Chapter Summaries

Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu ambushed the eleven Tianhuang Martial Arts University teachers, then prepared Xia Fan to pose as Pirate Xia Blackbeard and stage another robbery. The teachers were carried out to sea as Xia Fan began the performance.

• Shi Qingluan discussed her repeated false alarms and said her Deceiver Sequence had revealed a clue about Pirate Xia Whitebeard.
• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu knocked Shi Qingluan, Qiu Chen, He Mingxu, and the other teachers unconscious with the invisible Eight Treasures Purple Gold Spear.
• Xia Fan watched as Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu ate dumplings and told him to change clothes, wear a mask, and carry the eleven teachers onto a boat.
• Shi Jiu gave Xia Fan a script, and Jiang Fu handed him a Profound-tier Upper Grade Battle Knife named the Bloodthirsty Mad Saber.
• Xia Fan boarded the boat and announced that he was Pirate Xia Blackbeard, demanding that everyone surrender their weapons and treasures.

Xia Fan and Jiang Fu staged a robbery on Bingyu Island, using Xia Blackbeard’s overwhelming swordplay to draw the Martial Artists into a fight while they abducted several people. They concealed the boat beside the island’s dock and prepared to hunt the pursuing Martial Artists at sea.

• Jiang Fu’s Xia Blackbeard impersonation struck back more than ten Transcendent Martial Artists with a Sunset Blade Technique slash, while Xia Fan demanded their treasures.
• Xia Fan, disguised as himself, urged the Kill Hu Alliance to attack, and Jiang Fu’s staged fight made Xia Blackbeard appear to weaken as invisible Longspears captured Martial Artists.
• Jiang Fu kicked Xia Fan back into the crowd, changed his disguise, and vanished the black-sailed boat with Professor Hong, the Jiang Family’s Second Master, Professor Qingluan, and the Donglin Family’s Eldest Young Lady aboard.
• The Martial Artists realized Xia Blackbeard had abducted people and launched boats to pursue him, while Jiang Fu’s boat remained concealed by the dock.
• Shi Jiu asked whether the twenty unconscious Transcendent Martial Artists aboard were enough, and Jiang Fu said they would capture more gradually while playing hide-and-seek at sea.

Three university principals learned that Xia Blackbeard had kidnapped twenty Transcendent Martial Artists, including eleven from Tianhuang, and Shi Yuehan suspected Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were involved. Their discussion was interrupted when Jiang Xingyuan revealed Jiang Fu’s connection to the Jiang Family, leaving Shi Yuehan to question his real purpose.

• Ouyang Zheng and Xue Qianlan confirmed their universities had no suspicious activity, but Xue Qianlan found forum reports that Xia Blackbeard had kidnapped twenty Transcendent Martial Artists on Bingyu Island.
• Shi Yuehan discovered that the captives included Shi Qingluan and ten other Tianhuang members who had already been captured once, and he suspected Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were operating from Ruihang Center.
• Shi Yuehan silently resolved that the three principals should share the cost of any ransom rather than reveal his suspicions about the two youngsters.
• Shi Wu brought Jiang Xingyuan to the principals, and Jiang Xingyuan asked them to save his second uncle, Jiang Wuzhou, by invoking Jiang Fu’s name.
• Jiang Xingyuan revealed that Jiang Fu was his third uncle’s grandson, and Shi Yuehan concluded that Jiang Xingyuan wanted to disclose Jiang Fu’s connection to the Jiang Family.

Jiang Xingyuan tried to use Jiang Fu’s connection to the Jiang Family to secure help for his kidnapped uncle, but Shi Yuehan redirected the meeting toward the pirates and a looming threat in Bin City. On Ink Abyss Island, Jian Nanqiu revealed his hidden Sequence and attacked the cage holding the captives.

• Shi Yuehan exposed Jiang Xingyuan’s plan to publicize Jiang Fu’s ties to the Jiang Family, then promised to handle the kidnapping of Jiang Xingyuan’s second uncle.
• Shi Yuehan urged Xue Qianlan and Ouyang Zheng to pursue the pirates and send more personnel to the open sea, citing a possible crisis in Bin City involving Realm Beast Cang.
• The three principals agreed to deploy forces to capture Black-and-Whitebeard and send them to Bin City if anything unusual happened there.
• On Ink Abyss Island, the captives woke inside a cage, and Dong Lin Chuxue realized they were not on the island she knew.
• Jian Nanqiu revealed that he was a Sequence Martial Artist, activated Sword Sequence Three, Peerless Sword, and struck the prison cage with a purple sword beam.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu captured more Transcendent martial artists while planning their next move, then rode a Ghostfire Motorcycle to collect Lesser Origin Pills. Shi Yuehan watched them leave together and raged over his daughter riding off with Jiang Fu.

