Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yuan waited tens of thousands of years for her little brother beneath the peach trees she planted, but the trees never bloomed. When blood-red rain threatened the grove and the Divine Realm, she fought to protect it, returned mortally wounded, and asked the Divine Stele to keep her alive; it transformed her into a remnant soul trapped between life and death.

• Yuan Yuan planted peach trees across the Divine Mountain and waited through the years for them to bloom so her little brother would come.
• Yuan Yuan sealed herself beneath a peach tree, and tens of thousands of years passed before blood-red rain awakened her and began killing the trees.
• Yuan Yuan absorbed the Divine Seals in the mountain, took up a divine sword, and left through the Divine Wall to fight amid the blood clouds.
• Yuan Yuan returned grievously wounded, found only a few peach trees alive, and feared she would die before her little brother arrived.
• Yuan Yuan begged the Divine Stele to keep her alive, and it turned her body into a remnant soul trapped within the Divine Mountain.

Yuan Yuan remained alone on the Divine Mountain after an unknown force stopped the Calamity, and the Confucian Sage gave her Divine Seals that could make the peach trees blossom. She used the Divine Stele to arrange for people to bring more seals, continuing to cover the mountain in peach blossoms as she waited for her little brother.

• The Little Girl watched the Calamity return, then saw unknown figures battle the blood clouds for decades until the sky became peaceful again.
• The gravely wounded Confucian Sage entered the Divine Mountain and told Yuan Yuan he had only temporarily shut the door through which the Calamity descended.
• The Confucian Sage gave Yuan Yuan Divine Seals, whose divinity made a peach blossom bloom when she released it into a tree.
• After exhausting the seals, Yuan Yuan asked the Divine Stele to draw people to collect Divine Seals and deliver them to the mountain in exchange for opportunities.
• People brought Divine Seals every ten years, and Yuan Yuan used them to make more peach trees blossom as she waited for her little brother.

Little Su Mo learned that the Divine Race and the Confucian Sage had sacrificed themselves to delay the World-Toppling Calamity, but memories revealed that the Calamity descended again after the heavens were severed. He shared Yuan Yuan’s peach blossom wine and decided to invite his friends to the Divine Mountain, leaving her touched by his kindness.

• Yuan Yuan showed Little Su Mo how the Divine Race had been destroyed by the World-Toppling Calamity and how the Confucian Sage severed the heavens to protect the Divine Realm.
• Little Su Mo saw memories of another Calamity descent and battle after the Confucian Sage had left, but he could not discover why the event had been erased from history.
• Yuan Yuan asked Little Su Mo whether he liked her peach blossoms, then unearthed the peach blossom wine she had brewed while waiting for him.
• Little Su Mo tasted the wine and told Yuan Yuan it was delicious.
• Little Su Mo asked whether he could invite his friends to drink with them, and Yuan Yuan welcomed the idea; realizing he wanted to bring her company, she shed tears.

Little Su Mo brought Peach Blossom Brew to the Academy group and introduced them to Yuan Yuan's remnant soul as his older sister. As they drank and shared stories beneath the peach blossoms, he summoned his Battle Beast to show her.

• Little Su Mo took jars of Peach Blossom Brew to the Academy group, bringing Yuan Yuan's remnant soul with him.
• Little Su Mo introduced Yuan Yuan's remnant soul to the Academy group as his older sister, moving her to tears.
• The group woke First Senior Brother and gathered to drink and trade stories about their past exploits.
• Little Su Mo told Yuan Yuan's remnant soul about his happy adventures, leaving out his sorrows and hardships.
• Little Su Mo boasted about his Battle Beast and summoned it, and a round body burst out of the void.

Little Su Mo reunited with Big Strong on the Divine Mountain, where Yuan Yuan's remnant soul identified it as the legendary Void Beast and described its powers. The timid beast showed off its fierce appearance before remembering something and spitting out a heap of strange things.

• The Void Beast appeared on the Divine Mountain, then shrank and nestled against Little Su Mo when he called it Big Strong.
• The Void Beast hid behind Little Su Mo from the others, and he insisted that it was actually fierce.
• Yuan Yuan's remnant soul recognized the Void Beast and recounted legends about its many forms and abilities.
• Little Su Mo confirmed that the Void Beast's temperaments, keen ears, and ability to travel through space matched the legends.
• After Yuan Yuan mentioned food, the Void Beast opened its mouth and spat out a heap of strange things.

Little Su Mo and his companions spent months enjoying a peaceful stay with Yuan Yuan on the Divine Mountain, delaying their departure and his growth. When the day to leave finally arrived, Yuan Yuan began explaining the Divine Seal and led him somewhere.

