Chapter Summaries

Chu Ge settled his dispute with the publisher, who agreed to reprint Boundless Chu Tian without changing its text, and declined a Writers Association project that did not suit his work. Qiu Wuji reminded him that he had bought the physical book to investigate a possible passage between worlds, and they prepared to read it together.

• Chu Ge persuaded the publisher to reprint the book as originally written, allowing only paragraph formatting changes, and posted an update on Weibo.
• Chen Bozhong called Chu Ge about the publisher dispute and suggested he apply for a national project, but Chu Ge declined because its themes did not fit his martial arts stories.
• Chu Ge reflected on how strange and distant ordinary work and past experiences had begun to feel after Qiu Wuji crossed over.
• Qiu Wuji showed Chu Ge the copy of Boundless Chu Tian she had bought and reminded him to check it for a passage between their worlds.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji took the book to read together.

While reading his book with Qiu Wuji, Chu Ge glimpsed the past through its reflection and realized that the Heavenly Dao must encompass time as well as space, giving him a clearer path toward connecting the Two Worlds. After seven days of pill refining and continued cultivation, Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge received pills potent enough to help them attempt a Golden Core breakthrough, while Little Flame returned to the world of the novel as war approached.

• Chu Ge saw scenes from the past in the book’s reflection, including Qiu Wuji preparing to attend an outer sect competition, and concluded that he had glimpsed time.
• Qiu Wuji sensed Chu Ge’s insight into the transformations of time and space, and Chu Ge said the discovery made him more confident about creating a passage between the Two Worlds.
• During the following seven days, Qiu Wuji completed an online comics course, the publisher recalled the first edition, and Chu Ge kept searching the book for further glimpses of time.
• Chu Ge observed Chu Tiange and a small country where Qiu Wuji was establishing compulsory education, while the story’s conflict with Yan Qianlie and the Overseas visitors gathered toward war.
• Yan Qianlie finished refining the Divine Soul Jade Spirit Pills, and Little Flame warned Qiu Wuji that using one to reach Golden Core could be dangerous.
• Little Flame returned to the other world as Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge examined their pills and realized that Qiu Wuji’s avatar had been away for a long time.

Qiu Wuji returned to the World Within the Book to face the final battle of the Mortal Realm, leaving Chu Ge alone after they both took pills and advanced their cultivation. As Qiu Wuji barred the East Sea and Yan Qianlie faced the overseas forces, Chu Ge sensed the world through their connection and then received a tour ticket lead from Long Sijia.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji took pills and meditated, forming unusual cores connected to the World Within the Book.
• Qiu Wuji left before Chu Ge woke, returned to Cloudreach Mountain, and ordered Xuanji to summon the peaks’ swords.
• Qiu Wuji severed Divine Ao’s Foot and declared ninety thousand li of the East Sea forbidden territory, beginning the final battle of the Mortal Realm.
• Yan Qianlie dismissed the overseas forces’ demand to attack Skyreach City and realized he genuinely looked down on them.
• Chu Ge’s divine sense withdrew from the book, and he used his growing mastery of space to send Qiu Qiu’s clothes to the washing machine.
• Long Sijia offered Chu Ge a package ticket for his boss’s tour stop at Nanjiang Station, and Chu Ge agreed to go.

Chu Ge used his new edition to explore the world inside his book and glimpse scenes from Chu Tiange’s childhood and Qiu Wuji’s past. His attempt to trace time left him exhausted, and he prepared to attend Daniel Robin’s piano recital.

• Chu Ge opened his newly printed book and focused on exploring its world through the text.
• He watched young Chu Tiange run through a village with a little girl and memorized her aura, suspecting it might matter later.
• Chu Ge tried to rewind the world to its beginning but followed Qiu Wuji’s autobiography to a scene of her as a young swordswoman by a river.
• Qiu Wuji sensed a gaze and wondered whether it was the Heavenly Dao, while Chu Ge fled the book after becoming dizzy.
• Chu Ge took an Origin Returning Pill from Qiu Wuji’s room, accidentally brushed her forehead, and stopped when she threatened to beat him.
• After recovering, Chu Ge decided to get an early dinner and attend Daniel Robin’s piano recital.

Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan independently attended Daniel Robin’s piano performance to observe whether he had an Esper Ability. As Robin played, they detected no obvious ability, but Chu Ge grew suspicious that the entranced audience might be under the music’s influence.

• Chu Ge arrived at the opera house and unexpectedly found Gu Ruoyan seated beside him; he messaged his girlfriend to explain the coincidence.
• Gu Ruoyan told Chu Ge she was monitoring Daniel Robin because he might be connected to the musicians involved in the Magic City incident, and said Moon Shadow was nearby.
• Chu Ge offered to help observe Robin, while Gu Ruoyan warned him to stay out of trouble for his girlfriend’s sake.
• Robin began playing “Für Elise,” and Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan watched him while the audience listened in silence.
• Gu Ruoyan said Robin’s thoughts were focused on the music and that he was not blocking her Mind Reading, but Chu Ge suspected the audience’s entranced expressions might signal hypnosis.

Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan watched Daniel Robin’s concert move the audience from despair to joy, then saw the reception reveal itself as a networking event for an offshore park project. As Chu Ge questioned the gathering’s claims of charity, a hale and hearty old man approached him and agreed that such receptions often benefited their organizers.

• Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan discussed how Robin’s music stirred the audience, and Gu Ruoyan grew wary of its emotional power despite detecting no Esper Ability fluctuations.
• Robin announced that the concert centered on war and redemption and that a charity reception would follow, while the secretary-general praised his plans for an offshore music theme park in Nanjiang.
• At the reception, Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan observed that Robin’s business team drew fawning crowds and that the gathering focused on business connections rather than charitable work.
• A hale and hearty old man approached Chu Ge, who questioned who the charity reception was really for, and the old man replied that charity receptions chiefly served their organizers.

Chu Ge learned that the concert guests were pursuing investment opportunities and encountered a staged accusation against a young woman after an assistant groped and struck her. When Cheng Guangyao’s attempt to defuse the incident failed, Chu Ge punched the assistant and called himself an unemployed drifter.

• Chu Ge discussed the concert and the offshore amusement park with an old man, who later turned out to be the renowned musician Cheng Guangyao.
• Gu Ruoyan explained Cheng Guangyao’s identity as the auction proceeded and Chu Ge noticed the guests crowding Robin’s assistants.
• An assistant groped and slapped a young woman, then smashed a harmonica and accused her of damaging the auction item.
• The young woman denied the accusation, while Robin and the secretary-general pressed her to apologize and other guests stayed silent.
• Cheng Guangyao offered to buy the broken harmonica and give it to her, but the young woman insisted the assistant should apologize.
• Chu Ge told Gu Ruoyan he had witnessed the assault, punched the assistant, and declared himself an unemployed drifter when the secretary-general demanded to know his organization.

Chu Ge confronted Secretary-General Zhang and Robin’s group after a foreigner assaulted a girl, then left the banquet with her. Outside, Gu Ruoyan told him Robin was a powerful Esper and that the bullying appeared deliberate, leaving them to consider what the group was testing.

• Chu Ge warned Secretary-General Zhang that he could expose the incident to his large Weibo following, then led the girl out of the banquet hall despite the assistant and Robin’s subordinates trying to stop him.
• Cheng Guangyao laughed at Chu Ge’s actions and left the banquet, while the rescued girl thanked Chu Ge and revealed she was a fan of him and Qiu Qiu.
• Chu Ge found Gu Ruoyan waiting outside and told her to help if the secretary-general caused him trouble; Gu Ruoyan admitted the official had reservations of his own.
• Gu Ruoyan said Robin had instinctively tried to act when Chu Ge hit the assistant, then suppressed the reaction and revealed fluctuations from a powerful Esper Ability.
• Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan concluded that the foreigner’s bullying was deliberate and speculated that Robin’s group might be testing local reactions or targeting girls for another purpose.

Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan uncovered Robin’s plan to use music to mentally influence Nanjiang residents and recruit them for a maritime park. They rushed to stop the affected youngsters from being taken away that night, and Chu Ge called Lin Wuyang for help.

• Chu Ge worried that Robin’s music had manipulated the auction’s attendees and urged Gu Ruoyan to return and investigate using Mind Reading.
• Chu Ge attacked Robin’s assistant at a clinic so Gu Ruoyan could read his thoughts without directly targeting Robin.
• Gu Ruoyan learned that the auction had screened potential recruits, while Robin’s group planned to turn the music-affected attendees into attendants for their maritime park.
• Chu Ge fled the clinic after striking the assistant again, and Gu Ruoyan told him the group might take the youngsters away that night to brainwash them.
• Chu Ge called Lin Wuyang to report an orgy at XX Hotel, and Lin Wuyang accused him of being the sort of person who would cause such trouble.

Chu Ge helped Lin Wuyang stop a suspicious charity ball where Robin’s music had influenced the guests, and warned him about Robin’s planned investment in Nanjiang. After the incident, Chu Ge discovered that the rescue had gone viral online, while the group chat teased him about his new “Female Hero Chu Chu” persona.

• Lin Wuyang’s police team inspected the hotel, found no drugs, and ended the ball after he raised concerns about the late hour and the student attendees.
• Chu Ge told Lin Wuyang that Robin’s music could enchant people and warned that the proposed Ocean Music Theme Park might conceal a brothel.
• Gu Ruoyan questioned whether Robin’s tour targeted only Nanjiang, and Chu Ge suspected Robin was the Musician Boss behind the earlier attempts to investigate the city.
• Chu Ge returned home and found his group chat discussing a Weibo post about his rescue, his fight with Robin, and his growing online fame.
• The group members teased Chu Ge about dressing as a girl and accidentally triggered a feature that made two of them kiss his private parts and stick out their butts.

After reaching Golden Core, Chu Ge discovered that a viral post about his confrontation at the hotel had pushed him onto Weibo's trending list. Early Autumn Tangtang offered to organize his new followers into a wholesome fan community, and Chu Ge ended the chapter by seeing that Boundless Chu Tian had reached number one on the bestseller rankings.

• Chu Ge meditated through the night, noticed his Golden Core transformation, and ate an elixir before returning to his writing.
• Gu Ruoyan told Chu Ge that Robin had left Nanjiang for a tour near Suhang and warned him that events on Weibo were getting out of control.
• Chu Ge found that the hotel had posted surveillance footage of him punching Robin's assistant, making the confrontation go viral and sending Chu Ge onto the trending list.
• Chu Ge contacted Early Autumn Tangtang, who explained that she had posted about the incident and offered to help manage his rapidly growing fan community.
• Chu Ge checked the bestseller rankings and saw that Boundless Chu Tian had reached number one for the first time.

Chu Ge reached the top of the rankings, then focused on writing as Shenzhou prepared for an invasion by Overseas and the Demonic Path. Hydra’s forces launched a night raid on Skyreach City, where Chu Tiange faced Hydra while Chu Ge watched to see whether the battle would take an unforeseen turn.

• Chu Ge reflected on reaching the top of the rankings, then returned to writing and considered how Shenzhou’s war against Overseas and the Demonic Path was unfolding.
• Qiu Wuji coordinated Shenzhou’s response and asked for an envoy to undermine Overseas; Dabei volunteered to travel there and preach Buddhism.
• The Demonic Path split its forces, with Hydra targeting Skyreach City and Yan Qianlie heading south to join the Gu God, while another Overseas king watched from hiding.
• Hydra’s shadows shattered Skyreach City’s defenses as Xie Jiuxiao hurried back and was intercepted by a Cyclops.
• Chu Tiange confronted Hydra inside Skyreach City, and the city’s Deification cultivators rallied to support him as Chu Ge watched the life-or-death battle.

