Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Rui and Karna destroyed the Matou Family’s stronghold, Red Fox fled with Matou Sakura and was surrounded by opportunists. A girl leading the Light Chasers intervened, secured Red Fox’s intelligence in exchange for safe passage, and Jiang Rui regrouped with his battered allies while boasting about Karna’s strength.

• Jiang Rui stopped Karna from continuing the pursuit after their burst of power reduced the ruins to ash.
• Red Fox escaped with Matou Sakura as superhumans gathered to attack him, while a girl blocked Tokiomi Tohsaka from intervening.
• A girl from the Light Chasers killed two would-be attackers with her power and offered Red Fox safe passage in exchange for his intelligence.
• The girl released Tokiomi Tohsaka from her restraint and told him he had a rival.
• Ye Xiaoqian scolded Jiang Rui for Karna’s devastating attack, and Jiang Rui dismissed her concerns before declaring Karna the strongest.

Lin briefed Tokiomi Tohsaka and the others on Karna’s abilities, while Jiang Rui’s group discussed the consequences of letting their enemy escape. The escape had exposed Karna’s identity, but Jiang Rui believed his team still had the advantage as other factions began planning how to counter Karna.

• Lin explained Karna’s Noble Phantasm and abilities to Tokiomi Tohsaka and the gathered group, identifying him as a Lancer.
• Tokiomi asked whether Matou Sakura would become a great Magician, and a girl told him she could not guarantee it but that Sakura would become someone like them.
• Ye Xiaoqian joined Jiang Rui, Lucy, and Olyric at the hotel, where they discussed letting their enemy escape and the possibility that Red Fox had ties to Phoenix.
• Jiang Rui confirmed that he had shown mercy partly to leave Sakura a bodyguard and warned that their enemy’s escape meant Karna’s information had leaked.
• Jiang Rui said his team still had a major advantage because he was the Master and Karna could overwhelm most opponents, though they needed to prepare for Golden Archer.
• Karna guarded the hotel outside, unaware that factions were discussing how to counter him.

Waver Velvet discovered the Holy Grail War and took the broken cloak intended for Kenneth as a possible summoning catalyst. In Germany, Kiritsugu Emiya briefed his allies on the confirmed Masters and learned that Ling Ling and Rimuru Tempest were major forces he needed to investigate.

• Waver Velvet found records of the Holy Grail War and realized the package meant for Kenneth contained a broken cloak that could serve as a summoning catalyst.
• Kiritsugu Emiya listed Tokiomi Tohsaka, Matou Kariya, Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, himself, and Kirei Kotomine among the confirmed Masters.
• The leading man showed Kiritsugu Emiya intelligence on Ling Ling, an Atlas Institute alchemist allied with the Tohsaka Family and commander of an Eastern force.
• The leading man reported that Matou Kariya's partner was likely gone and that the Matou Family had been blown up twice in three days.
• The leading man asked Kiritsugu Emiya to investigate Rimuru Tempest, the Clock Tower's Tyrant Blue, and Kiritsugu recognized him from the displayed image.

The participants prepared for a Holy Grail War altered by unexpected arrivals and summons. Kenneth arrived in Fuyuki and rejected a young man’s offer to cooperate, attacking him and his companions as he declared his victory certain.

• Kiritsugu Emiya decided to spend the afternoon with Illya before conducting a spirit-summoning ritual with Irisviel.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka learned that Kenneth and Rimuru had left the Clock Tower, discussed Kiritsugu Emiya, and confirmed that Kirei Kotomine had summoned Hassan as Assassin.
• Ling Ling revealed Gilgamesh as a Servant summoned for a necessary measure against the dangers facing the Tohsaka family.
• Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald arrived in Fuyuki with a red-haired woman and used magecraft suggestion to secure a car.
• A blond young man approached Kenneth with an offer to cooperate, but Kenneth rejected it and attacked him and his companions with mercury spikes.

Kenneth killed a group of mages who approached him and considered what their interest in cooperating implied about other Holy Grail War participants. Meanwhile, Jiang Rui’s group ate hotpot, and he detected Kenneth’s arrival at the airport just as Karna appeared beside him.

• Kenneth killed the mages who tried to negotiate with him after one warned that Rimuru Tempest was in Fuyuki.
• Kenneth discussed Rimuru’s possible reasons for joining the Holy Grail War with Sola, then worried that other participants might be cooperating with Magic Crestless forces.
• Jiang Rui ate hotpot with Ye Xiaoqian, Orik, Lucy, and Oakley, while Ye Xiaoqian guessed that he was from Xia Country.
• Jiang Rui used familiars he had left at the airport to observe Kenneth’s arrival, surprising Ye Xiaoqian with his magecraft.
• Karna appeared beside Jiang Rui and announced that a Servant had arrived.

