Chapter Summaries

Guo Jiuxiao confessed that he had rewritten Ye Hongqing’s memories years earlier to make her frame Li Tianming, claiming he had acted out of exhaustion from competing with Li. As Guo tried to make Li doubt everyone around him, Qin Siyang noticed his Lie Detector had registered nothing and concluded their encounter might be an illusion.

• Guo Jiuxiao told Li Tianming that he had begun rewriting Ye Hongqing’s memories a few months after they awakened their Sequences, intending to frame Li.
• Guo Jiuxiao said he had acted because he was tired of competing with Li, leaving Li devastated to learn Ye Hongqing’s betrayal had not been her choice.
• Guo Jiuxiao suggested that other people close to Li might be working for him, and Qin Siyang warned Li that Guo was trying to isolate and break him.
• Qin Siyang revealed that his Bird-Shaped Lie Detector had given no verdict during the conversation and proposed that what he and Li were seeing and hearing might be fake.

Li Tianming and Qin Siyang realized Guo Jiuxiao had trapped them in an illusion, and Qin Siyang helped Li resist Guo’s attack on his memories of Ye Hongqing. Qin Siyang then challenged Guo to explain his grudge, suggesting jealousy and asking what parts of their lives Guo had left out.

• Li Tianming exposed the illusion and restrained the nurse, whose body and the ward shattered into mirror fragments.
• Qin Siyang reassured Li Tianming that Guo Jiuxiao could not kill them in Area No. 7 and urged him not to blame himself for Ye Hongqing’s betrayal.
• Guo Jiuxiao claimed Ye Hongqing was dead and suggested Li might have uncovered her altered memories if he had questioned her sooner.
• Qin Siyang argued that Guo’s manipulation made Ye Hongqing’s behavior impossible to detect and condemned Guo for hurting Li, Ye, and Li Pengfei.
• Qin Siyang proposed that Guo Jiuxiao was jealous of Li Tianming and asked what aspects of their lives Guo had not mentioned.

Qin Siyang taunted Guo Jiuxiao by accusing him of lifelong jealousy of Li Tianming and of framing him to protect his research reputation. Guo Jiuxiao lost control, shattered the mirror space, and vowed to kill Qin Siyang.

• Qin Siyang compared Guo Jiuxiao unfavorably with Li Tianming in appearance, romance, family, and friendships, arguing that research was the only area where Guo could compete with him.
• Qin Siyang accused Guo Jiuxiao of using disagreements over research philosophy as an excuse to frame Li Tianming, whom he feared would surpass him.
• Guo Jiuxiao shouted that Li Tianming was weak and his research would never succeed, but Qin Siyang insisted that Guo was consumed by jealousy and fear.
• Guo Jiuxiao roared, shattered the mirror-enclosed room, and returned Li Tianming and Qin Siyang to the hospital ward.
• In the Mahjong Parlor, Guo Jiuxiao crushed the tiles and told Xiao Zhigang, Jiang Hao, and the others that he would kill Qin Siyang.

Guo Jiuxiao abandoned the idea of killing Qin Siyang in Area No. 7 and planned to use Duan Chongfang to strike during the Championship Tournament in Zone 5. Duan Chongfang grew suspicious of Xiao Zhigang and recorded their conversation as he continued investigating his altered memories.

• Guo Jiuxiao declared he would kill Qin Siyang himself, but Xiao Zhigang, Jiang Hao, and Choi Chan-hoon warned him that killing Qin Siyang in Area No. 7 would mean facing Zhao Longfei.
• Guo Jiuxiao proposed striking during the Championship Tournament in Western Glory and said he would use the card they had in Duan Chongfang.
• Duan Chongfang read his diary, realized his memories might have been altered, and suspected Xiao Zhigang had been behind it.
• Xiao Zhigang called Duan Chongfang to plan Qin Siyang's death during the First Intercollegiate Sequence Championship, and Duan Chongfang agreed while questioning his hidden motives.
• After the call, Duan Chongfang replayed its recording, noted that Xiao Zhigang's words could not be recorded, and began a diary entry titled "Exploitation."

