Recaps

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.

Tang Jinyan brought Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to a press conference to promote the animation and its wider media franchise, while reporters pressed them about Chu Ge's apparent cultivation abilities. Qiu Wuji's music captivated the room, leaving the reporters praising her as Chu Ge wondered why he was being overlooked.

• Tang Jinyan left Li Yunlin to rest after Qiu Wuji helped restore her health, then took Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to the press conference.
• Tang Jinyan explained that The Tang Dynasty had owned the project from the beginning and was promoting a larger franchise spanning novels, comics, animation, television, films, and games.
• Tang Jinyan defended the work's subject and mocked a reporter who suggested Chu Ge had been chosen through nepotism.
• Reporters questioned Chu Ge about a video of him rescuing a girl and jumping from a building, and he denied knowing how to cultivate immortality while telling them to believe in science.
• Xie Wenyuan introduced the animation, and its theme song silenced the reporters, who then discovered Qiu Wuji was its composer and showered her with praise.

After the press conference, Chu Ge became the focus of Korean media coverage as a suspected Immortal, while Qiu Wuji found little attention paid to her music. Tang Jinyan began preparing to pursue the Azure Dragon Toe Bone, and Chu Ge realized the search could involve powerful rivals.

• Korean media published headlines promoting Chu Ge as a handsome suspected Immortal, while Qiu Wuji found only a small article praising her theme song.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed the publicity campaign and agreed to wait and see how audiences received the animation.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji joked and flirted in their hotel room before Xie Wenyuan told them Tang Jinyan had gone to handle other business.
• Chu Ge inferred that Tang Jinyan was arranging preparations to search for the Azure Dragon Toe Bone.
• Chu Ge reasoned that the bone had only recently emerged from beneath the sea and that competing forces might make the search dangerous.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji joined Tang Jinyan’s armed flotilla to search international waters for the target, while Tang explained his support and his concerns about the rise of Esper Abilities. The patrol boats let them pass, and Tang revealed that his Japanese contacts had narrowed the search to the area ahead, though the exact location remained unknown.

• Crow picked up Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji and brought them to Incheon’s First Pier, where Tang Jinyan waited aboard a converted military landing craft.
• Tang Jinyan explained that he had brought three vessels and armed men to support Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji, keep the authorities at bay, and train his own forces.
• Tang Jinyan told Chu Ge that his Esper group might need to grow into an army as the age of Esper Abilities reshaped the balance of power.
• A patrol flotilla challenged the vessels as they approached international waters, but Tang Jinyan persuaded the patrol to let them pass.
• Tang Jinyan told Chu Ge that Japanese contacts had confirmed the target was somewhere in the area ahead, though they still needed to survey for its precise location.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji tracked the Azure Dragon's toe bone to a Japanese Esper group's underwater search site and waited for a chance to seize it. After Matsuda's team recovered the glowing bone, it vanished from the diver's arms, leaving Matsuda furious and Zhang Qiren suspicious.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji sensed the toe bone beneath ships about fifty kilometers away and decided to investigate while Tang Jinyan's ship waited behind.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji found a submarine and divers searching the seabed, while Matsuda's team used instruments to pinpoint the bone.
• Zhang Qiren revealed that he had secretly sent the lead through Tang Jinyan to Wu Xiuyun, hoping his country would intervene and help him recover the relic.
• Matsuda's divers drilled into the seabed and lifted out a person-sized toe bone that radiated light and pressure.
• The toe bone slipped from the diver's arms and vanished, and Matsuda ordered his men to kill whoever was responsible.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji fought the Black Dragon Society’s underwater elites, destroying their submarine and killing the forces surrounding them. They faced the society’s powerful president, Miyamura Jiro, and another formidable Esper as fighting broke out above the water.

• Black Dragon Society Espers forced Chu Ge out of invisibility and attacked him with water, lightning, swordfish, spatial abilities, and a Shikigami.
• Chu Ge repelled the attacks and used an attacking Ninja as a shield, while Qiu Wuji destroyed the submarine with a sword strike.
• The submarine’s explosion killed several Espers, and Matsuda ordered a counterattack as Bagua-flagged ships opened fire on his vessel.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji finished off the underwater fighters but stayed when Miyamura Jiro and a powerful young man arrived.
• Miyamura introduced himself as the Black Dragon Society president, and Chu Ge joked about his name and broken Chinese.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji faced Miyamura Jiro, whose ability nullified violence, while he tried to bargain for the sacred relic. Miyamura and Okamoto Masao trapped them in a life-and-death contract, leaving Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji unable to fight or leave.

