Chapter Summaries

Che Quan learned that Jiang Cong had created the escape-game instances to feed Chaos souls and awaken him, then confronted Jiang Cong about the harmful settings. They reconciled over Jiang Cong’s choices regarding the vampires, and Jiang Cong asked whether they were lovers now.

• Che Quan watched Jiang Cong bargain with Chaos to create escape-game instances whose failed players’ souls would feed the black mist and help awaken Che Quan.
• Che Quan woke in Jiang Cong’s arms and asked him to explain the skin hunger syndrome buff and sickly character setting.
• Jiang Cong admitted he was wrong and pleaded for Che Quan’s forgiveness, while Che Quan set a boundary rather than immediately forgiving him.
• Che Quan asked whether the vampires had been wiped out, and Jiang Cong explained that he had spared some pureblood vampires but made all vampires players and sent humans and half-human half-vampires into the instances.
• Che Quan told Jiang Cong that his actions had produced the outcome he wanted, and Jiang Cong cautiously asked whether they were lovers now.

Che Quan accepted Jiang Cong’s tentative claim that they were lovers, and the two agreed that the winner of each instance would comfort the loser. They entered a new instance, where Che Quan found himself alone in a locked old castle with an identity-card deck on a round table.

• Che Quan answered “Perhaps” when Jiang Cong asked whether they were lovers, and Jiang Cong embraced him before Che Quan kissed him.
• Jiang Cong restrained himself when Che Quan stopped his hand, then proposed that the winner of each instance give the loser a reward; Che Quan agreed.
• Jiang Cong and Che Quan secretly left the stakes undecided and prepared to enter an instance early.
• Che Quan entered the instance and appeared in a dim, circular old castle with its main doors and second-floor door locked.
• Che Quan found a ten-seat round table and saw a deck whose top card was labeled “Identity card.”

Che Quan and nine other players, including old teammates and Jiang Cong, entered a Werewolf instance and received their roles. Che Quan drew the Hunter card as the game began its first night.

• The system activated the Werewolf instance and gathered nine other players around Che Quan, including Jiang Cong, Chen Yuxiang, Ning Dantong, Cheng Yangze, and Xuan Shuhui.
• The players took numbered seats around the table, and barriers rose between them to keep their role cards hidden.
• Che Quan drew the Hunter role, which let him shoot a player after his death unless the Witch's poison killed him.
• The system explained the Good and Evil teams, the roles, and the rules for night actions and daytime voting.
• Night fell, and the system called for the Werewolves to open their eyes and choose someone to kill.

The players began the Werewolf instance, where hidden Werewolves could not identify one another, and Xie Deze died on the first night. Conflicting Seer and Witch claims split the group, and Jiang Cong turned his attention to Che Quan as the first discussion continued.

• The system announced that Xie Deze had died overnight, and he said he was a Villager on the Good Team.
• Jiang Cong claimed to be the Seer and said player 6, Cheng Yangze, was Good, while Che Quan claimed to be a Villager.
• Chen Yuxiang also claimed to be the Seer, saying Ning Dantong was Good, and Ning Dantong confirmed his result.
• Xi Shu urged the players to scrutinize the competing Seers, while Cheng Yangze claimed to be the Witch and said he had not saved Xie Deze.
• Xuan Shuhui claimed to be the Witch and called Cheng Yangze a fake, prompting him to accuse her of being a Werewolf during the free discussion.
• Cheng Yangze appealed to Jiang Cong for support, and Jiang Cong silently studied Xuan Shuhui before staring at Che Quan.

Che Quan’s question triggered hidden rules revealing that an NPC was among the players and that the NPC’s faction had to lose for the players to survive. The group voted out Chen Yuxiang, who revealed in his last words that he was a Werewolf, while Che Quan began suspecting Ning Dantong and told Jiang Cong to investigate him.

• Che Quan questioned whether surviving the instance required winning the Werewolf game, activating the hidden rules about an NPC whose faction’s victory would doom everyone.
• Che Quan proposed executing one Seer and having the Witch poison the other, and Xuan Shuhui agreed to poison the remaining Seer.
• The players unanimously voted out Chen Yuxiang, who revealed in his last words that he was a Werewolf.
• Che Quan reasoned that Chen Yuxiang had claimed Seer to protect Ning Dantong and told Jiang Cong to check Ning Dantong that night.

After another night in the Werewolf instance ended without a death, Jiang Cong claimed that his investigation showed Ning Dantong was a Werewolf. Xi Shu then revealed that he was the real Seer and said he would share his investigation results.

• Cheng Yangze said the Werewolves had targeted him and that he had used the Witch's antidote to save himself.
• Xuan Shuhui accused Cheng Yangze of copying her claim and continued to suspect him.
• Che Quan questioned Jiang Cong about his investigation of Ning Dantong and asked what role she had.
• Jiang Cong said Ning Dantong had a Werewolf role card.
• Xi Shu objected to Jiang Cong's claim, identified himself as the Seer, and began to offer his investigation results.

Xi Shu claimed he was the Seer and identified player 1, Jiang Cong, as a Werewolf, while Cheng Yangze claimed to be the real Witch. Che Quan led the group to vote out Jiang Cong and set the remaining players’ night actions before two players died.

