Chapter Summaries

Long Fei and his allies defeated Fadis and wrecked the Crimson Emperor Kai in the capital district, where Fadis had avoided harming civilians. After footage of the defeat spread, the Dion Army surrendered, and Grisina concluded that the empire was headed for destruction.

• The Archangel Gundam destroyed the Crimson Princess's thrusters, and Fadis tried to reach his falling daughter before the Bull Gundam intercepted him.
• Long Fei and the allied Gundams overwhelmed the Crimson Emperor Kai, damaging its thrusters and weapons while Fadis continued to avoid attacks that could endanger civilians.
• The Bull Gundam's beam boomerang severed the Crimson Emperor Kai's right arm, and Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex destroyed its chest cannon and right knee.
• Long Fei severed the Crimson Emperor Kai's left arm and kicked it into the Dion Imperial Palace entrance, leaving it unable to move.
• Grisina watched her father's defeat from captivity as Mieweng Unit broadcasts showed the wrecked Crimson Emperor Kai to the Dion Army.
• The Dion Army lost its will to fight, and its warships, MS units, and Mobile Armors began surrendering.

After defeating Fadis, Long Fei accepted his request to protect the Newtypes of the Mars Sphere and executed him. Long Fei then declared the Dion Empire fallen and founded the Skywing Empire, leaving Grisina alive as his prisoner.

• Gao Weide and other war correspondents broadcast the aftermath of Fadis's defeat as Sky Wing Mercenaries cut open the Crimson Emperor Kai and brought Fadis out.
• Fadis asked Long Fei to become master of the Mars Sphere and protect its Newtypes, then knelt and pleaded with him.
• Long Fei agreed and shot Fadis, then spared Grisina after she tried to stab him and ordered that she be settled and Fadis buried with imperial honors.
• Long Fei toured the Dion palace, entered the audience hall, and declared himself Emperor of the Skywing Empire.
• Salamander and the others hailed Long Fei, while war correspondents announced the birth of the Skywing Empire.

After Fadis’s defeat, Long Fei founded the Skywing Empire and began arranging for surrendered Dion forces and civilians while reassuring other nations that his empire would pursue equality and peace. He secured preliminary diplomatic agreements with the Oya Cross Nation and began talks with Hanxia, both of which demanded that Skywing Mercenary Group branch bases on their territory be withdrawn.

• The Dion Army surrendered after Fadis was executed, and Long Fei ordered the Mieweng Unit to protect civilians, process prisoners, and maintain public security.
• Taoxiang’s daughters celebrated becoming princesses, while Long Fei asked Long Kui to move the Xuanqian Group to the Skywing Empire.
• Najedah and other Newtypes accepted that the Skywing Empire was their only refuge and hoped Long Fei would help find the person responsible for the massacre.
• Long Fei told Pope David that the Skywing Empire would uphold equality, avoid starting wars, and seek diplomatic relations with every nation.
• Long Fei and Pope David reached preliminary agreements, including the withdrawal of Skywing Mercenary Group bases from the Oya Cross Nation and recognition of the Skywing Empire’s territory and place in the Earth Sphere.
• Long Fei began talks with Xu Weiran, who offered recognition and diplomatic relations in exchange for the withdrawal of Skywing Mercenary Group bases from Hanxia.

The Skywing Empire gained recognition from Earth Sphere nations while Long Fei began reorganizing its territories, military bases, and population. After overseeing Fadis’s funeral, Long Fei offered Grisina a choice about her future, which she would decide after meeting her fiancé.

• On October 10, the Earth Sphere nations recognized the Skywing Empire and established diplomatic relations, while the former Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom were abolished and Youyou was stripped of her title and expelled from her palace.
• Youyou regretted abandoning Salamander and resolved to return to her hometown to win him back.
• Long Fei negotiated with Colony Sphere nations, while Purvi denounced the Skywing Empire and Long Fei dismissed his statements.
• Long Fei ordered Skywing Group companies to invest in the Mars Sphere, reorganized the mercenary bases, and oversaw the assignment of citizenship to soldiers, civilians, and former Dion prisoners.
• Long Fei presided over Fadis’s funeral, where Grisina mourned her father.
• Long Fei told Grisina that her fiancé was being brought to the Mars Sphere and offered to arrange for them to settle in the Oya Cross Nation; Grisina agreed to decide after meeting him.

