Recaps

Lin Jie waited for the gunman who had killed him before, but the expected shooting never happened, and he went home believing that small changes had altered events. As he entered his house, someone pressed a gun to the back of his head.

• Lin Jie waited in a secluded spot for the gunman, while Chen Li took Xia Qu on a shortcut after an explosion blocked their road.
• Chen Li's taxi narrowly avoided an ambulance, then lost control and plunged into a lake with Xia Qu inside.
• The gunman never appeared at Lin Jie's expected location, so Lin Jie concluded that changes to the past may have caused a butterfly effect.
• Lin Jie drove home without incident and wondered whether his previous death and the strange game had been real.
• A hidden person pressed a gun to the back of Lin Jie's head as he entered his home.

Lin Jie’s sister took a bullet meant for him, and he killed the gunman after learning they were both Realm of the Dead players. Believing Lin Zhi was dead and that his own death was unavoidable, Lin Jie shot himself at midnight and woke up before Fox again.

• A gunman held Lin Jie at gunpoint and claimed that Lin Jie had killed him in a past that had not happened yet.
• Lin Zhi took the bullet meant for Lin Jie, and Lin Jie beat the gunman and shot him dead.
• The gunman told Lin Jie that Lin Zhi had an obsession with living and might return from the Realm of the Dead, while insisting that Lin Jie was destined to die.
• Lin Jie sat between Lin Zhi and the gunman’s bodies for hours, then pressed the pistol to his temple and pulled the trigger as midnight struck.
• Lin Jie opened his eyes in the Realm of the Dead and saw Fox welcoming him back with a surprise.

Lin Jie learned that clearing games only earned limited lifespan and refused Fox’s offer until he discovered that his sister Lin Zhi had joined a green-rated game. He entered the game and found Chen Li, Xia Qu, and Lin Zhi among the players, ending with Lin Zhi recognizing him as her brother.

• Lin Jie confronted Fox, who admitted that returning to life was not guaranteed and that players could earn more lifespan by surviving harder games.
• Lin Jie refused Fox’s offer to join a green-rated game, insisting that he wanted to find his sister and return to life permanently.
• Fox revealed that Lin Zhi had arrived in the Realm of the Dead and agreed to join the green-rated game, so Lin Jie accepted the invitation.
• Lin Jie entered the game room, where White Rabbit welcomed him and introduced the other five players.
• Lin Jie recognized Chen Li and Xia Qu among the players, then saw Lin Zhi, who called him her big brother and rushed toward him.

Lin Jie reunited with his sister Lin Zhi and joined five other players for a Green-rated game called the Human-Ghost Game. White Rabbit explained that one hidden Little Ghost had to make all six players throw matching talismans into a bonfire within nine rounds, but a player interrupted to point out a loophole.

• Lin Zhi hugged Lin Jie and told him how frightened she had been after waking in the strange place.
• White Rabbit introduced the players and revealed that Lin Jie was the rookie king who had killed an Administrator.
• Lin Jie, Zhao Tian, Yu Ze, Chen Li, Xia Qu, and Lin Zhi introduced themselves, while Lin Jie wondered why Chen Li and Xia Qu seemed not to remember their previous game.
• White Rabbit explained that the six players would secretly be assigned to the Human or Little Ghost faction and would each throw a colored talisman into the bonfire during nine rounds.
• White Rabbit said the Little Ghost won by completing a ritual with six matching talismans, while the Humans won by preventing it, but a player interrupted to call the rules flawed.

White Rabbit explained the open talisman ritual and its rewards, while Yu Ze argued that the rules made it nearly impossible for the imp to win. After the players drew roles, Lin Jie discovered that he had drawn the imp card, leaving him opposed to his sister, who appeared to be human.

• Yu Ze challenged the game rules, and White Rabbit punished him for interrupting before explaining the wildcard talismans and victory conditions.
• Lin Jie reasoned that the humans had a strong advantage and hoped to draw a human role alongside Lin Zhi.
• Chen Li, Xia Qu, the two veterans, and Lin Zhi each drew a role card, with Lin Zhi appearing relieved by hers.
• Lin Jie drew the final card and discovered that he was the imp.

Lin Jie claimed he had a strategy that would let every human earn the maximum reward and double lifespan while preventing the summoning ritual. After the others disputed who should cast the necessary red and blue talismans, Lin Jie began to explain his plan.

