Recaps

Lin Yu confronted the Paper Kite impostor and identified him as Xiao Yuan, a previous-generation Player. Xiao Yuan revealed he had come to retrieve an item left by an old friend, but Lin Yu seized control of his consciousness and soul to question him.

• Lin Yu realized the impostor was using an ability like his [Mask] and suspected he was Xiao Yuan.
• Lin Yu tested what Xiao Yuan knew about him, and Xiao Yuan confirmed that he had worked with Shen Bingmiao and survived the Final Trial.
• Lin Yu questioned Xiao Yuan about the murders, but Xiao Yuan caught him fishing for information and denied killing either group.
• Xiao Yuan said he had come to find an item left by an old friend, which Lin Yu suspected was connected to Lin Zhao and something he possessed.
• Lin Yu unleashed his Mental Power and swallowed Xiao Yuan's consciousness and soul, intending to question him.

Lin Yu tried to subdue Xiao Yuan with Mental Power and Soul Power, but discovered that Xiao Yuan’s true soul was vast and mostly outside the world. Xiao Yuan escaped, promised to investigate Lin Yu, and left their next meeting uncertain.

• Lin Yu struck Xiao Yuan with a Mental Tide, but Xiao Yuan remained conscious and recognized Lin Yu’s attempt to awaken hidden Mental Power.
• Lin Yu used Psychokinesis to pull at Xiao Yuan’s soul, forcing it partly out of his body.
• As Lin Yu’s grip weakened, a powerful force began drawing Xiao Yuan’s soul out of the world, revealing that most of it existed beyond the world’s barriers.
• Xiao Yuan said he had come seeking an item left by an old friend and considered Lin Yu more important than the item.
• Xiao Yuan escaped and promised to keep watching Lin Yu until he uncovered his secret, while Lin Yu calmly accepted the threat.

Lin Yu found the real Paper Kite asleep in a cabinet after Xiao Yuan departed, then learned Paper Kite had returned to the Convention Center to wash up and sleep. As they compared what happened at the murder scene, Lin Yu suspected Paper Kite’s account of seeing Yu Linling might have been an illusion, and he prepared to take Paper Kite back with him.

• After Xiao Yuan’s soul left, Lin Yu searched the room and found Paper Kite asleep in a cabinet beneath the console.
• Lin Yu woke Paper Kite, who explained that he had returned to the Convention Center to wash up and sleep because he could not safely use a hotel or go back to his original one.
• When Lin Yu questioned Paper Kite about the murder scene, Paper Kite became suspicious, but Lin Yu proved he was the real Director by recalling their earlier encounter involving Yu Linling.
• Lin Yu told Paper Kite that the Player Mutual Aid Society’s suspicion focused on Yu Linling, while Order still presumed Paper Kite innocent.
• Lin Yu explained that the Yu Linling Paper Kite saw might have been an Impostor and considered whether Paper Kite’s perception had been manipulated to create an illusion.

Lin Yu and Paper Kite discussed the Player Mutual Aid Society’s suspicion of Yu Linling and Paper Kite’s failed attempt to track the culprit. Lin Yu linked the culprit’s trail to the Marauders’ gathering place, then encouraged Paper Kite to keep acting independently and suggested further leads to investigate.

• Lin Yu explained that Yu Linling had become the prime suspect because he was an election candidate, and Paper Kite agreed that the culprit should not be blamed for crimes he had not committed.
• Paper Kite told Lin Yu that his magical tracking had led through Shenzhen and ended at a suburban factory park, but he had gained no definite clues.
• Lin Yu recognized the mapped location as the Marauders’ offline gathering place and privately suspected that the culprit was connected to them.
• Lin Yu concealed his suspicion and suggested that Paper Kite investigate the area, while Paper Kite said he would remain outside the Order and continue acting independently.
• Paper Kite explained that his Order membership kept him accountable despite his preference for working alone, and Lin Yu praised his reasoning before offering him more clues to investigate.

