Chapter Summaries

Artoria Pendragon drew strength from her people’s faith as she fought Ryougi Shiki in the Destiny Stage. After Shiki shattered the Sword of Selection, Artoria summoned another and declared that the people’s belief could not be cut away, as their bond with her and the kingdom deepened.

• Artoria vowed that no one could defeat her in her country as the people’s faith gathered around her.
• Konan told Ryougi Shiki to take the offensive, and Shiki declared she would kill Artoria with all her strength.
• Artoria summoned an army of magical knights, but Shiki charged through them and met Artoria in combat.
• Shiki sliced through the Sword of Selection and explained that she could kill anything if she saw an opening, but not the Lord of Destiny.
• Artoria summoned a new Sword of Selection and said the people’s faith would keep it in her hand as the spectators cheered.
• Shiki charged again, and the two continued clashing as Artoria repeatedly summoned replacement swords.

Konan and Touko Aozaki fought Irisviel while Artoria and Ryougi Shiki continued their close-quarters battle. Irisviel escaped Konan’s barrier using an Information Transfer Device, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Artoria and Ryougi Shiki fought evenly, and Konan explained how their classes and abilities matched up.
• Konan chose not to interrupt Ryougi Shiki’s duel and teamed up with Touko Aozaki to attack Irisviel.
• Konan trapped Irisviel in a barrier and launched Sky-Rending Talismans at her.
• Irisviel completed an Information Transfer Device, turned herself into information, and reappeared outside the barrier.
• Irisviel maintained a defensive stance because she was carrying her husband’s life, her daughter’s future, and Artoria on her shoulders.

Konan pressured Irisviel and Artoria to surrender their event eligibility, using Irisviel’s vulnerability and the threat of taking her Badge. Artoria proposed a duel, but Konan insisted that both women first give up eligibility, leaving the negotiation unresolved.

• Konan filled the stage with Gold Slash Talismans, preventing Irisviel from using Information Transfer safely.
• Konan pointed out that Irisviel was not protected by the event’s revival rules and offered to spare her and Artoria if they became assistants.
• Irisviel refused to decide for Artoria, canceled her Information Transfer Device, and built a gigantic cannon.
• Konan considered leaving Irisviel to Touko Aozaki so she could help Ryougi Shiki against Artoria, but the duel paused when Artoria noticed Irisviel was struggling.
• Artoria proposed a one-on-one duel, offering to withdraw if she lost and requesting an alliance if she won.
• Konan said Artoria and Irisviel had to give up their event eligibility before Artoria could earn the right to fight one-on-one.

Artoria gave up her qualification to win the event to protect Irisviel, then challenged Konan to a duel. Konan unleashed every Golden Light Slash she possessed, and Artoria prepared to meet the attack without reservations.

• Artoria chose to surrender her event qualification rather than risk Irisviel and her people, and her badge flashed in response.
• Konan promised to stop attacking Irisviel and asked Artoria to help her, but Artoria demanded that Konan defeat her first.
• Ryougi Shiki declined to fight Artoria, and Konan accepted Artoria's challenge despite the risk.
• Artoria opened the duel with a beam attack that destroyed a clone, while Konan revealed that she would fight as a ranged ninja.
• Konan covered the battlefield in Golden Light Slashes, concealing Sky-Rending Talismans among them, and Artoria declared that Irisviel would protect the kingdom if she died.

Artoria used Excalibur to withstand Konan’s talisman attack, and Konan conceded the battle. After the crowd celebrated, Artoria reflected on the endless battles ahead while Konan left with Ryougi Shiki and Touko Aozaki, realizing she needed to grow stronger.

• Artoria unleashed Excalibur, and its beam clashed with Konan’s Gold Slash Talismans in a devastating shockwave.
• Konan reformed from talismans and conceded, deciding Artoria would win if the fight continued.
• Konan declared that her side would leave and never return, prompting the crowd to celebrate.
• Artoria questioned whether the battles would ever end, and she and Konan vowed to win if they met again.
• Konan departed with Ryougi Shiki and Touko Aozaki, admitted she needed time to replenish her talismans, and said she was fortunate to have them.

