Recaps

Prometheus explained to Xiao Ran that two worlds had appeared at the same node, causing a dimensional invasion, and warned that returning to his original world would likely cut him off from it. When offered the chance to leave Prometheus with his rewards, Xiao Ran chose to remain a participant.

• Xiao Ran asked Prometheus to explain how a dimensional invasion could occur without an Other Dimension invasion.
• Prometheus described the multiverse’s branching structure and explained that two worlds occupying one node caused a dimensional invasion.
• Prometheus told Xiao Ran that returning to his original world would make it difficult to return, and that the world might have changed beyond recognition by then.
• Xiao Ran asked whether there was any way to travel freely between the worlds, and Prometheus said he would have to wait until their collision ended.
• Prometheus offered Xiao Ran the chance to leave with his rewards, but Xiao Ran declared that he would keep his identity as Participant Unit 678.

Xiao Ran chose to remain a Prometheus participant rather than abandon his friends, family, and territories to return to Earth with his rewards. After considering how to exploit Prometheus’s core rules, he learned that his return authority had changed and that he could not choose when he would be sent back.

• Xiao Ran chose to keep his participant identity, unwilling to leave his loved ones and territories behind.
• Xiao Ran reasoned that the territories could change during his absence and that his team might fall into chaos without him.
• Xiao Ran considered Prometheus’s rules and began planning to test them with trusted members of the Burning Legion.
• Prometheus told Xiao Ran that he could return to his original world only after experiencing its invasion, and that he could not choose when his forced departure would occur.

Xiao Ran learned that returning to his original world would require him to travel through dangerous invasion nodes, with uncertain Retention Time, and chose compensation instead of giving up his participant status. Prometheus offered several rewards, including an anti-erasure permission, and Xiao Ran weighed their value.

• Prometheus explained that Xiao Ran could return to his original world only through invasion nodes and would have to wait for a node invasion to end before returning normally.
• Xiao Ran asked why he faced these restrictions when other participants did not, and Prometheus offered compensation or permanent withdrawal from participant status.
• Xiao Ran chose compensation, and Prometheus presented options including Merit Points, Attribute Points, bloodlines, technologies, and anti-erasure permission.
• Xiao Ran considered the rewards and judged the anti-erasure permission and four technologies especially valuable, while weighing the risks of choosing random bloodlines.

Xiao Ran selected his compensation and received a Turn X Gundam and several powerful technologies, then confirmed that an Ultimate Mission could bring legion forces along. He gathered the Burning Legion’s core members at Frie Palace and began discussing his new authority to return to his original world.

• Xiao Ran chose five compensation options, including attribute points, a Follower Slot, technologies, and anti-erasure authorization, then received a Turn X Gundam and four technologies.
• Xiao Ran questioned Prometheus about the unusually valuable rewards, and Prometheus explained that the remaining random technology pool mostly contained advanced technologies.
• Xiao Ran asked Winnie whether Ultimate Mission mode could bring forces from the legion’s territory, and Winnie confirmed that the allowed force depended on mission difficulty.
• Xiao Ran summoned the legion’s core members to Frie Palace and told them that an Ultimate Mission could bring forces equal to ten to twenty times the official members’ combat strength.
• Xiao Ran introduced a new authority that could return him to his original world and asked Naza to explain its description.

Xiao Ran told the core members that his S-class Pilot authority would let him leave Prometheus with his Faction Territory and possessions, but that dimensional invasion might prevent him from returning. Shirakawa Shuu, Giliam, Cruze, and Renard debated the limits of Prometheus and the potential conflict between its rules, leaving the consequences unresolved.