Chu Tiange broke through to Tribulation Transcendence during his battle with the Hydra and split its body apart, though the power faded soon afterward. As Chu Tiange recovered in a quiet room, he called out to Chu Ge and asked to talk.

• Chu Tiange used his swordsmanship and the Skyreach City formation to fight the Hydra, then wounded one of its eyes with the Spatial Dao before being sent flying.
• The Cyclops offered Xie Jiuxiao a chance to keep Skyreach City if he cooperated with the Heavenly Emperor, and Xie Jiuxiao pretended to agree while demanding proof.
• Chu Tiange suddenly broke through to Tribulation Transcendence and cleaved the Hydra in two, forcing it to retreat.
• Chu Tiange's breakthrough faded, and he returned to the Deification level as Xie Yuner tried to help him recover.
• Chu Tiange turned down Xie Yuner's help, went to a quiet room, and asked Chu Ge if they could talk.

Chu Ge met Chu Tiange in the meditation chamber, where they discussed whether Chu Tiange’s memories and life were real and whether Chu Ge was responsible for the deaths caused by the story’s calamities. Chu Tiange ended by asking whether he was one of Chu Ge’s Three Corpses, raised so Chu Ge could eventually devour him.

• Chu Ge met Chu Tiange, who joked about their resemblance and recognized that the world had an original setup.
• Chu Tiange confessed that he feared his memories of Earth might be false and that he had avoided meeting Chu Ge because he could not face that possibility.
• Chu Tiange challenged Chu Ge over the calamities and deaths, and Chu Ge argued that conflict would arise naturally and that he was steering the world toward a positive outcome.
• Chu Ge said he had intended to put Chu Tiange in charge of the world, but Chu Tiange objected to being treated as a puppet.
• Chu Tiange proposed that Chu Ge was the Heavenly Dao’s true self and that he himself was a severed Three Corpses raised to be devoured, then asked whether that theory made sense.

Chu Ge and Chu Tiange openly discussed their distrust, Chu Tiange’s independence, and his belief that romance would hinder cultivation. After testing Chu Tiange’s fragmented memories, Chu Ge went to visit Qiu Wuji, who was discussing a Hydra attack when he suddenly appeared beside her.

• Chu Tiange told Chu Ge he expected to fight back if Chu Ge tried to devour him, and asked Chu Ge to stop arranging his fate and pushing Xie Yuner toward him.
• Chu Ge realized Chu Tiange believed romantic attachments would impede cultivation, corrected his assumptions about the Great Dao, and teased him by calling himself his father.
• Chu Ge tested Chu Tiange’s supposed Earth memories with written characters and a song, concluding that his knowledge was fragmented and incomplete.
• Chu Ge left to visit Qiu Wuji after telling Chu Tiange to recover and become a Profound Immortal.
• Xuanji informed Qiu Wuji that a Hydra had raided Skyreach City and Chu Tiange had fought it off; Qiu Wuji reasoned that the attack had exposed the enemy’s whereabouts.
• Chu Ge appeared behind Qiu Wuji as she complained about the Heavenly Dao and teased her by reading over her shoulder, while Xuanji quietly backed away.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed letting events unfold without Chu Ge writing them, then learned that Xie Jiuxiao had received a mysterious message supposedly from the Heavenly Emperor. Xie Jiuxiao reported finding a hidden volcano near the Southern Frontier that might contain the Heart of Blazing Flame, and Chu Ge fled when Qiu Wuji realized their enemies were at Yan Qianlie's place.

• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji he had met Chu Tiange and chose not to reveal the truth about him yet, so the current plot would remain undisturbed.
• Chu Ge proposed letting Qiu Wuji and the others act on their own while he copied events down, and Qiu Wuji agreed to try it after giving him a kiss.
• Xuanji announced that Xie Jiuxiao had come to see Qiu Wuji, and Chu Ge confirmed he had not written the events after his battle with Hydra.
• Xie Jiuxiao reported that Cyclops had relayed a command allegedly from the Heavenly Emperor, and he had pretended to agree while waiting for further contact.
• Xie Jiuxiao revealed that he had tracked the wounded Hydra to a hidden volcano near the Southern Frontier, where he suspected the Heart of Blazing Flame was located.
• Qiu Wuji concluded that the enemies were hiding at Yan Qianlie's place, and Chu Ge fled before she could confront him.

