Chapter Summaries

Bai Cangshu recognized Ryougi Shiki and attacked to take her Mystic Eyes, but stopped when he realized her awakened Root personality was connected to the Root. He let her pass after seeing a vision of humanity fused into one and a woman entering the Root, which he identified as the Human Instrumentality Project.

• Bai Cangshu recognized the woman as Ryougi Shiki and coveted her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Bai Cangshu attacked Ryougi Shiki with a Haki- and Satsui no Hado-enhanced hand blade, but she calmly blocked the strike with her short blade.
• Bai Cangshu realized that Root Shiki had awakened and was an existence connected to the Root.
• Root Shiki warned Bai Cangshu not to mistake his enemy and walked past him without fighting.
• Bai Cangshu stopped attacking after seeing a vision of an empty Fuyuki City, humanity transformed into liquid, and a woman entering the Root.
• Bai Cangshu identified the vision as the Human Instrumentality Project.

Bai Cangshu searched for a new Master after losing his previous one and found Illyasviel von Einzbern under attack by two powerful Reincarnators. He rescued her and offered to become her Servant, while his assessment of Illya’s reputation raised questions about how the Space judged her.

• Bai Cangshu realized Root Shiki had appeared in Fuyuki City in response to White Face’s Human Instrumentality Project, then suffered a Weakness penalty from insufficient mana.
• Bai Cangshu recalled that he had allowed Gilgamesh to kill his Master and used Presence Concealment to search for a replacement while planning to seek out Matou Zouken.
• Bai Cangshu spotted Illyasviel von Einzbern fleeing from Phantom Dragon and another Reincarnator, who intended to kill her and steer the Holy Grail War toward the Heaven's Feel Route.
• Bai Cangshu caught Phantom Dragon’s sword with his bare hand, released it when Demonic Qi wrapped around the blade, and pulled Illya out of reach.
• Bai Cangshu offered to serve Illya as Assassin Tao, recognizing her immense mana and importance as the living Lesser Grail.
• Bai Cangshu received a Friendly reputation score of 14/100 with Illya and wondered why the Space did not classify her as order-aligned.

Bai Cangshu fought Phantom Dragon and Chizha, revealing his overwhelming speed and power as Chizha unleashed his Zanpakutō. After Bai Cangshu killed Phantom Dragon while protecting Illya, she tried to make him her Servant, granting him magical energy and the chance to enhance an ability or item as a Noble Phantasm.

• Bai Cangshu battled Phantom Dragon, dodging his black-flame sword and striking him with Dark Thunder Fist, while Chizha's sword attack passed through him.
• Bai Cangshu recognized the spiritual pressure in Chizha's Zanpakutō and fought off his Shunpo and Senka attacks.
• Chizha released Heaven's Cry, Earth's Rupture and attacked with powerful soundwaves as Phantom Dragon moved to kill Illya.
• Bai Cangshu activated Instant Kill, crossed the soundwave barrage, and killed Phantom Dragon by tearing out his chest.
• Illya tried to make Bai Cangshu her Servant, removing his weakened status and offering him a Noble Phantasm enhancement.

Bai Cangshu fought Chizha, whose Zanpakutō attacks devastated the area, and broke through his physical body to battle his Death God spirit. Chizha resisted Bai Cangshu’s attempt to devour him, but Rider Medusa arrived and attacked, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Mercenary Tao killed Phantom Dragon, and Chizha unleashed increasingly powerful sound-based Zanpakutō strikes that destroyed a city block and injured Bai Cangshu.
• Bai Cangshu caught Chizha’s sword, shattered his physical body, and exposed the Shinigami spiritual body beneath it.
• Bai Cangshu used Yin Spirit Possession to try to devour Chizha, but Chizha resisted and held his ground with Spiritual Pressure.
• Rider Medusa arrived, and Bai Cangshu absorbed a support magus before fighting her as she tried to reach him.
• Medusa evaded Bai Cangshu’s attacks and withdrew, deciding she had to report the failed operation to Sakura.

