Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran forced Bright to reveal Kamille's hiding place, then reunited Full Frontal with Char's soul and spirit, restoring Char. With Char preparing to command Zeon and Xiao Ran planning to overthrow the Federation, Xiao Ran moved to bring the Burning Legion into the conflict.

• Xiao Ran told Bright he could overthrow the Federation and demanded Kamille's location, and Bright revealed he was at Von Braun Lunar City's Central Hospital.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf to retrieve Kamille and had Cardias imprison Bright and the other Londo Bell members.
• Xiao Ran and Hades fused Full Frontal's spirit with Char's soul, restoring Char to his complete form.
• Char agreed to help overthrow the Federation, bring Zeon, Mars, and Jupiter under his command, and left the Moon to prepare for war.
• Char left Anaheim a large Sleeved Armband and Zeon order for mobile suits and weapons, and Xiao Ran summoned Yao to bring Mwu and the others to rendezvous.
• Xiao Ran decided the Burning Legion would enter the world openly and compel the remaining participants to choose a faction and begin their missions.

Xiao Ran used Anaheim’s public alliance with Zeon to draw hidden participants into the open and pressure the Federation. After Char announced New Zeon’s war, Xiao Ran declared Anaheim’s stance and unveiled the Burning Legion as a force offering sanctuary and protection to civilians.

• Mwu brought the Burning Legion to Anaheim, where Renard began using biological samples to create bodies for wandering souls.
• Anaheim announced Banagher and Minerva’s Marriage Alliance and invited representatives from the Federation, Zeon, and the colonies to their engagement ceremony in Von Braun.
• The Federation ordered the Moon Base to display its strength at Anaheim’s branch, but the base’s personnel ignored the command because they feared Xiao Ran.
• Char announced that the unrecognized Zeon government had fallen and declared the founding of New Zeon and war against the Federation; Anaheim proclaimed neutrality and proposed a neutral zone on the Moon.
• Xiao Ran said Anaheim would favor whichever side better protected civilians, offered sanctuary to people avoiding the war, and announced the formation of the Burning Legion.

Xiao Ran used Anaheim’s control of the Moon to build military strength, openly support Zeon, and draw other participants into Burning Legion. After Banagher and Minerva’s engagement ceremony ended without incident, Xiao Ran welcomed three newly arrived teams and prepared to put them to work.

• The Federation’s leaders argued for hours over Anaheim and Zeon but failed to decide how to respond to Xiao Ran’s moves.
• Xiao Ran ordered Anaheim’s lunar factories to mass-produce two types of mobile suits and gave Char ten modified units.
• Cardias prepared for Banagher and Minerva’s engagement ceremony as visitors poured into Von Braun, while Char reasserted control of Zeon and contacted its remnants on Mars and Jupiter.
• Representatives from the Federation, Zeon, and the colonies attended Banagher and Minerva’s engagement ceremony, which ended peacefully and reinforced Anaheim’s public support for Zeon.
• After the ceremony, Xiao Ran met three teams that had answered his recruitment message, promised them protection within Anaheim, and ordered them to learn the situation and identify other participants.

Xiao Ran gathered representatives of the Federation, Zeon, the colonies, and major corporations to reveal the Box of Laplace and the Federation’s concealed constitution. After demonstrating his Newtype abilities, he proposed replacing the current government with a unified Union and asked who would refuse to join.

• Xiao Ran kept the visiting representatives in Von Braun while Char and New Zeon captured another Federation stronghold in space and officially began their war.
• Xiao Ran assembled the Earth Sphere’s delegates and unveiled the Box of Laplace, prompting a furious uproar.
• A Federal major general ordered the soldiers surrounding the hall to arrest and kill the attendees, but the soldiers ignored him, and Xiao Ran had him removed.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Box contained the Federation’s true constitution and accused the current government of suppressing space colonies and Newtypes.
• Xiao Ran used telekinesis to lift himself and the constitution, then described Newtypes and identified himself as a Pioneer.
• Xiao Ran proposed declaring the current Federation government illegal, dissolving its system, and establishing the Union, then asked who would refuse to join.

