Chapter Summaries

Ji Yan joined Fate Hall as East Town prepared for its final battle, while Wu Wen used Fate Privilege to glimpse possible outcomes and promised to give Yuan Ming another vision. The Lord of Fate ordered Wu Wen to defeat the Dark Court’s Eerie disciples, open North Town, and kill Ji Yan after the Eerie Lord of Deception.

• Ji Yan joined Fate Hall, and Nangong Tong accepted that he had no better choice after losing his secret base and becoming a target of the Burial Eerie Lord.
• Wu Wen welcomed Nangong Tong, used Yuan Ming’s hair to foresee nine possible outcomes, and warned that most ended with his cards dying and his Infantilization worsening.
• Wu Wen told Ji Yan that Blood Sis was resting after the Fate Privilege prepayment, then sent Ji Yan and Nangong Tong to rest with A Liang.
• Yuan Ming asked Wu Wen to prepay another outcome for him, and she agreed to give him one at six the next morning despite warning of the danger.
• Wu Wen met the Lord of Fate, who ordered her to defeat the Dark Court’s Eerie disciples, open North Town, and kill Ji Yan after killing the Eerie Lord of Deception.

Ji Yan and Nangong Tong settled into Fate Hall, where they encountered A Shan and A Liang, two powerful Eerie disciples with a grudge against Nangong Tong. The group prepared for the Secret Realm Trial, and Ji Yan received notice that the selected realm was the Mass Graveyard.

• A Shan and A Liang confronted Nangong Tong over their past trial, while Ji Yan learned that A Liang’s dissociative identities strengthened his Nightmare Privilege.
• Ji Yan noticed the Oil Paper Joy Umbrella watching him during the night, and Blood Sis said she had come out for air.
• Yuan Ming revealed that he had asked Wu Wen to advance sequence privileges from his future outcome, gambling that he might avoid repayment if the instance reset.
• Wu Wen gathered the Fate Hall members and explained that she chose companions for their suitability as they prepared to face the Dark Court.
• Ji Yan received a trial prompt naming the Mass Graveyard as the selected Secret Realm.

Ji Yan and his companions entered the Mass Graveyard for the mandatory Dig Three Feet Down trial, where equipment and abilities would be sealed and buried items could bring rewards or danger. Wu Wen gave them a strategy before the Ferrywoman of Eerie scattered them through the mist, and the six-hour trial began with Ji Yan alone in the forest.

• The Ferrywoman of Eerie explained that Ji Yan could bring six additional participants and marked his hand to register him for the trial.
• The trial rules revealed that players would be divided into leaders and guards, with equipment sealed and tombstones hiding bones, keys, or landmines that could awaken Out of Control Eeries.
• Yuan Ming and Nangong Tong worried that losing their privileges and equipment would leave them unable to survive, while the Ferrywoman assured them the Eerie Dao would provide a way.
• Wu Wen told the group to dig using odd numbers, move carefully without spiritual perception, and seek out Ji Yan if they unlocked useful equipment.
• The Ferrywoman teleported the group into the Mass Graveyard, where Ji Yan arrived alone as a leader and the six-hour trial began.

Ji Yan searched the equipment-stripped secret realm for keys by digging odd-numbered graves, but one grave released a hostile Eerie that trapped him. A Liang appeared through Ji Yan’s Key of Authority and asked if he needed help.

• Ji Yan found a black fruit in the first grave, but an ambusher stole it and ate it before Ji Yan killed him with a wooden spear.
• Ji Yan dug up another black fruit and unlocked the Nightmare Ranger’s Key of Authority instead of his Tool Bar or other abilities.
• Ji Yan used the key to call A Liang to meet him, then continued digging odd-numbered graves.
• Ji Yan touched a coffin lid, fled, and was seized by an Eerie that recognized his Eerie Fate Weaver connection and threatened him.
• A Liang appeared in the mist and asked Ji Yan if he needed a hand.

A Liang explained how his dissociative identity let him use the Nightmare Privilege without sleeping, then reunited with A Shan as they helped Ji Yan search graves for equipment. Their search ended when a pale, bloodshot woman appeared and found them first.

