Recaps

Beaufort led the squad in reconnaissance against the White Shark Bandit Group, while Lancelot secretly used his Molecular Aggregation Insects to scout the base. He discovered three hidden Peak Tier Nine Blue Dragons and revealed them to the squad, leaving Beaufort’s battle planning to account for a concealed ambush.

• Beaufort briefed the squad on the White Shark Bandit Group’s forces and defenses, then said they would verify the month-old intelligence before making a plan.
• Beaufort, Caroline, and Nevis scouted the bandit group while Lancelot secretly sent his Molecular Aggregation Insects throughout the base.
• Lancelot’s insects found three concealed Peak Tier Nine Blue Dragons in the core area, and he suspected the bandits were working with the Dragon Clan to ambush the Alliance squad.
• Beaufort, Caroline, and Nevis reported their reconnaissance findings, and Beaufort began preparing to discuss the battle plan.
• Lancelot contradicted their count of the bandit group’s experts, projected an image of the three Blue Dragons, and explained that he had discovered them through scouting.

After discovering that the White Shark Bandit Group had three peak Tier Nine blue dragons, Lancelot revealed his own peak Tier Nine strength and persuaded Beaufort’s team to attempt a surprise attack. He took command and assigned roles for the operation, which was set to begin in three hours.

• Caroline’s reaction confirmed Lancelot’s warning about the White Shark Bandit Group’s alliance with three powerful blue dragons, and Beaufort’s team thanked him for preventing them from rushing into a trap.
• Beaufort and the others decided to withdraw and seek reinforcements, but Lancelot revealed his peak Ninth-Rank strength and urged them to hear his plan first.
• Lancelot explained how the Molecular Aggregation Insects could conceal their infiltration, then proposed ambushing one blue dragon, bombing the enemy base, and preparing an escape route.
• Beaufort’s team agreed to Lancelot’s plan and appointed him commander; he assigned the team’s roles and ordered them to prepare to move in three hours.
• Lancelot handed Nevis his explosives, including a nuclear bomb, and Nevis’s alarm at the weapon amused Phoebe, who casually tossed it in the air.

Lancelot’s team used a nuclear bomb to bolster their plans against the White Shark Bandit Group, then lured Bentley away from his brothers and killed the Peak Tier Nine blue dragon in a coordinated ambush. As the team considered striking another enemy, Lancelot and Beaufort sensed that their opponents had arrived.

• Phoebe realized that the weapon Lancelot had brought was a nuclear bomb, and the team’s confidence in their operation against the White Shark Bandit Group rose.
• Lancelot disguised himself as Blood Fang and lured Bentley away from his brothers, while Beaufort concealed the group’s approach with Deep Domain.
• Diliya, Caroline, Maxin, and Gwendolyn restrained and attacked Bentley, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Lancelot charged up his abilities and severed Bentley’s neck with his lightning spear, killing the Peak Tier Nine blue dragon.
• Caroline asked what the team should do next, but Lancelot and Beaufort warned that their enemies had arrived.

Lancelot’s team ambushed the White Shark Bandit Group, using a nuclear bomb and a breach in the enemy’s defenses to gain the upper hand. After Josiah and Mike fled, Lancelot’s side defeated the remaining leaders and prepared to withdraw with their spoils.

• When the three Blue Dragons reacted to Bentley’s death, Lancelot ordered Nevis to detonate the nuclear bomb while Beaufort led the others against White Shark and the Tier Nine fighters.
• The bomb devastated the bandits’ territory, and the Crimson Alliance’s infiltrated defenses fired on White Shark’s group as Lancelot’s allies engaged them.
• Lancelot held off Josiah and Mike, exploiting gaps in their coordination when their three-dragon joint technique failed.
• Josiah and Mike retreated after deciding to preserve their strength, leaving a Dragon’s Curse mark on Lancelot that he recognized as a tracking mark.
• Lancelot joined the other Ninth-Rank Transcendents, and they killed White Shark, Black Dream, Curse Man, and Blood Fang within minutes.
• Lancelot ordered the team to clear the battlefield and withdraw, then recovered several barrels of lightning-shimmering dragon blood from the earth.

