Recaps

After defeating Margit, the Fell Omen, Lu Mingfei reunited with Emiya Shirou and learned why Shirou had been out of contact. Shirou explained that Ken Kaneki’s Curseblood path had eroded his mind, and warned Lu Mingfei to be careful with Dragon Communion.

• Lu Mingfei picked up a black crystal left by Margit and wondered how it could send him home.
• Lu Mingfei used the Tarnished's Old Finger to contact Emiya Shirou, then summoned him and greeted him warmly.
• Emiya Shirou explained that he had been helping Ken Kaneki, who had become a Bloody Finger while seeking power for an urgent real-world problem.
• Emiya Shirou said the White Mask had led Ken onto the Curseblood path, whose resonance with Ken and rapid growth of power contributed to his mind being eroded.
• Emiya Shirou said they had recently found a way for Yura to help Ken regain clarity, then warned Lu Mingfei to be extremely careful with Dragon Communion.

After Melina tried to take Lu Mingfei to the Roundtable Hold, he returned to Lu Mingze’s illusory sea instead of going home. Lu Mingze explained that the power of the Stars had drawn him into another world, then warned him that Nono was near death.

• Emiya Shirou explained that the Parting Black Crystal could send Lu Mingfei between worlds, but dying in his original world would be permanent.
• Melina appeared at the Site of Grace and began guiding Lu Mingfei toward the Roundtable Hold, but his hand vanished from her fingertips.
• Lu Mingfei awoke on the sailboat in Lu Mingze’s illusory sea and realized he had returned to the world of the Three Gorges.
• Lu Mingfei asked Lu Mingze whether he had caused the journey, and Lu Mingze denied it and attributed it to the power of the Stars.
• Lu Mingze warned Lu Mingfei that Nono had lost nearly ninety percent of her blood and was close to death.
• Lu Mingfei asked Lu Mingze whether he was really a devil.

Lu Mingze unsealed Lu Mingfei’s powers and explained how they could help him save Nono and fight the dragon. He revealed that Seven Sins was in Ye Sheng’s bag and urged Lu Mingfei to take Wrath and judge the traitors.

• Lu Mingfei admitted he would save Nono because she was one of his few friends, and Lu Mingze agreed to help him kill the dragon.
• Lu Mingze unsealed Lu Mingfei’s Gathering and casting abilities, granting him infinite mana and the power to prevent opponents from using Word Spirits.
• Lu Mingze showed Lu Mingfei that Nono was dying and explained that Lu Mingfei’s own Word Spirit, “Don’t Die,” could save her.
• Lu Mingze gave Lu Mingfei the Word Spirits Dustless Realm and Eye of the Storm King as outward forms of his Storm Path.
• Lu Mingze revealed that the seven alchemical weapons called Seven Sins were in Ye Sheng’s bag and told Lu Mingfei to use Wrath against the traitors.

Lu Mingfei awakened a Word Spirit that pulled Nono’s blood back into her wound and let her remove the bone spike from her heart, then brought her to the Moniach. He returned to the river after the crew spotted the still-living Dragon King, leaving the ship in panic and without a weapon capable of stopping it.

• Lu Mingfei found Nono near death in the river and used his newly awakened Word Spirit to draw her blood back into her wound.
• Nono woke, pulled the bone spike from her heart, and then fell unconscious again, so Lu Mingfei fitted her with a respirator.
• Lu Mingfei used Dustless Realm and Eye of the Storm King to propel himself and Nono to the surface and crash onto the Moniach’s deck.
• Lu Mingfei laid Nono on deck, briefly faced Caesar, then plunged back into the river.
• Grayson saw the Dragon King was still alive, and the crew panicked because they had no means to defeat it.

Lu Mingfei opened the ancient case and drew the living blade Wrath, then used Dragon Communion Power and Storm techniques to fight Dragon King Norton underwater. He wounded Norton but was hurled into a reef, while Wrath absorbed his blood and resonated with his power.

• Lu Mingfei followed Lu Mingze’s instructions to open the ancient case and draw the horse-chopping saber Wrath.
• Lu Mingze explained that the spiritually infused blade had awakened and provoked Norton, so Lu Mingfei kindled his Dragon Communion Power and silenced Norton’s draconic speech.
• Norton charged Lu Mingfei, but Lu Mingfei used Storm Foot to knock aside the Dragon King’s claw.
• Lu Mingfei used Eye of the Storm King with Wrath to tear open Norton’s body and make dragon blood gush into the river.
• Norton swept his tail at Lu Mingfei, who countered with Storm Blade but was thrown into a reef and injured.
• Wrath absorbed Lu Mingfei’s blood and grew hotter as its violent will resonated with his Dragon Communion Power.

