Arc 16Chapters 376–393

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Ch. 376Love / Illya Unleashes Her Power

Aozaki Touko explained that she wanted to preserve her humanity and love for her family, while Gorgon tried to shake Illya and Aozaki Ritsuka’s faith in their mother. Illya stood up to Gorgon, but the chapter ended with Gorgon petrifying her and hurling her into the ruins.

  • Nephthys asked what Touko wanted from humanity, and Touko said she wanted to retain humanity’s radiance so she could keep loving those dear to her.
  • In Nippur City, Gorgon taunted Illya and Aozaki Ritsuka, claiming Touko had abandoned them and did not value them.
  • Illya rejected Gorgon’s claims, transformed into a Magical Girl, and attacked her with Magic Cannons.
  • Aozaki Ritsuka reassured Mashu that she never doubted Touko Mama’s love and remembered Touko lovingly watching her eat KFC.
  • Gorgon struck Illya with her Petrifying Mystic Eyes, turned her to stone, and sent her crashing into the ruins.

Ch. 377Illya Goes on a Rampage

Illya broke free of Gorgon's petrification and unleashed a rampaging power tied to the Life Tree, forcing everyone to retreat as she attacked Gorgon. The survivors learned that Illya would lose her rationality, and Aozaki Aoko admitted she had not studied the Life Tree power enough to know how to stop her.

  • Gorgon attacked Mashu while Merlin offered to take Aozaki Ritsuka away, but Merlin revealed that Illya might still be alive beneath the ruins.
  • Illya emerged from the rubble with a terrifying aura, prompting Merlin to evacuate Ritsuka and Mashu to lead the soldiers away.
  • Illya struck Gorgon with a Magic Cannon, severing her arm, and pursued her as Gorgon and Gonggu retreated and summoned Demonic Beasts.
  • Gilgamesh sensed Illya's chaotic power from the palace, while the survivors watched her fight Gorgon and the Demonic Beasts from a distant hill.
  • Ishtar explained that Illya's Life Tree power would adapt to attacks and grow stronger, while Merlin warned that Illya would lose her rationality over time.
  • Aozaki Aoko arrived and admitted she had studied the Life Tree power but had not researched how to release it more deeply.

Ch. 378The Goddess of Creation / Illya Reminisces

Illya lost control after defeating Gonggu, transformed into a radiant humanoid form, and destroyed Nippur City before flying toward Tiamat. The chapter then shifted to Illya waking in a flower-covered plain, where Root Shiki Mommy introduced herself.

  • Illya copied Gorgon’s Petrifying Mystic Eyes, caught Gonggu’s Chain of Heaven, and slammed him into the ground.
  • Illya’s power surged after she let her guard down, transforming her into a radiant figure that destroyed the Demonic Beast horde, Nippur City, and Gonggu.
  • The radiant Illya spared the group on the hill and flew toward the sea, while Merlin explained that Tiamat was alive and that Illya was heading to face her.
  • Merlin revealed that she had prepared an enhanced Command Spell from Touko so Aozaki Ritsuka could command rampaging Illya, angering Aozaki Aoko over Merlin’s treatment of Illya.
  • Illya woke on a flower-covered plain and met a beautiful woman who called herself Root Shiki Mommy.

Ch. 379An Unexpected Development

Illya met Root Shiki in a lucid dream and learned that she needed to find a strong belief within herself to resist her Origin Impulse. After realizing her fear of hurting her family was what had briefly kept her in control, Illya asked Root Shiki to send her to Touko before she returned to the Singular Point.

  • Root Shiki told Illya that her out-of-control body was still rampaging and that she needed to learn to control herself.
  • Root Shiki explained Origin and its impulse, guiding Illya to search her heart for a powerful emotion that could resist it.
  • Illya realized she had held on because she feared hurting her family and friends, and that losing sight of them had let the impulse overwhelm her.
  • Root Shiki showed Illya an image of Touko in another world and said she had sent Touko there.
  • After Root Shiki assured her that the trip would take no time in the outside world, Illya asked to visit Touko before returning to the Singular Point.

Ch. 380She Was About to Be Locked in a Small Room / Time Was About to Accelerate

In Uruk, Illya’s apparent self-destruction and failure to answer a summoning raised fears that something had gone wrong. On Mars, Kakine Teitoku defeated the Sixth Disaster’s true body, but found humanity nearly extinct and himself transformed into Dark Matter.

  • In Uruk, Merlin saw Illya self-destruct in the magic mirror and suggested Illya’s will had taken control or her spiritual form could no longer sustain the Life Tree’s changes.
  • Aozaki Ritsuka attempted to summon Illya, but Remilia appeared instead, and Merlin concluded that something had gone wrong because Illya did not answer.
  • On Mars, Kakine Teitoku confronted the Sixth Disaster’s Silver-haired girl and learned that she had kept her original body and self-destruct program because abandoning the body given by the Creator was a sin.
  • The Silver-haired girl congratulated humanity on defeating the Sixth Disaster, then shut down and said she no longer counted as human.
  • Kakine Teitoku revealed that Dark Matter had replaced his body so he could survive, then flew to the surface of Mars and lamented that humanity was nearly extinct.

Ch. 381Turning the Future Around / Is This Your Mom?

Aleister sent Kamijo Touma through Imagine Breaker’s world backup to change the past as the Beast of 666 threatened the survivors. Touma landed in the River Thames, where a silver-haired angel rescued him.

  • Aleister explained that Imagine Breaker held a record of the past that could let them return and prevent the disasters, but the Beast of 666 accelerated time before she could explain how.
  • Aleister used the aligned planets as a door and pushed Kamijo Touma through, leaving the other survivors behind as the Beast of 666 approached.
  • In Britain, Laura and the Queen of Britain confronted the Beast of 666, and the monster swallowed the sky as darkness descended.
  • Kamijo Touma fell into the River Thames in London, then a white-haired girl landed on him and sent him sinking underwater.
  • A silver-haired angel grabbed Kamijo Touma’s hand and pulled him toward the surface.

Ch. 382Chapter Six Hundred Twenty-Nine: Arrangements for the Future

Kamijo Touma woke in Laura’s clinic after Illya injured his waist, and Laura tried to use an enormous medical bill to recruit Illya into the Church of England. Illya’s claim that Aozaki Touko was her mother stalled Laura, while Kamijo revealed that he had returned from a bleak future to stop Ivy from destroying the world.

  • Kamijo Touma woke in Laura’s clinic, checked that he was still a man, and learned that Illya had injured his waist.
  • Laura charged Illya two hundred million pounds for Kamijo’s treatment and claimed Illya was a Saint with the power of God’s Son.
  • Illya showed Laura a photograph of Aozaki Touko and insisted Touko was her mother, but Laura demanded proof and refused to let Illya leave before paying.
  • Kamijo asked Laura to take him to Ivy, then revealed that he had returned from the future to persuade her to abandon her plan to destroy the world.
  • Laura hit Kamijo after suspecting he was thinking badly of her, and Illya promised to help persuade Touko if she truly planned to destroy the world.

Ch. 383Chapter Six Hundred Thirty: A Clash / Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-One: Illya, You’re Glowing!

Kamijo Touma told Laura about the future, while Illya struggled to prove she was Aozaki Touko’s daughter and was made to work off a debt. After Illya’s arrival forced Touko to accelerate her ascension, Touko gained knowledge of the Root and a power beyond that of a Magic God.

  • Kamijo Touma recounted the future to Laura, who said she would verify his claims and kept Illya with her.
  • At the Clock Tower, Anisha Marshall rejected Illya’s claim that she was Ivy’s daughter, and Laura arranged for Illya to stay and work off her debt.
  • Laura suspected that something had happened to Ivy or that there was something unusual about Illya, while the Clock Tower secretly assigned a Sealing Designation Executor to protect her.
  • Aozaki Touko began her Magic God ascension after discovering Illya was in the world, and Root Shiki kissed her and gave her knowledge of the Vortex of the Root.
  • Nephthys and Niangniang defended Touko’s ascension, Othinus joined them, and Sojo agreed to stop opposing it.
  • Touko awakened with knowledge of the Root and learned that the worldview power of the Nasuverse could surpass Magic Gods.

Ch. 384Missing Mommy?

Aozaki Touko offered the Demon Gods a way to reach a new world in exchange for their power to reshape the world. Meanwhile, Illya’s glowing relief work drew attention, and Anisha Marshall led Illya and Kamijo Touma toward Ivy after revealing she had orchestrated their meeting.

  • Aozaki Touko told the Demon Gods she could help them leave their world and asked them to lend her power so she could become a true God and reshape it.
  • Illya served porridge at a church relief stall, where Laura noticed a sacred radiance glowing from her.
  • Kamijo Touma and Illya sneaked into the Clock Tower to find Ivy but were caught by Anisha Marshall.
  • Illya threatened Anisha with a dagger while Kamijo Touma urged her to cooperate, but Anisha correctly guessed they would not kill her.
  • Anisha revealed she had given them the map and arranged their encounter, then offered to take them to Ivy.

Ch. 385A Daughter's Rebuttal / **Demon

Aozaki Touko reunited with Illya and agreed to return home with her after finishing one last task. She then explained that she and the Magic Gods planned to borrow a backup of Kamijo Touma’s right hand to create Demon God Paradise, a world capable of entertaining them and withstanding their power.

  • Illya reunited with Aozaki Touko and urged her to return home, insisting she wanted her mother beside her on the adventure.
  • Aozaki Touko apologized for treating Illya’s adventure as something she should face alone and promised they would go home together after her final task.
  • Sojo and Nephthys discussed Touko’s gentle side, while Niangniang complained that she had never had the chance to go on a date with her.
  • Anisha Marshall warned Kamijo Touma that Ivy was about to do something unprecedented, and Touko said the Magic Gods needed a backup of his right hand.
  • Touko explained that Demon God Paradise would be reshaped to withstand the Magic Gods’ power without becoming dull, and the gathered Magic Gods expressed anticipation for the new world.

Ch. 386Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-Five: A Conversation Between God and the Devil

Othinus destroyed the world, and Aozaki Touko repeatedly restored and destroyed it while tormenting Laura with the cycle. In a separate conversation, Coronzon questioned an omnipotent God who kept creating and destroying worlds, suggesting that omniscience had killed God's former human side.

  • Othinus annihilated the world, leaving Kamijo Touma, Aenisa, Illya, and the Magic Gods in the void.
  • Aozaki Touko pulled Kuonji Alice, Shokuhou Misaki, Misaka Mikoto, Laura Stuart, and others out of the destroyed world and explained that Imagine Breaker could restore it.
  • Misaka Mikoto confronted Touko over the deaths, while Laura rejoiced at the world's destruction.
  • Touko repeatedly destroyed and restored the world, making Laura plead for her to stop.
  • In the void, Coronzon asked God what kind of world It wanted to create and argued that omniscience and omnipotence might have ended God's human side.

Ch. 387Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-Six: God’s Gift?

After the world was recreated as a multiverse, Misaka Mikoto and Kamijo Touma returned to ordinary life with memories of the Ten Calamities. Aleister learned that Demon Gods could now enter the world at full strength, then reunited with his resurrected daughter Lilith.

  • He forced Laura to experience billions of years in a created world, then erased most of her memories and left her devoted and frightened.
  • He created branching space-times, giving rise to a multiverse and new worlds, including the world he had once discarded.
  • Misaka Mikoto returned to an intact Academy City and cried with relief before the dorm supervisor punished her for calling her terrifying.
  • Kamijo Touma returned to his apartment and fell asleep, while a short-haired blond man acknowledged how hard he had worked.
  • Aihwas told Aleister that the new multiverse allowed Demon Gods to enter without weakening themselves.
  • Lilith Crowley contacted Aleister, who recognized his resurrected daughter, then appeared beside her when she invited him shopping.

Ch. 388Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-Seven: Farewell / Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-Eight: Wishes

Laura revealed that she had become an angel, while Aozaki Touko prepared to leave the world and said farewell to Othinus and Laura. She later appeared before Kamijo Touma and Index, who were discussing Index’s grimoires, and told them that the people chasing Index should stop.

  • Laura told her subordinates that the Lord had transferred her from demon to angel, prompting Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori to react with disbelief.
  • Aozaki Touko reassured the demons that she would not leave without them, while Niangniang and Nephthys teased Othinus about photographs of her sleeping beside Touko.
  • Touko said she would leave in a few days, and Othinus left the reception room after Touko flirted with her.
  • Touko visited Laura while she groomed her hair and told her she had come to say goodbye because it was time to go home.
  • Kamijo Touma and Index discussed Index’s 103,000 grimoires and Touma’s claim that he had met demon gods.
  • Aozaki Touko appeared beside Touma and Index, identified Index’s pursuers as two people who had been deceived, and said they should stop chasing her.

Ch. 389Chapter Six Hundred Thirty-Nine: Does God Love People?

Aozaki Touko offered Kamijo Touma a wish, and he asked her to erase his misfortune before regretting that he had not wished for more. A year later, Touko reunited with Shokuhou Misaki and showed her photographs of their possible future, leaving Misaki stunned by an image of herself pregnant.

  • Aozaki Touko teased Index by pretending she wanted the 103,000 Grimoires, then reassured her and offered Kamijo Touma a wish.
  • Kamijo Touma wished for his misfortune to be erased, and Aozaki Touko granted it with an indelible blessing.
  • After Touko vanished, Kamijo Touma regretted not using his wish for something more extravagant.
  • A year later, Aozaki Touko reunited with Shokuhou Misaki, who admitted she had missed her since the world was reset.
  • Aozaki Touko showed Shokuhou Misaki a photograph of a girl she said was their future daughter.
  • Shokuhou Misaki examined another photograph and was shocked to see herself as an adult, pregnant.

Ch. 390The Journey Home

Alester abandoned his campaign against the Magic Gods after his daughter was resurrected, while the displaced Magic Gods settled into a new world. Back in Uruk, Aozaki Ritsuka realized Aozaki Touko had returned and that her power might turn the desperate battle against Tiamat.

  • Alester learned that the Magic Gods and Phases had left, then chose to make a cake for his resurrected daughter instead of pursuing revenge.
  • Aihwas set off to explore the new worlds created by the Creator.
  • Sojo and the other Magic Gods found themselves in a different new world from Aozaki Touko's, where they began pursuing their own interests.
  • As Tiamat and the Lahmu threatened to destroy Uruk, Remilia fought the monsters, Aozaki Aoko tried to hold Tiamat back, and Ereshkigal prepared the underworld.
  • Aozaki Ritsuka suddenly sensed that Aozaki Touko had returned from the unknown world and recognized that her newly gained power came from Touko.

Ch. 391Gudako / Become My Angel

Aozaki Touko and Illya briefly stopped time to reunite with Ritsuka and explain the power Touko had given her. After they left, Ritsuka overwhelmed the Lahmu on the battlefield and took charge against Tiamat.

  • Ritsuka embraced Touko and welcomed her and Illya back, then learned Touko had paused time.
  • Touko explained that Ritsuka's new power would make her stronger than any opponent, but warned that too much power could erase her personality and existence.
  • Illya explained that Touko could not enter the world in her true body because her infinite power would destroy it, and Touko and Illya departed.
  • Time resumed, and Ritsuka tore through several Lahmu with her bare hands, stunning Mashu and everyone else on the battlefield.
  • Ritsuka threw aside a Lahmu corpse and told everyone to leave the rest to her.

Ch. 392Chapter Six Hundred Forty-Three: Going Home / Chapter Six Hundred Forty-Four: The Grand Finale, Part One

After defeating Goetia, Aozaki Ritsuka’s power saved his fading consciousness, and he was reborn as an infant for Roman to raise. Aozaki Touko returned to Irisviel and planned to enjoy life before pursuing another world with her.

  • A light told the dying Goetia that he could continue living as a human, then sent his consciousness into the future.
  • Roman discovered that he was pregnant, and Goetia emerged from his stomach as an infant for Roman to raise.
  • Aozaki Touko returned to Fuyuki City, where Irisviel welcomed her home and embraced her.
  • Aozaki Touko told Irisviel that she would keep pursuing higher realms, and Irisviel asked to join her next journey.
  • Aozaki Touko agreed to take Irisviel along after they enjoyed life for a while and Aozaki Ritsuka became a savior.

Ch. 393Chapter Six Hundred Forty-Five: The Grand Finale, Part Two

Aozaki Touko returned home and reunited with Irisviel and Illya after Ritsuka defeated Goetia, then invited her many loved ones to dinner in Fuyuki City. She left her parents out of the gathering and promised to visit them the next day.

  • Irisviel and Touko reflected on their family’s departure and how Touko had chosen Irisviel, while Touko assured her that she had chosen her because she was important to her.
  • Touko welcomed Illya back from the Singularity, where Illya reported that Ritsuka had defeated Goetia, and Irisviel prepared to host dinner.
  • Touko spotted Matou Shinji heading to a date with two Emiya Shirous but chose not to invite them to dinner.
  • Touko visited Tohsaka Rin, teased her about her pregnancy with Ritsuka, and invited her and Aoi to dinner.
  • Touko invited Ryougi Shiki and other acquaintances to Fuyuki City, then visited her parents in Misaki City; her mother declined the dinner invitation, and Touko promised to return the next day.
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