Chapter Summaries

Dikla refused Grisina’s plea to abandon his revenge and restore the Dion Empire, while Grisina accepted his decision and comforted herself with her family in the Oya Cross Nation. After the Skywing Mercenary Group destroyed his major bases, Dikla prepared to address his followers from Akdila, his hidden headquarters in a modified meteorite.

• Grisina urged Dikla to stop his campaign, but he insisted he would avenge his grandfather and restore the Dion Empire.
• Dikla accused Grisina of betraying their family, then apologized and asked her to preserve the Dion Empire’s honor if he failed.
• Grisina ended the call, cried in Arthurwick’s arms, and later joined him to watch their daughter play with her grandmother.
• Dikla learned that the Skywing Mercenary Group had destroyed several major hideouts, leaving him with few options and no way to retreat from his followers.
• Dikla gathered his retainers and subordinates at Akdila, a renovated modified meteorite that served as his secret headquarters, and prepared to give his final speech.

Dikla rallied the Dion Empire’s forces for a final battle and sent the Akdila Modified Meteorite toward Mars. Meanwhile, Mr. Mai launched three meteorites fitted with lightspeed travel devices toward the Mars Sphere before returning to the Las Kingdom.

• Dikla told his followers that the Dion Empire would stop retreating and fight the Skywing Empire to reclaim Mars.
• After learning the Wanluo Federation recognized the Skywing Empire as the international community’s leader, Dikla ordered the Akdila Modified Meteorite to advance toward Mars.
• Mr. Mai learned that the Dion Pirate Group and clone troop remained active while Hundred Demons Night Parade was on standby.
• Mr. Mai prepared three meteorites with lightspeed travel devices, hoping to draw attention toward the Dion Pirate Group and strike the Skywing Empire.
• Mr. Mai launched the three meteorites toward the Mars Sphere, handed over the gathered intelligence, and took the Las Kingdom warship home.

Angelica and Alonso led a Skywing Empire assault against a clone force, with their Gundams destroying enemy mobile suits and attacking its battleships. Meanwhile, the captured Dion Pirate Group leaders faced interrogation as the pirates argued over Xiao Kedi and Torres’s capture.

• The arrested Dion Pirate Group members argued over whether Xiao Kedi and Torres deserved blame for revealing their whereabouts under torture.
• The pirate leader was dragged away for interrogation and saw other leaders being hauled from their rooms in bloody condition.
• Angelica’s Special Assault Type Cherubim Gundam destroyed fifteen Lizardman MS in under a minute while accompanying two Dogos-Gia Class Battleships against four Soft-shelled Turtle Battleships.
• Angelica locked onto enemy units and unleashed a barrage that destroyed over thirty Lizardman MS.
• Alonso’s Dragon-Slaying Sacred Sword Type Fallen Angel Gundam attacked the Lizardman MS in Fighter Mode, transformed, and continued destroying enemies at close range.
• Alonso’s Gundam cut through a Soft-shelled Turtle Battleship while Angelica’s Gundam pierced another ship’s command bridge with its GN Beam Carbine.

Long Fei grew uneasy after learning that devices along the Jupiter expeditionary fleet’s route had gone silent, and he ordered an investigation into possible meteor impacts threatening Mars. He also reflected on raising Long Quan through carefully arranged setbacks so his son could become a capable heir, while encouraging his twin daughters as they worked to earn his approval.

• The Skywing Empire military continued clearing meteors and wreckage, while the Skywing Mercenary Group removed the Dion Pirate Group’s remaining sources of debris.
• Long Fei learned that the Jupiter expeditionary force had received a signal from Jupiter but lost contact with some devices along its route, so he ordered officials to investigate possible meteor impacts and scan for threats to Mars.
• Long Fei checked the date and considered how his increasingly strict rule had left his twin daughters somewhat distant from him.
• Taoxiang told Long Fei that Long Guo and Long Fu were working hard for his approval, and he encouraged them through their failures.
• Long Fei deliberately arranged setbacks for Long Quan with the help of Dongfang Wudi, Junior, and the tutors to build his resilience and prepare him to become the heir.

