Chapter Summaries

Zhao Longfei negotiated a deal with Yan Ran, offering the Yan Character Legion an underground market in exchange for a Sequence Regiment establishment. Yan Ran accepted, and Qin Siyang was set to become the regiment commander.

• Zhao Longfei rejected Yan Ran’s original terms and proposed that the Zhao Family manage an underground market while the Yan Character Legion covered costs and kept the profits.
• Zhao Longfei explained that the Yan Character Legion’s split forces, lost commercial ties, and wartime expenses had left it under financial pressure.
• Zhao Longfei said the deal would include transferring an independent Sequence Regiment establishment to Qin Siyang as commander.
• Yan Xiaojie tried to accept Zhao Longfei’s offer, but Zhao Longfei insisted on negotiating with Yan Ran first because she had proposed the deal.
• Yan Ran accepted the terms, took the invitation, and shook hands with Zhao Longfei while Qin Siyang concealed his delight.

Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei discussed the new Sequence Regiment and Zhao Family’s plans to win over Yan Xiaowen and Yan Xiaojie. Lin Yaman brought back the gravely wounded Zhao Longju, who recovered with Qin Siyang’s medicine and revealed that Guo Jiuxiao had tried to control his mind; Zhao Longju said their elder brother had gone to see Secretary-General Gu.

• Zhao Longfei arranged lodging for Yan Xiaojie and Yan Xiaowen, then privately discussed Qin Siyang’s new Sequence Regiment with him.
• Zhao Longfei explained that he had dealt with the Yan family members to strengthen the Zhao Family’s influence in Area No. 4444 and planned further talks with them.
• Lin Yaman brought an unconscious, badly injured man to Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang, and Zhao Longfei discovered he was Zhao Longju in disguise.
• Qin Siyang treated Zhao Longju with medicine from Chen Fenghe’s Medical Kit, healing his wounds and restoring his missing right hand.
• Zhao Longju said Guo Jiuxiao had tried to subdue and control his mind, and that he escaped with help from their elder brother.
• Zhao Longfei told Zhao Longju to recuperate while overseeing security at the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference, and Zhao Longju said their elder brother had gone to see Secretary-General Gu.

Qin Siyang learned about the powerful figures expected at the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference and agreed to help Zhao Longfei welcome its guests. While training in the God Arena, he discovered a white speck of light in his mind that sharpened his senses enough to dodge one attack, but he was soon killed by another vine.

• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that Gu Weiyang would attend the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference and explained why formidable figures such as Zhu Haifeng qualified to attend.
• Zhao Longfei asked Qin Siyang to stay inside the Safe Zone and help welcome conference guests, offering to introduce him to faction leaders.
• Qin Siyang went to the God-Hunting Building to train his origin sequence through meditative perception in the God Arena.
• As vines attacked, Qin Siyang saw a white speck of light in his mind and touched it with his consciousness.
• Qin Siyang's senses sharpened, allowing him to read a giant vine's trajectory and dodge its strike.
• A second vine attacked Qin Siyang from behind and killed him, returning him to the empty God Arena.

Qin Siyang repeatedly tried to recover the fleeting white speck of light in the God Arena, but failed and lost several nights of sleep over his regret. He attended the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference with Zhao Sifang and Zhao Longfei, where Chu Baxing’s loud quarrel undercut his father’s praise of his social skills.

• Qin Siyang failed to find the white speck of light again despite repeated attempts, and he regretted getting distracted when it first appeared.
• Qin Siyang spent several sleepless nights trying to improve himself in the God Arena and consumed nearly two thousand bottles of Sequence Potion without success.
• On the morning of the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference, Qin Siyang drank Stamina and Spirit Recovery Pharmaceuticals and composed himself before joining Zhao Sifang and Zhao Longfei.
• Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei greeted Chu Xiaoang, Zheng Mubian, and Zheng Cong as they arrived for the conference.
• Chu Xiaoang praised Chu Baxing for supposedly learning to get along with people, but Chu Baxing immediately shouted at Hu San’er from inside the hall.

