Recaps

Fu Qian traced the Sea of Ashes expedition and bloodline inheritance with Cas, then helped Spirit Ash Institute escape a shared Brain Dance linked to the Unspeakable Heavenly Dao. After checking on Sunny, he entered the Wish of Oblivion containment scene and accompanied Katon Diggins to Lucy’s home, where Katon faced the consequences of his long absence.

• Fu Qian learned from Cas that Li He’s investigation into the expedition had been halted, and connected its Crystalline Blessing to the Wise Dead and the Inverted Lake in the Sea of Ashes.
• Fu Qian examined Cas’s expedition map and discussed whether descent, rather than blood, could explain inherited supernatural abilities, while Cas offered Lisha’s help with Fu Qian’s investigation.
• Fu Qian and Wen Li visited Spirit Ash Institute, where Weilong showed them a researcher afflicted by an entity that the professors had contained but could not control.
• Fu Qian recognized the Institute’s shared Brain Dance as linked to the Unspeakable Heavenly Dao, shot the malformed figure, and used Mercy to free the patient and restore the Institute’s people.
• Fu Qian checked Sunny for signs of corruption, asked whether she would want to know if she were already dead, then left and accepted a Warehouse assignment for Wish of Oblivion.
• Fu Qian entered the containment scene, bought fuel from a hostile shopkeeper, and revived the unresponsive Katon Diggins by pouring gasoline into his car.
• Katon revealed that Fu Qian had been hired as his driver, then led him to Lucy’s home, where Lucy’s family challenged Katon’s unexpected return.
• Fu Qian and Katon left Lucy’s home after discussing the cat and Katon’s long absence, and Katon resumed directing their journey.

Fu Qian helped Katon complete his Wish List, then disrupted Katon’s attempt to sleep through a transformation and seal a Higher Being. After defeating the Redeemed, Fu Qian discovered a child-faced statue in the box for 2-013 and saw a streetcar hurtling through the years.

• Katon completed his wishes at the motel and shop, then asked Fu Qian to help fulfill additional tasks, including taking a car and becoming his Reflection.
• Fu Qian confronted Katon at the roadside shop, helped Lei Meng find a purpose, and learned about Katon’s connection to the Unjust and the old Warehouse.
• At the abandoned hotel, Katon revealed that his final wish was to die in his sleep and invited Fu Qian to accompany him as he prepared to enter a long sleep.
• Fu Qian refused to leave Katon’s plan undisturbed, and his aura brought forth Mr. Dawkins, Tooth-Robe Lady, and Priest Elder as they debated the ritual behind Katon’s transformation.
• Fu Qian burned Priest Elder’s separated will, challenged Katon to resist his fate, and watched Katon form a black mirror from the ash.
• As Katon’s selves struggled, Fu Qian contained No. 2-013 with Calamity Power, leaving the old Katon dead and apparently sleeping peacefully.
• The Warehouse reported Katon’s failed attempt to reject his supernatural nature and seal a Higher Being, then awarded Fu Qian the Calamity of the Unworthy Godslayer.
• Fu Qian found a child-faced statue inside the box for 2-013, put on the Messenger, and saw a streetcar hurtling through the years.

Fu Qian investigated the Tyrant’s curse and the Mycelial Emperor while Professor A Kai vanished during his research. After a strange encounter with Kalaodola’s divine flesh altered Fu Qian’s perception, he prepared to pursue A Kai’s case and joined Professor Lisha’s work, where a powerful old woman confronted him.

• Fu Qian told Professor Lisha that Linghui’s reorganization was complete, then discussed his First Law of the Occult with her and asked her to investigate how gods might guard against successors.
• Fu Qian tested the Entwined Umbilical Cord in Forsaken Prison, awakened Scarlet Fever, and connected its corruption to the Tyrant, the Dragon King, and the Graveyard of Gods.
• Professor Rob reported that Professor A Kai had disappeared, and Fu Qian found a strange arrangement of materials and fungal growth in A Kai’s office.
• Fu Qian ate one of Rob’s mushrooms and entered a mycelial illusion, where he fought the Mushroom Sword Saint and a female Sword Saint before breaking the false world apart.
• Fu Qian recognized a melody in Kalaodola’s divine flesh that Wen Li hummed, then swallowed the flesh and gained Etched Wisdom.
• Fu Qian discovered that his new power had made him perceive a conversation with Liu Shuang that never happened, and he began using a modified ring to monitor time and verify what was real.
• Fu Qian considered A Kai’s disappearance in connection with Meria and the Ark expedition, and planned to use the Burial Scroll after its cooldown ended.
• Fu Qian went to help Professor Lisha with her strange collection, where a stern old woman entered and challenged him.

Fu Qian investigated Meria’s influence, restored A Kai, and discovered that invisible snow was changing people at the academy. He then accepted a Warehouse mission on Unseen Hill, where he encountered a devouring creature and identified it as Catherine.

• Fu Qian killed the old woman in the laboratory and worked with Professor Lisha to organize materials for Cas.
• Fu Qian investigated the invisible snow at the Institute of Curses and used Meria’s conceptual domain to find A Kai and restore him.
• A Kai explained that his breakthrough miracle had given him an unsettling affinity with the Sea, and Fu Qian connected his experience to Meria and zero.
• Cas revealed that he and Lisha were being changed by the academy’s invisible snow, and Fu Qian suspected their condition was connected to what Kalaodola had left behind.
• Fu Qian discovered that his conversation with Cas had taken place within Etched Wisdom, then chose to trust the real Cas to seek help if needed.
• Fu Qian accepted the Warehouse assignment to recontain Gray Bed and returned to Unseen Hill, where a Ghost Carriage attacked his carriage.
• Fu Qian fought off the Lord’s attacks and learned that the Prophet, Yuan Fang, was dead as a devouring mass attacked the carriages.
• Fu Qian left Unseen Hill with the devouring creature, which identified herself as Catherine, and took her to the restaurant where he had met Ballard and Akasha.