[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-foolish-game-of-the-gods":3,"chapter-foolish-game-of-the-gods-foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-405":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Foolish Game of the Gods",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},579376,829,"Chapter 405: The Second Sun That Rose on the Rooftop","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-405",405,"\u003Cp>\"Hu... Hu Xuan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi stared up at the colossal sun overhead, momentarily at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon he noticed something strange: this newborn sun could be looked at directly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite blazing as fiercely as the real sun, its light didn't sear the eyes. The surrounding temperature hadn't even changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunlight that fell on him carried no heat at all. Compared to a real sun, it was more like a colossal phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cheng Shi continued staring directly into it, a hazy figure gradually coalesced from the churning heat haze at the sun's center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One glance and he recognized her — Hu Xuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't seen each other in ages, yet she looked the same as ever. A deep-V black halter dress hugged her alluring figure, snapping Cheng Shi's memory back to that first encounter in Far Dusk Town!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Hu Xuan materialized, she smiled warmly and extended her hand toward Cheng Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi shuddered and instinctively stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his familiar rejection, Hu Xuan laughed lightly and shook her head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Funny. Everyone else is terrified of Zhen Yi but not of me. Only you, Cheng Shi — you're not afraid of Zhen Yi, yet you're afraid of me alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're the one who brought me to this height. So why won't you walk further alongside me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi forced a stiff smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don't need to hold hands. Walking side by side gets us just as far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides — you said the whistle has nothing to do with luck. So speak plainly. I'd rather not let anyone see a second sun on my rooftop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry. They can't see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi frowned, suddenly realizing his assumption had been wrong. The Night Curtain Spring Whistle wasn't a physical summon — it had induced a hallucination?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hallucinations were Void's domain. How could a Birth artifact produce this effect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Xuan read his confusion and patiently explained with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the birth of life is called Birth, then why can't the birth of an illusion be as well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single sentence set Cheng Shi's brain ringing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly understood: Birth's authority wasn't limited to Life. Birth was no \"pushover\" whose domain everyone else could poach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly a player in the war among gods. While other deities — led by Truth — were seizing His authority, He was seizing theirs right back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that \"theirs,\" from the looks of it, appeared to be... Void?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hold on, sis — why does this feel like you stole my family's chickens, sold them, and came back to give me a dividend?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi's heart lurched. He wondered whether Deceit and Birth had struck yet another deal beyond mortal comprehension — one that allowed Birth to appropriate Deceit's domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, given what he knew about the Fun God, His authority shouldn't be so easy to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Xuan had no idea Cheng Shi's imagination ran this wild. She simply assumed the miracle of \"birthing illusions\" had dazzled him. She quickly broke the silence with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't waste your time. I do have something for you. Just moments before you called, I'd finished an audience with Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said He'd recovered another child. But this child is still trapped somewhere and can't escape. So He entrusted the child's belongings to me for safekeeping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A child?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait — hold on!\" Cheng Shi's pupils shrank. He cut in before she could finish: \"What child?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A child like me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi's eyes flew wide. Disbelief flooded his voice: \"An Envoy of Birth?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Xuan nodded. \"Yes. His Envoy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" Cheng Shi's chest tightened. Instinct told him this child was connected to himself. But what he'd encountered was a Corruption Envoy — how could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A name suddenly flashed through his mind. And the instant he thought of that name, cold sweat broke out across his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood frozen for a long moment, then stammered: \"That child — no, that Envoy — who is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Xuan's expression turned solemn. After all, as someone who hadn't yet become an Envoy herself, this person was a genuine Envoy of Birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sin Brood Mother — Go Lis. My Lord's first child, and His rod of discipline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WHO?!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi was stupefied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He confirmed he'd heard correctly. He confirmed he'd guessed correctly. Birth's Envoy was indeed Turadin's mother, Go Lis!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it made sense. She was, after all, the relentless woman who'd tirelessly remodeled herself to get closer to Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in history, Birth had accepted her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if He'd accepted her, why had He \"lost\" this child?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi was perplexed. He quickly organized his thoughts and voiced the question. But Hu Xuan's answer left him standing there, completely stupefied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Sin Brood Mother's situation is special. Because she isn't only my Lord's Envoy. She's also...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corruption's Envoy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What did you just say?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the wide-eyed Cheng Shi could squeeze the stunned \"holy shit\" from his throat, Hu Xuan continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her other identity is Corruption's Envoy — the Gate of Joyous Lust, Aph Ros!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Of course it's him!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No — it had to be him!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When every single thread pointed to something being wrong, the most wrong one was the truth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're saying Go Lis and Aph Ros... are the same person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Xuan was slightly surprised by his reaction, but she nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could say that. But they're the same... deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounds like you know of them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No — you've met them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You called me because of Go Lis?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi emerged from the depths of his shock, smiled bitterly, and nodded: \"Yes. But actually — because of Aph Ros.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How can Aph Ros be Go Lis?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doubt had barely formed when brilliance flashed in Cheng Shi's eyes. He had the answer in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting aside how she'd become her own mother in history's grand narrative, within the trial he himself had experienced, she'd clearly had the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that opportunity was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Oathbreaker Old Hunter, Scorpio, had exiled the newborn Aph Ros into the historical past. And from this vantage, that infant had likely — through some twist of fate — become the original Go Lis!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the story of Dolgod was far more abstract and insane than anything he'd witnessed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turadin gave birth to herself. Then she mated with her future self to create a new version of herself, who was sent back in time to become the original version of herself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From start to finish — Go Lis, Turadin, Aph Ros...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd all been the same person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1097,"2026-05-30T16:17:59.408Z","2026-06-01T04:31:40.442Z",1,"novelbin.me","2f99434db6b5d0fb91e9a01f10033dc4059ec9af7496bef6876a1427c3ef67d4","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-406","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-404",1463,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffoolish-game-of-the-gods-cover.jpg"]