Chapter Summaries

Chu Ting and Hong Hao struggled to collect eggs after the earthquake, while Chu Zhe, Li Cheng, and Su Jiu passed by on their way to sell the fish they had caught. Chu Ting regained her enthusiasm and resumed the task, but collecting goose eggs ended with two geese charging at her and Hong Hao.

• Chu Ting cried after the earthquake, and Hong Hao and a staff member struggled to comfort her while their egg-collecting task remained unfinished.
• Chu Zhe, Li Cheng, and Su Jiu arrived carrying their catch after finishing their morning task, and Chu Ting asked them to help her group.
• Chu Zhe confirmed the rules did not allow groups to help each other, then left with Li Cheng and Su Jiu without assisting Chu Ting and Hong Hao.
• Chu Ting stopped crying and set off with Hong Hao to collect eggs, completing the chicken and duck eggs despite getting covered in feathers.
• Chu Ting and Hong Hao approached the goose nests, and two large geese charged at them.

After Chu Ting and Hong Hao were rescued from the angry goose, Chu Zhe apologized to Li Cheng and Su Jiu for Chu Ting’s behavior. At the market, Su Jiu turned their failed attempt to sell fish into a plan to grill them, and the group began preparing the stall.

• Chu Ting dropped an egg after the goose pecked her, and the owner rescued her and Hong Hao from the angry bird.
• Chu Zhe apologized privately to Li Cheng and Su Jiu for Chu Ting’s behavior, and Su Jiu asked why he was apologizing for someone else.
• Li Cheng and Chu Zhe began selling fish at the market, but they sold none after an hour.
• Su Jiu returned with supplies and an iron rack, then proposed grilling the fish instead of selling them raw.
• Su Jiu assembled the grill while Chu Zhe and Li Cheng skewered fish for their new stall.

Su Jiu, Chu Zhe, and Li Cheng sold all their grilled fish and exceeded their task target, earning 2,100 before deducting equipment costs. After Su Jiu left to attend to private matters, Chu Zhe reflected on her unusual bearing and the piercing look she had shown before the earthquake.

• Su Jiu grilled fish for a growing line of customers, while Chu Zhe stopped more people from joining once the group risked running out of fish.
• The group sold all the fish in three buckets and earned 2,100; Li Cheng proposed that Su Jiu receive half, and Chu Zhe agreed.
• The director let the group spend their extra time exploring town or helping other guests, though they would not share in the others’ earnings.
• Chu Zhe invited Su Jiu to explore with him, but she declined and left to handle private matters.
• After Su Jiu left, Chu Zhe considered her rigid posture, elegant speech, and the sharp look she had shown before the earthquake.

Xia Yao struggled with unexplained exhaustion and a recent loss of consciousness while harvesting greens with Du Hongfang, who noticed his fatigue. After an earthquake, Du Hongfang briefly saw Xia Yao as possessing an extraordinary aura, then wondered whether the impression had been an illusion.

• Xia Yao recalled passing out the previous night and decided to get a medical checkup after filming.
• Du Hongfang asked Xia Yao whether he felt unwell, and he told her he was fine.
• Xia Yao said Su Jiu had not decided whether to follow his career path, prompting viewers to argue about her entering the entertainment industry.
• An earthquake struck as Xia Yao and Du Hongfang finished harvesting, and Xia Yao experienced dizziness and a blank mind.
• Du Hongfang briefly perceived Xia Yao as having an aura like Su Jiu's, but the impression disappeared, leaving her confused.

Du Hongfang and Xia Yao sold their vegetables unusually quickly, while Su Jiu slipped away to investigate the mountain. At its foot, she found unexplained wet ground and thick mist, and learned from an elderly townsman that the earthquake had changed the mountain and its beasts sounded different.

• Du Hongfang denied being frightened on camera, then sold all her and Xia Yao's remarkably fresh vegetables before three in the afternoon.
• The director allowed Xia Yao's group to wander after their task and increased the difficulty of the next day's schedule, while Hong Hao and Chu Ting fled a chasing goose.
• Su Jiu evaded the cameraman and went to the mountain, where she noticed wet soil and mist covering the slopes.
• Su Jiu found no earthquake fissures despite the recent violent shaking and sensed no spiritual power or danger from the wild beasts.
• An elderly townsman warned Su Jiu that the paths were slippery, the mist was thick, and the beasts' cries sounded different that day.

Su Jiu entered the mountain’s thick fog and found Zheng Qilong’s incomplete corporeal soul draining a wolf’s vitality. After protecting the wolves and cutting off the connection, she followed Zheng Qilong’s wisp toward the summit, unaware that another person had appeared behind her.

