Chapter Summaries

Bo Shuo told Yi Rong that his memories had been transferred to him, then brought the Proctoring System into their space as cleared Exam Venues announced the wager’s result. As the venues fell silent and the Giant Eye closed, Bo Shuo’s victory left the survivors facing the cost of the destruction.

• Yi Rong asked Bo Shuo when he had recovered his memories, and Bo Shuo said they had been transferred to him recently.
• Bo Shuo asked Yi Rong whether he was concerned about the outcome of their wager.
• Bo Shuo summoned the Proctoring System, which announced the clearance of Exam Venues and their average scores and deaths.
• Bo Shuo recognized that the announcements confirmed the God of Falsehood’s plan and that only one Bo Shuo remained.
• Survivors reacted to the cleared venues as their emotions gathered into authority and a sun rose over the ruins.
• The Giant Eye slowly closed as the wager came to an end.

Yan Shun'an survived the apocalypse and was found by the Search and Rescue Team, while humanity began rebuilding after the Exam Venues were broken. In the void, the World Consciousness confronted God of Truth about his deal with Bo Shuo, now God of Falsehood.

• Yan Shun'an crawled out of the sand, grieved for his lost home and family, and waved to the Search and Rescue Team when they found him.
• Humanity began recovering on Azure Planet after the authorities announced that all the Exam Venues had been broken.
• The World Consciousness and God of Truth stopped fighting after agreeing that the struggle's outcome no longer mattered.
• The World Consciousness asked God of Truth what deal he had made with Bo Shuo, also known as God of Falsehood.

The God of Truth watched the God of Falsehood build Lost Paradise and repeatedly restart the Timeline, expecting him to grow bored with his project. Falsehood finally confronted Truth in the void and asked whether he knew that everything he had was false.

• The God of Falsehood insisted that he was human because his memories and sense of self remained, and God of Truth wished him luck holding onto that belief.
• God of Truth grew bored with eternity and watched the God of Falsehood create Lost Paradise, combine the gods' authorities into the Proctoring System, and offer humans a chance to survive.
• The God of Falsehood repeatedly reopened Lost Paradise and restarted the Timeline to gather energy, while God of Truth waited for him to seek out his power.
• The God of Falsehood met God of Truth in a stretch of nothingness and asked whether everything he had was false.

Bo Shuo’s power began stripping World Consciousness of control, while Bo Shuo and Yi Rong settled into a teasing promise to remain together. Bo Chunzhang returned to the Rental House and quietly tended the succulent Bo Shuo had once watered.

• World Consciousness felt Bo Shuo’s force suppressing Him and withdrew, accepting that the struggle’s result was decided.
• Yi Rong asked Bo Shuo what their relationship was and suggested that they were master and pet.
• Bo Shuo called himself Yi Rong’s Restrainer and promised to keep them together until all concepts were destroyed.
• Bo Chunzhang returned to the Rental House and watered the withered succulent instead of using her power to restore it.

Bo Chunzhang resented the World Consciousness for the tragedy but was hurt when her defiance surfaced, until Bo Shuo appeared and promised to stay with her. Bo Shuo then dreamed of meeting a young Yi Rong in the orphanage, where Yi Rong could perceive him and demanded to know who he was.

• Bo Chunzhang thought resentfully of the World Consciousness, suffered a bloody backlash, and silently wished she did not exist.
• Bo Shuo comforted Bo Chunzhang by wiping away her blood and promising, “I will always be here.”
• Bo Shuo dreamed of returning to the orphanage as an unseen observer, but young Yi Rong detected him.
• Bo Shuo identified the youth as Yi Rong and suspected he was encountering the residual will of Spore Yi Rong.
• Bo Shuo called himself a tourist, and young Yi Rong studied the mysterious hooded figure.

Bo Shuo watched the imprisoned Youthful Yi Rong suffer inside a fragile Memory Fragment and learned that Yi Rong was pretending not to see him. He left the past undisturbed, hoping to discover why the memory still haunted him.

