Chapter Summaries

Qin Rang searched the young master's room and found a blank diary bearing the name Wang Liwenhuoer, while Mi Chuchu and the others investigated the eldest young lady's room and uncovered clues about her lovers. The group suspected her relationships and desire for power might have played a role in her death, and continued searching the room.

• Bai Yang turned into a lamb doll and disappeared after refusing Qin Rang's attempt to question him.
• Qin Rang searched the young master's modest room and found a diary with faint impressions but no visible writing, labeled with the name Wang Liwenhuoer.
• Mi Chuchu and Luo Jiayu examined strange objects in the eldest young lady's room, while Mi Chuchu confirmed there were no energy fluctuations anywhere in the castle.
• Tang Pin found a note saying the writer had discovered Kane's mistress and planned to cut the weeds at the root.
• Tao Yuan and Tang Pin examined the eldest young lady's opened love letters and speculated that her many relationships and ambition might connect to her death.

Tao Yuan and the others searched the young lady’s room for clues, but her sudden return trapped them in the deadly red-lit castle. Tao Yuan rescued Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu from the mud creature, while Luo Jiayu was left lifeless and the creature began to reform.

• After the group found a key clue notification, Tao Yuan told everyone to remember the room’s clues and keep searching.
• Hearing the young lady return, Tao Yuan hid Tang Pin, while Luo Jiayu hid under the bed and Mi Chuchu turned invisible.
• Tao Yuan found the window opening onto a blood-red night, then escaped the room by pretending to be a servant and accepting the young lady’s punishment.
• Tao Yuan spotted a black cat like the one from the Yin White City Instance, but rushed back when she heard a commotion inside the room.
• Tao Yuan cut Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu free from the mud and threw the mud-encased Luo Jiayu to Tang Pin.
• Tao Yuan blasted apart much of the young lady’s mud body, but Luo Jiayu was not breathing, and the young lady began to reassemble.

After dying in the first run, Tao Yuan returned to the morning and told the others that Luo Jiayu’s death had triggered the reset. The group compared their investigations of Ravenhall Castle and learned that the Eldest Miss’s lover was the Count’s illegitimate son.

• Tao Yuan woke at the start of the morning after the first run ended and warned the Eldest Miss to be careful at her Equestrian Lesson.
• Tao Yuan told Qin Rang and the others that the Eldest Miss had returned early, found Luo Jiayu hiding, and triggered the reset when Luo Jiayu died.
• Qin Rang asked Luo Jiayu to rest while the group reviewed their discoveries and Wang Ding recorded them.
• Sheng Qingqiao reported seeing the Count and Countess’s guarded room and hearing the Writer’s wheelchair near a possible secret passage on the fifth floor.
• An Ying revealed that one of the Count’s illegitimate sons was the Eldest Miss’s lover.

An Ying and the others investigated Ravenhall Castle while Wang learned of Cain and Guiting’s conflict and urged Cain to bring the woman Guiting wanted killed into the castle. At dinner, the group gathered with the Ravenhall family, but the count and countess were away and the evening’s tensions remained unresolved.

• An Ying explained that Cain Ravenhall had addressed Guiting Ravenhall as “my dear” in their letters, while the group agreed to investigate cautiously and try the locked door again later.
• An Ying saw Guiting arguing with Cain in the garden, where she demanded that he bring her another woman’s head and threatened him when he resisted.
• Wang comforted Cain after Guiting left and suggested he bring the woman to the castle, persuading Cain to go fetch her.
• Tao Yuan and Bai Ao helped the team dress for dinner, and Tao Yuan learned that the count and countess had gone to the Duke’s Castle for several days.
• Qin Rang and the others joined dinner, where Cain and another illegitimate Ravenhall child took seats at the far end of the table.

Bai Yang arrived at the Rivenhall banquet as an Eastern puppet-show performer, while the Dune siblings’ quarrels exposed tensions among the family. When Kane blamed Wang for bringing a woman to the castle, Wang accepted responsibility, and the eldest young master allowed the woman to stay until morning.

• Bai Yang arrived with Little Rabbit and introduced himself as the Eastern performer invited to entertain the Rivenhall family.
• Bai Yang sat beside Qin Rang, and the guests thanked the Rivenhall siblings for inviting them to the banquet.
• The eldest young lady and eldest young master traded accusations about each other’s affairs before the eldest young master confronted Kane about a woman he had brought home.
• Kane blamed Wang for ordering him to bring the woman into the castle, and Wang admitted fault without arguing.
• The eldest young master decided the woman could stay for the night but had to leave the next day.

