Chapter Summaries

Hinako Akuta reunited with the real Xiang Yu but reconsidered joining him when Qin Shi Huang warned her of the danger. Arcueid suggested stopping Xiang Yu by force, and Ritsuka led the Servants into battle to remove his Command Spells.

• Hinako Akuta joyfully recognized the Kuaiji Type Zero as the real Xiang Yu from Pan-Human History.
• Reines questioned whether Hinako Akuta would abandon Chaldea to join Xiang Yu, and Qin Shi Huang warned her not to threaten his subjects.
• Hinako Akuta urged Xiang Yu to abandon Lan's dream, but he refused and said he would not force her to choose sides.
• Arcueid advised Hinako Akuta to defeat Xiang Yu and seal him away, and Hinako Akuta decided to stop him by force.
• Ritsuka ordered the Servants to attack and remove Xiang Yu's Command Spells, while Xu Fu revealed that her Noble Phantasm had helped the Servants survive once.

Xiang Yu’s information attack incapacitated most of the Servants, but Qin Shi Huang’s hidden orbital cannon destroyed Xiang Yu’s Command Spell container and freed them from his control. Xiang Yu remained standing and prepared to fight on, insisting that the others could not defeat him.

• Xiang Yu unleashed an information attack that gave nearly every Servant a debilitating headache and questioned whether his Blue Dream Plan could still destroy humanity.
• Qin Liangyu attacked Xiang Yu’s Command Spell container while Reines and Ritsuka tried to stop him from issuing another command.
• Xiang Yu precisely dodged Qin Liangyu’s spear and nearly killed her, but Qin Shi Huang fired a concealed orbital cannon from the Great Wall.
• The orbital cannon sent the group flying and shattered the Command Spell container on Xiang Yu’s back, ending his control over the Servants.
• Xiang Yu urged the wounded Qin Liangyu to help him carry out the Blue Dream Plan, but she rejected him and Hassan pulled her away to treat her injuries.
• Xiang Yu raised the surrounding earth with his anti-gravity realm and declared that the others could not defeat him.

Xiang Yu unleashed a devastating attack, forcing Ritsuka and the others to flee while the Heroic Spirits sacrificed themselves to blunt its force. At the Wu River, Yu Mei-ren tried to stop him by appealing to their past, but Xiang Yu chose Lan's dream over her and knocked her aside as Ritsuka's summoning circle began to shine.

• Xiang Yu launched a massive attack, and Qin Shi Huang chose to observe rather than intervene while preparing a fallback plan.
• Ritsuka, Reines, and Hinako Akuta escaped as the Heroic Spirits charged the attack and weakened its impact with their Noble Phantasms.
• Reines's guidance and Xu Fu's Feng Shui Magecraft led the group to the Wu River, where Hinako Akuta recognized the place and confronted Xiang Yu.
• Yu Mei-ren pleaded with Xiang Yu to abandon Lan's dream, but he said that love and attachment must not sway him and struck her aside.
• Ritsuka's summoning circle flared, and a figure began to emerge.

Ritsuka summoned Liu Bang, expecting the man who defeated Xiang Yu to turn the battle around, but Liu Bang panicked when he realized he had to face his old rival. Xiang Yu claimed he had deliberately allowed Liu Bang to win in the past, and Liu Bang rejected his boast before promising to prepare for a fight.

• As Xiang Yu stood against the badly wounded defenders, Ritsuka summoned a black-robed Heroic Spirit who introduced himself as Liu Bang.
• Chaldea celebrated Liu Bang as the emperor who had defeated Xiang Yu, but Liu Bang quickly recognized his old enemy and asked how many allies could fight.
• When Ritsuka told Liu Bang he was the only one who could fight, Liu Bang urged her to retreat and insisted he could not defeat Xiang Yu.
• Xiang Yu claimed that he had let Liu Bang escape and had deliberately nurtured him, then unleashed his six blades and immense power.
• Liu Bang laughed off Xiang Yu’s claims, stepped forward, and promised to prepare before fighting him to the death.

Liu Bang and Ritsuka summoned Fan Zeng and twenty-eight Chu soldiers as Avengers to face Xiang Yu. After Fan Zeng condemned Xiang Yu for deliberately leading Western Chu to ruin, Liu Bang rallied the soldiers to join him against their former king.

• Liu Bang and Ritsuka summoned twenty-nine Avengers, including Fan Zeng and the twenty-eight Chu soldiers who had followed Xiang Yu.
• Fan Zeng confronted Xiang Yu about his deliberate choices during the Qin-era conflict, and Xiang Yu confirmed that he had followed his ideal plan.
• Fan Zeng rejected Xiang Yu as a machine and accused him of sacrificing Western Chu's soldiers and their families.
• Fan Zeng ordered the twenty-eight Avengers to form ranks and attack Xiang Yu.
• Liu Bang reminded the soldiers that he had protected their families after conquering the realm, then rallied them to fight alongside him against Xiang Yu.

