Arc 16The New Era Begins

Moros defeated the Herrscher of the End, gathered the surviving Flame-Chasers, and returned to a world reset by time. He began building a colony in Venus’s upper atmosphere while Sa and the Cocoon of Finality watched without intervening.

  • Pardofelis entered the Cocoon’s realm, and Prometheus followed her through the gate as Kalpas transformed to help the others fight the Herrscher of the End.
  • Moros joined forces with Kevin and Kosma to break the Herrscher of the End’s defenses, then destroyed her with Legion Power after the Cocoon ignored her plea for help.
  • The Cocoon sent Moros, Kevin, and Kosma back to the Moon, where a second Herrscher of the End appeared, and Kosma sacrificed himself so Kevin could escape.
  • Kevin returned to New Atra as the Herrscher of the End devastated Earth and rewound its history, while Mei died after entrusting Su with letters and asking him to protect Kevin.
  • Moros captured Griseo and brought her to Mobius, but the Ark Ship’s self-destruct system later destroyed the vessel after Vill-V copied its data and Griseo said farewell to Marvin.
  • Vita and Sa attacked Moros, but he overwhelmed their forces, and Sa escaped with Vita, and Moros returned to the frigate with his companions before traveling to Earth.
  • Moros’s group found Moth to Fire’s buried shelter and learned that Mei had died, then inspected the time-reset land and chose to pursue Moros’s plan for a Venus colony.
  • Moros established Balloon City in Venus’s upper atmosphere with help from Vill-V, while Sa and the Cocoon of Finality both chose not to interfere.
Chapters 376–400 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 376The Seeds Sown by a Soulsteel Body / The Final Flames Die Out

Dr. Mei sent Pardofelis to open the gate to the Cocoon of Finality, then sacrificed New Atra’s life-support power to launch Prometheus Seventeen into the Cocoon’s realm. As Prometheus touched the Cocoon and completed her mission, Kevin and the other Flame-Chasers struggled against the Herrscher of the End, prompting Kalpas to unleash Cognitive Mutation.

  • Dr. Mei connected with Pardofelis and urged her to continue toward the rift, while Pardofelis resolved not to run away again.
  • Pardofelis entered the Cocoon’s realm and opened the gate despite its warning, then was swallowed by Collapse Energy.
  • Prometheus Seventeen boarded the aircraft, and Dr. Mei redirected power from New Atra’s life-support system to launch it through the gate.
  • Prometheus crossed into the Cocoon’s realm, endured its intense Collapse Energy, and touched the Cocoon as her Soul Steel Body began to disintegrate.
  • Kevin, Kalpas, Kosma, Hua, and Apponia were overwhelmed by the Herrscher of the End, so Kevin asked Kalpas for help.
  • Kalpas transformed into a mass of fire and unleashed Cognitive Mutation, trading his sanity for greater power.

Ch. 377The Necromancer Enters the Battle / The Necromancer and the Herrscher of the End Size Each Other Up

After Kalpas was frozen by the Herrscher of the End, Moros committed his forces to the battle and launched a massive fleet barrage. The Herrscher of the End redirected the attack toward the fleet, but Moros countered with a Town Portal spell, prompting her to prepare a demonstration of the Herrscher of Void’s authority.

  • The Herrscher of the End used Absolute Zero to freeze Kalpas, while Kevin, Kosma, Hua, and Apponia resolved to keep fighting.
  • Moros ordered the Artificial Soul Aggregates to deploy 120 Charon-class Light Frigates and fire Collapse Energy Rays and missiles at the Herrscher of the End.
  • Moros sent Vill-V, Elysia, Eden, and Mobius toward the near side of the moon, while Sakura and Ling joined the fleet near the battlefield.
  • The Herrscher of the End swallowed the fleet’s attack through a portal and redirected it behind the Charon-class Light Frigates.
  • Moros cast Town Portal to absorb the redirected barrage and send it back toward the Herrscher of the End.
  • The Herrscher of the End recognized that Moros’s portal used a different system from her own and began to demonstrate the true authority of the Herrscher of Void.

Ch. 378The Heroes’ Battle / Joining Forces Against the Enemy

Moros continued probing the Herrscher of the End while Kevin and the Flame-Chaser Warriors battled the Honkai Beast tide on the moon. Kevin and Dr. Mei joined forces with Moros, whose concealed Phantom Forces enabled three Moonlight Throne beams to threaten the Herrscher of the End’s shield.

