Chapter Summaries

Fu Qian and the others joined Cas to investigate a strange Pool of Crystals beneath the Kamakura Family’s ruins, where they learned a Crystal Worm had merged into it. When A Kai tried to take a sample, the crystals formed a hand around his wrist.

• Cas thanked Fu Qian, Chang Mo, and Ji Liushuang, then led the gathered teams through the door to investigate the suspicious target.
• Ni Huayuan joined the group and agreed to Cas’s plan to inspect the chamber.
• Chang Mo told Cas that a smaller Crystal Worm had attacked them and then merged into the Pool of Crystals.
• Kamakura Mi explained that the Kamakura Family rarely entered the area and had left the ruins undisturbed.
• A Kai used a glove to grab a Crystal Tendril, but the crystals reassembled into a hand that clamped around his wrist.

The group encountered a crystal hand that attacked A Kai, and Cas destroyed it with a black-flame spear before the pool produced crystalline spears. Cas and Fu Qian judged the phenomenon relevant to their investigation, and Fu Qian turned attention to Kamakura Mi as someone who had yet to act.

• Chang Mo and Jian Jingzheng failed to damage the crystal hand as it tried to drag A Kai into the pool, but Cas pulled A Kai clear and shattered the hand with a black-flame spear.
• The crystal pool calmed, then raised tendrils that transformed into crystalline spears, so Cas urged everyone to retreat.
• In the corridor, Ni Huayuan argued that they should leave, but Cas insisted the phenomenon was relevant to their investigation despite having no clear way to handle it.
• Fu Qian said he also had no good solution and pointed out that Kamakura Mi had yet to make a move.

Fu Qian sent Kamakura Mi to confront the crystal pool’s growing abnormalities, and Kamakura Mi’s swordsmanship failed to damage them. After he was wounded and dropped his saber, the pool’s creatures suddenly split apart under the Severing Divine Seal, leaving Fu Qian to recognize the seal’s power.

• Fu Qian argued that Kamakura Mi’s family history of guarding graves made him suited to face the threat, and Cas ordered him to try.
• Kamakura Mi entered through the Stone Door and attacked the crystal pool’s strange, living shapes with his family’s sword technique.
• Kamakura Mi failed to break the creatures’ defenses, was wounded in the arm, and dropped his saber.
• The crystal wheel he had attacked developed a cut, then cracks spread through every shape in the pool until they shattered into fragments.
• Fu Qian realized the Severing Divine Seal had split the crystal creatures apart, even though Kamakura Mi’s saber had not harmed them.

Fu Qian and Cas concluded that the Kamakura Family’s cursed sword drew on higher-level power after Kamakura Mi’s strike shattered the crystal pool. Fu Qian suspected the pool had once contained followers of the Nameless Deity and that something similar to the Kamakura Family’s transformation had happened to them.

• Cas ordered A Kai and the others to treat Kamakura Mi after his cursed sword reduced the crystal pool to sand.
• Fu Qian and Cas noted the sword’s unexpectedly powerful effect and suspected the problem lay within the Kamakura Family.
• Ni Huayuan urged the group to collect samples and continue his plan, but Cas left him to pursue it alone.
• Fu Qian noticed that the hand-like creature in the pool resembled the mutated being behind the wall, and Ji Liushuang confirmed the resemblance.
• Fu Qian speculated that the pool had once held the Nameless Deity’s followers and asked whether they had undergone a change like the Kamakura Family.

Fu Qian proposed that the strange pool and the Kamakura Family’s Cursed Sword Dao might be connected to an ancient deity, provoking Kamakura Mi to defend his family’s history. The group accepted that the ruin held secrets about the swordsmanship but left its workings unresolved, and Cas ordered them to collect samples and return.

• Fu Qian speculated that the pool was formed through repeated cycles of believers being chopped up and restored, possibly under a divine blessing.
• Jian Jingzheng pointed out that Fu Qian had never been part of the investigation team, making everyone question his motives and knowledge of the ruin.
• Kamakura Mi rejected Fu Qian’s theory and said the family’s swordsmanship came from their ancestors’ cultivation insights, not a deity.
• Fu Qian considered that the Cursed Sword Dao might be a ritual calling on a higher power, while wondering whether the ritual or the deity had gone wrong.
• Cas told the group to take samples and return, concluding that the ruin concealed ancient secrets even though they could not explain the swordsmanship.

