Chapter Summaries

Song Shuhang lost his hair because Venerable White’s illusory reality left it unprotected, then was turned into a little golden fish and told to swim up a waterfall. The chapter ended with Doudou mistaking him for prey and swallowing him.

• Song Shuhang learned that Venerable White’s illusory reality had shaved his hair because it served as a marker that remained real.
• Doudou took a commemorative picture of Song Shuhang’s glowing bald head, and Venerable White began another illusory reality.
• Song Shuhang discovered he had become a golden fish and Venerable White told him to swim up the waterfall to experience the Dragon Gate Leap.
• Doudou entered the illusion, mistook Song Shuhang for a stupid fish, caught him, and swallowed him despite Guoguo’s warning.

Song Shuhang was bitten and swallowed by Doudou while transformed into a goldfish, then briefly died from suffocation before returning to human form. After confronting Doudou, he learned Venerable White planned to continue the dangerous training the next day, while Chu Chu worried she would not recover in time to fight at the Immortal Severing Platform.

• Doudou swallowed Song Shuhang in goldfish form, and Guoguo shook the dog until Doudou vomited him back up.
• Venerable White healed Song Shuhang's bite and stomach-acid wounds, but Song Shuhang suffocated and died before the group left the illusion.
• Back on the Eastern Sea island, Song Shuhang returned to human form and woke up, then angrily confronted Doudou, who apologized and promised not to eat fish for a month.
• Song Shuhang punched Doudou's head while Doudou pretended to be hurt, and Venerable White said their training would continue the next day.
• Chu Chu woke in the tent with improving injuries but worried she would not recover in time to help the Chu Aristocratic Clan face the Void Sword Sect at the Immortal Severing Platform.

Song Shuhang learned about Chu Chu’s clan’s desperate position in the upcoming Immortal Severing Platform Battle and asked about its rules. Meanwhile, Venerable White prepared a large batch of improved Disposable Meteor Swords and labeled them for members of the group.

• Chu Chu decided to ask the powerful Senior White to protect the Chu Aristocratic Clan, but Song Shuhang entered before she could make her request to White.
• Song Shuhang explained that the powerful Senior was Venerable White, and Chu Chu described the clan’s danger and the arena-battle format of the Immortal Severing Platform Battle.
• Chu Chu told Song Shuhang that outsiders could not compete, but hoped Venerable White might visit the clan and deter the Void Sword Sect.
• Song Shuhang asked when the battle would begin and said they might go watch if they had time.
• Doudou went hunting with the little monk, while Venerable White finished nearly forty improved Disposable Meteor Swords and packed them into labeled wooden boxes for fellow group members.

Venerable White prepared gifts for the Nine Provinces Number One Group and welcomed True Lord White Crane, an ardent admirer who arrived on the island. White Crane was overwhelmed when Venerable White gave him a sealed gift box set to open in five days.

• Venerable White finished labeling and stacking gift boxes, then recalled his plan to gather the group for a Hand Tractor Race and explore a Primordial Era ruin.
• The young monk and Doudou teased Song Shuhang after catching him lingering by Chu Chu's tent.
• Song Shuhang mistook the approaching six-winged figure for an angel, and Doudou identified him as True Lord White Crane.
• True Lord White Crane greeted Venerable White and said he had not seen him during his more than 150 years of seclusion.
• Venerable White gave White Crane a sealed gift box that would open by itself in five days, and White Crane eagerly offered to do anything for him.

True Lord White Crane delighted Venerable White by praising his stickers, then accepted a task to deliver gifts to the Nine Provinces Number One Group. Song Shuhang realized the stickers used over seventy photos of Venerable White and feared the consequences as Venerable White smiled at him.

• True Lord White Crane received a gift from Venerable White and eagerly praised the stickers made from Venerable White’s hairstyles.
• Venerable White decided to reward True Lord White Crane with a place among the first group entering the Primordial Ruins and asked him to deliver sealed gifts to the Nine Provinces Number One Group.
• True Lord White Crane carried the gifts away, promising to deliver them within three days and resolving to make Song Shuhang appreciate Venerable White’s charm.
• Song Shuhang realized the sticker pack contained over seventy photos and saw Venerable White turn toward him with a gentle smile.

Song Shuhang looked forward to the Thirty-Three Beast God Sect remnants arriving so he could leave the island, while the group planned a rescue mission after learning that Venerable White was protecting their captured companions. They decided to target Shuhang as a hostage and act the next day.

