Recaps

Zhang Guangmu met Li Xiaoxiao, the Lord of Mushroom City, who proposed an assessment to choose his successor. When Richard threatened Zhang Guangmu, Zhang shot through his palm and turned the dispute into a fight for the city lord position.

• Li Xiaoxiao interrupted Richard and warned him not to waste his time, then listened as Zhang Guangmu asked about Mushroom City.
• Li Xiaoxiao deduced that Zhang Guangmu had absorbed another mercenary group and explained that he wanted to give up being city lord to pursue swordsmanship.
• Li Xiaoxiao announced an assessment for choosing his successor, while his inner thoughts wavered between favoring Zhang Guangmu and handing the position to Richard.
• Richard threatened Zhang Guangmu and raised a hand crackling with lightning, but Zhang shot through his palm with an alchemical firearm.
• Li Xiaoxiao urged Richard to fight and declared that the winner would become city lord, while Zhang aimed at the screaming Richard and fired again.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Richard in a duel and became the City Lord of Mushroom City after Diana intervened to save Richard. As Zhang Guangmu took possession of the city lord’s token, he learned that conflict between Magic Star and Blue Star had been delayed, then asked Li Xiaoxiao what came after “Moonlight before my bed.”

• Diana stopped Zhang Guangmu from killing Richard and introduced herself as Mushroom City’s temporary Chief Advisor, while warning that Richard’s death would cause trouble.
• Diana explained that she had saved Richard to spare the city complications, then left after offering to arrange the handover procedures.
• Zhang Guangmu rendered Richard unconscious and decided to keep him alive so he could learn magic techniques from him.
• Li Xiaoxiao confirmed Zhang Guangmu had won the duel, handed him the city lord’s token, and left him to handle the remaining procedures.
• The Little White Balls reported that Shang Guizang’s plot had been foiled and that conflict between Magic Star and Blue Star might be delayed by a year or two.
• Zhang Guangmu called after Li Xiaoxiao and asked what came after “Moonlight before my bed.”

Zhang Guangmu used Li Xiaoxiao’s sword and poetry to convince him that they shared a connection to Blue Star, then hired him as Mushroom City’s first Honorary Swordsman. As Li Xiaoxiao stayed to investigate Zhang Guangmu’s secret, Zhang organized his mercenaries and began to suspect that the unusually smooth start concealed a major test; he then woke the captive Richard.

• Zhang Guangmu mentioned Li Xiaoxiao’s sword and recited poems, prompting Li Xiaoxiao to question whether he came from Blue Star.
• Li Xiaoxiao accepted Zhang Guangmu’s offer to become Mushroom City’s Honorary Swordsman and agreed to stay for three days while investigating him.
• Zhang Guangmu assigned the mercenaries to promote his rule, praise his tax reduction, and conduct a census of Mushroom City.
• Zhang Guangmu worried that his progress had come too easily and suspected the Control Group had prepared a hidden challenge.
• Zhang Guangmu dragged the unconscious Richard into the reception hall and woke him by splashing a drink on his face.

Zhang Guangmu forced Li Shisan to teach him basic magic and quickly became an intermediate Magic Apprentice, prompting Li Shisan to pledge his service. The chapter left Zhang Guangmu focused on strengthening himself and turning Mushroom City into a strategic fortress as the Seven Stars pursued different paths.

• Zhang Guangmu held Li Shisan at gunpoint and demanded that he teach him basic magical knowledge in exchange for his life.
• Li Shisan recited Magic Enlightenment and explained how people sensed and commanded magical particles.
• Zhang Guangmu produced a golden-red flame and reached the level of an intermediate Magic Apprentice, astonishing Li Shisan.
• Li Shisan offered his connections and pledged to serve Zhang Guangmu, who assigned him to work in Mushroom City.
• The Little White Balls reported that Blue Star had located Magic Star, Yue Yiji planned to study magic through official channels, Xia Lianshan pursued both magic and martial arts, and Ma Wu and Fang Cheng were seeking other paths.
• Zhang Guangmu resolved to develop his abilities and build Mushroom City into a strategic fortress.