Lancelot chose the deadly lone operative test to join the Swordbearer Unit and received a mission to earn 50,000 merit points by hunting the Frenzied Clamor Pirate Crew with the Alliance Navy's Sixth Fleet. Meanwhile, Logo received the coordinates of a demiplane on Planet Pandora and set out with Grand Duke Tielin and the Eye of Gendaya to retrieve it.

• Lancelot gave the blue dragon's remains to Logo to prepare bloodline potions, then completed a second mission with Beaufort's squad and refused their invitation to stay.
• Lancelot reviewed the Swordbearer Unit's entry process and chose the lone operative test despite Fituosi warning that fewer than one in ten new lone operatives survived.
• Lancelot received orders to join the Sixth Fleet in the Whirlpool Sea and earn at least 50,000 merit points by hunting the Frenzied Clamor Pirate Crew.
• Lancelot decided to rely on Logo's intelligence network, prepared his equipment, and flew to rendezvous with the Sixth Fleet.
• Maidisenna calculated the coordinates of the demiplane on Planet Pandora, and Logo and Grand Duke Tielin secretly departed with the Eye of Gendaya to retrieve it.

Logo reached Planet Pandora with Grand Duke Lieyuan, entered the demiplane, and watched Lieyuan use the Eye of Gendaya to spread the Sea of Slaughter across it. The powerful intrusion awakened Gou Site, a red-dragon dracolich, who tried and failed to escape.

• Logo brewed legendary four-star Wings of Thunder and Lightning Breath potions for Lancelot, then analyzed the Dragon Blood Curse and worked out how to use it to track the other blue dragons.
• At Planet Pandora, Grand Duke Lieyuan left Logo in the Sea of Slaughter and infiltrated the demiplane with the Eye of Gendaya.
• Logo joined Lieyuan inside the demiplane, where Lieyuan assessed its limited magical energy and announced that he would use the Eye of Gendaya to find the red dragon.
• Lieyuan expanded the Eye of Gendaya and spread the Sea of Slaughter across the demiplane, forcing its way toward the plane's origin.
• The disturbance awakened Gou Site, a red-dragon dracolich, who emerged from underground, tried to flee through a spatial portal, and watched it shatter under Lieyuan's power.

Logo captured the dracolich Gou Site, discovered and recruited the imprisoned spatial mage Walpole, and prepared to move the demiplane away from Planet Pandora. After Walpole calculated its route toward Planet Oklo, Logo hinted that he would begin the Royal Court’s development plans early despite the lack of equipment and workers.

• Grand Duke Lieyuan seized Gou Site at Logo’s request, and Logo searched the dracolich’s underground lair.
• Logo freed Walpole’s voice from the cage and learned that Gou Site had imprisoned the spatial mage for a century to exploit his research.
• Walpole agreed to serve Logo for a hundred years after reading a generous Magic God Contract, and Logo promised him further benefits and access to an alchemy grandmaster.
• Grand Duke Lieyuan used the Eye of Gendaya to pull the demiplane out of its orbit, while Walpole calculated that it would reach Planet Oklo’s spacetime magnetic field in two months.
• Logo told Grand Duke Lieyuan to steer the demiplane while he handled the early construction plan, then teased Walpole by promising to demonstrate an alchemist’s power.

Logo used Maker-series alchemical life-forms to rapidly develop a demiplane while explaining how knowledge, production capacity, and resources made a powerful alchemist. Meanwhile, Gustavo continued his work as the assassin Mask until Spider Mom summoned him to join the expedition into the newly opened Soul Secret Land, where he arrived late and prepared to depart with the City of Freedom’s black mages.

• Logo released thousands of Makers, which mined the demiplane, built an alchemy factory, and began producing more Makers as Walpole watched in amazement.
• Logo explained to Walpole that an alchemist needed blueprints, production capacity, and resources, then told him to study spatial science while he made more eighth-generation Makers.
• Gustavo returned to the Black Spider hall after another successful assignment, where others feared his reputation as a poisoner and assassin Mask.
• Spider Mom, Index, told Gustavo that the Soul Secret Land had opened and asked him to reach its location within three days; she warned him to use his spatial mark if he faced danger.
• The City of Freedom’s black mages gathered to enter the Soul Secret Land, whose twisted rules caused Tier Ten beings’ Sanctuaries to mutate.
• Gustavo arrived late, provoking hostile looks from the black mages, but the city lord ordered everyone to prepare for the bumpy teleportation.

