Chapter Summaries

Yu Xunge recovered Zai Jiu Xunge’s Player Relic by killing Y128, then invited the resurrected Y128 to join her in the Battle Royale. Y128 accepted after Yu Xunge persuaded it that anger toward her could help it ignite its Soul Fire.

• Y128 demanded that Yu Xunge kill L in exchange for Zai Jiu Xunge’s Player Relic, and Yu Xunge used [Beyond the Program] and [Story's End] to rename and kill Y128.
• Yu Xunge retrieved the gemstone ring containing the Player Relic, and L came over while explaining that it had not yet returned its player’s relic.
• Y128 resurrected and asked Yu Xunge why she had attacked it, and she said she wanted to remove potential trouble and had acted as a victorious winner, not out of guilt.
• Yu Xunge invited Y128 to enter the Battle Royale with her and proposed a contract and a safeguard from B to prevent betrayal.
• Yu Xunge told Y128 that hatred and pain could ignite Soul Fire, and Y128 agreed to join her.

Yu Xunge secured Y128’s cooperation with a magically protected contract and explained that L remained her fallback because the Mechanical Race could determine whether the game continued. She found L crying over its stolen antenna, while Y128 demanded to know what had happened to its own antenna.

• Yu Xunge wrote a contract with Y128, protected it against modification and outside skills, and both signed it.
• Yu Xunge explained that she had chosen Y128 because it was the best combat partner, but said L was her fallback because the Mechanical Race could enable the game to continue.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 found L crying because Dawn Spring Guest had pulled off its antenna and used it to tie up runaway flower branches.
• Y128 pushed between Yu Xunge and L and angrily asked where its own antenna was and what it had been used for.

Yu Xunge helped L and Y128 choose new antennas before the third-stage Battle Royale began. The game placed her and Y128 in control of opposite sides of a Mechanical Race member, leaving her to face a deadly hunt in an unfamiliar control mode.

• Yu Xunge showed Y128 the Perfect Artifact [Lonely Antenna Baby], and Y128 complained that its name did not include its own name.
• Yu Xunge laid out materials and used [Refurbish] to let L and Y128 choose new antennas, while Tulan and B80 watched.
• After the two robots happily settled on flowers for their heads, the game began and Yu Xunge and Y128 were placed on a grassland map as miniature players.
• The Battle Royale rules introduced hunters, map mergers, resource boxes, and restrictions on equipment and items.
• Yu Xunge realized that her movements controlled the left side of a large Mechanical Race member while Y128 controlled its right side, and she feared the hunters might be gods and demons she had offended.

Zhuri and Huang Jin prepared to enter the Godly Game, where players of Isolated Island had to kill the Mechanical Race to delay an invasion. In the first round, Yu Xunge and Y128 faced descending hunters, and revelations about invasion progress turned the battlefield into a larger threat.

• Zhuri admitted to Huang Jin that she felt somewhat guilty about the world barrier opening, though neither regretted seeking the truth about their world.
• The Godly Game rules required players to kill every Mechanical Race member within three hours, then fight any survivors in a final battle to delay Isolated Island's invasion.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 began the game sharing control of one body, with Y128 controlling more of its movements and decisions.
• Yu Xunge recognized Asagi and Bern among the descending hunters, then fled with Y128 and asked whether Y128 knew Isolated Island; Y128 refused to answer.
• An announcement reported that Asagi killed Huang Yan · Wu Ke, raising Jianqi's invasion progress by two percent, while Dawn Cicada killed Jianqi Huben and raised Dawn's progress against Zelan by 0.1 percent.

As player deaths revealed how kills affected invasion progress between worlds, Yu Xunge realized that her wager could only delay Zaijiu’s defeat while Dawn continued its invasion through Zelan. She joined Y128 in hunting other players and summoned Zhuri, who could not see her, as Y128 prepared to fight on her behalf.