• Naza explained the authority granted to S-class Pilot brigadier generals, and Xiao Ran said his own authority differed from theirs.
• Xiao Ran revealed that leaving would sever his ties with Prometheus while allowing him to take his Faction Territory, followers, and possessions, and that Prometheus warned his world faced dimensional invasion.
• Xiao Ran described Prometheus's account of the structure of worlds and the compensation and regulations it offered.
• Shirakawa Shuu and Giliam questioned Prometheus's explanation and proposed that its influence over worlds might have limits.
• Cruze pointed out that Xiao Ran's right to leave could conflict with the rule against abandoning Participants, and Renard said he could not predict how Prometheus would resolve the contradiction.

Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion's core members discussed how Prometheus might be compelled to abandon him and planned to raise their strength and authority while testing its rules. The group agreed to prepare for the upcoming mission, while Luo and Renard began work on Xiao Ran's new mecha and technologies.

• Renard, Cruze, and Xiao Ran reasoned that Prometheus might abandon Xiao Ran only if a serious conflict arose or something happened to him, and Cruze warned that testing its directives would be dangerous.
• Cruze, Char, and Shirakawa Shuu agreed to strengthen the legion first and later use other participants as cannon fodder to test Prometheus; Xiao Ran accepted the plan with caution.
• Xiao Ran assigned Luo and Renard to study his new mecha and four technologies, and Naza explained that he could use a one-time reward to have Prometheus modify his mecha after advancing.
• Xiao Ran told everyone to rest, repair and upgrade their equipment, and prepare for the mission, which he wanted resolved quickly in case he had to leave.

After the core meeting, Xiao Ran used his reward points to greatly strengthen his Mental Power and went to Prometheus to advance his skills and bloodlines. He left the Enhancement Room with major upgrades planned, but still needed to decide how to specialize his Coordinator bloodline and what materials to use for his Innovator advancement.

• Xiao Ran assigned all one hundred reward attribute points to Mental Power, raising it to 368 and greatly improving his perception and psychokinesis.
• Xiao Ran entered Prometheus's Enhancement Room and requested an S-class Piloting Skill, higher Innovator and Coordinators bloodlines, and maximum-level Psychokinesis Bloodline.
• Prometheus confirmed that Xiao Ran could advance his Piloting Skill for free and that the three bloodline upgrades would cost three Special Evaluation S-ranks and one Special Evaluation A-rank.
• Xiao Ran used nearly all the team's accumulated evaluations to pursue the upgrades, following his team's agreement that strengthening him was the highest priority before their coming invasion.
• Xiao Ran realized he could choose a second Coordinator specialization and add special item materials to his Innovator advancement, then began considering his options.

Xiao Ran tested numerous special materials for bloodline enhancement and weighed their projected effects. He chose the Solar Furnace core as his enhancement material.

• Xiao Ran asked how special materials would affect his body and learned that enhancement could proceed without them, but only one high-grade material could be added.
• Xiao Ran gathered materials from his inventory and tested them in the Enhancement Room, finding that only a few could be used.
• Xiao Ran rejected materials such as ELS remains, DG Cells, and the Gatekeeper Dragon's crystal because their effects did not suit him.
• Xiao Ran compared the Solar Furnace, Zifield Crystal, and Metal Cell, then asked whether Zifield Crystal could be combined with the Solar Furnace.
• The system warned that overlapping materials were not feasible, and Xiao Ran chose the Solar Furnace core.

Xiao Ran chose to fuse with a Solar Furnace core because its compatibility with him and GN Particles outweighed the advantages of other materials. After his pilot advancement and three bloodline upgrades, he awoke as a Quantum Pioneer with greatly increased attributes and the ability to release GN Particles independently.

• Xiao Ran decided that fusing with a Solar Furnace core was the safest and most compatible way to strengthen himself.
• Xiao Ran selected pilot advancement and upgrades to all three bloodlines, then fell asleep as the enhancement began.
• Prometheus dismantled the Solar Furnace and crushed silver-white fragments, using them to fuse and reshape Xiao Ran with the core.
• Xiao Ran awoke and examined his status, finding that his Innovator bloodline had become Quantum Pioneer and gained abilities including independent GN Particle release and Quantum Leap.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that his upgraded bloodlines had greatly increased his attributes and that further development of many abilities would require his own training.

