Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu tested the new zero-ring wizardry Mind's Eye, discovering that it could see through buildings and people and examine his own body, though using it caused mental fatigue. After meditating and collecting his finished bow from James, Chen Mu used Mind's Eye on the blacksmith and discovered that James was a Grand Knight.

• Chen Mu activated Mind's Eye and used it to see through rooms and buildings, identify people's realms, and inspect his own body before stopping when his mind grew tired.
• Chen Mu found that his Black Tower Meditation Method had reached the proficient level and that his meditation had become faster.
• Chen Mu visited James Blacksmith Shop and examined the longbow James had made from Frost Willow Iron and Wild Python tendon.
• Chen Mu paid James three hundred Gold Coins for the bow, then used Mind's Eye to discover that James was a Grand Knight.

Chen Mu obtained the location of Black Serpent City from Nap Evans and rode there on a Blackwater War Horse. He reached the heavily guarded military city, where he was blindfolded before entering, while his Spiritual Eye continued to observe.

• Chen Mu proved to Nap Evans that he was the Golden Lion Earl's youngest son, and Nap gave him Black Serpent City's coordinates.
• Nap took Chen Mu to the horse farm, where Chen Mu chose Nap's Blackwater War Horse and received permission to ride it.
• Chen Mu passed through Bamboo Serpent Forest and saw Black Serpent City's enormous army and fortified walls.
• A guard stopped Chen Mu, heard his reason for coming, and led him across the drill ground toward the city.
• At the gate, a guard gave Chen Mu a blindfold required for outsiders, and Chen Mu entered while using his Spiritual Eye to see.

Chen Mu met Lop Evans, the Black Serpent Earl, after being escorted into Black Serpent City. Lop welcomed him warmly, learned from Earl Arthur’s letter that Chen Mu was a Formal Knight, and offered him a place to stay and an introduction to his sons, while his daughter was away in the Royal City.

• A guard escorted Chen Mu through Black Serpent City to a pavilion where Lop Evans was waiting.
• Lop recognized Chen Mu as Arthur’s son and urged him to stay in the city because traveling the kingdom was dangerous.
• Chen Mu gave Lop the letter from Earl Arthur, and Lop discovered that Arthur wanted him to introduce Chen Mu to his daughter.
• Lop told Chen Mu that his daughter and wife had gone to the Royal City, then agreed not to hinder Chen Mu’s travels after learning he was a Formal Knight.
• Lop invited Chen Mu to stay for a few days and attend a banquet with his sons, and Chen Mu accepted.

Chen Mu was trapped by a vast horde of venomous snakes in the Brutus Great Rift Valley and broke through the rock wall to escape. Inside, he discovered a hidden altar bearing a symbol identical to the one on his Space Key.

• Chen Mu left Black Serpent City and rode toward the outskirts of East River Province.
• Chen Mu encountered countless venomous snakes in the Brutus Great Rift Valley and turned back, only to find the horde surrounding him.
• The snakes suddenly attacked, and Chen Mu fought them off with his Knight Sword before using his Knight Skills and Golden Qi Stream to break through the brittle rock wall.
• Chen Mu uncovered a hidden space containing a huge altar, a Mysterious Symbol, and twelve empty Trays.
• Chen Mu compared the altar's symbol with the lotus-like symbol on his Space Key and found that they were identical.

After activating the altar, Chen Mu awoke in an abandoned mine and found that his meditation speed had increased, leading him to suspect he was on the Wizard Continent. When Russ tried to punish him for slacking off, Chen Mu subdued him and began demanding answers about his location.

• Chen Mu placed twelve Magic Stones on the altar and was enveloped in light before losing consciousness.
• Chen Mu awoke surrounded by stone, realized he had been driven to activate the altar by an unknown influence, and discovered his meditation speed had tripled.
• Chen Mu suspected he had arrived on the Wizard Continent and explored the mine until he found its entrance.
• Russ accused Chen Mu of slacking off and prepared to whip him, so Chen Mu grabbed him and broke his wrist.
• Chen Mu forced Russ to the ground, demanded to know where they were, and broke his other wrist when Russ began to question his identity.

