Chapter Summaries

The Dwarf in the Flask used the Alchemy Array to surpass Truth, but Truth entered him and helped him evade a grasping hand from beyond the crumbling world. He emerged with overwhelming power as the array consumed everyone’s Gate of Truth, while the Great Priest summoned Takamanohara’s divine formation to confront him.

• The Dwarf in the Flask reached the Gate of Truth, where Truth urged him to hurry and then entered his body, helping him escape a huge hand reaching across space.
• The Alchemy Array’s light vanished, and the Dwarf in the Flask emerged transformed, unleashing an aura that leveled the surrounding land.
• Qingchuan calmed Jiaren by pointing out that the transmutation was still continuing and they could take the Dwarf in the Flask’s place if they defeated him.
• The State Alchemists discovered that everyone had lost the Gate of Truth and their ability to use alchemy as the array’s price.
• The Great Priest activated the Heavenly God Formation, summoning a divine palace above the clouds and making even the Dwarf in the Flask sense a threat.
• Von Hohenheim recognized the formation as one of Takamanohara’s strongest trump cards and realized that the group he had supported could be difficult to handle.

Jiaren and the Great Priest used the Heavenly God Formation to summon Amaterasu, who suppressed the Dwarf in the Flask and handed Truth to Von Hohenheim. As Jiaren moved to claim his reward, Truth panicked at the arrival of a young man, a female artificial human, and a pretty boy.

• Jiaren and the Great Priest summoned Amaterasu through the Heavenly God Formation, gaining power from the sacrifices and national fortune.
• Von Hohenheim confronted Amaterasu and asked him to limit the destruction, while Amaterasu recognized his identity and refused to make a private deal.
• Amaterasu casually suppressed the Dwarf in the Flask, removed Truth from him, and gave the struggling Truth to Von Hohenheim.
• Amaterasu told Jiaren to claim his reward and strengthen his foundation, but Truth frantically insisted that there was no time.
• A young man appeared beside Von Hohenheim with a female artificial human and a pretty boy, surprising him by entering the isolated area unnoticed.

Xu Yue arrived as Truth fled and confronted Jiaren, who attacked him with divine power granted by Amaterasu. After Xu Yue effortlessly broke the attack and caught Amaterasu’s strike, he recognized how Philosopher’s Stones and national fortune could connect to a higher realm.

• Truth trembled and pointed at the suppressed Dwarf in the Flask, while Jiaren and the Great Priest mocked Xu Yue for arriving too late.
• Jiaren described Xu Yue and Teruhito to Amaterasu, but Amaterasu treated Teruhito gently, angering Jiaren.
• Jiaren attacked Xu Yue with divine power, but Xu Yue popped the power with one finger and returned Jiaren to his original state.
• The Great Priest asked Amaterasu to eliminate Xu Yue, and she launched two points of cold light at him and Aili.
• Xu Yue caught Amaterasu’s attack and identified the method of using Philosopher’s Stones and national fortune to connect with the higher realm.

Xu Yue caught Amaterasu Omikami’s attack and revealed that his power had surpassed her projection’s, then used his Divine Kingdom to devour it along with Sky Cloud City. The Japanese Reincarnators and Von Hohenheim were left behind as Amaterasu vanished and the Truth Orb clung to Von Hohenheim.

• Xu Yue casually caught Amaterasu Omikami’s attack, leaving Jiaren, the Great Priest, and the Japanese Reincarnators stunned.
• Amaterasu recognized Xu Yue from an earlier descent whose traces he had erased, then tried to immobilize him with a mirror and seize him.
• Xu Yue restrained Amaterasu and summoned his Divine Kingdom, which enveloped Sky Cloud City.
• Amaterasu begged Xu Yue to let her go, but he broke apart and absorbed Sky Cloud City and her projection into his Divine Kingdom.
• The Japanese Reincarnators remained frozen while the Truth Orb grabbed Von Hohenheim’s pant leg and he tried to shake it off.

Xu Yue crushed the opposition, then used the Alchemy Array to absorb the world's Truth and supernatural origins. He left Truth's consciousness on the Dwarf in the Flask's corpse and turned the world into an ordinary mortal one.

