Recaps

The Burning Legion turned thousands of Radam-controlled Iron Men against Radam while holding back from wiping out the planet’s remaining forces to seek a way to save the transformed inhabitants. Xiao Ran then told Glatters envoy Witt that Earth could defeat Glatters and demanded that it either join Earth, fight a decisive battle, or face total war.

• Yuzes and the other powerful psionic users freed high-ranking Iron Men from Radam’s control, and more than thirty thousand joined the Burning Legion.
• The Burning Legion suppressed Radam on the planet but paused its campaign because many transformed inhabitants were still inactive and the defected Iron Men hoped they could be restored.
• The planet’s inhabitants came to regard the Burning Legion’s fighters as gods and Radam as demons after seeing Iron Men freed from control.
• After Xiao Ran showed Witt evidence of Earth’s strength against Radam, Witt realized Glatters could no longer use Radam as leverage to secure an alliance.
• Xiao Ran told Witt that Glatters must join Earth, gather its forces for a decisive battle, or face a full-scale war in which he would show no mercy.

Xiao Ran threatened Glatters with overwhelming force and gave Witt three days to secure the answer he wanted. After sensing that Witt was searching for a gate and ruins, Xiao Ran ordered Earth’s forces to locate an ancient Glatters teleportation gate before it could be used to threaten Earth.

• Xiao Ran ordered Mwu to assemble the Apocalypse Unit and other available pilots to attack Glatters if Witt refused his demand.
• Witt pleaded for time to contact his king, and Xiao Ran gave him three days to produce the result he wanted.
• Xiao Ran warned Witt not to let the Glatters delegation out of Earth’s sight and suspected they were searching for something.
• Xiao Ran sensed the words “Gate” and “Ruins” in Witt’s emotional response.
• Xiao Ran told Mwu to alert all sides and search for an ancient Glatters ruin that could be a quantum teleportation gate.

Glatters rejected Xiao Ran’s terms, and the Burning Legion swiftly conquered its imperial planet. Two years later, Xiao Ran convened the Legion’s senior leaders on Earth to hear departmental reports, beginning with Durandal’s announcement that the Gene Research Department had been renamed the Biological Gene Research Department.

• Glatters’s leadership mobilized its forces and ordered Witte to stall for time rather than accept Xiao Ran’s terms.
• On the fourth day, the Burning Legion fleet destroyed Glatters’s defenses and military bases, then brought its imperial planet to submission in less than ten hours.
• Two years after Glatters’s defeat, Xiao Ran gathered the Burning Legion’s core members and senior officials in Furi’s Council Hall for a progress meeting.
• Luo deferred the Technology Department’s report to Durandal, who announced that the Gene Research Department would now be called the Biological Gene Research Department.

Durandal reported that the Gene Department had resolved major hurdles in Iron Man modification and Bloodline Serum, and described its progress in developing Radam-based War Beasts. The chapter ended with Durandal assuring the gathered leaders that War Beasts would remain under absolute control and that large-scale testing had not yet begun.

• Durandal explained that the Gene Department had replicated Iron Man production technology and could now create Iron Men with the Technology Department and the Radam.
• Durandal announced that DG Cells had enabled a Bloodline Serum breakthrough, with a 100 percent success rate and no observed negative effects.
• Durandal outlined serum limits and ranks, explaining which bloodlines the department could produce and the risks of using serum beyond a person's endurance.
• Durandal said the department had modified Ladam Beasts with insectoid genes and renamed them War Beasts, while A-rank biological warships and weapons were nearing reality.
• Zengar reacted sharply to the prospect of growing a War Beast population from a single seed, and Durandal promised the creatures were controllable and could be destroyed instantly.

Luo described the Technology Department’s Iron Man advances, which could enhance users directly or equip them with wearable armor. He outlined three armor models and their capabilities, while Xiao Ran recognized them as supplementary protection rather than a replacement for Iron Man enhancement or mecha.

• Luo reported that the Technology Department could manufacture its own Iron Man and develop stronger, specialized versions using existing technologies.
• Luo explained that Iron Man Enhancement could raise an ordinary person to B-class, with rare users potentially reaching Pseudo A-Class and growing further.
• Luo described Iron Man Armor as wearable equipment whose effectiveness depended on the user’s physical qualities, and noted its size and overlap with existing mecha technology.
• Luo presented three armor models: a heavily armed combat type, a more agile type based on Radam technology, and a portable type with reduced firepower and defense.
• Xiao Ran understood that the armor served as supplementary equipment and safety gear, while genuine Iron Man Enhancement offered greater growth potential.

