Recaps

Lu You questioned Pika, Zhuzi, and Sheji about the Astral Realm and the races interested in Blue Star, learning that the nearby Changming Clan was its greatest potential threat. He detained the three for now and left the world’s fate unresolved.

• Lu You threatened Pika, Zhuzi, and Sheji and promised to spare them if they answered honestly.
• Pika explained that the Gana Clan had announced its departure and revealed that it possessed several fifth-tier gods.
• Zhuzi told Lu You that the Astral Realm had ten high races with sixth-tier Overlords and recounted how one Great Realm had once repelled a powerful invasion.
• Pika said the Overlords entered the Qianyuan Realm whenever it opened, but admitted that he and the others knew no more about it.
• Pika identified the Changming Clan as the nearby race interested in Blue Star and said its strongest member was an invincible fifth-tier being who had attempted to become a sixth-tier Overlord.
• Lu You decided to detain the three temporarily rather than kill them.

Lu You returned from the Gana Clan’s archipelago with news of the Astral Realm’s threat and the Changming Clan’s Half-Step Overlord, deciding he needed to reach Fifth Tier before facing them. Back on Blue Star, he briefed Zhao Donglai and then found Amaterasu Kong recovering while Kaguya Ruri cuddled a little blonde girl.

• Lu You restored the Gana Clan’s barrier, gathered information from Pika and the others, and left food before returning to Blue Star.
• Lu You learned that the Changming Clan had a Fifth Tier Invincible One and resolved to reach Fifth Tier before returning to confront them.
• Lu You returned through the Star Gate and told Zhao Donglai that the Divine Envoys had fled and were trying to provoke other races into attacking Blue Star.
• Lu You went to the Tower of the Sun and found Kaguya Ruri holding a little blonde girl while Amaterasu Kong protested that she had been made to do it.

Lu You and Amaterasu Kong discussed the threat posed by the Changming Clan and considered seeking help from the Astral Realm Human Race. Amaterasu Kong urged Lu You to leave Blue Star and survive if it fell, but he declared that he would become an Invincible.

• Lu You explained that the Astral Realm held countless worlds and that the Changming Clan had claimed Blue Star as its property.
• Lu You described the Changming Clan’s domineering rule and its practice of turning conquered worlds into resource farms.
• Amaterasu Kong asked about contacting the Astral Realm Human Race, and Lu You said the Gana Clan had taken all the warships needed to reach them.
• Amaterasu Kong proposed using a warship left by the three adventurers Lu You had captured to seek help and study how to build their own.
• Amaterasu Kong told Lu You to leave Blue Star and prioritize his survival if the Changming Clan destroyed it.
• Lu You pinched Amaterasu Kong’s cheek and said he would simply become an Invincible.

Lu You enlisted Blue Star’s support to gather Astral Realm collectibles, which he converted into Star Husband Coins to prepare for his next crossing. In the System Star Realm Space, he learned that crossing to a Sixth Tier world cost far more than he could afford.

• Lu You told Amaterasu Kong to focus on recovering while he prepared for their next challenge.
• Lu You asked Kaguya Dōin to mobilize Blue Star and gather Astral Realm collectibles, explaining that they could help him reach Fifth Tier invincibility.
• Kaguya Dōin agreed to arrange deliveries to the Tower of the Sun and learned about the vastness of the Astral Realm.
• Lu You received a stream of collectibles and converted them into Star Husband Coins as he prepared for his next crossing.
• Lu You entered the System Star Realm Space with 4.28 million Star Husband Coins and learned that a Fifth Tier world cost 3 million to enter while a Sixth Tier world cost 10 million.

Lu You searched for a fifth-tier world after rejecting costly and dangerous travel options, then reviewed the gold-ranked character templates his system found. The chapter ended with him weighing which template to choose, including a peak Saitama whose Limiter Removal trait had a gold-rank ceiling.

• Lu You learned that traveling to the Qianyuan Illusory Realm would cost 20 million Star Husband Coins, while an eighth-tier being had reserved 10 billion coins to invite him to the Primordial Multiverse True Realm; he refused to go.
• Lu You ordered a search for a fifth-tier world, accepted a mixed world, and told the system to draw again until it found five gold-or-higher templates.
• Lu You watched the search consume most of his Star Husband Coins and saw a golden light rise above the other template lights.
• Lu You examined the gold templates Rimuru Tempest, Madoka Kaname, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki-god, Nine-Tailed Goddess, and Saitama.
• Lu You asked whether Saitama's peak template included Limiter Removal, and the system said the trait was included but could not reach red rank.

