Arc 19The Fuyuki Holy Grail War

Chen Li sent his Servants to resolve the Singularities while he confronted the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, defeated its combatants, and restored Humanity’s Foundation. After helping Chaldea and entering the Root with Ritsuka Fujimaru, he summoned Hertia Lizleihi von Einzbern and began preparing to show Artoria an alternate Britain.

  • Chen Li strengthened Black Saber with puzzle fragments, defeated Golden Gil, and sent his Servants to separate Singularities, while Illya gained the power to change other Ilyas’ fates.
  • Chen Li gave Sakura refuge, established a cleansing barrier over Fuyuki, and challenged the remaining Masters and Servants after Tokiomi Tohsaka gathered them at the Church.
  • Chen Li defeated Diarmuid, Iskandar, and Gilgamesh, then faced Ritsuka Fujimaru and the kings she summoned, including King Hassan.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru empowered Artoria with Multiversal Transformation and Kiritsugu Emiya’s Command Seals, but Chen Li stopped her Excalibur and declared the round cleared.
  • Chen Li’s Cleansing barrier restored Humanity’s Foundation, and he obtained Grand Servant Foundations from King Hassan before helping Illya kill Gilgamesh and equipping Ritsuka Fujimaru.
  • Chen Li negotiated access to Chaldea’s Holy Grails and took Ritsuka Fujimaru to the Root, where he forged the Limiter and rescued her from a vast creature.
  • Chen Li removed the Great Holy Grail’s corruption, summoned Hertia Lizleihi von Einzbern, and fulfilled her wish by sending arrows into the future to punish perpetrators of injustice and disaster.
  • Artoria asked Chen Li to erase her kingship, and he offered to show her a What If worldline where someone else ruled Britain.
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Ch. 451Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 451

Chen Li summoned and purified Black Saber, tested her abilities, and helped her defeat a Caster while strengthening her with puzzle pieces. He took Black Saber through a portal to prepare her for future Holy Grail Wars, while new novice tasks and progress toward Crowned traits appeared.

  • Chen Li tested Black Saber’s strength, found her weaker than a normal Servant, and ordered her to face the Caster in the Twisted Space.
  • Chen Li used five Command Seals to enhance Black Saber’s Excalibur, and she defeated the Caster and obtained a Class Card.
  • Chen Li broke the Class Card into puzzle pieces and gave Black Saber fragments that granted her new skills and a Noble Phantasm.
  • Chen Li explained that the Holy Grail War was only a novice stage, promised to raise Black Saber’s power, and revealed that the next Saber would be Artoria Pendragon.
  • Black Saber accepted Chen Li’s invitation and followed him through a Teleportation Gate so he could find her an Exclusive Profession.
  • Chen Li received Novice Task Eight, while a Miraculous Item raised his fame and advanced his task progress.

Ch. 452Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 452

Chen Li expanded Black Saber’s abilities by combining puzzle fragments from several Servants, then set out with her to claim a private Holy Grail from Golden Gil. The chapter left them heading toward their next fight.

  • Chen Li fed Black Saber puzzle fragments containing skills and Noble Phantasms from several Servants until she could no longer bear the burden.
  • Chen Li turned Black Saber into a puzzle, returned the borrowed fragments to their owners, and used the Wondrous Brush to expand her Spiritual Foundation capacity before restoring her.
  • Black Saber misunderstood Chen Li’s request to entrust her body and mind as a request for Mana Transfer, then calmed down over dinner.
  • Chen Li merged compatible skills and gave Black Saber the finished fragments for Instinct, Twelve Labors, and Ionioi Hetairoi.
  • Chen Li told Black Saber that a private Holy Grail belonged to another Servant, and they set out to defeat Golden Gil.

Ch. 453Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 453

Chen Li helped Black Saber defeat Golden Gil, then lent her enough power to cause a minor earthquake before undoing the damage. After they obtained Uruk’s great cup, Chen Li prepared to find another Holy Grail War and considered training a Grand Counter Guardian.

