Recaps

Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge discussed saving chapters so they could travel to Hainan for New Year, while she chose to try Dota 2. The chapter ended with Qiu Wuji logging into the game under the name “Qiu Qiu who escaped from the book” and asking the group how to begin.

• Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge about his absent parents, and Chu Ge said he had accepted their years of exchanging greetings online and considered their home together a family reunion.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge agreed to aim for a New Year trip to Hainan, so Chu Ge sat down to write and build up chapters despite doubting he could maintain a stockpile.
• Qiu Wuji asked the group chat for a competitive game to play, and its members argued over World of Warcraft, Jian Three, League of Legends, and Dota 2.
• Pan Da offered to teach Qiu Wuji Dota 2, and she downloaded the game after deciding to try it.
• Qiu Wuji found her preferred username already taken, so Chu Ge created the matching account name “Chu Ge who wants to enter the book” and suggested she use “Qiu Qiu who escaped from the book.”
• Qiu Wuji logged in under that name and asked the group how to get familiar with Dota 2, and they advised her to pick Shadow Fiend, teleport to mid, and type a question mark in all-chat.

After Qiu Wuji was tricked into picking Shadow Fiend and flamed by her teammates, Chu Ge began teaching her a MOBA game, but Zhu Mengmeng called to report that her father had been badly beaten. At the hospital, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji recognized the unconscious man as the Masked Man from the Black Room, and Chu Ge began to suspect Du Lianfeng.

• Qiu Wuji complained that the group had tricked her into playing Shadow Fiend, so Chu Ge offered to teach her the game.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji joked and flirted while he explained beginner heroes, but they did not start a match.
• Zhu Mengmeng called Qiu Wuji in a panic and said someone had beaten her father and sent him to the hospital.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji went to the hospital, where they found Zhu Mengmeng with her husband, Cai Zhijian, and her unconscious father.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji recognized Zhu Mengmeng's father as the Masked Man who played chess with Zhong Yi in the Black Room.
• Chu Ge wondered whether Du Lianfeng had attacked him and considered calling Zhong Yi.

While Zhu Mengmeng and Qiu Wuji waited for Zhu Mengmeng’s father to wake, they discussed her estranged husband and their Esper Abilities. Chu Ge declined Cai Zhijian’s hints about meeting actresses, saying his heart was already full, just as Zhong Yi arrived at the hospital room.

• Zhu Mengmeng told Qiu Wuji that she and her husband had separated after both had been seeing other people, but she was considering settling down with him again.
• Zhu Mengmeng explained that her father disliked her husband because his card-reading ability had predicted she would be unhappy with him, though he had never opposed their relationship.
• Zhu Mengmeng revealed that she could see and cut the lines connecting people, and described the tangled connections between Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge as links across time and space.
• Chu Ge spoke with Cai Zhijian about his film and media company, but declined to discuss adapting his work through him.
• Cai Zhijian hinted that Chu Ge could visit his company to meet young actresses, and Chu Ge replied that his heart was full while looking toward Qiu Wuji.
• Zhong Yi entered the hospital room before Cai Zhijian could respond.

After Zhu Mengmeng’s father was mysteriously injured, Zhong Yi explained how esper abilities made crimes difficult to detect and revealed that he suspected someone wanted the family’s spiritual-energy mine. Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji agreed to help if Zhong Yi confirmed who was responsible.

• Zhong Yi examined Old Zhu and told Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji that his injuries had likely been caused by an attack on his mind and nerves.
• Zhong Yi explained that police often could not solve crimes involving esper abilities, then revealed that the person he loved had died without him learning who was responsible.
• Zhong Yi described how people used mental powers to harm rivals, manipulate businesses, and kill victims without leaving evidence.
• Zhong Yi suspected Old Zhu had been attacked because someone wanted to force his family to sell their purple clay mine, which contained spiritual energy.
• Zhong Yi said he would investigate a suspect and asked Chu Ge whether he would help; Chu Ge agreed because Zhu Mengmeng was Qiu Wuji’s friend.

