Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fu and the Bearded Pirate Crew planned to turn Li Country against Lingyue Pavilion while preparing for the worst, then spent three days raiding nearby waters. Jiang Fu activated his new Divine Sequence: Feng Shui Master and froze in disbelief.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu explained Shen Yan's strategic proposals, and Su Yu warned the crew to account for a Saint-Entering Rank Insect Master in Lingyue Pavilion.
• Jiang Fu and the pirates planned to expose the Parasite Pill affair in Li Country and make it the primary force confronting Lingyue Pavilion.
• The Bearded Pirate Crew stayed on Ink Abyss Island for three days, watched events unfold in Li Country, and raided waters near several countries while Xia Fan complained about being left out.
• Jiang Fu activated Divine Sequence: Feng Shui Master, then froze in disbelief.

Jiang Fu realized that the world's Sequences were shattered and that complete Sequences such as his Geomancer and Shi Jiu's Hell were tied to a taboo. After Shi Jiu fused her Space Sovereign and Time Sovereign into Sequence 9, God of Spacetime, Jiang Fu tested his theory and accidentally destroyed Xia Fan's book with Multiply by Ten.

• Jiang Fu used Divine Sequence: Geomancer to see a ruined world and a bottomless abyss beneath Ink Abyss Island, then resolved to find someone or something reliable to guard it.
• Shi Jiu discovered that activating Divine Sequence: Space Sovereign and Divine Sequence: Time Sovereign together had fused them into Sequence 9, God of Spacetime.
• Jiang Fu tested whether Multiply by Ten worked on shattered Sequences, and his stone exploded, injuring his hand.
• Jiang Fu concluded that most Sequences across worlds were shattered, while his Geomancer and Shi Jiu's Hell were complete, and suspected the rumors about Hell had been deliberately spread.
• Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten on the pages in Xia Fan's book, causing it to explode and leaving Xia Fan's hair in disarray.
• Shi Yi accused Xia Fan of being untrustworthy for destroying the book he had lent him.

Jiang Fu and the others learned that Ink Abyss Island was likely a gateway to a dangerous place and debated how to investigate it. They decided to test the Abyss below by throwing in an Overlord, with Jiang Fu proposing to use his new Forbidden Destruction if necessary.

• Shi Yi beat Xia Fan for allegedly destroying his book, then hung him from the pirate flag while Xia Yuncang watched.
• Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, and Wen Shuhe returned with treasures and news that Wen Shuhe had arranged for the parasite pills scandal to break in Blazing Capital.
• Jiang Fu revealed that Ink Abyss Island was likely a gateway to somewhere dangerous, and Lu Yuanchen readily agreed to move the group and their treasures to Precious Dragon Island.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to investigate the Abyss by sending an Overlord down, and Jiang Fu suggested using Forbidden Destruction if anything went wrong.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu relocated Ink Abyss Island’s resources and chose the Mist Forbidden Zone as the Bearded Pirate Crew’s base and training ground. The crew’s leaders then established a new headquarters at the former Dunxi Hotel site, where a thirty-six-story building was completed a month later.

• Jiang Fu resolved to move from Ink Abyss Island and postpone investigating its Abyss until he and Shi Jiu understood their Divine Sequences better.
• Shi Jiu packed away Ink Abyss Island, including Abyss Potion Lake, its underground facilities, Spirit Fruit Trees, and Treasure Mountain, then sealed the island in a Spatial Maze.
• Jiang Fu revealed that the Mist Forbidden Zone would serve as the crew’s base and training ground, while warning that it connected to a terrifying world beyond.
• Lu Yuanchen, Long Qiancheng, Xia Yuncang, Yu Liuli, and Wen Shuhe chose the former Dunxi Hotel in Jiang City District Eleven as the crew’s headquarters.
• The Bearded Pirate Crew built a new thirty-six-story office building on the former Dunxi Hotel site over the following month.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu continued their quiet research while the Bearded Pirate Crew expanded its business, then Shi Jiu exposed footage linking new principal Xia Fan to the deaths of two vice principals. The university’s leaders panicked over the revelation and wondered whether Shi Yuehan was connected to the Bearded Pirate Crew, just as the Nether Phoenix Token’s five envoys requested a meeting.

• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu watched the Bearded Pirate Crew’s ribbon-cutting broadcast and mocked Old Deng for failing to expose the truth about the vice principals’ deaths.
• Shi Jiu hacked the university surveillance system, found recordings showing Xia Fan entering the offices of Mo Yankong and Huyan Lie before they were found dead, and posted the footage online.
• The leaked recordings caused an uproar at Tianhuang Martial Arts University and across the internet, while Xia Fan and the university’s senior staff panicked.
• Shi Yuehan realized he had access to the surveillance system as a security guard and blamed himself for failing to find the footage earlier.
• The university’s leaders noticed that Pirate Blackbeard had posted the videos and questioned whether Shi Yuehan, seen wearing Xia Fan’s face, was connected to the Bearded Pirate Crew.
• Xia Yuncang messaged Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu that the Nether Phoenix Token’s five envoys wanted to speak with them.

Shi Yuehan used the released surveillance footage to confront Tianhuang Martial Arts University's administrators and take charge of investigating the vice principals' deaths. Meanwhile, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu considered the Nether Phoenix Token's response and wondered what the First Nether Phoenix had sought in this world.

• Shi Jiu released corridor footage that exposed the deaths of the two vice principals in their offices and made Xia Fan the prime suspect.
• Shi Yuehan brought the unconscious Xia Fan to an emergency meeting and declared that he would investigate the deaths and protect the school.
• Shi Yuehan realized the Security Guard Code encouraged him to act against the administrators, while Xia Fan passed out again and the others feared for their families.
• Shi Jiu left the school crisis to the administrators as Jiang Fu told her that the Nether Phoenix Token had finally responded to the Colorful Beard Ocean Shipping Group's arrival in Jiang City District Eleven.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu wondered why the First Nether Phoenix had built the Nether Phoenix Token, and Shi Jiu proposed that an important treasure might be in this world.
• Jiang Fu began to suggest that he might be the treasure, but Shi Jiu covered his mouth, and he told her that he had her, too.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu declined to speak at Bincheng Ninth Middle School’s graduation ceremony but agreed to visit, and they suggested Lu Pin serve as the outstanding graduate representative. Jiang Fu then explained how he could exploit changing conditions to multiply Lu Pin’s chances of becoming a transcendent, leaving Lu Pin bewildered by the proposed potions, gasoline, and cactus.

• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu were interrupted by Lu Pin, who said Lu Yuanchen had sent him back from the ribbon-cutting ceremony after someone countered his exploit with sign language.
• Lu Pin relayed Principal Qi’s invitation for Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to speak at their graduation ceremony, but they refused and said they would not go onstage.
• Jiang Fu suggested Lu Pin as the graduate representative, and Shi Jiu told Qi Xiuyuan that Lu Pin was a transcendent and a sequence martial artist.
• Jiang Fu told Lu Pin that drinking two potions and taking a Breakthrough Pill could help him become a transcendent by triggering repeated Multiply by Ten effects.
• Jiang Fu advised Lu Pin to try gasoline and then a raw cactus if the potions and pill failed, leaving Lu Pin doubtful and confused.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu learned more about how Lu Pin and Qing Ling’s Sequences controlled them, then discovered the location of Cosmic Light City, a legendary Time Item now held by Domain Demon: Xuyou. Jiang Fu recognized a troubling connection to Xuyou’s ability to control time.

• Shi Jiu and Jiang Fu concluded that Lu Pin and Qing Ling were vessels for Sequences they could barely control.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu planned to travel to Moonheart Island for Moonheart Bamboo while Lingyue Pavilion faced growing hostility over the Outlaw research and Parasite Pill scandals.
• Jiang Fu noticed Cosmic Light City on the Time Sequence Book and said he wanted it.
• Shi Jiu lifted her Blocking and asked the Order Divine Artifact for Cosmic Light City’s Coordinates, which appeared on her phone.
• The Order Divine Artifact warned that Cosmic Light City was controlled by Domain Demon: Xuyou, whose power was controlling time, and Jiang Fu sensed a connection.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu confirmed that domain demons were connected to sequences, then Jiang Fu sent Lu Pin, Qing Ling, and Han Sichen to handle trouble involving the Jiang Family. As he and Shi Jiu headed to Wind Feather Laboratory to study domain demons, Yu Tianfeng and Ye Zhe stopped them and ordered them to train at Ancient Cold Pass.