• The Great Priest, Jiaren, and Qingchuan tried to win Xu Yue's favor, while Qingchuan was assigned to serve under Inoue Ieyasu.
• Xu Yue snapped Jiaren, the Great Priest, and selected Japan Reincarnators into ash, sending them back to the Space.
• Xu Yue shattered the sealed world and used the Alchemy Array to seize the world's origin, Gate of Truth, and Truth itself.
• Xu Yue absorbed Truth's essence but placed Its consciousness on the Dwarf in the Flask's corpse.
• Von Hohenheim realized Xu Yue had removed alchemy and supernatural origins from every parallel world, leaving a mortal world.

Edward and Alphonse settled into life without alchemy while Xu Yue and Von Hohenheim parted after discussing their return to the upper realm. Back in Japan, Teruhito gained support after Jiaren’s mission failed, while the Genji Clan debated a marriage for Minamoto no Yorisetsu, who objected to the proposal.

• Edward repaired the roof of his countryside home, and he and Alphonse hoped Xu Yue and the others were doing well.
• Xu Yue and Von Hohenheim discussed their experiences in the upper realm, then said goodbye as the mission concluded.
• News spread that Jiaren’s mission had failed, and public opinion shifted toward supporting Teruhito as a replacement Crown Prince.
• Minamoto no Yoriteru and the Genji Clan elders agreed to arrange Minamoto no Yorisetsu’s marriage to Tokugawa Ietsugu to secure an ally.
• Minamoto no Yorisetsu broke her silence and objected to the marriage proposal.

Minamoto no Yorisetsu rejected the Genji Clan elders’ plan to marry her to Tokugawa Ietsugu and condemned their dependence on the Tokugawa Family. After Minamoto no Yoriteru tried to force her submission, she killed him and was recognized as the new clan head.

• Minamoto no Yorisetsu broke the meeting’s rules and rejected the elders’ plan to marry her to Tokugawa Ietsugu.
• Minamoto no Yorisetsu blamed the Genji Clan’s decline on its incompetent leaders, and Minamoto no Yoriteru defended the need for powerful allies.
• Minamoto no Yoriteru sealed the meeting room and displayed his strength, demanding that Minamoto no Yorisetsu submit.
• Minamoto no Yorisetsu manifested nine Spirit Tails and tore Minamoto no Yoriteru apart in a single attack.
• The elders bowed to Minamoto no Yorisetsu and hailed her as the new Clan Head.

Jiaren tried to stop the Genji Clan from backing Teruhito by arranging a marriage between Minamoto no Yorisetsu and Tokugawa Ietsugu, but the Genji Clan refused to meet him. Minamoto no Yorisetsu and Teruhito then arrived at the Tokugawa Family together.

• News spread that Minamoto no Yorisetsu had replaced Minamoto no Yoriteru as head of the Genji Clan and was recognized as an elite-level Intruder.
• Jiaren and the Great Priest discussed preventing the Genji Clan from siding with Teruhito, and the Great Priest proposed arranging a marriage between Minamoto no Yorisetsu and Tokugawa Ietsugu.
• Jiaren personally visited the Genji Clan to promote the match, but he was refused an audience with Minamoto no Yorisetsu.
• Jiaren decided to pursue his plan to win over the Tokugawa Family despite the Genji Clan's apparent support for Teruhito.
• Minamoto no Yorisetsu and Teruhito arrived at the Tokugawa Family with their attendants.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu decided the Tokugawa Family should stay neutral in the succession struggle, while Teruhito and Minamoto no Yorisetsu visited to make a request. Jiaren learned of their visit and sought other allies, leaving the Tokugawa Family to hear Teruhito’s proposal without committing to either side.

• Tokugawa Yoshinobu rejected Ietsugu’s wish to support Jiaren and warned that the Tokugawa Family should preserve its neutrality.
• A steward announced that Teruhito and Minamoto no Yorisetsu had arrived, and Ietsugu wrongly assumed they intended to recruit him and offer him Yorisetsu.
• Jiaren learned of the visit and, reassured by Nakayama Shion that the Tokugawa Family would not support Teruhito, went to find Qingchuan and approach Inoue Ieyasu.
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu formally welcomed Teruhito and Minamoto no Yorisetsu, then ushered them inside before Yorisetsu could explain their request.

Teruhito and Minamoto no Yorisetsu confronted Tokugawa Yoshinobu, but Xu Yue’s time-distorting device turned the meeting into a trap. Tokugawa Ietsugu betrayed Yoshinobu, who realized that no one in the hall could move freely through the distorted time.