Zhang Guangmu strengthened Mushroom City through immediate task rewards while advancing to a higher-ranking Magic Apprentice and earning the Magic (Bronze) achievement. Li Xiaoxiao arrived seeking more of Zhang Guangmu’s custom-designed clothing and accessories, and Chu Fan appeared as Zhang Guangmu planned outfits for the group.

• Richard pledged to serve Zhang Guangmu and left to treat his injuries and find magic books from the current era.
• Zhang Guangmu sent guards to investigate Mushroom City’s prices and grain reserves, then established immediate rewards that drove workers and residents to become more productive.
• Over three days, Zhang Guangmu investigated Mushroom City and helped spur the opening of Richard’s Alchemy Workshop, which pushed the Slacker Alchemy Workshop to compete.
• Zhang Guangmu mastered a golden flame spell, reached the higher-ranking Magic Apprentice level, and received the Magic (Bronze) achievement.
• Li Xiaoxiao praised the benefits of his new outfit and asked Zhang Guangmu for more gear; Zhang Guangmu offered to design a jade pendant and boots and planned three sets of clothes.
• Chu Fan arrived as Zhang Guangmu finished planning outfits for himself, Li Xiaoxiao, and Chu Fan.

Zhang Guangmu briefed Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao on Mushroom City's condition and his plan to make it the hegemon of Baishuang County, while assigning them roles in the city’s development. The meeting ended with both brothers furious over a letter demanding Mushroom City's iron mine, and Li Xiaoxiao set off to confront Umbrella City.

• Zhang Guangmu urged Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao to become Magic Apprentices, then discussed Mushroom City's population, resources, and the abandoned iron mine.
• Li Xiaoxiao explained that miners had died at the iron mine and that attempts to clear it had failed, while Chu Fan offered to handle public sentiment and recruit unemployed youths for city work.
• Zhang Guangmu said he would expand Mushroom City's influence and make it the county seat of Baishuang County within ten years.
• Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao backed Zhang Guangmu's ambitions, with Li Xiaoxiao saying he would not oppose military rule if Zhang Guangmu could withstand the imperial army.
• Zhang Guangmu showed them a letter demanding the iron mine and insulting Mushroom City, prompting Chu Fan to promise a scathing reply and Li Xiaoxiao to head for Umbrella City to confront the sender.

Zhang Guangmu rejected George’s demand for Mushroom City’s iron mine and planned to confront him after a week, then focused on advancing his magic abilities. When Winnie came to seize a supposed family inheritance, Zhang Guangmu shot her between the eyebrows.

• George, an advisor in Umbrella City, demanded Mushroom City’s iron ore vein and insulted Li Xiaoxiao in his letter to Zhang Guangmu.
• Li Xiaoxiao vowed to kill George, but Zhang Guangmu asked her to wait a week and said he and Mooncake would accompany her after Chu Fan took charge of the city.
• Zhang Guangmu considered how to develop the spells he needed to qualify as a Formal Mage and trusted Chu Fan to manage Mushroom City in his absence.
• Winnie entered the City Lord’s mansion, admitted she had killed Zhang Guangmu’s guards, and demanded his supposed magic family inheritance.
• Winnie explained that she wanted the inheritance to complete her magic training, but Zhang Guangmu shot her between the eyebrows with an alchemical firearm.

Zhang Guangmu survived Winnie's magical assault by reading her spells and exploiting his superior talent, then struck through her heart. The chapter left Winnie's fate uncertain as she collapsed after his attack.

• Winnie revealed that her defensive magic had stopped Zhang Guangmu's bullet, and she began secretly preparing another spell.
• Zhang Guangmu smashed a juice-filled crystal cup against Winnie's forehead, interrupting her casting and identifying a weakness in her defense.
• The Little White Balls discussed Liu Xueyu and other competitors, while Zhang Guangmu resolved to defeat the other Seven Stars and pursue the Bright Moon title.
• Winnie attacked Zhang Guangmu with wind blades, but he predicted their paths, dodged them, and dispersed them with flame-wrapped hands.
• Winnie lost her composure and unleashed a faster barrage, but Zhang Guangmu closed the distance and stabbed his flaming palm through her heart.

