Chapter Summaries

Su Mu accepted the Progenitor Dragon Horn from Butcher and agreed to help him reach Above the Heavens, where his old companions were fighting. With Old Three using a strand of one companion’s hair to find the way, Zhang Renzhong departed, while Su Mu considered what to do with the horn.

• Butcher gave Su Mu the Progenitor Dragon Horn, explaining that it could awaken the Progenitor Dragon Clan and summon a powerful force for the battle against the Anomalous Clan.
• Su Mu accepted the horn and offered to help Butcher reach Above the Heavens, but Little Black Dragon and Old Three did not know where it was.
• Butcher gave Su Mu a strand of hair carrying his old companion’s aura, and Old Three agreed to use it to find Above the Heavens.
• Su Mu lifted the Stillness over the waters, gave Butcher a healing spiritual fruit, and sent him off with Old Three and Little Black Dragon.
• Butcher revealed that his True Name was Zhang Renzhong and promised to repay Su Mu before departing.
• Su Mu looked at the Progenitor Dragon Horn and came up with a bold idea.

After reaching 10% River Affinity, Su Mu gained a wider Divine Sense and the Solidification mystical power, then upgraded his other water-control abilities and resumed patrolling to rebuild his River Favor Points. Nannan brought him a mysterious book with unreadable writing that she and Uncle Green Ox had found beneath a large rock.

• Su Mu received 70,000 River Favor Points for maintaining order on the river and raised his River Affinity to 10%.
• Su Mu's Divine Sense range expanded, and he awakened the Solidification mystical power.
• Su Mu upgraded Separation, Acceleration, Stillness, and Backflow to Level 5, then raised Solidification to Level 2 and tested it on the water.
• Su Mu patrolled diligently for several days until his River Favor Points reached 10,000.
• Nannan gave Su Mu a mysterious book that she and Uncle Green Ox had found under a large rock.

Su Mu obtained the Stone Book and found that its cultivation technique, the Nine Lifetimes Immortal King Aperture, was written in a script only Nannan could read. As Su Mu studied and attempted to cultivate the partially translated technique, he reached its final page and discovered a separate passage that seemed to be someone’s note.

• Su Mu examined the Stone Book and realized its unfamiliar writing described an exceptionally profound cultivation technique.
• Nannan read the script despite having no idea how she knew it, deepening Su Mu’s doubts about her origins.
• Nannan identified the technique as the Nine Lifetimes Immortal King Aperture and annotated the portions she recognized for Su Mu.
• Su Mu studied and attempted to cultivate the technique, deducing the untranslated passages as he worked toward breaking through to the Immortal King Realm.
• After several days, Su Mu found a passage beneath a string of ellipses on the final page that appeared to be a personal message rather than part of the technique.

Su Mu realized the Nine Great Immortal Apertures technique could offer him a path to the Immortal King Realm, but its reincarnation requirement seemed impossible while he was trapped in a river. He used the Stone Ring to begin the Heavenly Baleful Intent life and awoke in another world as the ragged Lin Mu, the last remnant of a disgraced family.

• Su Mu studied the reincarnation technique and concluded he needed to complete its first six lives before he could deduce the final three.
• Su Mu recognized that the Stone Ring’s dreams might serve as reincarnation and recited the incantation for the Heavenly Baleful Intent life.
• The Stone Ring sent Su Mu’s soul into another world and sealed away his original memories.
• Lin Mu was driven from Ling City by guards who recognized him as the last young master of the fallen Lin Family.
• Lin Mu left through the rear city gate and collapsed against the city wall, alone and confused.

Su Mu’s past as the last survivor of the Lin Family and his encounter with Princess Cheng Yang were recalled before Gu Changfeng prepared a coming-of-age ceremony for him. When Su Mu knelt to worship Heaven and Earth, the clear sky suddenly darkened.

• Su Mu remembered how the Lin Family was destroyed after he was born, and how Uncle Xiao blamed him before dying.
• Princess Cheng Yang arrived in Ling City, and Su Mu recalled that she had once been betrothed to him, but he continued on without reacting.
• A year later, the Barefoot Taoist healed Su Mu’s shattered dantian, then stopped him from completing the ceremony to become his disciple after sensing an overwhelming threat when Su Mu began to kneel.
• Gu Changfeng later let Su Mu travel with him, and on Su Mu’s eighteenth birthday he prepared a simple coming-of-age ceremony.
• Su Mu lit incense, placed it in the burner, and knelt to worship Heaven and Earth, causing the clear sky to turn dark.

