Chapter Summaries

As Chu Ge wrote Qiu Wuji’s battle, Dabei debated the Sunstrider High Priest and learned that the Heavenly Emperor was plotting to divide the realms and rule independently. Chu Ge realized he might lose control of the Heavenly Realm just as someone broke through Qiu Qiu’s protective formations and reached their door.

• Chu Ge wrote Qiu Wuji’s battle while Dabei entered the Sunstriders Court to challenge the giants’ beliefs.
• Dabei argued that his teachings offered people hope and salvation, while the Sunstrider High Priest condemned them as deception and defended the giants’ refusal to live beneath another ruler.
• The High Priest explained that the Sunstriders sought to be heroes of their own world rather than ascend and serve the Heavenly Emperor, prompting Dabei to reconsider their motives.
• Dabei realized that the Heavenly Emperor was conspiring to divide the realms and rule separately, and Chu Ge feared losing control over the Heavenly Realm.
• Someone broke through Qiu Qiu’s protective formations and reached the door of Chu Ge and Qiu Qiu’s home.

Tony of the Iron Undead Society attacked Chu Ge with armor and an esper ability that nullified his powers, cutting off his connection to the World Within the Book. Wu Xiuyun killed Tony and restored Chu Ge’s ability, then warned him to check that it had returned safely.

• Tony broke through Qiu Qiu’s formation and attacked Chu Ge, claiming he could nullify esper abilities and demanding that Chu Ge die or join his group.
• Chu Ge lost his connection to the World Within the Book but wounded Tony with a powerful sword strike that damaged his armor and arm.
• A sniper fired at Chu Ge as Tony tried to escape, and Chu Ge caught and hurled a bullet back, killing the sniper.
• Tony fled under an invisibility cloak, but Wu Xiuyun found him with spatial pressure and smashed his head.
• Chu Ge regained his connection to the World Within the Book after Tony died, and Wu Xiuyun urged him to check his ability for problems.

As Chu Ge’s esper ability failed, the Heavenly Dao’s presence vanished, allowing the Heavenly Emperor to exploit his connections in the Mortal Realm and possess the Buddha at Hongfa Temple. The Heavenly Emperor ordered Xie Jiuxiao to sever the remaining ties between heaven and mortals, and the World Within the Book broke free of its restraints.

• Qiu Wuji and the King of Chasing the Sun sensed the Heavenly Dao falter, and the king revealed that their battle had been meant to distract it while their plans unfolded elsewhere.
• Qiu Wuji realized Hongfa Temple was in danger and flew there, while the King of Chasing the Sun warned that she was too late.
• Cyclops urged Xie Jiuxiao to kill Chu Tiange, but Xie Jiuxiao instead struck Hydra and helped Chu Tiange defeat it.
• The Bodhi Wonder Tree shattered as the Heavenly Emperor possessed the Buddha, then used his control over Xie Jiuxiao to send him to destroy the heavenly court’s ties in Skyreach City.
• The elderly priest destroyed the Sun Wheel carving at the Chasing the Sun King's Court, and the World Within the Book broke free of its restraints.

The Heavenly Emperor tried to recruit Yan Qianlie and ambush Chu Tiange while pursuing control of the Mortal Realm. Qiu Wuji arrived to save Chu Tiange, and Yan Qianlie turned on the Heavenly Emperor instead of attacking her.

• The Heavenly Emperor explained that he wanted the Heavenly Realm's separation to disrupt the Heavenly Dao's control and leave him able to rule the Mortal Realm, then persuaded Yan Qianlie to help kill Qiu Wuji.
• The Heavenly Emperor ambushed Chu Tiange, but Chu Tiange evaded him and inferred that he was the target the Emperor had been waiting to attack.
• The Heavenly Emperor claimed the Heavenly Dao had manipulated Chu Tiange's feelings and destiny, leaving Chu Tiange shaken by the accusation about Ye Xiaozhu.
• Qiu Wuji arrived and attacked the Heavenly Emperor to protect Chu Tiange.
• Yan Qianlie struck the Heavenly Emperor with a fire dragon, revealing that he had waited for this moment rather than pursue Xie Jiuxiao.

Yan Qianlie sacrificed his Dharma Body to help Qiu Wuji defeat the Heavenly Emperor, who then claimed Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge’s conflicting goals had made the world vulnerable to his intervention. Qiu Wuji steadied herself and turned to help Chu Tiange, whose mind had collapsed under the conflict between his original and revised characterization.

