Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran orchestrated the space battle to make the Federation appear to obstruct efforts to stop the Colony Satellite, undermining its credibility and winning support for the Integration. After Mwu explained the plan and the Burning Legion’s hidden capabilities, the Victory Fleet and Old Zeon forces began fighting Gamillas and New Zeon.

• Xiao Ran watched from Dhaka as his operation unfolded, aiming to make the satellite’s changing trajectory and the Federation’s response serve the Integration’s cause.
• The Victory Fleet and Old Zeon Army gathered in space to stop the Colony Satellite, astonishing witnesses and appearing to signal support for the Integration.
• Mwu told the fleet commanders to stall for one hour, alter the satellite’s trajectory, eliminate Gamillas forces, and persuade New Zeon’s forces to stand down.
• Mwu shared a document explaining the Burning Legion’s transformation and weapons, assuring the commanders it could destroy the satellite if necessary.
• The commanders accepted Xiao Ran’s order, and the battle began as the Burning Legion and Nadeshiko opened fire.

Xiao Ran used staged battle reports and the shifting projected impact point of the Colony Satellite to turn public opinion against the Federation. As Roland ordered the Victory Fleet to stop the satellite at any cost, the satellite was still on course for Earth and the Federation was accused of obstructing rescue efforts.

• Xiao Ran watched reporters and dignitaries receive delayed, manipulated reports about the battle and the Colony Satellite from the Daka Command Center.
• Mwu ordered the Burning Legion to fire its main cannon at the satellite’s rear, reducing its integrity to seventy percent and accelerating it toward Earth.
• Reports identified three possible impact locations and said the Unity Army forces heading to intercept fragments would meet Federal Army troops near Point A.
• The command center erupted when reports said the Federal Army had attacked the Unity Army’s main force and had not evacuated civilians at Point A.
• Roland condemned the Federation before the gathered audience and ordered the Victory Fleet to stop the satellite at any cost.

The Victory Fleet destroyed the Gamillas and New Zeon forces and eliminated the Colony Satellite threat before withdrawing to Axis for repairs and resupply. Xiao Ran then learned that Full Frontal's forces had stolen the Colony Laser Cannon, while Doctor Hell's Mechanical Beast Legion expanded, forcing him to plan for several new threats.

• The Victory Fleet defeated the Gamillas Fleet and New Zeon's Sleeves, while the Colony Satellite was destroyed before it could threaten Earth.
• The Victory Fleet, Old Zeon forces, and Londo Bell withdrew toward Axis with prisoners to repair and prepare for their next operation.
• Xiao Ran returned to Daka City, where Gendo Ikari told him that Full Frontal's forces had raided Axis and stolen the Colony Laser Cannon.
• Gendo Ikari warned Xiao Ran that Doctor Hell's Mechanical Beast Legion was expanding and that the Federation also knew about the Laser Cannon.
• Xiao Ran ordered Gendo Ikari to contact the Victory Fleet and prepared to coordinate a response against the Federation, the Sleeves, and the Mechanical Beast Legion.

Xiao Ran outlined the threats posed by the Mechanical Beast Legion, the Colony Laser Cannon, and the Federation Army Commander-in-Chief Headquarters, then assigned the Victory Fleet to fight on all three fronts. The forces prepared to launch simultaneous operations, with Xiao Ran leading the Earth team.

• Xiao Ran explained that conventional forces could not stop the Mechanical Beast Legion, withstand the Colony Laser Cannon, or seize the Federation Army Commander-in-Chief Headquarters without unacceptable losses.
• Miss Huang proposed splitting the Victory Fleet into three teams, and Ruri Hoshino and Captain Otto volunteered their ships for the Colony Laser Cannon and General Headquarters operations.
• Xiao Ran assigned himself and several Super Robot units to lead the Earth operation against the Mechanical Beast Legion.
• Xiao Ran put the Nadeshiko in charge of the Colony Laser Cannon operation, supported by Gundam units, Yamato's forces, Axis, and other squads.
• Xiao Ran assigned the Burning Legion and the remaining forces to attack the Federation Army Commander-in-Chief Headquarters.

