Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu turned the fight around against Fang Cheng by resisting her taunts, copying her magic, and landing a devastating combined strike. After defeating her, he used radiation magic to extinguish the flames engulfing Niugan City, leaving the city in smoke and ash.

• Fang Cheng tried to unsettle Zhang Guangmu by insulting his choices and revealing Diana's fate, but he kept his composure and provoked Fang Cheng into losing control.
• Zhang Guangmu used Gluttony magic to absorb Fang Cheng's dark green flames, then used Electromagnetic Magic to stay close as she tried to retreat.
• Zhang Guangmu formed an Envy magic armguard and, with Mooncake empowering him, struck Fang Cheng with a full-powered combination of Imperial Body Forging Technique 8 and Three Original Sins Magic.
• Fang Cheng fell into a crater, gravely burned and unable to speak, while Zhang Guangmu was left nearly drained of strength.
• Zhang Guangmu used Pride magic and radiation to extinguish the flames consuming Niugan City, and Fang Cheng stopped breathing.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Fang Cheng and organized relief in Niugan City, while Fang Cheng revived on Blue Star only to be killed by Ma Wu’s clone. As Zhang Guangmu struggled to relocate the survivors to Mushroom City, he sensed that he had received Usable Ability Points.

• After Zhang Guangmu killed Fang Cheng and helped extinguish Niugan City’s fires, the survivors’ comments revealed information about the Seven Stars and the contest.
• Fang Cheng awoke in a backup body at the MX001 base, but Ma Wu’s clone told her that her other backups had been destroyed and crushed her head.
• Zhang Guangmu opened Niugan City’s resource warehouses and coordinated relief with Luo Zhuan, Jiang Shihua, Qu Yinjia, and Qi Manqi as survivors blamed Fang Cheng for the disaster.
• Zhang Guangmu realized that moving more than forty thousand survivors to Mushroom City would be difficult and that persuading them would take too long.
• As Zhang Guangmu considered how to handle the survivors, he sensed that he had received Usable Ability Points.

After adding an Ability Point to Imperial Body Forging Technique, Zhang Guangmu assessed the aftermath of Niugan City’s destruction and planned to bring its survivors to Mushroom City. A candidate saintess of the Church of Destiny arrived and announced she would apply for a Purple Gold Redeemer medal for him.

• Zhang Guangmu received an iconic-scene illustration and an Ability Point, interpreting its warning to stay humble.
• Zhang Guangmu raised Imperial Body Forging Technique to 9 and found that his strength and digestion had improved.
• Zhang Guangmu concluded that Mushroom City could become Baishuang County’s main city, but recognized that relocating and integrating forty thousand survivors would be difficult.
• Zhang Guangmu considered Ma Wu’s role in destroying Fang Cheng’s resurrection plans and noted that only five of this year’s Seven Stars remained.
• A candidate saintess of the Church of Destiny arrived in Niugan City and said she would apply for a Purple Gold Redeemer medal for Zhang Guangmu.

Zhang Guangmu worked with Tang Lanshan and her Guardian Knights to settle Niugan City's disaster victims, earning the Church of Destiny's Purple Gold Medal and welcoming Tang onto his team. After absorbing the Church's secret teaching, he realized Tang's substitute saintess role was essentially that of a fortune-teller and Special Effects Artist.

• Tang Lanshan met Zhang Guangmu, agreed to help with disaster relief, and used her Church connections to arrange a Purple Gold Medal for him.
• A guardian griffin delivered Zhang Guangmu the Church of Destiny's medal, recognizing him as a Purple Gold Redeemer.
• Tang Lanshan asked to travel with Zhang Guangmu and offered him the command of her thirty Guardian Knights, and he welcomed her onto his team.
• Zhang Guangmu recruited capable fighters during five days of relief work, while Max Neto repeatedly criticized him and drew his hostility.
• After the victims were settled, Zhang Guangmu learned that Blue Star and Magic Star had temporarily set aside their conflict, then suspected a more serious danger was behind their agreement.
• Tang Lanshan gave Zhang Guangmu the Church of Destiny's secret teaching, and he concluded that her role combined fortune-telling with special-effects magic.

