Chapter Summaries

Ling Xin escaped Lingyun Island by hiding aboard a passenger ferry and entered a Chaos Mission, while Luo Jun began his first year at Ningdong Academy and reunited with Chen Ran. After learning that the academy’s entrance physical examination included a bone structure test, Luo Jun worried that it might expose his secrets.

• Ling Ao sealed Lingyun Island and ordered a search for Ling Xin, but reopened the ferries after two days and subjected departing passengers to strict inspections.
• Ling Xin revealed that she had used a Treasure Tool to sneak aboard a ferry before entering a Chaos Mission, then returned to the ship’s cargo hold after it left the harbor.
• Luo Jun started Class C at Ningdong Academy, where Teacher Hu explained the class assignments and the academy’s teaching plan.
• Chen Ran told Luo Jun that he had reached the fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm and explained his father’s pressure to advance quickly.
• Teacher Hu led the students to the stadium for physical examinations, and Luo Jun realized the tests included an unexpected bone structure assessment.

During the freshmen’s physical examinations, Luo Jun worried that the potential test would reveal his extraordinary Innate Potential and expose the Dice of Heavenly Secrets. After learning how the tests worked and that the potential device capped its display at 10.0, he began considering how to handle his own test.

• Luo Jun asked Senior Sister Miao about the Innate Potential and spiritual affinity testing devices while trying to learn how to avoid revealing his potential.
• Senior Sister Miao explained that spiritual affinity appeared on a public display, while only teachers could see the potential reading, and she described the usual values for both tests.
• Senior Sister Miao revealed that her spiritual affinity was three times that of a talented freshman, and told Luo Jun that the Ling siblings had readings above one hundred.
• Senior Sister Miao said potential readings usually ranged from 0.9 to 1.1, with 10.0 as the device’s upper limit, and recalled a rumored student whose test had reached that maximum.
• After Senior Sister Miao left to help a teacher, Luo Jun noticed that only a dozen students remained ahead of him and started planning for his test.

Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to conceal his extraordinary potential during the academy’s medical examination, then received a Chaos Mission summons. He prepared alone in his dormitory and was transported to the mission with only one dice use remaining.

• Luo Jun combined Triad Dice with the Life-Death Coin and successfully made the potential tester record him as having a normal value of 1.0.
• Luo Jun saw Chen Ran score forty-one in spiritual aptitude and 2.5 in potential, then completed the remaining medical tests without trouble.
• Luo Jun received a Chaos Mission summons, pretended to be sick, and rushed back to his dormitory to prepare.
• Luo Jun checked his supplies and remaining dice use before the thirty-minute warning ended and the mission transported him away.

Luo Jun joined six other cultivators in a Chaos Mission at Playground Number Six and recognized Lao Miao Miao, who seemed unusually listless. The group introduced themselves and learned that Lao Miao Miao belonged to the rare Mystic Faction before the mission’s rules appeared to be announced.

• Luo Jun appeared in a white room with six other cultivators and recognized Lao Miao Miao, who seemed dazed and low on energy.
• Du Jincai, Zhu Sanyang, Zheng Ji, Cui Zheng Hai, Elisa, and Luo Jun introduced themselves and discussed their backgrounds and factions.
• Zheng Ji recognized Luo Jun as Night, drawing the attention of the two official explorers.
• Lao Miao Miao introduced herself as a student at Ningdong University and identified her faction as the rare Mystic Faction.
• Words appeared on the wall welcoming the group to Playground Number Six.

Luo Jun and the others entered the first checkpoint, a hide-and-seek game in a Giant’s bedroom, while also trying to identify a mole among their group. The checkpoint began when a boy returned to the room, leaving the participants hidden and at risk of being caught.

• The group learned that they had three checkpoints to complete and could vote to cage a suspected mole after each one.
• The participants entered an enormous bedroom and discovered they had been shrunk to about five centimeters tall.
• They read the hide-and-seek rules and discussed ways to avoid the room owner, who could detect and disable them and summon rats.
• Lao Miao Miao hid beneath the bed as the others split up to find hiding places.
• Luo Jun concealed himself in a jacket pocket inside the wardrobe and prepared a way to escape if discovered.
• The countdown ended, and a small boy entered the room.

