Chapter Summaries

The Wanluo Federation descended into political and military turmoil after its defeat, while Long Fei and the Skywing Mercenary Group celebrated their gains and waited for the conflict to weaken the Federation further. On his way back to the main base, Long Fei reclaimed command authority from Shlaik and spoke with Taoxiang as she cared for their newborn twins.

• Powell blamed President Purvi for the defeat by publicizing the compulsory order, while Purvi denied issuing it and threatened to arrest Powell.
• Military personnel, reservists, civilians, and retired soldiers opposed Purvi, and protests by his supporters and opponents turned into clashes.
• Long Fei and the Skywing Mercenary Group celebrated their victory for three days, honored their fallen comrades, and waited for the Wanluo Federation's internal conflict to deepen.
• On the return journey, Long Fei took back command authority from Major General Shlaik and discussed Shlaik's service and likely promotion.
• Long Fei video-called Taoxiang, who showed him their sleeping twin daughters and talked about exercising and losing weight after giving birth.
• When Long Guo and Long Fu woke to feed, Taoxiang prepared formula and fed one baby while the nanny fed the other.

Long Fei returned to Babylon to spend time with Taoxiang and their twin daughters before their full-month celebration. As the family prepared for the celebration, Taoxiang handled a work report, and Long Fei reflected on the people who cared for them.

• Long Fei returned to Babylon and Long Kui rebuked him for risking his life on the battlefield despite having a wife and children.
• Lixiang came back from a mission and joined the family in playing with Long Guo and Long Fu.
• Long Fei fed his daughters for the first time alongside Taoxiang, then helped burp them before they fell asleep.
• Long Huijuan gave Long Fei Xu Jingyun's gift for the twins: two jade dolls engraved with wishes for happiness and safety.
• Long Fei showed the jade dolls to Taoxiang, who warmly appreciated Xu Jingyun's blessing.
• A person in a Sparta Battle Suit delivered a report, and Taoxiang issued instructions while Long Fei cautioned her not to overwork herself.

Long Fei and Taoxiang celebrated their twin daughters Long Guo and Long Fu’s full moon with friends and colleagues on Meteorite Babylon. After the guests left, Long Fei promised to work from home for a few days so he could spend more time with Taoxiang and the babies.

• Long Fei hosted a full moon celebration for Long Guo and Long Fu, and Li Xiucheng gave the twins gold bracelets.
• Taoxiang cared for the babies during the celebration, feeding and changing them while talking with Zhou Ya, Zhou Na, and Lixiang about raising children.
• Long Fei entertained the guests as videos and photos of his family played, and the celebration ended at midnight.
• Long Fei returned to his room and told Taoxiang he would work from home for the next few days unless something major happened.
• Taoxiang apologized that she had not recovered enough for intimacy, and Long Fei reassured her that her health mattered most and held her as they slept.

Long Fei and Taoxiang spent a peaceful family picnic with their twin daughters after their relatives and Lixiang departed. Their affectionate moment ended when Long Guo and Long Fu woke up hungry.

• Long Kui and her sisters said goodbye to Long Fei and Taoxiang, and Lixiang left for work.
• Taoxiang reflected on Lixiang's independence but continued to worry about her spending time with Yue Yangchun.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang took Long Guo and Long Fu on a picnic with nannies and guards nearby.
• Taoxiang asked Long Fei to change his daughters' diapers, then shared the snacks and drinks she had prepared for him.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang cuddled and joked about their daughters growing up and possibly having another child.
• Long Guo and Long Fu woke up fussing for milk.

Long Fei returned to work after spending more than a week with Taoxiang and their twin daughters, while the Wanluo Federation remained paralyzed by political turmoil and military defiance. Major General Shlaik continued a cautious campaign against the Federation, allowing civilian trade through his blockades for humanitarian and strategic reasons.

• Long Fei said goodbye to Taoxiang and their twin daughters on Meteorite Babylon and boarded Taurus 2 to return to work.
• Long Fei reviewed reports as protests spread across the Wanluo Federation, whose military and government departments largely refused to obey President Purvi.
• Congress debated a referendum on President Purvi's future, while Commander-in-Chief Powell agreed that the military would obey him again if he won it.
• Major General Shlaik avoided major battles and used guerrilla attacks and supply-route blockades to weaken the Federation's forces.
• Major General Shlaik allowed civilian necessities and nonmilitary trade to pass, drawing divided reactions from the international community.

Long Fei’s team discovered that the two-handed sword used by Sergio Escudero’s Bomber Fei Lei contained Blue Pot Iron, a Mars Sphere metal capable of piercing Nano-layer Armor. Long Fei ordered further research and sent Salamander to investigate four bases, including the Longsog Kingdom, with authority to deal with any Skywing Mercenary Group member.

