Recaps

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji concealed his admission as her disciple to prevent the plot from running wild, then Chu Ge patched the story and its character settings to establish his place in the World Within the Book. The chapter ended with Qiu Wuji wondering whether Chu Ge had truly written himself into the book.

• Chu Ge sensed that publicly announcing him as Qiu Wuji's direct disciple could drastically alter the world's plot, so he used his power to make the gawking disciples forget the announcement.
• Qiu Wuji told the Registry Hall steward that Chu Ge was her secretly trained direct disciple and ordered him to keep the news confidential.
• Qiu Wuji gave Chu Ge a Temporary Token because issuing a permanent Life Token required a sample of blood or hair, which they could not provide.
• The real-world Qiu Wuji returned to ask how Chu Ge would correct the plot, and Chu Ge told her he would add a patch.
• Chu Ge added narration foreshadowing Qiu Wuji's need to choose a successor and created a character entry identifying himself as her mysterious disciple and a possible incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.

Chu Ge spent time in the World Within the Book, where Qiu Wuji taught him as her disciple and became jealous of her other self. After his Divine Sense returned, he ate dinner with the Qiu Wuji outside the book and learned she planned to join him on his next visit.

• Qiu Wuji outside the book grew jealous when Chu Ge agreed that he liked the stern Qiu Wuji in the World Within the Book.
• Qiu Wuji in the book took Chu Ge to her home, called him her disciple, and offered to teach him the sect's basic cultivation method.
• Chu Ge suggested using his time in the book to stockpile chapters, so Qiu Wuji flattened him and ordered him to memorize the method before their remaining time ran out.
• Chu Ge's Divine Sense returned to his body, leaving him exhausted and unable to reenter for two or three days.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji ate dinner, and she said she would join him in the book next time because watching him with her other self made her feel as if he were with another woman.

Qiu Wuji handled the elders’ questions about Chu Ge by claiming he was connected to the Heavenly Dao, while Chu Ge reconsidered whether to sign a Long Contract. He declined, saying he might not write another book, but learned someone had already asked about his adaptation rights.

• Qiu Wuji fended off the elders’ questions about her new disciple and told them to treat Chu Ge like an ordinary disciple while keeping his supposed connection to the Heavenly Dao secret.
• Qiu Wuji reflected on her jealousy of herself and looked forward to teasing Chu Ge when he returned to the Cloudreach Sect.
• Chu Ge considered the Long Contract and decided not to sign because writing and career success mattered less to him now.
• Chu Ge told his editor he might not write another book, and she suggested he was merely burned out and sent him the contract template anyway.
• Chu Ge learned that someone had recently asked about the price of his adaptation rights and wondered whether Old Zhu was behind it.

Old Zhu persuaded Old Xie’s company to pursue the adaptation rights to Chu Ge’s novel after its team rated the work highly. Chu Ge was offered three million for five years of rights, but he made his approval conditional on personally participating in the screenplay adaptation.

• Zhu Mengmeng reminded her father that Chu Ge wanted the novel filmed, so Old Zhu decided to seek an investment partner rather than buy the rights himself.
• Old Zhu pitched Chu Ge’s ensemble novel to Old Xie, emphasizing its bestseller ranking, popular female character, and audience beyond webnovel readers.
• Old Xie’s staff revealed that the company had already rated the novel A but shelved it because of its high production costs.
• Old Xie overruled the decision to shelve the project and ordered his company to negotiate for all available rights.
• Chu Ge’s editor told him the offer was three million for five years, and Chu Ge demanded that he personally participate in adapting the screenplay.

Chu Ge’s novel adaptation deal was finalized, and Old Zhu pledged a hundred million to accelerate production while filming the story in seasons. Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji the news, and they celebrated together at home.

• Chu Ge signed over the rights to “Boundless Chu Tian” to Great Tang Light and Shadow Co., Ltd. for three million, with a contract giving him a role in writing the script and priority on plot changes.
• Worried that filming might begin before his book was finished, Chu Ge called Old Zhu, who suggested dividing the adaptation into seasons and ending the first with Qiu Wuji and Yan Qianlie’s decisive battle.
• Old Zhu revealed that he planned to invest a hundred million, explaining that he had sold his mine and that his divination ability gave him confidence in the project.
• Chu Ge left the adaptation in Old Zhu’s hands and stayed home to wait for Qiu Wuji, who returned from driving lessons with groceries.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji the adaptation deal was settled, and they kissed on the sofa.

