Chapter Summaries

Chu Ge helped Qiu Wuji begin learning to write a novel, and she started drafting a story while struggling to choose her protagonist’s name. Zhong Yi then told Chu Ge that Qiu Wuji’s identity had been arranged, and Chu Ge eagerly chose to register her as his distant younger cousin under his household.

• Chu Ge sought writing advice from the author chat group and received Zhang Qiren’s link to writing guides, which he forwarded to Qiu Wuji.
• Qiu Wuji found the advice contradictory, decided to ignore it, and began writing her own novel.
• Chu Ge teased Qiu Wuji about her unnamed protagonist, and she considered using the surname Chu as she planned the character’s name.
• Zhong Yi called Chu Ge to say Qiu Wuji’s identity was ready, and Chu Ge agreed to register her as his distant younger cousin in his household.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge rode to the police station to complete the registration, while Chu Ge reflected that her growing presence in his world felt increasingly real.

Chu Ge helped Qiu Wuji establish an independent identity, and she began writing a novel of her own. Her first chapter failed Dian Niang’s admission review because it was written in classical Chinese.

• Chu Ge and Zhong Yi registered Qiu Wuji as Chu Ge’s distant cousin, and she examined the household register listing them as head of household and family member.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that he hoped her new identity would lead to an independent life, while she said she was studying his world-making and would keep writing.
• Qiu Wuji chose Chu Xiaoqiu as her protagonist’s name and wrote five chapters over three days.
• After her ID arrived, Qiu Wuji registered as a Dian Niang author and submitted her first chapter, but the site rejected it.
• Chu Ge contacted his editor, who explained that Dian Niang did not accept classical Chinese.

After Qiu Wuji’s story was rejected for its old-fashioned writing, Chu Ge encouraged her to return to her world and try publishing there. Once she left, he snooped through her computer and discovered she had watched BDSM porn, prompting him to angrily confront his group chat.

• Chu Ge explained that Qiu Wuji’s ornate opening and unfamiliarity with modern genres had likely caused her story to be rejected, and advised her to imitate a popular women’s-section author.
• Qiu Wuji proposed writing and circulating a book in her own world, and Chu Ge agreed she should go back and test the idea.
• Chu Ge changed one character in Qiu Wuji’s protagonist’s name to Chu Muqiu, and she left after letting him hold her hand.
• After Qiu Wuji returned to her world, Chu Ge used her computer to inspect her browsing history and found a video of a male masochist being whipped and trained.
• Chu Ge demanded in the group chat to know who had sent Qiu Wuji the BDSM porn.

Chu Ge read Qiu Wuji’s search history and wondered what her questions revealed about her feelings and whether her divided soul could have children. Meanwhile, Qiu Wuji’s attempt to publish a story led her to seek help from Old Man Kuzhai, who was bewildered by the powerful sect master’s request.

• Chu Ge left the group chat and found Qiu Wuji’s searches about relationships, menstruation, and feeling upset when he focused on writing.
• Chu Ge wondered whether Qiu Wuji’s unusual body could have children, then realized she might have started writing to better understand his work and spend more time with him.
• After her ten-thousand-character story failed review, Qiu Wuji’s divided soul returned to her true body during a meeting with the sect elders.
• Qiu Wuji left the meeting and traveled to Kuzhai Immortal Mountain to ask Old Man Kuzhai to publish and distribute her story.
• Qiu Wuji described her book as a tale of a heroine slaying demons with a supportive male lead, leaving Old Man Kuzhai astonished by her request.

Qiu Wuji’s book flopped in the mortal world, while Chu Ge gained a brief glimpse of its changes and received news of a new promotion for his own novel. Then Zhong Yi told him that Wan Zijun and Pan Da had been attacked in retaliation, leaving Chu Ge to urge them to call the police.

• Qiu Wuji withdrew her book from storytelling venues after listeners and storytellers rejected it.
• Chu Ge sensed that Qiu Wuji’s book had become a variable in his world, then received notice that Boundless Chu Tian would get a major recommendation.
• Zhong Yi called Chu Ge and told him Wan Zijun and Pan Da were in the hospital after being attacked.
• Wan Zijun and Pan Da explained that an attacker had used a stronger version of Pan Da’s internet-based ability and warned that Chu Ge might be targeted next.
• Chu Ge said they should call the police.

After Wan Zijun and Pan Da were attacked, Chu Ge and Lin Wuyang connected the assault to retaliation against the Black Room and Zhang Xiaoren’s company. Lin Wuyang identified the wanted esper Rong Fu as the attacker and agreed to cooperate with Chu Ge and the Black Room in pursuing him.