  • Chen Li used Command Spells to strengthen Black Saber, who defeated Golden Gil and received the Gate of Babylon Class Card.
  • Black Saber borrowed Chen Li’s attributes until her light step shattered the Twisted Space and shook Japan; Chen Li spent Karma Coins to erase the damage.
  • Chen Li told Black Saber to improve her control and promised to train her into a Crowned Servant.
  • Black Saber found Uruk’s great cup inside Gate of Babylon, and Chen Li’s Holy Grail War puzzle reached two and a half stars.
  • Chen Li used the Second Magic to locate another Parallel World and considered training a Grand Counter Guardian, while Gaia volunteered to become his familiar.

Ch. 454Acheron: Huh? The Assassin class? Me?

Chen Li dealt with Silver Wolf and Sirin’s chase-game misunderstanding, then used Spirit Origins to turn Sparkle into a Rider and Silver Wolf into an Assassin. Sparkle gained Rider abilities, while Chen Li began considering the Servant profession as a template for further fusions.

  • Silver Wolf fled to Chen Li for protection from Sirin, who was pursuing her over a misunderstanding, and Chen Li invited them to play a Holy Grail War game together.
  • Sparkle returned with Sirin, revealed she had sold Silver Wolf out for extra payment, and tried to leave after Sirin and Silver Wolf temporarily reconciled.
  • Chen Li recovered Black Saber’s fused Spirit Origins with the Wondrous Brush and reassured her that he still intended to strengthen her.
  • Chen Li used an Artoria Rider Spirit Origin to make Sparkle a Rider, despite Sparkle’s protests.
  • Chen Li used an Assassin Spirit Origin on Silver Wolf, but Sparkle then revealed that the Spirit Origin had given her Riding at EX Rank.

Ch. 455Acheron: Huh? The Assassin class? Me?

Chen Li assigned Spirit Origin classes to Sparkle, Silver Wolf, Sirin, and Jingliu, discovering their unusual skills and Noble Phantasms along the way. He ended up taking the Lancer class himself and agreed to let Sirin be his Master for seven days before they switched roles.

  • Sparkle revealed her EX-rank Riding skill and her Noble Phantasm, Fool's Thousand Faces, which could summon a bomb or bring an ally to her while halving their Noble Phantasm cost.
  • Chen Li changed Silver Wolf's class from Assassin to Archer, and she discovered that her seventy-six banned accounts had formed the Noble Phantasm Account Ban in Progress.
  • Sirin persuaded Chen Li to agree to be her Servant for seven days, with a promise that they would then switch Master and Servant roles, and Chen Li took the Lancer class.
  • Jingliu received the Berserker class and discovered her EX-rank Madness Enhancement and Fallen into Mara EX Inherent Skill; Chen Li explained that her past Mara-Struck condition shaped them.
  • Vill-V ran up to Chen Li and asked whether he had any materials.

Ch. 456Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 456

Vill-V planned to build powerful territories using Chen Li’s materials and Black Grail, while Chen Li discovered a way to make energy-restoring food for Acheron. Illya then wished to bring happiness to every version of herself across the Parallel Worlds, but Chen Li stopped Kyubey before it could grant the wish.

  • Vill-V described the Spiral Workshop, The Depths, and the Land of the Past, and Elysia convinced her to modify the Land of the Past into the Eternal Paradise.
  • Vill-V asked Chen Li for Clock Tower materials and the Black Grail, explaining that All the World's Evils could strengthen The Depths and corrupt Servants for it to control.
  • Chen Li bit into the Black Grail and Uruk's large cup, recording two parts of a charging-type Chaos Recipe that might produce energy-restoring food for Acheron.
  • Chen Li identified Acheron as an Assassin and promised to cook for her, while Sparkle and Sirin argued over who was Chen Li's true wife.
  • Illya used Chen Li's power and the Jewel Sword to wish for every Illya in the other Parallel Worlds to find happiness, but Chen Li rewound Kyubey before it could grant the wish.

Ch. 457Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 457

Illya gained the power to travel through parallel worlds and change the tragedies in other Ilyas’ lives, then found a dead Illya whose fate began ten years earlier. Chen Li prepared to send his group to separate Singularities, leaving Silver Wolf protesting that she had expected them to fight the Holy Grail War together.

