Recaps

Ren Ye, Tan Pang, and Yin Tiger recovered their strength before returning to Heavenly Lord Hall with Lu Wentian’s two magic treasures. Suspecting their master’s tea was a trap, they attacked him and cut off his head, though Tan Pang doubted the fight could have ended so easily.

• Yin Tiger gave Ren Ye and Tan Pang Star-Breath Pills, and the three sat down to recover for fifteen minutes.
• The three returned to Heavenly Lord Hall, where Ren Ye encountered a newly arrived young Taoist carrying cleaning supplies on his way to Wisdom Academy.
• A Star Gate notification said Lu Wentian was waiting for them and that Longevity Temple had refreshed for the final time.
• Ren Ye and Tan Pang urged Lu Wentian to drink the tea he had prepared, then launched an attack when he refused.
• Ren Ye struck Lu Wentian with the Human Emperor Sword while Tan Pang used Mirror Manifestation and Yin Tiger attacked with his saber.
• Lu Wentian’s head fell to the floor, and Tan Pang questioned whether they had really killed him so easily.

Lu Wentian survived the disciples’ attack, healed his severed head, and swallowed three powerful pills from the divine statue to transform himself. Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and Tan Pang launched a desperate assault, but Lu Wentian summoned the statue’s sword and blasted them back.

• Lu Wentian’s headless body rose and rejoined his head after Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and Tan Pang attacked him.
• Tan Pang used his mirror ability to expose Lu Wentian’s leg to Yin Tiger’s saber, and Yin Tiger severed and destroyed his foot.
• Lu Wentian revealed his plans to become immortal and summoned three pills from the divine statue, swallowing them to gain immense strength, insight, and protection.
• Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and Tan Pang agreed to fight together and attacked Lu Wentian with their strongest abilities.
• Lu Wentian summoned the Heavenly Lord statue’s peachwood sword, which struck the three disciples and sent them flying back bloodied.

Lu Wentian used the Phoenix Fire Furnace to trap Ren Ye, Tan Pang, and Yin Tiger, then battled them as the furnace’s flames burned them. Ren Ye spotted a glowing badge and rushed outside, realizing what Lu Wentian feared, while Tan Pang and Yin Tiger struggled to hold him off inside the furnace.

• Lu Wentian unleashed lightning and fought the group, but Yin Tiger swallowed a Great Dao Divine Strength Pill and briefly matched his strength.
• Lu Wentian summoned the Phoenix Fire Furnace and trapped Ren Ye, Tan Pang, and Yin Tiger inside, where he attacked them with Li Gate flames.
• Ren Ye fought Lu Wentian with his sword but was wounded, then realized their attacks only made Lu Wentian stronger under the Heavenly Dao’s authority.
• Ren Ye noticed a glowing badge on Lu Wentian’s robe and asked Tan Pang to send him outside, leaving Tan Pang and Yin Tiger to keep Lu Wentian occupied.
• Tan Pang used Mirror-House Maze to fill the furnace with reflections while Yin Tiger recovered, and Ren Ye ran outside and recognized what lay beyond the hall entrance.

Ren Ye found the jacket, badge, and Medicine Collection Writ that let him strip Lu Wentian of his powers and command his obedience. After Ren Ye confronted Lu Wentian in the Main Hall, the Star Gate announced that all three players had passed the Longevity Temple trial.

• Ren Ye inferred that the black sedan held a clue and found it being washed by a Taoist boy in the Wisdom Academy courtyard.
• Unable to enter the upstairs gathering, Ren Ye searched the sedan and learned from the Taoist boy that he needed to bring pills and wait in the car for the person collecting them.
• Ren Ye received the Medicine Collection Writ, discovered an authoritative jacket and badge hidden in the car, and put on the jacket.
• Lu Wentian cornered the wounded Yin Tiger and Tan Pang in the Main Hall as Ren Ye arrived wearing the jacket and badge.
• Ren Ye used the items' authority to slap Lu Wentian, suppress his mystical powers, and force him to submit as his dog.
• The Star Gate announced that Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and Tan Pang had passed the Longevity Temple trial.

