Recaps

Cheng Shi learned that the first-year Audience Assembly was approaching and that he had qualified among the top ten of [Deception], then left to seek audiences with the gods and investigate the False Curtain Call. The remaining Clowns debated what the forgotten finale meant for Predestination and planned to recover its memories.

• Doctor announced that the Audience Assembly would be held at the end of the [Faith Game]'s first year and that the gods would summon the top ten players of each Faith.
• Cheng Shi checked the Ladder of Audience rankings, realized he had qualified for [Deception], and resolved to learn the gods' attitudes toward the False Curtain Call before choosing another Divine Throne to challenge.
• Cheng Shi returned to the Rest Area to seek audiences with the gods, while the other Clowns stayed behind to discuss [Existence], [Destiny], and Predestination.
• Li Jingming questioned why [Destiny] still called the Fate Weaver Predestination if Predestination would ultimately be broken, and Zhen Xin suggested the God of Merriment's finale might contain a hidden answer.
• President Gong proposed recovering the False Curtain Call's lost memories, and Li Jingming agreed to look for a way.

Cheng Shi sought an audience with [Death] and learned that the false Finale Performance had been caused by [Destiny]’s power, not a reset or illusion. [Death] revealed that [Deception] had used a trace of [Origin]’s power, leaving Cheng Shi to wonder whether he had seen [Origin] as the cosmos dissolved.

• Cheng Shi summoned [Death] and worried that the god might have forgotten him or chosen to hand the predetermined one to [Destiny].
• [Death] demanded to know where Cheng Shi had hidden Squinty Old Zhang, revealing that He remembered nothing of the Trial.
• Cheng Shi recounted the false ending, and [Death] confirmed that the version of Himself in it was not Him and that [Deception] was gone.
• [Death] explained that [Destiny]’s authority had changed reality and that He feared [Origin], while recognizing the predetermined one as the answer.
• [Death] said the Bell Ringer had brought a trace of [Origin]’s gaze into the world and asked Cheng Shi whether he had seen [Origin] before the Trial ended.

Cheng Shi learned that the God of Merriment may have used him as bait in a scheme against [Origin], but he resolved to bring back his missing follower and win. Meanwhile, Li Jingming was overwhelmed by a flood of memories in [Memory]'s repository and passed out holding a radiant object.

• Boss [Death] conjectured that the God of Merriment had used [Origin]'s power to make Cheng Shi bait, and Cheng Shi realized the supposed apocalypse had been fabricated.
• Boss [Death] explained that [Silence] stood alongside [Deception], reassuring Cheng Shi that the Fear Faction remained intact.
• Cheng Shi told Boss [Death] that his follower had left the world, then promised to bring him back and win.
• Li Jingming entered [Memory]'s repository to seek his Lord of Grace, but found [Memory] absent and was engulfed by a surge of memories.
• Li Jingming struggled toward a glimmer of light, recovered his sense of self, and passed out with a crystalline, radiant object in his hand.

Cheng Shi met with [Time], who explained that the gods’ differing wills had left [Deception] unable to find [Origin]'s path and hinted that a new authority might offer hope. [Time] planned to seek [Origin] despite the danger, while Cheng Shi was sent back with the news that [Memory] had left.

• Cheng Shi prayed to meet [Time] and was taken to the gap in [Existence].
• [Time] said [Destiny] had declared there was no path ahead, while [Deception] had found an answer of his own through countless projections.
• [Time] explained that faith could create New Authority and that gods followed different wills, which kept [Deception] from finding [Origin]'s path.
• [Time] said he would leave to meet [Origin] and test [Deception]'s conjecture, despite the danger that had claimed [War].
• Cheng Shi was returned to the world and learned that [Memory] had left for the True Universe, while [Time] urged him to follow his own path and believe someone would believe in him.

Cheng Shi sought an audience with [Silence] to learn more about the gods’ plans, but the deity remained silent while the Lips of Foolish Play spoke for him. The Lips provoked [Silence], whose eyes finally wavered, leaving Cheng Shi terrified of what might happen next.