• Lin Zhi realized Lin Jie had drawn Little Ghost, and he hid his identity while she offered to help him.
• Chen Li and Zhao Tian argued over whether the players should coordinate their talisman choices or vote at random.
• Lin Jie proposed casting one red, one blue, and four multicolored talismans to block the ritual while maximizing the group’s prize money.
• Zhao Tian pointed out that only the players casting multicolored talismans would earn money, prompting the others to fight over those slots.
• Lin Zhi silenced the argument and defended her brother, and Lin Jie promised he could still secure double rewards for every human.

Lin Jie proposed a rotating plan for the six people to submit red and blue talismans, prevent the summoning ritual, and share the maximum prize money and doubled lifespan reward. After the group accepted the plan, Zhao Tian questioned who would submit first, and suggested Lin Jie go first.

• Lin Jie explained that two people would submit red and blue talismans each round while the others submitted multicolored talismans, with the red-and-blue duty rotating among the group.
• Lin Jie said that after nine rounds, everyone would have earned six million yuan, thwarted the summoning ritual, and qualified for the doubled lifespan reward.
• Chen Li, Zhao Tian, Xia Qu, and Yu Ze praised Lin Jie's plan and accepted it, while Lin Zhi worried because she believed her brother was the imp.
• Zhao Tian asked why the imp would cooperate, and Lin Jie argued that anyone who disobeyed the plan would be exposed as the imp and killed.
• Zhao Tian raised the question of the submission order and suggested that Lin Jie submit his talisman first.

Lin Jie led the players through a ritual strategy that appeared to guarantee a human victory, while secretly following the little ghost’s plan. After six rounds passed without incident, he revealed his identity as the little ghost in the seventh round.

• Zhao Tian proposed the talisman order, but Lin Jie accepted going first and changed the order so Zhao Tian went before Yu Ze.
• Lin Jie and Lin Zhi placed blue and red talisman papers in the first round, and the other players used multicolored papers, causing the summoning to fail.
• Xia Qu and Chen Li, then Zhao Tian and Yu Ze, placed the red and blue papers in the next two rounds, while the remaining players used multicolored papers.
• The players repeated the alternating ritual through six rounds, earning prize money and believing Lin Jie’s plan would secure a human victory.
• In the seventh round, Lin Jie put a multicolored talisman paper into the fire instead of the blue one and announced that he was the little ghost.

Lin Jie revealed he was the little ghost and proposed the All-Member Coexistence Plan, offering to split his prize money so every human could become an accomplice and survive. Xia Qu accepted the plan, while Chen Li hesitated over a red talisman after realizing he might be the one to die.

• Lin Jie revealed himself as the little ghost, and Lin Zhi cast a multicolored talisman and blocked the fire before anyone else could vote.
• Lin Jie explained that everyone could cast multicolored talismans, share his prize money, and survive by becoming accomplices.
• Lin Zhi cleared the path to the fire, and Xia Qu accepted the Coexistence Plan by casting a multicolored talisman.
• Chen Li rejected Lin Jie's offer and picked up a red talisman, but hesitated when he realized casting it could make him the one who died.

Chen Li chose the multicolored talisman paper while insisting he still supported Humanity's Complete Victory Plan, leaving Zhao Tian torn between safety and resisting Lin Jie. Yu Ze urged Zhao Tian to keep fighting for a human victory, and Zhao Tian was close to asking him one more question.

• Chen Li realized Lin Jie's Coexistence Plan pressured everyone to choose multicolored talisman paper and saw that refusing could leave him to die alone.
• Chen Li put in the multicolored talisman paper, claimed he was still following Humanity's Complete Victory Plan, and told the remaining players to use red and blue.
• Zhao Tian weighed the safety and prize money of Lin Jie's plan against the risks and lower rewards of resisting it.
• Yu Ze stopped Zhao Tian from putting in multicolored talisman paper and insisted they fight for a human victory.
• Yu Ze argued that the humans who resisted Lin Jie were the true heroes, and Zhao Tian began to ask him one more thing.

Yu Ze revealed that he had secretly planned to kill Zhao Tian and threw in the final multicolored talisman paper, completing the ritual. As the game ended, White Rabbit named Lin Jie its sole winner.

• Zhao Tian followed Yu Ze's advice and threw a blue talisman paper into the fire.
• Yu Ze revealed that he had killed Zhao Tian's family in the real world and had been pretending to be his friend to kill him again.
• Yu Ze threw in a multicolored talisman paper, fulfilling the matching-color condition and completing the ritual.
• Yu Ze questioned Lin Jie about switching the order, and Lin Jie said they had both achieved their goals.
• The fire erupted in brilliant multicolored light, and White Rabbit announced Lin Jie as the game's sole winner.

