Arc 18Beards and Heavenly Ghosts

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu rescued their companions, recruited researchers into the Bearded Pirate Group, and faced a Heavenly Ghost around Moyuan Island. Jiang Fu killed one Heavenly Ghost while Han Sichen’s exploding Rune Pattern kept another trapped and repeatedly detonating.

  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu reached the Small World disguised as Bearded Pirates, supplied their companions with Abyss Potion, and helped them battle Realm Demon Pursuer.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu uncovered the Giant Behemoth beneath the Small World, brought it into the True Water World, and captured it for study.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu helped the Ruihang Center researchers create Boundary Beast Detectors and recruited 410 researchers into the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu brought Shi Tianqiong to Moyuan Island, where they planned to develop Han Sichen’s explosive talisman skills and discovered a watcher tied to the Mastermind.
  • Heavenly Ghosts surrounded Moyuan Island, and Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu helped the group identify their true body and prepare an attack.
  • Lin Que signed a Sequence Contract as Orange Beard, while Xue Qianlan asked Shi Jiu how to win Shi Yuehan’s acceptance.
  • Shi Jiu trapped a Heavenly Ghost in her Spatial Maze, and Jiang Fu killed the enormous Rubik’s Cube Heavenly Ghost with a sword strike.
  • Han Sichen’s Rune Pattern repeatedly exploded as Heavenly Ghost · Wuhui regenerated, leaving it trapped and repeatedly detonating inside the Spatial Maze.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Old Geezer's Breakdown

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu tracked down Lin Que and the others, discovering they were trapped with a Realm Demon Pursuer inside a Small World. They entered the valley to rescue them and capture the creature, where Xue Qianlan and Ouyang Zheng joined their Bearded Pirate Group disguises.

  • Shi Jiu couldn't contact Lin Que, so Jiang Fu ordered the Order Artifact to send them the coordinates and life signs of all four companions.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu disguised themselves as Strawberry Yellowbeard and Strawberry Redbeard and rode toward the valley on the Ghost Fire Motorcycle.
  • Using her Spatial Maze and God Sequence · Space Ruler, Shi Jiu trapped the valley and its Small World, while Jiang Fu's Concept-Level Evasion let them enter.
  • Inside the Small World, they found Xue Qianlan, Shi Yuehan, Ouyang Zheng, and Lin Que fighting a healthy Realm Demon Pursuer.
  • Jiang Fu called out to Xue Qianlan as Bluebeard, prompting her and Ouyang Zheng to reveal their own Bearded Pirate Group disguises.

Ch. 427Come Over Here—

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu brought Abyss Potion to the experts fighting Realm Demon Pursuer, replenishing Ouyang Zheng and preparing the others to continue the battle. Jiang Fu drew the creature’s attacks with God Sequence and remained unharmed, leaving the experts stunned as it charged him again.

  • Shi Yuehan spotted Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu and angrily ordered them to leave, while Shi Jiu corrected him about her new Redbeard title.
  • Jiang Fu warned the experts that another Realm Demon Pursuer was outside and said they had brought supplies from the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Shi Jiu gave Bluebeard and Pinkbeard two jars of Abyss Potion, and Ouyang Zheng drank enough to restore his Sequence and raise its probability.
  • Jiang Fu jumped toward Realm Demon Pursuer and activated God Sequence, drawing the creature away from Shi Yuehan, Xue Qianlan, and Lin Que.
  • Realm Demon Pursuer struck at Jiang Fu twice but missed both times, while Jiang Fu urged Lin Que to resupply with Shi Jiu.

Ch. 428Summer Orange Beard

Shi Jiu replenished the four experts with Abyss Potion so they could resume fighting Realm Demon Pursuer and weaken the force field trapping the small world. Jiang Fu discovered another hidden, apparently lifeless entity beneath the world, while he and Shi Jiu refreshed their Sequences and prepared for the danger ahead.

