Recaps

Xiao Ran seized the Papal Hall, recovered what Blade Cores he could, and led the Ira group and the Gamers into the World Tree to meet its creator. After securing the world’s stored technology, he learned that Blade memories and damaged Cores could be restored and began considering how to separate Man-eating Races from their fused lifeforms.

• Xiao Ran took control of the Papal Hall, gathered more than 3,800 Cores, and ordered Yoshitsune to restore as many Blades as possible from Maipeni’s implanted Core fragments.
• Maipeni died during the transplants, and Yoshitsune recovered fewer than ten intact Cores and several dozen fragments before Xiao Ran led everyone toward the World Tree.
• Xiao Ran destroyed the World Tree’s serpentine guardian and led the group through the tower to Elysium, where Miet guided them to the world’s creator.
• Xiao Ran asked the god for all stored technology, especially Core research, and connected a terminal to download the information.
• The god explained the Blades’ origins and said their erased memories could be recovered, while damaged Cores could be repaired.
• Xiao Ran said he could separate fused lifeforms at a fundamental level and asked about restoring Man-eating Races such as Zhen.

Xiao Ran uncovered the god’s plans for the World Tree, completed his mission in the Xenoblade world, and returned to reality with valuable cores and technology. At home, Mom Xiao demanded that he find a girlfriend and give her a grandson within a month, leaving Xiao Ran wondering whether a fellow Gamer might be a suitable partner.

• The god explained that Blade cores could be repaired, shared technical data with Xiao Ran, and gave him the Sky Ladder’s highest authority.
• Xiao Ran told the Ira Blades that Miet had been reverted to a core with his memories erased, Jin’s core would be repaired, and the supermassive Titans needed to merge to restore the world.
• Xiao Ran completed the Xenoblade missions, left Jin in the world with his Tower of Babel authority, and took the Trinity Aetherium, Crystal Weapon, crystal coffin, and collected cores with him.
• Back in the True Game town, Xiao Ran refused Miasma’s offer to give him her mission rewards and asked her to contact the Gamers who might work for him.
• After returning home, Xiao Ran faced Mom Xiao’s demand that he bring home a girlfriend within one month, while Dad Xiao urged him to leave the family a child and heir.

Xiao Ran returned to the research institute, discussed security and future technology plans with Major Luo, and discovered that his mother had arranged blind-date profiles for him. He met Situ Yaoyao, arranged for her to gather the Gamers into the Burning Legion, and agreed to help her with her next mission before she set another meeting for the following day.

• Xiao Ran told Major Luo that the institute was progressing toward producing fighter jets and mechs within two years, and asked him to protect his family after Xiao Ran left.
• Major Luo presented a proposal for a mass-produced Crysis Nanosuit, and Xiao Ran said he could provide nanotechnology samples but could not develop its biotechnology.
• Major Luo explained that Mom Xiao had arranged blind-date profiles for Xiao Ran, who found Situ Yaoyao’s profile among them.
• Xiao Ran met Situ Yaoyao in a café, learned that the Gamers she contacted were willing to work for him, and told her to form the Burning Legion and gather them in the city.
• Situ Yaoyao said she was ready to advance to Gold, and Xiao Ran agreed to help with her next mission; she then arranged to meet him again the next day.

Xiao Ran met Situ Yaoyao for their arranged blind date and explained his power, existing wives, child, and limited time in this world. Situ Yaoyao accepted the situation, and Xiao Ran offered the Pocket Monsters world as a betrothal gift to free her from her Gamer identity.

• Mom Xiao revealed that she had arranged Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao's blind date and ordered him to bring Situ Yaoyao home that night.
• Xiao Ran met Situ Yaoyao at the café, where they agreed they were serious about the possibility of being together.
• Xiao Ran told Situ Yaoyao about his immense power, his legion, his existing wives and child, and his eventual departures from this world.
• Situ Yaoyao said she could accept Xiao Ran's circumstances and was willing to become his wife.
• Xiao Ran offered to handle Situ Yaoyao's Gamer identity and give her the Pocket Monsters world as a betrothal gift.

Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao began dating, toured the Solar System, and quickly set a wedding date as their relationship deepened. Xiao Ran also organized the Burning Legion’s new members and established their duties, restrictions, and support, leaving Miasma and ownership of Pocket Monster World as the remaining issue.

• Situ Yaoyao accepted Xiao Ran’s proposal, and the two began their date with her leading him around the city.
• Situ Yaoyao chose new clothes for Xiao Ran, then met his parents and extended family at his home.
• Xiao Ran took Situ Yaoyao to the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter, and their bond grew as he shared his experiences in space.
• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao’s parents met several times and set a wedding date, while Major Luo handled incidents that arose around them.
• Xiao Ran gathered the new Burning Legion members, set rules for their service, and gave them combat resources and support.
• Xiao Ran left Miasma and ownership of Pocket Monster World as the final unresolved matter.

Xiao Ran negotiated a deal with System Eternity for a Pokémon world and freedom for Miasma in exchange for three battles and reduced mission gains. Miasma reached Gold-rank, and Xiao Ran chose the anime version of the Pokémon world, which would be delivered after a final reset.

• Xiao Ran confronted System Eternity about the True Game’s worlds and learned how their power was harvested and rebuilt.
• Xiao Ran and System Eternity negotiated a deal: Xiao Ran would fight three battles for it, while it would provide a Pokémon world and change Miasma’s authority; Xiao Ran’s mission gains would be halved.
• System Eternity summoned Miasma, removed her Gamer duties and rewards, and granted her a genuine Gold-rank increase in Life Level.
• Xiao Ran and System Eternity completed a Power of Existence contract, and Miasma confirmed that she had advanced to Gold-rank.
• System Eternity explained that the isolated Pokémon world would be accessible through a portal in Xiao Ran’s personal area, and Xiao Ran chose the anime version.

Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao arrived in the Pokémon world and discovered their new home was an entire mountain near Pallet Town. They visited Professor Oak to learn how to settle there, support Pokémon research, and begin life as Trainers, leaving him to consider their proposed partnership and funding.

• Xiao Ran chose the anime-based world setting, and he and Situ Yaoyao entered the Pokémon world through a portal.
• They emerged from a mountainside cave, admired the surrounding landscape, and decided to visit the nearby town before planning a home.
• They found the entrance to Pallet Town and recognized it as Ash Ketchum and Pikachu's hometown.
• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao visited Professor Oak, revealed that they owned the mountain and surrounding land, and assured him they would not restrict access.
• Xiao Ran asked Professor Oak for advice on building an estate and Pokémon habitat, offered to fund a research partnership, and requested help preparing for travel and the Indigo League.

Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao met with Pokémon Alliance elders, who revealed that they knew the pair came from another world and believed Xiao Ran had become this world’s guardian. Xiao Ran chose to live as an ordinary person, and the Alliance made them elders and arranged for Kanna to accompany them on their journey.

• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao traveled to Viridian City, where Alliance representative Rokumu brought them to meet elder Morishita Shikkin and Elite Four member Kanna.
• Morishita Shikkin revealed that he knew they came from another world and said the former guardian had made Xiao Ran responsible for protecting this world.
• Xiao Ran refused to rule as a god, said he would leave the world unchanged, and asked the Alliance to keep the portal in the mountain cave secret.
• Morishita Shikkin appointed Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao as the Alliance’s eighth and ninth elders, arranged for Kanna to accompany them, and offered to build their research institute and habitats.
• Situ Yaoyao eagerly accepted two Dratini, while Xiao Ran asked the Alliance to provide Pokémon for them and gave the elders medicine that could suppress aging.
• Xiao Ran explained to Kanna that he wanted an ordinary journey, then asked her to find him a Charmander; Situ Yaoyao chose Squirtle, and Kanna volunteered to use Bulbasaur.

Xiao Ran, Situ Yaoyao, and Kanna traveled through the Pokémon world, training and battling as Situ Yaoyao pursued a Trainer’s journey. After months on the road, they collected eight badges and reached the Indigo League, with Xiao Ran preparing a team that included a rare Articuno.

• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao returned to the Pokémon world with Kanna and began their journey in Viridian Forest, where Squirtle and Charmander battled wild Pokémon.
• Xiao Ran used Mental Link to teach Charmander and Scyther, gave them class cards, and had Kanna cook meat and blood from Deathwing for the Pokémon.
• The next morning, Caterpie and Weedle had evolved into Butterfree and Beedrill, while Charmander and Scyther showed unusual new abilities and the Pokémon had gained strength.
• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao traveled across the region, caught and trained Pokémon, battled Trainers, challenged Gyms, and each collected eight badges over several months.
• Xiao Ran assembled a six-Pokémon team for the Indigo League, including Charizard, Scyther, Gengar, Gyarados, Alakazam, and an Articuno he had caught after Charizard dragged it from the sky.

After earning all eight badges, Xiao Ran traveled with Situ Yaoyao and Kanna to find Ash Ketchum, hoping to guide him and meet Mewtwo. The group reunited with Ash, Misty, and Brock, and Xiao Ran began a battle with Ash before letting Situ Yaoyao take his place.

• Xiao Ran learned Ash Ketchum's whereabouts from Professor Oak and traveled with Situ Yaoyao and Kanna to find him.
• The trio used Alakazam's Teleport to appear beside Ash, Misty, and Brock at their campsite, startling Misty.
• Brock recognized Xiao Ran as the trainer Professor Oak had sent to guide Ash, and invited the group to share his food.
• Ash challenged Xiao Ran to a six-on-six battle, and Xiao Ran sent out his enormous black Gyarados against Ash's Bulbasaur.
• Situ Yaoyao asked to take over the battle, and Xiao Ran recalled Gyarados after it obediently returned to his side.

Situ Yaoyao defeated Ash Ketchum in a Pokémon battle, and Xiao Ran offered to have Kanna train him before the Indigo League. After receiving an invitation to a Pokémon party on New Island, Xiao Ran, Kanna, and Situ Yaoyao flew there, where they encountered a violent storm that Mewtwo appeared to control.

• Situ Yaoyao defeated all six of Ash Ketchum's Pokémon while rotating her team to protect them from injury.
• Xiao Ran treated Ash Ketchum's Pokémon and had his Charizard discipline Ash Ketchum's unruly Charizard.
• A Dragonite delivered invitations to a Pokémon party on New Island, and Xiao Ran recognized that Mewtwo had sent them.
• Xiao Ran invited Ash Ketchum, Brock, and Misty to join them, and Kanna lent them a Pokémon and offered to train Ash Ketchum as his teacher.
• Xiao Ran, Kanna, and Situ Yaoyao flew toward New Island on Articuno, then Xiao Ran used psychokinesis to carry them through the violent storm surrounding it.

Xiao Ran challenged Mewtwo to prove that Trainers and Pokémon could grow stronger together, then defeated Mewtwo’s six Pokémon with his own team. Charizard and Mewtwo fought to a mutual knockout, leaving the outcome of their contest unresolved.

• Xiao Ran arrived on New Island with Situ Yaoyao and Kanna, where they met Ash Ketchum’s group and the other Trainers before Mewtwo appeared and declared itself the strongest Pokémon and Trainer.
• Xiao Ran blocked Mewtwo’s psychic attack, challenged it to a seven-versus-seven contest, and followed it to a battle arena.
• Xiao Ran’s Scyther defeated Mewtwo’s Charizard, and Xiao Ran’s team defeated Mewtwo’s remaining five Pokémon with only four Pokémon and few commands.
• Xiao Ran argued that Trainers and Pokémon were companions who depended on and helped each other, then sent Charizard to fight Mewtwo directly.
• Charizard and Mewtwo exchanged powerful attacks until their clash engulfed New Island, but Xiao Ran protected everyone and a third-party force contained the destruction.
• Charizard and Mewtwo ended the battle unconscious and tangled together in the arena.

After the Indigo League, Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao returned to their Pallet Town estate, built a family, and spent two years preparing for Xiao Ran’s next departure. With his loved ones protected and his plans in place, Xiao Ran entered True Game for the final time, intending to make a long-planned move in a world he had selected.