After the upheaval in the Divine Realm, Lin Yu waited for events to settle before seeking more information. Grandmaster Gu Mo arrived to explain the battle’s outcome, while Lin Yu revealed that he and Administrator were like biological sisters.

• Lin Yu returned to his hotel and went to sleep, deciding to wait while the upheaval in the Divine Realm unfolded.
• Good Night woke Lin Yu and reported that the battle in the Eternal Prison had involved multiple gods and Demigods, leaving them battered and likely to change the Ten Realms.
• Lin Yu asked about General, Grandmaster, the conflict between Shadows and Fairness, and Benevolent King's advancement, but Good Night said he did not know the final outcome.
• Grandmaster Gu Mo entered Lin Yu's room and said she could explain what had happened in the Divine Realm.
• Good Night questioned Lin Yu about his connection to Administrator, and Lin Yu said she was like a family member and biological sister to him.

Gu Mo told Lin Yu how the conflict had damaged the Eternal Prison, shaken several realms, and left Benevolent King missing, while advising them to conceal his fate. She then relayed Shen Bingmiao’s message before Lin Yu learned that Shen had raised walls of Rules throughout the Divine Realm as she slept in her own Divine Kingdom.

• Gu Mo explained that the God of Fairness and Judgment had reclaimed the Eternal Prison but lost control of some Prisoners and suffered severe damage to her Fairness Authority.
• Gu Mo described the damage to the God of Shadows, the upheaval in the Mist Island Realm and Gray Domain, and the likely failure of Benevolent King’s attempt to accommodate an Authority.
• Gu Mo told Lin Yu and Good Night to conceal Benevolent King’s disappearance, and Good Night left the room so Gu Mo could speak privately with Lin Yu.
• Gu Mo revealed that Shen Bingmiao’s self-awareness remained only at a bare minimum and that her soul was asleep in her Divine Kingdom; she told Lin Yu to use Shen’s gift without worry.
• Shen Bingmiao raised walls of Rules across the Divine Realm, weakening its connections to the various realms as she slept with a faint smile.

Lin Yu and Gu Mo discussed keeping Shen Bingmiao’s condition secret and considered using the Rule Authority to conceal the God of Games and Rules’ abnormal state. Gu Mo proposed that Lin Yu impersonate the Administrator and God of Rules, while they remained uncertain about the Game Authority and the strain the deception could put on Lin Yu.

• Lin Yu agreed to keep Shen Bingmiao’s condition secret, though he and Gu Mo recognized that other organizations might notice something had changed.
• Gu Mo inferred that Shen Bingmiao’s Cyber Ghost's Electronic Coffin was closely connected to the Rule Authority, and Lin Yu confirmed it.
• Gu Mo proposed that Lin Yu use the item to control Rule and pose as the Administrator and God of Rules while she helped deceive Players across the Ten Realms.
• Gu Mo warned that the plan depended on the Game Authority appearing normal too, and Lin Yu said they would have to wait and see.
• Gu Mo voiced concern that deceiving Lin Yu’s close friends and carrying the burden of impersonating a god could overwhelm him.

Lin Yu agreed to take on a deception plan despite Gu Mo’s warnings about the emotional burden, and Gu Mo promised to help him. Their discussion was interrupted when Player Mutual Aid Society members confronted Order over Yu Linling’s murder and demanded to search its rooms, prompting Gu Mo to step forward.

• Lin Yu assured Gu Mo that he would do his best to deceive everyone for Order and the Player community, and Gu Mo offered to support him.
• Gu Mo recounted how using a false identity in Indonesia had troubled her, while Lin Yu wondered why he had never felt guilt over his own deceptions.
• Lin Yu told Gu Mo about the recent murders and the suspicions surrounding Dionysus and Paper Kite, then guessed that Yu Linling had been killed the previous night.
• Shang Gen and other Player Mutual Aid Society members confronted Good Night, citing an informant’s sighting of Paper Kite near the hotel and demanding to search Order’s rooms.
• Gu Mo stepped in front of Good Night and challenged the crowd after a member threatened Order.