• Su Jiu crossed into the dense fog and realized she had become trapped in a maze despite sensing no formation or barrier.
• Su Jiu followed the beasts’ cries and found one wolf calling for help while its mate lay barely breathing.
• Su Jiu recognized Zheng Qilong’s wisp of corporeal soul draining the wolf’s vitality, though it could neither hear nor recognize her.
• Su Jiu severed the green thread with an Ice Spike and protected both wolves with Defensive Barriers.
• Zheng Qilong’s wisp drifted toward the summit, and Su Jiu followed him.
• After Su Jiu left, another human figure appeared where the wolves had been.

Su Jiu uncovered a human skeleton whose lingering gray fortune revealed the hidden path through the mountain’s barrier. She reached the summit and found two identical souls, one of which had absorbed the gray fortune.

• Su Jiu found that an invisible force prevented her from climbing the mountain and that her divine sense could not break through it.
• Su Jiu sensed something unusual beneath a tree, excavated a human skeleton, and watched gray threads emerge from its bones.
• A final gray thread flew toward the summit, dispersing the mist and revealing a path that led Su Jiu through the barrier.
• Su Jiu reached the summit and saw two identical transparent souls, one normal-looking and one hollow-eyed; the gray fortune had merged into the normal-looking soul.

Su Jiu confronted Zheng Qilong, who had returned to this world as a damaged soul after Xia Jue killed him in the Azure Realm. As Zheng Qilong tried to explain who Xia Jue could rival, the power of the laws silenced him, and he blamed Su Jiu.

• Su Jiu discovered that Zheng Qilong owned the two souls and learned that he had returned to this world without his original body, which was likely the skeleton she had found.
• Zheng Qilong admitted that he had split off one of his souls and asked Su Jiu to capture ordinary people so he could harvest their vitality and become a soul cultivator.
• Su Jiu questioned why Zheng Qilong retained his abilities while Bai Su had not, and suspected the False Heavenly Dao had protected him.
• Zheng Qilong revealed that Xia Jue had killed him despite his Fortune-Transferring Pearl, and began to say that Xia Jue could rival someone.
• The power of the laws stopped Zheng Qilong from speaking, and he accused Su Jiu of silencing him; she denied doing it and told him to try discussing something else.

Su Jiu questioned Zheng Qilong about his cultivation, his arrival in the Azure Realm, and his search for the Demonic Sword, uncovering that a voice in his head had guided him. She realized the voice was likely the false Heavenly Dao, which had helped Zheng Qilong while leaving him deluded about his own abilities.

• Su Jiu told Zheng Qilong that the power of the laws was restricting him, and learned that he had reached the Void Refinement Stage without knowing about it.
• Su Jiu exposed Zheng Qilong's demonic cultivation and questioned whether his supposed good fortune explained his arrival in the Azure Realm.
• Zheng Qilong revealed that he had been hunted by others and that he went to the Cold Pool Secret Realm to retrieve the Demonic Sword.
• Su Jiu used her voice to subtly guide Zheng Qilong into answering her questions, and he admitted that a voice in his head had directed him to the sword.
• Zheng Qilong explained that the voice had taught him to use the Fortune-Transferring Pearl and helped him obtain Heavenly Treasures, leading Su Jiu to suspect it was the false Heavenly Dao.

Su Jiu questioned Zheng Qilong about the Fortune-Transferring Pearl and learned it had shattered before Xia Jue killed him. As she prepared to kill Zheng Qilong, she uncovered his belief that the voice had made him the protagonist and everyone else existed to serve him.

• Su Jiu recognized Spiritual Power coming from Zheng Qilong and inferred that his bracelet had followed him into this world and helped preserve his Soul Body.
• Zheng Qilong revealed that the Fortune-Transferring Pearl had shattered before his fight with Xia Jue, though he did not know why.
• Su Jiu considered how Zheng Qilong had drawn fortune from both the Azure Realm and this world, and suspected the False Heavenly Dao was involved.
• Su Jiu raised the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword, rejected Zheng Qilong's claim that she had promised to help him, and challenged his confidence as the Child of Destiny.
• Su Jiu asked whether a voice had told Zheng Qilong he was the protagonist, and Zheng Qilong said the voice had told him others were born to serve him.

Su Jiu learned that the Spatial Bracelet was collecting this world's fortune and attacked Zheng Qilong to destroy it. The bracelet's artifact spirit took control of Zheng Qilong and, after its first attacks failed, transformed qi vortices into weapons to pursue her.

