Chapter Summaries

Mu You secured a Silver Owl supply agreement with Freeman and obtained a magical sterilization wand for his pet business. He then discovered Silent Madam, whose guidance pointed him toward a hidden reading room at the Red Rose Magic Academy for information about Dawn City.

• Mu You toured the Black Cat Magic Pet Shop and used evidence of his Silver Owl supply to persuade Freeman to negotiate over Familiar's Liberation.
• Mu You rewound time after pushing negotiations too far and signed a two-year contract to supply three hundred Silver Owls annually for seventy percent of their sale price, Familiar's Liberation, and access to unsterilized Familiars.
• Mu You completed his Night Watch Duty and successfully summoned a level-fifteen Warhawk using the Vampire Skin's enhanced attributes.
• Mu You followed a Cat Sì revealed by the Pumpkin Lantern to Silent Bookshop and learned that Silent Madam exchanged answers or spell instruction for books she had never read.
• Mu You gave Silent Madam Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and asked her about Dawn City, but she explained that the Wizards' Association had suppressed information about the Fools.
• Silent Madam directed Mu You to the hidden Silent Reading Room at the Red Rose Magic Academy and warned that he needed the Silence Charm and Search Charm to read its sealed books without triggering a curse that permanently turned intruders into ghosts.

Mu You learned that the new support quest set the Fools racing to claim twelve Sky Cities, then prepared to meet Cola’s owner at the reservoir. The chapter left him watching Chris Fua arrive at the meeting place.

• Mu You bought an Automatic Wayfinding Letter and sent Chris Fua a message demanding that she come alone to the reservoir to retrieve Cola.
• Mu You sold Lu Yao three pieces of fine equipment, then read the announcement for the Searching for the Lost Sky Cities quest and realized Dawn City would open first.
• Mu You examined his two Dawn City fragments and concluded that they could soon draw other fragment owners into a contest.
• Mu You found a Forum post offering a Twilight City fragment reportedly discovered near Dusk City, prompting speculation that Sky Cities were linked to present-day cities with similar names.
• Mu You declined Nine Nether’s requests to help destroy Arcane Towers abroad because doing so could expose his identity and Vivian’s abilities.
• Mu You traveled to the reservoir and saw a long-haired girl in a magic academy uniform waiting anxiously by the dam.

Mu You met Cola’s owner, arranged to return the cat and secured her help borrowing a Fire Spirit and obtaining an auditing place at Red Rose Academy. He infiltrated the Black Magic Enthusiasts' Club, uncovered its followers’ dangerous experiments, and began learning black magic.

• Mu You showed Cola’s owner recordings of the cat, and she agreed to use a family spatial art to restore Cola’s original planar characteristics after he returned to the Star Spirit World.
• Mu You asked Cola’s owner to lend him her Fire Spirit and help him enter Red Rose Academy as an external auditing student, and she agreed.
• Mu You learned from the Scout Beetle that the Black Magic Enthusiasts' Club was holding a gathering at an abandoned church in South City.
• Mu You rescued a follower who had lost control, used the Forest Spirit's Heart to remove the black magic contamination, and obtained the Holy Light Follower skin by fusing away the Fisherman Skin.
• Mu You entered the church disguised as a follower, watched the priests quietly remove another person who lost control, and began learning the earth-element black magic Giant's Fist.

Mu You prepared his magical pet shop by arranging an app, planning the animal habitats, and finding a way to automate routine work with alchemical robots. Lin Hai arrived with new magical pet food for the shop to test, and a Chocobo immediately showed interest in it.

• Mu You and Vivian discussed the Church's black magic experiments and the immense number of lives needed to reproduce pure secret art circuits.
• Mu You used a national reward of ten thousand points to apply for a state-developed pet shop app, then checked on the fast-growing Silver Owls and Bulbasaurs.
• Mu You questioned the Goblin about alchemical robots and asked Nine Nether to gather materials for machines that could clean and feed the animals.
• Mu You led nine Chocobos into Gemini's large backpack space and began planning separate habitats, paths, fences, and camera coverage.
• Lin Hai visited the shop with pet food and supplies developed by the Lin Group and the Merchant Alliance, and a Chocobo eagerly sniffed the omnivore food.

