Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu and the Silver Crown Legion prepared to face the Eradication Protocol after its signal activated a hidden defense system near Earth. The enemy struck before the fleet was ready, and the chapter ended as Hood ordered the Legion to counterattack against the damaged Star Ring and its fighter swarms.

• Von Noymiau identified the Ghost Signal as the Eradication Protocol and reported that it had activated a Closed-Loop Defense System concealed near Earth.
• Jiang Lianqiu refused to retreat, summoned dimensional guides and Ship Girls, and asked Xingxiao to bring a fleet across universes.
• Xingxiao successfully Warp Jumped a fleet to Earth, where Jiang Lianqiu assembled his forces before the spacetime barrier collapsed.
• Hood reported that the enemy had begun broadcasting signals but that no other Eradication Protocol forces had responded.
• The Eradication Protocol attacked without warning, collapsing the barrier and sending silver fighters into the Legion's formation as its damaged Star Ring emerged.
• Hood ordered the Legion's carriers, destroyers, assault fleets, and capital ships into combat positions and prepared them to fire.

Jiang Lianqiu and his allies defeated the Eradication Protocol’s damaged star ring and discovered that its identification codes and thinking bore similarities to the Mech Servants. The battle became visible from Earth, throwing humanity into upheaval, while Jiang Lianqiu prepared to investigate the star ring and a strange structure inside the sun.

• Herta and Huanlong noticed that the Eradication Protocol’s signals and thought patterns resembled those of the Mech Servants, and a fleet warning revealed a 37% overlap in enemy-friend identification codes.
• Jiang Lianqiu ordered Xingxiao to mark the fleet’s units, reducing the overlap below 5%, and decided they had to capture the damaged star ring.
• Xingxiao led an assault that crippled the star ring, and Hood reported that the fleet’s victory was assured.
• The space battle lit up Earth’s night sky, prompting scientists and political leaders worldwide to respond to the apparent arrival of extraterrestrial life.
• At the Butterfly Mansion, Kocho Kanae showed Jiang Lianqiu emergency newspapers about the global reaction, and he reassured the Butterfly sisters and Kanroji Mitsuri before promising to spend time with them after his research work.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that the Cosmic String Solidification was an ancient, failed Mech Servant device whose contaminated information had influenced the Eradication Protocol and caused the crisis in the Demon Slayer universe. The research team planned to study the device as a possible source of a signature weapon for him, while Jiang Lianqiu left to tell Himeko about the coming Penacony trip and joined a tea party at his home.

• Herta and Von Noymiau told Jiang Lianqiu that the Cosmic String Solidification was an ancient attempt to control Authorization, made obsolete by his birth in another universe.
• The researchers explained that errors from the device contaminated the universe, affected the Eradication Protocol, and helped trigger the war that sent the device and Star Ring wreckage into another universe.
• March 7th joked that Jiang Lianqiu and the Mech Servants seemed like villains, while Herta and Von Noymiau said the device could still help them understand Authorization and might become his law-level weapon.
• March 7th left for the Luofu Xianzhou after Stelle reported that Scott was harassing the proprietress at Nuye Hou.
• Jiang Lianqiu realized he had forgotten to tell Himeko about the events in the other universe, went to his home, and joined Himeko and the Ship Girls at their tea party.

Jiang Lianqiu discussed the dangerous Penacony celebration with Himeko and the Ship Girls before Hwangcheon unexpectedly arrived, drawn to him by a mysterious call. Hwangcheon discovered that Jiang Lianqiu’s tea let her regain her sense of smell and taste, and she said she wanted to go to Penacony despite having no invitation.

• Jiang Lianqiu told Himeko and the Ship Girls that something was wrong with the Penacony event as they planned to attend together.
• Hwangcheon appeared inside the guarded base, alarming the Ship Girls until Jiang Lianqiu recognized her and stopped the alert.
• Hwangcheon explained that Nihility had drained her senses and memories, and that she had followed a call connected to Jiang Lianqiu.
• Hwangcheon tasted Jiang Lianqiu’s black tea and discovered she could smell and taste it, prompting the Ship Girls to suspect she was trying to seduce him.
• Hwangcheon confirmed she wanted to go to Penacony but had no invitation.