Gustavo entered a Soul Secret Land whose strange rules reversed the relationship between soul and body, and he discovered that its Nightmare Soul Beasts could fuel his Soul Devourer talent. After reaching Legendary Tier Three soul strength, he was trapped inside the Land of Nightmares.

• Gustavo entered the Soul Secret Land with the black mages and found that he existed as a soul while his body floated above him.
• Gustavo checked his status and learned that dark rhythm was eroding his will, eventually threatening to turn him into a Nightmare Soul Beast.
• Gustavo killed a panther-like Nightmare Soul Beast and found that eating it strengthened him while the land's rules helped him absorb souls and expel impurities.
• Gustavo spent three days devouring Nightmare Soul Beasts, whose attacks grew stronger as his rising soul power attracted them.
• Gustavo digested the beasts and reached Legendary Tier Three soul strength, then became trapped in an unfamiliar palace in the Land of Nightmares.

Gustavo was forced through the Land of Nightmares, where he passed a gluttony trial against a Donbas man and gained a great deal of soul strength. He then entered the Nightmare Casino, where a devil made him gamble for the fate of the prisoners, including Arthur; the first roll left the devil with an impossible seven.

• Gustavo confirmed that his spatial mark still worked, then received the task of reaching the spired bell tower and ringing its bell to leave the Land of Nightmares.
• A Donbas man challenged Gustavo to eat more than him, and Gustavo used Soul Devourer and the Star Swallowing Technique to consume the food and strengthen his soul until the Donbas man passed out.
• Gustavo was transported to a casino, where a devil noble challenged him to a one-round dice game and showed him imprisoned Legendary beings, including Arthur.
• Gustavo and the devil rolled their dice, and the devil revealed two sixes and an impossible seven.

Gustavo defeated the Nightmare Projection with power projected by Spider Dad Sylvain, then discovered an evil god’s beast claw beneath the throne. He removed the claw, stabilized the Land of Nightmares with the projection’s greatsword, and captured the Land of Nightmares inside the sword.

• Gustavo won the dice game against the Devil and consumed the Devil’s soul origin, raising his soul strength to Tier Fourteen.
• The Land of Nightmares transported Gustavo to a great hall, where its Nightmare Projection attacked him with a greatsword and sinister flames.
• Gustavo summoned Spider Dad Sylvain’s power and destroyed the Nightmare Projection with Fist of Destruction.
• Gustavo shattered the throne and found an evil god’s beast claw in the space beneath it, whose aura matched the dark flesh Logo had found.
• At Sylvain’s direction, Gustavo took the beast claw and placed the Nightmare Projection’s greatsword in the hollow, restoring the Land of Nightmares.
• Gustavo used an Aslant Civilization rune to bind the Land of Nightmares and absorbed it into the greatsword as black mist.

Gustavo returned from the Soul Secret Land with the Nightmare Greatsword and an evil god’s beast claw, which Sylvain took for Ashes to examine. Back at the spider nest, Gustavo prepared to advance to Legendary and freed the Devil Ivanos, who planned to return to Hell.

• Gustavo sealed the beast claw, continued hunting in the Soul Secret Land, and found two Soul Crystal mines.
• Sylvain told the Free City Lord that Gustavo had discovered part of the King of Ashes’s divine body, then brought Gustavo back to the spider nest.
• Spider Mom recognized the beast claw’s evil aura, and Sylvain examined Gustavo before taking the claw; Spider Mom asked him to secure True Dragon Origin Blood for Gustavo.
• Sylvain promised Gustavo True Dragon Origin Blood and told him to prepare for his advancement to Legendary, so Gustavo visited Mora and Bradley before entering a sealed lava cave.
• Gustavo revealed that he had secretly partnered with the Devil in the Land of Nightmares and used the Nightmare Greatsword to sever the Devil’s bond to it.
• The freed Devil identified himself as Ivanos of the Anglie Family, and he told Gustavo he planned to return to Hell.

