Recaps

Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu rescued Scorpio after Mo Shu nearly killed him, then learned that Mo Shu had concealed immense Annihilation power. Their discussion suggested that the mysterious Cleaner “Delete Completely” might be the Chosen of Annihilation, while Scorpio realized he had been caught up in a conflict among powerful Chosen.

• Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu found Scorpio badly wounded and used healing and purification arts to save him.
• Scorpio explained that Mo Shu had attacked him and Gou Feng without warning, and that he had survived by using thirty-one divinations to escape into the present.
• Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu wondered why Mo Shu had attacked the others but spared them, and considered that he might be a powerful Annihilation Warrior.
• Zhang Jizu revealed that the mysterious Cleaner “Delete Completely” was known to him but that his memories of the person were vague, leading Cheng Shi to suspect a connection to Memory.
• Scorpio pieced together that Zhang Jizu was the Death Chosen and wondered whether Mo Shu was the Chosen of Annihilation, then tried to identify Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi, Zhang Jizu, and Scorpio cleared Scorpio of Gou Feng’s murder and decided to question the tribunal staff before pursuing more clues. At the gates, they encountered their Folly follower teammate, who had apparently changed her gender, and Cheng Shi and Scorpio pretended she had always been a woman.

• Scorpio showed his curved blade and explained how its power could be sensed in his wounds, convincing Cheng Shi that he had not killed Gou Feng.
• Cheng Shi proposed leaving Gou Feng’s body and asking the church in Dolgo D about the tribunal’s staff, and Zhang Jizu agreed.
• The three teammates headed for the tribunal gates, with Scorpio cautiously following Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu.
• They spotted their Folly follower teammate outside the gates and realized the teammate now appeared to be a woman.
• Cheng Shi insisted the teammate had always been female, and Scorpio enthusiastically played along.

Cheng Shi and his companions encountered Gao Ya at the courtyard gate and tried to secure her cooperation, but they subdued her when she threatened to leave. Zhang Jizu then hurled Cheng Shi over the gate before leaping over himself, revealing his strength as they prepared to move on.

• Gao Ya mocked the group at the gate, and Cheng Shi answered with a barrage of insults before proposing an exchange of information.
• Gao Ya deduced that the group had found no clues and pointed out that someone had betrayed them and that the cake had been dangerous.
• Gao Ya introduced herself as Gao Ya, Singer, 2377, and agreed to cooperate only if the others did not act foolishly.
• Cheng Shi taunted Gao Ya and identified the missing pastry chef as Annihilation's chosen one, then signaled Zhang Jizu and Scorpio to attack.
• Zhang Jizu overwhelmed Gao Ya with a Healing Art while Scorpio cut her ankles and used the Arc of Time Restoration to hold her in place.
• Zhang Jizu threw Cheng Shi over the gate and leapt over it himself, prompting Cheng Shi to recognize his fighting strength.

Cheng Shi brought the bound Gao Ya back to the church lounge and explained Dolgo D’s strange laws through a shocking story from its history. After Gao Ya revealed that the story was true and identified the Three Crow Tribe, Cheng Shi uncovered why she had manipulated the team and gave her a chance to cooperate.

• Cheng Shi tied up Gao Ya and led her, Zhang Jizu, and Scorpio back to the church lounge without anyone stopping them.
• Cheng Shi explained Dolgo D’s unusual procreation laws and recounted an unofficial history about a woman acquitted after preserving her husband’s “Procreation Authority.”
• Gao Ya said the story was true and claimed anyone who studied the Three Crow Tribe in the Life Era would know it.
• Cheng Shi realized Gao Ya had used her Soloist melody to influence him so she could rejoin the team, while Zhang Jizu had noticed the tampering.
• Cheng Shi offered Gao Ya a chance to cooperate and tell them about the Three Crow Tribe, warning her to stop looking down on everyone or leave.

After learning about the Three Crow Tribe’s three successor peoples, Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu realized that the infants at the Evil Infant Tribunal might be living Wuma and that Gou Feng had hidden among them. They questioned Gao Ya about the Tribunal and the trial, then suspected she had already completed her wish and was simply trying to survive until the trial ended.

• Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu recognized the Umbilical Cord Shackles on the Tribunal’s hanging infants and considered that they were living Wuma Sinners.
• Cheng Shi deduced that Gou Feng might have shackled and hung himself among the infants to evade Mo Shu and deceive the others.
• Cheng Shi asked Gao Ya what she had wished for and said he needed to reassess the trial’s risks and plan their next operation.
• Gao Ya avoided answering, and Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu inferred that she might already have completed her trial objective.
• Cheng Shi joked that the apocalypse gave everyone the right to pursue freedom of gender, prompting Gao Ya’s silence.

