Chapter Summaries

The Six agreed to visit Calamity Castle after Little Whale described it as a relatively safe amusement park where they might encounter a way to become a god. They arrived at the enormous castle and adapted to its dense Calamity Power, but a strange child noticed Ye Buyu staring at him and reacted angrily.

• Little Whale and Little Wan persuaded the Six to visit Calamity Castle, and Little Whale revealed that its master was rumored to know how to become a god.
• Wan Lan questioned whether the trip was a Salvation Hall of Fame scheme, but Little Whale insisted it was not and promised to protect them.
• Little Whale carried the Six through space to Calamity Castle, where they saw carriages, giant creatures, and spacecraft gathering outside.
• The Six stepped out of their bubbles and adjusted to the dense Calamity Power around the castle, with Wan Lan filtering it into usable energy.
• A child with mushrooms growing on his head noticed Ye Buyu staring, hissed at her, and angrily spoke to his bodyguard.

Ye Buyu and her companions queued to enter the Ancient Castle, where a Calamity tried to provoke them into a fight. Ye Buyu recognized his scheme and let Wan Lan and Su Wuwei verbally humiliate him as the group went inside.

• Ye Buyu mistook the bodyguard’s head growth for a strawberry and the child’s for a mushroom, then remembered that others saw them differently.
• Little Whale brought the tickets, and the group joined the queue while Little Wan and Little Whale advised them about entering the Ancient Castle.
• A Long-Tongued Man provoked the newcomers, hoping to turn their response into an excuse to attack and eat them.
• Ye Buyu told Wan Lan to answer the provocation, and Wan Lan, Su Wuwei, and Lou Guanshan mocked the Long-Tongued Man.
• Mu Bingge led the group into the Ancient Castle while Ye Buyu taunted the furious Long-Tongued Man.

Ye Buyu and her companions entered Calamity Castle and agreed to play the Clown’s rock-paper-scissors game after securing a temporary Soul Contract. They discovered the game was a deadly guillotine obstacle course, with the Long-Tongued Man also joining under a wager for the Clown’s flesh.

• The ticket inspector recommended the Performance Party, and Ye Buyu’s group entered Calamity Castle’s amusement park.
• The Clown invited the six to play rock-paper-scissors for handmade badges, and Ye Buyu required him to sign a temporary Soul Contract.
• The Long-Tongued Man mocked the group and challenged the Clown, wagering that he would take a piece of the Clown’s flesh if he won.
• Wan Lan declined to wager for flesh, and the Clown promised to give the group an amusement park map after the game.
• Ye Buyu let Su Wuwei and Kou Ying watch from the sidelines, then found that the Clown’s game was a guillotine-filled obstacle course.

Ye Buyu, Wan Lan, Mu Bingge, and Lou Guanshan entered the Clown Rock-Paper-Scissors Game while Su Wuwei and Kou Ying stayed outside. As the players gained strange items and dodged deadly obstacles, Ye Buyu turned the long-tongued man into a cucumber, and Lou Guanshan raced ahead with his winning streak intact.

• Clown explained that the players would receive red-nose effects by winning or losing rock-paper-scissors, and the long-tongued man threatened to kill his rivals within the rules.
• Ye Buyu, Wan Lan, Mu Bingge, and Lou Guanshan entered the game while Su Wuwei and Kou Ying stayed outside, and the long-tongued man also joined.
• Ye Buyu lost her first match and received shackles, but she splashed the Cucumber Virus onto the long-tongued man when he tried to attack her, transforming him into a cucumber.
• Lou Guanshan used the Ascension Seat to launch Ye Buyu into the air, while Mu Bingge won a bomb and threw it at the long-tongued man.
• Wan Lan caught Ye Buyu as she fell, and Lou Guanshan won again before flying ahead on a broom.

Ye Buyu and the others battled the long-tongued Calamity after he used a Replication Coin to multiply his items and overwhelm them. Ye Buyu’s Compulsory Cost and homing bullets helped turn the fight, and the chapter ended with the four attacking him together as he tried to escape.

• The long-tongued man accelerated the arena’s mechanisms, but Ye Buyu, Lou Guanshan, Mu Bingge, and Wan Lan dodged its hazards and attacked him with their collected items.
• The long-tongued man used a Replication Coin to multiply his items, break free of his restraints, and launch a counterattack against the four.
• Ye Buyu used Compulsory Cost to force him to his knees, then bound him with bullets and attacked with her Whale-Head Health-Preserving Mallet.
• The long-tongued man escaped the group’s coordinated attacks by severing his arms, but Ye Buyu pursued him with homing bullets and a Light Wheel.
• Mu Bingge, Lou Guanshan, and Wan Lan joined Ye Buyu in a renewed assault as she urged them to kill the long-tongued man before he could get up.

