Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran prepared Dawn and his allies for AmbriO’s endless army, then unleashed his powers on a scale that transformed the Dimensional Rift. The chapter ended with AmbriO panicking and ordering his forces to attack.

• AmbriO mocked Xiao Ran’s claim that even a million copies would make no difference, while Xiao Ran’s allies feared the endless Black Mechas.
• Basak moved toward Dawn, and Luo urged the Ptolemaios and their allies to gather around Xiao Ran, explaining that Dawn was built to unleash his abilities.
• Xiao Ran activated Quantum Assimilation, Quantum Burst, and Spirit Burst, bringing his power and the four GN Solar Furnaces to their peak.
• Xiao Ran spread GN Shields around the allied mechs and caused the Solar Furnaces in 00Q, Gundam Virtue, Harute Gundam, and Darkness Sky to enter burst states.
• AmbriO sensed the danger, grew afraid, and ordered his Black Mechas to attack.

Xiao Ran unleashed the GN Particles across the Dimensional Rift, destroying AmbriO's clones and trapping the survivors in a Mental World where they experienced death's pain. As AmbriO's forces collapsed in terror, Setsuna recognized Xiao Ran's overwhelming power.

• Xiao Ran turned the Dimensional Rift into a storm of GN Particle beams, wiping out countless AmbriOs and Black Mecha.
• Xiao Ran drew the remaining AmbriOs into a Mental World and made them experience the pain of their clones' deaths.
• Dawn disabled a Black Mecha, while GN Particles pierced the AmbriO inside its cockpit.
• More AmbriOs died, and the remaining Black Mecha either froze or charged into the deadly beams; AmbriO wet himself in terror.
• Soji Okita asked what was happening, but Basak told him not to interrupt.
• Setsuna sensed Xiao Ran's power and privately thought that within the GN Particles, Xiao Ran was like a true god.

Xiao Ran subjected AmbriO to the accumulated terror of his clones’ deaths, but AmbriO suddenly died before Xiao Ran could continue. Xiao Ran then suffered severe physical and mental backlash, and his allies rushed to rescue him while Renard organized the recovery operation.

• Xiao Ran explained that he had linked AmbriO to the memories and fear of his ninety-nine clones’ deaths, then threatened to make him relive them again.
• AmbriO screamed in terror, then suddenly stopped breathing and slumped over in his cockpit; Xiao Ran sensed that AmbriO’s consciousness had vanished and realized he was dead.
• Xiao Ran withdrew his abilities, causing the beams and GN Particles in the Dimensional Rift to fade as he collapsed under the backlash.
• Haro sent an emergency rescue alert, and Basak and Renard rushed toward Xiao Ran’s Dawn.
• Renard ordered teams to inspect the island, recover the Black Mechas and AmbriO’s unit, and guard the area, while Luo told the Ptolemaios bridge to prepare the medical bay.

Xiao Ran awoke after nearly a week unconscious and tried to understand why his godlike power had made him lose control while fighting AmbriO. Sheryl told him AmbriO had been frightened to death and the Western Calendar World had been freed from his influence, while the Victory Fleet gathered in the Universal Century World.

• Xiao Ran recalled torturing AmbriO's clones and worried that his newfound power and anger had made him arrogant and dangerous.
• Sheryl told Xiao Ran that his prolonged fight had frightened the Victory Fleet and that AmbriO had died of fear.
• Sheryl explained that Dragon God Aura had taken Xiao Ran and the Victory Fleet to the Universal Century World, where Lacus had joined them with the Eternal and the Nadeshiko had been replaced.
• Lacus, Admiral Mikoto, Kati Manikin, Orb, ZAFT, and Federation opposition forces defeated the Founding United Nations and Mars Successors after AmbriO's death and the loss of Mana.
• Investigators confirmed that AmbriO had been scared to death, leaving the Victory Fleet unsettled and Jill of Yajenar dazed.

