Chapter Summaries

Li Yue killed Elsa Granhiert before she could harm 486 or Emilia, then accepted Emilia’s invitation to stay at Roswaal’s mansion. As the group learned about Emilia’s bid for the throne and the prejudice she faced, Li Yue became interested in her campaign as a source of amusement.

• Li Yue shut off 486’s stream and killed Elsa with Dimension Slash, after which Captain Aizen burned her remains to ashes.
• Li Yue explained that Elsa was a human-Vampire half-blood, and 486 and Emilia thanked him and the others for their help.
• Shanks wanted wine and meat, Captain Aizen wanted to study the world’s magic, and Li Yue wanted amusement, so they accepted Emilia’s offer of hospitality.
• At Roswaal’s mansion, Captain Aizen explained that Emilia’s resemblance to the Witch of Envy could make her Royal Selection campaign difficult.
• Emilia insisted she wanted to become king and make everyone happy, and Li Yue asked whether she was an ally of justice.

Li Yue offered Emilia several ways to improve her chances in the Royal Selection, but she rejected his help. Before leaving Roswaal Mansion, he persuaded 486 to join the Witch Cult as its Archbishop of Pride and pursue his own plan to help Emilia.

• Li Yue explained that he could help Emilia through force, gradual effort, or by having her join the Witch Cult, but Emilia rejected all three approaches.
• Li Yue, Shanks, and Aizen left Roswaal Mansion, regretting that they had little time to study its magic library.
• 486 stayed behind in Emilia's world, and Li Yue reminded him that he could use Return by Death and the Chat Group to handle the challenges himself.
• Li Yue persuaded 486 to join the Witch Cult and take the vacant position of Archbishop of Pride.

Li Yue persuaded 486 to join the Witch Cult and choose a plan to become the Demon King, with Reinhard as his ally. While waiting for new Chat Group members in the Royal Capital, Li Yue, Aizen, and Shanks saw Little Clumsy, Big Clumsy, and The Legendary Holy Grail That Could Grant Any Wish! join, and Li Yue suspected the first two came from parallel worlds.

• Li Yue offered 486 two plans for helping Emilia: become king and marry her, or become the Demon King for her to defeat and replace.
• 486 chose the Demon King Route after learning that Reinhard, the world's strongest person, could help him unify the Witch Cult.
• Li Yue left Roswaal Mansion with Shanks and Aizen, and the three returned to the Royal Capital to wait for new Chat Group members.
• Aizen told Li Yue that the Seireitei had discovered the Wandenreich and was preparing to attack, while Hollows in Hueco Mundo gossiped about Aizen as a tragic lover.
• When the countdown ended, Little Clumsy, Big Clumsy, and The Legendary Holy Grail That Could Grant Any Wish! joined the Chat Group.
• Li Yue explained that Little Clumsy and Big Clumsy might be versions of the same person from separate parallel worlds, rather than different points in time.

Li Yue discussed the Holy Grail War with Shanks and Captain Aizen, then returned with them to the Royal Capital, where he warned Reinhard that the world would fall into darkness before departing through a Portal. Meanwhile, the two Tohsakas learned about the Chat Group and discovered that Big Clumsy was the seven-year-old Rin Tohsaka, while Little Clumsy was her grown-up self.

• Li Yue introduced Big Clumsy and Little Clumsy to the Chat Group and identified them as members of the Tohsaka family.
• Li Yue explained the Holy Grail War and its wish-granting limits, and Shanks and Captain Aizen discussed the Heroic Spirits it could summon.
• Shanks declined to travel because he could not leave his crew for long, while Captain Aizen agreed to accompany Li Yue to Rin Tohsaka's world.
• Reinhard met Li Yue, Shanks, and Captain Aizen at the Royal Capital, where Li Yue warned that the kingdom's guardian was dying and the world would fall into darkness.
• Li Yue and his companions escaped through a Portal after Reinhard tried to stop them, leaving Reinhard and Julius to wonder what Li Yue meant.
• 486 explained the Chat Group to the two Tohsakas, and Li Yue realized he had mistaken which Rin was the child and which was the older version.

