Chapter Summaries

Xie Antong found the injured Lu Ce on the island and revealed that she loved him and that they had been married. As the Dragon Group confronted the Illuminati over their failed plot against Sin, Xie Antong accused them of letting him be hurt.

• Xie Antong reached toward Lu Ce to check whether he still had the Gate of Hell, but Lu Ce knocked her hand away and told her not to get handsy in front of the crowd.
• Long Jiu confronted the Illuminati and several families, accusing them of secretly gathering Nails of the Fallen God and plotting to trap Sin and the world's strongest players.
• Xie Antong asked Long Jiu whether the Dragon Group had known Sin was innocent and let the Illuminati beat him, while Long Jiu protested that she misunderstood what had happened.
• An Illuminati member accused Xie Antong of lying about having no connection to Sin, and Xie Antong replied that she liked Lu Ce and that they had been married.

Xie Antong confessed that she and Sin had been married, exposing the Illumination Society’s failed scheme as Sin appeared to die in her arms. As her despair unleashed Delight, she confronted the gathered families and proposed beginning a new chapter.

• Xie Antong told the crowd that she and Sin had been married, revealing the depth of their relationship and undermining the Illumination Society’s plans.
• Long Jiu asked Xie Antong to hand Sin over, but Sin slumped against her and seemed to have stopped breathing.
• Xie Antong’s potion wore off, and she answered the voice in her mind as Delight resurfaced.
• Xie Antong confronted Matthews and the other families, asking whether they had planned to kill her if Sin died.
• Xie Antong suggested beginning a new chapter and asked who had been the male lead at her engagement banquet.

Lu Ce revealed that his apparent death had been a trick and warned Xie Antong that the power awakening inside her might take control of her body. He urged her to recognize the weakness and motives of the gathered world leaders, then unexpectedly pressed Hell Roar to her temple.

• Sun sensed Xie Antong's spirit energy rising rapidly and readied himself for battle.
• Lu Ce rose laughing, healed completely, and revealed that he had survived while Xie Antong's strange black aura vanished.
• Lu Ce told Xie Antong to master the power within her and guided her to study the gathered leaders, accusing them of seeing her as a way to exploit him.
• Lu Ce said he would act differently from the others, then pressed Hell Roar against Xie Antong's right temple.

Lu Ce shot Xie Antong in front of the gathered players, apparently severing his weakness and leaving her no trace. He secretly revealed that they had agreed to make the others believe they were enemies, and Xie Antong recognized him before the blast.

• Lu Ce threw the final Nail of the Fallen God away, then held Hell Roar to Xie Antong's head as she recalled Black Knight warning her to judge whether she could trust him.
• Xie Antong confronted Lu Ce about killing his weakness, and Lu Ce released her so she could face him directly.
• Xie Antong bet that Lu Ce would not pull the trigger, but Lu Ce fired Hell Roar at maximum power and engulfed her in an explosion.
• The other players tried to intervene, but the blast left Lu Ce badly burned and Xie Antong apparently erased, while the onlookers believed he had killed her.
• Lu Ce laughed and sat in the sand, privately recalling that he and Xie Antong had spoken during the explosion and that she had recognized him as Lu Ce.

After apparently killing Xie Antong, Lu Ce hid his grief behind a cruel performance and turned on Matthews and the Illuminati. Just as Lu Ce charged at the remaining enemies, the game announced that Chosen Paradise 2.0 had gone online.

• Lu Ce learned from the Black Knight that the Gate of the Death God could not save Xie Antong, then pretended he was unmoved by her death.
• Perfect Life confirmed that Xie Antong was dead and ranked Sin as the greatest danger in his notebook.
• Lu Ce killed Matthews by tearing out his heart with Greed while Matthews tried to flee.
• Lu Ce charged toward the remaining Illuminati members, and all players received notice that Chosen Paradise 2.0 had launched.

