Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu, Elder Xu, and Yu Jin plotted to attack Qing Ling and frame the Bearded Pirates, but Shi Jiu recorded their scheme while she and Jiang Fu stayed hidden. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to turn the plot to their advantage, and they caught up with Ling Chu’s group as Ling Chu sensed them nearby.

• Ling Chu revealed his plan to devour Qing Ling’s sequence and talent, while Elder Xu and Yu Jin agreed to blame the Bearded Pirates for the attack.
• Ling Chu’s green flame burned the reporting martial artist to ashes, strengthening Ling Chu, and the trio headed toward Jiang City Eighteenth District to intercept Qing Ling.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu emerged after Ling Chu’s group left, and Shi Jiu showed Jiang Fu the video she had recorded of their plot.
• Jiang Fu proposed using the video to blackmail Ling Chu, then kidnapping Qing Ling and framing Ling Chu’s group in return.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu caught up with Ling Chu, who sensed their presence despite being unable to see them.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu used the Soul-Binding Locks and Shi Jiu’s Hell Sequence to leash the two captured Domain Demons. They set off to grant Ling Chu’s wish by letting him encounter them.

• Ling Chu, Elder Xu, and Yu Jin falsely claimed that the presence following them was a Domain Demon, then left after it disappeared.
• Jiang Fu revealed his multiplied Soul-Binding Locks, and Shi Jiu used her Hell Sequence to help them capture Shattered Glow and Silence.
• Jiang Fu pulled Silence from its maze, and its passive silence ability forced him and Shi Jiu to communicate telepathically.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu pulled Shattered Glow out as well and headed off to grant Ling Chu’s wish.

Ling Chu, Yu Jin, and Elder Xu encountered Domain Monster: Silence and an unknown monster that briefly appeared to Ling Chu. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu watched from afar, realizing Ling Chu was far stronger and stranger than they had expected as dawn approached and the Qing Family prodigy neared.

• Ling Chu found the Wilderness Area barren and planned to wait for the Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree to evolve before eating it.
• Ling Chu, Yu Jin, and Elder Xu lost all sound around them, and Ling Chu saw a cracked, pale face with bright red eyes that vanished when he looked again.
• Ling Chu struck with a jade-green Tornado, restoring sound, and Elder Xu identified the wounded Domain Monster as Domain Monster: Silence.
• Ling Chu warned Yu Jin and Elder Xu that another unknown Domain Monster was nearby and that the monsters had targeted them.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu watched Ling Chu from afar and discussed his strength, his ability to consume Sequences, and the risks of taking the Qing Family prodigy from him.
• Shi Jiu concluded that Ling Chu was much older than he looked, even older than Old Old Man.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arranged for Xia Fan to send Ling Chu a blurred video exposing his scheme to frame the Bearded Pirates and abduct Transcendents. Ling Chu used a Sequence to trace the sender, but could only tell that Xia Fan was somewhere on the Open Sea.

• Jiang Fu suspected Ling Chu was far more powerful than his stated realm, but the Eye of Insight revealed nothing unusual.
• Shi Jiu set up Jiang Fu's phone for face recognition, and Jiang Fu sent Xia Fan footage of Ling Chu, Yu Jin, and Elder Xu discussing their scheme.
• Xia Fan followed Jiang Fu's warning, took a speedboat far out to sea, and anonymously sent Ling Chu the edited video with a threatening subject line.
• Ling Chu watched the recording and realized it exposed the trio's plan to frame the Bearded Pirates and capture geniuses.
• Ling Chu used Sequence Power to locate the sender, but could only determine that the message came from somewhere on the Open Sea.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu used the video to make Ling Chu attack and reveal himself, then discovered he was not truly alive. Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten to transform Ling Chu into a many-headed monster, leaving everyone stunned.

