Arc 61The Graduation Exam

Chen Li’s crowded Holy Grail War gathering gave way to Sparkle and Iron Tomb’s attack, while Aha’s death led to his fusion with Iron Tomb. Aha then turned New Penacony’s graduation ceremony into a deadly raid battle, leaving its residents apparently wiped out.

  • Feiying lent Yao Guang the Ying-Riding Reins, and Chen Li gave Aha the Tooth-for-Tooth Armor and the Great Azure Dragon the Many Children, Many Blessings Curio before taking them to Origami University.
  • Chen Li and his companions gathered at the university’s aether-edited buffet, where Silver Wolf’s server system brought together many of his acquaintances and Silver Wolf arrived with Firefly.
  • Silver Wolf’s plan to use Great Silver Wolf as her Servant ended with Great Silver Wolf captured, while Wolf Venerable set out to eliminate the Masters and Sparkle ordered Iron Tomb to infect the server matrix.
  • Chen Li confronted Xu Zhao over her stalled Holy Grail War comic and extended the war until ten the next morning, while Yao Guang and Fu Xuan competed for his attention and Pearl pursued a Command Spell mission.
  • Chen Li gave Ternan a Death Note to use against Original Doctor, then helped prepare Origami University’s anniversary and graduation performances, including Robin’s appearance and Wukexike’s choir.
  • Sparkle’s attack flattened Hua Hua, but Hua Hua drew Wish Power from the audience and turned their sympathy into strength, forcing Sparkle to confront her under the event’s game rules.
  • Sparkle summoned Aha to stop Iron Tomb’s attack, but Iron Tomb’s chains drained A Kivili, Aha died, and Iron Tomb absorbed his power with help from First Ripple.
  • Aha took control of Iron Tomb, declared himself an Avenger, and challenged New Penacony to a graduation exam, and Chen Li allowed the raid battle to begin, and the residents reappeared with gray portraits and zero numbers.
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Ch. 1502The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Feiying browsed Chen Li’s Artifacts and agreed to lend Yao Guang a Curio for twenty-four hours in exchange for a favor, while Yao Guang chose the mysterious Ying-Riding Reins. Feiying left with Yao Guang and an Immortal Legacy manual, and Chen Li prepared to close his stall and confront Aha about stolen Artifacts.

  • Feiying rejected the Golden Trash Bag after learning its attribute-boosting effect required giving away fifty gold coins every Thursday.
  • Yao Guang pressured Feiying into lending her a Curio for twenty-four hours, promising to return it intact and grant her one request.
  • With Chen Li’s approval, Yao Guang chose the Ying-Riding Reins, whose effects Chen Li left unexplained.
  • Feiying collected a copy of the Immortal Legacy and left with Yao Guang to find a secluded place to create command spells.
  • After Feiying and Yao Guang departed, Chen Li agreed to dinner with Aha and threatened him over the Artifacts he had stolen.

Ch. 1503The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Chen Li forced Aha and the Great Azure Dragon to accept Curios, then took them to Origami University’s closing festivities. Meanwhile, Yao Guang gained three Command Spells through Feiying and began establishing their partnership, while Pearl questioned Yao Guang’s connection to Chen Li.

  • Aha argued that he deserved an artifact for bringing Yao Guang and Feiying to the stall, and Chen Li gave him the Tooth-for-Tooth Armor after knocking him unconscious with the trophy.
  • Chen Li handed the Great Azure Dragon the Many Children, Many Blessings Curio, and the Great Azure Dragon accepted it despite his misgivings.
  • Chen Li dragged Aha toward Origami University for its buffet and closing events, accompanied by the Great Azure Dragon.
  • Yao Guang thanked Feiying and insisted they remain together as Master and Servant after Feiying helped her obtain three additional Command Spells.
  • Yao Guang told Pearl that she had known Chen Li longer than Pearl had, and Feiying sensed that Pearl was displeased.

Ch. 1504The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Pearl, Yao Guang, and Feiying headed to Origami University while navigating a tense, polite rivalry over Chen Li. Meanwhile, Xu Zhao’s team realized they had spent the day drawing a school comic instead of advancing the Holy Grail War, and Chen Li arrived at the university’s crowded anniversary festivities dragging Aha.

