Chapter Summaries

Lu Ce used The Despondent's Confession and Desire's power to draw the entire city’s attention as he rode Black Knight through the sky, inviting the players to attack him. Xie Antong watched from safety, identified how Desire controlled the ability to fire love lasers, and prepared to act.

• Lu Ce took out The Despondent's Confession and used it to stir up negative emotions.
• Xie Antong watched Lu Ce make his move and laughed at his confidence.
• Black Knight carried Lu Ce across the sky on a rainbow bridge, drawing the attention of players throughout the city.
• Lu Ce dared the players to shoot him, while Desire bathed him in pink light that could stir love and enable the players to fire beams.
• Lu Ce opened The Despondent's Confession over the city and amplified the emotions below as Black Knight circled overhead.
• Xie Antong protected herself with medicine, recognized Desire's ability, and prepared to begin her own move.

Xie Antong used Sky Net to amplify the Confession Book’s effects, plunging the city into chaos and tracking the Apostles. She then spoke to every Apostle as Blank, leader of Divine Punishment, and demanded they follow her orders.

• Xie Antong activated Sky Net, which monitored the game zone and captured the identities of those affected by the Confession Book.
• The Confession Book drove many people into emotional frenzy, and their light beams sparked chaotic street fights.
• Players with stronger wills fled the light while Apostles hesitated to attack the powerful player patrolling overhead.
• Xie Antong addressed every Apostle as Blank, leader of Divine Punishment, and ordered them to obey her.
• When Apostles questioned her authority, Xie Antong revealed confidential personal information stolen by Sky Net and repeated her command.

Xie Antong used a fabricated Divine Punishment operation to take command of the Apostles and set them against Sin. She connected them with an identity gesture and chose Xu Qi to make the first attack on Lust.

• Xie Antong claimed the Apostles had gathered as part of a plan to bring down Sin and ordered them to follow her leadership.
• The Apostles accepted her explanation and asked for a way to recognize one another, so Xie Antong invented a gesture and the password “Apostles.”
• Xie Antong selected Xu Qi as the first link in her plan and told him the God of Joy was watching.
• Xu Qi steeled himself, and Xie Antong ordered him to fire his light at Lust and use every ability he had.

Xie Antong manipulated Apostle Xu Qi into believing that the gods had chosen him and used him to probe the Lust avatar. After the avatar granted Xu Qi power and the game awarded him a Special Ability Card, he attacked Sin in a frenzy.

• Xie Antong posed as Leader Blank and convinced Xu Qi that Joy was watching him and that he had a chance to eliminate Sin.
• Xu Qi tried to fire his Love Lust Ray but could not summon the love required to use it.
• Xie Antong claimed that the God of Lust was watching Xu Qi and urged him to call for power.
• The Lust avatar granted Xu Qi the ability to control his emotions and fire the ray, revealing to Xie Antong that it was monitoring events.
• Xu Qi received a Special Ability Card, then leaped out and aimed at Lust while shouting, "Sin! I fucking love you!"

Xu Qi used a delayed-effect card after shooting Sin, then agonized over whether to switch factions in hopes of eliminating him. Sin remained unharmed and mocked Xu Qi, while Xie Antong dismissed his attempt to outwit him.

• A loud confession triggered a tracking Love Lust Ray that struck Sin, who embraced it and emerged unharmed amid pink bubbles.
• Xu Qi remembered Blank's warning and used a black-and-gold card to delay the shot's effect before announcing that he was Red Lovers.
• Xu Qi considered switching to Narcissus to eliminate Sin, but hesitated as he questioned why Sin had left himself exposed.
• Sin mocked Xu Qi for his confession and indecision, while Xie Antong criticized him for trying to play mind games with Sin.

Lust manipulated Xu Qi into believing that killing him would bring unimaginable rewards, and Xu Qi chose the elimination card instead. Xu Qi became the round’s first eliminated player as Lust taunted the city’s participants, while Xie Antong realized her plan had gone wrong.

