Chapter Summaries

After settling the Mother Tree of Desire outside Dark Night City, Lynn was summoned by the Feather Pen, who warned that she could not foresee his next calamity and urged him to stay near her. She left him with the ominous message that she had seen blood when she put pen to paper.

• The Mother Tree of Desire took root outside Dark Night City, and news of the new Origin spread as tensions among the Mechanical Church's Seven Gods Co-Governance, Dark Night City, and the Flesh God Cult rose.
• The Feather Pen summoned Lynn and he turned into a black cat, playfully rubbing against her before she insisted he listen.
• The Feather Pen explained that her writing could record Lynn's future and reveal some of the fortune and misfortune awaiting him.
• Lynn asked whether she had sensed an approaching disaster, and the Feather Pen recalled his narrow escape from the Flesh Dominator on Blue Star.
• The Feather Pen said she could not foresee Lynn's next calamity, which might surpass anything he had faced before, and warned him to stay by her side.

Lynn learned that the Feather Pen’s ominous warning could mean a life-changing calamity, not just death, but he stayed optimistic and invited the Pen to watch over him. As they settled in for the night, the Mother Tree of Desire’s pollen stirred the city and left Lynn struggling with distracting thoughts.

• The Feather Pen warned Lynn that calamities could bring painful changes to fate, and urged him to stay cautious over the coming days.
• Lynn asked the Feather Pen to remain with him, then teased it as they shared his room for the night.
• The Feather Pen threatened to ruin Lynn’s luck if he kept flirting, and Lynn promised to go to sleep.
• Sounds from elsewhere in the hotel reminded Lynn that the Mother Tree of Desire’s pollen had affected Dark Night City.
• Lynn blamed the lingering Clown Curse for his thoughts about the Feather Pen and whispered that he could not sleep.

Lynn confided in Feather Pen that he felt hopeless about escaping Hell and facing the approaching Apocalypse, and she encouraged him to believe his future could still change. After Feather Pen reaffirmed her Fate Contract with him, she agreed to let him restore her appearance and hug her.

• Lynn asked Feather Pen whether she wanted to leave Hell and admitted he had no confidence that he could save everyone.
• Lynn compared himself to a loach, saying Raven and the Koi Carp were not him, while Feather Pen told him the future remained uncertain and full of possibility.
• Lynn asked whether Feather Pen would abandon him if he proved mistaken, and she said their Fate Contract had left her with no choice.
• Lynn asked to hug Feather Pen and offered to make her beautiful again.
• Feather Pen agreed to one hug as the flowing light of fate appeared in the room.

Lynn sought comfort from Feather Pen, who embraced him in her true form before transforming into a gentler illusion and letting him sleep in her arms. He woke from a strange dream of an ancient apocalypse, a lone figure, and fate breaking with a sound like a crack.

• Lynn hugged Feather Pen and thanked her as she arrived in her true form.
• Feather Pen transformed into a gentle illusion, drew Lynn into her arms, and told him to sleep.
• Lynn earned the Embrace Your Fate achievement, gaining attribute and intimacy bonuses, while Feather Pen stopped his wandering hands.
• Lynn fell asleep in Feather Pen's arms and dreamed of ruined stars, a lone person walking into darkness, and a sharp crack in fate.
• Lynn woke drenched in sweat after feeling a tearing pain in his heart.

The Vision Realm's master told Lynn that the Flesh Dominator had agreed to peace talks and offered concessions, but Lynn demanded proof and refused to trust a promise alone. The master guaranteed he would kill the Flesh Dominator if he broke a contract, then urged Lynn to unite the Fallen against Hell.

• The Vision Realm's master told Lynn that the Flesh Dominator would stop depriving him of flesh, withdraw the Flesh God Cult from most regions, and apologize and make amends to Lynn and Dark Night City.
• Lynn said he could not decide for Dark Night City yet and demanded that the Flesh Dominator lift his authority, withdraw the cult from their territory, cut ties with the Plague Doctors, and disclose their locations.
• Lynn rejected the master's offer to mediate, explaining that he wanted the Flesh Dominator dead and would accept a temporary contract only if the master promised to kill him for breaking it.
• The master explained that Hell had weakened and urged Lynn to learn to unite all the Fallen, then promised to personally strike down the Flesh Dominator if he broke the contract.

Lynn suspected the Flesh Dominator would use the proposed peace talks to attack him, and he discussed the threat with the Feather Pen before briefing Sir Awen. The chapter ended with Sir Awen asking whether Lynn had agreed to the talks.

