Recaps

During the Racetrack contest, the siblings’ arrows killed or injured the fleeing servants, while Mi Chuchu and the others survived with the help of the Dessert Chef’s time-reversing cookies. Qin Rang used Boss Lin’s guidance beads and saw golden lines connect to Wang and spread across the sky, leaving him alarmed and unsure what the guidance meant.

• Luo Jiayu was struck by the Eldest Miss’s arrow but survived because a Dessert Chef cookie reversed her death, and Wang Ding explained that Sheng Qingqiao had predicted who would need the cookies.
• Mi Chuchu and the others helped several servants evade the siblings, while Qin Rang’s growing unease made him suspect Wang despite the lack of warnings from their other Weird Objects.
• The Eldest Miss shot the Eldest Young Master’s horse, causing him to fall and roll into the Racetrack railing before an attendant brought him a replacement horse.
• Qin Rang activated Boss Lin’s guidance beads, which formed golden lines that first wound around Wang’s wrist and then spread upward across the sky.
• Tao Yuan asked whether they should attack Wang, but Qin Rang stared at the expanding lines and doubted the Weird Object’s guidance.

Qin Rang followed the golden threads to the Count and Countess, suspecting they were behind the murders. At the Racetrack, the Eldest Miss killed Wang and the Eldest Young Master, then silver arrows struck the Count and Countess and rained down on the Racetrack.

• Qin Rang left the Racetrack and followed the golden threads toward the Count and Countess's private quarters.
• The Count and Countess emerged from the Castle, and the threads vanished when the Weird Object's time ran out.
• The Eldest Miss stabbed Wang with a silver arrow and killed the Eldest Young Master at close range.
• Tao Yuan, Wang Ding, and Bai Ao seized the Eldest Miss as the Count and Countess rushed toward the Racetrack.
• Silver arrows pierced the Count and Countess, and another barrage struck the Racetrack, killing the Eldest Miss.

After the group was killed by silver arrows and reset for a fifth run, Qin Rang and the others regrouped to investigate the Rivenhall Family and prevent the deaths they had seen. They followed Wang and Kane, hoping to uncover the killer and the meaning of Wang’s diary.

• After the group and the Rivenhall Family were killed, everyone restarted at the Castle gates and began the fifth run.
• Qin Rang’s group compared what they knew, suspected that the killer might be connected to the servants or the Illegitimate Son, and planned to follow the people involved that night.
• Qin Rang noticed a diary beside Wang in the Garden and wondered whether it contained writing, but found no chance to take it.
• Wang advised Kane to tell the Eldest Miss about his relationship with a woman before she found out herself.
• Wang Ding reported Kane’s secret visits and gifts to Qin Rang, who told him to keep following Kane and save him if possible.
• Qin Rang saw the Butler bring lunch to the Young Master and noted how often the Butler stayed near him.

Qin Rang uncovered Wang’s diary, which showed that Wang had been manipulating conflicts in the household, while the group investigated the family’s history and survived the second day. On the third morning, they debated whether Wang or the Butler was responsible for the deaths and prepared to bring the Count and Countess back.

• Qin Rang used the Weird Object Three-Minute Enthusiasm to read Wang’s diary and found records of household secrets and plans to stir conflict.
• The group failed to save Kane and the others at the banquet, but delivered their bodies to the nighttime entities and recruited the Black Cat with dried fish.
• The group learned that the Eldest Miss had once trapped and injured Wang, prompting him to observe the household and hide behind a false mask.
• On the third morning, Qin Rang sent An Ying and Bai Ao to bring the Count and Countess back while the others debated who the killer was.
• Tao Yuan suspected the Butler, while Qin Rang blamed Wang for orchestrating the deaths; Tang Pin questioned why Wang would have killed his parents.

Qin Rang suspected Wang Liwenhuoer of stirring up the Ravenhall family’s conflicts and set a trap to draw out the killer. During breakfast, the Eldest Miss and Eldest Young Master were poisoned and died, leaving the culprit’s identity unresolved.

