Recaps

Mu You agreed to join the Anomaly Investigation Bureau as an external special operative after Zhang Yang offered generous benefits, provided the bureau helped him obtain a license to raise and sell magical creatures. He then examined the Werewolf’s spoils and fused the Butcher Wolf Skin into his Vampire Skin, settling on a curse that left him drowsy during the day.

• Zhang Yang offered Mu You external operative status, bureau resources, and the freedom to choose his missions while keeping his shop.
• Mu You agreed to join the Anomaly Investigation Bureau on the condition that Zhang Yang help him get a magical-creature business license.
• Zhang Yang accepted the condition, and Mu You agreed to complete the joining procedures at the police station the next day.
• Mu You reviewed the Werewolf’s spoils, including the Chain Claw, Elf Horn, Dispersal Dust, and Butcher Wolf Skin.
• Mu You fused the Butcher Wolf Skin into his Vampire Skin and repeatedly rewound to avoid dangerous curses.
• Mu You accepted the Daydreaming curse, which made him overwhelmingly drowsy during the daytime.

Mu You summoned a level-ten Shadow Warhawk, completed his lessons in energy control, and joined the K City Anomaly Investigation Bureau as the Special Operations Group leader. He explored the Bureau’s assignment and exchange system and learned that the Werewolf he captured had earned him a thousand points.

• Mu You summoned a level-ten Shadow Warhawk with permanent invisibility and sent it out to scout.
• Mu You studied energy control and practiced casting spells without a wand in the backpack space.
• Mu You went to the K City Police Station, passed a background interview, and completed the Bureau’s joining procedure.
• Zhang Yang gave Mu You the title of Special Operations Group leader and explained that he could recruit members or refuse unsuitable assignments.
• Mu You browsed the Bureau’s Dragon Soars app and found that its exchange store offered more than ninety thousand items.
• Zhang Yang told Mu You that the Werewolf he had captured had earned him a thousand points.

Mu You helped Xiao Ya recover from the werewolf attack and start playing the game, where she drew a powerful hidden relic, the Evolution Scepter. After an unknown thief killed her and stole her Fortune Dice and White Bone Magic Wand, Mu You realized players could lose items when killed.

• Mu You learned about the Anomaly Investigation Bureau's points system and signed up for a low-risk patrol mission at a recruitment fair.
• Mu You visited Xiao Ya in the hospital, explained the werewolf attack, and took her home after securing her discharge.
• Mu You gave Xiao Ya an Activation Code and a Fortune Die, then guided her through the start of the game.
• Xiao Ya drew the hidden Evolution Scepter, which could help animals heal, grow, and evolve, and Mu You told her to keep it secret.
• A thief ambushed and killed Xiao Ya in the game, stealing her Fortune Dice and White Bone Magic Wand.

Mu You killed The Bereaved, a level 10 player whose Thief Saint skin let him steal treasures, and learned that items stored in the game could be stolen. He brought Xiao Ya into his backpack space, where she activated the Evolution Scepter and gathered nearby creatures beneath its light.

• The Bereaved ambushed Mu You, stole his Lucky Dust and Pumpkin Lantern, and killed him, but Mu You rewound time and summoned the Shadow Warhawk to reveal and defeat the Thief.
• Mu You and the Warhawk found The Bereaved after he respawned, but the Thief escaped using his high Agility.
• Mu You learned that the Thief Saint skin and its gloves could steal treasures, and that the wearer dropped a treasure upon death.
• Mu You warned Xiao Ya not to store her Evolution Scepter or dice in the game and took her into his backpack space.
• Xiao Ya activated the Evolution Scepter, drawing Cola, the Warhawk, the Unicorn, the Thunder Mantis, the Wicked Mother Bird, and other creatures into its light.
• Vivian told Mu You that the light could repair hidden ailments and extend ordinary creatures’ lifespans, with a small chance of turning them into low-level Magical Creatures.

