Chapter Summaries

Su Mo arrived in a vast new world with the mysterious woman and was welcomed by Wu Qian, who mistook him for a powerful fugitive. He agreed to stay briefly at Spirit Beast Mountain and guide Wu Qian, but his search for the Floating Leaf remained unanswered.

• Wu Qian guessed that Su Mo was hiding from enemies and offered him shelter at Spirit Beast Mountain.
• Su Mo told Wu Qian his name and said he would stay for a while, offering to answer her cultivation questions.
• Su Mo asked Wu Qian whether this world held a place where a fallen leaf could become a world, but she did not know of one.
• Su Mo released the Spirit Beasts from the pressure of his aura, and they fled down the mountain as Wu Qian departed.
• The mysterious woman told Su Mo that their auras subdued Spirit Beasts because they stood above all spirits.

A woman taught Su Mo that he shared her ability, All Things Have Spirits, which let the spirits of the world willingly help him. After experiencing the living consciousness of nature and finding comfort among its spirits, Su Mo returned to his body and opened his eyes to a flower-covered mountain.

• Su Mo denied that he stood above all spirits, but the woman explained that he possessed the same ability, All Things Have Spirits.
• The woman touched Su Mo's forehead, awakening his Divine Rune and spreading his divine sense across the surrounding world.
• Su Mo's consciousness merged with the world and encountered a mountain, flowers, butterflies, and other beings as living spirits.
• Su Mo peacefully connected with the spirits, who gathered around him as he experienced their companionship and beauty.
• Su Mo's consciousness returned to his body, and he opened his eyes to find the mountain covered in flowers.

Su Mo understood that Questioning Love meant comprehending the feelings of all spirits, then learned more about his connection to the Divine Maiden. Meanwhile, the Beast Taming Sect arrived at Spirit Beast Mountain, where Hong Shi demanded its Beast Taming Art and threatened Wu Qian.

• Su Mo sensed the feelings of all things and realized that Questioning Love was meant to help him understand the feelings of others and himself.
• Su Mo called the woman Divine Maiden and asked whether she could revive someone of the Divine Race; she said the dead could not be brought back and explained that Su Mo's bloodline was shaped by his divine soul.
• The Divine Maiden vanished, and Su Mo found that a flower and the breeze responded to him without his using cultivation.
• At Spirit Beast Mountain, the spirit beasts grew close to the white-robed man on Ancestral Mountain, changing the mountain's cultivators' sense of security.
• Hong Shi led the Beast Taming Sect to Spirit Beast Mountain, demanded its Beast Taming Art, and threatened to absorb the sect and make Wu Qian his concubine under orders from the Supreme Sect.

Wu Qian realized the Supreme Sect had ordered the Beast Taming Sect to enter the Ancient Forbidden Land as expendable guides, and learned that the order came from the Ji Supreme Sect. Hong Shi revealed that he had come to provoke a battle with Spirit Beast Mountain so his sect might escape its fate, leaving Wu Qian facing his desperate scheme.

• Wu Qian deduced that the Beast Taming Sect had been ordered to clear the Ancient Forbidden Land for a Supreme Sect and challenged Hong Shi’s attempt to use that order to intimidate her.
• Hong Shi admitted he had never met anyone from the Supreme Sect and identified the ordering sect as Ji; Wu Qian declared the Beast Taming Sect doomed.
• Hong Shi revealed that he intended to drag Spirit Beast Mountain into a fight so the Supreme Sect would notice it and might spare the Beast Taming Sect.
• Hong Shi explained three possible outcomes of a battle, each offering his sect some chance to avoid being forced into the forbidden land.
• Wu Qian questioned whether the Supreme Sect would see through his plan, and Hong Shi replied that it no longer mattered because his schemes were obvious.

Su Mo revealed himself as Spirit Beast Mountain’s Ancestor and stopped the Beast Taming Sect’s attack, leaving its members grievously wounded but alive. Hong Shi realized Su Mo had spared them so they could survive the coming calamity, and thanked him as Su Mo departed.

• Hong Shi ordered the Beast Taming Sect to attack Spirit Beast Mountain, but their beasts froze in terror.
• Su Mo appeared, and the beasts of both sects knelt before him as Spirit Beast Mountain’s disciples greeted him as their Ancestor.
• Hong Shi asked Su Mo to kill the Beast Taming Sect members, saying their deaths would give their ordinary disciples a chance to escape the calamity.
• Su Mo suppressed and gravely wounded the Beast Taming Sect members without killing them, then told Spirit Beast Mountain to let them leave.
• Hong Shi understood that Su Mo had spared them and bowed toward Spirit Beast Mountain’s Ancestral Mountain to thank him.

