Chapter Summaries

Nairun and Weina used a Shadow Cloak to bypass the Golden Lion Family’s defenses and entered Golden Lion Manor to kill Chen Mu. They attacked Chen Mu in his room with Mental Thorn and Shadow Tentacles, but he recovered from the mental assault almost immediately.

• Nairun and his companion used the Shadow Art inscribed on a Shadow Cloak to disappear and slip past the Dark Guards.
• Chen Mu read in his room near Earl Arthur’s quarters, then went to bed after noticing the window was shut.
• Chen Mu heard faint creaks and saw the window open and vanish, realizing someone had reached his room.
• Nairun struck Chen Mu with Mental Thorn while Weina summoned Shadow Tentacles to attack his neck.
• Weina was shocked when Chen Mu recovered from Mental Thorn almost instantly.

Chen Mu killed Weina after recovering from the Black Robe Pathseekers Society’s ambush, and Earl Arthur arrived and demanded answers from Nairun. Outside the territory, Lai Wan’s group waited for the attackers, but a Golden Lion Family archer discovered them and killed one of their members.

• Weina and Nairun’s wizardry briefly caught Chen Mu off guard, but he recovered and struck Weina down with a powerful knight skill.
• Earl Arthur broke through Chen Mu’s wall, confirmed that Vieri was unharmed, and told Nairun to reveal the Black Robe Pathseekers Society’s plans.
• Lai Wan and four others waited in a forest for Weina and Nairun, then considered sending Ke De to check whether Vieri was dead.
• Lai Wan spotted a glimmer and warned the group as an arrow pierced one member’s heart.
• Lai Wan realized their position had likely been exposed, and another arrow glowing with golden light flew toward them.

Chen Mu ambushed members of the Black Robe Pathseekers Society, but they mistook him for Arthur and fled, leaving Lai Wan behind. As Dark Guards surrounded Lai Wan, Chen Mu misread his intimidating display as evidence of great power and prepared to test him.

• Chen Mu shot Lai Wan with a golden arrow, breaking his Shadow Barrier and wounding his shoulder.
• The Black Robe Pathseekers Society members mistook Chen Mu for Arthur and fled as Dark Guards closed in.
• Lai Wan remained behind, unsure whether to fight, flee, or stall for time.
• Lai Wan used Mental Pressure to intimidate Chen Mu, who became more wary of his apparent strength.
• Surrounded by hundreds of Dark Guards, Lai Wan stayed motionless, and Chen Mu decided to test him.

Aim and William ambushed and killed three fleeing Wizard Apprentices in the Thorn Jungle, while Chen Mu discovered that Lai Wan was far weaker than he had pretended. Chen Mu unleashed a finishing attack as Lai Wan stood surrounded by Dark Guards.

• Aim killed one fleeing Wizard Apprentice with Surging Wave Slash, then drew the other two into William's fatal Crimson Moon Cross Slash.
• William helped Aim after he took two spells head-on, though Aim insisted he was unharmed.
• Chen Mu realized Lai Wan was genuinely weak and had only been bluffing about his strength.
• Chen Mu ordered the Dark Guards to attack and struck Lai Wan with Dual Blade Continuous Slash.

Chen Mu and the Golden Lion Family defeated the Black Robe Pathseekers Society’s attack, killing all seven Wizard Apprentices who entered the Far East Territory’s core region. After returning to the manor, Chen Mu stayed up reading Kingdom Anecdotes.

• Lai Wan died after Chen Mu and the Dark Guard struck him down.
• Earl Arthur told Chen Mu that William and Aim had ambushed the fleeing attackers along the routes out of the Far East Territory.
• William and Aim returned with the heads of the three Wizard Apprentices they had intercepted, confirming the Society’s seven attackers had all been killed.
• Earl Arthur ordered the Dark Guard to burn the Wizard Apprentices’ corpses and told everyone to remain vigilant for further threats.
• Chen Mu returned to the manor, found the damaged wall repaired, and read Kingdom Anecdotes in bed.

After the Black Robe Pathseekers Society abandoned its campaign against the Golden Lion Family, Chen Mu returned to his quiet routine. Earl Arthur invited him to travel throughout the Winter Kingdom, leaving Chen Mu surprised by the unexpected proposal.

