Chapter Summaries

After reporting Gray Eyes, Mu You earned a Ranger Corps position, a temporary Hippogriff, and new Forest Elves privileges. At the Secret Art Meeting, he disguised a doppelganger as Gemini, concealed how Secret Art inheritance worked, established rules against betrayal, and arranged for members and approved guests to board the Ghost Ship to the Imperial Capital.

• Mu You reported Gray Eyes to the Ranger Corps, which expelled him, reclaimed his Hippogriff and reputation, and gave Mu You his position as a Peripheral Member.
• Mu You unlocked Revered privileges, completed his Forest Patrol mission, and began Nature Affinity training.
• Mu You sent a Wooden Doppelganger wearing the Gemini Ring through Gemini's door and entered the meeting through Aries's door.
• Mu You expelled Taurus, claimed he had killed Gemini, and told the members that the Gemini Ring had vanished to find a new inheritor.
• Mu You declared the Ten Commandments Society and the Wizards' Association enemies of the Mystic Arts Association, then arranged Ghost Ship passage for members and approved guests headed to the Imperial Capital.
• Mu You traded Secret Art cards with the members, while his doppelganger obtained a Lightning Ball Spell scroll from Capricorn.

Mu You revealed the Illuminati’s likely location and offered to brew Evolution Potions, prompting Ice Emperor and the Dragon Group to prepare for cooperation. As the Global Open Beta began, Mu You, Lin Xue, and Xiao Ya logged in and found that the opening relic draw was skipped because they already possessed relics.

• Mu You told Sagittarius that the Illuminati remnants were probably in Moscow and should be stopped before next Thursday, and that he would accept orders for Evolution Potions in exchange for ingredients and requested materials.
• Mu You matured a Guardian Treant aboard the Ghost Ship, collected five fish from its net, and noted that the poisonous Okeda Worm could increase experience gains.
• Sagittarius informed Ice Emperor’s leaders and the Dragon Group about Mu You’s potion service, the Illuminati’s likely location, and his plan to transport players by water; Nine Nether ordered preparations to gather ingredients and investigate Moscow.
• Mu You reviewed the Open Beta rules, including server-wide location resets, immediate access to personal panels, and restrictions on Lifespan Trading.
• At midnight, Mu You, Lin Xue, and Xiao Ya entered the game and began the opening sequence; their relic draws were skipped, and Mu You noticed the prompt no longer mentioned hidden relics.

Mu You explored the official release’s new features, formed a party with Xiao Ya and Lin Xue, and prepared their gear amid widespread player attacks. The chapter ended with Tenth-Generation King accusing Mu You of stealing something Gray Eyes found in the Tomb.

• Mu You disabled greeting prompts, examined the upgraded Omniscient Crystal, and found that the game now displayed Luck, lifespan, defenses, equipment, and colored item names.
• Mu You accepted friend requests from Pea Breeder and Red Spider Lily, then formed a party with Xiao Ya and Lin Xue.
• Mu You’s party encountered attacks from nearby players as violence spread among the crowded newcomers.
• Mu You expanded his item-binding slots by spending 315 years of lifespan and bound twelve items.
• Tenth-Generation King repeatedly sent Mu You a friend request, then messaged him, asking if he was the one who stole what Gray Eyes found in the Tomb.

Mu You ignored Tenth-Generation King’s demands, then traveled back to the Elven Forest with Lin Xue and Xiao Ya. There, Tenth-Generation King and four red-name allies ambushed him, but Mu You revived and turned the fight around with his companions, killing three attackers and collecting their drops.

• Tenth-Generation King accused Mu You of stealing from a tomb and demanded Epic equipment and 500 years of lifespan, so Mu You deleted him from his friends list.
• Mu You left the crowded starting area with Lin Xue and Xiao Ya, then browsed the Forum while traveling toward the Elven Forest.
• Tenth-Generation King and four allies ambushed and killed Mu You in the forest, causing him to lose an item and one year of lifespan.
• Mu You rewound his death drop, revived nearby, and waited until the attackers’ names turned red before calling Lin Xue and Xiao Ya into battle.
• Mu You, Lin Xue, Xiao Ya, and their summoned creatures killed One-Slash Kill, Scarless Swordsman, and Hokuto Shinken, gaining lifespan and collecting six pieces of equipment.