  • Pearl and Yao Guang exchanged pointed remarks about their roles beside Chen Li, while Feiying tried to keep their conversation from turning hostile.
  • Feiying steered the group toward Origami University’s buffet, and Pearl privately decided that her position as Chen Li’s advisor was secure.
  • Xu Zhao, Castorice, and Gretel realized they had spent eight hours producing ten volumes of a school comic instead of progressing the Holy Grail War plot.
  • Xu Zhao insisted they could still meet the deadline and dragged Gretel and Castorice to Origami University to eat and gather material.
  • Chen Li arrived at the athletic field dragging Aha by the collar, and the crowd stopped treating him as a possible murderer after recognizing Aha’s mask.

Ch. 1505The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Chen Li explored Origami University's enormous, server-sharded buffet field with Great Azure Dragon and Aha while Silver Wolf showed Firefly how she had built and automated it. In the backstage control room, Great Silver Wolf secretly managed the growing server load and watched Silver Wolf, then reflected on their past showdown and the Curio called the [Book of Years and Unofficial History].

  • Chen Li examined the field's phantom buffet tables and learned from Chen Li that the giant projection sphere was the Bliss Star borrowed from the Masked Fool tavern.
  • Chen Li realized the field used aether editing to split visitors into friend-filtered server layers, muted Pixie, and led Great Azure Dragon around while dragging Aha by the collar.
  • Silver Wolf boasted to Firefly that she had created the field's server system, which could expand automatically to an infinite number of servers.
  • Great Silver Wolf secretly handled incoming visitor requests in the control room while watching Silver Wolf and Firefly on the surveillance screens.
  • At eight o'clock, the buffet tables became solid, revealing Great Silver Wolf, who recalled how Silver Wolf had defeated her and obtained a Lv999 game cartridge.
  • Great Silver Wolf considered the [Book of Years and Unofficial History] as a possible exception to the cost of bringing the future into the present.

Ch. 1506The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Silver Wolf used a character card and a loophole in the Counterfeit Holy Grail War rules to create the Lv999 Great Silver Wolf, then challenged her to a battle of words. After winning under the Covenant Gold Coin, Silver Wolf captured her in a Poké Ball and set out to conquer Origami University with her powerful Servant.

  • Silver Wolf created a sentient Lv999 Great Silver Wolf from a character card and needed to capture her to qualify for the Counterfeit Holy Grail War.
  • Silver Wolf challenged Great Silver Wolf to a battle of words, with the loser becoming the other's Servant.
  • Silver Wolf mocked Great Silver Wolf for never having dated until Great Silver Wolf lost her composure.
  • The Covenant Gold Coin declared Silver Wolf the winner, and Great Silver Wolf was captured in the Poké Ball.
  • Silver Wolf took the Poké Ball and headed to Origami University, eager to overwhelm the other Masters with her Lv999 Servant.

Ch. 1507The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Big Silver Wolf manipulated the sports field server to force Chen Li and the people who wanted to see him into the same instance, intending to create an instant romantic confrontation. Chen Li found himself surrounded by familiar women, while the chapter ended with Fu Xuan joining Yao Guang and Feiying reacting oddly to their relationship.

  • Big Silver Wolf redirected server data to bring people seeking Chen Li together, while intercepting Silver Wolf's requests and mistaking unusual affection indicators for a system bug.
  • Chen Li complained that he had seen no familiar faces, and several people appeared around him at once, including Pearl, Yao Guang, Feiying, Castorice, and Polyxenia.
  • Gretel noticed Xu Zhao's fear when she saw Chen Li dragging the masked Aha by the collar, and Xu Zhao nervously greeted Chen Li while pretending to enjoy the barbecue.
  • Vita teased Chen Li about the women around him, and Raiden Ei arrived with a bubbling clay-pot rice noodle soup she had made for him.
  • Great Herta greeted Pearl, then Fu Xuan joined Yao Guang and was introduced to Pearl and Feiying, whose reaction to learning Fu Xuan was Yao Guang's junior sister turned strange.

Ch. 1508The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Chen Li tried to manage the growing crowd of familiar faces at the banquet while Silver Wolf discovered that Firefly’s Servant had connected with him. Black Swan and Constance reunited, and Black Swan agreed to help the exhausted Constance with her psychological troubles.