Lin Jie won the Human-Ghost Game after the devil was resurrected, but learned that he could not share his lifespan with Lin Zhi. Fox offered him a way to bring his sister back by becoming an Administrator, and Lin Jie accepted.

• The devil emerged from the fire, opened a black rift, and vanished after sharing a strange look with Lin Jie.
• White Rabbit killed Zhao Tian and announced Lin Jie as the sole winner, exempting Lin Zhi, Xia Qu, Chen Li, and Yu Ze from the death penalty.
• Yu Ze thanked Lin Jie for helping him achieve his goal, left his share of the prize money to the others, and departed.
• Fox awarded Lin Jie two weeks of lifespan and ten million yuan, but explained that lifespan could not be shared.
• Lin Jie gave Xia Qu and Chen Li his contact information and asked Fox how Lin Zhi could earn lifespan quickly.
• Fox offered Lin Jie the chance to become an Administrator who could allocate lifespan, and Lin Jie accepted.

Lin Jie chose a stag mask to become an Administrator, but an explosion interrupted the initiation and Fox fled from the attacking Resistance Army. Lin Jie and Lin Zhi emerged into a wasteland where a white-armored army was freeing people from the death-game houses, and its bearded general offered to save them.

• Fox admitted that the masks represented the Administrators and invited Lin Jie to choose one.
• Lin Jie selected a stag mask despite Lin Zhi's warning, and Fox awakened it with an incantation.
• An explosion destroyed the Mask Corridor before Lin Jie could put on the mask, and Fox identified the approaching attackers as the Resistance Army before escaping through a portal.
• Lin Jie rescued Lin Zhi from the rubble, and they discovered the corridor was one of many houses where people had been forced to play death games.
• The white-armored army defeated the animal-headed Administrators and began evacuating the people from the houses.
• The bearded general approached Lin Jie and Lin Zhi and offered to save them.

Lin Jie and his sister joined a truck carrying Xia Qu and Chen Li, who explained that the Realm of Life was a Resistance Army opposing the Administrators. Zhou Yun revealed that the group had specifically rescued Lin Jie based on the Oracle’s predictions, leaving Lin Jie asking who the Oracle was.

• Lin Jie and his sister boarded a Resistance Army truck and reunited with Xia Qu and Chen Li.
• Xia Qu told Lin Jie that the Realm of Life opposed the Administrators and aimed to help people return to reality.
• Zhou Yun introduced himself as a general of the Realm of Life and said their leader had ordered him to rescue Lin Jie.
• Zhou Yun claimed that lifespan rewards and returns to reality were lies, and that Lin Jie’s apparent return had been an Illusion.
• Zhou Yun explained that the Realm of Life had attacked the Administrators’ death-game sites to rescue newcomers and had also targeted Lin Jie.
• Zhou Yun said the Oracle had predicted Lin Jie’s arrival and choices, and Lin Jie asked who the Oracle was.

Zhou Yun explained that Oracles could predict the future and that the Realm of Life had one, while Lin Jie learned rings could be removed safely by their owners. Lin Jie concealed his black ring with Zhao Tian’s green one, then discovered that Lin Zhi’s memories of their past differed sharply from his own.

• Zhou Yun told Lin Jie that Oracles had the Prophecy Mutation, were extremely rare, and had given a vague answer about whether the Realm of Life would escape the Realm of the Dead.
• Lin Jie learned that a ring could be taken off safely as long as its owner kept it, and realized another person taking it away was what caused death.
• Zhou Yun said black rings did not exist, so Lin Jie secretly switched his black ring for Zhao Tian’s green ring and showed Zhou Yun the green one.
• Lin Jie told Lin Zhi to keep his black ring secret, then asked whether she remembered how she had come to this world.
• Lin Zhi said a stranger had shot her while she was home alone and that Lin Jie had been missing for a day, contradicting Lin Jie’s memory that he had been there and she had taken a bullet for him.

Lin Jie and Lin Zhi’s convoy was ambushed, and the surviving soldiers were surrounded by purple-armored attackers demanding Lin Jie. As the soldiers disguised Lin Jie and Lin Zhi and refused to betray him, Lin Jie finally revealed himself by shooting the one-eyed captain in the hand.