Cheng Shi and his group learned that the Evil Infant Tribunal had been a tool of church leaders to control Dolgo D, not a response to real evil infants. They discovered their informant was Tullatin, the current church leader Berios’s son, who offered to help them destroy the oppressive system.

• Cheng Shi questioned a church staff member, who revealed the Tribunal’s history after spending the afternoon sharing secrets and digressions.
• The staff member explained that the Tribunal began as the Blasphemy Confession Office, created by a former church leader to shelter Wuma Sinners and enforce obedience through confession and fabricated charges.
• Cheng Shi learned that the former church leader had been the child he helped deliver through the Divine Seeding Technique, and that Dolgo D had never had evil infants or a Life That Should Not Be Born.
• The informant identified himself as Tullatin and said his father was Berios, the current church leader; Gao Ya confirmed who Berios was.
• Tullatin condemned the church’s fanaticism and offered Cheng Shi and his group his help in changing Dolgo D.

Cheng Shi recruited Tullatin by presenting the followers of Filth and Decay as a faith that embraced desire, then convinced him that the coming Newborn was their Holy Infant. Tullatin joined their cause and set off to search the Church Leader’s records for citizens about to give birth.

• Cheng Shi accepted Tullatin’s offer of help, then told him their target was a Newborn rather than the Wuma Sinners.
• Cheng Shi invited Tullatin to hear their beliefs and described a deity who encouraged people to follow their desires.
• Cheng Shi named Filth and Decay as their deity, and the excited Tullatin accepted the faith and joined them.
• Cheng Shi revealed that the Newborn was the Holy Infant of Filth and Decay, whom they intended to protect from the Divine Nurturing Church.
• Tullatin said the Church Leader’s room held gestation records and went to find the citizens due to give birth.

Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu followed Tullatin to the Church Leader’s room, suspecting that his convenient appearance might be part of a larger scheme. When Tullatin found no recorded holy infants due to be born, the group’s search for the Life That Should Not Be Born hit another dead end.

• Cheng Shi persuaded the group to disguise themselves and split up while Tullatin searched for the conception records.
• Cheng Shi told Zhang Jizu he suspected someone had guided Tullatin into his sight, and explained that Birth had drawn him into a trial meant to pay homage to Prosperity.
• Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu climbed to the Church Leader’s room to watch Tullatin retrieve the birth list.
• Tullatin found no holy infants on the list and searched the other documents in confusion.
• Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu realized that Dolgo D had no official upcoming births, so they could not find the Life That Should Not Be Born through the records.

Cheng Shi persuaded Zhang Jizu to find Gou Feng and keep him alive while Cheng Shi continued working with Tullatin. Zhang Jizu gave Cheng Shi a Death Substitute Doll, and Cheng Shi secretly slipped him a die before Zhang Jizu jumped from the building.

• Cheng Shi explained that the missing pregnancy could involve either an illegal birth or a sudden extraordinary birth, and asked Zhang Jizu for help.
• Zhang Jizu admitted that The Great One had sent him to protect Cheng Shi, and Cheng Shi asked him to check whether Gou Feng was alive and save him if possible.
• Zhang Jizu revealed that The Great One had told him Cheng Shi bore both Deception and Destiny, prompting Cheng Shi to confess that he had a secondary personality devoted to Destiny.
• Zhang Jizu gave Cheng Shi a Death Substitute Doll and warned him to burn it if it took his place and he returned from the dead.
• Cheng Shi slipped a die into Zhang Jizu's sleeve before letting him jump from the high-rise, then went to meet the Church Leader's Son.

Cheng Shi convinced Tullatin to help create a Holy Infant as a symbol for spreading the faith of Filth and Decay. They planned to obtain a forbidden birth technique from the church library, leaving Cheng Shi with a way to advance his trial even though he still had no news of the expected birth.

• Tullatin hid Cheng Shi in the Church Leader's office and anxiously asked how Cheng Shi knew a Holy Infant would descend.
• Cheng Shi admitted he had no prophecy or divine revelation and argued that creating a Holy Infant could still serve the new god's will.
• Tullatin accepted Cheng Shi's reasoning and declared that followers should break free of shackles and face their desires.
• Tullatin proposed stealing the Birth Descendant Technique of the Wuma Sinners, sealed on the third floor of the church library, to make a Holy Infant appear within days.
• Cheng Shi agreed to follow Tullatin to obtain the technique as a backup plan.

