Chapter Summaries

Chu Ge introduced Qiu Wuji as his girlfriend and asked Wu Xiuyun to protect her past, while Wu Xiuyun revealed more about her work and Chu Ge’s emerging esper ability. The chapter ended with Wu Xiuyun discovering that Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji slept in separate bedrooms and questioning their relationship.

• Chu Ge told Wu Xiuyun that Qiu Wuji was his girlfriend and asked her to cover up Qiu Wuji’s past.
• Wu Xiuyun approved of Qiu Wuji after hearing about her help capturing a drug lord and agreed to keep her identity secret.
• Wu Xiuyun explained that Zhong Yi had connections on both sides of the law and that she wanted Chu Ge to gain experience with esper abilities.
• Wu Xiuyun explained the sea sand’s role in developing Chu Ge’s ability, and Qiu Wuji admitted she had concealed it.
• Wu Xiuyun decided to stay the night, saw the separate bedrooms, and asked Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji why they did not sleep together.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji struggled to convince Wu Xiuyun that their relationship was close, leading Wu Xiuyun to insist they share Chu Ge’s room for the night. As they awkwardly prepared to sleep, Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji whether she would really be his girlfriend.

• Chu Ge claimed that Qiu Wuji’s superstitions explained why they had been sleeping in separate rooms, and Qiu Wuji played along for Wu Xiuyun.
• Wu Xiuyun dismissed their excuse and told Qiu Wuji to sleep in Chu Ge’s room, leaving the pair no choice but to keep up the act.
• Chu Ge offered to stay awake while Qiu Wuji slept, then stopped her from returning to her world when he realized she was too weak to resist him.
• Qiu Wuji changed into pajamas and climbed into Chu Ge’s bed while he sat at his computer, and both struggled with their closeness and attraction.
• Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji whether she would really be his girlfriend, leaving her stunned.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji openly acknowledged that they were boyfriend and girlfriend, then shared a bed for the night. By morning, Qiu Wuji had cuddled against Chu Ge in her sleep, and he named his new reader group “Sleeping on Arms, Awaiting Dawn.”

• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji he wanted them to acknowledge their relationship, and she agreed to be his girlfriend while keeping her boundaries.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge shared a bed, exchanged a good-night kiss, and fell asleep beside each other.
• Qiu Wuji woke up hugging Chu Ge’s arm and draping a leg over him, while Chu Ge had stayed still so he would not disturb her.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that his reader group was full and created a new one named “Sleeping on Arms, Awaiting Dawn.”

After Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji settled their relationship, Wu Xiuyun teased Chu Ge about marriage and learned he had earned nearly two hundred thousand last month. At breakfast, Qiu Wuji told Wu Xiuyun that marriage depended on Chu Ge’s strength, prompting her to recognize Qiu Wuji’s formidable side.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji joked and tussled over the name of his fan group while Wu Xiuyun listened outside their bedroom.
• Qiu Wuji greeted Wu Xiuyun and prepared breakfast, while Chu Ge asked his mother to call her Qiu Qiu.
• Wu Xiuyun asked when Chu Ge planned to marry Qiu Wuji, and Chu Ge said they had only known each other for three and a half months and needed to establish their careers first.
• Chu Ge revealed that his income had been nearly two hundred thousand last month, surprising Wu Xiuyun and convincing her that he had grown up.
• At breakfast, Qiu Wuji told Wu Xiuyun that marriage was about Chu Ge’s strength and urged her to teach him about esper abilities.

Chu Ge told Wu Xiuyun that his ability connected him mentally to another dimension, and she began teaching him spatial applications. She gave him an Esper Registry that listed his ability as E-rank, a deliberately misleading rating meant to keep him underestimated.

• Wu Xiuyun explained that esper abilities were not necessarily inherited and that advanced abilities usually required self-directed experimentation.
• Chu Ge told Wu Xiuyun that his apparent invulnerability came from cultivation and that his esper ability seemed to connect him to another dimension.
• Wu Xiuyun proposed that Chu Ge use his sense of overlapping spaces to learn invisibility and eventually spatial isolation.
• Wu Xiuyun gave Chu Ge the Esper Registry and identified her own entry while keeping his father's SSS-rank ability secret.
• Chu Ge found his registry entry rated E, and Wu Xiuyun revealed she had lowered his rating to conceal his strength.

Chu Ge learned two spatial abilities from Wu Xiuyun while Qiu Wuji shopped for groceries with Zhu Mengmeng, worried about cooking for her mother-in-law. Chu Ge called to say Wu Xiuyun had left and he had already mastered the abilities, leaving Qiu Wuji astonished by how easily he learned them.

