Recaps

Chen Li, Yao Guang, and Feiying reached Haiyuan TV Tower, where Jingliu attacked the Abundance Fiend. Feiying teased Chen Li about their shared Medicine Seeker status, but Jingliu’s powerful sword strike nearly hit her before Chen Li caught it barehanded.

• Yao Guang reported that Haiyuan City had been evacuated, and Chen Li ordered the evacuation of as many Two-Dimensional City residents as possible.
• Yao Guang opened a Teleportation Gate and teased Feiying by asking her to pay one Starstone before letting her pass for free.
• At Haiyuan TV Tower, Feiying saw Jingliu attacking Manyuan and learned from Yao Guang that Jingliu was Chen Li’s teacher and that Chen Li was also a Medicine Seeker.
• Feiying hinted that she wanted to take advantage of Chen Li’s seniority as a fellow Medicine Seeker and darted toward his cheek.
• Jingliu’s enormous crescent-shaped sword wave headed toward Feiying, and Chen Li caught and crushed it with his hand.

Chen Li and his allies killed Manyuan after defeating Shuhu, then Chen Li took charge of using Shuhu’s remaining Power of Abundance to treat the two hundred thousand people harmed by Duality Paradise. He began preparing to distribute the power himself, while Feiying doubted anyone could dose so many people precisely.

• Jingliu threatened Feiying for touching Chen Li, but Chen Li stopped their quarrel so the group could finish dealing with Shuhu.
• Blade killed Shuhu, whose body began to wither as Manyuan lamented that Duality Paradise had taken fifteen years to kill her.
• Chen Li let Manyuan die, explaining that her suffering did not excuse her later crimes against the people in the Happiness Research Society.
• Chen Li asked Feiying to use Shuhu’s Power of Abundance to heal the two hundred thousand victims, but she said she could not distribute the precise doses they needed.
• Chen Li sensed that Shuhu remained dormant inside the giant bud and gathered its remaining Life Force into golden-green light.
• Chen Li looked down at the weakened citizens of Haiyuan City and condensed the gathered power into golden-green powder.

Chen Li used the Power of Abundance to heal people, rebuild damaged structures, and restore Hatopia, while the public mistook him for the Aeon of Abundance. He reminded Feiying that she had lost their bet, then clarified that the bite he wanted was from her Ambrosial Arbor true form.

• Chen Li scattered the refined Power of Abundance across the Duality Paradise and New Penacony, directing it to the injured and damaged places.
• The power healed residents, rebuilt buildings, restored Hatopia’s resources, and revived its spirits and Imagenae, while crowds praised the Aeon of Abundance.
• Feiying questioned how Chen Li had made the Power of Abundance restore so much, and he told her to practice more before asking whether she wanted to learn.
• Chen Li refused to teach Feiying and reminded her that she had promised her life if he could heal the people; he proposed taking a bite instead.
• Feiying misunderstood his request and leaned toward him, so Chen Li flicked her forehead and explained he meant a bite from her Ambrosial Arbor true form.

Chen Li arranged for Feiying to help bring World-Painting to the Astral Express to interrogate the captive Murata Ryusuke about Guiji’s escaped hands. As Chen Li and the others returned to the train, one of Guiji’s severed hands appeared on a Pipixian’s shoulder in New Penacony.

• Chen Li asked Feiying to give him her life, and she agreed before learning he intended to assign her work after the Holy Grail War.
• Dan Heng explained that the Cold-faced Great Azure Dragon had broken Guiji’s three hands, which came alive and fled in separate directions as Guiji’s body and dice vanished.
• Chen Li asked Feiying to bring World-Painting to the Astral Express to exorcise Murata Ryusuke and question him about the escaped hands.
• Pearl offered to summon World-Painting, and Yao Guang teased her before agreeing to accompany her to the Astral Express.
• Chen Li led the group back to the Astral Express, while Jingliu chose to go with him.
• In New Penacony, a severed blue-violet hand gripped the shoulder of a short Pipixian in a green suit.

Himeko and the others discussed whether Murata Ryusuke had knowingly helped Guiji or had been manipulated, while Murata World-Painting interrogated him in the Party Car. Chen Li suggested Himeko go hear what World-Painting had learned, and he planned to add cars to the Astral Express.

