Chapter Summaries

The Colossus revived after gathering the consciousnesses of his civilization and tore open the sky above Hell, setting out to take his Queen and Subjects home. As the rift began closing behind him, a hoarse voice agreed that he could not escape.

• The final Subject returned to Lynn’s Consciousness Space, where the Colossus took his Queen’s heart and promised to take his people home.
• The Colossus revived, blasted away Hell’s grasping hands, and split the sky open, pinning the Origins beneath the force of his blow.
• The Forest of Ten Thousand Machines warned that the Colossus could not escape Hell or survive the darkness beyond it, while Sir Awen, the Mother Tree of Desire, and the Flesh Dominator watched.
• Madam Doll and Blood Saw saw the Colossus’s red radiance rising, and Blood Saw wondered whether his apprentice had become part of the Colossus.
• As the black mist closed around the distant red light, the God of Ten Thousand Machines insisted that no deity could escape, and a hoarse voice agreed.

The ruler of flesh revealed to the Origins that Hell was a cage where the Jailers preserved the Old Order as specimens, and that the Calamity was the cycle of each age. As the entity threatened to break free, the Pighead Butcher and the Clown tried to stop it, fearing they might have to ask their sleeping master for help.

• The ruler of flesh told the God of Ten Thousand Machines, Sir Awen, and the other Origins that they were prisoners preserved by the Jailers and would eventually be abandoned as gods of the Old Days.
• The ruler of flesh declared that the Calamity was a recurring cycle and warned that the Jailers were about to act.
• The Clown told the Pighead Butcher that the entity was about to escape and could disturb their master's slumber.
• The Pighead Butcher crushed multicolored beads into a black marble, hoping to replenish Hell with malicious thoughts and force the escaping entity back into its original form.
• The Pighead Butcher and the Clown discussed asking their long-unlucid master for help, and the Pighead Butcher said they would be helping a tyrant commit atrocities if their master did not wake soon.

Lynn watched the Colossus try to escape Hell as its curse manifested in chains, monstrous eyes, and ancient horrors. The Colossus pushed higher through the attacks, ending the chapter by evading an undead ship with a spatial jump.

• Lynn saw pitch-black chains attack the ascending Colossus, which shattered them and formed a Crimson Spear and Black Armor.
• The Colossus Brain told Lynn to sever the link and return to his body, but Lynn chose to witness the escape attempt with Zuo Zuo.
• The Colossus charged past the chains as countless enormous eyeballs appeared and a mechanical voice ordered it to go back.
• The Colossus tore apart a rotting hand that reached down from the sky.
• An Undead Ancient Ship emerged from the mist, and the Colossus used a spatial jump to evade it and climb higher.

Lynn and the Colossus Brain pushed deeper through Hell, encountering the corpse of an ancient high-ranking god and other grotesque divine imprints. The Colossus Brain refused to turn back in its search for Raven, even as the Colossus and its spear began to break apart before they reached Hell’s border.

• The Colossus Brain hurried past a dead Ancient God, but the corpse awoke and reached for the Colossus, causing many Colossus consciousnesses to vanish or merge with the Brain.
• The Colossus Brain told Lynn the god was an ancient escapee of its own divine system, and Lynn warned that continuing could mean certain death.
• The Colossus Brain refused to retreat, saying it had waited three thousand years and was determined to find Raven at the highest point of Hell.
• The Colossus fought through distorted imprints of monstrous gods whose curses made them increasingly difficult to resist.
• The Colossus forced its way out of the grotesque black mist, but its armor and spear were cracking while Hell’s border remained unreached.

Lynn and the Colossus fought their way through Hell’s deadly boundary, enduring law-infused lightning and grasping hands as the Colossus sacrificed her legs to break free. She finally rose beyond the black mist, only to face the boundary’s dazzling, chaotic colors.

• Lynn warned the Colossus that the gods’ imprints showed they were in a graveyard of fallen gods, but she refused to retreat.
• Blood-red lightning struck the Colossus, tearing through her consciousness and binding her with chains that attacked her divinity.
• The Colossus fought upward, breaking the chains with her power as Lynn felt their transdimensional link weakening.
• Vicious hands erupted from the mist and seized the Colossus’s legs, corroding her flesh and trying to drag her back into the Abyss.
• The Colossus severed her own legs and used the bloodied spear to shatter the chains and escape the lightning’s reach.
• The Colossus broke through the black clouds and saw the boundary’s dazzling, multicolored light.

