Chapter Summaries

After recovering from their battle, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji shared a meal and discussed Qiu Wuji teaching Mengmeng cultivation. They then learned that a problem with the anime’s music contract had put the production’s launch plans in their hands.

• Chu Ge reflected on how the recent battle had advanced his cultivation and revealed areas where he still needed to improve.
• Qiu Wuji cooked a feast for Chu Ge and asked whether she could teach Mengmeng basic cultivation; Chu Ge agreed, provided Mengmeng did not spread it.
• Qiu Wuji advised Chu Ge to draw any future invading foreign power into the World Within the Book, and Chu Ge explained why he had hesitated to try it against Sandru.
• Zhu Mengmeng called to report that the animation company’s music contract had fallen through and that they had received no reply to Qiu Wuji’s offer to make the music themselves.
• Qiu Wuji promised to teach Mengmeng cultivation, and Mengmeng agreed to follow up on the anime’s music and production.

After Robin’s arrest shut down his music company and derailed the animation’s soundtrack, Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge found a replacement composer through their fan leader’s powerful uncle. Cheng Guangyao agreed to take the job, leaving the animation’s music back on track.

• Security authorities arrested Robin in Lin'an, and the music company he led became unable to fulfill its contracts, including the animation soundtrack.
• The animation company asked Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to help find new musicians, while Qiu Wuji admitted she was not yet ready to compose the score herself.
• Qiu Wuji checked Weibo and saw no public reports about their recent operation, then received a message from fan leader Early Autumn Tangtang about the animation’s music trouble.
• Early Autumn Tangtang revealed that her uncle was Ye Mingtang and offered to help arrange a meeting with renowned Guofeng composer Cheng Guangyao.
• Chu Ge called Cheng Guangyao, explained the situation, and secured his agreement to compose the animation’s music.

Cheng Guangyao agreed to compose the music for the Cloudreach animation, then heard Qiu Wuji perform a guqin piece inspired by the Cloudreach Sect. He declared that the music could become a worldwide hit even if the animation itself failed.

• Cheng Guangyao’s public criticism of Robin’s concert had damaged interest in the rest of Robin’s tour, and his agreement to score the animation excited Tencent Animation’s music department.
• Zhang Xiaopeng traveled to Nanjiang and signed the contract with Qiu Wuji on behalf of Boundless Chu Tian Comics Studio, following Cheng Guangyao’s insistence that he join the studio.
• Over tea, Cheng Guangyao criticized Robin’s unsuitable music for the animation and asked Chu Ge to share ideas for the score.
• Chu Ge pointed to Qiu Wuji, who offered to play a piece and summoned a guqin onto the desk.
• Qiu Wuji played music that evoked the Cloudreach Sect and a young man approaching its mountain gate.
• Cheng Guangyao praised Qiu Wuji’s composition and said its music could become famous worldwide and endure for generations.

Qiu Wuji composed and performed music for the Boundless Chu Tian promotional short, and Cheng Guangyao arranged it, helping the video surge in popularity. The animation team then proposed moving the release from Spring Festival to New Year's Day if the music could be completed in time.

• Cheng Guangyao praised Qiu Wuji's music and offered to arrange her compositions.
• Cheng Guangyao produced a demo, and Zhang Xiaopeng's team matched it to the Cloudreach Sect promotional short and re-released it online.
• The revised short gained nearly two million Bilibili views overnight, drawing praise for its music, visuals, and Qiu Wuji's performance.
• Zhang Xiaopeng told Qiu Wuji and Cheng Guangyao that the project department might move the animation's release forward.
• Zhang Xiaopeng proposed New Year's Day as the new target instead of Spring Festival.

Cheng Guangyao helped Qiu Wuji complete the anime’s music and persuaded her to let him publicly call her his disciple, while privately accepting that she would only call him Teacher. Chu Ge then visited the new island base guarding the Azure Dragon’s bones and received an auxiliary member credential, where Gu Ruoyan revealed that several familiar free spirits had agreed to serve there.

• Cheng Guangyao discussed the anime’s music with Qiu Wuji and asked her to let him present her as his disciple so he could recruit a lyricist and singer.
• Qiu Wuji refused to formally become Cheng Guangyao’s disciple but agreed to call him Teacher as a courtesy, and he contacted friends to arrange the theme song’s lyrics and vocals.
• Chu Ge left the animation work to Qiu Wuji and flew to the island base established to guard the exposed location of the Azure Dragon’s bones.
• Gu Ruoyan gave Chu Ge his Auxiliary Member Credential and joked that he could count as the island lord.
• Chu Ge found Pan Da at the base and learned that Gu Ruoyan had recruited several familiar people by telling them Zhu Mengmeng might visit.

