Recaps

Fu Qian defeated An Jing Shizhi, whose essence the Red Moon claimed, then investigated the unstable foundations of the supernatural world. After Su Gao returned to Leaf Island, Fu Qian went back to Shangjing and found a paradox affecting Qin Mingze and Tan Ying.

• Hayami Suzune warned Fu Qian and Leigo that Sybill had joined An Jing, while Rebecca visited the Delins and politely accepted Su Gao’s invitation to Leaf Island.
• Fu Qian confronted An Jing Shizhi beneath the Red Moon, learned that his ascension had destabilized his abilities, and fought through his summoned monsters and shifting domains.
• Fu Qian used the Return Edict, False God Incarnation, and his other powers to withstand An Jing Shizhi’s attacks, then completed the Warehouse’s task by returning Deity’s Wisdom to his divine incarnation.
• The Red Moon took An Jing Shizhi’s essence and gave Fu Qian Mercy, Affection, and the Thread of Concern before he returned to Su Gao.
• Fu Qian and Su Gao consulted Nepheli through Chie Kisaragi, learned that missing laws had made paths to godhood unstable, and discussed An Jing Shizhi’s death and Kanna Kisaragi’s unusual powers.
• Su Gao visited Grandpa Ailei’s remains and ended her vacation, while Fu Qian explored the lighthouse passages, suspected the Holy Grail Cult had contained the Abyssal Fog, and decided to seek Chief Yuan’s help.
• Back in Shangjing, Fu Qian discovered a higher-level paradox influencing Qin Mingze and helped him break free by making him choose between two cola glasses.
• Fu Qian visited Tan Ying’s art studio and offered to model for her, planning to address her restlessness through her dream.

Fu Qian entered Unseen Hill, clashed with its demigods and joined the Hunting Squad’s search for a special flame before they turned against him. The prophet Yuan Fang asked him to awaken the annihilating fire at a lake and lure the Hunting Squad there, leaving Fu Qian to question whether the plan would make the danger worse.

• Fu Qian was pulled into the Warehouse and sent to Unseen Hill, where he encountered demigods and learned that outsiders were being hunted.
• Fu Qian disrupted the city, fought the Mirror Knight, Ballard, and Akasha, then tracked Akasha and encountered the Clown.
• Fu Qian revealed himself to the Hunting Squad and proposed a temporary alliance, but Xiumeng and the others trapped him and attacked him with fire.
• Fu Qian survived by devouring cursed flesh and reshaping his body, then learned the Hunting Squad sought fire to treat Logan’s chaotic condition.
• Fu Qian staged a disturbance with the Clown’s burning body and Akasha’s severed claw, drawing Crystal, Ballard, and other powerful figures to him.
• Ballard took Fu Qian to meet the prophet Yuan Fang, who explained that the inhabitants were losing their memories and identities and asked Fu Qian to help save their world.
• Yuan Fang revealed that the lake held annihilation, which he called fire, and asked Fu Qian to awaken it and lure the Hunting Squad there.
• Fu Qian set out for the lake with Akasha and Crystal, questioned Akasha about death and rebirth, and wondered whether Yuan Fang’s plan would draw more investigators and intensify the divine envoys’ pursuit of flame.

Fu Qian entered Unseen Hill’s hidden world, uncovered how its flames and inhabitants were tied to a trapped future, and erased Ballard while trying to guide the force behind the prison. He completed the containment mission, learned more about Ji Feng and the Unseen Hill, then returned to ordinary life and met former client Xixi and Tan Ying.

• Fu Qian crossed the lake alone and encountered the Abyssal Saint, a sarcophagus that produced phantoms and attacked him with fire.
• Xiumeng brought Old Man Logan to the hall, where flames transformed Logan and a skeletal form emerged as the Hunting Squad fought the Saint’s phantoms.
• Fu Qian entered the lake again with Aiko and the Night Watchers, then vanished into the hall and let the squad attack while he searched for a way to understand the scene.
• Ballard and Crystal captured Fu Qian and brought him to Yuan Fang, who explained that the flames might free Unseen Hill’s inhabitants from their predetermined cycles.
• Fu Qian stayed with Ballard’s group, questioned Akasha and Crystal about their memories, and tried to reach the force behind the prison through conversation.
• Fu Qian erased Ballard during a confrontation, then explained to Yuan Fang that Ballard’s sacrifice had served as a role model for the agitated force behind their world.
• Yuan Fang confronted Fu Qian with a choice between joining their world and being killed, but Fu Qian urged him not to give up, and the system then announced that Fu Qian had contained No. 1-039.
• Fu Qian read the mission summary, examined his rewards, and returned to his living room before arranging a meeting with former client Xixi, where he also encountered Tan Ying.

Fu Qian investigated Jiang En’s promotion ritual and discovered that Darnetta and a group of Transcendents were secretly supporting him. With the mission nearing its deadline, Fu Qian confronted them and uncovered their ability to transfer injuries, then used the Bug Whistle to drag Darnetta and several others underground.

• Tan Ying brought Fu Qian to a haunted house, where he met Xixi, a client who believed she was an actress being watched by the world and offered to hire him as her personal consultant.
• Fu Qian entered the Warehouse’s containment scene and learned that he had to disrupt Jiang En’s Promotion Ritual, then gathered information from Yuan Shan and Wen Li about Jiang En, Taylor Gullard, and a series of victims with bite marks.
• Fu Qian followed Taylor Gullard and learned that Jiang En had been attending an underground gathering to find a way past his bottleneck.
• Fu Qian attended the gathering, suspected its host and a seller had arranged to give Jiang En supernatural items, then confronted Jiang En in his basement and challenged him to fight again the next day.
• Fu Qian fought off Darnetta, followed Jiang En, and watched him attempt a dangerous ritual that transformed him into a more powerful but inhuman state before Fu Qian interrupted him.
• Fu Qian learned that Taylor had been arrested and that Jiang En had returned to his clan, apparently abandoning the Supernatural Path to avoid the Great Fortune Ming King’s challenge.
• Darnetta led nearly twenty Transcendents against Fu Qian, but Fu Qian discovered that their injuries were shared and repeatedly transferred to Venerable Tooth Choker.
• Fu Qian used the Bug Whistle to summon a gigantic insect that swallowed Darnetta and several others and dragged them underground, then asked the survivors how they could handle his damage transfer.