Chapter Summaries

Tessa asked how the Frie would treat Earth after defeating the Earth Alliance, and Xiao Ran clarified that the Frie were part of Earth and that the real question was how the Frie, PLANT, and Orb would rebuild the world. He urged Mithril to cooperate with them, then left to contact their leaders while Yurika arranged for the groups' combat personnel to meet.

• Tessa asked Xiao Ran what attitude the Frie would take toward Earth after eliminating the Earth Alliance, and Melissa Mao and Yurika Mitotsudaira worried that her question sounded hostile.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Frie had always been part of Earth and said the Frie, PLANT, and Orb would focus on rebuilding the world after the conflict.
• Xiao Ran suggested Mithril's superiors contact the Frie, PLANT, or Orb and warned that they would eliminate uncontrolled armed forces in the Earth Sphere.
• Yurika Mitotsudaira interrupted Tessa and proposed gathering the combat personnel to build familiarity and coordination.
• Xiao Ran asked for the Apocalypse Unit to be notified, then left with Ruri Hoshino to contact Orb, PLANT, and the Frie while Yurika showed Tessa and Melissa Mao around the Nadeshiko.

Xiao Ran welcomed the Danner's Son pilots aboard the Nadeshiko and encouraged both crews to relax together. After the banquet brought the two sides closer, he went to Master Asia's quarters, leaving their meeting to come.

• Xiao Ran contacted Free, PLANT, and Orb to coordinate efforts to investigate and reach Mithril.
• The Danner's Son AS squadron arrived aboard the Nadeshiko, and Xiao Ran joined the gathered crews in the dining hall.
• Xiao Ran welcomed everyone and told them to relax, while Yurika Mitotsudaira reassured Tessa that they would be safe with him there.
• Xiao Ran spotted Domon, Master Asia, and Tinia among the guests, but left the banquet without approaching them.
• The crews feasted and drank together until Yurika Mitotsudaira ended the banquet, and the two groups grew more familiar.
• Xiao Ran went to Master Asia's quarters and knocked on his door.

Xiao Ran visited Master Asia to discuss the mysterious yellow machines and outline Free’s plans for a unified Earth government and humanity’s future. He asked Master Asia to join the effort, leaving his response unstated.

• Xiao Ran met Master Asia in his room and asked about the yellow machines, which Master Asia said he had encountered while rescuing civilians.
• Xiao Ran suggested the machines had appeared suddenly on Earth and asked Master Asia about the planet’s political situation.
• Master Asia said he was not a politician but believed Earth would benefit from unity under a powerful force, and he trusted Free’s intentions.
• Xiao Ran described Free’s plans for a New Government, reorganized military forces, environmental restoration, space colonies, and galactic exploration.
• Xiao Ran invited Master Asia to join Free’s effort and help guide and supervise humanity.

Xiao Ran tried to recruit Master Asia by describing Free’s advanced technology and its plans to restore Earth and explore space. He revealed that he came from another world where Devil Gundam had been destroyed, but Master Asia’s true reaction to his claims remained unclear.

• Master Asia asked whether Free had the technology and capability to carry out the Galaxy Exploration Plan, and Xiao Ran described its space travel, colony, energy, and environmental restoration technologies.
• Master Asia praised the environmental restoration technology but declined to join Xiao Ran, calling himself an old man.
• Xiao Ran offered Free’s medical technology and a Time Stop Device as ways to address Master Asia’s physical condition, prompting Master Asia to unleash his aura and demand to know how Xiao Ran knew so much.
• Xiao Ran removed his mask, explained that he came from another world, and said that world had destroyed Devil Gundam and restored its environment.
• Xiao Ran mentioned that Rising Wind from his world was an extraordinary but troublesome animal, and Master Asia relaxed and agreed that Rising Wind was impressive.

Xiao Ran secured Master Asia’s agreement to act alongside the Nadeshiko and began treating his illness, while building the independent fleet and preparing to move against the Alliance. After returning from the Moon Base, he discussed the Alliance takeover with Lacus and Shanamia, deciding Furi would not claim additional territory.

• Xiao Ran and Master Asia agreed that Master Asia would act alongside the Nadeshiko, while Xiao Ran promised to keep his illness and Devil Gundam connection secret.
• Xiao Ran and Master Asia publicly met as apparent strangers, and Xiao Ran reassured the amnesiac Takaya Aiba; Kira and Yaqi also boarded the Nadeshiko with the Savior Gundam.
• The Apocalypse joined the Nadeshiko, and Xiao Ran formed the independent fleet before sending Master Asia to Orb for treatment and leaving for the Moon Base.
• Xiao Ran returned about three days later and asked Lacus about Siegel and Patrick’s infiltration of the Alliance.
• Xiao Ran and Shanamia agreed that Furi would not help take over Alliance territory, leaving the remaining regions for PLANT and Orb to discuss.

