Recaps

Fu Qian watched Xiumeng test the meeting room with a strange ear from a Source of Evil, while hiding the Adoration ring to avoid provoking the Red Moon. The test ended with Xiumeng announcing that An Jing Shizhi was dead.

• Fu Qian removed the Adoration ring in the Warehouse before returning to the meeting room.
• Xiumeng marked the attendees and produced a sealed cylinder containing a distorted left ear.
• The ear opened its canal like a mouth and released a frenzied murmur that let Fu Qian glimpse a familiar night sky.
• Fu Qian stayed composed and inferred that Xiumeng was testing the group with something from a Source of Evil, possibly after discovering the Night Watcher's planted messenger.
• Professor Yang and Li Weixuan demanded an explanation, and Xiumeng said An Jing Shizhi was dead.

Xiumeng told the academy that An Jing Shizhi had been assassinated in public on Leaf Island, prompting the Night Watchers to investigate people suspected of helping conceal his earlier misconduct. He explained that the academy was being questioned because its investigation team had uncovered evidence against An Jing, though he said the academy was in the clear.

• Xiumeng announced that An Jing Shizhi was dead, shocking the academy's attendees.
• Professor Fu Qian realized the Night Watchers had come to ask about An Jing Shizhi and suspected the academy's investigation team of suppressing a warning.
• Li Weixuan quieted the room and asked Xiumeng why he had come; Xiumeng praised Professor Fu and apologized for using the earlier incident as a pretext.
• Cas questioned how An Jing Shizhi's death had been confirmed, and Xiumeng said someone had killed him in public during an appearance on Leaf Island, leaving only ash.
• Xiumeng explained that the Night Watchers were checking a list of people who might have helped cover up An Jing's serious breach of the rules, and said the academy was in the clear.

Xiumeng explained that An Jing Shizhi had accidentally disturbed a dangerous entity, and tested the academy’s staff for signs of contamination; everyone present was cleared. After the meeting, Cas discussed the investigation with Xiumeng, who said his search list was long and difficult to complete.

• Xiumeng explained that the contaminated ear was connected to a dangerous entity whose traces had been monitored, and said An Jing Shizhi’s actions had likely caused its recent anomaly.
• Xiumeng tested the gathered academy staff for signs of contact with the entity and found everyone present clean.
• Professor Fu asked where the entity’s ashes existed, and Xiumeng warned that the place was extremely dangerous and that contact was prohibited.
• After the meeting, Xiumeng apologized to Cas for the test, and Cas said the explanation might clarify what had happened to the Kamakura Family.
• Yuan Fang asked whether an absent student should be called back, but Xiumeng declined and noted that Yin Hehong’s list still contained people who would be hard to find.

After Xiumeng left, Fu Qian questioned Yuan Fang about a vanished ancestor and headed to his new lab. There, he used Affection’s Homecoming effect for the first time, apparently summoning someone despite the warning prompt.

• Li Weixuan thanked Cas, Fu Qian, and Lanaia after Xiumeng’s visit, while Yuan Fang thanked Fu Qian for killing Ian and helping people at the ball.
• Fu Qian asked Yuan Fang whether anyone else in his family shared his name, and Yuan Fang said his father had named him after a gifted ancestor who vanished after transcending himself.
• Fu Qian decided to learn more about the ancestor through Chief Yuan’s archives and ended the conversation.
• Lanaia followed Fu Qian to his new lab, where he said he was going to conduct a dangerous experiment.
• Fu Qian used Affection’s Homecoming effect for the first time as a warning prompt began to appear.

Fu Qian asked the Red Moon to find the strange place where Liliana had hidden, and it opened a door through his Clear Dream. He reached the ruined building and encountered a powerful tide that triggered his loss of control, but he sensed a possible opportunity among the chaotic gazes and activated False God Incarnation.

