Chapter Summaries

Yago, A-Yi, A-Wu, and their allies fought through the Blood Titans toward Ebson’s laboratory in the Scarlet Base. Outside, Far East troops battled the Titans and Scarlet Mist, while an undercover soldier took the place of a man killed during a transformation.

• Yago and A-Yi cut through Blood Titans, and A-Yi used Thunder Spears to save Reiner from the encroaching monsters.
• A-Wu spun through the Titans with paired blades, then took Thunder Spears from the Cart Titan, where Aili and Porco rode with Pieck.
• Yago and the others neared Ebson’s laboratory as Blood Titans poured from the Scarlet Base toward the Far East army’s perimeter defenses.
• A Far East officer ordered his troops to attack the Titans, then killed a soldier who transformed after inhaling Scarlet Mist and forced another soldier to take his position.
• The replacement soldier concealed reddish-brown hair and pale yellow eyes behind his mask and helmet.

Yago and his companions advanced toward Bill, Bazel, Selen, and Ivanor, with both sides transforming into Titans as they prepared to fight. The chapter ended as Bill and the others began their transformations.

• Bill, Bazel, Selen, and Ivanor watched Yago and his companions approach the plaza.
• Yago transformed into the Fate Titan and destroyed two Blood Titans blocking his path.
• Aili transformed into the Sea-Swimming Titan after seeing Ivanor.
• Reiner transformed into the Armored Titan, while the Cart Titan and Flying Claw Titan joined him.
• Bill invited the approaching group to a fight, and Selen, Bazel, Ivanor, and Bill began transforming.

The Fate Titan and the other Titan Warriors charged the Titans blocking their path, beginning a battle outside the Laboratory Building. The Silver-Split Titan multiplied into five bodies, and the fighting continued as the Cart Titan drew two pursuers toward A-Yi and A-Wu.

• The Fate Titan led the charge, followed by the Armored Titan, Sea-Swimming Titan, and Flying Claw Titan, while the Cart Titan stayed back.
• The Silver-Split Titan split into five bodies, and the Red Fire Titan intercepted the Fate Titan as the others attacked.
• The Fate Titan crushed one Silver-Split Titan's head with bone claws, while the Armored Titan blocked another's spike and counterattacked.
• The Red Fire Titan's flames forced the Flying Claw Titan to dodge, while the Cart Titan fled from two Silver-Split Titans.
• A-Yi and A-Wu attacked the two pursuers' napes, but the split-off Silver-Split Titans kept fighting; the Sea-Swimming Titan charged the Paladin Titan as Ivanor focused on her.

Yago and his companions gained the advantage against the Titan Warriors, but Ebson unleashed the Blood Titans and sent the Winged Titan toward the square. A-Wu rushed to the Fate Titan as it destroyed another Silver-Split Titan, while the horde closed in.

• The Sea-Swimming Titan grappled with the Paladin Titan, while the Fate Titan impaled two Silver-Split Titan duplicates and the Armored Titan crushed another.
• Bill struggled to control his remaining Silver-Split Titans as Pieck used a Cart Titan decoy to emerge from its nape and destroy one pursuing duplicate.
• Porco waited out the Red Fire Titan’s flames and pierced its throat with the Flying Claw Titan’s spikes.
• Ebson activated a switch, turning the Blood Titans surrounding the square into a bloodthirsty horde and sending the Winged Titan flying toward the battle.
• A-Wu rushed toward the Fate Titan as it summoned a War Hammer-like weapon and smashed a Silver-Split Titan duplicate.

Yago left his allies to hold off the pursuing Titans while he flew away in the Fate Titan, entrusting Reiner with a hardened shield. As scarlet mist transformed Ebson’s Titan Warriors and intensified their powers, Reiner’s group prepared for a more dangerous battle.

• Pieck warned Yago that Ebson’s wounded Titans seemed suspiciously weak and might be setting a trap.
• Yago told A-Yi to lead the others in a breakout once he gave the signal, then revealed wings on the Fate Titan and flew away.
• The Fate Titan left a massive hardened shield for Reiner, who raised it as his allies took positions against the approaching Blood Titans.
• Bill said the Doctor had been right as mechanical pipes released scarlet mist around the Silver-Split Titan, Red Fire Titan, Paladin Titan, and Fortress Titan.
• The scarlet mist changed the Titans: the Red Fire Titan’s flames turned blue, the Paladin Titan charged into the Fortress Titan, and the Silver-Split Titan prepared to attack.

