Recaps

Zhang Guangmu defied Chu Fan, took control of Changhe Survivor Camp, and sacrificed himself to end the Hunger Apocalypse. Back in the Real World, his fame and acting rewards grew, and he entered Wolf Fortress, where he faced a brutal Water Prison trial.

• Zhang Guangmu refused Zhao Zhengrong’s offers to betray Chu Fan, then helped Changhe’s survivors defeat Chu Fan’s group and became their leader.
• Zhang Guangmu used Ability Points to gain Firearms Shooting and led an attack that defeated Chu Fan’s group, while Li Xiaoxiao surrendered after Zhang wounded him.
• Zhang Guangmu learned the Endless Food Bag could feed the camp only through sacrifice, killed Chu Fan, and stepped inside the bag to provide food for the survivors.
• Zhang Guangmu awakened in the Real World, formed the Endless Food Bucket Group, and began earning money and recognition as a one-star Subconscious Actor.
• Zhang Guangmu gained an Ability Point from the response to Endless Food Bag, improved his Acting Skill, and received birthday gifts from Chu Fan and Zhao Zhengrong.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted Li Xiaoxiao’s offer to join Wolf Fortress, while Li revealed his standing as a two-star actor and one of the Seven Stars.
• Zhang Guangmu entered Wolf Fortress and found himself in a freezing Water Prison trial, where he ignored a Script Hint to condemn the weak and conserved his strength.

Zhang Guangmu rose as Tian Guang, used his inventions and alliances to challenge Lin Yan and Lin Xuan, and defeated Lin Xuan’s forces. The arc ended with Lin Xuan captured and Director Sun Yanwu unable to intervene in the Film World.

• Zhang Guangmu killed Hou Zhengbeng in the Water Prison and became the batch’s only Wolf Rider.
• Zhang Guangmu named himself Tian Guang, bonded with Bai Yue, and studied Flame Wolf technology while Lin Xuan rose to prominence.
• Zhang Guangmu refused Lin Yan’s order to kill Lin Xuan, defeated Lin Yan’s guards, and forced Lin Yan to appoint him Vice Fortress Lord.
• Zhang Guangmu distributed power and Flame Artifacts, then defeated Li Xiaoxiao’s assassination attempt and recruited him as an ally.
• Zhang Guangmu claimed that he had poisoned Wolf Fortress and called the Wolf Riders to join him against Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan arrived with two hundred and one Wolf Riders, but Zhang Guangmu summoned a large force of Flame Artifact Users and led them into battle.
• Zhang Guangmu and Blood Thorn routed Lin Xuan’s army, and Lin Xuan lost his left hand and fled before his soldiers surrendered.
• Zhang Guangmu captured Lin Xuan, revealed that the Ten-Day Death Potion had been fake, and left Director Sun Yanwu unable to interfere.

After Wolf Fortress, Zhang Guangmu pursued a Seven Stars role and entered Mysterious Assignment, where his efforts to manage a classroom spiraled into a supernatural survival game. The Golden Assignment Book began testing the trapped students, and Zhang Guangmu faced the first lethal rounds alongside Tang Lanshan and Luo Zhuan.

• Zhang Guangmu killed Lin Xuan, announced plans to restore peace at Wolf Fortress, and returned to the real world with an Excellent evaluation.
• Zhang Guangmu sought another film before the New Year despite Li Xiaoxiao and Sun Yanwu warning him about the risks, then received Zhao Zhengrong's help securing a role.
• Zhang Guangmu raised Imperial Body Forging Technique to level 3, endured a painful illness attack, and received news that filming would begin soon.
• Zhang Guangmu met with Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao, then traveled with Zhao Zhengrong and director Cao Guan to the set of Mysterious Assignment.
• Zhang Guangmu entered Crimson Lotus Academy as a student, promised his classmates money for improving their Chinese scores, and stopped Luo Zhuan from attacking a student.
• Tang Lanshan confronted Zhang Guangmu over their broken engagement, then vowed to stay with him after he revealed his illness, before Pitch Black Thunder transported them to the Outdoor Sports Hall.
• Zhang Guangmu organized the trapped students, explained their choices after showing them the Orange Light Screen, and confronted Li Shisan, who revealed he was a Reincarnator.
• The Golden Assignment Book imprisoned everyone and began lethal academic tests, killing students who failed to answer 16 + 28 before Zhang Guangmu prepared to answer the next question about pi.

Zhang Guangmu won the Mysterious Assignment, revealed his repeated loops, and returned to the Real World with a two-star promotion. He made the Seven Stars Club, joined a new film with Luo Zhuan, and began his Cold Light Armored Master trial, where he killed Nalan Yuan in his newly formed armor.

• Zhang Guangmu survived the final Mysterious Assignment rounds, killing Liu Xueyu and Li Shisan while Tang Lanshan, Zhao Zhengrong, and the other contestants died.
• Zhang Guangmu chose the Second Path, reversed time, and revealed that he had endured twenty-five loops while searching for a way to escape the doomed ending.
• The Mysterious Assignment film ended, and the Empire promoted Zhang Guangmu to a two-star Subconscious Actor before Cao Guan and the surviving cast members discussed what came next.
• Li Shisan revealed that he was the Thirteenth Prince and invited Zhang Guangmu to join his faction, but Zhang Guangmu refused and returned home with Mooncake.
• Zhang Guangmu rallied support from the Endless Food Bucket Group, overtook Wang Shangqing in the Seven Stars vote, and was confirmed in seventh place.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted a supporting role in Director Zhou's Armored Age: Cold Light and invited his companions, but only Luo Zhuan joined him.
• Zhang Guangmu endured the painful final armorer trial alongside Wang Shangqing, then Nalan Yuan attacked the candidates after emerging from a synthesis chamber.
• Zhang Guangmu dodged Nalan Yuan's axe and killed him with a strike from his newly formed armor, discovering that its living life-metal glove had a Tacit Understanding with him and naming it White Moon.