• Bo Shuo recalled Yi Rong’s explanation that a spore’s instinct was to die, and connected it to Yi Rong’s self-destructive state of mind.
• Bo Shuo reasoned that God Yi Rong and the World Consciousness were locked in a stalemate over the spore’s fate, with his own presence as an accident.
• Bo Shuo saw that the Memory Fragment’s time was accelerating and that Youthful Yi Rong seemed unaware the world was fake.
• Bo Shuo watched Youthful Yi Rong remain abandoned and deprived of food and water in the Dark Room.
• Bo Shuo tried to provide food, but the food spoiled and the water vanished, so he chose to observe rather than interfere.
• Bo Shuo realized that Youthful Yi Rong had been pretending not to see him.

Bo Shuo watched as Dean Wang and her men tried to seize Youthful Yi Rong, but the scene’s strange forces kept disrupting them. The men approached Yi Rong just as a runaway truck charged toward the orphanage.

• Bo Shuo tried to intervene but stopped when his divine power caused the scene and Youthful Yi Rong to begin collapsing.
• Bo Shuo noticed a familiar, nonhostile presence watching from above and stepped aside to let events unfold.
• Dean Wang and a burly man approached Youthful Yi Rong, but a falling splinter pierced the man’s hand.
• Dean Wang ordered other men to grab Yi Rong despite her fear and a promised payment of five million.
• A gust blew a black garment in front of a truck, which then charged toward the orphanage.

Youthful Yi Rong remained at the orphanage after the others left, and Bo Shuo asked why he wanted to die but had not killed himself. Yi Rong said someone wanted him to live, then offered his soul to Bo Shuo in exchange for Bo Shuo staying with him until his final moment.

• Youthful Yi Rong was left alone in the Small Wooden House after the group hurried away.
• Bo Shuo asked Yi Rong whether he felt fear or hatred, and Yi Rong said he could not sense emotions.
• Bo Shuo asked why Yi Rong had not killed himself, and Yi Rong answered that someone wanted him to live.
• Bo Shuo offered to grant Yi Rong any wish except death.
• Yi Rong told Bo Shuo he wanted him and offered his soul, asking him to stay by his side until his life ended.

Bo Shuo investigated the orphanage and discovered it was a front for child trafficking and organ harvesting, with Yi Rong marked to have his heart sold. The chapter ended as Yi Rong returned to their remote room and its door collapsed behind him.

• Yi Rong survived more disasters without being injured, while the orphanage's residents continued to avoid him.
• Bo Shuo investigated the orphanage and found that it had a polished reception area and a filthy living area for the children.
• Bo Shuo uncovered Dean Wang's records of child trafficking and the sale of children's organs and other body parts.
• Bo Shuo found that someone had offered five million for Yi Rong's heart.
• Yi Rong returned to his room, and the door collapsed as he stepped inside.

Bo Shuo settled into a quiet life with Youthful Yi Rong in a house near the Orphanage, but the Memory Fragment grew increasingly unstable. As Yi Rong’s presence coincided with a mysterious spatial rift, Bo Shuo’s suspicions began to surface again.

• Bo Shuo led Youthful Yi Rong away from the Orphanage and created a spacious home in a nearby town.
• Bo Shuo and Yi Rong spent several months living quietly, with Bo Shuo caring for Yi Rong and helping him regain some health.
• Bo Shuo used his power to seal the black rifts that appeared as the Memory Fragment became less stable.
• Bo Shuo sensed a large rift appear behind Yi Rong and vanish, then noticed his own doubts and instincts returning.

Bo Shuo confronted Youthful Yi Rong about trapping him in the Dreamscape and learned that Yi Rong had waited for him, hoping to keep him there. Bo Shuo refused to stay forever, and the space began to twist as Black Mist seeped through its cracks.

