Chapter Summaries

Shiki reached the Throne Room and confronted the Lion King, hoping to free Saber from the Holy Lance’s Divinity and stop her plan to preserve humanity in the Tower. After their arguments failed to change either of their positions, Shiki and the Lion King prepared to fight.

• Shiki flew into the Holy City and broke through the Tower’s walls to reach the Lion King.
• Shiki and the Lion King remembered their connection from the Fourth Holy Grail War, and he told her that her kingdom was not a true kingdom while its people were preserved in a museum.
• Shiki explained that he still recognized himself as human despite becoming a Magus, while the Lion King questioned whether he could still be called human.
• Shiki drew Excalibur and declared that he would restore Saber’s humanity, but the Lion King recalled his past desire to destroy the planet and challenged his claims about hope.
• Shiki and the Lion King defended their opposing beliefs about humanity’s future, then raised Excalibur and the Holy Lance as battle became unavoidable.

Shiki fought the Lion King, matching her spear with Excalibur before their unleashed powers destroyed the Holy City's central Tower. At the city gate, Master Sanzang began cleansing Agravain's Berserker Legion of its Berserk Spell, while the plan to save Saber, the King of Knights, remained underway.

• Shiki relied on agility and swordsmanship to hold off the Lion King, then met her full power with repeated Excalibur releases.
• The Lion King used Instinct to evade Shiki's direct Excalibur release and drove him through the Tower with a Mana Burst-enhanced attack.
• Shiki and the flying Lion King clashed around the Tower, and their attacks destroyed the structure and disabled one of the Holy City's functions.
• The Purification Knights' legion continued to lose ground against the Hassans, Tawara Touta, and their allies as Da Vinci, Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, Nitocris, Sanzang, Bedivere, and Aoko reached the city gate.
• Master Sanzang chanted the Buddhist Heart Cleansing Incantation and removed the Berserk Spell from Agravain's black-and-red Purification Knights.

Agravain fled after Master Sanzang dispelled the Berserk Spell, leaving Da Vinci and Mash to defeat the Purification Knights while Aoko stayed out of the battle. The group then watched Shiki’s intense fight near the royal castle and wondered whether Gawain and Lancelot’s battle had ended.

• Agravain realized the Berserk Spell had failed, ordered the Purification Knights to hold off the group, and fled to find the other Knights of the Round Table.
• Da Vinci and the others persuaded Aoko to conserve her strength and avoid fighting, and she agreed to leave the battle to them.
• Da Vinci and Mash fought the unenhanced Purification Knights and drove them back while Mash searched for Agravain, who had disappeared into the surrounding buildings.
• Da Vinci and Mash defeated the remaining Purification Knights, then rejoined the group to watch Shiki’s battle near the royal castle.
• Da Vinci remarked on the intensity of Shiki’s fight, and she wondered whether Gawain and Lancelot’s battle had ended.

Lancelot defeated Gawain in a clash of Noble Phantasms and left him alive for Mordred to guard. Lancelot then went to help the front lines, while Mordred entrusted the outcome of the battle to Shiki and his Mystic Eyes.

• Lancelot overpowered the wounded Gawain, who demanded to know how he had gained his mysterious strength.
• Gawain refused to surrender and unleashed Excalibur Gallatin, while Lancelot answered with an empowered Aroundight.
• Lancelot’s Aroundight shattered Gawain’s attack and struck him, leaving him gravely injured but alive.
• Lancelot treated Gawain and handed him over to Mordred before leaving to support the front lines.
• Mordred ordered the Purification Knights to treat Gawain and silently hoped Shiki would bring the battle to a successful end.

Shiki fought the Lion King inside the ruined royal castle, trying to take the Holy Lance from her and overcome her defenses. After she captured the Holy Sword and located Shiki near the city gates, the Lion King unleashed Rhongomyniad toward him.

• Tawara Touta and three Mountain People Hassans pushed the Holy City's Purification Knights back on the main battlefield while Tristan fought Arash elsewhere.
• Shiki used the Holy Sword and his Mystic Eyes against the Lion King, but her Holy Lance repelled his attacks and she resisted his gravitational powers.
• Shiki fired a full Excalibur at the Lion King's Holy Lance, then trapped her in a gravitational field and buried her beneath a mass of ruins.
• The Lion King shattered the celestial body, struck Shiki with five Finger Lances, and caught the Holy Sword after it flew from his hand.
• The Lion King sensed Shiki near the city gates and gathered the Holy Lance's power to fire Rhongomyniad at him.

