Chapter Summaries

Lu Li saw that the sea monster’s corpse had vanished and prepared for the final round of Pirates and Treasure, Gunfire Negotiation. On the Liberty Ship, Alex awoke to the aftermath of his actions and argued with Jack, his other personality, before agreeing that he needed to grow stronger and find a way to separate them.

• Lu Li found only severed tentacles where the sea monster’s body should have surfaced and set the mystery aside as the storm ended the third action round.
• Lu Li expected the final round, Gunfire Negotiation, and decided to wait before making a plan because the Black Pearl held the advantage.
• Alex awoke on the Liberty Ship surrounded by mermaid corpses, watched the Data Panel footage, and realized he had lost control while under the mermaids’ influence.
• Alex and Jack argued over Jack’s violent treatment of the mermaids and the loss of Alex’s attributes, especially five points of Strength.
• Alex considered giving up, but Jack urged him to become stronger and seek a way to separate them.

Lu Hemu and Gao Jueyao woke aboard the Treasure Casket after being seduced by mermaids, only to discover that their Four-Dimensional Attributes had plummeted. They found that a vote had already committed their group to hunting the Terror Sea Monster, leaving Lu Hemu to face the dangerous mission in a weakened state.

• Lu Hemu woke, saw Gao Jueyao asleep naked nearby, and realized that both of them had indulged with the mermaids.
• Lu Hemu discovered that his Four-Dimensional Attributes had fallen from 50 points each to an average of less than 10, and Gao Jueyao found several of her attributes had dropped even further.
• Lu Hemu and Gao Jueyao argued over who was responsible for their losses and the death of the old goat.
• Lu Hemu checked the Secret Realm Chat Channel and learned that the Treasure Casket had missed three votes, causing them to count in favor of hunting the Terror Sea Monster.
• Lu Hemu realized the group would have to hunt the monster despite their weakened condition, unless he gave up the final treasure and withdrew.

As the pirate ships voted on the round’s actions, Lu Hemu and Gao Jueyao selected cards for “Double-Headed Hook,” triggering a deadly effect that made Gao Jueyao believe Lu Hemu had tried to kill her. Their fight escalated across the Treasure Casket’s deck, and Lu Hemu activated his trump card, [Soul Tremor], to restrain her.

• Lu Hemu voted against “Gold Price Soars,” and the action failed when the Liberty Ship and Treasure Casket voted against it.
• The ships unanimously approved “Double-Headed Hook,” while “Great Plunder” passed over “Rare Item Auction.”
• When Gao Jueyao selected the Key and Treasure Chest, the cards became chained hooks that tore her apart, but her [Substitute Doll] saved her.
• Gao Jueyao accused Lu Hemu of deliberately choosing cards through her and attacked him with ice and a water dragon.
• Lu Hemu evaded Gao Jueyao’s attacks, decided to restrain her rather than risk a feud between their families, and activated [Soul Tremor].

Lu Hemu lost the Treasure Chest Card and decided to weaken the Black Pearl instead, privately recruiting Alex to attack it. Alex agreed to pursue that goal by another method, while Lu Hemu considered how the plan might leave him with fewer rivals for the final treasure.

• Lu Hemu knocked out Gao Jueyao, tied her up, and confiscated her equipment, but discovered that the Treasure Chest Card had fallen into the sea.
• Lu Hemu chose the Black Pearl as his target and proposed that he and Alex attack it with Cannon Cards to reduce its lead.
• Alex questioned whether the attack would benefit Lu Hemu more than himself, and Lu Hemu offered him resources while claiming to be the heir of a Heaven Grade family.
• Alex refused to use Cannon Cards but promised to weaken the Black Pearl another way, and Lu Hemu suspected he might launch a Boarding Plunder.

Lu Hemu tried to attack the Black Pearl, but both cannonballs inexplicably turned and hit Alex’s Liberty Ship instead. Alex realized the shots had not violated Lu Hemu’s oath and began to see Lu Li as a formidable opponent.

• Lu Hemu fired a cannonball at the Black Pearl, but it veered toward the Liberty Ship, forcing Alex to spend a card to block it.
• Alex accused Lu Hemu of betrayal, and Lu Hemu claimed the Black Pearl’s Players had interfered with the cannonball.
• Lu Hemu and Alex signed an Oath Contract stating that Lu Hemu intended to bombard the Black Pearl.
• Lu Hemu fired again, but the cannonball turned and crashed through the Liberty Ship’s deck while the contract remained intact.
• Alex recalled Lu Li’s appearance aboard the Silver Fox and concluded that Lu Li was stronger than he had assumed.

