Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran tested his new S-Class mecha against five allies, revealing its beam-deflection barrier and a new time-stop device. The test left him with a clearer sense of the barrier's limits and the mecha's capabilities.

• Yuzes accepted Shirakawa Shuu's warning and prepared to take Xiao Ran seriously, while Xiao Ran told the group to attack without holding back.
• Basak, Graham, Char, Yuzes, and Shirakawa Shuu attacked Xiao Ran from multiple directions, and the mecha's barrier deflected their beam fire.
• Char launched missiles and GN Dragoons, while Yuzes and Shirakawa Shuu fired powerful weapons; Xiao Ran's barrier deflected the attacks and revealed its defensive limits.
• Basak and Graham closed in for a coordinated melee strike, but Xiao Ran's mecha vanished before their attacks landed.
• Yuzes, Char, and Shirakawa Shuu saw Xiao Ran emerge from a black sphere after using the mecha's new, no-consumption Time Stop Device.

Xiao Ran tested the new mecha’s time-stop function, speed, and Ship-cutting Swords during a spar with Basak and Graham. The mecha overwhelmed Basak’s A-class unit, and Luo explained that its advanced materials and Space Containment Technology gave it a generational advantage.

• Xiao Ran tested the mecha’s time-stop device over a short distance and easily evaded Basak and Graham’s attacks.
• Xiao Ran drew two multifunctional Ship-cutting Swords and charged at Basak and Graham’s remotely controlled mecha.
• Xiao Ran’s mecha reached extraordinary speed and struck Basak’s mecha, sending it flying and bending its Ship-cutting Sword.
• Xiao Ran asked Luo why the collision had damaged Basak’s weapon, and Luo explained that the new mecha’s materials, Zifield Crystal, and Space Containment Technology gave it a generational edge.

Xiao Ran ended the sparring test after demonstrating the overwhelming gap between his new machine and the others, then tested its Solar Furnaces and energy backpack. The machine exceeded expectations, but Xiao Ran concluded that it still needed a concept-level weapon to face a Native Species BOSS head-on.

• Xiao Ran, Char, Yuzes, and Shirakawa Shuu agreed to stop the sparring because continuing risked excessive damage and the test had little value.
• Xiao Ran synchronized eight Solar Furnaces in his normal state, spreading GN Particles across a vast area and forming a large ring behind the machine.
• Luo calculated that the Solar Furnaces and energy backpack performed better than expected, while Xiao Ran estimated that Quantum Assimilation might let him control all sixteen furnaces.
• Xiao Ran shut down the machine's systems and said it still lacked a concept-level weapon suited to confronting a Native Species BOSS.

Xiao Ran and the researchers discussed Rule-class weapons for his new unit, including plans to upgrade its Black Hole Cannon and investigate time and spatial weapons. After testing ended, Xiao Ran left the technical team to continue researching the weapons.

• Luo explained that Rule-class weapons could bypass ordinary defenses or affect physical laws, and listed the MACORSS Cannon, Black Hole Cannon, Dimension Devourer, and MDE warheads as examples.
• Shirakawa Shuu proposed upgrading the Black Hole Cannon to Gransam's Retraction Cannon and developing spatial and time weapons, while Xiao Ran insisted the Time Flow Engine had to be made safe.
• Luo identified the Quantum Field as a true concept-class weapon, but Xiao Ran acknowledged he could access only a fraction of its power.
• Xiao Ran ordered continued research into Gedim's Spatial Rift weapon and replacement of his Black Hole Cannon with the Retraction Cannon, while Luo suggested adapting the Dimension Devourer for cannon use.
• Xiao Ran ended the test and returned his unit to the module, leaving Luo, Yuzes, Shirakawa Shuu, and the other researchers to work on Rule-class weapons.

Xiao Ran approved replacing Naza’s underpowered S-class mecha and planned for the Burning Legion to prepare mecha foundations for future S-Class Pilots. Half a month later, his completed mecha was named Infinite Divine Authority, and he asked Luo to work on Naza’s replacement as well.

• Xiao Ran agreed that Naza should replace her mecha after recognizing that its forced upgrade from A-class left it far weaker than a purpose-built S-class machine.
• Xiao Ran told Naza to discuss her new mecha’s requirements with Luo and considered beginning basic preparations for the Legion’s future S-Class Pilots.
• Half a month later, Xiao Ran returned to the research module and saw that Luo had completed the mecha and its redesigned weapons.
• Xiao Ran and Luo settled on the name Infinite Divine Authority after considering several alternatives.
• Xiao Ran asked Luo to handle Naza’s mecha while he rested, and Luo reacted with confusion.

