Chapter Summaries

After gaining new abilities and securing the Black Star Army’s position, Han Xiao planned how to handle the prisoners, the Beast Ancestor’s forces, and the Army’s next projects. The chapter ended with Hila giving him an amulet for the original body’s birthday, leaving Han Xiao reflecting on the first birthday anyone had celebrated for him since arriving in the Galaxy.

• Han Xiao tested the five abilities drawn from Gorutan and the other Beyond Grade As, finding that Blood Energy Berserk’s health-burning burst suited his rapid recovery.
• Han Xiao reviewed the rewards and consequences of the Hila Rescue Battle, then planned prisoner exchanges, the Beast Ancestor’s legacy, repairs, and new projects for the Black Star Army.
• Han Xiao met with Ames and the Army’s officers, promised Ames he would travel with her, and told Hila to consult him before responding to any Dynasty request.
• Sylvia told Han Xiao that director Benny Travol wanted permission to make a documentary about him, and Han Xiao agreed to meet him.
• Hila gave Han Xiao a birthday amulet containing a coin imbued with her and Aurora’s powers; Han Xiao recognized it as a vessel for Hila’s revival ability and put it on.

Jotina led defectors out of the Beast Ancestor's faction, while Beyram let them go after a costly battle left the faction badly weakened. Han Xiao forced Glory and the Arcane Church to improve their prisoner negotiations, then received a film offer that triggered a mission requiring him to appear in a movie.

• Jotina demanded that Beyram let her rebel faction leave the Beast Ancestor's stronghold, but loyalist officers opened fire and started a battle.
• Jotina's fleet broke through after suffering heavy losses, and she declared that the defectors would seek to join the faction that had defeated Gorutan: Black Star's.
• Silver Shadow left the Black Star Palace after spending several days with Han Xiao and growing closer to him.
• An Arcane diplomat offered generous terms to buy Glory's Beyond Grade A prisoners, and Han Xiao told Glory he might accept unless it improved its offer.
• Benny Travol asked Han Xiao to authorize a biographical film and make a cameo, prompting a mission that required Han Xiao to appear in the movie.

Han Xiao agreed to appear in Benny Travol’s film and arranged for Fording to join the production. He then accepted Jotina and six other defectors from Gorutan’s forces into the Black Star Army and promised to liberate the Beast Ancestor’s headquarters, while a mission to end all human trafficking revealed an immense potential reward.

• Han Xiao agreed to help Benny Travol’s film, offered funding, and arranged for Fording to receive a role.
• Han Xiao learned that Jotina and six other Calamity Grade officers from Gorutan’s forces had come to join the Black Star Army.
• Jotina described Gorutan’s breeding facilities and asked Han Xiao to free the captive mothers and adopt the young offspring.
• Han Xiao accepted Jotina and her companions into the army and agreed to liberate the Beast Ancestor’s forces.
• Han Xiao received the mission to end human trafficking across the Galaxy, whose rewards included one trillion experience and a permanent Revered standing with order-aligned factions.

After Jotina defected to the Black Star Army, the Beast Ancestor’s officers split between rebels seeking to leave and loyalists hoping to rescue Gorutan. Secret Master took control of the officers gathered at the base, while Snake’s attempt to leave for Black Star failed; Secret Master then began negotiating with Sorokin over a share in the Interstellar Black Market.

• Han Xiao ordered Melos and Sylvia to send a fleet to the Beast Ancestor’s headquarters, free the slaves, and dismantle the descendant-breeding production line.
• Snake gathered rebel officers and planned their defection, while diehard loyalists discussed infiltrating the Black Star Army to rescue Gorutan.
• Beyram summoned the officers to a meeting, where Secret Master appeared through a portal and announced he would take temporary control of the Beast Ancestor’s forces.
• Snake supported Secret Master’s takeover but asked to retire and join his sister Jotina; Secret Master refused to let him or the other officers leave.
• Secret Master marked the officers to monitor them, then thanked Beyram for helping him seize control of the base.
• Secret Master and Sorokin discussed a deal in which Secret Master would help Sorokin become an Interstellar Black Market protector in exchange for Gorutan’s vacant Infinite Financial Group shareholder position.

