Chapter Summaries

Chris and Jin Shengyu discussed how to kill Hu Chan and Yu Ziying without provoking Nanrong University or Zhao Longfei, then planned to watch for them to leave Southern Glory. Qin Siyang carried Hu Chan to the Guesthouse while Zhao Longfei followed, intent on learning the identities of the newcomers.

• Chris refused to consider killing Qin Siyang, warning that the World Salvation Church could not withstand the consequences of attacking him.
• Jin Shengyu argued that Hu Chan and Yu Ziying would eventually have to leave Southern Glory, where they could be ambushed.
• Chris proposed returning after the Church’s Prayer Meeting and using Hu Chan’s absence as grounds to force him out of office.
• Jin Shengyu messaged his subordinates to make Hu Chan and Yu Ziying’s lives unpleasant, while Chris warned him not to provoke Zhao Longfei.
• Qin Siyang carried Hu Chan toward the Guesthouse as Wu Yu carried the frail man, and Zhao Longfei followed to investigate their identities.

Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei dealt with online accusations against Nanrong University, while Wu Yu discussed a new device for identifying Sequence abilities. Wu Yu reaffirmed that he would stay in Nanrong as long as Li Tianming remained there.

• Zhao Longfei learned that forum posts accused Nanrong University of sheltering possible Snake Cards fugitives and asked Secretary Lin to bury the posts.
• Qin Siyang told Zhao Longfei he knew who had spread the accusations and would explain later.
• Wu Yu told Qin Siyang he was developing a device that could identify Sequence information from a user's skills.
• Wu Yu explained that his limited supply of Blood Moon Blind Spider eyes allowed him to make only ten devices, so Zhao Longfei decided to reserve them for Nanrong's people and give one each to Sifang and Gu Yunpeng.
• Wu Yu rejected Zhao Longfei's attempt to persuade him to settle down in Nanrong, saying he would stay as long as Li Tianming did.

Qin Siyang revealed that one of the unconscious men was Hu Chan, the Holy Son of the World Salvation Church, and asked Zhao Longfei to protect him. Zhao Longfei agreed that Nanrong University could protect Hu Chan as one of its students, but warned that the other man’s presence complicated the decision.

• Zhao Longfei learned that Wu Yu would let Li Tianming decide whether to join Nanrong University’s Board of Trustees.
• Qin Siyang used the Bird-Shaped Lie Detector to identify the unconscious man as Hu Chan, the Holy Son of the World Salvation Church.
• Zhao Longfei realized Hu Chan was likely being hunted by members of his own church and said interfering in the church’s internal affairs could be risky.
• Qin Siyang argued that Hu Chan’s treasure-finding abilities would benefit him, Nanrong University, and the Zhao Merchants' Association.
• Zhao Longfei said Nanrong University could protect Hu Chan as one of its students, but noted that Hu Chan had not come alone.

Qin Siyang refused to protect Hu Chan until he knew both rescued people's identities, then discovered that the frail man was Hu Chan and the familiar-looking middle-aged man was a woman. Hu Chan woke as Qin Siyang was straddling him and fastening his dirty jacket, leaving Qin Siyang unsure how to explain.

• Zhao Longfei checked the unconscious pair, said they would recover, and left Qin Siyang to identify them before asking for his help.
• Qin Siyang changed the frail man's outer clothes and realized he was muscular and likely a high-level Sequence Ability User.
• Qin Siyang discovered that the middle-aged man was a woman and recognized that the frail man was Hu Chan in disguise.
• Qin Siyang worried about the woman's importance to Hu Chan, then put Hu Chan's dirty jacket back on him to treat them equally.
• Hu Chan woke while Qin Siyang was straddling him and buttoning his jacket, and Qin Siyang wondered how to explain the scene.

Qin Siyang confronted Hu Chan after saving him and his companion, demanding to know who the woman was before sheltering them. Hu Chan refused to reveal her identity, leaving Qin Siyang insisting that Zhao Longfei also deserved an explanation.

• Qin Siyang claimed he had recognized Hu Chan because Hu Chan talked in his sleep, and Hu Chan grew alarmed that his secrets might have been exposed.
• After Qin Siyang accused Hu Chan of showing killing intent, Hu Chan denied wanting to harm him and apologized for his reaction.
• Qin Siyang refused to let Hu Chan leave his friend behind and said he had saved them because she was with Hu Chan, not out of charity.
• Qin Siyang used the Bird-Shaped Lie Detector to expose Hu Chan's claim that his friend was ordinary as a lie.
• Qin Siyang demanded that Hu Chan explain who his friend was, warning that she could not stay at Nanrong University and that Zhao Longfei deserved an explanation too.

