Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran agreed to Trieze’s conditions for cooperating, while ordering El-Elf to quietly neutralize the factions that kept Trieze from controlling the New Government Army. Cruze and Zechs went their separate ways, and El-Elf’s operation to make Trieze the army’s true ruler began.

• Mwu told Xiao Ran that Trieze would cooperate if he could meet Xiao Ran, lead the new government, and ensure it did not become like the New Federation; Xiao Ran accepted all three conditions.
• Mwu explained that more than thirty-seven factions, regions, and corporations had helped create the rebellion, and Xiao Ran assigned El-Elf and the legion to deal with them discreetly.
• Trieze chose to cooperate with Cruze because he believed the Burning Legion’s strength could help him take control without further bloodshed.
• Cruze and Zechs left Trieze’s cruise ship and went their separate ways, with Cruze returning to the Presidential Palace and Zechs heading to the Kingdom of Sangu.
• The four members of Eshe Squad joined Wufei to protect Trieze and remove threats around him.
• After verifying Trieze’s intelligence, El-Elf began targeting key New Government Army figures through assassination and poison to make Trieze its true ruler.

El-Elf and Trieze coordinated a sweeping operation to seize control of the Rebel Forces and consolidate the New Government. As Trieze prepared to address the reception, he ordered Wufei to begin the operation.

• Trieze and Cruze secretly cooperated, while Trieze served as a figurehead for factions whose interests had driven the rebellion.
• El-Elf deployed the Burning Legion to key Rebel Forces bases and units, using Trieze’s orders to place their members in important positions.
• Trieze hosted a reception to gather influential New Government and military figures while El-Elf monitored the guests from a room overlooking the hall.
• El-Elf apologized to the battered Wufei for ambushing him, then told Trieze that nearly all expected guests had arrived and the operation was ready.
• Trieze told Wufei to pass the word and begin the operation.

Trieze and El-Elf seized control of the New Government and ended the rebellion, allowing the New Federation to form a new government and restore peace. As Xiao Ran went on vacation, Luo and the others began preparing advanced mecha and a battleship to protect Zechs’s sister and the Kingdom of Sangu.

• Trieze had soldiers surround the estate, killed a man who challenged him, and forced the gathered guests to accept his demands.
• Trieze took control of the New Government, announced the end of the war, and returned the Rebel Forces to the New Federation as an opposition party.
• Cruze announced the dissolution of the existing New Federation government and the formation of a new government that would cooperate with the opposition.
• Trieze’s new government took over the military and suppressed the remaining resistance, while Xiao Ran left the work of stabilizing the world to his allies.
• Luo and the others began building new Gundams for Heero, Duo, and their fellow pilots, while Xiao Ran arranged for Zechs to take a MACROSS Battleship and reserve mecha to protect the Kingdom of Sangu.

Luo explained how the Technicians could learn and reproduce technology rather than trying to memorize it, then identified several technologies from the world that were worth studying. He left the group with a plan to analyze Gundanium Alloy W and complete Puppet Mobility Technology while secretly mastering and improving the dangerous ZERO System.

• Luo told Renard, Ingram, Giliam, Yuzes, and Shirakawa Shuu that Technicians should study and reproduce new technology using methods they already knew instead of relying on memory.
• Luo described Gundanium Alloy W as a lightweight, heat-resistant armor material with poor fatigue resistance that could suit low-end mass-produced mecha.
• Luo explained that the legion's Puppet Mobility Technology and ZERO System were incomplete versions of the technologies found in this world.
• Luo said complete Puppet Mobility Technology could fully unleash mecha performance and work with unmanned machines or Super AI to replicate combat styles.
• Luo explained that the complete ZERO System could overwhelm pilots with predictions, suppress their emotions and physical limits, and potentially cause mental collapse.

Luo and the technical team researched three technologies while the others prepared for the end of their year in W World. Zechs secured the Kingdom of Sangu’s defenses and chose to bring Noin with him to Prometheus as the Burning Legion began its cosmic expansion.

• Luo, Yuzes, Shirakawa Shuu, and the others agreed to research the three technologies while leaving any practical use to Xiao Ran’s decision.
• During the year in W World, Zechs prepared forces for the Kingdom of Sangu, Cruze helped Trieze stabilize the world, and Luo’s team worked on technology.
• Cruze deflated Basak’s pride by questioning whether Basak’s new accomplishment had truly benefited him.
• Zechs gave Heero, Duo, Quatre, and Trowa five new mecha and asked them to form a Royal Guard, while Trieze submitted to their supervision.
• Noin insisted on following Zechs wherever he went, and Zechs eventually asked Xiao Ran to take her to Prometheus.
• Noin joined the Burning Legion as it announced the start of cosmic expansion and departed from W World.

