Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yun received a Reincarnation Realm Leaf from Lord Du through a masked commander, clearing her remaining debt and allowing her to reincarnate. Meanwhile, powerful visitors speculated about Su Mu’s identity as he met with Du Ziren and asked him for a favor.

• A masked commander brought Jiang Yun to the Sin Tower and gave her a Reincarnation Realm Leaf on Lord Du’s orders.
• Jiang Yun realized the leaf released her from the 130,000 years of lifespan she still owed and resolved to remember Su Mu and Nannan’s kindness.
• Powerful figures waiting outside Du Ziren’s residence wondered who Su Mu was after seeing Du Ziren treat him with unusual respect.
• Du Ziren praised Nannan as an exceptional Heaven’s Chosen, while Su Mu kept her background private to protect her from his enemies.
• Su Mu declined Du Ziren’s offer of a banquet and asked him for a favor.

Su Mu asked Du Ziren to find a quiet, modest residence in the city for himself and Nannan. Du Ziren secured Divine Spring Palace from Shen Yu, who agreed because the Empress had granted Su Mu the Reincarnation Boat, and she went along to show them the palace.

• Su Mu told Du Ziren he wanted to buy a small, quiet residence where he and Nannan could stay.
• Du Ziren went to Shen Yu, the new Underworld King, to negotiate for Divine Spring Palace.
• Shen Yu refused at first, blaming Su Mu for Divine Tea’s disappearance, but Du Ziren insisted Su Mu was not at fault and revealed that the Empress had given him the Reincarnation Boat.
• Shen Yu gave Du Ziren Divine Spring Palace’s Realm Token, accepting that she had to honor the Empress’s decision, and asked how long Su Mu’s group would stay.
• Du Ziren warned Shen Yu not to act recklessly, then agreed to let her guide Su Mu and his subordinate to Divine Spring Palace.

Shen Yu showed Su Mu and Nannan the secluded Divine Spring Palace and gave Su Mu its Realm Token. Though Nannan’s resemblance to Divine Tea unsettled Shen Yu, Su Mu said they would not move there permanently, and Shen Yu took Nannan to the rooftop to ask her age.

• Du Ziren brought Shen Yu to meet Su Mu, who recognized her as the stall owner who had sold him a hairpin.
• Shen Yu saw Nannan and was struck by her resemblance to Divine Tea, then felt an immediate fondness for her.
• Shen Yu led Su Mu and Nannan to the Divine Spring Palace and showed them its healing Spring Red Tree and three floors.
• Su Mu inspected the palace, accepted its Realm Token, and promised to help Shen Yu if she needed him.
• Su Mu told Nannan they would not move in permanently, though they could visit the palace.
• Shen Yu took Nannan to the rooftop, asked her age, and murmured thoughtfully when Nannan said she would soon be nine.

Shen Yu took Nannan to explore the ancient city while Du Ziren watched over them, and their resemblance to Divine Tea stirred Shen Yu’s suspicions. Meanwhile, Su Mu crossed the Underworld River to meet the Houtu Goddess, who was waiting on the stone bridge.

• Shen Yu noticed Nannan wore the hairpin she had sold to Su Mu and wondered whether she had wrongly blamed Divine Tea.
• Su Mu asked Shen Yu to take Nannan sightseeing, then boarded the Black Boat to visit the Houtu Goddess.
• Shen Yu and Du Ziren masked themselves and escorted Nannan through the city, where Shen Yu noticed Nannan resembled Divine Tea.
• Nannan said her mother, Willow Ma, stayed home because she could not walk, and Shen Yu decided she had been overthinking the resemblance.
• Du Ziren refused to leave Nannan’s side and warned Shen Yu not to use the Underworld River to investigate her mother.
• Su Mu arrived at the stone bridge above the Underworld River and saw the figure waiting there.

Su Mu learned that the Black White Yin Yang Tree came from two strands of the five-part Innate Yin Yang Qi, and Hou Tu gave him coordinates to two more strands. Before he left, she asked to meet his daughter Nannan and warned she would enter seclusion, while Su Mu sought information about the enemies plotting against him.

