Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran briefed Doctor Bian and Gasper Gillian on the coordinated attacks and rebellion, then tasked them with restoring control of DC and the Federation. The two departed for Earth while Xiao Ran prepared defenses and continued with the wedding banquet.

• Xiao Ran told Doctor Bian and Gasper Gillian that White Star, the Moon, and the Far East Base had been attacked by a non-Earthly force allied with DC and Federation rebels.
• Xiao Ran asked Doctor Bian to reclaim DC and cooperate with the Steel Dragon Squad, and Bian agreed to return immediately.
• Gasper Gillian agreed to return to the Federation, identify the rebel forces, and publicly urge wavering troops to stand down.
• Xiao Ran arranged escorts for Doctor Bian and Gasper Gillian, then entrusted Char, Cruze, Revil, and Jeffrey with handling the other fronts.
• Bian ordered Saki to keep Mwu's unit ready, spread GN Particles across Satellite Integration, and assure guests that the wedding banquet would proceed; he also told Kane and El-Elf to investigate whether other forces were involved.

Xiao Ran ordered an investigation into the rebels and asked Shanamia to send Free forces to support Earth. At their wedding reception, he reassured the guests that the rebellion was under control and showed them the ongoing battles, before Saki Maski warned him that another force and an unknown fleet were approaching Earth.

• Xiao Ran tasked Kane and El-Elf with investigating the factions behind the rebellion and sent Giliam, Elsam, and Zenga to reinforce the Steel Dragon Squad on Earth.
• Xiao Ran asked Shanamia to send Free forces to support Earth, and she agreed.
• Xiao Ran and Shanamia entered the Presidential Palace banquet hall, where Xiao Ran told the guests that the rebellion was part of his plans and urged any rebels to surrender.
• Xiao Ran displayed the battles at White Star, the Moon, and other locations on the hall’s screens as the reception continued.
• Aiseldar left with her subordinates, and Saki Maski later told Xiao Ran that a force and an unknown fleet were heading toward Earth.

Xiao Ran learned of a mysterious fleet approaching Earth and a small force outside Satellite Integration, while Saki reported that the Shadow Mirror Unit came from a Parallel World and possessed the XN Holy Spirit System. Xiao Ran ordered Earth's rebellion ended within three days, prepared the Burning Legion to deploy, and arrived aboard it after Mwu's forces secured the small force.

• Saki told Xiao Ran that a fleet capable of Space Jump had appeared near Earth and that Mwu had sent an advance force to intercept a small force outside Satellite Integration.
• Saki explained that the Shadow Mirror Unit was a rebel force from a Parallel World that intended to conquer Earth and return to its own world using the XN Holy Spirit System.
• Xiao Ran ordered Saki to give Giliam the Shadow Mirror intelligence and told her to inform Revil, Cruze, Jeffrey, Char, and Daitetsu that Earth's rebellion had to end within three days.
• Xiao Ran asked Shanamia to have Fury help protect Satellite Integration and agreed she could accompany him to bring out the Throne Mecha's full power.
• Mwu's forces intercepted the small force outside Satellite Integration and disabled its MS, and Xiao Ran arrived aboard the Burning Legion.

Xiao Ran led the Burning Legion to confront an unidentified fleet approaching Earth and demanded that it halt and explain its purpose. The fleet deployed alien mobile weapons, leaving both sides in a tense standoff.

• The Frie moved its fortress beside Satellite Integration, and Kane took command as the guests and defenders gathered there.
• Xiao Ran assembled an elite force aboard the Burning Legion and set out to investigate the unidentified fleet near Earth.
• Sheryl warmly acknowledged Shanamia despite their awkward connection to Xiao Ran.
• The Burning Legion emerged from the Jump Channel near Earth, and its forces launched to confront the approaching fleet.
• The fleet deployed alien mobile weapons, including a massive legless unit, while Xiao Ran warned that it would be treated as an invading force unless it halted and stated its purpose.

Xiao Ran rejected the Zovok Interstellar Alliance’s demand to control Earth and warned that Earth would fight any invasion. When the Zovok attacked, Mwu ordered the Burning Legion to counter with its weapons while its fighters and mobile suits maneuvered around the enemy.

• The Zovok Interstellar Alliance declared that it would place Earth under its control, claiming humanity’s Fighting Spirit threatened galactic order.
• Xiao Ran refused to accept Zovok rule and warned the Alliance to leave the Solar System or face war.
• The Zovok dismissed Xiao Ran’s warning and launched an assault on the Burning Legion.
• Mwu ordered the Burning Legion’s formations to disperse and fall back while the ship prepared its guns and missiles.
• The Burning Legion fired beams and Micro Missiles, whose black spheres absorbed many Zovok attacks as its Variable Fighters and MS circled toward the enemy fleet.