Qin Siyang learned that Yu Ziying was the World Salvation Church’s black-robed Guardian and that Hu Chan had joined forces with Chris, Zhang Yingrui, and Jin Shengyu to seize power while trying to cure her. After Zhao Longfei revealed Yu Ziying’s history, he agreed to protect Hu Chan and his companion but dismissed Yu Ziying as someone who was already dead.

• Hu Chan revealed that Yu Ziying was the black-robed Guardian, who had adopted him and supported his rise within the World Salvation Church.
• Hu Chan explained that he, Chris, Zhang Yingrui, and Jin Shengyu had joined forces to kill rival claimants and take control of the Church after Yu Ziying fell ill.
• Qin Siyang learned that Hu Chan had sought the titan reed inner leaf fragment to treat Yu Ziying and suspected that Chris and Jin Shengyu wanted to keep her from recovering.
• Qin Siyang reported Yu Ziying’s identity to Zhao Longfei, who explained that Yu Ziying had killed the former black-robed Guardian and reclaimed her father Yu Tianze’s Church before being presumed dead.
• Zhao Longfei agreed to protect Hu Chan and his companion but said Yu Ziying had nothing to do with him because she was already dead.

Qin Siyang arranged for Yu Ziying and Hu Chan to stay at the Guesthouse under Zhao Longfei’s conditions, then met Wen Shu in the lounge. Wen Shu brought him hot congee, and he ate while she watched him.

• Qin Siyang told Yu Ziying and Hu Chan that Zhao Longfei would shelter them only if Yu Ziying remained officially dead and did not cause Nanrong University trouble.
• Qin Siyang offered Yu Ziying a vacant room and let Hu Chan share his room temporarily, with Hu Chan agreeing to pay half the rent.
• Qin Siyang messaged Wen Shu and met her in the Guesthouse lounge to talk about bringing Hu Chan and Yu Ziying back safely.
• Wen Shu ordered vegetable and egg drop congee for Qin Siyang and brought it to the lounge.
• Qin Siyang ate the congee while Wen Shu watched him, and he said it tasted good.

Qin Siyang and Hu Chan settled in for the night after Qin Siyang enjoyed a relaxing bath and reflected on the people he had saved. Hu Chan lay awake, anxious about owing Qin Siyang and living at his mercy.

• Qin Siyang let Hu Chan share his bed after Hu Chan insisted on waiting for him to choose where they would sleep.
• Qin Siyang checked the Earth Calendar, tore off the page for June 20, 2010, and wondered whether saving two people would bring him trouble.
• Qin Siyang noticed Hu Chan was pretending to sleep and learned Hu Chan feared accidentally revealing something in his sleep.
• Hu Chan watched Qin Siyang fall asleep and worried about repaying his debt, concluding Qin Siyang would likely decide how to use him.

Hu Chan explained that Chris and Jin Shengyu had weakened his faction and prepared to replace him as Holy Son, then bargained with Qin Siyang for help. The chapter ended with Hu Chan offering a Tier Four bracelet as collateral for Zhang Yingrui’s body.

• Hu Chan told Qin Siyang that Chris and Jin Shengyu had attacked his allies and were ready to kill him and install a puppet Holy Son.
• Hu Chan admitted he had chosen to neglect the Church’s power struggle while helping Qin Siyang hunt gods, and Qin Siyang refused to accept blame for Hu Chan’s losses.
• Qin Siyang demanded that Hu Chan accompany him outside the Safe Zone three more times before they discussed another favor, and Hu Chan agreed.
• Hu Chan asked Qin Siyang for Zhang Yingrui’s body so he could use its information to save his life, while Qin Siyang insisted on examining it first.
• Hu Chan offered his Tier Four bracelet as collateral for Zhang Yingrui’s body.

Qin Siyang received Hu Chan’s mental-attack-blocking bracelet and traded him Zhang Yingrui’s corpse, then went to Zhao Longfei to demand a level-five Library access card for Wen Shu. Zhao Longfei offered only level-three access, and Qin Siyang refused to accept less.

• Hu Chan gave Qin Siyang a Tier-Four bracelet that blocked one mental skill attack, and Qin Siyang named it the Pure-Brightness Bracelet.
• Qin Siyang handed Zhang Yingrui’s corpse to Hu Chan and warned him to return it in the same condition.
• Qin Siyang asked Hu Chan to find Yu Ziying a suitably high-status fake identity, then decided to visit the Principal’s Office for Wen Shu’s Library access.
• Qin Siyang demanded a level-five Library access card from Zhao Longfei, who ordered Lin Yaman to issue him a level-three card instead.
• Qin Siyang insisted that he had come for level-five access and would accept nothing less.

