Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng and Qi Hancai went to rescue three kidnapped survivors, but the kidnappers planned to ambush them. Wu Heng sent Granda and Xiaoxiao to attack, and Granda's new ability let her use telekinesis to kill the group, leaving Qi Hancai stunned.

• Qi Hancai learned that another base had kidnapped three people and demanded five hundred guns, and Wu Heng ordered a convoy without preparing the requested supplies.
• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai approached the overpass in one truck while the Skeleton Army waited behind, and they saw the captives dangling above Zombies.
• Wu Heng's scouting ghosts discovered that the kidnappers planned to kill them, so he sent Granda and Xiaoxiao to attack with their abilities.
• Granda used her enhanced telekinesis to make a man kill himself and control a rifle that shot the kidnappers, while Xiaoxiao helped kill their boss.
• Xiaoxiao returned to Wu Heng after Granda declared the overpass clear, and Qi Hancai stared in disbelief at the floating rifle.

Wu Heng took over the Brewery Shelter after learning its former occupants had abducted his people, then returned to Treasure Island and heard about growing unrest around the harbor. At sea, Philippa followed the Mad Lion Pirate Group to a vast gathering of Emerald Sea pirates.

• Wu Heng used Animate Object to lift a bottle, rescued his people from an overpass, and questioned two corpses about the Brewery Shelter and a southern Military District stocked with weapons and tanks.
• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai led the convoy and Skeleton Army to the Brewery Shelter, where Qi Hancai took control and Wu Heng assigned her to gather information about the Military District.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, collected finished potions, and learned from Andeviel and Minnie that guards had increased their patrols and taken over the harbor.
• Philippa followed the Mad Lion Pirate Group toward a gathering at sea and saw that pirate groups from across the Emerald Sea had assembled there.

Philippa learned that the pirates had gathered on Barbary Island to divide stolen wealth and plan a takeover of the Emerald Sea, but Joachim exposed her as a traitor. Meanwhile, Wu Heng received his Level 1 reward from headquarters: the Myriad Weapons Robe.

• Philippa reached Barbary Island with the Mad Lion Pirate Group and learned from Babuchi that a letter had summoned the pirates to divide wealth and make plans.
• Heller, captain of the Black Dragon Pirate Group, introduced himself, had captured Kingdom Fleet and merchant-group personnel killed, and distributed gold while praising the Pirate King.
• Heller announced that the pirates would unite to control the Emerald Sea and said they would first capture traitors among their ranks.
• Pirate guards surrounded Philippa, and she realized Joachim had set her up as the captain of the Mad Lion Pirate Group watched her mockingly.
• Wu Heng reviewed reports of increased guards on Treasure Island, then met Deacon Imilo and received the Myriad Weapons Robe as his Level 1 reward.

Wu Heng discovered that the Myriad Weapons Robe created six physical clones with different abilities, though merging them caused painful mental disorientation. On Barbary Island, Philippa faced execution as a suspected informant, but the captain of the Flying Fish Pirate Group spoke up as a witness to her claim that she had received a letter from the Pirate King.

• Wu Heng and Shiraque collected their Level 1 Merit rewards, and Imilo warned them that the island was unsettled and they should avoid leaving or going to sea unless necessary.
• Wu Heng tested the Myriad Weapons Robe and found it created six physical clones, each recalling different abilities; canceling the effect caused a brief bout of mental pain and confusion.
• On Barbary Island, the Black Dragon Pirate Group's captain accused Philippa of being an informant for the Treasure Island Association and ordered her execution.
• Philippa denied the accusation, claimed that she was a recognized pirate who had received a letter from the Pirate King, and called for a witness.
• The captain of the Flying Fish Pirate Group spoke up, saying Philippa had told him earlier that she had received a letter.

Philippa avoided execution after Babuchi questioned the accusations against her, but she was imprisoned while the pirates prepared for their next operation. Meanwhile, Wu Heng traveled to Lopes City and asked Lady Li to procure the corpses of a level 15 Alchemist and a machinist.

• Babuchi urged the captains to search Philippa's Spatial Ring and wait for the Pirate King to judge her, while Philippa accused the Mad Lion captain of framing her.
• Captain Black Dragon ordered Philippa and the other suspects imprisoned in cages belonging to Black Dragon and Mad Lion, then sent the pirates to prepare for the next operation.
• In the hold, Philippa resolved to escape, return to her ship, and send news to Wu Heng so he could punish the men who had bullied her.
• Wu Heng left Treasure Island by Ghost Train and traveled to Lopes City despite Imilo's warning against leaving by sea.
• Wu Heng met Lady Li at the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate and asked her to find the corpse of a level 15 Alchemist and the corpse of a machinist.

