Chapter Summaries

Lu Mi shattered the mirror and received a vision revealing what happened during his first Dungeon Instance and how 2044 had become involved in his life. The vision ended with 1044 proposing to use Lu Mi to resolve a crisis, while 2044 remained silent beside the injured boy.

• Lu Mi realized that Fanfan and Qiu Bufan had exchanged roles, then smashed the mirror and caught a key among the shards.
• The Mirror Spirit thanked Lu Mi and showed him a memory of Ghost Mom's house during his first Dungeon Instance.
• The elderly woman walked toward the deadly singing, and the tabby cat Lu Mi transformed into a boy too late to save her.
• Lu Mi watched the memory with Roman as the scene froze and Administrators 1044 and 2044 arrived.
• 1044 accused 2044 of letting an unqualified person enter the game, then suggested using Lu Mi to get them out of trouble.

Lu Mi and Roman escaped the dungeon’s final scene, but a hidden tunnel separated them. At its center, Lu Mi discovered a stele revealing Roman’s tragic past and the curse that kept him from confessing his feelings, just as a cloaked figure called his name.

• 1044 arranged for Lu Mi to replace the old woman, while 2044 asked for Lu Mi’s memories to be deleted so they could meet again from the beginning.
• Lu Mi grieved over Grandma and cut his hand on a mirror shard; Roman comforted him and bandaged the wound.
• Lu Mi found a rune-covered tunnel beyond Room 1004, but Roman could not enter, so Lu Mi went ahead alone.
• Lu Mi reached a spiral altar and read the dungeon stories carved on its steles, including the tale of Jian Di and the instance called “Five Thousand Vortices.”
• At the central stele, Lu Mi read that Roman had been cursed after refusing the Spring Water Fairy and had been burned by villagers before he could become a guardian deity.
• Lu Mi sank to his knees in shock as a cloaked figure crouched beside him and called his name.

Lu Mi and Roman escaped the dungeon and reunited with Shen Yiwen, while Lu Mi confessed his feelings and Roman returned them without breaking his taboo. Lu Mi learned that his points exceeded 1,000, making him eligible to leave the game, but he postponed choosing because he still had an unfinished task.

• Lu Mi confessed his love to Roman and told him he could express both their feelings, while Roman could not speak without violating his taboo.
• Roman used a mirror shard to open an exit, and he and Lu Mi returned to the Public Rest Area, where they reunited with Shen Yiwen.
• Cheng Cheng and Zhong Zixian emerged with a captured ghost, then embraced Shen Yiwen; Lu Mi noticed 2044 watching from the crowd.
• 2044 announced that Lu Mi had surpassed 1,000 points and offered him the choices of returning to the real world, entering a tailored Utopia, or giving up his player status.
• Lu Mi said he needed time to decide because he still had an unfinished task, and 2044 told him to visit the Central Control Building when he chose.

Lu Mi and his friends matched all thirty keys to the Formation Diagram and waited for the dungeon exits to open, but the keys did not react. Roman led Lu Mi aside and pressed him for what he had said before, prompting Lu Mi to realize Roman wanted to kiss him and worry that revealing his face would destroy his soul.

• Xuanxuan brought Lu Mi twenty-nine keys, and Lu Mi supplied the thirtieth key he had taken from the mirror.
• Lu Mi, Xuanxuan, and their friends entered Wonderful Dream, where they matched the keys to the Formation Diagram and used Cheng Cheng’s captured ghost to provide the final key.
• When the Formation Diagram failed to react, Shen Yiwen suggested waiting for a dungeon exit to open, and the group stayed overnight at Farewell Kiss.
• Cheng Cheng started a late-night singalong, and Shen Yiwen ended it by whacking everyone with a pillow before ordering them to sleep.
• Roman led Lu Mi to another private room and pinned him against the door, and Lu Mi realized Roman wanted to kiss him but feared that removing his mask would destroy his soul.

Lu Mi and Roman shared an intimate moment before Roman disappeared with the key and Formation Diagram, leaving Lu Mi to suspect he planned to sacrifice himself. After learning Roman might have a pure soul, Lu Mi rushed to find him as Roman began a mysterious ritual in the Public Rest Area.

• Roman covered Lu Mi’s eyes, let him feel his face, and kissed him; Lu Mi comforted Roman by acknowledging the suffering in his past.
• Lu Mi and Roman returned to their friends, and Lu Mi fell asleep with his head on Roman’s lap.
• Roman vanished the next morning with the key and Formation Diagram, prompting Lu Mi and his friends to worry about his intentions.
• The little ghost revealed that Roman resembled the Lord of Evil and had a pure heart, so Lu Mi, Zhong Zixian, and Shen Yiwen set out to find him.
• Cheng Cheng opened the bottle and stabbed the little ghost with a Peachwood Sword, saying he lacked a pure soul.
• Roman stood in the Public Rest Area beside a glowing parchment and raised a dagger, but stopped when Lu Mi transformed into a tabby cat and ran toward him.

Roman prepared to sacrifice himself to repair the Heart of Hell, while Lu Mi faced the choice of entering Utopia or returning to the real world. After Roman revealed his face and confessed he was dying for love, Lu Mi entered Utopia as a tabby cat, leaving Roman behind.

• Lu Mi stopped Roman from using the dagger, but Roman insisted that losing Lu Mi would be like dying and began to reveal his story’s title.
• The Lord of Evil appeared, praised Roman’s plan to sacrifice himself, and promised to release everyone; 2044 offered Lu Mi the choice of Utopia or the real world.
• Roman chose Utopia for Lu Mi and sent him through its entrance to be with Grandma before he could return to the real world.
• Lu Mi turned back, kissed Roman after seeing his face, and heard him say he was sacrificing himself for love.
• Lu Mi entered Utopia as a tabby cat and walked toward Grandma’s farmhouse courtyard.