Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran convened Orb, PLANT, Furi, the Salf Alliance, and Ironclad Dragon to discuss how to suppress the deeply infiltrated Restoration Organization without endangering innocent soldiers or plunging Earth into chaos. The meeting began with greetings and thanks, leaving the factions poised to work out a unified response.

• Xiao Ran assessed the Restoration Organization's widespread infiltration and the risks of attacking its strongholds, including innocent soldiers being used as hostages.
• Xiao Ran arranged a secure video conference through the Burning Legion, asking Zengar, Cruze, and Char to bring Orb, PLANT, and Ironclad Dragon leaders aboard a ship.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Burning Legion with Lacus, Shanamia, Furu, Master Asia, Domon, Fukamura Rin, and others to attend the meeting.
• Asaha, Cagalli, Zengar, Patrick, Siegel, Cruze, Char, and Nai Pa joined the conference as lifelike virtual projections.
• Xiao Ran exchanged greetings and thanks with Siegel, Patrick, Asaha, and Nai Pa, who offered Ironclad Dragon's assistance.

Xiao Ran convened Orb, PLANT, and Ironclad Dragon to discuss intelligence exposing the Restoration Organization’s infiltration and proposed a coordinated purge. He also asked Lord Asaha and Lord Patrick about rebuilding the Apocalypse Unit and declared his plans for Free’s role in the New Government and the wider threats beyond Earth.

• Xiao Ran shared Renard, Kane, and El-Elf’s intelligence reports with the meeting’s participants, revealing the Restoration Organization’s reach.
• Nai Pa pledged Ironclad Dragon and the Eight Trigrams Faction’s support in eliminating the Restoration Organization and punishing Kihara Masaki.
• Xiao Ran proposed a simultaneous operation within a week, with Orb, PLANT, Ironclad Dragon, Salf Alliance, Mithril, Ou Fan, and Amalgam providing personnel while the New Government Army stayed out of the plan.
• Patrick and Lord Asaha agreed to support the operation on behalf of PLANT and Orb.
• Xiao Ran outlined plans to seize compromised bases, arrest Restoration Organization leaders, and purge its influence from the New Government, while assigning himself the Jupiter Alliance and the organization’s headquarters.
• Xiao Ran confronted Lord Asaha and Lord Patrick over the Apocalypse Unit’s losses and ZAFT’s backdoor, then declared that Free would join the New Government and help confront the Infinite Empire, Glatters, and Radam.

Xiao Ran proposed taking a leading role in the New Government and starting a war beyond the Earth Sphere, prompting Orb and PLANT’s leaders to question his intentions. He reassured them that he would not rule Earth, while Shanamia declared that Frey would join his command.

• Xiao Ran said he would lead the New Government in Frey’s name and use his fleet to initiate a war against other powers in the universe.
• Asaha and Siegel revealed that Orb and PLANT had rebuilt the Apocalypse Unit’s mecha and warships and could deliver them soon.
• Patrick questioned whether Frey would be a genuine member of Xiao Ran’s forces or merely a stepping stone for his takeover.
• Shanamia proposed that Frey join Xiao Ran’s command while retaining its existing New Government council seats.
• Xiao Ran promised that he would give up the Speaker position, respect Earth’s existing powers, and seek greater cooperation rather than rule.

After the meeting, Xiao Ran organized preparations to destroy the Restoration Organization and addressed concerns about his forces entering Earth’s world. Master Asia agreed to support him in defending Earth, while Lacus returned to PLANT to persuade her father to trust him.

• Asaha, Siegel, and Patrick considered sending troops against Glatters, the Infinite Empire, and Radam, but remained uncertain about allowing Xiao Ran’s forces to establish themselves on Earth.
• Xiao Ran tasked Kane, El-Elf, and Renard with gathering intelligence and planning a decisive strike against the Restoration Organization, while ordering Naza to subdue the Jupiter Alliance.
• Master Asia offered the Salf Alliance’s support against the Restoration Organization and other threats, but asked Xiao Ran to honor his promises not to interfere in Earth’s affairs.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that he would establish a passage between worlds and promised to act as Earth’s collaborator rather than an invader.
• Lacus announced she would return to PLANT to talk with her father, then asked whether Xiao Ran’s cherished interests included her and Shanamia; Xiao Ran said they did.

Xiao Ran welcomed the reunited Apocalypse Unit and asked its members to prepare to defend Earth against a new crisis. He then exposed four suspected traitors, whose presence sparked fury among the gathered crew.