Xiao Ran announced plans to replace the Federation with a unified government, enticing and threatening representatives into backing him. As Char’s forces seized control of space and the Federation’s supporters abandoned it, the government collapsed politically, leaving Xiao Ran poised to establish the new order.

• Xiao Ran promised the colonies greater rights and autonomy, threatened opponents with war, and offered influential representatives life-extending technology in exchange for support.
• Cardias took over negotiations and received signed guarantees from representatives who pledged to support a new Unified Government.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Original Constitution and the representatives’ support made it unnecessary to weaken the Federation first, and said he would appoint the first leaders before elections could stabilize the new government.
• Federation officials learned that the Moon Base, major families, conglomerates, and even their own delegation had turned away from the Federation, while Char and Xiao Ran’s ace pilots took control of Federation space strongholds.
• Demonstrations of rejuvenation, rapid healing, and enhanced cellular activity spread among Earth Sphere elites, prompting more people to seek relocation to Von Braun.
• Federation officials and legislators publicly condemned their government and called for unification, causing the Federation to lose its political cohesion without a fight.

Xiao Ran announced a unification conference on the Moon as the Earth Federation teetered, then identified a participant team that had imprisoned rivals to delay their faction choice. He ordered a large-scale operation against them, while the Burning Legion prepared to gather its forces aboard its ship.

• Xiao Ran publicly announced the Humanity Unified Alliance and scheduled a unification conference in Von Braun one week later.
• A Federation faction captain weighed whether to defend the collapsing Federation or change sides, then ordered his team to negotiate with the imprisoned participants and planned to attend the conference.
• Xiao Ran and El-Elf identified the Federation team and connected it to a battle near Paris and the capture of another team.
• Xiao Ran ordered Char, Hades, Mwu, and their allies to prepare an assault to eliminate the team alongside the Federation’s fall.
• Xiao Ran told the slower allied teams to transfer to the Burning Legion under strict safeguards, and Mwu confirmed preparations were complete.

Xiao Ran led a massive force against the Federal capital, destroying the hidden participant team’s base before the mission system assigned him Anaheim’s objectives and strict civilian-protection limits. He halted the attack inside the city as a mecha rose from the ruined building and the opposing captain received a conflicting mission.

• Xiao Ran deployed more than forty mecha and numerous unmanned MAs from the Burning Legion and the Shadow Blade Legion’s battleship, then led them toward Earth.
• The Federation launched missiles and hundreds of Z-PLUS units and ReZELs; Xiao Ran’s Dragon God Mecha destroyed the missiles while Hana and the other pilots used MAs to shield the formation.
• The Federal participant captain recognized Xiao Ran’s force and feared that the attack would trap his team in the Federation faction, leaving him unsure whether to fight or flee.
• Xiao Ran located the participant team’s base using information from El-Elf and fired on the building, reducing it to rubble.
• The system assigned Xiao Ran three Anaheim missions and warned that civilian deaths or severe destruction would cause failure, so he ordered the fighting moved outside the city.
• A roughly twenty-meter mecha rose from the destroyed building as the Federal captain received a mission that directly opposed Xiao Ran’s.

After Xiao Ran’s mission restrictions trapped the opposing captain in an unwinnable position, the captain chose to fail the mission and leave rather than fight the Burning Legion. He devastated key sites in the capital as a parting gesture, then withdrew, while Xiao Ran returned to space and left Char and Bicchy to handle matters on Earth.

• The captain received Earth Federation missions and learned that harming civilians would cause forced failure, while his faction was locked and the Box of Laplace was in the Burning Legion’s hands.
• The captain concluded that his squad could not complete its missions or overcome the Burning Legion, and summoned his mecha to confront Xiao Ran.
• The captain admitted defeat over the open channel, then ordered his teammates to attack the capital building and other Federation strongholds, causing widespread civilian casualties.
• The captain and his team left the battlefield, and Xiao Ran decided not to pursue them because their mission had already failed.
• Xiao Ran handed responsibility on Earth to Char and Bicchy, then led his team and the Dragon God Mecha back into space.