• Bo Shuo asked Youthful Yi Rong why he had created the false space and tried to keep him there.
• Youthful Yi Rong said he had waited a long time for Bo Shuo, recalling a voice and a promise that Bo Shuo would stay by his side.
• Bo Shuo recognized that Yi Rong’s feelings seemed genuine but realized the space was still a form of house arrest.
• Bo Shuo asked Yi Rong to let him out, and the Dreamscape twisted as Black Mist seeped through the cracks.
• Bo Shuo realized Yi Rong controlled the space and had staged their meeting to win his sympathy, but he calmly told him they would meet again.

Bo Shuo realized that the youthful Yi Rong holding him captive might actually be a much older version trapped in the Memory Fragment for over ten thousand years. Yi Rong’s Black Mist began to retreat when Bo Shuo told him to behave, leaving Bo Shuo unsure whether he could reach him.

• Yi Rong said he wanted Bo Shuo to stay with him forever, and his youthful appearance began to mature.
• The world collapsed as Black Mist surged in and wrapped around Bo Shuo to keep him from leaving.
• Bo Shuo suspected that the Yi Rong before him was an older Spore Yi Rong who had been trapped in the Memory Fragment for years.
• Bo Shuo chose not to fight, fearing the collapsing space would kill Spore Yi Rong as well.
• Bo Shuo told Yi Rong to behave, and the Black Mist paused and began to retreat.
• Bo Shuo recalled God Yi Rong saying that Yi Rong had waited for him for over ten thousand years but had still left him a heart.

Bo Shuo spent nearly seven years in the Dreamscape with Yi Rong, building cities and exam venues before the space began to collapse. He left after saying goodbye to Yi Rong and woke to find him cooking at home.

• Bo Shuo and Yi Rong slowly repaired cracks in the Dreamscape while Bo Shuo built structures in its empty spaces.
• Bo Shuo turned the buildings into Lost Paradise exam venues, checked their details with Yi Rong, and sent them through small openings in space.
• After nearly seven years, the Dreamscape began to collapse, and Bo Shuo kissed Yi Rong's palm and promised they would meet again.
• Bo Shuo woke from the Dreamscape and found Yi Rong cooking in a pink apron.
• Bo Shuo watched Yi Rong carry the clay pot to the table and thought about returning to his old routine and trying foods he had not tasted.

Bo Shuo realized that Yi Rong had admitted to being connected to Spore Yi Rong, then recovered for several months before setting out to confront his remaining enemies. He found God of Truth disguised as a White Clothed Scholar in Lost Paradise, where the examinees were struggling to meet the instance’s growing demand for sacrifices.

• Bo Shuo suspected Yi Rong was Spore Yi Rong, and Yi Rong said Spore Yi Rong’s remaining consciousness had been waiting for him.
• Bo Shuo and Yi Rong spent several peaceful months together while the World Consciousness and God of Truth stayed away.
• After recovering, Bo Shuo remembered his remaining enemies and vanished from Yi Rong’s kitchen.
• God of Truth, disguised as the White Clothed Scholar NPC, told the examinees their sacrifices were insufficient and warned them about angering the Ghost Gods.
• Wang He silenced the panicking examinees and ordered them to search the village for more sacrificial materials.
• The examinees faced a growing daily sacrifice requirement, with the Fierce Ghost’s fatal nighttime knocking threatening anyone who failed to meet it.

The examinees returned to the dilapidated temple and completed the sacrifice, believing they only had to wait until dawn. The White Clothed Scholar revealed that he had been leading them toward death, leaving them panicked and accusing him of cheating.

• The examinees gathered at the temple before sunset, placed their blood-darkened talismans on the tribute table, and prayed.
• The White Clothed Scholar arrived and praised them for completing the sacrifice, then told them they only needed to wait.
• The White Clothed Scholar said the examinees were waiting to die and dropped his friendly pretense as lightning flashed outside.
• The examinees realized the White Clothed Scholar had deceived them and accused him of cheating.
• The White Clothed Scholar denied interfering with the game and said the examinees had made their own choices.

Wang He died after using the Evil Buddha’s offerings, and the villagers’ ghosts slaughtered the examinees in the temple. God of Truth discovered that the apparent corpses had risen and recognized Bo Shuo behind the deception.