• Jian Nanqiu struck the World Beast Cage with his Peerless Sword but failed to damage it, and Jiang Fu explained that Shi Jiu's Divine Sequence was the highest level.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu spent three days capturing more than thirty Transcendent martial artists and imprisoning them in the World Beast Cage, but their ransom demands received no response.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to meet the Authorities' representative and collect Lesser Origin Pills, while Jiang Fu suspected the mastermind would target Ink Abyss Island.
• Shi Yuehan learned that Han Ruobing had been kidnapped to lure Jiang Fu, but he insisted that Jiang Fu handle it himself.
• Jiang Fu put on a blond wig and rode a Ghostfire Motorcycle with Shi Jiu to collect the Lesser Origin Pills, while Shi Yuehan watched them leave and furiously worried about his daughter.

Jiang Fu and Xiao Jiu reached the District Nine Martial Artist Guild, where Commander Lin revealed that the Lesser Origin Pills were ready. The chapter left Jiang Fu and Xiao Jiu preparing to receive one pill each while Shi Yuehan waited outside the underground laboratory.

• Shi Yuehan followed Jiang Fu and Xiao Jiu through Bincheng District Nine, pleased to see his daughter smiling but irritated by Jiang Fu's yellow hair and motorcycle.
• Ling Chu threatened to kill the White Moon Ball if Jiang Fu did not rescue her.
• At the locked-down guild, Li Yue introduced Lin Que to Jiang Fu and Xiao Jiu, and Xiao Jiu called him Uncle Lin.
• Lin Que agreed to help Jiang Fu and Xiao Jiu make Tianhuang Martial Arts University go bankrupt, then barred Shi Yuehan from the underground laboratory.
• Inside the laboratory, Jiang Fu told Xu Chi that the group was making Lesser Origin Pills and that he wanted one for himself and one for his teacher.

Jiang Fu and Xu Chi took Lesser Origin Pills to restore their Origins, and Jiang Fu used his ability to multiply the pill’s effects. Jiang Fu fully recovered, Xu Chi’s Blood Energy returned, and Lin Que kept quiet about what he had witnessed.

• Jiang Fu offered Xu Chi a Lesser Origin Pill, and Xu Chi accepted after Jiang Fu reminded him that Xu Chi had once saved his life.
• Lin Que explained that the Authorities stretched the Lesser Origin Pill’s refining time to keep its price high and encourage Martial Artists to hunt Mutated Beasts.
• Lin Que said the Heavenly Treasure Origin Pill required a Dan Dao Sequence expert and was unavailable from the Xia Country Authorities, then offered to seek one if the Lesser Origin Pill proved insufficient.
• Jiang Fu multiplied the Lesser Origin Pill’s effects by ten and swallowed it, fully restoring his body and Origin.
• Shi Jiu embraced Jiang Fu in relief, and Xu Chi swallowed his own pill; Jiang Fu multiplied its restorative effects, restoring Xu Chi’s Blood Energy toward his former strength.
• Lin Que stayed silent as he watched Xu Chi recover and resolved to bankrupt Tianhuang Martial Arts University.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu met with Lin Que after secretly helping Xu Chi recover, and Lin Que asked Jiang Fu to help destroy a Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree nearing Tier 6 inside a Secret Realm that suppressed Transcendent power. Shi Yuehan interrupted their meal as Shi Jiu considered the Secret Realm’s effect through her Silver Ring.

