Arc 16The Beard Auction

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu helped the Bearded Pirate Group turn Jiangcheng’s crisis into a public auction that exposed Ling Chu and punished the Sikong Clan. The auction ended with the authorities preparing a campaign against the pirates, while Shi Jiu claimed the title God Thief Redbeard.

  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu opened the First Research Institute’s remaining laboratories as Cangyu subdued the Thunder Emperor, while Yu Shu and Lu Ming blocked Yun Yi from claiming the institute’s researchers without compensation.
  • Cangyu sealed the Thunder Emperor, but Ling Chu told the gathered Heavenly Beings that Shi Yuehan controlled the Bearded Pirate Group, prompting Yun Yi to announce a worldwide wanted notice after the auction.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu used ghost disguises to attack Lingyue Pavilion’s base while Ling Chu rampaged at the Baili Family manor, and Yun Yi’s livestream helped establish their alibi.
  • Yun Yi used the Six Harmonies Heaven-Ending Killing Formation to drive forces from five Jiangcheng districts, while Shen Yan began the Beard Auction as Purplebeard and displayed Ling Chu’s crimes.
  • Shi Qinglong bought the auction qualifications and Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s captive staff, while the Baili Family bought the two Ling Chu Puppet Bodies and the Sword God took the transformed Ling Family Martial Artists for his Zoo.
  • Purplebeard put the Sikong Clan’s captives up for auction, and Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu emptied Ling Du’s Storage Badge so he could not pay after winning the bid.
  • The auction condemned thirty-two Sikong Clan fighters to death and freed sixty-seven others, while Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei blamed the Ling Family and resolved to warn Shi Yuehan’s former allies.
  • Yun Yi said the authorities would target the Bearded Pirate Group after the auction, while Shi Jiu officially became God Thief Redbeard after revealing the stolen Twelfth-Tier Energy Sources.
Chapters 376–400 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 376The Real Treasure Inside the Research Institute

Zhu Gezhu abandoned negotiations and led his researchers to study the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu learned that the Bearded Pirate Group would not claim Jiangcheng as a base. The chapter left Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu ready to examine the institute’s research documents and break the Sequence seals on its most sensitive findings.

  • Zhu Gezhu fled the negotiations and took his researchers to the institute’s central laboratories.
  • Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, Yu Shu, and Lu Ming agreed that the Bearded Pirate Group could seize opportunities in Jiangcheng without establishing a base there.
  • Redbeard and Yellowbeard sent Bluebeard and Pinkbeard news of the decision, while Bluebeard visited Shi Wu.
  • Yun Yi brought Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to a storeroom containing research findings that the First Research Institute had partly deciphered.
  • Yun Yi explained that special Sequences had sealed other studies and might destroy them if the seals were broken.
  • Jiang Fu promised to crack the Sequence restrictions, and Shi Jiu eagerly examined the annotated documents.

Ch. 377The Bearded Pirate Group's Earth Origin and Human Mystery Branches

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu toured the First Research Institute as Lu Ming and Yu Shu described its sealed laboratories and archives. When Yun Yi asked about Lingyue Pavilion’s researchers, the two professors blocked him and insisted that any deal with the Authorities would go through the Bearded Pirate Group.

  • Shi Jiu stored the deciphered documents, which Zhu Gezhu and the First Research Institute’s researchers had prepared for her.
  • Lu Ming explained that Shi Jiu had unsealed 3,600 of the institute’s 3,650 Sequence-sealed laboratories and that 50 remained sealed by non-space Sequences.
  • Jiang Fu asked to visit the remaining 50 laboratories, while Shi Jiu studied the deciphered research data.
  • Yun Yi asked whether Lingyue Pavilion’s researchers had remained at the institute, and Shi Jiu, Lu Ming, and Yu Shu suspected he wanted to claim them for the Authorities.
  • Yu Shu and Lu Ming talked over Yun Yi and declared that the Bearded Pirate Group would negotiate with the Authorities and would not hand over the researchers without proper compensation.

Ch. 378Boundary Beast King Emperor

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu broke the first laboratory’s Sequence seals, while Yu Shu and Lu Ming negotiated with the Authorities over the Bearded Pirate Group’s demands, including Tianhuang Martial Arts University. The group then rushed outside when Boundary Beast King began fighting Boundary Beast King Emperor above Jiangcheng.