Lancelot accepted Orochimaru’s proposal to oppose Iskandar, while Lorelei, Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Diarmuid challenged the King of Conquerors. Facing the crowd’s rejection, Iskandar declared that everyone desired the victory that crushed all.

• Orochimaru urged Lancelot to become Iskandar’s enemy, and Lancelot wavered over returning to the king he had betrayed.
• Lorelei, Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Diarmuid arrived to overthrow Iskandar, while Orochimaru and Lancelot prepared to confront them.
• Lancelot declared that Tohsaka Tokiomi must die, confirming his alliance with Orochimaru.
• Lorelei and Iskandar argued over freedom and rule, and the crowd rallied behind Lorelei while condemning Iskandar.
• Iskandar raised his sword and proclaimed himself the king of desire and conquest, declaring that everyone wanted the victory that crushed all.

Iskandar summoned his army of Heroic Spirits and charged Lorelei’s group, while Itachi Uchiha and Lancelot revealed themselves as his allies. Lancelot attacked Tohsaka Tokiomi with furious, relentless force, leaving Tokiomi scrambling to defend himself and wondering why the Berserker hated him.

• Iskandar summoned tens of thousands of former subordinates and ordered them to trample his opponents.
• Lorelei recognized that Iskandar’s strength depended on his soldiers and sent a giant dragon against them.
• Itachi Uchiha struck Lorelei with a massive blade, and she warned that Iskandar had more allies.
• Matou Kariya ordered Lancelot to kill Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Lancelot attacked him with a black staff.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi used barriers and a flame spell to stop Lancelot, but Lancelot broke through and kept charging.

Orochimaru and Itachi Uchiha killed Lorelei and helped Lancelot defeat Tohsaka Tokiomi, while Diarmuid and Iskandar prepared to face them together. Orochimaru then revealed himself to Iskandar in Waver’s corpse, provoking the King of Conquerors as the next battle began.

• Itachi Uchiha trapped Lorelei with Tsukuyomi, and Orochimaru killed her with Hellfire and took her Badge.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi tried to escape, but Lancelot kept him pinned down while Diarmuid remained trapped against Iskandar’s army.
• Orochimaru and Itachi Uchiha joined Lancelot in tearing Tohsaka Tokiomi apart, causing his Badge to vanish.
• Diarmuid withdrew from Iskandar’s army and suggested that they might soon fight side by side against Itachi Uchiha and Orochimaru.
• Itachi Uchiha charged Iskandar while Orochimaru confronted the King of Conquerors in Waver’s corpse, enraging him.

Orochimaru used Waver's captured soul to pressure Iskandar into helping him eliminate Itachi Uchiha. After Iskandar and Itachi fled the stage, Orochimaru tried to recruit Diarmuid, who declined and considered seeking out the King of Knights.

• Orochimaru revealed that he held Waver's soul and offered to return it if Iskandar gave up his place and helped kill Itachi Uchiha.
• Iskandar questioned Orochimaru's promise, while Lancelot argued that Orochimaru usually kept his word when doing so served his interests.
• Itachi Uchiha threw his sword as a distraction and rushed for the boundary, then left the stage alongside Iskandar as a new stage appeared.
• Orochimaru told Diarmuid that eliminating two rivals was enough for the day and invited him to join his side.
• Diarmuid refused to follow a Lord whose limits he did not know, and Orochimaru suggested that the King of Knights might suit him.

After Orochimaru defeated Itachi and the remaining competitors dwindled to seven, Joan of Arc and Kanzaki Kaori discussed reclaiming Lorelei’s Badge and finding allies. Wise Flash arrived and proposed an alliance, leaving their response undecided.

• Orochimaru returned Waver’s soul to Iskandar after winning the battle and eliminating Itachi.
• Shen Mo noted that only Kanzaki Kaori, Joan of Arc, Orochimaru, Konan, Roger, Garp, and Gilgamesh still qualified, and suspected the Jeweled Sage had rescued the Maron Priest.
• Joan of Arc asked Kanzaki Kaori to help reclaim Lorelei’s Badge, and Kanzaki agreed.
• Joan of Arc and Kanzaki considered approaching Konan or Gilgamesh but worried that an alliance could leave them vulnerable.
• Wise Flash entered their room and proposed an alliance, saying he could afford to abandon the event.