• Lacus left the Moon Base, and Xiao Ran sent the Eshe Squad to escort her back to PLANT.
• El-Elf gave Xiao Ran a list naming four confirmed traitors in the Apocalypse Unit.
• Xiao Ran gathered the entire Apocalypse Unit at the Moon Base and welcomed its members back.
• Xiao Ran called out the four suspects and asked why they had betrayed the unit; two collapsed, the woman began sobbing, and angry crew members rushed toward them.

Xiao Ran punished the four traitors and addressed the shaken Apocalypse Unit, announcing its reorganization and a joint operation against the Restoration Organization. After explaining the threat to the pilots, he prepared them to attack confirmed enemies, even those wearing New Government Army uniforms.

• Xiao Ran ordered the Gendarmerie to take away the four traitors for punishment and urged the Apocalypse Unit to stand together through hardship.
• Xiao Ran announced that a new Apocalypse and its machines would arrive at the Moon Base within three days, and revealed that a joint mission would concern Earth's future.
• Xiao Ran ordered commanders and combat group members to attend a meeting, where he greeted Katia, Tinia, Melua, Sting, and Orr.
• Xiao Ran explained the Restoration Organization and told the pilots to suppress its bases and strongholds on Earth.
• Xiao Ran warned the pilots to show no mercy to anyone confirmed as an enemy, even if they wore a New Government Army uniform and piloted one of its machines.

Xiao Ran settled the Apocalypse Unit’s preparations against the Restoration Organization and caught up with the children he had been away from. He visited Shanamia in Frie and told her he would have more time now that others were handling the remaining work.

• Xiao Ran briefed the Apocalypse Unit’s commanders and combat group on the Restoration Organization and the broad plans ahead, leaving Todaka to handle the unit’s affairs.
• Xiao Ran learned that Katia, Melua, and Tinia had served in Orb, while Auel and Sting lived with the Klein family in PLANT and Stella was doing well there.
• Xiao Ran went to Frie to see Shanamia, who explained that she had returned from Moon Base because she felt out of place there and did not want to distract him.
• Xiao Ran told Shanamia that he had arranged for others to handle his remaining duties and would have plenty of time from then on.

Xiao Ran reassured Shanamia that the Restoration Organization posed little threat and discussed her work helping Furi settle on Earth. He asked her to leave Furi’s leadership to Fulu and Ofan and join him in the other world, then confirmed that she sincerely wanted to entrust Furi to his forces.

• Shanamia asked whether ignoring the Restoration Organization would cause problems, and Xiao Ran said his people could handle it without his intervention.
• Shanamia described her work helping Furi’s citizens relocate and integrate with Earth, and Xiao Ran praised her efforts.
• Xiao Ran proposed that Fulu and Ofan manage Furi while Shanamia accompanied him to the other world, and she agreed that she wanted to see her counterpart there.
• Xiao Ran explained that he needed to establish a passage between the worlds before they were forced to leave, and Shanamia urged him to prepare whatever was necessary.
• Xiao Ran asked whether Shanamia still intended to merge Furi into his forces, and she confirmed that she trusted him to lead Furi and wanted to entrust it to him.

Xiao Ran explained why he intended to keep Shanamia and this world's Lacus close while making the world a Faction Territory, citing its technologies, people, and value to the Burning Legion. He asked Shanamia to accept him as Frie's prince consort and agreed that their future wedding would also bind Frie to his ship.

• Xiao Ran reflected on his feelings for Shanamia and Lacus and on the technologies and people that made this world valuable to the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran told Shanamia that she could only remain by his side and asked if she would let him become Frie's prince consort when the time was right.
• Shanamia softly accepted Xiao Ran's proposal, and he asked her permission to take a greater role in Frie's affairs.
• Shanamia told Xiao Ran that Frie was theirs and supported his taking charge of its affairs.
• Xiao Ran proposed holding a wedding when the opportunity came, explaining that it would confirm their relationship and bind Frie to his ship, and Shanamia gladly agreed.

After returning to the Burning Legion, Xiao Ran discussed taking control of Free with Mwu and Sheryl. He planned to earn the people’s support by offering advanced genetic adjustments for their children as a welfare benefit, while leaving Free’s people a choice.

• Xiao Ran told Mwu that Shanamia supported his plan to take control of Free, but that winning its people’s acceptance mattered most.
• Mwu asked whether Free had enough people to meet the requirements for a Faction Territory, and Xiao Ran believed its population was sufficient.
• Xiao Ran proposed introducing the Burning Legion’s advanced genetic technologies to Free to increase public support.
• Mwu warned that offering genetic adjustments could have a major impact, and Xiao Ran decided to make the technologies available as a welfare benefit rather than a profit incentive.

