Chapter Summaries

Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito took the King Kong back across the Pacific after completing purchases in the United States, but an approaching Beiyang vessel turned his unease into a looming confrontation. He ordered his crew to prepare for battle while trying to evade the Jingyuan and reach territorial waters.

• Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito reflected on America's wealth and strategic strength as the King Kong carried him and his party across the Pacific.
• Troubled by a growing sense of danger, Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ordered the crew to scan for vessels and Reincarnator auras.
• The communications officer reported that the Jingyuan, formerly of Beiyang, had appeared on radar one hundred kilometers ahead.
• Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ordered all units to prepare for battle and called the formation squad to gather around him.
• Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito chose to alter course and try to break through toward territorial waters, though he feared the Jingyuan had deliberately intercepted them.

Xu Yue trapped Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito’s ship in a vast space and forced him to surrender its cargo, then left the Prince to report that the supplies had been destroyed. Nakayama Shion arrived to find the King Kong badly damaged and believed the Prince’s remorseful account.

• Uchiha Itachi told Xu Yue that the Jingyuan’s Combat Space modules were less practical than those prepared in advance, and Xu Yue ordered the module’s shape changed to envelop the King Kong.
• Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ordered his crew to flee rather than fight, but after the Combat Space surrounded them, he moved to the bow and prepared to face the attack.
• The Combat Space opened onto an apparently endless sea, and Xu Yue created another space within it before demanding that the cargo be handed over.
• Xu Yue’s display of real storms and spatially tearing tornadoes overwhelmed Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, whose sense of danger was replaced by trust in Xu Yue.
• Nakayama Shion arrived with reinforcements and found the King Kong pierced by a massive hole; Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito claimed an attacker had destroyed Prince Jiaren’s supplies, and she believed his show of remorse.

After Penguin’s retaliation left Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito grieving, Jiaren promised to seek justice once he reached elite rank and prepared to enter his mission with help from his teacher. Xu Yue arrived in the Fullmetal Alchemist world, met Truth at the Gate, and offered Blood-Red Stones to examine what lay beyond it.

• Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito admitted that greed and his ambush of the Penguin Merchant Guild had led to the deaths of Qingchuan and the others.
• Jiaren comforted his sworn elder brother and vowed to seek justice after breaking through to elite rank.
• Jiaren declined Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito’s offer to join the mission, saying his teacher and the Fujiwara Family would support him.
• Xu Yue finished studying alchemy and Xing alchemy manuals and entered the Fullmetal Alchemist world as a traveling Xing alchemist headed for Amestris.
• Xu Yue met Truth at the Gate and offered it Blood-Red Stones in exchange for access to the information beyond the gate.

Xu Yue left the Gate of Truth and entered the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, where he established himself as a Xing alkahestrist traveling through the desert toward Amestris. He built a shelter and summoned Aili, then began preparing to find helpers as the story remained in its early stages.

• Truth tried to pull Xu Yue from the Gate of Truth, but Xu Yue stayed long enough to copy what he wanted before leaving and closing the gate.
• The Matchstick Man warned Xu Yue to remember that he was his agent, then severed their mental connection.
• Xu Yue reviewed the history of Xerxes, the Dwarf in the Flask, and the Elric brothers' Human Transmutation before placing himself in the early stages of the story.
• Xu Yue gathered desert sand into a glass-like shelter and used his alchemy without an Alchemy Array or clapping his hands.
• Xu Yue used a Blood-Red Stone to create a body for Aili and exchange it for her soul; Aili woke and found herself limited by the world's rules.

Xu Yue and Aili traveled through the desert into Amestris, where Xu Yue gathered information about alchemists and boarded a train for the capital. He sensed that the hooded passenger nearby was the Ice Alchemist, giving him a way to enter the story.

• Xu Yue gave Aili alchemy books and planned their route toward Amestris while considering the Elric Brothers and Ishval.
• Xu Yue and Aili reached a border town, where Xu Yue questioned an old alchemist and learned that the Ice Alchemist was still wanted.
• Xu Yue and Aili boarded a train into Amestris, and Xu Yue used his alchemist identity to obtain travel money.
• Xu Yue sensed an inferior Philosopher's Stone from a hooded passenger and identified him as the Ice Alchemist heading toward the capital.

Xu Yue confronted the fugitive alchemist Isaac on a train, easily countered his water alchemy, and questioned him about his inferior Philosopher’s Stone. After learning Isaac planned to assassinate someone with help from Lust, Xu Yue declined to join the operation but agreed to act as an observer and keep the situation relatively fair.

