Chapter Summaries

After the probing operation exposed Radam’s true strength, Earth’s powers united to strengthen their defenses, and Xiao Ran and Shanamia held their wedding at Frie. The celebration continued as Xiao Ran received world leaders and learned that a delegation from Glatters had arrived.

• The probing operation showed Earth’s powers that Radam was a major threat, and Xiao Ran used the broadcast to pressure them into cooperating.
• Orb, PLANT, and other powers spread information about Radam, prompting Earth’s factions to unite and build up their military strength.
• Orb, Ironclad Dragon, ZAFT, and the Salf Alliance sent personnel and troops to secure Xiao Ran and Shanamia’s wedding at Frie.
• Xiao Ran and Shanamia married before a worldwide audience, then received important figures at King Frie’s Palace.
• Saki Maski told Xiao Ran that a delegation from Glatters had arrived, and he ordered the guards to inspect them and let them through.

Xiao Ran received a Glatters delegation led by Vite Landis, who offered wedding blessings and gifts before proposing an alliance against Radam. Xiao Ran’s reaction suggested that someone in Earth’s upper ranks had leaked intelligence to Glatters.

• Nai Pa threatened Glatters, while Xiao Ran said he hoped its delegation would give Earth an excuse to attack.
• Xiao Ran and the other leaders left the wedding reception to meet the Glatters delegation in Frie Kingdom’s Council Hall.
• Vite Landis presented Glatters’s blessings and a wedding gift, and Xiao Ran challenged him to reveal the delegation’s real purpose.
• Vite proposed that Glatters, Xiao Ran, and Earth form a strategic partnership to fight the Radam tribes.
• Xiao Ran glanced at Patrick, Asaha, and the New Government officials, who realized his gesture implied someone among them had leaked intelligence to Glatters.

Xiao Ran negotiated with Vite over cooperation between Earth and Glatters against Radam, then proposed settling their technology exchange and command authority through a contest between their strongest warriors. Vite said he needed to report the proposal to his king, leaving the alliance undecided.

• Vite offered Glatters’s support against Radam and proposed exchanging technology with Earth.
• Xiao Ran rejected Glatters’s offer, but reconsidered when Vite described Glatters’s Space Distortion Device.
• Xiao Ran proposed listing both sides’ technologies and troop commitments, then deciding control through a contest between their strongest warriors, with the loser joining the victor.
• Vite said he would report Xiao Ran’s proposal to his king before answering.
• Xiao Ran assigned Orphan to host the Glatters delegation while they awaited a response.

Xiao Ran rejected Glatters' alliance offer and planned to defeat and absorb the empire while avoiding harm to its civilians. After the wedding raised his standing in Frie, Vite returned with Glatters' reply, and the chapter revealed that his mission was also to investigate the ancient Space Gate between Glatters and Earth.

• Xiao Ran told Lord Asaha that Glatters sought intelligence on Earth's strength and that its alliance offer was a pretext, so he ordered an investigation into its spies.
• Xiao Ran said Earth should prepare to defeat Glatters and find a new royal capital for the empire rather than destroy its people.
• The wedding proceeded smoothly, strengthening Frie's support for Xiao Ran, while Ofan kept the Glatters delegation under constant supervision.
• Vite returned several days later with Glatters' reply, as the empire sought to assess Xiao Ran's fleet and confirm whether Earth controlled the Space Gate ruins.

Xiao Ran pressed Glatters to choose between joining Earth's alliance and being treated as an enemy, then showed Vite footage of the Burning Legion fighting Radam. Vite learned that the Burning Legion had nearly secured a planet and gained an Iron Man army.

• Xiao Ran met Glatters envoy Vite in the Frie Kingdom's garden and asked for Glatters' answer to his proposal.
• Vite said Glatters wanted peace and closer cooperation against Radam, but Xiao Ran rejected cooperation between separately governed powers and demanded genuine integration into Earth's alliance.
• Xiao Ran warned that Glatters would remain a threat unless it joined Earth, leaving Vite to understand that Glatters had no real choice.
• Xiao Ran showed Vite footage of Naza, Zengar, and the Burning Legion crushing a Radam tribal fleet and fighting on a planet.
• The Burning Legion had brought the planet largely under its control and gained an Iron Man army, though Radam survivors remained.

