Chapter Summaries

Lynn confronted the Overlord of Hell, who admitted she intended to reshape his fate and revealed that the person she wanted him to become was someone who had promised to marry her. Kept under house arrest in her small world, Lynn was later visited by the stooped old man, who told him that awakening the Great Lord within him might save him from being replaced.

• Lynn confronted the azure girl, identified her as the Overlord of Hell, and asked why she had brought him there.
• The Overlord apologized for the consequences of her actions, said she would keep interfering with Lynn's fate, and offered to resurrect those who had died because of the events.
• When Lynn asked who she wanted him to become, the Overlord said he was someone who had promised to marry her.
• The Overlord kept Lynn confined in the Mage Tower as she fled the darkness, leaving him to read and wait in the small world.
• The stooped old man visited Lynn and told him that if the Great Lord awakened within him, he would be saved rather than replaced.

Lynn followed the Hunched Old Man's advice and activated a Magic Array in the Moon Orchid garden to uncover the hidden past. He witnessed Nanako's memories of waiting for the white-haired figure to wake, but the vision ended before Lynn learned what happened next.

• The Hunched Old Man told Lynn that he should look into the hidden past if he wanted to escape his fate, then vanished.
• Lynn entered the Back Courtyard, found Moon Orchids, and carved the Pupil-less Pattern and Violet Grand Array into the soil.
• Lynn activated the array despite lacking power and saw a vision of a white-haired figure in the garden.
• A Blue-haired Little Girl tackled the figure, called him her Foolish Apprentice, and pleaded for him to wake and hide from her.
• The girl left the figure by the Mage Tower and counted down while secretly watching him from the grass, crying as he remained motionless.

Lynn recovered memories of Nanako caring for him while he lay unconscious for decades or longer, and his Resurrection Progress reached 36%. As the violet Magic Array appeared, the azure girl approached the Mage Tower and faced Lynn when he opened the door.

• Lynn remembered Nanako searching for him as a child and calling him her apprentice.
• Lynn recalled Nanako caring for him in the Mage Tower while he remained unable to wake or speak.
• Lynn's Resurrection Progress rose to 36%, and the violet Magic Array bloomed in the Mage Tower.
• The azure girl sensed the Magic Array and walked toward the Mage Tower while the Jailers and an old man watched.
• The azure girl asked the old man whether he had told Lynn something, then reached for the door.
• Lynn opened the door from within, and the azure girl faced his exhausted, white-haired figure.

After the Great Lord emerged from the Mage Tower, the ancient Jailers realized he was erasing his own imprint and memories instead of accepting rebirth. He passed them and left, while they turned their hopes toward the azure girl inside the tower.

• The ancient Jailers waited outside the Mage Tower, remembering the Great Lord and hoping he would awaken in the boy and reunite with the one he loved.
• The Mage Tower doors opened, and the white-haired figure emerged with purple light in his eyes, prompting the Jailers to recognize their Great Lord.
• The figure’s white hair and purple radiance began fading as he deliberately erased his imprint and memories.
• The ancient Jailers cried out and rushed toward him, but he swept them aside and pinned them among the flowers with his power.
• The Great Lord staggered past the kneeling Jailers without looking back, and they turned toward the azure girl inside the Mage Tower.

The white-haired Lynn restored the dead and cured the afflictions of Dark Night City, but the miracle consumed his remaining life and his Resurrection Progress fell to zero. Zuo Zuo watched him die, while Hell’s azure boundary faded and the story ended with the Moon Orchids still waiting.

• The white-haired Lynn emerged before the ruins of Dark Night City and released the Night Doctors from his System Space.
• Zhang Xixi ran toward the white-haired Lynn, then stopped when she recognized that he was no longer the person she knew.
• The white-haired Lynn restored the dead of Dark Night City and erased the cursed afflictions, bringing White Night, the Witch God, Old Shadow, and countless others back to life.
• The white-haired Lynn’s hair faded as he collapsed, and he asked Zuo Zuo to take care of the young Lynn before closing his eyes forever.
• Lynn’s Resurrection Progress fell to zero as Zuo Zuo sobbed, and Hell’s azure boundary returned to its chaotic colors, now faint enough to reveal the stars beyond.

Lynn awoke in Dark Night City after a month-long slumber and reunited with Zuo Zuo, White Night, and the Night Doctors he thought had died. He learned that he remembered nothing after reaching the Mage Tower of the Azure World, while the people around him described how a powerful white-haired version of him had brought everyone back to life.