  • Vill-V and Chen Li guided Illya to make a carefully worded wish, and Kyubey granted it.
  • Illya received the Illya Encyclopedia, which let her view other Ilyas’ lives, rewind to moments of unhappiness, and travel between parallel worlds to change their fates.
  • Illya found a dead Illya in a picture and realized she could rewind the girl’s story ten years; Chen Li said that world was also his destination.
  • Silver Wolf spent an hour scrolling through Chen Li’s status panel, only to learn she had been expanding one Inherent Skill’s sub-skills while his Noble Phantasm remained hidden.
  • Chen Li opened a Teleportation Gate to send Silver Wolf and the other Servants to separate Singularities, and Silver Wolf clung to him, protesting that she had expected them to fight together in the Holy Grail War.

Ch. 458Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 458

Chen Li persuaded Silver Wolf to tackle the First Singularity by promising her Holy Grails and a Corruption Miraculous Item, then sent her and the other Servants to separate Singularities. The team began their missions, though Jingliu left for the Fifth Singularity intent on confronting Scathach as well as the Mad King.

  • Chen Li convinced Silver Wolf that the First Singularity suited her, and she borrowed Elysia's Beautiful Girl Privilege and the Forced Transaction Coin before changing her class to Caster.
  • Chen Li sent Silver Wolf to the First Singularity through Alaya's reverse summoning formation, with Zelretch confirming she reached her destination.
  • Acheron departed to handle the Second Singularity, and Vill-V set off for the Third with the Black Grail.
  • Sparkle left for the Fourth Singularity and joked about appearing as Solomon, while Chen Li warned her not to turn Goetia and Solomon into a romance story.
  • Jingliu departed for the Fifth Singularity after declaring her interest in Scathach, leaving Chen Li worried about what she might do.

Ch. 459Strange Artifact Forge Starting from Honkai — Chapter 459

Elysia and the others set out to handle the Singularities while Chen Li traveled to the Matou residence and began cleaning up Zelretch’s body problem. Acheron joined the Fifth Holy Grail Grand Prix by mistake and prepared to race for the Holy Grail.

  • Elysia headed to the Sixth Singularity with Eternal Paradise, while Chen Li postponed dealing with the Seventh Singularity and advised Illya on how to change Kiritsugu’s fate.
  • Chen Li punched Zelretch, separated his soul from his body, and tried to cleanse it with a garlic-scented rag before Zelretch reported that Illya had reached Einsbern Castle safely.
  • Chen Li learned that the group members had arrived across the Singularities, then kicked open the Matou residence’s front door to find Old Worm.
  • Acheron borrowed Vimana from Vill-V but mistakenly entered the Fifth Holy Grail Grand Prix, where Pardo won her permission to bring her own vehicle.
  • Acheron asked whether the race was how she could obtain the Holy Grail, and a seaweed-haired Master told her she could also seek out a strange black humanoid Holy Grail.

Ch. 460The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 460

Chen Li received Sakura, the Matou family’s Holy Grail War preparations, and a request from Great Herta for a Caster Spirit Origin. He then used the Peaceful Longbow to unleash a citywide attack on Fuyuki’s most heinous criminals, leaving the Cleansing Barrier active over the city.

  • Matou Zouken presented Sakura to Chen Li as payment for a Miraculous Item, then gave him the Atlas Institute’s Divided Thought and the Book of False Vassals for his Master qualification.
  • Matou Zouken explained that the Matou residence had summoned Berserker, Lancelot, and that Kariya Matou had returned to look after Sakura.
  • Great Herta demanded to join the Holy Grail War and asked Chen Li to find her a Caster Spirit Origin, so Chen Li agreed to kill Gilles de Rais.
  • Chen Li left the Matou residence, drew the Peaceful Longbow, and used three Magic Skills to set limits on its range, Wicked Soul consumption, and effect on targets’ souls.
  • Chen Li declared his judgment over Fuyuki City and activated the Cleansing Barrier, directing the Peaceful Longbow’s arrows at those guilty of the most heinous crimes.

