y’all there are a lot of people in the comments giving out fake or incorrect spoilers for the novel. don’t believe everything ur reading. and don’t be discouraged from reading this story!
Agreed. Also, there's false spoils?
just caught up with the novel. i think there are still a few more side stories left so i haven't finished it yet, but essentially there is no true endgame i guess you could say. nain ends up living with both amon and gwen in trastasa. amon and gwen absolutely despise each other, but they recognize that if they kill each other, nain will kill himself (he will no longer have the will to live). so they've come to a mutual agreement to maintain peace with each other for nain's sake.
in terms of trastasa itself, the country changes drastically by the end. human sacrifices are banned altogether. people are kind to each other. there is no blatant corruption among the priests. everything has changed to better suit nain's best interests. nain, himself, is much, much happier as a whole.
from my understanding of it - nain both loves and hates amon (it's complicated lol) and loves gwen. he also loves trastasa and all the people he came to love in the past, despite the painful memories he harbors.
Ok so I got multiple questions.
1. At this point in time, does Gwen like nian? If so, is it a love at first sight thing or have they met before? Or is he faking all this then eventually really falls in love with Nian.
2. Is Amon really a God. Since the head maid said Amon is both Nian’s father and consort and that he raised him or sth, I’m assuming he doesn’t age so he’s special at least but is he the only divinity? Does the novel cover this?
3. Why does Amon even like Nian in the first place since he’s so indifferent to literally anything beside killing and death.
4. Last one, will any of the priests and servants ever rebel against the Sha.
I just mtl the novel too. I want extraaa!! I hate the we didn't get the see nyne's pov at the end. I was actually very confused at the ending. I just want to believe that, in the end, he finally gets to be happy with Gwen and Amon. My baby suffered too much, he deserve to be happy. ┗( T﹏T )┛
Wait it actually have side stories on ridibooksΣ( ￣□￣||)
oh i didn’t MTL the novel. i read the english translation. if you want, i can give u a link to the side stories
I didn't know it has complete english translation TvT. Pls send the link!! Thank you soso muchhhhh1
1. Gwen does love Nian. It’s not love at first sight. At first, Gwen pities and sympathizes with Nian. Overtime, though, he realizes that his pity has transformed into something more and that he wants Nian for himself. They have not met before, but Gwen has been aware of Nian’s kind (consorts) for a while since that is what he’s been researching for a long time.
2. He’s not a god. Neither is Nian. The novel covers what they truly are (I’m not sure if you wanted what Amon truly is as a spoiler though. Let me know if you do. Also, he is not the only one of his kind.
3. It’s simply in his nature as a _____. Amon says this himself when the novel switches to his perspective near the end of the novel. Being like Amon can only experience emotions and feelings and, in a sense, joy through their consorts. That is why their world begins and ends with their consorts.
4. Yes. People very close to Nain.
Novelupdates Link (not updated to reflect the total number of translated chapters but useful for links): https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-snake-that-swallowed-the-pomegranate/
Chapters 1 - 101: https://littlepinkstarfish.com/category/the-snake-that-swallowed-the-pomegranate/
Chapters 102 - Side Story 7 (thus far): https://kiwikiwikiwiki.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/the-serpent-who-swallowed-a-pomegranate-chapter-102/?preview_id=8&preview_nonce=0c65d96687&preview=true
The second website does not have a table of contents, so you'll simply have to select "Next Post" to get to the next chapter.
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np!
Thank uuuuu.
Curious: is gwen from the modern world like an isekai/transmigrated character or something? In the novel he uses modern terms like “movie” “figurine” and his laboratory is described to have modern things too?
He’s not a transmigrator, he is a reincarnator. He has memories of his past life on Earth where he died of young age. They actually explain in the novel why people like Gwen exist in this world.
LMAO sorry i make it sound like he died because he was young. He died from overwork WHEN he was young lol
hii yes please spoil what amon is, and follow up question... do they ultimately just "share" nain towards the end like..?
he's a dragon. gwen's theory is that dragons are merely high-level demonic beasts with intelligence.
ig you could say they're "sharing" him, but i don't think "share" is the right word because it's demeaning to nain as a person. the power dynamic is actually the other way around. amon and gwen have decided to do everything in their power to keep nain alive (because they both love nain to death), and so they put their differences aside to live together in trastasa and transform it into a place that matches nain's ideals. amon and gwen are catering solely to nain.
Tinkerbell got me...I was like "whut...?"
Not that young, but yeah.
