Chapter Summaries

After Yang Dan’s death, Lu Daoxing left the Miracle Building to seek revenge, giving his research and artifacts to his companions. Jiang Yuanrui learned of Yang Dan’s suicide and Lu Daoxing’s disappearance, then tried to cover up the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ role in her disgrace.

• Li Tianming assigned Wu Yu, Zhang Kuang, and Hao Liang to investigate Yang Dan’s death and question the nanny, but they found no evidence and the nanny knew nothing.
• Qin Siyang told Wen Shu he could not make dinner, while the group waited for Lu Daoxing to leave Yang Dan’s hospital room.
• Lu Daoxing emerged in the early morning, returned to the Miracle Building, packed his laboratories, and announced that he was leaving to avenge his wife.
• Lu Daoxing distributed Storage Boxes of his research and artifacts, and Qin Siyang gave him Yang Dan’s final note and other valuable supplies.
• Jiang Hao told Jiang Yuanrui that Yang Dan had died by suicide and Lu Daoxing had disappeared after transferring his assets to Li Tianming.
• Jiang Yuanrui ordered an employee killed and demanded that the Ministry of Economic Affairs publicly clear Yang Dan’s name by blaming a malicious employee for stealing her God-Hunting Artifact.

After the Ministry of Economic Affairs publicly announced its fraud investigation, Jiang Yuanrui feared Lu Daoxing’s retaliation and enlisted Ma Shi to defend the Jiang Family’s headquarters. Lu Daoxing appeared at Bright Sun Merchants’ Association sites across multiple cities and launched a coordinated attack that left their buildings engulfed in flames.

• Qin Siyang and Li Tianming discussed Lu Daoxing’s disappearance, and Li Tianming refused a call from a Ministry official to avoid revealing his suspicions.
• Jiang Yuanrui asked Ma Shi to intervene if Lu Daoxing attacked the Jiang Family’s headquarters, while Ma Shi agreed only because of Guo’s request.
• Lu Daoxing emerged from a blue ring in an alley, killed an accountant, and surveyed the Bright Sun Merchants’ Association building.
• Identical Lu Daoxings appeared at association sites in multiple cities and took out handheld cannon-like artifacts.
• Lu Daoxing attacked the buildings simultaneously, setting off explosions that reduced them to burning rubble as he watched in silence.

Lu Daoxing devastated the Jiang Family with a wave of assassinations after destroying over a thousand Bright Sun Merchants' Association clubs. As fear and anger turned the family against Jiang Yuanrui, he realized Lu Daoxing had not yet come for him.

• Jiang Yuanrui learned that more than a thousand Bright Sun Merchants' Association clubs had been destroyed and feared Lu Daoxing was coming for him.
• Lu Daoxing assassinated Jiang Hao's sons Jiang Changming and Jiang Changxing, then killed Jiang Family members across the Safe Zone over the following days.
• Jiang Hao refused to let his relatives flee to the family residence in Zone 6, fearing the Bright Sun Merchants' Association's operations would collapse.
• Rumors spread that Jiang Yuanrui had caused Lu Daoxing's attacks by driving his wife Yang Dan to her death, and Jiang Family members began blaming him.
• Jiang Yuanrui saw servants and relatives turn against him and realized Lu Daoxing had not yet come to kill him.

In Sigma District, Lu Daoxing asked a mysterious black-cloaked figure to help him kill Jiang Yuanxiu, claiming the mayor of City No. 121 was the Snake Card, Heart Queen, [Remnant Thought]. The figure had not yet agreed when Lu Daoxing offered a piece of Crimson Crystal as payment.

• Lu Daoxing took refuge in a mountain house in Sigma District with help from Old Li.
• The black-cloaked figure refused to help Lu Daoxing kill Jiang Yuanrui, and Lu Daoxing said he could not defeat Jiang Hao at present.
• Lu Daoxing revealed that he wanted Jiang Yuanxiu, Jiang Hao and Jiang Yuanrui's younger brother, dead.
• Lu Daoxing showed the figure the Heart Queen [Remnant Thought] card and said Jiang Yuanxiu was the card's holder, though he had no proof.
• Lu Daoxing offered the figure a piece of Crimson Crystal in exchange for help killing Jiang Yuanxiu.