• The four remaining members of the Black Robe Pathseekers Society blamed Lai Wan for their losses, and Mu Lin ordered them to abandon further action against the Golden Lion Family.
• Chen Mu focused on mastering Knight Skills after his Breathing Technique reached its limit and the Society made no move against the family.
• William told Chen Mu that Earl Arthur wanted to see him and asked whether he would attend the upcoming Hunting Day; Chen Mu declined.
• Chen Mu visited Earl Arthur at Golden Lion Manor and learned that the purple flowers he was watering were Purple Thorn Flowers used in the Golden Lion Secret Medicine.
• Earl Arthur told Chen Mu that the Society was no longer a serious threat and asked whether he would travel throughout the Winter Kingdom; Chen Mu was surprised by the suggestion.

Chen Mu agreed to travel the Winter Kingdom this month after Earl Arthur urged him to broaden his horizons and prepare to inherit the family. As Arthur planned his supplies, Chen Mu wondered whether his accumulated simulations would bring him into contact with the Wizard Path.

• Earl Arthur argued that Chen Mu was ready to travel despite being only eighteen, since he was already a Grand Knight and might one day inherit the family.
• Chen Mu considered the safety of staying at the manor against the benefits of seeing the kingdom, then agreed to go.
• Arthur said they would set off this month and shared advice from his own travels, warning Chen Mu that he would have to rely on himself.
• Chen Mu left Golden Lion Manor, and Arthur began preparing supplies, considering 200,000 Gold Coins for the journey.
• Chen Mu wondered whether the two simulations he had accumulated would let him encounter the Wizard Path.

Chen Mu used a Life Simulation to test his path to becoming a Wizard and learned a beginner-stage Meditation Method after years of struggle on Mond Continent. He retained the method’s knowledge and left himself better prepared to pursue wizardry.

• Chen Mu began a Life Simulation to see whether he could become a Wizard Apprentice while traveling to the Wizard Continent.
• In the simulation, Chen Mu traveled through the Wandering Kingdom, reached the Wizard Continent, and learned that he had Fifth-Grade Wizard Aptitude.
• Chen Mu became a test subject for the Ston City Lord’s experiments, damaging his body in exchange for learning a Wizard Meditation Method.
• After years of failing to begin the method, Chen Mu traded the Bronze Key for the Ston City Lord’s help opening his Spiritual Sea.
• Chen Mu entered the beginner stage of the Meditation Method but died before becoming a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice.
• Chen Mu chose to retain the method’s knowledge, and memories of its beginner stage flooded into his mind.

Chen Mu began practicing the Black Tower Meditation Method and discovered that his innate Spiritual Power gave him a relatively large Spiritual Sea, but his low Wizard Aptitude made its growth painfully slow. After checking his panel, he decided to start another life simulation.

• Chen Mu examined his Spiritual Sea and realized it could barely imprint two Zero-Ring Wizardries, one short of the Level 1 Wizard Apprentice requirement.
• Chen Mu practiced the Black Tower Meditation Method, sensed a few specks of light enter his Spiritual Sea, and found that its growth was extremely slow.
• Chen Mu checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his Spirit had risen to 1.7 and the Black Tower Meditation Method was at Beginner 12/400.
• Chen Mu weighed whether to save his simulation attempt, then chose to begin a new life simulation.

Chen Mu’s simulation showed him rising to become a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice after decades of practicing the Meditation Method, while the Golden Lion Family grew into the kingdom’s foremost family. He retained the realm, felt his Spiritual Sea expand, and heard the Simulator’s mechanical voice as he prepared to check his Spiritual Power.

• Chen Mu read a simulation in which he inherited the Count title, prepared for a Lord War, and later became a Marquess.
• Chen Mu’s son rose to become an Epic Knight, and the Golden Lion Family became a Duke family and the kingdom’s foremost family.
• Chen Mu cultivated the Meditation Method for decades, became a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice at age 66, and died of old age at 138.
• Chen Mu chose to retain his realm, and his Spiritual Sea expanded while his perception and thoughts sharpened.
• Chen Mu was about to check his Spiritual Power when the Simulator’s mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

After becoming a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice, Chen Mu discovered that the Wizard Life Simulator was upgrading and considered using future simulations to develop talented descendants. He also awakened the Bronze Key as a storage Magic Artifact, though he could not yet open its space.

