Chapter Summaries

Aili broke through her Limiter during the battle in Earth Chamber, defeated the exhausted heroes, monsters, and reincarnators, then left Earth after declaring herself Boros. Bruce avoided the fight, while Sun Lin played video games with King and Xu Yue served Saitama a discounted boxed lunch.

• The reincarnators, heroes, and monsters attacked Aili together, but she survived their combined assault and froze Pochi.
• The reincarnators tried to contact Bruce for help, but he replied, “Fuck off!”
• Aili broke through her Limiter, absorbed the sealing power, and stopped Tatsumaki’s giant ice spike with one hand.
• Aili defeated Silver Fang, Atomic Samurai, Superalloy Darkshine, and Tatsumaki, along with the other fighters.
• Aili called herself Boros, leader of the Dark Matter Pirates, and flew away from Earth.
• Bruce retreated, Sun Lin played a video game with King, and Xu Yue gave Saitama a discounted boxed lunch.

After the Boros battle, Xu Yue and his companions returned from the mission, and Xu Yue spent nearly all his resources bringing Aili and a crude Limiter imitation back with him. He learned his next mission would be in Westeros, but, broke and unconvinced it could help him grow, he decided to take his time choosing another.

• Tendo Xu Yue and Human Path Xu Yue explained that Boros had spared the heroes and the Hero Association had falsely claimed victory, leaving the Reincarnators relieved they had survived and earned A-Rank Plot Points.
• Xu Yue, Sun Lin, Saitama, Genos, and Bang shared a farewell dinner in Z-City before Xu Yue and Sun Lin's mission time ended.
• Xu Yue refused to remove the Limiter contamination from Aili and paid two SS-Rank Plot Points to bring her out of the Mission Space.
• Xu Yue spent his remaining resources researching the Limiter and created a fragile imitation for himself that could allow one difficult breakthrough.
• Xu Yue checked his next mission and recognized the Westeros Continent as the setting of A Song of Ice and Fire, but postponed choosing it because he was broke and it did not meet his needs.

Sun Lin celebrated earning an S-rank Plot Point while Xu Yue answered an emergency meeting request from the Penguin Merchant Guild back home. Guild leaders reported that the Qing Court had begun pursuing high-level talks, signaling an intensifying struggle over Hua Kingdom as the European powers became distracted.

• Sun Lin celebrated receiving an S-rank Plot Point and promised to protect Xu Yue when he returned from his next mission.
• Xu Yue entered the Reincarnation Space and joined an emergency meeting with the Penguin Merchant Guild’s domestic leadership.
• The guild executives reported that its rise into France’s Top Ten Legions had strengthened its reputation across Hua Kingdom.
• A guild representative told Xu Yue that the Qing Court had shifted from suppressing the guild to seeking talks and offering better terms than Beiyang.
• Xu Yue concluded that the Qing Court’s sudden approach reflected an imminent direct confrontation between domestic forces as the European great powers grew distracted.

Xu Yue backed a Beiyang-led effort to intervene in the Hua Kingdom’s turmoil and sent two ace enforcers home as an advance force. While other powers prepared to interfere, he expanded his European alliances and the Penguin Merchant Guild’s influence, leaving the major players to reveal their intentions as the crisis approached.

• Xu Yue decided to test the Qing Court’s remaining political influence and arranged for the Beiyang to take the lead, with his side providing support.
• Xu Yue discussed the crisis with Sun Lin, then learned from Shirley that her great-uncle had contacted the Beiyang and that Britain, Germany, the United States, and Japan planned to interfere.
• Xu Yue sent NO.1 and NO.4 back to the Hua Kingdom with independent identities, using Aili’s disguise ability to cover their guard duties.
• Xu Yue expanded cooperation with the Rothschild Family and prepared to use the Penguin Merchant Guild to stir public opinion as turmoil grew in the Hua Kingdom.

German Reincarnators gathered in Berlin heard a Swastika Society speech condemning the humiliation and exploitation of their country. Their anger surged as the fast-growing legion recruited openly and expanded toward becoming a formidable force.

• German Reincarnators complained in Angel Bar about the reparations, French occupation, and Jewish families’ control of supplies and capital.
• A patron told the bar that the Swastika Society was giving a speech outside, prompting Reincarnators to leave and listen.
• The Swastika Society speaker declared that Germany could not have dignity while foreign powers controlled its territory and treated it with contempt.
• The speech stirred Reincarnators to recall their legions’ passivity and their own exploitation, and their anger erupted.
• The Swastika Society expanded its recruitment, climbing from tenth to third place in Germany in less than a month.