• Jiang Fu tested his sequence theory with a pebble, and its explosion confirmed that domain demons were connected to sequences.
• Lu Pin told Jiang Fu that Jiang Xingyuan was in serious trouble and the whole Jiang Family might be implicated, so Jiang Fu assigned Lu Pin, Qing Ling, and Han Sichen to handle the matter for three days.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to study domain demons themselves, since neither the university library nor classified records contained research about them.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu rode toward Wind Feather Laboratory, but Yu Tianfeng and Ye Zhe blocked their way.
• Yu Tianfeng ordered Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to follow him to Ancient Cold Pass for training, insisting they had to obey because he was a Celestial Being and the university’s foremost student.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu exposed the apparent Yu Tianfeng as Ling Chu’s Puppet Body, and Lu Pin’s Lie Detector Sequence confirmed that Ling Chu had killed the real Yu Tianfeng. Jiang Fu raised his pink-bow hammer to confront Ling Chu, while the crowd became distracted by the weapon and Ye Zhe recognized the familiar ache in the back of his head.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to expose the person posing as Yu Tianfeng rather than hear his plan.
• Jiang Fu accused the apparent Yu Tianfeng of being Ling Chu, who had killed Yu Tianfeng and made his body into a Puppet Body.
• Ye Zhe backed away, and Ling Chu denied Jiang Fu’s accusation.
• Lu Pin used his Lie Detector Sequence to reveal Ling Chu’s thoughts, confirming that he had killed the real Yu Tianfeng and refined the body into a Puppet Body.
• Jiang Fu summoned his pink-bow hammer and threatened Ling Chu, while Ye Zhe clutched the back of his head and Jiang Fu explained that he had chosen the weapon because he liked Strawberry Redbeard.

Ling Chu was exposed as Yu Tianfeng’s killer and failed to escape after Qing Ling used Head-First Impalement on him. As Mu Shan tried to take Ling Chu away, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu called in the Authorities’ Silver-Masked Saint Ascension, who appeared before them.

• Shi Jiu revealed her matching Pink-Bow Sledgehammer, and Lu Pin urged Ye Zhe to start a Hammer Club as the crowd pretended the hammers were the main issue.
• Qing Ling accused Ling Chu of killing Yu Tianfeng and used Head-First Impalement, trapping Ling Chu’s personality inside Yu Tianfeng’s Puppet Body.
• The crowd recognized Qing Ling and connected him to the head-first-impaled Ling Family Monsters, while Han Sichen accused the Ling Family of betraying humanity.
• Mu Shan arrived with a group and tried to take Ling Chu into the university’s custody, but Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu refused to hand him over.
• Shi Jiu announced that she had notified the Authorities’ Silver-Masked Saint Ascension, who appeared before the group.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu exposed Ling Chu’s scheme at Tianhuang Martial Arts University, prompting Cheng Du of the Authorities to intervene and take Ling Chu away. At Wind Feather Laboratory, Cheng Du accepted Abyss Potion and tried to secure a place protecting the pair, but Lu Pin called out his lie.

• Mu Shan despaired as Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu exposed Ling Chu’s secret and revealed their Bearded Pirate identities, leaving the university officials unable to control the situation.
• Cheng Du arrived as Silver-Masked Saint Ascension, rebuked the security guard, promised to deal with Ling Chu and the Ling Family, and had Enforcement Martial Artists take Ling Chu away.
• Jiang Fu led Shi Jiu and their companions to Wind Feather Laboratory to speak with Cheng Du while the stunned students rushed off to form a Hammer Club.
• Shi Yuehan warned Mu Shan to return to the Office Building and pretend nothing had happened, and Mu Shan obeyed.
• Jiang Fu gave Cheng Du jars of Abyss Potion and explained that the Authorities needed people left to run Xia Country, so he could not join the Bearded Pirate Crew.
• Cheng Du claimed he would stay at Wind Feather Laboratory to protect Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu, but Lu Pin called him a liar, and Cheng Du silenced him with true qi.