Long Fei reviewed the Skywing Empire’s recovery and population figures, then outlined plans to nationalize education and healthcare and revise the empire’s criminal, citizen, and noble systems. The chapter left his new social order defined by state-controlled services, severe punishment for the worst criminals, and ranks awarded for merit and service.

• Salamander reported that the Skywing Empire had about 300 million residents, with fewer than 150 million native to the Mars Sphere, while the international population had fallen below 15 billion.
• Long Fei said the empire needed stable jobs, affordable child-rearing, and stronger economic safeguards, then ordered education and healthcare to be nationalized and kept from capitalization.
• Long Fei told Li Xiucheng and Salamander that the slave system would be abolished except for court-sentenced criminal slaves, who would face lifelong hard labor, and he supported retaining the death penalty.
• Long Fei said ordinary people, Coordinators, and Newtypes would be commoners, while elite individuals and people with sufficient merit could become First Class or Special Citizens and receive additional benefits.
• Long Fei set rules for noble titles, inheritance, allowances, and fief revenues, limiting the administrative authority of dukes and marquises to matters approved by the central government.

Long Fei rewarded the Skywing Empire’s meritorious citizens and organized its government and military leadership. After Salamander took charge of court protocol, he and Li Xiucheng joined Long Fei and the commanders for an informal imperial dinner.

• Long Fei awarded honors, noble titles, and fiefdoms to those who had served the empire, with Salamander and Shlaik receiving the White Sword Medal and ducal titles.
• Long Fei appointed Shlaik Minister of Military Affairs and Commander-in-Chief, Salamander Minister of Justice, and Li Xiucheng Minister of Internal Affairs, while reorganizing the empire’s forces and cabinet.
• Salamander warned Long Fei that the victory banquet’s disorder damaged the empire’s dignity, and Long Fei put him in charge of establishing court protocol.
• Salamander and Li Xiucheng discussed Li Xiucheng’s relatives seeking favors after he gained status, and Li Xiucheng said he had invited his parents and siblings to join him.
• Salamander and Li Xiucheng joined Long Fei and the eight commanders around a hot pot and barbecue, reflecting Long Fei’s informal approach to imperial dining.

Marika prepared the palace for Long Fei’s Empress while the Skywing Empire’s new businesses and diplomatic ties began rebuilding the nation. Reviewing the population census, Long Fei considered whether the severe shortage of men should lead the empire to allow men multiple wives.

• Marika told Lixiang that preparations were ready for her sister and the rest of the family to enter the palace, and Lixiang warned her not to send women to Long Fei’s bedchamber.
• Skywing Group companies moved into the Skywing Empire, hired local workers, and helped revive its economy.
• The Skywing Empire and the Gas Empire established embassies, while other nations pursued diplomatic relations and rebuilt their economies cautiously.
• Long Fei reviewed the Mars Sphere census, which counted 320 million people, including 3.5 million prisoners, and found that women made up 75% of the population.
• Long Fei considered discussing plural marriage with his ministers to address the shortage of men.

Long Fei negotiated Wenselas’s possible service to the Skywing Empire while preparations for his enthronement and the arrival of his family continued. His relatives gathered in the capital, received imperial titles, and began preparing for the ceremony.