Cheng Shi and his companions headed for the library while he traded cake with Gao Ya and joked about a hidden attacker. The Cleaner ambushed them, and when he revealed himself as Mo Shu, Cheng Shi realized he was facing a dangerous opponent.

• Cheng Shi left the high-rise with Tullatin in Church Core Personnel robes, then joined Scorpio and Gao Ya on the way to the library.
• Cheng Shi told his companions about his plan to speed through the trial, and Gao Ya asked for some of Mo Shu's cake.
• Gao Ya offered her Scale of Bearing Evil, then her A-rank Puppet's Grasp, in exchange for cake, and Cheng Shi agreed to give her a whole cake for the gloves.
• Cheng Shi sensed someone nearby, and the Cleaner stole the cake and attacked, causing his surgical knife to vanish through the power of annihilation.
• Gao Ya's puppet threads caught the invisible attacker briefly before he tore free, while Cheng Shi gathered the group and his Death Amusement Ring gained energy from their fear.
• The Cleaner appeared in the courtyard, and Cheng Shi recognized him as Mo Shu and realized he had encountered a pervert.

Cheng Shi confronted Mo Shu, who admitted to hunting teammates based on whether they ate his cakes and explained his devotion to Annihilation. Mo Shu revealed that he had received a Clown Substitute from the God of Merriment, leaving Cheng Shi to suspect the puppet might be meant for him.

• Cheng Shi recognized Mo Shu as the Cleaner and asked why he had killed his teammates.
• Mo Shu explained that he used cakes to spare those who trusted him and kill those who did not, believing this served Annihilation.
• The Folly believer recognized Cheng Shi as the Fate Weaver, and Cheng Shi asked why Mo Shu had embraced Memory.
• Mo Shu said he had not chosen Memory and might choose Deception instead, then showed Cheng Shi a Clown Substitute that gave him another player identity.
• Cheng Shi realized Mo Shu also had a 2,100-point identity and wondered whether the God of Merriment wanted him to take the clown puppet.

Cheng Shi confronted Mo Shu, the Cleaner, and used a fake attack to test his strength. Mo Shu let Cheng Shi leave after acknowledging him, but demanded that Scorpio and Gao Ya stay; Scorpio ate the cake Cheng Shi had given him in an attempt to satisfy the Cleaner’s rules.

• Cheng Shi accused Mo Shu of cursing him, then charged at him with scalpels while Scorpio and Gao Ya watched.
• Mo Shu dodged Cheng Shi’s charge and sent the scalpels into the world he was about to erase.
• Cheng Shi fired a fake Thunderclap Judgment and retreated, having confirmed that Mo Shu was real and gauged his caution.
• Mo Shu acknowledged Cheng Shi and allowed him to continue the trial, but insisted Scorpio and Gao Ya stay because they had not eaten his cake.
• Cheng Shi signaled Scorpio to eat the cake, and Scorpio stuffed it into his mouth as Cheng Shi asked Mo Shu what he thought.

Cheng Shi tried to protect Scorpion from Mo Shu while keeping the trial’s safest path open, but Mo Shu kidnapped Tullatin and demanded a choice by noon. Cheng Shi sent Gao Ya and Scorpion to spread a vague rumor while he vanished to pursue his own plan, and Scorpion began calculating how to escape the deadly trial.

• Mo Shu spared Scorpion for the moment, gave Cheng Shi until noon to choose another person to eat the remaining half of the cake, and revealed that he had taken Tullatin.
• Cheng Shi found Tullatin gone and told Gao Ya that provoking panic or killing people could summon a greater threat and ruin the trial.
• Gao Ya agreed to cooperate after Cheng Shi reminded her that he had saved her, and Cheng Shi promised her the remaining cake while directing her and Scorpion to spread a limited rumor about Tullatin and the Prophecy Book.
• Cheng Shi vanished through the shadows, leaving Gao Ya to spread the rumor and Scorpion to consider his own route to completing the trial before the next deduction reset.

Zhang Jizu set the Evil Infant Tribunal ablaze to flush out Gou Feng and support Cheng Shi’s plans. Cheng Shi used a Dice hidden on Tullatin to reach Mo Shu and pursue the Clown Substitute, but Mo Shu struck him and sent him flying with Tullatin.

• Zhang Jizu returned to the Evil Infant Tribunal and decided to burn it down so he could search the ruins for Gou Feng.
• Zhang Jizu piled firewood into the hall, poured gasoline over it, and set the centuries-old tribunal ablaze.
• Gao Ya spread the rumor that Tullatin had disappeared, and news of the fire sent panic through the church workers.
• Cheng Shi used a Dice he had secretly slipped into Tullatin’s pocket to teleport to Mo Shu and seek the Clown Substitute.
• Mo Shu charged at Cheng Shi and struck his shoulder, blasting Cheng Shi and the unconscious Tullatin away together.

