Chapter Summaries

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji rode to his parents’ home for Lunar New Year, where they discussed Qiu Wuji’s reforms in the book world and joked about her relationship with Qin Feier. Chu Ge spent the evening being pulled away from writing to help with family preparations, and he ended up enjoying the warmth of celebrating New Year together.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji rode to his parents’ home on the Electric Scooter, talking about the lack of firecrackers and Qiu Wuji’s ongoing reforms in the book world.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji arrived to enthusiastic greetings from the neighbors, and Chu Ge joked with her about whether Qin Feier was his junior sister or grand-disciple.
• Qiu Wuji kicked Chu Ge into the living room, then joined Wu Xiuyun in the kitchen while Chu Ge bantered with Chu Jiangliu.
• Chu Jiangliu left, and Wu Xiuyun repeatedly summoned Chu Ge from his writing to fetch soy sauce and MSG and put up the family’s new spring couplets.
• Chu Ge noticed Qiu Wuji smiling at his misfortune and found himself sharing her happiness as they prepared to welcome the New Year.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji celebrated New Year's Eve with Chu Ge's parents, who teased them about having a child and discussed the search for the Four Symbols. The family watched the Spring Festival Gala together, leaving Qiu Wuji quietly cherishing her first New Year with family in ten thousand years.

• Chu Jiangliu returned with baijiu after leaving Chu Ge to help prepare dinner, then offered his grown son a drink and discussed why an age-rating system for creative works was unlikely.
• Chu Jiangliu asked Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to give them a grandchild, prompting Wu Xiuyun to demand to know how they could build a passage between the Two Worlds.
• Chu Jiangliu said he had a lead on the White Tiger and urged Chu Ge to look for clues about the Vermilion Bird among the Four Symbols.
• The family joked about Qiu Wuji saying they would work hard, then watched the Spring Festival Gala and found its comedy sketches disappointing.
• After Chu Jiangliu and Wu Xiuyun went to wash dishes, Qiu Wuji wondered about Chu Ge's lack of known relatives and rested her head on his shoulder, appreciating the family gathering.

On New Year's Eve, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji shared a quiet ride home and talked about family, their memories together, and wanting a child. As fireworks marked the new year, Chu Ge promised to make the Milky Way reach the human world, leaving them looking toward a future that joined their two worlds.

• Qiu Wuji reflected that her domestic self wanted a child, unlike her cultivation-focused self in the book.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji left his parents' home and rode through the empty streets, discussing New Year visits and the festivals they had shared.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge she wanted a child because their family and lives felt incomplete without one.
• Chu Ge said he would make the Milky Way reach the human world, and they stopped to watch fireworks together as the new year began.

After Chu Ge’s parents left to resume their work, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji prepared to pursue the Four Symbols and the Heavenly Realm. Chu Ge set Chu Tiange on the path to ascension, while Qiu Wuji finished her affairs and received the Azure Dragon’s Shed Scale, leaving the story poised for a new campaign.

• Chu Ge learned that his parents had left, and Wu Xiuyun promised to deal with anyone who stood between her and a grandchild.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed searching the Heavenly Realm for clues about the Vermilion Bird, then Chu Ge resumed writing Chu Tiange’s story.
• Chu Tiange agreed to ascend after discussing his separation from Ye Xiaozhu, and the Heavenly Dao's Voice promised she would be able to follow within six months.
• Chu Tiange climbed to the highest peak in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains to prepare for ascension, while Qiu Wuji descended to finish her affairs in the mortal nation.
• Chu Ge retrieved the Shed Scale from the Azure Dragon and sent it to Qiu Wuji, who looked toward the heavens with the scale in her hand.

Chu Ge began writing a new Heavenly Realm Arc as Qiu Wuji prepared to ascend and reconnect with the Mortal World. Qiu Wuji bid farewell to the Cloudreach Sect and began her ascent, leaving the sect behind.