Li Tianming and Qin Siyang escaped Guo Jiuxiao’s illusion, then learned that Li Pengfei’s conflicting memories could cause a mental breakdown. Zhang Kuang proposed erasing the boy’s memories of both Li Tianming and himself, and Qin Siyang persuaded Li Tianming that this could also remove Guo Jiuxiao’s hidden damage and let Pengfei live freely with him.

• Li Tianming and Qin Siyang confirmed they had returned to reality after Zhang Kuang broke Guo Jiuxiao’s illusion.
• Zhao Longfei explained that he had found the two men unconscious and brought Zhang Kuang to rescue them from the mental skill.
• Chen Fenghe and Zhang Kuang told Li Tianming that Li Pengfei’s conflicting memories of his two fathers could eventually cause a mental breakdown.
• Zhang Kuang proposed either keeping Li Pengfei asleep or erasing all his memories related to Li Tianming and himself.
• Qin Siyang argued that erasing those memories could remove Guo Jiuxiao’s hidden damage and let Li Tianming keep Pengfei openly as his uncle.
• Li Tianming began to accept Qin Siyang’s reasoning that the memory erasure might be a double blessing.

Li Tianming learned that Ye Hongqing’s betrayal had been fabricated through altered memories, and Chen Fenghe supported his resolve to kill Guo Jiuxiao. After Duan Chongfang’s memories were restored and he secured Qin Siyang a place on the championship roster, Qin remained suspicious and went to meet him in the cafeteria.

• Li Tianming decided to reestablish his relationship with Li Pengfei through adoption, then told Chen Fenghe that Guo Jiuxiao had altered Ye Hongqing’s memories and that killing him was now his priority.
• Chen Fenghe promised to support Li Tianming, and the two embraced while Qin Siyang awkwardly stayed in the room.
• Zhao Longfei and Zhang Kuang told Qin Siyang that Duan Chongfang’s memories had been altered and restored, and that Duan had guaranteed Qin a spot on the Southern Glory Championship Tournament roster.
• Qin Siyang remained uneasy about Duan Chongfang, but Zhao Longfei told him to trust his instincts and supported his plan to return to school and train.
• After training in the God Arena, Qin Siyang received Duan Chongfang’s invitation to discuss the First Intercollegiate Sequence Championship and went to meet him in the cafeteria.

Qin Siyang agreed to help Duan Chongfang announce extra Championship Tournament substitutes, then learned that Yan Xiaowen had been poisoned and the Yan Character Legion was on the brink of another succession fight. Zhao Longfei urged him to go support Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie, warning that their defeat could cost Qin Siyang his Sequence Regiment.

• Duan Chongfang asked Qin Siyang to approve and announce additional substitutes for the Championship Tournament, and Qin Siyang agreed.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that Yan Xiaowen had died after a meal with Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie, with poison suspected.
• Yan Xiaowen’s troops refused to join either Yan Ran or Yan Xiaojie, while Yan Budong’s other children formed alliances to compete for control.
• Zhao Longfei warned that the conflict could threaten Yan Ran’s forces and Qin Siyang’s planned Sequence Regiment, then ordered Qin Siyang to come with him immediately.

Qin Siyang joined the Zhao family and Chu Baxing on their journey to the Yan Character Legion, where several legions were gathering amid a succession crisis. He learned that the commanders had waited for the Yan family’s internal conflict to deepen before moving in, and the trip left him anticipating a major struggle.

• Qin Siyang discovered that Zhao Longfei, Zhao Longteng, Zhao Fengjun, Zhao Sifang, Chu Baxing, and Zhao Longju were traveling with him to the Yan Character Legion.
• Chu Baxing told Qin Siyang that Hu Chan was occupied with the Three Harmonies Church, while Gu Yunpeng could not take sides in a legion conflict.
• Zhao Sifang reported that the Wei Character Legion, Han Character Legion, and Qin Character Legion were also heading to the Yan Character Legion.
• Qin Siyang pointed out that the commanders had waited until the Yan siblings’ divisions became irreconcilable before intervening, and Zhao Longfei confirmed that they had been waiting for the right opportunity.
• Zhao Longfei said Yan Budong’s death had made the Yan Character Legion’s assets a prize for the major powers, then dismissed rumors that Commander Qi was near death.

