Chapter Summaries

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed the comic, their connection, and whether Zhu Mengmeng could help sever it, then realized Qiu Wuji’s autobiography could anchor Chu Ge’s attempts to rewind time. They began creating a side story together, while Zhu Mengmeng watched their affectionate teamwork.

• Chu Ge considered giving Qiu Wuji more scenes in the comic, but Qiu Wuji told him to focus on reviewing the earlier story and finding clues about the Heavenly Emperor.
• Chu Ge wondered whether Zhu Mengmeng could use her ability to cut the connection between him and Qiu Wuji, but Qiu Wuji worried that Mengmeng could not safely sever such a fundamental bond.
• Qiu Wuji suggested that writing a comic side story based on her autobiography might give Chu Ge an anchor for rewinding to events before the main plot.
• Chu Ge recognized that Qiu Wuji’s autobiography had enabled his previous successful rewind, so he and Qiu Wuji began writing the script and drawing the artwork for a side story.
• Zhu Mengmeng offered to show them the financial statements, but Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji waved her off in perfect unison.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji finished the first installment of her comic, then realized his unused Heavenly Realm Arc manuscript may have prompted the Heavenly Emperor’s activity. By reading the backlog, Chu Ge glimpsed Qiu Wuji’s future ascension, but the strain forced him back before he could learn much.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji finished the line art for the comic’s first installment and went home to rest.
• Qiu Wuji complained about the burden of serialized work, and Chu Ge explained that he still needed to write fresh chapters despite having a backlog for the next volume.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji realized the Heavenly Emperor may have become active because Chu Ge had already written the Heavenly Realm Arc.
• Chu Ge read the backlog and observed the future, where Qiu Wuji ascended to the Heavenly Realm as a True Immortal.
• Future Qiu Wuji warned Chu Ge to look further into the past and ended the observation before its mental strain overwhelmed him.

After glimpsing a puzzling future in which the Heavenly Emperor and Dao Venerable sought Qiu Wuji, Chu Ge warned her to be cautious while they enjoyed a happy morning together. He finished and posted a chapter, and they prepared to visit the music park.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed his painful glimpse of the future and speculated that the Heavenly Emperor and Dao Venerable had made plans beyond his story.
• Chu Ge warned Qiu Wuji to be wary if anyone approached her after ascension, and she said she would help investigate and could challenge those rulers herself.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji spent the night together, leaving him to rush his writing in the morning while she skipped a meeting with the elders and made breakfast.
• Chu Ge finished and posted a chapter about events involving Chu Tiange, Qiu Wuji, Xie Jiuxiao, Yan Qianlie, and Dabei.
• Qiu Wuji regretted missing the Double Twelve sale, and she told Chu Ge to clear the dishes, write more chapters, and get ready to stir things up at the music park.

Qiu Wuji reminisced about her early days with Chu Ge, chatted with her group members, and gathered music recommendations as she prepared to compose music for the animation. Listening to “Big Fish” stirred their fears about separation, but Qiu Wuji said she had no regrets and sent Chu Ge back to work.

• Qiu Wuji skipped the office, recalled the warmth of her early life with Chu Ge, and joined her group chat to ask for modern songs with a classical or ancient-style feel.
• Qiu Wuji muted Feng Yu after he teased her, then collected song recommendations from the group and added them to her playlist.
• Chu Ge recognized that Qiu Wuji was studying music for the animation and listened as she played “Big Fish” aloud.
• Chu Ge joined Qiu Wuji and embraced her as the song made them confront his fear that she might leave and her fear that he might hold her back.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge she had nothing to regret, then pushed him back to work while continuing to study modern songs.

Qiu Wuji explored modern music with Chu Ge before Zhu Mengmeng drove them to Sea Music Park. After boarding the cruise ship, Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge spotted Mi Xiaolin slipping through a rear door.

• Qiu Wuji regretted not exploring modern music sooner, and she and Chu Ge kissed before Zhu Mengmeng called to collect them.
• Zhu Mengmeng drove Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge to Sea Music Park, while they teased her about finding a new boyfriend.
• The three boarded the cruise ship, and Zhu Mengmeng quickly left the couple to explore on their own.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge noticed Mi Xiaolin slipping through a rear door inside the ship.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji overheard Mi Xiaolin and John discussing their plans for Sea Music Park, then chose to wait and observe rather than interfere. Qiu Wuji urged Chu Ge to develop the confidence to stand above his enemies even outside the world of his book.