Ling Ling approached Jiang Rui to propose a temporary alliance, and after Gilgamesh’s clash with Ye Xiaoqian, her team revealed a plan to attack weaker factions before an eighth Servant could arrive. Jiang Rui agreed to cooperate, and Ling Ling called for a contract as the Holy Grail War was still three days away.

• Ling Ling entered Jiang Rui’s private room with her bespectacled companion and proposed cooperation, while Jiang Rui objected to her taking his tripe.
• Gilgamesh appeared and threatened the group after Jiang Rui challenged Ling Ling, but Ye Xiaoqian provoked him into leaving before he attacked.
• Jiang Rui revealed that he knew Tokiomi Tohsaka’s plan and asked Ling Ling what she intended to do instead.
• Ling Ling’s companion explained that their teams wanted to prevent an eighth Servant’s arrival by forming a short-term alliance to attack weaker factions.
• Jiang Rui agreed to cooperate, and Ling Ling confirmed they would sign a contract.

Jiang Rui arranged a raid on the Church to spark a battle among the extraordinary people and create an opening to seize Command Seals. As fighting spread, the Light Chasers joined the assault, with Ling Ling advancing toward the church itself.

• Jiang Rui and the Golden Archer's team signed a three-day non-interference pact, which he suspected was meant to let them tackle the other Servants together.
• Jiang Rui sent Olyric, accompanied by Karna, to attack the Church and asked them to bring back Risei Kotomine's corpse if possible.
• Olyric killed isolated fighters near the Church, setting off distrust and a chaotic battle among the extraordinary people.
• Ye Xiaoqian sniped an enemy while Jiang Rui fought others around the Church, and he declared that the hunt had begun.
• Ling Ling led the Light Chasers into the Church's territory, where her troops attacked unaffiliated fighters while she headed for the church.

Jiang Rui discovered that a Tomahawk missile was headed for the church and watched a chaotic girl ride it into Fuyuki City before it exploded. After the girl landed and sang, Jiang Rui approached and joined in, leaving her startled.

• Jiang Rui spotted a crimson object in the sky and learned from the Great Sage that it was a Tomahawk missile headed for an eight-hundred-meter radius around the church.
• Jiang Rui sent Olyric to protect Lucy and Ye Xiaoqian while he stayed with Karna to face the incoming threat.
• Crazy Loli rode the missile toward the church, announced her arrival, and jumped clear as Golden Archer fired Noble Phantasms into the sky.
• The missile exploded, and Jiang Rui used the Great Sage to locate Crazy Loli among the flaming ruins.
• Crazy Loli sang about a painful breakup, and Jiang Rui joined in, making her stiffen in surprise.

Jiang Rui and Karna attacked a little girl who had fired a rocket and laser cannon at them, but Artoria arrived and shielded her from Karna. Artoria and Karna faced off, leaving Jiang Rui surprised by the unexpected encounter with Saber.

• Jiang Rui confronted the little girl about an earlier plane explosion, and she attacked him with a rocket launcher and a laser cannon.
• Jiang Rui ordered Karna to use his Noble Phantasm, but the little girl escaped on a Death Missile and survived the resulting explosion.
• Karna sensed an approaching Servant and attacked the injured girl, but Artoria blocked his spear with her sword.
• Artoria condemned Karna for attacking an unarmed child and transformed into her blue armored dress to protect the girl.
• Karna challenged Artoria, and Jiang Rui wondered why Saber had appeared before resolving to face her with confidence in Karna.

Jiang Rui and Saber fought separate battles as Kiritsugu Emiya observed the conflict, while the Conqueror decided to charge into the clash and challenge the heroes himself. The chapter ended with the Conqueror racing toward the battlefield in his chariot, leaving Waver behind.

• Jiang Rui condemned Saber for defending the destruction around her, then ordered Lancer to kill her as Karna and Saber clashed.
• Ye Xiaoqian spotted Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya watching from a rooftop and asked Jiang Rui whether she should shoot them; Jiang Rui told her to wait.
• The little girl attacked Jiang Rui with guns and an exoskeleton blade, but he used water and ice to restrain her before cutting apart her arm equipment in close combat.
• The Conqueror told Waver that he planned to challenge multiple Servants at once rather than wait for the Holy Grail War to thin their numbers.
• The Conqueror summoned his bull-drawn chariot and charged toward the battle, while Waver begged to be taken along.

