Chapter Summaries

Li Bai, Scathach, and Himuro Kenshin each confronted an opponent on the battlefield. Himuro failed to persuade Sakamoto Ryoma to return to his side, and Ryoma challenged him to a duel to the death.

• Li Bai interrupted Vlad the Impaler III's fight and engaged him with the Green Lotus Sword.
• Scathach confronted Cú Chulainn Alter, called him Setanta, and challenged him to a training fight.
• Himuro Kenshin met Sakamoto Ryoma and learned that Ryoma had manifested in response to the Counter Force's summons.
• Oryo insisted she would protect Ryoma, while Ryoma explained that he wanted to compete with Himuro more than anything else.
• Himuro tried to persuade Ryoma to rejoin his camp, but Ryoma drew Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki and demanded a duel with both their lives at stake.

Himuro Kenshin fought Sakamoto Ryoma and Oryo, discovering that Oryo was Ryoma’s Noble Phantasm and that Ryoma’s strength had changed as a Heroic Spirit. The duel continued as Ryoma prepared to launch the next attack.

• Sakamoto Ryoma revealed his fighting spirit, and Himuro Kenshin accepted his challenge to fight.
• Oryo blocked Himuro Kenshin’s opening slash, and Ryoma explained that Oryo was his Noble Phantasm and they were essentially one.
• Himuro Kenshin and Sakamoto Ryoma exchanged rapid attacks, each defending against the other’s strikes.
• Oryo smashed the ground with both fists, creating a deep pit and revealing her immense physical strength.
• Himuro Kenshin recalled a legend about Oryo being sealed at Mount Takachiho before Ryoma freed her.
• Sakamoto Ryoma praised Himuro Kenshin’s speed and announced that he would attack next.

Himuro Kenshin and Sakamoto Ryoma fought an intense sword battle while Oryo could only support Ryoma from the side. Elsewhere, Li Bai evaded Vlad the Impaler III’s stakes and vanished from his senses, leaving Vlad to gather immense magical energy as Li Bai watched.

• Himuro Kenshin assessed Sakamoto Ryoma and Oryo’s abilities before clashing with Ryoma in a battle of martial skill and swordsmanship.
• Arash fired at approaching Phantasmal Species, then dodged stakes from Vlad the Impaler III’s battle and complained to Li Bai about the danger.
• Li Bai closed in on Vlad the Impaler III, who explained that his stakes could not pierce Li Bai while magical energy surrounded him.
• Li Bai vanished from Vlad the Impaler III’s sight and cut through the stakes with the Green Lotus Sword.
• Vlad the Impaler III failed to sense Li Bai and gathered immense magical energy as Li Bai observed his new move.

Vlad the Impaler III unleashed his Kazikli Bey across the battlefield, killing vast numbers of Phantasmal Species, but Li Bai survived and explained why Vlad was at a disadvantage on Chinese soil. As Li Bai charged again, he revealed that he had not yet used his full strength, and Vlad had not either.

• Vlad the Impaler III summoned Kazikli Bey and transformed into bats as its countless stakes rained down across the battlefield.
• The attack killed nearly half the Phantasmal Species, and Yu Feng continued fighting amid the chaos.
• Li Bai reappeared with only his robe torn, then charged Vlad and explained that Vlad was weakened outside his territory and that Li Bai could disrupt the magical power behind his stakes.
• Vlad recognized that Li Bai had been holding back, and Li Bai replied that Vlad had not used his full strength either.
• Li Bai shed his playful demeanor, released a powerful aura, and launched himself at Vlad.

Vlad the Impaler III unleashed a borrowed power that greatly enhanced his abilities, forcing Li Bai to evade his deadly stakes. Li Bai welcomed the challenge, and the two prepared to fight at full strength while Yu Feng turned to help Okita Souji.

• Vlad the Impaler III stopped holding back and released overwhelming magical energy, while Li Bai realized he had been stalling and suspected the plan involved Qin Zheng.
• Vlad the Impaler III's power shook the battlefield, distracting fighters including Okita Souji and Cú Chulainn Alter as their battles continued.
• Pantaleon kept Ibaraki Doji occupied, Shakespeare watched and wrote, and Yu Feng finished off the nearby Phantasmal Species before heading to assist Okita Souji.
• Vlad the Impaler III used his enhanced power to shatter the ground and launch sharp stakes at Li Bai, who evaded them after sensing their danger.
• Li Bai admitted Vlad the Impaler III now surpassed him in magical energy but declared that he did not judge strength by magical energy alone, and Vlad challenged him to show his true strength.

