Chapter Summaries

Hao Liang explained to Qin Siyang why the United Government had secured its power and revealed his reasons for planning to overthrow it. Qin Siyang refused to join him, and Hao Liang left the reason for telling him unexplained.

• Qin Siyang challenged Hao Liang's plan to overthrow the United Government, and Hao Liang called the Safe Zone neither safe nor a zone.
• Hao Liang recounted how the United Government used the Sequence Ability Users' protest and subsequent factional conflicts to demonstrate its power and strengthen its standing.
• Qin Siyang asked why Hao Liang would challenge the United Government alone, and Hao Liang said earlier conspirators and their families had been killed.
• Hao Liang said he had loved his wife, but believed she had never loved him and that the child was not his.
• Qin Siyang thanked Hao Liang for telling him the truth but refused to join his plan, and Hao Liang said he did not know why he had shared it.

Qin Siyang learned that Hao Liang planned to create a God-Hunting Artifact to remove the scent of disc carapace, while Hao Liang continued his secret effort to oppose the United Government. After Chu Baxing told him Zheng Mubian had come to meet him, Qin Siyang left to hear what the Chu Character Legion chief of staff wanted.

• Qin Siyang told Hao Liang that the Multi-Headed Weasel’s substances could wash away the scent of disc carapace, and Hao Liang offered to develop an artifact to help him.
• Hao Liang said he intended to become the spark for the Blazing Prairie Fire and promised to keep Old Li and the others from being implicated.
• Chu Baxing called Qin Siyang, admitted he knew Qin Siyang and Hu Chan had hunted gods together, and said Zheng Mubian wanted to meet him.
• Qin Siyang agreed to return to meet Zheng Mubian after learning he had already met Principal Zhao to conclude an earlier deal.
• Hao Liang praised Qin Siyang’s potential and offered him unconditional support before Qin Siyang left.

Qin Siyang met Zheng Mubian, who came to thank him for providing the titan reed inner leaf fragment that saved his life. Zheng Mubian offered help with Qin Siyang’s plans for a Sequence Regiment, and Qin Siyang asked how to turn an ordinary regiment into one.

• Qin Siyang arrived at Room 1006 and told Zheng Mubian he wanted Huo Dangkou removed from their confidential discussion because others might question him about what he overheard.
• Chu Baxing moved Huo Dangkou to his bed, then activated Conversation Shielding as he complained about caring for him.
• Zheng Mubian thanked Qin Siyang for the titan reed fragment and offered him a gift connected to the Sequence Regiment.
• Qin Siyang reasoned that he needed help recruiting personnel, since he had funding but did not know how to recruit suitable soldiers.
• Qin Siyang asked Zheng Mubian how an ordinary regiment could be turned into a Sequence Regiment.

Qin Siyang tried to avoid owing the Chu Character Legion a favor, but Zheng Mubian saw through his maneuvering and forced him to hear how ordinary people could become Sequence Ability Users. As Zheng Mubian dismissed the Zhao Family’s knowledge of the method, Qin Siyang began to suspect that Zheng’s remarks concealed something.

• Zheng Mubian questioned Qin Siyang about how he had guessed that a method existed for turning ordinary people into Sequence Ability Users, and Qin Siyang said he had inferred it from the Legion’s recruitment needs.
• Qin Siyang tried to change the subject and then asked Zheng Mubian to settle any conditions before revealing the method, but Zheng said he had decided Qin was worth telling without conditions.
• Zheng Mubian accused Qin Siyang of trying to learn that the method existed and then get the details from someone else without owing the Chu Character Legion a favor; Qin admitted nothing, but his sheepish smile confirmed Zheng’s suspicion to Chu Baxing.
• Zheng Mubian insisted Qin Siyang see the conversation through, and Qin reluctantly accepted a favor from the Chu Character Legion.
• Zheng Mubian claimed the Zhao Family brothers did not know the method and argued that they would have formed a Zhao Character Legion if they did, while Qin doubted his assessment of the Zhao Family.
• Qin Siyang suddenly wondered why Zheng Mubian, an experienced schemer, would so badly underestimate the Zhao Family.

Zheng Mubian explained a method for increasing ordinary people’s chances of awakening sequences and warned Qin Siyang that its randomness threatened military order. The chapter ended with Qin considering how awakening could disrupt rank and obedience in an army.

• Zheng Mubian told Qin Siyang that more than ten methods for awakening sequences existed and shared one jointly held by the Chu Character Legion and the Qin Character Legion, demanding secrecy.
• Zheng Mubian explained that the method required living above the complete remains of a medium god, taking sequence potions, and regularly fighting gods under a Sequence Ability User’s protection.
• Qin Siyang questioned why the method was not widely known, and Zheng Mubian described its cost, danger, and unpredictable results.
• Zheng Mubian taught Qin Siyang that obedience and order were an army’s foundations, supported by a respected promotion system.
• Zheng Mubian warned that random sequence awakenings could undermine military hierarchy, asking whether Qin would still obey a platoon leader if Qin awakened while the leader remained ordinary.