Chu Ge took charge of the island outpost as Gu Ruoyan handed command of Moon Shadow and the local guard team over to him. As Moon Shadow happily joined him on duty, Chu Ge reflected on how far she had changed and wondered whether Zhang Qiren would still like her.

• Gu Ruoyan explained her investigative role, admitted her abilities had limitations, and said Moon Shadow would serve as Chu Ge’s combat operative on the island.
• Gu Ruoyan left after telling Chu Ge to seek support from the mainland when needed.
• Pan Da, Wan Zijun, Chef Jin, and the others welcomed Chu Ge as their leader and agreed to watch for intruders near the seabed.
• Chu Ge found Moon Shadow watching the sea and learned she had requested the assignment because she wanted to help him and repay him and Sister Qiu.
• Moon Shadow agreed to guard Chu Ge as he dove underwater, while he reflected on her new life and her growing distance from Zhang Qiren’s world.

Chu Ge examined the sleeping Azure Dragon and discovered that its damaged bones had scattered spiritual energy across the world, possibly causing the spiritual qi revival. In Japan, Zhang Qiren learned of a seabed treasure and agreed to work with Matsuda while secretly resisting being used as a disposable weapon.

• Chu Ge reached the Azure Dragon’s seal and studied its sleeping body without entering the Mirror Space.
• Chu Ge recognized that the patterns on the Azure Dragon’s bones reflected the Heavenly Dao as he had written it, confirming that the dragon was his creation.
• Chu Ge found evidence that the Azure Dragon’s skeleton had been broken and repaired, and inferred that scattered bone fragments had caused spiritual energy to appear in places such as Old Zhu’s mine.
• Chu Ge wondered whether restoring the missing toe bone would help the Azure Dragon become more lucid and communicate with him.
• In Japan, Matsuda told Zhang Qiren that his group had discovered a spiritual treasure beneath the Sea of Nine Provinces and invited him to join an operation to claim it.
• Zhang Qiren agreed to cooperate with Matsuda but privately planned not to become a disposable blade, then rejected Matsuda’s offer of entertainment.

Chu Ge asked Wu Xiuyun to investigate the Azure Dragon’s missing toe bone abroad while he stayed home writing and watched the animated adaptation’s new promotional video go viral. Qiu Wuji took pride in composing its theme song, and Chu Ge invited her to celebrate Christmas Eve with a walk.

• Chu Ge told Wu Xiuyun to mobilize intelligence networks abroad to search for the Azure Dragon’s missing toe bone, and she agreed to prioritize East Asia.
• Moon Shadow said she would watch Chu Ge’s animated series, and he promised to make it the best animation possible.
• The animation team released the theme song “A Thousand Miles of Clear Autumn” with a promotional video that quickly became an online sensation.
• Qiu Wuji returned home pleased that her song was popular, and she and Chu Ge listened to it together.
• Qiu Wuji called the song her most vivid mark on the world, and Chu Ge invited her to walk through the streets with him on Christmas Eve.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji celebrated Christmas Eve in Nanjiang, where they teased each other while strolling through the streets and sharing fruit. Chu Ge hinted at having children together, leaving Qiu Wuji embarrassed as she realized his remarks had been leading there all evening.

• Qiu Wuji gave candy to a costumed child, then demanded a treat from Chu Ge, who used his divine sense to bring her fruit from the book.
• Qiu Wuji chased and beat Chu Ge for stealing her fruit, then walked hand in hand with him and praised him for giving Qiu Qiu the fruit.
• Chu Ge made fruit disappear from Qiu Wuji’s room in the book, prompting her to order Xuanji to throw Grand Martial Uncle off the mountain.
• Chu Ge suggested planting a tree of special immortal fruit for their future children, and Qiu Wuji smiled as she imagined them picking fruit.
• Chu Ge explained that couples went out on the holiday and joked that people wanted five children, making Qiu Wuji realize he had been coaxing her into having children.

On a Christmas outing, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed having a child and found the holiday less meaningful than their own festivals. After seeing people openly wearing Cloudreach Sect costumes, they changed into their own robes and walked through the city hand in hand.

• Qiu Wuji admitted she was willing to have a child, and she and Chu Ge hesitated over the idea amid their many current responsibilities.
• Chu Ge teased Qiu Wuji about studying anatomy and hanging a stocking, while she insisted on decorating a Christmas tree and bought ice cream.
• Qiu Wuji said Christmas felt more like joining in the excitement than celebrating something personally meaningful, though she still liked the idea of Santa Claus giving presents.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji saw people dressed as Yan Qianlie and Cloudreach Sect disciples, prompting them to wonder why they were still wearing Russian-bear costumes.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji changed into Cloudreach Sect robes and walked openly down the crowded street hand in hand.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji’s Christmas Eve cosplay outing set off a frenzy in their reader group, whose members praised Qiu Wuji’s resemblance to the character and Chu Ge’s appearance. At home, Qiu Wuji declined the idea of acting in the adaptation, and Chu Ge slipped a diamond ring into her Christmas stocking before the two shared an intimate moment.