Jiang Lianqiu explained the hidden purpose behind Penacony’s Harmony Celebration and learned why Hwangcheon could taste food only after he tried it. Hwangcheon accepted his invitation to stay and travel with them to Penacony, while her search for IX Path and Nihility’s curse remained unresolved.

• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that a Mythus Pathstrider posing as The Family had secretly invited the universe’s factions to Penacony, hoping to oppose The Family’s misuse of the Stellaron and honor the Watchmaker, Ragnarok Sharmir Mikhail.
• Hwangcheon told Himeko that Tiernan had given her a Sea Navigating Ranger bullet before she granted him peace, and Himeko recognized him as one of the Nameless who had left the train for Penacony.
• Jiang Lianqiu invited Hwangcheon to stay with them and travel to Penacony after she asked why he had color; she accepted and explained that she wanted to taste flavors again.
• At dinner, Jiang Lianqiu explained that Hwangcheon could properly taste food only after he had taken a bite, and Hwangcheon said Hoshimi Miyabi had faint colors because she was not purely black and white.
• Hwangcheon said she was searching for IX Path to uncover Nihility’s secret and cut off its curse, while Jiang Lianqiu and Hwangcheon warned Eriri not to become too curious about Nihility.
• Herta replied that Jiang Lianqiu’s condition information supported her theory that Cosmic String Solidification was a prerequisite for existence, but she said Nihility did not interest her.

Hwangcheon discovered that Eriri’s paintings carried the power of Existence, which could help her perceive colors despite Nihility. After Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Tiernan’s bullet could lead them to someone in Penacony, he took Eriri and Hwangcheon to the Horizon of Existence to investigate the Nameless Sleeper.

• Hwangcheon considered staying with Jiang Lianqiu and found Eriri painting on the rooftop.
• Hwangcheon showed Eriri how Nihility drained her, then saw that Eriri’s painting let her perceive colors and accepted the canvas as a gift.
• Hwangcheon offered to teach Eriri about Existence, and Eriri began practicing under her guidance.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Hwangcheon that Tiernan’s bullet could lead them to someone in Penacony and proposed visiting the Horizon of Existence.
• Hwangcheon agreed to watch over Jiang Lianqiu as he entered the Horizon of Existence with Eriri, who bravely faced the vast Black Hole.

Jiang Lianqiu absorbed Nihility's power without losing his sense of self, and Eriri left a trail of color in the Black Marshal's realm with her painting. The next morning, Stelle and the others gathered at Jiang Lianqiu's home to plan a show against The Family over Penacony and the fallen Nameless.

• Jiang Lianqiu walked through Nihility's realm, became a Pathstrider of Nihility, and reassured Hwangcheon and Eriri that he did not want to die.
• Jiang Lianqiu encouraged Eriri to give Black Marshal some color, and Eriri painted a vivid portrait of herself, Jiang Lianqiu, and Hwangcheon.
• Jiang Lianqiu showed Eriri how the painting's power of existence reached its limit against Nihility, and then brought her and Hwangcheon back to reality.
• Stelle arrived early the next morning to discuss a plan with Jiang Lianqiu, and he caught her after she stumbled into him at the door.
• Himeko, the Astral Express Crew, the Ship Girls, and Hwangcheon gathered at Jiang Lianqiu's home, where Stelle announced they would give The Family a big show over Penacony and its fallen Nameless.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that the Holy Grail had lodged itself in the scepter and, after attempting to activate it, accidentally gave Stelle a Command Seal. The group gathered Holy Relics at the Silver Crown Galaxy and prepared to try summoning a Heroic Spirit, though Jiang Lianqiu admitted he did not remember the ritual.

• Herta told Jiang Lianqiu that a strange cup was blocking critical connections in the scepter, and he recognized it as the Holy Grail.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained the Holy Grail War after Himeko asked whether the Grail could reunite Pom-Pom with Mikhail and the other deceased seniors.
• Jiang Lianqiu chanted at the Holy Grail, which produced red liquid, and Stelle unexpectedly received a Command Seal.
• Jiang Lianqiu ordered the Holy Relics collected by Utaha's grandfather transported to the Silver Crown Galaxy, where Stelle prepared to attempt a summoning.
• Jiang Lianqiu admitted he had forgotten the summoning ritual and suggested Stelle choose a Holy Relic and try anyway.