Xiao Ran led the Ra Cailum, Ptolemy, and Danner's Son toward the Photon Power Research Institute to intercept the Mechanical Beast Legion and eliminate its threat in the Far East. When the institute was surrounded before the fleet could arrive, Xiao Ran launched Dawn ahead of the others and set out to help its defenders.

• Xiao Ran took command of the Ra Cailum and coordinated with Miss Huang and Tessa on a three-day campaign against the Mechanical Beast Legion.
• Xiao Ran ordered the fleet to protect its ships and let the pilots rest before reaching the Photon Power Research Institute near Rehe.
• The Mechanical Beast Legion surrounded the institute sooner than Tessa had expected, while the fleet was still five minutes away.
• Meran reported that the G Hound Squad was helping defend the institute, and Xiao Ran agreed to treat them as friendly forces.
• Xiao Ran launched Dawn from the Ra Cailum and raced ahead to support the defenders.

Xiao Ran arrived at the Photon Power Research Institute and broke the Mechanical Beast Legion’s siege, then ordered the G Hound Squad to join the Union. He charged toward the Legion’s commander as Tetsuya resolved to continue his operation to eliminate the threat.

• Xiao Ran flew Dawn to the besieged Photon Power Research Institute and saw that the Mechanical Beast Legion was trying to seize it rather than destroy it.
• Xiao Ran unleashed Dawn’s weapons and GN Dragoons, clearing the enemies around the Institute and deploying four robots to guard it.
• Xiao Ran spoke with Brown, praised the G Hound Squad for defending the Institute, and declared that the squad had been conscripted by the Union.
• The Legion’s head-holding commander threatened Xiao Ran, who identified him and charged into the enemy forces with crystal swords.
• Tetsuya, who had already killed one of the Five Great Kings, chose to continue his operation to eliminate the threat.
• Xiao Ran reached the commander’s aircraft and announced that he would end the man’s life.

Xiao Ran and the arriving allied forces overwhelmed the Mechanical Beast Legion at the Photon Power Research Institute while Kouji Kabuto fought Baron Ashura. Just as Kouji prepared to finish Ashura, Tetsuya appeared in Great Mazinger to stop him, and a four-armed robot arrived with more Mechanical Beasts.

• Xiao Ran destroyed Broken’s fly-like aircraft, killing him as the Mechanical Beast Legion continued its attack.
• Getter Robo, Mazinger Z, Titan 3, Sanbot 3, VILLKISS, Flame Dragon, Azure Dragon, and Jade Dragon arrived and attacked the Mechanical Beasts.
• Baron Ashura challenged Kouji Kabuto, and Mazinger Z gained the upper hand while Xiao Ran fought elsewhere.
• Ra Cailum, Ptolemy, and Danaan deployed more allied units, helping clear most of the Mechanical Beasts around the institute.
• Mazinger Z struck Baron Ashura down, but Tetsuya arrived in Great Mazinger and attacked just as Kouji was about to kill him.
• Kouji Kabuto retaliated against Great Mazinger, while a four-armed robot and more Mechanical Beasts, including Advanced Mechanical Beasts, appeared.

Xiao Ran and the allied pilots defended the Photon Power Research Institute against Doctor Hell’s enormous Mechanical Beast Legion, led by King Gordon. After withstanding the legion’s bombardment, they launched a powerful counterattack, and Tetsuya hurled Baron Ashura toward King Gordon as he joined the assault.