• Xiao Ran placed in the Indigo League Top 16, Ash Ketchum reached the Top Four, and Situ Yaoyao won the championship with Dragonite securing the final victory.
• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao inspected their transformed Pallet Town estate, appointed Kanna to oversee its protected area, and assigned Mewtwo and their Pokémon to guard the grounds.
• Xiao Ran and Situ Yaoyao married, returned to the Pokémon world, and received Pokémon and related supplies from the Pokémon Alliance.
• Xiao Ran’s technologies advanced into production, and he and Situ Yaoyao welcomed a son whose extraordinary abilities were sealed as he grew.
• As their two-year period ended, Xiao Ran reassured himself that his family would be protected, said farewell, and entered True Game to carry out his plan.

Xiao Ran brought thirty Burning Legion members into the Saint Seiya world to investigate Cosmo, gods, and Saint Cloths, while forcing nineteen unaffiliated mission participants to sign contracts and join their operation. He assigned the group three days to gather information, then headed toward the classical buildings with four clever Gamers, intending to find Saga and challenge the Twelve Palaces.

• Xiao Ran entered the Saint Seiya Mission World with thirty Burning Legion Gamers, while nineteen other participants were also assigned to the mission.
• Xiao Ran's subordinates surrounded the nineteen newcomers and made them sign confidentiality contracts, recruiting those without guilds into the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Gamers to investigate fighter factions and gods, locate divine seals and Cosmo training, and obtain Dark Saint Cloth samples and crafting information within three days.
• The Burning Legion Gamers complained that missions with Xiao Ran cost them rewards and led to penalties, then assigned four clever Gamers to accompany him.
• Xiao Ran rejected a trip to Japan and chose to visit the classical buildings, saying he wanted to meet Saga and destroy his second personality.

Xiao Ran forced Sanctuary to negotiate by settling outside its gate, then learned from Mu that Cosmo was a limited cultivation system that could not be widely adopted by the Legion. He revealed that he had entered this world to use an unconditional Follower Designation Card to recruit Hades, whose powers and ability to forge Saint Cloths could strengthen the Legion.

• Xiao Ran and the four Gamers built a house outside Sanctuary's gate and defeated the fighters Sanctuary sent to remove them without causing serious harm.
• Mu came to meet Xiao Ran, who asked him about Cosmo and learned how Saint Seiya awakened and cultivated it.
• Xiao Ran awakened a vast Cosmo within himself and concluded that Cosmo was a risky, limited system that mostly duplicated powers he already possessed.
• Xiao Ran decided Cosmo could still be useful as a small-scale inheritance and revealed his plan to recruit Hades with an unconditional Follower Designation Card.

Xiao Ran cured Saga’s dissociative identity disorder and revealed that Athena was in Japan, then led the Gamers into a brutal campaign against the Specters and Hades. He returned from Saint Seiya with half of Hades’s soul bound as his follower, surprising Sheryl, Mwu, Saki, Luo, and Cruze.

• Xiao Ran offered Mu a deal, explained that Saga had replaced the dead Pope, and promised to cure Saga and reveal Athena’s location.
• Mu returned with several Gold Saints, and they restrained Saga while Xiao Ran entered his mind and cured his dissociative identity disorder.
• Xiao Ran told the Gold Saints that Athena was in Japan as Saori Kido, then left the Sanctuary and ordered his group to unseal the Specters and find Hades.
• The Gamers seized the seals at Mount Lu, defeated the Specters, turned Pandora against the Underworld, and entered the Underworld to awaken and kill Hades.
• Prometheus’s follower card tore half of Hades’s soul across the world boundary and bound it to Xiao Ran as his follower.
• System Eternity expelled Xiao Ran from Saint Seiya, and he returned to Sheryl, Mwu, Saki, Luo, Cruze, and the others with Hades behind him.

Xiao Ran returned to the Fleet Territory with Hades and explained the True Game and the new systems and resources he had brought back. He assigned departments to develop them, distributed the supplies, and ended by giving his daughter and the other children several Sprites.

