Recaps

Xia Xiu eliminated Desolation, Missing, Dominion, and Anger while pursuing the Negators and uncovering the dangers surrounding their abilities. The story left him trapped in a strange dream as an inverted High Tower appeared over Greenwich and the Blond Young Man recited a final prayer.

• Xia Xiu killed Lily James and defeated Azib, eliminating Desolation and allowing Hope to absorb her card.
• Xia Xiu disrupted Anut’s protest and killed her, eliminating Missing and evolving Hope.
• Xia Xiu helped Rockefeller break Hilton’s control of the school club, then killed Ativik and eliminated Dominion.
• Xia Xiu tracked Adistate and Alex to a performance, killed them, and eliminated Anger, prompting Hope to evolve again.
• Xia Xiu entered Mareta Psychiatric Hospital’s collective dream to find Atlif, but woke shackled and addressed as BK-201.
• Xia Xiu forced Hilde to unlock his restraints after identifying her as a firefighter from the Diva Empire.
• An inverted High Tower descended over Greenwich as Ether Spirits crushed one another and the Blond Young Man finished reciting the final prayer.

Xia Xiu secured sponsorship, approached Broly over the Berserkers' curse, and fought in the arena as clashes with vampires unfolded. Tours, Yizhou, and Broly later shed Financial Street's invisible shackles, while Deli received a paid consultation offer and Adélie Penguin considered cutting his losses.

• Tours Colbert brought Clayton to the Reserve's medical facility and left him medicine to suppress Oripathy before later suffering agonizing pain himself.
• Xia Xiu persuaded Henry Ironbeard to serve as his sponsor after Xia entered Smokeless City.
• Xia Xiu visited [Dacia Prison], learned from Old Valdasson that Broly bore all Berserkers' evil karma, and waited for Broly to choose as [Beowulf] held a white card.
• Van Helsing won the barehanded blood match, and Xia Xiu later fought opponents while piloting the [Rare Steed Boat].
• Tours repaired the abdominal wound Gangrel had inflicted, and Xia Xiu later reported that three-fifths of their quota had been met while handling a charred vampire head.
• [Dragon Bone] hovered over the ruined Brom Castle before a massive steel ship materialized near Tors Harbor.
• Tours, Yizhou, and Broly submitted their handprints for Spirituality Certification and felt Financial Street's shackles vanish as their suppressed ARad fields stirred.
• The Blond Young Man offered Deli 1 million [base assets] to answer questions using [Sphinx], and Adélie Penguin later considered folding to cut his losses.