Recaps

Chen Mu escaped Zha’erqian after defeating Jin Yin and Dang Han, then traveled with his companions to East Rui City and took charge of a Taishu family team. As he prepared a new card for Sang Hanshui, [Little Child] optimized its structure and an [Explosive Bomb] test revealed extraordinary power.

• Chen Mu showed Sang Hanshui the [Dual-Polarity Thunderball Card], and Sang Hanshui identified its history and explained that hidden Faction Era factions still survived.
• Tang Hanpei sent Si Dongkou, Yi Rou, and Fang Han to Frostmoon Cold Isle’s summit, ordering them to prevent its alliance from growing and search for Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu refused to help Frostmoon Cold Isle, then accepted Madam Faya’s two-on-one challenge and defeated Jin Yin and Dang Han, winning a public kiss from her.
• Wei'a escaped with Chen Mu, Sang Hanshui, and Bu Mo, and Chen Mu recovered before learning he had risen to fiftieth on the Black Line Star Ranking.
• Chen Mu and his companions reached East Rui City, where Taishu Cheng offered him command of his Card Adepts if he placed in the East Rui City Showdown’s top four.
• Chen Mu disciplined the Card Adepts for their lateness and poor performance, then ordered them through demanding tactical and simulation training.
• Chen Mu decided to craft a better card for Sang Hanshui and realized [Little Child] could calculate and optimize a card’s energy structure.
• [Little Child] completed an optimized card design, and a live test of Chen Mu’s [Explosive Bomb] destroyed two targets and left a roughly ten-meter crater.

Chen Mu agreed to Xize’s challenge to face Tang Hanpei, then won Tan Yuwen’s bracelet tournament before a Faya assault turned the banquet into a battle. Chen Mu and Wei'a captured Madam Faya, who revealed herself as Qiu Shanyu and offered compensation.

• Janken rated [Explosive Bomb] four stars, and Janette noticed the card bore the number 029 before Chen Mu gave it to Sang Hanshui to test.
• Xize identified himself to Chen Mu, explained that the Federation Comprehensive Academy supported Heavenly Pattern, and offered to teach him about Perception if he challenged Tang Hanpei within five years.
• Chen Mu refused to sell his combo card technology to the Luo Family and offered First-Generation Combo Cards, while the Luo Family allied with the Snow Silk Worm Card Adept Corps.
• At Taishu Zheng’s banquet, Tan Yuwen launched the Rain Character Fund, and Chen Mu entered the challenge tournament to win her bracelet for Lei Zi.
• Chen Mu defeated Baluojia and advanced to the final four, but ten masked assassins attacked the banquet, and Chen Mu rescued Taishu Cheng and his companions.
• Wei'a told Chen Mu that Faya had arranged the attack, so they infiltrated Madam Faya’s residence and launched a surprise assault on her guards and the Bronze Mask Man.
• Chen Mu used the zero style state to defeat Faya’s Card Adepts while Wei'a fought the Bronze Mask Man, and both men eventually escaped with Chen Mu and Madam Faya.
• Chen Mu woke in an abandoned warehouse, removed Madam Faya’s mask, and heard her identify herself as Qiu Shanyu and offer compensation.

Chen Mu suppressed Biaoqing, joined the Tiandongli District tournament at Taishu Yong’s request, and killed Xiao Man after Faya offered a six-star card for his capture. Meanwhile, Bagnell’s Snow Silk Worm Card Adept Corps revealed its new weapons, drew the attention of major powers, and continued toward a confrontation as an unseen attacker struck Chen Mu’s group.

• Chen Mu learned that Qiu Shanyu recognized him as Cao Dong and understood Faya’s attack on the Taishu Family was tied to the Tiandongli District alliance, then Wei'a carried them into the wilderness to escape pursuers.
• Qiu Shanyu explained Biaoqing and offered to help Chen Mu find the woman who implanted it, while Chen Mu kept her alive and later learned about her links to Faya and the Six Great Academies.
• Chen Mu obtained the Golden-Spotted Soft Jelly Fungus from Taishu Yong and used its secretion with Wei'a’s Body-Strengthening Exercise to surround the Green Line with a golden layer and restrain Biaoqing.
• Taishu Yong asked Chen Mu to compete in the Tiandongli District Card Adept Elite Tournament in exchange for the fungus, and Chen Mu agreed to do his best.
• At Rong Ming’s birthday banquet, Xiao Man offered the six-star card [Eternal Night] for Qiao Yuan’s capture or Faya’s madam’s rescue, then accused Chief Steward White of being Qiao Yuan.
• Chen Mu challenged Xiao Man to ten moves and killed her after breaking through her Blue Ice Floating Wings, while Wei'a recovered the black six-star card.
• Bagnell and Jiang Liang led the Snow Silk Worm Card Adept Corps into battle with the [Odi Burner] and coordinated snipers, defeating the Dawei Card Adept Corps and attracting the attention of major powers.
• As Chen Mu’s companions prepared for Faya’s retaliation, Raphael and Sang Hanshui confronted a hidden attacker and Xiao Bo engaged a gaunt masked man.

Chen Mu rejected Tan Yuwen’s plan to destroy the Bitter Solitude Temple and Star Academy, then prepared to face the Federation Comprehensive Academy’s Pursuit Corps. He led his companions in annihilating the pursuers at Cold Fir Town and promised to help Wei'a become strong enough to fight a larger enemy.

• Si Dongkou entered the building to seek Chief Steward White’s notes, but Little Bu Mo blocked his way and fought to protect Blockhead and Wei'a.
• Sang Hanshui refused Fang Shi’s offer to join Faya, while Xie Yanbai helped him request an audience with Chief Steward White and Little Bu Mo broke Si Dongkou’s bone before Wei'a pulled him away from the building’s explosion.
• Bagnell led the Snow Silk Worm Card Adept Corps through the jungle as Wu Yan’s Blood Hammer Division pursued them, and Chen Mu agreed to train recruits for the Taishu Family in exchange for half the force and first choice.
• Chen Mu trained his perception with the Mysterious Card, learned more about Tan Yuwen’s mother and her connection to Xize, and secretly delivered two Illusion Cards to a Faya base.
• Chen Mu attended Tan Yuwen’s Rain Legion assessment, killed Qi Feng in their duel, and refused Tan Yuwen’s proposal to build a card machinery legion and destroy the Bitter Solitude Temple and Star Academy.
• After learning the Pursuit Corps was nearing East Rui City, Chen Mu gathered Wei'a, Little Bu Mo, Xiao Bo, and Sang Hanshui and set an ambush in the forest near Cold Fir Town.
• Chen Mu’s team bombarded the exhausted Pursuit Corps, killed Zuo La, and annihilated the force with coordinated attacks.
• Xiao Bo and Sang Hanshui collected eight five-star cards, Wei'a revealed that his memory had returned and asked Chen Mu to help him grow strong, and Chen Mu recorded the battlefield as Card Adepts approached.