After advancing to an S-class Pilot, Xiao Ran chose a designated bloodline reward and a Skill Upgrade Scroll, then returned to his Faction Territory to adjust to his greatly increased attributes and Mental Power. He decided to purchase one month of Retention Time to master his abilities and work on his new mecha.

• Xiao Ran received five S-class advancement rewards to choose from and selected the designated bloodline reward and Skill Upgrade Scroll.
• Xiao Ran returned to his Faction Territory, feeling unable to control his suddenly doubled attributes and surging Mental Power.
• Xiao Ran stayed alone in his room for several days, accidentally hurling objects and damaging furniture as he practiced controlling his powers.
• Xiao Ran regained enough control to move normally but estimated he would need about a month to fully master his abilities.
• Xiao Ran decided to purchase one month of Retention Time to work on his control and his new mecha.

After advancing his bloodline, Xiao Ran spent a month training to control his immense Mental Power and new abilities, with help from Yuzes, Giliam, Ingram, and Zengar. He mastered several Psychokinesis and Quantum Pioneer techniques and emerged able to fight as a humanoid Gundam, though his strongest new abilities still had room to develop.

• Xiao Ran bought Retention Time early and invited Legion members who wanted to purchase it to join him.
• Xiao Ran trained his Psychokinesis with Yuzes, Giliam, and Ingram, while sparring and learning close-combat techniques and swordsmanship from Zengar and the others.
• Yuzes taught Xiao Ran a Psychokinesis technique that enhanced his body and weapons, while Ingram helped him practice teleportation and summoning.
• Xiao Ran learned to quantumize himself, use Quantum Leap, release and shape GN Particles, activate Triple-Red Mode, and control miniature GN Dragoons and a GN Beam Saber.
• By the end of the month, Xiao Ran could destroy D-class and C-class mechas with his own power and could barely dismantle an unshielded B-class mecha.

Luo spent a month developing Xiao Ran’s new S-class mecha while the Burning Legion put four newly acquired technologies into practical use. The mecha remained at the design stage as Xiao Ran and Luo sought something stronger than an entry-level S-class machine.

• Luo worked on Xiao Ran’s new mecha while Durandal led research into Iron Man technology, and the four acquired technologies were assigned to separate departments.
• The Burning Legion put Wings of Light, Magic Pattern Alloy, the Degeneration Reactor β, and Space Containment Technology into practical use, though mass production still required time.
• Luo and the others drafted several designs incorporating Xiao Ran’s requirements and the new technologies, but construction had not begun by the end of the month.
• Luo sent materials and equipment aboard the Burning Legion so he could continue developing the mecha during missions.
• Xiao Ran accepted the delay because a simple S-class upgrade to Dawn would be only entry-level, and he recognized that Naza was also an entry-level S-class Pilot who could no longer suppress him.

The Burning Legion absorbed Naza’s Overlord Legion and prepared its forces for the Mecha Wars J mission, assembling a fleet and selecting combat personnel. Xiao Ran’s force received a one-million territorial combat power allowance, and Tetsuya was assigned command of the former Steel Dragon Squad members and Alphimi.

• Naza and the Overlord Legion benefited from their absorption into the Burning Legion, while Fardes worried about the Legion’s dangerous plans and urged everyone to grow stronger.
• The Burning Legion prepared to enter Mecha Wars J with its members, warships, and machines, but Prometheus capped its territorial combat power at one million.
• Xiao Ran’s forces left the war fortresses behind except for production, manufacturing, and research modules, and selected four New Macross Class ships, thirty Small MACORSS-class ships, four large carriers, and more than six hundred warships.
• The Burning Legion chose combat personnel from its territories, selecting few people from the SEED World and bringing Ray, Roland, and Aiseldar.
• Tetsuya took command of the former Steel Dragon Squad members and Alphimi from the OG World.

