Chapter Summaries

Davis received news that Utopia’s expanding production would triple his experimental materials, allowing him to broaden research into Fourth-Generation Mechas and mass production. Meanwhile, Michel’s Angel mission gained a foothold in the Colossus Civilization, where Ganis was being considered as a local collaborator pending new support.

• A supervisor told Davis that Utopia’s daily material supply would triple as production efficiency and the project’s scale increased.
• Davis apologized for his temper and announced new research teams and branches focused on rituals, brainwashing, and faith empowerment.
• Michel and his colleagues gained a foothold in the Colossus Civilization, whose leaders welcomed the Angel Civilization mainly for political advantage.
• Knight Burdett went to receive a supply ship from the Great Xia Empire while Michel waited at the church.
• Michel considered Ganis suitable for further development as a collaborator, but the plan remained delayed while they awaited new support.

Michel prepared to grant Ganis holy grace, believing the Colossus envoy's growing faith could turn him into an ally, while the newly delivered Virtue Angel gave the church a powerful new weapon. On Sunday, with the Colossus government watching, Michel brought Ganis to the cathedral's rear courtyard for the promised ceremony.

• Michel told Ganis to return on Sunday for a Baptism and dismissed him after Ganis left shaken by their conversation.
• Burdett reported that the first batch of Fourth-Generation Mechas had arrived and questioned Michel's decision to grant Ganis holy grace.
• Michel explained that Ganis's faith was strengthening and that experiencing holy power would make the politician support the church.
• Burdett praised the Virtue Angel after testing it, while Michel regretted that his own progress was not yet sufficient to operate it.
• On Sunday, Michel led the grand service and then brought Ganis to the rear courtyard as Colossus government watchers gathered around the cathedral.

Michel baptized Ganis, painfully awakening a winged form that could fly, while the ceremony’s mark produced a false image of Seraphim that alarmed the Colossus leadership. Ganis’s flight drew a crowd and challenged the Colossus Civilization’s scientific beliefs about Winged Humans.

• Michel told Ganis that God was both merciful and wrathful before baptizing him in the name of Seraphim and the Father.
• Michel’s power painfully transformed Ganis, while Derek sensed the mark’s activation from far away and gave up trying to communicate.
• A crimson-gold flare and an image of Seraphim appeared over the Colossus administrative planet, prompting the leadership to activate emergency measures before the anomaly ended.
• Ganis awoke with wings and a new power, and Michel urged him to try flying through the cathedral’s opened dome.
• Ganis flew into the sky, where observers identified him and debated whether his flight proved that ancient Winged Humans could fly.

Ganis gained wings and Transcendent Power through Baptism, then began shifting his loyalty from the Colossus Civilization toward the Lord and the Seraphim. After Michel framed him as part of the Seraphim lineage, Ganis returned to meet the consul, who regretted not taking the opportunity himself.

• Ganis tested his new power by flying faster and smashing a nearby roof with his wings.
• Michel warned Ganis that his Transcendent Power could be lost and told him that the Seraphim's divine power had awakened his bloodline.
• Ganis imagined political conflicts among the Angels, pledged loyalty to Lord Seraphim, and felt challenged by Peter's rivalry.
• Michel urged Ganis to find more loyal knights, and Ganis left the church while Colossus security personnel and onlookers gathered around him.
• Ganis met with the consul, who regretted having let him undergo Baptism and gain Transcendent Power.

Ganis told the Archon that he was both a servant of the people and a believer of God, while privately pursuing the return of the Sacred Bloodline. After the Colossus government authorized him to establish the Colossus Church, Ganis began building churches to spread faith and awaken the Winged Human bloodline.

• The Archon questioned Ganis about whether he was a believer of God or a servant of the people, and Ganis declared himself both.
• Ganis argued that people with mediocre bloodlines had lost the Sacred Bloodline through foolishness and that its return must be cherished.
• An expert informed the Archon that Ganis's faith had increased, though they could not tell whether it had changed naturally or through outside influence.
• The Archon Joint Council authorized Ganis to establish the Colossus Church and gave it permission to build churches, along with government support.
• Ganis set aside his suspicions about the government and focused on bringing back the Sacred Bloodline by spreading devout faith.
• Ganis began selecting sites and building six churches, determined to increase the number of Winged Humans.