Lu Mingfei fought Norton beneath the river, driven by Wrath and Dragon Communion, and wounded the Dragon King before bursting onto the surface. There he recognized Norton as his friend Old Tang, leaving him devastated as Norton answered with a furious roar.

• Lu Mingfei unleashed Wrath and Dragon Communion, transforming as he charged Norton in a desperate battle beneath the river.
• Caesar and Zero watched the struggle from the Moniach as the ship lurched and a towering column of water erupted nearby.
• Lu Mingfei burst from the river with Wrath embedded in Norton's neck, while the wounded Dragon King pursued him.
• Lu Mingfei recognized the human outline on Norton's head as Old Tang, his friend Ronald Tang.
• Lu Mingfei cried out to Old Tang, but Norton responded with an enraged roar.

Lu Mingfei killed Norton, realizing that the Dragon King he had slain was his friend Old Tang. A week later, he met President Angers at Cassel College and discussed his recovery, grades, and what the battle had revealed about the Four Dragon Monarchs.

• Lu Mingfei recognized Norton as Old Tang and, overcome by grief and fury, pursued him before he could escape into the Bronze City.
• Lu Mingfei drove Wrath through Norton's head and chest, killing the Dragon King and grieving over Old Tang's death.
• After a week of recovery, Lu Mingfei met President Angers for tea in the president's office.
• Angers gave Lu Mingfei his transcript, noting that he had earned a 4.0 GPA and full marks in the internship course.
• Angers asked Lu Mingfei to write an internship paper about the Four Dragon Monarchs and explained that the Bronze and Flame King were twin brothers, a discovery Cassel could not make public.

Lu Mingfei learned that Old Tang had been Norton, the Bronze and Flame King, and answered Angers’s questions about his Dragonification and the missing remains. Angers praised him personally, while Lu Mingfei kept the truth about hiding Norton’s bones to himself.

• Lu Mingfei asked Angers how Ronald Tang could have been the Bronze and Flame King, and learned that dragons could take human form.
• Angers explained that Norton and Constantine had both given up the chance to be reborn, and Lu Mingfei returned the photograph of Old Tang.
• Angers questioned Lu Mingfei about prohibited methods and loss of control, then assured him that his blood tests were clean and the Council of Elders had protected him.
• Angers said Beowulf admired Lu Mingfei and had wanted to meet him, but Angers had refused on his behalf.
• Angers asked where Norton’s remains had gone, and Lu Mingfei denied knowing despite hiding them in his own space.
• Angers personally commended Lu Mingfei, telling him, “Well done.”

Lu Mingfei returned to his dorm after recovering from his battle with Norton and found Fingal posing as a refined scholar. Fingal revealed he had profited from Lu Mingfei’s fame by selling photo books, signed photos, and intimate clothing, leaving Lu Mingfei furious.

• Lu Mingfei returned to Room 303 and found Fingal unusually tidy and dressed in a suit.
• Fingal welcomed Lu Mingfei with extravagant praise for defeating Dragon King Norton, but Lu Mingfei demanded to know what he was up to.
• Fingal admitted that he had sold preorders for Lu Mingfei’s photo books, signed photos, and intimate clothing.
• Lu Mingfei learned the items had sold out almost instantly and that signed photos were being scalped for three thousand dollars each.

Lu Mingfei agreed to split the proceeds from Fingal’s unauthorized merchandise before Caesar visited to thank him for saving Caesar and Nono at the Three Gorges. Caesar gave Lu Mingfei a sword hilt and identified it as Night Tempering.

• Lu Mingfei confronted Fingal about selling signed photos and personal items, then agreed to take eighty percent of the proceeds after learning Fingal had already spent most of the money.
• Lu Mingfei reflected that he planned to live independently from his aunt and uncle and needed money to support himself.
• Caesar arrived at Dorm 303 and asked to speak with Lu Mingfei alone.
• Caesar thanked Lu Mingfei for saving him and Nono during the Three Gorges mission and said the Gattuso Family never remained indebted.
• Caesar presented Lu Mingfei with a bronze sword hilt and identified the sword as Night Tempering.