• Long Fei offered Wenselas a position and the chance to reunite with former colleagues, and Wenselas asked to consider the offer and requested a meeting with Grisina.
• Salamander oversaw ceremonial preparations as Long Fei set the empire’s holidays and scheduled his enthronement for December 1, Cosmic Year 126.
• Taoxiang, Long Xuan, and the children arrived in the capital, where Long Fei and Lixiang welcomed them; Taoxiang joked about concubines before insisting they would need her approval.
• Long Kui arrived with relatives and her parents’ remains, and Long Fei granted titles to his family and posthumous titles to his parents.
• Long Fei agreed to support Yang Ruoxi’s family’s business plans, while Long Huijuan moved Long Family companies to the Skywing Empire and the family prepared for the enthronement rehearsals.

Long Fei’s coronation ceremony featured the debut of the Skywing Empire’s Machine Gunners, drawing attention from foreign leaders and militaries seeking enhanced-soldier technology. After the ceremony concluded, the chapter left the Machine Gunners’ capabilities and the Hanxia Empire’s Tiger Warriors as subjects of international interest.

• On December 1, Cosmic Year 126, Long Fei’s coronation was broadcast worldwide, with diplomats and members of the Hanxia Empire’s royal family attending.
• The Skywing Empire’s media introduced the Machine Gunners, enhanced soldiers equipped with heavy armor and powerful firearms, as they appeared in the ceremony.
• Foreign military experts analyzed the Machine Gunners and speculated that they had been developed too late to fight the Dion Empire; they also noted that fewer than a thousand existed.
• The chapter explained that the Hanxia Empire’s Tiger Warriors came from improved enhancement-injection technology based on designs Long Fei had created as a child and shared with the world.
• Long Fei entered in imperial robes, received the respects of his family, ministers, nobles, and guests, and completed his coronation after the master of ceremonies delivered a declaration.

Long Fei arranged new lives and work for Grisina, Arthurwick, and the five former Royal Knights commanders, while considering the threat posed by Kuroda Seiya. He studied the Dion Empire’s records on the Noah Civilization and resolved to investigate its origins and technology.

• Grisina chose to move to the Oya Cross Nation with Arthurwick, and Long Fei arranged their wedding.
• Osmane told Long Fei that the five former Royal Knights commanders would work with him to expose Kuroda Seiya’s past, and Long Fei assigned them to the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• Najedah asked Long Fei to arrange a meeting with her former subordinate Nali.
• Long Fei reviewed Kuroda Seiya’s identity and Dongyang Empire technology, suspecting that Seiya might have contacts within the Skywing Empire.
• Long Fei studied records explaining how the Dion Empire discovered and reverse-engineered Noah Civilization technology, then decided to investigate the civilization’s origins and remaining technology.

Long Fei read records explaining how the Noah settled on Mars, flourished, and were nearly wiped out in a war with the Yama people. The chapter ended with the Noah and Yama people destroying each other, leaving Mars’s later habitability to the Noah’s environmental technology.

• Long Fei learned that the Noah had migrated from a destroyed home planet and settled on Mars after finding intelligent life on Earth.
• The Noah prospered on Mars and sometimes visited Earth, where their advanced technology led ancient people to worship them as gods.
• The Yama people arrived, feigned friendship, and were welcomed by the peaceful Noah despite a few Noah remaining wary.
• The Yama people ambushed the Noah, and the two races fought for decades as the Noah used their psychic powers to counter the Yama people’s combat experience.
• The Yama people devastated Mars with weapons that ruined its environment, and the surviving Noah launched a final attack in which both races perished.
• Long Fei learned that the Dion Empire later used Noah blueprints to make Mars habitable, though it had recovered only part of the Noah’s technology.

Long Fei learned that Aina and Xu Jingyun’s infants, Vincent and Situ Yun, were Newtypes with modest innate abilities, and he reassured their parents that effort could help them grow. He and Taoxiang discussed whether the Jupiter Federation might have acquired Yama technology and ended with Long Fei refusing to force a marriage between their children.

