Recaps

Sky Wing Mercenaries held its first military parade, displaying its forces and advanced weapons to an international audience. Long Fei praised the mercenaries and declared that the organization would crush anyone who became its enemy.

• Long Xuan and the Skywing Group subsidiary presidents attended the parade as Long Fei watched from the central seat beside Taoxiang.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries showcased its MS units and fleets in space, including Taurus, Birgo, Murasame, the Archangel, and Taurus 2.
• At the main base, the parade featured armored vehicles, amphibious MS, decommissioned Gundams, mercenary units, and active-service Gundams.
• The personnel and subsidiary presidents saluted Long Fei, who ordered them at ease and addressed the assembled mercenaries.
• Long Fei thanked the mercenaries, vowed that enemies would face Sky Wing Mercenaries’ wrath, and led them in chants celebrating the organization.

Billy Amistad learned about the Ferocious Hound Squad’s Newtypes and the Shadow Mad Dog Squad’s Augmented Human Modification while considering Long Fei a threat to the Amistad Family’s businesses. Two weeks after the Sky Wing Mercenaries’ military parade, Long Fei began considering a return to his hometown.

• Sok reported to Billy that his spies had been captured but shared intelligence about the Ferocious Hound Squad and the Shadow Mad Dog Squad.
• Billy forgave Sok for the failed mission to capture Saintess Aina and sent him home.
• Billy concluded that Long Fei might be a highly intelligent Newtype and recalled how Skywing Group’s technologies had damaged the Amistad Family’s businesses.
• Billy’s bearded doctor proposed building a weapon larger than the target they could not defeat at its current scale.
• Two weeks after the parade, Long Fei considered returning to his hometown.

Long Fei prepared to return to his hometown with Taoxiang, while the Skywing Mercenary Group sent a large escort fleet that drew international attention. As the fleet traveled toward the Earth Sphere, Xu Jingyun recalled the university experiences that had first made her fall for Long Fei.

• Long Fei told Taoxiang and Long Xuan that he planned to return home and bring Taoxiang with him, and Long Xuan shared the news with Long Kui and Long Wen.
• Li Jiaming arranged an Army-level Fleet to protect Long Fei, and Long Fei added units from the Ferocious Hound Squad and Shadow Mad Dog Squad.
• The Escort Fleet, commanded by Brigadier General Aixisi, left the home base, and international reporters followed it after recognizing Long Fei's likely presence aboard.
• Long Fei reviewed reports aboard the Great Angel and noted that Hanxia Empire officials were preparing to visit his hometown, Yongsheng City.
• Xu Jingyun finished a portrait of Long Fei and remembered how his brilliance, athleticism, and actions during their university years had drawn her to him.

After fifteen days, the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Escort Fleet reached Earth and landed safely in Hanxia Empire, where Long Fei reunited with his sisters at the Fourteenth Branch Base. The fleet’s grand reception ended with Long Fei learning that the prime minister and two ministers were waiting to meet him.

• Xu Jingyun remembered falling in love with Long Fei and grieving when she learned he already had a lover, while Xu Weiran urged her to let him go.
• Brigadier General Aixisi requested and received permission from Colonel Wen to bring the Escort Fleet directly down to Earth without using the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator.
• The Escort Fleet landed safely, and Prime Minister Wei Kangping, Minister of National Defense Shu Tielong, and Trade Minister Guo Fengjiang set out for the Fourteenth Branch Base.
• The Fourteenth Branch Base prepared an elaborate welcome as the Escort Fleet arrived, its warships and MS units taking their assigned positions.
• Long Fei stepped off the Archangel, saluted his mercenaries, and embraced Long Kui and Long Wen.
• Pan Jiangdong told Long Fei that the prime minister and two ministers were waiting for him in the VIP room.

Long Fei met with Prime Minister Wei Kangping and Ministers Shu Tielong and Guo Fengjiang, who sought weapons purchases and investment from the Skywing Group. After accepting the emperor’s invitation to a birthday banquet, Long Fei set off for home with his family as his heavily guarded procession drew crowds and international reporters.