• Ling Chu traced the video to the sea, suspected the sender was nearby, and unleashed a jade-green whirlwind that threatened Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, and the bound Domain Demons.
• Ling Chu spotted the Soul-Binding Locks, attacked their far end, and was ambushed by Domain Demon: Shattered Glow when his strike hit nothing.
• Shi Jiu noticed that Ling Chu seemed inhuman, while Jiang Fu shielded her and prepared to act as Ling Chu's whirlwind swept toward them.
• Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten on Ling Chu's neck, stretching it until Domain Demon: Shattered Glow knocked his head from his body.
• Jiang Fu realized Ling Chu's apparent life was an illusion and multiplied his heads and their size, leaving Yu Jin, Elder Xu, and both Domain Demons staring at the transformed monster.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu overwhelmed Ling Chu, whose body was a puppet controlled through the Puppeteer Sequence, by multiplying his heads and limbs until he could no longer move properly. As Shi Jiu struck off one of his heads, Shi Yuehan appeared before him, and Ling Chu recognized her.

• Jiang Fu used Blunt Strike to knock Yu Jin and Elder Xu unconscious while Ling Chu’s multiplied heads and necks left him unable to stand.
• Shi Jiu realized Ling Chu might not feel his body and identified the Puppeteer Sequence as the force controlling him.
• Jiang Fu multiplied Ling Chu’s thoughts, heads, and limbs, leaving his body grotesquely misshapen and unable to balance.
• Shi Jiu sent Flying Sword Lonely Moon at Ling Chu, and his flailing limbs caused him to fall as the sword severed one of his heads.
• Shi Yuehan appeared before Ling Chu, who recognized her.

Shi Yuehan’s disguised Domain Demon: Shattered Glow pulled the Wind Source Crystal from Ling Chu’s puppet, forcing Ling Chu to awaken in the Imperial Capital and realize the attack had exposed his connection to the Bearded Pirates. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu examined the abandoned puppet in the Wilderness Area and took the crystal, while Ling Chu’s unexplained use of “we” hinted that something was wrong.

• Shi Yuehan, disguised as himself, pulled the emerald Wind Source Crystal from Ling Chu’s puppet before it could explode, leaving the puppet shriveled and lifeless.
• Ling Chu woke in his Imperial Capital estate, recognized Shi Yuehan as the one behind the Bearded Pirates, and grew confused when he found himself thinking and speaking as “we.”
• Ling Chu placed a purple crystal in a young woman’s corpse in his Basement, awakening her as another puppet, and again wondered why he had said “we.”
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu examined the puppet in the Wilderness Area and learned that its Wind Source Crystal had powered it while the Puppeteer Sequence made it dangerous to use.
• Jiang Fu used his power to draw the depleted Wind Source Crystal toward himself, planning to multiply it by ten.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu captured Qing Ling, the top-ranked student, and brought him to the Colorful Beard Crew after discovering that Ling Chu had plotted against him. Qing Ling learned who had rescued him, but after Shen Yan's lengthy defense of the crew, he could only ask for food.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to use their video of the puppet resembling Ling Chu to blackmail the Ling Family Head and expose Old Deng afterward.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu spotted Qing Ling sneaking toward Jiang City and identified him as a powerful student whose sequence was Judge.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu knocked Qing Ling unconscious and used Domain Monster: Silence to take him away.
• Shen Yan showed Qing Ling a video of Ling Chu, Elder Xu, and Yu Jin plotting against him and claimed the Colorful Beard Crew had rescued him.
• Shen Yan spent half an hour defending the Colorful Beard Crew, and Qing Ling finally asked for food and a big pork knuckle.

Shen Yan convinced Qing Ling that Golden Wing had become Lord Goldbeard, while Golden Wing served him pork knuckles and denied betraying the Principal. In the next room, Golden Wing confronted Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu for using him to deceive Qing Ling and demanded that they release Silver Wing.

