Chapter Summaries

Su Mu agreed to let a seventeen-year-old named Gui cross the river within six months and received a strange Stone Blade from the old man. After Nannan found something wrong in the vegetable garden, she hurried to tell Su Mu, who suspected the seed he had planted.

• An old man gave Su Mu a Wooden Box and asked him to let Gui cross the river in about three months; Su Mu agreed.
• Su Mu examined the new Fishing Rod and discovered that the Stone Blade inside the box could shatter a defensive artifact.
• Nannan rode the green ox along the river, recording unusual things without interfering, as Su Mu had instructed.
• Nannan found something wrong in the vegetable garden and waited anxiously for Su Mu to return.
• Nannan told Su Mu about the garden, and he rushed to the backyard, fearing something had happened to the seed he planted.

Su Mu discovered that the tree he had planted had grown into a Spiritual Energy-rich tree bearing fruits filled with Law Power, and Nannan identified it from an ancient book as resembling a Bodhi Tree. The story then shifted to Ye Qingran, the Dao Ancient Divine Sect’s powerful sect master, as she stood by a wooden boat and reflected on the time that had passed.

• Su Mu found the seed he had planted grown into a towering tree with exactly three thousand tendrils and unripe fruits containing abundant Spiritual Energy and Law Power.
• Su Mu watered the tree with river water and examined its unusual features.
• Nannan said she had seen the tree in a dream and remembered its fruits as multicolored and delicious.
• Nannan found an illustration in an ancient book, leading Su Mu to wonder whether the tree was a variety of Bodhi Tree.
• At Qingran Immortal Palace, Ye Qingran stood beneath the moonlight beside a wooden boat and reflected on how much time had passed.

After finding a second piece of Time Wood, Bai Yuechan persuaded Ye Qingran to take her along on the journey to the Upper Realm. The two prepared to set out across the River of Time, where they were destined to meet the Dao Ancient Divine Sect’s ancestor.

• Ye Qingran told Bai Yuechan she was leaving and warned that the sect and her disciples would face danger without her protection.
• Bai Yuechan asked to leave with Ye Qingran, but Ye Qingran explained that the Time Wood could carry only one person and that Bai Yuechan was not yet strong enough to travel alone.
• Bai Yuechan revealed that she had found a piece of Time Wood, which Ye Qingran had asked her to search for twenty years earlier.
• Ye Qingran turned the wood into a small boat and explained that it could carry them across the River of Time to the Upper Realm.
• Ye Qingran told Bai Yuechan that the founding Grandmaster had said their ancestor awaited them on the River of Time and instructed her to remain reverent when they met him.
• When Bai Yuechan asked when they would leave, Ye Qingran answered that they would leave immediately.

Ye Qingran took Bai Yuechan to the River of Time to meet the Dao Ancient Divine Sect’s Ancestor. They found Su Mu, who was bewildered when Ye Qingran and Bai Yuechan addressed him as their Ancestor.

• Ye Qingran told Bai Yuechan they would leave immediately, explaining that she had kept her departure secret to preserve the sect’s deterrence and had left an inheritance in its Ancestral Land.
• Ye Qingran carried Bai Yuechan through Space Turbulence and, guided by the Time Wood, found the River of Time.
• Ye Qingran and Bai Yuechan drifted along the river until a man approached and the water stopped beneath their boat.
• Ye Qingran introduced herself as the Dao Ancient Divine Sect’s fortieth-generation Sect Leader and paid respects to the Ancestor, while Bai Yuechan followed her example.
• Su Mu told the two women to rise and asked why they were calling him Ancestor.

Su Mu learned that Ye Qingran and Bai Yuechan belonged to a sect founded by one of the travelers he had once helped cross the River of Time. After accepting their fee, he sent them off with Little Black to seek a broader world, while Little Black chose a destination for them.

• Ye Qingran explained that her Grandmaster had called Su Mu the Dao Ancient Divine Sect's ancestor and instructed them to pay the River Crossing Fee.
• Su Mu accepted two Space Rings from Ye Qingran and recalled giving a ride to four powerful travelers, including a skeleton.
• Ye Qingran said she wanted to travel to a broader world, and Su Mu agreed to help her and Bai Yuechan.
• Su Mu summoned Little Black and told it to take the two women somewhere better along the river.
• Ye Qingran asked to visit Su Mu again, and he agreed as long as they did not stay permanently.
• Little Black carried Ye Qingran and Bai Yuechan away and thought of a world suited to them.

