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IBHJ 1413

Upon that unnamed star, where boundless light celebrated in silence, a lone figure slowly rose to his feet.

His body glowed with a radiance that outshone galaxies, yet there was something profoundly human about him—gentle, calm, enduring.

The Lord of Salvation trembled as he screamed, backing away instinctively. "You're not Fujimaru Shirou... you're not the Azure Destruction... and you're no transcendent either—what... what are you!?"

Terror gripped him.

This figur...

IBHJ 1412

The war raged on beyond the universe’s edge. No matter how fiercely the others resisted, the Root Evil was simply too strong—too overwhelming to bring down.

One by one, the cosmic pillars fell. Even Cosmic Alaya was eventually consumed. The Enlightened One followed. Shirou kept fighting, even as his very existence frayed at the edges, until the moment the Azure Destruction itself was swallowed up by the abyss.

A cruel laugh echoed from deep within the Root Evil’s core.

IBHJ 1411

With time unraveling and the universe on the edge of collapse, Da Vinci constructed a device that could solidify starlight—turning celestial resonance into a physical medium capable of sustaining the Root’s light. At her side, Shiki poured the nothingness into the two Holy Swords. Zelretch layered the Holy Swords with the Second Magic. It was everything they could give.

Artoria stood in the center of it all. One Holy Sword she entrusted to Merlin, who gently lowered it into the Inne...

IBHJ 1410

“He can’t be killed,” Shirou muttered, jaw clenched tight. The Azure Destruction was gone—annihilated by the transcendent attacks—but still, the Lord of Salvation remained.

“Figured it out, have you?” The Lord of Salvation let out a slow, rasping chuckle. “I’ll admit it. I lost, Shirou. You and your wretched allies cornered me. But in the end, it doesn’t matter. I am the Evil of the First Cause! No law, no concept, no god or ghost can extinguish me. I am beyond death...

MMMS 120

“Can I sleep in your room tonight?” Ryuuto’s voice came out quiet and unsure.

Artoria blinked, then gave a small nod. “If it’s you… I don’t mind.”

The two of them lay side by side on the large, soft bed. The room was still. Only their breathing filled the space, along with the soft tapping of rain against the window.

Artoria’s throat moved as she swallowed. She had never felt anything like this before—not in battle, not in peace. Her [Instinct A] stirred...

IBHJ 1409

After Shirou seized control of the Azure Destruction and launched a punch that hurled the Lord of Salvation beyond the solar system, the colossus stood still—like a divine sentinel—on the edge of existence, staring him down across the void. In a voice that resonated like a bell tolling across galaxies, he said, “You’re finished.”

“Finished?” The Lord of Salvation arched a brow and gave a crooked smile. “Shirou-kun, you don’t seriously think that overgrown armor set of ...

IBHJ 1408

“My King!”

Vivian’s eyes sparkled as Shirou emerged from the Eternal Coffin.

“Mm. Thank you for holding out, Vivian.” he smiled.

“Shirou!”

“Shirou!”

“You mongrel… to think you’d pull a trick like this!”

Shirou looked around at the voices calling his name. Then his gaze locked onto the Lord of Salvation. “As you see, my main body is here.”

The Lord of Salvation’s eyes narrowed instantly. “Then… the one who entered th...

IBHJ 1407

How had it come to this?

The Root Princess couldn’t understand.

She stared at Manaka—that fake now barking orders at Arthur like she owned him.

All she had ever wanted was to fall in love with Arthur. That was it. Just to help him realize his dream.

So why… why had it ended like this?

He’d killed her twice. And now, the girl made in her image was commanding him to do it again.

Why?

Why had it turned out this way?

She truly didn’t under...

MMMS 119

“No. All the enemy Servants are gone. That lightning strike probably just hit the main generator. Power outage.”

“I see.”

Artoria slowly settled back into the bathtub, ripples circling out from her body as she exhaled. Her stance eased, but the darkness around them still felt heavy—quiet, uncertain.

“The castle should have backup generators,” he said. “It’ll light up again once Iri switches them on.”

Then, after a pause, he added, “…Speaking of ...

IBHJ 1406

“He actually became a Transcendent…?”

At the edge between the Past and Present, Moromaya raised an eyebrow.

“…Still clinging, are you, Gaia?” she murmured. “Even after defeat, you insist on being a thorn in my side.”

Her gaze shifted, annoyed. “And you, Shirou. Still refusing to surrender.”

She scoffed. “But it doesn’t matter. Once the Fusang Tree reaches full maturity—my true body will descend. And all things shall return to one.”

