Recaps

Su Mu escaped Kashyapa Temple before righteous experts encircled it, then waited in a nearby city for news of the battle. Reports said the temple had been massacred, many young demonic cultivators had died, and Ancestor Litian’s body had been taken, leaving Su Mu relieved that he had fled in time.

• Su Mu told a Demonic Sect member that Kashyapa Temple had fallen and that Ancestor Litian’s body had been found, then continued flying away.
• Ye Weixiao warned Su Mu that righteous experts were heading to Kashyapa Temple, and Su Mu replied that he had already left.
• Su Mu reached a city, changed his appearance, and waited while righteous experts encircled Kashyapa Temple.
• Two days later, reports said Kashyapa Temple had been massacred, three-quarters of the demonic younger-generation elites had died, and Ancestor Litian’s body had been taken.
• Su Mu realized his early escape had spared him from the battle and felt relieved.

Su Mu learned that the Devil Dao had lost many cultivators in a recent clash with the righteous sects, then decided to keep a low profile and focus on comprehending the Dao Scripture. He joined a merchant caravan as an escort and began traveling through the Haotian Realm.

• Su Mu overheard that the Devil Dao Holy Son and Holy Maiden had narrowly avoided the righteous sects’ Holy Son and Holy Maiden.
• Devil Lord Ye contacted Su Mu, confirmed he was safe, and warned him to keep his head down; he said twenty-three Devil Dao experts had fallen and that the old ancestor’s body had been taken.
• Su Mu decided to stop robbing people for a while and prioritize cultivating and comprehending the Dao Scripture.
• Su Mu left the city and agreed to escort a merchant caravan in exchange for Spirit Stones.
• The caravan set out with Su Mu reading the Dao Scripture in his carriage, while the other Foundation Establishment cultivators left him undisturbed.

Su Mu traveled past Hundred-Step Cliff and sensed a terrifying presence in the abyss below. He returned safely to the carriage, but remained unsure what lurked beneath the cliffs and decided not to investigate further.

• Su Mu listened as two Foundation Establishment cultivators lamented how difficult it was for Rogue Cultivators to advance without resources.
• Su Mu noticed the Azure Lotus behind him nearing another bloom while he read the Dao Scripture in the carriage.
• Su Mu learned from the guards that the cliffs were called Hundred-Step Cliff and that fierce Gang Wind filled the depths below.
• Su Mu flew over the cliff, felt an oppressive presence staring from the dark abyss, and relaxed only after the Azure Lotus turned.
• A guard told Su Mu that cultivators and birds often fell into the cliff and that even Core Formation Cultivators had failed to return.
• Su Mu considered exploring the abyss but abandoned the idea, deciding it was beyond his ability.

Su Mu traveled with a merchant caravan past Hundred-Step Cliff and boarded a large boat bound for Lincu City. After the caravan’s Foundation Establishment cultivator questioned why a powerful cultivator was traveling with them, the shopkeeper accepted that Su Mu would stay, though he worried about the danger.

• Su Mu reassured the guard that he would not fly over Hundred-Step Cliff again, while the guard explained that the road was safer than taking a detour as long as travelers stayed grounded.
• A pair of enormous eyes opened in the depths beneath the cliff, then closed again.
• The caravan left Hundred-Step Cliff and boarded a large boat headed for Lincu City.
• Su Mu sat on deck at night as the caravan’s Foundation Establishment cultivator asked why he was traveling with them.
• Su Mu said he was simply going the same way, and the shopkeeper decided to let him stay despite worrying that a high-level cultivator could endanger the caravan.

Su Mu studied the Dao Scripture during his journey until his Dao Lotus reached twenty-three petals, then returned to Earth and collected the mature Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. The lightning field disappeared after he removed it, surprising the public, while Su Mu left to test the bamboo’s power.

• Su Mu traveled by boat and carriage while studying the Dao Scripture, and his Dao Lotus grew to twenty-three petals over several months.
• Su Mu returned to Earth and went to inspect the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo after Zhou Jianhua called to report changes.
• Su Mu found the bamboo had grown to thirteen segments and collected it, causing the surrounding lightning clouds to disperse.
• Su Mu told Zhou Jianhua that the power supply could be shut down, then tested the bamboo’s lightning in a deserted place.
• People nearby watched the lightning field vanish and wondered why it had disappeared.