The Rothschild Family tried to contain the rapidly rising Swastika Society after its speeches drew non-core Reincarnators away from other German legions. After the Society stopped speaking under pressure, Xu Yue arrived in Berlin to take part in Germany’s brewing unrest.

• The Rothschild representatives discovered that the Swastika Society had surged to third place as non-core Reincarnators withdrew from other legions to join it.
• James Rothschild ordered the Swastika Society to stop its speeches, using the demand to test its limits and prepare for possible intervention.
• The Swastika Society halted its speeches the next day, disappointing German Reincarnators and causing potential recruits to reconsider joining.
• Xu Yue arrived in Berlin from France, where Saint Hill Military Academy students had come for practical training and internships.

After arriving in the Germany Zone, Xu Yue learned that the Swastika Society had backed down, then watched its members get drawn into a confrontation that he suspected was a Rothschild Family provocation. The Swastika Society’s response to the test remained unresolved.

• Xu Yue entered the Germany Zone’s Reincarnation Space and learned that the Swastika Society had compromised.
• Swastika Society members confronted Xu Yue, but eased their hostility after he explained that Hua Kingdom was caught between their interests and Japan’s.
• A coachman whipped a Germanic girl while a wealthy Jewish gentleman watched, prompting the Swastika Society members to rush over and challenge them.
• Xu Yue suspected the scene was a second private test by the Rothschild Family and watched as the two sides argued.

Xu Yue watched Philip Rothschild use a rigged duel to torture five Swastika Society members as a warning to their organization. Rommel refused to retaliate alone, insisting they needed to defeat their enemies all at once, while Xu Yue considered the mission’s unfolding conflict.

• The five Swastika Society members accepted the Reincarnation Space’s duel challenge after Philip Rothschild provoked them, and both sides headed to the arena.
• Philip revealed his identity as a powerful Intruder who had exploited German Reincarnators, alarming the spectators gathered to watch.
• Philip brutally tortured and killed the five Swastika Society members, leaving the spectators terrified and grieving.
• Xu Yue asked Rommel why he did not challenge Philip to restore his people’s morale, and Rommel said they needed to drive out all their enemies in one decisive strike.

Xu Yue learned that the Swastika Society was preparing to retaliate against Rothschild’s forces, then chose a mission in the Marvel Universe to pursue the Infinity Stones. He rejoined Thor and the Warriors of the Four Palaces after three months of rebellion suppression and welcomed them with a victory feast.

• Xu Yue discussed Rothschild’s plans and the Swastika Society’s counterattack with Rommel, who revealed that he would face Intruders in the “Hydra versus S.H.I.E.L.D.” mission.
• Xu Yue chose to enter the Marvel mission, hoping to lay the groundwork for obtaining more Infinity Stones.
• Xu Yue arrived in Asgard three months after the Battle of New York, when the Rainbow Bridge had been repaired and Loki was imprisoned.
• Xu Yue learned that Thor had been suppressing rebellions across the realms while he remained in the Four Palaces to monitor the Rainbow Bridge with Heimdall.
• Thor returned with his companions, and Xu Yue welcomed them with a victory feast.

Xu Yue tested his strength against Mjolnir at Asgard's banquet, then traveled to Nidavellir to ask Eitri to forge him a divine artifact. He presented his Truth-Seeking Orbs as potential material and began carefully guiding Eitri toward helping him bind other Infinity Stones.

• At Asgard's banquet, Xu Yue tried and failed to lift Mjolnir, then assessed his strength against Odin's.
• Xu Yue told Thor he would visit Nidavellir to have Eitri forge him something, and Heimdall opened the Rainbow Bridge the next day.
• Xu Yue arrived at Nidavellir and told Eitri he wanted a powerful artifact forged.
• Xu Yue showed Eitri his Truth-Seeking Orbs and explained that they were power he had gained through the Space Stone.
• Xu Yue began steering Eitri toward helping him bind other Infinity Stones without revealing his full goal outright.

Xu Yue sent a Wood Clone to Earth as a massive wave of Reincarnators arrived in the aftermath of the Battle of New York, finding that the timeline had diverged from their intelligence. The Swastika Society’s Wildcat and Sly Rat began revising their plans, leaving the chapter with their mission still underway.

