Recaps

Fu Qian followed the Persuader through a series of branching corridors beneath the Corridor, where every door led to another repeating passage. He found a further door connected to Lord Yarakir’s residence and wondered whether the entangled layout was linked to the Witch and the Dark Moon Radiance.

• Fu Qian followed the Persuader downstairs and noticed that the prisoners were gone and the Persuader seemed to have entered a different mental state.
• Fu Qian discovered another corridor with the same sequence of doors and learned that the Persuader had seen the same layout behind the other doors.
• The Persuader told Fu Qian that the five doors ahead all led to the same kind of passage, though he had not entered them himself.
• Fu Qian opened the door to Lord Yarakir’s residence and found another branching corridor with a further door among the five familiar types.
• The Persuader mocked Fu Qian for asking him to lead the way as Fu Qian paused to consider the strange entanglement.

Fu Qian confronted the Envoy in Lord Yarakir’s ruined corridor and suspected that the prisoners’ strange state had changed him. The Envoy dropped his act and admitted Fu Qian had guessed correctly, but Fu Qian was still trying to learn which Envoy he was.

• Fu Qian questioned who the Envoy was leading the way for, prompting him to speak contemptuously of a fool and reveal a different demeanor.
• The Envoy dismissed Fu Qian’s interpretation of his words, while Fu Qian suggested the change reflected a new nature after adversity.
• Fu Qian reasoned that the prisoners had become entangled with one another and that the Envoy might have been influenced by several Higher Being prisoners.
• The Envoy admitted he had expected Fu Qian to come and dropped his act.
• Fu Qian asked whether the Envoy belonged to Yarakir, the Serpent of Fate, or to one of the others.

Fu Qian’s probing drove the envoy into a fractured struggle among five conflicting selves, unleashing a powerful wave of divine erosion. As the corridor vanished beneath a dense, nightmarish fog, the envoy’s body dissolved into it.

• Fu Qian challenged the envoy to question whether he was truly himself or a clown, using the exchange to test his mental state.
• The envoy broke into an agonized wail as the conflicting selves within him surfaced.
• The envoy’s divine erosion swept through the surroundings, warping the buildings and corridor into shifting mosaics.
• The mosaics became a dense fog, and the envoy quietly dissolved into it.

Fu Qian realized the imprisoned Higher Beings had trapped him to force the Witch to enter the Nightmare. The Witch arrived in response, and Fu Qian prepared to face whatever came next.

• Fu Qian concluded the prisoners had used the Messenger and a staged crisis to lure the Witch into the Nightmare.
• When the deception failed, the prisoners raised a fog barrier and took the Messenger away, trapping Fu Qian as a hostage.
• Fu Qian sensed a cow-headed figure forming in the fog and prepared to fight the prisoners.
• The Witch appeared and thanked Fu Qian for his efforts, while he replied that the reception staff had the harder job.

Fu Qian summoned the Witch into the Nightmare Corridor and explained that the prisoners were trying to trap the Dark Moon there. The Witch confirmed the Corridor held the other Dark Moon, then used the Pact Book of Restraint to summon the Persuader back into the scene.

• Fu Qian fed the bone chain his own flesh and blood, summoning the Witch without damaging the Corridor or risking the prisoners’ blood.
• The Witch arrived, confirmed that the Corridor was the distant dimension they had been seeking, and said she could enter through the bone chain.
• Fu Qian explained how he had met the Persuader and described the prisoners’ trap, noting that the Persuader was resting backstage.
• The Witch opened the Pact Book of Restraint, restored the frozen scene, and summoned the Persuader out of the fog.

The Witch forcibly retrieved the envoy with the Pact Book of Restraint, and Fu Qian learned that the prisoners planned to lure Dark Moon deeper into the Nightmare Corridor and trap her there. The Witch remained determined to find her, and Fu Qian ordered the envoy to lead the way.

• The Witch used the Pact Book of Restraint to drag the envoy back from the Toy Workshop.
• Fu Qian greeted the confused envoy and confirmed his identity with the Witch.
• The Witch explained that the dream had shallow and deep layers, and that she could sense Dark Moon but not locate her.
• Fu Qian deduced that the prisoners wanted to sink Dark Moon into the Nightmare Corridor and use her as a means of escape.
• The Witch declared they had little time, and Fu Qian ordered the envoy to lead them.

