Chapter Summaries

Su Mu fought Gu Chensha to protect Nannan, but discovered that Gu could return after being killed repeatedly. Gu revealed that the outcome had already been decided because the only person capable of killing him was under his control.

• Su Mu offered to abandon the River of Time in exchange for Nannan's safety, but Gu Chensha demanded the method for controlling it.
• When negotiations failed, Su Mu attacked Gu Chensha with a Chaos Sword and annihilated his body and soul, but Gu reappeared unharmed.
• Su Mu found Gu Chensha's avatars throughout the River of Time and in his Sea of Consciousness, then destroyed them all, yet Gu returned again.
• Gu Chensha emerged from the sea of flowers and told Su Mu that the war was already decided because the only variable capable of killing him was under his control.
• Su Mu asked Gu Chensha what he meant, troubled by a terrible premonition.

Nannan sacrificed herself and transferred the complete memories of the heavens to Su Mu, allowing him to defeat Gu Chensha completely. As Dong'er reached the Origin of Birth with Old Two’s help, Su Mu’s companions stayed behind, waiting for her to return with news of the battle.

• Nannan merged into petals and forced the complete memories of the heavens into Su Mu’s Sea of Consciousness, bringing his affinity to one hundred percent.
• Gu Chensha acknowledged Su Mu’s victory and asked what he had seen, but Su Mu declared him unqualified and erased every version of him across the Myriad Realms.
• Dong’er and Su Mu’s injured companions were surrounded by ferocious beings in the River of Time until their enemies suddenly perished.
• Old Two appeared and escorted Dong’er through the final stretch to the Origin of Birth while the others remained behind to await her return.
• Dong’er stepped onto the Origin of Birth as Old Two told her to learn the battle’s result and bring it back.

After defeating Gu Chensha and becoming the Supreme, Su Mu grieved for Nannan, who had sacrificed herself and vanished. Dong'er helped him find and bury Nannan’s broken Plum Blossom Hairpin, and he left the Origin of Birth to reunite with his children.

• Dong'er found Su Mu sobbing in the Origin of Birth after his victory, and waited nearby without disturbing him.
• Su Mu regained focus and searched the Origin of Birth with Dong'er for the broken Plum Blossom Hairpin.
• Su Mu buried the hairpin beneath a small mound, and Dong'er placed a Flower of the Other Shore there.
• The mound and flower reminded Su Mu of the same scene he had once seen at the end of the River of Time, and he realized Nannan’s death had been sealed in his future.
• Su Mu asked Dong'er about the others, then left with her to see his children waiting at the far shore.
• Su Mu emerged from the mist and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces gathered there.

After defeating Gu Chensha, Su Mu reunited with his wounded disciples at the Origin of Birth, but Nannan was missing and her memories had been erased. He searched the River of Time for her until Little Fox reminded him that Nannan was his daughter, leaving Su Mu suddenly struck by the revelation.

• Su Mu welcomed Wu Zhong, Little Kong Yao, Old Three, Jin Yao, and the other disciples to the Origin of Birth and comforted them after their battle.
• Jin Yao asked where Nannan was, and Su Mu said he would find her himself while the disciples blamed themselves for failing to protect her.
• Su Mu gave the disciples tokens made from Time Water and sent them to calm the turmoil across the heavens, while he stayed behind with Dong'er and Little Fox.
• Su Mu sat beside Nannan's grave, then walked the River of Time searching for her, but found that every trace of her had vanished.
• After Su Mu admitted he still could not find Nannan, Little Fox reminded him that she was his daughter, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Su Mu learned that Nannan was his biological daughter with Divine Tea, who had entered reincarnation after severing her Dao Fruit, and that Nannan had planted the Mother Tree of Reincarnation. Houtu revealed that Nannan had experienced all time and space in the Myriad Realms to meet Su Mu, then pointed him toward Xiao Bai, whose memory began to unfold.

• Su Mu summoned Houtu Goddess from the Reincarnation Realm and learned that Nannan was his and Divine Tea’s daughter.
• Houtu told Su Mu that Divine Tea had entered reincarnation, but she could not explain why Su Mu had found no trace of her.
• Houtu revealed that Nannan had planted the Mother Tree of Reincarnation, whose leaves held the Myriad Realms’ reincarnation memories.
• Houtu explained that Nannan had experienced every past and future in all space-time so she could meet Su Mu and be picked up by him.
• Houtu pointed Su Mu toward Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bai sent a distant memory into his mind.