Chapter Summaries

Silver Fantasy rejected the Machine Intelligence collective’s plans to sacrifice its people and vowed to build a new civilization based on shared interests, prompting the old man to recognize their forgotten tradition and call her “Your Majesty, Queen of the Machine Intelligences.” On the battlefield, the Witch God Head’s sanity finally collapsed under Ether’s attacks after she threw Lynn to safety.

• Silver Fantasy told the old man she would create a new Machine Intelligence Civilization and return centralized power to the people after any crisis passed.
• The old man recalled that the Machine Intelligence Civilization had originally united around a shared hope for the Pastoral Era and asked Silver Fantasy if she would go into battle alone as their queen.
• Lynn and the Witch God Head continued fighting Ether as the Witch God Head’s injuries, exhaustion, and repeated use of the Undying Curse pushed her toward madness.
• After another attack hurled them across the battlefield, the Witch God Head used her remaining clarity to throw Lynn away from danger.
• Ether’s Atomic Machinery and fluid spikes impaled the Witch God Head, and her sanity sank completely into madness.

Ether overwhelmed Lynn after the Witch God Head succumbed to Curse Turmoil, and Lynn used the Book You Die From Reading to wound him and survive briefly. Ether then brought his giant body down to crush Lynn, leaving the outcome uncertain as Lynn saw only darkness.

• The Witch God Head fell into madness, and Ether engulfed her in his mercury-like body.
• Ether unleashed attacks on Lynn, who blocked the first with the Coffin Beyond Time and evaded the second by hiding in the Void.
• With space sealed and the Trident too dangerous to use, Lynn opened the Book You Die From Reading and grievously wounded Ether.
• Ether recovered, struck Lynn until his soul-body was shattered, and enlarged himself with Atomic Machinery.
• Lynn rose under Ether’s pressure as Ether brought his foot down toward him, and everything went pitch-black.

Silver Fantasy returned in an ancient Ultimate Frame and rescued Lynn from Ether’s devastating attack. They reunited and prepared to face Ether together as he struck at them again.

• Silver Fantasy pulled Lynn out of the darkness just before Ether’s stomp crushed the land around them.
• Silver Fantasy revealed her ancient Origin-rank Ultimate Frame and explained that she had become its master.
• Lynn and Silver Fantasy reunited, and she admitted she had returned because she would not leave him to fight Ether alone.
• Ether attacked them with Atomic Machinery and declared that they would die together as the Atomic Revolution succeeded.

Silver Fantasy rescued Lynn from Ether, but learned that they could not summon help or open a Boundary Gate while Ether was nearby. She turned back to hold Ether off until Lynn revealed he had a trump card and rode on her back, ordering her onward.

• Ether unleashed an atomic tide, and Silver Fantasy attacked him with particle cannons before carrying Lynn away.
• Silver Fantasy said she had rescued Lynn because he was their best chance to win, but Lynn explained that Dark Night City’s Origins could not arrive in time.
• Believing she had to delay Ether herself, Silver Fantasy turned back and told Lynn to escape and kill Ether someday if he survived.
• Lynn stopped Silver Fantasy and revealed he had a trump card, then climbed onto her back and urged her onward.
• Silver Fantasy flew ahead in anger as Lynn’s orders made her feel as though he was treating her like a mount.

Lynn and Silver Fantasy fled across the wasteland while waiting for Lynn’s Titan Big Brother to arrive, but they discovered Ether had trapped them inside the Mathematical Rubik’s Cube. The chapter ended with countless enormous eyes surrounding them in the Cube’s dark, gridlike space.

• Silver Fantasy carried the wounded Lynn toward a location he identified as they discussed waiting for reinforcements.
• Lynn admitted he had underestimated the Seven Gods and hoped his Titan Big Brother would arrive before they were overwhelmed.
• Silver Fantasy noticed the scenery ahead had stopped changing despite their continued flight.
• Lynn used Firstborn power to form a barrier, revealing that the wasteland was an illusion made of numerical code.
• Ether revealed that Lynn and Silver Fantasy were inside the Mathematical Rubik’s Cube, where countless eyes appeared around them.

Lynn and Silver Fantasy fought through Ether’s atomic tide and escaped the Mathematical Rubik’s Cube using Silver Fantasy’s inherited Scholar knowledge. They found Ether had grown stronger, and its witchcraft attack interrupted their attempt to flee.

