Recaps

While the battle in District Eleven kept the Heavenly Beings occupied, Sikong Jue and his guard encountered apparitions of the dead pirates in a Sikong Clan villa. They attacked the figures, but their frenzy destroyed the villa and killed the other Sikong Clan Martial Artists inside.

• Sikong Jue complained that his guard had brought him back from District Eleven, but fell silent when he heard that Black-Bearded Xia and Whitebeard had yet to appear.
• Sikong Jue claimed Yellowbeard was sitting on a sofa, though his guard could see nothing and smashed the sofa to powder.
• Sikong Jue and his guard saw Redbeard appear, and the guard's attack passed through him and split the villa.
• Yellowbeard appeared before Sikong Jue, who struck at him while the ghost repeatedly demanded his life back.
• Sikong Jue and his guard attacked the apparitions in a frenzy, destroying the villa and killing the twelve other Sikong Clan Martial Artists inside.
• Sikong Clan Martial Artists from nearby villas rushed out after hearing the commotion and saw the wreckage.

Sikong Jue and his guard mistook the Sikong Clan members for pirates and slaughtered them, killing Sikong Yuan and Sikong Yu before realizing what they had done. The clan’s surviving Transcendent subdued the pair and ordered the clan head informed.

• Sikong Jue and his guard, maddened by their visions of Redbeard and Yellowbeard, attacked the Sikong Clan Martial Artists and killed more than a dozen.
• Sikong Yuan tried to seize Sikong Jue, but his body was overwhelmed by sudden physical changes, allowing Sikong Jue to behead him.
• Sikong Jue came to his senses and saw Sikong Yuan’s corpse, while his guard realized he had killed Sikong Jue’s sister, Sikong Yu.
• Two Return to the True experts and a Sky Traversal Transcendent arrived and found the villa strewn with corpses.
• Sikong Jue and his guard blamed the pirates and attacked the Sky Traversal Transcendent, who defeated them and ordered them seized and the clan head informed.

Pang Lianbao subdued Sikong Jue after he killed Sikong Yuan, while the Sikong Clan struggled to understand the slaughter and feared Pirate Yellowbeard’s return. When Pang and the others went to check on Sikong Jue, they found him transformed in a horrifying way.

• Pang Lianbao arrived and subdued Sikong Jue and his guard, then ordered them taken into custody.
• The Sikong Clan Martial Artists mourned their dead and speculated that Pirate Yellowbeard had returned for revenge.
• Pang Lianbao suspected the Fog Forbidden Zone was connected to Pirate Yellowbeard and ordered the clansmen to gather the bodies.
• Two Mortal Shedding Realm Transcendents reported that something even more terrifying than Pirate Yellowbeard had happened.
• Pang Lianbao and the Sikong Clan members found Sikong Jue kneeling with his head grown onto his backside.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left the Sikong Clan compound to investigate Lingyue Pavilion, but Jiang Fu detected a Domain Demon Fear feeding on the Sikong Clan’s panic. He alerted Professors Yu Shu and Lu Ming, then turned back with Shi Jiu to watch the demon’s attack and see how Lingyue Pavilion reacted.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu watched the terrified Sikong Clan and set their next target as Lingyue Pavilion’s young genius, Xin Shilong.
• A Domain Demon Fear arrived at the Sikong Clan compound, devoured a martial artist, copied his appearance, and fed on the clan’s fear and despair.
• Jiang Fu detected the Domain Demon Fear with Psychic Power Touch and explained its abilities to Shi Jiu.
• Jiang Fu messaged Professors Yu Shu and Lu Ming about the demon, expecting them to summon Sikong Mei and Sikong Yi back to the compound.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu turned their Star Shuttle around and returned to observe the Sikong Clan, hoping to use the demon’s appearance to test Lingyue Pavilion’s response.

Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei learned that Domain Demon Fear had appeared at the Sikong Clan’s villa complex and hurried back, where they discovered the clan’s dead and mutilated members. As Sikong Yi demanded an explanation, the clan’s returning confidence weakened Domain Demon Fear’s hold, prompting it to act.