Shiki realized that time flowed differently between universes, meaning Saber had not experienced the fifteen hundred years he had assumed, and the revelation made his battle with the goddess Rongomyniad more difficult. At the city gate, Mash blocked the Holy Lance’s Divine Judgment with Lord Camelot while Da Vinci and Aoko concluded that Saber might be near the peak of her physical condition.

• Shiki realized he had misjudged the difference in cosmic time and was blasted by the goddess Rongomyniad into a building near the city gate.
• Shiki told Mash to prepare her Noble Phantasm, and she flew up to meet the Holy Lance’s released Divine Judgment with Lord Camelot.
• Mash endured the Holy Lance’s attack and held her defense, with Ritsuka helping her maintain her resolve.
• Shiki told the others he was uninjured and returned to fight Rongomyniad, while Da Vinci explained that Saber might have experienced far less time than Bedivere.
• Da Vinci and Aoko considered that Saber might have appeared in their world much more recently and could be around forty or younger, making Shiki’s battle harder.

Shiki charged into the royal city to confront the Lion King and save Saber, while Lancelot intercepted Agravain before he could reach the royal city. Agravain abandoned his plan to aid the Lion King and attacked Lancelot, beginning their duel.

• Shiki reflected on the Lion King's transformation and Chaldea's secrets, then rushed toward the former battlefield in the royal city.
• Lancelot saw Mash use Camelot to block the Holy Lance's Divine Judgment after he left the wounded Gawain behind.
• Lancelot spotted Agravain and went after him to demand an explanation for his motives.
• Agravain assessed the enemy's strength and planned to join the Lion King to activate the Tower and destroy the invaders.
• Lancelot blocked Agravain's route to the royal city, and Agravain drew his sword and attacked him.

Lancelot fought Agravain in the streets and questioned why he had refused My King's blessing. Agravain enhanced himself with a Berserk Spell and trapped Lancelot with his Noble Phantasm, but Lancelot broke free and called him to continue the fight.

• Lancelot and Agravain exchanged blows, and Lancelot asked why Agravain had refused My King's blessing.
• Agravain refused to answer and used his innate Berserk Spell to boost his strength.
• Agravain summoned scarlet chains with his Noble Phantasm and restrained Lancelot before attacking him.
• Lancelot recognized the chains as a Noble Phantasm connected to Guinevere and tore himself free with Rank A++ strength.
• Lancelot struck Agravain into a house and challenged him to fight until one of them fell.

Iron Agravain's rage at Lancelot's betrayal gave way to a confession of his love for My King, and the two knights fought with their Noble Phantasms. Lancelot killed Agravain and resolved to keep his feelings secret so My King would not suffer.

• Iron Agravain stacked Berserk Spells and attacked Lancelot, but Lancelot's strength and swordsmanship overwhelmed him.
• As they fought, Agravain accused Lancelot of ruining Britain through his affair with Guinevere, and Lancelot argued that love was beyond their control.
• Agravain revealed that he hated his mother and women but loved My King and Britain, explaining his jealousy of the knights My King trusted and his refusal to accept her blessing.
• Agravain summoned more than a hundred crimson knights with his Noble Phantasm, and Lancelot prepared to kill him to protect My King's future happiness.
• Lancelot's Noble Phantasm defeated Agravain and his summoned knights, and Lancelot resolved to bury Agravain's love as a secret.

Shiki fought the Lion King inside the Holy City, struggling against her rapid attacks with Excalibur and the Holy Lance as his stamina ran low. He summoned Susanoo to withstand the Holy Lance’s area attack and began using his Outer Path ability while holding the defense, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Lancelot killed Agravain again as their battle ended, while Shiki and the Lion King’s fight reached its most intense stage.
• Shiki tried to close in on the Lion King, but she drove him back with storm winds and continued attacking from a distance.
• The Lion King judged that Shiki’s stamina was failing and taunted him, but Shiki insisted the battle was not decided.
• The Lion King unleashed a wide-area blast from the Holy Lance, and Shiki summoned a Susanoo defense over twenty meters tall to meet it head-on.
• The Holy Lance’s radiance tore through Susanoo’s outer layers, while Shiki endured the impact and activated his Outer Path ability.

