Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu found the Treasure Chest behind a waterfall, but a Blood Moon woman attacked her and tried to take it. Ling Chu trapped the woman in a bone prison, where the woman unleashed a gigantic crescent strike.

• Black Bear led Ling Chu to a waterfall, where she spotted the Treasure Chest hidden behind the water.
• As Ling Chu reached for the chest, the Blood Moon woman attacked her with decaying crescents and demanded that she step away.
• Ling Chu fought back with Bone Armor, Storm Arrows, Ghostly Steps, and Blade of White Bones while Black Bear stayed on the shore.
• The Blood Moon woman used the mist to flank Ling Chu, then knocked Black Bear into a withered pit and rushed for the chest.
• Ling Chu cast Drawing Bones as Prison around the woman, who powered up her staff and cleaved a gigantic dark red crescent through the bone prison.

Ling Chu fought the fifth-tier Blood Moon Priest Fei Ye, countering her moon blades and disrupting her teleportation marks. With Fei Ye’s barrier shattered and her pinned against a tree, Ling Chu brought the Blade of White Bones down toward her throat.

• Ling Chu identified Fei Ye’s fifth-tier Blood Moon Priest abilities with the Eyepatch and placed a Death Warrant on her.
• Fei Ye attacked with moon blades, but Ling Chu deflected them with Gravity Wind Wall.
• Fei Ye used Moonmark Translocation to move around the battlefield, while Ling Chu destroyed two of her three marks with Storm Arrows.
• Fei Ye wounded the black bear with a moon blade, but Ling Chu called the bear back and interrupted Fei Ye’s attempt to create another mark.
• Ling Chu’s Storm Arrows shattered Fei Ye’s Blood Moon Barrier and knocked her against a tree.
• Ling Chu appeared before the fallen Fei Ye and stabbed toward her throat with the Blade of White Bones.

Ling Chu wore Fei Ye down by exploiting the limits of her Blood Moon Priest skills, then trapped her in a bone prison and disarmed her. Fei Ye’s Health Points fell below twenty percent, triggering the Death Warrant’s guaranteed critical hit as Ling Chu prepared to strike again.

• Fei Ye fought Ling Chu with her short blade but lost ground after Ling Chu kicked her into the mud.
• Fei Ye used Blood-Burning Echo to trade Health Points for Magic Energy, then unleashed a storm of moon blades that damaged Ling Chu’s Bone Armor and inflicted Withering.
• Ling Chu pressured Fei Ye with ordinary wind arrows while Fei Ye struggled to conserve Mana Value and dodge under the Death Warrant’s movement penalty.
• Fei Ye attacked the black bear to distract Ling Chu and dashed toward the waterfall, but Ling Chu raised a bone prison and used Ghostly Steps to enter it with her.
• Ling Chu defeated Fei Ye in the confined bone prison, knocking away her weapon and staff and slashing her shoulder until her Health Points dropped below twenty percent.

Ling Chu defeated Fei Ye, who offered information about the Death God's Game and the occupied evacuation point in exchange for her life. Ling Chu accepted the trade and collected Fei Ye's possessions, including her prayer relic, while Fei Ye hid a flash of ruthlessness.

• Ling Chu disarmed Fei Ye's final attack, pinned her down, and held the Blade of White Bones to her throat.
• Fei Ye revealed that her prayer channel to the God of Light had been severed and suspected the Death God's power was behind the challenge.
• Fei Ye told Ling Chu that Smiley, Juliet, Chen Piaopiao, and Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows were guarding the evacuation point.
• Ling Chu agreed to spare Fei Ye in exchange for her Soulstone Pouch, staff, dagger, and pendant containing her holy relic.
• Fei Ye handed over her items, then looked at Ling Chu with concealed ruthlessness as Ling Chu examined the pendant.

Ling Chu killed Fei Ye after she attempted a final surprise attack, gaining her loot but also a Blood Debt Moon Mark that reduced her luck. After tending to Black Bear and inspecting Fei Ye’s equipment, Ling Chu opened the contested Treasure Chest and found only 100 Soulstones.

• Fei Ye tried to strike Ling Chu with blood moon magic, but Ling Chu stabbed her with the Blade of White Bones and killed her.
• Fei Ye’s Blood Debt Moon Mark transferred to Ling Chu and inflicted a stack of Misfortune.
• Ling Chu dismissed the bone cage, collected Fei Ye’s loot, and used a Life Potion to stop Black Bear’s withering injury from spreading.
• Ling Chu inspected Fei Ye’s Returning Prayer Pendant, Holy Crystal, staff, and other loot, then stored the restricted equipment for later.
• Ling Chu opened the iron Treasure Chest and received only 100 Soulstones.

