Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu fought Tang Kaixuan while their armies clashed, and Tang Kaixuan’s preparation let him counter Zhang Guangmu’s demonic arts. After Tang Kaixuan lost his composure and attacked recklessly, Zhang Guangmu struck him with one palm and left the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Tang Kaixuan charged into Zhang Guangmu’s forces and killed several believers, helping Marquis Tang’s soldiers meet the first clash without breaking.
• Zhang Guangmu intercepted Tang Kaixuan, and the two exchanged saber and sword blows while Zhang Guangmu tried to provoke him with Debate Skill.
• Zhang Guangmu used Burning Demon’s flames and then Night Demon’s needles, but Tang Kaixuan survived both with countermeasures prepared using ghee and paper pulp.
• Tang Kaixuan explained how he had studied Zhang Guangmu’s immortal arts, then challenged him to use the Fox Demon’s ability as well.
• Tang Kaixuan grew furious when he sensed Zhang Guangmu’s hand-to-hand strength and committed to a desperate killing strike.
• Zhang Guangmu evaded Tang Kaixuan’s sword and slapped him, vaporizing him before he could finish speaking.

Zhang Guangmu captured Tang Kaixuan with the Town Evil Pendant, rallied his forces, and let Tang Lanshan kill him, freeing her from her ties to Marquis Tang's Mansion. He then went to the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments, where a white-robed man asked whether the Town Evil Pendant had been useful.

• Zhang Guangmu contained Tang Kaixuan in the Town Evil Pendant and announced his death, breaking the morale of Marquis Tang's soldiers.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted the surviving soldiers into his ranks or sent them to prison, then promised to teach his methods after the capital stabilized.
• Zhang Guangmu released the crippled Tang Kaixuan at the clinic, and Tang Lanshan killed him with Sky Toss before Zhang Guangmu cremated his body.
• Tang Lanshan fell asleep after severing her ties to Marquis Tang's Mansion, while Zhang Guangmu considered the unfinished mysteries surrounding the departments and Shang Guizang.
• Zhang Guangmu led his followers to the adjacent departments, where a middle-aged man in white asked whether his Town Evil Pendant was useful.

Shang Guizang revealed that he was Zhang Guangmu’s father and demanded that Zhang Guangmu take his name and inherit the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments. Zhang Guangmu rejected Shang Guizang’s view of the world and approached him, claiming he would restore his memories as Immortal Guizang.

• Shang Guizang introduced himself as the master of the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments and revealed that he was Zhang Guangmu’s father.
• Shang Guizang’s power caused Zhang Guangmu’s guards and commandants to collapse, and he told Zhang Guangmu to change his name to Shang Guangmu.
• Zhang Guangmu calmly mocked Shang Guizang by claiming that immortals existed and that Shang Guizang was his child.
• Shang Guizang rejected Zhang Guangmu’s claims and explained that the two departments wielded power beyond emperors and dynasties.
• Zhang Guangmu lifted the Town Evil Pendant, called Shang Guizang Immortal Guizang, and walked toward him, saying he would make him remember the truth.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Shang Guizang, who revealed that demons arose from human hearts and that the Monster Extermination and Demon Subjugation Departments controlled population to limit them. After claiming his identity as the Great Sage, Teacher of the Virtuous, Zhang Guangmu declared his plan to unify the departments and spread demonic knowledge across Great Qian, before the world froze and flashed back to his first writing in the village.

• Shang Guizang explained that demons came from human hearts and that the departments regulated humanity's population to prevent demons from multiplying unchecked.
• Shang Guizang revealed that Zhang Guangmu was his son and offered him the future position of Department Master, but Zhang Guangmu rejected his claims and insisted he would help Shang recover his memories.
• Zhang Guangmu and Shang Guizang fought, with Zhang Guangmu using his greater Imperial Body Forging Technique mastery to withstand Shang's demonic powers.
• Shang Guizang became distracted by the Town Evil Pendant and Zhang Guangmu struck him down, leaving him kneeling and questioning who Zhang Guangmu was.
• Zhang Guangmu announced he would unify the departments, compile demonic knowledge into a book, and distribute it throughout Great Qian, then identified himself as the Great Sage, Teacher of the Virtuous.
• The world froze and flashed back to Zhang Guangmu writing, “Liufeng Guang Mu, I shall bring peace to all generations!”

After receiving an Excellent evaluation and his pay for The World Knows, Zhang Guangmu reunited with Li Xiaoxiao and Tang Lanshan. Tang Lanshan emerged with her old obsessions severed, while Zhang Guangmu revealed that he planned to write a book called My Crybaby Brother.

• Zhang Guangmu received an Excellent final evaluation for The World Knows and accepted 296 Dragon Shields in remuneration.
• Li Xiaoxiao congratulated Zhang Guangmu for defeating Tang Kaixuan, which eased Li Xiaoxiao’s worries about their team’s ranking in The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Tang Lanshan praised Zhang Guangmu and reflected that The World Knows had helped her let go of her resentment toward her estranged parents.
• Tang Lanshan decided to pursue her future with the Endless warship’s crew and planned to undergo Genetic Factor Micro-adjustment Surgery.
• Zhang Guangmu told Li Xiaoxiao and Tang Lanshan that he wanted to write a contemporary realist book titled My Crybaby Brother.