Xiao Ran prepared to establish Furry on Earth and coordinated with Orb and PLANT to launch a final campaign against the Earth Alliance. The allies set a tentative date for the assault, while the Apocalypse and Nadeshiko were assigned a separate investigation.

• Xiao Ran told Shanamia to lead Furry’s relocation to Earth and represent it in the New Government, and promised that a palace would be built for her there.
• Lacus reported that Furry lacked a substantial intelligence network on Earth, leaving Orb and PLANT to investigate Mithril.
• Xiao Ran met by video conference with Asaha, Siegel, and Patrick and proposed eliminating the Earth Alliance.
• Xiao Ran, Siegel, and Patrick agreed that Furry and ZAFT would attack the Alliance in half a month while Orb stabilized occupied territories and fought extraterrestrial invaders.
• Patrick agreed to travel to the Moon Base, and Xiao Ran said the Apocalypse and Nadeshiko would likely skip the campaign to investigate another matter.

Xiao Ran arranged for the New Government to mobilize against the Apocalypse Units and planned to bring Mithril and Amalgam under its control. After Lacus questioned how much he knew about the organizations, Xiao Ran admitted he was hiding things and showed her and Shanamia visions of other worlds and lives.

• Xiao Ran told Siegel, Patrick, and Asaha that they could begin mobilizing forces against the Apocalypse Units and asked them to arrange contact with Mithril.
• Siegel offered to set up a meeting with Mithril's senior personnel, while Patrick and Asaha agreed to provide intelligence and contacts for Mithril and Amalgam.
• Xiao Ran said he intended to take control of Mithril and Amalgam, while privately focusing on bringing Renard under his control.
• Lacus questioned Xiao Ran's unexplained knowledge of the organizations, and Xiao Ran promised that he would reveal what he had concealed when the time was right.
• Xiao Ran brought Lacus and Shanamia to Dawn and used its system to show them visions of other worlds, battles, and alternate versions of themselves.

Xiao Ran reassured Lacus and Shanamia about the memories they had seen, then coordinated with ZAFT and Orb as they prepared a final assault on the Earth Alliance. He waited in an abandoned town to meet Kowloon and killed Kowloon's late companion, leaving Kowloon facing him.

• Xiao Ran explained that his Innovator abilities had linked his mind with Lacus and Shanamia, and Lacus asked about the three Earths she had seen.
• Patrick arrived at the lunar base, where Xiao Ran, ZAFT, and Orb's representatives discussed their attack plans and scheduled the Final Assault for ten days later.
• Xiao Ran traveled to an abandoned town near the front line and waited with his guards for a convoy to arrive.
• Kowloon and a Blonde Man arrived five hours late, and Xiao Ran shot the Blonde Man dead.
• Xiao Ran called the Blonde Man trash and asked Kowloon whether he objected to having him disposed of.

Xiao Ran met with Gauron after killing Gates and demanded that Amalgam destroy the Cyclops System beneath Alaska base. He offered Amalgam survival in exchange for cooperation, threatened to eradicate it, and demanded that Gauron bring Renard to him.

• Xiao Ran shot Gates dead, and Gauron thanked him before agreeing to discuss business.
• Xiao Ran revealed three stealth-equipped AS units and had Flying Eagle attack them, then stopped the attack at Gauron's request.
• Xiao Ran met Gauron in the tavern and said he wanted to hire Amalgam to destroy the Cyclops System beneath Alaska base.
• Gauron asked what payment Xiao Ran would offer, and Xiao Ran proposed Amalgam's continued existence in exchange for its absorption into the new World Government.
• Xiao Ran threatened to exterminate Amalgam unless Gauron brought Renard to him, claiming he knew most of Amalgam's base locations and that its allies could not protect it.

Xiao Ran captured Renard after Kowloon contacted him, then left Kowloon to take advantage of Renard’s disappearance and expand his influence within Amalgam. Renard woke in a heavily guarded cell on the Moon Base and was escorted to Xiao Ran, still unaware of why he had been taken.

• Xiao Ran waited for Renard to arrive by helicopter, while Kowloon watched him remain untouched by the rotor-driven winds.
• Xiao Ran knocked Renard unconscious and crushed the heads of the two AS units protecting him, then told Kowloon to use Renard’s disappearance to expand his influence.
• Kowloon ordered his subordinates to keep Renard’s obedient followers, kill the disobedient ones, and investigate the Joint Alaska base’s territory.
• Renard regained consciousness in a steel cell, noticed his clothes had been replaced, and suspected he was no longer on Earth.
• Frie's guards shackled Renard and escorted him under heavy guard to Xiao Ran, while Renard stayed quiet and tried to work out his captors’ intentions.

Xiao Ran confronted Renard on the lunar base and offered to recruit him while revealing that he understood Renard’s plans for the Lambda System and the Whispered. Renard was shocked by Xiao Ran’s knowledge, and Xiao Ran offered to demonstrate a machine equipped with the fully developed Lambda System.

• Xiao Ran asked Renard what he thought of the prosperous lunar base, and Renard described it as prosperity masking preparations for war.
• Renard guessed that Xiao Ran wanted to recruit him to keep Kowloon in check while taking control of Amalgam.
• Xiao Ran questioned Renard about the Lambda System and deduced that he intended to use Amalgam and Whispered technology to reset the world.
• Renard was shocked when Xiao Ran explained how information passed between Parallel Worlds and described the Lambda System’s demands.
• Xiao Ran claimed to possess the complete technical data for the Lambda System’s ultimate form and asked Renard if he wanted to see it installed in a machine.

Renard studied advanced mecha files from a parallel world and questioned Xiao Ran about their connection and the World Reset Plan. He agreed to help Xiao Ran take down Amalgam in exchange for answers, then returned to Earth.

• Renard examined files describing advanced AS technology and the exclusive mecha built for his counterpart in the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that he and the files came from another world, and explained that Renard's counterpart had abandoned the World Reset Plan because success would mean destroying the world.
• Xiao Ran offered Renard a deal: help take down Amalgam and eliminate uncontrollable factors in exchange for answers and a chance to see what happened in the other world.
• Renard accepted the deal, and Xiao Ran arranged for him to return to Earth with the computer files.
• Renard called for help after landing, and an armed helicopter took him away from the ZAFT base.

Xiao Ran explained why he had released Renard and Kowloon, expecting Amalgam’s turmoil to keep them dependent on his technology and support. As the Earth Force prepared for war, he finalized the operation and strengthened the Moon Base’s defenses before departing.

• Xiao Ran told Lacus that Renard and Kowloon would be occupied dividing Amalgam and would seek his help to develop new AS units.
• Xiao Ran explained that Kowloon’s illness and desire for strength gave him ways to control the mercenary, and that either man’s choices could serve his plans.
• Lacus told Xiao Ran that the Earth Force was preparing for war and assembling its Space Fleet, and Xiao Ran ordered an investigation into how the operation’s intelligence had leaked.
• Xiao Ran warned Lacus about threats to the Moon Base and escorted her and Shanamia back to Furi, leaving his secretary in charge.
• The Apocalypse arrived at the Moon Base to reinforce its defenses, while the Nadeshiko remained on Earth alongside Danner’s Son.

Xiao Ran joined Patrick at ZAFT’s command center to plan the final assault on the Earth Force. He offered to handle the newly developed Dankoku machines and headed toward Artemis to intercept an enemy fleet.

• Xiao Ran returned to the Apocalypse, learned about its crew and recent situation from Todaka, then flew the Dawn to the joint fleet’s rendezvous point.
• Patrick welcomed Xiao Ran aboard ZAFT’s command carrier and explained that the Earth Force had split its remaining fleets into three groups to intercept them.
• Patrick reported that the Earth Force had gathered new transformable fighters and combat vehicles; Xiao Ran recognized the possibility that one was Super Beast Machine God Dankoku.
• Xiao Ran offered to take responsibility for Dankoku and urged Patrick to investigate whether the machines’ personnel were being held under restriction or hostage.
• Xiao Ran identified Artemis as the Earth Force’s fortified space factory and volunteered to intercept a nearby fleet, with plans to deal with the others if time allowed.

Xiao Ran and Patrick learned that Alien Beasts, Jupiter Lizards, the Glatters Army, and other factions had thrown Earth and space into chaos, disrupting their campaign against the Earth Force. Xiao Ran proposed rallying allies and controlling part of the Earth Force before launching a decisive battle that he expected would end the Earth Force within three days.

• A staff officer showed Xiao Ran and Patrick that Alien Beasts were attacking Earth and space, Jupiter Lizards were descending on major cities, and the Glatters Army had appeared in space.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Glatters Army had likely made an agreement with the Earth Force, while the Alien Beasts and other factions were exploiting the chaos to oppose his alliance.
• Xiao Ran told Patrick that their forces on Earth should withdraw temporarily, publicly brand the Earth Force as the Glatters Army's lapdog, and call on others to join them.
• Xiao Ran urged Patrick to recruit the Beast Robot pilots and seek Mithril's support, while he planned to contact Amalgam himself.
• Xiao Ran told Patrick that the decisive battle against the world had arrived early and declared that the Earth Force would cease to exist within three days.