An Ying and Qin Rang explored the castle at night, where An Ying was given a gardener’s identity and Qin Rang recruited Bai Yang to investigate with him. They hid in a room when heavy footsteps and a dragging, thudding sound stopped outside the door.

• After dinner, An Ying searched for Kane and found the castle unnaturally silent, then encountered a servant who addressed him as a gardener and felt the force of Rules around him.
• An Ying took pruning tools from the tool room and left the castle, while Wang summoned the servant and prompted her to search for a lazy worker.
• Qin Rang collected mud and possible petal fragments from footprints left by a child born out of wedlock, then went to invite Bai Yang to explore with him.
• Bai Yang agreed after Qin Rang promised to let him inspect the Weird Containment Center through normal procedure.
• Qin Rang and Bai Yang entered a room that had been locked earlier, then hid inside when strange footsteps and a dragging, head-like thud approached and stopped outside.

Qin Rang and Bai Yang were attacked by a corpse outside Bai Yang’s door and fought it as it separated into a head and a headless body. They gained the upper hand with the Evil Ghost Mask and Bai Yang’s plush toys, but a glimpse of a figure behind a nearby door hinted at another mystery in the castle.

• Qin Rang and Bai Yang found blood seeping beneath the door and discovered a corpse deliberately slumped outside it.
• When Qin Rang opened the door, the corpse’s head attacked; Bai Yang’s Puppy Plush Toy bit Qin Rang to boost his energy, while the headless body tried to grab him.
• Qin Rang used the Evil Ghost Mask to resist the corpse’s death rule and tore a hole through its empty body.
• Bai Yang and the Rabbit Plush Toy caught the flying head, and Bai Yang kicked it into a nearby door, where he glimpsed a figure and light.
• Bai Yang told the Puppy Plush Toy to catch the head, and the dog leaped at it while the head cried for help.

Bai Yang, Qin Rang, and the others fled through the castle as pursuing Weirds multiplied and blocked their route. They escaped the Mud Weird on the fifth floor by changing stairways, while Bai Yang spotted the Black Cat nearby.

• Qin Rang regained control of himself and led Bai Yang downstairs, where Bai Yang's puppy doll knocked a ceiling-crawling Servant Weird aside.
• Bai Yang and Qin Rang met Tao Yuan, Tang Pin, and Mi Chuchu fighting Weirds on the second floor, and the group fled together as the corpse Weirds multiplied.
• The group reached the first floor, but Qin Rang turned back when he found dozens of Servant Weirds pursuing him, forcing everyone to run upstairs again.
• Wang Ding and Bai Ao joined the fleeing group, and on the fifth floor they encountered the powerful Mud Weird identified as the Eldest Miss.
• Qin Rang led the group down another stairway while Bai Yang spotted the Black Cat watching the Mud Weird pass.

The group fought the pursuing creatures on the castle’s first floor while Bai Yang and Qin Rang discovered a way to turn the mud creature into a doll. Tao Yuan went to search for a safe area, and Bai Yang’s improvised doll could only hold the creature for ten minutes.

• Qin Rang directed the group to fight the creatures, and Tao Yuan, Mi Chuchu, Wang Ding, Tang Pin, and Bai Ao attacked them.
• Bai Ao cut away Tao Yuan and Tang Pin’s cumbersome skirts, letting them fight more freely.
• Qin Rang struggled with the mud creature as the Evil Ghost Mask’s influence intensified, while Bai Yang’s cat dolls tore into the creature and distracted it.
• Qin Rang used Colorless Fire to dry and pin the mud creature as Bai Yang controlled it with threads and wrapped it in cloth.
• Bai Yang transformed the mud creature into a doll and said his improvised creation would last only ten minutes, while Tao Yuan went to search the castle for a safe area.

Bai Yang and the others restrained four Weirds while trying to understand why they could not kill them, as Qin Rang struggled with the Evil Ghost Mask and accepted the Eldest Miss’s doll. The Young Master unexpectedly appeared and left without acknowledging the corpses, and Bai Yang revealed that his rabbit had gone to find reinforcements.

• Tao Yuan and the others examined the restrained Weirds and speculated about their identities and how they had died.
• Qin Rang tried to tear off the Evil Ghost Mask, but its grip tightened and its ravings overwhelmed him.
• Bai Yang handed Qin Rang the Eldest Miss’s doll, trusting the mask to protect him from her Rules.
• The Young Master appeared in the hall, commented on Tao Yuan and Tang Pin’s outfits, and left without reacting to the bodies.
• The group wondered where An Ying, Sheng Qingqiao, and Luo Jiayu were, and Bai Yang said his rabbit had gone to find reinforcements.