Cas's group collected a sample from the crystal pool and returned to the city, where A Kai discussed the Institute of Curses and its miracles with Fu Qian. Fu Qian learned that miracles could be reproduced by following their exact procedures, but only their discoverers gained advancement feedback, and he realized that simply reciting an incantation might still work.

• Cas ordered the group to take samples from the crystal pool, and A Kai bottled some of its water without any reaction.
• The group returned toward the city with the gravediggers, and Ni Huayuan's plan to hunt the killer was quietly abandoned.
• A Kai asked Fu Qian whether ancient deities could still answer when called, and Fu Qian replied that it was only a guess.
• Ji Liushuang explained that the Institute of Curses used accumulated knowledge to produce miracles and had strict admission standards.
• Fu Qian asked whether perfectly copying a miracle's materials and procedures would reproduce its effects, and A Kai confirmed that it would.
• A Kai explained that only the person who discovered a miracle gained advancement feedback, and Fu Qian realized that reciting an incantation might be enough to use one.

Fu Qian investigated the Kamakura Family’s swordsmanship and concluded that their meditation and swordplay formed a prayer ritual, then offered to treat Kamakura Shinji. He cleared the room and activated the Return Edict, leaving the treatment’s result unknown.

• Fu Qian questioned Kamakura Mi about the family’s meditation and learned that they used a special method to calm their minds.
• Fu Qian reasoned that the Kamakura Family’s ritual might be failing because its members had become unfaithful to their deity.
• Cas assigned the group to find a way to stop the Kamakura Family’s condition, and Fu Qian offered a treatment with a chance of failure and a risk of making the patient permanently ordinary.
• Kamakura Mi asked Fu Qian to treat Shinji first, since he was in the worst condition.
• Fu Qian sent everyone out of Shinji’s room and activated the Return Edict.

Yun used the Return Edict on Kamakura Shinji, removing the mark that had anchored the Kamakura family to the nameless god and stopping his wounds from worsening. A new mission prompt revealed that watching Everyone Knows the Notorious had caused the divine mark to go out of control, and Yun set out to investigate further.

• Yun concluded that the Kamakura family’s ritual could be countered by targeting the divine anchor and used the Return Edict on Kamakura Shinji.
• The Edict dispelled A Kai’s miracle, causing Shinji’s wounds to reopen, but Yun kept him on the bed and continued the test.
• Shinji’s birthmark vanished, and his wounds stopped tearing wider after Yun deactivated the Edict.
• Yun learned that Shinji had been watching Everyone Knows the Notorious before meditating and recognized the show as the source of the corruption.
• A mission prompt told Yun to remove all severance marks and establish contact with the nameless god, and he went to find someone.

Fu Qian used the Return Edict to cure the Kamakura Family’s curse, erasing the marks that had made them tomb guardians and returning them to ordinary lives. After leaving the academy group behind, he set off to pursue legal archaeology.

• Fu Qian concluded that An Jing Shizhi had masterminded the Kamakura Family’s curse and suspected the Native Council had helped.
• Fu Qian told Kamakura Mi and the others that Kamakura Shinji was recovering, then offered treatment to the affected family members.
• Kamakura Keiji urged Kamakura Mi to accept Fu Qian’s help, and the tomb guardians stayed for treatment.
• Fu Qian activated the Return Edict, healing the tomb guardians and making their marks and cursed swords disappear.
• Fu Qian dismissed Ni Huayuan’s hostile question, welcomed a future visit to the academy through A Kai, and left to go archaeology.

Fu Qian returned to the ruins to complete his mission of establishing a connection with the Nameless God, using the Kamakura Family’s Cursed Sword Dao as a model. He began striking the crystalline mass in the pool, trying to invoke the god’s power.

• The academy members confirmed that the Kamakura Family’s curse and bodily marks had disappeared, though their levels had fallen to zero and they were now ordinary people.
• Kamakura Keiji said Mr. Yun had merely sat with them before the curse stopped, leaving the academy members baffled.
• Cas said the situation was temporarily stable and arranged for the academy to observe the family for several more days.
• Fu Qian returned to the ruins and used a tentacle to probe the pool, then retrieved Ji Liushuang’s sword and provoked the crystalline mass into forming an arm.
• Fu Qian copied the Kamakura Family’s Cursed Sword Dao and repeatedly slashed the crystalline arm while silently invoking the Nameless God.

Fu Qian used the Kamakura Family's Butcher's Knife Technique to fracture the pool and draw the attention of an Unknown God, while the Kamakura instructors suspected he had caused their loss of control and Divine Seal. He promised Ji Liushuang he would return to the academy, then completed his mission by containing No. 3-0129.