Chu Ge finished writing Chu Tiange’s battle against the Hydra, then reunited with Qiu Wuji when she emerged from the novel. As they confessed how much they had missed each other, Qiu Wuji wondered whether Chu Ge had been part of her life long before they met.

• Chu Ge wrote and scheduled chapters describing Chu Tiange’s fight with the Hydra and the discovery of the Heart of Blazing Flame.
• Qiu Wuji returned from the novel after learning that the Flame Prison Sect, Demonic Path, Wu Tribe, and Demon Tribe had gathered in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
• Qiu Wuji confronted Chu Ge over how his writing had helped bring the forces together, then bit him and explained that the conflict had become a standoff.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji chased each other before embracing and admitting that they had missed each other.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that he had seen her beside the sea in the past, and she wondered whether he had always been in her life.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji reunited, joked and bickered at home, and caught up on their recent troubles. While discussing whether Robin should compose music for their animation, they heard about a new ocean music venue and decided to investigate its opening.

• Chu Ge promised to stay by Qiu Wuji through the past and future, and the two teased each other before deciding to go out for food.
• Qiu Wuji found her forgotten clothes in the washing machine, chased Chu Ge after he tried to clean them with magic, and posted a video of him knocked down on Weibo.
• Qiu Wuji learned that Chu Ge had encountered Gu Ruoyan and beaten Robin's assistant, then read his WeChat report and forgave him.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed whether Robin should compose the animation's music and considered asking their shared boss about the contract.
• The couple overheard that a high-end ocean music venue would hold a trial opening the evening after tomorrow, and they decided to visit and investigate.

Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge visited the Comics Studio to review the comic and investigate possible inconsistencies in the story. As Chu Ge read the illustrated installments, he found the Mortal Realm now appeared seamless, but he still could not explain how the Heavenly Emperor had contacted the mortal world.

• Qiu Wuji booked three Sea Music Park tickets through Zhu Mengmeng, who agreed to review the comic with them.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge went to the Comics Studio, where Zhu Mengmeng pulled Qiu Wuji away to inspect the latest installment.
• Chu Ge reviewed the earlier comic installments and relived the story’s events through their illustrations.
• Chu Ge found no trace of a connection between the Heavenly and Mortal Realms in the installments he reviewed.
• Chu Ge concluded that the comic’s earlier inconsistencies had been resolved, but he still could not see or explain how the Heavenly Emperor had reached the Mortal Realm.

Chu Ge reflected on his growing control over the novel while Qiu Wuji and Zhu Mengmeng discussed Zhu Mengmeng’s improving ability to perceive relationship threads. The chapter ended with Qiu Wuji embarrassed by Zhu Mengmeng’s interpretation of her bond with Chu Ge and snapping at his comment about pulling lines.

• Chu Ge concluded that the Heavenly Emperor was unlikely to cause trouble and continued reviewing the novel to study his rare insight into time.
• Zhu Mengmeng told Qiu Wuji that she could now distinguish many kinds of relationship threads, not just romantic ones.
• Zhu Mengmeng identified several connections between Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge, including their romance, shared careers, cousin relationship, and mutual mentorship.
• Zhu Mengmeng said Qiu Wuji seemed tied to Chu Ge like a marionette, but she did not dare cut the dangerous thread.
• Qiu Wuji wondered why she had felt relieved when Zhu Mengmeng refused to cut the thread, then denied Zhu Mengmeng’s assumptions about her private life.
• Chu Ge called out that he had finished reviewing the artwork and suggested pulling a line, prompting Qiu Wuji to angrily tell him to play with ropes with Chu Tiange and Yan Qianlie.