Chapter Summaries

After the defeat of Lao Ai and Lü Buwei, you became a decisive force in Qin State’s campaigns, helping King Zheng conquer territory and destroy Han State. The five states came to fear you as the Strategist and wished to have you killed.

• King Zheng of Qin ordered Lao Ai to be executed and Lü Buwei to be stripped of office and given poisoned wine.
• Cheng Jiao rebelled during his campaign against Zhao State, but a mysterious organization assassinated him, and King Zheng swiftly conquered Zhao State.
• You began advising and commanding Qin State’s campaigns, winning every battle and later becoming the commander-in-chief of its battlefields.
• After King Zheng questioned you, he announced a full-scale war against the five states and appointed you commander-in-chief.
• You led attacks that forced Wei State and Han State to cede territory, then sent Nei Shi Teng to conquer Han State and capture King An of Han.
• The five states feared you as the Strategist and wished to kill you.

You led Qin’s campaigns against Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu, and Qi, completing the conquest of the six states. After Qin unified the realm, King Zheng entered the imperial era.

• You bribed Guo Kai to spread rumors against Li Mu and Sima Shang, and the King of Zhao had Li Mu executed and replaced the generals.
• Wang Jian and Qiang Hui defeated Zhao, captured its king, and destroyed Zhao State.
• You personally led the attack on Yan, and Qin captured Jicheng and destroyed Yan State.
• Wang Ben flooded Daliang and destroyed Wei, while Qin’s armies later defeated Chu, captured King Fuchu, and pacified Chu’s southern lands.
• Wang Ben captured King Jian of Qi and destroyed Qi, completing Qin’s conquest of the six states.
• King Zheng began the campaign against Baiyue and entered the imperial era after unifying the realm.

After Qin unified China, you withdrew to an uninhabited island and began preparing to defy Heaven and change official history. As Qin Shi Huang pursued immortality and searched for you, Yu Meiren and Xu Fu visited the island, then left, while the emperor’s search continued without success.

• After Qin unified the realm, you found an uninhabited island overseas and sensed that its natural surroundings met your requirements.
• You created four copies of yourself and sent them to gather materials, build housing, secure food, and establish formations, then vowed to defy Heaven and change official history.
• Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with immortality, sent Xu Fu to seek the divine mountains, and dispatched three thousand boys and girls aboard tower ships.
• Yu Meiren and Xu Fu visited you on the island, became fearful after learning of your plans, and left together.
• In the thirty-second year of the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang ordered the realm to search for you, but more than two years passed without finding you.

After six years of preparations, you began transforming the world, defied the heavens’ wrath, and declared that the world would have no cycle. The change drew the attention of Gaia, Alaya, and Chaldea, while a simulation system announced that the host, Rin Tohsaka, and Shiki Ryougi would be transferred to the abnormality.

• You placed avatars at key locations and used Mystic Arts: Corpse Life to shield the transformation from the Counter Force and die in your place.
• An illusory figure tried to dissuade you, but you rejected him and dismissed his form.
• You began the transformation, and the heavens darkened as a tsunami rose against the island; your defenses stopped it, and you suppressed the shaking island.
• Gaia noticed the forming world but could not descend, while Alaya sent twenty-one Spirits, who failed to find suitable contractors and waited for Chaldea.
• Li Si postponed sailing because of the weather, Zheng vowed to support you, and an overseas observer decided to hide in the Qin Dynasty.
• A system modified the simulation and named the transfer targets as the host, Rin Tohsaka, and Shiki Ryougi.

After foreigners and magical creatures arrived on the island, you abandoned your plan to use the place and killed several of the intruders. One survivor then attacked you from behind with a red-glowing sword.

• You saw foreigners pursued onto the island by magical creatures and decided the island was no longer safe for your plan.
• An illusory figure watched you leave and said that an aberration had made continuing there impossible.
• The five foreigners fled through the forest as the magical creatures chased them, and Tasia said her magic had not recovered.
• You shot several foreigners with arrows and killed them after asking whether they had checked if the island had an owner.
• You noticed one foreigner was missing, then the survivor rushed from behind with a red-glowing sword and attacked you.

