Chapter Summaries

White Face completed a reduced Human Instrumentality Project and transformed into a colossal being, but Bai Cangshu awakened as a Savior and unleashed overwhelming power with Kaio-ken. His roar produced a devastating shockwave that destroyed Fuyuki City and swept away everyone nearby.

• White Face used the Inner Dead Sea Scrolls to merge with Gilgamesh and deploy a weakened Human Instrumentality Project, turning Fuyuki City into an ocean of LCL Fluid.
• White Face emerged as a giant and urged Bai Cangshu to join Instrumentality, while Heracles roared and Medusa tried to carry Sakura Matou away.
• Root Shiki recognized Bai Cangshu as the chosen Savior, then vanished into the LCL Fluid after losing the Counter Force's blessing.
• Bai Cangshu rejected Instrumentality, activated Despair Savior Mode, received Gaia and Alaya's blessings, and used Kaio-ken to amplify his strength.
• Bai Cangshu roared, unleashing a shockwave that devastated Fuyuki City, swallowed Saber and Shirou Emiya, and toppled White Face toward the sea.

Bai Cangshu broke through the Energy Tier, awakened Limiter, and unleashed overwhelming power against White Face as her Human Instrumentality Project spread across Japan. He designated White Face as a Purge target and launched a Satsui no Hado Punch, but her AT Field remained bright as the chapter ended.

• Bai Cangshu awakened Limiter after exceeding 500 total attributes, and his body adapted to the strain of fourfold Kaio-ken.
• Bai Cangshu destroyed Fuyuki City with a World-Shaking Thunder Roar and struck White Face with a Ki Blast that her AT Field deflected into the sea.
• White Face accelerated Human Instrumentality across Japan, turning people with weak senses of self into LCL Fluid as she feared Bai Cangshu's growing power.
• White Face noticed another Mercenary Tao appear before her while the Vortex of the Heart burrowed into the void.
• Bai Cangshu designated White Face, EX006, as a Purge target and began a seven-day mission to kill her.
• Bai Cangshu formed a Satsui no Hado Punch and attacked White Face, whose AT Field continued to shine.

Bai Cangshu defeated White Face and ended the Human Instrumentality Project through overwhelming physical force. After containing White Face’s spirit, he entered the spiritual worlds of countless people and urged them to return to reality.

• Bai Cangshu’s Limiter released further as he fought White Face, and he discovered that his strength kept increasing after injury and recovery.
• White Face impaled Bai Cangshu with the Spear of Longinus, but he regenerated and revealed an AT Field strong enough to reach her.
• Bai Cangshu seized White Face as she tried to escape into space and destroyed her giant body with the Ultimate Rakshasa Palm.
• Bai Cangshu caught the falling Spear of Longinus, pinned White Face’s ruined form in the sea, and ended the Human Instrumentality Project.
• Bai Cangshu obtained a Drop Card for defeating Servant Gilgamesh and contained White Face’s spirit with Yin Spirit Possession.
• Bai Cangshu addressed the people in their spiritual worlds and told them to stop huddling together and return to reality.

After the Purge Mission, Bai Cangshu encountered Illya in the shared Consciousness Sea and saw the loneliness and complicated feelings hidden within her heart. He ended Instrumentality and restored humanity to individual bodies, leaving Illya alive and the True Savior milestone partially completed.

• Bai Cangshu watched humanity's memories and emotions become exposed as the Walls of Heart dissolved.
• Bai Cangshu found Illya alone in a snowy forest and learned how her family had treated her as a tool and how Heracles had become her anchor.
• Bai Cangshu pledged to win the Fifth Holy Grail War for Illya, while she sensed the emptiness within him and pitied him.
• Bai Cangshu seized Illya and reversed the power of the heart, ending the merger and restoring human bodies across the devastated earth.
• Bai Cangshu's Despair Savior Mode deactivated, and he received the True Savior milestone with progress at 1/3.

Bai Cangshu earned the True Savior milestone after saving the world, then defeated Musashibou Benkei as the other Masters and Servants gathered in ruined Fuyuki City. With his power growing and the conflict unresolved, he invited everyone to visit a place he had in mind.

• Bai Cangshu inspected the True Savior milestone and Cleaner Scarlet Drop Card after the world was saved.
• Root Shiki appeared, recognized that Mercenary Tao had deliberately endangered the world before rescuing it, and then vanished.
• Musashibou Benkei approached Bai Cangshu, and Illya used Command Spells to enhance him.
• Bai Cangshu shattered Benkei's swords, froze him with Sky Frost Fist, and defeated him, gaining an Anomaly Point and Dimensional Points.
• Medusa, Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, Artoria, and Emiya arrived as Bai Cangshu invited everyone to see a place he had in mind.