Chen Mu learned that he was in the Colin Mining Area on the Violet Wizard Continent and killed Russ after questioning him. He disguised himself as Russ and hid the body, then waited in the mining area for a chance to escape.

• Chen Mu used his Spiritual Eye to catch Russ lying and forced him to identify the Violet Wizard Continent, Hornview Sea, and its rulers.
• Russ told Chen Mu that Lord Lyle ruled Violet Continent and was connected to the Pure Yellow Tower.
• After Russ answered Chen Mu's questions, Chen Mu snapped his neck and carried his body into an abandoned cave.
• Chen Mu buried Russ in a mine pit, put on his clothes, and changed his appearance to impersonate him.
• Chen Mu returned to the mining area and waited for a chance to escape, considering the night shift change.

Chen Mu left the Colin Mining Area after registering his departure and traveled to Colin City to settle down and plan his next steps. There, he bought the largest map available and asked to see better Knight Swords.

• At the dining hall, Chen Mu used a sore throat as an excuse for acting quieter than Russ, and Tor accepted his explanation.
• Chen Mu convinced Malai to register his departure from the Mining Area by claiming the environment was worsening his health.
• Chen Mu left the Mining Area without incident and followed Russ’s directions to Colin City.
• After entering the city, Chen Mu visited a large shop and asked for a map of the continent or southern region.
• The shop’s staff explained that its largest map covered half the southern region, and Chen Mu ordered it and asked to see better Knight Swords.

After leaving Colin City, Chen Mu settled in Calendula City to investigate its forces and await a new simulation. At Colin Mine, Aika and Malai discovered Russ’s corpse and concluded that the man who had left the Mining Area had been an impostor.

• Chen Mu left Colin City in a merchant caravan and arrived in Calendula City, where he chose to keep a low profile while learning about the city.
• Aika inspected the South Mine Area, and Malai led him into an abandoned mine after Aika noticed signs that someone had been there.
• Malai moved the rocks blocking the mine and uncovered a corpse with its face badly mangled.
• Malai recognized the corpse as Russ, an overseer who had left the Mining Area days earlier, and concluded that the Russ who departed had been a fake.

Chen Mu used a new simulation to advance his Wizard realm and chose to retain the improvement, reaching the peak of a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice. After testing his stronger Spiritual Eye, he left the inn to explore Calendula City.

• Chen Mu spent ten Magic Stones to simulate a life in Calendula City, where he joined the White Rose School and advanced his cultivation before dying on a mission at age 45.
• Chen Mu chose to retain his realm rather than learn spells, and his Spiritual Sea expanded to the unstable peak of a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice.
• Chen Mu checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his Spiritual Power had increased to 2.9 while his other attributes remained unchanged.
• Chen Mu tested his Spiritual Eye Wizardry, found it more effective, and left the inn to explore Calendula City.

After three months of cultivation across his simulations, Chen Mu advanced to a Level Two Wizard Apprentice and prepared to join the White Rose School. He arrived at the school’s recruitment site confident that he was the strongest candidate there and determined to become a Formal Student in time to seize an important opportunity.

• Chen Mu used Retain Spell to preserve three additional Zero-Ring spells and confirmed that his Spiritual Sea and Spiritual Power had greatly increased.
• Chen Mu reviewed his improved attributes, spells, and combat abilities, recognizing that he could now defeat a Grand Knight with wizardry alone.
• Chen Mu dressed and set out to join the White Rose School’s peripheral members, hoping to become a Formal Student before turning twenty.
• Chen Mu arrived at the recruitment site and sensed that the candidates included more than a dozen Grand Knights and several Level 1 Wizard Apprentices.
• Chen Mu concluded that he was the strongest person seeking to join the White Rose School.

Chen Mu displayed Level Two Wizard Apprentice ability despite his young age and entered the White Rose School’s recruitment hall, where chief recruiter Mo Ben discovered his Fifth-Grade Aptitude. Chen Mu persuaded Mo Ben that a dying Level 1 Wizard had passed Spiritual Power to him, and Mo Ben offered to take him as an apprentice.