Zhang Guangmu killed Winnie, studied her wind spells, and received his Main Plot mission as a Magic Star Transmigrator: find a way home. Rather than settle for returning as a mercenary, he vowed to become the Saint Mage first, and the chapter ended with him sensing that Usable Ability Points had arrived.

• Zhang Guangmu watched Winnie die after she refused to teach him healing magic, then recorded the frameworks of her defensive and offensive spells.
• Zhang Guangmu burned Winnie's corpse, found that the guards had also been killed, and considered hiring a healer for Mushroom City.
• Zhang Guangmu received an inner Script Hint revealing his mission to travel with his friends and find a way home, while the audience reported that Xia Lianshan and Yue Yiji had received their own Main Plot missions.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that Xia Lianshan was meant to become the God of Combat and Yue Yiji the Saint Mage, but declared that he would become the Saint Mage himself before returning to Blue Star.
• Zhang Guangmu played with Mooncake and, while handling the city lord's token, felt that Usable Ability Points had arrived.

Zhang Guangmu used a new Ability Point to raise his Imperial Body Forging Technique, then experimented with magic-enhanced digestion and developed Gluttony Magic. After seven days in Mushroom City, he departed with Li Xiaoxiao as Chu Fan watched them leave.

• Zhang Guangmu named a new famous scene Ephemeral Demonic Transformation Diagram and gained a Usable Ability Point.
• Zhang Guangmu spent the point to raise his Imperial Body Forging Technique from 7 to 8 and sensed a surge of physical strength.
• Zhang Guangmu fused his enhanced stomach acid with magic-energy particles, rapidly digesting his remaining food and becoming extremely hungry.
• Zhang Guangmu ate a large supply of food, then concluded that his magic-energy particles were evolving and that he had developed Gluttony Magic.
• Seven days later, Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao departed Mushroom City while Chu Fan watched them from the city gates.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao left Mushroom City for Umbrella City, where Li Xiaoxiao offered to share an ancient Sword Hero inheritance and suggested they create a Magic Swordsman path together. Zhang Guangmu remained focused on magic for now, expecting to become an official Mage soon.

• Chu Fan prepared supplies and said an emotional farewell to Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao before they departed Mushroom City.
• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao traveled toward Umbrella City, encountering seven groups of bandits and rescuing three groups of people while Li Xiaoxiao dealt with their attackers.
• After several days on the road, Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao arrived in Umbrella City, where Li Xiaoxiao became sick from the carriage ride.
• Li Xiaoxiao urged Zhang Guangmu to become a swordsman and offered to share his Sword Dao inheritance so they could establish a Magic Swordsman profession.
• Zhang Guangmu said he was interested in cultivating magic and martial arts but wanted to become an official Mage first.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao visited Umbrella City to meet Chief Advisor George, but George assumed they had come to surrender Mushroom City's haunted iron mine. Zhang Guangmu challenged George to a fight, leaving the two Mages poised to clash.

• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao were denied entry to George's mansion until Zhang conjured flames and claimed to be an official Mage.
• The guards admitted them, and Zhang noticed George had only recently become an official Mage despite having long served as Umbrella City's Chief Advisor.
• After making the visitors wait an hour, George appeared and assumed they had brought a contract to hand over Mushroom City's haunted iron mine.
• Li Xiaoxiao judged George to be a weak Lower-level Mage and claimed he could defeat him in five moves, while Zhang said he would need only two.
• Zhang revealed his golden-red flame spell, Pride, and challenged George to fight.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao challenged George at Umbrella City, where Zhang defeated him by breaking through his Stone Armor and threatening his life. After George surrendered, Zhang began questioning him, ending by asking how his five rings related to his unusually fast spellcasting.

