Chapter Summaries

After the Beards fought over who would club the Slaughter Lord, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu returned to Wind Feather Laboratory, where they found Shi Yuehan back in a security guard’s uniform. Shi Yuehan confronted Jiang Fu about the Vitality Pills and Bin City.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu teleported to a standoff between the Beards, who were arguing over who could club the Slaughter Lord from behind.
• Jiang Fu teased Shi Yi, and Shi Jiu accidentally called him Brother-in-Law before correcting herself; Shi Yi revealed he was holding The Clever Person's Brain-Training Book.
• The Beards asked Shi Jiu to choose who would club the Slaughter Lord, but Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu deferred to Yun Yi, who blamed Shi Yi, prompting the Beards to swarm him.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu returned to Wind Feather Laboratory through the Space Mirror and found Shi Yuehan standing guard in uniform.
• Jiang Fu told Shi Yuehan that the Vitality Pills had a patent and would soon return to nationwide sale, while Shi Jiu pointed out that he was only a security guard; Jiang Fu then asked whether Bin City was settled.

Shi Yuehan returned to Tianhuang Martial Arts University after helping defeat the monsters near Bin City, hoping to reclaim his position as principal. Shi Jiu condemned his failures, leaving him collapsed as Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu kept him in his security guard role.

• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu called Shi Yuehan a security guard and sent him away from the restricted area near Wind Feather Laboratory.
• Shi Yuehan recalled that the Xia Country Authorities had officially transferred him to the security guard position, though he still hoped he could become principal again.
• Shi Yuehan told Jiang Fu that the Three Great Martial Arts Universities and the official military forces had driven the monsters back from Bin City.
• Shi Yuehan argued that Tianhuang Martial Arts University could not go without a principal, but Shi Jiu accused him of allowing the university to become a haven for Lingyue Pavilion's research.
• Shi Yuehan collapsed after Shi Jiu called him a complete failure as principal.

Jiang Fu rejected Shi Yuehan’s trolley problem and helped Shi Jiu escape her guilt, revealing how the impossible choices had trapped Shi Yuehan for eighteen years. Shi Yuehan began to embrace revenge and hinted that he might be behind the Bearded Pirate Crew.

• Shi Yuehan challenged Jiang Fu to choose between saving Shi Jiu and saving humanity, but Jiang Fu said he would choose Shi Jiu and rejected the idea that the world depended on his sacrifice.
• Jiang Fu argued that everyone else had a duty to fight for their own survival, then took Shi Jiu to welcome the incoming Principal Xia.
• Shi Jiu realized the trolley problems had been tormenting Shi Yuehan, not her family or the people at Ancient Cold Pass and Tianhuang Martial Arts University.
• Shi Yuehan recognized that the impossible choices had kept him trapped for eighteen years and decided he should take revenge.
• Shi Yuehan’s eyes grew bloodshot as he suggested he might be the mastermind behind the Bearded Pirate Crew.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu welcomed Xia Fan to Tianhuang Martial Arts University, where students hailed him as a tragic hero despite his private resentment at being used as a scapegoat. Xia Fan recognized Shi Yuehan working in the South Gate security booth, leaving him shaken as the university’s battered leaders faced the aftermath of the failed campaign.

• Shi Yuehan accepted his new post as a security guard, and Shi Jiu celebrated getting revenge on Old Deng with Jiang Fu.
• Students gathered to welcome Xia Fan, believing his sorrow came from the Kill Hu Alliance’s defeat after he was forced out as leader.
• Xia Fan rode to the university with Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli, privately cursing the three officials for escorting him as their fall guy.
• Huyan Lie and Mo Yankong greeted Xia Fan after their families lost their forces in the campaign against the Bearded Pirate Crew.
• Xia Fan spotted Shi Yuehan in the South Gate security booth, and Shi Yuehan tapped the back of his head as Xia Fan stared in shock.

Jiang Fu publicly presented Xia Fan as Tianhuang Martial Arts University's Principal and framed Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli as Xia Fan's driver, assistant, and secretary. The stunned officials realized Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu had shifted the blame for the university scheme onto the Authorities.