Zhao Longfei agreed to covertly support Hu Chan’s mission in Area No. 75 while Qin Siyang worried about Professor Lu’s disappearance and the upcoming Crystal Coin announcement. The chapter ended with Zhao Longfei guessing that Professor Lu was still safe, which briefly reassured Qin Siyang.

• Zhao Longfei burned documents in his office before Qin Siyang arrived and asked about Professor Lu, who had been silent for several days.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that Hu Chan planned to go to Area No. 75, where Ulit had placed the Three Harmonies Church under the Richar Family’s control.
• Qin Siyang asked Zhao Longfei to use a Merchants’ Association Branch as cover to clear traps and provide Hu Chan a safe place to retreat, and Zhao Longfei agreed.
• Qin Siyang revealed that Hu Chan had signed over his Special Locks and materials to him if Hu Chan died, while Zhao Longfei teased him about profiting from the arrangement.
• Zhao Longfei warned Qin Siyang to visit Quan Taibin before the Crystal Coin announcement drew the attention of every faction.
• When Qin Siyang fretted about Professor Lu, Zhao Longfei guessed that he was fine, and Qin Siyang excitedly thanked him.

Qin Siyang visited Quan Taibin’s underground hideout, where Quan was studying God-Hunting Artifacts and developing ideas for advancing along the Path of the Believer. Quan offered Qin his research in exchange for a thousand Sequence Potions, including several methods for producing potions from disc carapace.

• Qin Siyang arrived unexpectedly in Quan Taibin’s underground room and learned that Quan had shifted his research from disc carapace to God-Hunting Artifacts.
• Quan explained that he had dismantled some of Qin’s artifacts and believed he could make imitation Tier-Three artifacts if he had a high-temperature furnace.
• Qin brought supplies to make Quan’s hideout more habitable and learned that Quan wanted a thousand Sequence Potions to research faster advancement.
• Quan offered Qin his research as a deposit in exchange for the potions, and Qin began reading the papers on producing Sequence Potions from disc carapace.
• Qin read that one method required worshipping the god linked to the carapace, while another involved urinating on it.

Qin Siyang renovated Quan Taibin’s underground lab and gave him an old game console, then discovered that Sequence Potion made from disc carapace was concentrated and that the United Government kept most of it. He realized Sequence Ability Users received only a fraction of the potion’s full yield, leaving him wondering how the government could keep the split secret.

• Qin Siyang learned from Quan Taibin that worshipping or blaspheming against disc carapace could transform it into Sequence Potion, and he cut off Quan Taibin before hearing a more disgusting method.
• Qin Siyang finished a rough renovation of Quan Taibin’s underground chamber and gave him a game console and hundreds of discs.
• Quan Taibin played his childhood fighting game, remembered his family and former ambitions, and decided to repay Qin Siyang by focusing on his research.
• Qin Siyang tested Quan Taibin’s theory and examined the dark bluish Sequence Potion produced from the Doom Octopus’s disc carapace.
• Qin Siyang read that the potion needed to be diluted one to nine, calculated that the carapace could yield over four hundred bottles, and concluded that the United Government kept ninety percent while Sequence Ability Users received ten percent.

Qin Siyang brought buckets of water to class because he needed to drink more before secretly using his urine to convert disc carapace into Sequence Potion glass orbs. His classmates mistook the water for a valuable Pharmaceutical, and their repeated restroom trips sparked a rumor about the prodigies’ weak kidneys.

• Qin Siyang brought two buckets of water to Zhang Kuang’s Introduction to the Apocalypse class and said he was drinking for his health.
• Hu Chan mistook the water for a Pharmaceutical and drank from the bucket, then realized it was ordinary water.
• Chu Baxing seized the bucket and drank from it, followed by Gu Yunpeng, Zhao Sifang, and Fu Wanli, who all confirmed it was water.
• Qin Siyang secretly used his urine on disc carapace in a restroom, having discovered that fresh urine converted it into Sequence Potion glass orbs.
• Qin Siyang and his classmates repeatedly visited the restroom, prompting a rumor that the first-year prodigies had weak kidneys.