Qin Siyang questioned Zheng Mubian about maintaining military order and helping ordinary people awaken sequences, but Zheng urged him to find his own approach. After Qin left, Chu Xiaoang told Chu Baxing that Zheng’s conversation had been meant to teach him, and Chu Baxing admitted he was inferior to Qin.

• Zheng Mubian explained that sequence awakenings had fueled power struggles and mutinies, and said he could not offer Qin Siyang a universal solution for preserving military order.
• Qin Siyang asked Zheng Mubian about god corpses disappearing outside Safe Zones and about how many Sequence Potions soldiers needed; Zheng answered that the causes and amounts depended on other experts and available resources.
• Qin Siyang asked whether recruiting people from the United Government could make sequence awakening easier, and Zheng warned him not to fixate on shortcuts.
• Qin Siyang left Zheng Mubian and Huo Dangkou, and Zheng revealed that Chu Xiaoang had listened to their conversation by phone.
• Chu Xiaoang told Chu Baxing that Zheng had analyzed Qin Siyang's thinking for his benefit, and Chu Baxing said he was not as good as Qin; Chu Xiaoang replied that he was nowhere close.

Chu Xiaoang explained to Chu Baxing why Qin Siyang and other young people surpassed him, and taught him to understand the pressures Hua Weicai had faced. After Chu Xiaoang urged Chu Baxing to learn from Qin Siyang, he and Zheng Mubian worried that their efforts to conceal the Zhao Family’s secret might have exposed it.

• Chu Baxing accepted that Qin Siyang outshone him but vowed to keep improving until he surpassed him.
• Chu Xiaoang compared Chu Baxing with Qin Siyang, Zhao Sifang, Hu Chan, and Hua Weicai, then explained that Hua Weicai had been forced to take a risky stand to prove his worth to the Lotus Cloud Merchants' Association.
• Chu Baxing acknowledged that he had misunderstood Hua Weicai’s predicament, and Chu Xiaoang warned him that survival mattered most in their unstable world.
• Chu Xiaoang told Chu Baxing to speak less and learn more from Qin Siyang, whom he considered qualified to teach him.
• Zheng Mubian worried that his repeated denials about the Zhao Family’s ability to awaken sequence abilities had made Qin Siyang suspect the truth, and Chu Xiaoang shared his concern.

Qin Siyang warned Zhao Longfei that the Chu Character Legion might know the Zhao Family was secretly raising Sequence Ability Users. Zhao Longfei told Zhao Longteng the secret was exposed, and the brothers began considering betrayal within their family and who they could trust.

• Qin Siyang told Zhao Longfei that Zheng Mubian’s dismissive remarks about the Zhao Family might have been a ploy to conceal the Chu Character Legion’s knowledge of its secret army.
• Zhao Longfei thanked Qin Siyang, then called Zhao Longteng to report that the secret was out.
• Zhao Longteng suspected one of their relatives had leaked the secret, and said he would investigate and deal with the traitors.
• Zhao Longfei agreed to explain the killings to their younger sister after Zhao Longteng reminded him that he had handled that duty last time.
• Zhao Longteng suggested trusting Zhao Longju with important responsibilities, reasoning that Qin Siyang’s trust in Zhao Longfei made an outsider worth considering.

Zhao Longteng gathered Zhao Family relatives to expose those who had betrayed him and leaked the family’s plan to form a Sequence Force. He had Zhao Longju kill the conspirators, then told Zhao Sifang to recognize Longju as his Fourth Uncle.

• Zhao Longteng asked the Zhao Family elders who had leaked the plan to form a Sequence Force, while Zhao Sifang and Zhao Longju learned of the plan for the first time.
• Zhao Longteng accused the three family branches of betrayal and explained that the guilty relatives had attended because Zhao Sifang’s presence made them think they were safe.
• The relatives tried to use their Sequence Abilities and flee, but found they could not use their powers.
• Zhao Longju used his Sequence Ability to kill the relatives, then thanked Zhao Longteng for trusting him.
• Zhao Longteng told Zhao Longju to call him Big Brother and instructed Zhao Sifang to call Longju Fourth Uncle.

Wang Defa faced execution by Old Snake after his boss discovered he had taken money from both sides, and he pleaded for his family to be spared. Old Snake hinted that proving Qin Siyang had paid him could change everything, but Wang Defa had no way to contact Qin Siyang.