• George summoned a Stone Golem and ordered it to capture Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao.
• Zhang used “Arrogance” to dodge the Stone Golem, rush George, and smash through his Stone Armor with a flaming punch.
• Zhang held George at his mercy and demanded to know why the sky was blue, causing George to regain his senses and surrender.
• George revealed that the City Lord of Umbrella City was his brother, and Zhang explained the scattering of sunlight through the atmosphere.
• Zhang asked George how the five rings on his hand were connected to his rapid casting.

Zhang Guangmu defeated George and forced him to surrender his five Magic Alchemy Rings, then learned that a supposedly haunted iron mine held mana particle crystal ore. George agreed to leave his post in Umbrella City and manage the mine, while Zhang Guangmu sought healing magic to help advance his magical abilities.

• George recognized Zhang Guangmu's superior combat skill and, fearing for his life, offered him his five Magic Alchemy Rings.
• George explained that the rings' patterns could reveal magic and that their gemstones needed periodic replacement.
• George told Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao that the haunted iron mine contained mana particle crystal ore, information his brother had obtained from wandering bards.
• Li Xiaoxiao warned that the mine's secret must not leak, while George pleaded to be spared and offered to manage the miners.
• Zhang Guangmu released George, who eagerly agreed to leave his position as Chief Advisor of Umbrella City and work as the mine foreman.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted the rings, noticed that two could help him deduce movement magic, and ordered George to heal himself.

Zhang Guangmu forced George to demonstrate his healing and movement magic, then copied both spells and adapted them into fire magic. After defeating Li Xiaoxiao in their exchange over combat strength, Zhang Guangmu began weaving all five types of magic together to attempt a transformation.

• George healed his burned neck with earth-type magic, and Zhang Guangmu made him cast the spell a second time.
• Zhang Guangmu demanded that George demonstrate his movement magic, while Li Xiaoxiao threatened him to prevent escape.
• George used a powerful movement spell, allowing Zhang Guangmu to memorize and replicate its formation.
• Zhang Guangmu converted George’s healing and movement spells into fire magic, then gave Mooncake a suit of flame armor.
• Li Xiaoxiao conceded Zhang Guangmu’s advantage in combat, and Zhang Guangmu began combining all five types of magic to pursue a new level.

Zhang Guangmu consumed five magic gemstones to perfect his Pride magic and unexpectedly advanced to official Mage, forming a rare three-dimensional magic core. As George recognized the achievement, a powerful man resembling him approached.

• Zhang Guangmu decided to incorporate healing and movement magic into Pride and began his breakthrough despite Li Xiaoxiao's suggestion to wait.
• Zhang Guangmu swallowed the five golden magic gemstones one by one, using Gluttony to digest them and refine Pride's structure.
• Zhang Guangmu completed the healing and movement aspects of Pride, which condensed into a fiery-red cubic magic core and made him an official Mage.
• George realized Zhang Guangmu had achieved a breakthrough comparable to that of young Saint Mages and called it a miracle.
• Zhang Guangmu saw that his Magic achievement had advanced from Copper to Iron as a powerful man resembling George approached.

Zhang Guangmu negotiated an alliance with George, making Mushroom City the leading partner and securing a share in Umbrella City’s magical-energy crystal mine. On the way home, Li Xiaoxiao revealed an ancient Sword Dao inheritance called “Keikoken.”

• George apologized for his younger brother’s actions and offered compensation, while Zhang Guangmu revealed his Core of Magic and confirmed he had become a Formal Mage.
• Zhang Guangmu proposed an alliance with Mushroom City in the dominant position, and George resisted because he wanted Umbrella City to compete for control of Baishuang County.
• Zhang Guangmu exposed the mine’s true value, threatened war, and demonstrated his fire puppet before offering George a supervisory role and warning him about danger coming to Magic Star.
• George agreed to support Mushroom City’s leadership, and he and Zhang Guangmu signed an alliance placing Umbrella City under Mushroom City’s lead.
• After Zhang Guangmu’s group left, George scolded his younger brother and ordered him to improve his management skills in Mushroom City.
• On the journey home, Li Xiaoxiao revealed the ancient Sword Dao inheritance from another world, “Keikoken.”