Qin Siyang traveled with the Zhao family in a secret flying car and learned about their conflict over Zhao Fengjun’s former husband, Li Dajian. Zhao Longfei revealed that Li Dajian had reported Professor Zhang for trading gray-market materials, setting up an explanation of the Zhao family’s involvement in his death.

• Zhao Longfei explained that Commander Qi Tian remained powerful despite being near death, and Qin Siyang recognized the significance of Lin Yaman’s favor.
• Zhao Longju took the group through a secret Zhao family passage and transformed their car into a plane outside Safe Zone No. 844.
• Zhao Fengjun confronted Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei about killing her former husband, Li Dajian.
• Zhao Longfei pressured Qin Siyang to admit he was close to Professor Zhang, then asked whether he knew about Zhang’s report over gray-market trading.
• Qin Siyang recalled the black-market story, and Zhao Longfei confirmed that Li Dajian had reported Professor Zhang.

Qin Siyang helped Zhao Fengjun understand why her brothers had killed Li Dajian: he had betrayed the Zhao Family for the Jiang Family and pursued her to seize the family’s businesses. The chapter ended with Zhao Longteng admitting that he and Zhao Longfei had hidden the truth from her for years.

• Qin Siyang questioned whether Li Dajian’s report of Zhang Kuang could have been the real reason for his death, and Zhao Fengjun agreed that it was not.
• Zhao Longteng activated Conversation Shielding and admitted that he had treated Zhao Fengjun like a child by concealing the truth.
• Zhao Longteng revealed that Li Dajian had sold Zhao Family secrets to the Bright Sun Merchants' Association on behalf of the Jiang Family.
• Zhao Longteng explained that a staged transaction exposed Li Dajian as a traitor, and Li Dajian confessed that he had pursued Zhao Fengjun to gain control of the Zhao Family’s businesses.
• Zhao Longfei reproached Zhao Longteng for repeating Li Dajian’s hurtful final words, while Zhao Longteng said he wanted Zhao Fengjun to stop mourning him.

Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei reconciled with Zhao Fengjun before their group came under attack while flying toward the Yan Character Legion. After Principal Zhao stopped the attack, Qin Siyang weighed who might be responsible and wondered whether Jiang Hao had framed Wei Rulai.

• Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei told Zhao Fengjun the truth about Li Dajian's death, and she began to apologize before Zhao Longteng comforted her and ended their private conversation.
• Zhao Longteng promised to fund Qin Siyang's future army as their plane approached the Yan Character Legion's airspace.
• Zhao Longju warned the passengers of an enemy attack, but Zhao Longfei teleported away and stopped it before the plane landed safely.
• Zhao Longteng asked Qin Siyang, Zhao Sifang, and Chu Baxing to identify the attacker, and Qin Siyang reasoned that Jiang Hao or Wei Rulai could be involved.
• Qin Siyang suggested that Jiang Hao might have launched the attack and framed Wei Rulai.

After Qin Siyang correctly deduced that the Jiang Family had framed Wei Rulai, Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei decided to attack a hidden battalion near Wei Rulai’s camp to establish the Zhao Family’s military reputation. Their chosen fighter struck first, exposing the concealed camp and disabling its reconnaissance tools.

• Zhao Longfei told Zhao Longteng that Wei Rulai blamed a mole in his legion for the attack, and Zhao Longteng realized Qin Siyang’s suspicions about the Jiang Family’s scheme were correct.
• Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei went to Wei Rulai’s camp and identified a hidden battalion in the wilderness.
• Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei agreed to defeat the battalion decisively, then sent Xiao Shan to lead the attack.
• A silver Light Cable wrapped in Crimson Thunder struck the wilderness, shattered the battalion’s camouflage dome, and triggered its alarm.
• The exposed battalion reported that its Reconnaissance Tools had stopped working.