• Wei Kangping, Shu Tielong, and Guo Fengjiang watched footage of Long Fei’s arrival before meeting him in the VIP room.
• Long Fei discussed military purchases and Skywing Group investment with the three officials, agreeing to consider investment and design an enhanced War God Armor Battle Suit while refusing to sell the Sparta Battle Suit.
• Wei Kangping gave Long Fei an invitation to the emperor’s birthday banquet, and Long Fei agreed to attend with a companion.
• Long Fei reunited with his sisters and Taoxiang, then decided to go home and eat Aunt Li’s cooking.
• Long Fei’s Gundams, vehicles, and helicopters escorted his party out of Sub-Base No. 14 as reporters followed and Yongsheng City residents gathered to watch.

Long Fei returned to his family home with a heavily guarded convoy and reunited with his sisters, Butler Wu, and Aunt Li. After paying respects to his parents and sharing dinner with his family, he received a phone call and went to handle something in his room.

• Reporters gathered outside Long Fei's home as his convoy arrived, while Sky Wing Mercenaries secured the property and kept drones from filming.
• Long Fei warmly greeted Butler Wu and Aunt Li, introduced Taoxiang and Lixiang, and offered incense at his parents' memorial portraits.
• Long Fei looked through his childhood photograph and found that his room had been restored, though his old drawings, discs, and storage devices were gone.
• Long Wen asked Lixiang about the mercenary units guarding the house and grew concerned that Long Fei had delegated too much authority.
• Taoxiang woke Long Fei from a long nap, and he ate a dinner prepared by his sisters, Taoxiang, and Aunt Li while Long Kui urged him to protect his health.
• After dinner, Long Fei's phone rang, and he went back to his room to take care of something.

Long Kui explained to Long Xuan that Long Fei was wary of his executives and warned that he would deal harshly with the Long Family if they resisted him. The next morning, Long Fei made plans to visit his old schools while his sisters went to work at Skywing subsidiaries.

• Long Kui told Long Xuan that Long Fei secretly monitored his companies and might unleash a bloody storm on the Long Family if they refused to cooperate.
• Long Kui reassured Long Xuan that Long Fei would remain loving toward his sisters unless they crossed his bottom line.
• Taoxiang got up early to help Aunt Li prepare breakfast, and Long Fei decided to visit his elementary, middle, and high schools with Li Xiucheng.
• Long Kui reminded Long Wen that Long Fei had arranged secret protection for her, and Long Fei explained that the RV windows could change color.
• Long Kui and Long Wen left for the company in their RV under mercenary escort, Long Xuan went to inspect Skywing Metal, and Long Fei took Taoxiang and Lixiang to his elementary school.

Long Fei visited his elementary, middle, and high school alma maters with Li Xiucheng and the Taoxiang sisters, drawing crowds and donating one hundred million Earth Sphere Credits to his elementary school. After learning that Taoxiang’s grandfather’s ancestral hometown had been found, Lixiang refused to visit, and Long Fei arranged for her to stay with his sister while he and Taoxiang left the next day.

• Long Fei arrived at his elementary school with Li Xiucheng and the Taoxiang sisters, and the principal welcomed him as reporters gathered outside.
• Long Fei allowed reporters from three media outlets to film, identified Taoxiang as his woman, and donated one hundred million Earth Sphere Credits to the school.
• Long Fei showed Taoxiang and Lixiang his graduation photo, and Lixiang recognized Li Xiucheng in another picture.
• Long Fei visited his middle school and high school, while Taoxiang remembered leaving school to support Lixiang after their parents died.
• At dinner, Long Fei told Taoxiang that her grandfather’s ancestral hometown had been found, but Lixiang refused to visit it.
• Long Fei told Taoxiang that Lixiang could stay with his sister while he and Taoxiang set off the next day.

Long Fei and Taoxiang traveled to the township where Taoxiang’s grandfather’s ancestral home was located, where they witnessed Dongfang Wudi defeat thugs intimidating a shopkeeper. After learning that Boss Sun controlled the township through corrupt officials, Long Fei and Taoxiang continued to the clan ancestral halls, where Taoxiang prepared to face her family’s past.

