Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan realized he had entered a secret realm set during Cloud Sea’s invasion of Blue Star, on the day his parents planned to enter the game. After discovering that the secret realm’s version of events differed from his memories, he persuaded his parents to delay entering the game.

• Xiao Fan avoided eating while trying to understand why his parents, Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu, had called him to breakfast.
• Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu told Xiao Fan they planned to enter Cloud Sea because the game offered a chance to earn power and money.
• Xiao Fan recognized the setting as Blue Star during Cloud Sea’s invasion and remembered that his parents had died after entering the game.
• Yu Nianzhu said they had asked Aunt Liu to care for Xiao Fan, contradicting his memory that his uncle Xiao Yi had been entrusted with him.
• Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu insisted Xiao Jing had no younger brother, and Xiao Fan claimed someone posing as Xiao Yi had been visiting him.
• Xiao Jing agreed to postpone entering the game and stay with Xiao Fan while investigating the impostor.

Xiao Fan tried to make sense of the secret realm’s altered plot while accompanying Xiao Jing toward school, then spotted his young uncle Xiao Yi. After leaving school to investigate, Xiao Fan overheard Xiao Yi and a group of players discussing how they had been trapped in the realm, and Xiao Yi noticed someone hiding nearby.

• Xiao Fan wondered whether he could use his skill-creation ability to help Xiao Jing and his wife survive Cloud Sea, while questioning Luo Yi’s suspicious behavior and the disappearance of Night Blade and the Justice Alliance.
• Xiao Jing took Xiao Fan toward school and asked whether he supported his father entering the game; Xiao Fan urged him to prepare because Cloud Sea was dangerous.
• Xiao Fan saw a young Xiao Yi with a group by the road, then left school after Xiao Jing dropped him off to search for them.
• Xiao Fan found the group in a park and hid in the bushes as they approached.
• Xiao Fan overheard Xiao Yi and the others say they had failed to log out before a game update and had been trapped in the world for nearly a month.
• Xiao Yi sensed someone in the bushes and asked who was there.

Xiao Fan overheard Liu Xiujuan tell Xiao Yi and his team that they were trapped in the instance and might never return to Mercury. After they left, Xiao Fan questioned whether his memories of his aunt and uncle had been altered, but tried to convince himself the story was only part of the instance.

• Xiao Fan hid in the bushes as Xiao Yi confronted Liu Xiujuan, then recognized her as his aunt.
• Liu Xiujuan revealed that she was a player from Mercury who had been trapped in the instance for three months and said there was no way to clear it.
• Liu Xiujuan warned Xiao Yi's team that trapped players gradually forgot they had ever been players and became characters in the instance.
• Liu Xiujuan offered to share a possible way out if the team followed her, but Xiao Yi's squad chose to keep searching on their own.
• After the team left, Xiao Fan wondered whether the instance's story was true and feared that his memories of his aunt and uncle might have been altered.

Xiao Fan spent the school day pondering the invasions and how to escape the secret realm, while Luo Yi revealed why he had trapped players in the Ghost Domain Dungeon. After school, Xiao Fan returned home with Xiao Jing and unexpectedly saw Liu Xiujuan there.

• Xiao Fan went to class and considered the Mercury invasion, Liu Xiujuan's fate, and ways to leave the secret realm.
• On Snow Mountain, Luo Yi convinced the Military District players to keep sending people into the Ghost Domain so he could bring the version forward and return to Mercury.
• Luo Yi revealed that he had altered the Military District players' memories, used the Ghost Disk to activate the Ghost Domain Dungeon, and lured players there.
• Xiao Fan finished class and walked home with Xiao Jing.
• Aunt Liu introduced Liu Xiujuan to Xiao Jing as her distant niece.

Xiao Fan struggled to make sense of the instance’s altered version of his family and tried to stop Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu from entering Cloud Sea. After failing to find Xiao Yi for several days, he finally met him and offered a possible way out in exchange for information about Cloud Sea’s invasion of Mercury.

• Xiao Fan was confused that Liu Xiujuan, who had been Aunt Xiao in the story, was now Aunt Liu’s distant niece.
• Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu argued about whether Yu Nianzhu should remain in the Real World while Xiao Jing entered the game, and they both rejected Xiao Fan’s offer to join them.
• Xiao Fan repeatedly waited for Xiao Yi in the park, hoping to trade a way out of the instance for information about Cloud Sea’s invasion of Mercury.
• Xiao Yi and his group returned to the park because they could not find a way out and believed Liu Xiujuan might be their only hope.
• Xiao Fan approached Xiao Yi and offered to tell him a possible way out of the instance if Xiao Yi explained Cloud Sea’s invasion of Mercury.
• Xiao Yi began explaining that Cloud Sea’s invasion of Mercury had started fifteen years earlier.