When eternal night descended, State Preceptor Nan Yuan realized Wu Cheng Yang had lost a destiny-bound opportunity because her father changed her childhood name from Zhao Yang and destroyed Wu'an Kingdom’s accumulated fortune. He explained that Wu'an Kingdom might now face destruction, then asked whether Wu Cheng Yang had a betrothal contract as she recalled something her mother had once said.

• The sky turned to eternal night, and a sound like shattering metal and stone rang across the continent.
• Nan Yuan opened a sealed box, questioned Wu Cheng Yang about her true name, and learned her childhood name had been Zhao Yang before her father changed it.
• Nan Yuan collapsed in despair and told Wu Cheng Yang that her father’s actions had cost her a great opportunity and ruined Wu'an Kingdom’s fortune.
• Nan Yuan said Wu'an Night had fulfilled an ancient instruction to summon the sun, but Zhao Yang no longer existed and Wu'an Kingdom’s opportunity had likely vanished.
• Nan Yuan asked whether Wu Cheng Yang had a marriage contract, and she denied knowing of one before recalling something her mother had mentioned.

Su Mu’s coming-of-age worship failed to grant him a blessing, and Gu Changfeng gave him a body-refinement technique while puzzling over the strange signs surrounding him. Meanwhile, Nan Yuan confronted Wu Chen at the palace and accused him of destroying Wu'an Kingdom.

• Nan Yuan left the academy after Wu Cheng Yang recalled her mother’s warning about a kindness that nearly ruined her life.
• After Su Mu rose from his knees, the dark clouds cleared, and Gu Changfeng wondered why even Heaven seemed unable to bear Su Mu’s karma.
• Gu Changfeng found that Su Mu could not light the yellow incense, ended the ceremony, and gave him a renowned Body Refinement Technique.
• Nan Yuan entered the imperial palace and ordered Wu Chen to come down, prompting Wu Chen to dismiss the ministers and ask why his teacher was angry.
• Nan Yuan accused Wu Chen of destroying Wu'an Kingdom, and Wu Chen asked him to explain.

Nan Yuan warned Wu Chen that killing the Lin Family and breaking Cheng Yang’s engagement to Lin Mu had ruined Wu'an Kingdom’s prophesied future, but Wu Chen refused to restore the match. Three years later, Wu Chen found Lin Mu in Fengyang City and tried to kill him before Cheng Yang and others arrived to intervene.

• Nan Yuan told Wu Chen that Lin Mu, not Cheng Yang, was the one destined to bring glory to Wu'an Kingdom, and urged him to restore Lin Mu’s engagement to Cheng Yang.
• Wu Chen refused Nan Yuan’s request, threatened to kill Lin Mu, and Nan Yuan retired from the academy.
• Three years later, Su Mu remained unable to cultivate but had tempered his body and learned concealment; after Old Daoist Gu left, Silver Armor Guards pursued him through Fengyang City.
• Wu Chen learned his forces had failed to find Lin Mu and went to Fengyang City himself, while Nan Yuan urged Cheng Yang to stop him.
• Wu Chen found Lin Mu and began to kill him, but an angry shout and powerful pressure halted his attack.

Su Mu’s memories awakened during his reincarnation, and he revealed a power that made the continent’s greatest experts kneel before him. After returning to the Stone House, he cultivated the Heavenly Fiend Immortal Aperture through three more lifetimes, but Nannan arrived with urgent news that something had happened at home.

• Wu Cheng Yang abandoned her engagement to save Lin Mu, but Wu Chen tried to cripple him anyway.
• Su Mu’s memories and aura awakened, freezing the attack as the continent’s supreme experts knelt before him.
• Su Mu killed Wu Chen, spared Wu Cheng Yang, and bestowed opportunities upon Nan Yuan and Gu Changfeng before departing.
• Su Mu returned to the Stone House with the Heavenly Fiend Immortal Aperture formed and experienced three lifetimes cultivating Heavenly Hatred, Heavenly Darkness, and Heavenly Sorrow.
• Nannan rode the Azure Bull to Su Mu and told him that something had happened at home, prompting him to rush back.

Su Mu stopped a flood from submerging the Main River Channel by breaking open a Stone Dam and diverting the water into a low-lying reservoir. After earning a major system reward, he returned home to clean up the flood damage, where Nannan found something and called him over.