• Su Jiu deduced that the Spatial Bracelet collected fortune and launched Sword Qi at Zheng Qilong, intending to destroy the bracelet.
• The false Heavenly Dao's power enveloped Zheng Qilong, and the Spatial Bracelet's artifact spirit took control of his body and dispelled Su Jiu's attack.
• Su Jiu identified the artifact spirit and accused it of helping Zheng Qilong steal fortune from others.
• The artifact spirit warned Su Jiu about her fading consciousness and created qi vortices to attack her.
• Su Jiu dodged the weaker vortices, which then changed into blades, arrows, and darts.

Su Jiu battled the artifact spirit controlling the vortex, confirmed that her innate origin qi could damage it, and learned it had a connection to Silver Snow. Meanwhile, the people at the foot of the mountain heard the fight and felt the ground shake before Su Jiu isolated the battle behind a barrier.

• Su Jiu used a formation of ice cones infused with her innate origin qi to injure the artifact spirit and test what it was.
• The artifact spirit failed to tempt Su Jiu with the bracelet’s treasures and threatened to place her in a Crystal Coffin like Silver Snow.
• Su Jiu and the artifact spirit resumed their battle, and the noise and blasts reached the townspeople below the mountain.
• Hong Hao and Chu Ting returned to the hall, learned their group had fallen behind, and questioned how the other groups had done.
• After the ground shook during the fight, Su Jiu realized they were in a Lower Plane World and raised a barrier to isolate their battle from it.

Su Jiu fought the spatial bracelet’s powerful artifact spirit and discovered that he was the soul of an ancient cultivator who had been on the verge of ascending. After learning that the False Heavenly Dao had promised him ascension in exchange for helping it replace the True Heavenly Dao, Su Jiu resolved to kill him and unleashed her sword.

• Su Jiu recognized that the artifact spirit used ancient human arts and concluded that he was a cultivator’s soul refined into the bracelet.
• Su Jiu and the soul fought fiercely through the day, each injuring the other without gaining the upper hand.
• The soul asked whether Su Jiu knew his former cultivation level, then revealed that he had nearly ascended before the Heaven-Connecting Tower vanished.
• Su Jiu realized the False Heavenly Dao had promised the soul ascension if he helped it become the Azure Realm’s true Heavenly Dao.
• Su Jiu accepted that the soul was her enemy and poured her innate origin qi into the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword, releasing a blue sword light that froze time.

Su Jiu killed Mo Yibai, the Artifact Spirit, and watched Zheng Qilong lose his spiritual power and begin turning into a vengeful ghost. As the mist and other remnants dissipated, Su Jiu confronted Zheng Qilong about the lives he had sacrificed, while he defended his selfish choices.

• Su Jiu let Mo Yibai's soul dissolve after he revealed that he had once been Mo Yibai, Sect Master of the Heavenly Canon Sect, and could no longer contact the False Heavenly Dao.
• Zheng Qilong awoke without spiritual power, discovered his Storage Bracelet had become an ordinary object, and began to lose his reason as baleful qi tainted his soul.
• Zheng Qilong charged at Su Jiu, but passing through her dissolved much of his baleful qi and left him frightened and pleading.
• Su Jiu accused Zheng Qilong of knowingly taking others' opportunities and fortune through the Fortune-Transferring Pearl, causing innocent people to suffer and die.
• Zheng Qilong insisted Su Jiu would also have been tempted by such an opportunity and blamed her advantages on her innate talent.

Su Jiu rejected Zheng Qilong’s argument that her fortune had come at others’ expense, then learned that Xia Yao was actually Dao Lord Qing Ci. She discovered that her body was in the Vermilion Bird Sacred Hall, where her companions were fighting Jiao Yue, and worried about their safety as she prepared to return.

• Su Jiu questioned Zheng Qilong about her birth and his role in her rebirth, and Zheng Qilong’s soul shattered before he could answer.
• Su Jiu defended cultivators’ efforts against the False Heavenly Dao’s claims about fortune, then headed down the mountain.
• Su Jiu recognized that Xia Yao was Dao Lord Qing Ci, who said he had crossed over through the disorder between the two Heavenly Daos.
• Dao Lord Qing Ci told Su Jiu that her body was in the Vermilion Bird Sacred Hall and that Jiao Yue, empowered by a demon seed, was fighting her companions.
• Su Jiu learned that the Vermilion Bird was dormant because of demonic nails and pressed Dao Lord Qing Ci about why he had left her companions to fight Jiao Yue.

Su Jiu pressed Dao Lord Qing Ci for news as war erupted between Dao and Demonic Cultivators. The Azure Tide Sect debated whether to keep committing forces to the Cold Pool Secret Realm, while the Heavenly Dawn Sect was overrun after years of corruption and internal decay.

