Recaps

Fu Qian uncovered Yarakir’s corruption of the Nightmare Corridor and used Wen Li, Taylor, and other allies to escape the divine dream. Back in the bookstore, he prepared for lingering dangers and investigated Pei Yanqing’s unsettling dream.

• Fu Qian learned that Yarakir wanted the remnant dream to capture the original dreamer and target Taylor, then agreed to share control of the dream with the persuader.
• Fu Qian visited Lita’s dream, urged her to pursue power for Veil’s sake, and discovered that Yarakir had altered the emblem she drew.
• Fu Qian found that Yarakir had infected Veil and disrupted his attempt to sever her connection to the dream.
• Fu Qian contacted Wen Li in a dream and directed her to influence Taylor and Jiang En, then realized Yarakir was drawing his acquaintances into a corrupted dream and eroding his memories.
• Fu Qian used Su Gao’s visit and the persuader’s help to buy time, then rang Eternal Clarity of Thought and escaped the divine dream without Yarakir.
• Fu Qian revealed that Wen Li’s influence on Taylor and Jiang En had been his planned diversion, and the Warehouse rewarded him with the Wriggling Seed.
• Wen Li reported Taylor’s encounter with Jiang En, and Fu Qian connected with Tooth Choker before giving Wen Li a bullet infused with the King of Prison Break’s calamity.
• Fu Qian returned to the bookstore, checked Pei Yanqing for signs of a foreign consciousness, and later used the Calming Heart and Benevolent Bell to settle her anxiety about her dream.

Fu Qian investigated Rick Wesley’s supernatural contamination through Claire and the Night Watchers, uncovering a hidden chamber linked to Rick’s former work as a surgeon. He left Claire under Winona’s protection and went to the old hospital, where he sensed several transcendent presences.

• Fu Qian met Selena, identified the emblem in Taylor’s dream as belonging to the Greedy Worms, and encouraged Selena to guide them toward him.
• Fu Qian entered Containment Scene 2-020 as Gorimshaw and learned from Claire that her husband Rick Wesley licked people, animals, and other living things at night.
• Fu Qian discovered that Rick’s contamination had spread to Claire, removed the marks from her, and gave her a bottle to make Rick drink.
• Claire distrusted Fu Qian and contacted the police, while Fu Qian revealed his supernatural power and persuaded the officers to investigate Rick.
• Winona and Leilan confronted Fu Qian, but he evaded them and followed Winona’s movements to the Wesley residence.
• Fu Qian and Claire searched Rick’s forbidden study and found identical translucent boxes that Fu Qian suspected had once held body parts.
• Claire recalled Rick describing diseased people as flowers in the flesh and parts of himself, and Fu Qian escaped while Winona entered the darkened room.
• Fu Qian trapped Winona in a dream, left her to guard Claire and seek stronger help, then went to Rick’s old hospital and sensed several transcendent presences.

Fu Qian tracked the Sin Plague’s source through Rick Wesley’s corruption and destroyed Delusion, then used his new reward to test the Greedy Worms and help Jiang En begin a return. The arc ended as the Tooth Choker activated and revealed a secret advancement ritual.

• Fu Qian investigated Rick Wesley’s office and encountered Night Watchers, who attacked him and took away a corrupted old woman with an injured teammate.
• Fu Qian warned Winona and the Night Watchers that Los faced a city-destroying threat, then was confronted by Thirteen, who revealed that Mr. Rick had been executed.
• Fu Qian traced the hidden creature through a dream shared by corrupted elderly people and destroyed its concealed core, freeing Delusion from its sanctuary.
• Fu Qian fought Delusion as it emerged from its host and fled into the sky, then destroyed its body and saw a vision of the King of Prison Break before its death.
• The Warehouse recorded Huo’s death, awarded Fu Qian the Typhoid Fear statue, and credited him with completing his task.
• Fu Qian tested the statue on the Greedy Worms, causing the Old Man and the others to sense an overwhelming threat of death.
• Fu Qian brought Wen Li to Jiang En’s home, found him motionless with the Tooth Choker clamped to his arm, and used Clear Dream to begin shaping his comeback.
• Wen Li chose the Death Wish ritual for Jiang En, and the Tooth Choker activated its ancient seal, released voices and translucent liquid, and revealed a secret advancement ritual.

Fu Qian helped Jiang En survive a ritual, investigated Huo and a strange memory miracle, and arranged care for Lita at the Academy. He then entered a Warehouse recontainment mission as Anko, where he and Aiko explored a false royal palace to find the source of a newborn’s cry.

• Fu Qian altered Jiang En’s understanding of a ritual, then shattered two teeth bound to Jiang En’s will so the Greedy Worms’ ritual could succeed and Jiang En could ascend.
• Fu Qian returned to the Academy, where Ji Liushuang drew him into her Heart-Questioning Sword Prison and revealed the truth-binding technique she had discovered.
• Fu Qian visited Professor A Kai, discussed Huo as a possible living Miracle Creature, and demonstrated a miracle that projected memories, including an image of Huo.
• Fu Qian and Ji Liushuang joined Lanaia to visit Veil and Lita, and Fu Qian examined Lita’s dream memories before arranging for Professor Lisha to treat her.
• Fu Qian promised to remain at the Academy, then entered the Warehouse’s recontainment scene for Offspring, Number 1-207, with his rank, skills, and items reverted.
• Fu Qian met Aiko, who identified the distant palace as a false Ermu Mansion Palace and explained that she had been a guest at its disastrous banquet.
• Fu Qian and Aiko entered the palace after hearing the newborn cry, and Fu Qian recognized the setting from the Bronze Headband’s vision.
• Fu Qian and Aiko found no one in the grand hall, heard the cry intensify in their minds, and headed toward the royal family’s living quarters to search for its source.