• Luo Jiayu and Sheng Qingqiao debated who the killer was, and Qin Rang proposed trying an idea.
• The Count and Countess returned to the Castle and reprimanded their children for the chaos there.
• Qin Rang accused Wang Liwenhuoer of bearing responsibility for the deaths, but the Count and Countess rejected the accusation.
• Qin Rang arranged breakfast as a chance for the killer to strike, while Wang watched and drank wine.
• The Eldest Miss began coughing black blood and died, then the Eldest Young Master showed the same symptoms and collapsed dead.

Wang admitted that the wine had been poisoned, but the Count and Countess revealed they had expected him to scheme against his siblings and would not interfere in the family’s struggle for inheritance. He left Qin Rang and the others with a question about who the killer really was.

• The Count and Countess calmly discussed the deaths of Rong En and Gui Ding, saying they had known what Wang wanted and had let their children decide the outcome themselves.
• Wang challenged his parents over their failure to stop him, and they explained that they viewed the siblings’ struggle as a fight for survival and the title.
• Wang dismissed his parents’ belated praise, recalling how they had ignored the abuse he suffered from his siblings.
• Bai Yang’s Little Rabbit asked whether Wang had killed the two siblings, and Wang asked Qin Rang what he thought.
• Qin Rang guessed that the wine was poisoned, and Wang confirmed it, then asked the group to name the killer.

Wang revealed that he had manipulated the family with poisoned wine, and Qin Rang’s group died after drinking it, ending the fifth round. In the sixth round, Tao Yuan woke with a severe nosebleed, and the group began investigating when they had been poisoned.

• Qin Rang and Tao Yuan hesitated to answer whether Wang had killed the Count and Countess, so the couple and Wang returned to normal.
• Wang told the Count and Countess that someone had poisoned the wine and admitted he had withheld the danger to watch them react.
• The Count tried to attack Wang, but the Butler intervened as Qin Rang, Luo Jiayu, Tao Yuan, Tang Pin, and the others began vomiting blood and died.
• Bai Yang, Wang, and the Butler remained alive as the Black Cat watched, and the fifth round ended before the sixth began.
• Tao Yuan awoke at breakfast with a severe nosebleed, so the group skipped the meal and evening banquet.
• The group gathered later to discuss whether the poison had come from the wine in the Third Loop or from the Castle’s usual food and drink.

After realizing that the wine in the Third Loop had poisoned them, Qin Rang and Tao Yuan brought the Count and Countess back to the Castle to expose the Butler and Wang. Wang and the Butler revealed they had been expecting them and launched an attack, leaving the group fighting the Black Cats and Silver Arrows.

• Wang Ding and the others concluded that poisoned wine from the Third Loop had caused their deaths, and Mi Chuchu proposed resolving the plot before the Count and Countess ate or drank again.
• Qin Rang and Tao Yuan forcibly brought the Count and Countess back to the Castle and told them that the Butler and Wang were plotting to kill the family.
• The Count believed Qin Rang and ordered the Butler and Wang to be found, then returned to the Castle with the group.
• Wang greeted them with the Butler at his side, and the Butler raised his longbow as the Castle doors slammed shut and darkness fell.
• The Butler fired Silver Arrows while five Cat Boys protected Wang, and the group fought back with their Weird Objects.
• Luo Jiayu recalled her remaining snakes as Sheng Qingqiao's Broadsword engaged the Cat Boys and An Ying fired at the Butler.

The group discovered that the Butler had merged with the Castle and attacked its walls and floor, but the young master watched without intervening. When the floor vanished, Sheng Qingqiao fell into a burning forest and ended the chapter trapped by a spreading ring of fire.

