Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo repeatedly revived and killed Merlin with Golden Command Spells to fill the Lesser Grail and collect Spiritron Dress Fragments. After reaching the fragment limit, he examined Merlin’s dropped Nightmare Seed and prepared to let Herrscher of Knowledge use it, while two more Servant souls were still needed.

• Artoria and Morgan discussed Chen Luo’s many Command Spells as Chen Luo stabbed Merlin, who dropped Spiritron Dress Fragments and a special item after his first death.
• Chen Luo repeatedly revived and killed Merlin, storing Lesser Grails filled with six Servant souls before they could connect to the Greater Holy Grail.
• Chen Luo reached the limit of thirty-five Spiritron Dress Fragments and identified Merlin’s first-drop item as a Nightmare Seed that could strengthen Nightmare-related beings.
• Chen Luo decided the Nightmare Seed would benefit Herrscher of Knowledge more than himself and planned to give it to her.
• Chen Luo killed Merlin twice more, leaving two additional souls needed to summon the Holy Grail, then asked who wanted to take the next turn.

Chen Luo used the Holy Grail War’s seven Servant souls to open the path to the Root, then took possession of a true Golden Holy Grail and negotiated with Alaya and Gaia. He wished on the Silver Holy Grail to reach the Root safely, but found countless Servants waiting in the passage.

• Morgan killed Merlin with a Gungnir, and Chen Luo used Backstab to send Merlin’s final soul into the Lesser Holy Grail.
• Chen Luo brought Irisviel and the completed Lesser Holy Grail to Ryudoji Temple, where all seven souls ignited Irisviel and produced the true Holy Grail.
• The Servants’ Spirit Cores opened seven holes in the world, creating a path to the Root as Chen Luo picked up the Holy Grail.
• Chen Luo projected a Golden Holy Grail from the River of Time and threatened to use it to enter the Root or incinerate Human Order, prompting Alaya and Gaia to stop resisting.
• Chen Luo kept the original Holy Grail, wished on the Silver Holy Grail to reach the Root safely, and entered a passage where innumerable Servants appeared.

Chen Luo fought his way through a passage of Servants and entered the Root, where its destructive power began erasing his body and soul. As the Herrscher of Knowledge watched the opening close, Chen Luo remained inside, enduring the pain and trusting his talent panel’s advice.

• Chen Luo used the Silver Holy Grail to repel the Servants, then blasted through the passage with repeated Excalibur attacks.
• Chen Luo countered Achilles’s defense with EA, reached the Root, and tossed the Silver Holy Grail back to the Servants before entering.
• The Root flooded Chen Luo with information, which little Othinus recorded, while contact with it damaged his body and soul and repeatedly consumed Primogems.
• Chen Luo saw a talent-panel message suggesting he die once in the Root, then decided to keep enduring its pain rather than flee.
• The Herrscher of Knowledge watched the opening close after Chen Luo entered and worried about his fate.

After Chen Luo entered the Root, the Herrscher of Knowledge and the others feared he had died, while Zelretch explained the danger of the place. The chapter ended with Chen Luo’s hand reaching out of the River of Time beneath Morgan, suggesting he had returned.

• The Herrscher of Knowledge received Chen Luo’s Wandering Magus Identity Proof, and Yakumo Yukari arrived after seeing him enter the Root.
• Zelretch appeared at the bar, greeted Makiri, and criticized Tohsaka Tokiomi’s aptitude while praising his daughter’s potential.
• Zelretch explained that the Root had claimed everyone who truly entered it, and he concluded Chen Luo was dead after seeing him plunge into its depths.
• Artoria said her contract with Chen Luo had broken, and Morgan’s contract then broke as a golden light appeared beneath her.
• A muffled voice asked who was standing on his head, and Chen Luo’s hand emerged from the River of Time beneath Morgan.

Chen Luo returned from the Root after enduring its torment and discovered that he had gained knowledge but no Magic. He showed Zelretch that he could duplicate the Jewel Sword, then offered to let him visit the bar and a Different World in exchange for examining the sword.

• Chen Luo emerged from the River of Time, explained that he had died in the Root, and described the pain and weakness he suffered during his two-minute stay.
• Herrscher of Knowledge and Zelretch questioned Chen Luo about whether he had obtained Magic, and he said he lacked Magic Circuits but had absorbed knowledge and insights.
• Yakumo Yukari challenged Chen Luo while he was weak, then backed down when he drew a revolver.
• Chen Luo offered Zelretch entry to the bar and travel to a Different World in exchange for touching the Jewel Sword, and Zelretch handed it to him.
• Chen Luo returned the Jewel Sword and then produced an identical, fully functional copy, surprising himself with what he had gained from the Root.

