Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang joined Chu Baxing and Hu Chan’s bet over the Wolf Cards by wagering that he would rank above them both. When the update appeared, Fu Wanli discovered he had earned the Two of Diamonds and fainted from excitement as Zhao Sifang continued reading the rankings.

• Qin Siyang woke up and joined the group in the lounge, where Chu Baxing and Hu Chan were betting on whose Wolf Cards rank would be higher.
• Qin Siyang wagered one gold coin that he would rank higher than both Chu Baxing and Hu Chan.
• Fu Wanli found the new Wolf Cards post and saw that he had made the list as Two of Diamonds, then fainted from excitement.
• Zhao Sifang scrolled through the post and spotted Wang Zheng, Park Hee-eun, Shi Tao, and Ban Dingyuan among the rankings.
• Zhao Sifang found his own name on the list as Spade 4.

Zhao Sifang and Gu Yunpeng read the new Wolf Card rankings, prompting Chu Baxing and Hu Chan to quarrel over their positions. They discovered Guan Jingyue ranked above Hu Chan and discussed several other students’ placements.

• Zhao Sifang celebrated that Gu Yunpeng was ranked one place above him, then read out that Chu Baxing was the Six of Spades and Hu Chan the Seven of Hearts.
• Chu Baxing accused the Warren Merchants' Association of favoring Hu Chan and challenged him to fight for a Tier Four Artifact, but Hu Chan refused.
• Zhao Sifang revealed that Guan Jingyue was the Seven of Spades because he had independently invented a Tier Four Artifact, leaving Hu Chan and Chu Baxing resentful.
• Zhao Sifang read out rankings for Shi Tao, Ban Dingyuan, Mills Richar, and Huan Ruoyu, explaining that tournament results did not always determine placements.
• Zhao Sifang identified Xiong Zhongyuan as the highest-ranked student outside the senior year, at the Nine of Spades.

The group uncovered the reshuffled Wolf Cards rankings, discovering that freshman Qin Siyang had been named the Major Joker and Duan Chongfang the Minor Joker. Qin Siyang celebrated his unprecedented top ranking as a freshman.

• Zhao Sifang and the others checked the rankings and found Guan Jingyue among the top freshmen, while Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang were still unlisted.
• Zhao Sifang revealed that Meng Yu was the Ace of Clubs and Man Gongxue was the Ace of Hearts, leaving Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang in contention for Joker.
• Zhao Sifang announced that Rui Xi Fan was the Ace of Spades, confirming that Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang had become the two Jokers.
• Zhao Sifang revealed Duan Chongfang as the Minor Joker and Qin Siyang as the Major Joker.

After Qin Siyang became the top-ranked Joker on the Wolf Cards, his friends realized he had fought a sequence level seven enemy, while Duan Chongfang announced he was leaving for Sigma District. Qin Siyang received a mysterious call from Lu Daoxing after learning that the World-Destroying Church had approached Duan Chongfang.

• Zhao Sifang and the others celebrated Qin Siyang's rise to the top of the Wolf Cards and guessed that his fight with Choi Chan-hoon had prompted the ranking.
• Qin Siyang's companions concluded Choi Chan-hoon had been sequence level seven, and Qin Siyang reflected that the factions' calm response suggested his strength still fell within their expectations.
• Zhao Sifang longed to pursue the path to godhood, while Hu Chan resolved to leave the path of the believer and repeat the God-Worship Ritual.
• Duan Chongfang called to congratulate Qin Siyang, then said he was leaving Southern Glory for Sigma District after a Guardian of the World-Destroying Church contacted him.
• Qin Siyang agreed to inform Principal Zhao, then received an unidentified call and learned the caller was Lu Daoxing.

Qin Siyang spoke with Lu Daoxing, now a Guardian in the World-Destroying Church, who told him the Church would reveal part of the [Apocalypse Fragment] in the Sigma District on December 31. Lu Daoxing learned Qin Siyang had found another advancement path, but refused to hear its details, and ended the call hinting that he had little time left.

• Lu Daoxing called Qin Siyang and said the World-Destroying Church would publicly reveal part of the [Apocalypse Fragment] in the Sigma District on December 31.
• Lu Daoxing explained that the fragment had to be deciphered and that the Church wanted Qin Siyang to attend or hear about the announcement.
• Lu Daoxing told Qin Siyang that the Church seemed to possess a breakthrough method outside the Path of the Believer and that he planned to learn it for Qin Siyang and Old Li.
• Qin Siyang revealed that he had already found another path and was following it, but Lu Daoxing refused to hear the details in case the Church extracted them from his memory.
• Lu Daoxing said he would erase the conversation from his memory, then ended the call after telling Qin Siyang he would soon be able to rest for good.

