Chapter Summaries

Su Mu had the Little Killer Whale clean up flood debris while he finished building a wooden boat as a birthday gift for Nannan. After celebrating her fourth birthday with a cake, Nannan made a secret wish that sent an unseen streak of light toward the riverway.

• Su Mu instructed the Little Killer Whale to clear trash from the riverways and mark any problems he could not handle.
• Su Mu finished building a five-meter-long wooden boat before nightfall.
• Nannan learned the boat was her birthday gift and celebrated turning four with Su Mu.
• Su Mu surprised Nannan with a birthday cake, and she closed her eyes to make a wish before blowing out the candles.
• A streak of light that Su Mu could not see flew from Nannan toward the riverway as she made her wish.

Su Mu finished a heavily fortified, magically controlled boat and gave Nannan authority to use it, then watched her set off with Old Green Ox. While sorting the remaining Golden Phoebe Wood, he found a branch emitting a faint spiritual energy fluctuation.

• Su Mu explained the boat's controls and bound it to himself and Nannan, keeping the highest authority for himself.
• Su Mu told Nannan to record river dangers rather than confront them, and she asked to bring Old Green Ox along.
• Nannan and Old Green Ox sailed downstream in the boat as Su Mu warned them to return before dark.
• Su Mu sorted the leftover Golden Phoebe Wood and sensed spiritual energy coming from a branch.
• Su Mu shaved open the branch and discovered an unknown source of spiritual energy inside.

Su Mu planted a mysterious golden seed and earned Favor Points as Little Killer Whale’s water beasts cleared debris from the river. In the Grand Grief Immortal Domain, Oldest told Old Three that Fourth Sister had risen to become Deputy Domain Lord of the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain, prompting him to demand the full story.

• Su Mu found a golden seed hidden inside a hollow branch and planted it beside his front door.
• Little Killer Whale’s water beasts cleared river debris, helping Su Mu earn nearly six thousand Favor Points over half a day.
• Old Three reported that the Great Silent Extinction had destroyed dozens of Immortal Domains and hundreds of other worlds.
• Oldest told Old Three that Fourth Sister warned them to reel in their plan soon or she would become Deputy Domain Lord of the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain.
• Old Three asked Oldest to explain how Fourth Sister had risen so high in the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain.

Oldest and Old Three discussed Fourth Sister’s rise to Deputy Domain Lord and whether to seek Seventh Brother’s help attacking the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain. Old Three recalled Second Brother’s cryptic claim that he worked in the shadows, then showed Oldest a yellowed paper that shocked him.

• Old Three wondered how Fourth Sister had become Deputy Domain Lord, and Oldest credited her unmatched luck, including her discovery of the Realm Compass.
• Old Three suggested asking Seventh Brother to help conquer the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain, but Oldest insisted they prove their own worth and fulfill Master’s task.
• Oldest disparaged Second Brother as a drifter, while Old Three maintained that Second Brother was secretly making arrangements across the Great Worlds.
• Old Three remembered Second Brother saying that Oldest and Old Three stood in the light while he remained in the shadows, after which he rarely contacted them.
• Old Three handed Oldest a yellowed sheet of paper, and Oldest’s eyes widened at what was written on it.

Oldest and Old Three learned that the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain had discovered their planned invasion through the Celestial Secrets Clan’s ability to foresee the future. They decided to send Fourth Sister to persuade the clan not to reveal the news and possibly join their side.

• Oldest burned Little Five’s message, which warned that the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain had learned of their invasion plan.
• Oldest concluded that the Celestial Secrets Clan had foreseen the attack rather than anyone leaking information from the Grand Grief Immortal Domain.
• Oldest explained that the Celestial Secrets Clan could directly see the future, but its members were weak and few in number.
• Old Three suggested secretly wiping out the clan, but Oldest warned that they would foresee the attempt and escape or prepare an ambush.
• Oldest decided Fourth Sister should approach the Celestial Secrets Clan and persuade them to keep the news secret or defect to their side.

Oldest told Old Three to trust Fourth Sister and wait while Jin Yao searched for the Celestial Secrets Clan. Jin Yao hoped to keep them from revealing the future and learn whether the planned attack would succeed, but as she and Huan Ye searched the hidden mountain range, Jin Yao suddenly noticed something ahead.

