Chapter Summaries

After the Wailing Wilderness dungeon, the Purple-haired Girl gave Bai Zhi a World Visa for Tian Huo, and Bai Zhi and Tian Huo returned to his world. Tian Huo accepted the visa and went to shower, while Bai Zhi prepared to discuss what came next.

• At the Evacuation Point, Tian Kong chose to return to his own world while Tian Huo decided to follow Bai Zhi.
• The Purple-haired Girl explained that a World Visa let a Player change world affiliation without losing their level, skills, or equipment, then gave hers to Bai Zhi for Tian Huo.
• Bai Zhi asked about Puzzle Cards and travel to other areas, and the Purple-haired Girl said the Wailing Wilderness had no damaged areas and all routes were sealed; she warned him against entering the Core Zone.
• Bai Zhi cleared the Domain of Delirium with an S rating, gained rewards and levels, and met the conditions for a Player Title.
• Bai Zhi and Tian Huo returned to the villa, where Bai Zhi gave her the visa and told her to shower before they discussed the details.

Bai Zhi brought Tian Huo back to the Seaview Villa and showed her the lifeless Shadow World, which he hoped to revive. Tian Huo suggested attracting Players and revealed that her Master might know how to help.

• Bai Zhi borrowed clothes from Mu Qiansè for Tian Huo, who had showered and put on a shirt from his wardrobe.
• Mu Qiansè left for the Inner World after Bai Zhi gave her the [Holy Spirit Pendant] and the [Full Appearance Mirror] and told her he would wait for her to return.
• Bai Zhi extinguished Tian Huo’s cigarette, then took her to the Shadow World at her request.
• Tian Huo said the Shadow World would need a large number of Players to begin reviving, though she did not know how to proceed.
• Tian Huo explained that her Master had once described the [Domain of Delirium]’s purpose as creating a world free from Anomalies, and said her Master could help Bai Zhi.

After returning to the Real World, Bai Zhi developed an ambitious plan to merge the Domain of Delirium with the Shadow World and revive it. He began considering potential allies and intelligence gathering, while recognizing that he needed to grow stronger and proceed step by step.

• Bai Zhi declined to give Tian Huo's Master's proposal a definite answer and returned with her to the Real World.
• Bai Zhi considered swallowing the Domain of Delirium and merging it with the Shadow World to stimulate the Shadow World's revival.
• Bai Zhi reasoned that solving the Domain of Delirium's instability could benefit both worlds and enable communication between them.
• Bai Zhi identified conquering the Core Zone, gathering powerful helpers, and increasing his strength as necessary steps toward his plan.
• Bai Zhi considered potential allies, including Tian Huo's Master, Fuzi, the Purple-haired Girl, several groups, the Night Watcher organization, the Relevant Department, and the Unlucky Shopkeeper.
• Bai Zhi decided to proceed gradually and accelerate intelligence gathering while concealing his identity.

Bai Zhi questioned Tian Huo about the Domain of Delirium, the Core Zone, and Player ratings, then considered the inheritances left by former Top Players. The chapter ended with a call bringing a lead on Lin He's sister.

• Bai Zhi drafted a list of potential helpers and decided to prioritize strengthening himself and learning about the Core Zone.
• Tian Huo explained that the Domain of Hope's Genesis project had failed and that the Core Zone's most important treasure was a Puzzle Card nearing Mythic Level.
• Tian Huo described Player ratings and said her rating was below Elite while her Master had earned an Epic Rating.
• Tian Huo said powerful beings from Bai Zhi's world had once achieved Mythic Ratings and might have left inheritances behind.
• Bai Zhi connected Hell Town to a Land of Inheritance and considered asking Dead Zero about Inheritors.
• Bai Zhi answered a call from someone who had found a lead on Lin He's sister.

Bai Zhi learned that Lin He's younger sister was Zhong Mogu, leader of the wanted Fallen Player organization [New Humans]. Xu Feng warned him that she was dangerous, leaving Bai Zhi unable to deliver Lin He's [Dawn Storage Box] for now.

• Xu Feng visited Bai Zhi with the results of his search for Lin He's younger sister.
• Bai Zhi learned that Zhong Mogu, leader of [New Humans], was Lin He's younger sister and had taken their mother's surname.
• Xu Feng explained that the [Relevant Department] identified Zhong Mogu through captured members of [New Humans] and had received special authorization to share the top-secret information.
• Xu Feng warned Bai Zhi that Zhong Mogu had rapidly expanded [New Humans] overseas and that the organization remained dangerous despite a recent blow.
• Bai Zhi agreed to be careful, kept the [Dawn Storage Box], and watched Xu Feng leave.

