Recaps

Lost in Yong'an City, Ma Feifei encountered a cart carrying high-quality paper belonging to Xun Ling's family and seized the cargo for his Mysterious Bookstore. He left after telling Master Xun to pass his thanks to Xun Ling, while a servant scribe had already gone to report the incident.

• Ma Feifei wandered through Yong'an City, unable to find his way back or get useful directions from the system.
• Master Xun and the servant scribes pushed a cart of paper toward Ma Feifei, and Master Xun attacked him when he blocked their path.
• Ma Feifei knocked Master Xun into the cart and defeated the servant scribes who rushed to attack him.
• Master Xun sent a servant scribe to tell his master that someone was robbing the Xun family's cargo.
• Ma Feifei recognized the paper as belonging to Xun Ling's family, stored the entire load in his spatial ring, and walked away with it.

Xun Ling ordered the city to hunt Ma Feifei after Ma Feifei took his goods, while Ma Feifei wandered the streets looking for somewhere to sleep. Yi He warned him that a warrant with his portrait had been transmitted throughout Yong'an City, leaving him at risk of being recognized by the Boundary Transmission Array.

• Xun Ling learned that Ma Feifei had taken his goods and ordered the Book Order Envoy to send people after him across the city.
• Ma Feifei lost his way and searched for somewhere to sleep, then wandered past several brothels while pretending he was not tempted to enter.
• Ma Feifei encountered Yi He, who pointed out that the Book Fragrance Family was nearby and that he had circled back to a familiar street.
• Yi He told Ma Feifei that he was wanted and explained that the warrant and his portrait had been sent throughout Yong'an City.
• Yi He warned Ma Feifei that the Boundary Transmission Array monitored the area ahead and that its guards could identify him from the portrait.

Ma Feifei accepted Yi He's help, enjoyed a meal at her home, and received a luxurious room for the night, while wondering why she had worked at the Book Fragrance Family. In Dubian Town, authorities investigated the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce for counterfeiting Book Cards as the Mysterious Bookstore's employees concealed that Ma Feifei had been missing for days.

• Yi He helped Ma Feifei because he did not know his way through the dark streets, then took him to her home and arranged dinner.
• Ma Feifei ate at Yi He's residence and wondered why she had worked at the Book Fragrance Family despite her family's apparent wealth.
• Yi He led Ma Feifei to a spacious, luxurious room for the night, and he wondered whether he could still ask to sleep with her.
• Town Chief Zhou Wuji uncovered a counterfeit Book Card operation whose captured members implicated the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce.
• Empress Chu Qiongyu ordered Zhou Wuji to investigate the accusation, while the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce's businesses suffered heavy losses.
• The Mysterious Bookstore continued operating as usual, and its employees knew Ma Feifei had been missing for several days.

Ma Feifei continued searching for Wang Han with Yi He’s help, since leaving her residence risked exposing him to surveillance arrays. After Yi He sent someone to fetch Wang Han, Ma Feifei began suspecting she had an ulterior motive and grew wary of her tea.

• Zhang Yunji worried that Ma Feifei had been missing for three days, while Ba Jiu trusted Ma Feifei and dismissed his concern.
• Ma Feifei asked Yi He to help locate Wang Han, describing him as a lame papermaker.
• Yi He identified Wang Han as Master Wang from Yong'an Lane and warned Ma Feifei that surveillance arrays made it unsafe for him to go there.
• Yi He suggested bringing Wang Han to her residence and sent a maid to fetch him after Ma Feifei agreed.
• Ma Feifei wondered whether Yi He had a hidden motive for helping him and refused to drink the tea she had brought.

Ma Feifei reunited with Wang Han and learned that the new papermaking method had produced a batch of medium-quality paper. Yi He admired a sample and offered to buy all the paper at thirty percent above market price.

• Ma Feifei heard an unexplained teasing voice but concealed his confusion from Yi He.
• Yi He’s men brought Wang Han in, and he recognized Ma Feifei and worried about Li Chenzhou, who had been knocked unconscious.
• Ma Feifei asked Wang Han about his progress, and Wang Han explained that he had used all the materials to produce paper in a day.
• Ma Feifei told Yi He that he had started a papermaking business and showed her a sample sheet.
• Yi He identified the paper as medium quality and offered to buy the entire batch at thirty percent above market price.