The reunited Victory Fleet learned that AmbriO had been defeated without a conventional battle and that Xiao Ran had collapsed from exhaustion. Setsuna explained that Xiao Ran had become a godlike presence through GN Particles and described how he overwhelmed AmbriO in the Mental Space.

• Basak carried Xiao Ran's sleeping medical pod from the Ptolemaios to the Burning Legion, alarming the Victory Fleet members who had remained in the Universal Century.
• Miss Huang and the battle participants told the fleet that AmbriO had been eliminated and Xiao Ran was unconscious from exhaustion, not injury.
• Examiners found that AmbriO's true body had died from terror, leaving the fleet wondering what Xiao Ran had made him experience.
• Ryoma Nagare and Amuro asked Setsuna whether he knew anything about Xiao Ran's power, drawing a crowd around him.
• Setsuna said Xiao Ran had merged with GN Particles, controlled the world's GN Particles and Solar Furnaces, and eliminated AmbriO's clones.
• Setsuna explained that Xiao Ran had pulled the remaining AmbriOs into the Mental Space and transmitted the clones' fear of death into AmbriO's true body's mind.

After waking from seven days unconscious, Xiao Ran gathered the Victory Fleet’s leaders aboard the Burning Legion to learn what had happened and discuss their next steps. With the Eternal now part of the fleet, the meeting began as Xiao Ran asked everyone to share information and plan how to reach the New Era Calendar.

• After Setsuna described Xiao Ran’s battle with AmbriO, the Victory Fleet’s pilots trained harder to avoid being personally trained by Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran recovered from his exhaustion after seven days unconscious and had Mwu summon the warship captains and their representatives to the Burning Legion.
• Yurika Mitotsudaira thanked Xiao Ran for helping Akihito Tenkawa and Liuli, then joined them in the conference room.
• Lacus arrived with Meyrin Hawke and explained that she had brought the Eternal to unite the fleet’s strength.
• Once everyone had gathered, Xiao Ran asked them to brief him on recent events, share intelligence, and prepare for reaching the New Era Calendar.

Xiao Ran gathered the fleet’s leaders to review the aftermath of AmbriO’s defeat and investigate the Truth of the World. The briefing revealed that the fleet had gained a major advantage, but Chidori Kaname and Kouji Kabuto were undergoing unexplained psychological changes.

• Xiao Ran asked Captain Juzo Okita to explain what had happened after the fleet left the Universal Century.
• Captain Juzo Okita reported that the fleet had faced attacks from the Mechanical Beast Legion, Gamillas, and Amalgam, but none had posed a serious threat.
• Captain Juzo Okita explained that the Yamato’s Wave Cannon could open the Dimensional Barrier when combined with a Boson Jump, though the fleet still needed a Calculation Component.
• Captain Juzo Okita said Renard had surrendered his Original Constitution and that Amalgam and the Dragons were now cooperating with the fleet.
• Kaoru Niimi reported that Chidori Kaname had become unusually repressed and irritable, while Kouji Kabuto had become obsessed with Mazinger Z.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Chidori Kaname’s condition remained unclear and that Tetsuya might be the only one able to understand Kouji Kabuto’s change.

Renard explained that Chidori Kaname was a unique Whispered who connected her to another version of herself, and revealed how the Universal Century, New Chronology, and Western Calendar worlds shared an origin. Xiao Ran then ordered the crew to investigate Chidori’s condition and Mazinger Z’s evolution while searching for Tetsuya and clues to the true evil influencing their world.

• Renard told the group that Chidori Kaname’s growing Whispered abilities had let another-world version of her influence her, and offered a way for the two to communicate.
• Renard revealed that the Universal Century and New Chronology worlds developed from a shared origin, while AmbriO created the later Western Calendar World.
• First Officer Sanada reported that Mazinger Z was evolving and affecting Kouji Kabuto, prompting Xiao Ran to fear it might become Mazinger ZERO.
• Xiao Ran ordered First Officer Sanada to work with the Photon Research Institute, inform Chidori and Kouji of the situation, and find Tetsuya.
• Xiao Ran asked Lacus and Miss Huang to investigate the War of Freedom and AmbriO, suspecting that a greater evil was influencing the world.