Su Mu rewarded Little Black Dragon with 8,000 Favor Points for its years of loyalty and care, then received 40,000 River Favor Points from the system. He took a day off to fish in a secluded new spot, where a powerful fish finally took the bait.

• Su Mu praised Little Black Dragon for looking after its siblings and spent 8,000 Favor Points to strengthen it.
• Little Black Dragon resolved to grow stronger and went to reinforce Old Three in a battle for an Immortal Domain realm.
• The system awarded Su Mu 40,000 River Favor Points for maintaining order on the river, bringing his total to 125,000.
• Su Mu traveled to a secluded stretch of water, found a broken stone bridge, and began fishing with his homemade bait.
• After an hour without a bite, Su Mu's Fishing Rod bent sharply as a powerful fish pulled on the line.

Su Mu struggled to reel in a powerful fish while three rulers of the Azure Ancient Immortal Domain fought over a golden light that led to another world. After sealing the Tai He Xu Domain and battling for years, the three were pulled upward together, while other powerful experts waited outside.

• Su Mu fought to keep his Fishing Rod from snapping as the hooked fish nearly dragged him into the river.
• Old Daoist Gu Xi, the Blood Venerable, and Li Changxiao agreed to seal the Tai He Xu Domain before continuing their fight over the golden ball of light.
• Li Changxiao formed a barrier around the Tai He Xu Domain with the other two rulers' power.
• After several more years of battle, Li Changxiao seized the golden ball, but Gu Xi and the Blood Venerable grabbed it too.
• The golden light pulled all three rulers through the void toward another world as they hoped to ascend together.
• Powerful experts outside the Tai He Xu Domain continued waiting for a chance to seize the opportunity.

Su Mu caught three rare top-grade treasure fish, returned home to enjoy the meal Nannan had cooked, and released the fish into his Water Cellar. Meanwhile, Li Changxiao woke in a strange world after ascending and wondered whether he had reached the Divine Realm.

• Su Mu caught a Blood-Passing Fish, a powerful black treasure fish, and a Sword-Snout Fish on one hook, then carried them home.
• Nannan served Su Mu several dishes she had cooked herself, and he praised her cooking after tasting it.
• Su Mu found the three fish still alive and released them into his Water Cellar to keep them.
• Li Changxiao woke in a new world with muddled memories of a Void Hand and a towering figure, then wondered if he was in the Divine Realm.

Li Changxiao explored the immense God Realm after ascending and searched for a place to settle. After a week, he found Remnant Valley Village, but its barrier blocked him until a white-haired man judged his strength and allowed him inside.

• Li Changxiao released his Divine Sense, realized the God Realm was vastly larger than the Azure Ancient Immortal Domain, and sensed many powerful beings.
• Li Changxiao decided to keep a low profile and searched for a village or sect, wondering whether Blood Venerable and Old Daoist Gu Xi had ascended too.
• After walking for nearly a week, Li Changxiao found Remnant Valley Village but was repelled by its powerful barrier when he tried to enter.
• A white-haired middle-aged man called Li Changxiao trash and ordered him to leave, leaving him stunned.
• Li Changxiao calmly explained that he had just arrived, and the white-haired man removed the barrier and allowed him into the village.

After settling in Remnant Valley Village, Li Changxiao learned that his guide, Bai Qiu, had ascended from the powerful Grand Grief Immortal Domain and that a former resident came from the legendary Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain. As Li Changxiao began studying the God Realm’s history, he was shocked to find its oldest recorded events dated back only twenty thousand years.

• Bai Qiu warned Li Changxiao that the world was dangerous and told him to live in an empty wooden house in Remnant Valley Village.
• Bai Qiu revealed that he had ascended from the Grand Grief Immortal Domain, while Li Changxiao said he came from the Azure Ancient Immortal Domain.
• Bai Qiu told Li Changxiao that the wooden house had once belonged to a senior from the Ancient Desolate Immortal Domain, then urged him to cultivate safely in the village.
• Li Changxiao settled into the house and discovered nine moons in the night sky.
• Li Changxiao read a history book and was astonished that the God Realm’s oldest recorded history began only twenty thousand years ago.

Li Changxiao discovered that powerful figures had mysteriously vanished throughout Taihong’s history and found Chen Zhian’s diary, which ended abruptly on the day he disappeared. After Li Changxiao told Bai Qiu about the diary and questioned him, Bai Qiu reacted furiously and warned him away from the subject.

