Recaps

Si Yehan learned that Han Shu might investigate Shen Jing’s death, then dreamed of a massacre by strange sea creatures tied to an art book from his past. He recalled killing the book’s creator as a student and considered bringing him back as a Ghost Slave.

• Si Yehan exercised during the thunderstorm while deliberately holding back his strength.
• Dong Tianjun told Jiang Shanghan that Shen Jing had died in a beginner instance, and Jiang ordered him to retrieve her body and bury her in Jingchun Garden.
• Si Yehan heard that Shen Jing, Xie Ran, and Chen Yong had been reported dead, and worried that Han Shu might trace Shen Jing’s death to him.
• Si Yehan dreamed of a cruise ship overturned by a wave and strange tiger-faced, fish-bodied creatures feeding on its passengers.
• Si Yehan remembered killing the classmate who had created the creatures in an art book and considered making him a Ghost Slave.

Si Yehan destroyed Shen Jing’s corpse and killed the funeral home’s night staff before setting supernatural incidents in motion at an apartment building in North Yuan City. Dong Tianjun arrived to retrieve Shen Jing’s body, restored it, and took it aboard his plane to return to Tianjing Tower.

• Si Yehan traveled to North Yuan City and used black mist to destroy Shen Jing’s corpse in the funeral home.
• Si Yehan killed the funeral home’s night-shift workers, then went to an apartment building and began covering it with supernatural power.
• Dong Tianjun arrived at the funeral home, found the staff dead and Shen Jing’s corpse destroyed, and restored her body with his power.
• Dong Tianjun carried Shen Jing’s corpse back to his plane and told Lao Chu to fly faster toward Tianjing Tower.

Wang Zhida woke to find his parents brutally murdered and realized ghosts had taken over his apartment building. Si Yehan revealed himself as the one behind the deaths, killed Wang Zhida, and left after completing an experiment with the Weird Game.

• Wang Zhida fell asleep, and a ghost emerged from bluish-black mist in his room.
• Wang Zhida's parents heard a child crying outside their bedroom as ghosts entered and killed them.
• Wang Zhida woke to darkness and discovered his parents' mutilated bodies.
• Si Yehan appeared and said Wang Zhida had not triggered the killing rule, then attacked him with blades of mist.
• Si Yehan killed Wang Zhida and left the apartment building as the Weird Game explained away everyone's deaths.
• Si Yehan walked through the rain beneath a disintegrating umbrella and vanished into the storm, satisfied with his experiment.

Si Yehan received notice that the second dungeon would open at midnight the following night and considered using the remaining time to kill everyone in Cangyun City. Elsewhere, Zhang Xuan and Xie Ao arranged to secure Jiang Shanghan’s help for their upcoming dungeon, while Si Yehan dreamed of a shipwreck and a ghostly attack.

• Si Yehan returned to Cangyun City and received a letter announcing that the second dungeon would open at midnight the next night.
• Si Yehan considered slaughtering everyone in the city before the dungeon opened, believing he could evade the organizations searching for him.
• Zhang Xuan offered Xie Ao shares in Hundred Prosperity Company to arrange for Jiang Shanghan to take them into a dungeon, and Xie Ao negotiated for a larger share.
• Si Yehan fell asleep and dreamed of seven people aboard a half-capsized ship being lured by a song and devoured by tentacles and darkness.
• Si Yehan recognized that his control over his dreams had grown stronger and sensed that the dreams might benefit him later.

Si Yehan sealed Cangyun City and slaughtered its population with his blade and Ghost Slaves. Nearly an hour before the dungeon opened, he had killed almost ten million people and wondered how Worldwatch would respond.

• Si Yehan spread ghost mist across Cangyun City, trapping its residents and disabling power, internet, and public transport.
• Si Yehan and the Ghost Slaves began killing people throughout the city while he practiced with his blade.
• At Cangyun City Third Senior High School, Si Yehan lured four fleeing boys toward him and killed them, then continued slaughtering students in the girls' dormitory and other schools.
• Si Yehan pushed the Vengeful Ghost's power to its limits and killed nearly the entire population of Cangyun City before the dungeon opened.

Si Yehan destroyed Cangyun City before being pulled into a new Weird Game instance aboard a cruise ship. There, he joined seven other returning participants as they introduced themselves and prepared to read their envelopes.