Xiao Ran divided his forces to flank the Zovok fleet while he led the Darkness Sky and its remote units in a frontal assault. Sheryl began singing from the Burning Legion’s stage, boosting the allied pilots as Xiao Ran charged the enormous enemy machine.

• Xiao Ran ordered Athrun and Graham to lead separate groups of ace pilots and units in a flanking advance against the Zovok warships.
• Shanamia offered to summon Frie, but Xiao Ran refused and sent Aiseldar to reinforce Athrun’s team with the Royal Knight Grandite.
• Xiao Ran controlled several reserve Darkness Sky machines and launched their GN Dragoons as the Burning Legion deployed its Tactical Armor.
• Sheryl took the stage aboard the Burning Legion and sang through Song Weapons, while her music spread across the battlefield and sharpened allied pilots’ abilities.
• Xiao Ran merged the Darkness Sky with its Tactical Armor and charged through the enemy formation toward the enormous Zovok machine.

Xiao Ran’s Darkness Sky Tactical Armor led the Burning Legion’s counterattack and assessed the strength and technology of the Zovok forces. He focused on the immense Balansheniel, which unleashed a devastating volley at him, but the chapter left the outcome unresolved as the Darkness Sky vanished into points of light.

• Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion’s forces disrupted the Zovok advance with missiles, black hole-like barriers, and attacks from the center and flanks.
• Xiao Ran assessed Zovok’s mecha and concluded that their mass-produced units were less capable than the Burning Legion’s, though their weapons were exceptionally powerful.
• Xiao Ran identified Balansheniel as an unexpectedly present A-class mecha whose firepower could overwhelm ordinary pilots.
• Xiao Ran charged Balansheniel while Kira, Athrun, and the others engaged the enemy’s other commander units.
• Balansheniel fired seven powerful energy blasts at Xiao Ran, but the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor vanished into points of light as the attacks tore through its afterimages and continued toward the Burning Legion.

Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion overwhelmed the Zovok vanguard fleet, capturing its commander and demanding the fleet surrender. He left the door open to negotiations, but warned that further resistance would be met with force.

• Balansheniel attacked the Burning Legion, which transformed into a gigantic humanoid machine and evaded the barrage while charging its MACORSS main cannon.
• Mwu sent the attack trajectory to the allied forces, which maneuvered around the Zovok fleet and suppressed it.
• Xiao Ran's Darkness Sky Tactical Armor appeared behind Balansheniel, cut off its horns, seized its head, and jammed its gunports with GN Dragoons.
• Xiao Ran told Dinik Sesaynan that Earth would not be a bargaining chip, then defeated Balansheniel and captured its pilot.
• Xiao Ran broadcast a demand that the Zovok vanguard surrender, promising prisoners would be treated well while preparing to destroy the fleet if it resisted.

Xiao Ran captured Dinik Sesaynan and forced the Zovok vanguard fleet to surrender after Darkness Sky destroyed Balansheniel and the Burning Legion fired a warning shot. With Dinik unconscious and the fleet agreeing to cooperate, Xiao Ran planned to bring in reinforcements to disarm the prisoners and secure their ships.

• Xiao Ran used Darkness Sky to capture Dinik Sesaynan and destroy Balansheniel, completing most of his personal mission.
• The Burning Legion fired its Macross Cannon past the Zovok fleet, demonstrating that it could destroy a large portion of their forces.
• Dinik refused to surrender, so Xiao Ran struck Balansheniel's cockpit head away and ordered the Zovok fleet to surrender.
• A Zovok officer surrendered and requested that the prisoners receive treatment under Galactic Law, which Xiao Ran promised.
• Xiao Ran arranged for Jeffrey's and Cruze's fleets to help disarm the Zovok forces, separate the prisoners, and take custody of their warships.

After the Zovok fleet was defeated, Xiao Ran took command of the Earth Defense Force as rebellions erupted across Earth. Reports that the rebels were entrenched at Chiyou Tomb in Handong led him to send the Steel Dragon Squad there, while he prepared for the threats he expected to follow.

• The Burning Legion returned with the defeated Zovok fleet, while Kane and Earth Defense Force officers gathered at White Star to direct a global crackdown on the rebels.
• After spending a day with Frie, Xiao Ran went to White Star and received reports that Paris and DC headquarters had been retaken, though rebellions continued across Earth.
• When Bian reported that new machines had appeared and that the Handong region was in turmoil, Xiao Ran ordered Kane to investigate Ishido Heavy Industries and summon Ishido Mitsuko.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Steel Dragon Squad to split up and send personnel to Chiyou Tomb after learning the Rebel Forces were entrenched there.
• Alone in his office, Xiao Ran anticipated the arrival of the Native Species and other dangers, and resolved to rely on the Burning Legion alongside the Steel Dragon Squad.