• Fu Qian visited the Red Moon and recreated Liliana’s hiding place in a Clear Dream to show it what he sought.
• The Red Moon formed a sinister door in the dream, and Fu Qian stepped through to reach the place he had described.
• Fu Qian explored the building, found it had crumbled to two pillars, and saw no one else nearby.
• A powerful tide swept through the area, intensifying the gazes and pressure around Fu Qian and rapidly growing his loss of control.
• Fu Qian sensed a connection among the chaotic gazes and activated False God Incarnation.

Fu Qian followed a faint connection that might lead to a divine trait, crossing into a chaotic realm of illusory spaces and entering a lake of crimson liquid. He explored the decaying, dangerous environment while watching for signs of an alarm planted by the Night Watchers.

• Fu Qian spent 10 Sanity Value to use False God Incarnation, then followed the connection and used Return Edict to ease the tide's instability.
• Fu Qian crossed a distorted stretch of space and entered a realm where illusory bubbles contained different places and information.
• Fu Qian stepped into the bubble linked to his target and found himself in a crimson lake surrounded by enormous structures of decayed Flesh Material.
• Fu Qian discovered that the lake corroded his limbs and that worms fed on his exposed flesh, so he regenerated while keeping his distance from them.
• Fu Qian sensed that some of the similar-looking worms felt unusual and canceled Return Edict to avoid disturbing the surroundings as he searched for signs of a Night Watchers alarm.

Fu Qian resisted the Blood Lake’s corruption long enough to record the target’s eternal effect with the White Ring, securing a coordinate for a future operation. He escaped the frozen region and returned to the ruins, where his False God Incarnation ended.

• Fu Qian reached the target’s sphere of influence and discovered that its power froze his body and corruption in place.
• Fu Qian waited for the White Ring to tremble, then fled after it recorded a trace of the effect of eternity.
• Fu Qian tried Return Home, Blood Conquest, and the Messenger, but none could connect him to Half-step Moon.
• Fu Qian escaped the rusting landscape and returned to the ruins, where his False God Incarnation ended.
• Fu Qian tore off his skin and headed for the ruins.

Fu Qian recovered from his injuries and contamination on the Half-step Moon, then returned to the Academy under the Red Moon’s watch. He encountered Lanaia outside and persuaded her to go for a drink instead of returning early to watch for trouble.

• Fu Qian stayed on the Half-step Moon after the tide stopped, recovering while considering how Hajima Shiki might have entered the ruins through a dream.
• After his injuries had healed and his contamination had nearly cleared, Fu Qian left through the door and returned to the Clear Dream.
• The Red Moon watched Fu Qian, then a door appeared and led him back to his laboratory at the Academy.
• The Red Moon bathed the Academy in crimson light, and Fu Qian decided to spend the night quietly before leaving the tower.
• Fu Qian met Lanaia outside the Academy as she worried that something might happen, then convinced her to join him for a drink.

Fu Qian went drinking with Lanaia at a midnight diner, where they discussed the Red Moon and he spun a tale about Emperor An Jing’s defeat. Jia Keke approached him with a letter from Ji Liushuang, who was still away and would return in a few days.

• Lanaia took Fu Qian to a small midnight diner and reassured him that people there would admire his armor.
• Fu Qian and Lanaia noticed Jia Keke watching them and covertly discussed how she seemed to recognize him.
• Fu Qian told Lanaia that Emperor An Jing had fled to the moon and claimed another group had secretly helped Siren attack him.
• Fu Qian suggested that his friend Jia had witnessed strange people aboard the cruise ship and that they should be arrested and questioned.
• Jia Keke approached Fu Qian, gave him a letter, and said Ji Liushuang had sent congratulations on his promotion and would return in a few days.

Fu Qian received a letter from Ji Liushuang, delivered by her assistant Jia Keke, and invited her to visit his lab. After an evening with Lanaia, he returned to his lab and received an order to recontain Blind Eye.

• Jia Keke told Fu Qian and Lanaia that she would assist Ji Liushuang with family matters and gave Fu Qian her letter.
• Fu Qian read Ji Liushuang's letter, thanked Jia Keke, and asked her to tell Liushuang she could visit his lab anytime.
• Jia Keke paid for the drinks before leaving, and Fu Qian and Lanaia argued about his offer to treat them.
• Fu Qian returned to his lab before midnight, where he received a warning to recontain Blind Eye and spent one Sanity Value to begin.

