Field notes
The first route from the valley to the tower is covered below. Talk to characters along the way and note unopened branches. The developer confirms some side quests open new story paths; individual missable conditions are pending.
Story chapters
Against the Flow — Weeping Creek Valley
This chapter title is confirmed by the onscreen title card. Further chapter boundaries are being checked against the recordings.
Recording index by region
A: 67-part run by 友利奈绪大魔王. B: high-difficulty series by 11的游戏世界 (55 files). Episode references below come from the recording titles; verified gameplay notes are listed separately.
Prologue
A Changed World
A: P1 · B: P1–2
Weeping Creek Valley
Jagged Steel, Peng Meng, Sha-Chi Tower, Hua, the waterfall, Pursuer and Dragon Pillar; see A P57 for the red house return
A: P2–9；57（回收） · B: P3–9
Crimson Forest
Hua Qianxiao, hanging cages, thieves’ camp, Mirror Forest, Bai Chilian and Banyan’s Heart; see A P64 for the tower return
A: P10–18；64（回访） · B: P10–16
Lu Village
Gatekeeper, lakeside bridge, puppet well, covered bridge, thieves’ passage, terraces and puppet testing grounds; see A P21 for the flagged side quest
A: P19–29 · B: P17–28
Pang Town
Market, tavern, pavilion, narrow lanes and warehouses; see A P34 for the branch and P65 for cleanup
A: P30–40；65（扫尾） · B: P29–40；54（杀气塔）
Mandate Encampment
Graveyard, battlefield ruins, three towers, prison and training grounds
A: P41–45 · B: P41–46
Plum Valley Lake
Music hall, east island, river gang, lake pillar, one-eyed archer’s island and White Snake House
A: P46–52；59（回收） · B: P47–53
Cage Mountain
Iron Killer, Bi Feng, Kui Yanyan and the masked assassin; see A P56 for map cleanup
A: P53–56
Snow Mountain
Dragon vein and snow swordsman; A P59 also revisits the lake
A: P58–59
Dream Manor
Yu Ding, Qiu Feng and the dragon vein
A: P60–63
Final mountain
Strength and saw duo, dream envoy, Holy Mother, Zuo Shang and endings
A: P66–67