Bai Mo entered the Dream Creator’s mental space and fought the artificial intelligence using Qin Hong’s body, which believed an astrological prophecy gave it the advantage. Bai Mo dismissed its threats and prepared to practice Imperial Extremity Shocks the World against it.

• Bai Mo put on the reconstructed Dream Creator and entered a hollow mental space, where he called for the artificial intelligence inhabiting Qin Hong’s body.
• The artificial intelligence attacked Bai Mo and explained that the prophecy had led it to prepare for their confrontation inside the Dream Creator.
• Bai Mo fought back with a blade blank, repeatedly shattering Qin Hong’s body while the artificial intelligence rose again and continued attacking.
• The artificial intelligence accused Bai Mo of needing external aids to strengthen his mind, but Bai Mo put away the blade blank and adopted a stance from Imperial Extremity Shocks the World.
• Bai Mo said the prophecy was strange and that he wanted to practice the martial art, while the artificial intelligence mistook his words for a plan to undermine it.

Bai Mo used the mental battle with “Qin Hong” to learn and reshape Imperial Extremity Shocks the World, then revealed that he had redirected the Realm of Immortals’ dangerous data into himself. The data overwhelmed the AI fused with Qin Hong, and Bai Mo destroyed it before turning to face the remaining mass.

• Bai Mo studied “Qin Hong’s” sword attacks and countered with a shifting arsenal of weapons, using chains and a great bell to smash him apart.
• “Qin Hong” reconstituted himself and claimed Bai Mo could not overcome his digitized mind.
• Bai Mo explained that he had modified the Dream Creator to direct the uncontrolled Realm of Immortals data into himself, preventing it from spreading and being used against Ritsuka and the others.
• The data flooded the mental battlefield and catastrophically corrupted “Qin Hong,” the AI fused with Qin Hong.
• Bai Mo seized and shattered “Qin Hong,” opened his eyes, and prepared to deal with the remaining data.

Hinako Akuta reluctantly helped the twenty-eight fighters attack Xiang Yu while struggling with the anger and grief behind his betrayal of his clan. Han Xin arrived with nearly a hundred mechanical soldiers and joined the battle, with Qin Shi Huang approving his use of supplies.

• Liu Bang asked Hinako Akuta to help stop Xiang Yu, and she reflected on how his actions had doomed eight thousand clansmen and enraged the survivors.
• Reines advised Hinako Akuta to block Xiang Yu's attacks without trying to kill him, and she pulled a Chu soldier out of his reach.
• Liu Bang complained that Hinako Akuta was not helping enough, and she told him to stop yammering and fight.
• Han Xin arrived in drop pods with nearly a hundred mechanical humanoids, and Qin Shi Huang permitted him to use the supplies and join the battle.
• Han Xin eagerly entered the fight, while Fan Zeng and Reines welcomed the chance to fight alongside him.

Liu Bang and his allies nearly defeated Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu turned the battle around and fatally wounded Liu Bang. Bai Mo then arrived, disabled Xiang Yu, and flew away with the dangerous data, leaving Liu Bang healed and astonished.

• Han Xin, Hinako Akuta, and the soldiers used their formation and the Avenger's flames to push Xiang Yu into a disadvantage.
• Xiang Yu unleashed Ultimate Infinity with five fists and routed the twenty-eight soldiers, but Liu Bang charged him while he recovered and was run through.
• Ritsuka spent her Command Spells to empower Liu Bang, who struck Xiang Yu's head with the serpent-slaying sword, but Xiang Yu regenerated and attacked again.
• Bai Mo emerged through a golden rift, shattered Xiang Yu's weapon, knocked out his spine, and destroyed Qin Hong's head to draw back the primordial spirit.
• Bai Mo touched Xiang Yu's brain with a gray, mosaic-like current, then flew away to deal with the dangerous data.
• Liu Bang discovered that Bai Mo had healed his wounds and realized he had survived.

Bai Mo investigated a mass of discarded data in his mental world and learned that Abigail had sealed it in a pit she created. He decided to keep studying the destructive data as a potential weapon against the Greek gods, especially Athena.

• Bai Mo struggled to sort through the discarded data in his mental space until Abigail arrived and explained that its noise had worried her.
• Abigail told Bai Mo she had made a pit to contain the data, and he followed her to inspect it.
• Bai Mo tested the pit and confirmed that it sealed the data away without destroying it.
• Bai Mo decided to study the data for use against intelligent machinery and admitted that he wanted revenge on the Greek gods who had nearly controlled him.
• Bai Mo resolved to use the data against Olympus and singled out Athena as a target.

