Chapter Summaries

Lynn fought through the Seventy-One Great Nightmare Demons to face the figure on the Throne, while the youth revealed why he had drawn his older brother into the dream and tried to force their shared release. At the end of time, Lynn faced the black-robed Lord of the End, who overpowered him and admitted that his ideals had become cold memories.

• Lynn crossed the battlefield, killed the Seventy-One Great Nightmare Demons, and confronted the figure on the Throne, who took up the bloodstained Trident.
• The youth attacked his older brother through the River of Time and demanded to know why he kept protecting Lynn and resisting release.
• The older brother revealed that he had waited through countless reincarnations and that the youth had drawn him into the dream to end their eternal torment.
• The youth let Lynn's blackfire consume him, explained that he had obscured his brother's memories to bring them to this final step, and pressed the Divine Spark between his brows.
• At the end of time, Lynn fought the black-robed Lord of the End above the ruins of Dark Night City but was overwhelmed and sent flying.
• The Lord of the End told Lynn that he had lost his heart and no longer felt the ideals he once held.

Lynn fought the black-robed figure with the full strength of his dream and the Reincarnation God-King’s reserves, but the End of Time overwhelmed him. As Lynn died, the God King of time revealed that he was the Dream Lord and erased the past from the authority over time, leaving Zuo Zuo to face the possibility that even Lynn’s return would mean losing everything.

• Lynn unleashed his golden dream and blackfire, then fought the black-robed figure inside the collapsing dream.
• Lynn used the Reincarnation God-King’s accumulated reserves to strengthen his control, but the figure defeated him and brought the End of Time’s full calamity down upon him.
• Zuo Zuo reached the battlefield too late and found the figure of reincarnation holding Lynn as he turned to ashes.
• The figure revealed that he was the Dream Lord and the remnant of Lynn’s will, then took the authority over time as blackfire engulfed him.
• Zuo Zuo discovered that the God King of time had erased every record of the past from the authority, meaning a returned Lynn would be a blank soul.
• The burning figure asked Zuo Zuo whether she was willing to wait for Lynn.

Zuo Zuo received the authority over time from the burning figure and set out to find Lynn, while Lynn fought the black-robed figure at the end of time. Fueled by the God King’s burning history and causality, Lynn reached the far shore, where White Hair Person began to awaken and joined him against the calamity.

• The figure gave Zuo Zuo the authority over time and told her to deliver the memories to Lynn or wait for the Time King to return.
• Lynn refused to accept the black-robed figure as the Great Lord, but the figure overwhelmed him and began absorbing his blackfire.
• As Lynn sank into darkness, he glimpsed Zuo Zuo’s blue figure and a faint blue light within the calamity.
• The God King burned his past lives and causality, letting Lynn ignite a vast flame of history and break free of the calamity’s grasp.
• Lynn charged toward the far shore, burning away his memories as he went, while the black-robed figure tried to stop him.
• White Hair Person’s chains began to shatter, and the azure figure seized Lynn’s burning wrist as they faced the charging dark figure.

Lynn defeated the black-robed figure in the calamity, then met his original self, the Violet Great Lord, who urged him to keep seeking a path through finality. As Lynn prepared to leave and burn away the Great Lord, Nanako appeared and bound him, revealing that she had fought and waited for his return.

• Lynn used his remaining fire and the weight of history to destroy the black-robed figure, then collapsed in the ruined Royal Court.
• The Violet Great Lord helped Lynn up, and the two recognized their connection as original and successor selves.
• Lynn shared a cigarette with the Great Lord, who explained that both he and Reincarnation were bonds of causality Lynn would need to sever.
• Lynn promised to seek a path through finality and return to their distant homeland, while the Great Lord set his remaining self alight.
• Nanako appeared and bound Lynn with azure power, refusing to let him burn himself away and telling him she had fought and waited for him.

Nanako begged Lynn to replace the future calamity and return to her, but he told her he was already bound to Finality and beyond saving. After Nanako took her own life, Lynn mourned her, vowed to create a new world, and declared war on the Lord of the End, while Zuo Zuo waited for his return.

• Lynn told Nanako that merging with the calamity had bound him to Finality and that he could no longer come back.
• Nanako urged Lynn to devour his true form and return to her, but he refused to let her keep sacrificing herself for him.
• Realizing Lynn was not lying and could not be saved, Nanako took her own life, and Lynn rushed to her as she died.
• Lynn held Nanako's corpse as the flames consumed them, then continued toward the Royal Court, determined to make a new world and end the suffering caused by fate.
• Lynn declared war on the Lord of the End, while Zuo Zuo arrived too late and promised to wait until he returned from Finality.

Zuo Zuo reunited with Brain and the old Dark Night City companions, who had returned while Sir Awen handled their various responsibilities, and they celebrated together. After going home alone to Wandering Soul Alley, Zuo Zuo fell asleep longing for Brain, just as an unseen hand seemed to touch her shoulder.

• Feather Pen threw Zuo Zuo out after Zuo Zuo criticized her story draft and acted out a more adventurous ending.
• Brain chased Big Tongue through Dark Night City, and Zuo Zuo joined Brain in beating it after learning it had taken a job with succubi.
• Brain carried Zuo Zuo to the Council Hall, where she discovered that the Matriarch, Captain, Titan, Witch God, Dollhouse, and Miss Machine Intelligence had gathered to play cards.
• Azephala and Mother Tree arrived after Sir Awen had agreed to manage their responsibilities, and the group turned the reunion into a party around a framed photograph of a smiling young man.
• Zuo Zuo returned alone to the empty Potion Shop, told Brain about the reunion, and fell asleep as an unseen hand seemed to touch her shoulder.

Zuo Zuo woke from a nightmare to find Lynn had returned and reassured her that their reunion was real. They accepted an uncertain future together, then Lynn took her to a wedding in a snow-covered valley.

• Zuo Zuo woke after Lynn struck her with a frying pan and clung to him, crying that she had waited so long for his return.
• Lynn confirmed that Zuo Zuo had found him after his return from Finality and helped restore his memories, then promised they would rebuild their shared past and future.
• Lynn comforted Zuo Zuo as she vowed to stay with him, and they flew through the Vast Cosmos while discussing their unfinished conflict with the Calamity.
• Lynn explained that he and the Calamity had merged, and that his orderly side had suppressed the Calamity's chaos as they waited for a crack in the endless cycle.
• Lynn took Zuo Zuo to a snow-covered valley to attend a wedding as fireworks filled the sky.