Bai Zhi sorted through his Dungeon rewards, including an Elite Puzzle Card that could swap two targets’ positions, then welcomed Qingyi and Anna home from the Shadow World. After discussing what the Shadow World needed to recover, they recognized that attracting enough Players would be difficult without something special to draw them in.

• Bai Zhi put away the Dawn Storage Box and reviewed the rewards from his last Dungeon.
• Bai Zhi examined ten Puzzle Cards and found that the Elite [Puzzle Card ▪ Swap] could exchange the positions of two targets in his field of vision.
• Bai Zhi tested the card’s potential by looking toward a pigeon, then welcomed Qingyi and Anna back from the Shadow World.
• Qingyi dragged the filthy Anna upstairs to bathe, where they encountered Tian Huo coming downstairs.
• Bai Zhi explained the Shadow World’s recovery conditions and discussed with Qingyi and Tian Huo how the world needed to attract more Players.
• Bai Zhi concluded that the Shadow World lacked a specialty that could draw Players back.

Bai Zhi considered ways to develop the Shadow World and visited the S-rank Highest-Tier Station to check on its progress and improve his strength. He found the Station bustling with Players, but March-shi was nowhere to be seen.

• Bai Zhi considered attracting Players to the Shadow World with Games and trading Puzzle Cards with Tian Huo's world, but he could not act on those plans before the Large-scale Campaign Quest ended.
• Bai Zhi visited the S-rank Highest-Tier Station, where the Ticket Counter was nearing completion and dozens of Players were using its facilities.
• Bai Zhi noticed the bandaged male Player again and wondered why March-shi was absent from the Station.
• Bai Zhi entered the Infirmary and watched the White-haired Man in Sunglasses treat a Player whose face had been stolen by an Anomaly.
• The faceless Player showed a celebrity's photo as his own, prompting Bai Zhi and the other waiting Players to silently call him shameless.

Bai Zhi searched the supermarket for a Diary that could help him contact other Players, but its owner refused to sell it. He left a message for Fuzi and A'Ling by consigning the Essmor Yacht, then returned to the Infirmary to propose a business arrangement to the White-haired Man in Sunglasses.

• Bai Zhi left the Infirmary after seeing the disturbing mutations among the Players waiting for treatment.
• Bai Zhi found a Girl with a Diary in the supermarket and offered to buy it, but she refused and walked away.
• Bai Zhi consigned the Essmor Yacht for 99999 Game Coins and left a message for Fuzi and A'Ling in its description.
• Bai Zhi saw the Jar Merchant refill jars with discarded Items and left the supermarket after the merchant reminded him he had two Dungeons of time remaining.
• Bai Zhi returned to the Infirmary and asked the White-haired Man in Sunglasses whether he was interested in a business arrangement.

Bai Zhi tried to recruit White-haired Man in Sunglasses as an investor and outside support for a major business venture. After explaining that unaffiliated Players struggled to enter other worlds, Bai Zhi opened a passage to the Shadow World, and White-haired Man in Sunglasses followed him in to see the opportunity.

• Bai Zhi showed White-haired Man in Sunglasses the [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube], which made him recognize it as a powerful item and question how Bai Zhi had obtained it.
• White-haired Man in Sunglasses mistook Bai Zhi's outrageous proposed price for a joke and said the Cube was an advanced item that would Devour Bai Zhi if it were unsealed.
• Bai Zhi asked whether White-haired Man in Sunglasses could provide outside support in a Dungeon, and he said he could help once but would need payment.
• White-haired Man in Sunglasses explained that unaffiliated Players could not enter other worlds without permission, an invitation, or a System mission.
• Bai Zhi asked whether he would live in a world that could host him, then opened a passage to the Shadow World with the [Shadow Realm Permanent Pass].
• White-haired Man in Sunglasses entered the passage after Bai Zhi to inspect the proposed business.

Bai Zhi returned to the villa, stopped Tian Huo from acting on Anna’s mistaken advice about turning on the gas, and learned Qingyi had gone out disguised as him to buy takeout. Qingyi returned carrying the food and noticed a short-haired Young Girl standing beneath a streetlamp.

• Bai Zhi found Anna watching cartoons while Tian Huo asked her how to turn on the gas, and he intervened before Tian Huo could cause an explosion.
• Bai Zhi reassured Anna and praised her mistaken guess as daring, associative thinking.
• Bai Zhi learned that Qingyi had taken noodles outside to feed a dog, which was sent to a pet hospital after getting food poisoning.
• Qingyi, disguised as Bai Zhi, paid a taxi driver and carried several bags of takeout back toward the villa.
• Qingyi noticed a Young Girl with neat short black hair standing beneath a streetlamp.