Lynn and the Colossus Brain faced the chaotic colors at Hell’s boundary, which began destroying their bodies and consciousnesses. When she refused to retreat, Lynn cut off the Colossus Heart’s power to stop her charge, then rebuked her for risking the Colossus civilization.

• The colors at Hell’s boundary overwhelmed the Colossus Brain and destroyed the eyes of those who looked upon them, while Lynn’s Violet magic arrays partially protected him.
• Lynn warned the Colossus Brain to retreat, but she charged toward the boundary, determined to escape Hell even if she died.
• Lynn strapped Zuo Zuo to himself, seized the Colossus Brain’s phantom, and used his authority over the Colossus Heart to shut off its power.
• The Colossus fell back into the black mist as the boundary receded from view, and the Colossus Brain tried to attack Lynn.
• Lynn restrained the Colossus Brain and shouted that her reckless charge would destroy the Colossus consciousnesses and betray her civilization’s tradition.

Lynn tried to keep the Colossus from giving up as she fell through Hell, but her faith collapsed and she broke down in his embrace. When she fell, the other beings prepared to feast on her, and Lynn revived and urged Sir Awen to help save her.

• Lynn clung to the Colossus Heart and urged the Colossus to stay alive, but she lost hope after her three thousand years of defiance collapsed.
• The Colossus sobbed in Lynn’s embrace as they fell toward the deepest seabed of Hell.
• Sir Awen and the Mother Tree of Desire watched the Colossus fall, while the Flesh Dominator and the God of Ten Thousand Machines withdrew to wait for a chance to claim her flesh.
• The Mother Tree of Desire concealed herself as a hunter, and Sir Awen noticed Lynn twitch in the wasteland.
• Lynn revived, struggled to his feet, and called on Sir Awen to help bring the falling Colossus to their side and keep her alive.

Lynn reunited with Xiao Xiao, Black String Moon, Alice, and Miao Miao as the Colossus began to fall, then sent Alice and Miao Miao away to safety. He entered the Vision Realm while racing toward the Colossus, where a livestream announcement revealed that he was broadcasting the unfolding disaster for Skeleton Coins.

• Sir Awen took Lynn and fled as the Colossus's fall became irreversible and the other three Origins prepared to seize its remains.
• Xiao Xiao arrived with Black String Moon, Alice, and Miao Miao, and Lynn learned they had escaped the illusion safely.
• Lynn told Black String Moon, Alice, and Miao Miao to find a safe place, and Black String Moon used her threads to carry Alice and Miao Miao away.
• Lynn reassured Black String Moon that he would return alive, then rode atop Xiao Xiao toward the falling Colossus.
• Lynn entered the Vision Realm, where Sir Awen saw announcements advertising Lynn's paid livestream of the Colossus's fall.

After the Colossus fell, Lynn and Sir Awen raced to take advantage of its collapse and secure more of its fragments. Lynn searched the shattered consciousness space for the Colossus Brain, but the Curse began invading before he could find her.

• Sir Awen confronted Lynn over his paid Vision Realm livestreams, and Lynn admitted he had earned two million.
• The Colossus crashed to the ground, and Lynn told Sir Awen to leave the Colossus Brain to him while they seized the other fragments.
• Lynn rode Xiao Xiao toward the Colossus Brain and returned his consciousness to the Colossus's collapsing inner space.
• Lynn searched for the hidden Colossus Brain and urged her not to give up, warning that three Origins were watching outside.
• Black threads of the Curse invaded the shattered space, and Lynn realized the Curse was beginning to bind the Colossus Brain.

Lynn found the Colossus Brain preparing to shatter her own consciousness and rebuked her for abandoning her people after her failed breakthrough. As the curse consumed her consciousness space, he carried her away, urging her to regain the resolve to lead the Colossus.

• Lynn followed the curse spreading through the Colossus's consciousness space and found the Colossus Brain sitting with the Colossus Heart.
• The Colossus Brain began cracking her own consciousness, and Lynn realized she intended to destroy herself before the curse reached her.
• Lynn kicked the Colossus Brain, seized the Colossus Heart, and condemned her for abandoning her duty and the Colossus consciousnesses that depended on her.
• Lynn warned the Colossus Brain that other Origins threatened her body and that her subjects needed her protection, but she remained unresponsive.
• Lynn carried the Colossus Brain on his back and fled the advancing curse, shouting at her to recover her courage.

