Recaps

Aeolia explained Celestial Being’s purpose and revealed evidence that metallic Alien Lifeforms had attacked an exploratory spacecraft. Convinced Earth would need to unite against them, Old Man Raphael joined Celestial Being while warning that he would expose the organization if it misused its power.

• Aeolia identified himself as Celestial Being’s founder and explained his cryogenic preservation and plans for humanity’s evolution into Innovators.
• Aeolia showed Raphael, Graham, and Billy footage of metallic Alien Lifeforms attacking a spacecraft, confirming the threat was real.
• Xiao Ran claimed an ancient book had described the lifeforms as God’s weapons and suggested they could assimilate people.
• Raphael agreed that Earth could not resist such enemies without uniting and joined Celestial Being to study its technology.
• Raphael warned that he would reveal Celestial Being if it used its power improperly, and Aeolia welcomed him as a member.

Xiao Ran took command of the Japanese Special Economic Zone and began organizing its military leadership while Celestial Being prepared new mobile suits. He left Colonel Jett Onda as his deputy for now, assigned Graham Aker to lead the MS forces, and ordered his own identity kept secret.

• Old Man Raphael joined Celestial Being as its MS development chief and began working with Billy and the Technicians on technology supplied by Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran left Hong Long at the Celestial Organization's base and traveled to Tokyo with Graham and Nalo, while considering Laguna Harvey's role in future threats.
• Xiao Ran arrived at the Japanese Special Economic Zone's command headquarters and addressed its personnel, demanding firm obedience to his orders.
• Xiao Ran met regional officials and officers during a lengthy reception before moving into his new office with Graham, Nalo, and Jett Onda.
• Xiao Ran kept Jett Onda as his deputy until a replacement could be found, ordered him to select guards, and appointed Graham commander of the MS forces.
• Xiao Ran instructed Jett to identify him publicly as Major General Stark and keep his identity top secret.

At a welcome reception, Xiao Ran arranged to meet Laguna Harvey and invited Sheryl to join him in Tokyo. After Laguna arrived at his residence, Xiao Ran revealed that he knew of Laguna’s connection to Celestial Being and asked how he would deal with a traitor who had secretly used its technology.

• Xiao Ran attended the reception, spotted Laguna Harvey, and decided to take the Trinity, Red Solar Furnaces, GN-X units, and their manufacturing facilities from him.
• Xiao Ran told Graham and Naluo to invite Laguna to his residence after the reception, and they agreed to bring him if he refused.
• Xiao Ran called Sheryl, invited her to stay with him, and learned that she was already in Tokyo, so he sent maids and guards to pick her up.
• Graham and Naluo brought Laguna to Xiao Ran’s residence, where they swept the area to ensure their conversation was secure.
• Xiao Ran confronted Laguna about Celestial Being and asked what he would do to a traitor who used its technology in secret and risked exposing its secrets.

Xiao Ran forced Laguna to surrender his secret GN-X and Solar Furnace projects, completing his mission to eliminate threats to Celestial Being within UNION. He chose complete GN-X and GN-T Solar Furnace blueprints as his reward and began considering how to find pilots for the thirty GN-X units.

• Xiao Ran ordered Naluo and Graham to execute Laguna, then offered him a choice between surrendering his projects or being tortured and killed.
• Laguna surrendered the factory coordinates and his projects after Xiao Ran revealed his intelligence network and threatened his family and assets.
• Xiao Ran had Graham lock Laguna up with a neck bomb and received notice that the A-Class Side Mission was complete.
• Xiao Ran chose complete GN-X and GN-T Solar Furnace blueprints over a GN-X production line or mecha rewards.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Solar Furnace would strengthen his mecha and decided he needed to find pilots for thirty GN-X units.

Xiao Ran confronted Laguna Harvey over secretly building units and prepared to retrieve them from the South Pole. With the next Celestial Being operation approaching, Xiao Ran realized the story’s more dangerous events were about to begin.

