Recaps

Ren Ye survived the Startrace Gate’s Prince Huai storyline, defeated Liu Ling'er’s plot, and returned to his family. As players began selling information about the princess’s tomb, Ren Ye followed his father to meet Old Xu and approached him in disguise.

• Huang Wei brought Ren Ye into the special department, where Ren Ye opened the rare Startrace Gate and agreed to enter after arranging support for his family.
• Ren Ye arrived in Prince Huai’s Residence, uncovered the secret decree and chamber, and learned that he was the Heavenly Pardon-Blessed One sought to preserve Great Qian.
• Ren Ye resisted Liu Ling'er’s attempts to control him, but she entered the secret chamber and brought armed officials to Tranquil Heart Hall.
• Ren Ye captured and killed Liu Ling'er, drove off Old Taoist Xu, and forced the officials to pledge allegiance to Prince Huai before the Star Gate returned him home.
• Ren Ye reunited with his family and recognized that his father’s manuscript closely matched the Star Gate events he had experienced.
• Little War Wolf advertised information about the Eldest Princess’s Tomb, while Huang Wei ordered Xu Peng to investigate and train Ren Ye.
• Ren Ye followed his father to meet Old Xu, summoned the Spring Breeze Wish-Fulfilling Painting, and approached Old Xu in disguise after calling Huang Wei for backup.

Ren Ye pursued the Bell Society after its members targeted his family, while the New Year's Watchers fought to uncover who had hidden Ren Daguo. The arc ended with Yan Duoduo forcing Limp to surrender and ordering Tongren Road secured.

• Ren Ye learned from Xu Ye that Ren Daguo had only revised the historical-transmigration story, then dismissed the manuscript and Qingliang Town links as likely coincidence.
• Mr. He and the Bell Society pursued the Former Dynasty Princess's Tomb clue, murdered witnesses, and targeted Ren Qingning, but a shadow woman killed Fat Dragon and Skinny Monkey before Ren Ye could reach her.
• After Ren Daguo disappeared, Ren Ye traced Li Feng to the same apartment building and joined Huang Wei as the Bell Society attacked, and Huang Wei and the New Year's Watchers fought to stop Ren Daguo from being taken.
• Little War Wolf killed Prisoner Woman and returned Ren Daguo to the stage, while Ren Ye used the Nine-Story Buddhist Pagoda against the Bell Society's fighters and a mysterious shadow challenged Mr. He.
• Ren Ye and Huang Wei learned that the Hunter and an unidentified Soul Body may have concealed Ren Daguo and Editor Xu, while Yan Duoduo returned to Shanghai and prepared a response to the Bell Society.
• Yan Duoduo rejected Zhou's offer to exchange Limp for Mr. He and mobilized New Year's Watchers across Shanghai to arrest Limp and Mastermind.
• Ren Ye led the arrest team to the Roadside Dogs bar as hundreds of Chaos Faction players gathered to defend Limp, and Yan Duoduo sealed Tongren Road with Wordless Steles.
• Yan Duoduo opened his Star Gate and challenged Limp to resist arrest, and Limp surrendered, and Yan Duoduo ordered the Roadside Dogs members taken in for questioning.

Ren Ye gathered Tang Feng and other players, uncovered Li Yan’s maneuvering among the factions, and entered the Princess Tomb. After surviving the inn’s first deadly vote, the players woke in the wilderness with their next challenge ahead.

• Ren Ye met Tang Feng, recruited him as his teammate, and entered the Star Gate with the quest to find the spirit missing from the Nation-Guarding Sword.
• Ren Ye freed Liu Ji Shan from prison to gain information, while Li Yan used the Sow Banquet to gather Court Faction players and Xing Tao’s search exposed the factions to danger.
• At the banquet, Tang Feng’s disguise failed, Li Yan rescued players with Water-Ink World, and Er Leng attacked Guo Caier’s sedan chair before Guo Caier fled wounded.
• Ren Ye learned that Li Yan was the hidden pawn, allied with Xu Qingzhao, and used the Royal Edict to make Tang Feng leave the Court Faction before they entered the tomb.
• At Youjian Inn, Xu Niang made the eleven guests vote for the most popular and most disliked person, and Ren Ye manipulated the votes so Zhang Meixuan was chosen and killed.
• After the first trial, Ren Ye received a bloody hide robe and found a letter about the tomb’s deadly history, then woke with the other players in the wilderness after the inn disappeared.
• Ren Ye proposed that the group travel together by their table numbers, but guest number eleven spat in his face and drew everyone’s attention to their confrontation.

Ren Ye led his allies through Qingliang Mountain’s lethal trials, forged the Prince Huai Faction, and sacrificed himself to open a passage from the sealed chamber. As his companions escaped, Yao Sen watched Ren Daguo outside the New Year’s Watchers’ headquarters and became trapped in the path of a truck.

• Ren Ye fought No. 11 in the dark tomb passage, then reunited with Li Yan, who explained the tomb’s connection to Prince Huai and the dangers facing their faction.
• The players pieced together Princess Anping and Li Mu’s tragic history, including Anping’s battles, Li Mu’s death, and the construction of the tomb.
• On the snow-covered mountain, No. 11 sabotaged Ren Ye’s bridge and attacked Xu Qingzhao, but she fought back with her Dao body before Xu Niang stopped it.
• Ren Ye repaired the bridge, rescued Xu Qingzhao from the cold, and joined her in confronting No. 11 and his allies at the coffin shelters.
• After the first cold-wave trial failed, Ren Ye revealed himself as Prince Huai, recruited Liu Ji Shan, and organized shared coffin rotations that allowed all nine players to survive the next wave.
• The players found a booklet describing an earlier group’s tomb trials, then split into faction chambers where the Star Gate demanded a living sacrifice from each side.
• Xing Tao sacrificed himself in the Court chamber, while Ren Ye entered the blood pool in the Prince Huai chamber, opening a passage despite the Star Gate’s declaration that the final level could not be reached.
• Liu Ji Shan and Tang Feng dragged the despairing Li Yan through the passage as poison spread, while Yao Sen watched Ren Daguo outside headquarters and became trapped in a drain as a truck approached.