Chapter Summaries

Murder and Killer searched a shifting dungeon illusion, which suddenly transformed into a black-and-white party room. After sensing an approaching mechanical skeleton dressed like Papyrus, Murder hid with Killer beneath a table.

• Murder created imitation flames and led Killer through the dungeon while warning her to stay quiet.
• The passage abruptly changed into a black-and-white room, leaving Murder to wonder whether the illusion's changes were connected to Killer.
• Murder heard electrically buzzing footsteps and hid with Killer beneath a party table.
• Murder used magic power to sense a tall, alloy-built skeleton wearing a cape and Papyrus's armor.

Murder and Killer navigated the illusion, avoiding a mechanical Papyrus by hiding their body heat and finding a corridor filled with portraits resembling people from Murder’s Multiverse. The corridor vanished, and they entered a room transformed into a luxurious hotel, with the danger of Killer’s illusion still looming.

• Murder shielded himself and Killer with magic power, allowing the mechanical Papyrus to pass without detecting them.
• Murder and Killer continued down a passage decorated with colorful paintings of monsters resembling people from Murder’s Multiverse.
• Killer stared at the paintings, and the corridor warped until the paintings and their way back disappeared.
• Murder and Killer entered a room that gradually transformed into a lavish hotel.

Murder and Killer fled into an elevator to escape a horde of silent skeletons, but the elevator plunged and transported them into a filthy sewer. As they tried to avoid strange skeletal ducks, one activated and approached them.

• Murder rushed Killer into the elevator as shadowless skeletons in their likeness surged toward them, and he failed to harm them with his bone attacks.
• A physical skeleton forced its way through the elevator doors, but Murder kicked it back while Killer shut the doors.
• The elevator plunged to the ground, where Murder and Killer found a caution sign bearing an old photograph of Killer with a black, octopus-like creature behind her.
• A blast replaced the sign with a dark passage, and Murder led Killer through a sewer filled with oversized skeletal ducks.
• Murder identified some ducks as camera-equipped machines and guided Killer around them, but his magic vision suddenly failed as one duck rose from the wastewater and walked toward them.

Murder carried Killer through the sewer by blasting himself forward with air cannons and escaped the pursuing Skeleton Ducks through an iron door. As the Illusion shifted into a circus-like setting, Killer began recovering her memories and abilities, giving Murder hope that the illusion would eventually collapse.

• Murder used air cannon recoil to carry Killer past the Skeleton Ducks and reach a raised doorway.
• Murder kicked open the iron door and led Killer onward as the sewer transformed into a circus-like environment.
• Killer briefly manifested a bone and said she thought she could use Bone Magic before the bone vanished.
• Killer clutched her head as fragments of her memories began to return, and Murder realized she might be recovering her abilities.
• Murder leaned against a wall with a novel and waited for Killer to recover.

Killer remained unconscious in the Illusion while Murder dodged the clowns and animals attacking them. He reached the audience seats and summoned Shock Waves, preparing to get himself and Killer away from the stage.

• Inside Killer's mind, a second 'Killer' urged her to abandon her past and pursue new knowledge, stirring a dark determination in her.
• Murder tried to wake Killer while evading the clowns, animals, and skull-faced spectators, but his magic only helped the Illusion create more attackers.
• Murder fled to the audience seats with Killer, where the spectators attacked the bones supporting them.
• The lions killed their trainers and began stalking Murder, while Killer's eyes showed signs of movement.
• Murder summoned Shock Waves outside the stage's influence and prepared to throw Killer aboard.

Killer attacked Murder in her Mind World, leaving him badly wounded before he used gravity magic to buy time and heal with hamburgers. With his HP restored, Murder faced Killer again, recognizing that she had chosen to fight him of her own free will.

• Killer slashed Murder, disrupted his magic, and sent him crashing into the ground as the Mind World became an empty white expanse.
• Killer taunted Murder and attacked, but Murder blocked her dagger and was knocked back, spitting blood.
• Murder used gravity magic to hold Killer down while he ate hamburgers and fully restored his HP.
• Murder released Killer from the gravity magic and reconsidered their fight, realizing she had chosen it herself.

Murder confronted Killer after an evil personality took control of the mental space, but she overpowered and tortured him. The chapter ended with Killer severing all the fingers on Murder’s right hand while he remained composed.

• Murder suspected that Killer’s evil personality had taken control and tried to distract her by asking whether she wanted to change.
• Murder attacked Killer with Shock Waves formed from purple code, but her repulsive force blocked them.
• Killer used soul chains to pin Murder in midair and suppress his code and magic power.
• Killer took control of the mental space, resisted Illusion’s attempt to restore it, and threatened to torture Murder.
• Killer cut off all five fingers on Murder’s right hand, but Murder showed almost no reaction.