Southern Glory celebrated placing eighteen students on the updated Wolf Cards, more than any other university. Principal Zhao Longfei basked in the victory and proposed a motto that Lin Yaman recognized as a jab at rival universities’ privileged students.

• News of the Wolf Cards spread, revealing that eighteen Southern Glory students had claimed a third of the places.
• Zhao Longfei celebrated in the principals’ group chat, but Xu Wenju told him to stop boasting.
• Zhao Longfei asked Lin Yaman to help establish an official university motto.
• Lin Yaman pointed out that Zhao Longfei’s proposed motto mocked the wealthy backgrounds of students at rival universities.

Southern Glory students celebrated the Wolf Cards rankings, while Fu Wanli’s boastful story was exposed as inconsistent. Rong Xin drew a crowd of freshmen seeking sparring, but he chose to fight them without charging, determined to follow his conscience.

• Southern Glory students celebrated Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang’s top Wolf Cards rankings, while Fu Wanli basked in attention as the lowest-ranked Two of Diamonds.
• A student caught Fu Wanli contradicting his earlier claims about his family, leaving him scrambling for an explanation.
• Freshmen flocked to Rong Xin after learning that all six first-years he had fought had made the Wolf Cards.
• Shi Tao urged Rong Xin to charge the freshmen for sparring and instruction so he could earn money and gather resources.
• Rong Xin refused to profit from the matches, explaining that he would accept challenges selectively and learn alongside the freshmen.

Qin Siyang recruited Rong Xin as chief instructor for the Qin Character Special Brigade, where the soldiers began awakening sequence abilities and training under him. A newly awakened soldier with a low-level invisibility ability was caught sneaking out, leaving Qin Siyang wondering when the person had become a traitor.

• Shi Tao asked Qin Siyang to help Rong Xin find recognition, and Qin Siyang offered him the chief instructor position at the Qin Character Special Brigade.
• Rong Xin accepted, and Qin Siyang arranged for him to travel to Area No. 4444 and begin training the soldiers.
• Wang Defa reported that two brigade members had awakened sequence abilities and that the brigade planned to train them as a combat platoon.
• Wang Defa said his four leaders had reached sequence level five but still could not defeat Rong Xin, so Qin Siyang promised to get them arenas for practice.
• Wang Defa reported that Edward had spotted someone with a newly awakened, low-level invisibility ability sneaking out of the camp, and Qin Siyang questioned when the person had turned traitor.

Qin Siyang approved Wang Defa and Edward’s plan to secretly monitor a suspected traitor, then looked for money to equip his rapidly growing brigade. With his usual funding sources unavailable or off-limits, he asked Yu Yongyou for help.

• Wang Defa apologized for failing to identify when a suspected traitor had been compromised, and Qin Siyang reassured him that the enemy behind it was beyond his ability to stop.
• Wang Defa explained Edward’s plan to keep the suspect under secret surveillance until they could trace his network, and Qin Siyang approved it.
• Qin Siyang reviewed his finances and ruled out using Crystal Coins, the Sigma District mines, or Zhao Merchants’ Association dividends to fund thousands of basic God-Hunting Artifacts.
• Qin Siyang considered asking Hu Chan for money but decided against it because Hu Chan was occupied fighting the Three Harmonies Church.
• Qin Siyang called Yu Yongyou and complained that raising an army had left him strapped for cash, prompting Yu Yongyou to question his claim of poverty.

Yu Yongyou arranged for Qin Siyang to kill two Yu Family relatives in exchange for unranked God-Hunting Artifacts, then invited him to strike at the family banquet. The banquet ended with Qin Siyang appearing beside the head table and killing Yu Bianduo and Yu Yongguan.

• Qin Siyang asked Yu Yongyou for basic God-Hunting Artifacts to equip four thousand soldiers, and Yu Yongyou offered a thousand sets in exchange for killing two relatives.
• Yu Yongyou invited Qin Siyang to the Yu Family banquet that night and planned to travel with him to Area No. 7 afterward for the Vine Heart Trade Fair.
• Qin Siyang left Southern Glory, while Yu Yongyou and Yu Bianhou waited at the banquet and discussed the targets' armor and the assassin's arrival.
• As Yu Yongyou began his speech, Qin Siyang appeared beside the head table and smashed Yu Bianduo's and Yu Yongguan's heads with a powerful kick.

Qin Siyang assassinated Yu Bianduo and Yu Yongguan at the Yu Family banquet, leaving Yu Yongyou stunned by his ally’s decisive strength. After Qin Siyang returned to Southern Glory, he learned that Jiang Hao and Guo Jiuxiao had been appointed presidents of Eastern Glory University and Western Glory University.

