Recaps

Xu Yue won a series of cooking contests, saved Tadokoro Megumi from expulsion, and began shaping the Autumn Election around his own plans. After advancing to the semifinals and absorbing Culinary Will from Moon Heaven Hall, he prepared to face Alice Nakiri in a ramen match.

• Xu Yue defeated Mito Ikumi in the Donburi Food Wars, winning ownership of her for their remaining time at the academy and earning the Gourmet Collector mission.
• Xu Yue trained with Polar Star Dormitory students at Hell Camp, passed Inui Hinako’s assignment with freshwater salmon sashimi, and helped Blondie and Glasses avoid expulsion.
• Xu Yue challenged Shinomiya Kojiro over Tadokoro Megumi’s expulsion, defeated him with a dish that matched his techniques, and secured Megumi’s return.
• Xu Yue reflected on the limits of imitation after losing to Inui Hinako, then passed the camp’s final overnight assessment by selling 500 tea eggs.
• Xu Yue trained Autumn Election contestants and confronted Etsuya Eizan, while Yukihira Seiichiro returned to Polar Star Dormitory and reunited with Soma and Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue advanced through the Autumn Election preliminaries with 95 points for his curry rice, while Tadokoro Megumi also qualified and Blondie and Glasses were eliminated.
• Xu Yue defeated Mito Ikumi in the quarterfinals, absorbed Culinary Will from Moon Heaven Hall, and drew Alice Nakiri for the semifinal ramen match.

Xu Yue won the Autumn Election, took Etsuya Eizan’s Elite Ten seat, and consolidated his authority through a series of Food Wars! challenges. After expanding the Penguin Merchant Guild and beginning his S.H.I.E.L.D. promotion mission, he entered Asgard as a chef and traveled to Earth to seek food and inspiration.

• Xu Yue won the Autumn Election with his fried saury bones, then challenged Etsuya Eizan and took his ninth-seat position on the Elite Ten.
• Xu Yue trained recruits, secured Mizuhara Fuyumi, and began challenging Elite Ten members, including Terunori Kuga at the school festival.
• Xu Yue defeated Terunori Kuga, Nene Kinokuni, Momo Akanekubo, and Rindou Kobayashi, then claimed the First Seat and commander-in-chief position as Nakiri Yue.
• Xu Yue arranged for Blondie and Glasses to challenge Eishi Tsukasa, then stopped Blondie’s attack and completed a Reincarnation Space task.
• Xu Yue and Sun Lin confronted foreign Reincarnators who occupied the Beiyang Society’s simulators, and their side won the wagered match with enhanced food and coordinated tactics.
• Xu Yue returned to the Huaxia Zone, developed his abilities while the Penguin Merchant Guild expanded, and began his S.H.I.E.L.D. promotion mission.
• Xu Yue arrived in Asgard as a chef, gained Thor’s favor, and persuaded Loki to help him reach Earth while leaving a Wood Clone and Deva Path Pain in Asgard.
• Xu Yue reached the Canadian West Coast, sent the other five Pains to search for opportunities, and learned that Tony Stark had not yet appeared in the news.

Xu Yue used Tony Stark’s crisis to gain access to S.H.I.E.L.D., then pursued Banner’s blood in Brazil while navigating competing Reincarnator schemes. The arc left General Ross’s forces closing in on Samuel Sterns’s laboratory as Hansen’s team attempted to steal the duplicated blood.

• Xu Yue warned Tony about the danger of his weapons, then used evidence against Obadiah Stane to help Tony shut down Stark Industries’ weapons division and cure his palladium poisoning.
• Xu Yue joined Tony at a military hearing, where he and Li Hui’s arguments shaped the outcome and Xu Yue revealed Tony’s S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant status.
• Xu Yue traveled to Brazil, where several Reincarnator factions sought Banner’s blood, and Human Path Pain gained Banner’s trust while collecting a sample.
• Lucy and Jason’s plan to take Banner’s blood collapsed as Hulk fought their allies, and Xu Yue used Human Path Pain to defeat Tal and capture him and Lucy.
• Xu Yue learned Banner’s blood could help Reincarnators join the Monster Faction, while Banner accepted Hulk as part of himself and prepared to return to the United States.
• Xu Yue helped General Ross enhance Emil Blonsky with a serum combined with diluted First Hokage cells, awakening Blonsky’s Wood Style powers.
• Blonsky killed the Reincarnators who attacked Ross’s forces, and Xu Yue subdued him before Ross asked for help improving the serum project.
• Xu Yue sought Hulk’s blood as a possible way to address Blonsky’s condition, while Hansen’s team moved to steal duplicated blood from Samuel Sterns’s laboratory and Ross’s forces prepared to capture Banner.

Xu Yue infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., steered events in Asgard, and obtained powerful artifacts while Thor regained his strength and Loki returned to Earth with the Mind Scepter. The Avengers gathered to confront Loki, but the Scepter began influencing the group and Hulk attacked Thor.

• Xu Yue subdued Hulk and the Abominations, then joined Ancient One at Kamar-Taj to study the Astral Dimension while his Wood Clone concealed the battle and pursued access to the Space Stone.
• Xu Yue dealt with the Beiyang Society’s conflict with the Holy Saints of Heaven, took their rivals’ equipment and production assets, and joined S.H.I.E.L.D.’s classified Space Stone research team.
• Xu Yue accompanied Thor’s group to Jotunheim, helped fight the Frost Giants, and later went to Earth as Thor was exiled and stripped of his powers.
• Xu Yue helped Thor’s companions reach Earth and warned them about Loki, while Thor regained Mjolnir and his divine power and Xu Yue swallowed the weakened Destroyer with Kamui.
• Xu Yue confronted Loki and Laufey in Asgard, killed Laufey, took the Casket of Ancient Winters, and escaped as the Rainbow Bridge collapsed and Odin recovered Loki and Thor.
• Loki returned to Earth through the Tesseract carrying the Mind Scepter, while Tendo Xu Yue offered to cooperate with him and Nick Fury began assembling the Avengers.
• As the Avengers moved to capture Loki, Julie sensed the Mind Scepter’s influence, but her attempt to calm Banner failed and he transformed into Hulk and punched Thor through a wall.