• Mi Xiaolin ordered John to keep Sea Music Park running smoothly for a month and establish it as a legitimate city attraction before targeting Chu Ge or Lin Wuyang.
• John resented Mi Xiaolin but feared her butterfly esper ability and privately planned to exploit her after the operation succeeded.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji realized the park’s cameras had not detected them because Qiu Wuji had blocked the surveillance.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji decided to wait for the organization to act and treated their visit as an outing rather than causing trouble.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge he needed to carry his confidence from inside his book into the real world to become a god even without it.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji spent the cruise embracing the freedom to act confidently in the Mortal World, then watched the night sea together in matching bear outfits. Meanwhile, Zhu Mengmeng searched the symphony hall for a handsome single man and discovered that the Connection Lines around her were unusually dim.

• Chu Ge reflected on Qiu Wuji's confidence and accepted her advice that removing his mask depended on his own heart.
• Qiu Wuji explored the departing cruise ship, reminisced about their sandcastle, and talked with Chu Ge about myths and the setting sun.
• Chu Ge conjured winter coats from the book for himself and Qiu Wuji, and they sat together at the bow while a child mistook them for bears.
• Zhu Mengmeng went to the symphony hall hoping to meet a handsome single man, but found that most attendees were with partners or families.
• Zhu Mengmeng checked the Love Lines and Connection Lines around the hall and found them increasingly dim.

Zhu Mengmeng used her thread-seeing ability to recognize John as the man Chu Ge had beaten and let him lead her to the cruise ship’s secret casino. There she spotted prominent Nanjiang figures and realized the Music Park was a new criminal foothold, possibly meant to investigate something at sea.

• Zhu Mengmeng saw John’s desire for her and a thread of hatred pointing toward the deck, then recognized him as Chu Ge’s opponent from his bandaged nose.
• Zhu Mengmeng pretended to be interested in John and coaxed him into showing her activities beyond the symphony.
• John led Zhu Mengmeng through a back door toward a secret casino, while she messaged Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge to come find her.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge received Zhu Mengmeng’s message and set out to locate her.
• Zhu Mengmeng found prominent Nanjiang figures, including Secretary General Zhang and Mi Xiaolin, gambling in the casino and realized the Music Park was a new criminal base.
• Zhu Mengmeng suspected the group had established an offshore foothold because they believed what they were seeking was in the sea.

Zhu Mengmeng played poker at Sea Park while Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji secretly disrupted the house player’s card-reading ability, helping her win thirty million. The house player suddenly collapsed and died, and Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji noticed Mi Xiaolin looked delighted.

• John gave Zhu Mengmeng chips and encouraged her to play poker against the house player.
• Zhu Mengmeng lost a large pot, then demanded more chips and continued playing.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji identified the house player’s X-ray-like ability and secretly changed how the cards appeared, causing Zhu Mengmeng to win.
• Zhu Mengmeng won thirty million as the house player grew increasingly confused and enraged by the changing cards.
• The house player spewed blood, collapsed, and lay motionless, while Mi Xiaolin reacted with wild delight.

After a passenger died aboard the cruise ship, Qiu Wuji suspected a sinister force was at work and learned the ship had changed course toward its target. She sent Chu Ge to capture Mi Xiaolin while she planned to investigate the ship’s controls below deck.

• Medical staff declared the dead passenger had suffered heart failure, but Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji recognized that he was already dead and suspected a supernatural cause.
• Zhu Mengmeng feared she had caused the death, and Qiu Wuji reassured her that the incident had nothing to do with her.
• Zhu Mengmeng revealed that she had seen the Fate Lines of everyone aboard fading, warning Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge that the passengers might die.
• Qiu Wuji noticed the stars had shifted and realized the ship had quietly changed course toward a definite destination.
• Qiu Wuji told Zhu Mengmeng to stay in her room, then planned to investigate the ship’s lower deck while Chu Ge captured Mi Xiaolin.

Chu Ge followed Mi Xiaolin and John as they investigated the deaths aboard the cruise ship and concluded that an Azure Dragon lay beneath the sea. After a violent death at the dance club, Mi Xiaolin detected Chu Ge’s attack and revealed that her master had figured out his ability.

