Miracle

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Miracle (奇迹)
Alias(es)	MU; Miracle MU
Affiliation	Century Horizon; later Century Interactive Entertainment
Occupation/Role	3D online game; flagship product of Century Horizon
Status	Active and continuously updated
First Appearance	Chapter 50, originally under the name MU

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
MU	50	The game was initially known as MU before receiving the name Miracle.
Miracle MU	58	Century Horizon renamed both the company and the game during its preparations for internal testing.
Closed Beta	63–65	The game showcased 3D environments, enhanced equipment effects, class skills, and an equipment enhancement system. Closed beta reached an average of 10,000 concurrent players with a 50% online rate.
Open Beta	67–70	Miracle launched publicly and surpassed one million registered users and 100,000 concurrent players on its first day.
Version 0.71	79	Added the Magic Swordsman profession, requiring another profession on the account to reach level 220 before transferring.
Version 1.0	93	Added the Death Desert, new monsters, Destruction equipment, and the Divine Blessing Gem, which protected enhancement levels after failed upgrades.
First Expansion: Sky City	108–109	Added the Sky City map, new equipment sets, higher enhancement levels, reincarnation, mounts, and Devil’s Square. Miracle reached 360,000 peak concurrent players and more than ten million registered users.
Market Leader	108	Miracle reached first place in online-game market share at 38%, surpassing Legend of Mir at 22%.
Second Expansion: The Lost Continent / The Forgotten Continent	146–147	The anniversary expansion introduced new maps, equipment, skills, and job advancement. Chapter 146 calls it The Lost Continent, while Chapter 147 calls it The Forgotten Continent.

Background / History

Miracle originally operated under the name MU, an online game associated with the Korean developer Webzen. Chen Hao acquired its agency rights and later renamed it Miracle, presenting the new title as a challenge to Legend of Mir 50 58 63.

Before its public release, Miracle was developed around high-quality 3D visuals, class-based combat, dramatic equipment effects, and an enhancement system. Its promotional presentation featured a Warrior in crimson armor with black wings and an ice sword, alongside a winged Mage carrying a ruby staff 62 63.

Chen Hao refused to rush the launch, ordering another month of preparation to improve stability, testing, emergency plans, and player communication tools 60. The closed beta then attracted strong interest, with players gathering in safe zones to display equipment enhanced to high levels 64 65.

Miracle opened to the public on August 8. It surpassed one million registered users and 100,000 concurrent players on its first day, later exceeding 200,000 concurrent players and three million registered users within its first month 67 70 74.

The game expanded through regular updates, new maps, equipment sets, gems, enhancement levels, reincarnation, auction systems, and Castle Siege gameplay. These additions helped Miracle become the leading online game by market share and eventually push Legend of Mir into second place 89 90 108 109.

Visual Identity

Miracle is presented as a 3D online game with bright, highly visible combat and equipment effects. Its promotional material emphasizes dramatic characters, large-scale environments, and equipment whose appearance changes as it is enhanced 62 63.

Distinguishing features include:

• Warrior and Mage characters with elaborate armor, weapons, and wings.
• The Xian Zong Lin, Icewind Valley, and Atlantis environments.
• Equipment whose visual glow intensifies with enhancement level.
• High-level equipment producing flowing, colorful, almost illusory light from +7 onward.
• A promotional image featuring a veiled woman in silver armor, later recognized by players as the “Miracle Goddess” poster model 63 67 193.

Abilities & Skills

Equipment Enhancement

Miracle allows equipment in every slot to be enhanced. Enhancement raises the equipment’s attributes and changes its visual appearance, with the original system supporting upgrades up to +9 before later updates expanded the limit 70 90.

• Blessing Gem — Raises equipment enhancement by one level for equipment below +6.
• Soul Gem — Raises enhancement by one level for equipment at +6 or above.
• Maya Stone — Used to synthesize rare items, map-entry tickets, weapons, and wings.
• Enhancement materials are dropped by monsters, but the drop rate is extremely low.
• Enhancement levels from +1 to +6 mainly increase the equipment’s glow; +7 and above produce more elaborate effects.
• Later updates expanded enhancement beyond +9 to +12, +15, and higher levels 71 90.

Character Progression

Miracle uses class-based progression with level-based equipment and skills. Players can choose professions such as Warrior and Mage, allocate attributes, learn skills, and grind monsters for experience 31 70.

• Characters can become dramatically stronger through leveling, equipment, skills, and enhancement.
• The reincarnation system allows existing attributes to be fully or partially retained for continued progression.
• The Magic Swordsman requires another profession on the same account to reach level 220 before creation or transfer 79 90.
• Players can pursue strength through either prolonged grinding or spending money on stronger equipment 144.