After a passionate moment, Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge discussed marriage and promised to make the day they found a stable passage between worlds their wedding day. They ended the evening feeling newly committed, watching TV together after dinner.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji became intimate, but Qiu Wuji stopped him because they were not married.
• When Chu Ge suggested they marry, Qiu Wuji insisted he first become strong enough to defeat her avatar.
• Chu Ge suggested that Qiu Wuji's condition came from insecurity about their uncertain future and their ability to control their fates.
• Chu Ge proposed that the day they found a stable passage between worlds would be their wedding day, and Qiu Wuji agreed.
• After dinner, Chu Ge carried Qiu Wuji to watch TV with him, and she reflected that they already felt like an old married couple.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed exploring the World Within the Book and the challenge of adapting their story, then discovered Qiu Wuji could draw its characters herself. Her talent suggested a way for them to run a husband-and-wife creative workshop, with Chu Ge writing and Qiu Wuji illustrating.

• Chu Ge praised Qiu Wuji for learning about the modern world with the curiosity of a cultivator, while admitting he was still too mentally exhausted to enter the World Within the Book.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji worried about finding actors suited to their characters and considered whether animation or a comic adaptation might work better.
• Qiu Wuji proposed drawing the comic herself, and Chu Ge suggested they try character designs by hand.
• Qiu Wuji quickly drew a detailed, cute self-portrait in her Sect Master's Robe, impressing Chu Ge with her skill.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge realized that his writing and her illustration could become their shared workshop and Qiu Wuji's independent job.

Qiu Wuji expanded her life in the modern world by studying comics, taking driving lessons, and sharing her art online, while she and Chu Ge prepared to return to the world inside the book together. Their reunion in Qiu Wuji’s pavilion left her original body furious at the sight of them arriving hand in hand.

• Chu Ge told Old Zhu that he and Qiu Wuji planned to draw their comic themselves and establish a studio, and Old Zhu offered to find Qiu Wuji an online comics course.
• Qiu Wuji studied comics, attended driving lessons, and gained fans as she posted her practice drawings online.
• Qiu Wuji received commission requests and sent Chu Ge a character illustration and matching cartoon avatars, which they adopted as a couple.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge agreed to take the weekend off and return to the world inside the book together.
• Qiu Wuji’s divided soul reunited with her original body as Chu Ge arrived, took her hand, and landed beside her pavilion.
• Qiu Wuji’s original body watched them together and called them a shameless couple.

Chu Ge stayed with Qiu Wuji in her world, where they shared wine and discussed his power as her creator and her search for truth across two worlds. The chapter ended with them exchanging heartfelt toasts and Chu Ge telling her that having her by his side was enough.

• Qiu Wuji pulled her Divided Soul back into her body after the two argued over Chu Ge.
• Qiu Wuji gave Chu Ge a Soul-Stabilizing Pill so he could remain in her world for another two days.
• Qiu Wuji invited Chu Ge to share wine in a pavilion as snow fell, and he found the wine strengthened his soul.
• Qiu Wuji toasted Father God for creating her world, for the principles that let her seek truth, and for bringing her a little disciple.
• Chu Ge toasted Qiu Wuji for bringing beauty into his life, and told her that having her beside him was enough.

Chu Ge contemplated the snowy mountaintop with a young disciple, and Qiu Wuji explained that his attention to the world around him was part of his cultivation. She then invited him to explore the sect after he learned its basic swordsmanship, and began teaching him with her former sword.

• Chu Ge met Xuanji while clearing snow from the flowers and told her to observe the plants as a lesson in cultivating her state of mind.
• Qiu Wuji sent Xuanji to clean the back courtyard and told her that Chu Ge would handle the snow and branches at the mountain's front.
• Qiu Wuji invited Chu Ge to visit the sect's other peaks and said he should first learn its cultivation method and introductory sword techniques.
• Chu Ge said he had remembered the cultivation method Qiu Wuji taught him before, and she gave him her Lone Goose Sword.
• Qiu Wuji caught Chu Ge when he tried to run and began teaching him basic swordsmanship as Xuanji watched.