Qiu Wuji restored Old Zhu’s soul sea after an esper attack left him unconscious, and the group learned the attack may have been connected to a disputed mine. Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji left the hospital after Qiu Wuji secretly protected Old Zhu, while she revealed that Cai Zhijian was hiding a powerful esper ability.

• Zhu Mengmeng argued with the doctors over her father’s unexplained unconsciousness until Qiu Wuji offered to wake him.
• Qiu Wuji calmed Old Zhu’s injured soul sea, and he woke up and recalled losing a chess game that may have involved an esper attack.
• Old Zhu said a Magic City boss had recently tried to buy his mine, while Zhong Yi suspected Du Lianfeng was behind the attack and warned Chu Ge not to get involved.
• Zhong Yi told Zhu Mengmeng and Cai Zhijian to watch over Old Zhu, and Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji left the hospital.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that Cai Zhijian possessed a well-hidden esper ability and revealed that she had secretly placed a defensive mystic art on Old Zhu.

Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge refined a Three Souls and Five Aggregates Pill with Yan Qianlie’s help, while Chu Ge considered how to investigate the chess-based Esper Ability. The chapter ended with Qiu Wuji reflecting on her struggle to feel fully free of her author’s influence, and Chu Ge reassuring her as they agreed to keep exploring.

• Qiu Wuji chose to refine a Three Souls and Five Aggregates Pill, which could help protect Golden Core cultivators from soul-seizing techniques.
• Chu Ge pulled Yan Qianlie out of the book and persuaded him to help refine the pill by offering to expand his storyline.
• Chu Ge asked Little Flame to show him Du Lianfeng’s face and said he might need Yan Qianlie’s help later.
• Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge whether she was unreasonable for still feeling that something was missing despite making her own choices.
• Chu Ge reassured Qiu Wuji that her determination to remain herself was part of who she was, then explained that he wanted to test his Heaven-Changing Earth-Shaking ability against the chess-based Esper Ability.

Chu Ge considered asking Cai Zhijian for help with the stalled rights forms while Qiu Wuji avoided gaming. On a rooftop, Zhong Yi confronted Du Lianfeng, and an unknown person’s ability disrupted their fight before Du Lianfeng escaped.

• Chu Ge asked his editor about the rights forms, learned there was no news until after the holiday, and wondered whether to seek Cai Zhijian’s help.
• Zhong Yi confronted Du Lianfeng over the suspected use of Qi Chengtai’s soul-taking chess ability and accused him of stirring up trouble in Nanjiang.
• Zhong Yi threw Du Lianfeng over the rooftop railing, but Du Lianfeng used his chessboard-like esper ability to fight back.
• An unseen force pulled Zhong Yi off balance, and Du Lianfeng grabbed his foot as they both fell from the roof.
• Zhong Yi survived by swinging into an apartment window, healed instantly, and left compensation for the startled residents.
• Zhong Yi saw no sign of Du Lianfeng below and wondered whose ability had interfered with him.

Qiu Wuji discovered that Chu Ge’s imagination might have turned her illusory avatar into a real body, while Chu Ge dreamed of controlling the World Within the Book. The chapter ended when Zhu Mengmeng called to say her father had jumped from a building, despite Qiu Wuji’s protective spell.

• In a lucid dream, Qiu Wuji saw her illusory body become real through its connection to Chu Ge and suspected that his ability manifested fantasies.
• Qiu Wuji woke and punched a teddy bear, accusing Chu Ge of knowing too much about women’s bodies.
• Chu Ge dreamed he was in the World Within the Book and made the sun rise early by commanding it to rise.
• Chu Ge spoke with Yan Qianlie about carrying a spiked hammer and cosplay before waking in the real world.
• Zhu Mengmeng called Qiu Wuji sobbing and said that her father had suddenly jumped from a building.

