The story begins when a new round of students wake up at Qianqiu Academy. While they get settled in, they must choose their classes and build up their skills until they are qualified to take their first mission.

Ever so often, the students in Qianqiu Academy will be sent on a mission. These missions usually involve a collapsing world that recently lost their protagonist. And that is where Qianqiu Academy comes in—each student will be assigned the identity of a random character in that world; whether it be the cannonfodder little villain, or the poor second male lead, or a consort seeking revenge.

But be careful! Each world has its own mysterious history and a cast of NPCs with their own goals. Your character will be randomly allocated into a faction who they must fight for (or betray if you’re willing to take the risk). In addition, they will be presented missions or information by the NPCs, which you can choose to act on in order to influence the plot.

There’s plenty of lore and worldbuilding to unravel if you’re interested in digging for secrets.

Ultimately, after transmigrating, students will be competing against each other and racing to become the world’s protagonist!

Generous rewards are awarded to those who prevail, so make sure to study hard and do your best!

Qianqiu Academy welcomes you here to enrich yourself. There are many courses to choose from, and each will teach you skills and knowledge that will prepare you for your missions. From horse riding to the use of magical instruments, the Academy is sure to teach you something new.

But keep your eyes peeled. Not all is what it seems and there are many secrets you can uncover.

Before the start of every mission, a list of roles your character may be assigned to will be announced. These roles will cover a variety of different social statuses and abilities (eg. a barkeeper running a secret rebellion organisation from underneath their bar, a princess/prince fighting for the throne, a cultivator who betrayed their sect, a farmer trying to raise their large family, etc).

These roles are listed under the genre they belong to. For example, the romance genre could contain a consort competing for the Emperor’s favour, a prince/princess who wants to escape to marry for love, etc. For the adventure genre, character roles may be a robber escaping from authority, a knight searching for their disappeared charge, a cultivator trying to get revenge, etc.

If there are certain roles you are uncomfortable with, please include it on your application in the specified location or feel free to note a mod before the characters are assigned!

You will be given a day after the list of roles goes up to choose which genre you’d like, and then you will be assigned a random role (usually chosen by rolling a dice on discord) from the mods. The role you will be assigned will be roughly based on whatever you chose as your genre for that mission.

After you are assigned a character, your first task will be to draw your OC as that character (for example, if you have been assigned to be a flower spirit, please draw the flower spirit AU version of your OC)! Like the app art, commissioning an artist or having your friend draw for you is acceptable, but please remember that the art must be done before the mission starts! Alternatively, a written description of how your OC looks like will also grant you entry into the mission, but drawing a reference is more recommended!

Once the mission starts, so does the rping! Feel free to rp with your fellow members, with an NPC, or even with that plant on the window sill...Mini events will also be posted (usually instigated by the NPCs) during this time to help the plot along. It isn’t mandatory to do them, but there will be a bonus applied for the art and literature done for these events.

Please note that during rps, your character will only be able to use the skills they knew before arriving at the Academy, or the skills they’ve learned in class. Of course, you can use gems to buy the skill (valid only for that mission arc) but the gems will be deducted from your overall gems count. So choose your electives wisely!

At the end of every mission, the gems earned by every character will be tallied up and a protagonist will be determined! The protagonist will receive a 1.5x bonus, and the final plot of the world will be altered to fit them.

Helpful hint: During missions, your character will have already transmigrated into the world, so the Store functions will be limited so store prices will increase. Since this is the case, remember to stock up on whatever items you need before the mission starts!

Depending on the role your character gets, they will be randomly allocated into a certain Faction in that world. These Factions (for example, ‘dark’ vs ‘light’), are led by certain NPCs. More often than not, they will be struggling bitterly against each other, and your character will be expected to help them rise to the top.

Of course, like all good stories, it is possible for your character to betray their Faction and switch sides. However, there is a chance of your character being killed or hunted down (results usually determined randomly by a bot on discord) so please take that into consideration when making that decision! For more information about the aftermath of your character’s death, please check the Game Over section below!

If your character dies (either because they switched Factions, or if you killed them off in a rp) before the mission ends, they will return to the Academy. Unfortunately, they won’t be able to return to the mission unless they purchase a Reincarnation Tablet or a Possession Array. If they do end up purchasing one of these items, the gems used will not be calculated into their total rank, but they will be able to continue the mission.

If your character chooses to not continue the mission, the gems they earned up to then will be calculated and added to their rank. After that, your character will essentially be given a vacation until the next mission begins. Feel free to chat up some of your seniors during this time!

CHARACTER CREATION

Hyped up to join? Here are some general guidelines!

Every member will start off with one character in first year, although additional character slots may be unlocked from the Store! Your character does not have to be human (for example, they can be a spirit), but they must be humanoid or possess a humanoid form! However, please also note that they will not be able to keep any of their inhumane traits after they transmigrate into a world, unless the role they receive is not human to begin with!

Unnatural hair colours and eye colours are A-OK, but keep in mind that any features you put on the application will be the ones they will keep when they transmigrate. This will be fine if the world turns out to be a modern one, but note that there are worlds based off of a fantastical Ancient China setting, so they would be shunned in those if their appearance looks too outlandish.

If you think you're ready to start your character application, check out the Character Application journal for further information!

APPLICATION CHECKS AND JOIN REQUESTS

Please make sure you have made a reservation on the Reservation journal first!

Once you have completed your application, please note the group with your application when we are open for app checks. Only one application check will be given, so please have your application as complete as possible when you send it in to be checked. We will provide you with feedback as quickly as possible, so please be patient.

In addition, please be aware that receiving a positive app check does not mean that your join request will be automatically accepted. But please don't think that being declined means we disliked your character! The group is just accepting a certain number of people based on how many the mods think is manageable for the first semester. We would love to see you again in future openings!

Unnatural hair colours and eye colours are A-OK, but keep in mind that any features you put on the application will be the ones they will keep when they transmigrate. This will be fine if the world turns out to be a modern one, but note that there are worlds based off of a fantastical Ancient China setting, so they would be shunned in those if their appearance looks too outlandish.If you’re ready to submit your application, send a join request to the group with the following:

Username:

Character name:

Application link:

In addition, please include the word found in the Rules journal so we know you have read the group rules!