Chapter Summaries

The Nine Demon God Pillars proclaimed that they would be born at the Institute of Life, and the gathered fighters attacked them. Lemoni blasted Furcas back, then reunited with Stheno, who took her place on his shoulder as he rushed back into battle.

• The Nine Demon God Pillars filled the Institute of Life with magic and declared that they blessed birth and praised union.
• Annanu and Enkidu fought together while Nanshe and Ereshkigal lamented that Annanu was out of reach, irritating Ishtar.
• Adekate, Kurgarru, Galatur, Zi Juan, Ushiwakamaru, and Hitachibō Kaison battled the Demon God Pillars.
• Lemoni struck Furcas with his Golden Spear of Glorious Splendor and drove it back.
• Stheno appeared and sat on Lemoni's shoulder, and Lemoni promised not to forget their agreement before carrying her to safety.

Annanu, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh reunited while fighting the Demon God Pillars, joined by Quetzalcoatl and other allies. Annanu’s teasing led him to unleash his frustration on Sabnock, while Gilgamesh prepared to fight in earnest.

• Gilgamesh joined Annanu and Enkidu and urged them to seek him out sooner during future reunions.
• Quetzalcoatl arrived and greeted Annanu, while Gilgamesh provoked Ishtar by comparing her unfavorably to Quetzalcoatl.
• Gilgamesh, Annanu, Enkidu, and Quetzalcoatl agreed that the false Mage King would fail because humanity and the planet would fight against him.
• Quetzalcoatl went to join Jaguar Man and Medusa, while Gilgamesh and Enkidu teased Annanu about Nanshe and Ereshkigal.
• Annanu kicked Gilgamesh off the platform, then attacked Sabnock with a barrage of Keys of Heaven and killed him again.
• Gilgamesh joined the battle in earnest and announced that he would unleash his treasury.

Annanu, Enkidu, Anno, Oceannus, Xiang An, Norla, and Sakumura gathered at the Abandoned Hole to fight the Demon God Pillars. Anno received a jeweled potion from the Throne of Jade, suggesting Lawrence would join them after all.

• Annanu and Enkidu reached the Abandoned Hole first and attacked the Demon God Pillars, while Anno arrived and cut several apart with Holy Sword Chalk.
• Oceannus arrived from the Observatory and joined them.
• Xiang An arrived with three thousand Yin soldiers, leaving General Zi and General Liao at their strongholds.
• Norla arrived and survived a Demon God Pillar's laser strike, and Sakumura cut down the pillar before carrying him to safety.
• Anno received a jeweled potion sent from the Throne of Jade and said the eight of them would fight side by side.

Anno and the other Thread of the Root individuals attacked Andromalius and rapidly destroyed the Demon God Pillars in the Abandoned Hole. Andromalius discovered that all eight strongholds were under attack, and the Abandoned Hole was nearly sealed off.

• Enkidu merged with Annanu, and the others prepared to fight the Abandoned Hole's Demon God Pillars.
• Anno led the group into battle, while Norla transformed into Arno No. 1 and joined the assault.
• The group overwhelmed the Demon God Pillars, whose regeneration could not keep pace with their attacks.
• Andromalius realized that all eight strongholds were under assault and that several were close to being suppressed.
• Anno and the others told Andromalius that its plan was doomed as the Abandoned Hole neared being sealed off.

The false King Solomon rejected Baal’s request to use Ars Almadel Salomonis against the Heroic Spirits and insisted the battle would not threaten him while he remained on the Throne of Jade. He increased the Demon God Pillars’ revival rate and reaffirmed his plan to create a new world.

• Baal told the false King Solomon that Chaldea’s Master was advancing through the strongholds and asked permission to unleash Ars Almadel Salomonis.
• The false King called the Heroic Spirits arrogant for opposing his plan, then refused to burn them away and declared that Fujimaru Ritsuka’s continued presence would bring more Heroic Spirits into the temple.
• Baal warned that the Demon God Pillars were suffering repeated deaths and that their losses could hinder the Throne of Jade.
• The false King increased the magic power output, speeding the revival of the Demon God Pillars in the eight strongholds, and Baal returned to its stronghold.
• After Baal left, the false King looked at his ring and vowed to complete his plan and create a perfect new world.

As Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Lawrence raced toward the throne, Anna relayed Merlin’s message that he would skip the final battle to attend to Magical☆Melly. While they crossed the bridge of light, Leonardo da Vinci pressed Roman to explain the false Solomon, and Roman said the Temple of Time was built on Solomon’s Magic Circuits but insisted they must see the truth for themselves.

• Mash received Anna’s message for Merlin, and Fujimaru Ritsuka read aloud Merlin’s excuse for missing the final battle to update Magical☆Melly’s channel and prepare a livestream.
• Lawrence laughed at the message, while Roman reacted with dismay over Magical☆Melly and Leonardo da Vinci urged the group to focus on the approaching gate.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Lawrence leaped through the gate of light and began crossing the route toward the throne, where no Demon God Pillars were detected.
• Leonardo da Vinci challenged Roman to tell Fujimaru Ritsuka what he knew about the false Solomon as Chaldea monitored the group’s safe passage.
• Roman revealed that the Temple of Time was founded on Solomon’s Magic Circuits and said the false Solomon might be a Beast connected to, or fallen from, King Solomon, but concluded that they had to see it with their own eyes.

As Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions neared the Throne of Jade, Roman explained why King Solomon would not become a different person even if he underwent a Reversal. Before communications cut off, Roman asked Ritsuka about her regrets and encouraged her, Mash, and Lawrence to press on.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka wondered whether the Solomon awaiting them was an Alter, and Roman said King Solomon could not be changed by a Reversal because he had no wishes or self.
• Roman recalled that David had raised Solomon as a ruler from birth, leaving Solomon with royal and divine authority but without the right to be human.
• Leonardo and Lawrence concluded that Solomon's outward form might conceal something else, and Roman urged the group to uncover the purpose behind the Incineration of Humanity.
• Roman asked Fujimaru Ritsuka whether she regretted her journey, and she said she did not regret any of it.
• Roman encouraged Mash and asked Lawrence to take care of Ritsuka and Mash before their projections disappeared and Chaldea lost contact with them.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Lawrence reached the Throne of Jade and confronted Solomon, who revealed his hatred of humanity and explained that he was waiting for the activation of his hypothetical First Noble Phantasm, Ars Nova. Ritsuka seized on Solomon’s description of the Noble Phantasm as hypothetical, provoking him as the confrontation edged toward battle.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Lawrence arrived in the Throne of Jade, where they saw the great ring of light and Fou rejoined them.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka led Mash and Lawrence toward Solomon, who waited on the throne and watched them with contempt.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka summoned Ishtar, who fired her Noble Phantasm at Solomon before vanishing, but Solomon blocked the attack.
• Solomon said he hated humanity, despised Chaldea, and questioned why they had come instead of waiting for the activation countdown of Ars Nova.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka questioned Solomon’s description of Ars Nova as hypothetical, and Solomon’s smile vanished as he insisted that he had three Noble Phantasms.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence realized that the being posing as King Solomon had trapped them in a Reality Marble and was using human history as fuel. Lawrence concluded that the impostor did not truly want to destroy humanity, but regarded it as a source of energy.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka reasoned that the being was probably connected to Solomon rather than the Mage King himself, since it did not know the True Name of its First Noble Phantasm.
• Lawrence identified the space as a Reality Marble, and the being called it its Magic Workshop, a temple outside the universe and isolated from time.
• Lawrence asked how Solomon had gathered enough energy to create the enormous band of light above them.
• Solomon revealed that the band of light contained the energy humanity had produced from its beginning through 2017, gathered by severing history and burning humanity's foundations.
• Lawrence concluded that Solomon did not want to destroy humanity, but regarded humanity as fuel for burning.

Lawrence confirmed that Solomon sought to use humanity’s destruction as a path to supreme power, and Solomon openly declared his ambition before attacking Fujimaru Ritsuka and his allies. As Mash and Lawrence tried to defend them, Fujimaru summoned Arash, who unleashed his Noble Phantasm against Solomon’s assault.