Mu You oversaw Xiao Ya’s hour of evolution light, which hatched a Gluttonous Demon Spider and mutated a hamster into a Gluttonous Mouse. The next morning, he went to a player recruitment fair with Zhang Yang, where he reunited with Lin Hai, Huang Zhichao, and Young Master Li, while Vivian reacted strangely to the missing Pisces.

• Mu You bought an Arcane Missile scroll from Old Cat by rewinding time to restore the lifespan he spent.
• After Xiao Ya’s evolution light faded, the spider egg hatched into a Gluttonous Demon Spider, which fought the Thunder Mantis and accidentally trapped Cola in webbing.
• Mu You checked the animals’ changes, finding that a Purple Campbell Hamster had mutated into a Gluttonous Mouse while the other creatures showed little or no change.
• Zhang Yang drove Mu You to the City Center recruitment fair, where Mu You agreed to help assess applicants for the Anomaly Investigation Bureau.
• Mu You met Lin Hai, Huang Zhichao, and Young Master Li at the venue, and learned that Lin Hai represented the Lin Group at the fair.
• Vivian asked how many Mystic Arts Association members had gathered, then grew desolate when Mu You confirmed Pisces was the only missing zodiac member.

Mu You watched a recruitment fair and identified Summer Insects Speak of Ice as a powerful newcomer with a hidden relic, but the Merchant Alliance recruited her. He then spotted the thief The Bereaved targeting her and warned Zhang Yang to recruit and subdue him.

• Mu You surveyed the applicants and alerted Zhang Yang to promising players, including level-five Summer Insects Speak of Ice.
• Mu You recognized The Bereaved in the crowd and secretly recorded him stealing from other players.
• Summer Insects Speak of Ice demonstrated the Honest Coin, a hidden relic that made the correct choice whenever she tossed it.
• The Merchant Alliance outbid the Anomaly Investigation Bureau for Summer Insects Speak of Ice.
• The Bereaved stopped stealing and moved toward the stage as Summer Insects Speak of Ice left; Mu You told Zhang Yang to recruit him and subdue him because he was a skilled thief.

A young thief stole Summer Insects Speak of Ice’s coin and other valuables at the recruitment fair, but Mu You helped capture him and return the stolen goods. Huang Zhichao compensated the attendees, while the thief’s hidden glove remained unaccounted for.

• A young boy disguised his strength and tried to leave the fair after presenting an ordinary Magic Wand Relic, but Zhang Yang recognized him as a thief and ordered the Anomaly Investigation Bureau officers to seize him.
• The boy broke free, threw Purple Pills to cover his escape, and fled through the hall while players tried to stop him and Bureau officers closed the exits.
• The boy climbed to the ceiling beams, where Mu You attacked him with a Chain Claw and a Pink-Shelled Spider’s web, then caught him and brought him back to the stage.
• Mu You returned Summer Insects Speak of Ice’s coin and the other stolen items to their owners, but the boy’s removed white glove was missing.
• Huang Zhichao offered ten thousand yuan to each attendee and a one-million-yuan bonus to anyone who helped, while Zhang Yang planned to take the thief to the Bureau for questioning.

Mu You tracked down The Bereaved's hidden Thief Saint Gloves after learning that the Dragon Group had taken the captured thief into custody. Unable to claim the bound glove immediately, he planned to use his Pocket Watch after The Bereaved's expected death to ensure it remained behind.

• Vivian identified the thief's escape method for the glove as the Lesser Transfer Spell, which placed it within a hundred meters.
• Zhang Yang identified The Bereaved as Liu Feng, reported his transfer to two Dragon Group God-Level Players, and awarded Mu You ten thousand mission points.
• Lu Yao explained that the Ten Commandments Society reused the Thief Saint skin and would kill its captured wearer despite the Dragon Group's protection.
• Mu You followed magical residue with the Pumpkin Lantern and recovered the silver glove from beneath a sheet of metal on the stadium roof.
• Mu You returned to the Pet Shop and found that all ten Chocobo eggs had hatched after Xiao Ya's Light of Evolution.
• Mu You learned that the glove remained bound to The Bereaved and planned to rewind with the Pocket Watch until it survived the game's item reclamation after his death.

