Chapter Summaries

Chang Wei summoned the Crimson Bow, a divine Noble Phantasm capable of killing gods and suns, and prepared to face Gilgamesh despite having no arrows. Scathach recognized that the bow could kill even her true body as the battle continued in Fuyuki City.

• Chang Wei manifested the Crimson Bow and its legends and Noble Phantasm abilities were revealed.
• Gilgamesh and the Reincarnators doubted that Chang Wei could have summoned the Sun-Shooting Bow.
• Chang Wei explained that he had summoned only the bow, then drew its string and drained Rin Tohsaka of her mana.
• Medea and Scathach watched from the reinforced Magic Temple while the Great Wind engulfed Fuyuki City.
• Scathach used Wisdom of the Magic Mirror to identify the bow as the Heaven Shaking Divine Bow, capable of killing immortal beings.

Chang Wei used the Heaven Shaking Divine Bow to unleash a divine arrow against Gilgamesh, who met it with Ea. The arrow overwhelmed Gilgamesh and killed him, and the world’s catastrophic upheaval began to subside.

• Chang Wei released the Heaven Shaking Divine Bow’s True Name and fired a Divine Qi Arrow toward the sky.
• Gilgamesh answered with Ea, and the two Treasure Tools collided, warping space and shaking the world.
• Chang Wei’s arrow broke through Ea’s wind pressure and overwhelmed Gilgamesh.
• Gilgamesh said he had not expected to meet his end that way before the arrow pierced him and swallowed him in light.
• The black hole vanished, the storms calmed, the clouds dispersed, and sunlight returned.

Rin Tohsaka celebrated the First Emperor’s victory over Gilgamesh, though the battle consumed her gems and mana and devastated Fuyuki City. The chapter ended with a television expert beginning to explain the city’s destruction as a natural disaster.

• The First Emperor defeated Gilgamesh, and Rin Tohsaka realized the battle had left her exhausted and cost her more than fifty million yen in gems.
• Rin Tohsaka returned home with Chang Wei, bathed, and went to rest.
• The battle’s destruction left Fuyuki City in ruins and killed countless civilians, while Kirei Kotomine reacted with shock at Gilgamesh’s elimination and Rin’s Servant.
• Television experts attributed the disaster to an earthquake and rare aurora, and Dr. Ota began explaining the explosion as the result of multiple factors.

After a devastating explosion reduced much of Fuyuki City to ruins, Rin Tohsaka watched the news and blamed herself for the civilian casualties caused by her battle. She resolved to win the Holy Grail and restore the city, while Chang Wei assured her they would prevail.

• Dr. Ota attributed Fuyuki City's explosion to earthquake-damaged gas pipelines, airflow effects, and human error.
• News footage showed the crater and widespread destruction across Fuyuki City, with 2,223 confirmed dead and more people missing.
• Rin Tohsaka watched the report after waking and felt responsible for the suffering caused by her battle.
• Rin Tohsaka decided to obtain the Holy Grail so she could restore the city and help its residents.
• Rin Tohsaka asked Chang Wei if they would win, and he confidently told her to stay calm and trust him.

Kirei Kotomine sought an alliance with Berserker's Master on behalf of Lancer's Master, visiting Illya at the Einzbern castle. Illya questioned whether he was abusing his role as Supervisor, and Kirei Kotomine maintained that he was only delivering a message.

• Matou Zouken agreed to cooperate with the Reincarnators, while keeping his own plans to obtain the Holy Grail's magical foundation.
• Kirei Kotomine relied on the Holy Grail's black mud to sustain his wounded body and used the Kotomine Church to support Gilgamesh.
• Kirei Kotomine went to the Einzbern castle to seek cooperation with Berserker's Master on behalf of Lancer's Master.
• Illya challenged Kirei Kotomine's authority to intervene in the war, and he insisted that he was acting only as a messenger and neutral witness.
• Illya fell silent to consider Kirei Kotomine's explanation.

Illya agreed to an alliance with Lancer’s master, Kirei Kotomine, while secretly planning to use him against the First Emperor. Chang Wei returned to the Magic Temple and promised Scathach another way to fulfill her wish before declaring that they would join the Holy Grail War that night.

