Chapter Summaries

Ai Lian left the Underworld for Uruk after Ereshkigal told her to choose whether to help Gilgamesh or the gods, and she decided to support Gilgamesh. After finding Uruk’s people suffering under his rule, Ai Lian confronted the king and began fighting him with the spear Flash of Brilliance.

• Ereshkigal told Ai Lian that Gilgamesh had become a sage opposed to the gods and asked whom she would help; Ai Lian chose Gilgamesh.
• When Ai Lian came of age, Ereshkigal sent her from the Underworld to Uruk.
• Ai Lian found Uruk’s people struggling to get enough food and went to the royal palace to demand answers from Gilgamesh.
• Ai Lian knocked down the palace guards, and Gilgamesh ordered Siduri to leave before confronting her.
• Gilgamesh attacked Ai Lian with an axe, and she drew Ereshkigal’s spear, Flash of Brilliance, to fight him.

Yu Feng fought Gilgamesh for a day and night, then left Uruk after declaring that he would prove the king’s ways wrong. Three days later, he rallied famine-stricken people to resist the gods and began gathering support for humanity’s cause.

• Yu Feng and Gilgamesh battled until dawn, exhausting themselves and damaging a tenth of Uruk; Gilgamesh laughed and welcomed the challenge.
• Yu Feng named himself Ai Lian, then left Uruk as Gilgamesh ordered Siduri to compensate residents and repair the palace within a day.
• Outside Uruk, Yu Feng removed his ruined mask and revealed his true face, then decided to respond to his promise to Gilgamesh.
• Three days later, Yu Feng toppled Ishtar’s statue at a shrine and denounced the gods for exploiting humanity and causing disasters.
• Yu Feng urged the people to unite against the gods, and several joined his call for resistance as he recognized that his plan had begun.

Gilgamesh sent Siduri to meet the mortal gathering people north of Uruk, while Ashur attacked the gathered crowd for daring to oppose the gods. You intercepted Ashur’s attacks and countered him, leaving a crescent slash bearing down on the god.

• Gilgamesh laughed at the report about you, cursed your plan to protect people alone, and ordered Siduri to go to you.
• You worried that the crowd gathered near Lagash would die facing the gods, but resolved to protect them after learning Ashur had arrived.
• Ashur condemned the mortals’ rebellion and hurled a flaming spear at them.
• You knocked Ashur’s spear back at him, deflected his flaming wheels, and challenged him to kill you.
• You leapt toward Ashur and launched a blue crescent slash that broke through his circular attack and continued toward him.

Ai Lian defeated the Sun Wheel War God Ashur, inspiring Uruk’s people to resist the gods, and agreed to travel to Uruk at Siduri’s request. In the heavens, Anu dismissed the threat posed by Ai Lian for now and sent Ishtar to investigate the Wedge of Heaven and the Chains of Heaven.

• Ai Lian severed Ashur’s wing and let him return to the heavens to report that mortals were resisting the gods.
• Ashur’s defeat spread throughout Uruk, where people celebrated Ai Lian and increasingly joined the rebellion against the gods.
• Siduri told Ai Lian that Gilgamesh had summoned him to Uruk and assured him the gods would not act soon, so Ai Lian agreed to go.
• Ashur told Anu and the other gods that a powerful mortal had defeated him, while Shamash and Marduk questioned his account.
• Anu ordered Ishtar to investigate the Wedge of Heaven and the Chains of Heaven and warned her not to concern herself with Ai Lian.

Ai Lian reunited with Gilgamesh and met Enkidu, then agreed to join them in subjugating Fanbaba near Uruk. As the three investigated the monster’s enormous footprints, a captive figure in the forest complained about being captured by a monster.

• Siduri brought Ai Lian to a secluded spot in Uruk, where Gilgamesh and Enkidu were waiting.
• Ai Lian introduced herself to Enkidu and learned that he and Gilgamesh planned to subjugate Fanbaba together.
• Enkidu invited Ai Lian to join them, and she agreed before the three set out for southeastern Uruk.
• Enkidu explained that Fanbaba had been invading Uruk more often and had changed greatly.
• Ai Lian, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu found enormous footprints and rushed toward a roar in the forest.
• A captive figure complained that a monster had captured her and vowed to tear it apart once she escaped.

Ai Lian, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu confronted the gigantic, mutated Fanbaba to keep it from destroying Uruk, but its tough hide and immense strength made it difficult to subdue. As Gilgamesh was sent flying and Enkidu was dragged toward the beast, Ai Lian's fully formed blue spear pierced Fanbaba.

