Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Xue’s grandmother entrusted Mu You with a sealed gate between Earth and the Star Spirit World, explaining its dangers and the rules governing passage. Mu You left with the gate stored in a Secret Art Card and the responsibility of deciding whether to claim and guard it.

• Lin Xue’s grandmother entrusted her legacy to Lin Xue and asked Vivian to look after her.
• The grandmother revealed that she had come to Earth through a gate in the wall between worlds and led Mu You, Lin Xue, and Vivian to it beneath the estate.
• Mu You resisted the gate’s beguiling whispers, and Vivian sealed the gate into a Secret Art Card.
• The grandmother explained that the gate opened once every ten days for twenty-four hours and that travelers lost plundered lifespan while stranded in the other world.
• The grandmother entrusted the gate to Mu You, warning that opening it would make him its Gate Opener and responsible for keeping Star Spirit World creatures from crossing into Earth.

Mu You tested the upgraded Crazy Growth spell, considered using a hidden Relic to safely pass through Vivian’s sealed door, and learned his help in rescuing a child had earned him another Class A Mission. The chapter ended with Zhang Yang delivering Mu You’s new breeding and sales permit and Mu You asking how many points the mission was worth.

• Mu You finished the Crazy Growth Secret Art Card, tested it on Binding Grass, and discovered it instantly grew into a much larger, more dangerous patch that could entangle him.
• Mu You tried Crazy Growth on a Mandrake and concluded it was already fully grown, then copied the spell and put away Vivian’s sealed-door card until Lin Xue could discuss it with him.
• Mu You decided the A Thousand Faces hidden Relic could help him travel through the door without being hunted, but he worried he lacked the points to buy it.
• Zhang Yang arrived late at night and gave Mu You an Abnormal Creature Breeding and Sales Permit, explaining that the Blood Emperor’s support had earned Mu You another Class A Mission.
• Mu You asked Zhang Yang how many points the new mission was worth.

Mu You sold the Weather Spell to the state for eighteen thousand points and bought A Thousand Faces, then reached Sunset City through its underground waterways. After escaping a bounty trap and the pursuing knights, he found a corpse carrying a Merfolk Scale.

• Zhang Yang explained that Mu You needed professional assessments before selling magical pets and offered to submit the Weather Spell to the state.
• Mu You received eighteen thousand points for the Weather Spell, bringing his balance above twenty-eight thousand, and bought A Thousand Faces.
• Mu You's character reached Sunset City, but the Blue-Scaled Seahorse's contract expired and it swam away.
• A Goblin Traveling Merchant tried to lure Mu You ashore with a wanted notice offering eight hundred years of lifespan for his Vampire Skin.
• Mu You rewound time, escaped the knights pursuing him through the waterways, and fled into the sea.
• The Pumpkin Lantern revealed a drowned fisherman's corpse, from which Mu You obtained a Fisherman Skin, a Damaged Fishing Net, and a Merfolk Scale.

Mu You repaired a damaged fishing net, brewed Sleeping Potions to keep fish from escaping, and learned that Lin Xue had brought her grandmother’s body with her. The chapter left Mu You and Xiao Ya stunned by Lin Xue’s revelation.

• Mu You identified the Merfolk Scale as belonging to a juvenile Nicarro Merfolk and repaired the fishing net with spider silk and snake sinew.
• Mu You cast the inferior net into a shallow coastal reef and marked it with a buoy.
• Mu You harvested mandrake sap, restored the weakened mandrake with Crazy Growth, and brewed nineteen bottles of Sleeping Potion.
• Xiao Ya studied Star Spirit Language while Mu You practiced Card Making, and Zhang Yang delivered the A Thousand Faces mask.
• Lin Xue arrived with a suitcase and said she planned to rent a nearby place and move there.
• Lin Xue told Mu You and Xiao Ya that she had brought her grandmother’s body with her.

Mu You and Lin Xue prepared to cross the door into the Star Spirit World so Lin Xue could bury her grandmother there, while Xiao Ya stayed behind to watch the shop. The chapter ended as Mu You opened the door for their journey.

• Lin Xue told Mu You and Xiao Ya that her grandmother had wanted to be buried in the Star Spirit World, and Mu You agreed to take her there.
• Mu You and Lin Xue prepared supplies and learned about Lin Xue’s inherited Reaper’s Scythe, Crimson Cloak, and Secret Arts.
• Mu You asked Xiao Ya to guard the shop while he and Lin Xue were away for twenty-four hours.
• Lin Xue carried her grandmother’s body in an ice coffin and readied her scythe and cloak as Mu You prepared to cross the door.
• Mu You removed the door’s restrictions and opened it.