Lu You chose Saitama’s template and crossed into a new world, where he posed as a ramen critic and outwitted a boastful chef. Rin Tohsaka and Kuchiki Rukia watched the bizarre encounter in astonishment.

• Lu You rejected the other template options and absorbed Saitama’s character template, gaining Limiter Removal and an Immortal Body.
• Lu You crossed into another world through a space-time vortex and arrived in the body of a black-haired young man.
• A chef and his assistant, Woz, dramatically challenged Lu You with a bowl of ramen and celebrated the chef’s supposed mastery.
• Lu You tasted the ramen, praised its flavor, then exposed that the chef had added too much salt.
• The defeated chef staggered outside and collapsed, while Lu You left after telling him he was strong.
• Rin Tohsaka and Kuchiki Rukia watched the encounter and were left stunned.

Rukia Kuchiki discovered a Master in Fuyuki City, reported the Holy Grail War threat to herself, and was ambushed by two intelligent Hollows before she could contact the Soul Society. As she prepared to fight them, a black-haired man in a church recognized her as a Shinigami and worried that she might interfere with the war.

• Rin Tohsaka watched a young man leave and hurried away after finishing her noodles.
• Rukia Kuchiki recognized Rin Tohsaka as a Master and performed soul burials on two lingering spirits.
• Rukia Kuchiki returned to her lodgings and prepared to contact the Soul Society, but an attacker destroyed her communications device and ambushed her.
• Rukia Kuchiki escaped her lodgings and faced a spider-like Hollow and a crimson rodent Hollow in the street.
• A black-haired man in a Fuyuki City church noticed Rukia Kuchiki fighting and worried that the Shinigami would interfere with the Holy Grail War.

Rukia Kuchiki fought two powerful Hollows but was overwhelmed and transferred her Shinigami powers to Ichigo Kurosaki so he could protect his family. Ichigo became a Shinigami but was quickly defeated too, and Rukia noticed a Command Spell on his hand as the danger continued to approach.

• Rukia released Sode no Shirayuki and attacked the two Hollows with White Moon and a fully incanted Sōren Sōkatsui, but they survived and struck her into a house wall.
• Ichigo Kurosaki saw the Hollows heading toward his home and ran outside to protect Xia Li and Yuzu.
• Rukia stopped Ichigo and asked whether he was willing to risk a changed life to protect his family; he agreed, and she pierced him with her Asauchi to make him a Shinigami.
• Ichigo emerged in Shinigami robes with an enormous cleaver, while Rukia realized he had absorbed all her Shinigami power instead of half.
• Ichigo charged the two Menos Grande but was sent crashing into his house wall, and Rukia noticed a Command Spell on the back of his hand.

Rukia helped Ichigo Kurosaki summon Mordred as a Servant to fight the two Menos Grande threatening his family. Mordred and Ichigo defeated the Hollows, while Rukia grew suspicious of their human forms and Reiatsu.

• After the two Menos Grande attacked, Rukia urged Ichigo Kurosaki to summon a Servant through the Holy Grail.
• Rukia guided Ichigo through the summoning chant, and Mordred appeared as his Saber.
• Mordred questioned Ichigo about being her Master, then agreed to fight the Menos Grande with him.
• Mordred and Ichigo charged the two Hollows, and Mordred's Noble Phantasm destroyed one of them as the battle turned in their favor.
• Rukia noticed that the Menos Grande had Gillian-level Reiatsu despite their human forms and suspected a deeper conspiracy.

Ichigo brought Rukia and Mordred into his home after the battle, where they explained why he had been chosen for the Holy Grail War. The chapter ended with Ichigo sensing that he could summon a second Servant, suggesting the Grail War had changed in unexpected ways.

• Ichigo brought Mordred and Rukia inside, where Yuzu and Xia Li could see them because the sisters had unusually strong souls.
• Ichigo sent his sisters back to bed, but Rukia refused to leave because she feared the Soul Society would punish her and Ichigo could die in the ongoing war.
• Mordred and Rukia discussed how Ichigo had received Command Spells despite being a human without Magic Circuits, and Rukia suspected the Holy Grail's rules had changed.
• Ichigo questioned whether the Holy Grail could grant broad wishes such as world peace.
• Ichigo told Rukia and Mordred that he felt able to summon another Servant, and they realized the war was not proceeding normally.