Lu Li’s crew drove Alex into the sea using Ao Zhan’s enhanced Giant Spirit God, and Alex had to withdraw from the Secret Realm to avoid drowning. As the final “Great Plunder” operation began, Lu Li focused on killing Lu Hemu while Xing Anlin secretly planned to steal his equipment.

• Alex charged at Lu Li, but Ao Zhan struck him with the Giant Spirit God and sent him into the sea.
• Unable to swim back because of his Talent Abilities, Alex left the Secret Realm to save himself.
• Lu Li explained that he had used Liu Xiaoxia’s [Add Flowers to Brocade] to enhance Ao Zhan, then removed the enhancement characters.
• The Liberty Ship’s crew was declared dead or withdrawn, and the ship was set to sink in five minutes.
• The final “Great Plunder” operation began, while Lu Li considered how to kill Lu Hemu safely.
• Xing Anlin remained invisible aboard the Treasure Casket and planned to steal Lu Hemu’s staff and other belongings.

Lu Li disguised himself as Liu Chang and confronted Lu Hemu aboard the Treasure Casket, attacking him after pretending to negotiate compensation. Lu Hemu countered with his Soul Tremor title, but the chapter ended before its effect on Lu Li was revealed.

• Lu Li used the Heart-Image Ghost Mask to take on Liu Chang’s appearance before the two pirate ships met.
• Lu Hemu destroyed the old goat’s corpse after it seemed to move, not noticing that his storage sachet and sapphire staff had vanished.
• Lu Hemu demanded that Liu Chang and the others leave so he could claim the secret realm’s reward, then offered compensation when Liu Chang objected.
• Lu Li, disguised as Liu Chang, asked Lu Hemu to give him his life and attacked him with Wind Blades.
• Lu Hemu defended himself with his ability, was knocked across the deck by a larger Wind Blade, and activated Soul Tremor against Lu Li.

Lu Hemu challenged Alisa to a duel to stop her finishing move, but discovered that even with their abilities equalized, he could not overcome her defense. Alisa knocked him into the barrier, leaving him battered and helpless.

• "Liu Chang" taunted Lu Hemu and attacked him with Wind Blades while Alisa blocked his pounce with Coward's Shield and struck him with Fire Toad Spit Pearl.
• Lu Hemu activated his Challenger Card and challenged Alisa, causing the barrier to block outside attacks and suppress her finishing move.
• Lu Hemu chose a kukri and attacked Alisa, expecting his Soul Tremor to immobilize her.
• Alisa stopped Lu Hemu's blade with her defense and struck his face, knocking out his teeth and sending him crashing into the barrier.

Alisa forced Lu Hemu to surrender his belongings, and Lu Li killed him after the Challenger Barrier fell. Lu Hemu’s [Undertaker] title activated, leaving the Black Pearl’s crew with a threat of retaliation from the Heaven Grade Lu Family.

• Alisa used the altered rule to overpower Lu Hemu, who surrendered to avoid revealing his [Undertaker] title ability.
• Alisa demanded Lu Hemu’s equipment and items, and he handed them over while secretly planning to reclaim them after the barrier lifted.
• Alisa accepted Lu Hemu’s surrender, dispersing the Challenger Barrier, and Lu Li immediately attacked him with Wind Blades.
• Lu Li killed Lu Hemu with a massive Wind Blade as the rule alteration ended and the original third rule was restored.
• Lu Hemu’s [Undertaker] title activated, and his rotting corpse warned the Liu Family to expect the wrath of a Heaven Grade family.

Lu Li, disguised as Liu Chang, woke Gao Jueyao and persuaded her to leave the Secret Realm, securing the Black Pearl's victory. He divided the final treasure evenly among the three surviving crew members, while Yan Qi discovered that the Attribute Orbs could raise attributes to a higher limit for holders of the Mermaid Butcher title.

• Lu Hemu escaped death through his Undertaker title, and Lu Li found Gao Jueyao bound and unconscious aboard the Treasure Casket.
• Lu Li told Gao Jueyao that Lu Hemu had fled and pretended not to know what happened to her equipment, leading her to suspect Lu Hemu had stolen it.
• Alisa untied Gao Jueyao, and she voluntarily withdrew from the Secret Realm.
• The Secret Realm declared the Black Pearl crew the winners after all Treasure Casket crew members had died or exited, awarding the sailors the Mermaid Butcher title.
• Lu Li split the 279 Attribute Orbs equally among himself, Ao Zhan, and Yan Qi.
• Yan Qi examined an orb and learned that the Mermaid Butcher title raised the Attribute Orb's effective attribute limit from 40 to 60.