• Xiao Ran explained to Graham and Naluo that Laguna had secretly built units, and Graham agreed that Celestial Being’s original plan faced growing threats.
• Sheryl arrived at Xiao Ran’s residence, teased Graham, and reunited with Xiao Ran before Graham and Naluo left for the night.
• The next morning, Xiao Ran took Laguna aboard a private plane with Graham, Naluo, and Wang Liu Mei, then learned the hidden units were at the South Pole.
• Wang Liu Mei told Xiao Ran that Celestial Being’s second operation would begin the next day and that Gundam Kyrios was not expected to sortie.

Xiao Ran found Laguna’s hidden stockpile of Solar Furnaces and GN-X units and forced him to hand over the equipment, production data, and control of three Gundams. He left Laguna agreeing to help Celestial Being after Xiao Ran offered him a chance to profit from a new clean-energy technology.

• Laguna led Xiao Ran and the others to a secret facility beneath the snow, where they found thirty Solar Furnaces and thirty GN-X units.
• Xiao Ran assigned temporary GN-X units to Graham, Hong Long, and Naluo, then ordered Laguna to help move the equipment and production resources.
• Xiao Ran uncovered Laguna’s hidden three Gundams and demanded their Command Authority, which Laguna agreed to surrender.
• Xiao Ran warned Laguna that selling the units to the three major powers would put his life at risk and promised him orders and protection in return for cooperation.
• Xiao Ran offered Laguna a profitable role distributing a new clean-energy technology, and Laguna showed immediate interest.

Xiao Ran received a new mission requiring him to complete three armed interventions and destroy fifty hostile units before Aeolia’s first-stage plan was completed. He accepted command of UNION’s Anti-Gundam Special Investigation Team while secretly planning to fill it with Celestial Being members, and prepared to inspect three newly arrived Gundams before joining the next mission.

• Xiao Ran received Main Mission II, requiring three armed interventions and fifty hostile-unit kills for a 15,000 Merit Point reward.
• The President told Xiao Ran that UNION would establish a Japanese Special Economic Zone research base, appoint Raphael Eifman to lead its new MS research department, and rely on Xiao Ran to deliver prototype units within three months.
• The President placed the new Anti-Gundam Special Investigation Team under Xiao Ran’s command and allowed him to choose its personnel.
• Xiao Ran messaged Miss Huang for the next mission’s time and location, then ordered Colonel Jett to organize the investigation team and research base.
• Wang Liu Mei told Xiao Ran that Laguna had delivered the cargo and three Gundams to the Heavenly Gods base, and Xiao Ran said he would inspect them and join the next day’s mission.

Xiao Ran met Sheryl for lunch, spotted Louise Halevy and Saji Crossroad, and ordered Naluo to investigate them. He then flew to the Celestial Being base with Graham and Billy, assigning Graham to lead a nominal Gundam investigation unit and outlining plans for UNION’s new mobile suits.

• Xiao Ran cleared his paperwork, asked Naluo to gather the files and check when Graham and Billy would arrive, then arranged to meet Sheryl on First Commercial Avenue.
• Xiao Ran encountered Louise and Saji at the restaurant and ordered Naluo to investigate them; the results were ready before he finished eating.
• Xiao Ran and Sheryl traveled with Naluo to the airport, where Xiao Ran met Graham and Billy and boarded Hong Long’s plane for the Celestial Being base.
• Xiao Ran told Graham and Billy that he would lead a special Gundam investigation unit, appointing Graham to head it and Billy as technical adviser.
• Xiao Ran said UNION had approved a new mobile suit program under his oversight, with Mr. Raphael leading research and development, and explained that the prototypes would include concealed backdoors.

Xiao Ran prepared Celestial Being to expand its forces as the AEU, Humanity Federation, and UNION pursued their own Gundam development. After returning to the base, he confronted the Trinity siblings and asserted command over them.