Xiao Ran recognized that the Free Alliance faced a coordinated assault from Earth’s other factions, which aimed to exploit its conflict with the Earth Alliance and weaken its forces. He prepared to meet the coming battle with Free, ZAFT, and Orb’s hidden strength behind him, eager for powerful enemies to emerge.

• Xiao Ran saw that Doctor Hell, the Glast Army, and other factions were coordinating attacks to tie down Free’s forces and pick off isolated units.
• Free relied on its Time-stop devices and developing Knight Mobile Suits to counter the conspiracy, while ZAFT held back N-Jammer Cancellers, Nuclear Weapons, and Genesis as trump cards.
• Orb began deploying its stored mobile suits and drawing on the many skilled soldiers and personnel it had recruited from the Earth Force.
• Xiao Ran set out from ZAFT’s carrier in Dawn with the Falcon and the Giant Whale, hoping to confront strong enemy pilots and eliminate A-Class Pilots.

Xiao Ran left the Moon Base to confront the Alien Beasts in Earth orbit, while ordering Toda and the Apocalypse to defend the Moon Base and the Moon. After arriving with Flying Eagle and Giant Whale, Xiao Ran unleashed the Dawn Tactical Armor’s full power against tens of thousands of Alien Beasts.

• Xiao Ran decided to take Flying Eagle and Giant Whale with him to investigate threats while avoiding sending the two Super AI Robots into danger alone.
• Xiao Ran told Toda that the Apocalypse must defend the Moon Base and the Moon against the Glatters Army.
• Xiao Ran equipped Dawn with its Tactical Armor, transforming it into a warship-sized special MA.
• Xiao Ran, Flying Eagle, and Giant Whale jumped into Earth orbit and were immediately attacked by tens of thousands of Alien Beasts.
• Xiao Ran amplified the Solar Furnaces’ output, and the three units dodged the attacks while firing massively strengthened weapons at the Alien Beasts.

Xiao Ran and his forces annihilated an Alien Beast swarm in space, then he checked the wider situation and decided to send Giant Whale and Falcon back to guard the allied gathering point. He continued alone, hoping to draw out any enemies plotting against him.

• Dawn Tactical Armor, Giant Whale, and Falcon attacked the Alien Beasts, destroying the swarm in less than ten minutes.
• Xiao Ran reviewed the real-time status display and saw at least a dozen Alien Beast gathering points around Earth.
• Xiao Ran worried that the Earth Force might clash with Frie and ZAFT while the Glatters Army watched for an opportunity to attack.
• Xiao Ran decided to send Giant Whale and Falcon back to protect the gathering point and continue the operation alone.

Xiao Ran destroyed Alien Beast swarms at five gathering points before the Iron Men appeared in full force at the sixth, intending to kill him and intimidate Earth. He scanned the Iron Men and identified their ranks as the confrontation began.

• Xiao Ran used Dawn’s Split Cannons and GN Dragoons to destroy the Alien Beasts at the first five gathering points.
• Xiao Ran traveled to the sixth gathering point and found the Iron Men waiting among the Alien Beasts in organized formations.
• Xiao Ran realized the Iron Men had deduced his route, though he had deliberately chosen nearby targets to draw them out.
• The Iron Men assembled to eliminate Xiao Ran and demonstrate their power to the Earth Sphere.
• Xiao Ran scanned Iron Man Daga, Iron Man Axe, Iron Man Lance, Iron Man Sudo, Iron Man Ibill, and Iron Man Omega, identifying Ibill and Omega as Epic-level threats.

Xiao Ran faced Iron Man Omega and the other Iron Men, valuing them as both powerful opponents and prizes whose transformation technology he wanted to obtain. To ensure none escaped and to eliminate the threats around him before his week-long post-skill weakness, he activated Quantum Assimilation and prepared to end the battles decisively.

• Xiao Ran assessed Iron Man Omega and Iron Man Ibill as possible A-class opponents and became determined to capture the Iron Men and acquire their transformation technology.
• A spear-wielding Iron Man flew from the Omega Warship, showed off its weapon, and challenged Xiao Ran over the radio.
• Xiao Ran activated Seed of Spirit, Potential Burst, Quantum Burst, Brainwave, and his ultimate move, Quantum Assimilation.
• Xiao Ran resolved to destroy Radam, the Alliance, Glast, and, if possible, the Mechanical Beast Legion and Devil Gundam before Quantum Assimilation ended and left him weakened for a week.