• Wang He looked up at the Evil Buddha, suffered a fatal retribution, and collapsed as the Buddha smiled.
• The examinees realized the villagers they had killed were haunting them, but the ghosts arrived and killed them one by one.
• God of Truth left the temple, dismissing the dungeon as dull and continuing to explore Bo Shuo’s creation.
• An examinee rose from the corpses and challenged God of Truth, followed by the others, leaving Truth unable to identify what they were.
• God of Truth deduced that Bo Shuo had deceived him and said he had not expected to meet him so soon.

Bo Shuo trapped the God of Truth in a shell and forced Him to endure repeated deaths as revenge. Bo Shuo then confronted the battered avatar and demanded to know where the God of Truth’s main body was.

• The God of Truth realized Bo Shuo had taken control of the scene and left Him imprisoned in a body that repeatedly experienced death.
• After enduring many cycles, the God of Truth gathered a trace of the Power of Resistance and managed to say Bo Shuo’s name.
• Bo Shuo ended the repeated torture and approached the White Clothed Scholar, who had been weakened by the compressed space.
• The White Clothed Scholar accused Bo Shuo of hating Him, but Bo Shuo said he wanted revenge for being toyed with by the God of Truth and the World Consciousness.
• Bo Shuo said he wanted to find the God of Truth’s main body, and the God of Truth mocked him for expecting Him to reveal His own location.

Nearly a year after the desperate battles ended, Bo Shuo lived peacefully with Yi Rong in a changed Parallel Timeline and prepared to meet the people he had invited. As they reached the courtyard for a gathering, a familiar voice greeted Bo Shuo.

• Bo Shuo walked through the snowy streets with Yi Rong, who held an umbrella over him.
• Bo Shuo reflected on the peaceful Parallel Timeline where he and Yi Rong had lived for nearly a year, while Bo Chunzhang remained busy in the original timeline.
• Bo Shuo kept Dream Awakening running with fairer rules, letting resurrected examinees choose between returning home and continuing the trials.
• Bo Shuo and Yi Rong arrived at the courtyard, where the barbecue and hot pot areas and ingredients were ready.
• A familiar voice rang in Bo Shuo's ears as he stepped through the courtyard gate.

Bo Shuo accepted Yi Rong’s place beside him while Xi Guici failed to separate them, and Sang Yu prepared grilled meat for Bo Shuo. Yi Rong took Bo Shuo’s hand, leaving Gu Baiyu wary of the Supreme God.

• Bo Shuo restored a chair and accepted Yi Rong beside him, frustrating Xi Guici’s attempt to keep them apart.
• Xi Guici tried to squeeze between Bo Shuo and Yi Rong, but Bo Shuo’s glance made him retreat.
• Sang Yu grilled meat for Bo Shuo, who praised her cooking and prompted her to prepare more.
• Gu Baiyu persuaded Sang Yu to give him one small skewer from the batch she had reserved for Bo Shuo.
• Yi Rong reached for Bo Shuo’s hand, and Bo Shuo let him take it while Gu Baiyu felt wary of the Supreme God.

Sang Yu lay injured and trapped in her burning home as villagers chased a runaway wife, and she used her last strength to ignite a fire. As she lost consciousness, she remembered how Sang Guo Qiang had beaten and imprisoned her after she said she wanted to leave with Qiu Yi.

• Sang Yu, lying in ash beside the stove, found the Fire Starter hidden beneath it and carefully revealed its ember.
• The villagers heard someone shout that there was a fire and abandoned their search for the runaway wife to rush to put it out.
• Sang Guo Qiang shouted that Sang Yu was still inside, while she weakened from smoke and curled up on the ground.
• Sang Yu remembered Qiu Yi asking whether she wanted to leave and her answering yes when she was young.
• Sang Yu recalled that Sang Guo Qiang had beaten and locked her in a cellar, then offered her to Qiu Yi as a girl who could bear children.