  • Feiying struggled to hide her reaction as Yao Guang and Fu Xuan surrounded Chen Li, while Xu Zhao was relieved that the crowd kept him occupied.
  • Wolf Venerable watched Chen Li’s predicament and decided to cause trouble for Silver Wolf, who was searching another server with Firefly.
  • Silver Wolf asked to borrow Firefly’s Servant, and Firefly contacted Chen Li, who urged her to find him through their Master-Servant bond.
  • Chen Li greeted arriving acquaintances and refused Black Swan’s request to view his memories until they were alone.
  • Constance arrived looking exhausted from her counseling work at Origami University and asked Black Swan for help; Black Swan agreed to give her a psychological massage.

Ch. 1509The Oddity Forgemaster Who Started in Honkai

Chen Li’s gathering drew more prominent guests, while Silver Wolf, prompted by Wolf Venerable, used her final Command Spell to teleport herself and Firefly to his side. Wolf Venerable then revealed she planned to eliminate every Master and claim the Holy Grail for herself.

  • Pearl tried to explain away Feixiao, Jing Yuan, Huai Yan, and Robin’s connections to Chen Li as coincidences while Feiying questioned her.
  • A pink-haired girl and her lookalike arrived with a group, prompting Feiying to ask Pearl whether the Astral Express’s appearance was another coincidence.
  • Wolf Venerable told Silver Wolf that Chen Li was surrounded by women and offered to merge their servers, but Silver Wolf rejected her offer and demanded a teleport instead.
  • Wolf Venerable refused to help, explaining that Silver Wolf had no authority to order her around, so Silver Wolf used her final Command Spell to teleport herself and Firefly to Chen Li.
  • Wolf Venerable revealed that Silver Wolf had spent all three Command Spells and decided she would eliminate every Master to win the Holy Grail War and erase every loss from her life record.

Ch. 1510Chapter 1510

Great Silver Wolf left the Aether Editing backend to defeat Masters and reach Lv1000, trusting Sparkle to guard it, but Sparkle infected most of the servers with Iron Tomb. Meanwhile, Firefly and Silver Wolf arrived in Chen Li’s server and found Stelle embracing him, leaving Firefly stunned.

  • Great Silver Wolf recruited Sparkle to guard the backend and stepped through a Teleportation Gate to hunt Masters.
  • After Great Silver Wolf left, Sparkle ordered Iron Tomb to infect and rewrite most of the server matrix, while leaving Chen Li’s server untouched.
  • Sparkle checked Silver Wolf and Firefly’s arrival in Chen Li’s server, then turned her attention to Huo Hua preparing Origami University’s graduation performance.
  • Silver Wolf and Firefly switched servers and appeared near Chen Li, where Firefly recognized her Servant beneath his costume.
  • Firefly saw Stelle embracing Chen Li and heard Stelle declare her love for him, then hesitantly asked if she had arrived at a bad time.
  • Stelle welcomed Firefly over after briefly releasing Chen Li.

Ch. 1511Chapter 1511

Chen Li reunited with Firefly at the gathering, where Stelle showed off her Golden Trash Bag Curio and was sent to make drinks. Kafka, Blade, Baiheng, Jingliu, and others arrived, and Chen Li handed Baiheng a mysterious booklet that looked like a driver's license.

  • Silver Wolf shoved Firefly into Chen Li's arms, and Stelle stepped away to show Firefly her Golden Trash Bag Curio.
  • Chen Li suggested Stelle could lend the Curio to others for fifty gold coins, then sent her to use her bartending Curio in the drinks section.
  • Firefly asked how Chen Li and Stelle had met, and Chen Li said Welt Yang had created the image of HOMU in another world.
  • Chen Li spoke to Firefly through the Servant disguised as her hat, and Silver Wolf noticed their private exchange.
  • Kafka and Blade arrived with Baiheng, Jingliu, and others, and Kafka asked Firefly whether she had enjoyed herself.
  • Baiheng asked Chen Li for a suitable Curio, but Chen Li gave her a mysterious booklet that she suspected was a driver's license.

