Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi opened the Weird Treasure Chest and examined the items he received while eating ramen at the old man's shop. A player who believed Gu Xi had taken the treasure attacked him, and Gu Xi kicked him away before the old man intervened.

• The old shop owner repaired the automatic ramen vending machine and invited Gu Xi inside for beef ramen.
• Gu Xi opened the Weird Treasure Chest and received coins, cash, materials, recruitment tickets, a construction stone, an Ichiraku Bowl, and a Special Coin.
• Gu Xi put away the ramen-bowl helmet, hung the Special Coin on his wrist, and ate ramen that made him feel fully rested.
• Gu Xi noticed a suspicious office worker at the vending machine and suspected he was a player seeking the Future World Mysterious Object.
• The old man brought the unwilling player into the shop, where the player punched Gu Xi and Gu Xi kicked him away as the old man intervened.

Gu Xi escaped the Wooden Barrel Ramen Shop after learning it was a Composite Weird Domain and deciding to return at night. He then received notice that Xu Song had died inside the shop, confirming that leaving early had saved him.

• The Old Man warned that attacks were forbidden in the ramen shop, and Gu Xi used Bewitch the Heart to make Xu Song attack the Old Man.
• Gu Xi gathered the spilled ramen and ate the last bite before leaving the shop, then spat it out and discovered it had drained about half his vitality.
• Gu Xi read the shop’s Abomination information and decided to return at night, when he expected the Abominations to be unable to move.
• An explosion sounded inside the shop, and Gu Xi received a notification that Xu Song of Cold Leaf City had died.
• Gu Xi continued toward his next target with greater caution around treasures and Abominations.

Gu Xi reached the second treasure site, trapped a mirror Abomination in a Mirror World for Luna and Aryadovi City to handle, then went to Quan You Bank to claim the ashigaru treasure. He killed the Autumn Wind City Order Mage Chen Yingru and continued toward the hidden rooftop treasure.

• Gu Xi arrived at the second treasure site and spotted a mirror Abomination watching him from a shop window.
• Gu Xi used a Ghost with a Round Mirror to pull the Abomination into a Mirror World, where Luna and Aryadovi City began their attack.
• Gu Xi headed to Quan You Bank for the ashigaru treasure and found Chen Yingru on the rooftop controlling an Abomination.
• Gu Xi set Chen Yingru on fire, amplified his panic with Bewitch the Heart, and blasted him with Flame Traps until he died.

After looting Order Mage Chen Yingru’s corpse, Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City, recruited ten Red Dragons, and took two strange masks back into the world. Meanwhile, Luna attacked the Weird Mirror Space, hoping to claim its rules for herself.

• Gu Xi opened a Weird Treasure Chest and obtained gold, resources, a Level 7 Soldier Recruitment Ticket, and the Heart of Rebellion.
• Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City and recruited ten Red Dragons with the Soldier Recruitment Ticket.
• Gu Xi examined the Villain Mask and Professional Hood, then kept them as specialties of the world.
• Gu Xi returned to the streets and noticed more Abominations watching him, so he rode away quickly.
• Luna led the Ghost Squad and Red Dragons through Weird Nests and began attacking the Weird Mirror Space to claim its mirror rules.

Gu Xi reached the Office Worker's Secret Treasure Vault, then met Luna in Aryadovi City and learned she had found a Weird Mirror Space with nineteen major nodes. Luna planned to seize the space and use its rules to make Aryadovi City independent of Victoria City's Mirror Dungeon.

• Gu Xi rode the Evil Coffin bicycle to the unopened Secret Treasure Vault on Nanliu Road, where a guard kept players from entering.
• After Gu Xi hid in an alley, nearby players searched for him but found he had disappeared.
• Gu Xi met Luna in Aryadovi City's Council Hall, where she explained that the Weird Mirror Space had nineteen large nodes to capture.
• Gu Xi offered Luna his Construction Stones, Heroes, and forty red dragons to help her take control of the space.
• Luna described her ambition to separate Aryadovi City from Victoria City's Mirror Dungeon and led Gu Xi to a Mirror Passage in a washbasin outside the city.

Gu Xi retrieved a Weird Treasure Chest and nineteen magazines from an empty building, then added the books to his library in Aryadovi City. The library began producing a Fairy Tale Character each week, and the Corpse Succubus challenged Gu Xi about why he had brought the magazines.