The Fate Titan broke into the Laboratory by using Hardening to deform its steel door, while the Far East Army routed the Middle Eastern Army and devastated Hera Province with incendiary bombs. At Light Harbor, Magath had Middle Eastern representatives removed from an Allied Army conference as Marley gained control over the weakened coalition, and Marley prepared to share crucial news from the front.

• The Fate Titan spread Hardening through the Laboratory door, then charged through it after its crystalline spikes warped the steel.
• The Far East Army drove Middle Eastern forces into a chaotic retreat across Hera Province, and its aircraft later burned tens of thousands of soldiers with incendiary bombs.
• Eren watched the scorched world through the Paths and questioned how humanity's violence differed from the Eldians' Titan power.
• Magath ordered Marley Guards to remove the protesting Middle Eastern representatives from the Allied Army conference at Light Harbor.
• The remaining representatives accepted Marley's growing influence over the Allied Army as Marley indicated it had crucial news from the front.

Erwin proposed forming a worldwide United Nations Assembly at a conference of Allied Army delegates, but faced open hostility toward Eldians. After Levi subdued guards and Erwin confronted a delegate who demanded the war be ended first, a bank of fog appeared across the ocean horizon.

• Erwin formally proposed a worldwide United Nations Assembly on behalf of Paradis Island and the Eldian people, citing a preliminary agreement with Marley.
• A delegate from Indi denounced Erwin and Eldians, while other delegates mocked his proposal and questioned whether Eldians deserved a place in the assembly.
• Erwin argued that nations should learn from the Eldians’ history and that a United Nations could prevent and mediate conflicts.
• When a delegate demanded that Eldians end the ongoing war, Erwin approached him, and Levi knocked down the Marley guards who tried to stop them.
• Erwin slammed the delegate against a window and asked whether he would support the proposal if Eldians ended the war, as dense fog began spreading across the ocean horizon.

At the Allied Army conference, Magath exposed Urnati and Tiao as Far East collaborators who had trapped the leaders at Light Harbor with a fleet of steel warships. As the Tiao fleet threatened the headquarters, strange fog and boiling seawater appeared around the ships, leaving the danger unresolved.

• Magath accused Urnati of secretly allying Tiao with the Far East and leaking details of the military conference.
• Urnati admitted Tiao's betrayal and threatened the representatives with more than thirty naval guns aimed at the command headquarters.
• Magath challenged Urnati to consider the power of the Eldian devils.
• A Tiao fleet general dismissed reports of mysterious fog near Light Harbor and ordered his ships to keep their guns trained on the headquarters.
• The water around the leading Tiao warship began boiling, steam struck the general, and crimson points appeared beneath the sea.

The Rumbling destroyed Tiao’s fleet before the assembled nations, leaving their representatives in despair. In the Laboratory, Yago confronted Ebson, who claimed he had started the war for Yago and urged him to recognize the greater power hidden behind the Eldians’ Titan abilities.

• The Colossal Titans overwhelmed Tiao’s warships, and the boiling sea killed soldiers who fell overboard.
• Urnati collapsed as the representatives watched Tiao’s fleet disappear beneath the Rumbling.
• Yago entered the Laboratory and confronted Ebson, who revealed that Ivanor had warned him Yago was coming.
• Ebson said he had launched the war for Yago because Yago had wanted a war and the Far East made a suitable opponent.
• Ebson urged Yago to look beyond Titan power to the greater treasure hidden behind it.

Yago confronted Ebson with the truth about the artificial titans and consumed the Colossal Titan’s blood, triggering a transformation that spread crimson power through Paths. As the fate titan changed, Eren watched the Rumbling continue its advance toward Hera Province.

• Yago explained that he was the founding titan of the artificial titans and accused Ebson of creating them from his blood to replace the original titan powers.
• Ebson admitted that he and Norman had sought to control Eldian titan power and extend it to all humanity, then urged Yago to fulfill Norman’s wishes.
• Yago rejected Ebson’s appeal and swallowed the Colossal Titan’s blood.
• Crimson lightning consumed the golden arcs around Yago, while storms swept through Paths and blood stained the fate titan’s sand-built body.
• Ymir watched the fate titan change with curiosity, as Zeke and Eren noticed crimson spreading across the paths of light.
• Eren watched the Rumbling’s two hundred thousand Colossal Titans trample everything in their path as they advanced from Light Harbor toward Hera Province.