Li Bai fought Vlad the Impaler III and revealed that his true strength lay beyond swordsmanship, but Vlad withdrew once his objective was complete. The other battles at Xianyang also ended as the opponents fled, and Yu Feng reunited with the frustrated Okita Souji.

• Li Bai changed into his Green Lotus Robe, drank from a wine gourd, and evaded Vlad the Impaler III's storm of stakes without injury.
• Vlad the Impaler III left to pursue Sakamoto Ryoma, while Li Bai coughed blood from overexertion and disappeared after warning Yu Feng about the next fighter.
• Himuro Kenshin defeated Sakamoto Ryoma in swordsmanship, but a white figure seized Ryoma and carried him away before their fight could continue.
• Sakamoto Ryoma and the others withdrew from their battles across Xianyang, ending the fighting before their opponents could continue.
• Yu Feng found Okita Souji complaining that her opponent had used ranged attacks and fled, and she asked to fight Sakamoto Ryoma next time.

After the battle outside Xianyang, Qin Zi Xi confronted Qin Zheng in the imperial palace and demanded that he relinquish the throne. Qin Zheng agreed, leaving Qin as a state in name only, while the victory outside the city bought time for what came next.

• Gilgamesh watched the soldiers clear the battlefield and wondered about an aura he had sensed in Xianyang.
• Qin Zi Xi revealed that he had come to strip Qin Zheng of his imperial identity and said the Phantasmal Species outside the city had been a distraction.
• Qin Zheng stopped Li Shuwen and Gong Zixi from fighting and agreed to relinquish the throne, after which Qin Zi Xi and Fang Jun Li vanished.
• Qin Zheng told Gong Zixi that he had yielded because Qin Zi Xi was too powerful to hold off and said there was still hope to regain what had been lost.
• Li Bai arrived and reported that Xianyang had suffered no injuries, the Phantasmal Species had been annihilated, and the Servants had been driven back.
• Qin Zheng welcomed the victory and said it had bought time to deal with what came next.

Yu Feng learned that Qin Zheng had abdicated and joined the others at the imperial palace, where Qin Zheng explained that he had summoned them to discuss their next move. The chapter ended with the group facing the choice of proceeding or conserving their strength.

• Yu Feng heard that Qin Zi Xi had made Qin Zheng abdicate and wondered why the emperors overseas had also been removed.
• Gong Zixi summoned Yu Feng and the others to meet Qin Zheng at the imperial palace.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru sat on the dragon throne until Merlin’s prank sent her floating toward Ai Lian, and Kaede Ryougi stopped her fall.
• Qin Zheng arrived in a child’s body, reflected on giving up the throne, and said he no longer had the right to sit on it.
• Qin Zheng told the group he wanted to discuss whether they should go ahead or conserve their strength and wait.

At the imperial palace, Qin Zheng warned the gathered allies that Mister could anticipate their thoughts and strategies, making a direct attack unwise. Yu Feng proposed doing the opposite of what Mister expected, and the group decided Ritsuka Fujimaru would devise their plans.

• Okita Souji refused to think up plans until Himuro Kenshin dragged her over and threatened to withhold her food.
• Qin Zheng cautioned the group against rushing overseas to fight Qin Zi Xi without knowing the enemy's strength or intentions.
• Qin Zheng explained that Mister could read people's hearts and simulate their thoughts, prompting Waver, Emiya, and Kaede Ryougi to discuss the method.
• Yu Feng suggested they do the opposite of what Mister anticipated, and Napoleon and the others agreed.
• Ai Lian pressured Ritsuka Fujimaru into accepting the task of coming up with several plans.

Yu Feng left to clear out the Phantasmal Species while Enkidu stayed behind with Gilgamesh and Ai Lian, who reassured Enkidu that they did not blame them for the choices made in the past. Enkidu was grateful, but Gilgamesh and Ai Lian soon resumed bickering, leaving Ai Lian puzzled by Gilgamesh’s surprising resistance to being knocked out.

• Yu Feng noticed Gilgamesh unconscious in a chair, and Enkidu explained that Ai Lian had knocked him out to keep him from disrupting the meeting.
• Yu Feng left the palace to clear out the Phantasmal Species outside the city.
• Enkidu regretted not being Enkidu in the past, but Gilgamesh and Ai Lian appeared and told them not to blame themself for their choices.
• Enkidu thanked them and considered bringing Gilgamesh and Ai Lian closer, but Ai Lian interrupted and urged Gilgamesh to handle his duties.
• Gilgamesh and Ai Lian argued, and Ai Lian wondered how Gilgamesh had awakened after being struck with seventy percent of their strength.