Jiang Lianqiu and his companions charged the Holy Grail with Destiny Power and prepared to use a Holy Grail War to expose The Family’s plans for Penacony. When Jiang Lianqiu summoned the required Ruler, the Grail materialized Aglaea, a data life-form from Amphoreus.

• Stelle tried to summon a Heroic Spirit with a supposed relic of Jesus, but the Holy Grail did not respond.
• Himeko proposed using a Holy Grail War to draw attention to Penacony and expose The Family’s conspiracy, and the group agreed to try charging the Grail with Destiny Power.
• Herta used the scepter system to fill the Holy Grail with energy and discovered that Jiang Lianqiu’s Authorization required a Ruler to appear before the war could begin.
• Jiang Lianqiu summoned the Ruler by reciting Herta’s embarrassing invocation, and a golden-haired woman emerged from the Grail.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized the woman as Aglaea from Amphoreus, and Herta realized the Holy Grail had given a data life-form a physical body.

Jiang Lianqiu and Herta summoned Aglaea into reality, while Amphoreus froze after losing her as a critical data point. The group prepared to investigate Amphoreus and recover a memory meme, and Herta warned Jiang Lianqiu that its existence would depend on his memories of her.

• Aglaea manifested as a Heroic Spirit, retained memories from more than thirty million recurrences, and learned that Jiang Lianqiu’s power sustained her body in reality.
• Amphoreus’s calculations froze when Aglaea vanished, giving Screwllum time to investigate Laigus and uncover evidence that he might be Zandar.
• Herta announced plans to send a memory meme into Amphoreus as a vessel for Aha’s divinity, while she and Screwllum prepared their data assault.
• Jiang Lianqiu discovered that the Scepter had activated, and Herta proposed calling it the Supreme Scepter because it predated Rupert’s Scepters.
• Herta warned Jiang Lianqiu that the memory meme would disappear permanently if he forgot her, and he agreed to bear responsibility for her existence.

Jiang Lianqiu received a partially restored Mimi from Herta and named her, while rumors of a wish-granting Holy Grail spread through Penacony. Aventurine gained a Command Seal, met Jiang Lianqiu, and attracted the press as Jiang Lianqiu left with his group.

• Herta transferred part of Cyrene’s data into a book, bringing Mimi into the lab and explaining that she could recover gradually through the power of Remembrance.
• Jiang Lianqiu named the shy Mimi, who nuzzled his finger after March 7th and Stelle tried to call her a pink-haired puppy.
• Aventurine and Ratio arrived at the Daydream Hotel and heard rumors that the Holy Grail could grant wishes; hotel staff confiscated Aventurine’s luggage.
• A Command Seal appeared on Aventurine’s hand, and he joked with Ratio about winning the Holy Grail’s attention.
• Jiang Lianqiu met Aventurine and Ratio, revealed that Stelle also had a Command Seal, and heard Aventurine suggest they could cooperate.
• Reporters surrounded Aventurine and Jiang Lianqiu’s group, so Jiang Lianqiu left with his companions and praised Huanlong for spreading the Holy Grail rumors.

Jiang Lianqiu and the Astral Express Crew checked into Penacony while investigating the dream trapping its inhabitants. Robin sought Jiang Lianqiu’s help after discovering the dream was collapsing, and the chapter ended with him making her perform Mimi’s ridiculous laugh.

• Jiang Lianqiu arranged for Mimi to stay with him and ensured Stelle was registered before the Astral Express Crew checked into the hotel.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Hwangcheon sensed the Dreamscape Corridor, while Aglaea explained how she could use her golden threads to announce the Holy Grail War throughout Penacony.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Robin that the Daydream Hotel and everyone in the Asdana star system were already inside a dream.
• Robin explained that Penacony’s dream was collapsing and that she suspected her brother knew more than he admitted; she also said Jiang Lianqiu’s presence restored her failing voice.
• Jiang Lianqiu agreed to help Robin if she laughed like Mimi, and March 7th overheard Robin’s increasingly loud attempts through his door.