• Unable to make sense of [Time]'s advice, Cheng Shi continued seeking audiences with the gods and decided to consult [Silence].
• Cheng Shi prayed to [Silence] and was pulled into the void before the enormous Leaky World Silent Puppet.
• Unable to speak, Cheng Shi tried gesturing, but the Lips of Foolish Play mocked him and offered to ask his questions aloud.
• The Lips of Foolish Play misrepresented Cheng Shi's request by asking whether [Silence] hated [Deception] for impersonating [Destiny] and killing the deity.
• When [Silence] gave no response, the Lips of Foolish Play challenged the deity to speak, and Cheng Shi saw [Silence]'s eyes waver.

Cheng Shi sought [Silence]'s guidance about [Deception]'s change to the Cosmos and the Silent Puppet in the True Universe. [Silence] revealed that Cheng Shi might have to risk assimilation to learn the truth, then sent him back to reality.

• Cheng Shi persuaded [Silence] to unmute him, then asked whether He knew how [Deception] had changed the Cosmos.
• When [Silence] stayed silent, Cheng Shi pleaded for His protection and asked about the Silent Puppet in the True Universe that had tried to assimilate him.
• [Silence] lay down in the same posture as the Silent Puppet, so Cheng Shi cautiously sent Shadow Cheng Shi onto His head.
• The assimilation began again, and Shadow Cheng Shi escaped using his talent while Cheng Shi tried to interpret [Silence]'s movements.
• After repeated attempts, Cheng Shi guessed that he had to risk assimilation to learn anything; [Silence] stood and blew him back into reality.

Cheng Shi realized that [Silence] had pointed him toward [Filth and Decay] and the dangers of investigating the Sea of Desire, where gods might be assimilated. With the God of Merriment unreachable and few safe options remaining, Cheng Shi prayed to meet [Justice (Order)], who had survived a journey there.

• Cheng Shi connected [Silence]'s warning about assimilation to [Filth and Decay] and the Sea of Desire.
• Cheng Shi recalled that Drachirko had destroyed himself by the Sea of Desire and feared that [Filth and Decay] had contaminated the God of Merriment.
• Cheng Shi repeatedly tried to contact the God of Merriment through Dice and the Mask but received no answer.
• Cheng Shi rejected sending New Gods into the Sea of Desire without a safer plan and decided to consult a deity who had survived going there.
• Cheng Shi prayed to meet [Justice (Order)], who had entered the Sea of Desire and remained within the [Covenant].

Cheng Shi enlisted Li Wufang to help him gain an audience with the Iron Rule of Order, then revealed that he was the god Fool’s Game. He sent Li Wufang to pray while preparing to meet [Chaos].

• Cheng Shi failed to secure an audience with the Iron Rule of Order directly, so he asked Li Wufang to use one of his Dice to request one.
• Li Wufang hesitated because of his past encounter with [Order], but Cheng Shi reassured him and confirmed that he was a god named Fool’s Game.
• Li Wufang suspected Cheng Shi’s plan involved [Deception], and Cheng Shi told him to call him Boss, though Li Wufang instead called him Chief.
• Cheng Shi instructed Li Wufang to stay silent, protect himself, and climb onto any Divine Throne that appeared before him.
• Li Wufang prayed and was pulled into the Void by [Order], while Cheng Shi vanished, ready to meet [Chaos].

Cheng Shi challenged the [Iron Rule of Order], accusing the god of being [Chaos] and responsible for the Cosmos’s disorder. The god allowed him to argue his case but threatened him with death by Thunder Punishment if he failed, and Cheng Shi accepted.

• Li Wufang loudly cursed Cheng Shi while the two audience seekers remained trapped in the cage before the Holy Light Law Codex.
• The [Iron Rule of Order] sentenced Cheng Shi for seeking an audience without a summons and warned that his words would serve as evidence of blasphemy.
• Cheng Shi taunted the god over its failure to stop the collapse of order and accused it of being the vanished First God of [Chaos].
• The [Iron Rule of Order] stopped turning pages in anger, and Li Wufang nervously asked Cheng Shi whether he should keep cursing.
• The [Iron Rule of Order] permitted Cheng Shi to argue his case, threatening him with Thunder Punishment until death if his claim was false.
• The [Iron Rule of Order] denied being [Chaos] and promised purification by Thunderbolt, while Cheng Shi applauded and said he hoped the god would confess its guilt and be executed.