Qin Zheng resolved to prove to Qin Zi Xi that he remained master of the world, though he still would not attack his teacher himself. Yu Feng left Xianyang to clear nearby Phantasmal Species, while a figure arrived at the overseas island chain and prepared to begin.

• Qin Zheng stood on Xianyang's walls and wrestled with his reluctance to oppose Qin Zi Xi, his teacher and uncle.
• Qin Zheng decided that Servants could act against Qin Zi Xi in his place and declared that he would not become the old era.
• Qin Zheng met Li Bai, then left the walls with him.
• Yu Feng emerged from Xianyang, left the gates, and headed toward nearby Phantasmal Species ahead of the final battle.
• A figure appeared beside the black vortex at the center of the overseas island chain, and the person holding a broken sphere said they could begin.

Qin Zi Xi prepared for the first decisive battle while Cú Chulainn and Arthur searched an eerie crimson desert for whoever had summoned them. Outside Xianyang, Yu Feng cleared the nearby Phantasmal Species and headed back to rest.

• Ashiya Douman taunted Qin Zi Xi about sparing the emperor, then left with the broken sphere and said he looked forward to a new world.
• Qin Zi Xi asked whether Spartacus had returned, learned he was expected the next day, and ordered preparations for the first decisive battle.
• Vlad the Impaler III anticipated a rematch with Yu Feng and the others while Shakespeare wondered whether Qin Zi Xi could read the thoughts of Chaldea’s last Master.
• Cú Chulainn and Arthur walked across the crimson desert, discussing their strange counterparts, until they encountered another figure with a familiar but different kingly presence.
• A blue-lit woman appeared elsewhere in the desert, spotted a flickering light in her palm, and said she had found it.
• Yu Feng killed the last Phantasmal Species near Xianyang, destroyed the bodies to prevent danger, and set off for the city to rest before reporting back.

Yu Feng caught Rin Tohsaka sneaking into his room, and she later admitted to Shiki Ryougi that she had failed to follow through with her plan. The next day, Yu Feng found Waver and Chen Gong overseeing the dismantling of the imperial palace, then went to look for the First Emperor and Fujimaru.

• Yu Feng grabbed Rin Tohsaka when she tried to leave his room, but let her go after teasing her.
• Rin Tohsaka returned to her room, where Shiki Ryougi asked whether she had succeeded; Rin admitted she had not.
• The next morning, Yu Feng saw soldiers dismantling the imperial palace on the First Emperor's orders and learned that Waver and Chen Gong were supervising the work.
• Yu Feng asked where the First Emperor and Fujimaru were, and Chen Gong pointed him toward a newly built thatched hut.

Yu Feng met with Qin Zheng, who arranged for Xu Fu to guide him overseas after the Phantasmal Species near the city were cleared. Back at the base, the group decided who would join the expedition, while Gilgamesh’s exchange with Ai Lian left Yu Feng wondering whether his derivative character was a tsundere.

• Yu Feng found Qin Zheng speaking with Xu Fu in a thatched hut, and Xu Fu left after recognizing Yu Feng.
• Qin Zheng told Yu Feng that Xu Fu would guide him overseas to find the islands, and Yu Feng confirmed the nearby Phantasmal Species had been cleared.
• Yu Feng returned to the base and reported Qin Zheng’s plan, while several Servants chose to stay behind as reserves.
• Gilgamesh decided to remain and urged Enkidu and Ai Lian to stay, but Ai Lian challenged him to take part in the fight.
• Gilgamesh declared that he would defend his subjects, and Ai Lian hid a smile as Kaede Ryougi, Pantaleon, and Himuro Kenshin called him a tsundere.
• Yu Feng wondered aloud whether his derivative character was a tsundere and concluded that the idea still felt strange.

Yu Feng finalized the group that would take part in the decisive battle and ordered them to prepare for departure. Scathach revealed that she knew Yu Feng's secret, while Okita Souji got permission to join the fighting force.

• Li Shuwen said he still needed to settle his unfinished contest with a foreign king, while Li Bai refused to fight him and suggested they compete in drinking instead.
• Sengo Muramasa complained about being included in the decisive battle, and Arash noted that Chen Gong's plan to use a living sacrifice had fallen through before Chen Gong claimed he had found a replacement.
• Scathach told Yu Feng she knew he had met himself before, but said she would not threaten him over the secret.
• Okita Souji asked Himuro Kenshin for permission to join the fighting force, and he agreed despite worrying that her frailty could hinder her in battle.
• Yu Feng announced who would go to the decisive battle, ordered everyone else to remain in Xianyang as backup, and set their departure for the next day.

