Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue watched Bazett Fraga McRemitz beat two Magi after she accused their student of desecrating the dead and spying on a Spirit Familiar. When Bazett realized neither man was He Jinyin’s teacher, everyone turned to Xu Yue, who had let the misunderstanding play out.

• Xu Yue considered revealing more of his strength after the two Magi mocked his claim to be an Adjuster.
• Bazett Fraga McRemitz entered with He Jinyin and accused his teacher of allowing him to desecrate souls and spy on a Spirit Familiar.
• The brown-haired Magus rebuked Bazett, who attacked him with reinforcement magic and martial arts, then beat the green-haired Magus when he tried to intervene.
• Bazett identified herself as a new member of the Sealing Designation Bureau and explained that she had noticed He Jinyin’s lingering resentment and his interest in someone’s Spirit Familiar.
• The brown-haired and green-haired Magi denied being He Jinyin’s teacher, so Bazett and the others looked to Xu Yue, who pointed out that she had never asked him.

Bazett attacked Xu Yue after realizing she had mistaken him for someone else, but he redirected the causal strike of her conceptual weapon, First Strike from Behind, back onto her. After the exchange, Bazett demanded to know how he had done it, and Xu Yue invited her to sit down and talk.

• Bazett realized she had attacked the wrong people and punched at Xu Yue, who dodged and caught her wrist.
• Bazett activated First Strike from Behind, but Xu Yue manipulated its distorted causality until the attack struck her wrist instead.
• Bazett inspected her burned wrist and asked Xu Yue how he had countered her weapon.
• Green Hair and the brown-haired man watched Xu Yue gain the upper hand and reconsidered their assumptions about him.
• Xu Yue invited Bazett to sit down and talk.

Xu Yue explained the danger resentful spirits posed to ordinary people and invited Bazett to visit Port City, then helped integrate her family’s inherited Noble Phantasm into her Magic Crest. After a month at the Clock Tower, he completed the work and prepared to meet Waver’s wife before Waver was taken away over his debts.

• Xu Yue revealed that he had understood Bazett’s inherited causality-twisting technique, while the two defeated Magi left and He Jinyin closed the door behind them.
• Bazett questioned Xu Yue about the resentful spirits surrounding his disciple, and Xu Yue described the harm they caused ordinary people and the Miscellany Department’s experiences in Port City.
• Xu Yue invited Bazett to Port City, then proposed integrating her family’s inherited Noble Phantasm into her Magic Crest; she agreed after initially expressing doubt.
• Xu Yue spent a month at the Clock Tower analyzing Bazett’s family treasure, integrated its function into her Magic Crest, and added a foundation of causality to his own Crest.
• Bazett tested her new ability and found it convenient, while Xu Yue decided to go meet Waver’s wife before Waver was taken away to repay his debts.

Rinies El-Melloi Archizolte weighed whether to recruit Waver and a newly noticed tuner and combat-oriented Magus to help restore the ruined El-Melloi Faction. She remained uncertain about inviting the newcomers or using the Lordship title to secure their loyalty.

• Rinies reviewed information about Waver and considered making him the faction's shield and ally.
• Rinies learned that a tuner and a powerful young combat Magus had drawn interest from several Clock Tower factions but had not accepted any invitations.
• Rinies considered recruiting the pair to help repair the Magic Crest and sustain the Archibald family.
• Rinies reasoned that Waver's guilt over Kaineth's death and the faction's debts might bind him without offering the Lordship title.
• Rinies hesitated to give outsiders the title of Lord, fearing she would lose control of what happened afterward.

Rinies captured Waver and persuaded him to take on the El-Melloi Faction’s debt and repair its Magic Crest, but Xu Yue and Bazett arrived to retrieve him. Waver chose to stay with Rinies, then eagerly accepted Xu Yue’s offer to work with him.

• Rinies interrogated Waver after capturing him, and Waver agreed to take on the El-Melloi Faction’s debt and help repair its Magic Crest.
• Xu Yue, Bazett, and He Jinyin broke into Rinies’s chamber and found Waver hanging upside down.
• Rinies admitted that she had ordered Waver’s abduction, while Xu Yue freed Waver and teased Rinies by messing up her hair.
• Xu Yue invited Waver to assist a friend with research, but Waver said he had already accepted Rinies’s invitation and demanded compensation for the damage to the door and walls.
• After Xu Yue offered to pay twice the repair cost and mentioned a consultation fee, Waver grabbed his hand and eagerly asked to join him.