• Su Mu met Hou Tu beneath the stone bridge and asked about the Black White Yin Yang Tree in his dantian.
• Hou Tu explained that the tree had evolved from two strands of Innate Yin Yang Qi and that all five strands were needed to complete it.
• Hou Tu gave Su Mu two Coordinate Stones that could identify the worlds containing two other strands, and Su Mu accepted them after promising to repay her favor.
• Hou Tu asked Su Mu to bring his daughter Nannan to meet her for a gift and said he could call on her subordinates while she entered seclusion.
• Su Mu asked Hou Tu whether she knew the identity of the people behind the floods and attacks against him, and Hou Tu fell silent.

The Houtu Goddess told Su Mu that three ancient beings stood behind the enemies he had faced and gave him clues about them. In Ancient Reincarnation City, Shen Yu bonded with Nannan, gave her a treasured bracelet, and left Du Ziren feeling compelled to find a gift of his own.

• The Houtu Goddess explained that three beings older than her had escaped the Reincarnation Law, then passed the traces she had deduced to Su Mu.
• Shen Yu took Nannan to a shop, offered to buy her accessories, and combed her hair with the wooden comb Divine Tea had given her.
• Nannan gave Shen Yu a lifelike figurine carved from Time Wood and revealed that she had made it while Shen Yu was buying Sugar-coated Haws.
• Shen Yu discovered that Nannan had reached perfected Human Immortal Realm at nine years old and gave her a Red String Bracelet with an amber-like bead.
• Du Ziren watched Shen Yu give Nannan the treasure and decided he needed to give Nannan one too.

Nannan gave Du Ziren a handmade inkstone, and he gave her a mysterious Jade Tablet in return. Su Mu arrived at the shop, and Nannan told him they had to go, leaving him confused about where they were headed.

• Shen Yu gave Nannan a Red String Bracelet and told her to wear it at all times.
• Nannan presented Du Ziren with a handmade wooden inkstone, which he recognized as being made from legendary Bodhi Wood.
• Du Ziren gave Nannan a Jade Tablet from a black Wooden Box and told her to carry it with her.
• Su Mu arrived at the shop, and Nannan ran to him while Du Ziren and Shen Yu were startled that they had not noticed his arrival.
• Nannan took Su Mu's hand and said they had to go, leaving him wondering where they were going.

Su Mu and Nannan spent another day exploring the ancient city, where Nannan bought Three Hearts Linked Locks for Su Mu, herself, and Shen Yu. Shen Yu asked Su Mu about her younger sister Divine Tea, and his relaxed response left her unsure whether he had been involved in Divine Tea’s punishment.

• Nannan insisted they return home soon, but Su Mu persuaded her to play for one more day; Du Ziren left while Shen Yu stayed with them.
• Nannan discovered Three Hearts Linked Locks, and Su Mu bought the set so they could sense one another’s auras across any distance.
• Nannan gave one lock to Su Mu and another to Shen Yu, explaining that Willow Ma did not need one and that she wanted to find Shen Yu when she visited.
• While Nannan played in a rocking wooden boat, Shen Yu asked Su Mu whether he remembered Divine Tea and revealed that she was her younger sister.
• Su Mu responded casually and said he had recognized a resemblance, leaving Shen Yu uncertain whether Divine Tea’s reincarnation punishment had been his doing.

Shen Yu questioned Su Mu about Divine Tea and learned that he did not know why she had been sent away; she then asked him to give his promised favor to Divine Tea instead. Shen Yu praised Nannan’s extraordinary talent, and the chapter ended as Shen Yu began to say, “If...”

• Su Mu asked Shen Yu where Divine Tea was, and Shen Yu said Divine Tea had gone on a mission to a very distant place.
• Shen Yu asked whether Divine Tea could succeed and return safely, and Su Mu said he believed she could.
• Su Mu offered Shen Yu a favor in return for the gift she gave Nannan, and Shen Yu asked him to owe that favor to Divine Tea instead.
• Shen Yu said Nannan had the greatest talent she had ever seen and would surely surpass her.
• Su Mu said he would rather Nannan live as an ordinary child, though he understood that reaching the highest cultivation realm might be necessary to protect his family.
• Shen Yu looked at Su Mu and began, “If...”

Shen Yu worried that Nannan could become Su Mu’s Achilles’ heel and resolved to protect her from the enemies threatening the Reincarnation Realm. Su Mu took Nannan to meet the Houtu Goddess, whose reaction to the child was strikingly intense.