Ch. 1512Chapter 1512

Baiheng received a Teacher Qualification Certificate Curio that could improve students, but it melted as soon as she enrolled the Cloudy Five, leaving her to mourn her lost certificate. Chen Li then spoke with Blade and Silver Wolf, while Firefly joined them and Silver Wolf raised the question of how few Servants had been eliminated with only twelve hours left in the Holy Grail War.

  • Chen Li explained that Baiheng's Teacher Qualification Certificate could identify students' aptitude, raise it to remarkable talent, and improve their personalities through a Last Lesson.
  • Baiheng enrolled Chen Li, Dan Heng, Jing Yuan, Jingliu, and Blade as her first students, but the certificate melted because the teacher-student relationship rules had already been violated.
  • Baiheng clung to Jingliu and lamented her lost certificate while Chen Li asked Blade whether Shuhu was still being used in the livestream's repeated revival cycle.
  • Feiying questioned Pearl about Chen Li's connection to Silver Wolf, and Pearl fell silent when asked to explain their familiarity.
  • Chen Li praised Silver Wolf's Ether Editing and checked that her servers could handle the event; Firefly arrived and saw Silver Wolf feed Chen Li a bitten sausage.
  • Silver Wolf redirected Firefly's mention of her Servant by asking how many Servants remained, and Chen Li realized that few elimination announcements had appeared despite the Holy Grail War having only twelve hours left.

Ch. 1513Chapter 1513

Chen Li confronted Xu Zhao at the anniversary buffet, where she feared he had discovered her private commissions and neglected progress on the Holy Grail War storyline. After Xu Zhao confessed, Chen Li revealed he already knew about her plot cards and had not planned to punish her.

  • Silver Wolf felt relieved that Chen Li had not discovered her illegal summoning and hoped Xu Zhao would bear the consequences instead.
  • Chen Li stood silently beside Xu Zhao at the buffet while holding the unconscious Aha by the collar, frightening Xu Zhao into asking what was wrong.
  • Chen Li reassured Xu Zhao that their arrangement was a collaboration and joked that his crystal earnings could buy her life, leaving her convinced he was threatening her.
  • Chen Li's artifacts earned him a net profit of 1,192 crystals, bringing his balance to 6,478 and giving him enough to cover the 5,500-crystal expense.
  • Xu Zhao panicked, confessed that she had taken private commissions instead of advancing the main storyline, and begged Chen Li not to reclaim her.
  • Chen Li told Xu Zhao he already knew about the plot cards made with the Destiny Drawing Board and explained that he had not pursued the matter because the clients had wanted the commissions.

Ch. 1514Chapter 1514

Chen Li confronted Xu Zhao after discovering that she had spent eight hours on side jobs without advancing the Holy Grail War plot, and he warned that her procrastination could ruin Servants’ farewells. He used the Invitation Space as a deadline tool and punished her for turning it into inspiration for adult doujin, while Xu Zhao’s creative drive remained unchanged.

  • Xu Zhao admitted she had taken side jobs, and Chen Li comforted her before revealing that he had crushed part of [Mom's Tablecloth] with his bare hand and restored it with Minor Refund.
  • Chen Li confronted Xu Zhao for making no progress on the Holy Grail War plot and explained that some Servants would disappear before the scheduled end of the war.
  • Xu Zhao begged for another chance, and Chen Li agreed to extend the war until ten the next morning, warning that this would cut short other Servants’ time with their Masters.
  • Chen Li explained that the Invitation Space could help Xu Zhao meet deadlines, but she excitedly interpreted it as a setting for adult doujin material.
  • Chen Li German-suplexed Xu Zhao when she kept teasing him, then reflected that her procrastination flaw had likely been corrected but her creative interests and inspiration remained unchanged.
  • Xu Zhao complained that Chen Li had not treated her gently, and he reminded her that she had used him as a gimmick for paid commissions without paying copyright fees.

Ch. 1515Chapter 1515

Xu Zhao invested her side-job earnings in Stellar Core Insurance and earned Chen Li’s approval, while Yao Guang suddenly kissed Chen Li and explained that a Command Seal’s punishment required her to watch Fu Xuan kiss him. Fu Xuan was left blushing and angry as Yao Guang described the punishment.