After gaining the Church of Destiny’s secret art, Zhang Guangmu traveled across Baishuang County to learn magic and planned to send forty thousand troops to Mushroom City. As he and Tang Lanshan recognized that Blue Star and Magic Star were merging, an unseen shooter killed Max Neto.

• Zhang Guangmu used the secret art to reduce the penalties for casting magic outside his primary attribute and gained access to magic of many kinds.
• Zhang Guangmu sent Luo Zhuan, Jiang Shihua, Qu Yinjia, Qi Manqi, Chi Doudou, and a force of forty thousand toward Mushroom City while he traveled with Tang Lanshan and her Guardian Knights.
• Over a month and a half, Zhang Guangmu learned light and dark magic, incorporated poison, curses, and mind magic into his Pride magic, and neared the ascended to power realm.
• Zhang Guangmu realized that Blue Star and Magic Star were gradually overlapping as buildings and historical sites from both worlds appeared together.
• As Zhang Guangmu remarked that the world had changed, Max Neto began to taunt him but was shot in the head and killed.

Yang Chi accidentally killed Max Neto, giving Zhang Guangmu a pretext to confront Milsha and Tang Lanshan’s teams. Zhang Guangmu demanded that Milsha’s side either surrender or die, and crushed a Guardian Knight who tried to shoot him, leaving the rest facing the same choice.

• Yang Chi accidentally shot Max Neto, while Zhang Guangmu’s side recognized that Max’s death had been expected.
• Yang Chi recognized Zhang Guangmu but rejected the urge to attack him, and Milsha praised him for killing Tang Lanshan’s chief Guardian Knight.
• Zhang Guangmu proposed that the losing candidate Saintess withdraw from the succession, then declared that fate had placed Milsha’s team in opposition to him.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered Milsha’s Guardian Knights to surrender and kneel or die, and his voice shook the battlefield.
• A muscular Guardian Knight tried to shoot Zhang Guangmu, but the weapon failed and Zhang Guangmu crushed him with a glance.

Zhang Guangmu intimidated Milsha into surrendering her candidate Saintess position and then led the combined group toward the Eastern Hemisphere Magic Guild headquarters. After breaking through to Ascended Mage, he discovered that his Magic achievement had advanced from Steel to Lead.

• Zhang Guangmu killed a Guardian Knight with a silent use of Pride magic, then threatened the others while Tang Lanshan added special effects.
• Milsha recognized Zhang Guangmu and offered him Church of Destiny resources, but he demanded its secret hereditary magic and rejected her recruitment offer.
• Milsha proposed a spell contest and attacked Zhang Guangmu with Invisible, but he identified it as electromagnetic magic, deflected it, and turned the iron fragments into butterflies.
• Zhang Guangmu pressured Milsha to choose between surrender and death, and she renounced her candidate Saintess position and pledged allegiance to him.
• Tang Lanshan gained status within the Church of Destiny as Milsha's clothing changed, and the Guardian Knights joined Zhang Guangmu's group.
• Zhang Guangmu broke through to Ascended Mage, saw his Magic achievement change from Steel to Lead, and continued toward the Eastern Hemisphere Magic Guild headquarters.

Zhang Guangmu led his enlarged Guardian Knights to Amber City, where the city’s advanced defenses and technology impressed his companions. At the gates, an Alchemical Golem exposed Yang Chi and Zhang Guangmu as Blue Star figures and warned them against warmongering, while Zhang Guangmu remained unruffled.

• After absorbing Milsha’s Guardian Knights, Zhang Guangmu arrived in Amber City with Tang Lanshan, Yang Chi, Milsha, and a force of more than seventy knights.
• Zhang Guangmu assessed Amber City’s towering walls and magical defenses, then declared that he would eventually build Mushroom City even better.
• Amber City’s Alchemical Golems verified Zhang Guangmu’s identity and granted his team a discount before welcoming them inside.
• An Alchemical Golem addressed Yang Chi as a Blue Star Federation citizen and warned him, Zhang Guangmu, and Yue Yiji to avoid the warmongering associated with Fang Cheng.
• Yang Chi realized the Magic Empire knew the group’s identities and thought about Xia Lianshan’s harmful influence on Blue Star, while Zhang Guangmu calmly continued into the city.