Xiao Ran suspected that an unknown great evil was manipulating events across the three worlds, and the Victory Fleet discussed staying alert while continuing its unfinished missions. Lacus explained that VILLKISS had been seized from AmbriO and that the Strike Freedom and former Freedom Gundam were created as imitations of it.

• Xiao Ran told the assembled captains and officers that AmbriO seemed too weak to have orchestrated everything and suggested a greater enemy might be behind the events affecting all three worlds.
• Lacus agreed that a stronger, unknown enemy might remain, while Juzo Okita urged the fleet to stay alert and prioritize its unfinished missions.
• Lacus explained that the first Coordinators and other human-made forces had been developed to oppose AmbriO, though most preparations had failed because of his interference.
• Lacus revealed that VILLKISS had been seized from AmbriO, later improved by their ancestors, and had inspired the development of machines in the Western Calendar World.
• Lacus told Xiao Ran that the Strike Freedom and former Freedom Gundam were created as imitations of VILLKISS, surprising Kira and Athrun.

Xiao Ran learned more about AmbriO’s influence and humanity’s different evolutionary paths before making new command arrangements for the Yamato. He relieved Captain Juzo Okita and left First Officer Sanada as Acting Captain, while Okita accepted the decision and prepared to rest.

• Lacus explained that Freedom and Strike Freedom were replicas of VILLKISS, and Miss Huang asked Tieria to explain Celestial Being’s history.
• Tieria revealed that AmbriO had once chosen Aeolia Schenberg, who later founded Celestial Being and pursued humanity’s evolution through artificial Innovators.
• Xiao Ran compared Innovators, Coordinators, Newtypes, and Psychokinetists, and described how their abilities could contribute to humanity’s future.
• Xiao Ran relieved Captain Juzo Okita of command of the Yamato, appointed First Officer Sanada Acting Captain, and named Kodai Susumu Acting First Officer.
• First Officer Sanada objected, but Captain Juzo Okita stopped him and accepted Xiao Ran’s decision, saying he could finally rest.

Xiao Ran announced leadership changes for the Yamato and plans to assess the Victory Fleet’s pilots and upgrade its mecha. Juzo Okita began treatment for his radiation exposure, while Sanada took temporary command of the Yamato and the fleet’s representatives agreed to support Luo’s technical team.

• Juzo Okita explained that his radiation exposure had left him in critical condition and that he needed to begin treatment.
• Xiao Ran appointed Sanada acting captain of the Yamato and Kodai Susumu First Officer, with both men subject to evaluation.
• Xiao Ran assigned Basak, Luo, Graham, Naluo, and Cruze to assess the pilots and their mecha across the fleet.
• Xiao Ran made Luo leader of a technical team tasked with upgrading or rebuilding the fleet’s combat mecha, prioritizing capable pilots held back by their equipment.
• Miss Huang, Ruri Hoshino, Bright, Leonard, Juzo Okita, and Lacus agreed to support the technical initiative.

Xiao Ran discussed the Victory Fleet’s plans for upgrading its mecha and intervening in the Earth Federation–New Zeon war. After the Federation threatened NERV and sent forces toward Tokyo-3, Bright and Tessa asked Xiao Ran and his allies to help unite the world and end the conflict.

• Xiao Ran outlined plans to exchange mecha technology and said he would ask the dragon clan to return the fleet to the New Chronology World.
• Xiao Ran proposed forcing the Earth Federation and New Zeon to stop fighting by striking important targets on both sides.
• Moses reported that the Earth Federation had ordered NERV to disarm and sent a large force toward Tokyo-3 after Gendo Ikari refused.
• Xiao Ran asked Bright whether he would support overthrowing the Earth Federation, defeating New Zeon, and uniting Earthlings and space residents.
• Bright bowed to Xiao Ran and asked for help on behalf of the people of the world, and Tessa also asked the group to end the conflict quickly with minimal loss and destruction.