Floch disguised himself among the Far East soldiers while the Titans battled outside Scarlet Base, and Yago resisted Ebson's attempt to seize his power. The chapter left Ebson launching another attack as Yago refused to yield.

• The Winged Titan turned against Ebson's forces and rescued the Flying Claw Titan from a Silver-Split Titan.
• Torlof claimed Floch as one of his soldiers and led him away after Pietro questioned him, while Floch looked toward Scarlet Base.
• Yago endured a painful transformation, then stopped Ebson from taking his power and rejected his pleas about survival and Eldian freedom.
• Yago kicked Ebson away, but Ebson unleashed a blast of air and scarlet lightning to drive Yago back.

Ebson’s Skeleton Titan and Yago’s colossal Fate Titan emerged inside the Scarlet Base as the battle intensified, while Floch transformed after being shot by Far East soldiers. At a hidden outpost, Annie and the Eldia Soldiers spotted a sudden flash from the direction of the base.

• Ebson emerged from the Laboratory as the Skeleton Titan and charged toward Yago’s Fate Titan.
• Yago transformed into a seventy-eight-meter colossal Fate Titan, and the Skeleton Titan began crawling toward his nape.
• A-Wu and A-Yi launched a two-stage Thunder Spear assault to keep the Skeleton Titan away from Yago.
• Floch ignored orders to remain at his post and was shot by Far East soldiers as he approached the Scarlet Base.
• Floch transformed in a pillar of golden lightning, shocking Torlof and the Far East soldiers.
• Annie and the Eldia Soldiers at a hidden outpost saw a sudden flash and commotion near the Scarlet Base.

A-Yi and A-Wu attacked the Skeleton Titan as it climbed the Colossal Fate Titan, while Bill, Reiner, and Ivanor’s choices shifted the battle elsewhere. The chapter ended with Yago blasting the Ackermans away with scorching steam as the Skeleton Titan neared his nape.

• A-Yi and A-Wu bombarded the Skeleton Titan with Thunder Spears, but it survived and the explosions also wounded Yago’s Colossal Fate Titan.
• Bill collapsed after exhausting himself as the Silver-Split Titan fell, while Reiner’s Armored Titan killed Selen by crushing him with Red Fire Titan flesh.
• The Fusion Titan stopped charging when Ivanor took control from Bazel and apologized to him.
• A-Yi and A-Wu attacked the Skeleton Titan with their blades, but Yago released jets of scorching steam that hurled them away as the Skeleton Titan approached his nape.

Ebson entered the Paths and tried to claim the power of life by absorbing Yago’s Titan powers and devouring Ymir. He discovered the Founding Titan power was missing as Yago trapped him, while Eren sensed the confrontation from elsewhere in the Paths.

• Ebson arrived in the Paths and rejoiced at the power he sensed in the blood lake.
• Yago and Founding Titan Ymir stood behind Ebson as he declared his intention to claim godlike power.
• Crimson lightning erupted around Ebson, and the Titan power orbs from Yago’s chest merged into him.
• Ymir transformed into her adult form as Hallucigenia coiled around her and pierced her body with its claws.
• Ebson realized the Founding Titan power was missing, and Yago trapped him in the crimson lightning cage.
• Yago explained that Eren had given him the Attack Titan power but did not necessarily possess the Founding Titan power; elsewhere, Eren sensed the confrontation and smiled.

Ivanor revealed that she was the daughter of an Eldia Restorationist and said Yago had arranged the attack and evacuation. As Pieck chose to seize Ivanor amid the fighting, Floch’s Colossal Titan began smashing through Scarlet Base’s gates.

• Ivanor identified herself as Robert Adam’s daughter, said Selina could verify her account, and claimed the events were part of Yago’s plan.
• Ivanor told Pieck that Yago wanted everyone to evacuate and that a Colossal Titan ally was waiting outside to help them escape.
• With the Titan Warriors overwhelmed by Blood Titans, Pieck’s Cart Titan snapped up Ivanor and swallowed her.
• Floch’s Colossal Titan appeared among the Far East soldiers, crushing and burning many as their Anti-Titan Cannons failed to hurt him.
• Floch advanced to Scarlet Base and kicked its steel gates until they cracked, then raised his leg to strike again.