• Players worked out that kills generally advanced invasions according to the Invasion Sequence, while special conditions could reduce progress or impose a 2% penalty on a dead player’s world.
• Yu Xunge understood that Dawn could bypass her wager by shattering Zelan and continuing its invasion of Zaijiu, leaving her wager as only a temporary reprieve.
• Y128 told Yu Xunge that killing players could earn it freedom, a choice of settlement world, and eventually the gods’ kindling of its Soul Fire.
• Y128 revealed that it had chosen Yu Xunge partly because its calculations identified her Sunset Cantata as one of the best Player Relics, then used Zhuri Moment to summon the Zhuri Sprite.
• Yu Xunge warned Y128 that the summoned player might be a hunter, and Y128 explained that the Sprite would have the original’s memories but would not share senses with her.
• The Zhuri Sprite appeared, could not see Yu Xunge, and asked Y128 where she was; Y128 claimed it was Yu Xunge’s Game Agent and would fight for her.

Yu Xunge lost Zhuri’s help after Y128 tried to persuade her, then relied on Y128 and ordinary combat to compete for Resource Boxes. Zhuri began killing players from “Isolated Island,” with the kills credited to Yu Xunge, leaving Yu and Y128 to realize that the hunters’ goal was to kill players quickly.

• Y128 asked Zhuri to help by claiming Yu Xunge needed the skill to protect herself and her world, but Zhuri said Y128 did not know Yu and vanished.
• Yu explained that she would not beg Zhuri for help, then admitted she would have told her, “Teacher, I’m really looking forward to fighting alongside you.”
• Yu Xunge and Y128 fought other Mechanical Race members for Resource Boxes using ordinary techniques, and Yu explained she had chosen her skill in case a Mechanical Race ally betrayed her.
• Yu worried that “Isolated Island” might have entered the Invasion Sequence and that its people could suffer because of her choices.
• Battlefield announcements credited Zai Jiu Xunge with kills of Chongshan Cuoluo and Lingding Nanyue, and Yu concluded that Zhuri had made the kills on her behalf.
• The World Battlefield channel discussed Zhuri carrying Yu’s kills, while Yu and Y128 concluded that the hunters from “Isolated Island” were focused on killing players.

Dawn Cicada and Y1122 escaped Cuo Da and Tian Huhaoqi, while the hunted players struggled to survive against the powerful hunters. In the thirty-seventh minute, Fu Qingfengji killed Hexi and randomly changed Fuqing’s invading world to Earth Cage, giving Fuqing a chance at years or decades of respite.

• Dawn Cicada recognized Cuo Da as the principal of Moonlight Wetland and realized she and Y1122 could not defeat him while sharing control of one body.
• Tian Huhaoqi charged Dawn Cicada with a greatsword, so Dawn Cicada told Y1122 to use [Distant Lighthouse] and escape just before the attack landed.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 escaped Asagi and recharged at a station as players complained in the battlefield chat about the hunters’ strength.
• In the thirty-seventh minute, Fu Qingfengji killed Hexi and received a random draw to change Fuqing’s invading world.
• The draw replaced Winter Sea with Earth Cage, giving Fuqing a less threatening invasion sequence and a possible reprieve of years or decades.

Yu Xunge and Y128 survived the early chaos while players searched for ways to awaken their Player Relics. After the maps merged and Huang Jin appeared, Zhuri sealed the area and began killing players as Yu Xunge fled with Y128.

• Yu Xunge declined to cooperate with Zelan and continued surviving with Y128, opening Resource Boxes and collecting equipment.
• The maps merged, ten hunters arrived on each map, and players were told to awaken their Player Relics while Chimney Smoke burned.
• Zhuri killed Zelan Bone Shadow, and Huang Jin appeared to fight Tiger Ear Que Que with her [Law of Death] equipment.
• Zhuri sealed a large area, disabling Movement Skills, while Tiger Ear Que Que moved toward Yu Xunge and Y128.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 ran as Zhuri killed players across the battlefield, and an unknown figure ran beside Yu Xunge and questioned her stumbling.