After The World Knows, Zhang Guangmu returned home and learned that practicing temporary abilities could cause lasting harm, while the Book of Acting strengthened his Imperial Body Forging Technique. He ended by inviting the group to stand with him on The Path of the Great Emperor.

• Li Xiaoxiao argued with Zhang Guangmu about Tang Kaixuan’s swordsmanship, then left after losing their verbal exchange.
• Tang Lanshan discussed Bloodline General Replacement Surgery with Zhang Guangmu and went to a major hospital.
• Xu Qianqiu praised Zhang Guangmu’s performance, condemned Tang Kaixuan, and explained that Shang Guizang trained alone inside the Infiltration Pod.
• Zhang Guangmu returned to Songmu cottage, reunited with Mooncake, and read warnings from the group against practicing abilities temporarily loaded in The World Knows.
• Zhang Guangmu recalled the Book of Acting’s warning about his lost calligraphy skill, updated the group announcement, and received the strengthening from Chapter 6 of Imperial Body Forging Technique.
• Zhang Guangmu invited the group members, except Qian Yiyuan and Cao Guan, to fight alongside him on The Path of the Great Emperor.

Zhang Guangmu gathered the Endless warship crew for their first full team-building banquet at Luo Zhuan’s home as they prepared to enter The Path of the Great Emperor. The gathering ended with Zhao Zhengrong urging Zhang Guangmu to take the film seriously and reminding him that his companions would support him.

• Zhang Guangmu invited the group to a team-building event at Luo Zhuan’s home, and everyone agreed to attend three days later.
• The members privately sent Zhang Guangmu money or offered to help with the gathering, and he arrived early with mooncakes to find everyone already waiting.
• Zhang Guangmu introduced Mooncake, whose fierce reaction stopped Chu Fan and Jiang Ling from petting it, before the crew began their banquet.
• During the meal, Zhang Guangmu saw news that Tang Kaixuan had received a ten-year prison sentence after his father’s death and changed the channel to preserve the gathering’s mood.
• Zhao Zhengrong told Zhang Guangmu to rely on his companions and take The Path of the Great Emperor seriously because success could benefit him for life.

Zhao Zhengrong warned Zhang Guangmu about the risks of The Path of the Great Emperor, but Zhang chose to face it without holding back. After gaining a new level in the Imperial Body Forging Technique and choosing a Seven Stars privilege for Mooncake, Zhang and his companions shared their ambitions for the coming event.

• Zhao Zhengrong cautioned Zhang Guangmu that The Path of the Great Emperor offered great benefits but could leave failures mentally and physically damaged.
• Zhang Guangmu gained one Usable Ability Point from the Book of Acting and raised his Imperial Body Forging Technique to rating 7, surpassing Sixty Year Foundation Establishment.
• Zhang Guangmu chose a custom Infiltration Pod and a mysterious event ability for Mooncake as his Seven Stars privilege.
• Zhang Guangmu and his companions shared their goals, while Zhao Zhengrong wished for everyone to be treated gently by the world.
• Mooncake declared that it wanted Household 001 and Household 002 to stay together forever.

Zhang Guangmu prepared to enter the long-running Imperial Path production “Magic: Crossing Two Realms,” met fans and his teammates, and learned that Li Xiaoxiao was the brother of Princess Li Zhuyu. He and Mooncake entered their Infiltration Pod as filming began, leaving the story on the threshold of the Film World.

• Zhang Guangmu arrived at the production building with Mooncake and met Luo Zhuan and Zhang Jiujiu, who gave him two handmade collectible cards and wished him well.
• Zhang Guangmu joined Li Xiaoxiao and learned that the cast would experience ninety months in the Film World, while the production’s two transmigrators were Zhang Guangmu and Xia Lianshan.
• Li Xiaoxiao questioned Zhang Guangmu about his pain tolerance, and Zhang Guangmu joked about the Empire’s priorities and the privileges enjoyed by imperial family members.
• Li Xiaoxiao revealed that Li Zhuyu was his older sister, and Zhang Guangmu called him his good brother before teasing him about a proposed comic.
• Zhang Guangmu and Mooncake entered their Infiltration Pod, completed the connection process, and successfully infiltrated the Film World.

Zhang Guangmu woke in the Magic Empire with memories of being a Blue Star transmigrator, befriended a kitten he named Mooncake, and decided to explore the city. He was confronted by Fander Hua, who ordered his men to restrain Zhang Guangmu so he could chop off one of his hands.

• Zhang Guangmu received a Script Hint describing his need to survive and his wish to return to Blue Star with supernatural power.
• Zhang Guangmu shared dried meat with a tiny orange kitten, named it Mooncake, and ate the remaining food with it.
• Zhang Guangmu sensed strange particles in the air and found his body unusually strong, then set out to explore the city and look for his companions.
• Fander Hua confronted Zhang Guangmu over selling alchemy tools on his territory and ordered two lackeys to hold him down so he could cut off his hand.