• A Liang revealed that when his other personality slept, he could summon dream Eeries into reality and use the Nightmare Privilege while awake.
• A Liang said he would follow A Shan into future Dungeons, and Ji Yan learned their Heart-to-Heart Connection Talent would keep matching them together in Tier 1 dungeons.
• Ji Yan and A Liang dug up graves, finding two Coffin Eeries, a skeleton, and a key that unlocked another Key of Authority.
• A Shan joined Ji Yan and A Liang, and they agreed to keep digging while planning to capture Guan Sheng alive before the trial ended.
• A Shan's monster plant devoured a Coffin Eerie, and Ji Yan found and ate a Black Fruit before a pale, bloodshot woman appeared on a grave mound and said she had found them first.

Ji Yan unlocked the Spinal Heart Source, which revealed information about the mass burial ground, and led A Liang and A Shan to a large grave. Guan Ying ambushed them with a Collector's Grade Eerie Weapon, but while A Liang and A Shan recovered, Ji Yan dug into the grave and Guan Ying was overcome by A Liang's sleeping-blood ability.

• A pale-skinned Dark Court player attacked A Shan with a Toy Knife and died after A Shan's eerie branches pierced her chest; A Liang guessed she had sought release from the Shackles of Atonement.
• Ji Yan ate a Black Fruit, unlocked the Spinal Heart Source, and learned from the Eerie Lady about the mass burial ground.
• Ji Yan led A Liang and A Shan to a large grave, where Guan Ying shot A Shan with an invisible Collector's Grade Eerie Weapon and then fired again at A Liang.
• A Liang swallowed a capsule and fell asleep before the next shot struck him, while Ji Yan dug up the grave, confident the bullets would not kill him.
• A Liang's secondary personality awakened and helped A Shan recover; he spread blood that carried a sleeping effect, and Guan Ying grew drowsy nearby.

Guan Ying fought A Liang with the Soul Reaper Eerie Sniper Rifle and the Sword of Judgment, drawing them into the Dark Court, where A Liang claimed his group had prepared for it. Outside, A Shan and Ji Yan confronted hidden enemies, and A Shan captured a Tongue Curse Death Servant.

• A Liang emerged from a dream, exposed the Soul Reaper Eerie Sniper Rifle’s abilities, and challenged Guan Ying while his Nightmare Privilege protected him.
• Guan Ying used marked bullets to destroy A Liang’s body, but a Nightmare Eerie repaired his wounds.
• Guan Ying revealed the Sword of Judgment and formed the Dark Court, sealing away their powers and forcing them to face judgment.
• A Liang said his group had anticipated the Sword of Judgment and possessed the authoritative Fate Privilege.
• Outside the Dark Court, A Shan and Ji Yan sensed hostile enemies, and A Shan’s Eerie Plant captured a bloodied Tongue Curse Death Servant.

Ji Yan and A Shan were ambushed by Timely Rain’s group, and a dying Death Servant used the Sword of Judgment to trap A Shan in a Dark Court. Left alone, Ji Yan faced a Siren Seductress who severed one of his arms, but the Eerie Samurai appeared and blocked her next attack.

• A Shan drained the Tongue Curse Death Servant, but his death-triggered curse summoned a Sword of Judgment and pulled her into a Dark Court with him.
• The Death Servant told A Shan that Timely Rain had arranged his temporary return as redemption, leaving Ji Yan alone outside.
• A female Siren Seductress revealed she had been assigned to capture Ji Yan and severed one of his arms with an unseen slash.
• Ji Yan warned the Siren that the Coffin Eerie beneath the largest tombstone had awakened and locked onto him.
• The Siren slashed at Ji Yan’s other arm, but the Eerie Samurai appeared and blocked her attack.

Ji Yan watched the Siren female player behead the Eerie Samurai and used Omniscient Understanding to uncover the secret of her Eerie Weapon. As the Siren threatened to capture him for the Dark Court, someone appeared beside Ji Yan and said he had finally found him.