Fu Qian solved a puzzle in an illusion by sacrificing the fingers and hand of his left hand, then emerged underground with a team searching for the Blind Eye Holy Grail. The team called him Left Hand and asked what challenge he had faced.

• Fu Qian found himself in a stone chamber where the mission required him to solve an illusion puzzle and reunite with his team.
• He interpreted the balance-scale puzzle as a problem involving five fingers on one side and a hand on the other, then cut off his left fingers and hand and placed them in the goblets.
• The stars on the hide lit up, the stone door opened, and Fu Qian passed through to complete the mission.
• Fu Qian emerged underground among nine team members wearing combat uniforms and golden gear, including a golden glove on his left hand.
• A female team member greeted him as Left Hand and asked what puzzle he had encountered, and Fu Qian said it was simple finger-counting math.

Fu Qian woke from an illusion and met the other members of the expedition, learning that each had faced a different riddle. As the group waited for the others to wake, one sleeper began to undergo a disturbing transformation.

• Fu Qian confirmed that his severed hand had regrown and learned that Ess and a saintly old man were the only others awake.
• The old man assessed Fu Qian and said he had little lingering mental influence from the illusion.
• Ayou woke, praised Fu Qian, and sat down with the others.
• Ess told Fu Qian not to forget how to use his Golden Left Hand, while Fu Qian wondered whether their Golden Holy Garments granted them supernatural powers.
• The group waited for the five still asleep, then a man wearing a Golden Belt gasped, collapsed, and had his facial features twist and swirl.

Fu Qian observed a teammate whose facial features had become chaotic and tested how they moved before Scrooge woke and joined the group. Scrooge noticed a smell, leaving the team’s next move unclear.

• Ayou vomited after seeing the first failed teammate’s distorted face, and Ess offered him water.
• Fu Qian decided to remain with the team and examined the failed teammate’s shifting features.
• Fu Qian dragged the teammate’s ear across his face, herding the other features like fish beneath the skin.
• Scrooge woke, laughed at Fu Qian’s description, and Ayou warned him not to risk the group by making noise.
• Scrooge apologized, then sniffed the air and asked what the smell was.

Fu Qian studied the Golden Holy Garments after learning that the team’s mission involved the Holy Grail, while the old Saint assessed the surviving teammates. By the end, Fu Qian had simplified the symbol on his glove and sensed that he had understood something important about it.

• Scrooge taunted Charlotte about the strange smell, and Ess intervened to ease the tension.
• The old Saint declared that a teammate had died after making too many mistakes in the Holy Grail’s puzzle, and Ess took the dead man’s gold belt.
• Fu Qian accepted the belt and examined its markings, suspecting the Golden Holy Garments were connected to the Holy Grail Cult and its Golden Cups.
• Round Card woke up injured, and Charlotte told him to rest while the old Saint continued assessing the team.
• Fu Qian memorized the interconnected symbols on his glove, then mentally simplified them until the glove felt lighter and he sensed he had grasped their meaning.

Fu Qian and the group descended into an ancient underground complex, where they encountered a twisted humanoid figure. The Sage ordered Fu Qian to attack it with the Resonance Spike, and Fu Qian summoned the weapon.

• Fu Qian learned that his glove could produce a Resonance Spike that inflicted a mental shock on both its target and its wielder.
• The group mourned two members who had fallen unconscious, while the Sage urged them to rely on knowledge and led them toward a passage.
• Fu Qian observed that the underground complex differed from the monastery and bore eye symbols that excited Ess and the others.
• Fu Qian and Round Card found a twisted figure in a black robe blocking the passage.
• The Sage ordered Fu Qian to use his left hand, and Fu Qian summoned the golden Resonance Spike.