After returning to Prometheus, Xiao Ran decided not to lead the Burning Legion into G Gundam World and left the mission to Luo, who assembled a temporary team and prepared to restore the world’s environment. The group departed with several Legion members, while Xiao Ran stayed behind.

• Xiao Ran dismissed the team after they returned from W World and went to King Frie's Palace to spend time with Shanamia.
• Xiao Ran told Luo he wanted to avoid turning the G Gundam World mission into a Legion operation, and Luo agreed that a smaller team could earn a valuable Follower Slot.
• Xiao Ran considered recruiting Master Asia as a follower but left the mission to Luo rather than risk forcing the choice on him.
• Luo gathered restoration equipment, materials, seeds, and Renard’s small AS units for the G Gundam World mission.
• Sanger and Graham, Yuzes, and Giliam joined Luo’s mission by temporarily leaving their teams and joining Xiao Ran’s team.

Luo and the others returned from the G Gundam world with Rising Wind, Master Asia’s intelligent horse, as their new follower. Basak revealed that Master Asia had beaten or trained the others during their stay, while he had been ordered to abstain for ten years.

• The Burning Legion reappeared a day after Luo and the others entered the G Gundam world, and the exhausted group returned to Xiao Ran with Rising Wind.
• Luo explained that Master Asia had refused to join them and had given Rising Wind to him as their Follower Slot.
• Luo described Rising Wind’s intelligence, technical knowledge, and ability to pilot mecha and operate vehicles.
• Yuzes and Giliam praised Master Asia, and Yuzes said Xiao Ran might have benefited from meeting him.
• Basak revealed that Master Asia had knocked out Yuzes and Giliam and trained them, while Zengar had studied swordsmanship with him for two years.
• Basak said Master Asia had ordered him to abstain for ten years, and Xiao Ran realized that the others had all been beaten by an ordinary man.

After Master Asia trained the group in the G Gundam world, Rising Wind became a celebrated member of the Burning Legion and worked with Luo and Little Eight to create a powerful unicorn mecha. The chapter ended with Xiao Ran marveling at the machine and the extraordinary resources Luo had devoted to a horse.

• Master Asia punished Yuzes and Basak for their shortcomings, ordering Basak to abstain from desire for ten years, and told Giliam that his soul was incomplete.
• Xiao Ran learned that the group had gained greatly from Master Asia's guidance, though he accepted that his own path lay in the Quantum Field.
• Rising Wind, Luo's horse follower, astonished the Burning Legion with his intelligence and advanced Technician skills.
• Luo, Rising Wind, and Little Eight took over part of the research institute to design a mecha for Rising Wind.
• Luo, Rising Wind, and Little Eight unveiled a white, flame-maned unicorn mecha with a Radiant Transmitter System, a GN Solar Furnace, and detachable battle armor.
• Xiao Ran examined Rising Wind's B-class Piloting Skill and the mecha's A-class capabilities, then wondered how other Participants would react to a horse receiving such equipment.

Xiao Ran weighed his third bloodline and whether to begin the S-class Pilot advancement mission, then sought Naza’s advice. He chose the Coordinators Bloodline and asked Naza what he needed to know about the advancement mission.

• Xiao Ran canceled the trip to Full Metal Panic after Renard said he was not ready to visit that world.
• Xiao Ran considered his third bloodline and the S-class Pilot advancement mission while planning the legion’s remaining work during its rest period.
• Xiao Ran consulted Naza about choosing between the Coordinators Bloodline and another mental-oriented bloodline.
• Naza explained that Xiao Ran had not fully developed his Psychokinesis Bloodline and advised him to strengthen his pure technical skill as a backup when GN Particles were countered.
• Xiao Ran accepted Naza’s advice, asked her to find the Coordinators Bloodline, and asked what he should know about the advancement mission.

Xiao Ran asked Naza about advancement missions, and she explained that they were solo tests with unpredictable restrictions and enemies. After discussing how to obtain a Coordinator Bloodline, Xiao Ran considered other options as he left Naza’s home.

• Naza warned Xiao Ran that advancement missions were solo challenges requiring personal action and thorough preparation, and recommended strengthening his Coordinator Bloodline.
• Xiao Ran explained that he had once given his Coordinator Bloodline to Cruze and asked Naza to find another one.
• Naza agreed to contact other legions, explaining that Coordinator Bloodlines were popular but scarce and that the Burning Legion could no longer enter the SEED World for missions.
• Xiao Ran reflected on the bloodlines he had acquired and how the Legion’s Faction Territory had cut off access to bloodlines that world could no longer produce.
• After leaving Naza’s home, Xiao Ran considered other possible bloodlines, including Native Species, and wondered whether it had side effects.

Xiao Ran obtained and enhanced a Coordinator Bloodline as preparation for his promotion mission to become an S-class Pilot. After unlocking its Combat Coordinator advancement, he considered how to develop the bloodline further.