Rin Tohsaka encountered Sakura Matou on her way home, unaware that Sakura had received Command Spells and was being abused by Shinji Matou. Sakura’s forced summoning brought Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to the Matou estate, where he unleashed a massive blade of crimson flames.

• Rin Tohsaka ran into Sakura Matou, then continued home thinking about summoning a Saber Servant.
• Sakura Matou returned to the Matou estate with Command Spells on her hand, and Shinji Matou discovered them and attacked her.
• Sakura’s Command Spells erupted with power, summoning a crimson pillar of light that drew the attention of Rin Tohsaka, EMIYA, Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia, and Mordred.
• Lu You recognized the summoned figure as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who appeared in the Matou estate and ordered Sakura to stand.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto released a wave of heat that engulfed the Matou Family Estate in a towering blade of crimson flames.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto destroyed the Matou mansion, killed Zōken Matou, and healed Sakura Matou. He explained that he had come to claim the Holy Grail and told Sakura that they would win the war together.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s flaming slash destroyed the Matou mansion and reduced Shinji Matou to ash.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto pulled the Crest Worm from Sakura Matou’s chest and crushed it, causing Zōken Matou to dissolve and die.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto used healing Kidō to restore Sakura Matou’s wounds.
• Sakura Matou asked whether the Holy Grail could change the past, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto said he did not know.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto told Sakura Matou that he had come to win the Holy Grail War and gave her Medusa’s mirror so she could summon a second Servant.
• Sakura Matou admitted she did not know what to do, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto promised to teach her.

Sakura summoned Medusa under Yamamoto’s guidance, while Shirou Emiya unexpectedly summoned both Artoria and Haschwalth during Cú Chulainn’s fight at the school. Other Masters summoned their Servants across the city, and the Holy Grail War began with several new alliances and rivalries forming.

• Sakura followed Yamamoto’s instructions and summoned Medusa, then left with him as he warned that someone was already approaching.
• Shirou Emiya stumbled upon Cú Chulainn fighting a red-coated swordsman at school, and his Command Spell appeared as he narrowly avoided Cú Chulainn’s attack.
• Shirou summoned Artoria, while Haschwalth was forcibly summoned beside him; Cú Chulainn and the red-coated swordsman withdrew.
• At Ryuudou Temple, Souichirou Kuzuki and Medea faced a newly summoned silent swordsman.
• Kirei Kotomine watched Sōsuke Aizen emerge from a summoning circle, while Illya looked at the two Servants summoned before her.
• The Holy Grail War officially began.

Ichigo summoned Nel as his second Servant, while Rin found the Matou estate destroyed and feared Sakura had died. Sakura was safe at Shirou Emiya's home, where she told him she had caused her family’s deaths.

• Ichigo and Rukia summoned Nel, who asked to use the Holy Grail to heal her injuries and promised to help Ichigo.
• Rin visited the burned Matou estate, found no sign of Sakura or Shinji Matou, and worried that her sister was dead.
• Rin called Sakura and Shinji Matou, but neither answered, so she went to school still uncertain what had happened.
• Sakura sat safely at Shirou Emiya's home and told him that she had caused everyone in her family to die.
• Shirou Emiya reassured Sakura that the deaths were not her fault.

Shirou refused Sakura’s plea to avoid the Holy Grail War, leaving her consumed by despair, while Yamamoto battled Haschwalth in the mountain forest. After discovering how Haschwalth’s shield transferred damage, Yamamoto unleashed Bankai to overwhelm him with an attack too swift to transfer.

• Shirou told Sakura he might have to fight in the Holy Grail War, and Sakura wished she could keep him from leaving her.
• Yamamoto confronted Haschwalth, while Medusa fought Saber to defend Sakura.
• Haschwalth used his shield to transfer damage and wounded Yamamoto during their prolonged fight.
• Yamamoto recognized the shield’s mechanism, activated Bankai, and raised the surrounding temperature to an extreme level.
• Fuyuki residents complained about the sudden heat and blamed another gas explosion.