• Isaac prepared to defend himself when Xu Yue and his companions approached and asked to share his train compartment.
• Xu Yue stopped Isaac’s boiling-water attack and demonstrated his superior alchemy, leaving Isaac stunned.
• Xu Yue asked who had supplied Isaac with an inferior Philosopher’s Stone, and Isaac explained that he had cooperated with Lust without knowing her group’s identities.
• Xu Yue criticized Isaac’s abilities and refused his request to join the assassination, saying he would instead observe and handle some nuisances.
• Xu Yue accepted Isaac’s payment and considered how the commotion around Isaac might draw the Reincarnators’ attention.

Jiaren gathered the Baharuth Empire’s forces in Central City to help Prince Yoshihito complete the accumulation needed to pursue Elite Intruder status. The Great Priest agreed to support their plans in Amestris, where they intended to use the Ice Alchemist’s appearance to gain influence and possibly capture the Fullmetal Alchemist.

• Imperial guards, shrine Onmyoji, and Fujiwara Family experts gathered in Central City to support Prince Yoshihito’s final accumulation.
• Jiaren warned the leaders to conserve their Philosopher’s Stones and stay wary of the Penguin Merchant Guild, while Qingchuan vowed revenge for his failed ambush.
• The Great Priest explained that they needed to practice alchemy under this world’s rules and assured the group that he would cooperate with Jiaren’s decisions.
• Jiaren planned to pose as State Alchemists and use the Ice Alchemist’s arrival to gain access to Amestris’s national power.
• Inoue Ieyasu suggested capturing the Fullmetal Alchemist to learn how he transmuted without an Alchemy Array, and the Great Priest offered to arrange contact through Roy Mustang.

Edward and Alphonse received a Blood-Red Stone from Inoue Ieyasu, who warned them that someone wanted to capture Edward for his arrayless alchemy. As Isaac fought his way through Central to disrupt the mastermind’s plan, Qingchuan cornered him with two Shikigami, but Xu Yue arrived to keep his promise to help.

• Inoue Ieyasu warned Edward that someone intended to harm him and gave him a Blood-Red Stone before disappearing into the shadows.
• Edward picked up the stone, sensed its power, and postponed testing it when disturbances broke out across Central.
• Isaac used the rainwater in Central to fight search personnel while placing Alchemy Arrays around the city for his plan to freeze the central building.
• Qingchuan sent two Shikigami Giant Wolves against Isaac, whose alchemy failed to affect them and who was wounded escaping their attack.
• Xu Yue appeared with Aili and interrupted Qingchuan, saying he would help Isaac as promised.

Xu Yue confronted Qingchuan, who summoned Shikigami and unleashed a lightning attack, but Aili destroyed the summons and Xu Yue redirected the lightning with a lightning rod. The encounter left Xu Yue reconsidering Qingchuan’s usefulness after he unexpectedly earned reward points again.

• Qingchuan recognized Xu Yue as an enemy and used a Philosopher’s Stone to summon two Karasu Tengu and two Giant Wolves.
• Xu Yue sent Aili to attack, and she shattered all four Shikigami with a single assault.
• Qingchuan tried to stall Xu Yue with explanations, then used another Philosopher’s Stone to direct lightning from the clouds at the group.
• Xu Yue raised a lightning rod and redirected Qingchuan’s lightning, leaving Qingchuan stunned.
• Xu Yue checked the rewards and realized Qingchuan had triggered a second reward despite the Space’s anti-farming rules.

Xu Yue spared Qingchuan and helped Isaac, then watched as Edward and Alphonse confronted the Ice Alchemist. After Qingchuan returned with news of Xu Yue’s presence, Jiaren and the Great Priest prepared for the threat and suspected an enemy from the Penguin Merchant Guild had entered in disguise.

• Xu Yue spared Qingchuan and told Isaac not to panic about the clues he had uncovered concerning King Bradley’s plan.
• Edward and Alphonse arrived to capture Isaac, and Xu Yue denied being his accomplice while Aili’s speed warned Edward not to underestimate them.
• Edward accused Isaac of causing many deaths, and Isaac accepted the blame while insisting his goal had to be achieved.
• Qingchuan returned to his group and reported that Xu Yue had entered the area, prompting Jiaren and the Great Priest to discuss the danger.
• The Great Priest recalled the powerful enemy who had stopped Qingchuan at sea and concluded that the Alchemical construct must have been Yuan Shijia or Sun Wu in disguise.