After killing a Reincarnator, Bai Cangshu accepted Illya’s request to find and kill Kiritsugu Emiya, then chose the Vortex of the Heart Noble Phantasm Enhancement. He and Illya attacked a mansion from a hillside, where Bai Cangshu killed Shinji Matou.

• Bai Cangshu collected two Scarlet Drop Cards after killing the Death God-Enhanced Reincarnator and absorbing a fragment of Death God.
• Illya asked Bai Cangshu to kill Kiritsugu Emiya, triggering the Side Mission: Patricide; Bai Cangshu suspected the Holy Grail War’s history had changed.
• Illya said she had lost her sense of Berserker and asked Bai Cangshu to help find him.
• Bai Cangshu chose Vortex of the Heart as his Noble Phantasm Enhancement, gaining the ability to comprehend targets and obtain their essence.
• Bai Cangshu used a Gravity Gun to destroy a mansion with Illya watching, and the Space confirmed that he had killed Shinji Matou.

Man-eating Flower’s group hid Sakura Matou underground while Mercenary Tao devastated the Matou mansion, and Matou Zouken emerged to bargain for cooperation. White Face then set out with Gilgamesh to aid their allies and prepare the Human Instrumentality Project in Fuyuki City.

• Medusa shielded Sakura Matou underground as explosions shook the Matou Family mansion, while Man-eating Flower considered whether Zouken was hiding as a worm near Sakura’s heart.
• Matou Zouken emerged from a mass of worms and argued that Man-eating Flower’s group needed his knowledge and access to the Greater Grail to turn the war around.
• Sakura Matou’s dream darkened as she watched Shirou with Rin, but Man-eating Flower put her back to sleep before her despair could deepen.
• Medusa silently condemned the group for exploiting Sakura even as they protected her.
• White Face told Gilgamesh they needed to help their allies, then left the church to prepare the Human Instrumentality Project in Fuyuki City’s ley lines.

Qiu Luo warned Rin Tohsaka that Mercenary Tao had entered the Holy Grail War and urged her to join forces with the Emiya Residence. Mercenary Tao then arrived at the Tohsaka mansion, claiming he had come to cooperate, while Emiya questioned whether he was a Heroic Spirit.

• Qiu Luo told Rin Tohsaka that the Matou residence had been attacked with a high-tech weapon and that Sakura Matou was likely protected.
• Qiu Luo warned Rin Tohsaka and Heroic Spirit Emiya that Mercenary Tao was a lethal fighter who could threaten Servants, and proposed joining forces with the Emiya Residence.
• No Edge alerted Qiu Luo that Mercenary Tao had appeared, and Mercenary Tao entered the Tohsaka mansion as Emiya raised two swords and Qiu Luo prepared his Freezing Qi.
• Bai Cangshu said he had come to work with the group and suppressed his killing intent, but the others remained wary.
• Bai Cangshu told them to stop communicating through Mental Power, and Heroic Spirit Emiya asked whether he was a Heroic Spirit.

Bai Cangshu exposed White Face’s attempt to manipulate Qiu Luo and the other Reincarnators into fighting him, then revealed that he wanted to become a Lesser Grail and absorb Heroic Spirits. The chapter left Qiu Luo agreeing to consider cooperation with Bai Cangshu.

• Bai Cangshu confronted Qiu Luo about the Matou Family’s plan to have Rin Tohsaka wield the Jeweled Sword and asked whether White Face had contacted him.
• Qiu Luo’s teammate reported that White Face had offered to send Gilgamesh to help hunt Bai Cangshu, but Qiu Luo rejected the offer.
• Bai Cangshu explained that White Face routinely manipulated Reincarnator teams and intended to use the Holy Grail’s All the World’s Evil to enact the Human Instrumentality Project.
• Bai Cangshu decided not to attack Sakura Matou yet because he wanted to become a Lesser Grail and absorb Heroic Spirits before they died.
• Bai Cangshu offered Qiu Luo a partnership and promised to honor their contract, and Qiu Luo eventually nodded.