Zhang Guangmu fought Fander Hua and his henchmen after Fander tried to seize Mooncake, then subdued Fander and demanded information about the city. The chapter ended with Fander given sixty breaths to tell him everything important or be killed.

• Fander Hua ordered Zhang Guangmu to hand over Mooncake in exchange for his life, but Zhang refused and demanded Fander's machete.
• Fander sent two henchmen to attack Zhang, who dodged their grabs and mocked their fighting skills.
• Zhang knocked one henchman unconscious with an elbow strike, while Mooncake's fierce stare stopped the other from attacking.
• Zhang took Fander's machete and held it to his neck, prompting Fander to surrender and offer three hundred copper coins.
• Zhang rejected the money and gave Fander sixty breaths to tell him everything important about the city or be killed.

Zhang Guangmu intimidated Fander Hua into revealing Mushroom City’s power structure and took him to retrieve his smartphone while pretending to be a noble from a magical family. As Fander Hua led him toward the Gun God Mercenary Group’s base, the group’s leader, Chu Fan, confronted them and declared Zhang Guangmu had trespassed on his turf.

• Zhang Guangmu threatened Fander Hua until he revealed that Mushroom City’s strongest mage was the city lord’s Chief Advisor and that a man called the King of Darkness controlled the underworld.
• Fander Hua disclosed that the King of Darkness was an ordinary person who relied on a powerful repeating alchemical weapon, and Zhang Guangmu ordered him to lead the way to the underworld boss.
• Zhang Guangmu claimed he had lost his belongings and persuaded Fander Hua to pay twenty copper coins to redeem his smartphone from the Slacker Alchemy Workshop.
• Fander Hua ordered a passerby to take an unconscious thug to the church, then retrieved Zhang Guangmu’s smartphone and led him toward the Gun God Mercenary Group’s base.
• Chu Fan arrived with armed men, recognized Zhang Guangmu as someone on his turf, and laughed at his audacity.

Chu Fan welcomed Zhang Guangmu into the Gun God Mercenary Group as its vice-leader just as the group clashed with the Comical Mercenary Group. The battle began with Chu Fan and Zhang Guangmu joining the fight, and ended with Chu Fan wounded by the rival leader’s alchemical firearm.

• Chu Fan felt an immediate bond with Zhang Guangmu and invited him to become his sworn younger brother, offering him half the Gun God Mercenary Group.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted Chu Fan’s offer to make him vice-leader, while Moon introduced herself to Chu Fan.
• Chu Fan’s mercenaries encountered the approaching Comical Mercenary Group, and Chu Fan shot one of its members before the fight began.
• Zhang Guangmu insisted on fighting alongside Chu Fan, who praised his courage and agreed they would battle together.
• The Comical Mercenary Group’s leader shot Fander Hua in the chest, then aimed at Zhang Guangmu, but his shot struck Chu Fan’s arm instead.

Zhang Guangmu seized control of the battle between the Gun God Mercenary Group and the Comical Mercenary Group, killing their leader and bringing the survivors under control. After Chu Fan entrusted him with the mercenary group and headed off for treatment, Zhang Guangmu was left to pursue greater power in Mushroom City, though the floating Little White Balls warned that another contender might claim the City Lord’s position first.

• Zhang Guangmu picked up Chu Fan’s alchemical flintlock, killed the Comical Mercenary Group’s leader and several others, and forced both groups to surrender their weapons.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered the defeated mercenaries tied up and recruited, bringing the Gun God Mercenary Group’s numbers to forty-four.
• Zhang Guangmu considered the coming conflict between Magic Star and Blue Star and resolved to build his strength quickly, while wondering whether Saint Mage Lux had already opened the spatial wormhole.
• Chu Fan entrusted Zhang Guangmu with managing the Gun God Mercenary Group while he went to the church for treatment, and told him the City Lord might be seeking a successor.
• The Little White Balls debated Zhang Guangmu’s chances of becoming City Lord and noted that Richard, an apparent Imperial Relative, might claim the position first.

Zhang Guangmu used promises of magic training to win over the Gun God Mercenary Group and led them to the City Lord’s mansion, where Richard challenged their right to enter. Li Xiaoxiao intervened and declared Zhang Guangmu and the mercenaries his guests.

• Zhang Guangmu reasoned that Mooncake had enhanced his magic talent and planned to build strength by recruiting the mercenaries before confronting Richard over Mushroom City.
• Zhang Guangmu promised the forty-four mercenaries a chance to become Magic Apprentices, prompting both the old Gun God members and captured Comical members to pledge loyalty.
• Zhang Guangmu warned the mercenaries that he would show no mercy if they abandoned him or ruined his plans, then led them toward the City Lord’s mansion.
• The mansion guards let Zhang Guangmu and the mercenaries pass because of their numbers.
• Richard threatened to drive the group out, but Li Xiaoxiao rebuked him and declared that Zhang Guangmu and his men were his guests.

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.