• Li Changxiao read a chronicle of historical disappearances and wondered if they explained Bai Qiu’s warning not to leave the village.
• Li Changxiao found Chen Zhian’s diary and learned that the Human Sect elder had retreated to Remnant Valley Village after being ambushed.
• Li Changxiao read Chen Zhian’s unfinished entry from the day something strange happened, then spent the night unable to calm himself.
• Li Changxiao asked Bai Qiu about Chen Zhian’s disappearance, and Bai Qiu confirmed it had happened thirty years earlier.
• Li Changxiao recounted the diary’s contents, but Bai Qiu told him not to investigate disappearances and to focus on cultivating.
• Li Changxiao pressed Bai Qiu about the mystery, and Bai Qiu shouted his name in anger.

Bai Qiu warned Li Changxiao that probing the forbidden karmic mystery could draw the attention of a powerful being, then urged him to cultivate quietly before venturing out. Meanwhile, Su Mu advanced to the Earth Immortal Completion Stage and sensed a plea for help from the river, leaving him rushing toward it.

• Bai Qiu angrily warned Li Changxiao that people who became entangled in karma could vanish without explanation.
• Bai Qiu calmed down, advised Li Changxiao to learn about the Taihong God Realm and keep a low profile, and praised his cultivation talent.
• Li Changxiao thanked Bai Qiu and returned to his wooden hut, intending to cultivate before leaving the village someday.
• Su Mu meditated through the night and broke through two minor realms, reaching the Earth Immortal Completion Stage.
• The next day, Su Mu sensed a spiritual plea for help from the river channel and rushed toward it.

A Golden Armor Majestic Man attacked a Boundary Ray Beast and captured a red crab, discovering that both creatures shared a master and refusing to accept their loyalty to that master. As he prepared to strike the Boundary Ray Beast, a water curtain intervened and a mysterious figure appeared before him.

• The Golden Armor Majestic Man captured and injured a red crab, then severed the tentacles of a Boundary Ray Beast that tried to rescue it.
• The Golden Armor Majestic Man realized the Boundary Ray Beast and the red crab shared a master, and tried to persuade the beast to serve him instead.
• The Boundary Ray Beast refused to submit, and the Golden Armor Majestic Man recalled that the Stone Yue Beast in his grasp had also resisted torture and threats.
• The Golden Armor Majestic Man overpowered the Boundary Ray Beast and raised his spear to attack it, but a curtain of water blocked the blow.
• A figure appeared before the Golden Armor Majestic Man as the water curtain fell.

Su Mu confronted An Nan after finding his Spirit Beasts gravely injured and learned that An Nan had attacked them for trespassing. Su Mu challenged An Nan over his treatment of Little Five, and their battle began with An Nan thrusting his spear at Su Mu.

• Su Mu arrived and drew the dying Boundary Ray Beast into his sleeve while identifying An Nan as the one who had injured it and the Stone Yue Beast.
• Su Mu asked An Nan's name and learned that he was called An Nan.
• An Nan said Little Five had trespassed into his territory and that he had suppressed the crab for that reason.
• Su Mu confirmed Little Five had committed no other offense, then summoned his Dharma Idol Divine Elephant and confronted An Nan for harming his beast.
• An Nan stomped Little Five beneath his foot, raised his shield and spear, and attacked Su Mu by thrusting at his throat.

Su Mu fought An Nan in the River of Time and broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm during their battle. After Su Mu shattered An Nan’s spear and shield, An Nan tried to flee, but Su Mu used his Water Control Mystical Power to still the river’s waters.

• An Nan attacked Su Mu with his Golden Spear, but Su Mu evaded the strike with the Saint Abyss Art and countered from behind.
• An Nan struck at Su Mu repeatedly, while Su Mu used the Saint Abyss Nine Forms to evade and gained insight into the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Su Mu broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm and began forcing An Nan back as the Time Mist spread across the river.
• Su Mu used a Silver Dagger to shatter An Nan’s Golden Spear and Undying Shield, prompting An Nan to flee toward the end of the river channel.
• Su Mu activated his Water Control Mystical Power, causing the waters around An Nan to fall still as An Nan looked back in alarm.

Su Mu defeated An Nan and rescued Kong Yao and Little Five from the River of Time. After healing them, he reunited with the five beasts, who presented him with a special gift.