• Xiao Ran recognized King Gordon as the colossal war fortress leading Doctor Hell’s Mechanical Beast Legion and ordered the defenders to protect the Photon Power Research Institute.
• Dawn’s four small machines raised a Light Barrier while the three EVAs formed an AT Field wall, and Shinji Ikari directed less-defended units behind them.
• The Mechanical Beast Legion unleashed a massive bombardment that shook the battlefield and obscured the defenders in smoke.
• Xiao Ran activated his Innovator state and fired Dawn’s enormous green beam as the allied machines launched a coordinated counterattack.
• Tetsuya seized the crippled Baron Ashura, hurled him toward King Gordon, and charged the Mechanical Beast Legion with his giant sword.

Dawn and the allied mecha unleashed a combined attack that devastated the Mechanical Beasts but left King Gordon unharmed. Xiao Ran identified King Gordon as a lower Legend-class mecha and assessed Mazinger Z as an upper Epic-level unit with A-Class combat power.

• Dawn and the other mecha's combined assault triggered a massive explosion and a brief black hole that consumed most of the surrounding Mechanical Beasts.
• King Gordon endured the attack without visible damage, while fewer than a fifth of the more than thousand Mechanical Beasts behind it remained standing.
• Xiao Ran used Scout Skill on King Gordon and learned that it was a lower Legend-class Super Robot with unknown combat power and extreme defenses.
• Xiao Ran considered the significance of King Gordon's Legend-class rating and warned the others not to underestimate it.
• Xiao Ran scanned Mazinger Z and learned that it was an upper Epic-level mecha with A-Class combat power that continued evolving under the influence of Mazinger Power.

Xiao Ran and the others tried to stop the fighting as Kouji Kabuto’s agitation grew and Mazinger Z clashed with Great Mazinger. Doctor Hell charged King Gordon toward the Photon Power Research Institute after Yumi revealed the secret behind Mazinger Power, while Tetsuya was knocked out of the sky.

• Doctor Hell released Baron Ashura from King Gordon and demanded that Kouji Kabuto hand over Mazinger Z, but Kouji refused.
• Tetsuya attacked Mazinger Z, and Ryoma Nagare questioned him about why he was fighting, but Tetsuya would not explain.
• Kouji’s anger intensified, and Mazinger Z broke through Getter Robo and Titan 3 to battle Great Mazinger in the sky.
• Xiao Ran blocked communications with Mazinger Z, warned the others that Kouji was becoming increasingly violent, and ordered them to focus on King Gordon.
• Yumi revealed that Kouji’s will let Mazinger Z draw on the power Doctor Juzo had pursued, prompting Doctor Hell to charge King Gordon toward the Photon Power Research Institute.
• Mazinger Z struck Great Mazinger in the chest and sent Tetsuya crashing to the ground.

Xiao Ran evacuated the G Hound Squad and the EVAs before positioning Dawn between King Gordon and the empty Photon Power Research Institute. He unleashed a massive Ougang Energy drill, which King Gordon met with a barrier.

• Xiao Ran ordered the G Hound Squad and the three EVAs to scatter as King Gordon charged toward the Photon Power Research Institute.
• Brown relayed Xiao Ran's order, and the G Hound Squad pilots withdrew from the battle.
• Xiao Ran used Dawn's Ougang Extractors and a spinning drone to form a colossal energy drill.
• Xiao Ran fired the drill at King Gordon, which raised all four arms and erected a transparent barrier to block it.
• The drill struck King Gordon's barrier, and white and green light erupted at the point of impact.

Kouji Kabuto and Doctor Yumi activated the Science Fortress Research Institute to break Mazinger Z’s seal and pour Photon Power into it. As Xiao Ran continued holding back King Gordon, the newly empowered Mazinger Z launched a swarm of arms at the enemy.

• Xiao Ran’s Daybreak held King Gordon back with its massive drill while Princess Sarah watched in shock.
• Doctor Yumi ordered Kouji Kabuto to lift the seal entrusted to them by Doctor Juzo, and Kouji headed for the Photon Power Research Institute in Mazinger Z.
• A hidden Science Fortress Research Institute rose from beneath the collapsing facility, and Doctor Yumi revealed it had been built as a war fortress powered by Photon Power.
• Xiao Ran sent his remaining drones and GN Dragoons against King Gordon while Doctor Yumi began irradiating Mazinger Z with Photon Power.
• Mazinger Z emerged bathed in golden radiance, and Kouji launched countless arms at King Gordon.