Xiao Ran heard updates on Iron Man technology, the Radam, and Glatters, learning that the legion had made substantial progress over two years. The chapter ended as Kane reported that the Infinite Empire might not be in this universe.

• Luo explained how Iron Man Armor could protect legion members and how Positron Materialization Technology could let mechas create Tactical Armor as needed.
• Xiao Ran praised the Gene and Technology Departments' work and told Luo to rest before full implementation began.
• Yuzes reported that the legion had eliminated eight Radam tribes, gained more than five hundred thousand defectors, and restored its captured planet's population.
• El-Elf reported that Glatters' nobles had been relocated and monitored, while the empire had become a kingdom within Earth's alliance.
• Kane told Xiao Ran that the investigation suggested the Infinite Empire might not be in this universe.

Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion prepared to confront the Infinite Empire, whose king ruled a hidden, attached dimension, while they finished subduing Radam and dismantling Glatters. Nearly three years after arriving, Xiao Ran and Naza stood ready to leap into the unknown dimension as the fleet prepared to follow through a passage opened by the GANDORU Cannon.

• Kane told Xiao Ran that the Infinite Empire occupied an attached dimension ruled by its king, and Luo said the Dimensional Leap System was their only known way to enter it.
• Xiao Ran ordered Luo to work with the Dankoku Institute to find and test a safer method, while the Legion finished dealing with Radam and Glatters before preparing to link Furry to its territories.
• The allied forces wiped out Radam's remaining clans, and the defectors became a race under the Burning Legion; Glatters was dismantled and placed under surveillance.
• Luo modified the Dragon God Mecha, and the Dankoku Institute proposed using the GANDORU Cannon to open a passage into the Infinite Empire's dimension.
• Nearly three years after arriving, Xiao Ran and Naza prepared to leap with stored coordinates as the fleet waited to follow them through the passage in one hour.

Xiao Ran and Naza entered the Infinite Empire’s universe and sensed the oppressive, unnatural presence surrounding them. They attacked the forces gathering on a dying planet, where Naza’s Crimson Lotus Knight cut through monstrous mecha and Xiao Ran’s Dragon God Mecha descended to the battlefield.

• Xiao Ran and Naza emerged from the dimensional passage into the Infinite Empire’s universe, where Xiao Ran sensed the Infinite Emperor’s presence and the world’s falseness.
• Xiao Ran identified a dark planet as the source of the surrounding disturbance and ordered Naza to eliminate threats before the main force arrived.
• Xiao Ran piloted the Dragon God Mecha toward the planet, and Naza followed in her Crimson Lotus Knight.
• Vengeful souls swarmed the two mecha as they entered the planet’s atmosphere, and Xiao Ran’s beams and energy ripple destroyed many of them.
• Naza charged ahead with her shield and lance, destroying hundreds of monstrous enemy mecha before Xiao Ran reached the ground.

Xiao Ran and Naza wiped out the mechanical monsters and concluded that their world was an unstable small dimension fused with the figure ahead. They reached a massive tower, where Naza attacked and a swarm of Spirit Energy Bodies emerged to confront them.

• The Crimson Lotus Knight and Dragon God Mecha annihilated the mechanical monsters in less than a minute.
• Naza and Xiao Ran sensed they were being watched and determined that the apparent universe was false and the dimension was unstable.
• Xiao Ran suggested that defeating the person fused with the world might make the dimension collapse.
• Xiao Ran and Naza flew to a massive tower surrounded by dark clouds and lightning.
• Naza fired at the tower, which answered with a bolt of lightning and released Spirit Energy Bodies toward both mechs.

Xiao Ran and Naza confronted the Infinite Emperor in its cosmic domain, where it restored its tower and revealed a weapon. Xiao Ran found the self-proclaimed god disappointingly weak, destroyed it with Mental Shock, and watched the space begin to collapse.