• Lynn woke with a splitting headache and found the Resurrection Progress display gone.
• Lynn opened the doors and saw Dark Night City bustling with familiar Night Doctors, including White Night and Xiao Xiao.
• Zuo Zuo charged at Lynn, headbutted him, and announced that he was awake and seemed fine.
• Lynn reunited with the others, realized they were not a dream, and cried as he struggled to understand how they were alive.
• White Night and the others told Lynn that he had been unconscious for a month and asked about his missing memories.
• Zuo Zuo explained that a white-haired, immensely powerful version of Lynn had brought everyone back to life.

After awakening in a restored Dark Night City, Lynn grieved the Great Lord’s sacrifice and spoke with the old man who had guided him. The old man brought Lynn to his domain and revealed that they had first met in a past lifetime, when Lynn was still the Great Lord Violet.

• White Night gave Lynn space to recover as others explained that the corruptions had vanished and many people had returned, though Sir Awen remained unconscious and the Matriarch was missing.
• Lynn told Zuo Zuo he had doubted the gentle King would spare him, then accepted that the King had chosen not to sacrifice him despite the pain it caused others.
• The old man appeared, and Lynn acknowledged that he had been right about the King; the old man said he would rather the King had returned than Lynn, but the Great Lord would never have chosen that path.
• The old man led Lynn across a black sea in his domain and explained that Lynn had built the place in an earlier lifetime, before the Great Lord’s lifetime.
• The old man revealed that he had guided Lynn for countless years and that they had first met there when Lynn was the Great Lord Violet.

An old man revealed that Lynn was the god trapped in an endless cycle of reincarnation, and showed him the life in which he erased his memories and became the Violet Great Lord. Lynn watched that life unfold into a tragic bond with the blue dragon and a reunion thousands of years later, leaving him to understand why the azure girl kept waiting across lifetimes.

• Lynn questioned the old man about his relationship to the person he had been, and the old man explained that he was trapped in a time loop of endless reincarnation.
• The old man showed Lynn countless lifetimes ending in numbness, followed by the life in which he shattered his soul, erased his imprint, and awoke anew.
• Lynn realized the Violet Great Lord was the same person after he had erased his memories and begun a new path.
• Lynn watched the Violet Great Lord meet a blue dragon whose human form resembled the azure girl, then saw her die in the Gods' hunt and him found the Violet Empire.
• Thousands of years later, the Violet Great Lord reunited with someone he had searched for, and Lynn understood why the azure girl kept waiting across lifetimes.

Lynn learned that he was the last of the ravens, soul fragments the Great Lord had prepared to help rebuild the world after his planned mutual destruction with the Reincarnation God-King. The old man explained that the Great Lord’s lingering attachment had caused his plan to fail, and Lynn was left to face what it meant to be the final surviving raven.

• Lynn questioned who he was and recalled the ancient legend of the raven, which the old man said referred to him and the other ravens.
• The old man explained how the Old Shadow of Reincarnation planned to become a Firstborn through the Violet Great Lord and recover his memories across countless lives.
• The old man said the Great Lord’s attachment to a child in every lifetime let the final incarnation destroy him, while a broken ring triggered a curse that burned away his memories.
• The old man revealed that the Great Lord had split his soul into fragments and sent them into the chaotic Abyss to awaken after he and the Reincarnation God-King destroyed each other.
• The old man told Lynn that the ravens had helped establish order in each new era and that Lynn was the last raven left after the others died.

Lynn learned that the calamity threatening him also endangered the Main Universe, while Hell had become a refuge for its deities. Elsewhere, the Pighead Butcher freed the Fate God from her curse and told her someone wanted to see her.

• Lynn recalled the old man's warning that the calamity had fixed its attention on Hell and could not be stopped if it descended again.
• Lynn realized Hell had preserved the last sparks of the Main Universe's deities, leaving him uncertain whether escaping it would offer any hope.
• The Pighead Butcher entered the ruined tower where the Fate God was imprisoned and broke her shackles.
• The Pighead Butcher drew the curse from the Fate God, briefly restoring her unblemished fingers and power.
• The Pighead Butcher told the Fate God that someone wanted to see her.

