Chapter Summaries

Immortal Ziyu placed his mother in the Floating Life Pool, where the spring’s rosy light restored her body and she slowly opened her eyes. Su Mo sat among the Flowers of the Other Shore, longing for Girl, as Qing Yi and the others arrived and watched the two besotted figures.

• Su Mo found the Flowers of the Other Shore blooming beside the Floating Life Pool and read the stele’s verses about eternal life and reincarnation.
• Immortal Ziyu carried his mother from the Redwood Coffin and placed her in the pool, where her body regained color and fullness.
• Su Mo sat among the flowers, imagining Girl beside him and calling out that he missed her.
• Qing Yi and the others emerged from the mist, saw the two white-robed figures, and stayed back rather than approach.
• The woman Su Mo had saved questioned whether Immortal Ziyu had someone he missed and reconsidered the boundary between good and evil.
• Immortal Ziyu began to fade as his mother, surrounded by Ten Thousand Rosy Dawn Lights, slowly opened her eyes.

Immortal Ziyu reunited with his mother after waiting more than ten thousand years, but discovered that she was fading and could not truly return to life. After she comforted him and he let go of his obsession, they embraced and vanished, leaving two flowers of the Other Shore.

• Immortal Ziyu greeted his awakened mother and told her he had endured any sin and hardship to see her again.
• Immortal Ziyu noticed that his mother was turning transparent, and the inscription on the Floating Life Pool made him realize that the dead could not return without reincarnation.
• Immortal Ziyu mourned that his ten thousand years of plans had failed, but his mother reminded him that their brief reunion had made her content.
• Immortal Ziyu accepted that he was happy to see his mother, embraced her, and faded away with her, leaving two flowers of the Other Shore.

Su Mo realized that Girl had deceived him about how easily Flowers of the Other Shore could be found, because they were formed from profound longing and could not be grown without it. As the others left through the Gate of Life, Su Mo stayed behind, unsettled by the aura he sensed beyond the Gate of Death.

• Su Mo saw Immortal Ziyu and his mother become Flowers of the Other Shore and understood that the flowers formed from yearning.
• Su Mo concluded that Girl had lied about finding a flower easily to give him hope, knowing he could not create the flowers himself.
• A woman urged Su Mo to accept his grief, and he told her and the others to leave.
• Su Mo sensed the outside world beyond the Gate of Life and the aura of the Divine Realm beyond the Gate of Death, then pointed the others toward the Gate of Life.
• The Rogue Cultivator and the others left through the Gate of Life, while Su Mo refused to go with them.

Su Mo learned about the Nine Realms’ Seal-Seizing Battle and decided to enter the forbidden lands to seek his senior brothers and sisters. He merged a flower of the Other Shore into his Divine Sense, gaining new powers, just as his seven thoughts returned and drove him to claim the Divine Spring’s water.

• Qing Yi explained that prodigies from the Nine Realms would compete for Divine Seals when the forbidden lands opened in a year, and Su Mo said he would participate.
• After Qing Yi left through the Life Gate, Su Mo decided to become symbiotic with a flower of the Other Shore.
• Su Mo merged the flower into his Divine Sense, gaining an aura that freed his cultivation from the local restrictions and let him identify medicinal and poisonous plants.
• A streak of purple light entered Su Mo, restoring his seven thoughts and filling him with desire to possess everything.
• Su Mo entered his Spirit Sea, dug a pool and channel for the Divine Spring’s water, then returned and summoned the Spirit Sea Gate inside the spring pool.

Su Mo stripped Floating Life's End of its Divine Water, plants, soil, stone monuments, gates, and teleportation formation core stones, carrying them into his Spirit Sea. He then used Confucian Dao True Words to leave with the Void Beast, leaving the place completely devastated.

• Su Mo summoned the Spirit Sea Gate into the Floating Life Pool and drew the Divine Water into his Spirit Sea.
• Su Mo tore up the surrounding turf, took the Flowers of the Other Shore, and uprooted the Floating Life Pool stele for his Spirit Sea.
• Su Mo carried the Stone Gates marked with “death” and “life” into his Spirit Sea, while Great Calamity tried to justify his actions to the Mysterious Maiden.
• Su Mo brought in damp soil and the teleportation formation’s two core stones, prompting Great Calamity to berate him for making it impossible to leave.
• Su Mo used the Confucian Dao True Words to vanish from Floating Life’s End with the Void Beast, leaving no blade of grass behind.

After his desire returned, Su Mo became fixated on wealth, lamenting the treasures the Void Beast had eaten and seeking more unusual treasures. He began collecting riches from the riverbed, then adopted a grand, sorrowful pose as Yu Gu and Yu Mu watched.