• Ai Lian, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu found Fanbaba rampaging through the forest and decided they had to stop it before it threatened Uruk.
• Enkidu sent chains to bind Fanbaba, while Ai Lian and Gilgamesh attacked; Fanbaba's tail caught the chains, and Gilgamesh's giant axe knocked it down only briefly.
• Fanbaba recovered and flailed its limbs and tail, striking Ai Lian and Gilgamesh and sending them crashing through trees.
• Enkidu restrained Fanbaba with chains as Ai Lian and Gilgamesh prepared another attack, but Fanbaba's tail struck Gilgamesh and sent him flying.
• Fanbaba pulled Enkidu toward itself, and Ai Lian commanded the fully formed blue spear to pierce the beast's body.

After defeating Fanbaba, you, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh returned to Uruk, where a plague and worsening conditions had begun to spread. The chapter ended with guards gathering around the city as if preparing for war.

• Fanbaba dissolved into green light that restored the forest, leaving a flower crown for Enkidu to collect.
• Gilgamesh and Ishtar returned, and Ishtar tried to court both Gilgamesh and you before fleeing in her celestial vessel after you all rejected her.
• Enkidu told you that Gilgamesh had brought your people to Uruk, and you warned Gilgamesh that you would hold him responsible if anyone was missing.
• You and your companions returned to Uruk after nearly half a month, and news of defeating Fanbaba had made you and Enkidu heroes.
• You found that most of your people were safe, then noticed crops withering, plague spreading, and guards gathering around Uruk as if for war.

The gods of heaven prepared to punish Uruk, while the narrator learned that Ereshkigal’s immense strength came from the Blessing of the Underworld. Sun God Utu and the Bull of Heaven attacked the city, beginning the war against the gods.

• Enkidu told the narrator that the gods were preparing to move against Uruk and that Ereshkigal might interfere, while reports suggested she was involved in plague outbreaks.
• Ishtar complained to Anu that Gilgamesh and a mortal had rejected her courtship, and Anu promised to send the Bull of Heaven to punish mortals.
• Anu summoned Sun God Utu and ordered him to descend with the Bull of Heaven and punish the mortals.
• Enkidu explained that Ereshkigal’s power came from the Blessing of the Underworld, and that the heavenly gods were closer in strength to Ashur.
• Fireballs and the Bull of Heaven’s enormous feet struck Uruk, destroying houses and setting the city ablaze as Gilgamesh prepared to fight.

The Bull of Heaven and Sun God Utu attacked Uruk, forcing you, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu to fight back. Gilgamesh’s weapons battered the Bull of Heaven while you struggled to defend against Utu, and the battle remained unresolved.

• A vast storm gathered over Uruk, and the Bull of Heaven emerged from the clouds as Enkidu recognized it.
• You charged Sun God Utu, but your spear passed through his flame-like body before lightning struck you and Enkidu caught you with chains.
• Gilgamesh unleashed Uruk’s cannons against Utu and the Bull of Heaven, then attacked the Bull with weapons from his golden ripples.
• Utu formed a flaming greatsword and pressed you with fierce attacks while you struggled to defend and watch for the Bull of Heaven’s lightning.

You and Utu fought across a devastated Uruk while the Bull of Heaven wreaked havoc under storm clouds. After Utu drew power from sunlight, you and he unleashed your strongest attacks, and the chapter ended as your Azure Flower caught him off guard.

• Golden chains briefly restrained Utu, but he escaped by turning into golden flames, and you gained the advantage with your spear.
• The Bull of Heaven continued devastating Uruk with its stomping, lightning, and flames while its body bore wounds from the battle.
• You realized the storm clouds had weakened Utu by blocking the sun, and Utu gathered sunlight and surrounding flames to strengthen himself.
• You and Utu agreed to exchange your strongest attacks, and you thrust Flash of Brilliance as an Azure Dragon surged toward him.
• The Azure Dragon swallowed Utu's crescent flame before exploding, and its petals formed an Azure Flower that distracted Utu as he tried to resist too late.

Ai Lian defeated Utu, then sacrificed her life to sever the connection between the heavens and the human world. Gilgamesh and Enkidu survived the gods’ attacks, and humanity entered an era beyond the gods’ reach.