A once-cursed woman emerged from the High Tower and saw a familiar figure beside the kneeling pig-headed monster, who greeted her after a long separation. In Dark Night City, Zuo Zuo confronted Lynn about withdrawing from everyone after meeting the mysterious old man, and her tearful words left him frozen.

• The woman regained her divine appearance, left the High Tower, and saw the pig-headed monster kneeling beside a familiar figure who turned and said, “Long time no see.”
• Two days after the mysterious old man visited, Lynn remained in bed recovering in Dark Night City and joked with Zuo Zuo about his missing half-soul.
• Zuo Zuo accused Lynn of brooding since meeting the old man and of neglecting the people he once cared about.
• Lynn used Mimicry to turn Zuo Zuo into a little girl and pinned her hands, but stopped when he saw her tears.
• Zuo Zuo told Lynn she knew how frightened he had been when he buried her and scolded him for bearing everything alone while everyone worried about him.

Lynn told Zuo Zuo he feared that escaping Hell would lead everyone into an even worse apocalypse, and that perhaps sacrificing himself to restore the Violet Great Lord would give them a better chance. Zuo Zuo rejected his despair, and Lynn confessed he had been fooling her before kissing her.

• Lynn told Zuo Zuo he feared that leaving Hell would bring a darker future for everyone depending on him.
• Lynn wondered whether he should have let the ancient King awaken within him so the Violet Great Lord could save them.
• Zuo Zuo punched Lynn repeatedly and demanded to know if it hurt; he admitted that losing her would hurt as much.
• Lynn pulled Zuo Zuo into his arms and told her he had lied about letting the Violet Great Lord take over his body.
• Zuo Zuo bit Lynn's neck and threatened to bite him once a day until he died, and Lynn kissed her.
• Lynn resolved to keep walking the Night Doctor's path despite the uncertain future, while Zuo Zuo asked why he had stopped kissing her.

Lynn decided to awaken the ancient power within his divided soul so he could face future disasters and protect what he cherished. After long practice, he managed to summon a faint stream of yellow sand, leaving a gray streak in his hair.

• White Night interrupted Lynn and Zuo Luo, then brought Beaked Night Doctors to examine him.
• Lynn chose to inherit his soul’s legacy rather than let the white-haired figure awaken again.
• The Witch God and Xiao Xiao warned Lynn that using the power could make his will collapse, but he began practicing with the Violet Magic Array.
• Lynn studied the ancient power of the Firstborn Soul, briefly turning his hair gray as he tried to summon it.
• After an unknown stretch of time, Lynn opened his palm and sustained a faint stream of yellow sand.

Lynn awakened a thread of the Great Lord’s power by immersing himself in the Great Lord’s memories, while confirming that doing so would not let the Great Lord replace him. As Lynn traveled with Zuo Zuo and the Witch God Head to find Sir Awen, he learned more about how Xiao Xiao had protected Dark Night City during the upheaval and vowed to regroup and make their enemies pay.

• Lynn revealed that he had awakened a wisp of the power the being who once revived inside him had wielded, and explained that he activated it by trying to become the Great Lord through his memories.
• The Witch God Head reassured Lynn that she did not want him to disappear, and Lynn teased Xiao Xiao about becoming a widow until Zuo Zuo hit him.
• Lynn asked the Witch God Head whether the pathological changes had affected her; she said her divine soul’s recovery had been interrupted, but she had suffered less than Cyber and the others.
• Xiao Xiao told Lynn that her mad father had tried to head for Dark Night City, but she had kept him away to protect the people Lynn cared about.
• Lynn comforted Xiao Xiao and said they would find Sir Awen and Brain, regroup, and make their enemies repay them.

Lynn found Colossus Brain suffering from the curse’s disintegrating effects and used his new power to heal her wounds and weaken the curse. He believed the higher-order power might ease the torment of the other afflicted beings, though he could not yet remove the curse permanently.

• Lynn entered the underground hall and found Colossus Brain enduring the curse alone to keep it from harming others.
• Lynn apologized and carried Colossus Brain to a bed, while Zuo Zuo tried and failed to embrace her.
• Lynn removed Colossus Brain’s blood-soaked bandages and explained that his temporary curse-removal ability would not be enough to prevent her from losing control again.
• Lynn touched Colossus Brain’s wounds with yellow-sand power, which suppressed the curse and slowly healed her flesh.
• Lynn concluded that curses were rules that could be countered only by a specific method or a higher-order power.