• Lu Pin endured a half hour of Shen Yan talking next door because Jiang Fu had secretly amplified his hearing, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu ignored him through their Noise-Canceling Headphones.
• Golden Wing brought Qing Ling pork knuckles, and Qing Ling recognized him as Teacher Jin from Tianhuang Martial Arts University.
• Shen Yan claimed that Lord Goldbeard was truly in charge, but Qing Ling's Sequence: Judge found Shen Yan innocent, leaving Qing Ling confused about Golden Wing's role.
• Golden Wing denied betraying the Principal and left, while Shen Yan told Qing Ling that some truths could not be said plainly.
• Golden Wing confronted Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu for ruining the Principal's reputation and demanded Silver Wing's release, but Lu Pin told him they could not hear him.
• Silver Wing entered the room, saw Golden Wing's outfit, and asked why he was dressed like that.

Golden Wing and Silver Wing were pressured into joining Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu's Colorful Beard Crew after Golden Wing feared they would sell Silver Wing disguised as Shi Yuehan. Silver Wing signed the crew contract, and Jiang Fu sent the two to get Qing Ling to sign another contract.

• Golden Wing realized Jiang Fu had used the Eye of Deception to make Silver Wing look like Shi Yuehan and had threatened to sell him to foreign Martial Artists, so Golden Wing signed a contract and became Goldbeard.
• Jiang Fu revealed that Silver Wing had been playing games while Golden Wing believed he was being sold, and Shi Jiu presented Silver Wing with a contract to join the Colorful Beard Crew.
• Shi Jiu suggested disguising Silver Wing as Old Deng and dressing him as a bunny girl to sell him, frightening Silver Wing into reconsidering his refusal.
• Silver Wing read the contract, confirmed it did not require him to betray Shi Yuehan, and signed to become Pirate Silverbeard.
• Jiang Fu gave Golden Wing and Silver Wing an Order Contract and told them to get Qing Ling to sign it, while Lu Pin offered to go along to detect any lies.

Qing Ling signed a contract to join the Colorful Beard Crew, where Lu Pin named him Bluebeard. Their exchange exposed Qing Ling’s strength and ended with Lu Pin catching him lying about his disastrous journey to Jiang City.

• Golden Wing and Silver Wing brought Qing Ling a sequence contract, and he eagerly signed it to join the Colorful Beard Crew.
• Lu Pin named Qing Ling Bluebeard, while Qing Ling dubbed Lu Pin Greenbeard because of his green hair.
• Qing Ling revealed that he was a twenty-year-old Return-to-Truth Realm transcendent and mocked Lu Pin’s low qi-blood value.
• Lu Pin challenged Qing Ling’s claim of strength by pointing out that he had been captured and had nearly starved while traveling to Jiang City.
• Qing Ling claimed he had deliberately chosen dangerous routes for combat practice, and Lu Pin used his Sequence Lie Detector ability to expose the real reason: Qing Ling had gotten lost and struggled through the Wilderness Area.

Lu Pin exposed Goldbeard’s lie, and Qing Ling’s Sequence Judge repeatedly slapped Golden Wing for his own angry thoughts. Jiang Fu explained that Ling Chu might be using puppets to steal Sequences, then set out with Shi Jiu to investigate the spreading gray mist and Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree.

• Lu Pin used his Lie Detector to expose Goldbeard’s excuse about Qing Ling’s lack of wilderness experience, and Qing Ling sentenced Golden Wing to Slap Punishment.
• Lu Pin revealed Golden Wing’s vengeful thoughts, prompting Bluebeard to sentence him to another slap; Shen Yan listened from the next room as the gray mist spread toward District Eleven.
• Qing Ling tried to identify who had struck him from behind, but his Sequence failed on Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, Shen Yan, Lu Pin, Golden Wing, and Silver Wing.
• Jiang Fu told Qing Ling that the attacker had been Ling Chu’s Puppet Body and speculated that Ling Chu could use puppets to steal Sequences.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left to investigate the Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree near Jiang City.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left the Colorful Beard Crew to investigate the Gray Fog surrounding Jiang City and the unknown Tier 5 Spirit Fruit Tree. After entering the Misty Zone, they used their Eye of Insight glasses to see through the fog and were shocked by what they found.

• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu vanished, and Qing Ling identified them as the Principal's daughter and son-in-law before leaving to get more pork hock.
• Shen Yan prepared for the Colorful Beard Crew's auction and suspected Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu planned to go shopping and snatch people.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discovered that Gray Fog had isolated Jiang City and blocked phone signals, so they headed out to investigate the Spirit Fruit Tree.
• Jiang Fu proposed acting as bait while Shi Jiu stayed hidden with a Low-grade Heavenly Rank Great Iron Hammer, and they entered the Misty Zone in protective gear.
• Jiang Fu found that the Mist blocked sight and Psychokinesis, so he and Shi Jiu used Eye of Insight glasses to see through it and were startled by what they saw.

Lin Que and Shi Yuehan faced the Realm Beast Kings gathering over Bin City while arguing over the secrets hidden there and Shi Jiu’s safety. In Jiang City, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discovered a Realm Beast called Eye Demon controlling an army of assembled corpses, and Shi Jiu prepared to test her hammer on it.

• Shi Yuehan confronted Lin Que over sending Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu to Jiang City, while Lin Que insisted Shi Jiu would have been abandoned again if she had stayed in Bin City.
• Lin Que refused to reveal the Laboratory’s classified research as Realm Beast King Cang and other Realm Beast Kings gathered over Bin City.
• Lin Que and Shi Yuehan rewrote reality to turn the sea into a battlefield and went to confront the Realm Beast Kings.
• Xue Qianlan told Shi Wu she had joined the Bearded Pirate Crew as Bluebeard, while Ouyang Zheng had become Pinkbeard, and she set off to sign a contract with Xia Whitebeard.
• In Jiang City, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu used their Eye of Insight glasses to spot an enormous Realm Beast called Eye Demon controlling grotesque creatures assembled from body parts.
• Shi Jiu asked if she could sneak up and strike Eye Demon with her hammer, leaving Jiang Fu speechless.

Jiang Fu fought the Stitched Beasts controlled by Realm Beast: Ghost Eye and unleashed One Sword Severing Heaven. His strike split the enormous eye and destroyed the creatures throughout the fog, leaving the shifting mist and the fate of its other inhabitants unresolved.

• Shi Jiu warned Jiang Fu that Realm Beasts could only be stabbed in the spine, while the eye-shaped Ghost Eye directed Stitched Beasts toward him.
• Jiang Fu chose to fight the attacking Stitched Beasts himself, and Shi Jiu warned him that space inside the fog was shifting and Jiang City had disappeared.
• Jiang Fu discovered that cutting the corpse-made Stitched Beasts only split them into more creatures, so he targeted Ghost Eye instead.
• Jiang Fu multiplied his sword techniques and unleashed One Sword Severing Heaven, piercing the space where Ghost Eye was hiding.
• Jiang Fu's sword light split Ghost Eye's hidden weak point, and the Stitched Beasts throughout the fog collapsed into shattered pieces.

Jiang Fu slew Realm Beast: Ghost Eye with a sword strike, then recovered after Shi Jiu caught him. As Yun Yi and the others entered the mist to search for its source, Jiang Fu encountered a Lingyue Pavilion squad and revealed himself as Xia Yellowbeard of the Bearded Pirate Crew.

• Yun Yi, Shi Qinglong, and Jian Nanqiu witnessed Ghost Eye's death and recognized the strike as pure swordsmanship from a Celestial Being.
• Yun Yi led Shi Qinglong, Jian Nanqiu, and the others into the mist to find the spatial Realm Beast and the source of the mist.
• Jiang Fu exhausted his true qi and psychokinesis using One Sword Severing Heaven, but touching Shi Jiu restored them; she warned him about the danger of the gap before recovery.
• Mo Ran Qiuhua and four Lingyue Pavilion fighters encountered Jiang Fu and conscripted him into their battle team.
• Jiang Fu removed his helmet, identified himself as Xia Yellowbeard of the Bearded Pirate Crew, and declared the squad his prisoners.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu captured Mo Ran Qiuhua after discovering he was connected to Mo Ran Dong Ning, then Jiang Fu prepared to cut through the gray mist. The chapter ended with his empowered sword radiance shooting into the mist as those inside watched.