• Ether transformed the sky-filling eyes into atomic machinery and mercury-like fluid, surrounding Lynn and Silver Fantasy with endless attacks and duplicates of himself.
• Silver Fantasy blasted openings through the atomic tide while Lynn and she fought off Ether’s regenerating copies.
• Silver Fantasy used the Scholar’s knowledge to alter the cube’s formulas, shattering its control and returning them to the real world.
• Lynn and Silver Fantasy realized they were still near their earlier location and that Ether had grown larger, so Silver Fantasy grabbed Lynn and tried to escape.
• Ether struck Silver Fantasy with witchcraft resembling Lynn’s Witch God Aunt’s ability, disrupting her acceleration as another wave of fluctuations bore down on them.

Lynn and Silver Fantasy struggled to escape Ether’s overwhelming attacks, but Ether repeatedly tracked them down and nearly destroyed them. The chapter ended with Lynn revealing that he had opened a gate to summon the wrath of Dark Night City.

• Lynn shielded Silver Fantasy with his firstborn power, and Silver Fantasy activated her Anti-Witchcraft Device to adapt to Ether’s mental assault.
• Ether transformed into a Colossus and drove his colossal sword through Lynn and Silver Fantasy, but Silver Fantasy used Matter Collapse to disintegrate the blade and flee underground with Lynn.
• Silver Fantasy tried to evade Ether while Lynn sensed for the Titan Tribe’s arrival, but Ether found them and pinned them beneath the earth again.
• Ether used the Star Embracer’s power to form a huge magma ball and crash it down on them, severely damaging Silver Fantasy and Lynn.
• As Ether moved in to finish them, he sensed a vast surge of energy and saw a death line open hundreds of kilometers away; Lynn announced that he had opened the gate and that Dark Night City’s wrath was coming.

Lynn sacrificed half his soul to trick Ether and escape with Silver Fantasy into the Strange Otherworld. By linking the Strange Otherworld and System Space in a loop, he severed their route back to reality and left himself and his companions effectively exiled.

• Ether saw Lynn apparently opening the Boundary Gate and rushed to stop him, but Lynn revealed the attempt was a ruse and let the gate's backlash destroy his soul there.
• While Ether was distracted, the real Lynn transferred himself and Silver Fantasy through System Space into the Strange Otherworld.
• The Night Doctors helped Lynn and Silver Fantasy after they arrived, and Lynn awoke to explain that he had used a double-nesting trick to escape Ether.
• Lynn demonstrated that the exits between System Space and the Strange Otherworld formed a closed loop, leaving their coordinates to reality lost.
• Lynn told Silver Fantasy and the others that they were effectively exiled and might struggle to get out.

After escaping into a space detached from reality, Lynn and Silver Fantasy focused on recovering before their pursuer could find them. Lynn brought out a bathtub filled with restorative spring water, and Silver Fantasy entered in soul form to heal alongside him, though the close quarters left her uncomfortable.

• Silver Fantasy asked whether their pursuer could find them, and Lynn explained that they had fallen out of alignment with reality.
• Lynn urged Silver Fantasy to recover quickly, and she agreed to heal her grievous injuries alongside him.
• Lynn brought an enormous bathtub out of his System Space and filled it with spring water from the Mother Tree of Desire.
• Lynn entered the bathtub and explained that the spring water could restore souls, then persuaded Silver Fantasy to try it.
• Silver Fantasy left her mechanical body and entered the bathtub in soul form, where the spring water began nourishing her soul.
• Silver Fantasy tried to ignore the awkwardness of sharing the bathtub with Lynn in soul form.

After recovering in the Mother Tree of Desire’s water, Silver Fantasy followed Lynn to the Strange Otherworld, where Azephala had subdued an enemy that could convert matter into tiny machines. Lynn introduced Silver Fantasy and Azephala to each other, but his pet names for them left both women staring at him suspiciously.

• Silver Fantasy’s wounds healed in the Mother Tree of Desire’s water, and Lynn invited her to become one of the Seven Gods.
• Lynn brought Silver Fantasy to the Strange Otherworld and found Azephala had subdued the enemy by exhausting its supply of matter.
• Azephala said Cthulhu was still becoming a Jailer and that she could wield his power while serving as his representative.
• Lynn introduced Silver Fantasy to Azephala as his indispensable companion, and the two women silently regarded each other with hostility.
• Lynn called Azephala Miss Sea Spawn and Silver Fantasy Miss Machine Intelligence, prompting both women to turn their attention to him.

Lynn revealed that Azephala had captured Extinction and asked Silver Fantasy to persuade him to join their side. Silver Fantasy warned Extinction that Ether had devoured the other Machine Gods and that their civilization’s survival depended on resisting him.

