Chapter Summaries

Ren Suo explored a sightseeing outing in the game, where Maid Xiao Suo learned the local language and Young Master Mu drew a misfortune fortune slip that worsened his mood. Ren Suo began reloading to seek a better result, then left to help an injured cat while Qiao Muyi stayed home and reflected on her newly formed Flame Dance imprint.

• Ren Suo found that resting at home made Maid Xiao Suo learn martial arts while lowering Young Master Mu's mood, so he reloaded and chose to go sightseeing instead.
• Ren Suo used Xiao Suo's Secret Diary to discover that choosing the farthest temple would trigger a language lesson, and Maid Xiao Suo learned beginner Ying Country language during the carriage ride.
• At the temple, Young Master Mu drew a Great Misfortune fortune slip, which changed his mood from Quite Pleased to Depressed.
• Ren Suo used Xiao Suo's Secret Diary to make Maid Xiao Suo try to steer Young Master Mu away from the fortune slips, but he still drew Misfortune, so Ren Suo began reloading for a better result.
• Ren Suo stopped playing when Black Bell led him to an injured friend, while Qiao Muyi stayed home with an orange cat and considered the power and cost of her Flame Dance imprint.

Ren Suo guided Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo through sightseeing and a nighttime investigation, discovering that paying Merit Points unlocked a conversation that eased Young Master Mu’s guilt. After the battle at the river, the story shifted to Ren Suo’s real-life dinner with Bai Ji, Zhao Huo, and Xiao Jiu, where Bai Ji proposed a winter trip to Flourishing Sakura and Ren Suo tried to postpone deciding.

• Young Master Mu drew Great Luck, purifying 10,000 tainted resentments, and Ren Suo discovered he could alter Maid Xiao Suo’s diary to remove a conversation that lowered Young Master Mu’s mood.
• Ren Suo spent 5 Merit Points to unlock Maid Xiao Suo’s reassurance that she had willingly fled with Young Master Mu, helping him let go of guilt and purify 35,000 tainted resentments.
• During a nighttime investigation at the river, Young Master Mu rescued a drowning girl while Maid Xiao Suo fought and defeated five Water Ghosts on the bank.
• Ren Suo agreed to have dinner with Bai Ji and Xiao Jiu after Zhao Huo picked them up, and Zhao Huo asked Bai Ji to consider his leave request for Winter Comiket.
• Bai Ji invited Ren Suo and Xiao Jiu to travel to Flourishing Sakura after Xiao Jiu’s final exams, but Ren Suo avoided committing to the trip.

Ren Suo played through Young Master Mu’s escape, uncovered clues about the Demon Lord’s death, and learned that the mastermind could turn the world’s resentment against him. After an attempted intervention triggered a disastrous ending, Ren Suo reloaded and continued the game while also giving the Seeker of the Way three sets of clothes.

• Maid Xiao Suo and Young Master Mu rescued a young woman, who described how a supposedly ferocious villain had fought bravely against the Soul Hall Warriors before dying.
• Young Master Mu followed traces of the villain’s blood and raised his clue progress, while the young woman’s account suggested the Water Ghost was connected to the death.
• After a peaceful second day, Young Master Mu’s resentment surged and left him unable to act; Ren Suo read Maid Xiao Suo’s diary and learned that her sect’s seniors could intervene.
• Ren Suo reloaded and had Maid Xiao Suo ask the seniors to act, but the mastermind exposed Young Master Mu as the Demon Lord, causing his resentment to explode and leading to the ending The Whole Board Collapses.
• Ren Suo learned that the seniors could save people but not openly protect Young Master Mu, then reloaded again as Maid Xiao Suo and Young Master Mu began another peaceful day.
• Ren Suo summoned the Seeker of the Way and gave her three outfits that he had prepared and ironed.

Ren Suo guided Young Master Mu through the third day of his escape, avoiding a disastrous encounter and helping him regain his confidence through Maid Xiao Suo’s advice. Young Master Mu found a witness with crucial information on Central Street, while Ren Suo realized that his reloads were creating the protagonist’s apparent good fortune.