• The Void Beast showed off a mound of useless things it had collected, and Little Su Mo praised it before letting it eat the whole pile.
• Little Su Mo chose to remain on the Divine Mountain until the Forbidden Lands opened, reluctant to leave Yuan Yuan alone or grow up yet.
• Yuan Yuan spent her days showing Little Su Mo around the Divine Mountain and telling him stories of the Divine Race.
• After half a year passed, the group sensed that their time together was nearing its end, and the day of parting arrived.
• Yuan Yuan explained that a Divine Seal formed from a deceased Divine Race member's Divine Sense and was their legacy to descendants, then took Little Su Mo by the hand.

Yuan Yuan revealed tens of thousands of Divine Seals she had saved for Su Mo and persuaded him to accept them before he left. Su Mo absorbed the seals through the night, regaining his cultivation and body as dawn rose over Divine Mountain.

• Yuan Yuan led Little Su Mo to Peach Blossom Cove and released tens of thousands of Divine Seals from a golden bag.
• The Academy members watched the glowing seals fill the sky, while Luo Yin, Little Phoenix Woman, and the others reacted in silence.
• Yuan Yuan told Little Su Mo the seals were his and asked him to stay until he had grown up; he agreed.
• Little Su Mo sat beneath the peach tree and absorbed the Divine Seals as Yuan Yuan watched.
• At dawn, the final Divine Seal merged into Su Mo, who opened his eyes with his cultivation and body restored.

Su Mo said farewell to Yuan Yuan on the Divine Mountain, but stayed with her for several more days before secretly leaving behind an incarnation as a white Flower of the Other Shore. Yuan Yuan found his letter and learned that he planned to return, restore her to life, and introduce her to his wife.

• Yuan Yuan gave Su Mo her Divine Seal and urged him to leave the Divine Mountain, and he finally walked away while she wept beneath the peach tree.
• Su Mo returned to Yuan Yuan and spent another day with her, listening as she continued telling him about Father God.
• Su Mo promised to return when the Forbidden Lands opened again, but kept delaying his departure until Yuan Yuan fell into a deep sleep.
• Yuan Yuan awoke to find Su Mo gone, a white Flower of the Other Shore beside the Divine Stele, his name newly engraved on it, and a letter held down by a peach branch.
• Yuan Yuan read Su Mo's letter explaining that the flower was his incarnation and that he would carry her Divine Seal, seek a way to restore her, and return with his wife; she smiled and promised to water the flower every day.

Su Mo left an incarnation of the Flower of the Other Shore at the Divine Stele to keep Yuan Yuan's remnant soul company, then departed the Divine Mountain with the Academy group. Outside, they found signs that the Demon Realm had entered the Forbidden Lands, and Little Phoenix Woman explained that Peng Bird had led the demons to prepare for war against humanity.

• Su Mo left an incarnation of the Flower of the Other Shore with Yuan Yuan's remnant soul because he could not take her or the Divine Stele away.
• Su Mo and the Academy group emerged from the Divine Mountain and found the Forbidden Lands reeking of blood and deserted.
• Little Phoenix Woman sensed the Demon Race's aura and warned that demons had entered the Forbidden Lands to slaughter human prodigies.
• Little Phoenix Woman explained that Peng Bird had pushed for war against humanity as the Demon Realm ran short of resources, and that he had hunted her during her nirvana.
• Little Phoenix Woman said the demons were targeting human prodigies because of providence.

Su Mo and the Academy group crossed the Forbidden Lands and found the remains of a massacre that had killed every human trapped there. The Reincarnation Mirror confirmed three people had escaped, but no one else remained alive.

• Phoenix Woman explained that the Demon Race was slaughtering human prodigies to weaken humanity's fortune, and Su Mo gave her a Jade Pendant to conceal her aura.
• Su Mo led Phoenix Woman and the Academy group on foot toward the outskirts, where they passed corpses and found no living people or sign of the Demon Race.
• At a riverbank, Sixth Senior Sister sensed the strongest smell of blood, and the group found thousands of corpses, including Thunder Sect Members and the Cloud Sect Young Master.
• Su Mo found the woman who had once called him Senior among the dead and asked the Reincarnation Mirror whether anyone else survived.
• The Reincarnation Mirror confirmed that everyone in the Forbidden Lands was dead and reported that three people had forcibly escaped using forbidden arts.

Su Mo left the Forbidden Lands as its last survivor and parted from the Academy group, who set off to seek Heavenly Dao Fragments and grow stronger for the coming Great Calamity. He watched them go with Little Phoenix Woman beside him, unaware that they had chosen to leave so they could one day help bear the burden on his shoulders.