• Lin Jie learned from Lin Zhi that he had never returned home, then suspected that the scenes he remembered were illusions created by Fox.
• The convoy was attacked and overturned, and Zhou Yun pushed Lin Jie and Lin Zhi out before the truck exploded.
• A one-eyed captain surrounded the survivors with purple-armored troops and demanded that they hand over Lin Jie.
• Zhou Yun disguised Lin Jie and Lin Zhi in soldiers’ uniforms and shielded them as the captain searched the group.
• The soldiers refused to identify Lin Jie and each claimed to be him, even as the captain threatened to kill them.
• Lin Jie stepped onto a distant rock and shot the one-eyed captain through the hand.

Lin Jie confronted One-Eyed Dragon and his men, who had subdued the Realm of Life's soldiers and planned to take Lin Jie alive while killing the others. When Lin Jie refused to abandon the soldiers, he revealed the true color of his ring, leaving everyone shocked.

• One-Eyed Dragon bragged about his blue-ring speed Mutation and dodged Lin Jie's bullets while challenging him to shoot.
• Zhou Yun caught One-Eyed Dragon off guard with a punch, but the purple-armored soldiers overwhelmed him and the Realm of Life's soldiers.
• Lin Jie tried to attack One-Eyed Dragon, but he dodged, and the enemy forces surrounded Lin Jie and subdued the others.
• One-Eyed Dragon said Lin Jie would be taken alive while the Realm of Life's soldiers would be killed, and Lin Jie refused to go unless they were spared.
• Lin Jie summoned black smoke, raised his left hand, and revealed that his ring was not green, shocking One-Eyed Dragon and the others.

Lin Jie used Canglang’s purple ring to bluff One-Eyed Dragon’s forces, but when they attacked, a black ring triggered a terrifying Mutation that summoned werewolves. As the sky displayed a Divine Revelation, One-Eyed Dragon realized Lin Jie had activated a God Tier Mutation and was not human.

• Lin Jie showed One-Eyed Dragon’s army Canglang’s purple ring and pretended it was his own to frighten them into retreating.
• One-Eyed Dragon guessed that Lin Jie had taken Canglang’s ring, but chose to attack because his boss would punish the army if they returned without Lin Jie.
• Lin Jie tried to trigger Canglang’s Mutation, but the black ring in his pocket emitted a black arc that knocked the charging soldiers away and summoned a giant werewolf.
• Lin Jie’s black mist formed countless werewolves, which tore through One-Eyed Dragon’s forces and caught him despite his Divine Speed Mutation.
• One-Eyed Dragon recognized that Lin Jie’s power exceeded Canglang’s purple Mutation, while a blood-red symbol appeared in the darkened sky as Divine Revelation.

After Lin Jie unleashed a God Tier Mutation and annihilated One-Eyed Dragon’s army, the soldiers of the Realm of Life hailed him as their savior. Zhou Yun brought Lin Jie and the others to the Realm of Life, where he arranged for the refugees and took Lin Jie to meet the leader.

• Lin Jie’s black mist killed One-Eyed Dragon and every purple-armored soldier, then vanished as Lin Jie returned to normal.
• The soldiers of the Realm of Life knelt and called Lin Jie their savior, and Zhou Yun explained that Lin Jie had activated a God Tier Mutation tied to Divine Revelation.
• Lin Jie learned that the Oracle had foretold the arrival of a human god who would lead people out of the Realm of the Dead, and Zhou Yun said the Oracle would explain more in person.
• Zhou Yun led the group to the Realm of Life, where Feng Qiu took charge of arranging accommodation for the refugees.
• Lin Jie left Lin Zhi with Chen Li and Xia Qu and followed Zhou Yun to meet the leader.

Zhou Yun explained that Yan Sheng founded the Realm of Life to share resources and find a way back to the real world. Lin Jie reunited with Yan Sheng, who revealed that Lin Jie was the world's savior.

• Zhou Yun told Lin Jie that Yan Sheng had rejected the Administrators’ rule and founded the Realm of Life to help everyone return to the real world.
• Zhou Yun reported that the Aurora Church had ambushed their mission, raising his suspicion that someone in the Realm of Life’s leadership had leaked information.
• Lin Jie entered the leader’s office and recognized Yan Sheng, the man who had raised him and his sister.
• Lin Jie told Yan Sheng that Lin Zhi had gone to the refugee apartments and apologized for failing to protect her.
• Yan Sheng promised to get everyone out of the Realm of the Dead and told Lin Jie that he was the world’s savior.