Karna nearly unleashed his devastating attack on Saber before Iskandar intervened and challenged the assembled kings to join his conquest. The confrontation exposed Waver as Iskandar’s Master and brought Kenneth into the open, leaving Waver to face his former teacher’s threats while Iskandar defended him.

• Karna prepared to unleash his spear against Saber, but Jiang Rui shouted for him to stop as lightning struck and Iskandar arrived in his chariot.
• Iskandar introduced himself as the Conqueror and invited Karna and Artoria to join his ranks; Artoria rejected his offer.
• Jiang Rui recognized Waver, and Kenneth revealed that Waver had stolen his Holy Relic to enter the war.
• Kenneth explained that his summoned spear expert had become stronger, leading Jiang Rui to infer that Diarmuid had been summoned as a Berserker.
• Kenneth threatened Waver, but Iskandar defended his Master and offered to take Waver’s place, enraging Kenneth.

At the church gathering, Gilgamesh appeared and challenged the other Servants, while Jiang Rui urged Olyric and Ye Xiaoqian to investigate what Ling Ling was doing. As the Servants prepared for a fight, Kenneth sent Diarmuid into the battle.

• Kenneth reflected that Waver would have to bear the consequences of his own choices, then grew angry when the Conqueror called out hidden onlookers.
• Jiang Rui sent Olyric and Ye Xiaoqian to check the center of the church, suspecting that Gilgamesh’s appearance was meant to distract everyone.
• Gilgamesh revealed himself as the one true king and attacked Jiang Rui, but Karna blocked his Noble Phantasms.
• Jiang Rui invited the gathered Servants to join a free-for-all, while Gilgamesh noticed that several of them already knew the others’ identities.
• Kenneth ordered Diarmuid to enter the battle, and Diarmuid vanished to carry out his command.

Jiang Rui and the other Masters maneuvered amid the chaotic battles of the Holy Grail War, while Kiritsugu prepared a sniper attack and Jiang Rui planned a counterstrike. At the church, Ling Ling confronted a masked intruder with Kirei Kotomine and the Hassans, but the girl summoned monstrous tentacles and began devouring them.

• Diarmuid arrived and challenged Arthur and Conqueror, so Conqueror encouraged Waver to charge into battle with him.
• Kiritsugu ordered Maiya to suppress Assassin when he used a Command Seal, while Jiang Rui told Ye Xiaoqian to open fire at that moment.
• Jiang Rui blocked another grenade from the little girl with a curtain of water and planned to use her Origin Bullets against Kiritsugu.
• At the church, the Ghost Face girl recognized that Ling Ling had replaced Tokiomi Tohsaka as Gilgamesh's Master and questioned how she had gained control of Kirei Kotomine.
• Ling Ling summoned Lin and more than twenty Hassans to surround the girl, who then unleashed tentacles that began devouring one of them.

Bluebeard left the church after Lin tricked him into believing Jeanne d'Arc had returned, while a white-haired Snow Woman trapped Ling Ling and the Hassans inside her Reality Marble. Elsewhere, Kiritsugu Emiya's ambush forced Saber to unleash Excalibur against Diarmuid and Rider, and Kenneth used a Command Seal to recall Berserker.

• Lin claimed that Jeanne d'Arc was fighting, prompting Bluebeard to leave the church to find her.
• The oni-masked girl revealed that she was not Caster's Master and that Ryunosuke was probably still playing with corpses.
• A white-haired Snow Woman appeared, froze several Hassans, and cast a Reality Marble that engulfed the church.
• Ling Ling used a Command Seal to summon Archer to her side as the blizzard closed in.
• Kiritsugu Emiya counted down to a sneak attack, but Ye Xiaoqian fired first and he evaded her bullet with Time Alter.
• Saber unleashed Excalibur on Diarmuid and Rider, and Kenneth used a Command Seal to order Berserker back to his side.

Saber retreated after the battle as Kiritsugu Emiya and Jiang Rui learned that Caster and his Master had two Servants. Bluebeard then confronted Saber, mistaking her for Jeanne d’Arc, but she rejected Kiritsugu’s plan to exploit his devotion.

• Gilgamesh withdrew after hearing his Master’s call, while the Conqueror wondered about Saber’s Master and Kenneth reflected on his poor compatibility with Diarmuid.
• Kiritsugu Emiya ordered Saber to retreat while he and Maiya searched for a hidden enemy who could rapidly change locations.
• Jiang Rui learned from Olyric that Caster and his Master had two Servants, then decided to withdraw and help his allies.
• Bluebeard blocked Saber’s retreat and welcomed her as his Holy Maiden, Jeanne d’Arc.
• Kiritsugu Emiya urged Saber to use Bluebeard to break the stalemate, but Saber said she was not a Holy Maiden and had never met him.

