Chapter Summaries

Xie Antong read and memorized the Servant’s Code, while Lu Ce ignored the rules, destroyed the alarm clock, and left his room. He encountered a hulking guard outside and casually beckoned him over.

• Xie Antong dressed as a servant and checked her outfit while viewers joked about Sin’s actions next door.
• Xie Antong read the remaining rules, learned that the Princess’s wishes and wedding were paramount, and saw the rule sheet turn to ashes as its contents appeared on her interface.
• Lu Ce discarded his rule sheet, smashed the alarm clock, and complained that no servant had come to clean his room.
• Lu Ce changed into a flashy golden suit and opened his door without waiting for an alarm notification.
• A hulking guard confronted Lu Ce outside, and Lu Ce waved him over as if calling a dog.

Lu Ce claimed authority over the palace and forced a guard to kneel, demanding to be called King rather than Princess. The guard began to suspect that Lu Ce might be the Princess’s unknown wedding partner.

• The guard hesitated when Lu Ce emerged without the servant aura he expected.
• Lu Ce ordered the guard closer, then slammed a hand onto his shoulder and forced him to one knee.
• Lu Ce declared himself the palace’s Highest Will, and the guard reflexively said that the Princess held that position.
• Lu Ce forbade the guard from calling him Princess and demanded to be called King.
• The guard remembered the Princess’s wedding in two days and wondered whether Lu Ce was her wedding partner.

Lu Ce convinced a castle guard that he was the King and the Princess’s father, then had the guard guide him to the Princess. He entered her lavish room but became distracted by its furnishings, leaving the Princess laughing unnoticed.

• Lu Ce persuaded the guard that he was the King and the Princess’s father, and the guard accepted his claims.
• Lu Ce ordered the guard to clean his room and asked what he should do next.
• The guard offered to take Lu Ce to see the Princess and led him through the castle to her chamber.
• Lu Ce intimidated the guards at the Princess’s door until they let him inside.
• Lu Ce examined the chamber’s decorations instead of acknowledging the Princess, then told her to be quiet when she laughed.

Lu Ce entered Princess's room, tested the massive stone at its center, and used his strange claims about being King to calm Princess's madness. Princess said she had had enough of living there, and Lu Ce told her to leave so he could take the room.

• Lu Ce ignored Princess and tried unsuccessfully to move the huge stone in her room.
• Princess tore open the curtain, screamed that she was not Princess, and demanded to know who she was.
• Lu Ce declared that there was no Princess, only King, and said that he was King, calming Princess.
• Princess apologized and described the room as a place that served Princess rather than her as a person.
• Princess said she had had enough of living there, and Lu Ce told her to pack up and leave because he would live in the room.

Lu Ce claimed the Princess’s room as his own and led her toward his former room, leaving the guards baffled by her appearance beside him. Their meeting was interrupted when the First Attendant emerged, and Lu Ce recognized him as “Sun.”

• Lu Ce refused to leave the Princess’s room and told her that it was his now.
• The Princess asked to see Lu Ce’s former room, and he led her out while she followed him.
• Two guards spotted the Princess with Lu Ce, and she told them she was going to his original room.
• A bell rang to signal the First Attendant’s meeting with the Princess, and a towering man stepped out of a room.
• Lu Ce recognized the man as “Sun.”

Sun attacked Lu Ce inside the palace, overpowering the guards as he charged at his old enemy. The chapter ended with Lu Ce stopping Sun’s punch with two fingers, shocking the Princess.

• Sun recognized Lu Ce and blasted a guard through the palace corridor with a fireball.
• Sun covered himself in Flame Heavy Armor and charged toward Lu Ce as the Princess and guards watched in alarm.
• The guards struck Sun in the abdomen, but his armor rippled as he grabbed and burned their faces.
• Sun shoved past the guards and swung a heavy punch at Lu Ce, while the guards grabbed his legs.
• Lu Ce stopped Sun’s punch with two fingers, leaving the Princess stunned.

Lu Ce presented himself as a king while the Sun confronted him and triggered a battle with the palace guards. As the Sun wondered whether Lu Ce had a different mission, Xie Antong learned that Sin was leading the guards.

• The Sun recognized Lu Ce from their previous game and angrily accused him of exploiting him, but Lu Ce claimed not to remember him and mocked his weakness.
• Lu Ce told the guards they were useless, and they seized the Sun, slammed him into the stairs, and threw him into a fountain.
• The Sun recovered and fought the palace guards, turning the hall into ruins while Lu Ce watched beside Princess.
• The Sun noticed that the guards and Princess treated Lu Ce like their king and wondered if his mission differed from theirs.
• Xie Antong asked her livestream viewers whether Sin had started fighting the guards, and they told her that Sin was leading them.