• Lin Que gave Xu Chi a Shielding Talisman and told him to hide his recovery, while Xu Chi warned Jiang Fu that Han Ruobing’s situation was a trap.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left the Laboratory through its back door, leaving Shi Yuehan waiting outside, and joined Lin Que for lunch.
• Lin Que praised Jiang Fu’s cooking and asked about his Realm Beast research; Jiang Fu explained that Realm Beasts had moving weak points that could kill them instantly if struck.
• Lin Que asked Jiang Fu to destroy a Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree before it evolved, explaining that its Secret Realm reduced Transcendents to Advanced Martial Artists and had already cost thirteen Transcendents their lives.
• Shi Jiu considered whether the Secret Realm’s suppression counted as harm, and Shi Yuehan entered the dining room glaring at them.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu agreed to help deal with a dangerous spirit fruit tree in a secret realm, though they planned to cultivate first. Lin Que gave Jiang Fu a storage badge with information and equipment, while Shi Yuehan stormed off after overhearing Jiang Fu joke about taking over Tianhuang Martial Arts University.

• Shi Yuehan found Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, and Lin Que eating together, but Lin Que told him the private room was restricted and shut him out.
• Jiang Fu agreed to Lin Que's proposal in exchange for several hundred billion credits from Tianhuang Martial Arts University.
• Shi Jiu volunteered to join Jiang Fu against the spirit fruit tree, and Shi Yuehan objected because the secret realm stripped away Transcendent cultivation.
• Jiang Fu said he and Shi Jiu would cultivate before going, and Lin Que gave Jiang Fu a storage badge containing realm information, sequence items, and flame crystals.
• Jiang Fu loudly joked that he and Shi Jiu would buy the university, replace its principal, and make Shi Yuehan security captain, prompting Shi Yuehan to leave in anger.

Jiang Fu secretly boosted Shen Yan’s chances of reaching Transcendent, then trained with Shi Jiu in the Falling Star Divine Ability and improved his cultivation. They decided to hunt a Transcendent Teacher at sea so Jiang Fu could gain combat experience.

• Lin Que told Shi Yuehan that Shi Jiu had left, then praised Jiang Fu’s cooking for resembling Mistress’s.
• Jiang Fu secretly multiplied Shen Yan’s breakthrough chance and speed by ten before leaving the Martial Artist Guild with Shi Jiu.
• Shen Yan’s breakthrough began, but Lin Que blocked Shi Yuehan from interfering after accusing him of wanting to recruit Shen Yan as an informant to watch Shi Jiu.
• Shi Jiu taught Jiang Fu the Falling Star Divine Ability, and Jiang Fu multiplied his cultivation speed and several attributes, rapidly advancing his progress.
• Shi Jiu proposed finding the Old Old Man’s Treasury, then suggested that Jiang Fu hone Falling Star by fighting a Transcendent Teacher at sea while she stood guard.

Jiang Fu completed his cultivation of Starfall while Shi Jiu discovered Realm Beast Lan’s hidden weakness. The two left Ink Abyss Island disguised as Yellowbeard and Redbeard, heading out to find a Transcendent student to help Jiang Fu practice.

• Jiang Fu cultivated Starfall in seclusion as Shi Jiu researched Realm Beast weaknesses, while Ling Chu grew frustrated that nobody reacted to his threat against Han Ruobing.
• Ling Chu realized the authorities might send Jiang Fu to deal with a Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree and decided to watch the site for a chance to confront him.
• With Shi Jiu’s help, Jiang Fu raised his Starfall cultivation progress to one hundred percent.
• Shi Jiu extracted Realm Beast Lan’s weakness, a blood-drop-like object, and stored it in her Storage Badge.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left Ink Abyss Island, disguising themselves as Yellowbeard and Redbeard before setting out to find a Transcendent student from Tianhuang Martial Arts University.

With the Open Sea swarming with hunters searching for Xia Blackbeard and Xia Whitebeard, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu began capturing Transcendents under the names of Xia Yellowbeard and Xia Redbeard. They ambushed a Tianhuang Martial Arts University team and challenged its student, Ye Zhe, while their staged pirate identities were broadcast live.

• The three great martial arts universities issued a warrant for Xia Blackbeard and Xia Whitebeard, drawing Transcendents to the Open Sea and driving powerful Mutated Beasts into hiding.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu learned that Transcendent teams were patrolling and livestreaming, then decided to capture people as Xia Redbeard and Xia Yellowbeard instead of focusing on Jiang Fu's training.
• After Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu knocked out several lone Transcendents, they headed for a team from Tianhuang Martial Arts University and decided to target its student.
• Ji Mingchang warned the nine other Transcendent Teachers and Ye Zhe to watch for the pirates, but Shi Jiu knocked out Ji Mingchang and the eight remaining teachers.
• Jiang Fu introduced himself to the cameras as Xia Yellowbeard and challenged Ye Zhe, while Shi Jiu appeared as Xia Redbeard and demanded ransom for the captured crew.
• In Bincheng District Nine, Shi Yuehan crushed Shi Wu's new phone while watching the livestream.