• Pearl explained that Murata Ryusuke had visited worlds later destroyed by Guiji and suggested he might have been searching for Guiji to lift the World-Painting clan's curse.
• Himeko asked whether Guiji had truly died, but Chen Li said he could not confirm that all of Guiji's clones had been erased.
• March 7th wondered whether Murata Ryusuke might be a good person, prompting Himeko to consider the possibility.
• Chen Li encouraged Himeko to visit the Party Car and learn what Murata World-Painting had discovered during her interrogation of Ryusuke.
• Chen Li said he planned to use Mission Guaranteed to build additional cars for the Astral Express, while Feiying urged the group to catch up with World-Painting.

World-Painting’s interrogation of Murata Ryusuke revealed that he was Guiji, but Himeko learned that he had replaced her real father when she was six. Chen Li gave Himeko the Law on the Protection of Minors, which began striking Guiji with lightning and left his punishment underway.

• Jingliu asked to spend the night in Baiheng’s room, and Baiheng gladly went to prepare fresh bedding.
• World-Painting whipped the gagged Murata Ryusuke, while Stelle pointed out that he could not answer with cloth stuffed in his mouth.
• Stelle removed the gag, and Ryusuke begged them to stop; Chen Li explained that World-Painting’s whip was exceptionally effective against him.
• Himeko asked when Guiji had replaced her father, and Ryusuke revealed that he had taken over when Himeko was six, after killing the real Ryusuke at her mother’s funeral.
• Himeko whipped Guiji, then accepted the Law on the Protection of Minors from Chen Li, causing lightning to strike Ryusuke.

Chen Li punished Guiji while World-Painting interrogated him, then retreated to a newly built Astral Express carriage to plan more Miraculous Items. He persuaded Pixie to use her earnings to help complete his Novice Task, leaving her to work overtime while he prepared to sleep.

• Chen Li increased the lightning striking Guiji after Guiji refused to reveal where his other clones were, while World-Painting watched him suffer.
• Chen Li summoned new Astral Express carriages and announced he would sleep; Jingliu quietly followed him toward them.
• In the new carriage, Chen Li discussed Pixie's Miraculous Items and their differing approaches to choosing users.
• Chen Li told Pixie he would leave her the hundred Crystals she had earned, then clarified that he expected her to forge more items for his Novice Task.
• Pixie reluctantly agreed to work overtime but refused Chen Li's suggestion that she forge a One-star Artifact.

Chen Li began forging a Miraculous Item for Taiyi while World-Painting and Feiying left the Fate Invitation Space to visit New Penacony. Pearl stayed behind, focused on a more important task she kept to herself.

• Chen Li decided to forge an octagonal-cage Miraculous Item for Taiyi, using the Audience of Divine Ceremony Miracle Card and other materials.
• Chen Li added Crystals to the Artifact Forging Furnace and began hammering the new Miraculous Item.
• World-Painting stopped whipping Guiji after her resentment eased, and Pearl told her she could join Feiying in the Holy Grail War.
• Feiying persuaded World-Painting to leave the Invitation Space and go to New Penacony to meet a Master and Servant with a creator-and-creation relationship.
• Pearl declined to join them and kept her more important plan secret from Himeko.

Chen Li forged a powerful Miraculous Item and sent Pixie to deliver it to Taiyi, while Jingliu and Pearl separately set out to visit Chen Li during the night. Pixie helped Jingliu bypass Chen Li’s door after extracting a promise that she would keep their encounter going until sunrise.

• Stelle asked to borrow March 7th’s camera to photograph Chen Li, but Pearl discouraged her and learned how the camera worked.
• Pearl borrowed March 7th’s camera, paid her five million Credits, and headed toward Chen Li’s car after claiming she wanted to prevent anyone from bothering him.
• Jingliu left Baiheng’s room and headed for Chen Li’s room, intending to finally approach her disciple.
• Chen Li finished forging the two-star Order Octagon Cage, which could turn abstract disasters and suffering into monsters that could be defeated for great rewards.
• Chen Li asked Pixie to deliver the Order Octagon Cage to Taiyi, and Pixie encountered Jingliu outside Chen Li’s room.
• Pixie agreed to disable Chen Li’s soul recognition device for Jingliu after Jingliu promised not to let their encounter end before sunrise.