• The AEU, Humanity Federation, and UNION approved or began developing new machines after witnessing the Gundams' performance.
• Xiao Ran told Graham to recruit loyal pilots and asked Naluo to approach the detained mercenaries about joining Celestial Being.
• Xiao Ran arrived at the transformed base, where Hong Long explained that Laguna's people and equipment had joined Celestial Being and that the acquired Solar Furnaces produced red particles.
• Johann Trinity introduced himself, while Mihail complained about taking orders and Nina greeted Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran drew a pistol on Mihail and demanded obedience; Johann apologized and agreed to follow his commands.

Xiao Ran forced the Trinity pilots to accept his command and ordered them to avoid reckless attacks and killing during missions. After they left, he arranged safeguards for their Gundams and assigned unit modifications and training for his team.

• Xiao Ran confronted Mihail after he took a loaded pistol, and John knocked Mihail down before making him apologize.
• Xiao Ran ordered John, Nina, and Mihail to obey him and avoid unnecessary attacks or targeting cockpits; each agreed.
• Xiao Ran told Graham, Billy, Hong Long, and Nalu that concealed bombs should be installed in the Trinity units as a precaution.
• Xiao Ran assigned three GN-X units to Graham, Hong Long, and Nalu and had Billy record their modification requests.
• Xiao Ran told Nalu to go with Graham to the second base, then return to help watch the Trinity pilots and train with Hong Long.

Xiao Ran confronted mercenary Ali Al Sashes after he demanded a new unit as extra payment for transporting the cargo. Xiao Ran offered him and his obedient, useful subordinates work instead, and Sashers began preparing to join him.

• Honglong told Xiao Ran that Ali Al Sashes's mercenaries had discovered the cargo and demanded a unit as payment.
• Xiao Ran left with Honglong and Naluo for Laguna's concealed island base, where the mercenaries had stored the units.
• When Sashers's men aimed their weapons at Xiao Ran, Naluo disarmed the threat and forced Sashers to order his men to stand down.
• Xiao Ran rejected Sashers's demand for a unit as extra payment, then offered him and suitable mercenaries employment, money, and battles.
• Sashers warned his subordinates that they had been recruited and threatened anyone who betrayed him or disobeyed orders.

Xiao Ran forced Sashers to join his side with a neck bomb and ordered him to eliminate any untrustworthy mercenaries. As Celestial Being prepared its third mission at Shima Island, Xiao Ran arranged several backup forces and went to meet Setsuna and Lockon.

• Sashers spared his mercenaries, accepted a neck bomb from Xiao Ran, and agreed to work for him under threat of death if he betrayed him.
• Xiao Ran ordered Sashers to remove any untrustworthy subordinates and warned him that Alejandro and Ribbons were on his target list.
• After returning to the Celestial God base, Xiao Ran reconciled with Sheryl, while Graham and Naluo went to UNION's Second Base to carry out his arrangements.
• Xiao Ran prepared for Celestial Being's mission at Shima Island, assigning three Angel Throne Gundams and Sashers's group of GN-X units to wait nearby as backup.
• Xiao Ran traveled with Sheryl and Wang Liu Mei to the island hangars, where Setsuna and Lockon greeted him after initially drawing their pistols.

Xiao Ran joined Celestial Being’s intervention on Sena Island and used Gundam Kyrios and its GN-BITs to overwhelm the battlefield. The fighting around him fell silent, while Lockon watched in awe at the speed and precision of Xiao Ran’s attack.

• Wang Liu Mei gave Lockon a mission, and Lockon brought Xiao Ran and Setsuna to review the plan before they prepared to rendezvous with Tieria and the others.
• Xiao Ran said goodbye to Sheryl, launched Gundam Kyrios with its GN-BITs, and left as Sheryl and Wang Liu Mei went to relax by the shore.
• Xiao Ran, Setsuna, Lockon, Tieria, and Hallelujah assembled and headed for Sena Island to begin the intervention.
• Xiao Ran accelerated toward the fiercest fighting while the GN-BITs moved ahead, and he used Quick Lock to destroy the mobile suits around him with a sustained beam barrage.
• The GN-BITs returned to replenish their energy after Gundam Kyrios had left no intact or operational machines nearby, and Lockon marveled at Xiao Ran’s skill.