• The reader group watched footage of Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji cosplaying and reacted with surprise at their looks, especially Qiu Wuji’s resemblance to Qiu Wuji in the book.
• After returning home, Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji whether she wanted to play herself in the live-action adaptation, and she refused because she did not want to perform onstage.
• Chu Ge admitted he disliked the thought of others watching and fantasizing about Qiu Wuji, while still affirming that he would support her choice.
• Chu Ge found Qiu Wuji’s stocking by the bed and secretly placed a diamond ring inside it.
• Qiu Wuji mistook the ring for a marriage proposal, but Chu Ge hung up his own stocking too and teased her before drawing her into an intimate embrace.

After spending the night together, Qiu Wuji reflected on her plan to transform the mortal world and escape the Heavenly Dao, while Chu Ge realized he had to push the stalled plot forward. He made Yan Qianlie provoke the Overseas forces into targeting Hongfa Temple, where Dabei’s secret journey had gone unnoticed.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji refrained from Dual Cultivation, enjoyed themselves, and fell asleep after Qiu Wuji promised they could try again tomorrow.
• Qiu Wuji considered how the Small Country’s growing industry and new ideas might spark change beyond the Heavenly Dao and help her become a real person.
• Chu Ge saw that the cultivators’ standoff had stalled his writing and decided to advance the plot himself.
• Chu Ge wrote Yan Qianlie taunting the Hydra and the Cyclops, who agreed to cooperate with him.
• Yan Qianlie urged the Overseas forces to target Hongfa Temple because its recent silence suggested something was happening there.

Yan Qianlie used an attack on Hongfa Temple to draw the hidden enemy king out in the East Sea, and Qiu Wuji recognized the feint. Meanwhile, Chu Ge turned down acting in the adaptation, and the animated series launched to an immediate surge in views.

• Yan Qianlie proposed attacking Hongfa Temple as a diversion to expose the enemy's hidden king in the East Sea, despite owing Dabei a favor.
• Qiu Wuji learned of the attack and realized Yan Qianlie was using it as a feint aimed at the East Sea.
• Xie Wenyuan asked Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to act in the adaptation, but Chu Ge declined and praised the need for experienced actors.
• Xie Wenyuan explained that the animation's production schedule was normal with sufficient funding and asked Qiu Wuji to compose the television drama's theme song, which Chu Ge accepted.
• The first season of the Boundless Chu Tian animation launched on New Year's Day, and its first episode entered the app's top ten within ten minutes and reached first place within an hour.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji watched the first two episodes of the Boundless Chu Tian animation and saw its polished production win over viewers, sending it to the top of the charts. As the animation became a hit, Chu Ge wondered how its expanded popularity would affect his awareness and control over the world inside the book.

• Chu Ge skipped the opening theme and watched the first episode, while he and Qiu Wuji praised the animation’s visuals, music, voice acting, and faithful story.
• Viewers praised the animation in the comments, and debates between fans and newcomers showed that the production was drawing attention beyond the original audience.
• After Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji finished the first two episodes, the animation climbed into the monthly top three on several platforms and took first place on some.
• On January 2, the animation held the top spot on every platform’s monthly chart, while Chu Ge noticed his novel had slipped to third or fourth place.
• Authors in the Flop Author Car Chat Group congratulated and teased Chu Ge, who sent them a cash gift and wondered why their porn codes no longer interested him.
• Chu Ge considered whether the animation’s popularity could increase his influence over the book’s world, including whether he could control sunrise and eternal night with a thought.

Chu Ge received an invitation from Xie Wenyuan to promote the Korean release of the Boundless Chu Tian animation, and learned that the trip could also help him investigate the Azure Dragon's Little Toe Bone. His mother revealed that the Korean boss was Chu Ge's contact for a top-secret mission and ordered him to go without disclosing the secret.

