Chapter Summaries

Lynn entered the Clock Tower and discovered three Polluters, time-devouring creatures from beyond time, guarding an anomaly in the tower. Outmatched by their speed and strength, he struggled to defend himself and raised his Chainsaw's power as one Polluter struck at his abdomen.

• Lynn left Wandering Soul Alley and reached the Clock Tower, where he suspected a rift connected to the scout's arrival might be hidden.
• Lynn broke into the tower and found a strange space with suspended debris and three Polluters at its top.
• The Polluters attacked Lynn, and their first blow sent him flying out of the tower before he steadied himself with yellow sand.
• Lynn spotted a scar-like anomaly at the tower's highest point, then faced the Polluters as they charged him outside.
• Lynn blocked two Polluters with his Chainsaw, but the third slipped through his defenses, so he switched the Chainsaw to high frequency.

Lynn fought off the defilers emerging from a rift in the High Tower and used Firstborn Power to repair it. After the system confirmed the repair, it revealed that one contamination source remained.

• Lynn killed one defiler with his Chainsaw, but the rift produced more monsters while he fought the others.
• Lynn used an Explosive Extraction Potion to engulf the defilers in flames, then killed the flying defiler, the enormous beast, and the two swift defilers.
• Lynn rushed into the High Tower and cut off the arm of a rune-covered defiler trying to emerge from the rift.
• Lynn discovered that Firstborn Power could mend the rift and used it to make the rift collapse and disappear.
• The system announced that one contamination source remained, and Lynn realized there was another rift to find.

Lynn searched Wandering Soul Alley for the Polluters and found them attacking the rotten woman and her daughter. He rescued them, then fought the Polluters with his Chainsaw and Mimicry, leaving the little girl amazed by his power.

• Lynn searched Wandering Soul Alley for the rift and eventually heard a cry from the black mist.
• Lynn found more than a dozen Polluters attacking the rotten woman and her daughter, whom he recognized from his earlier journey.
• Lynn rushed in and shredded three Polluters with his high-frequency Chainsaw, accidentally cutting off the rotten woman's head in the process.
• Lynn introduced himself to the little girl as Lei Feng and charged into battle against the remaining Polluters.
• Lynn used Mimicry to raise stone barriers and threw two Fire Dragon ??? Potions, whose blasts sent him skidding to the alley where the girl was hiding.
• Lynn got back up despite claiming he had broken two ribs and charged back into the fight, leaving the girl convinced he was exceptionally powerful.

Lynn exhausted himself killing the Polluters in Wandering Soul Alley and warned the Blood Doll to stay hidden. He left her with her mother’s head after learning she had provoked the creatures by trying to bite them.

• Lynn dragged the Blood Doll into a dead-end alley and used its narrow walls to shred the pursuing Polluters with his overloaded Chainsaw.
• The Blood Doll cheered at the slaughter, then lamented that the Polluters’ remains had vanished before she could eat them.
• Lynn rested and the woman’s head suggested that the Blood Doll eat her body, prompting Lynn to scold the girl and knock her on the head.
• Lynn examined his injuries, warned the Blood Doll to hide and forget what she had seen, and asked why the Polluters had attacked her.
• The Blood Doll explained that she had tried to bite the Polluters because she was hungry, and that they attacked after her mother asked them for meat.
• Lynn left the Blood Doll and her mother’s head behind and continued on his way.

Lynn made Blood Doll sign a blood contract before leaving Wandering Soul Alley to test whether changing the past would affect the future. Near Soul-Lost Street, Polluters and three powerful Martyr Sentinels ambushed him, and he unleashed his accumulated firstborn power for battle.

• Lynn returned to Blood Doll and pressed her bloody handprint onto a marriage contract, promising to reveal his identity in three years.
• Lynn left Blood Doll behind and headed toward Soul-Lost Street, wondering whether altering events in the past would affect his future self.
• A Polluter struck Lynn as he emerged from the black mist, and he found dozens of Polluters and three armored Martyr Sentinels blocking his way.
• Lynn activated his firstborn power, surrounded himself with swirling yellow sand, and pushed his body to its limits.