The Burning Legion arrived in Super Robot Wars J to eliminate the Infinite Zorbadus Empire, destroy the Radam Civilization, and dismantle Glatters's empire. Xiao Ran ordered the fleet to Earth while considering how to locate the Radam across the Milky Way and wondering how much the world had changed since his last visit.

• Prometheus announced the Legion mission objectives, rewards, penalties, and prohibition against revealing Prometheus-related information to natives.
• Xiao Ran ordered all personnel to Level Two alert and forbade anyone from revealing information about the territory or Prometheus.
• Mwu raised the fleet to Level One combat alert, ordered the New Jior and Orb ships to guard the rear, and prepared a jump to Earth.
• Xiao Ran assessed the mission and concluded that finding the Radam Civilization across the Milky Way would be the most difficult objective.
• Sheryl teased Xiao Ran about worrying, and he explained that he was wondering how much time had passed in the world.

Xiao Ran brought the Burning Legion fleet into the Mecha Wars J world and arranged its reception while warning Earth’s factions against conflict. He reconnected with Shanamia and Lacus at Frie’s Moon Base, where he noticed their unusual preparations and the surprise of a brown-haired woman present.

• The Burning Legion fleet emerged from a purple passageway, and Mwu ordered its formations to establish defensive lines and remain on combat readiness.
• Xiao Ran instructed the fleet to contact Frie, Orb, and ZAFT, announce his return, and avoid armed conflict as it approached Earth.
• Mwu questioned whether the fleet’s arrival would alarm Earth, and Xiao Ran said suspicion was inevitable but he expected support from forces that trusted him.
• Frie, Orb, ZAFT, and the Unified Government sent messages welcoming Xiao Ran, while he suspected someone was trying to weaken his influence.
• Xiao Ran opened a live communication with Frie’s Moon Base and greeted Shanamia and Lacus, while Mwu noticed the shocked brown-haired woman among the group.
• Lacus and Shanamia invited Xiao Ran to the Moon Base and said they had prepared welcome gifts for Mwu and Sheryl.

Xiao Ran returned to Moon Base with the Burning Legion fleet after five hundred days away and reunited with Lacus and the others. He learned that the Apocalypse had been destroyed and that political unrest was growing, while Uzummi Asaha and Patrick Zala were both incapacitated.

• Sheryl, Mwu, and Xiao Ran discussed meeting counterparts from another world, and Sheryl asked Xiao Ran not to let another version of her remain with someone else.
• The Burning Legion fleet arrived at Moon Base, where Xiao Ran and his entourage met Lacus, Shanamia, and the others.
• Lacus welcomed Xiao Ran and told him that exactly five hundred days had passed since he left.
• Lacus explained that calls to bring the world under the New Government's rule had emerged, while Uzummi Asaha was unconscious from suspected poisoning and Patrick Zala was injured after surviving assassination attempts.
• Lacus revealed that the Apocalypse had been destroyed by a remotely activated self-destruct sequence, leaving the Moon as the only truly safe place.
• Xiao Ran called Kane and El-Elf, who left the conference room together.

After learning that Asaha had been poisoned, Patrick had survived an assassination attempt, and the Apocalypse had been destroyed, Xiao Ran ordered investigations and deployed forces to secure the world’s major centers. The Burning Legion fleet headed for PLANT and Earth, and Xiao Ran ordered the Apocalypse Unit rebuilt.

• Xiao Ran learned that the Ironclad Dragon had sealed itself off, then ordered Roland to investigate Fury and the Moon and sent Moses, Billy, and Char to inspect the Ironclad Dragon.
• Xiao Ran sent Cruze to PLANT to meet Patrick and investigate the New Government, including whether its troubles had been staged, and assigned Renard to handle Amalgam.
• Lacus reported that Cagalli had taken control of Orb while Asaha remained unconscious; Xiao Ran offered Cagalli his support and ordered Zenga’s team to protect them.
• Xiao Ran ordered Tetsuya to bring his fleet to Earth to restrain the New Government and its army, coordinating the deployment with Patrick.
• The Burning Legion’s forces departed for PLANT and Earth, and Xiao Ran ordered Lacus to rebuild the Apocalypse Unit.