The Colossus King confessed that she had always feared her attempt to escape Hell would fail, and that she had deceived her Subjects with hope. As the curse overwhelmed her, Lynn kept her alive and held it back, telling her to live on.

• The Colossus King admitted to Lynn that she had known escape might be impossible and had given her Subjects false hope.
• She collapsed beneath the spreading curse, believing she was about to shatter and join her fallen Subjects.
• Lynn activated the Colossus Heart and poured its power into her while holding back the curse with silver light.
• The Colossus King opened her eyes to find Lynn standing between her and the darkness, urging her to live on.

Lynn urged the despairing Colossus queen to join him in fighting Hell’s curse and promised to lead the Fallen home. She took his hand and chose to face the curse beside him, becoming an Origin while resolving to fight back for their freedom.

• Lynn used Curse Removal and the Colossus Heart to hold back Hell’s origin curse and keep the queen conscious.
• Lynn promised to weaken curses, destroy them, and lead the Fallen home, asking the queen to join him.
• The queen struggled with his offer, then seized Lynn’s hand and chose to stand with him.
• Lynn enveloped them in silver light and vowed to undo the shackles binding her.
• The curse overwhelmed the queen and turned her into an Origin, but she resolved to return to Hell’s Border and reclaim their freedom.

As the Colossus Brain succumbed to Hell’s curse, Lynn joined the battle to give it time to transform, asking Sir Awen and Xiao Xiao to launch him toward it. He transformed into the enormous Undying Head to block the three Origins’ attacks, and the chapter ended as their combined strike engulfed him in a catastrophic explosion.

• The Flesh Dominator, Mechanical Dragon Head, and Mother Tree of Desire attacked the cursed Colossus Brain, hoping to devour it before the curse consumed it.
• Lynn asked Xiao Xiao and Sir Awen to hurl him toward the Colossus Brain, while his linked consciousness told the Colossus he would block the first strike so they could face their enemies together.
• The three Origins recognized Lynn and unleashed their strongest attacks at the Colossus Brain as he reached it.
• Lynn used his Curse Eye, transforming into the enormous Undying Head above the Colossus Brain.
• The three Origins’ attacks struck Lynn, creating a vast explosion that drove Sir Awen, Xiao Xiao, Black String Moon, Alice, and the others back.

Lynn used Mimicry and Curse Removal on the Colossus Brain, helping her awaken as a new Origin while collapsing from his injuries. She caught him before he fell and restored his heartbeat, recognizing his act as gentle consideration.

• Sir Awen nearly released the Curse inside him to regain his strength, while Lynn struggled toward the Colossus Brain in his ruined body.
• Lynn pressed his bloodied hand against the Colossus Brain and spread Mimicry and Curse Removal across her.
• The silver light enveloped the Colossus Brain, and the Origins realized she had become a new Origin bound by Curses.
• As Lynn collapsed, the Colossus Brain caught his wrist and told him, "So this is what you meant by... gentle consideration?"
• The Colossus Brain touched Lynn's chest and restored his heartbeat, calling him a devious fellow.

The Colossus Brain became a flesh-bound Origin and revived Lynn by infusing him with mental power, triggering a new quest. As danger remained, she took Lynn’s hand and carried him toward the battle above.

• The Colossus Brain thanked Lynn and infused him with vitality, reviving him and restoring his mental power.
• Lynn received the revived Colossus Heart as Bio-Armor, gained levels and constitution, and triggered the Colossus Twins quest after the Brain reached Trust.
• Lynn met the silver-haired girl formed from the Colossus Brain and learned that the curse left her in pain and unable to summon her flesh.
• Lynn tried to comfort her by holding her hand, but she fractured two of his fingers and warned him against pursuing her romantically.
• Lynn warned that their enemies would attack again, but the girl took his hand and carried him toward the sky to face the coming battle.

The Colossus Brain revealed herself as an Origin and reunited with Lynn, while the Flesh Dominator urged the God of Ten Thousand Machines and the Mother Tree of Desire to join forces against them. The three Origins began to encircle them as Sir Awen and Xiao Xiao moved to defend Lynn and the Colossus.