The Burning Legion turned thousands of Radam-controlled Iron Men against Radam while holding back from wiping out the planet’s remaining forces to seek a way to save the transformed inhabitants. Xiao Ran then told Glatters envoy Witt that Earth could defeat Glatters and demanded that it either join Earth, fight a decisive battle, or face total war.

• Yuzes and the other powerful psionic users freed high-ranking Iron Men from Radam’s control, and more than thirty thousand joined the Burning Legion.
• The Burning Legion suppressed Radam on the planet but paused its campaign because many transformed inhabitants were still inactive and the defected Iron Men hoped they could be restored.
• The planet’s inhabitants came to regard the Burning Legion’s fighters as gods and Radam as demons after seeing Iron Men freed from control.
• After Xiao Ran showed Witt evidence of Earth’s strength against Radam, Witt realized Glatters could no longer use Radam as leverage to secure an alliance.
• Xiao Ran told Witt that Glatters must join Earth, gather its forces for a decisive battle, or face a full-scale war in which he would show no mercy.

Xiao Ran threatened Glatters with overwhelming force and gave Witt three days to secure the answer he wanted. After sensing that Witt was searching for a gate and ruins, Xiao Ran ordered Earth’s forces to locate an ancient Glatters teleportation gate before it could be used to threaten Earth.

• Xiao Ran ordered Mwu to assemble the Apocalypse Unit and other available pilots to attack Glatters if Witt refused his demand.
• Witt pleaded for time to contact his king, and Xiao Ran gave him three days to produce the result he wanted.
• Xiao Ran warned Witt not to let the Glatters delegation out of Earth’s sight and suspected they were searching for something.
• Xiao Ran sensed the words “Gate” and “Ruins” in Witt’s emotional response.
• Xiao Ran told Mwu to alert all sides and search for an ancient Glatters ruin that could be a quantum teleportation gate.

Glatters rejected Xiao Ran’s terms, and the Burning Legion swiftly conquered its imperial planet. Two years later, Xiao Ran convened the Legion’s senior leaders on Earth to hear departmental reports, beginning with Durandal’s announcement that the Gene Research Department had been renamed the Biological Gene Research Department.

• Glatters’s leadership mobilized its forces and ordered Witte to stall for time rather than accept Xiao Ran’s terms.
• On the fourth day, the Burning Legion fleet destroyed Glatters’s defenses and military bases, then brought its imperial planet to submission in less than ten hours.
• Two years after Glatters’s defeat, Xiao Ran gathered the Burning Legion’s core members and senior officials in Furi’s Council Hall for a progress meeting.
• Luo deferred the Technology Department’s report to Durandal, who announced that the Gene Research Department would now be called the Biological Gene Research Department.

Durandal reported that the Gene Department had resolved major hurdles in Iron Man modification and Bloodline Serum, and described its progress in developing Radam-based War Beasts. The chapter ended with Durandal assuring the gathered leaders that War Beasts would remain under absolute control and that large-scale testing had not yet begun.

• Durandal explained that the Gene Department had replicated Iron Man production technology and could now create Iron Men with the Technology Department and the Radam.
• Durandal announced that DG Cells had enabled a Bloodline Serum breakthrough, with a 100 percent success rate and no observed negative effects.
• Durandal outlined serum limits and ranks, explaining which bloodlines the department could produce and the risks of using serum beyond a person's endurance.
• Durandal said the department had modified Ladam Beasts with insectoid genes and renamed them War Beasts, while A-rank biological warships and weapons were nearing reality.
• Zengar reacted sharply to the prospect of growing a War Beast population from a single seed, and Durandal promised the creatures were controllable and could be destroyed instantly.

Luo described the Technology Department’s Iron Man advances, which could enhance users directly or equip them with wearable armor. He outlined three armor models and their capabilities, while Xiao Ran recognized them as supplementary protection rather than a replacement for Iron Man enhancement or mecha.

• Luo reported that the Technology Department could manufacture its own Iron Man and develop stronger, specialized versions using existing technologies.
• Luo explained that Iron Man Enhancement could raise an ordinary person to B-class, with rare users potentially reaching Pseudo A-Class and growing further.
• Luo described Iron Man Armor as wearable equipment whose effectiveness depended on the user’s physical qualities, and noted its size and overlap with existing mecha technology.
• Luo presented three armor models: a heavily armed combat type, a more agile type based on Radam technology, and a portable type with reduced firepower and defense.
• Xiao Ran understood that the armor served as supplementary equipment and safety gear, while genuine Iron Man Enhancement offered greater growth potential.