• Ai Lian defeated Utu, who conceded and withdrew while warning that the gods would not let the matter go.
• Ai Lian joined Gilgamesh and Enkidu against the Bull of Heaven, but began to fade as Anu summoned the bull back to the heavens.
• Anu attacked Ai Lian with lightning, and Gilgamesh and Enkidu shielded her as she revealed her plan to sever the bridge between the gods and humanity.
• Ai Lian severed the chain between the heavens and the human world, vanishing as the price for sealing the gods out.
• Gilgamesh and Enkidu mourned Ai Lian, while the survivors celebrated humanity’s new era and someone in the Underworld reflected on her choice.

Yu Feng met with the Rider group and learned that Kayneth's fiancée, Sola, had lost her Magic Crest and Magic Circuits, while Sakura remained hypnotized at Caster's base. The group prepared to watch the Miyuen River that night, and Kayneth went to Fuyuki Hospital.

• Irisviel told Yu Feng that Rider's group, Kayneth, and Rin Tohsaka had arrived at Einzbern Castle.
• Iskandar announced that he had found and destroyed Caster's base, and Waver revealed that Sola was at Fuyuki Hospital and Sakura remained hypnotized.
• Kayneth ordered Diarmuid to pursue Caster and left for Fuyuki Hospital after learning Sola's room number.
• Yu Feng decided that Caster would likely appear near the Miyuen River that night and sent Diarmuid there to keep watch.

Yu Feng waited by the Miyuen River Bridge for Caster while Tokiomi Tohsaka and Gilgamesh discussed the Holy Grail War. An attack erupted at Fuyuki Port, and Yu Feng left Gilgamesh to face Berserker Lancelot as he rushed toward the port.

• Irisviel told Yu Feng that Kiritsugu expected Caster to appear near the Miyuen River, but their transmission had been cut off.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka asked Yu Feng about Sakura and declared that Einzbern and the Tohsaka family would be the likely final contenders in the Holy Grail War.
• Gilgamesh ordered Tokiomi Tohsaka to withdraw and confronted Yu Feng about recognizing him as a friend of Enkidu.
• A massive figure appeared at Fuyuki Port as a huge golden attack struck it, interrupting Gilgamesh and Yu Feng.
• Berserker Lancelot charged Gilgamesh, who fired weapons from golden portals, while Yu Feng transformed into spirit form and headed for Fuyuki Port.

Yu Feng and the other heroes confronted Gilles de Rais’s Deep Sea Behemoth near Fuyuki Port, racing to destroy it before it reached shore and began feeding. As the battle began, Yu Feng’s Sword of the Pure Knight transformed into a weapon that absorbed the magical energy of enemies it struck.

• Yu Feng arrived at Fuyuki Port and found Lily struggling against the Sea Monsters guarding the Deep Sea Behemoth.
• Iskandar and Waver charged in on the Chariot of Divine Might, clearing a path for Lily to escape the horde.
• Lily explained that the Behemoth had swallowed her Noble Phantasm and that Caster was protected inside its core, while Yu Feng warned the monster would grow stronger if it reached shore.
• Lily led the assault, with Iskandar, Waver, Yu Feng, and Diarmuid following into the Sea Monster horde.
• Yu Feng’s armor and Sword of the Pure Knight transformed, and he discovered the blade absorbed magical energy from enemies it struck and stopped them from regenerating.
• Yu Feng smiled and prepared to fight the Behemoth and its Sea Monsters.

Yu Feng and the others attacked the Deep Sea Behemoth, and Gilgamesh and Lancelot helped open a gap for Diarmuid to strike Gilles de Rais. Gilles then revealed that the Behemoth had fused with the Book of the Sea of Annihilation and become an independent entity, before it attacked Diarmuid.

• Yu Feng cut down Sea Monsters and leaped onto the Deep Sea Behemoth, while Lily and Iskandar held off the surrounding creatures.
• The Behemoth unleashed a sound that disoriented Yu Feng, Lily, and Iskandar.
• Gilgamesh and Lancelot attacked the Behemoth, exposing a gap where Gilles de Rais was inside.
• Diarmuid hurled Carnwennan through the gap, and the Behemoth's aura weakened as the Sea Monsters turned into Black Mud and flowed toward it.
• The Behemoth vanished and struck Diarmuid from behind, sending him flying.
• Gilles de Rais said the Behemoth had fused with the Book of the Sea of Annihilation and become independent, then declared his intent to bring down God.

Yu Feng recognized that the Deep Sea Behemoth was linked to the Cthulhu Mythos and warned everyone that looking at it caused mental contamination. As Lancelot charged the beast, Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kariya Matou fought Zouken Matou over Sakura’s future.

