Chapter Summaries

Ouyang learned that his plan had succeeded and that the River of Time would endure forever, then escaped his cage with Death’s help. Seeing the Myriad Worlds and learning Tutu’s voice had reached him because she had searched for him, he proudly praised her.

• Tutu’s voice reached Ouyang, and a strand of her hair restored his fading body and gave him the strength to open his cage.
• Ouyang hesitated to leave the cage, fearing the River of Time had died, until Death appeared and urged him out.
• Death told Ouyang that his plan had succeeded and that others had found a way for the River of Time to endure forever.
• Death helped Ouyang climb out of the cage, where he saw countless Rivers of Time branching from the Great River into the Myriad Worlds.
• Death explained that the more important someone was to Ouyang, the more he would search for them after forgetting them, and Ouyang tearfully praised Tutu.

Ouyang learned that he could only return to the world two million years in the future, then insisted that Death reincarnate with him. Death tried to push Ouyang into the River of Time alone, but Ouyang dragged him down too.

• Death explained that the Minor Worlds’ survival could guide the main world toward a lasting future, and that Ouyang had been sent two million years ahead.
• Ouyang worried about Qingsong and the others, then accepted that he could only appear in the future and could not reincarnate into the main world.
• Ouyang asked Death to reincarnate with him, and Death reluctantly agreed.
• Death tricked Ouyang by urging him to look below, then pushed him toward the River of Time and said he would wait at the world's end.
• Ouyang caught Death with his hair and pulled him down, insisting that they reincarnate together.

Ouyang and Death watched the River of Time and saw that Leng Qingsong, Bai Feiyu, and Chen Changsheng had become rival Sages. Ouyang then took Death with him into reincarnation, and they headed toward a Medium Thousand World as Ouyang tried to give him a name.

• Ouyang and Death observed the River of Time and saw that the three former disciples had become Sages representing the Immortal, Divine, and Ghost Daos.
• Ouyang accepted that the disciples had chosen their own paths, despite their bitter rivalry and estrangement.
• Death objected to being dragged into reincarnation, but Ouyang reassured him and thanked him for his efforts.
• Ouyang said that he and Death had no place in their old world and invited him to find a home together.
• Ouyang's power of reincarnation carried them toward a Medium Thousand World, and he called Death “Ouye,” prompting Death to curse at him.

A million years after Daji vanished, Ouyang and Oye arrived powerless in the Underworld and wandered in circles along Yellow Springs Road. When blood-red Flowers of the Other Shore bloomed around them, three unseen pairs of eyes watched Ouyang from the sky.

• The world had become the Myriad Immortal Domains, with countless Minor Worlds surrounding the Main World and the Underworld guarding reincarnation beneath it.
• Ouyang recognized the wilderness on Yellow Springs Road and insisted he knew the way, but he and Oye repeatedly returned to the same spot.
• After Oye complained that they had gone in circles seventeen times, he and Ouyang argued over who should be the older brother.
• Ouyang worried that his Underworld acquaintances would seek revenge, while Oye suggested reclaiming the power of death and destroying the world.
• Flowers of the Other Shore and green vines suddenly filled the wilderness, and three pairs of eyes watched Ouyang from high above.

Chen Changsheng recovered the memories he had lost after seeing a fleeting blue-green figure on the River of Time. He learned the figure was about to reincarnate, but hesitated to approach, afraid of hurting him again.

• Chen Changsheng sensed a blue-green meteor on the River of Time and stumbled from his boat while chasing it.
• Chen Changsheng saw the meteor flash across the timeline where he had become Zu Yuan, and memories of the blue-green-robed man returned.
• Chen Changsheng realized that his rise to Sagehood had come at the cost of the person most important to him.
• Chen Changsheng discovered that the blue-green-robed man was about to reincarnate, but froze rather than go to him.
• Chen Changsheng repeated the words he remembered the blue-green-robed man saying: “It's you, Changsheng. Have you finally found your way home?”

Chen Changsheng remembered how he had betrayed his Eldest Senior Brother and resolved to protect him, while Bai Feiyu and Leng Qingsong recovered memories of the person they had forgotten. At the Underworld’s border, Chen Changsheng blocked them and swore to sacrifice everything to keep them away from him.