After the game announced its return, Lu Ce continued fighting on the island, where Chiyo Eon attacked him after realizing he had killed Xie Antong. The game created a Special Mode to group the island’s hostile players together, while an awakened Sequence A-001 was recalled and offered a chance to repair her body and participate.

• The game announced that Chosen Paradise 2.0 would begin in three hours, prompting the Dragon Group to consider how to prepare and what to do with the Illuminati.
• Lu Ce was swallowed by Chiyo Eon’s black currents, but he broke free as she attacked him after confirming that Blank was dead.
• Lu Ce told Chiyo Eon that he had killed Xie Antong without knowing or caring who she was, and she cursed him as a beast.
• The game detected the island’s concentrated hostility and energy, then introduced a Special Mode that would place the players there in the same game as much as possible.
• The game detected Sequence A-001, recalled her, and asked whether she would spend points to repair her body and join the upcoming game.

Xie Antong accepted the game's offer to restore her body, then prepared to oppose Sin as its greatest enemy. Meanwhile, Lu Ce taunted Chiyo Eon during their battle over Blank's apparent death, leaving Chiyo Eon determined to avenge her.

• Xie Antong regained her body in the void, checked the Gate of the Death God in her chest, and realized the game would begin in less than two hours.
• Xie Antong anticipated that she and Sin would meet as enemies, with her uniting those who opposed Sin, but questioned whether she could play the role convincingly.
• Lu Ce fought Chiyo Eon above the sea as she repeatedly reassembled from black water, while the other players watched without intervening.
• Lu Ce accused Chiyo Eon of sharing responsibility for Blank's death because she had initiated the East Sea Debate and known of the conspiracy.
• Chiyo Eon vowed to avenge Blank, but Lu Ce mocked her by suggesting Blank had died believing he had feelings for her.

After defeating Chiyo Eon, Lu Ce left the East Sea Debate and entered the next game, choosing the stubbornly reluctant Laziness Mask. He arrived in the Hell-difficulty Sea of Blood arena and found that the Mask’s first reveal was a long list of side effects.

• Lu Ce struck Chiyo Eon into the sea, then told the remaining players he was leaving for a more interesting game.
• Lu Ce rode a motorcycle toward the Pacific, while Perfect Life and Sun left to prepare and the Illumination Society faced the Dragon Group.
• Lu Ce entered the game as a player and insisted on unlocking Laziness despite the system’s warnings that it refused to fight and carried severe side effects.
• The game began as Sea of Blood on Hell difficulty, and Lu Ce arrived in a room where players had five minutes to memorize patterns on the walls.
• Lu Ce discovered that the Laziness Mask had appeared, but its first display was a lengthy list of side effects.

Lu Ce discovered that the Laziness Mask burdened him with nine debilitating side effects in exchange for greatly increased defense, then gave in to its drowsiness instead of studying the wall patterns. The memorization period ended while he was still lying down, and he had forgotten what the players were meant to learn.

• Lu Ce read the Laziness Mask's nine negative effects and found that they made him exhausted, forgetful, slow, and periodically forced him to sleep.
• Lu Ce learned that the mask greatly increased his physical and mental defense, especially during deep sleep, but injuries would not wake him unless he faced a fatal threat.
• Lu Ce decided the mask was nearly useless and lay down, ignoring the patterns that the other players diligently memorized.
• Viewers recognized Xie Antong as Blank among the ten top-tier players, while Xie Antong used the All-Knowing Eye to memorize the wall images and considered her next move.
• The game announced that the memorization period had ended, and Lu Ce wondered what he was supposed to have memorized.

The game began with a hide-and-seek format, and Sin was selected to choose the first round’s scenario. Lu Ce fell asleep before choosing, so the game randomized a city setting, where Xie Antong encountered Chiyo Eon.