Bai Cangshu unleashed a terrifying aura that incapacitated most people and forced the Holy Grail War's remaining combatants to unite against him. He revealed himself as Mercenary Tao and fought Saber and Heroic Spirit Emiya, ending the chapter by hurling Emiya toward Saber as she prepared to use Excalibur.

• Bai Cangshu's aura knocked out Rin Tohsaka and most ordinary people, while Saber shielded Shirou Emiya and the remaining Servants braced against the pressure.
• Heroic Spirit Emiya carried Rin Tohsaka to Rider, and the Servants joined forces to expel the Assassin who intended to end the Holy Grail War.
• Saber demanded the Assassin's true name, and Bai Cangshu declared that he was Mercenary Tao before leaping into the air and attacking her.
• Bai Cangshu dodged Saber's strikes and Heroic Spirit Emiya's blades, while Saber began gathering power to unleash Excalibur.
• A roar blasted Heroic Spirit Emiya away, and Bai Cangshu seized him in midair and hurled him toward Saber.

Bai Cangshu fought the assembled Servants and Masters, killing Sasaki Kojirō and unleashing a lightning strike that erased Sakura Matou and Rin Tohsaka. After Rider Medusa petrified him and Emiya trapped him in Unlimited Blade Works, Bai Cangshu defeated Shirou Emiya and absorbed his Heroic Spirit.

• Sasaki Kojirō attacked Bai Cangshu, but Bai killed him with Wind God Leg: Violent Storm and absorbed his soul.
• Sakura Matou used a Command Spell to empower Medusa, who confronted Bai Cangshu with her Mystic Eyes and dagger.
• Bai Cangshu unleashed Thunder Arrow of Destiny, destroying Sakura Matou, Rin Tohsaka, and the massive rock formation beneath them.
• Medusa petrified Bai Cangshu, while Heroic Spirit Emiya invoked Unlimited Blade Works and attacked him with projected weapons and a replica of Black Sword: Dragon Slayer.
• Bai Cangshu broke through Emiya’s attacks, petrified him with Medusa’s Mystic Eyes, and killed him with Black Sword: Dragon Slayer.
• Bai Cangshu absorbed Shirou Emiya’s Heroic Spirit and gained the ability to sense the Greater Grail.

Souichirou Kuzuki and Medea moved to attack Illya, but Heracles protected her while Medusa struck Mercenary Tao with Bellerophon. Bai Cangshu survived the attack by resurrecting, then turned Medusa’s own Demonic Eyes against her.

• Souichirou Kuzuki and Medea advanced on Illya, but Heracles blocked their path and obeyed Illya’s command to fight them.
• Archer’s Reality Marble shattered, and Medusa unleashed Bellerophon at Mercenary Tao as he emerged.
• The attack crushed Bai Cangshu and petrified most of his body, but he revived and approached Medusa from behind.
• Medusa bound Bai Cangshu with chains, but a crimson phantom shielded him from their grasp.
• Bai Cangshu met Medusa’s gaze and used her Petrification and Charm Demonic Eyes against her.

Bai Cangshu killed Medea and attacked Sakura Matou, but Rin Tohsaka took the beams meant for her. As Saber prepared to strike him with Excalibur, Bai Cangshu activated the Ghost Disc: Shared Fate.

• Bai Cangshu used his abilities to stagger Medusa, while Heracles fatally wounded Souichirou Kuzuki.
• Sakura Matou commanded Medusa to kill Medea, and Medusa struck Medea before Bai Cangshu finished her with a Dodon Ray.
• Bai Cangshu fired Dodon Rays at Sakura, but Rin Tohsaka shoved her aside and was hit instead; Medusa carried Sakura away from Fuyuki City.
• Saber stopped Bai Cangshu from attacking again and shielded Shirou Emiya after he challenged him.
• Saber revealed Excalibur and raised it against Bai Cangshu, who crushed the Ghost Disc: Shared Fate and locked onto her.

Shirou Emiya watched Saber’s devastating strike apparently kill Mercenary Tao, but Tao revived and revealed that the attack had also destroyed Saber. Bai Cangshu absorbed Artoria, activating the Lesser Grail and setting his sights on the Greater Grail as his victory in the Holy Grail War seemed within reach.

• Shirou Emiya found Saber gravely wounded after her strike split Mercenary Tao’s body in half, and she weakly told him to run.
• Mercenary Tao regenerated, seized Shirou Emiya, and mocked him for staying behind.
• Bai Cangshu revealed that Ghost Disc: Shared Fate had transferred the damage of Saber’s strike to her, then began absorbing her with Yin Spirit Possession.
• Illya stopped Bai Cangshu from killing Shirou Emiya as Artoria’s spirit entered his body.
• The Lesser Grail activated inside Bai Cangshu, and he summoned the Greater Grail to appear.