  • Shi Jiu scolded the four experts for wasting time and gave Lin Que, Xue Qianlan, and Ouyang Zheng large jars of Abyss Potion, while Shi Yuehan received a few small bottles.
  • Lin Que declared himself a member of the Bearded Pirate Group as Summer Orange Beard, and Shi Yuehan drank one bottle before keeping the others as his first gifts from Shi Jiu.
  • The four experts attacked Realm Demon Pursuer at full strength, and their clashes made the force field around the small world weaken faster.
  • Jiang Fu withdrew God Sequence · Blondie and warned Shi Jiu that another terrifying entity lay beneath the small world, disguised as a lifeless rock.
  • Jiang Fu gave Shi Jiu Abyss Potion mixed with strawberry juice, and they drank it to refresh their Sequences as Realm Demon Pursuer fixed its killing intent on Jiang Fu.

Ch. 429Disaster, E, Tribulation, Huo, and the Giant Behemoth

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu learned that the Small World's fading force field was being consumed by the will of a Giant Behemoth, and that the beast was connected to the Crowned Boundary Beasts Disaster, E, Tribulation, and Huo. After finishing their meal, they prepared to accelerate the force field's collapse and contain the Giant Behemoth in the True Water World.

  • Jiang Fu brought out soup dumplings and Small Wontons, and he and Shi Jiu ate while the Order Artifact warned them about the danger to the four experts fighting Realm Demon Pursuer.
  • The Order Artifact explained that a Giant Behemoth's will lay beneath the Small World and fed on its force field, with the ongoing battle hastening the force field's loss.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu connected the Giant Behemoth to the Large Python with a Crown and learned that Disaster, E, Tribulation, and Huo could fuse to revive its bloodline and will.
  • The Order Artifact showed Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu an image of a Crowned Giant Behemoth and explained that the beast in the Small World was an ancestral form produced by the four Boundary Beasts fusing.
  • Jiang Fu chose the True Water World to contain the Giant Behemoth, then used God Sequence to multiply the rates at which its will consumed the force field as Shi Jiu activated the Ultimate Dao True Water World.

Ch. 430It Emerged!... Then It Was Gone Again.

Jiang Fu accelerated Giant Tyrant Will’s awakening, causing it to emerge as a Giant Behemoth and vanish amid the collapse of the Small World. With the force field gone, the others rushed to defend Bincheng while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu remained behind to face Realm Demon Pursuer.

  • Jiang Fu multiplied the speed of Giant Tyrant Will’s force-field devouring and awakening, causing the force field to disappear and the Small World to begin collapsing.
  • Giant Tyrant Will emerged as a Giant Behemoth, lunged at Jiang Fu, and vanished when dark red mist engulfed the Small World.
  • Shi Yuehan, Lin Que, Ouyang Zheng, and Xue Qianlan saw the Sword God’s sword light, then learned that another Red Pursuer was attacking Bincheng.
  • Xue Qianlan left Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu to handle matters inside the Small World and went to help outside.
  • Jiang Fu attacked Realm Demon Pursuer with One Sword Splits the Heavens, but it dodged his strikes and targeted his true body, leaving him to conclude that his experiment had failed.

Ch. 431Capture Alive

Jiang Fu failed to capture Red Pursuer with his sword, so Shi Jiu trapped it in her Spatial Maze and moved it into the True Water World. After returning to Bincheng and assuring Shi Wu they had stayed in their room all night, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu went back to the True Water World, where they faced a red-clad woman and a giant bone-spurred beast.

  • Jiang Fu admitted that his sword and God King Flash had failed to capture Red Pursuer, and he let Shi Jiu take over.
  • Shi Jiu contracted her Spatial Maze, moved it into the True Water World when it could not contain Red Pursuer, and left with Jiang Fu as the Order Artifact watched helplessly.
  • Realm Demon Pursuer withdrew from Bincheng after Shi Yuehan, Lin Que, Xue Qianlan, and Ouyang Zheng returned to defend the city.
  • Shi Yuehan felt betrayed when he learned his companions were Beards from the Bearded Pirate Group and that they had received more Abyss Potion than he had.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu asked Shi Wu to confirm they had stayed in their room all night, then vanished to take care of business.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu appeared in the True Water World before a red-clad woman and a gigantic turtle-shaped beast covered in bone spurs.

Ch. 432Terrifying Giant Tyrant

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu trapped Giant Tyrant inside the True Water World, where its overwhelming speed and attack initially stunned them. Shi Jiu then used the Ultimate Dao item to reduce it to a near-death state, before Jiang Fu ordered her to bring it back alive.