• Lu Ming and Yu Shu told Sikong Mei that Domain Demon Fear had appeared at the Sikong Clan’s base, and Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei rushed toward District One.
• Sikong Mei read messages describing Sikong Jue’s possession by Pirate Yellowbeard’s Ghost and the deaths of Sikong Yuan and Sikong Yu, then flew to District One.
• Yu Shu and Lu Ming concluded that the fear and despair fueling Domain Demon Fear had come from the two mysterious characters, and they left District Eleven for District One.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei sensed the carnage at the villa complex, and Sikong Yi collapsed after perceiving the bodies and Sikong Jue’s grotesque condition.
• Sikong Yi seized Pang Lianbao and demanded an account of what had happened; as the Sikong Clan’s martial artists regained hope, Domain Demon Fear became dissatisfied and acted.

Domain Demon Fear enveloped the villa complex in a Despair Domain while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu met Yu Shu and Lu Ming. The two old professors praised the children’s contributions, leaving Jiang Fu unable to explain why they had come.

• Domain Demon Fear amplified the complex’s lingering fear and despair, plunging it into darkness.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei recognized the Despair Domain and attacked it, while Sikong Mei called for Yu Shu and Lu Ming to help.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu greeted Yu Shu and Lu Ming politely, quickly winning over the two professors.
• Yu Shu and Lu Ming recalled how the children’s Boundary Beast identification item had helped kill three Boundary Beast Kings in Bincheng.
• Jiang Fu tried several times to explain their purpose, but Yu Shu and Lu Ming talked over him and speculated about an item for identifying Domain Demons.

Yu Shu and Lu Ming pretended to fight above the Sikong Clan’s base, forcing Sikong Mei to seek help from Lingyue Pavilion against Phantom Fear. After Xin Musen arrived, Lu Ming sent Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to Lingyue Pavilion to pursue their own task.

• Yu Shu and Lu Ming rambled with Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu, then argued over who would officiate their wedding and fought above the Domain of Despair.
• Phantom Fear possessed the fear and despair of the Sikong Clan’s martial artists, while Sikong Mei and Sikong Yi could not kill them without crippling the clan.
• Sikong Yi ordered Sikong Mei to seek help from Lingyue Pavilion, and she announced that a Domain Demon had invaded the city to pressure its experts into responding.
• Xin Musen brought Lingyue Pavilion experts to the residential complex, where Lu Ming and Yu Shu ended their fight and descended.
• Lu Ming secretly told Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to go to Lingyue Pavilion and do what they needed to do.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu stole Lingyue Pavilion’s entire research institute, including its hidden spaces and spatial defense, while six Heavenly Beings fought Domain Demon Fear. Xin Musen discovered the institute was gone and found a note from Pirate Black-Bearded Xia promising to return it after studying it.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu realized Yu Shu and Lu Ming had lured Xin Musen away from the research institute, then headed there to search it.
• Six Heavenly Beings joined forces against Domain Demon Fear, while Yu Shu and Lu Ming activated their Sequences and fought seriously.
• Shi Jiu detected that the institute had a spatial defense similar to the Dust Realm, and Jiang Fu multiplied the gap between it and her Spatial Maze by ten.
• Shi Jiu used her Spatial Maze to collect the entire research institute and its hidden spaces.
• Xin Musen sensed the disappearance, rushed back, and found a note signed by Pirate Black-Bearded Xia saying the institute had been taken for study.

After Domain Demon Fear was destroyed, Xin Musen discovered that the Bearded Pirate Group had stolen Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and vowed revenge. Lu Ming blamed Lingyue Pavilion’s ties to the Sikong Clan, whose members had killed Pirate Yellowbeard and Redbeard.

• Xin Musen read Pirate Black-Bearded Xia’s note and flew into a rage over the theft of Lingyue Pavilion’s Jiangcheng research institute.
• The five remaining Heavenly Beings joined forces and destroyed the gravely wounded Domain Demon Fear, ending its Domain of despair.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei confronted Yu Shu and Lu Ming for delaying their help, but the professors claimed they had been checking for other Domain Demons.
• Lingyue Pavilion’s Martial Artists asked Yu Shu and Lu Ming to inspect the institute, and the group found that the entire building had vanished.
• Xin Musen showed them Black-Bearded Xia’s note and declared that Lingyue Pavilion would never forgive the Bearded Pirate Group.
• Lu Ming pointed out that Lingyue Pavilion might have a grievance with the pirates because the Sikong Clan had killed Yellowbeard and Redbeard.