Su Mu met Zhou Jianhua before returning home for the New Year and learned how the country was using the items he had provided. After agreeing to bring Storage Rings for study, Su Mu left to visit his parents.

• Zhou Jianhua told Su Mu that Thunder Crystals could store enormous amounts of electricity and might be used to disable enemy vessels.
• Zhou Jianhua reported that nuclear fusion research was progressing smoothly and that Huaxia had completed a lunar base with a functioning ecosystem.
• Su Mu and Zhou Jianhua discussed other countries' interest in the moon and Huaxia's plans to reach Mars and beyond.
• Zhou Jianhua gave Su Mu gifts for his parents, and Su Mu stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Su Mu agreed to bring several Storage Rings for the country to study, then disappeared to head home for the New Year.

Su Mu returned to his hometown and brewed spirit-infused medicine for his parents while neighbors visited and asked about his work. He could not arrange a public institution job for a neighbor’s son, but offered to recommend him to Wang Peng’s company instead.

• Su Mu drove home with fruit from the Qinling Mountains and gave some to children he met outside his house.
• Finding his parents away, Su Mu brewed medicine for them with spirit medicine and a spirit flame.
• Neighbors visited Su Mu, and he told them his institution’s work was confidential when they asked what he did.
• A neighbor asked Su Mu to arrange a public institution job for his university-graduate son, but Su Mu explained that such jobs were difficult to arrange.
• Su Mu offered to recommend the son to Wang Peng’s company, where the pay was good, and reminded the neighbors of the company’s hiring requirements.

Su Mu returned to his village, cared for his parents, and reassured them about a neighbor’s request for help finding work. At dinner, his parents pressed him about getting a girlfriend, while Su Mu reflected that his cultivation made a relationship in this world impractical.

• Su Mu's mother returned from working on the mountain and was delighted to find him home; Su Mu's father came back soon after.
• Su Mu brewed medicine with spirit medicine for his parents, and they drank it.
• Su Mu told his parents he had declined the neighbor's request to arrange a job but had offered the cousin a position at a company.
• Su Mu agreed with his parents that they should prepare for possible visitors, including Zhang Hualing.
• Su Mu's parents asked about his work and pressed him about finding a girlfriend, but he thought of Yu Guyue and the difficulties of dating while cultivating immortality.

Su Mu returned home for the winter holidays and used Spiritual Power to dry his damp bedding. He secretly cleaned the ancestral hall with magic, then deflected the villagers’ questions about his confidential career.

• Su Mu’s parents turned away neighbors seeking help finding jobs, and his mother prepared a bed for him.
• Su Mu dried his damp quilt with Spiritual Power and got up early the next morning.
• Su Mu burned incense for the new year, then agreed to help clean the ancestral hall for the coming ceremonies.
• Su Mu secretly cleaned the ancestral hall with magic before the villagers arrived.
• The villagers were amazed by the spotless hall, and Su Mu said his career was confidential when they asked about it.

Su Mu arranged for an opera troupe to perform at the ancestral hall and gave Father Su a bank card containing several hundred million. He flew to a distant market to buy food for visiting relatives, who were impressed by the rare fruit he brought home.

• Su Mu offered to pay for an opera troupe, and the old village chief went to contact one.
• Su Mu gave Father Su a bank card with several hundred million and reassured him that the money came from a company he started with a friend.
• Su Mu flew by sword to a distant market and bought groceries, including live prawns and rare fruit.
• Su Mu returned home to find relatives gathered, and his younger female cousin praised the fruit he had brought.

Su Mu spent the New Year holiday welcoming relatives and helping his cousin secure a civil-service position, while Zhang Hualing and provincial government officials visited his family. On New Year’s Eve, Zhou Jianhua called Su Mu urgently and asked if he could spare some time.

