Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen prevented Ahan from concealing Mayor Halerum’s role in the kidnappings, and the truth was revealed to Hodge Town’s residents. After completing the main quest, Bai Xiaowen used the rapidly burning Abyss Party Invitation to trigger another quest.

• Ahan defeated the Snakefolk Marauders, while Mayor Halerum admitted that a mysterious carving and the Snakefolk had led him to kidnap residents.
• Ginny begged Ahan to spare her father, and Halerum urged Ahan and Bai Xiaowen to blame the Snakefolk and hide the truth.
• Bai Xiaowen brought the victims’ families and other residents to the docks, preventing Halerum from reaching an agreement with Ahan to deceive the public.
• Ahan refused to conceal Halerum’s crimes, and the militiamen explained the case to the arriving residents as Halerum gave up his noble status.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi left before the residents could thank them, and Bai Xiaowen completed the main quest and received an Abyss Party Invitation.
• Bai Xiaowen chose to use the invitation before its power dissipated, triggering a new main quest.

Bai Xiaowen deciphered the Abyss Party Invitation and learned that he and Li Shuyi had to board the Naglfar at Night Owl Wharf before dawn. After leaving Hodge Town’s affairs behind and securing Gide’s continued loyalty, they waited as the ghostly ferry emerged from the sea fog.

• Bai Xiaowen interpreted the invitation’s riddle as a sign to board a special ship at high tide before dawn, and the Spirit Realm Rules directed him and Li Shuyi to Night Owl Wharf.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi decided not to say goodbye to Ahan and Ginny, while Bai Xiaowen considered the political trouble Ahan might face after Halerum’s downfall.
• Gide and the Crow Organization elites returned, and Bai Xiaowen told them they were free to leave his service; Gide quickly reaffirmed the organization’s loyalty.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi waited by the wharf as dawn approached, the tide came in, and fog spread across the sea.
• The Naglfar, a battered ship covered in shells and oysters, sailed through the fog toward the wharf.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were drawn into the Shadow Labyrinth after the Naglfar’s Banshee figurehead separated their souls from their bodies. Bai accepted both main quests and learned that the Awakened Game was a faction-based contest to identify and eliminate the opposing side.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi boarded the Naglfar, where he discovered its crew were corpse sailors and the Spirit Realm Rules forbade them from exploring the guarded coffins.
• The Naglfar reached the Glimmering Abyss, triggering the Secret of the Shadow Labyrinth and Awakened Game main quests.
• The Banshee figurehead’s Abyssal Gaze separated Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi from their bodies, and Bai refused the option to spend 100000 Psionic Points to escape.
• Bai woke in the Shadow Labyrinth among eleven other cloaked souls, recognized Li Shuyi, and accepted the Secret of the Shadow Labyrinth quest.
• A voice explained the Awakened Game’s Guardian and Profaner factions, their victory conditions, and the alternating night killings and daytime votes.

Bai Xiaowen learned the Awakened Game’s rules and was assigned the Seer role on the Guardian Faction, while discovering that Li Shuyi was also a Guardian. After inspecting her faction, he ran for team leader as the first day began, and Li Shuyi opened the candidates’ speeches by claiming to be the Seer.

• Bai Xiaowen read the rules explaining the two factions, their abilities, victory conditions, and the lethal consequences of losing.
• The players removed their cloaks, and Bai Xiaowen recognized Ahan while he and Li Shuyi concealed their familiarity from the others.
• Bai Xiaowen received the Seer identity for the Guardian Faction and inspected member number one, learning that Li Shuyi was also a Guardian.
• The first night ended, and seven participants, including Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, raised their hands to run for team leader.
• Li Shuyi began the forward-order candidate speeches by claiming she had drawn the Seer identity.

Bai Xiaowen, the true Seer, hid his role and argued that Li Shuyi was the real Seer so she could challenge Mylo and Bai could continue checking identities. The chapter left the Guardian Faction awaiting Li Shuyi’s response and the team leader vote.