March 7th discovered Robin in Jiang Lianqiu's room, where Robin learned that the Holy Grail War was being used to disrupt the Taiyi Dream. Meanwhile, Old Audi recruited Scott, Sunday tracked the Command Seal holders, and Hwangcheon unexpectedly arrived at Dewdrop Estate, where Sunday offered to guide her.

• March 7th entered Jiang Lianqiu's room, found Robin there, and learned that Robin's laughter had been prompted by Jiang Lianqiu teasing Mimi.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained the Watchmaker's legacy and the Taiyi Dream to Robin, who revealed her Command Seal and asked whether the Holy Grail War was connected to the plan.
• Jiang Lianqiu admitted that he and his allies had started the Holy Grail War to redirect the factions' attention and oppose the Taiyi Dream.
• Old Audi recruited Scott for the Holy Grail War, citing his rivalry with the Strategic Investment Department, his grudge against Robin, and his Command Seal.
• Sunday learned that Aventurine, Scott, and an unauthorized Sea Navigating Ranger had Command Seals, but his agents could not find the source of the rumor.
• Hwangcheon appeared inside Dewdrop Estate and asked Sunday for directions to the Daydream Hotel, prompting Sunday to offer to guide her.

Sunday recruited Hwangcheon, whom he believed had a Command Seal, to cooperate with the Family in the Holy Grail War. After a misunderstanding involving Robin and Jiang Lianqiu, Robin learned that Hwangcheon was secretly allied with Jiang Lianqiu’s group, which already controlled much of the war.

• Sunday drove Hwangcheon through Penacony and persuaded her to join the Family’s efforts in the Holy Grail War after she faked a Command Seal.
• Sunday found Robin leaving a hotel room with Jiang Lianqiu, Sirius, and March 7th, and wrongly assumed his sister had become depraved.
• Robin cleared up Sunday’s misunderstanding by agreeing to a future concert tour, and Sunday introduced her to Hwangcheon.
• Sunday privately told Robin that Hwangcheon had a Command Seal and asked her to keep it secret.
• Robin messaged Jiang Lianqiu, who revealed that Hwangcheon was already on his side and outlined their group’s advantage in the Holy Grail War.

Jiang Lianqiu and his allies prepared to reshape Penacony’s Holy Grail War while tracking the missing Dream Master, then met Firefly and learned she had Entropyloss Syndrome. The chapter ended with Himeko waiting in the Daydream Hotel lobby before entering the Dream World.

• Hwangcheon told Robin that Lianqiu intended to reclaim Penacony for the Trailblaze and claimed the Watchmaker would be their trump card.
• Jiang Lianqiu focused on finding Gopherwood and had Radiance and the others deploy probes to survey the Asdana System’s Memory Zone.
• Stelle introduced Firefly as an Iris Family performer, and Jiang Lianqiu exposed her identity as a Stellaron Hunter by teasing her with photos Silver Wolf had sent.
• Firefly agreed to let Jiang Lianqiu examine the Sam Mech, and he revealed that he might be able to reverse the entropy behind her Entropyloss Syndrome.
• Himeko waited in the Daydream Hotel lobby and pinned her Stellar Railway ticket to her coat before entering the Dream World.

Himeko guided Misha to Dreamflux Reef to recover his original memories and the Clockmaker’s Legacy, while Aglaea enlisted Dormancy to carry her golden threads through dream regions. Back on the train, Himeko revealed that Boothill was already dreaming, and Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Sampo in Penacony.

• Himeko told Misha about the Trailblaze, then took him to Dreamflux Reef, where she and Welt set out to help him recover his memories and obtain the Clockmaker’s Legacy.
• Aglaea restrained Dormancy with golden threads, learned its true name, and asked it to carry her threads into several dream regions.
• Himeko returned to the Stellar Railway with the Clockmaker’s pocket watch and top hat, where she and Dan Heng convinced Boothill to lower his gun.
• Himeko told Boothill that he was already dreaming because he had entered the Asdana System.
• Stelle tried to claim compensation after getting hit by a pinball car, while Firefly and Jiang Lianqiu reacted to her behavior.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized Sampo and greeted him warmly as an old friend.