• Wu Xiuyun explained her portable space ability to Chu Ge, and he insisted on learning it along with invisibility.
• Qiu Wuji struggled to choose groceries for Wu Xiuyun and asked Zhu Mengmeng to help her shop.
• Zhu Mengmeng joined Qiu Wuji at the market and filled her basket with an assortment of groceries.
• Chu Ge called Qiu Wuji to tell her Wu Xiuyun had already left and that he had finished learning both spatial abilities.
• Qiu Wuji was stunned that Chu Ge had mastered such difficult abilities so quickly.

Qiu Wuji invited Zhu Mengmeng to meet Chu Ge, and their teasing unsettled Qiu Wuji about her relationship and Chu Ge’s needs. After Mengmeng left, Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge shared a quiet embrace and kiss in the kitchen.

• Qiu Wuji brought Zhu Mengmeng home, where they discovered Chu Ge hiding in the stairwell with his esper ability.
• Chu Ge offered to help Zhu Mengmeng carry her things, but Qiu Wuji warned him that Mengmeng had a boyfriend.
• Zhu Mengmeng told Qiu Wuji that she was neglecting Chu Ge’s needs, leaving Qiu Wuji distracted and worried during lunch.
• Zhu Mengmeng left after lunch, and Qiu Wuji went to wash the dishes while thinking over her advice.
• Chu Ge embraced Qiu Wuji from behind, reassured her that he would wait for her, and kissed her in the kitchen.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji shared a tender kiss, discussed his writing and his developing spatial ability, and celebrated his creation of a small portable space. The chapter ended with Qiu Wuji teasing Chu Ge with a pair of matching Piglet Pillows while he fled to practice and write.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji kissed, then Qiu Wuji stopped them so they could finish their chores.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji how much he had written and said her chapters would become a bonus side story for subscribers.
• Qiu Wuji explained why Chu Ge’s beginner invisibility was easy to detect and discussed how his abilities related to space.
• Chu Ge produced a matching Piglet Pillow from a portable space about the size of a schoolbag.
• Chu Ge said he hoped to use the space as a reference for eventually shaping the World Within the Book, and Qiu Wuji affirmed that he was already its Creator Father God.
• Qiu Wuji teased Chu Ge with the two piglets, but he retreated to practice his ability and write; she happily pressed the pillows together so they kissed.

Qiu Wuji struggled to write a fight scene, so Chu Ge advised her to study modern authors and taught her his family’s secret spatial arts. As she prepared to return to the World Within the Book, she gave Chu Ge permission to use her stockings, leaving him flustered and baffled.

• Qiu Wuji carried her two piglet pillows back to her room and soon hit writer’s block while working on her autobiography.
• Qiu Wuji brought Chu Ge tea and asked for help writing an important fight scene, and he advised her to focus on atmosphere and study modern authors.
• Chu Ge explained how to manipulate space, and Qiu Wuji realized he had shared his mother’s exclusive art with her.
• Qiu Wuji kissed Chu Ge to reward his loyalty, then used her spatial ability to evade his attempt to pull her into his arms.
• Qiu Wuji said she was near her limit and had to return to the World Within the Book, then gave Chu Ge permission to use her stockings before vanishing.

After Qiu Wuji returned to her world, Chu Ge kept training and adjusted to being apart from her. Moon Shadow prepared to leave Nanjiang for the Capital, and she and Chu Ge planned one last night out together at the Divine Miracle Nightclub.

• Chu Ge used Heaven-Changing Earth-Shaking to watch Qiu Wuji practice the Spatial Art, read Gu Long's works, and send him away to rest.
• Chu Ge focused on writing and training, using the Clam Pearl, running, the Black Room, and sea sand to build his abilities.
• Moon Shadow returned the sea sand to Chu Ge before leaving for the Capital, and Chu Ge asked her to inquire about borrowing a higher-grade material.
• Moon Shadow told Chu Ge she planned to visit the Divine Miracle Nightclub before her flight, and Chu Ge offered to go with her in case Zhang Xiaoren caused trouble.
• Moon Shadow said Chu Ge was the only familiar face she had in Nanjiang, and Chu Ge reflected that the other person she knew there was only an enemy.

Chu Ge and Moon Shadow met at the renovated Divine Miracle Nightclub, where Zhu Mengmeng revealed that an underground boxing match would resume at midnight. As Moon Shadow reacted to the news, Lin Wuyang prepared to act against the organizers despite objections from the new Bureau Chief.