Xiao Ran heard updates on Iron Man technology, the Radam, and Glatters, learning that the legion had made substantial progress over two years. The chapter ended as Kane reported that the Infinite Empire might not be in this universe.

• Luo explained how Iron Man Armor could protect legion members and how Positron Materialization Technology could let mechas create Tactical Armor as needed.
• Xiao Ran praised the Gene and Technology Departments' work and told Luo to rest before full implementation began.
• Yuzes reported that the legion had eliminated eight Radam tribes, gained more than five hundred thousand defectors, and restored its captured planet's population.
• El-Elf reported that Glatters' nobles had been relocated and monitored, while the empire had become a kingdom within Earth's alliance.
• Kane told Xiao Ran that the investigation suggested the Infinite Empire might not be in this universe.

Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion prepared to confront the Infinite Empire, whose king ruled a hidden, attached dimension, while they finished subduing Radam and dismantling Glatters. Nearly three years after arriving, Xiao Ran and Naza stood ready to leap into the unknown dimension as the fleet prepared to follow through a passage opened by the GANDORU Cannon.

• Kane told Xiao Ran that the Infinite Empire occupied an attached dimension ruled by its king, and Luo said the Dimensional Leap System was their only known way to enter it.
• Xiao Ran ordered Luo to work with the Dankoku Institute to find and test a safer method, while the Legion finished dealing with Radam and Glatters before preparing to link Furry to its territories.
• The allied forces wiped out Radam's remaining clans, and the defectors became a race under the Burning Legion; Glatters was dismantled and placed under surveillance.
• Luo modified the Dragon God Mecha, and the Dankoku Institute proposed using the GANDORU Cannon to open a passage into the Infinite Empire's dimension.
• Nearly three years after arriving, Xiao Ran and Naza prepared to leap with stored coordinates as the fleet waited to follow them through the passage in one hour.

Xiao Ran and Naza entered the Infinite Empire’s universe and sensed the oppressive, unnatural presence surrounding them. They attacked the forces gathering on a dying planet, where Naza’s Crimson Lotus Knight cut through monstrous mecha and Xiao Ran’s Dragon God Mecha descended to the battlefield.

• Xiao Ran and Naza emerged from the dimensional passage into the Infinite Empire’s universe, where Xiao Ran sensed the Infinite Emperor’s presence and the world’s falseness.
• Xiao Ran identified a dark planet as the source of the surrounding disturbance and ordered Naza to eliminate threats before the main force arrived.
• Xiao Ran piloted the Dragon God Mecha toward the planet, and Naza followed in her Crimson Lotus Knight.
• Vengeful souls swarmed the two mecha as they entered the planet’s atmosphere, and Xiao Ran’s beams and energy ripple destroyed many of them.
• Naza charged ahead with her shield and lance, destroying hundreds of monstrous enemy mecha before Xiao Ran reached the ground.

Xiao Ran and Naza wiped out the mechanical monsters and concluded that their world was an unstable small dimension fused with the figure ahead. They reached a massive tower, where Naza attacked and a swarm of Spirit Energy Bodies emerged to confront them.

• The Crimson Lotus Knight and Dragon God Mecha annihilated the mechanical monsters in less than a minute.
• Naza and Xiao Ran sensed they were being watched and determined that the apparent universe was false and the dimension was unstable.
• Xiao Ran suggested that defeating the person fused with the world might make the dimension collapse.
• Xiao Ran and Naza flew to a massive tower surrounded by dark clouds and lightning.
• Naza fired at the tower, which answered with a bolt of lightning and released Spirit Energy Bodies toward both mechs.

Xiao Ran and Naza confronted the Infinite Emperor in its cosmic domain, where it restored its tower and revealed a weapon. Xiao Ran found the self-proclaimed god disappointingly weak, destroyed it with Mental Shock, and watched the space begin to collapse.

• The Infinite Emperor rose from the damaged tower, restored it, and threatened Xiao Ran and Naza.
• Xiao Ran stopped Naza from attacking and identified the Infinite Emperor and the weapon hidden in the tower.
• The Infinite Emperor summoned souls to fuel its cannon and proclaimed itself the endpoint of human evolution.
• Xiao Ran confronted the Infinite Emperor directly and annihilated it with Mental Shock.
• The cosmic domain began to twist and tremble, and Xiao Ran told Naza the mission had been simple because the Infinite Empire was easier to defeat than he expected.

