Chapter Summaries

At the auction, the Bearded Pirate Crew revealed footage of Ling Chu plotting against Qing Ling and demanded Abyss Potion from Ling Du, worsening tensions between the Ling and Qing Families. Redbeard began explaining the potion, but a black lightning bolt struck him before he could finish.

• Purplebeard publicly said “Abyss Potion” without suffering backlash, leading Lu Tianhai and Nan Jingxun to suspect the Bearded Pirate Crew had a Sequence Lie Detector.
• The auction video showed Ling Chu planning to capture and eat Qing Ling, and Qing Tu demanded that Ling Du explain Qing Ling’s whereabouts.
• Qing Ling realized Qing Tu might not end the marriage alliance and quietly considered having his sister join the Bearded Pirate Crew; Redbeard agreed, revealing that the principals of Diyuan and Renxuan Martial Arts Universities were Beards.
• Qing Ling decided that if his family would not stand up for him, he would overturn the marriage arrangement as a pirate.
• Redbeard explained that Abyss Potion strengthened and reset a Sequence Martial Artist’s abilities, then black lightning struck and charred him.

Redbeard was struck dead by backlash from a Highest Sequence Contract, leaving Sikong Jue frustrated that he could not avenge his father. Purplebeard claimed Redbeard had chosen to die after Yellowbeard’s death, then resumed the auction for the unfinished video as Jiang Fu guarded Shi Jiu from Sikong Jue’s interest.

• Redbeard turned to charcoal and crumbled after the Highest Sequence Contract’s backlash, while Sikong Jue lamented losing his chance to avenge Sikong Zhao.
• Purplebeard had Lu Pin and the others clear away the charcoal, then told the audience Redbeard had died from grief over Yellowbeard.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu secretly discussed faking deaths and becoming ghosts, while Jiang Fu glared at Sikong Jue for eyeing Shi Jiu.
• Purplebeard vowed that the Colorful Beard Crew would avenge Redbeard and Yellowbeard, but Shi Qinglong stayed silent because he suspected both pirates had faked their deaths.
• Purplebeard offered ways to unlock the rest of the video, and several Celestial Being Transcendents pledged Twelfth-Order Fire Flame Crystals to watch what Ling Chu did next.

Thirteen Celestial Realm martial artists argued over the Ling Family’s request for an Abyss Potion to suppress a video exposing Ling Chu, while Sikong Mei secretly tampered with the potion she offered. At the auction, Purplebeard announced that another Abyss Potion and Tier 12 Energy Sources could unlock the rest of the footage, leaving Sikong Mei and Ling Ye alarmed as other bidders considered the offer.

• Ling Ye asked the thirteen Celestial Beings for an Abyss Potion to buy the video, but Qing Juechen accused the Ling Family of harming talented juniors and Lin Jingzhe refused to lend one.
• Lin Jingzhe warned that the Authorities would punish the martial artists who had fought openly in District Eleven, while privately recognizing that the Bearded Pirates’ auction was fueling factional conflict.
• Sikong Mei agreed to provide an Abyss Potion in the Sikong Clan’s name, then secretly added a pinch of powder to it, and Ling Ye understood her plan.
• Ling Du offered one Abyss Potion to buy out the video, disappointing martial artists who wanted to see the rest.
• Purplebeard offered to unlock the remaining footage for an Abyss Potion and Tier 12 Energy Sources, alarming Sikong Mei and Ling Ye because their potion had already been tampered with.

The Ling Family bought the rest of the video of Third Young Master Ling Chu with an Abyss Potion and a Sequence Contract, while the Bearded Pirate Crew secretly kept an uncensored high-definition copy. Ling Du and Ling Ye began watching the footage as Purplebeard announced another version for auction.