Yu Xunge fled the battlefield with Tiger Ear Que Que while investigating how to awaken her Player Relic, then encountered Huang Jin and escaped after signaling that she was her apprentice. Zhuri found Huang Jin’s warning that Yu Xunge was nearby and changed course, hoping they would not meet.

• Yu Xunge and Tiger Ear Que Que agreed to cooperate while fleeing, and Yu Xunge studied her Player Relic as she considered the Little Painter game’s rules with Tulan and B80.
• Yu Xunge listed the players she might be able to kill to awaken her relic, but Huang Jin suddenly attacked her and appeared beside Tiger Ear Que Que.
• Yu Xunge fled from Huang Jin while drawing a modified Hide and Seek skill rune that would reveal her identity, trusting Huang Jin to let her go rather than pursue her.
• An announcement reported that Huang Jin had killed Tiger Ear Que Que, while Yu Xunge continued escaping without Huang Jin following her.
• Zhuri found Huang Jin’s message pointing toward Yu Xunge, erased it, and changed direction because she feared her apprentice might die permanently if they met.

Yu Xunge refused Zelan Kufu’s request to kill him and later hunted down Donghai Shark Leng, who helped her hold off a hunter. After killing him, she unfurled her painting.

• Zelan Kufu begged Yu Xunge to kill him, but she ran away rather than risk his hidden abilities and the nearby hunter Luodian.
• Luodian killed Zelan Kufu, then was afflicted by Kufu’s Undead Curse until Cuo Da lifted it.
• Yu Xunge spotted Donghai Shark Leng fighting the hunter Arcane and charged at him with Y128.
• Donghai Shark Leng realized he could not escape and cooperated with Yu Xunge, immobilizing Arcane so she could deliver the final blow.
• Yu Xunge killed Donghai Shark Leng, received a smaller-than-usual level-cap reward, and unfurled her painting.

Yu Xunge and Y128 reached the temple where players could awaken their Player Relics and question the gods. Dawn Cicada accused Qihua of abandoning Lighthouse and favoring Yu Xunge, but Yu Xunge concluded that Qihua’s actions had been meant to make amends to Fragrant Branch and unite Dawn with Zai Jiu.

• Yu Xunge and Y128 used Romantic Tourist to escape another possible hunter encounter, then charged Y128 while Yu Xunge wondered about the game’s mechanics and Isolated Island’s strength.
• Yu Xunge completed the second round and arrived with hundreds of players in a temple where blue motes began awakening their Player Relics.
• A god announced that Game Time had been paused and invited the players to ask questions.
• Dawn Cicada confronted Qihua, demanding to know why she had not helped Lighthouse and accusing her of favoring Zai Jiu Xunge.
• Qihua revealed herself as Fragrant Branch and said the Godly Game supervised the gods’ actions, preventing players from benefiting from their favoritism.
• Yu Xunge asked how Dawn Cicada knew Qihua had caused the Zai Jiu Wager and Invasion Sequence update, then concluded that Qihua had acted for Fragrant Branch and wanted Dawn to merge with Zai Jiu.

At the divine council, Zai Jiu Xunge asked why the worlds kept merging, and the deities revealed that an unavoidable crisis threatened them all. The answers exposed the stakes of surviving the crisis, while the hunters’ permanent deaths left the players facing a new danger.

• Qihua returned to her divine throne after explaining her scheme, and Zai Jiu Xunge asked what crisis had driven the world mergers.
• A deity answered that the crisis was unavoidable, prompting the players to question the council further.
• The deities said stronger worlds had better chances of survival and that survivors could gain an Isolated Island, become deities, or restart their worlds.
• The council confirmed Astralana had survived a previous crisis and explained its unusual status and the hunters’ victory conditions.
• A player asked whether dead hunters could be resurrected, and the deity answered that they died permanently.