Ren Ye, Tan Pang, and Yin Tiger survived the Longevity Temple trial, and Ren Ye received the Phoenix Fire Furnace as the MVP reward. After leaving the Star Gate, the three discussed their futures and friendship before returning to the villa, where Ren Ye offered the others safe passage for 800,000.

• The Star Gate awarded Ren Ye, Tan Pang, and Yin Tiger coins, pills, and the Puppet-Slaying Blade and Chaos Gu, while naming Ren Ye MVP and granting him the Phoenix Fire Furnace.
• Ren Ye inspected the furnace in his Consciousness Space and considered collecting mystical flames and giving it to Ai Fei for pill refining.
• Tan Pang shared recovery pills, and the three recovered before taking the rewards and leaving the Taoist Temple.
• On the way down the mountain, Ren Ye learned Tan Pang was from Blue Star and heard him and Yin Tiger warn of fierce competition and shifting allegiances in the Migration Land.
• Ren Ye invited Tan Pang and Yin Tiger to remain friends and join forces, and they exchanged fist bumps beneath the setting sun.
• At the villa, Xiao Shuai asked if they had found a way out, and Ren Ye offered a worry-free night for 800,000.

After Ren Ye and his companions confirmed they had found a way to escape the Secret Chamber, the survivors thanked them and gathered to share their clues about Pan Lianrong and Song Mingzhe. Ren Ye then used a Scratch-Off Ticket and received a Low-Profile Card that could hide part of his Gold Coin holdings from the rankings.

• Ren Ye let Tan Pang announce that their group had found a way out, and the other survivors gratefully praised Ren Ye, Tan Pang, and Yin Tiger.
• Tan Pang recounted their investigation and credited Ren Ye as the MVP, while Yin Tiger confirmed that Ren Ye had played the leading role.
• Old Cadre shared that Pan Lianrong had worked in the Ministry of Works Fire-Consumption Room, where she met Song Mingzhe, and that Song later married her after confirming her pregnancy was his.
• Tan Pang proposed that everyone set up the Magic Treasures targeting Song Mingzhe before eight and enter their rooms together that night, and the group agreed.
• Ren Ye reviewed the clues about Pan Lianrong, then spent eight Gold Coins on a Scratch-Off Ticket and received a Low-Profile Card that could hide twenty percent of his Gold Coins in the rankings for eight days.

Ren Ye and the others prepared the villa to kill Song Mingzhe, then heard a scream and found blood after the night passed. The group discovered that one Player was missing, and Yin Tiger traced the blood smell to the Kan Room, where they found the woman’s memorial portrait between candles.

• Ren Ye spent eight Gold Coins on another scratch-off ticket, received a useless message, and stopped himself from gambling further.
• Tan Pang led a water-toast celebration, and the group planned to use the Chaos Gu Poison and Puppet-Slaying Blade against Song Mingzhe.
• The Players sealed off the first floor, planted the Puppet-Slaying Blade in the ceiling, and lit the Chaos Gu Poison at 20:25 before returning to their rooms.
• At 20:30, the Star Gate announced the Gold Coin rankings, placing Mountain Eagle and Qingshan first and second and Sandbag third.
• Ren Ye heard a scream and a crash during the night, then slept beneath the Human Emperor Sword after concluding the trap had worked.
• At six the next morning, the group found blood on the floor and realized someone was missing; Yin Tiger led them to the Kan Room, where they found the woman’s memorial portrait between two white candles.

After the woman was killed in the Kan Room despite the group’s trap, Ren Ye realized they had misunderstood Song Mingzhe’s weaknesses, and suspicion tore the players apart. Brother Hong then hinted that he had obtained a utility item that might reveal someone was using the Secret Chamber’s rules to kill.

• Ren Ye inspected the woman’s body and found the same grisly signs as Xiao Yuan’s death, along with seventy gold coins and Pan Lianrong’s Autobiography fragments.
• Xiao Shuai accused Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and Tan Pang of hiding clues, and he and Yin Tiger nearly fought until Tan Pang intervened.
• Ren Ye concluded Song Mingzhe may have anticipated Lu Wentian’s plan and found a way to counter the Magic Treasures, leaving the group with no clear defense against further deaths.
• Old Cadre, Xiao Shuai, Yin Tiger, and Tan Pang left to investigate separately as distrust spread through the group.
• Brother Hong asked Ren Ye whether the three had told everyone everything, then revealed that he had obtained a utility item.