• Xie Antong worried that the delayed game settlement might lead to an unexpected result, while Xu Qi’s obsession with his role as a chosen hero grew.
• Lust refused Black Knight’s offer to raise the stakes with The Despondent's Confession and instead urged Xu Qi and the other players to kill him for great rewards.
• As Xu Qi’s card countdown ran down, he slapped the card and confirmed his elimination.
• The game announced that Xu Qi had been eliminated and would watch the match from a protective bubble.
• Lust laughed at the players and declared that they were toys and he was the only player, while Xie Antong slammed her fist on the table.

Xu Qi was eliminated after Lu Ce shattered his composure, and his isolation bubble left him suspended in the sky as a public spectacle. Xie Antong saw Lu Ce gaining control of the city and prepared her next move, despite the danger.

• Lu Ce drove Xu Qi into a final choice without revealing which identity he used, and Xu Qi was eliminated.
• Xie Antong realized her Sky Net could not reach Xu Qi inside the bubble because he had already exited the game.
• Lust greeted Xu Qi in the sky and urged the remaining players to challenge him, while the city’s residents fell silent.
• Xie Antong concluded that Lu Ce had undermined Love Desire’s plans and gained the greatest influence over the players.
• Xie Antong continued brainwashing the Apostles and began arranging her next move, intending to use the strongest piece.

Jiang Yuan wandered through a transformed city and grew suspicious of the masked figure Lust, while Xie Antong used the All-Knowing Eye to convince him that Lust was a Demon King responsible for the citizens’ madness. The chapter ended with Xie Antong asking Jiang Yuan what role he had in the game.

• Jiang Yuan observed the city’s troubled citizens and sensed that the purple-masked Lust was powerful and strangely familiar to the Lord.
• Jiang Yuan bounced away a charging participant and flung another person aside after dodging a pink laser.
• Xie Antong spoke through the All-Knowing Eye, identifying Lust as Jiang Yuan’s first Demon King to defeat.
• Jiang Yuan recognized Xie Antong’s voice and questioned her about Lust’s mask and possible connection to the Lord.
• Xie Antong claimed Lust had caused the city’s people to lose control, then asked Jiang Yuan what identity he had in the game.

Jiang Yuan was caught in a citywide eruption of Love’s power while Lust intensified the resulting chaos. As Xie Antong left him to face the threat, Jiang Yuan fixed his gaze on Sin and resolved to fight.

• Jiang Yuan revealed that he was Blue Lovers, resisted Sky Net’s probing, and realized Xie Antong intended to use him against the purple-masked figure.
• Love’s pink energy swept over the game zone, weakening Jiang Yuan’s fighting spirit while Xie Antong cut off their connection and left the internet café.
• Lust unleashed Emotional Disorder, twisting the crowd’s heightened love into bizarre obsessions and sending pink lasers wildly through the streets.
• Jiang Yuan saw the crowd stripped of their sanity and free will, remembered his trauma, and set his sights on Sin.

Jiang Yuan attacked Lust and used a burst of righteous energy to briefly awaken people manipulated by the game. Lust dismissed Jiang Yuan’s objections and declared that the players had no choice but to love him.

• Jiang Yuan saw the eliminated players floating in bubbles and challenged Lust to fight him instead.
• Lust met Jiang Yuan’s energy-forged sword with Heart-Piercing Thunder, shattering the weapon.
• Jiang Yuan shouted “Wake up,” and his energy briefly jolted the people manipulated by Lust and Lu Ce, including Xie Antong.
• Jiang Yuan questioned Lust’s cruelty and revealed that Xie Antong, leader of Divine Punishment, had sent him.
• Lust said he treated the game’s players as toys because it was fun, then claimed they had no choice but to love him.

Lust provoked Jiang Yuan into questioning his judgment and revealed how easily his emotions could be manipulated. As Xie Antong ordered the Apostles to attack Lu Ce, Jiang Yuan tried to shield Lu Ce from the lasers and ended the chapter unable to tell what was right or whose side he was on.

