Chapter Summaries

Shirou Emiya used his Reality Marble to face Karna, Achilles, and Atalanta while Jeanne and Chiron went after the other Red Faction Servants. He unleashed a storm of projected Noble Phantasms, but Achilles used his Chariot to break through the barrage, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Shirou Emiya told Jeanne he could handle Karna, Achilles, and Atalanta inside his territory, so Jeanne and Chiron left to confront Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, Avicebron, and Semiramis.
• Achilles tried to pursue Chiron, but Shirou sent weapons flying at him and forced him to stay and fight.
• Shirou raised thousands of Noble Phantasms and blocked Atalanta's arrows with weapons from his Reality Marble.
• Achilles brought Atalanta onto his Chariot and drove it at full power, breaking through Shirou's encirclement of weapons.

Shirou Emiya fought Achilles and Karna in the air while Atalanta targeted him with a charged arrow. He healed the wound and turned toward Karna, preparing to clash with him in a battle of flames.

• Shirou Emiya controlled countless projected weapons to attack Achilles, Karna, and Atalanta at once.
• Achilles urged Atalanta to target Shirou and protect Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, and she shifted her attention to the battle behind him.
• Achilles charged through Shirou’s weapons while Karna freely unleashed his flames, forcing Shirou to use his weapons mainly to hold Karna back.
• Atalanta fired a charged arrow that pierced Shirou’s chest, and he pulled it out and healed the wound with magecraft.
• Shirou ignited his greatsword and leaped toward Karna to begin their clash of flames.

Shirou Emiya and Karna fought fiercely while Atalanta unleashed her Noble Phantasm across the battlefield. Their Noble Phantasm clash forced everyone out of Unlimited Blade Works near the Greater Holy Grail, where Shiro Tokisada Amakusa ordered Achilles to protect it.

• Shirou Emiya and Karna exchanged blows across the ground and sky, with Shirou's projected weapons forcing Karna onto the defensive.
• Atalanta fired her Written Complaint Arrow across both battlefields, but Shirou Emiya and Karna endured the arrows without dodging.
• Shirou Emiya formed a bow while Karna raised his spear, and they unleashed Super Illusionary Collapse and Brahma, curse me in a clash of Noble Phantasms.
• Shirou Emiya took Jeanne and Chiron out of Unlimited Blade Works and transferred the Servants and explosion outside, close to the Greater Holy Grail.
• Shiro Tokisada Amakusa ordered Achilles to use World Encompassing Sky to protect the Greater Holy Grail, and Achilles answered the Command Spell.

Shirou Emiya, Jeanne, and Chiron escaped the destruction of Semiramis’s Hanging Garden and returned to the Millennia Fortress as the Red Faction guarded the Greater Holy Grail. Shirou warned that Avicebron intended to use Roche’s heart for his Noble Phantasm, and the chapter ended with Chiron reporting the Black Faction’s worsening situation.

• Semiramis cursed the destruction of her Hanging Garden while Karna looked forward to a final duel with Shirou Emiya.
• Shirou, Jeanne, and Chiron escaped the expanding fireball, and Chiron noted that the Red Faction was likely protecting the Greater Holy Grail.
• Jeanne confirmed that her mission was to kill Shiro Tokisada Amakusa and joined the Black Faction’s cause.
• Shirou explained that Avicebron planned to use Roche’s heart as the core of his Noble Phantasm, so Chiron contacted Fiore to restrain Roche.
• Astolfo, Frankenstein, and the Masters welcomed the group at the Millennia Fortress, where Chiron reported that the Greater Holy Grail had been taken, the King of Romania and Darnic were dead, and Avicebron had betrayed them.

After Darnic and Vlad fell and the Greater Holy Grail was taken, Shirou Emiya proposed using the Red Faction’s plan to save the Thousand Tree Family from the Mage’s Association. He and Chiron outlined a strategy to draw out Avicebron and exploit the Red Faction’s need to guard the Hanging Garden, leaving the Black Faction with a chance to turn the tables.

• Fiore had Roche restrained after Avicebron betrayed the Black Faction, while the Masters grappled with Darnic’s death and their uncertain future.
• Shirou Emiya urged the Masters to cooperate with the Mage’s Association against Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, whose wish threatened all humanity.
• Shirou told Fiore and the others that Roche could help lure Avicebron out, but Chiron warned that defeating Avicebron alone would not overcome the Red Faction’s strength.
• Chiron explained that the Red Faction would avoid a surprise attack because Shirou’s Unlimited Blade Works could hold several attackers while the Black Faction struck at the Greater Holy Grail.
• Shirou declared that the Red Faction’s need to keep its forces near the Hanging Garden gave the Black Faction a chance to turn the tables.

