Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo interrupted Uryuu Ryunosuke’s summoning, took his Command Spells, and summoned Merlin instead. He rescued a child and resurrected the child’s family, then turned Ryunosuke into a puppet while Merlin investigated the other Servants.

• Chen Luo stopped Uryuu Ryunosuke’s ritual, removed his Command Spell, and summoned Merlin through their compatibility.
• Chen Luo freed the child and explained that Ryunosuke had killed the child’s parents and sister to prepare a catalyst for summoning Gilles de Rais.
• Chen Luo used Puppet Marks to resurrect the family and altered the boy’s memories so he would accept their return.
• Merlin examined Chen Luo’s abilities while Chen Luo asked him to identify the other participating Servants.
• Chen Luo turned Uryuu Ryunosuke into a puppet and reattached his severed arm.

Merlin reported what she had learned about the other Servants, then discovered that Chen Luo’s second Servant was Morgan. Morgan repeatedly tried to attack Merlin, and Chen Luo helped her arm herself while explaining her grudge; the chapter ended with Merlin alarmed as Morgan received a Gungnir.

• Merlin explained that she could observe most of the Holy Grail War’s Servants, identifying Artoria Pendragon, Iskandar, and likely Diarmuid while avoiding Archer and Berserker.
• Merlin learned that Chen Luo’s other Servant was Morgan, who immediately thrust her Magic Spear at Merlin.
• Morgan threw her wand into Chen Luo’s River of Time, and Chen Luo returned the original wand along with a golden one while keeping the silver wand for himself.
• Morgan attacked Merlin with the golden Magic Spear, and Chen Luo explained that Morgan wanted to imprison Merlin because of painful memories from another world.
• When Merlin claimed Morgan could not hit her, Morgan asked Chen Luo for a weapon, and he gave her an ordinary Gungnir, shocking Merlin.

Chen Luo used Morgan and the Friendship Revolver to make Merlin laugh, then watched Assassin infiltrate the Tohsaka residence through a live feed. Chen Luo’s intervention caused Assassin to trigger the defenses and die under Gilgamesh’s barrage, while Chen Luo discussed the Holy Grail War’s Servants with Merlin.

• Morgan accepted Chen Luo’s Friendship Revolver and shot him, causing Merlin to be struck by its effect and laugh uncontrollably for ten minutes.
• Kirei Kotomine ordered Hassan of the Hundred Faces to infiltrate the Tohsaka residence despite his alliance with Tohsaka Tokiomi.
• Chen Luo used Merlin’s Clairvoyance and a Human Antenna to watch Hassan of the Hundred Faces sneak through the Tohsaka family’s magical barrier.
• Chen Luo rang the Night Bell through Yvette’s identity card, startling Assassin and making him trigger the barrier before Gilgamesh killed him with a barrage of weapons.
• Chen Luo reassured Merlin that Gilgamesh would not detect him and discussed the Holy Grail War’s Servant classes and their lineup.

Chen Luo and his companions went to the Greater Holy Grail to prepare for purifying the World's Evil, while Chen Luo used Childhood Fun Park to begin absorbing it. The group ended with Merlin accepting a Friendship Revolver as payment for helping with Chen Luo’s experiment.

• Chen Luo explained how Angra Mainyu corrupted the Holy Grail and decided to reach the Greater Holy Grail before ending the war.
• Chen Luo joked about enhancing the World's Evil until it could destroy the world, prompting an urgent Night Bell to ring.
• Chen Luo, Morgan, Merlin, and the Herrscher of Knowledge followed Makiri through a secret passage to the Greater Holy Grail beneath Mount Enzou.
• Chen Luo threw Childhood Fun Park into the Greater Holy Grail, and it began absorbing the World's Evil.
• Chen Luo offered Merlin a shot from the Friendship Revolver as compensation for testing whether a Servant could gain a physical body, and Merlin accepted.
• The author announced that the previous group had disappeared and provided a new group ID and entry question.

Chen Luo tested whether the Childhood Fun Park could protect Merlin from mental corruption while the World's Evil gave him a physical body, then reversed the change at Merlin’s request. At Mount Enzou Great Hollow, Morgan transformed into a fairy, and Merlin nearly got stabbed when he rushed toward her.

• Chen Luo had Merlin place the Childhood Fun Park in his body before exposing his hand to the World's Evil, which created a physical body without corrupting his mind.
• Chen Luo removed the Childhood Fun Park and confirmed that Merlin remained mentally unaffected, while Merlin found his new body weaker than his nightmare form.
• Merlin asked Chen Luo to turn him back into a Servant, so Chen Luo used the Moon Clock’s golden time to reverse the transformation.
• Chen Luo asked Morgan whether she wanted to try the experiment, and she tapped the ground with her Magic Spear and transformed into a fairy.
• Merlin rushed toward Morgan, nearly got stabbed by her Magic Spear, and Chen Luo told him that Morgan wanted him to stay away.