• Teruhito demanded Tokugawa Yoshinobu choose a side, but Yoshinobu insisted the Tokugawa Family would remain neutral.
• Minamoto no Yorisetsu activated a Temporary Descent Barrier, and Xu Yue revealed himself in the reception hall.
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu realized Xu Yue was behind the plan and accused Teruhito of pledging himself to an outsider.
• Tokugawa Ietsugu stabbed Tokugawa Yoshinobu from behind, prompting Yoshinobu to strike him and send him flying.
• Tokugawa Ietsugu revealed that time had been distorted and that none of them could move freely within it.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu rejected Tokugawa Ietsugu’s plea and invoked the Tokugawa Family’s hidden trump card, the Book of Audience, to summon Amaterasu Omikami. A gate to the upper realm opened above the hall, leaving Xu Yue and the others facing the deity’s arrival.

• Tokugawa Ietsugu warned Tokugawa Yoshinobu that Xu Yue’s power had sealed them in space-time and urged him to surrender.
• Xu Yue accepted Ietsugu’s authority as the family head and invited him to deal with Yoshinobu.
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu connected with the Tokugawa Family’s Ancestral Formation and revealed the Book of Audience as his secret trump card.
• Yoshinobu used the burning talisman to open a channel to the upper realm and summon Amaterasu Omikami.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu summoned Amaterasu Omikami with the Book of Audience, expecting her to save the Tokugawa Family from Xu Yue. Instead, Amaterasu beat Yoshinobu and pleaded with Xu Yue to let her go, leaving the family stunned by their apparent connection.

• Tokugawa Ietsugu and the Tokugawa Family Elders reacted with shock and reverence when Amaterasu Omikami appeared through the Book of Audience.
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu told Amaterasu that an enemy threatened the Baharuth Empire and manipulated the Crown Prince selection.
• Amaterasu accused Yoshinobu of scheming against her and beat him while asking why he had summoned her.
• Tokugawa Ietsugu realized that Amaterasu seemed to have suffered at Xu Yue's hands before.
• Amaterasu threw Yoshinobu aside and begged Xu Yue to spare her, leaving the Tokugawa Family members bewildered.

After Tokugawa Yoshinobu survived Amaterasu’s attack, the Tokugawa Family publicly backed Prince Teruhito, forcing Jiaren to reconsider his strategy. Jiaren chose an Elite Intruder Promotion Mission in Battle of the Gods, while Qingchuan secretly reported his plans to Xu Yue, who noted the world might conceal powerful figures.

• Amaterasu’s projection faded after insulting Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who was helped to his feet by an Elder.
• Jiaren praised Qingchuan’s tea and asked whether Qingchuan’s connection to Utsunomiya Taro could help him approach military figures.
• Jiaren received news that the Tokugawa Family had publicly pledged support to Prince Teruhito, then confirmed that the announcement was true.
• The Great Priest advised Jiaren to recruit the Fujiwara Family and other officials, and to use the Legion’s designation authority to secure an Elite Intruder Promotion Mission.
• Jiaren decided to pursue his promotion in Battle of the Gods, believing that becoming an Elite Intruder before Teruhito could restore his advantage.
• Qingchuan sent Xu Yue a detailed report of Jiaren’s plans, and Xu Yue considered the hidden powers that might exist in the world of God Eater.

Xu Yue and Jiaren entered the God Slayer world with their teams, as Jiaren gambled on seizing a god’s Authority to advance. Xu Yue arrived as a Disobedient God, while Kusanagi Godou’s story was just beginning in Italy.

• Jiaren assembled his team and urged them to help him seize an Authority, fearing Teruhito might interfere with his breakthrough.
• Xu Yue entered the mission with Uchiha Itachi, Ulquiorra, Chen Zhen, and others, telling them to pursue their own opportunities.
• Xu Yue discovered that he had entered the world as a Disobedient God with the titles Creation Titan, Life-Binder, Archmage, Sleeper, Eternal, and Earth Guardian.
• Xu Yue identified Kusanagi Godou as the world’s central figure and learned that Godou had not yet left Japan for Italy with the Book of Prometheus.

Xu Yue tracked the Book of Prometheus to Kusanagi Godou and discovered Verethragna gathering his incarnations in Italy. He forced a lightning strike toward Godou, drawing Verethragna out to save him and leaving the War God wondering who had manipulated events.

• Xu Yue disguised his divine aura, located the Book of Prometheus, and met Kusanagi Godou on the plane to Italy.
• Xu Yue examined Godou’s stone slab and warned him that the grimoire could attract attention before returning it to him.
• At the Colosseum, Xu Yue sensed Verethragna’s incarnations and concluded that the god was still incomplete.
• Xu Yue summoned a storm and directed lightning at Kusanagi Godou despite the World Will trying to disperse the clouds.
• Verethragna intercepted the lightning, weakened it so it only shocked Godou, and wondered who had caused the attack.