• Su Mu agreed to help his cousin join a civil-service organization and sent a message to arrange it.
• Su Mu welcomed successive groups of relatives, choosing to spend his time with his family instead of cultivating.
• Zhang Hualing arrived with his wife and son, and his wife went to help Su Mu’s mother in the kitchen.
• Provincial government officials brought gifts for Su Mu’s parents, then left without staying.
• Su Mu’s family and guests shared a New Year’s Eve meal as fireworks and firecrackers sounded outside.
• Zhou Jianhua called Su Mu and anxiously asked whether he had time to spare.

Su Mu left home on New Year’s Eve after Zhou Jianhua summoned him to an emergency at a secret mountain base. As Su Mu flew toward the base, a powerful beast broke out of its cage, leaving Zhou Jianhua and the others trapped beneath its pressure.

• Zhou Jianhua called Su Mu and asked him to come to the base because an experiment had gone wrong.
• Su Mu said goodbye to his parents, drove away, and switched to his flying sword to hurry toward the base.
• At the base, Zhou Jianhua and the person in charge watched the beast batter and bend its aerospace-grade cage.
• The person in charge ordered everyone to prepare to fire, but the beast shattered the cage and emerged as a nearly three-meter-tall striped monster.
• Zhou Jianhua and the others found themselves unable to move as the beast’s immense pressure filled the area.

Su Mu arrived just in time to stop an enhanced tiger from attacking Zhou Jianhua and the others, then beat it into submission after it charged him. The tiger retreated to its cage, while the base personnel witnessed Su Mu’s overwhelming strength.

• Zhou Jianhua and the others nearly died when the giant tiger broke free and attacked them.
• Su Mu arrived and slapped the tiger away, then learned that Spiritual Power had helped it make progress in cultivation.
• The tiger charged Su Mu, but he struck it hard and sent it crashing to the ground.
• When the tiger kept roaring and resisting, Su Mu mounted it and punched it until it was afraid to fight back.
• The tiger tucked its tail between its legs and hurried back into its cage.

Su Mu subdued an evolved giant tiger at the base, spared it, and placed a restriction on it with a jade token to keep it under control. After warning the staff to handle Demon Cultivator experiments carefully, he flew Zhou Jianhua home and disappeared into the night.

• Su Mu beat the giant tiger and agreed to let the person in charge keep it rather than kill it.
• Su Mu placed a restriction on the tiger and gave the person in charge a jade token that could protect him and kill the tiger if needed.
• Su Mu warned the person in charge that experiments on Demon Cultivators could cause dangerous surges in strength, then left with Zhou Jianhua.
• The person in charge agreed to keep the incident confidential and require everyone present to sign confidentiality agreements.
• Su Mu flew Zhou Jianhua home on his flying sword, then concealed himself and vanished into the horizon.

Su Mu returned home for the New Year before resuming his cultivation in the Haotian Realm, where Ye Weixiao invited him to explore an ancient site beneath the West Sea. After agreeing, he studied a Dao Scripture and returned to Earth when his cousin called him to dinner, eager to awaken the Dao Lotus’s final unopened petal.

• Su Mu came home for the New Year, observed the holiday customs, and kept his younger cousins occupied while his family watched an opera.
• Su Mu returned to the Haotian Realm and found messages from Mi Hongling and Ye Weixiao, replying to Mi Hongling and asking Ye Weixiao about the ancient site she had found.
• Ye Weixiao told Su Mu that the site was a sunken immortal island in the West Sea, and Su Mu agreed to explore it with her in hopes of finding a Law Treasure.
• Su Mu examined his Dao Lotus, saw that only one petal remained unopened, and began studying his Dao Scripture.
• Su Mu returned to Earth when his younger cousin called him to dinner, then hurried back to his room to continue trying to make the final petal bloom.

Su Mu left Earth and met Ye Weixiao near the West Sea to prepare for a trip to the recently revealed immortal island. While watching her market stall, he noticed a cultivator react strangely to a black hairpin and kept it, planning to ask Ye Weixiao about it.

