Recaps

Chu Jiangliu explained how the Heavenly Emperor crossed into their world and revealed his role in spreading Spiritual Energy overseas. Chu Ge learned that the revival had several causes and that an unknown Esper, not Chu Ge alone, was the real culprit behind the Heavenly Emperor’s connection to their world.

• Chu Jiangliu told Chu Ge that he had beaten back the Heavenly Emperor’s Divine Sense years earlier because he sensed its illusory nature.
• Chu Jiangliu explained that an unknown Esper had likely triggered the Heavenly Emperor’s crossing between worlds, while the Four Symbols’ emergence spread existing Esper Abilities rather than creating Spiritual Energy.
• Chu Ge reasoned that the Heavenly Emperor’s encounter with Chu Jiangliu may have revealed that he was illusory and said the Heavenly Emperor was now cooperating with Sandru and others.
• Chu Jiangliu said scattered pieces of the Black Tortoise could make it harder for their enemies to exploit their knowledge of its location.
• Chu Jiangliu revealed that he had spread Spiritual Energy and revolutionary theories across the Americas to destabilize them, while his group recruited members from rival Esper organizations to search for the Four Symbols.

Chu Ge learned more about his father’s battles and shared Nanotech Armor with him, while Chu Jiangliu warned him not to grow overconfident as his powers and responsibilities expanded. After a family reunion at the Old Residence, Chu Jiangliu offered to help Chu Ge gain more control over his ability to create worlds.

• Chu Jiangliu told Chu Ge that SSS soldiers had fought unseen battles and helped reclaim the Azure Dragon’s shattered remains.
• Chu Ge gave Chu Jiangliu the confiscated Nanotech Armor to hand over to the country, and Chu Jiangliu accepted it.
• Chu Jiangliu urged Chu Ge to focus on his own affairs, warned him against becoming overconfident, and promised the Chu Family would support him if he needed help.
• Wu Xiuyun and Qiu Wuji returned with groceries, and Wu Xiuyun bragged about Chu Ge’s fame before teasing Chu Jiangliu.
• Chu Jiangliu explained that his ability could create objects and living beings but not a vivid world, then offered to strengthen Chu Ge’s control over his own power.

Chu Jiangliu taught Chu Ge that his ability could develop beyond writing through passion and love, then warned that Chu Ge’s growing exhaustion toward his created world threatened his power. Meanwhile, Qiu Wuji enjoyed cooking with Wu Xiuyun, who asked about her family and sect as she considered formally arranging the marriage.

• Chu Jiangliu explained that imagination could become reality without a written or painted medium, and said the key was love for what one wanted to manifest.
• Chu Ge realized his world had once filled him with delight but that rebellions and fatigue had made him view its people with suspicion and distance.
• Chu Ge recognized that he had also lost his old enthusiasm for writing and worried about what might happen if he stopped loving his world.
• Qiu Wuji helped Wu Xiuyun make dumplings and reflected on passion and ideals while listening to Chu Ge and Chu Jiangliu talk.
• Wu Xiuyun asked Qiu Wuji whether she had relatives or sect elders who could attend a formal marriage proposal, and Qiu Wuji said she had neither.

At dinner with Chu Ge’s parents, Chu Ge worried that his feelings for the world he created were wavering, while Qiu Wuji reassured and teased him. They left together in high spirits, and Qiu Wuji urged him to stay enthusiastic about bringing her true body out of the book; back at the house, Chu Jiangliu hinted that he had plans concerning Sandru and the struggle over the White Tiger.

• Wu Xiuyun noticed Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji holding hands beneath the dinner table while Chu Jiangliu teased them about being lovey-dovey.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji privately discussed his doubts about his Dao Path, and Qiu Wuji told him that he might simply be exhausted.
• After Qiu Wuji teased him about spending the night together, Chu Ge hurried out with her, then reached back for two pairs of slippers from his parents’ shoe cabinet.
• Chu Jiangliu told Wu Xiuyun that Sandru’s backlash from the Black Tortoise made a rash attack unwise and said he had a handle on the struggle over the White Tiger.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji walked through the quiet old district, where she scolded him for considering losing enthusiasm for his book and insisted he focus on bringing her true body out.

After resolving their recent troubles, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji rode the subway and reconnected with their readers in the group chat. Pan Da thanked Chu Ge for his promise to resume writing, and Qiu Wuji insisted they go home so he could work on an update.

• Qiu Qiu beat Chu Ge after he rushed to open a spatial distortion, then took him to ride the subway.
• Chu Ge conjured masks for himself and Qiu Qiu, surprising her with his ability to create something in the Mortal World.
• Chu Ge opened the reader group chat to thank Pan Da, Early Autumn Tangtang, and the others for helping steer public opinion.
• Kong Yu flooded the chat with 99 images, and Qiu Wuji muted him before joining the conversation.
• Pan Da projected his face into the subway and asked Qiu Wuji for permission to visit the island with his girlfriend.
• Chu Ge promised to write a new chapter, but Qiu Wuji rejected his New Year travel plans and told him to go home and write.