• A Reincarnator told Illya that Kirei Kotomine was Lancer’s master as well as the Holy Church’s supervisor.
• Illya decided to conceal what she knew and accept an alliance with Lancer’s master so they could use his strength against the First Emperor.
• Kirei Kotomine left to relay Illya’s agreement and continue seeking alliances with other factions.
• Chang Wei returned to the Magic Temple, where Medea and Scathach questioned him about leaving Fuyuki City.
• Scathach said she would keep waiting if the Holy Grail could not grant her wish, and Chang Wei promised to offer her another choice.
• Chang Wei announced that he, Medea, and Scathach would officially join the Holy Grail War that night.

Chang Wei and Scathach attacked the Matou family estate with a tanker truck loaded with C4 and gasoline. The truck’s explosion destroyed the gates, overwhelmed the Magecraft Barrier, and left the mansion badly damaged.

• Chang Wei named the Matou family as their target, and Scathach agreed to attack them first.
• Chang Wei left Medea at home to guard the house while he took Scathach to the Matou estate.
• Chang Wei taunted the Matou family over a loudspeaker, activated the explosives, and escaped the truck as Scathach carried him away.
• The runaway tanker smashed through the estate gates and exploded, spreading fire and wreckage across the grounds.
• The blast collapsed the Magecraft Barrier and cracked the mansion walls, though the barrier had provided the Matou family some protection.

Chang Wei and Scathach attacked the Matou estate after their tanker-truck blasts crippled much of its workshop, then confronted Medea and her unusual chain weapon. Scathach met Medea’s opening attack, and the battle continued as Medea launched a relentless assault.

• Chang Wei remotely sent a second tanker truck toward the Matou estate, but Reincarnators destroyed it before it could reach its target.
• The second explosion threw Fuyuki City into panic and further damaged the Matou family’s Magecraft Workshop, enraging the old worm.
• Chang Wei and Scathach advanced on the estate, prompting the Reincarnators to retreat into a supporting role when they recognized Scathach.
• Medea appeared on their path, and Chang Wei identified her as Assassin and reported her parameters to Scathach.
• Scathach drew a purple longsword and parried Medea’s chain-blade strike, but Medea followed with a rapid, varied assault.

Scathach overwhelmed Medusa in their battle, breaking her chain and dodging her powerful attacks until Medusa grew exhausted. As Scathach moved to finish the fight, Medusa removed her Mystic Eyes Killer and unleashed her Petrifying Demon Eye, but Scathach responded by drawing a Primal Rune.

• Scathach severed Purple Phantom's chain with a single slash and dismissed it as too weak.
• Medusa charged Scathach with a Monstrous Strength axe kick, but Scathach dodged and the blow cratered the ground.
• Medusa attacked repeatedly, but Scathach evaded her strikes until Medusa's stamina began to run low.
• Scathach decided to end the fight and slashed toward Medusa.
• Medusa removed her Mystic Eyes Killer to use her Petrifying Demon Eye, and Scathach drew a Primal Rune in response.

Medusa summoned Pegasus after Scathach resisted her Petrifying Demon Eyes, and the two prepared to fight until Kirei Kotomine arrived to deliver a message from Lancer’s and Berserker’s Masters. Scathach realized the Servants might be joining forces against the First Emperor, while Matou Zouken challenged Kirei about the Servant defeated the previous night.

• Medusa’s Petrifying Demon Eyes failed to petrify Scathach because the Primal Rune resisted their effect, though Scathach felt intense pressure.
• Medusa summoned Pegasus, whose power blasted Scathach to the ground and dispersed the darkness around the battlefield.
• Scathach drew her twin spears as she and Medusa prepared to resume their fight, ignoring Kirei Kotomine’s request to stop.
• Kirei told Matou Zouken and Medusa that Lancer’s and Berserker’s Masters had sent him to convey a message, and Matou Shinji ordered Medusa to stop through the Book of False Vassals.
• Scathach suspected that Lancer’s and Berserker’s Masters had formed an alliance against the First Emperor and wondered whether they meant to recruit her and Rider.
• Matou Zouken asked whether the Servant defeated the previous night had been Caster, taunting Kirei about the incident.