Mu You turned his Spatial Backpack grounds into a Chocobo racing course, gained Lin Hai’s offer to sponsor its construction, and uploaded footage of the first race. After learning the black magic Giant’s Fist, he used a temporary Admission Certificate to enroll at Red Rose Magic Academy, where he received a student badge as Chris Jason.

• Mu You marked out a track in his Spatial Backpack, and Lin Hai rode Xiao Hong to a surprise victory in a race against the other Chocobos.
• Lin Hai offered to obtain equipment from a closing Merchant Alliance racecourse, while Mu You ordered supplies and spent 560,000 on improvements.
• Mu You edited the race footage into a promotional video and uploaded it to his Bilibili account as the First Curiosity Cup Chocobo Racing Grand Prix.
• Mu You successfully comprehended Giant’s Fist, tested its power, and learned from Vivian how black magic spells gained levels and casting success.
• A snow-white owl delivered Mu You a temporary Red Rose Academy Admission Certificate and a uniform, and he enrolled using the Mysterious Man Skin.
• The old Wizard issued Chris Jason a temporary student badge listing his first-year status and permitted campus areas.

Mu You explored Red Rose Academy, tested his magical talents, and identified the spells worth learning. Rhodes' student ID then led him to his former residence in the academy's fine accommodation area.

• Mu You examined the academy's rules and discovered that Dueling Arena victories could earn experience and Red Rose Medals that could be exchanged for lifespan.
• Mu You entered the Spell Teaching Building, collected the course schedule, and tested his magical talents, finding exceptional aptitude for space-time and wind magic as well as strong talent for summoning and enhancement.
• Mu You chose to study next week's Levitation Charm, Arc Sword, and Silence, and purchased a high-tier Search Charm through Dragon Soars Software.
• Mu You accepted the free dormitory room instead of paying for an upgrade.
• Mu You followed Rhodes' trembling student ID into the fine accommodation area and discovered Rhodes' former residence.

Mu You searched Rhodes's suite, found and contracted a Thunder Spirit Juvenile, then traded with Nine Nether and saw his Chocobo video go viral. He took the Thunder Spirit to class and continued searching the Library for the hidden Silent Reading Room, but still had not found it.

• Mu You found supplies and a Weapon Decoration in Rhodes's suite, used it to disguise the Berserker Axe, and discovered a Thunder Spirit Juvenile growing in the basement.
• Mu You contracted the Thunder Spirit, which raised his Lightning Element aptitude and could grow faster in the suite's lightning-rich corner.
• Mu You met Nine Nether on Four-Leaf Street, received ores and metals, and arranged for lower daily Evolution Potion supplies and a higher-priced option for fine-grade potions.
• Mu You gave the materials to the Goblin, who promised to build the first Worker Robot within two days and finish the rest within a week.
• Mu You saw that his Chocobo video had gained views and reached trending searches, then took the Thunder Spirit to class and improved his Arc Sword learning progress.
• Mu You searched the Library for the Silent Reading Room but could not find it and concluded that he would need to ask Silent Madam how to enter.

Mu You dominated the first-year dueling bracket, earning forty Red Rose Medals from twenty-two wins, then found Silent Madam’s hidden bookshop and learned how to enter the Silent Reading Room. The chapter left him with the reading room’s full-moon entry instructions and a second Harry Potter book to keep Silent Madam interested.

• Mu You joined the academy duels, defeated Jones Damian to end his seven-win streak, and declined Damian’s unrestricted rematch.
• Mu You won repeatedly by choosing suitable opponents, but lost to the higher-level Webster and two other experienced students; he finished with twenty-two wins, two losses, forty medals, and 411 experience.
• Mu You searched for Silent Madam’s shop on Four-Leaf Street and used the Pumpkin Lantern to reveal its hidden alley and entrance.
• Silent Madam asked Mu You for the next volume of the book, and he brought her the second volume of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Silent Madam told Mu You that the Silent Reading Room lay between the library’s fifteenth and sixteenth floors and could be entered on a full-moon night by silently walking five alternating circuits on each floor.

Mu You finished mastering first-rank potions, learned how valuable Silent Madam’s spell tutoring was, and traveled with Lin Xue to the Anomalous Biology Research Department to have his magical animals inspected. The chapter left Chen Yichuan astonished by the unsterilized Silver Owl Mu You brought out.