You questioned Tasia, a Western woman and novice magic user, after stopping her attack, then left her alive and sailed back toward the Qin Dynasty. After reuniting with Li Si at sea, you felt a strange change in your body and realized your time was running out.

• You froze Tasia with magic and learned that she and her group had drifted to the island by ship after a storm at sea.
• You learned that Tasia had only begun studying magic and that the monsters had appeared in nearby waters.
• You released Tasia after casting a spell on her, then left the island and headed for the Qin Dynasty.
• You met Li Si, whom Zheng had sent to search for you, and boarded his ship.
• You felt an unusual change in your body and realized your time was running out.

You reunited with Zheng in Xianyang and revealed that your body was fading, leaving you little time. After Zheng died and Qin fell, you appeared once more at his tomb before vanishing again.

• You met Zheng in the Xianyang royal palace, where he told you about his rule and asked why your plans had failed.
• You showed Zheng your increasingly illusory arm and explained that summoning physicians would not help.
• You left Zheng to spend your remaining time doing what you wanted, and he bowed as you departed.
• Zheng ordered everyone who had followed him that day killed, then summoned Li Si and Zhao Gao.
• You appeared in many places until Zheng died in 210 BCE, after which you vanished from Qin.
• After rebels breached Xianyang and Qin fell, you appeared at Zheng's tomb, vanished, and appeared again somewhere else.

Yu Feng was transferred with Rin Tohsaka and Shiki Ryougi to the Qin Dynasty, where his Spirit Origins were disrupted and he found himself alone in the ruined Chu Imperial Palace at Shouchun. The chapter ended as a giant serpent emerged from the ruins and Yu Feng confronted it.

• Yu Feng's Heroic Spirit life simulation ended, and a mechanical voice announced that he, Rin Tohsaka, and Shiki Ryougi would be transferred to an abnormal simulation world.
• Yu Feng, Rin Tohsaka, and Shiki Ryougi arrived in the Qin Dynasty at the Chu Imperial Palace ruins in Shouchun.
• The transfer altered Yu Feng's Spirit Origin, reversing Knight Pantaleon and Ai Lian's classes and detaching or sealing several other Spirit Origins.
• Yu Feng found himself alone and began looking for Rin Tohsaka and Shiki Ryougi, unsure what had happened in the Qin Dynasty.
• Yu Feng drew the inverted Sword of the Pure Knight when a massive dark serpent crawled out of the ruins.

Yu Feng arrived in a ruined Shouchun, where he discovered his strength had increased and suspected the world might be a Lostbelt. After confronting an archer who mistook him for Qin Zi Xi, Yu Feng learned the man was Fang Xing, courtesy name Jun Li, from the State of Chu.

• Yu Feng killed a giant serpent with a single slash and wondered whether the world had strengthened him.
• Yu Feng deflected arrows fired from the shadows and sought to question the hidden archer about the Qin Dynasty and Shouchun.
• Yu Feng caught the archer as he tried to retreat and asked what had happened to the Qin Dynasty and Shouchun.
• The archer accused Yu Feng of conquering and destroying the region alongside His Majesty, then calmed down after Yu Feng explained he had just arrived and was not the person he resembled.
• The archer introduced himself as Fang Xing, courtesy name Jun Li, from the State of Chu.

Yu Feng joined Fang Jun Li to investigate the Qin Dynasty after learning Fang had died before reappearing. Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash arrived near the South Sea, lost contact with Chaldea, and were surrounded by demonic beasts until two voices offered to help.

• Yu Feng learned that Fang Jun Li had died long ago and chose to travel with him to investigate the Qin Dynasty.
• A white-haired man waited by the South Sea and watched Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash fall from the sky.
• Mash summoned Lord Camelot to soften their fall, but Ritsuka and Mash landed in the water and swam ashore.
• Ritsuka discovered that her watch could not connect to Chaldea as demonic beasts emerged from the forest.
• Mash defended Ritsuka against the charging beasts until two unseen people told them to step back and promised to handle the attack.

Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash reunited with Pantaleon and Enkidu, who explained that the Singularity had drawn demonic beasts from an earlier era and proposed traveling to Xianyang to investigate Emperor Qin Zheng. Meanwhile, figures on an overseas island discussed gathering information on the era’s Servants as one impatient figure left to investigate.

• Pantaleon and Enkidu rescued Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash from demonic beasts, and Ritsuka mistook Pantaleon for Yu Feng.
• Mash described the strange Singularity and their lost contact with Chaldea, and Enkidu explained that demonic beasts from thousands of years earlier had crossed into the present.
• Pantaleon and Enkidu revealed that they had sensed a familiar, non-hostile observer, and Pantaleon guessed who was watching them.
• Pantaleon proposed that they travel to Xianyang to seek answers from Emperor Qin Zheng, and Enkidu agreed to lead the way through the demonic-beast-infested Qin Dynasty.
• Overseas, a cruel-smiling man and his impatient companion discussed investigating the Servants of the era, and the companion vanished to begin the task.

Gilgamesh and Ai Lian traveled through Qin, where they fought a group of Wyverns and discovered that the Crimson Dragon carried an aura resembling the Counter Force. They suspected the creatures were connected to the dynasty’s anomaly, then rushed toward a distant explosion.

• Gilgamesh admired the people and customs of Qin, while Ai Lian questioned whether he had changed after visiting the modern era.
• More than a dozen Wyverns attacked, and Gilgamesh killed most of them with treasures from his golden ripples.
• Ai Lian pursued and killed the Crimson Dragon after it tried to flee.
• Ai Lian and Gilgamesh examined the Crimson Dragon and concluded that its unusual aura might explain the anomaly in the dynasty.
• A massive explosion appeared hundreds of li away, and Ai Lian and Gilgamesh hurried toward it.

Kaede Ryougi and Shiki Ryougi fought two nearly immortal monsters under William Shakespeare’s command, and Kaede attacked Shakespeare with Primal Runes. Shakespeare’s book released ominous magical energy, and a furious voice identified Kaede as a heretic.

• Shiki Ryougi failed to see the monsters’ death lines and was thrown back, while Shakespeare explained that their deaths had been transplanted onto another object.
• Kaede Ryougi realized Shiki could not kill the monsters and asked Shakespeare whether someone in his faction knew about them.
• Kaede Ryougi decided to target Shakespeare and sent three Rune Magic symbols at him.
• Shakespeare recognized the symbols as Primal Runes and unleashed dark magical energy from his book.
• Kaede Ryougi felt a stabbing pain and an ominous sensation as a furious voice called him a heretic.

Gilgamesh arrived above the battlefield and watched as Kaede Ryougi and Shiki Ryougi fought two monsters. Kaede prepared a Rune Magic trap and told Shiki to retreat as he activated it.

• Gilgamesh appeared on Vimana, and Shakespeare recognized him before withdrawing from the battle.
• Gilgamesh watched Kaede Ryougi and Shiki Ryougi fight the two monsters instead of intervening.
• Kaede used a glowing rune stone to inscribe five Rune Magic symbols in the air.
• Kaede told Shiki to get away, and she immediately retreated from the monsters.
• Kaede activated the five symbols to trap the monsters and render them unable to move.

Kaede Ryougi used Rune Magic to trap the two shadowy monsters in a reinforced stone cube, drawing Gilgamesh’s attention to his unusual magecraft and Shiki Ryougi’s connection to the Root. When Ai Lian arrived and discovered that she and Kaede looked nearly identical, strange memories surfaced in both of their minds, leaving their connection unexplained but newly recognized.