• Su Mu left his parents after reminding them to drink the Chinese medicine he had brewed, then returned to the Haotian Realm.
• Su Mu met Ye Weixiao at a city near the West Sea, where she prepared to buy supplies before they headed for the immortal island.
• Ye Weixiao left Su Mu to watch her stall and gave him a Jade Slip listing the prices of her goods.
• A cultivator bought incense and Concentrate Mind Pills but showed a subtle reaction when he tried to include a black hairpin.
• Su Mu refused to sell the hairpin and kept it, suspecting it was unusual despite being unable to detect anything with his Divine Sense.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao left the city after discovering that someone was following them because of a hairpin. When the pursuers demanded the hairpin, Ye Weixiao revealed her Spirit Transformation Cultivation and trapped them with the Eye of Inkstone.

• Ye Weixiao packed up her stall and led Su Mu out of the city to search for the immortal island, warning that others were looking for it too.
• Su Mu told Ye Weixiao that a buyer had shown unusual interest in a hairpin, and she decided they would examine it outside the city.
• Ye Weixiao sensed they were being watched and led Su Mu away, reasoning that the pursuers were weaker than she was.
• Three pursuers caught up with them, including the buyer, who demanded that Su Mu hand over the hairpin.
• Ye Weixiao took the hairpin and questioned the pursuers, but Wu Li refused to explain what it was.
• Ye Weixiao revealed her Spirit Transformation Cultivation and used the Eye of Inkstone to freeze the pursuers' Spiritual Power.

Ye Weixiao defeated the Wu Household cultivators and learned through soul searching that the hairpin had belonged to Fairy Yunmeng. She explained that Fairy Yunmeng’s personal belongings could open her cave abode, leaving Su Mu wondering how the Wu Household had identified the hairpin.

• The Wu Household patriarch and elder begged Ye Weixiao for mercy and offered thirty million Spirit Stones, but she continued attacking them.
• The Wu Household elder threatened to detonate his Nascent Soul, and Ye Weixiao secretly struck it apart with a Law Treasure.
• Ye Weixiao asked Su Mu to choose whether to search the captives’ souls, and he let her do it.
• Ye Weixiao searched the souls of Wu Li and the other two cultivators, burned their bodies, and left with Su Mu.
• Ye Weixiao told Su Mu that the hairpin had belonged to Fairy Yunmeng, the most recent female cultivator to ascend after Tribulation Transcendence, and that her belongings could open her cave abode.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao traveled toward the immortal island, learning that Jade Dew there might revive Su Mu’s parasol tree seed. They reached a deep strait where sea demons and human cultivators had gathered, but Ye Weixiao could not sense the seabed below.

• Su Mu tested Fairy Yunmeng’s hairpin, and Ye Weixiao explained that it had lost its spirituality but remained difficult to destroy.
• Ye Weixiao said the hairpin might help them locate Fairy Yunmeng’s cave abode and its cultivation manuals.
• Ye Weixiao told Su Mu that Jade Dew could revive the dead, and Su Mu revealed he wanted it to bring his parasol tree seed to life.
• Ye Weixiao hurried toward the immortal island while Su Mu studied the Dao Scripture aboard their flying vessel.
• After a day of flight, Ye Weixiao and Su Mu arrived at a strait, where her Divine Sense could not reach the seabed and sea demons and human cultivators had gathered.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao sought entry to the sunken immortal island, where Ao Min tried to bar the human cultivators from entering. Su Mu used his connection to Ao Zhenjun to gain passage, and they headed inside after many others had already entered.

• Ao Min confronted the human cultivators and summoned hundreds of thousands of sea demons to block their way.
• A disciple of the Immortal Hidden Sect challenged Ao Min, but the gathered cultivators hesitated to fight his forces.
• True Person Pinghai invoked his friendship with Senior Ao, and Ao Min reluctantly let him enter.
• Other cultivators entered using Dragon Pearls, dragon-race connections, or Divine Abilities, frustrating Ao Min.
• Ye Weixiao asked Su Mu how they would get in, and he brought out the Hundred Flowers Ranking to call to Ao Zhenjun.
• Ao Zhenjun recognized Su Mu and welcomed him and Ye Weixiao into the immortal island.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao entered the immortal island and found its Spiritual Power far denser than expected. As they searched for the Jade Dew and considered taking the island away, the ordinary-looking lotuses in a pond suddenly showed Su Mu affection.