• Oldest told Old Three that Fourth Sister had likely already gone to find the Celestial Secrets Clan and urged him to wait quietly for her news.
• Jin Yao and her disciple Huan Ye traveled by boat through the misty mountains, searching for the hidden Celestial Secrets Clan.
• Jin Yao recalled that she planned to persuade the clan to keep the news secret and ask whether the future attack would succeed.
• Jin Yao considered stopping the attack or delaying it if the clan predicted failure, and wondered whether they could be won over as allies.
• Jin Yao noticed something ahead and told Huan Ye to stop rowing.

Jin Yao entered the hidden village of the Celestial Secrets Clan, where an ancient, frail figure revealed that the clan had waited a thousand epochs for her. The chapter ended with Jin Yao stunned by the revelation.

• Jin Yao left Huan Ye behind and entered a cave that had appeared on the cliff wall.
• A purple Firefly guided Jin Yao through the dark passage into a secluded village.
• Two children led Jin Yao through the village to a tree house, where the Green-Skirt Woman welcomed her by name.
• An ancient figure told Jin Yao that the Celestial Secrets Clan had waited a thousand epochs for her arrival.

Jin Yao received the Celestial Secrets Clan’s prediction and a method to reduce losses when she attacked the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain in 5,300 years. The White-Haired Man asked to join her, believing her hidden master was the clan’s only hope of surviving a future Great Silent Extinction.

• The White-Haired Man told Jin Yao that she would take the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain and gave her a brocade pouch to open 5,300 years later.
• The White-Haired Man explained that the Celestial Secrets Clan had no true homeland and that its people planned to stay in the domain after Jin Yao took control.
• The White-Haired Man asked Jin Yao who her master was, but she refused to reveal the secret.
• The White-Haired Man asked to join Jin Yao and revealed that his clan had followed a prophecy for over a thousand epochs.
• The White-Haired Man explained that a Child of Destiny had foreseen the clan’s destruction in a future Great Silent Extinction and instructed them to seek refuge with the master behind Jin Yao.

Jin Yao accepted Tian You’s offer to have the Celestial Secrets Clan join her master’s side, changing a great karma in the Myriad Realms. Tian You gave her access to the clan’s dragon vein and its resources, then began to raise something he was unsure whether he should say.

• Tian You introduced himself as Clan Head and offered the Celestial Secrets Clan’s allegiance to Jin Yao, who accepted on behalf of her master.
• Jin Yao assured Tian You that her side would protect the clan, and Tian You thanked her for lifting the burden entrusted to him by his ancestors.
• Tian You invited Jin Yao to stay and offered the largest dragon vein in the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain as a meeting gift.
• Jin Yao learned that Huan Ye had waited outside for three months because time moved differently inside, then brought her into the cave.
• Tian You showed Jin Yao the dragon vein and its abundant resources, which could help her allies prepare for an attack on the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain.
• Tian You began to tell Jin Yao something he was uncertain whether he should say.

Jin Yao discussed the Celestial Secrets Clan’s future and its role in supporting her plans, while considering Huan Ye as her core inheritor. As Jin Yao prepared to leave, Tian You offered her an item for their shared Master.

• Tian You warned Jin Yao that she would soon face a major setback and urged her to trust her Master, then told her Huan Ye was very good.
• Jin Yao considered Huan Ye as the potential core inheritor of her legacy, and Tian You encouraged her to trust her choice.
• Tian You explained that the Celestial Secrets Dark Guard would mine the dragon vein and transport its resources to the Grand Grief Immortal Domain for the future Domain Conquest War.
• Jin Yao promised to arrange for her First Brother and the others to open the sealing formation around the Grand Grief Immortal Domain, and assured Tian You that joining her would guarantee the clan’s peaceful survival.
• After three days with the Celestial Secrets Clan, Jin Yao prepared to leave, and Tian You offered her an item to give to their Master.

Jin Yao accepted the Celestial Secrets Clan’s Blood-Colored Jade Pendant, which could foresee a future event, and carried it to Su Mu. The clan joined the plan to conquer the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain, while Su Mu rewarded Little Koi and rushed toward a thunderous crash downstream.

