Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue used his ties to Nakiri Azami to undermine Etsuya Eizan and placed two Reincarnators near Eizan as spies. As the Autumn Election roster was announced and competitors prepared, Yukihira Seiichiro returned to Polar Star Dormitory and reunited with Yukihira Soma and Xu Yue.

• Xu Yue told Etsuya Eizan that clinging to his authority would get him eliminated, then left while two Reincarnators watched the door and continued serving as his agents.
• The Autumn Election roster was announced, placing Xu Yue, Tadokoro Megumi, Alice Nakiri, the Aldini brothers, and others in Group B, while Yukihira Soma and several rivals entered Group A.
• Xu Yue assessed the contenders in both groups and expected Tadokoro Megumi to qualify, while Yoshino Yuki faced a difficult path in Group B.
• Yukihira Seiichiro returned to Polar Star Dormitory and casually asked Yukihira Soma to help chop daikon before Soma realized his father was visiting.
• Satoshi Isshiki introduced Yukihira Seiichiro as the former second seat of the Elite Ten, and the dorm residents reacted with surprise at his history and connection to Xu Yue.
• Yukihira Seiichiro greeted Xu Yue and remarked on how much he might have grown, while the girls and other residents praised Xu Yue's talent and God Tongue.

Xu Yue trained for the Autumn Election while using Nakiri Azami’s message to exploit Erina’s fear of her father. At Moon Heaven Hall, he sensed the collective will behind generations of Elite Ten Food Wars!, severed its connection to himself, and resolved to absorb it gradually through victories.

• Yukihira Soma pestered Xu Yue about what he and Yukihira Seiichiro had done the previous night, and Xu Yue had Kurokiba Ryo drag him away.
• After the Autumn Election preliminary topic was announced as curry, Xu Yue sent the dormitory contestants to Hayama Akira for training and went to Erina to refine his God Tongue.
• Xu Yue showed Erina a video message from Nakiri Azami, leaving her frozen with fear as he planned to use her father as an entry point to make her submit.
• At the Autumn Election opening ceremony in Moon Heaven Hall, Senzaemon explained that the venue had once been reserved for Elite Ten Food Wars!.
• Xu Yue sensed the wills of past Elite Ten battles, severed their connection with Jigokudo, and decided to absorb them by winning cooking contests.

Xu Yue entered Group B of the Autumn Election, where the Space gave him a mission to defeat two Reincarnators who had temporarily boosted their cooking skills. As Group B’s scores crowded out an overconfident contestant, Xu Yue and the two Reincarnators brought their dishes to the judges, and Xu Yue uncovered his dish.

• The Space gave Xu Yue two B-Rank Plot Points and a mission to crush the two Reincarnators’ ambitions through cooking without using force.
• The judges gave the sausage-lipped student 33 points, leaving him hopeful until Sadotsuka Nao scored 84 with her stinky dish and Hisako scored 92 with medicinal cuisine.
• Alice Nakiri, Takumi Aldini, Isami Aldini, Hojo Miyoko, and Yoshino Yuki also scored highly, pushing the sausage-lipped student down to eighth place.
• Xu Yue decided to present his dish after Yoshino Yuki’s score left her out of contention.
• Xu Yue and the two Reincarnators stepped forward with their dishes, and Xu Yue placed his covered dish before the judges and lifted the cover.

Xu Yue earned 95 points in the Autumn Election preliminaries with his intensely stimulating curry rice, while his spice tactics helped keep his rivals from threatening Tadokoro Megumi. After the final eight were announced, Xu Yue confronted Etsuya Eizan over Mikisuba Subaru’s elimination.