• Ao Zhenjun let Su Mu and Ye Weixiao pass despite Ao Min's objections.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao descended through the seabed formations and found the entrance to the immortal island.
• Ye Weixiao explained that the island's Spiritual Power was dense and that it had once belonged to someone.
• Su Mu proposed finding the Jade Dew and then trying to take the immortal island away, and Ye Weixiao agreed to search with him.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao passed a pond, and its lotuses suddenly rubbed against Su Mu as if they recognized him.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao continued searching the immortal island for Jade Dew after an Indeterminate Mystery Lotus offered Su Mu a piece of lotus root. Su Mu tried using his Fortune to choose a direction, and after they headed southwest for a while, a rumble shook the island.

• The Indeterminate Mystery Lotus offered Su Mu a piece of lotus root, and Ye Weixiao identified it as a rare treasure that favored the deeply blessed.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao discussed where Jade Dew might be found, and Ye Weixiao said she did not know divination because revealing heavenly secrets brought harm.
• Su Mu dropped a branch and took the wind's push toward the southwest as Fortune's guidance, then set off with Ye Weixiao.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao explored the island, found spirit beasts, herbs, and fruits, and detected no other cultivators because the island's restrictions blocked their Divine Senses.
• After they had walked southwest for a quarter of an hour, a rumble sounded in the distance and shook the island.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao investigated a clash between cultivators, suspecting the dispute might involve Jade Dew. They met Old Monster Pang, whose arrival prompted the hidden onlookers to reveal themselves, leaving the two groups’ conflict unresolved.

• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao flew toward a fight, wondering whether the cultivators were battling over Jade Dew.
• The two groups argued over an item, while a Nascent Soul Great Late Stage cultivator warned that hidden onlookers could take advantage if anyone was injured.
• Old Monster Pang arrived and asked to see the disputed item; Ye Weixiao explained his history of prolonging his life by transferring his cultivation and Divine Sense into other cultivators.
• Old Monster Pang looked toward the concealed cultivators, so Su Mu and Ye Weixiao came out, followed by the other hidden observers.
• The original two groups realized they had been surrounded, while Old Monster Pang smiled, revealing that he had already noticed the onlookers.

Su Mu confronted Old Monster Pang after the old cultivator threatened him, while Ye Weixiao stepped in to prevent a fight that could expose the Dao Lotus. Su Mu’s final Dao Lotus petal opened, and Old Monster Pang turned back to question the cultivators who had originally been arguing over a treasure.

• Old Monster Pang asked Su Mu and Ye Weixiao what treasure they were fighting over, and Su Mu insulted him after learning that his body-seizing method caused him to age rapidly.
• Su Mu released his killing intent and threatened Old Monster Pang, who recognized the aura of fallen Nascent Soul cultivators but still vowed to remember him.
• Ye Weixiao intervened and warned Old Monster Pang not to target Su Mu, but Old Monster Pang dismissed her warning and postponed the confrontation.
• Su Mu’s Dao Lotus opened its final petal after his thoughts about Old Monster Pang’s cultivation method stirred it.
• Old Monster Pang asked the original disputing cultivators to identify their treasure so he could decide whether to seize it.

Old Monster Pang and another great cultivator prepared to fight over a hidden formation, but the formation revealed a trapped Spirit of the Earth and drew every cultivator’s attention. Su Mu and Ye Weixiao decided to claim it, while Old Monster Pang made the first move.

• Old Monster Pang threatened the silent cultivators, and a Nascent Soul Great Late Stage cultivator challenged him with the Ten Thousand Witherings Sword Formation.
• A tremor exposed a concealed formation containing a rabbit-like yellow creature, and the great cultivator tried to hide it before Old Monster Pang stopped him.
• Old Monster Pang recognized the creature as the Spirit of the Earth, a priceless treasure believed to greatly extend lifespan.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao agreed to seize the Spirit of the Earth, but Ye Weixiao told Su Mu to hold off on using the Dao Lotus.
• Old Monster Pang declared the treasure was his as other cultivators summoned their Law Treasures.