Wu Heng renewed his corpse-collection commission, tested the limits of his six-body Clone State, and occupied a military warehouse in the Zombie World. Back on Treasure Island, Shanala warned him that the Joint Fleet and other merchant groups had failed to return, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Wu Heng commissioned Alchemists and artificers, requested an identity-concealing item, and helped Lady Li meet her Gold Acquisition Performance.
• Wu Heng split into six bodies and found that they could not open the panel, only one could use a Spatial Ring, and each could use spells from only one school.
• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai cleared the remaining Zombies outside the Military District and discovered warehouses full of armored vehicles, weapons, and ammunition.
• Wu Heng ordered the military site occupied, its supplies inventoried, and its weapons kept away from newly joined survivors.
• Shanala told Wu Heng that none of the merchant groups, including the Joint Fleet, had returned from sea, and said she feared something had happened to them.

Wu Heng gathered intelligence suggesting Treasure Island’s island lord was working against the association and urged Imilo to act before the island lord could make a move. Imilo agreed that the lord was likely following the Blank Envelope’s orders, but no decision on arresting or killing him was made.

• Shanala told Wu Heng that Treasure Island’s merchant factions kept guards there, and asked him to seek intelligence about the fleet suppressing pirates.
• Wu Heng visited Millicent, learned that pirates had entered Treasure Island and that reports of the fleet’s success were only guesses, then brought her to stay at his home.
• Wu Heng reviewed reports of a missing merchant fleet, pirates entering the island, and an expanded guard force, concluding that the island lord should be killed before he could act.
• Wu Heng reported his suspicions to Imilo, who judged that the warrior island lord was more likely obeying the Blank Envelope than directing it.
• Wu Heng urged Imilo to take the island lord into custody even if they did not kill him immediately.

Wu Heng learned the Myriad Weapons Robe’s clone limits while the association prepared reinforcements for Treasure Island, where the Black Dragon Pirate Group was gathering to attack. He spent the night clearing zombies with multiple clones, then returned to find Philippa recovering a hidden Spatial Ring and stored four armored vehicles for the base.

• Imilo told Wu Heng that association reinforcements would arrive within three days and instructed him to keep their plans secret; Moya explained that the robe’s clones had no strict distance limit and that their deaths caused pain when the effect ended.
• Wu Heng told Shanala the fleet had likely not returned, but refused to abandon his post; Shanala offered to support him and their family, and Wu Heng promised they would protect each other.
• Wu Heng opened a portal to the Zombie World, created six clones, and led the skeleton army in clearing zombies through the night while Xiaoxiao and Granda scouted for the different groups.
• At dawn, Wu Heng ended the clone effect, checked his experience, and returned to base with Qi Hancai after earning more than fifty thousand experience points.
• Philippa overheard Black Dragon pirates discussing their planned attack on Treasure Island and pulled a Spatial Ring hidden in her dreadlocks onto her finger.
• Wu Heng stored four armored vehicles in his Spatial Sachet and took several skeleton drivers back to his room.

Wu Heng fortified his residence on Treasure Island while waiting for the association’s reinforcements and planning to rescue Philippa. After receiving a mysterious story about a fish school and a treasure, he suspected it referred to the Pirate King and sent Granda to check whether Mackintosh’s corpse was still buried.

• Wu Heng used the Tracking Pendant to confirm that Philippa was alive and arranged for his skeletons to guard the island residence with Armored Vehicles and machine guns.
• Wu Heng explained the defenses to Minnie, Andeviel, and Millicent, then considered the pirates’ preparations and his options if fighting began.
• Wu Heng received an unsigned letter addressed to him that told a story about a fish school, a treasure, and a new leader with bright eyes.
• Wu Heng connected the story’s bright-eyed fish to seers and suspected it referred to Mackintosh, the leader of the Old Wooden Barrel Tavern.
• Wu Heng asked Granda to visit the Back Mountain cemetery and see whether Mackintosh’s corpse was still there.

Wu Heng deduced that Island Master Occam was a seer behind the Blank Envelope and the pirate plot, and that Mackintosh had faked her death to escape him. The association prepared for combat as Occam set his plan in motion, while someone arrived to take Minnie and Millicent to safety.

• Granda found Mackintosh's coffin empty, and Wu Heng connected her escape to Occam's return to Treasure Island and the story about fish searching for treasure.
• Wu Heng told Imilo and Shiraque that Occam was likely a seer plotting to defeat the association and merchant groups, and Moya confirmed the letter matched Mackintosh's handwriting.
• Imilo ordered the association into combat readiness, sent Shiraque to seize the harbor, and went to confront Occam; Wu Heng stayed behind to command the association's defenses.
• Occam learned Imilo was heading to the manor and ordered his forces to proceed according to plan, as beast tamers and guards began moving across the island.
• At the residence, a messenger told Minnie and Millicent that Wu Heng had sent for them because the island had become dangerous.