• Chu Ge overheard Mi Xiaolin identify the dead dealer’s seven wounds as evidence of an Azure Dragon beneath the sea.
• Mi Xiaolin proposed provoking people into emotional agitation so the resulting deaths could help locate the Azure Dragon.
• At the dance club, a fight broke out, and the sleazy man’s body burst apart before Chu Ge could intervene.
• The doctor concluded that the blood’s direction pointed toward nearby waters, while Mi Xiaolin ordered her group to provoke more people.
• Mi Xiaolin sensed Chu Ge’s sneak attack, evaded it, and called him out, saying her master had figured out his actual ability.

Chu Ge confronted Mi Xiaolin and the armed foreigners aboard the ship, revealing his swordsmanship and protecting the hostages with a hidden treasure from his World Within the Book. The ship suddenly stopped, leaving the cause unclear.

• Chu Ge revealed himself, explained how Mi Xiaolin had detected his spatial distortion, and subdued her before she could teleport away.
• Chu Ge blocked the foreigners’ gunfire with Autumn Waters Reach the Sky and protected the hostages with the Buddha Statue Bell.
• Chu Ge crippled Mi Xiaolin’s meridians and challenged John and the other foreigners as they reloaded.
• The ship rocked and stopped, surprising Chu Ge and the others.

Qiu Wuji discovered that foreign espers were using music to locate and awaken the Azure Dragon sealed beneath the East Sea. She severed their connection to the seabed and tried to suppress the dragon, but enemies and a mental attack closed in as she prepared to fight.

• Qiu Wuji found a foreign team operating a dragon-shaped device that broadcast music into the sea to provoke a response from a sealed creature.
• The music triggered a violent backlash from the Azure Dragon, killing someone in the disco and revealing a powerful presence beneath the seabed.
• The elderly foreigner stopped the ship and used a mechanical arm and his esper ability to attack the seal and awaken the Azure Dragon.
• Qiu Wuji cut through the mechanical arm and the connection to the seabed with Sword Qi, then pressed the emerging Dragon Horn back into the earth.
• Dozens of espers attacked Qiu Wuji while the elderly foreigner struck her soul with a mental attack and Robin's music arrived from afar.
• Qiu Wuji faced the struggling dragon and surrounding enemies, telling Chu Ge that an age of chaos had begun and that she was going to kill.

Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge slaughtered the Western attackers while Robin fought Qiu Wuji beneath the sea. Chu Ge rescued Mi Xiaolin and learned the Westerners had been searching for the Azure Dragon Sacred Object, but Mi Xiaolin revealed Robin was only a decoy meant to lure Gu Ruoyan away.

• Qiu Wuji killed the Westerners underwater with sword qi while holding the Azure Dragon at bay, and her attack clashed with Robin's sound waves.
• Chu Ge defeated John and the other attackers aboard the ship by turning their sound-wave attack against them, then took Mi Xiaolin to investigate the plot.
• Chu Ge ordered the cruise ship to sail away as Qiu Wuji and Robin's battle sent a column of seawater into the sky.
• Mi Xiaolin explained that her group had searched the coast for the Azure Dragon Sacred Object, believing music could provoke a response from it.
• Mi Xiaolin told Chu Ge that Robin was not her master but a decoy intended to lure Gu Ruoyan away.

Chu Ge confronted Sandru, the hidden leader of the Dragon-Seeking Operation, while his Esper Ability paralyzed Chu Ge and attacked his soul. Chu Ge overcame the assault, destroyed Sandru’s steel robot, and subdued Mi Xiaolin, leaving the operation’s plans exposed.

• Chu Ge realized Robin was not the Dragon-Seeking Operation’s real boss and asked Mi Xiaolin what the group planned to do with the Azure Dragon.
• Sandru appeared and paralyzed Chu Ge with his Esper Ability, which Mi Xiaolin said let him control objects and use them as weapons.
• Chu Ge used his flying sword against Sandru, who assembled parts of the ship into a giant steel robot.
• After the robot struck him, Chu Ge endured the blow, suppressed Sandru’s influence on his soul, and dismantled the robot with the Tianshan Plum-Blossom-Hand.
• Mi Xiaolin tried to attack Chu Ge from behind, but he caught her wrist and broke her bones.

Chu Ge broke free of Sandru’s mental control with Zhu Mengmeng’s help and defeated the steel lizard, while Qiu Wuji continued suppressing the Azure Dragon Skeleton beneath the sea. The musician offered to let Qiu Wuji take the Azure Dragon in exchange for a favor, but she refused and declared that Shenzhou’s sacred treasures were not for outsiders.