Gustavo rescued Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow, then used the crow’s blood to gather gene fragments and create a powerful soul talent. Despite suffering severe damage to his body and soul, he began advancing to Legendary in hopes of healing through the breakthrough.

• Gustavo accepted Ivanos Anglie’s Oath Badge before pulling Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow out of the Land of Nightmares.
• Gustavo demanded living flesh and blood from the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow, who gave him enough blood to fill a bucket.
• Gustavo drank the crow’s blood, filled his Gene Warehouse with gene fragments, and chose to forge a new soul talent.
• Gustavo shattered gene chains and endured repeated bodily and spiritual collapse while creating the talent, as Sylvain, Index, Mora, and Bradley watched.
• Gustavo succeeded in creating the talent but was left badly injured, so he began his dangerous advancement to Legendary.

Gustavo consumed True Dragon Origin Blood and Wotu’s Dragon Marrow Crystal, triggering his Dragon Devouring talent and learning how Dragon-Hunting Spiders could consume the Law of Dragons. He recovered from his injuries and broke through to Legendary, leaving Mora and Bradley stunned by his transformation.

• Bradley noticed Gustavo’s aura growing stronger, and Spider Mom worried that he was about to break through.
• Sylvain reassured Spider Mom, then poured True Dragon Origin Blood over Gustavo.
• Gustavo revealed his monstrous form, swallowed the blood and Wotu’s Dragon Marrow Crystal, and activated Dragon Devouring.
• Gustavo learned that Dragon-Hunting Spiders could purify their bloodlines by eating dragons and, at Legendary rank, devour the Law of Dragons to perfect their Sanctuaries.
• Gustavo absorbed the True Dragon power, healed his body and soul, and grew stronger until he reached the Sanctuary barrier.
• Gustavo completed his breakthrough to Legendary Tier One, while Mora and Bradley watched in disbelief.

After advancing to Legendary, Gustavo tested his new abilities and infiltrated Night City to take revenge on the Brooks Mercenary Corps. He controlled Deputy Commander Aisi and lured Brooks out of her mage tower, then struck her with a soul attack and tried to bring her under his control.

• Gustavo examined his new and transformed abilities, including Future Insight, Sanctuary Rank, and Parasitic Spider Eggs, and reached Legendary Tier Three combat power.
• After adjusting to his strength, Gustavo entered Night City and found the Brooks Mercenary Corps headquarters, where Brooks stayed inside a powerful mage tower.
• Gustavo used the Nightmare Greatsword to put Aisi to sleep and implanted a Parasitic Spider Egg, making the deputy commander devoted to him.
• Gustavo ordered Aisi to lure Brooks out, and Aisi invited her to the Red Maple Courtyard under the pretense of sharing a rare beast.
• Brooks realized the roasted meat was poisoned and attacked Aisi, but Gustavo used Death Knell to shock her soul before striking with the Nightmare Greatsword.

After capturing Brooks, Gustavo learned that she belonged to Ashes and joined her on a protection mission, using his poison preparations before traveling to Black Blood Island. At the Ashes gathering, he encountered familiar former Gendaya People Kaluote Russell and Kane Rengat, and discovered that Kane had become a powerful dual-element dark mage.

• Gustavo captured Brooks with the Nightmare Greatsword and controlled her with Parasitic Spider Eggs; she revealed that Diwoer was a Legendary diviner who had disappeared.
• Gustavo and Brooks learned they had both been assigned Ashes missions, and Gustavo told her to conceal their connection if they met again.
• Sylvain briefed Gustavo on a protection mission and confirmed that other escorts would handle the main transport; Gustavo prepared poisons before leaving for Black Blood Island.
• Gustavo arrived at the Ashes meeting manor and introduced himself as Mask to Legendary members Boluoduona and Brooks, who used the name Green Eyes.
• Kaluote Russell and Kane Rengat greeted Gustavo, and he sensed that Kane had become a dark mage with mastery of both darkness and the soul element.

Gustavo and the Ashes team were ambushed by the Black Sea Star Pirate Group after retrieving their cargo. As the team fled toward an asteroid, pirate captain Kelaio ordered Winston to activate the damaged Panbosaier Restriction Belt to stop them.