• Si Yehan shaped the ruins of Cangyun City into a throne and imagined destroying all life in the world and, eventually, the universe.
• Si Yehan's strength was sealed, and he vanished from the ruined city as darkness descended.
• Si Yehan appeared on a cruise ship with seven other participants, all of whom seemed to be entering their second instance.
• Chen Guang, Chen Zhongshou, Si Yehan, Jin Zhiguang, Xia Ruifei, Xu Yuanjin, Wang Yuxiu, and Cheng Zhuiyu introduced themselves and described their backgrounds or skills.
• Chen Guang suggested that they read their envelopes before sharing information.

Si Yehan and the other seven participants compared their letters and discussed the rules of the cruise ship instance, as well as the organizations Han Shu and Worldwatch. They were summoned to meet the ship’s bosses and learned the layout of the Tianxia No. 4.

• Chen Guang and the others shared their letters, revealing warnings about surviving four days, nighttime dangers, sleep, mirrors, and lustful thoughts.
• Wang Yuxiu connected her letter’s warning to Chen Guang’s and concluded that looking at someone indecently was likely a killing rule.
• Chen Zhongshou explained that letters stopped after the sixth instance and described Han Shu, while Wang Yuxiu revealed that Shen Wangshu of Worldwatch had led her through her previous instance.
• Xu Yuanjin redirected the group’s attention to the current instance as sunset fell and Xia Ruifei asked what identities they had aboard the ship.
• Four security guards summoned the eight participants to meet the bosses and described the seven levels of the Tianxia No. 4 as they led them to the fourth floor.

The four powerful figures warned the eight guests that five Ghost Slaves would appear at the banquet and kill anyone who refused to dance or sing with them. Si Yehan returned to his cabin planning to exploit the chaos, then discovered that the face outside his door belonged to someone he recognized.

• The four powerful figures showed the guests a warning that five Ghost Slaves would appear at the banquet and kill anyone who refused to dance or sing with them.
• The thin man in the dark gray coat revealed that the wealthy and powerful knew about ghosts but could not control them.
• After the guests left, the four discussed how many sacrifices would survive, and the man in the dark gray coat said they were the last batch before the curse ended.
• Si Yehan examined his cabin and the dark sea, then considered using the Ghost Slaves' arrival to hide his own killings.
• Xu Yuanjin called Si Yehan to join the others' discussion, but when he checked the peephole, a pale face appeared and then revealed someone he recognized.

Si Yehan accepted Yan Jingxing’s offer of weapons and information in exchange for helping kill Chen Guang, though he planned to kill Yan Jingxing eventually. At the banquet, Wang Yuxiu accepted a Ghost Slave’s invitation to dance, while Si Yehan chose to get a drink and the others paired off.

• Yan Jingxing offered Si Yehan hunting weapons and the ghost’s killing rules if he helped kill Chen Guang, and Si Yehan agreed.
• A deliveryman brought Si Yehan a suppressed pistol, ammunition, and a dagger; Si Yehan inspected the weapons and decided Chen Guang would die before encountering the ghost.
• A hostess led Si Yehan to the entertainment hall, where he watched the crowd and considered how to kill someone without being noticed.
• Chen Guang suggested that the group dance among themselves, and Xia Ruifei agreed.
• A white man in formalwear invited Wang Yuxiu to dance, and she accepted rather than risk refusing a Ghost Slave.
• Si Yehan declined to dance, and Chen Guang, Xia Ruifei, Chen Zhongshou, Cheng Zhuiyu, Jin Zhiguang, and Xu Yuanjin paired off with dance partners.

Si Yehan waited for the banquet to descend into chaos so he could kill Chen Guang and Xia Ruifei without drawing suspicion. After a guest collapsed and the crowd became more entranced, he killed both of them and slipped away.

• Si Yehan watched Chen Guang and Xia Ruifei dancing while Yan Jingxing’s bartender monitored him and reported that he was making a move.
• Si Yehan decided to wait for the Ghost Slaves to cause chaos before attacking, then observed the entertainment hall from a corner.
• A guest collapsed with blood flowing from their orifices, and security carried the body away while the crowd continued singing and dancing.
• Icy mist spread through the hall, intensifying the natives’ excitement while leaving the participants unaffected.
• As a qipao-clad woman entered with security personnel, Si Yehan stabbed Chen Guang in the heart and cut Xia Ruifei’s throat, then disappeared into the crowd.
• The bartender realized Chen Guang and Xia Ruifei had been killed and hurried in to remove their bodies.