Wise Flash brought Kanzaki Kaori’s group to form a wary alliance with Konan’s group against Orochimaru, while both sides suspected the other of plotting. Orochimaru then revealed he had allied with the others and proposed a restricted fight, leaving Konan to point out that the eligible fighters were unevenly matched.

• Wise Flash persuaded Kanzaki Kaori’s group to join forces with Konan’s group so they could confront Orochimaru before settling their rivalry.
• Konan agreed to the temporary alliance, but after Wise Flash left, she and Touko Aozaki worried it might be a trap and decided to wait for Orochimaru.
• Three days later, Orochimaru appeared as a small skeleton and told Konan he had allied with Wise Flash’s group in exchange for Lorelei’s Badge.
• Orochimaru proposed that each side field only two fighters, and Konan replied that the number of eligible fighters on each side made that arrangement unfair.

Orochimaru arranged for Joan of Arc to withdraw from Gilgamesh’s alliance so he could attack Gilgamesh with Konan and the others. After Joan of Arc asked to leave and Kanzaki Kaori chose to stay, Orochimaru appeared in Gilgamesh’s room, and the final battle began.

• Orochimaru told Lancelot that winning the event would give its victor a lasting advantage, while Lancelot said he had already agreed to help.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had privately arranged for Joan of Arc to withdraw from Gilgamesh’s alliance and promised to attack Gilgamesh that night alongside Konan and the others.
• Joan of Arc asked Gilgamesh to let her leave so she could pursue Lorelei’s Badge, and Kanzaki Kaori chose to remain allied with Gilgamesh.
• Joan of Arc promised to rejoin the battle if Kanzaki Kaori faced two or more attackers, and Gilgamesh questioned whether Orochimaru trusted Joan of Arc to stand aside.
• Orochimaru appeared in Gilgamesh’s room, confirmed that Gilgamesh’s true body was present, and triggered the start of the final battle.

On the Destiny Stage, the contenders prepared for a decisive battle, but Gilgamesh surrendered his qualification rather than face four opponents. His continued presence left Konan and Orochimaru vying for his support as the other fights began.

• Orochimaru proposed that one of Konan's people fight Joan of Arc, and Ryougi Shiki volunteered to face her with Kanzaki Kaori nearby.
• Orochimaru summoned a powerful Two-Headed Bone Dragon, while Konan transformed into talismans and Roger and Garp began their duel.
• Gilgamesh gave up his qualification, then declared that he would stay and might still intervene in the battles.
• Konan offered Gilgamesh a promise for his help, while Orochimaru countered that he could offer the same, leaving Gilgamesh to choose a side.

Gilgamesh sided with Orochimaru, forcing Konan and Touko Aozaki to fight them alongside Lancelot. Konan’s massive talisman assault devastated the battlefield, but Orochimaru survived as an undead, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Gilgamesh chose to support Orochimaru and attacked Touko Aozaki, while Orochimaru and Lancelot joined the assault.
• Konan proposed replacing Touko Aozaki’s real body with talisman decoys, and they tried to break through by targeting Lancelot.
• Konan divided the battlefield with layers of barriers, creating an opening for Touko Aozaki’s assassin puppet to attack Lancelot.
• Orochimaru emerged from inside Lancelot and blocked Touko Aozaki’s killing dagger, revealing that he had anticipated their plan.
• Konan activated all her talismans in a massive attack that destroyed Lancelot and engulfed the battlefield.
• Orochimaru emerged from the wreckage as an undead skeleton holding a Badge and said the attack would have killed him if he were not undead.

Konan used Touko Aozaki’s puppet to transform her power into an enormous amount of Chakra and fought Orochimaru with the Rinnegan and ninjutsu. Orochimaru exploited her unstable Chakra and retreated into the Shadow Realm, leaving Konan’s attempt to trap him unresolved.

• Konan summoned her puppet and attached herself to it, revealing that her power could be converted into Chakra despite her depleted talismans.
• Konan unleashed Banshō Ten'in, but Orochimaru escaped into the shadows and attacked her with Hellfire.
• Konan repelled Orochimaru with Shinra Tensei and began forming a paper barrier to restrict his movement.
• Orochimaru recognized that Konan struggled to control her converted Chakra and retreated to outlast her.
• Konan used Planetary Devastation, but Orochimaru hid in the Shadow Realm and taunted her that its gravity could not reach him.