Shiki used Avalon and his Mystic Eyes to turn the Lion King's decisive Excalibur strike into an opening for a close-range confrontation. Though the Holy Lance pierced his chest, Shiki pierced the goddess in return and used his Mystic Eyes to suppress her, sever her connection to the Lance, and take control of the battle.

• The Lion King destroyed Shiki's blue crystal demi-giant with Excalibur, carving a vast path through the Holy City and its surrounding mountains.
• Shiki emerged from Avalon's Dimensional Isolation barrier behind the Lion King and used his Mystic Eyes to trap her in a force field.
• The Lion King broke through the force field and thrust the Holy Lance through Shiki's chest, but Shiki grabbed the Lance and pierced her chest with his glowing green hand.
• Shiki explained that Future Sight could not predict every outcome and activated his Mystic Eyes' powers to suppress the goddess's body, mind, soul, mana, and control of the Holy Lance.
• The Excalibur fell from the Lion King's grasp, and Shiki severed her connection to the Holy Lance as his Mystic Eyes continued to restrain her.

Shiki used a dangerous plan to seize control of the Lion King and the Holy Lance, though he was badly wounded in the process. He dispersed Divine Judgment, and the red signal marked the final stage of the plan as the group prepared to move out.

• Shiki used Susanoo as a decoy, approached the Lion King through the Outer Path, and restrained her with his Mystic Eyes after she pierced him with the Holy Lance.
• Shiki used the Asura Path to command Rhongomyniad to disperse Divine Judgment, easing the burden on Mash and her Noble Phantasm.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru encouraged Mash to endure the Holy Lance’s radiance, strengthening her resolve and making Illusory City more solid.
• Da Vinci and the others watched Divine Judgment dissolve, while Bedivere recognized that the Holy Lance’s radiance was fading.
• A red signal appeared around Bedivere and Mash, and Mash and Ritsuka understood that Shiki had won and the plan had reached its final stage.

Shiki activated his Outer Path ability to summon the four Knights of the Round Table connected to Saber after suppressing the goddess. The chapter ended as the two men and two women appeared around him, ready for the final step of the plan.

• Mordred realized Shiki had defeated her father and summoned her, then vanished from the camp in a red flash.
• Lancelot trusted Mash to defend Camelot, declined to join the Purification Knights' battle, and watched Arash and Tristan fight.
• Lancelot saw Excalibur's radiance split the Holy City's eastern district and vanished when Shiki's red light marked him.
• Shiki summoned all four Knights of the Round Table connected to Saber to ensure no traces of Divinity remained.

Shiki prepared to begin the final operation to restore the King of Knights’ human vitality and expel her Divinity while keeping the defeated goddess Rongomyniad under control. The chapter ended as he linked the four Knights of the Round Table with his Mystic Eyes and began the procedure.

• Mash noticed Shiki’s wounds, but he assured her that Avalon would protect him and stopped her and Lancelot from approaching while he controlled Rongomyniad.
• Bedivere and Mordred focused on the King of Knights, eager to see her restored and to speak with her again.
• Lancelot and the others asked Shiki to begin the final stage, and he explained that extracting the emotional power could leave them mentally exhausted.
• Mordred worried that Bedivere might collapse from the power of his 1,500 years of emotions, but Shiki assured everyone the risk would not endanger his life.
• Bedivere, Mash, Mordred, and Lancelot declared themselves ready, and Shiki connected them with his Mystic Eyes to begin the operation.

Shiki and the four knights entered the King of Knights’ Mental World to expel the Holy Lance Divinity and restore her. After drawing on their feelings for her, Shiki gathered a vast spiritual force and prepared to confront the Divinity.

• Shiki brought Mash, Mordred, Lancelot, and Bedivere into the golden Mental World created by the Holy Lance Divinity.
• Shiki explained that they had to shatter the tower and expel the Divinity before they could reach the King of Knights’ spiritual will.
• Mordred and Lancelot explained that the world was only the Divinity’s surface, while the King of Knights remained hidden within it.
• Shiki activated his Mystic Eyes and drew spiritual power from the four knights through their feelings for the King of Knights.
• Bedivere supplied most of the power, and Shiki combined it with his own feelings for Saber to form an enormous sphere of spiritual force.