• The game announced that one player would be the catcher each round while the others hid in a scenario chosen by the catcher.
• The game selected Sin as the first catcher, and the other players reacted to his presence.
• Lu Ce, playing as Sin, was forced to sleep before choosing a scenario and could not respond to the game.
• The game randomized the scenario to a city and opened the doors for the nine hiders to enter and observe it.
• Xie Antong entered the city and found Chiyo Eon staring at her.

Xie Antong reunited with Chiyo Eon and revealed that she had survived at a cost, then proposed joining forces against Sin. Chiyo eagerly accepted, and they founded an organization called Divine Punishment.

• Xie Antong appeared in the city and reunited with Chiyo Eon, who was relieved to see her alive.
• Xie Antong said she had survived through her own methods and claimed Lu Ce’s actions had failed her test.
• Chiyo apologized for her part in the events that had nearly gotten Xie Antong killed and admitted she had planned to deal with Sin.
• Xie Antong invited Chiyo to form an organization against Sin, and Chiyo immediately agreed.
• Xie Antong named their organization Divine Punishment, meaning they would punish Sin on Heaven’s behalf.

Xie Antong and Chiyo Eon prepared to hide from Lu Ce, while Lu Ce spent his entire hunting period sleeping instead of searching for them. When the hunter role passed to Perfect Life, the game forced Lu Ce out of his room and he wandered the streets as Yin Yang Hand began hunting.

• Chiyo Eon named the new gaming faction Divine Punishment and agreed to follow Xie Antong's plan.
• Xie Antong told Chiyo Eon to transform into a fast car, stay mobile, and flee without changing form if discovered.
• The hiding period ended, and Lu Ce suspected he was the hunter but stayed inside to rest and observe.
• Lu Ce slept through the full twenty-minute hunting period, leaving the other contestants confused by the lack of action.
• The game switched the hunter role to Perfect Life and forced Lu Ce out of his room as Yin Yang Hand raced through the streets.

Perfect Life wondered why Sin had not caught anyone and reflected on his own origins as Gene Creation and his place behind Sin in the rankings. He then recognized the masked Lu Ce as Sin, but Lu Ce acted as if nothing were unusual.

• Perfect Life considered whether Sin had caught someone and questioned why the strongest player might approach the game differently.
• Perfect Life recalled how he had been created through gene-editing experiments, become a Chosen One, and still ranked second to Sin.
• Perfect Life sensed an unusual aura as someone passed him and turned to find a person wearing a dark green mask.
• Perfect Life confronted Lu Ce and pressed his black hand onto Lu Ce's shoulder.
• Lu Ce asked Perfect Life what he wanted, and Perfect Life pointed out that Lu Ce was wearing a mask.

Lu Ce fell asleep while Perfect Life questioned him, then endured Perfect Life’s attacks without waking or fighting back. Perfect Life suspected Lu Ce was pretending to be a passerby, but hesitated to keep striking someone who seemed unable to resist.

• Perfect Life questioned Lu Ce about his appearance and whether he had captured someone, but Lu Ce barely responded.
• Perfect Life grabbed Lu Ce and struck him, sending him through a building when Lu Ce fell asleep and offered no resistance.
• Perfect Life found Lu Ce asleep among the rubble and suspected he was pretending to be a passerby or playing dead.
• Perfect Life stabbed Lu Ce repeatedly with a halberd, while Lu Ce remained asleep and registered pain without feeling it.
• Perfect Life stopped attacking, unable to bring himself to strike someone who appeared unable to resist.

Perfect Life nearly killed the sleeping Lu Ce but could not bring himself to strike, and Lu Ce eventually woke and spoke calmly about taking life as it came. Perfect Life chose to stay beside him and join him in his apparent madness.

• Perfect Life watched Lu Ce's wounds rapidly heal and hesitated before striking his neck with the Sky Piercer.
• Perfect Life pulled the weapon aside, decided Lu Ce was not a fake or puppet, and started to leave him asleep.
• Lu Ce woke among the ruins and told Perfect Life he had been sleeping and did not know whether he had caught anyone during the capture round.
• Lu Ce said he would nap again soon and urged Perfect Life not to worry about uncertain future events or a perfect clear.
• Perfect Life praised Lu Ce's confidence, sat beside him, and said he would go crazy with him once.

