Recaps

Chen Mu’s group traveled into the Snow Region, survived attacks, and established a fortified base in Snow Silk Worm Valley while testing Chen Mu’s dangerous perception-training method. The arc ended with Qiao Fei arriving to meet Chen Mu after Wei'a eliminated infiltrators.

• Chen Mu crafted the first named Digital Series Card, [Wheel], and its powers emerged when Xiao Bo tested it after Chen Mu defeated him and secured his service.
• The group traveled through Tiandongli District, survived a deadly Xi Bird attack, and continued north as Chen Mu grew wary of the conflict surrounding Luoyou City.
• Chen Mu’s group cleared Snow Silk Worms from a valley, exposed valuable purple glimmer ore, and built an ice settlement that Bu Erna named Valley Nest.
• Chen Mu developed the Snow Pit Method and tested it on Jiang Liang, whose perception recovered under the new training.
• Chen Mu learned that Star Academy suspected he was in the Snow Region, while Xiao Bo defeated an airborne attacker using [Wheel Timed Detonation].
• Wenzuofu sent Dark Mist Group members to attack the valley, but Wei'a killed the infiltrators as Chen Mu’s Card Adepts began training with the Snow Pit Method.
• Chen Mu reviewed the training results and learned that the valley had been attacked, then met Qiao Fei, who asked him for a whole hind leg of lamb.

Chen Mu built up the Snow Silk Worm Card Adept Corps around purple glimmer ore production, then defended the valley from Wenzuofu’s attack and joined forces with Mobley. As the Corps expanded and trained new recruits, Chen Mu struggled to equip them while pushing his own card-making and perception further.

• Chen Mu declined Qiao Fei’s offer to join her organization, then tasked Bagnell with forming a Card Adept Corps as Xi Ping warned that the group needed a stable income.
• Chen Mu built a machine that extracted valuable liquids from purple glimmer ore, and Xi Ping arranged for the group to mine and sell the extract.
• Bagnell accepted an escort commission, while Chen Mu returned to the valley and expanded its ore-processing capacity with equipment supplied by Qiao Fei.
• Chen Mu created the Fern Disk and used it to discover Wenzuofu approaching with fifteen hundred Card Adepts and three hundred Combat Shuttlecraft.
• Heta’s linked mechanisms destroyed the attackers’ Combat Shuttlecraft, and Jiang Liang’s defenses and Chen Mu’s ambushes helped defeat Wenzuofu’s forces at the valley.
• After Chen Mu recovered from a self-detonation, Jiang Liang reported that Qiao Fei’s forces had killed Wenzuofu and defeated the Kawashita Alliance, and Chen Mu agreed to sell Qiao Fei forts and supplies.
• Chen Mu formed a long-term trade partnership with Mobley after confirming the Corps could produce purple glimmer red, while the Corps recruited and trained thousands of Card Adepts.
• Chen Mu improved the Separators and tried to make cards for the recruits, but exhaustion forced him to stop as the Extreme Limit Method began growing new threads of perception and Xiao Bo achieved a breakthrough.

Chen Mu’s new perception and card sets advanced as he sought the Golden-Spotted Soft Jelly Fungus, but a hijacking and a series of clashes with [Heavenly Pattern] left him trapped in a growing pursuit. While Tang Hanpei seized control of the Federation Comprehensive Academy, Chen Mu prepared to fight Jin Yin and the encircling Card Adepts.

• Chen Mu refined his double-helix perception, made new card sets, and collapsed from agony as a green line spread through his body.
• After waking, Chen Mu learned that the Taishu Family might have the Golden-Spotted Soft Jelly Fungus and traveled toward Dongrui with Wei'a.
• Hijackers took over Chen Mu’s Snow Shuttle, but he escaped into the Jungle after killing A Jiang and evading the group’s leader.
• Mota’s Card Adepts pursued Chen Mu, who led dangerous beasts into their ranks and later found blue crystals and black mud near a hot spring.
• Bagnell and Xi Ping identified Mota as a captain of [Heavenly Pattern], while Chen Mu studied the [Snake Mirror] and [Golden Word Lock] in the Jungle.
• Tang Hanpei seized wartime authority at the Federation Comprehensive Academy, appointed Song Chengyan commander-in-chief, and opened the academy’s legacies to students.
• Chen Mu detected nearly a hundred Card Adepts encircling him, then attacked Jin Yin when he moved toward the formation’s apex.
• Jin Yin evaded Chen Mu’s attacks as five more Card Adepts approached, and Chen Mu suddenly stopped while Jin Yin sensed he was nearing a breakthrough.

Chen Mu survived the pursuit in Zha'erqian, took A Sang’s protection contract, and defeated Dang Han while studying the [Golden Word Lock]. After Sang Hanshui’s attempt to seize the card failed, Chen Mu obtained the materials he needed and discovered that the word “Mirror” formed a reflective energy construct.

• Chen Mu killed Jin Yin with [Chess Cage Thousand Cuts], then staggered toward Zha'erqian while Baole and Jielamu fled and Song Chengyan sent Tang Hanpei to challenge Zhongda Academy’s Academy Head.
• Chen Mu reached Zha'erqian with hunting trophies, sold them to A Sang, and agreed to protect her from Miao Xuan and the Southern Star Group’s pressure.
• Chen Mu drove Miao Xuan away, then challenged Yuan Linghai and defeated his son Ji Ming before Yuan Linghai recognized the [Golden Word Lock] and conceded.
• The [Black Line Star Ranking] provisionally placed Qiao Yuan seventy-second, and Chen Mu met Zeng Yushan privately as reports linked him to the missing Snow Shuttles.
• Chen Mu trained in the [Golden Word Lock] while Wei'a taught him an airflow technique, and A Sang brought him to the Southern Star Trading House to obtain rare materials.
• Dang Han challenged Chen Mu for the [Golden Word Lock], but Chen Mu pierced his defenses and wounded him badly enough to force his escape.
• Sang Hanshui revealed that he had manipulated Dang Han and Wen to obtain the [Golden Word Lock], but Wei'a knocked him unconscious and Chen Mu took the materials with A Sang.
• Wei'a introduced Chen Mu to his disciple Bu Mo, and Chen Mu learned the card’s recorded word “Mirror” and formed a reflective energy construct.