• Miyamura Jiro introduced himself as the Black Dragon Society’s president and revealed that Matsuda had been searching for the sacred relic with help from a tiny bone fragment.
• Chu Ge secretly sent Moon Shadow to capture Matsuda and protect the patriot aboard the ship, and asked her to seize the fragment if it was safe.
• Miyamura Jiro offered Chu Ge money for the relic and threatened to kill him and Qiu Wuji when Chu Ge refused.
• Qiu Wuji attacked Miyamura Jiro, but her sword strike vanished within his violence-nullifying domain.
• Okamoto Masao revealed that he had bound Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji in a life-and-death contract that kept them within a hundred meters until one side died.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji faced Okamoto Masao, whose ability turned people to stone when they failed to identify things in a knowledge contest. Chu Ge used outside research to answer Okamoto’s challenge, then asked about inscriptions Okamoto could not recognize, leaving the contest poised to turn against him.

• Chu Ge deduced that Okamoto Masao’s secret ability depended on opponents failing to identify images, and Okamoto explained the rules of their petrification contest.
• Chu Ge asked Okamoto to identify the Dragon Bone, and Okamoto recognized it, revealing the Black Dragon Society’s likely connection to Sandru’s organization.
• Okamoto showed Chu Ge a strange caterpillar-like image, and Chu Ge sent his Divine Soul to Tang Jinyan to search for its identity online.
• Chu Ge identified the image as a Cape sundew, impressing Okamoto and earning the right to ask the next question.
• Chu Ge showed Okamoto Heavenly Dao patterns from the Azure Dragon’s bones, which Okamoto could not identify.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji faced Okamoto Masao in a deadly guessing contest, with each wrong answer causing petrification. After Miyamura Jiro revealed he had only adopted Masao for his usefulness and abandoned him to die, Masao turned to stone, asking Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to let him join him.

• Okamoto Masao incorrectly identified an inscription as Huaxia civilization and his left arm turned to stone.
• Qiu Wuji identified a strange object as a jellyfish tentacle, while Chu Ge tricked Masao into misidentifying a Soul-Reposing Pearl and petrifying more of his body.
• As ships approached from Japan and Korea, Chu Ge lost patience and deliberately answered Masao's questions with “I don't know,” accepting further petrification while asking Masao to identify strange objects from his world.
• Okamoto Masao could not identify Chu Ge's medicinal herb before the three-minute limit, and he pleaded with Miyamura Jiro to help him.
• Miyamura Jiro admitted he had adopted Masao only because he was useful and refused to save him; Masao accepted his death and asked Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to let him join him before turning into a stone statue.

Qiu Wuji killed Miyamura Jiro by crushing him with deep-sea pressure after Chu Ge left the underwater chamber. The story then rewound to Moon Shadow boarding the Black Dragon Society’s vessel, where Matsuda prepared to betray Tang Jinyan before a shadow seized him.

• Chu Ge left Miyamura Jiro with Qiu Wuji, who trapped Jiro in the sea and crushed him with immense pressure.
• The story returned to a little over ten minutes earlier, when Moon Shadow boarded the Black Dragon Society’s vessel.
• Matsuda and Tang Jinyan exchanged ineffective cannon fire with Korean ships while military patrol boats approached.
• Matsuda decided to kill Tang Jinyan to keep him from reporting the battle and the sacred relic.
• Before Matsuda could attack, a shadow rose from the floor and clamped around his throat.

Moon Shadow entered Matsuda’s cabin to protect Zhang Qiren and seize a bone fragment, but became trapped in a fight with Matsuda and his men. Zhang Qiren killed Matsuda with his Causality Law ability, leaving Moon Shadow and the Black Dragon Society members stunned.

• Moon Shadow attacked Matsuda after mistaking Zhang Qiren for the righteous man she had been sent to protect, then demanded Matsuda hand over his bone fragment.
• Matsuda’s men fired as Moon Shadow used a shadow decoy to escape, but she instead attacked them from the window and returned to the cabin.
• Matsuda lunged at Moon Shadow, and Zhang Qiren shot him from behind, provoking Matsuda to stab him in the chest.
• Zhang Qiren activated his Causality Law ability, causing Matsuda to suffer the same wound, then shot Matsuda in the mouth and killed him.
• Zhang Qiren said Matsuda had no right to threaten Moon Shadow, while the Black Dragon Society members stood frozen.