• At dinner, Long Fei identified Vincent and Situ Yun as Newtypes whose abilities were lower than those of his children.
• Long Fei explained to Xu Jingyun, Aina, Situ Jun, and John that a Newtype’s initial ability was often shaped by their parents, but training and hard work could overcome a weak start.
• After dinner, Situ Yun kept clinging to Long Quan, and Long Fei’s family recognized that she was drawn to his strong Newtype abilities.
• Long Fei asked Taoxiang whether the Jupiter Federation had acquired Yama technology, and Taoxiang said it had not during her time there but might have later.
• Taoxiang told Long Fei that Xu Jingyun wanted their children to become in-laws, and Long Fei said they should only agree if the children loved each other.

Long Fei saw off Grisina, Saintess Aina, and the Hanxia Empire guests, giving each group mobile suits as parting gifts. After the guests departed, he returned to the palace to study the incomplete Noah technology used by the Dion Empire.

• Grisina and Arthurwick married, and Saintess Aina arranged Oya Cross Nation identification documents for them.
• Long Fei gave Grisina and Arthurwick Sazabi, and gave Saintess Aina and John Taurus II.
• Long Fei presented Xu Chaoge with Tialua, an upgraded G-Bouncer equipped with Newtype weapons, before Xu Jingyun and the Hanxia Empire group departed.
• Long Fei studied Noah technology and found that some incomplete sections had been filled in by Dion Empire scientists.

Long Fei gathered funds from the Skywing Group for the Skywing Empire’s construction projects and discussed Li Jiaming’s contributions and future title. After Salamander reported on corruption across the empire and the Skywing Group, Long Fei ended with seventeen trillion Earth Sphere Credits available for new facilities and equipment.

• Li Jiaming reported that the Skywing Mercenary Group had seventeen bases and a new 15,000-square-kilometer main base under construction, then agreed to transfer one trillion Earth Sphere Credits to Long Fei.
• Long Fei told Li Jiaming that his logistical contributions had earned him a place in the second batch of honors and that he would be granted the title of marquis.
• Sakchi reported that Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company had more than four trillion Earth Sphere Credits available and a dominant share of the international arms market, and Long Fei instructed her to transfer half its funds.
• Salamander reported that the Ministry of Justice had prosecuted merchants and officials who abused their ties to the Skywing Group, while Long Fei acknowledged that corruption also existed within his own companies.
• Long Fei agreed to raise officials’ salaries when national finances allowed and reviewed the empire’s seventeen trillion Earth Sphere Credits in available funds for construction.

Long Fei planned long-term infrastructure spending for the Skywing Empire, including orbital elevators and two Star Gates, while worrying about the empire’s finances and population shortage. At Long Quan’s first birthday celebration, Long Fei held his son and learned through their mental connection that the baby wanted Taoxiang instead.

• Long Fei allocated 60% of available funds to three Electromagnetic Orbital Elevators and considered how to improve trade, infrastructure, and per capita income.
• Taoxiang brought Long Fei ginseng soup and reminded him that Long Quan’s first birthday was the next day; Long Fei acknowledged that he had been distant from his son.
• Long Fei explained his plan to build Star Gates in the Mars Sphere and at Mercenary Base No. 0, then allocated 5% of the available funds to begin construction.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang celebrated Long Quan’s birthday with ministers and their families, and the parents blew out the baby’s candles.
• Long Fei held Long Quan and sensed the boy wanted Taoxiang; she took him, and later carried him asleep to his chambers.

Long Fei inspected Salamander’s fief and learned that Youyou had come seeking to rekindle their relationship. Relina confronted Youyou and had her taken away, leaving the former princess powerless in the residence she once called home.

• Long Fei promised Salamander funding to rebuild his port so he could marry Relina.
• Long Fei advised Salamander to reject Youyou, and Relina joked that Youyou should have to buy a ticket to enter her former home.
• Salamander pushed Youyou away and accused her of wanting his status and wealth, but Youyou begged him to take her back.
• Relina entered as Youyou slapped herself, then revealed that Youyou’s bank card was payment for entering the duke’s residence and compensation for victims’ families.
• Relina tripped Youyou, ordered the staff to take her to the basement, and told her she no longer had the power to retaliate.