Chen Luo discovered that his Root Aura enhanced Void Archive’s copies of Moon World items, then revealed he had planted a costly Teleport Anchor in the Root with strict limits on who could accompany him. After returning to the bar and recovering from the ordeal, he showed the others the changed Holy Grails, whose Greater Holy Grail mana had been spent and whose silver version remained depleted.

• Chen Luo tested Void Archive on Gungnir and learned that copying Moon World items produced near-complete versions, while copying other items consumed his Root Aura.
• Zelretch explained how the Root helped power Chen Luo’s copies, and Chen Luo revealed he had planted a level-three Teleport Anchor in the Root.
• Chen Luo said only Herrscher of Knowledge, Makiri, and Kirei Kotomine met the conditions to accompany him into the Root, though Kirei declined and Makiri showed interest.
• Chen Luo returned to the bar and ate Three-Colored Dumplings to restore his health, though his soul remained weakened by the Root.
• Chen Luo explained that the Greater Holy Grail’s stored mana had been spent and demonstrated that the Silver Holy Grail remained depleted after being restored through his River God Ability.

Chen Luo used the River God Ability to duplicate Spiritron Dresses, then gave one to Gil so he could summon Enkidu. The silver dress activated and formed a magic circle, leaving the summoning underway.

• Zelretch withheld his warning that Chen Luo’s Root Aura could greatly amplify the Golden Holy Grail’s wish-granting power.
• Merlin made a dramatic entrance and greeted Artoria, while Chen Luo teased him and offered him a drink.
• Chen Luo combined five Spiritron Dress Fragments into a complete dress and used the River God Ability to obtain three more copies.
• Chen Luo gave Gil one silver Spiritron Dress, explaining that Chen Luo would remain the summoned Heroic Spirit’s Master.
• Gil held the dress and silently called for Enkidu, causing it to burn away and spread a magic circle across the floor.

Chen Luo summoned Enkidu, then used four golden Command Spells to pull Artoria’s dying original body into the present instead of merely keeping her Servant form from disappearing. Artoria recovered her memories of the Holy Grail War, and Zelretch advised them to leave the consequences alone.

• Chen Luo summoned Enkidu from a Spiritron Dress Fragment, and Enkidu reunited with Gil before offering to serve Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo turned the remaining Spiritron Dress Fragments into six complete dresses and eighteen new fragments, then remembered he had forgotten to use the Lancer’s soul.
• Yakumo Yukari explained the bar’s requirements for traveling between worlds, and Chen Luo allowed her to consider inviting Zelretch to Gensokyo before sending everyone away to sleep.
• As Artoria’s Servant form began to disappear under Alaya’s influence, Chen Luo used four golden Command Spells in an attempt to keep her there.
• The Command Spells summoned Artoria’s original body, gravely wounded and near death, and Morgan placed Avalon beside her so she could recover.
• Artoria absorbed the Holy Grail War’s memories, and Zelretch told Chen Luo to leave her fate alone.

Chen Luo avoided Alaya’s threat by teleporting home instead of going to the Root, then gave Morgan a Spirit Origin that summoned a battered red-haired Heroic Spirit. After Herrscher of Knowledge ate Merlin’s Nightmare Seeds and stole Chen Luo’s blanket, their battle over sleep resumed.

• Alaya threatened to send Guardians after Chen Luo, who challenged her and appeared to head for the Root with the Golden Holy Grail before teleporting to his bed instead.
• Chen Luo gave Herrscher of Knowledge three copies of Merlin’s Nightmare Seed and gave Morgan a silver Spirit Origin before falling asleep.
• Morgan’s Spirit Origin summoned a battered red-haired Heroic Spirit, and Morgan helped her up as her own soul’s Puppet Transformation continued.
• Herrscher of Knowledge ate the Nightmare Seeds, climbed into Chen Luo’s bed, and stole his blanket while they both fell asleep.
• Chen Luo woke, flung Herrscher of Knowledge into the bar, disabled the Collective Network’s notifications, and tried to sleep again.
• Herrscher of Knowledge returned, kicked open the Bar Door, and yanked Chen Luo’s blanket away.

Chen Luo reopened the bar for two hours after customers woke him, then dealt with Bavanshee’s complaints about being stranded there. Morgan asked him to discipline Bavanshee and gave him the Staff of the End, whose healing and revival effects were revealed.

• Chen Luo reopened the bar for two hours and had Raven serve the customers, despite having planned to sleep.
• Bavanshee complained that Chen Luo had left her in the bar and accused him of being unfit to be Morgan’s Master.
• Chen Luo used two Silver Command Spells to make Bavanshee play rock-paper-scissors against a mirror in silence.
• Morgan agreed that Chen Luo should help discipline Bavanshee and gave him the Staff of the End as an affection gift.
• Chen Luo examined the staff’s abilities, including healing allies, boosting their damage, and reviving an ally who had been dead for less than a minute.