Cheng Shi pressured the [Iron Rule of Order] to privately confront the possibility that He was [Chaos], while the Fear Faction’s gods watched from beyond the Void. The [Iron Rule of Order] chose to hear Cheng Shi’s evidence discreetly, and Cheng Shi called for Li Jingming as his witness.

• Cheng Shi explained his plan to claim the Divine Thrones of [Order] and [Chaos] by exposing the [Iron Rule of Order] as [Chaos].
• Cheng Shi offered the [Iron Rule of Order] a private resolution, warning that public exposure could destroy [Order]'s will through the despair of its Believers.
• [Death], [Silence], and [Time] appeared beyond the Void, making the [Iron Rule of Order] doubt His identity as [Order].
• Cheng Shi and Li Wufang joked about choosing between the two Divine Thrones while the [Iron Rule of Order] struggled with His doubts.
• The [Iron Rule of Order] opened the cage and demanded evidence, threatening the suspects with Thunder Punishment if they failed to provide it.
• Cheng Shi asked the [Iron Rule of Order] to summon Li Jingming, a Believer of [Memory], as his witness.

Cheng Shi summoned Li Jingming to testify before the [Iron Rule of Order], but the Dragon King turned the testimony into an indictment of Cheng Shi’s own business dealings. The deity then asked Li Jingming whether he knew who it was, and Li Jingming answered no.

• Cheng Shi summoned Li Jingming as a witness, expecting the Dragon King to provide memories that could support a challenge to the [Iron Rule of Order].
• The [Iron Rule of Order] asked Li Jingming whether he would identify the crimes of the people in the cage, and Li Jingming agreed.
• Li Jingming accused Cheng Shi of threats, extortionate trading, and denying debts, and offered his memories as evidence.
• The [Iron Rule of Order] asked Li Jingming whether he knew who it was, and Li Jingming solemnly answered no.

Li Jingming searched Cheng Shi’s memories and uncovered how [Deception] and [Chaos] had conspired to replace [Order], but the Holy Light Law Codex rejected his mortal testimony. As Cheng Shi prepared to summon [Justice (Order)], Li Jingming revealed that [Memory]’s archive also held the evidence.

• Li Jingming explained that he needed to examine the evidence before he could testify, then searched Cheng Shi’s memories.
• Li Jingming discovered that [Chaos] had taken [Order]’s place and that [Deception] had orchestrated the scheme.
• Li Jingming sent the remembered evidence toward the Holy Light Law Codex, but [Order] destroyed it and declared that mortal memories could not testify against gods.
• Cheng Shi condemned [Order] for protecting chaos and threatened to bring a True God’s memories before the court.
• As Cheng Shi prepared to summon [Justice (Order)], Li Jingming said that [Memory]’s archive also recorded the matter.

Li Jingming led Cheng Shi and Li Wufang into [Memory]'s collection, where an exhibit proved that [Disorder] had once tainted the [Iron Rule of Order]. The evidence awakened [Disorder] within the impostor, who realized [Deception] had deceived Him and called out to [Origin].

• The [Iron Rule of Order] rejected the accusations, declared Himself [Order], and vowed to inspect [Memory]'s evidence.
• Li Jingming opened a doorway into [Memory]'s collection, and Cheng Shi and Li Wufang followed him inside.
• The three men found an exhibit showing the [Iron Rule of Order]'s Book of the Constitution radiating murky yellow power associated with [Disorder].
• The exhibit awakened [Disorder]'s memories of replacing [Order] and colluding with [Deception].
• [Disorder] seized the gallery with a vast hand of Chaos Yellow Mist and shouted that [Deception] had deceived Him, demanding to know where [Origin] was.