• Ren Suo discovered that clue progress had unlocked Spider Web Traces, revealing six broad areas where Young Master Mu might find important clues.
• Young Master Mu learned from a Soul Hall Warrior that the Soul Hall was hunting him; after Ren Suo reloaded and tried to capture the warrior, hidden sentries exposed him and the attempt ended in a bad ending.
• Ren Suo reloaded and used Xiao Suo’s Secret Diary and repeated playthroughs to help Maid Xiao Suo reassure Young Master Mu, restoring his confidence and purifying 20,000 resentments.
• Ren Suo sent Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo to Central Street, where they met a girl whose account of her murdered friends raised clue progress to 30.8%.
• Young Master Mu’s successful sightseeing improved his mood and purified 30,000 resentments, and Ren Suo realized that his reloads were effectively creating Young Master Mu’s protagonist halo.

Ren Suo joined Xiao Jiu, Ren Xingmei, and their friends for a day at the Amusement Park, where a Halloween stunt turned into a violent attack. Bai Ji pursued the Skeleton Man while Ren Suo stayed behind to help the wounded, though the green mark on his finger hinted he might become involved.

• Ren Suo went to the Amusement Park with Xiao Jiu, Ren Xingmei, Zhao Huo, Sun Shu, Bai Ji, Gu Yueyan, and Lin Xianyu, and they rode attractions and watched a show.
• The group entered the Alien Spaceship and later gathered to watch the Halloween parade's explosive-car performance.
• The Skeleton Man lifted a burning car and hurled it at the crowd, but Bai Ji raised an ice wall that deflected it into an amusement facility.
• The Skeleton Man attacked tourists as they fled, and Bai Ji chased him while telling Ren Suo and Zhao Huo to tend to the wounded.
• Ren Suo stayed behind with Xiao Jiu, touched the green mark on his left ring finger, and hoped Bai Ji could handle the murderer.

Ren Suo joined Bai Ji in stopping Skeleton Man’s attack at the amusement park, while Zhao Zili healed the injured visitors. The crowd calmed down and blamed the park for the attack, as Bai Ji pursued the culprit and the chapter ended with a woman cursing whoever had ordered him to act.

• Bai Ji stopped Skeleton Man’s burning car with an ice wall, then pursued him as he injured visitors while escaping.
• Ren Suo summoned Zhao Zili, who used the Three Gods Gun to heal the wounded and calm the crowd with sacred music.
• Ren Suo and his companions treated visitors, reunited a frightened girl named Niuniu with her parents, and started a free clinic.
• The visitors demanded compensation from the amusement park, and its manager said Skeleton Man had been a normal employee who might have been ordered to attack.
• Zhao Huo told the crowd that Bai Ji was pursuing Skeleton Man, reassuring them that the culprit would be caught.
• A woman cursed Skeleton Man and whoever had ordered him to attack, saying that even if it did not help, she would curse them anyway.

Bai Ji defeated a criminal who had tried to harm civilians, but the man killed himself after revealing that a Demon King had given him a new life. Ren Suo discovered that the criminal’s power might be a Killing Spell, while the Countermeasures Bureau secretly tested Bai Ji and explained that Killing Spells could pass to whoever killed their users.

• Bai Ji trapped the bald man with ice, but the man broke free and revealed that he had acted to please the Demon King who gave him a new life.
• The bald man realized he could not defeat Bai Ji and killed himself, leaving Bai Ji and the arriving Countermeasures Bureau personnel to investigate the scene.
• Ren Suo returned home and resumed the game, where a wanted notice revealed that whoever killed Young Master Mu could inherit his demonic arts.
• The Countermeasures Bureau tested Bai Ji’s blood after he killed three roosters and found no sign that the criminal’s Awakened Spell had passed to him.
• Yu Kuangtu told Bai Ji that some Killing Spells grew stronger by harming living beings and passed to whoever killed their users, then ordered him to keep the information secret.

Ren Suo guided Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo through the sixth day of their escape, helping Mu recover from despair and evade the Soul Hall Warriors by taking a slow route out of Edo. The pair reached High Mountain Missile, where Xiao Suo chose to stay with Mu despite the danger, while an unseen mastermind continued causing disasters.

• Ren Suo spent 11 Merit Points to choose a response that lifted Young Master Mu’s spirits and purified 8,000 tainted resentments.
• Young Master Mu thanked Ling Yin and left Edo with Maid Xiao Suo, then revealed their next destination was the Hida Mountains and made their clue progress jump to 54.9%.
• Ren Suo discovered that every fast route out of Edo triggered an ambush, while Maid Xiao Suo’s veil helped them avoid recognition and the slow route let them escape.
• Ren Suo spent five Merit Points to have Maid Xiao Suo’s senior sect members intervene against another impending disaster, though she worried they might eventually stop helping.
• At High Mountain Missile, Young Master Mu returned Maid Xiao Suo’s veil and urged her to seek a peaceful life, but she said she would rather jump off the cliff with him.