  • Jiang Fu used Absolute Evasion to open the laboratory and crush its Sequence seal, while Shi Jiu removed the Space Sequence seal on its database.
  • Yu Shu and Lu Ming stopped Yun Yi from leading them to another laboratory and offered to negotiate on Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s behalf.
  • Jiang Fu demanded Tianhuang Martial Arts University, and Yu Shu and Lu Ming said it had already been on their agenda.
  • Yu Shu and Lu Ming sent Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu away to prepare for an upcoming auction.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu hurried outside after hearing a crash and found Boundary Beast King battling Boundary Beast King Emperor above Jiangcheng.

Ch. 379The Bearded Pirates: All the Experts Come Forth

Cangyu used the Soul-Binding Lock to restrain the Thunder Emperor and overpower it, prompting Lu Ming and Yu Shu to reveal their pirate disguises and defend the Bearded Pirate Group. As Ling Ye, Sikong Mei, and Xin Musen moved to stop them, three Bearded Pirates confronted the gathered Transcendents, and Xin Musen demanded the return of his research institute.

  • Cangyu bound the Thunder Emperor with the Soul-Binding Lock and wounded it while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu watched.
  • Lu Ming and Yu Shu disguised themselves as Light Pinkbeard and Dark Bluebeard and flew to Cangyu's aid.
  • Yun Yi realized the Bearded Pirate Group had intervened, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu denied controlling Lu Ming and Yu Shu.
  • Sikong Mei, Ling Ye, and Xin Musen decided that Cangyu must die and moved to attack before it fully subdued the Thunder Emperor.
  • Light Pinkbeard, Dark Bluebeard, and Death Barbie Pinkbeard appeared as Heavenly Being High Realm Transcendents and blocked the others.
  • Xin Musen demanded his research institute back, and Dark Bluebeard and Light Pinkbeard refused.

Ch. 380Not Just Thick-Skinned, but Ugly Too

Yu Shu and Lu Ming revealed themselves as Deep Bluebeard and Light Pinkbeard, joining Death Barbie Pinkbeard to protect Cangyu after it defeated Thunder Emperor. As tensions with the human factions escalated, Lin Jingzhe arrived and ordered everyone to stop fighting in Jiangcheng.

  • Cangyu pinned Thunder Emperor down and used the Soul-Binding Lock to seal its remaining electricity.
  • Yu Shu and Lu Ming appeared as Deep Bluebeard and Light Pinkbeard, then joined Death Barbie Pinkbeard in guarding the Boundary Beast Kings.
  • Ling Ye demanded that the Bearded Pirate Group surrender Cangyu or kill it, while Light Pinkbeard challenged them to take it themselves.
  • Sikong Mei accused the Bearded Pirate Group of making an enemy of all humanity, and Deep Bluebeard replied that they had always been enemies of the Sikong Clan.
  • Light Pinkbeard and Deep Bluebeard mocked Sikong Mei before Lin Jingzhe arrived and ordered them to move any fight to the Wilderness Zone.

Ch. 381The One Behind the Bearded Pirate Group Was Actually Shi Yuehan

The Sword God’s arrival forced Sikong Mei, Ling Ye, and Xin Musen to abandon their attack on the Bearded Pirate Group, while Cangyu brought Thunder Emperor into the Spatial Maze and kept the captured monsters in line. Back in Jiangcheng District Eleven, Ling Chu told the gathered Heavenly Beings that Shi Yuehan was behind the Bearded Pirate Group.

  • The Sword God appeared with a Sword Light, and Sikong Mei, Ling Ye, and Xin Musen withdrew when the other three Heavenly Beings also vanished.
  • Cangyu dragged Thunder Emperor into the Spatial Maze, where the Sixth-Tier Spirit Fruit Tree warned him that Thunder Emperor might be pretending to surrender.
  • Cangyu repeatedly used Thunder Emperor to knock the bound monsters aside, and Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left the Spatial Maze reassured.
  • Xin Musen, Ling Ye, Sikong Mei, and three Heavenly Beings from the Mo Family, the Huyan Family, and the Baili Family watched the Dunxi Hotel from Jiangcheng District Eleven.
  • Ling Chu told the gathered Heavenly Beings that Shi Yuehan was the one behind the Bearded Pirate Group.