• Long Fei and Taoxiang arrived in the township and stopped for breakfast at a local shop.
• Five thugs threatened the proprietress over her refusal to sell her shop, and Dongfang Wudi quickly defeated them.
• The proprietress explained that Boss Sun had influence over local officials and had driven away residents who complained.
• Dongfang Wudi offered to work for the proprietress to repay the damage, and Long Fei encouraged her to accept.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang followed directions to the clan ancestral halls, and Long Fei reassured Taoxiang when she grew nervous.

Taoxiang reunited with her family’s history at the Li Family Ancestral Hall, learning that her grandparents and uncle’s family had died and arranging to take their urns. After Long Fei heard about Boss Sun’s bullying of local shop owners, a message sent him rushing back to the old restaurant, and Taoxiang followed.

• Taoxiang found her grandparents’ memorial tablets, and Li Wenke recognized her as his niece after she showed him a childhood photograph.
• Taoxiang learned that her uncle’s family had died in a car accident and that her grandparents died from grief after the loss.
• The ancestral hall’s manager allowed Taoxiang to take the family’s urns, and she added her and her younger sister’s names to the Li family genealogy.
• Li Wenke explained that Boss Sun used thugs and corrupt officials to force local shop owners from their businesses.
• After receiving a message about trouble at the old restaurant, Long Fei left, and Taoxiang followed him there.

Dongfang Wudi defeated Boss Sun’s thugs after they attacked Auntie Wang’s shop, but corrupt police arrived and tried to frame him. After Boss Sun taunted and slapped the handcuffed Dongfang Wudi, Dongfang Wudi kicked him into a police car, and Long Fei ordered his companions to move as officers aimed their guns.

• Dongfang Wudi defeated nearly fifty thugs while residents and disguised Sky Wing Mercenaries watched.
• Dongfang Wudi confronted the thug leader and Boss Sun, but police arrived before he could strike Boss Sun.
• Boss Sun accused Auntie Wang and Dongfang Wudi of attacking him, while the police captain ignored residents’ testimony and destroyed their recordings.
• The officers handcuffed Dongfang Wudi, and Boss Sun taunted and slapped him before Dongfang Wudi kicked him into a police car.
• Several officers aimed their guns at Dongfang Wudi, and Long Fei ordered his companions to move.

Long Fei and the Sky Wing Mercenaries intervened when the police tried to arrest Dongfang Wudi, then Long Fei tested Dongfang Wudi’s fighting skills and recruited him. Dongfang Wudi agreed to join the Skywing Mercenary Group as a combat instructor and Gundam pilot.

• The Sky Wing Mercenaries subdued the police, freed Dongfang Wudi, and stopped the fleeing thugs while Long Fei arranged for Boss Sun to be treated and contacted Wei Kangping.
• A call from the mayor revealed that officials were coming to deal with the police, and Dongfang Wudi mistook Long Fei for an imperial envoy before learning he owned the Skywing Group.
• Long Fei offered Dongfang Wudi a combat instructor job, and Dongfang Wudi defeated three enhanced mercenaries in under twenty seconds.
• Long Fei hired Dongfang Wudi as the Skywing Mercenary Group’s combat instructor, and Dongfang Wudi agreed to join officially after Long Fei offered to develop a Gundam for him.

Long Fei and Taoxiang arrived in Tianyang City and entered Shengqi Palace with a 500-person Sky Wing security detail and two Gundams. After Long Fei’s forces disabled the palace’s hidden cameras and exposed guards monitoring him from afar, Xu Weiran realized Long Fei’s technology surpassed his country’s estimates.

• Long Fei and Taoxiang traveled aboard the Archangel to Tianyang City, where the Escort Fleet landed at the Royal Military Base.
• A female eunuch invited Long Fei to stay in the imperial palace, and he arranged for five hundred special mercenaries, Gundam Dynames, and the Nadleeh Gundam to accompany him.
• Long Fei’s group settled into Shengqi Palace, where his mercenaries took over security and deployed Machine Hounds and Military Haros.
• Sky Wing mercenaries found and disabled the palace’s hidden cameras, while their Machine Hounds detected guards concealed nearby.
• Long Fei used his Sunglasses to spot guards secretly watching him from a distance, prompting them to withdraw.
• Xu Weiran heard the report and concluded that Long Fei’s technology exceeded his experts’ estimates.