• Chu Ge and Moon Shadow shared a farewell drink at the Divine Miracle Nightclub and discussed Moon Shadow’s new life after leaving Nanjiang.
• Chu Ge spotted Zhu Mengmeng with a handsome man, and they explained that he was her husband and that she had used an alternate account to expose his former girlfriend.
• Zhu Mengmeng revealed that the underground boxing match would reopen at midnight, and Moon Shadow cracked her glass while Chu Ge questioned whether the information was reliable.
• Zhu Mengmeng’s husband explained that spectators had supported the underground matches as an outlet, and Moon Shadow watched the beer bubbles with a troubled expression.
• Lin Wuyang dismissed the new Bureau Chief’s objections and said he would make those who underestimated him pay.

Chu Ge and Moon Shadow entered the Underground Boxing Arena with Zhu Mengmeng and Cai Zhijian, then joined a police raid to capture Zhang Xiaoren. They subdued Zhang Xiaoren as officers surrounded the arena.

• Zhu Mengmeng and Cai Zhijian brought Chu Ge and Moon Shadow into the arena, where Chu Ge contacted Lin Wuyang about the police operation.
• Chu Ge and Moon Shadow moved to Zhang Xiaoren's room as the boxing match was about to begin.
• Moon Shadow attacked Zhang Xiaoren, while Chu Ge blocked his guards and dodged their dagger strikes.
• Chu Ge proved he was invulnerable to Zhang Xiaoren's dagger and punched him, while Moon Shadow defeated the old man and held a Shadow Blade to Zhang Xiaoren's neck.
• Police surrounded the Underground Boxing Arena, leaving Zhang Xiaoren captured and the outcome settled.

After the police arrested Zhang Xiaoren, Chu Ge and Lin Wuyang discussed the case, while Zhang Qiren used the incident to plan his next moves in Japan. Missing Qiu Wuji, Chu Ge searched for her and found her on a mountain, attempting to break free of the Heavenly Dao by exploring the boundary of the Heavenly Realm.

• Moon Shadow said goodbye to Chu Ge and disappeared into the night after the police intervened.
• Lin Wuyang told Chu Ge that Zhang Xiaoren would likely receive a criminal conviction, and Chu Ge wondered whether the case would help Zhang Qiren.
• In Japan, Zhang Qiren decided to ask his father to shift investment and manpower toward his operation, then pressed a bloodied Japanese man about their business deal.
• Chu Ge returned to his rental, reflected on how easily he had defeated Zhang Xiaoren's men, and used Heaven-Changing Earth-Shaking to look for Qiu Wuji.
• Qiu Wuji stood on a mountain and tried to break free of the Heavenly Dao, sensing the existence of the Heavenly Realm beyond a layer of space.

Qiu Wuji attempted the great heavenly tribulation but could not enter the nonexistent Heavenly Realm, while Chu Ge erased the plot’s backlash and was injured. As Qiu Wuji healed him in the real world, Yan Qianlie’s primordial spirit secretly crossed over and fled, intent on discovering the truth.

• Qiu Wuji faced the great heavenly tribulation and used her divine sword and Four Symbols Formation to withstand its attacks and pierce a gap in space.
• Qiu Wuji was thrown back because the Heavenly Realm did not exist, but Chu Ge erased the remaining tribulation and left her unharmed.
• Qiu Wuji crossed into the real world and found Chu Ge pale and injured from forcibly correcting the plot.
• Qiu Wuji healed Chu Ge, and they discussed her attempt to break free of the plot and his resolve to help her become a real person.
• Yan Qianlie’s primordial spirit arrived in Chu Ge’s living room, studied the illusion formation, and fled before Qiu Wuji could notice him.

Chu Ge discovered that his story’s distribution earnings had surged, while his growing control over the Immortal Dao world let him bring a Luminous Moon Grass into his own world. After Chu Ge sealed off other cultivators’ routes between worlds, Yan Qianlie found himself stranded in the unfamiliar world with no way back.

• Chu Ge saw that his distribution earnings exceeded twice his main-site income and wondered whether his world’s growing presence explained Qiu Wuji’s ability to reach the Heavenly Realm.
• Chu Ge showed Qiu Wuji that he could take a Luminous Moon Grass from her world, though he could not yet bring out heavier treasures.
• Chu Ge added a rule to his document that sealed off other cultivators’ perception of travel between worlds after Qiu Wuji’s repeated attempts.
• Yan Qianlie struggled to recover in a polluted world with scant spiritual energy and discovered he could no longer return to his own world.