• Venerable White told Song Shuhang they would try Fish Leaping Dragon Gate again tomorrow, and Shuhang hoped the sect remnants would arrive soon so he could leave the island and see his friends.
• Wolf One gathered ten organization members in a submarine and told them Whale Eight and Shark Nine had failed their mission and been captured.
• Sheep Seven showed reconnaissance footage of the captives and their island, where the group saw Song Shuhang, a little monk, Doudou, and Venerable White.
• Fox Ten recognized Venerable White and warned the group that the powerful Senior could kill them effortlessly and use formidable formations.
• Snake Twenty-Three proposed capturing Song Shuhang or the little monk to exchange for their companions, and the group chose Song Shuhang as its primary target for the next day's operation.

Wolf One’s group prepared weapons and surveillance for a rescue mission while confirming Chu Chu was too badly injured to compete. The next morning, Song Shuhang went to gather seafood, and Venerable White applied an unnamed temporary tattoo to him: the Disposable Song Shuhang 001 Edition.

• Wolf One ordered the group to distribute firearms and defensive Talisman Treasures before their operation to rescue Whale Eight and Shark Nine.
• Sheep Seven showed Wolf One that Chu Chu was badly injured, so Wolf One expected her absence from the Immortal Severing Platform battle to secure their mission reward from the Void Sword Sect.
• Sheep Seven hid the remaining surveillance devices and was told to monitor Song Shuhang and the little monk.
• Song Shuhang cultivated, joked with Doudou and Little Guoguo, then decided to go into the sea to find food.
• Venerable White warned Song Shuhang about a huge tsunami near the island and stuck a temporary tattoo on his chest, naming it the Disposable Song Shuhang 001 Edition.

Song Shuhang used Venerable White’s talisman treasure to prepare for swimming through the Dragon Gate Waterfall while Venerable White arranged a powerful tsunami with True Monarch Jiao. The chapter ended with Yu Jiaojiao calling Venerable White to meet and discuss the tsunami.

• Venerable White explained that the Disposable Song Shuhang 001 Edition would propel Song Shuhang upward rather than launch him into the sky.
• Song Shuhang entered the sea, used the Turtle-Breathing Technique, and dove underwater.
• True Monarch Jiao called Venerable White, agreed to arrange a powerful tsunami, and said his daughter Yu Jiaojiao would contact him.
• Venerable White gave Yu Jiaojiao his coordinates so she could meet him and discuss the tsunami.

Venerable White introduced Yu Jiaojiao to his tsunami plan, then changed the target range when he spotted Song Shuhang’s pursuers. Wolf One’s team surrounded Song Shuhang underwater, but he sensed something was wrong and swam back toward the island as they fired tranquilizer guns.

• Yu Jiaojiao crawled over to Venerable White, who learned she was a Peak Third-Grade Flood Dragon Fish.
• Venerable White asked Yu Jiaojiao to prepare a powerful tsunami, first telling her to stop it a hundred meters from the island.
• Venerable White spotted Song Shuhang swimming near a submarine and changed the tsunami’s range to fifty meters, ordering Yu Jiaojiao to sweep everything onto the island.
• Wolf One led his team out of the submarine to capture Song Shuhang, while Snake Twenty-Three and Sheep Seven stayed behind to command the operation.
• Song Shuhang sensed that he was being watched and turned back toward the island, so Wolf One ordered his team to fire tranquilizer guns.

Song Shuhang escaped a tsunami with Venerable White’s talisman, but its excessive thrust launched him into the sky, prompting Venerable White to send a flying sword after him. On the island, Yu Jiaojiao asked Venerable White to help her undergo Dragon Gate Empowerment, and he agreed to add a condition.

• A powerful Water Demon swept Wolf One’s group and Song Shuhang toward the island in a tsunami.
• Song Shuhang’s talisman propelled him out of the sea and kept accelerating him skyward, so Venerable White sent a wooden flying sword to bring him back.
• The tsunami broke apart on the beach, leaving Wolf One’s group exhausted while Venerable White ignored them.
• Venerable White thanked Yu Jiaojiao for her help and asked what she wanted in return.
• Yu Jiaojiao asked Venerable White to give her Dragon Gate Empowerment, and he agreed to add a condition as he looked toward Song Shuhang.

Song Shuhang descended from the sky on a flying sword and planned to distract Venerable White by inviting him to make a movie. Below, Venerable White persuaded Yu Jiaojiao to let Song Shuhang observe her Dragon Gate Empowerment by guaranteeing she would remain unharmed and receive another attempt if she failed.

• Song Shuhang was launched high into the sky by the rocket-style propulsion, then a flying sword caught him and carried him down toward Venerable White.
• Song Shuhang worried about Venerable White's reaction and decided to invite him to make a movie as a distraction.
• Yu Jiaojiao hesitated when Venerable White asked for a drop of her lifeblood essence and permission for someone to observe her Dragon Gate Empowerment.
• Venerable White promised Yu Jiaojiao that failure would leave her unharmed and that he would provide the materials for another attempt.
• Yu Jiaojiao agreed to Venerable White's proposal as Song Shuhang descended toward them.