• Mu You completed five first-rank potion recipes and identified Truth Serum and Love Potion as notable second-rank potions.
• Silent Madam explained that her tutoring increased spell progress by a fixed percentage, and Mu You realized it could save him substantial time and resources.
• Mu You traveled with Lin Xue to the Anomalous Biology Research Department, where her former classmate Song Wenjing welcomed them and led them inside.
• Song Wenjing and Director Chen Yichuan tried to recruit Lin Xue, but she declined, while Mu You asked whether the department’s research materials were for sale.
• Mu You opened his backpack and brought out two birdcages, and Chen Yichuan recognized the unsterilized Silver Owl and demanded to know where it came from.

Mu You brought his magical animals to the Academy of Sciences for quarantine inspections, where Chen Yichuan and Song Wenjing identified the creatures and learned that his Bulbasaurs were a newly discovered species. After the animals passed inspection, Mu You negotiated an exchange with Chen Yichuan, gaining several species and access to the Academy’s research materials before he and Lin Xue returned to K City.

• Song Wenjing explained how to identify unsterilized Silver Owls, then inspected Mu You’s Silver Owls and Okeda Worm.
• Chen Yichuan and Song Wenjing entered Mu You’s backpack space, identified its magical animals, and Chen Yichuan nearly triggered the mandrake’s dangerous cry before Mu You silenced it.
• Song Wenjing and Chen Yichuan discovered that Mu You’s toxin-free frogs had brood pouches, and Mu You explained they were a new species he had named Bulbasaurs.
• Chen Yichuan completed the animals’ inspections and paperwork, approving them all for sale.
• Chen Yichuan tried to keep some Silver Owls and Bulbasaurs for research, and Mu You negotiated an exchange for other magical creatures and access to the Academy’s reference materials.
• Mu You and Lin Xue received two Fire Salamanders, four Ferrets, two Mooncalves, a Chakaron, a Unicorn Stag, a Butterfly-Eared Dog, and research-site accounts, then returned to K City that night.

Mu You returned to K City with the approvals needed to reopen the Pet Shop and decided it would open on Saturday. The next morning, he and Xiao Ya visited his parents’ grave and reaffirmed their resolve to keep the shop running.

• Mu You showed Xiao Ya the approved permits and announced that the Pet Shop would reopen on Saturday.
• Xiao Ya worried about the shop’s uncertain future but took confidence from the popular Chocobo racing video and its supportive comments.
• Xiao Ya rode to Mu You’s parents’ grave to honor the couple who had taken her in when she was seventeen.
• Mu You met Xiao Ya at the grave, where he had already cleaned the area and poured baijiu for his father.
• Mu You recalled how Xiao Ya’s care for the shop had led him to take it over after his parents died, and he told her the Pet Shop would keep going.
• Mu You and Xiao Ya left the cemetery to prepare for the shop’s reopening.

Mu You launched the Wonder Pet Store app by posting a Bulbasaur video that drew huge public interest, then continued preparing the shop and celebrated the completion of its first Worker Robot. After a successful night in the Arena, he prepared for the Secret Art Meeting at midnight.

• Mu You received the first version of the Wonder Pet Store app and uploaded a video showing a Bulbasaur changing its flowers, which drew rapid views and comments.
• The app gained over fifty thousand registrations in an hour, while users filled its forum and reported bugs for the developers to fix.
• Mu You continued learning spells, making cards for the upcoming Secret Art Meeting, and gathering supplies for the Pet Shop.
• The Goblin completed the first Worker Robot, and Mu You assigned it to help with the shop and speed up production.
• Mu You won all twenty-four of his Arena matches, earned fifty-six Badges, and extended his winning streak to twenty-seven matches.
• After the Arena session, Mu You made more cards and prepared supplies while waiting for the Secret Art Meeting to begin at midnight.

Mu You welcomed the Abyss Lord into the Mystic Arts Association, compensated members for their support, and led a meeting to exchange information about Sky City map fragments. The discussion ended with Aquarius revealing that the European organization Divine Right of Kings had collected three Dawn City fragments and was preparing to travel to the city.