Chu Ge watched the outer disciples spar at Cloudreach Sect and accepted Yu Xin’s challenge, defeating him with one strike from his scabbard. The onlookers mistook him for the sect master’s mysterious direct disciple, and Chu Ge left the arena with Qiu Wuji, feeling that learning the basics had helped him understand the people in his story.

• Chu Ge revisited the Great Martial Arts Arena and reflected on the outer disciples whose lives continued beyond the roles he had written for them.
• Yu Xin challenged Chu Ge to a bout, hoping to test himself against an inner sect senior brother.
• Chu Ge dodged Yu Xin’s opening strike and knocked him away with his scabbard, using Cloudwater Swordsmanship he had practiced for one night.
• The outer sect steward recognized Chu Ge’s swordsmanship, and the onlookers concluded that he was the sect master’s mysterious direct disciple.
• Qiu Wuji teased Chu Ge outside the arena, and he told her that understanding the basics helped him connect with the people in the book.

Chu Ge explored the Azure Heavens with Qiu Wuji, who began teaching him swordsmanship and demonstrated how much he still had to learn. She left him to practice a thousand thrusts while she privately wondered what he might do when he returned to the real world.

• Qiu Wuji showed Chu Ge around the sect and told him to study its halls and trial grounds during his brief visit.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge joked about his duties as her disciple before she explained that he needed to learn sword arts from the basics rather than jump straight to sword control.
• At the mountaintop, Qiu Wuji defeated Chu Ge with Green Pine Welcomes Guests followed by Clouds Stretch Across the Qinling Mountains, showing him that his basic swordsmanship was inadequate.
• Qiu Wuji assigned Chu Ge a thousand sword thrusts at a circle on a pine tree and asked Xuanji to supervise him without talking to him.
• Qiu Wuji watched Chu Ge practice from inside and wondered how he might treat her when she returned to the real world with him.

Chu Ge trained with a sword and endured eight hours in the Sword Trial Grotto before his soul returned to the modern world. Qiu Wuji followed him with her avatar and comforted him as he collapsed from exhaustion.

• Chu Ge practiced sword thrusts until Xuanji noticed his movements had become remarkably precise, then sparred with her and narrowly won.
• Qiu Wuji dragged Chu Ge into the Sword Trial Grotto and ordered him to endure eight hours of attacks while secretly watching over him.
• Chu Ge fought through repeated sword-qi strikes until dawn, when Qiu Wuji brought him out and sent her divided soul after him as he returned to his body.
• Chu Ge woke at his computer with thirty thousand words written and a badly hurt, exhausted soul, then collapsed onto the bed.
• Qiu Wuji appeared beside Chu Ge, conjured her Sect Master's Robe, and held him as he fell asleep.

After Chu Ge woke from a night in Qiu Wuji’s arms, the two teased and kissed while she played the role of his apprentice, then she offered him affectionate attention. Chu Ge ended the morning eager to endure more training, unaware that Qiu Wuji had found a powerful way to motivate him.

• Chu Ge woke to find Qiu Wuji nestled against him and noticed that his Soul Sea had grown stronger after two days of sword training.
• Chu Ge teased Qiu Wuji in her Sect Master's Robe, and they kissed until she changed back into modern clothes.
• Qiu Wuji flirted with Chu Ge and offered him affection, then shyly let him touch her foot.
• Chu Ge decided he would gladly endure more torment and planned to return to the Sword Trial Cave the next day.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed her comic studies and a birthday event for her character, while Chu Ge heard that Zhong Yi might need help and was invited to spar with the Black Room. His editor then asked him to visit Magic City to discuss the adaptation project, leaving his travel plans unsettled.

• Qiu Wuji reluctantly went to her online class after relaxing with Chu Ge, while he returned to writing.
• Pan Da told Chu Ge that Qiu Wuji's birthday event was being arranged, and Qiu Wuji asked to combine it with her one-star card event on May twentieth.
• Pan Da said the Black Room members were considering going to Magic City to help Zhong Yi, but warned Chu Ge to keep updating and invited him to spar instead.
• Chu Ge's editor asked him to build a chapter buffer and visit Magic City next week or the week after to discuss the film and television project.