Lynn fought through the Polluters using Mimicry and forged himself a demonized Fire Dragon Tier Powered Armor with powerful defenses but deadly heat. After defeating the battlefield’s enemies, he rushed into the black mist and found a time-corrupting rift between Wandering Soul Alley and Soul-Lost Street.

• Lynn used Mimicry to turn gravel into spikes, killing one Sentinel and disrupting another before cutting through them with his Chainsaw.
• Lynn used the Polluters’ armor fragments to forge crude full-body armor, then transformed it into a Fire Dragon Tier Powered Armor with God's Equation.
• Despite the armor overheating and burning him, Lynn charged through the Polluters and killed them with his Chainsaw.
• Lynn ran toward the source of the time-corrupting ripples, hoping to destroy the rift and return to his own future.
• Lynn emerged from the black mist and found a rift between Wandering Soul Alley and Soul-Lost Street that was at least three times larger than the one on the tower.

Lynn charged into the widening rift and fought to stop the Polluters pouring out of it, but a Blasphemous Knight emerged and blocked his attack. Lynn clashed with the knight, who proved stronger and faster, as he raced around the battlefield on his Mutation Warhorse.

• Lynn charged into the Polluters emerging from the rift and cut them down with his overclocked Chainsaw.
• Lynn hurled his potions at the rift, triggering a plague explosion that destroyed dozens of Polluters.
• Lynn leaped toward the rift and struck with his Chainsaw, but a Blasphemous Knight blocked the blow with his lance.
• Lynn recognized the knight as a corrupted Royal Guard from the Shattered World and attacked him.
• Lynn and the knight clashed, but the knight outmatched him in strength and sped around the battlefield on his Mutation Warhorse.

Lynn defeated the undead knight and its warhorse, then fought through the Polluters and closed the final rift. The system confirmed that he had completed his class advancement quest and gave him three hours to return to his original space-time.

• Lynn evaded the knight’s charge by ejecting from his power armor, then killed the knight by driving the Boning Knife into its eye and using Mimicry on its helmet.
• The dying knight hurled Lynn onto a tree branch, but Lynn forced adrenaline from his kidney, tore himself free, and cut the charging warhorse in half with the Chainsaw.
• Lynn charged into the Polluters and fought his way to the expanding rift.
• Lynn poured his firstborn power into the rift and cut down its reaching claws until it snapped shut, destroying the remaining Polluters.
• The system announced that Lynn had completed his class advancement quest and showed a remaining time of 2:59:59.

Lynn survived his catastrophic injuries and met Nanako, the Painter and Lord of Hell, who recognized that he came from three years in the future. Seeing something familiar in her eyes, Lynn realized she might not be the version of herself from this point in time.

• Lynn used firstborn power to repair his body enough to survive, unaware that someone watched him from the black mist.
• After recovering, Lynn called out to his observer and greeted Nanako, then addressed her as the Painter and Lord of Hell.
• Nanako identified Lynn as someone from three years in the future, and he acknowledged her ability to see through time.
• Lynn noticed the familiar future he had seen in Nanako’s eyes and concluded that she was not the Nanako from this time.

Lynn learned that the calamity was an incursion from the Outer Cosmos and that his death would erase the last trace of humanity the calamity had left in the physical universe. After the future visitor vanished, he feared that changing the past could erase him, so he hurried back toward Wandering Soul Alley despite his injuries.