  • Xu Zhao put all her side-job earnings into Stellar Core Insurance’s wartime aid project, believing it would make her rich.
  • Chen Li mistook Xu Zhao’s investment for a charitable donation and praised her, then offered to let her use his Invitation Key if she needed more time for her manuscript.
  • Xu Zhao flirted with Chen Li, and Yao Guang appeared and kissed him in front of the gathered group.
  • Yao Guang teased Xu Zhao about Chen Li’s lip temperature, then lifted Fu Xuan toward Chen Li when Fu Xuan confronted her.
  • Yao Guang said she had acquired three Command Seals through a street flyer and had to watch Fu Xuan kiss Chen Li while applauding, leaving Fu Xuan furious and embarrassed.

Ch. 1516Chapter 1516

Yao Guang teased Fu Xuan about missing her chance with Chen Li, while Feiying and Pearl arranged a Command Seal mission with an unusual punishment. Chen Li then revealed that the Anti-Matter Legion crisis had been ended, leaving Xu Zhao devastated that Stellar Core Insurance’s wartime aid program—and its potential returns—had been canceled.

  • Yao Guang claimed she had kissed Chen Li to complete a task, and Feiying confirmed she had given Yao Guang the flyer describing it.
  • Pearl asked Feiying about obtaining a Command Seal, learned her mission involved pearl milk tea and the punishment was being electrocuted, and still agreed to proceed.
  • Fu Xuan warned Chen Li about Pearl, while Jing Yuan, Yao Guang, and Feixiao teased Fu Xuan for passing up her own opportunity.
  • Chen Li said he needed to find Robin to arrange an award for the Harmony Aeon after Xu Zhao reminded him about Stellar Core Insurance.
  • Chen Li explained that his [Guardian of Human Order] Curio had made Nanook and the Anti-Matter Legion unable to threaten anyone, so the wartime aid program was canceled and its funds redirected to reconstruction.
  • Xu Zhao asked whether shareholders would still receive dividends or get their Starstones refunded, then cried when Chen Li said the program had ended.

Ch. 1517Chapter 1517

After Chen Li revealed his immense wealth, Undying Path asked him to help summon Original Doctor as a Servant so he could punish the hated Genius Society member. Chen Li gave Ternan a Death Note instead, and Ternan’s attempt to kill Original Doctor threatened Undying Path’s summoning plan before Ternan proposed becoming Undying Path’s Servant.

  • Chen Li told Xu Zhao that he earned over a hundred thousand Starstones a day, leaving her stunned by his savings.
  • Undying Path questioned Chen Li about the Anti-Matter Legion taking over the Galaxy Rangers’ work, then asked for help summoning Original Doctor as a Servant.
  • Chen Li gave Ternan a Death Note enhanced by the Miracle Card [God Loves the World] and told him to use it to kill Original Doctor.
  • Ternan wrote that Original Doctor would die by kicking a wall with a toothpick stuck between his toes, prompting Undying Path to realize the plan could leave him without a Servant.
  • Ternan suggested that Undying Path summon him instead, and reminded his boss of his dream of becoming a Galaxy Ranger.

Ch. 1518Chapter 1518

Chen Li prepared to award Xipe the [Guardian of Human Order] trophy while the school anniversary show began and old tensions resurfaced among the assembled characters. The chapter ended with Starcrusher silently warning Sunday not to interfere as Chen Li affectionately ruffled Robin’s hair.

  • Ternan led Undying Path away to meet his Master, the Saintess, after explaining his planned showdown with Mikhail.
  • Feixiao left to seek Command Spells from Feiying, while Fu Xuan fretted that she was an incompetent wife and Yao Guang comforted her.
  • Hua Hua opened the school anniversary show, introduced Hanyu Momoka’s performance, and announced that Blade would perform the Sparkle Dance next.
  • Great Silver Wolf worried that leveling up and inheriting Silver Wolf’s save files might force her to perform onstage too.
  • Robin told Chen Li that she had accepted Hua Hua’s invitation because it could help him, and he affectionately ruffled her hair.
  • Starcrusher accepted Chen Li’s [Guardian of Human Order] trophy for Xipe, then warned Sunday with a look not to interfere with Chen Li and Robin.

