Chapter Summaries

The Hope Convoy’s members spent half a month hunting Weirds and Fierce Beasts, gaining levels and new skills as they prepared for the coming battle in Yi City. When the Qipao Weird arrived at their camp, she revealed that she had advanced in level and moved closer to Rule Mastery, leaving Luo Fan wondering whether she had fully broken through.

• The Hope Convoy’s core members left the Weird Domain and spent half a month hunting to prepare for the battle in Yi City.
• Luo Fan and the other members raised their Sequence Levels, while Han Shanzhong gained Gale Sword and Lin Feifei gained Bone Turret.
• Zhang Qian brewed Enhancement Potions, most of which went to Greenedge Base and Aerospace Base.
• Luo Fan saw An Xiaoran chatting with Rose, asked whether Rose had sent important news, and then returned toward his room.
• Niu Dagang called Luo Fan outside, where he greeted the Qipao Weird and noticed she had shrunk.
• The Qipao Weird said she had advanced in level and come closer to Rule Mastery, prompting Luo Fan to ask whether she had fully broken through.

Luo Fan agreed to help the Qipao Weird lure out a Rule-Type Weird, and they set off together on his Motorcycle. Their journey was interrupted by an ambush from tree vines, which the Qipao Weird neutralized with her rule power.

• The Qipao Weird told Luo Fan that she had advanced to the Fifth Tier and that her rule ability had barely reached the Control Level.
• The Qipao Weird explained that a special Rule-Type Weird appeared only when humans were nearby, and Luo Fan agreed to act as bait.
• Luo Fan told Niu Dagang he was leaving, then rode with the Qipao Weird toward the Weird's location.
• Tree vines burst from the road and lifted the Motorcycle into the air as they traveled.
• The Qipao Weird reversed time for the vines and stopped the Motorcycle, while Luo Fan wrapped his arms around her waist.
• The Qipao Weird asked Luo Fan whether he was all right.

Luo Fan followed the Qipao Weird into a withered forest to confront a Level 45 Rule-Type Weird called Mask Weird, whose four faces demanded a sealing-petition answer. After discovering its flames could not stop him, Luo Fan struck one face and pierced it with his Vampiric Short Sword.

• Luo Fan and the Qipao Weird traveled for about an hour and a half before entering a withered forest.
• Luo Fan found Mask Weird, a Level 45 figure with four floating faces, and identified it as the Rule-Type Weird the Qipao Weird had brought him to hunt.
• Mask Weird asked Luo Fan whether it looked like a Weird or a god, but its sealing effect did not hinder his power.
• Luo Fan pretended to be afraid and edged closer while Mask Weird urged him to answer.
• Luo Fan struck one face with the Vampiric Short Sword's hilt, then used Decapitation to target it as flames fell around him.
• Luo Fan ignored the flames and drove the Vampiric Short Sword through the incapacitated face.

Luo Fan and the Qipao Weird defeated a rule-type Weird, and Luo Fan claimed its rule-type weird crystal. The Qipao Weird declared that Luo Fan belonged to her, then planned to bring him to Yi City after Xiaodie's Innate Yin Jade had fully formed.

• Luo Fan pierced one of the fourth-tier Weird's Face Masks with his Vampiric Short Sword, but the remaining Face Masks trapped him inside a Flame Zone.
• The Qipao Weird arrived and used her rule power to shrink the Weird into a child and reduce it to one Face Mask.
• Luo Fan targeted the fleeing Weird with his Weird Gun, and Triple Shot killed it.
• Luo Fan collected the rule-type weird crystal and thanked the Qipao Weird for keeping her promise.
• The Qipao Weird declared that Luo Fan was hers, and Luo Fan accepted her claim.
• The Qipao Weird planned to wait until Xiaodie's Innate Yin Jade had fully formed before taking Luo Fan to Yi City to help seize it.

Luo Fan asked Mo Mo to socket a rule-type weird crystal into his Vampiric Short Sword, hoping to create a powerful melee weapon. Mo Mo said the process would take about ten days and asked what rule effect Luo Fan wanted, leaving him stunned that the effect might be customizable.

• Luo Fan considered using his rule-type weird crystal to forge a melee weapon and chose his +6 Third-Tier Vampiric Short Sword.
• Luo Fan contacted Master Wen Hao, who suggested asking Mo Mo because the Inventor sequence belonged to the artisan-type sequences.
• Luo Fan asked Mo Mo to socket the crystal into his sword, and Mo Mo agreed to do it through the Trading Panel.
• Mo Mo examined the sword, noted its quality rivaled a fourth-tier uncanny artifact, and estimated the work would take about ten days.
• Mo Mo asked Luo Fan what rule effect he wanted, and Luo Fan asked whether he could customize it.