• The Butler turned into black water and merged with the Castle, then sent Silver Arrows flying from every direction.
• Tang Pin struck the Castle wall and revealed that the Butler had become the Castle, while Sheng Qingqiao was hit by an arrow and quickly healed.
• Qin Rang ordered the group to destroy the Castle, and Sheng Qingqiao, Tao Yuan, Tang Pin, Mi Chuchu and the others damaged its floor and furnishings.
• As Sheng Qingqiao struck the floor again, it vanished beneath him and the group fell into darkness.
• Sheng Qingqiao landed in a forest near the Castle and found himself surrounded by a rapidly spreading blaze that cut off his escape.

Sheng Qingqiao escaped the sea of flames and reached Bai Yang, who used rain and a healing bun to keep him alive. Bai Yang’s group reached the edge of the fire, where Luo Jiayu joined them and used her last healing Weird Object on Sheng Qingqiao, leaving him awake but badly burned.

• Sheng Qingqiao followed a faint sign of hope through the flames and collapsed after Bai Yang extinguished the fire around him.
• Bai Yang fed Sheng Qingqiao a healing bun, soaked his dolls with rain, and rode a giant rabbit toward the Castle gates.
• Wang and the Cat Boy discussed Wen Keke and the coffin, while the Writer clarified that the leader wanted both sides nurtured rather than played with or harvested.
• Luo Jiayu spotted the giant rabbit, used a Weather Card to protect herself, and reached Bai Yang at the edge of the flames.
• Luo Jiayu used her last healing Weird Object on Sheng Qingqiao, who woke after ten seconds with his leg burns still unrepaired.

Bai Yang and the others rescued their scattered companions from the river, a rooftop, and the garden before finding Qin Rang trapped in a crystal coffin. They learned they had to hold a funeral to free him, but they lacked the supplies and instruments they considered for the ceremony.

• Luo Jiayu rescued Tao Yuan from a stone-filled sack at the bottom of the river.
• Bai Yang sent his cats to cut Tang Pin free from the Castle roof, and she told them An Ying and Bai Ao were buried in the garden.
• The group dug An Ying and Bai Ao out of the dirt, then followed Tao Yuan's Weird Object to find Wang Ding and Mi Chuchu.
• Wang Ding and Mi Chuchu showed the group Qin Rang lying inside a suspended crystal coffin and explained that a funeral was required to move it.
• An Ying asked whether anyone had joss paper, and the group considered other funeral supplies after learning no one had any.

The group discovered that Sheng Qingqiao could not cry because he was bound by a Weird Rule, revealing that he was a Humanoid Weird Entity. His teammates learned that the authorities had known his identity and accepted that he had fought alongside them.

• After their attempts to open Qin Rang’s coffin failed, Bai Yang suggested they try crying to meet its conditions.
• When Sheng Qingqiao hesitated, Bai Yang revealed that he could not cry, and Tao Yuan realized his inability to feel sadness was a Weird Rule.
• The group understood that Sheng Qingqiao was a Weird, and Wang Ding explained that the authorities knew about him and worked with Humanoid Weird Entities who sided with humanity.
• Luo Jiayu said Sheng Qingqiao was still Sheng Qingqiao and praised him, leaving him astonished by her acceptance.

Wang used his control ability and the Writer’s Rules to force Qin Rang to put on the Evil Ghost Mask, which took over Qin Rang and brought the group back to the Castle. Qin Rang attacked his friends, and they discovered that they needed to use two Rules at once to overcome the mask’s immunity.

• Qin Rang realized Wang had been controlling him and tried to resist putting on the Evil Ghost Mask, but Wang strengthened his control with the Writer’s note.
• Qin Rang put on the mask, burst out of the coffin, and the group returned to the Castle’s main hall.
• Qin Rang attacked the group, while Bai Yang, An Ying, and the others tried to evade or block him.
• Bai Ao learned that the mask could nullify one Rule from each person and that two Rules had to be used against it for one to work.
• Mi Chuchu used her armor to block Qin Rang’s attack, then grabbed his shoulder and kicked him.

Qin Rang, controlled by the Evil Ghost Mask, fought his teammates, who tried to restrain him without killing him. Tao Yuan died when Qin Rang broke free of their restraints and crushed her heart.