Ma Feifei sold ten thousand sheets of medium-quality paper to Yi He for 15.6 billion Spirit Crystals and stayed at her residence while hiding from Yong'an City's wanted notice. After returning to the Mysterious Bookstore and giving Yun Qingyang the pouch of Spirit Crystals to split, he saw her stare at it in shock.

• Ma Feifei accepted Yi He's offer to buy ten thousand sheets of paper at thirty percent above market price and kept the remaining sheets.
• Yi He's steward paid Ma Feifei 15.6 billion Spirit Crystals, whose spiritual energy seemed unusually dense to him.
• Ma Feifei sent Wang Han home to rest and remained at Yi He's residence while the wanted notice kept him from leaving safely.
• Ma Feifei used the system to return to the Azure Dragon Continent and found Yun Qingyang waiting at the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Ma Feifei handed Yun Qingyang the pouch and agreed to split the earnings evenly, but Yun Qingyang asked where he had gotten the spatial pouch.

Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang discovered that Yi He’s Spirit Crystal bag was made from Dragon sinew, whose familiar aura made Ma Feifei suspect it might have belonged to Yun Qingyang’s parents. The next day, Ma Feifei realized the Spirit Crystals from Book Battle Continent were worth ten times as much as those from the Azure Dragon Continent, leaving him lamenting the fortune he had lost.

• Yun Qingyang recognized a familiar aura on Yi He’s Spirit Crystal bag and tested it with Qingshuang Sword, discovering it was made from Dragon sinew.
• Yun Qingyang said the Dragon sinew’s aura felt like that of someone she knew, and Ma Feifei suspected it might have come from her parents.
• Ma Feifei distracted Yun Qingyang by arguing over their Spirit Crystal profits, then gave her one hundred and eleven billion of the one hundred and fifty-six billion Spirit Crystals and kept Yi He’s bag.
• The next morning, Ma Feifei compared Spirit Crystals from Book Battle Continent and the Azure Dragon Continent and found the former held about ten times more energy.
• Ma Feifei calculated that his paper sales had effectively earned one trillion five hundred and sixty billion Spirit Crystals and cursed the fortune he had lost.

Yun Qingyang asked Ma Feifei to find her parents on the Book Battle Continent, offering him a huge Spirit Crystal reward and giving him a Dragon Pearl that could guide him to them. After Ma Feifei agreed, Yun Qingyang bowed, and the heavens and earth changed.

• Ma Feifei rushed to Yun Qingyang, intending to switch the Spirit Crystals back, but found her mourning her parents and asking when they could travel to the Book Battle Continent.
• Ma Feifei explained that only he could currently travel between the Book Battle Continent and the Azure Dragon Continent, and Yun Qingyang realized his spatial bag came from the Frost Giant Dragon tribe.
• Yun Qingyang offered Ma Feifei the Spirit Crystals as a reward for investigating her parents and gave him a Dragon Pearl that would point toward them if they were nearby.
• Ma Feifei accepted the task so Yun Qingyang could learn whether her parents were alive.
• Yun Qingyang bowed to Ma Feifei, and a gale, thunder, darkness, and surging spiritual energy swept through the area.

Ma Feifei considered how to punish the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce for Yun Xiang’s counterfeit book cards without causing wider harm. He entrusted Zhou Zhuling with handling the negotiations while the chamber’s president and Lian Yi waited outside the Mysterious Bookstore.

• Zhou Zhuling warned Ma Feifei that destroying the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce could harm Chu’s economy, but said the punishment for counterfeiting still needed to be severe.
• Zhang Yunji told Ma Feifei that the chamber’s president and others were kneeling outside the bookstore to seek forgiveness.
• Ma Feifei ordered the group to keep kneeling off to the side, then told Zhang Yunji to help Lian Yi up because she was not responsible for the counterfeiting.
• Zhou Zhuling proposed making the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce compensate the bookstore for its reputational and financial losses, using the wait to increase the pressure on its president.
• Ma Feifei accepted Zhou Zhuling’s strategy and entrusted her with handling the matter, planning to return to the Book Battle Continent to help Yun Qingyang search for her parents.

Ma Feifei learned that Yun Xiang of the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce had masterminded the fake book card scheme to win a succession contest against his sister, Yun Lian Yi. The chamber's president arrived in Dubian Town with Yun Xiang and Lian Yi to apologize, and Ma Feifei considered how the Bookstore should respond.