• Su Mo reproached the Void Beast for eating the treasures the little fish had brought, and learned that it had digested them all.
• Su Mo asked Yu Gu for unusual treasures, and Yu Gu gave him the River Moon jade pendant, which could conceal his aura and change his face.
• Su Mo eyed Yu Mu for the bronze cauldron he had given her, but turned away, unable to ask for it back.
• When the golden little fish brought another pearl, Su Mo called Big Strong to dive into the river and empty its riverbed of treasures.
• After Yu Gu praised the Void Beast for understanding people, Su Mo struck a solemn pose and lamented that he had been forced onto the Immortal Dao.

Su Mo gathered the treasures the Void Beast had looted and decided to leave, urging it to keep collecting everything they could find. Before departing, he took the sorrowful little fish with him into his Spirit Sea.

• The Void Beast returned to the Floating Bridge and spat out its underground treasures, which Su Mo eagerly collected.
• Yu Gu warned Su Mo that the Cloud Sect might come after him, then left with Yu Mu after persuading him that more treasures awaited elsewhere.
• Su Mo stored the treasures in a sealed cave in his Spirit Sea and told the Void Beast their guiding principle was to leave nothing behind.
• Su Mo confirmed that the Void Beast had taken everything it could underwater and decided they should leave, though he did not know where to go.
• Su Mo invited the little fish to come along, scooped it from the river, and carried it into his Spirit Sea.

Su Mo hid in his spirit sea to evade the Cloud Sect, then discovered and erased the aura the Young Master of the Cloud Sect had left on him. After the sect’s search failed, Su Mo decided to join the Cloud Sect and take its treasures.

• Su Mo made a pond in his spirit sea for the little fish and brought the nearby hut, bridge, and boat inside.
• The Great Calamity warned Su Mo that Cloud Sect cultivators were approaching, so Su Mo and the Void Beast hid in his spirit sea.
• The Young Master of the Cloud Sect told the Sect Master that Su Mo had killed his incarnation and blamed him for the death of a Cloud Sect elder.
• The Sect Master ordered the elders to search for Su Mo, but they found no trace of him and returned to the sect.
• Su Mo found and erased the Young Master of the Cloud Sect’s hidden aura, then declared that he would join the Cloud Sect and take its treasures.

Su Mo disguised himself as Yan Jingshu and entered the city beneath the Cloud Sect to join its outer disciple assessment. He befriended Chen Meiren, who planned to join for the sect’s fairies, and was left wondering how difficult it would be to enter the inner sect and plunder its treasures.

• Su Mo used Yu Gu’s Jade Pendant to conceal his identity and appearance, then entered the busy city near the Cloud Sect.
• Su Mo let the Void Beast roam on its own while he prepared to join the Cloud Sect’s outer disciple assessment.
• Chen Meiren approached Su Mo, and they agreed that Su Mo would take the treasures while Chen Meiren pursued the fairies.
• Su Mo introduced himself as Yan Jingshu, and Chen Meiren told him the Cloud Sect was recruiting widely after suffering devastating losses in the Lower Realm.
• Chen Meiren said the assessment was the next day and required Foundation Establishment or above, then left to join the outer sect.
• Su Mo wondered whether entering the inner sect was difficult, since he intended to empty it of its treasures.

Su Mo joined thousands of hopefuls climbing the Cloud Ladder to qualify for the Cloud Sect's assessment, hiding his extraordinary ability while trying to resist the Spirit Stones lining the stairs. He reached the top first, drew only brief curiosity from the sect members, and waited as the time limit expired and most candidates were eliminated.

• The Gray-Haired Elder announced that candidates had to climb the Cloud Ladder within the time it took an incense stick to burn to qualify for the assessment.
• The Cloud Ladder's restrictions made the candidates struggle, but Su Mo was unaffected and kept a moderate pace to avoid attention.
• Su Mo became distracted by the Spirit Stones beside the stairs, then shut his eyes and rushed past the other climbers to escape their temptation.
• Su Mo reached the top first, while the Gray-Haired Elder and the woman beside him showed little interest in his speed.
• Chen Meiren reached the top and winked at Su Mo, who ignored him as several hundred candidates gathered before the time limit expired.
• The Gray-Haired Elder sent a young man down the Cloud Ladder to tell the remaining candidates to return.

Su Mo led Chen Meiren through the Cloud Sect’s first trial by releasing a faint trace of divine race aura to keep the beasts away. He convinced Chen Meiren that an ordinary sheet of paper was a powerful divine talisman, then offered to lend it to him.

