Recaps

Yu Xunge watched Lighthouse Xianchan interrogate Fu Qingfengji, then tested whether her items and racial talents still worked while imprisoned. Her Flower Branch drained energy from the cell and converted it into a stat point before a strange voice spoke beside her.

• Lighthouse Xianchan questioned Fu Qingfengji about Star Sea players and the statue, but the Godly Game punished her when she asked about Qihua.
• After Lighthouse Xianchan left, Yu Xunge teased Fu Qingfengji and learned from battlefield chat that Song Gui had been killed after calling herself a copy.
• Yu Xunge considered ways to escape and discovered that she could use [Doll Ring Toss] despite her sealed skills.
• Yu Xunge used Crown of Flowers Murder to drain energy from the cell, gathering enough to gain one allocatable stat point.
• A distinctive voice told Yu Xunge she seemed able to escape without being rescued, startling both her and Fu Qingfengji.

Maple Sugar confronted Yu Xunge in the cell, reflecting on how their intertwined choices had led to Forest Sea’s crisis. She pressed a dagger to Yu Xunge’s throat and asked if she had anything to say, leaving Yu Xunge bleeding but alive.

• Maple Sugar arrived and Yu Xunge recognized her voice, while Fu Qingfengji expected her to help Yu Xunge.
• Maple Sugar recalled how Yu Xunge’s past choices had repeatedly thwarted her and helped bring Zelan to surrender the Forest Sea fragments.
• Maple Sugar approached Yu Xunge from behind and held a dagger to her throat, saying she could not let the chance to kill her pass.
• Yu Xunge warned that killing her could hurt Maple Sugar’s game rating, and Maple Sugar said she had expected Yu Xunge to mention Forest Sea’s fading instead.
• Maple Sugar asked Yu Xunge if she had anything else to say as the blade cut her neck and her HP began falling.

Yu Xunge willingly let Maple Sugar kill her, and Mountains Xunge arrived to fight Mountains Xianchan. Meanwhile, Huang Jin revealed that Forest Sea Maple Sugar was another copied player, and Zhuri prepared to share the list of Surviving Divine Descendants.

• Maple Sugar asked Yu Xunge if she had anything else to say, and Yu Xunge admitted she would make the same choice again before moving into the dagger and dying.
• Maple Sugar burned away the blood and vanished as Fu Qingfengji warned her to run; Mountains Xunge then appeared beside Lighthouse Xianchan.
• Mountains Xunge mocked Lighthouse Xianchan for not killing her other self, and the two began fighting across the Magic Array wall.
• Fu Qingfengji told the Battlefield Chat Channel about Yu Xunge's death and the stark difference between Mountains Xunge and Star Sea Xunge.
• Huang Jin identified the copied figure in her straw doll as Forest Sea Maple Sugar, prompting players to question why they had been copied.
• Zhuri found records of the Surviving Divine Descendants and began listing those beyond the two already known.

Yu Xunge learned that Quiet Mountains’ replicas grew stronger through the Demon Game and decided to avoid her counterpart while investigating the Order Badges. As she traveled toward Snow Village, Fu Qingfengji reported that Mountains Xunge had defeated Mountains Xianchan and was pursuing Zai Jiu Xunge.

• Isolated Island Huang Jin explained that descendants of gods had to win ten Demon Games to enter Quiet Mountains, where death was permanent, and that Mountains Xunge had reached the stage of seeking her Demon Name.
• After resurrecting, Yu Xunge resolved to keep Tulan and B80 inside the game, avoid the Lighthouse and her counterpart, and search for Mountains Mistblade in Snow Village.
• Yu Xunge monitored the battlefield chat as Huang Jin and Zhuri led the Ladder Ranking and Fu Qingfengji gained points by sharing gossip.
• Fu Qingfengji reported that Mountains Xunge taunted and defeated Mountains Xianchan before opening a Portal to intercept Zai Jiu Xunge.

Yu Xunge entered Snow Village and discovered how its Moon Fox districts turned the city into a cruel amusement park, while reflecting on the contrast between Quiet Mountains’ happiness and the suffering of Chaotic Star Sea. A battlefield message from Zelan Taomian showed that the city had become a target for the players’ grief and resentment.