Qingyi, disguised as Bai Zhi, met Dead Zero, who apologized for her past actions and explained that an operation against the New Humans organization had gone badly. They arrived at the villa, where Qingyi invited Dead Zero to stay for dinner before they talked further.

• Qingyi recognized He Zhiqiū on the street and answered her apology while acting like Bai Zhi.
• Dead Zero took Qingyi’s takeout and asked about her relationship with Qingyi, prompting Qingyi to declare that Qingyi was the most important person in her heart.
• Dead Zero apologized for her father’s past actions, but Qingyi said she had moved on.
• Dead Zero explained that the New Humans organization had leaked information about Noah’s Ark and that foreign Players had infiltrated Binhai City.
• Dead Zero said the operation against the New Humans organization had failed to catch everyone and had cost her side several people.
• Qingyi and Dead Zero reached the villa, and Qingyi invited her to stay for dinner.

Bai Zhi learned that the Night Watchers had lost fifteen people in an operation against the New Humans organization, including the man he had asked to investigate someone. The news unsettled him because that man had visited him earlier the same day, leaving the mystery of his apparent death unresolved.

• Bai Zhi cooked instant noodles while waiting for Qingyi and the others to return home.
• Qingyi arrived with Dead Zero, hurried Bai Zhi upstairs to shower, and told him Dead Zero needed to discuss the New Humans organization.
• Dead Zero gave Bai Zhi an intelligence report and explained that the Night Watchers had captured several core members in a failed operation.
• Dead Zero told Bai Zhi that fifteen people had died in the operation, including the man assigned to investigate the person Bai Zhi wanted to find.
• Bai Zhi revealed that the supposedly dead man had visited him that afternoon and recalled the man's remark that he would never need a car again.

Bai Zhi and Dead Zero discussed Xu Feng, who had become an Anomaly through his obsession and died protecting civilians, as well as the history and return of Anomalies. Dead Zero warned Bai Zhi that New Humans members had escaped, then agreed to stay overnight at his villa.

• Dead Zero explained that Xu Feng had become a low-danger Anomaly because of his obsession to complete Bai Zhi’s task, and that he died protecting 127 civilians from a Fallen Player.
• Bai Zhi asked how the Relevant Department handled Players’ deaths, and Dead Zero described the honors and support given to their families.
• Dead Zero told Bai Zhi that Chu Ci, the Night Watcher Guild Master, might know more about Anomalies and explained that Severing Heaven and Earth and Liu Bowen Dragon Vein Severing had only restricted their influence.
• Dead Zero said that the Demons and Monsters found in myths had once existed but had disappeared, while Bai Zhi wondered whether the Hell Town he had visited was connected to the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Dead Zero warned Bai Zhi that some New Humans had escaped, then accepted his offer to stay overnight and have instant noodles.

Bai Zhi inspected the new Ticket Counter, where he found that the Domain of Delirium’s clearance rate had fallen and the Unknown-difficulty Ordinary World Dungeon had no survivors. He bought a ticket for Ordinary World despite its apparent danger, then headed to the Infirmary.

• Bai Zhi checked the Ticket Counter’s Dungeon statistics and noticed the Domain of Delirium’s clearance rate had dropped to 45%.
• Bai Zhi examined Ordinary World and saw its difficulty was Unknown, its clearance rate was 1%, and its surviving players had fallen to zero.
• Players crowded the Ticket Counter and bought tickets, favoring high-clearance Dungeons while avoiding Ordinary World.
• Bai Zhi purchased a ticket for Ordinary World and received a prompt promising 1,000 Points after he boarded.
• Bai Zhi checked the Points Ranking, saw he was nineteenth, and headed toward the Infirmary.

Bai Zhi prepared for the [Ordinary World] Dungeon and his planned Core Zone operation by securing help and an escape option from the White-haired Man in Sunglasses. He left with a Perfect-rated Doctor as a potential ally, a One-time Escape Scroll, and new questions about Divinity.

• Bai Zhi visited the Infirmary to collect the aid promised by the White-haired Man in Sunglasses after bringing the Shadow World its first investor.
• The White-haired Man in Sunglasses gave Bai Zhi a one-use medal that would let him descend into the Dungeon as a Doctor, but warned that he could not fight Anomalies.
• Bai Zhi pressed for additional supplies, and the White-haired Man in Sunglasses reluctantly gave him a One-time Escape Scroll.
• The White-haired Man in Sunglasses described how Anomalies had wiped out his Perfect-rated team and driven their Epic-rated captain to kill himself, then told Bai Zhi that survival mattered most.
• Bai Zhi stored the scroll, left the Infirmary, and wondered whether Divinity meant becoming a god.