Jiang Lianqiu exposed Hanabi’s disguise after teasing her in the Dream World, where she had disguised herself as Sampo to approach him. Hanabi sobered up and revealed her true form, then challenged Jiang Lianqiu to a prank contest as he prepared a gift for the group.

• Hanabi, disguised as Sampo, hugged Jiang Lianqiu and argued with Mimi until Mimi spoke in anger.
• March 7th and Stelle joined the group, and Jiang Lianqiu invited everyone to a bar after teasing Hanabi and startling Firefly with his remarks.
• Firefly told March 7th and Stelle that Sampo’s appearance was a disguise, while Sirius and Mimi revealed that they had noticed it too.
• Jiang Lianqiu got Hanabi drunk inside the bar owner’s dream bubble and revealed that he had used Harmony to make her experience the dream from the perspective of its willing drinker.
• Hanabi dropped her disguise and challenged Jiang Lianqiu to prank her, agreeing to let him deal with her as he pleased if she lost.
• Jiang Lianqiu accepted Hanabi’s challenge and offered the group a meeting gift.

Jiang Lianqiu and Hanabi discussed the Holy Grail War before Jiang announced its start across Penacony. The rules invited everyone to pray for a Master and Heroic Spirit, redirecting the Dreamscape’s wishes toward breaking Taiyi Dream, while Aventurine’s Command Seal made him a public focus.

• Stelle immediately pressed Hanabi’s Mutual Assured Destruction Button, setting off a firework that covered them in soot.
• Hanabi questioned Jiang Lianqiu about the Holy Grail War, and he learned that Black Swan had found clues about Huanlong.
• Hanabi guessed that Jiang was behind the war and asked him for a Command Seal, but he said he did not control who received one.
• Jiang announced that the ritual was complete, and golden threads and parchments bearing the Holy Grail War’s rules spread across Penacony.
• Sunday and Ratio recognized that the rules could draw the wishes of Penacony’s residents away from Taiyi Dream, while Jiang explained that the Holy Grail’s power would help shatter it.
• Penacony’s residents began praying and reporters sought out the Masters; Aventurine revealed that Stelle also had a Command Seal to divert attention from himself.

Stelle failed to summon a Servant in front of a live audience, then fought off Scott’s guards and survived his ambush with help from Artoria. Cú Chulainn appeared as another Servant, and the encounter ended with Stelle and Artoria discussing how hungry they were.

• Stelle forgot the summoning incantation, failed to summon anyone, and mistook the reporter for her Servant.
• Scott arrived, challenged Stelle, and sent his company guards after her, but she knocked them all down with her Baseball Bat.
• Stelle chased Scott into an unpopulated area, where he activated an ambush with monsters and called for his Assassin.
• Artoria appeared to protect Stelle as she shattered the monsters with a blow from her Baseball Bat, while Cú Chulainn’s spear attack was also overwhelmed by the shockwave.
• Cú Chulainn told Stelle that his Master had sent him to investigate and protect her, and Stelle mistakenly thought Jiang Lianqiu was about to confess to her.
• Artoria and Stelle realized they were both hungry, while Cú Chulainn watched their casual conversation in disbelief.

Jiang Lianqiu gathered the summoned Heroic Spirits and their Masters in Dreamflux Reef, where he explained why he had started the Holy Grail War and asked Artoria what knowledge the Grail had given her. Sunday discovered Robin was unreachable and set out to force the others out of the dream, while the group learned Artoria had never participated in a Holy Grail War before.

• Jiang Lianqiu wondered what kind of Holy Grail Herta had taken from the scepter, then decided to meet the Heroic Spirits in Dreamflux Reef.
• Sunday learned that Dreamflux Reef was inaccessible and that Hwangcheon was aligned with Nihility; when he could not reach Robin, he headed to the Harmony Celebration venue.
• Cú Chulainn led Stelle and Artoria to the group waiting in Dreamflux Reef, where Robin revealed she had already met Jiang Lianqiu and Stelle accepted her as an ally.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Hwangcheon more Kit-Kat snacks and explained that he wanted to find the Dream Master, not Sunday, while warning Ratio not to waste his special bullet.
• Artoria told Jiang Lianqiu that the Grail had given her strange knowledge about the world, then confirmed she had never taken part in a Holy Grail War before.