 Though the Fountain is destroyed before he can achieve immortality, Jack kills Blackbeard by tricking him into sacrificing his life as part of the Fountain's magical ritual.In the fifth film, Jack is suffering a series of bad luck with the "Pearl" still trapped in a bottle due to Blackbeard's actions, to the point that he trades his compass for a drink of rum.This results in the release of Armando Salazar, an undead Spanish pirate hunter whose death in a confrontation with Jack established Jack's own reputation.