Chapter Summaries

Ling Chu’s Ghost Ship attacked Black Spade K’s fleet, but Black Spade K’s mysterious cannons produced fireworks and then a treasure chest instead of predictable cannonballs. The battle continued as the cannon’s strange effects left both sides stunned.

• Ling Chu spotted Black Spade K, Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms, and Daydreamer’s fleets emerging from the fog and ordered Ghost Ship toward them.
• Ling Chu’s crew fired eight Ballistas and a salvaged cannon at Black Spade Ship, damaging its hull but failing to pierce its armor deeply.
• Black Spade K ordered his crew to fire back, and Squid Ball insulted him and Zhang Da Xian from Ghost Ship’s bow.
• One of Black Spade K’s Magician’s Versatile Salute Cannons turned its cannonball into fireworks, prompting Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms and Daydreamer to question him.
• Black Spade K explained the cannon’s unpredictable effects, then its next shot struck Ghost Ship’s deck and transformed into a gleaming Treasure Chest.

Silly Bird triggered the War Correspondent profession while observing Ling Chu's battle with Black Spade K, then began livestreaming the fight to the Public Chat Channel with Ling Chu's approval. As players watched and tipped, the Ghost Ship launched a second wave of attacks while Black Spade K struggled with his malfunctioning salute cannons.

• Ling Chu picked up the supplies from Black Spade K's salute cannon and mocked him for apparently giving her a gift.
• Silly Bird received the War Correspondent profession and unlocked skills that let him livestream battles while protected from harm.
• Silly Bird built a ship-mounted camera, asked Ling Chu for permission, and started broadcasting the battle in the Public Chat Channel.
• Players watched the livestream, commented on the fleets and Ling Chu's appearance, and one viewer tipped Silly Bird.
• Black Spade K remained unaware of the livestream as the Ghost Ship launched a second wave of ballista bolts at the Black Spade Ship.

Black Spade K’s cannon repeatedly misfired against Ling Chu’s Ghost Ship, showering it with a heart-shaped burst and Sea Shells stolen from his own inventory. He then ordered the three ships to close in and surround the Ghost Ship, setting up a boarding fight.

• Black Spade K’s third cannonball burst into pink smoke and formed a heart above the Ghost Ship, confusing both fleets and the livestream viewers.
• Black Spade K’s fourth cannonball rained Sea Shells onto the Ghost Ship’s deck, and its crew gathered more than two thousand of them.
• Black Spade K discovered that the Sea Shells had come from his own inventory, while Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms berated him for failing to fight properly.
• Black Spade K ordered his crew to board the Ghost Ship and told the Doll Ship and Dream Ship to charge alongside him.
• Black Spade K, Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms, and the Dream Ship captain surrounded the Ghost Ship at close range, preparing to board.

Huang Xiaowen and the Ghost Ship crew fought off the players drawn by the Dreamer's bounty on Ling Chu. As the Ghost Ship gained the upper hand, Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms finally sent the Doll Ship's toys onto the deck.

• The Dreamer offered Sea Shells for the first Ghost Ship crew member killed and a larger bounty for Ling Chu's head, prompting players to charge aboard.
• Huang Xiaowen rolled a six, used a playing card to preserve an escape route, and led her Skeleton Henchmen into battle.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon attacked with Poison Gas Bombs and Plague Touch while Squid Ball warned her about a player sneaking up behind her.
• Ling Chu fired storm-charged arrows into the boarding players, and Xiao Pai attacked a player's eye as Silly Bird livestreamed the fight.
• As the Dream Ship's attackers began to falter, the Dreamer urged Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms to act, and she sent the Doll Ship's toys onto the Ghost Ship.

The Ghost Ship’s skeleton crew battled the Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms’ toys, while Ling Chu stopped time to remove a lit bundle of dynamite from a Nutcracker Guard. She threw it at Black Spade K as he climbed aboard, and it exploded on the Black Spade Ship.

• First Mate Titch and the Skeleton Henchmen fought the toy army, but his bullets barely dented the Nutcracker Guard.
• Huang Xiaowen distracted the giant Teddy Bear and helped the skeletons unzip it and disable its boxing glove.
• The Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms used a remote to reveal dynamite inside the Nutcracker Guard and ignited its fuse.
• Ling Chu used the Thief's Music Box to stop time, pulled the dynamite from the Nutcracker Guard, and threw it at Black Spade K.
• Time resumed, and the dynamite exploded across the deck of the Black Spade Ship.