Mu You, Lin Xue, and Xiao Ya defeated the five members of Haiteng Gang and tracked them to their shared respawn point, where they repeatedly killed them. The gang finally escaped by logging out, leaving the three unable to pursue them in the game.

• Mu You's group killed several opponents as the survivors tried and failed to regroup, while the Scarless Swordsman fled in a separate direction.
• Mu You sent his Warhawk after the Scarless Swordsman and discovered that the five opponents had gathered at shared respawn points in the Elven Forest.
• The middle-aged guild leader ordered Haiteng Gang to gather allies and drive Mu You's group out of the forest, but the Scarless Swordsman was killed after Mu You's group followed him back.
• Mu You, Lin Xue, and Xiao Ya repeatedly caught and killed all five players at their exposed respawn points, causing them to lose experience, lifespan, and equipment.
• The Tenth-Generation King realized they could log out, and the five forcibly closed the game, stopping the death notifications and leaving Xiao Ya and Lin Xue puzzled.

Mu You and his companions finished hunting the players who had attacked them, then spent the Open Beta’s first day handling incidents caused by newly empowered players. Zhang Yang later invited Mu You to join a secret operation against the Illuminati remnants, and Mu You agreed so he could confirm Taurus’s fate and find the Taurus Ring.

• Mu You and Lin Xue left Warhawks to watch for the five attackers while they farmed monsters, then caught the group logging in twice more before they stopped appearing.
• Mu You went with Zhang Yang to handle violent incidents for the Anomaly Investigation Bureau, including a student’s curse attack that Liu Chen traced and the officers arrested.
• Mu You read about new player-tier names, falling housing prices, and the government’s New Era app as changes from the Open Beta spread through society.
• Zhang Yang offered Mu You a secret ship route to the Imperial Capital, but Mu You declined because A Thousand Faces could help him sneak in.
• Zhang Yang told Mu You that the Anomaly Investigation Bureau had found traces of the Illuminati remnants and invited him on a Dragon Group-led operation.
• Mu You accepted the invitation so he could confirm Taurus’s death and investigate the Taurus Ring’s whereabouts.

Mu You accepted the Dark Elves' sunflower quest before joining an Anomaly Investigation Bureau operation against the Illuminati Remnants in Moscow. The Bureau prepared to annihilate the faction within ten minutes using a Space Suppression Device, aiming to prevent escapes and establish its authority.

• Mu You reviewed the quests from the Elf Horn, chose the Dark Elves' sunflower quest, and raised his order to 300 flowers in exchange for another piece of Fine equipment.
• Mu You accepted the quest, prepared his game character, and traveled with Liu Chen to the Police Station before flying to the capital.
• Anomaly Investigation Bureau members from across the country gathered at Headquarters, where a Dragon Group officer briefed them on the roughly sixty Illuminati Remnants hiding in a Moscow manor.
• The officer explained that the operation would use four elite players and 112 vetted Mid-Level Players to destroy the Illuminati and demonstrate the Bureau's authority.
• The officer revealed a Space Suppression Device that could block teleportation within one thousand meters for ten minutes, and said the team had to prevent escapes and finish the battle within that time.

Mu You traveled with the operation’s fighters and learned that he, the Blood Emperor, and the boy were all Gate Openers. The Blood Emperor explained how the boy’s gate could deliver troops to the Arcane Tower and revealed the three known gate rules, including a deadly lifespan penalty for entering other gates.

• Mu You and the other fighters entered a Spatial Backpack and prepared to travel to Moscow for the operation against their enemies.
• The Blood Emperor brought Mu You to meet the recovering boy, who gave Mu You a paper crane and revealed his affection for fellow Gate Openers.
• The Blood Emperor explained that the boy’s gate opened onto a controllable floating stone, which would let a hundred high-level players descend near the Arcane Tower.
• The Blood Emperor described the daily passage limit and the accumulating lifespan penalty for staying away from a gate too long.
• The Blood Emperor revealed that gates remembered a person’s aura and punished repeated entry into other gates by deducting ten years of base lifespan each time.
• The Blood Emperor told Mu You that a Dragon Group founder had died discovering that losing all base lifespan meant death, regardless of extra lifespan.