Xu Yue’s cooperation with Waver and the El-Melloi Faction drew new attention from rival factions, so he brought Waver, Rinies, Bazett, and the others to Port City. There, Waver became interested in He Jinyin’s magecraft methods, and Atram arrived to drive them, offering hope that Rinies’s family could repay its debts.

• Other Clock Tower factions speculated that Rinies had secured Xu Yue and Bazett’s support by promising them the El-Melloi Lord title.
• Xu Yue took Waver, Rinies, Bazett, He Jinyin, and the others from London back to Port City.
• Rinies insulted Port City’s magecraft, while Waver praised He Jinyin’s rapid progress and asked about his magecraft tools and methods.
• Atram arrived at the airport and suppressed his anger at Rinies because Xu Yue was present.
• Xu Yue told Waver and Rinies that Atram needed Waver’s help and could afford to pay, giving them hope of repaying their debts.

Xu Yue, Rinies, and Atram met at Tang Niu’s kitchen, where Rinies recognized the potential of his cooking and proposed an alliance. Xu Yue accepted the El-Melloi Lord title, leaving the faction tied to his plans to restore its Magic Crest and settle its debts.

• Xu Yue told Rinies he could likely repair the El-Melloi Magic Crest, then brought her and the others to Tang Niu’s kitchen to discuss cooperation.
• Tang Niu served his dishes, leaving Rinies and Waver amazed by the food and making Rinies see its commercial potential.
• Rinies offered Xu Yue the El-Melloi Lord title in exchange for their alliance, and Xu Yue accepted.
• Rinies called Xu Yue Elder Brother, while Atram wondered why his Mana Crystal Workshop had not yet been presented.

Rinies saw how Xu Yue’s mana crystal process could reshape the magecraft world and secured El-Melloi’s share of its profits. With Waver and Atram helping develop the workshops and factories, the new industries spread worldwide and disrupted traditional mana markets.

• Rinies regretted not investing earlier after seeing the high-purity mana crystals, and Xu Yue promised El-Melloi a share of the Magecraft Workshop’s profits.
• Waver praised Xu Yue’s mana crystal workshop as practical, cost-effective technology, while Atram challenged his understanding of it.
• Tang Niu’s Gourmet Magecraft Workshops and Atram’s mana crystal factories expanded rapidly with Xu Yue’s backing and funding from the Galiasta family.
• The workshops offered medicinal cuisine to restore people who donated mana, drawing long lines in India and making it the leading producer of mana crystals.
• Atram’s family began selling the abundant crystals, driving down prices and threatening families that relied on traditional mana sources.

A hired Magus tried to assassinate Xu Yue in Port City, but Xu Yue stopped the enchanted bullet with a self-made Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid. The assassin fled, only to find Xu Yue waiting at the end of his escape route.

• A bearded assassin accepted a job to kill Xu Yue, the new El-Melloi Lord, while dark Magi gathered in Port City for the bounty.
• Atram, Rinies, and Waver discussed the threat, but Xu Yue chose to stay and test his restored Magic Crest.
• Xu Yue used his self-made Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid to block an enchanted sniper round fired from far away.
• Bazett pursued the sniper, while the assassin fled and realized Xu Yue's weapon matched the El-Melloi faction's Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid.
• Xu Yue stepped through a spatial rift in front of the assassin's escape route.

Xu Yue killed a bounty hunter who had taken a job against him, using a projected Anti-materiel Rifle shot that rewrote causality. Bazett arrived afterward, found the body, and left as the police approached, while a black mist took the corpse’s head.

• The bearded bounty hunter told Xu Yue that several professionals had accepted the assignment, including someone under a Sealing Designation.
• Xu Yue challenged the bounty hunter to survive a shot from a projected Anti-materiel Rifle, and the man raised three Noble Phantasm armor plates as protection.
• Xu Yue’s shot bypassed the defenses and killed the bounty hunter, revealing a rough version of an attack that made every shot hit.
• Bazett arrived with the rifle she had recovered, found the corpse, and left when she heard approaching sirens.
• A black mist enveloped the corpse and carried away its head.