Zhang Guangmu explained the rivalry between the Blue Star Federation and Magic Empire, then deduced that Xia Lianshan had crossed over to Blue Star and disrupted its social order. In Amber City, Mages praised Zhang Guangmu, who prepared to reap the rewards of his influence across Baishuang County.

• Zhang Guangmu recalled how both civilizations identified and acted against Transmigrators, while he and Xia Lianshan had gained early advantages.
• Zhang Guangmu told Yang Chi that Amber City was a display of Magic Star's power in its arms race with Blue Star, and that both civilizations feared each other.
• Zhang Guangmu inferred that a Magic Star Transmigrator had exploited Blue Star's laws and caused major social disruption, then identified Xia Lianshan as that person.
• Yang Chi confirmed Zhang Guangmu's deductions and recognized his exceptional intelligence.
• Mages in Amber City applauded and praised Zhang Guangmu, who accepted their attention with measured warmth and considered the rewards of his influence in Baishuang County.

Zhang Guangmu confronted the hostile mages who had taken control of Amber City and uncovered their leader, Shen Caiying, as a Magus planning to steal his body. As Shen Caiying trapped the gathered mages and knights, Zhang Guangmu challenged him to fight.

• Zhang Guangmu demanded to meet Guildmaster Li Zhuyu and recognized the mages’ false behavior with Mooncake’s warning.
• The mages revealed that they were Flesh Puppets and tried to recruit Zhang Guangmu into a third faction amid the merging of Blue Star and Magic Star.
• Zhang Guangmu identified Shen Caiying as the mastermind and provoked him by guessing at his physical defects.
• Shen Caiying revealed his jealousy of Zhang Guangmu’s talent and his plan to transfer his soul into Zhang Guangmu’s body.
• Shen Caiying imprisoned the knights and mages with a magical-energy screen, and Zhang Guangmu challenged him to make his move.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Shen Caiying after Shen seized control of Amber City and tried to steal Zhang’s body. After revealing that he had solved a question that weakened Shen’s control of the city, Zhang used its magical energy to kill him and contacted three people in Mushroom City.

• Shen Caiying boasted that Amber City’s power made him stronger than a Saint Mage and declared that he would destroy Zhang Guangmu’s soul to take his body.
• Shen drew on Amber City’s magical energy until it multiplied a hundredfold, tearing apart his body as he prepared to seize Zhang’s mind and soul.
• Zhang snapped his fingers, causing Shen’s magical energy to spiral out of control, then stopped the buildup and told him not to repeat his greed in another life.
• Zhang gathered Amber City’s magical energy into an Eastern Divine Dragon that surged into Shen and killed him.
• Tang Lanshan and Yang Chi asked how Zhang had won, and Zhang explained that solving a question had stripped Shen of some control over Amber City.
• An alchemical tablet descended into Zhang’s hands and displayed a call to a Mushroom City user, revealing a blond knight, a blue-haired swordsman, and a hedgehog-haired boy.

After killing Shen Caiying, Zhang Guangmu used a tablet to speak with Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, and Luo Zhuan about Li Zhuyu’s fate and Mushroom City’s affairs. The call continued as Zhang Guangmu introduced his companions and prepared to deal with someone who had appeared beside him.

• Yang Chi feared that the Magic Federation could use the tablet to combine magic and technology, while Zhang Guangmu calmly summoned it.
• Zhang Guangmu told Li Xiaoxiao that Shen Caiying had claimed to kill Li Zhuyu, then explained why he believed Li Zhuyu was probably still alive.
• Chu Fan reported that Mushroom City had absorbed forty thousand survivors from Niugan City and described the difficulties of settling them.
• Luo Zhuan reported that the survivors had arrived safely and that the reconnaissance department had begun training scouts.
• Zhang Guangmu watched battle highlights from Mushroom City, praised his companions, and introduced them to Tang Lanshan and the others.
• Zhang Guangmu asked everyone to keep the video call open, then told someone standing close to him to step back as a graceful figure appeared.