After returning home, Chu Ge overcame his writer’s block and planned the end of the Mortal Realm Arc and a new Heavenly Realm story. He ended the night flirting with Qiu Wuji, who took control after he decided he did not want to control her.

• Qiu Wuji settled into tidying their home while Chu Ge sat down to resume writing.
• Chu Ge worked through his outline, planning Qiu Wuji’s ascension and a reimagined Heavenly Realm with new conflicts among its powerful figures.
• Qiu Wuji brought Chu Ge spirit tea and watched as he became absorbed in his writing.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that outlining her story let him sense her emotions, then teased her about her True Body wanting him to come into the book.
• When Qiu Wuji offered to let him control her, Chu Ge changed his mind, and she pushed him down and took charge.

Qiu Wuji returned to the Comics Studio, where Zhu Mengmeng put her straight back to work, while Chu Ge resumed updating his novel. Qin Feier told Chu Ge that she had handled the Four Symbols matter and urged him to write the story well.

• Qiu Wuji returned to the studio and promised the staff an extra month's bonus, prompting Zhu Mengmeng to drag her into the office and demand the next installment's artwork by the following day.
• Qiu Wuji told Zhu Mengmeng that Chu Ge had spent their money revising the physical books, and Zhu Mengmeng agreed to deduct the bonus from Qiu Wuji's share of the profits.
• Chu Ge posted a regular chapter update, and his group members immediately read it, then complained that it was too short and speculated about the story's romance.
• Chu Ge privately asked Qin Feier why she was reading and criticizing his novel during work hours, and Qin Feier explained that filming Qiu Wuji's scenes had begun.
• Qin Feier told Chu Ge she had taken care of the Four Symbols matter and that his father still had full responsibility for it, then asked Chu Ge to write the novel well.

Chu Ge discussed Qin Feier’s wish to enter the book and learn about Qiu Wuji, then spoke with director Xie Wenyuan about merchandise, the adaptations, and Qin Feier’s portrayal of Qiu Wuji. Short on money and needing the script fee, Chu Ge promised to finish the screenplay within three days and agreed to advise Qin Feier.

• Qin Feier asked Chu Ge to let her enter the book so she could study swordsmanship and ask Qiu Wuji’s elders about the sect leader’s character, and Chu Ge said he would first consult Qiu Wuji.
• Chu Ge checked on the comic and animation’s popularity, then answered Xie Wenyuan’s call about merchandise and South Korea’s response to the adaptations.
• Xie Wenyuan told Chu Ge that Qin Feier portrayed Qiu Wuji as too sharp and proud, unlike the older, more composed sect leader.
• After checking his nearly empty bank balance, Chu Ge promised Xie Wenyuan the completed script within three days and agreed to explain Qiu Wuji’s character to Qin Feier.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji decided to enter the book’s world to handle their work and let Qin Feier begin learning swordsmanship. After Qiu Wuji brought Qin Feier to Cloud Reach Peak, Qiu Wuji assigned Xuanji to train her and prepared her for a future leadership role.

• Exhausted by their workloads and short on money, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji decided to steal time in the book’s world to finish their tasks and investigate the Gu God.
• Qiu Wuji flew to Hengdian and brought a badly travel-sick Qin Feier back to Chu Ge’s apartment.
• Chu Ge took Qiu Wuji and Qin Feier into the book, where Xuanji mistook Qin Feier for a disciple wearing her exclusive uniform.
• Xuanji challenged Qin Feier and defeated her before Qin Feier could use her esper ability.
• Qiu Wuji ordered Xuanji to teach Qin Feier basic swordsmanship and announced that Xuanji would later become a deputy hall master at the Sword Transmission Hall.

Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge slipped away to the mountain pool, where their private reunion lasted far longer than planned. Outside, Qin Feier learned from Xuanji that Qiu Wuji was lonely and aloof except around Chu Ge, while her sword lessons and introduction to the sect were postponed again.

• Qiu Wuji dragged Chu Ge to the pool and let him take control of her body after the Heavenly Dao immobilized her.
• Xuanji offered Qin Feier fruit and explained that Qiu Wuji was distant by nature but affectionate and coy around Chu Ge.
• Qin Feier asked Xuanji to introduce her to the other elders, but Xuanji suggested waiting because Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge were still occupied.
• Qiu Wuji tried to stop Chu Ge by reminding him they had not eaten, but he responded by resuming their intimate encounter.

Qin Feier continued training under Qiu Wuji while Chu Ge investigated the Gu God’s inheritance with Chu Tiange and Ye Xiaozhu. He found no hidden trap in Ye Xiaozhu, but the Gu God’s reasons for choosing her remained unclear, so he asked her to recount how she became his successor.