Xiao Ran and Luo discussed preparing S-class mecha for the Legion and redesigning Xiao Ran’s mecha backpack. They agreed to use the Yinglong King as an independent, combinable Super Robot backpack and rename the mecha Dragon God.

• Xiao Ran urged Luo to plan ahead for building S-class mecha as more Legion members advanced, and Luo agreed to prepare shared design frameworks.
• Luo proposed either building a new transformable Combat Robot backpack or adapting one of the Super Robots from the OG World.
• Luo explained that a Super Robot could suit Xiao Ran’s psychokinesis and grow stronger over time, though choosing one would require rebuilding the Tactical Armor.
• Xiao Ran agreed to use a Super Robot as his backpack and chose the Yinglong King.
• Xiao Ran renamed the mecha Dragon God.

Xiao Ran integrated Yinglong King with the Dragon God Mecha and spent six months strengthening his position while the factions purged the Restoration Organization. With PLANT and the Salf Alliance now backing him, Xiao Ran, Asaha, Patrick, Emperor Youluo, and the others gathered to address the Infinite Empire, Glatters, and Radam.

• Xiao Ran combined Yinglong King with the new unit and named the complete machine Dragon God Mecha, while Dawn became his reserve unit.
• Roland and the New Government purged the Restoration Organization’s supporters, a cleanup that took three months; Asaha stayed on as vice chairman after Xiao Ran persuaded him not to resign.
• Xiao Ran made frequent trips to Furi to inspect conditions and build support for turning it into his territory, while Kane remained stationed in the New Government.
• Lacus returned to the Moon, signaling PLANT’s official support for Xiao Ran, and Master Asia guaranteed the Salf Alliance’s support.
• Xiao Ran, Asaha, Patrick, Emperor Youluo, and the others gathered to deal with the Infinite Empire, Glatters, and Radam.

Xiao Ran convened the leaders of Free, PLANT, Orb, Ironclad Dragon, and the Salf Alliance to review their campaign against the Restoration Organization. El-Elf reported mass arrests and deaths, while the fate of the captured members remained unresolved.

• Xiao Ran opened the meeting by saying their joint campaign against the Restoration Organization had succeeded but needed to continue.
• Xiao Ran asked El-Elf to present the operation's results to the assembled leaders.
• El-Elf reported that over six months, more than 1.5 million Restoration Organization members had been captured and over 250,000 killed, while more than two million others remained implicated or under investigation.
• El-Elf said lightly involved members were being assessed for eventual release with tracking devices, while the punishment for deeply involved members, including former Blue Cosmos members, was undecided.
• El-Elf recommended eliminating deeply involved members or exiling them to space as laborers, warning that either option could cause further problems.

Xiao Ran and the other leaders debated what to do with the surrendered Restoration Organization, then agreed to unite against the Radam Civilization, Infinite Empire, and Glatters. The chapter ended with all five factions supporting the campaign.

• Asaha opposed executing the surrendered Restoration Organization members, while Patrick argued that keeping them alive was a security risk.
• Cruze proposed sparing repentant members and putting others to work, and Xiao Ran agreed to take the remaining prisoners to his world once the passage was complete.
• El-Elf discussed the Restoration Organization’s companies, bases, and assets, as well as the resettlement of the defeated Jupiter Alliance.
• Xiao Ran called for investigating and eliminating the Radam Civilization, Infinite Empire, and Glatters, citing the threat they posed to Earth.
• Master Asia and Emperor Youluo supported Xiao Ran’s proposal, and Patrick and Asaha also agreed.

Cagalli objected to Xiao Ran’s plan to start an interstellar war, but Asaha accepted that Orb could not afford to refuse the alliance. Xiao Ran outlined the war’s forces, technology sharing, and plans for dealing with the three enemy factions, and Patrick requested a year to prepare before the operation began.

• Cagalli protested Xiao Ran’s intention to involve Earth in a war, while Asaha concluded that Orb had to join the other factions.
• Xiao Ran said his legion would lead the fighting and offered the factions jump-capable mech and warship technology, along with other technologies for future expansion.
• Xiao Ran explained that Glatters could be attacked directly, while Radam and the Infinite Empire would require searches to locate them.
• Xiao Ran asked the factions to consider whether Glatters should be destroyed or integrated into the New Government and said he wanted the operation conducted cooperatively in Earth's name.
• Patrick asked for one year to absorb the results of the Restoration Organization effort and prepare for war.

Xiao Ran and the other factions agreed to spend a year preparing for war against Glatters, Radam, and the Infinite Empire, with Glatters ultimately becoming Earth’s colony. Xiao Ran shared selected technologies with local forces to secure their support, while the factions began sending people to assist Luo.