• Luna pulled a woman-like Abomination from a restroom mirror and stored it beneath a washbasin because it could not be killed permanently.
• Gu Xi found a Weird Treasure Chest and a bag of nineteen magazines hidden in a toilet tank, then returned to Aryadovi City without opening the chest.
• Gu Xi sent the magazines to the library, increasing its collection and adding a weekly female Fairy Tale Character to its production.
• The Corpse Succubus read a magazine and asked whether Gu Xi liked that sort of thing; Gu Xi insisted he had brought the books to fill the library.
• The Corpse Succubus asked Gu Xi whether she could use what she learned on him once she finished studying.

Gu Xi used the Time Book to undo changes to Grand Princess Anna's corpse and discovered the items that had prevented her from being summoned back. After removing them, he returned her corpse to Evilwood Lake for nurturing, leaving him hopeful that she could be revived.

• Gu Xi opened a White Quality Weird Treasure Chest and obtained a Time Book with three uses to undo a target's most recent change.
• Gu Xi hurried to Evilwood Lake and had Skeletons retrieve Grand Princess Anna's corpse before its first round of purification was complete.
• Gu Xi used the Time Book to remove Twisted Apple Tree Roots, a Cinnabar Demon Suppression Armor, and a Twisted Possession Book from Grand Princess Anna's corpse.
• Gu Xi realized the Twisted Possession Book had prevented Grand Princess Anna from being resurrected and returned her cleared corpse to Evilwood Lake for nurturing.
• Gu Xi stored the removed items in the warehouse and considered trying to dispose of the Twisted Possession Book by throwing it at the Great Guanyin Statue in White Robes.

Gu Xi used the washstand mirror to enter a women's restroom, where he discovered a murdered player and was attacked by a composite Abomination. He escaped into Aryadovi City with the corpse, but learned the Abomination’s Heart of Weird had marked him as a target.

• Gu Xi followed Luna’s instructions at the washstand and searched the mirror scenes before crawling into an empty women’s restroom.
• Gu Xi found a female corpse taped to the ceiling and recognized the Blazing Inverted Cross on her wrist as a sign that she had been a player.
• All-Purpose Tape attacked Gu Xi, and he used Wave of Death to repel it before the corpse fell and the restroom began to shake.
• Gu Xi summoned Aryadovi City’s Main City Gate and sent his Cannon Fodder Troops to shield him as they retreated with the corpse.
• Gu Xi used Corpse Explosion on the tape and escaped through the gate while dark red eyes watched him.
• Gu Xi examined the Abomination information and learned that the Heart of Weird had watched him after someone disrupted its transformation.

Gu Xi fought back against the Toilet Weird by attacking through the washstand mirror, while the Weird caused every restroom in the city to become dangerous. When his spells failed to finish it, Gu Xi sent the Twisted Possession Book into the restroom to confront it.

• Gu Xi discovered the Toilet Weird had marked him and would attack him whenever he entered a restroom, so he left Aryadovi City with his Undead Army.
• Gu Xi attacked the Toilet Weird through the washstand mirror with his subordinates’ help, using Mana Drain and a barrage of spells.
• The Toilet Weird retaliated by turning restrooms throughout the city into deadly traps, draining the life of Ordinary People and consuming other creatures.
• Gu Xi stopped casting when he realized the Toilet Weird was still alive and his attacks had revealed his mirror-based method to other Abominations.
• Gu Xi retrieved the Twisted Possession Book, marked it as his own, and shoved it through the mirror into the Toilet Weird’s restroom.

Gu Xi learned that Luna’s mirror-related Abominations could revive through objects holding their life, so he studied their death rules while Luna hunted in the Weird Mirror Space. After the Toilet Weird was slain, Gu Xi warned Zuo Ya that restrooms in This City would attack anyone who entered them for three days, and he began searching for a way to permanently kill the Abominations.

• Luna returned with mirror-related Abomination corpses and asked Gu Xi to deal with their lingering vitality after she extracted their mirror rules.
• Gu Xi agreed to study the corpses and noted that he needed research facilities to improve his knowledge.
• He received a notification that Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin had slain the Toilet Weird and that restrooms would attack entrants for three days.
• Gu Xi warned Zuo Ya to alert players in This City to avoid restrooms, then sent the corpses back to Aryadovi City for study.
• Gu Xi discovered that the Abominations could revive through objects storing their life and recalled the Toilet Weird’s death as a possible clue to stopping them.