Ch. 461The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 461

Chen Li unleashed a citywide Noble Phantasm that killed evildoers and exposed the Holy Grail War to the public, then went to Matou Zouken’s basement with Artoria to forge a Miraculous Item. The remaining Masters and Servants gathered at the Church to discuss stopping Chen Li, while Gilgamesh endured another barrage of arrows.

  • Chen Li announced that his arrow barrier would spread across the world, planted the Human Emperor Banner at the Matou residence, and used the arrows to repeatedly slap Gilgamesh.
  • Matou Zouken agreed to provide basement materials so Chen Li could forge him a Miraculous Item, and Chen Li took Artoria to meet Lancelot.
  • Great Herta took Sakura to assess whether she could awaken an Exclusive Profession, while Chen Li revealed that Yingying had defeated Caster and recovered the Mage’s Spirit Origin.
  • Ritsuka Kotomine convened the remaining Masters and Servants at the Church and offered three Command Spells to anyone who helped stop Chen Li.
  • Tokiomi Tohsaka explained that Caster and his Master had been killed, that the barrier blocked Mages and stripped Masters of their qualifications if they left, and that only four Master-Servant pairs remained combat-capable.
  • Iskandar invited the other Servants to join him in conquering the world, while Gilgamesh hid his swollen face from the arrows that kept targeting him.

Ch. 462The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 462

The Holy Grail War participants learned that Chen Li had been identified as a Lancer with a powerful Noble Phantasm, though his Master and abilities remained unclear. Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, and Lord El-Melloi II arrived at the church from Chaldea, where Ritsuka immediately prepared to contact the Doctor and the others.

  • Tokiomi Tohsaka shared Gilgamesh's report identifying Chen Li as a Lancer, with Sirin as his Master and an EX-rank Noble Phantasm.
  • The Servants questioned Chen Li's class, ordinary parameters, and connection to the Matou residence, where Matou Sakura and Old Man Matou remained.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash burst into the church, and Ritsuka asked whether the others had mentioned Chen Li.
  • Lord El-Melloi II introduced himself and Ritsuka as members of Chaldea, prompting Kayneth to recognize the resemblance between El-Melloi II and Waver.
  • Ritsuka agreed to contact the Doctor and the others, then reluctantly praised Lady Silver Wolf through her communicator.

Ch. 463The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 463

Chen Li created an immortality item for Old Worm and discussed turning it into a new Throne of Heroes with Great Herta. He then went to confront the Holy Grail War participants and faced Diarmuid at the docks.

  • Chen Li's Mother Nest revived Old Worm as a Butterfly Soul whenever he died, though the transformation caused immense pain.
  • Chen Li and Great Herta discussed upgrading the Mother Nest into a Hall of Heroes and forging a new two-star Artifact using his Miraculous Items.
  • Chen Li left to investigate the sword-rain attack, bringing Artoria along while Lancelot stayed behind after betting that he would not betray his king.
  • At Fuyuki City's docks, Chen Li confronted Diarmuid, Golden Gil, Iskandar, and Artoria, and Diarmuid stepped forward to fight him.
  • Diarmuid questioned Chen Li's claim that they were both Lancers, while Chen Li insisted that Diarmuid was the Berserker.

Ch. 464The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 464

Chen Li defeated Diarmuid with a devastating throw, then faced Iskandar and Gilgamesh inside Iskandar’s Inherent Domain. He swallowed the domain whole, leaving Gilgamesh’s next attack aimed at him as arrows began raining down.

  • Diarmuid provoked Chen Li, who charmed and killed him with a javelin throw that left a fissure in space.
  • Iskandar and Gilgamesh teamed up against Chen Li, with Gilgamesh supplying Noble Phantasms to Iskandar’s summoned army.
  • Iskandar unfolded his Inherent Domain, where Lord El-Melloi II prepared to use Stone Soldiers Eight Formations.
  • Chen Li used Flower Bird Wind Moon to shrink and eat the Inherent Domain, ejecting everyone before Lord El-Melloi II could act.
  • Gilgamesh tried to insult Chen Li and opened the Gate of Babylon, but a rain of arrows appeared overhead and targeted him.

