Recaps

Su Mu advanced his reincarnations while meeting Su Han and Zhen Yuanzi along the River of Time, as Li Dong'er guided the Grand Grief Immortal Domain to victory over the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain. The arc ended with Ye Fan, the Beginningless Great Emperor, and the Ruthless Great Emperor preparing to travel through time to save someone, while Su Mu discovered his ninth reincarnation.

• Xiao Huo formed an Alchemist Guild Alliance to supply the Main Battlefield, while Su Mu cultivated his seventh immortal aperture and encountered Su Han at a small tributary.
• Su Mu caught Su Han's Golden Dragon Fish and returned it, then Su Han learned from Zhao Wu Hai that the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain was under attack.
• Li Dong'er prepared countermeasures against three intervening Immortal Domains, and Night Cliff agreed to gather intelligence as Su Mu completed his eighth reincarnation.
• Su Mu met Zhen Yuanzi, who befriended him, entrusted Little Monkey to his care, and gave him ginseng fruits that Su Mu planted in his garden.
• Jin Yao warned the Grand Grief Immortal Domain that three Immortal Domains were preparing to intervene, but Li Dong'er used their weaknesses to stop them and secure the conquest of the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain.
• Dong'er helped Oldest distribute rewards and plan the conquered domain's reconstruction, while Jin Yao revealed her undercover role to Huan Ye and showed her the rebuilding efforts.
• The Beginningless Great Emperor told Ye Fan that they would travel upstream along the River of Time to rescue someone, and the Ruthless Great Emperor joined them to determine the destination.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor set their departure for one month later, and Ye Fan moved his treasures into his Dantian World as Su Mu resumed his deductions and realized his ninth reincarnation.

Su Mu completed his ninth reincarnation and continued guarding the River of Time, collecting fees from Ye Fan and his companions as they fought to save Huang. After the battle, Su Mu faced new visitors and found a strange shell, while Nannan visited the Shepherd Heaven Alliance and reunited with Jin Yao.

• Su Mu remembered himself after an Old Beggar challenged his idea of the highest peak, completed his ninth reincarnation, and reached the Peerless Immortal King Realm.
• Su Mu increased his River Affinity and river-control abilities, then stopped Ye Fan, Beginningless Great Emperor, and Ruthless Great Emperor as they traveled upstream and collected their debts and crossing fees.
• Su Mu sent the three travelers to Huang’s battlefield, where they joined his fight against the Seven Emperors and the Black Shadow before the Killer Whale and Su Mu intervened.
• Su Mu fined the Black-Robed Man for illegally crossing the river, then let Ye Fan and his companions return to their own time after charging Ye Fan another fee.
• Old Seven returned crippled and indebted after confronting Su Mu, and the Strange Progenitors formed the Shepherd Heaven Alliance and planned to attack Huang in rotations.
• Su Mu found a heavy golden shell on the riverbank, then defeated the Old Daoist at chess and received Merit Soil, an incense burner, incense sticks, and a request concerning a black stone.
• The Old Daoist left Old Green Ox with Su Mu, who sent Nannan on an outing with the ox before she reached the Shepherd Heaven Alliance’s headquarters and reunited with Jin Yao.
• Old Green Ox gave Oldest Wu Zhong a World Solidifying Stone, and Dong'er entered Green Fragrance Courtyard and froze upon seeing Nannan.

While Nannan learned new skills and gained companions, Su Mu received a powerful gift and helped a wounded believer whose life changed after worshiping his statue. Su Mu later discovered a frozen woman and adopted her animal companions, then encountered a black-haired man who revealed a deadly grudge.

• Dong'er taught Nannan wood carving, and Nannan discovered a Seven Elements Chaos Flower before impressing Dong'er with her carving talent.
• Nannan carved Su Mu’s likeness into Merit Soil, and Su Mu later found instructions explaining that believers’ Merit Power could gather on his statue.
• Dong'er devised a plan to recruit Heaven’s Chosen from the past and future, while Old Three entered the River of Time and made Lin Ran his disciple.
• Fang Yuan returned to repay Su Mu with a transparent cicada, which Su Mu refined to advance his cultivation, and Nannan brought home a wounded immortal crane named Little Crane.
• Qin Yu recovered after worshiping Su Mu’s statue, rose to become the Human Emperor, and joined Jun Moxie on a mission to subdue the Douluo World, where Tang San refused to submit.
• Su Mu followed a cry through nine tree walls and found Little Fox guarding her dead master, and he preserved the woman’s body and agreed to care for Little Fox and five other animals.
• Su Mu explored a tributary and found a black-haired man sealed in a rock, then challenged him over the obstructing Cave Abode and won their chess match.
• The black-haired man activated a grand formation and summoned phantom Divine Beasts, declaring that he had waited to kill Su Mu over a deep grudge.

Su Mu restored riverways, encountered the Three Lives Tree’s keeper, and grew stronger while the Saint Medicine Garden filled with captured demons. Meanwhile, Xiao Huo reached Ancient Desolate to compete for an Immortal Domain Law Crystal, where his first assessments began.

• Su Mu killed the Black-haired Man, restored the tributary, and later encountered the bridge-repairing Old Ten, helping him mend bridges along the River of Time.
• Su Mu plucked the Three Lives Main Fruit, then told the Dark-Robed Woman he would not revive his deceased daughter and would instead protect her next life.
• Su Mu planted the Lantern Fruit, raised his River Affinity, and broke through to Half-Step Immortal Emperor after entering the Golden Toad’s formation.
• Little Brown Bear captured the Lord of Ice Wasteland and later his two brothers, joining them and Yuan Old Demon in Su Mu’s iron cage.
• Xiao Huo traveled to Ancient Desolate with Yun Tian to compete against Wang Lin and Zhang Xiaofan for an Immortal Domain Law Crystal.
• At the assessment, Wang Lin and Xiao Huo passed the strength test while Zhang Xiaofan failed, and Xiao Huo’s talent gate turned gold before the Original Heart Assessment began.