Kav secured Secretary-General Gu Weiyang’s favor, transferred to State No. 12, and cleared the way for Chen Zhongming to become District Chief of Area No. 7. The Zhao Family gained control of the area as Qin Siyang’s role grew, while the Chu Character Legion’s new independent regiment raised questions about Chu Xiaoang’s motives.

• Kav publicized Gu Weiyang’s commendation, then requested a transfer to State No. 12 with his staff, which Gu Weiyang approved.
• Kav said goodbye to Qin Siyang, and Chen Zhongming was appointed District Chief of Area No. 7 that same night.
• The Zhao Family secured control of Area No. 7, and Qin Siyang came to be seen as a partner seeking his own place at the table.
• News spread that Huo Dangkou’s Sequence 37 Independent Regiment had built a base in Area No. 4444.
• Chu Baxing accompanied Huo Dangkou to inspect the base, prompting speculation that Chu Xiaoang had created the independent regiment because of a hidden illegitimate child.

Qin Siyang tried to understand why the World-Destroying Church withdrew its mission to kidnap Chu Baxing and learned that Wang Defa and his companions had rapidly advanced while training with the Special Operations Company. He ordered the four men to reach sequence level four and join hunts for medium gods, leaving them alarmed by how casually he described the danger.

• Qin Siyang saw that the World-Destroying Church had withdrawn its mission to kidnap Chu Baxing and guessed that others thought Chu Baxing was estranged from Chu Xiaoang and might disrupt his father's plans.
• Wang Defa reported that he, Wang Deyou, Wang Dezhong, and She Haqiang had reached sequence level three after hunting small gods with the Special Operations Company.
• Qin Siyang told Wang Defa that their families were doing well and that She Haqiang's sister had recovered from paralysis.
• After learning the four could handle most small gods, Qin Siyang arranged to send them enough Sequence Potion to advance to sequence level four and ordered them to hunt medium gods with the Special Operations Company.
• Qin Siyang said he had killed medium gods alone at sequence level four, leaving Wang Defa and the others so uneasy that they lost their appetite.

Chu Xiaoang completed the Military Camp, while Qin Siyang continued training in the God Arena and secretly converted doom octopus disc carapaces into Sequence Potions. Zhao Longfei warned him to conceal the source of his growing supply and offered the Zhao Family’s protection.

• Chu Xiaoang told Qin Siyang that the Military Camp had been completed, and Qin Siyang sent Chu Baxing and Huo Dangkou to inspect it.
• Qin Siyang explained to Zhao Longfei that he had been training extensively and had used the faster urination method to turn doom octopus disc carapaces into Sequence Potions.
• Qin Siyang described how his God Arena training was helping him form a connection with his [Origin Sequence] and learn to unleash his full strength.
• Zhao Longfei warned Qin Siyang that his Sequence Potion use could attract suspicion and advised him to claim the potions came from hunted gods and Zhao Merchants' Association dividends.
• Zhao Longfei offered to have the Zhao Family handle anyone who pressed Qin Siyang about his potions, and Qin Siyang agreed to keep the source quiet.

Yu Ziying defeated and killed Dibaxi after Hu Chan and the two Guardians failed to overcome him, then saved Hu Chan with a Healing Potion. She spared Chris and Jin Shengyu until Hu Chan woke, while news of Lu Daoxing killing Jiang Yuanxiu showed that a larger crisis had eclipsed the churches’ rivalry.

• Yu Ziying revealed herself, overpowered Dibaxi, and killed him after he asked how she had survived and reached sequence level seven.
• Yu Ziying gave Hu Chan Qin Siyang’s Healing Potion, and his condition improved as he remained asleep.
• Yu Ziying told Chris and Jin Shengyu she would leave their fate to Hu Chan, who had saved them from Dibaxi.
• Chris and Jin Shengyu urged Yu Ziying to hide, but she showed them news that Lu Daoxing had killed Jiang Yuanxiu, the mayor of City No. 121, and identified him as the Snake Cards’ Heart Queen [Remnant Thought].