Jingliu entered Chen Li’s room with Pixie’s help, sealed the door in ice, and approached him while he was in bed. Meanwhile, Pearl set up March 7th’s camera to immobilize anyone entering the eighth car, trapping herself and Chen Li in the ninth car until sunrise.

• Pixie granted Jingliu access to Chen Li’s room and left, and Jingliu froze the door shut behind her.
• Jingliu told Chen Li to call her Master and climbed onto the bed with him.
• Pearl mounted March 7th’s snapshot camera above the door and activated its four-hour time-lapse mode.
• Pearl tested the camera by sending a reconnaissance robot into the eighth car, where it froze in place.
• Pearl entered the ninth car and shut the door, leaving herself and Chen Li trapped there until sunrise.

Pearl found Jingliu’s ice sealing Chen Li’s door and became trapped between the ice wall and March 7th’s camera. Vita arrived with two Sparkles and persuaded Pearl to cooperate, but her plan remained unclear when she asked whether Pearl knew a particular video.

• Pearl discovered that Jingliu had sealed Chen Li’s door with ice too strong for her to break, then realized she could neither enter nor retreat past the camera.
• Vita was caught by March 7th’s camera while trying to enter the eighth car, so she asked Sparkle to teleport her away and bring her back with another Sparkle.
• Vita called Pearl and learned she was trapped outside Chen Li’s room; she offered to help break through the ice and warned that Jingliu might be dangerous to Chen Li.
• Pearl agreed to work with Vita, but explained that teleportation and Miraculous Items were prohibited in the ninth car.
• Vita dismissed Pearl’s concern and asked whether she had seen the video “LONELY LONELY LONELY LONELY LONELY LONELY.”

After Pearl’s failed attempt to reach Chen Li, Jingliu spent the night with him, leaving him exhausted but rested enough to prepare for the Holy Grail War’s final stage. Chen Li discovered that Taiyi’s Order Octagon Cage had earned 688 Crystals, then prepared to forge another Miraculous Item as Jingliu considered bringing Baiheng along next time.

• Vita explained that Changye Yue’s video Miraculous Item made viewers protective of March 7th, but Pearl revealed she had left herself no way to take down her camera.
• Sparkle mocked Pearl’s failed night raid, and Vita dragged her away before ending the call and leaving Pearl alone outside Chen Li’s frozen door.
• Chen Li woke beside Jingliu in a wrecked room, reflected on their six-hour night together, and blamed Pixie for helping Jingliu bypass his precautions.
• Chen Li checked his earnings and saw that Taiyi’s Order Octagon Cage had earned 688 Crystals.
• Jingliu offered to help Chen Li forge a Miraculous Item, then wondered whether she should bring Baiheng along the next time she discussed swordsmanship with him.

Chen Li left Jingliu resting and found Pearl standing guard outside his room, unaware that she had spent the night waiting to approach him. Pearl maintained her strategist’s composure while secretly exploiting Chen Li’s trust, then startled Baiheng with an elaborate demonstration of a hug.

• Jingliu told Chen Li to return soon, and he left to check on the Holy Grail War after breaking her ice seal.
• Chen Li found Pearl in the corridor and learned she claimed to have guarded his room all night.
• Pearl criticized Chen Li for neglecting his duties, then concealed Jingliu’s bite marks by straightening his collar.
• Baiheng arrived looking for Jingliu and mistook Pearl’s closeness to Chen Li for an intimate moment.
• Pearl hugged Chen Li to demonstrate the difference, leaving Baiheng flustered and fleeing the ninth car.

Chen Li gave Pearl a Friends Circle Terminal and the World-Painting Miracle Card as material for a future Miraculous Item, then went to review the Holy Grail War report. He learned that World-Painting and Mikhail had fought by crashing Astral Express projections into each other, leaving him exasperated at the Nameless Guests’ behavior.