Long Fei had Long Dingkun and the Long Family brought under Sky Wing Mercenary control, then forced the patriarch to sign a contract after executing Long Yingxuan. He left the family kneeling and declared that only Long Huijuan deserved the surname Long.

• Long Dingkun's fears grew after Long Fei returned, and Sky Wing Mercenaries seized the Long Family estate and gathered its members in the main hall.
• Long Dingkun, Yang Ruoxi, and Long Huijuan were forced to kneel until Long Fei arrived and allowed Long Huijuan and Yang Ruoxi to sit.
• Long Fei confronted Long Dingkun over the family's past persecution of him and his sisters, then asked whether he wanted to live or die.
• Long Fei had Long Yingxuan shot when Long Dingkun hesitated, prompting Long Dingkun to say he wanted to live.
• Long Fei made Long Dingkun sign a contract under threat to his family, then stepped on his head and said the others deserved the surname Dog.

Long Fei brutally humiliated the Long Family members and renamed them the Gou Family, then relented when Long Kui begged him to stop. He appointed Long Huijuan head of the Long Family and ordered a banquet for the following day.

• Long Fei had the Sky Wing Mercenaries beat the Long Family members, force them to take the surname Gou, and make them bark and eat like dogs.
• Long Huijuan called Long Kui, who saw the abuse over video and asked Long Fei to stop humiliating the family.
• Long Fei threatened to continue tormenting the Gou Family unless Long Kui accepted that they remain his servants; Long Kui knelt and pleaded with him.
• Long Fei stopped the mercenaries and appointed Long Huijuan head of the Long Family, leaving some mercenaries behind to keep the Gou Family in line.
• The Long Family announced a banquet for Long Huijuan’s appointment, and nearby prominent families learned that the family had changed hands.

Long Fei thanked Xu Jingyun for the jade lovebirds she gave him and made clear that he and Taoxiang were together, leaving Xu Jingyun heartbroken. Later, Li Xiucheng revealed Long Fei’s talent for singing, and Long Fei performed “BEYOND THE TIME” in two languages, astonishing Taoxiang and everyone nearby.

• Long Fei returned to Shengqi Palace, greeted Xu Jingyun formally, and accepted her invitation to tour the imperial palace with Taoxiang the next day.
• Taoxiang admired Xu Jingyun’s jade lovebird carving, and Long Fei called Xu Jingyun to thank her for wishing him and Taoxiang a happy life together.
• Xu Jingyun wished the couple well, then handed her phone back to her maid while the maids noticed she was crying.
• Li Xiucheng told Taoxiang that Long Fei could sing and write songs, prompting Taoxiang to ask him to perform.
• Long Fei played the piano and sang “BEYOND THE TIME” in two languages, stunning Taoxiang, Li Xiucheng, the palace maids, and nearby Sky Wing Mercenaries.

Long Kui and Long Xuan argued over Long Fei’s revenge against the Long Family until Long Wen showed them his performance and reunited them. The next day, Long Huijuan became the new Long Family head as Long Fei’s enemies were humiliated, and Emperor Xu Weiran invited Long Fei to discuss matters privately after hearing him perform at Leqing Palace.

• Long Kui and Long Xuan argued over whether Long Fei’s revenge was excessive, but Long Wen showed them a video of him singing, and the sisters made peace by discussing the song.
• At the Long Family banquet, Long Huijuan became family head while Long Dingkun and the other family members were renamed with the surname Gou and made to serve as dog servants.
• Gou Chenxuan struck a playboy who mocked him, but a Sky Wing Mercenary knocked him down and allowed the playboys to drag him away while Long Huijuan pretended not to notice.
• Xu Jingyun took Long Fei and Taoxiang to Leqing Palace, where Long Fei performed “BEYOND THE TIME” on a crystal piano for a growing audience.
• Emperor Xu Weiran praised Long Fei’s performance and asked him to walk with him for a private discussion.