• Qin Feier finished interviewing the elders about Qiu Wuji and struggled to learn basic swordplay under her master.
• Qiu Wuji challenged Qin Feier to prove her endurance after criticizing her careless practice.
• Chu Ge found Chu Tiange and Ye Xiaozhu together in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and asked about the Gu God.
• Ye Xiaozhu and Chu Tiange explained that they had found no signs of possession or a hidden Divine Soul seed.
• Chu Ge confirmed that Ye Xiaozhu had no implanted backdoor and discussed the Gu God’s escape and his puzzling choice of successor.
• Chu Ge asked Ye Xiaozhu to recount everything that happened from becoming the Gu God’s disciple to inheriting his position.

Ye Xiaozhu recounted how she was abducted by the Flame Prison Sect and eventually taken in by the Gu God, leading Chu Ge to suspect that the Gu God had detected a distortion in fate. Chu Ge then turned to questioning the captured Thomson about the mysterious group he led.

• Ye Xiaozhu explained that after leaving her village, she was abducted by the Flame Prison Sect and sent to scout the Heart of Blazing Flame.
• After becoming separated from the others, Ye Xiaozhu wandered into the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, where the Gu God found her and brought her to his stockade.
• Ye Xiaozhu suggested that the Gu God had sensed distorted fate, and Chu Tiange proposed that he had seen Ye Xiaozhu as a turning point in his own fate.
• Ye Xiaozhu explained that the Wu Tribe's altar symbol represented the source of life and was modeled on a placenta, surprising Chu Ge and Chu Tiange.
• Chu Ge asked Ye Xiaozhu to take him to the dungeon, where the captured Thomson knelt under the control of her gu.

Chu Ge questioned Thomson about Sandru’s necromancy and the organization’s witchcraft, then sent him to Chu Jiangliu with the formation’s secrets. Chu Ge concluded that the Gu God might be communicating from the Heavenly Realm through a divine soul, leaving him without a clear target in the Mortal World.

• Thomson told Chu Ge that Sandru’s formation was recent, but his ability to control the undead dated back hundreds of years and could animate dinosaur fossils.
• Ye Xiaozhu explained that witchcraft puppetry could not control fossilized bones, so Chu Ge concluded Sandru’s necromancy was distinct from witchcraft but had incorporated some of its methods.
• Thomson wrote down the formation’s secrets and said its six users all possessed an esper ability that drained strength; Ye Xiaozhu found that witchcraft principles had been added to it.
• Chu Ge questioned Thomson about Easterners and distinctive cloaks, then reasoned that the Gu God might be communicating with the Mortal World from the Heavenly Realm through a divine soul.
• Chu Ge sent Thomson away, and Chu Jiangliu caught the formation notes before transferring Thomson elsewhere.
• Chu Jiangliu and Wu Xiuyun discussed preparing a proper New Year celebration for Ye Xiaozhu despite the work the formation might bring.

After returning to Cloudreach Sect, Chu Ge watched Qin Feier struggle with sword practice before discussing the Gu God and their return home with Qiu Wuji. Qiu Wuji reflected that embracing ordinary family life had improved her outlook, while Chu Ge wondered whether the Heavenly Emperor’s path had turned demonic.

• Chu Ge returned to Cloud Reach Peak and found Qin Feier missing the tree’s target as Xuanji watched and mocked her.
• Qiu Wuji told Qin Feier to stop practicing for the day and explained that the exercise was meant to teach patience and sincerity, though she also teased Qin Feier about her lack of talent.
• Qin Feier decided to keep practicing for two more days, then left for the stream to bathe; Chu Ge went inside and teased Qiu Wuji, who grew jealous of his attention to Qin Feier.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji what he had learned about the Gu God, and they reasoned that the Gu God might be absent from the Mortal World or only present as a remnant, while holding back more than the shamanic arts revealed.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that living among family and sharing ordinary life had benefited her state of mind, and Chu Ge connected her realization to the Immortal Dao in his story before wondering whether the Heavenly Emperor’s path had turned demonic.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji returned from the Temporary Palace after completing the script and artwork, while Qin Feier made a breakthrough in her sword practice. Back at the company, Xie Wenyuan praised Qin Feier’s improved portrayal of Qiu Wuji and predicted the show would be a hit.

• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that the Heavenly Realm storyline would be shorter because she and Chu Tiange had grown stronger, and they teased each other before he returned to writing.
• Over three days, Chu Ge finished the script for Xie Wenyuan and wrote extra chapters while Qiu Wuji created artwork for the show.
• Qin Feier continued practicing under Xuanji’s guidance and finally struck the tiny bull’s-eye, earning Qiu Wuji’s praise for her persistence.
• After returning home, Chu Ge sent Xie Wenyuan the handwritten script, and Qiu Wuji took her artwork to the company.
• Xie Wenyuan told Chu Ge that Qin Feier’s performance had become more restrained and sharp, then declared that the show was bound to be a hit.

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.