Chapter Summaries

The guests watched Wu Liang and Modian fight until Bai Yang stopped them by invoking Lin Nieran’s orders. As everyone sat down to try Gan Tian’s food, a living cake startled Sheng Qingqiao, and the guests asked who the Fate Seer was.

• Wu Liang and Modian fought over Lin Nieran, damaging his clothes and a matching set of chairs as Modian transformed into his clown form.
• Bai Yang reminded them that Lin Nieran had ordered them to behave, and they stopped fighting and returned to their places.
• Gan Tian invited the guests to a spread of desserts and drinks, and they praised the food.
• Luo Jiayu asked what would happen if they did not praise Gan Tian’s drink, and Bai Yang warned her she could end up like a fat anomaly.
• Gan Tian’s cartoon cake came to life and exercised, prompting Sheng Qingqiao to ask whether he had to eat it.
• Moonlit Night reassured Sheng Qingqiao that the desserts were normal under the Fate Seer’s watch, and the guests asked who the Fate Seer was.

Elder Min, Wang Ding, and Bai Zhong met Fate Seer in the White Palace and learned that the organization sought stability amid a looming deadline for the world. Fate Seer revealed that Fate Master believed Qin Rang and the others could change the world, then asked for Sheng Qingqiao to stay before offering to explain the truth about the world.

• Elder Min and his companions met Fate Seer in the White Palace and found that they could not remember his full appearance after looking away.
• Fate Seer explained that the White Palace was in a small world of the Otherworld, not a Weird Instance, and said the organization intervened when stability was disrupted.
• Fate Seer said he sought stability rather than supporting any side, then hinted that he knew the authorities' final deadline and their secret ten-year plan for a key.
• Fate Seer clarified that Fate Master valued Qin Rang and the others as the key to changing the world, and asked for Sheng Qingqiao to stay while leaving the choice to him.
• Fate Seer asked whether they wanted to know the truth about the world.

Tao Yuan and An Ying explored the organization’s communal area, where they met Lai’er, an angelic man with enormous wings. As Lai’er offered to show them around, his wings got stuck in the glass doorway.

• Moonlit Night bound Wu Liang with water and took him back to his room, while Modian followed to guard him.
• Tao Yuan and An Ying explored the communal area and watched Moonlit Night lock Wu Liang inside a room.
• Lai’er emerged from a passage and offered to show Tao Yuan and An Ying around.
• Lai’er repaired the hole in the wall and headed through the glass door, but his enormous wings became trapped in the doorway.

Gan Tian, Tang Pin, and the others explored the temple while Mi Chuchu and Luo Jiayu discovered a vast world divided between gentle white land and violent black terrain. At the stream’s source, they encountered a cat-eared First Faction member whose presence terrified Luo Jiayu.

• Gan Tian mocked Lai’er for getting stuck in a doorway, and they argued until Tao Yuan and An Ying calmed them down.
• A puppet claimed that the master thought most highly of Modian, prompting An Ying, Tao Yuan, and Tang Pin to leave and explore on their own.
• Mi Chuchu and Luo Jiayu followed a stream into black terrain and realized the temple contained a complete world with natural water and unusually powerful energy.
• The women found silver fish in the stream, scanned nearby crystals, and continued upstream toward a waterfall.
• Mi Chuchu and Luo Jiayu spotted a cat-eared young man in a First Faction jacket fishing with his tail, and Luo Jiayu sensed him as a natural enemy.

Mi Chuchu and Luo Jiayu encountered Cat Boy by the lake and persuaded him to come with them for food. Meanwhile, Sheng Qingqiao and Qin Rang searched a strange room full of preserved body parts and found Writer behind a cabinet.

• Mi Chuchu recognized Cat Boy's black fur as resembling the cat from the Yin White City instance, while Cat Boy asked why Luo Jiayu smelled like food.
• Mi Chuchu offered to take Cat Boy to a teammate who might have fish, but he turned hostile when she mentioned Moonlit Night and Bai Yang.
• Cat Boy agreed to go with Mi Chuchu and Luo Jiayu, then vanished into the woods at a speed they could not match.
• Sheng Qingqiao and Qin Rang examined a hidden room filled with paintings and preserved body parts, including a hand from a night-shift Weird.
• Writer emerged from behind a cabinet in his wheelchair, holding a white bone as his floating hands carried paper and a pen.

Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao discovered Writer’s room, then learned from Elder Ju that their encounter with him had been an illusion. After finding the Air Wall enclosing the area, they met Flower Language, Mi Chuchu, and Luo Jiayu testing whether a small pool could help Luo Jiayu use her Weird Object on land.