  • The Herrscher of the End redirected Moros’s attacks toward the Undead Legion, but Moros returned them with Town Portal while keeping his trump cards hidden.
  • The Herrscher of the End summoned thousands of Honkai Beasts to occupy Kevin, Hua, Kosma, and Apponia as her duel with Moros intensified.
  • Kevin and the others fought off the Honkai Beasts, and Kevin persuaded Kosma to help support Moros despite their hostility toward him.
  • Dr. Mei fired the Moonlight Throne at the Herrscher of the End, but she swallowed the beam into Imaginary Space.
  • Moros used Armageddon to mask his tactic, and three concealed Paris-class Heavy Frigates fired Moonlight Throne beams toward the Herrscher of the End.

Ch. 379The Injured Herrscher of the End / The Battle Reaches a Fever Pitch

Moros, Kevin, and Kosma battered the Herrscher of the End with coordinated attacks until Moros unleashed an empowered Soul Torrent alongside Moonlight Throne beams, badly injuring her. The Herrscher of the End reversed time across the battlefield, but Moros's Time Distortion Field resisted her authority, and she prepared to attack him directly.

  • Kevin and Kosma joined Moros's fight against the Herrscher of the End, helping wear down her Collapse Energy Shield.
  • Moros replenished his mana, warned Kevin and Kosma to evade downward, and prepared a Legendary Spell using Soul Crystals.
  • Moros struck the Herrscher of the End with three empowered Soul Torrents as three Moonlight Throne beams shattered her shield and burned her with converted Collapse Energy.
  • The Herrscher of the End began reversing time to restore herself and undo the attacks, but Moros's Time Distortion Field preserved its own domain.
  • The Herrscher of the End recognized Moros as a serious threat and drew on her remaining Collapse Energy to restrain and attack him.

Ch. 380A Tense Battlefront / The Changing Battlefront and the Heroes’ Struggle

Moros fought the Herrscher of the End with Kevin and Kosma, freeing the two heroes from her time-bound world and briefly suppressing her. As the battle of attrition turned against them, Moros prepared another trump card and asked Kevin and Kosma to hold her off for fifteen seconds; they moved into close combat to buy him time.

  • Moros used his Time Distortion Field to free Kevin and Kosma from the Herrscher of the End’s temporal confinement, and they joined his attack.
  • Moros, Kevin, and Kosma temporarily suppressed the Herrscher of the End, but her shield and wounds kept recovering while their mana and undead forces dwindled.
  • Moros decided to reveal another trump card and expanded his time domain, ordering Kevin and Kosma to hold the Herrscher of the End back for fifteen seconds.
  • Kevin and Kosma charged the Herrscher of the End, but when she turned her attention toward Moros, they chose to engage her at close range.

Ch. 381The Fall of the Herrscher of the End / Meeting the Cocoon of Finality

Moros used Legion Power, combining the strength of more than a million undead, to destroy the Herrscher of the End, who realized the Cocoon of Finality had abandoned her. Moros refused the Cocoon’s invitation, while Kevin and Kosma accepted its trial to determine humanity’s fate; the Cocoon then watched Moros without attacking.

  • Moros completed preparations for Legion Power while Kevin and Kosma kept the Herrscher of the End occupied, then warned them to dodge before he struck.
  • Moros unleashed Legion Power, and its beam shattered the Herrscher of the End after the Cocoon of Finality ignored her plea for help.
  • Moros, Kevin, and Kosma were transported to the Cocoon of Finality’s strange space as the time-warped world collapsed.
  • Moros respectfully refused the Cocoon of Finality’s invitation, while Kevin and Kosma accepted its trial on behalf of humanity.
  • The Cocoon of Finality engulfed Kevin and Kosma in violet-white light, then fixed its gaze on Moros without attacking.

Ch. 382The Reason and the Second Herrscher of the End / The Fall of Dawn

Moros left the lunar battlefield after the Cocoon of Finality sent him, Kevin, and Kosma back and revealed a second Herrscher of the End. Kevin and Kosma fought to stop her from destroying Earth, but their attacks could not harm her, and Kosma offered to stay behind so Kevin could escape.

  • Moros pretended to trust the Cocoon of Finality while remaining wary, and the Cocoon sent him, Kevin, and Kosma back to the Moon after the Flame-Chasers failed its trial.
  • A second Herrscher of the End emerged from an Imaginary Passage, and Moros recognized her as a replaceable copy before leaving through a portal.
  • Kevin and Kosma attacked the Herrscher of the End as she gathered power to target Earth, while Moros departed without answering their questions.
  • The Herrscher of the End proved too strong for Kevin and Kosma, so Kosma offered to hold her back while Kevin escaped.