During the cruise ship’s lust-filled main event, Si Yehan killed several guests before meeting Yan Jingxing, who revealed five rules governing the ghost’s killings. Si Yehan returned to his cabin, already considering how to exploit the ship’s rules and occupants.

• Manager Su announced the main event and distributed briefcases of stimulants as scarlet mist filled the entertainment hall.
• Si Yehan used the mist to kill several guests, then encountered a bartender and three security guards who said Yan Jingxing wanted to see him.
• Yan Jingxing told Si Yehan the five conditions that triggered the ghost’s killings and warned him not to kill any of the four men running the ship.
• Si Yehan inferred that killing all four together might avoid their retaliation and said he expected to enjoy the next three days aboard the Iblis.
• Yan Jingxing sent Si Yehan back to his cabin, saying the ghost would appear after curfew.

Yan Jingxing sent ten men to kill Si Yehan as a test, but Si Yehan killed them all without using a gun. As Si Yehan prepared to wash up, applause came from the stairwell.

• Yan Jingxing ordered the bartender and nine security guards to kill Si Yehan with knives, promising them fivefold salaries.
• Si Yehan recognized the bartender’s concealed murderous intent and dragged him into his cabin when he opened the door.
• Si Yehan killed the bartender, then fought the nine security guards who charged into the cabin.
• Si Yehan killed the remaining attackers as they fled down the corridor and stood among the corpses.
• Si Yehan tossed aside his knife and turned to wash his hands when applause sounded from the stairwell.

Si Yehan survived Yan Jingxing’s confrontation and learned that the cruise ship had an established system for disposing of bodies. At the banquet’s end, Chen Zhongshou and the surviving participants returned to their cabins wary of the ship and its powerful hosts.

• Yan Jingxing arrived with five armed guards, ordered them to lower their guns, and offered Si Yehan weapons before leaving.
• Twenty women efficiently removed the bodies and blood from Si Yehan’s room, then wished him a pleasant killing spree.
• Wang Yuxiu rejoined Chen Zhongshou’s group and reported that Chen Guang and Xia Ruifei were dead while Si Yehan had been taken away by Manager Yan.
• Chen Zhongshou’s group discussed sharing cabins and the possible dangers of the ship, then decided to wait for the banquet to end before leaving.
• Manager Su announced that the banquet was over, and the five participants left the entertainment hall while she watched them with a smile.

Female ghosts and Ghost Slaves invaded the cabins during the early morning, threatening the sleeping passengers. Si Yehan remained safe because he had triggered none of the five killing rules, while the others faced the ghosts as they tried to stay asleep and avoid violating a rule.

• Female ghosts and Ghost Slaves entered the passengers' cabins after the music stopped and the early morning arrived.
• Ghosts crowded around Si Yehan's bed but could not attack him because he had triggered none of the five killing rules.
• Chen Zhongshou woke to ghosts leaning over his bed, recalled the suspected rules, and forced himself to relax until he fell asleep again.
• Wang Yuxiu slept peacefully as ghosts gathered around her, while Jin Zhiguang insulted the ghosts, drew his curtains, and tried to fall asleep.
• Cheng Zhuiyu slept noisily as ghosts filled her cabin, while Ghost Slaves and female ghosts gathered around Xu Yuanjin and lowered their sharp hands.

Xu Yuanjin and other passengers who triggered the cruise ship’s killing rules were slaughtered by Ghost Slaves, while a powerful ghost arrived and hesitated before attacking the golden protection on the fourth floor. Si Yehan woke from a violent dream and concluded Xu Yuanjin had likely died, leaving him to test the remaining rules.

• Ghost Slaves tore Xu Yuanjin apart after she realized she had failed to enjoy the banquet, and they killed other passengers who violated rules such as looking in mirrors.
• A three-meter-tall ghost emerged from the sea, inspected the cabins, and paused at the five participants’ rooms before withdrawing when it encountered the golden protection on the fourth floor.
• The Ghost Slaves vanished at dawn, and the ship’s staff cleaned away the rooms and belongings of the dead.
• Si Yehan dreamed of shooting fleeing people across a snowy landscape as the scenery transformed into water, flames, and ghostly mist.
• Si Yehan woke, reasoned that Xu Yuanjin had probably died after triggering a killing rule, and watched television instead of revealing himself.