Cheng Du joined Wind Feather Laboratory with the other Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants after Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu agreed to take them on. The laboratory planned to study the links between Domain Demons, Realm Beasts, and Sequences, leaving Cheng Du concerned that the research might touch forbidden territory.

• Qing Ling and Han Sichen teased Cheng Du about becoming a security guard, and Lu Pin confirmed that Cheng Du had forced True Qi into his mouth.
• Cheng Du asked to join Wind Feather Laboratory as a professor or researcher and explained that it needed its own approved research findings to keep its accreditation.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu agreed to take Cheng Du and the other twelve Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants into the laboratory.
• Shi Jiu announced that Wind Feather Laboratory would study the relationship between Domain Demons and Sequences, and she suspected Realm Beasts were connected to Sequences as well.
• Jiang Fu proposed studying their living Realm Beasts, Domain Demons, a Realm Demon, and a Sky Ghost together, while warning Cheng Du that the work touched forbidden territory.

Jiang Fu brought the Twelve Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants into Wind Feather Laboratory, while Lu Pin’s question about the Power of Foolish Insight pointed them toward the Foolish View Forbidden Zone. At Tianhuang Martial Arts University, Mo Ran Qinghui arrived from Lingyue Pavilion and proposed a partnership with Wind Feather Laboratory to research Sequence: Outlaw.

• Cheng Du and the other eleven Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants signed contracts with Wind Feather Laboratory and agreed to join research into the relationship between several supernatural entities and Sequences.
• Lu Pin asked what the Power of Foolish Insight was after seeing it in the truth behind Ling Chu’s lies, and a young researcher suggested it might relate to the Foolish View Forbidden Zone.
• Tianhuang Martial Arts University’s senior figures worried that Shi Yuehan could enter the university disguised as Xia Fan and kill them.
• Mo Ran Qinghui of Lingyue Pavilion entered the university’s conference room and proposed studying Sequence: Outlaw with Wind Feather Laboratory.

Mo Ran Qinghui proposed a partnership between Lingyue Pavilion and Tianhuang Martial Arts University, revealing Lingyue Pavilion’s Sky Ghost Experiment and its interest in Shi Jiu’s research. As Lingyue Pavilion set its sights on the Bearded Pirate Crew and the Mist Forbidden Zone, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu decided to wait for them at Wind Feather Laboratory.

• Mo Ran Qinghui offered to publicly partner with Wind Feather Laboratory if it had the proper qualifications, and otherwise suggested driving it out of Tianhuang Martial Arts University.
• Mo Ran Qinghui revealed the Top Secret: Sky Ghost Experiment file and said Lingyue Pavilion wanted the research of Ning Chengfeng and Yun Luoyu; Ou Zongyang agreed to cooperate while insisting Jiang Fu belong to Lingyue Pavilion.
• Jun Xiaosheng arrived with a miniature Sequence Detector, intending to pursue Lingyue Pavilion’s objectives concerning the Mist Forbidden Zone and the Bearded Pirate Crew.
• At Wind Feather Laboratory, Cheng Du warned his subordinates to handle the Ling Family carefully, while Xia Fan returned after registering the Twelve Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants as researchers.
• Jiang Fu deduced that Lingyue Pavilion had brought in outside help, and he and Shi Jiu decided to wait for their arrival rather than strike first.

Cheng Du and the other Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants reassured Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu before joining them to investigate shattered Sequences in the underground laboratory. Meanwhile, Shi Yuehan learned Lingyue Pavilion's representatives had arrived at Tianhuang Martial Arts University and decided they were fair game.

• Cheng Du warned Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu that Lingyue Pavilion might exploit the Sequence: Outlaw scandal to provoke attacks on Wind Feather Laboratory.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu trusted the twelve Silver-Masked Saint Ascendants to protect them, and the group headed to the underground laboratory to study shattered Sequences.
• Qing Ling, Lu Pin, and Han Sichen followed the researchers, while Xia Fan was told to remain at the university and oversee things.
• Shi Yuehan learned that Mo Ran Qinghui and Jun Xiaosheng of Lingyue Pavilion had entered through the west gate.
• Shi Yuehan decided he could not yet remove many university administrators, but Lingyue Pavilion's people were fair game.