• Yan Qianlie attacked the Heavenly Emperor, and Qiu Wuji pierced him with her sword; the Emperor’s dying counterattack shattered Yan Qianlie’s Dharma Body and left him as Little Flame.
• Little Flame explained that he opposed the Heavenly Emperor because he would only become the Emperor’s servant, and condemned him for controlling Old Xie.
• The Heavenly Emperor claimed Qiu Wuji’s changes to the world and Chu Ge’s growing suspicion had weakened his control, then his Divine Sense dissipated.
• Qiu Wuji feared she had harmed Chu Ge, but Little Flame urged her not to accept the Heavenly Emperor’s claims as fact or make changes without knowing their effects.
• Qiu Wuji focused on Chu Tiange, who was clutching his head in pain, and resolved to bring him back from his conflict between his original and revised characterization.

Qiu Wuji helped Chu Tiange confront the truth about his origins and the changes to his thoughts, then urged him to decide what he truly wanted. He chose to seek Ye Xiaozhu, while Qiu Wuji resolved to restore her connection with Chu Ge.

• Qiu Wuji examined Chu Tiange's divided soul and explained that he was a manifestation of Chu Ge's hopes, while admitting she had caused changes to his path.
• Chu Tiange struggled with whether any version of himself could be considered truly his own, since both his original outline and later thoughts had been shaped by others.
• Qiu Wuji confessed that she wanted to remain with Chu Ge, even if that meant accepting the fate he had written for her.
• Qiu Wuji asked Chu Tiange what he wanted, and he realized he wanted to find Ye Xiaozhu.
• Qiu Wuji wondered whether Chu Tiange's diminished hatred of the Heavenly Dao could restore Chu Ge's control, and vowed to work with him to repair their connection.

After the Heavenly Emperor severed Chu Ge’s control over the World Within the Book, Chu Ge realized the danger to Qiu Wuji and found he could no longer reach her. He resolved to intervene through the minor character Chu Ge, his direct disciple in the book.

• Chu Ge regained his esper ability just as Qiu Wuji defeated the Heavenly Emperor, but he could neither revise the world nor communicate with her.
• Chu Ge rushed home, injured himself trying to reconnect through his writing, and found comfort in Wu Xiuyun as he feared losing Qiu Wuji.
• Listening to the Heavenly Emperor, Chu Ge deduced that he had made the Heavenly Realm independent and was trying to push both protagonists beyond Chu Ge’s control.
• Chu Ge understood that Qiu Wuji’s and Chu Tiange’s conflicting goals, and their love for each other, had helped trigger the crisis.
• Chu Ge opened a new document to reconcile the world’s development, then wrote that his direct disciple Chu Ge had emerged from seclusion at the Cloudreach Sect.

After the Heavenly Dao lost its control over the world, Chu Ge found he could still communicate by writing through his existing incarnation, while Qiu Wuji hurried to investigate Ye Xiaozhu's whereabouts. Chu Ge realized Qiu Wuji's message from the future pointed him toward the distant past, and he opened her Autobiography to search for answers.

• Chu Ge used writing to make his existing incarnation emerge from seclusion and discovered it could relay his words to Qiu Wuji.
• Qiu Wuji returned to Cloudreach Mountain, reunited with Chu Ge's incarnation, and learned that Chu Ge could still communicate through it.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that he had sensed Ye Xiaozhu in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and raised concerns about the Gu God's uncertain connection to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Qiu Wuji left for the Ten Thousand Great Mountains to find Chu Tiange and Ye Xiaozhu, while Chu Ge reviewed how the Heavenly Realm had become independent.
• Chu Ge recalled Qiu Wuji's future advice to look further into the past and opened Qiu Qiu's Autobiography.

While tracing Qiu Wuji’s past, Chu Ge discovered that the Azure Dragon had been torn apart while crossing into the Mortal Realm, and connected the Four Sacred Beasts’ exile to the Heavenly Emperor’s long-running plan. He concluded that gathering all Four Sacred Beasts could let him regain control of the world, though he still had no immediate way to do so.

• Chu Ge followed Qiu Wuji’s autobiography back to the Ten Thousand Snake Cavern to investigate the Azure Dragon’s shed scale.
• Chu Ge examined the blood on the scale and realized it had splashed onto it after the Azure Dragon had shed it to suppress poison.
• Chu Ge traced the blood’s memory and saw the Azure Dragon torn apart by spatial forces as it crossed into the Mortal Realm, with its remains scattering across East Asia.
• Chu Ge inferred that the Heavenly Emperor had used other parts of the Four Sacred Beasts to build the Heavenly Realm’s Four Extremes and had sought Chu Ge as the source of spiritual energy.
• Chu Ge concluded that collecting all Four Sacred Beasts might allow him to regain control of the world.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji found comfort in their connection despite being separated, while Chu Ge learned more about the origins of the book world and began revising its story to strengthen his control. He ended the chapter by announcing a pause in updates for a major revision of earlier chapters.