Ling Chu’s bomb struck Black Spade Ship, leaving Black Spade K furious and suspicious of Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms. Meanwhile, eight of Black Spade K’s crew teleported into Ghost Ship’s coffin-filled lower deck and encountered a ghost.

• A bomb exploded on Black Spade Ship, and Daydreamer in Broad Daylight accused Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms of planting it.
• Black Spade K climbed out of the wreckage alive, blamed Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms, and tried to restrain his anger while Squid Ball taunted him.
• Ling Chu spotted eight unfamiliar figures through the Mycelium Mother’s surveillance on Ghost Ship’s lower deck.
• Tuo Luo teleported Five Vermin and seven other Black Spade Ship crew members into Ghost Ship’s dark lower-deck cabin.
• The crew lit a torch, found themselves surrounded by open Coffins, and encountered a ghost blocking their way.

Ling Chu used the title Come Here to boost her stats and confronted Black Spade K head-on, while Hemlock attacked the intruders aboard her ship. The chapter ended with Ling Chu forcing Black Spade K’s weapon toward his face.

• Little Yellow startled Five Vermin’s group before Hemlock appeared and froze Five Vermin with Terrify.
• Hemlock attacked Five Vermin and the other seven crew members with Ghost Flame, buying Ling Chu time.
• Ling Chu equipped Come Here, boosting her stats and charging across the gangplank toward Black Spade K.
• Black Spade K blocked Ling Chu’s Blade of White Bones with his black cane, but she steadily overpowered him.

Ling Chu pressed Black Spade K across the deck, cutting down the creatures he summoned and killing a sailor he used as a human shield. With his Mana nearly exhausted, Black Spade K used another skill to transform Ling Chu’s dagger into a rotten apple, leaving her unarmed.

• Black Spade K escaped Ling Chu’s attack by using Trade One Thing for Another to turn himself into a garbage barrel, then summoned rabbits and doves to slow her down.
• Ling Chu killed the rabbits, evaded the doves’ threads, and struck down the birds as she continued pursuing Black Spade K.
• Black Spade K replaced himself with his gunner, Liu Chunfa, who Ling Chu killed; the system awarded her Justice Points and a bounty.
• Black Spade K’s Mana ran low, so he prepared to go All In and used a skill that transformed Ling Chu’s bone dagger into a rotten apple.

Ling Chu defeated Black Spade K, plundered his Tier 2 Island and Magician inheritance, and returned to the deck after he tried to swap her into the sea. Meanwhile, Hemlock escaped after burning the Black Spade Ship crew’s souls, and Five Vermin attacked the vines that had seized one of his men.

• Black Spade K used his barter skill to swap places with Ling Chu, but her guided Storm Arrow struck and incapacitated him.
• Ling Chu used Pirate is More of a Bandit twice to plunder Black Spade K’s Tier 2 Island and Magician inheritance, then reclaimed her dagger.
• Hemlock fired eight Ghost Flames at the Black Spade Ship crew, exhausted its Mana, and escaped beneath the deck.
• Five Vermin led his crew upstairs, where they saw skeletons fighting the Doll Ship and Dream Ship crews on deck.
• Thick, spiked vines seized a crew member, and Five Vermin transformed his arms into mantis blades and struck at them.

Five Vermin and the Black Spade Ship sailors were trapped and drained by Ghost Thorn vines, and their attempt to burn the vines was thwarted by Huang Xiaowen. Five Vermin sent Black Spade K a distress message as the sailors’ strength faded.

• Five Vermin and the sailors struggled to free Tuo Luo from blood-sucking Ghost Thorn vines, but the vines regrew and ensnared them all.
• Five Vermin poured soybean oil on the vines and asked the sailors to light them, while Pot Lid struggled to strike a match with his hands bound.
• Huang Xiaowen arrived, blew out Pot Lid’s match, took his matchbox, and said she would feed the sailors to Ghost Thorn.
• Five Vermin, growing weak from the vines’ thorns, sent a distress message to Black Spade K through the System Panel.

Ling Chu killed Black Spade K and pursued Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms as she fled aboard the Doll Ship. Ling Chu rode her summoned sailfish after the ship, closing in as Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms panicked.

