Vol. 19The Ark Beneath the Academy

Fu Qian completed the school scenario, uncovered an ancient ark beneath the Institute of Curses, and entered Virgo’s Containment Scene to search for La Nina. After stopping the Holy Infant Disaster Star’s rebirth, he returned to the Academy, where new investigations and a lead on the hand axe awaited.

  • Fu Qian investigated the deaths of Joshua and Salma, completed the school scenario, and returned to Shangjing.
  • Fu Qian and Su Gao explored the ruined Institute of Curses and found a deep, feather-covered pit.
  • Su Gao found a hidden passage to an ancient ark, and she and Fu Qian escaped after the Great Light began transforming her.
  • Su Gao organized an investigation at the Academy while Fu Qian began studying bone spirits with Professor Lisha and later entered Virgo’s Containment Scene.
  • Fu Qian survived the Scarlet Fever outbreak and defeated the Plague Knight and the White-hot Knight while searching for Virgo La Nina.
  • After the Wanderer vanished into the Abyss, Fu Qian returned to Jill and suggested that La Nina might be hidden within her.
  • Fu Qian contained the Holy Infant Disaster Star and received an incomplete Fierce Star Swaddling, which he used to forge a healing sword.
  • Fu Qian investigated the Mind World and tested Wen Li’s abilities, while Ji Liushuang prepared to retrieve the hand axe and Fu Qian asked about the Academy’s Snow Trees.
Chapters 1815–1915 Read from Ch. 1815

Arc 73The School and the Feathered Pit

Fu Qian searched for Wen, uncovered the deaths and supernatural secrets surrounding Salma and Joshua, and completed the school scenario. After returning to Shangjing, he took Su Gao to investigate the destroyed Institute of Curses, where they reached a feather-covered pit.

  • Fu Qian and Batters escaped the collapsing ruins, then Fu Qian entered the next scenario at a school and encountered Eva.
  • Fu Qian and Eva navigated the school’s dangerous corridors, found Joshua’s corpse in a storage room, and discovered Salma’s mutilated body in a restroom.
  • Fu Qian investigated the deaths and used Eva’s notebook to piece together possible events, then entered a scenario at Salma’s home before the school events.
  • Fu Qian learned that Salma was a Saliva Succubus, discovered Joshua’s healing power through the photographs in his jacket, and returned to the party basement beside Joshua’s body.
  • Fu Qian told the party guests that Joshua had been accidentally killed, and the system confirmed that No. 3-0205 had been contained.
  • Fu Qian concluded that the loss of supernatural forces had stopped Joshua from reviving, received his mission reward, and returned from the Warehouse to Shangjing.
  • Fu Qian invited Su Gao to dinner, then took her to the academy under his cover identity as Professor Fu.
  • Fu Qian and Su Gao investigated the ruined Institute of Curses, followed gray feathers underground, and reached a deep pit where Su Gao sensed nothing.
Chapters 1815–183925 summaries Read

Arc 74The Ark and the Dream

Fu Qian and Su Gao uncovered an ancient ark beneath the Institute of Curses, then returned to the academy as Su Gao joined Fu Qian’s work and investigated a mysterious dream. The story left Fu Qian entering Virgo’s Containment Scene, imprisoned at an isolated Siren Group stronghold.

  • Su Gao found a hidden passage beneath the Institute of Curses, and she and Fu Qian entered a vast ship-like space filled with amber cocoons, feathers, and mutated creatures.
  • Fu Qian realized the Great Light was transforming Su Gao, so she broke through the ark’s sealed space and brought them back to the Institute of Curses.
  • Su Gao explained that the ark folded space and time, while Fu Qian used the Return Edict to purge corruption and encountered Professor Rob, Professor A Kai, and Professor Chang Mo.
  • Su Gao briefed Li Weixuan on the hidden ark and the dead high-rank Transcendent, then appointed academy staff to help investigate the Institute of Curses.
  • Professor Lisha told Fu Qian how she assembled the Bone Horseshoe Crab, and Fu Qian proposed a joint study of bone spirits and their possible path to divinity.
  • Su Gao visited Fu Qian’s laboratory, where she offered help with the investigation and agreed to volunteer for his experiment.
  • Fu Qian guided Su Gao through an unstable dream, but a dark space rejected him as an outsider and separated their dreams.
  • Fu Qian entered Virgo’s Containment Scene and found himself restrained in armor among prisoners at an isolated Siren Group stronghold.
Chapters 1840–186425 summaries Read

Arc 75The Prison Knights

Fu Qian escaped the frozen prison’s Scarlet Fever outbreak, defeated the Plague Knight and White-hot Knight, and met the Wanderer while searching for Virgo La Nina. After the Wanderer vanished into the Abyss, Fu Qian returned to Jill and suggested that La Nina might be hidden within her.

  • Fu Qian joined Jill, White, and the other prisoners as Scarlet Fever spread, then discovered that the frozen sea had sealed their route to the island.
  • Madam An merged with White, became a demigod, and transformed into the Plague Knight before Fu Qian destroyed her and the dragon-like form with the Wriggling Seed.
  • Fu Qian left Jill and the survivors behind and drew out the White-hot Knight, who fought him while warning that the seedbed must not be defiled.
  • Fu Qian defeated the White-hot Knight, found no trace of Virgo La Nina, and then encountered the Wanderer, who was searching the prison for his wife.
  • Fu Qian fought the Wanderer and learned that he could not remember his wife’s name, then recruited him to search for La Nina by scent.
  • The Wanderer’s search drew Fu Qian toward the Abyss, but Fu Qian escaped while the Wanderer was consumed and disappeared.
  • Fu Qian returned to Jill and the Scholar, learned that their search had found no clues, and pressured Jill to consider whether La Nina was hidden within her.
Chapters 1866–189025 summaries Read

Arc 76The Holy Infant and the New Lead

Fu Qian stopped the Holy Infant Disaster Star’s rebirth, then returned to the Academy and investigated the Mind World while testing Wen Li’s abilities. The arc ended with Ji Liushuang preparing to retrieve the hand axe from her family and Fu Qian asking about the academy’s Snow Trees.

  • Fu Qian entered the prison’s transformed realm, survived Virgo La Nina’s attacks, and met the Fourth Knight, Kalaodola, who told him how crystallization had changed her ability.
  • Fu Qian watched Kalaodola crumble after she thanked him, then transformed into the Mechanical Tyrant and contained the Holy Infant Disaster Star.
  • Fu Qian received an incomplete Fierce Star Swaddling and used Rift Smelting with a gold candlestick to create a sword whose wounds healed him.
  • Fu Qian and Su Gao investigated a strange ripple and tested her dreams, where she sensed a quiet region in the Mind World and recalled a fairy tale about a storm-surviving ark.
  • Fu Qian discussed the ark with Su Gao, then heard from Yuan Fang that Siren and An Jing’s conflict was worsening and that the underwater prison remained unlocated.
  • Fu Qian tested Wen Li’s emotional projection, praised her talent, and invited her to join the Academy, but Wen Li refused his gift and left for the Spirit Ash Institute.
  • Ji Liushuang told Fu Qian that Angui had found a lead on the hand axe, and she decided to contact her family and send Jia Keke to retrieve it.
Chapters 1891–191525 summaries Read
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