• Yun Qingyang made a solemn request of Ma Feifei, who helped her up and left to consider the matter.
• Zhou Zhuling told Ma Feifei that Yun Xiang had plotted the fake book cards to gain an advantage in a contest to become the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce's next president.
• Ma Feifei learned that Yun Lian Yi was Yun Xiang's sister and the daughter of the chamber's president.
• Zhou Zhuling revealed that the president, Yun Xiang, and Lian Yi had come to Dubian Town to apologize to Ma Feifei.
• Ma Feifei suspected Lian Yi hoped he would go easy on the chamber, but noted that the Bookstore itself had not suffered from the fake cards.

Zhou Zhuling accepted Ma Feifei’s authority to handle the counterfeit book card case and spoke with the kneeling Yunteng Chamber of Commerce. She took Lian Yi away to meet friends, leaving the chamber’s punishment unresolved as onlookers speculated about Ma Feifei’s love life.

• Zhou Zhuling left the Mysterious Bookstore and found President Yun, Lian Yi, Yunxiang, and the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce kneeling outside.
• Zhou Zhuling told President Yun that Ma Feifei had entrusted her with the matter, and President Yun confessed to Yunxiang’s counterfeit book cards and begged for leniency.
• Zhou Zhuling helped Lian Yi up, saying she was practically a member of the Mysterious Bookstore and should not kneel.
• Zhou Zhuling invited Lian Yi to dinner with Sister Qingyang, Luan Feng, and Qingyi, then left for the Wantong Trading Market.
• The onlookers speculated that Ma Feifei had delegated the case to Zhou Zhuling as a sign he intended to marry, while the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce remained kneeling.

Ma Feifei planted more Begonia Trees and brushed off the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce, leaving its fate to Zhou Zhuling. After realizing his special paper seemed useless, he received a system mission to compile and distribute books about the Azure Dragon Continent, giving the paper a new purpose.

• Ma Feifei bought and planted first-grade Begonia Tree seeds in the Book Garden to increase his paper-making profits.
• President Yun and the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce knelt before Ma Feifei, who sent them to Zhou Zhuling to resolve the matter.
• President Yun told Yun Xiang that he would die, while Yun Xiang endured the pain of the thorns on his back.
• Ma Feifei put the special paper from the Book Battle Continent on the counter and realized he had no use for it because he no longer copied books.
• The system announced that Ma Feifei had completed the Azure Dragon Library and ordered him to compile and distribute books about the Azure Dragon Continent.

Ma Feifei began writing an original book to help fill the completed Azure Dragon Library, then decided to enlist his companions in producing more books. He left them with the task of writing about their experiences on the Azure Dragon Continent, planning to invite the rest of the continent to contribute as well.

• After the system reminded him of the Azure Dragon Library quest, Ma Feifei used Spirit Crystals and the Divine Brush to begin writing a book about his life.
• Ma Feifei wrote tens of thousands of words in one afternoon and planned to have the book mass-produced in the bookstore’s warehouse.
• Ma Feifei saw Yun Qingyang brooding on the roof and called her down to join dinner.
• At dinner, Ma Feifei told everyone to start writing books about their experiences and other aspects of life on the Azure Dragon Continent.

Ma Feifei learned that Yong'an Prefecture had captured Li Chenzhou and asked Yi He to help secure his release. Yi He agreed to contact Xun Ling but warned that his changed temperament might make him difficult to persuade.

• Ma Feifei told everyone at dinner that they each had to write a book, and Yun Qingyang agreed to participate.
• Wang Han told Ma Feifei that people from Yong'an Prefecture had seized Li Chenzhou while they were out buying materials.
• Yi He offered to use her connections at Yong'an Prefecture to ask about Li Chenzhou and seek leniency.
• Wang Han identified Li Chenzhou as a book slave under the Xun division, which Xun Ling led.
• Ma Feifei accepted Yi He's help, and she warned him that Xun Ling had changed and might not be easy to persuade.

Ma Feifei followed Yi He's maids to a barred courtyard after recognizing a dragon-like scent on them. There, a powerful creature behind the railings sensed something familiar about him and asked where he came from.

• Ma Feifei picked spiritual-energy-rich flowers in Yi He's garden to take back for Yun Qingyang.
• After noticing a scent like Yun Qingyang's dragon scent on the maids, Ma Feifei secretly followed them.
• The maids brought flowers to a barred courtyard, where a huge eye appeared from the darkness as they fed the creature.
• Ma Feifei approached the railings, and the creature struck them and asked where he came from.
• Ma Feifei said he came from the Azure Dragon Continent, and the creature told him he had a familiar scent.