After learning that Gilgamesh had been the previous Holy Grail War’s victor, Chang Wei and Scathach agreed to ally with Matou Zouken and Kirei Kotomine against the First Emperor. The alliance was signed, while the search for Saber and Caster remained unresolved.

• Kirei Kotomine revealed that Gilgamesh had won the previous Holy Grail War and had been killed by the First Emperor.
• Matou Zouken proposed an alliance, and Chang Wei asked Scathach whether she believed she could defeat the First Emperor.
• Scathach admitted her chances depended on whether the First Emperor used his bow, and Chang Wei told her he would respect her wishes even if they risked losing the war.
• Scathach accepted the alliance on the condition that the Masters could compete fairly for the Holy Grail after defeating the First Emperor.
• Medea signed the alliance contract in Scathach’s place, using her Rule Breaker as protection against its terms.
• Kirei Kotomine noted that Saber and Caster were still missing, while Sakura Matou continued visiting Shirou Emiya.

The Reincarnators restored Saber's Avalon and planned to let her defeat the First Emperor after he eliminated the other Servants. Meanwhile, Rin Tohsaka saw the devastation across Fuyuki and asked Chang Wei to help her find the Einzbern family and end the Holy Grail War.

• The Reincarnators returned Avalon's scabbard to Saber, transforming her into Scabbard Saber, and became confident she could withstand the First Emperor.
• The Reincarnators planned to wait until the First Emperor had defeated the other Servants before ambushing him with Saber.
• Rin Tohsaka realized the school and much of Fuyuki had been destroyed, and found daily life disrupted by the disaster and its aftermath.
• Rin Tohsaka told Chang Wei she wanted to find the Einzbern family and end the Holy Grail War as soon as possible.

Rin Tohsaka and Chang Wei approached the Einzbern castle, where Illya prepared to face them by rallying other Masters and Servants. As reinforcements set out, Rin and Illya met at the castle with Berserker at Illya’s side.

• Rin Tohsaka and Chang Wei traveled toward the Einzbern castle, intending to confront Berserker.
• Illya learned of their approach and used familiars to call other Masters and Servants to her aid.
• Kirei Kotomine sent Lancer to support the Einzbern family, while Matou Zouken ordered Matou Shinji and Rider to do the same.
• Medea received the warning and set out with Scathach to join the battle.
• Rin Tohsaka arrived at the castle, where Illya and Berserker confronted her, and Rin questioned Illya’s accusation that she had acted first.

Illya revealed that she had gathered four Servants against Rin Tohsaka, including Cú Chulainn and Scathach, who recognized each other as master and disciple. After Cú Chulainn provoked Scathach, the black-and-purple Servant urged the group to cooperate against their true enemy, but Scathach challenged Cú Chulainn’s courage.

• Illya warned Rin Tohsaka that fate would eliminate her and revealed four Servants appearing in physical form.
• Cú Chulainn recognized Scathach as his former master, and Scathach mocked his lack of progress.
• Cú Chulainn suggested that Scathach had come to fight the First Emperor, and she answered, “Perhaps.”
• The black-and-purple Servant told the others to set aside their grudges and work together against the coming challenges.
• Cú Chulainn invited Scathach to go first, and she asked whether he had lost his Brave Heart.

Cú Chulainn charged Chang Wei but lost control of his demonic spear to Chang Wei's power. Heracles then attacked Chang Wei, whose Golden Man blocked the blow, and the two fought fiercely.

• Cú Chulainn thrust his demonic spear at Chang Wei, but Scathach warned him that he was acting foolishly.
• Chang Wei's power seized control of Cú Chulainn's demonic spear, leaving him unable to reclaim it.
• Heracles charged Chang Wei and brought down his Nameless Axe-Sword.
• Chang Wei summoned a Golden Man, which blocked Heracles' attack with its arms.
• Heracles and the Golden Man exchanged powerful blows, devastating the surrounding forest as Scathach watched.