  • Shi Jiu explained that Realm Demon Pursuer could not enter a human city without a Martial Artist Badge, and the pair discussed upgrading the Defense Wall to detect disguised monsters.
  • Giant Tyrant attacked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu with a scarlet beam, but their active Dodge kept them unharmed.
  • Giant Tyrant rushed at the pair, and Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu realized they could not follow its movements with their eyes or thoughts.
  • Shi Jiu activated the True Water World with a Tier One Hundred Twenty water ripple crystal and unleashed its power against Giant Tyrant.
  • Jiang Fu warned Shi Jiu not to kill Giant Tyrant, so she brought it back alive, bloodied and barely conscious.

Ch. 433The Item That Locked Onto Boundary Beasts

Shi Jiu used the Ultimate Dao True Water World to suppress Realm Demon Pursuer and help Jiang Fu capture it, while they kept the Tyrant barely alive to study its connection to Boundary Beast Fusion and the Human-Skin Boundary Beast. They then visited the Laboratory, where researchers were close to completing a Boundary Beast-Locking Item, and Jiang Fu offered to increase its crafting success rate.

  • Realm Demon Pursuer fled after Shi Jiu badly injured the Tyrant, but Shi Jiu pulled it back and suppressed it with Water Elemental Power.
  • Jiang Fu found that his Soul-Binding Lock could not truly bind the Tyrant or Realm Demon Pursuer, so Shi Jiu used a Tier One Hundred Twenty Water Ripple Crystal to suppress Realm Demon Pursuer again.
  • Shi Jiu weakened the Tyrant further to keep it alive for study, and she and Jiang Fu decided to inspect the Laboratory beneath the Ruihang Center.
  • Ji Mingchang directed twenty-four researchers as they worked to complete their third Boundary Beast-Locking Item, with a 3.32% success rate and three minutes remaining.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arrived at the Laboratory, and Jiang Fu took out a bottle of ordinary tap water, saying he had a Potion that could raise the success rate of refining Sequence Items.

Ch. 434Pulling the Firewood from Beneath the Cauldron

Jiang Fu demonstrated that his potion could multiply the success rate of crafting Sequence Items, then revealed a Domain Demon's corpse and offered the researchers contracts to join a project investigating how to target Domain Demons. He left them with the further revelation that a living Domain Demon was also available for research.

  • Jiang Fu poured tap water onto the apparatus and used Multiply by Ten to raise its crafting success rate from 3.32% to 33.2%, then to 332%.
  • Shi Tianqiong ordered the laboratory's surveillance and memory cards destroyed, blocked outside signals, and demanded that all 410 researchers sign the highest-level Confidentiality Agreement.
  • Jiang Fu revealed a charred corpse, and Shi Jiu identified it as a Domain Demon.
  • Shi Jiu offered the researchers Sequence Contracts to join the Bearded Pirate Group's Beard Research Team and investigate an item that could lock onto Domain Demons.
  • Jiang Fu told the researchers that they also had a living Domain Demon available for research.

Ch. 435Half a Month in Seclusion, and a Wanted Criminal as Soon as He Came Out?

After half a month in seclusion, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu recruited 410 researchers into the Bearded Pirate Group by revealing its members, its captive Domain Demons, and a Domain Demon corpse. The group discovered online that the Xia Country Authorities had issued a wanted notice for them, leaving the new recruits stunned to find themselves wanted criminals.

  • Jiang Fu explained that the Bearded Pirate Group was a public welfare organization and showed contracts proving that Ouyang Zheng and Xue Qianlan were members.
  • Shi Tianqiong signed the Sequence Contract and urged the researchers to join after Shi Jiu confirmed they had a Domain Demon.
  • Shi Jiu summoned Domain Demon · Silence, then Jiang Fu revealed that they had brought Domain Demon · Glimmer Shatter for the researchers to study.
  • The researchers and professors signed 410 Sequence Contracts and officially joined the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Shi Tianqiong lifted the Laboratory’s signal jammer, and the researchers found the Xia Country Authorities’ wanted notice for the Bearded Pirate Group online.