Gu Xi investigated Toilet Weird’s death and concluded that Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin had erased the Great Weird after he violated a taboo. Inside the statue, Gu Xi found the Mirror Buddha he had sought and realized something about the twelve demon statues was missing or wrong.

• Gu Xi ordered the corpses stored, left Aryadovi City, and traveled by bicycle toward Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin.
• Gu Xi entered the Underground Palace through the dragon’s open mouth beneath the statue.
• Gu Xi examined the thirty-three Guanyin statues, twelve demon statues, and one hundred and eight Buddha statues, learning that the Buddhas represented Abomination paths tied to the city.
• Gu Xi found a cracked Filth Buddha linked to Toilet Weird and located the Mirror Buddha he had been seeking.
• Gu Xi returned to the entrance and realized that something was missing from the strange arrangement of the twelve demon statues.

Gu Xi donated ten million yuan to study the twelve golems in Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin and learned the rules of death represented by each month. After gaining several skills and much knowledge, he left before nightfall and chose to prioritize Aryadovi City over hunting Abominations.

• Gu Xi encountered Seven People Workshop, the Abomination that cleaned Guanyin Hall, and asked to study the twelve golems.
• Gu Xi donated ten million yuan, and Seven People Workshop explained the golems’ monthly rules of death while quoting poems and other works.
• Gu Xi gained knowledge and improved his undead and soul-related skills, learning Soul Knowledge, Soul Research, and Whisper of Death.
• Seven People Workshop told Gu Xi to leave, and Gu Xi thanked him before departing the statue hall.
• Gu Xi saw that night was approaching and decided not to join the hunt, choosing instead to focus on Aryadovi City and Weird Mirror Space.

Gu Xi killed Shu Yun after the player trapped him in an alley, then took several items from the corpse. He used his new mastery of Whisper of Death to seize Shu Yun’s soul and repair his body through Summoning.

• Several players targeted Gu Xi as he rode through the city, and Shu Yun trapped him in an alley with an Abomination.
• Gu Xi used Weird Flash to reach Shu Yun, then struck him with Wave of Death, White Bone Storm, Bone Spike, and Magic Arrow.
• Gu Xi killed Shu Yun and took his Confusing Weird Album, Water of Order, and Sealing Pot.
• Gu Xi summoned Shu Yun’s corpse and seized his power-nourished soul before using Negative Energy to repair the body.
• Gu Xi realized that mastering Whisper of Death let him control the details of Summoning.

Gu Xi turned Shu Yun into a Skeleton Mage, returned to the Wudou Family, and learned that restroom-related Abominations were becoming dangerous. Back in Aryadovi City, he found Luna capturing Weird Mirror Space nodes and asked how he could help.

• Gu Xi used enhanced Summoning to transform Shu Yun into a Skeleton Mage with Lightning Arrow, Maze Art, and Clone Art.
• Gu Xi returned to the Wudou Family and noticed psychic Abomination signs at Maple Leaf Park and fear-filled paths inside Ito Middle School.
• Wudou Meina welcomed Gu Xi, then explained that the neighboring owner had disappeared and their restroom was sealed against the Hanako Abomination inside.
• Gu Xi warned Wudou Meina that restroom-related Abominations were in trouble after the Filth Buddha statue cracked, paid rent, and said he would stay two more days.
• Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City and found Luna capturing Weird Mirror Space nodes; Luna asked him to dispose of the Abomination corpses brought back from the captured nodes.

Gu Xi studied the Abomination corpses at Evilwood Lake and discovered how to extract and preserve their rules of death, allowing him to prevent them from reviving. After learning to remove those rules, he summoned a Level 4 Skeleton Soldier from one of the ordinary corpses.

• Gu Xi declined Zuo Ya's invitation to join a hunt in Autumn Wind City and said he needed two or three days to deal with a large Abomination.
• Gu Xi brought the Abomination corpses to Evilwood Lake in the Demon Plant Zone and began dismantling them to find their rules of death.
• Gu Xi extracted a pale blue rule of death and found that the Water of Order kept it from fading away.
• Gu Xi removed the rules of death from the other corpses, then examined their remains and learned more about the Abominations.
• Gu Xi used Summoning on an Abomination corpse and raised a Level 4 Skeleton Soldier.

Gu Xi sent Luna a message about handling Abominations and asked Zuo Ya to find Water of Order while he processed the corpses for useful materials. After studying the Great Weird known as the Mirror Magician, he began his first attempt at Undead Transformation.