• Yu Xunge entered Snow Village under a magic cloak, used Lonely Antenna Baby to conceal herself, and arranged for the Zhuri Sprite and B80 to meet her the next morning.
• Yu Xunge flew over the city and discovered that its districts were ruled by different Moon Fox clans and each enforced bizarre rules on residents and visitors.
• Yu Xunge realized that Chaotic Star Sea players stood out because they were driven by urgent missions and the trauma of their worlds’ destruction, unlike Quiet Mountains’ residents.
• Yu Xunge questioned why the Death Knell and Pendulum had targeted Chaotic Star Sea and wondered whether its preparations had always been meant to oppose Quiet Mountains.
• Yu Xunge read Zelan Taomian’s message expressing hatred for Snow Village, and recognized that Quiet Mountains had become a focus for Chaotic Star Sea players’ resentment.

Yu Xunge infiltrated Mountains Mistblade’s home to search for clues and saw the frail, tormented-looking powerhouse carving a gemstone. Mountains Mistblade sensed her presence and asked whether the other version of herself was doing well.

• Qihua and Yudun discussed which replicas might survive Quiet Mountains and the danger of another timeline diverging from theirs.
• Zhuri worried about Yu Xunge’s safety, while B80 said it would follow the Apprentice’s instructions and continued on with the Zhuri Sprite.
• Yu Xunge used [Waste Guide], [Mysterious Power], and [Shadow of Moon Gazing] to enter Mountains Mistblade’s snow house and search it.
• Yu Xunge found Mountains Mistblade in her study, inspected her information, and noticed a master-grade sleeping potion beside her.
• Mountains Mistblade sensed Yu Xunge and asked whether the other version of herself was doing well.

Yu Xunge escaped Mountains Mistblade and used Pirate Entrance to steal three items, including Mountains Mistblade’s diary. The diary revealed how the Demon Game’s mandatory tasks tormented Mistblade and the other Apostles of God, and why Mistblade believed the game was designed specifically for them.

• Yu Xunge fled from Mountains Mistblade, hid in the Shadow World, and returned after Mistblade entered Time Stop again.
• Yu Xunge used Pirate Entrance three times to steal from Mountains Mistblade, then escaped the snow house with a notebook, a carving knife, and half a ruby called Tyrant Game.
• Yu Xunge climbed a Mu Tree and opened Mountains Mistblade’s diary, which described Xianchan’s anger after an Apostle betrayed her in a Demon Game.
• Mountains Mistblade wrote that Mountains Xunge shared her rewards before receiving a mandatory task to betray Mistblade, and reflected on her own nightmare of kneeling to the enemy camp.
• Mountains Mistblade recorded telling Mountains Xunge that the Demon Game was meticulously designed to inflict suffering on the Apostles of God through their nightmares and mandatory tasks.

The narrator recorded how Mountains Xunge grew stronger and harsher, while the other Apostles of God plotted against her and watched her struggle with her mandatory nightmares. By the end, they had rejected the idea that they were copies of another-world originals and regarded themselves as the real ones.

• The narrator described Mountains Xunge becoming colder and stronger, then fought her after she taunted them during an allegiance quest.
• The narrator, Xianchan, Maple Sugar, Shark Leng, Yan Tu, and other Apostles formed and merged alliances to find a way to kill Mountains Xunge.
• Mountains Xunge reached Tier 17, won the Winter Solstice Festival event, and asked the narrator to craft her ruby prize into an earring in exchange for staying quiet during future allegiance quests.
• After Mountains Xunge tried to reclaim a traitor's doubled rewards, she failed to overcome her nightmare, which then allowed the traitor to receive skills she had comprehended during the game.
• The Apostles discussed what they would do if they met their originals and agreed that they no longer considered themselves copies or needed a past.

Yu Xunge read the final entries in a diary about Mountains Xunge, then returned to Mountains Mistblade’s home to search for more clues. She overheard Mountains Xunge reveal how to enter the Demon Game before the two women discovered that Yu Xunge had escaped, and Mountains Mistblade was left exhausted and disappointed.

