Vol. 13The Dark Moon and the Stars

Fu Qian completed the Finger Bone mission, then investigated nightmares and Jian Wenlos’s transformation, uncovering the Celestial Cult’s interest in his connection to the World Within the Painting. After surviving Olyntel’s Heartflame trap, he joined Amira and Reginald on an expedition into the fog beyond the city.

  • Fu Qian retrieved the Finger Bone, confronted Rainbow of Yao Bian’s distortion of Night Holy Capital, and returned to Chief Yuan’s residence with new abilities.
  • Fu Qian used the Dark Moon to enter a world where Anke had been missing for five days, then learned the Celestial Cult had exposed him to a corrupted nightmare to study his connection to the World Within the Painting.
  • Fu Qian investigated the nightmares linked to the World Within the Painting and discovered that the Celestial Cult had deliberately exposed him to one.
  • Fu Qian agreed to guard a patient’s nightmare with Amira and Reginald, but Reginald warned that someone nearby was worsening.
  • Fu Qian investigated Jian Wenlos’s transformation and traced it to a painting she had encountered at an art salon.
  • Olyntel confirmed that Jian was blessed by the stars rather than contaminated, and the Order agreed to investigate the painting while offering Fu Qian guidance.
  • Fu Qian uncovered how Jacques and the stars’ commandments had worsened Jian’s condition, then confronted Olyntel at the Celestial Cult’s church.
  • Fu Qian survived Olyntel’s Heartflame trap and joined Amira and Reginald as they headed into the fog beyond the city.
Chapters 1210–1310 Read from Ch. 1210

Arc 49Rainbow Over Night Holy Capital

Fu Qian pursued the Finger Bone and confronted the distortions Rainbow of Yao Bian had imposed on Night Holy Capital. He completed the mission, gained new rewards and abilities, then returned to Chief Yuan's residence in disguise.

  • Fu Qian questioned casino regular Ross about Midas, learned of a planned vault robbery, and interrogated Mr. Garcia about a Finger Bone hidden in the vault.
  • Fu Qian consumed the Crystalline Sun, transformed through Mythical Form into a pseudo-god, and used his Calamity authority against Henry Campbell before escaping to the casino vault.
  • Fu Qian retrieved and swallowed the Finger Bone, then teamed up with Su Gao to establish that Rainbow of Yao Bian had distorted the city's rules and colors.
  • Fu Qian confronted the Indigo Witch, extended his Mythical Form, and used Calamity and Blasphemous Embrace against the Scorching Ring and its mental assault.
  • Fu Qian summoned Rainbow of Yao Bian for a conversation, asked about its preparations and the long night, and resisted its rainbow light with Eye Within the Eye.
  • Fu Qian activated the Dark Moon Ring as the Warehouse declared task No. 3-1003 complete, confirming that the Finger Bone had made Midas real and that the ring dispelled Rainbow of Yao Bian's interference.
  • Fu Qian received his rewards, identified his false-god name as King of Prison Break, and discovered that the new ring could transform his supernatural abilities into icy forms.
  • Fu Qian used the ring to spread silvery frost, put on the Emissary Mask, and returned to Chief Yuan's residence, where Yuan Shan was showing someone around.
Chapters 1210–123425 summaries Read

Arc 50The Nightmare Investigation

Fu Qian crossed through the Dark Moon into a world where Anke had been missing for five days, then uncovered the Celestial Cult’s investigation into nightmare victims. He learned the cult had deliberately exposed him to a corrupted dream to study his unusual connection to the World Within the Painting, and the arc ended with a patient in urgent danger.