Si Yehan investigated the cruise ship’s deaths and summoned the remaining participants to discuss what he had learned. He told them there were eight killing rules, leaving their meeting poised for his explanation.

• Si Yehan reasoned that the ship’s staff did not share information and decided to use the other participants to test the rules.
• Si Yehan found Xu Yuanjin dead, then summoned the four surviving participants to the fifth-floor observation deck.
• Wang Yuxiu, Jin Zhiguang, Cheng Zhuiyu, and Chen Zhongshou discussed the deaths and the danger posed by the ghosts and ship’s powerful natives.
• Si Yehan rejected Cheng Zhuiyu’s plan to capture and torture the natives, then said he had learned there were eight killing rules.

Si Yehan fabricated eight killing rules for the other participants, mixing truths with lies so they would trust him and test the dangers for him. The group believed his account, while Si Yehan planned to use them to investigate the rules and protect himself from the ghosts.

• Jin Zhiguang, Chen Zhongshou, Cheng Zhuiyu, and Wang Yuxiu each offered Si Yehan a favor or information in exchange for the killing rules.
• Si Yehan began listing invented rules, claiming that mentioning sex or falling asleep without extreme happiness could cause death.
• Si Yehan said that sleeping with malicious thoughts and looking in mirrors under certain conditions were fatal, and the four participants accepted his explanations.
• Si Yehan claimed that staying awake all night without looking at the sea would cause death, and Chen Zhongshou eagerly volunteered to test the rule by watching the sea.
• Si Yehan added rules about fearing the deep sea, failing to meet a real ghost’s eyes, and attacking a ghost, while planning to use the group to test the dangers.

Si Yehan explored the cruise ship and planned to lure Cheng Zhuiyu into the Mirror Corridor to test its killing rule. He then visited the cargo hold and discovered that the ship was trafficking people alongside weapons and drugs.

• Si Yehan found the Mirror Corridor and decided Cheng Zhuiyu would be a suitable person to lure into it and kill.
• Si Yehan went to the deck and asked the security guard Yang Rui to take him to the cargo hold.
• Yang Rui claimed Si Yehan was Yan Jingxing's honored guest, and the guards let them enter the cargo hold.
• Si Yehan found people imprisoned in iron cages, including two resentful siblings whom Yang Rui gagged.
• Si Yehan considered the captives potential prey and thought he could kill Yang Rui while slaughtering some of them.

Si Yehan took four captives and pain-enhancing drugs from Yang Rui, then killed Yang Rui and tortured the captives in his room. After disposing of the bodies, he let the cleaners remove the blood and wondered whether this instance followed the same mechanics as the previous one.

• Si Yehan ordered four doses of a pain-enhancing drug and four captives from Yang Rui, including the sister and brother who had cursed earlier.
• Yang Rui delivered the captives and drugs to Si Yehan's room, where Si Yehan stabbed him to death.
• Si Yehan injected the captives with the drug, shot them, and tortured them; the two women died first, and he threw their bodies and Yang Rui's into the sea.
• Si Yehan swapped the siblings' eyes and organs, dissected them after they died, and disposed of their bodies in the sea.
• The cleaners arrived and removed the blood from Si Yehan's room.

Si Yehan investigated the engine room, killed the guard who escorted him, and arranged surveillance to monitor his companions as he planned their deaths. He left Yan Jingxing with the room numbers of Chen Zhongshou, Wang Yuxiu, and Jin Zhiguang, expecting one more participant to die that night.

• Si Yehan dismissed Yan Jingxing’s warning, gave him his name, and asked to inspect the Iblis’s engine room.
• Yan Jingxing sent an armed guard to escort Si Yehan, who found the engine room useful as a potential hunting ground.
• Si Yehan shot the guard from behind and returned to planning how to kill Cheng Zhuiyu and the others under the killing rules.
• Si Yehan went to the fourth floor and asked Yan Jingxing to install miniature surveillance cameras in three participants’ rooms.
• Si Yehan told Yan Jingxing that he had killed two people, a Ghost Slave had killed another, and another would probably die that night, then gave him the room numbers of Chen Zhongshou, Wang Yuxiu, and Jin Zhiguang.