• Shen Yu reflected on the danger Su Mu’s attachment to Nannan could pose to the myriad worlds and decided to keep Nannan safe and hidden from their enemies.
• Su Mu and Shen Yu spent the day showing Nannan around the ancient city, and Shen Yu offered to take Nannan around again if she returned.
• Su Mu summoned the Black Boat and took Nannan across the Black River to meet the Houtu Goddess before going home.
• Su Mu introduced the Houtu Goddess as the highest-ranking person in the ancient city, and he and Nannan climbed the stone bridge to meet her.
• Nannan was stunned by the Houtu Goddess’s appearance, and the Houtu Goddess fixed her gaze on Nannan and asked her name.

The Houtu Goddess guided Nannan in planting a shoot made from her hair beside the Reincarnation Stone Tablet, and the tablet gained a mark that extended the myriad worlds’ lifespan by an epoch. She urged Su Mu to move forward without letting Nannan become his weakness, while he remained wary of the danger surrounding her.

• Su Mu introduced Nannan to the Houtu Goddess, and Nannan shyly greeted her as Empress.
• The Houtu Goddess transformed a strand of Nannan’s hair into a shoot and led her to plant it beside the stone tablet.
• The Houtu Goddess supplied Underworld River silt and water, and Nannan planted and tended the shoot.
• The Reincarnation Stone Tablet gained a twelfth mark, extending the lifespan of the myriad worlds by an epoch.
• Su Mu sensed a beneficial connection between Nannan and the shoot, then asked the Houtu Goddess why she had planted it.
• The Houtu Goddess told Su Mu to move forward without misgivings, warning that an achilles’ heel would lead to failure; she said she had none and could not have one.

Hou Tu prepared to enter seclusion and entrusted Su Mu with the Reincarnation Realm’s authority, warning Shen Yu to trust and follow him. After Su Mu and Nannan left, Hou Tu asked Shen Yu for a favor concerning Nannan.

• Hou Tu explained that the lamp she left for Nannan was meant to protect Su Mu and the myriad realms, and that she would keep its purpose secret to avoid affecting karma.
• Nannan told Hou Tu that she seemed lonely, and Hou Tu announced she would enter seclusion before Su Mu took Nannan home by Black Boat.
• Hou Tu summoned Shen Yu and ordered her to prioritize Su Mu, follow his orders, and give him authority over the Underworld River if he requested it.
• Hou Tu asked Shen Yu whether she had met Nannan, then earnestly requested her help.

Houtu Goddess asked Shen Yu to protect Nannan during her seclusion and instructed everyone to follow Su Mu’s arrangements. Back on the River of Time, Su Mu reunited with Li Qi Ye, who asked for help finding his runaway Spirit Pet, and Su Mu recognized something familiar in its wool.

• Houtu Goddess told Shen Yu to protect Nannan if danger arose and refused to explain Nannan’s origins.
• Houtu Goddess ordered Shen Yu and the others to obey Su Mu while she entered seclusion.
• Su Mu returned home by boat and sent Nannan ashore after spotting someone waiting near the riverbank.
• Su Mu recognized Li Qi Ye, who asked permission to search the River of Time for his lost Spirit Pet.
• Li Qi Ye showed Su Mu seven strands of wool, and Su Mu noticed that its aura seemed familiar.

Su Mu traced Li Qi Ye’s lost Spirit Pet to his Backyard, then returned home to search among his Spirit Beasts while warning Nannan to stay safe. The search came up empty, and the Groundhog discovered that A Fei was missing.

• Su Mu identified Li Qi Ye’s lost Spirit Pet’s aura in his Backyard and told Li Qi Ye he had found it.
• Li Qi Ye offered to help catch the beast, but Su Mu left him behind and returned home.
• Su Mu told Nannan they would move to a larger, livelier world and instructed her to stay home until then.
• Su Mu gathered the Backyard’s eight hundred and fifty Spirit Beasts, but none of the thirty sheep matched the wool.
• The Five Little Ones checked their subordinates and reported that A Fei was missing.

Su Mu and the Five Little Ones discovered that A Fei had fled through a burrow, and Su Mu pursued and captured the elusive Spirit Pet. When the golden light faded, Su Mu and the Five Little Ones were stunned by what they saw.

• Su Mu decided to honor his promise to Li Qi Ye and hand over A Fei rather than keep the valuable Spirit Pet for himself.
• The Five Little Ones searched the medicinal garden, found A Fei's wool beside a burrow, and reported that it had escaped.
• Su Mu traced A Fei racing through the burrow toward the Long River and pursued it with his Void Hand.
• A Fei escaped Su Mu's first grabs using its speed and a teleportation gate, but Su Mu bound it with golden runes and pulled it from the burrow.
• Su Mu and the Five Little Ones froze when the golden light around A Fei dispersed.

