Vol. 1Gods, Curses, and Falsehoods

Qi Si cleared several deadly instances, uncovered the forces behind their rules, and learned that the Gods' Gamble had begun. He entered a new instance in Double Happiness Town disguised as Xu Wen’s boyfriend, while Chang Xu remained trapped in the abyss but might still be alive.

  • Qi Si entered Rose Manor, became a Humanoid Evil Spirit, and revealed the truth of the sisters’ past to Anna and Annie.
  • He cleared the True End, while Zou Yan’s report revealed that he had manipulated and killed players in an earlier loop.
  • Qi Si entered Su Village as Chang Xu and uncovered the villagers’ efforts to gather human flesh for the Evil God’s corpse.
  • He found the wounded God beside a golden river and asked whether the sin on his soul could pay for the corpse.
  • Qi Si cleared the Dialectical Game, learned about the Gods’ Gamble, and entered a cursed-island instance with Chang Xu.
  • He joined Chang Xu in investigating the island and found a diary about the cursed waters and the Siren.
  • Qi Si uncovered Yuna’s sacrifices and the Puppeteer’s false-god plot, then cleared the island instance with Liu Yuhan while Chang Xu was left behind.
  • After answering White Crow’s prayer and learning Chang Xu might still be alive, Qi Si entered Double Happiness Town disguised as Xu Wen’s boyfriend.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1Rose Manor

Qi Si entered Rose Manor and uncovered Annie’s three-day loop, using the Roses’ power to become a Humanoid Evil Spirit and expose the truth to Anna. He cleared the instance’s True End, while Zou Yan’s report and memories revealed that he had manipulated and killed players in an earlier loop too.

  • Qi Si killed Liu Ajiu, inherited his eligibility for the Eerie Game, and entered Rose Manor seeking a cure for his terminal illness.
  • Qi Si joined the other Players, broke the rules by shaking Miss Anna’s hand, and learned that strange visits and killings followed the manor’s rules at night.
  • After Shen Ming died and Chang Xu survived, Qi Si investigated the manor’s clues and discovered evidence of Anna and Annie’s troubled history and a time-reversal phenomenon.
  • Qi Si and Chang Xu found the twins’ skeletons and records, while Qi Si learned that Annie had made a bargain with a God and that the manor had already endured a failed cycle.
  • Qi Si identified the hostile Miss Anna as a threat that needed to become human, then killed Chang Xu and discovered that he could retain memories across a time reversal.
  • Qi Si transformed himself with a rose and the four-line poem, gained the Humanoid Evil Spirit identity, and used his powers to restrain Annie.
  • Qi Si killed Zou Yan for her final clue, read Anna’s writings, and told the sisters the truth, prompting Anna and the Butler to flee as Annie was taken into the castle.
  • Qi Si cleared Rose Manor’s True End and mourned Chang Xu and Lin Chen, while Zou Yan’s report revealed how Qi Si had allied with her and killed players in an earlier loop.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2Su Village’s God Meat

Qi Si entered Su Village’s instance, uncovered how the villagers’ greed and the Ancestral Hall were tied to the God Meat, and manipulated the other players to survive. He reached the hidden western village and asked the Evil God whether the sin on his soul was enough to pay for the wounded God’s corpse.

  • Qi Si cleared Rose Manor’s True End, received the Rose Heart and other rewards, and returned safely to reality with the pendant around his neck.
  • Qi Si entered the Su Village instance under the alias Chang Xu, where the players had to survive five days and obey rules tied to the villagers’ remarks.
  • After the players began dying from hunger and the night’s supernatural attacks, Qi Si ate God Meat and prompted Zhao Feng to provide flesh to A-Xi.
  • Qi Si led the group to the Village Chief’s House, where sunlight destroyed the mutated village chief, then uncovered Su Village’s history of selling God Meat and transforming its people.
  • Qi Si used his recordings and Pocket Watch to repel the Starved Ghosts, while Zhou Yilin and Zhu Ling pursued their own plans and Yang Yundong was killed and eaten in the Ancestral Hall.
  • Qi Si forced Granny Su to reveal that a Black-Robed Taoist had raised her and A-Xi from the dead and instructed the villagers to gather human flesh for the Evil God’s corpse.
  • Qi Si killed Zhao Feng, framed Chang Xu, and pressured Zhang Licai to choose a faction as the group’s rivalries intensified.
  • Qi Si redirected the villagers demanding meat toward the unconscious Zhu Ling, then followed golden lights west and found the wounded God beside a golden river, asking the Evil God whether his sin was enough.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Superego and the Cursed Island

Qi Si cleared the Dialectical Game, confronted the nature of his identity, and learned that the Gods' Gamble had begun. He entered a new island instance with Chang Xu, where the players began investigating the rules and the ship's curse.

  • Qi Si cleared the Carnivore instance’s True End, received the Evil God Finger Bone, and began investigating the Eerie Game’s reach into reality.
  • Qi Si entered the Dialectical Game as Clone No. 9, learned Jin Yusheng had created clones to revive him, and escaped the institute by confronting the dungeon’s repeated deaths.
  • Qi Si reached the temple, claimed that any surviving version could define himself as Qi Si, and cleared the instance’s True End.
  • The God showed Qi Si memories of his past, explained the Gods' Gamble, and urged him to keep winning until he claimed the crown of the Ruins of Sunset.
  • Qi Si returned to reality, learned that officials had surrounded Su Village, settled matters at his family home, and entered a randomly generated instance.
  • Qi Si boarded a cursed ship with Chang Xu and other players, then awoke with them on an island where the main quest was to escape.
  • Yuna led the players to her inn, where Qi Si and Chang Xu revealed they were both Nobles and agreed to share a room.
  • Qi Si accepted Chang Xu’s team-up ring, failed to bind him with Soul Contract, and joined him in searching for clues, including Viscount Crouch’s diary about cursed waters and the Siren.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The False God’s Island

Qi Si uncovered Yuna’s sacrifices and the Puppeteer’s plot, then cleared the island instance with Liu Yuhan while Chang Xu was left behind. After the group returned to the game, Qi Si answered a prayer, learned Chang Xu might still be alive, and entered a new instance disguised as Xu Wen’s boyfriend.

  • Qi Si investigated the island’s Clock Tower and learned that Yuna had lured enslaved people into the sea as sacrifices to the Sea God.
  • Qi Si suspected Lu Li’s group of manipulating the players, then killed Angela and discovered that money could be exchanged for a player’s life.
  • Lu Li framed Chang Xu and abandoned him when the repaired boat’s four-person limit forced the players to choose who would escape.
  • Qi Si exposed the false-god ritual, killed Chang Xu under the Puppeteer’s control, and cleared the instance’s true end, “Theory of False Gods.”
  • Qi Si returned Liu Yuhan’s Soul Leaf, received a vision of White Crow praying to the Master of Souls, and answered her across the Game Space.
  • Qi Si learned that Chang Xu had been trapped in the abyss, where The Rules detected a cheater and restored his erased memories.
  • Qi Si entered a new instance as Qi Wen, claiming to be Xu Wen’s boyfriend, and arrived with the other players in Double Happiness Town, where marriage and burial were its two great joys.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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