Masked after returning from the Divine Realm, Gu Mo intervened when the Player Mutual Aid Society tried to search Order over Paper Kite’s escape and the recent deaths. She identified herself through her strength, warned that further interference would be treated as a declaration of war, and took charge of the investigation and pursuit.

• Gu Mo arrived at the Player Mutual Aid Society with her face hidden by bandages, and most members failed to recognize her.
• Xi Chen confronted Gu Mo and declared that the Society would search Order’s people over Hongmu’s death.
• Gu Mo stopped her fist just short of Xi Chen’s face, sending a gale through the corridor that knocked him and the other members down.
• Gu Mo told the Society that Order accepted responsibility for its member’s violation but would regard an overreaching search as a declaration of war.
• Mikan acknowledged that the Society had acted out of concern over recent events and Order’s unexplained personnel movements.
• Gu Mo promised to oversee Order’s capture of Paper Kite, investigate the people who had infiltrated the site, and seek justice for the dead; the Society fell silent.

Gu Mo took control of the Player Mutual Aid Society with Grandmaster’s arrival, while Lin Yu warned Good Night that powerful outsiders were still heading to Shenzhen. Lin Yu then met Paper Kite, who revealed she had killed Yu Linling the previous night.

• Xi Chen and the Player Mutual Aid Society members switched their support to Grandmaster after she arrived.
• Lin Yu warned Good Night that second-generation Freud and Diviner were involved and that more powerful figures might come to Shenzhen.
• Gu Mo coordinated with the Society’s members, then left to inspect the venue while Lin Yu and Good Night stayed behind.
• Lin Yu told Good Night they were waiting for Paper Kite, who emerged from the hotel bedroom.
• Paper Kite said she had rested because she was tired after killing Yu Linling, shocking Good Night.

Lin Yu admitted that he had ordered Paper Kite to kill Yu Linling, arguing that the murder would disrupt the mastermind’s plans and that he had prepared for political fallout. Good Night and Li Hua warned that the killing had cost them a faction’s support and restricted Paper Kite, and Lin Yu said he would carry out his original plan himself.

• Good Night, under Li Hua’s influence, questioned Paper Kite about killing Yu Linling, and Lin Yu admitted he had proposed the killing.
• Paper Kite explained that Yu Linling had secretly aided the Hunter Society and profited from deaths in the Prison Mountain Realm, so he believed Yu Linling deserved to die.
• Good Night warned that killing a Tier 3 candidate during the election could destabilize the Player Mutual Aid Society and deprive them of a useful ally.
• Lin Yu said he had partners among other candidates who could help him control the fallout, and explained that killing Yu Linling might force the hidden mastermind to act and expose themselves.
• Good Night warned that Paper Kite’s actions had weakened their plans and made other candidates more wary, but Lin Yu said he would carry out his original plan himself.

Lin Yu arranged to disappear for a day while Paper Kite impersonated Director, with Good Night and a trusted Night Watcher helping conceal the deception. He then returned to the Freedom Alliance’s headquarters and told God of Cookery that Grandmaster had escaped and was in Shenzhen.

• Lin Yu asked Good Night and Paper Kite to help conceal his whereabouts while he acted freely in Shenzhen.
• Lin Yu proposed that Paper Kite impersonate Director for one day, with help from a Night Watcher and misdirection.
• Paper Kite agreed to the plan, and Lin Yu began training him in acting.
• Lin Yu left the hotel, disguised himself as Zhu Ming, and went to God of Cookery’s house.
• God of Cookery told Lin Yu that the Freedom Alliance was staying inactive until Fang Qing sent word.
• Lin Yu told God of Cookery that Grandmaster had escaped and was in Shenzhen.

Lin Yu told the Freedom Alliance that Grandmaster had come to Shenzhen and revealed how she and Fang Qing had helped him survive a war between gods. Fang Qing returned and explained that she was nearing godhood, leaving the Alliance concerned about the restrictions and price she would face.