Xiao Fan explained that Xiao Yi’s group might escape the secret realm by entering Cloud Sea there and logging out, though they would return to Blue Star rather than Mercury. Meanwhile, Luo Yi led his group toward Crystal Mist Peak as Jian Qingfeng arrived with high-level players to rescue Xiao Fan and the others.

• Xiao Yi told Xiao Fan that Cloud Sea’s invasion of Mercury had progressed through the Ghost Domain and Talent System before an update pulled his group into the secret realm.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Yi that entering Cloud Sea in the secret realm might let the group log out to Blue Star, and he arranged to meet Xiao Yi again the next day.
• Xiao Fan hurried home after realizing Xiao Jing would discover that he had skipped school.
• Luo Yi decided to lead his group toward Crystal Mist Peak and planned to pull the rescuers into Ghost Domain when they arrived.
• Jian Qingfeng brought fifty high-level players to Snow Mountain to rescue the missing players, then ordered his team to climb.

Xiao Fan tried to persuade Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu to enter the game with a reliable team, but they mistook his claims about the future for an excuse. He introduced Xiao Jing to Xiao Yi’s group, promised to provide the Earth-Tier Skills they required, and they agreed to enter the game together in two days.

• Xiao Fan explained that he had skipped school to find teammates who could help his parents survive in the game.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu he came from ten years in the future, but they thought he was pretending and insisted on entering the game for their family’s future.
• Xiao Fan brought Xiao Jing to meet Xiao Yi and his nine companions, who were also seeking teammates to enter the game.
• Xiao Yi said their team required an Earth-Tier Skill, and Xiao Fan agreed he could create one for each of his parents.
• Xiao Jing and Xiao Yi’s group agreed to enter the game together in two days.

Xiao Fan reassured Xiao Jing that the team would forget their Earth-Tier Skill demand after entering the game, while Jian Qingfeng’s rescue party searched the Snow Mountain for Xiao Fan’s missing group. They found the group’s empty house and unfinished food, leaving Jian Qingfeng’s team to suspect the players had vanished suddenly.

• Xiao Jing worried that Xiao Fan’s promise about an Earth-Tier Skill would provoke Xiao Yi and the others, but Xiao Fan said they would forget the demand after entering the game.
• Jian Qingfeng led his team up the Snow Mountain toward the strange red glow and warned them to stay cautious.
• Jian Qingfeng’s group found Xiao Fan’s prefab house and searched its floors, discovering traces that players had stayed there.
• Yu Tianqing guessed the missing group had taken shelter from a blizzard, while Jian Qingfeng suspected they had lost access to the Game System.
• A searcher reported that food upstairs had been left unfinished, suggesting Xiao Fan’s group had disappeared in the middle of eating.

Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu entered the game with Liu Xiujuan, leaving Xiao Fan behind as he wondered whether he needed to enter the game to escape the secret realm. Meanwhile, Jian Qingfeng’s rescue team investigated the house where Xiao Fan and the others had vanished, and a system prompt invited them to enter the Dungeon Ghost Domain.

• Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu set out to enter the game, while Xiao Fan stayed behind because he still had no secret realm quest notification.
• Aunt Liu asked Xiao Jing and Yu Nianzhu to take Liu Xiujuan with them, and they agreed to bring her to Xiao Yi’s team.
• Xiao Yi accepted Liu Xiujuan into the team, and Xiao Jing and his wife departed with them for the station.
• Jian Qingfeng’s team debated how Xiao Fan and the others had vanished, then discovered Jian Qingfeng could not open the game interface inside the house.
• A noise came from the supposedly empty upstairs, and as Jian Qingfeng ordered everyone to leave, a prompt asked whether they wanted to enter the Dungeon Ghost Domain.

Xiao Fan completed the Blue Star Game Invasion Secret Realm and received generous rewards for changing characters’ fates, the story, and game milestones. Back at his house on Snow Mountain, he discovered that Jian Qingfeng and his powerful rescue team had vanished inside it, so he decided to leave the mountain.

• Xiao Fan learned that the Secret Realm had ended and its settlement showed he had changed character fates by 98%, the story by 50%, and game milestones by 30%.
• Xiao Fan received Core Power, a Time Evolution Fragment, the Fate Reverser ability, crystals, and a Level 3 City Building Token.
• Xiao Fan returned to his house on Snow Mountain, found the game interface working again, and messaged the Fatty to confirm he was safe.
• Xiao Fan found Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng’s messages saying that Jian Qingfeng had brought a fifty-person team to Crystal Mist Peak to search for them.
• Xiao Fan stored his house and saw that Jian Qingfeng’s team’s footprints led inside but none led back out, so he headed down the mountain instead of returning to Crystal Mist Peak.

