Vol. 5The River’s Hidden Powers

Su Mu recovered his memories, repaired the Reincarnation Bridge, gained new powers, and gathered allies while dangers mounted across the realms. The Shepherd Heaven Alliance prepared for a resource war as Su Mu followed the river to Old Man Yang and the colossal creature beneath his pond.

  • Su Mu restored his memories, repaired the Reincarnation Bridge, and welcomed a White Moon Otter into his family.
  • Bai Yuan returned to the Kunpeng Demon Realm to save his clan, and Su Mu followed a strange current to a town where he lost his powers.
  • Su Mu defeated the Daoist Robe Man, absorbed the Innate Yin Yang origins, and reached the complete Dao Severing Realm.
  • Su Mu brought Nannan to Reincarnation City, secured Divine Spring Palace, and took her to meet the Houtu Goddess.
  • Su Mu reunited with Li Qi Ye and accepted A Fei’s Seven-Colored Leaf to preserve its consciousness.
  • Su Mu defeated the tomb’s attackers, freed the Iron-Eating Beast, and faced the Barrier Beasts at the stone door.
  • Su Mu freed Big Ear and Big Eye, found the Square Cauldron, and rose to the Half-Step Immortal Realm.
  • Dong’er and Wu Zhong prepared the Shepherd Heaven Alliance for the resource war as Su Mu met Old Man Yang, who pulled a colossal creature from his pond.
Chapters 401–500 Read from ch. 401

Arc 17The Reincarnation Bridge

Su Mu recovered his memories, met the Houtu Goddess, and repaired the Reincarnation Bridge as the Myriad Realms faced mounting danger. After Bai Yuan returned to save his clan, Su Mu followed a strange current into a forest town where his powers vanished.

  • Su Mu entered Shepherd Heaven Temple, recognized a statue resembling his younger self, and emerged from the dream with his memories and body restored.
  • Su Mu visited Du Ziren and King of the Wheel’s underwater city, where he met Divine Tea, then learned she had entered reincarnation to atone for her crime.
  • The Houtu Goddess explained that Su Mu’s actions had restored the Reincarnation Tablet’s marks, then led him to repair a gap in the bridge and gave him a Violet Boat.
  • Su Mu returned home to Nannan, while Shen Yu learned that her sister Divine Tea had reincarnated and was ordered to become the next Underworld King.
  • Su Mu raised his River Affinity, discovered a dried pond and a copper fragment linked to his past, and welcomed a White Moon Otter into his family.
  • Bai Yuan chose to return to the Kunpeng Demon Realm, where Qin Yuan destroyed the invading Three Great Demon Realms and Bai Yuan prepared his clan for the future before returning to the River of Time.
  • After completing another cycle dream, Su Mu followed a warm current into a forest town, met Wu Guo, and found that he could no longer sense his powers.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Yin Yang Inheritance

Su Mu defeated the Daoist Robe Man, absorbed the Innate Yin Yang origins, and learned more about the beings targeting him. In Reincarnation City, he secured a home for Nannan and brought her to meet the Houtu Goddess.

  • Su Mu discovered that Crescent Spring had remade his body, then used his Water Control Mystical Power to return its water to the cloud lake and complete his fourth reincarnation dream.
  • Su Mu found that a powerful enemy had driven the Red-Haired Old Man away, then entered a lake formation where the Daoist Robe Man challenged him.
  • Su Mu shattered the Daoist Robe Man’s attacks and the Black and White Bright Moon, then absorbed the Black and White Streamer and reached the complete Dao Severing Realm.
  • The Old Man confronted the Shadow of Chaos over the River Warden, escaped as a Black and White Streamer, and later fused with Su Mu’s sprout, transforming his spiritual power and Spirit Fire.
  • Su Mu brought Nannan to Reincarnation City, where Du Ziren welcomed him and arranged for him to acquire Divine Spring Palace from Shen Yu.
  • Shen Yu took a liking to Nannan, gave her a Red String Bracelet, and learned that she had reached perfected Human Immortal Realm at nine years old, while Du Ziren gave her a Jade Tablet.
  • Su Mu bought Three Hearts Linked Locks with Nannan and Shen Yu, then learned that Divine Tea was Shen Yu’s younger sister and had gone on a distant mission.
  • Su Mu and Shen Yu showed Nannan around the city, then Su Mu took her by Black Boat to meet the Houtu Goddess, who asked Nannan her name.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Hidden Tomb

Su Mu reunited with Li Qi Ye, let A Fei choose its own fate, and sent the Iron-Eating Beast to help the Backyard. When the Iron-Eating Beast and Little Marmot uncovered a guarded tomb, Su Mu defeated an ambush and faced the Barrier Beasts at its entrance.

  • The Houtu Goddess helped Nannan plant a shoot beside the Reincarnation Stone Tablet, which gained a twelfth mark, then entered seclusion and ordered Shen Yu to protect Nannan and obey Su Mu.
  • Su Mu found Li Qi Ye’s missing Spirit Pet, A Fei, but A Fei chose to merge with Li Qi Ye, who gave Su Mu its Seven-Colored Leaf so its consciousness could be preserved.
  • The Five Little Ones asked the Iron-Eating Beast to help expand the medicinal garden, and it agreed to assist one day a month after Nannan asked.
  • The Iron-Eating Beast led Groundhog to hidden stores of herbs and treasures, then brought it to a tomb guarded by two Barrier Beasts.
  • Little Marmot summoned Su Mu when the Iron-Eating Beast was trapped, and Su Mu confronted thirty-six Human Figure Dharma Idols in the tomb’s rune-lined chamber.
  • Su Mu shattered the Hundred Spirits Diagram and defeated the thirty-six attackers, then reunited with the Iron-Eating Beast and the Barrier Beasts.
  • The Tall Figure and Short Figure left to warn the Great Personage after the White Compass crumbled, while Su Mu approached the tomb’s stone door and accepted the Big-Eared Barrier Beast’s challenge.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The River and the Resource War

Su Mu freed the Barrier Beasts and gained a new power, while Dong’er and Wu Zhong prepared the Shepherd Heaven Alliance for a coming resource war. Su Mu’s search along the river led him to Brother Yang, who revealed a colossal creature beneath his pond.

  • Su Mu shattered the Barrier Beasts’ shield, cut their chains, and welcomed Big Ear and Big Eye into his household.
  • Su Mu found a Square Cauldron beneath the swamp, stored it in his Dantian Space, and escaped as the Iron Wall Space collapsed.
  • The Square Cauldron merged with the Black and White Divine Tree, raising Su Mu to the Half-Step Immortal Realm.
  • Dong’er persuaded Wu Zhong to keep the Shepherd Heaven Alliance out of the main conflict and secretly gather resources ahead of the coming war.
  • Wu Zhong met Su Ming and asked him to become his disciple, but Su Ming hesitated until Ye Qingran revealed that Master Ancestor was the figure he had encountered on the River of Time.
  • Su Ming became Wu Zhong’s final disciple and was appointed chief of the Resource Contention Plan.
  • Su Mu traced the river’s falling water level to Old Man Yang, who admitted carrying river water to fill his pond and asked to remain peacefully by the river.
  • Old Man Yang invited Su Mu to fish, assured him he was not an enemy, and pulled a colossal creature from the pond.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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