Mazinger Z and Dawn overwhelmed King Gordon with a barrage of iron fists and a massive drill, leaving Doctor Hell’s machine critically damaged. As Doctor Hell tried to flee, a familiar Yin-Yang Person Mecha appeared in King Gordon’s path.

• Countless iron fists appeared beside Mazinger Z and struck King Gordon’s Energy Shield while Dawn drove its drill against the barrier.
• Dawn pierced King Gordon’s armor with its drill as Mazinger Z fused the returning fists into a giant golden fist and smashed through King Gordon’s head.
• King Gordon lost its head and suffered a hole through its abdomen, while its black energy vanished and electricity sparked across its body.
• Ryoma Nagare and Mai Senpuuji reacted in disbelief, and Kouji Kabuto declared that Doctor Hell and the Mechanical Beast Legion would be defeated.
• Doctor Hell fled in the damaged King Gordon as the remaining Mechanical Beasts attacked, but a familiar Yin-Yang Person Mecha appeared in front of him.

Xiao Ran moved to finish off Doctor Hell after King Gordon fled, but Baron Ashura revealed that his memories had returned and sacrificed himself to awaken the Mycenaean Gods. A black hole appeared above the explosion as the sky and earth began to convulse.

• Xiao Ran prepared to destroy the remaining Mechanical Beasts and pursue Doctor Hell after King Gordon fled.
• Baron Ashura confronted Doctor Hell, revealed that his mental control had ended, and said he had deliberately lost his previous sortie to create this situation.
• Xiao Ran attacked Ashura and King Gordon, but machines from the Golden Alliance appeared and blocked Dawn while Ashura escaped.
• Baron Ashura sacrificed his life in a burst of black light to awaken the Mycenaean Gods.
• A massive black hole formed above the explosion, and the sky darkened as the earth and space began to tremble and distort.

Xiao Ran gathered the forces at the Science Fortress Research Institute as a black hole distorted the world and cut off contact with space. Tetsuya revealed that Baron Ashura had sacrificed themself to summon the Mycenaean Gods, and warned that Mazinger Z could become an even greater threat.

• Xiao Ran ordered everyone to regroup at the warships and told Miss Huang to try contacting space while demanding answers from Tetsuya.
• Miss Huang reported that spatial distortions had blocked contact with both the Victory Fleet and Daka City, and Tessa recommended resupplying and evacuating.
• The sky turned black, and Xiao Ran brought the gathered units aboard the warships before confronting Tetsuya in private.
• Tetsuya explained that Ashura’s sacrifice had triggered the summoning of the Mycenaean Gods, whose awakening could no longer be stopped.
• Tetsuya warned Xiao Ran that Mazinger Z could evolve into a destructive god and consume Kouji Kabuto’s mind.

Xiao Ran learned that Tetsuya had concealed the danger Mazinger Z posed to Kouji and had been trying to complete Getter Emperor as a countermeasure. After a blast from the black hole struck the ground and distorted space began to recover, Xiao Ran launched Dawn and prepared the fleet for whatever was about to appear.

• Tetsuya revealed that he had returned from the dead and believed Mazinger Z would eventually control Kouji and bring about a dark future, but Xiao Ran insisted the Victory Fleet would find a way to save him.
• Tetsuya admitted he had sought Ryoma to help create Getter Emperor and had found a replacement for him, needing Strontium Alloy from the Science Fortress Research Institute to complete it.
• A huge energy source emerged from the black hole and caused a blast that shook the Ra Cailum, injured several people, and left a massive crater as distorted space began recovering.
• Xiao Ran rushed to the hangar, ordered the injured treated and a launch route cleared, then boarded Dawn and asked the bridge crew what had happened.
• Miss Huang reported that the fleet's radar and sensors were malfunctioning, while Tessa said the institute's evacuation had been delayed and the G Hound Squad was helping its personnel.
• Xiao Ran launched Dawn, saw the enormous crater, and warned the others that something was about to appear.