After Du Lianfeng’s people tried to kill Old Zhu, Chu Ge and his companions took Zhu Mengmeng to meet them and protect her. At the meeting, they found Du Lianfeng injured and facing Zhong Yi, while an elderly stranger played chess nearby.

• Old Zhu survived a fall from the hospital’s third floor because Qiu Wuji had protected him, and Zhong Yi suspected Du Lianfeng’s group had controlled him.
• Chu Ge, Qiu Wuji, Zhong Yi, and Zhu Mengmeng decided to attend Du Lianfeng’s meeting after learning he wanted to pressure her over the mine.
• On the way, Zhong Yi explained that esper circles sometimes settled disputes through wager matches.
• At the hotel, Zhong Yi kicked away a guard who tried to search them, and Zhu Mengmeng forced her way into the suite.
• Du Lianfeng sat injured in casts while Zhong Yi watched an elderly man playing chess, and Zhu Mengmeng mocked Du Lianfeng.

Zhu Mengmeng refused Du Lianfeng’s demand to sell the purple clay mine, while Chu Ge challenged Du Lianfeng and Qi Chengtai over their threats. Qiu Wuji took the chess match against Qi Chengtai and said Du Lianfeng was the opponent Chu Ge should test himself against.

• Du Lianfeng pressured Zhu Mengmeng to sell the mine, arguing that her father would eventually agree to protect her.
• Zhu Mengmeng stayed silent as Du Lianfeng dismissed Zhong Yi’s ability to protect her, and Chu Ge questioned Du Lianfeng’s confidence.
• Chu Ge threatened to kill Du Lianfeng if another crime occurred and revealed that Qi Chengtai could force people into a deadly chess match.
• Qi Chengtai accepted Chu Ge’s challenge, but Qiu Wuji caught Chu Ge’s hand and volunteered to play instead.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that she wanted to punish Qi Chengtai for hurting Zhu Mengmeng’s father and that Du Lianfeng was the opponent Chu Ge should face.

Qiu Wuji challenged Qi Chengtai to a life-and-death chess match and overwhelmed him, while Du Lianfeng tried to interfere by dragging Chu Ge into a battlefield. Chu Ge recognized the attack as a limited version of his own Heaven-Changing Earth-Shaking ability and began pulling Du Lianfeng into the fight.

• Qiu Wuji began a Chinese chess match against Qi Chengtai, and the board transformed into a battlefield where their moves commanded armies.
• Qiu Wuji exposed how easily she could kill Qi Chengtai, then continued the match and steadily drove him toward defeat.
• Du Lianfeng prepared to interfere with Qi Chengtai's match, but Chu Ge stepped in and challenged him.
• Du Lianfeng transported Chu Ge into a battlefield, where Chu Ge fought off the soldiers and recognized the illusion as a small part of his own ability.
• Chu Ge rose above the battlefield, spotted Du Lianfeng on a distant peak, and called him down.

Chu Ge overwhelmed Du Lianfeng inside a mental battlefield while Qiu Wuji defeated Qi Chengtai at chess. After both men passed out, Chu Ge warned their group to stay out of Nanjiang, and he and his companions left unopposed.

• Du Lianfeng trapped Chu Ge in a battlefield, but Chu Ge revealed that Du's chessboard was only a small part of his own world and forced Du into its dangers.
• Du Lianfeng entered a subterranean Blazing Flame World and was struck unconscious by Little Flame, whom Chu Ge had summoned.
• Qiu Wuji checkmated Qi Chengtai, who coughed blood and passed out after she captured his general.
• Chu Ge questioned Du Lianfeng's secretary about her esper ability, then warned her group not to return to Nanjiang.
• Chu Ge led his companions out while the men in black stood aside and let them pass.

After Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji helped Zhu Mengmeng’s family, Zhong Yi suspected a third party had caused his and Old Zhu’s accidents and planned to investigate in Magic City. Back at the hospital, Old Zhu thanked Chu Ge, who asked permission to study the mine, and Old Zhu readily agreed.