Minnie and Millicent repelled an attack by guards and pirates, then joined Shanala in preparing to defend their residences. At the association, Wu Heng armed his forces as a pirate army arrived and demanded his surrender.

• Minnie realized the people claiming to take her and Millicent away were luring them outside, so she prepared the defenses.
• Guards and pirates attacked the residence, but Minnie’s machine gun and the Armored Vehicle drove them off with heavy casualties.
• Shanala arrived, confirmed pirates had landed on the island, and organized the residents to defend their homes together.
• Wu Heng mobilized the association’s personnel, raised twelve corpses as zombies, and distributed weapons to them.
• Xiaoxiao showed Wu Heng a force of at least a thousand pirates approaching the association, where their leader called on Vice Deacon Wu Heng to surrender.

Wu Heng’s Association was attacked by Torga’s pirates, and Torga used a magical chain to abduct Wu Heng to the wilderness. There, Wu Heng faced Torga alone and revealed six copies of himself to counter the fighter’s assault.

• Andeviel shot three level 15 pirates with the Barrett, but Torga rallied the remaining pirates to attack the Association.
• The pirates used ballistae to melt a hole through the Association’s gate and stormed the building, where Torga bound himself to Wu Heng and teleported them both away.
• Shiraque’s scouting guard revealed that the harbor was covered in corpses, so she led her team to seize it before the guards could kill them.
• Torga explained that the Gladiatorial Chain Shackles would not open unless one of them died, then charged Wu Heng while deflecting bullets with Qi Energy.
• Wu Heng split into six copies and attacked Torga with gunfire, spells, and an Iron Sword, blasting him backward with an Explosive Roar.

Wu Heng and his six bodies killed Torga, defeated the pirates guarding him, and raised the fallen as skeletons before racing to aid the Association. He found the Association under siege while Shanala organized merchant groups to help reclaim the port, and the chapter ended as someone kicked open the training-room gate.

• Wu Heng’s six bodies overwhelmed Torga with coordinated spells and attacks, while Granda and Xiaoxiao reported that more than fifty pirates were approaching.
• Imilo fought Viola at the Island Master's Manor, wounded her, and forced her to reveal that she had been sent to help the pirates.
• Granda used the Silent Evil Sword to kill the pirates preparing heavy crossbows, and Wu Heng’s six bodies burned Torga to death before raising him as a Level 17 Skeleton Pugilist.
• Wu Heng killed the pirates who had surrendered, raised more skeletons, and learned from Andeviel that the Association was trapped under attack.
• Wu Heng found Minnie and Shanala safe at his residence with about five hundred defenders and arranged for them to seize the port while he went to the Association.
• Pirates charged the Association’s training room, and the main gate was kicked open as the defenders prepared for another assault.

Wu Heng retook the association and killed the pirates who attacked it while Shanala led merchant groups and residents toward the port. As night fell, Granda and Xiaoxiao searched for Occam and returned with conflicting clues pointing to the East Side and Lighthouse Street.

• Wu Heng’s skeletons opened fire on the pirates at the association, killed them, and searched the building for survivors and intruders.
• Wu Heng freed Vera, Andeviel, Moya, Cavina, and the staff from the training room, then organized repairs and defenses.
• Shanala gathered merchant guards and residents, ordered them to advance toward the port, and explained to Minnie that merchant groups could help secure Wu Heng’s claim to Treasure Island.
• Occam learned that Torga was dead and the association had been retaken, then sent a message and dispatched a team to the East Side sentry post.
• Imilo told Wu Heng that Occam was missing from the manor and ordered support sent to Shiraque before the pirate reinforcements arrived.
• Wu Heng sent Granda and Xiaoxiao to find Occam, and they returned with clues placing him near the East Side and Lighthouse Street.

Wu Heng tracked Island Lord Occam to Lighthouse Street, rescued Shiraque, and confronted him at the harbor after Occam escaped with a Teleportation Scroll. As pirate reinforcements arrived by sea, Wu Heng held his group back and waited for Shanala and the others, whose arrival Minnie announced.

• Granda and Xiaoxiao located enemy forces, and Wu Heng chose to investigate Lighthouse Street while Minnie’s team fought pirates and he failed to reach Imilo.
• Wu Heng left the association in Andeviel and Moya’s care, rescued Shiraque from a pirate attack, and sent her back to harass the harbor defenses while he searched Lighthouse Street.
• Wu Heng and Granda killed pirates near Occam’s hiding place, but Occam escaped through a Teleportation Scroll and headed for the harbor.
• Wu Heng and Shiraque reached the harbor as Occam’s pirate fleet arrived, and Wu Heng told Shiraque to wait for Shanala and the others rather than attack.
• Minnie contacted Wu Heng and announced that she and the others had arrived.