Han Xiao agreed to the Crimson Dynasty’s plan to open Evolution Totem sales to the universe, then persuaded Secret Master to let Snake and other Beast Ancestor cadres join the Black Star Army. The Dynasty’s announcement raised Han Xiao’s prestige, and he quietly arrived at an Infinite Financial Group branch.

• Han Xiao completed a second gold-quality Sovereign Mecha and arranged for it to be delivered to Hila.
• A Crimson Dynasty official told Han Xiao that the Dynasty planned to open Evolution Totem sales to the universe, and Han Xiao agreed to negotiate a new profit-sharing arrangement.
• Jotina urged Snake to leave Secret Master’s control, and Han Xiao later persuaded Secret Master to let Snake and other cadres join the Black Star Army.
• The Crimson Dynasty announced that Evolution Totems would be available to the entire universe in one year, prompting excitement and renewed attention to Han Xiao’s Battle of Deification.
• An uninvited Han Xiao quietly arrived at an Infinite Financial Group branch in the Shattered World.

Han Xiao visited Sorokin and used the political leverage created by the Evolution Totem to force Sorokin to accept him as an Infinite Financial Group shareholder. The chapter ended with Sorokin bitterly recognizing that Han Xiao had ruined his plans and muttering that he hated Beyond Grade As.

• Han Xiao arrived at an Infinite Financial Group branch and met Sorokin, who wondered why he had come.
• Han Xiao led Sorokin to believe he wanted ordinary commercial cooperation, then revealed he wanted Gorutan's vacant shareholder position.
• Sorokin refused, citing the agreement with Gorutan and the need to preserve balance among the three civilizations.
• Han Xiao pointed out that the other shareholders and the civilizations could not easily oppose him because of his standing and the Evolution Totem.
• Sorokin realized he had no viable way to resist and agreed to make Han Xiao a shareholder.
• After Han Xiao left, Sorokin lamented the loss of his plans and smashed his wineglass.

Han Xiao secured Sorokin’s agreement to grant him an Infinite Financial Group shareholder position and began planning a Beyond Grade A federation, while arranging for Fording to portray him in a film. The chapter ended with Han Xiao learning that the Dark Emperor had stepped down.

• Han Xiao reflected on Sorokin’s hidden strength, secured dividends and a shareholder position, and contacted the three Universal Civilizations to register their agreement.
• Sorokin told the Secret Master that Han Xiao had taken the reserved shareholder seat, prompting the Secret Master to reconsider their deal.
• Han Xiao presented Sylvia with a draft proposal for the Shattered World Beyond Grade A Development Federation, and she agreed to refine it despite her concerns about the Universal Civilizations’ reaction.
• Han Xiao persuaded Fording to play him in a film after Fording objected to being cast as the lead.
• Han Xiao checked an internal Empire news item and discovered that the Dark Emperor had stepped down.

Han Xiao welcomed Jotina and ten other former Beast Ancestor officers into the Black Star Army, then considered an Army-wide competition to strengthen unity. He and Manison drafted a Beyond Grade A federation proposal, but their discussion left the presidency—and their rivalry for it—unresolved.

• Han Xiao learned that Clottey had temporarily left his post as the Dynasty leader’s personal guard and suspected the change was tied to his own actions.
• Jotina and ten other former Beast Ancestor officers joined the Black Star Army, and Han Xiao tested their combat abilities before planning their assignments.
• Jotina openly told Han Xiao she was attracted to him and wanted to become his personal guard, but he brushed aside her advances.
• Han Xiao proposed an Army-wide competition, and he planned to have Sylvia develop the idea into a large faction celebration.
• Sylvia completed a draft for the Shattered World Beyond Grade A Development Federation, and Han Xiao and Manison discussed recruiting influential Beyond Grade As to support it.
• Han Xiao raised the question of who would become president, but Manison deferred the decision, leaving Han Xiao to consider how to win support against his more established rival.

Han Xiao helped recruit allies for the Beyond Grade A Development Federation while the Crimson Dynasty debated how to respond. After crafting the Great Emperor's Robe, he prepared to visit the secondary dimensions, as Clottey set out for Fel Energy Aggregation.