Murder entered the deepest part of Killer’s consciousness and found her primary personality vacant while another personality tried to take control. He met the lively personality who explained what had happened and apologized on Killer’s behalf, and his touch stirred a faint trace of confusion in the vacant Killer.

• Killer repeatedly wounded Murder in an illusion, but he remained eerily unmoved.
• Murder used Karma's code to trap Killer in an illusion and reach the deepest part of her consciousness.
• Murder found two Killers and learned that the evil personality had seized control while the primary personality was vacant.
• The lively Killer apologized for the evil personality’s actions, and Murder’s touch made the vacant Killer show a fleeting glimmer of confusion.

Murder followed Killer01 through Killer’s deteriorating mindscape, where they confronted a powerful black creature that had been attacking her. As Killer01 fought it, Murder saw that even several of Killer’s personalities had fallen to it, and their battle threatened to destroy the mindscape.

• Murder asked Killer01 whether she was willing to leave Killer’s main personality trapped, and Killer01 said Killer02 was powerless for now.
• Killer01 explained that the mindscape had once consisted of stable memory bubbles but had recently become chaotic.
• A sudden blade wave attacked them, and Killer01 pulled Murder out of its path.
• Killer01 identified the black creature as the trouble she had been fighting and charged at it with her dagger.
• Murder saw the bodies of three Killers near the creature as it clashed with Killer01, shaking the mindscape with their attacks.

Killer01 and Murder destroyed the shadow attacking the mindscape, but Killer01 sensed that it was already regenerating. She took Murder with her and used Shock Waves to hurry toward the source.

• Killer01 tricked the shadow into exposing itself, then severed its head and absorbed it with her determination.
• The shadow counterattacked, but Murder tore off its sword arm and used anti-determination to eat away at its body.
• Killer01 rapidly broke down the shadow and absorbed the rest of it into the mindscape.
• Killer01 warned Murder that the shadow was regenerating, grabbed his arm, and rushed away.
• Killer01 called Shock Waves, which carried her and Murder through the air with its recoil.

Killer01 brought Murder to the source of the trouble: Killer's Main Personality was transforming into the dark figure that kept returning whenever it was killed. Murder used anti-determination to stop the transformation, and Killer seemed to be waking as the mindscape began to disappear.

• Killer01 explained that the dark figure repeatedly returned after being killed and was reborn from Killer's Main Personality.
• Killer's Main Personality began convulsing and showing signs of becoming the dark figure.
• Murder applied anti-determination to Killer's Main Personality, surrounding them both with flames.
• The convulsions stopped, and Killer collapsed into Murder's arms as Killer01 vanished and the memory fragments turned to dust.
• Murder noticed a faint light returning in Killer's hollow eyes, suggesting she was waking.

Error Insanity arrived in time to save Murder and Killer, and Killer destroyed the pink gas with a massive determination attack. After Murder and Killer entered the Anti-Void, a dark rift dragged them away, and Error Insanity left to search for them.

• Error Insanity knocked the shadow away and let Killer handle it after Murder and Killer said they knew how to fight it.
• Killer compressed her determination into the pit and detonated it, destroying the pink gas and stopping Sans from melting.
• Murder and Killer entered the rift to the Anti-Void, but tentacles grabbed them and dragged them into a black rift.
• Error Insanity noticed that her code on Murder and Killer had moved somewhere unreachable and left to find them.
• Error!Geno stayed behind in the Anti-Void and poured tea.

Murder emerged in a strange galaxy and walked for days until he found a point of light that led him to OuterDust. She told him that he could not return to his timeline because the space-time dome was too sturdy to break, even for beings beyond gods, and that several other Murders were trapped there too.

• Murder searched the galaxy for days and eventually found a pale point of light.
• Murder touched the light, endured its intense glare, and found himself in a dark space where he met OuterDust.
• OuterDust explained that escaping required opening a rift or breaking through the dome, but the barrier was too sturdy for even beings beyond gods.
• OuterDust told Murder that several counterparts called Murder were trapped there, including a woman who had killed gods but still could not escape.

OuterDust told Murder how Obsessed Monster arrived in this world, fought its powerful humans, and began gathering strength to escape its barrier. Murder learned that the other displaced Sanses were relying on her unknown plan and continued following OuterDust, with no apparent way out.

• Murder pieced together OuterDust's account that Obsessed Monster was the first to arrive in this world and began slaughtering humans.
• OuterDust demonstrated sword control without magic and gave Murder a stolen sword as a greeting gift.
• OuterDust recounted how Obsessed Monster fought the world's powerful ancestors and broke through their ranks.
• OuterDust explained that Obsessed Monster was gathering strength and integrating herself into the world while the other displaced Sanses helped her.
• Murder learned that OuterDust and the others knew nothing about Obsessed Monster's plan, and he followed OuterDust in silence.