Yan Ran warned Zhao Longfei that her brother Yan Xiaowu was coming with Wei Rulai to negotiate at the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference. Wei Rulai arrived at the venue, and Zhao Longfei stopped him before he entered to discuss something.

• Yan Ran told Zhao Longfei that she had exchanged a Sequence Regiment's organizational allotment for an invitation to represent the Yan Character Legion and negotiate its interests.
• Yan Ran warned Zhao Longfei that her elder brother, Yan Xiaowu, had caught a ride with Wei Rulai and might attend the conference.
• Zhao Longfei recognized Wei Rulai's distinctive hot-pink Sidecar Motorcycle as it approached.
• Wei Rulai arrived in flashy biker-punk clothes, greeted Zhao Longfei, and began to head into the Assembly Hall.
• Zhao Longfei stopped Wei Rulai and said he wanted to discuss something with him.

Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang confronted Wei Rulai and Yan Xiaowu over Yan Xiaowu's attempt to attend the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference as a second representative for the Yan Character Legion. Qin Siyang challenged Yan Xiaowu to ask Wei Rulai whether he dared to kill him.

• Zhao Longfei warned Yan Xiaowu that the conference was being recorded and made him reveal his identity as Commander Yan's son.
• Zhao Longfei told Yan Xiaowu that only one leader from each legion could attend the meeting and directed him to wait in the side hall.
• Wei Rulai argued that Yan Xiaowu was his nephew and had a right to enter, but Zhao Longfei refused.
• Qin Siyang stepped in and ordered Yan Xiaowu to leave, warning that his brigade could not avenge him if Qin attacked.
• Yan Xiaowu insulted Qin Siyang and threatened him, so Qin pointed to Wei Rulai and challenged Yan Xiaowu to ask whether Wei dared to kill him.

At the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference, Qin Siyang warned Yan Xiaowu that no one could openly attack him because the Crystal Coins depended on his Crimson Crystal, while Zhao Longfei prevented Wei Rulai from intervening. Yan Xiaowu ambushed Qin Siyang with blue flames, but Qin Siyang emerged unharmed and seized his arm, vowing that no one could save him.

• Qin Siyang revealed that his Crimson Crystal supplied the material for the Crystal Coins and warned Yan Xiaowu not to enter the venue or attack him.
• Zhao Longfei used a strength-weakening item to push Wei Rulai back and explained that the measure had been reported to Secretary-General Gu.
• Wei Rulai realized that powerful factions would prevent the United Government from imprisoning Qin Siyang, leaving him unable to protect or punish him.
• Yan Xiaowu decided to ambush Qin Siyang before the Crystal Coins were issued and attacked him with blue flames as he passed.
• Qin Siyang survived the flames unharmed, grabbed Yan Xiaowu's arm, and vowed that no one could save him.

Qin Siyang survived Yan Xiaowu’s [Blue Flame] attack thanks to the invisible Blue Glass Armor Lu Daoxing had given him, then killed Yan Xiaowu with a controlled slap. Wei Rulai immediately destroyed Yan Xiaowu’s head, leaving Qin Siyang unable to collect his memories, and promised to speak for him to Secretary-General Gu.

• Lu Daoxing gave Qin Siyang two special Tier Four armor sets, including invisible Blue Glass Armor, before he left.
• Yan Xiaowu mistook Qin Siyang’s survival of [Blue Flame] for proof that he was sequence level seven.
• Qin Siyang struck Yan Xiaowu and broke his neck, killing him while trying to preserve his head to collect his memories.
• Wei Rulai rushed in and pierced Yan Xiaowu’s head with his lightning-charged cross-shaped blade.
• Wei Rulai declared Yan Xiaowu his sworn enemy and promised to speak up for Qin Siyang to Secretary-General Gu.

Qin Siyang confronted Wei Rulai after the commander killed Yan Xiaowu and destroyed the evidence, then attended the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference. The chapter ended as Zhao Longfei greeted Jiang Hao and pointedly asked why Professor Guo Jiuxiao had not come with him.