• Lust deliberately enraged Jiang Yuan, then mocked him for nearly attacking in anger and showed how easily his emotions could be steered.
• Jiang Yuan wondered if Lust had used his ability, but Lust laughed at his attempt to interpret the provocation as a lesson and called him easy to use.
• Desire's avatar spread pink control across the city while Xie Antong gathered the Apostles below.
• Xie Antong ordered the Apostles to attack Lu Ce, and they urged the crowd to fire their lasers.
• Jiang Yuan raised his shield to protect Lu Ce, but the lasers passed through it, and Lust taunted him for changing sides again.

Jiang Yuan struggled to decide whether Lu Ce was an ally or an enemy as Lu Ce mocked his confusion during the battle. When an Apostle attacked the restrained Lu Ce, Jiang Yuan shielded him and caused the attacker to be eliminated, leaving Jiang Yuan shaken by what he had done.

• Jiang Yuan agonized over whether Lu Ce and Blank were allies or enemies while Lust ridiculed his confusion.
• An Apostle used a rule card to restrain Lu Ce, and another Apostle fired a pink laser at him.
• Jiang Yuan rushed in front of Lu Ce and took the laser strike himself.
• The Apostle was eliminated, and Jiang Yuan recoiled at the realization that his actions had caused it.
• Lust mocked Jiang Yuan for giving the Apostle hope before letting him down.

Lust teased Jiang Yuan while emotional pressure left him unable to think clearly, and Xie Antong ordered the Apostles to provoke him into acting against Sin. After Eros’s influence made Lu Ce fire a laser at Jiang Yuan, Xie Antong urged Jiang Yuan to attack, while Lu Ce realized the emotional turmoil might let him use Lust Overload.

• Lust floated beside Jiang Yuan and teased him as he struggled under the mental pressure.
• Xie Antong judged Jiang Yuan’s restraint ability wasted and decided she needed to identify Lu Ce as the Master.
• Jiang Yuan challenged Lust’s ideas about right and wrong, but Lust mocked him after briefly offering a supposed secret of the world.
• Xie Antong ordered the Apostles to concentrate their fire and called Sin the world’s scourge to provoke Jiang Yuan.
• Lu Ce accidentally fired a laser at Jiang Yuan under Eros’s influence, and Xie Antong told Jiang Yuan that Sin was his Master’s enemy.
• Lu Ce struggled to restrain his surging emotions and recognized an opportunity to use Lust Overload.

Lu Ce resisted Lust’s possession but used its power to manipulate Jiang Yuan’s emotions and fight him. Below, Zhong Lirui approached Xie Antong with a message from the God of Lust.

• Lu Ce recognized that Lust was trying to possess him and resisted its control while Black Knight guarded him.
• Jiang Yuan asked about the Holy Lord, but Lust answered with threats and confusion.
• Xie Antong knocked the sword from Jiang Yuan’s hand, and Sin caught it.
• Lu Ce hurled the sword back, then used Lust’s power to provoke Jiang Yuan’s anger and grief before charging into battle.
• Zhong Lirui called to Xie Antong and said the God of Lust had a message for her.

Xie Antong intimidated Zhong Lirui, learned that Lust wanted her help against Lu Ce, and refused to cooperate with Lust. As Lu Ce’s struggle with Lust’s power drove the city toward madness, Xie Antong activated a strange ability that transformed the Apostles’ vision into a grid of pixelated coordinates.

• Xie Antong revealed how much she knew about Zhong Lirui and warned her that she had been monitoring the Apostles.
• Zhong Lirui relayed Lust’s request for Xie Antong to use her activation when Lu Ce began losing control.
• Xie Antong injected Zhong Lirui with medicine to calm her, then threatened her with a second injection that required an antidote.
• Lust’s power and ability fought within Lu Ce, spreading emotional radiation that drove the city toward madness and left Jiang Yuan bloodshot-eyed.
• Xie Antong refused to use her skill on Lu Ce or ally with Lust, then commanded the Apostles and manifested All-Knowing Eyes that changed their vision into pixelated coordinate grids.