Ren Ye rejected the idea of secretly using the Secret Chamber’s rules to kill his rivals and chose to search the villa while Brother Hong went out. During his investigation, he found a dead mouse and fresh scratches near a mouse hole, then suddenly turned toward the stairs.

• Brother Hong told Ren Ye about his Fortune Divination Stick and warned that anyone might be using an item to manipulate events and kill through others.
• Ren Ye said he trusted his companions from the Taoist Temple, though they had kept their individual item rewards private, and argued that competition did not require underhanded killings.
• Brother Hong left to take his chances outside, while Ren Ye stayed behind to search the villa.
• Ren Ye considered whether he would use the Secret Chamber’s rules to eliminate rivals and decided he would not, then began inspecting the first floor while imagining Song Mingzhe’s perspective.
• Ren Ye found a dead mouse beside a mouse hole and detected a faint Star Source Fluctuation inside its body.
• Ren Ye spotted three fresh finger scratches above the hole and abruptly turned toward the stairs.

Ren Ye and Tan Pang investigated Song Mingzhe’s habits and concluded that he might have kept materials related to his murders at work or in a secret hideaway. They decided to question an Enforcement Team member to learn where Song Mingzhe worked or whether he owned another house.

• Ren Ye searched the eight rooms for a pattern in the bloodstains but found none, then Tan Pang returned with lunch.
• Ren Ye and Tan Pang went to the backyard to inspect the animals, but the animals fled before they could catch any.
• Ren Ye imagined Song Mingzhe’s daily routine and argued that the ritual of killing was a private pleasure he anticipated throughout the day.
• Ren Ye and Tan Pang reasoned that Song Mingzhe might have kept murder-related materials at his workplace or in a secret house.
• Tan Pang realized the Enforcement Team’s investigation might reveal Song Mingzhe’s workplace or hideaway, and he and Ren Ye set out to confront an Enforcement Team member.

Ren Ye and Tan Pang abducted Little Moon and his two companions to learn about Song Mingzhe’s case, then traveled to the former Ministry of Works dormitory. With Ren Ye wanted and unable to approach the guards safely, Tan Pang disguised himself as Little Moon and marched into the guardhouse.

• Ren Ye and Tan Pang abducted Little Moon from his car using Mirror-distortion and the Phoenix Fire Furnace, then captured the driver and attendant.
• Ren Ye and Tan Pang fought Little Moon inside the furnace, defeated him, and learned that Song Mingzhe had returned to room 805 on Changfeng Street after work.
• Ren Ye and Tan Pang drove to the former Ministry of Works dormitory and found it guarded by Enforcement Team members.
• Ren Ye revealed that he was wanted, so Tan Pang decided to approach the guards alone.
• Tan Pang wore Little Moon’s clothes and badge, kicked open the guardhouse door, and demanded to know who was in charge.

Tan Pang and Ren Ye bluffed their way into Song Mingzhe's dormitory building and found evidence that Song Mingzhe had prepared death rituals for victims trapped in the Secret Chamber. Ren Ye discovered a diary describing a killing on September 8, the day the Players entered the gate, and realized the sleeping victim might have been one of them.

• Tan Pang posed as a grieving investigator, struck the guardhouse officer, and persuaded the guards to raise the barrier.
• Ren Ye and Tan Pang drove into the Main Building, where a notice warned that the Enforcement Team was gathering information about them.
• Ren Ye opened Room 805 and activated a replay of Song Mingzhe's dormitory, then searched the desk while Tan Pang examined the sleeping area.
• Tan Pang found ritual supplies and a photo album showing hundreds of people who had died in the Secret Chamber without external injuries.
• Ren Ye found Song Mingzhe's diary, which described killing a sleeping Third Tier Player in the Kan Room on September 8, and realized the victim could have been one of the Players.

