Chapter Summaries

Mu You and Lu Yao set a trap to draw out the Werewolf, with Mu You confident he could protect her once his nighttime power peaked. The Werewolf attacked Lu Yao with a hook, and Mu You followed its path before using the Pocket Watch.

• Mu You persuaded Lu Yao to act as bait, promising to stay invisible and protect her, and they agreed to meet at Xinshui Park.
• Three hours later, Mu You and Lu Yao met beneath the crooked tree, and Lu Yao confirmed she had disabled nearby surveillance cameras.
• Mu You delayed the trap until after midnight so the Night King's boost would reach its peak.
• Lu Yao released Soul-Bewitching Incense to alert the Werewolf, then waited with Mu You nearby.
• The Werewolf's Meat Hook struck Lu Yao and dragged her away, and Mu You traced the hook's direction before pressing the Pocket Watch.

Mu You intercepted the Werewolf’s ambush and helped Lu Yao kill him, but the Werewolf revived with a Phoenix Feather and charged toward her. As Mu You was forced to fight the Sanctuary Knight, the Werewolf’s fear of him left him wondering who the real villain was.

• Mu You grabbed the Werewolf’s Chain Claw and used it to pull himself toward the hidden attacker, then crippled and battered him.
• Mu You discovered the Werewolf’s Blackglow Heart-Guard Mirror could block attacks to his heart, rewound time, and restrained the Werewolf instead.
• Lu Yao cast a lightning spell that pulverized the Werewolf’s heart, killing him while Mu You held him in place.
• The Sanctuary Knight taunted Mu You as a Phoenix Feather revived the Werewolf, who then charged at Lu Yao.
• The Werewolf feared Mu You’s strength and cold gaze, questioning who the real villain was.

Mu You killed the Werewolf’s level-seventeen Sanctuary Knight after the Werewolf used a scroll to enhance it, revealing the devastating power of his Giant Slayer talent. With Lu Yao blocking the Werewolf’s escape, Mu You approached him to finish the fight.

• Lu Yao and the Werewolf continued their running battle while Mu You suppressed the Sanctuary Knight, leaving the Werewolf shocked to see Mu You gaining the upper hand.
• The Werewolf broke away from Lu Yao, reached the Sanctuary Knight, and used a scroll to cast Bloodthirsty Frenzy, greatly increasing the knight’s size and strength.
• The enlarged knight attacked Mu You, but Mu You turned transparent to evade its sword, then killed it with three claw strikes.
• Mu You explained that the knight’s increased size triggered his Giant Slayer talent, multiplying his damage against it.
• The Werewolf questioned Mu You’s identity and tried to resist as Mu You approached, while Lu Yao blocked his escape with a wall of ice.

Mu You and Lu Yao captured the Werewolf, discovered that his village identity was Scarecrow, and stripped him of his lifespan and loot. After learning a tracing mark made killing him dangerous, Mu You handed him over to the police, then found Zhang Yang waiting outside the Pet Shop.

• Mu You restrained the Werewolf and, with Lu Yao, used the villagers’ nighttime activity to identify Scarecrow as his hidden identity.
• Mu You destroyed Scarecrow with Fatal Springwater, taking the Werewolf’s lifespan and collecting more than three hundred items as the Werewolf reverted to an unconscious human.
• Lu Yao identified the Werewolf as wanted criminal Liu, and Vivian warned that killing him would transfer a tracing mark to the killer.
• Mu You and Lu Yao arranged for the incapacitated Liu to be delivered to the police, where Zhang Yang recognized that someone had solved the Werewolf case.
• Mu You visited the injured Xiao Ya, then returned to find Zhang Yang waiting outside the Pet Shop and approached him in his normal appearance.

Zhang Yang visited Mu You to thank him for his work at Qubai Mountain and invite him to join the K City Anomaly Investigation Branch. Mu You learned how the authorities identified him and left the conversation reflecting on Zhang Yang’s mistaken belief that he had turned a criminal over to the police out of respect for the law.

• Zhang Yang introduced himself to Mu You, used an Attribute Detection Device to estimate his stats, and praised his strength.
• Zhang Yang explained that big data analysis had identified Mu You as the Red-Clothed Man and said the state had recently discovered he was a player.
• Zhang Yang described the small, under-resourced K City Anomaly Investigation Branch and invited Mu You to join voluntarily.
• Zhang Yang said Mu You’s decision to hand the Werewolf over to the police convinced him that Mu You had a legal bottom line.
• Mu You realized Zhang Yang had mistaken his practical reason for turning over the Werewolf as law-abiding conviction.

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.