• Pearl advised Chen Li that Jingliu should explain herself to Baiheng, then gave him her battle report and accepted a Friends Circle Terminal.
• Pearl returned March 7th’s snapshot camera and explained that she had used it to block entry to the ninth car, where it had also stopped Vita.
• Chen Li asked Pearl what kind of Miraculous Item she wanted, then gave her the World-Painting Miracle Card to study as material for a future item.
• Chen Li read Pearl’s report and discovered that World-Painting and Mikhail had crashed Astral Express projections into each other, resulting in Mikhail’s death.
• Feiying explained that the two Nameless Guests had fought after exchanging slogans about friendship and Bonds, while Pom-Pom defended their behavior as typical of Nameless Guests.

Chen Li and Himeko invited World-Painting to rejoin the Astral Express, while Chen Li discussed her battle with Mikhail and the chaotic Holy Grail War fight in New Penacony. Feiying explained how the conflict spiraled around Oswaldo, Aventurine, Byakuyasha, and Altair, whose powers made her an overwhelming threat.

• Himeko invited World-Painting to become a Nameless Guest again, and World-Painting accepted after learning she no longer needed to maintain the seal alone.
• Chen Li explained that Mikhail’s Master, Tokisaki Kurumi, could resurrect him with Command Spells, and World-Painting looked forward to meeting him again.
• Feiying recounted how Oswaldo attacked Zhongli and Guizhong, then Aventurine joined the fight to settle a blood feud tied to the Market Expansion Department.
• Pearl revealed that Aventurine’s sister had died in a war deliberately engineered by the department, and Aventurine had joined the battle to make trouble for Oswaldo.
• Feiying said Altair was freed when others ganged up on Oswaldo, then clashed with Byakuyasha and the Flame Reaver after they planned to target Shimazaki Setsuna.
• Chen Li described Altair’s stacked famous blades and Holopsicon abilities, which gave her immense damage, protection, and the power to reflect attacks.

Chen Li and the others discussed Altair’s elimination, the bounty of Command Spells, and how the remaining Masters might fare in the Counterfeit Holy Grail War. Feiying planned to let Sparkle eliminate her, but Chen Li’s question about her fear of bugs hinted that an unexpected threat might disrupt her plan.

• Chen Li explained that Byakuyasha surrendered just before Altair’s suicidal attack, and Flame Reaver chose elimination rather than continue fighting.
• Feiying said that she and World-Painting had eliminated Altair and Shimazaki Setsuna with a projection of the Astral Express, unknowingly echoing Setsuna’s death on train tracks.
• Pearl gave Feiying the bounty of over seven thousand Command Spells to use in the War, and Feiying considered strengthening herself or passing the chance to win to Guiji.
• Dan Heng revealed that Sparkle had already eliminated two Servants, so Feiying planned to let Sparkle eliminate her and complete her task.
• Chen Li asked whether Feiying hated bugs, and Feiying said that insects and giant bug Imagenae terrified her.

Chen Li explained the remaining Holy Grail War teams and their chances, including how the rules could foil Tokisaki Kurumi and how the Origami University Student Council controlled the All-People Entertainment Match. Feiying then took the whip A Friend from Afar and left with World-Painting to interrogate Guiji.

• Chen Li told Feiying that Zhongli and Ritsuka Fujimaru were the remaining contenders in the exhibition match, while Tokisaki Kurumi risked losing automatically if she did not revive Mikhail before the ritual ended.
• Chen Li and Dan Heng discussed the official match and the All-People Entertainment Match, revealing that four powerful teams remained in the official match and that Cyrene was the Aeon of Remembrance.
• Chen Li explained that Firefly had pledged her potential victory to the Origami University Student Council and that Cyrene was also on the council, giving its members control of the All-People Entertainment Match.
• Chen Li said the briefing did not confirm whether Guiji's Servant was dead, and Feiying asked to interrogate Guiji the Master.
• Chen Li gave Feiying the whip A Friend from Afar, and Feiying left the Parlor Car with World-Painting to visit Guiji.