Perfect Life chose to forfeit his capture round and sit with Lu Ce, turning the game into a challenge against himself. Creator also gave up his capture round, leaving the top three players to collectively forfeit as Chiyo Eon received a message urging the same.

• Perfect Life told Lu Ce he would give up his capture round and play along, explaining that he was challenging himself rather than imitating Lu Ce.
• Lu Ce and Perfect Life sat together among the ruins and chatted while the other players hid.
• Perfect Life's capture time ended, and the game named Creator as the next catcher.
• Creator kept the previous game setting, then sat down to rest instead of capturing, forfeiting his round as well.
• An All-Knowing Eye flew to Chiyo Eon's sports car and carved a message telling Chiyo Eon to give up the next capture round.

Chiyo Eon heeded Xie Antong’s warning about the world’s top three players and gave up her capture turn, while the Dragon Group urgently ordered Jiu Tian to do the same. The game remained without a capture, and Blank was named as the next hunter.

• Xie Antong warned Chiyo Eon not to let anyone catch her because the top three players had other plans.
• Chiyo Eon chose to give up her turn, leaving every player so far without a score.
• The Grand Elder urged a Dragon Group member to cooperate with an unnamed comrade.
• Jiu Tian received the Dragon Group’s urgent signal and gave up his turn.
• Xie Antong returned to her room, gave up her turn, and Blank was named as the next hunter.

The game announced that all six earlier players had scored zero and warned that the remaining players had to compete for a perfect clear. As Perfect Life and Sin discussed the newcomers’ likely moves, the Creator unleashed a citywide snowstorm and sent a thought of cooperation.

• The game warned that all players had zero points, declared the mode a zero-sum competition, and promised the top-ranked player a perfect-clear reward.
• Xie Antong mocked the game's changing rules before it kicked her from the room.
• The Grand Elder and the other elders speculated that Sin was trying to force a draw and resist the game's player-versus-player design.
• Perfect Life told Lu Ce that the remaining players might not follow Sin's plans, but Lu Ce asked what plans they meant.
• The Creator transformed into a cloud and unleashed a snowstorm across the city, while Perfect Life sensed a proposal to cooperate.

The Creator unleashed a citywide blizzard that obscured the catchers’ senses and guided them toward Lu Ce, whom Perfect Life realized the snow was seeking. Xie Antong deduced that the Creator was using Lu Ce to prevent the catchers from finding any valid hider, and she headed toward the end of the storm.

• Perfect Life studied the unusual snow, but the Creator sent the blizzard past him and engulfed Lu Ce with an offer to cooperate.
• Lu Ce rose and walked into the storm, leaving Perfect Life behind without explaining what the snow had told him.
• The blizzard emptied the city streets as Lu Ce continued forward, drawing people toward him with his powerful spiritual aura.
• Xie Antong met Chiyo Eon and recognized the snow as a recreation of a blizzard she had used before, capable of concealing and guiding.
• Xie Antong explained that the Creator was guiding catchers toward Lu Ce so none could find a hider whose capture would count as a win.

Xie Antong warned Chiyo Eon not to underestimate Sin, while Lu Ce stood motionless in the blizzard and fell asleep as bait. Player Seven found the masked figure and attacked after his capture attempt failed.

• Xie Antong told Chiyo Eon that Sin could overcome the blizzard and warned her that Divine Punishment had originally been formed to oppose him.
• Xie Antong decided that they would wait for their next move.
• Lu Ce stopped in the blizzard, said it was time, and fell into a deep sleep while standing upright.
• Player Seven sensed an unmoving figure through the blizzard and rushed toward it, believing he had found a hidden player.
• Player Seven recognized the masked figure as Sin, tried to capture him, and then struck his chest when the game did not respond.