Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu subdued Lu Xiaoru, defeated the Card Adept who had awakened, and left the battlefield with her. Wei'a joined him carrying the Unibrow Man, and the two took their captives to a hidden observation room where Chen Mu examined the battle through a Far-Viewing Device.

• Lu Xiaoru emerged from the flames, but Chen Mu caught her from behind, took her Wrist Device, and paralyzed her when she tried to seduce him.
• Chen Mu broke Xiao Man's Energy Shield with six taps of his Tail-Shedding Shuttle and knocked her unconscious.
• When another Card Adept awoke, Chen Mu killed him with a strangling maneuver, then left carrying Lu Xiaoru, whom he had dressed in the dead man's clothes.
• The Unibrow Man watched Chen Mu depart, but an unseen attacker paralyzed and captured him before Wei'a carried him away.
• Wei'a met Chen Mu, and they escaped the battlefield with their captives to a concealed observation room high above the fighting.
• Chen Mu tried the room's Far-Viewing Device and became absorbed in watching the battlefield.

Chen Mu watched the battle between the remaining Card Adepts until Yu Guo overwhelmed Kai with a dazzling attack. After the fight, Wei'a forced the captured Unibrow Man to explain why he had been spying on Chen Mu, and his mention of a faction left Chen Mu suspecting a connection to [Cross Night].

• Chen Mu studied the surviving Card Adepts' fighting styles through the Far-Viewing Device while Wei'a kept the recovering Unibrow Man paralyzed.
• Yu Guo unleashed his hidden strength against Kai, and a blinding burst of light ended the battle before Chen Mu could see the attack clearly.
• Wei'a poured the fish tank's freezing water over the Unibrow Man and let Chen Mu question him.
• The Unibrow Man said he had been secretly watching Chen Mu to identify his faction because Chen Mu's concealment method seemed familiar.
• Chen Mu recalled that his False Breath-Concealing Method came from [Cross Night]'s Breath-Concealing Method, while the Unibrow Man became more certain of his suspicion.

Chen Mu refused to teach the Breath-Concealing Method to the last surviving member of Cross Night, then learned why Lu Xiaoru had targeted him and accepted her help under Wei'a’s poison. After returning to the damaged Skywing Building, the three joined rescue efforts, and Chen Mu prepared to lift a beam trapping a little girl.

• One-Brow asked Chen Mu to teach him the Breath-Concealing Method, but Chen Mu refused, and One-Brow revealed that the captive was Lu Xiaoru from the Central Continent Group.
• Lu Xiaoru explained that she had targeted Chen Mu because of his Communication Matrix and Thousand Miles card, so Chen Mu shut them down and Wei'a made her take an unnamed poison to secure her cooperation.
• Chen Mu and Wei'a returned to the badly damaged Skywing Building, then flew down with Lu Xiaoru to rescue survivors from the rubble.
• Chen Mu used his perception to assess a collapsed beam trapping a wounded girl and told Lu Xiaoru he would lift it so she could pull the child free.

Chen Mu lifted a heavy beam so Lu Xiaoru could rescue a trapped little girl, then watched a Medical Card Adept treat the girl’s crushed leg. The girl was stabilized and would be taken to a hospital for recovery, and the Medical Card Adept finally noticed Chen Mu.

• Chen Mu used the techniques Wei'a had taught him to lift the beam while Lu Xiaoru pulled the little girl free.
• Lu Xiaoru carried the girl away from the collapsing rubble and was struck by several bricks.
• A female Medical Card Adept examined the girl and reassured Lu Xiaoru that her life was not in danger.
• The Medical Card Adept used energy needles to repair the girl’s injured leg in less than three minutes.
• The Medical Card Adept said the girl would recover in about two months and arranged free transport to a hospital.
• The Medical Card Adept noticed Chen Mu and turned to look at him.

Chen Mu and Lu Xiaoru met Su Liu Cherou, a young Senior Medical Card Adept, while she treated injured survivors. After they exchanged Communication Card numbers, Chen Mu and his companions left the damaged Skywing Building and settled in Lu Xiaoru’s hidden house, where they began securing it with traps.

• Su Liu Cherou greeted Chen Mu and Lu Xiaoru after witnessing their performance, and Lu Xiaoru recognized her as a Senior Medical Card Adept.
• Wei'a brought in an unconscious boy whose left arm he had amputated, and Su Liu Cherou treated him and summoned a medical Shuttlecraft for the injured.
• Chen Mu refused to register his contact information but exchanged Communication Card numbers with Su Liu Cherou after considering whether she might help with the green thread in his body.
• Chen Mu, Lu Xiaoru, and Wei'a left before encountering anyone unwelcome and went to Lu Xiaoru’s hidden house in the western part of the city.
• Wei'a secured the entrances with traps and alarms while Chen Mu placed concealed card-machinery devices throughout the house.