• Lynn told the Feather Pen he believed the despairing Flesh Dominator might attack during the peace talks and asked whether that could be the catastrophe she had foreseen.
• The Feather Pen warned Lynn not to go and urged him to tell Cyber about the danger and prioritize his safety.
• Lynn relaxed beneath the Mother Tree of Desire, who dropped a giant fruit on him, and then Sir Awen arrived after dealing with a public disturbance caused by her pollen.
• Lynn convened a closed-door meeting with Sir Awen and the Mother Tree of Desire and recounted the Vision Realm Controller's message and the Flesh Dominator's offer of peace talks.
• Sir Awen asked Lynn whether he had agreed to the talks.

Lynn and the others discussed whether the Flesh Dominator’s peace talks concealed a scheme and agreed that Dark Night City should keep negotiations open until its sleeping allies recovered. Lynn insisted on attending despite Sir Awen’s objections, and the Feather Pen agreed to accompany him as he faced the dangers and planned to demand the release of his authority and Miss Sea Spawn’s elder brother’s soul.

• Lynn warned Sir Awen that the Flesh Dominator might be using peace talks to trap Dark Night City, given the Plague Doctors’ activity and their alliance with the Flesh God Cult.
• Sir Awen recommended delaying negotiations rather than provoking the Flesh Dominator until the Matriarch and the others recovered, and advised that Lynn stay behind if a delegation had to go.
• Lynn insisted he needed to attend because he feared an attack on Dark Night City and intended to demand that the Flesh Dominator lift his authority over him and return Miss Sea Spawn’s elder brother’s soul.
• The Feather Pen sensed calamities around Lynn and said it would accompany him if he went.
• Sir Awen concluded that they had to proceed with the talks because refusing would leave the initiative to the Flesh Dominator.

Lynn received the Vision Realm master's binding guarantee and agreed to meet the Flesh Dominator, while remaining suspicious of the Flesh God Cult's motives. Before the meeting, the Cult provided accurate intelligence on Plague Doctor strongholds, and the Mother Tree of Desire drew waves of followers to Dark Night City.

• The Vision Realm master offered a binding contract guaranteeing his impartiality, and Feather Pen confirmed that its terms were enforceable.
• Lynn agreed to trust the master for now and meet the Flesh Dominator in two days.
• Sir Awen reported that the Flesh God Cult and Plague Doctors were withdrawing from strongholds and that some sites had seen bloodshed; Lynn ordered faster research into the black powder.
• Desire Followers flocked to the outskirts of Dark Night City to worship the Mother Tree of Desire despite the city's lockdown.
• The Flesh God Cult supplied intelligence on hidden Plague Doctor strongholds, and Night Doctor squads verified it by raiding the sites and exposing spies in Dark Night City.

Lynn learned that Flesh Plunder was weakening as the Flesh God Cult honored the treaty, but he remained wary of an unknown threat and chose to attend a meeting with the Vision Realm Controller alone. He demonstrated that his hidden abilities made him difficult to kill, though his companions still feared for his safety.

• Sir Awen told Lynn that their operation had caught Plague Doctors off guard and uncovered no new clues about the black powder or the missing Flesh Colossi fleet.
• Lynn told Sir Awen, the Feather Pen, and the Mother Tree of Desire that he would attend the next day's meeting alone and asked them to keep Dark Night City on maximum alert.
• Sir Awen and the Feather Pen objected, but Lynn explained that he wanted them to stay and protect the city while he faced the possible danger himself.
• Lynn vanished into his concealed spatial domain, and the Feather Pen said its shifting coordinates made it difficult to enter.
• Lynn reappeared and explained that his curse, spatial domain, soul-splitting, and Doll Substitute gave him several ways to survive, asking Sir Awen whether he still thought Lynn could die.

Lynn convinced Sir Awen to let him negotiate alone by splitting himself in two, leaving one half behind as a safeguard. Sir Awen brought him to the sleeping Matriarch to obtain an angel’s kiss blessing, but Lynn’s attempt to reach her caused the cursed chains to stir.

• Lynn split himself and gave one half to Sir Awen and the others as a safeguard, then explained that either half could survive if the other died.
• Sir Awen agreed to let Lynn go negotiate alone, provided he fled into his private space at the first sign of danger.
• Sir Awen took Little Lynn into the Great Hall of Dark Night City to seek the sleeping Matriarch’s angel’s kiss blessing.
• Lynn climbed the chains toward the Self-Binding Angel but could not reach her face from his small form.
• Lynn grabbed higher, making the barrier shudder and the cursed chains rattle as Sir Awen watched in alarm.

Lynn obtained the Angel's Kiss blessing and stole two feathers from the Self-Binding Angel before Sir Awen took him back to the Abnormal Biology Research Center. As Lynn prepared to leave for the peace talks, Sir Awen equipped him with supplies and the Feather Pen lent him a pen carrying her authority.