• The Eerie Samurai gave Ji Yan a sack of Black Fruits, then attacked the Siren female player, who fought it off with invisible slashes and suffered nosebleeds from using Refresh Privilege.
• The Siren female player beheaded the Eerie Samurai with a Space Slash, while Ji Yan ate three Black Fruits and unlocked a Term Talent and a Sequence Privilege.
• Ji Yan used Omniscient Understanding to discover that the Siren's Eerie Weapon was a single-use Eerie Eyeball that could repeatedly unleash guaranteed-hit Space Slashes through Refresh Privilege.
• The Siren told Ji Yan that Dark Court members were willing to die on the mission to atone and threatened to capture him alive.
• As Ji Yan hesitated over how to escape, a person appeared beside him and said he had finally found him.

Ji Yan met Xu Liu, Sequence Four—the Thief, who killed the Siren female player and offered to lead Ji Yan to the enemy leader’s base. Ji Yan claimed Wado Ichimonji from the Eerie Samurai, then learned that A Liang had escaped the Dark Court through a loophole; A Shan’s judgment ended as the chapter closed.

• Xu Liu revealed himself as Sequence Four—the Thief, stole the Death Scythe Curse Eye, and killed the Siren female player.
• Xu Liu told Ji Yan he had found the enemy leader’s location and proposed raiding the base together.
• Ji Yan provoked the wounded Eerie Samurai by confessing that he had deceived it, and the Samurai died from rage.
• Ji Yan obtained Wado Ichimonji as the Eerie Samurai’s hidden reward and stored it in his Tool Bar.
• A Liang and Guan Ying settled their Dark Court case without either being judged, and A Liang explained the loophole Wu Wen had shared.
• The other Dark Court lifted as A Shan’s judgment time ended.

After A Shan was convicted by the Dark Court and forced into its ranks, Ji Yan and A Liang learned that Timely Rain had used a Death Servant to trigger the conviction. The survivors resolved to target Timely Rain, while A Liang vowed to save A Shan.

• A Shan was struck by the Shackles of Atonement, and Guan Ying ordered her to retreat with the Dark Court after the operation failed.
• Guan Ying shot A Liang and Xu Liu, but both survived through their life-saving methods; A Shan left with Guan Ying, trusting A Liang to find a way to rescue her.
• Ji Yan urged A Liang to stop giving up, while Xu Liu explained that the Shackles could be removed if they captured or killed Timely Rain.
• Ji Yan deduced that the Spirit Caller had deliberately arranged for A Shan to be convicted by making her kill an innocent, and A Liang recognized that the target had been the Spirit Caller.
• Xu Liu proposed capturing Guan Sheng to locate Timely Rain and then killing Timely Rain to free A Shan.

A Shan offered Timely Rain information about Fate Hall in exchange for entering North Town with A Liang, but he rejected her terms and attacked her. Meanwhile, Ji Yan’s group gathered outside the cave where Guan Sheng was hiding and prepared to decide how to capture him.

• Guan Ying brought A Shan to Timely Rain, who said he needed A Liang and Ji Yan to lure out the Eerie Lord of Deception and obtain the Key of Authority.
• A Shan offered Timely Rain information about Fate Hall and Ji Yan if he let her and A Liang enter North Town together, but he grabbed her throat and said death servants could not negotiate.
• Ji Yan suspected Xu Liu could see or steal items from players’ Tool Bars and learned that Yuan Ming and Nangong Tong were nearby.
• Yuan Ming explained that an Eerie Boss had attacked him after Nangong Tong dug up two gravestones, while Nangong Tong remained hidden in the mass graveyard.
• Xu Liu revealed that Guan Sheng was hiding in a protected cave and explained how higher-sequence players could use Dark Order to bypass the trial’s restrictions.
• Xu Liu asked whether the group should join forces, break into the cave, and capture Guan Sheng alive.

Ji Yan and the others entered Guan Sheng’s cave, where the fog split them apart and each encountered an opponent from the other camp. Ji Yan unlocked his Tool Bar and fought Xiao Gu, whose strange power nullified Ji Yan’s attacks while tearing apart his hand; Ji Yan suspected Xiao Gu held Extreme Fiend Sequence 30, the Stripper of Praise.