Kane briefed Xiao Ran on Zovok’s unstable factions, its role in Earth’s past conflicts, and the likelihood that more fleets would arrive after the defeat of its advance force. Xiao Ran concluded that Earth had become a major threat in Zovok’s eyes and that humanity needed to prepare for further attacks.

• Kane told Xiao Ran that the ATX Squad was heading to Handong and that intelligence from Zovok prisoners had been compiled.
• Kane explained that Dinik Sesaynan had returned to Zovok for support from arms dealer Golekol, and that another Zojar fleet was on its way to Earth.
• Kane revealed that the Federation had negotiated with Zovok before the South Pole incident, and Dinik Sesaynan had leaked the agreement to trigger the DC War.
• Xiao Ran inferred that Dinik Sesaynan had betrayed the negotiations to prevent the Foljar faction from gaining influence over Earth.
• Kane described Zovok as a powerful interstellar alliance that had placed Earth on its blacklist, alongside the Balmar Empire, and said humanity had now defeated forces from both.

Xiao Ran monitored the worsening battles across Earth and questioned Ishido Mitsuko about Ishido Heavy Industries' ties to the Rebel Army. The Flying Dragon reached Chiyou Tomb, where its live feed revealed something that made Xiao Ran narrow his eyes.

• Cruze's forces defeated the rebels in Africa, while Elsam recovered Orthos and combined it with Great Zeng Jia to devastate a DC military base.
• Burning Legion participants helped hold the line in Handong as reinforcements gradually shifted the battle in the Earth Defense Force's favor.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Flying Dragon to speed toward Chiyou Tomb, nearby forces to regroup, and Orb to head to Handong.
• Ishido Mitsuko told Xiao Ran that she had kept to his wishes after his warning but had previously supplied other factions as a businesswoman.
• The Flying Dragon arrived at Chiyou Tomb, and Xiao Ran reacted with alarm to what appeared on its feed.

Xiao Ran watched the Dragon King Machine and Tiger King Machine battle the Native Species in the Deep Pit, while the Flying Dragon and ATX Squad remained on standby. The two machines destroyed the creatures and disappeared, leaving Xiao Ran to request detailed reports and cockpit recordings.

• Xiao Ran ordered the Flying Dragon to remain on standby and sent the ATX Squad to make contact with the unknown lifeforms.
• Captain Lamias reported that the creatures were Native Species and requested that the mission be withdrawn.
• The Native Species attacked the Dragon King Machine and Tiger King Machine, which answered with lightning, tornadoes, fire, and close-range attacks.
• The Dragon King Machine and Tiger King Machine destroyed the Native Species, glanced toward the Flying Dragon and ATX Squad, and flew away.
• Xiao Ran declined to stop the machines and ordered everyone involved to submit detailed reports and send him the ATX Squad's cockpit recordings.

Xiao Ran ordered investigations into the Super Robots and demanded the Rebel Army be defeated by midnight the next day. After returning to Satellite Integration, he learned of new attacks and mysterious machines, then ordered the LTR Institute moved to Home to research the Super Robots.

• Xiao Ran asked Kane to continue searching for someone and investigate the Native Species and the two machines, while Ishido Mitsuko identified them as the Dragon King Machine and Tiger King Machine and offered ancient texts about the Super Robots.
• Xiao Ran assigned Kane to handle the investigation, told him to notify Luo to hurry, and ordered Captain Lamia sent to him after she reported in.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Earth Defense Force to quell the Rebel Army by midnight the next day, then left the General Headquarters and left the final cleanup to its commanders.
• Saki Maski told Xiao Ran that the Shadow Mirror Unit had attacked a shuttle and the Tesla Institute, that a Time Flow Engine test machine had disappeared, and that an unknown force with a blue machine resembling Gutsy had appeared.
• Xiao Ran learned that the Flying Dragon had found the LTR Institute at Chiyou Tomb and ordered the research institution moved to Home to study the Super Robots under his arrangements.

Xiao Ran oversaw the final campaign to suppress the Earth rebellion and assigned the Steel Dragon Squad to pursue the remaining rebels and handle Shadow Mirror and Lone Wolf. With the rebellion nearly pacified, he ordered comprehensive surveillance and further investigation into the Native Species and Super Robots.

• Earth Defense Force commanders reported that the Handong, DC, Federal Army, and Grand Duchy of Rixson rebellions had been largely defeated, with remaining forces still being hunted.
• Jacob Mwu reported that the surviving rebels were gathering near Hades Island and that intelligence linked them to Shadow Mirror, while Lone Wolf had arrived from a parallel world as its opponent.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Steel Dragon Squad to join the extermination mission and take full responsibility for Shadow Mirror and Lone Wolf, while other units returned to their bases after the rebellion ended.
• Jacob relayed intelligence that the Native Species were organized, intelligent biological weapons and that Kyosuke might be their host; Xiao Ran's staff also reported that the LTR Institute was investigating the Super Robots.
• Xiao Ran ordered comprehensive surveillance of Earth and asked research institutions, especially those connected to Handong, to provide intelligence about the Super Robots.