• The Cloud Sect’s Long-Skirted Woman announced three dangerous trials and led the candidates to a forest filled with ferocious beasts.
• The candidates entered the forest and scattered, each trying to reach the other side ahead of the others.
• Chen Meiren asked Su Mo to cross the forest with him and revealed that he had a secret treasure that could conceal them.
• Su Mo released a faint trace of divine race aura, keeping the beasts away as he and Chen Meiren walked safely through the forest.
• Su Mo showed Chen Meiren an ordinary sheet of white paper and claimed it was a divine talisman inscribed with heavenly script.
• Su Mo offered to lend Chen Meiren the divine paper so he could test its power himself.

Su Mo and Chen Meiren traded a supposedly priceless Divine Paper for a Jade Clasp, each secretly hoping to keep the other's treasure. They both emerged from the forest claiming they had lost what they borrowed, agreed to call the exchange even, and shared an awkward sense of mutual appreciation.

• Su Mo gave Chen Meiren a white paper infused with Divine Race aura and his Dao intent, while Chen Meiren lent Su Mo a Jade Clasp that concealed its wearer.
• After Chen Meiren entered the forest with the paper, Su Mo used the Jade Clasp to turn invisible and headed toward the forest's edge.
• Chen Meiren admired the paper's Dao intent and planned to persuade Su Mo to give it to him, then went to the river with an idea involving his spare Jade Clasp.
• Su Mo and Chen Meiren emerged from the forest, each pretending to be injured or distressed, and simultaneously confessed that he had lost the other's treasure.
• They agreed that the Divine Paper would compensate for the lost Jade Clasp and vice versa, then privately regretted their schemes before feeling mutual appreciation.

Su Mo and Chen Meiren passed the Cloud Sect’s forest trial and entered a ravine where yin power interfered with their minds. They emerged safely, still under the influence of the ravine’s eerie force.

• The Cloud Sect elders sent disciples into the forest to search for those who had not emerged, while six or seven candidates withdrew from the selection.
• Chen Meiren asked Su Mo what he thought of the Cloud Sect woman, and Su Mo called her ordinary and said his wife was far more beautiful.
• The Cloud Sect woman led the remaining candidates to a dark ravine and told them to walk through it to reach the other side.
• Su Mo sensed unclean things in the ravine and realized its yin power was meant to cloud the candidates’ minds in preparation for the next trial.
• Yin power made Chen Meiren and Su Mo dazed as they followed the group through the short ravine and emerged.

The Cloud Sect exposed and killed several spies during its entrance trial, then used the Mantra rule to question each candidate crossing a floating bridge. Chen Meiren and Su Mo gave brazen answers about joining for beauties and supreme treasures, and both were allowed to cross.

• Elder Du recognized three candidates as Thunder Sect members because their lightning arts resisted Yin Power, and Cloud Sect disciples killed them when they tried to flee.
• A Cloud Sect woman announced that candidates who crossed the floating bridge would become disciples, while Elder Du questioned each person with the Mantra rule.
• Elder Du exposed several candidates as spies, and they were thrown from the bridge into the abyss.
• Chen Meiren told Elder Du he wanted to join for beauties, then said he hoped to make them all his; Elder Du let him cross.
• Su Mo said he wanted supreme treasures and claimed they would all be his, so Elder Du let him cross as well.

After passing the Cloud Sect’s Mantra questioning, Su Mo and Chen Meiren became outer disciples assigned to tend the Medicine Garden. Su Mo recognized the herbs and secretly enhanced some with Divine Spring water, while Chen Meiren waited for female disciples to visit; the chapter ended as a group arrived to collect Gilt-Ripple Flowers and noticed Su Mo at work.

• Su Mo and Chen Meiren passed the Mantra questioning and were assigned to the Cloud Sect’s Medicine Garden.
• Su Mo recognized the medicinal herbs through his knowledge of plants and resolved to secretly claim them eventually.
• Su Mo and Chen Meiren tended the garden for more than ten days, and Su Mo watered several herbs with Divine Spring water.
• A woman leading Cloud Sect disciples arrived to collect three Gilt-Ripple Flowers and mocked Chen Meiren for his reputation.
• Chen Meiren turned to Su Mo for help identifying the flowers, and the woman briefly paused when she saw him working in the herb fields.

Su Mo tried to delay handing over the Gilt-Ripple Flowers until they grew stronger, but the women ordered him to deliver them to Dew Mountain. After harvesting three flowers, he reached the mountain gate and was allowed to go up to Rosy Cloud Mountain.