• Lawrence, Roman, and Leonardo da Vinci’s analysis led Lawrence to conclude that the Incineration of Humanity served Solomon’s ambition for power beyond mere destruction.
• Solomon said he had eliminated humanity because he believed it deserved to be destroyed and intended to claim what remained as the foundation of his rise to the supreme throne.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka challenged Solomon’s right to judge humanity, prompting Solomon to claim he was truly Solomon and threaten to kill the Master.
• Solomon attacked Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Lawrence with beams fired from strange, eye-covered growths; Mash raised her shield while Lawrence’s mirrors shattered.
• Fujimaru used a Command Spell to summon Arash, who fired Stella at Solomon and shattered his spiritual foundation.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and her Servants pushed through the false Solomon King’s attacks at the Throne of Jade. After Lawrence wounded him and Leonidas I blocked a devastating blast, they charged the Mage King, with Mash poised to strike.

• Mash and Lawrence defended Fujimaru Ritsuka from the Demon God Pillar-like attacks and advanced toward Solomon King.
• Mash smashed the steps with her shield while Lawrence pierced Solomon King’s face with a gemstone, creating an opening.
• Solomon King unleashed a scorching magical attack, and Fujimaru Ritsuka used her third Command Spell to summon Lancer Leonidas I.
• Leonidas I used Thermopylae Enomotia to shield the group, then vanished as Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Lawrence charged.
• Lawrence strengthened Mash, who swung her shield at King Solomon’s face.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and her companions faced the false King Solomon as he revealed his true identity and transformed the Throne of Jade into a world filled with Demon God Pillars. The being named Goetia declared himself a Beast of Calamity and prepared to destroy Chaldea.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped Mash from attacking as the false King Solomon recovered and unleashed another blast of magical energy.
• Lawrence treated Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash while the false King Solomon praised their attacks and began transforming.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence noticed that the false King Solomon's pale ring was unlike his other nine rings.
• The false King Solomon invoked his great work, transforming the Throne of Jade into a stormy realm filled with Demon God Pillars.
• The false King Solomon revealed himself as Goetia, the primordial curse and a Beast of Calamity.

Goetia revealed his true form as Beast I and explained that he and the Demon God Pillars planned to end humanity and Earth, then create a new celestial body for themselves. Fujimaru Ritsuka angrily rejected Goetia’s judgment and plan.

• Goetia revealed his monstrous Beast form and declared that humanity would become his sustenance as he pursued becoming a new star.
• Lawrence realized Goetia had hidden within King Solomon’s corpse and exposed him as Beast I, whose principle was Pity.
• Goetia acknowledged his nature and said he and the Demon God Pillars had judged humanity’s future to be wrong.
• Goetia explained that they planned to destroy Earth and humanity and create a new celestial body founded upon themselves.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka called Goetia’s plan absurd and angrily condemned his self-centered judgment.

Goetia revealed that the Demon God Pillars’ hatred of humanity had grown from pity and disappointment, then began preparing his Noble Phantasm. Fujimaru Ritsuka sent Heracles and the newly appeared Edmond Dantès to delay him while preparing another Servant summoning with Lawrence ready to unleash her Noble Phantasm.

• Goetia explained that the Demon God Pillars had once loved humanity but came to hate it after witnessing its flaws.
• Lawrence steadied Fujimaru Ritsuka as Mash warned that Goetia’s target was the great band of light.
• Goetia began gathering magical energy to unleash his Noble Phantasm, and Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Mash to delay him in close combat.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka summoned Heracles, and Edmond Dantès unexpectedly appeared from within his shadow.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Heracles and Edmond Dantès to attack Goetia, then began another summoning and told Lawrence to release her Noble Phantasm as soon as the Servant appeared.

Goetia fought Mash, Edmond Dantès, and Heracles while a Demon God Pillar began activating its Third Noble Phantasm. He demanded that Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence understand his wish for a world without death, revealing that one wavering Pillar had made the others seek human validation.

• Goetia attacked Mash, Edmond Dantès, and Heracles with beams fired from eyes on his arms, but they pressed their assault.
• Edmond Dantès launched a frenzied attack on Goetia and later told Lawrence that his connection with Fujimaru Ritsuka had begun through dreams.
• Lawrence pulled Fujimaru Ritsuka clear of a blast from a Demon God Pillar and warned that its Third Noble Phantasm had begun activating.
• Goetia unleashed his power to drive back Mash, Edmond Dantès, and Heracles, then demanded that they accept his plan for a world without death.
• Goetia revealed that one wavering Pillar had made them hope that a human might understand them, which would prove their plan unshakable.