• A customer found Wang Defa's Internet Cafe closed without warning and left.
• Old Snake confronted Wang Defa in a warehouse, explaining that his boss had ordered Wang Defa killed for concealing information and spending two silver coins.
• Wang Defa begged Old Snake to spare his wife and children, but learned that the boss intended to eliminate his family and Wang Defa's associates A Zhong and A You as well.
• Old Snake urged Wang Defa to prove that Qin Siyang had given him the silver coins, saying that could change everything.
• Wang Defa's wife urged him to contact Qin Siyang, but Wang Defa said he had no way to reach him as a phone began ringing.

Qin Siyang tried to recruit the three Wang brothers to command his Sequence Regiment, but his call to Wang Defa revealed that Du Wei was threatening to kill the family. Qin Siyang promised to act, leaving Wang Defa and his family waiting for help with only ten minutes to spare.

• Qin Siyang considered how to build his Sequence Regiment and decided the three Wang brothers were his best choices for trusted commanders.
• Qin Siyang called Wang Defa to sound him out about joining, but Wang Defa's wife cried out that someone was trying to kill them.
• Wang Defa told Qin Siyang that Du Wei had sent people to kill his family and was also targeting Wang Deyou and Wang Dezhong.
• Wang Defa explained that Old Snake, the old friend assigned to kill him, could stall for ten minutes, and Qin Siyang told him to wait for further word.
• Wang Defa wept with relief as Old Snake stood by him, while Wang Defa vowed that his family would thank Old Snake if he survived.

Deputy Bureau Chief Du Wei reviewed Zhou Xing’s disappearance while arranging Wang Defa’s murder to conceal his own crimes. Mayor Chen Zhongming warned him to stop breaking the law, prompting Du Wei to urgently order Wang Defa released.

• Du Wei took command of the Police Bureau while Cui Zhonghua was on leave and searched Olof’s unsolved cases for a way to prove himself.
• Du Wei focused on Zhou Xing’s disappearance and worried that the Internet Cafe and its witnesses had become liabilities.
• Du Wei called his subordinate and demanded results on the attempt to kill Wang Defa, learning that Old Snake wanted to speak with him first.
• Mayor Chen Zhongming called Du Wei and warned him to stop his wrongdoing.
• Du Wei realized the warning might concern Wang Defa and frantically ordered his subordinate to let him go.

Wang Defa and his family were spared after Qin Siyang intervened, and Wang Defa later met with Du Wei, the boss who had wanted him dead. The chapter ended with Wang Defa cautiously accepting Du Wei’s silver coin while warning his family not to assume Qin Siyang would protect them.

• Three men told Wang Defa that Qin Siyang had ordered him released, and Old Snake stayed with him while the others waited outside.
• Wang Defa thanked Qin Siyang for saving his family, but Qin Siyang told him to take his family home and open an electronic account for a benefits allowance.
• Old Snake praised Qin Siyang and left after Wang Defa thanked him for his help.
• Du Wei visited Wang Defa, asked him to invite Qin Siyang to dinner, and gave him a silver coin as an apology.
• Wang Defa told his wife not to mistake Qin Siyang’s kindness for a promise of protection and advised her to be cautious.
• Wang Defa told his wife to use Du Wei’s silver coin for clothes and food for the family.

Wang Defa received five silver coins from Qin Siyang and shared some with Wang Dezhong and Wang Deyou, while Qin Siyang tried to reach Li Tianming and learned he was away. After Hu Chan told Qin Siyang that Chu Baxing was about to fight Rong Xin, Qin Siyang headed to the Combat Arena to watch.

• Wang Defa woke to Qin Siyang's transfer of five silver coins and explained to his wife that he was risking his life for valuable pay.
• Wang Defa received Qin Siyang's message telling him to rest, then sent one silver coin each to Wang Dezhong and Wang Deyou.
• Qin Siyang failed to reach Li Tianming, but Chen Fenghe told him Li was away visiting an important friend and would return near the end of the month.
• Qin Siyang cursed Li Tianming for keeping in touch with Chen Fenghe but not him, then spoke with Hu Chan.
• Hu Chan told Qin Siyang that Chu Baxing and Rong Xin were about to fight, and Qin Siyang hurried to the Combat Arena to watch.

Chu Baxing defeated Rong Xin in the Combat Arena, though the match left both men looking unhappy and Chu Baxing seemed especially dejected. As Qin Siyang and Hu Chan prepared to leave, someone revealed that four Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts had been destroyed.

• Chu Baxing waited for Qin Siyang to arrive before entering the Combat Arena with Rong Xin, who had borrowed five Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts from Shi Tao.
• Qin Siyang told Hu Chan that Chu Baxing was likely stronger than Rong Xin and predicted Rong Xin had a ninety percent chance of losing.
• Chu Baxing reached 30 points first and won the match against Rong Xin in under three minutes.
• Chu Baxing left looking aggrieved, while Rong Xin sighed, and Qin Siyang and Hu Chan discussed returning Zhang Yingrui's corpse.
• Someone in the crowd cried out that four of their Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts had been destroyed.

