GoldFinger
The chapter felt... strange? you can see it in the places you pasted from the previous chapter to build up this one. A sort of disconnect between the emotions. One moment he's drunk the next he's having a conversation. He sees the overlap between Offee and Paige but never questions if he's misplacing his feelings. His anger with her just stops on the spot and when she mentions 'don't ruin this moment by talking about your dead wife' its a major red flag. If anything I feel like this 'fight' ended really tamely and feels like they went from a heated fight to a sudden goodbye and touching moment.
My theory: the MC wouldn't be able to revive Offe through his own fault, as I imagined that "engine/machine" he created to "reset/clean" the force of the entire galaxy, the one the mc made so that none could copy his technology, with the help of the gallows (I think he did this right after getting rid of the Force Gods). just think, Offe dies, becomes a spirit (because she joined the force) then she is destroyed while the force is being cleaned (all force spirits, not just her) then the MC can't revive her because the spirit already ceased to exist. so he had to go back in time when she was still alive to take her soul, to revive her. Crazy theory, but in my head it makes perfect sense.
I found the ending a little sad, if he's not coming back it's better to make it very clear, it seems he left things a little open, as if she had hope, of course with time MAYBE she'll get over it, but imagine she'll spend the rest of your life waiting for him to come back and he never comes... would that be too sad? deplorable? not what word to use. and, I hate that kind of "let's take a break" at the end of a relationship, I personally prefer it when things are very clear, they talk, fight, argue, but in the end, they understand each other and they are at peace at the end of the relationship. relationship, maybe even friendship... or not.
Now that I’m seeing it, I realize the perfect end for me regarding this Saga would’ve been: 1. Him failing to save Offee and ACCEPTING she’s dead. for good. 2. reject Paige, but in a relatively mature way for a good reason. 3. Only have a romantic partner once he’s strong enough to adventure the multiverse without risk. aka the epilogue of the story.