• The Infinite Emperor rose from the damaged tower, restored it, and threatened Xiao Ran and Naza.
• Xiao Ran stopped Naza from attacking and identified the Infinite Emperor and the weapon hidden in the tower.
• The Infinite Emperor summoned souls to fuel its cannon and proclaimed itself the endpoint of human evolution.
• Xiao Ran confronted the Infinite Emperor directly and annihilated it with Mental Shock.
• The cosmic domain began to twist and tremble, and Xiao Ran told Naza the mission had been simple because the Infinite Empire was easier to defeat than he expected.

After returning to Prometheus, Xiao Ran brought the Burning Legion back to the Mecha Wars J world and prepared to reveal his faction’s true scale to its leaders. A massive portal opened above the moon, and the Burning Legion’s enormous fleet began to emerge.

• The Burning Legion returned to Prometheus after completing its mission, and Xiao Ran confirmed the Mecha Wars J world as a Faction Territory.
• Xiao Ran visited Shanamia in the OG World, then returned to Mecha Wars J with several senior members of the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran reassured Master Asia, Afan, Kavina, and Shanamia that the Infinite Empire had been defeated and explained that some of his earlier statements had been concealed by restrictions.
• Xiao Ran invited Master Asia and leaders from Orb, PLANT, and Ironclad Dragon to see his world, while Master Asia agreed to learn more before deciding whether to join his faction.
• A huge portal appeared above the moon, and the Burning Legion’s warships, Variable Fighters, and MS began pouring into the Mecha Wars J world.

The Burning Legion's Main Force entered the world of Mecha Wars J, shifting the balance of power and deploying to secure key locations. Xiao Ran gathered representatives at King Frie's Palace for his first official meeting with them as the Burning Legion's BOSS.

• The Burning Legion's forces were divided between its mixed Main Force and the local garrisons, and the Main Force arrived in Mecha Wars J.
• The arrival of the much larger fleet made the factions across the Earth Sphere wary, while Xiao Ran's position shifted from allied leader toward ruler.
• The fleet split into three groups to aid the Radam refugees, suppress opposition in Glatters, and establish a Moon base and portal defenses.
• Representatives from Orb, PLANT, Ironclad Dragon, and the Salf Alliance gathered at King Frie's Palace after Xiao Ran summoned them.
• Xiao Ran entered the Council Hall and told the gathered representatives that he wanted to explain a few things in an informal meeting.

Xiao Ran explained the Burning Legion’s role and plans for a unified alliance, then brought Shanamia and Lacus to the OG World. There, the two Shanamias met and chose the names Aina and Mia to distinguish themselves.

• Xiao Ran assured the assembled leaders that he would not interfere in their internal affairs but said the alliance would need to recognize his side as its strongest member.
• Xiao Ran revealed that the Burning Legion controlled several worlds and briefly described the dangers found in them.
• Xiao Ran left the Mecha Wars J world with Shanamia and Lacus, leaving others to arrange a cross-world tour.
• At King Frie's Palace, the youthful Shanamia met the pregnant Shanamia from the OG World.
• The two Shanamias agreed that the older one could be called Aina and the younger one Mia.

Xiao Xia reunited with Da Xia, and the two Shanamias began talking with Xiao Ran about their family and Da Xia’s pregnancy. Lacus excused herself to explore the world, prompting Xiao Ran to worry she might visit the SEED World, but he decided to let her go.

• Xiao Xia and Da Xia greeted each other and discussed Da Xia’s healthy pregnancy, while Xiao Ran brought them together to talk.
• Lacus watched the family reunion and asked Xiao Ran to have Saki show her around.
• Xiao Xia told Lacus she was part of their family, but Lacus chose to give the Shanamias and Xiao Ran time together.
• Da Xia and Lacus compared their differences, and Lacus said she had received what the other Lacus wanted but never got.
• Lacus left to explore, and Xiao Ran worried she might visit the SEED World before deciding not to stop her.

Lacus met another Lacus Clyne in the garden and they compared their feelings, choices, and lives. After white-dressed Lacus questioned whether the other Lacus had chosen her path willingly, blue-dressed Lacus agreed to consider returning to see her father and pursue what she truly wanted.

