Chapter Summaries

Iori infiltrated the captured Chaldea and discovered that Queen Medb’s forces could suppress Servants, while Rama fought them on a nearby battlefield. Rama stood against Medb despite recognizing that his power alone could not reclaim Chaldea, and the chapter ended with him reflecting that the struggle belonged to humanity, not any individual hero.

• Iori disguised himself as a damaged Greek warrior to investigate Chaldea and found its command room connected to an impossible wilderness.
• Iori saw Rama single-handedly overwhelm the Greek soldiers with divine weapons.
• Queen Medb arrived and used a strange slot-machine power to weaken Rama and make his weapons fall.
• Rama declared himself bound to Ritsuka Fujimaru and vowed to take Chaldea back from Medb.
• Rama recognized that he was only a Servant and that Chaldea’s fate could not be decided by one hero’s story.

Iori Aizen assassinated Queen Medb after she had nearly defeated Rama, then found a Heroic Spirit Card in the treasure chest left behind by her defeat. The chapter ended with Iori examining the card and wondering what it did.

• Queen Medb used her endless army and the controlled heroes Fergus and Diarmuid to overwhelm the weakened Rama.
• Maeve boasted that she was invincible as Lord of the space, unaware that Iori Aizen had infiltrated her ranks disguised as a Reinforcement Soldier.
• Iori revealed himself and pierced Maeve’s heart with a surprise attack enabled by Reverse Curing: Strongest.
• Maeve tried to summon the slot machine and fight back, but Iori inflicted seven fatal wounds and she died before using her remaining trump cards.
• A redwood treasure chest appeared where Maeve vanished, and Iori opened it to find a golden Heroic Spirit Card depicting a mounted warrior.

Iori defeated Maeve’s remaining warriors and learned from the dying Rama that a mastermind had seized Mooncell and turned Chaldea into a labyrinth of connected worlds. After Rama directed him toward an elevator to the next level, Iori set out to save Chaldea alone.

• Iori tested how Diarmuid’s Red Rose affected his Spirit Manifestation, then used Mirror Water Style to shatter Fergus, Diarmuid, and the surrounding warriors.
• Iori examined Rama’s fatal injuries, and Rama explained that Chaldea had become a labyrinth after a mastermind took control of Mooncell and its Holy Grails.
• Rama told Iori that Mooncell could target famous Heroic Spirits through their legends and weaknesses, while nameless heroes might evade its calculations.
• A silver pod appeared after Maeve’s defeat, and Rama identified it as transportation to the next level and urged Iori to save Chaldea.
• Iori boarded the Spirit Elevator and complained that he had no helper for the task ahead.

Iori reached a hot-spring world crowded with male Servants and learned from Saint George that its intoxicating atmosphere was driving the revelry. He had not found the Lord or a way forward, but Saint George believed the Servants had to be satisfied or exhausted to uncover the space’s secret.

• Iori considered how little he knew about the elevator, Mooncell, and Ritsuka Fujimaru, then took Rama’s Immortal Blade and used Usurper to claim ownership of it.
• The elevator stopped, and Iori opened its door onto a vast hot spring where male Servants were drinking, wrestling, and playing games.
• Iori searched for the floor’s enemy but found no obvious hostility among the Servants.
• Saint George approached Iori and explained that the space’s alcohol-scented air made its occupants unusually excited.
• Saint George said that satisfying or exhausting the Servants might reveal the space’s secret, though his self-discipline had prevented him from joining their drinking.

Iori discovered that Saint George had been unknowingly drinking liquor disguised as oolong tea, then used a spirit-body anesthetic to knock him out. Blackbeard’s attempt to visit another bathhouse provoked Heracles and Fairy Knight Gawain, and the chapter ended with Iori redirecting Blackbeard into Gawain’s attack and her asking the Servants to quiet down.

• Iori exposed Saint George’s supposed oolong tea as flammable liquor and gave him an anesthetic disguised as Seireitei water, which knocked him unconscious.
• Blackbeard crashed into the hot spring and told Ivan the Terrible that Servants at the next bathhouse had beaten and thrown him there.
• Blackbeard urged Romulus to visit the other bathhouse, then named the women there, including Chidori, revealing that he had tried to peep on them.
• Heracles attacked Blackbeard, and Fairy Knight Gawain appeared atop the wall to scold the noisy male Servants.
• Blackbeard begged Heracles to throw him toward Gawain for a better view beneath her towel, enraging her into charging at him.
• Iori hurled Blackbeard into Gawain’s sword strike, and she thanked Iori before asking the Servants to enjoy the moonlight quietly.