• Xu Yue served curry rice that left the judges overwhelmed, and they gave him 95 points, tying him with Alice for first place.
• Blondie and Glasses scored 89 points each and were eliminated, while Tadokoro Megumi advanced with 93 points.
• Xu Yue revealed that he had used Sichuan peppercorns to dull the judges’ perception of spices in Blondie’s and Glasses’s dishes.
• The final eight were announced: Xu Yue, Alice, Tadokoro Megumi, Hisako, Hayama Akira, Yukihira Soma, Kurokiba Ryo, and Mito Ikumi.
• Etsuya Eizan was stunned that Mikisuba Subaru had been eliminated, and Xu Yue cheerfully confronted him about the result.

Xu Yue and Alice faced off in the Autumn Election semifinal, each determined to settle their earlier tie in a ramen Food War. As the contest began in Moon Heaven Hall, Xu Yue used rapid hand-kneading to prepare his noodles.

• Xu Yue won his quarterfinal against Mito Ikumi, while Hayama Akira, Yukihira Soma, and Alice also advanced; Alice defeated Kurokiba Ryo.
• After his victory, Xu Yue absorbed some of the Culinary Will gathered in Moon Heaven Hall and adjusted his plans to gain more through future Elite Ten battles.
• The semifinal matchups were announced as Xu Yue versus Alice and Yukihira Soma versus Hayama Akira.
• Alice challenged Xu Yue over his earlier victory and agreed to wager on the semifinal, while Xu Yue offered to return Kurokiba Ryo if she won.
• The host announced ramen as the theme, and Xu Yue began rapidly kneading dough by hand at his cooking station.

Xu Yue and Alice finished their ramen at astonishing speed, with Alice earning the judges’ praise for her molecular-technique creation. Xu Yue presented his own Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Ramen, leaving the judges ready to taste it.

• Xu Yue kneaded and rapidly pulled fresh noodles, then boiled them while preparing a jar filled with an enormous variety of ingredients.
• Xu Yue heated the sealed jar for less than a minute, poured its clear broth over the noodles, and finished his ramen at the same time as Alice.
• Alice teased Xu Yue about becoming her follower, and both contestants brought their bowls to the judges.
• The judges devoured Alice’s ramen and praised the flavor infused into both the broth and noodles.
• Xu Yue presented his dish as Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Ramen, and Senzaemon waited to judge it.

Xu Yue defeated Alice Nakiri in the first semifinal with his hair-thin noodles and clear broth, which the judges praised as extraordinarily delicious. After Alice tasted his ramen and accepted her loss, she broke down crying, leaving Xu Yue to comfort her.

• A judge tasted Xu Yue's ramen and was overwhelmed by its rich, refreshing broth and springy, hair-thin noodles.
• Senzaemon and the other judges finished their bowls, and Senzaemon wrote Xu Yue's name as the winner of the first semifinal.
• Xu Yue offered Alice an extra bowl and claimed his spice technique had drawn out the ingredients' flavors, convincing the watching students.
• Alice tasted Xu Yue's ramen, briefly drifted into an illusion, and licked Xu Yue's finger as he wiped broth from her mouth.
• Xu Yue reminded Alice to fulfill her promise, and Alice accepted her defeat before rolling on the floor and crying.

After Hayama Akira and Yukihira Soma both advanced from the semifinal, the Autumn Election finals were set as a three-way contest with Xu Yue, Hayama, and Soma cooking Pacific saury. Back at Polar Star Dormitory, Erina admitted to Alice that she was dating Xu Yue, prompting Alice’s jealousy and seemingly adding her to Xu Yue’s mission list.

• Xu Yue, Erina, Alice, and Mito Ikumi settled into Polar Star Dormitory, while Hisako continued avoiding Erina after her quarterfinal loss.
• Dojima Gin proposed that both Hayama Akira and Yukihira Soma advance, and the judges and Senzaemon approved a three-contestant final against Xu Yue.
• The finals topic was announced as Pacific saury, and Hayama challenged Xu Yue to compare their spice skills while arguing that Soma could not select the best fish.
• Xu Yue defended Soma’s fighting spirit, and Soma declared that he would hunger for victory before the three contestants parted until the final in three days.
• During a hot pot meal in Xu Yue’s room, Alice asked Erina if she was dating Xu Yue, and Erina calmly said yes.
• Alice grew jealous after Erina’s admission, and Xu Yue sensed that Alice had been added to his mission list.