• Xiao Ran accepted Patrick’s proposed one-year timeframe so the factions could prepare for war and build forces capable of Space Jump.
• The factions agreed that Glatters would be conquered and integrated into Earth, with its people ideally living alongside Earth’s people as equals.
• After a day of negotiations over contributions and the division of gains, Xiao Ran invited Master Asia, Asaha, Patrick, and Emperor Youluo Lala to his wedding to Frie Princess and Shanamia.
• Xiao Ran declined supplies and compensation, telling Luo to look for local technologies worth studying while the factions built ships and replenished their forces.
• Xiao Ran directed Luo to share selected technologies with the factions, including phased-out warship designs and ordinary Space Jump Technology.

Xiao Ran explained to Lacus that marrying Shanamia would secure Frie’s support and give him legitimate control, though he could not yet reveal why the wedding had to happen soon. Lacus trusted him, and the wedding was set to take place within half a year, before the fleet formally deployed.

• After the meeting, Lacus privately asked Xiao Ran why he was going to marry Shanamia.
• Xiao Ran showed Lacus a poll indicating that only sixty percent of Frie’s civilians supported him, and explained that marrying Shanamia would strengthen his claim and serve Frie’s needs.
• Lacus questioned why Xiao Ran was rushing the marriage, and he said he had reasons he could not yet explain; she affirmed that she trusted him.
• Xiao Ran assured Lacus that he would not betray her trust and reminded her of his overwhelming military power and the superweapons he had entrusted to her and Shanamia.
• Xiao Ran and Lacus agreed that he was marrying Shanamia within half a year, before deployment, and Lacus admitted she felt upset about his marrying someone else.
• Lacus told Xiao Ran that Patrick and Asaha wanted to arrange Athrun and Cagalli’s marriage and had asked about the wedding date to avoid a conflict.

Xiao Ran coordinated technology sharing and marriage plans among his allies while dispersing the Burning Legion to investigate several hidden threats. The chapter left most of the Legion’s personnel deployed in search operations, with the Infinite Empire’s Earth infiltrators as Xiao Ran’s main target.

• Xiao Ran learned Orb and PLANT planned a marriage alliance between Cagalli and Athrun, and their wedding was set for roughly six months later.
• Orb, PLANT, Ironclad Dragon, and the Salf Alliance sent representatives to study the Burning Legion’s Space Jump technology, while Xiao Ran arranged other technology transfers for the latter two factions.
• Xiao Ran directed the Burning Legion to investigate Radam and Glatters, while allied forces secretly searched Earth for Infinite Empire infiltrators.
• The Burning Legion deployed two-thirds of its personnel, grouping search teams together and assigning experienced pilots to help keep them safe.

Xiao Ran visited Luo’s technical module to inspect the recovered Martian ruins and discuss research into Boson Technology, CC Crystals, and Radam Technology. The ruins remained difficult to analyze, while the team expected to create Iron Men within six months but still lagged behind in antimatter and matter applications.

• Xiao Ran visited the technical module with Luo, Yuzes, Shirakawa Shuu, Giliam, Ingram, and Renard to inspect the enormous artifact recovered from the Martian ruins.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that the artifact and the CC Crystals were major gains, but fully analyzing the artifact could take years and would require experts to interpret its data.
• Luo explained that the CC Crystals were abundant on Mars but could not be replenished, and that analyzing the artifact might reveal how to synthesize them.
• Xiao Ran told Luo to gather more intelligence about Mars and asked about progress on Radam Technology.
• Luo reported that the team expected to create Iron Men within six months, but their artificial Iron Men would be limited and they remained behind in antimatter and matter applications.

Xiao Ran discussed with Luo how long the Burning Legion would need to reproduce or adapt Radam Iron Man technology, then learned that the SRX team had encountered a powerful Radam tribe occupying a habitable planet. He decided to go deal with the threat himself and bring others along.

• Luo estimated that replicating Radam Iron Men would take ten years with current data, while adapting the Burning Legion’s technology could take three years, or much less with captured Radam and additional research materials.
• Xiao Ran agreed that the Burning Legion would eventually encounter and capture Radam, then urged Luo to rest after his exhausting workload.
• Saki Maski reported that the SRX team had found hundreds of B-class Iron Men, several A-class Iron Men, and many other Radam forces on a habitable planet, but had retreated without losses.
• Xiao Ran learned that SRX led the team and praised the squad’s rapid growth and ability to withdraw safely.
• Xiao Ran decided to make the trip himself and indicated that Yuzes and the others should accompany him.

Xiao Ran and Mwu assessed a Radam tribe that had occupied an entire planet and prepared to reinforce the reconnaissance teams while preserving the enemy for research. Xiao Ran and Mwu noticed something unusual about the Radam, but the chapter ended before they identified it.