• The silver-haired girl revealed herself as the Colossus Brain, and Lynn was found alive and unharmed apart from his bleeding eye.
• The Colossus Brain confronted the Flesh Dominator over his past corruption of her followers and his role in her downfall.
• The Flesh Dominator proposed that the God of Ten Thousand Machines take the Colossus Brain's knowledge while he and the Mother Tree of Desire divided her flesh.
• The Flesh Dominator exposed the Mother Tree of Desire's ability to grow stronger by devouring, and Lynn realized why she had sought the Colossus Brain.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines, the Flesh Dominator, and the Mother Tree of Desire began encircling Lynn and the Colossus Brain, while Sir Awen and Xiao Xiao rushed to face them.

Lynn convinced Sir Awen, the Colossus Brain, and Xiao Xiao to flee rather than fight the three great Origins, and the group raced across the wasteland. The God of Ten Thousand Machines pursued them, and the Colossus Brain struck its claw aside before continuing their escape.

• Lynn and Sir Awen secretly agreed to flee toward Dark Night City because their weakened group could not win a fight.
• Lynn persuaded the Colossus Brain to retreat and told Xiao Xiao to follow him when he gave the signal.
• Lynn shouted for everyone to run, and the four fled at tremendous speed, leaving the three great Origins behind.
• The God of Ten Thousand Machines roared in anger and pursued the fugitives by tearing through space.
• The Colossus Brain turned and punched the God of Ten Thousand Machines' steel claw, then used the impact to leap away with Lynn.

The Flesh Dominator unleashed an Authority that intensified the curses affecting everyone nearby, stopping Lynn and his companions as their afflictions overwhelmed them. As the God of Ten Thousand Machines was also ensnared by chains, the Flesh Dominator urged the Mother Tree of Desire to attack and devour the Colossus Brain.

• The Silver-Haired Girl dodged the God of Ten Thousand Machines' death rays while Xiao Xiao escaped the Mother Tree of Desire's vines after Lynn distracted it.
• Lynn urged his companions to flee beyond the range of the manifested Origins and warned Miss Doll and the others to escape as well.
• The Flesh Dominator opened a vast rift and released a gray wave that intensified the curses affecting the Silver-Haired Girl, Sir Awen, Xiao Xiao, and Lynn.
• Lynn's Clown Curse fully reawakened, making him laugh and claw at his face as chains also bound the God of Ten Thousand Machines.
• The Flesh Dominator told the Mother Tree of Desire to kill Lynn, ignore Cyber, and devour the Colossus Brain.

The Flesh Dominator revealed that he wanted the Mother Tree of Desire to devour the Colossus Brain so he could exploit her curse and draw power from her through their first coupling. He offered to ease her desire and hunger for power while she digested the Colossus Brain, leaving Lynn and the Mother Tree facing his coercive plan.

• The Mother Tree of Desire stopped the Flesh Dominator from killing Lynn and demanded to know why he wanted her to devour the Colossus Brain.
• The Mother Tree attacked the Flesh Dominator, but his gray ripple overwhelmed her curse and destroyed her vines.
• The Flesh Dominator explained that he wanted the Mother Tree as an ally and claimed she would become his perfect companion if she devoured the Colossus Brain.
• The Flesh Dominator revealed that whoever completed the Mother Tree's first coupling could continually draw power from her, and he offered to give her pleasure as she digested the Colossus Brain.

The Flesh Dominator revealed that he intended to enslave the Mother Tree of Desire through her curse, but his explanation exposed that Lynn had already become her first plunderer. The Mother Tree’s hatred of Lynn surged, and the Flesh Dominator gained a deeply personal reason to kill him.

• The Flesh Dominator approached the Mother Tree of Desire and explained that he planned to use her curse to make her his eternal slave and source of power.
• The Mother Tree of Desire attacked him, but the Flesh Dominator easily restrained her vines and taunted her about the curse.
• Lynn realized that the nourishment and divinity he had gained in the Consciousness Space might mean he had already triggered the curse with the Mother Tree of Desire.
• Lynn asked what would happen if another creature tried to satisfy the Mother Tree of Desire, prompting her to scream at him to shut up.
• The Flesh Dominator explained that the curse bound the Mother Tree of Desire to her first plunderer, and system notifications showed her hatred toward Lynn rising.
• The Flesh Dominator’s revelation made Lynn realize that he had become his rival, giving the Flesh Dominator a personal motive to kill him.