Mu You obtained the Thief Saint Gloves just as the Ten Commandments Society killed their former owner, then learned that a newly completed Arcane Tower had exposed every player's identity as a Fool. With Imperial Guard Knights hunting him, he escaped the village and faced a thirty-day quest to destroy the tower before it became indestructible.

• Mu You watched the Thief Saint Gloves vanish and rewound time until he obtained them, then learned from Zhang Yang that The Bereaved had died by remote curse.
• Mu You learned that the gloves required the Thief Saint's skin or a Degradation Stone and a lower-tier Thief skin to use.
• Mu You received a letter saying his Pocket Toad was trapped in Stanlo Freshwater Lake after knights chased it.
• Mu You found that the owl shopkeeper refused to see him, and two Imperial Guard Knights attacked him when he tried to ask what was happening.
• Mu You rewound after being beheaded, switched to the Vampire Skin, and escaped the knights.
• Mu You received a limited-time quest requiring all Fools to destroy the Arcane Tower in the Imperial Capital within thirty days, or lose their place in the Star Spirit World.

Mu You read a guide explaining the Wizards' Association's global hunt for players and how they could evade Imperial Guard Knights, then considered joining the server-wide effort to destroy an Arcane Tower. He returned to Peaceful Village to check on the Farming Elder, but the Imperial Knights spotted him and gave chase again.

• Mu You read forum posts about players being hunted, including Lin Haihai's claim that the knights had left him alone.
• Mu You received and read Blue-Eyes White Dragon's guide, which described the wizards' campaign as the start of a prolonged conflict and advised players on evading knights and joining the event.
• Mu You decided he could eventually reach level 10 and evolve in time to participate, and logged back into the game outside Peaceful Village.
• Mu You approached the village to check whether the Farming Elder would still deal with him after his Fool identity had been exposed.
• The Imperial Knights spotted Mu You at the village entrance and chased him again.

Mu You fled Mist Mountain after the Imperial Knights exposed his identity and learned that staying with the Farming Elder could endanger her. As he traveled toward Sunset City, he received her parting gifts and resolved to reach the Imperial Capital quickly to set things right.

• Mu You left a farewell letter for the Farming Elder and rode west toward Sunset City.
• An Imperial Guard Knight attacked Mu You, who killed him with four Zombie gray wolves and his Warhawk; the knight identified Mu You as a wanted criminal before teleporting away.
• The Farming Elder sent Mu You porridge, seeds, the Harvest Horn, and a letter explaining how to use the horn to escape danger.
• Mu You realized the Farming Elder knew he was not her grandson but had treated him like family, and he continued toward the Imperial Capital with the Shadow Fiend as a last resort.

After escaping his pursuers until dawn, Mu You tested a Binding Grass seed and learned from Vivian that the Secret Art Crystals each represented one of twelve magical branches. He realized the Mystic Arts Association could help him trade spell scrolls and chose spells to redeem for that purpose.

• Mu You stopped traveling when daylight drained his stamina and the Daydreaming curse left him too weak to fight, then tested the Binding Grass seed with the Harvest Bull Horn.
• Mu You discovered that the horn’s life-element spell resonated with his Secret Art Crystal, and Vivian explained that the spell could be converted into black magic.
• Vivian revealed that the twelve Secret Art Crystals came from a divided Origin Rule Crystal and that each Secret Art Practitioner represented a different elemental or rule branch.
• Mu You matched the practitioners’ known spells to their branches and concluded they should learn and trade ordinary spells suited to their respective Crystals.
• Mu You planned to trade scrolls through the Mystic Arts Association and chose fire and holy light or curse spells to redeem from Dragon Soars Software.

Mu You brewed his first Evolution Potion and learned from Vivian that advancement in Potionology depended on mastering a strong foundation. After preparing spells and Secret Art Cards, he entered the midnight Secret Art Meeting with Vivian hidden on his shoulder.