After returning to the Mecha Wars J world, Xiao Ran used the Burning Legion’s strength to maintain a fragile peace while assigning missions and gathering information. The Legion began expanding its operations and rebuilding the Apocalypse Unit, though the Nadeshiko’s purpose remained unclear and Danner's Son was still with Mithril.

• Xiao Ran assigned tasks, learned about changes in the world, and attended a welcome banquet arranged by Shanamia in Fury.
• Prometheus's Mwu spoke with Mecha Wars J's Mwu, while Aiseldar mingled with Fury knights and Roland questioned Fulu about Fury.
• Renard left with a team, and Burning Legion modules and Small MACORSS-class vessels deployed to Earth and space for varied missions.
• Xiao Ran had Lacus summon former Apocalypse members to reassemble the unit using reserve machines while they investigated possible replacements for destroyed machines.
• The Nadeshiko continued traveling between Earth and space without explaining its objectives, while Mithril kept Danner's Son out of public view.

Xiao Ran discovered that the Master Asia who came to meet him was a clone attempting to attack him. After subduing the fake, he asked Lacus to locate the real Master Asia, who was believed to be in HK.

• The apparent Master Asia told Xiao Ran that he suspected people with DG Cell-like properties had attacked him, and handed over a sample for testing.
• Xiao Ran connected the attacks on Master Asia, Asaha, Patrick, and the Apocalypse Warship, suspecting a coordinated effort against Earth's Guardians.
• Xiao Ran exposed the visitor as a clone by recognizing that its spiritual fluctuations and personal memories did not match the real Master Asia.
• The fake Master Asia attacked Xiao Ran, but Xiao Ran easily subdued him and left him unconscious.
• Xiao Ran contacted Lacus, who said the real Master Asia was likely still in HK, and asked her to have him come to the moon.

Xiao Ran interrogated a clone of Master Asia and ordered the Burning Legion to investigate the cloning technology, impose martial law, and strengthen protection for key locations and people. After arranging precautions against further imposters, he returned to work while Lacus and Shanamia stayed with him.

• Luo confirmed that the unconscious Master Asia was a clone, and Xiao Ran ordered him to study the bottle, deliver the clone to Durandal and Yuzes, and place the Moon Base and Frie Territory under martial law.
• Xiao Ran used Mental Power to extract the clone’s memories, learned that Kihara Masaki was likely involved, and ordered the clone kept as experimental material while Luo accelerated work on his mecha.
• Xiao Ran told Luo to have Sanger protect Himuro Miku and assigned Aiseldar responsibility for the security of Lacus, Shanamia, and Frie.
• Lacus said Master Asia was alive and that a team would bring him back from Earth within five hours.
• Xiao Ran contacted allies to warn them about clones and arranged inspections and security measures for Orb, PLANT, Frie Territory, and the Moon.
• After Luo and Aiseldar left, Lacus and Shanamia stayed quietly in Xiao Ran’s office, and Shanamia massaged his head as he finished his calls.

Xiao Ran learned that Kihara Masaki was behind the fake Master Asia and suspected a wider conspiracy involving traitors and rapidly produced clones. Luo reported that the strange cells were biological cells made using DG Cell technology, and Durandal took over the tests.

• Xiao Ran told Lacus and Shanamia that the fake Master Asia’s memories were fabricated and identified Kihara Masaki as the one controlling him.
• Xiao Ran reasoned that Kihara Masaki might have developed a faster way to create clones and that powerful supporters were likely helping him.
• Xiao Ran ruled out the Ironclad Dragons and pointed instead to former Earth Alliance remnants, dissatisfied factions, alien Glatters, and possible New Government traitors.
• Xiao Ran assured Lacus and Shanamia that his legion would uncover the conspirators and that they would not get another chance to target him.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that the sample was a biological variant of DG Cells, and Durandal took over further testing.