After Rong Xin lost four Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts to Chu Baxing, Hu Chan challenged him to a Combat Arena match, offering four replacement artifacts if Rong Xin won. Rong Xin accepted with Shi Tao’s Tier-Four artifact, giving Hu Chan the chance to prove himself against someone he believed he could defeat.

• Shi Tao confronted Rong Xin over the four Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts Chu Baxing had broken, and Rong Xin agreed to pay for half the loss.
• Hu Chan heard Qin Siyang call Chu Baxing the second-strongest freshman and returned in his true appearance.
• Hu Chan offered Rong Xin four Tier-Three God-Hunting Artifacts if Rong Xin beat him, while promising to demand nothing if he lost.
• Shi Tao urged Rong Xin to accept and lent him a Tier-Four God-Hunting Artifact, insisting it could not be broken.
• Rong Xin accepted Hu Chan’s challenge, and Hu Chan felt relieved that he would finally get a chance to prove himself.

Qin Siyang offered Wang Defa, Wang Deyou, and Wang Dezhong the chance to awaken sequence abilities and work for him. The brothers accepted and prepared to move their families to Qin Siyang’s location, where cars would collect them.

• Qin Siyang called the three Wang brothers and asked whether they were willing to help him with a dangerous job.
• Wang Defa explained that the brothers had nothing left to lose after the Apocalypse ruined their livelihoods, and Wang Deyou and Wang Dezhong agreed.
• Qin Siyang offered to help all three brothers awaken sequence abilities and employ them.
• Wang Defa asked whether their families could come too, and Qin Siyang agreed to arrange protection and send a car for everyone.
• After the call, Wang Defa told his brothers to inform their families, sell what they could, and prepare to leave together.

Qin Siyang recounted his encounter with the Nightmare Lantern Tree to the professors, who theorized that it repeatedly trapped victims in beautiful dream lives until they chose to abandon reality. The chapter ended with Li Tianming questioning why Qin Siyang’s ordeal stopped after only one dream.

• Qin Siyang asked Edward to organize a convoy to bring Wang Defa’s family to Area No. 7, and Edward eagerly agreed.
• Qin Siyang arrived at the Miracle Building and found Li Tianming back with the professors after a month away.
• Li Tianming asked Qin Siyang about surviving the Nightmare Lantern Tree, and Qin Siyang described his and Hu Chan’s experience.
• Chang Tianxiang and Chang Tianxiong theorized that the tree attacked victims repeatedly until they chose to remain in its false dream life.
• Li Tianming noted that other victims endured multiple dream choices, then asked why Qin Siyang’s ordeal ended after one.

Qin Siyang discussed the Nightmare Lantern Tree survivors with Li Tianming and the professors, then agreed to look after Li Pengfei while Li Tianming was busy. He revealed that he had collected everything needed to begin the [Path of the Believer], drawing the professors’ attention.

• Qin Siyang asked how anyone survived the Nightmare Lantern Tree’s attack, and Li Tianming explained that the United Government’s claim came from an unknown source.
• Li Tianming asked Qin Siyang to take Li Pengfei to school, pick him up, and let him stay at his Guesthouse, and Qin Siyang agreed.
• Qin Siyang told Li Tianming that he had collected all the materials needed to start the [Path of the Believer], and the professors turned to look at him.

Qin Siyang revealed that he had gathered exceptional offerings for unlocking the [Path of the Believer], including rare high-value Blood Moon Spider disc carapaces and the main offerings from a Lava Crocodile and an Ice Crystal Giant Moth. The professors were stunned by his success, but Li Tianming restrained Qin Siyang before he could explain how he obtained the two rare main offerings.

• The professors warned Qin Siyang that two months was too little time to prepare offerings, and questioned whether his small-god disc carapaces were valuable enough.
• Qin Siyang spilled out a hundred Blood Moon Spider disc carapaces, each worth exactly 193 points, and credited Lu Daoxing's Drill Pod with helping him hunt far from the Safe Zone.
• Li Tianming urged Qin Siyang to focus on finding medium-god disc carapaces with a strong opposing relationship, since they were the main offerings.
• Qin Siyang revealed that his main offerings were the disc carapaces of a Lava Crocodile and an Ice Crystal Giant Moth, leaving the professors astonished.
• Li Tianming asked who had helped Qin Siyang, and the other professors denied involvement.
• As Qin Siyang began to explain, vines bound him and the Multicolored Mask appeared on Li Tianming's face.