Ren Ye examined Song Mingzhe’s diary and developed a plan to test his suspicions, while Tan Pang was forced to travel to Enforcement Team Headquarters under tight supervision. On the way, Tan Pang learned that Headquarters was searching for two people who had abducted a Little Lingguan, and Handsome Baldy realized Tan Pang was one of them.

• Ren Ye read Song Mingzhe’s diary, found the next page blank, and concluded that Song Mingzhe’s choice of the Kan Room was tied to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.
• The Star Gate ended Ren Ye’s investigation time, so he left the Main Building intending to search the rooms again and test a suspicious person that night.
• Handsome Baldy and other Enforcers escorted Tan Pang toward Headquarters, while Tan Pang searched for a chance to escape.
• A superior ordered the traveling Enforcers to stay together because two people had abducted a Little Lingguan and might be hiding among them.
• Handsome Baldy realized that Tan Pang was one of the two people the superior had described.

Tan Pang killed three Enforcers but was surrounded by a vast force and nearly overwhelmed while trying to escape. Ren Ye arrived at the last moment, rescued him, and demonstrated that he had kept his promise to protect his customer.

• Tan Pang killed the three men in the enforcement vehicle, but enforcement spirit beasts detected the blood and led Enforcers to him.
• Tan Pang tried to bluff his way out, then fled and fought hundreds of Enforcers with his antique mirror and Dragon Fang Dagger.
• Enforcement Team headquarters dispatched fifteen Star-Moon Grand Spirit Officers, and Tan Pang feared Ren Ye had abandoned him.
• A brigade captain used a Soul Box to attack Tan Pang, but Tan Pang's mirror restored his clarity.
• Ren Ye burst into the battle, cut down Tan Pang's attackers, killed the brigade captain, and used Forced Recruitment to loot his Star Source and a book.

Ren Ye and Tan Pang fought their way through Baldhead Headquarters before escaping with Ground-Shrinking Talismans while the Grand Spirit Officers tracked them. Ren Ye used the Night Walker as a decoy and fled with Tan Pang hidden in the Phoenix Fire Furnace, leaving the pursuers facing the Night Walker.

• Ren Ye joined Tan Pang in battle against more than a thousand Supernatural Ability Users as fifteen Grand Spirit Officers approached.
• Xiao Shuai, Old Cadre, Yin Tiger, and Brother Hong noticed the assault on headquarters, and Yin Tiger and Brother Hong headed toward the battlefield.
• Ren Ye intimidated the nearby Enforcers with the Human Emperor Sword, then used Ground-Shrinking Talismans to escape with Tan Pang as the Grand Spirit Officers arrived.
• Ren Ye repeatedly teleported with Tan Pang while Enforcers tracked their scent, then hid Tan Pang inside the Alchemical Furnace and summoned the Night Walker as a decoy.
• Ren Ye escaped with the Phoenix Fire Furnace while the Night Walker, wearing a urine-stained robe, drew the Grand Spirit Officer's attention and declared himself the height of heaven.

The Villa Squad caused chaos across Fulai County Town to distract the Enforcers while Ren Ye tried to extract his teammates, and the Night Walker fought off fifteen spirit officials before escaping. After reuniting in the mountains, Ren Ye suddenly realized he knew the code to solve the Secret Chamber.

• The Night Walker endured a fifteen-on-one assault by the Great Spirit Official and the other spirit officials, then escaped through a manhole after tricking them into thinking he was dead.
• Yin Tiger, Brother Hong, Old Cadre, and Xiao Shuai attacked Enforcers in different parts of Fulai County Town, spreading the impression that the town was surrounded.
• Ren Ye summoned Tan Pang from the Alchemical Furnace, retrieved Yin Tiger, and ordered Xiao Shuai, Old Cadre, and Brother Hong to retreat while the central fight continued.
• The Enforcers failed to coordinate their response as the Villa Squad members drew pursuing baldheads away from their escape routes.
• In the green mountains, Ren Ye suddenly declared that he knew the code to solve the Secret Chamber and accused someone of toying with everyone.

Ren Ye explained how the woman used an Item and her sleep-inducing ability to avoid the first night's Secret Chamber death by making Xiao Yuan take her place. He then left the room-swapping details unresolved as he prepared to identify the person involved in the other killing.

