Chapter Summaries

Sorokin secretly brought a Fallen Ark fleet into the Shattered World and coordinated with the Arcane Church for an attack on Lighthouse Star. The Arcane Church gathered six Beyond Grade As to target Black Star, Milizaus, and Beoni, while the Federation of Light supported the plan to provoke a conflict with the Crimson Dynasty.

• An unmarked fleet of more than one million warships emerged from a secret Arcane Church stargate in the Desolate Universe Belt and entered the Shattered World.
• Sorokin revealed that the fleet belonged to the Fallen Ark and planned to build a secret stargate before bringing himself to the region.
• Sorokin learned that the Arcane Church planned to attack in twenty days, with his forces drawing Lighthouse Star's attention while the Church struck from another direction.
• Six Arcane Church Beyond Grade As prepared to attack Black Star, Milizaus, and Beoni, and Sisko blamed Black Star for the loss of the Evolution Cube.
• The Federation of Light's Bader and the chief council elder backed the operation, hoping the attack would spark a conflict between the Arcane Church and the Crimson Dynasty.

Han Xiao sparred with his guard officers on Lighthouse Star, then joined Tarrokov, Beoni, and Milizaus for a relaxed conversation. The calm ended when a massive fleet attacked the imperial patrols, and Han Xiao realized the Arcane Church had come for the Evolution Cube.

• Han Xiao defeated Hila, Hadavy, and the other guard officers in a training match, while noting their progress.
• Han Xiao checked reports from his patrol units and found no sign of the Arcane Church, though he remained wary of an attack on the Evolution Cube.
• Han Xiao reviewed growing competition between Huaxian, Russian, and Australian player guilds over exploration resources.
• Han Xiao joined Tarrokov, Beoni, and Milizaus for drinks and Veyne Cards at the commander-in-chief's office.
• A remote unit reported a huge fleet of pyramid-shaped ships attacking imperial patrols near Lighthouse Star, and Han Xiao recognized the Arcane Church's arrival.

Sorokin led the Fallen Ark fleet into the Lighthouse Star alert sector, while Han Xiao and the Dynasty prepared to defend the outpost against the Arcane Church. The Arcane Church then appeared directly at Lighthouse Star with a second fleet, revealing that it had used the Federation of Light’s High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter and was allied with the Federation.

• Sorokin ordered the Fallen Ark fleet to attack the Dynasty patrol ships as it advanced toward Lighthouse Star.
• Han Xiao identified the incoming force as the Arcane Church and learned that the enemy sought the Evolution Cube; Tarrokov called allied Beyond Grade As back and organized the defense.
• Heber and Ravenlaude obeyed the Dynasty’s orders and set out to reinforce Lighthouse Star.
• Sorokin’s real body attacked Han Xiao’s remote mechanical troops, and Han Xiao recognized him as the enemy’s Beyond Grade A fighter.
• Tarrokov chose to delay the enemy until reinforcements arrived, but an Arcane Church fleet appeared in Lighthouse Star’s outer orbit without using a wormhole.
• Tarrokov identified the fleet’s arrival method as the High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter and realized the Arcane Church had joined forces with the Federation of Light.

The Federation of Light used its High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter to bring the Arcane Church fleet and six Beyond Grade As to Lighthouse Star, leaving the Empire’s defenders badly outnumbered. Han Xiao leveled up, then joined Beoni in confronting four attackers as Sorokin rushed to reach the battle.

• The Arcane Church fleet arrived above Lighthouse Star with the Federation of Light’s help, and Tarrokov ordered perimeter fleets to return while the nearby stargates were destroyed.
• Tarrokov learned that Photon Sagman, Desolate Beast Motes, Divine Spell Ninja, World Gate Taylor, Star Pupil Sisko, and Sea Spirit Dilun had arrived as six Beyond Grade As.
• Han Xiao spent his stored experience to reach level 260, used his Mission Settlement Card on [All Rivers Flow into the Sea], and prepared to complete his advancement mission in combat.
• The Arcane Church attacked Lighthouse Star and seized the stargate station; Milizaus fought Photon Sagman and Divine Spell Ninja while Han Xiao and Beoni launched against the other four Beyond Grade As.
• Han Xiao and Beoni met the four attackers in the sky above Lighthouse Star, and the battle began.
• Sorokin learned that the Arcane Church had brought six Beyond Grade As and ordered his fleet to speed up so he could reach Lighthouse Star and claim a share.