• Five Vermin watched Ling Chu kill Black Spade K and saw the system award her bounty rewards.
• Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms tried to flee toward the sea vortex while her remaining dolls were destroyed.
• The Daydreamer ordered the Dream Ship's surviving crew to retreat, but Skeleton Henchman and the other skeletons kept them trapped and killed one crew member.
• Ling Chu summoned her sailfish, mounted it, and ordered it to chase the Doll Ship.
• The sailfish rapidly caught up, leaving Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms horrified by Ling Chu's pursuit.

Ling Chu pursued Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms, who tried to crush her with the Doll Ship before Ling Chu boarded it. As Ling Chu closed in to kill her, Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms revealed a belt of explosives.

• Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms violently turned the Doll Ship to ram Ling Chu and her sailfish.
• Silly Bird upgraded his ship to Level 4 and followed the confrontation while livestream viewers watched.
• Ling Chu grabbed the Doll Ship's railing, swung herself aboard, and watched her sailfish dive safely beneath it.
• Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms begged to surrender and offered to become Ling Chu's ally, but Ling Chu refused.
• Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms exposed explosives bundled around her waist and warned Ling Chu not to come closer.

Ling Chu exposed Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms’ fake explosives, killed her, and discovered the Magnetic Ring that had hidden her status from detection. After her Bounty Hunter class reached Tier 4, Ling Chu prepared to return to the Ghost Ship and deal with its remaining enemies.

• Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms threatened to blow up the Doll Ship, but her remote only played a Christmas tune when she pressed it.
• Ling Chu marked and killed Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms, earning bounties and enough Justice Points to advance her Bounty Hunter class to Tier 4.
• Ling Chu deduced that the explosives were fake because the remote contradicted how her Nutcracker soldiers had ignited their charges and because sulfur was scarce.
• Ling Chu took the Magnetic Ring from Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms and used it to reveal her deceased status panel, class skills, and abilities.

Ling Chu returned from defeating Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms and helped her Skeletons Henchmen wipe out the remaining enemies around the Ghost Ship. She and Squid Ball found Zhang Da Xian hiding aboard the Black Spade Ship, and Squid Ball ordered him to strip and face the sea.

• Ling Chu collected Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms' Soul Orb, dismantled her Doll Ship, and returned to the Ghost Ship with its supplies transferred to her storage.
• Ling Chu saw that the Skeletons Henchmen had cornered the Dream Ship crew, and Titch killed Daydreamer with a shot from behind.
• Ling Chu used Fungus Brain to see that Ghost Thorn had killed seven Black Spade Ship crew members and was draining the last one.
• Ling Chu and Squid Ball found Zhang Da Xian hiding in the Black Spade Ship's cabin, where he begged them to spare him.
• Ling Chu left Zhang Da Xian's fate to Squid Ball, who ordered him to take off his clothes and face the sea.

Ling Chu and Squid Ball punished Zhang Da Xian for scamming players, then ended the livestream to count their spoils. Nine-Tailed Cat, a former Black Spade Ship member who had escaped the crew, received Ling Chu’s acceptance of her promise to change and warmed herself with fish soup.

• Squid Ball kicked Zhang Da Xian into the icy sea after he begged to be spared for tricking players.
• Players praised Ling Chu and Squid Ball for defeating the three notorious Pirate Crews, though one commenter criticized Ling Chu.
• Ling Chu ate a Snake Skin Fruit, then messaged A Silly Bird to end the livestream before the crew counted their spoils.
• Nine-Tailed Cat told the Public Chat Channel she had left the Black Spade Ship and promised not to rob ordinary players again.
• Ling Chu replied “Okay” to Nine-Tailed Cat, who took her fish soup off the fire and felt more hopeful about surviving the Extreme Cold.

Ling Chu accepted Cotton Island as a gift from A Silly Bird and discovered that the island taken from Black Spade K produced honey, royal jelly, beeswax, and Giant Bee Stingers. After salvaging the defeated ships and collecting their Soul Orbs, she returned to the Ghost Ship with six islands and 71 Soul Orbs.