Moon Shadow and Chu Ge saved Zhang Qiren after he deliberately took a wound, and Zhang proposed using the deaths aboard the ship to mislead Japan and South Korea. He planned to exploit the Matsuda Group’s desire for revenge to seize control of the Black Dragon Society, and Moon Shadow agreed to pass his request for covert support to her superiors.

• Moon Shadow killed the Black Dragon Society members around her and tried to stop Zhang Qiren’s bleeding after he was gravely wounded.
• Chu Ge arrived, treated Zhang Qiren with a fresh medicated patch and a pill, and took him toward President Tang’s ship as Japanese and South Korean vessels approached.
• Zhang Qiren proposed blaming the South Koreans for Matsuda’s death and concealing the Sacred Relic’s fate by claiming Miyamura Jiro had taken it.
• Qiu Wuji supported Zhang Qiren’s plan, explaining that the deaths underwater would make identification difficult, while Chu Ge warned that the deception could put Zhang at risk.
• Zhang Qiren proposed using covert support to take over the leaderless Matsuda Group and eventually the Black Dragon Society, and Moon Shadow agreed to relay his request to her superiors.

Chu Ge and Tang Jinyan misled South Korean officials and Japan about the missing sacred relic, triggering a diplomatic crisis over its ownership. Zhang Qiren later convinced the Matsuda Group that Miyamura Jiro and his son had stolen the fragment, turning suspicion toward the Black Dragon Society’s leadership.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji left Zhang Qiren behind, and he pretended to Matsuda’s surviving subordinates that Korean Espers had killed Matsuda and stolen a fragment before collapsing from his injuries.
• Chu Ge told Tang Jinyan and General Park that Miyamura Jiro had stolen the sacred relic, while Tang Jinyan encouraged South Korea to claim it as a relic from Dangun’s mythology.
• Japan and South Korea traded accusations over the deaths and the relic, and America intervened to mediate their escalating dispute.
• After recovering, Zhang Qiren told the Matsuda Group that Miyamura Jiro and his son were likelier to have attacked them and taken Matsuda’s fragment, prompting the group to suspect their own headquarters.

On the voyage back from South Korea, Chu Ge and Tang Jinyan discussed their cooperation, immortal cultivation, and the future of Esper Abilities. Tang Jinyan gave Chu Ge the White Tiger Fang, leaving him stunned by the discovery and its connection to the Azure Dragon.

• Moon Shadow asked Qiu Wuji whether she had been wrong to speak coldly to Zhang Qiren, and Qiu Wuji explained that he had risked himself because he could not bear to see Moon Shadow hurt.
• Chu Ge thanked Tang Jinyan for helping secure the Toe Bone, and Tang Jinyan promised to support Zhang Qiren as he built his name in Japan.
• Tang Jinyan guessed that Chu Ge practiced immortal cultivation, and Chu Ge gave him a basic Cultivation Method while asking him not to pass it on.
• Tang Jinyan explained that Esper Abilities were usually individual talents, though people with similar abilities could share techniques and special items could awaken related powers.
• Tang Jinyan gave Chu Ge a special item in return, and Chu Ge discovered it was the White Tiger Fang from the United States.

After returning to their hotel, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed the White Tiger Fang and Qiu Wuji’s upcoming ascension, then spent the morning together before exploring Seoul. Their outing ended with fans recognizing them and chasing them until they flew away.

• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge discussed giving the White Tiger Fang to Chu Ge’s father and having Qiu Wuji investigate the Four Symbols after she ascended.
• Chu Ge reassured Qiu Wuji that he still relied on her, and she prepared to return for the final battle in a few days.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji went out for street food, tried Korean stir-fried rice cakes, and mistook white door couplets for signs of a haunted alley.
• Schoolgirls recognized Chu Ge and Qiu Qiu, and a growing crowd chased the couple through the streets.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji flew over an overpass and disappeared, leaving the pursuers astonished.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji became famous in South Korea after publicly displaying their immortal arts, while their publicity campaign boosted the animation’s launch. Xie Wenyuan told them the show had ranked first on every platform, and Chu Ge learned that their own fame as immortals exceeded the animation’s.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji drew huge crowds and became viral topics after leaping over an overpass in public.
• Tang Jinyan and Xie Wenyuan discussed the live-action casting, and Qin Feier’s agency unexpectedly offered her for the role of Qiu Wuji at her usual fee.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji spent the day showing off their abilities, jumped into the Han River, and enjoyed the night market until dawn.
• Qiu Wuji sensed that South Korean surveillance had withdrawn, and she and Chu Ge returned to the hotel to sleep.
• Xie Wenyuan called Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to report that the animation had achieved an all-kill, ranking first across every platform in South Korea.