• Lin Yu told the Freedom Alliance that Grandmaster had arrived in Shenzhen and had taken over Order's work.
• Lin Yu explained that Grandmaster and Fang Qing had helped Director during a divine war triggered by Benevolent King's assimilation of an Authority.
• The Alliance asked Comedian whether Fang Qing was safe, and he revealed that she had warned him her time was nearly up.
• Fang Qing appeared through a portal and said she was approaching godhood, which would limit her activity in the mortal world.
• Lin Yu warned that the Game Authority might consume Fang Qing's self-awareness, but Fang Qing said the previous God of Games had lost his self-awareness because of a flaw in his ascension method.
• Fang Qing said she would act as a Chosen of God and face stricter commandments and greater rejection from the worlds, but insisted her self-awareness would remain.

Fang Qing told the Freedom Alliance she would soon be unable to return to reality and urged them to become stronger so they could reunite with her in the Divine Realm. Before leaving, she arranged for Old Wu to protect Lin Yu’s family and used Chen Le’s entry ticket to send him and Lin Yu to Pure Ruins.

• Xiao Yun, Qianhuan, and the others protested Fang Qing’s fate, but she said she had exhausted possible ways to change it and asked them to become Demigods and gods so they could visit her in the Divine Realm.
• Fang Qing recalled her earlier conversation with Xiao Yun about why she entered the Death game, but she did not reveal the second reason.
• Fang Qing brought the bound Chen Le back from the Amazon, and he accepted that it was time for him to serve the organization instead of returning to fish.
• Fang Qing promised to keep seeking a way to return to reality and told Lin Yu that Old Wu would look after his sister and family in Jiang City.
• Fang Qing pressed a remote that forcibly activated Chen Le’s Pure Ruins entry ticket, and Chen Le invited Lin Yu to join him before they were teleported there.

Lin Yu joined Fishing Man in Pure Ruins using a Sea Beast Certificate, which let them freely explore near the corpse of a colossal fish without immediate rejection by the local World Will. The chapter ended with Lin Yu learning that the certificate only fooled Pure Ruins’s World Will, not the people they encountered.

• Lin Yu accepted Fishing Man’s team invite and entered the Ten Realms as Zhu Ming, reflecting on how higher-tier Players gained more time and widened their lead over others.
• Lin Yu and Chen Le arrived on the ocean atop the corpse of a gigantic fish, whose lingering energy suggested it had once been immensely powerful.
• Lin Yu asked why they had no quest, and Chen Le explained that Fang Qing’s ticket allowed free activity in the Ten Realms rather than starting an Instance.
• Chen Le showed Lin Yu the Sea Beast Certificate, which located a powerful Sea Beast corpse and temporarily made Pure Ruins’s World Will recognize them as its descendants.
• Chen Le clarified that the certificate only changed the World Will’s judgment and did not alter how they appeared to other natives.

Lin Yu and Chen Le discussed the Sea Beast Certificate’s uses and found themselves stranded in an undeveloped sea area of the Nether Void. Chen Le wanted to fish before searching for the Nine Treasures of Pure Void, but Lin Yu urged him to prioritize the mission and Fang Qing’s plans for him to reach Tier 4, then revealed an object prepared by their boss.

• Lin Yu learned that the Sea Beast Certificate let them enter the Nether Void and escape by supplying fresh sea beast blood, but did not grant them new identities.
• Chen Le identified their location as a likely uninhabited sea near the Middle Sea and explained that the Sea Beast Certificate could shield them from the World Will for three to seven days.
• Chen Le set up fishing gear and argued that fishing could provide valuable catches and a way to leave the area.
• Lin Yu warned Chen Le that they needed to find the Nine Treasures of Pure Void quickly and that the Freedom Alliance depended on Chen Le becoming Tier 4.
• Chen Le said fishing was practical because they could not swim away, and Lin Yu pulled a keychain-like object from his bosom, saying Fang Qing had already planned for the problem.

Lin Yu and Chen Le used a Portable Sea Moth to travel through the water in search of local inhabitants who could guide them. Lin Yu revealed that he could pilot the vessel with his thoughts, then stopped Chen Le from fishing for a school of valuable fish they spotted ahead.