Ye Buyu and her companions killed the Long-Tongued Man and escaped the burning Amusement Park with a map from the Clown. They set out to investigate the nearest attraction, while the Clown learned that people from the Salvation Hall of Fame had entered the castle.

• The Long-Tongued Man tried to retreat, but Su Wuwei confirmed that the group could attack him, and Kou Ying, Su Wuwei, Lou Guanshan, Ye Buyu, and Mu Bingge trapped and burned him to death.
• The Clown tried to save his Amusement Park but accepted its destruction, then gave the group a final fireworks display after Lou Guanshan tied him at rock-paper-scissors.
• The Clown gave Ye Buyu a map and said he hoped they would win his Badge when they met again.
• Kou Ying assessed the map, and Ye Buyu decided the group would investigate the nearest attraction before entering the castle's Performance Party.
• The Clown reached the castle and heard the Guard announce that people from the Salvation Hall of Fame had entered; he acknowledged the news and went inside.

The Six searched the amusement park for useful information but avoided attractions built around killing and violence. They found the Divination Spinning Teacup, where the owner explained that answers came at an equivalent price and warned them it had no clues about becoming a god.

• The Six passed the Blood-Spitting Swing while its owner noticed that Clown's Amusement Park had burned down.
• At the Organ Shooting Range, the owner offered a clue about becoming a god, but the Six refused to play the deadly game.
• After passing more violent attractions, the Six studied the map and chose the Divination Spinning Teacup as their next stop.
• The Six reached the teacup attraction and learned from its owner that divinations cost according to the value of the question.
• The owner warned that the teacups could not reveal clues about becoming a god, and Mu Bingge said they had not come to ask for that secret.

Ye Buyu and the Six learned the Performance Party’s rules and the dangers of entering the Ancient Castle, but their questions and attempted divinations angered the teacup. The teacup punished them by spinning their seats wildly, leaving them clinging on and trying not to vomit.

• Ye Buyu asked the Divination Spinning Teacup how to attend the Performance Party and learned about Identity Cards, Spectators, Resurrection Cards, and the party’s deadly story.
• Ye Buyu asked about Universe Encrypted Writing and Language, then requested a divination about how their trip would end.
• The teacup’s divination mist bounced off Ye Buyu, cracked the teacup, and revealed that she could not be divined.
• Ye Buyu discovered that the others had also asked for divinations, and Kou Ying said the teacup had tried to divine him without being asked.
• The teacup began spinning the Six’s seats as punishment, while Su Wuwei and Kou Ying urged everyone to hold in their nausea.

Ye Buyu and the others stopped the Divination Teacups from spinning, escaped as the Amusement Park collapsed, and decided to head for the Ancient Castle. On the way, a bloodied stranger collapsed before them, and a man from a spiked carriage mocked and kicked the unconscious victim.

• Ye Buyu, Mu Bingge, and Su Wuwei reversed their teacup’s spin, while Wan Lan and two others stopped theirs the same way.
• The six escaped as the teacups collided and the Amusement Park collapsed, then fled before its owner could thank them.
• The group decided to avoid other Amusement Parks and head to the Ancient Castle to see the Performance Party.
• A bloodied person collapsed in front of the group as a spiked Carriage approached, and its passenger climbed out.
• The man mocked the unconscious person from the Primordial Beginning Tower, kicked them, and spat.

Ye Buyu and her companions rescued a chained person and a corpse from Parade Float, the Lord of the Mobile Amusement Park, and fled toward the Ancient Castle. Ye Buyu and Wan Lan turned the pursuit against him, leaving the gathered onlookers stunned as he was blasted out of sight.

• Parade Float threatened Ye Buyu and her companions while they treated the people he had attacked, and Ye Buyu distracted him as Kou Ying and Wan Lan carried off the chained person and the corpse.
• Kou Ying startled Parade Float’s horse, giving the group time to escape, and a nearby Calamity pointed Parade Float toward the Ancient Castle after he demanded to know where they had gone.
• As Parade Float caught up, Wan Lan offered to hold him off, but Ye Buyu carried her onward and told her to boost their speed.
• Ye Buyu fired at the ground to create a hidden obstruction, then shot Parade Float and his horse as the carriage pitched forward.
• Ye Buyu used Soul Slap to launch Parade Float into the air, Wan Lan struck him with a Golden Flame arrow, and a dark shadow crumpled his carriage and sent it away through a Water Mirror.