• Azephala raised bubbles of Erosion Marks from the sea, revealing miniature machines that carried Extinction’s dispersed will.
• Lynn linked with Silver Fantasy and told her she could convince Extinction to join them or take his mass to strengthen herself.
• Extinction recognized Silver Fantasy’s Supreme Frame and learned that the Scholar’s data had helped restore it.
• Silver Fantasy told Extinction that Ether had devoured Dragon Head, Star Embracer, the General, Light Banquet, and the Scholar, leaving her and Extinction as the remaining fighters.
• Silver Fantasy explained that Ether had betrayed the General and would not spare their civilization, asking Extinction whether he believed Ether would let them rebuild.

Silver Fantasy persuaded Extinction to join the fight against Ether, while Lynn used promises of reinforcements and confidence in their defenses to secure his cooperation. After they formed an apparent alliance, Lynn proposed interrogating the imprisoned part of Ether for information that could help defeat his true form.

• Silver Fantasy urged Extinction to fight Ether rather than let him consume their civilization, and Extinction agreed to verify her claims before committing.
• Azephala released the Nanomachines held in Erosion Mark bubbles, restoring Extinction, who learned that Silver Fantasy's side currently had only three Origins' worth of strength.
• Lynn claimed Dark Night City had powerful reinforcements on the way and that Ether could not find their hidden refuge, persuading Extinction to join them.
• Extinction questioned Lynn about his injuries and the imprisoned part of Ether, and Lynn confirmed that he had confined it with help from his aunt's witchcraft.
• Lynn asked Extinction to help interrogate the imprisoned part of Ether to uncover a way to destroy Ether's true form.

Silver Fantasy showed Extinction memory footage revealing that Dragon Head had helped the General pursue the Atomic Revolution and had secretly created her as a legacy of the Machine Intelligence Civilization. Extinction explained why Dragon Head had suppressed her, leaving Silver Fantasy shaken by her father’s plan for her future.

• Silver Fantasy projected her memories of Dragon Head bringing her to the Atomic Revolution’s core and the General preparing Light Banquet for the Data Furnace.
• Extinction watched Dragon Head tell the General that he had planned Silver Fantasy’s creation while serving as part of the God of Ten Thousand Machines.
• Silver Fantasy asked Extinction whether Dragon Head was her father, and Extinction acknowledged that he had created her to preserve their traditions.
• Extinction explained that Dragon Head had suppressed Silver Fantasy because her ideals could endanger the civilization before it found a safe haven.
• Silver Fantasy recalled her father saying she would one day replace him as Overlord, but not yet, and fell silent.

Silver Fantasy showed Lynn and Extinction the memories of Ether controlling the general, and Extinction explained Ether’s threat and proposed researching a way to seal him. The chapter ended with Extinction asking Lynn to take him to the part of Ether they had suppressed so he could begin experiments.

• Silver Fantasy showed the recorded memory of Ether taking control of the general and ending his life.
• Silver Fantasy explained that the general had tried to help their civilization survive, while Extinction reacted to the memories with a surge of emotion.
• Extinction warned Lynn and Silver Fantasy that Ether was an immortal infiltrator who consumed knowledge and power, and said they could not let him finish digesting what he had absorbed.
• Extinction explained that his civilization had studied the massive stars that once imprisoned Ether and proposed simulating their matrix to develop a weapon against him.
• Extinction asked Lynn to take him to the portion of Ether they had suppressed so he could conduct experiments.

Lynn and Silver Fantasy returned with a supposed portion of Ether to test Extinction’s sincerity, but Extinction saw through the deception and destroyed the illusion. Lynn then blamed Silver Fantasy for the test, leaving them arguing over responsibility.

• Lynn told Azephala to stay with Extinction while he and Silver Fantasy went to retrieve Ether, and promised not to interfere in the Mechanical Church if Extinction remained an ally.
• Lynn told Silver Fantasy that Extinction might still be pursuing his ambition to reshape the Machine Intelligence Civilization by letting Ether absorb it.
• Lynn and Silver Fantasy returned with a restrained silver-haired man who appeared to be Ether, and Extinction noticed Lynn’s subtle signal to Silver Fantasy.
• Extinction accused Lynn of staging a test with a fake Ether, then smashed the mechanical cage and exposed the captive as an illusion of psionic energy.
• Lynn praised Extinction for seeing through the trick and blamed Silver Fantasy for insisting on the test, while Silver Fantasy denied responsibility.