Bai Yang brought Ji Fengbai to help with the Instance’s Rules, but Ji Fengbai discovered Qin Rang could not remove the revived Evil Ghost Mask. As the group feared Qin Rang would become its vessel, Ji Fengbai began writing a response to Bai Yang’s demand for help.

• Bai Yang explained that his colleagues had also entered the Instance, and Ji Fengbai arrived with Little Rabbit pushing his wheelchair.
• Ji Fengbai gave Tao Yuan and the others a greeting, then asked Bai Yang in a note why he had dragged him out of bed.
• Ji Fengbai noticed Qin Rang hiding behind the group and asked whether he could remove his Evil Ghost Mask; Qin Rang admitted that he could not.
• Tao Yuan and the others backed away from Qin Rang, while Wang Ding proposed restraining him and removing the mask; Ji Fengbai warned that it had fused with Qin Rang’s face.
• The group worried the mask had revived too soon, and Bai Yang asked Ji Fengbai if he could help; Ji Fengbai began writing before a severed hand stuck a piece of paper onto Bai Yang.

Ji Fengbai helped the group remove Qin Rang’s Evil Ghost Mask and gave them a page that created a temporary Safe House. The group escaped the immediate threat and rested inside the barrier, though its rules could fail if an Ancient Castle NPC appeared.

• Ji Fengbai warned that removing Qin Rang’s mask could have side effects and that losing control again would make it harder to remove.
• The group used the page marked [Fall] to remove Qin Rang’s mask, leaving his face badly damaged and his body exhausted.
• Tao Yuan used her Bubble Machine to heal Qin Rang’s wounds, while Wang Ding warned that the Eldest Miss’s doll was about to break free.
• Bai Yang tore the second page, creating a temporary Safe House that kept the Ancient Castle Weirds at bay under three stated rules.
• The doll revived as a mud-covered Weird, circled the barrier, and went upstairs, allowing the group to rest.

Qin Rang and the others recovered in the temporary Safe House, discussed dream points and the castle’s clues, then split into teams to search different floors. Qin Rang, Tao Yuan, and Bai Yang found An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao missing from their rooms and continued searching the second floor.

• Qin Rang reviewed the rules and discussed with the others their dream points, strange nighttime clues, and suspicions about the killer.
• Qin Rang divided the group into three teams and ordered everyone to return to the Safe House in two hours.
• Bai Yang, Qin Rang, and Tao Yuan searched the second floor and found An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao absent from their rooms.
• Bai Yang noticed an open window and suggested An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao might be outside, while Qin Rang said they should search for clues.
• Tao Yuan examined the banquet paintings in the corridor as the team continued searching.

Bai Yang, Qin Rang, and Tao Yuan entered a room that revealed a glimpse of its past, while Wang Ding and Bai Ao uncovered evidence about Kane and Qing Ge. The chapter ended with Wang Ding realizing that Dream Points were earned by finding key clues and spent when replaying important events.

• Bai Yang stopped Qin Rang from opening a random door and chose a room to search instead.
• Bai Yang, Qin Rang, and Tao Yuan saw a past scene in which a frightened young master demanded that an old woman lock his door, then searched the dusty room.
• Wang Ding and Bai Ao found photographs of Kane and Qing Ge hidden beneath the floor, along with a bloodstained glove under the bed.
• Wang Ding and Bai Ao triggered a dream scene in which Qing Ge revealed that she had come to Ravenhall to free Kane from the Eldest Miss, while Kane warned her that the Eldest Miss would kill her.
• Wang Ding concluded that Dream Points were gained for discovering key clues and consumed when key plot events were replayed.

Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu overheard the Eldest Miss admitting she had killed Kane and Qing Ge, while An Ying discovered corpses buried beneath the garden and encountered a pursued Sheng Qingqiao. The chapter left An Ying facing a cluster of thick flowering branches chasing Sheng Qingqiao.

• Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu sneaked toward the Eldest Miss's room to eavesdrop.
• The Eldest Miss told her servant that she had killed Kane and Qing Ge and planned to summon her youngest brother.
• The butler caught Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu outside the room and asked if they were looking for the Eldest Miss.
• An Ying failed to prune the garden branches and found disturbed soil that smelled of blood.
• An Ying dug into the soil, heard something rushing toward him, and saw Sheng Qingqiao burst from the bushes with a wooden bucket.
• An Ying caught Sheng Qingqiao and saw a cluster of thick flowering branches pursuing him.

An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao were attacked by a black cat that transformed into Cat Boy and split into five copies. As the group watched from the castle, Bai Yang explained that Cat Boy belonged to his organization, but Tao Yuan questioned why he had cat ears.