• Lynn questioned the azure-eyed visitor, who said the calamity was an incursion from the Outer Cosmos and ultimately targeted him, her, and the world.
• The visitor told Lynn that if he died, the last trace of humanity the calamity had left in the physical universe would disappear, then warned that a war across time and another upheaval were approaching.
• The visitor vanished into the black mist, leaving Lynn injured and unable to learn her motives or whether the timeline could be changed.
• Lynn considered whether his death in the past would erase his future self, then rejected the risk and limped toward Wandering Soul Alley.
• Lynn wondered whether he would have to defend history repeatedly and whether the white-haired man from the Old Gods Era might be his future self, but he focused on getting back before his past self died.

Lynn remembered that a female Evil Spirit would soon rob the Bloodsaw Apothecary and tear out his heart, then used his remaining time in the past to make small changes before returning to the future. As the countdown ended, someone knocked at the door.

• Lynn remembered that a female Evil Spirit had deceived him and stolen his heart during this night.
• Lynn healed his injuries, then startled Big Tongue and poured premium potions into the Cellar, raising Big Tongue's affection.
• Lynn hid Blood Doll's blood pact beneath a stone slab so he could check it after returning to the future.
• Lynn lit the Soul Lamp, reflected on becoming the monster he would be in the future, and waited for the return countdown to end.
• Someone knocked on the Bloodsaw Apothecary's door as Lynn's return countdown reached its end.

Lynn returned from a trip three years into the past, though only a few minutes had passed in Dark Night City. He explained his newly awakened time-travel ability and warned that the calamity could interfere with the entire past timeline.

• Lynn came to in Dark Night City as Zuo Zuo tried to wake him, and he learned that only a few minutes had passed.
• The heart confirmed that it had sensed the power of time and that Lynn had disappeared briefly.
• Lynn revealed the Armband engraved with a raven and the rune for “erosion,” identifying its power as Raven Across Time.
• Lynn explained that he had traveled to Wandering Soul Alley three years earlier and spent several hours there.
• Lynn told the heart that the calamity could interfere with time, and that its future self might affect the entire past timeline.

Lynn learned that the Female Host had come from the future and warned of an impending upheaval in the Main Universe. He unlocked the Raven Beyond Time profession and claimed rewards that matched the equipment worn by the white-haired man.

• Lynn told the heart that he had met the Female Host three years earlier and that she had come from many years in the future.
• Lynn relayed the Female Host's warning that another upheaval would soon occur in the Main Universe.
• Lynn unlocked the Raven Beyond Time profession and wondered whether the Ravens from his family members' pasts had been him.
• Lynn opened the Three Years Ago rift and claimed Black Feather Beyond Time, the Mask of Piercing Illusions, and Raven Cry of the Past.
• Lynn recognized the two soulbound items as the equipment worn by the white-haired man.

Lynn realized he was the white-haired man and raven from the visions, then tested whether his journey into the past had changed history. He found the Blood Doll's Indenture Contract where he had buried it three years earlier, leaving the question of whether history had always unfolded that way unresolved.

• Lynn put on the black-feathered armor and mask and saw time as a river of countless connected threads.
• Lynn told Zuo Zuo that the left hand in the vision might have been hers and that he was the white-haired man from history.
• Lynn transformed into a raven and flew with Zuo Zuo to Wandering Soul Alley to investigate whether history had changed.
• Lynn returned to the Bloodsaw Apothecary and found the Blood Doll's Indenture Contract beneath the stone slab where he had buried it three years earlier.
• Lynn wondered whether he had changed history or whether the contract had always been there.

Lynn flew to the City of Sin to persuade its vampire ruler to join him, but arrived as she prepared a ritual that would sacrifice human girls. He interrupted the ritual and confronted her about the killings.

• Lynn told Zuo Zuo that he planned to recruit the vampire lady in the City of Sin and set off for her palace.
• The Sin Lord prepared a ritual using chained human girls, hoping it would relieve her symptoms and increase her strength.
• The Sin Lord ordered her servants to begin the ritual and abduct more eligible humans if it succeeded.
• Lynn entered the hall as a raven, evaded the guards, and accused the Sin Lord of slaughtering innocents.