Ch. 1519Chapter 1519

Chen Li met Talulah and the young Ursus performer Wukexike at the anniversary celebration, then discovered the severe exploitation and Oripathy documented in her file. Enraged, he ordered Fyodor to infect and repurpose the guilty Ursus nobles, officials, and landlords as low-capacity Ursus batteries.

  • Talulah introduced Wukexike to Chen Li and explained that Ursus’s children’s choir would perform at the anniversary celebration.
  • Wukexike criticized Chen Li’s mascot costume, and Chen Li removed its cognitive interference so she could see his face.
  • Chen Li asked about Wukexike’s Oripathy and family, then carried her and unlocked the file above her head.
  • Chen Li read Wukexike’s file and learned of her childhood labor, moderate Oripathy, and the Ursus batteries entry.
  • Chen Li called Fyodor and ordered him to turn guilty Ursus nobles, officials, and landlords into low-capacity Ursus batteries.

Ch. 1520Chapter 1520

Chen Li ordered a harsh response to Ursus’s nobles, then reflected on how to shape the effects of the Paths in his Paradise Miraculous. At the festival, Sparkle announced more performances, and Pearl approached Chen Li with milk tea as part of a Command Spell mission.

  • Chen Li told the Young Emperor that Ursus nobles’ bodies would become low-capacity batteries and their souls would be made into soul batteries.
  • Robin tried to comfort Chen Li, but he interpreted her hopes for Paradise as a justification for killing some people, and Sunday approved.
  • Chen Li said he wanted the Miraculous Forger’s vision to determine how a Path manifested, even if that meant spending extra crystals.
  • Sparkle introduced Blade’s performance, “Wreaking Havoc in Zhuming,” and announced a Teyvat Idol Group show; Wukexike left to rehearse.
  • Chen Li approved Sparkle’s request to add performances even if they cut into the graduation ceremony.
  • Pearl brought Chen Li milk tea and showed him a sign saying “Command Spell Mission”; Chen Li accepted the drink and sat beside her.

Ch. 1521Chapter 1521

Chen Li discovered that Pearl had secretly given him bubble tea in a startlingly intimate way while Sparkle planned to compress the graduation ceremony to five minutes. Pearl tried another gesture from her research into what boys liked, leaving Chen Li stunned.

  • Sparkle told Chen Li she would add the performances and leave about five minutes for his graduation ceremony.
  • Pearl interlaced her fingers with Chen Li's while he drank bubble tea during the call.
  • Chen Li discovered Pearl had been kneeling beneath him and supplying the drink through a hidden tube rather than the cup's contents.
  • Pearl offered Chen Li more and assured him the straw was clean, but Chen Li protested that cleanliness was not the issue.
  • Sparkle mistook Chen Li's protest for a bubble tea recommendation, and Chen Li called it Pearl's imported bubble tea.
  • Pearl opened her mouth to show Chen Li she had finished, and Chen Li froze at her latest attempt to follow her big-data research.

Ch. 1522Chapter 2516 / Chapter 2517

During the Origami University anniversary celebration, Hua Hua survived Iron Tomb’s crushing attack and revealed she had gathered the audience’s Wish Power through the event. She leaves the stage empowered by the crowd’s support as she prepares to face Sparkle.

  • Sparkle taunted Vita about her low standing in the Friends Circle, but Vita refused to take the bait and pointed out that Hua Hua was still alive after Iron Tomb’s attack.
  • Hua Hua inflated herself back to normal after being flattened into a drawing, then summoned Wish Power gathered from the celebration’s audience and livestream viewers.
  • Great Silver Wolf mocked Sparkle for overlooking how the stage’s setup let Hua Hua gather Wish Power, while Sparkle deduced that Hua Hua had survived through her Servant abilities and game mechanics.
  • Hua Hua accused Sparkle of abandoning and attacking her, stirring the audience’s sympathy and prompting them to cheer for her.
  • Hua Hua used her [Imagenae] A++ skill to convert the audience’s attention and emotions into Wish Power, further strengthening herself.

Ch. 1523Chapter 2518

Sparkle drew on the audience’s wishes and faced Iron Tomb, while Sparkle realized the crowd might be against her and ordered Iron Tomb to attack. She summoned Aha to turn the tables, but Aha summoned A Kivili and used the giant Pom-Pom as a shield against Iron Tomb’s boosted punch.