• Mu You exchanged points for Flaming Fire Ring and Tongue-Locking Throat-Sealing, then received Vivian’s collection of more than seventeen hundred Magic Potion recipes.
• Vivian explained that she was a tier-seven Potion Maker and taught Mu You that Potion Makers had to strengthen their foundations before attempting higher-tier potions.
• Mu You brewed a Common Grade Evolution Potion after 2,760 attempts, recognized the limits of his current ability, and agreed to master all twenty tier-one root potions to Vivian’s standards.
• Mu You advised Xiao Ya to avoid the new quest and focus on leveling, then spent the day making Secret Art Cards and learned two new spells from scrolls delivered by Zhang Yang.
• At midnight, Mu You entered the portal to the Secret Art Meeting with Vivian accompanying him invisibly.

At the Mystic Arts Association meeting, Mu You returned borrowed items and gave Sagittarius an Evolution Potion before testing a theory with borrowed spell scrolls. He learned Leo’s High-Level Weather Spell, rewound time, and asked the others for more scrolls to continue the experiment.

• Mu You found that Pisces and Taurus were absent, then listened as Leo and Gemini discussed the Illuminati’s conflict with the Soul Extinguishers and the upcoming tower mission.
• Gemini proposed that the association cooperate on the mission, but Mu You suggested waiting two weeks until the situation became clearer.
• Mu You returned Scorpio’s Darkness Teleportation card and gave Sagittarius the Evolution Potion he had promised her.
• Mu You asked the members to lend him their spell scrolls for an experiment, and Leo offered a High-Level Weather Spell scroll.
• Mu You used the scroll to learn Weather Spell, rewound time with his Pocket Watch, and returned the scroll intact.
• When Leo asked whether the experiment had failed, Mu You said it had not exactly failed and asked whether anyone had other scrolls.

Mu You revealed that each member of the group could use their Secret Art Crystal to turn ordinary spells of a particular element into black magic, and the group tested scrolls to identify their specialties. The meeting ended after a round of spell and Secret Art trades, with Mu You asking everyone to look for a Degradation Stone.

• Mu You kept Libra's Life Drain scroll after discovering that his crystal resonated with life element magic and could convert the spell into black magic.
• Leo, Gemini, and Sagittarius confirmed that their specialties were fire, lightning, and summoning, while further tests identified Capricorn as curse, Virgo as water, Libra as light, Cancer as earth, and Aquarius as likely wind; Scorpio suspected he had space-time magic.
• Mu You traded a fire spell scroll to Leo for a Weather Spell scroll and agreed to reserve five Evolution Potions for Leo in exchange for materials.
• Virgo traded Mu You a Water Prison Spell card for Rejuvenation, and Cancer exchanged his Mana Tide card for three low-tier Secret Art Cards.
• Mu You asked the group to search for a Degradation Stone and offer it to him in exchange for something of equal value.

Mu You investigated a sniper attack on Cola and discovered a coordinated ambush targeting a visiting envoy from a Northern Country. The attack began at the intersection, where the envoy escaped the exploding car carrying a small figure.

• Mu You reversed time after a sniper shot killed Cola, then realized the shooter had fired from a distant rooftop.
• Mu You called Zhang Yang and sent the Shadow Warhawk to find the snipers, discovering twenty-five hidden players waiting near an intersection.
• Zhang Yang told Mu You that a special envoy from a Northern Country was traveling to the Embassy to discuss the server-wide quest.
• The ambushers attacked the envoy's car as it tried to turn back, destroying it in a barrage of spells and gunfire.
• A level 18 player named Blood Emperor leaped from the wreckage carrying a small, cloth-shrouded figure.

Mu You intervened at the edge of the ambush against Blood Emperor and the protected Special Envoy, attacking the two rooftop snipers who had supported the assault. He killed the young sniper and captured the middle-aged one, leaving the rooftop fight unresolved.