• After the battlefield crews recovered the sword, Long Fei and the staff analyzed it and identified an unknown blue metal in its composition.
• Salamander recognized the metal as Blue Pot Iron, which could make blades capable of piercing Nano-layer Armor but was vulnerable to energy weapons.
• Anton speculated that the Escudero family had obtained Blue Pot Iron through past trade with the Mars Sphere, and Long Fei ordered Factory Director Simmons to investigate the metal further.
• Long Fei praised Salamander’s management of the Black Rabbit Unit and Sword Shield Unit, then ordered the Black Rabbit Unit to resume TR Series research at the main base.
• Long Fei gave Salamander a command token and ordered him to investigate the thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth bases, especially the person in charge in the Longsog Kingdom.

As Salamander reorganized the seventeenth branch base, he uncovered extensive corruption, drug trafficking, and weapons sales, then moved on to the Longsog Kingdom. There, he arrived at the administrative building and learned that Princess Youyou was nearby, leaving a possible reunion ahead.

• The Wanluo Federation Congress approved a motion to hold a nationwide referendum on whether Purvi should remain president, and Purvi tried to improve his approval rating by posting his views online.
• Salamander confronted Major General Mark over corruption, drug trafficking, and the sale of active-service weapons, and Mark confessed after Salamander showed him photographs of his loved ones.
• Salamander arranged for Mark to resign with dignity and gave him a bank card containing 10% of his embezzled money, while the Sword Shield Unit confiscated the rest.
• A Black Rabbit Unit member reported that stolen weapons had been recovered and that drug dealers had been dealt with; Salamander ordered first-time offenders into rehabilitation and repeat offenders dismissed.
• Salamander traveled with Relina and the other unit members to the Longsog Kingdom, where he recognized Princess Youyou's royal guard convoy and entered the administrative building.

Salamander confronted Colonel Makus over taking bribes and pretending he could arrange meetings with the boss, then punished him and other corrupt administrators. Afterward, Salamander and his team went to a restaurant, where Princess Youyou invited him to meet her, and Relina urged him to find out what she wanted.

• Princess Youyou greeted Salamander and invited him to a tea party, but he refused and waited for Colonel Makus.
• Colonel Makus fawned over Salamander, who accused him of taking Princess Youyou's money by falsely promising to arrange a meeting with the boss.
• Makus begged for mercy, and Salamander had him and other senior personnel brought in to answer for corruption and selling weapons and parts to the Longsog Kingdom.
• Salamander demoted the other administrators by two ranks and ordered them to return embezzled money, then demoted Makus by three ranks and removed him from his post.
• Salamander and his team went to a restaurant, where a waiter told him Princess Youyou had invited him to meet; Relina encouraged him to go and see what she wanted.

Princess Youyou tried to win Salamander back, but he rejected her and accused her of seeking him out for political security. After Relina asked for lodging for the Sword Shield Unit, Youyou offered her palace, secretly hoping to keep Salamander close.

• Salamander arrived at the private room, where Princess Youyou's attendants greeted him with respect and sent him inside.
• Princess Youyou served Salamander his favorite dishes and asked him to become her husband, but he refused to eat and told her to get to the point.
• Salamander rejected Youyou's apology, recalled how she had used and discarded him, and accused her of wanting him as a powerful backup plan.
• Youyou clung to Salamander and pleaded for another chance, but he broke free and prepared to leave.
• Relina entered with Sword Shield Unit members and asked Youyou where they could stay; Youyou offered her palace and secretly hoped to keep Salamander near her.

Salamander and Relina’s staged bedroom noises drove Princess Youyou into a rage when she arrived hoping to seduce him. As Long Fei and Li Xiucheng watched the revenge unfold, Princess Youyou ordered Barbaros’s grave dug up, while Long Fei planned to make her lose everything gradually.

• Princess Youyou visited Salamander’s room dressed and perfumed to seduce him, but heard Relina and two women pretending to be intimate with him.
• The Sword Shield Unit member told Princess Youyou that Salamander was busy, and she left in a furious state after hearing the women mock her marriages and Barbaros.
• Relina revealed that she and her colleagues had staged the scene on the boss’s orders, and the women laughed when they learned Princess Youyou had smashed things in her room.
• A Sword Shield Unit member reported that Princess Youyou had ordered Barbaros’s grave dug up so his corpse could be whipped and his remains scattered.
• Salamander considered intervening but stayed put after Relina reminded him that Barbaros had helped kill the wise king.
• Long Fei and Li Xiucheng watched the scene and agreed that Princess Youyou deserved punishment, while Long Fei favored making her lose everything little by little.

Salamander confronted Princess Youyou over corrupt dealings between Longsog officials and the Skywing Group, while the Skywing Mercenary Group seized the implicated officials. After the Wanluo Federation replaced Purvi with Rice, Long Fei agreed to pursue peace negotiations, but a new international event erupted as preparations began.