• Chu Ge told Zhu Mengmeng that Du Lianfeng and Qi Chengtai’s people would likely remain incapacitated, while Zhong Yi predicted infighting and warned that their enemies might later retaliate or try to win them over.
• Zhong Yi said he would go to Magic City after learning what had caused him to lose his balance and Old Zhu to fall; Qiu Wuji agreed that the attackers at the building seemed unaware of those incidents.
• Zhu Mengmeng offered Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji a car or a marital home as thanks, but Qiu Wuji declined and Chu Ge considered buying a car themselves.
• At the hospital, Old Zhu walked with Cai Zhijian during his rehabilitation, and Zhu Mengmeng told him that Du Lianfeng’s group had been driven off.
• Old Zhu offered Chu Ge a car or a house to thank him, and Chu Ge asked to study the mine; Old Zhu agreed and said he might even give Chu Ge the mine.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji traveled with Cai Zhijian to inspect Old Zhu’s mine while discussing their relationship and Chu Ge’s stalled adaptation deal. His editor revealed she was a woman and praised his novel, and Cai Zhijian offered to help with the rights; the group arrived at the mining area.

• Old Zhu stayed behind to recover while Zhu Mengmeng kept him company, and Cai Zhijian took Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to the mine.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji joked about their relationship during the drive, and Cai Zhijian teased them about cars and women.
• Chu Ge’s editor told him the adaptation deal appeared to be dead and revealed that she was a woman.
• Chu Ge learned his editor had recommended his novel to the editor-in-chief, and she encouraged him to keep writing.
• Cai Zhijian offered to help Chu Ge with the adaptation rights, and they arrived at the mining area.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji investigated the spiritual energy in the mine and learned that its unusual minerals had been noticed about five or six years earlier. After sending Cai Zhijian away, Qiu Wuji went underground to investigate while Chu Ge watched for signs that Cai might be spying on them.

• Cai Zhijian showed Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji the mine’s layered deposits and explained that Old Zhu’s supposed purple clay was actually sandy soil.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji sensed faint spiritual energy throughout the mine but found no clear source, and they learned that a geological team had once dug deeper before filling the pit back in.
• Cai Zhijian said Old Zhu had noticed the minerals’ unusual effects about five or six years earlier, prompting Chu Ge to think of other events from that period.
• Chu Ge asked Cai Zhijian to leave, suspecting that he knew too much about the mine and might have an ability to spy on them.
• Qiu Wuji vanished underground to search for the source while Chu Ge watched for Cai Zhijian’s mental fluctuations, but sensed nothing.

Qiu Wuji found no source for the mine’s dwindling spiritual energy, but discovered a strange rock that might be connected to Chu Ge’s father. After learning Chu Ge’s father had been among the survey team, she and Chu Ge left with questions still unanswered.

• Qiu Wuji explored beneath Old Zhu’s mine, found no spiritual energy deeper underground, and concluded it had likely descended from the sky and would eventually dissipate.
• Qiu Wuji noticed a strange rock that she had somehow displaced while using the Earth Escape Technique, then returned to Chu Ge without touching it.
• Chu Ge reassured Qiu Wuji after her search, and he and Cai Zhijian took her back to the hospital.
• Old Zhu told Cai Zhijian he planned to sell the mine to the state and urged him and Zhu Mengmeng to settle down and have a child.
• Old Zhu recalled that a handsome survey-team leader in his fifties resembled Chu Ge, and Chu Ge identified him as his father.
• Zhu Mengmeng said she could see a relationship line between Chu Ge and Cai Zhijian, leaving Chu Ge uneasy about what it meant.

Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge investigated a strange rock in the mine and concluded that Chu Ge’s father might have created it with fantasy manifestation. Chu Ge then suspected Cai Zhijian of manipulating Old Zhu into jumping, and the two planned to watch him that night before the outsiders left.

• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that she had found a rock in the mine that her Earth Escape Technique could not merge with, suggesting it had been conjured.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji suspected the rock was connected to Chu Ge’s father and decided not to ask his mother about a possible SSS-level secret.
• Chu Ge theorized that Cai Zhijian could manipulate the lines of connection Zhu Mengmeng saw and had used that ability to make Old Zhu jump.
• Chu Ge cited Cai Zhijian’s possible motive, suspicious conduct, and familiarity with the mine, while Qiu Wuji agreed the theory fit the evidence.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji planned to keep watch that night, before Du Lianfeng’s group left, to see whether Cai Zhijian exposed himself.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji rushed to the hospital after learning Du Lianfeng was leaving, where they stopped Old Zhu from stabbing himself. Chu Ge exposed Cai Zhijian as the culprit, and Cai asked how they had discovered his ability.

• Chu Ge wrote about the Cultivator Kingdoms across the sea and reflected that his control over the world depended on its completeness and recognition.
• After Zhong Yi reported that Du Lianfeng and his group were leaving, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji went to the hospital to watch over Old Zhu.
• Cai Zhijian staged a trip to the restroom and used a paper arrow to make Old Zhu attack his own throat with a fruit knife.
• Qiu Wuji stopped Old Zhu, while Chu Ge revealed that he had followed Cai Zhijian and filmed his actions.
• Cai Zhijian lunged for Chu Ge's phone, but Qiu Wuji struck him; Cai then asked how Chu Ge had uncovered his ability.

Chu Ge exposed Cai Zhijian’s plot to kill Old Zhu and take control of the mine, but Cai Zhijian tried to escape by controlling the connection lines around him. Zhu Mengmeng revealed she could cut those lines, and Qiu Wuji warned that severing them all might erase Cai from everyone’s memory.

• Chu Ge explained that Cai Zhijian planned to exploit Old Zhu’s injuries and Du Lianfeng’s departure to frame them for a crime.
• Cai Zhijian admitted he had pursued Zhu Mengmeng for her family’s mine and its spiritual energy, while Old Zhu revealed the mine’s energy was already dissipating.
• Cai Zhijian controlled the connection lines around him, causing everyone in the room except Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji to fall as he tried to flee.
• Zhu Mengmeng cut Cai Zhijian’s lines, making him stumble, and Qiu Wuji warned that she could sever his connections until people forgot he existed.
• Chu Ge called Lin Wuyang to report the crime, despite Lin Wuyang complaining that he was supposed to have a day off.

After Cai Zhijian was arrested for trying to kill Zhu Mengmeng’s father, Zhu Mengmeng collapsed from the strain of using her ability and was admitted to the hospital. Chu Ge asked Old Zhu to help sell his adaptation rights, and Old Zhu agreed to use his film-industry connections.

• The police took Cai Zhijian away, and Chu Ge sent Lin Wuyang the video that could help prove the attempted murder.
• Lin Wuyang worried about Zhu Mengmeng’s dangerous ability, but agreed to let Chu Ge keep an eye on her instead of reporting her for surveillance.
• Zhu Mengmeng blamed herself for her failed marriage, and Qiu Wuji reassured her that Cai Zhijian had exploited her rather than been driven to harm her by her personality.
• Zhu Mengmeng grew exhausted from overusing her ability, so Qiu Wuji soothed her soul and arranged for her to be hospitalized while she slept.
• Chu Ge asked Old Zhu to help sell his adaptation rights, and Old Zhu promised to find him a strong industry contact.