• Yu Xunge read that another version of Mountains Xunge might have been happy, then put the diary, [Tyrant Game], and [Lullaby] into the Gashapon Machine.
• B80 told Yu Xunge that Huang Jin had found a diary about Mountains Xunge and that Mountains Mistblade was searching for her.
• Yu Xunge used four layers of protection to sneak back beneath the bed in Mountains Mistblade’s home and listened as Mountains Mistblade spoke with Mountains Xunge.
• Mountains Xunge explained that the Order Badge could open a door into the Demon Game, prompting Mountains Mistblade to flip the bed and search for Yu Xunge.
• The women found only white petals, and Mountains Xunge admitted she had revealed the information so Yu Xunge would enter the game.
• Mountains Mistblade said she had no badge and would be erased if she did not enter the Demon Game within twenty-one days, but Mountains Xunge showed no concern and noticed that Mountains Mistblade was disappointed.

Yu Xunge traveled to Forest Sea to consult Huang Jin about the Order Badge and the Demon Game, then shared clues about Mountains Yan Tu and Mountains Xunge’s nightmares in the battlefield chat. Mountains Xunge confirmed that she had won a Winter Solstice event called “Who Is the Emperor of the Quiet Mountains?”

• Mountains Mistblade considered how to recover the Order Badge, while Mountains Xunge teased her about the diary and left pleased by her curse.
• Yu Xunge shared information from the diaries, earned 2,000 contribution points, and traveled to Forest Sea instead of entering the Demon Game.
• Yu Xunge met Huang Jin in Moon Bear form, showed her the Order Badge’s item information, and recounted the diary clues while withholding details about the nightmares.
• In the battlefield chat, Yu Xunge explained that Mountains Yan Tu’s nightmare involved her teammates suffering whenever she fled, and suggested that Mountains Xunge was Mountains Xianchan’s nightmare.
• Mountains Xunge confirmed to Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple that she had won a Winter Solstice event, naming it “Who Is the Emperor of the Quiet Mountains?”

Yu Xunge and Huang Jin tested the Order Badge, sending a controlled mountain resident into the Demon Game and learning that visitors could play without being forced to continue. The test left Yu Xunge shaken by Mountains Xunge’s accusation that she was treating her pain as a curiosity, while Huang Jin offered to help her try the game the next day.

• Yu Xunge and Huang Jin failed to find the Order Badge hidden in Mistblade’s notebook and decided to test it using a controlled mountain resident.
• The resident spoke the invocation, vanished with the diary, and returned ten minutes later in severe distress before Huang Jin regained control of her.
• Yu Xunge found a note from Mountains Xunge accusing her of making light of her pain and being curious about her nightmare.
• Huang Jin questioned the resident and learned that visitors had to complete ten Demon Games to become official players, but were not forced to keep playing.
• Huang Jin told Yu Xunge the resident had gained fifteen levels in one game and asked whether she wanted to try the Demon Game the next day.

Yu Xunge entered the Demon Game and was forced to choose whether to kill her friends, then returned shaken by the choices she had made. After destroying Mountains Xunge’s note, she arranged for others to enter the game and began recruiting players across the Chaotic Star Sea.

• Yu Xunge entered the Demon Game and received mandatory missions to kill Huang Jin, Tulan, Zhuri, and B, with failure threatening her skills and player status.
• Yu Xunge completed the missions, including killing Tulan and B80 after their abilities were sealed, and earned powerful rewards.
• Yu Xunge returned to Huang Jin in tears, and Huang Jin hugged and comforted her as she struggled with the choices she had made.
• Yu Xunge found Mountains Xunge’s new note, destroyed it with golden lightning, and offered Huang Jin the six p.m. Demon Game slot.
• Yu Xunge returned moments later to collect the Diary and announced that players could sign up for Demon Game slots, setting admission prices based on whether she held a grudge against them.

Yu Xunge confessed to Tulan and B80 that she had chosen to kill them permanently in the Demon Game to protect her player status, and they accepted her choice without asking her to give up her power. She retrieved the Order Badge from Mountains Mistblade’s Diary and, with ten hours until the next Demon Game, began reading Mountains Maple Sugar’s Diary, which recorded a string of deaths.