Li Yue and Aizen entered the Type-Moon world to investigate the Holy Grail War, while Li Yue disguised himself as a Partner of Justice and rescued Sakura Matou from the Matou residence. The attack destroyed the residence, and Tokiomi Tohsaka learned of the explosion as the cause remained unknown.

• Li Yue learned that the Fifth Holy Grail War was still a month away and that the Fourth was about to begin.
• Li Yue and Aizen traveled to Fuyuki, where Aizen planned to study the Greater Grail and Li Yue chose to participate without summoning a Servant.
• Kariya Matou summoned Berserker to try to save Sakura Matou, while Zouken Matou secretly continued modifying her with worms.
• Li Yue, disguised as a black-clad figure, broke into the Matou basement, rescued Sakura, and detonated explosives that destroyed the Matou residence.
• Kirei Kotomine reported the destruction to Tokiomi Tohsaka, saying the attacker and their identity were unknown.

Tokiomi Tohsaka decided to stick to his plan despite the chaos after the Matou residence was attacked, while Kariya Matou prepared to confront him. At the harbor, a silver-haired Servant who looked exactly like Kiritsugu Emiya fought Lancer and left the battle facing a recovering opponent.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka told Kirei Kotomine to continue using Assassin to watch the other participants and insisted that Archer would secure their victory.
• Kariya Matou, unable to find Sakura Matou or Zouken Matou, waited beneath a bridge and planned to take revenge on Tokiomi Tohsaka that night.
• Lancer drew the Servants to the harbor, where a silent, silver-haired Servant confronted him and revealed a face identical to Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Kiritsugu Emiya watched the fight through a sniper scope and concluded that the Servant was his future self, then resolved to keep pursuing the Holy Grail.
• Emiya Kiritsugu attacked Lancer with a grenade and sustained gunfire, but Lancer survived after his Master used a Command Spell to save him.

Emiya Kiritsugu used the chaos of the Holy Grail War to take Kariya Matou’s Command Spells, free him from the worms, and claim control of Berserker. Meanwhile, Gilgamesh attacked Rider, Saber, and Lancer, leaving the three Servants struggling to evade his Gate of Babylon barrage.

• Emiya Kiritsugu detonated explosives beneath Lancer, then vanished as Rider arrived and introduced himself as Iskandar, King of Conquerors.
• Rider tried to recruit Lancer and Saber, but both refused; he then taunted the absent Heroic Spirits until Gilgamesh appeared as Archer.
• Emiya Kiritsugu confronted Kariya Matou beneath the bridge, threatened him over Sakura, and took his Command Spells in exchange for giving him Sakura’s address.
• Emiya Kiritsugu removed the worms from Kariya Matou, told him to leave the war, and took control of Berserker by ordering him to remain inactive.
• Gilgamesh attacked Rider, Saber, and Lancer with Noble Phantasms from the Gate of Babylon; Lancer blocked the weapons while Rider used his Chariot to evade them.

Emiya Kiritsugu intervened in the first day’s battle, helping Saber and Irisviel while forcing Archer to withdraw after Tokiomi Tohsaka used a Command Spell. After the other Servants left, Kiritsugu confronted Saber over her conduct and warned that Lancer’s Noble Phantasms could have badly wounded her, leaving her shaken and questioning her judgment.

• Irisviel reinforced Saber while Emiya Kiritsugu used a sniper rifle to knock Archer from a streetlamp.
• Archer began summoning many Noble Phantasms, but Tokiomi Tohsaka used a Command Spell to make him withdraw.
• Kaineth and Lancer retreated, and Rider left the battlefield, ending the first day’s fighting.
• Saber learned that the Kiritsugu who had helped them was Emiya Kiritsugu, then grew wary when he appeared and criticized her.
• Emiya Kiritsugu explained how Lancer’s Noble Phantasms could have injured Saber, and Saber admitted she might have been too arrogant.

Saber and Irisviel returned safely after the harbor battle, while Li Yue agreed to protect Aoi Tohsaka and then sought out Kiritsugu Emiya. Kiritsugu confronted his future self, who defeated him and rejected his dream of saving the world through the Holy Grail, leaving Kiritsugu shaken.