• The Simulator began a one-day upgrade, while Chen Mu checked his panel and saw his Spiritual Power had risen to 2.5 and his Wizard Realm was Level 1 Wizard Apprentice.
• Chen Mu considered inscribing Wizardry and wondered whether he could send Wizard-talented descendants to the Wizard Continent in future simulations.
• Chen Mu touched the Bronze Key with his Spiritual Power, and it transformed into light and entered his Spiritual Sea.
• The key revealed itself as the Space Key, a storage Magic Artifact inscribed with the One-Ring Wizardry Small Dimensional Spell, and acknowledged Chen Mu as its master.
• Chen Mu tried to open the Space Key's dimensional space but failed, realizing he needed to nurture the artifact with his Spiritual Power.

Chen Mu discovered that the upgraded Wizard Life Simulator required Magic Stones, then found a Space Key containing a large stash of them and a mysterious book inscribed with Spiritual Eye Wizardry. The chapter ended with him learning that this Wizardry could evolve into the legendary Seven-Ring Wizardry's Eye.

• Chen Mu learned that the Simulator's free beginner period had ended and future simulations required ten Magic Stones each.
• The Space Key appeared in Chen Mu's hand, revealing a dimensional space large enough to hold several wooden boxes.
• Chen Mu opened the boxes and found two boxes containing five hundred Magic Stones each, along with a third box holding a strange book.
• The book's eye-shaped cover drew on Chen Mu's Spiritual Power, and its pages formed a pair of eyes that conveyed a new memory to him.
• Chen Mu learned that the book contained the core spiritual Wizardry Spiritual Eye, whose known evolution endpoint was Seven-Ring Wizardry's Eye.

Chen Mu gained the memories and inscription method for Spiritual Eye from the Space Key, but remained suspicious about why the Golden Lion Family’s ancestor had left such valuable items behind. He departed the Far East Territory with money and a map, beginning his journey through the Winter Kingdom.

• Chen Mu learned that the Wizardry Book had transferred the Spiritual Eye memories to him and returned the emptied book and chests to the Space Key’s Small Dimensional Space.
• Chen Mu questioned why the Golden Lion Family’s ancestor had left behind the Space Key, Magic Stones, and Spiritual Eye, but could not find an explanation and kept the key.
• Earl Arthur gave Chen Mu two hundred thousand Gold Coins and reminded him to remember his travel instructions.
• Chen Mu met William at the carriage, and William escorted him toward Four Seasons City, where Chen Mu would continue alone.
• Chen Mu studied Earl Arthur’s map during the journey and memorized the Winter Kingdom and the areas beyond its borders.

Chen Mu arrived in Four Seasons City, hired the local guide Bu Lai, and prepared for a short stay while exploring the city. After three days, he bought the best horse he could find, a Yellow Blaze Horse with a trace of Golden Lion Head blood.

• William escorted Chen Mu into Four Seasons City, then left with the Golden Lion Family carriage.
• Chen Mu hired Bu Lai as his guide and exchanged Gold Certificates for one thousand Gold Coins at the Royal Bank.
• Chen Mu tipped the bank attendant and Bu Lai, then had Bu Lai find him an inn.
• Chen Mu stored his Gold Certificates and map in the Small Dimensional Space and spent three days touring Four Seasons City with Bu Lai.
• Chen Mu bought the ranch's best horse, a Yellow Blaze Horse with a trace of Golden Lion Head blood.

Chen Mu crossed into Blackwater Territory and was ambushed by bandits, whom he swiftly defeated. After they claimed to serve the Black Serpent Family, Chen Mu dismissed their status and prepared to kill them.