Mu You learned that changing gates could consume his scarce base lifespan and discovered Divine Edge was backed by a hidden Star Spirit World force that kept the Wizards' Association in check. He declined a slot in the Arcane Tower assault, arranged to borrow an ordinary gate, and joined the operation against the Illuminati in Moscow, where he learned his standing in the Anomaly Investigation Bureau had risen.

• The Blood Emperor warned Mu You that switching gates could cost base lifespan and explained that extra lifespan was spent before base lifespan.
• The Blood Emperor revealed that Divine Edge was supported by a larger Star Spirit World organization, which was a mortal enemy of the Wizards' Association and kept it from mobilizing in force.
• Mu You declined a place in the Arcane Tower assault, asked to borrow an ordinary gate, and planned to use his own gate later to search for Vivian's remains.
• Mu You and the Dragon Group teams arrived near Moscow, coordinated with Russian allies, and received a plan to surround and attack the Illuminati's manor.
• Mu You was assigned to Team Three on the perimeter with Liu Chen and Wang Jie, and Liu Chen explained that Mu You had become well-known within the bureau.

Mu You helped Team Three repel an Illuminati breakout by exposing the real attackers hidden among their illusions. As the battle at the manor neared its end, he spotted a concealed figure moving across the empty wilderness.

• The Anomaly Investigation Bureau launched its assault on the Illuminati manor after a trap exposed the encirclement, and the battle began under a Space Suppression Device.
• Mu You searched the battlefield for Taurus, then recognized the Heavenly Thunder Net as proof that Taurus was present somewhere nearby.
• More than fifty figures charged at Team Three, but Mu You identified the seven real enemies among the illusions and marked them with beams of light.
• Team Three and arriving support teams blocked and killed the seven attackers, while Team Seven also fought off an illusion-backed breakout.
• When he still could not find Taurus, Mu You scanned the wilderness and struck an invisible figure with an Arcane Missile, revealing someone moving like a crawling tortoise.

Mu You and the others killed Taurus during their assault on the Illuminati manor, even after Taurus revived and escaped through a Town Portal Scroll. Taurus died beside a Spatial Rift beneath the deep sea, where a trapped ghost emerged and noticed his dropped Crystal.

• Mu You rewound time and caught the invisible Taurus with his Chain Claw, then silenced him so the attackers could bring him down.
• Taurus revived with a Phoenix Feather and gained magic immunity, but Mu You and the Troll War God kept him from escaping while the group attacked.
• After the Space Suppression Device failed, Taurus began teleporting away, but the Troll Witch Doctor summoned a Scarecrow Doll whose destruction killed Taurus at his destination.
• Mu You confirmed Taurus was completely dead, and the team finished its sweep of the manor, finding an intact gate and confirming that all sixty-seven Illuminati remnants had been killed.
• Taurus's corpse lay beside a Spatial Rift beneath the deep sea, and a long-haired ghost emerged from it, lamented his death, and reached for his white Crystal.

After the Illuminati remnants were destroyed, Mu You returned to China, won a prize at the Bureau’s celebration, and began a new journey through Corona City in Fool. When a large group of players attacked Lin Xue and Xiao Ya in the Elven Forest, Mu You identified their ambushers and prepared to enter a gate through the Merchant Alliance.

• China’s official forces confirmed that the Dragon Group and Anomaly Investigation Bureau had annihilated the Illuminati remnants without losses, raising their standing among domestic and international factions.
• Mu You returned to China, received his mission rewards, and exchanged the luxury residence he won in a raffle for 5,000 points.
• Zhang Yang told Mu You to reach the Merchant Alliance headquarters in B City before five that afternoon to enter a gate.
• Mu You guided the Ghost Ship through Corona City, took aboard twenty-six players, and announced rules and cabin fees before sailing onward.
• Xiao Ya and Lin Xue reported being killed by coordinated groups in the Elven Forest, and Mu You used repeated rewinds to identify fifty-five attackers across eleven teams.
• Mu You told Lin Xue and Xiao Ya to stay offline, completed his preparations, and traveled to the Merchant Alliance headquarters in B City.