Han Xiao and Beoni struggled against Sisko and three other Beyond Grade As while Milizaus was kept busy by Sagman and Ninja. Just as the attackers overwhelmed Han Xiao and Beoni, Austin arrived with the Palace of Hidden Spells and a host of Forbidden Sorcerers.

• Milizaus fought Sagman and Ninja, who secretly planned to use the Scepter of All Gods against him.
• Han Xiao used his final Perfect Mechanical Sense boost as Sisko, Motes, Dilun, and Taylor attacked him and Beoni with coordinated defenses, assaults, and summoned creatures.
• Hila, Hadavy, Fording, and the other guards fought Arcane Church forces alongside the imperial fleet, while Hila killed an enemy Calamity Grade.
• Motes and the others ambushed Beoni, but Han Xiao intercepted their combined attack and took a devastating hit to save him.
• Taylor sensed an overwhelmingly powerful magical fluctuation, and Austin appeared with the Palace of Hidden Spells and a crowd of Forbidden Sorcerers.

Austin joined Han Xiao and Beoni with the Palace of Hidden Spells, helping balance the fight against the Arcane Church’s attackers. As the battle continued, Ninja used the Scepter of All Gods to strike Milizaus, sending the dragon crashing toward Lighthouse Star.

• Austin revealed that he had come to help Han Xiao under their agreement and brought the Palace of Hidden Spells into the battle.
• Han Xiao injected Beoni with Aurora’s life potion, rapidly healing his wounds, then used Heber’s character card to match Motes’s strength in a punch.
• Austin’s mage tower helped turn the battle into a stalemate, while Han Xiao decided their side needed to hold out for reinforcements.
• Sagman unleashed a burst of light to distract Milizaus as Ninja activated the Scepter of All Gods against him.
• The Scepter’s attack pierced Milizaus’s defenses and sent him crashing toward Lighthouse Star, while the weapon cracked and Ninja suffered its backlash.

Han Xiao used the Space-Time Amber to shield Milizaus from the Scepter of All Gods and turned the Arcane Church’s attack into a chance to steal the weapon. The chapter ended with Sagman discovering that Han Xiao had sealed the Scepter inside an amber sphere.

• Dark Emperor’s mechanical life-form squad destroyed an elite group of Taylor’s summoned creatures, while Milizaus fell from the sky with a severe wound inflicted by Ninja and the Scepter of All Gods.
• Han Xiao, Beoni, and Austin regrouped with Milizaus, but Sagman and five other Beyond Grade As arrived and surrounded them; Austin held back after Sisko warned him not to interfere.
• Han Xiao pretended to surrender the Evolution Cube, then released its Evolution Energy to distract the six and deployed Space-Time Amber spheres to divert the Scepter’s attack from Milizaus.
• Han Xiao used Void Leap to seize the Scepter of All Gods and flee, drawing Sagman and the others after him.
• When Sagman recovered the Scepter from Han Xiao, he discovered it had been sealed inside a translucent Space-Time Amber sphere.

Han Xiao sealed the Scepter of All Gods inside Space-Time Amber, giving the defenders a chance to hold out while he began a major advancement inside Austin’s Palace of Hidden Spells. Sorokin arrived at Lighthouse Star ahead of his fleet and searched the battlefield for Han Xiao.

• Han Xiao sealed the Scepter of All Gods in Space-Time Amber, preventing Sagman and the other Arcane Church members from using it.
• Austin, Milizaus, Beoni, and Han Xiao’s allies continued fighting the six enemies as Urranrell ordered the Crimson Dynasty’s forces to prepare a retaliation.
• Han Xiao asked his allies to protect him for five minutes, entered Austin’s Palace of Hidden Spells, and sealed himself in amber while his mechanical forces guarded him.
• The Arcane Church battered the Palace of Hidden Spells while Austin, Milizaus, and Beoni held on; Tarrokov’s fleet awaited reinforcements as the naval battle continued.
• Sorokin left his fleet behind, teleported to Lighthouse Star ahead of schedule, and asked where Han Xiao had gone.