• Jiang Fu poured cold water over Shi Yuehan, barred security guards from smoking in the school regulations, and left Shi Yuehan resigned.
• Jiang Fu greeted Xia Fan as Principal and claimed that he and Shi Jiu were prepared to follow Xia Fan's instructions.
• Xia Fan introduced Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli as his driver, assistant, and secretary.
• Jiang Fu praised the three Silver-Masked Saint Ascensions and declared that Xia Fan was Tianhuang Martial Arts University's Principal.
• Shi Jiu corrected Jiang Fu by calling the university Xia Fan's, and the officials realized the pair had shifted the blame onto the Authorities.

At Tianhuang Martial Arts University, everyone concluded that Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli were the Old Silver Coins behind the university’s acquisition and blamed them instead of Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu. The three accepted the blame in exchange for Abyss Potion, while Shi Yuehan quietly planned to enforce his own rules.

• Teachers, students, and university leaders recognized Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli as Xia Country’s Silver-Masked Old Silver Coins and credited them with Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s actions.
• Xia Fan felt relief that Jiang Fu had exposed the Old Silver Coins, then tried to suppress his gratitude toward Jiang Fu.
• Shi Yuehan watched the three Old Silver Coins and resolved that his rules would apply after dark.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu invited Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli inside for passion fruit Abyss Potion, and the three eagerly agreed.
• Yu Liuli’s words convinced the university that the Old Silver Coins had admitted to arranging the acquisition, while Xia Fan wondered why they seemed happy to take the blame.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arrived at Wind Feather Laboratory with three old schemers, only to find a group of powerful figures who had joined the Bearded Pirate Crew. Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli were pressured to sign the crew’s contract, while Xia Fan was left bewildered by the sudden turn of events.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu walked with the three old schemers to Wind Feather Laboratory as Xia Fan followed in silence.
• Lin Que greeted Lu Yuanchen as the Silver Coin King, and Lu Yuanchen discovered that several former allies had become Bearded Pirates.
• Shi Jiu asked whether the others had finished beating Slaughter Lord, and Wen Shuhe said they had nearly beaten him to death.
• Xia Yuncang accused Lu Yuanchen of planning to turn the Bearded Pirate Crew into a strike force, prompting the pirates to confront him.
• Yun Yi offered Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Yu Liuli the choice to join the pirates, while Wen Shuhe presented them with a Sequence Contract.
• Long Qiancheng and Yu Liuli revealed they had already signed, and Lu Yuanchen faced pressure to sign as Xia Fan stood confused.

Long Qiancheng and the others pressured Lu Yuanchen to join the Bearded Pirate Crew, using Abyss Potion and threats to keep him from refusing. Lu Yuanchen signed the simple Sequence Contract and asked to meet the crew’s true leader, wondering whether it was Shi Yuehan or the Sword God.

• Yu Liuli and Long Qiancheng joined the others, while Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu supplied Yu Liuli and Long Qiancheng with their preferred flavors of Abyss Potion.
• The group threatened to imprison Lu Yuanchen and blame his death on Xia Blackbeard or Xing Jun of Lingyue Pavilion unless he signed the Contract.
• Xia Yuncang made Xia Fan continue carrying the Blackbeard title and claimed the Whitebeard title for himself.
• Lu Yuanchen gave in after the others rejected his request for a condition, then found the Sequence Contract only required him to join the Bearded Pirate Crew and choose his Beard color.
• Lu Yuanchen signed the Contract and asked to meet the crew’s true figurehead, suggesting Shi Yuehan or the Sword God.

Lu Yuanchen joined the Bearded Pirate Crew, received extravagant purple gear and God Tier Invisibility Talismans, and began plotting to conquer Li Country. The group then turned to whether Xia Fan should become Principal of Tianhuang Martial Arts University.