• Lynn kissed the Self-Binding Angel to obtain a 24-hour blessing, then stole two wing feathers and replaced them with fakes.
• Sir Awen brought Lynn back to Number 002's room, where the Feather Pen restrained him and prepared to write protective marks on his body.
• On the day of the peace talks, Sir Awen gave Lynn a memory chip, legendary-grade potions, a psychic-shock device, and his hat, and told him to report danger through his other half.
• The Feather Pen said her true form would stay in Dark Night City and gave Lynn a pen with her authority to take to the peace talks.

Lynn left Dark Night City after Feather Pen beat him for stealing her belongings, then activated his Trinity Frame and warped toward the peace talks. The Pighead Butcher and the Black-and-White Clown watched from afar and discussed opposing him on their master’s behalf.

• Lynn confessed to taking three bookshelves, 171 books, bloodstain ink, and 541 floor tiles from Feather Pen, who beat him until he admitted his mistake.
• Sir Awen let Lynn leave, and the Mother Tree of Desire gave him a huge fleshy fruit for the road.
• Lynn recited a farewell poem, was struck by a stool, and fled Dark Night City with his luggage.
• Lynn told Zuo Zuo to stay in his system space, activated his Trinity Frame, and warped toward the peace talks.
• The Pighead Butcher and the Black-and-White Clown watched Lynn depart, and the Clown asked whether the Pighead Butcher had contacted their master.

Lynn met the Vision Realm Controller in the Wasteland to discuss peace and learned that the ancient jailer had once been one of the seven Old Gods before defecting. The Vision Realm Controller explained that he hoped the factions would stop fighting each other, while revealing his long connection to the Flesh Dominator.

• The Pighead Butcher sent the Clown away to meet someone, and the Clown feared that person would someday kill him for his past crimes.
• Lynn arrived alone in the Wasteland and saw the Vision Realm Controller's enormous physical form emerge from the black mist.
• The Vision Realm Controller promised to protect Lynn and honor their agreement if Lynn helped end the war.
• Lynn asked why the Vision Realm Controller, despite being a jailer, wanted the Origins to escape Hell, and learned he had been one of the seven Old Gods before defecting.
• The Vision Realm Controller said the Flesh Dominator had once sought revenge for the fallen Old Gods, and that he had told him an Old God had escaped Hell.

Lynn confronted the Vertical Pupil about the fabricated hope of escaping Hell and the forces steering people toward predetermined fates. The Flesh Dominator arrived, and Lynn and his enemy exchanged threats before the Vertical Pupil began the meeting by declaring that their enmity could be resolved.

• Lynn accused the Vertical Pupil of knowing there was never any hope of escaping Hell and asked why he had revealed the truth.
• The Vertical Pupil admitted that people in Hell were guided to carry out their roles in a chain of events, then said he was unsure whether he had seen Lynn before.
• The Vertical Pupil announced that the Flesh Dominator had arrived, and the monster emerged across the wasteland in its enormous tentacled form.
• Lynn taunted the Flesh Dominator about the false hope he had pursued, and the Flesh Dominator vowed to witness Lynn’s defeat.
• The Vertical Pupil interrupted their confrontation and said that no enmity could not be resolved.

Lynn and the Flesh Dominator agreed to a peace contract under the Ruler of the Vision Realm’s guarantee, but the Dominator’s obsession and the growing unease surrounding the negotiations left the settlement uncertain. As both sides prepared to sign, the Flesh Dominator asked Lynn why he had not gone mad.

• The Ruler of the Vision Realm urged Lynn and the Flesh Dominator to make peace, but the Flesh Dominator angrily rejected the idea that the souls he carried were gone.
• The Flesh Dominator accepted Lynn’s proposed terms without bargaining, including withdrawing the Flesh God Cult, releasing stolen souls, and severing ties with Plague Doctor.
• Dark Night City went on full alert while Feather Pen tried to see through the negotiations, but her pen turned into feathers.
• A Potion Maker studying the Mother Tree of Desire’s ashes wondered what would happen if they intensified the curse, then suddenly realized something.
• The Ruler of the Vision Realm drew up the contract, and the Flesh Dominator began inscribing his mark before asking Lynn why he had not gone mad.

The Flesh Dominator revealed that the Vertical Pupil had known all along that escape from Hell was impossible, then shattered the Peace Treaty and launched an attack on Dark Night City. As Lynn raced back, Sir Awen confronted the curse spreading across the city's Barrier, while the battered toy Clown appeared at the peace talks.