Qin Siyang asked Principal Zhao Longfei for level-five library access, but Zhao refused because it would imply a status and authority Qin had not earned. Qin accepted a level-three card, and Zhao told him that higher access required higher status in everyone’s eyes.

• Qin Siyang argued that his contributions and connections justified level-five library access, while Zhao Longfei insisted that university rules reserved it for Board of Trustees members.
• Zhao Longfei explained that granting level-five access signaled trustee-level status and could undermine Nanrong University’s order.
• Qin Siyang offered to support Little Zhao’s merchants’ association plan in exchange for access, but Zhao refused to compromise Southern Glory’s interests.
• Zhao Longfei offered level-three access, explaining that Qin could receive level four only if he used it himself rather than sharing it with someone outside the university.
• Lin Yaman gave Qin Siyang a level-three access card, and Zhao told him that higher access required status recognized by everyone.

Zhao Longfei explained to Lin Yaman why he believed Qin Siyang was capable of building the Zhao Merchants' Association and guiding him as a leader. Qin Siyang gave Wen Shu a Level Three Library access card and admitted he did not know when his dangerous path would end, only that he wanted everyone around him to live without worries.

• Lin Yaman questioned Zhao Longfei's high opinion of Qin Siyang, and he said Qin's resourcefulness and potential mattered more than his background or luck.
• Zhao Longfei predicted Qin Siyang would take his advice about order to heart, while Lin Yaman asked whether he had told Qin about the professors' paper hearing.
• Qin Siyang reflected on Zhao Longfei's advice and realized a leader had to think beyond fighting and protecting those nearby.
• Qin Siyang gave Wen Shu a Level Three Library access card, and she worried that he had risked his life to get it.
• Qin Siyang told Wen Shu that events were already in motion and said he wanted them all to live without worries, though he did not know when his path would stop.

Qin Siyang went to find Li Tianming to arrange memory readings but learned that his research papers had been blocked by reviewers seeking leverage over his rare materials. He resolved to attend the hearing, keep his materials, and get the papers published rather than yield to pressure.

• Qin Siyang accepted Wen Shu’s Library access card and left after she promised to find a chance to thank him.
• Qin Siyang went to the Miracle Building to ask Li Tianming to arrange memory readings from Zhang Yingrui and Yamamoto Taro, but Li Tianming was away for Father’s Day.
• Zhang Kuang told Qin Siyang that reviewers across several institutions had held up his papers because they questioned his contributions and wanted to bargain for his rare materials.
• Zhang Kuang explained that more than fifty professors had signed up for a government hearing and that Qin Siyang’s research points were tied to his special admission privilege.
• Qin Siyang refused to surrender his materials or abandon the papers, declaring that he would publish them despite the pressure.

Qin Siyang learned that Lu Daoxing was exhausted from inventing new God-Hunting Artifacts to meet a debt contract’s ban on duplicate repayments, and he helped make sure Lu got food. While exploring Nanrong University, Qin Siyang discovered its God Arena and wondered why Old Li had not told him about it.

• Qin Siyang spoke with Lu Daoxing, who explained that the Ministry of Economic Affairs had rejected five identical Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts because a contract clause prohibited duplicate artifacts as debt repayment.
• Lu Daoxing said he was struggling to invent new artifacts and refused to use bluewater glass star ore, which he considered their trump card.
• Lu Daoxing gave Qin Siyang food from Yang Dan, but Qin Siyang found it moldy and realized Lu had likely lost track of time while working.
• Qin Siyang ordered a fresh meal, left it by Lu Daoxing's laboratory with a note urging him to eat and rest, and Lu later decided to take a break.
• Qin Siyang explored Nanrong University and discovered the Combat Arena and God Arena, then wondered why Old Li had not mentioned the latter.

Qin Siyang learned why Southern Glory had a Combat Arena and how its students settled disputes through strength. Xie Hongbo warned him that top students resented the special privilege in his admission agreement and might challenge him.

• A security guard stopped Qin Siyang from entering the God Arena because he had not passed its Fundamentals course, but said he could enter the Combat Arena.
• After Qin Siyang revealed his identity, Xie Hongbo explained that Southern Glory built the Combat Arena because students often fought and killed one another.
• Xie Hongbo contrasted Southern Glory’s equal standing for students with the family-based hierarchies at Eastern Glory University, Western Glory University, and Zhongrong University.
• Xie Hongbo told Qin Siyang that top students across Southern Glory’s four years questioned whether he deserved the privilege of creating privileges in his special admission agreement.
• Xie Hongbo warned Qin Siyang that students might come looking for trouble, though they probably would not ambush him.