Chen Luo managed Morgan’s newly discovered fairy form and agreed to help Merlin obtain a physical body while Childhood Fun Park consumed the Greater Holy Grail’s Evil. He then took Morgan to the church to seek the Command Spells held by Risei Kotomine, hoping to keep the Holy Grail War from releasing the Evil.

• Merlin warned Morgan that her memories had been tampered with, then stayed wary of her Gungnir as Chen Luo questioned her fairy form.
• Morgan returned to Servant form after Chen Luo explained that her fairy form consumed even more mana, and she resisted his requests to transform again so he could pull her ahoge.
• Merlin asked Chen Luo to help him use the wooden horse again and regain a physical body, and Chen Luo accepted after receiving a commission.
• Chen Luo watched Childhood Fun Park consume the Greater Holy Grail’s Evil and noted that the Evil had to be fully purified before too many Servants died.
• Chen Luo decided to visit the church with Morgan to obtain the Command Spells Risei Kotomine kept from defeated Masters, while Merlin and Makiri discussed the spells’ quantity and cost.

Chen Luo stole twenty-two gold and silver Command Spells from the Church while leaving Risei Kotomine’s original spells intact, then returned to the Matou Residence with Morgan. The Assassins rallied to win the Holy Grail War after mistaking the toll of the Night Bell for a threat from King Hassan, while Chen Luo tested how far Merlin and Morgan could function apart from him.

• Kirei Kotomine sought the Church’s protection after losing his Servant, and Risei Kotomine admitted him into the supposedly neutral church with a black Assassin on guard.
• Dozens of Assassin clones appeared and panicked when the Night Bell rang, then vowed to win the Holy Grail War and earn the recognition of the lord they feared.
• Chen Luo recorded the Assassins’ outburst and edited the footage, hoping to show it to King Hassan and provoke him into disciplining them.
• Chen Luo lured the guarding Assassin away, knocked out Risei Kotomine, stole twenty-two gold and silver Command Spells, and returned Risei’s originals before leaving the church.
• Chen Luo returned to the Matou Residence with Morgan, where he found that Merlin could use his Magic Crystals while Morgan needed his freshest magical energy.

Chen Luo explained Merlin and Morgan’s dependence on mana, then used his rewind ability to restore Merlin to spirit form. While placing Teleport Anchors around the Moon World, Chen Luo met Gilgamesh and guided him to an arcade, where Gilgamesh offered him a reward.

• Chen Luo explained that Morgan required far more mana than Merlin and might truly die if she disappeared.
• Merlin asked Chen Luo to restore him to spirit form, and Chen Luo rewound him by an hour after Merlin accepted the painful process.
• Chen Luo continued scouting the Moon World and placing Teleport Anchors near the Tohsaka residence, Kayneth’s hotel, Einzbern castle, and Waver’s guesthouse.
• Gilgamesh stopped Chen Luo to ask where the arcade was, and Chen Luo calculated its location and led him there.
• Gilgamesh offered Chen Luo a reward for helping him, and Chen Luo asked to play a game with him.

Chen Luo beat Gilgamesh at chess twenty-five times and won a haul of Noble Phantasms, then considered how to use them and an elixir of youth. Meanwhile, Su Yuan learned Chen Luo was the River God, a possibility his friends had already suspected.

• Chen Luo challenged Gilgamesh to chess for stakes, and Gilgamesh agreed to give him anything he wanted if he lost.
• Chen Luo won repeatedly, eventually taking a large collection of Noble Phantasms and arranging for Gilgamesh to place a familiar at the Tohsaka residence.
• Chen Luo brought the Noble Phantasms home and tossed them into the River of Time, noting that they seemed weaker than expected but that Furniture Mastery would let him use them.
• Chen Luo examined an elixir of youth from Gilgamesh and considered giving it to his parents or using it to attract commissions.
• Su Yuan confronted her friends after learning Chen Luo was the River God, but Liu Wenxuan, Yun Lian'er, and Yun Xia said they had already suspected or discovered the truth.

Chen Luo revealed that his River God Ability was beyond SSS-rank and offered to use it with his Stripping Ability to help others strengthen their Talents. Su Yuan refused the shortcut so she could first try to break through to SS-rank on her own, and Chen Luo turned to ask Yun Xia, Yun Lian'er, and Liu Wenxuan what they wanted to do.