Xiao Ran took command of the Yamato and led the Victory Fleet toward Tokyo-3 while Juzo Okita went for treatment. In the Western Calendar World, El-Elf uncovered the Golden Alliance’s hidden backer and waited for the right moment to act.

• Juzo Okita entrusted Xiao Ran with the Yamato and the New Chronology World before Renard took him to the Burning Legion’s medical room for treatment.
• Mwu confirmed the fleet was ready, and Sanada announced that Xiao Ran would temporarily command the Yamato with Kodai Kin as first officer.
• The Victory Fleet set course for Tokyo-3 and prepared to use a Boson Jump under Ruri Hoshino’s direction.
• El-Elf brought a joint intelligence team to Nouvel Tokyo City and investigated the Senpuuji Conglomerate to find the Golden Alliance’s backer and obtain Super AI technology.
• El-Elf identified the Golden Alliance’s leading members and a mad scientist, but chose to monitor them rather than launch an immediate raid.

The Victory Fleet arrived at Tokyo-3 and fought the Federation forces that were destroying the city to reach NERV. As the fleet drove the attackers back, an Angel appeared, forcing both sides to stop fighting.

• The Federation forces attacked Tokyo-3, and NERV's personnel could only rely on the city's multilayered armor while awaiting the Victory Fleet.
• The Victory Fleet appeared above the burning city, and Xiao Ran handed battle command to Bright.
• Bright ordered the fleet to sortie and stop the Federation forces from reaching NERV's entrances.
• Amuro and Gido joined the defense as the fleet's mobile suits attacked the Federal Army, while Penelope engaged Hathaway's Gundam.
• The Victory Fleet gained control of Tokyo-3's exposed entrances and began driving out the Federation forces.
• An Angel alarm sounded, and both sides stopped fighting as a massive diamond-shaped object descended from above.

Ray Angel appeared between the Federation and the Victory Fleet, forcing both sides to pause their battle as the Apostle hovered near Tokyo-3. Misato Katsuragi took command of the Apostle engagement while Xiao Ran ordered the fleet to hold its line and privately urged Bright to use the crisis to challenge Federation General Headquarters' decision.

• Ray Angel appeared, and the Federation and Victory Fleet halted their fighting and withdrew to prepare for the Apostle.
• Bright hesitated over whether to cooperate with the Federation against Ray Angel or keep treating its army as an enemy.
• Misato Katsuragi took command and called on the Federal Army to leave or join the fight, then ordered Unit-01 to probe Ray Angel while Unit-00 supported it.
• Xiao Ran assigned Basak, Graham, Nalo, and Cruze to assist the EVAs and ordered the other units to target any Federal Army unit crossing a line fifteen meters ahead of its front.
• Xiao Ran privately told Bright that Ray Angel's arrival exposed the error of Federation General Headquarters' decision, and Bright agreed to try to act on the opportunity.

The Victory Fleet fought the Ray Angel as it transformed and unleashed devastating beams across Tokyo-3, while Xiao Ran chose not to sortie. After the Federal Army withdrew, the fleet regrouped to attack the Angel, but a hidden force launched a surprise barrage at them.

• Unit-01 attacked the Ray Angel's AT Field while Basak, Cruze, Nalo, and Graham covered the EVAs, but the Angel began transforming and exposed its crimson core.
• Cruze sent his GN Dragoons to shield Unit-01, and Basak knocked it out of the beam's path as the Ray Angel's attack devastated Tokyo-3 and struck NERV Headquarters underground.
• The Ray Angel returned to its octahedral form as the Federal Army retreated, and Xiao Ran told Sheryl that the Victory Fleet could handle the fight without him.
• Kouji Kabuto called for a coordinated assault, and Ryoma Nagare and the other pilots moved in to attack the Ray Angel.
• An unseen enemy fired missiles, beams, and solid-shell rockets from beneath the mountain at the Victory Fleet, including Unit-01.