  • Sparkle gathered wish power from her fans and began transforming, while Sparkle let her finish under the turn-based game rules.
  • Sparkle noticed the hostile crowd and suspected the Chrysos Heirs had used the Miracle Cocoon to affect her judgment, so she ordered Iron Tomb to kill Sparkle.
  • Sparkle used her Command Spell to summon Aha as Iron Tomb’s fist descended, then revealed that she had planned to let Iron Tomb’s Noble Phantasm bypass the game’s restrictions.
  • Aha summoned A Kivili, who appeared as an enormous Pom-Pom, and hurled him in front of Iron Tomb’s boosted punch.
  • A Kivili braced the punch with both hands while Aha fled, leaving Iron Tomb’s blow stopped.

Ch. 1524Chapter 2519 / Chapter 2520

Sparkle and A Kivili formed a Servant Contract, but Iron Tomb attacked Aha with rust-colored chains and drained his power. Aha died after trying to leave them a way to defeat Iron Tomb, and Sparkle and A Kivili found only an unfinished message as the enemy prepared to grow stronger.

  • Aha used his Command Spell to make Great Pom-Pom and Sparkle form a Servant Contract, but the other Sparkle warned that Iron Tomb could usurp Aha's power remotely.
  • Rust-colored chains erupted from the stage, and Aha shoved A Kivili out of their path before the chains pierced and drained him.
  • Aha gave A Kivili a Teacher Qualification Certificate that granted the aptitude called Riding Together, then claimed he knew how to defeat Iron Tomb after it fused with him.
  • Aha died before explaining his method, leaving only the words "The method is..." on the floor.
  • The other Sparkle held back and waited for Iron Tomb to absorb Aha's power, while Sparkle prepared to face the stronger enemy.

Ch. 1525Chapter 2521 / Chapter 2522

Sparkle’s Iron Tomb absorbed Aha’s power and transformed, but Aha took control of it through First Ripple, the former Demiurge who was Iron Tomb’s true brain. The two Sparkles realized neither could command the new fusion Servant, and Aha left them facing a powerful opponent as Sparkle tried to recruit him again.

  • Iron Tomb’s overloaded shell cracked and burst apart, revealing a sleek crimson armor fused with Aha’s smiling mask.
  • Sparkle celebrated when Aha spoke through Iron Tomb, but discovered her Command Spells had vanished and the transformed Iron Tomb was beyond her control.
  • Sparkle explained that Aha had died and that neither Sparkle’s nor her own Command Spells could command the body he now controlled.
  • Aha denied having a Noble Phantasm that let him seize Iron Tomb and revealed that First Ripple had given him control of its body.
  • First Ripple appeared on Iron Tomb’s shoulder, and Sparkle recognized her as Iron Tomb’s true brain and Aha’s fellow Servant.
  • Sparkle asked Aha to contract with her again, promising that their combined power and her Command Spells could end the Holy Grail War in one night.

Ch. 1526Chapter 2523 / Chapter 2524

Aha revealed that he had turned into an Avenger because Origami University's students had ignored him in the outstanding teacher selection, then declared a graduation exam and transformed New Penacony into a raid battle. Chen Li declined to intervene, and the chapter ended with everyone’s portraits gray and their numbers at zero.

  • Aha announced that he wanted to reclaim his position as Origami University's dean of discipline, then revealed his Avenger class and blamed the students for overlooking him in the outstanding teacher selection.
  • A Kivili explained that Aha had not qualified for the selection because he had never taught a class, but Aha became more determined to punish everyone in New Penacony.
  • Aha declared that the graduation ceremony needed an exam and challenged New Penacony's residents to defeat him or be made to graduate from life.
  • Chen Li refused to stop Aha and agreed that the ceremony needed a graduation exam, so Aha expanded Ether Editing across New Penacony and created a separate raid battle for everyone.
  • Chen Li explained that each person's Aha shared one health bar and that the residents would be wiped out if they failed to defeat him; then everyone reappeared with gray portraits and zero numbers.
Arc 61 of 65
Arc 61 of 65