• Kaede Ryougi reinforced the surrounding rocks with Rune Magic and sealed the two shadowy monsters inside a massive cube.
• Gilgamesh studied Kaede Ryougi’s unusual magecraft and noticed the Root’s aura around Shiki Ryougi.
• Ai Lian arrived after the battle and was astonished to see that Kaede Ryougi looked almost exactly like her.
• Kaede Ryougi and Ai Lian independently wondered why they looked alike, then received strange memories and information that explained their resemblance.

Ai Lian met Kaede Ryougi and Shiki Ryougi, and the two men recognized the strange connection between them. When Kaede said they were headed to Xianyang, Ai Lian realized they were bound for the same destination, leaving both to wonder where a certain person was.

• Gilgamesh prompted Ai Lian to react to meeting Kaede Ryougi, but Ai Lian dismissed their identical appearance as coincidence or distant kinship.
• Gilgamesh suspected Ai Lian was hiding something but chose not to press him.
• Ai Lian asked Kaede Ryougi and Shiki Ryougi about their situation, and Kaede explained that he had been summoned while Shiki had been transported there directly.
• Kaede told Ai Lian that they planned to go to Xianyang, and Ai Lian realized he was headed there too.
• Ai Lian and Kaede silently cursed the same missing person, who sneezed somewhere while following Fang Jun Li.

In the ruined city of Liyang, Himuro Kenshin carried the badly wounded Okita Souji through the shadows while black figures hunted the remaining survivors. When the Berserker blocked their path, Kenshin prepared to draw it away so Okita could escape.

• Himuro Kenshin carried Okita Souji through the ruined city as she coughed blood and asked what they should do next.
• Himuro Kenshin scolded Okita for charging into a fight, leaving her mana depleted and her illness worsened by the city's aura.
• Himuro Kenshin and Okita encountered the Berserker blocking their way.
• Himuro Kenshin told Okita to run outside while he distracted the Berserker, and Okita reluctantly agreed.

Himuro Kenshin tried to slip past Berserker while Okita Souji was unable to fight, but Assassin ambushed him and their clash alerted Berserker. Berserker began to stir as Himuro Kenshin faced Assassin.

• Himuro Kenshin set Okita Souji down and prepared to draw Berserker's attention so they could escape.
• Himuro Kenshin approached Berserker at the exit, intending to kill him with a single Noble Phantasm strike.
• Himuro Kenshin sensed danger and swung Meishin, stopping Assassin from killing him with a surprise attack.
• Assassin attacked Himuro Kenshin with her remaining hand, and he blocked her sword with Meishin.
• The sound of their clash stirred Berserker.

Himuro Kenshin fought the charging Berserker, whose armor blunted his strike, while Kato Danzo watched from nearby. As a black arm reached for Himuro Kenshin’s chest from behind, an unexpected change occurred.

• The Berserker charged at Himuro Kenshin, and Kato Danzo leaped back to keep her distance.
• The Berserker wielded a wooden stick reinforced with dark magical energy, but Himuro Kenshin used Shunpo to strike him and break the staff.
• The Berserker rose unharmed, and Himuro Kenshin realized his armor had absorbed most of the blow.
• As Himuro Kenshin prepared to attack again, he sensed danger behind him and saw a black arm reaching toward his left chest.

Himuro Kenshin was saved from Cursed Arm by three reinforcements, and the two sides prepared to fight. The newcomers chose their opponents, leaving Himuro to face the Berserker again.

• Several unfamiliar figures appeared and knocked Himuro Kenshin out of the way of a dangerous attack.
• Himuro Kenshin identified the newcomers as possible allies, while Cursed Arm challenged them and threatened to kill them all.
• Li Shuwen calmly answered Cursed Arm, and Napoleon fired a cannonball that stakes blocked before Himuro Kenshin deflected Cursed Arm's arm with Meishin.
• Himuro Kenshin proposed a temporary alliance, which Napoleon accepted, while Sengo Muramasa asked about Meishin.
• Vlad the Impaler III chose Li Shuwen as his opponent, Sengo Muramasa focused on Cursed Arm, and Himuro Kenshin faced the Berserker as Napoleon took the remaining foe.