Luo Jun watched the giant boy discover the hidden Little Elves and begin hunting them. After the boy targeted him with a bug-catching net and then a supersonic fly swatter, Luo Jun dodged every attack and realized the boy could not keep up with his speed.

• Zheng Ji tried to escape through the door but was blocked, then hid beneath the desk.
• The boy watched surveillance footage, detected the seven Little Elves, and sent mice to search the room.
• The boy found Luo Jun in the wardrobe and used Vital Energy Dissipation, sealing part of Luo Jun's Vital Energy.
• Luo Jun dodged the boy's bug-catching net and then evaded a supersonic swing of the fly swatter.
• Luo Jun landed on the floor, gained confidence, and taunted the boy to keep attacking.

Luo Jun kept the little boy occupied by dodging his attacks, injuring him, and killing the rats, allowing the others to hide. The one-hour stage ended with only Lao Miao Miao captured, and the group cleared it.

• Luo Jun dodged the little boy’s Fly Swatter while Zhu Sanyang transformed and swallowed a rat, and the other contestants evaded their pursuers.
• Luo Jun destroyed the Fly Swatter and stabbed the boy’s foot with the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon, making him cry and abandon his pursuit of Luo Jun.
• The boy searched for the contestants and captured Lao Miao Miao, but Luo Jun stabbed his heel and she fell into the open Toy Box.
• Luo Jun wounded the boy’s other foot, then hunted down waves of rats and kept the boy too busy to capture anyone else.
• The one-hour time limit expired, and the contestants cleared the stage with only Lao Miao Miao captured.

After the group cleared the first amusement park checkpoint, they investigated a clue about the mole and chose to abstain rather than risk imprisoning an ally. Luo Jun secretly tried to use the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to identify the mole, but the dice could not judge his unclear target.

• The group reached a white room after clearing the checkpoint, and the amusement park gave them a clue consisting of short black hair.
• Zhu Sanyang tasted samples from the group and found no match, leading Cui Zheng Hai to suspect the hair was symbolic rather than taken from a contestant.
• The contestants debated who might be the mole, but Luo Jun persuaded them to abstain and wait for more clues.
• Luo Jun secretly prepared to use the Dice of Heavenly Secrets with the contestants' photographs, then activated it at the last moment to vote for the mole.
• The Dice of Heavenly Secrets reported that the target was unclear and could not be judged.

Luo Jun realized that the failed vote against the mole pointed to a Hidden Mission, then entered the second stage and fought a Mechanical Knight. He returned to the group after defeating it, leaving the monster-ranking challenge underway.

• Luo Jun concluded that the Dice of Heavenly Secrets had failed because the mole was tied to a Hidden Mission.
• The group learned they had to choose numbered rooms, defeat the monsters inside, and rank them by strength within three attempts.
• Lao Miao Miao took Door Seven, Zhu Sanyang chose Door Three, and Luo Jun entered Room One.
• Luo Jun found a Mechanical Knight in a desert arena and fought it with his Longitudinal and Horizontal Warhorse and Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.
• Luo Jun returned through the door, and the Mechanical Knight split in two and collapsed into the dust.

The group ranked the monsters they had fought, but their final order was incorrect; the correct ranking revealed that Luo Jun’s Mechanical Knight was the second-strongest. As the next round began, Luo Jun entered Door One and was swallowed by a huge sea creature.

• Luo Jun and the others compared their opponents and placed their placards, while they speculated that Lao Miao Miao might be a mole because she had not emerged from Door Seven.
• Lao Miao Miao came out and ranked her Magma Elemental fourth after hearing the others’ accounts.
• The group submitted its ranking, but the stage rejected it and revealed the correct order, placing Du Jincai first and Luo Jun second.
• Du Jincai urged everyone to try again, and the contestants chose doors; Lao Miao Miao took Door Three while Luo Jun entered Door One.
• Luo Jun fell into an endless sea and was swallowed by a massive creature that burst from beneath the waves.

Luo Jun and the others survived their battles against monsters in extreme environments and correctly ranked the participants, though Zheng Ji died behind Door Four. As the group prepared to use the new clue and vote, someone activated Special Permission, canceling the vote and granting everyone an additional clue.