  • Fu Qian used the Dark Moon to reach a museum, where he found his powerless painting and met Rafferty, who identified him as the missing employee Anke.
  • Fu Qian met Amira and the Leisens, learning that the couple had endured decades of nightmares connected to the painting and that the Celestial Cult was investigating the victims.
  • Fu Qian woke inside a sealed nightmare, followed a cult hunter, and watched Harriet attack him before Amira intervened and erased Harriet from the scene.
  • Amira explained that Harriet had been investigated for causing men’s bodies to mutate, healed Fu Qian, and asked him to guard a patient’s nightmare with her and Reginald.
  • Fu Qian patrolled a hospital dream and learned that the cult was preventing corruption from crossing into reality, while the nightmare’s strange starry sky was considered blasphemous.
  • Fu Qian and the others found the Nightmare Sharer chained in an icy pool, covered in leeches, and discovered writhing worms inside his abdomen.
  • Fu Qian revealed that he had let a leech from the contaminated patient bite him because he suspected the cult wanted to test his connection to the World Within the Painting.
  • Amira admitted that the Celestial Cult had exposed Fu Qian to the nightmare to study him, but refused his offer to test the nightmare-related pants as Reginald warned that someone nearby was worsening.
Chapters 1235–125925 summaries Read

Arc 51The Star-Blessed Girl

Fu Qian used a Warehouse mission to investigate Jian Wenlos’s strange transformation and traced it to a dangerous painting encountered at an art salon. Olyntel confirmed Jian was blessed by the stars rather than contaminated, while the Order agreed to investigate the painting and offered Fu Qian guidance.

  • Fu Qian entered Containment Scene 2-191 and was tasked with purifying the Blood of Blasphemy within Jian Wenlos before sunrise.
  • Fu Qian examined Jian, found no physical contamination, and used Eternal Clarity of Thought to briefly restore her oversized eyes before discovering that her body was changing toward a more primordial state.
  • Fu Qian questioned Natalie and Jian, learning about the fog outside Lairding, the Abandoned Children of the Stars, and Jian’s encounter with a painting at an art salon.
  • Fu Qian realized Jian’s strange changes and the voice that had told her to be alone were connected to the painting, which had triggered a protective response when her vision darkened.
  • Jian’s symptoms changed again, and Fu Qian inferred that an unseen force was acting whenever he was sent away, while the Wenlos family struggled over whether to involve the Order.
  • Olyntel arrived at the Wenlos home and recognized the vortex patterns on Jian’s feet as a natural star sigil, assuring her parents that she was blessed by the stars and not contaminated.
  • Fu Qian identified the painting as a nightmare-related danger, and Olyntel said the Order would investigate it and offered Fu Qian guidance.
Chapters 1260–128425 summaries Read

Arc 52The Wenlos Case and Heartflame

Fu Qian uncovered how Jacques and the stars’ commandments had worsened Jian Wenlos’s condition, then healed her and confronted Olyntel at the Celestial Cult’s church. After surviving Olyntel’s Heartflame trap, Fu Qian was taken by Amira and Reginald toward the fog beyond the city.

  • Jian’s strange voice and spreading markings led Olyntel to attack her, but Fu Qian recognized that the room’s time was reversing as her severed legs regrew.
  • Fu Qian exposed Natalie’s pregnancy and her involvement with the butler, then used Clear Dream as an unseen presence seized control of the Wenlos family.
  • Fu Qian pursued Jian through the blood-red fog and confronted Jacques, who admitted that his attempts to alter Jian’s blessing had worsened her condition.
  • Fu Qian broke Jacques’s cocoon, resisted the Edicts protecting Jian, and agreed to meet Jacques and the other vampires at the Celestial Cult’s West District church.
  • Fu Qian returned to the church, where Olyntel revealed their lives were linked through a Heartflame lantern that would kill Olyntel if its flame went out.
  • Fu Qian extinguished the lantern and survived because his rank change disrupted Heartflame, then escaped the church using Blood Conquest.
  • Officer Lafady warned Fu Qian to stay inside, and Amira later brought him to meet Reginald and Sir Simon.
  • Fu Qian explained the Pocket Watch’s connection to a stolen relic containing the Dragon of Time’s blood, and the group reached the fog beyond the city.
Chapters 1285–131025 summaries Read
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