Recaps

Cheng Shi manipulated Da Yi, Qu Yan, and Rosna’s people while pursuing the Gift of Scars and navigating a time-resetting trial. The arc ended with the Gift’s pursuers arriving in Rosna as a player altered history once more.

• Cheng Shi revived Gongyang Jiao and Poison, learned the Gift of Scars had vanished, and used Da Yi’s belief in Chaos to pose as a divine authority.
• Cheng Shi’s hunters cornered Jiang Chi, but Jiang Chi’s time powers and deceptive tactics turned the battle against them until Cheng Shi activated The Sinner’s Redemption.
• Jiang Chi’s reset returned the trial to an earlier point, but Cheng Shi retained his memories and killed Jiang Chi before restarting his plans.
• Cheng Shi brought Qu Yan and Poison into the Evil Infant Tribunal, where Afros spoke privately with Poison and Qu Yan agreed to serve Cheng Shi for a year.
• Cheng Shi led Da Yi and Qu Yan to capture the First Prince’s family, learned Ailian had taken the dagger, and had Old Galen repair the teleportation array.
• When the array failed, Cheng Shi staged a public appearance as Decay’s envoy, using Qu Yan as a proxy and Da Yi to spread the Dye Plague.
• Cheng Shi healed Rosna’s gathered residents and called on them to defend their homeland, drawing five blood-covered figures who identified the Gift of Scars with Qu Yan.
• Da Yi killed the Disciple of Silence who charged Qu Yan, while the remaining players debated whether to retreat and a tall, thin player recorded the scene, altering history again.

Cheng Shi captured the Gift of Scars, freed Nangong from Decay, and cleared the Rosna trial as the World Destroyers annihilated the city. After Memory cast him into lost history, Cheng Shi impersonated Ultraman on the Chaos Divine Steps and learned more about the gods’ conflicts before Death sentenced Dizer to death.

• Cheng Shi interrogated Doom Herald about his group’s return to Rosna and learned how Hu Wei’s companions had reached Pelaya’s laboratory and copied her experiment.
• Cheng Shi confronted Nangong in Kannaal City, exposed Dizer hiding beneath her, and used his bluff about Lele'er to fill the final slot in his ring.
• Dizer attacked Cheng Shi with the Gift of Scars, but Cheng Shi woke Nangong and used Tongue of Lies to break her contract and make Dizer surrender.
• Nangong told Cheng Shi how the Gift of Scars had been used in her earlier trial, and Cheng Shi helped her pray to Decay to release her faith, gaining the partial Authority of Decay when Decay answered.
• The World Destroyers arrived at Rosna, and Cheng Shi, Da Yi, and Qu Yan left the trial as Herobas’s forces reduced the capital to dust, and Cheng Shi cleared the trial with an S rating but received no rewards.
• Memory accused Cheng Shi of interfering with its collection and cast him into lost history, then pulled him out after he claimed to have found the answer in his ring.
• Chaos summoned Cheng Shi to the Chaos Divine Steps, where he impersonated Ultraman and watched Da Yi and Hu Wei test the steps before explaining the coming search for the scattered Mask fragments of Fool's Play.
• Cheng Shi visited Death, who explained how the Mother of Prosperity had devoured her offspring and sentenced Dizer to death, and Cheng Shi urged the Great One to make Dizer work alongside Lele'er.

Cheng Shi learned more about the gods’ schemes and the Covenant, while Hong Lin secured Afros’s cooperation and claimed Yu Mu. The pair then broke into Kato Court’s prison, where Cheng Shi found his trial teammates and demonstrated his power over Decay.

• Death merged Dizer with Cheng Shi’s ring and the skulls of Fishbone Hall transformed it into a powerful demigod puppet, which Cheng Shi privately nicknamed the Death Amusement Ring.
• The God of Merriment restored Cheng Shi after Death burned him to ash, explained why the gods were watching him, and revealed that Cheng Shi was its emissary, Lord Foolish Play.
• Destiny confronted Deception over its impersonation of Memory, while Hong Lin told Cheng Shi about Cui Ding Tian’s survival and the growing conflicts among the factions.
• Zhang Jizu told Cheng Shi that Poison had chosen Time and that Cheng was a Fate Weaver, then gave him a bone key to communicate with their allies.
• Cheng Shi and Hong Lin met Afros in Dolgo D, where Hong Lin revealed herself as Prosperity’s heir and Cheng Shi discussed Prosperity’s fall, the Covenant, and the gods’ history.
• Afros gave Yu Mu to Hong Lin, who bound him as a Tree Servant, and she accepted Afros’s friendship as a Voidwalker.
• Cheng Shi and Hong Lin used Yu Mu to scout Kato Court’s prison, then Big Cat smashed through its entrance while Cheng Shi disguised himself and descended inside.
• Cheng Shi found his four trial teammates on the prison’s seventh level, resisted their attack with Decay’s power, and demanded compensation after saving them.

Cheng Shi investigated the imprisoned Grand Inquisitors and entered Chenosli’s memories, where he discovered Chaos had corrupted the Iron Rule of Order. After surviving an encounter with Chaos and escaping Order’s judgment, Cheng Shi was caught between the gods’ interventions and reunited with Li Jingming.

• Cheng Shi accepted three blank A-rank Laws from the investigator and went with Li Zhen and Tree Servant to the Wailing Iron Prison’s hidden lowest level, where he found Chenosli, Laquis, and Lidyaala chained in holy light.
• Cheng Shi learned from Lidyaala how Loart died after confronting the Iron Rule and how Laquis and Chenosli were imprisoned for questioning the Grand Inquisition’s authorities.
• Cheng Shi entered Chenosli’s memories with the Dream-Peeking Candle, but Li Jingming revealed himself and proposed they cooperate to uncover what had been lost in the River of Time.
• Hong Lin exposed Li Jingming’s Fair Exchange Agreement and helped Cheng Shi escape the collapsing dungeon, while Li Jingming used their pact to locate Cheng Shi and arrange a meeting.
• Cheng Shi and Li Jingming followed Chenosli’s memory into the Grand Inquisition, where the Iron Rule’s light turned to Chaos and unleashed madness on Chenosli, Li Jingming, and Big Cat.
• Cheng Shi switched his faith to Deception, became a Reason Corroder, and approached the Chaos deity, eventually concluding that Chaos had taken Order’s place and was trying to become Order.
• After meeting Katarro in the Temple of Chaos, Cheng Shi fell back into Kato Court as the Iron Rule condemned Chenosli, but Deception, Destiny, and Memory intervened to stop Order’s Thunder Punishment.
• Destiny took Cheng Shi away and warned him about Chaos, then clashed with Deception and sent Cheng Shi flying through the void, where he found Li Jingming and demanded he pay the postage on Deception’s message.