Ren Suo pushed Young Master Mu through a mountain search that ended in a disastrous battle with the Six Major Sects, then picked Xiao Jiu up from school and ran into Qiao Muyi while speaking with Su Jinxuan. The chapter left Young Master Mu’s escape unresolved and revealed that Su Jinxuan had started chatting with Bai Ji.

• Maid Xiao Suo called on her sect senior to ward off another disaster, then warned Young Master Mu that Soul Hall and the Six Major Sects were searching the inns.
• Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo entered the mountains, and Ren Suo learned to track patrols and enemy appearances through Search Mode.
• Young Master Mu fought through several patrols, but his resentment and fury grew as he battled toward the destination.
• A golden attack nearly killed Young Master Mu, and he charged back into the allied forces before the game gave Ren Suo the ending “Demon Lord Executed.”
• Ren Suo picked Xiao Jiu up from school and spoke with Su Jinxuan, who asked to add him on QQ.
• Qiao Muyi interrupted them and took Xiao Jiu away, while Su Jinxuan decided to focus on chatting with Bai Ji instead.

Ren Suo met Qiao Muyi while she was on duty near Little Jiu’s school, and their teasing turned into a brief moment of comfort after she admitted she was in a bad mood. Qiao Muyi thanked Ren Suo and returned to her team, where she reread the amusement park investigation report, still troubled by the Demon King Believers.

• Ren Suo found Qiao Muyi buying Little Jiu an ice cream and learned that the Countermeasures Bureau had assigned her team to watch near Heavenly Lotus Academy.
• Qiao Muyi asked Ren Suo about Dong Chengling’s secluded cultivation and the amusement park case, but Ren Suo denied knowing anything about the stolen restaurant ingredients.
• Qiao Muyi congratulated Ren Suo on reaching the third rank, then admitted she was in a bad mood when he sensed something was wrong.
• Ren Suo suggested Qiao Muyi pinch Little Jiu’s cheeks to cheer herself up, but Qiao Muyi pinched Ren Suo’s cheeks instead and told Little Jiu to help people with their own resources.
• Qiao Muyi thanked Ren Suo before returning to her team, where she reread the report on the Lianjiang Amusement Park Intentional Injury Case and worried over the Demon King Believers.

Ren Suo guided Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo through the Six Major Sects’ patrols to reach a mountain clearing, where Young Master Mu uncovered evidence about his mysterious enemy. Surrounded by the sects, the pair tried to escape, but both cliff-jumping attempts ended in death.

• Ren Suo devised a route that used successive distress signals to draw patrols away, allowing Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo to reach the destination without killing anyone.
• Young Master Mu used Demon Eye Piercing the Heavens to see a giant rock creature destroyed and identified its attacker as the enemy of the demonic path, raising the clue progress to 84.9%.
• The Six Major Sects surrounded Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo, and Ren Suo’s first attempt to fight through the encirclement ended with both characters dead.
• Ren Suo repeatedly reloaded and found a route uphill, but Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo became trapped at a cliff with the pursuing warriors close behind.
• Maid Xiao Suo vanished after Young Master Mu told her to return with him, leaving him to face the Six Major Sects alone and triggering the Powerless ending.
• After reloading, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo jumped from the cliff together, but they hit rocks, lost consciousness, rolled down the cliff, and died.

Ren Suo repeatedly reloaded the cliff escape until Maid Xiao Suo safely brought Young Master Mu to the river, then the game reported that the Demon Lord had purified all his resentment after an unexplained event that night. The chapter left Ren Suo wondering what happened between Xiao Suo and Young Master Mu and what Mu had tried to say during their escape.

• Ren Suo spent repeated reloads studying Xiao Suo's Secret Diary as Maid Xiao Suo and Young Master Mu died in different ways during their cliff jumps.
• Maid Xiao Suo adjusted their route and posture to avoid deadly rocks, protect Young Master Mu, and evade attacks from the Six Major Sects.
• On the 256th attempt, Maid Xiao Suo and Young Master Mu survived the fall and reached the river below the mountain.
• Young Master Mu spoke three times during the escape, but the wind drowned out his words before he could finish.
• After the pair escaped into the forest, the game said the Demon Lord had recovered completely and purified all his resentment because of what happened that night.
• Ren Suo found only a blushing message in Xiao Suo's Secret Diary and wondered what had happened and what Young Master Mu had meant to say.