Caesar Gattuso thanked Lu Mingfei for saving him and others by giving him the alchemical weapon Night Tempering and covering several expenses. Caesar left Lu Mingfei with his private number and said he still owed him two lives.

• Caesar cut his finger and used his blood to activate the alchemical weapon Night Tempering, which Lu Mingfei called a lightsaber.
• Caesar explained that Night Tempering could only be activated by someone with an A-Rank or higher bloodline and offered it to Lu Mingfei as a friend.
• Caesar cited Lu Mingfei's role in saving him, his girlfriend, and the Student Union members aboard the Moniach as the reason for his gifts.
• Caesar told Lu Mingfei he had paid Norton House's renovation and utility costs for four years and had repaired and fueled the Bugatti Veyron.
• Lu Mingfei accepted Night Tempering, and Caesar left his private number and said he still owed Lu Mingfei two lives.

Lu Mingfei returned to the Lands Between because he feared he could not face another Dragon King without sacrificing more of his life, and Melina brought him to Roundtable Hold. After meeting Gideon Ofnir and finding a blacksmith, he learned that repairing his armor would cost Runes.

• Lu Mingfei admitted to himself that fear of his weakness had driven him back to the Lands Between.
• Melina explained Roundtable Hold and brought Lu Mingfei there through the Site of Grace.
• Lu Mingfei met Gideon Ofnir, who welcomed him but warned him not to overstep his bounds as a mere passerby.
• Lu Mingfei asked Gideon where to find a blacksmith and went to meet the old smith in the corridor.
• Lu Mingfei asked the blacksmith to repair his Exile Knight armor, then protested when the smith demanded Runes.

Lu Mingfei had Hewg repair his armor at Roundtable Hold and met several of its residents before Gostoc finally persuaded him to enter Stormveil Castle by the side path. Lu Mingfei left wary of Gostoc’s motives, while Gostoc hoped to profit from his choice.

• Lu Mingfei paid Hewg in Golden Runes to repair his damaged armor, learned that Hewg was a shackled misbegotten, and thanked him with a respectful salute.
• Lu Mingfei spoke with D and Diallos, then declined to commit to learning the Two Fingers’ incantations from Corhyn because he did not believe in gods.
• Gostoc watched Lu Mingfei pace between the main gate and the side path, then warned him that the gate guards had killed several Tarnished.
• Lu Mingfei agreed to take the cliffside route into Stormveil Castle despite fearing heights, and Gostoc anticipated earning Runes from his decision.
• Before leaving, Lu Mingfei questioned why Gostoc was helping him, freezing Gostoc’s smile.

Lu Mingfei fought his way through the tower and discovered that Gostoc had trapped him in a storage room with an elite Exile Knight. The cramped room left him struggling to counter the knight’s powerful sword-and-shield attacks as their clash continued.

• Lu Mingfei killed the exile soldiers guarding the cliff walkway and cleared the tower’s weak defenders, but a resident ambushed him from behind before he killed the attacker.
• Lu Mingfei found a hidden stairwell behind crates and climbed to a small room, where the door slammed shut behind him.
• Lu Mingfei recognized the armored opponent in the room as an elite Exile Knight and realized that their shared fighting style made him especially dangerous.
• The Exile Knight drove Lu Mingfei back in the cramped room, and Lu Mingfei dodged a strike that shattered a gilded jar.
• Lu Mingfei struck the knight’s iron shield with a heavy downward blow, shaking dust from the beams.

Lu Mingfei asked his master about killing an Exile Knight and learned that the old veterans had become enemies serving Godrick, with death sometimes offering them mercy. His master explained how people used Runes and their own inner nature to grow stronger, then told Lu Mingfei he was destined to become a hero.

• Lu Mingfei told the old knight that he had fought and defeated an Exile Knight at Stormveil, and his master explained why killing the fallen veterans was justified.
• The old knight demonstrated his true Storm power by blasting Lu Mingfei more than a mile away with a hurricane.
• The old knight explained how people directed Runes into their bodies, souls, faith, or magic according to their inner nature.
• The old knight told Lu Mingfei that Storm power was only a tool for him and that his own path could make him a hero.
• Lu Mingfei questioned whether he could really become a hero, and the old knight rapped him on the forehead and demanded to know why he could not.

The old knight urged Lu Mingfei to find his own reason to fight, and Lu Mingfei resolved to become stronger because he wanted to try. Trapped at Rampart Tower, Lu Mingfei summoned Ken Kaneki for help and watched him draw his Twinblade and reveal his terrifying Curseblood power.