…...

IBHJ 1405

Shirou clenched his fists.

He knew, the true signal of the so-called Lord of Salvation was still trapped in the Root. But the conscious projection guiding the Gaia Star Domain had already achieved victory.

He lured the Golden Destroyer into attacking the Gaia Domain. Had Shirou not used the Akasha Arrow, the Destroyer would have annihilated everything—including him.

But even if he had waited for all the planets besides Origin Gaia to die, completed the Gate, and entered th...

IBHJ 1404

“…That’s—!”

Shirou’s brow tightened.

Far ahead, at the center of the Solar System, the sun was being swallowed by an invisible vortex. It twisted space inward like a black hole—reversing gravity, pulling reality itself into a spiraling collapse.

One of Gaia’s children brushed the edge—just barely—

—and was gone. No trace. Not even data remained.

“Moromaya!” Origin Gaia snarled through clenched teeth.

A voice echoed from deep within...

MMMS 118

“I really… have become quite strange.”

The words slipped out before Artoria could stop them. She wasn’t even sure who she was talking to—herself, maybe. The steam rose around her, softening the air, but it didn’t blur the strange warmth stirring in her chest.

She hadn’t forgotten what Ryuuto truly was.

A Beast.

A calamity born to end the world.

In her mind, a Beast should’ve been a nightmare made flesh—some monstrous dragon blackened by sin, or ...

IBHJ 1403

From the lost continents to the legends of Atlantis, from the Age of Gods to the modern era—the scars of their war were etched across time.

And now, as Shirou arrived…

The battle between the First Vortex and the Mortal Vortex—between the Golden Gate and the Azure Gate—reached its breaking point.

The Lord of Salvation had created Manaka Sajyou, vessel of the First Vortex.

Shirou had inherited Tethys’s Mortal Vortex.

But because of choices made long ago, ...

IBHJ 1402

In the distant future, only Venus remained.

That alone made it obvious—this recreated war had ended in her victory.

And if Shirou wanted to defeat the Lord of Salvation, he had to reach that same summit. Equal footing. Equal ground.

To do that… he needed a Gate.

Not the one forged by the Golden Universe. That was theirs.

He needed a Gate born from this Universe—from his Vortex. Only then could he enter the realm of the First Cause.

But the cost was cl...

IBHJ 1401

The Golden Destroyer wasn’t dragging this out.

Riding the Void Worm like a war beast, he cut a straight path toward the Solar System. He’d seen it—the anchor point of this starfield. The beating heart. And Alaya had seen it too.

She threw everything at him.

Quantum shockwaves. Data bursts. Folds in time. Ruptures in dimensional symmetry. Every weapon the Universe could muster—fired in desperate succession.

None of it mattered.

He was absolute. A being of ...

IBHJ 1400

Her smile thinned. “His own Servant turned against him. And killed him.”

Artoria’s eyes narrowed. “…But you said their universe had no mystery. How could they summon Heroic Spirits?”

“At the end of science,” the woman said, “you always find something that looks a lot like mystery.”

Artoria said nothing.

“The Fool died. His Servant took control of the Golden Universe. With the fake First Cause in hand, he carved out a space to survive—a sealed-of...

IBHJ 1399

Fujimaru Shirou didn’t know what was happening in the material world—but he could feel it, like static in his bones. A storm was brewing, and someone somewhere was holding a very sharp grudge. The Golden Universe had taken a direct slap from Gaia’s domain, and they were not the type to let bygones be bygones. But more importantly—

The Gate. The one they lost. The Golden Universe’s missing door to the First Cause. Shirou suspected it had something to do with the golden crew who...

MMMS 117

On the road back to Einzbern Castle, the forest stretched dark and still beneath a sky so clear it looked carved from glass. Cold starlight filtered through the trees, tracing silver along the path.

Ryuuto walked ahead, the Chains of Heaven slack between his fingers. Morgan and Artoria flanked him at a steady pace. Irisviel followed close, her breath visible in the night air.

“So this is what once bound the Bull of Heaven…” he muttered. “If the user’s strong enough, it c...

IBHJ 1398

“I’m guessing Hinako’s grumbling behind my back again,” the First Emperor said as he climbed the Fusang Tree, looking far too pleased with himself. “Probably still mad about the ‘Trojan Horse’ incident. Really, who doesn’t love a classic?”

The climb wasn’t difficult for someone who’d once turned his entire continent into a self-sustaining empire through sheer audacity. The real challenge was reaching the crown—where the last Sun waited.

Nine Black Suns, nin...