• Chu Ge charged Sandru through a swarm of animated scrap metal, but Sandru unleashed a steel lizard built partly from the ship’s hull as the Azure Dragon awakened beneath the sea.
• Zhu Mengmeng spotted the control line linking Chu Ge to Sandru and severed it, allowing Chu Ge to dispel the shadow in his Soul Sea and regain his full strength.
• Chu Ge cleaved the steel lizard in half with his sword as the ship began taking on water.
• Qiu Wuji struggled to suppress the Azure Dragon Skeleton beneath the sea while a foreign musician offered her money, influence, or fame in exchange for letting his group take it.
• Qiu Wuji rejected the offer and told the musician that Shenzhou’s sacred treasures were not for outsiders.

Qiu Wuji broke free of James’s musical influence and let the Azure Dragon emerge after Chu Ge destroyed its control core. James was killed by the dragon he had summoned, leaving Qiu Wuji facing the unleashed skeletal dragon alone.

• James used piano music to stir Qiu Wuji’s emotions and turn the seawater around her into a deadly attack.
• Qiu Wuji realized Chu Ge had destroyed the Divine Soul control core and stopped suppressing the Azure Dragon, which burst free from the seabed.
• The Azure Dragon attacked James, who used his music to briefly halt it.
• Qiu Wuji shattered James’s piano and trapped him between her Sword Qi and the dragon; the Azure Dragon bit him to death.
• Qiu Wuji focused her power on the skeletal dragon as the decisive battle began.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji stopped the bone dragon’s rampage after discovering it recognized Chu Ge and responded to an ancient dragon scale. They resealed it beneath the sea, but Chu Ge was left wondering why the Azure Dragon’s skeleton had been hidden there.

• Qiu Wuji attacked the bone dragon with thousands of water swords but could not pierce its defenses, while Chu Ge killed the steel lizard and repaired the ship with Myriad Forms Cloudwater Divine Iron.
• Chu Ge killed the zombie posing as Sandru and recognized that a hidden intermediary had been controlling events; the real Sandru vanished after mocking him.
• Chu Ge flew to Qiu Wuji, and they found that the bone dragon reacted to him with familiarity.
• Chu Ge gave the bone dragon an azure Dragon Scale, and it calmed as he communicated with it and learned it had not been harmed.
• Qiu Wuji used her mirror to reseal the bone dragon beneath the sea, calming the waves and restoring the sea to stillness.
• Chu Ge wondered why the Azure Dragon’s skeleton was there and whether its sealing had been intended as protection.

After Chu Ge helped quell the crisis aboard the ship, he learned that his mother was a brigadier general and that his father was in the Arctic Ocean. He and Wu Xiuyun discussed his father’s secret decision to seal the Azure Dragon’s Dragon Bone, leaving Chu Ge to suspect it was an anchor maintaining the world’s spiritual energy.

• Chu Ge returned to the ship, calmed the panicked passengers, and claimed that he and Qiu Wuji belonged to the Dragon Group.
• Police and National Security Department personnel took over the aftermath, while a military officer told Chu Ge that the general had ordered his operation and asked him to report back.
• After reaching shore, Chu Ge learned from Wu Xiuyun that she was a brigadier general and that his father was in the Arctic Ocean.
• Wu Xiuyun explained that Chu Ge’s father had secretly sealed the Azure Dragon’s Dragon Bone without guards to avoid making it feel imprisoned.
• Chu Ge agreed with his father’s approach and suggested the Dragon Bone was an anchor holding down the world’s spiritual energy; Wu Xiuyun said he had grown up.

Chu Ge secured an official role overseeing the Azure Dragon and wondered whether his writing was connected to the spiritual qi revival. Qiu Wuji reassured him and realized the discovery of the Four Symbols Bones could help them find a passage between their worlds.

• Chu Ge told Wu Xiuyun that he could communicate with the Azure Dragon, and she arranged for him to oversee it without other routine duties.
• Wu Xiuyun warned Chu Ge to keep the Azure Dragon’s identity secret and hinted that the Black Tortoise might also be connected to him.
• Chu Ge considered how the Four Symbols, his book, and the spiritual qi revival might be linked, and worried that he was the cause.
• Qiu Wuji reminded Chu Ge that the revival had begun before he wrote his book and said they could handle whatever connection existed.
• Qiu Wuji realized that the Four Symbols’ appearance proved a passage between the two worlds might exist, and Chu Ge celebrated the breakthrough with her.