Guiji seized the Aeon of Joy’s power and ascended to become the new Aeon, leaving Chen Li to prepare to deliver Zhongli’s prize. The story then shifted to New Penacony, where Old Audi watched Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight walking with Guiji’s bug tied to a rope.

• Vita appeared outside the Astral Express, was summoned inside, and glared at Pearl over her thwarted night raid with Chen Li.
• A pillar of purple-gold light erupted from New Penacony, and Guiji announced that he had ascended to godhood.
• Chen Li explained that Guiji had taken the Aeon of Joy’s power after eliminating Ritsuka Fujimaru’s Servant, the Noblesse Bug.
• Chen Li said he had to present Zhongli with his prize, and Vita turned her anger toward Guiji.
• Old Audi watched Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight from a pedestrian bridge, with one of Guiji’s severed hands resting on his shoulder and Guiji’s bug tied to Ritsuka’s rope.

Ritsuka Fujimaru declined to use his Aeon-level Noblesse Bug to win the Holy Grail War, while Old Audi and Guiji planned to cooperate to secure a victory and summon the Propagation Aeon. Their alliance rested on defeating the Immortal Aeon, but Guiji’s wish to revive A Kivili left Old Audi suspicious of his motives.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru walked through New Penacony with Mash and an Aeon-level Noblesse Bug, but declined to use it against Zhongli’s Servant, Guizhong.
• Guiji persuaded Old Audi that the bug could help him gain Aha’s power, while Old Audi considered targeting Firefly as an easier route to end a Holy Grail War.
• Guiji warned Old Audi that he would need to survive the aftermath of victory and summon the Propagation Aeon from the Holy Grail; Old Audi explained that he wanted to face the final team and vindicate the Path of Propagation.
• Old Audi questioned whether Guiji would betray him or neglect their alliance, and Guiji said the Immortal Aeon was the Astral Express’s Servant and their shared threat.
• Old Audi asked what Guiji wanted from the Miraculous Forger, and Guiji said he wanted to borrow the Resurrection Card to revive A Kivili.
• Old Audi grew wary that Guiji might be cooperating with the Astral Express, but Guiji claimed he wanted to revive his own A Kivili and saw the Express as a rival.

Ritsuka Fujimura and Mash foiled Old Audi and Guiji’s attempt to steal the Noblesse Bug, but Guiji used a hidden second hand to drain its power and ascend to godhood. Vita appeared and attacked Guiji, furious that he had ruined her Special CG ofGalageimu.

• Ritsuka Fujimura confronted the Pipixian over an unripe watermelon while Old Audi and Guiji prepared to target the Noblesse Bug.
• Old Audi distracted Ritsuka Fujimura as Guiji’s severed hand crept toward the bug, but Mash spotted it and Ritsuka Fujimura knocked Old Audi to his knees.
• Mash flattened Guiji’s first hand with her shield, but a second hand seized the Noblesse Bug and drained the Aeon of Joy’s power from it.
• Guiji reconstructed his body from the second hand, absorbed the power, and declared that he had ascended to godhood.
• Vita appeared before Guiji and attacked him, blaming him for ruining her Special CG ofGalageimu.

Zhongli was declared the winner of the New Penacony exhibition match Holy Grail War, but the enormous Grail released a swarm of Propagation insects across the city. As Vita and Guiji paused their fight to negotiate, Old Audi faced Ritsuka Fujimaru with a host of Star-shattering King Worms at his back.

• Chen Li told Zhongli that he had won the exhibition match because he was the only participant whose Servant remained, then summoned the enormous Holy Grail from New Penacony's ley lines.
• The Holy Grail shrieked and released hundreds of millions of insects that spread across New Penacony.
• Vita kept attacking Guiji despite the swarm, explaining that Guiji had interrupted her romance plans with the Miraculous Forger by eliminating another contestant.
• Guiji offered to help Vita after she reacted angrily to the suggestion that her feelings might be one-sided.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru beat Old Audi for stealing his Servant, but Old Audi said his familiars were coming and the Propagation Swarm filled the sky.
• Star-shattering King Worms landed in formation behind Old Audi, who taunted Ritsuka Fujimaru and began recounting his five days inside the Holy Grail.