After receiving Li Xiaoxiao’s Keikoken inheritance, Zhang Guangmu stabilized his magic, strengthened his resistance to erosion, and created Envy, a magic that let him analyze and improve other mages’ spells. Two months into his infiltration, he left Mushroom City for Niugan City to register with the Magic Guild and meet his friends and enemies.

• Li Xiaoxiao passed Keikoken to Zhang Guangmu, who used it to stabilize his realm and increase his resistance to magic erosion.
• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao exchanged insights about spiritual power and the golden-red magic core of Pride.
• Zhang Guangmu returned to Mushroom City, praised Chu Fan’s management, and sent him to rest before resuming his duties.
• Zhang Guangmu studied magic and created Envy, which let him decipher other mages’ Encrypted Magic and help improve it.
• Over the next two months, Mushroom City prospered through mining, Li Xiaoxiao earned recognition as its Number One Sword, and Chu Fan’s management skills improved despite his exhaustion.
• Zhang Guangmu left Li Xiaoxiao and Chu Fan in charge of Mushroom City and traveled with Mooncake to Niugan City to register with the Magic Guild and meet his friends and enemies.

Zhang Guangmu traveled from Mushroom City to Niugan City, where his magic, resources, and reputation had grown during his time as city lord. He arrived with three young apprentices he had mentored and immediately sought out a hedgehog-haired gate guard who seemed strangely familiar to him.

• Zhang Guangmu learned that Tang Lanshan, Luo Zhuan, and Fang Cheng were in or heading to Niugan City, and he prepared to face Fang Cheng despite the danger she posed to the other Seven Stars.
• As Mushroom City prospered, Zhang Guangmu gained access to more magic resources and equipment, while Li Xiaoxiao and Chu Fan became known for enchanted outfits and the Three-Gun Style.
• Zhang Guangmu left Mushroom City with Mooncake and met Jiang Shihua, Qu Yinjia, and Qi Manqi along the way, teaching the three intermediate Magic Apprentices and inspiring them to support his city.
• Jiang Shihua, Qu Yinjia, and Qi Manqi arrived near Niugan City and discussed how much they had learned from Zhang Guangmu.
• At the city gate, Zhang Guangmu told a hedgehog-haired guard that he seemed familiar and introduced himself, leaving his companions puzzled.

Zhang Guangmu recruited his devoted fan Luo Zhuan to establish a scouting squad, and Luo Zhuan brought him intelligence about three likely Blue Star transmigrators in Niugan City. Zhang Guangmu learned they would visit the local Magic Guild branch the next day and prepared to investigate them.

• Luo Zhuan praised Zhang Guangmu’s deeds, and Zhang Guangmu encouraged him to quit his gate-guard job and lead a scouting squad in Mushroom City.
• Zhang Guangmu, Jiang Shihua, Qu Yinjia, and Qi Manqi entered Niugan City and rented rooms at a tavern.
• Luo Zhuan told Zhang Guangmu that unusually dressed strangers had recently appeared in the city and gave him intelligence identifying them as likely fellow transmigrators.
• Luo Zhuan reported that the strangers included one captain and two deputy officers and planned to visit the Niugan City branch of the Magic Guild the next day.
• Zhang Guangmu rewarded Luo Zhuan with silver coins and said the information was enough to act on.

Zhang Guangmu registered as an official Mage in Niugan City and discovered that the Magic Guild had recently acquired a networked Magic Brain. When Jack, a Blue Star Federation explorer, tried to arrest him as an illegal transmigrator, Zhang Guangmu turned the situation around with help from receptionist Chi Doudou, but Jack raised his gun at them.

• Zhang Guangmu passed the Magic Guild's test, registered as an official Mage, and gained network access through his Mirror of Acuity.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that the branch's newly installed Magic Brain had functions similar to his Mirror of Acuity and had caused a dispute between the City Lord and Chief Advisor.
• Jack confronted Zhang Guangmu, accused him of illegally traveling to Magic Star, and demanded that he put on handcuffs.
• Chi Doudou revealed that she had taken Jack's money but switched sides after Zhang Guangmu offered her better terms, and Zhang Guangmu introduced her as the future head of Mushroom City's Magic Guild branch.
• Jack realized Mushroom City could become the White Frost Main City, then raised his submachine gun at Zhang Guangmu and Chi Doudou.