• An Ying, Mi Chuchu, Tao Yuan, and the others attacked Qin Rang but hesitated to kill him because they feared the Evil Ghost Mask's destruction would kill him too.
• Tang Pin struck the Evil Ghost Mask with her Long Staff, making it shriek and giving the others a chance to attack.
• Bai Yang said Qin Rang was immune to Rules and could not be turned into a Puppet without sacrificing his humanity.
• Qin Rang crushed Tao Yuan's shoulder, but Sheng Qingqiao bound him with the Red Thread while Luo Jiayu and Mi Chuchu helped restrain him.
• Tao Yuan tried to activate the Stasis Pod, but gray eyes disrupted her energy, and Qin Rang broke free of the Red Thread and Hair Tie.
• Qin Rang struck Tao Yuan through the chest, pulverizing her heart and killing her.

Tao Yuan and the others captured Qin Rang with the Stasis Pod, but Sheng Qingqiao was fatally wounded by Qin Rang’s attack. As Sheng Qingqiao faded away, Tao Yuan begged Wang to start a Seventh Round so she could save him.

• Wang revealed that the banquet had only six rounds, and Tao Yuan’s Dessert Chef cookie rewound her death three seconds after Qin Rang killed her.
• Tao Yuan activated the Stasis Pod and captured Qin Rang, though his dark blue energy wounded the group and tore apart Sheng Qingqiao’s upper body.
• Sheng Qingqiao explained that the rewind cookie could not save him because he was still alive when its three-second death rule passed.
• An Ying, Wang Ding, Tang Pin, Mi Chuchu, and Tao Yuan tried to keep Sheng Qingqiao alive, but his life force continued to drain away.
• Sheng Qingqiao asked his friends not to blame Qin Rang or let the captain watch the livestream replay before he began to dissipate.
• Tao Yuan begged Wang to start a Seventh Round and offered to bring him Weird Objects so he could advance and rewind time.

Wang refused to give the group another chance to clear the Instance, but Ji Fengbai recruited him into the Judgment Office and prolonged Sheng Qingqiao’s life briefly. The Instance ended without Sheng Qingqiao returning with the others, leaving Tao Yuan’s group with a Sunny Doll as Lin Nieran arrived at the Ancient Castle.

• Wang said the group had already cleared the Instance and refused to change its ending, but Bai Yang reminded everyone that the Writer could change the Rules.
• Ji Fengbai arrived and offered Wang membership in the Judgment Office in exchange for the ability to live freely outside an Instance; Wang accepted.
• Wang said he could do nothing to save Sheng Qingqiao, who had not been killed by the Instance’s Rules, and the Instance expelled the group without him.
• Tao Yuan and the others emerged from Cloud City with a Sunny Doll in place of Sheng Qingqiao, and Tao Yuan decided they should return while Qin Rang remained under the Evil Ghost Mask’s control.
• Lin Nieran entered the refreshed Ancient Castle, where Wang called out to him as his father, but Moonlit Night shoved Wang back.

Lin Nieran learned that Sheng Qingqiao had died earlier than expected, but recognized that the tragedy would lead the Protagonist Group toward Luohai City and the Ocean Instance, both crucial to his plan to understand and save the world. Back in the Boundless Land, he considered the placement of the cleared Weird domain and let Wang stay close to him.

• 007 Little Ball told Lin Nieran that a member of the Protagonist Group had died, and Lin Nieran confirmed that Sheng Qingqiao had died after Qin Rang attacked him while the Red Candle’s backlash took effect.
• 007 Little Ball feared the Protagonist Group would fall apart, while Lin Nieran explained that Sheng Qingqiao’s death would lead the others to seek a way to revive him in Luohai City and eventually enter the Ocean Instance.
• Lin Nieran returned his alternate identities to the Boundless Land, where Moonlit Night and Wu Liang were present, and learned that Wu Liang’s hospital had become popular.
• Wang asked where to move the territory of the cleared Weird domain, and Lin Nieran left the decision to Butler while advising Wang not to change locations too often.
• Wang invited Lin Nieran to visit the Castle and admitted he preferred staying in Lin Nieran’s room, while Moonlit Night interrupted their closeness by bringing Lin Nieran tea.

