape suit to blast Desoro's summoned colossus and rush him with Psionic Energy.
• Desoro recovered from Han Xiao's attacks and summoned creatures while casting buffs, but Han Xiao deployed twenty-two barracks boxes and unleashed his mechanical army.
• Han Xiao's mechanical army overwhelmed Desoro's summons and swarmed Desoro.

Han Xiao defeated Desoro and three other Forbidden Sorcerers in spars, demonstrating the strength of his upgraded mechanical army and earning trial points. After Lagi departed with the others, Han Xiao saw that he had triggered the third link of the Prey mission.

• Han Xiao's Psionic Energy-powered mechanical army overwhelmed Desoro's summons and forced him to surrender the spar.
• Han Xiao challenged the other three Forbidden Sorcerers, who also surrendered, and gained trial points from the fights.
• Han Xiao assessed his combat strengths and weaknesses, then offered Lagi a future deputy commander position.
• Han Xiao placed an Observation Mark on Lagi as Lagi departed with Desoro and the other two sorcerers.
• Han Xiao checked his advancement progress and was startled when the third link of the Prey mission appeared.

Han Xiao learned that a new Hunter squad was targeting him and sought help predicting or preparing for its attack. After Iso’s vague vision and Ames’s refusal to assist, Bennett warned him that the Six Nations had declared war on Black Star City.

• Han Xiao received the third-ring mission to counter a new Hunter squad and decided to search for clues about the hidden enemies.
• Han Xiao asked Iso to foresee the Hunters’ plans, but Iso saw only a vague vision of Han Xiao being swallowed by darkness.
• Ames refused Han Xiao’s request for help, believing he needed to overcome the danger himself.
• As Han Xiao left Dragon Calm, Bennett sent him an urgent message, and Han Xiao suspected Planet Aquamarine’s crisis was connected to the mission.
• The day before, Bennett learned that the Six Nations had all declared war on Black Star City.

After learning that the Six Nations had declared war on Planet Aquamarine, Han Xiao suspected the new Hunters were using the crisis to lure him into an ambush. He sought help from Amethyst and Goddora before returning to the planet, and both agreed to send support.

• Bennett told Han Xiao that the Six Nations had declared war on his nation and rejected his attempts to contact their leaders.
• Han Xiao realized the Hunters were likely exploiting the Six Nations to draw him back to Planet Aquamarine, where they planned to ambush him.
• Han Xiao contacted Laifer and explained that suspicious Hunters were threatening his home planet, hinting that Krent was behind them.
• Laifer agreed to ask the Amethyst Civilization to send high-level combatants to help Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao contacted Serre V, who agreed to Goddora's support, and Han Xiao headed to an uninhabited asteroid near Planet Aquamarine to rendezvous.

Gu Hui was imprisoned after opposing the Six Nations’ sudden declaration of war on Black Star, while Stefan’s hidden squad prepared an ambush amid widespread unrest. Han Xiao returned to Planet Aquamarine with six Calamity Grade reinforcements and planned to draw out the Hunters by visiting the Six Nations’ leaders.

• Gu Hui recalled that the national leader had proposed war against Black Star City and that officials who opposed the decision had been arrested.
• Stefan watched riots spread through a Six Nations city and said her group would stay hidden until Black Star returned.
• Han Xiao met six Calamity Grade reinforcements, including Vilton and Nagokin, and assigned them to wait near Planet Aquamarine while he acted as bait.
• Han Xiao sparred with the six reinforcements, raising his advancement mission progress from 24/50 to 46/50.
• Han Xiao returned to Black Star City, where Bennett told him the Six Nations were preparing a missile strike and had arrested officials who opposed the war.
• Han Xiao said he would visit the Six Nations’ leaders and unite the divided civilization while discreetly considering that the Hunters might be watching.

Han Xiao confronted the Six Nations after discovering that Hunters had altered their leaders’ memories, then used Observation Marks to track the hidden enemy. After the Six Nations withdrew their declarations of war, they launched missiles at Black Star City the next day, exposing an enemy who had altered the leaders again.

• Han Xiao flew to Stardragon’s capital, where civilians welcomed him, then dismantled the military force deployed outside the Dragon Horn Building and confronted Stardragon’s leader.
• Han Xiao discovered that the Six Nations’ officials had a Memory Alteration status, placed an Observation Mark on Stardragon’s leader, and forced him to stop the declaration of war and release the arrested officials.
• Han Xiao visited the other five countries, persuaded their leaders to back down, marked them, and returned to Black Star City to wait for the hidden enemy.
• The Six Nations withdrew their declarations of war, then launched intercontinental missiles at Black Star City the following day; the city’s defenses intercepted them without casualties.
• Han Xiao used an Observation Mark to spot one of the enemies, while Gu Hui was jailed again before he could act on his plan to impeach Stardragon’s leader.