• Xu Liu explained that he found Guan Sheng’s cave by tracking a Grudge Eerie Item, and Ji Yan convinced the group to enter despite their suspicions.
• Xu Liu gave Ji Yan a sack of Black Fruit, and Ji Yan realized Xu Liu’s honest-sounding promises still relied on wordplay.
• The cave’s darkness separated the group, leaving Ji Yan, A Liang, and the others to encounter opponents from the opposing camp.
• Ji Yan ate enough Black Fruit to unlock his Tool Bar and met Xiao Gu, who said he was Guan Sheng’s guard and had been ordered to capture Ji Yan alive.
• Blood Sis’s attack failed against Xiao Gu, and Xiao Gu’s power stripped away the Coffin Nail’s force before splitting the flesh and bones of Ji Yan’s right hand.
• Ji Yan suspected Xiao Gu possessed Extreme Fiend Sequence 30, the Stripper of Praise, but could not explain how Xiao Gu resisted attacks.

Ji Yan realized Xiao Gu was protected by the Dark Court and uncovered its rules: players had to answer questions candidly, and a failed or dishonest answer granted the questioner an attack. He identified Timely Rain’s trap as a cave-wide Dark Court, though Xiao Gu still held the advantage after crippling him.

• Xiao Gu’s Collector’s Grade eerie object stripped away Blood Sis’s Eerie Power and made Ji Yan’s eerie objects and Term Talent ineffective against him.
• Xiao Gu attacked Ji Yan with Stripping Privilege, badly damaging his leg, but retreated instead of finishing him.
• Ji Yan noticed Xiao Gu repeatedly withdrew at crucial moments and concluded that they were inside the Dark Court, holding a debate about candor and lies.
• Xiao Gu confirmed that refusing to answer or lying gave Ji Yan the right to keep asking questions, and Ji Yan inferred that unanswered questions granted attack permission.
• Ji Yan deduced that Timely Rain had turned the cave into a massive Dark Court, trapping anyone who entered in its debate.

Ji Yan used Xiao Gu’s lies and the Eerie Samurai’s hidden history to gain an attack permit, then altered Xiao Gu’s memories instead of killing him. After the Dark Court ended, Xiao Gu believed he was a devout Eerie Disciple of the Eerie Lord of Deception.

• Ji Yan inferred the courtroom’s lie limit and gained two Game Panel uses because Xiao Gu had lied twice.
• Xiao Gu asked Ji Yan about the Eerie Samurai’s background, but Ji Yan used the Spinal Heart Source to answer and reclaimed the right to question.
• Ji Yan asked Xiao Gu about the Eerie Monk’s bell-striking pestle; when Xiao Gu could not answer, Ji Yan gained an attack permit.
• Ji Yan pinned Xiao Gu down, transformed into a blonde woman, and used Memory Traveler to extract and edit Xiao Gu’s memories.
• Xiao Gu lost the debate tournament after loading his edited memories, and the courtroom domain lifted.
• Ji Yan prompted Xiao Gu to recall his identity, and Xiao Gu declared himself a devout Eerie Disciple of the Eerie Lord of Deception.

Ji Yan followed the brainwashed Xiao Gu to the heart sustaining Timely Rain’s Dark Courts, but Guan Ying killed Xiao Gu before they could destroy it. A Shan arrived and revealed the heart belonged to him, refusing to let Ji Yan harm it.

• Xiao Gu explained that Timely Rain had built seven Dark Courts, which were sustained by a Sword of Judgment pierced into a vital heart, and offered to lead Ji Yan to it.
• Ji Yan praised Xiao Gu, advancing his main quest, then noticed the Key of Authority of the Nightmare Ranger signal and continued toward the heart.
• Ji Yan and Xiao Gu found a huge plant heart pierced by the Sword of Judgment, but Ji Yan hesitated to destroy it.
• Xiao Gu’s Shackles of Atonement pain intensified, and Guan Ying’s Eerie Sniper shot his head off.
• A Shan arrived, said he had escaped the Dark Court of Filial Piety, and declared the heart belonged to him and Ji Yan would have to kill him to destroy it.