Lin Nieran let Wang take charge of making Qin Rang’s team’s future experiences more interesting, then drew an A-Rank Fortune Manipulator and an SS-Rank Saintess card. He planned to keep the luck-manipulating card close for card draws but thought the authorities would be interested in it.

• Lin Nieran told Wang he could handle Qin Rang’s team as long as he stayed within bounds, and the Butler declined to accompany him.
• Lin Nieran watched the snow with Lin Yi and promised to give him a body after he had lived enough, prompting Lin Yi to accuse him of messing with him.
• After gaining nearly 500,000 Fame, Lin Nieran drew an A-Rank Fortune Manipulator card that could exchange good and bad luck.
• Lin Nieran activated the Fortune Manipulator card and drew an SS-Rank Saintess card, whose description identified him as male.

After the Ancient Castle Instance, Tao Yuan and the others waited anxiously for news about Sheng Qingqiao and Qin Rang, while An Ying struggled with his feelings about the organization and Wang. He sought out Boss Lin to repair his damaged umbrella, and Boss Lin asked him about the livestream.

• Lin Nieran wondered why the Persona System's male character was called a holy maiden and considered using the SS Card as a representative for the Peaceful Faction.
• In Jiang City, Sheng Qingqiao was taken by the Containment Department and Qin Rang was rushed for treatment as Tao Yuan and the others awaited news.
• Tao Yuan feared that a revived Sheng Qingqiao might no longer be the same person, and Tao Yun could not reassure her.
• An Ying recalled how Wang had manipulated people in the Ancient Castle Instance and wrestled with his anger and distrust of the organization.
• An Ying visited Lin Nieran's shop to have his damaged Bamboo Umbrella repaired, and Lin Nieran asked whether the livestream had left him distracted.

An Ying told Lin Nieran how Sunny Doll became Sheng Qingqiao and admitted he had trusted him as a teammate, while Lin Nieran listened and repaired An Ying’s umbrella. In Yangcheng, Modian’s presence and Wen Keke’s attempt to seize River Garden District brought the Cui Family’s forces into conflict, and Modian’s group encountered her during a sneak attack.

• An Ying told Lin Nieran that Sunny Doll had taken human form after the team brought him out of an Instance, and explained how he became Sheng Qingqiao.
• An Ying said he did not know whether Captain Qin was doing well, then asked why Lin Nieran had stopped killing Weirds; Lin Nieran said he had always fought alone.
• An Ying left with the repaired Bamboo Umbrella without paying, and Lin Nieran and Lin Yi argued about whether to chase him for the fee.
• Modian cleared high-level Instances in Yangcheng, while the Cui Family invited his Fanatical Believers to River Garden District and welcomed him there.
• Wen Keke targeted River Garden District as a base for her growing forces and led a sneak attack on the Cui Family’s troops.
• Modian and his believers came across Wen Keke’s team, including Cat Boy, after most of the Cui Family troops had been killed or had defected.

Wen Keke’s group and Modian’s fanatics fought until Serlandin, a Saintess of the Judgment Office, arrived and healed everyone. Later, Tao Yuan asked Director Chen to seek the organization’s help for Qin Rang, but he explained that Qin Rang’s condition could not be treated as an ordinary injury.

• Wen Keke’s group encountered Modian and his fanatics, and Cat Boy’s hostility sparked a fight.
• Cat Boy and Modian battled while both groups suffered casualties, and officials watched from a distance.
• Serlandin arrived, calmed the crowd, and healed the wounded on both sides.
• Tao Yuan told Director Chen that Bai Ao had confirmed Serlandin belonged to the organization and asked for help with Qin Rang.
• Director Chen explained that Qin Rang’s condition came from a Weird force invading his body, making it different from something healing could fix.