• Chen Changsheng realized he had forgotten his Eldest Senior Brother and had claimed the Sage’s position at his expense, then left the River of Time determined to act.
• Bai Feiyu dreamed of Ouyezi and the life he had forgotten, woke in terror, and rushed barefoot from the Divine Hall.
• Bai Feiyu learned where Ouyang was and traveled to Chaos outside the Underworld’s Medium Thousand World.
• Chen Changsheng confronted Bai Feiyu and Leng Qingsong, refusing to let either enter the Underworld to see the person behind him.
• Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu offered to surrender their Sage fruition for one meeting, but Chen Changsheng vowed to destroy his own Divine Soul to keep them from approaching him.

Chen Changsheng blocked Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu from seeing Ouyang, threatening to die with them rather than let them approach. When both Supreme Sages knelt and begged for one last meeting, Daji arrived and slapped Chen Changsheng, leaving him stammering at his junior sister.

• Chen Changsheng confronted Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu before the Underworld, drawing his bow and threatening to destroy himself if they tried to see Ouyang.
• Chen Changsheng revealed paper figures carrying a Sage-Version Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book curse, forcing the two Supreme Sages to hesitate.
• Leng Qingsong knelt and pleaded to see Ouyang once before seeking death, and Bai Feiyu knelt beside him in agreement.
• Chen Changsheng refused their request and ordered them to leave, insisting that he would never let them see Ouyang.
• Daji emerged from Chaos, slapped Chen Changsheng, and left him addressing her guiltily as his junior sister.

Daji stopped Chen Changsheng and the other Supreme Sages from rushing to see Ouyang, warning that their karmic ties could harm him. She arranged a way for them to meet him through a recreated Azure Cloud Sect in a separate world, then asked them to erase his past from the River of Time, leaving them to take one final look at him.

• Daji rebuked Chen Changsheng for raising his bow against his fellow disciples, and he joined Bai Feiyu and Leng Qingsong in sitting before her.
• Daji explained that the Three Sages’ rash actions could undo Ouyang’s sacrifice and that their Sagehood made direct contact dangerous for him.
• Bai Feiyu identified a Medium Thousand World where cultivation was difficult, and Leng Qingsong brought the group there.
• Daji ordered the Three Sages to make clones and rebuild the Azure Cloud Sect by hand, then asked them to erase Ouyang’s past from the River of Time.
• The Three Sages agreed, and Daji tearfully urged them to take one more look at Ouyang.

Ouyang and Oye traveled along Yellow Springs Road, where Ouyang reunited with Big White Radish and said he had come to reincarnate. As they walked deeper into the Underworld, many powerful figures gathered to see them off, while the Three Sages prepared to rewrite Ouyang in his next life and protect him.

• Oye halted the sky-covering vines on Yellow Springs Road, and Ouyang said he looked forward to seeing old acquaintances.
• Big White Radish recognized Ouyang, feared his return, and then knelt as Ouyang told him to point the way to the river where the toad lived.
• Ouyang asked whether Big White Radish needed to absorb their emotions for reincarnation, and Big White Radish refused after recalling the trouble it had caused before.
• A winding path appeared beneath Ouyang and Oye as they walked, while Hui Zhi asked Fan Rubin to accompany him to see Senior Brother off.
• Fan Rubin observed that many people had come to see Ouyang and Oye off, and countless powerful figures gathered outside the Underworld while the Three Sages waited above the River of Time.

Powerful cultivators gathered at Mount Naihe to await Ouyang’s reincarnation, each tied to his past and hoping to see him again. Daji arrived and ordered everyone to leave, allowing them to escort him up the mountain but insisting she alone see him off for the final stretch.

• Xiao Feng, Hui Zhi, and the other powerful cultivators waited at Mount Naihe, each reflecting on their connection to the person about to be reincarnated.
• Fan Rubin planned to hand Fengdu’s seat to the arriving young master, while Su Ling'er wondered whether her old feelings for Senior Brother Ouyang could return.
• The Twelve Great Witches recalled the Ancestral Shaman’s order to seize any divine soul dressed in blue-green robes.
• Daji appeared in blue-green robes, and Xiao Feng greeted her as his senior sister, only to be rebuked for their estrangement.
• Daji ordered everyone to leave, then said they could escort Eldest Senior Brother up Mount Naihe but she alone would see him off at the summit.

Ouyang and Oye traveled through the Underworld toward Fengdu, where Ouyang hoped to reunite with his old companions. As their memories began to disappear before they reached the city, Ouyang accepted that entering rebirth without them was fine.