Mash, Lawrence, and Fujimaru Ritsuka rejected Goetia’s belief that human life had no meaning, prompting Edmond Dantès to attack. Goetia unleashed his Noble Phantasm, and Fujimaru and Mash answered with their own as the battle reached its climax.

• Mash told Goetia that she understood the fear of death but did not agree that a life destined to end had no meaning.
• Lawrence admitted that fear of death had driven his undertaking and argued that humanity’s ugliness did not erase its beauty; Fujimaru declared that no one there agreed with Goetia.
• Edmond Dantès attacked Goetia with [Tiger, Blaze Brilliantly], but Goetia began unleashing [Ars Almadel Salomonis].
• Fujimaru used all three Command Spells to order Mash to fully unleash her Noble Phantasm.
• Mash invoked [Lord Camelot] as Goetia’s [Ars Almadel Salomonis] erupted.

Mash sacrificed herself to shield Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence from Goetia’s Third Noble Phantasm, leaving only her Snowflake Shield behind. Grief-stricken and furious, they attacked Goetia, but as Fujimaru Ritsuka prepared to summon more Servants, someone placed a hand on his shoulder and told him to calm down.

• Mash shoved Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence behind her and raised her shield against Goetia’s Third Noble Phantasm.
• Mash poured her strength and conviction into the shield, deciding she wanted one last time to protect Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence.
• Goetia’s attack vaporized Mash’s body, but her spirit and Snowflake Shield remained untouched, and Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence survived.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka rushed to Mash’s shield as Lawrence glared furiously at Goetia, who prepared to unleash his Noble Phantasm again.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka struck Goetia, and Attila and Gorgon appeared to attack him with their Noble Phantasms.
• As Fujimaru Ritsuka tried to summon more Servants, someone put a hand on his shoulder and told him to calm down.

Roman revealed that he had once been King Solomon, Chaldea’s first Heroic Spirit, and explained how his wish to become human led him to glimpse humanity’s destruction. He stood before Goetia, who reacted with disbelief and fury, as Roman began explaining the origin of the crisis.

• Roman arrived on the Throne of Jade and told Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence that he would take the lead.
• Roman removed his glove and revealed Solomon’s Tenth Ring, prompting Goetia to recognize what it meant.
• Roman explained that Marisbury Animusphere had summoned King Solomon in a Holy Grail War and that Solomon’s wish had been to become human.
• Roman said that becoming human cost Solomon his omniscient eyes, but in the moment he lost them, he saw humanity’s destruction.

Romani revealed that he had joined Chaldea to uncover the cause of humanity’s future destruction, then reclaimed his true identity as Solomon and vowed to end Goetia. Goetia overwhelmed him with attacks and prepared to finish him with his own Noble Phantasm.

• Romani explained that after wishing to become an ordinary human, he discovered humanity would be destroyed and began a journey to learn why.
• Romani thanked Fujimaru Ritsuka, Lawrence, and Mash, then transformed into Solomon, King of Magecraft.
• Solomon declared that Goetia was an evil born from his corpse and that he would end him.
• Goetia mocked Solomon as a frail Servant and attacked him while Solomon stopped Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence from intervening.
• Goetia battered Solomon with punches and magical beams, leaving him wounded on the ground.
• Goetia began gathering magical energy to end Solomon’s life with Solomon’s own Noble Phantasm.

Solomon revealed and invoked his First Noble Phantasm, Ars Nova, using the gathered rings to reenact his choice to return them and surrender his power. He vanished with the light, leaving Goetia devastated and questioning why Solomon had chosen to give everything up.

• Solomon rose before Goetia and explained that he had always known he would be destroyed by his own Noble Phantasm.
• Solomon invoked Ars Almadel Salomonis and Ars Paulina before revealing the true name of his First Noble Phantasm: Ars Nova.
• Solomon used Ars Nova to envelop the Temple of Time and everyone within it in light, then vanished.
• Goetia cried out in anguish and asked why Solomon had chosen to abandon his identity as a Servant and everything he possessed.
• Solomon's final words explained that their different freedoms and experiences had led them to opposite choices.