IBHJ 1397

Six Grand Saint Graphs.

Including the one he used to incarnate himself—seven in total.

“In my haste to arrive, I only brought these seven,” the First Emperor announced. “One was spent on my own manifestation. The remaining six—divide them among yourselves as you see fit.”

“Wait. Wait a second! What do you mean, ‘only seven’? Are you saying… you made more?!”

The Emperor didn’t answer.

He just smiled.

That infuriating smug little smile...

IBHJ 1396

Wuzhiqi turned to Ayaka, her expression more serious than before. “She must’ve sensed it coming. That’s why she gave you the Fusang seed. It was probably meant as a last resort—a way out for humanity if everything else failed.”

She glanced at the growing tree in the distance, her gaze sharpening.

“But that thing sprouting from the Inner Sea… it’s not a Fusang Tree anymore. It’s a cosmic blight. A twisted version, corrupted and fed by the Lord of Salvation. Once i...

IBHJ 1395

Manaka stared at Ayaka like she’d just kicked a puppy.

“You... you really shouldn’t call me that,” she mumbled, clutching her chest. “It’s bad for my heart.”

Ayaka blinked. Twice. “…What?”

“Never mind,” Manaka muttered. “Just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

She spun on her heel and jabbed a finger toward the black vortex. “Mash! Set them loose!”

"Yes, ma’am!" Mash hoisted her white shield and slammed it down like a meteor. The...

IBHJ 1394

“My, how passionate you are, my dear prince.”

“What are you after, Manaka?”

She smiled, as if flattered. “Why, I came to welcome you, of course. You’re my prince, aren’t you? And I…”

She placed a hand on her chest.

“I’m the beautiful princess you love so dearly.”

“Beautiful?” Gilgamesh gave a short, dry laugh.

Manaka blinked, tilting her head slightly, as if confused by the reaction. “Isn’t that true?”

“You’re ju...

IBHJ 1393

“By the way,” Shirou said, glancing up, “did you solve the energy supply problem?”

“Oh, that?” Gaia smirked. “Solved it a while ago with a shortcut. I just didn’t tell you because I knew you’d go charging off anyway. Honestly, you’re worse than I was at your age.”

“A shortcut?” he squinted at her. “You can take shortcuts with energy supply? Wait—don’t tell me—”

Something clicked. His tone shifted. “You made connection points?”

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IBHJ 1392

A booming voice crackled through the air, transmitted across open channels from the largest vessel among the golden fleet.

“Welcome, distinguished guests from Gaia Star Domain.”

The central aircraft carrier’s massive deck split open with a hiss of shifting alloy, and a towering golden giant emerged.

“The Gaia Star Domain contains our genetic factors,” the giant declared. “In a way, you could say it’s our branch line. A pleasure to meet you. I am—”

Be...

IBHJ 1391

Suddenly, Tiamat stiffened like she’d been struck by lightning. Her whole body buzzed with a visible hum, twitching as if someone had turned her into a human tuning fork.

Shirou blinked. “Uh… what’s wrong with you?”

She was vibrating so hard he half expected her to start levitating. Honestly, this version of Tiamat was way too ridiculous. He just prayed the future her would never see this—otherwise, it was definitely going in her black history book.

“Connected!...

IBHJ 1390

A wave of dizziness washed over him—then nothing but darkness.

"Master! Master, wake up! Please, wake up!"

A voice, trembling with panic, pierced the darkness. Small hands shook his shoulders, insistent and desperate.

Shirou stirred. Slowly, his eyes fluttered open to a face twisted with worry.

"Tiamat...?"

Her breath hitched with relief. "You're awake! Thank goodness. Life signs are stable, soul resonance is back to normal... I didn’t know what happened. You...

IBHJ 1389

"Is the Akasha Arrow... a key?"

Shirou looked down at the arrow in his hand. Its light pulsed brighter by the second—like it was being called.

Something beyond the portal was resonating with it.

And not just with the arrow.

The Mortal Vortex deep within his soul suddenly began to spin out of control.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

His heart pounded like war drums. Blood surged. Magical energy spiraled through his body, wild and chaotic, short-circuiting his circuit...

IBHJ 1388

Understanding flickered in Shirou’s eyes.

The golden light hadn't merely been sealing space.

It was reinforcing it.

Strengthening the very fundamental solidity of this dimensional pocket.

Unlike the Ideal King who masked the Root threads entirely...

Or the boundless darkness, which possessed no threads at all…

This entity left the threads visible—but made them unbreakable.

“Return the door!”

The golden giant’s roar exploded across th...