Recaps

Xu Zhi mastered Midnight’s rules, seized the Radiance Fragment, and became a new kind of existence. After learning the gods had barred access to Mansus, she joined [Cup] in an attempt to break through their blockade, ending as a golden hand descended.

• Prosthetics infected people with [Cup], while Xu Zhi investigated Lotus City’s chaos and began deciphering Midnight’s rules.
• Xu Zhi joined [Pride], [Gluttony], and [Jealousy] in hunting [Forge] at Gods Heavy Industries, where she uncovered experiments combining talent circuits and rules.
• [Cup] ordered the Archbishops to sacrifice Agents and spread war, while Xu Zhi solved [Lamp]’s array puzzle and began comprehending the wooden plaque’s rules.
• Xu Zhi mastered the plaque’s final rule, completed the [Opening] circuit, and followed the Lost Land’s temptation to a chained Radiance Fragment.
• Xu Zhi used the Remnant Land and Midnight’s rules to break the fragment’s chains, swallowed it, and gained a Key and a path sustained by Midnight.
• When [Cup]’s circuit consumed Lotus City’s believers, Xu Zhi resisted [Cup], [Forge], and [Blade] with Midnight’s rules until the moon’s Radiance drove them back.
• Xu Zhi restored the Spirit Vessel’s body and learned from [Cup] that the gods had made rules to keep her and Xu Zhi out of Mansus.
• Xu Zhi agreed to help [Cup] exploit the rules’ weak points in Lingzhou City Center, but a golden chain pinned [Cup] as a gigantic hand emerged overhead.