• Lacus met the blue-dressed Lacus Clyne, and they greeted each other as identical versions of themselves.
• White-dressed Lacus told blue-dressed Lacus that she was unhappy because she had not gotten what she wanted.
• Blue-dressed Lacus said she was doing well, though she admitted she did not know how to face the people around her now that her feelings could no longer stay hidden.
• The two Lacuses discussed how Lacus had anticipated that he had entered a world they could not understand, and white-dressed Lacus described the effort it had taken to bring him there.
• White-dressed Lacus asked whether blue-dressed Lacus had made her past choice willingly or out of necessity, then suggested returning to see her father and pursue what she truly wanted.
• Blue-dressed Lacus said the suggestion interested her and offered to help, and the two Lacuses agreed to go.

Xiao Ran was surprised when both Lacuses arrived together wearing crystals that hid their psychic fluctuations, making them impossible to distinguish. The two teased him by saying they would both stay unless he could identify them, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ran calling their game nonsense.

• Xiao Ran finished approving documents and noticed two girls approaching through the garden.
• The two Lacuses appeared before Xiao Ran dressed identically and challenged him to tell them apart.
• Xiao Ran realized their matching crystal chokers concealed their psychic fluctuations and learned that Luo, Kane, Yuzes, Gilliam, and Shirakawa Shuu had made them.
• The Lacuses each took one of Xiao Ran's arms and said they would both stay if he could not identify them.
• Xiao Ran called their game nonsense.

Xiao Ran struggled with the two Lacuses’ teasing and confronted the awkwardness of bringing together two versions of the same woman. The Lacuses revealed that Flay was pregnant and left, promising to see him tomorrow.

• The two Lacuses teased Xiao Ran and challenged him over his choices and their feelings for him.
• They suggested that Lacus should remain by Xiao Ran’s side and leave Kira, then refused to remove their crystal collars.
• Xiao Ran apologized for the trouble he had caused and explained that the two Lacuses were separate people from different worlds.
• The two Lacuses revealed that Flay was pregnant too, then left together and told Xiao Ran they would see him tomorrow.

The two Lacuses discussed why the pink-dressed Lacus had chosen to leave Kira, agreeing that their coexistence made it the best course for everyone. They left the palace to visit each other’s worlds, while Xiao Ran remained behind, exasperated by their prank and the people who had helped them.

• The white-dressed Lacus asked whether the pink-dressed Lacus had truly decided to leave Kira, and the pink-dressed Lacus said their shared existence made separation necessary.
• The pink-dressed Lacus explained that staying with Kira would prevent her from appearing publicly or meeting Xiao Ran, and that leaving also suited the Legion and the SEED World.
• The white-dressed Lacus asked whether the pink-dressed Lacus still had feelings for Kira, and the pink-dressed Lacus admitted she cared for him but said those feelings would not bind her.
• The pink-dressed Lacus asked when she should meet the white-dressed Lacus’s father, and the white-dressed Lacus suggested they first visit each other’s worlds.
• The two Lacuses left the palace and departed the OG World, while Xiao Ran blamed Luo, Shirakawa Shuu, Kane, Giliam, and Yuzes for helping with their joke.

After the Burning Legion turned J World into a Faction Territory, Xiao Ran kept key personnel for two years while the legion integrated J World’s institutions and technologies. The Salf Alliance became the Martial Arts Department, and the chapter left the legion preparing for a major advance in strength.

• The sightseeing group returned to J World after learning about Prometheus and the Burning Legion’s power, and J World became one of the legion’s Faction Territories.
• Xiao Ran bought two years of Retention Time for technical personnel and A-Class Pilots, including Mwu, Sheryl, and Saki.
• The Burning Legion began integrating J World’s research institutions and refining its technologies while planning to manufacture more S-class mecha.
• The Salf Alliance fully joined the Burning Legion and became its Martial Arts Department, which established training standards and began teaching martial arts across the legion.
• Master Asia caught Basak and subjected him to regular beatings, while the Technology and Gene Departments worked to develop the legion’s capabilities.

Fleet World prepared for Sheryl’s first concert in years and the birth of Xiao Ran and Shanamia’s daughter, drawing crowds and dignitaries from across the galaxy. The fleet remained on high alert as the celebration awaited the Galaxy Princess’s arrival.

• Fleet World sealed Fleet Main Island and surrounded its portals with Burning Legion warships and insect fleets amid heightened security.
• The Kingdom of Windermere continued to receive Xiao Ran’s support after its conflict with the New Unified Army, while many Windermere people settled in the fleet.
• Sheryl prepared a concert outside the Presidential Palace as a gift for Xiao Ran and Shanamia’s unborn daughter.
• Crowds and delegations gathered in Fleet Main Island to attend Sheryl’s concert and witness the birth of the Galaxy Princess.