• Saber swore to Irisviel that she would protect her and never let her guard down again.
• Young Rin told the Chat Group about the Holy Grail War, and Li Yue promised to watch over Aoi Tohsaka.
• Kiritsugu Emiya reasoned that his Berserker future self possessed extensive knowledge of the other participants and decided to target Lancer's group.
• Kiritsugu observed Kaineth through a sniper scope, but Emiya Kiritsugu appeared and blocked his shots.
• Emiya Kiritsugu overcame Kiritsugu's accelerated magecraft, knocked him down, and told him to abandon his ideal of saving the world through the Holy Grail.

Emiya Kiritsugu spared his younger self after Maiya Hisau intervened, then withdrew to the Einzbern castle while trying to understand his future self’s motives. That night, Kaineth led Lancer toward the castle, where several factions were converging and Kirei Kotomine hoped to find Kiritsugu.

• Emiya Kiritsugu tried to shoot Kiritsugu Emiya, but Maiya Hisau knocked his aim aside with a sniper shot and stopped him from attacking again.
• Emiya Kiritsugu spared Kiritsugu Emiya for Maiya’s sake, promised to protect her, and vanished after declaring he would win everything.
• Maiya took Kiritsugu Emiya back to the Einzbern castle, where he decided to stay put and consider what his future self knew about the Holy Grail War.
• Kaineth, angered by Lancer’s poor performance and Sola’s growing infatuation with Lancer, set out to attack the Einzbern castle.
• Emiya Kiritsugu and Kirei Kotomine also headed toward the Einzbern territory as Caster prepared to attack Saber with a summoned sea monster.
• Kirei Kotomine searched for Kiritsugu Emiya, hoping to understand why a man he believed to be empty had entered the Holy Grail War.

Kirei Kotomine tried to intercept Kiritsugu Emiya but got bound to a tree, while Kiritsugu defeated Kaineth and learned that Irisviel and Maiya had been taken by another version of himself. Irisviel then dreamed of Kiritsugu’s past, including the disaster that drove him to kill his father.

• Kirei Kotomine encountered Irisviel and Maiya Hisau in the forest, but after overpowering Maiya, Irisviel bound him to a tree with magecraft.
• Kirei Kotomine repeatedly rammed the tree with his hips while Irisviel and Maiya watched, until Kiritsugu Emiya arrived and stopped Maiya from shooting him.
• Kiritsugu Emiya shot Kaineth with an Origin Bullet, but Lancer intervened, carried Kaineth away, and spared Kiritsugu because he was Saber's Master.
• Kiritsugu Emiya found Kirei Kotomine still bound to the tree with four Assassins nearby, then learned that another Kiritsugu had taken Irisviel and Maiya.
• Kirei Kotomine offered to reveal where the women had been taken, and Kiritsugu aimed his gun at him and demanded their location.
• Irisviel dreamed of Kiritsugu Emiya's childhood, his father's experiment turning an island's residents into Ghouls, and Kiritsugu killing his father to prevent further tragedy.

Irisviel and Maiya learned the truth about Kiritsugu’s tragic past and the corrupted Holy Grail, then found him at Ryuudou Temple. When the other Kiritsugu arrived, Emiya Kiritsugu revealed that the temple housed the Greater Grail and declared he would destroy it.

• Irisviel woke from a dream about Kiritsugu’s past, and Maiya told her they were at Ryuudou Temple, where Kiritsugu had brought them because the Greater Grail was located there.
• Irisviel and Maiya discussed how the Holy Grail had been corrupted and found Emiya Kiritsugu waiting alone at the temple gate.
• Kiritsugu Emiya arrived and saw Irisviel embracing Emiya Kiritsugu, then summoned Saber and criticized her for failing to protect Irisviel.
• Emiya Kiritsugu explained the origins of the Greater Grail and the history of the Holy Grail Wars.
• Emiya Kiritsugu told Kiritsugu Emiya that this would be the final Holy Grail War because he intended to destroy the Greater Grail.