Mercenary Tao’s magical energy surged as the Lesser Grail began leaving his body, triggering a soul examination and upheaval in his Consciousness Sea. As Heroic Spirits were pulled back toward the Throne of Heroes, Medea realized Tao might be trying to claim the Holy Grail and moved to stop him.

• Illya sensed an immense magical energy surge from Assassin, while Bai Cangshu felt his soul tear as the sky opened into a scarlet rift.
• Millions of Yin Spirits rioted in the Consciousness Space, and Satoru Gojo, Uchiha Madara, and Death God Black Face attacked them.
• Medea recognized the Consciousness Space as Mercenary Tao’s and understood that he had imprisoned many souls within himself.
• Medea explained to Artoria that the Throne of Heroes was calling the Heroic Spirits back, and the red light began drawing them out of Tao’s Consciousness Sea.
• White Face resisted the pull, then lunged toward Saber to prevent Mercenary Tao from claiming the Holy Grail.

Bai Cangshu removed his Heart of the Thunder Emperor and used it to resonate with the Greater Grail, seeking to force the Holy Grail War to an end before Illya died. As Heracles struck him and Kiritsugu Emiya fell, Bai Cangshu absorbed Heracles, and the Holy Grail appeared.

• Bai Cangshu carved out his Heart of the Thunder Emperor and made it resonate with the Greater Grail at Enzō Mountain.
• Illya tried to stop Bai Cangshu from fighting Heracles, but Bai Cangshu insisted that she would die if the war continued.
• Kiritsugu Emiya arrived and shot at Mercenary Tao, who deflected the bullet between his Two Fingers and sent it through Kiritsugu Emiya's throat.
• Heracles cleaved into Bai Cangshu's neck as Bai Cangshu absorbed him into his body.
• Bai Cangshu's heart glowed golden, and the Holy Grail appeared as Illya cried out for Berserker.

Bai Cangshu confronted the Greater Grail’s illusion and demanded all its power, accepting the Black Mud despite its threat to Illya and Fuyuki. The Grail’s corruption engulfed him after he seized it, weakening his body while his soul resisted the damage.

• White Face trapped Saber in the Yellow Springs as Mercenary Tao’s plan unfolded and a giant spirit body blasted through the Consciousness Sea’s outer wall.
• The Greater Grail drew Bai Cangshu into an illusion where Irisviel challenged his desire for power and showed him an image of Illya.
• Bai Cangshu recognized the Greater Grail’s attempt to make him reject power by threatening Illya, then demanded everything it possessed.
• Bai Cangshu sat on the Throne of the Heart as the Black Mud engulfed him, then seized the Holy Grail and leaped away.
• The Black Mud’s corrosion immobilized Bai Cangshu and weakened his bodily functions, but his soul passed its damage check.

As the Black Mud threatened Fuyuki, Illya and Shirou tried to save Assassin while Kiritsugu confronted the consequences of his choices. Kiritsugu ran into the flames and mud, while Bai Cangshu’s immersion in All the World’s Evil awakened his power further.

• Illya spent her Command Spells and mana commanding Assassin to stay alive as he absorbed the Black Mud.
• Shirou stood beside Illya with a projected sword and vowed to protect her, causing Kiritsugu to lower his gun.
• Kiritsugu asked Illya to look after Shirou, then ran into the Black Mud and flames.
• Bai Cangshu endured All the World’s Evil until his Immortality advanced, and his dormant abilities began spinning toward the crimson moon or black hollow.

Bai Cangshu endured the Black Mud’s erosion and absorbed All the World's Evil, while Satoru Gojo confronted the spiritual bodies in the Consciousness Sea. The chapter ended with Bai Cangshu asserting control over the Throne of the Heart and obtaining All the World's Evil as a Special Creation.

• Bai Cangshu endured the Black Mud’s erosion, gained stronger regeneration, and continued absorbing its power despite the strain on his body and mind.
• Millennium Worm told Satoru Gojo that divinity might help resist the Black Mud, and Satoru Gojo ordered Black Face to approach the Throne of the Heart.
• Satoru Gojo tore apart White Face, who had imprisoned Saber with her reversed AT Field.
• Black Face descended into the Black Mud but was blasted away by golden light from the Throne of the Heart when Bai Cangshu declared it his possession.
• Bai Cangshu’s absorption of Saber’s power stopped, and he obtained the Special Creation All the World's Evil (Red).

Kiritsugu Emiya pulled Mercenary Tao from the Black Mud, but Tao survived and regained his mocking personality while Bai Cangshu examined the mud’s powers. As the blood moon opened a path toward the Swirl of the Root, Bai Cangshu absorbed Illya’s magical energy and was dragged into it.