Long Fei showed Emperor Xu Weiran a range of mass-production MS designs for the country, while Lin Ruidar challenged and mocked him. The experts began reviewing the designs to recommend a suitable model, and Lin Ruidar realized how far behind Long Fei he was.

• Xu Weiran asked Long Fei to present his mass-production MS designs, and Long Fei projected the GM III schematics on his phone.
• Xu Weiran invited five experts, including Lin Ruidar, to examine the designs, and Long Fei dismissed Lin’s claim that he was his strongest rival.
• Long Fei displayed designs for the Veda, Gears R, Strike Shigu, Hyakuren, Graze, Gouf, Asshimar, and Amphibious GM.
• Lin Ruidar mocked the Graze for relying on ballistic weapons, but Long Fei explained that its Nano-layer Armor was immune to beam weapons.
• Xu Weiran told the experts to review the MS units and recommend the best model, while he and Long Fei shared afternoon tea.
• Lin Ruidar admitted that he could not create any of Long Fei’s designs, and the experts continued reviewing them.

During the Hanxia Empire’s National Day celebrations, Long Fei drew the emperor’s attention and received extraordinary royal honors while his family adjusted to his growing power. After the palace banquets ended, Long Fei told Xu Jingyun he planned to visit Oya Cross Nation in three days.

• Long Fei attended the National Day celebrations beside Emperor Xu Weiran while his family watched and Brigadier General Aixisi monitored security around the palace.
• Xu Weiran and his three princes sought Long Fei’s favor, but Long Fei ignored their attention and continued speaking with the emperor.
• Long Huijuan cooperated with Skywing Group and quietly eased the hardship of former Long Family members, while Long Fei told Huang Minghao to treat her with respect.
• Xu Weiran hosted Long Fei and Taoxiang at his main table for the dining banquet, and Xu Jingyun later danced with Long Fei during the evening celebration.
• After the fireworks, Xu Jingyun escorted Long Fei and Taoxiang back to Shengqi Palace and learned that Long Fei planned to visit Oya Cross Nation in three days.

Young Prince He’s road-rage confrontation with the Sky Wing Mercenaries went viral after he was forced to kneel and apologize. Meanwhile, the empire evaluated Long Fei’s mobile suits, Xu Jingyun piloted an Exia Gundam, and the experts selected candidate models before the Escort Fleet departed for the Oya Cross Nation.

• Young Prince He’s bodyguards threatened the Sky Wing Mercenaries after his sedan struck their jeep, but the mercenaries disarmed and defeated them on Long Fei’s orders.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries aimed pistols at Young Prince He, who immediately knelt, apologized, and admitted fault before they left.
• Footage of the encounter spread nationwide, and Xu Weiran accepted that the royal family could not retaliate against Long Fei’s organization.
• Xu Jingyun piloted Long Fei’s Exia Gundam at an MS combat arena and defeated the palace guards’ modified Yuelu units, impressing Xu Weiran and his ministers.
• Lin Ruidar and four other experts selected the GM III, Veda, Hyakuren, Gouf, and Amphibious GM for consideration, while Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company planned a local branch and factory.
• Lixiang returned to the Escort Fleet, which set sail for the Oya Cross Nation to conduct interviews.

While the Escort Fleet traveled to Oya Cross Nation, Long Fei studied God Gundam with Taoxiang and sent its designs to the main base for production. The fleet arrived at Oya Cross Nation’s international port, where Saintess Aina and local forces prepared to receive it.

• Long Fei explained God Gundam’s movement-tracking cockpit, Human-Machine Integration, and emotion-based modes to Taoxiang.
• Long Fei sent God Gundam’s data to Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming, who passed it to Factory Director Simmons.
• Simmons showed the designs to the factory employees, who complained about the workload but agreed to start manufacturing them.
• Oya Cross Nation prepared an army-group-level fleet and deployed soldiers to receive the Escort Fleet at its international port.
• Saintess Aina arrived with the Templar Knights as the Escort Fleet was guided to its designated berths.