Xia Fan posted under the name Pirate Black-Bearded Xia, claiming responsibility for the theft of Lingyue Pavilion's research institute, while Xin Musen realized the Sikong Clan's troubles had brought the Bearded Pirate Group down on them. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu thanked Lu Ming and Yu Shu by giving them jars of Abyss Potion.

• Xia Fan concealed his IP and posted on the Martial Artist Forum as Pirate Black-Bearded Xia, claiming the theft at Lingyue Pavilion's research institute.
• Shi Yuehan celebrated that Pirate Black-Bearded Xia had become another target of public ridicule, while Shi Wu looked on sympathetically.
• Xin Musen blamed Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei for drawing the Bearded Pirate Group's attention to Lingyue Pavilion, and Zhou Shu suggested they could buy back the stolen research institute at auction.
• Sikong Yi learned that the Bearded Pirate Group had killed Sikong Zhao after he refused to pay the ransom, while Yu Shu, Lu Ming, and Zhou Shu left the scene.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu gave Lu Ming and Yu Shu jars filled with Abyss Potion as thanks for their help.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu gave Yu Shu and Lu Ming jars of Abyss Potion, then brought the professors to Lingyue Pavilion’s hidden research institute to examine its research. Lu Ming uncovered experimental data titled “Research on gods,” leaving them shocked by the institute’s work.

• Lu Ming blurted out “Abyss Potion” and suffered backlash from the Highest Sequence Contract because he had not signed it.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu gave Yu Shu and Lu Ming four jars of Abyss Potion to keep and pass on to Pinkbeard and Bluebeard.
• Shi Jiu asked Yu Shu and Lu Ming to help interpret Lingyue Pavilion’s research, and the professors eagerly agreed to investigate the institute.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu brought the professors to the research institute hidden in Jiangcheng’s District Seven, where Yu Shu and Lu Ming searched its underground spaces for data.
• Shi Jiu revealed that thousands of Lingyue Pavilion researchers were trapped in the Spatial Maze for her to tame and use.
• Lu Ming found experimental data titled “Research on gods” and exclaimed that Lingyue Pavilion was studying gods.

Lu Ming and Yu Shu discovered that Lingyue Pavilion had secretly brought a god’s arm and a mist-covered ring to Jiangcheng, likely drawing the Fog Forbidden Zone there. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discussed how the Bearded Pirate Group could help the Authorities target Lingyue Pavilion while keeping their own involvement hidden.

• Shi Jiu broke through the research institute’s defenses with the Spatial Maze and her God Sequence, allowing the group to reach its core Laboratory.
• Lu Ming showed Yu Shu a decomposed woman’s arm bearing a ring that emitted fog, which Yu Shu recognized as mist from the Fog Forbidden Zone.
• Lu Ming and Yu Shu read records showing that Lingyue Pavilion had found the arm three months earlier and secretly transferred it to Jiangcheng.
• Lu Ming and Yu Shu concluded that the ring had acted as Spatial Coordinates and likely drawn the Fog Forbidden Zone to Jiangcheng, prompting Yu Shu to condemn Lingyue Pavilion.
• Jiang Fu told Shi Jiu that the Authorities needed a legitimate pretext to act, so the Bearded Pirate Group could create pirate factions to stir up trouble while Old Geezer took the blame.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu offered the research institute to the Authorities, insisting that Yun Yi and Lin Que oversee it while secretly keeping nine copies made with Multiply by Ten. Yun Yi rushed to the institute after hearing from Yu Shu, relieved to find the boys safe, but Lu Ming then called him over to inspect something.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu told Lu Ming and Yu Shu they would hand the research institute to the nation if Yun Yi and Lin Que were put in charge.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu insisted the institute’s equipment and research belonged to the nation, though Jiang Fu had secretly stored nine multiplied copies in his Storage Badge.
• Lu Ming and Yu Shu contacted Yun Yi, who left Ying Quan in charge in District Eleven and went alone to District Seven.
• Yun Yi arrived at Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and was relieved to find Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu safe.
• Lu Ming called Yun Yi over to inspect something.