• Mu You bought lifespan cards, accepted an injured Abyss Wyvern from the Abyss Lord, and gave her a tablet and power bank so she could watch Sadako.
• Lin Xue confirmed that she had fought as the Red Sickle Girl, and Mu You distributed 150 years of lifespan to each participating association member as compensation for using the Reaper Contract.
• Mu You asked the association members to share information about Sky City, and he revealed that fragment five appeared among rewards for landing a tower's final blow.
• Cancer reported that fragments of Darknight City and Starlight City had been found underground near a dwarf settlement, while Leo said he had joined two others in combining three Blazing Sun City fragments without discovering the city's location.
• Libra explained that fragments one and nine showed Sky City's entrances and fragment five showed its central route; Virgo shared a prophecy about the cities appearing at dawn and ending in a lightless night.
• Sagittarius described plans for Ice Emperor and the Dragon Group to pursue Sunset City and Dusk City unless they conflicted with the Ghost Ship Captain, and Aquarius reported that Divine Right of Kings had gathered three Dawn City fragments and was mobilizing toward their location.

Mu You traded cards with the group, acquired new spells, and reshaped his pocket space into a zoo before breaking into the Red Rose Library to follow Silent Madam’s instructions. His attempt was interrupted by a librarian and a Silence Beast, but the beast ignored him and followed Mrs. McKenna instead.

• Aquarius reported that Son of Heaven and Divine Right of Kings had gathered three Dawn City fragments, while Mu You kept his two fragments secret and began the card-trading meeting.
• Taurus offered Abyss products in exchange for movies, and Mu You limited each person to two Abyss Worm Reverse Scales per week.
• Mu You acquired Summon Treant, Dark Persuasion, and Terrain Alteration, tested his new spells, and used Terrain Alteration to shape his pocket space into a zoo.
• Lin Hai brought Mu You pet supplies and equipment from a Racecourse, and Mu You said he could prepare the grounds before Saturday.
• Mu You entered the Red Rose Library on a full-moon night and began circling its floors to follow Silent Madam’s instructions, but Mrs. McKenna arrived on patrol and a Silence Beast appeared.
• The Silence Beast ignored invisible Mu You and followed Mrs. McKenna, leading Mu You to realize that the circling ritual was acclimating his aura to the creatures.

Mu You searched the Silent Reading Room and learned that Dawn City had fallen into the Evil Spirit Sea, then set the Ghost Ship on course there. The next morning, Son of Heaven called Dawn City fragment holders to assemble in Europe, and Mu You suspected the invitation was a trap.

• Mu You braved the library's patrols and Silence Beasts to search for Dawn City, then escaped the Silent Reading Room with Darkness Teleportation after completing the search.
• Mu You translated a fisherman's diary describing Dawn City falling into the Evil Spirit Sea and bought maps of the Evil Spirit Sea and Naxus Undersea Prison from the Beaver.
• Mu You set the Ghost Ship's destination to the Evil Spirit Sea and secured a week's extension from Salina to deliver the captured Abyss Wyvern alive to Phoenix City.
• Lin Xue alerted Mu You to Son of Heaven's post calling Dawn City fragment holders to meet in Europe, and Mu You noticed his fragments now pointed toward each other.
• Mu You concluded that Divine Right of Kings was concealing its true number of fragments and that the European gathering could be a trap to seize Dawn City.

Mu You recruited Mermaid to guard his ship in the Evil Spirit Sea and publicly called Dawn City fragment holders to gather on Turtle Island on August 26. Heaven’s Chosen agreed to bring Divine Right of Kings’ fragments there, while Mu You planned to use the gathering to pursue the city lord position despite being outnumbered.

• Mu You persuaded Mermaid to accompany him to the Evil Spirit Sea for ten days in exchange for one hundred cans of Canned Fish Bait.
• Mu You posted as the Ghost Ship Captain, calling Dawn City fragment holders to assemble on Turtle Island on August 26 and compete for the city lord position.
• Tail of July accused Heaven’s Chosen and Divine Right of Kings of hiding fragments and plotting to seize Dawn City, stirring arguments across the Forum.
• Heaven’s Chosen and his vice presidents decided to withdraw their rallying post and support the Turtle Island gathering, with Heaven’s Chosen promising to bring two fragments.
• Mu You accepted Heaven’s Chosen’s public support and planned to draw more players to the Evil Spirit Sea, relying on his knowledge of Dawn City’s central area.
• Players began buying or renting ships and sailing toward the Evil Spirit Sea, hoping to enter Dawn City and claim its lordship without carrying a fragment.