Su Mo protected the Spirit Beast Sect and Beast Taming Sect from the Supreme Sect by posing as Spirit Beast Mountain’s Ancestor, then agreed to let Wu Qian follow him. Wu Qian realized that the young, immensely powerful Su Mo might be an Emperor Throne Incense.

• The Beast Taming Sect thanked Su Mo for injuring them in public, understanding that his actions had kept them from entering the Ancient Forbidden Land and protected both sects.
• After the Beast Taming Sect departed, Wu Qian visited Su Mo on the Ancestral Mountain and worried that his exposed whereabouts would draw enemies and probes from the Supreme Sect.
• Su Mo told Wu Qian he had no enemies before, but expected trouble now, and suggested that the Spirit Beast Sect relocate while he stayed behind.
• Wu Qian asked to follow Su Mo and serve him, and he accepted, telling her she could leave whenever she wished and should stop calling him Senior.
• After Su Mo said he was not much older than Wu Qian, she connected his youth and supreme cultivation to the rumored Emperor Throne Incense.

Su Mo explained that he had never heard of the Immortal Emperor realm or the imperial throne’s Incense, while Wu Qian revealed her unease toward the Incense without explaining its cause. Wu Qian arranged for her sect to relocate and returned to Ancestral Mountain to remain with Su Mo.

• Wu Qian asked whether Su Mo was one of the imperial throne’s Incense, and Su Mo said he did not know what they were.
• Wu Qian told Su Mo about the Immortal Emperor realm and the Incense, and Su Mo admitted he had only recently entered the world.
• Wu Qian said Su Mo was no worse than the Incense, but Su Mo noticed her resentment toward them and let her keep her reasons private.
• Su Mo sent Wu Qian to arrange the sect’s relocation, and she reflected that she had chosen to follow him for reasons beyond his potential.
• Wu Qian instructed the sect elders to relocate and remain away from Spirit Beast Mountain while she and the Ancestor stayed behind for the Supreme Sect’s expected decree.
• Wu Qian appointed a respected elder to lead the sect and returned to Ancestral Mountain, where she found Su Mo calmly seated at the tea table.

Su Mo explained to Wu Qian why a connected minor sect, rather than the Supreme Sect itself, would come to probe Spirit Beast Mountain, and why he would not respond to the test. Qi Yu arrived to offer congratulations with obvious contempt, leaving the confrontation just beginning.

• Wu Qian predicted that the Supreme Sect would probe Spirit Beast Mountain because Su Mo had crippled the Beast Taming Sect and disrupted its plans for the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Su Mo reasoned that someone in the Supreme Sect had arranged for the Beast Taming Sect to accompany them to impress higher-ups, and would now use an affiliated sect to test Spirit Beast Mountain.
• Su Mo told Wu Qian that he would not respond to the probing, since either outcome would invite more trouble.
• Su Mo spotted a young man arriving and Wu Qian realized he came from a great sect connected to the Supreme Sect.
• Qi Yu introduced himself as a junior offering congratulations to Spirit Beast Mountain's Ancestor, but spoke with open contempt as onlookers gathered to watch.

Su Mo subdued Qi Yu when the Qi Household junior came to test Spirit Beast Mountain’s strength, then demanded an apology from his clan. When Qi Yu’s relatives arrived to rescue him, Su Mo’s power forced them to kneel beside him.

• Qi Yu arrived at Spirit Beast Mountain to probe its Ancestor, but ignored Su Mo and showed interest in Wu Qian.
• Su Mo asked Wu Qian whether she had anything to ask Qi Yu; after she called him Young Master, Qi Yu realized Su Mo was not the mountain’s Ancestor.
• Su Mo restrained Qi Yu with his power and forced him to kneel, then wondered whether anyone from the Qi Household would come apologize.
• An elder informed Qi Shuo that Qi Yu had been subdued and that someone must apologize; Qi Shuo sent a cousin and others to retrieve him.
• Su Mo briefly released Qi Yu’s mouth, heard him threaten the Qi Household’s retaliation, then sealed it again.
• Qi Yu’s clansmen arrived to save him, but they were forced out of the sky and landed on their knees beside him.

Su Mo suppressed Qi Huan and the Qi Household elders who came to rescue Qi Yu, revealing that he was an Emperor Throne Incense. He refused the elder’s empty-handed apology and waited for the Qi Household to return with gifts.

• Su Mo suppressed Qi Huan and sealed his mouth after Qi Huan threatened to destroy Spirit Beast Mountain.
• Qi Huan realized Su Mo wielded the power of laws and was likely an Incense, while Qi Yu and Qi Huan waited for their elders to arrive.
• A large group from the Qi Household arrived, but Su Mo made them kneel with a single thought, including an Inquiry Realm Elder.
• The elder apologized and explained that the Qi Household had come in haste without gifts.
• Su Mo told the elder to return with gifts of apology, leaving him to wonder who could carry the message after he too was suppressed.