Si Yehan left Yan Jingxing with the three other old creatures and spent the day preparing to lure Cheng Zhuiyu into the mirror corridor. He locked her inside after she entered, hoping the ghost would kill her before he had to act himself.

• Su Qiuyue, the obese old man, and the spotted old woman met with Yan Jingxing and Si Yehan, and the old woman said she looked forward to watching the ghost kill Si Yehan.
• Si Yehan returned to his room, spent the day watching horror movies, and waited until the evening party began.
• Si Yehan found Cheng Zhuiyu at the party and coaxed her into the mirror corridor by suggesting they talk over food.
• Cheng Zhuiyu became trapped in the dark corridor, and Si Yehan escaped and locked the door behind him.

Cheng Zhuiyu followed Si Yehan's mirror-survival method but was killed by the mirror ghost. Si Yehan then killed a hostess outside the restaurant and headed back to the entertainment hall.

• Cheng Zhuiyu stayed focused on her reflection, but a ghost crawled out of the mirror and pursued her through the corridor.
• The mirror ghost dragged Cheng Zhuiyu into the darkness and devoured her as Si Yehan watched from the doorway.
• After the ghost returned to the mirror, Si Yehan encountered a hostess who offered to help him.
• Si Yehan killed the hostess, carved marks into her spine, and cut a smile into her mouth.
• Si Yehan left the corpse outside the second-floor restaurant and planned to return to the entertainment hall.

Si Yehan arranged a plan to target Jin Zhiguang and drew Chen Zhongshou, Wang Yuxiu, and Jin Zhiguang into a discussion about the ship’s ghosts and their own survival. After steering their thinking toward the danger, he left, intending to let the trap unfold the next day.

• Si Yehan asked a bartender to send two or three attractive hostesses to Jin Zhiguang’s room, but the bartender said he would handle it himself.
• Si Yehan found Chen Zhongshou, Jin Zhiguang, and Wang Yuxiu and joined their conversation about the other participants who had died or gone missing.
• Wang Yuxiu argued that at least two ghosts were active and revealed that she had killed a ship’s waitress to test the natives.
• Chen Zhongshou agreed that natives could be killed, while Jin Zhiguang said he wanted to avoid killing anyone unless it was necessary to clear the instance.
• Si Yehan learned about the others’ motives and moral limits, then left after guiding their discussion toward his plan.

Si Yehan left the entertainment hall to find someone to kill, while Su Qiuyue, Yan Jingxing, the old woman, and the fat old man discussed the coming great purge and their plans for the sacrifices. In a corridor, Si Yehan attacked two cruise ship workers, and Sister Cheng was cut as she tried to help her companion.

• Si Yehan planned to leave at ten and hunt for prey so he could sleep peacefully.
• Su Qiuyue, the old woman, Yan Jingxing, and the fat old man discussed guarding the meeting hall, killing survivors, and ending their curses through the great purge.
• Su Qiuyue invited Yan Jingxing to find some fun, but he declined, and she left alone.
• Si Yehan went onto the deck and into a dark corridor to find someone alone to torment and kill.
• Si Yehan knocked down a worker who asked where he was going, and the man urged Sister Cheng to get help.
• Sister Cheng tried to push Si Yehan away and help the man, but Si Yehan sliced through her palm.

Si Yehan tortured Sister Cheng and Aci, forcing Aci to gouge out his own eyes before killing them both. As footsteps approached from the corpse-clearing group, Si Yehan disappeared into the darkness and went to sleep, thinking about testing fictional methods of torture in the outside world.

• Si Yehan tormented Sister Cheng and kicked Aci, leaving Sister Cheng badly injured and Aci terrified.
• Si Yehan threatened to gouge out Sister Cheng’s eyes unless Aci blinded himself, and Aci obeyed by removing both eyes.
• Si Yehan stabbed Sister Cheng through both eyes and left her dying as Aci groped for her.
• Si Yehan made Aci bite Sister Cheng’s corpse, then revealed what he had bitten; Aci died in rage and grief.
• Hearing the corpse-clearing group approach, Si Yehan vanished into the darkness and considered trying new torture methods once he gained supernatural powers outside.