Shirou Emiya reassured Fiore that the Black Faction still had a strong chance to win, then shared a candlelit dinner with Jeanne and discussed his loyalties with Chiron. The chapter ended with Shirou telling Chiron that he had finished the device he had prepared for Fiore.

• Shirou Emiya assured Fiore that they still had a high chance of winning the Holy Grail War.
• Shirou Emiya prepared a luxurious steak dinner for Jeanne, who loved his cooking and became flustered beneath the moonlight.
• The Thousand Tree Family repaired the Millennia Fortress and contacted the Mage's Association after the battle.
• Jeanne and Chiron visited Shirou Emiya, who showed them blueprints for a special device and teased Jeanne when she could not understand them.
• Chiron asked whether Shirou had known about Shiro Tokisada Amakusa's plan and whether he would remain loyal to the Black Faction, and Shirou affirmed that he would fight with them.
• Shirou Emiya stopped Chiron from leaving and told him that the device he had prepared for Fiore was finished.

Shirou Emiya revealed Divine Blood, a special item that could grant and update Divine Blessings, and explained that it could eventually strengthen Fiore until her body could support her magecraft and she could stand again. After Fiore agreed to keep its power secret and place her faith in the Loki Familia’s goddess, Shirou prepared to perform the ritual.

• Shirou Emiya showed Chiron the Divine Blood he had created and explained how his Independent Action let him update Divine Blessings.
• Shirou told Chiron and Fiore that Divine Blood could strengthen Fiore’s body over time, and Fiore resolved to work hard toward standing again.
• Shirou asked Chiron to guard the door while he explained the ritual to Fiore.
• Fiore said she had no particular faith, so Shirou told her to believe in the goddess Loki and explained that Divine Blessings came from another world.
• Fiore promised to keep the power secret, and Shirou began the ritual by telling her to take off her clothes.

Shirou Emiya performed a Divine Blessing ritual on Fiore to heal her legs, while a series of embarrassing misunderstandings flustered them both. Afterward, Shirou said Fiore could stand again with training, and she told Caules she might be able to stand within a few days.

• Shirou told Fiore to undress for the ritual, but she removed all her clothes before he clarified that she only needed to expose her upper body.
• Fiore accidentally exposed herself again while trying to comfort Shirou, then buried her face in a pillow in embarrassment.
• Shirou began writing the Divine Blessing on Fiore's back using Divine Blood, while Fiore grew increasingly flustered.
• Caules waited anxiously outside Fiore's room as Chiron, Jeanne, and Frankenstein reassured him.
• Shirou brought Fiore out in her wheelchair and told Caules that she could stand again with training.
• Fiore reassured Caules that she might be able to stand in a few days.

Fiore began training to regain the use of her legs while Shirou Emiya and Jeanne enjoyed a peaceful lull after the Greater Holy Grail was seized. As the Red and Black Factions remained stalled, Avicebron prepared to use a new Master for Spartacus, and Shirou sensed that the next action was about to begin.

• Shirou Emiya explained that Fiore needed to train her strength and endurance, and Chiron began preparing a regimen for her.
• Fiore trained hard under Chiron's guidance, while Caules joined her and both learned Pankration.
• Five days after the Greater Holy Grail was seized, Shirou told the other Masters to wait, frustrating Serenity Yggdmillennia and leaving the Red Faction waiting for the Black Faction to attack.
• Shirou Emiya and Jeanne grew closer while sightseeing, and Shirou reassured Jeanne that their separation might not be inevitable.
• Shirou sensed that the lull was ending and returned with Jeanne as Avicebron met Atalanta beneath the Hanging Garden.
• Avicebron said Roche could no longer regain his freedom and reached toward a fallen magus, hoping he would be a better Master for Spartacus.

Avicebron completed Crown of Wisdom by sacrificing Spartacus’s former Master to serve as the golem’s core. The Primal Human awakened and began transforming the world into paradise as Avicebron marched toward Millennia Fortress.