Chu Ge finished his scheduled chapters and went to the Black Room, where Wan Zijun demonstrated how his perception-altering ability had improved. Wan Zijun transformed his apparent form into an Azure Dragon, leaving Chu Ge impressed by the illusion’s realism.

• Chu Ge’s editor told him that the publisher wanted to discuss the adaptation project in person, possibly with the managing editor, editor-in-chief, or the company’s boss.
• Chu Ge finished his scheduled chapters without building a backlog, took Qiu Wuji to her driving lesson, and then went to the Black Room.
• Chu Ge found Old Zhu, Zhu Mengmeng, and the others training, while Zhong Yi was absent.
• Wan Zijun showed Chu Ge that he could make people perceive him as a Calabash Brother, then wrote “Dragon” and appeared as an imposing Azure Dragon.

Chu Ge learned more about Wan Zijun’s illusion-like writing ability, then asked Old Zhu to divine his romantic future with Qiu Wuji. Old Zhu drew a reversed Three of Wands, hinting at contradictions and setbacks before a happy outcome, while Zhu Mengmeng remained confident their bond would endure.

• Wan Zijun explained that his writing could make others see imagined things, but his attempts to influence feelings had failed against Zhu Mengmeng and other powerful Espers.
• Chu Ge learned that Zhu Mengmeng would stay behind while Old Zhu planned to travel under the pretext of investing in film and television.
• Old Zhu used blank Tarot cards to divine Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji’s romantic future, drawing a reversed Three of Wands and predicting setbacks followed by a happy outcome.
• Qiu Wuji smiled during her driving lesson because she sensed Chu Ge thinking of her.
• Chu Ge tried to loot Pan Da’s game rewards and discovered Pan Da could now send a phantom keyboard through a mobile QQ message to strike him.
• Zhu Mengmeng learned Old Zhu had concealed the card’s reversed meaning to avoid making Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji suspicious, and she judged their bond too strong to break.

Chu Ge picked up Qiu Wuji after checking the Black Room’s training, and they discussed the Espers’ abilities and his improved Plum-Folding Hand. Their conversation turned to their relationship and Qiu Wuji’s driving lessons, ending with the couple bickering as they rode away.

• Chu Ge evaluated Chef Jin and his wife’s sensory abilities, then described how Long’s wind-merging ability made him a capable fighter.
• Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge discussed how the Black Room could grow stronger and how Chu Ge had incorporated sword moves into the Plum-Folding Hand.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji about Old Zhu’s romantic fortune and asked her to say she loved him; she quietly said it while believing he could not hear.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge she was preparing for the driving theory test and argued that she would soon be a skilled driver.
• Chu Ge invited Qiu Wuji to Magic City, and their teasing argument continued as their Electric Scooter carried them away.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji prepared for their first trip away, flying to Magic City with Old Zhu after Qiu Wuji passed her driving theory test. At the airport, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discovered how inexperienced they were when Old Zhu arrived with a glamorous secretary and teased Chu Ge for never having flown.

• Qiu Wuji passed her driving theory test after memorizing the traffic laws, while Chu Ge built up a backlog of chapters.
• Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji that Old Zhu had booked their flight to Magic City, and they packed their things into one small suitcase.
• Qiu Wuji wondered whether they might encounter a hijacking, but Chu Ge told her to save looking for trouble for their next trip into the book.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji met Old Zhu at the airport and saw that he had brought a young female secretary as his assistant.
• Old Zhu teased Chu Ge for being tied down to one woman and then realized Chu Ge had never been on a plane.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji flew from Nanjiang to Magic City, where Qiu Wuji experienced modern transportation and admired the city. After arriving, they discussed what kind of car they would want for their family.

• On the plane, Qiu Wuji teased Chu Ge about having a secretary and found the confined flight less impressive than sword-flying.
• Chu Ge explained how planes let ordinary people travel quickly, and Qiu Wuji considered learning how cars worked so she could build one.
• After landing in Magic City, Qiu Wuji excitedly took in the city while Chu Ge reflected on places he wanted to visit.
• Old Zhu reminded Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji that their drivers were waiting, and the group headed to their cars.
• Qiu Wuji admired the Maybach but decided she would rather have a practical, rugged off-roader for family use.