Song Shuhang persuaded Venerable White to make a movie with him and recruited Yu Jiaojiao to help find a humorous online author to write the script. As they planned the production, Venerable White remembered the Dragon Gate Empowerment opportunity he had prepared for Shuhang.

• Song Shuhang proposed making a movie, and Venerable White agreed that it sounded interesting.
• Song Shuhang said they needed a writer for the story and script, and Venerable White suggested finding an online author.
• Yu Jiaojiao offered to identify a funny novelist whose address she knew and described wanting to capture him and force him to write more.
• Song Shuhang planned to hire the author, find a director through the Nine Provinces Number One Group, and borrow equipment; Venerable White offered to invite old friends to act.
• Yu Jiaojiao said she would join the movie after passing the Dragon Gate Empowerment and transforming into a Fishman.
• Venerable White remembered the Dragon Gate Empowerment and told Song Shuhang he had prepared a rare opportunity for him.

Venerable White prepared to perform Dragon Gate Empowerment for Yu Jiaojiao, with Song Shuhang involved through a connection formed by her lifeblood essence. The chapter ended as White assembled Yu Jiaojiao’s materials into a dragon-shaped gate in the sky.

• Song Shuhang and Yu Jiaojiao took pills to restore their strength, and Yu Jiaojiao gave Shuhang a drop of her lifeblood essence, forming a strange connection between them.
• Venerable White told Yu Jiaojiao to gather her prepared materials and announced that he would perform Dragon Gate Empowerment that day.
• Yu Jiaojiao transformed into a giant fish and fetched the materials while Song Shuhang meditated to prepare himself.
• Venerable White ordered Doudou to guard Wolf One’s group so he could draw out the people behind them, while Doudou and Guoguo teased Rabbit Twenty-Eight.
• Yu Jiaojiao returned with the materials, and Venerable White combined them in the air into two divine dragons that curved together to form a gate.

Yu Jiaojiao challenged the Dragon Gate Waterfall while Song Shuhang experienced her crushing pain through their Natal Essence Blood bond, unknowingly beginning his own Dragon Gate Leap breakthrough. Meanwhile, True Lord White Crane arrived at Fairy Lychee’s cave residence to deliver a package for Senior White.

• Venerable White completed the Double-Dragon Gate, and Yu Jiaojiao shrank to her true size before beginning her challenge.
• The waterfall’s crushing weight forced Yu Jiaojiao to brace herself, while Song Shuhang felt the same pressure through the Natal Essence Blood.
• Yu Jiaojiao pushed upstream, but Water-Element Tribulation Lightning tore through her scales and the torrent scoured her flesh.
• Yu Jiaojiao endured the pain, grew a fresh layer of scales, and continued charging as stronger lightning waited farther up the waterfall.
• Song Shuhang unknowingly formed a miniature Dragon Gate inside his body and began challenging the Dragon Gate Leap bottleneck.
• True Lord White Crane found Fairy Lychee’s cave residence and called for her to open the door so he could deliver a package.

Fairy Lychee received a sealed gift from Venerable White and learned that many members of the Nine Provinces Number One Group had received the same surprise. Meanwhile, Yu Jiaojiao fought her way to within one meter of the dragon gate.

• True Lord White Crane delivered Fairy Lychee a sealed wooden gift box from Senior White that would open in four days.
• Fairy Lychee joined the group chat and announced that she had advanced to the sixth grade after gaining insight while slaying a native deity in the West.
• Fairy Lychee said she would enter the sixth-grade Sword-Escape Competition, surprising Northern River's Loose Cultivator with her advancement.
• Fairy Lychee posted a photo of her gift box, and Snow Wolf Cave Master, True Lord Dustfall, Fairy Eastern Six, and others confirmed they had received sealed gifts too.
• Yu Jiaojiao, bloodied and badly wounded on a lonely island in the Eastern Sea, reached a point just one meter from the dragon gate.

Yu Jiaojiao successfully completed the Dragon Gate Empowerment and emerged with a half-human, half-fish form that differed from what she expected. As she invited Song Shuhang to take a photo, he began breaking through the First-Grade Dragon Gate Leap bottleneck.