Zhang Guangmu survived Jack’s gunfire with magical armor, crippled him, and deduced that Blue Star had developed mechanical body modification. After Luo Zhuan reported the snipers subdued, Lolice attacked Zhang with lightning, but he absorbed and learned her magic before deciding to kill her.

• Zhang Guangmu bluffed Jack with a story about a secret military experiment, but Jack saw through the act and fired his submachine gun.
• Zhang Guangmu’s Armor Against Firearms stopped the bullets, and he burned away Jack’s hands and feet with golden-red flames.
• Zhang Guangmu questioned Jack and deduced that mechanical modification had become possible after contact with magical civilization.
• Luo Zhuan reported that he, Jiang Shihua, Qu Yinjia, and Qi Manqi had subdued the armed men and spotters supporting Jack.
• Lolice attacked Zhang Guangmu with lightning, but he absorbed the spell, learned it through Envy magic, and prepared to kill her.

Zhang Guangmu killed Lolice and Jack, developed electromagnetic magic, and advanced to become a middle-ranking Mage. As he read that his achievement had risen to “Magic (Steel),” Fang Cheng announced that the city’s final day had begun.

• Zhang Guangmu killed Lolice with lightning magic, then used electromagnetic rotation to kill Jack.
• Zhang Guangmu absorbed Lolice’s magical knowledge, developed electromagnetic magic, and advanced to middle-ranking Mage as his “Pride” magic evolved to version 3.0.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered Luo Zhuan to knock out and restrain the snipers and spotters, while Chi Doudou cleaned up the branch hall.
• Zhang Guangmu read a magic book and saw his achievement change from “Magic (Iron)” to “Magic (Steel).”
• Fang Cheng announced across the city that it was the final day of everyone’s lives.

Fang Cheng attacked Zhang Guangmu by setting Niugan City ablaze with deadly dark-green flames, killing three official Mages who tried to stop her. As the city burned, Zhang Guangmu confronted her and demanded that she kneel before him.

• Fang Cheng flew over Niugan City and declared that she would bury the city along with Zhang Guangmu, then unleashed flames that drained life from people and destroyed the city.
• Ximen Lai, Wu Yilang, and Yi Wenfa emerged to confront Fang Cheng, but she killed Ximen Lai and Wu Yilang and defeated Yi Wenfa.
• Yi Wenfa blamed Zhang Guangmu for Ximen Lai's death and threatened the city, then Fang Cheng killed him and reduced him to ashes.
• Fang Cheng began addressing Zhang Guangmu, but he interrupted her, called out her cruelty, and ordered her to kneel as he reached toward her with blue-white lightning.

Zhang Guangmu fought Fang Cheng in the air, using electromagnetic magic to counter her mechanical body and withstand her stronger attacks. He revealed that Fang Cheng’s allies and hired forces had defected to his side, then taunted her with an offer to kneel and become his godson.

• Zhang Guangmu accidentally pulled himself into the sky with Electromagnetic Rotation, then used Fang Cheng as an anchor to stay airborne and conserve strength.
• Fang Cheng attacked Zhang Guangmu with dark green flames and lasers, declaring that she would kill him and Yue Yiji and become Magic Star’s only transmigrator.
• Zhang Guangmu assessed Fang Cheng’s advantages and used his electromagnetic magic to manipulate their distance, weaken her metal body, and evade her attacks.
• Fang Cheng tried to distract Zhang Guangmu by accusing him of betraying Blue Star and demanding that he surrender, but Zhang Guangmu dismissed her words and defended his actions.
• Zhang Guangmu told Fang Cheng that Yang Chi, Jack, local mages, and six snipers and spotters had defected to him, then demanded that she kneel and offered to take her as his godson.