After returning to Prometheus, Xiao Ran brought the Burning Legion back to the Mecha Wars J world and prepared to reveal his faction’s true scale to its leaders. A massive portal opened above the moon, and the Burning Legion’s enormous fleet began to emerge.

• The Burning Legion returned to Prometheus after completing its mission, and Xiao Ran confirmed the Mecha Wars J world as a Faction Territory.
• Xiao Ran visited Shanamia in the OG World, then returned to Mecha Wars J with several senior members of the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran reassured Master Asia, Afan, Kavina, and Shanamia that the Infinite Empire had been defeated and explained that some of his earlier statements had been concealed by restrictions.
• Xiao Ran invited Master Asia and leaders from Orb, PLANT, and Ironclad Dragon to see his world, while Master Asia agreed to learn more before deciding whether to join his faction.
• A huge portal appeared above the moon, and the Burning Legion’s warships, Variable Fighters, and MS began pouring into the Mecha Wars J world.

The Burning Legion's Main Force entered the world of Mecha Wars J, shifting the balance of power and deploying to secure key locations. Xiao Ran gathered representatives at King Frie's Palace for his first official meeting with them as the Burning Legion's BOSS.

• The Burning Legion's forces were divided between its mixed Main Force and the local garrisons, and the Main Force arrived in Mecha Wars J.
• The arrival of the much larger fleet made the factions across the Earth Sphere wary, while Xiao Ran's position shifted from allied leader toward ruler.
• The fleet split into three groups to aid the Radam refugees, suppress opposition in Glatters, and establish a Moon base and portal defenses.
• Representatives from Orb, PLANT, Ironclad Dragon, and the Salf Alliance gathered at King Frie's Palace after Xiao Ran summoned them.
• Xiao Ran entered the Council Hall and told the gathered representatives that he wanted to explain a few things in an informal meeting.

Xiao Ran explained the Burning Legion’s role and plans for a unified alliance, then brought Shanamia and Lacus to the OG World. There, the two Shanamias met and chose the names Aina and Mia to distinguish themselves.

• Xiao Ran assured the assembled leaders that he would not interfere in their internal affairs but said the alliance would need to recognize his side as its strongest member.
• Xiao Ran revealed that the Burning Legion controlled several worlds and briefly described the dangers found in them.
• Xiao Ran left the Mecha Wars J world with Shanamia and Lacus, leaving others to arrange a cross-world tour.
• At King Frie's Palace, the youthful Shanamia met the pregnant Shanamia from the OG World.
• The two Shanamias agreed that the older one could be called Aina and the younger one Mia.

Xiao Xia reunited with Da Xia, and the two Shanamias began talking with Xiao Ran about their family and Da Xia’s pregnancy. Lacus excused herself to explore the world, prompting Xiao Ran to worry she might visit the SEED World, but he decided to let her go.

• Xiao Xia and Da Xia greeted each other and discussed Da Xia’s healthy pregnancy, while Xiao Ran brought them together to talk.
• Lacus watched the family reunion and asked Xiao Ran to have Saki show her around.
• Xiao Xia told Lacus she was part of their family, but Lacus chose to give the Shanamias and Xiao Ran time together.
• Da Xia and Lacus compared their differences, and Lacus said she had received what the other Lacus wanted but never got.
• Lacus left to explore, and Xiao Ran worried she might visit the SEED World before deciding not to stop her.

Lacus met another Lacus Clyne in the garden and they compared their feelings, choices, and lives. After white-dressed Lacus questioned whether the other Lacus had chosen her path willingly, blue-dressed Lacus agreed to consider returning to see her father and pursue what she truly wanted.

• Lacus met the blue-dressed Lacus Clyne, and they greeted each other as identical versions of themselves.
• White-dressed Lacus told blue-dressed Lacus that she was unhappy because she had not gotten what she wanted.
• Blue-dressed Lacus said she was doing well, though she admitted she did not know how to face the people around her now that her feelings could no longer stay hidden.
• The two Lacuses discussed how Lacus had anticipated that he had entered a world they could not understand, and white-dressed Lacus described the effort it had taken to bring him there.
• White-dressed Lacus asked whether blue-dressed Lacus had made her past choice willingly or out of necessity, then suggested returning to see her father and pursue what she truly wanted.
• Blue-dressed Lacus said the suggestion interested her and offered to help, and the two Lacuses agreed to go.