Kiritsugu Emiya suspected that the supposed future Emiya Kiritsugu was a monster in disguise and fled Ryuudou Temple with Saber, leaving Irisviel behind. Meanwhile, Jeanne d'Arc appeared before Caster and asked him to kill Archer.

• Emiya Kiritsugu revealed Berserker and ordered him to attack Saber, while Kiritsugu Emiya realized the man posing as his future self was a fake.
• Kiritsugu Emiya warned Irisviel and Maiya to flee with him, but Irisviel trusted Emiya Kiritsugu; Kiritsugu Emiya then escaped with Saber after she held Berserker back.
• Emiya Kiritsugu stayed at Ryuudou Temple with Irisviel and Maiya, then vanished to make other preparations.
• Caster lamented his damaged grimoire and his failure to capture Saber when Jeanne d'Arc appeared in the sewer.
• Jeanne d'Arc asked Caster to kill Archer, and Caster agreed to do anything for her.

Kiritsugu Emiya publicized that he controlled the Greater Grail, drawing the other Servants toward Ryuudou Temple while Li Yue arranged to pit Gilgamesh against Caster. The chapter ended with Caster attacking Tokiomi Tohsaka’s home and Gilgamesh being forcibly summoned back, furious at Tokiomi.

• Caster obeyed Jeanne d'Arc, began repairing his grimoire, and stopped abducting children to avoid displeasing her.
• Kiritsugu Emiya spread the news that he controlled the Greater Grail, prompting the Holy Grail War’s participants to head for Ryuudou Temple.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka sent Gilgamesh to Ryuudou Temple and asked Kirei Kotomine to send Assassins to monitor the battle, while Kirei remained trapped at the Einzbern stronghold.
• Gilgamesh confronted Kiritsugu Emiya at Ryuudou Temple, but Kiritsugu's taunts and Tokiomi's Command Spell forced Gilgamesh to return before he could attack.
• Caster summoned the Sea Monster at the Tohsaka residence, destroyed its defensive barrier, and left Tokiomi unable to stop him.
• Gilgamesh appeared before Tokiomi, furious that he had been summoned back, and Tokiomi blamed Caster's sudden attack.

Emiya Kiritsugu defeated Rider and his Army of the King with a gigantic Thunder Armor Giant and a slash that severed space. After Rider died, Kiritsugu called out Lancer, who had witnessed the battle and realized he could not challenge him.

• Caster sent the Sea Monster to attack Gilgamesh as Gilgamesh left.
• Rider arrived with Waver to claim the Greater Grail and challenged Emiya Kiritsugu to battle.
• Rider summoned his Reality Marble and Army of the King, but Emiya Kiritsugu called forth a Thunder Armor Giant that devastated the army.
• Emiya Kiritsugu cut Rider in half with a slash capable of severing space, and Rider died after apologizing that he could not let Kiritsugu fight to his heart's content.
• Emiya Kiritsugu called out Lancer, who had watched the battle and understood how overwhelmingly powerful Kiritsugu was.

Emiya Kiritsugu defeated Lancer at Ryuudou Temple, then faced Gilgamesh as the enraged Archer attacked him. Gilgamesh prepared to unleash Enuma Elish, but Kiritsugu vanished as a hidden attacker pierced Gilgamesh’s chest and seized his heart.

• Emiya Kiritsugu challenged Lancer to choose between obeying his lord and keeping his knightly code, then killed him with an unseen Dimension Slash.
• Waver watched Rider and Lancer fall, panicked, and fled down the mountain when Gilgamesh began bombarding Ryuudou Temple.
• Gilgamesh attacked Kiritsugu with Gate of Babylon and the Chains of Heaven, but Kiritsugu evaded the weapons and used a Portal to redirect the chains.
• Kiritsugu severed Gilgamesh’s right arm with Dimension Slash, then taunted him as Gilgamesh’s arm burned away.
• Gilgamesh drew Enuma Elish and prepared to destroy Ryuudou Temple, but Kiritsugu turned to ashes as an unseen arm pierced Gilgamesh’s chest and grabbed his heart.