Bounty hunters gathered to study the new Monarch’s abilities after he killed the bearded man, and a Sealing Designation mage identified a suspected Karma Reversal attack. The mage forced the hunters to cooperate, revealing that his plan depended on them taking the Monarch’s causality attacks for him.

• Bounty hunters watched evidence of the bearded man’s death and discussed the new Monarch’s projected gun and defensive abilities.
• The Sealing Designation mage showed that an autonomous Noble Phantasm could block controlled gunfire and explained how the victim’s armor had failed.
• The mage replayed the fatal shot and concluded that the new Monarch had likely used Karma Reversal.
• Several hunters considered withdrawing, but the mage killed one and demanded that everyone cooperate so he could claim the Monarch’s corpse and Magic Crest.
• The mage told the hunters to take the Monarch’s causality attacks, saying they would survive if someone else died.

At Tang Niu's Magecraft Workshop, Xu Yue and Bazett told the Brave Detectives that the bounty hunter who had tried to assassinate them was later found dead, apparently killed by someone who took his head to investigate his soul. Xu Yue revealed that he worked with powerful mages, leaving Huang Yaozu to recognize that these masters could help protect the city.

• Chan Ka Kui and the others watched reports of a headless bounty hunter killed by an Anti-materiel Rifle and discussed the heavy weapons appearing around Port City.
• Bazett said the bounty hunter had still had his head when she left the scene after he tried to assassinate them.
• Xu Yue explained that the attack was likely connected to the interests threatened by God of Cookery Group and his oil-rich tycoon partnership, and said Bazett was a skilled combat mage.
• The Middle Eastern Golden-Haired Dog suggested that whoever took the head intended to use necromancy to question the dead man's soul.
• Xu Yue told Huang Yaozu that he and his companions were the masters Huang had been seeking, and connected their influence to Wall Street's sudden retreat.

Xu Yue and Bazett sensed that bounty hunters were watching them, and Xu Yue arranged for Huang Yaozu to help protect civilians in exchange for magical tools. The hunters identified a chance to attack while Atram and Rinies were away at a banquet, and their Sealing Designation leader prepared to test a countermeasure against Xu Yue.

• Bazett sensed hostile watchers, and Xu Yue dismissed them as cautious bounty hunters targeting him.
• Huang Yaozu offered assistance, and Xu Yue asked him to prepare evacuations in exchange for leaving protective magic items with the Miscellaneous Affairs Department.
• The bounty hunters discussed Xu Yue's routines and planned to lure Bazett away before attacking him.
• Atram and Rinies went to Sir Li's banquet, leaving Xu Yue, Bazett, Tang Niu, and the department members at Tang Niu's kitchen.
• The Sealing Designation leader chose to attack during their absence and claimed he had found a way to counter Xu Yue's causal attacks.

A Sealing Designation ambushed Tang Niu's Magecraft Workshop with rockets and a horde of corpses, aiming to lure Bazett away and exhaust Xu Yue's magical energy. Xu Yue recognized the attack as an attrition strategy, and the hooded enemy confronted him as the corpses stormed the building.

• Bazett, Rinies, and the Middle Eastern Golden-Haired Dog ate with the others while the planned attack on Tang Niu's Magecraft Workshop began.
• Rocket volleys struck the workshop, but Tang Niu's Eighteen Arhats and a Fluorescent Film weakened the attacks; Bazett rushed out to pursue the apparent retreating attackers.
• Xu Yue explained that the attackers had only meant to draw Bazett away, and Li Jie questioned whether they would return.
• Corpses erupted from the ground and broke into the workshop, overwhelming Tang Niu's remaining puppets as armed figures and a hooded leader approached.
• Xu Yue confronted the hooded figure, who revealed that the attack was designed to drain Xu Yue's magical energy and counter his Karma-based Sorcery.

Xu Yue defended the Brave Detectives from the corpses and the Hyenas, then unleashed a spatial attack that cut apart the battlefield. He traced the hidden enemy’s karmic thread to a fishing boat at sea.

• Xu Yue used Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid to shield the Brave Detectives and hold back the corpses.
• The Blackhand ordered the Hyenas to attack, and Xu Yue killed them with Karma-based shots despite their reinforced bodies.
• The Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid fell silent, and the Blackhand assumed Xu Yue had exhausted his mana.
• Xu Yue created countless black lines that sliced apart everything around the group except the people he protected.
• Xu Yue grabbed a karmic thread connected to the corpse fragments and traced it to a fishing boat at sea.

Xu Yue captured the Sealing Designation Magus after demonstrating his mastery of space and karma abilities. His allies witnessed the battle and realized how powerful he was, while Rinies concluded that her family could be saved.

• The Sealing Designation Magus recognized Xu Yue's abilities and tried to negotiate for freedom in exchange for cooperating with his research.
• Xu Yue restrained the Magus with chains, froze him, and dragged him into another dimension as research material.
• Bazett, Atram, Rinies, and Waver arrived nearby and watched the aftermath of Xu Yue's overwhelming display.
• Rinies concluded that the family could be saved, while Atram and Waver discussed Xu Yue's exceptional Mage Circuits, Magic Crest, and magical potential.

After defeating the hunters who targeted his Mana Crystal Workshop, Xu Yue secured recognition as El-Melloi Lord and forged partnerships with major magecraft families by trading shares for knowledge and resources. Years later, El-Melloi had become the Clock Tower’s foremost house, and Xu Yue learned that Kiritsugu Emiya had died.

• The magecraft world recognized Xu Yue’s strength after his enemies were wiped out, though factions continued to covet the Mana Crystal Workshop.
• Xu Yue shared workshop profits with families including the Einzbern and Tohsaka, gaining Magic Crests, Sealing Designations, Noble Phantasms, secret arts, and knowledge in return.
• Xu Yue’s alliances restored El-Melloi’s standing and influence, making it the Clock Tower’s foremost great house despite its shortage of personnel and foundations.
• Years later, Xu Yue ordered Waver to oversee workshops while discussing El-Melloi’s growth with Rinies.
• A homunculus maid told Xu Yue that Kiritsugu Emiya had died, and Xu Yue and Waver reflected on his life and ideals.

Xu Yue returned to Fuyuki with Rizelette, met Kirei Kotomine and a Sealing Designation Bureau Magus, and revealed that he knew about Kirei’s secret connection to Gilgamesh. He then went to the Emiya residence, where Shirou was mourning Kiritsugu, and drew attention as he arrived.

• Xu Yue landed in Fuyuki with Rizelette and linked his magecraft workshop aircraft to the city's Spiritual Land for backup support.
• Xu Yue dismissed the local officials and spoke with the Sealing Designation Bureau Magus and Kirei Kotomine, while Rizelette warned Kirei not to disrespect her master.
• Xu Yue demonstrated how much he knew about Kirei, told him to pass his regards to a king among mortals, and left with the Magus.
• Kirei realized Xu Yue knew about Gilgamesh and worried that he had uncovered how Kirei used magical energy to sustain the King of Heroes.
• At the Emiya residence, Shirou mourned Kiritsugu as Xu Yue and Rizelette arrived and attracted the attention of those gathered.

After Kiritsugu Emiya’s funeral, Xu Yue offered to adopt Shirou and take him to the Clock Tower, but Shirou chose to stay in his home. Xu Yue continued expanding his knowledge and abilities, while postponing his plan to deal with Old Man Matou after Golden Flash confronted him.

• Taiga Fujimura welcomed Xu Yue at Kiritsugu Emiya’s funeral, and Xu Yue paid his respects before approaching Shirou.
• Xu Yue offered to adopt Shirou and take him to the Clock Tower, but Shirou refused because he wanted to remain at home.
• Xu Yue told Shirou that Kiritsugu had left something in his care and encouraged him not to abandon his dream.
• Xu Yue halted his plan to deal with Old Man Matou when Golden Flash appeared across the road, and he concluded that he and Golden Flash could not yet defeat each other.
• Xu Yue continued analyzing Chronos Manipulation and developing his path toward omniscience, while estimating that he would need to complete more missions to fund the effort.

In Port City, patrol officer Li Guoqiang uncovered a corpse in the car of a suspected serial murderer, who shot him and began tormenting him. The dead girl then sat up in the trunk.

• The Miscellaneous Affairs Department detectives discussed a serial murderer targeting young girls and decided to patrol for him.
• Li Guoqiang stopped a speeding driver in an old apartment garage and grew suspicious despite the man's polite explanations.
• Li Guoqiang found blood on the car and opened the trunk, discovering a corpse.
• The murderer shot Li Guoqiang in the limbs and taunted him as he lay wounded.
• The dead girl in the trunk sat up with an eerie creak.