Chapter Summaries

A landing craft roasted a self-proclaimed king who resembled Gilgamesh, and Little Pao Pao arrived with Ding Dang. When the blackened girl attacked with a rain of Noble Phantasms, Little Pao Pao absorbed and collected most of them, leaving the king stunned and Ding Dang demanding the rest.

• The narrator held Rin Tohsaka and Red A back while the landing craft descended, but the self-proclaimed king raised Heavenly Authority's Seven Rings and was engulfed by its engine flames.
• Little Pao Pao landed safely, and Ding Dang emerged from her hair as the blackened king complained that everyone was ignoring her.
• The king summoned an array of Noble Phantasms and hurled them at Little Pao Pao, who cheerfully absorbed many into her Personal Space and collected others from the ground.
• The remaining weapons struck Little Pao Pao's Psionic Shield, while she turned to the king and eagerly asked for more shiny things.
• Ding Dang confronted the king and demanded her remaining treasures and candy to fund their activities.

Ding Dang escaped the Hero King’s divine chains by crawling through a link, and the Heroic Spirit fled after deciding the ordeal was a dream. After returning to Emiya Residence, A Jun learned from Saber that an unknown magical presence had spied on them and vanished.

• Ding Dang challenged the dark-clad female Heroic Spirit, damaged her Rainbow Broadaxe, and escaped the Chains of Heaven by squeezing through a link.
• The Hero King abandoned her attack and wandered away, while A Jun chose not to pursue her so the Heroic Spirits could be kept alive for Sakura Matou’s transformation.
• Rin Tohsaka met Ding Dang and Little Pao Pao, and Little Pao Pao introduced herself by producing a camera and being described as a photography enthusiast from the Delta Star Cluster.
• A Jun returned to Emiya Residence with Sandora, Ding Dang, and the sleeping Little Pao Pao, then encountered Saber guarding the damaged courtyard.
• Saber told A Jun that a presence with chaotic magical power had spied on them and dispersed when discovered, though she could not identify it as a Heroic Spirit.

A mysterious scout approached the Emiya Residence, while the narrator and Sandora told Saber they knew her identity and offered to help with her wish. The next morning, the group watched the estate’s repairs and concealed Sakura’s whereabouts as her treatment and testing continued.

• Saber reported that a strange, weak Heroic Spirit had scouted the Emiya Residence and vanished by dispersing into magical energy, while Pandora revealed that she had detected him and prepared dangerous defenses.
• The narrator ordered Pandora to remove the Space Dark Mines, then gave Saber a Brilliance Aura to help restore her magical energy as they kept watch and discussed the Holy Grail War.
• The narrator revealed that he knew Saber was Artoria and offered to help her if she failed to obtain the Holy Grail, while Sandora explained that they were extraterrestrial observers investigating a danger connected to the war.
• The mysterious scout did not return, and Artoria spent the night considering the outsiders’ claims before gaining confidence in their support.
• Fujimura brought workers to repair the Emiya Residence and asked Emiya about Sakura, but he concealed what he knew and said she had taken time off.
• The narrator told Emiya that Sakura’s physical repairs were complete but that she needed another day or two of testing, while Rider’s transformation had also succeeded and still required further data.

Rin Tohsaka gathered her allies at her mansion and decided to investigate a magical disturbance at Ryudou Temple, where an unknown magus might be hiding. The group reached the temple and met Sasaki Kojiro, who revealed himself as its gatekeeper and prepared to face Saber.

• Rin Tohsaka brought Shirou Emiya and the others to her mansion to discuss the Holy Grail War, where they exchanged information and found that few enemies had shown themselves.
• Rin proposed investigating a brief magical fluctuation near Ryudou Temple, and Shirou agreed after asking that they protect the temple’s residents and spare the enemy magus if possible.
• The group discovered a powerful natural barrier covering Mount Enzo, then climbed toward Ryudou Temple as if they were tourists.
• At the mountain gate, the group encountered a tall swordsman, and Rin belatedly recognized him as an enemy.
• The swordsman identified himself as Sasaki Kojiro, Heroic Spirit Assassin, and Saber stepped forward to face him.