Ivanor urged the survivors to abandon Yago and escape the Scarlet Base, while Yago confronted Ebson in Paths about a hidden contingency that could control the Far East. The chapter left the Rumbling’s success uncertain as Ebson dismissed the need for any backup plan.

• The Female Titan and Flaming-Tail Steel Pipes destroyed the Far East’s final position and killed its remaining soldiers.
• The Cart Titan rescued Reiner from the Armored Titan after tearing the Blood Titans off him.
• Ivanor told A-Yi, Aili, and the others that Yago had ordered them to escape, but Aili refused to leave him behind or trust Ivanor.
• Yago watched Ebson struggle inside the Crimson Lightning Cage and worried that Far East fighter planes could threaten the Rumbling.
• Yago asked Ebson what contingency he had prepared to control the Far East, and Ebson claimed he would soon rule all humanity with Hallucigenia’s power.

The Far East Countries held a joint military conference to decide whether their troops in Hera Province should retreat from the Rumbling, while their leaders argued over whether the Colossal Titans were truly a threat. Aleksy silently watched Anthony Hoffman, the senior elder, as the debate continued.

• Far East politicians and generals gathered to discuss the Rumbling’s approach toward Hera Province and whether the troops stationed there should withdraw.
• Several generals dismissed the Rumbling as frightening only in appearance and argued that the Far East should fight.
• The chapter contrasted the Far East’s confidence with the Allied Forces’ fear of the Rumbling and described how countries had begun courting the Eldian delegation.
• Aleksy resented Ebson’s control over the Far East and his willingness to use its people as a tool to draw out a child.
• Aleksy held back his anger during the conference and repeatedly looked toward Anthony Hoffman.

The Far East warplanes bombed the Rumbling, but Yago used liquefied scarlet mist to kill their pilots and bring down the fleet. Ebson challenged Yago over the thousands of lives he had just taken.

• Eren and Zeke watched as the Founding Titan Attack summoned War Hammer Titan arms to fire arrows at the Far East planes, but the arrows fell short.
• The Far East aircraft bombed the Colossal Titans, killing hundreds and disrupting the Rumbling’s advance.
• The Far East commander celebrated the attack before he and the other pilots suddenly bled, died, and crashed their planes.
• Yago held a hand to Ebson’s forehead, and Ebson accused him of trampling life while asking whether controlling humanity’s fate felt wonderful.

Yago activated the artificial Titan power within himself and Ebson, sacrificing himself to stop the Blood Titans and protect the Eldians’ future. Eren remained in Paths beside a crystal pyramid as every Blood Titan in the Scarlet Base collapsed.

• Yago explained that his and Ebson’s Titan power would activate the Eldian genes in the Far East pilots, killing them, and vowed that Ebson’s plans would end with him.
• Yago called Eren into Paths, urged him to act on their agreement, and told him to consider the Eldians’ interests beyond their alliance with the Orientals.
• Ebson broke free of the crimson lightning and lunged for Ymir’s Hallucigenia, but froze before reaching it.
• Hardening engulfed Yago and Ebson, forming a towering crystal pyramid in Paths as the scarlet lightning and Blood Lake vanished.
• Zeke questioned Eren, who insulted Yago and revealed that his eyes had turned dull green.
• The Blood Titans in the Scarlet Base abruptly froze and then all collapsed.

Yago’s Colossal Fate Titan was encased in stone as his companions fled Scarlet Base, and the Rumbling crushed the Far East Army in Hera Province. After learning of the disaster, General Anthony led a coup and ordered the Far East to seek an armistice, including an Eldian representative.

• Blood Titans and the Sea-Swimming and Flying Claw Titans collapsed as Yago’s Titan Power appeared to disappear and Hardening began consuming the Colossal Fate Titan.
• A-Wu restrained Aili and ordered the others to leave Scarlet Base under Yago’s final order, while Bazel called for help.
• Hardening covered Yago and transformed into a towering stone wall as the Rumbling devastated Hera Province and shattered the Far East Army’s resistance.
• General Anthony learned of the front-line disaster and had soldiers arrest the politicians at the military conference.
• General Anthony announced a coup and ordered armistice negotiations with Marley and other nations, requesting an Eldian representative.