It's weird that this is a series with explicit sex every other page but it's basically devoid of any eroticism at this point and every "copulation" looks a bit sadder and more grotesque of the one that preceded it.
That aside it feels like it's basically throwing away its "horror" vibe for some surreal comedy at this point.
What the fuck was this interaction with the Empress?
And her identity reveal was somewhat even worse: "Oh, you've been thinking about who I was all this time? Nevermind, I'm just a random nobody the MC casually crossed once 3000 years ago".