After the Unification defeated the Federation, Xiao Ran reflected on how little challenge the mission had offered and asked Bicchy about S-class Pilots and their missions. Bicchy explained why S-class Pilots usually stayed behind the scenes, and Xiao Ran ended by asking how many S-class Pilots were in the Real Zone.

• The colonies formed the Unification, and its forces fought the Federation for three months before the conflict subsided.
• Xiao Ran stayed behind the scenes while Naluo, Zechs, El-Elf, Amuro, Lala Sin, and Kamille fought for the Unification.
• Xiao Ran considered the Burning Legion’s reputation and his boredom with the mission, then summoned Bicchy to discuss S-class Pilots.
• Bicchy explained that S-class Pilots often avoided direct conflict, while A-class teams usually pursued different missions and could carry their own threats.
• Bicchy said he took part in missions to escort weaker teammates and earn income, and Xiao Ran asked how many S-class Pilots were in the Real Zone.

Xiao Ran questioned Bicchy about the number of S-class Pilots and learned that becoming one required rare abilities and extensive development. After reflecting on the Burning Legion’s advantages, he trained Banagher until the mission ended and the Unified Council began reforms to unite Earth and space.

• Bicchy estimated that the Real Zone had at least two hundred active S-class Pilots and perhaps five or six hundred if hidden veterans were included, with top legions averaging five or six each.
• Bicchy explained that becoming a true S-class Pilot required developing bloodlines, abilities, skills, and personal strengths, not merely completing an advancement mission.
• After Bicchy left, Xiao Ran considered how the Burning Legion’s resources, courses, instructors, and evaluations made cultivating S-class Pilots easier than it was for other legions.
• Xiao Ran focused on training Banagher and planned to leave his future education to Char, Amuro, and Lala Sin.
• Six months later, the mission ended after resistance forces were eliminated and the Unified Council was formally established.
• The Unified Council introduced Academy Cities, exchanges between Earth and space, and free migration to reduce hostility and strengthen unity.

Xiao Ran welcomed the Burning Legion members back from their advancement missions and confirmed that every participant had succeeded, leaving the legion with an unprecedented number of S-class and Mythical-level Pilots. After reviewing their unusual mission reports and spending nearly all the legion’s Merit Points on their growth, he was contacted about a meeting with Bicchy and the person who had sent him a gift.

• Xiao Ran reunited with Cruze, Luo, Basak, and Graham, who all confirmed they had completed their missions and returned safely.
• The Burning Legion gathered at the Presidential Palace, where Xiao Ran counted twenty-nine S-class members and fifteen Mythical-level members among the attendees.
• Xiao Ran and Cruze discussed making the legion’s strength known while helping its Pilots advance further, and Cruze revealed he had entered Mecha Wars L.
• Xiao Ran read and burned the mission reports, learning that Char and Amuro had killed their Same-bodies in Char's Counterattack, Luo had worked as a technician in Build Fighters, and Graham had become an Innovator through a fusion with ELS.
• The legion used nearly all its Merit Points to support its newly advanced members, and a week later the shop manager told Xiao Ran that Bicchy and the person who sent him a gift wanted to meet him.

Xiao Ran met Bicchy of the Shadow Blade Legion and Cang of Bolsia to discuss cooperation, accepting a strategic alliance with Bicchy’s legion and a friendly partnership with Cang’s. After Cang left and Bicchy signed a Confidentiality Contract, Xiao Ran revealed the Burning Legion’s vast S-class Pilot strength, leaving Bicchy stunned.