Xie Antong watched the chaos unfold as Sun fought the palace guards, while Lu Ce maintained his King disguise beside the Princess. Sun was pinned down but taunted Lu Ce to kill the Princess, hinting that the fight was not over.

• Xie Antong learned from her livestream that Sun had entered the game and wondered why Sin was not fighting.
• More than a dozen guards attacked Sun, revealing their varied abilities as they protected the Princess and gave Lu Ce a chance to observe them.
• Lu Ce stood beside the Princess as the King, ordered a guard to bring him a golden chair, and watched Sun's struggle.
• The guards chained Sun to the ground and pinned him with spears, but he launched a fire dragon toward Lu Ce, which their shields blocked.
• Sun taunted Lu Ce for not killing the Princess and challenged him to prove he had not already lost.

Sun attacked Lu Ce and was subdued by the palace guards, while the Princess ordered him imprisoned. Lu Ce and the Princess were allowed to share a room temporarily, and the second Attendant Time began with a tailcoated gentleman arriving at the Princess’s door.

• Sun was pinned down by the guards after confronting Lu Ce and questioning why he had not killed the Princess.
• The Princess ordered the guards to imprison Sun, secure the palace, and interrogate him.
• Xie Antong learned that Sun had been restrained and worried that the disruption would change her plans.
• Lu Ce insisted that the Princess’s room was his, and the guards compromised by letting them share it during the day.
• The second bell rang, and a tailcoated gentleman arrived at the Princess’s room and began greeting her.

Shui Zhongmeng entered the room and found Lu Ce there with the hysterical Princess. After discovering that Lu Ce had killed Sun, Shui Zhongmeng tried to question him and propose cooperation, but Lu Ce dismissed him as worthless.

• Shui Zhongmeng entered the room, struggled to calm the Princess, and greeted Lu Ce, who ignored him while handling his weapon.
• Shui Zhongmeng introduced himself as No. 22 and revealed that he belonged to the Heaven and Earth Society, surprising China's Elder Council.
• Lu Ce told Shui Zhongmeng that Sun was in the game and that he had just killed him.
• Shui Zhongmeng accepted Sun's death without protest and asked Lu Ce how he had appeared in the room.
• Lu Ce refused to explain or cooperate, insisting the game matched weaker players with him because he was too strong.

Lu Ce drove Shui Zhongmeng out of Princess's room, where Xie Antong arrived and tried to reach Princess by recognizing how little control she had over her life. Xie Antong asked Princess whether she loved him, leaving the question unanswered.

• Lu Ce silenced Princess when she screamed and ordered her not to shout in his room.
• Princess called for guards, who seized Shui Zhongmeng and dragged him out.
• Xie Antong entered the room and began speaking with Princess while Lu Ce stayed quiet.
• Xie Antong told Princess that she might be powerless to choose whether she lived as Princess, just as ordinary girls could not choose to become her.
• Xie Antong asked Princess whether she loved him.

Xie Antong questioned the Princess about her feelings and uncovered her reluctance to marry, then learned that Lu Ce was the King. The chapter ended with Lu Ce declaring himself the Highest Will in the game.

• Xie Antong asked the Princess whether she loved the person she was meant to marry, and the Princess broke down in tears before insisting that she loved him.
• Xie Antong asked why the Princess did not want the wedding, and the Princess admitted that she loved him but did not want to attend it.
• Xie Antong guessed that the Princess had been forced into a political marriage, and the Princess thought the explanation sounded familiar.
• The Princess asked Lu Ce whether he had arranged her marriage, and he denied doing so.
• Xie Antong realized Lu Ce was the King, and Lu Ce declared that he was the Highest Will there.

Xie Antong listened as the Princess recalled falling in love with a man, but the memory ended in a breakdown when Lu Ce asked why she had refused to marry him. The story left Xie Antong suspecting that a missing event had turned the Princess’s love into hatred, while the players’ purpose remained unclear.

• Xie Antong asked the Princess to tell her story, and the Princess said she had met her beloved at sixteen.
• The Princess recalled their happy life together and her wish to marry him and have seven or eight children.
• Lu Ce asked why the Princess had eventually refused to marry the man she loved.
• The Princess said she had forgotten what he did wrong, suspected he had betrayed her, and broke down in anger.
• Xie Antong pieced together that an event had changed the Princess’s love into hatred and wondered what the players had come to do.

Xie Antong questioned the Princess about her feelings for the wedding, while Lu Ce grew impatient with the attendants’ repeated visits. Lu Ce began forcing attendants out of the room, and the Princess helped him remove one by pressing the guard-call button.