Iori refereed a hot-spring wager between the male and female Servants, then watched Chaldea’s Servants compete in a game that exposed embarrassing pasts. The contest continued with Martha winning two matches in a row against Chiron.

• Bagster challenged the male Servants after Orion provoked her, and Orion proposed a wager involving swimsuits for the losing side.
• Atalanta challenged Orion’s claim to be the greatest hunter, but Artemis arrived and reprimanded him for lusting after other women’s swimsuits.
• The female Servants agreed that the losing men would have to wear women’s swimsuits, while Eresh worried that she could not take part because she had never worn one.
• Iori suggested Eresh use Ishtar’s outfit as a swimsuit, then declined to compete and offered to act as referee.
• Iori proposed a contest in which the Servants would reveal embarrassing pasts until someone broke, and Little Red Riding Hood declared Martha the winner of her second match against Chiron.

Iori arranged games to wear out the drunken Servants, who competed in a long series of contests before collapsing into sleep. As the night continued unnaturally beneath a motionless moon, Iori waited for a hidden observer, who finally emerged from the moonlight.

• Martha defeated Alexander and Chiron in arm-wrestling contests, prompting the women to claim superiority over the men.
• Chen Gong sent a magically strengthened Lu Bu against Martha, but Morgan replaced her with Frankenstein, who won the match.
• The Servants played King's Game, and Kintoki's command to tell Minamoto no Yorimitsu that he loved her most nearly caused her to vanish.
• Heracles and Quetzalcoatl Cuculcan faced off in a strength contest as Iori continued organizing games for the Servants.
• After the games and a soccer match exhausted the Servants, Iori noticed the moon had not moved and called for the watcher to reveal herself.
• A figure emerged from the moonlight and appeared before Iori.

Iori and Ibuki-dōji joined forces to defeat a White-scaled Serpent that was Shuten-dōji evolving toward Yamata no Orochi. After the illusion collapsed, Iori claimed a Berserker Servant card, and Ibuki-dōji identified it as a Nameless Spirit Base and mentioned a Hero’s Proof.

• Iori met Ibuki-dōji, who said she would cooperate because the true master of the space would make her a sacrifice.
• The White-scaled Serpent appeared, and Ibuki-dōji revealed it was Shuten-dōji empowered by the Holy Grail and divine sake.
• Iori and Ibuki-dōji attacked the serpent, but a slot machine drained Ibuki’s strength and empowered the creature.
• Iori summoned a giant phantom and used World Carving Heavenly Flash to destroy much of the serpent and break the hot-spring illusion.
• Iori and another attacker beheaded the serpent with Yamata no Arashi, and Iori caught the Berserker Servant card that appeared.
• Ibuki-dōji called the card a Nameless Spirit Base and mentioned a Hero’s Proof, prompting Iori to question her.

After Ibuki-dōji sacrificed herself, Iori entered a fog-shrouded London made from pruned, overlapping world fragments and followed his instincts toward the world above. Meanwhile, Ritsuka’s successful mission collapsed when an incomprehensible, overwhelming existence descended into her Singularity.

• Ibuki-dōji explained Chaldea’s Spirit Cores and asked Iori to cut off her head so he could continue without her and save Ritsuka.
• Iori used Ama-no-Murakumo to behead Ibuki-dōji, strengthening the sword as it absorbed her blood.
• Iori explored an empty London and Clock Tower, then discovered that the world was a patchwork of Londons from multiple pruned Worldlines.
• Following his instincts and Ariadne’s Thread, Iori flew toward the opposing world fragment.
• Ritsuka recalled leading her team through London and defeating the Singularity’s threats, only for a terrifying existence to descend and leave her and the Heroic Spirits helpless.

Iori watched Chaldea’s confrontation with Goetia in a London Singularity that seemed to have merged with another worldline. Goetia exposed Iori’s hiding place and recognized him just as the battle began.

• Goetia defeated Ritsuka Fujimaru’s Servants with a single surge of magical energy and introduced himself as Solomon.
• Iori concealed himself nearby and suspected that fragments of parallel Chaldea worlds had merged into this London Singularity.
• Leinys and Ritsuka questioned Goetia, who claimed to be Solomon and explained that he had become a Heroic Spirit through his own power.
• Goetia turned toward Iori’s hiding place, recognized him as Aizen, and accused him of watching.
• Golden light erupted from the darkness as Goetia launched an attack, beginning the battle.

Iori revealed himself as the Berserker known as Susanoo and joined Ritsuka’s group, but warned that Goetia remained impossible to defeat. Goetia explained that his Noble Phantasm, the band of light circling the sky, was burning Human Order and held the power of hundreds of millions of holy-sword attacks.