Qin and Elvis arrived in the Priest Civilization to formalize the Great Xia Empire’s agreement to recruit its devout warriors and provide Sacred Armament. When the Blue Star Federation objected, Qin rejected its authority to obstruct the plan and warned that the Great Xia Empire would respond harshly to interference with the spread of sacred faith.

• Qin and Elvis descended aboard Virtue Angels, and Manhab and the Priest Civilization’s believers welcomed them with reverence.
• Qin and Augusta watched the Priest Civilization’s welcoming ceremony, then Qin explained that fanatics would join the Great Xia Empire’s army in exchange for citizenship and Sacred Armament.
• Manhab accepted the terms, including a donation of Sacred Armament to the Priest Civilization.
• The Blue Star Federation supervisor objected that the armaments violated the agreement restricting development on the planet.
• Qin refused to meet the Federation’s demands and told its leaders that the Great Xia Empire did not fear war and would punish anyone obstructing sacred faith.

Qin oversaw the awakening of Sacrificial Civilization warriors and arranged for half of its Transcendent Knights to join the Great Xia Empire’s military, while the rest would remain to train future soldiers. The Sacred Armaments were brought to the surface, and Commander Cao Yang arrived just before their bestowal ceremony.

• Qin received the first batch of Sacrificial Civilization warriors and, after their rites, granted them awakening while Derek processed them remotely.
• Commander Cao Yang arrived in time to witness the ceremony after rushing to the Sacrificial Civilization.
• Qin chose half of the elite Transcendent Knights for the Great Xia military and told High Priest Manhab that the others would stay to train the civilization’s warriors.
• Qin reassured Manhab that serving in the Great Xia military and protecting the Sacrificial Civilization were both ways to serve the Lord.
• The Great Xia Empire brought Sacred Armaments to the surface, including modified models designed around Sacrificial Civilization legends.
• Commander Cao Yang’s landing craft descended through the atmosphere just before the Sacred Armaments were bestowed.

Qin’s Virtue Angels forcibly removed Commander Cao Yang’s landing craft, then Cao Yang met Qin and invited him to visit the Blue Star Federation. Qin accepted while signaling that the Great Xia Empire intended to use faith to challenge the Federation’s privileged class.

• Qin ordered a Virtue Angel to remove the Blue Star Federation landing craft, which it carried away and dumped into the sea.
• Commander Cao Yang arrived by small aircraft, approached on foot, and greeted Qin without showing anger over the incident.
• Cao Yang invited Qin to visit the Blue Star Federation and proposed greater exchange and cooperation between their civilizations.
• Qin mocked Cao Yang’s protest that the Federation had not been notified, pointing out that he had informed High Priest Manhab instead.
• Cao Yang appealed to shared interests in faith, and Qin said he wanted to see whether the Blue Star Federation would welcome faith back.
• Qin planned to focus on the Federation’s common people and use faith to undermine its privileged class if its government refused to cooperate.

Qin visited the Blue Star Federation and clarified that he represented only the Great Xia Empire, while Commander Cao Yang tried to build a relationship with him. Qin focused on High Priest Manhab and agreed to support the Priest Civilization’s privileged ruling class, leaving Cao Yang to reassess how he dealt with the Angel Civilization.

• Qin told Cao Yang to speak directly and clarified that he represented the Great Xia Empire, not the Angel Civilization.
• Qin turned his attention to High Priest Manhab, whose Priest Civilization cared more about its elite than improving life for commoners.
• Cao Yang offered aid to the Priest Civilization, but Manhab rejected it because a better living environment could weaken the lambs’ faith.
• Qin praised the Priest Civilization’s choice to remain closed and promised support, including absorbing its elite and helping establish a ruling regime.
• Manhab welcomed the Great Xia Empire’s protection, while Cao Yang stayed silent after learning from his failed approach.

High Priest Manhab accompanied Qin to the Blue Star Federation, while Qin planned to use the visit to disrupt its tight control of public opinion. As the Great Xia Empire’s delegation reached the Capital Star amid an elaborate welcome, Qin’s son Elvis prepared to launch an operation of his own.