• Ouyang bragged to Oye about his past exploits as they walked along the Yellow Springs Road, while Oye dismissed his claims with boasts of his own.
• At the River of Forgetfulness, Ouyang found the Lord of the River of Forgetfulness asleep and woke it by punching its eyes.
• The Lord of the River of Forgetfulness recognized Ouyang and said Fengdu and the Underworld had ordered it to wait for him.
• Ouyang and Oye rode the toad across the river toward Fengdu, and Ouyang imagined reuniting with Qingsong, Changsheng, Xiao Bai, Tutu, and Xiao Feng.
• Oye suddenly forgot who he and Ouyang were, and Ouyang realized their memories were rapidly fading.
• Ouyang concluded that his companions likely wanted to spare him a difficult rebirth and accepted that entering it without his memories was fine.

Ouyang and Oye, both confused about their past lives, traveled along Yellow Springs Road atop the Lord of the River of Forgetfulness, who dared not harm them under the watchful gazes from Mount Naihe. After the toad dropped them at the far bank and fled, a bald man in a leather jacket came down the mountain and addressed Ouyang as Senior Brother.

• Ouyang and Oye mistook each other for brothers and agreed they wanted to reincarnate together, though Ouyang suggested they become trees instead of humans.
• The Lord of the River of Forgetfulness considered drowning the pair to avenge an old grudge, but warning gazes from Mount Naihe scared him into swimming faster toward the opposite bank.
• Ouyang and Oye realized they were standing on a gigantic toad, and Ouyang pleaded with it not to eat them.
• The toad carried the brothers across the river, then fled when voices from the mountain ordered it to leave.
• A bald man in a leather jacket ran down the mountain, noticed Oye behind Ouyang, and called Ouyang Senior Brother while asking if he was looking for a room.

Ouyang and Oye crossed the Underworld with help from strange figures, including Hui Zhi and a multicolored-haired man hammering a Blade Mountain path. They encountered an oddly dressed Daoist offering a crystal-ball massage, leaving Ouyang baffled by how strange everyone in the Underworld seemed.

• Hui Zhi mistook Ouyang for his senior brother, then gave Oye a golden Buddhist swastika on his palm and directed the brothers up the mountain.
• Ouyang and Oye found that a multicolored-haired man was hammering sharp blades into steps ahead of them.
• Ouyang praised the man's strength and asked him to teach them, but the man instead promised to make the path safe and resumed hammering.
• Ouyang encountered a Daoist wearing a kasaya and Daoist crown who offered a crystal-ball massage, adding to his confusion about the Underworld.

Zhao Qiansun trapped Ouyang and Oye inside a crystal ball, where Ouyang discovered his name carved throughout a Ferris wheel cabin and heard a woman accuse him of being the Ouyang who had wronged her. After recovering his name, Ouyang returned to the outside world, where a green-clad youth in Mianfu greeted him as “Big Boss!”

• Zhao Qiansun offered Ouyang a free sweet dream, but Ouyang refused and tried to leave with Oye.
• Zhao Qiansun shouted for Ouyang to come back, and Ouyang and Oye found themselves inside a Ferris wheel in a silent amusement park.
• Oye found the surname Ouyang carved throughout the cabin, and Ouyang discovered an inscription addressed to “my little Master's Wife.”
• Ouyang heard a woman say “It's you!” and realized the repeated carvings revealed his own name.
• Ouyang's surroundings blurred, and he awoke before a green-clad youth wearing Mianfu who called him “Big Boss!”

Ouyang and Oye shared a meal with the Azure Bird, who had mistaken Ouyang for the Big Boss from a million years ago and hoped he could live freely after reincarnation. They continued up the mountain, where a beautiful woman kissed Ouyang and vanished, leaving him to wonder whether he had dreamed it.

• Diao Mao, the Azure Bird, recognized Ouyang as the Big Boss and invited him and Oye to share wine and food.
• The Azure Bird remembered Bai Feiyu's explanation that Ouyezi had sacrificed himself and should be allowed to forget those who brought him misfortune.
• Ouyang and Oye ate the Azure Bird's feast, and Ouyang drank the extra cup of wine to fulfill the dream of someone who had wanted the three of them to drink together.
• Ouyang and Oye resumed climbing the mountain after the Azure Bird saw them off.
• A beautiful woman flew into Ouyang's arms, kissed his cheek, and disappeared; Ouyang wondered if it had been an erotic dream while she hid behind a tree, blushing.