• Naza found a Coordinator Bloodline and bought it for Xiao Ran for two million.
• Luo's technical group began preparing for Xiao Ran's solo promotion mission by arranging bloodline use and enhancement.
• Xiao Ran used the Coordinator Bloodline, gaining ten points in all attributes and the Focus skill, which greatly increased his reaction ability, hand speed, and calculation speed for ten seconds.
• Xiao Ran used a B-rank Special Evaluation to enhance the Coordinator Bloodline and chose between Specialized Coordinator and Combat Coordinator.
• Xiao Ran reviewed the Specialized Coordinator paths and concluded that Combat Coordinator suited him best.

Xiao Ran upgraded his Bloodline to Super Coordinator and discovered that its mutation had permanently changed his Potential Burst into Seed of Spirit. He gained sharper perception and powerful new abilities, but his eyes remained permanently luminous, and he sensed a seed forming in his mind.

• Xiao Ran became a Super Coordinator after spending an A-Class Special Evaluation, gaining enhanced combat control, perception, and other attributes.
• Xiao Ran found that his Innovator abilities had not directly grown; instead, his spatial perception, clarity of thought, and computation had improved.
• Xiao Ran discovered that his Mental Potential Burst had mutated into Seed of Spirit, with a powerful passive state and an even stronger activated state.
• Xiao Ran saw that his eyes now glowed permanently and realized he could no longer turn off the visual effect.
• Xiao Ran felt a seed inside his mind and realized his Mental Power had borne fruit.

After strengthening his Coordinator bloodline, Xiao Ran’s eyes began glowing permanently and his Potential Burst skill transformed into Seed of Spirit. He strengthened his Psychokinesis to Level 7 and summoned Durandal and the others to investigate the change, learning that Durandal had identified an inheritable genetic factor behind the SEED ability.

• Xiao Ran discovered that strengthening his Coordinator bloodline had transformed Potential Burst into Seed of Spirit and increased his Psychokinesis strength without changing its level.
• Xiao Ran spent two B-class Special Evaluations to raise his Psychokinesis to Level 7, matching the tier of his other bloodlines.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Fleet World and gathered Durandal, Kane, Yuzes, Kira, Athrun, and others at the genetic research institute to discuss his glowing eyes and new ability.
• Xiao Ran explained how his Coordinator strengthening had changed his skill, prompting Athrun to connect Seed of Spirit with the SEED ability.
• Durandal explained that he had found an inheritable genetic factor called the S Factor in Kira, Athrun, and Shinn Asuka, and suggested Xiao Ran might possess a different factor with a similar effect.

Durandal and the others speculated that Xiao Ran’s abilities might stem from a genetic talent connected to spiritual power, but their discussion strayed into unanswered questions about genes and souls. After Durandal collected Xiao Ran’s blood for research, Xiao Ran remembered why he had called everyone together and asked them about their abilities and bloodline compatibility.

• Durandal suggested that Xiao Ran might have possessed an undeveloped gene similar to the S Factor, while Kane discussed the unknown links between genes, souls, and abilities.
• Xiao Ran interrupted the researchers when their discussion wandered off topic.
• Durandal drew three tubes of Xiao Ran’s blood and stored them for research before asking why Xiao Ran had called everyone together.
• Xiao Ran asked Kira and Athrun what they experienced when their abilities activated, and asked Yuzes and Kane about psychokinesis and the physical form of souls.
• Xiao Ran told Durandal that the Coordinator bloodline seemed to act as a lasting catalyst that strengthened his Innovator Bloodline and psychokinesis.

Xiao Ran was examined after revealing the seed in his brain, and the others concluded it was a beneficial manifestation of his abilities. After he left, Durandal, Kane, and Yuzes began scheming to use his genes for research, while Kira and Athrun were drawn into their plans.

• Kira, Athrun, Yuzes, Kane, and Durandal discussed how abilities, souls, and genes affected one another.
• Everyone rushed Xiao Ran into a full examination after learning he had an extra seed in his brain that he could detonate.
• Yuzes sensed Xiao Ran's telekinesis and Mental Power had grown stronger, while Kane found his soul and magic normal but his soul stronger.
• Durandal concluded the seed was likely a beneficial manifestation of Xiao Ran's abilities and told him that only he could study its effects.
• Xiao Ran asked Yuzes, Ingram, Kira, and Athrun to help him develop his abilities, then warned everyone not to use his genes to create dangerous beings.
• Durandal, Kane, and Yuzes planned a remote underground research facility to experiment with Xiao Ran's genes, and Athrun convinced Kira that sacrifices might be necessary.