Xiao Ran led Celestial Being’s intervention on Shima, then returned to Tokyo and discussed Graham’s encounter with a Gundam and Naluo’s recruits. The chapter ended with Xiao Ran considering whether to place safeguards on the new members.

• Xiao Ran completed the three phases of Celestial Being’s intervention, and the Gundams withdrew from Shima without encountering the suspected participants.
• The factions on Shima announced a ceasefire less than two hours after Celestial Being left, drawing worldwide attention to the group’s actions.
• Xiao Ran returned to Tokyo, where Graham reported his damaged Flag’s encounter with a young Gundam pilot and said the battle had given him ideas for his own machine.
• Naluo told Xiao Ran that the people she had approached were willing to join, and Xiao Ran asked whether they should be fitted with safeguards.

Xiao Ran worked to strengthen Celestial Being while privately worrying that the Participants and the three major powers’ new mobile suits could erase its advantages. After spending time with Sheryl, he went to headquarters and received a UNION intelligence report urging action against the Gundams.

• Xiao Ran removed Nalo’s neck bomb, assigned her to supervise the captured people, and told Graham to prepare for another major change.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Angel Throne Gundams to monitor three sites, urged VEDA to begin producing unmanned aircraft, and arranged a conversation with Aeolia.
• Xiao Ran discussed Participants with Sheryl and later shared a meal and a quiet evening with her.
• Xiao Ran reflected on Celestial Being’s numerical and combat disadvantages, while relying on its reinforcements and his GHOST-9V aircraft technology to prepare.
• Colonel Jett delivered a Military Intelligence report calling the winged Gundam a threat and urging Xiao Ran to establish a special investigation team and begin operations.

Xiao Ran organized UNION’s response to the Gundams, prepared a secret MS development facility, and contacted Aeolia about stolen technology and a possible traitor within Celestial Being. He then learned that Sashers and his remaining followers were under guard and considered how to upgrade his own units.

• Xiao Ran told Colonel Jett to make Graham commander of the Gundam investigation team, support him, and establish an R&D department beneath headquarters within a week.
• Xiao Ran contacted Aeolia, reported the recovered technology and a suspected high-ranking traitor in Celestial Being, and asked him to conceal the unmanned units from VEDA’s database and recommend a deputy.
• Aeolia agreed to prepare the unmanned units and said someone trustworthy would contact Xiao Ran the next day.
• Naluo reported that Sashers and his followers had been moved to a base with neck bombs and that Sashers was being monitored; Xiao Ran ordered her to help train Hong Long and obtain simulation pods.
• Xiao Ran went to the Gods’ base and considered fitting Lightning Aegis and Black Hawk with Solar Furnaces, while planning how to bring the two units there securely.

After Celestial Being expanded its personnel and began modifying more mobile suits, Xiao Ran received two unexpected recruits sent by VEDA. Their arrival left him wondering how Hiksa Fermi and No.874 could be present.

• Celestial Being was declared a terrorist organization, expanded its workforce to over three hundred, and activated its second base as its technicians modified machines and production lines.
• Xiao Ran considered recruiting a talented technician of his own while overseeing the ongoing machine modifications.
• The day after Xiao Ran spoke with Aeolia, Hiksa Fermi and No.874 arrived to assist him under VEDA's orders.
• Hiksa said VEDA had sent him to help Xiao Ran pilot Gundam Kyrios and showed him the collar bomb that kept him under VEDA's control.
• Hiksa explained that VEDA had revived No.874 by creating a new body and restoring her consciousness.

Xiao Ran recruited Hiksa and 874 into Celestial Being’s secret support organization, assigning Hiksa to assist him and 874 to train pilots under the name Hana Yu. After Tartaria announced its withdrawal from the UNION, Xiao Ran prepared to accompany Graham’s force in response while keeping his departure secret.