• Tang Jinyan told Chu Jiangliu that the Arctic Ocean incident had revealed clues and explained why the drama would premiere online sooner, while agreeing to help with the White Tiger in exchange for establishing his own gang.
• Chu Ge opened a new document for the Heavenly Realm Arc and told Qiu Wuji he believed her ascension would reconnect the Heavenly Realm to the Mortal World.
• Qiu Wuji withdrew her avatar and returned to Cloudreach Mountain, where she announced her departure and named Elder Zhou Tianqi as the next Sect Leader.
• Qiu Wuji left thirteen volumes of sword-cultivation insights in the Scripture Pavilion and told the gathered cultivators she had no regrets or need for a ceremony.
• The Azure Dragon's scale, White Tiger's fang, Vermilion Bird's feather, and Black Tortoise's shell transformed as divine light and heavenly stairways appeared, and Qiu Wuji ascended carrying Autumn Waters, Jade Green.

Qiu Wuji ascended effortlessly after Chu Ge wrote three stages of heavenly tribulation for her, opening the Bridge Between Heaven and Earth. Yan Qianlie then overcame his hesitation about leaving Qingyan behind and ascended through the Heavenly Gate.

• Chu Ge wrote three stages of heavenly tribulation for Qiu Wuji, who dispelled the first bolt with one finger and faced the remaining bolts with her sword and a skill.
• Qiu Wuji entered the Nine Heavens, and her ascension opened a gateway between heaven and earth that cultivators believed would benefit those who followed.
• Yan Qianlie told Qingyan he would not ascend while he feared she might be bullied, and Qingyan challenged him to reclaim his fearless nature.
• Yan Qianlie asked the Heavenly Dao when his ascension would be arranged, and it answered that it would happen now.
• Yan Qianlie opened the Heavenly Gate, fought the tribulation lightning with demonic flames, and ascended.

Qiu Wuji arrived in the Heavenly Realm, where rival factions competed to recruit her as Chu Ge investigated whether this realm had split from the original one. Her ascension rapidly raised her power to the edge of the Profound Immortal bottleneck, and she challenged the factions to fight her for her allegiance.

• Chu Tiange learned that Yan Qianlie had been arranged to ascend before him and joked that Chu Ge was favoring him.
• Qiu Wuji arrived in the Heavenly Realm and was approached by groups representing the Heavenly Emperor, Dao Venerable, and Buddha Ancestor.
• Qiu Wuji warned Chu Ge's earlier self to look further into the past, then discussed with the present Chu Ge why the Heavenly Realm's leaders were competing over her.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji considered whether this Heavenly Realm was an independent branch, while Qiu Wuji avoided directly probing its powerful rulers.
• Qiu Wuji's cultivation surged to True Immortal perfection and pressed against the Profound Immortal bottleneck.
• Qiu Wuji told the arguing factions to fight her, declaring that she would join whichever side defeated her.

Qiu Wuji rejected the Heavenly Realm factions and effortlessly defeated their representatives, while Yan Qianlie arrived and battered them as well. Chu Tiange then ascended, demonstrated his skill, and asked for directions to the Heavenly Court, leaving the representatives eager to guide him.

• Qiu Wuji refused to join Buddhism, Daoism, or the Heavenly Court and challenged their representatives to defeat her.
• Qiu Wuji struck the monk, Daoist, and Confucian scholar at once, leaving them shocked by her precision and strength.
• Yan Qianlie rejected the Heavenly Court and attacked the three representatives, burning the scholar's fan and sending the monk and Daoist flying.
• Chu Tiange ascended and warned the representatives to prepare for the mortal world's heroes before cutting the scholar's sleeve when he tried to stop him.
• Chu Tiange asked the representatives how to visit the Heavenly Court, and the scholar eagerly agreed to guide him.

Qiu Wuji explored a Heavenly Realm city, where she found bustling markets and a Demonic Path base rather than an immortal paradise. Chu Ge steered her toward a treasure hunt, and she learned that the ruins might be the Emperor Ruins.