• Shen Yan offered the video to the Ling Family after no one else would pay the price of an Abyss Potion.
• Sikong Mei sent the Abyss Potion to Ling Du, and Ling Ye demanded that the Bearded Pirate Crew sign a Sequence Contract barring any further public release of the video.
• Shen Yan claimed the crew lacked a Sequence Contract, prompting Silverbeard to cover Lu Pin's mouth while Goldbeard and Silverbeard joked about countering the Sequence Lie Detector.
• The Ling Family provided the contract, and Shen Yan handed Ling Du the blurry video before destroying its original version.
• Qing Ling realized Purplebeard had auctioned the blurry footage while keeping the uncensored high-definition version, and Ling Du and Ling Ye watched the rest of the video.
• Purplebeard resumed the auction and announced the Third Young Master Ling Video 2.0 High-Definition Version as the next item.

Purplebeard auctioned a high-definition video exposing Ling Chu, Elder Xu, and Yu Jin plotting to frame the Bearded Pirate Crew, threatening the Ling Family’s reputation. Ling Chu watched from the Imperial Capital and argued with his multiple personalities about confronting the pirates.

• Purplebeard announced the high-definition version of Ling Chu’s video, surprising Sikong Jue, Ling Du, and Ling Ye.
• Qing Juechen pointed out that the Contract only covered the blurry version, so the Bearded Pirate Crew could auction the clearer footage.
• Ling Ye heard Ling Chu, Elder Xu, and Yu Jin discussing plans to kidnap Sequence Martial Artists and blame the Bearded Pirate Crew, realizing the genuine video could ruin the Ling Family.
• Purplebeard began bidding at one Tier 12 Energy Source without requiring an Abyss Potion, leaving the Ling Family facing the prospect that anyone could buy the video.
• Ling Chu watched the auction livestream and argued with his multiple personalities, who urged him to obtain Sequence: Slayer and attack the Bearded Pirates.

The Colorful Beard Crew auctioned a clearer video exposing the Ling Family’s plan to frame the Bearded Pirates, forcing the Ling Family to buy it back for thirty-three Tier 12 Energy Sources. Shen Yan then announced that the crew would auction the tampered Abyss Potion, leaving the Ling Family and Sikong Clan stunned.

• The venue watched a sharper version of the video reveal that Ling Chu had planned to eat Qing Ling and blame the Bearded Pirate Crew, while Ling Ye ordered the Ling Family to bid without limit and promise to return its purchased martial artists.
• Shen Yan rejected unlimited bidding, and the video’s price rose as the Ling Family’s rivals bid to provoke them.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu celebrated the rising price, and Jiang Fu revealed their plan to sell the clearer video versions privately and auction the tampered Abyss Potion back to the Ling Family.
• Ling Du bought the high-definition video for thirty-three Tier 12 Energy Sources and demanded a contract, but Shen Yan intimidated him with his Celestial Being aura and promised no other versions existed.
• Shen Yan announced that the Colorful Beard Crew would auction the Abyss Potion with no starting price, leaving Sikong Jue, Ling Du, Ling Ye, and Sikong Mei stunned.

At the auction, Sikong Jue won the suspicious Abyss Potion by offering two untampered bottles, leaving Jiang Fu and the others baffled about the Sikong Clan’s motives.

• Shen Yan intimidated the young martial artists with his Celestial Being pressure while displaying the Abyss Potion.
• The bidders recognized that the Ling Family had likely tampered with the potion, but still competed for its power to raise and refresh sequence levels.
• Sikong Mei realized that the potion’s trap could kill a Celestial Being as soon as its cap was opened and feared her past crimes would be exposed if it left the pirates’ hands.
• Sikong Mei ordered Sikong Jue to recover the potion at any cost, and he bid two untampered Abyss Potions for it.
• Purplebeard accepted Sikong Jue’s offer, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu wondered whether the Sikong Clan’s potions belonged to Tianhuang Martial Arts University.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu exploited the auction’s exchange to secure more Abyss Potion and planned to use it to unlock sequences for the Bearded Pirate Crew. Shen Yan abruptly ended the auction after denying that the pirates had kidnapped Sikong Clan martial artists, but several factions demanded to know whether Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were still for sale.