Zhao Longteng’s forces destroyed a Sequence Battalion with a barrage of attacks, and Qin Siyang wondered how the Zhao Family had assembled so many high-level fighters. Wei Rulai confronted the Zhao brothers over the massacre, but Zhao Longteng rejected his explanation and demanded that they settle the dispute through reason.

• A coordinated barrage from dozens of Sequence Ability Users overwhelmed the Origin Shields and wiped out the camp’s battalion.
• Qin Siyang suspected the Zhao Family had trained a large force using huge quantities of Sequence Potions or had a way to produce them from disc carapaces.
• Wei Rulai arrived with his troops and accused Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei of launching a lethal attack without warning.
• Wei Rulai presented an unconscious Artillery Battalion platoon leader, claiming the man was a Bright Sun Merchants’ Association mole who had attacked the Zhao brothers.
• Zhao Longteng accused Wei Rulai of allowing the mole to be planted as a scapegoat and argued that handing over one culprit was not enough to settle the matter.

Zhao Longteng confronted Wei Rulai over an attack by Wei Character Legion soldiers, then persuaded him to cooperate by offering an equal share of the spoils. Their bargain involved a dangerous object connected to Beirong, which Wei Rulai intended to sell for profit as the Safe Zone’s balance of power shifted.

• Zhao Longteng demanded that Wei Rulai take responsibility for the attack and agree that both sides would stop pursuing the other’s forces.
• Zhao Longfei pointed out a hidden regiment, and Zhao Longteng warned Wei Rulai that others were waiting for them to fight.
• Zhao Longteng offered to split their gains fifty-fifty and handed Wei Rulai the Zhao Merchants' Association's Crimson Crystal as collateral.
• Wei Rulai offered a locked Storage Box as collateral, and Zhao Longteng recognized its contents as connected to Beirong.
• Wei Rulai said he planned to sell the object to the World-Destroying Church or Reincarnation Church and argued that accumulating wealth and resources was the best way to survive.

Wei Rulai and Zhao Longteng negotiated an alliance over the Yan Character Legion, agreeing to divide the spoils equally. They joined the others and planned to confront whichever Yan Family Brigade Commander arrived first.

• Wei Rulai confronted Zhao Longteng about their families’ secrets and said he needed an ally to protect himself.
• Zhao Longteng agreed to cooperate with Wei Rulai on the Yan Character Legion matter and split the proceeds equally.
• Wei Rulai explained that he had come alone because Qin Siyang had killed Yan Xiaowu, the Yan child Wei had backed.
• Zhao Longteng and Wei Rulai agreed to fight first and talk afterward, targeting whichever Yan Family Brigade Commander arrived first.

Zhao Longteng and Wei Rulai urged Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie to fight their approaching siblings rather than wait for negotiations, while Wei Rulai promised to cover both the front and rear. When Yan Xiaoying’s regular troops attacked Yan Xiaojie’s Sequence Brigade, Qin Siyang questioned whether they were all truly soldiers.

• Zhao Longfei explained that Wei Rulai was supporting Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie because of his connection to Yan Xiaowu.
• Zhao Longteng told Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie to fire on the first force that arrived, and Wei Rulai offered to guard their rear and reinforce them.
• A messenger reported that Yan Xiaoying’s 15th Brigade had attacked Yan Xiaojie’s forces with cannon fire.
• Wei Rulai told Yan Xiaojie to treat the regular troops as enemy soldiers and wipe them out, and Yan Xiaojie agreed to strike back.
• Qin Siyang stopped Yan Xiaojie and asked whether he could be sure everyone in the attacking brigade was really a soldier.

Qin Siyang warned that Yan Xiaoying might have hidden civilians among her attacking force to provoke Yan Xiaojie into a massacre and create a pretext for war. Wei Rulai and the Yan commanders moved to attack Yan Xiaoying, but Zhao Longfei refused to let Qin Siyang accompany Wei Rulai after suspecting he had another scheme.