Ch. 382The Authorities' Wanted Notice, the Shackles of Morality

Ling Chu identified Shi Yuehan as the mastermind behind the Bearded Pirate Group, and Lingyue Pavilion and the Sikong Clan decided to replace him as principal rather than break with Tianhuang Martial Arts University. Yun Yi then announced that Xia Country the Authorities would issue a worldwide wanted notice after the auction, leaving Xin Musen uneasy about the authorities’ appeal to protect the hostages.

  • Ling Chu told the gathered powerhouses that Shi Yuehan had used the Reality Sequence to turn him into a monster and was behind the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Ling Ye pointed out that Shi Yuehan’s guards had bought the Dunxi Hotel for 998 yuan, and Ling Chu identified the Golden Wing Guard and Silverwing Guard as Pirate Goldbeard and Pirate Silverbeard.
  • Xin Musen urged Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei to replace Shi Yuehan as principal, and they agreed that the school did not belong to him.
  • Yun Yi arrived as a representative of the Authorities of Xia Country and announced that they would issue a worldwide wanted notice for the Bearded Pirate Group after the auction.
  • Yun Yi asked everyone to protect the hostages at the auction, and Xin Musen felt as if morality had become a shackle around his own neck.

Ch. 383Redbeard, Yellowbeard, You Actually Dare Show Your Faces Before Me Again!

Yun Yi secured Lingyue Pavilion’s cooperation and resources for the Xia Country Authorities’ campaign against the Bearded Pirate Group, while recruiting the other martial arts families to contribute as well. As the leaders agreed to join the effort, Ling Chu suddenly recognized Redbeard and Yellowbeard and challenged them.

  • Xin Musen questioned why the Xia Country Authorities had not hunted the Bearded Pirates sooner, and Yun Yi said they had deployed Evil Ghost and his squad to Jiangcheng.
  • Yun Yi said Evil Ghost preferred to act alone, prompting Xin Musen to agree to cooperate so the authorities would help recover Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and researchers.
  • Yun Yi asked Lingyue Pavilion to provide money, resources, and energy for the campaign and Jiangcheng’s defenses, and Xin Musen agreed.
  • Yun Yi called on the other martial arts families to contribute, and Ling Ye declared that they would fully cooperate with the authorities to capture the Bearded Pirates.
  • Ling Chu suddenly recognized Redbeard and Yellowbeard and demanded to know why they dared show their faces before him again.

Ch. 384That Damned Ling Chu

Ling Chu mistook Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu for ghosts and unleashed his hidden Heavenly Being strength, then used their supposed presence as an excuse to attack the Baili Family. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu let the assault continue while Ling Chu’s other personalities watched helplessly as he grew stronger.

  • Ling Chu saw an empty sofa as Redbeard and Yellowbeard, then revealed his Heavenly Being strength and destroyed the room while attacking the air.
  • Ling Ye restrained Ling Chu, but Ling Chu erupted with greater violence and charged toward the Lingyue Pavilion’s supposed base.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu flew away from Ling Chu’s attacks, and Ling Chu admitted he planned to use their supposed ghosts as cover to eat people and gain strength.
  • Ling Chu changed direction and attacked the Baili Family’s manor, prompting its Heavenly Being to pursue him while Xin Musen stopped chasing.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu agreed to deny having been there and let the rival families fight, while Ling Chu Chu and the other Ling Chu screamed at him for taking their idea.

Ch. 385Establishing an Alibi

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu staged a ghost attack on Lingyue Pavilion to establish an alibi while Ling Chu rampaged through the Baili Family’s estate. Xin Musen rushed back to defend his base, and the other Heavenly Beings began questioning who Ling Chu had actually been chasing.

  • Jiang Fu told Shi Jiu they would make an appearance at Lingyue Pavilion so Ling Chu could not blame them for his attack on the Baili Family.
  • Shi Jiu used God Sequence: Space Ruler to take them to Lingyue Pavilion’s base, where they disguised themselves as ghosts and attacked the Martial Artists with their hammers.
  • Xin Shilong called Xin Musen and reported that the ghosts of Pirate Redbeard and Yellowbeard were attacking the base, so Xin Musen hurried back.
  • The Heavenly Beings realized the supposed pirates were at Lingyue Pavilion while Ling Chu was attacking the Baili Family, and Yun Yi suggested eyewitnesses could clarify what happened.
  • A Mo Family Heavenly Being asked Sikong Mei and her companion to investigate Lingyue Pavilion because the Mo and Huyan Families needed to guard their homes.