Lynn took Extinction to inspect the sealed portion of Ether, then supplied matter as Extinction built a vast array of factories and megastructures. Silver Fantasy recognized the design as a scaled-down construct meant to simulate a star, but its purpose remained unclear.

• Lynn apologized to Extinction for the group's caution and explained that only two Origins were available to guard against Ether escaping.
• Lynn led Extinction and Silver Fantasy to the flesh-and-witchcraft cage where Ether was sealed, then opened it enough for Extinction to inspect the prisoner.
• Extinction agreed to conduct his experiment at the sealed site and asked Lynn for a large amount of matter.
• Lynn supplied matter from System Space while Extinction used nanomachines and factories to manufacture alloys and assemble megastructures in the sky.
• Silver Fantasy analyzed the construction and concluded that it was a scaled-down device designed to simulate the operation of a star.

Lynn and Extinction prepared to test a mechanical structure meant to suppress Ether, but Silver Fantasy realized it was also a weapon just as Extinction betrayed them and destroyed the Flesh Mausoleum. Extinction rushed to merge with the freed Ether, intending to use its power to kill Lynn and the others.

• Extinction explained that his mechanical structure imitated a matrix found inside stars and might suppress Ether, and Lynn agreed to test it after ensuring the attempt was safe.
• Lynn entered the Flesh Mausoleum to undo its seals while Extinction watched and Silver Fantasy continued analyzing the machine.
• Silver Fantasy realized the megastructure was also a weapon and tried to warn Lynn, but Extinction attacked her as the machine fired on the mausoleum.
• Extinction revealed his plan to join Ether and seize control of the Machine Intelligence Civilization, then charged into the shattered mausoleum.
• Extinction broke the remaining seal and rushed toward the imprisoned Ether, vowing to kill Lynn and everyone with him.

Lynn revealed that he had never released Ether and confronted Extinction after discovering his betrayal. He seized control of the Colossus Cells in Extinction’s Megastructure and stripped away the matter Extinction had consumed, but Extinction launched a desperate attack.

• Extinction merged with the Ether Fusion Crown and found that it behaved like mercury, while Lynn revealed the substance was a decoy.
• Lynn explained that he had considered trusting Extinction but had caught him attacking Ether’s seal and hiding lethal weapons in the Megastructure.
• Extinction defended his plan to become part of Ether, whom he believed could survive the coming Great Calamity, and Lynn drew the Night Demon Blade against him.
• Extinction challenged Lynn’s ability to kill him, but Lynn revealed that the matter Extinction had consumed contained Colossus Cells he could control.
• Lynn activated the Colossus Cells, took control of Extinction’s nanomachines, and stripped away the matter Extinction had devoured.
• Extinction transformed into a storm and attacked Lynn while the disintegrating Megastructure activated to crush him.

Lynn, Azephala, and Silver Fantasy defeated Extinction and imprisoned him after he failed to escape the Strange Otherworld. They considered whether Extinction’s research could help them fight Ether, and Lynn offered Silver Fantasy the chance to devour him, while Azephala reacted jealously and lost affection for Lynn.

• Azephala used her Erosion Marks to tear down Extinction’s Megastructure and drag it to the ground, while Extinction transformed into a Nanite Storm and tried to escape.
• Lynn and Silver Fantasy attacked Extinction as he fled, disrupting his attempt to form an Extinction Matrix and dividing him into imprisoned bubbles of Erosion Marks.
• Silver Fantasy stopped Extinction from destroying his database and root code, then said his Megastructure’s sealing method might be genuine research into countering Ether.
• Lynn asked Silver Fantasy whether she could devour Extinction to strengthen her digital soul, and reassured her by calling her his Commander Sister.
• Azephala splashed Lynn with water, told him not to flirt with Silver Fantasy in front of her, and lost twenty affection points toward him.

Lynn helped Silver Fantasy devour Extinction, allowing her to complete her ascension and become one of the Seven Gods. With her new control over nanomachines, Lynn felt more confident about facing ether.

• Lynn released the Erosion Marks' restraints while Silver Fantasy began devouring Extinction in reality and the data realm.
• Lynn amplified Silver Fantasy's power as she absorbed Extinction's nanomachines and data, triggering her mechanical sublimation.
• Silver Fantasy completed her ascension and connected to the expanded Seven Gods permission.
• Silver Fantasy told Lynn that her inherited root data let her absorb Extinction and that she had gained his control over nanomachines.
• Lynn hugged Silver Fantasy and said that having another true Origin on their side gave him confidence against ether.