• An Nan burned half his Essence Blood to flee, but Su Mu pierced him with Water Spears and left him kneeling, unable to use his remaining trump cards.
• Su Mu drew Little Five into his sleeve, and An Nan laughed maniacally before falling into the river, where fish devoured his body.
• Su Mu released the gravely wounded Kong Yao and Little Five, and Oldest Little Black Dragon, Old Three Golden Python, and Little Four Koi arrived, saying they had come too late.
• Su Mu spent 5,000 Favor Points to heal Kong Yao and Little Five, then reassured the five beasts that their injuries mattered to him.
• Oldest Little Black Dragon and Old Three Golden Python showed Su Mu a special gift after he asked how they had been injured.

Su Mu spent Favor Points to raise his River Affinity and drew the complete Nine Secrets, a powerful cultivation art with nine distinct techniques. He began studying it on the Amber Prayer Mat, then found himself in an unfamiliar world high in the sky.

• Oldest and Old Three gave Su Mu an Amber Prayer Mat, and he healed their injuries before warning the five beasts to prioritize staying alive.
• Su Mu spent 100,000 Favor Points to raise his River Affinity from 6% to 7%.
• Su Mu wasted several hundred Favor Points on unsuccessful lottery draws before winning the complete Nine Secrets in the Golden Lottery.
• Su Mu studied the Nine Secrets and learned about its nine arts, including techniques for combat, healing, movement, prediction, and mental cultivation.
• Su Mu sat on the Amber Prayer Mat to cultivate the Nine Secrets and found himself high in the sky in an unfamiliar place.

While cultivating on a mysterious meditation cushion, Su Mu entered a vivid vision of an immortal domain and rapidly advanced the Dou Character Secret. In the Grand Grief Immortal Domain, an Old Ancestor warned the White-Robed Woman that invaders had infiltrated the domain and began a dangerous deduction to reveal their mastermind.

• Su Mu absorbed peculiar energy from the meditation cushion and reached the beginner stage of the Dou Character Secret within hours.
• The Old Ancestor questioned the White-Robed Woman about the deaths of the cultivators from Fallen Emblem Mountain and Evergreen Immortal Sect and the battle beyond the domain.
• The Old Ancestor revealed that the Black-Clothed Man and black dragon had sent avatars to fight them while their true bodies infiltrated Grand Grief and tampered with its laws.
• The Old Ancestor warned that the invaders intended to rule Grand Grief and told the White-Robed Woman to remember what followed.
• The Old Ancestor burned half his Essence Blood to activate the Bronze Mirror and began deducing the mastermind's true body.

The Bai Clan Old Ancestor’s attempt to divine the enemy shattered the Heavenly Lun Mirror and left him near death. He ordered Bai Qiuluo to hide the disaster and secretly prepare to evacuate a select group of the clan before his death.

• The Heavenly Lun Mirror showed only the outline of a figure with a Long River behind them before it shattered, and the Old Ancestor suffered a grave backlash.
• The Old Ancestor warned Bai Qiuluo that the enemy was beyond their ability to oppose and told her to leave Grand Grief.
• Bai Qiuluo proposed informing the Immortal Domain, but the Old Ancestor said other factions would not believe her and might attack the Bai Clan.
• The Old Ancestor revealed that he had only a hundred years left and ordered Bai Qiuluo to conceal the mirror’s destruction and carry out a secret Seed Plan.
• The Old Ancestor gave Bai Qiuluo an item, and she was shocked to see what it was.

Bai Qiuluo learned that the World Opening Boat was the Bai Family’s only hope of escaping the coming catastrophe, while Su Mu advanced his Nine Secrets cultivation and earned Favor Points. The chapter ended with Su Mu hearing a voice across the river and rushing toward what he hoped would be a profitable encounter.

• The old man explained that he had kept the World Opening Boat after foreseeing a catastrophe and ordered Bai Qiuluo to prepare the clan’s geniuses to escape after his death.
• Bai Qiuluo sealed away the World Opening Boat and was told to leave Grand Grief without looking back when the seal lifted.
• Su Mu woke after mastering the Nine Secrets and used 2,000 River Favor Points to advance the technique to Layer 1.
• Su Mu earned Favor Points by helping fish stranded on a riverbank slope, while Nannan helped with chores and river patrols.
• Su Mu heard a magnetic voice across the river say, “Kid, stop running. You can't get away,” and hurried toward it.