• Luo Jun escaped a giant monster fish by inflating it with a Rare-level Inflated Grenade, then killed it and returned through a door to find Du Jincai and Zhu Sanyang had also survived their battles.
• Du Jincai, Zhu Sanyang, and Luo Jun compared their opponents and concluded that the battles took place in environments that favored the monsters; Cui Zheng Hai and Elisa later emerged and described similar conditions.
• The group placed Luo Jun first and Du Jincai last, then Lao Miao Miao emerged and described fighting a Frost Giant in a polar region.
• Door Four remained closed, and the group concluded Zheng Ji had died; they placed his position second and finalized the full ranking.
• The ranking proved correct, and Luo Jun decided to use his remaining Dice Opportunity to select the person indicated by the clue rather than vote for a mole.
• Someone used Special Permission, canceling the mole vote and giving everyone one additional clue.

Luo Jun deduced that the mission’s rules had been altered and that Lao Miao Miao had a Hidden Mission rather than being the ordinary Mimic Person mole. The group entered the next checkpoint, where a map of varied terrain and seven numbered flags awaited them.

• The group found blue and red clue boxes containing exercise balls and a ferocious beast’s tooth, and they suspected Lao Miao Miao because of her behavior.
• Luo Jun proposed that the different-colored boxes pointed to different people and questioned Lao Miao Miao, who confirmed only that part of her Hidden Mission involved finding someone.
• Luo Jun concluded that the rules printed in the scene had been altered, and he urged everyone to share any additional information they had received.
• The group proceeded through the opened door to the next checkpoint, while Lao Miao Miao told Luo Jun he was close to the truth but not close enough.
• The group found a white room with seven doors and a central map showing mountains, forests, swamps, a snowy mountain, seven numbered flags, and a cave near the first flag.

The contestants began the relay checkpoint, but Lao Miao Miao’s first leg ended in failure when the tracker took the key. As suspicion fell on her, someone used Special Permission to cancel the mole vote, leaving the group without new clues.

• Lao Miao Miao insisted on running the first leg and entered through Door One when the checkpoint began.
• Lao Miao Miao diverted from the route, approached the tracker’s cave, and later headed toward the second flag as the tracker moved to intercept her.
• The tracker touched Lao Miao Miao and took the key, causing the checkpoint challenge to fail.
• Lao Miao Miao returned to the room and refused to explain her actions, while Du Jincai accused her of being the mole.
• Someone used Special Permission to cancel the mole voting phase, and the failed mission yielded no additional clues.

Luo Jun and the others reached the treasure vault, where the mole stole their rewards and the failed mission began teleporting them away. Lao Miao Miao urged Luo Jun to preserve his memories, and after a difficult dice judgment he awoke in a new amusement park mission with the same people, including Zheng Ji, who had died.

• Lao Miao Miao revealed that the mission still had a chance and promised Luo Jun a hint at the last moment.
• Du Jincai and Cui Zheng Hai opened the treasure vault, and the group chose blind boxes that the mole soon stole.
• As teleportation began, Lao Miao Miao told Luo Jun not to forget what had happened, and he successfully used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to preserve his memories.
• Luo Jun arrived in a white room with Du Jincai, Cui Zheng Hai, Zhu Sanyang, Elisa, Lao Miao Miao, and Zheng Ji, whose introductions matched his memories.
• The group saw the prompt welcoming them to Amusement Park Seven.

Luo Jun realized he had been trapped in repeated loops of the amusement park mission and that Lao Miao Miao had been trying to guide him. He pieced together the hidden objective and the real mole’s role, but learned that this was their final chance to rewind.

• Luo Jun checked his status and saw that he had reached Level Thirty, gained the advanced skill Double Insurance, and accumulated memories from five previous loops.
• Lao Miao Miao broke down in relief when Luo Jun told her he remembered, and he comforted her before intimidating Zheng Ji into leaving them alone.
• Luo Jun questioned Lao Miao Miao and deduced that completing hidden objectives across all three checkpoints required finding fragments of a key and identifying the real mole.
• Luo Jun proposed gathering clues this round and completing the mission in the next loop, but Lao Miao Miao warned that it was too late and confirmed this was their last rewind.

Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to confirm that the mimic person was among the remaining players, then identified Elisa and cast the only vote against her. Elisa was dragged into a cage, and Luo Jun claimed his Hidden Mission had revealed her as the mole, though the others remained suspicious of him.