Xie Antong altered the Apostles’ vision to create a shared pixel grid and coordinated their attacks against Sin and Jiang Yuan. She used mathematical models to predict their movements, but the first attack opportunity was lost when Number Seven hesitated.

• Xie Antong’s alteration of the Apostles’ retinas caused widespread panic, and Zhong Lirui realized how easily Xie Antong could harm them.
• Xie Antong calmed the Apostles, assigned each a number, and ordered them to follow her commands during the siege.
• Xie Antong’s calculations identified a high-probability attack position and ordered Number Seven to fire there.
• Number Seven hesitated, and Sin collided with Jiang Yuan at the marked coordinates before he could attack.
• Xie Antong continued coordinating the Apostles and used mathematical predictions to anticipate Lu Ce’s movements.

Xie Antong coordinated the Apostles’ laser attacks to predict Sin’s movements while Lu Ce resisted the avatar of love and desire. After an Apostle finally hit Sin, an unauthorized laser struck him, creating a Black Swan event that left Xie Antong facing an unexpected complication.

• Xie Antong issued precise firing orders to coordinate the Apostles and narrow down Sin’s possible positions.
• The Apostles realized that Xie Antong was anticipating Sin’s movements and began following her orders more faithfully.
• Lu Ce resisted the influence of love and desire while forcing himself to keep fighting Jiang Yuan.
• An Apostle’s laser hit Sin, and Xie Antong encouraged the shooter before Sin identified her in the crowd.
• Sin eliminated the Apostle with pink bubbles, while an unauthorized laser from a wild player struck him.

After a player unexpectedly shot Lust, Xie Antong used the opening to investigate the shooter and gamble on Lust’s identity. Her Special Ability Card confirmed that Lust was Red Lovers, leaving her thrilled that her guess had succeeded.

• A player unexpectedly hit Lust twice with a laser, but Lust remained relaxed and spoke with Eros’s avatar.
• Xie Antong overexerted herself, suffered a nosebleed, and used her abilities to question the shooter, who identified himself as a Red Lover.
• Xie Antong inferred that Lu Ce’s identity had changed from Blue Lovers to Red Lovers and decided to risk a guess.
• Xie Antong activated her Special Ability Card, named Sin as the target, and guessed that he was Red Lovers.
• The game confirmed Xie Antong’s guess was correct, and she celebrated her good luck.

Xie Antong revealed that she had long possessed an ability card that let her change a player's identity, and she used it to become Narcissus so she could attack Lust. Lust resisted Desire's emotional interference and confronted her at close range, leaving her trapped with their firing hands locked together.

• Lust taunted Xie Antong as she closed her eyes and withdrew Sky Net, the All-Knowing Eye, and her tracking coordinates to restore her mental stability.
• Zhong Lirui wondered how Xie Antong had obtained an ability card, while the narration revealed that Xie Antong had acquired it early and planned to use it to identify and change a player's identity.
• Xie Antong declared that Sin's identity was changing to Narcissus, then used Desire's power to fire at Lust.
• Lust exchanged laser fire with Xie Antong while laughing off Desire's attempts to suppress his narcissism.
• Lust suddenly grabbed Xie Antong's firing hand, locked it against his own, and told her she was provoking him.

Xie Antong struggled against Lust’s emotional manipulation while they held a laser-firing stalemate, and Desire tried to turn their shared connection into a chance to attack him. Lust instead let Desire erode his mind and mocked Xie Antong, leaving her flustered by his words.

• Lust’s voice and Emotion Control overwhelmed Xie Antong, who bit her tongue and fired lasers at him at point-blank range.
• Xie Antong and Lust pressed their palms together, each firing lasers, but she struggled to sustain Narcissus’s self-love conviction.
• Jiang Yuan watched in confusion as the Black Knight teased him that Xie Antong and Lu Ce might be flirting.
• Desire entered Xie Antong’s mind, discovered she also carried its power, and proposed helping her attack Lust.
• Lust heard Desire’s plan, put his free hand behind his back, and let Desire try to erode his mind while he taunted Xie Antong.