• Zado discovered Chen Mu’s Level Two Wizard Apprentice ability and brought Mo Ben to examine him.
• Mo Ben tested Chen Mu’s Wizard Aptitude and found it was Fifth-Grade, despite Chen Mu’s young age and cultivation level.
• Mo Ben asked how Chen Mu had advanced so quickly, and Chen Mu claimed that his dying Level 1 Wizard teacher had poured Spiritual Power into him.
• Mo Ben warned that Chen Mu’s Spiritual Sea might be unstable and offered to make him an apprentice focused on Wizardry.
• Chen Mu accepted Mo Ben’s offer, completing the first step of his plan.

Chen Mu settled into his new life as a Formal Student of the White Rose School and studied under Mo Ben, who promised to teach him two wizardries if he mastered three books within half a year. As Chen Mu left the Experiment Zone, he encountered a blue-haired girl after another failed experiment by Teacher Di Luo caused an explosion.

• Mo Ben brought Chen Mu into the White Rose School as his apprentice and arranged a Formal Student identity for him, subject to a one-year probation period during which he could not leave.
• Chen Mu told Mo Ben he was studying The Basic Structure of Wizardry, The Basic Theory of Wizardry, and The Method of Inscribing Wizardry, though he had already read the books once.
• Mo Ben asked how many Zero-Ring Wizardries Chen Mu had inscribed, then offered to teach him two if he mastered the three books within half a year.
• Mo Ben told Chen Mu he would introduce him to his senior apprentice when they returned in a few days, and Chen Mu left the laboratory.
• An explosion interrupted Chen Mu as he walked through the Experiment Zone; he heard that Teacher Di Luo's Magic Potion experiment had failed again, then collided with a blue-haired girl who explained what had happened.

After two months at the White Rose School, Chen Mu had settled into his studies but found his cultivation as a Level Two Wizard Apprentice progressing slowly. Mo Ben gave him two Zero-Ring Wizardries, Analysis Spell and Life Seal, as he began taking on experiments.

• Chen Mu reflected on his slow cultivation and how the Simulator could eventually help him overcome his Fifth-Grade Wizard Aptitude.
• Chen Mu attended Lady Lais's lesson and continued making up for his lack of basic wizard knowledge.
• Chen Mu completed Mo Ben's three assigned books in two months and passed the test to begin simple experiments.
• Mo Ben gave Chen Mu the Wizardry Books for Analysis Spell and Life Seal.

Chen Mu studied Analysis Spell and Life Seal under Mo Ben, then spent half a year assisting in experiments and learning to engrave Wizardry Disks. He successfully created his first disk while concealing that he had already mastered Life Seal.

• Mo Ben gave Chen Mu the Core Zero-Ring Wizardries Analysis Spell and Life Seal, and told him to learn Analysis Spell first.
• Mo Ben made Chen Mu his assistant and began assigning him experimental work.
• After more than half a year, Chen Mu used Analysis Spell to engrave a Wizardry Disk, succeeding after forty-six attempts.
• Mo Ben tested the disk, found that it worked but took two seconds to activate, and praised Chen Mu's witchcraft talent.
• Mo Ben told Chen Mu to keep practicing Wizardry Disk engraving until he mastered Life Seal, unaware Chen Mu had completed it a month earlier.

Chen Mu reflected on the difficulty of engraving Wizardry Disks and reviewed the progress his simulations had brought to his cultivation and spells. He chose to save his remaining simulation attempt, continued his daily meditation, and remained focused on becoming a true Wizard.

• Chen Mu recalled that it took him thirty-two days to engrave a defective Fireball Disk, while Mo Ben had engraved his first Wizardry Disk in two days.
• Chen Mu reviewed his Attribute Panel and saw that his Spiritual Power had risen to 6.2, leaving him close to the peak of a Level Two Wizard Apprentice.
• Chen Mu noted that he had engraved six Zero-Ring Wizardry spells in his Spiritual Sea, including four Core Zero-Ring spells, and remembered that Mo Ben had become a Wizard in a simulation.
• Chen Mu decided not to use his remaining simulation attempt yet and planned to save several attempts until he could become a Level Three Wizard Apprentice.
• Chen Mu meditated in his apartment and reaffirmed his goal of becoming a true Wizard.