More than a year after founding the Skywing Empire, Long Fei oversaw stable reconstruction, military modernization, and the transfer of Space Fortress Burg to Mars. In an interview with Gao Weide, he explained his past conflict with Fadis, why he agreed to protect the Newtypes, and the meanings behind several Gundams’ names.

• The Skywing Empire continued rebuilding, while its government reforms improved public life and the Star Gate project reached 3% completion.
• Space Fortress Burg was relocated toward the Mars Sphere, prompting other nations to view its satellite cannon as a warning against invading the Skywing Empire.
• Long Fei’s scientists studied Dion, Noah, and Gundam-world technology, while the empire phased out most inherited Dion weapons and adopted Skywing military equipment.
• Gao Weide interviewed Long Fei, who said he had once hoped to remain neutral toward the Dion Empire but entered a fight to the death with Fadis after Fadis threatened his family.
• Long Fei told Gao Weide that Newtypes could sense danger and enemies, and explained that he had agreed to protect them and become the Mars Sphere’s new master.
• Long Fei explained the meanings behind Providence, Freedom, Justice, Reborn, and Contract Gundam, tying their names to the struggle and liberation of the Mars Sphere.

Long Fei’s interview and the Skywing Empire’s disclosure about Noah technology stirred international debate, while Purvi’s rhetoric boosted his popularity at home. The Skywing Empire revealed the Noah people’s conflict with the Yama people, and its challenge to nations demanding alien technology left them silent.

• Long Fei’s interview spread internationally, while Purvi condemned the Gundams online and gained domestic support despite widespread mockery abroad.
• On January 15, Cosmic Year 128, the Skywing Empire announced that the Dion Empire’s advanced technology came from the extraterrestrial Noah people, prompting fears of alien invasion and calls to share the technology.
• The Wanluo Federation and the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic accused the Skywing Empire of selfishness and demanded access to Noah technology and Long Fei’s advances.
• The Skywing Empire revealed that the Noah people had fought the Yama people to protect humanity, and the news sparked worldwide uproar and religious interest in the Noah people.
• The Oya Cross Nation requested permission to search Skywing Empire territory for evidence connecting the Noah people to its ancient gods, and the Skywing Empire said the request could be discussed.
• The Skywing Empire told demanding nations to search Jupiter for Yama technology and share anything they found, silencing their complaints.

After Long Fei’s song “Trust You” became a sensation, Xu Jingyun struggled with her unrequited feelings while pretending to welcome her husband’s affection for their daughter’s sake. Later, five mysterious flying-saucer warships appeared near the Skywing Empire, and Long Fei suspected the Dongyang Empire had built them using stolen Noah technology, though the generals debated other possibilities.

• Long Fei’s performance of “Trust You” went viral, and Taoxiang listened happily as people across the universe praised the song.
• Xu Jingyun watched Long Fei sing and envied Taoxiang, while hiding her lack of affection for Situ Jun and acting pleased that he planned to sing for her.
• Five flying-saucer warships lingered near the Skywing Empire, prompting the Border Defense Force to track them and report their presence.
• Long Fei examined the fleet’s images and suspected Kuroda Seiya and the Dongyang Empire had used copied Noah blueprints to develop the ships.
• Shlaik and the generals discussed whether the fleet belonged to an extraterrestrial civilization or the Jupiter Federation, while Long Fei kept his suspicions to himself.

Long Fei ordered the Skywing Empire to monitor a mysterious force without attacking and urged the generals to prioritize peaceful development. He declared that Gundams were meant to protect the empire and deter war, not serve as weapons of aggression.

• A general proposed a preemptive attack on the mysterious force, but other generals objected that the empire could not risk war.
• Long Fei ordered the military to monitor the force and said the Skywing Empire should focus on reconstruction and avoid war.
• Long Fei told the generals that his experience of war had reminded him that Gundams should deter aggression and bring peace.
• Long Fei announced that the empire would continue monitoring the mysterious force and that Gundams were symbols of protection, not aggression.