• Jiang Fu used Multiply Quantity by Ten on the spiked Abyss Potion, while Sikong Mei provided two unspiked bottles to replace it.
• Sikong Mei and Ling Ye suspected Qing Juechen of informing the Bearded Pirates, while two professors secretly confirmed to Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu that the replacement potions were unspiked.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discussed multiplying the Abyss Potion and using it to unlock sequences for every member of the Bearded Pirate Crew.
• Shen Yan declared the Beard Auction over, returned the spiked bottle, and denied that the Colorful Beard Crew had kidnapped anyone from the Sikong Clan.
• Ling Du denied that the Ling Family had kidnapped martial artists, and Ling Ye realized the pirates had turned the video deal against him.
• A Lingyue Pavilion martial artist and others asked why Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were not being sold as the auction’s grand finale.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu used the auction to draw out the people seeking them and the professors’ research, but Shen Yan ended the auction and expelled the crowd. An attack on Dunxi Hotel followed, and the Sword God appeared to stop it, visibly injured.

• Jiang Fu identified most of the people protesting the auction’s end as enemies or hired agents, while Shen Yan warned that not everyone speaking was necessarily an enemy.
• Shen Yan refused to sell Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu, intimidated Sikong Jue, and sent the auction attendees out of Dunxi Hotel.
• An attacker used an Earth Element Giant to assault Dunxi Hotel, and Jiang Fu told Shi Jiu to make the Spatial Maze look close to breaking so their hidden enemies would emerge.
• Shi Qinglong and Jiang Wuchou hesitated to intervene as a second Earth Element Giant charged the hotel.
• The Sword God cut the second Earth Element Giant apart, but appeared seriously injured, and Ling Ye used the Night Walker Sequence to disappear into the darkness.

Ling Ye and other Celestial Beings attacked the Dunxi Hotel from afar while the Sword God struggled to keep the Spatial Maze standing. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu slipped away toward District One, where Jiang Fu planned to abduct Sikong Jue and Xin Shilong and hold another auction.

• Ling Ye and other hidden Celestial Beings attacked the Dunxi Hotel, while the Sword God defended the weakening Spatial Maze.
• Shen Yan considered fighting the Martial Artists outside, but Goldbeard warned him that he would be killed, so Shen Yan stayed inside and proposed interrogating their captives.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left the hotel disguised as Yellowbeard and Redbeard and headed toward District One, where Jiang City’s young Martial Artists had been escorted.
• Jiang Fu read the intelligence Yu Shu and Lu Ming had sent about Jiang City’s factions and identified Sikong Jue and Xin Shilong as targets.
• Shi Jiu suggested capturing more people for another auction, and Jiang Fu eagerly agreed.

Sikong Jue and his bodyguard encountered what appeared to be the ghosts of Redbeard and Yellowbeard in a Sikong Clan villa. They attacked the apparitions in a frenzy, destroying the villa and killing twelve Sikong Clan martial artists before reinforcements rushed over.

• Sikong Jue complained that his bodyguard had brought him back from District Eleven, but fell silent when he heard Blackbeard and Whitebeard were still unaccounted for.
• Sikong Jue saw Yellowbeard sitting on an empty sofa, while his bodyguard could see nothing there and destroyed the sofa.
• Sikong Jue’s bodyguard saw Redbeard standing nearby and struck at him, but his attack hit the floor and split the villa instead.
• Yellowbeard appeared before Sikong Jue with bloody tears and demanded that Sikong Jue give him back his life.
• Sikong Jue and his bodyguard attacked the apparitions wildly, reducing the villa to rubble and killing twelve Sikong Clan martial artists.
• Other Sikong Clan martial artists rushed out from nearby villas after hearing the commotion.

Sikong Jue and his guard, driven into a killing frenzy by the strange conditions around the Mist Forbidden Zone, slaughtered Sikong Clan members before regaining their senses. After Sikong Jue killed Sikong Yuan and the guard killed Sikong Yu, the survivors seized them and prepared to report the deaths to Sikong Yi.