• Tian You gave Jin Yao the Blood-Colored Jade Pendant and explained that it held the divination essence of twelve powerful clan members.
• Tian You told the Green-Skirt Woman to contact the Dark Guard and expedite the mining and transport of dragon veins after Jin Yao and Huan Ye left.
• Oldest and Old Three read Fourth Sister’s letter, set their attack on the Immortal Domain for five thousand three hundred years later, and Oldest took custody of a Brocade Sack meant to be opened when war began.
• Little Koi gave Su Mu the Blood-Colored Jade Pendant, and Su Mu recognized its ability to foresee a future event and rewarded her with two thousand Favor Points.
• After a thunderous crash sounded downstream, Su Mu hurried toward the river channel.

Su Mu followed the iron chain into a dangerous swamp and rescued Little Killer Whale, who had been injured saving Nannan. As a mysterious figure emerged from the mire and called Su Mu the legendary River Warden, the story left their identity and intentions unknown.

• Su Mu found a massive iron chain hooked to Nannan’s boat, and Nannan explained that a black swamp had trapped her and Little Killer Whale while Seventh Brother helped her escape.
• Su Mu let the chain drag his boat through the rapids and whirlpools toward the swamp, where he sensed Little Killer Whale growing weak.
• Su Mu found Little Killer Whale stranded and covered in giant ants, vaporized the attackers, and spent Favor Points to heal its injuries.
• A figure crawled out of the swamp holding the chain and addressed Su Mu as the legendary River Warden.

Dragon Lord revealed that he had engineered the trouble on the River of Time to draw out Su Mu, whom he intended to defeat and kill so he could seize and refine the river. Su Mu challenged him to attack, and Dragon Lord’s blows rebounded without harming him; the chapter ended with Su Mu catching Dragon Lord’s strongest saber strike barehanded.

• Dragon Lord emerged from the swamp and revealed his history, his desire to refine the River of Time, and his plans to lure out Su Mu.
• Dragon Lord told Su Mu that he had come to challenge and kill him, then seize control of the River of Time.
• Su Mu invited Dragon Lord to attack, and Dragon Lord’s first punch rebounded and injured him.
• Dragon Lord struck again, but the blow rebounded before reaching Su Mu and left Dragon Lord bleeding.
• Dragon Lord burned his Essence Blood and attacked with an enormous black saber, but Su Mu caught it with one hand and asked if that was all his strength.

Su Mu defeated and killed Dragon Lord after revealing the vast gulf between Dragon Lord’s tributary and the true River of Time. He returned home with Little Killer Whale, reassured Little NanNan, and discovered a strange spirit-energy fluctuation among the treasures she had collected.

• Su Mu crushed Dragon Lord’s Natal Magic Treasure and stopped him from escaping into the swamp, but Dragon Lord’s Gu Worms briefly delayed Su Mu as he fled toward the Main River Channel.
• Dragon Lord reached the true River of Time and realized his forbidden land was only a Small Tributary; Su Mu appeared before him and destroyed his body, soul, and consciousness.
• Carnivorous fish devoured Dragon Lord’s corpse, and Little Killer Whale apologized to Su Mu for being trapped while protecting Little NanNan; Su Mu told him he had done nothing wrong.
• Su Mu returned home with Little Killer Whale, comforted the tearful Little NanNan, and watched her apologize to Seventh Brother before he cheered her up.
• Little NanNan showed Su Mu a box filled with treasures she and Uncle Green Ox had picked up, and Su Mu gave her a jade pendant and a bronze trinket.
• Su Mu sensed an unusual spirit-energy fluctuation at the bottom of the box and pushed aside the treasures to find its source.

Su Mu discovered that a green leaf could instantly heal severe wounds and stored it in his Dantian Space. Meanwhile, Oldest and Old Three discussed how to manage their eager forces ahead of the war against the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain, and Old Three offered a candidate to help.

• Su Mu tested the green leaf by cutting his arm and found it healed the wound almost instantly.
• Old Three brought Oldest memorials from subordinate domains declaring their readiness to fight in the war five hundred years later.
• Oldest warned that the subordinates were too eager to prove themselves and that weaker forces would become cannon fodder on the Main Battlefield.
• Oldest proposed letting some subordinate forces experience the war's brutality so they would understand the need to grow stronger and prepare for harder conflicts.
• Old Three agreed with Oldest's reasoning and said he knew a suitable candidate to help manage the lower realms.