Xiao Ran announced his marriage to Shanamia and assumed Free’s leadership in name and practice. He ordered Free citizens to voluntarily suspend pregnancies as his forces prepared to offer newborns perfect adjustment technology and an Immortal Body.

• Sheryl teased Xiao Ran about bringing Shanamia into his household, then accepted the situation and joked about Tessa.
• Xiao Ran returned to Free and addressed its council, where its leaders and knights gathered beside Shanamia’s throne.
• Xiao Ran announced that he and Shanamia would marry after the Restoration Organization was eliminated, and called for stronger security across Free’s territories.
• Shanamia declared that Xiao Ran would become Free’s true king and take charge of all its affairs, and the gathered officials pledged their loyalty to him.
• Xiao Ran ordered Free citizens to voluntarily suspend pregnancies and announced that newborns could receive perfect adjustment technology and an Immortal Body.

Xiao Ran promised Frie’s leaders and their families longevity treatments and genetic adjustments for newborns, then ordered a census and the founding of a military academy. After the council left, he told Shanamia that the benefits would help secure Frie’s loyalty and would remain limited by resources and contribution.

• Xiao Ran explained that Immortal Bodies were possible through advanced technology and promised annual longevity medicine and genetic adjustments for Frie’s people.
• Xiao Ran ordered Frie to address newborn genetic adjustments, survey public support for him, and establish a military academy.
• Xiao Ran instructed Frie’s leaders to report all matters directly to him.
• After the council dispersed, Xiao Ran told Shanamia that the treatments were not widely implemented in his territory and that resource scarcity required limits.
• Xiao Ran explained that Frie’s benefits would encourage its people to accept him, but Immortal Bodies would be meaningless for those without ability or contributions to activate them.

Xiao Ran made Vri a testing ground for Demon Envoy gene adjustments, while Durandal clarified the technology’s limits and promised a lifespan of about five hundred years rather than true immortality. After Xiao Ran approved a plan targeting the Restoration Organization, the story left Kihara Masaki and his organization facing a major operation.

• Xiao Ran offered Vri’s core personnel access to Demon Envoy gene adjustments in exchange for contributions, while keeping the technology restricted and using Vri as a testing ground.
• Durandal guided Vri’s visitors through the Gene Research Module and explained that the adjustments could provide a lifespan of around five hundred years, not true immortality.
• The Vri personnel left satisfied, with their core members set to receive longevity drugs starting that year.
• Durandal told Xiao Ran he would modify the gene-adjustment technology to match the limits he had described to Vri, and Xiao Ran shared his reasons for using the isolated world as a test site.
• A joint plan targeting the Restoration Organization was presented to Xiao Ran, and he signed it after reviewing it.

Char and Kane led a coordinated assault that dismantled the Restoration Organization across Earth, while Zengar and the Eight Trigrams Faction confronted its forces at headquarters. Zengar destroyed a powerful new Zel Duma and killed Kihara Masaki, leaving the Restoration Organization's resistance crushed.

• Char coordinated the Burning Legion and allied forces as they launched surprise attacks on the Restoration Organization's bases.
• Kane's people occupied the New Government headquarters, while Mithril, Amalgam, and other teams arrested members and supporters of the Restoration Organization.
• The Burning Legion suppressed every Restoration Organization base within half an hour, aided by infiltrators who identified its members.
• Zengar, Giliam, Amuro, and others suppressed the Restoration Organization headquarters as the Eight Trigrams Faction fought its forces.
• A new Zel Duma overwhelmed the Eight Trigrams Faction, but Zengar split it apart with one sword strike and killed Kihara Masaki.

After the Restoration Organization was destroyed, Xiao Ran’s people absorbed its research and continued rebuilding the New Government. Durandal reported that modified biological DG Cells might become a neutralizer for bloodlines, though more research was needed.

• Xiao Ran told Char to watch for other Kihara Masaki clones after learning that Kihara Masaki had died.
• The New Government spent months purging the Restoration Organization and cleaning up its bases, while footage of Sanger killing Kihara Masaki made Sanger a popular public figure.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that the Technology Department had acquired the Restoration Organization’s research, learned how to make DG Cells, and started assembling Xiao Ran’s unit.
• Durandal reported that his Gene Department had weakened the Demon Envoy bloodline and added progressive genetic locks to limit newborns’ lifespans.
• Durandal explained that modified biological DG Cells might repair damaged cells without altering people’s fundamental nature, making them potential bloodline neutralizers, and Xiao Ran urged him to confirm it.