Fu Qian had the Messenger guide him and the Witch through the fog, using the prisoners’ choices to test their resolve. The Witch’s power destroyed Cow-Head Sister, and the Messenger opened another oversized door filled with ghostly blue light.

• Fu Qian dismissed the Messenger’s concerns and ordered him to lead the way, while the Witch accepted the plan.
• The Messenger led Fu Qian and the Witch through the fog and opened an iron-black door where Cow-Head Sister blocked their path.
• The Witch’s power froze Cow-Head Sister, and she shattered into fragments that dissolved into the fog.
• The Messenger recovered and opened another oversized door, from which ghostly blue light spilled out.

Fu Qian and the Witch followed the Envoy deeper into the dream, where the prisoners’ trap became clear and a second Dark Moon’s light appeared. As the dream grew livelier, the Witch warned that merely seeing or hearing its contents drew them further in, but Fu Qian continued onward.

• The Witch confirmed that Fu Qian and the prisoners were closer to the Dark Moon, though they still could not locate it.
• Fu Qian recognized the moonlight beyond the door as the prisoners’ response and concluded they would have to go deeper into the nightmare to find the Dark Moon.
• The Witch told the Envoy to continue, and Fu Qian fired a warning shot that prompted him to step through the door.
• Fu Qian and the Witch entered a brighter, livelier part of the dream, where music, mist, moonlight, and white curtains began to appear.
• The Witch warned Fu Qian that seeing or hearing the dream’s new elements drew them deeper into it, but Fu Qian kept walking.

Fu Qian, the Witch, and the negotiator ventured deeper into Lord Yarakir’s dream, where rust marks on white curtains summoned relentless attacks from murderous weapons. The Witch slowed the assaults with her moonlight, and the negotiator opened another door, where an unseen voice greeted them.

• The negotiator asked whether the Witch had considered what would happen if they failed, and Fu Qian explained that failure could trap them in the Nightmare Corridor.
• The group reached an unusual door as rust marks on the curtains projected murderous weapons that attacked Fu Qian.
• Fu Qian deflected a blade, but the rust-colored trail continued inflicting damage as more weapons emerged from the mist.
• The Witch infused the moonlight with her power, slowing the weapons’ attacks, and told the others to keep going.
• The negotiator opened the door, and a voice from behind it asked whether everyone should be grateful.

Fu Qian and the Witch encountered a second Pitchman at the entrance to Lord Yarakir’s residence, and Fu Qian recognized him as an enemy trying to lure them deeper into the dream. The disguised Pitchman vanished into the mist, leaving Fu Qian and the Witch certain of his identity.

• Fu Qian found an identical Pitchman inside the open door to Lord Yarakir’s residence, surrounded by rust-colored Murderous Weapons.
• Fu Qian asked both Pitchmen to introduce themselves and name the lords they served, but the Pitchman beyond the door asked Fu Qian and his companion to go first.
• The Pitchman beyond the door identified Fu Qian and the Witch as the Great Dark Moon and his knight, then insulted them and predicted their deaths.
• Fu Qian inferred that the prisoners had sent the Pitchman to slow them down and draw them deeper into the dream.
• The Pitchman used a question as a distraction, then melted into the mist, and Fu Qian confirmed his suspicions with the Witch.

Fu Qian and the Witch faced the Inner Lobbyist’s hidden attacks while Yarakir’s insect-like form joined the assault. Fu Qian pressured the lobbyist into leading them toward his other self, and the glowing moonlight signaled their next move.

• The Inner Lobbyist revealed that he was still nearby and identified Fu Qian as the King of Prison Break.
• Fu Qian and the Witch realized the Inner Lobbyist was hiding and harassing them while keeping them from progressing deeper into the dream.
• Yarakir’s insect-like body began wielding Murderous Weapons, but the Witch remained unharmed by the attacks.
• Fu Qian challenged the lobbyist to lead them to his other self, and the lobbyist agreed while questioning whether it was truly his own will.
• The Witch said they could proceed, and the moonlight behind the curtain suddenly brightened.