The real Master Asia arrived at Xiao Ran’s office with Domon and Fukamura Rin, and they discussed the impostor clone, a suspected plot involving false Arctic intelligence, and the return of DG Cells. After Domon learned of the DG Cells, he hurried to investigate, and Xiao Ran arranged an escort for him.

• Saki Maski brought the real Master Asia, Domon, and Fukamura Rin to Xiao Ran’s office.
• Master Asia asked about the clone that had impersonated him, and Xiao Ran revealed it was incapacitated and being studied by his research department.
• Xiao Ran and Master Asia discussed a false Arctic report that might have been intended to lure Master Asia into another assassination attempt, and Master Asia said he was investigating a possible leak within the Salf Alliance.
• Xiao Ran asked how DG Cells could have resurfaced, and Domon reacted with shock and said he needed to leave immediately.
• Xiao Ran agreed to send Miyoshi Meiya and a team led by Naza to accompany Domon on his investigation.

Xiao Ran told Master Asia that he intended to bring Earth under his control and asked him to support the Burning Legion, arguing that his fleet could prevent the planet from falling back into chaos. Master Asia believed Xiao Ran could improve Earth but said he needed time to decide, while Xiao Ran awaited reports on the forces behind the recent crises.

• Domon left with Fukamura Rin to meet Naza, who would accompany them as they investigated the DG Cells, while Miyoshi Meiya stayed behind.
• Master Asia asked Xiao Ran about his world and whether he intended to connect it permanently to this one, and Xiao Ran said he hoped Master Asia could visit once he had confirmed certain things.
• Xiao Ran openly declared that he wanted Earth under his control and said his fleet could defeat any forces that opposed him.
• Master Asia said he believed Xiao Ran could make Earth better but needed time to consider whether to join his faction.
• Xiao Ran told Master Asia that investigations were underway and identified a clone of Kihara Masaki as one confirmed mastermind behind the turmoil.

Xiao Ran waited for intelligence on Glatters and Radam while expanding his influence in Furi, and Luo introduced Master Asia to the fleet. Half a month later, Kane, El-Elf, and Renard returned to Moon Base, where the Apocalypse Unit and other allies had gathered again.

• Luo greeted Master Asia as his master, and Master Asia recognized that he had trained under another world's version of him and offered to inspect his skills.
• Xiao Ran asked Luo to show Master Asia the fleet and modules and invite the people still at Moon Base to meet him.
• Saki Maski asked whether Xiao Ran was confident about winning over Furi, and he said success depended on Furi and Shanamia choosing to trust him.
• Xiao Ran waited half a month for Kane and El-Elf to return from their investigation, and Renard arrived at Moon Base on the same day.
• Every former member of the Apocalypse Unit returned to Moon Base, Danner's Son sent Cruz and Melissa, and Naza and Domon also came back.

Xiao Ran learned that Doctor Kashu and Doctor Fukamura had disappeared, then convened the Apocalypse Unit’s leaders to discuss rebuilding it. The leaders weighed the uncertainty surrounding Xiao Ran’s identity and intentions as they awaited his proposal.

• Naza and Domon returned with news that Doctor Kashu and Doctor Fukamura had vanished after battles destroyed their laboratories.
• Xiao Ran realized the missing doctors’ abduction explained the new DG Cells and regretted not protecting Doctor Kashu.
• Xiao Ran considered how his fading memories could hinder future missions and resolved to bring more plot knowledge back to Prometheus.
• The Apocalypse Unit’s commanders and department heads assembled under a tense atmosphere for Xiao Ran’s meeting.
• Xiao Ran said he wanted to rebuild the Apocalypse Unit and asked the leaders for their thoughts, prompting Todaka to stand.