Xu Yue watched Isaac escape after the patrolmen captured him, while the Great Priest’s group prepared to seize Edward and blame Xu Yue’s party. Three Reincarnators attacked the Elric brothers, but Edward activated the Philosopher’s Stone and raised a vastly more powerful Stone Giant, crushing them.

• Edward subdued Isaac before the patrolmen took him away, but Isaac used a mark in his palm to escape through a puddle.
• Xu Yue let Edward leave without accusing him of helping Isaac, then stayed behind as the Great Priest’s group learned Edward’s whereabouts.
• Qingchuan claimed Xu Yue and the other stranger had gone into hiding, and Inoue Ieyasu persuaded Jiaren to let three Reincarnators attack the Elric brothers.
• The three Reincarnators overwhelmed Edward and Alphonse until Edward saw Alphonse’s armor dented and activated the Philosopher’s Stone Inoue Ieyasu had thrown him.
• Edward transmuted the street into a towering Stone Giant that crushed the three attackers and astonished Jiaren’s group.

Edward used the Philosopher’s Stone to unleash a destructive Stone Giant, but the Great Priest, Prince Yoshihito, and Qingchuan dismantled it with Spirit Talismans. Xu Yue arrived to rescue Edward and Alphonse, then demonstrated a powerful alchemical ability that transformed stone into metal weapons and sent them surging toward the Reincarnators.

• Edward’s Stone Giant reshaped its limbs into enormous weapons and devastated the evacuated city as he fought to protect Alphonse.
• The Great Priest, Prince Yoshihito, and Qingchuan covered the giant with Spirit Talismans and dismantled it faster than Edward could regenerate it.
• The talismans exposed Edward and Alphonse inside the giant and began attaching themselves to Edward to capture him.
• Xu Yue struck down the talismans with a precisely controlled longsword and landed atop the half-dismantled Stone Giant.
• Xu Yue transmuted the giant’s stone into metal weapons and launched them at the Reincarnators, piercing their sonic barriers and sending dust clouds across the city.

Xu Yue defeated the Great Priest and dozens of Reincarnators with a devastating alchemical attack, then restored Alphonse and explained the destruction as “righting a wrong.” Roy Mustang, Edward, and Armstrong confronted the aftermath, while King Bradley arrived to assess the damage.

• Roy Mustang led his team toward the giant’s rampage, but an earthquake and shockwave knocked them down before they reached the battlefield.
• Roy and Armstrong found a vast, cratered stretch of destruction with dozens of defeated figures lying among the ruins.
• The Great Priest admitted defeat, used Philosopher’s Stones to sink the Reincarnators underground, and retreated with them.
• Edward asked Xu Yue how he had unleashed such power, and Xu Yue said his alchemy relied on mass-energy conversion as well as Equivalent Exchange.
• Xu Yue restored Alphonse as Roy demanded to know how the city had been damaged, and Xu Yue called the devastation the result of righting a wrong.
• King Bradley emerged from a nearby alley and remarked that the repair costs would be a headache.

Xu Yue and Aili repaired the street and buildings after the battle, leaving King Bradley and the State Alchemists stunned. Edward and Alphonse traveled to their target town, where they found it burning and its residents apparently massacred.

• King Bradley recognized Xu Yue as a threat to Father's plan but was interrupted when Aili arrived.
• Aili transmuted the damaged street, and Xu Yue restored the collapsed houses using the surrounding rubble before leaving with her.
• On the train, Edward wondered how Xu Yue performed alchemy without an array and suspected the man had succeeded at Forbidden Alchemy.
• Edward and Alphonse discussed the Philosopher's Stone and remained wary of Inoue Ieyasu, who had given it to them.
• The brothers reached the outskirts of their target town and saw smoke rising into the sky.
• Edward and Alphonse found the town engulfed in flames, with bloodstains and drag marks suggesting its residents had been gathered and killed.

Prince Teruhito killed a cult leader to seize his Philosopher’s Stone, then went to meet Edward and Alphonse Elric. Finding the brothers at the burning town, he revealed that he had killed those who tried to stop him, and Edward prepared to fight.

• Teruhito questioned the cult leader about the Philosopher’s Stone, then beheaded him when he could offer no further information.
• Teruhito’s ninja reported that Prince Yoshihito’s people had been dealt with and that Edward Elric had been spotted nearby.
• Teruhito chose to seek out Edward instead of leaving, driven by his desire to learn why his family had suffered and died.
• Edward and Alphonse searched the burning town and found its residents dead, while Edward tried to extinguish the flames.
• Teruhito approached the brothers, admitted he had come for the Philosopher’s Stone, and said he killed everyone who tried to stop him.
• Edward raised an alchemical spear as Teruhito drew two short blades.