Long Fei received a state welcome in the Oya Cross Nation and discussed how Skywing’s presence had helped improve the country’s employment and security. After inspecting Skywing’s facilities and agreeing to arrange military training, he went to meet important guests about a major business deal.

• Saintess Aina told Long Fei that Skywing’s military support and branch base had encouraged investment, reducing unemployment and improving public security in the Oya Cross Nation.
• Pope David welcomed Long Fei at the Holy Palace, introduced him to the country’s leaders and knight orders, and asked Skywing to consider further investment.
• Pope David told Long Fei that important people wanted to discuss a major business deal, and Long Fei expressed interest.
• Long Fei inspected the thirteenth branch base and other Skywing subsidiaries with Pope David and Saintess Aina, then agreed to have Skywing instructors discuss training the Oya Cross Nation’s regular military.
• The Pope’s aide told Long Fei that the distinguished guests were waiting in the reception hall.

Long Fei negotiated with the South American Allied Nations’ leaders to secure resource, land, and fishing rights in return for Skywing’s help against Metadeng. They reached a preliminary agreement pending parliamentary approval, and Long Fei told Taoxiang that he would entrust her with troops and responsibilities.

• Pope David introduced Long Fei to Miroslav, Sebastiao, and Gabriel, the three leaders of the South American Allied Nations.
• The three leaders offered Skywing tax exemptions, a sub-base, and compensation if it drove Metadeng’s forces back, but Long Fei demanded additional rights to selected resources, farmland, grasslands, and fishing waters.
• Long Fei and the leaders reached a preliminary agreement that required approval from more than half of the South American Allied Nations’ parliamentary members before detailed negotiations could proceed.
• At dinner, the leaders thanked Pope David for his support, and Long Fei later discussed Skywing’s investments in Oya Cross Nation with the Pope.
• Taoxiang asked Long Fei about the negotiations, and he said he would overthrow the South American Allied Nations and install a puppet government if it broke their agreement.
• Long Fei told Taoxiang he would entrust her with troops and responsibilities, and she agreed to help share his burden.

After the South American Allied Nations approved a preliminary agreement, Long Fei and Miroslav signed a contract for Skywing to drive the Metadeng Nation military from the continent. Skywing launched its operation in space, destroying patrol fleets and seizing a Metadeng Nation colony satellite, prompting President Nikola to protest.

• The former parliament's legislators approved the preliminary agreement, and Long Fei left the detailed negotiations to Skywing's subsidiary presidents while touring the Oya Cross Nation with Taoxiang and Lixiang.
• Lixiang told Taoxiang and Long Fei that she wanted Yue Yangchun to be her boyfriend, and Long Fei said she would have to wait until she was eighteen.
• After seven days of negotiations, Long Fei and Miroslav signed the contract, and Li Jiaming ordered Skywing's forces to carry out the mission.
• Camouflaged Jegan units destroyed a Metadeng Nation patrol fleet, and Metadeng authorities investigated reports of multiple fleets going silent.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group seized one of the Metadeng Nation's space colony satellites, and President Nikola demanded an explanation from Long Fei, while Skywing said it worked for money.

Angelica fought her first battle in X Astray as the Skywing Mercenary Group attacked the Metadeng Nation’s Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator. After the defenders’ fleets were overwhelmed and enemy troops breached the structure, Lieutenant General Alonso ordered a surrender.

• Angelica launched in X Astray alongside Yue Yangchun in Super Hyperion and used its DRAGOONs to destroy dozens of enemy MS units.
• Metadeng Nation pilots focused their attacks on X Astray, but Angelica’s comrades supported her while she counterattacked and destroyed more MS units.
• Yue Yangchun praised Angelica’s skill as the Skywing Mercenary Group’s MS forces broke through the defenses and infiltrated the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator.
• Lieutenant General Alonso learned that reinforcements could not arrive and that more defensive fleets had fallen, so he ordered the remaining forces to surrender.
• The third suppression force entered the elevator just as the surrender announcement sounded, and Angelica returned to the mothership for more missions.