• Wei Rulai killed Yan Xiaowu before Qin Siyang could act, then apologized while denying that he had destroyed evidence.
• Qin Siyang avoided Wei Rulai's attempt to touch him and refused to reveal how he had blocked Yan Xiaowu's blue flame attack.
• Zhao Longfei explained that he had let Wei Rulai kill Yan Xiaowu to avoid jeopardizing relations over information that would soon lose value.
• Yan Ran thanked Qin Siyang and promised to honor her agreement about the Sequence Regiment's authorized positions.
• Zhao Longfei teased Qin Siyang about Yan Ran, and Qin Siyang questioned why he had not stopped Wei Rulai from killing Yan Xiaowu.
• Jiang Hao arrived at the conference with Jiang Changqing and Jiang Yuanfeng, and Zhao Longfei asked why Professor Guo Jiuxiao was absent.

Zhao Longfei confronted Jiang Hao over the Jiang Family’s collusion with Guo Jiuxiao and accused him of arranging Lin Jiancheng’s murder through Lin Cheng. After Jiang Hao left, Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang realized that Ma Shi was away from District 2, leaving Jiang Yuanrui’s protection uncertain.

• Zhao Longfei told Jiang Hao that the Zhao Family knew about his cooperation with Guo Jiuxiao, and Jiang Hao admitted that both families had been plotting against each other.
• Zhao Longfei said Lin Cheng had accused Jiang Hao of arranging Lin Jiancheng’s murder and helping Lin Cheng join the Reincarnation Church, but Jiang Hao challenged him to produce evidence.
• Jiang Hao suggested that Zhao Longfei had revealed Jiang Yuanxiu was [Remnant Thought] to Lu Daoxing, and Zhao Longfei denied knowing anything about it.
• After Jiang Hao left, Qin Siyang asked about Lu Daoxing and wondered whether he might target Jiang Yuanrui while Jiang Hao was in Area No. 7.
• Zhao Longfei learned that Ma Shi had entered the Assembly Hall with Han Shuo, and he and Qin Siyang questioned who was protecting Jiang Yuanrui in District 2.

As the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference began allocating quotas, Gu Weiyang unexpectedly invited Qin Siyang to join the roundtable as a quota holder. The chapter left Qin stunned as the powerful representatives turned their attention to him.

• Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei discussed whether Lu Daoxing might attack Jiang Yuanrui, and Zhao explained they could not contact Professor Lu to warn him.
• Jiang Yuanrui told Guo Jiuxiao that he had recognized the differences between Guo’s appearances but had not investigated him, and the two agreed to wait for Lu Daoxing.
• Gu Weiyang opened the Crystal Coin Issuance Conference, and representatives from government, academia, the military, commerce, and religion declared their acceptance of Crystal Coins.
• Zhao Longju assembled the roundtable where representatives would negotiate their Crystal Coin quotas, and Qin Siyang stood behind Zhao Longfei, expecting only to observe.
• Gu Weiyang noticed Qin Siyang had a quota, apologized for leaving him out, and invited him to take a seat at the table, startling Qin and drawing everyone’s attention.

Gu Weiyang brought Qin Siyang into the Crystal Coin allocation meeting, outlined the factions’ preliminary shares, and asked for objections. Qin Yingguang challenged the mining industry’s share, prompting the legions and mining companies to dispute their contributions.

• Gu Weiyang praised Qin Siyang while warning him to be more restrained, then invited him to sit beside him.
• Gu Weiyang assigned preliminary Crystal Coin shares, including fifty percent to the United Government, twenty percent to the legions, and five percent jointly to Qin Siyang and the Zhao Merchants' Association.
• Gu Weiyang explained that factions would later divide their own shares in smaller meetings and invited objections.
• Qin Yingguang argued that the mining industry should give five percentage points of its share to the legions.
• Xie Nanyun defended the mining companies’ allocation by citing their jobs and supplies, and Han Huizhi countered that the legions supported far more civilians and protected the mines.