Shi Yuehan watched Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu challenge Ye Zhe aboard a ship, realizing the two bearded pirates were his daughter and her husband. Jiang Fu revealed overwhelming Blood Energy and pressed Ye Zhe in battle, while Ye Zhe discovered he was only an Advanced Martial Artist.

• Shi Yuehan recognized Yellowbeard as Jiang Fu and Redbeard as his daughter Shi Jiu while Ouyang Zheng and Xue Qianlan speculated about the bearded pirates.
• Ye Zhe agreed to fight Yellowbeard in exchange for the ship's Teachers being spared and hoped to stall until reinforcements arrived.
• Jiang Fu drew the Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying, prompting Shi Yuehan to recognize the weapon he had used to redeem Shi Qingluan and the others.
• Jiang Fu multiplied his Blood Energy by ten and unleashed a star-filled sword strike, while Shi Jiu urged him to protect the ship's valuable instruments.
• Ye Zhe countered Jiang Fu's sword with azure force and realized Jiang Fu was an Advanced Martial Artist rather than a Transcendent.

Jiang Fu used Ye Zhe as a sparring partner, surviving the Transcendent’s attacks and refining his combat ability while Shi Jiu concealed the fight from surveillance. After Redbeard knocked Ye Zhe unconscious, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu hid to set a trap for three more boatloads of Tianhuang teachers, aiming to capture enough Transcendents and island guardians.

• Jiang Fu dodged Ye Zhe’s saber attack, destroyed his weapon, and countered him with Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying.
• Ye Zhe unleashed Tianhuang Dragon Transformation Fist, but Jiang Fu remained unharmed and struck back with greatly increased power.
• As the fight continued, Ye Zhe realized Jiang Fu was using him to accumulate combat experience and spotted backup ships approaching.
• Redbeard struck Ye Zhe unconscious with her spear while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu avoided exposing his abilities by blocking the boat’s surveillance.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu put on invisibility talismans and planned to lure in three more boatloads carrying Tianhuang teachers.

Ouyang Zheng, Xue Qianlan, and Shi Yuehan discussed the Bearded Pirates and the research underway, while Professor Huang Biaolong led a fleet toward the pirates with the Eye of Insight. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu captured the Eye and several ships, then planned to seize more martial artists and later stage a rescue.

• Xue Qianlan recognized Yellowbeard’s Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying and revealed that Professor Huang Biaolong had taken the Eye of Insight to sea.
• Shi Yuehan said the universities had supplied research materials and equipment, while Ouyang Zheng and Xue Qianlan urged her to give the young researchers more time.
• Huang Biaolong assured the fleet that the Eye of Insight would expose the Bearded Pirates, but he screamed as his ship vanished from the fleet’s radar.
• Shi Jiu created a huge whirlpool with her enhanced sea affinity, and Jiang Fu multiplied its suction to swallow a Tianhuang Martial Arts University ship.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu captured Diyuan Martial Arts University’s ship and the Eye of Insight, then planned to seize three more shiploads and stage a rescue afterward.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu hunted Realm Beasts in the Open Sea and collected eight weaknesses for research while their attacks drove the Kill Hu Alliance’s warships to flee. They returned to Bincheng District Nine with the researchers gathered at Ruihang Center, where Shi Yuehan, Xue Qianlan, Ouyang Zheng, and Lin Que awaited them.

• Five warships sank without a trace, and the Martial Artists aboard the remaining ships fled in fear of the Bearded Pirates.
• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu decided to capture more Realm Beasts and study whether different kinds shared the same weakness.
• Shi Yuehan mocked Xue Qianlan over the losses at sea, while Xue Qianlan vowed to confront the Beards after Bin City was settled.
• For three days, Xia Yellowbeard fought Ye Zhe in the Cage, but Xia Redbeard repeatedly knocked Ye Zhe out before he could win the prisoners’ freedom.
• On Ink Abyss Island, Shi Jiu extracted Realm Beast Sha’s weakness, bringing the total collected by her and Jiang Fu to eight.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu returned to Ruihang Center, where Shi Yuehan, Xue Qianlan, Ouyang Zheng, Lin Que, and the gathered researchers saw them arrive in their yellow- and red-haired disguises.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu revealed their realm-beast research at Ruihang Center, while Ouyang Zheng and Xue Qianlan began to suspect the pair were Redbeard and Yellowbeard. The chapter ended with Jiang Fu presenting the beasts’ weak points and proposing research to develop a way to locate them.

• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu entered Ruihang Center in blue-and-white uniforms with hairstyles resembling Redbeard and Yellowbeard, making Shi Yuehan suspect they were trying to provoke him.
• Ouyang Zheng recognized their hairstyles, and Xue Qianlan inferred that the captured Diyuan teachers were likely safe as long as the pair had gone out to sea.
• At the underground laboratory, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu showed the group seven living realm beasts they had captured and dissected for research.
• Lin Que required the professors and researchers to sign a binding confidentiality agreement before hearing the classified research findings.
• Jiang Fu displayed seven containers holding the realm beasts’ weak points and proposed developing a device to locate such weaknesses.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left their research on Realm Beast weaknesses to the professors, then met with university principals who asked them to rescue abducted teachers in exchange for rewards. The negotiations turned to how much Tianhuang Martial Arts University would pay, leaving Shi Yuehan furious at Lin Que’s proposed 610 billion points.

• Jiang Fu gave the professors and senior researchers Realm Beast weaknesses and access to research equipment, then left with Shi Jiu.
• Xue Qianlan asked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to help rescue Diyuan Martial Arts University's abducted teachers, and Jiang Fu agreed.
• Xue Qianlan offered the Eye of Insight and treasures worth 100 billion points, while Ouyang Zheng promised the same for Renxuan Martial Arts University.
• Ouyang Zheng urged Shi Yuehan to pay more because Tianhuang Martial Arts University had many abducted teachers, and Lin Que proposed 610 billion points.
• Jiang Fu joked that they could sell Tianhuang Martial Arts University instead, prompting Shi Yuehan to crush the table corner in anger.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu forced Shi Yuehan to fund their research into realm beasts’ weak points, and the martial arts university principals agreed to collaborate. They decided to announce the research publicly, expecting the realm beasts to target Ink Abyss Island first.

• Shi Yuehan insisted Tianhuang Martial Arts University could afford the trillion-point reward, and the other principals held him to his promise.
• Jiang Fu claimed the reward for himself and Shi Jiu, promising to develop a device that could pinpoint realm beasts’ weak points and sell it to Shi Yuehan.
• Shi Yuehan transferred the credits after Shi Jiu addressed him as Principal Shi, then asked when Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu would release the captured realm beasts.
• Jiang Fu said they planned to rescue the captives and catch more realm beasts for experiments, while Shi Jiu invited researchers from the other universities to join the work.
• Jiang Fu proposed announcing the research to all humanity, and Shi Yuehan warned that realm beasts might attack Bin City; Jiang Fu said their first target would be Ink Abyss Island.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu announced a breakthrough in research on the Realm Beasts’ weakness, prompting the three great martial arts universities to take over the project. Meanwhile, more than eighty Transcendent Martial Artists found themselves facing an approaching Realm Beast attack at Ink Abyss Island.

• Jiang Fu proposed using a press conference to force the Realm Beast mastermind to act and pointed out that the Blue Ringed Octopus shared a trait with the Realm Beasts’ weakness.
• Jiang Fu asked Shi Yuehan to provide the Giant Python for research, then left with Shi Jiu while Lin Que and the others stayed to eat.
• Researchers from Diyuan and Renxuan Martial Arts Universities joined Tianhuang’s team, and the three universities publicly announced their takeover of the research.
• A press conference at Ruihang Center revealed a breakthrough in studying the Realm Beasts’ weakness and plans to develop weapons that could harm them.
• At Ink Abyss Island, more than eighty Transcendent Martial Artists were released from the World Beast Cage as powerful beasts, including a crowned Realm Beast, approached across the sea.
• Jian Nanqiu and Shi Qingluan concluded that the bearded men had brought them to defend the island, while Ye Zhe suspected Yellowbeard had also brought them as practice opponents.