• Sikong Jue and his guard mistook Sikong Clan members for Redbeard and Yellowbeard and attacked, killing more than a dozen people.
• Sikong Yuan tried to subdue Sikong Jue, but his body was overwhelmed by the zone's effects, allowing Sikong Jue to behead him.
• Sikong Jue came to his senses and found Sikong Yuan dead, while his guard realized he had killed Sikong Jue's sister, Sikong Yu.
• Two Sikong Clan Return-to-Truth Martial Artists and a Skyflight Transcendent arrived and saw the slaughter.
• Sikong Jue and his guard attacked the Skyflight Transcendent, who defeated them and ordered them seized while the clan leader was informed.

Pang Lianbao subdued Sikong Jue after he killed Sikong Yuan, while the Sikong Clan struggled to understand the slaughter and feared Pirate Yellowbeard had returned. The chapter ended with Pang and the others discovering that Sikong Jue's head had grown out of his backside.

• Pang Lianbao subdued Sikong Jue and his guard, then ordered them taken away as the clan gathered the dead.
• The Sikong Clan speculated that Pirate Yellowbeard had returned for revenge, while Pang suspected a connection to the Mist Forbidden Zone.
• Pang ordered the clan to wait for Sikong Yi and wondered whether Pirate Yellowbeard was behind the killings.
• Two Mortal Transcendence Realm Transcendents returned in terror and led Pang and the clan to the villa where Sikong Jue was confined.
• Pang and the others found Sikong Jue kneeling with his head growing out of his backside.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu left the Sikong Clan Villa Complex for Lingyue Pavilion, but Jiang Fu detected Domain Monster: Illusory Fear feeding on the clan’s fear and despair. After warning Professors Yu Shu and Lu Ming, they turned back to watch the monster’s attack and see how Lingyue Pavilion responded.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu watched the Sikong Clan Martial Artists panic over Sikong Jue’s grotesque appearance while waiting for Sikong Yi to return.
• Jiang Fu set his sights on Xin Shilong at Lingyue Pavilion, suspecting the organization was hiding something, and the pair flew toward its research institute.
• Domain Monster: Illusory Fear arrived at the Villa Complex, killed a Sikong Clan Martial Artist, took his form, and fed on the fear and despair there.
• Jiang Fu recognized the Domain Monster and messaged Professors Yu Shu and Lu Ming, hoping they would call Sikong Mei and Sikong Yi back.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu turned around and returned to the Villa Complex to watch the monster and observe Lingyue Pavilion’s response.

After learning that Domain Monster: Illusory Fear had appeared at the Sikong Clan’s base, Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei returned to District One and discovered the clan’s dead and Sikong Jue in a horrifying state. As Sikong Yi demanded answers, the Martial Artists’ fear began to fade, angering the monster lurking nearby.

• Yu Shu and Lu Ming told Sikong Mei that Domain Monster: Illusory Fear had appeared at the Sikong Clan’s Villa Complex.
• Sikong Yi noticed Pang Lianbao’s missed calls, and messages revealed that Sikong Jue had killed Sikong Yuan and Sikong Yu before ending up with his head on his backside.
• Sikong Mei, Yu Shu, and Lu Ming rushed toward District One after realizing the reports suggested something worse than the monster’s arrival.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei secretly surveyed the Villa Complex and saw Sikong Yuan’s headless corpse, Sikong Yu’s split body, and Sikong Jue kneeling and howling.
• Sikong Yi seized Pang Lianbao and demanded an account of what had happened, while Domain Monster: Illusory Fear grew displeased as the Martial Artists’ fear faded.

Phantom Fear enveloped the Villa Complex in a Despair Domain, while Yu Shu and Lu Ming mistook Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s disguise for proof that they were sweet, innocent students. The professors praised the pair’s contributions and assumed they could develop a device to detect Domain Demons, leaving Jiang Fu unable to explain why they had come.

• Phantom Fear amplified the complex’s lingering fear and despair, trapping the Sikong Clan martial artists in a Despair Domain.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei recognized Phantom Fear and attacked the Domain, while Sikong Mei demanded that Yu Shu and Lu Ming help.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu greeted Yu Shu and Lu Ming in their school uniforms and Duckbill Caps, persuading the professors that they were innocent children.
• Yu Shu and Lu Ming recalled how the pair’s Realm Beast appraisal device had helped Bin City’s powerhouses kill three Realm Beast Kings.
• Lu Ming and Yu Shu praised Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu for finding Domain Demons and assumed they could make a device to detect them, repeatedly talking over Jiang Fu’s attempts to respond.