Mu You borrowed the Merchant Alliance's door to reach the Elven Forest and rescue Lin Xue, bringing Lin Hai along after learning she was trapped by a hostile guild. He drew the ambushers' attacks to make them Red Names, then escaped and left them waiting for Lin Xue and Xiao Ya to log in.

• Mu You entered the Merchant Alliance's guarded door with Little Spider and Vivian, where he met Lin Hai, a powerful support player and Lin Xue's younger brother.
• Mu You told Lin Hai that Lin Xue was trapped by a guild in the Elven Forest, and Lin Hai left his team to help rescue her.
• Mu You used a Darkness Teleportation Array to reach Xiao Ya's cabin, then rode a Chocobo with Lin Hai to the ambush site.
• Mu You and Lin Hai spotted more than forty players guarding the places where Lin Xue and Xiao Ya had logged out.
• Mu You drew attacks from the gathered players, let them kill him, and made all their IDs turn red before escaping with Strong Wind Gust.
• The Tenth-Generation King realized the group had become Red Names and suspected that Mu You had deliberately set them up.

Mu You rescued Lin Xue and Xiao Ya from the Tenth-Generation King's ambush, then began repeatedly killing the guild's players and trapping them at their respawn point. The chapter ended with the guild's five strongest members assembling there, only to find no enemies waiting.

• Mu You used the Pocket Watch and Chain Claw to pull Lin Xue out of the ambush, then rescued Xiao Ya with a gust of wind and teleported away.
• After the Tenth-Generation King kept his group together, Mu You sent Lin Xue, Xiao Ya, and Lin Hai to camp the guild's respawn point while he prepared to attack from elsewhere.
• Mu You hooked Scarless Swordsman and killed him repeatedly, while Lin Xue, Xiao Ya, and Lin Hai surrounded him at the respawn point and forced him to log off.
• Mu You caught and killed Hokuto Shinken, then chose the Tenth-Generation King as his next target and killed him quickly.
• The Tenth-Generation King, Gray Eyes, One-Slash Kill, Scarless Swordsman, and Hokuto Shinken gathered at the respawn point, but found it empty.

Mu You led his team to defeat the Tenth-Generation King’s guild, then traveled to the Dark Forest, where Vivian revealed that someone had broken its illusion. After Mu You fought a corrupted Storm Bear, Vivian explained that the Forest Spirit had lost control and was spreading black magic pollution throughout the forest.

• Mu You’s team scattered the guild’s fifty players, and the Tenth-Generation King called off their plans to establish themselves in the Elven Forest.
• Mu You returned to Peaceful Village, traveled to the Dark Forest, and learned from Vivian that its illusion had been broken, though its Labyrinth Barrier remained intact.
• Mu You entered the forest with his summoned creatures and fought a corrupted level-eight Storm Bear whose strength came from black magic.
• Mu You killed the bear and obtained a Black Magic Crystal, then learned from Vivian that someone had detonated the black magic absorbed by the Forest Spirit, polluting the entire forest.
• Vivian told Mu You that the Wizards’ Association probably had not caused the outbreak, since it opposed black magic.

Mu You and Vivian traced the Dark Forest’s black-magic outbreak to a plot targeting the Forest Spirit and reached a protected altar where a Diviner had died. Mu You fused with her Diviner Skin, abandoning his Gravedigger Skin, and gained the ability to practice Divination.

• Vivian explained that someone had deliberately overloaded the Forest Spirit by sending black-magic-infected people into the Dark Forest, and Mu You fought through the corrupted humans while converting black magic with his Secret Art Crystal.
• Mu You collected more than thirty black crystals and followed Vivian to a barrier-protected altar, where they found the dead Diviner who had given him the Fool Card during the Aries Trial.
• Vivian explained that the Diviner had died from divining something directly related to herself, which caused a fatal backlash.
• Mu You discovered that he had reached his skin limit, abandoned his Gravedigger Skin, and fused with the Diviner Skin.