Cheng Shi used a staged injury and a barrage of Dice and strange objects to keep Mo Shu wary, then unleashed five Thunderclap Judgments amplified by Destiny to test his vitality. Both men survived the devastating blast, and Cheng Shi vanished with a charred object before Mo Shu could finish him.

• Cheng Shi pretended Mo Shu's attack had badly wounded him, then revealed he was unharmed while helping the disfigured Tullatin escape.
• Mo Shu grew suspicious of Cheng Shi's calm behavior as Cheng Shi scattered Dice, Masks, and other strange objects around the room.
• Cheng Shi fired five Thunderclap Judgments and used Destiny to intensify their resonance, trapping Mo Shu as the blast destroyed the house and surrounding area.
• Cheng Shi and Mo Shu both survived the destruction, with Cheng Shi badly burned and Mo Shu seemingly unharmed.
• Cheng Shi grabbed a charred object from the ruins and vanished just before Mo Shu could attack him.

Cheng Shi returned to Zhang Jizu after enduring a lightning strike, carrying the remains of a Death Substitute Doll. He revealed that he had used it to take Mo Shu’s place, and Zhang Jizu revived the doll, transforming it into Mo Shu.

• Zhang Jizu hurried toward the tribunal ruins but stopped when Cheng Shi fell in front of him, badly charred.
• Zhang Jizu used a Healing Art on Cheng Shi, who greeted him cheerfully despite being unharmed by the electricity.
• Zhang Jizu recognized the Death Substitute Doll in Cheng Shi’s arms and prepared to burn it, believing it had saved Cheng Shi from death.
• Cheng Shi explained that the doll had taken Mo Shu’s place instead, and Zhang Jizu revived it with a death spell.
• The revived doll transformed into a miniature Mo Shu, revealing that Cheng Shi had used it as a weapon to steal his enemy’s identity.

Cheng Shi used a Death Substitute Doll to make Mo Shu the target of Thunderclap Judgment, then relied on Zhang Jizu to resurrect and kill the miniature Mo Shu. The doll transformed into a Clown Substitute, which Cheng Shi recognized as the identity he had wanted, though its unusual bestowal left Zhang Jizu suspicious.

• Cheng Shi explained that he had positioned the Death Substitute Doll to select Mo Shu and had prepared several safeguards in case Thunderclap Judgment killed him.
• Zhang Jizu resurrected the miniature Mo Shu, then immediately killed him with a surgical knife.
• The miniature Mo Shu swelled and exploded into petals and ribbons, leaving behind a grinning clown rag doll.
• Cheng Shi picked up the Clown Substitute and said it was the identity he had wanted, while Zhang Jizu questioned how it had been bestowed.

Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu discussed the Clown Substitute, their divine summons, and the Death Substitute Doll before splitting up to pursue their own business. Mo Shu lost his memories and identity on the road, where Tullatin mistook him for an enemy and beat him to death with a stone.

• Cheng Shi showed Zhang Jizu the Clown Substitute and explained that Mo Shu had received it from Deception, while Memory had also summoned him.
• Zhang Jizu said Truth and War had summoned him, and Cheng Shi claimed credit for making Mo Shu's path of Annihilation harder by killing his copy.
• Zhang Jizu told Cheng Shi to hurry into the ruins before the church investigated, but Cheng Shi vanished and left him to handle his own business.
• Mo Shu headed toward the church to find Cheng Shi, then lost his memories and forgot who he was.
• Tullatin encountered the dazed Mo Shu, attacked him with a stone, and beat him to death.

Cheng Shi returned to the church after killing Mo Shu and discovered that the church had summoned a terrifying tentacle to suppress the turmoil. He reunited with Scorpio and Gao Ya, learning that Scorpio had brought someone back from the future who knew when the Life That Should Not Be Born would be born.

• Cheng Shi buried Mo Shu's body and followed Tullatin's trail toward the church.
• Berios answered rumors and unrest by summoning Divine Descent, causing an enormous tentacle to strike the ruins where Cheng Shi had fought Mo Shu.
• Cheng Shi escaped the tentacle's attack and returned to the church, where Berios proclaimed that the Lord would dispel the night's confusion and overcome evil.
• Cheng Shi found Scorpio and Gao Ya near the Birth rest hall and learned that Scorpio had altered events by bringing someone back from the future.
• Scorpio told Cheng Shi that the person he brought back knew when the Life That Should Not Be Born would be born.