Ch. 383The Aftermath of the Final Battle / Before the World’s End

Kosma sacrificed himself to hold off the Herrscher of the End, allowing Kevin to escape, while Moros reunited with Elysia, Eden, Vill-V, and Mobius and led his remaining forces into the Demiplane. As the Herrscher of the End prepared to destroy the world, Kevin reached New Atra and found Hua and Apponia waiting at the Eye of the Abyss.

  • Kosma sent Kevin away, surrendered to the Vishnu Gene, and charged the Herrscher of the End as a mindless Honkai Beast.
  • Griseo watched Kosma's color vanish from her painting, while Kevin fled toward New Atra and Moros recounted his return to Elysia, Eden, Vill-V, and Mobius.
  • Moros ordered his surviving troops and fleets to retreat into the Demiplane, then sensed that the Herrscher of the End was about to begin destroying the world.
  • Kevin arrived at New Atra and saw the dead Moth to Fire members who had perished after the life-support system lost power.
  • Kevin reached the Eye of the Abyss, where Hua and Apponia were waiting and realized they could see he had returned without Kosma.

Ch. 384Mei’s Fate / The Final Judgment and the Witness

Kevin returned from the Finality battle to find that Mei had died of terminal Honkai Disease, leaving him their child, Adam, and a letter. In the present, Moros and Elysia witnessed the Herrscher of the End destroy life on Earth with Deathly Miasma before she began rewinding the planet’s timeline.

  • Su rallied Moth to Fire headquarters to activate the shelter plan and learned that Kevin had survived.
  • Mei told Su she was dying, entrusted him with letters for him and Kevin, and asked him to watch over Kevin before she died.
  • Kevin returned eight minutes later, received Mei’s letter and their child Adam, and led the survivors toward the shelters, vowing to keep fighting the Honkai.
  • In the present, Moros judged that he could not stop the Herrscher of the End and watched with Elysia as her power devastated Earth.
  • Deathly Miasma spread across the planet, killing its remaining life, and the Herrscher of the End began rewinding Earth’s timeline.

Ch. 385Crossings in Lunar Orbit / The Necromancer’s New Plan

After the Herrscher of the End rewound Earth to a wilderness with no modern human civilization, Moros and his companions witnessed the destruction from lunar orbit. Once the Herrscher passed their ship without attacking, Moros proposed locating the Moth to Fire Ark Ship to retrieve its preserved human genetic resources.

  • The Herrscher of the End erased modern civilization by turning back Earth's time, and Elysia grieved while Moros comforted her and Eden sang for her.
  • Vill-V gathered data about the Herrscher of the End, the Collapse Deathly Miasma, and the reversal of time.
  • The ship detected the Herrscher of the End approaching, but Moros judged she was only passing by and would not attack.
  • The Herrscher of the End adjusted her course and passed the Charon-class Light Frigate without a confrontation.
  • Moros asked Vill-V to locate the Moth to Fire Ark Ship, and Vill-V realized he planned to obtain its preserved human genetic resources.

Ch. 386Intercepting the Ark Ship: Part One

Moros proposed preserving the old era’s ambitions through a Venus colony while letting people of the new era govern Earth, and then his frigate intercepted the Ark Ship carrying Griseo. Griseo tried to hide the ship, but Moros tracked it and ordered his crew to keep its weapons offline, leaving the two vessels on course for a cautious encounter.

  • Mobius supported Moros’s plan to use the Ark Ship’s gene bank to build an ideal civilization, while Elysia and Eden insisted that the people of the new era should govern themselves.
  • Moros proposed forming a secret vampire organization to influence Earth and establishing a Venus colony where he, Vill-V, and Mobius could develop their ideal civilization.
  • In Mars orbit, Griseo woke aboard the Ark Ship after Marvin detected Moros’s approaching Charon-class Light Frigate, and she ordered the ship into stealth mode.
  • Moros tracked the Ark Ship through a contingency Vill-V had installed, so Griseo’s stealth measures could not conceal its location.
  • After Mobius pleaded for Griseo’s safety, Moros ordered the frigate to shut down its weapons and take no hostile action against the Ark Ship.

Ch. 387Intercepting the Ark Ship: Part Two / Goodbye, Griseo

Griseo tried to escape the Charon-class Light Frigate aboard the Ark Ship, but her unstable jump was redirected by Moros’s spell. Moros rescued her and captured her without resistance, then contacted Mobius to explain what had happened.