• Lin Yu deployed the Sea Moth, and he and Chen Le boarded it to travel toward a nearby settlement of merfolk or fishmen.
• Lin Yu used his thoughts to control the vessel after explaining that Fang Qing had told him how it worked.
• Lin Yu teased Chen Le by falsely claiming the Sea Moth had detected a school of fish, then admitted that a real school appeared ahead.
• Chen Le asked to fish for the valuable fish to trade with the local natives, but Lin Yu refused, saying there was a better way to collect them.

Lin Yu used an electrified net to catch an entire school of fish, then motivated Chen Le to pursue Tier 4 by framing strength as bait for better fishing. As they traveled through the Pure Ruins, Lin Yu revealed that its settlements were on alert and at war, and that the Fishman Kingdom was hostile toward humans.

• Lin Yu caught a whole school of fish with Fang Qing's electrified net, frustrating Chen Le, who objected to the wasteful and illegal method.
• Lin Yu urged Chen Le to reach Tier 4 so he could fish freely across the Ten Realms, and Chen Le became newly determined to grow stronger.
• After traveling for several hours without seeing natives or many fish, Chen Le wondered whether the Pure Ruins had changed or they had reached a remote region.
• Lin Yu explained that he had avoided several underwater cities and settlements because his guide reported that they were at war and on alert.
• Lin Yu told Chen Le that the Fishman Kingdom did not seem to welcome humans.

Chen Le and Lin Yu discussed the sudden war preparations in the Nether Void Realm and suspected that a player had triggered the upheaval. Lin Yu then revealed that two Marauders had caused a major incident in the Sea Monster Kingdom during the Tide-Chasing Festival.

• Lin Yu told Chen Le that fishmen were patrolling settlements and that signs barred humans, merfolk, and Naga.
• Chen Le explained that war among the Eight Races was unlikely in the short term unless hawks seized power among the merfolk or sea monsters.
• Chen Le connected the Nether Void Realm’s turmoil to the war in the Black Marsh World and warned that players might be manipulating events to collect the Nine Treasures of Pure Void or target him.
• Lin Yu said the Director had shown him Order materials and disclosed that Mad Saber and Mountain Sparrow had encountered two Marauders in the Pure Ruins.
• Lin Yu added that the two Marauders had done outrageous things in the Sea Monster Kingdom during the Tide-Chasing Festival.

Lin Yu and Chen Le headed toward the Middle Sea, guided by Hannah, whose connection to Pure Ruins let her sense the currents and navigate safely. After Chen Le recognized Hannah as an octopus Sea Beast of royal status, he asked whether she was related to the Eight-Handed Butcher and the King of the Deep Sea, and Hannah suggested they were Uncle Ka.

• Chen Le learned that Marauders had killed mermaid nobles, eliminated Gu Ya Zun, and helped Sea Eye Venerable rise to power, and he suspected the Diviner had orchestrated it.
• Lin Yu agreed to travel with Chen Le to the Middle Sea to find the Whale's Tear and the Nine Treasures of Pure Void.
• Hannah guided the Sea Moth through Pure Ruins while explaining that the Sea Beast race was favored by the World Will and that this favor had led Uncle Ka to become a Chosen of God.
• Lin Yu introduced Hannah to Chen Le, who recognized her as an octopus Sea Beast with royal status in Pure Ruins.
• Chen Le asked whether Hannah was connected to the Eight-Handed Butcher and the King of the Deep Sea, and Hannah tentatively identified them as Uncle Ka.

Lin Yu learned that Hannah’s uncle Ka, the “King of the Deep Sea,” commanded immense respect and influence across the Middle Sea. As they planned to seek his help finding the Nine Treasures of Pure Void, Chen Le warned that Ka would weigh the interests of the Nether Void Realm before supporting their goal.