Ling Chu discovered that the Circus was guarding the evacuation point to target her, but she withdrew rather than fight while injured and weakened. Aboard the Ghost Ship, You Jiali proposed raiding the Circus’s island to force them to leave the challenge and clear Ling Chu’s way out.

• Ling Chu suspected Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows had used a Fate Trickster skill to draw her into the Death God's Game, where the Circus was waiting for her.
• Ling Chu rode the injured Black Bear toward the evacuation point, then approached on foot and saw Smiley, Juliet, Chen Piaopiao, and Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows among the bodies.
• Ling Chu assessed her injuries and depleted Mana Value against the Circus members’ recovered condition, then retreated into the forest instead of confronting them.
• On the Ghost Ship, Huang Xiaowen recognized the Circus members and worried that Ling Chu would have to fight them to evacuate.
• You Jiali proposed using an Island Raid Card on the Circus so Smiley would have to leave the challenge and defend the Circus’s island.

The Ghost Ship crew raided the Circus’s island while Ling Chu prepared for a fight, but Smiley refused to leave the Public Challenge. The evacuation point then disappeared, forcing the eight remaining players into a deadly final hunt that would end at midnight.

• You Jiali led the Ghost Ship crew through a spatial vortex to raid the Circus’s island, but found it undefended and ordered the crew to seize its Island Core.
• Ling Chu retrieved an Intermediate Mana Potion, the Gambler Coin, and the Stillness Jade, then rested and planned how to fight the Circus.
• Ling Chu renewed the Scent Affinity Potion when the bear grew wary of her as the potion’s effect faded.
• Mortus saw that Fei Ye had failed to kill Ling Chu and snapped his fingers, making the evacuation point disappear.
• The system announced that all eight surviving players’ locations would be revealed and that at midnight one survivor would be teleported out while the rest were eliminated.

After the instance imposed a rule allowing only one player to survive, Circus split up to hunt the remaining players, while Ling Chu prepared to confront them. Juliet and Chen Piaopiao found her hiding near Riverside Camp, and Chen Piaopiao spotted her in a tree.

• Ling Chu and the four members of Circus learned that only one player could leave alive, and Smiley planned to hunt the remaining players in pairs.
• Smiley sent Juliet and Chen Piaopiao after No. 27 while he and Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows pursued No. 96.
• Ling Chu cleared her camp, hid the black bear in the bushes, and chose open ground to face Circus.
• Juliet and Chen Piaopiao followed Chocolate toward No. 27, but the black bear's attempt to lure them away did not distract them.
• Chocolate found Ling Chu's hiding place, and Chen Piaopiao leaped above the canopy and recognized her.

Ling Chu outmaneuvered Chen Piaopiao and trapped her in a hidden iron net, then used a Scent Affinity Potion to calm Chocolate. Juliet tried to force Chocolate to attack Ling Chu through her Beast Taming Whip.

• Chen Piaopiao and Chocolate coordinated their attacks, but Ling Chu dodged them and lured Chen Piaopiao into a concealed iron-net trap.
• Chen Piaopiao struggled to escape the net, while Ling Chu learned her professions and skills through her Eyepatch.
• Juliet ordered Chocolate to rescue Chen Piaopiao, but Ling Chu used Storm Arrow to stop him from breaking the trap.
• Ling Chu sprayed herself with Scent Affinity Potion, and Chocolate's hostility faded as he sniffed her wrist and let her stroke him.
• Juliet activated her Beast Taming Whip, sending purple light and a chain-like shadow toward Chocolate as she ordered him to attack Ling Chu.

Ling Chu fought Juliet while Chocolate’s contract forced him to attack, and a returning black bear pinned the giant serpent, giving Ling Chu a chance to confront Juliet. Elsewhere, Smiley killed Player 96 and took his Soulstone Pouch, while Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows focused on Player 27’s position.

• Ling Chu identified Juliet as a Beast Tamer and realized that defeating her could free Chocolate from her control.
• Juliet used Forced Command to make Chocolate attack Ling Chu, but he resisted the order and moved less effectively.
• A black bear returned and attacked Chocolate, pinning him in a struggle as Ling Chu charged at Juliet.
• Smiley severed Player 96’s arm, restrained him with threads, took his Soulstone Pouch, and killed him.
• Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows checked the map and focused on Player 27’s position.