• Gilles de Rais vanished after warning Jeanne d'Arc that she could not defeat the Deep Sea Behemoth, which shrank after he left its body.
• Yu Feng suffered pain and heard murmurs when he looked at the beast, then warned the others not to look at it.
• Waver was affected by the beast’s influence and spoke an unknown language, while Iskandar checked on him and Lily asked Yu Feng how to fight the monster.
• Diarmuid tried to attack the beast, but Yu Feng stopped him before Lancelot charged into battle.
• Kariya Matou told Tokiomi Tohsaka that he had joined forces with him only to keep Sakura from Zouken Matou, and Tokiomi declared he would send her to the Edelfelt family.
• Zouken Matou attacked Tokiomi with a swarm of insects, and Tokiomi countered with a fire spell before invoking a powerful attack.

Yu Feng summoned the Eternal Victory White Knight Order within his Inherent Domain to fight the Sea Monsters, while Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kiritsugu Emiya prepared separate moves elsewhere. As the White Knights overwhelmed the Sea Monster horde, Yu Feng faced the Sea Monster itself and dodged its feint, but it appeared behind him.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka burned away Zouken Matou’s insects, and Zouken Matou vanished while Kariya Matou was already gone.
• Kiritsugu Emiya told Maiya Hisau he would take Kayneth’s Command Spells without killing him, then ordered her to move discreetly and keep watch on Kayneth.
• Yu Feng gathered magical energy and manifested his Inherent Domain, summoning thousands of White Knights as Lily held back the Sea Monsters.
• The White Knights charged the Sea Monsters, while Lancelot entered the battlefield after his aura weakened inside the domain.
• Yu Feng relied on his Instinct to dodge the Sea Monster’s tentacles, but the Sea Monster used them as a feint and appeared behind him.

Yu Feng and the others fought the sea beast inside his Inherent Domain until Cthulhu’s eyes appeared and an attack from above destroyed it. After Waver collapsed and the Domain vanished, Diarmuid rushed away because Kayneth had been attacked, and Lily hurried to Fuyuki Hospital.

• Yu Feng ordered Lily and the others to attack the sea beast while he maintained his Inherent Domain to cut off its access to outside mana.
• The sea beast and the converging Sea Monsters produced a sound that made everyone see Cthulhu’s enormous eyes, severely affecting Waver.
• An enraged voice descended from above and countless attacks pierced the sea beast, ending the sound and easing the group’s mental strain.
• Waver fell unconscious, and his Inherent Domain dispersed as the White Knights vanished.
• Iskandar left in his chariot, while Diarmuid rushed away after realizing Kayneth had been attacked.
• Yu Feng told Lily that Emiya had probably taken Kayneth’s Command Spells, and Lily raced toward Fuyuki Hospital with Yu Feng following.

Kiritsugu Emiya severed Kayneth’s arm at Fuyuki Hospital, then came under attack from Kirei Kotomine. Lily and Yu Feng intervened, and Yu Feng left for Einzbern Castle after Irisviel reported that a guest had arrived.

• Kiritsugu Emiya attacked Kayneth at Fuyuki Hospital, severed his arm, and left Sola unconscious in the room.
• Kayneth told Diarmuid to seek justice against Kiritsugu Emiya, then prepared a parchment for Waver and promised to take Sola away after the war.
• Kirei Kotomine ambushed Kiritsugu Emiya in an alley, but Lily and Yu Feng arrived and drove Kirei away.
• Lily left without speaking to Kiritsugu Emiya, who asked Maiya to track Kirei and search for Berserker’s Master.
• Irisviel told Yu Feng that a guest had arrived at Einzbern Castle, so he abandoned his plan to visit Kayneth and headed there.

Kariya Matou reunited with Sakura and her sister at Einzbern Castle, while Lily joined Gilgamesh and Iskandar for a discussion about kingship and the Holy Grail. Gilgamesh claimed the Grail was his treasure and suggested he might grant it to Yu Feng, leaving the others to question his claims and intentions.

• Kariya Matou left the room after asking Aoi to watch over Sakura and her sister, who were sleeping safely.
• Lily found Gilgamesh and Iskandar drinking with Irisviel in the rooftop garden, and Iskandar invited her to discuss the King's Path during a truce.
• Yu Feng arrived and stood nearby as Iskandar asked Gilgamesh what wish he had for the Holy Grail.
• Gilgamesh declared that the Holy Grail was his possession, though he admitted he did not know what it truly was.
• Gilgamesh said he had no reason to let Iskandar have the Grail, but hinted he might grant it to Yu Feng and offered Iskandar the chance to submit to him.