Left Hand killed a native living corpse with a Resonance Spike, then rested while the team followed the Sage across an invisible path. After Round Card opened a hidden door, three monsters appeared above him, and one began forming a golden spike.

• Left Hand struck the native living corpse in the head with a Resonance Spike, causing it to crumble into ashes.
• Lady Ess checked on Left Hand, and the Sage said he had controlled the mental effects with his willpower.
• Lady Ess told Left Hand to fall back and rest, leaving Round Card at the front of the team.
• Round Card used ash to reveal an invisible path and crossed the hall to open a hidden door.
• Scrooge warned Round Card about three monsters overhead; his Golden Shield blocked two claws while another monster condensed a golden spike.

Fu Qian helped the group defeat three living corpses that copied their abilities, then followed them through a hidden door into a passage filled with glowing eye patterns. There, Fu Qian discovered that the rear guard had disappeared.

• A living corpse copied Fu Qian’s Resonance Spike and shattered after striking Round Card’s Golden Shield.
• Two more living corpses copied Round Card’s defensive ability, and Fu Qian held a charged Resonance Spike to help the team’s plan.
• Round Card withdrew his shield, and the two shielded corpses crumbled as their copied defense drained their rationality.
• The Saintly Sage Old Man led the group through the hidden door into a passage lined with green, glowing eye patterns.
• Fu Qian noticed that the rear guard had vanished, leaving only six people in the group.

After a team member vanished without a sound, the Sage Old Man explained that the awakening Holy Grail could be responsible and led the group back to investigate. They then spotted an Academy walking corpse wearing the missing person's golden leg equipment, and Charlotte charged toward it.

• Ess noticed that one member of the group had disappeared, and Scrooge questioned how Charlotte had failed to notice.
• The Sage Old Man said the Holy Grail might have taken the missing person and urged the group to return while there was still time to reclaim it.
• Fu Qian inferred that the ruins belonged to the Academy and that its dormant Holy Grail could perceive mysteries and imitate abilities.
• Charlotte spotted a figure in the darkness, and Ess recognized the missing person's golden leg equipment on its right leg.
• Round Card wondered whether the Holy Grail could copy equipment, and Charlotte charged ahead to investigate.

The group encountered illusions that made them see one another as living corpses, and Scrooge shot the Sage after mistaking him for a threat. The Sage survived through a delaying trick and Ess's healing, then said he had prepared a countermeasure and the group could continue without seeing false images.

• Charlotte chased a fast figure wearing equipment identical to the group's, while the Sage judged that they had not been attacked.
• Scrooge fired a heated beam at the Sage, blasting away half his head, and claimed he had acted to save the others.
• Ess saw the Sage's head appear whole again before his injury began to spread, then healed him as his golden staff cleared her confusion.
• Fu Qian realized the Holy Grail had shown different people distorted illusions, making Scrooge believe the Sage was a living corpse attacking Ess.
• The Sage recovered, told Charlotte to release Scrooge, and said he had prepared a countermeasure against the illusions.

The Sage explained how the Blind Eye Holy Grail could reveal and counter their abilities, and the group continued toward it after one member fled under a false impression. Fu Qian learned why the Warehouse may have sent him with restricted powers, but he remained unsure of its true purpose.

• The Sage explained that their opponent could see through methods and make them ineffective when used again, while Ess clarified that the fleeing man had been misled by an illusion.
• Charlotte released Scrooge after learning the missing group member was safe, and the Sage said they were too close to their goal to go after him.
• The Sage told Scrooge that the Holy Grail naturally vanished from awareness and had no will of its own, prompting Scrooge to believe it could usher in a new era for ordinary people.
• Fu Qian reasoned that the Warehouse had chosen a carefully limited group to approach the Holy Grail, but wondered why it had taken away his own abilities and items.
• Ess praised Fu Qian for staying calm, then pointed out that others had not done as well; Fu Qian returned the compliment while looking at her sacred vestments.

The Sage’s group discovered five shadowy faces with green eyes in the chamber beneath the Invisible Road, and the faces attacked them with beams while a torrent of knowledge assaulted Fu Qian’s mind. Fu Qian and the others dodged the attack, and the 2D Corpses faded away.