Ch. 386The Authorities Step In, Livestreaming a Ghost Hunt

Yun Yi livestreamed the Authorities’ intervention at Lingyue Pavilion, showing Pirate Redbeard and Pirate Yellowbeard rampaging as ghosts. Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei confirmed their identities and deaths on camera, while the broadcast brought Jiangcheng’s crisis to millions of viewers and provided an alibi for Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu.

  • Ling Chu went mad at the Baili Family manor and attacked its talented younger members, overpowering the family’s three Heavenly Beings and Ling Ye.
  • Sikong Mei and Sikong Yi left the Baili Family manor to investigate reports that Pirate Redbeard and Pirate Yellowbeard had appeared at Lingyue Pavilion’s base.
  • Yun Yi exposed no public dispute over the Ling Family’s undercover agent and instead launched an Authorities livestream to establish an alibi for Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu.
  • Yun Yi teleported to Lingyue Pavilion’s base and filmed the ghosts of Redbeard and Yellowbeard rampaging inside its sealed residential complex.
  • Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei confirmed on camera that the ghosts were Redbeard and Yellowbeard, and Sikong Mei said the Fog Forbidden Zone had likely turned them into ghosts.
  • The livestream audience grew past five million as viewers learned of Jiangcheng’s crisis and watched the two pirates’ deaths confirmed.

Ch. 387The Ghost Hunt Is On

Yun Yi livestreamed as the Authorities and Tianhuang Martial Arts University entered the villa complex to confront Redbeard and Yellowbeard, who appeared to be ghosts. The confrontation took a shocking turn when Sikong Yi saw his son Sikong Zhao holding a bloody head and ran toward him.

  • Yun Yi introduced Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei on his livestream and announced that they would enter the complex to catch the ghosts.
  • Xin Musen repeatedly failed to grab Redbeard and Yellowbeard, convincing him they were genuine ghosts.
  • Xing Bin lowered the defensive barrier, but Shi Jiu struck him with a hammer and then knocked Xin Shilong facedown.
  • Sikong Yi and the Authorities' Martial Artists entered the complex, and Sikong Yi charged at Yellowbeard in anger.
  • Sikong Yi spotted Sikong Zhao holding a bloody head and calling for revenge, then rushed toward him.

Ch. 388No Nesting Dolls

Yun Yi staged a spectacular attack on Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu, using his strongest formation to make their apparent deaths convincing while the Authorities prepared to buy them back at the Auction. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu vanished as ash, leaving Yun Yi to maintain their cover story and forbid them from returning as yet another kind of supernatural being.

  • Yun Yi ordered eighteen Authorities Martial Artists to form a formation and used a Formation Disc to summon the Six Harmonies Kill-Defying Heaven Formation.
  • Xin Musen, Xing Bin, Sikong Mei, and Sikong Yi were shocked when Yun Yi unleashed the powerful formation against Redbeard and Yellowbeard.
  • Jiang Fu explained to Shi Jiu that Yun Yi was helping create an alibi and display the Authorities' strength, while making Ling Chu look ridiculous.
  • Yun Yi overheard Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discussing becoming Jians, Xis, and Yis, and told them not to become nesting dolls because the Authorities would buy them back at the Auction.
  • Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu acted out their deaths and turned to ash, while Yun Yi reminded them not to become nesting dolls.

Ch. 389Greenbeard's Sign Language

Yun Yi deployed the Six Harmonies Heaven-Ending Killing Formation to seize control of five Jiangcheng districts, forcing Lingyue Pavilion and other factions to evacuate. Meanwhile, Lü Pin practiced sign language at the Dunxi Hotel and used it to secretly call Shen Yan a liar before Shen Yan left for the auction.