Mu You explored the Dark Forest, recovered a Tarot Card and learned the fate of the Mad Apothecary before reaching Vivian’s hidden remains. The Forest Spirit attacked him in a rage, accusing Vivian of breaking a promise and causing its suffering.

• Mu You found Vivian’s crow, which gave him the Hermit Tarot Card, then continued through the forest.
• Mu You discovered the Mad Apothecary had turned himself into a golden statue after taking Midas Touch, and claimed the remaining Meteor Fall scroll from the Libra.
• Mu You reached Vivian’s cottage, but a wooden hand dragged it and him underground into a cavern.
• Mu You found Vivian’s youthful remains beside the Youthful Immortality Spring and identified the enraged creature guarding her as the Forest Spirit.
• The Forest Spirit recognized Vivian, accused her of breaking a promise, and attacked Mu You, who asked Vivian why it hated her.

Mu You and Vivian helped the polluted Forest Spirit regain control, and Mu You accepted the duty of cleansing its core. After the Forest Spirit burned the Dark Forest and gave them Vivian’s remains, Mu You returned to the Merchant Alliance with magical creatures for his family’s shop.

• Vivian explained that she and the Forest Spirit had created Secret Art Crystals through thousands of dangerous experiments, but the Humanity Curse had halted their plan to cleanse the Forest Spirit’s core.
• Mu You transferred his power to Vivian and meditated aboveground for hours until he exhausted his Mana and passed out.
• Mu You awoke to find Vivian’s canary body apparently dead, but Vivian had moved into her Ink Crow familiar, and the Forest Spirit had regained its reason.
• The Forest Spirit entrusted its polluted heart to Mu You and set him a one-year quest to cleanse more than 10% of its pollution, with the Youthful Immortality Spring as the reward.
• The Forest Spirit said someone bearing Church adornments and a white cross had passed nearby, then burned the Dark Forest and sent Mu You and Vivian to the surface with Vivian’s remains.
• Mu You placed Vivian’s remains in the Tomb on Mist Mountain, returned to the Merchant Alliance with magical fish, and told Lin Hai and others about his planned Magical Creature shop.

Mu You guided the Ghost Ship through Dusk City’s checkpoints and dangerous underground waterways, then took on hundreds of players heading for the Imperial Capital. After rejecting their friend requests, he contacted Nine Nether, a Dragon Group leader and top-level player who had boarded the ship.

• Mu You recorded the fish breeding in the Pet Shop and decided to find Cola’s former owner before deciding whether to take him through the door.
• Mu You bribed Dusk City’s checkpoint personnel and guided the Ghost Ship into the Underground River without being intercepted.
• Mu You steered the Ghost Ship through the narrow sixth waterway and Drifting Underground River, where the crew repaired damage to the hull.
• Mu You docked beneath District 16 and accepted 232 players who boarded before the ship departed for the Imperial Capital.
• Mu You announced the ship’s rules, rented out its remaining rooms, and earned 421 years of lifespan from boarding fees.
• Mu You rejected the players’ friend requests, then initiated a private chat with Nine Nether.

Mu You confirmed an Evolution Potion deal with Nine Nether and received materials for fifty bottles, then encountered a Beaver Tribe chart merchant approaching the Ghost Ship. The merchant asked to come aboard and show his wares.

• Nine Nether verified Mu You’s credentials, potion ingredients, production capacity, and refusal to sell the Evolution Potion formula.
• Nine Nether traded materials for fifty Evolution Potions and arranged for Mu You to deliver them in two days.
• Mu You left Nine Nether aboard the Ghost Ship and set a course for the next location.
• The Pumpkin Lantern revealed a boat sending a signal asking Mu You to stop and wait, and Mu You agreed.
• A goggled raccoon cat from the Beaver Tribe approached in a small boat and asked to come aboard as a nautical chart merchant.