Jiang Rui’s team attacked Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber, then tracked Caster to his lair after discovering the child victims he had left behind. The chapter ended with Jiang Rui preparing Karna to confront Caster and stop his atrocities.

• Jiang Rui challenged Saber and Kiritsugu Emiya over letting Caster escape to prepare, while Kiritsugu ordered Saber to retreat.
• Ye Xiaoqian sniped at Kiritsugu, but Maiya took the bullets meant for him and was badly wounded.
• Jiang Rui decided to pursue Caster rather than Saber and led his team to raid Caster’s base.
• Jiang Rui and Ye Xiaoqian found the corpses of seven or eight children hanging in Caster’s lair.
• Jiang Rui used Karna’s divinity to prepare an attack on Caster, invoking “O Brahma, Curse My Body!”

Jiang Rui and his allies defeated Caster and Ryunosuke in the sewer, then Jiang Rui used a Command Seal to force Caster to kill himself. At the church, Gilgamesh shattered the barrier with Ea after battling Snow Woman, who was left badly damaged as news of Caster’s death reached the others.

• Jiang Rui, Karna, Lucy, and Ye Xiaoqian attacked Caster in his sewer workshop, and Karna’s flames cleared the field.
• Ye Xiaoqian stabbed Ryunosuke while Jiang Rui ordered Karna to stop Caster, but Ryunosuke and Caster vanished in black mist.
• Jiang Rui obtained the identity of Caster’s Master and used a Command Seal to make Caster stab himself with a tentacle.
• Karna dissolved to conserve Jiang Rui’s mana, and Jiang Rui devoured Caster’s dissolving corpse.
• At the church, Snow Woman unleashed a blizzard against Gilgamesh, who answered with Ea and shattered the barrier.
• Snow Woman stood cracked and damaged as Ghost Face emerged from her ice coffin and revealed that Caster had been killed.

Jiang Rui acquired the R'lyeh Text, which triggered a hidden quest, and its power drew the attention of Alaya. She explained that she recognized him as part of humanity despite his Phantasmal Species nature, then said she only wished to continue existing.

• Ye Xiaoqian and Jiang Rui examined the R'lyeh Text and learned it was an unidentified sealed artifact, a holy relic, and a hidden-quest item.
• Great Sage reported that Jiang Rui had gained a major magical-energy enhancement and that an unknown existence had locked onto his mind.
• Alaya contacted Jiang Rui in the cloud-filled realm where he had summoned Karna and explained that the Root recognized him as human despite his Phantasmal Species form.
• Alaya identified herself as humanity's Inhibition Force and told Jiang Rui she only wished to continue existing.

Alaya asked Jiang Rui to broker cooperation with Extraordinary Space, offering support in exchange for a guarantee that humanity would continue to exist. The mission panel revealed that Jiang Rui was also tasked with saving Human Order and destroying Gaia, leaving him caught between Alaya’s plea and the two world-opening missions.

• Alaya told Jiang Rui she could grant him the power of a complete Heroic Spirit and explained that she wanted a guarantee of humanity’s continued existence.
• A mandatory mission ordered Jiang Rui to negotiate cooperation, requiring Alaya to help Extraordinary Space take control of the Root and open space nodes.
• Jiang Rui and Great Sage reasoned that the mission mechanism treated him as a representative of Extraordinary Space, so Jiang Rui asked Alaya for her conditions.
• Alaya explained that she feared humanity’s extinction and clarified that she wanted to survive, not to destroy Gaia or take revenge on Earth.
• Jiang Rui realized that his mission list also contained “Save Human Order” and “Destroy Gaia.”

Jiang Rui accepted the prospect of saving Human Order and chose Shirou Emiya as his Heroic Spirit reward, hoping to gain powerful projection abilities. After devouring Shirou Emiya, he discovered that the Heroic Spirit’s wish had triggered a mandatory mission to kill his past self.

• Jiang Rui examined the Human Order mission and learned that Alaya could grant him a Heroic Spirit as compensation for helping save humanity.
• Great Sage recommended Shirou Emiya, explaining that his Projection Magic could combine with its own abilities to create powerful copies.
• Alaya summoned Shirou Emiya’s Heroic Spirit and gave him to Jiang Rui, who swallowed the crimson light.
• Jiang Rui discovered the new mandatory mission, which would summon him to kill his past self for Shirou Emiya’s wish.
• Great Sage completed its analysis, and Jiang Rui hurried to check his newly gained abilities.