• Xiao Ran welcomed Bicchy and Cang to the Burning Legion’s shop and heard their proposals for cooperation.
• Bicchy offered a comprehensive strategic alliance on behalf of the Shadow Blade Legion, while Cang proposed a friendly partnership for Bolsia.
• Xiao Ran agreed to both arrangements and told Cang that the Burning Legion planned to open two Faction Territories for A-Class Pilots and below.
• Cang shared his contact information and left, and Xiao Ran required Bicchy to sign a Confidentiality Contract before their private discussion.
• Xiao Ran told Bicchy that the Burning Legion had nearly fifty S-Class Pilots and could gather one or two hundred for a Full-scale Legion War, leaving Bicchy speechless.

Bicchy left the Burning Legion’s shop shaken by the legion’s hidden strength, while Xiao Ran arranged to open two territories to the public and discussed expanding the Burning Legion’s influence. Xiao Ran tasked Cruze and Fardes with pursuing a public fourth-place ranking and building ties with other legions, as Cruze began considering who could help with the growing workload.

• Bicchy left the Burning Legion’s shop terrified after hearing how many S-class Pilots the legion could spare.
• Xiao Ran told the Cat-eared girl to open the MUV and Six God Combination territories to the public and manage entry slots.
• Xiao Ran met with Cruze, Naza, and Fardes, who explained the reputations and strength of the Bolsia and Shadow Blade Legions.
• Xiao Ran decided to publicly reveal ten S-class Pilots and asked Fardes to find out how the Burning Legion could claim fourth place.
• Xiao Ran assigned Cruze and Fardes to negotiate with Bolsia and tasked Cruze with managing the Shadow Blade alliance and future legion relations.
• Cruze considered training assistants, including Eshe, to handle diplomatic work and free up his time.

Xiao Ran learned how the Burning Legion could earn a ranking and tasked Renard, Sanger, Elsam, Ingram, and Hades with joining the Legion Council and applying for an evaluation. The Legion Council accepted the application, and Xiao Ran prepared to present the legion’s strength as its evaluators arrived.

• Fardes explained that the Burning Legion could seek a ranking evaluation or directly challenge the fourth-ranked legion, and Xiao Ran chose to join the ranking organization while postponing a fight until after another mission.
• Xiao Ran assigned Renard, Sanger, Elsam, Ingram, and Hades to represent the Burning Legion, pursue a ranking evaluation, and build ties with other legions.
• Renard and the others joined the organization at the Legion Hall and learned it was called the Legion Council, with seats for legions ranked in the top fifty.
• Renard reported that the evaluation department would contact the Burning Legion within a day, and Xiao Ran planned to reveal five Faction Territories and list ten S-class Pilots to improve its score.
• Xiao Ran agreed to receive the evaluation team personally and wondered how it would assess the Burning Legion.

Epplas's evaluation team assessed the Burning Legion's participants, territories, and technology, placing it provisionally fifth and judging it strong enough to challenge fourth place. Xiao Ran revealed two more S-class Pilots and another territory to secure the challenge, while the evaluators left suspecting the Legion was hiding far more strength.

• Xiao Ran told Epplas's team that the Burning Legion had ten S-class Pilots, five Faction Territories, and technology capable of producing S-class mecha and warships.
• Renard guided the evaluators through five territories over three days, where they examined the Legion's worlds and participants.
• Epplas reported that the Burning Legion's provisional assessment placed it fifth, citing its limited participant numbers and the relative value of its territories.
• Xiao Ran added two S-class Pilots and a sixth Faction Territory, then asked Epplas to arrange a challenge against the fourth-ranked Legion.
• Epplas's team finalized the evaluation and returned to the Legion Hall, where they sealed their findings and prepared to upload them.

Qin Yun woke in what seemed to be his old high school, but unfamiliar clothes, money, and talk of a Special Academy convinced him that something was deeply wrong. He tried to play along when a teacher summoned him, then embarrassed himself by mistaking someone else’s desk plaque for her name.

• Qin Yun jolted awake in class, was thrown out by his teacher, and realized he was wearing an unfamiliar school uniform in his former high school.
• Qin Yun checked his pockets, found an unfamiliar foldable phone and strange banknotes, and decided the phone might help him understand his situation.
• After class, the teacher took Qin Yun to an unfamiliar office and warned him that his behavior could hurt his prospects before graduation and the Special Academy assessment.
• Qin Yun noticed the name Tang Yi on a desk plaque and apologized to the woman he assumed was his teacher, calling her Teacher Tang.
• The woman told Qin Yun that the desk was not hers, leaving him mortified by his mistake.