• Chu Tiange agreed to accompany a Confucian scholar and investigate the Heavenly Emperor, while Qiu Wuji flew toward a city of immortals.
• Qiu Wuji explored the city’s markets, found its goods unaffordable, and was shocked by a brothel operating in the Heavenly Realm.
• Chu Ge explained that the city was a Demonic Path base and told Qiu Wuji to prepare for a dungeon that would help her break through to Profound Immortal.
• Qiu Wuji asked a stallholder about sword arts, then was approached by a blue-robed man seeking partners to explore a hidden trove.
• The blue-robed man revealed that the trove was an ancient ruin left by the northern Zhenwu and might be the Emperor Ruins.

After ascending, Qiu Wuji rented a cave abode in the Heavenly Realm and split off her soul to question Chu Ge about the world and her adventure. Their discussion clarified the Emperor Ruins and the connection between the Heavenly and Mortal Realms, while Chu Ge affirmed that he was fighting to keep them together; Qiu Wuji accepted her role beside him.

• Qiu Wuji learned that the city rented protected cave abodes, then spent nearly half her fortune on the cheapest one and split off her soul to confront Chu Ge.
• Qiu Wuji blamed Chu Ge for the Heavenly Realm’s grave-like cave-abode mountain, and he explained why the Immortal Marketplace needed secure, graded lodgings.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that the recruiter sought cannon fodder and that the supposed True Warrior’s Tomb was its surface layer, while its real ruins remained hidden.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge discussed how the Heavenly and Mortal Realms were separate planes within the World Within the Book, and Chu Ge said he was beginning to see a way forward.
• Chu Ge called their struggle a war to keep them from being separated, and Qiu Wuji said she was willing to be his pawn.

Chu Ge explained that he planned for Qiu Wuji to inherit Great Emperor Zhenwu’s position and use the dungeon as her abode, while admitting that writing the Heavenly Realm was exhausting him. Qiu Wuji realized the strain he was under and resolved to work with him, as the upcoming dungeon run approached.

• Qiu Wuji complained about the cost of her cave abode, and Chu Ge explained why spirit stones served as currency in both realms.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that the dungeon could become her abode and that he planned for her to inherit the title of Great Emperor Zhenwu.
• Qiu Wuji eagerly wanted to begin the dungeon the next day, but Chu Ge stopped her and asked her to cook for him.
• Chu Ge read readers’ reactions to the Heavenly Realm plot, then fell asleep after reflecting on how much effort writing it required.
• Qiu Wuji watched Chu Ge sleep, recognized how much the Heavenly Realm had drained him, and resolved to work with him properly.

Chu Ge began sensing the World Within the Book even while asleep, and his dreamlike visit to Qiu Wuji’s cave abode led to playful jealousy when the Qiu Wuji beside him caught him thinking about two versions of her. As Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji considered whether the Heavenly Emperor was resisting his new Heavenly Realm plot, Chu Ge wondered how to handle Chu Tiange’s approach to the Heavenly Court.

• While asleep, Chu Ge sensed activity throughout the World Within the Book and saw Qiu Wuji cultivating in her cave abode.
• Qiu Wuji sensed Chu Ge watching her, teased him about secretly visiting another Qiu Qiu, and promised to keep him company when he could control his wandering spirit.
• Chu Ge woke, and the Qiu Wuji beside him accused him of seeking a vixen while she cooked; they joked before she called him to eat.
• Qiu Wuji suggested that Chu Ge’s exhaustion might come from a clash of divine sense as the Heavenly Emperor resisted the altered Heavenly Realm.
• Chu Ge said the conflict could give Qiu Wuji more room to act, then asked how to handle Chu Tiange nearing the Heavenly Court.