Li Yue defeated four Servants, removed the Lesser Grail from Irisviel, and arranged for Aizen to intercept the freed Servant souls. As Li Yue prepared to summon the Greater Grail, Kiritsugu Emiya arrived at Ryuudou Temple with Saber to confront him directly.

• Li Yue killed Rider, Lancer, and Archer, leaving Assassin to plan an attack on Kiritsugu Emiya's Master while Kiritsugu Emiya watched Ryuudou Temple and debated using Saber's Noble Phantasm.
• Aizen explained that the Greater Grail's soul-materialization ritual could help him connect to his world and become a new Soul King, while Li Yue rejected the idea of binding himself to Teyvat's rules.
• Li Yue returned to Ryuudou Temple and reassured Irisviel that he would remove the Lesser Grail from her body so she would not have to die.
• Li Yue removed the Lesser Grail and four Servants' souls from Irisviel, then asked Aizen to intercept the souls before they entered the Greater Grail.
• Irisviel rejoiced that she could stay with Illya, while Kiritsugu Emiya arrived at Ryuudou Temple with Saber for a direct confrontation with Li Yue.

Emiya Kiritsugu revealed that the Greater Grail had been corrupted and showed Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber that their wishes could not be granted. As Kiritsugu Emiya resolved to prevent the black mud from escaping, Emiya Kiritsugu secretly worked with Aizen to absorb its malice.

• Emiya Kiritsugu led Saber, Kiritsugu Emiya, Irisviel, and Maiya Hisau to the Greater Grail beneath Mount Enzou.
• Emiya Kiritsugu used a Command Spell to make Berserker kill himself, then summoned the Greater Grail, which poured out burning black mud.
• Irisviel explained that the Grail was corrupted and that she and Illya were Lesser Grail vessels, shattering Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber's hopes.
• Kiritsugu Emiya reaffirmed his resolve to save the world by stopping the black mud from escaping, and ordered Saber to destroy any that came near the exit.
• Emiya Kiritsugu privately told Aizen that he was using the Hōgyoku to absorb the Grail's malice.

Li Yue destroyed the corrupted Greater Grail after learning it could only grant wishes within its own world, ending the Holy Grail War and freeing the survivors from its influence. He returned to Teyvat with Aizen’s research and discussed the possibility of holding a Holy Grail War there.

• Li Yue entered the Greater Grail and wished for it to disappear from the world, causing it to release its stored Magic Power and vanish.
• Saber returned to the Throne of Heroes, while Emiya Kiritsugu entrusted Illya to Kiritsugu Emiya before disappearing himself.
• Aizen showed Li Yue the Hōgyoku containing All the World's Evil and offered him the Greater Grail ritual formula, then discussed a plan to increase Li Yue’s Reiatsu.
• Li Yue returned to Teyvat with gifts for Venti, Hu Tao, Zhongli, Ei, and Nahida, and explained the Holy Grail War to them.
• Hu Tao said she would gladly accept a Holy Grail if it could grant convenient wishes.

Li Yue proposed adapting the Holy Grail ritual to Teyvat, and Liyue's leaders approved building it in Sumeru after bringing the nation under their control. Li Yue and Nahida entered Sumeru City disguised as Aizen Sousuke and Momo Hinamori, ready to begin their mission.

• Li Yue explained that Teyvat's Ley Lines could power a Holy Grail ritual, but Hu Tao refused his suggestion that she become a Pyro Demon God and Archon.
• Zhongli approved creating a Holy Grail ritual without a war, and Li Yue chose Sumeru as its site because its Ley Lines surrounded the World Tree.
• Ningguang reported that Yelan had found the Doctor meeting with Sumeru's Grand Sage, and Li Yue decided Liyue needed to take control of Sumeru with Nahida as its Dendro Archon.
• Li Yue ordered the Millelith to prepare for deployment around Port Ormos and Liyue Harbor, while he and Nahida planned to enter Sumeru City alone.
• Li Yue and Nahida disguised themselves as Aizen Sousuke and Momo Hinamori, arrived in Sumeru City, and decided to meet some locals.