After the players’ questions awakened their Player Relics, Yu Xunge discovered her painting had transformed into a powerful relic with two modes. The chapter ended as she revealed its Sun mode, Sunset Cantata, alongside its Moon mode, Echoes of the Snow Country.

• After all 529 players asked their questions, blue motes ignited their Player Relics.
• Yu Xunge unfurled her painting and saw that an unknown being had refined its figures and added a snowy night to its world.
• Yu Xunge acknowledged how much Qihua’s favoritism and exploitation had hurt her, despite pretending she did not care.
• Yu Xunge’s painting awakened as Echoes of the Snow Country, a Moon-mode relic with six combat-focused skills.
• Yu Xunge rolled up and reopened the painting, switching it to Sun mode and revealing the relic Sunset Cantata.

Yu Xunge discovered that her awakened Player Relic had become a collar, while the gods discussed her relationship with Qihua. As the third round grew more dangerous, Yu Xunge abruptly decided to hunt Dawn Cicada.

• Yu Xunge found that her Player Relic had become a collar that returned to her neck whenever she tried to remove it, and she vowed to put it around Qihua's neck one day.
• The players' Player Relics changed after awakening, and they were expelled from the temple.
• Yudun told Qihua that Yu Xunge hated her and questioned whether Qihua had deliberately revealed herself to Yu Xunge; Qihua attacked Yudun, who vanished.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 continued prioritizing survival as hunters gathered on the shrinking number of maps.
• Yu Xunge ordered Y128 to change course and help her kill Dawn Cicada, leaving Y128 confused.

Yu Xunge fought Dawn Cicada with Y128 and Aihao, then used [Flower of Deceit] to turn Dawn Cicada’s flowering branch into an ordinary golden apple. She fled while eating it, leaving Dawn Cicada shocked and furious.

• Yu Xunge and Y128 attacked Dawn Cicada, but Dawn Cicada restored her HP and removed her status ailments.
• Yu Xunge summoned Aihao with [Echoes of the Snow Country] and sent her to attack the other players and hunters.
• Dawn Cicada explained that she resented Qihua’s special treatment of Yu Xunge and chose to build Dawn rather than rebuild Lighthouse after its destruction.
• Dawn Cicada offered to make Yu Xunge a leader of Dawn, but Yu Xunge used [Flower of Deceit] to turn her flowering branch into a golden apple.
• Yu Xunge kicked Dawn Cicada away and fled while eating the apple, and Y128 awkwardly told the pursuing Dawn Cicada to speak after Yu Xunge had finished eating.

Yu Xunge destroyed Dawn Cicada’s flowering branch, escaped the temple, and learned how Dawn Cicada gained authority through her previous branch’s remains. After hunters from an eliminated map arrived, Yu Xunge and Y128 fled and planned to draw their pursuers toward Dawn Spring Guest and Dawn Soundside.

• Yu Xunge ate the golden apple made from Dawn Cicada’s flowering branch, gained major stat boosts, and escaped with Y128 using Romantic Tourist.
• Yu Xunge questioned B80 and learned that Dawn Cicada’s former flowering branch had taken Dawn’s attack and parasitized its server, giving her extra authority.
• Yu Xunge realized Qihua had guided Dawn Cicada toward Zai Jiu, while still wondering why Qihua had revealed her true face.
• A notification announced that Map 1’s players had been eliminated, and its hunters were redistributed across the remaining maps.
• Zhuri and Aihao descended near Yu Xunge and Y128, who ran across the desert and decided to lure them toward Dawn Spring Guest and Dawn Soundside.

Yu Xunge watched Zhuri and Huang Jin repeatedly ask whether their enemies could revive, realizing their questions came from fear for their apprentices. After escaping with Y128, she wrote “Teacher, I can revive” across the desert, hoping her teachers would find the message.