• Xie Antong spoke with the Princess, who admitted that she loved and hated the person she was supposed to marry, then handed her a towel before leaving when her time ran out.
• The Princess asked Lu Ce whether he and Xie Antong knew each other, but Lu Ce demanded to know where her intended groom was.
• After watching two more attendants repeat the same routine and get driven out, Lu Ce told the Princess he would speed things up.
• Lu Ce sent the next attendant back outside and told the guards to take him away.
• Lu Ce told another attendant that there was no Princess, only the King, then the Princess pressed the button so the guards would remove him.

Lu Ce took Princess’s button and began removing the attendants who entered her room, then demanded that she reveal the secrets and fears behind the situation. Princess claimed she knew nothing and questioned whether Lu Ce could win, but he remained certain of victory and dismissed her as weak.

• Princess handed Lu Ce the button, and he used it to have guards carry away each attendant who entered.
• Princess questioned Lu Ce’s haste, but he insisted the attendants’ actions were pointless and that he was saving everyone time.
• Lu Ce asked Princess to reveal the secrets behind the situation, including forced marriage and altered memories, and promised to solve it by force.
• Princess said she knew nothing about a conspiracy and asked how Lu Ce could be certain he would win.
• Lu Ce said only losers needed reasons and called Princess weak; when she asked whether he had ever faced something helpless, he answered, “No!”

Lu Ce dismissed Princess’s warnings and joined her for a meal, where he disrupted the attendants’ duties and stopped Xie Antong from serving Princess. The chapter ended with Lu Ce ordering Xie Antong to come to his side instead.

• Princess warned Lu Ce that powerful overlords had died because they failed to understand the dangers and costs of confronting certain things, but Lu Ce insisted she had not seen him yet.
• A guard led Princess and Lu Ce to the dining hall, where the other players and attendants had gathered for the meal.
• Lu Ce sat in the head seat, and Princess allowed him to remain there before telling the attendants to step back.
• Princess chose Xie Antong to serve her, but Lu Ce stopped Xie Antong and told her to come over to him.

Lu Ce challenged the Princess over Xie Antong, escalating their argument until he threatened to kill her and the guards. The Princess backed down, and Lu Ce ordered Xie Antong and the others to sit as the meal began.

• Lu Ce summoned Xie Antong to his side and refused the Princess's demand that she serve her.
• Lu Ce insulted the Princess and claimed she had overstepped by assigning someone he knew to serve her.
• The Princess's guards moved toward Lu Ce as he challenged her authority and asked whether she intended to usurp the throne.
• The Princess calmed the guards and warned Lu Ce that they could defeat him, but he threatened to kill them all if she kept provoking him.
• The Princess withdrew, and Lu Ce ordered Xie Antong and the others to sit and eat.

Lu Ce challenged the Princess’s authority, leading the players to sit and eat with her before he left the palace to inspect the wedding venue. Outside, he discovered that the game world extended beyond the palace into a vast open landscape.

• Xie Antong and the other players sat with Lu Ce despite the Princess’s initial displeasure, and the Princess allowed them to join the meal.
• The Princess ordered individual servings and had Shui Zhongmeng serve her while the players ate in uneasy silence.
• Lu Ce finished eating and asked where the wedding was being held, and the Princess ordered guards to take him there.
• Lu Ce followed two guards out of the palace and was stunned to find a vast world beyond it.

Lu Ce stood on the castle’s highest platform, and the gathered crowd mistook his radiant golden mask for a sign that he was a god and knelt before him. Meanwhile, Princess questioned Xie Antong about her relationship with Lu Ce and wondered whether he would come to her aid if Xie Antong were threatened.

• Lu Ce ignored the guards and walked onto the white jade wedding platform at the top of the castle.
• Lu Ce looked down and discovered a massive crowd gathered to watch the wedding.
• The crowd saw Lu Ce shining in the sunlight, called him a god, and knelt in worship.
• Princess invited Xie Antong to sit with her and asked how she had met Lu Ce and how she felt about him.
• Xie Antong admitted she had been checking on Lu Ce, and Princess suggested he might appear if someone held a knife to her neck.

Xie Antong realized Princess's memories might have been altered and suggested that the man she once loved could be different from her current groom. Princess's reaction shook the room, and Lu Ce arrived to suppress the disturbance and ordered Xie Antong to continue.

• Xie Antong used Sin's name to keep Princess wary, then tried to steer their conversation toward Princess's wedding.
• Xie Antong learned through an All-Knowing Eye that Lu Ce had appeared outside as a golden figure acclaimed as a god and the Son of God.
• Xie Antong asked about Princess's beloved, and Princess described him as the strongest warrior and the bravest man.
• Xie Antong suggested Princess's memories might be wrong and that her former love and current groom might not be the same person.
• Princess clamped a hand over Xie Antong's mouth as the room shook and the stone and embedded weapons glowed; Lu Ce broke through the window and seized the trembling hilt.
• Lu Ce stopped the shaking, ignored the arriving guards, and demanded that Xie Antong continue speaking.