• Xi Shu said he had checked Xuan Shuhui as good and Jiang Cong as a Werewolf, but felt pain whenever he looked at Che Quan.
• Cheng Yangze claimed he was the real Witch, and Che Quan considered the players’ roles before calling for a vote.
• Ning Dantong suggested voting out Cheng Yangze, but Che Quan told the group to keep player 6 and vote out player 1.
• Jiang Cong was voted out without giving last words, and Che Quan told Cheng Yangze and Xuan Shuhui to poison each other that night.
• Che Quan told Xi Shu to check player 7, and the next morning the system announced that two players had died.

After Cheng Yangze and Xuan Shuhui died without last words, Che Quan directed the remaining players to vote out Guan Wenbai. The next morning, Xi Shu accused Ning Dantong of being a Werewolf, while Ning Dantong claimed Xi Shu was the Werewolf and she was the real Seer.

• The system announced Cheng Yangze and Xuan Shuhui's deaths and barred them from giving last words.
• Che Quan identified the remaining players and chose Guan Wenbai as the day's vote.
• The players unanimously voted Guan Wenbai out, and he claimed he was only a Villager.
• Che Quan asked Xi Shu to check Ning Dantong's role card that night.
• The system announced Zhang Ming had died, and Xi Shu declared Ning Dantong was a Werewolf.
• Ning Dantong countered that Xi Shu was a Werewolf and that she was the real Seer.

Che Quan identified Ning Dantong as the NPC and used his Hunter skill to eliminate her, clearing the Werewolf Instance for the Good Team. Back at the Little Courtyard, Jiang Cong pinned Che Quan beneath him and asked whether he had lost.

• Ning Dantong revealed that Xi Shu and Zhang Ming had held hands, making Che Quan reconsider who might be the NPC.
• Che Quan asked the others to vote him out, then used his Hunter skill to snipe Ning Dantong and win the Instance for the players.
• Ning Dantong regained control of her body, and Che Quan explained that her use of Chen Yuxiang’s full name had made him suspicious.
• Che Quan and Jiang Cong quietly acknowledged that Che Quan had trusted Jiang Cong’s warning about Ning Dantong.
• Che Quan and Jiang Cong returned to the Little Courtyard and found themselves on a bed, where Jiang Cong pinned Che Quan beneath him and asked if he had lost.

Che Quan and Jiang Cong spent the night together, and Che Quan offered Jiang Cong a tender promise of shared mornings. Overwhelmed by happiness and desire, Jiang Cong pinned Che Quan beneath him, ready to continue their intimacy.

• Jiang Cong asked Che Quan to let him claim his winnings, and the two kissed in the dark room.
• The next morning, Che Quan woke sore beside Jiang Cong and realized they had slept together.
• Jiang Cong said he had never dared dream of such a moment, and Che Quan comforted him with a kiss between the brows.
• Che Quan promised to say good morning to Jiang Cong every day and to hear Jiang Cong say it back.
• Jiang Cong, overcome by desire, pinned Che Quan down and gently held his wrists above his head.

Jiang Cong asked Che Quan to accept his advances, and Che Quan remembered the devotion Jiang Cong had shown him throughout their lives together. Che Quan told Jiang Cong he would never refuse him and kissed him.

• Jiang Cong released his mating scent and asked Che Quan, calling him “Your Highness,” for permission to proceed.
• Che Quan recalled meeting Jiang Cong in the snow and how Jiang Cong had stayed by him after his banishment and through hundreds of years in the Crystal Coffin.
• Che Quan realized Jiang Cong had taught him that someone could cherish and protect him without expecting him to be the strongest.
• Che Quan told Jiang Cong he would never refuse him and initiated a kiss.

After spending the night together, Che Quan woke sore but recovered quickly after Jiang Cong gave him a potion. Jiang Cong then asked Che Quan to go on an official date, leaving his answer unresolved.

• Che Quan and Jiang Cong embraced and exchanged blood before falling asleep together.
• Instance City forum users argued over whether Che Quan and Jiang Cong were secretly dating.
• Che Quan woke beside an absent Jiang Cong and waited until he returned with a stamina-restoring potion.
• Jiang Cong helped Che Quan drink the potion, then admitted he had wanted Che Quan to remember the previous night.
• Jiang Cong asked Che Quan to go on an official date.

Jiang Cong and Che Quan agreed to go on an official date and set out together through a busy street in Instance City. As crowds watched the famous couple, Jiang Cong asked Che Quan whether their conspicuous outing bothered him.

• Che Quan agreed when Jiang Cong suggested an official date.
• Jiang Cong's thoughts revealed how deeply he loved Che Quan, and Che Quan kissed him and said he felt the same.
• After changing and tidying up, Jiang Cong and Che Quan met in the Little Courtyard's living room and admired each other's appearance.
• Jiang Cong took Che Quan out at evening toward the Prosperous District, where many Instance City residents noticed them.
• Jiang Cong cautiously asked Che Quan whether he minded being so conspicuous.

Che Quan and Jiang Cong openly held hands as they walked through Instance City, where Jiang Cong revealed that his blood and wish had awakened Che Quan after centuries of sleep. Che Quan kissed Jiang Cong, and Jiang Cong heard a voice tell him he had finally won his rose.

• Che Quan took Jiang Cong's hand, and Jiang Cong clasped it in return as onlookers and fans reacted with astonishment.
• Jiang Cong brought Che Quan to Instance City's Lake of Hope and explained how its wish lanterns worked.
• Jiang Cong revealed that he had used his own blood to light the lantern that reached the opposite shore and awakened Che Quan.
• Che Quan realized Jiang Cong had wished fervently for him to exist and kissed him.
• Jiang Cong heard a satisfied voice say that he had finally won his rose.