• Ling Chu accepted A Silly Bird's gift of Cotton Island, and he sailed away alone toward the sea vortex.
• Ling Chu counted the battle spoils, including more than 136,000 Sea Shells and large stores of food and supplies.
• Ling Chu identified the island looted from Black Spade K as Honey Island and named it.
• Ling Chu dismantled the enemy ships and collected their materials and Soul Orbs.
• Ling Chu returned to the Ghost Ship after Skeleton Henchman disposed of eight dead crew members, bringing her Soul Orb total to 71.

After repairing the Ghost Ship, Ling Chu distributed the battle loot and learned that Squid Ball had unlocked the Archaeologist class. Squid Ball demonstrated its Identify Antiquities skill by revealing an embarrassing detail about Huang Xiaowen’s cup.

• Ling Chu repaired the Ghost Ship, chose to sail north, and ordered the Skeleton Henchmen to save the tattered dolls for sewing materials.
• Ling Chu shared afternoon tea with Huang Xiaowen, Lingering Wind and Fading Moon, and Saka.
• Ling Chu distributed the looted equipment, giving Huang Xiaowen speed-boosting boots, Lingering Wind and Fading Moon an Intelligence-boosting robe, and Squid Ball the Magician’s Staff and Ninja’s Belt.
• Ling Chu offered the Magician career orb, but Lingering Wind and Fading Moon, Huang Xiaowen, and Squid Ball all declined it.
• Squid Ball revealed that she had unlocked the Archaeologist class and demonstrated Identify Antiquities by telling Huang Xiaowen that Big Gold Tooth had used her cup to soak his dentures.

Ling Chu checked her newly upgraded Bounty Hunter skills and gave Huang Xiaowen a Magician profession orb. Huang Xiaowen gained skills that let her disguise her attributes and swap nearby objects, while Lingering Wind and Fading Moon reported that her Pirate Hunter profession had reached the second tier.

• Huang Xiaowen discovered that Big Gold Tooth had tampered with her cup and vowed to get even with him.
• Squid Ball told Ling Chu that her skill could not affect the incomplete Elven Stone Slab fragment.
• Ling Chu learned that Hunter's Mark could now track three targets and gained the passive Harvest Time skill, which restored resources and boosted movement after killing a player with a bounty.
• Ling Chu offered Huang Xiaowen the Magician profession orb, and Huang Xiaowen accepted the inheritance without receiving a curse warning.
• Huang Xiaowen used Let's Swap to replace Squid Ball's roasted chestnut with its shell, then went to play mahjong with Big Gold Tooth.
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon said her Pirate Hunter profession had advanced to the second tier.

After discussing the rules governing Pirates and Pirate Hunters, Ling Chu watched Squid Ball adjust to her first fight and caught Huang Xiaowen cheating at mahjong. Ling Chu then discovered that Death's Blind Box Gashapon Machine had permanently failed after swallowing twenty Soul Orbs, leaving her unable to draw from it.

• Ling Chu explained that Pirates' ability to rob ordinary players made their reputation worse than Pirate Hunters', while she cared more about strength and useful rankings than public opinion.
• Ling Chu asked Squid Ball about killing Zhang Da Xian, and Squid Ball said kicking him had felt awesome.
• Huang Xiaowen magically changed Big Gold Tooth's tile, won at mahjong, and claimed its pure-gold denture as her wager.
• Ling Chu fed ten Soul Orbs into Death's Blind Box Gashapon Machine, but no capsule appeared.
• Ling Chu fed in another ten Soul Orbs and used the Eyepatch to discover that the machine had permanently failed and could not be repaired.
• Ling Chu suspected the machine had failed because she had rejected the Death God, then glared at the statue for swallowing her Soul Orbs.

After Ling Chu destroyed the broken Gacha Machine’s statue, Death God Mortus revived Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms and made her his seventeenth follower. She devoured Zhang Da Xian’s soul and set her sights on Ling Chu, leaving their next meeting looming.

• Ling Chu smashed the Death God's statue and gave its empty box to Big Gold Tooth.
• Mortus awakened in the void, turned a Soul Orb black, and sent it to revive a dead player as his follower.
• Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms awoke on the sea, found her System Panel gone, and heard Mortus name her his seventeenth follower.
• Her throat healed, and she discovered she craved souls and felt weakened by daylight.
• Seventeenth Follower devoured Zhang Da Xian’s wandering soul, regained her strength, and vowed to meet Ling Chu again.