Recaps

Cheng Shi and his companions investigated Yuanmu Town’s staged suicides, birth rituals, and hidden Destiny node before entering the void and uncovering the history behind the town’s divine conflict. Great Cheng Shi revealed that Zainjil had built a failed experiment around the town’s faith and the powers of Birth, Filth, and Decay.

• Hu Xuan claimed she was pregnant with Qin Chaoge’s child, while Cheng Shi and the others uncovered staged deaths and investigated the town’s birth rituals.
• Cheng Shi, Qin Chaoge, and Li Boli explored Yuanmu Town, found residents murdered as blasphemers, and learned that Li Boli had killed a sightseeing assistant.
• Cheng Shi helped Hu Xuan deliver a Newborn version of herself, and Hu Xuan promised to guide the group to the trial’s answer.
• Hu Xuan revealed the Destiny node at the Eternal Church, where Ji Ran attacked Li Boli before entering the Void Gate with Qin Chaoge.
• Cheng Shi and Li Boli found a chamber of corpses and confronted a black-robed puppet, whose red radiance compelled them to stab themselves.
• Cheng Shi entered the void and met another version of himself, Great Cheng Shi, who showed him Yuanmu Town’s past and revealed that Eternal Day and the Blood Moon were the eyes of a colossal corpse.
• Great Cheng Shi explained that Zainjil had moved Yuanmu Town into the void and manipulated its rituals and beliefs to siphon divine authority, but the experiment failed when the false gods gained consciousness.

Cheng Shi exposed Zhen Xin’s deception, saved Hu Xuan through Destiny’s Choice, and learned that Memory considered him a budding believer of Chaos. In a new trial, he joined Hu Wei, Bai Fei, and Yan Chun on a journey through the void to the Tower of Reason, where Hu Wei opened a door in the Wall of True Knowledge.

• Cheng Shi saw through Zhen Xin’s impersonation of Great Cheng Shi, killed her, and chose Hu Xuan in Destiny’s Choice, with Qin Chaoge casting the deciding vote.
• Hu Xuan’s plea to Eternal Day stopped Zainjil from taking her body, and the trial ended with Hu Xuan thanking Cheng Shi before the group left.
• After Cheng Shi exited the trial, Memory called him a budding believer of Chaos and offered him a place among its followers, but he refused.
• Cheng Shi entered the Crime Without Evidence—Order trial and met Hu Wei, Bai Fei, Yan Chun, Li Ziran, and Zhang Ruyu, then joined Hu Wei on his journey.
• Hu Wei opened a path through the void, and Cheng Shi and the others crossed Giggle and Mock through a Scrying Mirror to reach the Tower of Reason’s Void Experiment Ground.
• Hu Wei led the group through the War Machine Soldiers guarding the Wall of True Knowledge, while Yan Chun protected Cheng Shi and accused him of trying to exchange their fates.
• Cheng Shi used Yan Chun’s destiny to charge his ring, and Hu Wei used Chaos to make a small door open in the wall after Bai Fei raised the prospect of recruiting divine elect who did not believe in them.

Cheng Shi entered Gasmella’s collapsing experiment and joined Ji Yue’s group in seeking the Whispering Flower Petals. He gave Kevi his Prosperity Divinity to mature the Conjugate Whisper, but the tree produced no flower or fruit before Kevi died and the invading forces reached the laboratory.

• Hu Wei showed Cheng Shi the Whispering Tree and explained that the Twilight Church had taken the World Tree’s fruit before burning it, as the Tower of Reason and Gasmella collapsed.
• Fang Shiqing summoned Cheng Shi into her trial with a Mask, and he reunited with her, Bailing, and Cui Qiushi before taking charge of their effort to find an unwithered Whispering Flower Petal.
• Cheng Shi exposed chaos believers within the squad and used their infighting to survive, then worked with Ji Yue and Mo Wu before revealing Mo Wu as the Source of Calamity and helping the group escape into the Void.
• Ji Yue explained her research into creating a second version of herself, and Cheng Shi recruited her and the Prisoner into the Fire Keepers before leading the group through a Scrying Mirror toward the experiment ground.
• Kevi told Cheng Shi that the Conjugate Whisper had not yet borne fruit, and Cheng Shi realized the accounts from both Chaos and Truth had misrepresented what happened to the experiment.
• Cheng Shi agreed to let Kevi use his Prosperity Divinity to mature the Conjugate Whisper, but the tree produced no flowers or fruit and Kevi died believing it had succeeded.
• Kevi’s death opened the Wall of True Knowledge as Bellringer Knights invaded, while Cheng Shi’s companions emerged and Ji Yue held off Chaos spies with Void Rifts and lances.

Cheng Shi survived the Void Experiment Ground, faced judgment, and entered a dangerous bargain with Destiny that made him a Fate Weaver. After testing his new powers, he was drawn into a special Chaos trial where he had to prove his identity.

• Cheng Shi tricked the Prisoner and Mo Wu, then left the Fire Keepers with Conjugate Whisper petals that Ji Yue used to prepare the Twin Potion.
• Cheng Shi returned to reality, set Bai Fei’s delayed annihilation trap, and watched Ji Yue awaken after it saved the Fire Keepers from the forces of chaos.
• Cheng Shi faced Order’s trial, where the Divine Pillar of Birth intervened, and he cleared the Order and Chaos trials.
• Fang Shiqing recovered her memories of Cheng Shi, while Bailing and Cui Qiushi chose to conceal their own memories as the Fire Keepers continued passing on the flame.
• Cheng Shi confronted Destiny over his detached shadow, accepted the Dice of Destiny, and learned that Destiny had made agreements with Birth and Truth to protect him.
• Cheng Shi discovered his Destiny talents, including Honest Clown and Destiny Weaver, and began testing how masks could change his profession.
• Cheng Shi met Xie Yang after his return, then entered the special trial Regain New Life—Chaos, where he had five days to prove his identity.