Chapter Summaries

Mo Wang survived the Demon God Pillars’ attack and unleashed Heavenly Thunder, while Caster trapped the other Servants with summoned enemies. Heavenly Thunder cleared the streets of monsters, and Lev appeared again at the first Demon God Pillar’s site.

• Four Demon God Pillars surrounded Mo Wang and fired a devastating barrage, while Xiao Mo’s group headed toward Caster.
• Iskandar collided with Darius III as the group encountered Caster, who revealed a host of powerful summoned Servants, including Heracles, Gawain, Enkidu, and Fionn mac Cumhaill.
• Caster’s summoned enemies overwhelmed the group, and Roman rushed to prepare a Rayshift as the Director urged him to hurry.
• Mo Wang destroyed a Demon God Pillar with Heavenly Thunder and swept lightning across Fuyuki City, destroying monsters while leaving fleeing civilians unharmed.
• Lev appeared again at the site where the first Demon God Pillar had descended.

Mo Wang confronted Lev and the Demon God Pillars while the Servants struggled against their opponents as their Masters ran out of mana. Mordred saved Saber from Qiu Hai’s Nine Lives, and the battle continued with Mordred gravely wounded and Ran unable to reach them.

• Lev told Darius Ainsworth that the Demon Gods’ goal was not to defeat Mo Wang, then Darius vanished as Mo Wang appeared.
• Mo Wang demanded that the hidden Demon Gods reveal themselves, and several Pillars, including Barbatos and Baal, emerged to surround him.
• Golden Gilgamesh complained that Tokiomi could no longer provide mana, while Waver Velvet and the other Masters were also nearly exhausted as their Servants fought.
• Qiu Hai fired his Nine Lives at Saber and Mordred, but Mordred took the blow to protect Saber and declared she had done so as a Knight of the Round Table.
• Ran fought Gawain while Lancelot suppressed Gawain, but Ran could not break away to help Saber as Darius III continued battling the Great Emperor.

Darius III summoned his ten thousand undead Immortals, forcing Iskandar to expend Waver Velvet’s Command Spells and unleash his Reality Marble, the Army of the King. Iskandar charged into a final battle with Darius while the others escaped, leaving Waver in Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald’s care.

• Darius III summoned the Immortals and their War Elephant of Death, overwhelming the weakened Servants and Masters.
• Iskandar asked Waver Velvet to use all three Command Spells so they could fight one final battle together.
• Iskandar revealed the Army of the King, summoning his legendary Heroic Spirit army and Bucephalus to face Darius III’s undead cavalry.
• Iskandar left Waver Velvet with his cloak and entrusted him to Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald before charging at Darius III.
• Kiritsugu led the others out of Iskandar’s Reality Marble, while Saber carried the heavily injured Xiao Mo away.

Diarmuid sacrificed his Command Spells to stay behind and face Fionn, while Mo Wang defeated Lev and the Demon God Pillars. Matou Kariya survived the monsters’ attack by using Mo Wang’s strange life-saving supplies, but he was badly injured after escaping with Rin and Sakura.

• Diarmuid chose to remain behind to hold off Fionn so Lord El-Melloi and the others could escape.
• Lord El-Melloi used all three Command Spells to empower Diarmuid, who asked Lancelot to destroy Gae Dearg and free the King of Knights’ arm from its curse.
• Lancelot destroyed Gae Dearg, and Diarmuid returned to face Fionn as the final battle began.
• Mo Wang slaughtered the Demon God Pillars, defeated Barbatos and Baal, and found Lev mortally wounded; Lev taunted him before dying.
• Mo Wang realized Matou Kariya might be in danger and hurried toward Rin’s location.
• Matou Kariya used Mo Wang’s Immortality Elixir, Honkai Energy Serum, and Artificial Stigmata to carry Rin and Sakura from a collapsing building, but the effort left him badly injured.

Mo Wang saved Kariya from the effects of his powers, then left Rin, Sakura, and Kariya behind as he headed toward the golden pillar of light. At the Marshal's workshop, the battle over Irisviel turned against Saber and her allies as Qiu Hai battered Golden Gilgamesh.

• Mo Wang stabilized Kariya by sorting out the Honkai energy and helping him absorb the Elixir of Life.
• Kariya discovered that his powers and vitality had increased, and Mo Wang told him he could now defeat Tokiomi.
• Mo Wang explained that a powerful enemy was trying to destroy the world, told Kariya to protect Rin and Sakura, and removed Rin's Command Spell from her hand.
• Mo Wang headed toward the golden pillar of light to keep an appointment while Kariya promised to protect the girls.
• Saber, Lancelot, and the others found Irisviel bound at the Marshal's Magecraft workshop and began fighting the opposing Servants.
• Qiu Hai overwhelmed Golden Gilgamesh with a streetlamp while Ran warned Gilgamesh to stop charging at him.