Ch. 436The Pirate Ship Is Too Big to Get Off

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu turned the researchers gathered in the laboratory into Bearded Pirates, using signed contracts and the Authorities’ wanted notice to make their membership hard to escape. The researchers began to suspect the wanted notice had another purpose, just as the machine produced twenty Sequence Items for locating Boundary Beasts’ weaknesses.

  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu displayed Xue Qianlan and Ouyang Zheng’s signed Sequence Contracts and planned to hang them in the laboratory, while Jiang Fu prepared a contract for Lin Que.
  • The researchers realized that Xue Qianlan, Ouyang Zheng, and Lin Que belonged to the Bearded Pirate Group, and the universities’ researchers reacted differently to the wanted notice.
  • Shi Tianqiong recognized that Jiang Fu had used the research project and the contracts to recruit the researchers, and he welcomed them as fellow Pirates.
  • A researcher revealed that the Bearded Pirate Group had carried away Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute in Jiangcheng, and Shi Jiu explained that it had been donated to the Xia Country Authorities for joint research.
  • The researchers reconsidered the purpose of the wanted notice, and the machine produced twenty Sequence Items that could locate Boundary Beasts’ weaknesses.

Ch. 437Boundary Beast Detector

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu helped the researchers successfully create twenty Boundary Beast Detectors, and Shi Tianqiong secured Jiang Fu’s Potion for the laboratory. Lin Que and the others arrived, and the group prepared to leave for the Bearded Pirate Group headquarters while the researchers stayed to study Boundary Beasts and Domain Demons.

  • The researchers celebrated as Jiang Fu’s Potion enabled all twenty sets of materials to produce Boundary Beast Detectors successfully.
  • Shi Tianqiong asked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to name the new item, and they settled on Boundary Beast Detector.
  • Jiang Fu revealed sixteen more bottles of Potion, and Shi Tianqiong sealed them in the laboratory and ordered everyone to keep them secret.
  • Shi Tianqiong decided the researchers would remain to develop the Detector and study Domain Demons, while Jiang Fu warned them not to remove the Soul-Binding Lock from Domain Demon Shatter.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu persuaded Shi Tianqiong to leave with them for the Bearded Pirate Group headquarters, while he insisted that nobody touch Ying Sui until he returned.
  • Lin Que, Xue Qianlan, and Ouyang Zheng arrived at the laboratory, and on Moyuan Island a pale-purple-haired youth drew while Lü Pin and Qing Ling spoke animatedly beside him.

Ch. 438The Spirit Painter Who Couldn't Draw

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discovered Han Sichen, a talented martial artist with the rare Spirit Painter Sequence but no ability to paint, and decided to help him exploit it. They then showed the group the Bearded Pirate Group’s hidden benefits: Treasure Mountain and Abyss Potion Lake.

  • Shi Tianqiong recognized Han Sichen as a Han Family Spirit Painter who had failed to create a true spirit painting despite ten years of practice.
  • Han Sichen’s attempt to copy the rune patterns of an Eternal Grade Invisibility Talisman caused another easel to explode.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to nurture Han Sichen, return him to the Han Family in triumph, and have him plunder its vault.
  • Jiang Fu identified the dark mountain and lake as the Bearded Pirate Group’s benefits, astonishing Xue Qianlan and Ouyang Zheng.
  • Lin Que rushed toward the mountain and lake while Shi Tianqiong dismissed the others’ surprise.

Ch. 439The Spirit Painter Makeover Plan

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arrived at the Bearded Pirate Group’s lake of Abyss Potion, where the elders claimed the treasure as private property and Shi Tianqiong was kicked away before he could bathe in it. They then investigated Han Sichen’s failed paintings and proposed testing his Rune Patterns on a Twelfth-Tier Energy Source, prompting him to flee.

  • Lin Que, Xue Qianlan, and Ouyang Zheng were stunned by the lake of Abyss Potion and agreed not to question how Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu had obtained it.
  • Xue Qianlan, Lin Que, and Ouyang Zheng claimed the Abyss Potion for the Bearded Pirate Group, and they kicked Shi Tianqiong into the sky when he leaped toward the lake.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu visited Han Sichen after another of his painting boards exploded, and Qing Ling and Lü Pin explained that he could copy a complete Invisibility Talisman but his attempts kept blowing up.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu proposed having Han Sichen draw on a Twelfth-Tier Energy Source as part of a Spirit Painter makeover plan.
  • Han Sichen panicked, accused Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu of trying to kill him, and hid far away.

