He Who Would Swallow God

Those who were present in the lair manage to survive the human transmutation, discovering how Father used over fifty million Amestrian souls only to suppress the Eye of God within a reborn body. Father neutralizes the use of alchemy, as he prepares to annihilate them. However, Hohenheim reveals his countermeasure, for having spent years traveling the country, placing fragments of his own philosopher's stone into the earth to use as foundation for returning the Amestrian souls to their original bodies. The stone fragments are activated by the eclipse's umbra, as the souls are ripped from Father's body back into their bodies, which forces a weakened Father to relinquish the Eye of God. As the eclipse then lifts, Bradley becomes blinded with sunlight, allowing Scar to kill him. Scar activates the nationwide alkahestry circle that his brother and fellow Ishvalans had been preparing, which restores the use of alchemy at the greatest potential. Unable to fight in his unstable body, Father retreats above ground to find more souls and replenish his stone supply. Edward remains behind to fight Pride while everyone else chases Father. Pride tries to steal Edward's body to replace his own deteriorating one, but Kimblee's soul reappears within him and taunts him while Edward enters his body and destroys it, reverting him to the form of a small fetus-like creature. Edward spares Pride's life and leaves to join his friends.