• Goetia’s golden attack overwhelmed Mordred, but seven barriers and Iori’s azure Giant Phantom briefly deflected it while Mash shielded Ritsuka and the others with Lord Chaldeas.
• Iori dismissed the Giant Phantom, judged that Goetia was far beyond his strength, and stepped forward after trusting his intuition.
• Iori introduced himself to Ritsuka as the Berserker known as Susanoo and apologized for not revealing himself sooner.
• Iori told Ritsuka and Mash that his arrival did not change their zero chance of victory, but promised to fight until the end.
• Goetia rejected the group’s resolve and declared that he had chosen to destroy humanity, while Ritsuka vowed that Chaldea would stop him.
• Goetia identified the Demon God Pillars as lifeforms sent to halt the planet’s surface and revealed that his third Noble Phantasm was the band of light, whose rays held the heat of hundreds of millions of holy-sword attacks.

Iori blocked Goetia’s overwhelming attack, but the released Magic Power revived the Demon God Pillars and forced Chaldea’s party into a desperate defense. After Ritsuka was targeted and Mash was injured protecting her, Iori stepped in to face the Pillars as Goetia escalated the challenge.

• Iori used Hadō Zero: Hō to cancel Goetia’s golden attack, but Goetia revealed that the Demon God Pillars were being recreated from the released Magic Power.
• Leinys reinforced the group while multiple Demon God Pillars emerged, and Iori struck one down before engaging another.
• A Demon God Pillar attacked Ritsuka, sending Mash and Ritsuka flying, while Frankenstein and the other Servants struggled to protect them.
• Iori returned in a burst of lightning and split the Demon God Pillar’s heat ray with his sword, telling Ritsuka to leave the rest to him.
• Goetia decided that two Demon God Pillars were not enough and invoked Limited Deployment: Temple of Time: Grand Order, Kagurazaka Amon.

Iori fought through the Temple of Time while Solomon attacked Chaldea, whose Servants survived by combining their defenses. Iori concluded that the figure facing them was not the Demon God King but the Human King Goetia, and asked whether he knew Gudako, the long-haired Ritsuka Fujimaru.

• Iori was transported into the Temple of Time and charged the Demon God Pillars surrounding him.
• Mordred and Frankenstein tried to stop Solomon’s golden attack, but their Noble Phantasms were overwhelmed.
• Leinys and Tamamo-no-Mae deflected the attack briefly, and Mash protected the group with her shield and a divine barrier.
• Ritsuka rejected Solomon’s attempt to sow distrust, while she and Mash vowed to protect everyone together.
• Iori reasoned that his opponent was the Human King Goetia rather than the Demon God King, then asked if he knew the long-haired Gudako.

Iori confronted Goetia while Solomon defeated Chaldea’s Servants and left the London Singularity, forcing Ritsuka and the survivors to return to Chaldea. Back in the Temple of Time, Iori deduced that the crisis was connected to Ritsuka, and Goetia gave him a Heroic Spirit Card without agreeing to help save Chaldea.

• Iori recognized Goetia as the King of Men from another Worldline and questioned his role in Chaldea’s crisis, while Goetia threatened to kill him.
• Solomon defeated Chaldea’s Servants, dismissed Mash’s questions about humanity, and departed through a vortex as the Singularity began correcting itself.
• Ritsuka, Mash, and Leinys prepared for Spiritron Transfer after Chaldea communications returned, and Ritsuka wondered whether Susanoo was safe.
• In the Temple of Time, Iori argued that Ritsuka’s absence and the other Servants’ behavior suggested they had anticipated the crisis and that it involved her.
• Goetia gave Iori a Heroic Spirit Card but refused to help save Chaldea, and Iori suggested that Goetia was testing him because he needed something he could not accomplish himself.

Iori demanded more compensation from Goetia, then arrived in a snowy world and encountered Ryougi Shiki, an existence connected to the Root who could not see his future. Shiki offered to help him continue onward, and Iori asked whether she was contracted with Chaldea.

• Iori demanded more pay from Goetia and asked whether his shuttle pod in London was safe.
• As Iori traveled through the void, he reflected on Goetia's overwhelming power and stored the Golden Cauldron.
• Iori emerged into a quiet, snow-covered city and met a girl in a white kimono who introduced herself as Ryougi Shiki.
• Ryougi Shiki told Iori that she had appeared out of curiosity because she could not know his future, and she offered to help him travel elsewhere.
• Iori recognized Ryougi Shiki's connection to the Root and asked whether she was a Servant contracted with Chaldea.
• Ryougi Shiki asked which version of herself Iori meant and walked past him.