Sorokin joined the Arcane Church’s assault, breached the Palace of Hidden Spells, and fought Han Xiao just as Han Xiao completed his advancement to Level 260. While Han Xiao’s side held on, imperial reinforcements approached through a stargate, and Motes and Dilun broke away to destroy it.

• Sorokin arrived on the battlefield, surprised Sisko, and learned from Sagman that Han Xiao had withdrawn into the Palace of Hidden Spells with the Evolution Cube.
• Sorokin slipped through the Palace of Hidden Spells’ defenses, overwhelmed Austin, and helped the Arcane Church break through the palace’s protective barrier.
• Han Xiao emerged to block Sorokin, completed his Level 260 advancement during the fight, and used his mechanical army to help his outnumbered allies endure the assault.
• Tarrokov learned that more than three million imperial ships and Maxiler, Heber, and Ravenlaude were approaching, and ordered his forces to assemble a stargate.
• Sagman ordered Motes and Dilun to destroy the imperial stargate while the others held Han Xiao’s group back.
• Han Xiao watched Motes and Dilun leave the battle, recognizing that the stargate had become the decisive point.

Han Xiao used his new Void talents and a carefully timed attack to capture Dilun, then gave Sorokin evolution energy to drive him from the battlefield. The Arcane Church was left with five Beyond Grade A combatants as the battle shifted in the empire’s favor.

• Han Xiao used Void Domain Prison and Void Displacement to swap places with Motes, isolating Dilun from his partner and the other enemy fighters.
• Han Xiao restrained Dilun with Ames’s Dragon’s Gaze, then used the Evolution Cube to give Sorokin evolution energy and distract him.
• Han Xiao silenced Dilun’s Esper ability and unleashed his mechanical army’s fire, leaving Dilun badly injured and captured.
• Sagman tried to have Sorokin attack the empire’s stargates, but Sorokin withdrew with the Fallen Ark forces to pursue his evolution.
• Sagman and the Arcane Church realized that Dilun had been captured and Sorokin had fled, leaving their side with only five Beyond Grade A combatants.

After the Fallen Ark withdrew, Sagman ordered the Arcane Church forces to retreat, leaving Dilun captured by Han Xiao. The Dynasty repelled the attack, and Urranrell ordered a pursuit while requesting a direct conversation with Black Star.

• Sorokin withdrew the Fallen Ark fleet, leaving the Arcane Church without its powerful support and forcing Sagman to reassess the battle.
• Sagman ordered the Arcane Church forces to retreat and abandon Dilun, whom Han Xiao held captive.
• Han Xiao and the other defenders declined to pursue the retreating fleet, while Tarrokov sent scouts after it and kept the main force guarding the stargate construction.
• Tarrokov reported the victory to the Dynasty’s military leaders, who learned that Black Star had secured Austin’s help, countered the Scepter of All Gods, and captured Dilun.
• Urranrell ordered Dynasty fleets to pursue the enemy and told her staff to arrange a direct conversation with Black Star.

The Arcane Church and Federation of Light received reports of their failed attack on Lighthouse Star, while Han Xiao reunited with his surviving officers and secured Dilun in Space-Time Amber. Han Xiao then prepared to review the battle’s losses and gains.

• The Arcane Church fleet commander reported that the mission had failed, the Scepter of All Gods was sealed, and Dilun had been captured after Sorokin defected and Austin intervened.
• The Church Leader ordered reinforcements to protect the retreating fleet and the Church’s territory, while Bader ordered the Federation of Light to help the Dynasty intercept the Arcane Church fleet.
• Han Xiao returned to his battleship, reunited with Aurora and the surviving guards, and learned that the guards had all survived their injuries.
• Han Xiao brought in the captured Dilun and froze him inside a Space-Time Amber sphere after Dilun threatened the guards.
• Han Xiao opened his interface to tally the battle’s losses and gains.

After repelling the Arcane Church’s attack and capturing one of its Beyond Grade As, Han Xiao reviewed his losses, rewards, and new Mechanic Dominator abilities. He then received word that Head of State Urranrell wanted to speak with him about the aftermath and the hunt for Sagman’s group.

