Vol. 5The Colossus Awakens

Lynn returned to Curse City, fought alongside the Desire Sect, and turned a Nanite Swarm against the Mechanical Race before capturing Silver Fantasy. When the Mechanical Church summoned the God of Ten Thousand Machines and tore out Lynn’s heart, the awakened Colossus Brain linked him to its network, and he struck back through the Colossus phantom.

  • Lynn exposed Saint as Plague Doctor No. 379 and escaped with the Night Doctors while Deathly Withering ravaged his body.
  • Lynn returned to Curse City in disguise and joined Miss Doll to attack the Mechanical Church’s assault on the Flesh Bastion.
  • Lynn joined the Desire Sect forces as Dr. X and helped the Aberration Fortress repel the Mechanical Church.
  • Lynn infected the Nanite Swarm with a virus that made it attack its own kind, but Zuo Zuo warned that only six percent of his flesh remained.
  • Lynn escaped through the Root Network and discovered his heart was an incomplete Colossus Heart connected to the Rebel Nanite Swarms.
  • Lynn defeated and subdued Silver Fantasy with curses, but could not find a way to harm her.
  • Lynn captured Silver Fantasy and bargained with the Mechanical Church, whose summoning array brought down the God of Ten Thousand Machines.
  • The Colossus Brain linked Lynn to the Transdimensional Network, and Lynn used the Colossus phantom to strike back and break Silver Fantasy.
Chapters 401–500 Read from Ch. 401

Arc 17Curse City’s Gathering War

Lynn survived a Flesh God Cult assault, exposed Saint as a Plague Doctor, and led the Night Doctors through a desperate escape while Deathly Withering consumed him. After obtaining holy blood and returning to Curse City in disguise, he witnessed the Mechanical Church attack the Flesh Bastion and prepared to strike alongside Miss Doll.

  • Lynn and White Night survived the Flesh Leviathan’s attack, and Lynn warned the Vision Realm group that the battle was escalating as they voted to send help.
  • Lynn returned to camp with White Night, reassured the Night Doctors that no Plague Doctor had infiltrated them, and reached the rendezvous with the Third Camp.
  • Lynn shot Saint and exposed him as Plague Doctor No. 379, then helped White Night resist Saint’s assault and break the Night Doctors free from Deep Fear.
  • Lynn cleared Saint’s poison fog with Zuo Zuo, but his attacks also incapacitated allies and enemies, forcing him to flee with the Night Doctors while Plague Doctors and Flesh Humanoids pursued them.
  • Lynn escaped Saint by stealing his scythe and using its warping power, but Saint’s Deathly Withering curse rapidly damaged Lynn’s body.
  • Lynn tricked the Twelve-Winged Holy Angel into giving him holy blood, then returned to Curse City and destroyed an Automaton Eye before disguising himself to approach the Mother Tree of Desire outpost.
  • The Mechanical Church attacked the Flesh Bastion, whose Evil Thought Curse drove Lynn to bite himself and Zuo Zuo until Miss Doll’s melody restored some of his sanity.
  • Lynn realized the Mechanical Church’s Mind Oscillator had disabled the Flesh Bastion, confirmed Miss Doll could resist the psychic weapon, and warped with her toward the battlefield.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Nanostorm Plague

Lynn joined the Desire Sect forces under the guise of Dr. X and helped the Aberration Fortress survive the Mechanical Church’s attack. When a Nanite Swarm invaded the fortress, he used M-Power, Black String Moon’s cursecraft, and a virus to turn the swarm against itself, leaving his own body near collapse.

  • Lynn destroyed the Medium Mind Oscillator, then used M-Power to cripple the Mechanical Church’s machines and help the fortress launch a counterattack.
  • Lynn redirected the incoming missiles with Miss Doll’s help, earned the fortress’s gratitude, and introduced himself to Commander Gauss as Dr. X.
  • Lynn agreed to travel with the Desire Sect forces, learned about the factions fighting over the city, and gained access to the Mother Goddess’s root network.
  • Lynn’s attempt to recharge Black String Moon with a modified drill overloaded her winding device, and Adaline later offered herself to him as a gift before the fortress encountered a Nanite Swarm.
  • The Nanite Swarm invaded the fortress and pursued Lynn, who used his death curse and M-Power against it before realizing that the machines were receiving commands through an information link.
  • Lynn and Black String Moon disrupted the swarm’s connection to the Hive, and Lynn transformed himself into a mass of flesh to lure the nanites into his body.
  • Lynn used Random Diagnosis to find a virus that made infected nanomachines attack their own kind, then fed them flesh and used regeneration potions to grow the infected swarm.
  • The infected nanomachines began destroying the Mechanical Race’s controlled swarms, while Zuo Zuo warned Lynn that only six percent of his flesh remained.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Rebel Swarm and Silver Fantasy

Lynn escaped the Mechanical Church’s pursuit through the Root Network, where his Colossus Heart connected him to the rebellious Nanite Swarms. He defeated Silver Fantasy with a curse but could not find a way to harm her, leaving her captive as the Mechanical Race approached.

  • Lynn severed the Nanite Swarms’ connection to the Hive with Miss Doll’s Energy Burst, survived the battle with Black String Moon’s help, and evacuated the remaining fortress survivors.
  • Lynn led the survivors toward a surface node, but Silver Fantasy tracked him and launched an ambush that destroyed his Doll Substitute and wounded Little Darling.
  • Lynn escaped deeper into the Root Network, where the Rebel Nanite Swarms rescued him from a mechanical swarm and he discovered that his heart was an incomplete Colossus Heart.
  • Lynn and his companions confronted Silver Fantasy in the Root Network, and he used his curses and allies to defeat her after evading her nuclear strikes.
  • Lynn’s Origin curse subdued Silver Fantasy and prevented her from resisting, but he could not damage her with weapons, explosives, or Little Darling’s venom.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Colossus Awakens

Lynn captured Silver Fantasy and used her to bargain with the Mechanical Church, but its attempt to summon the God of Ten Thousand Machines left Lynn facing a Root-Level enemy. The Colossus Brain awakened and linked Lynn to its network, letting him fight back as the confrontation continued.

  • Lynn interrogated Silver Fantasy, learned how to bind her two Supreme Frame swords, and discovered she was the Mechanical Church’s Chief Executive Officer.
  • The Mechanical Church’s Intelligent Brain broke down after reconnecting with Silver Fantasy, and Lynn taunted the Hive while demanding death star crystal and equipment.
  • The Mechanical Church delivered the materials and a Star Core Furnace blueprint, but the containers formed a summoning array that brought down the God of Ten Thousand Machines.
  • The Mother Tree of Desire attacked Lynn as he tried to teleport away, and the God of Ten Thousand Machines shattered his passage and dragged him back.
  • Lynn’s Colossus Heart identity was recognized, but a concealed Black Inverted Pyramid’s Regional Mind Suppressor let the God of Ten Thousand Machines seize him and tear out his heart.
  • The Colossus Brain awakened and linked Lynn to the Transdimensional Network, driving back the God of Ten Thousand Machines with a blood-red Colossus phantom.
  • Lynn discovered that Zuo Zuo was the Colossus Heart’s true consciousness and used the damaged network to control the phantom against the God of Ten Thousand Machines.
  • Lynn amplified a Desire Strike through the Colossus phantom, engulfing Silver Fantasy and leaving her completely broken.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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