Ma Feifei investigated the creature imprisoned in Yi He's estate and suspected it was a Frost Giant Dragon whose sinew had been used to make Yi He's pouch. Yi He then revealed that Xun Ling would release Li Chenzhou only if Ma Feifei came to claim him, and Ma Feifei recognized that Yi He had deliberately steered him toward danger.

• Ma Feifei showed the creature behind the fence a dragon pearl, and its excitement at the mention of a woman on the Azure Dragon Continent led him to suspect it was a Frost Giant Dragon.
• The creature warned Ma Feifei that someone was coming, so he used his Invisibility Technique to hide from Yi He's maid, then left after the creature stopped replying.
• Ma Feifei wondered whether Dragon sinew from the imprisoned Frost Giant Dragon had been used to make the Spirit Crystal pouch Yi He gave him.
• Yi He told Ma Feifei that Xun Ling would release Li Chenzhou only if Ma Feifei came in person to claim him.
• Ma Feifei questioned Yi He's motives, pointing out that Xun Ling and the rest of Yong'an Prefecture were hunting him; Yi He admitted that he had miscalculated.

After Yi He could not help him rescue Li Chenzhou, Ma Feifei discovered that his Transformation Technique let him evade Yong'an City’s surveillance and wanted notice. He entered Yong'an Prefecture and learned that Xun Ling had written an Epic-grade book, giving him a lead in his search.

• Ma Feifei thanked Yi He, returned to his courtyard, and decided he needed to investigate its mystery while planning a safe escape.
• Ma Feifei used the Transformation Technique and Concealment Technique to leave Yi He's residence, then confirmed that his transformed appearance evaded surveillance.
• Ma Feifei decided to rescue Li Chenzhou himself and headed for Yong'an Prefecture, entering through a side gate without being recognized.
• Ma Feifei explored Yong'an Prefecture and followed Authors gathering at Shanhai Tower after an Epic-grade book sent red light into the sky.
• Ma Feifei heard that Xun Ling had written the Epic-grade book and realized he had found him.

Ma Feifei found Xun Ling seeking a challenge to qualify as a Fourth-rank Author and volunteered, revealing a genuine Legendary-grade book. As the challenge began, Ma Feifei used increasingly precious books as steps to climb onto the platform, shocking the audience when he brought out an Epic-grade book.

• Ma Feifei learned that Xun Ling had written an Epic-grade book and needed to challenge a Fourth-rank Author or higher to advance.
• When no qualified author stepped forward, Ma Feifei offered to challenge Xun Ling and proved his Legendary-grade book was genuine by displaying its book spirit.
• Xun Ling welcomed Ma Feifei into the hall and led him to the challenge platform.
• Ma Feifei slowly climbed toward the platform on books, first using a Blue Quality book and then a Yellow Quality book as steps.
• Ma Feifei placed an Epic-grade book beneath his feet, astonishing the gathered authors.

Ma Feifei entered Xun Ling’s Author rank assessment without an Author Badge, drawing suspicion because unregistered Authors were treated as members of the Evil Author Faction. The book battle began, and Ma Feifei’s Epic-grade book produced golden characters, leaving the crowd and examiner puzzled.

• Ma Feifei displayed high-rank books, impressed Xun Ling, and agreed to begin the assessment.
• The examiner asked Ma Feifei and Xun Ling to present their Author Badges, and Ma Feifei admitted he had none.
• The crowd suspected Ma Feifei might be an unregistered Evil Author, but the examiner allowed the assessment to continue.
• The examiner began Xun Ling’s promotion assessment, and Xun Ling’s Epic-grade book filled the barrier with black characters.
• Ma Feifei placed his own Epic-grade book on the pillar, and its words emerged as golden characters.

Ma Feifei’s golden words overwhelmed Xun Ling’s Epic-grade book, causing it to be destroyed and making Xun Ling fail his assessment. Xun Ling accused Ma Feifei of being an Evil Author, and Ma Feifei asked what the term meant.

• Golden words spread across the arena curtains and pushed Xun Ling’s black words close to the one-third limit.
• Xun Ling’s book lost the book battle, shattered, and was devoured by Ma Feifei’s book spirit.
• The old man announced that Xun Ling had failed to advance to fourth-grade scribe.
• Xun Ling demanded to see Ma Feifei’s scribe Badge, then accused him of being an Evil Author.
• Ma Feifei asked what an Evil Author was and whether it meant someone who wrote illustrated storybooks.