Ch. 440Human-Shaped Demolition Machine

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu learned that Han Sichen’s talisman drawings caused objects to burn or explode, including an Energy Source that sent Shen Yan to the hospital. They tried to recruit Han Sichen as a demolition weapon, but he warned them that drawing on stronger materials consumed far more Sequence Power.

  • Qing Ling and Lü Pin explained that Han Sichen’s talisman on a first-tier Energy Source had exploded and injured Shen Yan, who was still hospitalized with Goldbeard and Silverbeard.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided Han Sichen could serve as a human-shaped demolition machine and planned to use him against physical defenses.
  • Han Sichen explained that his spirit-painter Sequence Power fueled the Rune Patterns and that drawing on a Twelfth-Tier Energy Source could drain him completely.
  • Qing Ling and Lü Pin warned that a high-tier Energy Source explosion could destroy Moyuan Island, but Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu excitedly discussed using Han Sichen for ambushes and supplying him with Abyss Potion.

Ch. 441I'm Going to Blow the Han Family Sky-High!

Jiang Fu and the others had Han Sichen begin drawing a talisman on a Mystic-Tier Upper Grade saber, hoping to turn his talent into a weapon against the Han Family. As the experiment began, Qing Ling revealed that something nonhuman had been watching Moyuan Island and wanted to be noticed.

  • Lin Que, Xue Qianlan, Ouyang Zheng, and Shi Tianqiong drank their fill of strawberry-flavored Abyss Potion and ate the side dishes Lin Que had saved.
  • Jiang Fu handed Han Sichen a Mystic-Tier Upper Grade saber and asked him to draw a talisman on it, while Qing Ling and Lü Pin planned to use the explosive weapon against the Han Family.
  • Han Sichen said he wanted to blow up the Han Family openly and prove he was not trash, and Shi Tianqiong and the others gathered to supervise his drawing.
  • Han Sichen began drawing a talisman on the saber as Jiang Fu placed a jar of Abyss Potion nearby to replenish his Sequence Power.
  • Qing Ling told Jiang Fu that Sequence:001 had not appeared recently and that something nonhuman had been watching Moyuan Island while deliberately allowing itself to be discovered.

Ch. 442The Invisible Head

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discovered that the presence spying on Moyuan Island was connected to the Mastermind, then a gigantic invisible head surfaced offshore. Lin Que could not see it, leaving the group facing a threat that only some of them could perceive.

  • Shi Jiu searched the waters around Moyuan Island and confirmed that the island was safe as long as the group stayed behind her Spatial Maze.
  • Jiang Fu tested the watcher with his ability and determined that it was not connected to Sequence:001.
  • Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu concluded that the watcher was tied to the Mastermind, which had lost Moyuan Island to them.
  • Jiang Fu confirmed the Mastermind connection when he caused the sea to surge, and he and Shi Jiu agreed to visit the other six forbidden zones after becoming Lords of the Forbidden Zone.
  • A dark, hundred-meter-wide head rose from the sea and fixed its gaze on the island, but Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu's Psychic Power and System Screen detected nothing.
  • Lin Que arrived with a Mystic-Tier Upper Grade War Blade, but when Shi Jiu pointed out the head, he could see only empty water.

Ch. 443Realm Separation: Invisible to Saint Entry

Jiang Fu and the others discovered that Moyuan Island was surrounded by Heavenly Ghosts, which were invisible to those at Saint Entry and could influence people below that realm. Shi Tianqiong identified the danger and warned that the ghosts could multiply if he failed to strike their true body, but Jiang Fu spotted an enormous one and urged his granduncle to attack it.

  • Lin Que could not see the head over the sea, while Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu saw it before it vanished.
  • Lü Pin spotted hundreds of heads surrounding Moyuan Island, though Lin Que, Xue Qianlan, and Ouyang Zheng could not see them.
  • Shi Tianqiong identified the phenomenon as realm separation and said the creatures were invisible to Saint Entry.
  • The heads' gaze compelled people below Saint Entry to enter the sea, so Qing Ling protected Lü Pin and Han Sichen.
  • Shi Tianqiong revealed that thousands of Heavenly Ghosts surrounded the island, with one true body and the rest illusory bodies that could become real if he missed.
  • Jiang Fu spotted a Heavenly Ghost ten times larger than the others and told his granduncle to strike it.