Ye Buyu and the others reached the Ancient Castle and had to answer the guard’s questions to enter the Performance Party. After hearing their answers, the guard fell silent, leaving them and the onlookers waiting to learn whether they would be allowed through.

• Ye Buyu’s group left their injured companions behind as they approached the Ancient Castle, where a crowd watched them warily.
• The group asked the silent guard for permission to enter, and it explained that they had to answer questions to pass.
• Mu Bingge answered questions about civilization and rebuilding it, while Kou Ying said they would become Calamity and fight back rather than let their homeland remain corrupted.
• Lou Guanshan affirmed that civilization’s will would endure, and Ye Buyu admitted they had not thought about becoming gods and had come to broaden their horizons.
• The guard remained silent after the final answer as the six and the crowd waited for its decision.

Six visitors entered the Ancient Castle early after the Guard approved their answers, provoking the Float Knight, whom the Guard beheaded. Hongyan brought Xiaoqing into the castle after the Divination Spinning Teacup was destroyed, where they encountered the six visitors.

• The Guard let six visitors enter the Ancient Castle early, and a man who tried to win his approval was killed.
• The battered Float Knight learned that the six had entered early and confronted the Guard, demanding to go inside and kill them.
• The Guard beheaded the Float Knight, and Hongyan kicked his laughing head into the Ancient Castle and prepared to meet the new guests.
• Xiaoqing arrived and told Hongyan that the Divination Spinning Teacup had been destroyed, so she had come to become an NPC.
• Hongyan and Xiaoqing entered the Main Hall and heard the six visitors debating whether to open the eyelids of an unconscious woman.

Ye Buyu and her companions rescued Ling Wei and Qiu An, then discovered that they were already inside the Ancient Castle and had angered several of its inhabitants. When the Performance Party’s Identity Cards appeared, all six received golden cards, stunning the castle’s occupants.

• Ye Buyu healed Ling Wei and Qiu An, and Ling Wei explained that she and her friends from the Primordial Beginning Tower had been forced into a game by the Parade Float.
• Ye Buyu showed Ling Wei that they were inside the Ancient Castle, where its living decorations offered revival cards and mocked the group.
• A float knight attacked, but Kou Ying pulled Ling Wei out of its path and Hongyan knocked its flying head away.
• Xiaoqing recognized Ye Buyu and her companions as the people who had helped destroy the Amusement Park, enraging Hongyan and surprising Ling Wei.
• Six golden Identity Cards appeared in the group’s hands, while Ling Wei received a blue card and the Ancient Castle’s inhabitants stared in disbelief.

Ye Buyu and her companions discovered that their Golden Identity Cards forced them to participate in the Ancient Castle’s Performance Party, leaving them unable to forfeit. They learned that stolen cards could let their holders forfeit, but the group faced a deadly game against stronger beings.

• Ye Buyu, Su Wuwei, Kou Ying, Wan Lan, Lou Guanshan, and Mu Bingge revealed their Identity Cards and found their assigned roles and factions, including Mu Bingge’s divine maiden identity.
• Ling Wei warned them that showing their cards could expose their factions, and Ye Buyu asked the potted plant how to become a Spectator.
• The potted plant explained that Golden Identity Card holders could not become Spectators, and Lou Guanshan learned that contestants who failed the Performance Party usually became amusement park decorations.
• The Float Knight said the group had come seeking the secret to becoming a god and warned that others might use special means to steal their cards.
• Mu Bingge learned that Golden Identity Cards were bound to their original hosts, so the group could not forfeit even if their cards were exchanged or taken, though Xiaoqing said most opponents were level eleven.

The Six learned that their Golden Identity Cards made them targets at the Performance Party, but Little Whale and Little Wan gave everyone Resurrection Cards as a safety net. With the party still ahead, the Six decided to use their cards and protected lives to gather information and strike back at anyone who targeted them.

• Ling Wei warned the Six to hide their Identity Card abilities and factions, but the watching NPCs had already discovered their Golden cards.
• Little Whale and Little Wan appeared in the spectators' seating and gave everyone Resurrection Cards that would take effect after the party ended.
• Ling Wei helped her companion Qiu An wake and explained that participants had to perform as the identities on their cards to advance the themed party.
• Ye Buyu, Su Wuwei, Wan Lan, Mu Bingge, Lou Guanshan, and Kou Ying agreed to go all out and target others to learn about their abilities.
• Ye Buyu threatened to trade away a Golden Identity Card to have the NPCs killed, then challenged them to try exposing the Six to later arrivals.