Ling Chu fought Juliet, discovering that Juliet had used her contracted beast Chocolate’s Fang Regeneration skill to make her whip regrow. Ling Chu repeatedly cut through the regenerating weapon and wounded Juliet, leaving her lunging into the path of Ling Chu’s blade as Smiley and Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows rushed to support them.

• Smiley realized that Juliet and Chen Piaopiao had run into trouble with Number 27, identified as Ling Chu, and turned back with Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows.
• Ling Chu broke through Juliet’s venomous whip defenses, severed the whip, and cut Juliet’s arm.
• Ling Chu learned from Chocolate’s status that Juliet had copied its Fang Regeneration skill to repair her whip at the cost of Mana Value.
• Ling Chu struck Juliet with a Storm Arrow and severed the whip again, then wounded her waist while its regeneration slowed.
• Juliet tried to pull Ling Chu toward Chocolate with the whip, but Ling Chu yanked her forward and raised the Blade of White Bones to strike.

Ling Chu was nearly killed by Smiley’s Circus crew, but Smiley rescued Juliet and freed Chen Piaopiao before confronting Ling Chu. He demanded that Ling Chu kneel and beg on the livestream, and she answered with an insult as the Ghost Ship’s crew watched.

• Juliet shouted for Chocolate, which struck Black Bear away and gave her a chance to use Wild Instigation and Forced Command.
• As Ling Chu’s Blade of White Bones neared Juliet, Smiley’s threads deflected the blade, then cut the iron net and freed Chen Piaopiao.
• Smiley arrived with Flower Plucker, gave Juliet a Life Potion, and revealed that the Circus had used Fate Threads to lure Ling Chu into the Public Challenge while she was alone.
• Smiley demanded that Ling Chu kneel and beg on the livestream, intending to take her equipment and possessions after humiliating her.
• Ling Chu mocked Smiley, making him freeze while the Ghost Ship’s crew reacted to the confrontation.

Ling Chu fought Smiley and the other Circus members, using Juliet as a hostage before Smiley killed Juliet with his threads. Juliet’s death also crippled Chocolate, while Ling Chu remained surrounded by the surviving Circus members.

• Smiley attacked Ling Chu with razor-sharp threads while Chen Piaopiao and Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows joined the assault.
• Ling Chu used Drawing Bones as Prison to interrupt Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows’s fate-type skill and relied on Bone Armor to withstand Smiley’s threads.
• Ling Chu seized the badly injured Juliet and threatened Smiley, but Smiley’s threads pierced and killed Juliet.
• Smiley said Juliet had become dead weight and that he had killed her to prevent Ling Chu from exploiting an opening.
• Juliet’s death severely injured Chocolate through their Soul Contract, and the giant python collapsed while Black Bear held its neck.

Ling Chu fought Smiley, Chen Piaopiao, and Flower Plucker after Smiley killed Juliet and blamed her death on Ling Chu. Flower Plucker’s curse failed to stop Ling Chu, who identified his abilities and found herself with a damaged peace talisman.

• Chen Piaopiao grieved over Juliet’s body, accepted Smiley’s claim that Ling Chu was to blame, and attacked Ling Chu with Thousand-Weight Drop.
• Ling Chu evaded Chen Piaopiao’s attack using Ghostly Steps, while Smiley’s threads restricted her movements.
• Smiley bombed Flower Plucker’s bone cage, and Flower Plucker escaped after deciding to postpone his resentment toward Smiley.
• Flower Plucker’s first Misfortune Slip was severed by Smiley’s threads, and his second curse was blocked by Ling Chu’s peace talisman, which cracked.
• Ling Chu used her Eyepatch on Flower Plucker and discovered his abilities, weakened status, and curse skills.

Ling Chu tricked Flower Plucker into exchanging his Luck for her reset Luck and transferred her Misfortune curse to him. Meanwhile, Mortus killed Player 115 and headed to help Flower Plucker and the others fight Ling Chu.

• Ling Chu used Gambler Coin to reset her Luck to zero, then let Flower Plucker activate Steal Fortune, Swap Fate and transfer his Luck and her Misfortune to him.
• A falling tree struck Flower Plucker, and he realized Ling Chu had deliberately baited him into the exchange.
• Mortus found Player 115 hiding underwater, killed him, and absorbed his Soul Orb.
• Mortus saw that one Circus icon had disappeared while the remaining three still overlapped with Number 27, then left to help them and collect more Soul Orbs.