• Gu Xi sent Luna a note saying Abominations could be dealt with and asked her to send back their corpses, then asked Zuo Ya to find Water of Order from Autumn Wind City.
• Gu Xi extracted death rules from the Abomination corpses, dismantled them for materials, and fed the useless remains to Evilwood Lake.
• Gu Xi examined Luna's note about the Mirror Magician, whose mirror-copying ability had created a lasting node in a Composite Weird Domain that Luna wanted to claim fully.
• Gu Xi decided the Mirror Magician's strong Abomination aura made it suitable for Undead Transformation, so he arranged a Magic Array and began his first experiment.

Gu Xi successfully used Undead Transformation to turn the Mirror Magician into a Skeleton Mirror Guard and ordered it to prepare other Skeletons for the same class change. Faced with the strange corpse of the Midnight Mirror, he postponed the transformation and went to the library to record his new insights and ideas.

• Gu Xi carefully prepared a corpse and Magic Array, then used Summoning to guide a soul into the corpse.
• The Mirror Magician transformed into a level 4 Skeleton Mirror Guard, and Gu Xi recognized it as a trainable troop type suited to scouting.
• Gu Xi ordered the Skeleton Mirror Guard to go to the Evil Church and tell all level 2 Skeletons to prepare to advance into Skeleton Mirror Guards.
• Gu Xi examined the shattered Midnight Mirror corpse but could not devise a method to transform it.
• Gu Xi rode the Evil Coffin to the library to record his insights and consider whether Record Paper could preserve his ideas.

Luna returned to Aryadovi City after capturing three more key nodes in the Weird Mirror Space, while Gu Xi gave her Skeleton Mirror Guards to test. After hearing what she learned from the defeated Great Weird, Gu Xi assured Luna that he would support her effort to seize the entire Mirror Space.

• Luna returned with Abomination corpses and reported that she controlled more than a quarter of the Weird Mirror Space's authority.
• Gu Xi gave Luna the Skeleton Mirror Guards, and she confirmed they could fight inside mirror images and help capture another node.
• Luna described how her troops defeated a White-Scaled Giant Snake that reflected magic, gaining its Magic Reflection ability.
• Luna explained how the Ghost Squad overwhelmed a Great Weird in a mirror labyrinth, which the Ghosts had enjoyed fighting in.
• Luna told Gu Xi that the last Great Weird had revealed information about the Weird Mirror Space's origins and its remaining Great Weirds.
• Gu Xi told Luna to proceed with capturing the Weird Mirror Space while he stayed in Aryadovi City.

Gu Xi transformed the Midnight Mirror into a special undead, the Death Mirror Fairy, and learned more about undead transformation. He then visited the Witch Hut, where he found incomplete golden rib bones that were less useful than he had hoped.

• Gu Xi stopped dismantling Abomination corpses when his Water of Order filled with the rules of death, then prepared to transform the lifeless Midnight Mirror.
• Gu Xi peeled a Ghost Yin Fruit before the mirror, pulled his reflection out, and performed an Undead Transformation ritual that drained his mana into the mirror’s standing pillar.
• The Midnight Mirror became a Level 4 Death Mirror Fairy, whose abilities involved divination, rituals, and suppressing souls trapped in mirrors.
• Gu Xi directed his subordinates to take the Death Mirror Fairy toward the library, and the Witch invited him into the Witch Hut to see its new items.
• Gu Xi found half a set of Golden Rib Bones and learned that, despite their Purple Quality, their incomplete state limited them to Blue Quality use.

After buying the Golden Rib Bones, Gu Xi learned that the Barracks had become the city’s first upgraded Core Building. He explored its new facilities and learned that the Weird Mirror Space nodes captured by Luna might become places attached to the city once they merged.

• Gu Xi heard a horn at the Barracks and went there, where Fu Gu told him the Barracks had reached Level 2.
• Fu Gu explained that the Barracks met its upgrade requirements by completing fifty City Conquest Missions and reorganizing five thousand soldiers.
• Gu Xi toured the expanded Barracks and learned about its new rooms for storing equipment, records, maps, rewards, and housing adjutants and advisors.
• Gu Xi examined the three-dimensional map, which showed more explored areas and a developing map of the Sewer.
• Fu Gu explained that Luna's captured Weird Mirror Space nodes could not yet be occupied, and they might become places attached to the city after merging.