• Ren Ye finished searching the Kun Room and asked Old Cadre about the woman's Mystical Ability, learning that she could use poison and a flute to put people to sleep.
• Ren Ye confirmed that someone had used the Heavenly Dao's rules to kill and separated the deaths into two connected but independent stories.
• Ren Ye reasoned that the woman had received an Item predicting that someone would die in the Kan Room, and that she had switched rooms to escape the danger.
• Ren Ye cited the poisoned rat, the woman's sleep-inducing ability, and the prey's inability to wake as evidence that she had arranged for Xiao Yuan to be killed in her place.
• Ren Ye argued that Xiao Yuan was chosen because the team's dislike of him made his death less likely to be questioned.

Ren Ye explained the woman’s murder of Xiao Yuan, then revealed that the Secret Chamber’s killings followed the almanac’s baleful direction: the Kan Room was due north on two consecutive days. With the group’s deaths prevented by understanding the rule, Ren Ye proposed inheriting the fallen comrades’ gold coins and Autobiography Fragments.

• Ren Ye led everyone to inspect the rat hole and claw marks, convincing them of his account of how the woman killed Xiao Yuan and tried to evade detection.
• Ren Ye mapped the rooms to the Eight Trigrams and explained that the zodiac heads represented animals used to imprison victims’ souls, not the killings’ underlying rule.
• Ren Ye connected the murders to the almanac’s baleful northern direction and showed that the Kan Room had been inauspicious on both September 8 and September 9.
• The group realized the almanac had revealed the danger from the start, and Ren Ye explained how the woman’s actions led her to die in the Kan Room on the second day.
• After everyone praised Ren Ye for solving the killings, he proposed inheriting the gold coins and Autobiography Fragments of their two fallen comrades.

Ren Ye agreed to take three Autobiography Fragments and half the gold coins from Xiao Yuan and the woman, while the others argued over the remaining spoils. He then warned Xiao Shuai that the east was inauspicious and told him to sleep outside his Zhen room, leaving the group to see whether the plan worked by morning.

• Ren Ye’s proposal to inherit the deceased players’ estate prompted the group to debate how the fragments and gold should be divided.
• Tan Pang proposed that Ren Ye take half the estate, and Ren Ye chose one Pan Lianrong fragment, two Song An fragments, and half the gold coins, to be given to him the next morning.
• The others argued over the remaining estate, with Brother Hong demanding Star Source and Tan Pang suggesting they buy him out.
• At 8:20 p.m., Ren Ye read the almanac and warned Xiao Shuai that the east was inauspicious, telling him to leave his Zhen room and sleep elsewhere.

Ren Ye and the others investigated a noise in the villa’s dark corridor and found Song Mingzhe’s German shepherd escaping through the back door. After Xiao Shuai survived the night in the Dui Room, the group learned they had solved the Secret Chamber and began planning their next investigations and alliances.

• Tan Pang, Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and the others left the hall to investigate a thud and footsteps downstairs before the rooms locked for the night.
• The group found a German shepherd gnawing meat by the back door; it fled into the weeds, and they hurried back to their rooms.
• Ren Ye reviewed the gold coin rankings and his autobiography fragments, then decided to investigate Song Mingzhe’s death or origins if everyone survived the night.
• At six in the morning, Ren Ye and the others discovered Xiao Shuai had overslept but was alive in the Dui Room.
• The Star Gate announced that the group had solved the Secret Chamber, explaining Song Mingzhe had entered the empty Zhen Character Room and chosen not to kill anyone.
• Xiao Shuai praised Ren Ye and asked to work with him, and Ren Ye warned him that his price was high.

After the group agreed to compete fairly and separately, Xiao Shuai approached Ren Ye with an alliance proposal, offering to share Autobiography Fragments in exchange for help placing in the top three. Ren Ye initially rejected his offer, but reconsidered when he learned Xiao Shuai would pay three hundred thousand Star Source per day.