Lu Li distributed Attribute Orbs, Pirate Cannon Cards, and Detox Citrus among his companions while explaining why he needed little for himself. He then announced a choice between eight pieces of Perfect Quality equipment or a Mythic-quality equipment and a Mythic-quality item.

• Lu Li gave one pile of Attribute Orbs to each of Ao Zhan, Yan Qi, and Alisa, explaining that he could not benefit from them because his attributes had reached the cap.
• Lu Li distributed eighteen Pirate Cannon Cards to Ao Zhan and Yan Qi, keeping only two for the coming defense of Huaxia.
• Lu Li split twelve Detox Citrus evenly among the four players and asked the others to give him the seeds after eating the oranges.
• Lu Li announced that the Black Pearl's final card count allowed them to choose between eight pieces of Perfect Quality equipment and one Mythic-quality equipment plus one Mythic-quality item.

Lu Li let Ao Zhan and Yan Qi choose the Mythic gift pack, then gave Ao Zhan its level-boosting belt because it matched his Talent Ability. He kept the remaining Mythic item, which he recognized as an old acquaintance.

• Ao Zhan and Yan Qi chose the gift pack containing a Mythic item and Mythic equipment.
• The gift pack produced the Uncrowned King's Belt, which could raise its wearer's level by 30 pseudo-levels, and a medicine-like item.
• Ao Zhan asked Lu Li for the belt and offered to repay him with materials, equipment, or service.
• Lu Li gave Ao Zhan the belt without asking for anything in return.
• Lu Li claimed the remaining Mythic item for himself and recognized it as an old acquaintance.

After the secret realm rewards were distributed, Lu Li secretly claimed the damaged Copy Mirror and asked Ao Zhan to acquire a massive quantity of gold. Back at the Lin Family courtyard, Lu Li updated Nikita and persuaded her to remain in Bear Country until Kaido recovered, though she demanded an Oath Contract.

• Lu Li recognized the damaged mirror as the Copy Mirror and took it by claiming he could dismantle useless items.
• Ao Zhan offered to help Lu Li, who asked him to obtain 1,000 tons of gold.
• Lu Li and Alisa returned to the Lin Family courtyard, where Lu Li learned that the survivor intake was proceeding in an orderly manner.
• Lu Li discussed Nikita's return with her and explained that a Rift outbreak was expected in three days.
• Nikita agreed to stay in Bear Country while Kaido recovered, but insisted Lu Li sign an Oath Contract.

Lu Li traveled with Alisa toward Sea City to protect Li Luo from the Lu Family, while survivors gathered at Yong City’s central Shelter. Two hungry children were cornered by scavengers, who opened their bag and discovered it contained human remains.

• Nikita sent Lu Li an Oath Contract forbidding him from chasing women, and Lu Li signed it.
• Lu Li decided to go to Sea City and stay close to Li Luo in case the Lu Family made a move against her.
• Lu Li and Alisa set out for Sea City as survivors emerged from hiding and headed toward Yong City’s central Shelter.
• A group of scavengers surrounded a boy and his younger sister, restrained the boy, and searched his backpack.
• The scavengers opened a black plastic bag from the backpack, and a human hand fell out.

A crowd mistook a boy carrying his parents’ remains for a cannibal, and a shirted man used the misunderstanding to attack him and seize his little sister. As the boy was pinned down, he told a newly arrived young man that the men had targeted his sister and that the flesh belonged to his parents.

• A quick-handed man tore open the boy’s bag, spilling chunks of human flesh and alarming the crowd.
• The shirted man accused the boy of being a cannibal and claimed his little sister might be a kidnapping victim, but the bystanders refused to intervene.
• The shirted man and his accomplices grabbed the girl and pinned the boy down, forcing bloody flesh toward his mouth.
• A young man and a woman arrived, and the shirted man claimed he was rescuing the girl from the boy.
• The boy struggled to get the young man’s attention and shouted that the flesh was his parents’ remains and that the men had evil intentions toward his little sister.

Lu Li rescued a boy and his sister, then began repairing the Copy Mirror with Adamantine despite its enormous cost. Elsewhere, Lu Zhongxian confronted Liu Wuya’s convoy and demanded to know where Qiao'er was.