• Yu Jiaojiao leaped through the Dragon Gate, and the two Divine Dragons petrified as their energy flowed into her.
• Venerable White shattered the Dragon Gate and used True Illusion to bring Song Shuhang to Yu Jiaojiao.
• Song Shuhang saw Yu Jiaojiao's new form, with human legs and a pink fish body, and worried she might be upset by it.
• Yu Jiaojiao confirmed that the empowerment had succeeded, then happily tried walking on two legs and invited Song Shuhang to take a picture.
• Song Shuhang felt his Blood Qi surge toward his lower abdomen, and Venerable White told him he was breaking through to the Second-Stage True Master level.

Song Shuhang began advancing to the Second-Stage True Master Realm, but Venerable White stopped the process so he could pursue Pseudo-Innate True Qi and build a larger Dantian. After they returned to the island, Jiang Ziyan delivered medicine for Chu’s injuries and warned that it needed a male cultivator’s blood to activate.

• Song Shuhang realized his Blood Qi was forming an embryonic Dantian and asked Venerable White why he should pause his advancement.
• Venerable White explained that the Thirty-Three Beasts Innate Unity Qi Technique could help Song Shuhang condense Pseudo-Innate True Qi, and Song Shuhang eagerly agreed to delay advancing.
• Venerable White used a prepared seal to sever the connection between Song Shuhang’s five major acupoints and his embryonic Dantian without harming him.
• Venerable White dispelled the True Illusion, and the group returned to the deserted island, where Doudou saw Yu Jiaojiao’s fish-headed human form.
• Jiang Ziyan arrived with new medicine for the injured girl from the Chu Aristocratic Clan and explained that male cultivator blood was needed to activate it.
• Song Shuhang considered using one of the Wolf One gang members for blood, but Venerable White volunteered and warned him not to use the gang’s blood.

Song Shuhang helped Jiang Ziyan treat Chu Chu’s injuries, then fell asleep and entered a Life Experience Dream of Chu Chu’s childhood. The dream ended as young Chu Chu saw a portrait of Rogue Cultivator Li Tiansu in her clan’s secret chamber, where she had come to study the mysterious Sword Formula.

• Jiang Ziyan applied the new medicinal paste to Chu Chu’s wound after Song Shuhang’s blood activated it, while Song Shuhang ran to Venerable White for help with his bleeding wrist.
• Jiang Ziyan flew away with the Wolf One gang, and Song Shuhang stayed on the island with Venerable White and the others before falling asleep.
• Song Shuhang dreamed he was young Chu Chu, who spoke with her Mistress about beginning to learn the Chu Aristocratic Clan’s secret Sword Formula.
• In the dream, Chu Chu trained and met with a stern middle-aged man, who brought her to the clan’s guarded secret chamber to study the Sword Formula.
• Chu Chu saw four portraits of a cyan-robed cultivator with a short blue sword, and Song Shuhang recognized him as Li Tiansu.

Song Shuhang dreamed of Chu Chu deciphering the sword formula hidden in Li Tiansu’s paintings, which stirred the Spirit Ghost in his Heart Aperture. After telling Senior White about the dream, Song Shuhang calmed down, but Senior White ended their conversation by suggesting he turn into a woman like Chu Chu.

• Song Shuhang wondered whether the Chu Aristocratic Clan’s four paintings contained the sword technique Daoist Scarlet Firmament had taught Li Tiansu and pondered how the clan had obtained them.
• Chu Chu comprehended the paintings’ secret and performed a sword technique that resolved into four stances with one hundred and eight variations.
• Chu Chu’s final sword thrust awakened the Spirit Ghost in Song Shuhang’s Heart Aperture, and he woke from the dream with his heart pounding.
• Song Shuhang found Senior White outside the tent, described his dream, and gradually calmed down as they talked over tea.
• Senior White told Song Shuhang to sleep before they left the island, then suggested he become a woman like Chu Chu.

Song Shuhang learned that Senior White wanted him to disguise himself as Chu Chu and enter the Chu Aristocratic Clan’s secret chamber, then fell asleep and resumed dreaming as little Chu Chu. Meanwhile, Seven Lives Talisman fulfilled an old oath to rescue the missing plane’s passengers, only to make another rash oath and record it.

• Senior White told Song Shuhang to enter the Chu Aristocratic Clan’s secret chamber as Chu Chu and offered to resolve problems with his aura, bloodline, and build.
• News workers reported that the missing plane’s passengers and crew were safe on a mysterious tycoon’s Pacific island and would return to China aboard a luxury cruise ship.
• Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman crossed out his old rescue oath after arranging to bring the stranded passengers home, then swore not to make rash oaths and wrote that vow in his notebook.
• Song Shuhang fell asleep and resumed dreaming as little Chu Chu, who had become the Chu Aristocratic Clan’s treasured cultivation prospect after comprehending a mysterious Sword Formula.