• The group entered a chamber centered on a towering statue kneeling with its hands over its face, surrounded by empty chairs.
• The Sage used his staff to sharpen everyone’s perception, revealing five dark-red shadow faces crawling across the ceiling and circling green eyes.
• Fu Qian suspected the shadows were the vanished figures who had once occupied the chairs, transformed into 2D beings to obtain the eyes.
• The Sage warned the Society members to watch for attacks as the shadow faces turned toward them and aimed their eyes.
• Fu Qian endured a sudden torrent of garbled knowledge, calculated an escape route, and dodged as all five faces fired dark-red beams.
• The Sage, Ess, and the others also changed position to avoid the beams, and the 2D Corpses slowly faded away.

Fu Qian survived the Holy Grail’s Knowledge Infusion attack and took Round Card’s Golden Shield, while the Sage Old Man acknowledged his usefulness. As the group approached the statue, the dome’s eyes activated and laser beams struck the others, leaving Fu Qian to withstand the attack behind his shield.

• The Sage Old Man explained that the Holy Grail’s servants had used Knowledge Infusion and copied abilities, and that he had prepared the group to resist it.
• Fu Qian found Round Card unresponsive, took his Golden Shield, and implied that he had prepared himself to resist Knowledge Infusion.
• The Sage Old Man accepted Fu Qian’s help and led the group toward the statue after Ess asked whether the Holy Grail was near.
• The eyes in the dome began shimmering, and the Sage Old Man warned the group before retreating from the hall.
• Laser beams covered the group and left the Sage Old Man’s four companions with no intact limbs, while Fu Qian endured the attack behind the Golden Shield.

Fu Qian survived the Holy Grail’s eye attack by shielding himself, but a final beam killed him. He re-entered the riddle illusion, escaped by repeating Sage Old Man’s method, and woke beside Charlotte and Scrooge as the others lay dead again.

• Fu Qian used his supernatural shield to block the chamber’s beams, but the last eye sliced through it and killed him.
• Back in the Warehouse, Fu Qian considered the Holy Grail’s revealed powers and entered the containment scene again.
• Fu Qian waited through the illusion’s growing pressure, then cut off his fingers and placed his hand in the last cup to escape.
• Fu Qian woke beside Charlotte and Scrooge, saw the two dead teammates, and asked what smelled so bad.

Fu Qian claimed he had solved an incomprehensible puzzle through a sacrificial ritual, planting doubt in the Sage Old Man while urging the team to take the Holy Grail more seriously. The group resumed its journey, and Fu Qian used Heart Calamity to kill a living corpse as the Sage watched with growing concern.

• Fu Qian told the Sage Old Man that he had encountered knowledge beyond comprehension and solved the puzzle by cutting his hand and performing a ritual.
• Scrooge challenged Fu Qian's explanation, but the Sage Old Man praised his composure and led the team onward.
• Fu Qian flirted with Ess and pocketed the golden belt she tossed him.
• The Sage Old Man called on Left Hand, and Fu Qian formed a Resonance Spike with Heart Calamity, destroying a living corpse's head.
• The Sage Old Man relaxed when Fu Qian formed the spike, then grew more solemn.

Fu Qian helped the team cross the invisible bridge while the Sage continued to suspect him and kept him close. As the group moved on, a teammate vanished, and Fu Qian suggested retracing their steps to find him.

• Fu Qian concluded that the living corpses acted on instinct rather than being controlled by the Holy Grail.
• Fu Qian banished the two living corpses when the Sage called on him, then returned to the group as if nothing had happened.
• The Sage allowed Fu Qian to continue with the team, prompting Fu Qian to wonder whether the Sage thought he was connected to the Blind Eye Academy.
• Charlotte noticed that a teammate had disappeared, and Ess asked Fu Qian whether he had seen anything.
• Fu Qian said the missing teammate had been there thirty seconds earlier and suggested retracing their steps for sixty seconds.