• Han Xiao assessed the Arcane Church’s damage to his resources and considered how the Empire and the Black Star Army would pursue the fleeing attackers.
• Han Xiao collected his mission rewards, including three Character Summon Cards, EXP, and the Universal Legend title “Enemy of the Arcane.”
• Han Xiao reviewed his level 260 attributes and the new abilities granted by his Mechanic Dominator class.
• Tarrokov told Han Xiao that Urranrell wanted to speak with him about the incident and the coming hunt for Sagman and the others.
• Han Xiao agreed to wait for Urranrell’s call and considered asking her for new Imperial knowledge.

After repelling the Arcane Church at Lighthouse Star, Han Xiao met with Urranrell, who rewarded him, drew him closer to her faction, and discussed the dynasty’s counterattack. Reinforcements arrived, and Han Xiao joined the pursuit of the fleeing Arcane Church and Sorokin fleets.

• Han Xiao told Urranrell how he had sealed the Scepter of All Gods, and she praised his contribution and assured him the dynasty would not hold his deal with Sorokin against him.
• Han Xiao agreed to hand Dilun over to the dynasty and requested more Ultimate Knowledge in exchange for his service.
• Urranrell discussed recalling some forces from the Shattered World and asked Han Xiao for advice; he suggested targeting Sorokin and the Fallen Ark, while she ordered the pursuit of the enemy fleets.
• Han Xiao received a Political Asset point and 15,000 Crimson Dynasty contribution points, leaving him with enough to exchange for Ultimate Knowledge while retaining the required balance.
• Heber, Ravenlaude, and Maxiler arrived at Lighthouse Star, and Tarrokov organized the assembled forces to intercept Sagman's and Sorokin's fleeing fleets.
• Heber volunteered to face Motes, Ravenlaude took Ninja as his target, and Han Xiao led the group into the counterattack.

After the Arcane Church and Fallen Ark fled Lighthouse Star, the Dynasty launched a pursuit while Harkison secretly maneuvered to cooperate with it. The Army players learned the attackers’ identities and joined the chase, and Han Xiao was asked which Ultimate Knowledge he wanted as his reward.

• Logo led the Arcane Church fleet toward the Desolate Universe Belt while Sagman and the other Beyond Grade As considered abandoning the fleet to escape alone.
• Harkison proposed contacting the Dynasty to help target the Arcane Church, but Sorokin’s avatar took over the negotiations and left Harkison’s intentions unclear.
• Tarrokov issued a mobilization mission for players to track and attack the fleeing Arcane Church and Fallen Ark fleets, setting off excited speculation across the forums.
• Army players joined the pursuit as news of the Lighthouse Star battle spread among players despite the Shattered World information blackout.
• Tarrokov’s main force pursued the Arcane Church with Han Xiao, Milizaus, Beoni, Heber, and Ravenlaude, while a Dynasty official asked Han Xiao which Ultimate Knowledge he wanted.

Han Xiao made Dark Emperor his first Apostle Weapon and learned two pieces of Ultimate Knowledge from the Crimson Dynasty. After Tarrokov reported that Sorokin had offered to help intercept the Arcane Church, Han Xiao agreed to meet him while revealing that he could track the Church's fleet through a hidden intrusion.

• Han Xiao transformed Dark Emperor into an Apostle Weapon, greatly increasing his power and giving him the Dark Emperor War Spear.
• The Crimson Dynasty sent Han Xiao [Endless Material Science] and [Virtual Creator], which he learned along with their associated talents and skills.
• Tarrokov told Han Xiao that Sorokin had surrendered an avatar and offered to help the Dynasty intercept the Arcane Church.
• Han Xiao agreed to Tarrokov's plan and arranged to meet Sorokin's avatar under guard.
• Han Xiao revealed that he had left an intrusion in the Arcane Church's battleships and could use his new virtual abilities to track their fleet.

Han Xiao used his new virtual technology to track the fleeing Arcane Church fleets, while Sorokin’s doppelganger fought Dark Emperor and offered to help the dynasty intercept them. As the Church’s commander sacrificed most of his forces to protect its Beyond Grade As, Ames learned about the battle and decided to act in the Shattered Star Ring.