• Yu Xunge told Tulan and B80 that she had chosen to kill them permanently in the Demon Game rather than lose her player status.
• Tulan said she would be sad briefly but would look down on Yu Xunge if she surrendered her power, and B80 agreed she should not become trash in the Abandoned Zone.
• Yu Xunge used Scan Appraisal to discover how Mountains Mistblade had hidden the Order Badge in the Diary, then sacrificed all her Mana and an SSS-rank Skill to retrieve it.
• Yu Xunge wondered whether the Order Badge was tied to a competition between the Chaotic Star Sea and Quiet Mountains, then put the badge and Mountains Mistblade’s Diary into the Gashapon Machine.
• Unable to sleep before the next Demon Game, Yu Xunge checked Mountains Maple Sugar’s Diary for an Order Badge and read entries listing the deaths of Fat Goose, Qiu Lu, Xie Xie, Yanshan, Jingman, and Yanxi.

The narrator recorded years of suffering in the Demon Game, found relief in mahjong, and grew close to Mountains Xunge through repeated missions that forced betrayal. The chapter ended with Mountains Xunge being voted the most annoying player by nearly all the Apostles of God.

• The narrator reflected on years of suffering and discovered that pain could be stored in owl feathers and converted into strength.
• Mistblade introduced mahjong, which became the narrator's main diversion and drew Frost Deer, Maji, and a new Apostle of God into the game.
• Mountains Xunge repeatedly disrupted the narrator's plans, while the Demon Game often assigned the narrator missions to betray her.
• The narrator and Frost Deer formed a plan to kill Mountains Xunge, and Maji, Mistblade, Xianchan, Queque, and Mirror Goose joined before the rival groups merged.
• Mountains Xunge confronted the narrator after repeated betrayals, but the narrator beat her and sent her away bruised.
• Mountains Xunge received nine votes when the Apostles of God were asked who was the most annoying player, and the narrator was the only one who had not voted for her.

After reading Mountains Mistblade’s diary, Yu Xunge received a threat from Mountains Xunge ordering her to keep entering the Demon Game or die. She chose to defy the threat by turning it into training, discovering that Time Stop let her repeatedly enter the same game while Quiet Mountains remained frozen.

• Yu Xunge read the final pages of Mountains Mistblade’s diary, which described Mountains Xunge’s plan to kill her original and reminded Yu Xunge of the threat she posed.
• Mountains Xunge delivered Yu Xunge a note demanding that she keep entering the Demon Game or die that day.
• The group discussed Yu Xunge’s absence, the visitor-player rules, and the possibility that she was using Time Stop to repeat the same Demon Game.
• Yu Xunge’s anger at Mountains Xunge’s contempt drove her to decide she would play the Demon Game even more than her copy.
• Yu Xunge activated Time Stop just before the entry window and entered the Demon Game again, confirming that she could repeat it during the frozen time.

Yu Xunge spent a Time Stop repeating Demon Games to train against Mountains Xunge, becoming far stronger while her mind deteriorated. Chaotic Star Sea summoned the gods to protect her from Quiet Mountains, which planned to bind her after she exploited the game’s rules.

• Yu Xunge repeatedly sought out Mountains Xunge in the Demon Game, using their duels to learn combat techniques while completing quests between fights.
• By her sixth Demon Game, Yu Xunge could predict Mountains Xunge’s movements, had gained immense attributes, and had spent what amounted to nearly a thousand years repeating the same routine.
• Tulan and B worried that Yu Xunge had nearly forgotten them and debated how to help her.
• Chaotic Star Sea told the gods that Yu Xunge had run the Demon Game over a hundred thousand times, forcing Quiet Mountains to change its rules and prompting it to try to bind her.
• Chaotic Star Sea ordered a god to reach Yu Xunge, stop her from entering another game, and bring her back; Qihua was volunteered after Feiju and Yudun were ruled out.

Mountains Xunge showed Yan Tu memories of her brutal fights with Star Sea Xunge, asking whether the stubborn fighter was the person Yan Tu knew. Yan Tu confirmed it and explained how Mountains Xunge’s existence had wounded Star Sea Xunge’s pride; Mountains Xunge then projected another memory and asked if Yan Tu still recognized her.

• Mountains Xunge projected a memory of herself repeatedly defeating and insulting Star Sea Xunge in combat.
• Yan Tu confirmed that the beaten fighter was the Star Sea Xunge she knew, describing her as stubborn and unyielding.
• Yan Tu recalled witnessing Star Sea Xunge’s earlier exploits and explained that her arrogance came from believing she could accomplish anything.
• Mountains Xunge asked what Yan Tu was thinking, and Yan Tu said Mountains Xunge’s strength and achievements had wounded Star Sea Xunge’s self-esteem.
• Mountains Xunge replaced the forest memory with an image of herself and Star Sea Xunge on a bridge, then asked Yan Tu whether she still recognized Star Sea Xunge.