Luo Fan arranged for Mo Mo to make his second rule-type Uncanny Artifact with an attack-focused effect, then checked on the Innate Yin Jade as the Hope Convoy continued its journey. That night, a masked woman launched a rapid attack on the convoy’s camp, and Luo Fan prepared to face her.

• Mo Mo told Luo Fan that his Rule Formulation skill could roughly guide a rule’s effect, and Luo Fan requested an attack-focused effect for his second rule-type Uncanny Artifact.
• Luo Fan learned from the Weird Bride that the Innate Yin Jade was close to taking shape after being nourished by Weird Qi for over half a month.
• Guided by Zhao Chunfeng’s divination, the Hope Convoy hunted two Fourth-Tier Fierce Beasts and camped again that evening.
• A masked woman killed the patrolling corpse and destroyed all three White Bone Cannons before vanishing, prompting Lin Feifei to warn the convoy of an enemy attack.
• Luo Fan summoned the Nightmare Mongoose to possess him, drew his Blood Blade, and called out to the masked attacker.

An invisible female assassin repeatedly attacked Luo Fan, but he wounded her each time while An Xiaoran healed him. After Luo Fan finally overwhelmed her, she advanced her Sequence Level and revealed a face he recognized.

• The assassin ambushed Luo Fan and cut his shoulder, then attacked again and suffered deep wounds from his claws.
• Luo Fan realized he was her target, told Han Shanzhong and the others not to follow, and fought her alone as An Xiaoran healed his injuries.
• Luo Fan kicked the assassin away during another attack, while Niu Dagang and Zhao Chunfeng noticed something was wrong.
• The assassin bound Luo Fan with a black substance and stabbed his shoulder, but he broke free and tore open her chest with his claws.
• The wounded assassin's Sequence Level increased, and she removed her mask to reveal a face Luo Fan recognized.

Lian Ziqiong revealed that her third-tier Promotion Mission had required her to land ten attacks on a powerful Sequence User, so she had chosen Luo Fan. After succeeding, she awakened Shadow Mimicry, and the chapter ended with Luo Fan praising her while boasting that she had only reached his level.

• Lian Ziqiong asked when Luo Fan had recognized her, and he explained that her invisibility, nonlethal attacks, and familiar fighting style had given her away.
• Lian Ziqiong asked An Xiaoran to heal her, then explained that her Promotion Mission required her to hit a powerful Sequence User ten times.
• Lian Ziqiong told Luo Fan that Shadow Kill Technique was her Lv26 control skill and that completing the mission had awakened her Lv31 skill, Shadow Mimicry.
• Luo Fan compared Shadow Mimicry with his own Mimicry and praised Lian Ziqiong, claiming her skill was about thirty percent as strong as his.
• Lian Ziqiong said Luo Fan was praising himself while pretending to compliment her, and he told her to be more confident.

As the Innate Yin Jade neared completion in Yi City, the Puppet Weird summoned Luo Fan to an underground castle near the Hope Convoy. The Puppet Weird asked Luo Fan to enter Yi City and throw a mysterious bean beside the jade once it had fully formed.

• A beam of light and a surge of Weird activity signaled that the Innate Yin Jade in Yi City was nearing completion, and the Weird Bride confirmed the news to Luo Fan.
• An underground castle rose from the ground near the Hope Convoy, and Luo Fan stopped Ai Si from attacking it before entering alone.
• The Puppet Weird told Luo Fan that the Innate Yin Jade was about to finish forming and asked him to stay beside it in Yi City.
• The Puppet Weird gave Luo Fan a purple, inscribed bean and instructed him to throw it on the ground once the Innate Yin Jade had fully formed.

The Puppet Weird gave Luo Fan a pale purple bean and forced him to help obtain the Innate Yin Jade in Yi City before returning his ability. Luo Fan and the Hope Convoy set out for Yi City, and the Qipao Weird joined them, entrusting her safety to him during the journey.

• The Puppet Weird gave Luo Fan the bean and said it would return his ability after obtaining the Innate Yin Jade, so Luo Fan agreed to help.
• After the Puppet Weird’s castle sank underground, Zhao Chunfeng asked Luo Fan about the mission, and Luo Fan reassured him that he had a plan.
• Master Wen Hao asked Luo Fan to scout Yi City for humanity, and Luo Fan agreed before gathering his companions’ support for the coming battle.
• The Hope Convoy set off for Yi City with Luo Fan, Zhao Chunfeng, Lin Feifei, An Xiaoran, Ai Si, Niu Dagang, Ximen Chuixue, and Han Shanzhong aboard.
• Two hours into the trip, the Qipao Weird appeared and chose to travel with Luo Fan, despite the danger of being exposed to daylight.

Luo Fan traveled toward Yi City with the Qipao Weird while survivors began fleeing the city as strange phenomena intensified. He received his newly socketed Wraith Short Sword, whose powerful soul-enslaving effect suited the coming battle, and decided to reroll its dangerous side effect.