• Blood Emperor fought off more than twenty attackers while they targeted the child he carried, but their Lightning Bolt destroyed only a decoy.
• Zhang Yang warned Mu You that the Special Envoy was important but urged him to stay out of the fight, so Mu You teleported to confront the rooftop snipers with Cola.
• Mu You opened with a huge fireball, then used an illusion to distract the young sniper while trapping the middle-aged man in a Water Prison Spell.
• Mu You switched to Vampire Skin, caught and killed the young sniper, then broke the water prison and silenced the middle-aged man.
• The middle-aged man jumped from the rooftop to escape, but Mu You struck him in midair and pulled him back onto the roof.

Mu You used repeated time rewinds to perfect a snowball ambush, freezing five pursuers so the Blood Emperor could kill them. He rescued the fleeing boy from the last attacker and escaped with him, then was startled by the boy’s appearance.

• Mu You leaped from the rooftop and tracked five players pursuing the level-three boy while the Blood Emperor fought the remaining opponents.
• Mu You repeatedly rewound time to adjust his snowball spell until it froze all five pursuers at the intersection.
• The Blood Emperor killed the two experts holding him back, then killed the five frozen players as they thawed.
• Mu You left the intersection and hurried toward the boy, who was still fleeing through the alleys after exhausting his escape items.
• A level-thirteen player ambushed the boy, but Mu You used a Chain Claw to pull him away and teleported out of the alley.
• Mu You carried the boy toward safety and nearly dropped him when he saw how strange the boy looked.

Mu You helped the Blood Emperor rescue a strange child from attackers and received the Emperor’s private number and a favor owed. Back in the game, Mu You detoured around an imperial checkpoint into dangerous wetlands and discovered valuable fish beneath the mud.

• Mu You blocked the pursuer’s lightning and disarming spells with his equipment, then teleported to an abandoned courtyard with the child.
• The Blood Emperor killed the pursuing young man, thanked Mu You, invited him to join the Dragon Group, and gave him a private number as repayment for a favor.
• Zhang Yang arrived with the Anomaly Investigation Bureau, told Mu You the child’s identity was classified, and promised to share more once his contribution was recognized.
• Mu You returned to the Pet Shop with Cola, then opened the game and found imperial inspectors and knights blocking the road to Sunset City.
• Mu You chose a muddy wetland detour to avoid the checkpoint and used his Pumpkin Lantern to spot three valuable fish in an underground river.

Mu You fished in a Fish Hole, feeding the catches to his Familiars and finding Muddy Shoes for his journey through the wetland. A Pumpkin Lantern vision revealed Viril, a dead pirate captain who offered his Ghost Ship in exchange for revenge on the crew that betrayed him.

• Mu You followed a fishing guide, rewound time after a failed attempt, and caught a Loach Fish that Cola refused to eat, so the little spider devoured it and gained a level.
• Mu You caught a Lava Bass that permanently increased a Familiar’s strength and fed it to the little spider.
• Mu You caught an Inflatable Fish and found Muddy Shoes in its belly, then equipped them to move faster through the wetland.
• The Pumpkin Lantern revealed a bell and lamppost, where Mu You spoke with Viril, a pirate captain betrayed by his crew over a thousand years earlier.
• Viril asked Mu You to find the Ghost Ship in the underground rivers and take revenge on the crew, promising the ship as payment.

Mu You accepted Viril’s quest to find the Ghost Ship and kill its crew, then entered the lake’s underground waterways to travel west toward Sunset City. After clearing a nest of explosive Suicide Fish, he reached a vast underwater region and continued fighting its creatures despite his reduced combat abilities.

• Mu You accepted Viril’s quest, which required finding the Ghost Ship before Viril’s soul disappeared, and chose the underwater route to avoid the Imperial Knights.
• Mu You entered the lake wearing the Merfolk Mask and headed west through an underwater tunnel, where a Suicide Fish exploded and damaged his heart.
• Mu You healed himself with Life Drain, equipped the Ghost Cloak, and passed safely through a nest of Suicide Fish, collecting Unstable Sulfur.
• Mu You emerged into a vast underwater region and killed a level 7 merfolk, a level 9 Two-Headed Tailless Newt, and a level 8 Amphibious Night Stalker with help from summoned zombies.
• Mu You continued exploring despite slower movement and attacks, limited ranged weapons, unusable Fire Element spells, and being unable to summon the Warhawk underwater.