• With Blue Star Federation support, Manhab reorganized the Priest Civilization, which entered a prosperous age and began building a tower to communicate with Angels.
• Manhab traveled with Qin to the Blue Star Federation, where Cao Yang signed treaties granting Qin’s party sweeping privileges and rights of retaliation.
• Qin explained that he intended to stir up trouble in the Blue Star Federation because its government suppressed public attention to the Angel Civilization and the war in the Pegasus Galaxy.
• Elvis proposed exploiting a Black protest march to provoke a sensation, and Qin let him independently organize the plan.
• Cao Yang accompanied Qin’s group through the Interstellar Passage and onward to the Capital Star, where the Blue Star Federation arranged a high-level official reception and diverted public attention with a celebrity scandal.

During the Great Xia Empire’s arrival, Elvis insulted Black reception staff and Albert’s defense of him further offended the Blue Star Federation. The Federation continued hosting the delegation cautiously, and Elvis was eventually released from confinement under a staff arrangement meant to prevent further clashes.

• Elvis called the Black reception staff slaves, and Qin reprimanded him before ordering Albert to take him away.
• Albert described the Federation’s people as uncivilized commoners, prompting the Minister of Defense to question Qin about noble and lowly bloodlines.
• Qin said bloodlines were divided but claimed the Great Xia Empire respected differences between civilizations.
• The Federation managed public opinion while its cabinet carried out formal reception events for the Great Xia Empire’s delegation.
• After several days in confinement, Elvis was released, and the Federation replaced his reception staff to reduce the risk of further conflict.

Elvis attended a Blue Star Federation university symposium, where a student provoked him with a question about bloodline and then threw an egg at him. Elvis climbed into his mecha and began fighting security, while Albert refused to order the Mecha Knights to stop him.

• Elvis reassured himself that Albert and his grandfather would get him out if anything went wrong before heading to the university event.
• Elvis behaved politely through the event’s first half, and the Great Xia Empire’s Mecha Knights stood guard as the symposium began.
• A mixed-race Black student challenged Elvis over his remarks about lowly bloodlines, and Elvis declared that bloodlines were inherently noble or lowly and that only noble bloodlines received the Lord’s blessing.
• The student angrily threw an egg at Elvis, prompting Elvis to glow with golden light and call for his mecha.
• Elvis entered his Angel-class mecha and fought the armed personnel, while Albert briefly fought him and was defeated.
• A Blue Star Federation official begged Albert to order the Mecha Knights to stop Elvis, but Albert refused, saying they would not dare attack His Highness.

Elvis killed Blue Star Federation security officers and students after an egg was thrown at him, and Albert escorted him into space in the Virtue Angel. The Blue Star Federation ordered the Angel captured or killed, but it destroyed warships and reached the protection of a Great Xia Empire warship.

• Elvis killed the security officers who fired on him, then beat the Black students who had been shouting at him to death.
• Albert donned his mecha and took Elvis out of the atmosphere while Blue Star Federation forces tried to intercept them.
• The cabinet Director-General ordered the military to stop the pair and authorized lethal force if necessary.
• The Virtue Angel deployed in space for the first time, and the Blue Star Federation military prepared to attack it.
• The Virtue Angel destroyed several warships, broke through the defensive perimeter, and took shelter near a Great Xia Empire warship.

Elvis took refuge aboard the Great Xia Empire flagship, prompting the Blue Star Federation to attack despite Qin’s refusal to hand him over. As the fleet came under fire, Elvis summoned Derek through the Seraphim, and Derek made a dramatic entrance before the Federation forces.

• The Director-General demanded that Qin hand Elvis over, but Qin refused and warned him not to underestimate the Great Xia Empire.
• The Director-General ordered the Minister of Defense to attack the Great Xia fleet and capture Elvis.
• Elvis let his warships absorb the Federation’s fire so he could collect combat data, until they began to buckle.
• Elvis called out to his grandfather, activating the Seraphim and bringing Derek’s will across space.
• Derek scolded Elvis, flew out of the ship, and appeared before the astonished Federation forces despite their sensors detecting no super-energy reaction.

The Seraphim’s attack forced the Blue Star Federation to halt its resistance and resume negotiations with Qin. After the Seraphim landed near the Director-General and demonstrated its controlled power, the Federation opened its doors to the Great Xia Empire, and the Director-General asked what its future would look like.