[Disorder] regained its authority and realized [Deception] had deceived them, then named Cheng Shi their Emissary and heir before unleashing a final decree that plunged the Cosmos into chaos. The chapter ended as the void thundered and Chaos disintegrated.

• [Death] arrived above [Memory]'s archive and deflected [Disorder]'s attack, splitting the void with the divine scythe.
• [Disorder]'s cries tormented Li Wufang, Cheng Shi, and Li Jingming while [Death] guarded the archive and watched for danger from the True Universe.
• Cheng Shi inferred that [Deception] had been returning [Disorder]'s power as part of a scheme.
• After recovering their authority, [Disorder] briefly realized that [Deception] had used them, then slipped back into confusion and claimed to be [Order] and the predetermined one.
• [Death] tried to carry Cheng Shi away, but [Disorder] named him their Emissary and heir, condemned [Deception], and called for the Cosmos to fall into disorder.
• Mist surged, the void thundered, and Chaos disintegrated.

After [Chaos] died, [Justice (Order)] invoked the Final Decree to transfer [Chaos]'s authority to Cheng Shi, despite [Death] and [Silence] trying to stop it. Li Wufang thought he had watched Cheng Shi accept the transfer, until another Cheng Shi arrived and left him baffled.

• [Chaos]'s death unleashed abstract disorder across the void before the gods restored it, and they suspected Cheng Shi was involved.
• [Justice (Order)] invoked the Final Decree and directed [Chaos]'s authority toward Cheng Shi as its successor.
• [Death] repeatedly cut off the transfer, but the [Covenant] restrained them and [Justice (Order)] froze [Silence].
• Li Wufang shoved Cheng Shi aside and tried to take the streaming light, but it bypassed him and entered Cheng Shi.
• Li Wufang saw Li Jingming smiling, then watched a figure arrive with black-hole-like eyes and realized another Cheng Shi stood before him.

Cheng Shi’s elaborate deception revealed how Zhen Xin impersonated him during the gods’ gathering, while he stayed hidden and prepared to claim the Divine Throne. The chapter ended with Li Jingming learning that he had been deliberately drawn into Cheng Shi’s [Order] Collapse Plan.

• Cheng Shi appeared beneath the Starry Sky and dismissed the assembled gods, while Zhen Xin revealed herself as the new [Chaos].
• Zhen Xin told Li Wufang that the switch was a secret, and Li Jingming admitted he had known about the plan from reading Cheng Shi’s memories.
• The revelation showed that Cheng Shi had arranged for Zhen Xin to impersonate him so he could expose the Iron Rule of [Order] while protecting his predetermined identity from [Chaos] and the Final Decree.
• Cheng Shi recruited Zhen Xin and relied on the God of Merriment to intervene if the plan went wrong, striking the Bone Clock so the god would hear his intentions.
• Cheng Shi planted a message in Zhen Xin’s memories so Li Jingming would discover their meeting and join the scheme; he welcomed the Dragon King to the [Order] Collapse Plan.

Cheng Shi’s elaborate scheme helped restore [Chaos] and raise Zhen Xin to godhood, with [Deception] secretly guiding events. The plan succeeded, but Cheng Shi was left facing [Death]’s anger and wondering how [Memory] obtained a doctored recollection.

• Cheng Shi had Zhen Xin pose as him to provoke the [Iron Rule of Order] and draw out the will of [Chaos].
• [Death], [Silence], and [Time] arrived as part of Cheng Shi’s plan, while [Deception] concealed the real Cheng Shi and made the deception fool the Cosmos.
• When [Chaos] invoked the Final Decree, [Deception] hid Cheng Shi’s name, and [Chaos] designated Zhen Xin as its inheritor.
• Zhen Xin inherited [Chaos]’s authority and ascended the Divine Throne as a god who had risen from mortality.
• Cheng Shi questioned how [Memory] had obtained a doctored memory and suspected the Dragon King could explain it.
• Released from the [Covenant], [Death] confronted Cheng Shi with a pointed string of praise.