• An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao fled from the flowering branches, then discovered that the shears slowed the plants while Sheng Qingqiao's flaming Broadsword could cut them.
• A black cat attacked An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao, knocking them down and breaking Sheng Qingqiao's bucket, while the cat demanded the fish.
• The black cat transformed into Cat Boy and created four clones, then chased and attacked Sheng Qingqiao and An Ying.
• Tao Yuan, Qin Rang, and Bai Yang saw Cat Boy pursuing the two from the window, and Bai Yang said Cat Boy belonged to his organization.
• Tao Yuan asked Bai Yang why Cat Boy had cat ears and whether they were an aftereffect of a Weird Object.

Bai Yang, Qin Rang, and Tao Yuan discovered a hidden passage containing empty rooms that looked like prison cells, then regrouped with the others to compare their findings. Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu reported that Luo Jiayu was in the kitchen killing fish, while Qin Rang began reviewing everyone’s information.

• Bai Yang showed Qin Rang a drawing in a book that revealed a hidden room and earned the group a key clue and a Dream Point.
• Qin Rang deduced that a secret passage lay behind the table, and Tao Yuan broke through the wall with her Chainsaw.
• The group explored the passage’s empty, locked rooms, which Bai Yang thought resembled prison cells, then concealed the entrance and returned the table to its place.
• Wang Ding and Bai Ao returned to the hall, and Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu arrived late after the butler detained them with a long talk about etiquette.
• Tang Pin and Mi Chuchu said they had found Luo Jiayu in the kitchen killing fish, but the group decided they could not take her away without breaking the Rules.
• After the group reported that they had not encountered the supernatural creatures again, Qin Rang reviewed Wang Ding’s notes and spoke quietly with Tao Yuan.

The group pieced together the Ravenhall family’s tangled history, the deaths connected to the Eldest Miss, and the likely role Darren played in hiding the bodies. They ended by splitting up to investigate the Young Master and the kitchen.

• Qin Rang and the others reviewed what they knew about the Count’s children, the illegitimate sons, and the conflict between the Eldest Miss and the Young Master.
• Wang Ding suspected Kane was involved in Qing Ge’s death, while the group debated whether the Young Master had been a powerless witness or something more.
• Qin Rang recalled seeing Darren return from the garden with dirt and flower petals on his shoes, and the group concluded he may have helped bury the bodies.
• The group identified the four unkillable Weirds as the dead illegitimate sons, Qing Ge, and a woman who had served the Eldest Miss.
• Qin Rang decided to visit the Young Master with a ruby after hearing the butler planned to check on him, while Mi Chuchu went to investigate the kitchen.

Bai Yang and Qin Rang eavesdropped on Wang and the butler discussing Darren’s death, while Tao Yuan’s group searched the ruined Garden for buried corpses. The chapter left An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao exhausted after Cat Boy stopped chasing them, with An Ying having disastrously completed his gardening task.

• Qin Rang persuaded Bai Yang to accompany him, and the two followed the Little Mouse Doll to spy on Wang and the butler.
• Wang told the butler he had only helped Darren and suggested the Eldest Miss was more likely to be suspected; he then wondered if the guests were eavesdropping outside.
• Tao Yuan, Tang Pin, Wang Ding, and Bai Ao found the Garden in disarray and noticed a patch of disturbed soil that might conceal a corpse.
• Tao Yuan and Tang Pin went farther into the Garden to find the missing pair, while Wang Ding and Bai Ao began digging.
• An Ying and Sheng Qingqiao stopped running when Cat Boy gave up the chase, and An Ying realized he had completed his gardening task by ruining the Garden’s branches.

Cat Boy gave Sheng Qingqiao a fish after chasing him and An Ying, then the two headed to the castle kitchen, where they reunited with Luo Jiayu. As the three compared their tasks and clues, Luo Jiayu urgently warned An Ying not to investigate the body in the garden.

• Cat Boy decided that chasing Sheng Qingqiao and An Ying for an hour entitled them to two fish, and he gave Sheng Qingqiao another one.
• Sheng Qingqiao told An Ying that he had felt something was wrong with the Instance and the lake, so they avoided the water and went to the kitchen.
• Sheng Qingqiao delivered the fish to the kitchen, while An Ying slipped in through another door after a servant turned him away.
• Sheng Qingqiao and An Ying recognized Luo Jiayu working in the kitchen, where she was processing fish to complete her task.
• The three discussed their tasks, and An Ying said he had spotted what might be a body in the castle garden.
• Luo Jiayu told An Ying not to go near the garden, saying she had heard everything the servants had discussed.