Ren Suo learned the fourth-cycle healing spell Myriad Flows Return and fused it with four other healing abilities and Gauze Garment to create and engrave a powerful healing-and-defense rune. After testing its healing and protective effects, he reaffirmed his preference for staying away from danger.

• Ren Suo teased Yu Kuangtu over the phone before learning that his application for Myriad Flows Return had been approved, though Yu Kuangtu required two lengthy reports.
• Ren Suo bought Myriad Flows Return, struggled to cast the fourth-cycle spell, and used it to restore a broken spoon while discovering its ability to heal injuries and suppress disease.
• Ren Suo fused Myriad Flows Return, Pain Relief Therapy, Surgical Thread, Touch of Healing, and Gauze Garment into a Healing Defense Engraving Rune.
• Ren Suo engraved the rune and gained powerful healing abilities, the ability to restore stamina and spiritual energy, and improved Garment defenses.
• Ren Suo tested his enhanced Gauze Garment by letting himself fall, found that it prevented pain and replenished its protection automatically, and resolved to stay out of danger.

Ren Suo guided Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo to the final clue, where Sanctuary Warrior Captain Zheng Yi revealed himself as the mastermind behind the crimes committed in the Demon Lord’s name. Zheng Yi destroyed their last witness and overpowered Young Master Mu, leaving Maid Xiao Suo poised to join the fight.

• Maid Xiao Suo spent her final chance to summon her senior sect members and avert a huge disaster, leaving her and Young Master Mu to find the last clue alone.
• Ren Suo guided Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo through a safe route to a mountain cabin, where they confronted a long-haired murderer who believed Young Master Mu was the Demon Lord.
• The long-haired man began explaining that he had killed 139 travelers on the Demon Lord’s orders, but he exploded before he could reveal more.
• Sanctuary Warrior Captain Zheng Yi appeared, admitted that he had been cultivating evildoers and framing Young Master Mu, and destroyed the final witness.
• Young Master Mu faced Zheng Yi in battle and used the Demon Lord Disintegration Great Art, but Zheng Yi’s strength overwhelmed him and depleted his health and purified resentment.
• Ren Suo opened Xiao Suo’s Secret Diary and found Maid Xiao Suo’s note that she would help Young Master Mu defeat Zheng Yi.

Ren Suo repeatedly fought Sanctuary Warrior Captain Zheng Yi, using Xiao Suo's Secret Diary to uncover the boss's attacks and find a way past his unavoidable final strike. In the final battle, Maid Xiao Suo sacrificed herself to save Young Master Mu, who defeated Zheng Yi and completed the mission.

• Maid Xiao Suo joined Young Master Mu against Sanctuary Warrior Captain Zheng Yi, and both died before Ren Suo improved her equipment and abilities.
• Ren Suo repeatedly reloaded the battle as Maid Xiao Suo recorded Zheng Yi's attack patterns, helping the pair survive his first and second states.
• Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo broke Zheng Yi's Sacred Light Armor, but he escaped and triggered an ending in which Young Master Mu became the Demon Lord.
• Ren Suo and Maid Xiao Suo prevented Zheng Yi from escaping in his third state, but his fatal final strike killed Young Master Mu and could not be dodged.
• Xiao Suo's Secret Diary revealed that Young Master Mu could not evade Zheng Yi's last attack, so Maid Xiao Suo teleported in front of him and took the fatal blow.
• Sanctuary Warrior Captain Zheng Yi died, Maid Xiao Suo burned to ash, and Young Master Mu survived to win the mission.

Ren Suo repeatedly tested ways to save Maid Xiao Suo from Sanctuary Warrior Captain Zheng Yi’s Fatal Light, but concluded the game had designed her to die protecting Young Master Mu. After Gu Yueyan comforted him and urged him to do his best, Ren Suo accepted that he could not save Xiao Suo.