• Su Jiu demanded that Dao Lord Qing Ci explain what was happening in the outside world.
• Demonic Cultivators launched a full-scale invasion across several continents while Dao Cultivator forces were stretched thin guarding the Three Great Secret Realms.
• Azure Tide Sect leaders argued over whether to withdraw some people from the Cold Pool Secret Realm to defend their own sect.
• The Heavenly Dawn Sect's corrupt recruitment and factional infighting drove away talented disciples and weakened the sect.
• Demonic Cultivators overran the Heavenly Dawn Sect, whose disciples scattered and whose elders and peak masters fled.

Chu Mojin investigated the demonic cultivators’ attacks and reported back to Ning Hai that several sects had been infiltrated by their own disciples and leaders. The Azure Tide Sect had no moles, but the widespread betrayals left Ning Fan concerned.

• Cultivators discussed the Heavenly Dawn Sect’s destruction and speculated that Chu Mojin had died.
• Chu Mojin appeared among the gossiping cultivators, learned that people believed the Heavenly Dawn Sect’s peak master was dead, and vanished after hearing their accounts.
• The cultivators realized the handsome stranger was likely Chu Mojin, a Spirit Transformation Stage expert, and worried over whether their conversation had offended him.
• Chu Mojin returned to the Azure Tide Sect and told Ning Hai that the Heavenly Secret Sect had held up well while the Jade Sword Sect had suffered some casualties.
• Chu Mojin reported that a traitor had helped bring about the Heavenly Dawn Sect’s bloodbath and that demonic cultivators had infiltrated other sects by turning trusted disciples, elders, and peak masters.
• Ning Fan rubbed his forehead and said the infiltrations made the situation troublesome.

Chu Mojin and Ning Hai discussed Sect Master Li’s unexplained death and suspected betrayal or a high-rank demon seed. Meanwhile, the demonic invasion devastated the Spiritflight Continent and escalated into continent-wide battles, while two blood-covered altars stood ready on the Spiritflight and Vast Heaven Continents.

• Chu Mojin told Ning Hai that Sect Master Li had not been killed by demonic cultivators or by suicide, and concluded that someone from his own sect had killed him.
• Ning Hai suspected betrayal by someone close to Sect Master Li, while Chu Mojin raised the possibility that a high-rank demon seed had reached him.
• The Ghost Market’s return of the Heavenly Demon-Subduing Pestle strengthened the Yin River Continent, while the Spiritflight Continent suffered a devastating defeat and the Zheng Household was hit especially hard.
• Two enormous blood-covered altars were erected on the Spiritflight and Vast Heaven Continents, surrounded by intricate formations.
• The sects and cities activated their protective formations as Dao and demonic cultivators began fighting across the continents, with the sky’s red streak growing more intense.

Su Jiu learned that Xia Yao was an ordinary mortal and that their agreement had only promised to make her a top star, not help her return to the Azure Realm. Dao Lord Qing Ci suggested the bookstore might offer another way out, while hinting that his own arrival could be relevant.

• Dao Lord Qing Ci told Su Jiu that Demonic Cultivators had launched a large-scale invasion of the Dao Cultivators' territory, not because of the demon seeds.
• Su Jiu asked whether Dao Lord Qing Ci's possession of Xia Yao would harm him, and he assured her it would only benefit Xia Yao.
• Dao Lord Qing Ci revealed that Xia Yao had agreed to help Su Jiu become a top star, not return to the Azure Realm, and Su Jiu realized she had mistaken him for someone with hidden abilities.
• Dao Lord Qing Ci explained that he lost track of Su Jiu when she entered the bookstore and found only a powerful presence of the power of the laws there.
• Su Jiu planned to revisit the bookstore that night, while Dao Lord Qing Ci hinted that his crossing into this world might help her leave it.

Su Jiu and Dao Lord Qing Ci returned to the Production Team, where paper-person puppets had taken their places while they searched for Bai Su. Su Jiu told Bai Su that her work was finished and she was going back to the Azure Realm, leaving Bai Su reassured that her world would likely return to normal.

• Dao Lord Qing Ci explained that he had made paper-person puppets to cover for Su Jiu and Xia Yao, and Su Jiu said she would leave once she found Bai Su.
• Dao Lord Qing Ci questioned Su Jiu's knowledge of the Heavenly Dao's laws, prompting her to wonder where the memories she relied on had come from.
• Su Jiu and Dao Lord Qing Ci used an Invisibility Talisman to avoid the Production Team guests, then set off to find Bai Su.
• Bai Su noticed that the livestream versions of Su Jiu and Xia Yao seemed stiff and unremarkable before the real pair flew into her home.
• Su Jiu explained that the livestream figures were puppets and that Xia Yao was possessed by a Tribulation Transcendence Stage expert from the Azure Tide Sect.
• Su Jiu told Bai Su that her task was finished and explained what had happened with Zheng Qilong; Bai Su asked whether her world would be safe from further harm.