Xu Yue left Etsuya Eizan’s office after exposing the collapse of Eizan’s business influence, then entered the Autumn Election finals against Hayama Akira and Yukihira Soma. As the three began cooking saury dishes, Xu Yue stunned the arena by discarding the fish flesh and frying only the bones, whose batter concealed a strange radiance.

• Xu Yue told Etsuya Eizan to reconsider their situation and left, while Eizan realized Xu Yue had turned many of his business allies against him.
• Xu Yue entered the Autumn Election finals and recognized that Etsuya Eizan had arranged the judges to exploit his perceived weakness.
• Senzaemon Nakiri announced the start of the finals, and Xu Yue, Hayama Akira, and Yukihira Soma went to their cooking stations.
• Hayama Akira prepared to challenge Xu Yue with spices, while Yukihira Soma chose rice bran-pickled saury to avoid competing over freshness and flavor.
• Xu Yue roasted a saury in olive oil, removed its bones, discarded its flesh, then crushed, battered, and fried the bones as the audience watched in shock.

Xu Yue won the Autumn Election by defeating Hayama Akira and Yukihira Soma with a dish of fried fish bones. After the judges named him champion, he challenged Ninth Seat Etsuya Eizan to a Food War for a place in the Elite Ten.

• Hayama Akira impressed the judges with seared Pacific saury, whose spice use surpassed Xu Yue's earlier cooking.
• Yukihira Soma served rice bran-pickled Pacific saury and earned high praise, though the judges felt his style still resembled Seichiro's.
• Xu Yue's fried fish bones overwhelmed the judges with their freshness and unusual Culinary Will, earning all three votes.
• The host announced Xu Yue as the Autumn Election champion and praised his potential to join the Elite Ten.
• Xu Yue took the microphone and challenged Etsuya Eizan to a Food War with an Elite Ten seat on the line.

Xu Yue challenged Etsuya Eizan to a Food Wars! match for Eizan’s Elite Ten seat, and Eizan accepted after Xu Yue promised to stop interfering with his companies. The match began with no dish restrictions, and Xu Yue prepared to cook with an A5 Wagyu carcass.

• Xu Yue challenged Etsuya Eizan for his ninth-seat position on the Elite Ten, and Eizan accepted the Food Wars! match.
• Xu Yue offered to stop interfering with Eizan’s companies regardless of the match’s outcome, and the Food Wars Management Bureau registered the contest.
• Eizan asserted his culinary ability and unleashed his Elite Ten presence, while spectators realized they would witness a battle for a seat.
• Kawashima Rei announced the match, and both contestants began preparing ingredients under a no-restrictions theme.
• Mito Ikumi supplied Xu Yue with an entire A5 Wagyu carcass, while Alice teased her about Xu Yue’s choice of premium beef.

Xu Yue defeated Etsuya Eizan 3–0, took his Elite Ten seat, and stayed behind after the Autumn Election to pursue further gains. During on-site training, he secured Mizuhara Fuyumi as his sixth recruit and looked ahead to his next plans.

• Senzaemon announced that Etsuya Eizan would lose his Elite Ten seat to Xu Yue and declared the Autumn Election over.
• Xu Yue refused the mission space’s automatic return so he could continue pursuing rewards in the world.
• Xu Yue focused on training and strengthening bonds with four confirmed recruits, while accepting two Reincarnators who had previously backed Etsuya Eizan.
• Xu Yue skipped Elite Ten Council meetings as Erina took his former last-ranked seat and the students began on-site training.
• Xu Yue completed training at Mizuhara Fuyumi’s restaurant, secured her as his sixth recruit, and left considering whether he could earn a second S-rank evaluation.