• Fu Qian repeatedly struck the pool's grotesque hands with the Butcher's Knife Technique, then landed a final blow that spread cracks through the crystalline surface.
• Fu Qian sensed a growing connection to an ancient Unknown God as cuts appeared across his body, and he called out the Ji Liushuang hiding behind the Stone Door.
• Jian Jingzheng told the Kamakura Family instructors that Fu Qian had returned to the ruin and suggested he might have caused the family's loss of control and Divine Seal.
• Ji Liushuang said she had come to retrieve her sword and asked whether Fu Qian would visit the academy; Fu Qian promised he would and handed her the sword.
• Fu Qian's mission completed, and No. 3-0129 was successfully contained.

Fu Qian completed the Kamakura mission and received the Old Day Engraving, a powerful skill that inflicted wounds indiscriminately under the Mad God's gaze. Back at the mansion, he gave Su Gao the Abyss Notebook, warning her about its side effect.

• The mission evaluation reported that the Kamakura family had lost its role as tombkeepers, while the Night Watchers sealed the ruins and the clan could no longer summon the Nameless Deity.
• Fu Qian received the Old Day Engraving and inferred that the Nameless Deity was dead, though its authority remained intact in a mad corpse.
• Fu Qian activated the Old Day Engraving to test its power, enduring multiplying wounds that quickly healed after he turned the skill off.
• Fu Qian returned to the mansion at the same time he had left and gave Su Gao the Abyss Notebook, warning her that it would remember her if she opened it.

Fu Qian and Su Gao discussed their plans after the Divine Envoy’s visit, then received a visit from Yin Hehong, the Night Watchers’ regional chief on Leaf Island. Yin Hehong said An Jing Shizhi had told him about Su Gao’s presence, and Fu Qian realized An Jing was using the Night Watchers to investigate them amid his escalating conflict with the Siren.

• Fu Qian decided not to rush their departure and told Su Gao to rest while he considered how his recent assignments might be connected.
• Fu Qian put on two masks in case the Divine Envoy returned, but Yin Hehong arrived instead.
• Fu Qian recognized Yin Hehong as the Night Watchers’ regional chief and suspected his visit was connected to the Divine Envoy’s inquiry.
• Su Gao came downstairs and greeted Yin Hehong after he identified her as Lady Violetta.
• Yin Hehong said An Jing Shizhi had informed him about Su Gao and explained that An Jing was wary because clashes with the Siren were escalating.
• Fu Qian concluded that An Jing had turned to the Night Watchers to investigate or monitor them because he was under pressure and wanted to control unexpected developments.

Yin Hehong explained Leaf Island’s policy toward conflicts between Transcendents and invited Su Gao to respect its order, while warning Fu Qian that he wanted to see him die. After Yin Hehong left, Fu Qian and Su Gao discussed what he knew about An Jing and Siren, and Fu Qian went to check on Kanna Kisaragi but found her hut closed.

• Yin Hehong told Fu Qian that An Jing and Siren had suffered heavy losses in their conflict, which the Night Watchers allowed as long as ordinary people stayed safe.
• Yin Hehong recognized Fu Qian’s Infamy Badge and said its game had not crossed the line, then welcomed Su Gao to Leaf Island and warned Fu Qian.
• Fu Qian and Su Gao concluded that Yin Hehong did not know about An Jing’s Miracle Potion violations and might mistake them for Siren’s hired muscle or Night Watchers.
• Fu Qian left Su Gao behind and went to visit Kanna Kisaragi, but found the diviner’s hut closed.
• A sweet voice greeted Fu Qian from behind as he stood outside Kanna Kisaragi’s hut.

Fu Qian and Hayami Suzune found Chie Kisaragi tied up in Takagi’s hidden room and learned that Takagi had taken Kanna Kisaragi. Chie warned them that Kanna was in danger and asked them to find her.

• Fu Qian met Hayami Suzune near the Kisaragi house and headed to Takagi’s home, with Suzune following him.
• Fu Qian picked the locks and discovered a hidden room behind a bookcase.
• Fu Qian and Hayami Suzune found Chie Kisaragi bound to a chair and freed her.
• Chie told them that Kanna had summoned her the previous night, then Takagi tied her up and took Kanna away.
• Chie warned that Takagi was unstable and asked Fu Qian and Hayami Suzune to find Kanna as soon as possible.