• Lin Xianyu tried to persuade Gu Yueyan to join her for a midnight snack before spending her money on Double Eleven shopping.
• Gu Yueyan met Ren Suo at the dining hall, noticed he was troubled, and listened as he explained that an NPC in his game had died.
• Gu Yueyan told Ren Suo that if he had done his best, he could blame the game’s world instead of hating himself.
• Ren Suo replayed the boss battle and determined that Fatal Light could only kill Young Master Mu, but Maid Xiao Suo had to intercept it to protect him.
• Ren Suo concluded that Maid Xiao Suo was doomed to die and let go of his hope of saving her.

Ren Suo followed reports of Sources of Calamity and the public response to You Jian while Xiao Jiu cleared a game with Ren Xingmei’s help. That night, Ren Suo replayed the 1,204th boss battle in Inverted World, watched Maid Xiao Suo perish again, and uploaded his game evaluation with a day left before the deadline.

• Ren Suo read about the Sand King’s defeat by You Jian and considered how the Great Wall used You Jian’s public image to build trust in Transcendents.
• Ren Suo reviewed reports of other countries’ Transcendents defeating Sources of Calamity, including Bright Leopold’s growing fame in the Federation.
• Xiao Jiu defeated the final boss with Ren Xingmei’s guidance but was unhappy that both summoned NPCs had died, so she restarted and fought without helpers.
• Ren Xingmei left, and Ren Suo put Xiao Jiu to bed before opening the Little World Game Console and loading Inverted World.
• Ren Suo watched Maid Xiao Suo die in the 1,204th boss battle, accepted that he could not save her, and uploaded the game evaluation.

Ren Suo uploaded his Inverted World result, earning Merit Points and the Annihilation Authority, which he could not yet use because he lacked the required cultivation. Meanwhile, Bright returned to Watcher headquarters with a captured criminal, whom he identified as one of the Demon King's subordinates.

• Ren Suo uploaded his Great Merit rating, received 450 Merit Points and several rewards, and saw the game interface change to show a ruined landscape.
• Ren Suo inspected the Annihilation Authority and learned that it could erase a dead target from time and causality but required Seventh Cycle cultivation to activate.
• At Watcher headquarters, Viktor tried to get closer to Fina, who maintained a careful distance while discussing her prophecies.
• Bright returned to headquarters carrying a coffin and told Fina that he had captured an important criminal alive.
• Bright revealed that the captive was one of the Demon King's subordinates and asked Fina to use her power to obtain information that could save the world.

Dong Chengling emerged from seclusion after reaching the Fourth Cycle and demonstrated her new Mind Power to Ren Suo and Xiao Jiu. After breakfast, Ren Suo took Xiao Jiu to school, where Zhao Huo announced his Third Cycle breakthrough, and the group agreed to celebrate Dong Chengling’s advancement that evening.

• Dong Chengling visited Ren Suo’s home, revealed she had reached the Fourth Cycle, and explained how Mind Power enhanced teleportation, spellcasting, and pressure.
• Dong Chengling released her Fourth Cycle pressure, frightening Ren Suo and Xiao Jiu, then refused to let Xiao Jiu use her Aura Coordinate to teleport to school.
• Bai Ji arrived after sensing Dong Chengling’s breakthrough, congratulated her, and joined the group for breakfast.
• Ren Suo and Xiao Jiu left the Dormitory Building, where Zhao Huo announced that he had reached the Third Cycle and then abandoned his planned challenge to Ren Suo.
• Ren Suo, Bai Ji, and Zhao Huo agreed to celebrate Dong Chengling’s advancement, and she said she would cook dinner after registering at the Countermeasures Bureau.

You Jian defeated a Sea Serpent Water Monster on the Bund, then learned that the Federation had captured a Demon King Believer alive. He was told he would join an international meeting and might be tasked with confronting the Sipana Demon King.

• You Jian arrived at the Bund and slew the Sea Serpent Water Monster, ending its attack on the riverbank.
• Boundless Monk told You Jian that he had restrained a Demon King Believer in Fengxian District, but the believer had killed himself after murdering at least thirty people.
• You Jian learned that the Bund attack had left at least fifty dead and a hundred injured, and that Demon King Believers and Sources of Calamity had caused at least five-figure deaths nationwide.
• Boundless Monk told You Jian that the Federation had captured a Demon King Believer alive and would host a midnight meeting with six major Transcendent organizations.
• You Jian realized Mister Chuan likely intended for him to lead a crusade against the Sipana Demon King and agreed to attend the meeting.