• Su Mu found his home, Willow Tree, and Vegetable Garden submerged, then used his Water Control Mystical Power to halt the flood crest temporarily.
• Su Mu found a low-lying reservoir connected to the Main River Channel by a Stone Dam and broke a thirty-meter opening through it.
• Su Mu redirected the flood into the reservoir for several hours until the Main River Channel's water level returned to normal, then rebuilt and reinforced the dam.
• The system rewarded Su Mu with 500,000 Favor Points and a Boundless Empty Bottle.
• Su Mu returned home and cleaned the flood-damaged courtyard with Nannan, who called him over to look at something she had found.

After repairing his home and discovering that the flood had improved his spirit plants, Su Mu spent his windfall raising his River Affinity and went to gather Phoebe Wood. He found an enormous Golden Phoebe Wood Tree that resisted his axe, and looked up when something rustled in its branches.

• Su Mu cleaned the flood debris from his courtyard, rescued surviving treasure fish, and spent ten thousand Favor Points healing the Willow Tree.
• Su Mu cleared the Vegetable Garden and discovered that its spirit plants had survived the flood and grown stronger, with the Bodhi Tree bearing glowing fruits.
• Su Mu counted his losses, gained five hundred thousand Favor Points from the flood, and spent them to raise his River Affinity from 10% to 15%.
• Su Mu went to chop Phoebe Wood for new furniture and fencing, then found a huge Golden Phoebe Wood Tree.
• Su Mu's Black Axe broke against the Golden Phoebe Wood Tree without leaving a mark, and he heard rustling in its branches.

Su Mu failed to cut down the Golden Phoebe Wood with his weapons, but the ten Fire Cloud Sparrows helped fell it in exchange for his promise to raise their Holy Son. After taking the tree and the egg, Su Mu left, while the Fire Cloud Sparrow leader explained that he had entrusted the egg to the man who stopped the Great Silent Extinction.

• Su Mu tried several weapons against the Golden Phoebe Wood, but they shattered or barely marked its trunk, which quickly healed.
• The Golden Crimson Fire Cloud Sparrow offered to help fell the tree if Su Mu raised one of their children, and Su Mu agreed.
• The ten Fire Cloud Sparrows pecked down the Golden Phoebe Wood, weakening themselves in the process.
• The leader retrieved a golden-red egg, and Su Mu accepted it after sensing the powerful life and pure bloodline inside.
• Su Mu stored the Golden Phoebe Wood in his Dantian Space and left with the egg as the Fire Cloud Sparrows fled.
• The Fire Cloud Sparrow leader told the others that Su Mu had stopped the Great Silent Extinction and the torrent on the River of Time.

The Fire Cloud Sparrows accepted that their clan could not return to the God Realm and put their hope in their Holy Son, who followed Su Mu. Su Mu returned to the courtyard with a bird egg for Little NanNan, who suspected something was wrong with it.

• The Clan Head explained that the Fire Cloud Sparrows had cut down the true Divine Sigh Tree, leaving their descendants in the God Realm dead or imprisoned and making it impossible for the clan to return.
• The Clan Head urged the nine Fire Cloud Sparrows to trust their Holy Son's future with Su Mu, who had stopped the Great Silent Extinction and might one day revive the clan.
• The ten injured Fire Cloud Sparrows decided to spend their remaining years in a small world and flew away from the River of Time.
• Su Mu returned to the courtyard and comforted Little NanNan as she struggled to repair the fence and lamented the lost table and chairs.
• Su Mu gave Little NanNan a bird egg and said it would become another member of their home, but Little NanNan examined it and said something seemed wrong.

Su Mu learned from Little NanNan that the Golden Crow egg was calling for help, and discovered its occupant had died ten thousand years earlier after the River of Time preserved only the illusion of life. The Golden Crow Clan had hidden its strongest Holy Son on the Divine Sigh Tree to save him, and a light rain began to fall on the egg.

• Little NanNan told Su Mu that the bird inside the egg could not be born and asked him to save it.
• Su Mu examined the egg and found that its apparent vitality concealed a death from ten thousand years ago.
• The chapter revealed that the egg held the Golden Crow Clan's Holy Son, whose bloodline threatened the powerful factions of the Great Azure God Realm.
• The Golden Crow Clan had hidden the unborn Holy Son on the true body of the Divine Sigh Tree by the River of Time, unaware that he had died upon arrival.
• The Golden Crow Clan gave the Divine Sigh Tree's true body to Su Mu, staking its own survival on his ability to revive the Holy Son.
• A light rain fell, and a raindrop landed on the eggshell as a bizarre scene began.

Su Mu discovered that the bird egg had already died, but its consciousness remained through an extraordinary desire to live. Unable to revive it with his current River Affinity, he froze it for safekeeping and turned to crafting furniture from the Golden Phoebe Wood, ending with an idea for how to use the rest.