• The Flesh Dominator told Lynn that the Vertical Pupil had encouraged him despite knowing Blue Star offered no way out of Hell, then called them both pawns of fate.
• The Flesh Dominator shattered the Peace Treaty as an army of Flesh Colossi appeared above Dark Night City, and the toy Clown arrived at the peace talks.
• The Flesh Dominator explained that the ashes could reactivate the suppressed curse and drive the five Origins in Dark Night City berserk, while Lynn rushed back using the Warp Engine.
• The Potion Maker realized the ashes were dangerous and shouted for Meritorious Figure Awen to run.
• Flesh Colossi spread black substances across Dark Night City's defensive Barrier, and Sir Awen threw away the Chip and leaped into the darkness.

Lynn confronted the Mechanical Legion and learned that the Jailers had made him the true center of their plans, while Dark Night City suffered and his connection to his duplicate was severed. He thanked Clown for the setbacks that had shaped him, then let the Moon Orchid fall and declared himself the enemy of the being beyond the black mist.

• In a vision, the Feather Pen watched Miss Aier and Miao Miao dissolve into black dust before a huge cleaver-bearing figure appeared in the corridor.
• Lynn met the descending Mechanical Legion in the Wasteland, where Clown announced that the Jailer Organization had invited him to a hunt.
• Lynn realized that his connection to his duplicate in Dark Night City had been severed and accused the enormous vertical pupil of being caught in the Jailers’ game.
• The enormous vertical pupil said the Jailers had made division and conflict central to the age and revealed that Lynn, not the Flesh Dominator, was at the center of their plans.
• Lynn thanked Clown for the curse and the setbacks that had shaped his fate, then addressed the being beyond the black mist and declared that he was its enemy as the Moon Orchid fell from his hand.

The Vertical Pupil sacrificed himself to pull everyone into the Vision Realm and urged Lynn to return home, resist control, and save whoever he could. Lynn fled toward Dark Night City while Star Embracer and the Mechanical forces tried to kill him, leaving the Vertical Pupil behind to shield his escape.

• The Vertical Pupil admitted he had distrusted Lynn and revealed that he had planned to kill him, but now urged him to resist the fate others had made for him.
• The Vertical Pupil dragged every living being into the Vision Realm and sent Lynn home to save whoever he could.
• Lynn used his Warp Engine to race toward Dark Night City, where he encountered a network of Death Star Hives blocking his path.
• Star Embracer confronted Lynn and attacked him with the power of a burning star.
• The Vertical Pupil shielded Lynn from the attack and closed the Vision Realm entrance again, even as the Flesh Dominator, the Mechanical Church, and the Clown attacked him.
• Unable to use his Warp Engine, Lynn fought through waves of Mechanical Units and charged toward Dark Night City.

Lynn charged into the Mechanical Legion and was drawn into the Vision Realm, where he fought the curse and tried to save the enormous vertical pupil. Thrown back into reality as the armies closed in, he heard the pupil’s warning to think through the trap before reaching for him.

• Lynn used Sir Awen’s Cyber psionic oscillator to destroy nearby Mechanical Units, then charged through the battlefield as Mechanical and Flesh God Cult forces converged on him.
• Lynn entered his system space to evade the bombardment, but stepped back into the trap and was pulled into the Vision Realm.
• Lynn opened The Book You Die From Reading and used Curse Removal against the curse and the Clown’s Music Box, but his powers faltered as the Clown approached.
• The enormous vertical pupil rejected Lynn’s attempt to purify it and urged him to think about the enemies’ goal and why they had set the trap.
• The Vision Realm shattered, and Lynn fell back into reality as the armies closed in and a lock of white hair fell before him.

Lynn was trapped on a battlefield of Origins when Black String Moon and their allies arrived to rescue him. As the Clown attacked the Vision Realm and the Star Embracer’s blazing Star Core threatened them, Black String Moon used unseen threads to turn the attack aside and revealed that Dollhouse had sent her to save Lynn.

• Lynn recalled his ancient dream as he stood before the magic array blooming with violets, while the Clown watched him from the Vision Realm.
• Black String Moon arrived beneath her Black Umbrella, pulled Lynn away from the array, and led him through the enemy ranks as Doll Manor and the Demon Association joined the battle.
• Lynn saw the Clown’s growing fury and withdrew the restraint he had placed on the Origins, prompting the Star Embracer to attack under the Clown’s command.
• The Clown smashed the enormous eye controlling the Vision Realm, while Black String Moon continued carrying Lynn toward safety despite the Star Embracer’s blazing Star Core.
• Black String Moon’s invisible threads seized control of the Star Embracer and redirected his Star Core into the Black Mist; she told Lynn that Dollhouse did not want her to die.