The Witch used the Dark Moon’s power to suppress the Murderous Weapons and expose the Inner Lobbyist, then followed the Lobbyist through a silver door. The Inner Lobbyist waited beyond the next door, and the Witch answered their greeting by forming darkness and light again.

• The Witch spread moonlight through the corridor and formed a dense shadow that shattered the Murderous Weapons.
• The Inner Lobbyist dispersed into countless copies and hid throughout the corridor, while Fu Qian recognized that he could no longer track them with his Disaster Eyes.
• The Witch asked the Avenger Lobbyist which door to take, and he chose a familiar silver door based on his intuition.
• The Lobbyist opened a larger door behind the silver one, where the Inner Lobbyist greeted them with a question about how they planned to celebrate the end of the nightmare.
• The Witch passed the Lobbyist and condensed darkness and light once more.

Fu Qian and the Witch confronted the Inner Lobbyist and the insect-like bodies as the Lobbyist’s strange performance turned into a conceptual attack. The Witch’s Lightless Stars struck at a shared target just as the attack reached its climax.

• The Witch entered the lower floor and formed Darkness with Light as the Inner Lobbyist appeared again.
• The Inner Lobbyist’s copies attached themselves to the insects, whose Murderous Weapons pierced them and seemed to expose giant eyes beneath their shells.
• The insect bodies merged, and rust-colored substance rose into a blood-red sea of fog above the group.
• The Witch warned that the fog was an illusion that would harm them if it covered the space, while the Inner Lobbyist’s howls counted down toward its completion.
• The Witch sent dark arcs tipped with Lightless Stars through the fog, targeting the same spot after the Inner Lobbyist’s final howl turned to terror.

Fu Qian and the Witch pursued Inner Lobbyist through looping corridors as the Sea of Blood descended and the Witch’s Lightless Stars hunted their target. Inner Lobbyist’s hints about the First Moon and the Long Night deepened the mystery of the prison, and the chapter ended with the Witch releasing another burst of Darkness with Light.

• The Witch’s Lightless Stars scattered through the corridors to pursue Inner Lobbyist, who fled elsewhere as the Sea of Blood continued to approach.
• Fu Qian encouraged the Lobbyist to keep opening doors, and they found that each passage led into another loop.
• The Witch and Fu Qian speculated that Inner Lobbyist had been imprisoned before the Long Night and considered their knowledge of the First Moon.
• Inner Lobbyist hinted that the moons were connected but declined to explain further, while the Lobbyist opened more doors and encountered the same looping corridor.
• The Sea of Blood resumed descending, and the Witch fired another clump of Darkness with Light.

The Witch used her dark galaxy to trap Inner Lobbyist, but Lord Serpent of Fate intervened and helped him escape. The Witch and Fu Qian continued the trial, while the Dark Moon Pope headed toward a neighboring door with her book open.

• The Witch's dark galaxy caught Inner Lobbyist and began collapsing his body as the Sea of Blood descended.
• Lord Serpent of Fate shed protective scales, slowing the dark galaxy's effect and allowing Inner Lobbyist to vanish.
• The prisoners withdrew after Inner Lobbyist escaped, and the Witch told Fu Qian that her mark would continue affecting the other Higher Beings.
• Fu Qian agreed to continue, and the Witch sent the Lobbyist to the Yarakir door.
• The Dark Moon Pope led the way to a neighboring door and opened her book.

Fu Qian and the Witch traced a suspicious name in the Pact Book of Restraint to the door associated with Daimol and the Dark Moon, suspecting the prisoners had been using the Lobbyist to mislead them. They entered the space beyond and found a statue that the Witch recognized as Blasphemous Embrace.