• Han Xiao and Manison recruited Peak Beyond Grade As to the Development Federation, while Kant warned Han Xiao about Manison's motives and proposed that the association eventually control its own membership through purges.
• Bekorodi urged Urranrell to punish Han Xiao by revoking access to the Evolution Totem, but Urranrell rejected the idea and acknowledged that Beyond Grade As were beginning to unite.
• Han Xiao crafted the Great Emperor's Robe, unlocked the third-stage Mechanical Divine Transformation effect, and decided to leave for the secondary dimensions to visit Ames.
• Clottey entered a Dynasty portal prepared for secondary-dimension travel and selected Fel Energy Aggregation as his destination.

Clottey enlisted Guzar’s help to hunt Traveler in the secondary dimension space, while Traveler planned to ambush the Dark Emperor with help from hidden allies. Han Xiao and Ames entered the Void Dimension with Chaos Mysterious Energy to find Holy Light Particle, but a disturbance suddenly stirred the Void energy around them.

• Clottey met Guzar at Outpost A000 and asked him to help track Traveler, whom the Empire suspected of involvement in the Hila Rescue Battle.
• Traveler divined that Clottey was pursuing him and decided to gather powerful allies to ambush the Dark Emperor.
• Luo and Fei began a secret expedition to locate Black Star and seize Chaos Mysterious Energy, with permission to use a Child of Destiny esper body if needed.
• Han Xiao gave Ames custom mechanical armor and used Chaos Mysterious Energy to take her into the Void Dimension.
• Chaos Mysterious Energy began tracking Holy Light Particle, but the surrounding Void energy suddenly went berserk and Ames sensed something approaching.

Han Xiao and Ames entered the Void Dimension, met Void Lord Kirkmond, and agreed that Han Xiao would later help him defeat a rival. Kirkmond recognized an unusual aura in a Revival Coin, suggesting he might know the secondary dimension Hila had been seeking.

• Han Xiao and Ames were surrounded by Kirkmond's void army, and Han Xiao revealed his void nature before accepting Kirkmond's invitation to his base.
• Han Xiao learned about the Void Dimension's factions and accepted Kirkmond's commission to defeat Void Lord Bagdora, planning to return after finding the Holy Light Particle.
• Han Xiao received the Void Conqueror milestone mission, which required destroying eight Void Lord factions and earning the respect of four.
• Kirkmond sensed a familiar aura in Ames' Revival Coin and Han Xiao's matching coin, and said he had encountered similar energy in a secondary dimension.
• Han Xiao realized the energy might come from the dimension that had interfered with Hila's connection to Aurora.

Han Xiao learned of a collapsing secondary dimension that might be relevant to Hila, then traveled with Ames and the Chaos Mysterious Energy to find Holy Light Particle. Meanwhile, Clottey confronted Traveler and his hidden allies, while Luo and Fei’s fleet mistakenly searched for Black Star and fled after encountering Clottey.

• Kirkmond told Han Xiao about the Land of Dead Silence, a sealed secondary dimension now on the verge of collapse, and gave him its coordinates.
• Han Xiao agreed to scout the dimension for Hila after finishing his business, then left with Ames and the Chaos Mysterious Energy to find Holy Light Particle.
• Luo and Fei’s fleet intercepted Clottey while searching for a Peak Beyond Grade A, realized he was not Black Star, and hurriedly departed.
• Clottey reached the Fel Energy Aggregation and found Traveler, who had gathered three hidden Beyond Grade A allies and an army to defend himself.
• Traveler challenged Clottey on his home ground, and Clottey prepared to destroy him along with the dimension.
• Han Xiao and Ames arrived at Holy Light Particle’s beautiful lair, where the Chaos Mysterious Energy planned to draw her out by releasing its aura.

Han Xiao captured the Holy Light Particle in the Land of Light and discovered that its Holy Light Seeds could provide a secondary growth path for ordinary people, then traveled with Ames to the Land of Dead Silence to investigate its connection to Hila. There, they encountered a battered stranger as Luo and Fei pursued a newly detected peak Beyond Grade A, while Clottey finished a battle in the dying Fel Energy Aggregation.