Chu Ge planned Chu Tiange’s Heavenly Court storyline while Qiu Wuji supported him by refining pills, and Chu Tiange arrived at the Heavenly Court to investigate its purpose. The scholar’s questions led Chu Tiange to suspect that the Heavenly Realm had been stripped of its connection to the Mortal Realm.

• Qiu Wuji encouraged Chu Ge to write his new Heavenly Realm freely and went to refine pills for him.
• Chu Ge planned the timing of Qiu Wuji, Chu Tiange, and Yan Qianlie’s storylines, then began writing Chu Tiange’s experiences in the Heavenly Court.
• Qiu Wuji quietly watched Chu Ge work and reflected on how much she enjoyed their ordinary life together.
• Chu Tiange arrived at the Heavenly Court and was impressed by its mountains, palaces, auspicious beasts, and abundant Spiritual Energy.
• The scholar explained that many immortals valued freedom over serving the Heavenly Court and asked Chu Tiange what Mortal Realm its official duties served.
• Chu Tiange considered the Heavenly Realm’s apparent lack of a connection to the Mortal Realm and suspected Chu Ge had written it to erase the original realm’s purpose.

Chu Tiange entered the Heavenly Court to gather information for Chu Ge, while Chu Ge rested under Qiu Wuji’s care and planned how to strengthen her for the coming conflict. The chapter ended with Chu Ge anticipating the effect of Feier and the others’ upcoming TV series.

• Chu Tiange learned that the Heavenly Court wanted information about the Mortal Realm and a way to reopen passage to it, then followed a scholar to meet a Star Lord.
• Chu Ge watched Chu Tiange’s progress and worried that writing the Heavenly Realm arc was exhausting him.
• Qiu Wuji massaged Chu Ge and fed him an elixir, then discussed testing whether she could bring Heavenly Realm elixirs out of her next dungeon.
• Chu Ge explained that the Heavenly Realm arc needed to move quickly so Qiu Wuji could grow stronger before the Heavenly Emperor acted against her.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji noted that Feier and the others’ TV series would begin airing in a few days, and wondered how it might affect the story.

Qiu Wuji learned that the TV series was nearing release as Chu Ge continued writing the Heavenly Realm Arc, where Chu Tiange and Qiu Wuji arrived in the Heavenly Court and introduced themselves. The chapter left Chu Tiange facing an unexpected choice of Heavenly Court rewards while the court ordered someone to track down Qiu Wuji.

• Qiu Wuji finished composing the TV series theme songs, and Chu Ge estimated that its release would coincide with Chu Tiange's first clash with the Heavenly Emperor.
• Chu Tiange entered the Heavenly Court and gave his name, while Qiu Wuji met Li Changkong and agreed to investigate a Profound Immortal's tomb.
• Chu Tiange and Qiu Wuji spoke their names at the same time, causing a brief, mysterious resonance throughout the world.
• The Heavenly Court's scholar told the Star Lord that Qiu Wuji and Yan Qianlie had overwhelmed the officials who encountered them, and the Star Lord ordered True Lord Xunfeng to find Qiu Wuji.
• The Star Lord offered Chu Tiange a choice of posts, cultivation methods, and treasures, surprising him because he had expected to become Bimawen.

Chu Tiange accepted the Heavenly Court’s generous rewards and the Heavenly Observance Envoy position, while Chu Ge explained that the new Heavenly Realm’s genuine kindness could deepen the Heavenly Emperor’s internal divisions. Qiu Wuji entered the True Martial Emperor’s Mausoleum with her team, leaving the readers wondering what danger awaited her.

• The old man let Chu Tiange choose freely from the rewards, and Chu Tiange demanded everything before accepting the Heavenly Observance Envoy position.
• Wang Heavenly Official led Chu Tiange to a peak Profound Immortal cultivation abode, where he began cultivating amid his confusion and delight.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that the New Heavenly Realm’s honest generosity would help widen the original Heavenly Emperor’s divisions, while an Outer Realms Demon invasion could unite the plot with real events.
• Qiu Wuji and her teammates reached the True Martial Emperor’s Mausoleum, which Li Changkong said was a dangerous Profound Immortal cultivation abode buried beneath the desert.
• Before Li Changkong could discuss how to divide the treasures, Qiu Wuji pried open the mausoleum’s damaged entrance and darted inside.