• Qin Siyang killed Yu Bianduo and Yu Yongguan in one swift attack and vanished from the Yu Family banquet.
• Yu Bianhou dragged Yu Yongyou into the protected Side Hall as the banquet guests panicked and suspected Yu Yongyou of arranging the killings.
• Yu Yongyou realized that Qin Siyang had acted without hesitation and considered him an exceptionally capable ally.
• Qin Siyang left Zone 5 in his Drill Pod, hoping his work would help him borrow more money from Yu Yongyou later.
• Qin Siyang read an announcement that Jiang Hao would lead Eastern Glory University and Guo Jiuxiao would lead Western Glory University, and concluded their appointments were reasonable.

As Area No. 7 prepared to host the Vine Heart Trade Fair, the Warren Merchants' Association updated the Tiger Cards and ranked students Duan Chongfang and Qin Siyang among the Safe Zone's strongest. Qin Siyang saw the update draw attention to him and wondered whether the association was making him famous or putting his life in danger.

• Area No. 7 filled with visitors as the Three Major Merchants' Associations prepared the Vine Heart Trade Fair at the Soaring Flight Hotel.
• The Three Major Merchants' Associations used the fair to sell their remaining shared assets and close an era, while Jiang Hao relied on the Zhao Family's support to hold it in Area No. 7.
• Zhao Longteng accepted the profitable partnership despite Zhao Longfei's protests, and Qin Siyang had no objection.
• The Warren Merchants' Association's new Tiger Cards ranked Duan Chongfang and Qin Siyang at the bottom, making them the first students to appear on the deck.
• Qin Siyang read the forum's shocked reactions and wondered whether the Warren Merchants' Association meant to make him famous or get him killed.

The Tiger Cards update placed Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang among the Safe Zone’s top powerhouses, drawing intense attention at Southern Glory. Qin Siyang’s group then headed to the Vine Heart Trade Fair, where they were bound for the core venue.

• Qin Siyang considered how many established powerhouses had been overlooked or deliberately ranked low before he and Duan Chongfang made the Tiger Cards.
• Southern Glory students and Qin Siyang’s friends reacted with shock and excitement to the two students’ new rankings, while Chu Baxing felt disheartened.
• The Tiger Cards update reshuffled several ranks, removed Yan Mohui and Ji Ping, and named Xie Nanyun as Queen of Diamonds.
• Qin Siyang, Chu Baxing, Hu Chan, Gu Yunpeng, and Zhao Sifang skipped class to attend the Vine Heart Trade Fair, while Fu Wanli stayed on campus.
• Meng Yu planned to visit the basic and high-tier venues, and Sally received a golden invitation to the trade fair’s core venue.

Qin Siyang and his companions entered the trade fair and passed through its basic and advanced venues before reaching the Core Venue. There, Qin found his name in the first row, reflecting his high standing among the invited guests.

• Qin Siyang and his companions toured the crowded basic venue, where Sequence Ability Users traded goods and shouted offers.
• Wang Degui asked Smith to admit the Rock Merchants' Association to the Advanced Venue, but Smith refused because the invitation list was final.
• Qin Siyang and his companions showed their golden invitations to Jiang Changfu, who verified them and let them pass to the Core Venue.
• Zhao Sifang recognized Jiang Changfu as Jiang Hao's son, and Qin Siyang recalled that he had survived Lu Daoxing's slaughter of the Jiang Family.
• Qin Siyang and his companions entered the Core Venue, where Qin saw his name displayed in the first row alongside his titles.

Qin Siyang took his place among the Safe Zone’s most powerful figures at the Vine Heart Trade Fair, while the seating exposed the status of those around him. At ten o’clock, host Qian Wendao began explaining the fair’s rules.

• Qin Siyang entered the venue and sat in the front row beside Wei Rulai and Zhong Dingming, with no one challenging his place among the Safe Zone’s leading figures.
• Guo Jiuxiao and Xiao Zhigang watched Qin Siyang from the second row, while Chu Baxing sat in the last-row corner and silently resented the status-based seating.
• Sally admired Qin Siyang from afar, and Chu Baxing told her to be quiet; she teased him for being jealous.
• Chu Xiaoang watched his son from the front row, having deliberately assigned Chu Baxing a low-ranking seat to spur him to improve.
• Qin Siyang and Wei Rulai exchanged teasing remarks, while Zhao Longfei and Li Tianming watched with satisfaction.
• At ten in the morning, Qian Wendao stepped forward and began explaining the Vine Heart Trade Fair’s rules.

Qian Wendao opened the Vine Heart trading fair and introduced its three sessions before the first collectible, a double-barreled shotgun once owned by Lei Xiaoting, sparked a dispute. Fan Baoluo objected to trading the notorious criminal’s Tool, while Zoff Fan and Kyle Warren defended the sale, leaving Qin Siyang wary of Fan Baoluo’s rumored identity as Yu Jianyun.