• Lu Yuanchen questioned Jiang Fu about being Sword God and tried to claim Xia Fan’s Blackbeard role, but Xia Fan refused to give it up.
• Lu Yuanchen chose Underworld Grape Purple as his beard color, and Shi Jiu accidentally called Shi Si her fourth brother-in-law.
• Jiang Fu gave Lu Yuanchen a glittering purple wig and beard, while Shi Jiu provided him with high-grade Earth Rank and Emperor Rank Sequence Items.
• Jiang Fu gave Xia Fan God Tier Invisibility Talismans, and Lu Yuanchen decided the Bearded Pirate Crew should take down Li Country.
• Xia Yuncang asked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu whether they really intended to make Xia Fan Principal of Tianhuang Martial Arts University, and Shi Si praised Shen Yan instead.

Xia Fan won Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu’s support to become principal of Tianhuang Martial Arts University, while Su Yu proposed using the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute to help activate his Sequence and expose Sequence: Outlaw. The chapter ended with Lu Yuanchen learning how many foreign officials the Bearded Pirates had captured during their voyage.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu endorsed Xia Fan as the future principal of Tianhuang Martial Arts University, and Xia Yuncang accepted their judgment.
• Su Yu suggested having the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute supply the people and resources to activate Xia Fan’s Sequence while stirring conflict over Sequence:001 and Sequence: Outlaw.
• Wen Shuhe, Jiang Fu, and Shi Jiu confirmed that Sequence: Outlaw was real and that Lingyue Pavilion had stored its blood samples and a Sequence Detection Device.
• Wen Shuhe proposed using her Li Country warrant and Wanqi Xiu’s warrant to raid the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute and distribute the blood samples.
• Shi Jiu told Lu Yuanchen that the Bearded Pirates had captured three Nether Phoenix Token envoys, eight of the organization’s senior officials, and three Saint Ascension experts from seven countries.

Lu Yuanchen and the Bearded Pirates paused their plans against Lingyue Pavilion to feast on Jiang Fu’s cooking, while Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s officials plotted to use the Jiang Family as leverage against him. The chapter ended with the university’s elders preparing to target Jiang Fu through his relatives.

• Lu Yuanchen urged the group to act quickly against Lingyue Pavilion, but Lin Que suggested they eat first, and Jiang Fu served more than a hundred dishes cooked with psychokinesis.
• The Bearded Pirates enthusiastically ate Jiang Fu’s food, and Lu Yuanchen and the others proposed holding regular group meals, alarming Shi Jiu.
• At Tianhuang Martial Arts University, Huyan Lie suggested surrendering, but Mo Yankong warned the officials that they would not be forgiven for their role in the deaths of Ning Chengfeng, Yun Luoyu, and Ning Ranxin.
• Ou Zongyang argued that the university could still maneuver against the Authorities’ representatives and proposed targeting Jiang Fu through the Imperial Capital Jiang Family.

Xia Fan officially became principal of Tianhuang Martial Arts University, while Xia Country’s leaders finalized plans to use him as leverage. Shi Yuehan arrived at the principal’s office, knocked Xia Fan unconscious, disguised himself as him, and headed to confront Mo Yankong.

• Ou Zongyang and the others decided Xia Fan could be easier to control than Shi Yuehan, while Mo Yankong warned them not to underestimate Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu.
• At Wind Feather Laboratory, Lu Yuanchen and the other leaders finalized their plans and prepared to head to Li Country to cause trouble.
• Xia Fan received the principal’s seal and appointment letter, then vowed to prove himself worthy of Little Demon and Little Ancestor’s trust.
• Shi Yuehan appeared in the principal’s office and startled Xia Fan, who knocked himself unconscious with a burst of energy.
• Shi Yuehan hid Xia Fan beneath the desk, used the Reality Sequence to take Xia Fan’s appearance, and left to confront Vice Principal Mo Yankong.

Shi Yuehan confronted Mo Yankong in a nightmare-like vision of the valley where he had once imagined a life with Ning Ranxin and their infant son. He strangled Mo Yankong to death and declared that the Mo Family and Huyan Aristocratic Family would pay for targeting Xiao Jiu.