• The old knight told Lu Mingfei that his obsession had faded and urged him to live and fight for himself.
• Lu Mingfei admitted he had trained for others' expectations and decided to swing his sword because he wanted to try.
• At Rampart Tower, Lu Mingfei asked Emiya Shirou for support after Gostoc's route left him trapped among Exile Knights and Stormhawks.
• Emiya Shirou recommended Ken Kaneki, who arrived and assured Lu Mingfei that he could control his Curseblood.
• Ken Kaneki drew his Twinblade, and four sharp, tentacle-like organs burst from his back.

Ken Kaneki explained that Curseblood came from the evil god Mother of Truth and shared Dragon Communion’s danger. He recounted how Emiya, Jonathan Joestar, and Tatsumi helped free him from its corruption, then warned Lu Mingfei that power always carried the risk of backlash.

• Ken Kaneki killed three Stormhawks while Lu Mingfei watched and reflected on their differing fighting styles.
• Lu Mingfei asked Ken about the familiar source of his power, and Ken explained that Curseblood and Dragon Communion both relied on attunement to dangerous powers.
• Ken revealed that Curseblood came from Mother of Truth, a god that sought blood and slaughter rather than faith.
• Ken recalled losing himself to madness after seeing Mother of Truth, until Jonathan Joestar purified him with Ripple Hamon and Emiya and Tatsumi cut off his Bloody Finger.
• Ken warned Lu that power had no safe shortcuts and that carelessness would bring backlash.

Lu Mingfei and Ken Kaneki crossed a horrific pit filled with the severed limbs of people Godrick had mutilated, then fought their way through Stormveil. After Lu Mingfei killed an ambushing Exile Soldier, Ken Kaneki warned him that Godrick’s Great Rune could make the demigod as powerful as a natural disaster.

• Ken Kaneki warned Lu Mingfei that the path ahead was horrific, but Lu Mingfei chose to continue rather than take a detour.
• Lu Mingfei saw a pit filled with rotting body parts and learned from Ken Kaneki that they belonged to people whose limbs Godrick had cut off.
• Ken Kaneki killed two wild dogs that were feeding on the remains, and Lu Mingfei condemned Godrick’s cruelty.
• Ken Kaneki spotted an Exile Soldier with a large axe waiting in the darkness and stopped Lu Mingfei from walking into its attack.
• Lu Mingfei baited the Exile Soldier into swinging, dodged its axe, and killed it with his greatsword.
• Ken Kaneki praised Lu Mingfei’s swordsmanship, then warned that Godrick’s Great Rune could let him rival a natural disaster.

Lu Mingfei and Ken Kaneki confronted a Grafted Scion in the grafting ritual chamber and defeated it through coordinated attacks. The monster died beneath Lu Mingfei’s Dragonclaw, and Ken Kaneki tore off its head.

• Lu Mingfei and Ken Kaneki found severed limbs hanging in the chamber where Godrick’s men kept materials for the Grafting Ritual.
• They spotted a Grafted Scion below and chose to fight it instead of taking a route around it.
• The Grafted Scion attacked, and Lu Mingfei drew its attention while Ken Kaneki struck its joints and limbs.
• Lu Mingfei wounded the monster with a Dragonblood Mark and Modified Dragonfire, while Ken Kaneki used Bloodblade Dance to sever several limbs.
• Lu Mingfei crushed the Grafted Scion with a Dragonclaw, and Ken Kaneki tore off its head.

After battling through Stormveil, Lu Mingfei learned that he had explored only a fraction of the castle and would need days to reach Godrick. He woke at Cassel College with Night Tempering at his side and headed to the cafeteria, still unsettled by how real the Lands Between felt.

• Lu Mingfei and Ken Kaneki discussed Godrick’s grafting and compared him with his ancestor, Godfrey, whose portrait hung in the blood-soaked room.
• Ken Kaneki estimated that they had explored about one-tenth of Stormveil and would need roughly three more days to reach Godrick, even if they avoided unnecessary areas.
• Lu Mingfei offered to continue alone, but Ken Kaneki reassured him that time in their original world nearly stopped while they were in the Lands Between.
• Lu Mingfei woke in Norton House at Cassel College and found Caesar Gattuso’s Night Tempering sheathed at his waist.
• Lu Mingfei drew Night Tempering, wondered whether he could still distinguish dreams from reality, and went to the cafeteria.