Tianhuang Martial Arts University announced an assessment that could restore Wind Feather Laboratory’s honor, but Shi Jiu warned that Lingyue Pavilion might be planning a larger attack. When Ancient Cold Pass came under threat, Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu raced to help and were intercepted by Jun Xiaosheng and Mo Ran Qinghui.

• Tianhuang Martial Arts University announced a research assessment in three days that could strip unworthy laboratories and their staff of their status and titles.
• Shi Jiu warned Jiang Fu and the researchers that Lingyue Pavilion might target Xia Country, prompting Xu Qingce to head to Ancient Cold Pass.
• Shi Yuehan knocked out Xia Fan and disguised himself to search for Jun Xiaosheng and Mo Ran Qinghui, then realized Ancient Cold Pass was in danger.
• Jiang Fu’s tenfold defense buff triggered at Ancient Cold Pass, and Cheng Du led eleven Silver-Masked Saint Ascensions there while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu followed on the Ghostfire Motorcycle.
• Jun Xiaosheng and Mo Ran Qinghui blocked Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu, and Mo Ran Qinghui activated Sequence: Outlaw to suppress all Sequences within its silver light.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu survived the Sequence-Forbidden Domain by evading its damaging effect, then defeated Jun Xiaosheng and Mo Ran Qinghui and captured the Outlaw Sequence Item for study. They rushed to Ancient Cold Pass and found that it had fallen.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu emerged unharmed from Jun Xiaosheng and Mo Ran Qinghui's attack because Shi Jiu's Evasion Ring could evade the Sequence-Forbidden Domain's damaging effect.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu counterattacked with Pink-Bow Sledgehammers; Jiang Fu knocked Jun Xiaosheng unconscious with God King Strike and broke his body apart, while Shi Jiu battered Mo Ran Qinghui unconscious.
• Jiang Fu multiplied the silver orb into ten copies, confirmed it was an Outlaw Sequence Item, and suspected it contained a hidden contingency before storing it for later study.
• Shi Jiu put Jun Xiaosheng and Mo Ran Qinghui in the Spatial Maze, and she and Jiang Fu teleported to Ancient Cold Pass after Jiang Fu's buff indicated its defenses had been breached.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu arrived to find that Ancient Cold Pass had fallen.

Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, and the defenders arrived at Ancient Cold Pass as its defenses failed and Sky Ghost: No Return began slaughtering its inhabitants. Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu helped the defenders drive it outside the pass, where it repeatedly exploded and reformed; Shi Jiu then sent it deep into the Land of Chaos.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu found Ancient Cold Pass breached after its defensive system shut down, allowing monsters to pour inside.
• Sky Ghost: No Return entered the pass unseen by Saint Ascensions and attacked the defenders, while Cheng Du blamed the Sequence Research Institute for disabling the defenses.
• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu warned that the Sky Ghost was about to explode, and the Martial Artists united to force it out of the pass as Han Sichen drew runes on its forehead.
• Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten to restore and strengthen the defenders, who blasted Sky Ghost: No Return beyond Ancient Cold Pass.
• Sky Ghost: No Return exploded and repeatedly reformed, and Shi Jiu used the Spatial Sequence to throw it deep into the monster-filled Land of Chaos.

Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu helped stop the invasion at Ancient Cold Pass, where Xia Country’s Saint Ascendants drove back the monsters and discovered the Sequence Research Institute had disabled the defenses. Afterward, Jiang Fu secretly used Multiply by Ten on Lingyue Pavilion’s headquarters, and a distant city exploded.

• Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu attacked the invading monsters after their Sky Ghost Explosion Talismans halted the monster tide, and Jiang Fu’s sword strike destroyed countless enemies.
• More than fifty Saint Ascendants gathered at Ancient Cold Pass and fought through the night, clearing the pass and stopping the monsters that had crossed it.
• Lu Yuanchen learned from Xu Qingce that the Sequence Research Institute had likely shut down the pass’s defenses, while Lin Que suspected it wanted Ning Chengfeng and Yun Luoyu’s research findings.
• Jiang Fu, Shi Jiu, and their companions distributed healing pills, while Han Sichen refused to claim credit for defeating a Sky Ghost.
• Jiang Fu used Multiply by Ten on Lingyue Pavilion’s headquarters, and a distant city guarded by defensive sequences and formations exploded.