Mountains Xunge showed Yan Tu footage of Star Sea Xunge suppressing her humanity and copying her combat skills, then knocked out Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple before leaving the Prison Cell. Later, Qihua and Zhuri found Zai Jiu Xunge in the Tree Tower cabin, where she attacked Zhuri until Qihua restrained her with Flower Branch and put her unconscious.

• Mountains Xunge concluded that Star Sea Xunge had suppressed her humanity and was learning from her, then knocked out Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple to prevent her from warning the other Star Sea players.
• Zhuri arrived at the Tree Tower and recalled how Zai Jiu Xunge had once called her talent One-Man Party.
• Qihua appeared and introduced herself as Zai Jiu Xunge's Cooking Teacher, while Zhuri identified herself as her Enlightenment Teacher.
• Zhuri followed Qihua to the cabin, where Zai Jiu Xunge attacked her with a golden lightning sword while appearing unable to wake.
• Qihua used Flower of Deceit to make Zai Jiu Xunge's Flower Branch bind her and send red mist into her head, knocking her unconscious.

Zhuri told Huang Jin that Apprentice had become too strong to defeat and had attacked her repeatedly in the Demon Game, while Fragrant Branch took Apprentice away. Qihua led the restrained Zai Jiu Xunge through Forest Sea with Tulan and B80, who explained that Apprentice’s habit of attacking Zhuri did not mean she stopped caring about her.

• Huang Jin found Zhuri beside the hut, and Zhuri admitted she could no longer defeat Apprentice.
• Zhuri told Huang Jin that Fragrant Branch, Apprentice’s Cooking Teacher, had taken her away and that Apprentice had attacked her to kill her.
• Zhuri reasoned that Apprentice’s Demon Game nightmare had made killing her a conditioned habit, and Huang Jin worried that Apprentice might attack her too.
• Zhuri vanished after telling Huang Jin to follow the signals, while the group chat revealed Dawn Cicada was heading to Forest Sea.
• Qihua led the restrained Zai Jiu Xunge through Forest Sea on Tulan’s back, with B80 beside them.
• Tulan and B80 said Apprentice’s attacks were not her fault and listed the few people she cared about, including Zhuri and Huang Jin.

Mountains Xunge recruited Apostles of God to help kill Star Sea Xunge, whom she believed had used Time Stop Skill to learn her fighting techniques. Meanwhile, Qihua secured Zai Jiu Xunge’s equipment, and the chapter ended with Zai Jiu Xunge waking in the Quiet Mountains game and receiving a quest that made Qihua her only ally.

• Mountains Xunge asked the Apostles of God to help kill Star Sea Xunge and explained that Star Sea Xunge had likely fought her through multiple loops to learn her combat techniques.
• Xianchan, Yan Tu, and Mistblade negotiated with Mountains Xunge to help, while the group discussed the dangers of Yan Tu’s Time Stop Skill.
• Qihua, Tulan, and B80 checked that Zai Jiu Xunge’s equipment and Order Badge were inside the Gashapon Machine, then kept her restrained as Qihua said she would protect her through the game.
• Zai Jiu Xunge woke shortly before six, escaped the Flower Branch restraints, and searched for her missing Order Badge.
• Qihua’s Flower Branch struck Zai Jiu Xunge, triggering a main quest that named Star Sea Qihua as her only ally and ordered her to trust and follow Qihua until the Quiet Mountains game ended.

Star Sea Qihua successfully beguiled Zai Jiu Xunge into trusting her unconditionally, then directed her to destroy the Gashapon Machine's capsule and Order Badge. Their attack triggered Forest Sea's defenses, and they fled while teleportation was prohibited.

• Qihua used her Flower Branch to complete the beguilement of Zai Jiu Xunge, making her trust Qihua unconditionally.
• Qihua told Zai Jiu Xunge to destroy the capsule and Order Badge, and Zai Jiu Xunge unleashed her combat technique, [Bird in a Cage].
• Zai Jiu Xunge's lightning annihilated the capsule and Order Badge, advancing her task progress by 10%.
• The attack triggered Forest Sea's Wartime Defensive Array, which transferred nearby Mountain Players and prohibited teleportation.
• Qihua and Zai Jiu Xunge fled through Forest Sea as residents and pursuers rushed toward them.