At a United Government meeting, Gu Weiyang confronted Yu Bianwei over Yu’s Mining’s alleged trafficking and forced him to accept a reduced Crystal Coin quota. The meeting then turned to concerns about inflation, and Zhao Sifang prepared to explain the Zhao Merchants’ Association’s plan.

• Yu Bianwei argued that mining jobs for Sequence Ability Users could not be compared with legion jobs for ordinary people, and Qi Tian challenged his view of ordinary people.
• Gu Weiyang warned Yu Bianwei that Yu’s Mining might be trafficking ordinary people and revealed that Yu Jianyun would personally deal with anyone endangering humanity’s future.
• Gu Weiyang proposed reducing the mining companies’ quota by three percent and redistributing it proportionally among all parties, and no one objected.
• Chu Zhongxiong warned that issuing larger denominations could cause inflation and harm ordinary people.
• Gu Weiyang said the Zhao Merchants’ Association’s issuance plan addressed the concern, and Zhao Sifang stepped forward to explain it.

At the Crystal Coin quota meeting, Jiang Changqing challenged the five-percent share allotted to the Zhao Merchants' Association and Qin Siyang, prompting Qin to defend the allocation. Qin then accused Jiang Hao of trying to sabotage the successful issuance of Crystal Coins.

• Zhao Sifang answered Chu Zhongxiong's concerns about how Crystal Coins would affect ordinary people and low-level Sequence Ability Users.
• After the other factions stayed silent about the quotas, Jiang Changqing objected on Jiang Hao's behalf and demanded that the five-percent allocation for the Zhao Merchants' Association and Qin Siyang be reduced.
• Qin Siyang argued that the five-percent quota barely covered the Crimson Crystal, materials, labor, and minting costs.
• Jiang Changqing claimed that Qin Siyang needed only three percent, while Qin countered that the Bright Sun Merchants' Association sought benefits without contributing comparable costs.
• After other representatives urged everyone to set the dispute aside, Qin Siyang accused Jiang Hao of wanting the Crystal Coin issuance to fail.

Qin Siyang turned the Jiang family’s disruption of the Crystal Coin Issuance meeting against Jiang Changqing, while Jiang Hao denied intending to obstruct the plan. Gu Weiyang’s proposed points-based allocation sparked a confrontation among the legions, ending with Qi Tian threatening to take sixty percent unless the others accepted his revised terms.

• Qin Siyang suggested Jiang Hao and Jiang Changqing were trying to force the Crimson Crystal supplier out of the Crystal Coin Issuance plan, and the other attendees rebuked the father and son.
• Jiang Hao stated that he had no intention of obstructing the plan, and Lie Detectors confirmed his words; Gu Weiyang blamed the dispute on Jiang Changqing and ended the matter.
• The attendees received Gu Weiyang’s recommendations to allocate Crystal Coins according to God-Hunting Points and research points, prompting the legions to protest the Qi Legion’s proposed sixty percent share.
• Qi Tian reduced the Qi Legion’s share to forty percent but demanded that the other legions accept his allocation method or face him in the Combat Arena or in war.

The Crystal Coin quotas were settled despite Jiang Hao’s protests, and Qi Tian offered Qin Siyang the Qi Legion’s help in repayment of his debt. After the conference, Zhao Longfei discovered that the man posing as Jiang Hao was actually Jiang Yuanrui, just as Lu Daoxing appeared in the night, saying he had come to kill Jiang Hao.

• Zhao Sifang defended the Zhao Merchants' Association’s high points and signed the quota plan, and Kyle Warren and Zoff Fan signed it as well.
• Jiang Hao reluctantly approved the plan through Jiang Changqing, and the Crystal Coin quotas were settled.
• Qi Tian told Qin Siyang to bring his IOU if he ever needed the Qi Legion’s help.
• Zhao Longfei warned Jiang Hao that Lu Daoxing might be heading for Minister Jiang Yuanrui in Area No. 2.
• Jiang Yuanrui revealed that he had impersonated Jiang Hao at the conference while his elder brother was in District 2.
• Lu Daoxing emerged from the night and said he had come to kill Jiang Hao.