• Saki Maski reported that the SRX Squad had found a massive Radam presence and had withdrawn after sending a Distress Signal.
• Luo prepared to depart with Yuzes, other pilots, and research teams to reinforce the reconnaissance squads and study Radam Technology, while Renard stayed behind.
• Xiao Ran went to the Burning Legion's bridge and learned from Mwu that two reconnaissance teams had converged near the planet but were continuing to scout cautiously.
• Xiao Ran and Mwu discussed the planet's Radam population, the value of studying a complete tribe, and the planet's information in the Star Map.
• After Mwu asked whether Xiao Ran had noticed anything wrong with the Radam tribe, Xiao Ran spotted something unusual in the recorded footage.

Xiao Ran and Mwu assessed the Radam forces and consulted Durandal about the possibility of S-class Iron Men, learning that any such units would likely be rare and defective. After ordering the discovery reported and warning against Iron Man conversions, Xiao Ran left to visit Frey and prepare for the upcoming wedding as the threat of the Infinite Empire drew nearer.

• Xiao Ran and Mwu noted that the Radam forces had no visible warships and might represent only part of the planet's strength, so Xiao Ran sent Naza to support the operation and warned Luo about possible S-class Iron Men.
• Xiao Ran contacted Durandal, who said true S-class Iron Men were extremely unlikely, though defective pseudo S-class units might exist, and that Radam technology could not reliably create them.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Salf Alliance and other parties to be informed about the Radam nest and Iron Man source-material conversion, warning the alliance to guard its top martial artists.
• Xiao Ran asked Mwu to report developments while Luo investigated the site, then left the Burning Legion to see Frey and check the wedding preparations.
• Xiao Ran agreed to call everyone back for the wedding and said they should prepare for unexpected incidents as the Infinite Empire drew closer.

Luo and the assembled pilots discussed how to destroy the Radam tribe while gathering intelligence and research material. After Vireta reported that the Radam force they had fought might only be a patrol, Zengar proposed forcing the planet to reveal its full strength once the Overlord arrived.

• Luo told the gathered squads that he would oversee research while they handled the fighting, and Yuzes proposed capturing a small Radam group for the Legion.
• Shirakawa Shuu and Giliam questioned whether the Radam could be controlled, but Shirakawa Shuu agreed it might be worth trying if Yuzes's proposal proved feasible.
• Ingram warned that the planet might hide powerful Iron Men and said Overlord Legion Leader Naza would soon arrive.
• Vireta reported that her squad had encountered the Radam immediately, withdrawn, and left reconnaissance aircraft to observe the planet.
• Vireta said more Ladam Beasts and Iron Men had emerged after her squad retreated, suggesting the force they fought was only a patrol.
• Zengar proposed investigating through a direct assault after the Overlord arrived.

Xiao Ran’s forces began a broadcast battle against the Radam to reveal their numbers and demonstrate the Burning Legion’s strength. After holding off the seemingly endless enemy forces, they saw a colossal Radam warship emerge from the planet.

• Xiao Ran ordered Orb, PLANT, Ironclad Dragon, and the Salf Alliance to watch the battle live.
• Naza led the A-Class Pilots in an attack on the Radam while the Burning Legion fleet fired missiles and beams.
• The Burning Legion’s outnumbered forces overwhelmed the Radam’s Iron Men and destroyed more than half of them without using their full strength.
• Radam reinforcements continued pouring into space from the planet, keeping the enemy force from visibly dwindling.
• Xiao Ran noticed a gigantic butterfly-shaped Radam warship emerge from the planet, surrounded by large insect-like vessels and more Iron Men.

Xiao Ran and his allies discovered that a Radam tribe had amassed over ten thousand biological warships and more than a hundred thousand Iron Men, forcing their outnumbered fleet to withdraw after a probing attack. He called for everyone to strengthen their forces and asked Lacus to coordinate with the other factions as they considered their next move.

• Lacus and Shanamia watched the vast Radam force appear on-screen, and Xiao Ran identified its ships as biological warships.
• Mwu ordered the frontline fleet to retreat, while Xiao Ran warned that the fleet was badly outnumbered and many A-class Iron Men could overwhelm its defenses.
• Naza and the other pilots cleared space around the fleet with powerful attacks, then the fleet launched a barrage and withdrew from the planet.
• Xiao Ran told Frei's knights that the battle had confirmed this was just one of many Radam tribes and urged them to improve their strength.
• Xiao Ran asked Mwu to send the battle records to the Apocalypse Unit and asked Lacus to consult the various factions; Lacus promised to accelerate PLANT and ZAFT's preparations.