• Zhuri fought the Mechanical Race members and repeatedly asked whether they could revive after being killed.
• Yu Xunge realized Zhuri feared her apprentice might die permanently if killed in the game.
• After Huang Jin killed another Mechanical Race member, she asked the same question, and Yu Xunge understood her teachers kept asking because they cared and could not trust every answer.
• Y128 used [Romantic Tourist] to take Yu Xunge away, and she wrote “Teacher, I can revive” in the sand with a smiley face.
• Yu Xunge and Y128 ran through the desert, leaving the same message wherever they could in hopes that Zhuri and Huang Jin would see it.

Qihua silently considered why she could not accept Zai Jiu Xunge's kindness, while Zhuri found a message from her apprentice saying she could revive. As the Godly Game countdown began, Yu Xunge sought a Zelan player to finish off a weakened hunter, then shared its location in the battlefield chat.

• Yudun asked Qihua why Zai Jiu Xunge could not understand Qihua's need for her, and Qihua privately recognized that she could not accept kindness given with an ulterior purpose.
• Zhuri found a message carved in the desert saying, “Teacher, I can revive,” and left without responding.
• The countdown showed five minutes and fifty-two players remaining, while Yu Xunge weighed the risks of changing the invading world through the Wager.
• Yu Xunge offered a weakened Isolated Island hunter to Zelan players in the battlefield chat, and several players competed to answer her.
• Yu Xunge called Zelan Yinya “Grandma” and reported the hunter's location at the oasis between the small yellow cactus and the big blue cactus.

Yu Xunge joined Huang Jin against five Zelan players, then learned that Isolated Island players faced strict rules governing their final stage. After Zhuri let Yu Xunge flee for sixty seconds, she ran off while the others discussed whether Zhuri had meant to help her escape or get lost.

• Maple Sugar recognized Rong Shan as an impostor, but Rong Shan sprang a trap and hurled a spear at her.
• Yu Xunge used her reward to return to her original body and helped Huang Jin fight Yinya, Song Gui, Mai Mang · Xie Xie, Chongshan Ember, and Donghai Jingman.
• Song Gui's Player Relic drained Yu Xunge and Huang Jin's attributes, while their battlefield banter turned to teasing Yu Xunge about crying and Dawn Cicada.
• Zhuri and Cuo Da arrived, protected Huang Jin, and watched the countdown settle at fifty remaining players.
• Huang Jin explained that killing Mechanical Race members after the countdown could delay Isolated Island's entry into the invasion sequence, but game rules imposed severe penalties for failing stage requirements.
• Yu Xunge asked Zhuri for a head start to flee; Zhuri allowed her sixty seconds, then admitted she had meant for Yu Xunge to get lost.

As the final showdown began, Yu Xunge set out to recruit Song Gui as Zai Jiu’s new leader and attacked her with Y128 and Tulan. Song Gui proved difficult to defeat, and the chapter ended as Yu Xunge activated three Ultimate Arts with the hunters and players closing in.

• The final showdown’s new rules allowed players to use unsealed skills and equipment, and Yu Xunge realized she had reached tier 13.
• Yu Xunge spotted Song Gui and declared her the candidate for Zai Jiu’s new leader, then attacked with Y128 and Tulan.
• Yu Xunge used [Owl Was Captured] to transfer [Flower of Deceit]’s cooldown to Song Gui, then used [Reversal Moment] and [Thanks for Nature's Gift] against her.
• Song Gui transformed into leaves, evaded Yu Xunge’s attacks, and used a warhammer and vines to resist while Y128 held off her Mechanical Race partner.
• Yu Xunge and Tulan attacked Song Gui with [Sunset Cantata], [Crimson Dandelion], [Freeze Again], and [Fallen Starry Sky], but Song Gui survived and counterattacked.
• With the hunters and players arriving, Yu Xunge activated [Phoenix Seat], [Rule 710], and [Never Change].