The Burning Legion’s challenge to the fourth-ranked Legion stirred the top fifty Legions, and Xiao Ran learned the battle would be a closed, full-scale encounter in three days. He also set terms for closer cooperation with the Shadow Blade Legion and agreed to pursue a confidentiality pact with the fourth-ranked Legion, which accepted.

• After Epplas’s evaluation team confirmed the Burning Legion could challenge fourth place, news of the ranking battle spread through Prometheus and alarmed the fourth-, fifth-, and fiftieth-ranked Legions.
• The fourth-ranked Legion arranged a closed, full-scale encounter battle in the Arena Zone for three days later, and Renard told Xiao Ran the news.
• Cruze presented the finalized Shadow Blade Legion cooperation terms, and Xiao Ran approved them while setting limits on technology exchanges and restricted goods.
• Xiao Ran said the Burning Legion could remain neutral and trade with all Legions if the fourth-ranked Legion refused to keep the battle confidential.
• Renard contacted the fourth-ranked Legion, which accepted a confidentiality agreement and expressed interest in becoming friends after the battle.

Xiao Ran led the Burning Legion into a full-scale encounter battle against the Emerald Dream Legion, the fourth-ranked legion. The Burning Legion overwhelmed its opponent with its vastly larger fleet and S-class forces, leaving Qinglong humiliated and the outcome effectively decided.

• Xiao Ran and the masked Burning Legion members met Qinglong, who declared the battle would continue until one side could no longer fight.
• Xiao Ran arranged the Burning Legion's forces from the command center and took command of its fleet in the virtual battlefield.
• Mwu reported that the Emerald Dream Legion had fewer than a quarter as many warships, and Xiao Ran ordered a long-range fleet attack followed by staged deployments of elite units.
• The Emerald Dream Legion detected the Burning Legion's enormous fleet and powerful weapons, but its ships were scattered by the first barrage.
• Xiao Ran taunted Qinglong over the open channel while gradually sending more S-class forces into battle, until Qinglong chose self-destruction.

After the Burning Legion defeated the Emerald Dream Legion, Xiao Ran celebrated its rise to fourth place on the Legion Council and faced the legions reacting to the new rankings. Grey Rock challenged Qinglong to a wagered battle, while Xiao Ran learned about the council’s privileges and duties.

• The Burning Legion defeated the Emerald Dream Legion, taking fourth place and dropping Emerald Dream to fifth.
• Sute and Bicchy congratulated Xiao Ran, and Cang offered the Burning Legion a gift and discussed cooperation with Bolsia.
• Qinglong congratulated Xiao Ran before Grey Rock insulted Emerald Dream and challenged Qinglong to a full-scale encounter battle with a two-hundred-million wager.
• Xiao Ran declined to retaliate against Grey Rock himself, and Cang explained the top five legions’ council rights and responsibilities.

Xiao Ran considered why Prometheus had supported the Legion Council and theorized that it wanted to protect S-class Pilots and stabilize the Real Zone. After Cruze and the others left, Xiao Ran proposed a comprehensive strategic alliance with Cang and arranged to bring Qinglong to him as a test subject.

• Xiao Ran reasoned that Prometheus's rigid rules might explain its support for the Legion Council, possibly because the council could reduce deaths among S-class Pilots and stabilize the Real Zone.
• Cruze recognized that Xiao Ran had become absorbed in a dangerous idea, then left with Yuzes and others before Xiao Ran could involve them.
• Renard told Xiao Ran that the battle had already begun, and Xiao Ran asked Cang to consider a fully open strategic alliance with the Burning Legion.
• Cang said he would confirm the alliance proposal, and Xiao Ran told Renard to bring Qinglong to him when the Emerald Dream Legion's people emerged.