Xie Wenyuan met with Chu Ge, Qiu Wuji, and Old Zhu to discuss adapting Chu Ge’s story into a carefully produced xianxia series and promoting it in Japan and Korea. Qiu Wuji demonstrated her drawing ability with a portrait of Chu Tiange, leaving Xie Wenyuan convinced of her talent.

• Xie Wenyuan asked Old Zhu about his relationship with Chu Ge, then suggested Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji play the roles of Chu Tiange and Qiu Wuji.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji declined to act, and Chu Ge emphasized that he wanted the adaptation made with care.
• Xie Wenyuan explained that he hoped the project would help traditional martial arts and xianxia stories reach audiences in Japan and Korea.
• Xie Wenyuan said a comic adaptation, including Japanese and Korean translations, would test the market and help determine the screen adaptation’s direction.
• Qiu Wuji drew an upside-down portrait in tea on the coffee table, and Xie Wenyuan recognized it as Chu Tiange.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji agreed to work with Xie Wenyuan’s team on a comic adaptation, and Chu Ge impressed them with his detailed vision for developing the story. The group planned to settle in at a hotel before drafting agreements and meeting again.

• Xie Wenyuan offered Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji a comic contract at the top market rate, with a share of future revenue.
• Xie Wenyuan explained that a successful comic could lead to a jointly produced animated adaptation and asked Chu Ge to advise on the story’s focus and cultural presentation.
• Chu Ge outlined his plans for an ensemble story, an academy setting, and a later fantasy world that combined Western and immortal-fantasy elements.
• Xie Wenyuan welcomed Chu Ge to the project as a specially invited consultant and screenwriting adviser, with payment for his work.
• Old Zhu ended the discussion, and Xie Wenyuan arranged for the group to check into a hotel before an afternoon meeting to draft agreements.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji checked into their hotel, then went their separate ways for the afternoon: Qiu Wuji attended an investment meeting while Chu Ge visited his website’s editorial office. There, the boss offered Chu Ge a nonexclusive publishing collaboration, showing how much Xie Wenyuan’s support had strengthened his position.

• Qiu Wuji worried about sharing a hotel room and one bed with Chu Ge, while Chu Ge teased and kissed her before they discussed their plans for the afternoon.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji agreed to split up, with Qiu Wuji going to an investment meeting with Old Zhu and Chu Ge visiting the website’s office.
• Chu Ge arrived at the editorial department, where the editors watched him and he met the boss, his editor, and the chief editor.
• The boss asked whether Chu Ge would renew his long-term contract, and Chu Ge explained that he might not write another book.
• The boss offered Chu Ge priority publication for any future book without requiring an exclusive commitment, and Chu Ge recognized that Xie Wenyuan’s influence had made the offer possible.

Chu Ge met with the company’s boss about the animation project and urged him to pay more attention to struggling authors. He then chatted with the editors, who discussed his growth, the challenges of print publishing, and the renewed effort to publish his book.

• The boss welcomed Chu Ge’s collaboration with Xie Wenyuan on the animation and asked for suggestions about the company’s development.
• Chu Ge urged the boss to improve conditions for authors at the bottom, then left the meeting with the editors.
• Chu Ge and the editors joked about his newfound restraint, his girlfriend, and whether he would write another book.
• The editor-in-chief explained that publishers had rejected earlier proposals for Chu Ge’s book, but the team had restarted the process as his adaptations gained momentum.
• Chu Ge promised to treat the editors if the book was published and signed bookmarks for them.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji attended Xie Wenyuan’s banquet, where their flirtatious reunion drew attention from the guests. They spotted Du Lianfeng’s secretary approaching Xie Wenyuan, hinting that their past connection would resurface.

• Chu Ge left his website’s offices and took a taxi to the banquet hall, where he found Qiu Wuji.
• A young man tried to flirt with Qiu Wuji, but she told him she had come with her grandfather, and he quickly withdrew.
• Chu Ge joined Qiu Wuji, and they teased each other before he drank from her juice glass, making the onlookers assume they were a devoted couple.
• Chu Ge pointed out his boss, who had just arrived and gone to speak with Xie Wenyuan.
• Qiu Wuji recognized Du Lianfeng’s female secretary raising her glass to Xie Wenyuan, and her gaze turned icy.