• Su Yuan told Chen Luo that her master had used deduction and disguise to investigate him, prompting him to plan to verify his identity as an S-rank Talent User at the Relevant Department.
• Chen Luo considered presenting himself as a healer, while Su Yuan warned him that claiming a Destiny Talent could make people more suspicious.
• Chen Luo explained that his River God Ability could copy and strengthen people and Talents, and revealed that it was neither S-rank nor SS-rank but something greater.
• Su Yuan bit Chen Luo's bandaged wrist because her master had told her to bite someone she encountered who could be an SSS-rank Talent Holder.
• Chen Luo offered to strip away the others' Talents and replace them with strengthened versions, but Su Yuan refused so she could try to reach SS-rank first.
• Chen Luo asked Yun Xia, Yun Lian'er, and Liu Wenxuan whether they wanted him to strengthen their Talents.

Chen Luo discussed Talent growth and Yvette’s resurrection with his companions, then welcomed Flandre Scarlet to the bar as her tutor. He began a first lesson with her after Remilia arranged for him to hold her weapon, Laevateinn.

• Yun Xia asked Chen Luo to help her meet Cardcaptor Sakura, while Liu Wenxuan asked whether Break Cocoon into Butterfly could improve his Talent.
• Chen Luo offered to evolve his companions’ items and agreed to send Yvette into the Abyss Channel to avoid increased Church surveillance.
• Yvette challenged Chen Luo about advancing her to SS-rank, but fell silent when he pointed out a keyboard and sent her to the third floor.
• Remilia brought Flandre Scarlet to the bar and told her that passing Chen Luo’s assessment would earn her freedom to go where she wanted.
• Remilia persuaded Flandre to hand Laevateinn to Chen Luo, who gave her a lollipop and began their first lesson by offering to shake her hand.

Chen Luo discovered that Flandre’s uncontrollable destructive urges toward him could be relieved by crushing him, and enthusiastically turned the discovery into a treatment plan. After using his injuries to claim six days of leave, he was surprised when Hua moved in to guard him.

• Flandre accidentally crushed Chen Luo’s shoulder during a social practice lesson, then injured him again while trying to explain her destructive impulse.
• Patchouli explained that Flandre’s destructive ability affected her immature mind, and Chen Luo used 108 Methods to Prevent Scams to confirm her urges were uncontrollable.
• Chen Luo learned that letting Flandre vent on him could help her manage those urges and improve her feelings toward him, so he urged her to crush his arm for treatment.
• Chen Luo publicized his injuries to take six days off from Fire Moth, but Hua arrived with bedding and insisted on staying with him as his bodyguard.

After an assassin attacked Chen Luo, Fu Hua insisted on staying close to protect him, but Mobius arranged for their dorms to be connected instead. Chen Luo’s friends visited, and Vill-V agreed to install a connecting door as Mei ordered her to report and remove her backdoor in the dormitory locks.

• Fu Hua insisted on moving into Chen Luo’s room to protect him, so Mobius arranged for her to live next door and have the dorms connected.
• Aili visited Chen Luo with a fruit basket, then brought Kevin and Mei inside after Chen Luo noticed Kevin waiting outside.
• Chen Luo told Mei that the assassin had cut his arm and injected him with Honkai Concentrate, and Mei promised to investigate.
• Vill-V entered using a master key, prompting Mei to order her to report the lock backdoor and remove it.
• Chen Luo asked Vill-V to connect his dorm to Fu Hua’s, and Vill-V agreed.

Chen Luo prepared to enter the Moon World's Holy Grail War while concealing his Master status and posing as Caster. He chose Morgan as his Master and planned to have Merlin appear as Berserker, exploiting the wording of his commission.

• Chen Luo used Consciousness Modification to send Hua back toward her room, then left the Previous Era with the Herrscher of Knowledge and Morgan while a lookalike puppet covered his absence.
• Chen Luo healed his arm at the bar, rearranged forty Command Spells beneath detection-blocking bandages, and prepared to hide his identity in the Holy Grail War.
• Chen Luo accepted a commission to participate as Caster in place of Merlin, earning Primogems and the title of Magical Girl☆Merli Website Deputy Editor-in-Chief.
• The Herrscher of Knowledge and Yvette offered to act as Chen Luo's Master, but he rejected them and chose Morgan instead.
• Chen Luo said Merlin would enter the war as Berserker, arguing that the commission did not require him to hide Merlin's identity.

Chen Luo disguised himself as a Caster, explored Fuyuki City with Morgan, and tracked down Diarmuid for a spear fight. The chapter ended with Chen Luo and Diarmuid clashing at the docks.

• Chen Luo gave Morgan three Command Spells and explained how he concealed his identity as a Servant.
• Chen Luo placed a Teleport Anchor in the Tohsaka residence and others around Fuyuki City while searching for Diarmuid.
• Chen Luo wandered through the city with Morgan and Yvette, then sensed King Arthur nearby and chose to keep hunting Diarmuid.
• Diarmuid patrolled Fuyuki City openly to draw out an opponent while Kayneth directed him from a distance.
• Chen Luo confronted Diarmuid, and they moved to the docks to fight with their spears.