Konan’s battle against Orochimaru reached a stalemate until Joan of Arc awakened her vengeful personality and used soul-burning flames to defeat him. The Flames of Vengeance grew stronger after the victory, leaving Joan unable to return to her former self.

• Orochimaru hid in the Shadow Realm and stalled, leaving Konan unable to force him out.
• Joan of Arc’s vengeful personality emerged, transforming her armor and summoning a sea of flames that reached Orochimaru through the shadows.
• Joan of Arc’s flames made Orochimaru relive his crimes and pierced his soul, defeating him and causing a Badge to emerge.
• Konan realized Joan of Arc’s power targeted souls and feared she might become the next victim.
• Joan of Arc declared that vengeance could not be extinguished, and the flames in her eyes burned hotter.

Konan, Gilgamesh, and Touko Aozaki defeated the corrupted Joan of Arc, while Kanzaki Kaori and Ryougi Shiki ended their fight. After three days of combat, Garp defeated Roger, leaving the event’s outcome decided.

• Gilgamesh used the Divine Realm’s faith as golden chains against Joan of Arc, but her flames overwhelmed them and tormented the citizens whose faith sustained him.
• Konan focused Planetary Devastation’s gravity on Joan of Arc, and Touko Aozaki’s defensive doll kicked her into the meteor, where layers of earth and stone buried her.
• Konan and Touko Aozaki flew to Ryougi Shiki’s battlefield, where Kanzaki Kaori forfeited and asked whether Joan of Arc could be restored.
• Konan, Kanzaki Kaori, Touko Aozaki, Ryougi Shiki, and Gilgamesh watched Roger and Garp fight for three days and nights as both men exhausted their strength.
• Garp drove a conjured knife into Roger’s heart and won, then collapsed beside him as they silently acknowledged their fight.

Konan won the event and received a three-hundred-million-Point reward from Shen Mo. As the survivors prepared to leave, Konan returned to the Naruto world and learned she could use her winnings to buy Level 4 Chests or save the remaining Points.

• The Mirror Space shattered, Joan of Arc returned to normal, and Kanzaki Kaori teased her about her behavior while corrupted.
• Shen Mo announced Konan as the winner, opened the revival passage, and told non-members they could stay for three more days.
• Shen Mo took Konan to the beach where they had first met, back in the Naruto world.
• Shen Mo gave Konan a Points Recharge Card worth three hundred million Points, and she used it to replenish her balance.
• Shen Mo told Konan she could buy up to fifty Level 4 Chests for one hundred and fifty million Points or use the rest on Level 3 Chests or save it.

Konan began opening Level 4 Chests with Shen Mo and was disappointed to draw a Points Recharge Card before finding a powerful new talisman skill. Shen Mo explained that the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Talisman was part of a Talisman Master’s Void Drawing abilities, which depended on strength.

• Konan decided to open ten Talisman Master's Limited Chests while Shen Mo watched.
• Konan opened the first chest and drew a Points Recharge Card, prompting Shen Mo to suggest it could help Chest Openers who had reached their limit.
• Konan opened the second chest and obtained the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Talisman.
• Konan traced the talisman in the air and summoned a powerful golden lightning bolt that killed nearby small animals and impressed her with its strength.
• Shen Mo explained that Void Drawing was an important branch of the Talisman Master profession and that Konan had previously lacked the strength to use it.

Konan opened Level 4 Chests and won the Epic Purple Void Imprisoning Immortal Talisman, giving her a powerful way to seal enemies. Shen Mo then demonstrated a time-based skill that left her unable to react, revealing an even more dangerous power.

• Konan opened Level 4 Chests and found stronger talisman knowledge, rare materials, and useful skills, but no Grand Prize.
• On her twenty-fourth chest, Konan drew an Epic Purple treasure and learned it was the Void Imprisoning Immortal Talisman, which sealed space, movement, and energy.
• Konan realized the talisman could overwhelm powerful opponents such as Roger and Garp, and Shen Mo said it would make others hesitate to face her.
• Shen Mo demonstrated a time-based skill that slowed Konan’s perception and thoughts until he touched her forehead, leaving her unable to resist.