Scorpio used his deduction power to search Dolgo D’s futures for someone who knew about The Life That Should Not Be Born, and found the homeless man Afros. The chapter ended with Afros inviting Miss Moon to hear the secrets behind Dolgo D’s Evil Birth.

• Scorpio decided to spend his remaining deduction chance searching future versions of Dolgo D for someone who knew when The Life That Should Not Be Born would arrive.
• After six deductions, Scorpio found Afros, a homeless man who claimed to have once worked for the church.
• Scorpio overheard Afros flirting with Miss Moon outside a tavern and claiming that he had helped maintain order in Dolgo D before the church guard existed.
• Afros told Miss Moon that the Evil Birth Method had polluted the church’s faith and was connected to secrets from Dolgo D’s past.
• Afros invited Miss Moon to go with him so he could reveal the hidden stories behind the Evil Birth.

Scorpio brought Afros from ten years in the future into the present, but Afros escaped during the Divine Descent, leaving Cheng Shi to question how he vanished. When a tentacle destroyed the church library, Cheng Shi feared Tullatin had been killed, only to find him waiting in the corridor in a changed state.

• Miss Moon waited all night for the vagrant, while Scorpio secretly took Afros away and lured him with false promises of money and citizenship.
• Scorpio explained that Afros had come from the future and had vanished into the church during the Divine Descent; Cheng Shi pointed out that Afros could not have survived the Evil Infant Tribunal fire as a Wuma Sinner.
• An alarm announced that a rebel had broken into the library, and Cheng Shi recognized that Tullatin had returned.
• A tentacle struck the library and nearly flattened the church's rear courtyard, while Berios declared the destruction a defense against heretics and ordered the congregation to assemble.
• Cheng Shi, Scorpio, and Gao Ya headed toward the resting hall, where they heard Tullatin call to them from the corridor.
• Cheng Shi and the others found Tullatin, but his changed appearance stunned them.

Cheng Shi reunited with Tullatin, who had returned to her original female form and revealed her fervent devotion to Filth and Decay. He learned that she had already used the Birth Descendant Technique and was pregnant, and she began recounting what had happened in the church.

• Tullatin disguised as a church-robed woman led Cheng Shi, Gao Ya, and Scorpio to a hiding place and accepted Cheng Shi's healing.
• After her appearance and voice recovered, Tullatin revealed that she had originally been a woman and had once chosen to become a man.
• Tullatin said Cheng Shi had drawn her closer to Filth and Decay, and she defended her spontaneous devotion when he challenged her fixation.
• Cheng Shi asked whether Tullatin wanted to become the mother of the Filth Fall Holy Infant, but Gao Ya pointed out that Tullatin was already pregnant.
• Tullatin confirmed she had taken the Birth Descendant Technique from the destroyed library and began explaining what had happened that night.

Tullatin explained how the Wuma people’s Birth Descendant Technique led to their rise and eventual division, while Cheng Shi questioned the believers’ understanding of Birth. Cheng Shi concluded that Tullatin’s unborn child was Afros’s and pressed her to explain their connection.

• Tullatin explained that the Wuma people used the Birth Descendant Technique to rapidly reproduce their strongest members and conquer the north.
• Tullatin said the Three Crow Tribe split because the Wuma people’s competing desires overwhelmed their rule, and that they later created the Umbilical Cord Shackles to seek Birth’s favor.
• Cheng Shi suspected that the tribe’s division had been political rather than divine and reflected that the believers’ history of Birth was built on mistaken interpretations.
• Cheng Shi realized that the Birth Descendant Technique resembled talents granted to modern Faith Game players, despite its reputation as blasphemy.
• Cheng Shi inferred that Afros was the father of Tullatin’s unborn child and asked her to tell him how they had come together.

Tullatin explained how she chose Afros, a man from a projected future, to father her child after they met in the prayer room. Cheng Shi and Gao Ya realized Afros was Tullatin’s future self, while Scorpio questioned whether their tangled timeline was the time miracle he had wished to witness.

• Scorpio told Cheng Shi that he had wished to witness a miracle related to time and asked who Afros was.
• Cheng Shi connected Tullatin’s injuries and hoarse voice with Afros’s appearance, then concluded that Afros was Tullatin from the future.
• Gao Ya asked whether Afros was Tullatin’s future self, and Tullatin confirmed that he had told her about his future and his identity as the child of the church’s head.
• Tullatin explained that Afros had returned to the present determined to keep the Filth and Decay faith alive and met her by chance in the prayer room.
• Tullatin said she offered to have Afros’s child because she wanted neither of them to suffer the regrets of his future again.