Chen Luo received Morgan’s Staff of the End, made from the Greater Holy Grail’s remains, and discovered that Morgan had earned affection by completing a commission tied to his Spirit Origin gift. Morgan asked him to heal Bavanshee’s decaying soul, while Merlin sought help cheering up the withdrawn Artoria; Chen Luo refused to summon Merlin’s preferred Heroic Spirits and headed upstairs to treat Bavanshee.

• Morgan explained that she had made the Staff of the End from the dismantled Greater Holy Grail, and Chen Luo accepted the gift.
• Chen Luo found that Morgan’s commission to summon a Heroic Spirit had earned him forty affection after Morgan completed it herself.
• Morgan told Chen Luo that Bavanshee’s soul was decaying from using the Garden of Sadness and asked him to heal her with his Friendship Face-Breaker Punch.
• Merlin told Chen Luo that Artoria had shut herself away and asked him to summon a traveling-era Artoria or Lancelot, but Chen Luo refused.
• Chen Luo went upstairs to treat Bavanshee and found her playing rock-paper-scissors with a mirror.

After the Holy Grail War, Chen Luo hid the effects of the Root Aura while trying to take leave from Fire Moth and pursue his Dusk Street project. Mei’s examination cleared his body of obvious abnormalities but left her puzzled by his untraceable identity; Chen Luo later used You Are a Puppet to dispel her suspicions.

• Hua worried about Chen Luo’s weak appearance and pushed him out in a wheelchair, while he explained that the Root Aura made others perceive him as frail and prone to trouble.
• Chen Luo described how he had beaten Bavanshee, whose special summon gave her a 30% discount and made her unusually susceptible to his authority.
• Mei ordered Hua to take Chen Luo for a full physical examination before approving his leave, and the results showed strong fitness and exceptionally high Honkai Energy Adaptation.
• Mei ended Chen Luo’s paid leave after the examination, so he obtained permission to visit Dusk Street and left with Hua.
• Mei questioned Chen Luo’s unclear origins after finding no bodily abnormalities, but Chen Luo later reported that You Are a Puppet had dispelled her suspicions and ordered continued monitoring.

Chen Luo entered Dusk Street with Hua while secretly arranging for Hassan of the Hundred Faces to contaminate a water source and discussing their puppet transformations. After Hua bought a map and visitor's guide, she discovered her wallet was missing and confronted the stall owner, who denied stealing it and called a burly man to threaten her.

• Chen Luo suppressed his abilities by turning himself into a puppet and brought Hua to Dusk Street disguised as his assistant.
• Chen Luo sent Hua to buy a map while Hassan of the Hundred Faces secretly received a potion to put in a water source.
• Chen Luo reflected on summoning Hassan of the Hundred Faces and turning seventy of their eighty personalities into puppets.
• Hua returned with a cheap map and visitor's guide, then discovered her wallet was missing.
• Hua accused the stall owner of stealing her wallet and demanded the return of a photograph; the stall owner denied it and signaled a burly man to approach.
• Chen Luo told Hua to push him over as she prepared to face the burly man.

Chen Luo and Hwang entered Dusk Street, where Chen forced a gang to return Hwang’s wallet at gunpoint. The gang then pursued them deeper into the district, leaving Chen and Hwang fleeing through the rough streets as he used pepper powder to hold them off.

• Chen Luo confronted the stall owner and her accomplices after Hwang’s wallet was stolen, then shot the woman’s hand when she refused to return it.
• The Hyena Gang returned Hwang’s wallet, and she confirmed that the photo inside was safe.
• Chen Luo and Hwang continued into Dusk Street despite the burly man’s warning, while the wounded stall owner sent a coded message urging the gang to target them.
• Nearly twenty gang members chased Chen Luo and Hwang, and Chen scattered pepper powder behind his wheelchair to slow them down.
• The gang’s squad leader claimed Chen Luo was running out of pepper powder, while Chen still had a dozen bottles in his storage bag.

Chen Luo and Hua escaped the Hyena Gang’s pursuit by leading them to the sanatorium, where Chijie defeated the gang. Chen Luo told Chijie he had come because two maps pointed him to a sanatorium, leaving Chijie asking what that meant.

• Chen Luo used his Threads of Destiny ability to make pursuing gang members step on nails, while he and Hua kept changing routes toward the sanatorium.
• The Hyena Gang’s captain recognized they were nearing the sanatorium but pushed the gang to capture Chen Luo and Hua anyway.
• At the sanatorium gate, Chen Luo called out that they had come to donate supplies, prompting Chijie to break through the gate and confront the pursuers.
• Chijie defeated the squad captain and nearly all the gang members, while the last survivor recognized him and fled.
• Chijie asked what supplies Chen Luo planned to donate, and Chen Luo explained that two maps had directed him to a place called a sanatorium.