Ling Chu discovered that Chen Piaopiao used Mana-Sensing Earrings to navigate Smiley’s invisible threads and shattered one of them with a wind arrow. Wounded and unable to see the threads, Chen Piaopiao began to doubt Smiley as he ordered her to keep attacking.

• Chen Piaopiao repeatedly attacked Ling Chu while Smiley used his threads to restrict Ling Chu’s movement and drain her Magic Energy.
• Ling Chu noticed the red glimmers on Chen Piaopiao’s earrings and identified them as Mana-Sensing Earrings that revealed objects formed from Mana Value.
• Ling Chu used Three Arrows Simultaneously to distract Smiley, destroy Chen Piaopiao’s foothold, and shatter her right earring.
• Chen Piaopiao lost sight of the threads, was cut across her shoulder and calf, and crashed to the ground.
• Smiley refused to retract his threads and ordered Chen Piaopiao to attack, prompting her to question whether he cared if she and Juliet survived.

Ling Chu exploited Flower Plucker’s misfortune and Smiley’s divided attention to break through the web and kill Chen Piaopiao. The chapter left Smiley furious and Flower Plucker grieving over Chen Piaopiao and Juliet.

• Chen Piaopiao followed Smiley’s directions through the web while Ling Chu moved along its edge, and Flower Plucker’s Misfortune Slip was blown off course toward Smiley.
• Flower Plucker’s accident distracted Smiley, and Ling Chu used a Storm Arrow to drop a branch that pinned threads and exposed the web’s shifting paths.
• Smiley recalled some threads around Chen Piaopiao, who dropped toward the ground as he redirected the remaining threads to attack Ling Chu.
• Ling Chu used Ghostly Steps to appear behind a boulder near Chen Piaopiao’s landing point and stabbed her through the chest with the Blade of White Bones.
• Chen Piaopiao died, earning Ling Chu Justice Points and Sea Shells, while Smiley called her trash and Flower Plucker mourned her and Juliet.

Flower Plucker realized Smiley would keep him alive only while he remained useful as the key to Fate's Gate. Meanwhile, Ling Chu used her invisibility to steal Juliet's Mana-Sensing Earrings, letting her see Smiley's threads and close in on him.

• Flower Plucker concluded Smiley would discard him once Fate's Gate opened, but Smiley ordered him to keep using Misfortune Slips on Ling Chu.
• Smiley tightened his web of threads as Ling Chu's Magic Energy dwindled, and Ling Chu used Curtain of the Dead to disappear.
• Ling Chu reached Juliet's corpse during her invisibility and took the Mana-Sensing Earrings.
• Ling Chu attacked Smiley as Curtain of the Dead ended, but he escaped with a Decoy Doll.
• Wearing the earrings, Ling Chu saw Smiley's threads, dodged them, and advanced toward him as Smiley called for Flower Plucker.

Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows opened Fate’s Gate to escape Smiley and Ling Chu, but Mortus appeared and restrained him for violating the game’s rules. Ling Chu recognized the black-cloaked stranger as the Death God, while Smiley mocked him, unaware of who he was.

• Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows sacrificed more of his attributes to activate Fate’s Gate and planned to abandon Smiley and take control of the Circus afterward.
• Mortus appeared before the gate and stopped Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows with black-gray chains, declaring that fleeing during battle broke the rules.
• Smiley noticed the open gate, accused Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows of betraying the Circus, and then challenged Mortus to identify himself.
• Mortus drew a scythe, and Ling Chu connected his appearance to the Death God’s interference with the prayer channel to the God of Light.
• Ling Chu told Smiley that the black-cloaked figure might actually be the Death God.

Mortus appeared in Ling Chu’s challenge and revealed himself as the Death God, whose statue Ling Chu had once smashed after refusing his legacy. After Mortus shackled Smiley and exposed his ability to transform into a clown doll, Smiley began to fear that Mortus was truly a god.

• Smiley mocked Mortus and dismissed him as a player seeking rewards, while livestream viewers wondered whether he was the real Death God.
• Aboard the Ghost Ship, Huang Xiaowen explained that Ling Chu had rejected the Death God’s legacy and smashed his statue, alarming You Jiali, Clumsy Bear, and Squid Ball.
• Ling Chu identified Mortus through Captain Teach’s Monocle Eyepatch and recognized his voice from the statue; the Eyepatch revealed his Death Shackles skill, which was draining Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows.
• Mortus called Smiley an arrogant Soul Remnant and bound him with deathly chains.
• Smiley’s body turned into a clown doll before he reappeared gasping, shaken by Mortus’s power, and began asking if Mortus could really be the Death God.