diff --git a/plugins/english/genesis.ts b/plugins/english/genesis.ts
index e6644b3b1..b596802b9 100644
--- a/plugins/english/genesis.ts
+++ b/plugins/english/genesis.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { load } from 'cheerio';
 import { fetchApi } from '@libs/fetch';
 import { Filters, FilterTypes } from '@libs/filterInputs';
 import { Plugin } from '@/types/plugin';
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ class Genesis implements Plugin.PluginBase {
   customCSS = 'src/en/genesis/customCSS.css';
   site = 'https://genesistudio.com';
   api = 'https://api.genesistudio.com';
-  version = '2.0.1';
+  version = '2.0.3';
 
   hideLocked = storage.get('hideLocked');
   pluginSettings = {
@@ -114,12 +113,16 @@ class Genesis implements Plugin.PluginBase {
     const raw = await fetchApi(url);
     const json: ChapterJSON = await raw.json();
 
-    // Format each chapter and add only valid ones
+    // Only released chapters are listed; the pre-2.0.1 Supabase query filtered on status=eq.released
+    // (every chapter observed had status released: 5 of 5 and 157 of 157 in the listing, 2026-10-15)
     const chapters = json.data.chapters
+      .filter(index => index.status === 'released')
       .map(index => {
         const title = index.chapter_title;
-        const chapterPath = `/viewer/${index.id}`;
         const isLocked = !index.isUnlocked;
+        const chapterPath = isLocked
+          ? `/viewer/locked/${index.id}`
+          : `/viewer/${index.id}`;
         if (this.hideLocked && isLocked) return null;
         const chapterName = isLocked ? '🔒 ' + title : title;
         const chapterNum = index.chapter_number;
@@ -138,75 +141,21 @@ class Genesis implements Plugin.PluginBase {
   }
 
   async parseChapter(chapterPath: string): Promise<string> {
-    const url = `${this.site}${chapterPath}`;
+    if (chapterPath.startsWith('/viewer/locked/')) {
+      throw new Error('This chapter is locked on the site');
+    }
     const id = chapterPath.replace('/viewer/', '');
 
-    // Fetch the novel's data in JSON format
-    const raw = await fetchApi(url);
-    const $ = load(await raw.text());
-    let external_api;
-    let apikey;
-
-    const URLs: string[] = [];
-    let code;
+    // Anonymous requests for paid chapters get HTTP 401, error "Authentication required",
+    // and chapter_content "None" (checked 2026-10-15), so a refusal is treated as locked
+    const res = await fetchApi(`${this.site}/api/chapters/${id}/content`);
+    const json: ChapterContentJSON = await res.json();
 
-    $('head script[src]').each((_, el) => {
-      const src = $(el).attr('src')!;
-      if (!URLs.includes(src)) {
-        URLs.push(src);
-      }
-    });
-
-    for (const src of URLs) {
-      const script = await fetchApi(`${this.site}${src}`);
-      const raw = await script.text();
-      if (raw.includes('sb_publishable')) {
-        code = raw;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    if (!code) {
-      throw new Error('Failed to find API Key');
-    }
-    // Find right segment of code
-    let arr = code.split(';');
-    for (const seg of arr) {
-      if (seg.includes('sb_publishable')) {
-        code = seg;
-        break;
-      }
+    const content = json.data?.chapter_content;
+    if (!res.ok || json.error || !content || content === 'None') {
+      throw new Error('This chapter is locked on the site');
     }
-    arr = code.split('"');
-    for (const seg of arr) {
-      if (seg.includes('https')) {
-        external_api = seg;
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (seg.includes('sb_publishable')) {
-        apikey = seg;
-        continue;
-      }
-    }
-
-    const path = `${external_api}/rest/v1/chapters`;
-    const search = new URLSearchParams({
-      select: 'id,chapter_title,chapter_number,chapter_content,status,novel',
-      id: `eq.${id}`,
-      status: 'eq.released',
-    });
-
-    const chQuery = await fetchApi(`${path}?${search}`, {
-      method: 'GET',
-      headers: {
-        // Cookie: 'csrftoken=' + csrftoken,
-        Referer: this.site,
-        'apikey': apikey,
-        'x-client-info': 'supabase-ssr/0.7.0 createBrowserClient',
-      },
-    });
-    const json = await chQuery.json();
-    const ch = json[0].chapter_content.replaceAll('\n', '<br/>');
-    return ch;
+    return content.replaceAll('\n', '<br/>');
   }
 
   async searchNovels(
@@ -306,7 +255,15 @@ type ChapterJSON = {
       id: string;
       chapter_number: number;
       chapter_title: string;
+      status: string;
       isUnlocked: boolean;
     }[];
   };
 };
+
+type ChapterContentJSON = {
+  error?: string;
+  data?: {
+    chapter_content?: string | null;
+  };
+};