Ryougi Shiki explained why Iori had crossed into the real Kara no Kyoukai and gave him a warning and an unexplained enhancement before disappearing. Iori then arrived at a frozen Northern European floor, where Caster Cú Chulainn invited him to the base.

• Ryougi Shiki told Iori that she was a real person in 1999 whose Servant counterpart shared her memories, and that their meeting fell outside the records.
• Ryougi Shiki said she wanted to help Gudako in gratitude for the experiences of her Chaldea counterparts, then returned Iori’s Saber and Assassin cards.
• Ryougi Shiki described Chaldea’s efforts to preserve abandoned timelines as potentially harmful to Pan-Human History and warned Iori not to be deceived by lies.
• Ryougi Shiki vanished after blessing Iori’s unwritten future, while his Saint Graph strengthened and he gained a haori, a red kote, and the Garan no Dou skill.
• Iori considered the unexplained change, then walked to a silver transit capsule and left the snowy city.
• Caster Cú Chulainn introduced himself as the floor’s guardian, invited Iori to the base, and learned that Iori could also be called Berserker.

Iori learned that the sealed world was a cleared Lostbelt where Surtr and Fenrir had been altered so that either would destroy the world and grow stronger if the other died first. The Servants planned a simultaneous attack, with Iori leading the team against Surtr, and Skadi revealed a powerful Divine Rune Engraving to help them fight.

• Cú Chulainn led Iori through an abandoned village and explained how the cleared Lostbelt had vanished without its people being recreated.
• Skadi and the gathered Servants explained that Surtr and Fenrir had to be killed at the same time, or the survivor would destroy the world and become stronger.
• Skadi revealed that BB had discovered the enemies' special abilities before disappearing with Sita.
• The group assigned Skadi, Sigurd, and Brynhildr to hunt Fenrir, while Iori, Cú Chulainn, and Beowulf would attack Surtr.
• Skadi brought out a Divine Rune Engraving to give the Servants a better chance against the powerful enemies.

Iori, Cú Chulainn, and Beowulf awakened Surtr and began their battle against the Flame Giant, while a weakened Iori prepared to fight. Elsewhere, Gudako found a strange shard in the Holy Grail and heard a voice insist that she had forgotten something.

• Cú Chulainn activated thousands of Great Runes to awaken Surtr, transforming the snowy valley into a devastated wasteland.
• Surtr rose from the earth, and a slot machine’s three horned demons weakened the Servants by negating their achievements.
• Cú Chulainn used a Great Rune to weaken Surtr, and Beowulf and Iori launched the first attacks of the raid.
• Gudako obtained the Holy Grail and told Nero she wanted to use it to let her stay in Chaldea.
• Nero prompted Gudako to search the Grail, where she found a colorful shard and heard a voice tell her that she had forgotten something.

Iori used Odin’s Divine Rune Engravings to defeat Surtr, but the battle awakened a dangerous state of No-Self within him. He and Cú Chulainn survived, and they examined a fragment of Surtr’s heart as the story left them with a powerful source of True Aether.

• Cú Chulainn used rune magic to weaken Surtr and strip away the flames protecting him, allowing Iori and Beowulf to expose Surtr’s heart.
• Iori used the Divine Rune Engravings of Victory and Death, entering the state of No-Self and unleashing World Carving Heavenly Flash against Surtr.
• Iori pierced Surtr’s heart with the Rune of Death and destroyed the giant with Yamata no Arashi.
• Cú Chulainn checked on Iori, who admitted he felt emotional but concealed his fear of the No-Self state and decided to avoid seeking out Muku Shiki for now.
• Iori and Cú Chulainn examined a ruby-like fragment of Surtr’s heart, which Cú Chulainn identified as a source of True Aether and a potential God-Forged Weapon.

Iori defeated Surtr and received a ruby, Cú Chulainn’s creation rune, and a lucky willow branch, but Ritsuka Fujimaru ambushed him and brought him to a celestial palace. There, she attacked him while claiming to control the events, and Iori recognized that her identity was not straightforward as their battle continued.

• Iori discussed using Surtr’s ruby as a staff core, and Cú Chulainn gave him a hidden Divine Rune Engraving representing creation and a luck-bringing willow branch.
• As Iori traveled in a transport pod, Ritsuka Fujimaru destroyed it with a magical attack and confronted him in the void.
• Ritsuka attacked Iori with beams of starlight, but he survived and countered with Ama-no-Murakumo.
• Iori questioned whether the figure was truly Ritsuka Fujimaru and reasoned that the truth behind her identity and the strange events was about to emerge.
• Ritsuka mocked Iori’s confidence and unleashed powerful attacks, while Iori dodged and fought back with Yamata no Arashi.