Yep :) The ending isn't as bad. Maybe the side stories will change it, but I don't see him choosing.
the side stories are key! lowkey, they shouldn’t be treated as side stories but a part of the main story.
I have a question if it isn't too much of an issue, with all that was said, why did Amon have other partners within his court if Nain was such a moving factor for him? Was he just oblivious to how that would affect his main partner (Nain) or is it just due to his race it's not that important or unusual?? Which brings me to a next question, did he (Amon), actually enter into relations with those consorts?? Sorry, that was more than one question.
Yeah...but I guess it's an epolouge (Sorry if I spelled it wrong) split into pieces.
He didn't. His concubines were given as the society was building around him. He has never visited any of them, but since they are technically his consorts as well, they are treated with similar care to Nain. Even Gwen lol!
Amon doesn't really care and listens (a bit too much) to his Grand Priest who constantly gives out suggestions.
Omg tysm for the link for the side stories!! I've been wanting to read it ever since since i finished the main
Amon has never interacted with the Leshas. He does not have any other consorts besides Nain. The Leshas, if I remember correctly, were actually appointed for Nain's sake. It's revealed in the novel that Nain used to love going to Lotus Hall (where the Leshas reside) and interact with them. However, after a certain incident, Nain decides to avoid Lotus Hall and interacting with the Leshas altogether to protect their lives saftey.
Amon never had any interest in the Leshas. This hasn't been explicitly stated in the novel I don't think, but based on his character, I don't think he's ever step foot in Lotus Hall. He's also, most certainly, never had affairs with the other Leshas. Amon views every human being besides Nain as nothing more than an insect.
np!
thank you so much for the links!
does this have a novel? If not, does anyone know novels with similar plots?
I'd also like to knooow huhu
anyone kind enough to recap for me?
For me tooooooo. It’s been so long(￣∇￣")
(this might be long I’m sorry) Ian worked as a knight(?) or guard for his kingdom (Derwin) under Cardinal Brixton, he met Sol after investigating corruption within his kingdom and they decided to secretly work together to dive deeper and expose/stop said corruption (I think it was a trafficking ring for children with powers? idk), when he was found by other knights acting out of order from his duties, he was banished from his kingdom, Brixton ordered another knight to follow Ian to see where he ends up after being banished out of Derwin but they lost track of him when Sol took him in to his own kingdom (Archaia) for refuge, he learns Sol is actually the ruler of Archaia, Ian also learns that he is actually a reincarnation of Sol’s lover who died many years ago, Ian is conflicted because he believes Sol only keeps him around because he is “Brian”, everyone wants him to remember his past life and he’s scared that if he is unable to remember his past life, Sol will abandon him. Sol isn’t explaining anything to Ian so he is just confused about everything. What Ian doesn’t know/remember is that Cardinal Brixton is actually Sol’s brother (Lorkan) and is the one who killed Ian’s past self, which would be conflicting information for Ian to learn about since Brixton is the one who found Ian as a child and basically raised him, he runs Derwin strictly and taught Ian to conceal his powers, as it is seen as a curse in their kingdom, while in Sol’s kingdom, powers are seen in a positive light and it is less strict, more free. It was announced that Cardinal Brixton is now coming to Archaia for some meeting(?) and the confused Ian wants to see him, also Ian’s past self and Sol were the ones who built the kingdom of Archaia, Lorkan and Sol live for hundreds of years because they’re deities who are descendants of the god that created humans (I think?) Anyways, that’s a lot to take in and even then I might be leaving info out but I wanted to do some recapping for myself as well so hope this wasn’t too confusing!
no it wasn’t confusing. tysm <3
np! lol also I don’t actually remember much ab Sol and Lorkans mom or whatever so I don’t think she is the human god but they are for sure some sort of dragon deity descendants lol
bro seems superhuman at this point. idek how but he dodged a fucking bullet, he tore that man's jaw apart with his bare hands, and in the earlier chapters when the MC had his very first interaction with Zhenia, didn't it seem like mans could move at the speed of light or something? why is he so strong? is he the weapon Anastasia? or is he somewhat related to the weapon? like maybe if the weapon is a human, he got some of the genes somehow? idk this could be a reach, but ig we'll know fs in the later chapters ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Are you seriously asking? Of course Zhenia is Bogdanov and Anastasia. That much was obvious from the beginning.
We're all just waiting for the author to stop making the MC stupid and blind.
Zhenya is actually not Anastasia lmao get your sources straight
I'm actually not using "sources", just guessing with my brain cells. And if he's not Anastasia he's at least definitely Bogdanov, so that question is still stupid.