• Qin Rang pulled Sheng Qingqiao out of Writer’s room, and they fled into the forest.
• Elder Ju told Qin Rang that he and Sheng Qingqiao had actually been in an empty room, revealing that their encounter with Writer was an illusion.
• Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao reached the Air Wall and decided to head east to find the others.
• Flower Language used Thorns to guide water into a pool so Luo Jiayu could test whether it let her use her Weird Object on land.
• Mi Chuchu explained to Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao that Flower Language was helping Luo Jiayu overcome her difficulty staying on land outside Luohai City.

Flower Language used a Weather Card to help Luo Jiayu produce water, but Luo Jiayu accidentally drenched everyone while trying to control it. Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao then encountered a chase involving Tao Yuan, An Ying, Clown, Doctor, and Cat Boy before returning to find Gan Tian developing desserts.

• Flower Language explained that the Weather Card could supply water for Luo Jiayu to activate her Weird Object, and Luo Jiayu began drawing water from it.
• Luo Jiayu lost control of the card and sprayed water over herself, Qin Rang, and Sheng Qingqiao while apologizing.
• Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao followed screams from the Main Hall and saw Tao Yuan and An Ying fleeing from Clown, with Doctor and Cat Boy chasing after them.
• Cat Boy attacked Clown and demanded the return of his fish, while Doctor urged him to kill Clown and the others.
• Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao returned to the lawn, where Gan Tian was developing new desserts from strange ingredients.

Qin Rang and the others watched Fate Seer use Scales to stop the rampaging group without killing anyone, and Flower Language brought back the bound Luo Jiayu and Mi Chuchu. After Tao Yuan and An Ying explained how the chaos began, Cat Boy apologized to Fate Seer and blamed Modian for taking his fish.

• Fate Seer used Scales to crush the area around the clown, explaining that it only returned damage to those who had attacked.
• Flower Language arrived with Luo Jiayu and Mi Chuchu bound, freed Gan Tian, and brought them to Qin Rang and Sheng Qingqiao.
• Tao Yuan and An Ying told Sheng Qingqiao that Modian had taken a fish-like Weird Object and sparked the fight with Cat Boy, Doctor, and the clown.
• Doctor and Cat Boy joined Fate Seer while the damaged clown followed, and Fate Seer regretted being left to handle the unruly group.
• Cat Boy knelt to apologize to Fate Seer and accused Modian of taking the fish Master had given him.

After Fate Seer finished meeting the authorities, Lin Nieran dismissed his alternate identities and punished Wu Liang for damaging the Boundless Land. The authorities reviewed the cards they received and considered the benefits of cooperating with the organization, leaving Elder Min to give his opinion.

• Fate Seer gave Elder Min a one-use teleportation card, and Bai Zhong exchanged a gift with him before the delegation left the Boundless Land.
• Lin Nieran praised his alternate identities, then punished Wu Liang by making him sit at the edge of the celebration feast while letting Cat Boy and Puppet off.
• A gray-eyed young man asked Lin Nieran when he could go out, and Lin Nieran said they would wait before approaching Qin Rang and the others.
• The authorities tested the cards and identified element cards, candy and pastry cards, and a short-range teleportation card among the items they received.
• Bai Zhong and Wang Ding described the cards' potential benefits and the organization's offer to trade them in large quantities, and Elder Ju asked Elder Min for his view.

The authorities debated whether to cooperate with the organization and chose to ask the Calamity Crossing Squad to lead a team tackling dangerous Instances. Qin Rang agreed on the squad’s behalf, while the team discussed the organization and wondered what its conditions meant for them.

• Elder Min argued that the organization had shown no conflict of interest so far, while others proposed making the Calamity Crossing Squad the leading team for high-difficulty Instances.
• Elder Ju questioned whether the squad was ready, but Qin Rang confirmed that they would take on the role.
• The authorities reviewed the proposed trade of Weird Objects, the Fate Seer’s knowledge of their secrets, and the organization’s allegiance to its mysterious Fate Master.
• As the meeting continued, the squad discussed the organization’s members and factions, and Qin Rang asked whether anyone had noticed two other people at the gathering.
• The squad wondered why the organization required them to livestream each Instance and whether the Fate Seer had taken an interest in Sheng Qingqiao.
• Tao Yuan warned the others to enjoy themselves while they could, leaving them unsure what she meant.