• Jiang Fu’s fake yellow beard led Mo Ran Qiuhua and his companions to mistake him for a fraudulent Bearded Pirate until invisible allies knocked their men unconscious with blunt strikes.
• Jiang Fu disarmed Mo Ran Qiuhua with a sword strike and questioned him about Mo Ran Dong Ning, but Mo Ran Qiuhua’s suspicious reaction led Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to knock him out and cage him.
• Shi Jiu lamented that the gray mist blocked her phone signal and kept her from playing online games, so Jiang Fu resolved to cleave through the mist.
• Jiang Fu unleashed his Star Sword Intent with stacked strength buffs, sending a massive silver sword radiance skyward into the mist as onlookers wondered if he would split it apart.

Jiang Fu used multiplied sword strikes to clear the Gray Mist and confront the strange cube-like creature behind it. The creature vanished into another space, the mist dissipated, and Jiang Fu discovered his phone had a signal again.

• Jiang Fu struck at the Gray Mist’s source, thinning the fog and provoking an enraged roar from an unknown presence.
• After Rain Momentum restored his strength, Jiang Fu unleashed ten multiplied sword strikes and cleared a vast stretch of Gray Mist.
• A smoke-trailing tentacle attacked Jiang Fu repeatedly but missed as Shi Jiu protected him with the Evasion Ring and Star Net Umbrella.
• Shi Jiu’s umbrella revealed a huge gray-black cube with feelers, and Jiang Fu prepared to capture it.
• The cube rotated and vanished into another space, causing the Gray Mist and distorted space to disappear.
• Jiang Fu found his phone signal had returned, while Shi Qinglong suddenly called out, “A pirate... Xia Yellowbeard!?”

Jiang Fu and Redbeard confronted Shi Qinglong after the Gray Mist cleared and communications returned to Jiang City. Redbeard knocked Shi Qinglong unconscious, and the Beards announced an auction before vanishing and leaving behind an image of a tentacled Rubik’s Cube for the authorities to investigate.

• Shi Qinglong accused Jiang Fu of being a pirate and ordered him seized, but Redbeard knocked out seven Transcendent Martial Artists and revealed herself beside Jiang Fu.
• Jiang Fu offered to release Tianhuang Martial Arts University personnel if Redbeard failed to hit Shi Qinglong, and Commander Yun Yi agreed to witness the challenge.
• Shi Qinglong activated his Sequence and charged at Jiang Fu, but Redbeard struck him repeatedly on the back of the head with her hammer until he collapsed.
• Jiang Fu announced that the Colorful Beard Crew would auction martial artists from Tianhuang Martial Arts University, the Ling Family, and Lingyue Pavilion at Dunxi Hotel the next day.
• Before vanishing, Jiang Fu and Redbeard showed the martial artists an image of a tentacled Rubik’s Cube and asked them to investigate it.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu displayed the tentacled Cube Monster, frightening the martial artists until Shi Qinglong claimed the Sword God could defeat it and Jiang Fu knocked him unconscious. Yun Yi ordered the others to reinforce the Misty Zone, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu reached a deserted defensive wall and questioned why it had been built there.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu projected the Cube Monster, and Yun Yi and Shi Qinglong recognized it as a terrifying threat.
• Shi Qinglong praised the Sword God, so Jiang Fu repeatedly struck him with the Pink-Bow Sledgehammer until he passed out.
• Yun Yi ordered the martial artists to head to the Misty Zone and reinforce the defenses.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu reached the wall by the Cang River, where drained human, Mutated Beast, and Realm Beast corpses covered the abandoned defensive line.
• Jiang Fu questioned why anyone had moved a city's Defense Wall there, and Yun Yi and the others reacted to his remark.