Saber’s duel with Sasaki Kojiro turned against her when his sword strikes caused psionic corrosion, so A Jun identified the danger and let Vega take over the fight. Vega emerged through a Teleportation Gate and challenged Sasaki, promising to match his strength and fight without special attacks.

• Sasaki Kojiro’s swordsmanship overwhelmed Saber, whose stamina and agility rapidly declined during their duel.
• Saber revealed that contact with Sasaki’s attacks reduced her agility, and A Jun discovered that his blade carried psionic energy that had crystallized her arm.
• A Jun asked Sandora to put irrelevant personnel to sleep, but then handed the fight to Vega after Avalon reported that she wanted to challenge Sasaki.
• Vega arrived through a Teleportation Gate, saluted A Jun, and faced Sasaki with her Battle Blades.
• Vega shut off her special attacks and told Sasaki she would use the same strength as him while testing his combat techniques.

Vega defeated Sasaki Kojiro in a technical sword fight, and the group fought off undead attackers at Ryudou Temple. When the temple’s hidden Master stayed inside and Sasaki could not leave the grounds, the narrator and Sandora decided to break in.

• Vega overwhelmed Sasaki with precise attacks, then blocked his Swallow Reversal without taking more than a scratch to her armor.
• The narrator ordered Vega to capture Sasaki alive, but a horde of undead poured from Ryudou Temple and interrupted them.
• Saber, Emiya, Archer, Tohsaka, Viska, and Pandora fought or played their way through the undead, clearing the area before the temple gate.
• The narrator realized Sasaki depended on Ryudou Temple’s spiritual vein and could not be taken away, while the temple’s hidden Master remained silent.
• The narrator and Sandora exchanged a glance and decided to break into Ryudou Temple.

A Jun, Sandora, and their companions investigated a distorted Ryudou Temple that appeared to be an artificial dead zone beneath a blood-red moon. They left the mystery unresolved, arranged to monitor the temple, and went to stay at the Tohsaka Family, where Tohsaka presented A Jun with a detailed bill.

• A Jun and Sandora entered Ryudou Temple and found its courtyard transformed, while the surroundings returned to normal whenever they stepped outside.
• Sandora detected contradictory signs of decay and an absence of all life inside the temple, and Viska showed that the plants under the blood-red moon turned to ashes outside it.
• The group escaped the distorted space, and Vega reported that Sasaki had been bound outside the mountain gate but knew nothing about the temple anomaly.
• A Jun left Sasaki at Ryudou Temple and assigned Avalon to monitor the site, then the group headed back to rest.
• A Jun and his companions stayed at the Tohsaka Family, where Tohsaka gave A Jun an itemized bill that included an absurd charge for her mental distress.

A Jun learned that Ryudou Temple had returned to real space while the Empire prepared defenses against the Heroic Spirits. During a walk, he purified the scarred land from Fuyuki’s great fire and met Ilya, who became ill near the holy water and later revealed that Berserker had been hurt protecting her.

• Tohsaka demanded three years of rent in advance before leaving for school, while Sandora explained that Tohsaka saw A Jun as a father figure.
• Ruiko reported that she had prepared a defensive position, and Pandora and Viska were laying Space Dark Mines around the house.
• Avalon reported that Ryudou Temple had returned to real space, but the false projection that had replaced it could not be found.
• A Jun poured water from Ding Dang’s holy cup onto the scorched land, purifying the lingering foul energy beneath it.
• A Jun met Ilya, whose body reacted painfully to the lingering divine power, and gave her a lollipop after she recovered.
• Ilya told A Jun that Berserker had been hurt while protecting her.

Ilya told Chen Jun that the Einzbern Family had been destroyed by a massive force, so he brought her and Berserker to Tohsaka’s home while the group investigated the danger. When Emiya returned to his ruined mansion to check on the workers, Shinji Matou appeared in the moonlit courtyard and confronted him.