• Xiao Ran explained the secret organization’s independence from VEDA and recruited Hiksa and 874, who agreed to follow his orders and keep the organization confidential.
• Xiao Ran assigned Hiksa as his adjutant and secretary and sent 874, now named Hana Yu, to train Hong Long and other selected pilots.
• Tartaria announced that it was withdrawing from the UNION and would resist any military or political pressure.
• Colonel Jett informed Xiao Ran that UNION headquarters planned military suppression of Tartaria, and Xiao Ran decided to go with Graham while concealing his departure.
• Xiao Ran told Hiksa that he was the UNION’s Major General in the Japanese Special Economic Zone, then headed to the airport with Hiksa and Hana Yu.
• Graham reported that the Anti-Gundam Investigation Force had selected ten pilots and prepared to deploy, and Xiao Ran authorized him to arrange the operation while prioritizing safety.

Xiao Ran led Gundam Kyrios in a devastating attack on Tartaria’s capital and nearby military facilities as the other Gundams intervened in three coastal cities. After Tartaria surrendered and the mission advanced to its withdrawal phase, Xiao Ran learned Exia Gundam had been surrounded and rushed to help.

• Xiao Ran received Miss Huang’s mission plan, boarded Hong Long’s plane with Hiksa and Hana Yu, and flew to Celestial Being’s base before departing in Gundam Kyrios.
• Xiao Ran and Setsuna traveled toward Tartaria together, while Exia Gundam and the two Arios Gundams began attacking Tartaria’s coastal defenses ahead of Gundam Kyrios’s arrival.
• Xiao Ran used Gundam Kyrios and its ten GN-BITs to destroy Tartarian MS in the capital, then attacked a nearby military base.
• The Ptolemaios reported that Tartaria had withdrawn its declaration and requested UNION aid, advancing the mission to phase five.
• Xiao Ran learned that Exia Gundam was surrounded and headed toward Setsuna’s location while telling the two Arios Gundams to withdraw according to plan.

Graham’s Flags trapped Setsuna’s Exia Gundam at sea, where Graham tested and criticized the young pilot before withdrawing when Xiao Ran arrived in Gundam Kyrios. The next day, Xiao Ran appointed Hiksa as his deputy and told Graham that Setsuna’s pure conviction might make him a true Innovator.

• Graham and the Special Investigation Team’s Flags surrounded Setsuna’s Exia Gundam and forced him to fight within a confined area.
• Graham attacked Exia Gundam, criticized Setsuna’s impulsive tactics, and ordered the other Flags to bombard the Gundam while avoiding its torso.
• Xiao Ran arrived in Gundam Kyrios and used its GN-BITs to halt Exia Gundam, then ordered Setsuna to retreat as Graham’s team withdrew.
• Xiao Ran introduced Hiksa to Colonel Jett as his replacement deputy and ordered Jett to prepare Hiksa for the role before taking command of the Second Base.
• Xiao Ran questioned Graham about the encounter and said Setsuna’s pure conviction might make him the first true pure Innovator.

Xiao Ran prepared Celestial Being for a future confrontation by strengthening its support forces while Graham and Zoe agreed to wait before revealing themselves. After Celestial Being rescued passengers stranded on an orbital elevator, the nations accelerated their secret military preparations, and Xiao Ran returned to the organization’s base for a new intervention mission.

• Xiao Ran asked Zoe when Celestial Being should act, and she advised keeping its forces concealed until the hidden enemies and new mobile suits became clearer.
• Xiao Ran ordered Graham, Zoe, and Hong Long to support Celestial Being in space while its Gundams underwent maintenance, and Graham affirmed his loyalty even if they had to oppose the UNION.
• Xiao Ran told Ptolemy that headquarters had ordered the Anti-Gundam Special Investigation Team’s appearance in Tartaria and that he could not control its personnel.
• Celestial Being rescued more than two hundred passengers trapped in detached orbital-elevator modules, improving its reputation but revealing Arios Gundam’s ground-to-space sniping weapon.
• Xiao Ran sent modified mecha and GN-X units into space as Celestial Being acquired transport ships and prepared them for conversion.
• After the AEU announced joint exercises with PMC and Xiao Ran received an intervention mission, he returned unnoticed to Celestial Being’s base and piloted his mecha toward the rendezvous point.

