Pirate Kingship - Chapter 823 - 504: The Mastermind, Bone Cathedral

The Night Has Come, and kermesinus moon ascends in the sky.Hoarse whispers flow at the street corners, and brass steam machines spew out bloody mist.Your brain is singing a hymn, eyes are chanting a melody.Skin cracks, and flesh buds swell.Amidst the Mist, the wall of flesh that has devoured thousands of corpses wails endlessly—“Weep not, our players don't bite, they just want to play with you.”Annan, the lone strategist, the top player, the savior of the mist-covered continent, the leader of the Thirteen Saints, the friend of the Twelve True Gods, the king of pioneers, “the Just”, the Gatekeeper of the Fourth Calamity, the uncrowned deity, advised kindly.

He doesn’t have a name, a face, or a place in the story—except to guide others to their “happy endings.” For thousands of loops, he’s endured heartbreak, despair, and the crushing reset of the world every time something goes wrong. He’s memorized every line, every trigger, every rule: no deaths, no interference, no breaking the script.But Loop 1,204 feels different. The world isn’t punishing him for stepping off the path. Suddenly, he can change things—rewrite relationships, alter destinies, maybe even reclaim his own existence. But with freedom comes uncertainty, and the looming threat of the loop snapping shut once more.Can he finally break the cycle and find his own ending, or will the world reset around him one last, merciless time?

[You have signed in!][Lucky spin in effect!][You have obtained (Immortal Body)!]---Rion was a teenage boy who, unfortunately, had never seen the world beyond his own.Born with a weak body and a mind too great for it, never allowed a single moment of peace; he always dreamt of the outside world, of the great nature.His doctor had told him that he would be going out soon... but he didn't think he meant he would be outside like this.Rion had died that day, only to be reincarnated in a tribe of Warriors. But this time his life would be different as he was accompanied by his cheats. Rion had decided to live a simple life—[Ding!][You have signed in at The Spring of Youth!][You have obtained the passive skill (Minor Heal)!][Ding!][Lucky Spin is in effect!][Congratulations! You have obtained 100x reward!][You have obtained the passive skill (Immortal Body)!]—Until he obtained Immortality.He had never cared about the rewards he obtained from his sign-in system and lucky spin; he was happy with anything—everything, but... Now he could travel the world without fearing what he feared the most—death. He had gained Immortality, after all.____Stakes would be low. Mostly Slice of Life with tidbits of action and drama.

Chi Yan had always had a weak constitution, and ghosts had always tried to kill him. He had tried many ways to change his situation, but it was all futile.

Coincidentally, Third Master Ye of Shiming City passed away, and a priest informed Chi Yan that Third Master Ye possessed the “look of demon,” Carrying a bit of this man’s ashes and installing an altar for him at home could help control the evil spirits around Chi Yan.

Left with no choice, Chi Yan took a gamble. Amazingly, it worked. However he didn’t expect that he’d be instead be haunted by the most persistent ghost of them all.

Obsessed with love, undying resentment, possessed by evil.

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