After escaping the secret realm, Xiao Fan told Zhou He about the strange disappearances on Snow Mountain and suspected Luo Yi was involved. He created the Heaven Rank skill Silent Shadow Escape and returned toward Luo Yi’s group while invisible.

• Xiao Fan told Zhou He how the blizzard had disabled the Game System, two extra people had appeared, and the other players had vanished.
• Xiao Fan revealed that he had entered and cleared a secret realm, while Zhou He confirmed Jian Qingfeng had also gone missing on the mountain.
• Xiao Fan suspected Luo Yi because he and the Military District group had remained in the house and Luo Yi had seemed unsurprised by Xiao Fan’s disappearance.
• Xiao Fan told Zhou He to wait at the foot of the mountain, then used his Disguiser trait and Oh My God title to create Silent Shadow Escape.
• Xiao Fan summoned Big Iron Pot to restore his stamina, activated Silent Shadow Escape, and headed back toward Luo Yi’s group.

Xiao Fan secretly overheard Luo Yi and Walker Li discussing how they had pulled Jian Qingfeng and others into the level 150 Ghost Domain Dungeon. He learned that Luo Yi’s group came from Mercury and that the events from Blue Star Game Invasion were real, leaving him shocked and certain the group was hiding more secrets.

• Xiao Fan followed the trail toward Crystal Mist Peak and found Luo Yi’s group gathered in a house.
• Xiao Fan overheard Luo Yi say the Military District would send people to rescue Jian Qingfeng, who had been pulled into a Dungeon.
• Walker Li revealed that the Dungeon was the level 150 Ghost Domain Dungeon and worried the rescuers were too weak to clear it.
• Luo Yi explained that they had pulled the players into the Dungeon because waiting for future game updates could leave them stranded for eight years.
• Xiao Fan realized Luo Yi and his group were players from Mercury, that the secret-realm events had been real, and that Luo Yi’s group had caused Jian Qingfeng’s disappearance.

Xiao Fan learned that Luo Yi’s group wanted to trigger the Ghost Domain update early so they could return to Mercury, while Jian Qingfeng and the others were trapped inside the dungeon. He and Zhou He considered how to obtain a walkthrough and rescue them, leaving Xiao Fan to try to get information from Luo Yi.

• Xiao Fan realized that clearing Ghost Domain was the only way to rescue Ye Bugu, Jian Qingfeng, and the others, and suspected Luo Yi’s group knew the dungeon’s details.
• Xiao Fan equipped the Lone Brave title and told Zhou He that Luo Yi was from Mercury and that the missing players had been pulled into Ghost Domain.
• Zhou He considered cooperating with Luo Yi’s group to get a walkthrough, rescue the trapped players, and deal with the early update afterward.
• Xiao Fan warned Zhou He that Luo Yi’s group was unlikely to trust them, but agreed they should try to get information from Luo Yi.

Xiao Fan used a false shared identity to befriend Luo Yi, who believed they were both players from Mercury and revealed how he had gathered followers. Xiao Fan then asked Luo Yi for a guide to the Ghost Domain Dungeon so he could return to his home planet.

• Xiao Fan sent Luo Yi a friend request, but Luo Yi worried that accepting it might expose him and Walker Li.
• Xiao Fan sent a second message claiming they were both from another planet with the same goal, and Luo Yi accepted the request.
• Luo Yi asked how Xiao Fan had recovered his memories, and they compared their experiences with the Island of Light Dungeon.
• Xiao Fan invented a story about learning the situation from Jian Qingfeng, and Luo Yi trusted his explanation.
• Luo Yi revealed that he had altered the memories of players who trusted him to gather his followers.
• Xiao Fan told Luo Yi that Zhou He had recruited him for the rescue mission and asked for a Ghost Domain Dungeon guide.

Xiao Fan learned about Ghost Domain Creatures and the Dungeon from Luo Yi, then prepared to join the people trapped inside. He examined his secret-realm rewards and wondered what his new special ability, Fate Defier, could do.

• Xiao Fan asked Luo Yi about the Ghost Domain update, and Luo Yi explained the traits and weaknesses of Spirit-Body and Soul-Body creatures.
• Luo Yi told Xiao Fan that players would unlock talents a week after the update and that the Dungeon offered three paths, with his planet having cleared the Path of Rebirth.
• Xiao Fan learned that player panels and skills did not work inside the Ghost Domain Dungeon, then told Luo Yi his group would arrive in three or four days.
• Xiao Fan decided to monitor Luo Yi while waiting for Zhou He and the others, and he inspected the Time Evolution Fragment and the Red Crystal and Blue Crystal.
• Xiao Fan discovered that he had received a special ability called Fate Defier and wondered what it did.