Qi Shuo arrived at Spirit Beast Mountain and demanded that Su Mo serve the Ji Clan, then threatened to slaughter the sect when Su Mo mocked him. Su Mo’s hidden guardian subdued the Qi Household elders, and Ji Canghai apologized and offered to discipline Qi Shuo and summon the Ji Clan to make amends.

• Qi Shuo led members of the Qi Household to Spirit Beast Mountain, where they demanded that Su Mo accompany them into a forbidden land to command beasts.
• Su Mo mocked Qi Shuo’s claim that the Ji Clan stood behind him, prompting Qi Shuo to order the Qi elders to kill Su Mo and slaughter the sect.
• Su Mo’s killing intent filled the area, and the Qi elders felt a supreme aura from the hidden Divine Maiden and knelt under her pressure.
• Qi Shuo called for his guardian, Ji Canghai, who approached Su Mo respectfully and distanced himself from the Qi Household.
• Su Mo reminded Ji Canghai that Qi Shuo had threatened to wipe out the sect, and Ji Canghai offered to discipline him and summon the Ji Clan to apologize.

Su Mo forced Ji Canghai to slap Qi Shuo while displaying strange powers that frightened the Ji Clan and Qi Household. After Su Mo waited on Ancestral Mountain, Ji Yue arrived in person and greeted him.

• Su Mo ordered Ji Canghai to slap Qi Shuo a thousand times, and Ji Canghai agreed to spare the others.
• Su Mo bound Qi Shuo to a self-rising stone pillar with a moving vine, alarming Ji Canghai and the onlookers.
• Ji Canghai repeatedly slapped Qi Shuo until he was badly injured, while Su Mo relaxed and enjoyed the sound.
• Su Mo told Ji Canghai to find someone, and Ji Canghai left as Su Mo waited and napped for half a day.
• Ji Yue arrived on Ancestral Mountain with an old man and greeted Su Mo.

Ji Yue came to apologize for Qi Shuo and negotiate with Su Mo, who demanded compensation from the Ji Clan for threatening Spirit Beast Mountain. Su Mo hinted that he knew about an item the clan had recently acquired, and Ji Yue left to consult her sect while taking the Qi Clan members with her.

• Ji Yue apologized for her cousin Qi Shuo and argued that the Qi Household’s actions were not the Ji Clan’s responsibility.
• Su Mo rejected her excuses and demanded compensation for the threat to Spirit Beast Mountain, offering to let the matter go if the Ji Clan killed Qi Shuo.
• When Ji Yue refused to kill her cousin, Su Mo demanded something the Ji Clan considered equal to the lives of his sect members.
• Su Mo suggested the Ji Clan give him something it had acquired the previous month, and Ji Yue realized he was asking about a particular possession.
• Ji Yue said she needed her sect’s decision, then left with the Qi Clan members; Wu Qian looked sorrowfully at Su Mo.

Su Mo explained that he had made the Ji Clan believe he sought something they possessed so they would fear him and stop threatening Spirit Beast Mountain. After Wu Qian accepted his explanation and arranged the sect’s relocation, Ji Yue investigated the incident and learned there was a spy among the Ji Clan’s Core Disciples.

• Su Mo told Wu Qian that his apparent scheme against the Ji Clan was meant to make them wary and protect Spirit Beast Mountain from future danger.
• Su Mo said he had no powerful sect behind him, and Wu Qian promised to keep his identity secret and remain loyal to him.
• Su Mo told Wu Qian to arrange Spirit Beast Mountain’s relocation and let its people return after the matter was settled.
• Ji Yue rebuked Qi Shuo for causing trouble, then ordered him to leave and warned she would kill him if he did it again.
• Ji Yue and Grandpa Ji concluded that a spy among the Ji Clan’s Core Disciples had revealed their secret, and they resolved to investigate after returning to the sect.
• Grandpa Ji praised the white-robed man’s strength and reacted with fear when Ji Yue asked about the power behind him.

Su Mo told the Divine Maiden he sought the Immortal Emperor realm to discover the truth of the world and find the Floating Leaf. Ji Yue returned to Ancestral Mountain with the object Su Mo had requested, where he claimed to belong to the Eternal Life Sect and introduced himself as Su Eternal Life.

• The Ji Clan’s elders advised giving Su Mo the object to avoid making an enemy and to signal friendly ties, though Ji Yue worried that her younger sister loved it.
• Su Mo told the Divine Maiden he wanted to reach the Immortal Emperor realm and find the Floating Leaf, while she said she did not know how far she was from that realm.
• Su Mo asked the Divine Maiden about Ji Yue’s guardian, and she dismissed him as young and said there could be no fight between them.
• Su Mo played a game of strategy against himself as Wu Qian waited with him for Ji Yue’s return.
• Ji Yue arrived with her guardian and brought the requested object, then asked Su Mo which sect he belonged to.
• Su Mo claimed to be from the Eternal Life Sect and gave his name as Su Eternal Life, surprising both himself and Ji Yue’s party.