Qiu Wuji explored a Zhenwu-linked ruin with Li Changkong and the other cultivators, quietly avoiding their competition for its treasures. In the Mortal World, Chu Ge secretly took the Elixirs she wanted, while she had already memorized the sword intent carved on a chamber door.

• Qiu Wuji examined carvings identifying the ruin as connected to Zhenwu, then followed Li Changkong and the group past a stone door whose restriction they overcame together.
• Li Changkong identified a chamber as an alchemy room, and the elderly man in brocade robes opened it with his flames before fighting over its Elixirs broke out.
• Qiu Wuji declined to claim the Elixirs or pursue the sword chamber, leaving Li Changkong puzzled by her composure and lack of interest.
• In the Mortal World, Qiu Wuji happily received the Elixirs Chu Ge had secretly taken from the elderly man's ring.
• Chu Ge had made the sword chamber's contents worthless, while Qiu Wuji had already memorized the sword intent inscribed on its door.

Qiu Wuji studied the dungeon inscriptions while Chu Ge tested his growing ability to bring items out of the Heavenly Realm, though their playful sparring ended in a quarrel over the treasures she actually wanted. As they planned the next story developments, Yan Qianlie reached a fiery ruin he believed was connected to the Vermilion Bird.

• Qiu Wuji shared Chu Ge’s restorative elixir and used their ensuing fight to practice the sword art she had learned from the dungeon inscriptions.
• Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge to bring her familiar treasures into the Heavenly Realm, but he mistakenly produced her dudou instead of her Treasure Zither.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge discussed ending the dungeon soon and turning to Chu Tiange’s cultivation and Little Flame’s search for clues about the Vermilion Bird.
• Yan Qianlie crushed a demonic cultivator and spotted flames shaped like a fiery bird, which he took for the Vermilion Bird’s base.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji relaxed together in the Mortal World and shared a kiss before returning to the dungeon’s final hall. There, the wounded party faced an ancient master’s remains as Qiu Wuji sensed a deadly sword formation beginning to stir.

• Chu Ge recognized that he needed elixirs to raise his strength, but his story required the party to reach the dungeon’s final rewards before he could obtain one.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji walked together in the rainy park, discussed finishing the dungeon so they could cultivate together, and confessed their love.
• Qiu Wuji and the remaining party members reached the final hall, where they found a Bronze Turtle-Snake Statue and the skeleton of a powerful Profound Immortal.
• Li Changkong warned the group to be careful, while the young man in black advanced toward the remains and the others eyed the potential rewards.
• Qiu Wuji sensed sword qi gathering in the dried pool and noticed signs that the statue’s formation might be awakening as Li Changkong retreated behind the others.

Qiu Wuji and Li Changkong uncovered the deadly mechanism in the temporary palace, and Li Changkong’s attempt to enter its hidden True Hall unleashed demonic energy. The Heavenly Emperor’s aura emerged through Li Changkong, setting up the first clash between him and Qiu Wuji in the Heavenly Realm.

• Qiu Wuji refused to approach the skeleton, while Li Changkong urged her to claim the sword and waited for her to act.
• The black-clad young man and the green-clad burly man approached the skeleton, causing it to crumble and release black mist that killed them and filled the hall with bloody sword qi.
• Qiu Wuji escaped onto the bronze Tortoise and Snake statue and explained that the living had activated its Form of Death.
• Li Changkong fitted a bronze plaque into the tortoise’s shell, opened a hidden space, and entered it despite Qiu Wuji’s warning.
• Demonic energy burst from the hidden space, possessed Li Changkong, and drove him to attack Qiu Wuji with the Heavenly Emperor’s aura.