Xiao Ran assigned a captain and crew for the repaired Platinum, then approved a plan to isolate the Rebel Army before attacking Hades Island. The final assault was set for one week later, and Xiao Ran decided to join the battle personally.

• Daniel Howe reported that the Platinum had finished repairs and asked whether it should join the Steel Dragon Squad.
• Xiao Ran promoted Captain Onodera to major and made him captain of the Platinum, assigned Major Ginju Kitahai as first officer, and transferred Major Li Linshun to White Star.
• Daniel explained the plan to pressure Rebel Army forces toward Hades Island while intercepting troops entering No Man's Land, then surround and attack the island.
• Xiao Ran approved the plan and ordered the final assault to avoid involving innocent people as much as possible.
• Daniel scheduled the final assault for one week later, and Xiao Ran said he would personally join the battle.

The Zovok launched a coordinated assault across Earth and space, disrupting communications and threatening the White Star, the Moon, and the South American Base. Xiao Ran directed the defenses and prepared to fly to Earth while the enemy continued pressing toward Home and its allied facilities.

• Daniel reported that the Zovok had attacked near the North American Base and that powerful ES ripples had appeared around several locations.
• Xiao Ran ordered Revil's fleet to reinforce the North American Base and Cruze's fleet to support the White Star under Char's command.
• Xiao Ran brought Sheryl, Shanamia, and Saki aboard the Burning Legion as Zovok forces attacked Satellite Integration and Home.
• Mwu reported that Kira and Athrun were holding the front, Char had fired a Macross Cannon at the enemy's spatial passage, and the Moon was under attack.
• Xiao Ran sent Bargyll to the Tesla Institute's Earth research facility and ordered Luo, Basak, Nalo, and Graham to reinforce Mao Corporation.
• Xiao Ran prepared to launch for the unsupported South American Base and left the defense of Satellite Integration to Mwu.

Xiao Ran tore through the Zovok assault force and raced toward Earth while his allies arrived to defend Mao Corporation’s lunar city. At the ruined South American Base, he found a green enemy unit and set out to destroy the remaining attackers.

• Xiao Ran combined his Darkness Sky with the Tactical Armor, activated four-reactor synchronization and the Triple Red System, and charged through the Zovok formation toward Earth.
• Basak, Luo, and the others used an emergency jump to reach Mao Corporation’s lunar city, where Graham assigned them to protect the Shuttlecraft and support the defenders.
• Graham engaged a blue Zovok Commander Unit, while Luo launched toward the girl-like unit with Basak’s help and Nalu fired long-range support.
• Xiao Ran arrived above the devastated South American Base, spotted a green enemy unit and signs of survivors, and prepared to attack the strange drones.

Xiao Ran and the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor attacked the South American Base, where they encountered the transforming Zovok Rester drones and Silver Wind. After eliminating the nearby Resters, Xiao Ran pressed his advantage over Silver Wind’s pilot, leaving the A-rank mecha unable to counterattack.

• Rester drones at the South American Base transformed and fired on the descending Darkness Sky Tactical Armor.
• Xiao Ran used Quick Lock and his GN Dragoons to destroy the Resters while charging Silver Wind, an A-rank Assault Type.
• Xiao Ran and Silver Wind’s pilot fought at high speed, while Xiao Ran kept the other Resters out of their duel and destroyed them.
• With the nearby Resters eliminated and the Darkness Sky drones attacking the base, Xiao Ran intensified his assault until Silver Wind could only evade.

Xiao Ran confronted a Zovok pilot named Silver Wind while defending Earth, then faced a sudden wave of reinforcements arriving through a transport channel. He destroyed dozens of incoming mecha with Darkness Sky’s Heavy Ion Cannon, but the channel remained open as more enemies deployed.

• A woman piloting Silver Wind demanded to know who Xiao Ran was, and he identified himself as the Great President of Satellite Integration and Earth Defense Force commander.
• Xiao Ran detached Darkness Sky from its Tactical Armor and challenged the woman to give her name, but she attacked instead.
• A transport channel opened above the battlefield, sending Rest units and other Zovok mecha into the fight.
• The Silver Wind pilot ordered her forces to capture Xiao Ran as reinforcements attacked him and the other Darkness Skies.
• Xiao Ran fired Darkness Sky’s Heavy Ion Cannon into the channel, destroying or swallowing dozens of Zovok mecha, but the channel remained open.