Lu Daoxing confronted Jiang Yuanrui and revealed that he intended to destroy the entire Jiang Family for its role in his wife’s death. He exposed the apparent Jiang Yuanfeng as an impostor and left Jiang Yuanrui in despair.

• Lu Daoxing arrived in Area No. 7, and Jiang Yuanrui begged him to spare his life and clear his name.
• Lu Daoxing accused the Jiang Family of engineering his wife’s debts to keep him occupied and declared that the entire family owed her a debt.
• Lu Daoxing asked Jiang Yuanrui whether he had been stalling while waiting for someone to act, then revealed Jiang Yuanfeng’s bloodied corpse.
• Jiang Yuanrui asked when Lu Daoxing had killed his sixth brother, and Lu Daoxing threw the corpse at the other Jiang Yuanfeng.
• The standing Jiang Yuanfeng fell and dissolved into blue-green liquid, revealing that he was an impostor.

Lu Daoxing killed Jiang Yuanrui and Jiang Changqing after revealing that he had already killed Jiang Yuanfeng, then left through the blue portal. Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei remained, recognizing that Lu Daoxing had acted as a wanted criminal rather than a professor.

• Lu Daoxing revealed that the Jiang Yuanfeng beside Jiang Yuanrui had been a decoy and showed them Jiang Yuanfeng's corpse.
• Lu Daoxing explained that he had hoped to question Jiang Yuanrui about framing his wife, but decided there was nothing worth asking, and killed him.
• Jiang Changqing begged for his life and cited Lu Daoxing sparing Jiang Changfu, but Lu Daoxing killed him too.
• A white barrier took Jiang Changqing's corpse away, and Zhao Longfei guessed that Jiang Hao had arranged the measure.
• Lu Daoxing collected Jiang Yuanfeng's and Jiang Yuanrui's bodies, entered the blue glow, and disappeared.

After Lu Daoxing killed three members of the Jiang Family, Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang returned to Southern Glory, while the Zhao Family prepared to exploit the resulting succession crisis. Jiang Hao revealed to Guo Jiuxiao that he had experimented on his son Jiang Changqing, then offered him a cultivation method and proposed an alliance.

• Zhao Longfei and Qin Siyang left the scene after discussing Lu Daoxing’s ambush, while Zhao Longju’s workers cleaned up the blood.
• Zhao Longfei told Zhao Longteng that Jiang Yuanrui, Jiang Yuanfeng, and Jiang Changqing had died, and Zhao Longteng planned to spread the news to stir conflict within the Jiang Family.
• Qin Siyang returned to the Guesthouse, reassured Hu Chan and the others, and later recounted the conference to Wen Shu.
• Jiang Hao removed his disguise at Jiang Yuanrui’s home and stored Jiang Changqing’s corpse, revealing that his son had been a test subject whose incomplete development weakened his performance.
• Jiang Hao gave Guo Jiuxiao a cultivation method as a pledge of cooperation, and Guo Jiuxiao read it with growing revulsion.

Jiang Hao told Guo Jiuxiao that Jiang Changqing had been an expendable test subject and revealed he had quietly chosen another heir. News then spread that Lu Daoxing had killed Jiang Yuanrui, Jiang Yuanfeng, and Jiang Changqing, leaving the Jiang Family grieving, fearful, and divided over the consequences.

• Jiang Hao explained to Guo Jiuxiao that Jiang Changqing had been a decoy and test subject, while his true heir remained unaware of Jiang Hao's choice.
• Jiang Hao argued that putting his own interests first made his partnership with Guo Jiuxiao secure, and Guo Jiuxiao agreed that the research left Li Tianming with no chance.
• Jiang Hao received a call from Secretary Zhou and learned that news of the three deaths had spread through the Jiang Family, with the Zhao Family suspected of leaking it.
• Jiang Yuanrui's descendants wailed over his death, while other Jiang Family members hoped Lu Daoxing's revenge would end and quietly celebrated their relief.
• Jiang Hao's surviving descendants saw Jiang Yuanrui, Jiang Yuanfeng, and Jiang Changqing's deaths as opportunities to gain power and compete for the heir's position.