Mu You hired a Blue-Scaled Seahorse to travel across the seabed and practiced brewing Explosive Potions with Vivian’s help. After thousands of time-looped attempts, he mastered the recipe and produced a rare-grade potion.

• Mu You hired a Blue-Scaled Seahorse for ten years of lifespan per day and continued west underwater, watching for self-destructing fish.
• Mu You examined the loot from Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix, keeping the Strong Purification Potion and planning to sell the Poison Dagger.
• Mu You chose to practice brewing Explosive Potion, and Vivian warned him that failed attempts would cause explosions.
• Mu You repeatedly brewed the potion with Vivian rewinding time, enduring 596 explosions before achieving a hundred error-free attempts.
• Mu You collected a rare-grade Explosive Potion that dealt 700 points of explosion damage within a five-meter radius and ignited nearby creatures.

Mu You learned that Xiao Ya had inherited the unique Forest Hierophant skin and helped her plan how to develop its Familiar-based abilities. As the seventh day of Lin Xue’s leave arrived, Mu You realized she still had not contacted him about returning to work.

• Mu You brewed four Explosive Potions under the Fool Barrier, then spent the night grinding in the game before returning to the Pet Shop in the morning.
• Xiao Ya told Mu You that a timed quest had led her to a dead Forest Hierophant, whose legacy gave her a Forest Hierophant skin, a backpack, and a tree home.
• Mu You examined the skin’s Nature Persuasion ability and learned that Xiao Ya could recruit forest animals as Familiars; she had already gained a cheetah, a young wild boar, and the sprite.
• Mu You advised Xiao Ya to use her Evolution Scepter to raise her Familiars’ levels, then crafted Secret Art Cards and improved the Crystal’s magic recovery.
• Xiao Ya pointed out that it was the seventh day of the closed beta, and Mu You remembered that Lin Xue had been expected to return from her week of leave, though she had not contacted him.

Mu You discovered that Lin Hai’s dying grandmother was likely Pisces and brought Lin Hai to his family estate, where he used a Strong Purification Potion to stabilize her. Left alone with her, the grandmother recognized Vivian as her mentor.

• Lin Hai delivered Lin Xue’s resignation letter and revealed that his grandmother was gravely ill.
• Vivian identified Lin Hai as a descendant of Pisces, and Mu You persuaded him to take him to his grandmother.
• Mu You found that the Lin family matriarch, Shu Yingxiu, was being cared for at a mountain estate by Lin Xue and other relatives.
• When Shu Yingxiu saw Mu You, she became agitated, so Lin Xue gave her the Strong Purification Potion Mu You provided.
• Shu Yingxiu recovered enough to speak and ordered everyone out of the room.
• Vivian appeared beside Shu Yingxiu, who tearfully recognized her as her mentor.

Mu You learned from Vivian and Lin Xue’s grandmother that black magic gradually eroded its users’ humanity, explaining why the twelve Secret Art Practitioners chose Fools as successors. The grandmother revealed that Lin Xue was the Fool she had waited for, and the chapter left her inheritance and fate poised to be discussed further.

• Mu You told Lin Xue that her grandmother’s condition could not be cured and learned she had given Lin Xue the Pisces Ring.
• Mu You explained Vivian’s history and the twelve Secret Art Practitioners to Lin Xue, and the two returned to her grandmother’s room.
• Mu You asked why the Secret Art Practitioners had chosen Fools, and Vivian explained that black magic slowly consumed its users’ humanity.
• Vivian said Fools could replenish lost humanity through everyday life, making black magic harmless to them and suitable for them as successors.
• Lin Xue’s grandmother explained that the twelve practitioners planned to pass on their inheritances and die before losing their humanity, and revealed she had waited for a suitable Fool among her descendants.
• Lin Xue realized that she was the successor her grandmother had been waiting for.