New Zeon forces attacked the Victory Fleet as it prepared to engage Ray Angel, declaring that Earth’s destruction would not affect them. Ruri Hoshino ordered the fleet to fight New Zeon while the G Hound Squad joined the defense, leaving a battle about to begin around Tokyo-3.

• Moses identified the attackers as a huge New Zeon force advancing from the mountains and firing on the Victory Fleet.
• A New Zeon commander told Tessa that the Angel’s impact would destroy only Earth and that New Zeon intended to stop the fleet from reaching it.
• Ruri Hoshino ordered the Victory Fleet to intercept or eliminate New Zeon while assigned units continued fighting Ray Angel.
• The G Hound Squad’s operations captain sided with the Victory Fleet against New Zeon and the Angel.
• The Federation main force turned to attack New Zeon from the flank as the Victory Fleet blocked their advance toward Tokyo-3.

A second Angel appeared over the passage the Ray Angel had blasted into Tokyo-3, but Asuka arrived in Unit 2 and diverted it. As the Victory Fleet attacked the Ray Angel, Basak and the others pressed its AT Field while Angie and the two other EVAs were left watching.

• A second Angel appeared above the Ray Angel's deep passage, threatening to enter the underground space.
• Xiao Ran rushed from the bridge as the second Angel began diving into the opening.
• Asuka Langley Soryu launched Unit 2 from underground, diverted the Angel with Assault Rifle fire, and fought it with a high-vibration dagger.
• Misato introduced Asuka, who declared Unit 2 the true production model, while Sheryl mocked her claim over communications.
• Angie vowed to keep attacking the Ray Angel, but Basak charged first and struck its AT Field with his flaming, vibrating sword.
• Nalo, Graham, Kouji Kabuto, Ryoma Nagare, and the GN Dragoons attacked the Ray Angel as its AT Field began to buckle.

Basak and the others destroyed Ray Angel, and Shinji set out with Rei to fight another Angel without outside help. Meanwhile, New Zeon’s desperate attacks turned the battle against the Federal Army until Amuro, Kira, and Athrun intervened, leaving the opposing forces separated by the Victory Fleet.

• Basak led the pilots in destroying Ray Angel, and Ryoma urged Shinji to focus and help his companions.
• Shinji charged toward the Angel attacking Unit 2, with Rei following and Ryoma and Graham heading after them to watch over the fight.
• New Zeon fought recklessly to aid the remaining Angel, disrupting the Federal Army and forcing some Victory Fleet pilots to retreat.
• Amuro shouted at New Zeon for helping the Angel, while Kira disabled their machines with the Freedom Gundam and Amuro attacked with the Hi-Nu Gundam.
• Athrun landed in the New Justice and warned the Federal Army not to attack the disabled pilots, as Victory Fleet members formed a line between the two sides.

After the Federal Army and New Zeon stopped fighting and joined the effort against the Angels, Xiao Ran addressed both sides and urged them to reconsider what they were fighting for. The battlefield fell silent as soldiers from both factions reflected on their actions and their shared humanity.

• The Federal Army withdrew from its attack on NERV, then returned to help the Victory Fleet fight New Zeon after New Zeon appeared.
• New Zeon went berserk, but the Victory Fleet stopped the fighting and formed a defensive wall between New Zeon and the Federal Army.
• Xiao Ran descended over the standoff and thanked the Federal Army and New Zeon for their roles in fighting the Angels.
• Xiao Ran recognized both factions’ sacrifices and urged them to consider whether they would fight for peace or profit.
• The Federal Army and New Zeon listened in silence, feeling confused, honored, guilty, and relieved after the battle ended.