• Chu Ge called Lin Wuyang about the attack on Wan Zijun and Pan Da, and Lin Wuyang reported that Zhang Xiaoren’s company had also been targeted with evidence of financial crimes.
• Lin Wuyang came to the hospital to take statements and told Chu Ge that the attacker was Rong Fu, a wanted fugitive who could copy one esper ability at a time and make it one level stronger.
• Lin Wuyang explained that Rong Fu had tortured, killed, or abused espers, and that the knife wound to Wan Zijun made the attack especially serious.
• Chu Ge asked to help, and Lin Wuyang agreed to begin cooperating with him as a member of the Black Room.
• Lin Wuyang showed Chu Ge an internal registry entry rating Rong Fu’s ability potential A-minus and discussed the limits of the assessment.

Chu Ge discussed the danger posed by the wanted esper Rong Fu with Lin Wuyang, who arranged plainclothes officers to watch Chu Ge and Zhong Yi. Rong Fu then entered Chef Jin’s restaurant, copied the proprietress’s ability, and discovered it only made food sparkle.

• Chu Ge and Lin Wuyang discussed the possibility that Rong Fu would target people involved in the operation against the Wang family's nightclub, so Lin Wuyang arranged surveillance for Zhong Yi and Chu Ge.
• Lin Wuyang left to organize the operation, and Chu Ge set off with two plainclothes officers following him.
• Worried that Chef Jin and his wife might be in danger, Chu Ge hurried toward their restaurant.
• Rong Fu entered Chef Jin's restaurant and touched the proprietress while passing her, copying her esper ability.
• Rong Fu tried to use the copied ability on the proprietress and realized it only made food sparkle.

Rong Fu attacked Chef Jin and his wife, but Chu Ge intervened and fought him while waiting for Lin Wuyang’s team. Rong Fu copied Chu Ge’s ability and was overwhelmed by a flood of information, allowing Chu Ge to defeat him before noticing Qiu Wuji watching from afar.

• Rong Fu overpowered Chef Jin and his wife until the proprietress used a flash-producing candy to help them escape.
• Chu Ge blocked Rong Fu’s attack and fought him while two plainclothes officers called Lin Wuyang for backup.
• Rong Fu copied Chu Ge’s ability, but the flood of information left him disoriented, and Chu Ge kicked and punched him into submission.
• Lin Wuyang arrived with a team and stopped Chu Ge from continuing to beat the barely conscious Rong Fu.
• Chu Ge spotted Qiu Wuji watching him from a distance and realized she had secretly protected him.

Chu Ge defeated Rong Fu and reunited with Qiu Wuji, who explained why copied esper abilities were less effective than they seemed. They ended the encounter with Qiu Wuji demanding cotton candy and leaving Chu Ge to pay after throwing him to the ground.

• Chef Jin and his wife thanked Chu Ge for defeating Rong Fu, while Lin Wuyang let Chu Ge leave and promised to question him privately later.
• Chu Ge warned Chef Jin and his wife to hide better if they wanted ordinary lives, then told them he studied esper abilities so he could stay with Qiu Wuji.
• Qiu Wuji revealed that she had sensed an outside power intruding into the world and rushed out to investigate, then praised Chu Ge for winning without injury.
• Qiu Wuji explained that copied esper abilities lacked the training and techniques needed to use them well, and warned Chu Ge not to fear future opponents who could copy abilities.
• Qiu Wuji demanded ten cotton candies, and after Chu Ge suggested a kiss as punishment, she threw him to the ground and went to buy them herself.

Qiu Wuji’s cotton-candy outing with Chu Ge ended with her asking him to teach her how to write, and he suggested she practice by writing about her own past. As she considered her memories of the people she had outlived, she wondered whether Chu Ge would remain with her ten thousand years from now.

• Qiu Wuji suspected Chu Ge’s will had caused her book to flop, but he denied intentionally interfering and offered to add a storytelling talent to her character setting.
• At home, Chu Ge explained that Qiu Wuji’s writing felt flat because it lacked suspense, plot, and contrasts, and he suggested she practice by describing events from her life.
• Qiu Wuji agreed to learn from Chu Ge and considered writing her autobiography as a side story, while they joked about working for each other as master and disciple.
• After Chu Ge ended up with lumps on his head, Qiu Wuji went out to buy groceries and remembered the fellow disciples and other people who had died over the past ten thousand years.
• Qiu Wuji wondered whether Chu Ge would still be with her in another ten thousand years and recalled that he was exploring Esper Abilities so they could stay together forever.