At the Autumn Banquet, Xu Yue and Erina joined the first-year finalists as they met the Elite Ten, while Terunori Kuga provoked the newcomers. Xu Yue insulted Kuga and then challenged the female Elite Ten members, leaving the gathering tense.

• Yukihira Soma asked Xu Yue why he and Erina were seated with the first-year finalists, and Xu Yue said they counted as first-years for the meeting.
• The eight remaining Elite Ten members arrived, and Terunori Kuga complained about Etsuya Eizan's absence before demanding to see the Autumn Election winner.
• Yukihira Soma challenged the Elite Ten and defended Xu Yue, prompting Kuga to belittle the first-years and confront him.
• Xu Yue told Kuga that he only accepted Food Wars! challenges from girls, infuriating Kuga and winning the first-years' approval.
• Xu Yue challenged the female Elite Ten members to Food Wars! matches and offered to let them choose the stakes.

After the tea party, Xu Yue and Erina prepared for Totsuki Academy’s school festival, where Xu Yue accepted Terunori Kuga’s Food Wars! challenge. On the festival’s first day, Xu Yue’s humble mobile stall drew a long line beside Momo Akanekubo’s famous shop, while Yukihira Soma’s challenge against Kuga got off to a poor start.

• Xu Yue rebuffed Rindou Kobayashi’s interest, then left the tea party with Erina while Hisako followed them.
• Yukihira Soma announced that he had agreed to challenge Terunori Kuga at the school festival, and Mito Ikumi delivered Kuga’s challenge letter to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue accepted Kuga’s Food Wars! challenge in Chinese Cuisine, scheduled for the festival’s final day.
• Xu Yue set up a mobile stall in the upscale third area beside Momo Akanekubo’s shop, while Yukihira Soma opened across from Kuga in the second area.
• On the first day, Yukihira Soma sold almost nothing, but Xu Yue’s stall attracted a line at least as long as Momo Akanekubo’s by serving Tea Eggs and Turkish Kebab.

Xu Yue drew crowds and outsold Momo Akanekubo at the school festival, then pressed her to accept a Food Wars! challenge. As Yukihira Soma struggled with sales and Rindou Kobayashi arrived to sample Xu Yue’s wild game, Xu Yue offered her a taste and another possible challenge.

• Xu Yue’s spice-rich grilled dishes attracted customers from Momo Akanekubo’s dessert shop, and he narrowly took first place in Third District sales on the festival’s first day.
• Yukihira Soma, whose stall ranked last in Second District, asked Xu Yue for advice, and Xu Yue told him to add another dish before he was expelled.
• Xu Yue took first place again on the second day, and Momo Akanekubo tried his dishes before Xu Yue urged her to accept a Food Wars! challenge.
• Rindou Kobayashi visited Xu Yue’s stall with snacks, and Xu Yue offered her grilled snake meat from his wild game ingredients.

Xu Yue secured Rindou Kobayashi’s agreement to a Food Wars! battle by serving her rare, exceptional snake meat, then visited Eishi Tsukasa’s restaurant and assessed the First Seat as a future opponent. On the school festival’s final day, Xu Yue faced Terunori Kuga, while Rindou, Momo Akanekubo, and Nene Kinokuni revealed they would also challenge him in a series of Elite Ten battles.

• Xu Yue served Rindou Kobayashi snake meat enhanced with Yang Release, and she agreed to battle him in exchange for more of the ingredient.
• Rindou accompanied Xu Yue to Eishi Tsukasa’s restaurant, where Xu Yue sampled Tsukasa’s cooking and considered him a future target for the First Seat.
• Yukihira Soma surpassed Terunori Kuga’s single-day sales on the school festival’s final day, prompting Kuga to go to Moon Heaven Hall for his Food Wars! battle with Xu Yue.
• Rindou Kobayashi told Terunori Kuga that she and Momo Akanekubo would battle Xu Yue after him, while Nene Kinokuni would face him if he won and made Kuga kneel and apologize.
• The judges and Food Wars Management Bureau staff arranged the unregistered consecutive battles, setting Xu Yue to challenge the Eighth, Sixth, Fourth, and Second Seats.