Li Zhuyu met Zhang Guangmu in Amber City and tried to recruit him to the Magic Empire, but he declared that he intended to prevent war between both civilizations by force. As Li Zhuyu learned he planned to remain in Amber City, Zhang Guangmu revealed that a miniature double had already returned to Niugan City.

• Li Zhuyu appeared before Zhang Guangmu and praised his strength before urging him to choose between the Magic Empire and the Blue Star Federation.
• Li Zhuyu offered Zhang Guangmu power, respect, and fame if he joined the Magic Empire, but Zhang Guangmu declared that he would eliminate anyone who started a war and seek peace between the civilizations.
• Li Zhuyu warned that worsening conditions on both worlds could make war necessary, but Zhang Guangmu insisted that sufficient strength could solve every problem.
• Zhang Guangmu lamented the deaths of the official Mages, and Li Zhuyu turned their corpses to ash and discarded them.
• Li Zhuyu offered Zhang Guangmu her personal friendship and said she felt reassured with Li Xiaoxiao working beside him, but she was surprised when he said he would stay in Amber City.
• Zhang Guangmu showed everyone a screen where his identical double announced he had returned to Niugan City, then revealed that he could create a miniature version of himself with 'Laziness' magic.

Zhang Guangmu revealed that his Sloth Magic let him create bodies that could serve as vessels for his consciousness, shocking Li Zhuyu and the others. By November, he had improved his magic and decided to travel from Amber City to the Imperial Capital to rescue Jiang Ling, seek benefits for Mushroom City, and pursue judging credentials.

• Zhang Guangmu's miniature clone transformed into dried fish for Mooncake, while viewers argued over his apparent ability to appear in multiple places.
• Li Zhuyu and Yang Chi realized Zhang Guangmu's strength and Sloth Magic could make him a major threat, while Zhang Guangmu concealed that any of his bodies could become his main body.
• Zhang Guangmu explained that controlling multiple bodies drained his concentration, but his clones could transmit information through soul resonance and preserve Mooncake alongside him.
• By November, Zhang Guangmu had improved Sloth and his other Original Sin Magics with help from Tang Lanshan, Li Zhuyu, and Yang Chi, and gained confidence he could defeat a Magus like Shen Caiying.
• Zhang Guangmu decided to travel from Amber City to the Imperial Capital to rescue Jiang Ling, meet the emperor and the West Hemisphere Magic Guild President, and seek main-city status and judging credentials for Mushroom City.

Jiang Ling was cornered by four siblings demanding money, and Zhang Guangmu arrived and killed them after interrupting their attack. He recognized her potion and introduced himself to her.

• Jiang Ling returned home and found Jim, Bancroft, Morrison, and Martha waiting after they had ransacked her home.
• The siblings demanded compensation for their bedridden father, and Jiang Ling crushed her experimental Magic Energy No. 1 vial when they moved to seize her.
• Zhang Guangmu stopped the potion from falling and killed all four siblings with icy-blue flames.
• Zhang Guangmu examined Jiang Ling's potion, then eagerly introduced himself as Zhang Guangmu.

Zhang Guangmu met alchemist Jiang Ling after killing four people, recruited her as the Food Group’s Chief Medical Officer, and promised her ample resources for potion research. He continued consolidating power in Mushroom City and Amber City, while a mysterious presence above drew his attention at the end.