Ch. 465The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 465

Ritsuka Fujimaru and Chaldea confronted Chen Li, whose overwhelming strength and world-threatening Noble Phantasm left them with only a day to stop him. Ritsuka stalled him by recounting the bizarre ordeals of her Singularities, while Gilgamesh returned and she prepared to fight with her allies.

  • Gilgamesh fled after Chen Li’s attack, while Chen Li accused Lord El-Melloi II of attempting a sneak attack and grew furious.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru used a Command Spell to bring Lord El-Melloi II back to her and avoid Chen Li’s javelin, then realized his strength—not the flagpole’s tracking ability—had torn open the sky.
  • Ritsuka confronted Chen Li and complained about the chaotic Singularity adventures arranged as his gifts, including Silver Wolf’s forced praise, Vill-V’s aerial battles and stolen fleet, and Sparkle’s mischief.
  • Ritsuka said the Second Singularity had been her happiest, and Chen Li realized Acheron had gotten lost and never appeared there.
  • Gilgamesh returned as Ritsuka revealed she had been stalling for time and called on her three kings to help her fight Chen Li.

Ch. 466The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 466

Chen Li used the Human Emperor Banner to unleash Galaxy Ranger Heroic Souls against Iskandar and Gilgamesh, while Artoria and Black Saber prepared to fight. Ritsuka Fujimaru revealed his final card and summoned King Hassan by sacrificing Hundred Faced Hassan.

  • Chen Li identified Iskandar and Gilgamesh as oppressors and released the Heroic Souls within the Human Emperor Banner to attack them.
  • Ternan shattered Gilgamesh's rejuvenation elixir with a Hunt arrow, and the Heroic Souls chased Gilgamesh and Iskandar as they fled on their mounts.
  • Iskandar abandoned his Master, while Chen Li told Artoria she was not an oppressor and summoned Black Saber to face her.
  • Lancelot chose neutrality and stepped aside rather than fight Mash, his daughter.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru sacrificed Hundred Faced Hassan with a Magic Card and summoned King Hassan.

Ch. 467The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 467

Chen Li faced King Hassan after Ritsuka Fujimaru summoned him by sacrificing Hundred Faced Hassan, and King Hassan’s death-inflicting strike failed to kill Chen Li. Chen Li restored King Hassan’s Grand Servant Foundation and made him repeat the attack so he could build a Death Angel technique, promising Ritsuka a fair duel afterward.

  • King Hassan appeared after Hundred Faced Hassan was sacrificed, and Chen Li recognized him as the Grand Assassin.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru explained that she had used one of three special cards from Eternal Paradise to summon King Hassan, while Doctor Roman reported that Laplace had crashed analyzing Chen Li.
  • King Hassan considered the danger of the Seventh Singularity, then abandoned his Grand Servant Foundation and struck Chen Li with an attack that imposed death.
  • Chen Li resisted the attack with Ancient Mirror Without Waves, restored King Hassan’s Grand Servant Foundation, and asked him to repeat the strike nine more times.
  • King Hassan agreed and attacked again, but Chen Li dodged and told him to use the Grand Servant Foundation so Chen Li could learn the strengthened death strike.

Ch. 468The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 468

Chen Li helped Ritsuka Fujimaru gain overwhelming strength through a wristband, then defeated him in their promised duel and claimed his side ponytail. Afterward, Ritsuka found the broken pieces of Gilgamesh and Iskandar, but learned that their Saint Graphs had not entered Irisviel and realized they might still be alive.

  • Chen Li explained Ritsuka Fujimaru’s geasa and gave him an EX-rank wristband that let him use magnetic field power.
  • Ritsuka asked Chen Li to save his past self from his ordeals, but Chen Li refused and Ritsuka chose to keep the strength he had gained.
  • Ritsuka attacked Chen Li with his Piercing Death-Shattering Fist, but Chen Li caught the blow and flicked him on the forehead.
  • Chen Li declared that he would take Ritsuka’s side ponytail as the price of defeat, despite Ritsuka’s protests.
  • Ritsuka mourned over the puzzle pieces of Iskandar and Gilgamesh, while Tokiomi Tohsaka insisted Gilgamesh was his Servant.
  • Irisviel revealed that the two Servants’ Saint Graphs had not flowed into her, prompting Ritsuka to suspect they were not completely dead.