• Han Xiao located over a hundred Arcane Church fleet groups through his infiltration program, and Tarrokov shared their positions with Sorokin while deciding not to risk exposing the program further.
• Dark Emperor took over guarding Sorokin’s doppelganger and fought him to a standstill, after which Han Xiao showed Sorokin the dynasty’s intelligence and questioned his motives for cooperating.
• Logo learned that the dynasty and the Fallen Ark were striking the Church’s scattered squads, then ordered the fleet to split into a million groups and disconnect half of them from the quantum network to improve the Beyond Grade As’ chances of escape.
• Ames heard Austin’s account of the battle at Lighthouse Star and rejected Iso’s view that Han Xiao had kept her out of danger for her own good.
• Ames asked Iso to contact Suy and prepared to act against the Arcane Church’s garrison and stargate stations in the Shattered Star Ring.

The Dynasty cornered Logo’s Arcane Church forces at their secret stargate, where Han Xiao’s side captured Logo and left Motes behind while Sagman and three others escaped. Han Xiao traced the stargate’s exit coordinates, and the battered survivors fled with the Scepter of All Gods as the Dynasty prepared to pursue them.

• Tarrokov and Han Xiao discussed Logo’s scattered, disconnected forces, while Ravenlaude’s divination failed and Fording marked escape directions based on his luck.
• Logo’s small group was discovered by an imperial patrol, and after defeating it, they were forced through repeated blockades toward the secret stargate.
• Han Xiao, Tarrokov, and the other Beyond Grade As reached the stargate battle and pursued Logo and Sagman’s group, while their attacks damaged the gate’s shield.
• Sagman, the two Mages, and Sisko escaped through the stargate, but Heber caught Motes; the four survivors destroyed the passage from the other side and stranded him.
• Tarrokov reported that Logo had been captured, and Han Xiao revealed he had obtained the coordinates of the stargate’s exit.
• Sagman, Ninja, and the other two escapees lamented Motes’s loss, then left the ruined stargate to take the Scepter of All Gods back.

After Heber defeated Motes, Tarrokov outlined the Dynasty’s plans to publicize its victory and pursue the fleeing Arcane Church forces in the Shattered Star Ring. Han Xiao learned that Ames had volunteered to help the Dynasty there, and the chapter ended with Urranrell announcing the conflict to the universe.

• Heber defeated the exhausted Motes and brought him aboard the fleet, where the Dynasty’s leaders discussed their victory and plans to announce it.
• Tarrokov asked the Beyond Grade As to hold the fort in the Shattered Star Ring, and Milizaus, Beoni, and Maxiler accepted Han Xiao’s invitation to visit the Black Star Army.
• Tarrokov revealed that Ames had volunteered to support the Dynasty’s attack on the Arcane Church’s stargate stations, and Han Xiao urged Suy to keep her out of the most dangerous assault.
• Han Xiao and the others sealed Motes in the Space-Time Amber, then set off for the Shattered Star Ring while Han Xiao considered how to persuade the Dynasty to counterattack.
• Urranrell addressed the universe, announcing the Arcane Church’s attack, the battle among eleven Beyond Grade As, and the resulting conflict between the Dynasty and the Church.

The Crimson Dynasty publicized Black Star’s capture of Dilun and launched a military counterattack against the Arcane Church in the Shattered Star Ring. As the Dynasty disrupted the Church’s stargate network, hidden Arcane Church agents began carrying out a plan to help Sagman and the other Beyond Grade As escape.

• Head of State Urranrell and the Dynasty News Network revealed the Shattered World battle, condemning the Arcane Church and emphasizing Black Star’s capture of Dilun.
• Galactic factions raised Black Star’s threat level after learning he was suspected of possessing two Universal Treasures.
• The Dynasty ambushed Arcane Church stargate stations in the Shattered Star Ring, where Ames helped break through the defenses and destroy the gates.
• Night Bat met a freighter captain at the Old Medal Bar and secretly switched places with one of the captain’s workers.
• Night Bat killed the freighter captain and joined his surviving operatives, revealing that they had smuggled stargate equipment aboard the freighter to help Sagman and the other Beyond Grade As escape.