  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left after deciding not to return and provoke the Authorities further.
  • Yun Yi expanded the Six Harmonies Heaven-Ending Killing Formation across District Three through District Seven and ordered all other forces to withdraw before daybreak.
  • Xin Musen and Xing Bin led Lingyue Pavilion out of District Three, while other forces and clans also evacuated the five districts.
  • Light Pinkbeard and Dark Bluebeard watched the livestream and decided to attend the Beard Auction themselves to stop Yun Yi from recruiting Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu returned to the Dunxi Hotel and learned that Lü Pin was practicing sign language because people kept covering his mouth.
  • Lü Pin used sign language to tell Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu that Shen Yan looked like an insurance salesman, while Shen Yan mistook his gestures for agreement and left for the auction.

Ch. 390Call Me Pirate Purplebeard!

Shen Yan began the second Bearded Pirate Group auction as Heavenly Being Purplebeard, but the assembled business leaders’ imposing presence unsettled him until he used his Heavenly Being aura to subdue them. He started the auction by playing the Ling Family video again, claiming it was only background music.

  • Shen Yan entered the auction venue as Heavenly Being Purplebeard and was overwhelmed by the bearing of the business leaders gathered there.
  • A Ling Family president asked whether the auction could begin, and Shen Yan recovered his composure by embracing his pirate persona.
  • Shen Yan released his Heavenly Being pressure, knocking the presidents, bosses, and their protectors to the floor.
  • When the Ling Family president challenged him, Shen Yan insisted they call him Pirate Purplebeard and announced the auction’s start.
  • Shen Yan played the version 3.0 video of Ling Chu, the Third Young Master of the Ling Family, and said it was only background music.

Ch. 391Old Hand at Eating

The Bearded Pirate Group’s livestream exposed Ling Chu’s plan to kill and eat Jiangcheng’s visiting geniuses, prompting the Baili and Qing Families to suspend their alliances with the Ling Family. The other factions began questioning Ling Ye and Sikong Yi, while Ling Chu’s personalities fought over his hunger and the blame.

  • Backstage, Shi Jiu made clips of Yun Yi’s livestream, which showed that Redbeard and Yellowbeard had not been at the scene of Ling Chu’s attack on the Baili Family.
  • Qing Juechen confronted Baili Changkong with evidence that Ling Chu had targeted the families’ geniuses, and the auction broadcast revealed Ling Chu’s plan to blame the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Baili Changkong suspended the Baili Family’s alliance with the Ling Family, and Qing Juechen suspended the Qing Family’s alliance and marriage agreement until his missing nephew was found.
  • The Mo Family and Huyan Family questioned Ling Ye and Sikong Yi about their missing people and whether the ghosts of Redbeard and Yellowbeard had truly been destroyed.
  • Ling Chu raged that his uncontrolled hunger had wrecked the Ling Family’s alliance, then another personality demanded to be released so he could eat on his own.

Ch. 392The First Auction Item, Shi Qingluan

The Bearded Pirate Group's auction video shattered the Ling Family's alliance and exposed suspicions about Ling Chu, while Lü Pin and the others prepared to continue the auction. The first item was Shi Qingluan, and Shi Qinglong bid after realizing the Ling Family might have treated her worse.

  • The Mo Family and Huyan Family representatives left after the video showed Ling Chu killing a messenger and absorbing his cultivation, and Ling Ye went to question Ling Chu.
  • Backstage, Lü Pin used sign language to expose a pirate's lie while explaining how he used his Lie Detection ability, and Jiang Fu said he and Shi Jiu would appear later as auction lots.
  • Shen Yan suppressed his Heavenly Being pressure so the auction could proceed, and the crowd followed the rules.
  • Shen Yan introduced Shi Qingluan as the first auction item and announced that the bidding qualification required a Divine Stone from the depths of the Ocean, with a starting bid of one Twelfth-Tier Energy Source.
  • Shi Qinglong crushed his cup in anger, but Jiang Wuchou warned that the Ling Family might have treated Shi Qingluan worse, so Shi Qinglong quickly placed a bid.

Ch. 393His Face Turned Green

Shen Yan’s auction of Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s people continued as Shi Qinglong bought them back, then Ling Chu’s two grotesquely altered Puppet Bodies went up for sale. Ling Chu tried to disown them, but rival families bid, and the Ling Family lost its chance to participate.