Chen Mu learned that his chances of entering the White Rose School’s Secret Realm this year were slim, but he still hoped to obtain something there that could anchor his path to greatness. He decided to lie low and focus on reaching Level Three Wizard Apprentice while leaving the opportunity to enter the Secret Realm to chance.

• Chen Mu recorded his successful T11 and T10 Wizardry Disk inscriptions and went to the School library.
• Tor told Chen Mu that the School had ten Secret Realm spots and that his short time at the School made it unlikely he would receive one.
• Chen Mu knew from his simulations that there were eleven spots, but the extra spot was already reserved, leaving Mo Ben as his best hope.
• Tor advised Chen Mu not to expect much from the Secret Realm, explaining that its main benefit was faster meditation.
• Chen Mu reflected on the limits of Text Simulation and the risks of small differences in reality, then resolved to lie low until he reached Level Three Wizard Apprentice.

Chen Mu pretended to be distracted by the Secret Realm so Mo Ben would let him enter, and Mo Ben agreed after warning him not to expect much. Chen Mu then resumed assisting with Mo Ben’s experiments, which finally produced a Glowstone bearing three layered Witchcraft Symbols.

• Chen Mu acted distracted, prompting Mo Ben to ask whether he wanted to enter the Secret Realm.
• Chen Mu claimed he wanted to improve his strength, and Mo Ben warned that the Secret Realm’s benefits were limited.
• Mo Ben agreed to let Chen Mu enter the Secret Realm and said he would speak to Chen Mu’s Senior Apprentice about it.
• Chen Mu returned to recording Mo Ben’s Stacking Experiment with Witchcraft Symbols.
• Mo Ben successfully inscribed three layered Witchcraft Symbols onto the forty-second piece of Glowstone.

Chen Mu recorded Mo Ben’s experiments with stacked Witchcraft Symbols and learned about the difficulty of crafting Magic Artifacts. With less than a month before the White Rose Secret Realm expedition, Chen Mu went to the academy library to study Secret Realms and prepare for the trip.

• Chen Mu recorded Mo Ben’s forty-second stacking attempt, which turned a Radiant Stone Disk into a fast, explosive fireball weaker than a Level Three Wizard Apprentice.
• Mo Ben explained that stacked Wizardry Disks were powerful but difficult to engrave, and Chen Mu expressed interest in Magic Item Studies.
• Mo Ben told Chen Mu that he had helped craft the Black Stone Magic Wand, then advised him to prepare for the Secret Realm.
• Chen Mu considered the Secret Realm’s different time flow, the item he needed to obtain, and how time there might affect his accumulated Simulator uses.
• Chen Mu went to the academy library and began reading Wizard Cardido’s book about Secret Realm exploration.

Chen Mu entered the White Rose Secret Realm with the School’s students and found its silent, colorless world difficult to navigate. After using the frozen sky and his memorized map to reach the central region, he sat down at the place he had been seeking.

• The Vice Sect Leader opened the Secret Realm, and the students entered one after another.
• Vice Sect Leader Nio recognized Chen Mu’s Spiritual Eye and watched him disappear into the realm.
• Chen Mu explored the gray-and-white Secret Realm and noticed its stillness and faintly heavier movement.
• Chen Mu used the unchanging sky and his memorized map to find the central region.
• Chen Mu confirmed he had reached the right place and sat down cross-legged.

Chen Mu used four life simulations to advance from a Level Two to a Level Three Wizard Apprentice, with the School’s support in his final simulation. He ended the chapter testing his greatly strengthened Flame Art in the Secret Realm.

• Chen Mu began a simulation and spent decades cultivating the Meditation Method, but died in a School war without reaching Level Three.
• Chen Mu used two more simulations to expand his Spiritual Sea, but still failed to advance and realized he had reached the Level Two limit.
• In his final simulation, Chen Mu told Mo Ben about his progress, and Mo Ben and the Vice Sect Leader provided resources to support his cultivation.
• Chen Mu became a Level Three Wizard Apprentice and the School’s eleventh Scholar, later dying in a war at age 117.
• Chen Mu retained his new realm, saw his Spiritual Power rise to 8.1, and demonstrated that his Flame Art had become far more powerful.