A Fei revealed that it had fled because Li Qi Ye’s return threatened to erase its consciousness and absorb it into their symbiotic relationship. Su Mu heard A Fei’s secret and told it to come with him, leaving A Fei believing he would hand it over.

• Su Mu questioned A Fei about repeatedly trying to escape, and A Fei admitted it had fled to hide from a creditor.
• A Fei revealed that the creditor was Li Qi Ye, whom Su Mu identified as his friend and A Fei’s former master.
• Su Mu asked why A Fei feared Li Qi Ye, and A Fei explained that Li Qi Ye was incomplete without it and would erase its independent consciousness if he possessed it.
• Su Mu decided to take A Fei with him, and A Fei lowered its head, believing Su Mu intended to hand it over to Li Qi Ye.

Li Qi Ye came to retrieve Little Sheep A Fei, but Su Mu refused to hand it over after learning that A Fei had become his helper and that returning to Li Qi Ye would mean its disappearance. A Fei ultimately chose to go with Li Qi Ye and transformed into a pure white sapling, leaving both men stunned.

• Li Qi Ye attacked Little Sheep A Fei with a net of Law Seals, but Su Mu shattered it and explained how A Fei had come to live and work with him.
• Li Qi Ye realized A Fei had become Su Mu’s subordinate and accepted that it was now Su Mu’s opportunity and fate to keep it.
• Li Qi Ye prepared to leave, while Su Mu accepted that protecting A Fei might make him an enemy of Li Qi Ye.
• A Fei thanked Su Mu and chose to stop hiding, then walked toward Li Qi Ye despite Su Mu’s confusion.
• Little Sheep A Fei transformed into a pure white sapling with three leaves, one bearing a faint seven-colored sheen.

Li Qi Ye separated A Fei’s consciousness from its true body and gave it to Su Mu, choosing to remain incomplete rather than erase A Fei’s thoughts. He said A Fei could only gain an individual life by being sent into reincarnation by The Arbiter of Reincarnation Rules, leaving Su Mu as his hope of reaching her.

• A Fei willingly offered to merge with Li Qi Ye so he could become whole and help his master, despite its own attachment to life.
• Li Qi Ye plucked the Seven-Colored Leaf from the sapling, separating A Fei’s consciousness from his true body.
• Li Qi Ye handed the Seven-Colored Leaf to Su Mu and explained that preserving A Fei’s thoughts would leave him incomplete.
• Li Qi Ye told Su Mu that only The Arbiter of Reincarnation Rules could send A Fei into reincarnation and give it a life of its own.

After Li Qi Ye chose to ally with Su Mu, the two agreed to be friends, and Li Qi Ye left to refine the sapling. Su Mu reassured the Five Little Ones that A Fei would return, while they began wondering who could replace it.

• Su Mu accepted the Seven-Colored Leaf and stored the two-leaf sapling in his dantian.
• Li Qi Ye offered to work by Su Mu’s side, and Su Mu accepted him as a friend; Li Qi Ye gave him a jade pendant for contacting him.
• Li Qi Ye departed to refine the sapling and strengthen himself.
• Su Mu told the worried Five Little Ones that A Fei had left temporarily and promised it would come back.
• Old Two, the Little Brown Bear, said he had thought of someone who might replace A Fei.

The Five Little Ones debated whether the Iron-Eating Beast could replace A Fei and heard how it had kept pace with A Fei and detected a buried Boundary Nether Fruit. They decided to ask the Iron-Eating Beast what it thought, and Little Owl ended up chosen to speak to it.

• Little Brown Bear argued that the Iron-Eating Beast might replace A Fei and recounted how it had matched A Fei's full speed while following him across Long River.
• Little Brown Bear said the Iron-Eating Beast had detected a buried Boundary Nether Fruit seed that A Fei had missed, leading them to discover the medicine garden's only Boundary Nether Tree.
• Groundhog scolded Little Owl for calling the Iron-Eating Beast lazy and suggested they ask it before troubling Master.
• The Five Little Ones went to the Front Yard, where the Iron-Eating Beast slept in its stone form by the gate, and passed the task of speaking to it around until Little Owl was chosen.