After Skywing was destroyed, Chen Mu considered leaving Luoyou City, while Lu Xiaoru explained that the Central Continent Group would likely owe compensation for the damage. Facing pressure from the government and rival factions, Ren Wenzhou decided to publicize the secret technology Zhongda Academy wanted, then ordered his subordinates to prepare an advertisement.

• Wei'a built lethal traps throughout the room using a dark pomelo wood chair, and Chen Mu asked Lu Xiaoru where they should go after Skywing's destruction.
• Lu Xiaoru explained that the Central Continent Group and the government would likely compensate those affected by the destruction.
• Qian Mingyi told Ren Wenzhou that Kai was dead, Lu Xiaoru was missing, and Zhongda Academy had suffered heavy losses while pressuring the Central Continent Group.
• Ren Wenzhou decided to reveal the secret technology to attract other factions and make it harder for Zhongda Academy to seize it by force.
• Ren Wenzhou ordered Qian Mingyi to control employees who knew about the signal, and Qian Mingyi began arranging publicity for the technology.
• Qian Mingyi's subordinate identified Skywing as the leading local Illusion Card Advertisement company, unaware that it had been destroyed.

Qian Mingyi chose Skywing to create an urgent Illusion Card Advertisement after seeing its textbook, and Bu Qiangdong brought the commission to Chen Mu. Though wary of the Central Continent Group, Chen Mu accepted the job for the urgently needed money and told Bu Qiangdong to negotiate and gather the requirements.

• Qian Mingyi watched Skywing's Illusion Card textbook, praised its quality, and ordered his subordinates to find Skywing's boss and secure prime-time advertising slots.
• Qian Mingyi summoned Bu Qiangdong and offered Skywing a high-paying commission to create an Illusion Card Advertisement within two days, with Chen Mu handling it personally.
• Bu Qiangdong contacted Chen Mu, who grew suspicious because the Central Continent Group had targeted him in the recent battle.
• After learning the commission was expected to pay at least five million, Chen Mu agreed and told Bu Qiangdong to negotiate the price and obtain the detailed requirements.
• Chen Mu studied Lu Xiaoru's [Soundbind] card and learned that it produced compressed sound-wave attacks capable of disrupting Card Adepts.

Chen Mu learned that the Central Continent Group was facing a possible takeover and had sent Lu Xiaoru to capture him and seize his equipment. He set aside his anger to study her [Sound Beam] card, uncovering the ingenious method it used to compress and amplify sound waves.

• Bu Qiangdong told Chen Mu that accepting the advertising opportunity could raise Skywing's reputation across Mingzheng District.
• Lu Xiaoru explained the Central Continent Group's research, Fali's claimed breakthrough, and rumors that a powerful Federation group planned to acquire it.
• Lu Xiaoru revealed that Qian Mingyi had ordered her team to find Chen Mu, leave him alive, and take all his equipment.
• Chen Mu suppressed his anger at the Central Continent Group and told Lu Xiaoru he had work to do.
• Chen Mu examined the [Sound Beam] card and determined that its energy conduit compressed and amplified sound waves while preventing them from dispersing.

Chen Mu demonstrated [Soundbind]'s hidden destructive potential to Lu Xiaoru and explained its key elements before taking a rushed advertisement job for Central Continent Group. Back at Skywing Building, he began preparing illusion card advertisements and drew inspiration from his jungle experiences for a new concept.

• Chen Mu used [Soundbind] to blast through furniture, a wall, a cabinet, and a bed, then explained the card's two key elements to Lu Xiaoru.
• Chen Mu accepted Central Continent Group's seven-million contract to produce twenty illusion card advertisement sets within two days.
• Chen Mu, Lu Xiaoru, and Wei'a returned to Skywing Building, where Bu Qiangdong was relieved to find Chen Mu alive after seeing the damaged building.
• Chen Mu selected materials in the basement warehouse and began making illusion cards while Bu Qiangdong gathered the employees.
• Remembering his jungle journey and the need for communication there, Chen Mu began drawing an advertisement concept on a blank card.