• Luo Jun and Lao Miao Miao agreed to keep searching for Key Fragments and expose the mole when the situation became clearer.
• After the group cleared the First Checkpoint, Luo Jun used the dice to test photographs and confirmed that a mimic person existed among the other four players.
• Luo Jun drew Elisa's photograph and, just before voting ended, put it into the ballot box.
• Elisa received the only vote, and iron chains bound her and dragged her into a cage.
• Zheng Ji accused Luo Jun of being the mole, but Luo Jun claimed a Hidden Mission had pointed to Elisa and said the group would receive a reward.

Luo Jun and Lao Miao Miao entered the next trial stage, where Luo Jun tried to locate the Hidden Key Fragment while learning how the room choices worked. He found that Door Five held a dangerous experimental monster and uncovered its laboratory, but found no key and left the stage unresolved.

• Luo Jun learned that Lao Miao Miao's Key Fragment search depended on choosing the correct room and that a player's death could make the fragment unobtainable.
• Lao Miao Miao explained that the Hidden Key Fragment could be found in a monster's nest, and Luo Jun deduced that the nest would need to be searched after killing its monster.
• Lao Miao Miao chose Door Six, Zhu Sanyang chose Door Three, and Zheng Ji chose Door Four; Luo Jun's Dice of Heavenly Secrets failed to identify the hidden key's location.
• Luo Jun entered Door Five, fought and killed a blade-covered monster, then cut through its iron cage to investigate the surrounding area.
• Luo Jun found a laboratory containing failed monster experiments, found no Key Fragment, and returned through the cage to leave.

Luo Jun helped Lao Miao Miao navigate another cycle, found a fragment of the Hidden Key in a sunken ship, and gave it to her. Their group cleared the stage, and Lao Miao Miao used her privilege to skip the vote and obtain a clue about a Red Box.

• Luo Jun advised Lao Miao Miao to search Rooms One or Two, then rearranged the room choices so Zheng Ji entered Room Six while he took Room One.
• Luo Jun defeated the strange fish in Room One and found a bronze fragment of the Hidden Key inside a safe on a sunken cruise ship.
• Luo Jun returned with the fragment and corrected the monster ranking, while Zheng Ji described surviving the Volcanic Zone.
• Lao Miao Miao came out of Room Two without finding the fragment, and Luo Jun secretly handed it to her.
• Lao Miao Miao placed her number tag to complete the correct ranking, clearing the stage, then used her privilege to skip voting and receive a clue about a Red Box.

Luo Jun and the others found a toy clue that seemed to indicate a male Mimic Person, despite Elisa already being confirmed as one. Luo Jun suspected there could be multiple Mimic People and urged Lao Miao Miao to help identify the remaining one before the next vote.

• Zheng Ji accused Luo Jun of being the mole as they examined exercise balls and a toy soldier from the boxes.
• Zhu Sanyang assembled the toy soldier’s spear and shield, prompting the group to speculate that the clue pointed to a male Mimic Person.
• Luo Jun told Lao Miao Miao that Elisa was confirmed as a Mimic Person and suggested there might be more than one.
• Luo Jun and the others headed toward the final checkpoint, where he narrowed the remaining suspects to Du Jincai and Cui Zheng Hai.
• Luo Jun reassured the anxious Lao Miao Miao that he could identify the remaining Mimic Person and that they needed to cooperate in the vote.

Luo Jun and the others raced through the relay legs, building a lead over the Tracker as each runner used their abilities to cross the course. Their victory seemed certain until an avalanche swept Du Jincai back to the start of the snow mountain, leaving the Tracker less than five kilometers from the sixth flag.

• Luo Jun collected the final Hidden Key component, evaded the Tracker, and reached the first handoff point far ahead of it.
• Zheng Ji crossed the swamp, Zhu Sanyang sped through the jungle, and Lao Miao Miao surfed across the quicksand to extend the lead.
• Cui Zheng Hai used his Insight Faction abilities to clear a trap-filled cave tunnel without slowing down.
• Du Jincai climbed the snow mountain as the sixth runner while the team’s lead grew to more than fifteen kilometers.
• An avalanche swallowed Du Jincai and swept him back to the starting point as the Tracker approached the sixth flag.