After Chu Ge received a reward for helping capture Rong Fu, Qiu Wuji wrote about her childhood and reflected on how the memories shaped her. The chapter ended with her finding Chu Ge cooking for her and wondering whether she had found a home in this world.

• Lin Wuyang warned Chu Ge that the Black Room should stop retaliating against the Wang Family and told him he would receive a hundred-thousand-yuan reward for helping catch Rong Fu.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji about the reward, and she invited him to review the opening of her autobiography.
• Qiu Wuji expanded her childhood memories into her writing, recalling her family's hardships, her parents' deaths, and how she began seeking martial arts and immortals.
• Qiu Wuji reflected that writing her own life felt like cultivation and resolved that one day she would be herself.
• Chu Ge cooked rice and scrambled eggs while Qiu Wuji wrote, and she felt moved by his effort and wondered whether she had found a home.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji shared dinner before he returned to writing, while she quietly supported his work and brought him tea. Qiu Wuji approved a cute chibi avatar of herself, changed her profiles to match, and blocked Pan Da after he joked about being the Calabash Brothers' grandpa.

• Qiu Wuji ate Chu Ge's bland scrambled eggs, then agreed he could help with cooking when he had time.
• Chu Ge returned to writing to meet his daily quota and make the most of his recommendation and ranking.
• Qiu Wuji brought Chu Ge tea and urged him to drink less cola while he worked.
• Qiu Wuji saw Pan Da's new chibi avatar of her in the group chat and approved it in a private message.
• Pan Da joked about being the Calabash Brothers' grandpa, so Qiu Wuji blocked him and changed her author dashboard, QQ, and WeChat avatars to the chibi image.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji visited the injured Black Room members, who discussed taking revenge on the Wang Family, while Chu Ge wondered whether Zhang Qiren had orchestrated the attack. Zhang Qiren confronted his aunt and revealed his backlash ability as he defended his ambitions to his father.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji visited Pan Da and Wan Zijun in the hospital, where the Black Room members thanked them and discussed retaliating against the Wang Family.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji wondered whether Zhang Qiren had hired Rong Fu to attack the Black Room and strengthen his influence.
• Zhang Qiren took a slap from his aunt, and the injury was reflected onto her when she ordered her subordinates to attack him.
• Zhang Qiren accused his aunt and the Zhang Family of relying on outdated criminal schemes and argued that esper abilities could help make the family legitimate.
• Zhang Qiren told his father he was saving himself while Zhang Xiaoren faced the consequences of the scheme once intended for him.

Gu Ruoyan explained the limits and potential of a damage-reflecting esper ability, while Zhang Xinglong warned Zhang Qiren to be cautious of Zhong Yi and hinted that the Spiritual Qi Revival might affect objects. Meanwhile, Qiu Wuji bought groceries and haggled for the first time as Chu Ge posted the opening chapter of her autobiography online.

• Gu Ruoyan told Moon Shadow that the esper panel needed to assess the damage-reflecting esper’s targeting, development potential, and physical condition.
• Zhang Xinglong criticized Zhang Qiren’s hasty schemes, warned him that Zhong Yi might be using him to investigate the Zhang family, and suggested the Spiritual Qi Revival could affect objects.
• Zhong Yi called Zhang Qiren to discuss the Wang Family, and Zhang Qiren agreed to talk.
• Qiu Wuji haggled over pork liver at the market and felt she was reconnecting with her human past.
• Chu Ge polished Qiu Wuji’s autobiography draft and posted its first chapter, drawing an immediate flood of comments.

Qiu Wuji celebrated the popularity of her autobiography and decided to act as Chu Ge’s assistant by buying him tea. At a tea shop, she discovered that its Yixing teapots carried spiritual energy and was considering one for Chu Ge when the owner’s daughter offered her half price in exchange for beauty tips.

• Chu Ge watched readers praise Qiu Wuji’s autobiography and realized how popular she was.
• Qiu Wuji read the comments, unblocked Pan Da after he supported her autobiography, and decided Chu Ge should pay her for helping him write.
• Qiu Wuji transformed her outfit and went to a tea shop to buy tea for Chu Ge.
• Qiu Wuji detected spiritual energy in the shop’s Yixing teapots and asked to see them, hoping one might help Chu Ge cultivate.
• After hearing that the largest teapot cost 9,888, Qiu Wuji started to leave, but the owner’s daughter offered it at half price if Qiu Wuji shared her skincare and spa secrets.