• Fu Qian and the Witch identified the dark green door as connected to Daimol and the Dark Moon through the Pact Book of Restraint.
• Fu Qian reasoned that the prisoners were using the Lobbyist as bait while trying to keep them occupied and delay their escape.
• Fu Qian and the Witch concluded that the Dark Moon might be parasitizing the prisoners and that the name in the book offered a lead to its hiding place.
• The Witch melted the door, and she and Fu Qian entered the space beyond it.
• Fu Qian and the Witch found a woman’s statue holding a bow, and the Witch recognized it as Blasphemous Embrace.

Fu Qian and the Witch discovered that the chapel concealed the statue of Daimol, whose essence had been corrupted by the First Generation Dark Moon. Seeing Blasphemous Embrace in the statue’s hand, Fu Qian suspected that an old Warehouse mission had been part of the Dark Moon’s scheme; the chapter ended as he followed the Witch to inspect the statue.

• The Witch explained that she had broken through the prisoners’ barrier and found the hidden chapel, where Daimol’s will remained active.
• Fu Qian concluded that the First Generation Dark Moon had corrupted Daimol without her knowledge, while the other prisoners had failed to find the chapel’s source.
• Fu Qian recognized the bow in the statue’s hand as Blasphemous Embrace and connected it to the strange rewards and missing containment object from mission [1-019].
• Fu Qian suspected that the First Generation Dark Moon had used the Warehouse mission to link the Bookstore World and the Witch’s world as part of a far-reaching plan.
• Fu Qian followed the Witch around to the front of the statue and looked up at it.

Fu Qian compared the First Generation Dark Moon’s face with the Witch’s and noticed a resemblance to the Larrea family’s Divine Human Face, raising questions about their connection. The Witch claimed the scroll held by the statue, and after reading it, she said the stars could no longer bind her, even if the Law returned.

• Fu Qian examined the First Generation Dark Moon’s face and concluded it did not strongly resemble the Witch’s.
• Fu Qian recognized that the First Generation Dark Moon’s features resembled the Larrea family’s Divine Human Face and wondered whether their abilities were connected to the Dark Moon.
• The Witch pointed out a scroll held against the statue’s chest and said it had been left for her.
• The Witch took the scroll, which caused Fu Qian to see a full blue moon appear before him.
• The Witch studied the scroll and said the stars could no longer bind her, even if the Law reappeared.

The Witch discovered that the scroll had lifted the Stars Law’s restrictions on her, and Fu Qian and the Witch considered what the gift revealed about the First Generation Dark Moon’s plans. When the Witch pointed out an unusual quality in the First Generation Witch Statue, Fu Qian touched it and saw another scene begin to overlap the church.

• The Witch confirmed that the scroll had removed her restrictions, and Fu Qian inferred that the First Generation Dark Moon had helped create the system that suppressed her.
• Fu Qian concluded that the First Generation Dark Moon had fallen after the barrier broke and had prepared a gift and a contingency plan for the future Dark Moon.
• The Witch said the scroll was now blank and warned Fu Qian that the prisoners already had a general idea of what was happening.
• The Witch told Fu Qian she sensed something unusual about the First Generation Witch Statue but could not grasp or touch it.
• Fu Qian took the statue’s free hand, and the church began to overlap with a scene showing an old, dilapidated wooden hut.

Fu Qian revisited the overlapping illusion of Full Moon Garden and reasoned that Dark Moon had left contingencies across multiple places, possibly using the Warehouse and the Speaker in a larger plan. He and the Witch then realized the prisoners had sealed the area around the door, leaving Daimol trapped inside with them, just as a raindrop fell beside Fu Qian.

• Fu Qian recognized the illusion of Full Moon Garden as the place where he had first experienced enlightenment and saw a trace of the First Generation Dark Moon's will.
• Fu Qian reconsidered his missions and suspected Dark Moon had used the Warehouse as a tool and the Speaker as a scapegoat.
• Fu Qian withdrew his hand from the statue and joined the Witch in assessing the situation around the door.
• Fu Qian concluded the prisoners had successfully set up a barrier, and the Witch confirmed it covered the area and sealed Daimol inside.
• A raindrop fell beside Fu Qian's foot.

Daimol's fiery rain began tearing apart the chapel, exposing a void and opening paths to the other prisoners. As Fu Qian realized Daimol was trying to provoke a fight, the Witch found an anchor to force her way through the blockade.