After the Zhu Mengmeng affair settled, Qiu Wuji reflected on love and feared that Chu Ge’s feelings might fade, but he promised that his novel was a vow to make their love eternal. Later, Chu Ge discovered that readers had turned him and Qiu Wuji into an online sensation and were asking for his social media account.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji ate beef noodles after leaving Zhu Mengmeng at the hospital, then returned home feeling weighed down by the events.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that Zhu Mengmeng’s ability to see love threads suggested her marriage to Cai Zhijian had once been founded on real love.
• Qiu Wuji asked whether Chu Ge’s love for her would fade, and he explained that their lasting love was part of his ideals and promised to explore the connection between their worlds to make them eternal.
• Qiu Wuji returned to her room and playfully arranged the Piglet Pillows as versions of herself and Chu Ge while he went to write.
• Zhang Qiren messaged Chu Ge urging him to open a Weibo account, and Chu Ge checked his book’s reviews to find readers praising and shipping him and Qiu Wuji.

Chu Ge discovered that the photos of him and Qiu Wuji had brought fresh attention to his novel and discussed the benefits with Zhang Qiren. He and Qiu Wuji decided she would manage a Weibo account, which Chu Ge framed as a shared account for their relationship.

• Chu Ge saw that his novel had climbed to eighth on the bestseller list after photos of him and Qiu Wuji spread through the group chat.
• Zhang Qiren told Chu Ge that the attention could help the novel attract readers and interest adaptation companies.
• Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji to manage a Weibo account by posting selfies, food, and glimpses of their relationship.
• Qiu Wuji registered the username Chu Ge and began writing the account profile while teasing Chu Ge about attracting admirers.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that followers would be rooting for them as a couple, and she felt their relationship had become a wish shared by many.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji settled into their daily routines as Qiu Wuji grew popular on Weibo and explored modern life. After choosing to wear Cloudreach Sect disciple robes and discussing outings, she decided to learn to drive, planning to ask Mengmeng for a driving school recommendation.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji resumed their routines, and Little Flame reluctantly refined pills as their cultivation advanced.
• Qiu Wuji's Weibo account gained over a hundred thousand followers, and she posted photos of food and Chu Ge writing.
• Qiu Wuji criticized the rules and controls of a game after trying to play it, while Chu Ge concluded that gaming did not suit her.
• Chu Ge showed Qiu Wuji ordinary Cloudreach Sect disciple clothes, and they agreed to wear matching sets.
• Qiu Wuji declined to buy a car for now but eagerly decided to get a driver's license and ask Mengmeng for a driving school recommendation.

Qiu Wuji picked up Zhu Mengmeng from the hospital, and the two discussed her recovery and how she might train her Esper Ability. Zhu Mengmeng reassured Qiu Wuji about her love for Chu Ge, then offered to connect her with a female driving instructor.

• Qiu Wuji picked up Zhu Mengmeng after her hospital stay, and Zhu Mengmeng said she intended to stop looking for men and leave romance to fate.
• Zhu Mengmeng asked Qiu Wuji how to train her Esper Ability, and Qiu Wuji suggested she practice recognizing and cutting different kinds of connections at the Black Room.
• Qiu Wuji said Zhu Mengmeng's father might have knowingly provoked Cai Zhijian, prompting Zhu Mengmeng to realize she had missed what others understood.
• Qiu Wuji asked Zhu Mengmeng about her love thread with Chu Ge, and Zhu Mengmeng said it was the thickest she had ever seen.
• Qiu Wuji asked for a female driving instructor, and Zhu Mengmeng offered to introduce her yoga friend as they left in the frog car.

Chu Ge used his cultivation to manifest himself in Qiu Wuji’s world, where she took him as her first personal disciple. Their private reunion became public news across the sect and the Nine Provinces.

• Chu Ge cultivated his soul power and unexpectedly manifested above Qiu Wuji while she was bathing in a mountain hot spring.
• After Qiu Wuji helped him create clothes and a proper appearance, Chu Ge explained that he had come to visit her.
• Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge to become her disciple, and he formally bowed and accepted her as his master.
• Qiu Wuji took Chu Ge to the Internal Affairs Hall and ordered the steward to register him as her first personal disciple.
• The sect learned that Qiu Wuji had taken a male disciple, and news spread throughout the Nine Provinces.