Old Three brought First Brother to his birthplace, the barren Great Yan Realm, and revealed that he had tampered with the world's reincarnation to keep its dead villagers near his Uncle Qingshan. They reached Qingshan's house, where Old Three nervously announced his return.

• Old Three took First Brother to the Great Yan Realm and explained that it was his hometown.
• Old Three said that someone had helped him cultivate and led First Brother through the Ten Thousand Mountains to Li Family Village.
• The villagers welcomed Old Three as Li Da Niu, and he introduced First Brother as Wu Zhong.
• Old Three revealed that the villagers had died long ago and that he had altered the world's reincarnation to keep their souls there for Uncle Qingshan.
• Old Three and First Brother went to Qingshan's house, and Qingshan invited them inside.

Wu Zhong and Old Three visited Li Qingshan and his blind granddaughter, Li Dong'er, and discovered that both were living mortals who had endured for epochs without cultivation. Li Qingshan refused to leave, asked Old Three to take Li Dong'er and release the villagers’ souls, and told Wu Zhong that Li Dong'er might be the person he sought.

• Old Three introduced Wu Zhong to the blind Li Qingshan, who welcomed them into his home beneath the loquat tree.
• Li Dong'er came out to greet Old Three and prepared tea, while Wu Zhong discovered that she was alive and had an ancient soul despite her youthful appearance.
• Li Qingshan asked Old Three to take Li Dong'er away, but said his own lifespan was nearly over and could not be extended.
• Li Qingshan asked Old Three to let the souls of the villagers return, and Old Three agreed to accompany him through his final days.
• Li Qingshan told Wu Zhong that Li Dong'er might be the person he was looking for.

Old Three explained to Oldest that Li Qingshan and Dong'er belonged to the Wisdom God Race, whose members could not be killed but had fixed lifespans. He left Oldest wondering whether Old Three was also part of the race.

• Old Three identified the Wisdom God Race as one of the Ten Immortal God Races and explained its members' extraordinary insight and inability to cultivate.
• Old Three told Oldest that Wisdom God Race members were physically blind but could see the world in their own way and could repeatedly return after dying.
• Old Three recalled Li Qingshan dying to bandits while saving travelers, then appearing unharmed at home when Old Three returned.
• Old Three explained that Wisdom God Race members could die and revive throughout their fixed lifespans, but could not avoid death when those lifespans ended.
• Oldest asked Old Three whether he was also a member of the Wisdom God Race.

Old Three and Oldest learned more about Li Qingshan’s past and spent three days with him in Li Family Village. Li Qingshan sent Old Three and Li Dong'er away with a letter for anyone who came seeking her, and the village’s villagers were freed from their cycle of reincarnation.

• Old Three explained that Li Qingshan was an outsider who had helped him begin cultivating, though he did not know his own origins because he had been an abandoned orphan.
• After three days, Li Qingshan told Oldest and Old Three to leave, saying he wanted to spend his remaining time alone and praising Oldest as a good First Brother.
• Li Qingshan entrusted Li Dong'er to Old Three and gave him a letter to deliver if someone came looking for her, telling them not to interfere with his decision.
• Old Three knelt to thank Li Qingshan, then took Li Dong'er and flew away; Oldest bowed and followed.
• Before leaving the world, Old Three lifted the villagers’ cycle of reincarnation, freeing them to age, fall ill, and die, and Li Family Village ceased to exist.

Oldest appointed Li Dong'er Supreme Commander of the coming Domain Conquest War after recognizing her extraordinary strategic abilities. After Li Dong'er instantly absorbed hundreds of thousands of military records, Oldest ordered every participating soldier to submit detailed personal information for her to study.

• Oldest gave Li Dong'er the Tiger Seal and made her Grand Marshal and Supreme Commander for the Domain Conquest War.
• Li Dong'er accepted the appointment and instantly read and memorized hundreds of thousands of military scrolls without opening them.
• Li Dong'er asked Old Three to compile detailed records on every soldier, including their names, traits, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Old Three told Oldest about Li Dong'er's request, and Oldest ordered all participating forces to collect detailed information on every soldier.