Qihua and Zai Jiu Xunge encountered Mountains Maple Sugar in Forest Sea, and Zai Jiu Xunge fought her while Qihua watched. Mountains Maple Sugar sent them to the city’s edge, where they ran into Star Sea Xianchan as she arrived and witnessed the fight.

• Qihua and Zai Jiu Xunge stopped before Mountains Maple Sugar, who questioned why Qihua was helping her counterpart.
• Zai Jiu Xunge fought Mountains Maple Sugar with her golden Longsword while Qihua stayed nearby and kept their Flower Branch connected.
• Mountains Maple Sugar used her smoke and authority to counter Zai Jiu Xunge’s powerful attack and transfer the two Star Sea players to the city’s edge.
• Star Sea Xianchan arrived in Forest Sea and saw Zai Jiu Xunge fighting Mountains Maple Sugar, leaving her stunned.
• Qihua noticed Xianchan, but Zai Jiu Xunge ran on and dragged Qihua away, leaving Xianchan bewildered.

Dawn Cicada realized Zai Jiu Xunge was enthralled and important enough for Qihua to protect, so she decided not to interfere. As Qihua escorted Zai Jiu Xunge toward Midsummer, she struggled to keep Tulan and B80 from provoking her, while Zai Jiu Xunge grew restless without her daily missions.

• Dawn Cicada checked the Battlefield Chat Channel and learned that Huang Jin had encountered five Apostles of God in the Demon Game after its update barred entry with Time Stop.
• Dawn Cicada concluded that Zai Jiu Xunge was enthralled and had become important to the Chaotic Star Sea, so she chose not to interfere.
• Zhuri discussed the limited uses of Time Stop with Huang Jin, who told her she hid her distress behind a calm demeanor.
• Qihua escorted Zai Jiu Xunge toward Midsummer while Tulan and B80 hid in her hood and repeatedly provoked Zai Jiu Xunge.
• Tulan and B80 changed their forms to avoid being attacked, while Zai Jiu Xunge became restless because she could no longer do her daily missions.

Qihua discovered that Zai Jiu Xunge had prepared a way to recover herself after repeated use of Time Stop left her emotionally numb. She found the treasure [My Sigh], which held Zai Jiu Xunge’s important memories, and watched her begin to reconnect with them.

• Qihua bound Zai Jiu Xunge’s hands and questioned Tulan and B80 about anything unusual she had done before becoming numb.
• Tulan and B80 recalled that Zai Jiu Xunge had repeatedly watched a gold coin spin after using [Tail Tip] to turn back time.
• Qihua searched Zai Jiu Xunge’s Gashapon Machine, finding thousands of capsules and a half-eaten bag of chips before locating a moon lantern and gold coin.
• Qihua flicked [My Sigh] before Zai Jiu Xunge, and Zai Jiu Xunge eagerly caught and spun the coin repeatedly.
• Qihua guessed that [My Sigh] contained Zai Jiu Xunge’s important memories, which could help her find herself again.

Qihua took Zai Jiu Xunge toward Midsummer to help her learn resonance with the Celestial Phenomenon Tribe, while the two debated how to treat Quiet Mountains’ players. In Forest Sea, Mountains Xunge and Mountains Maple Sugar discussed the possibility that the Qihua they had encountered was the original, then turned to how different their Star Sea counterparts might be.

• Qihua explained that Zai Jiu Xunge could practice resonance with Celestial Phenomenon Tribe members in Midsummer and eventually learn a combination skill.
• Qihua briefly shared Zai Jiu Xunge’s senses through the Flower of Deceit seed and saw fragments of memories in the spinning coin.
• Tulan and B80 argued over whose memories were in the coin, then speculated about how Qihua would appear in Sigh.
• Mountains Maple Sugar told Mountains Xunge she might have seen Demon Qihua, and they considered whether a god might have personally entered Quiet Mountains for Star Sea Xunge.
• Mountains Xunge asked Mountains Maple Sugar whether she would seek out her Star Sea counterpart, and Maple Sugar declined before asking what her counterpart was like.