  • The Artificial Soul Aggregate pursued the Ark Ship covertly, and Griseo ordered Marvin to abandon stealth and prepare a risky jump.
  • Griseo ordered the Ark Ship to jump despite Marvin’s warning, but the jump engine lost control and Moros’s spell redirected the ship to the Charon-class Light Frigate.
  • Believing the Ark Project had failed, Griseo said farewell to her loved ones, then awoke to find the Ark Ship and herself saved.
  • Griseo prepared to fight Moros, but he froze her with Time Distortion Field and captured her.
  • Moros sent Mobius an explanation, and Mobius angrily blamed Dr. Mei and Moth to Fire for what they had done to Griseo.

Ch. 388The End of the Ark Project / An Embrace in the Universe

Mobius reunited with Griseo aboard the Ark Ship while Vill-V seized control of its systems and altered its self-destruct program. After Mobius revealed that Final Judgment had ended and the Ark Project was no longer needed, Griseo began to grasp what had happened, while Vill-V continued copying the ship’s data.

  • Mobius entered the Ark Ship bridge and, with Moros’s help, freed Griseo from the spell; Griseo embraced her and said she had missed her.
  • Vill-V connected a device to the Ark Ship’s console and activated its dormant Highest Authority, giving her control of the ship.
  • Vill-V discovered Dr. Mei’s self-destruct safeguard and reprogrammed it to activate only after everyone had safely left the Ark Ship.
  • Mobius told Griseo that Final Judgment had ended and there was no longer any need to carry out the Ark Project, leading Griseo to realize Dr. Mei had failed.
  • Elysia gave Griseo a blue-violet Crystal Flower, while Vill-V continued copying the Ark Ship’s data as Moros reassured her they had time.

Ch. 389Goodbye, Marvin / Vita

Moros and Eden shared a quiet moment aboard the Ark Ship before Vill-V and the others destroyed the crippled vessel after copying its data. As the Charon-class Light Frigate headed for Earth, Vita watched from Mars and set off to investigate Moros, while the crew continued their journey home.

  • Moros waited patiently after Vill-V replied, then embraced Eden as they shared a moment of intimacy aboard the Ark Ship.
  • Vill-V finished copying the Ark Ship's data, and Griseo learned that its self-destruct program would erase Marvin and the vessel.
  • The Ark Ship's Collapse Energy Reactor overloaded and destroyed the ship as Griseo said farewell to Marvin.
  • Mobius comforted Griseo, and Vill-V piloted the Charon-class Light Frigate toward Earth.
  • Vita watched the frigate depart from Mars, then transformed into a streak of light and pursued it to study Moros's power.
  • The crew discussed the frigate's speed as it began its seven-to-eight-day return journey from Mars's orbit to Earth.

Ch. 390A Clash Between Demigods / Fierce Battle

Moros confronted Vita, Sa’s agent, as the Charon-class Light Frigate carrying his companions fled the impending demigod battle. He tested Vita’s defenses with the Dragon of Death and Eldritch Arrows, discovering that her omniscient authority was powerful but not invincible.

  • Moros sensed an approaching demigod and ordered Vill-V to pilot the Charon-class Light Frigate away while Elysia, Eden, Mobius, and Griseo remained aboard.
  • Moros summoned the Dragon of Death and charged toward the approaching attacker, whom he recognized as Vita, Sa’s agent.
  • Moros unleashed a barrage of Eldritch Arrows and the Dragon of Death’s Death Fear against Vita.
  • Vita used her precognitive omniscient authority to evade the arrows and an energy field to redirect some of Death Fear’s effects.
  • Moros noticed that Death Fear still affected Vita and concluded that her authority was formidable but not invincible.

Ch. 391Sa Enters the Fray in Person / Automatic Annihilation Mechanism: One Mind, Three Delusions

Vita fought Moros to test his power, but his escalating spell barrage pushed her defenses to their limit. Sa entered the fray through a rift from the Sea of Quantum, and Moros immediately attacked her with a Soul Torrent.

  • Vita used Wheel of Wishes and energy feathers to test the Dragon of Death and Moros while analyzing the battlefield’s rules.
  • Moros countered Vita’s attacks and unleashed a growing barrage of spells, but her future sight and energy field kept her standing.
  • Moros intensified his assault with Vampire Lord abilities until Vita’s energy field began to falter, prompting her to call for Sa.
  • Sa tore open a blue-violet fissure and emerged, revealing a form Moros recognized as One Heart Three Illusions.
  • Moros shattered more than a hundred Mid-grade Soul Crystals and sent a Soul Torrent made from over ten million human souls toward Sa’s extended limb.