Ch. 444Growing Bigger, Shrinking, Growing Bigger, Shrinking, Growing Bigger, Shrinking...

Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten to make the Heavenly Ghost’s main body and Phantom Bodies repeatedly swell and shrink, leaving the real one difficult to identify. On Moyuan Island, Lü Pin’s Defensive Artifact startled Ouyang Zheng, while Shi Tianqiong and Lin Que sought equipment from the Bearded Pirate Group.

  • Jiang Fu made the Heavenly Ghost’s main body and Phantom Bodies cycle between growing and shrinking whenever they matched in size.
  • Lü Pin, Qing Ling, Han Sichen, and Shi Tianqiong watched the spectacle, and Ouyang Zheng warned Shi Tianqiong not to act rashly.
  • Lü Pin mocked Ouyang Zheng as an old pink-haired pirate, then used his Dark Green Light Barrier to make Ouyang Zheng recoil from attacking him.
  • Ouyang Zheng realized Lü Pin’s Defensive Artifact could rebound attacks and treated him cautiously, while Lü Pin claimed seniority as a member of the Bearded Pirate Group.
  • Shi Tianqiong asked to borrow a Defensive Artifact, and Shi Jiu offered him standard pirate equipment; Lin Que reminded her that he had not signed the group’s Contract yet.

Ch. 445Spirit Painting Demolitionist, Blast the Heavenly Ghost!

On Moyuan Island, Lin Que equipped the group with Invisibility Talismans and Defensive Artifacts as they prepared to attack the Heavenly Ghost's true body. Shi Tianqiong, Han Sichen, Lü Pin, and Qing Ling vanished under Lin Que's Block Sequence and set out to test Han Sichen's Rune Pattern explosions, while Xue Qianlan asked Shi Jiu how to get her father to accept her.

  • The Heavenly Ghost's true body grew and shrank along with its phantoms, revealing its presence and showing that it had panicked.
  • Lin Que signed a Sequence Contract with Jiang Fu and became Pirate Orange Beard, while Ouyang Zheng received a pink shield and Shi Tianqiong chose grey equipment.
  • Shi Tianqiong recruited Han Sichen to attack the Heavenly Ghost's true body with Rune Patterns, and Lü Pin exposed Ouyang Zheng's hidden wish to take the limelight through sign-language Lie Detection.
  • Qing Ling joined Shi Tianqiong, Han Sichen, and Lü Pin, and Lin Que used Block as the four activated their Invisibility Talismans and disappeared.
  • Xue Qianlan asked Shi Jiu how she could get his father to accept her, leaving Lin Que and Ouyang Zheng shocked.

Ch. 446The Scapegoat Leader: Only the Blame Is His

Xue Qianlan asked Shi Jiu how to get Shi Yuehan to accept her relationship with Shi Wu, and Shi Jiu proposed a public stunt that would make him accept her as his daughter-in-law. The group also plotted to make Shi Yuehan the Bearded Pirate Group’s scapegoat leader, then spotted the Heavenly Ghost above the sea and compared it to the tentacled Rubik’s Cube.

  • Xue Qianlan asked Shi Jiu for help winning Shi Yuehan’s acceptance, and Lin Que and Ouyang Zheng realized she was Shi Wu’s Dancing Cat.
  • Shi Jiu suggested Xue Qianlan dye her hair blue, call Shi Yuehan Father-in-law in public, and rely on Lin Que and Ouyang Zheng as her maiden family; Xue Qianlan agreed.
  • Xue Qianlan worried Shi Yuehan might uncover the Bearded Pirate Group’s secrets, and Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu revealed their plan to make him the group’s scapegoat leader and Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s security team leader.
  • More than twenty thousand Heavenly Ghost Illusory Clones rose above the sea, and Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu recognized the creature’s resemblance to the tentacled Rubik’s Cube from the Fog Forbidden Zone.

Ch. 447The Heavenly Ghost's Breakdown

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu identified the strange creature on Moyuan Island as a Heavenly Ghost, while Shi Tianqiong and his companions secretly clung to it and Han Sichen drew destructive Rune Patterns on its body. The Heavenly Ghost found the invisible attackers’ position but failed to hit them, and Han Sichen continued his work as it cautiously searched for them.