Long Fei explained to Long Quan how he had overcome hardship by preparing to turn setbacks around. Meanwhile, Dikla launched his final operation, and at Long Guo and Long Fu’s birthday celebration, the grown Duo drew the attention of the imperial family.

• Long Fei told Long Quan how the Long Family had bullied him and his sisters after their parents died, and how he built the Skywing Group by preparing for adversity.
• Dikla gathered defeated troops aboard the upgraded Akdila Modified Meteorite and raced toward the Mars Sphere for his final operation.
• Long Fei celebrated Long Guo and Long Fu’s birthday at the imperial palace, where classmates and noble children presented gifts.
• Duo attended after receiving a special invitation from Long Guo, having become an elite pilot with an exceptional combat record.
• Long Guo eagerly led Duo to her seat while Empress Taoxiang watched him closely.

At the twin princesses’ birthday banquet, Long Fei gave Long Guo and Long Fu the Gundams Unicorn and Banshee, which responded to their Newtype abilities and transformed. The sisters began their first encounter with their new machines as Long Fei’s family watched.

• Long Fei and Taoxiang agreed that their underage daughters should not date, while Long Fei hoped they could choose for themselves when they were grown.
• At the birthday banquet, Long Guo and Long Fu asked Long Fei for their gifts, and he led the children to two giant gift boxes in the palace recreation plaza.
• Long Fei revealed the white Unicorn for Long Guo and the black Banshee for Long Fu, and Long Quan asked for a Gundam of his own.
• Long Fei explained that the Gundams were registered to the twins and instructed them to call to their machines with their Newtype abilities.
• Unicorn and Banshee activated their Psycho-frames, unfolded their armor, and transformed, glowing gold and red respectively.

Long Fei gave Long Guo and Long Fu the Unicorn and Banshee Gundams, and the sisters tested their mental controls in Destroy Mode before returning to the birthday celebration. Taoxiang asked Duo to keep his distance from Long Fei's eldest daughter until she was older, then reconciled with Long Fei and learned that Duo would pilot a Specialized Gundam.

• Unicorn and Banshee transformed into Gundams, and Long Guo and Long Fu entered their cockpits to test Destroy Mode's brainwave controls and basic flight.
• Long Fei explained that the sisters should use manual controls in Unicorn Mode and forbade weapons testing until they were older.
• Long Fei let the children know the Gundams were birthday gifts but told them not to reveal their transformation capabilities, then sent them back to the celebration.
• Taoxiang told Duo to keep his distance from her eldest daughter until she was an adult, and Duo agreed.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang reconciled, and Taoxiang learned that Long Fei planned for Duo to pilot a Specialized Gundam.

The Jupiter Federation established contact with the Skywing Empire’s expeditionary fleet and learned that both sides had encountered the Las Kingdom. Their diplomatic exchanges revealed a shared threat and brought the isolated Jupiter Federation up to date on events across the international sphere.

• Grand President Stein Haiheims and his ministers watched footage of the Skywing Empire’s advanced warships and the Gundam Astray’s speed, which Minister Mike said relied on technology far beyond their known theories.
• Foreign Minister Betty urged Stein to seek help from the Earth, Colony, or Mars Sphere against possible Las Kingdom retaliation, while the ministers debated whether to approach them.
• Deputy Minister Kodas’s diplomatic team hinted to Major General Dionda’s team about the Las Kingdom, and Dionda admitted the expeditionary forces had also been harassed by it.
• The Jupiter Federation and Skywing Empire compared intelligence and confirmed their images of Las Kingdom units and warships matched.
• Kodas’s team learned about the Skywing Empire’s rise and Long Fei’s battles, while Kodas told Dionda that the Jupiter Federation had rejected the Las Kingdom’s cooperation offer and driven away its envoy.

Long Fei and Stein discussed why the Skywing Empire had sought the Jupiter Federation, agreed to establish diplomatic relations, and shared concerns about a possible Las Kingdom invasion. After the Jupiter Federation alerted other nations, Stein and his ministers debated whether it should rejoin the international community.