• The Qipao Weird told Luo Fan she trusted him enough to travel with him, and he let her board the RV as the Hope Convoy continued toward Yi City.
• Strange phenomena in Yi City caused about a third of its survivors to flee while the rest waited to see what would happen.
• Mr. Mo Mo told Luo Fan that he had finished socketing the Vampiric Short Sword, and Luo Fan completed the trade for the weapon.
• Luo Fan paid to appraise the transformed weapon and learned it was now the Wraith Short Sword, which enslaved slain targets' souls to increase his damage but could unleash them against him after combat.
• Luo Fan placed the Wraith Short Sword into the reroll function to change its dangerous side effect.

Luo Fan reforged the Wraith Short Sword until its side effect was acceptable, then entered Yi City as the Innate Yin Jade neared completion. The Aerospace Base prepared its remaining weapons and Fierce Beasts for battle, while Luo Fan met the Weird Bride at the city’s center.

• Luo Fan reforged the Wraith Short Sword three times, spending over 90,000 Check-in Funds to settle on a side effect that required a Weird Crystal for each wraith released after battle.
• The Hope Convoy reached Yi City, and Luo Fan told Zhao Chunfeng and the others to remain outside before flying toward the city with the Black Bird and Nightmare Nekomata.
• The Weird Bride’s cold snort stopped the Weird from attacking Luo Fan as he entered Yi City, drawing the attention of observers across the Sequence Forum and beyond.
• Master Wen Hao learned that Luo Fan had entered Yi City and confirmed that the Aerospace Base had prepared its remaining heavy weapons and Fierce Beasts for the battle.
• Luo Fan reached the central building and reunited with the Weird Bride, who greeted him as her husband.

Luo Fan used his Treasure Appraisal function to identify the bean the Puppet Weird had given him as a Demon-Sealing Bean, a powerful treasure that could consume weird qi and spread through Yi City. The Weird Bride explained its effects, leaving Luo Fan with a clearer sense of the danger the bean posed when it was activated.

• The Weird Bride told Luo Fan that the Innate Yin Jade was nearly formed and asked whether the Puppet Weird had contacted him.
• Luo Fan showed the Weird Bride the bean the Puppet Weird had given him, but she could not identify its specific effects.
• Luo Fan paid a 208,000-yuan appraisal fee and learned that the Demon-Sealing Bean would grow into vines that bound targets and drained their weird qi.
• The Weird Bride recognized the bean as a rare treasure and said the Puppet Weird's willingness to use it showed how determined he was to obtain the Innate Yin Jade.
• The Weird Bride explained that the bean's vines would absorb all weird qi in their range, preventing skills that relied on it and spreading farther as they drained more.

Luo Fan and the Weird Bride considered how the Puppet Weird could use the Demon-Sealing Bean without losing its powers, then asked the Golden Weird Mirror for a way to counter it. When the mirror demanded a sixth-tier Weird crystal, a mysterious woman from the Lantern Festival appeared and offered one.

• Luo Fan reasoned that the Puppet Weird must have a way to circumvent the Demon-Sealing Bean's effects, though he and the Weird Bride did not know what it was.
• Luo Fan asked the Golden Weird Mirror how to counter the Demon-Sealing Bean, and it demanded ten fifth-tier Weird crystals.
• When Luo Fan tried to bargain, the Golden Weird Mirror raised its price to one sixth-tier Weird crystal.
• A regal woman emerged from the shadows and said she had a sixth-tier Weird crystal.
• Luo Fan recognized the woman as the cook he had met during the Lantern Festival, and the Weird Bride addressed her as the Empress Dowager.

Luo Fan and the Weird Bride’s mother, the Empress Dowager, learned from the Golden Weird Mirror that Life Fire could counter the Demon-Sealing Bean. The Empress Dowager offered to teach Luo Fan how to ignite it, leaving the Weird Bride torn between obtaining the Innate Yin Jade and protecting her husband.

• The Weird Bride introduced Luo Fan as her servant when the Empress Dowager arrived, though both Luo Fan and the Weird Bride worried that their relationship would be exposed.
• The Weird Bride explained that a powerful Weird planned to use a Demon-Sealing Bean to restrain her and steal the Innate Yin Jade.
• The Empress Dowager paid the Golden Weird Mirror a Sixth-Tier Weird Crystal to ask how to counter the Demon-Sealing Bean.
• The Golden Weird Mirror answered that Life Fire could form a barrier against the Bean’s Weird Qi-draining effect.
• The Empress Dowager explained that humans and Fierce Beasts could ignite Life Fire by burning vitality, and offered to teach Luo Fan the method.
• The Weird Bride asked if there was another way, but the Empress Dowager said the mirror had revealed none, leaving the Weird Bride unwilling to risk Luo Fan’s vitality.

