Cheng Shi uncovered new threats tied to Memory, the gods, and the Scholarly Council while navigating a trial centered on the nature of truth. The trial left him confronting Galiusha’s plan to strip truth from the masses and continuing Meng Youfang’s test as its invigilator.
Cheng Shi repeatedly reset the fabricated regression experiment to uncover why Galiusha survived and learned that the Grand Scholars and Warrent had manipulated the trial. He allied with Galiusha to confront the Grand Scholars, while the struggle over the Truth Limit drew in Wei Zhi and the gods beyond the trial.
Cheng Shi uncovered Truth Limit and used it to restart the experiment, where he learned from another version of himself that the gods and mortals had once lost everything. Truth’s experiment brought the universe to the brink of destruction, but Time rolled it back, leaving Cheng Shi in Tusnat at the experiment’s beginning.
After the false trial ended, Cheng Shi navigated the gods’ shifting plans, helped his allies pursue divine authority, and prepared to investigate Time’s secrets. The arc left him confiding in Afros about a second world and Time’s threat while still concealing the truth about the Decay Container.
Cheng Shi investigates Tria’s death, exposes Afros’s experiment in Dolgo D, and enters My Nightmare, Your Dream, where he encounters Hope’s Flame. He learns more about the gods’ game and his path as Deception’s envoy, then returns to the divine temple as Hope’s Flame defies Deception and Hu Wei seeks a new faith.
Cheng Shi investigated the murder of Koshner and the secrets of Redicor’s Hunter of Fools idol while crossing paths with Ji Yue, Chen Shu, and the Cleaners. After saving Ji Yue from fatal injuries, he accepted Chen Shu’s Silence Incarnate Puppet and prepared to explain the Foolish Play.
Cheng Shi uncovered Skalt’s true history and persuaded several gods and Herobas to support a plan to replace Annihilation. As the trial neared its end, he also faced Wei Mu’s questions about Fool’s Play, while the gods convened to vote on Herobas’s claim to Annihilation’s throne.
Cheng Shi helped block Herobas’s succession by exposing Annihilation’s destruction and forcing a postponement, then emerged from the trial with new questions about the gods and their hidden allies. He gathered The Fated to share what he knew, but An Mingyu’s prophecy that the world would soon collapse left the group facing a looming crisis.
Cheng Shi gathered allies and pursued a route to the True Universe, where he and Hong Lin searched for [War]’s authority. Their arrival split them into encounters with impostors, a colossal silent puppet, and two mysterious Hunters, while a lost armored man vowed to keep [War]’s flame alive.
Cheng Shi, Hong Lin, and Qin Xin escaped the Space-Time Storm, traveled the bridge between worlds, and discovered the graveyard of dead gods before returning home. Cheng Shi then entered a new trial and searched Giggle and Mock for signs of [Destiny], unaware that [Deception] had imprisoned [Destiny] elsewhere.
Cheng Shi and Zhen Xin investigated Lake’s disappearance and the apparent murder of Maxford, uncovering a tangled scheme built around a false accusation. Their search also revealed the truth of Drachirko’s death, while Flord confessed that Maxford had died by accident and she had used his death to lure Lake.
Cheng Shi uncovered [Deception]’s plan to take him and his Predestination to another world, then rejected the gods’ attempts to decide his fate. As the Fire Keepers learned that every known way to save him threatened the world, they faced the cost of helping him resist [Destiny].
Cheng Shi and the gods fought [Destiny] as the cosmos faced destruction, and Cheng Shi returned with clues that the catastrophe had been a trial or reset. He gathered the Clowns to investigate [Origin], build a Divine Throne, and prepare to bring Qin Xin and others into the struggle, ending with a plan to meet Jie Shu.
Cheng Shi uncovered [Chaos]'s impersonation of [Order] and arranged for Zhen Xin to inherit [Chaos]'s throne while concealing his own identity. He then sought vessels and allies for the coming Audience Assembly, leaving Qin Xin and Hope's Flame aligned with him through the [Covenant].
Cheng Shi pursued answers about [Deception]'s plan, traveled through the True Universe, and reunited with Zhang Jizu. At [Deception]'s assembly, he uncovered Bailing's connection to the God of Merriment and learned that she carried a vessel and a message for him.
Cheng Shi learned that [Deception] and [Destiny] were two aspects of the same god, and that [Origin] had killed the true [Destiny]. After [Deception] disappeared to seek answers, Cheng Shi rallied the Clowns to Jie Shu’s plan, sending Long Jing into the True Universe to exchange places with Su Yida.
Cheng Shi reshaped the gods’ Covenant, became its new Executor, and faced the consequences of his own experiments. As the old gods fell and their powers passed on, he turned to Old Jia’s preserved memories for answers.
Cheng Shi settled the vacant Divine Thrones and uncovered how [Deception] had prepared resistance against [Origin], while Doctor found a possible way to exploit the creator’s lapses in attention. As the group prepared to investigate the Sea of Desire, Poison entered it to seek answers, leaving Cheng Shi to suspect its contamination was a curse tied to [Origin].
Cheng Shi gathered the gods’ faith and will to build a Divine Throne, then split reality from the Void and began a new experiment while preserving a path toward reunion. The story followed the gods’ memories and trials in the new era, ending with Katarro agreeing to flee the Tower of Reason with Ados.
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