• Stein questioned Long Fei about the expedition, and Long Fei explained that he had sought the Jupiter Federation to assess its ties to extraterrestrials and potentially cooperate against future threats.
• Long Fei told Stein that his wife came from the Jupiter Federation and described how they had met; Stein agreed to meet her if he visited the Skywing Empire.
• Long Fei and Stein agreed that Las Kingdom might invade the Solar System in about ten years and that their governments could establish diplomatic relations.
• The Jupiter Federation used the Skywing Empire's communications lines to inform other nations about Las Kingdom, prompting increased military preparations and faster construction of the International Exchange University.
• Stein and his ministers debated whether to rejoin the international community, with Betty supporting the move and some ministers favoring continued self-reliance.

The Skywing Empire uncovered how the Dion Pirate Group used the hallucinogenic drug Dion's Loyalty to rewrite captives’ memories and make them fanatically loyal to the Dion Empire. The chapter revealed the group’s hierarchy and the potion’s origins, while Muswati endured brutal punishment in prison.

• Skywing Empire authorities discovered that many captured Dion Pirate Group members were abducted foreigners whose memories and identities had been altered with Dion's Loyalty.
• Investigators verified the drug’s effects and learned that torture and harm to victims’ relatives could break strong-willed captives before they were injected.
• The authorities identified the Dion Pirate Group’s hierarchy, where false Dion Empire citizens loyalized by the potion held more influence than lower-ranking pirate captains.
• The authorities learned that Muswati had proposed the potion and that Fadis had adopted it, but it was perfected only one month before the Dion Empire fell.
• Muswati served a thousand-year prison sentence, where staff sent her into male offenders’ cells for abuse and prevented her from killing herself.

Muswati endured the separation from her daughter, whom Najedah and Osmane adopted and named Valkyrie. Years later, the Skywing Empire confronted the powerful Akdila Modified Meteorite, and Dikla ordered it to charge toward Mars.

• After Muswati gave birth, the warden separated her from her daughter and used the public livestream to intensify her punishment.
• Najedah adopted Muswati's daughter with Osmane's help, and they named the girl Valkyrie and raised her as their own.
• On September 24, Cosmic Year 131, Border Defense Force units discovered the Akdila Modified Meteorite heading toward Mars and alerted their superiors.
• The Akdila Modified Meteorite destroyed a regiment-level fleet with its Akdila Super Laser Cannon and withstood more than a hundred Mobile Drill Missiles using its shield.
• Dikla recalled the Crimson Palace's fall and ordered the Akdila Modified Meteorite to charge toward Mars regardless of losses.

The Skywing Empire deployed its forces against the Akdila Modified Meteorite’s escort fleet, while Duo entered the battle in the stealth-equipped Hell Deathscythe Gundam. After devastating enemy units with its cloaking ability and close-combat weapons, Duo continued hunting for targets.

• Long Fei took command of his flagship, announced that the Emperor was leading the campaign, and deployed all eight directly subordinate forces.
• The Skywing Empire sent Birgo III, Great Serpent, Scorpio MD Units, and several types of MD fighters to attack the Akdila Modified Meteorite’s escort fleet.
• Skywing forces damaged Fenrir and pressured Saint Machines with beam weapons and wire-guided cannons, while Haro-controlled fighters evaded enemy attacks.
• Duo’s Hell Deathscythe Gundam appeared from concealment and destroyed several Saint Machines with its Beam Scythe and Destroyer Claws.
• Duo used the Gundam’s cloaking ability to attack enemy units, destroying fifteen Saint Machines and four Mobile Armors in more than ten minutes.

Long Fei feared that disaster might be unavoidable, so he made detailed arrangements to protect the Skywing Empire, his family, and its future policies if he died. He left trusted allies with extraordinary powers and sealed instructions, while Taoxiang and the others held the keys needed to reveal his plans.

• Long Fei concluded a video conference by instructing the Empire’s commanders and asked Xiucheng, Salamander, and Anton to remain.
• Long Fei gave Anton authority to mobilize forces and charged him with protecting Taoxiang and the children.
• Long Fei gave Li Xiucheng a dragon-headed cane and imperial authority to punish any royal family member, including future Emperors, if they committed wrongdoing.
• Long Fei gave Salamander a sealed mandate, the Sword of the First Emperor, and eight jade tablets to counter threats and block or restore harmful policies.
• Long Fei sent one key each to Taoxiang, Long Kui, Li Jiaming, and Shlaik; together, they could open a guarded golden box containing instructions for appointments and policies to enact if he died.