Chen Luo and Hua met Chijie after he rescued them from a gang in Dusk Street, then encountered Aponia at her sanatorium. Aponia’s persuasive ability cost Chen Luo a Crystal and drew them into dinner at the sanatorium, where they would meet its many child residents.

• Chen Luo explained that he had redirected the gang toward Chijie and gave him a storage bag containing pepper powder, thumbtacks, and lollipops.
• Aponia scolded Chijie for fighting and breaking the sanatorium’s gate, while Chen Luo explained that Chijie had helped him and Hua recover their stolen wallet.
• Chen Luo gave Aponia two children’s storybooks, and she invited him and Hua to stay for a meal.
• Aponia’s control-type ability affected Chen Luo and Hua, costing Chen Luo one Crystal and making Hua agree to stay for dinner.
• Chijie warned Aponia that Chen Luo and Hua were dangerous, but Aponia led them into the sanatorium anyway.

Chen Luo secretly added orange juice to the sanatorium’s food and arranged for it to be spread through Dusk Street’s water supply, hoping to preserve its people in the Puppet Collection Vault after death. As he watched the children and considered their worsening Honkai Sickness, he left the sanatorium’s fate unchanged while its residents enjoyed his cooking.

• Chen Luo offered to cook for Aponia, stood up from his wheelchair, and prepared dinner at the sanatorium.
• Chen Luo secretly mixed orange juice into the cooking water and sent an assassin to add it to marked water sources around Dusk Street.
• Chijie checked Chen Luo’s cooking, teased him about his strange laugh, and left after sensing no danger.
• Hua warned Chen Luo that many children at the sanatorium had serious Honkai Sickness, and Chen Luo promised to raise the issue with Aponia.
• Chen Luo joined the children and staff for dinner, where the children praised his food.

Chen Luo fed the children at Aponia’s sanatorium and arranged for orange juice to be distributed around Dusk Street, while warning Aponia about the danger of gathering Honkai Sickness patients. As Chen Luo left for Fire Moth, his assassin reported that someone had stolen the remaining orange juice, leaving him demanding to know who took it.

• Chen Luo cooked for Aponia, Chijie, Hua, and the sanatorium children, while the orange juice he served began taking effect.
• Chen Luo warned Aponia that gathering Honkai Sickness patients could invite disaster, and Aponia asked whether the disease might someday be cured.
• Chen Luo and Hua donated money to Aponia before saying goodbye to her and Chijie and leaving the sanatorium.
• Chen Luo learned that the gang members had fled and that the assassin had poured orange juice into a river, but someone had stolen the remaining quarter bottle.
• Chen Luo questioned the assassin about the theft and demanded to know who had taken the orange juice.

Chen Luo searched Dusk Street for the orange juice Pardo had taken while Hua accompanied him and Mei monitored them by satellite. He used a gang’s pursuit as a pretext to keep moving through the area, and the chapter ended with a cheerful young girl walking through Dusk Street, hoping to find food.

• Assassin refused to fight Pardo Phyllis, so Chen Luo set out to recover the orange juice he could sense through his Puppet Mark and Faith Power.
• Chen Luo struggled to track the cat carrying the orange juice while Hua stayed with him and Mei watched them by satellite.
• Chen Luo bought canned food, pepper powder, and thumbtacks from a Dusk Street vendor as Hua questioned his choices.
• Gang members found Chen Luo and Hua, and Chen Luo led them through Dusk Street’s alleys while Hua kept the pursuers at bay.
• Mei told Sakura to remain in position after seeing Chen Luo and Hua evade the gang.
• A cheerful young girl walked through Dusk Street, hoping she would find something to eat.

Pardo Felice met Chen Luo and Hua while helping them evade the Mad Dog Gang, then tried to collect payment for guiding them through Dusk Street. When they ran short of cash, she offered a vial she had picked up, and Chen Luo recognized it as his orange juice.

• Pardo found a quarter-full vial near a water source and decided to keep it for resale.
• Chen Luo and Hua fled the Mad Dog Gang with Pardo, who agreed to guide them out of Dusk Street for 500 after Chen Luo promised her 10,000.
• Chen Luo and Hua revealed they had donated most of their money to the sanatorium, so Pardo accepted 3,000 and agreed to take them out.
• When Chen Luo pointed a pistol at Pardo, she offered the vial as a supposed cure for Honkai Sickness in exchange for being spared.
• Hua took the vial from Pardo after throwing her to the ground, and Chen Luo recognized it as his orange juice.