Lin Nieran learned that the A-Rank Icebound Survival Instance had appeared in the nearby Mohe Danger Zone and was making Wutong District colder. He left the Protagonist Group to face the dangerous Instance on their own while the spreading cold and rising prices began affecting the district.

• Tang Pin and Tao Yuan secretly agreed to keep pretending they did not know each other, while their teammates teased them.
• Lin Nieran checked his Fame balance, which had reached 248,900 points, and rejected 007's costly upgrade requirements.
• A customer told Lin Nieran that an A-Rank Battle Royale Instance called Icebound Survival had appeared in the Mohe Danger Zone and produced frostbite-rule swords.
• 007 urged Lin Nieran to send his alternate identities into the Instance, but Lin Nieran decided the Protagonist Group should face it themselves.
• Lin Nieran noticed that the Instance's effects were spreading into Wutong District, bringing snow, cold weather, and higher prices.

Lin Nieran spent a quiet winter day at his shop while reflecting on how his former cards had built lives of their own. His points and influence had grown through cooperation with the authorities, and he continued monitoring the dangerous Instances and the activity of his alternate identities.

• Lin Nieran explained that Wutong District was cold because its Constant-Temperature Weird Object had been shut down, then asked Moonlit Night to wake him if anyone visited.
• Lin Nieran described Wu Liang treating patients, Modian leading a deadly Killing Society, Flower Language settling in the Plant Weird Zone, and Writer trading Rules at his pawnshop.
• Lin Nieran asked Moonlit Night whether he wanted to start a business, but Moonlit Night said he and Night Moon were content to carry out Lin Nieran's tasks.
• Lin Nieran used trades and the system to earn points and destroy revivable Weird Objects, while watching livestreams of the Calamity Crossing Squad's Instances.

Bai Yang cooperated with Wen Keke while warning her against ulterior motives, as Worship God expanded amid the stalemate between the families, authorities, and organization. Meanwhile, Cui Qiyin built influence among Modian’s followers, and the exhausted Calamity Crossing Squad recovered from a long Instance before a rabbit doll opened Qin Rang’s hospital-room door.

• The authorities, major families, and organization remained locked in a stalemate, while Worship God grew in influence and the public debated its members online.
• Bai Yang met with Wen Keke and reminded her that his help depended on their agreement, warning her not to plot against him or his allies.
• Wen Keke and Wang Yao credited Bai Yang’s dolls with helping them control the Liang Family and other Yangcheng family heads, and they reaffirmed their plan to kill the Calamity Crossing Squad.
• Cui Qiyin gathered Modian’s followers, urged them to act cautiously, and worked to turn their loyalty into an obedient team and a source of leverage.
• The injured Calamity Crossing Squad returned from an Instance that had only been temporarily closed, and the authorities took them for treatment.
• Qin Rang woke first, gave the authorities the rules he knew, and later watched a livestream in his hospital bed until a little rabbit doll pushed open his door.

Bai Yang visited Qin Rang at the recovery facility, warned him about the Lily Weird Zone, and hinted at a painful truth about how the Weird came to be. Qin Rang began questioning whom he could trust and asked Lan Xixin about the current cooperation between the authorities and the organization.

• Bai Yang told Qin Rang that the Lily Weird Zone team had gone missing and that extremist members of the organization were there with Wen Keke’s forces.
• Bai Yang admitted he had visited the Lily Weird Zone, warned Qin Rang not to investigate too deeply, and offered to reveal the truth about the Weird’s origin.
• After Bai Yang left, Qin Rang wondered whether his teammates or Sheng Qingqiao were connected to the warning and decided to investigate the Lily Weird Zone and the alleged truth.
• Lan Xixin warned Qin Rang that his soul was still strained from using the Evil Ghost Mask, and he calmed himself.
• Qin Rang asked about relations with the organization, and Lan Xixin explained that cooperation and the organization’s Weird Objects had reduced casualties.

Bai Yang and the young man planned to interfere with the Calamity Crossing Squad’s next visit to the Lily Weird Zone, while warning that the School Instance mission must not fail. A week later, Lin Nieran’s squad arrived at his shop to prepare for a mission to the Lily Weird Zone and browse his new Weird Artifacts.

• Bai Yang said Qin Rang would likely visit the Lily Weird Zone soon, giving the young man a chance to act, and assigned Writer and Little Cat to accompany him.
• The young man traveled to a castle beneath a cold moon, where a butler greeted him at the gates.
• A week later, Lin Nieran opened his shop door to the Calamity Crossing Squad and several representatives from the families.
• Lin Nieran welcomed the snow-covered visitors, while Wang Ding brought hot water to those who were cold and Qin Rang and An Ying browsed for weapons.
• Wang Ding explained that the group was preparing to investigate the Lily Weird Zone and wanted to pick out extra Weird Artifacts from Lin Nieran’s shop.