Lu Mingfei went to the First Cafeteria for noodles, where Professor Goodrian informed him that the Equipment Division was ready to test his Word Spirit. Lu Mingfei left for the examination after hearing that the Board of Trustees wanted his abilities reevaluated following his display at Three Gorges.

• Lu Mingfei arrived after lunch service had ended, but the cafeteria manager arranged for the head chef to prepare him plain noodles with two fried eggs.
• Professor Goodrian found Lu Mingfei eating and told him the Equipment Division was ready to conduct a comprehensive Word Spirit examination.
• Lu Mingfei recalled that he had displayed Eye of the Storm King and Dustless Land at the Three Gorges Reservoir, confirming his S-Rank bloodline despite previously having no Word Spirit detected.
• Lu Mingfei stopped eating and agreed to go with Professor Goodrian to the Equipment Division.
• Professor Goodrian said the examination was crucial because the Board of Trustees questioned Lu Mingfei's Word Spirit data after what he had done at Three Gorges.

Lu Mingfei was taken to the Equipment Division’s underground base, Wattheim, for tests of his S-Rank bloodline. As the first measurements began, he suspected his body’s changes from the Lands Between reflected the same body adapting to different world rules.

• Goodrian brought Lu Mingfei to Wattheim, the Equipment Division’s hidden underground facility.
• Deputy Director Carl welcomed Lu Mingfei and said the division had prepared equipment to test his bloodline.
• Carl led Lu Mingfei through the lab and explained that its Titanic-class protection could theoretically withstand a First-Generation Species for 3.7 seconds.
• Lu Mingfei stood on a restraint-equipped platform while researchers scanned his body and marveled at his muscle density and bone strength.
• Lu Mingfei recalled gaining some of the Tarnished’s traits in the Lands Between and suspected both worlds used the same body, altered by their different rules.

Lu Mingfei endured a series of extreme tests of his physical abilities and Word Spirits, culminating in a live-fire barrage with Alchemical Bullets. He survived by using Dustless Land and Eye of the Storm King together, wrecking the equipment before the test finally ended.

• Lu Mingfei struck the force-sensing pillar with enough strength to astonish the researchers.
• Lu Mingfei dodged increasingly fast lasers and erratic rubber balls on the treadmill, though one ball hit him in the ass.
• Lu Mingfei used Eye of the Storm King to warp simulated targets as researchers measured its power and control.
• Deputy Director Carl ordered machine guns to fire live Alchemical Bullets at Lu Mingfei, who blocked them with Dustless Land.
• Lu Mingfei activated Eye of the Storm King alongside Dustless Land, and the resulting hurricane disabled the equipment and ended the test.

After remembering that he had promised Zero lobster tails as an apology, Lu Mingfei nervously arranged a dinner with her at Maple Harbor. Fingal agreed to secure a reservation and revealed that Zero had turned down a ball invitation because she already had an appointment.

• Lu Mingfei spotted Zero near the library and tried to slip past her without mentioning his overdue promise to buy her lobster tails.
• Zero called Lu Mingfei over and straightened his collar, leaving him flustered.
• Lu Mingfei invited Zero to Maple Harbor for dinner that evening, and she agreed to meet him at the school's main gate at five.
• Lu Mingfei asked Fingal to get a reservation at Maple Harbor, and Fingal demanded payment for the favor and his silence.
• Fingal told Lu Mingfei that Zero had turned down the student union's ball invitation because she had an appointment, then agreed to call in favors after Lu Mingfei promised to pay.

Lu Mingfei had an awkward private dinner with Zero, apologized for forgetting their lab class and asking her to the ball at the last minute, and discussed whether slaying dragons was his destiny. As they parted, Zero acknowledged that he had kept his promise.

• Lu Mingfei discovered that his assistant had booked Maple Harbor exclusively for his dinner with Zero and worried about the cost.
• Lu Mingfei apologized to Zero for forgetting their lab class and for asking her to the ball at the last minute; she acknowledged both apologies.
• Zero thanked Lu Mingfei for saving her at Three Gorges, and he credited her and Caesar with weakening Norton before their final fight.
• When Zero asked whether slaying dragons was his destiny, Lu Mingfei said it was a duty, not his destiny, and that he wanted to live for himself.
• Outside the restaurant, Zero nodded when Lu Mingfei asked whether they were even, then told him that he had kept his promise.