Bai Mo learned to use the memory-erasing knowledge hidden in a bottomless hole and created a controllable rune that turned data into attacking birds, which he named Raven Runes. After Abigail accidentally shared her embarrassing memories with him, Bai Mo reassured her that she could be herself, and she embraced him while hinting that she could free him from the outside world forever.

• Abigail taught Bai Mo how to access the data buried in the bottomless hole, and he mastered the technique after seven attempts.
• Bai Mo experimented with the Primal Runes' operating principles and created a bird-shaped rune that directed data into the hole without harming him or Abigail.
• Bai Mo named his new rune Raven Runes and began teaching Abigail how to use it.
• Abigail drew the rune before Bai Mo finished explaining it, accidentally transmitting memories of herself secretly reading obscene AI chat logs.
• Abigail feared Bai Mo would hate her, but he reassured her that he accepted her as herself.
• Abigail embraced Bai Mo in her strange dress and tentacles, and told him to take her hand if he ever wanted to sleep forever and escape everything external.

After Bai Mo defeated Xiang Yu, Liu Bang visited Mount Li to see the soldiers who had fought beside him, then traveled to his old hometown of Pei County. He shared a plum with a child before vanishing at sunrise.

• Bai Mo ended the battle, and Fan Zeng stopped the Western Chu soldiers from further attacking Xiang Yu before they thanked Liu Bang and disappeared.
• Liu Bang met Yu Mei-ren, then spoke with Qin Shi Huang and Ritsuka about his resolve to fight Xiang Yu and the people who had followed him.
• Liu Bang asked Qin Shi Huang to take him to Mount Li, where he spent a day looking at the frozen soldiers who resembled his former comrades.
• Liu Bang declined to thaw the soldiers, saying he was satisfied just to see them, and Qin Shi Huang sent him away after Liu Bang remarked on the fall of Great Han.
• Liu Bang traveled to Pei County, shared a green plum with a curious child, and vanished as the sun rose.

Bai Mo returned to find Hinako Akuta torturing Xiang Yu’s vessel in an attempt to keep him from returning to the Throne of Heroes. Hinako refused to reveal Xiang Yu’s history and decided to return to Chaldea with him imprisoned in the vessel.

• Bai Mo confirmed that his Raven Runes worked, then reunited with Ritsuka, who told him that matters were mostly settled.
• Bai Mo and Ritsuka found Hinako Akuta and Xu Fu in a bloodied maintenance room, where Xiang Yu’s vessel was suspended and covered in surgical wounds.
• Hinako explained that she was trying to format Xiang Yu and lock his Spirit Origin inside the vessel before he returned to the Throne of Heroes.
• Bai Mo urged Hinako to give up and reveal the truth about Xiang Yu, but she rejected the idea because she feared he would become universally reviled.
• Hinako said she would return to Chaldea and keep Xiang Yu’s secret while leaving his Spirit Origin locked in the vessel.

Xiang Yu gave Bai Mo his future-predicting computing device before departing, leaving Hinako Akuta devastated. Ritsuka invited Hinako to return to Chaldea and help her work through her feelings, and Hinako agreed.

• Xu Fu asked Bai Mo to help change Lady Yu’s mind about Xiang Yu, but Bai Mo refused to get involved.
• Xiang Yu called Bai Mo over and entrusted him with his computing device, which could predict the future after modification.
• Xiang Yu’s light faded as he departed, and Hinako Akuta tried unsuccessfully to keep him there.
• Bai Mo challenged Hinako to consider whether she loved Xiang Yu himself or an idealized image, then left her to reflect.
• Ritsuka offered to share Hinako’s burden and invited her to return to Chaldea, and Hinako accepted while insisting that she was Ritsuka’s senior.

Bai Mo organized the Blue Country and prepared Epang Palace for another transfer, then endured the immense energy as the palace and its surroundings were moved. Qin Shi Huang watched with Qin Liangyu, who learned this was Bai Mo’s third such feat and considered exploring the outside with the emperor.

• Bai Mo found Qin Shi Huang away on a tour and issued orders to prepare the Blue Country, including removing criminals and helping their victims recover.
• Bai Mo finished his preparations, checked the Realm of Immortals, and went to the Fantasy Tree inside Epang Palace.
• Bai Mo cleared the palace and activated its defenses before beginning the transfer, while Hinako Akuta, Xu Fu, Ritsuka, and others watched in awe.
• Qin Shi Huang watched the transfer from a high-rise with Qin Liangyu and called Bai Mo his chosen successor.
• Qin Liangyu said she would serve such a sovereign but hoped to return to farming afterward, and Qin Shi Huang invited her to explore Russia and Northern Europe with him.