• Chu Ge watched snow fall in Nanjiang and reflected on how he and Qiu Qiu had long struggled to reconcile their conflicting desires.
• Qiu Wuji encountered falling snow near the Heart of Blazing Flame and resolved to keep pursuing a way to reunite with Chu Ge.
• Wu Xiuyun brought Chu Ge herbal medicine and explained that she and his father had only pieced together his connection to Qiu Qiu after the fact.
• Chu Ge recalled that he had conceived the story five or six years earlier and reasoned that his esper ability connected him to a world that already existed.
• Chu Ge concluded that making the world more detailed and widely recognized could strengthen his control over it.
• Chu Ge announced that updates would pause while he revised earlier chapters, adding the Four Sacred Beasts' origins and resolving inconsistencies around Chu Tiange.

Chu Ge began revising his novel and arranged with his publisher to replace its four printed volumes with revised editions. Meanwhile, Qiu Wuji visited the injured Little Flame to warn him about the Gu God, whose hostility toward the Cloudreach Sect led her to suspect Ye Xiaozhu might be involved.

• Chu Ge told Pan Da that he was revising the novel to align it with the comic and animation, and Pan Da offered to help calm readers in the group.
• Chu Ge asked the publisher to replace the four existing volumes with revised editions and offered to cover the costs and possible compensation.
• Chu Ge worked without sleep for several days while Wu Xiuyun took over caring for him.
• Qiu Wuji found Little Flame in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and warned him that the Gu God might act against him.
• Qingyan and Little Flame described the Gu God's hatred of the Cloudreach Sect, prompting Qiu Wuji to wonder whether Ye Xiaozhu held a grudge against Chu Tiange.

Qiu Wuji visited the Wu Tribe’s altar to ask the Gu God about Ye Xiaozhu, after Little Flame convinced her that the Heavenly Emperor could not interfere. She entered the altar openly and challenged the idea that the Wu Tribe and Cloudreach Sect had any real grudge, leaving the Gu God to answer.

• Little Flame told Qiu Wuji that the Gu God was weak and that she could ask him about Ye Xiaozhu directly.
• Qiu Wuji accepted Little Flame’s advice and called for the Gu God at the Wu Tribe’s altar.
• The Gu God invited Qiu Wuji inside, and she entered the altar without hesitation.
• Qiu Wuji passed through the altar’s traps and met the Gu God, Venerable Green Snake, and the other elders.
• The Gu God asked whether Qiu Wuji had come to declare war, and she asked what grudge existed between them.

Qiu Wuji confronted the Gu God over his plans against Shenzhou and questioned him about Ye Xiaozhu. She discovered that the Gu God was actually Ye Xiaozhu, who resented her over Chu Tiange.

• Qiu Wuji challenged the Gu God to explain his opposition to Shenzhou, and he admitted he had targeted Cloudreach Sect and was preparing for war.
• Qiu Wuji asked whether Ye Xiaozhu had appeared in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, and the Gu God denied knowing her despite the protectors’ revealing reactions.
• Qiu Wuji named Luo Qingling as a Cloudreach Sect disciple and demanded a private conversation, prompting the Gu God to dismiss his protectors.
• Qiu Wuji revealed that she knew the Gu God was Ye Xiaozhu, who angrily accused her of brainwashing men and stealing Chu Tiange.

Qiu Wuji confronted Ye Xiaozhu, who believed Chu Tiange had forgotten her, and revealed that she was his mother. After explaining that Chu Tiange had defied the Heavenly Dao over their separation, Qiu Wuji summoned him to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains to reunite with his childhood sweetheart.

• Ye Xiaozhu accused Qiu Wuji of changing Chu Tiange, and Qiu Wuji claimed she was his mother.
• Ye Xiaozhu told Qiu Wuji how she had waited for Chu Tiange and eventually accepted the Gu God's legacy after believing he had forgotten her.
• Ye Xiaozhu revealed that she had helped Yan Qianlie and opposed Shenzhou to spite Qiu Wuji.
• Qiu Wuji told Ye Xiaozhu that Chu Tiange opposed the Heavenly Dao because it had kept them apart.
• Qiu Wuji messaged Chu Tiange and told him to come to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains because they had found his childhood sweetheart.

Chu Tiange found Ye Xiaozhu at the Wu Tribe altar, and the two reunited and chose a path that embraced both his past and present self. As Qiu Wuji reflected on her separation from Chu Ge, he sent her a message while beginning to investigate the history of the Four Sacred Beasts.