Kiritsugu rejected Marshal’s offer to destroy and remake the world, but Marshal trapped him in an illusion of Irisviel. As the battered Servants faced a Noble Phantasm assault, Chaldea’s reinforcements arrived and blocked the attack, leaving Qiu Hai to face Heracles while Merli and others joined the fray.

• Marshal tried to recruit Kiritsugu, who refused and fired Origin Bullets at him.
• Marshal showed Kiritsugu an illusion of Irisviel, leaving him unresponsive while Kayneth shouted at him.
• With their mana nearly gone, Saber prepared to use her Noble Phantasm, but Qiu Hai, Enkidu, and Gawain began gathering power for an attack.
• Joan of Arc and Black Joan blocked the incoming assault with their Noble Phantasms as Roman announced Chaldea’s arrival.
• Heracles lunged at Qiu Hai and met his punch, while Roman revealed that he had deployed the Berserker.
• Merli appeared beside the injured Xiao Mo, and Ran recognized her before the junior urged everyone to focus on the fight.

Mo Wang returned just as the shattered Holy Grail released All the World's Evils, stopping the black tide from corrupting the Servants. Marshal swallowed the remaining evil and began unveiling a new power, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Doggy found the injured Gilles de Rais and mocked him while BB treated Tokiomi, whom she mistook for someone familiar.
• Chaldea’s Servants overwhelmed their opponents as black liquid began flowing from the Holy Grail Marshal held.
• Kiritsugu used all three Command Spells to force Saber to fire Excalibur at Marshal, and the blast shattered the Holy Grail.
• All the World’s Evils surged out and swallowed Gilles de Rais, Qiu Hai, and Enkidu before Mo Wang appeared and blocked the tide from reaching the others.
• Marshal swallowed the remaining evil, unleashed a wave of magical energy, and announced that he would show Mo Wang the new power bestowed on him by his Lord.

Mo Wang summoned Mazinger Z to confront Marshal after Marshal devoured the Great Sea Demon and transformed into a True Archon. Mazinger Z struck Marshal through several buildings, and Mo Wang introduced the robot to Xiao Mo and Doggy as his new partner.

• Marshal transformed into a Demon God Pillar and devoured the Great Sea Demon, becoming a towering True Archon whose pressure made Tohsaka Tokiomi and others collapse.
• Mo Wang kissed Artoria, saying he was forming a contract and giving her magical power, then challenged Marshal as a greater force approached.
• Mo Wang summoned Mazinger Z through the shattered void, and the robot punched Marshal through several high-rise buildings.
• Xiao Mo and Doggy admired Mazinger Z, and Mo Wang explained that he had received it from another version of himself working in Mobile Command.

Mo Wang used Mazinger Z to defeat Marshal and destroy the Holy Grail, but the unleashed All the World's Evils swallowed him. Inside the Black Mud, Angra Mainyu tried to take Mo Wang's body, and the chapter ended as the sludge closed around him.

• Mo Wang entered Mazinger Z and used its Rocket Punches, Breast Fire, Hurricane Breath, and Photon Beam to devastate Marshal and destroy the Holy Grail.
• The destruction of the Grail released All the World's Evils, which swallowed Mo Wang and brought him to the church in Fuyuki City.
• Angra Mainyu appeared in Irisviel's form and tried to persuade Mo Wang to help destroy the world, but Mo Wang refused.
• Angra Mainyu decided to take Mo Wang's body, and Mo Wang stood still as the Black Mud surrounded and swallowed him.

Mo Wang resisted Angra Mainyu’s illusions by revealing the apocalyptic world inside his heart, where Mazinger Z devoured All the World's Evils. After saving Irisviel’s body, he realized he had arrived at the Root, but Alaya and Gaia were missing.

• Angra Mainyu tried to break Mo Wang with visions of his dead Chaldea companions, but he dismissed them and showed her the Nihility he faced every day.
• Angra Mainyu’s Spirit Origin began collapsing when she encountered the Nihility and the entity within it.
• A transformed Mazinger Z emerged, seized Angra Mainyu, and devoured All the World's Evils before Mo Wang stopped it from consuming Irisviel’s body.
• Mo Wang returned Mazinger Z to the Nihility and considered how to revive Irisviel, whose body was now an empty shell.
• Mo Wang recognized that he had arrived where the Root was located and discovered that both Alaya and Gaia were absent.