• Daimol's burning rain riddled the chapel with holes and spread mental pollution, revealing that the chapel floated over a misty void.
• Fu Qian concluded Daimol was attacking the prisoners who had cut him off, while leaving Fu Qian and the Witch untouched to encourage them to act.
• As the chapel collapsed, doors belonging to the other four prisoners appeared in the mist.
• The Witch ignored the doors and used the statue of the First Generation Dark Moon to reveal a tiny doll resembling her, with wings and a blood-red ribbon.
• Fu Qian praised the Witch and held out his hand as she looked his way.

Fu Qian used the King of Prison Break’s Madness Fire to stop the prisoners from interfering while the Witch reached the real Nirgalia and completed the rescue. Their escape went awry, leaving Fu Qian and the Witch in a strange dream associated with the First Generation Dark Moon.

• The Witch identified two nearly identical images and reached for the one she believed was the real Nirgalia, while the remaining prisoners tried to interfere.
• Fu Qian formed a brilliant golden sphere of Madness Fire and threatened to unleash it, making the prisoners stop their sneaky moves.
• The Witch’s fingertip touched Nirgalia’s, completing the plunder as the Corridor’s confinement continued to take hold.
• Fu Qian left the golden sphere behind through the Serpent of Fate’s silver door and departed with the Witch, hearing a roar as they escaped.
• Fu Qian and the Witch arrived in a small room inside the strange dream, and the Witch said the First Generation Dark Moon had tried to leave with them.

Fu Qian explained how he had trusted the Serpent of Fate to handle the destruction nova and helped the Witch avoid the prisoners’ final deception. The Witch confirmed that the Serpent had planned a fallback but was dragged back by the other prisoners, and she and Fu Qian prepared to leave with their escape plan intact.

• Fu Qian reasoned that the Serpent of Fate had been conserving strength and had likely prepared a way to benefit even if the prisoners’ trap failed.
• The Witch said the Serpent’s plan had been exposed by the Tyrant’s powerful gift, and the other prisoners had dragged the Serpent back when they tried to escape.
• The Witch praised Fu Qian for spotting that the prisoners had distorted her perceptions and made the supposed anchor unreliable.
• Fu Qian explained that he had remained blind to provide the Witch with an unaffected perspective, helping her check the target before acting.

Fu Qian and the Witch connected the visions in the corridor to the First Generation Dark Moon’s influence and discussed how the Blasphemous Embrace linked their worlds. They considered whether the bow and the First Generation Dark Moon were tied to the Long Night, where the chapter left them weighing the Witch’s mother’s role in that ancient event.

• Fu Qian told the Witch that touching the statue had shown him Full Moon Garden and its lunar traces in his world.
• The Witch theorized that the First Generation Dark Moon had deliberately sent the Blasphemous Embrace to Fu Qian, and Fu Qian agreed that the bow’s preparations may have served a larger purpose.
• The Witch recalled that Fu Qian’s earlier actions had saved her and helped her enter the Nightmare Corridor to obtain the scroll.
• Fu Qian said the bow’s description claimed it could temporarily seal the sun and connected that power to the beginning of the Long Night.
• The Witch recognized Fu Qian’s reference to the Long Night, and Fu Qian said her mother had been active during that era.

Fu Qian and the Witch investigated the links between Long Night, Annalise, and the Primordial Moon God, considering whether the Witch had inherited something from her mother. Their discussion led them to the garden, where they found a battered remnant standing beside the flowers.

• The Witch connected Annalise’s fall and the appearance of the Dark Moon to the possibility that Long Night had been anticipated by a Higher Being.
• Fu Qian recalled Annalise’s mysterious fall and the strange inheritance he had witnessed in her Ancient Recollection.
• The Witch suggested that being her mother’s child might make her a natural inheritor, and Fu Qian considered whether she held a role like Annalise’s.
• Fu Qian said the statue’s face resembled someone from the Divine Human family and the Larrea Royal Family, and judged the inheritance to be an unsuccessful experiment.
• The garden door opened as Fu Qian and the Witch approached, revealing a battered remnant beside the flowers.