• Xiao Ran welcomed Hades into the group and returned with everyone to the Fleet Territory, where he explained the True Game and its missions, worlds, Classes, and rewards.
• Xiao Ran assigned the cores to Luo, established plans for a Cultivation Bureau and Sprite Department, and gave Hades, Kane, Shirakawa Shuu, and Yuzes responsibilities in developing the new systems.
• Xiao Ran organized his True Game acquisitions for transport and warned Kane to test Class Cards cautiously and Luo not to harmonize the cores before mastering their technology.
• Yuzes accepted the Sprite materials and supplies, while Kane agreed to manage the new cultivation department after Master Asia and Master Lichiu declined its administrative work.
• Xiao Ran reunited with his family, learned that his daughter grew slowly because of her godlike Life Level, and gave her Chansey, Growlithe, Dratini, Eevee, Pikachu, and Snorlax.

Xiao Ran began the Burning Legion’s second major reform, reorganizing its military, expanding its departments, and integrating two more worlds. He revealed the Legion’s overwhelming power to Lelouch and began taking over Lelouch World, while the reforms continued and Hades brought more than a hundred young children to the Secret Weapon Department.

• Xiao Ran convened the Legion’s largest meeting and laid out reforms to its military, armaments, and fleet structure.
• Xiao Ran assigned the integration of two newly acquired worlds and established the Secret Weapon Department under Kane and the Fairy Department under Yuzes.
• The Legion spent three days assigning reform tasks, then dispatched fleets to seek fortress-building asteroids and suitable planets while members extended their Retention Time.
• Xiao Ran visited Lelouch and announced that he planned to take over Lelouch World, then showed him the Legion’s fleets and other Earths.
• Lelouch accepted that resistance was impossible, and a delegation entered his world to begin its integration.
• After Hades returned with more than a hundred young children, the Secret Weapon Department established a Childcare Department.

Luo and Xiao Ran planned the Legion’s new warship classes, setting their sizes and roles while considering how to improve fleet deployment and combat support. The discussion ended with Xiao Ran agreeing to develop unmanned support MAs and considering Aetherium as their controller.

• Luo presented the Technology Department’s warship requirements, and Mwu proposed twenty-kilometer flagships and five-to-ten-kilometer main battleships.
• Xiao Ran and Luo agreed on four carriers at thirty to forty kilometers, along with defensive ships and escort vessels, and Luo introduced unmanned Transport Ships that used Quantum Teleportation.
• Luo proposed Gunships as mobile heavy weapons platforms, while Jeffrey suggested special unmanned MAs to resupply, protect, and recover frontline units.
• Xiao Ran approved the special MAs and proposed training Innovators or creating a dedicated unit to control them.
• Luo suggested that Aetherium could control the MAs, and Xiao Ran realized he had nearly forgotten about her.

Xiao Ran discussed Aetherium, ether, and Core Blade research with Luo before gathering the legion’s core members to share intelligence about their origins and Prometheus missions. They chose to receive only useful, selected information, while Xiao Ran continued organizing the materials and Basak asked how he could become a Saint Seiya.

• Xiao Ran listened as Luo explained Aetherium’s abilities and the research into Core Blades and ether, then left the warship discussions to the others.
• Xiao Ran asked Mwu to gather the legion’s core members at the Homeland Dyson Sphere and warned them that his collected mission intelligence also revealed their origins and original destinies.
• Cruze and Char advised sharing only useful intelligence, and the others agreed, so Xiao Ran left Luo with materials about worlds and missions while keeping most of the collection.
• Luo distributed games and anime for the month-long gathering, and Basak insisted on watching Saint Seiya because he wanted to wear Saint Cloth.
• Xiao Ran told Basak he could simulate Cosmo at around the Eighth Sense, but suggested he pursue becoming a Sculptor Taoist or Specter Warrior instead of a Saint.

Xiao Ran’s Legion tested its first new warship fleet in the MUV World, then learned that twenty-five Super Zone Legions had jointly declared war on them. The Legion’s leaders prepared to gather intelligence and meet the challenge.

• Xiao Ran compiled information on Mission Worlds and distributed it to the Legion members for training.
• The Legion completed its first batch of warships and sent the fleet to the MUV World, where it tested its firepower against BETA-infested planets.
• Puente, Luo, Korgi, and Selucius told Xiao Ran that twenty-five Super Zone Legions had launched Legion Wars against the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran identified the previous mission and the Legion’s past conflicts as the likely causes, then ordered intelligence gathered on all twenty-five Legions.
• Cruze argued that the Burning Legion had enough participants and military strength to defeat the challengers, while Zengar considered how to cut them down.