Ch. 469The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 469

Ritsuka Fujimaru used her final magic card to empower Artoria with another world’s Excalibur and unleash its fully released attack against Chen Li, but he effortlessly cut apart the beam. Chen Li judged Ritsuka’s efforts favorably and let her count the round as cleared.

  • Ritsuka Fujimaru learned that Monster Reborn could revive only Lancer and Assassin because Rider of the Conqueror and Golden Gil had become fragments, while Artoria was being overwhelmed by Black Saber.
  • Black Saber revealed that she had used her wish to obtain Avalon, giving her an advantage over Artoria.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru used Multiversal Transformation on Artoria, and Kiritsugu Emiya spent five Command Spells to power up her Noble Phantasm.
  • Artoria passed all thirteen restraints and fired the fully released Excalibur at Chen Li, who pinched the beam, cut it off with Judgment of All Things, and ate the fragments.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru asked Chen Li to return her magic cards, and he instead agreed to count the round as cleared and stop making things difficult for her.

Ch. 470The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 470

Chen Li revealed that the pink moon had spread a memetic virus across the world, though he abandoned his plan to turn sinners into yingying monsters. After warning Ritsuka Fujimaru that the Mage’s Association might persecute Chaldea even after it saved humanity, he equipped her with several powerful Miraculous Items and left to speak with King Hassan.

  • Chen Li activated the planet-wide Cleansing barrier, and Doctor Roman confirmed that Humanity’s Foundation value had been restored.
  • Chen Li explained that the Singularity stemmed from the pink moon and its light-borne Moe Ying Body virus, which he had planned to use to create yingying monsters.
  • Chen Li described a hypothetical future in which the Mage’s Association arrested Chaldea’s staff and sold the organization, and Kayneth confirmed that the Association might act that way.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru asked to borrow Cleansing Moment, but Chen Li refused and gave her a Poké Ball, a Wish Seed, and a Friends Circle Terminal instead.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru discovered that the Assistance System could summon Elysia only after she drew Elysia’s card, and Chen Li then approached King Hassan.

Ch. 471The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 471

Chen Li gave Artoria Alter a Grand Servant Foundation, and King Hassan enhanced her sword and Avalon, prompting the Counter Force to mark Chen Li as a Crowned Trainer. After Kayneth and Tokiomi left to seize what they could from the Clock Tower, Chen Li prepared to pursue the Root and heard Kiritsugu Emiya’s wish.

  • Chen Li obtained ten Grand Servant Foundations from King Hassan by repeatedly triggering his Miraculous Forging ability.
  • Artoria Alter accepted a Grand Servant Foundation and reshaped it with Beautiful Girl’s Privilege, then King Hassan gave her another Foundation that altered her sword and Avalon; Chen Li gained progress toward the Crowned Trainer trait.
  • Kayneth left for the Clock Tower with Waver, and Tokiomi joined him after agreeing to give Kayneth most of the proceeds.
  • Chen Li said he wanted to reach the Root, while Irisviel explained that the Holy Grail ritual required seven Servants and the corrupted Grail could not be used.
  • Illya told Irisviel that Chen Li was helping her become the strongest Illya, and Kiritsugu asked Chen Li to fulfill a wish in exchange for his causality.
  • Chen Li asked whether Kiritsugu would become a Magical Girl, and after Kiritsugu agreed, Chen Li refused because he found the idea hard on the eyes.

Ch. 472The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 472

Chen Li revived Golden Gil and had Illya force him to drink the lethal Judgment of the Hour, then helped Ritsuka Fujimaru gain new abilities and asked to borrow Chaldea’s Holy Grails. The chapter ended with Chen Li returning six Holy Grails, each with a small bite that was already healing.