• Ilya said that thousands of Heroic Spirit-like attackers had destroyed the Einzbern Family and badly wounded Berserker while he carried her to safety.
• Chen Jun invited Ilya and Berserker to stay with him, and Tohsaka agreed to shelter them while preparing defenses and planning to investigate the attack.
• Chen Jun and Sandora monitored the distortions near Ryudou Temple and the Einzbern Castle ruins as Tohsaka worked on barriers at her home.
• Emiya worried that the attackers might target the workers rebuilding his mansion, so Chen Jun, Sandora, and Artoria went with him to check on them.
• Shinji Matou emerged from the darkness at the Emiya Mansion and addressed Emiya, Artoria, and Chen Jun smugly.

Shinji Matou ambushed Emiya and his companions with an army of infantry Heroic Spirits, but Chen destroyed the attackers with his strange powers. Shinji surrendered, only for Rider to appear and announce that her Master would test her new power on him.

• Shinji Matou revealed that he had attacked the ordinary people nearby and planned to kill Emiya and target the Tohsaka Family.
• Artoria fought a plated infantry Heroic Spirit, then discovered that Shinji had surrounded them with about two hundred similar soldiers.
• Chen disintegrated the infantry Heroic Spirits with his energy field and a barrage of powerful attacks, leaving Shinji terrified and begging to surrender.
• Chen promised not to harm Shinji himself, but pitch-black chained blades froze one of the remaining soldiers into a crystal statue.
• Rider appeared and told Shinji that her Master wanted to use him to test her new power.

Sakura Matou returned to the Emiya ruins in her Crystal Saintess form and confronted Shinji Matou, then reunited with Shirou Emiya. After the group discussed the mysterious Heroic Spirit army and Rider joined Avalon, they secured the Emiya residence and returned to the Tohsaka Family residence.

• Sakura Matou appeared in her Crystal Saintess form and overwhelmed Shinji Matou’s Infantry Heroic Spirits, whose conversion into her forces failed.
• Sakura spared Shinji Matou and warned him to leave, though her energy radiation had already doomed him to die within thirty days.
• Sakura dismissed her Crystal Saintess form and reunited with Shirou Emiya while the narrator, Sandora, Saber, and Rider left them alone.
• The narrator, Sandora, Saber, and Rider discussed whether the army consisted of true Heroic Spirits, and Rider removed her blindfold and pledged to follow the narrator.
• The group explained Sakura’s armor to Shirou Emiya and Saber, placed alarm devices near the Emiya Mansion, and returned to the Tohsaka Family residence around midnight.

Rin Tohsaka rallied after learning the Matou Family had thousands of weakened Heroic Spirits, while Lin Xue predicted a new anomaly at Ryudou Temple for the following night. As the household prepared for the event, Sakura and Rin began reconnecting, and Sandora and A Jun finally confessed their love and became lovers.

• Rin Tohsaka reasoned that the Matou Family’s mass-produced Heroic Spirits must depend on a loophole and proposed striking their headquarters rather than fighting their numbers head-on.
• Sakura insisted she worked for A Jun to pay her medical expenses, and Rin awkwardly invited her to share a room after Sakura said she would not return to the Matou home.
• Sandora told Rin that their group would handle the Heroic Spirits while the others took a holiday, and Lin Xue predicted an uncontrollable anomaly at Ryudou Temple at 9:30 the next night.
• Rin discovered that Pandora and Viska had destroyed three walls while fighting, demanded that A Jun pay for repairs, and then welcomed Sakura into her room.
• Ding Dang interrupted A Jun and Sandora as they were alone together, but after she was removed, Sandora and A Jun embraced, kissed, and pledged themselves to each other.

After a morning of domestic chaos, A Jun and his companions went to Ryudou Temple to investigate Lin Xue’s predicted anomaly and test Sakura’s new ability. Sakura converted Sasaki into a registered Heroic Spirit under the World Tree, revealing how easily the group could interfere with the Holy Grail War.

