Chapter Summaries

While Xiao Ran remained unconscious, Lacus and Shanamia cared for him as Lacus prepared to make arrangements. Elsewhere, Renard infiltrated a Blue Cosmos gathering and heard Azrael announce a powerful new ally and Blue Cosmos’s return to action.

• Lacus and Shanamia cleaned Xiao Ran and dressed him in fresh clothes while he remained unconscious.
• Lacus asked Shanamia to stay with Xiao Ran and said she would make arrangements before returning.
• Renard attended Blue Cosmos’s secret party in territory controlled by the Frie ZAFT Alliance and tried to uncover its purpose.
• Azrael arrived, sent the women away, and addressed the Blue Cosmos members.
• Azrael announced that Blue Cosmos and the Alliance had a new, stronger ally and were ready to fight Frie and ZAFT.

Renard met the representatives of Ou Fan and Ironclad Dragon after Azrael announced their alliance with Blue Cosmos and the Earth Alliance. As Quincy Isha and Nai Pa revealed their competing plans to capture the Apocalypse Unit, Renard wondered what each faction truly wanted.

• Renard recognized Quincy Isha of Ou Fan and Nai Pa of Ironclad Dragon as representatives of mysterious organizations with advanced capabilities.
• Azrael introduced Renard, Quincy Isha, and Nai Pa, then proposed that their factions unite to defeat their enemies and divide the world.
• Renard noticed that Quincy Isha and Nai Pa mocked Azrael and suspected they each had their own agenda.
• Nai Pa said he had planned to capture the Apocalypse Unit as a gift for the alliance.
• Quincy Isha revealed that she had already sent her subordinates to intercept the Apocalypse Unit, setting up a contest with Nai Pa.

Renard left the reception after learning that the Federation had allied with Ou Fan and Ironclad Dragon, then ordered Amalgam to attack the estate. The building was destroyed, Azrael was killed, and Renard stayed behind as his forces withdrew and the sub-miniature AS units advanced on the ruins.

• Renard refused to join Quincy Isha and Nai Pa's contest for influence, while Azrael failed to persuade him to stay.
• Renard left the banquet hall and revealed that he had deployed AS units, soldiers, and helicopters around the estate.
• Renard ordered Amalgam to attack, and two sub-miniature AS units killed Azrael and lunged at Quincy Isha and Nai Pa.
• Amalgam's attacks demolished the reception building, while Renard's machine remained unharmed behind its shield.
• Renard ordered his main force to withdraw after spotting signs that the other two factions were prepared, while the sub-miniature AS units charged the ruins and Renard stayed behind.

Renard captured Quincy Isha and Nai Pa after their escape attempt, then fled when new forces appeared. Meanwhile, the independent fleet fought the Eight Trigrams Faction and Ou Fan, and Lacus answered Todaka’s report in Xiao Ran’s name while keeping the mysterious disc away from the Moon.

• Renard’s sub-miniature AS units surrounded the ruined manor, captured Quincy Isha and Nai Pa, and prepared to take them to Ou Fan.
• Renard detected two approaching factions, turned invisible, and escaped with the captives as the remaining forces began fighting.
• The independent fleet discovered an unknown disc near an extinct volcano and was ambushed by the Eight Trigrams Faction, including red and blue machines wielding flame and ice energy.
• Ou Fan arrived and rescued the red and blue machines, but the independent fleet adapted to its enemies and drove the attackers away.
• Todaka reported the battle and asked Xiao Ran whether to send the disc to the Moon; Lacus replied in Xiao Ran’s name, ordered further investigation, and kept the disc with the Apocalypse.

Xiao Ran woke after nearly two days unconscious and learned that several forces had sent messages while he was out. Master Asia examined him and found that using his powerful state had severely depleted his Spirit Light, Soul Fire, and soul, leaving his recovery uncertain.

• Xiao Ran woke confused, mistook Shanamia for Mia, then recovered his memories when he saw Shanamia’s flat stomach.
• Shanamia told Xiao Ran that the ground forces, ZAFT, the Apocalypse Unit, Orb, and Amalgam had sought instructions, and that Lacus had told most of them to wait and observe.
• Shanamia fed Xiao Ran rice porridge and asked him to call her Shanamia or Shana instead of Mia.
• Lacus arrived with Master Asia, who examined Xiao Ran and found his Spirit Light, Soul Fire, and soul severely depleted.
• Master Asia asked Xiao Ran whether he had experienced these aftereffects before and how long he expected to take to recover.

Xiao Ran discussed the exhaustion caused by using the domain’s power with Master Asia, who traced it to Xiao Ran dispersing and borrowing more power than his mind and soul could reclaim. Master Asia offered to teach him Mirror Water so he could control himself more calmly in that state.

• Xiao Ran told Master Asia that using the domain left him comatose and drained, though neither his soul’s foundation nor his mind appeared damaged.
• Master Asia said Xiao Ran’s borrowed power and will were strong, but his mind and soul were too weak to withstand the domain’s godlike force.
• Master Asia explained that Xiao Ran spread and unleashed the domain’s power without gathering and settling it, leaving him depleted when he returned to normal.
• Xiao Ran recognized that he had focused on maximizing output and had mistaken borrowed power for his own, but recalled that settling the power had once helped him resist the domain’s erosion.
• Master Asia offered to teach Xiao Ran Mirror Water, explaining that it was a state of heart rather than a technique tied to a particular system.

Lacus told Xiao Ran that the Union had dissolved and joined the Frie ZAFT Alliance, while Ironclad Dragon and Ou Fan had emerged as new threats. After assigning plans to counter them, she revealed that the Infinite Zorbadus Empire's advance forces had already reached Earth.

• Lacus reported that Kowloon and Renard had seized the Union and Blue Cosmos, killed their leaders, and brought the Union into the Frie ZAFT Alliance.
• Lacus told Xiao Ran that Ironclad Dragon had occupied a third of the Far East and that Ou Fan was searching for mysterious discs with its BP machines.
• Xiao Ran ordered Orb and ZAFT to seize any newly discovered discs before Ou Fan could obtain them.
• Lacus revealed classified files identifying Akitsu Masato and Himuro Miku and a hidden Ironclad Dragon machine called Sky Zelema; Xiao Ran ordered them and Zel Duma brought to the Moon Base.
• Master Asia agreed to arrange reinforcements for the Far East, and Lacus revealed that the Infinite Zorbadus Empire's advance forces had entered Earth.

Xiao Ran assessed the growing threats from Ou Fan, Ironclad Dragon, and the Infinite Empire while still recovering, then met Renard to discuss the two prisoners he had captured. Renard delivered Quincy Isha and Nai Pa to Moon Base, where Xiao Ran arranged for them to be interrogated and reassured Renard of his loyalty to his allies.

• Xiao Ran reviewed the weakened state of the Alliance, Devil Gundam, Amalgam, Mithril, and the Radam forces, while identifying Ou Fan, Ironclad Dragon, and the Infinite Empire as new threats.
• Master Asia left to coordinate with the Salf Alliance and help suppress Ironclad Dragon while forces searched for Ou Fan's base and the Infinite Empire's enemies.
• Xiao Ran asked Shanamia to summon Fulu and prepared to meet Renard despite his weakened condition.
• Renard arrived at Moon Base with Quincy Isha and Nai Pa, whom the guards escorted to prison under strict watch.
• Renard identified Quincy Isha as an Ou Fan BP Unit Commander and Nai Pa as a member of Ironclad Dragon's Eight Trigrams Faction, and Xiao Ran arranged for both to be interrogated.
• Xiao Ran thanked Renard for his actions against the Alliance and Blue Cosmos and assured him that he did not disappoint his friends or his own people.

Xiao Ran took control of Amalgam and planned to rebuild it as a covert Special Operations Unit under Renard, while recovering from the strain of battle and managing the wider conflict. The Far East front stabilized, but the whereabouts of Masato remained unknown and the captured Quincy Isha and Nai Pa yielded little information.

• Renard handed Xiao Ran Amalgam’s files and agreed to help transfer its forces, while Xiao Ran assigned Kowloon to command a new Special Operations Unit under Renard.
• Xiao Ran recovered over several days but avoided entering Quantum Assimilation again, while Fulu began arranging the production of a new mecha for Master Asia.
• Salf Alliance pilots joined the fight against the Ironclad Dragon Empire, and Xiao Ran ordered the Far East forces to hold their position until he could resolve the conflict himself.
• Zel Duma and Himuro Miku were brought to the Moon Base, and Zel Duma was transferred into the real Furi with the pilot and mecha held separately.
• The search failed to find Masato, while Xiao Ran discovered that Quincy Isha seemed controlled by another consciousness and Nai Pa remained unwilling to talk.

Xiao Ran questioned Himuro Miku about her unusual body and learned that she was an artificial life-form created to operate Zel Duma. She explained that the Dimensional Connection System inside her let Zel Duma draw energy from other dimensions and granted both of them powerful abilities, leaving Xiao Ran to consider how it resembled other dimensional powers he knew.

• Xiao Ran decided to question Nai Pa himself and first met Himuro Miku after her inspection revealed she was an artificial life-form.
• Himuro Miku told Xiao Ran that she had been created to assist in operating Zel Duma and that she was now effectively his subordinate.
• Himuro Miku explained that the Dimensional Connection System let Zel Duma draw nearly limitless energy from other dimensions and unleash the Hades Attack.
• Himuro Miku described how the system granted her and Zel Duma Space Transfer, Obstacle Wall defenses, rapid recovery, and even the ability to revive the dead.
• Xiao Ran compared the system's dimensional borrowing and replication to abilities he had encountered elsewhere.

Xiao Ran learned that Himuro Miku and Akitsu Masato were created by Kihara Masaki to operate Zel Duma, and that Masato had gone missing. Suspecting the machine and its creators concealed a danger, Xiao Ran dismantled Zel Duma and sealed it inside Furi, then offered Miku a choice about her future.

• Himuro Miku explained that Kihara Masaki created Zel Duma to build an empire, and that it now resisted the Ironclad Dragon Empire.
• Himuro Miku told Xiao Ran that she was an artificial life-form and Akitsu Masato was Kihara Masaki’s clone, the only person besides her able to pilot Zel Duma.
• Xiao Ran revealed that Akitsu Masato had been missing, and Himuro Miku reacted without explaining what she knew.
• Xiao Ran told Himuro Miku that Zel Duma had been dismantled, its control system destroyed, and the machine sealed, then offered her a choice between military service and an ordinary life.
• After leaving, Xiao Ran reflected that Masato’s disappearance and Kihara Masaki’s possible plans made sealing Zel Duma the safest course.

Xiao Ran explained why he had dismantled and sealed Zel Duma, then confronted Quincy Isha with his suspicion that another personality inhabited her body. He arranged to send her to meet Dawn through a Mental Link and warned Nai Pa that he planned to move against the Ironclad Dragon Empire.

• Xiao Ran recalled that he had ordered Zel Duma dismantled and sealed in a Time Stop Device to prevent it from causing trouble or disappearing.
• Xiao Ran told Quincy Isha that he believed she was a personality created by mental influence and that another person was the true owner of her body.
• Xiao Ran had Frie soldiers restrain Quincy Isha and take her toward the hangar so he could send her to Dawn and establish a Mental Link.
• Xiao Ran visited Nai Pa and offered to talk, telling him that Sky Zelema had been completely dismantled, including its Dimensional Connection System.
• Xiao Ran told Nai Pa that he intended to move against the Ironclad Dragon now that his other affairs were resolved.

Xiao Ran threatened Nai Pa into revealing Ironclad Dragon’s secrets by promising to spare those he cared about, then brought him to the hangar to witness Quincy Isha being restrained. Xiao Ran drew Quincy into the Mental Communication Space and prepared to examine her heart.

• Xiao Ran used telekinesis to stop Nai Pa’s attack and threatened him with the deaths of his loved ones unless he made a deal.
• Nai Pa agreed to tell Xiao Ran everything he knew about Ironclad Dragon, and Xiao Ran declared them allies.
• Xiao Ran led Nai Pa to the hangar, where Quincy Isha was bound and gagged under the watch of Furi soldiers.
• Xiao Ran entered Dawn and used its Solar Furnace and GN Particles to pull Quincy Isha into the Mental Communication Space.
• Xiao Ran appeared before Quincy Isha and told her the space allowed minds and souls to communicate before pointing at her forehead.

Xiao Ran used a Mental Link to uncover the memories and personalities behind Quincy Isha, then let her true primary personality, Yizi, choose her fate. Yizi chose to merge with Quincy Isha and, after waking in the real world, told Xiao Ran to call her Yizi.

• Xiao Ran showed Quincy Isha memories revealing that Yizi had felt abandoned and that an outside consciousness had influenced Quincy Isha.
• Xiao Ran forced a deeper Mental Link, extracted and destroyed the foreign consciousness, and awakened Yizi.
• Xiao Ran offered Yizi the choice to take over, merge with Quincy Isha, or disappear, and Yizi chose to merge.
• Xiao Ran returned to Dawn’s cockpit, had the soldiers free Quincy Isha, and asked what name to use.
• Yizi thanked Xiao Ran and told him that Quincy Isha had been Ou Fan’s puppet and that her true self was Izumi Yizi.

Xiao Ran learned that Ou Fan was a living warship planning to drain Earth’s energy, then ordered Togou to seize it and locate its rival. He told Lacus and Shanamia that he would leave after resolving the remaining crises and forming a New Government, though he might return.

• Xiao Ran had Nai Pa and Yizi released from the hangar and ordered them to rest, wash, change clothes, and eat.
• Xiao Ran analyzed Quincy Isha’s knowledge and concluded that Ou Fan was a self-aware life-form and warship that intended to drain Earth’s energy, with another similar ship producing BP.
• Xiao Ran ordered Togou to take the Apocalypse to the Pacific, capture Ou Fan while minimizing damage, and search for its rival warship.
• Togou began preparing the operation, while Lacus and Shanamia visited Xiao Ran’s office.
• Xiao Ran told Lacus and Shanamia that he planned to resolve the Ironclad Dragon and Ou Fan, then establish a New Government within three months before leaving, though he might return.