Chen Luo fought Diarmuid at the dock and defeated him with Gungnir after Diarmuid mistook Chen Luo’s bandages for a weakness. Artoria and Irisviel arrived, and Chen Luo reassured them that he would not attack a Master to win.

• Chen Luo and Diarmuid exchanged spear attacks, and Diarmuid recognized Chen Luo’s superior skill despite his unfamiliarity with the weapon.
• Kayneth ordered Diarmuid to use his Noble Phantasm, and Diarmuid prepared to target Chen Luo’s bandages.
• Chen Luo refused Diarmuid’s warning and hurled Gungnir, piercing Diarmuid in the chest without striking a fatal point.
• Kayneth used a Command Seal to recall Diarmuid, and Chen Luo explained that the wound would keep Lancer out of the fight for a while.
• Chen Luo sensed Artoria and Irisviel approaching and warned them that Gungnir could not be stopped, then crushed the spear and gathered its magical energy back.

Chen Luo agreed to fight Artoria with a Western Knight Sword, while Morgan asked him to hit her hard without killing her and Merlin supplied a holy sword. As Kiritsugu Emiya watched the battlefield from a distance, Chen Luo began overpowering Artoria with an Excalibur that baffled her.

• Artoria chose to face Chen Luo with a Western Knight Sword after he warned her that other weapon choices would be dangerous.
• Morgan told Chen Luo to hit Artoria hard but not kill her, and Merlin asked him to bring the Friendship Revolver before the fight.
• Kiritsugu Emiya spotted Assassin watching the battlefield from a gantry crane and held off shooting Kayneth to avoid being attacked.
• Chen Luo called on Merlin to send him her Excalibur, then began his fight with Artoria using the golden holy sword.
• Artoria barely blocked Chen Luo's opening strike and recognized the sword as Excalibur, while Chen Luo continued pressing her with overwhelming strength.

Chen Luo fought Artoria in the Holy Grail War, disarmed her, and stopped when Iskandar arrived as Rider. The chapter ended with Iskandar mistaking Chen Luo for the King of Knights while Morgan struggled with laughter caused by Chen Luo’s Friendship Revolver.

• Artoria targeted Chen Luo’s bandages, but he summoned multiple Excaliburs and overwhelmed her with his strength and swordplay.
• Chen Luo wounded Artoria with the silver Excalibur, then defeated her after Morgan was accidentally hit by the Friendship Revolver and burst into uncontrollable laughter.
• A lightning strike interrupted the fight, and Iskandar descended in his chariot to introduce himself as Rider.
• Chen Luo ignored Iskandar’s arrival to comfort Morgan, while Artoria wondered about Morgan’s connection to her.
• Iskandar asked Chen Luo and Artoria to join his ranks and give him the Holy Grail, but Chen Luo hurled the silver Excalibur at him as a warning.
• Iskandar speculated that Chen Luo might be the famed King of Knights.

Chen Luo challenged Iskandar to a contest in the field each Servant excelled at, then summoned a terrifying mount and an angel after Iskandar chose group combat. The chapter left Iskandar and the others staring at the angel as Chen Luo invited Iskandar to begin his performance.

• Chen Luo revealed Artoria as King Arthur and demonstrated overwhelming lightning magecraft, making Iskandar’s divine bulls tremble.
• Artoria explained that Chen Luo had beaten Lancer and Saber with weapons matching their specialties, while Waver’s identity as Iskandar’s Master was exposed to Kayneth.
• Chen Luo summoned one leg of Chi You as a mount, but Iskandar rejected mounted combat and chose to fight with his subordinates.
• Chen Luo used a Soul Summoning Bell to draw the card for Gabriel's True Body, then summoned an angel beneath a suddenly risen full moon.
• The angel descended before the stunned group, and Chen Luo invited Iskandar to begin his performance.

Chen Luo summoned Gabriel at the docks, where her power drew the attention of King Hassan and nearly escalated the Holy Grail War. He reversed time to the moment he chose his golden cards, then watched Iskandar summon Gilgamesh by challenging the hidden Servants, leaving the kings poised for another confrontation.

• Kirei Kotomine watched as Chen Luo summoned Gabriel, who trapped Iskandar and crushed his attempt to unleash Army of the King before Chen Luo stopped her.
• Gilgamesh attacked Gabriel with the Chains of Heaven, but she shattered them, and Death Angel King Hassan appeared as Alaya reacted to her overwhelming presence.
• Chen Luo used the Moon Clock, River of Time, and a Teleport Anchor to rewind the timeline three small ticks to his choice of golden cards.
• Chen Luo and Iskandar postponed their contest between subordinates, and Iskandar called on the hidden Servants to reveal themselves.
• Gilgamesh appeared and challenged the other kings' claims, but Chen Luo asked him to leave Iskandar as his opponent, and Gilgamesh withdrew his Noble Phantasms.