Xiao Ran waited anxiously while Da Xia gave birth, then learned that both mother and child were safe. He met his healthy baby girl and joined the Fleet in celebrating her birth.

• Xiao Ran waited outside the delivery room with his companions, unable to stay beside Da Xia because of Furia's royal tradition.
• Mwu tried to reassure Xiao Ran, who refused to sense what was happening because he had promised Da Xia he would not.
• The medical team told Xiao Ran that Da Xia and the child were safe, and he hurried into the room.
• Saki notified the others, and the Fleet and the Burning Legion's territories celebrated the birth with fireworks and Sheryl's new song.
• Xiao Ran sat beside Da Xia, held her hand, and admired their alert baby girl, whom the doctors called a tiny superhero.

Xiao Ran welcomed his newborn daughter, whose natural talents and inherited bloodlines surpassed even those of the people around her. He named her Artemis Fra Xiao, and after the celebrations, only a few close companions remained with him and the child.

• Xiao Ran examined his newborn daughter with his Mental Power, then carried her out to meet the waiting crowd.
• Yuzes, Giliam, Shirakawa Shuu, and Kane recognized the child’s extraordinary psionic and soul talents.
• Xiao Ran announced that Shanamia had named the girl Artemis Fra Xiao, while Cruze teased him about his own naming ideas.
• Saki Maski ended the live broadcast, and Xiao Ran suggested Meng Yao as another name while the others laughed.
• Mwu, Saki Maski, Sheryl, and Lacus stayed with Xiao Ran after the others dispersed.
• Xiao Ran reflected on Da Lacus’s peaceful separation from Kira and his own growing suspicions about their relationship.

Xiao Ran learned that the Valkyrie group in the Brishigaman Cluster might include four girls whose singing could trigger FOLD Waves, and agreed to travel there with his family. He left the chapter ordering preparations and requesting intelligence on the cluster.

• Sheryl showed Xiao Ran an invitation to a Valkyrie concert and explained that the group was recruiting members with potential as true songstresses.
• Xiao Ran and Sheryl discussed the group’s ability to trigger FOLD Waves and the Legion’s lack of recent FOLD technology research.
• Sheryl proposed that the family travel together to the Brishigaman Cluster, and Xiao Ran agreed to the trip planned for about half a month later.
• Xiao Ran told Sheryl to consult Aina and the others and asked her to have Mwu prepare the trip’s scale and personnel.
• Xiao Ran contacted Assistant Officer Catherine to request intelligence on the Brishigaman Cluster and considered the need for preparations.

Xiao Ran reviewed information about the Brishigaman Cluster, Valkyrie, and Berserk Syndrome, then learned that VAJRA might protect his fleet from the illness. He ordered Kane to capture several patients for Durandal to study, with New Unified Army cooperation.

• Catherine brought Xiao Ran detailed intelligence on the Brishigaman Cluster and Laguna Planet.
• Xiao Ran learned that Valkyrie's singing could suppress Berserk Syndrome and that Gaius supported the group.
• Catherine explained that Berserk Syndrome caused people to lose control and attack, and that song was the only known way to suppress it.
• Catherine said VAJRA appeared to protect Xiao Ran's fleet from Berserk Syndrome.
• Xiao Ran ordered Kane to capture several Berserk Syndrome patients for Durandal to examine and told the New Unified Army to cooperate.

Xiao Ran suspected that the Valkyries, Berserk Syndrome, and Gaius’s invitation to Sheryl might signal trouble, but he agreed to prepare for the trip to Laguna Planet. A huge group of Fleet Territory’s allies set off on a vacation and reached Laguna Star after several days of FOLD Space Jump.

• Xiao Ran considered whether the Valkyries and Berserk Syndrome were part of a scheme, but decided the group should simply stay prepared.
• Sheryl, Xiao Ran, and their companions spent three days preparing after many allies asked to join the trip.
• Xiao Ran led a lavish group of companions aboard ten warships, escorted by the Steel Dragon Squad and other defense forces.
• The expedition fleet used FOLD Space Jump to travel from the galactic center toward Laguna Star, a journey that took several days.
• Master Asia and Basak drank freely aboard the ships while the group treated the journey as a vacation.