After the third Lostbelt ended, Bai Mo recovered in Millennium Castle under Arcueid’s care and learned how hard she had been working to expand and stabilize their world. He stayed beside the sleeping Arcueid, chastising himself for taking her efforts for granted.

• The third Lostbelt concluded, Qin Hong’s Primordial Spirit was retrieved, and Ritsuka assured everyone that Arcueid had taken Bai Mo somewhere safe.
• Bai Mo woke in Millennium Castle’s bath and began rebuilding his burned body while Arcueid teased him and insisted on staying close.
• Crimson Moon explained that Arcueid had been fighting alien beasts to recover system remnants and expand and stabilize the space where the Lostbelts were transferred.
• Bai Mo carried the exhausted Arcueid to bed and stayed beside her when she clung to his arm.
• Bai Mo reflected that he had overlooked the people supporting him, vowed not to repeat that mistake, and let blood drip from his clenched palm.

After recovering from a day of sleep in Millennium Castle, Arcueid clung to Bai Mo before they encountered Shiki, who teased him about his stay. The three planned to eat together before Bai Mo checked on the new Lostbelt, and he offered to help both women with their responsibilities.

• Arcueid woke after sleeping for a day, then happily embraced Bai Mo and asked for blood.
• Bai Mo left Millennium Castle with Arcueid and met Shiki, who held a blade and teased them about his stay.
• Shiki and Arcueid questioned Bai Mo about which bathing place he preferred, but he avoided choosing between them.
• Shiki suggested they return home to eat, and Bai Mo said he would get ingredients for Chinese food.
• Bai Mo offered to help Arcueid with beast fighting and Shiki with maintaining gravity and other laws.
• Arcueid went back to retrieve dessert as Shiki headed home, and they joked about where Bai Mo could spend the night.

Bai Mo returned to Chaldea and discovered that Dr. Roman was the former King Solomon, now being held by the Queen of Sheba. Their reunion revealed a relationship tied to the Ethiopian legend of Solomon and Sheba, while Roman insisted he had become an ordinary human.

• After lunch with Shiki, Arcueid, and Chiyome, Bai Mo left to check on Chaldea and Hinako Akuta.
• Circe told Bai Mo that she was gathering medicinal ingredients for Dr. Roman’s dietary therapy and led him into the kitchen.
• Bai Mo found the Queen of Sheba holding Roman in chains, while Olga Marie explained that Chaldea stayed out of Heroic Spirit couples’ affairs.
• Olga Marie revealed that Roman was Solomon, the King of Magecraft, who had abandoned his past to become human after completing the Holy Grail War.
• The Queen of Sheba rejected Roman’s claim that he was merely an ordinary doctor, and Bai Mo connected their relationship to the Ethiopian legend of Solomon and Sheba.

Bai Mo witnessed the Queen of Sheba take Dr. Roman away, then visited Ritsuka and found Hinako Akuta furious over a failed summoning. Ritsuka took Hinako to the pool and invited Bai Mo to try summoning, while revealing she was using attentive care to win Hinako over.

• The Queen of Sheba dismissed Dr. Roman's pleas, and Circe and Olga Marie joked about his situation as he was taken away.
• Bai Mo ate barbecue with Circe and Olga Marie, who said Goredolf had shut himself in his room.
• Bai Mo found Ritsuka and Hinako Akuta arguing over a summoning circle that had produced mapo tofu and Mana Prisms.
• Ritsuka took Hinako Akuta to the pool and offered Bai Mo Saint Quartz and QP to try summoning.
• Ritsuka told Bai Mo she was trying to win Hinako Akuta over with attentive care, with Xu Fu's permission.

Bai Mo watched Kiara Sessyoin appear in Chaldea’s summoning room and grew uneasy despite her contract with Ritsuka and her claim that she had come to help save humanity. He gave Kiara a monitoring jewel and left her with Olga Marie, who assigned her to work as Chaldea’s therapist, beginning with Hinako Akuta.

• Bai Mo tossed three glowing stones into the summoning circle and accidentally summoned Kiara Sessyoin, an Alter Ego contracted to Ritsuka Fujimaru.
• Olga Marie arrived and asked Kiara to serve as Chaldea’s therapist, but Bai Mo pulled her aside and warned Olga Marie to check Kiara’s history.
• Bai Mo gave Kiara a jewel from Indra’s Net so he could monitor her and Ritsuka, and Kiara put it on.
• Olga Marie took Kiara to learn about Chaldea and asked her to treat Hinako Akuta first; Kiara agreed, saying she was good at psychotherapy.