Xiao Ran prepared the Burning Legion to face twenty-five legions, extending Retention Time and ordering new ships, stronger pilots, and a dangerous biological weapon for testing. After Durandal revealed his Ladam-Dimensional Beast hybrids, Xiao Ran activated a green crystal and summoned three nearly identical girls, leaving all of them bewildered.

• Xiao Ran and the legion leaders assessed their forces and agreed to prepare for a battle against twenty-five legions.
• Xiao Ran extended Retention Time and ordered intensified production, training, and fleet drills for the coming Legion Wars.
• Durandal presented Ladam-Dimensional Beasts that could be mass-produced and controlled through Sheryl and other songstresses, and Xiao Ran approved testing them in the next mission.
• Xiao Ran reflected with Mwu on Prometheus and the need for the legion to grow stronger before attempting to escape or control it.
• Xiao Ran poured Mental Power into a green crystal, summoning three nearly identical girls whose appearance left him and the girls confused.

Xiao Ran discovered that Aetherium had been altered so Hana, Light, and Soul could appear as three separate Blades, and he explained their new place in his world. After Soul accepted the name Yao, the trio left with Haze to learn about the Burning Legion, while Sheryl teased Xiao Ran about welcoming three new girls.

• Hana, Light, and Soul appeared separately after Xiao Ran synchronized with Aetherium, and they questioned whether he was truly their master.
• Xiao Ran learned from Luo and Yuzes that Aetherium had been modified to let its three cores manifest independently, then explained the changes to the girls.
• Soul accepted Xiao Ran's new name for her, Yao, and Xiao Ran told the three Blades about their new world, their duties, and their future training.
• Xiao Ran introduced Yao, Hana, and Light to Saki, arranged a shared room for them, and showed them around the estate.
• Haze arrived to take the three Blades to meet the Burning Legion, and she explained that she no longer remembered her former life.
• Sheryl teased Xiao Ran about the three new arrivals, and Xiao Ran reassured her that she was the one who made him happy.

Hana, Hono, and Yao settled into the Burning Legion and began preparing their machines under Luo’s guidance while the legion completed its mobilization. Xiao Ran reviewed intelligence on the twenty-five legions challenging them and prepared to fight a full-scale Legion War, confident the Burning Legion would prevail.

• Sheryl left the Presidential Palace after making her stance clear, and the dispute over the troublemakers ended without further fuss.
• Hana, Hono, and Yao spent a month learning the Burning Legion’s affairs and duties, with Yao excelling at administration, Hono at daily care, and Hana bonding with Xiao Ran’s daughter and the little fairies.
• Xiao Ran brought the three girls to the Technology Department, where Luo arranged tests and custom equipment for their MAs, mechas, and Iron Man Armor.
• The Burning Legion built more than a thousand warships and organized its Main Force toward a total of over five thousand ships, while the preparations depleted supplies and Merit Points.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that the Legion Wars would be full-scale and examined intelligence on the twenty-five opposing legions, including their pilots, territories, and estimated personnel.
• Xiao Ran questioned why powerful legions had joined the coalition against him, but resolved to defeat them and make the war costly for them.

Xiao Ran brought the Burning Legion’s enormous fleet into the War God King Kong world and sent it to Pluto while reconnaissance teams investigated the region and Earth. The fleet detected a blue lion-shaped unit pursued by a purple-black warship, leaving Xiao Ran facing an immediate encounter before he could confirm the world’s version.

• Mwu organized the fleet’s readiness and confirmed that its ships and personnel were operating normally.
• Xiao Ran ordered the fleet to jump to Pluto so it could conceal itself and investigate the world before approaching Earth.
• Mwu hid the fleet with the Mirage System and dispatched reconnaissance ships, while Xiao Ran sent Kane to investigate Earth and ordered searches for potential supply bases.
• Cruze warned Xiao Ran that Earth’s strength and the risk of joining a faction depended on which version of the world they had entered.
• The CIC detected a blue lion-shaped unit racing toward the fleet with a purple-black warship following behind it.