At Ryūdō Temple, Artoria fought Sasaki Kojirō while Shirou Emiya struggled with staying back and Qiu Luo weighed the danger of opposing Gilgamesh. In Bai Cangshu’s Consciousness Space, the Death God had changed after devouring an ice-blue-haired woman, as factions formed among the spirit bodies and Bai Cangshu called someone to him.

• Sasaki Kojirō drew Monohoshizao and descended to confront the visitors at the mountain gate.
• Artoria revealed herself and attacked Sasaki Kojirō with her invisible Excalibur while Shirou Emiya worried and Rin Tohsaka rebuked him.
• Qiu Luo read updates confirming White Face had gained Gilgamesh’s trust and hesitated over whether to oppose him or honor his cooperation with Mercenary Tao.
• Bai Cangshu examined a spirit-body fragment while Satoru Gojo and Millennium Worm explained that the Death God had changed after devouring an ice-blue-haired woman.
• Bai Cangshu surveyed the factions and spirit bodies in the Consciousness Space, then raised his hand and called someone toward him.

Bai Cangshu used the Vortex of the Heart to absorb Reishi and overwhelm the Death God with Spiritual Pressure. He forced the Death God to submit, named him Black Face, and left Millennium Worm wondering whether the dead spiritual bodies could be resurrected.

• The Death God challenged Bai Cangshu and refused his command to approach, believing himself a god who could reclaim his divine position.
• Bai Cangshu stepped down from the Throne of the Heart and used his spiritual body to walk through the air by condensing Reishi beneath his feet.
• Bai Cangshu drew Reishi from nearby dark spirits, causing them to shatter as his Spiritual Pressure grew overwhelming.
• Bai Cangshu ordered the Death God to kneel, then pressed him into the ground and cracked his Hannya mask.
• Bai Cangshu named the subdued Death God Black Face, while Millennium Worm compared Bai Cangshu's appearance to the Soul King and wondered if resurrection was possible.

Bai Cangshu interrupted the duel between Saber and Sasaki Kojirō, then defeated Kojirō by using overwhelming speed and strength to counter and reproduce his secret sword. He entered Ryūdō Temple, where Medea and a man in a black suit were waiting.

• Sasaki Kojirō pressured Saber with his swordsmanship, but Qiu Luo sensed Bai Cangshu’s Spiritual Pressure before he could intervene.
• Bai Cangshu released a burst of force that cracked the ground and challenged Sasaki Kojirō to use his secret sword.
• Sasaki Kojirō struck with Swallow Reversal, but Bai Cangshu used his speed to block all three attacks and wound him.
• Bai Cangshu copied Swallow Reversal and inflicted three wounds on Sasaki Kojirō, then told Qiu Luo to keep him alive.
• Bai Cangshu crossed the Magic Barrier at Ryūdō Temple and found Medea and a man in a black suit waiting.

Bai Cangshu confronted Medea and Souichirou Kuzuki inside the barrier and forced Medea to consider joining his alliance. Gunfire then revealed Kiritsugu Emiya, who was killed again in front of Shirou Emiya, driving Shirou toward Mercenary Tao.

• Bai Cangshu threatened to kill Souichirou Kuzuki unless Medea joined his alliance, and Medea begged to keep Souichirou alive.
• Kiritsugu Emiya fired at Bai Cangshu, who dodged the shots and moved away from Medea and Souichirou.
• Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya broke through the barrier and arrived at Ryūdō Temple with Heroic Spirit Emiya and Saber.
• Qiu Luo spotted Kiritsugu Emiya regenerating from the rubble, but Mercenary Tao blasted through Kiritsugu's head.
• Shirou Emiya watched Kiritsugu fall and advanced toward Mercenary Tao as a sword began appearing in his hand.