• Qian Wendao announced the trading fair’s rules and opened the collectibles trading session.
• The Three Major Merchants’ Associations presented an antique double-barreled shotgun that Fan Baoluo identified as one of Lei Xiaoting’s Tools.
• Zoff Fan argued that Tools were innocent and that the fair was for trading rather than judging their former owners.
• Kyle Warren backed Zoff Fan, pointing out that Lei Xiaoting was already dead.
• Qin Siyang recalled Zhao Longfei’s warning that Fan Baoluo might be Yu Jianyun and observed that others did not seem intimidated by the minister.

After Fan Baoluo failed to pressure the trading event’s attendees, Lei Xiaoting’s artifact, the shotgun called Gun, went up for bids. Most dismissed the weapon as outdated, but Professor Hao Liang offered to buy it, prompting Qin Siyang to suspect his motives.

• Fan Baoluo invoked the United Government to demand action over Lei Xiaoting’s artifact, but Zoff Fan and Kyle Warren rebuffed him and the other attendees refused to support him.
• Qian Wendao introduced Gun as one of Lei Xiaoting’s three signature artifacts, and Qin Yingguang explained how it had once injured targets and suppressed their Sequence Abilities.
• Qin Yingguang argued that Gun’s early technology was obsolete, and Qin Siyang and the other powerful guests lost interest in bidding.
• As the merchants prepared to move on, Hao Liang offered to buy Gun for research into early artifact manufacturing techniques.
• Qin Siyang recalled that Hao Liang opposed the United Government and wondered whether his interest in Lei Xiaoting’s artifact was really academic.

Hao Liang privately negotiated with the Three Major Merchants' Associations and bought Lei Xiaoting's double-barreled shotgun, leaving Qin Siyang suspicious of his connection to Lei Xiaoting. At the trade fair, Qin Siyang decided to disrupt his rivals' purchases, then saw Guo Jiuxiao bid on black crystal pear ore and prepared to compete with him.

• Hao Liang spent ten minutes negotiating privately with the presidents of the Three Major Merchants' Associations, then bought Lei Xiaoting's double-barreled shotgun.
• Qin Siyang suspected Hao Liang had a deep connection to Lei Xiaoting and wondered whether he was about to take action.
• Xie Nanyun won the armor repair glue after outbidding Wang Xuzuo.
• Qin Siyang decided to focus on stopping his opponents from getting what they wanted rather than searching for a specific item.
• Guo Jiuxiao bid on the black crystal pear ore, and Qin Siyang decided to fight him for it.

Qin Siyang waited until Guo Jiuxiao’s ninety-Gold-Coin bid for the black crystal pear ore seemed certain to win, then offered one Crystal Coin, shocking the trade fair. He intended Crystal Coins to circulate only among the Safe Zone’s upper echelons, and their first major transaction began at the Vine Heart Trade Fair.

• Wang Xuzuo, Ulit, and other bidders drove the black crystal pear ore’s price upward before most faction leaders withdrew.
• Du Wenzhao bid eighty-seven Gold Coins, hoping to secure ore for his stalled research, but Guo Jiuxiao raised the price to ninety.
• Du Wenzhao asked Guo Jiuxiao whether he needed the whole batch, then fell silent after Guo Jiuxiao said he did.
• As Qian Wendao prepared to close the auction, Qin Siyang bid one Crystal Coin, freezing Guo Jiuxiao’s smile and stunning the crowd.
• Qin Siyang planned for Crystal Coins to facilitate large transactions among the United Government, major factions, and top Sequence Ability Users rather than enter grassroots circulation.

Qin Siyang used Crystal Coins to win the black crystal pear ore, outmaneuvering Guo Jiuxiao while promising researchers they could later trade for it. The auction then presented mysterious Mutant Goat Horns, and Zhang Kuang texted Qin Siyang to secure them.

• Qian Wendao waited for Jiang Hao, Kyle Warren, and Zoff Fan to approve Crystal Coins as payment, and all three agreed despite Jiang Hao's conflict of interest and Guo Jiuxiao's disappointment.
• Qin Siyang won the black crystal pear ore for one Crystal Coin and transferred it publicly through the United Government's management website.
• Qin Siyang invited Professor Du Wenzhao and other researchers to approach him after the event about the ore, then gave Guo Jiuxiao a cold smile.
• Qian Wendao introduced Mutant Goat Horns formed when a Blood Moon Blind Spider's web caught on a Lightning Goat's horns, and Zoff Fan explained that their combined properties remained unknown.
• Zhang Kuang texted Qin Siyang, asking him to secure the horns.