Dikla’s forces used suicidal attacks to draw Skywing Empire units away from the Akdila Modified Meteorite, while Skywing commanders countered with ambushes, encirclements, and delaying tactics. After fighting for over two hours, Duo returned to the Fa Poser Warship to rest and heard fellow pilots discuss their fallen comrades and why they fought for the Skywing Empire.

• Dion Pirate Group squads attacked across Skywing Empire territory, and commanders countered their reckless charges by scattering, baiting them into traps, and stalling them for encirclement.
• Skywing forces destroyed several enemy machines through ambushes, including an Amethyst Saint Machine, an Azure Saint Machine, and a Night Huntress.
• Dikla’s commanders continued sending Loyalty-serum-injected foreigners into battle to draw Skywing forces away from the Akdila Modified Meteorite.
• Duo’s Hell Deathscythe Gundam killed enemy pilots and destroyed an Amethyst Saint Machine, then withdrew to the Fa Poser Warship for maintenance and rest.
• Duo listened as pilots mourned Yali and Dukang and discussed their fight against the former dynasty, concluding that many natives supported the Skywing Empire because it gave them opportunity and recognition.

The Skywing Empire encircled Dikla’s Akdila Modified Meteorite while Kuroda Seiya diverted elite forces with Hundred Demons Night Parade raids. As three fast-moving meteorites threatened Mars, Space Fortress Burg and the Songstress were sent to intercept them, while Dikla prepared his final weapon for a last battle.

• Dikla led the Akdila Modified Meteorite and its escort fleets in a suicidal advance, suffering far heavier losses than the Skywing Empire forces encircling them.
• Kuroda Seiya ordered the Hundred Demons Night Parade Units to attack Skywing Empire factories, forcing elite and special forces to pursue them, while Li Jiaming sent help from the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Mars base.
• The Skywing Empire General Staff assigned four Argama-class Battleships and the enlarged Ra Cailum to block the Akdila Modified Meteorite, while learning that three enormous, unusually fast meteorites were heading toward Mars.
• Long Fei arranged for Space Fortress Burg’s Burg Cannon and the Songstress’s Photon Ring Rei to destroy the incoming meteorites, and a brigade-level fleet escorted them as they relocated.
• Dikla and his command prepared their two hundred Violet Saint Machines and charged the Akdila Modified Meteorite’s Super Laser Cannon for the final battle.

After hours of fighting, the Skywing Empire launched a massive Mobile Drill Missile assault that devastated the Akdila Modified Meteorite's exhausted Escort Fleet and its MS and Mobile Armor. Dikla mistook the units destroyed by the missiles for former Dion Empire citizens sacrificed as cannon fodder.

• The Akdila Modified Meteorite's three-layer defensive barrier repaired damage to its first layer after Mobile Drill Missiles breached it, while the second layer remained nearly intact.
• Dikla explained that the barrier could regenerate as long as its Nuclear Fusion Engines supplied energy and recognized that the enemy was rotating fresh units into the battle.
• The Skywing Empire fleet launched tens of thousands of Mobile Drill Missiles from every direction, and the exhausted defenders intercepted more than ninety percent of them.
• The surviving missiles struck the Escort Fleet, MS, and Mobile Armor, reducing the fleet to fewer than ten percent of its original warships and destroying more than ninety percent of its MS and Mobile Armor.
• Dikla concluded that the Skywing Empire had sacrificed former Dion Empire citizens as cannon fodder, unaware that the missiles had mainly destroyed unmanned MDs and fighters.

Dikla ordered the Akdila Modified Meteorite to fire its Wing Destruction Cannon as the Skywing Empire unleashed a massive missile assault. The cannon cleared a path through the incoming missiles, and Dikla learned that the weapon could fire again after cooling while the meteorite’s shields recharged.