Aili intervened when Teruhito fought Edward and Alphonse, capturing him after his guards attacked. Xu Yue decided to keep Teruhito under observation as a possible replacement for his plan to control Japan through a royal puppet.

• Edward and Alphonse fought Teruhito, who used his blood to vanish and attack Edward by surprise.
• Aili restrained Teruhito and bound him after recognizing that he was an unusual Reincarnator.
• Teruhito's guards attacked Aili, and she incapacitated them, leaving several dead.
• Aili led Edward and Alphonse away, saying there were no longer any conditions for a rescue.
• Xu Yue learned of Teruhito's identity and chose to observe him as a potential tool for controlling Japan.

Jiaren and Qingchuan learned living transmutation from Shou Tucker and created a powerful Great Tengu, while Aili’s group and Prince Teruhito returned to Central City together. Their arrival drew the attention of Jiaren’s scouts, and Shou Tucker became consumed by the possibility of using a Philosopher’s Stone to succeed himself.

• Jiaren dismissed the disappearance of his squad and arranged to meet Shou Tucker with Qingchuan to learn Human Transmutation.
• On the train to Central City, Edward asked Aili about Teruhito and his guards following them, while Teruhito insisted that Aili was his mother.
• Aili, Edward, and Teruhito’s groups arrived in Central City, where scouts spotted them together and reported the unusual situation to Jiaren.
• Jiaren and Qingchuan fused four Karasu Tengu through living transmutation and produced a powerful Great Tengu.
• Shou Tucker watched Jiaren and Qingchuan surpass his alchemy and stared at his Philosopher’s Stone, convinced he could succeed too.

Jiaren learned that Teruhito had joined the mission alongside Penguin’s forces and resolved to teach his younger brother a lesson. Meanwhile, Roy introduced Edward and Alphonse to Shou Tucker, whose confidence about his upcoming evaluation left Roy surprised.

• Jiaren heard that Teruhito had entered the mission and decided he would deal with his brother after observing the coming events.
• Xu Yue read materials at the National Central Library and looked forward to the royal conflict bringing some entertainment.
• Roy told Edward about Shou Tucker’s talking Chimera and took Edward and Alphonse to visit him.
• Roy reminded Shou Tucker that his State Alchemist evaluation was approaching, and Shou Tucker confidently promised to produce better results.
• A large white dog knocked Edward to the ground while a little girl laughed at him.

Qingchuan confronted Scar outside Shou Tucker’s villa, but Prince Teruhito trapped them in his Dark Fog City Reality Marble and threatened to kill Qingchuan. Aili watched from a clock tower and recorded events while preparing to teach Shou Tucker a lesson.

• Edward praised Shou Tucker’s powerful Chimeras, which had been enhanced using Philosopher’s Stones.
• Scar approached Shou Tucker’s villa to kill another State Alchemist, but Qingchuan and the Great Tengu attacked and sent him crashing into a utility pole.
• Edward recognized Qingchuan, and Shou Tucker explained that Scar was a criminal who had murdered several State Alchemists.
• Shou Tucker summoned Chimeras and chose not to help either side as Qingchuan prepared to face Scar.
• Prince Teruhito’s Dark Fog City swallowed the area, concealed Scar, and trapped Qingchuan as Prince Teruhito vowed to kill him.
• Aili observed the fog from a clock tower and recorded what happened.

Qingchuan used the Philosopher's Stone and the Great Tengu to locate and fight Prince Teruhito inside his Reality Marble, but Scar ambushed him and destroyed his arm. Qingchuan attacked Scar with a second Philosopher's Stone, until an unknown beautiful woman stopped the strike.

• Qingchuan's shield broke under Teruhito's attack, so he used his blood and the Philosopher's Stone to locate Teruhito and sent the Great Tengu after him.
• The Great Tengu engaged Teruhito, giving Qingchuan the advantage as Teruhito hesitated to spend the power needed for a decisive strike.
• Scar emerged from the fog and disintegrated Qingchuan's arm before Qingchuan could react.
• Enraged, Qingchuan used a second Philosopher's Stone to unleash a deadly attack on Scar.
• A beautiful woman appeared, dispersed Qingchuan's attack, and left Scar captivated by her.