Yan Qianlie secretly overheard Zhong Yi and Du Lianfeng argue over their search for the source of spiritual energy in Nanjiang, then decided to follow Zhong Yi. Meanwhile, Chu Ge completed forms for adaptation rights to his novel, leaving him and Qiu Wuji excited about the possibility of a screen adaptation.

• Yan Qianlie hid in a rooftop drain and watched Zhong Yi meet Du Lianfeng in Nanjiang.
• Zhong Yi accused Du Lianfeng's Five Elements Group of hunting treasures under the pretense of investigating spiritual energy, while Du Lianfeng challenged Zhong Yi's motives and proposed cooperation.
• Zhong Yi refused to work with Du Lianfeng and warned him that causing trouble would land him in Nanjiang Prison.
• After Zhong Yi left, Yan Qianlie decided to follow him in hopes of learning more about the world's mysteries.
• Chu Ge's editor asked him to fill out forms for possible adaptations of his novel, and Chu Ge sent back the completed forms.
• Qiu Wuji celebrated Chu Ge's opportunity with him, while Chu Ge joked about how to make an editor remember a writer.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji grew closer as a sudden downpour gave them a reason to stay together, while Chu Ge told her what he had learned about Zhu Mengmeng and her husband. The chapter ended with Zhong Yi walking alone through the storm as Yan Qianlie angrily endured the rain inside Little Flame.

• Qiu Wuji questioned Chu Ge about why women cared about breast size, and he teased her until she beat him.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that Zhu Mengmeng seemed to want her husband back and that the man had remained unusually calm when they attacked his home.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge shared a tender moment, and she admitted that the Creator Father God mattered more to her than a monarch.
• A heavy autumn rain began, and Chu Ge held Qiu Wuji close before they kissed.
• Zhong Yi walked alone along Riverside Road in the downpour while Yan Qianlie complained from inside Little Flame.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji found a restrained way to satisfy his desires, and Chu Ge broke through to Foundation Establishment. The next morning, he learned that his breakthrough had strengthened his power but would not keep him from getting hungry in a world low on spiritual energy, so Qiu Wuji began preparing him to refine pills.

• Chu Ge instinctively grabbed Qiu Wuji, but she twisted his arm and pinned him to the bed.
• Qiu Wuji reluctantly let Chu Ge handle her feet through his modified Golden Bell Shield, and the resulting release helped him break through to Foundation Establishment.
• Qiu Wuji stormed out with the pig pillow after Chu Ge suggested buying more stockings, while Chu Ge was pleased that they might repeat what they had done.
• Chu Ge meditated the next morning and sensed solidifying energy in his dantian and a stronger Soul Sea, concluding that his mental power had reached seven stars.
• Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji why he was hungry after Foundation Establishment, and she explained that the world lacked enough spiritual energy for him to live without food before telling him to prepare to refine pills.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji tested which objects and supplies could cross between worlds, then Chu Ge discovered his writing had stalled because Yan Qianlie had vanished from the book. The chapter ended with Qiu Wuji realizing the missing villain might have escaped into the real world.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji found that a Purple Gold Furnace and medicinal materials could be brought out of the Cloudreach Sect storehouse, though Chu Ge quickly ran out of strength.
• Qiu Wuji began refining pills while Chu Ge went to write, but his writing became sluggish and the world felt less familiar to him.
• Chu Ge surveyed the story through the Heavenly Dao and found that Qiu Wuji, Chu Tiange, and the other plotlines appeared to be proceeding normally.
• Chu Ge searched for Yan Qianlie and discovered that the Heart of Blazing Flame was empty and Yan Qianlie was nowhere in the Nine Provinces.
• Chu Ge rushed to Qiu Wuji and warned her that Yan Qianlie might have escaped from the book, nearly causing her to ruin the pills she was refining.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji traced Yan Qianlie's escaped Primordial Spirit to the Black Room using a Soul-Nourishing Pearl. There, Yan Qianlie recognized Qiu Wuji as she arrived and prepared to hide.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji concluded that the severely weakened Yan Qianlie had escaped as a Primordial Spirit during the previous day's upheaval.
• Chu Ge added a passage to the story and retrieved Yan Qianlie's Soul-Nourishing Pearl, which Qiu Wuji used to sense his location.
• Qiu Wuji sensed Yan Qianlie near the Black Room, so she and Chu Ge went there to investigate.
• Yan Qianlie watched the Black Room's members, puzzled by their training and intrigued by their unusual Esper Abilities.
• When Qiu Wuji entered the Black Room, Yan Qianlie recognized her aura and nearly lost control of his flames.