Recaps

Wen Xishu broke the Balance Curse, then entered a deadly ghost game and confronted Chen Ming’s scheme. After killing Chen Ming in the Desire Tower with Leon’s help, he left with a new mark of Leo’s approval and rising favor with Virgo and Leo.

• Wen Xishu recruited Enzo, learned that Libra’s Balance Curse was tied to the city’s deaths, and destroyed the Heart of Division to free the Split Bodies.
• Wen Xishu entered the city ruled by the Balance Will, rejected its offer to rule together, and used Sagittarius’s Godslaying Arrow to destroy the Will and the Golden Scales.
• The curse’s collapse restored the townspeople’s memories, and Wen Xishu cleared the fiftieth floor before returning to the Bunker and helping organize a Sequence Trade Fair.
• Wen Xishu bought shadow doppelganger and avenger’s burden, then entered the Madman’s Dice challenge at Safe Haven, where visitors’ identities and past crimes determined who survived.
• Wen Xishu exposed the visitors’ grievances and helped the group survive, while revealing Zhang Qiang’s betrayal and A Fei’s failure to save a woman who later became a ghost.
• Wen Xishu confronted Chen Ming over his Ghost God Altar and his wife’s role in the trials, but Sagittarius killed the Red-Clothed Female Ghost and Chen Ming died after learning the truth about the Netherworld.
• Wen Xishu entered the Desire Tower as A Fei and went to the hospital to stop Chen Ming, where Leon seized his items before returning them after hearing Wen Xishu’s case for cooperation.
• Leon killed Chen Ming, gave Wen Xishu the Lionheart Brand, and vanished as Wen Xishu’s favorability with Virgo and Leo rose and Aquarius’s fell.

Wen Xishu entered the Land of Dust and helped Charlie overcome his guilt and reunite with Anya, then returned to the Bunker and resumed climbing the Strange Tower. His new challenge placed him in the Rivers and Lakes as its creator, where he discovered Liu Jianxin’s planned betrayal and resolved to stop him.

• Wen Xishu received Self-Only State from the Trial of the Heart, learned more about Wen Chaohua’s connection to Gemini, and comforted Xiao Jin after hearing how he had been created.
• Wen Xishu entered the Land of Dust, died repeatedly while uncovering Charlie’s fears and memories, and learned how Anya’s death and Spark’s departure had shaped him.
• Wen Xishu met the Constellations and rejected their attempts to dictate Charlie’s fate, then used Pisces’s Time Annotation to help Charlie reunite with Anya and escape his guilt.
• Wen Xishu returned to the Bunker after four days, received the Heart of Miracles, and unlocked Mystery-Desire Twin Resonance for communication between the Strange and Desire Towers.
• Wen Xishu worked with Wen Renjing and Xun Hui, while rumors spread that mysterious killings of his opponents were his retaliation, and Zheng Zai also used the new resonance to receive A Miao’s help in the Strange Tower.
• Wen Xishu entered the Strange Tower as the Heart-Questioning One, chose to swap identities with an ancient swordsman, and arrived on the seventy-first floor to create a deadly Rivers and Lakes challenge.
• Wen Xishu used the Scorpion Dagger to simulate Liu Jianxin’s plans, learned that Liu would betray the Outlaws and steal Xiao Jianglong’s techniques, and vowed to stop him.

Wen Xishu rescued Liu Jianxin from Aquarius’s influence, then gathered allies and entered a Three Towers Company challenge as C District’s boss. He outmaneuvered Yun Xinghe’s attacks and drew A District’s employees away, leaving Yun Xinghe with no employees.

• Wen Xishu guided Liu Jianxin through trials that awakened his Chivalrous Heart, then Liu handed over the Invitation Letter and killed himself so Wen Xishu could reach the True World.
• Wen Xishu entered Deep City and rescued Liu Jianxin from Aquarius’s Ritual, helping him awaken his swordheart and break free of Ruinbringer Wang Ming’s loops.
• Wen Xishu received the Ten-Thousand Sword Manor, welcomed Xu Manjin and other allies, and entered a Three Towers Company interview challenge.
• Wen Xishu became C District’s boss and kept his team alive by limiting overtime, distributing points, and protecting employees’ health.
• Yun Xinghe drove A District through overtime and attacked C District’s earnings, but Wen Xishu arranged a point exchange with Lorenzo and let his team rest.
• A11’s DR collapsed during forced overtime, leading her to attack Zlatan and be erased, and Clark Kent and many A District employees then sought to transfer to C District.
• After A District’s Expedition blocked C District’s regular earnings, Wen Xishu warned its employees that Yun Xinghe would spend their points on further Expeditions.
• A District’s four remaining employees resigned and transferred to C District, leaving Yun Xinghe with no employees.

Wen Xishu joined the Three Towers Company, completed Tang Rui’s mission in Jiangcheng City, and helped her reach Wind City. He then entered a Strange Tower challenge with parallel versions of himself, where the survivors faced one another’s worlds.

• Wen Xishu warned C District against defecting, helped D District acquire A District’s assets, and learned that the purchase also transferred Yun Xinghe’s debt to Lorenzo.
• Mystery Thirteen brought Wen Xishu to Kylin, who recruited him as Mystery Seven and sent him on a mission to resolve Xiaoyuan’s obsession.
• Wen Xishu found Xiaoyuan caring for Little Ant, then helped Master Lingqing and Morita Tong rescue the Experimental Subjects during a laboratory attack.
• Wen Xishu resolved Xiaoyuan’s obsession without killing her, returned to the company, and chose rewards that included Master Lingqing’s talisman and a stronger Employee Badge.
• Wen Xishu entered Tang Rui’s dream and helped her confront the urban legends she had created, including Jiang Zhaonan and Jiang Yaozu.
• Wen Xishu and Tang Rui helped Jiang Ling take revenge on Yan Zhihai, after which Jiang Ling chose to join Tang Rui and Tang Rui’s mission ended.
• Tang Rui arrived in Wind City and left to hone her skills, while Wen Xishu returned to the Bunker and entered the Strange Tower’s parallel-universe challenge.
• Wen Xishu met several alternate versions of himself, survived the first interview round, and was paired with Wen Xishu 045 for the challenge in 045’s world.
• Wen Xishu 001 fought Mechanical Lifeforms in Universe 005 and found the Sage, while Wen Xishu in Universe 045 subdued kidnappers before Wen Chaohua arrived and questioned whether he was really Little Tree.