After Lu Daoxing announced that he had killed [Remnant Thought], Jiang Yuanxiu’s corpse was found pinned to the United Government building, revealing the City No. 121 Mayor as the mysterious Snake Cards criminal. The Jiang Family and Governor Kav fought over who would take the body, while Lu Daoxing’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Lu Daoxing’s announcement that he had killed [Remnant Thought] drew people outside, where they found Jiang Yuanxiu dead and pinned to the United Government building.
• People recognized Jiang Yuanxiu as [Remnant Thought], the Snake Cards’ Heart Queen, and suspected Lu Daoxing had exposed his identity deliberately.
• Jiang Changfu arrived with Governor Kav, but the two clashed over whether the Jiang Family or the United Government would take Jiang Yuanxiu’s corpse.
• Kav insisted the body had to be investigated to establish what happened, while Jiang Changfu demanded that the Jiang Family take it away.
• Kav ignored appeals from Jiang officials and ministers, following Qin Siyang’s request to hold the corpse, and the standoff continued as Lu Daoxing remained missing.

Jiang Changfu tried to keep Kav from taking Jiang Yuanxiu’s body, but a Jiang Family elder destroyed the remains and was soon killed. Lu Daoxing appeared, leaving Jiang Changfu isolated as the Merchants’ Association fighters refused to attack him.

• Kav and Jiang Changfu argued over control of Jiang Yuanxiu’s body, while Jiang Changfu’s men blocked the United Government officials.
• A dark figure threw a silver ball at Jiang Yuanxiu’s body, shattering it, then fled as Jiang Changfu blamed Lu Daoxing.
• A blue light appeared beside Kav, and the dead attacker fell to the ground, identified by an official as the figure who had destroyed the body.
• Lu Daoxing emerged from the blue light, and Jiang Changfu ordered his men to kill him.
• The Merchants’ Association fighters retreated, leaving Jiang Changfu alone as they said they were no match for [Remnant Thought].

Lu Daoxing spared the kneeling Jiang Changfu after killing Jiang Yuanxiu, while Kav became more convinced that backing Qin Siyang would bring him success. Qin Siyang then learned that the Warren Merchants' Association had removed [Remnant Thought] from the Snake Cards and added Lu Daoxing, signaling open conflict among the Three Major Merchants' Associations.

• Jiang Changfu's Bright Sun Merchants' Association subordinates refused to help him, and Jiang Changfu knelt to beg Lu Daoxing for his life.
• Lu Daoxing spared Jiang Changfu and left, while Kav collected the corpse and concluded that Qin Siyang's connections had helped Lu identify Jiang Yuanxiu as [Remnant Thought].
• Kav resolved to stay alive and remain close to Qin Siyang, believing that his bet on Qin Siyang would eventually pay off.
• Qin Siyang received Kav's report, and Chu Baxing and Hu Chan returned to Southern Glory.
• The Warren Merchants' Association updated the Snake Cards early, removing [Remnant Thought] and listing Lu Daoxing as King of Diamonds.
• Qin Siyang recognized the update as the Warren Merchants' Association's public confirmation that Jiang Yuanxiu was [Remnant Thought] and a blow against the Bright Sun Merchants' Association.

The Warren Merchants' Association identified [Remnant Thought] as Jiang Yuanxiu, putting the Bright Sun Merchants' Association under suspicion and pressure. Jiang Hao learned that the Zhao Merchants' Association and the United Government planned to issue Crimson Crystal-backed Crystal Coins, then faced a revenge demand from Han Shuo.

• Jiang Hao failed to reach Kyle and the Warren Merchants' Association's executives as the accusation against Jiang Yuanxiu spread.
• Zhou Guang told Jiang Hao that Crystal Coins backed by Crimson Crystal would be introduced at a meeting in three days.
• Jiang Hao concluded that Kyle had accused Jiang Yuanxiu to win favor with the Zhao Family ahead of the currency launch.
• Jiang Hao told Zhou Guang that the Bright Sun Merchants' Association would neither deny nor acknowledge the rumor about [Remnant Thought].
• Han Shuo called Jiang Hao and demanded an explanation because [Remnant Thought] had killed his nephew three years earlier.