• Su Mo took a jade pendant from a dead woman, then left the Forbidden Lands with Big Strong after Luo Yin convinced him no one else remained alive.
• Outside the Forbidden Lands, Su Mo told Gu Yu he planned to find someone and then return to refine pills, while Gu Yu said the Academy group would separate from him to seek Heavenly Dao Fragments.
• Luo Yin chose to travel with Gu Yu to pursue the Way of Heavenly Music, and Su Mo gave Gu Yu two hairs from Big Strong so the Void Beast could locate the group later.
• The Academy group left, and Su Mo watched them go as Little Phoenix Woman took his hand.
• Sixth Senior Sister worried about leaving Su Mo, but Gu Yu explained that they needed to grow stronger to help him carry his burden, then urged the group not to look back.

After the Academy group departed, Su Mo traveled with the Phoenix Woman and the Void Beast to find the younger sister of a woman who had died in the Forbidden Lands. He cured the girl’s illness, but she woke, learned her sister was dead, and grieved over her Jade Pendant.

• Su Mo watched the Academy group leave, then set off with the Phoenix Woman and Void Beast to find the Jade Pendant owner’s younger sister.
• Su Mo arrived at a poor hut in an ancient city and found the girl unconscious and gravely ill.
• Su Mo used his power to remove the gloomy force inside the girl and placed her sister’s Jade Pendant beside her bed.
• The girl woke and recognized Su Mo as the kind senior her sister had described, saying he had saved her sister three times.
• The girl saw the Jade Pendant, realized her sister would not return, and mourned her loss as Su Mo watched in silence.

Su Mo saved Luo Qing Yi and eased her fears that her sister had died in exchange for her life. When Qing Yi asked to become his disciple, Su Mo gave her a destination and promised to accept her if she reached it within two months.

• After recovering, Luo Qing Yi thanked Su Mo and asked whether her sister had bargained with him to save her.
• Su Mo explained that he had come because he remembered meeting her sister, and assured Qing Yi that her sister’s death had not been caused by her.
• Qing Yi asked to cultivate and become Su Mo’s disciple so she could help others and repay him.
• Su Mo learned that Qing Yi had studied herbs and plants while her sister gathered medicine to keep her alive.
• Su Mo gave Qing Yi directions and told her to reach the destination within two months if she wanted him to accept her as his disciple.
• After Su Mo vanished, Qing Yi clutched the Jade Pendant and wept for her sister.

Su Mo returned to Du Pingsheng after a year and a half away, reuniting with his master and promising to help refine the Twin Perching Pill. He recounted his death, Nirvana, and escape from the Forbidden Lands, while Du Pingsheng thanked Phoenix Woman for saving him.

• Su Mo left Qing Yi's rundown house and set out with Phoenix Woman to seek the Dao in the Mortal World, leaving Big Strong a task.
• After waiting a year and a half, Du Pingsheng saw Su Mo return and shared cold tea with him as Su Mo promised to help refine his pill.
• Su Mo told Du Pingsheng how he died in the Heavenly Tribulation, achieved Nirvana with the Phoenix Feather, and survived the Forbidden Lands with Phoenix Woman.
• Su Mo called Phoenix Woman over, and Du Pingsheng bowed to her and expressed his gratitude for saving his disciple.

Su Mo reunited with Du Pingsheng at the Bamboo Hut and spent a warm evening reminiscing with him and Phoenix Woman. He planned to stay for a long time, help Du Pingsheng refine the Twin Perching Pill once he reached the Inquiry Realm, and let Phoenix Woman stay with him while she recovered.

• Su Mo helped Du Pingsheng up, and the three sat together at the Bamboo Hut, talking about life in the Cloud Sect.
• Du Pingsheng and Su Mo recalled Su Mo's antics in the Cloud Sect, and Du Pingsheng explained that Su Mo had revealed his identity because he could not bear to keep deceiving him.
• Phoenix Woman listened as Du Pingsheng praised Su Mo's honesty, while Su Mo kept her identity as Demon Realm sovereign secret to spare Du Pingsheng discomfort.
• Su Mo told Du Pingsheng he would stay for a long time, and Du Pingsheng said they should wait until Su Mo reached the Inquiry Realm before refining the Twin Perching Pill.
• Su Mo said Phoenix Woman would stay with him while she dealt with her cultivation trouble, and Du Pingsheng accepted without asking further questions.
• After chatting late into the night, Du Pingsheng returned to his room, whose door had gathered cobwebs during Su Mo's long absence.