  • Qing Ling said selling Professor Shi Qingluan would clear the Principal of suspicion, while Goldbeard and Silverbeard recognized the scheme as a cover-up.
  • Shen Yan announced that all ten Bidding Qualifications had to sell and that bidders could also compete for Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s Transcendent teachers and professors.
  • Shi Qinglong bought all nine remaining qualifications and then purchased all 108 university members at the starting prices.
  • Ling Chu’s two Puppet Bodies were brought out in cages, and Ling Du declared that they were not members of the Ling Family and should be destroyed.
  • The Baili Family and other factions bid on the Puppet Bodies, prompting Ling Chu to order his representative to bid again.
  • Shen Yan rejected the Ling Family’s bid because it had withdrawn, stripping the family of its bidding qualification.

Ch. 394The Ling Family's Special Treatment

At the Bearded Pirates’ auction, Purplebeard dismissed Ling Du’s threat and continued selling the Ling Family’s captured members. The crowd discovered that Qing Ling had transformed all 232 Ling Family Martial Artists into grotesque figures, while Qing Ling kept his survival secret from most of his family.

  • Ling Du challenged Purplebeard, who blamed the Ling Family and used Heavenly Being pressure to force the auction to continue.
  • The Baili Family bought Ling Chu and Ling Chu Chu for six Tier Twelve Flame Crystals, and Baili Changkong took them away.
  • The auction brought 232 Ling Family Martial Artists onstage, all transformed into the same grotesque form as the two Ling Chus.
  • Backstage, Qing Ling admitted he had used the Head-First Insertion torture technique on the captured Ling Family members and said only his parents knew he was safe.
  • When someone feared the other auction lots had suffered the same fate, Shen Yan said the transformation was a privilege reserved for Ling Family Martial Artists.

Ch. 395He Just Couldn't Open His Mouth

At the auction, Shen Yan arranged for the Ling Family Martial Artists to be taken to the Little Devil’s Zoo, then prevented the Sikong Clan from buying back its captives. With the Sikong Clan’s representative unable to speak and no one bidding, the captives faced destruction as Shen Yan offered the laboratory researchers a chance to survive by destroying them themselves.

  • Shen Yan explained that Lingyue Pavilion could buy back its people, while the Ling Family had no intention of reclaiming its backward-headed Martial Artists.
  • The Sword God demanded that the Ling Family Martial Artists be spared and kept as exhibits in his group’s Zoo, and Shen Yan had them taken away.
  • Purplebeard put ninety-nine Sikong Clan Martial Artists and vassals up for auction, but no one bid.
  • Shen Yan used an Aura Pressure Adjustment Sequence Item to stop the Sikong Clan’s representative from speaking, while Shi Qinglong ignored calls asking him to help.
  • Sikong Yi urged Sikong Mei to buy back the captives, but they failed to act before Purplebeard declared them unsold and marked for destruction.
  • Shen Yan offered to spare Sikong Yi’s laboratory researchers if they destroyed the Sikong Clan Martial Artists themselves.

Ch. 396Purplebeard's Masterstroke

At the auction, Purplebeard pressured Tianhuang Martial Arts University to choose between the Sikong Clan and its own people, then accepted Ling Du’s bid for the Sikong Clan martial artists at an unexpectedly high price. Backstage, Shen Yan tried to stop the Ling Family from buying them, calling on Little Devil for a sound-blocking item.

  • Shi Jiu scheduled clips of the livestream and paid Internet Trolls to keep the incident in the public eye.
  • Purplebeard gave Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s non-Sikong martial artists one minute to prove their loyalty by disposing of the Sikong Clan’s people.
  • Shi Qinglong considered using the crisis to expel the Sikong Clan from the university and help Shi Yuehan’s family.
  • Ling Du offered to take the bidding qualification for the Sikong Clan martial artists, hoping to make the desperate clan loyal to the Ling Family.
  • Purplebeard required separate bidding qualifications for the Sikong Clan members and the other people under the clan, setting the combined price at twenty Twelfth-Tier Energy Sources.
  • Shen Yan asked Little Devil for an item that would silence people so the Ling Family could not buy the Sikong Clan martial artists.

Ch. 397The Bearded Pirate Group Enters the Age of Invisibility for All

Jiang Fu equipped the Bearded Pirate Group with powerful Invisibility Talismans and hidden Defensive Artifacts, while Shen Yan prepared to auction kidnapped captives. The chapter left the auction about to begin for ninety-nine Martial Artists from Tianhuang Martial Arts University and the Sikong Clan's Laboratory.