At the Ancient Castle’s Performance Party, Clown announced that performers would compete for popularity through votes from guests and viewers across the surrounding star regions. When a fight broke out and NPCs exposed the Six’s Golden Identity Cards, Lou Guanshan awakened the castle’s defenses, which eliminated many of the attackers.

• Clown introduced popularity as the party’s theme and revealed that the event would be broadcast across Calamity Castle and the surrounding star regions for voting.
• A masked [Black Plague] performer attacked an NPC, and a woman from the [Lost Legion] retaliated with a deadly crystal dance.
• Qian Tu, the third princess of the [Dark Abyss Calamity Dynasty], approached the Six and asked why they had come to the Ancient Castle.
• An NPC revealed that the Six held Golden Identity Cards, prompting the attackers to turn their attention toward them.
• Lou Guanshan awakened the Ancient Castle’s Architectural Soul, and the castle’s hands and guards restrained or killed many of the attackers.

Qian Tu demanded Lou Guanshan’s Golden Identity Card and attacked Ye Buyu after the group mocked her. Ye Buyu forced Qian Tu to one knee, Su Wuwei killed her guard, and Qian Tu broke free before launching another attack.

• Qian Tu used her power to intimidate the party and demanded Lou Guanshan hand over the Golden Identity Card in exchange for joining the Dark Abyss Calamity Dynasty.
• Lou Guanshan and his teammates refused, and Qian Tu smashed the table before grabbing Ye Buyu’s chin.
• Ye Buyu slapped Qian Tu’s hand away and used Compulsory Cost to force her to one knee, leaving the crowd stunned.
• Su Wuwei killed Qian Tu’s guard with a blade, then urged the guests to compete for Popularity Votes.
• Qian Tu broke free of the restraint, accused the party of staging a performance, and attacked Ye Buyu.
• Wan Lan threw a flowerpot NPC at Qian Tu, while Lou Guanshan invoked building penalties; Qian Tu shattered the pot and crushed the penalties with a stomp.

Qian Tu and the Amusement Park performers ambushed Ye Buyu and her group, but the Six broke free and turned the fight around. Ye Buyu used her power to force the remaining performers to kneel and demanded their Identity Cards or payment, ordering the group to kill those who refused.

• Qian Tu blasted Mu Bingge and Su Wuwei aside while other performers restrained the Six and demanded their Identity Cards.
• Ye Buyu trapped Qian Tu in black blocks, and Lou Guanshan, Kou Ying, Mu Bingge, Wan Lan, and Su Wuwei defeated their attackers.
• Ye Buyu dragged a chair into the hall, summoned a silver Double-Edged Spear, and used Life Breath Power to force the performers to their knees.
• Ye Buyu demanded Identity Cards or payment and ordered her group to kill the long-armed man when he refused; Kou Ying and Su Wuwei eliminated him.
• Mu Bingge singled out a Calamity, and Su Wuwei landed a critical hit that shattered its core and eliminated it.

Ye Buyu and the other five forced the rival factions to pay materials to escape her kneeling restraint, but Shiying turned the Lost Legion against those who had not paid. As the fight began, Shiying tried to claim Ye Buyu’s spear, and she called out his shameless excuse for stealing it.

• Wan Lan used her tier-surpassing fountain pen to stab several Calamities, and Weier and Yin Li paid materials to escape Ye Buyu’s restraint.
• Shiying and his subordinates paid materials, rose, and attacked the people still kneeling; Shiying’s power shattered nearby objects into crystal fragments.
• The Lost Legion attacked those who had not stood, while Weier stayed out of the fight and Yin Li noticed Hold Up the Heavens’ popularity score rising.
• Ling Wei, Qiu An, and others paid materials and fought back as Shiying approached Ye Buyu’s spear and tried to take it.
• Ye Buyu summoned the spear back to her hand and mocked Shiying for dressing up theft as advice to the weak.

Ye Buyu and her teammates fired makeshift ion cannons to distract Shiying’s group, then fled as Qian Tu was about to emerge. Qian Tu’s rage devastated the Ancient Castle until Little Wan stopped her, and Clown announced punishment for her attack on a Spectator.

• Ye Buyu and her teammates blasted Shiying’s group with disposable ion cannons and escaped while their opponents were distracted.
• Shiying ordered his people to search for the six fugitives, and Qian Tu emerged from confinement furious that they had fled.
• Qian Tu unleashed Calamity Power through the Ancient Castle, injuring Shiying and killing performers who lacked Resurrection Cards.
• Little Wan restrained Qian Tu’s destructive power, while Little Whale demanded an explanation from Clown for the attack on a Spectator.
• Clown ruled that Qian Tu would lose her Identity Card and could attack only once every three hours, or leave the Ancient Castle.