Yu Guo and Xiao Man discussed the unidentified Assassin Card Adept and a mysterious ball found on Central Continent Group Card Adepts, while Chen Mu finished an illusion card advertisement before Skywing’s employees. The chapter ended as Bu Qiangdong prepared to play the card for the assembled staff.

• Yu Guo warned Xiao Man that the Assassin Card Adept was skilled and dangerous, and she wondered why he had spared her and taken Lu Xiaoru.
• Yu Guo gave Xiao Man a small ball recovered from a Central Continent Group Card Adept and suspected it was connected to the group’s operation and the missing Lu Xiaoru.
• Chen Mu completed an illusion card advertisement as Skywing’s employees gathered to watch him work.
• Wei'a watched a program on the Viewing Illusion Card and showed an unusual expression of puzzlement.
• Bu Qiangdong inserted Chen Mu’s finished card into a Card Film player so the employees could view it.

Chen Mu's Illusion Card Advertisement stunned Skywing's employees, and Bu Qiangdong delivered it to Qian Mingyi at Central Continent Group. The advertisement's jungle rescue scenario left Qian Mingyi and his staff speechless after its final message appeared.

• Chen Mu showed Skywing's employees the Illusion Card Advertisement and explained the card to them.
• Bu Qiangdong took the advertisement to Qian Mingyi, who gathered his subordinates to watch it.
• The advertisement depicted an explorer finding Awei alone near a Twin-Hook Beast in the jungle.
• Awei contacted his leader, followed an arrow marker toward safety, and ran as the beast pursued him.
• The leader spotted Awei and ordered an attack, after which the advertisement displayed Central Continent Communications' jungle communication technology slogan.

Xiao Man returned to Sister Mei’s home to recover, where she discovered a capital C on one of Xiao An’s Skywing teaching cards. Meanwhile, Chen Mu received the Central Continent Group’s payment, Wei’a left with four million Odi, and a powerful female Card Adept arrived at Skywing, leaving Chen Mu ready for a fight.

• Xiao Man relaxed at Sister Mei’s home and chatted with Xiao An after he returned from school.
• Xiao An showed Xiao Man the Skywing edition of his Illusion Card teaching materials, and she spotted a capital C on one card.
• Chen Mu received the Central Continent Group’s payment, and Wei’a asked for half before taking four million Odi and leaving for a while.
• A female Card Adept associated with the half-masked man burst into Skywing asking for its boss, and Chen Mu prepared for combat.

Xiao Man confronted Skywing and asked Chen Mu to make her a combat card, but he refused. After she left, Chen Mu disguised himself and secretly followed her, pushing his low-altitude flight to its limits as he tried to discover her faction.

• Xiao Man intimidated Skywing's employees and demanded to know who had made the Skywing edition teaching Illusion Card, prompting Chen Mu to step forward.
• Xiao Man introduced herself and asked Chen Mu to make a combat card, but he refused and told her to leave.
• Xiao Man departed Skywing without causing a scene, while Lu Xiaoru watched her go in disappointment.
• Chen Mu put on a Ghost-Face Flower mask, told Lu Xiaoru to stay behind, and slipped out to follow Xiao Man through the city.
• Chen Mu struggled to keep up with Xiao Man using low-altitude flight, then instinctively made a water-parting motion and surged forward faster.

Chen Mu ambushed Xiao Man and survived her devastating attack, while Yu Guo moved to join her. With other Card Adepts rushing toward the disturbance, Chen Mu prepared to strike before his opportunity disappeared.

• Chen Mu used his newly increased speed to pursue Xiao Man through the shadows.
• Yu Guo spotted danger behind Xiao Man through their Communication Card and warned her, prompting her to attack Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu dodged Xiao Man’s barrage of 120 tadpole-shaped energy bodies, but the explosion’s blast nearly knocked him down.
• Xiao Man lost track of Chen Mu and grew wary of the shadows as he concealed himself nearby.
• Hearing other Card Adepts approach, Chen Mu resolved to attack soon and opened his eyes with Ghost Face Bloom.

Chen Mu used the Tail-Shedding Shuttle as a feint, then rushed Xiao Man and broke through her barrage of tadpole energy constructs despite being wounded. He shattered her weakened Energy Shield and seized her Wrist Device, but an unexpected threat forced him to retreat.