Xiao Ran settled on developing his abilities during a year of faction Retention Time, while Luo and Renard led research into technology from several worlds. Their study of Nifaline revealed a highly intelligent Super AI that crashed whenever it tried to process emotions.

• Xiao Ran left the research institute after giving blood for tests and learned that his Seed of Spirit existed on the level of the soul rather than as a physical object in his brain.
• Xiao Ran decided to buy Retention Time instead of entering the Full Metal Panic world, and nine people, including Yuzes, Ingram, Zengar, Elsam, Luo, and Renard, stayed with him.
• Luo’s technical team reproduced the complete ZERO System, Gundanium Alloy W, and Puppet Mobility Technology before moving on to technology from Mecha Wars V.
• Luo, Renard, and the legion’s researchers spent more than two months inspecting Nifaline and studying Gedim’s AI technology.
• Luo and Renard activated Nifaline and discovered that the Super AI had exceptional intelligence and creativity but crashed when it tried to reason about emotions.

Xiao Ran learned that Nifaline was an exceptionally powerful but unstable Super AI and that Arcadia, her unfinished S-class mecha, needed extensive redesign before he could pilot it. While Luo and the others began planning its reconstruction, Xiao Ran continued studying psychic power.

• Renard explained that Nifaline could not be reprogrammed and needed supervision because her independent emotional reasoning could lead to unpredictable decisions.
• Xiao Ran learned that Nifaline had been isolated for ages, was kept offline in the research institute, and spent much of her time watching dramas and movies to learn about people.
• Luo and the others inspected Arcadia and found that the mecha was only eighty percent complete, lacked a cockpit and key components, and had been damaged when Luo touched it.
• Nifaline joined Luo's team to help redesign Arcadia, which required major changes to its armor, energy systems, weapons, operating system, and interior to suit Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran continued training his psychic power and studying its uses in combat, detection, prediction, mental influence, and teleportation.

Over the year, Xiao Ran greatly developed his psychokinesis and learned more about his Coordinator and Innovator bloodlines while the Burning Legion slowly rebuilt Arcadia. The year ended with the news that Shanamia was carrying Xiao Ran’s daughter, a naturally conceived child in the Faction Territory.

• Durandal advanced Coordinator technology using Xiao Ran’s genes, enabling newborns to reach Super Coordinator levels with improved fertility and fewer errors.
• Xiao Ran mastered new psychokinesis techniques, including short-range teleportation, mecha summoning, barriers, attacks, and mental control, though he could not develop precognition.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that his SEED Mode had erupted and gained a deeper understanding of his Coordinator bloodline and its abilities.
• Luo and the others continued a slow, extensive overhaul of Arcadia, rebuilding it into a stronger S-class mecha.
• Shanamia became pregnant with Xiao Ran’s daughter, prompting heightened security across the Burning Legion’s territories.
• Xiao Ran was stunned that he had naturally fathered a child in a Faction Territory.

Xiao Ran learned that Shanamia was pregnant with his first child, a rare occurrence for high-level participants. The Burning Legion rallied around the couple and prepared for the child’s arrival, while Naza and Durandal explained how the pregnancy might have happened.

• News of Shanamia’s pregnancy drew attention across the territory, and Xiao Ran stayed by her side, overjoyed by the coming child.
• Renard sent more than a thousand robots to protect Shanamia, while Luo expanded defenses and Durandal oversaw her examinations.
• After Retention Time ended, Renard summoned Xiao Ran’s team and other allies, and the Burning Legion’s participants congratulated Xiao Ran.
• Naza explained that high-level participants had extremely low fertility and called Shanamia’s pregnancy an exceptionally rare accident.
• Durandal suggested that changes in Xiao Ran’s evolving Coordinator bloodline may have caused the pregnancy.

Xiao Ran prepared to enter his A-to-S-class advancement mission, balancing his ambition to strengthen the Burning Legion against his desire to be present for Shanamia’s child. After receiving his loved ones’ support, he set out for the mission alone.

• Naza explained that Xiao Ran’s enhanced bloodline made him reproductively incompatible with ordinary humans, and Shanamia’s unborn daughter was an exceptionally rare child who inherited his traits.
• Sheryl told Xiao Ran that she and Mwu would not have children while the legion needed them, and made him promise to return safely and witness Shanamia’s child being born.
• Xiao Ran explained that he intended to begin his advancement mission on schedule because the legion needed more S-class Pilots, and Sheryl realized he had planned to go without her, Mwu, or Saki.
• Xiao Ran spent the final day of his rest period alone in Prometheus, calming his worries about the mission and leaving Shanamia behind.
• Xiao Ran’s squad and other allies gathered to support him; Luo prepared his machine and supplies, while El-Elf gave him a tablet of operational packages.
• Sheryl, Mwu, and Saki urged Xiao Ran to be careful as he departed alone for his advancement mission.