Xiao Fan received a Fate Defier ability and a Level 3 City Building Token, which he gave to Zhou He to help build a safe city before the update. He and Zhou He headed toward Luo Yi’s group, while the missing players remained trapped in the Ghost Domain Dungeon, unsure which path to choose.

• Xiao Fan examined his Fate Defier ability and celebrated receiving a Level 3 City Building Token.
• Luo Yi told Walker Li and the others that Jiu Chen was an old player who had recovered his memories and could help them clear the Dungeon.
• After spending two days watching Luo Yi, Xiao Fan met Zhou He’s group near Snow Mountain and handed Zhou He the Level 3 City Building Token for Xu Shengguo.
• Xiao Fan and Zhou He agreed that Luo Yi should enter the Dungeon with them, and Xiao Fan planned to watch how Luo Yi used his item.
• Inside the Ghost Domain Dungeon, Jian Qingfeng and the missing players remained stuck before three paths, and Jian Qingfeng told Uncle Justice to wait for more clues.

Jian Qingfeng struggled to choose among three dungeon paths before a countdown forced the trapped players to vote. They selected the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and another player appeared to enter the dungeon.

• Jian Qingfeng worried over the three unfamiliar paths and wondered why Xiao Fan and the Military District players were missing from the dungeon.
• Judge Young Master suggested splitting into three groups, but Yu Tianqing objected that they could not be sure they could return after choosing a path.
• A mechanical voice started a thirty-minute countdown, forcing the players to choose rather than wait for rescue.
• Jian Qingfeng held a vote, and the players chose the Eighteen Levels of Hell over the other two paths.
• The air rippled behind Jian Qingfeng, and the players realized someone else might have entered the dungeon.

Zhou He and Xiao Fan joined the Ghost Domain Dungeon after Xiao Fan used [Fate Defier] to bring Luo Yi inside, where they had to choose one of three paths. Most players followed Xiao Fan’s warning and chose the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but Jian Qingfeng vanished after entering it, and Xiao Fan followed him in.

• Zhou He, Xiao Fan, and Luo Yi arrived with a 200-person rescue team, and Zhou He asked Jian Qingfeng to explain the urgent situation.
• Luo Yi revealed that the Dungeon’s three choices differed from those he remembered from Mercury, leaving the group without reliable guidance.
• Zhou He initially favored the Eighteen Levels of Hell, but Xiao Fan argued that the group should choose the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Ye Bugu and the Night Blade Sect backed Xiao Fan, and Uncle Justice led the Justice Alliance in choosing the same path.
• Jian Qingfeng entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation and disappeared, prompting Xiao Fan to follow him while Judge Young Master blamed Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan and the others chose the Spirit Gate despite Luo Yi’s warning, and Xiao Fan found that it led to another set of options. With time running short, the group faced four unfamiliar choices, while Xiao Fan believed the Dungeon was testing their decisions.

• Players from the Military District, Night Blade, and Justice Alliance entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Judge Young Master and the Shen Sect followed them.
• Xiao Fan recommended the Soul Bodies, but Luo Yi insisted that they choose the Spirit Bodies because Soul Bodies were too strong to defeat.
• Xiao Fan reasoned that the Spirit Gate might lead to more choices, and Jian Qingfeng led the players through it.
• The group found four new options, and Luo Yi admitted he did not know what to choose.
• Jian Qingfeng suggested voting, but Xiao Fan said there was no need.

Xiao Fan directed the players to choose four different skills, then matched each skill with a weapon in the next choice. The group obtained the skills and weapons without splitting up, and waited as the countdown ran down.

• Xiao Fan assigned the players to choose different options, but Yu Tianqing, Judge Young Master, and unaffiliated players objected, thinking the choices would split the group into dangerous routes.
• Zhou He backed Xiao Fan and warned that anyone who disobeyed would receive no help; Judge Young Master chose the Nether Ghost Eye and discovered the options granted skills rather than sending players onto separate routes.
• The players realized they had gained all four skills by choosing different options, and Jian Qingfeng praised Xiao Fan.
• When golden weapons appeared, Xiao Fan matched the Ghost Eye with the golden fist and the Heart-Clearing Mantra with the golden book; Luo Yi supported his choice based on an item from a Spirit Body dungeon.
• The players chose the matching weapons, Xiao Fan obtained the Soul Pen, and the countdown continued with no further options appearing.