Mu You finished preparing the magical animal zoo and sold out the first batches of opening tickets before shopping at the Campus General Store. When a nearby fragment bearer appeared in the Imperial Capital, the two tracked each other until the stranger escaped and left a note proposing a midnight meeting to discuss cooperation.

• Mu You stored one map fragment in the Vampire Tomb and kept the other on himself, then spent the day preparing the zoo with Lin Xue and Xiao Ya.
• Mu You transferred the animals into their new enclosures, staged a Chocobo race, and uploaded a promotional video for the zoo.
• Mu You released the first batches of opening tickets, which sold out rapidly despite strict limits and ID checks.
• Mu You won twenty-four more Dueling Arena matches, spent medals on three insight pages and an Equipment Decoration, and disguised his Refresh Badge as a green leaf.
• Mu You tracked a nearby fragment bearer toward the Imperial Capital's eastern Teleportation Array and sent his Shadow Warhawk to scout the figure.
• The stranger teleported away after noticing the Warhawk, leaving a note that invited Mu You to meet at midnight in the South City ruins and asked that neither bring a fragment.

Mu You met Edward Jack to discuss joining forces over the Dawn City map fragments, but their ineffective pieces left cooperation on hold. The next morning, Mu You opened the Wonder Pet Store to a large crowd, where visitors saw the magical animals and caught the wicked mother bird trying to steal an egg.

• Mu You met Edward Jack in South City, and they used a Lie-Detecting Crystal Ball to verify their identities and fragment claims.
• Edward Jack revealed that his side held fragments seven and eight, while Mu You claimed fragments two and five; they agreed to stay in touch while seeking another fragment owner.
• Mu You considered that Son of Heaven might hold fragments one and nine, then set the concern aside as he prepared for the Pet Shop's opening.
• Zhang Yang, Liu Chen, and other Anomaly Investigation Bureau colleagues arrived to help manage the opening crowd, and Mu You welcomed them into the Zoo Backpack.
• Mu You opened the Wonder Pet Store, and Lin Xue checked visitors' tickets as Lin Hai brought Merchant Alliance friends to tour the zoo.
• Visitors watched the wicked mother bird feed three silver owls, then saw a color-changing bird expose her trying to steal an egg.

Mu You showed visitors the Mandrake and Succulent Turnip Grass at his magical-pet exhibition, then helped Cola compete for votes as the Cutest Animal of the Day. The exhibition remained busy as Mu You welcomed Chen Yichuan and Song Wenjing, who came to inspect the animals and learned that Cola was only staying temporarily.

• Visitors watched the Mandrake flee into its underground home, then gathered around the Succulent Turnip Grass as Mu You let them handle the saplings and announced limited sales for forty thousand each.
• Mu You explained the registration and care-agreement rules for buying magical pets, then found Cola sleeping while visitors mistook it for an ordinary American Shorthair.
• After Mu You told Cola it had only three votes and ranked last, Cola sought votes by transforming into a Ragdoll Cat and performing for visitors.
• Mu You encountered Chen Yichuan and Song Wenjing touring the exhibition, and Chen said he had come to inspect the animals.
• Mu You told Chen Yichuan that Cola was a Phantom Cat boarded by someone else and would be returned to its owner in a few days.

Mu You established Chocobo racing rules and closed the Pet Shop’s hugely profitable first day, while the Mandrake, Cola, and Anthropomorphic Turtle became popular. After accepting a Sunlight Elf quest that required him to raise his reputation from -900 to Friendly in a week, he reached Peaceful Village at midnight and found several valuable items in the Owl Shop’s new stock.

• Mu You settled a dispute between two Chocobo riders by creating separate Restricted and Unrestricted leaderboards and announcing future competitions for their top riders.
• Mu You and the others finished the day’s business, earning 3.55 million yuan, while the Mandrake took first place in the popularity poll, Cola took second, and the Anthropomorphic Turtle took third.
• Mu You read forum posts praising the shop and discussing the Worker Robots, then used the Elf Horn and accepted Salina Sunlight’s quest to raise his Sunlight Elf reputation to Friendly for a Phoenix City residence.
• Mu You discovered his Sunlight Elf reputation began at -900, then traveled to Peaceful Village to wait for the Owl Shop’s midnight restock.
• Old Cat stocked Holy Light and Holy Shield spell scrolls, a Low Tier Light Element Insight Page, a Vampire Sword, a Morning Star Spear, and an Invisibility Cloak.