Lin Jie learned that the Oracle of the Realm of Life had called him the savior, and Uncle Yan offered to take him to meet her. Lin Zhi, Xia Qu, and Chen Li received apartment assignments, where Lin Zhi discovered her bloodied brother waiting in her room.

• Uncle Yan told Lin Jie that the Oracle had prophesied he alone would save everyone and offered to take him to meet her.
• Feng Qiu brought the newcomers to the civilian apartments and directed them to collect their room keys.
• The apartment manager recognized Lin Zhi as Lin Jie's younger sister and assigned Lin Zhi and Xia Qu adjacent rooms, with Chen Li nearby.
• Lin Zhi went to room 307 while Xia Qu entered room 308 and Chen Li went to the men's floor.
• Lin Zhi found a figure covered in blood in her room, then recognized him as Lin Jie and asked why he was there.

Lin Zhi reunited with a bloodied figure who looked like Lin Jie, only for him to leave through a window after saying he had missed her. Elsewhere, Lin Jie met the Oracle, Shen Lanxin, who claimed that his future self had told her he was the Deer God.

• Lin Zhi recognized the bloodied, black-clad figure as her brother and hugged him despite sensing that something was different.
• The figure told Lin Zhi he was content to see her again, then jumped out the window and vanished into the night.
• Lin Jie asked Uncle Yan about the Oracle, and Uncle Yan brought him to a cathedral where she slept.
• Shen Lanxin opened the door half-dressed, hurriedly changed, and introduced herself to Lin Jie.
• Shen Lanxin called Lin Jie the Deer God and said his future self had told her so in person.

Lin Jie learned that Lanxin was the Oracle’s apprentice and could channel her deceased teacher’s prophecies through Spirit Mediumship. After hearing that the Oracle had vanished during a forbidden Calamity, Lin Jie concluded she might still be alive.

• Lanxin explained that Lin Jie’s future self was called the Deer God, while Uncle Yan clarified that she was not the Oracle.
• Lanxin revealed that her teacher was the Oracle, who had disappeared during a Calamity, and that Lanxin could channel her spirit through Spirit Mediumship.
• Uncle Yan warned Lin Jie that discussing the Calamity was forbidden because it had taken the Oracle and many others, and those who later challenged it never returned.
• Lanxin said her teacher had shown no signs of activity for a month, and Uncle Yan tried to end the conversation.
• Lin Jie argued that the Oracle might still be alive and that those who challenged the Calamity may have gone to rescue her.

Uncle Yan and Lanxin explained that the Oracle was trapped in the Void Realm, the source of the Administrators’ false realities, and that everyone who had tried to rescue her had died. Lin Jie promised not to enter it, but an unfamiliar elderly woman’s voice insisted that he must.

• Lin Jie confronted Uncle Yan and Lanxin, who confirmed that the Oracle had become trapped in the Void Realm.
• Uncle Yan explained that the Administrators’ promised return to reality was a deception, and that players who won Death Games entered false realities before dying and returning to the Realm of the Dead.
• Uncle Yan revealed that the Oracle had entered the Void Realm to investigate how the Administrators created illusions, and that the rescue attempts had cost nearly half their people.
• Uncle Yan urged Lin Jie to stay away from the Void Realm, and Lin Jie promised he would not enter it because his younger sister depended on him.
• An unfamiliar elderly woman’s voice interrupted Uncle Yan and declared that Lin Jie must enter the Void Realm.

The Oracle briefly took control of Shen Lanxin and told Lin Jie that he must enter the Void Realm to seize one of the gods’ rings and eventually lead the world. After the Oracle returned to Lanxin, Lin Jie left with Uncle Yan to find his younger sister.

• The Oracle appeared through Shen Lanxin and warned Lin Jie that entering the Void Realm and claiming a ring was a necessary trial for him.
• The Oracle prophesied that Lin Jie would become the world’s leader, face the king of the gods, and eventually become a god, while Uncle Yan privately said he did not believe gods existed.
• The Oracle explained that her true self was suffering in the Void Realm and that the realm attacked a person’s heart, then promised to tell Lin Jie more if they met there.
• Lin Jie promised to find and rescue the Oracle in the Void Realm, and she passed control back to Shen Lanxin after asking him to remind Lanxin to study and exercise.
• Lin Jie and Uncle Yan said goodbye to Lanxin and went out to find Lin Jie’s younger sister.