• Salamander told Princess Youyou that the Skywing Group would handle officials implicated in secret corrupt dealings, citing its treaty rights over Longsog territory.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group took the implicated Longsog officials away and left the vacant positions for the kingdom to fill.
• Wanluo Federation voters chose to remove Purvi, Rice became president, and Commander-in-Chief Powell pledged the military's obedience to him.
• Rice called for peace negotiations with the Skywing Mercenary Group, and Long Fei accepted Major General Shlaik's advice to negotiate before other superpowers intervened.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group announced that it was willing to hold peace negotiations with the Wanluo Federation, just as another major international event erupted.

The Dion Empire invaded Cataro to rescue hostages from a Pirate Group, defeated Cataro’s forces, and refused international demands to apologize or pay compensation. Facing the Empire’s overwhelming military threat, Cataro apologized and paid instead, and its president resigned after public protests.

• After negotiations over the kidnapped Dion Empire passengers stalled, the Dion Empire gave Cataro an ultimatum and invaded with a regiment-level fleet.
• The Dion Empire’s transforming MS units defeated Cataro’s forces, and its troops freed the hostages and eliminated the Pirate Group.
• Cataro protested at the International Conference, but the Dion Empire rejected demands for an apology and compensation and challenged Cataro to fight.
• The Dion Empire threatened Cataro with two Army-level Fleets, forcing Cataro to apologize and pay compensation.
• Cataro citizens protested their authorities’ weakness, and the president bowed before resigning.

After the Skywing Mercenary Group and the Wanluo Federation signed a negotiated settlement, Long Fei and his generals reviewed battle records of the Dion Empire. Salamander explained the empire’s Saint Machines, custom models, warships, and manpower, leaving Long Fei considering new warship designs.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group and the Wanluo Federation signed a contract, exchanged compensation and terms, and ended their fighting.
• Long Fei and the generals watched footage of the Dion Empire’s forces defeating Cataro’s army, including aqua-blue MS units and heavily armed warships.
• Salamander identified the aqua-blue units as Azure, mass-produced Saint Machines, and said a newer Blood Red model might use wired guided weapons.
• Salamander explained that custom Saint Machines were built for elite Newtypes and that his group had lost nearly fifty MS units destroying one.
• Salamander said the Dion Empire had warships exceeding 600 meters and a population of around five hundred million, with some MS units relying on automated systems.
• Long Fei considered researching and modifying warships from science fiction novels.

Long Fei decided the Skywing Mercenary Group should keep developing and avoid provoking the Dion Empire unless it struck first, after Salamander compared their strengths. Meanwhile, nations around the world studied Skywing technology and made varying degrees of progress, while military experts debated the Dion Empire’s Holy Machine and Skywing’s Gundam.

• Salamander told Li Jiaming that the Dion Empire had stronger warships, tanks, and large-force command, while the Skywing Mercenary Group excelled in drones, individual weapons, logistics, and guerrilla warfare.
• Long Fei told Li Jiaming and the generals that the Skywing Mercenary Group should remain vigilant, keep strengthening itself, and avoid fighting the Dion Empire unless provoked.
• Military experts compared the Dion Empire’s Holy Machine with the Gundam after leaked combat footage drew international attention.
• The Wanluo Federation and the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic used salvaged Mass-produced Gundam parts to study movable skeletal components and improve their unit designs.
• The Hanxia Empire studied an Argama MS Carrier, advancing its Nuclear Fission Engine technology while its Nuclear Fusion Engine remained unstable.
• Several nations dismantled Skywing warships and absorbed parts of their technology, while countries without the research capacity continued buying weapons from the Skywing Mercenary Group.

The Dion Empire swiftly conquered a nation that refused to apologize or pay compensation after wrongly detaining its merchant fleet, then warned the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic against secretly testing its resolve. Meanwhile, Samulas III learned about the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Newtype technology and Long Fei, while Kuroda’s true identity and lifelong desire to avenge his family were revealed.

• The Dion Empire occupied all eight Colony Satellites of the offending nation, sentenced its government personnel to Lowly Slaves and its citizens to servants, and offered the abandoned satellites to other countries.
• The Dion Empire’s ambassador warned the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic’s president that the Emperor would not tolerate covert provocations, prompting the president to acknowledge the warning.
• Samulas III learned that the Skywing Mercenary Group had Newtype-testing equipment, that one in a thousand people there might be a Newtype, and that Long Fei had developed most of its technology; he chose not to eliminate Long Fei because he hoped to recruit him.
• Kuroda looked at a photograph of Samulas III and was revealed to be Fahdina Samulas, the Emperor’s younger brother, who had fled the Dion Empire and changed his identity after Fadis’s coup killed their family.
• Fahdina, now Kuroda Seiya, had joined the Amaterasu Organization, helped develop its MS project with Dion Empire technology, and spent his life seeking revenge against Fadis.