• Chu Ge copied Yan Qianlie's assault on Hongfa Temple into several chapters, while the novel, comic, and animation gained popularity and raised his profile in the entertainment industry.
• Xie Wenyuan invited Chu Ge to South Korea for the launch of the Korean version of the Boundless Chu Tian animation and suggested showcasing his esper ability as immortal arts.
• Chu Ge considered the trip and said he would discuss it with Qiu Wuji, since he wanted to take his girlfriend along.
• Chu Ge's mother told him the Azure Dragon's Little Toe Bone was believed to be in the waters between Japan's Kyushu Island and South Korea.
• Chu Ge told his mother about the invitation, and she confirmed the Korean boss was his contact before ordering him to go and keep the mission secret.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji traveled to South Korea with Xie Wenyuan to handle the Azure Dragon's little toe bone and promote Chu Ge's animation. They arrived in Incheon and learned that their Chinese-speaking host, Brother Crow, served a powerful organization that claimed control over the city.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji prepared their documents while Chu Ge arranged for Moon Shadow to go ahead and stockpiled chapters, and Qiu Wuji prepared artwork.
• Xie Wenyuan helped settle their travel arrangements, and the group flew from Magic City to Incheon.
• At the airport, Brother Crow greeted Xie Wenyuan and the couple, then drove them away in a Mercedes-Benz.
• Xie Wenyuan introduced Brother Crow as the chief of the Boss's personal security detail, and explained that the organization, The Tang Dynasty, claimed Incheon belonged to it.
• Chu Ge sensed that the group was connected to a powerful chaebol and grew curious about their upcoming meeting.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji met Great Tang Group chairman Tang Jinyan in Seoul and discussed their animation’s prospects in South Korea. Tang explained his ambition to use entertainment not only to make money but also to give cultural exports broader meaning.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji arrived at Great Tang Group’s headquarters with Xie Wenyuan and saw how respectfully the employees treated Crow.
• Tang Jinyan welcomed the group, served them tea, and impressed Qiu Wuji with his keen intuition and commanding presence.
• Tang said he had watched the latest animation episodes and promised to help it break into the South Korean market, noting his influence and partnerships in the entertainment industry.
• Tang told Chu Ge that Chinese dramas had previously been popular in South Korea, citing My Fair Princess and Qing palace dramas.
• Tang argued that cultural exports needed to reach audiences and make money, but said he could not forget their broader meaning and would keep trying to promote it.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji helped Tang Jinyan promote their animated adaptation in South Korea by staging a supernatural rescue and escape. After Datang Capital circulated the footage online, the supposed immortals went viral, and Korean netizens began debating whether cultivation was real.

• Tang Jinyan explained that he wanted to promote Chinese Xianxia in South Korea and asked Chu Ge to use his immortal abilities as a publicity hook.
• Chu Ge demonstrated his fire ability and confirmed he could fly, prompting Tang Jinyan to devise a staged encounter for the press campaign.
• In Cheongdam-dong, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji rescued a woman from a group of delinquents, then jumped from a tenth-floor balcony and vanished.
• The woman posted a video of their escape, and Datang Capital boosted it alongside bar security footage to make the incident appear authentic.
• The footage went viral, and Korean netizens argued over whether Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji were real Chinese immortals.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji prepared for the animation launch while weighing whether Tang Jinyan could be trusted to help them find the Azure Dragon Toe Bone. After Tang Jinyan admitted he knew about the bone and offered a boat, Qiu Wuji pointed out that his wife was gravely ill and hinted at the Azure Dragon’s life-giving power.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed their lack of time for sightseeing and agreed to keep assessing Tang Jinyan before trusting him with their search.
• Tang Jinyan postponed the launch event until the afternoon, then met Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji for a private meal with his wife, Li Yunlin.
• Tang Jinyan revealed that he knew about the Azure Dragon Toe Bone and offered them a boat, while explaining that his local position limited how much he could do.
• Qiu Wuji recognized that Li Yunlin suffered from a congenital deficiency and suggested that the Azure Dragon might be connected to her condition.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji tested Tang Jinyan’s devotion to his wife and gave him a Rebirth Pill, which restored his vitality and began improving Li Yunlin’s health. After learning that the Azure Dragon’s power could help extend her life, Tang Jinyan pledged to help them find its toe bone in Korea or Japan.

• Tang Jinyan questioned Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji about the Azure Dragon, and Chu Ge confirmed that it was real.
• Qiu Wuji offered to treat Li Yunlin, and Chu Ge produced two Rebirth Pills; Tang Jinyan swallowed one to test it.
• Li Yunlin saw Tang Jinyan’s hair turn black again, and after he felt no ill effects, he gave her the second pill.
• Qiu Wuji examined Li Yunlin as she rested, while Chu Ge told Tang Jinyan that the pill could restore her health but the Azure Dragon’s power might be needed to extend her lifespan.
• Tang Jinyan explained his past efforts to help Li Yunlin and said he had no interest in immortality.
• Tang Jinyan pledged to spare no effort to find the Azure Dragon’s toe bone in Korea or Japan and promised to cover for Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji.