Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran warned Nai Pa that an outside Mental Power was influencing Emperor Youluo and urged him to help her resist it. Emperor Youluo agreed to surrender and asked Xiao Ran to meet her alone, but when he appeared, her guards surrounded him.

• Xiao Ran sensed that someone had planted Mental Power in Emperor Youluo and warned Nai Pa that it could change her personality.
• Xiao Ran urged Nai Pa to use their love to stimulate Emperor Youluo, and Nai Pa kissed her until her inner struggle disappeared.
• Nai Pa told Emperor Youluo that Xiao Ran offered either full integration into Free or an Ironclad Dragon Kingdom with its scientific department and armed forces under restrictions.
• Emperor Youluo agreed to surrender and asked Xiao Ran to come alone, saying she would believe his warning if he had the courage to appear.
• Xiao Ran appeared beside Nai Pa and Emperor Youluo, and the guards rushed out to surround him.

Xiao Ran confronted Emperor Youluo and explained that Kihara Masaki’s lingering consciousness was influencing him, and that Emperor Youluo might be a clone created to serve as Kihara Masaki’s substitute. Emperor Youluo agreed to surrender Ironclad Dragon if Xiao Ran could remove the presence within him, and Xiao Ran promised he could become a true king.

• Xiao Ran teleported into the hall, surprising Emperor Youluo, Nai Pa, and the ambushing soldiers.
• Xiao Ran questioned Emperor Youluo about Himuro Miku, Sky Zelema’s Dimensional Connection System, and whether Emperor Youluo could truly pilot the machine.
• Xiao Ran revealed that Kihara Masaki had created Himuro Miku to assist Zel Duma’s intended pilot, Akitsu Masato, and said Zel Duma had been destroyed after Akitsu vanished.
• Emperor Youluo recognized that another consciousness was provoking his anger and accepted that he might be a clone influenced by Kihara Masaki.
• Emperor Youluo offered to lead Ironclad Dragon in surrendering if Xiao Ran treated him and allowed them to establish a kingdom, and Xiao Ran agreed.

Xiao Ran persuaded Emperor Youluo to surrender and began a Mental Link to investigate the influence Kihara Masaki had planted in her mind. The link revealed a chilling Mental Seed, and Xiao Ran ordered Flying Eagle to bring him the pilot of the middle Eight Trigrams Machine.

• Xiao Ran considered binding Kihara Masaki to the Burning Legion rather than allowing him to revive unchecked.
• Emperor Youluo agreed to surrender after seeing the Ironclad Dragon’s defenses destroyed and learning Kihara Masaki might have influenced her heart.
• Emperor Youluo and her followers left the fortress and saw the robots Xiao Ran had destroyed.
• Xiao Ran began a Mental Link with Emperor Youluo, transporting them into a white mental space while Nai Pa held her real body.
• Xiao Ran sensed a chilling Mental Seed in Emperor Youluo’s mind and ordered Flying Eagle to bring him the pilot of the middle Eight Trigrams Machine.

Xiao Ran removed the influence affecting Emperor Youluo and exposed Sai Wo as Kihara Masaki’s planted clone among the Eight Trigrams Faction. After Nai Pa killed Sai Wo, Emperor Youluo ordered the Ironclad Dragon Empire to surrender, and Xiao Ran outlined terms for its takeover and future role.

• Feiying tore open the damaged golden machine and brought the unconscious Sai Wo to Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran identified a dark presence influencing Emperor Youluo and brought Sai Wo into the Mental Communication Space to investigate.
• Emperor Youluo regained awareness, freed from the foreign influence, and Xiao Ran identified Sai Wo as a Kihara Masaki clone tied to her Mental Seed.
• Nai Pa shot Sai Wo, killing him while he was unconscious.
• Emperor Youluo ordered the Ironclad Dragon Empire to surrender and await the Free ZAFT Allied Forces’ takeover.
• Xiao Ran promised protection for those who surrendered, restricted the Empire’s military and scientific capabilities, and told Nai Pa to stay and assist Emperor Youluo.

Xiao Ran secured Ironclad Dragon’s surrender and watched the Apocalypse Unit defeat Ou Fan without his help. Seeing how much the unit had grown, he left Earth’s remaining operations in its hands and headed into space.

• Xiao Ran left Ironclad Dragon after Emperor Youluo agreed to surrender, and the Far East Army began taking over its forces.
• Xiao Ran led the Apocalypse Unit toward the Pacific to deal with Ou Fan and the remaining threats on Earth.
• With Yizi’s guidance, the Apocalypse Unit defeated Ou Fan while Xiao Ran watched from the sidelines.
• Xiao Ran recognized that the Apocalypse Unit had become a mature fighting force capable of handling its mission without him.
• Xiao Ran left Todaka with orders to work with Ironclad Dragon’s Eight Trigrams Faction against the Mechanical Beast forces, then departed for space.

During January, Xiao Ran remained at Moon Base as Earth gradually stabilized, while the Apocalypse Unit fought the evolving Mechanical Beast Legion and lingering threats remained. The Ironclad Dragon Kingdom formally surrendered and agreed to support the campaign, as Earth’s powers prepared for future invasions and the Apocalypse Unit’s continued independence.

• Xiao Ran stayed at Moon Base and monitored Earth as Free, ZAFT, Orb, and their allies worked to stabilize the world after the war.
• Free and ZAFT’s Technicians confirmed that Ou Fan and the sentient BP units were a distinct form of life, while the military searched for Ou Fan’s missing warship.
• The Apocalypse Unit continued battling the rapidly evolving Mechanical Beast Legion, and Dankoku joined its ranks as Alien Beasts and Jupiter Lizard locusts still appeared on Earth.
• Xiao Ran noted that the Glatters Army had occupied Mars and that the Infinite Empire remained hidden, while Earth’s forces continued investigating both threats.
• Emperor Youluo and the Eight Trigrams Faction signed the Ironclad Dragon Kingdom’s surrender agreement, accepting Far Eastern territory and pledging support against the Mechanical Beast Legion.
• Xiao Ran examined the Eight Trigrams Faction for mental influence, while researchers worked to remove Himuro Miku’s Dimensional Connection System and seal it away.

Xiao Ran helped establish the New World Government, and Orb, ZAFT, and their leaders chose him as its first Speaker because only he could command the trust and respect of Earth’s factions. He accepted the position and asked Asaha to serve as Vice Speaker, leaving plans to deal with forces on Jupiter and Mars delayed while he focused on the new government.

• Xiao Ran used the unified government system from the SEED World as a model while nations negotiated the New World Government’s structure and military arrangements.
• The nations approved three-year rotations for troops serving under the World Government and four-year limits on holding its important positions.
• Orb and ZAFT supported Xiao Ran as the first Speaker instead of Asaha, surprising him.
• Asaha, Klein, and Patrick explained that Xiao Ran’s strength, prestige, and broad support made him the only suitable choice to unite Earth and establish the government’s authority.
• Xiao Ran accepted the Speakership and asked Asaha to become Vice Speaker.
• Xiao Ran postponed his plans to deal with the Jupiter Alliance and the Glatters Army so he could establish the New Government quickly.

Xiao Ran approved the Apocalypse Unit’s plan to attack Hell Island and investigate the Mechanical Beast Legion’s connection to the ancient Mycenaean civilization. After arranging for new mecha and leaving the Moon Base in Dawn, he headed to Hell Island alone to provoke Doctor Hell or Baron Ashura into revealing stronger enemies.

• Todaka told Xiao Ran that the Apocalypse Unit had located Hell Island and uncovered evidence linking the Mechanical Beast Legion to Mycenaean, and Xiao Ran approved the planned assault.
• Xiao Ran reviewed Todaka’s limited intelligence and asked Furu about the progress of the new A-class mecha, including Master Asia’s machine.
• Xiao Ran ordered Furu to speed up production, placed the Moon Base under Furu’s command during his absence, and told him to prepare Giga-Thine.
• Xiao Ran informed Lacus and Shanamia that he was going to Earth, then departed the Moon Base in Dawn for Hell Island ahead of the Apocalypse Unit.
• Xiao Ran planned to confront Doctor Hell or Baron Ashura alone and provoke them into summoning Hades or the Dark General.

Xiao Ran attacked Hell Island alone and confronted Doctor Hell, who awakened the giant King Gordon. Xiao Ran called on Baron Ashura to remember his identity and summon the Mycenaean Gods, and a painful scream answered as red lightning darkened the sky.

• Xiao Ran descended on Hell Island in the Dawn Tactical Armor and destroyed its defending Mechanical Beasts with beams, missiles, and GN Dragoons.
• Xiao Ran faced Doctor Hell atop the fortress and dismissed the surrounding Mechanical Beasts as no more than an amusement park.
• Doctor Hell summoned King Gordon, which emerged as a gigantic robot from the fortress.
• Xiao Ran called out to Baron Ashura, urging him to remember his identity and summon Hades and the Dark General.
• A scream of pain rang across Hell Island as dark clouds gathered and red lightning filled the sky.

Xiao Ran unleashed the Dawn Tactical Armor’s power across Hell Island and formed a gigantic crystal drill to attack King Gordon. As the Apocalypse, Nadeshiko, and Danner's Son hurried toward the island, King Gordon caught the descending drill and struggled to hold it back.

• Xiao Ran piloted the Dawn Tactical Armor skyward and spread GN Particles across Hell Island, filling the sky with beams of light.
• Meyrin detected two enormous energy signatures, and Todaka ordered the fleet to prepare for battle and rush toward Hell Island.
• Xiao Ran used Quantum Assimilation to destroy the Mook Unit mechanical beasts with beams formed from the GN Particles.
• Xiao Ran combined Ougang Energy, GN Particles, and his telekinesis into a gigantic crystal drill and drove it toward King Gordon.
• Doctor Hell ordered King Gordon to catch the drill, and the giant robot braced itself as the spinning drill forced its arms apart.

Xiao Ran used the Dawn Tactical Armor to overwhelm King Gordon, infiltrated its cockpit, and killed Doctor Hell before destroying the machine. After the blast flattened Hell Island, Xiao Ran turned his attention to the island’s untouched northern end.

• Xiao Ran maintained control of the clash as the Dawn Tactical Armor’s MDE Bombs and GN Dragoons breached King Gordon’s defenses and entered its body.
• Xiao Ran teleported beside Doctor Hell and vaporized him with a beam.
• With Doctor Hell gone, Xiao Ran drove the drill through King Gordon’s head and detonated it, destroying the machine and flattening Hell Island.
• A tsunami swept toward the approaching Apocalypse Unit, forcing Danner's Son to dive while Apocalypse and Nadeshiko launched their flight-capable units toward the island.
• After the smoke cleared, Xiao Ran looked toward the Apocalypse Unit, then turned his gaze to Hell Island’s untouched northern end.

Xiao Ran watched a death-dimension portal open and used the Quantum Field to repel and assimilate the spirits and emotions pouring from it. Hades and the Dark General emerged from the passage, becoming Xiao Ran’s true targets.

• Xiao Ran saw Mycenaean Gods gather around a magic circle, but waited for Hades or the Dark General to appear.
• The magic circle opened a passage into a dark dimension filled with the souls of the dead and their negative emotions.
• Xiao Ran used GN Particles as a medium for the Quantum Field’s power to repel and assimilate the spirits and emotions.
• Hades emerged from the passage, followed by the slightly weaker Dark General.
• Xiao Ran recognized Hades and the Dark General as the opponents he had been waiting for.

Xiao Ran attacked Hades and the Dark General with GN Particle beams and two MDE Bombs, then fired Tactical Armor Dawn’s fully charged cannon at Hell Island. He confirmed that the island and both gods had vanished, leaving a vast pit in the sea.

• Xiao Ran used GN Particle beams to destroy the newly resurrected Mycenaean Gods while Hades and the Dark General protected themselves.
• Xiao Ran fired two MDE Bombs at Hades and the Dark General, whose energy barriers and bodies were torn apart by the expanding black holes.
• Xiao Ran escaped Hell Island through the Quantum Field and charged Tactical Armor Dawn’s cannon with all its energy.
• Xiao Ran fired the cannon at Hell Island, vaporizing the sea and obliterating the island as a pillar of light pierced the sky.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that Hades and the Dark General had vanished from Earth as seawater rushed into the enormous pit.

After destroying Hell Island and the Mycenaean Gods, Xiao Ran left Earth for Mars to attack the Glatters Army and complete more missions. He arrived at Mars and located a nearby Glatters Army camp.

• The Apocalypse Unit's advance force found Hell Island gone, and Xiao Ran explained that black holes had destroyed it and eliminated Doctor Hell, the Mechanical Beast Legion, and the dimensional enemies.
• Xiao Ran warned the pilots to avoid the recovering Space Rampart, told them the mission would end after three quiet days, and flew into space.
• Xiao Ran saw that defeating five A-class mecha had completed his first mission and decided Glandon was no longer useful to him.
• Xiao Ran used a FOLD Jump toward Mars, while the Whale and Eagle followed him, intending to eliminate or drive off the Glatters Army before Quantum Assimilation ended.
• Xiao Ran emerged from the Jump Channel, descended toward Mars, and found the nearest Glatters Army camp.

Xiao Ran arrived at Mars and found the Glatters Army had built a massive military base there. He charged into its defenses in the Dawn Tactical Armor, and the attack left the Glatters forces scrambling as he closed on their formation.

• Xiao Ran entered Mars's orbit and spotted a Glatters Army base with numerous warships and patrol units.
• The Glatters Army recognized the Dawn Tactical Armor and activated the base's defenses, sending warships and SPTs to intercept it.
• Xiao Ran drove the Dawn Tactical Armor through the barrage, relying on its speed, GN Shield, and psychokinesis Barrier to withstand the attacks.
• Xiao Ran fired the Dawn Tactical Armor's cannons at Glatters warships, destroying two and sending wreckage crashing toward the base.
• The Glatters Army scattered its warships and sent SPTs after Xiao Ran, but he accelerated across the distance and reached the front of their formation.

Xiao Ran crippled the Glatters Army base on Mars and gave Glatters three days to surrender, withdraw, and pay compensation or face war. Flying Eagle recovered the coordinates of Glatters territory, which could be reached in one day, as Xiao Ran awaited their response.

• Xiao Ran used splitting attacks to disable the Glatters Army's SPTs, warships, and base turrets while sparing the SPT cockpits.
• Xiao Ran broadcast an ultimatum demanding that Glatters withdraw from the Solar System, surrender, and compensate Earth within three days.
• The Great Whale and Flying Eagle arrived after Xiao Ran had finished the battle, and he decided not to destroy every Glatters force on Mars to avoid provoking a larger war.
• Flying Eagle infiltrated a Glatters warship's control systems and found coordinates that put Glatters territory one day's travel away.
• Xiao Ran warned that he would act against Glatters if its answer within three days did not satisfy him.

After threatening the Glatters Army on Mars, Xiao Ran returned to the Moon Base and ordered Glaton’s execution while recovering from Quantum Assimilation. He woke the next day to find Lacus keeping watch beside him.

• Xiao Ran left Mars after demonstrating his strength to the Glatters Army, then learned from Eagle that they could not reach Glatters territory within a day with their current ships.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Moon Base, released Quantum Assimilation, and told Lacus to have PLANT execute Glaton.
• Xiao Ran sent Eagle to supervise Glaton’s execution and ensure it happened.
• Xiao Ran slept for nearly a day, then woke to find Lacus beside his bed; she explained that she and Shanamia had taken turns watching over him.

Xiao Ran told Lacus he would leave after Earth’s New Government and military were stabilized, and explained why Glaton had to be killed. When Glatters Army’s surrender arrived, Xiao Ran’s planned assault on Mars was called off.

• Lacus clasped Xiao Ran’s hand and asked whether he planned to leave once Earth’s threat was eliminated, and Xiao Ran promised to return after the New Government was established and Earth stabilized.
• Xiao Ran told Lacus that PLANT had executed Glaton and explained that Glaton’s survival could destabilize Free, Ironclad Dragon, and Earth.
• Xiao Ran revealed that he had suppressed a Glatters Army base on Mars and warned that he would destroy Glatters’s Royal Family and military if its forces refused to surrender.
• After the three-day deadline arrived, the Apocalypse Fleet prepared to depart for Mars while Xiao Ran stayed on Earth to help establish the New Government.
• Glatters Army requested a ceasefire and sent a surrender letter to Xiao Ran, abandoning his planned campaign after fearing Earth’s Space Leap Technology and Xiao Ran’s power.

Xiao Ran left Glatters’s surrender negotiations and ceremony arrangements to Asaha, who insisted Earth control the proceedings and keep the envoy away from Xiao Ran without strict security. Xiao Ran and the delegation settled a dispute over surrendering Glatters’s war leaders by agreeing to negotiate greater compensation instead, while Glatters’s forces began withdrawing from Mars ahead of the formal ceremony.

• Asaha refused the Glatters envoy’s demand to personally deliver the surrender letter to Xiao Ran and required Earth to control the ceremony and its security arrangements.
• Xiao Ran met the Glatters delegation leader for about an hour to discuss compensation, surrender timing, and ceremony arrangements.
• The delegation leader rejected Xiao Ran’s demand that Glatters hand over those responsible for the invasion, offering greater compensation instead.
• Xiao Ran accepted negotiating increased compensation rather than risk worsening relations or provoking another war.
• Glatters began withdrawing its Military Strength from Mars, while its delegation stayed on Earth pending the New Government’s establishment and the formal surrender ceremony.

After completing the mission and arranging Unified and Frie’s affairs, Xiao Ran prepared to leave the world for Prometheus. He chose Aiba Shinyo as a follower and woke in Prometheus surrounded by Aiba Shinyo and the others.

• Xiao Ran received promotion to S-class Pilot eligibility, an Ultimate Mission Card, and notice that Aiba Shinyo’s Side Mission was already complete.
• Xiao Ran completed the threats and mission requirements he could, but failed to defeat an S-class mecha in combat against Master Asia.
• Xiao Ran left most of Unified’s authority to Asaha and prepared Frie with weapons, machines, and new members.
• Xiao Ran eliminated the Jupiter Alliance’s ability to resist the Apocalypse Unit and concluded that Earth could handle the future invasions.
• Xiao Ran made Aiba Shinyo a follower and immediately returned to Prometheus with him.
• Xiao Ran woke beside Aiba Shinyo and saw Sheryl, Mwu, and the others waiting nearby.