Wu Heng defended the island from Occam’s pirate invasion with artillery and skeletons, then confronted and killed Occam. Occam’s spirit emerged as a wraith trapped in a Bone Cage, where it vowed to haunt Wu Heng.

• Wu Heng stalled Occam’s pirates with talk of the Pirate King’s treasure until skeletons and armored vehicles opened fire on the harbor.
• The artillery destroyed pirate ships and scattered the pirates, while Shanala’s butler ordered guards to secure the roads and hunt the survivors.
• Philippa escaped her cabin on a pirate ship, used a Submachine Gun to kill the pirates who confronted her, and continued fighting on deck.
• Wu Heng ordered Kranmu and Torga to pursue Occam, then shot Occam when he struggled against the Skeleton Attendants.
• Kranmu killed Occam, but Occam emerged as a wraith; Wu Heng trapped him in a Bone Cage, and Xiaoxiao estimated his level at around 12.

Wu Heng defeated Occam, helped end the pirate threat around Treasure Island, and learned that the Divine Punishment Cult might have been involved. While examining Occam’s belongings, he discovered a wonder that displayed the layout of Treasure Island and its surroundings.

• Wu Heng imprisoned Occam’s soul in a Demon Soul Pot, then shot Occam’s severed head after a mysterious presence spoke through it and disappeared.
• Wu Heng reported Occam’s death, and the Association spread the news as merchant representatives celebrated the pirates’ defeat.
• Wu Heng sent skeletons into the sea to sink pirate ships and kill fleeing pirates, while Shiraque rescued Philippa and brought her back to the harbor.
• Imilo ordered patrols to restore order, and Wu Heng later told him about the presence that had spoken through Occam’s head; Imilo suspected the Divine Punishment Cult was involved.
• Wu Heng examined Occam’s Spatial Ring and found the Emerald Sand Table, which displayed Treasure Island, nearby islands, and ships in miniature.

Wu Heng discovered that Occam had used the Emerald Sand Table and Amorous Quill Pen to track ships and send messages, then sorted through Occam’s wealth as Association reinforcements reached Treasure Island. Dean Janvito met Wu Heng and asked how he had obtained his spirit servant, Little Wraith.

• Wu Heng examined Occam’s strange items and concluded that they explained how Occam tracked fleets and delivered letters to pirates.
• Wu Heng found barrels of coins and many possessions, and Philippa tried to claim some of the money before Minnie and Millicent stopped her.
• Wu Heng told Andeviel, Minnie, Philippa, and Millicent that Association reinforcements would arrive at noon, and they returned to their residence.
• Dean Janvito and the reinforcements arrived at Treasure Island, where Imilo reported that Wu Heng had killed Occam and repelled the pirates.
• Xiaoxiao warned Wu Heng that powerful professionals had arrived, and a staff member summoned him to Imilo’s study.
• Dean Janvito asked Wu Heng whether Little Wraith was his spirit servant and how he had obtained her.

After Treasure Island’s defense, Wu Heng reported what happened, took over the port patrol, and recovered loot and Philippa’s lost parrot. The chapter ended with Dean Janvito outlining three possible ways to choose a new island lord as Imilo prepared to report to headquarters.

• Shiraque and Wu Heng recounted the island’s defense to Imilo and the investigators, and Imilo assigned Wu Heng to patrol the port that night.
• Wu Heng and Philippa searched the port and nearby wasteland, where Wu Heng’s skeletons salvaged pirate treasure and Philippa found her Fat Green-Feathered Red-Crested Parrot.
• After returning home and sleeping, Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World, where Qi Hancai told him that snow had disrupted trade and the Provincial Rescue Team still refused to provide Autocannon Blueprints.
• Dean Janvito told Imilo that the Association needed to recommend an island lord and described three options: local recommendation, appointment by headquarters, or administration by a nearby country.

After the pirate crisis ended, Imilo recommended Wu Heng for Treasure Island’s island lord, and Shanala secured support for him from the merchant groups. The next morning, Imilo asked Wu Heng to use Ask the Corpse on Occam, but Wu Heng claimed he could uncover the answers another way.

• Imilo told Janvito he would recommend Vice Deacon Wu Heng as island lord, since he planned to leave Treasure Island.
• Shanala persuaded the merchant groups to recommend Wu Heng, offering three years of trade tax exemption if he became island lord.
• Wu Heng considered the mystery behind Occam’s death and decided to keep the Emerald Sand Table and his other wondrous item secret.
• At dinner, Shanala told Wu Heng about the recommendation, while Philippa surprised everyone by asking how Shanala had fallen for a vice deacon.
• Wu Heng brought Philippa to the Association, where Imilo summoned him to the morgue and asked him to use Ask the Corpse on Occam.
• Wu Heng told Imilo he could find out what they needed without using Ask the Corpse.