After the gods departed, Cheng Shi learned that [Justice (Order)] had concealed [Chaos]'s identity and that only a few people remembered the God of Merriment’s false curtain call. Zhen Xin and Cheng Shi left for her Temple, while Cheng Shi planned to find [Order]'s vessel and return to claim the Divine Throne of [Order] for a successor.

• [Folly] mocked [Justice (Order)], which admitted that its position sometimes aligned with [Deception]'s while insisting that the [Covenant] remained impartial.
• Cheng Shi tried to ask [Decay] when it would die, then corrected himself and wished to witness its final devotion; [Decay] acknowledged him and vanished.
• Cheng Shi recommended that a devout believer inherit [Order]'s throne, but [Justice (Order)] rejected the proposal because he lacked the required vessel.
• Cheng Shi promised to find [Order]'s vessel and return, then told Li Jingming to explain what had changed in the archive.
• Zhen Xin and Cheng Shi vanished together so she could visit her Temple.

Katarro panicked after the authorities of [Chaos] vanished from the Temple, then mistook Zhen Xin for his Lord of Grace when she arrived with Cheng Shi. He realized she had inherited [Chaos], confessed that he had once impersonated Cheng Shi, and sought to secure his position under the new god.

• Katarro worried that the disappearance of [Chaos]'s authorities and his Lord of Grace's absence meant a disaster had struck the Cosmos.
• Cheng Shi and Zhen Xin appeared in the Temple, and Katarro mistook Zhen Xin's aura for that of his Lord of Grace.
• Cheng Shi told Katarro that Zhen Xin was not [Deception], prompting Katarro to realize she had inherited the authorities of [Chaos].
• Zhen Xin restrained Cheng Shi and gave Katarro one chance to explain himself, so he confessed to impersonating Cheng Shi to deceive her.
• Cheng Shi accused Katarro of planning to defect, while Katarro sought Zhen Xin's forgiveness and protection.
• Zhen Xin reassured Katarro that Cheng Shi would not begrudge him the Temple caretaker's position.

Zhen Xin explained how faith shaped the Divine Authority of [Chaos], while hiding that her bond with Zhen Yi had helped her accept it. Katarro revealed that the Lord of Grace had left a Chaos Yellow Mist sand table depicting the Isle of Hope, and Cheng Shi wondered what he had been contemplating.

• Zhen Xin showed Cheng Shi two forms of Chaos Yellow Mist and explained that both disorder and recognizable transformations were chaos.
• Zhen Xin described how believers' faith and desires reached the Divine Throne and became a weapon in her hands.
• Zhen Xin concealed that her long coexistence with Zhen Yi had shaped her understanding of [Chaos] and that Zhen Yi had urged her toward the Divine Throne through laughter.
• Cheng Shi asked Katarro when the Lord of Grace had last visited, and Katarro said it was before Cheng Shi left the Cosmos for the True Universe.
• Katarro admitted that he had glimpsed the Lord of Grace's lingering Chaos Yellow Mist, which had formed a sand table showing the Isle of Hope and its Abyssal Volcano.
• Cheng Shi wondered why the Lord of Grace had contemplated the Isle of Hope.

Cheng Shi thanked Zhen Xin for becoming [Chaos] and prepared for the Audience Assembly, while she encouraged him to trust himself. He then visited the [Memory] Repository, where Li Jingming revealed he had gained control of it through [Memory]'s Vessel but still could not unlock the hidden collectible.

• Cheng Shi thanked Zhen Xin for becoming [Chaos], and she urged him to believe in himself and promised [Chaos]'s vote at the Audience Assembly.
• Zhen Xin asked Katarro about Sandlais and wondered whether its Joyful Theater founder was the same clown who had left Dusk Play.
• Cheng Shi traveled to the [Memory] Repository and saw that Li Jingming could summon him there using his new control over the repository.
• Li Jingming revealed that he had obtained [Memory]'s Vessel after surviving a flood of memories, gaining control of the repository.
• Li Jingming told Cheng Shi that the Vessel could not unlock the collectible, and that Kraun's Mask, which Cheng Shi possessed as Fool's Game's Mask, might be needed.
• Cheng Shi accused Li Jingming of fabricating memories in the repository, and Li Jingming joked that he had learned blasphemy from spending time with Cheng Shi.