Ziglin altered the Six Nations leaders’ memories for Stefan’s group, but Han Xiao ambushed and killed him before the Hunters could spring their trap. Stefan and eight other Calamity Grades arrived to surround Han Xiao, who had already called allies for backup and recognized Stefan.

• Ziglin altered Raylen’s leader’s memories and told Stefan that Black Star had not noticed the manipulation; Stefan ordered the group to ambush Han Xiao the next time he left Black Star City.
• Han Xiao used space-based Psionic Energy cannons to attack Ziglin in an uninhabited region, then sent his mechanical army after him when he tried to flee.
• Ziglin failed to break through the army’s Psionic Energy barrier, and the mechanical soldiers killed him, completing Han Xiao’s advancement mission.
• Stefan and eight other Calamity Grades arrived and surrounded Han Xiao, while he relied on allies he had already called for support.
• Han Xiao recognized Stefan as he faced the surrounding Hunters.

Han Xiao recognized Stefan as one of Manison’s shadows and realized Manison was behind the Hunters’ capture of Supers. He attacked Stefan and the other eight Calamity Grades, but her strange Esper ability began inflicting multiple status effects on him.

• Han Xiao recognized Stefan from his past life and deduced that Manison was using the Hunters to acquire new shadows.
• Han Xiao recalled Stefan’s history: Manison had intercepted the Antetar survivors and made her his shadow after their civilization was destroyed in the war.
• Han Xiao launched a Psionic Energy Impact at Stefan as his mechanical army charged all nine Calamity Grades.
• The Hunters counterattacked, and the two Mechanics among them traded heavy fire and deployed a massive war fortress against Han Xiao’s forces.
• Stefan advanced on Han Xiao, causing his interface to register several status effects, while his Tough Body talent made him immune to true damage.

Han Xiao fought Stefan and eight other Calamity Grades while stalling for reinforcements, drawing the battle away from populated areas as its devastation caused disasters across Planet Aquamarine. Vilton and five others arrived with the dead Pugilist Stefan had sent to destroy Han Xiao’s space-based weapons, turning the fight against Stefan’s group.

• Han Xiao used his mechanical army and Scrap Modification to stall Stefan and her companions while waiting for reinforcements.
• Han Xiao drew the battle toward the far north and out to sea, but the Calamity Grade clash caused widespread destruction and disasters across Planet Aquamarine.
• Stefan sent a Pugilist into space to destroy Han Xiao’s space-based cannons, and a strike from them destroyed the enemy’s second war fortress.
• Stefan tried to catch Han Xiao with a surprise attack, but he anticipated her move and countered, sending her flying.
• Vilton and five others arrived carrying the Pugilist’s corpse, and Han Xiao taunted the startled Stefan as her group realized reinforcements had come.

Han Xiao and Stefan fought a destructive battle while their allies kept the other Calamity Grades occupied, and the battle’s aftershocks unleashed escalating disasters across Planet Aquamarine. Han Xiao entered the sea to try to break the stalemate, while Bennett learned that the disasters could become unsurvivable if the fight continued.

• Han Xiao’s reinforcements joined the battle, but Stefan wounded Vilton with her vibration ability and chose to fight head-on rather than retreat.
• Han Xiao recognized Stefan’s destructive power and kept her occupied so she could not attack his allies.
• After hours of fighting, the enemy mechanic and two other Calamity Grades died, leaving six fighters on each side as Han Xiao and Stefan reached a stalemate.
• With the battle’s disasters spreading across Planet Aquamarine, Han Xiao dove underwater to try to gain an advantage, and Stefan followed him while Vilton stayed behind to hold off the other enemies.
• Bennett received reports of destroyed coastal cities and worsening earthquakes, then learned the disasters would pass a critical point in four hours and thirty-five minutes if Han Xiao continued fighting.

Han Xiao completed his Level 180 advancement and evolved into a Void Twister, gaining a new Void Energy attribute and powerful racial abilities. He attacked Stefan with Twist Void, trapping her in a gigantic whirlpool as the other Calamity Grades watched in shock.

• Han Xiao dove into a newly formed trench and activated his completed advancement mission while his mechanical army held Stefan back.
• Han Xiao chose the Void Twister evolutionary path and gained enhanced attributes, a Void Energy attribute, and the Void Degeneration talent.
• Stefan broke through Han Xiao's mechanical soldiers and shattered the underwater whirlpool, but Han Xiao avoided her direct attack.
• Han Xiao spent experience to raise his Truth Mechanic class to its maximum level and reached level 195.
• Han Xiao used Twist Void on Stefan, distorting her body and trapping her in a colossal whirlpool that drew the attention of the Calamity Grades above.

After evolving into a Grade A+ Void Twister, Han Xiao overwhelmed Stefan’s squad and captured Stefan alive, but the battle’s disasters still threatened Planet Aquamarine. He and his allies set out to contain the damage.