• Xu Yue sent a Wood Clone to Earth, summoned all six paths, and blocked Heimdall’s surveillance despite knowing it could make Heimdall suspicious.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. continued collecting Chitauri wreckage in New York, while Tony lived at a seaside villa and struggled with anxiety and insomnia as he focused on upgrading his suits and Jarvis.
• A large group of Reincarnators entered the Mission Space and discovered that the Battle of New York had already passed, prompting them to complain that the timeline differed from their intelligence.
• The Reincarnators recognized the altered space as similar to a special Battle of New York mission previously seen in France and reconsidered their plans, with many viewing Tony as a valuable target or potential ally.
• Wildcat and Sly Rat, the Swastika Society’s two Intruders, decided to revise their disrupted bait plan and send instructions through an exposed Elite Reincarnator Spy.

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone visited Tony to obtain a Jarvis upgrade and investigate the Extremis Virus, while Tony’s exhaustion revealed how much he had been struggling with insomnia. After Xu Yue caught up on events, the Mandarin’s hijacked broadcast began, exposing Dr. Killian’s plan to use an actor as a terrorist figurehead.

• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone arrived in New York and decided to visit Tony while considering the Extremis Virus and Project Insight.
• Tony worked on the Mark 42 despite Jarvis warning that he had gone five days without sleep, then welcomed Xu Yue when Jarvis announced his arrival.
• Xu Yue teased Tony, put him to sleep with a snap, and asked Jarvis to update him on recent events.
• Jarvis showed Xu Yue that several terrorist attacks had occurred, and a broadcast hijack revealed the bearded actor posing as the Mandarin.

Xu Yue’s return to Stark Industries drew intense attention from S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and Reincarnators who were watching Tony. The Reincarnators sold information about Xu Yue to multiple groups, and S.H.I.E.L.D. detected their calls.

• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to monitor Xu Yue closely and report his every move without provoking him.
• Pierce feared Xu Yue might interfere with Project Insight because of his Asgardian identity and abilities.
• Four German Reincarnators watched Xu Yue talk with Happy and discussed how his connection to Happy made him a rival for Tony’s resources.
• The four Reincarnators sold information about Xu Yue through their contact channels, speculating that he was Japanese or from Hua Kingdom.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected the Reincarnators’ calls and realized a mysterious organization had taken an interest in Stark Industries.
• The Reincarnators shared their instant coffee while they waited outside Stark Industries.

The Holy Hill Legion decided to recruit Xu Yue, an exchange student whose strength and reputation had drawn attention from factions targeting Stark Industries. Lange went to approach him in person, leaving Banbu to worry that Lange’s temper might spoil the negotiation.

• Several French Legions recognized Xu Yue’s reputation, while the Holy Hill Legion identified him as a potential asset in its plans involving Stark Industries.
• The Holy Hill Legion’s leaders discussed recruiting Xu Yue and sending him to assist with a hunt against two Intruders from the Swastika Society.
• Banbu planned to manage the recruitment carefully, but Lange left early the next morning to negotiate with Xu Yue himself.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone encountered Lange while out buying ingredients, and Xu Yue greeted him politely.

Xu Yue's Wood Clone beat Lange and joined Saint Hill's team, while Xu Yue of the Preta Path tracked Dr. Killian's Extremis Virus operation. The chapter left him at Killian's hideout, where numerous Reincarnators waited for a chance to receive the virus.

• Lange demanded that Xu Yue join his legion's effort to recruit Tony, but Xu Yue refused and beat him when he tried to use force.
• Lange led the composed Xu Yue to Saint Hill's temporary base, where Banbu welcomed him after realizing his strength exceeded Lange's.
• Xu Yue's Wood Clone signed a simple contract and joined Saint Hill's team.
• Xu Yue of the Preta Path tracked Dr. Killian's hideout by following evidence of the Extremis experiments on disabled retired soldiers.
• Xu Yue found that Killian's group had imprisoned many Reincarnators who were waiting in line for Extremis injections.

Xu Yue of the Preta Path approached Dr. Killian’s organization under a false identity and negotiated his way past Eric Savin by presenting himself as a potential partner. After Killian agreed to meet him, Xu Yue used the Rinnegan as he faced the doctor.