• Jiang Ling was frightened by Zhang Guangmu’s sudden shift from a cold killer to a cheerful young Mage, but she introduced herself and explained her work on Magic Energy No. 1.
• Zhang Guangmu introduced himself with his titles, reassured Jiang Ling, and praised her pharmaceutical talent.
• Zhang Guangmu appointed Jiang Ling Chief Medical Officer and Minister of the Medical Department, offering her the Food Group’s support and resources.
• Zhang Guangmu’s forces in Mushroom City and Amber City had been united under the name Food Group, and his wealth had furnished him with powerful magical equipment.
• Zhang Guangmu looked toward the sky and called for a mysterious friend to come down and talk.

Zhang Guangmu met Celestial Pivot Star Yue Yiji, who explained the Empire’s system for measuring people’s value and revealed Zhang’s staggering score. The chapter ended as Zhang sensed that the report had brought him usable ability points and summoned a medical book.

• Yue Yiji appeared before Zhang Guangmu and Jiang Ling, introducing himself and explaining that he had come to address harassment of local physicians.
• Jiang Ling signed a ten-year employment contract with the Food Group and officially returned as its Chief Medical Officer.
• Yue Yiji said the Empire’s system rated Jiang Ling at 5,367.2 after her appointment and Zhang Guangmu at 144.85 million, with his score still rising.
• Zhang Guangmu summoned an old medical book after sensing that Yue Yiji’s report had brought him usable ability points.

Zhang Guangmu used a Usable Ability Point to raise his Acting Skill, then recruited Yue Yiji by offering him a position at the Food Group. The chapter ended with Zhang Guangmu preparing to meet the Magic Empire’s emperor.

• Zhang Guangmu studied medical books, gained a Usable Ability Point, and recorded a famous scene depicting three versions of himself.
• Zhang Guangmu spent the point on Acting Skill, raising it from 3 to 4 and gaining precise control over his expressions, body, and aura.
• Zhang Guangmu questioned Yue Yiji about whether he would side with the Blue Star Federation or the Magic Empire, and Yue Yiji chose peace with the Food Group.
• Zhang Guangmu offered Yue Yiji an onboarding task and promised him a generous contract as chief Supernatural Theory Researcher, along with a department to study both worlds’ systems.

Yue Yiji accepted Zhang Guangmu’s offer to join Food Group and became head of its Cultivation Department, agreeing to share basic Blue Star cultivation knowledge and help build peace between the two realms. He soon exceeded Zhang Guangmu’s onboarding task by finding the Western Hemisphere’s Magic Guild president and bringing back an imperial edict.

• Yue Yiji declined the senior consultant roles but said he wanted to work for peace between the Blue Star Federation and the Magic Empire.
• Yue Yiji used the Immortal Heart Clarity Technique on Zhang Guangmu’s Orange cat and found the cat’s affection for Zhang Guangmu sincere.
• Zhang Guangmu appealed to Yue Yiji to join him in rebuilding peace, and Yue Yiji accepted.
• Yue Yiji signed a contract with Food Group, became head of its Cultivation Department, and offered to provide basic Blue Star cultivation inheritance.
• Yue Yiji completed his onboarding task by locating the Western Hemisphere’s Magic Guild president and bringing back an imperial edict.

Zhang Guangmu used Yue Yiji’s cultivation knowledge to improve his magic system, then met Zhu Nanhua, who offered him a choice between advancing to Magus and completing an S-rank trial to secure Mushroom City’s main-city treatment. Hearing that the trial involved an ancient evil dragon, Zhang Guangmu became interested and considered making a request if he completed both challenges.

• Zhang Guangmu confirmed his Cultivation Talent was zero but used Yue Yiji’s basic cultivation knowledge to develop his Original Sin Magic and refine his desire magic.
• Zhu Nanhua visited Zhang Guangmu and explained that the emperor would grant Mushroom City main-city treatment if Zhang Guangmu reached Magus or completed an S-rank Magus Trial.
• Zhu Nanhua told Zhang Guangmu that the emperor ranked him as a Golden Talent, the empire’s highest talent category.
• The Little White Balls reported that the S-rank trial targeted an ancient evil dragon that had killed two Magi.
• Zhang Guangmu asked whether he could make a request after advancing to Magus and completing the trial, and the prospect caught his interest.