• Xiao Man destroyed Chen Mu's fifteen incoming tadpole energy constructs with an Energy Shuttle, but its impact nearly depleted her [Orange] shield.
• Chen Mu approached from around a wall, using rapid, unpredictable changes of direction to close the distance.
• Xiao Man unleashed tadpole energy constructs in every direction, and Chen Mu plunged through the barrage without slowing, taking several wounds.
• Chen Mu broke through the constructs and shattered Xiao Man's nearly exhausted Energy Shield with a punch.
• Chen Mu reached for Xiao Man's neck and grabbed her Wrist Device, then abruptly shot backward when his expression changed.

After enduring an unpredictable attack from the Green Line, Chen Mu survived the fight with Xiao Man and returned to Skywing, determined to find a way to stop the pain. Xiao Man reunited with Yu Guo and Beard, while Beard received news of a major move by the Central Continent Group.

• Xiao Man recovered from her fight with the Grimace Assassin Card Adept, and Yu Guo carried her away while Card Adepts pursued them.
• Chen Mu endured a bout of excruciating pain from the Green Line, then rose and resolved to deal with it before pursuing other concerns.
• Chen Mu returned to Skywing, where Lu Xiaoru noticed his battered appearance but did not question him.
• Yu Guo evaded his pursuers and brought Xiao Man to Beard's residence, where she described her encounter with the Grimace Assassin Card Adept.
• Beard received a communicator call and told Xiao Man and Yu Guo that the Central Continent Group had made a major move.

The Central Continent Group’s jungle communication breakthrough sent corporations and citizens rushing toward Luoyou City, while Skywing’s advertising work brought it a flood of attention and inquiries. Chen Mu visited Su Liu Cherou to have her examine a problem with his body, and she began testing him.

• The Central Continent Group released experimental data that experts confirmed showed a breakthrough in jungle communications, drawing corporate teams and visitors to Luoyou City.
• Luoyou City officials and former rivals congratulated the Central Continent Group, and its employees regained their confidence as customers overwhelmed its service department.
• Skywing’s advertisement earned the company a leading reputation, and Bu Qiangdong struggled to handle calls from corporate giants while he could not find his boss.
• Chen Mu and Lu Xiaoru visited Su Liu Cherou, where Lu Xiaoru cheered the girl she had rescued and Su Liu Cherou called her an angel.
• Chen Mu asked Su Liu Cherou to examine his body, and she took him to an advanced examination room and began tests.

Su Liu Cherou examined Chen Mu after his claim that something was wrong with his body, but ordinary tests found him exceptionally healthy. As she tried a close-range perception examination, her reaction caused Chen Mu’s tightly compressed perception to begin rebounding.

• Su Liu Cherou recalled Chen Mu’s strength during the rescue and wondered why her normally gentle perception was repelled by his.
• Su Liu Cherou examined Chen Mu with medical instruments and found his body extraordinarily strong and healthy, despite his disappointment at the results.
• Su Liu Cherou proposed using her perception to examine Chen Mu internally, and Chen Mu compressed his own perception to let her proceed.
• Su Liu Cherou sensed Chen Mu’s powerful, sensitive perception while cautiously examining his body at close range.
• Su Liu Cherou blushed and her perception fluctuated, causing Chen Mu’s compressed perception spring to threaten to rebound.

Su Liu Cherou used close-range perception to investigate Chen Mu and discovered a strange green line running through his body. Her perception touched Chen Mu’s compressed perception spring column, triggering an explosion that swept up her perception and left her in danger.

• Chen Mu compressed his perception while Su Liu Cherou began examining him with close-range perception.
• Su Liu Cherou carefully searched Chen Mu’s body and detected something moving beneath the surface.
• Su Liu Cherou found a fine green line extending throughout Chen Mu’s body and clinging to his bones.
• While studying the green line, Su Liu Cherou failed to notice her perception touching Chen Mu’s unstable perception spring column.
• Chen Mu’s compressed perception erupted, swallowed Su Liu Cherou’s perception, and made her face turn white.

Chen Mu and Su Liu Cherou’s perceptions became entangled, and his vortex began pulling her perception into his body. Chen Mu chose to use the Breath-Concealing Method to save her, despite its worsening side effects.

• A nurse mistook Chen Mu and Su Liu Cherou’s dangerous situation for an intimate moment and marked their room as being under examination.
• Chen Mu’s perception tangled with Su Liu Cherou’s, giving them a close understanding of each other’s perceptions.
• Chen Mu’s vortex drew Su Liu Cherou’s perception out of her, while she lost control of it and could not break their connection.
• Chen Mu calmed Su Liu Cherou and realized his perception’s vibration property might help stop the danger.
• Chen Mu decided to enter the breath-concealing state despite the risk of stronger side effects.