• Dikla ordered the Akdila Modified Meteorite to activate its Wing Destruction Cannon as its Escort Fleet dwindled.
• The Skywing Empire commander pulled his forces beyond the cannon’s estimated range and ordered the encircling warships to launch Mobile Drill Missiles.
• The missile barrage shattered the meteorite’s first two defensive barriers and battered its third, while the Shield Breaker II Destroyers’ Electromagnetic Velocity Cannons caused some damage.
• The Wing Destruction Cannon swept across the battlefield, destroying nearly ten thousand Mobile Drill Missiles before more missiles shattered the remaining barrier.
• The Akdila Modified Meteorite’s defensive turrets and missiles destroyed the surviving Mobile Drill Missiles as the Skywing forces activated point defense.
• Dikla learned that the Wing Destruction Cannon had recharged using Overcharge Battery Packs and could fire again after one to three minutes of heat dissipation.

The Skywing Empire attacked the Akdila Modified Meteorite after its defensive shield was breached, damaging its surface and sending troops to fight inside its defenses. A second Argama-class Battleship struck the Wing Destruction Cannon’s muzzle just as the meteorite raised a shield, which shattered only after stopping the beam.

• Lieutenant General Wu Wenyuan ordered an Argama-class Battleship to fire its Super Mega Cannon Particle Beam, which pierced five hundred meters into the Akdila Modified Meteorite before internal bulkheads sealed the hole.
• Dikla ordered the Akdila Modified Meteorite’s forces to defend with all their strength after its surface defenses came under bombardment.
• More than five hundred Birgo IIIs led the Skywing Empire’s assault, while MS and Mobile Armor units attacked the meteorite’s surface and fought Amethyst Saint Machines emerging from its bulkheads.
• Wu Wenyuan learned a second Argama-class Battleship had arrived and ordered it to fire at the Wing Destruction Cannon’s muzzle as it gathered energy.
• The Akdila Modified Meteorite raised an energy shield over the cannon muzzle, and the Super Mega Cannon Particle Beam shattered it after roughly twenty seconds; the commander realized the shot had nearly struck inside the meteorite.

The Akdila Modified Meteorite destroyed a second Argama-class Battleship while its surface defenses came under attack from Violet Saint Machines and allied units. The F90T Pursuit Combat Type engaged a Violet Saint Machine, whose pilot found the upgraded F90T faster and more maneuverable.

• The Akdila Modified Meteorite fired its Wing Destruction Cannon at the second Argama-class Battleship, destroying it and a third of its accompanying fleet.
• A Violet Saint Machine destroyed Birgo III and Richer units with its beam gun and Attack Funnels, while Haro’s Great Viper damaged some funnels before being destroyed.
• The Violet Saint Machine pilot noticed a new F90T Pursuit Combat Type and sent five remaining funnels to attack it.
• The F90T evaded the funnels and shot down two with its shield-mounted Beam Guns, then rushed the Violet Saint Machine and clashed with it using Beam Sabers.
• The Violet Saint Machine pilot struggled to block the F90T’s strike and recognized that the F90T’s upgraded thrusters gave it superior speed and maneuverability.

The Skywing Empire pressed its attack on the Akdila Modified Meteorite, destroying defenses and sending suppression forces inside while battles raged across its surface. Dikla remained confident after the enemy broke through, and the Dion Pirate Group’s new individual weapon armor appeared as the interior fighting intensified.

• The F90T pilot fought the Violet Saint Machine in an even close-range battle, relying on superior speed and agility to evade its funnels and weapons.
• Lieutenant General Wu Wenyuan redeployed the Skywing Empire fleet as Dikla reviewed the Akdila Modified Meteorite’s depleted batteries and mounting defensive losses.
• Duo and other Specialized Gundam pilots battled Violet Saint Machines on the meteorite’s surface while Silver Thunder units and additional elite forces joined the assault.
• Skywing Empire suppression forces entered through the blasted hole, internal valves, and missile silos, sacrificing machines to protect their airships from hidden defenses.
• Dikla received word that the enemy had broken inside and remained confident as the Skywing Empire and Dion Pirate Group exchanged fire throughout the interior.
• The Dion Pirate Group used concealed defenses to ambush the suppression forces, and its anti-suppression troops deployed newly developed individual weapon armor.