Recaps

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.

• Qin Xin and the Fire Keepers backed a plan to weaken the Outer God, while Little Skull confronted [Death] and Wei Mu offered to make Nothingness’s ending unfold.
• [Destiny] revealed [Chaos] as [Deception] and attacked the gods, while Qin Xin declared himself the new order and Cheng Shi demanded [Deception]’s Divine Authority.
• Hong Lin and Qin Xin fought to protect Cheng Shi, but [Destiny] took Predestination, and Zhang Jizu then appeared in Cheng Shi’s place after the two had exchanged worlds.
• Cheng Shi confronted [Destiny], died in its nothingness, and later summoned [Origin] before the cosmos burned to ashes, and Hope’s Flame then sacrificed himself to leave Cheng Shi a [Destiny] vessel.
• Cheng Shi woke in the Rest Area and wondered whether the trial had been a simulation or reset, while Wei Mu suspected a heaven-deceiving lie had hidden a past Foolish Deed.
• Cheng Shi told the Clowns that their memories had been erased after the world’s destruction, revealed himself as Fool’s Game, and explained that Qin Xin held the authority [War] had left behind.
• Cheng Shi and the Clowns assembled a Divine Throne and deduced that [Origin] might have usurped [Filth and Decay]’s place in the Sea of Desire, while Cheng Shi warned them not to enter it yet.
• The Clowns refused to hand Cheng Shi over to [Destiny], and Cheng Shi named their plan to meet Jie Shu “Passing the Flame,” entrusting Long Jing to lead it.

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 questioned [Death], [Time], and [Silence] about the False Curtain Call, [Origin], and the threat of assimilation, then decided to seek answers from [Justice (Order)].
• Cheng Shi accused the [Iron Rule of Order] of being [Chaos], and Li Jingming used [Memory]'s archive to reveal that [Chaos] had replaced [Order] with [Deception]'s help.
• [Chaos] remembered the deception and died, but [Justice (Order)] invoked the Final Decree to transfer [Chaos]'s authority to Cheng Shi.
• Cheng Shi revealed that Zhen Xin had impersonated him, allowing her to inherit [Chaos] while [Deception] concealed his identity from the Final Decree.
• Zhen Xin took the [Chaos] throne, and Cheng Shi learned from Li Jingming that he had acquired [Memory]'s Vessel and control of the repository.
• Cheng Shi asked Li Jingming to prepare to inherit [Memory]'s throne, then tried and failed to obtain [Order]'s vessel from [Wrath of Abomination].
• Cheng Shi met Qin Xin and Hope's Flame, explained the False Curtain Call and [Destiny]'s possible imprisonment, and persuaded Qin Xin to unite 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.

• Wei Mu deduced that [Deception] planned to make Cheng Shi a substitute for [Origin], and Cheng Shi decided to seek confirmation rather than accept his fate.
• Cheng Shi used the Time Deduction Method with Zhen Xin, who sacrificed herself to create a Space-Time Storm that carried him to the True Universe.
• Cheng Shi met Hong Lin on the Space-Time Dolphin Bridge, then found Zhang Jizu in the Gods' Graveyard and gathered corpses for his experiment.
• Hong Lin brought Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu back from the corpse pit, while Yog escaped into the True Universe after learning Cheng Shi had taken [Chaos]'s Divine Throne.
• Cheng Shi decided to attend both divine assemblies, but arrived at [Deception]'s gathering and watched Long Jing test the assembled swindlers as Fool's Game.
• Cheng Shi discovered that the apparent Du Qiyu had been sent away from the assembly and found Bailing waiting in the void.
• Bailing told Cheng Shi that the God of Merriment had killed Tria, entrusted her with the [Filth and Decay] faith vessel, and forbidden her to explain its purpose.
• Cheng Shi urged Bailing to follow her convictions without using goodness to excuse evil, and told her she was Hope's Flame too.

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.

• Long Jing completed Fool's Game as Cheng Shi, then returned to the stage for his reward while the God of Merriment watched.
• Cheng Shi confronted [Deception] and learned that [Destiny] was his twin, whom [Origin] had killed, and that [Deception] had concealed the death behind a replacement god.
• Cheng Shi agreed to stand against [Origin], and [Deception] named him His Chosen of God before vanishing during a performance that deceived the assembled gods.
• Cheng Shi sought [Death]'s support for his plan to glimpse the future, while [Death] agreed to back him until [Deception] returned.
• Hope's Flame told Bailing that [Origin] had appeared at the Audience Assembly and ordered her to spread the news, while concealing the mission from the other Fire Keepers.
• Cheng Shi explained Jie Shu’s Passing the Torch Plan to the Clowns and assigned Long Jing to return to the past as Su Yida, with Cheng Shi promising to find a way to prevent anyone's death.
• The Clowns met Jie Shu and prepared to escape their world, but they could not discover how to locate the connected world until Long Jing received a message from another Cheng Shi.
• Long Jing crossed into the True Universe, found a world with a past Su Yida, and proposed exchanging places with him so Su Yida could go to the future and compete for a Divine Throne.