Yamamoto defeated Haschwalth with Bankai, then helped Medusa pressure Saber until Shirou Emiya used a Command Spell to summon Artoria away. Yamamoto and Medusa returned to Shirou's house while other Servants headed toward the disturbance.

• Haschwalth provoked Yamamoto, who activated Zanka no Tachi and killed him with Tenchi Kaijin.
• Yamamoto joined Medusa's fight against Saber, forcing Saber to defend against two opponents while Shirou watched.
• Shirou used a Command Spell to summon Artoria to his side and fled with her.
• Yamamoto and Medusa returned to Shirou Emiya's house, where Sakura worried about Shirou's safety.
• Other Servants noticed the disturbance and began heading toward the area.

Lu You, now invincible with Saitama’s full power, blocked Souichirou Kuzuki, Medea, and Starrk from joining the fighting while Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto faced the Holy Grail War. After Medea’s spell and Starrk’s Cero failed to harm him, the three realized how formidable he was.

• Lu You reflected on his Saitama template, his observations of the Nasuverse’s many worldlines, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s participation in the Holy Grail War as Sakura’s Servant.
• Lu You encountered Souichirou Kuzuki, Medea, and Starrk as they headed toward the fighting, then stopped them and asked them to wait until Yamamoto was finished.
• Medea attacked Lu You with a beam of magical energy, but it shattered against an invisible barrier before reaching him.
• Starrk fired a Cero at Lu You, who caught and crushed the beam with his fingertips.
• Starrk studied Lu You in shock, realizing that even a Vasto Lorde-class Menos Grande could not withstand the Cero so effortlessly.

Lu You defeated Medea and Starrk after using Limiter Removal to awaken new abilities, then confronted Souichirou Kuzuki about his lack of interest in the Holy Grail War. Starrk was destroyed, while Kuzuki remained calm and gave no indication that he wanted to fight.

• Medea attacked Lu You with compressed magical energy, but he appeared in front of her and absorbed the blast, sparing her and Souichirou Kuzuki.
• Lu You manipulated his body and genes to activate Limiter Removal, then used Hollow Technique: Purple to swallow Starrk’s Ceros and badly injure him.
• Medea attacked Lu You while Starrk fought, but his barrier blocked their assaults, and Medea urged Kuzuki to retreat.
• Kuzuki told Lu You that he had never cared about the Holy Grail War, and Lu You questioned why the Grail had chosen him before summoning Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
• Starrk decided he did not belong in the fight and tried to return to Hueco Mundo, but Lu You’s Susanoo struck him down and he dissolved into white light.

After Medea dissolved, Lu You and Souichirou Kuzuki left together, while Kirei Kotomine investigated the three Servants who died and set a trap for Illyasviel von Einzbern. On Fuyuki Bridge, Heracles fought Cú Chulainn as Shinji Hirako confronted Sōsuke Aizen, and the chapter ended as Hirako released Sakanade.

• Medea dissolved voluntarily, her Command Spells vanished, and Lu You invited Souichirou Kuzuki to get ramen.
• Kirei Kotomine examined three remnants from the dead Servants and decided to leave the cause of the Grail’s connection to other worlds unresolved for now.
• Illyasviel von Einzbern set out for the Emiya house with Heracles and Shinji Hirako, who sensed that Fuyuki Bridge was unnaturally quiet.
• Kirei Kotomine revealed that he had cleared the bridge and sent Cú Chulainn to fight Heracles.
• Sōsuke Aizen appeared before Shinji Hirako, and Hirako drew his Zanpakuto and called, “Collapse, Sakanade!”

Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu to deceive and kill Shinji Hirako despite Illya’s Command Spell briefly seeming to free him from the hypnosis. With Aizen joining the fight, Heracles’s battle against Cú Chulainn entered its final stages.

• Hirako attacked Aizen with Sakanade’s reversed senses, but Aizen countered with Kyōka Suigetsu and overwhelmed him with Hadō #90-Black Coffin.
• Hirako began to release his Bankai, but Illya used a Command Spell to interrupt him and warned that Aizen had hypnotized him.
• Aizen revealed that Hirako still remained under Kyōka Suigetsu, pierced him, and killed him with Hadō #88, Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō.
• Illya remained occupied by Kirei Kotomine while Heracles fought Cú Chulainn, whose spear attacks drove their battle toward its conclusion.