• Qin Siyang suggested Yan Xiaoying might have mixed civilians into the Ordinary Brigade so she could accuse Yan Xiaojie of massacring innocents.
• Qin Siyang advised Yan Xiaojie and Yan Ran to attack Yan Xiaoying's brigade command, while Zhao Longteng offered to handle the force attacking them.
• Wei Rulai ordered the Yan commanders to strike quickly and asked Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei to lend him Qin Siyang as an adviser.
• Wei Rulai opened his Storage Box to show Zhao Longfei the collateral, and Zhao Longfei demanded that Wei Rulai remove its Special Lock before taking Qin Siyang.
• After Wei Rulai agreed, Zhao Longfei pulled Qin Siyang behind him and declared he would not let Wei Rulai take him, calling himself Qin Siyang's Talent Scout.

Zhao Longfei and Zhao Longteng prevented Wei Rulai from taking Qin Siyang, then the Zhao Family split up to confront Yan Xiaoying’s invading forces. Zhao Longfei took Qin Siyang and others toward the front, hoping to secure Qin another Sequence Regiment allotment and a brigade command.

• Zhao Longfei and Zhao Longteng rejected Wei Rulai’s attempt to take Qin Siyang, and Wei Rulai left with Yan Xiaojie and Yan Ran.
• Zhao Longteng admitted he had planned to let Wei Rulai open the Storage Box before refusing to hand Qin over, while Zhao Longfei said that risk could still get Qin hurt.
• Zhao Longteng led Security Team Three to attack Yan Xiaoying’s invading regular troops, while Zhao Longfei left Zhao Long Ju to control Yan Xiaowen’s forces.
• Zhao Longfei took Qin Siyang, Chu Baxing, Zhao Sifang, and Zhao Fengjun toward the front in an armored vehicle with Security Team Four.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that he planned to secure him another Sequence Regiment allotment and make him a brigade commander.

Qin Siyang learned that he might receive a Sequence Regiment, while Zhao Longfei revealed that Yan Xiaoying's forces were the likely source. Yan Xiaoying's 9th Sequence Brigade was ambushed by Yan Xiaojie and Yan Ran's troops, leaving her trapped in a two-sided attack.

• Qin Siyang asked whether the Zhao Family's troops would join the fighting, and Zhao Longfei said they would provide support while adapting to events.
• Zhao Longfei hinted that Yan Xiaoying's forces would likely provide the Sequence Regiment they were securing for Qin Siyang.
• Zhao Longteng captured Hou Xuan and promised to spare him if he cooperated; Hou Xuan agreed and sent Yan Xiaoying a false report claiming the situation remained at a stalemate.
• Yan Xiaoying's 9th Sequence Brigade came under a coordinated attack from Yan Xiaojie and Yan Ran's troops, and Huang Changgong suspected Hou Xuan had defected.
• Huang Changgong told Yan Xiaoying that her brigade could hold out for only twenty minutes and that even he might not break through the pincer attack.

Wei Rulai and Han Huizhi fought over control of the Yan Family’s land while Yan Xiaoying’s forces remained under attack. As Wei Rulai’s ambush disrupted Han Huizhi’s division, more Yan troops and the Four Major Mining Companies’ Security Forces advanced toward the nearby battle.

• Huang Changgong told Yan Xiaoying that communications were blocked and they would have to wait for Han Huizhi to come to their rescue.
• Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie estimated that Yan Xiaoying could hold out for about twenty minutes and relied on Wei Rulai to keep Han Huizhi occupied.
• Wei Rulai refused to step aside for Han Huizhi, and his hidden Blue Lasers killed two battalions of Han Huizhi’s troops.
• Han Huizhi counterattacked with lava fireballs that burst into venom, poisoning many of Wei Rulai’s soldiers, while Wei Rulai’s forces divided Han Huizhi’s army with Rock Walls and struck again with Blue Lasers.
• Wei Rulai pulled a group of soldiers to safety inside a Transparent Shield as Han Huizhi realized he was facing a formidable opponent.
• Wei Rulai learned that two more Yan Character Legion brigades and the Four Major Mining Companies’ Security Forces were advancing toward Yan Ran and Yan Xiaojie’s troops.