• Ren Ye claimed his share of the inheritance, bound three gold coins to himself, and kept the remaining thirty-seven in reserve.
• Tan Pang, Old Cadre, Xiao Shuai, Yin Tiger, Brother Hong, and Ren Ye agreed to voluntary teams and fair competition without underhanded attacks.
• Xiao Shuai apologized to Ren Ye for his earlier suspicions and proposed an alliance to exchange Autobiography Fragments and pursue a top-three finish.
• Ren Ye demanded payment for protecting Xiao Shuai and walked away after hearing an offer of three hundred thousand Star Source.
• Xiao Shuai clarified that he meant three hundred thousand Star Source per day, and Ren Ye returned to negotiate.

Ren Ye investigated Song Mingzhe’s family and discovered that their new address, Tiangong Building, was the site of a dangerous multiplayer quest that required at least five participants. He returned to the villa with a new Autobiography Fragment, where Xiao Shuai’s unusually attentive efforts to befriend him puzzled the others.

• Xiao Shuai gave Ren Ye three hundred thousand Star Source to show his sincerity and proposed trading Song Mingzhe’s Autobiography Fragment for Ren Ye’s fragment of Pan Lianrong.
• Ren Ye followed clues about Song Mingzhe’s family to Tiangong Building, where he activated the SSS+ multiplayer quest “Home,” which required at least five participants and could only be triggered before ten in the morning.
• Ren Ye copied down the quest information and left Tiangong Building, then completed a small quest and obtained Autobiography Fragment 12.
• Xiao Shuai returned to the villa with twelve dishes and booze for Ren Ye, leaving Tan Pang and the others baffled by his sudden devotion.

Ren Ye told the group about the SSS+ task at the Tiangong Building, and all six agreed to explore it together. They reached the ruins before ten, triggered the task, and vanished as eerie cries filled their ears.

• Xiao Shuai apologized to the group for his earlier argument, and they accepted his apology.
• Ren Ye revealed that the Tiangong Building required at least five participants, and the group agreed to explore it together the next morning.
• Ren Ye found the second-floor lights out before bedtime but stayed in his room; in the morning, the group discovered that a bulb had burned out.
• The six arrived at the Tiangong Building before ten and received the task instructions, including a warning that the Star Gate involved role-playing.
• Tan Pang led the group in sensing the Heavenly Dao, and all six vanished as ghostly cries sounded around them.

Ren Ye woke inside the Tiangong Building Star Gate with a wife, a covert Fire Talisman investigation, and a timed mission to prepare a celebration before she came home. He guessed that it was her birthday, made her happy, and gained five Tiangong points, while other players prepared to meet their respective bosses.

• Ren Ye discovered a wedding photo showing himself married to a beautiful woman and received instructions to investigate the stolen Blazing Sun Tiangong Fire without drawing attention.
• Ren Ye learned he had half an hour to prepare a celebration for his wife, with failure potentially trapping him at home and ending his mission.
• Ren Ye searched the apartment for clues, found intimate items and a note about ordering crab, then spotted a bakery brochure and deduced what special occasion to celebrate.
• Yin Tiger questioned the clothes Pan Lianrong had sent him before changing, while Tan Pang, Old Cadre, and Brother Hong prepared to meet their bosses.
• Ren Ye greeted his returning wife by telling her it was her birthday and claiming he had learned a cooking trick; she embraced him happily, earning him five Tiangong points.

Ren Ye celebrated his wife’s birthday, but lighting the candles revealed her burned, rotting form and triggered a deadly attack that ended when the Human Emperor Sword extinguished the flames. After finding a way to let her make a wish without fire, Ren Ye learned that the Fire Talisman’s disappearance was linked to a break-in at the Inner Treasury and set out to investigate.

• Ren Ye prepared a birthday dinner and gave his wife an antique hairpin, earning Heavenly Craft Points for her affection.
• When Ren Ye lit the cake candles, his wife transformed into a burned corpse, attacked him, and nearly strangled him until the Human Emperor Sword drove her back and destroyed the flames.
• Ren Ye replaced the candles with glow sticks, allowing his wife to make a wish for them to have a warm home and someone waiting for them.
• His wife told Ren Ye that the Fire Talisman had gone missing after someone broke into the Inner Treasury, three treasury keepers had been killed, their bodies were missing, and Old Yan had disappeared.
• Ren Ye hugged his wife goodbye, left their home at address 1109, and called his team for help.