• Lu Li broke the shirted man's arm and jaw, killed him and his companions, and urged the boy to loot the bodies and grow stronger.
• Lu Li used hundreds of kilograms of Adamantine to repair only a tiny crack in the Copy Mirror, then decided to continue the costly repair as an investment.
• Liu Wuya ordered his subordinates to dispose of Zhao Mou's body and head into Sea City, but the convoy did not move.
• Lu Zhongxian appeared above the convoy, and Zhao Mou greeted him with feigned surprise.
• Lu Zhongxian remained in the air and asked where Qiao'er was.

Lu Zhongxian slaughtered the Liu Family convoy and told Zhao Mou and Zhao Qiao'er that his intervention did not mean he had forgiven the Zhao Family. Meanwhile, Lu Li ordered Li Luo to avoid a risky attempt on Zhao Qiao'er and continued repairing the Copy Mirror, whose copying function had recovered.

• Lu Zhongxian summoned ten Blindfolded Angels and wiped out more than a hundred Liu Family members, declaring that he had come on Lu Hemu's orders to purge their branch.
• Lu Zhongxian told Zhao Mou to take Zhao Qiao'er to Sea City and join the Lu Family, while making clear he would offer little help and still hated the Zhao Family.
• Zhao Qiao'er called Lu Zhongxian her father, but he rejected the Zhao surname and told her to return to the car.
• Li Luo asked Lu Li whether to kill Zhao Qiao'er, but Lu Li told him to wait because the middle-aged man might notice and the mission was to collect spoils, not take risks.
• Lu Li continued feeding gold bricks into the Copy Mirror and found that its copying function had recovered while its shattered surface was still being repaired.

Lu Li upgraded the Copy Mirror to Mythic quality and used it to duplicate Stamina Power Banks, gathering insect shell fragments through Lin Tianxia, Liu Wenjian, and the Global Trading Market. After having the banks charged, he gained the stamina reserves of 210 people and prepared for more sustained fighting.

• Lu Li raised the Copy Mirror to Mythic quality, then discovered that copying a Perfect Stamina Power Bank required Adamantine, a Sixth-Order Mana Crystal, and insect creature shell fragments.
• Lu Li asked Lin Tianxia to gather shell fragments, then copied two Stamina Power Banks and sent them to Liu Wenjian to be charged.
• Lu Li had Liu Wenjian charge the power banks and posted a bulk buying request for insect shell fragments, prompting arguments among Players in the trading channel.
• Lu Li bought more than 2,000 kilograms of shell fragments, copied additional Stamina Power Banks, and had Liu Wenjian arrange for them to be charged.
• Lu Li received the fully charged power banks and gained access to the complete stamina reserves of 210 people, easing his fear of running out of stamina.

Lu Li took advantage of the unattended wreckage of the Liu Family convoy to collect its corpses, while Liu Wenjian continued pursuing Liu Yaoxiu to strengthen his claim as Liu Family Head. The Lu Family squad that arrived afterward found the battlefield empty and began searching for the culprit, fearing a Ghoul King was nearby.

• Liu Wenjian told Lu Li that Jiang City was under martial law to capture Liu Yaoxiu, who had escaped three times by using [Undying Cicada Shell] to teleport after death.
• Lu Li praised Liu Wenjian’s leadership and suggested posting a bounty and cooperating with other factions to hunt Liu Yaoxiu.
• Lu Li used [Peeping Eye] to discover that Lu Zhongxian was alone and the Lu Family cleanup squad would not arrive for ten minutes, then sent his Soul Soldiers and Soul Guards to collect the Liu Family convoy’s corpses.
• A Lu Family squad reached the battlefield after Lu Li left and found no corpses among the wrecked vehicles.
• The squad leader feared a Ghoul King might have taken the bodies and ordered the team to search the surrounding area for either the Player or the monster.

Liu Wuya and three surviving Liu Family disciples escaped through Sea City in the Cockroach Mimic Car, where they discovered the Liu Family had been slaughtered. Convinced Lu Li was tied to the Lu Family, Liu Wuya ordered the car to flee, but something trapped and lifted it.

• Liu Wuya saw the Liu Family corpses throughout Sea City and suspected the Lu Family had attacked them because of Liu Chang's conflict with Lu Li.
• Liu Wuya asked the mysterious informant whether Lu Li belonged to the Lu Family, but the informant replied, "Don't know."
• Liu Wuya concluded the informant was trying to manipulate him into attacking Lu Li and decided to flee Sea City instead.
• Liu Wuya ordered the Cockroach Mimic Car to turn around, but it suddenly rolled over and became wedged in a narrow gap.
• Liu Wuya felt the Cockroach Mimic Car being wrapped up and lifted while the three Liu Family disciples panicked.