Xiao Ran told Lacus he would return with an army to protect Earth from threats including the Infinite Empire and Glatters, while bringing researchers to study the world’s technology. After Nai Pa and Yizi revealed intelligence about Ironclad Dragon and Ou Fan, Xiao Ran assigned them to help launch operations against those forces.

• Xiao Ran assured Lacus that he could return to this world with an army, and explained that his forces would protect Earth rather than occupy it.
• Lacus asked whether Earth still faced dangers, and Xiao Ran identified the Infinite Empire and Glatters as threats while mentioning his interest in the Eight Trigrams Machines and Radam.
• Shanamia said she wanted to meet another version of herself, and Xiao Ran told her there would be a chance.
• Nai Pa and Yizi gave Xiao Ran and the Intelligence Department detailed information about Ironclad Dragon, Ou Fan, BP, and GC.
• Xiao Ran ordered the intelligence shared with the ground forces, ZAFT, and Orb, and told them to secure any discs they found.
• Xiao Ran assigned Nai Pa to accompany him against Ironclad Dragon and Yizi to guide the Apocalypse Independent Fleet toward Ou Fan and a similar ship.

Xiao Ran arrived at the Far East base with Master Asia, Nai Pa, Yizi, and Giant Whale, then ordered the allied forces to launch a full-scale assault on the Ironclad Dragons. The forces prepared to support his attack and contain any enemy escape attempts.

• Xiao Ran brought Master Asia, Nai Pa, Yizi, and Giant Whale down to the Far East base after confirming the Apocalypse had not yet departed.
• The allied forces and Apocalypse Fleet gathered to welcome Xiao Ran as Dawn Tactical Armor and Giant Whale landed.
• Xiao Ran praised Juyam for growing into an army commander and acknowledged the hard work of the ZAFT and Orb commanders.
• Xiao Ran ordered the forces to begin a full-scale attack against the Ironclad Dragons and assigned Todaka to support them and strike important targets.

Xiao Ran began a campaign against the Ironclad Dragon Empire after learning about its extensive traps and defenses, and piloted Dawn toward its base with Flying Eagle and Giant Whale. Nai Pa asked him to spare Emperor Youluo and preserve the Empire’s Technology Department, hoping to persuade the ruler to surrender.

• Free, ZAFT, and Orb deployed across the Far East and maintained a defensive stance to avoid losses from Ironclad Dragon’s hidden traps.
• Nai Pa briefed Xiao Ran and the commanders on the Empire’s traps, concealed defenses, and heavily fortified base.
• Xiao Ran ordered the coalition to prepare a battle plan and headed for the Ironclad Dragon base in Dawn with Flying Eagle and Giant Whale.
• Nai Pa revealed that Emperor Youluo was his lover and asked Xiao Ran to spare the ruler and allow time for him to negotiate a surrender.
• Nai Pa urged Xiao Ran to take over the Technology Department intact, and Xiao Ran agreed to consider bringing the Empire under his command.

Xiao Ran devastated the Ironclad Dragon base with a single saturation attack, then sent Nai Pa inside under GN Dragoon protection to negotiate with Emperor Youluo. He gave Nai Pa half an hour to return, threatening to kill everyone in the fortress if he did not.

• Xiao Ran asked Nai Pa whether he would be in danger entering the Ironclad Dragon base alone, then promised to provide protection.
• Xiao Ran sent the GN Dragoons through the enemy barrage to disable Ironclad Dragon units before striking the base with tens of thousands of beams.
• Xiao Ran destroyed the base's weapons and crippled its units, including the three Eight Trigrams Machines.
• Xiao Ran gave Nai Pa half an hour to return and promised to spare Emperor Youluo if Nai Pa came back alone.
• Nai Pa entered the fortress escorted by four GN Dragoons while Xiao Ran and his allies stood guard.

Nai Pa entered the Ironclad Dragon fortress and urged Emperor Youluo to surrender to Xiao Ran, warning that resistance would destroy their people. Emperor Youluo had yet to answer as Nai Pa pleaded for a future for them beyond their roles as ruler and consort.

• Nai Pa entered the fortress's main hall while Ironclad Dragon guards gathered around him and prepared ambushes.
• Emperor Youluo questioned Nai Pa about returning as a prisoner and bringing the machine outside with him.
• Nai Pa warned Emperor Youluo that Xiao Ran had already destroyed the fortress's defenses and that the Ironclad Dragons could not defeat him.
• Emperor Youluo realized Nai Pa had come to persuade her to surrender, and Nai Pa confirmed that surrender was their only chance of survival.
• Nai Pa said Xiao Ran could control their minds and revealed that Sky Zelema had vanished, then begged Emperor Youluo to choose a better life over pointless resistance.