• Xu Yue of the Preta Path disguised himself and approached Killian’s manor, telling the guards that his organization was interested in the research.
• Eric Savin questioned Xu Yue and demonstrated the Extremis Virus’s power, but Xu Yue remained unimpressed and pressed to meet Dr. Killian.
• Xu Yue suggested that Killian wanted funding and partners, gradually persuading Eric Savin to contact the doctor through an encrypted radio.
• Dr. Killian investigated Xu Yue’s identity through AIM’s broadcast-hijacking methods but found no records and became interested in cooperating.
• Eric Savin led Xu Yue to Killian, and spiral patterns appeared in Xu Yue’s eyes as he met the doctor’s gaze.

Xu Yue used an Illusion Technique to make Killian trust him, then joined his inner circle and supplied research materials to improve the Extremis Virus. He also cooperated with the Holy Hill Legion and agreed to help rescue Happy when the Mandarin’s forces attacked, leaving the group waiting for the battle.

• Xu Yue judged that directly controlling Killian was a manageable risk and implanted memories that made Killian trust him.
• Killian introduced Xu Yue to his core members, including Carl, an Elite Reincarnator who discreetly revealed his identity and lack of hostile intent.
• Xu Yue supplied Killian and the botanist with inferior versions cultivated from First Hokage's Cells, along with research experience and materials from his work on the Super Soldier Serum and Abomination.
• Xu Yue's Wood Clone shared his connection to Happy with the Holy Hill Legion and promised to alert them when the self-destructing enemies attacked.
• Banbu agreed that the Legion would focus on rescuing Happy to earn Iron Man's favor, and Xu Yue accepted the plan as they prepared to wait for the enemy.

Xu Yue and Happy followed Eric Savin to an opera house after Xu Yue coordinated with the Holy Hill Legion, who planned to watch for the incident that would injure Happy. Happy spotted Savin handing a briefcase to a distressed man and prepared to investigate, while Xu Yue waited and hoped the Legion would catch up.

• Happy reminded Xu Yue to wear his pass, then watched Pepper Potts meet with Dr. Killian and tried unsuccessfully to contact Tony.
• Happy noticed Eric Savin and followed him; Xu Yue reported the suspected target to the Holy Hill Legion, who agreed to follow them.
• Banbu drove the Legion’s group after Xu Yue and Happy, but police pulled them over for traffic violations and they lost sight of the pair.
• Xu Yue and Happy tracked Savin to an opera house, where Savin handed a briefcase to a distressed man and whispered to him.
• Happy told Xu Yue to stay behind while he went to investigate the handoff, and Xu Yue stalled as he wondered whether the Legion would arrive.

Xu Yue used his Wood Clone to stall Eric Savin while secretly bringing an Extremis-infected Reincarnator under control. When Banbu and Lange arrived to help, the Reincarnator attacked them with a new, uncontrolled transformation.

• Xu Yue's Wood Clone struck Eric Savin after Happy took a vial from an Extremis-addicted Reincarnator.
• Eric Savin recovered from the blow and advanced on Xu Yue while the Reincarnator injected himself with another dose.
• Xu Yue's Mangekyo helped the Reincarnator regain control, and Eric Savin tried to recruit him before attacking Xu Yue with flaming branches.
• Xu Yue blocked Eric Savin's attacks with an Asauchi and fought him until Banbu and Lange arrived.
• The Reincarnator transformed into a berserk, hedgehog-like form and sent flaming vines after Banbu and Lange.

Xu Yue, Banbu, and Lange fought an unexpectedly powerful Extremis Warrior while trying to save Happy, and an explosion destroyed the street and opera house. Xu Yue rescued Happy, and the group concluded the Mission Space’s enemies were far stronger than the intelligence suggested, prompting Banbu to propose recruiting other legions.

• Banbu and Lange attacked the Extremis Warrior with ice weapons and the help of two ice-wielding guards, but one guard was killed by a black vine.
• Xu Yue encouraged Banbu and Lange as they cautiously pressured the Extremis Warrior, who suddenly transformed into a burning tree and exploded.
• The blast badly injured Banbu and Lange and leveled the nearby street and opera house, but Xu Yue appeared with Happy rescued and said the other enemy had escaped.
• Xu Yue warned that the enemies were much stronger than the intelligence described and suggested something was wrong with the Mission Space.
• Banbu proposed cooperating with other legions to face the stronger enemies and improve their chances of earning a high evaluation.