Murder met DLG and OuterDust, then bound himself to the System Tablet and joined OuterDust’s Star Team. The team set out to infiltrate the Heaven-Expanding Sect, while Murder accepted that joining them was his best chance to return to his universe.

• OuterDust introduced Murder to DLG, who first greeted him in her enormous armored form before revealing her Sans-like appearance.
• OuterDust led Murder to the System Tablet, where Murder bound himself to the system and chose to join the Star Team.
• The system completed the Star Team’s mission to wait for a third member and awarded six Disguise Pills, then assigned the team a mission to infiltrate the Heaven-Expanding Sect as an inner disciple.
• OuterDust rode away on a planet-like sphere, and DLG followed in her armor while teasing Murder about wanting to comment on everything.
• Murder decided to follow them because he needed their help to escape back to the Multiverse, and he used his Shock Waves to catch up.

OuterDust explained that the group was in a cultivation-like world and that their missions involved seizing treasures and building power for OM. As they headed toward a town near the Heaven-Expanding Sect, DLG gave Murder a science-fiction book, while OuterDust insisted on teaching him the team’s dance.

• OuterDust described the magical world and its air, and Murder agreed that it resembled a cultivation realm.
• DLG and OuterDust discussed how their raids might be accumulating fortune and energy for OM to use to escape their prison.
• DLG gave Murder a science-fiction novel after learning that he enjoyed reading.
• OuterDust explained that the group was heading to a town near the Heaven-Expanding Sect and began to describe their mission.
• OuterDust announced that she would teach Murder the team’s dance, while DLG offered to stop her.
• DLG recalled nearly absorbing OuterDust’s artificial soul after OuterDust startled her with a colossal meteor illusion.

OuterDust, DLG, and Murder spotted black-clad pursuers chasing a cyan-dressed human and decided to intervene. OuterDust used a satellite map to plan their approach.

• OuterDust abruptly stopped her planet, nearly throwing DLG and Murder off.
• Murder sensed black-clad people chasing a female human dressed in cyan.
• DLG and Murder agreed that helping the human could lead them deeper into the world by following familiar cultivation-novel conventions.
• OuterDust chose to intervene and projected a map based on information from her satellite.
• OuterDust began discussing the steps for their intervention.

OuterDust, DLG, and Murder planned a rescue and saved Han Xue'er from attackers in the forest. Han Xue'er gave them a Heaven-Expanding Sect token as a reward and left, while DLG wondered whether Disguise Pills could hide her mech armor.

• OuterDust assigned DLG to lead the charge and Murder to support her with his simulation and disintegration abilities.
• Han Xue'er, whose meridians were being cleansed, dodged attacks from a group of men pursuing her through the forest.
• A swordsman in a bamboo hat appeared and cut down one attacker, but OuterDust's Astral Illusion made a meteor seem to fall and cleared the scene.
• Murder spoke for the group after the illusion ended, and Han Xue'er thanked them and gave them her Heaven-Expanding Sect token to claim a reward.
• OuterDust teased Murder about raising Han Xue'er's affection, and DLG questioned whether Disguise Pills could conceal her mech armor.

OuterDust, Murder, and DLG hid in a magically concealed house while HyperDust drew the Heaven-Expanding Sect’s elders away by attacking them. OuterDust and her companions stayed inside playing cards, unaware that explosions were shaking the sect.

• OuterDust, Murder, and DLG traveled to a village below their quest location and DLG spawned a house, which OuterDust concealed with an illusion.
• HyperDust stole Longevity Fruits from the Heaven-Expanding Sect’s forbidden grounds and revealed her identity to the elders.
• HyperDust fought off the elders’ attacks with a Trident and triggered a violent explosion in the sect.
• OuterDust, Murder, and DLG played cards inside the hidden house while faint explosions sounded outside.

Killer woke in the Ruins of her own world and realized she had lost the determination that once let her cross space-time. She resisted Chara’s urging to continue the Genocide Route and left the Ruins, planning to regain her strength without resorting to slaughter unless necessary.

• Killer woke in the Ruins after hearing a voice calling Sans and discovered that her attempt to use a portal had no effect.
• Chara appeared to Killer and urged her to keep moving forward, raise her LV, and attack every target she saw.
• Killer tried to draw determination into her hands but failed, realizing she was no longer at her peak.
• Killer decided to rebuild her determination and regain the strength to cross space-time without turning to slaughter unless necessary.
• Killer opened the doors of the Ruins and left.