• Li Shuyi claimed to be the Seer, said No. 8 belonged to the Guardian Faction, and nominated him as team leader.
• Ludwig explained the game’s conventions and criticized Li Shuyi for failing to name her next target for inspection.
• Mylo counterclaimed as the Seer, confirmed No. 8 as good, accused Li Shuyi of being a Profaner, and sought the leader position.
• Leona backed Mylo and urged the group to eliminate Li Shuyi.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that Li Shuyi’s clumsy claim showed she had no Profaner teammates to coach her, so he called her the true Seer and Mylo a Profaner.
• Bai Xiaowen urged Li Shuyi to stay in the election, check Ludwig and Leona, and use their identities to guide the Guardian Faction.

During the Shadow Labyrinth’s Werewolf Kill game, the Archdemon self-destructed and killed Li Shuyi, then the Profaners’ chain of self-destructs canceled the leader election and enabled them to kill the Camelot Queen. Bai Xiaowen identified Numbers 4 and 7 as Blasphemers and prepared for the third day, knowing the enemy would likely target him as a priest.

• Gote introduced himself as the executioner Gote and accused Number 10, Mr. Chicken, of possibly being a Profaner, while the Camelot Queen supported Li Shuyi and defended Mr. Chicken.
• Number 12 revealed himself as the Archdemon, self-destructed, and chose to kill Number 1, Li Shuyi; the prompt then ended the day and announced a peaceful first night.
• Bai Xiaowen inspected Number 4, Mr. Rabbit, and learned that he belonged to the Blasphemer Faction.
• On the second day, Mylo, Number 5, self-destructed as a Profaner Minion, canceling the leader election; the prompt announced that Number 11, the Camelot Queen, had died overnight.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that the Camelot Queen had been the Witch who revived Mr. Chicken on the first night, then inspected Number 7, Leona, and confirmed she was a Blasphemer.
• As the third day began, Bai Xiaowen anticipated that the Profaners would target the remaining priests, including him.

After winning the Awakened Game, Bai Xiaowen and the other survivors restored their bodies and began the Holy Ritual to revive the Guardian Dragon. Bai Xiaowen discovered that the Wishing Pool was actually Amotava’s remains being converted by a mysterious external will, while Li Shuyi received an unexplained Abyssal Infusion.

• Ahan claimed to be the guard, Ludwig claimed to be the witch, and Gote claimed to be the hunter as the survivors revealed their roles.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Ludwig and Leona as the last Profaner Minions and revealed that he was the seer, leading the group to execute Ludwig.
• Leona killed Bai Xiaowen during the fourth night, but the Guardian Faction won after voting her out the next day, and the dead players returned to their bodies.
• God’s prompt offered the victors a wish and began the Holy Ritual, revealing a Wishing Pool that Bai Xiaowen saw through Insight was Amotava’s remains undergoing conversion.
• Mr. Ox wished for his daughter Agatha’s recovery, Mr. Tiger wished for wealth, and Li Shuyi wished for greater strength.
• Li Shuyi received an Abyssal Infusion that would raise her level and upgrade her Elite Template to a Hero Template, but the Spirit Realm Rules provided no information about its negative effects.

Bai Xiaowen exposed the Mysterious Voice’s Wishing Pool as a scheme to gather the Great Dragon Relics and resisted its attempts to control him. The Voice revealed its plan to evolve its followers and summoned four transformed Blasphemers, leaving Bai Xiaowen facing a powerful emerging threat.

• Gote wished for Camelot to perish, placed a Dragon’s Fang in the Wishing Pool, and entered it, raising the conversion progress of Amotava’s Remains to 70%.
• The Camelot Queen wished for Camelot never to perish and entered the pool with a Great Dragon Relic, while Bai Xiaowen failed to stop her and saw the conversion progress reach 80%.
• Ahan resisted the pool’s temptation, and he and Bai Xiaowen concluded that the Mysterious Voice relied on mental suggestion and could not control them without their trust.
• The Mysterious Voice summoned Ludwig, Mylo, Leona, and Jerold, who returned as powerful Snakefolk and demanded Bai Xiaowen submit or die.
• The transformed Blasphemers revealed that they had feigned ignorance and staged events in the Awakened Game to ensure Bai Xiaowen’s survival for their Lord’s plan.

Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Ahan escaped the Round Table Hall after exposing the Mysterious Voice’s deception, then raced deeper into the Shadow Labyrinth to find the Prophecy Tablet. The Dragon’s Eye revealed a riddle at a fork in the corridor, and Bai Xiaowen chose the right path, leaving Ahan puzzled.

• Gerold and the other snakefolk leaders demanded the Great Dragon Relics, but Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation and Marching Stratagems to help Li Shuyi and Ahan escape the Round Table Hall.
• Fatty blocked the pursuing snakefolk long enough for Bai Xiaowen’s group to disappear, and the mysterious will ordered the leaders to intercept them and capture Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi alive.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi and Ahan that he was seeking the Prophecy Tablet and explained that Secret of the Shadow Labyrinth was likely the true main quest.
• Bai Xiaowen used the Dragon’s Eye to reveal a riddle above two paths in the corridor.
• Bai Xiaowen chose the right fork, and Ahan asked why they were taking it.

Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Ahan navigated the Shadow Labyrinth, where Bai Xiaowen solved its logic puzzles and defeated a group of Deep-Sea Snakefolk. They reached a hall and were confronted by Snakefolk leaders Mylo and Leona, while Ahan suspected a third enemy was hiding nearby.

• Bai Xiaowen explained the paradox at a fork, and the group followed the path that led deeper into the labyrinth.
• As they traveled, Ahan revealed that he had once been a mercenary in the Sword of Blazing Fire, and Bai Xiaowen asked him to let Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi fight enemies for experience.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi defeated six Deep-Sea Snakefolk while Ahan held back, and one wounded Snakefolk blew a conch to call for reinforcements.
• The group continued through the maze without meeting reinforcements and entered a connecting hall, where Mylo appeared ahead and Leona approached from behind.
• Bai Xiaowen inspected Mylo and Leona, while Ahan drew his greatsword and called for a third hidden Snakefolk to reveal itself.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi fought Mylo and Leona while Ahan watched for the hidden Ludwig. They gained the upper hand by disrupting the priests’ skills and draining Mylo’s energy, but Ludwig finally emerged to ambush Li Shuyi and was forced to parry Ahan’s attack.

• Bai Xiaowen assigned Ahan to watch for Ludwig while his summoned creatures engaged Mylo and Leona.
• Bai Xiaowen frightened Mylo and Leona, drained Mylo’s energy, and interrupted Leona’s charm attempt, allowing Li Shuyi to attack her.
• Li Shuyi drained Mylo’s Strength while Bai Xiaowen’s team stunned and surrounded the two priests, preventing Mylo from reaching him.
• Ahan restrained the hidden Ludwig until Ludwig emerged and tried to backstab Li Shuyi.
• Li Shuyi evaded Ludwig with Shadowless Slash, and Ludwig parried Ahan’s heavy strike but staggered from the impact.

Ahan held Ludwig at bay while Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi killed Leona, but Ludwig used Smoke Screen to escape with Mylo. The fleeing Snakefolk planned to meet Gerold and rely on the master's contingency as Ahan's group advanced toward the End Hall.

• Ahan's strength and boosted movement forced Ludwig into a losing melee while Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi attacked Leona and Mylo.
• Ludwig activated Smoke Screen and escaped with Mylo, leaving Leona behind.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi killed Leona, and Bai Xiaowen collected her Large Golden Treasure Chest.
• Ahan said he could hold off two remaining powerhouses while Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi focused on the third, and Bai Xiaowen urged the group to keep moving.
• Mylo confronted Ludwig for abandoning Leona, but Ludwig blamed Mylo's incompetence and said they had to preserve the master's plan.
• Ludwig told Mylo that the master had a contingency preparing and that they should meet Gerold.

Bai Xiaowen learned from Leona’s book that a mysterious will was using Amotava’s remains as a vessel, then solved a sphinx puzzle to lead the group along the Path of Truth. After hours in the Shadow Labyrinth, the group approached a vast hall where several powerful figures had already detected them, while their strongest abilities remained on cooldown.