Yu Shu and Lu Ming stalled outside the Sikong Clan’s base while Phantom Fear drove its martial artists into a frenzy. After Sikong Mei forced Lingyue Pavilion to respond, the two professors sent Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to the institute to carry out their own plan.

• Yu Shu and Lu Ming talked at length, then started fighting in the sky over who would officiate Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s wedding.
• Phantom Fear possessed the Sikong Clan’s martial artists, and Sikong Yi ordered Sikong Mei to seek help from Lingyue Pavilion.
• Sikong Mei entered Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and publicly declared that Phantom Fear had invaded a human city, compelling Xin Musen to bring help.
• After Xin Musen arrived at the Villa Complex, Lu Ming told Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to go to Lingyue Pavilion and do what they needed to do.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu stole the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute by using Multiply by Ten to strengthen Shi Jiu’s Spatial Maze. Xin Musen discovered the institute was gone and found a note from Pirate Xia Blackbeard promising to return it after studying it.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu realized the old professors had lured Xin Musen away, then headed for the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute.
• Yu Shu and Lu Ming joined four other Celestial Beings in battling Domain Monster: Illusory Fear, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu explored the institute.
• Shi Jiu found that a spatial defense resembling the Dust Realm protected the institute, and Jiang Fu multiplied the gap between it and her Spatial Maze by ten.
• Shi Jiu used Space Controller to absorb the entire institute, including its hidden spaces and spatial defense, into the Spatial Maze.
• Xin Musen sensed the institute’s disappearance, rushed back, and found a note signed Pirate Xia Blackbeard saying it had been taken for study.

After the Sikong Clan suffered heavy losses in the Villa Complex, Yu Shu and Lu Ming explained their delay as a search for more Domain Demons. They then found Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute had been stolen, and Xin Musen blamed the Bearded Pirate Crew.

• Xin Musen became furious after discovering that Pirate Xia Blackbeard had left a note claiming responsibility for stealing Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute.
• The five surviving Celestial Beings annihilated Domain Monster: Illusory Fear, ending the Despair Domain and revealing the Sikong Clan’s dead and wounded.
• Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei confronted Yu Shu and Lu Ming for not helping sooner, but the professors claimed they had been checking for other Domain Demons.
• Lingyue Pavilion’s martial artists asked Yu Shu, Lu Ming, and the others to investigate the research institute, where they found the entire facility missing.
• Xin Musen vowed revenge on the Bearded Pirate Crew, and Lu Ming suggested Lingyue Pavilion and the pirates already had grounds for a feud.

Xia Fan posted a confession on the Martial Artist Forum for the Bearded Pirate Crew, and the news that they had emptied Lingyue Pavilion's research institute spread across the country. In Jiang City, Lingyue Pavilion's leaders blamed the Sikong Clan for drawing the pirates’ anger, while the authorities declined to intervene; afterward, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu offered Lu Ming and Yu Shu jars of Abyss Potion as thanks.

• Xia Fan used his privileges to post as Pirate Xia Blackbeard, claiming responsibility for the theft at Lingyue Pavilion Jiang City Research Institute, while a Little Witch concealed the post’s IP address.
• Shi Yuehan laughed with relief when he heard Xia Blackbeard had plundered the research institute, while Shi Wu watched him sympathetically.
• Xin Musen blamed Sikong Yi and Sikong Mei for bringing the Bearded Pirate Crew’s retaliation upon Lingyue Pavilion, and Zhou Shu suggested they buy the stolen research institute back at auction.
• Lu Ming and Yu Shu defended the pirates’ actions by pointing out that Sikong Yi had refused to pay Sikong Zhao’s ransom, then left with the authorities declining to intervene.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu presented Lu Ming and Yu Shu with two jars of Abyss Potion as thanks for their help.