Vol. 18Gates and God Slayers

Xu Yue stripped Amestris and the parallel worlds of their supernatural origins, then manipulated Jiaren’s rise as a God Slayer and stopped him from summoning the World-Ending Serpent. Xu Yue returned to the real world, where Jiaren’s story resumed with an order to uncover an imperial mole.

  • Xu Yue entered Amestris, copied knowledge from the Gate of Truth, and gave Aili a body with a Blood-Red Stone.
  • Jiaren planned to use Ishvalan refugees to raise his Life Level as Xu Yue headed for Ishval.
  • Xu Yue altered the Alchemy Array, defeated the Dwarf in the Flask, and removed supernatural origins from the parallel worlds.
  • Minamoto no Yorisetsu became the Genji Clan Head and confronted the Tokugawa Family with Teruhito as time proved distorted.
  • Xu Yue defeated Verethragna and Heracles in the God Eater world and helped Kusanagi Godou awaken as a God Slayer.
  • After Reincarnators killed Godou, Xu Yue revived him and gave Jiaren the Gorgon Stone as Voban and Luo Hao arrived in Dongjing.
  • Xu Yue manipulated Jiaren’s battles with Luo Hao and other gods as Jiaren gathered Authorities and became the eighth God Slayer.
  • Xu Yue stopped Jiaren’s attempt to summon the World-Ending Serpent, then returned to the real world as Muren ordered Jiaren to find an imperial mole.
Chapters 1717–1817 Read from ch. 1717

Arc 69The Gate and the Great Tengu

Xu Yue entered Amestris, confronted Jiaren’s faction, and became entangled in the Elric brothers’ encounters with the Philosopher’s Stone and the homunculi. The arc ended with Jiaren’s plan to use Ishvalan refugees threatening to escalate the conflict as Xu Yue headed for Ishval.

  • Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito tried to flee the Jingyuan, but Xu Yue trapped the King Kong in a Combat Space, seized the cargo, and left Yorihito to conceal the truth from Nakayama Shion.
  • Xu Yue entered the Fullmetal Alchemist world, copied knowledge from the Gate of Truth, and used a Blood-Red Stone to give Aili a body.
  • Xu Yue encountered Isaac on a train and later helped him escape Qingchuan, while Edward and Alphonse pursued Isaac and became targets of Jiaren’s group.
  • Edward used a Philosopher’s Stone to create a Stone Giant against three Reincarnators, and Xu Yue defeated the larger force, restored Alphonse, and faced King Bradley.
  • Edward and Alphonse encountered Teruhito in a burning town, and Aili restrained Teruhito before Xu Yue decided to watch him as a possible tool.
  • Jiaren and Qingchuan’s conflict with Teruhito and Scar ended with Qingchuan escaping, Scar injuring Edward and Alphonse, and Roy driving Scar away.
  • Xu Yue met Lust and Doctor Marco, while Edward and Alphonse recovered and Edward began deciphering Marco’s book, which described opening the Gate of Hell.
  • Jiaren confronted Edward over his alchemy and documents, but King Bradley stopped their fight, and Xu Yue learned the Great Priest planned to use Ishvalan refugees’ blood to raise Jiaren’s Life Level.
Chapters 1717–1742 Summaries Read

Arc 70The Alchemy Array and Succession

Xu Yue disrupted the Dwarf in the Flask’s plan, seized the world’s supernatural origins, and left alchemy stripped from the parallel worlds. Afterward, Minamoto no Yorisetsu took control of the Genji Clan and joined Teruhito in confronting the Tokugawa Family, where Xu Yue’s plan surfaced amid a distortion of time.

