Chapter Summaries

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.