Bai Cangshu confronted Kiritsugu Emiya at Ryūdō Temple and tried to learn what had transformed him. Kiritsugu’s memories revealed that a golden-haired woman had bitten him and promised him a second life.

• Shirou Emiya tried to rush Mercenary Tao, but Rin Tohsaka and Saber stopped him after noticing Kiritsugu Emiya’s monstrous regeneration.
• Kiritsugu Emiya used Time Alter and fired Origin Bullets at Bai Cangshu, who caught one and absorbed its impact without injury.
• Bai Cangshu taunted Kiritsugu while Qiu Luo led Medea and the others toward the Greater Grail and secretly considered having his team assassinate Illya.
• Bai Cangshu seized Kiritsugu and asked whether the Greater Grail’s Black Mud or a True Ancestor had transformed him.
• Bai Cangshu touched Kiritsugu’s brow and saw a golden-haired woman bite Kiritsugu’s neck, promising him a second life.

Bai Cangshu confronted Saber at Ryūdō Temple as Kiritsugu Emiya fled with Shirou Emiya and a vast mass of Black Mud unleashed Berserker below. Elsewhere, Illya's apartment was attacked by Reincarnators, but Medusa and a black-kimono Heroic Spirit intervened, leaving the attackers in danger.

• Shirou Emiya stabbed Bai Cangshu, but his attack struck armor or a defensive spell and Shirou was engulfed in Radiant Flame.
• Saber stood between Bai Cangshu and Shirou, preparing to unleash Excalibur, while Kiritsugu Emiya pleaded for him to stop.
• Ryūdō Temple collapsed as Black Mud surged beneath it, and Kiritsugu Emiya escaped through the dust with the wounded Shirou Emiya.
• Bai Cangshu descended through the rubble and saw Berserker strike Ice Demon Qiu Luo while Heroic Spirit Emiya and Rin Tohsaka retreated.
• Reincarnators attacked Illya's apartment, but Medusa appeared and hurled the armored attacker away after the scans located Illya underground.
• A black-kimono Heroic Spirit appeared behind the armored man and stabbed him with a blade after the attackers realized their expected ally was not Gilgamesh.

Musashibou Benkei attacked Nal, while White Face watched and planned to use a Command Spell against the Lancer. White Face and Gilgamesh then attacked the Man-eating Flower and Illya underground, but Ryougi Shiki arrived and confronted White Face.

• Musashibou Benkei killed Nal’s companion and forced Nal to fight him, while Nal warned his captain that White Face’s plan was a trap.
• Musashibou Benkei revealed his identity, and White Face suppressed her urge to use a Command Spell on him.
• White Face proposed that Gilgamesh destroy the Lesser Grail before they went to find Mercenary Tao.
• Gilgamesh sent Noble Phantasms underground, causing gas pipelines to explode and threatening the Man-eating Flower and Illya.
• Ryougi Shiki emerged from the flames and asked Gilgamesh to move aside, stunning White Face.

Bai Cangshu realized White Face’s Human Instrumentality Project had been progressing independently of the Holy Grail War, so he used Qiu Luo to uncover what he knew. After returning to the cave, Bai Cangshu unleashed Vortex of the Heart and challenged Berserker to demonstrate the Twelve Labors.

• Qiu Luo healed his wounds and faced Mercenary Tao, who revealed his electromagnetic abilities and sensed Qiu Luo’s panic.
• Qiu Luo froze the cave and fled, but Bai Cangshu intercepted him and used a current to extract his memories without killing him.
• Bai Cangshu learned that White Face had Black Mud from the start and had continued his Human Instrumentality Project without waiting for the Holy Grail War to end.
• Bai Cangshu discovered that the Black Man-eating Flower team had betrayed White Face and joined his side, just as Qiu Luo’s group had betrayed him.
• Bai Cangshu returned Qiu Luo to the cave, where Berserker smashed him apart, then activated Vortex of the Heart and asked Berserker to demonstrate the Twelve Labors.