  • Shen Yan used the auction’s Bidding Qualification slots to provoke the Ling Family and the Sikong Clan, prompting Jiang Fu to promise protection.
  • Jiang Fu gave Goldbeard, Silverbeard, Greenbeard, and Greenbeard stacks of Invisibility Talismans that surpassed Heaven-Tier Upper Grade.
  • Qing Ling and Lü Pin celebrated using the talismans, while Goldbeard and Silverbeard admitted they intended to keep the treasures within the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Jiang Fu equipped Goldbeard, Silverbeard, and Greenbeard with visible Earth-Tier Upper Grade and hidden Emperor-Grade Defensive Artifacts.
  • Purplebeard accepted twenty Twelfth-Tier Energy Sources from the Ling Family and announced the auction of ninety-nine Martial Artists from Tianhuang Martial Arts University and the Sikong Clan's Laboratory.

Ch. 398Surviving One Tribulation, Only for the Rest of Life to Be Tribulations

Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu secretly put a plan into action while the auction concluded, and Ling Du discovered that his Storage Badge had been emptied. With the Ling Family unable to pay for the Sikong Clan captives, the auction left their fate in peril.

  • Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu vanished after agreeing on a plan to stop the Ling Family from speaking.
  • Ling Du won the auction for the Sikong Clan captives, then found his Storage Badge empty when he tried to pay with two Tier Twelve Flame Crystals.
  • Ling Du accused Purplebeard of stealing his treasures, but Shen Yan denied responsibility and pointed out that the badge had stayed with Ling Du.
  • Shen Yan demanded payment for the ninety-nine captives, while Ling Du said he would pay after the auction.
  • Purplebeard refused to offer credit and suggested aloud that the Ling Family had bought all the qualifications to block other bidders and doom the Sikong Clan.

Ch. 399Destruction

Purplebeard forced the Sikong Clan’s captive Martial Artists into a massacre at the auction, prompting Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei to blame the Ling Family and plan to rally their former allies. After they left, Lu Ming and Yu Shu discussed how to guide Xiao Fu and Xiao Jiu as members of the Bearded Pirate Group.

  • Purplebeard declared the unsold Sikong Clan Martial Artists would be destroyed, and the Tianhuang Martial Arts University captives killed thirty-two Sikong Clan fighters while sixty-seven others were labeled university members.
  • Purplebeard freed the sixty-seven survivors, and Shi Qinglong told them to return to Tianhuang Martial Arts University.
  • Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei blamed the Ling Family for humiliating their clan and decided to warn their former allies about Shi Yuehan.
  • Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei planned to buy back one of the two Ling Chus from the Baili Family as evidence against Shi Yuehan, then vanished.
  • Lu Ming and Yu Shu watched the livestream and resolved to guide Xiao Fu and Xiao Jiu, while Yun Yi listened in silence.

Ch. 400God Thief Redbeard

Yun Yi explained that Tianhuang Martial Arts University would lead the auction to buy Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu back, while the Bearded Pirate Group prepared for the authorities’ coming assault. After Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu discussed their revenge, Shi Jiu discovered she had become a god thief by emptying Ling Du’s Storage Badge.

  • Light Pinkbeard and Dark Bluebeard stopped Yun Yi from leaving, but Yun Yi told them Tianhuang Martial Arts University would handle the auction to buy Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu back.
  • Yun Yi said the authorities planned to issue a Wanted Notice for the Bearded Pirate Group and launch a major campaign against them after the auction.
  • Dark Bluebeard said Death Barbie Pinkbeard had gone after the Boundary Beast Wearing Human Skin, and Yun Yi suggested bringing a soft-hearted sequence user to join the Bearded Pirate Group and learn from Purplebeard.
  • Jiang Fu assured Shi Jiu that they would save the worst of the Sikong Clan’s culprits for last, while the Ling Family might be left paralyzed instead.
  • Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu inspected the loot Shi Jiu had taken from Ling Du’s Storage Badge and found little of value beyond the Twelfth-Tier Energy Sources.
  • Shi Jiu officially became God Thief Redbeard after using her Space Ruler sequence to empty Ling Du’s Storage Badge.
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