Recaps

Duanmu Huai pursued the Silver Twilight Lodge’s murders in Fog City and uncovered a plot involving Professor Chapek, the Tartarus Gate, and Charlotte’s missing soul. He recruited Mary, whose Gold Eye drew monsters from Dark City, and the arc left her facing a Flame Monster as Duanmu Huai and Lorena moved to intervene.

• Duanmu Huai confronted the Formless Thing at Sentinel Hill, destroyed it with black flame, and completed the Source of Fear mission.
• Duanmu Huai investigated murders linked to the Silver Twilight Lodge, exposed Doctor Rose and Arthur as the killers aboard an airship, and continued to Fog City.
• Duanmu Huai rescued Mary from the river and learned that the victims in the river had all attended Royal Shuo Academy.
• Duanmu Huai found Mary being hunted by an iron monster in Dark City and later learned that Charlotte’s body lived while her soul was missing.
• Duanmu Huai recruited Mary as bait and gave her a Sacred Artifact ring, while Lorena began training her to escape monsters.
• Duanmu Huai searched Professor Chapek’s office and safe, uncovering the Silver Twilight Lodge’s plan to open the Tartarus Gate and Charlotte’s involvement with the Research Society.
• Mary refused to abandon Shirley after learning of Charlotte’s farewell letter, and Duanmu Huai revealed that he was an Inquisitor prepared to kill the Research Society members.
• Mary drew a Flame Monster deeper into Dark City, and Lorena struck a Flame Hellhound with her Holy Book as Duanmu Huai prepared to intervene.

Duanmu Huai pursued the Silver Twilight Lodge to Antarctica, where Mary rescued Shirley and he destroyed the ancient city. Back in Fog City, he solved the Baskerville Demon Hound case, and Mary chose to join the Inquisition, leaving her to begin training.

• Duanmu Huai killed Professor Chapek and investigated the disappearances at Royal Shuo Academy, where Mary helped him expose Churchill Winston as the host of a monster.
• Duanmu Huai learned that the Lodge had gone to Antarctica to open the Tartarus Gate, then secured places for himself and Mary on Professor Parmal’s expedition.
• Duanmu Huai discovered that James Moriarty had manipulated Charlotte Bronte and surrendered his body to a Great Old One before Duanmu Huai killed him.
• Duanmu Huai led Mary and Lorena to the ancient city in Antarctica, where Mary confronted Shirley and embraced her after reminding her of their childhood promise.
• Duanmu Huai rescued Mary, Lorena, and Shirley as the Shoggoths overran the city, then returned to Fog City and asked Mary to join the Inquisition.
• Duanmu Huai investigated the Baskerville Demon Hound, defeated the Black Shadow, and uncovered the family’s history as exorcists and the Mi-Go research station beneath a farm.
• Mary decided to join the Inquisition, and Duanmu Huai brought her there, where Ranni gave her a scroll for Dark Moon Magic and stressed combat training.

Duanmu Huai investigated supernatural threats in Cornwall, then led the Inquisition and Systems Alliance against the Reapers, ending their invasion by destroying their network with Mary’s help. After the war, he recruited the Officer Academy’s top student, Echote Marius, to strengthen his fleet.

• Duanmu Huai investigated the disappearances around Lakeside Inn, killed Glaaki, and uncovered the alien city beneath the lake.
• Duanmu Huai and Mary entered the caverns beneath Vince Scott’s mansion, destroyed Yig, and secured recognition for Mary as the ruins’ first discoverer.
• Duanmu Huai warned the Systems Alliance that the Reapers were coming, while the Alliance sealed its relays and the Reapers began attacking alien homeworlds.
• Duanmu Huai turned fallen Turians into Corpse Mutants and used a Blood Moon and exploding stars to destroy a third of the Reaper fleet.
• Duanmu Huai and Mary infiltrated the Reaper network, where Mary used the Virus Dagger to disable its core and Duanmu Huai destroyed the Catalyst.
• The Systems Alliance and Inquisition celebrated their victory, though most alien races had been wiped out, and Duanmu Huai gained new powers.
• Duanmu Huai tested Officer Academy candidate Echote Marius in a fleet battle, lost to her, and invited her to join the Inquisition.
• Echote accepted Duanmu Huai’s invitation, and he promised her induction training.

Duanmu Huai brought the Inquisition into a human conflict, destroyed the Archangel, and joined forces with the Minerva and the Immigrant Fleet. The allies began an operation in the Bird Head Galaxy to destroy the Universe Monsters by detonating a star.

• Duanmu Huai entered the New World, fought an STMC attack, and agreed to shelter the displaced Minerva while refusing to intervene in human wars.
• Duanmu Huai destroyed Julius 7 with an Earthquake Bomb, then helped the Minerva survive attacks by Orb, the Earth Federation, and the Archangel.
• Duanmu Huai rescued Setsuko from Asakim Doven and trained Shinn Asuka before the Minerva confronted the Archangel.
• Duanmu Huai declared the Archangel heretics, destroyed it with the Inquisition's warship, and had Ann kill Kira in his escape pod.
• Duanmu Huai recruited Setsuko, Annmarie, and Yaz for the Inquisition and inspected Ann's newly built winged mecha before turning to aid the Exelion.
• Duanmu Huai destroyed the Vajra attacking the Immigrant Fleet's supply convoy and met its leaders, who agreed to support his campaign against the Universe Monsters.
• Duanmu Huai proposed detonating a star in the Bird Head Galaxy and assigned the allies to defend the Myriad Eagle Battleship until the operation was complete.
• Duanmu Huai led the fleet into the Bird Head Galaxy, where the allies fought the charging Universe Monsters as the Myriad Eagle Battleship fired into the star.