Cú Chulainn and Aizen wore down Heracles until the Twelve Labors ran out, but Kirei Kotomine moved to claim Illya’s Lesser Grail before Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto intervened. Kirei withdrew with Aizen and Cú Chulainn, while Yamamoto took Illya to Sakura as the remaining teams continued the Holy Grail War.

• Cú Chulainn pierced Heracles’s heart with Gáe Bolg, and Aizen’s Dankū shield gave him time to escape Heracles’s counterattack.
• Aizen found that Kyōka Suigetsu could not mislead Heracles’s combat instincts, and he and Cú Chulainn continued fighting until the Twelve Labors’ resurrections were exhausted and Heracles vanished after looking toward Illya.
• Kirei Kotomine approached Illya and demanded the Lesser Grail, but Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto arrived and stopped him from killing her.
• Yamamoto ordered Aizen to return to the Soul Society, but Kirei used a Command Spell to keep Aizen in the war, and Kirei withdrew with Aizen and Cú Chulainn as other Servants approached.
• Yamamoto took Illya to Sakura, and the chapter listed the five remaining teams after two Servants had died.

Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya agreed to join forces in the Holy Grail War, bringing their Servants together. After learning that Sakura was alive and had become a Master, Rin’s worry eased, though Sakura’s intentions remained unclear.

• Rin Tohsaka, accompanied by King Solomon and EMIYA, went to meet Shirou Emiya and proposed an alliance.
• Shirou Emiya accepted Rin’s proposal after Artoria agreed, and Rin introduced King Solomon to her.
• Rin learned that Artoria was King Arthur and realized their alliance had three Servants.
• The group exchanged information, and Rin learned that Sakura was alive and had become a Master.
• Shirou Emiya said Sakura seemed reluctant to participate in the Holy Grail War and did not want to let her companions down.

Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya found Sakura Matou at Fuyuki Bridge, where Sakura challenged Rin and sent Medusa to fight. Yamamoto faced King Solomon while Artoria fought Medusa, but Mordred suddenly arrived and attacked Artoria, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Rin Tohsaka, Shirou Emiya, and their companions headed to Fuyuki Bridge and encountered Sakura Matou, Medusa, and Yamamoto.
• Sakura told Rin she intended to win the Holy Grail and change everything, then sent Medusa to fight.
• Yamamoto confronted King Solomon, who sealed the battlefield behind a defensive barrier before Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka.
• Artoria fought Medusa and wounded her, but Sakura warned Medusa just as Mordred charged onto the bridge.
• Mordred attacked Artoria with Clarent, and Artoria retreated rather than risk a battle near Shirou and Rin.

Ichigo Kurosaki and Nel joined the Holy Grail War battle, turning its fragile balance into a chaotic melee. As Yamamoto unleashed his Bankai, Solomon summoned a worldline-destroying Noble Phantasm, leaving the battlefield on the brink of catastrophe.

• Ichigo and Nel reached the battlefield, where Mordred fought Artoria, Yamamoto fought Solomon, and EMIYA fought Medusa.
• Rukia told Ichigo to find the enemy Masters and protect Mordred, while Nel spotted Sakura Matou, Shirou Emiya, and Rin Tohsaka.
• Nel faced Medusa and Ichigo attacked EMIYA, prompting the other battles to resume as a chaotic melee.
• Yamamoto activated his Bankai, compressing his flames onto his blade and placing increasing strain on the barrier.
• Solomon reinforced the barrier and summoned a vast ring of light, revealing the power of his Noble Phantasm to destroy a worldline.

Yamamoto lost to Solomon’s overwhelming Noble Phantasm, but Sakura Matou used a Command Spell to teleport him out before he was destroyed. Solomon then trapped the remaining fighters beneath his sacred halo and demanded their surrender as millions of devastating rays gathered overhead.

• Yamamoto charged Solomon, but Solomon used his foresight and Demon Gods to evade the attack and unleash a bombardment from his sacred halo.
• Yamamoto admitted defeat as tens of thousands of rays descended, while reflecting that Heaven’s advantages and Sakura Matou’s betrayal had cost his team the battle.
• Sakura Matou used a Command Spell to teleport Yamamoto to her side, and he urged everyone to retreat.
• Solomon emerged from the barrier and expanded his sacred radiance into a vast field around the battlefield.
• Solomon prepared to end the fight while sparing the opposing Masters, and Ichigo Kurosaki protested that his power was outright cheating.