Yu Feng and the others prepared to leave Xianyang for the decisive battle overseas, though no one knew what awaited them. As the group departed by separate routes, Enkidu wished them victory.

• Yu Feng worried about the unknown Singularity and considered what they would do if the coming battle went badly.
• Yu Feng watched Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash before leaving the city wall, and they soon left too.
• The next morning, the group got up and set out from Xianyang in separate directions.
• Xu Fu had already departed near dawn, leaving markers and arranging for everyone to meet at the seaside.
• Gilgamesh and Enkidu watched the travelers leave, and Enkidu wished them victory.

Yu Feng sailed toward the overseas islands as thunder signaled that events were beginning, while Phantasmal Species gathered outside Xianyang. On the islands, Qin Zi Xi prepared for the newcomers and vanished after Shakespeare wrote that the story’s villain should not appear first.

• Yu Feng reached the coast, learned Xu Fu had sailed ahead, and set out for the islands as an unknown figure disappeared from shore and thunder broke across the sky.
• Qin Zheng, Waver, Rin Tohsaka, and Ori learned that Phantasmal Species were gathering outside Xianyang, and Rin Tohsaka rushed with Ori to the city wall.
• Waver and Chen Gong discussed the two late-arriving Assassin-class Servants, who prepared to fight the approaching Phantasmal Species.
• Qin Zi Xi dismissed the latecomers as no threat, then sensed that the others had arrived and said they were here.
• Ashiya Douman questioned whether the plan would succeed as Shakespeare wrote that the villain should not appear first, prompting Qin Zi Xi to vanish.

Himuro Kenshin and Okita Souji reached the archipelago, where Kenshin immediately challenged Sakamoto Ryoma. Ryoma fought back with unfamiliar magical power and charged at Kenshin, determined to defeat him once.

• Himuro Kenshin stopped the ship offshore and told Okita Souji she could go ahead to the archipelago.
• Okita Souji leaped ashore, passed Sakamoto Ryoma, and ran ahead while Kenshin told the ship to wait until the next day.
• Himuro Kenshin attacked Sakamoto Ryoma, and Oryo blocked the first strike with her fist, injuring her hand.
• Sakamoto Ryoma drew his sword and clashed with Kenshin, whose strike sent him flying more than ten meters.
• Sakamoto Ryoma said he understood his changed condition and charged at Kenshin, determined to win against him once.

Himuro Kenshin and Sakamoto Ryoma fought, with Kenshin badly wounding Ryoma before Ryoma unleashed his Noble Phantasm through Oryo. Cursed Arm and Kato Danzo ambushed the injured pair, but Kenshin intervened before everyone returned to the Throne of Heroes.

• Himuro Kenshin and Sakamoto Ryoma traded sword strikes while Oryo landed a powerful punch that sent Kenshin crashing into the ground.
• Himuro Kenshin struck Oryo and wounded Ryoma with his Noble Phantasm, Tensho Ryusen.
• Sakamoto Ryoma transformed Oryo into a sacred white serpent and unleashed March with You Across Watatsumi Plains, devastating the shore and leaving Kenshin gravely wounded.
• Cursed Arm stole and crushed Ryoma's heart while Kato Danzo attacked Oryo, but Himuro Kenshin intervened and drove off the attackers with Regretful Martial Scholar.
• Himuro Kenshin, Sakamoto Ryoma, and Oryo vanished and returned to the Throne of Heroes.

Yu Feng sensed power returning after Himuro Kenshin’s battle with Sakamoto Ryoma, while Gilgamesh and the Heroic Spirits struggled to hold back the Phantasmal Species attacking Xianyang. On the islands, Li Shuwen met Vlad the Impaler III and resumed their unfinished fight.

• Yu Feng sensed his power returning and saw light breaking through the clouds over the islands.
• Gilgamesh slaughtered the Phantasmal Species attacking Xianyang, while Enkidu urged him to conserve magical energy.
• Chen Gong’s Eight Gates Formation weakened the Phantasmal Species and strengthened Okada Izou and the other fighters, while Waver worried about the seemingly endless enemy forces.
• Li Shuwen asked Vlad the Impaler III whether anyone had arrived before him, then declared that they should continue their unfinished battle.
• Li Shuwen coated his limbs with magical energy to break through Vlad the Impaler III’s thorns and struck his Thorn Spear with a fist strong enough to force him backward.