Ouyang and Oye reached the summit, where Daji offered to choose Ouyang’s next life for him. Ouyang asked to be reborn as a tree and then wondered if Daji was his mother.

• Ouyang and Oye heard a woman arguing with someone at the summit before they cautiously climbed up.
• Ouyang met Daji, who recognized him as Eldest Senior Brother, though he had lost his memories of this life.
• Daji asked Ouyang what he wanted to become in his next life and offered to grant his wishes.
• Ouyang chose to be reborn as a tree and asked Daji to give Oye a good family.
• Oye insisted he would go wherever Ouyang went, while Daji refused to let them become trees.
• Ouyang asked Daji if she cared for him because she was his mother.

Daji urged Ouyang to drink the water of forgetting so he could gain a name and become a true living being in the world. Ouyang drank and entered reincarnation, leaving Daji devastated when she realized he had known the truth all along.

• Daji showed Ouyang the water of forgetting and explained that drinking it would erase his memories and send him into reincarnation.
• Daji poured the water into Oye, and the Six Paths began pulling him toward the bronze gates, but Ouyang held him back with their strand of hair.
• Daji offered Ouyang another bowl, and he drank it before calling her Tutu and tapping her head.
• Ouyang dissolved into starlight and vanished into the Six Paths, leaving behind a blue-green Recording Stone.
• Daji collapsed in tears, clutched the Recording Stone, and whispered that she hated Eldest Senior Brother most of all.

Hu Tutu realized Ouyang had known about their schemes and had pretended to lose his memories to spare them pain before departing to reincarnate. After Ao Can reassured her that she could meet Ouyang again, she flew to the Sages and headed for the world where he would be reborn.

• Hu Tutu grieved for Ouyang on Mount Naihe and prayed that his next life would be happy and free of worries.
• Ao Can visited Hu Tutu, explained that his many names did not define his true self, and told her that Ouyang had attained Great Ease or could be found again if their ties remained.
• Hu Tutu realized that Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu had arranged Ouyang's reincarnation, then flew into the Chaos to confront them.
• Chen Changsheng told Hu Tutu that the Sages had chosen the world for Ouyang's reincarnation but could not control where in that world he would be born.
• Hu Tutu flew toward that Medium Thousand World, determined to reunite with Ouyang.

The Three Sages bound themselves to Heaven and Earth to restore Ouyang’s timeline, making him and Death living beings of the world, though Ouyang would be reborn without memories. They sent their consciousnesses into a Medium Thousand World to build the Azure Cloud Sect and protect him until they could reunite.

• Leng Qingsong asked Bai Feiyu and Chen Changsheng to help restore Ouyang’s timeline, and all three Sages vowed to serve Heaven and Earth in exchange for a chance at his survival.
• Heaven and Earth accepted their vows, and Ouyang and Death gained traces in the River of Time as living beings rather than wills of life and death.
• Most people began forgetting Ouyang again, but the Three Sages and Hu Tutu remembered him, and Great Cultivators who became Half-Sages could learn his identity.
• The Three Sages decided to rebuild the Azure Cloud Sect in the Medium Thousand World, with Leng Qingsong handling construction, Bai Feiyu finding a matching mountain, and Chen Changsheng tending the vegetation.
• The Three Sages sent their Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaf, and White Lotus Root, carrying their consciousnesses, into the Medium Thousand World to prepare for Ouyang’s eventual arrival.

In Great Han, Chen Changsheng, Bai Feiyu, and Leng Qingsong began rebuilding Little Mountain Peak while waiting for Hu Tutu to find Ouyang’s reincarnation. When Ouyang was born, the three sages and a dozen powerful outsiders prepared to seek him out, each trying to hide their intentions from the others.

• Chen Changsheng’s unification of Great Han angered its World Will, so Bai Feiyu promised that the three sages would stop interfering with the world’s history.
• Bai Feiyu complained that Chen Changsheng’s efforts to enrich the people and strengthen martial power had transformed the world and helped it unite under one empire.
• Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu divided the work of rebuilding Little Mountain Peak by hand, hoping to welcome Ouyang’s reincarnation there.
• The three sages secretly planned to find Ouyang’s reincarnation themselves, even as they pretended to focus on the rebuilding.
• When Ouyang’s reincarnation was born, the three sages and over a dozen powerful figures outside the world sent incarnations into Great Han, and the sages caught one another preparing to sneak away.