Long Fei and Taoxiang observed their infant twin daughters’ unusual development and investigated whether other Newtype children showed similar traits. A report found that children of Newtypes were highly likely to be Newtypes themselves and that those who awakened at birth developed faster than ordinary infants, though Long Fei considered the findings preliminary.

• Long Fei spent a day with Taoxiang and their twin daughters, who recognized him through their mental connection despite his long absence.
• Taoxiang told Long Fei that the girls had started rolling over unusually early and had boundless energy, prompting him to investigate Newtype children.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang discussed visiting Long Fei’s hometown for the traditional holiday so his sisters could meet the twins.
• After a week with his family, Long Fei returned to the base and reviewed reports on children born to mercenary Newtypes and ordinary members.
• The reports found a 99.999% chance of Newtype children when both parents were Newtypes, while children of one Newtype parent also had a high chance; birth-awakened Newtype infants tended to develop faster and be healthier.
• Long Fei speculated that being born in a space colony might increase the likelihood of Newtype births and concluded that the findings needed further observation.

Long Fei welcomed Dongfang Wudi’s master, mistress, martial uncle, and younger martial cousin to the home base. After Salamander sparred with Dongfang Wudi and received Gouki’s advice, Long Fei sent him to test his custom Extreme Star Gundam.

• Dongfang Wudi told Long Fei that his master and mistress would teach the schoolchildren martial arts, while his martial uncle would instruct the mercenaries.
• Dongfang Wudi welcomed Gouken, Gouki, his mistress, and Chun-Li from the airship and introduced them to Long Fei.
• Gouki praised Salamander’s fighting hands and suggested a spar with Dongfang Wudi, which Long Fei arranged.
• Dongfang Wudi defeated Salamander by locking his joint, and Gouki advised Salamander to strengthen his knees and study wrestling and grappling.
• Long Fei arranged lodging for Dongfang Wudi’s elders, then sent Salamander to test his custom Extreme Star Gundam.

Long Fei’s family celebrated the traditional festival together, sharing a reunion meal and watching fireworks with Long Guo and Long Fu. On the third day, Xu Jingyun visited in disguise and became the twins’ godmother, leaving Long Fei reflecting on her past feelings for him.

• Long Fei returned to his hometown with Taoxiang and their daughters to celebrate the festival with his family.
• Long Kui served the family dumplings, potstickers, and wonton soup, and Taoxiang and Long Fei fed the excited twins.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang held Long Guo and Long Fu so they could watch the festival fireworks before putting them to bed.
• Xu Jingyun visited Long Fei’s home in disguise, asked to become the twins’ godmother, and gave them jade pendants.
• Long Fei accepted Xu Jingyun’s request and watched her fondly hold the twins, feeling a trace of guilt about her past feelings for him.

Long Fei attended a meeting at the Oya Cross Nation ahead of an international conference and learned that Fadis Samulas III had arrived near Earth. Fadis discussed Long Fei and his Gundams with Julius, then began descending to the Oya Cross Nation.

• Long Fei arrived at the Oya Cross Nation’s thirteenth base and met Saintess Aina and ministers ahead of Pope David’s international conference.
• Shu Tielong told Long Fei that the Dion Empire had destroyed several countries, and Aina asked about his connection to Fadis Samulas III.
• Long Fei sensed Fadis and his Newtype forces outside Earth, and advisers confirmed that the Dion fleet had arrived.
• Fadis and Julius identified Long Fei as the exceptional Newtype at the Pope’s palace and discussed recruiting him or avoiding conflict.
• Fadis said he wanted to capture Long Fei’s Gundams to study their power systems, then began descending toward the Oya Cross Nation aboard the Fadis and three escort ships.

Fadis Samulas III arrived on Earth for the international council, where his meeting with Long Fei revealed their mutual distrust. Long Fei warned Xu Weiran that Fadis was dangerous, then argued that Newtypes, Coordinators, and ordinary humans deserved equal rights, a view Fadis opposed.

• Pope David welcomed Fadis Samulas III and introduced him to the attending national leaders and reporters.
• Long Fei and Fadis sensed each other's spiritual power during a handshake and exchanged cold sneers.
• Xu Weiran asked Long Fei about Fadis, and Long Fei called him dangerous and urged the nation to prepare for war while avoiding conflict.
• The council discussed new conventions restricting cross-border military action and the taking of defeated nations' citizens, with most attendees supporting them.
• Long Fei argued that Newtypes, Coordinators, and ordinary humans were equal and should have the same rights, earning applause from every nation except the Dion Empire.
• Fadis raised his hand to signal his disagreement with Long Fei's view.