Su Mo’s offhand declaration of the name Su Eternal Life caused a new name to appear on all ninety-nine Emperor Throne Incense steles, though he knew nothing of the worldwide reaction. He accepted Ji Yue’s hairpin and ended the Ji Clan’s dispute with him, then considered the clan’s request that they enter the Forbidden Land together.

• Su Mo spoke the name Su Eternal Life, and the name appeared on all ninety-nine Emperor Throne Incense steles, startling the people watching them.
• The Divine Maiden told Su Mo that the Confucian Sage was not called Su Eternal Life, but said she would explain later.
• Ji Yue tested Su Mo with a dagger, then revealed a mysterious hairpin; Su Mo recognized its unusual origin and accepted it as the Ji Clan’s apology offering.
• Su Mo told Ji Yue that Spirit Beast Mountain and the Beast Taming Sect had little to do with him and that the Ji Clan could take them into the Forbidden Land if it wished.
• Ji Yue asked whether anyone would accompany Su Mo into the Forbidden Land, and Su Mo realized the Ji Clan wanted a public sign of alliance with his supposed sect.

Su Mo agreed to enter the Ancient Forbidden Land with Ji Yue, then learned the Confucian Sage had a name so embarrassing that he erased it from his memory. The Divine Maiden revealed that Su Eternal Life was a mysterious figure she could neither see clearly nor understand, leaving Su Mo wondering how she knew the memory-erasing technique.

• Su Mo accepted Ji Yue’s invitation to enter the Ancient Forbidden Land together, while making clear that he might explore alone once inside.
• After Ji Yue and Wu Qian left, the Divine Maiden told Su Mo that the Confucian Sage was named Wang Tiedan.
• The Divine Maiden taught Su Mo a technique for selectively erasing memories, and Su Mo used it to forget the name Wang Tiedan.
• Su Mo asked about Su Eternal Life, and the Divine Maiden said she could not see or understand him because he seemed to transcend the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Su Mo wondered why the Divine Maiden knew the memory-erasing technique despite not remembering who she was.

The Divine Maiden told Su Mo that she had never known her own identity, rather than forgotten it. In the Ji Clan, Ji Shuang grieved over the clan giving her favorite hairpin to Su Eternal Life, then used a talisman to disappear.

• The Divine Maiden told Su Mo she had never used the Memory-Erasing Technique on herself and had simply never known who she was.
• Ji Shuang protested as her family explained that the Ji Clan had given her hairpin to Su Eternal Life as part of a strategic deal.
• Ji Shuang accused the adults of bullying her and ran from the room, while the middle-aged man forbade anyone from following.
• Ji Shuang hid in the rockery, cried over her lost hairpin, and activated a piece of Talisman Paper.
• Golden light flashed, and Ji Shuang vanished, leaving the rune-less Talisman Paper behind.

Ji Shuang climbed Ancestral Mountain to ask Su Mo for her beloved hairpin, but Su Mo refused to return it after gently healing her cut finger. His encounter with her reminded him of Tongtong, leaving his reasons for refusing unclear.

• Ji Shuang climbed Ancestral Mountain despite her fear of Su Mo and encountered an Eyeless Ghost Beast.
• Su Mo quieted the Eyeless Ghost Beast, and Ji Shuang asked him to return her hairpin.
• Ji Shuang offered Su Mo her Storage Ring in exchange for the hairpin and accidentally cut her finger with her dagger.
• Su Mo took the dagger, returned Ji Shuang's ring, and healed her wound with a flower petal.
• Su Mo remembered Tongtong as he looked at Ji Shuang, then refused her request for the hairpin.

Ji Shuang tried to retrieve her hairpin from Su Mo, but he refused and left her to face the Eyeless Ghost Beast. She followed him to the summit and stayed near the hairpin, while the Ji Clan searched for her and revealed its fear of the power behind Su Eternal Life.

• Ji Shuang asked Su Mo to return the hairpin, but he refused and sent her away, insisting the Ji Clan had given it to him.
• Su Mo left Ji Shuang near the Eyeless Ghost Beast, which turned submissive toward the summit and retreated into the forest.
• Ji Shuang went to the summit and watched Su Mo from a distance as he played chess beside the hairpin.
• The Ji Clan searched for Ji Shuang for several days, but learned she had not gone to her grandmother’s household.
• The middle-aged man told the woman that the Ji Clan had to preserve its outward strength and avoid provoking the mysterious power behind Su Eternal Life.
• The woman asked whether he would choose Ji Shuang or the Sect, and understood from his silence that he would choose the Sect.