• Han Xiao and Ames explored the Land of Light, where Han Xiao anchored its coordinates and had Chaos Mysterious Energy wake the Holy Light Particle.
• Han Xiao subdued the Holy Light Particle, learned about his abilities and Holy Light Seeds, tested a seed, then had it reclaimed and collected his mission rewards.
• Han Xiao unlocked the Primordial Esper Ability Collector milestone, which required two more Primordial Esper Ability Entities and rewarded a Third Sanctum skill fragment.
• Han Xiao and Ames visited the Land of Dead Silence, where Han Xiao's Resurrection Coin reacted, but neither could find a clue connected to Hila.
• A battered powerful life form fell through a hole in the Land of Dead Silence's spatial wall, while Luo and Fei ordered their ship to pursue a second peak Beyond Grade A.
• Clottey killed the last Beyond Grade A in the Fel Energy Aggregation and realized his opponent had escaped through spatial turbulence after Clottey used too much force.

Traveler escaped Clottey’s destruction of Fel Energy Aggregation, only to be captured by Han Xiao and Ames in another secondary dimension. After Traveler exposed Sorokin’s role in the conflict among Beyond Grade As, a hostile fleet led by Luo arrived and targeted Han Xiao.

• Clottey destroyed Fel Energy Aggregation and killed Traveler’s three allies, but Traveler escaped through spatial turbulence with an origin energy shard.
• Traveler entered a ravaged secondary dimension and tried to flee when he saw Han Xiao and Ames, but Ames captured and severely injured him.
• Han Xiao revealed that he knew Traveler served the Star Arc Civilization, prompting Traveler to confess to his cooperation with Sorokin and explain that Clottey had pursued him.
• Traveler said Dark Emperor had attacked him, and Han Xiao contacted Clottey, who confirmed Traveler’s mission target and asked for the origin energy shard.
• Han Xiao took the shard from Traveler, but a fleet led by Luo emerged from a spatial rift, identified Han Xiao, and prepared to fire.

Han Xiao and Clottey captured Traveler and learned that Sorokin had hired him, while an unidentified fleet launched a surprise attack using specialized technologies derived from Primordial Esper Ability Entities. The fleet escaped with part of the Chaos Mysterious Energy, and Han Xiao recognized its members as people who should not exist in this era.

• Clottey arrived and explained that the Crimson Dynasty wanted Traveler captured or killed, while Han Xiao said Traveler had named Sorokin as the mastermind.
• Han Xiao sealed Traveler in Space-Time Amber, and Clottey and Han Xiao discovered that the unfamiliar fleet belonged to neither of them.
• Clottey demanded to inspect the fleet, but Luo and Fei ordered their ships to attack with Dimensional Banishment Projectiles and a Memory Formatting Virus that disrupted Han Xiao.
• The fleet used an Advanced Life Form Energy Disruption Wave to weaken Han Xiao, Clottey, and Ames, then banished Clottey and tried to capture the Chaos Mysterious Energy.
• Han Xiao restrained the Chaos Mysterious Energy, but Luo severed and captured part of it before the fleet escaped through spatial turbulence.
• Han Xiao identified the attackers as a group of people who should not exist in this era.

Han Xiao learned that the mysterious organization Sanctum had attacked to steal part of Chaos Mysterious Energy, and he agreed to help retrieve it. While he and Ames repaired the Land of Dead Silence, a phantom appeared and asked about their resurrection coins, as Sanctum’s agents planned to hunt Holy Light Particle next.

• Han Xiao recognized Sanctum and The First Ones, and suspected Sanctum had previously supplied Sorokin with stolen Primordial Esper Ability Entities.
• Chaos Mysterious Energy revealed that Sanctum had severed and taken part of its body, and Han Xiao accepted its mission to recover the missing core energy.
• Han Xiao and Ames diverted the spatial turbulence to protect the Land of Dead Silence, then encountered a mysterious phantom drawn to their resurrection coins.
• A Sanctum agent named Luo examined the stolen fragment while Fei warned that Black Star’s recovery had nearly overwhelmed their fleet.
• Luo and Fei decided to report their success and suggested developing a device to locate Holy Light Particle.

