Chapter Summaries

On Thursday, Yimo reviewed recent events while Qin Muse rested, then left alone after breakfast. She went to Yamanaka Shrine in Mōtián District.

• Twilight had kept watch the previous night, so Yimo woke early feeling energetic.
• Yimo let Qin Muse rest while she closed her eyes and sorted through what had happened.
• When Qin Muse woke, Yimo set out the delivered breakfast and went out alone.
• Yimo arrived at Yamanaka Shrine in Mōtián District.

The chapter opens with a countdown to entering the survival game Fourfold World and prompts the player to buy items and set a nickname and appearance. It leaves the player preparing to enter the game.

• The game system announced a ten-minute countdown before entry.
• The system identified Fourfold World as a survival game and said other information was unavailable.
• The system asked the player to select items to purchase and set a nickname and appearance.

Players immediately formed groups and chose sides, with Neon players identified as the first team. The chapter ended as the first team's roster began with Crimson Ogre, Sakurana, and Cherry Blossom Pattern Samurai.

• The players began moving and forming groups as soon as the game started.
• The players chose sides before the rules appeared.
• The chapter identified the Neon players as the first team.
• The first team's nicknames included Crimson Ogre, Sakurana, and Cherry Blossom Pattern Samurai.

The chapter opened with the rules for Fourfold World, a competitive survival game with 20 players competing as individual factions. The game would end when nine or fewer players remained, and the survivors would win.

• The game was identified as Fourfold World.
• The rules established that the game had 20 players.
• The rules stated that each player was an individual faction.
• The rules declared that the game ended when nine or fewer players remained, with the survivors winning.

The chapter introduced the Second Layer World and the rules governing its region. It left the protagonist able to choose one connected world or technology to visit each day for rest and study.

• The system identified the current world as the Second Layer World.
• The system stated that the sect gate's jurisdiction covered the region and connected worlds, where attacks and harm were forbidden.
• The system allowed one daily visit to a connected technology or world, such as Future Technology, Wuxia, cultivation, or the sect gate world.

Qin Muse found Yimo irritating in the game and reconsidered giving her a Black Cleaver. The chapter ended with Yimo accusing Qin Muse of blaming her as soon as she arrived.

• Qin Muse thought that Yimo had seemed gentle and cute outside the game.
• Qin Muse noticed Yimo was visibly irritable inside the game.
• Qin Muse reconsidered giving Yimo a Black Cleaver because she seemed dangerous.
• Yimo accused Qin Muse of blaming her as soon as she arrived.
• Qin Muse asked who else would randomly whisper into someone’s ear.

Kai Shao entered the First Layer World and walked through the immortal realm valley instead of heading to Future Technology or the Cultivation Sect Gate. The chapter leaves him traveling through the valley.

• The system announced that Kai Shao had entered the First Layer World.
• Kai Shao appeared in the First Layer World.
• Kai Shao chose not to stay at the starting point or visit Future Technology or the Cultivation Sect Gate.
• Kai Shao walked through the valley of the immortal realm.

Huang Bai stood alone on a peak in the First Heavenly Domain’s cultivation world, flying on his sword beneath the night sky. Wooden practice swords raced around him as beams of light tore through the sky.

• Huang Bai soared through the air atop his sword.
• Several wooden practice swords darted around Huang Bai with fierce momentum.
• Beams of light tore through the night sky.

Secretary 2 warned Kai Shao and Candice, explained the day's arrangements and plans, and had Candice deliver a message to Neon Shiyue. At 2:00 p.m., voting began to select four players to enter the Second Layer World.

• Secretary 2 warned Kai Shao and Candice.
• Secretary 2 explained the day's arrangements and plans.
• Secretary 2 had Candice deliver a message to Neon Shiyue.
• At 2:00 p.m., the Third Day vote began to choose four players from the First Layer to enter the Second Layer World.

Qin Muse refused to wear matching mummy outfits with Yimo, but eventually rode toward Dusk City dressed to match. A Ding traveled beside them in the motorcycle’s sidecar.

• Yimo moved closer to Qin Muse, who repeatedly dodged away.
• Ten minutes later, Qin Muse and Yimo wore matching mummy outfits.
• Qin Muse and Yimo rode an off-road motorcycle toward Dusk City with A Ding in the sidecar.