• Mo Yankong dismissed Xia Fan's appointment and insisted Tianhuang Martial Arts University belonged to its senior leadership.
• Shi Yuehan entered Mo Yankong's office, revealed his true identity, and trapped him in a vision of the valley where he had first met Ning Ranxin.
• Shi Yuehan explained that Mo Yankong and the others had robbed him of eighteen years with Ning Ranxin and blamed them for her family's and the Wind Feather Laboratory Researchers' deaths.
• Mo Yankong appealed to his position and responsibilities, but Shi Yuehan rejected his arguments and said he would destroy the Mo Family if necessary.
• Shi Yuehan seized Mo Yankong by the throat and strangled him to death by dawn, saying he and the Mo and Huyan families deserved punishment for targeting Xiao Jiu.

Shi Yuehan killed Mo Yankong while disguised as Xia Fan, leaving the university to suspect Xia Fan had murdered its vice principal. Xia Fan was sent with Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to Li Country to awaken his Sequence, unaware of the trouble waiting for him back at school.

• After killing Mo Yankong, Shi Yuehan left the office wearing Xia Fan's appearance, and surveillance cameras recorded him.
• Tianhuang Martial Arts University learned that Mo Yankong had been strangled, while Xia Fan woke in the principal's room believing the killing had been a nightmare.
• Shi Jiu messaged Xia Fan to meet at Wind Feather Laboratory, and he hurried there expecting to awaken his Sequence.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu took Xia Fan to Ember City in Li Country through a Space Mirror.
• Jiang Fu's Old Silver Coins used Wanqi Xiu's orders to mobilize Li Country factions, preparing to expose a blood sample from Sequence: Outlaw and turn Sequence:001, Li Country, and Lingyue Pavilion against one another.

Lu Yuanchen and Wen Shuhe led a large force to the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute in Ember City to begin their revenge against Li Country. Xia Fan worried about being recognized and resented Shen Yan for receiving protective items, while Lingyue Pavilion prepared an isolated area for the Sequence Awakening Ceremony.

• Lu Yuanchen recalled how a Li Country spy had helped destroy Peaceful Sea City and resolved to end the threat posed by Li Country.
• Wen Shuhe's decades-long infiltration of Li Country culminated in the Silver-Masked Saint Ascension figures' attack on Ember City.
• Xia Fan questioned Jiang Fu about disguising him and complained that Shen Yan had received a God Tier Defense Item and an Invisibility Talisman.
• The group arrived at the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute with more than ten thousand people, and its mid-level staff agreed to provide resources for the Sequence Awakening Ceremony.
• Lingyue Pavilion kept the visitors out of the institute's central area and prepared an enclosed space on its outskirts for the ceremony.

Xia Fan, Jiang Fu, and Shi Jiu used Xia Fan’s Sequence Awakening Ceremony to awaken Sequences, though Sequence:001 could only see Xia Fan. Shi Jiu gained the Divine Sequence: Time Sovereign, while Jiang Fu discovered his new Sequence was Feng Shui Master and prepared to multiply it by ten.

• Xia Fan began the Sequence Awakening Ceremony at Lingyue Pavilion, while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu secretly joined in under the Eye of the Deceiver.
• Jiang Fu multiplied the odds of Shi Jiu awakening a Time Sequence and himself awakening a top-tier Sequence as the three underwent the ceremony.
• Sequence:001 formed a Sequence Contract but saw only Xia Fan, despite three people having awakened Sequences.
• Shi Jiu learned that she had awakened the Time Controller Sequence, and Jiang Fu multiplied its range, duration, and level until it became the Divine Sequence: Time Sovereign.
• Jiang Fu revealed that he had awakened Sequence: Feng Shui Master and decided to multiply it by ten.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu discovered that their Sequences had unexplained numbered designations, while Sequence:001 went on a rampage at the Lingyue Pavilion Research Institute. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu slipped deeper into the institute, and Xia Fan was left wondering whether anyone would ask what Sequence he had awakened.

• Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten on Feng Shui Master's Sequence Level, and Shi Jiu revealed that her Sequence Hell was numbered 2; neither understood what the numbers meant.
• Sequence:001 demanded that Xia Fan sign three Sequence Contracts, then attacked and killed a Lingyue Pavilion Celestial Being and the Ember City District Five Martial Artist Guild President.
• Three high Celestial realm officials emerged, and Wen Shuhe invoked Wanqi Xiu's command to order the Li Country martial artists to attack Sequence:001.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu knocked out the eighteen Sequence Martial Artists, took them away, and headed deeper into the research institute.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu activated Divine Sequence: Blondie and the Eye of the Deceiver, provoking Sequence:001 to charge into the institute after them.
• Xia Fan remained behind and wondered aloud whether anyone would ask what Sequence he had awakened.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu used the chaos caused by Sequence:001’s rampage to raid Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute and expose their research on Sequence: Outlaw. They left the evidence in plain sight to frame Xia Country’s Silver Coin Group, while the battle against Sequence:001 continued.

• Sequence:001 rampaged through Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute, but Li Country Martial Artists discovered their Sequences could block and injure him.
• A massive explosion destroyed the institute’s defenses, and the High Celestial Transcendents urged everyone to activate their Sequences as Sequence:001 attacked the facility.
• Lu Yuanchen, Xia Yuncang, Long Qiancheng, Yu Liuli, and Wen Shuhe disappeared into the institute while Li Country’s Martial Artists confronted Sequence:001.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu stole the institute’s research, supplies, and valuable researchers, then set up a laboratory with Sequence: Outlaw’s blood sample and research materials.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu deliberately let Sequence:001’s attack expose their laboratory, and Xia Yuncang and the other Old Silver Coins shouted that they had found research on Sequence: Outlaw.

A crude laboratory displaying Sequence: Outlaw appeared at Lingyue Pavilion’s research institute, confirming the sequence’s existence and triggering a battle among Sequence:001, Li Country’s Martial Artists, and Lingyue Pavilion. As the factions fought over the laboratory, Xia Yuncang found Xia Fan hiding in a sealed space.

• The three High Celestial Transcendents of Lingyue Pavilion recognized the laboratory as proof that Lingyue Pavilion possessed and researched Sequence: Outlaw, while Sequence:001 identified the display as real.
• Sequence:001 reached for the laboratory, and a Li Country elder urged the country’s Martial Artists to reclaim Sequence: Outlaw.
• Li Country’s Martial Artists attacked Sequence:001 with their sequences, while he unleashed black flames and continued reaching for the laboratory.
• Lingyue Pavilion’s three High Celestial Transcendents and other Martial Artists joined the fight, killing the bearers of Wanqi Xiu’s warrant as Li Country’s authorities entered the fray.
• Xia Yuncang found Xia Fan hiding in a sealed space and scolded him for being too timid, while Xia Fan thought he had nearly died from a black flame strike.

After the battle in Ember City, Xia Fan and the others escaped to Ink Abyss Island, where Shen Yan’s advice helped them plan their next move against Li Country and Lingyue Pavilion. Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu decided to exploit suspicion around Wanqi Xiu and use the Parasite Pill as part of their strategy.

• The Bearded Pirates withdrew from Ember City after their attack sparked a citywide battle that Redbeard’s livestreams spread across the internet.
• Xia Fan worried that Li Country might uncover their identities and turn Wanqi Xiu’s orders against them, but Xia Yuncang explained they had used convincing identities belonging to Li Country’s Authorities.
• Xue Qianlan suggested consulting Shen Yan, and Xia Fan sent him a message after the group returned to Ink Abyss Island.
• Lu Yuanchen was overwhelmed by the Abyss Potion Lake, then agreed to continue the plan after Sequence: Outlaw became public.
• Shi Jiu relayed Shen Yan’s suggestions to infiltrate Li Country under Wanqi Xiu’s identity or rally its martial artists against Lingyue Pavilion.
• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu agreed to assume Li Country already suspected them and proposed blaming a Saint Ascension expert for becoming Lingyue Pavilion’s lackey, invoking the Parasite Pill.