Yun Yi learned that Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute held evidence of a god’s arm and spatial coordinates, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu offered its contents to the Xia Country Authorities. Yun Yi summoned Shi Si, his covert operative and Shi Jiu’s brother, to handle the matter as the chapter ended with Shi Si meeting Jiang Fu.

• Yu Shu and Lu Ming brought Yun Yi to the laboratory, where he recognized the ring as spatial coordinates and reviewed the experimental evidence.
• Jiang Fu offered the research institute’s equipment, data, and resources to the Xia Country Authorities, and Yun Yi considered how to retaliate against Lingyue Pavilion without drawing attention to himself or Lin Que.
• Yun Yi sent a coded message and waited for the recipient to arrive.
• Yun Yi introduced Shi Si, codenamed Evil Ghost, to Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, Lu Ming, and Yu Shu.
• Shi Jiu greeted her brother Shi Si, who teased her about getting fat, while Jiang Fu introduced himself as both her husband and Pirate Yellowbeard.

Shi Si discovered that Lingyue Pavilion had brought the Fog Forbidden Zone into Xia Country and agreed to take charge of the authorities’ response under the Bearded Pirate Group’s cover. The chapter left him with a new pirate codename: Death Barbie Pinkbeard.

• Yun Yi introduced Shi Si as a trusted operative, while Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu remained annoyed with him for calling Shi Jiu fat.
• Shi Si explored the institute and recognized it as a Lingyue Pavilion research facility connected to the deaths of his maternal family.
• Shi Si examined the research data and deduced that Lingyue Pavilion had brought the Fog Forbidden Zone into Xia Country using something connected to gods as spatial coordinates.
• Yun Yi asked Shi Si to use the authorities’ power against Lingyue Pavilion while keeping Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s identities secret.
• Yu Shu and Lu Ming revealed their Bearded Pirate Group identities, and Jiang Fu named Shi Si Death Barbie Pinkbeard.

Shi Si reluctantly became Pirate Death Barbie Pinkbeard after Shi Jiu pleaded with him, then the group planned a scheme to exploit Lingyue Pavilion. The Authorities approved a takeover of Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and a staged conflict that would let the Bearded Pirate Group fleece them.

• Jiang Fu produced a death Barbie pink wig and beard, and Shi Si put them on after Shi Jiu pleaded with him.
• Shi Si revealed that he was the Authorities’ secret operative Evil Ghost and asked Yun Yi what the plan was.
• Yun Yi said the Authorities would take over Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute in District Seven and issue a wanted notice for the Bearded Pirate Group over the theft.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu proposed having Authorities Martial Artists fight Lingyue Pavilion alongside the pirate group, then secretly join the pirates after being declared dead.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu planned to demand compensation from Lingyue Pavilion while making sure it learned that Authorities Martial Artists had joined the Bearded Pirate Group.

The Authorities approved a plan to use Shi Si’s Death Barbie Pinkbeard persona and the Bearded Pirate Group against Lingyue Pavilion after confirming the institute’s spatial-coordinate research. The institute appeared in District Seven under a concealment array, while Lingyue Pavilion remained unaware of the breach.

• Yun Yi sent Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s plan to the Authorities, whose leaders approved it and added a scheme to disguise an attack on Lingyue Pavilion as a pirate raid.
• Yun Yi said the Authorities would verify the spatial coordinates by taking over the institute before acting, and Shi Si realized he would have to play the pink-haired pirate publicly.
• Yun Yi explained that Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s identities would remain confidential, while Lu Ming revealed that the presidents of two martial arts universities were Bluebeard and Pinkbeard.
• Shi Jiu fell asleep in Jiang Fu’s arms as they left, and Yun Yi rebuked Shi Si for his family’s past treatment of her.
• Jiang Fu sent ten jars of Abyss Potion to the Bearded Pirate Group, and Shi Si stored nine of them for the Death Barbie Pink Team.
• The Spatial Maze vanished and the institute appeared in District Seven, where Yun Yi’s concealment array hid it from view.