Bai Zhi spent 3,100 Points to buy the Perfect-Grade Ring of Shadow and reduce its Intelligence requirement before leaving the Station. Back in the Real World, he saw Dead Zero preparing to return to work on matters involving the [New Humans] and [Noah’s Ark].

• Bai Zhi bought the Ring of Shadow, a Perfect-Grade item that could control shadows and protect him from fatal danger.
• Bai Zhi used a Cost Reduction item and added two Free Attribute Points to Intelligence so he could wear the Ring of Shadow.
• Bai Zhi returned to the Real World, where Tian Huo watched a flock of Pigeons while Anna and Qingyi were still asleep.
• Dead Zero told Bai Zhi she had to return to work on the [New Humans] organization and [Noah’s Ark] matters amid foreign forces entering Binhai City.
• Bai Zhi invited Dead Zero to come over for a meal when she had time, and she agreed.

Bai Zhi left to enter the Ordinary World Dungeon and found all ten Player slots had already been filled by a formidable group. At the Waiting Platform, West Pavilion Gardener approached him to discuss cooperation, and Bai Zhi questioned him about his origins.

• Bai Zhi declined to invite Dead Zero because she was busy, then told Tian Huo to have Qingyi brief Xia Wen and the others while he entered another Dungeon.
• At the S-rank Highest-Tier Station, Bai Zhi discovered that ten Players had bought Tickets for the Ordinary World Dungeon, including Gelina and several familiar names.
• Bai Zhi checked the new Elite Level Titles and the Perfect Grade Title Sound of the World, then headed to the Waiting Platform before boarding.
• West Pavilion Gardener greeted Bai Zhi and proposed a pleasant cooperation, but Bai Zhi asked what country he came from.
• West Pavilion Gardener said he was born in Britain and argued that Players should unite against Anomalies regardless of nationality.

Bai Zhi entered the Dungeon called Ordinary World and found himself on a crowded subway with no access to the System. After his Shadow Guards died instantly, the other passengers fell silent and turned to stare at him.

• West Pavilion Gardener warned Bai Zhi that Gelina was an unpredictable Madman and urged him to cooperate in the upcoming Dungeon.
• Bai Zhi woke aboard a moving subway with his memories ending at the station and found that he could not access the System.
• Bai Zhi used God's Perspective to examine the crowded carriage but saw only ordinary passengers and surroundings.
• Bai Zhi sent three Shadow Guards toward neighboring carriages and outside the train, but all of them died instantly.
• The carriage suddenly fell silent, and the thirty-four passengers turned toward Bai Zhi in unison.

Yan Yue woke from a nightmare about a subway full of human-disguised passengers who ate people, then mistook objects in her room for monsters before recording the dream as a story idea. The chapter left her screaming after she saw two feet standing on her shoulders in a mirror, while Li Tong and his friends watched a horror movie in their dormitory.

• Bai Zhi faced the passengers' silent stares on the subway before the lights went out and chewing sounds rose in the darkness.
• Yan Yue woke from a vivid nightmare and decided to write down its premise for a story.
• Yan Yue mistook her desk lamp for a monster, then wrote her inspiration in a notebook.
• Yan Yue passed a mirror on her way to the restroom and saw two feet standing on her shoulders in its reflection.
• Li Tong cursed his friends after their fear of a horror movie made him drop and damage his phone.

Li Tong discovered his friends had changed his usernames to “World's Seven Deadly Sins” and found them staring at him unnaturally through his dormitory door. At the same time, Chang Xi realized the friend who had left her alone in the school restroom might not have been her real best friend, while a man at a computer considered three ominous choices.

• Li Tong felt an inexplicable danger when he tried to change his QQ username, then spotted Second Brother and Third Brother staring through the dormitory window despite their feet being visible beneath the door.
• A teacher confiscated Chang Xi's Horror Manga and ordered her to come to the office after evening self-study.
• Chang Xi's best friend waited for her after the reprimand, and the two left the classroom together before the friend went into the restroom.
• Chang Xi received a text from her best friend saying she was already at the school gate, making Chang Xi question who had accompanied her from the classroom.
• Chang Xi heard fingernails scraping from a restroom stall as the stairwell outside went dark, and a man at a computer studied three options about what to do next.