Xiao Ran met Ian, Lockon, and Setsuna on the island to receive new equipment for the Gundams. The chapter ended with Ian revealing that his apprentice, Shirin Hyde, was working with Xiao Ran and warning him to keep his hands to himself.

• Xiao Ran arrived at the island and greeted Ian, who asked whether Xiao Ran had used the functions Ian added to his mask.
• Ian showed Setsuna Exia Gundam’s new GN Swords and explained that Arios Gundam had received a GN Full Coverage Shield.
• Ian revealed Gundam Zabanya, a support unit for Gundam Kyrios fitted with four GN-BITs, and Xiao Ran startled the others by jumping from the cockpit before landing safely.
• Ian explained Gundam Zabanya’s equipment and operation, then told Xiao Ran that his apprentice was working with him.
• Ian named his apprentice as Shirin Hyde and warned Xiao Ran not to try anything funny with her.

Xiao Ran arranged for Hong Long to interrupt Miss Huang’s meeting with Billy Katagiri, revealing that both had been probing the Anti-Gundam Special Investigation Team. Billy and Miss Huang discovered that they were both Celestial Being comrades, while Billy explained that the Aegis followed Alex’s orders and stayed separate from VEDA.

• Xiao Ran told Hong Long to reveal Billy’s identity and direct Miss Huang to ask him about the Anti-Gundam Special Investigation Team, while warning her to keep Aegis matters confidential.
• Hong Long approached Miss Huang and Billy, revealing that Alex knew Miss Huang was probing the team and inviting them to speak elsewhere.
• Billy and Miss Huang realized that each had joined Celestial Being, and Billy explained that Alex had recruited him, Graham, and Professor Raphael into the Aegis support organization.
• Miss Huang told Billy that she had joined Celestial Being years earlier to regain a sense of purpose.
• Billy explained that Aegis members were forbidden from contacting VEDA and followed only Alex’s orders.

Miss Huang learned that Tianshen was a secret organization Alex created to protect Aeolia’s plan from unforeseen threats, while Billy explained the Special Investigation Team’s connection to Celestial Being. After struggling to control Gundam Zabanya, Xiao Ran received Haro’s warning that mission time had begun, and the Gundam pilots launched.

• Billy told Miss Huang that Tianshen operated independently of Celestial Being’s normal structure and followed Alex’s orders.
• Hong Long explained that Tianshen existed to guard against threats to Aeolia’s plan, and Miss Huang agreed to keep its existence confidential.
• Billy described the Special Investigation Team against Gundams, explaining that Graham commanded it and that it would still act against Celestial Being when ordered.
• Xiao Ran found that coordinating Gundam Zabanya through Gundam Kyrios produced errors because the combined machine exceeded his C-class Piloting Skill.
• Haro warned Xiao Ran that mission time had begun, and Xiao Ran, Setsuna, Lockon, Tieria, and Hallelujah launched their Gundams.

After Celestial Being destroyed the AEU and PMC’s forces, coordinated bombings worldwide turned public opinion against it, while the three major powers withheld the terrorists’ locations. When another attack struck the Japanese Special Economic Zone, Xiao Ran ordered a sweeping security response and urged the UNION President to help find the bombers.

• Xiao Ran completed the intervention against the AEU and PMC, leaving their machines wrecked across the battlefield and bringing Main Mission Two’s destruction count to seventy-eight.
• As the Gundams returned, coordinated bombings erupted around the world, and an organization threatened further attacks unless Celestial Being stopped intervening.
• Celestial Being’s reputation collapsed amid public protests and news reports blaming it for the attacks, while its members searched for the terrorists.
• After more than thirty bombings killed over a thousand people, another attack hit the Japanese Special Economic Zone, and Xiao Ran angrily ordered local commanders and Intelligence Department to investigate and patrol.
• Xiao Ran asked the UNION President to help locate the bombers, and the President said UNION had found one gathering point but could not act until it identified the others.