• Atalanta watched Avicebron prepare his Noble Phantasm so Red Faction could observe whether Shirou Emiya or Chiron would reveal a powerful Noble Phantasm.
• Avicebron invoked the Heavenly Incantation and awakened the fifteen-meter Primal Human from the lake.
• Avicebron threw Spartacus’s former Master into the golem’s chest, and the sacrifice became its core.
• The awakened golem caused plants to flourish and drew in birds and beasts, absorbing them as energy while reshaping its surroundings into paradise.
• Avicebron urged the golem to establish paradise through battle and destruction, then rode on its shoulder toward Millennia Fortress.

The Black Faction prepared to stop Avicebron's Crown of Wisdom while Shirou Emiya searched the forest for Atalanta. Chiron fatally wounded Avicebron, who merged into the golem and empowered it further, leaving the battle more dangerous than before.

• Jeanne confirmed that stopping Crown of Wisdom was her duty because the golem threatened to destroy civilization and expose the Holy Grail War.
• Fiore urged the Black Faction to fight the approaching golem while Shirou searched the forest and spotted Atalanta.
• Avicebron admitted to Astolfo that he had betrayed the Black Faction and intended to use Crown of Wisdom to save the world.
• Chiron struck Avicebron with three arrows, fatally wounding him.
• Avicebron merged into the golem as nourishment, and Crown of Wisdom grew even more powerful.

The Black Faction battled Avicebron’s giant, whose growing power and rapid healing made it nearly impossible to defeat. Meanwhile, Shirou Emiya captured Atalanta and revealed he did not intend to kill her, leaving her horrified by what he planned next.

• Astolfo rescued Fiore from the giant, while Jeanne blocked its sword and Chiron and Frankenstein damaged its body.
• The giant healed its wounds through the power of the surrounding paradise, and Jeanne warned that it would become immortal if they did not defeat it quickly.
• Chiron analyzed the giant and concluded that they needed to destroy its head’s Spirit Core and heart core while severing its feet from the earth.
• Chiron decided they needed Shirou Emiya, while he ambushed Atalanta in the forest and pinned her down.
• Shirou Emiya told Atalanta her Holy Grail War was not over and produced a strange dagger, horrifying her.

Shirou Emiya used the Talisman of Breaking All Laws to sever Atalanta’s contract with Amakusa and made her his ally. As the Black Faction fought the giant outside Millennia Fortress, Atalanta arrived to help, and Shirou revealed that she had joined them.

• Shirou Emiya projected Medea’s Talisman of Breaking All Laws and severed Atalanta’s contract with Amakusa.
• Shirou offered Atalanta a new contract, while Amakusa realized his connection to her had vanished.
• Amakusa and Semiramis concluded that Atalanta might have defected and ordered the Red Faction Servants to stay inside the Hanging Garden.
• Jeanne, Astolfo, Frankenstein, and Chiron struggled against the giant as its wounds healed and it grew to sixty meters tall.
• Atalanta attacked the giant with Written Complaint Arrow, and Shirou appeared to reveal that she had become their ally.

Shirou Emiya returned to the battle and faced Avicebron's giant, Adam, alone. He unleashed his Anti-World Noble Phantasm, Vow in the Snow, destroying the golem and the transformed landscape before rejoining his allies.

• Shirou Emiya revealed that Atalanta had become his companion, surprising the others and irritating Atalanta.
• Jeanne and Chiron warned that Adam had regenerated and become a towering, nearly invincible giant, so Shirou told everyone to retreat.
• Shirou endured Adam's powerful sword strike, then forced the giant back and began gathering magical energy.
• Shirou invoked Vow in the Snow and unleashed a horizontal slash that split the transformed world and reduced Adam to ashes.
• Shirou returned to the group, received their praise, and asked Jeanne whether he had kept his promise; Jeanne agreed and called him the best.

After dreaming of Shirou Emiya’s past, Atalanta swore allegiance to him and promised to protect his ideals. With the final battle approaching, Shirou prepared the Black Faction for the decisive night and rallied them over a meal.

• Atalanta dreamed of Shirou Emiya’s past and, moved by his fight for children’s happiness, pledged herself to him.
• Shirou welcomed Atalanta as an ally, while reflecting that her wish had become a source of strength despite its impossibility.
• Shirou anticipated Astolfo’s return to sanity on the new moon and assessed the coming matchups, including his own fight against Karna.
• Fiore joined the Black Faction for a pre-battle meal, where Shirou encouraged everyone to fight for their wishes and final victory.