Verethragna tried to guide Kusanagi Godou toward the fate that would make him a God Slayer, but Xu Yue’s sudden appearance disrupted his plan. After Verethragna gave Godou the Hakuba Incarnation, Xu Yue identified him as a threat to the human world and confronted him.

• Verethragna found Kusanagi Godou without the stone tablet and questioned why the expected events had gone off track.
• A giant boar appeared, and Erica Blandelli charged into battle against it.
• Verethragna urged Kusanagi Godou to take out his stone tablet and sent the Hakuba Incarnation into it.
• Xu Yue appeared behind Verethragna, who recalled the boar and summoned the Golden Sword.
• Xu Yue told Kusanagi Godou that taking out the stone tablet had brought trouble, then described Verethragna as a Disobedient God who threatened the human world.

Xu Yue confronted Verethragna, revealed that he knew the war god was an Upper Realm being, and killed him to claim his power. Erica realized that Xu Yue had become the seventh God Slayer, while Kusanagi Godou watched in shock.

• Verethragna grew furious at Xu Yue and threatened him, while Erica arrived and asked which organization he belonged to.
• Xu Yue told Erica he was from the Five Prisons Holy Cult and identified Verethragna’s incarnations as Wind and Hakuba.
• Verethragna drew power from the Upper Realm and challenged Xu Yue, but Xu Yue said he already knew Verethragna’s true nature.
• Xu Yue pierced Verethragna, severed his connection to the Upper Realm, and absorbed him.
• Erica identified Xu Yue as the seventh God Slayer, and she and Kusanagi Godou stared in disbelief.

Xu Yue became the seventh God Slayer after defeating Verethragna, while Kusanagi Godou gained a limited share of the god’s Hakuba Authority. Erica accepted Xu Yue’s account of the battle and began considering how to train Godou as Xu Yue asked her to teach him about local gods.

• Erica explained to Kusanagi Godou what a God Slayer was as Xu Yue returned after defeating Verethragna.
• Erica congratulated Xu Yue on becoming the seventh King, and Godou thanked him for saving his life.
• Xu Yue claimed Godou had become roughly one-tenth of a God Slayer by gaining the Hakuba Authority, then demonstrated that Godou had increased resistance to magic.
• Erica confirmed Godou’s unusual abilities and considered having members of her organization teach him, while Xu Yue suggested a way to pass knowledge to him.
• Xu Yue asked Erica to teach him about the gods of the region so he could better use the Golden Sword.

Paul planned for the Bronze Black Cross to win Xu Yue’s favor and train Kusanagi Godou, whose power had been reduced to one-tenth of a God Slayer’s. After Xu Yue reclaimed the Book of Prometheus from Lucrezia Zola, the Bronze Black Cross arrived to begin teaching Godou magic.

• Paul decided that the Bronze Black Cross should court Xu Yue and arrange for Kusanagi Godou to receive magical training.
• Xu Yue took Kusanagi Godou and Erica to visit Lucrezia Zola, who reclaimed the Book of Prometheus and gave it to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue, Kusanagi Godou, Erica, and Eliana stayed at Lucrezia Zola’s home, where the others spent the night awake and embarrassed by the sounds from Xu Yue’s room.
• Xu Yue cooked breakfast, and Eliana urged Erica to cherish him as a husband.
• Members of the Bronze Black Cross arrived, and Erica pointed out the bewildered Kusanagi Godou as their student.

Xu Yue trained Kusanagi Godou and lured the Disobedient God Mecal to Sardinia, while Japanese Reincarnators assembled to investigate ways to seize divine authority. Mecal appeared and attacked Xu Yue, Kusanagi Godou, and Erica.

• Kusanagi Godou completed his training, and Xu Yue praised his combat skills but refused to take him home until they dealt with another Disobedient God.
• Xu Yue told Erica that the approaching Disobedient God was Mecal and planned to use Kusanagi Godou to draw out an Upper Realm authority.
• Jiaren briefed the Japanese Reincarnators on their plan to investigate Disobedient Gods and find a way to seize their divine powers.
• Xu Yue brought Kusanagi Godou and Erica to the shore of Sardinia and summoned Mecal.
• Mecal appeared, recognized the group, and swung Its club at them.