The Bearded Pirate Group exposed its destruction of Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute, while its enemies spent the night attacking the Dunxi Hotel without realizing the Sword God was faking his injuries. After the Authorities confirmed the research institute’s Spatial Coordinates and began plans against Lingyue Pavilion, Shi Si arrived at the hotel looking for his sister.

• The Bearded Pirate Group publicly claimed responsibility for destroying Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute, prompting Xin Musen to join the siege against the Dunxi Hotel.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei returned to attack the hotel, and the Heavenly Beings continued their assault until dawn.
• Lin Jingzhe told the attackers to show restraint during the day and warned them that the Bearded Pirate Group still had powerful trump cards.
• The Sword God revealed that he had been pretending to be gravely injured, leaving Ling Ye and the other attackers furious at having been deceived.
• Lin Jingzhe announced that Purplebeard would hold a second auction at the Dunxi Hotel, with the same ten-billion entrance fee and suit requirement as before.
• The Authorities’ researchers confirmed the Spatial Coordinates at Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and began plans against it, while Shi Si arrived at the hotel searching for his sister.

Shi Si joined the Bearded Pirate Group as Death Barbie Pinkbeard, then learned that Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu were sharing a bed. After briefly unleashing a terrifying aura, he accepted their relationship and returned to his carefree self.

• Jiang Fu told the Beards that the Authorities were cooperating with the Bearded Pirate Group and that Death Barbie Pinkbeard would arrive after daybreak.
• Goldbeard and Silverbeard recognized Death Barbie Pinkbeard as Shi Si, who revealed that he was Shi Yuehan’s son and Shi Jiu’s fourth brother.
• Shi Si asked to see Jiang Fu, but Silverbeard explained that Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were staying together.
• Shi Si erupted with a black-smoke aura, and Goldbeard and Silverbeard recognized him as a Heavenly Being and the legendary blade Evil Ghost.
• Shi Si calmed down, accepted that Shi Jiu liked Jiang Fu, and claimed he had only been thinking that Jiang Fu needed rest; Lü Pin called him a liar.

Shi Si discovered that Jiang Fu could speak inside Domain Demon · Silence’s Silence Domain and learned that Xia Fan was both Black-Bearded Xia and White-Bearded Xia. He ordered the Bearded Pirate Group to prepare for another auction and left alone to provoke Lingyue Pavilion.

• Domain Demon · Silence silenced the meeting room, but Jiang Fu spoke and warned the others not to gossip about him and Xiao Jiu.
• Shi Si learned that Black-Bearded Xia and White-Bearded Xia were both Xia Fan, the Bincheng Ninth District Martial Artist Guild president.
• Shi Si concluded that Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were the figures behind the Bearded Pirate Group and decided Jiang Fu was trustworthy because he treated Xiao Jiu well.
• Shi Si announced that the group would capture auction items and provoke Lingyue Pavilion, but the others declined to go because they were tired or hungry.
• Shi Si put on the Death Barbie Pinkbeard and vanished alone, while Qing Ling and Shen Yan remarked that Jiang Fu still had Shi Si under his thumb.

After the Bearded Pirate Group announced another Jiangcheng auction, Death Barbie Pinkbeard rampaged through the city and targeted the Ling Family and Lingyue Pavilion. Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu learned that Xia Country researchers had deciphered part of the institute’s data and agreed to visit after eating.

• Qing Ling realized that Shi Si was the notorious former Tianhuang Martial Arts University student, and Goldbeard said Shi Si had pretended to be useless to annoy his father.
• After the auction fiasco and Blackbeard’s destruction of Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute caused an uproar, the Bearded Pirate Group announced a second auction in Jiangcheng.
• Death Barbie Pinkbeard attacked Martial Artists from the Ling Family and Lingyue Pavilion, while Xia Country repeatedly warned the Bearded Pirate Group to show restraint.
• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu woke to Yun Yi’s call, and Yun Yi told them that researchers had deciphered some of the institute’s findings.
• Jiang Fu agreed to take Shi Jiu to the institute after breakfast, and Shi Jiu eagerly anticipated his Small Wontons.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left Shen Yan to manage the Bearded Pirate Group while they traveled to District Seven for talks with the Authorities. They arrived with Domain Demons Qingwu and Shatter on Soul-Binding Locks, making clear they had formidable power to display.