Xiao Ran learned that Durandal planned to investigate whether biological DG Cells could neutralize Bloodline Serum, then visited Luo to inspect the design of his new mecha. The mecha had surpassed Dawn in the Burning Legion’s current technology, and Luo revealed it was just over forty-eight meters tall.

• Durandal explained that modified biological DG Cells retained self-recovery, fusion, and transformation abilities while their dangerous traits had been greatly weakened.
• Durandal planned to begin research on using biological DG Cells against Bloodline Serum after completing his analysis of Radam Iron Man technology.
• Xiao Ran visited Luo, who showed him a black mecha designed by Luo, Yuzes, and Shirakawa Shuu.
• Luo explained that the mecha incorporated psychokinesis systems, could use elemental energy, and had room for future equipment upgrades.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that the mecha used Space Containment Technology and stood a little over forty-eight meters tall.

Luo introduced Xiao Ran to a new mecha equipped with advanced armor, Solar Furnaces, Zifield Crystals, powerful engines, and weapons derived from Gedim technology. The mecha could potentially perform Dimensional Leaps, and Xiao Ran was left stunned when Luo revealed he had dismantled the S-class mecha X.

• Luo explained that the new mecha had Beam Deflection Armor and space-compressed equipment, and Xiao Ran ordered all sixteen Solar Furnaces installed.
• Luo described the mecha’s Zifield Crystals, which could repair and evolve it after they assimilated with its structure, a process Yuzes was overseeing.
• Luo said the improved Quantum Fluctuation Engines could produce several times Dawn’s output, with ports reserved for future upgrades.
• Luo revealed that the mecha carried a battleship-level MACORSS Cannon and a Spatial Rupture Cannon based on technology taken from Gedim.
• Luo said Gedim’s technology had been fully absorbed, giving the mecha the potential to perform Dimensional Leaps, and then revealed that he had dismantled X.
• Xiao Ran stared at Luo in shock after learning that he had dismantled the powerful S-class mecha.

Xiao Ran learned from Luo about X’s advanced systems and the parts transferred to the new mecha. The new machine gained X’s complete Energy System and Moonlight Disk, while its Dimensional Leap System remained risky outside worlds with confirmed parallel dimensions.

• Xiao Ran asked Luo which parts of X he planned to install in the new mecha, and Luo described X’s advanced energy use, Nanoparticle Armor, and Moonlight Disk System.
• Luo said X’s technology could not be replicated because of its protections, though he had moved its usable components to the new mecha and stored others in the Technology Department.
• Xiao Ran speculated that humans who left the Solar System after the UC Era had created X much later, and Luo agreed to review the mission data.
• Luo explained that the new mecha had four energy systems and could use X’s Moonlight Disk at full power without interfering with attacks such as the Black Hole Cannon.
• Luo warned Xiao Ran that the Dimensional Leap System worked normally in worlds with confirmed parallel worlds but could leave him lost in conventional worlds.

Xiao Ran approved Luo’s design for the Burning Legion’s first S-class mecha, Apex, and waited while it was assembled. When Luo unveiled the completed machine, Xiao Ran saw that its armor had been altered from the virtual projection, and the mecha’s true name still awaited his choice.

• Xiao Ran approved adding the Moonlight Disk system and accepted Luo’s proposed design, including Moonlight Butterfly, Wings of Light, a time-stop device, and two backpacks.
• Luo explained that the systems would operate independently and said the physical combat-robot backpack would be designed after assembly.
• Xiao Ran agreed to test the prototype and allow later modifications, and Luo began its assembly.
• During the following half month, Xiao Ran handled affairs involving the Frie, the New Government, and the Restoration Organization, while visiting Shanamia and the Burning Legion.
• Luo summoned Xiao Ran and his companions to see the completed S-class mecha, codenamed Apex, whose actual name Xiao Ran had yet to choose.
• Xiao Ran noticed that Apex’s armor differed from the virtual projection and appeared sharper and more imposing.

Xiao Ran tested his brand-new unit against five remotely controlled A-class Pilots while Aiba Shinyo watched from nearby. Yuzes warned the others to avoid damaging the unit’s still-developing Zifield Crystal before the confrontation began.

• Xiao Ran boarded the new unit, completed its system startup with help from two Haros, and asked where his opponents were.
• Basak, Shirakawa Shuu, Yuzes, Char, and Graham entered remote-control cockpits to test Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran launched from the Moon with the five opponents following, while Aiba Shinyo trailed behind to watch.
• Xiao Ran agreed to let Aiba Shinyo observe and confirmed that remote control would have no delay at their distance.
• Basak prepared to charge, but Yuzes warned the group that damaging the unit’s Zifield Crystal could set its development back by three months.