Han Xiao and Ames met Onicelu, Netherland’s dimensional consciousness, who revealed that Hila and Aurora’s life and death Esper abilities inherited the legacy of two First Ones. Onicelu asked them to bring the sisters to Netherland as successors before the dying dimension and its stored souls vanished.

• Onicelu introduced herself as Netherland’s caretaker and explained that she had watched Han Xiao and Ames before deciding they meant no harm.
• Ames identified Hila as her student, and Han Xiao confirmed Hila’s identity with virtual technology.
• Onicelu explained that the First Ones Nigos and Aios created Netherland to preserve souls and use them in a revived army.
• Onicelu revealed that Nigos and Aios died seeking insight into life and death, leaving their Esper ability seeds to pass their knowledge to future generations.
• Onicelu explained that Hila and Aurora’s energy had awakened her and was sustaining Netherland, but the dimension was still close to perishing.
• Han Xiao received a mission to help Hila and Aurora inherit Netherland and restore it to its former glory.

Han Xiao helped Hila meet Onicelu so she could inherit the Netherland Dimension, then returned with Ames to the Void Dimension to complete his mission with Kirkmond. He arrived during Kirkmond’s battle with Bagdora and challenged the enemy Void Lord.

• Han Xiao brought Hila to the Netherland Dimension, where Onicelu explained the legacy, and left Hila with a mechanical army to keep her safe.
• Han Xiao reported the Sanctum’s attack to Guzar, who promised the Empire would investigate the organization.
• Han Xiao and Ames returned to Kirkmond’s territory and learned that Kirkmond had taken his legion to fight off an invasion by other Void Lords.
• Kirkmond struggled against Bagdora, who revealed he had grown stronger by devouring another Void Lord and threatened to devour Kirkmond’s reinforcements.
• Han Xiao arrived on the battlefield and sent a mental message challenging Bagdora.

Han Xiao defeated Bagdora and helped Kirkmond secure victory, then recruited Kirkmond as an ally while advancing the [Void Conqueror] milestone. As Han Xiao continued backing Void Lords, Kasuyi learned of his activity and began investigating his intentions, while considering the coming Beyond Grade A Association leadership contest.

• Han Xiao formed a Mechanical Deity, stopped Bagdora from escaping with Kirkmond’s help, and killed him with a Special Beam Cannon.
• Kirkmond claimed Bagdora’s core, shared the mission rewards with Han Xiao, and accepted Han Xiao’s offer to help expand his faction without becoming his subordinate.
• Han Xiao’s [Void Conqueror] milestone began, and he spent the next few days helping Void Lords annex rival factions alongside Ames.
• Kasuyi learned that Han Xiao was helping Void Lords seize territory and ordered his messengers to sound out Han Xiao and the Void Lords he had supported.
• Kasuyi considered the upcoming Beyond Grade A Association leadership contest and wondered whether Han Xiao would run against Manison and the other candidates.

Han Xiao completed his Void Conqueror mission, received a gift from Kasuyi, and left the Void Dimension with Ames. Meanwhile, the organizers of the Shattered World Beyond Grade A Development Federation debated its rules and leadership, with Manison and Han Xiao emerging as candidates for spokesperson.

• Han Xiao completed the Void Conqueror mission, gained the Void Celebrity Legend entry and a Divine Transformation point, and unlocked the Apostle Mechanic stage.
• A Void Archduke delivered Kasuyi’s gift of liquid void essence and confirmed that Kasuyi had noticed Han Xiao’s activity in the Void Dimension.
• Han Xiao assured the Void Archduke he had no plans to build a force there, then promised Ames a tour of the Secondary Dimension World.
• At the organizers’ first Development Federation meeting, Manison, Kasuyi, and the others discussed membership rules, mediation, incentives, and offering Ultimate Knowledge to attract members.
• Manison called for a leader who could resist pressure and revealed that he wanted the position, while Milizaus backed Han Xiao as a candidate and other organizers argued over whom to support.
• The organizers agreed that the president should serve limited terms, and Manison asked Kasuyi to support him now in exchange for his backing in the next term.