• A Jun noticed the Abyss Energy mark on Sandora’s shoulder, and she explained that she kept it sealed inside the Empire insignia.
• Rider asked A Jun for help with a video game, while Sakura and Tohsaka began rebuilding their relationship as sisters.
• Tohsaka asked A Jun to investigate Lancer Cu Chulainn and the mysterious nouveau riche, and he stopped Ilya from going alone to gather intelligence.
• Ruiko’s probes detected an unusual energy source near Kotomine Church, but A Jun and Sandora focused on their plans for the night.
• At Ryudou Temple, Vega defeated Sasaki, and Sakura used Crystal Assimilation to convert and register him with the World Tree Temple.
• A Jun explained to Tohsaka that Sakura’s power allowed their group to poach Heroic Spirits from the Counter Force.

The narrator’s group witnessed the Reverse Side of the World’s destruction and learned that the red moon’s unstable gravity had devastated it, while Ryudou Temple was a point where it merged with the Surface World. Lin Xue summoned Caster to meet them, and the group set out across the treacherous landscape to find her.

• The narrator helped Sasaki recover from his conversion, and Rider lent him a handheld game console to ease his headache.
• The Garden of Departure revealed Ryudou Temple disintegrating as the group saw that Fuyuki City had become a wasteland beneath a huge red celestial body.
• Lin Xue explained that the red moon’s fluctuating gravity had shattered the Reverse Side of the World and that Ryudou Temple connected it to the Surface World.
• Sasaki said his summoner had hidden inside the temple and that he could not leave its gate or stairs, while the narrator noticed his sword had been altered.
• Lin Xue called for Caster to meet the group at a marked clearing, and an energy fluctuation approached from the east.
• The narrator’s group descended the mountain through shifting vacuum and supergravity zones, while Tohsaka, Emiya, and Ilya struggled along Ruiko’s safe route.

The group confronted Caster in the Reverse Side of the World and learned that Kirei Kotomine had given her a black crystal dagger to enter it. After Caster revealed what she knew about Sasaki and the red moon, the group prepared to leave, but the narrator stayed behind with Caster, Sakura, and Rider.

• Caster met the group, and the narrator explained that Sasaki had been converted into a being no longer bound by the Holy Grail system.
• Sandora sensed Caster's hidden master and pressured her to reveal that Kirei Kotomine had given her a black crystal dagger that opened the way into the Reverse Side of the World.
• Caster said Sasaki's summoning coincided with the red moon turning blue, and she described how its light increased Heroic Spirits' power.
• Lin Xue could not see the blue moon, while the group concluded that Kirei Kotomine might know more about the Reverse Side of the World.
• Tohsaka gave up on the Holy Grail War, and Caster revealed she had offered herself in hopes that the group would spare Souichirou Kuzuki.
• The narrator sent Tohsaka and the others back, then stayed behind with Caster, Sakura, and Rider to talk.

A Jun offered Medea a way to remain with Souichirou Kuzuki forever if she joined his group, and Sakura converted her into a crystal statue to make her a new kind of being. Medea accepted the offer and reunited with Kuzuki, while A Jun left her to explain the situation to him.

• A Jun sent Sandora and the others to Ryudou Temple while Sakura, Rider, and Little Pao Pao stayed behind with him to meet Caster.
• A Jun revealed Medea’s past and offered her a way to leave the Holy Grail War and remain with Souichirou Kuzuki if she worked for him.
• Medea accepted on the condition that Kuzuki would not be harmed, and Sakura converted her into a crystal statue before she could reconsider.
• Kuzuki arrived and charged at A Jun, but Little Pao Pao headbutted him and sent him flying.
• Medea recovered from her conversion, helped Kuzuki up, and A Jun left her with the task of explaining what had happened.

The narrator and his companions discovered that the Matou Family had drawn Fuyuki City into the Reverse Side of the World, where the Tohsaka Residence was destroyed by a red moon’s distortions. A force of more than ten thousand Heroic Spirits advanced on them, and Saber prepared to face the overwhelming army.