True, true. That was made clear in Ch.16. I'm not sure he's *also* Anastasia, though. If he was Ana then why does his relationship with the Bogdanov family seemed strained? Is it because he is the weapon, is related to/knows something about the weapon, or some other reason? Maybe he is, or maybe he's just insane LOL (⊙…⊙ )
FR? bro's really just built different? that's craaazyy. It kinda makes sense, though. MC was disgusted but he didn't freak out when he saw Zhenia rip that man's jaw in half, so maybe it's not completely unrealistic to be that strong when it comes to his line of work?
Yeah a spoiler said he is Bogdanov and is working on Anastasia
Its fiction lol, people are reading too much into it. He is strong but he doesn't have superpowers or anything.
No, why would op's question be stupid? They were asking if zhenya is anastasia, not psikh. It is obvious that he is bogdanov but thinking he is also anastasia is not very far off.
oo yeah him working on Anastasia makes sense
LMAOO it's probably cause we've waited so long for an update
I also thought it was Anastasia until you spoiled that it wasn't, because if he was Anastasia, from what we've seen it would've been obvious too.
The fact that he is not Anastasia is actually more surprising.
But anyway. Keep reading your sources while we keep guessing.
Yeah lol, I thought of google translating the raws and posting them here in case anyone wanted to read it even if the translation isn't good until the scanning team caught up (as a placeholder), but then decided against it cuz I see a lot of negative reactions to that for some reason
My source is the original novel and I was just answering because people are asking for spoilers
Absolutely no one asked you. Scroll up to your first reply to this topic to refresh your memory.
The topic is literally a question, and yes people are asking for spoilers if you read some of the topics under this title. You answered their question, and I corrected your answer in case this person wants to know what actually happens and not guesses on what is going to happen.
"The topic is literally a question" yet you replied to me, who didn't ask you sht. And I am on this topic, others are not my business. That's the point of a topic.
Also, idk if you've read the actual topic, the person is actually questioning the story but not asking for an actual spoiler, it's for people to think and speculate. How can you not tell the difference?
I truly hope you're not just out there spoiling people just because you can't tell the between opening a discussion with questions and actually asking to be spoiled 'cause damn. When people want to be spoiled they actually mention spoiling. Do you just spoil anyone who asks questions to other readers???
In short, learn the difference between starting speculation and asking for spoilers. If someone asks got spoilers they will actually ask "spoil me" "give me spoilers" "what happens next?"
The only reason I'm not fully insulting your entire bloodline is because the plot is very oobvious. So don't be dense and avoid doing that on other stories in the future.
The topics are are filled with unmarked spoilers but still mb ig. You really gotta take a chill pill tho, "insulting your entire bloodline" lmao what, I didn't kill your mom
and tysm for providing them! do you have a link to the novel? even if its raws thats fine
you do have a point. in this situation its okay, though, bc I was speculating AND also asking for spoilers about Zhenia's true identity. i might not have been clear enough on that, but my intention was for both.
yeah you do make a good point. in this situation it's okay, though. i probably wasn't super clear about it but i was both speculating AND asking for spoliers about Zhenia's true identity lmao
OMG pls ignore this! i didn't see my original response (prolly cause my computer was glitching or something) so i rewrote it. but then i refreshed my page and both of my replies showed up. this is so stupid LMAO（/TДT)/
Just because a lot of people are doing it doesn't mean it's right. :)
And if you killed anything I cared about I wouldn't just insult you. And no I won't take a chill pill because spoiling mfs are the worst pieces of shit in the whole reading world they ruin shit for everyone all the time so they absolutely deserve it.
We don't spend our time and energy on things for a dumbass to ruin it.
Anyway, learn to read between the lines. That's my last words to you. Goodbye
Nah nah don't worry it's not you it's them. You don't have to be clear about not wanting to be spoiled they're not supposed to spoil unless you're clear about WANTING to be spoiled.
Yep.
Link for the raws (webtoon in kr): https://toonkor300.com/%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C%EB%84%A4%EC%9E%84-%EC%95%84%EB%82%98%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%83%A4
Full novel (in kr but you can translate the page, also on ao3): https://booktoki312.com/novel/1707750?book=%EC%99%84%EA%B2%B0%EC%86%8C%EC%84%A4
thanks again!
this reminds me of the final scene of season 3 of hannibal (2019).
I Hope they don't jump off a cliff like the other two.
real
well about that. not a cliff exactly but like. yeah.
NOOOOOOO (I knew that it would be a story with a bad ending)