• Bai Xiaowen opened Leona’s chest with Li Shuyi and found Legend of the Abyss, Superior Psionic Crystals, and a Four-Star Equipment Enhancement Card.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that the mysterious will planned to use Amotava’s remains as a vessel and needed the Dragon’s Eye and Dragon’s Scale to complete it.
• Bai Xiaowen questioned the three sphinxes and determined that the second path was the Path of Truth, so the group proceeded along it.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Ahan traveled for hours through the Shadow Labyrinth, fighting Deep-Sea Snakefolk while worrying about their ability cooldowns and the enemy’s reinforcements.
• Bai Xiaowen detected a large hall ahead with several powerful figures inside, who had already sensed the group.

Bai Xiaowen and his companions reached the Shadow Labyrinth’s central hall and discovered the Camelot Queen was being transformed by an Abyssal Infusion Ritual. With Gerold presiding over the ritual and Ludwig, Mylo, and Gote opposing them, Bai Xiaowen began planning an attack to save the Queen.

• Bai Xiaowen realized the Snakefolk were waiting for their strength to increase, suspected a conversion ritual, and led his companions into the central hall.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Gerold as a level 9 boss and discovered the Camelot Queen was undergoing an Abyssal Infusion Ritual, with her conversion at 55%.
• The Camelot Queen mentally pleaded for help, and Bai Xiaowen inferred that Gerold could not act while presiding over the ritual and that the three praying Snakefolk were essential to it.
• Ludwig appeared to block Bai Xiaowen’s shot at one of the praying Snakefolk and was wounded; Mylo and the mutated Gote then emerged as additional enemies.
• Gote explained that he wanted Camelot destroyed because its rulers had killed his family, while the Queen’s conversion reached 59% and she urged Bai Xiaowen to kill the believers.
• Bai Xiaowen’s Whispering Grimoire unexpectedly cast Hurricane Armor on Gerold instead of damaging him, so he ordered his companions to attack.

Bai Xiaowen’s forces fought to disrupt the Abyssal Infusion Ritual and rescue Camelot Queen while reinforcements strengthened the Snakefolk side. Gerold entered the battle and imprisoned Bai Xiaowen, but the control lasted only 2.5 seconds for an unexplained reason.

• Ahan gradually suppressed Gote in their duel, while Bai Xiaowen tricked Mylo into wasting his Bubble Shield before draining his Spirit with the Vengeful Spirit.
• The Shadow Assassin killed one praying Elite Snakefolk, and Camelot Queen told Bai Xiaowen that killing the remaining believers could halt and eventually reverse her transformation.
• Mylo summoned Cook and a Snakefolk squad, but Bai Xiaowen used Cry of the Dead and the Bloodspear Horn to bring in powerful allies who helped kill the second and third praying Snakefolk.
• Gerold halted the ritual and entered the battle, briefly worsening Camelot Queen’s transformation before Ludwig took over; Bai Xiaowen’s forces killed the last believer, causing her transformation rate to fall again.
• Gerold used Battlefield Grasp to imprison Bai Xiaowen, but the skill’s duration was reduced to 2.5 seconds, surprising him.

Bai Xiaowen’s group freed the Camelot Queen and defeated Gote, Mylo, and Ludwig, while Gerold escaped. They found the hidden door to the Shadow Labyrinth’s inner chamber, but an earthquake struck as Bai Xiaowen tried to use the key.

• Li Shuyi pulled Bai Xiaowen out of Gerold’s Imprisonment, and Bai Xiaowen chose Super Orochi Nagi after the Kusanagi Sword evolved.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi attacked Ludwig while Gerold fought through the Bloodspear Clan Ancestral Spirits; Bai Xiaowen then bound Gerold with a talisman as Ludwig’s health ran out.
• Ludwig died, shattering the crystal coffin and freeing the Camelot Queen, who used Overawing Presence to control the Snakefolk.
• Ahan used Sword of Judgment to defeat Gote, while Gerold fled and Bai Xiaowen’s group killed Mylo.
• The Camelot Queen showed Bai Xiaowen the hidden inner-chamber door, and Bai Xiaowen brought out the Shadow Labyrinth Key before an earthquake shook the hall.