• The narrator returned with Tohsaka, Emiya, Saber, Ilya, and Sasaki, who had joined them after the narrator made peace with Caster and Kuzuki Souichirou.
• Vega detected spatial instability near the Tohsaka Residence, and the group found the mansion covered in black cracks beneath an ominous red moon.
• Sandora reported that Avalon had moved Fuyuki City into a static space to protect it, while the city’s destruction appeared to them as an illusion caused by the world’s distortion.
• Medea and Kuzuki arrived as war drums sounded and a vast Heroic Spirit army appeared; Sandora identified the force as more than ten thousand troops.
• Sandora explained that concentrating the Heroic Spirits had pulled Fuyuki City into the Reverse Side of the World, while the narrator concluded that the Matou Family had targeted them with overwhelming force.
• The group braced for battle as the army advanced, and Saber gripped her holy sword while remembering a battle in which she had fought alone.

The narrator and Saber’s group fought a disciplined Roman Heroic Spirit legion, using Artoria’s wind barrier, the narrator’s void attack, Sandora’s mental powers, and Ruiko’s weakening skill to repel its assaults. Their advantage faded as the legion adapted and reinforced its ranks, and the narrator noticed something strange about the battle.

• Saber refocused as the Roman army advanced, then used the Wind King Barrier to draw its first javelin volley into a tornado and detonate it.
• The narrator opened a Void Rift among the next volley, destroying the javelins and killing nearly a thousand enemy soldiers in an explosion.
• Sandora controlled charging infantrymen and made them attack their comrades, while Ruiko weakened the remaining enemies with Empire Crush.
• Ilya sent Berserker into the disordered formation, and Saber, Sasaki, Rider, Caster, and the narrator attacked the Roman legion.
• The legion replenished its front ranks with javelins that healed allied soldiers, forcing the group’s initial advantage back into a stalemate.
• The narrator recognized the enemy as the Roman Legion and noticed something strange as the battle continued.

The narrator’s forces fought the Roman Legion, whose fallen soldiers were revived by power from the red moon. After Sakura’s Crystal Saintess weakened that power and exposed the Legion’s losses, the narrator and Sandora confronted the commander, Gaius, as he ordered his Heavy Infantry to attack.

• Tohsaka and Emiya joined the battle while Sasaki, Sandora, Pandora, Viska, and Vega fought the Roman soldiers.
• Vega reported that more than four thousand enemy soldiers had fallen, but the Roman formations showed little sign of losing numbers.
• The narrator ordered Sakura to summon the Crystal Saintess, then discovered that the red moon’s energy was reviving the Roman soldiers and strengthening Sasaki.
• Sakura’s Crystal Radiation crystallized Roman soldiers and prevented those caught by it from receiving power from the red moon.
• The narrator and Sandora crossed the battlefield to confront the Roman commander, who identified himself as Gaius and ordered his Heavy Infantry to attack.
• Sandora declared that they would answer the Romans’ charge with a legion against a legion.

A Jun and Sandora’s forces destroyed the Roman Heroic Spirit army, then regrouped with Tohsaka and the others to investigate how Kirei and the Matou Family had enabled the army to enter the Reverse Side of the World. The group returned to the Tohsaka mansion to rest, while Ding Dang persuaded A Jun to let her stay with him again.

• Sandora summoned Shilin Soldiers through Teleportation Gates, and they wiped out the Roman Legion despite its soldiers’ determined resistance.
• A Jun caught the nameless Roman general’s sword and watched him vanish; Sandora explained that the army’s leader had been Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, also known as Augustus.
• A Jun regrouped with Tohsaka, Saber, Sasaki, Rider, Emiya, and the others, and learned Saber and Sasaki had been wounded during the battle.
• Tohsaka reasoned that Kirei had helped both Medea and the Matou Family gain supernatural advantages tied to the Reverse Side of the World and the red moon.
• The group returned to the restored Tohsaka mansion, and A Jun agreed to prepare a bigger lampshade so Ding Dang could stay with him and Sandora.