Qin Siyang watched Shi Tao win a bloody duel over a Black Market stall, then was recognized and warned that Shi Tao would challenge him after he enrolled. Qin Siyang decided not to wait and planned to seek Shi Tao out first.

• Qin Siyang left Xie Hongbo and went to watch the crowd outside Nanrong University's Combat Arena.
• Shi Tao emerged bloodied after defeating Zhang Zhenduo, whose companions carried him to the infirmary.
• Shi Tao explained that he had fought for a Black Market stall and challenged the absent Ban Dingyuan to face him when he returned.
• A student recognized Qin Siyang, and Qin admitted his identity to the crowd.
• Shi Tao introduced himself and said he would come after Qin once Qin had settled into university life for half a semester.
• Qin learned that Shi Tao was a Wolf Cards Club 2 member and decided to challenge him before the five-month wait was over.

Qin Siyang was challenged by second-year student Rong Xin, who wanted him to prove he deserved his special admission agreement. After postponing the duel because Zhao Longfei had summoned him, Qin Siyang arranged to fight Rong Xin in three days at the Combat Arena.

• Rong Xin and two other students blocked Qin Siyang and demanded that he duel Rong Xin to prove his strength.
• Rong Xin explained that he had once considered himself a genius but had accepted his place as an ordinary student at Nanrong University.
• Rong Xin said that defeating him, a second-year ranked among the top fifty in practical combat, could quiet many second-years' objections to Qin Siyang.
• Qin Siyang received a message from Zhao Longfei and postponed the fight, then proposed that Rong Xin spread the word about a duel three days later at noon.
• Qin Siyang said he might need to prepare to face Shi Tao but did not need to prepare to fight Rong Xin.

Qin Siyang joined Zhao Longfei, Zhao Sifang, and Gu Yunpeng to review the Zhao Merchants' Association's plan to issue Crystal Coins. The proposal called for cooperating with the United Government to create a higher-denomination currency for Sequence Ability Users.

• Rong Xin accepted Qin Siyang's challenge and arranged to publicize their fight at the Combat Arena in three days.
• Qin Siyang went to Zhao Longfei's office, where Zhao Sifang introduced the Merchants' Association's new business proposal.
• Qin Siyang learned that the proposal involved the association's Crimson Crystal and questioned Zhao Sifang about why he had not been told earlier.
• Zhao Sifang admitted that his father and Zhao Longfei had told him not to disclose the plan, and Qin Siyang accepted his explanation.
• Qin Siyang read the currency issuance plan and discovered it proposed government-backed Crystal Coins for Sequence Ability Users.

The Zhao Merchants' Association proposed issuing Crystal Coins with Crimson Crystal embedded in platinum to ease barter among high-level Sequence Ability Users and challenge the Three Major Merchants' Associations. Qin Siyang recognized the plan’s significance but asked what he would gain, since the coins depended on his Crimson Crystals.

• The proposal argued that barter was hindering trade among Sequence Ability Users and that a trusted new currency could solve the problem.
• Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei planned to issue platinum Crystal Coins embedded with Crimson Crystal, using the currency to expand the Zhao Merchants' Association's influence.
• Zhao Longfei anxiously waited for Qin Siyang to approve using his Crimson Crystals, while Gu Yunpeng said he supported the plan.
• Qin Siyang praised the plan's significance, then asked Zhao Longfei what he would get out of it.

Qin Siyang demanded a tangible return for supplying the Zhao Merchants' Association with a Crimson Crystal and revealed that he owned two. Zhao Longfei struggled to meet Qin Siyang's requests, then received an urgent visitor and began considering a new approach.

• Qin Siyang told Gu Yunpeng that the Crimson Crystal being used to make Crystal Coins belonged to him, and explained that he had secretly supplied the Zhao Merchants' Association with his second Crimson Crystal.
• Gu Yunpeng and Zhao Sifang pressed Zhao Longfei to fairly compensate Qin Siyang, who asked for the location of an Abyss Hound or Blood Moon Spider and information on yellow-silver star ore.
• Zhao Longfei refused Qin Siyang's requests and took a call from Secretary Lin, who said Chu Xiaoang had arrived at the university and urgently wanted to see him.
• Zhao Longfei told Secretary Lin to look after Chu Xiaoang, then eyed the Storage Box on his desk and Qin Siyang before dialing another number.