The Thousand Tree Family's Masters and Servants left Millennia Fortress to prepare for battle, while Gordes stayed behind to guard the fortress and negotiate the family's future. At the airport, Fiore arranged a secluded launch point and multiple planes for the coming fight, and Caules confirmed he would fight in her place.

• Gordes saw off Shirou Emiya, Jeanne, Caules, and the other fighters, then returned to guarding Millennia Fortress and negotiating with the Mage's Association.
• Shirou Emiya told Jeanne he had modified her Holy Shroud into three Mystic Codes for Semiramis, Atalanta, and another recipient.
• Fiore brought the group to an airport she had rented exclusively for twelve hours and secured with repelling bounded fields.
• Caules explained that Fiore had acquired ten secondhand passenger planes to serve as decoys, despite their high cost.
• Caules vowed to fight alongside Berserker in Fiore's place, and Shirou reassured Fiore that the group would protect her.

Shirou Emiya equipped the infiltrating team with Guardian Capes to protect them from Semiramis’s poison and magecraft as the assault on the Hanging Garden began. Meanwhile, Semiramis admitted to Shakespeare that she wanted both to witness Amakusa’s wish and to see whether humanity could be saved, while Shakespeare secretly planned to write a romance about her.

• Shirou Emiya gave Astolfo, Caules, and Atalanta Guardian Capes designed to resist poison and magic.
• Jeanne and Chiron flew toward the Hanging Garden as bait while Astolfo and Frankenstein rode his hippogriff and Shirou Emiya carried Atalanta on a sword.
• Astolfo and Chiron exchanged encouragement over the radio as the teams neared the Red Faction’s fortress.
• Shakespeare questioned Semiramis about whether she truly wanted Amakusa’s wish to succeed, and she admitted she was curious to see humanity’s salvation despite enjoying ruin.
• Shakespeare secretly began writing notes for a romantic story about Semiramis while she waited in the Throne Room.

The Black Faction arrived at Semiramis's garden as Jeanne led an assault aboard ten jetliners. Semiramis ordered Achilles and Karna to intercept them, and the final battle for the Greater Holy Grail began at 7,500 meters above the sea.

• Shakespeare stopped writing when a vibration alerted him to the Black Faction's arrival.
• Semiramis ordered Achilles to intercept the approaching enemy aircraft with his flying chariot.
• Semiramis saw ten jetliners approaching, with Jeanne standing atop the central plane.
• Semiramis told Achilles and Karna to wait until the aircraft came close before attacking.
• Achilles and Karna prepared to defend the garden as the Red and Black Factions began their final battle for the Greater Holy Grail.

Jeanne and the Black Faction reached the Vain Sky Garden as Semiramis revealed that Amakusa was using the Greater Holy Grail to carry out Human Salvation. Achilles intercepted Chiron, and their aerial duel left Chiron in danger as the Black Faction’s planes were destroyed.

• Jeanne stood atop the approaching plane with the Holy Flag and challenged Shiro Tokisada Amakusa.
• Semiramis answered Jeanne through telepathy, saying Amakusa was using the Greater Holy Grail and daring the Black Faction to break through the Red Faction’s Servants.
• Achilles charged Chiron in his chariot, destroyed a plane, and caught Chiron’s arrow between his teeth.
• Chiron moved between planes and fired arrows while Achilles pursued him, wrecking the Black Faction’s aircraft one after another.
• Achilles pushed a plane toward Chiron, shattered Chiron’s arrow-struck shield, and attacked with the wreckage, forcing Chiron to flee as the fight turned against him.

Semiramis tried to stop Astolfo and Frankenstein from reaching the Hanging Garden, but Astolfo used his Noble Phantasm, Declaration of Brokenness, to nullify her magecraft. She sent Karna to intercept them as they continued toward the fortress cannons.

• Semiramis spotted Astolfo and Frankenstein approaching the Hanging Garden and fired the Black Coffin of the Eleventh at them.
• Astolfo announced his challenge and used Declaration of Brokenness to nullify Semiramis's Magic Cannon.
• Astolfo and Frankenstein charged toward the cannons, aiming to clear a path for Jeanne and the others.
• Semiramis recognized that magecraft would not stop Astolfo and telepathically ordered Karna to intercept him.