The second-round vote in the Second Layer World's lower-level phase neared its automatic conclusion after Mountain Child was voted out. Tengu grew increasingly vicious as he recalled how Yimo had tracked him down and ruined his plans.

• Kai Shao and Mountain Child finished explaining the day's plan involving Tengu.
• Mountain Child was voted out in the first round.
• The second round of voting began and neared its automatic conclusion.
• Tengu grew increasingly vicious as he thought about Yimo's pursuit and investigation of him.

Yimo had not decided whether to target White City or Morning Sun City. She planned to pursue whichever city the Eclipse players appeared in, based on the initial locations of Yimo and Qin Muse.

• The lord of Dusk City asked Yimo which city she planned to target.
• Yimo did not answer because she had not yet chosen a target.
• Yimo decided she would go after whichever city the Eclipse players landed in.
• The Eclipse players' appearances in White City and Morning Sun City depended on the initial locations of Yimo and Qin Muse.

Voting for the First Layer World's heavenly domain began on the fourth day of the game. Secretary 2 abandoned the third floor after seeing Mountain Child was still alive, while Black Child had moved to the first floor.

• Voting for the First Layer World's heavenly domain began on the fourth day.
• Secretary 2 saw that Mountain Child was still alive on the third floor and decided Yimo had set a trap.
• Secretary 2 gave up on the third floor.
• Black Child moved from the second floor to the first.
• The First Layer World had ten people, including Eclipse and six people from Doomsday Gallery, while the remaining four were not identified.

Unlucky Salted Fish failed to control the game by securing the tickets, but he successfully met up with Yimo. The chapter ended with Unlucky Salted Fish seeing Yimo walk toward him in matching mummy outfits.

• Unlucky Salted Fish failed to secure the tickets and control the game.
• Unlucky Salted Fish met up with Yimo.
• Yimo walked toward Unlucky Salted Fish wearing a matching mummy outfit.

The chapter opened with a player questioning whether the opposing players would vote together, since their own five votes might defeat the other side’s six. Huang Bai’s vote was uncertain, and he did not care which floor they were on.

• A player argued that the opposing players might not be on the same side.
• The player pointed out that their five votes could beat the other side’s six.
• Huang Bai’s vote remained unstable, and he did not care which floor they were on.

The voting rules changed so only two people had to leave the first floor, allowing Doomsday Gallery and Moon Eater to stay upstairs longer. Dream Eater asked who they should vote for, but the chapter ended before the plan was established.

• The voting rules changed, reducing the number of people who had to leave the first floor from four to two.
• The change meant Doomsday Gallery and Moon Eater could stay on the upper floor longer, but fewer votes made it harder to control the second-floor vote.
• Dream Eater asked who they were going to vote for.

Yuan Hua understood that Secretary 2 wanted him voted out because he was a noob taking up a survival slot, and he wondered why he had become anxious and wanted Fei Afei to receive the votes instead.

• Secretary 2 implied that the players should vote Yuan Hua out first.
• Yuan Hua recognized that he was a noob and that each survivor occupied a survival slot.
• Yuan Hua wondered why he wanted Fei Afei to be voted out instead of himself.

Yuan Hua questioned why his brother had pointed a gun at him when he wanted to go down. His brother promised to join the others, but Yuan Hua insisted that their bond should have been enough.

• Yuan Hua asked what his brother meant by taking his side.
• His brother said the four of them had always been close and promised to go down.
• Yuan Hua admitted it but questioned why his brother had pointed a gun at him.

Player Blank entered the Fourthfold World, Endless Purgatory, a blood-soaked realm of jagged rocks, dead trees, crimson darkness, and terrifying creatures. The chapter ended with ghostly wails echoing through the land.

• Player Blank received a message announcing his entry into the Fourthfold World.
• The world was identified as Endless Purgatory.
• Jagged rocks and withered trees covered the crimson-dark landscape.
• Ghostly wails rang out across the land, where terrifying creatures lurked and the air smelled of blood.

The First Layer World's Sky Domain activated hidden rules that introduced daily voting and player elimination. The fate of tied players remained undisclosed.

• The system announced that the number of surviving players in the First Layer World's Sky Domain would remain undisclosed.
• The system established a daily vote to choose a player for elimination.
• The system stated that the player with the most votes would fail the game.
• The system began explaining what would happen in a tie, but the notice cut off.