• Chen Meiren called Su Mo over when women arrived at the Medicine Garden, and their leader asked him for three Gilt-Ripple Flowers.
• Su Mo claimed two flowers would grow fifth petals in half a day, so the leader agreed to wait and later ordered him to deliver them himself.
• Chen Meiren offered to deliver the flowers, but the women refused and gave Su Mo an address instead.
• After half a day, Su Mo saw the two treated flowers grow fifth petals, harvested three Gilt-Ripple Flowers, and left the Medicine Garden reluctantly.
• Su Mo reached Dew Mountain with the flowers, and the guard disciples recognized him as Yan Jingshu and let him ascend to Rosy Cloud Mountain.

Su Mo delivered Gilt-Ripple Flowers to Dew Mountain, where he struggled to suppress his lust around the female disciples and tried to avoid entering Senior Sister Xia’s bamboo house. After the women escorted him to the summit, they said they would visit him at the Medicine Garden, leaving him confused about their intentions.

• Su Mo reached Dew Mountain and, surrounded by female disciples in bathing gauze, calmed himself by reciting Chan teachings before explaining that he was delivering flowers from the Medicine Garden.
• The female disciples recognized Senior Sister Xia as the recipient and escorted Su Mo toward the summit, but changed their clothes after he admitted he could not withstand the temptation of their appearance.
• When the women questioned what he had seen, Su Mo blurted that it was too white before correcting himself and saying it was too dark.
• At the summit, Su Mo tried to have a female disciple deliver the flowers to Senior Sister Xia, but she ordered him to enter the bamboo house himself.
• As Su Mo prepared to go inside, a female disciple asked his name, and the women said they would come find him at the Medicine Garden.

Su Mo delivered three Gilt-Ripple Flowers to Elder Xia, who discovered his cultivation of the Way of Plants and Trees and invited him to join Dew Mountain. He declined, choosing to stay in the Medicine Garden, while Elder Xia concluded that his talent would suit pill refinement.

• Su Mo brought Elder Xia three Gilt-Ripple Flowers, including one with five petals, and said he did not know why it had grown that way.
• Elder Xia learned that Su Mo had joined the Cloud Sect only about ten days earlier and was at Core Formation.
• Su Mo revealed his Dao Arts, and Elder Xia recognized that he cultivated the Way of Plants and Trees.
• Elder Xia invited Su Mo to join Dew Mountain, but he declined and said he preferred working in the Medicine Garden.
• After Su Mo left, Elder Xia told Senior Sister Xia that the flowers were safe and that Su Mo’s talents were better suited to pill refinement.

Su Mo returned to the Medicine Garden and discussed flower deliveries with Chen Meiren, who set off toward Dew Mountain to pursue the female disciples there. While testing his plant-and-tree spiritual power on Immortal Herbs, Su Mo met Elder Du, who questioned him about his knowledge of herbs.

• Su Mo told Chen Meiren that delivering flowers on Dew Mountain had nearly gotten him killed, and Chen Meiren eagerly volunteered to deliver flowers next time.
• Chen Meiren left the Medicine Garden at night, claiming his Supreme Treasure would conceal him, and Su Mo directed him toward Dew Mountain.
• Su Mo used his plant-and-tree spiritual power on Silver Pearl Grass and observed it revive.
• Elder Du explained that Gloomy Night's chill sustained the Silver Pearl Grass and warned that the yin power beneath Broken Cliff could mutate its medicinal properties.
• Elder Du asked Su Mo about his herb knowledge, and Su Mo correctly identified Fruit Xin and described its properties.

Su Mo impressed Elder Du with his knowledge of medicinal plants and was ordered to deliver Zhìniàn Grass to Medicine Peak. The next morning, female disciples came to confront him about what he had seen on Dew Mountain, but he escaped by claiming he had another delivery to make.

• Su Mo identified the herbs in the Medicine Garden, and Elder Du gave him a token and ordered him to deliver two stalks of Zhìniàn Grass to Medicine Peak.
• Chen Meiren returned after accidentally seeing men bathing and told Su Mo that the Sect would soon hold a selection for outer disciples.
• Su Mo spent the night plotting how to take the garden’s plants, then began tending the herbs in the morning.
• Several female disciples arrived looking for Su Mo, and he recognized them as the Senior Sisters he had seen on Dew Mountain.
• Su Mo pretended not to remember what happened, then grabbed two stalks of Zhìniàn Grass and fled to deliver them.
• The female disciples angrily drove off Chen Meiren when he offered to help them collect herbs.