The team weighed ways to revive Sheng Qingqiao while waiting for approval, and An Ying planned to seek help using the organization’s Request Card. As New Year approached, Lin Nieran heard that the Chocolate Orphanage was expanding and considered gathering everyone for a reunion dinner.

• An Ying, Tao Yuan, and the others learned that Sheng Qingqiao’s revival required approval from above, while Wang Ding suggested seeking help through Tang Pin, Bai Ao, and Luo Jiayu’s connections.
• Mi Chuchu knocked Tao Yuan unconscious to make her rest, then took her home while An Ying and Wang Ding planned to use the organization’s remaining Request Card the next day.
• Lin Nieran learned from a group of Purgers that New Year was only days away and gave them candy for a safe return from their mission.
• Lin Nieran heard an emergency broadcast that the Chocolate Orphanage Instance was expanding, then shut off the radio when Lin Yi asked whether he knew the place.
• Lin Nieran asked the system for old Blue Star food so he could call everyone back for a New Year reunion dinner.

Lin Nieran sent Night Moon to meet Wang Ding and his companions, who asked whether the organization could save Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao. Night Moon explained the history and dangers of humanoid Weird Entities, then warned that reviving Sheng Qingqiao through his Weird Object could make things worse as he hinted at another solution.

• Lin Nieran teleported Night Moon to Wang Ding and the others, and Tao Yuan realized he was not Moonlit Night.
• Wang Ding and his companions asked Night Moon to help save Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao, and he agreed because the authorities had paid for the card.
• Wang Ding explained that humanoid Weird Entities had once imitated humans, and that some later took on human emotions and sided with humanity.
• Wang Ding and An Ying worried that humanoid Weird Entities who lacked human emotions could become dangerous, but Moonlit Night said the organization had its own methods.
• Moonlit Night warned that Sheng Qingqiao was effectively dead and that feeding energy into his Weird Object could revive someone who was no longer the original Sheng Qingqiao.

Moonlit Night explained ways to save Sheng Qingqiao and Qin Rang, giving the group a path to pursue despite the dangers and uncertainties. After Moonlit Night left, Tao Yuan and Wang Ding began planning how to seek out a rewind-type Weird Entity and investigate the energy needed for resurrection.

• Moonlit Night told An Ying and the others that Sheng Qingqiao could be saved by reversing time, asking his Master to resurrect him, or finding and restoring the energy that dispersed after his death.
• Moonlit Night said the Fate Seer alone knew where Sheng Qingqiao’s energy had gone, but advised the group to head toward the sea while the Fate Seer was absent.
• Moonlit Night explained that Qin Rang’s Evil Ghost Mask invasion could not be driven out, and that Writer’s Rule was only delaying the invasion until its energy ran out.
• Moonlit Night revealed that his organization’s Saintess could suppress the invasion in Qin Rang, and advised the group to win the Saintess’s help by playing for sympathy.
• Moonlit Night left, and Tao Yuan said he would have the Peach Family search for rumors about a rewind-type Time Weird Entity while the group pursued other options.

After losing Sheng Qingqiao and Qin Rang, Tao Yuan and her companions planned to search for the Saintess and investigate a way to save them. Lin Nieran prepared to travel to the coast, while Tao Yuan and Wang Ding discussed humanity’s decline before encountering Lai’er.

• An Ying, Mi Chuchu, Tao Yuan, and Wang Ding divided up their plans to gather information and search for the Saintess.
• An Ying showed concern for Tao Yuan, and Wang Ding reassured her as they headed out into the snow.
• Lin Nieran told 007 and Lin Yi he wanted underwater-related Weird Objects because he planned to visit the coast himself.
• Wang Ding brought Tao Yuan hot cocoa, and they reflected on the dwindling human population and the mysterious organization.
• Tao Yuan suggested visiting the organization after they saved Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao, and Wang Ding hesitated to voice his thoughts.
• Tao Yuan and Wang Ding greeted Lai’er when he approached them through the snow.