• Jiang Fu entrusted Shen Yan with Greenbeard’s intelligence and future plans, then took Shi Jiu to meet the Authorities.
• Shen Yan drank a Martial Artist Guild experience card and became Heavenly Being Purplebeard.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu slipped through District Eleven unseen and discussed how reliably Shen Yan operated the Bearded Pirate Group.
• In District Seven, Yun Yi, Lu Ming, and Yu Shu were startled when Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arrived with Qingwu and Shatter restrained by Soul-Binding Locks.
• The group recognized that the upcoming meeting was the Bearded Pirate Group’s first negotiation with the Authorities, and Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu brought the Domain Demons to demonstrate their strength.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu brought out three Boundary Beast Kings and two Domain Demons to overawe the Authorities' representative. They met Director Zhu Gezhu, whose name Jiang Fu mistakenly praised as “Zhuge Zhu.”

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to reveal Boundary Beast Kings Youhun and Xuangu alongside Cangyu to impress the Authorities' representative.
• The Order Artifact sent Purplebeard the Dust Realm creature’s coordinates and an account of events, and Purplebeard contacted Death Barbie Pinkbeard.
• Jiang Fu put Soul-Binding Locks on Youhun and Xuangu, and Shi Jiu brought the three Boundary Beast Kings and two Domain Demons out of the Spatial Maze.
• Yun Yi introduced Director Zhu Gezhu, head of Xia Country's official First Research Institute, to Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu.
• Jiang Fu introduced himself as Pirate Yellowbeard and praised Zhu Gezhu's name, but Zhu Gezhu clarified that his surname was Zhu and his given name was Gezhu.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arrived at the Authorities' First Research Institute with powerful captives, frightening Director Zhu Gezhu and turning the meeting into a farce. After they put most of the monsters away, Zhu Gezhu dropped his airs and began explaining the Authorities' terms for cooperation.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu approached Zhu Gezhu with Domain Demon Shatter and Boundary Beast King, and Zhu Gezhu panicked and hid under a table.
• Yun Yi confirmed that Zhu Gezhu had asked the pirates to come, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu joked about building a monster park.
• Yun Yi told them to put the monsters away, and Shi Jiu returned four captives to the Spatial Maze.
• Jiang Fu let Cangyu lead himself outside for a walk, leaving Zhu Gezhu and the professors stunned.
• Zhu Gezhu complained that Yun Yi, Yu Shu, and Lu Ming had not warned him, then dropped his formal act and started stating the Authorities' conditions for cooperation.

Jiang Fu used Domain Demon · Silence to disrupt Zhu Gezhu as he tried to explain the Authorities’ offer to the Bearded Pirates. After Yun Yi asked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to help retrieve sealed documents, Jiang Fu proposed sending the arriving Bearded allies to raid their enemies’ holdings at sea.

• Jiang Fu used Domain Demon · Silence to make Zhu Gezhu’s speech intermittently inaudible while the group discussed the verbal-only cooperation agreement.
• Zhu Gezhu revealed that the Authorities would provide fifty Twelfth-Tier Energy Sources for each of seven elements, but Jiang Fu silenced him before he could state the price.
• Zhu Gezhu left to inspect the laboratory, and Yun Yi explained how the former taxi driver had become director of the First Research Institute.
• Yun Yi asked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to help retrieve documents sealed by Sequences, while Yu Shu and Lu Ming offered to cover for them.
• Yu Shu announced that more Bluebeards and Pinkbeards, including Heavenly Beings, would come to Jiangcheng, and Jiang Fu urged them to raid the Sikong Clan, the Ling Family, and Lingyue Pavilion at sea.