Ji Yan confronted the apparently returned A Liang over A Shan’s heart, then recognized that the man was Guan Sheng in disguise and defeated him. Ji Yan’s deception raised his Main Quest progress to 75%, unlocking travel to North Town and revealing the power behind Guan Sheng’s stolen face.

• A Liang explained that A Shan’s heart powered the Birthing Mother Tree and proposed using a dream-born Dark Count disciple to remove her Shackles of Atonement.
• Ji Yan agreed to A Liang’s plan, but questioned whether A Liang’s primary or secondary personality was present and detected the scent of deception.
• Blood Shadow Wedding Dress attacked A Liang as Guan Ying’s penetrating bullets struck her, while the disguised Guan Sheng used Nightmare Privilege against Ji Yan.
• Ji Yan’s Nightmare Ranger’s Key of Authority dispelled the attack, and Ji Yan struck Guan Sheng with the Ring of Dark Flash, exposing him beneath A Liang’s face.
• Ji Yan identified Guan Sheng’s Finger Peel Play Mask, and the Eerie Game raised Ji Yan’s Main Quest progress to 75%, granting him qualification to travel to North Town.

Ji Yan and Wu Wen helped A Liang exploit Fate Order to free A Shan from the Shackles of Atonement, while concealing their plan from Timely Rain. A Shan was pierced by black chains and turned to ash in A Liang’s arms.

• Ji Yan subdued Guan Sheng and stopped him from being shot by Guan Ying.
• The real A Liang appeared and asked Ji Yan to let Wu Wen attempt to save A Shan.
• Wu Wen used a golden Fate Gear to tear A Shan from the Birthing Mother Tree, while A Liang killed the tree and Ji Yan altered Guan Sheng’s memories.
• A Liang tried to put A Shan to sleep until the Dungeon ended, but she warned him that she knew what was coming.
• Black chains made of code and numbers pierced A Shan, and she dissipated into ash in A Liang’s hand.

After A Shan was erased, Wu Wen revealed that she had allowed it to happen to expose Timely Rain and strengthen her position before entering North Town. She led Ji Yan and Guan Sheng deeper into the cave, where Guan Ying attacked her, but Wu Wen used her Fate Privilege to turn his weapon against him.

• A Liang took the one-eyed little ghost to find Timely Rain, despite Wu Wen urging him to stay calm after A Shan's death.
• Ji Yan deduced that Wu Wen had knowingly chosen the outcome in which A Shan was erased, and Wu Wen admitted she had used A Shan and A Liang to expose Timely Rain and advance her plans.
• Wu Wen and Ji Yan set out to confront Timely Rain, carrying Guan Sheng inside Ji Yan's Oil Paper Joy Umbrella as the Dark Courts lifted.
• Guan Ying blocked their path and fired his Dead Soul Eerie Gun at Wu Wen, but her Vitality Adhesive repaired her wounds.
• Wu Wen revealed that her Fate Privilege had made each shot damage the Dead Soul Eerie Gun, warning Guan Ying that two more shots would destroy it.

Wu Wen fought her way past Guan Ying and confronted Timely Rain, but A Liang’s betrayal let Timely Rain stab her with the Sword of Judgment and trap them both in the Dark Court’s order domain. Ji Yan watched the domain close, confident the outcome would not be so simple.

• Wu Wen used Fate Privilege to upgrade a nail into a Black Coffin Nail, defeated Guan Ying, and entered the darkness with Ji Yan.
• Wu Wen found the dying A Liang, who asked her to use Fate Order to kill him, then called Timely Rain out of hiding.
• Wu Wen claimed she had deduced nine outcomes and that Timely Rain could not defeat her, but Timely Rain revealed that she had overlooked A Liang.
• A Liang stabbed Wu Wen with the Sword of Judgment, then asked Timely Rain to erase him; Dark Order turned A Liang into ashes.
• Timely Rain’s Dark Court domain enveloped him and Wu Wen, leaving Ji Yan alone in the cave as he told Blood Shadow Wedding Dress he knew what he was doing.