• Kiritsugu Emiya entered the Black Mud and tried to pull out Mercenary Tao, whose body reformed and whose golden radiance gave way to black eyes and a mocking voice.
• Bai Cangshu examined All the World's Evil and considered its uses as material, a source of wishes, and a means of bloodline enhancement.
• Kiritsugu Emiya warned Illya and Shirou Emiya not to approach as a terrifying presence emerged beneath the blood moon.
• Bai Cangshu released Vortex of the Heart, draining Illya’s magical energy and sending enormous tentacles into the blood moon toward the Swirl of the Root.
• Illya refused Bai Cangshu’s silent offer to kill Kiritsugu Emiya, and the Root’s force engulfed Bai Cangshu, tearing at his body and knocking him unconscious.

After Mercenary Tao defeated White Face and seemingly touched the Root, the Infinite Dimensional Space spread news that he had vanished. Meanwhile, Cao Qi discussed Mercenary Tao’s growth and the approaching collapse of his order, as an operation targeting him continued in East Xia.

• Sakura Matou fell into darkness after the Human Instrumentality Project, while Man-eating Flower realized she had survived the battle and was then seized by tentacles.
• Cao Qi and the King of Destiny discussed Mercenary Tao’s contact with the Root and the danger that his Soul King project could become uncontrollable.
• News spread that White Face had died and Mercenary Tao had vanished, while Man-eating Flower was the only survivor to return from the mission.
• Jin Yue'an left the public space after learning Mercenary Tao had not returned, and Song Xian and Luoshui picked up Bai Cangshu in Teng City.
• A man reported that Mercenary Tao was suspected of returning to East Xia with Song Xian, and was ordered to track them without using offensive abilities against Mercenary Tao.

Enkidu tracked Song Xian’s group while worrying about the danger of the hunt for Mercenary Tao, and a mysterious ponytailed man appeared beside him before vanishing after an attack began. Su Qingqiu’s team discovered that Bai Cangshu was not Mercenary Tao, and Su Qingqiu reported that the operation had failed because Mercenary Tao had never returned.

• Enkidu used Supernatural Sense to track Song Xian’s group and sent their coordinates to the Kill Bai Alliance.
• A ponytailed man appeared beside Enkidu, relieved his exhaustion, and said he was targeting Mercenary Tao.
• A missile attack struck near Song Xian’s car, and Song Xian sent Luoshui and Bai Cangshu to hide while he prepared to fight.
• Su Qingqiu used Detect Evil on Luoshui and Bai Cangshu but detected no evil aura, then realized the person they were hunting was not Mercenary Tao.
• A gunman urged Su Qingqiu to act quickly, but Su Qingqiu called to report that the operation had failed because Mercenary Tao had never returned.

Bai Cangshu encountered the Swirl of the Root and began rapidly evolving as its flood of knowledge empowered his abilities. Meanwhile, rival reincarnator factions entered Mercenary Tao’s city of Paradise to confront him, while Bai Cangshu drifted farther into the void.

• Ruoyu tried to shoot Bai Cangshu, but Su Qingqiu stopped him and accepted the clone’s offer to reveal Mercenary Tao’s location in Myanmar.
• Song Xian returned to find Luoshui checking on Bai Cangshu, and he decided to investigate the encounter after they reached Yanjing.
• Reincarnators entered Paradise, where controlled soldiers welcomed them before being killed by the arriving groups.
• Mahakala learned that Su Qingqiu would arrive in half a day and prepared to persuade Mercenary Tao to join the Great Sun of Finality.
• Bai Cangshu encountered the Swirl of the Root, activated his Spiral Power, and rapidly increased several abilities as knowledge flooded his mind.
• Bai Cangshu continued drifting through the void as his body grew transparent.

Jin Yue'an tried to protect Mercenary Tao’s hotel from Mahakala and the Great Sun of Finality, but Mahakala overwhelmed her. Mercenary Tao appeared just as Mahakala froze the hotel lobby, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Mai teleported around Paradise while a powerful group attacked him, and Jin Yue'an ordered him to delay them and keep them away from Mercenary Tao’s hotel.
• Jin Yue'an received a promise of backup from Korea, then recognized Mahakala in the sky and faced him inside the hotel.
• Mahakala read Jin Yue'an’s thoughts, discovered her loyalty to Mercenary Tao, and offered her a place under the Great Sun of Finality.
• Jin Yue'an attempted to attack Mahakala, but he countered her and wounded her before black flames erupted beneath her.
• Freezing Qi crashed through the lobby ceiling, and Mercenary Tao appeared outside as Mahakala saw that his target had arrived.