Qiu Wuji brought home a spirit-rich Yixing teapot and tea to help Chu Ge cultivate, while making her first friend in this world. As she brewed tea and cared for him, Chu Ge continued writing and cultivating, and Qiu Wuji wondered how far his unusual progress might take him.

• Chu Ge grew restless waiting for Qiu Wuji, then greeted her when she returned in office clothes and black stockings.
• Qiu Wuji explained that she had bought a Yixing teapot with spiritual energy and befriended Zhu Mengmeng, the teahouse owner's daughter.
• Qiu Wuji said she would seek out more cultivation aids for Chu Ge, who had reached the fifth layer of Qi Refining in two months despite poor conditions.
• Chu Ge returned to writing and sensed he could almost see the people in Chu Tiange's current adventure.
• Qiu Wuji served Chu Ge tea, and he called it sweet because she had brewed it, prompting her to bump him on the head and leave to cook.

After Chu Ge entered a trance from drinking Qiu Wuji’s spiritual-energy tea, his Golden Bell Shield broke through to minor mastery in an embarrassing way. Qiu Wuji caught him peeping at her bath through the Heavenly Dao and attacked him, while Chu Ge woke hungry and faced her fury.

• Qiu Wuji announced in the group that Chu Ge was sick and that there would be no more updates that day, then shut down members who teased her about living with him.
• While writing her autobiography, Qiu Wuji sensed that her original body was being watched as she bathed.
• Chu Ge’s surging magical power stalled at the Golden Bell Shield’s vulnerable point, and his hazy consciousness turned its gaze toward Qiu Wuji’s bath.
• Qiu Wuji spotted Chu Ge’s phantom watching her, then rushed to his room and punched him while he remained in his trance.
• Chu Ge’s unconscious movements completed the tempering of his vulnerable point, bringing the Golden Bell Shield to minor mastery; Qiu Wuji threw him to the floor, waking him, and threatened him when he said he was hungry.

After Chu Ge accidentally saw Qiu Wuji during his cultivation, she struggled with her anger and sought advice from Zhu Mengmeng, while Chu Ge tried to reassure her and asked about his progress. They discussed his cultivation and the growing interaction between their worlds, then agreed to visit the sea.

• Chu Ge left Qiu Wuji's room after she struck him with a shoe, and he considered how to make amends for angering her.
• Qiu Wuji asked Zhu Mengmeng what to do after someone had seen her body, but Zhu Mengmeng assumed she was attracted to her unmarried boss and urged her to pursue him.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji he had seen only vague images, and she accepted his explanation while warning him not to peep at her again.
• Qiu Wuji explained that Chu Ge had reached late-phase Qi Refining and minor mastery of the Golden Bell Shield, and said he should prepare for Foundation Establishment.
• Chu Ge invited Qiu Wuji to go out, and she chose to visit the sea so she could learn more about the world.

Chu Ge took Qiu Wuji on a coach trip to visit the sea, where they discussed the worlds across the ocean and the scope of Chu Ge’s fictional setting. At the seaside park, Qiu Wuji discovered that the beach was far less solemn than she had imagined.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji rode an old coach out of Nanjiang City, and Qiu Wuji enjoyed the countryside and teased Chu Ge about an advertisement on the seat covers.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed the ocean beyond the Nine Provinces, the world across it, and how Chu Ge’s plans for his story might expand.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge she had learned from online videos that Earth was a celestial body in a vast universe, and she criticized the limited scope of his world.
• Chu Ge led Qiu Wuji into a seaside park after buying tickets and pointed out the beachgoers who had come without swimsuits.
• Qiu Wuji stared in surprise at the bikinis and bare-chested beachgoers, realizing this was not the kind of seaside visit she had expected.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji spent a day relaxing together on the beach, where Chu Ge assured her that she was his ideal woman. They ended the day building a sandcastle together, which Qiu Wuji reinforced with immortal arts so it could withstand the waves.

• Chu Ge invited Qiu Wuji to try surfing, but she declined and chose to lie in a lounge chair instead.
• Qiu Wuji used her powers to apply sunscreen to herself before Chu Ge could rub it on her.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji he was happy as long as she was with him and said she was the most perfect woman he could imagine.
• Qiu Wuji suggested that she and Chu Ge build a sandcastle, and they playfully bickered as they worked.
• Chu Ge wrote their names and a heart in shells, while Qiu Wuji strengthened their castle so it stood firm against the waves.