Ch. 392The Soul Storm and Sa’s Decision / The Fall of One Mind, Three Delusions and Sa’s Resolve to Withdraw

Sa and Vita fought Moros, who unleashed a devastating Soul Storm using over a hundred million human souls. Unable to stop the attack, Sa ordered One Heart Three Illusions to shield Vita, choosing to preserve her agent as the storm struck.

  • Sa and One Heart Three Illusions attacked Moros and his Avatar of Death, while Vita rejoined the battle.
  • Moros evaded their assault with Instant Travel, but the Avatar of Death endured their attacks and charged forward.
  • Sa raised an unstable Karma Seed from the Sea of Quantum, whose explosion slowed the Avatar of Death.
  • Moros unleashed an area-wide Soul Storm with over a hundred million human souls, and Sa foresaw that she could not interrupt it.
  • Sa ordered Vita to hide inside One Heart Three Illusions, choosing to save her agent rather than the mechanism.
  • One Heart Three Illusions curled around Vita as Moros's Soul Storm arrived.

Ch. 393Capturing Vita and the Return of the Soul Storm

Moros trapped Vita as Sa sent multiple One Heart Three Illusions to rescue her, forcing him to choose between retreat and another costly Soul Storm. Moros unleashed the storm again to punish Sa and prevent her from threatening his future plans, while Sa refused to abandon Vita.

  • Sa sacrificed the first One Heart Three Illusions to shield Vita from Moros's Soul Storm, and Vita survived badly wounded.
  • Sa ordered Vita to retreat and sent another One Heart Three Illusions to restrain Moros and cover her escape.
  • Moros used Time Distortion Field and Great Slowing to trap Vita as Sa sent four more One Heart Three Illusions into battle.
  • Moros decided to expend more Soul Crystals and cast Soul Storm again, determined to make Sa pay for opposing him.
  • Sa chose to keep fighting rather than let Moros capture Vita and learn what she knew.

Ch. 394The Campaign’s Final Phase / The Campaign Concludes

Sa sent wave after wave of One Heart Three Illusions against Moros to keep him from capturing Vita, but his devastating Soul Torrent destroyed them. Moros ultimately let Vita return to the Sea of Quantum after they exchanged names, recognizing that he could not defeat Sa on her home ground.

  • After Moros destroyed Sa’s first five One Heart Three Illusions, Sa summoned ten more to protect Vita and prevent her from revealing vital information.
  • Moros unleashed an empowered Soul Torrent fueled by Soul Crystals, annihilating the ten One Heart Three Illusions while Sa continued to refuse to abandon Vita.
  • Sa opened ten more quantum rifts and sent another group of One Heart Three Illusions into battle, so Moros released Vita from his Time Distortion Field and gave up on capturing her.
  • Vita joined Sa’s limbs, introduced herself to Moros, and asked his name; he identified himself as Moros, the necromancer.
  • Sa brought Vita back into the Sea of Quantum, and Moros let her go after concluding he could not eliminate Sa on her home ground.

Ch. 395After the Campaign Ends / Reuniting

After Moros and Sa ended their battle, Sa withdrew her limbs from the material universe, and Moros returned to the Charon-class Light Frigate to check on his companions. He reunited with the women on the bridge as the ship prepared to head for Earth.

  • Moros let Sa retrieve her ten One Heart Three Illusions rather than waste his soul reserves fighting her further.
  • Sa withdrew all ten limbs and sealed the quantum rifts, while the Cocoon of Finality watched the battle and assessed Moros.
  • Moros teleported to the Charon-class Light Frigate and learned that Vill-V, Elysia, Mobius, and Eden were safe on the bridge.
  • Moros ordered the ship to depart for Earth and hurried to join his companions.
  • Vill-V told Mobius that the frigate's design had not anticipated battles of such scale, and Moros entered the bridge as Mobius was criticizing her.

Ch. 396Returning to Earth / Entering the Shelter

Moros and his companions returned to Earth and traveled to the former headquarters of Moth to Fire. He used a detection spell to uncover the buried shelter where the survivors had prepared to endure Final Judgment.