• Kate Pushkin briefed the Ashes team on their mission and told them to destroy the item they were escorting if the operation failed.
• The team collected a mysterious device from a spherical ship and began their return journey, but Gustavo sensed that their uneventful mission was about to go wrong.
• The Black Sea Star Pirate Group ambushed the black crystal ship, and the pirates became even more hostile after learning the passengers were from Ashes.
• The pirate attack shattered the ship’s shield and damaged its engines, so Gustavo led the twenty-six Ashes members toward a nearby asteroid.
• Winston warned Kelaio that the pirates might not defeat four Legendaries on the asteroid, but Kelaio ordered him to activate the unrepaired Panbosaier Restriction Belt to avenge Ashes’ victims.

Gustavo and Brooks survived the Black Sea Star Pirate Group’s attack and secretly took control of its ships. Gustavo then returned to the asteroid and lured Kelaio and Winston into a dream, leaving the pirates unaware that they were trapped.

• Winston activated the Panbosaier Restriction Belt, freezing Gustavo and the Ashes members while the pirates killed most of them, including Boluoduona and Berserk Iron.
• After the restriction belt ran out of energy, Gustavo and Brooks hid in an asteroid as Kelaio and Winston searched for them.
• Gustavo and Brooks used the Illusory Light Mask to sneak aboard the Black Sea ships, and Gustavo took control of the crew with Nightmare Domain.
• Brooks fed Kelaio and Winston false sensor information, drawing them toward a crater while Gustavo returned to the asteroid.
• Kelaio, Winston, and their squads attacked two apparent targets, unaware they had fallen into Gustavo’s dream.

Gustavo defeated the Black Sea Star Pirate Group, turned Kelaio and Winston into puppets, and discovered that the cargo Ashes wanted was a highly contagious virus. He left for Planet Guta to capture Diwoer, while Caesar rescued Birmingham and Lancelot began his seventh awakening.

• Gustavo killed Kelaio and gravely wounded Winston, then used Death Knell and his greatsword to defeat the remaining elite pirates.
• Gustavo implanted Parasitic Spider Eggs in Kelaio and Winston, healed them, and ordered them to gather the surviving crew and ships.
• Gustavo found Birmingham imprisoned aboard the flagship and examined the mechanical case, discovering a dangerous virus inside.
• Gustavo concealed the ships on a meteor and flew toward Planet Guta with Brooks and his puppets to capture Diwoer.
• Caesar recovered the hidden ships, the virus, and Birmingham, then set course for Planet Oklo.
• Aboard the Dreadnought, Lancelot began his seventh awakening.

Lancelot completed his seventh awakening and formed the Tree of Life prototype before joining the third wave of the assault on the Frenzied Clamor Pirate Crew's alternate dimension. He entered the battle and attacked a fleeing diamond-bodied pirate.

• Lancelot endured a painful transformation as Rapid Healing triggered the formation of the Tree of Life prototype, and the resulting life field healed the battleship's crew.
• Captain Lais received orders to join the all-out assault, while Lancelot learned he would enter the alternate dimension with the third wave to target High-Rank Transcendents.
• Lancelot explored his new Power of Life, saw his combat power rise to 990–999, and chose to remain with the fleet for the chance to claim the pirate crew's wealth.
• The third wave entered the alternate dimension, where Lancelot surveyed the widespread battles and moved off to hunt the enemy.
• Lancelot fired a shadow bullet at a fleeing diamond-bodied pirate, who dodged as Lancelot charged in behind the attack.

Lancelot killed Frenzied Clamor pirates, survived a Legendary’s full-force attack, and learned of two treasure vaults—one already emptied and another still contested. As a battle over the second vault raged, he concealed himself and slipped inside to scout for its resources.

• Lancelot defeated a Diamond Man from the Frenzied Clamor Pirate Crew, stored his body, and captured another pirate leader who revealed the location of a treasure vault; Lancelot found it already looted.
• Lancelot intercepted a fleeing red-haired Legendary, whose attack charred him, but the Tree of Life restored him; with Peiqiluo’s help, he defeated the Legendary and shared the spoils.
• Peiqiluo gave Lancelot the location of another treasure vault, and the two exchanged contact information before parting.
• In the alternate space, five Demigods overwhelmed Annula, and the Demigod spellcaster from the Tia Empire seized an opening to kill him.
• More than a hundred High-Rank Transcendents fought over the second treasure vault, while Lancelot used Molecular Aggregation Insects to conceal himself and enter it.