Shiki used the Holy Lance to sever its Divinity from the King of Knights and began transforming the golden Mental World of Camelot into a sacred white city. As the Divinity vanished and the others recovered, Bedivere held on for the chance to see his king freed.

• Shiki unleashed emerald mental power and used it to sweep the Holy Lance Divinity out of Camelot, destroying the escaping traces.
• Mordred asked whether Shiki had used a similar method to remove her Rampage Blessing, and Shiki said the goddess's blessing had been easier to remove.
• Mordred checked on Bedivere, who admitted that his mind was exhausted but insisted he would stay conscious until his king was free.
• Mash asked Shiki how practiced he was at transforming the Mental World, then apologized for prying; Lancelot comforted her and warned her to keep her will steady.
• Shiki continued clearing Goddess Rhongomyniad's Divinity from Camelot and recalled his earlier years studying minds in Academy City.

Shiki expelled the Holy Lance’s Divinity from Saber’s Mental World and restored her humanity, bringing the King of Knights back from the goddess Rongomyniad. The others returned to rest while Shiki stayed beside a sorrowful Saber, leaving their reunion and her recovery for later.

• Shiki used the four knights’ spiritual power to remove the Holy Lance’s Divinity and restore Saber’s Mental World to a pure white kingdom.
• Saber appeared, and Shiki and the Knights of the Round Table recognized that the King of Knights had returned.
• Mordred, Lancelot, and Bedivere reacted to Saber’s return, while Lancelot and Bedivere reflected on their guilt and atonement.
• Shiki brought the others to Saber, but her sorrow unconsciously suppressed them and prevented them from speaking.
• Shiki sent Bedivere, Mordred, Lancelot, and Mash away to recover, then stayed quietly beside Saber as she processed her emotions.

Shiki stayed with the grieving Saber in her Mental World and urged her to accept her mistakes while looking toward the future. As Saber mourned the Goddess Rhongomyniad’s deeds and recalled the people and memories that shaped her, she realized how much Shiki had done to save her and wondered whether her divine self had disappointed him.

• Shiki watched the rain in Saber's Mental World and told her that people, including kings and Gods, could make mistakes, acknowledge them, and make amends.
• Saber mourned the deaths and betrayals caused by Goddess Rhongomyniad, while recognizing that the goddess's actions had come from another side of herself.
• Saber saw memories carried through Shiki's power, including Mash's journey, the Holy Selection, and the village destroyed by her Divine Judgment.
• Saber recalled Bedivere's youthful conversation with her about Camelot and understood how deeply he had cherished her smile and ideals.
• Saber remembered Mordred's confession and reflected on how Shiki had defeated the Goddess Aspect and crossed worlds to reach her.
• Saber wondered whether her actions as Goddess Rhongomyniad had disappointed Shiki.

After the Goddess Aspect was defeated, Altria reflected on the destruction she had caused and found comfort in Shiki and the friends waiting outside her Mental World. She asked Shiki to call her Altria and began telling him about the suffering she endured after leaving his world.

• Altria blamed herself for failing to escape the Holy Lance's Divinity and considered how the Magus King's actions and her own had doomed the world.
• Altria felt comforted by Shiki's presence and by the thought of Lancelot, Bedivere, and Mordred waiting for her.
• After several hours, the rain in Altria's Mental World stopped, and she turned to face Shiki with renewed resolve.
• Altria asked Shiki not to call her the King of Knights or Saber and told him to call her Altria.
• Altria told Shiki she trusted him as a dear friend and began describing what happened after she left his world.

Altria recounted her life as King Arthur and explained why she accepted Alaya’s offer to fight in a Holy Grail War, hoping to change Britain’s fate. She described her summoning by Kiritsugu Emiya and her journey to Fuyuki, while Shiki noticed that the summoning date matched a day he remembered for another reason.

• Altria told Shiki about her childhood training with Kay and Merri, her selection as king, and her efforts to defend Britain until the Round Table fell apart.
• Altria explained that, after being mortally wounded by Mordred, she accepted Alaya’s offer to enter a Holy Grail War and seek a chance to change Britain’s fate.
• Altria said Kiritsugu Emiya summoned her at Einzbern Castle at noon on January 21st, and Shiki recognized the date as one he remembered from his own life.
• Altria recounted that she and Irisviel left Germany by plane on January 25th and reached Fuyuki City around noon.