• Chu Tiange searched for Ye Xiaozhu until Qiu Wuji told him she had been found in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
• Chu Tiange rushed to the Wu Tribe altar, where the Gu God let him enter and he reunited with Ye Xiaozhu.
• Chu Tiange told Ye Xiaozhu that he would unite his original and later selves rather than follow a path of heartlessness, and she embraced him.
• Qiu Wuji thought about her separation from Chu Ge while Chu Ge planned to trace the origins of the Four Sacred Beasts through the sects and the Gu God.
• Chu Ge added a message asking whether Qiu Wuji was there, and her expression brightened when she received it.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji concluded that Ye Xiaozhu had become the Gu God through the original Gu God’s escape from the Heavenly Dao, then agreed that Chu Ge should revise Chu Tiange’s story to reunite him with her and restore control of the world. As Chu Ge began writing, his connection to Chu Tiange returned, but he still lacked the strength to make him obey.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji reasoned that the original Gu God had replaced himself with Ye Xiaozhu to escape the Heavenly Dao, and Chu Ge decided her succession could be incorporated into the story.
• Chu Ge proposed that Chu Tiange’s inability to ascend would lead him to recognize his feelings for Ye Xiaozhu and search for her.
• Chu Tiange accepted Chu Ge’s authority over major events, hoping Chu Ge could reunite his divided Divine Soul so he could be with Ye Xiaozhu.
• Qiu Wuji decided to return to Cloudreach Sect to investigate the Four Symbols’ clues while Chu Ge worked on Chu Tiange’s story.
• Chu Ge wrote the new storyline and felt his connection to Chu Tiange return, but his influence remained too weak to compel Chu Tiange to act.

Chu Ge realized that readers’ acceptance of his revisions was restoring his control over the Mortal Realm, and the support for his reconciliation with Qiu Wuji completed the connection between their worlds. His new Divine Soul descended into the Cloudreach Sect, where he reunited with Qiu Wuji.

• Chu Ge sent the revised manuscript to the publishing house, which told him that rumors about the revisions and Qiu Qiu had boosted preorders and sparked widespread discussion.
• Chu Ge read readers’ comments hoping his revisions would help him reconnect with Qiu Qiu and sensed her more clearly in the World Within the Book.
• Chu Ge realized that readers’ acceptance of the revised story could resolve the division undermining his control and strengthen his connection to Qiu Wuji.
• A barrier shattered as Qiu Wuji, Chu Tiange, Little Flame, and the Chasing the Sun King's Court felt the Heavenly Dao descend again.
• Chu Ge’s new Divine Soul appeared in the scripture pavilion at the Cloudreach Sect, and he embraced Qiu Wuji, telling her it was the will of all under heaven.

After being reunited in the book, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji gave in to their passion and explored his ability to control the world there. Qiu Wuji realized that surrendering control might have freed her from the Heavenly Dao, though she left the question unexamined.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji embraced and kissed after their separation across the two worlds had nearly made them despair.
• Chu Ge asked whether Qiu Wuji would let him take control, and she agreed, trusting him with her body and fate.
• Chu Ge used his thoughts to open Qiu Wuji’s Dharma Robe, and they were intimate in the Scripture Pavilion.
• Qiu Wuji learned that Chu Ge had entered the book in his True Body but did not know how he had crossed over.
• As they continued, Qiu Wuji sensed that surrendering her independence might have made her break free of the Heavenly Dao.

Qiu Wuji broke free of the Heavenly Dao’s control but chose to follow Chu Ge’s writing whenever events in the book were at stake. After revealing that Chu Ge was her husband, she ordered the Cloudreach Sect to prepare for a campaign against the East Sea.

• Chu Ge discovered that Qiu Wuji could resist his control, though she agreed to follow his writing in the story to avoid being separated again.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji reflected on underestimating the Mortal World and the threats posed by the Heavenly Emperor’s forces.
• Qiu Wuji left the Scripture Pavilion with Chu Ge and introduced him to the elders as her husband.
• Qiu Wuji told the elders to contact Hongfa Temple, assemble the sect’s elite, and prepare to attack the East Sea in three days.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji reunited on the Main Peak, openly embraced their relationship, and discussed Xuanji becoming Qiu Wuji’s successor. They then read an ancient Cloudreach Sect record that revealed a human had severed the Black Tortoise’s foot before it ascended, leaving Chu Ge to suspect the Heavenly Emperor had established the Four Extremes through that battle.

• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that she no longer cared about preserving her reputation and kissed him openly in front of Xuanji.
• Qiu Wuji said she intended to groom Xuanji as her successor, and Chu Ge agreed with her plan.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge read a Cloudreach Sect record about the Black Tortoise Carapace and the sect’s founding ancestor.
• The record described how the Four Sacred Beasts had been sent to the Heavenly Realm and assigned to govern the four directions, periods, and seasons.
• The record revealed that a human had fought the Black Tortoise before its ascension and severed one of its feet, prompting Chu Ge to suspect the Heavenly Emperor had established the Four Extremes that way.