  • Chen Li transferred Tokiomi Tohsaka’s two Command Seals to Illya and gave her Judgment of the Hour to use on Golden Gil.
  • Illya used the Command Seals to force the revived Gilgamesh to drink Judgment of the Hour until he died.
  • Chen Li gave Golden Gil’s Destiny Treasure Chest to Ritsuka Fujimaru, who obtained Gate of Babylon and Collector.
  • Chen Li equipped Ritsuka Fujimaru with three Stigmata, an Adventurer Card, and a Grand Servant Foundation, then examined his attributes.
  • Chen Li asked to borrow Chaldea’s Holy Grails, and Ritsuka Fujimaru agreed to let him take one bite from each.
  • Chen Li ate small bites from six Holy Grails and returned them to Ritsuka Fujimaru as the damage began to heal.

Ch. 473The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 473

Chen Li bargained with Ritsuka Fujimaru for Chaldea’s Holy Grails and its personnel’s traits, then promised to forge her a Miraculous Item to help her grow stronger. After using Costume Cards to embarrass her into cooperating, he prepared to take her to the Root and revealed that he wanted to train her into a Crowned Master.

  • Ritsuka Fujimaru refused to hand over Chaldea’s Holy Grails until Chen Li offered the Mage’s Association’s resources, chances to reach the Root, and free revivals for Chaldea’s personnel.
  • Chen Li kept the Holy Grails in Chaldea and explained that he wanted their traits, while also inviting Ritsuka Fujimaru to join a Holy Grail War in Penacony.
  • Chen Li persuaded Ritsuka Fujimaru that she needed to grow stronger and offered to forge her a Miraculous Item, but she tried to back out when he said they were going to the Root.
  • Chen Li used Costume Cards and information from Ritsuka Fujimaru to make her appear in a pink Magical Girl outfit, embarrassing her into agreeing to go.
  • Chen Li told Ritsuka Fujimaru that he intended to train her into a Crowned Master, while his Crowned Trainer Trait Miracle Card continued extracting.

Ch. 474The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 474

Chen Li forged the Limiter for Ritsuka Fujimaru, letting her access the power of her yingying Monster form and use other beings’ abilities through assembled skills. After she accidentally destroyed the Friends Circle shield and Chen Li rescued her from the Root, he explained that the item’s Elation side effect had prompted her outburst.

  • Chen Li and Ritsuka Fujimaru entered the Root inside a Friends Circle shield while Chaldea staff took turns collecting blessings from it.
  • Chen Li finished forging the Limiter from Deliverance, Elation, Self, and Infinite Martial Practice, then explained its Super Assembly and power-unleashing effects to Ritsuka Fujimaru.
  • Chen Li kicked Ritsuka Fujimaru out of the shield, triggering the Limiter to transform her into a yingying Monster when she faced a fatal attack.
  • Ritsuka Fujimaru struck the Friends Circle shield with a pink hammer, sending it away, and Chen Li rescued her after she encountered a vast creature biting the Root.
  • Chen Li pinched Ritsuka Fujimaru’s cheek for her outburst, then admitted Elation had caused its unusually lively side effects.

Ch. 475The Curio Smith Who Begins with Honkai — Chapter 475

Chen Li purified the corrupted Great Holy Grail, fulfilled Hertia’s wish by sending arrows through future history to punish injustice, and then offered Artoria a way to examine a Britain where someone else became king. The chapter left Artoria considering Chen Li’s What If Miraculous Item while Hertia waited to grant a wish and Merlin struggled over the trait needed to use it.

  • Chen Li shrank the Great Holy Grail, removed All the World's Evils, and restored it before eating half of the corruption as chocolate.
  • Irisviel gave Chen Li the Lesser Holy Grail, and he used a Grand Servant Foundation to summon Hertia Lizleihi von Einzbern.
  • Chen Li accepted Hertia’s wish to save humanity and sent billions of arrows into the future to kill perpetrators whenever injustice or disaster occurred.
  • Chen Li’s Wish Machine Trait extraction advanced to two-thirds, and he received twenty Crystals.
  • Artoria asked Chen Li to return her to the Sword in the Stone and erase her kingship, so Chen Li offered to show her a What If worldline where another person ruled Britain.
  • Chen Li explained that What If required a specific trait, such as Day of King Selection, while Merlin struggled after being roasted over a fire.
Arc 19 of 65
Arc 19 of 65