Chapter Summaries

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.