Lancelot raided the treasury with a nuclear bomb and discovered Phoenix blood sealed in a stone jar. When Annula’s remnant soul tried to merge with him, Lancelot awakened with Gustavo and Logo ready to confront it.

• Lancelot used a nuclear bomb to break into the treasury, collected valuable resources, and stole a sealed stone jar from an underground vault.
• Lancelot escaped after knocking down an ambusher and three Ninth-Rank Transcendents.
• Lancelot and Logo deciphered the jar’s runes, revealing Phoenix blood that drew fire elements toward the battleship when exposed.
• The jar’s runes formed a maw that pulled Lancelot inside, where Annula’s remnant soul revealed that Lancelot had ruined his plan to rebuild his body.
• Annula began fusing with Lancelot, but Gustavo and Logo helped awaken Lancelot, and their combined soul forces turned to face Annula.

After surviving Annula’s attack, Lancelot learned the power and terms of the Mouth of Gluttony, earned admission to the Swordbearer Unit, and rejected Fituosi’s squad offer. Meanwhile, Logo completed preparations for the space gate on Origin Island and reunited with Birmingham as the demiplane reached Planet Oklo.

• Lancelot discovered that Annula’s Mouth of Gluttony had become his, learned it gained power by devouring wrath, and postponed renegotiating its contract until Gustavo’s Oath Badge arrived.
• Lancelot returned to the Alliance with the Phoenix blood and passed the Swordbearer Unit’s review, earning provisional lieutenant colonel rank and three months of leave.
• Fituosi invited Lancelot to join his team as a healer, but Lancelot refused and grew anxious about his feelings for both Mona and Zyra.
• After two months adrift, Origin Island reached Planet Oklo’s spatiotemporal magnetic field, and the Royal Court’s space-element transcendents opened a gateway in the Underground Space.
• Logo studied the space gate with his Eye of Insight, then greeted Birmingham after stopping from dizziness.

Logo recruited Birmingham to teach at the Heavenly Eye Alchemy Academy and sent Qiya to deliver a secret package to the Crimson Alliance. The Left Minister and Grand Elder then revealed that the White Wolf King had converted to the Lord of Radiance, leading Logo to connect the move to the Dawn Empire’s efforts to suppress the Sebawen Faith.

• Birmingham thanked Logo for rescuing him and chose to teach at the Heavenly Eye Alchemy Academy as its honorary vice dean and head of the mecha department.
• Logo asked Qiya to secretly deliver a ring’s contents to a contact in the Crimson Alliance, and she agreed.
• The Left Minister and Grand Elder told Logo that the White Wolf King had declared the Lord of Radiance the kingdom’s sole faith and established the Radiance Holy See in the capital.
• Logo and the Left Minister inferred that the Dawn Pope was eliminating outside sources of instability while pursuing a major religious change.
• Logo recalled how Sebawen’s Dawn Protestantism challenged the Dawn Holy See, how the God of Dawn had protected Sebawen, and how Sebawen became a saint within ten years.

Logo persuaded the Gendaya Royal Court’s leaders to use the Dawn Empire’s coming transition to a new god as a window for rapid development and reform. Three days later, the Buratino Royal Palace announced the measures that scholars would later call the New Blood Reform.

• Logo, the grand elder, and the left chancellor discussed how the Dawn Empire’s internal plans gave the Royal Court a chance to develop while Anthony Douglas replaced the God of Dawn.
• Logo proposed keeping troops on the border to restrain the Old Blood Faction while building an alchemical industrial system.
• Logo urged the Royal Court to sell its colonial planets and issue bonds backed by demigod artifacts to raise funds, and the grand elder approved.
• Logo presented further funding measures, and the grand elder and left chancellor left acknowledging the risks of his development plan.
• Three days later, the Buratino Royal Palace announced plans for industrial development, ideological unity, expanded oversight, army reorganization, and large-scale conversion of Gray-Eyed Blood Descendants into the New Blood population.