Bai Cangshu fought Heracles in the collapsing cave, testing the Berserker’s defenses and combat instincts. He struck Heracles in the eye but was crushed in return, left with a massive abdominal wound as the mountain collapsed.

• Bai Cangshu activated Vortex of the Heart and used a precise strike to pierce Heracles’s Blazing White shockwave.
• Heracles charged and smashed at Bai Cangshu, who dodged the axe-sword and struck his ribs with Satsui: Great Demonic Spear, but caused no visible injury.
• Heracles counterattacked with a sweeping blow, and Bai Cangshu used Force Dissipation to drift away from the impact.
• Heracles shattered the glacier and cave, while Bai Cangshu realized that attacks below B-rank could not harm him.
• Bai Cangshu tested Heracles’s combat intuition by meeting his punch and firing golden qi into his eye, but Heracles’s force smashed Bai Cangshu into the ground and left him with a massive abdominal wound.

Bai Cangshu battled Heracles while the others escaped Ryūdō Temple, and a massive explosion drew them back into the city. There, they found the King of Heroes trapped in Black Mud and a bloodied girl suspended inside a barrier, leaving the source of the catastrophe unclear.

• Bai Cangshu flew to the surface with Heracles in pursuit, then removed his Satsui Seal and unleashed the Satsui no Hado to face him as Heracles.
• Rin Tohsaka and Heroic Spirit Emiya questioned the strange Holy Grail War as they reunited with Shirou Emiya, Saber, and Kiritsugu Emiya at the foot of the mountain.
• A huge explosion erupted in the city, and Kiritsugu Emiya used a vast magic circle to draw the blast and shockwave inward.
• Shirou Emiya declared himself Saber's Master and joined Kiritsugu Emiya and the others as they headed toward the explosion.
• The group found a ruined golden-red suit of armor, a shattered barrier, and the Black Mud-covered King of Heroes beneath a bloodied girl held aloft inside hexagonal force fields.

White Face activated the Inner Dead Sea Scrolls to merge humanity and corrupt Gilgamesh, while Root Shiki moved to stop her. As the ritual drained Gilgamesh’s power and projected its text into the sky, Root Shiki prepared to cut the ritual apart.

• White Face revealed that she had corrupted Berserker and obtained All the World's Evil as part of her plan to become humanity’s sole survivor.
• Gilgamesh confronted Kirei Kotomine about the Black Mud covering him and summoned Ea after the corruption filled his mind with visions of humanity dispelling mystery.
• White Face lunged at Gilgamesh, but an AT Field blocked his strike as she began activating the Inner Dead Sea Scrolls.
• The ritual broke the AT Field, turned White Face into liquid that splashed over Gilgamesh, and began draining his magical energy and divine power.
• Root Shiki approached with her blade and brought it down toward the ritual’s lines of death.

Bai Cangshu battled Heracles as the Dead Sea Scrolls transformed Fuyuki City into a silent sea that dissolved its people. After fully analyzing Twelve Labors, Bai Cangshu watched Illya vanish into the water and declared that he would not let her disappear.

• Root Shiki was struck by a distant golden ray, disrupting her attack as Bai Cangshu and Heracles charged into the battle.
• Bai Cangshu used Vortex of the Heart to fight Heracles, whose Twelve Labors gradually became less effective against him.
• The Dead Sea Scrolls spread through Fuyuki City, dissolving people into water as the world’s collapse value surged.
• Bai Cangshu’s strength rose with Despair Salvation, and Vortex of the Heart completely analyzed Twelve Labors.
• Illya asked whether Berserker had come to pick her up, and Heracles walked toward her before she dissolved into the sea.
• Bai Cangshu vowed not to let Illya disappear and declared himself a Savior.