Mo Wang was summoned into the Fifth Holy Grail War by Shizuko, finding her injured after a fight with Doggy and discovering that she had a human body. Red A and Rin Tohsaka watched in confusion and anger as the war began in a timeline already far from what they expected.

• Mo Wang sensed that Red A and Shizuko were nearby, but a summoning circle appeared before he could reach them and summoned him as a Servant.
• Red A watched Shizuko fight Doggy near the Emiya Family home and realized the Fifth War's events differed from the timeline he remembered.
• Shizuko survived Doggy's Noble Phantasm and summoned Mo Wang, who appeared carrying her in a princess carry.
• Mo Wang scolded Doggy for using his Noble Phantasm on Shizuko, while Doggy and Red A both demanded to know who Mo Wang was.
• Rin Tohsaka recognized Mo Wang and grew furious that Shizuko had summoned him after Rin had summoned Red A instead.
• Mo Wang asked Shizuko why she had lost contact and how she had become human, while Shizuko blushed and said he felt familiar.

Mo Wang appeared as Emiya Shizuko's Servant, drove off Cú Chulainn, and later reunited with Kiritsugu. He warned Kiritsugu that the Counter Force had encountered problems, leaving the danger of the Fifth Holy Grail War unclear.

• Mo Wang caught Cú Chulainn's spear, punched him through several walls, and caught his Gáe Bolg before Cú Chulainn retreated on his Master's order.
• Shizuko fainted after summoning Mo Wang and using Avalon, and Mo Wang suspected the effort had drained her magical energy.
• Shizuko woke at home and found Mo Wang talking with Kiritsugu about their reunion and her involvement in the Holy Grail War.
• Mo Wang told Kiritsugu that the Counter Force had run into problems, though he said the enemy probably did not know he was investigating.

Mo Wang extracted Avalon from Shizuko and summoned Artoria to serve as her Servant in the new Fuyuki Holy Grail War. Artoria recognized Mo Wang and learned that her new Master was Kiritsugu’s daughter, who looked just like her older sister.

• Shizuko stopped Kiritsugu from blaming himself for the danger she had faced as a child, and Mo Wang reassured them he would protect her.
• Mo Wang pulled Avalon from inside Shizuko and explained that Kiritsugu had placed it there ten years earlier to save her life.
• Mo Wang used Avalon to summon Artoria, who recognized him and was bewildered by Kiritsugu’s guilt and Shizuko’s resemblance to her older sister.
• Artoria learned that Mo Wang had summoned her to protect Shizuko in the new Fuyuki Holy Grail War.
• Artoria turned to Shizuko, who introduced herself as Emiya Shizuko.

Mo Wang returned Irisviel to Kiritsugu and arranged for Artoria and Shizuka to use Avalon to treat her. Rin and Sakura arrived at the Emiya home with their Servants, where they recognized Artoria and encountered Mo Wang again.

• Shizuka introduced herself to Artoria, and Mo Wang explained that Kiritsugu had used the Holy Sword, transforming Shizuka into Artoria’s lookalike.
• Mo Wang asked whether the Holy Grail War would be uneventful, then gave Kiritsugu an iron coffin containing the badly injured but living Irisviel.
• Artoria and Shizuka agreed to let Kiritsugu use Avalon to treat Irisviel, and Kiritsugu became emotional at seeing his wife again.
• Rin and Sakura arrived at the Emiya home with Red A and Rider, whose hostility toward each other was quickly stopped by the sisters.
• Sakura mistook Artoria for Shizuka until Rin recognized her as the King of Ahoge, and Mo Wang came out to greet the sisters.
• Rin surged with magical energy when she saw Mo Wang.

Rin confronted Mo Wang over abandoning her during the Fourth Holy Grail War, while Red A was shaken by seeing Kiritsugu alive in this timeline. Mo Wang sent the girls to school and went to find Red A, who was waiting on Homurahara Academy’s roof with someone talking beside him.

• Rin attacked Mo Wang with a reinforced flying kick, then demanded to know why he had abandoned her and Sakura.
• Sakura told Rider that Mo Wang had once been Rin’s Servant, and Red A was stunned to see Kiritsugu alive.
• Mo Wang sent Rin and Sakura to class and asked Artoria to accompany Shizuka while he investigated.
• Artoria confidently promised to protect Shizuka, then blushed when Mo Wang praised her before leaving with the girl.
• Mo Wang noticed that Medusa and Red A had vanished, then set out to find Red A.
• Red A stood on Homurahara Academy’s roof, unsettled by the peaceful city and irritated by the person beside him who kept talking.

Mo Wang questioned Red A about the altered Holy Grail War timeline and discovered that Soichiro Kuzuki had no Command Spells, suggesting Medea had already been eliminated. He dragged Red A to confront Cú Chulainn and Bazett, appearing just as Cú Chulainn threatened to attack him.