Xu Yue defeated Terunori Kuga 5–0 with Peking Duck and persuaded him to secure a Food Wars! match against Nene Kinokuni. The chapter ended as Xu Yue challenged Nene in her specialty, soba, drawing a growing crowd of stunned students.

• Terunori Kuga accepted Xu Yue’s challenge and prepared his Mapo Tofu, while Xu Yue chose roast duck for Peking Duck.
• Xu Yue defeated Terunori Kuga 5–0, and Terunori admitted defeat after tasting Xu Yue’s roast duck.
• Xu Yue asked Terunori to fulfill his promise by getting Nene Kinokuni to accept a challenge, and Terunori knelt to plead with her.
• Nene Kinokuni agreed to face Xu Yue in an official Food Wars! match.
• Xu Yue chose soba as the theme, directly challenging Nene in her strongest specialty.

Xu Yue defeated Nene Kinokuni and Momo Akanekubo in consecutive Food Wars, absorbing all of Moon Heaven Hall’s Culinary Will and connecting with the World Will. He called on Rindou Kobayashi for the next match, but the space penalized him after his radiance affected the spectators.

• Xu Yue defeated Nene Kinokuni 5-0 with buckwheat porridge and welcomed her to Polar Star Dormitory.
• Xu Yue challenged Momo Akanekubo in a dessert Food War and won 5-0 with pudding tofu pudding against her cheesecake.
• Xu Yue absorbed all of Moon Heaven Hall’s Culinary Will and began communicating with the World Will.
• Xu Yue invited Rindou Kobayashi to face him next, while the spectators saw him glowing with holy radiance.
• The space deducted 10,000 Reincarnation Points and ten B-Rank Plot Points after Xu Yue’s sensory impact affected the spectators.

Xu Yue defeated Rindou Kobayashi 5-0 by recreating and improving her newly invented dish, while Yukihira Soma explained Xu Yue’s rapidly developing God Eye ability to the stunned audience. Meanwhile, Nakiri Azami removed Senzaemon Nakiri as commander-in-chief, but the appointment notice named Nakiri Yue as the new commander-in-chief instead.

• Xu Yue challenged Rindou Kobayashi directly and defeated her 5-0 with a dish that copied and improved her new wild boar recipe.
• Terunori Kuga watched Xu Yue’s string of decisive victories, and Yukihira Soma told him that Xu Yue could learn a dish after seeing it made once.
• Yukihira Soma explained that Xu Yue had only begun learning cooking half a year earlier and had since developed the skill to surpass others through pure technique.
• The audience began chanting Xu Yue’s name and calling out the God Eye.
• Nakiri Azami presented Senzaemon Nakiri with a resolution dismissing him as commander-in-chief and accepted a notice appointing him to the position.
• The appointment notice announced Nakiri Yue as Totsuki Academy’s new commander-in-chief.

Xu Yue took control of Totsuki as First Seat of the Elite Ten and Commander-in-Chief after Nakiri Azami conceded and left. He agreed to let Blondie and Glasses challenge Eishi Tsukasa for a temporary Elite Ten seat, unaware that their costly enhancement had left them deep in debt.

• Xu Yue revealed himself to Nakiri Azami and claimed the Elite Ten’s First Seat and Totsuki’s Commander-in-Chief position.
• Nakiri Azami accepted that he could not take control and left, and Senzaemon Nakiri also stepped down.
• Blondie and Glasses asked Xu Yue to let them experience being Elite Ten members, and he agreed to arrange a Food Wars! challenge.
• Xu Yue named Eishi Tsukasa as their opponent, while Blondie and Glasses used an expensive enhancement to prepare for the match.
• Eishi Tsukasa accepted the Food Wars! challenge, and Blondie and Glasses looked forward to taking his seat.