Su Mo and Phoenix Woman shared a quiet morning with Du Pingsheng, who worried about turmoil in the Demon Realm and the suffering of its people. Meanwhile, Little Girl set out on a ten-thousand-li journey to the Medicine Garden, determined to cultivate and repay Su Mo, while a strange beast followed her.

• Su Mo and Phoenix Woman teased each other and spent the night together at Du Pingsheng’s home.
• Du Pingsheng worried about the Demon Realm’s turmoil, and Su Mo reflected on the cost of the Ninth Realm’s peace.
• Phoenix Woman took Su Mo’s hand, and he went with her to cut bamboo for another room.
• Little Girl packed and left for a destination ten thousand li away after resting and recovering from her illness.
• A round, plump strange beast emerged from the void and quietly followed Little Girl.
• Little Girl struggled along a mountain path but kept going, intent on cultivating so she could repay Su Mo.

Little Qing Yi struggled through a dangerous mountain journey toward Su Mo, while Su Mo and Phoenix Woman built a bamboo hut and Su Mo explained that the journey would test whether Qing Yi could become his disciple. As Su Mo and Du Pingsheng began refining pills, Phoenix Woman watched the increasingly turbulent horizon with guilt and unease.

• Little Qing Yi fell on the mossy mountain path, injured her knee, and continued toward her destination without resting.
• The Void Beast followed Qing Yi and drove away the beasts approaching her with its aura.
• Su Mo and Phoenix Woman built a bamboo hut by hand, and Su Mo used the Sacred Artifact Frost to make furniture from leftover bamboo.
• Su Mo told Phoenix Woman that Qing Yi had to endure the ten-thousand-li journey to prove she could persevere in cultivation, or he would send her to the Rain Sect.
• Du Pingsheng invited Su Mo to refine pills, and the two men began working inside the hut.
• Phoenix Woman sensed greater turmoil on the horizon, felt guilt about her cultivation, and remained silent as pill fragrance drifted toward her.

After refining pills with Elder Du, Su Mo left Phoenix Woman with them and went out. Meanwhile, Little Qing Yi struggled through the mountains in wind and rain until a mysterious black-clad figure healed her; she woke and thanked him without learning his identity.

• Su Mo gave Phoenix Woman the pills he had refined with Elder Du, explaining that they could restore spiritual power, then left.
• Little Qing Yi continued her exhausting journey through the mountains, walking in the rain despite her injuries and lack of rest.
• Little Qing Yi collapsed in a pavilion and fell asleep, while a figure appeared and used a golden light to heal her and restore her strength.
• After an hour, Little Qing Yi woke and asked the black-clad figure if he was an Immortal and whether he had healed her.
• The figure nodded, and Little Qing Yi thanked him and promised to repay his kindness once she found a master and achieved something.

Luo Qing Yi met Yu Jing of the Rain Sect, who praised her exceptional talent and offered to arrange for her to join the sect. She refused, determined to reach Senior White-Clad One despite the seemingly impossible journey, and Yu Jing questioned her choice.

• Yu Jing asked Luo Qing Yi why she was traveling ten thousand li to seek a master within two months, and suggested that Senior White-Clad One might be making things difficult for her.
• Luo Qing Yi defended Senior White-Clad One and concealed his name from Yu Jing.
• Yu Jing offered to have a Rain Sect elder take Luo Qing Yi as a disciple, but she knelt and refused because she wanted to repay Senior White-Clad One by becoming his disciple.
• Yu Jing revealed that Luo Qing Yi's Spiritual Root and talent were exceptionally rare, but she remained committed to her choice.
• Yu Jing pointed out that she could not travel ten thousand li in two months, yet Luo Qing Yi said failing to arrive would mean she was unworthy of becoming Senior White-Clad One's disciple.

Little Qing Yi refused Su Mo’s help and continued toward his distant destination on foot, while Su Mo watched over her and then reunited with Yu Gu. Their meeting revealed that the Demon Realm had invaded and the five realms were in chaos, and Su Mo hinted at his doubts about Hui Kong’s enlightenment.

• Little Qing Yi refused the black-robed man’s offer to carry her five thousand li and walked into the rain to complete the ten-thousand-li journey.
• After Qing Yi vanished, Su Mo revealed himself, stopped the rain with a word, and sent a message summoning Yu Gu.
• Yu Gu arrived, and he and Su Mo reunited after nearly two years apart.
• Yu Gu told Su Mo that the Demon Realm had invaded, the five realms were in chaos, and the three sects were barely holding on.
• Su Mo declined Yu Gu’s suggestion that he rally the eight realms and three sects, then asked him for a favor.
• Su Mo told Yu Gu he had never believed the old monk could make someone suddenly attain enlightenment, and Yu Gu left in silence.