  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu revealed that the human-headed, tentacled creatures were Heavenly Ghosts and recognized the target as the charred Heavenly Ghost from the Fog Forbidden Zone.
  • Lin Que worried that Heavenly Ghosts could threaten the world’s strongest fighters, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu said the creature’s frantic movements showed it sensed danger.
  • The Heavenly Ghost dispelled its phantoms and used ripples to locate the invisible attacker, then lashed out at the gap in the ripples and broke its tentacles against Shi Tianqiong.
  • Shi Tianqiong held Han Sichen while Lü Pin and Qing Ling clung to his shoulders, and they discussed staying invisible so the Heavenly Ghost would not understand their methods.
  • Han Sichen drank Abyss Potion and kept drawing Rune Patterns, while the Heavenly Ghost recovered and cautiously probed the spot where it sensed an invisible presence.

Ch. 448The Fear of Becoming a Monster

Shi Jiu trapped a frightened Heavenly Ghost in her Spatial Maze while Lü Pin’s Wood’s Protection kept the Four Beards attached to its head. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu declared their plan to become monsters’ source of fear, but a Tentacle Rubik’s Cube arrived to rescue the Heavenly Ghost as Jiang Fu drew a silver sword.

  • Lü Pin used Wood’s Protection to anchor the Four Beards to the Heavenly Ghost after it tried to pry them off.
  • Shi Jiu expanded and layered her Spatial Maze, trapping the Heavenly Ghost as it tried to escape.
  • Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided that the Bearded Pirate Group would become a source of fear for monsters, and revealed they were Lords of the Fog Forbidden Zone.
  • A five-hundred-meter Tentacle Rubik’s Cube appeared over the sea and began manipulating the space in the maze to rescue the Heavenly Ghost.
  • Jiang Fu told the others to hold on and drew a silver sword.

Ch. 449One Sword Slays a God, Destroys a Heavenly Ghost

Jiang Fu killed the Rubik's Cube Heavenly Ghost with a sword while Shi Jiu restrained it, activating the Sixth System Screen’s ability to identify Heavenly Ghosts. After discovering the slain ghost had a moving weak point, Jiang Fu told Shi Jiu to capture Heavenly Ghosts alive.

  • Jiang Fu learned that personally killing the Rubik's Cube Heavenly Ghost would unlock Heavenly Ghost identification, and he unleashed a powerful sword strike.
  • Shi Jiu used God Sequence · Space Ruler to hold the Rubik's Cube Heavenly Ghost in place as it struggled against her.
  • Jiang Fu intercepted the ghost's recoil aimed at Shi Jiu and split the Rubik's Cube Heavenly Ghost in two with his sword.
  • Shi Jiu caught Jiang Fu when his strength gave out, then released him after he recovered.
  • Jiang Fu saw the Sixth System Screen identify Heavenly Ghost · Wuhui and reveal its moving weak point, then told Shi Jiu to capture Heavenly Ghosts alive.

Ch. 450Explosion, Reassembly, Explosion, Reassembly, Explosion, Reassembly...

Jiang Fu revealed that he had killed a Rubik's Cube Heavenly Ghost with one sword strike, leaving Shi Tianqiong and the other Saint Entry experts stunned. Han Sichen’s rune repeatedly blew up Heavenly Ghost · Wuhui, but the ghost kept reassembling, trapping it in an endless cycle.

  • Jiang Fu confirmed that he had killed the Rubik's Cube Heavenly Ghost with one sword strike after advancing one minor cultivation stage.
  • Shi Tianqiong collapsed in shock, while Qing Ling and Greenbeard boasted that such feats had become normal for the Beards.
  • Han Sichen’s Rune Pattern exploded, blowing up Heavenly Ghost · Wuhui and making Han Sichen think he had succeeded.
  • Heavenly Ghost · Wuhui regenerated, then repeatedly exploded and reassembled as Han Sichen’s Rune Pattern detonated each time its head reformed.
  • Heavenly Ghost · Wuhui remained trapped in the Spatial Maze as its Rune Pattern continued to reform and explode.
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Arc 18 of 40