• The Director-General accused Qin of bringing the Seraphim to attack, but Qin denied controlling it and warned that it could descend anywhere at any time.
• The Director-General proposed ending the conflict and continuing negotiations, and Qin agreed.
• The Seraphim stopped attacking, vanished from the encirclement, and entered the planet’s atmosphere before the ceasefire authorization arrived.
• The Seraphim landed near the Director-General, turning the ground around it to glass while stopping its flames precisely at his feet.
• Qin proposed amicable cooperation, and the intimidated Blue Star Federation opened its doors to the Great Xia Empire.
• The Director-General suspected the Great Xia Empire had orchestrated the events and asked what the Blue Star Federation’s future would be.

The Blue Star Federation agreed to allow the Great Xia Empire to conduct religious pilot programs after deciding it could not risk escalating the conflict. Meanwhile, the Colossus Civilization’s Transcendents rejected government efforts to control them and began discussing taking political power, though Ganis urged them to focus on recruiting more believers.

• The Director-General decided to settle the diplomatic conflict and ordered an emergency cabinet meeting to reduce public outrage.
• The cabinet approved religious pilot programs for the Great Xia Empire and agreed to seek more intelligence from the Colossus Civilization.
• The Colossus Civilization learned that its attempts to recruit church Transcendents had failed, as they remained loyal to the Seraphim and recognized the Great Xia Empire’s leading position.
• A Transcendent proposed that the Local Religious Order seize political power, but Ganis stopped the discussion and told them to focus on bringing more people to the Lord.

Ganis struggled to contain the Colossus Sect’s growing anger and ambitions, then sought Michel’s advice. Michel urged him to let tensions unfold naturally, leaving Ganis ready to stop fearing conflict while remembering the Lord was watching.

• Ganis cut off calls to overthrow the government and urged the sect to build its following with restraint.
• A believer demanded that unbelievers obstructing the sect be purified, and Ganis promised that their desired world would come when the opportunity arose.
• Ganis visited Michel after the meeting and described how difficult the believers’ anger had become to control.
• Michel advised Ganis that minor conflicts might be useful and that he should let events take their natural course.
• Ganis concluded that the government feared conflict too and resolved to stop suppressing the sect’s strength.

Ganis formed an armed force of Transcendent Knights while insisting that the Colossus Sect would not attack the government first. After a Transcendent confronted security officers over a girl's death and killed one of them, Ganis brought the sect's warriors to Hart Port, where government airships arrived and he ordered them invited down.

• Ganis unsealed Sacred Armaments and gathered combat-ready Transcendents to establish the Colossus Sect's armed force.
• After several months, a local Transcendent learned that security officers were covering up the death of a girl who had jumped from a bar.
• The Transcendent stormed the Security Office, broke an officer's arm, found evidence, and killed the officer responsible for keeping it.
• The Transcendent called Ganis, who promised the sect's support and immediately set out with his warriors.
• Ganis's reinforcements arrived before the government's armed forces, and citizens cheered as more than a dozen Sacred Armaments descended.
• When government combat airships arrived, Ganis ordered his people to invite them down.

Ganis backed a Sect member who had acted against government officials, insisting that justice would be handled openly rather than through private negotiations. The government offered punishment and compensation, but Ganis recognized its arrogance as the dispute continued.

• With the Patriarch's approval, a Sacred Armament seized a government airship and forced it to the ground as sect members cheered.
• Ganis reviewed the evidence and told the Sect member who had caused the trouble that he would not be punished, then urged the Sect to stand firm for justice.
• Ganis refused private calls and insisted that negotiations with the Colossus Government take place publicly.
• As the government locked down the Capital Star and prepared its War Fortresses, a local official came to negotiate with Ganis outside the Security Office.
• The official offered punishment for those involved, compensation, and a not-guilty defense for the Sect member, but Ganis felt chilled by the government's assumption that this would settle the matter.

Ganis demanded that the government hand those responsible for the incident to the Colossus Sect and arrange compensation, threatening civil war when officials refused. The Governor confronted him and threatened to erase the city, but neither side would yield, leaving Michel to intervene before the conflict became irreconcilable.

• Ganis demanded that everyone involved be handed over to the Sect for judgment and that compensation be arranged, but the official rejected his demands.
• Ganis threatened civil war and warned that the Colossus Sect’s faith and its Transcendent warriors could not be stopped.
• The official began making excuses until the Governor arrived and took over the negotiations with Ganis.
• The Governor demanded that Ganis surrender the people or face the city’s destruction, but Ganis refused to back down and offered his life for the Lord.
• With neither side willing to yield, Michel decided to intervene before the dispute became irreconcilable.