  • Moros reunited with Vill-V, Elysia, Eden, and Mobius aboard the Charon-class Light Frigate, while Griseo teased Mobius about wanting a hug.
  • Moros and his companions agreed to return to Earth, and he ordered the Artificial Soul Aggregate to take the frigate there at maximum speed.
  • After a smooth seven-day journey, the frigate entered Earth's atmosphere and landed on Tasmania Island; Moros comforted his lovers as they looked upon their changed homeworld.
  • Moros and his companions traveled by light ground vehicle to the former site of Moth to Fire's headquarters, which had become pristine wilderness.
  • At Vill-V and Mobius's request, Moros cast a detection spell, shifted tens of thousands of tons of earth, and exposed Moth to Fire's buried shelter.

Ch. 397Hibernation Pods in the Shelter / Farewell Before the Hibernation Pods

Moros and his companions broke into Moth to Fire’s shelter, where Vill-V took control of its systems and led them to the hibernation pods. As the group visited old comrades, Vill-V discovered that Mei was missing, leaving Moros with a troubling question.

  • Vill-V cracked the shelter’s access controls, and Moros’s group entered the shelter and reached its main server room.
  • Vill-V connected to the server array, hacked the internal network, and ordered the Intelligent System to clear away the battle wreckage.
  • Vill-V led the group to the hibernation pod section, where Elysia recognized Hua and Mobius found Cangxuan and Danzhu.
  • Griseo visited Apponia’s pod while Moros watched; Mobius declined his offer to wake the people sleeping in the pods.
  • Vill-V told Moros that she had searched every hibernation pod but could not find Mei.

Ch. 398Canberra Returns to Its Primitive State / Earth: Mission Complete

Moros and the others searched the Moth to Fire shelter, recovered its records, and confirmed that Dr. Mei had died before the survivors entered hibernation. After inspecting Canberra, Moros found that the Herrscher of the End’s Authority of Time had erased nearly all traces of the Pre-Collapse Civilization, and he asked the group what they wanted to do next.

  • Moros showed Vill-V Dr. Mei’s tombstone, and Vill-V searched the shelter records to learn that Dr. Mei had died and the survivors had entered hibernation.
  • Elysia, Eden, and Griseo declined to have Moros wake the people in the hibernation pods, while Vill-V finished copying the shelter’s data.
  • Moros took the group to Canberra to inspect the Territory-level Soul Collection Arrays he had established there.
  • Vill-V scanned Canberra from the Charon-class Light Frigate but found no traces of the past, and Moros confirmed that the Authority of Time had reset the land.
  • Moros asked the group what they planned to do next, and Griseo fell asleep while Mobius protected her.

Ch. 399The Considerations Behind the Plan and the Course for Venus / Site Selection Considerations and Colony Construction

Moros and the others set course for Venus to establish a colony and create a reliable supply of souls for his spell research. After reaching Venus, Moros determined that a floating Balloon City in the planet’s temperate upper atmosphere could avoid its hostile surface conditions.

  • Mobius coaxed Griseo to sleep while Elysia filmed her, and Moros later explained the plan to establish a colony on Venus.
  • Moros sent the damaged Charon-class Light Frigate for repairs, and the group transferred to a Paris-class Heavy Frigate.
  • During the week-long voyage, Moros reviewed his battle with Sa and concluded that he needed stronger spells and a dependable supply of souls.
  • The Paris-class Heavy Frigate entered Venus’s orbit, and Moros considered why Venus was better suited for a permanent colony than Mars.
  • Moros identified Venus’s upper atmosphere as a suitable site for a Balloon City, where colonists could live under conditions closer to Earth’s.

Ch. 400Paintings on Venus / Sa and the Cocoon of Finality’s Attitudes, and the Completion of the Balloon City

Moros, Vill-V, and Mobius continued building Balloon City on Venus while Griseo stayed aboard the Lyon and painted the planet’s atmosphere. Sa and the Cocoon of Finality noticed the colony but chose not to interfere, leaving construction to proceed.

  • Moros used magic and Vill-V's technology to protect and supply Balloon City as Armed Dolls and materials arrived through a portal from the Demiplane.
  • Griseo woke aboard the Lyon, asked Sister Lyon for her painting tools, and painted the Venusian scenery while waiting for Mobius to return.
  • Mobius finished her work on the colony and returned to the warship, where Griseo hurried to welcome her.
  • Sa decided not to spend energy disrupting Moros's colony, despite her anger at its construction on Flourish, the resting place of her civilization.
  • The Cocoon of Finality observed the construction from the far side of the moon and likewise chose not to intervene.
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