• Han Xiao examined his new Void Twister talents and attributes, then stopped maintaining Twist Void as Stefan escaped the vortex.
• Han Xiao resumed the battle at full strength, turned the tide, and prevented Stefan’s exhausted squad from retreating.
• Han Xiao and his allies defeated Stefan’s team, killing several Calamity Grades and leaving Stefan near death for capture.
• Han Xiao thanked Vilton and his allies, acknowledged the loss of a Goddora comrade, and told Phillip to locate the disasters caused by the battle.
• Han Xiao departed to contain the disasters, while Vilton and the others split up to help protect Planet Aquamarine.

After defeating the Hunters, Han Xiao helped contain the disasters on Planet Aquamarine and prepared for his next job change, which required him to craft a level 180 heritage-grade orange machine. He then used the Six Nations’ attempted war as an opportunity to demand their governments dissolve and let Bennett unify the planet.

• Bennett learned that Han Xiao had won the battle and organized disaster relief with his cooperation.
• Han Xiao and Vilton’s group contained more than a hundred disasters, while Han Xiao discussed compensation with Serre V for Goddora’s fallen Calamity Grade.
• Han Xiao considered the demanding job-change mission and resolved to seek stronger Mechanic talents as he worried about Manison’s next move.
• The Six Nations’ leaders regained their memories, apologized to Bennett, and came to Black Star City for a meeting.
• Bennett arrested the Six Nations’ leaders, and Han Xiao told them to dissolve their governments and let Bennett take over.

After Han Xiao and Bennett unified Planet Aquamarine under the Aquamarine Federation, Han Xiao returned to Number One Base as his reputation soared. He claimed the third-stage [Prey] reward by drawing from Stefan and found a legendary combat talent among his choices.

• Han Xiao and Bennett dissolved the Six Nations' governments, and Bennett formed the Aquamarine Federation while preserving most existing laws and officials.
• Han Xiao returned to Number One Base, where the Black Star Army had gained more than ten thousand trained mercenaries and over a hundred warships.
• Han Xiao checked on Fording and briefly let Morning Star take control before claiming his [Prey] reward.
• Han Xiao chose to draw from Stefan and received five possible abilities, including the talent [Legendary Combat Technique].

Han Xiao chose the [Legendary Combat Technique] talent and discovered how to use it to greatly increase his mechanical army’s damage. As he prepared to return to the Secret War, Lagi left the Secret Church of the Red Robe to remain with Black Star.

• Han Xiao chose [Legendary Combat Technique], tested its true-damage effect, and learned that each machine counted its attacks separately.
• Han Xiao planned to modify Phillip’s combat controls so the mechanical army could coordinate attacks to exploit the talent.
• Laifer prepared to remind Han Xiao to return to the Secret War, while Jorde watched for his return.
• Austin accepted that Lagi had chosen to stay with Black Star after Lagi refused to return to his tutelage.
• Lagi left the Secret Church of the Red Robe alone and boarded his spaceship.

Han Xiao ended Stefan’s suffering, learned of her last wish, and returned to the Secret War as a key reinforcement for Section Zero’s counterattack in the Kaya Star System. He joined Morred’s force and was assigned to lead the attack against a heavily defended War Realm warp base.

• Han Xiao killed Stefan after interrogating her, earning experience and a Character Summon Card, and triggered a mission to find the last surviving bloodline of the Antetar People.
• Han Xiao contacted Laifer as his vacation ended, while Morred’s fleet prepared a coordinated counterattack against twelve War Realm strongholds in the Kaya Star System.
• Laifer postponed the operation to wait for Han Xiao, who arrived several days later with six hundred battleships and joined Morred’s guerrilla force.
• Morred explained that the warp base had nine satellite fortresses and fifteen Calamity Grade defenders, including Tamaria, and assigned them to Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao joked that Melos could handle the defenders, then assured the group he would fight them himself and could retreat if necessary.

Section Zero launched a coordinated assault on the T-04 Jump Base Station, and Han Xiao volunteered to destroy one of its shield-generating satellite fortresses. He broke through the fortress shield but found Tamaria, four other Calamity Grades, and the fortress’s defenses waiting to keep him occupied.

• Jorde warned War Realm commanders that Black Star had returned to the battlefield and circulated a report recommending that Calamity Grades tie him down rather than try to kill him.
• Tamaria dismissed the report and said she wanted to eat Black Star, then the T-04 Jump Base Station began coordinating support as Section Zero attacked its outposts.
• The base station commander recognized the attacks as a diversion and ordered the station and its armed satellite fortresses to prepare for Section Zero’s approaching fleet.
• Morred sent Han Xiao to destroy a satellite fortress and open a gap in the base station’s shield, and Han Xiao crossed the defending fleet’s line and breached the fortress shield alone.
• Tamaria and four other Calamity Grades confronted Han Xiao on the fortress, then its turrets and tens of thousands of Myriad Beast Soldiers surrounded him.