Luo Fan agreed to burn his lifespan to ignite the Life Fire and protect the Innate Yin Jade, despite the Weird Bride’s objections. As the jade entered its final stage of taking shape, a stone castle rose beneath Yi City and the Puppet Weird appeared.

• The Weird Bride refused Mother-in-law’s plan, but Luo Fan agreed to use his lifespan as fuel for the Life Fire.
• Mother-in-law taught Luo Fan how to ignite the Life Fire by touching his forehead.
• The Innate Yin Jade began pulsing, and Luo Fan urged the Weird Bride to focus as it neared completion.
• The Weird Bride flew beside the jade while moonlight gathered around it and Yi City darkened.
• A stone castle rose from underground, and the Puppet Weird appeared.

As the Innate Yin Jade completed its formation, Luo Fan used the Demon-Sealing Bean to unleash vines that spread across Yi City and drained the Weird Qi from anything they caught. The Puppet Weird raced toward the Weird Bride through the vines, while the Qipao Weird fled toward the city’s outskirts.

• Master Wen Hao asked about preparations at the other bases, and Jiang Shengnan assured him they were ready.
• The Innate Yin Jade condensed into a pure-black form, and the Weird Bride realized its completion would spark a chaotic battle.
• A Ghost Howl called to Luo Fan as the Puppet Weird and other Weirds charged toward the jade, and Luo Fan released the Demon-Sealing Bean.
• The vines bound Weirds across Yi City, absorbed their Weird Qi, and prevented Rose from using her Sequence abilities.
• The Qipao Weird recognized the Demon-Sealing Bean and fled, while the Puppet Weird ran across the vines toward the Weird Bride and praised Luo Fan.

The Weird Bride and Luo Fan were trapped by the Demon-Sealing Bean’s vines as the Puppet Weird raced to seize the Innate Yin Jade. Luo Fan’s life-fire aura freed them and helped the Weird Bride defeat the Puppet Weird, who returned Luo Fan’s stolen ability, but Luo Fan could not confirm whether it had recovered.

• The Puppet Weird charged through Yi City’s vines while other Weird and Sequence Users waited outside the city for him to emerge with the Innate Yin Jade.
• The Demon-Sealing Bean’s vines bound the Weird Bride and Luo Fan, but Luo Fan’s life-fire aura burned the vines away and protected them from their effects.
• The Weird Bride immobilized the Puppet Weird and used her Aging Rule to rust his metal body until he claimed that killing him would prevent Luo Fan’s ability from returning.
• The Weird Bride stopped her attack and demanded that the Puppet Weird restore Luo Fan’s ability in exchange for his life.
• The Puppet Weird sent a ball of light into Luo Fan, who admitted that he could not tell whether his ability had returned, leaving the Weird Bride silent.

After the Puppet Weird left Yi City, Luo Fan and the Weird Bride prepared to escape with the Innate Yin Jade while surrounded by enemies. The Hope Convoy and Master Wen Hao’s forces launched a massive assault on the Weirds, as thousands of them converged to intercept the escaping pair.

• The Weird Bride released the Puppet Weird, who left Yi City after claiming Luo Fan’s ability had returned.
• Luo Fan recognized that the encircling Weirds and humans made escape inevitable, and he messaged Master Wen Hao before charging out with the Weird Bride.
• The Hope Convoy attacked the Weirds, with Ai Si, Lin Feifei, Ximen Chuixue, and Han Shanzhong leading the assault.
• Master Wen Hao mobilized the Aerospace Base’s Sequence Users, fighter jets, and hundreds of fierce beasts to join the battle.
• Lin Feifei used her skills to revive and control corpses, attack with White Bone Turrets, and rapidly raise her Sequence Level.
• The Qipao Weird and thousands of other Weirds rushed toward the edge of Yi City to intercept Luo Fan and the Weird Bride.

After escaping Yi City, Luo Fan was weakened when he extinguished his Life Fire, while the Weird Bride held off the pursuing Weirds with her doppelgängers. On the chaotic battlefield, a fifth-tier Weird attacked the Hope Convoy, but Niu Dagang blocked its crushing stomp with his shield.

• Luo Fan extinguished his Life Fire after leaving Yi City and nearly collapsed from exhaustion as Weirds rushed after him and the Weird Bride.
• The Weird Bride summoned dozens of doppelgängers to hold back the pursuing Weirds, while Rose watched from among them.
• The Hope Convoy displayed its strength amid the battle, drawing the attention of a fifth-tier Weird.
• Ximen Chuixue slowed the approaching fifth-tier Weird with Sword Qi Blizzard and Frost Strike, but the level difference weakened the effect.
• The fifth-tier Weird stomped at Ximen Chuixue, and Niu Dagang stepped in and barely blocked the attack with his shield and combined skills.