Bai Xiaowen obtained the Prophecy Tablet, which revealed an apocalypse and the need to find the Seven Creation Sacred Artifacts. After the group escaped the collapsing Shadow Labyrinth, the Spirit Realm Rules awarded Bai Xiaowen substantial experience and offered three equipment forms of the tablet, and he chose the Doom Bracelet.

• Bai Xiaowen reached the inner chamber, where Ahan and the Camelot Queen failed to take the Prophecy Tablet, but Bai Xiaowen picked it up and saw a vision of the Black Tide Continent being destroyed by a nine-headed world-destroyer.
• The Camelot Queen said the vision pointed them toward finding the Seven Creation Sacred Artifacts, while Bai Xiaowen submitted the completed Shadow Labyrinth quest to the Spirit Realm Rules.
• As the Shadow Labyrinth began collapsing, Li Shuyi and the others used the Teleportation Orb to escape to a secret hall built by the Fate Sect.
• The Spirit Realm Rules awarded Bai Xiaowen enough combat experience to reach Level 5 at 91% and offered him a choice of three equipment items transformed from the Prophecy Tablet.
• Bai Xiaowen discussed the equipment options with Li Shuyi and decided to choose the Doom Bracelet, whose Doom Prophecy skill warned him of approaching danger.

Bai Xiaowen accepted a special quest to prophesy the locations of the Seven Creation Sacred Artifacts, which could raise the Doom Bracelet’s quality. With seven days left in the Black Tide Plane, he opened treasure chests from the Shadow Labyrinth and gave Li Shuyi the Snake-Scale Armor.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that accurate prophecies could upgrade the Doom Bracelet from Heroic Tier to Lord Tier equipment.
• Bai Xiaowen discovered he had seven days of Free Exploration Time remaining and decided to open the treasure chests.
• Bai Xiaowen opened the silver chests and received two blue pieces of equipment, then drew a Scale of Sanctuary and a Smooth Bone Flute from Mylo’s chest.
• Bai Xiaowen obtained the Snake-Scale Armor from Mylo’s chest and gave it to Li Shuyi, who met its requirements and put it on.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi began opening Ludwig’s chest, with Li Shuyi making the draws.

After defeating Ludwig, Bai Xiaowen used the Prophecy Tablet and received veiled visions of the Seven Sacred Artifacts, but learned that revealing their contents would fail his mission. The group planned to consult Camelot’s Royal Library, while Ahan prepared to evacuate Hodge Town ahead of a possible catastrophe.

• Li Shuyi drew a Smoke Bomb, Backstab skill book, and Traveler’s Boots from the treasure chests, then equipped the boots.
• Bai Xiaowen activated the Prophecy Tablet and experienced seven visions connected to the locations of the Seven Sacred Artifacts.
• The Spirit Realm Rules warned Bai Xiaowen that revealing the tablet’s guidance would immediately fail his prophecy mission, so he asked for access to Camelot’s ancient records instead.
• The Camelot Queen offered to teleport the group to Camelot Royal City, while Ahan decided to lead Hodge Town’s residents to safety and accepted her offer to shelter them.
• Bai Xiaowen advised Ahan to focus on persuading those willing to evacuate, and the Camelot Queen finished preparing the Teleportation Orb.

Bai Xiaowen returned to Camelot with the Camelot Queen and was presented to her ministers as the Prophet, then went to the Royal Library to research the Seven Creation Sacred Artifacts. He began checking records about Apollo's Whisper against the scenes he had seen on the Prophecy Tablet, searching for a credible location to prophesy.

• The Camelot Queen introduced Bai Xiaowen to her ministers, who took his warning about the apocalypse seriously after she confirmed the Prophecy Tablet showed the same vision.
• The ministers doubted the Seven Sacred Artifacts could be found, but the Camelot Queen declared that Bai Xiaowen would use the Prophecy Tablet to prophesy their locations.
• The Camelot Queen sent Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to the Royal Library and ordered her ministers to unite the warring nations against the coming dark force.
• Bai Xiaowen asked the library apprentices to sort the books about the Seven Sacred Artifacts, separating records about Apollo's Whisper from those covering multiple artifacts.
• Bai Xiaowen rapidly read the first of the thirty-seven books about Apollo's Whisper, comparing its account with the Prophecy Tablet's scenes.