Hayami Suzune, Fu Qian, and Kisaragi Chie tracked Kanna Kisaragi to an art studio, where they found Ishida dead and Kanna bound in the basement with her right hand missing. Takagi held Kanna’s severed hand and explained that he had long fantasized about her touching his face.

• Hayami Suzune agreed to help Kisaragi Chie find Kanna Kisaragi, and Fu Qian used a heart-shaped map marker to lead them to an art studio.
• Hayami Suzune, Kisaragi Chie, and Fu Qian arrived at Ishida’s studio, where Fu Qian opened the locked door.
• Hayami Suzune found Ishida’s bloody corpse in the workshop and heard someone in the basement.
• Hayami Suzune and Kisaragi Chie found Takagi holding Kanna Kisaragi’s severed right hand while Kanna sat bound to a chair.
• Takagi told Kisaragi Chie that the studio was where he first met Kanna and that he had longed for her hand to soothe his face.

Fu Qian watched Kanna Kisaragi recover from Takagi’s attack and realized she had transformed into a Seventh Order supernatural. When Kanna asked him to accompany her, Fu Qian sensed an unusual influence making it difficult to refuse and connected it to the badge in his pocket.

• Kanna rejected Takagi, who swallowed her severed hand and collapsed as Hayami Suzune watched in shock.
• Kanna freed herself from the ropes, and Fu Qian noticed that her supernatural aura had risen to at least Seventh Order.
• Kanna’s severed arm sprouted writhing flesh tendrils, confirming that the Miracle Potion had worked.
• Hayami Suzune asked Kanna to return to the Night Watcher base, and Kanna agreed before inviting Fu Qian to come along.
• Fu Qian tried to refuse Kanna but sensed an influence making him reluctant, then remembered the badge in his pocket.

Fu Qian questioned Chie Kisaragi about the sudden change in Kanna Kisaragi and learned that Kanna had seemed unusually obedient before Takagi took her away. He suspected that Kanna’s strange persuasive ability might have influenced Chie’s perception, leaving the cause of the change uncertain.

• Fu Qian refused to accompany Kanna Kisaragi as she left with Hayami Suzune, while Hayami told Chie Kisaragi not to touch anything at the scene.
• Fu Qian brought Chie Kisaragi to her fortune-teller’s shop and let her ask questions about Kanna’s transformation and the Miracle Potion.
• Chie Kisaragi said Kanna had been excited after visiting Wushe Temple but seemed different when she saw her again later that evening.
• Chie Kisaragi recalled that Kanna had acted more obedient than usual when she scolded her at Takagi’s place, before Takagi tied her up and took her away.
• Fu Qian wondered whether Kanna’s persuasive power had altered Chie Kisaragi’s perception rather than changing Kanna herself.

Fu Qian suspected that the Infamy Law show had polluted Leaf Island’s population and caused Kanna Kisaragi to become a Seventh Order supernatural. After warning Chie Kisaragi to tell the Night Watchers what she knew, he returned to Su Gao, where they discussed the case and his theory.

• Fu Qian considered whether the Infamy Law game had affected ordinary people and caused Kanna Kisaragi’s sudden change.
• Chie Kisaragi asked whether Kanna had changed without realizing it, and Fu Qian advised her to decide whether to share her findings with the Night Watchers.
• Fu Qian encouraged Chie to reopen her fortune-telling shop, and she changed its sign to “Open for Business.”
• Fu Qian returned to Su Gao and explained that his involvement in Takagi’s death would restrict their movements while the Night Watchers investigated.
• Fu Qian and Su Gao agreed that the Night Watchers would likely blame Takagi’s death on his feelings for Kanna, while Fu Qian suspected the Infamy Law had given Kanna supernatural power.

Fu Qian and Su Gao considered whether Emperor An Jing was pursuing greater divinity and discussed the danger Kanna Kisaragi faced after advancing through the Miracle Potion trial. The next morning, Divine Envoy Nepheli visited Fu Qian, exposed his identity and Sawada’s collusion, and recognized that two demigods were together in his home.

• Fu Qian and Su Gao discussed the possibility that Emperor An Jing was using notoriety as a step toward further advancement.
• Su Gao warned that the Yasui Company would investigate Kanna Kisaragi and Fu Qian because they had both participated in the Miracle Potion trials.
• The next morning, Sawada brought Nepheli to meet Fu Qian about new developments in the trial.
• Nepheli revealed that Sawada had told her Fu Qian killed the real Dancy, startling Sawada and prompting him to deny it.
• Nepheli silenced Sawada and admired Fu Qian’s masks, remarking that two demigods were sitting together.