Lynn soothed Colossus Brain’s curse and healed her injuries, then held her and Zuo Zuo together while the Colossus Heart replenished their strength. Brain and Zuo Zuo settled against him, though Zuo Zuo remained suspicious of his motives.

• Lynn used the Firstborn’s power to suppress Brain’s inner turmoil and heal her wounds.
• Lynn cleaned Brain and teased her, prompting Zuo Zuo to punch him and threaten him.
• Lynn wrapped Brain in a towel, then held both Brain and Zuo Zuo in his arms.
• Lynn activated the Colossus Heart, and its blood energy flowed through their Transdimensional Sense to restore them.
• Brain leaned against Lynn and harmonized with the energy while Zuo Zuo questioned his intentions.

Lynn found Sir Awen deep beneath the underground, where the curse had erased his memories and left him carving fragments of the past into the walls and floor. Lynn saw that Awen still remembered him as the boy he had taught, though Awen himself seemed unaware of his presence.

• Brain told Lynn that Sir Awen was farther underground and that his unusual curse made it difficult for him to find his way back.
• Brain explained that Sir Awen had lost control after using his power to save Night Doctors during Dark Night City's invasion and had killed almost everyone left in the city.
• Lynn followed the staircase into the deeper underground and found Sir Awen alone, carving images and fragments of history into the hall.
• Lynn recognized that Sir Awen was drawing the boy he had taught psionics, ending with a hopeful smile that showed he had once found an inheritor.

Lynn learned that the Matriarch might be the only one capable of restoring Sir Awen’s lost memories, and vowed to bring him back. After Dark Night City’s leaders questioned how the Matriarch had been taken, Lynn confronted White Night and revealed the truth behind the Matriarch’s upheaval and the Plague Doctors’ persistence.

• The Colossus Brain explained that Sir Awen’s personality and memory backup was badly damaged, but suggested the Matriarch might be able to restore him.
• Lynn promised Sir Awen that he would bring the Matriarch back and rebuild Dark Night City.
• White Night told the Night Doctor Meritorious Figures that the Plague Doctors had acted against the Matriarch during the disaster, while the leaders questioned how they had abducted him despite his Root-Level curse.
• After the meeting, Lynn confronted White Night with a pitch-black feather and told him he knew what had happened to the Matriarch.
• Lynn explained the Matriarch’s upheaval after their return from Curse City, the origins of the Plague Doctors, and why they repeatedly resurfaced in Dark Night City.

Lynn revealed to White Night that the Plague Doctors had awakened the Matriarch’s dark Fallen Angel, and reassured him that the Matriarch’s ideals remained true. As Lynn promised to bring her back, he continued searching for the missing Feather Pen and wondered about her connection to his ancient memories.

• Lynn told White Night that the Plague Doctors had sought to awaken the Matriarch’s dark side, the Fallen Angel.
• White Night recalled that the Matriarch had left on her own, and that Plague Doctors had once invited him to join them in serving darkness and chaos.
• Lynn assured White Night that the Matriarch was not the Fallen Angel and promised to bring her back safely.
• Lynn reflected on the ruined city and his failed attempts to trace what had happened to Feather Pen.
• Lynn wondered whether Feather Pen’s eyes matched someone he had seen in memories from past lives, and asked who she really was.

After the upheaval in Dark Night City, Lynn visited the still-sleeping Mother Tree and set out with Zuo Zuo and Brain to seek help for Sir Awen at the Mechanical Church’s Hive. Brain carried Lynn on the journey after rejecting his request to ride her, while their bickering left her reflecting on their unlikely gathering.

• Lynn visited the withered Giant Tree and infused the water around the unconscious Mother Tree with the Firstborn power he had recovered.
• Lynn left Dark Night City with Zuo Zuo, Brain, and the sleeping Sir Awen, planning to seek help for Sir Awen at the Mechanical Church’s Hive.
• Brain teased Lynn about seeking help from his ex-girlfriend, and Lynn explained that the Mechanical Church was best equipped to stabilize Sir Awen’s damaged soul.
• Lynn asked Brain to let him ride her, but she struck him down; they compromised with Brain carrying him and Sir Awen.
• As Lynn and Zuo Zuo bickered behind her, Brain considered how their group resembled the ultimate trinity they had once envisioned, then elbowed Lynn when he touched her again.