Ma Feifei faced accusations that he belonged to the Evil Author faction, and the Steward Elder summoned the Law Enforcement Team to investigate him. Ma Feifei responded by releasing ten thousand books from his spatial ring, leaving the crowd stunned as books continued to pour out.

• Xun Ling urged the Steward Elder to investigate Ma Feifei as a possible Evil Author, and the Steward Elder demanded to inspect his books.
• The Steward Elder called for backup, and the Law Enforcement Team surrounded the arena.
• Ma Feifei said he had written books for hundreds of thousands of years and asked whether they were ready to inspect his collection.
• Ma Feifei released ten thousand books of varied qualities from his spatial ring, overwhelming the arena and astonishing the crowd.
• Ma Feifei asked whether the display was enough and said he still had more books.

Ma Feifei stunned the Author Assessment Guild by revealing thousands of books and a Mythic-grade book, earning the Steward Elder’s respect. The Steward Elder invited him to the guild and promised access to the Prefect of Yong'an Prefecture; Ma Feifei agreed to go with him.

• Ma Feifei displayed more than ten thousand books, and the Steward Elder bowed to him after recognizing his skill.
• Ma Feifei revealed an orange Mythic-grade book, then recalled his books into his spatial ring.
• Xun Ling identified Ma Feifei as the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, but the crowd had never heard of it.
• The Steward Elder invited Ma Feifei to the Author Assessment Guild and mentioned a chance to meet the Prefect of Yong'an Prefecture.
• Ma Feifei agreed to go, and the Steward Elder dismissed Xun Ling’s demand to investigate Ma Feifei’s origins.

Ma Feifei revealed his identity to Xun Ling and persuaded him to void their book battle so he could secure two people. After leaving with the Steward Elder, Ma Feifei began learning about authors as they traveled through Yong'an Prefecture.

• Ma Feifei admitted that Xun Ling had recognized him and praised Xun Ling’s writing, asking the Steward Elder to give him another chance.
• Ma Feifei told Xun Ling he wanted the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey and Li Chenzhou, and Xun Ling agreed to void the book battle result.
• The Steward Elder canceled Xun Ling’s Fourth-rank Author assessment result and allowed him to write another Epic-grade book before trying again.
• Ma Feifei left with the Steward Elder, and they discussed Ma Feifei’s unfamiliarity with Yong'an Prefecture and the author profession.

Ma Feifei heard the legend that Hippo Emperor had created the Book Battle Continent and the Myriad Worlds through books. He reached the Author Assessment Guild disguised as Long Aotian, where President Hong announced that the Emperor artifact, the Book God Pillar, would test him.

• The Steward Elder explained that Authors could use books to obtain things and told Ma Feifei the legend of Hippo Emperor, creator of the Book Battle Continent and the Myriad Worlds.
• The Steward Elder brought Ma Feifei and the crowd following them to the Author Assessment Guild in Yong'an City.
• The Steward Elder introduced the Guild's president, Hong Tong, and Ma Feifei introduced himself as Long Aotian.
• Hong Tong led Ma Feifei into the Guild hall and explained that the Author Assessment Pillar measured an Author's Heart of the Book and book quality.
• After Ma Feifei worried that he would have to take a test, Hong Tong revealed that the Guild had invited the Emperor artifact, the Book God Pillar, to assess him.

Ma Feifei entered the Book God Palace to take the Book God Pillar’s author assessment, while Hong Tong and the Steward Elder expected him to become an Imperial-grade author. The Pillar declared him incapable of becoming an author, attacked him when he refused to obey, and Ma Feifei bit into it, leaving the Book God Palace collapsing around him.

• Hong Tong led Ma Feifei to the Book God Palace, where the doors opened and admitted him alone.
• Hong Tong and the Steward Elder waited outside, predicting Ma Feifei would become an Imperial-grade author and help them in the coming battle between righteousness and evil.
• Inside, Ma Feifei found that the Book God Pillar was a small bamboo shoot; after he gave it a drop of blood, it declared he had no Heart of the Book and could not become an author.
• Ma Feifei pulled the bamboo shoot from the ground and argued with it, prompting it to attack him with vines that pinned him to a wall.
• After the system warned that he was in mortal danger, Ma Feifei bit through the bamboo shoot and sucked out its liquid, causing the Book God Palace to shake and collapse.