Lynn infiltrated the Sin Ancestor’s palace and unleashed a Music Box that sent her curse into a violent upheaval. After recognizing him as the Weeping Clown, she begged for mercy and offered to help capture Lynn, not realizing she was speaking to him.

• The Sin Ancestor challenged the crow in her palace, and Lynn taunted her by calling her a little brat.
• The Sin Ancestor attacked Lynn with blood magic and a shadow strike, but he escaped into System Space.
• Lynn coerced the heart into making a Music Box, attached a grenade to it, and detonated it in the palace.
• The Music Box’s power intensified the Sin Ancestor’s curse, causing her and her servants to suffer horrific mutations.
• Lynn appeared before the Sin Ancestor, who mistook him for the Weeping Clown and offered to capture Lynn and turn him into her Blood Servant.

Lynn used the heart’s backdoor to control and cure the Vampire Clan Sin Ancestor, then questioned her about her plans for Lynn of Dark Night City. She claimed she meant to seduce him by drugging herself, while still believing she was speaking to the Clown.

• The heart told Lynn it could intensify the Sin Ancestor’s curse and control her but could not heal her, so Lynn struck it into the ceiling.
• Lynn used his limited-time curse removal ability to cure the Sin Ancestor and asked what she had planned to do to Lynn of Dark Night City.
• The Sin Ancestor claimed she was loyal to the Jailers and intended to knock Lynn out and drink his blood, despite insisting she had no ties to the Flesh Dominator.
• The Sin Ancestor said she would seduce Lynn by drinking a potent aphrodisiac herself and pretending that making love was the only way to relieve her suffering.

Lynn revealed his identity to the Sin Ancestor after she bragged about a plan to seduce and drain him. He subdued her and forced her to drink the potion she had prepared, leaving her struggling to swallow every last drop.

• Zuo Zuo imagined how Lynn might react to the Sin Ancestor’s scheme, and Lynn denied that he would fall for it.
• The Sin Ancestor boasted that she would seduce Lynn, drain his blood, and make him one of her Chosen, then showed off her potion.
• Lynn removed his mask and revealed that he was the Lynn she had planned to trap.
• The Sin Ancestor tried to flee, but Clown’s curse weakened her, and Lynn caught her by the scruff of the neck.
• The Sin Ancestor claimed her scheme was a lie, but Lynn took the potion from her and forced her to drink it all.

Lynn forced the Sin Lord to drink a potion, then endured her furious attacks before retaliating after she tried to kick him. Her screams soon brought her guards rushing into the hall.

• Lynn made the Sin Lord swallow the potion, leaving her furious and humiliated.
• The Sin Lord attacked Lynn with a flurry of punches, kicks, and other strikes, but her blows barely affected him.
• Lynn asked the heart about the backdoor it had set up, and the heart explained that the Sin Lord was weak and easy to control.
• The Sin Lord tried to kick Lynn in the crotch, injured her leg, and learned that he had strengthened his former weak spot.
• Lynn approached the Sin Lord and made her suffer, causing her screams to echo through the Castle.
• The Sin Lord’s Personal Guards and Blood Thralls broke into the hall to find out what had happened.

Lynn subdued the Sin Lord and forced her to free the people she had captured. The captives were released and given lodgings in the City of Sin, while the humiliated Sin Lord remained under Lynn’s control.

• The Blood Thralls and Chosen rushed to rescue the Sin Lord, but Lynn held her at gunpoint and ordered them to stop.
• The Sin Lord ordered her followers to stand down, then challenged Lynn to fight her fairly and mocked him.
• Lynn tortured the Sin Lord until she surrendered and promised to obey.
• Lynn ordered the Sin Lord to release everyone she had captured, including his fellow humans, and provide them with proper lodgings.
• The Sin Lord shouted for her Blood Thralls to carry out Lynn’s orders, and they unlocked the captives’ manacles and helped them away.