• Su Mu found that rain and river water drained the bird egg’s vitality, so he froze it to halt the decline.
• Nannan confirmed that she had heard the egg calling for help despite its apparent death, and Su Mu resolved to save it.
• Su Mu’s system said Favor Points could not revive a being with no vitality, though he wondered whether greater River Affinity might eventually let him revive the dead.
• Su Mu stored the frozen egg in his Dantian Space and made furniture, a door, and railings from the Golden Phoebe Wood.
• Su Mu surveyed the wood still remaining and suddenly came up with an idea.

Su Mu cleared flood debris and dead fish for Favor Points before discovering a rotting Killer Whale stranded on a tributary bank. When he cut open its belly, he saw something that made him freeze.

• Su Mu crafted wooden weapons, furniture, tea ware, and a cover for the Water Cellar, then began building a Small Boat for Nannan.
• Su Mu repaired flood-damaged embankments, released surviving fish, and cleared away dead ones, earning twenty thousand Favor Points in two hours.
• Su Mu followed a worsening stench to a stranded, half-eaten Killer Whale on a tributary bank.
• Vultures, snakes, and crabs fled from the whale with scraps of its rotten flesh as Su Mu prepared to dispose of the corpse.
• Su Mu found that the whale’s corpse would not move, cut open its belly, and froze when he saw something inside.

Su Mu found the Time-Space Origin Beast, a Killer Whale, still alive despite being nailed to the ground and badly decayed, and spent 50,000 Favor Points to heal it. He contracted the grateful whale for another 5,000 Favor Points, then touched the Mystic Iron Anchor that had pinned it.

• Su Mu discovered the whale's heart was still beating and sensed its desperate plea for help.
• Su Mu spent 50,000 Favor Points to heal the Time-Space Origin Beast, restoring its body and strength.
• The whale showed its gratitude, and Su Mu asked it to follow him so it could repay the cost of its rescue.
• The whale agreed, and Su Mu spent 5,000 Favor Points to contract it, forming a spiritual bond.
• Su Mu examined and touched the Mystic Iron Anchor, then suddenly stiffened.

Su Mu discovered that the iron anchor was an extraordinary treasure, then rode Little Tiger Head downstream as its aquatic followers cleared river debris and earned Favor Points. After Su Mu repaired a collapsed Stone Dam, a thunderous sound came from the river and stopped the Killer Whale.

• Su Mu felt a strange immobilizing force when he touched the iron anchor, then stored it away as a treasure.
• Su Mu carried the Killer Whale to the Main River Channel, and it offered to take him downstream to find treasure.
• Little Tiger Head summoned black fish to clear water grass and debris, earning Su Mu one thousand Favor Points at one-tenth the usual rate.
• Little Tiger Head ordered crabs to clear small rubble near a collapsed Stone Dam, and Su Mu moved the boulders and repaired the dam himself.
• A thunderous sound came from the river, and Little Killer Whale abruptly stopped as Su Mu asked what had happened.

Su Mu discovered an ancient stone pillar in the river that resisted every attack, then accepted three treasures from Little Killer Whale’s fish subordinates. He brought the whale home to meet Nannan, who received a mysterious object it spat onto the shore.

• Su Mu investigated a massive, ancient stone pillar beneath the river, but his strongest attacks could not damage or move it.
• Little Killer Whale led Su Mu to a tributary junction, where three schools of fish presented him with an Azure Jade Longsword, a bracelet, and a rune-covered finger bone.
• Su Mu praised the gifts and took Little Killer Whale home, telling Nannan that the whale had become part of their family.
• Little Killer Whale rolled an object from its mouth to Nannan, who picked it up and asked what it was.

Su Mu gave Nannan a conch from Little Killer Whale so she could summon him in danger, then introduced him to the other Spirit Beasts as their Seventh Brother. After the group departed, Su Mu kept Little Killer Whale behind to give him an important task.

• Su Mu told Nannan that blowing Little Killer Whale’s conch would bring him to her if she was in danger, and Nannan hugged Little Killer Whale in thanks.
• Little Killer Whale realized he was ranked Seventh, and Su Mu explained that the Spirit Beasts were ranked by when they joined.
• Su Mu summoned Little Black Dragon, Kong Yao, Golden Python, Koi, Red Crab, and Little Turtle, then introduced Little Killer Whale as their Seventh Brother.
• Su Mu urged the Spirit Beasts to support one another, and they accepted Little Killer Whale without jealousy or contempt.
• After sending the others away, Su Mu called Little Killer Whale back and said he had a very important task for him.