• Chen Le explained that Ka’s “King of the Deep Sea” title reflected his authority over the Octopus Clan and his influence among the Middle Sea’s factions.
• Hannah confirmed that Ka’s family and the wider sea-beast groups respected and followed him, though the sea’s rules limited his reach into the Outer Sea.
• Lin Yu asked whether Ka could end the Outer Sea war, and Chen Le said Ka might be able to do so but likely would not want to pay the price.
• Lin Yu said they could seek Ka’s help finding the Nine Treasures of Pure Void, but Hannah and Chen Le cautioned that Ka would consider the interests of his people and the realm.
• Chen Le advised that they did not necessarily need to avoid Ka, since he had not yet decided to hunt Chen Le down.

Lin Yu, Chen Le, and Hannah discussed how to conceal their search for the Nine Treasures of Pure Void from Ka while traveling toward the Middle Sea. Chen Le then told Lin Yu about a shy, beloved Freedom Alliance member who had died long ago, and revealed that her code name was Photographer.

• Chen Le proposed that the group avoid admitting they were searching for the Nine Treasures of Pure Void and use Lin Yu’s need to collect Whale’s Tear as their cover story.
• Hannah explained that she would remain loyal to Lin Yu as his follower, even though she cared for and admired her uncle Ka.
• Lin Yu continued steering the Sea Moth toward the Middle Sea and asked Chen Le about the Freedom Alliance member Fang Qing had mentioned.
• Chen Le said the deceased member had been a shy child who was loved by Fang Qing, Old Wu, Uncle Zhuo, Qianhuan, and himself.
• Chen Le revealed that the girl’s code name was Photographer and that she may have been a reporter or an actual photographer who owned a camera.

Lin Yu and Chen Le discussed the Photographer’s abilities and her sacrifice before reaching the Sea of Death, the violent barrier between the Outer Sea and Middle Sea. With Hannah leading them, they discovered that the World Will’s favor for her race could calm the deadly currents and let the Sea Moth pass safely.

• Lin Yu asked Chen Le about the Photographer, and Chen Le described her powerful camera-like abilities and said she had sacrificed herself to help Fang Qing complete an instance.
• Chen Le explained that even powerful players could die at any moment, and Lin Yu insisted they might one day rescue Fang Qing from the Divine Realm.
• Hannah guided the Sea Moth to the Sea of Death, where Lin Yu saw the lethal currents and debris that separated the Outer Sea from the Middle Sea.
• Lin Yu asked Hannah how to cross the Isolation Zone, and she said they only needed to move slowly before swimming ahead of the Sea Moth.
• The currents calmed around Hannah and then the Sea Moth, and Chen Le said her race was favored by the World Will and that the Storm Wall had not been built to stop them.

Lin Yu and Chen Le accompanied Hannah through the Sea of Death until Hannah sensed her aunt approaching. La, a colossal octopus, arrived and challenged Lin Yu to prove he was worthy of Hannah's loyalty.

• Hannah stopped the Sea Moth after sensing a familiar scent that she identified as her aunt's scallop bisque.
• Hannah excitedly greeted her aunt, La, whose immense tentacle and eye stunned Lin Yu and Chen Le.
• Hannah introduced La to Lin Yu as a skilled scallop hunter and shellfish cook from her clan.
• La questioned whether Lin Yu was strong enough to deserve Hannah's service and demanded to test him.
• Hannah protested, but La insisted she would judge Lin Yu herself, even if the divine lord tried to stop her.

Lin Yu agreed to La’s test, expecting a trial of strength, but discovered that she intended to judge his cooking. La revealed that she had become a top-level independent wandering chef and prepared her mobile restaurant for the test.

• Lin Yu told La and Hannah that he would accept the test and drew his Fear Torch, believing he would have to prove his strength.
• La’s tentacles hauled her mobile restaurant up from the depths, surprising Lin Yu and Fishing Man Chen Le.
• La explained that she had won second place in the Salt Bay Chef Competition and earned the highest-level Independent Chef Certificate.
• La clarified that Lin Yu’s test was to cook a satisfying dish using her kitchen and unfamiliar ingredients, and Lin Yu urged her to show them what she had prepared.