Ritsuka Fujimaru tricked Old Audi into fleeing by pretending he could revive his Servant, while the Swarm continued ravaging New Penacony. Chen Li handed Zhongli the Holy Grail War prize, then set the Holy Grail and its bugs ablaze with blue flames that did not seem to harm people or affect the bugs.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru disgusted Old Audi by reminding him he had been surrounded by bugs, then used his Command Spells’ glow to bluff that he could revive his Servant.
• Old Audi fled with the Star-shattering King Worms, then realized Ritsuka Fujimaru had tricked him but kept his distance anyway.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru told Mash that they were in the losers’ bracket and left dealing with the Swarm to Chen Li; Tokisaki Kurumi discovered her Command Spells had vanished and realized she had lost the Holy Grail War.
• Chen Li gave Zhongli the Guardian of Human Order trophy and interviewed him about winning the Holy Grail War, while bugs poured from the Holy Grail above New Penacony.
• Chen Li sent blue flames into the Holy Grail, setting the cup and the Swarm across the city alight; the flames spread through New Penacony, but people found they did not harm human bodies and did not appear to affect the bugs.

Chen Li explained that the Propagation Aeon had hidden inside the Holy Grail, while Cyrene used the Jianghu Bounty Order to turn New Penacony’s residents against the Swarm. The bounty marks remained despite Old Audi’s protest because Cyrene had accepted the punishment for using the Miraculous Item.

• Chen Li explained that the Propagation Aeon was hiding inside the Holy Grail and that the Miracle Fire was meant to drive it out.
• At Origami University, Cyrene chose to activate the Jianghu Bounty Order, and Firefly found the matching skill in Chen Li’s list.
• The bounty marks spread across the Swarm and Holy Grail, prompting New Penacony’s residents to attack the marked bugs for rewards.
• Cyrene admitted that activating the item had been intentional, while Cipher accused her of wanting both the advantage and the punishment.
• Chen Li told Old Audi that the Miraculous Item’s user had accepted extra punishment, so the bounty marks could remain.

Chen Li told Old Audi that he had to win both the formal competition and the All-People Entertainment Match to claim the Holy Grail, while the Swarm’s destruction of New Penacony left him facing enormous debts. Old Audi resolved to win the war for a Miraculous Item, but Guiji hinted that Chen Li might not honor his promise to the winner.

• Chen Li explained that Cyrene had been disqualified, then told Old Audi he needed to win both competitions to obtain the Holy Grail twice and qualify for two Miraculous Items.
• Old Audi learned that multiple surviving Servants could be made to fight or be judged by their condition, and he planned to hide among the Swarm until the war ended.
• Chen Li showed Old Audi the Swarm’s destruction across New Penacony and charged him for the damage, threatening to bind him to a lifetime of labor if his assets fell short.
• Chen Li told Old Audi to do his best to please him during the war, then left the ruined commercial street.
• Guiji emerged and agreed with Old Audi’s self-description as a parasite, prompting Old Audi to question whether Chen Li would forge a Miraculous Item for the winner.
• Guiji said he had some insight into whether Chen Li would keep his promise.

Guiji and Old Audi discussed the Propagation Aeon and the dangers of the Holy Grail War, while Chen Li joined the others aboard the Astral Express to plan how to draw the Propagation Aeon out of the Great Holy Grail. The Cold-faced Great Azure Dragon offered their divinity as bait, and Taiyi arrived and offered help, while Nicole tried to record the gathering as unofficial history.

• Guiji warned Old Audi not to underestimate the Immortal Aeon and advised him to harass Firefly indirectly rather than provoke her.
• Chen Li returned to the Astral Express with breakfast, where Feiying and the others discussed how to defeat the Propagation Aeon hidden inside the Great Holy Grail.
• March 7th suggested fishing the Propagation Aeon out with a giant hook, and Yao Guang recognized that the Cold-faced Great Azure Dragon’s divinity could serve as bait.
• The Cold-faced Great Azure Dragon agreed to use their divinity despite Fu Xuan’s concern that the Propagation Aeon might keep it permanently.
• Taiyi entered the Parlor Car and offered to help, while Nicole began writing an embellished account until Chen Li stopped her.