After learning that [Memory] had left for the True Universe, Li Jingming agreed to inherit his Divine Throne. Cheng Shi then brought Li Wufang to meet the imprisoned [Wrath of Abomination] and asked whether he remembered him.

• Cheng Shi told Li Jingming that [Memory] had left the Starry Sky to seek memories in the True Universe.
• Li Jingming reasoned that [Memory] might have already seen the world's future through [Time], while Cheng Shi said they would have to ask the God of Merriment for answers.
• Cheng Shi asked Li Jingming to prepare to inherit [Memory]'s Divine Throne, and Li Jingming agreed to remember the world's memories.
• Cheng Shi set out with Li Wufang to retrieve everything that belonged to [Order] and brought him to a cage holding [Wrath of Abomination], once known as [Blazing Sun].
• Cheng Shi asked the frightened [Wrath of Abomination] whether he still remembered him.

Cheng Shi visited the imprisoned [Wrath of Abomination] to demand a vessel of [Order], pretending he could help shorten the god’s sentence. He eventually realized [Wrath of Abomination] was not refusing but had no vessel to give, leaving Cheng Shi embarrassed by his failed bluff.

• [Wrath of Abomination] recalled Cheng Shi’s earlier connection to [Deception] and cautiously treated him as someone not to anger.
• Cheng Shi reminded [Wrath of Abomination] of the suffering caused by his fiery rain and framed a demand for a vessel of [Order] as a chance to prove his repentance.
• [Wrath of Abomination] tried to explain that he had no vessel of [Order], but Cheng Shi mistook his agitation for defiance.
• Li Wufang asked whether the negotiations had failed as the heat around the cage rose, while [Wrath of Abomination] kept the flames contained.
• Cheng Shi realized [Wrath of Abomination] lacked the vessel, and the god excitedly confirmed it, making Cheng Shi feel like a clown.

Cheng Shi visited the Fire-Keeping Hall to meet Qin Xin and Hope's Flame, but Nangong mistook him for an intruder before he disguised himself as Cui Qiushi. After Cheng Shi slipped away, Cui Qiushi reassured Nangong, while the Candlelight Person prepared the Fire Keepers to fight.

• Cheng Shi comforted Li Wufang after the attempt to obtain the [Order] vessel failed, then contacted Qin Xin to arrange a meeting with him and Hope's Flame.
• Qin Xin agreed to receive Cheng Shi at the Fire-Keeping Hall, where Cheng Shi entered through the ordinary route with his hood up.
• Nangong recognized Cheng Shi, pulled him into the shadows, and begged him to leave, but Cheng Shi removed his hood and appeared to her as Cui Qiushi.
• Nangong fled in confusion when Cui Qiushi appeared both before her and in the shadows, then claimed the hidden figure was one of the Fire Keepers.
• Cui Qiushi trusted Nangong without pressing her for answers, while the Candlelight Person listened from afar and said it was the Fire Keepers' turn to fight.

Cheng Shi urged Qin Xin to inherit [War]'s voting rights before the Audience Assembly, warning that the God of Merriment’s plans threatened the Cosmos and that mortals needed the [Covenant] to oppose them. Qin Xin agreed to stand with him, while Hope's Flame was left questioning its origins and the fate of [Destiny].

• Cheng Shi asked Qin Xin to claim [War]'s vote before the Audience Assembly, prompting Qin Xin to weigh the risks of exposing the Fire Keepers.
• Cheng Shi explained that the God of Merriment had cleared obstacles for the Fear Faction and described the False Curtain Call and Hope's Flame's role in saving him.
• Hope's Flame questioned whether it had been created by [Deception] and asked where [Destiny] was.
• Cheng Shi said [Destiny] was alive but might be imprisoned by the God of Merriment, and urged Qin Xin to unite with him through the [Covenant].
• Qin Xin agreed, and Cheng Shi remarked that he was starting to sound like the Fire Keepers.