Scathach and the others struggled against Chang Wei’s Golden Men as they tried to reach the First Emperor. Scathach launched herself into the air and began a bicycle kick, calling out Gae Bolg.

• Scathach marveled at Heracles’s precise martial skill despite his madness as he held off Chang Wei’s Twelve Golden Statues.
• A newly appeared Golden Man struck Lancer, injuring his face and hand, but he charged back into battle and searched for an opening.
• Medusa’s attack on Chang Wei was blocked by a third Golden Man, prompting Illya to warn that more might appear and that they could be limited by magical energy.
• Rin Tohsaka urged Chang Wei to withdraw, but he calmly insisted that he had his own plan.
• Scathach prepared to attack Chang Wei before he could summon more Golden Men, leaped into the air, and called out Gae Bolg while performing a bicycle kick.

Scathach's demonic spear barrage failed to break through Chang Wei's Golden Men, while Cú Chulainn unleashed Gae Bolg against his opponent. The battle continued with Heracles adapting to the Golden Men and Chang Wei noticing a possible turn in the fight.

• Scathach split her demonic spear into a storm of projectiles and launched them at the First Emperor.
• Chang Wei summoned the remaining nine Golden Men to shield himself and Rin Tohsaka, and they endured Scathach's attack without damage.
• Scathach concluded that the Golden Men nullified attacks below an exceptionally high level.
• Chang Wei observed Heracles as he revived, strengthened his resistance to fists, and knocked a Golden Man back with one punch.
• Cú Chulainn leaped into the air and activated Gae Bolg, whose causality-reversing curse made its heart-piercing result inevitable.

Cú Chulainn’s thrown Gae Bolg damaged a Golden Man’s shield, revealing that the statues could be harmed by the power of causality. Medusa then unleashed her Noble Phantasm and broke through Chang Wei’s Twelve Golden Statues, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Cú Chulainn hurled Gae Bolg at Chang Wei, but a Golden Man blocked it with a shield that cracked under the spear’s impact.
• Scathach recognized that the Golden Men could resist force but not the Law of Causality.
• Medusa mounted her Pegasus and unleashed her Noble Phantasm, charging Chang Wei with immense mana.
• Chang Wei sent his Twelve Golden Statues to stop Medusa, but her shockwave cracked and shattered them.
• Medusa burst through the shattered statues and streaked toward Chang Wei on her Pegasus.

Chang Wei transformed into an enormous Ancestral Dragon, unleashing overwhelming pressure over Fuyuki City and terrifying Medusa, Cú Chulainn, and the other Masters and Servants. Scathach recognized him as the High-Dragon of Dragons, King of Ten Thousand Dragons.

• Medusa prepared to crash her Pegasus into Chang Wei, but he activated his Ancestral Dragon ability.
• Chang Wei transformed into a colossal golden-scaled Dragon and broke through his restraints into the sky.
• The Ancestral Dragon’s roar and Dragon Might spread across Fuyuki City, stunning its citizens and overwhelming the watching Masters and Servants.
• Medusa trembled before the Dragon, recognizing that her Riding skill could not control a Dragon Species.
• Cú Chulainn and the other onlookers were struck speechless and felt powerless before the Ancestral Dragon.
• Scathach remained calm and identified Chang Wei as the High-Dragon of Dragons, King of Ten Thousand Dragons.

Chang Wei transformed into the Ancestral Dragon, overwhelmed Pegasus, and swallowed it while holding the drained Rin Tohsaka in one claw. He challenged the foreign Heroic Figures to face him, leaving Cú Chulainn ready to fight despite pushing his body to the brink.

• Chang Wei transformed into the immense Ancestral Dragon, and its Dragon Might stopped Pegasus in its tracks.
• Chang Wei caught Rin Tohsaka in a claw after her mana was exhausted, while the Reincarnators stared in shock at his power.
• The Ancestral Dragon swallowed Pegasus, leaving Medusa terrified and helpless.
• Chang Wei told his opponents that courage meant stepping forward despite fear, then challenged the foreign Heroic Figures to give everything they had against him.
• Cú Chulainn gripped his demonic spear and prepared to face Chang Wei, though his body was nearing collapse.