Valerius Maior + Infamous Insurgent

If anarch Valerius Maior with infamous insurgent becomes merged, is he still infernal because of insurgents card text, or does his own merged text saying he is not infernal take precedence? Also either way, the Insurgent still stays on him and works as normal even if he is no longer red list or infernal, right?

Name: Valerius Maior, Hell's Fool
[KMW:U/PB]
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Tremere antitribu
Level: Advanced
Group: 4
Capacity: 7
Discipline: nec pre AUS DAI DOM THA
Advanced, Sabbat. Red List: If Valerius attempts to block, the acting minion cannot play action modifier or combat cards that require Chimerstry [chi] or Obfuscate [obf]. Infernal.
[MERGED] Independent: Valerius becomes non-infernal and non-Red List as he merges. While merged, his capacity is reduced by 2.
Artist: Ken Meyer, Jr.

Name: Infamous Insurgent
[Promo-20100401]
Cardtype: Master
Unique Master.
Put this card on a Red List anarch vampire. This vampire is infernal, Bahari, and gets 2 additional votes. During this vampire's minion phase, his or her controller may untap a ready anarch he or she controls.
Artist: Erica Danell

It reads like an order thing. Unmerged getting insurgent then playing epiphany seems to me to activate the condition of being non redlist and non infernal. Placing II on merged means he remains/ becomes those things due to the card put on him. Similarly, if you put II on him then merge, or are just merged, Barabao Lacheiss can still make him infernal(which will be hard, to make several actions pass with only mirror walk as stealth....)

I think "becomes X X as he merges" is the defining thing here.

Klaital wrote:

If anarch Valerius Maior with infamous insurgent becomes merged, is he still infernal because of insurgents card text, or does his own merged text saying he is not infernal take precedence? Also either way, the Insurgent still stays on him and works as normal even if he is no longer red list or infernal, right?

Massive edit:

Oh, duh, my brain managed to completely misread the question.

[LSJ 20100810]

LSJ wrote:

As he merges, the merging applies a "become non-infernal"
effect to him, which is immediately washed away by the card in play's
"this vampire is infernal" effect.