  • Xu Yue defeated Nakayama Shion’s guards, persuaded Von Hohenheim to revise the Alchemy Array, and helped secure the Ishvalans’ release from further sacrifice.
  • Aili revealed that the Homunculi’s creator was connected to Edward and Alphonse’s father, while Jiaren’s forces failed to capture them and Jiaren escaped Aili’s attack.
  • Jiaren prepared to strengthen himself with the Alchemy Array, but Xu Yue defeated his military formation without using one and forced him to retreat.
  • The Dwarf in the Flask activated the altered Country-wide Alchemy Array, which consumed the Gates of Truth across Amestris and stripped people of their ability to use alchemy.
  • Jiaren and the Great Priest summoned Amaterasu, but Xu Yue subdued her, absorbed Sky Cloud City into his Divine Kingdom, and destroyed the leaders and Reincarnators who opposed him.
  • Xu Yue seized the world’s origin, the Gate of Truth, and Truth, then removed supernatural origins from the parallel worlds before the mission concluded.
  • Minamoto no Yorisetsu rejected the Genji Clan elders’ marriage plan, killed Minamoto no Yoriteru, and became the new Clan Head.
  • Teruhito and Minamoto no Yorisetsu confronted the Tokugawa Family, where Xu Yue revealed himself, Tokugawa Ietsugu attacked Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Ietsugu disclosed that time had been distorted.
Chapters 1743–1767 Summaries Read

Arc 71The Seventh God Slayer

Xu Yue entered the world of God Eater, defeated Verethragna and Heracles, and helped Kusanagi Godou awaken as a God Slayer. After the Reincarnators captured and killed Godou, Xu Yue revived him and gave Jiaren’s group the Gorgon Stone, while Marquis Voban and Luo Hao arrived in Dongjing.

  • Xu Yue entered the world of God Eater, met Kusanagi Godou, and defeated Verethragna, becoming the seventh God Slayer.
  • Xu Yue defeated Heracles, absorbed his power, preserved the Twelve Labors as an Authority seed, and restored the world after their battle.
  • Xu Yue returned to Dongjing with Godou and Erica, while Amakasu Touma explained Godou’s potential to become a King.
  • Jiaren’s Reincarnators captured Godou, but Athena intervened and Xu Yue appeared, drove her off, and strengthened Godou’s Authority.
  • The Reincarnators attacked Godou with military formations, and Xu Yue stopped their strike before reviving him after they crushed him to powder.
  • Xu Yue gave Jiaren the Gorgon Stone, while Marquis Voban and Luo Hao arrived in Dongjing and Luo Hao sought to meet the God Slayer Chen Zhen served.
  • Godou delivered Xu Yue’s request for the Reincarnators to find an enemy hostile to him, and Jiaren’s group prepared to search for Voban and Luo Hao.
Chapters 1768–1792 Summaries Read

Arc 72The Eighth God Slayer

Xu Yue manipulated Jiaren’s battles with Luo Hao, Perseus, and the Feathered Serpent God, then stopped Jiaren when he tried to summon the World-Ending Serpent. Jiaren died, Xu Yue completed his plan in the lower realm, and Jiaren’s story resumed with a purge of suspected traitors.

  • Luo Hao defeated Jiaren at the temple fair, but Jiaren and Qingchuan used a military formation to fight her until Susanoo intervened and Xu Yue took control of the conflict.
  • Xu Yue defeated Susanoo and Perseus, absorbed their power, and manipulated Jiaren into believing he had won while Jiaren began hunting Disobedient Gods.
  • Jiaren seized the Feathered Serpent God’s Authority and became a God Slayer while Xu Yue killed Marquis Voban, then Jiaren collected more Authorities and became known as the eighth God Slayer.
  • Jiaren prepared to summon the World-Ending Serpent as a coalition gathered to stop him, but Xu Yue dispelled Jiaren’s Advanced Military Formation and ended his resistance.
  • Xu Yue refused Jiaren’s surrender, gathered the fortune and resources needed for his plan, and returned to the real world without tearing through the barrier to the upper realm.
  • During the mission break, Muren ordered Jiaren to find an imperial mole or forfeit the throne, while Xu Yue’s puppet army recruited defectors and Inoue Ieyasu, Qingchuan, and Shion reported Jiaren’s plan to test Inoue.
Chapters 1793–1817 Summaries Read
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