Trading and Economy

Miracle supports player-driven trading through Taoyoubao and an in-game trading website. Blessing Gems became one of the most frequently traded items, while the transaction system was later redesigned to reduce scams 70 73.

• Players trade equipment, gems, and game-related items.
• An auction house was added to give gold coins a larger practical role.
• Taoyoubao allows players to purchase powerful equipment from other players.
• The trading economy enables both grinding-focused and spending-focused progression 90 144.

Maps and Game Modes

Miracle’s world expanded through new regions and competitive systems.

• Sky City — Expansion map containing new equipment and higher-level progression.
• Death Desert — Region occupied by the Demon King Zakhan and powerful monsters.
• Roland Land — Castle Siege map.
• Devil’s Square — Event map.
• Castle Siege — Weekly battles between War Alliances for control of the Roland Continent.
• Reincarnation — A progression system that preserves some or all existing attributes 90 93 109.

Security and Stability

Miracle’s operators created technical defenses against server attacks, cheating, and exploitation.

• The company developed anti-attack measures after Miracle suffered a major DDoS attack.
• Enterprise Guardian, Net Shield Technology’s security software, was deployed during the anniversary event.
• Security teams investigated server instability, vulnerabilities, and suspicious attacks.
• Private servers and cheats were described as unable to compete with Century Interactive Entertainment’s security infrastructure 69 93 146.

Charitable Integration

Miracle connected game-card purchases to the Ji'an Medical Rescue Foundation. Ten percent of Miracle’s revenue was placed into a charity fund, while participating players received charity points and charity levels 88 102 103.

• Players received charity points when purchasing game time cards.
• Charity points could raise an account’s charity level.
• The levels ranged from Kind Person to Nine Lives of a Benevolent.
• The charity website displayed information about funded patients and the use of the fund.

Relationships

• Century Horizon — Original company responsible for Miracle’s launch, operation, marketing, and continued development 58 60.
• Century Interactive Entertainment — Wholly owned gaming subsidiary that later handled Miracle and other online games 115.
• Chen Hao — CEO and principal strategist behind Miracle’s naming, development plans, marketing, monetization, and long-term updates 58 63 89 90.
• Legend of Mir — Primary market rival and the game Miracle was created to challenge 63 108.
• Taoyoubao — Associated trading platform used for game cards, equipment, gems, and other Miracle-related transactions 70 144.
• Players — Miracle’s expanding player base, whose feedback influenced bug fixes, trading protections, balance changes, and future updates 60 73 89.
• Ji'an Medical Rescue Foundation — Charity organization receiving part of Miracle’s revenue through game-card purchases 88 102.
• Net Shield Technology — Security company whose Enterprise Guardian software was deployed on Miracle 146.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Creation and Rebranding — Chen Hao acquired the agency rights for MU, renamed it Miracle, and positioned it as a direct challenge to Legend of Mir 50 58 63.
• Launch Arc — Miracle’s press conference introduced its 3D presentation, enhancement system, class combat, and high visual quality before the closed and open betas 62 67.
• Rapid Expansion — The game grew from one million registered users and 100,000 concurrent players at launch to more than 200,000 concurrent players and three million registered users within its first month 70 74.
• Technical and Economic Development — Miracle added trading protections, Taoyoubao integration, auction systems, new gems, stronger enhancement levels, reincarnation, and Castle Siege gameplay 70 73 89 90.
• Market Conquest — Miracle surpassed Legend of Mir in market share, reaching 38% compared with Legend of Mir’s 22% 108.
• Charity Arc — The game’s revenue was tied to medical charity, allowing players to contribute through ordinary game-card purchases 102 103.
• Anniversary Arc — Miracle celebrated its first anniversary with the King of Miracles Championship, the Supreme Server Domination Battle, free-play events, increased drop rates, and a second expansion pack 142 144 146 147.
• Competition with Legend of Mir 3 — After Legend of Mir 3 attracted a major player influx, Century Interactive Entertainment slowed Miracle’s update schedule and redirected resources to stabilize the new project 154.

Notable Quotes

“Miracle is your ultimate dream!” 63

“Only a miracle can defeat Legend of Mir! And now, it has arrived.” 63

“Miracle is currently the company’s most important project. It can only succeed, not fail.” 60

Trivia

• Miracle was originally called MU before being renamed during its development and marketing preparations 50 58.
• Its equipment-enhancement system was described as an early example of turning enhancement into a complete gameplay system and helping establish pay-to-win mechanics in online games 70.
• Miracle’s first-month success placed it second among online games before it later reached the top of the market-share rankings 74 108.
• The game’s anniversary competitions allowed players and servers to compete across normal server boundaries, including regional War Zones 144.
• The second anniversary expansion has two English renderings in the provided material: The Lost Continent and The Forgotten Continent 146 147.