How to Play

Making Choices

Each turn, the AI presents you with 2-4 action choices. Your selection determines what happens next in the story. There are no "wrong" choices — every path leads to unique narratives.

Writing Your Own Actions

You're not limited to the offered choices. Type any action in your own words and the AI will weave it into the story. Free-text actions are priced fairly by how significant a move they are (see Chapter Pacing below).

🎲 Dice of Fate (天命骰)

Not sure what to do? Click the Dice of Fate button beside Send. The game rolls a wild — but still canon — action for you and plays it out. The result is decided server-side: the heavens choose, and you live with it.

Chapter Pacing (本章气数)

Each chapter has a pacing budget shown as 本章气数. Bold, time-skipping actions (e.g. 闭关三个月 — "seclude for three months") spend more of the budget and push the story forward; small beats spend less. When a chapter's 气数 runs out, the story advances with a transition scene — keeping your run moving instead of stalling.

Game Modes

  • Reforge (改命模式) — play as the canonical protagonist and defy fate. The game tracks your deviation (偏离度) from the original novel and scores the run when it ends.
  • Challenge (挑战模式) — an original character with permadeath, pursuing a goal of your own.

Character Stats

Your character has attributes that change based on your decisions:

  • Spirit Power (魂力) — your martial arts cultivation level
  • HP — health points
  • Reputation — how NPCs perceive you
  • Inventory — items you've collected
  • Deviation (偏离度) — in Reforge mode, how far your story has strayed from the original

Stats influence available choices and story outcomes.

Ink Drops (墨滴)

Each successful turn costs 2 ink drops; the opening of every story is free, and new accounts get a welcome grant. 墨滴 never expire. Refill on the Pricing page when you run low — and if you run out mid-story, a paywall lets you top up and continue immediately.

Saving & Loading

  • Click the floppy disk icon in the game header to save
  • Your progress is automatically saved after each turn
  • Load previous saves from the game selection screen

Leaderboard & Run Cards

  • The Reforge Board (改命榜) is not open yet. Once launched, eligible runs will be ranked under the rules displayed on the board at that time.
  • When a run ends, you get a shareable artifact card summarizing turns survived, deviation, and score.

Token Usage

Each AI response consumes tokens (a measure of AI processing). You can:

  • View current session usage via the chart icon in the game header
  • Check historical usage on the Usage page (accessible from the main header)

Tokens are tracked per session. Higher complexity responses may use more tokens.