Mu You and Lin Xue entered the Star Spirit World and fought a Pine Forest Yeti guarding the door. Lin Xue’s grandmother, Al, appeared through the Reaper Contract, taught Lin Xue to land ten scythe strikes, and summoned the God of Death to sever the Yeti’s soul.

• Mu You, Lin Xue, and Vivian entered the Star Spirit World through the door and found themselves on an icy plain in the Northern Border.
• A level 19 Pine Forest Yeti charged toward the door, and Mu You used an Explosive Arrow, Binding Grass, and an Ice Prison to delay it.
• Vivian explained that the Wizards' Association had stationed the Yeti to guard the door and marked it to teleport back if it died and resurrected.
• The Yeti broke free and charged the door, but Lin Xue’s grandmother Al appeared, stopped its club, and fought it with Lin Xue’s scythe.
• Lin Xue and Mu You fueled the Reaper Contract, allowing Al to guide Lin Xue in landing ten strikes before her soul disappeared.
• The God of Death manifested, hurled the Yeti away, pulled out its soul, and severed it with a scythe.

Mu You stored Lin Xue’s grandmother in the Vampire’s Tomb, then traveled to Sunset City to investigate the Ghost Ship. He learned where its wreck lay and robbed a Goblin merchant of the map and other goods.

• Lin Xue recovered her soul, returned her grandmother’s remains to the ice coffin, and told Mu You the battle had consumed 170 soul points and cost them years of lifespan.
• Mu You took Lin Xue’s grandmother to the Vampire’s Tomb and sealed her remains in a millennium-ice coffin while Lin Xue stayed behind with Warhawk.
• Mu You set up teleportation routes, retrieved the lamppost from underwater, and found that his Fishing Net had caught nothing; he baited it with Sleeping Potion and headed for Sunset City.
• Mu You concealed his Fool aura, entered Sunset City, and received a low-ranked identity token from the guards.
• A Goblin merchant sold Mu You information about the Ghost Ship, revealing that it had wrecked in the cursed Devil Sea and that a survivor’s map marked the wreck.
• When the Goblin produced the map and a Blood Contract Scroll, Mu You snatched them and several other wares, prompting the Goblin to shout that he had been robbed.

Mu You escaped Sunset City after stealing a goblin’s belongings and used an alchemical beetle to learn about the city’s Teleportation Array. He paid ten years of lifespan to travel to Heim City after discovering that routes to the Imperial Capital were closed to commoners.

• Mu You evaded a goblin’s self-destructing attack, escaped through the river, and avoided capture with A Thousand Faces.
• Mu You examined the stolen map, Blood Contract Scroll, beetle, and Socketing Stone, identifying the map’s X as the likely Ghost Ship wreck site near Heim City.
• Mu You activated the mechanical beetle and learned from tavern conversations that a Teleportation Array stood beneath the wizard tower in Sunset City’s central square.
• Mu You joined the queue at the array and learned that travel to the Imperial Capital was closed to commoners.
• Mu You paid ten years of lifespan and teleported from Sunset City to Heim City.

Mu You crossed the sea aboard a boatman’s vessel, suspecting the player was a real person from another world. After the boatman tried to kill him in the Devil Sea, Mu You stole the boat and followed him to locate the hidden door.

• Mu You traveled from Heim City to the coast and accepted a ride from Chu Dongjiao, who charged him a year of lifespan up front.
• Mu You noticed Chu Dongjiao was steering toward the Devil Sea and suspected the boatman was plotting against his passengers, but boarded because he wanted the boat.
• In the Devil Sea, Chu Dongjiao attacked Mu You and the newbie passenger; Mu You pretended to die, while the newbie was killed and looted.
• Chu Dongjiao searched underwater for Mu You, then discovered his boat was gone and fled the Devil Sea in a slower spare boat.
• Mu You emerged from underwater and followed Chu Dongjiao, intending to discover where the door was hidden.

Mu You infiltrated an Illuminati hideout and overheard that the Illuminati and the Ten Commandments Society planned to act in four days. He then found the Ghost Ship beneath the Devil Sea and sent the Shadow Fiend against its pirate ghosts, but the battle turned dangerous when the level 30 leader began overpowering it.

• Mu You followed a boatman to an island door, where he learned it belonged to the Illuminati and overheard a black-robed Ten Commandments Society member say their preparations were complete and they would move in four days.
• Mu You sailed to the Devil Sea, descended through a hidden passage beneath the seabed, and reached Shipwreck Cove, where he found the wrecked Ghost Ship.
• Mu You summoned Vivian and released the Shadow Fiend, which slaughtered more than a hundred pirate ghosts before the survivors retreated into the ship.
• Viril identified the ship's giant skeletal leader as his traitorous first mate, Victor, and promised Mu You the Ghost Ship if he defeated him.
• Mu You learned Victor was a level 30 Pirate Ghost Leader, then watched him overpower the Shadow Fiend in their fight.