Vol. 1Trials, Wishes, and the Moon

Sera confronted Finality’s plans, gathered allies, and helped defeat threats to Dual-Phase Paradise before traveling to The Blue. There, he grew close to Herta and promised they would meet again before returning.

  • Sera discovered his Herrscher of Corruption power and learned that Amphoreus was a data world created to cultivate Iron Tomb.
  • Sera joined the Phantasmoon Games, defeated Shuhu, and rejected Finality’s plan after he revealed himself as Himeko’s father, but Finality escaped.
  • Sera led a coalition through Terminus’s trial, returned to Dual-Phase Paradise, and helped establish the World’s Beginning Tavern as a refuge.
  • Sera prepared for a Holy Grail War, summoned Kiana as his Saber, and trained with Kiana and Fu Hua while the threat of Oswald Schneider remained.
  • Sera’s allies defeated Oswald after he absorbed the Shadow of Voracity, then fought Finality and Voracity with wishes gathered across the universe.
  • Xuzhao ended Finality’s suffering, the Servants departed, and Sera brought Kiana and his friends aboard the Astral Express to Phantasmoon.
  • Sera arrived on The Blue with some of his memories lost and became Herta’s research subject and assistant as they built No. 0 and the Herta Puppets.
  • Sera and Herta grew close, attended the lantern festival together, and promised to meet again after Sera revealed he had one day left before returning.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Phantasmoon Trial

Sera traveled to Dual-Phase Paradise, joined the Phantasmoon Games, and built alliances while uncovering Finality’s plans to revive Voracity and Shuhu. After defeating Shuhu, Sera confronted Finality over his identity as Himeko’s father, but Finality escaped, leaving the galaxy’s fate uncertain.

  • Sera discovered his Herrscher of Corruption power, began studying at the Grove of Epiphany, and persuaded Anaxa to help him pursue the resurrection of the dead.
  • Sera learned from Zandar that Amphoreus was a data world meant to cultivate Iron Tomb, then traveled with Cyrene to Hattrypia and joined the Stellaron Hunters.
  • At the Phantasmoon Games, Sera defeated Dr. Primitive’s clone, recruited Herta and Ruan Mei, and revealed the danger posed by Iron Tomb and Finality.
  • Sera and Cyrene became lovers, and Cyrene revealed that she had gained a physical body as Sera’s birthday present.
  • Sera and Feiying uncovered Finality’s plan to revive Voracity and Shuhu, then joined Yaoguang, Himeko, Suzi, and Busitu to confront the threats.
  • Sera helped Himeko and Suzi, then worked with the group to destroy Shuhu’s roots and had Busitu swallow Shuhu’s shrunken body.
  • Finality revealed that he was Ryusuke, Himeko’s father, and explained his plan to use a feared trial to make humanity shine.
  • Sera rejected Finality’s plan and attacked him with Busitu, but Finality dissolved and escaped as Yaoguang questioned whether Sera would resort to the trial himself.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2Finality and the New Tavern

Sera led the coalition through a trial against Finality, then returned to Dual-Phase Paradise as Finality’s game and a Holy Grail War unfolded. The stretch left Sera gathering allies and training with Kiana and Fu Hua while Oswald Schneider’s threat remained unresolved.

  • Black Tomb showed the ruined Xianzhou timeline, destroyed the Swarm and corrupted Lightning-Lord, and witnessed Lan become the Wild Hunt before Qlipoth defeated them.
  • Sera brought the Astral Express and other factions together for Terminus’s trial, then joined them in battle against the Herrscher of Finality and endured a confrontation with Seraphis.
  • Sera and Cyrene passed the trial of Binding, gained access to Finality’s authority, and met Kiana Kaslana, who sent Sera back to reality.
  • Sera returned to his timeline, cured Yaoguang’s illness, and watched Stelle depart as Akivili after entrusting him with her ticket.
  • Sera helped establish the World's Beginning Tavern as a refuge and gathering place, but Finality massacred the Fools at the old World's End Tavern and announced a wider game of courage.
  • Sera prepared a shelter for Dual-Phase Paradise, recruited Diamond to act against Oswald Schneider, and helped begin a Holy Grail War by summoning Kiana as his Saber.
  • Sera’s group encountered Weidi, who revealed that Finality had summoned him, while Sera suspected Oswald Schneider and the Shadow of Voracity were the remaining Master and Servant.
  • Sera spent time with his companions, then learned Edge of Taixuan from Kiana and Inch-Punch: Heaven Splitter from Fu Hua before gaming through the night with Kiana and Feiying.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Final Masks

Sera and his allies defeated Oswald and confronted Finality as he sought to test Dual-Phase Paradise. After using wishes gathered across the universe to overcome Voracity, Sera said goodbye to the departing Servants and brought his friends to Phantasmoon aboard the Astral Express.

  • Himeko’s coffee creations knocked Feiying and Yaoguang out, and Herta and Black Tomb’s Curio-laden cooking led the group to ban Sera from the kitchen.
  • Pearl delivered Screwllum’s custom starship to Sera, and the two explored Two-Dimensional City as she sought to understand love and find her own heart.
  • Sera learned Oswald planned to obtain the power of Voracity’s remains and organized a coalition to expose and confront him.
  • Oswald absorbed the Shadow of Voracity, but Sera’s allies severed his immortality and erased him with a combined strike.
  • Finality summoned Weidi and Wojian away, then fought Sera’s group before Voracity swallowed him and Kiana drove the maw into the abyss.
  • Sera and the geniuses built a machine to wrap reality in an Imagenesis forgery, while Xuzhao was revealed as Polka Kakamond and identified as Aha’s reflection.
  • Xuzhao joined the Astral Express under Pom-Pom’s rules, and Sera’s friends enjoyed a beach outing before the Holy Grail War’s final battle.
  • Sera and his allies fought Finality and Voracity, gathering wishes from across the universe until Xuzhao ended Finality’s suffering and the wishes became flowers in the sky.
  • Sakura faded away as the Servants returned, and Sera brought Kiana and the others aboard the Astral Express to Phantasmoon, where he offered to help Xuzhao decorate its lake.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4A Month Beneath the Moon

After losing some of his memories, Sera arrived on The Blue and became Herta’s research subject and assistant, growing close to her as they built a puppet and shared time together. When Sera revealed he had only one day left before returning, he and Herta spent it at the lantern festival and promised to meet again.

  • Sera awoke on The Blue and agreed to become Herta’s test subject, while she discovered that his Authority of Corruption could affect machines and space.
  • Sera followed a message from Cyrene to stay with Herta, studied alongside her, and helped build No. 0 and 300 Herta Puppets.
  • Herta took Sera to an amusement park, where they watched fireworks together and began recognizing their feelings for each other.
  • Sera and Herta agreed to be together, and he showed her his Herrscher form before they conducted experiments and cooked together.
  • Sera, Herta, and No. 0 went camping, where Sera gave Herta an everlasting purple bellflower and they shared a quiet night watching anime beneath the moon.
  • Herta designed festival clothes for herself and Sera, while Sera prepared for the lantern festival and considered what he could leave behind after returning.
  • Sera and Herta attended the Qixi festival, made qiaoguo and blessing plaques, took photos, and held hands as they explored the stalls.
  • Sera and Herta released their sky lanterns, and Herta revealed her wish through fireworks as Sera promised they would reunite across time, space, and causality.
  • Sera told Herta he had one day left, and they spent the remaining festival hours rowing together beneath the river and sky lanterns.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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