Jiang Hao paid off Han Shuo and Qin Yingguang to settle their accusations against him, then admitted to Jiang Yuanzhong that Jiang Yuanxiu had killed Jiang Changtai to protect the family. With the Jiang Family divided and weakened, Jiang Hao decided to attend the Crystal Coin issuance conference in Area No. 7 and bring Jiang Changqing along to meet the young people he had dismissed.

• Jiang Hao gave Han Shuo one gram of Crimson Crystal and offered Qin Yingguang a Tier Four Artifact to end their confrontations over killings by [Remnant Thought].
• Jiang Hao confessed to Jiang Yuanzhong that Jiang Yuanxiu had killed Jiang Changtai to dispel suspicion that [Remnant Thought] belonged to the Jiang Family, and Jiang Yuanzhong angrily rejected his explanation.
• Jiang Hao told Zhou Guang to prepare information on the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference and said he would attend because the Jiang Family was in turmoil.
• Jiang Changqing criticized several prominent young people from Southern Glory and insisted that they were no better than him.
• Jiang Hao decided to take Jiang Changqing to Area No. 7 so he could meet those young people, while Zhou Guang stayed behind to manage the family’s affairs.

Jiang Changqing doubted his father’s affection and worried that he was only a decoy heir, while a Crystal Coin issuance overwhelmed Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang with calls. Zhao Longfei then summoned Qin Siyang to meet Yan Budong’s children and invited him to choose someone to bet on.

• Jiang Changqing complained to Zhou Guang that Jiang Hao was never satisfied with him and feared someone else had been chosen to inherit the Bright Sun Merchants' Association.
• Zhao Longfei fielded calls from people seeking favors related to the Crystal Coin issuance while Lin Yaman urged him to take a break.
• Qin Siyang spoke with Tang Wangong, who proposed that the Administration Department’s research and development division collaborate with Nanrong University, and Qin agreed to provide Crystal Coins.
• Zhao Longfei called Qin Siyang to the conference room, saying that several of Yan Budong’s children had arrived and inviting Qin to pick someone to bet on.

Qin Siyang joined Zhao Longfei to meet Yan Budong’s three children, who sought Zhao’s support and invitations to the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference. After Yan Xiaowen disparaged Qin, Qin answered with a story about showing respect when asking others for favors.

• Zhao Longfei summoned Qin Siyang to help meet three Yan Character Legion commanders seeking his support.
• Yan Xiaowen introduced himself and explained that he wanted Zhao Longfei’s backing and an invitation to the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference.
• Qin Siyang learned that invitations were limited, and Zhao Longfei confirmed Jiang Hao had not been invited but would attend anyway.
• Yan Ran introduced herself, explained that she had changed her name as a child, and showed a moment of sadness when Qin asked whether her father favored her.
• Yan Xiaojie sought Zhao Longfei’s support, an invitation, and a business partnership with the Zhao Merchants’ Association, while Yan Xiaowen mocked his prospects.
• Yan Xiaowen told Qin Siyang to watch and talk less, so Qin recounted how he had earned extra food by showing respect when asking the cafeteria worker for help.

Yan Xiaojie, Yan Xiaowen, and Yan Ran competed for Zhao Longfei’s invitation by proposing business deals with the Zhao Family. Yan Ran offered an authorized Sequence Regiment establishment, but Qin Siyang rejected her demand for control of an underground market in the Yan Character Legion.

• Zhao Longfei made the three Yan Family members bid openly for his invitation and asked them to explain their proposals.
• Yan Xiaojie proposed partnering with the Zhao Family to trade god materials, but Zhao Longfei warned that the United Government treated such deals as an unspoken red line.
• Yan Xiaowen proposed selling Sequence Potions with the Zhao Family, and Zhao Longfei dismissed the idea as dangerous for them both.
• Yan Ran offered the establishment of a Sequence Regiment, provoking Yan Xiaowen’s furious objection, while Yan Xiaojie also questioned the offer.
• Yan Ran asked the Zhao Family to open an underground market in the Yan Character Legion and let her operate it.
• Qin Siyang judged Yan Ran sincere about the establishment but rejected her market demand, saying she wanted the Zhao Family to take the blame while she kept the benefits.