Xiao Ran and the machines confronted Hades and the resurrected Mycenaean Gods as they attacked the institute. After Daybreak destroyed Dabura and vaporized Ashura, Hades recognized Xiao Ran as AmbriO’s killer and declared that humanity must be wiped out.

• The Mycenaean Gods descended through rifts, and Hades began resurrecting Tristan and Isolde while Ashura emerged from a magic circle.
• Xiao Ran unleashed Daybreak’s power and destroyed Dabura, then vaporized Ashura before he could fully materialize.
• Hades blocked the remainder of Daybreak’s attack and asked Xiao Ran about his connection to AmbriO.
• Xiao Ran identified himself as the Godslayer who had killed AmbriO and warned Hades that he would be next.
• Hades assessed the human forces and declared that the Mycenaean Gods could no longer allow humanity to exist.

Xiao Ran’s Dawn attacked Hades and destroyed the other Mycenaean Gods, but Hades’s power let him withstand the barrage and meet Dawn in combat. The two powerful opponents continued fighting, with Dawn holding an advantage in speed while Hades countered its attacks.

• The Brave Express Squad, Shinji Ikari, and Kouji Kabuto felt Hades’s oppressive aura, while Tetsuya urged everyone to stand firm and fight.
• Hades claimed he could resurrect the gods and monsters from the underworld, and Xiao Ran challenged him to see whether he could revive them faster than Dawn could destroy them.
• Dawn unleashed countless GN Particle beams that destroyed every Mycenaean God except Hades, whose black flames blocked the attack.
• Hades transformed into a black dragon, attacked Dawn with flames, and then countered its greatsword strike with his fists and red eye beams.
• Xiao Ran scanned Hades and learned that he was a Legend-class upper-tier semi-Mechanical Concept Lifeform with the power to resurrect the dead.
• Dawn evaded Hades’s attacks through superior speed and charged back into the fight as Hades continued to match most of its movements.

Dawn kept Hades occupied with precise, rapid attacks, but Hades turned on the other humans and badly damaged Great Mazinger. Kouji Kabuto unleashed Mazinger Z’s immense Mazinger Power as a crimson lotus and pillar of light surrounded it.

• Xiao Ran used Dawn’s speed and accurate attacks to hit Hades while avoiding his powerful blows.
• Hades charged toward the battleships, and Tetsuya’s Great Mazinger intercepted him with a sword strike.
• Hades stopped Great Mazinger’s sword, deflected Dawn’s beam, and punched Great Mazinger into a falling wreck.
• Ryoma Nagare sent Getter Robo after the falling Great Mazinger, followed by Titan 3 and Sanbot 3.
• Kouji Kabuto unleashed Mazinger Z’s Mazinger Power, surrounding it with crimson flames, a red lotus, and a pillar of light.

Mazinger Z evolved into Mazinger ZERO, whose overwhelming power dwarfed Hades. Mazinger ZERO severed Hades’s horn, battered it into the sky, and swallowed it in a surge of energy.

• Xiao Ran sensed Mazinger Z transform into Mazinger ZERO, an entity whose destructive aura rivaled a conceptual-level existence.
• Kouji Kabuto declared that Mazinger ZERO would defeat Hades without Zeus’s help.
• Mazinger ZERO fired red beams from its eyes and severed one of Hades’s horns.
• Mazinger ZERO struck Hades with a barrage of punches, then used its ring as a scythe to trap Hades in powerful tornadoes.
• Mazinger ZERO’s spinning disc released energy that swallowed Hades as it cried out in disbelief.