• Mo Wang met Red A, asked him for information, and confirmed that he could no longer contact Alaya.
• Mo Wang pointed out that Soichiro Kuzuki had no Command Spells, leading Red A to realize that Medea might already be dead.
• Mo Wang took Red A to find Cú Chulainn and Gilles de Rais, while Red A protested.
• Bazett scolded Cú Chulainn for chasing a magus and causing trouble, and Cú Chulainn offered to attack Mo Wang.
• Mo Wang appeared beside Bazett and Cú Chulainn with Red A, who was barely able to stand.

Mo Wang and Red A found Bazett and Cú Chulainn at The Church, where Mo Wang questioned Bazett about strange incidents in Fuyuki City. He took Cú Chulainn with him to investigate, while Kirei Kotomine served extremely spicy noodles to Golden Gilgamesh.

• Mo Wang arrived at The Church, defeated Cú Chulainn, and persuaded Bazett to surrender.
• Bazett told Mo Wang that Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh were at a nearby ramen shop, where Kirei worked as a chef.
• Bazett explained that people in Fuyuki City had been crossing into a deserted, perpetually dark version of the city, and that Caster Medea and her Master had been killed by a powerful thunder attack.
• Mo Wang decided to investigate the strange incidents and took Cú Chulainn with him, leaving Bazett behind.
• Kirei Kotomine served Golden Gilgamesh a hundred-times-spicy bowl of mapo tofu noodles.

Mo Wang and his companions arrived at Kirei's restaurant, where Golden Gilgamesh revealed that his Clairvoyance had shown the world would be destroyed by an enemy from another timeline. Mo Wang learned that Gaia had asked Gilgamesh to bring him in, then reacted in horror to Kirei's brutally spicy mapo tofu noodles.

• Golden Gilgamesh sampled Kirei's mapo tofu noodles and praised their fierce spiciness while sweating and coughing.
• Mo Wang and his companions arrived at the restaurant, leaving Red A exhausted and Cú Chulainn vomiting from the trip.
• Mo Wang questioned Golden Gilgamesh, who revealed his EX-rank Clairvoyance and said Gaia had asked him to bring Mo Wang over.
• Golden Gilgamesh explained that the world faced destruction from an enemy outside the timeline and left the investigation to Mo Wang.
• Mo Wang learned that Golden Gilgamesh had been eating Kirei's mapo tofu-topped noodles and recoiled at the dish's enormous quantity of chili peppers.

Mo Wang returned to the rooftop with ramen and explained that his investigation had uncovered a lead, while Cú Chulainn, Red A, and Golden Gilgamesh staggered in after competing to eat hell-spicy noodles. Rin demanded to know why so many Servants had gathered, and Mo Wang revealed that Caster had already dropped out of the Holy Grail War.

• Doggy and Red A accepted Mapo’s challenge to eat the hell-spicy ramen, while Mo Wang prepared for them to end up in the hospital.
• Sakura offered Shizuka some lunch, and Mo Wang arrived with ramen for Shizuka and Artoria after spending the morning investigating the strange incidents in Fuyuki City.
• Cú Chulainn, Red A, and Golden Gilgamesh returned to the rooftop sick after each eating at least ten bowls of spicy ramen.
• Rin grabbed Mo Wang and demanded to know why Lancer and Golden Gilgamesh had joined Archer; Mo Wang explained that he had borrowed Doggy for his investigation and that Gilgamesh had come along for entertainment.
• Mo Wang told Rin that Caster had already dropped out, after she pointed out that nearly every Servant was now present.

Mo Wang’s group ended the first day of the Holy Grail War and went to Shizuka’s home, where Irisviel had returned after ten years. Irisviel mistook Shizuka for Saber and enthusiastically embraced her, leaving the family to meet again amid confusion.

• Rin lamented that the Holy Grail War seemed unwinnable, and Mo Wang suggested she beg or eventually rob Golden Gilgamesh for money.
• Mo Wang’s suggestion made Rin start eyeing Golden Gilgamesh as a target, while Artoria and Shizuka watched him stir up trouble.
• After school, the girls went to Shizuka’s house, and Mo Wang revealed he had saved Irisviel partly so he could record Kiritsugu’s emotional reunion with her.
• Mimi reappeared with photos of Kiritsugu, and Red A and Doggy worried that Mo Wang would take them and the Emiya family to Chaldea.
• Irisviel rushed out and mistook Shizuka for Artoria, hugging her until Kiritsugu told her to let go.
• Irisviel compared Shizuka and Artoria, then warmly told Shizuka she felt like their child.