Sequence

Biodata

Power Progression

Sequence level and a numbered Sequence’s identity are separate: Jiang Fu’s Feng Shui Master displayed both Level 1 and Sequence 6 597.

History

Su Yu stated that Sequences existed long before Sequence:001 became known: ordinary people could once awaken them through Abyss Fruits at a higher rate. After changes to heaven and earth, Sequences transformed and the world’s power declined 638.

Sequence:001 was widely credited with originating Sequences and developing the furnace used to make Sequence Items. Su Yu disputed the claim that he was their source; Jiang Fu later concluded that Sequence:001 had taken control of the world’s existing Sequences and redefined them 423 638 739.

Awakening and Use

According to publicly available information, an Abyss Fruit offered roughly a one-in-ten-thousand chance of awakening a Sequence. Its power merged with the eater’s body over 14 seconds; no response within that time meant failure. Public information also claimed that a person had only one lifetime chance, although Jiang Fu awakened Fishing on his sixth fruit 4 23.

Other documented methods and circumstances include:

• Opening ceremonies: Sequence Martial Artists assisted with ceremonies conducted through Sequence:001 596 655.
• Direct absorption: Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu each absorbed a copy of an artificially refined Sequence and awakened variants of Sequence 14 797.
• Luck and time manipulation: Jiang Fu boosted the Blood Sea Ghost Emperor’s awakening odds; after her attempt failed, Shi Jiu reversed time so she could swallow the fruit again 834.
• Multiple Sequences: Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu each possess more than one Sequence 177 563.

Sequences are distinct from Martial Arts, although a combat Sequence can benefit from its user’s Martial Arts realm. A Sequence may also remain usable where cultivation is suppressed 205 209.

Categories and Examples

Specific Sequences can have highly specialized effects:

• Space Controller: Shi Jiu’s enhanced version controlled space within a 100-meter radius for one hour and allowed spatial doorways and teleportation 177.
• Crimson King: Su Yu’s Time Leap causes confusion in people’s memories 524.
• Flame Mover: Wei Junjie can strengthen or extinguish flames for a limited time 557.
• Fifty-Fifty: At Level 4, Mei Youqian could bring every enemy in its area onto equal footing with him 736.
• Natural Disaster Demon King and Witch: Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu awakened respective versions of Sequence 14 after absorbing copies of a refined Sequence 797.

Complete and Shattered Sequences

Most known Sequences are shattered or incomplete. Jiang Fu identified his Feng Shui Master as Sequence 6 and Shi Jiu’s Hell as Sequence 2; both are complete Sequences 597 602.

A complete Sequence does not necessarily provide instructions for using it. In Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s world, users generally receive one initial skill and must discover further applications themselves. Outside their world, Sequence Deities can seek assessments and inheritances at the Sequence Divine Hall, receiving a new skill when their Sequence rises a level 888.

Incomplete Sequences can also have significant limitations. Great Black Heaven stated that a damaged Time Sequence could not reverse time, because reversal also requires changes in space 841.

Sequence Items and Artifacts

Sequence Items

Sequence Items give tangible form to Sequence abilities. Simpler items embody a Sequence directly; more complex ones fuse multiple items to create effects a single Sequence cannot achieve 434.

• Forging: Boundary Beast Crystal Cores are a core component. Requirements vary: Jiang Fu’s Dodger item needed 23 cores, 116 high-grade materials and four stabilizing Sequences, while Fishing needed 365 cores, 1,080 high-grade materials and eight stabilizing Sequences 188 479.
• Use: Items generally provide a weakened version of a user’s Sequence, but can operate continuously while supplied with energy. They do not need refinement, and some activate on their own with an energy source 189 301.
• Example: Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s original Evasion Rings had a 50% dodge chance; an attack’s strength could not exceed the item’s grade 189.

Sequence Artifacts

Artifacts refined from complete Sequences are distinguished from Sequence Items. Jiang Fu stated that ordinary energy sources used for items made from broken Sequences could not activate his World Star Charts; he and Shi Jiu used their own complete Sequence Power instead 671.

Counters and Risks

• Exposure: Sequence Martial Artists often conceal their abilities because an opponent who knows a Sequence can prepare against it 138.
• Passive triggers: Lü Pin’s Sequence Detector had a reputation for a particularly high user mortality rate. Qing Ling could temporarily suppress his Judge Sequence by shutting off his senses or forcibly ignoring crimes 271 608.
• Forbidden Sequence Domains: These can prohibit Sequence use within an area. A silver-orb item used against Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu created such a domain approximately one li in every direction 617.
• Sequence Bombs: Lingyue Pavilion’s bomb erased the Sequences of Gu Shensong and nearly a hundred attackers, while leaving their physical strength intact 648.
• Other Sequences: Sequence Power can counter Sequence Power; Wei Junjie’s Flame Mover weakened Sequence:001’s black flames 557 800.