• Chen Mu rode toward Black River City through the Wilderness of Blackwater Territory.
• A young bandit shot an arrow at Chen Mu, and his leader Bu Lu led the group out to demand his horse.
• Chen Mu drew the Lionheart Sword and killed one bandit with a single strike, revealing himself as a formal Knight.
• Bu Lu and the remaining bandits dropped to their knees, and Bu Lu pleaded for his life by claiming they served the Black Serpent Family.
• Chen Mu raised his sword and dismissed their claim to the Black Serpent Family.

Chen Mu arrived in Black River City after killing bandits connected to the Black Serpent Family and refused a guard’s attempt to confiscate his sword. He hired He Tu to guide him through the filthy, chaotic city and explain its local powers.

• Chen Mu found a Black Serpent Family emblem among the bandits’ belongings and continued toward Black River City.
• At the city gate, Chen Mu stopped a guard from taking his Lionheart Sword, paid the entry fee, and entered the city.
• Chen Mu observed Black River City’s filth and disorder and wondered why the Black Serpent Family had neglected it.
• He Tu offered to guide Chen Mu, recommended Serpent Head City, and described the city guards, Vine Tavern, and Hunter’s Guild as local powers.
• Chen Mu paid He Tu to guide him to a stable and the best available lodging while explaining Black River City along the way.

Chen Mu learned that Black River City's city guard planned to target him, then entered their base at night to confront them. He left the guards stunned as he revealed himself inside their tent.

• Chen Mu struggled to carve the Spiritual Eye Wizardry into his Spiritual Sea, completing one of its forty-nine Mysterious Symbols before He Tu arrived with a warning.
• He Tu told Chen Mu that the city guard targeted outsiders and asked to accompany him to Serpent Head City; Chen Mu agreed to take him but refused further help afterward.
• Chen Mu asked He Tu where the guards targeting him were stationed, then slipped into one of the city guard's bases after dark.
• Chen Mu approached a tent where guards discussed killing him for his wealth and heard them dismiss him as no more than a Quasi-Knight.
• Chen Mu entered the tent, and one of the guards recognized him as the others grabbed their weapons.

Chen Mu and He Tu left Black River City and traveled through the Wilderness toward Serpent Head City, where Chen Mu killed several groups of bandits blocking the road. They reached Flower Plain at sunset, admired its sea of flowers, and continued their journey toward Serpent Head City.

• A city guard discovered the corpses of the guards Chen Mu had killed in Black River City.
• Chen Mu and He Tu rode out of Black River City without being stopped and headed toward Serpent Head City.
• Chen Mu killed two groups of bandits they encountered in the Wilderness.
• Chen Mu shot down seven people blocking their road while He Tu followed behind him.
• Chen Mu and He Tu reached Flower Plain, admired its flowers, and continued toward Serpent Head City.

Chen Mu searched Serpent Head City for a high-quality longbow and learned that Black Serpent City was so obscure that even locals could not locate it. He commissioned a custom bow from James and was left waiting three days for it to be made.

• Brin told Chen Mu that Old James Blacksmith Shop could make excellent longbows, but he had found no map to Black Serpent City and had never heard of anyone visiting it.
• Brin suggested that the Serpent Head City Lord would know Black Serpent City's location, prompting Chen Mu to consider asking him about it.
• Several days later, Chen Mu visited James Blacksmith Shop and found its black-bearded smith, James, working in the courtyard.
• James measured Chen Mu and agreed to make him a custom longbow for three hundred gold coins, with a fifty-gold-coin deposit and a three-day wait.

Chen Mu ran a simulation in which he built up the Golden Lion Family, sent fifteen descendants to the Wizard Continent, and died without hearing from any of them. He retained the spell reward, triggering a change in his Spiritual Sea.

• Chen Mu spent ten Magic Stones to begin a life simulation and traveled across the kingdom, practicing meditation and inscribing wizardry.
• Chen Mu married Nailian, raised a large family, and sent fifteen descendants with wizard aptitude to the Wizard Continent over the years.
• Chen Mu inherited the Far East Territory, later expanded the family's influence during a Lord War, and eventually became a Marquess.
• Chen Mu lived to age 123 and died without receiving news from any of the descendants he had sent overseas.
• Chen Mu chose to retain the spell, and his Spiritual Sea underwent a tremendous change.