Lin Nieran gave Qin Rang’s team a free guidance bracelet before they entered the Lily Weird Zone, where they were drawn into a Ravenhall castle Instance. Sheng Qingqiao woke alone beside a wrecked carriage and dead servants, then limped into the forest to find his companions.

• Lin Nieran sold Tao Yuan’s group Weird Objects at a discount and gave them a guidance bracelet for free.
• Lin Nieran saw a young man appear in his shop and warned him that Qin Rang’s mental state seemed wrong.
• Qin Rang’s team arrived in Cloud City and entered an Instance that identified them as guests invited to the Count of Ravenhall’s annual banquet.
• Sheng Qingqiao woke beside a dead tree in aristocratic clothes, with a broken arrow in his butt and a wrecked carriage and dead servants nearby.
• Sheng Qingqiao saw that his livestream was active and limped into the forest to look for his companions.

Sheng Qingqiao and his teammates discovered they were members of the Du'en Family, invited to a full-moon banquet at Ravenhall Castle. They reached the seemingly deserted castle, where they prepared to enter and investigate.

• Sheng Qingqiao and Qin Rang found their invitations while searching their carriages, then gathered the teammates in Tao Yuan's carriage.
• The group spotted a black cat watching them from a tree, and Qin Rang recognized it as the same cat from before.
• Tao Yuan and Qin Rang compared their invitation and damaged letter, and the team suspected the invitations might not have been sent by the count.
• Sheng Qingqiao spotted the ancient castle, and the group confirmed its crest matched the Rivenhall Family.
• Qin Rang led the group toward the castle as Luo Jiayu wondered why no guards were outside.

After a silver-bow killer slaughtered the Calamity Crossing Squad in a vision of the Ancient Castle’s banquet, Sheng Qingqiao woke unharmed in the past at the Liwenhuoer Earl’s Estate. Qin Rang and the team identified their Du'en Family identities and concluded they had to investigate or prevent the deaths expected at the full-moon banquet.

• A blood-soaked young man welcomed the Calamity Crossing Squad to the banquet and killed all nine members with silver arrows.
• Sheng Qingqiao woke in bed after the death message, found himself unharmed, and learned he had arrived at the Liwenhuoer Earl’s Estate before the full-moon banquet.
• Sheng Qingqiao saw a gray-clad young man in the garden whose smile made him uneasy, then joined An Ying and the others in Qin Rang’s room.
• Qin Rang and Wang Ding explained that the team remained young masters of the Du'en Family and had arrived before the banquet.
• Qin Rang said the team needed to identify their roles and investigate the coming banquet, which might otherwise end in the deaths they had witnessed.

Wang met with Bai Yang, who warned him to take his role as the protagonist of the Instance seriously. At breakfast, the Eldest Miss tried to recruit Tao Yuan against Rong'en Liwenhuo'er, then attacked Wang after Tao Yuan left, while Tao Yuan and Qin Rang witnessed it.

• Bai Ao explained that their clothing revealed their social standings, though Qin Rang and the others found the differences hard to notice.
• Bai Yang warned Wang that this was Master's first World Card and that he must not let his playfulness distract him from the real business.
• Wang met Tao Yuan and the Eldest Miss at breakfast, where the Eldest Miss teased Tao Yuan about marrying Wang.
• The Eldest Miss urged Tao Yuan to help bring down Rong'en Liwenhuo'er and promised to make her the next Countess Du'en.
• After Tao Yuan left, the Eldest Miss threw a fork into Wang's hand and accused him of plotting against her as Tao Yuan and Qin Rang watched.

Qin Rang questioned Wang and organized his teammates to search the Rivenhall residence for clues. While searching a locked room, he unexpectedly found Bai Yang, who said his group had entered the Instance two days earlier.

• Wang told Qin Rang where the Rivenhall siblings lived, and Qin Rang grew suspicious that Wang might be the killer.
• The butler interrupted their conversation, and Wang left for a potion lesson.
• Qin Rang divided his teammates among the young masters’ and eldest young lady’s rooms, then went alone to search Wang’s room.
• Qin Rang opened a locked room on the first floor and found Bai Yang inside.
• Bai Yang said his group had entered the Instance two days earlier and declined to reveal what they were searching for.