Chapter Summaries

Su Mu exchanged a Storage Ring through the formation, brought ores from the Haotian Realm to Zhou Jianhua, and repaired the floating island’s formation. The island then turned invisible, and the commander began training pilots to land on it with guidance from the control tower.

• Su Mu confirmed that the Storage Ring had exchanged correctly, shut down the formation, and gave Zhou Jianhua several piles of ores to study.
• Su Mu flew to the floating island and spent the night repairing its formation.
• After the repair was complete, the commander ordered the floating island to turn invisible, baffling those monitoring it.
• The commander began training pilots to land on the invisible island using guidance from the control tower.

Su Mu tried to cultivate Heavenly Thunder Bamboo on Earth using an electrical grid, but ordinary electricity had no effect until the Spirit of the Dragon Vein summoned real lightning and Spiritual Power. The bamboo absorbed the surge and turned the valley into a vast lightning storm, leaving Su Mu and the others watching from a safe distance.

• Zhou Jianhua told Su Mu that the electrical system was ready, and Su Mu went to the valley where it had been installed.
• Su Mu planted the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and had an engineer increase the voltage, but even ten million kilovolts produced no reaction.
• Su Mu summoned the Spirit of the Dragon Vein and asked it to strike the bamboo with lightning and add Spiritual Power.
• The Spirit of the Dragon Vein lost control of the lightning, and a huge bolt struck the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, which began absorbing the electricity.
• Su Mu sent everyone away as lightning engulfed the valley, warped the surrounding space, and scorched the ground.
• A passenger on a plane watched the lightning storm from above as the blue-white light below began to condense into liquid.

Su Mu’s attempt to cultivate Heavenly Thunder Bamboo unleashed a vast lightning field that consumed enormous amounts of electricity, forcing Zhou Jianhua to warn his superiors and divert flights. Passengers uploaded footage that went viral, and streamers arrived to film the phenomenon as one sent a drone into the storm.

• Passengers aboard a flight saw a distant expanse of liquid-like lightning, and the captain diverted the plane after consulting the control tower.
• Su Mu led Zhou Jianhua and the others farther from the lightning as the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo absorbed electricity at an enormous rate.
• Su Mu said the process might continue for months or years, so Zhou Jianhua contacted his superiors about raising power generation and keeping flights away.
• Passengers uploaded videos of the lightning field, and the footage quickly spread across the internet.
• Nearby streamers reached the area and began livestreaming, and one launched a drone into the lightning field.

A drone was destroyed by a mysterious lightning field near Huaxia, prompting an American fleet to abandon its exercises and flee. The spokesperson learned about the danger and the fleet’s retreat, then laughed at an online animation mocking them.

• The drone approached the lightning field, where a bolt vaporized it and revealed the field’s lethal power.
• Viewers speculated that the lightning field might be a weather weapon capable of striking targets with devastating force.
• Nest warned the American fleet to return to base immediately, and the captain ordered the ships to turn around and flee.
• The captain watched footage of the drone and its iron rod vaporizing near the field and realized the fleet could not withstand a strike.
• Zhou Jianhua told the spokesperson to check online, where he found footage of the lightning field and news that the American fleet had retreated.
• The spokesperson laughed at an animated image depicting a fierce rooster turning the fleet away with a glare.

The spokesperson addressed the endless lightning field at a press conference, denying that it was a weather weapon and claiming Huaxia was using it to restore the ozone layer and fertilize the land. Reporters and netizens reacted with disbelief and amusement as the storm continued.

• The spokesperson watched edited rooster GIFs spread online and worried about explaining the ongoing thundercloud storm.
• The lightning field and the disappearance of the floating island dominated online discussions as Huaxia's press conference began.
• An American reporter asked whether the lightning field was a weather weapon, and the spokesperson denied it.
• A Japanese reporter asked what Huaxia was experimenting with, and the spokesperson said the lightning would produce ozone and nitrogen fertilizer.
• Reporters questioned the explanation, while viewers laughed at the idea of using a powerful weather weapon to fertilize the land.

At a press conference, Huaxia confirmed that its lightning field was connected to the dark clouds that had once covered the country. In the Haotian Realm, Su Mu learned that Confucian scholars had organized the Hundred Flowers Competition to challenge Han Feiyu, while Yu Guyue ordered Di Xingchun to plant the harvested Spirit Plants again as she wondered whether Su Mu was safe.

• Huaxia's spokesperson confirmed that the lightning field had a connection to the dark clouds, though the technology had only recently matured.
• Su Mu heard scholars discussing the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo's disappearance and felt relieved that no one knew he was responsible.
• Scholars explained that the Hundred Flowers Competition was intended to draw out and humiliate Han Feiyu for using calligraphic works and judging holy maidens.
• Su Mu wondered whether the Demonic Sect's holy maiden had arranged the competition, then left to consider selling his calligraphic works.
• Di Xingchun asked Yu Guyue whether to replant the harvested Spirit Plants, and Yu Guyue ordered her to begin a third planting while wondering whether Su Mu was all right.

Su Mu arrived in Kite Ascension City as cultivators gathered for the Hundred Flowers Ranking, where those who placed could receive Fortune. He set up a calligraphy stall, but when a female cultivator tried to buy three pieces from him, a male cultivator demanded that Su Mu honor his claim as the first customer.

• Cultivators in Kite Ascension City discussed how the Hundred Flowers Ranking had drawn female cultivators and could bring Fortune to those who placed.
• Su Mu heard that Confucian scholars hoped Han Feiyu would appear, then considered using Buddhist Fortune to advance his cultivation.
• Su Mu noticed the city was crowded with female cultivators and set up a stall selling calligraphy.
• A male cultivator offered to buy one piece of Su Mu's calligraphy for fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• A middle-aged female cultivator interrupted and offered one hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones for three pieces, prompting the male cultivator to demand that Su Mu sell to him first.

Su Mu sold his calligraphy to the Mysterious Woman Sect and agreed to help Fairy Feng Lan compete in the Hundred Flowers Ranking, then made a second deal with a demonic woman. After leaving her pleasure boat, he saw heaven and earth condense the Hundred Flowers Fairies ranking, which had not yet recorded any names.

• Su Mu sold three pieces of calligraphy to a female cultivator for 160,000 Spirit Stones and followed her to the Mysterious Woman Sect pavilion.
• Fairy Feng Lan paid Su Mu 100,000 Spirit Stones to help her compete for the Hundred Flowers Ranking, and he signed a restrictive agreement for one piece of calligraphy.
• A demonic woman invited Su Mu aboard her pleasure boat, but he offered to make another piece of calligraphy despite his agreement with Fairy Feng Lan covering only one.
• The demonic woman paid Su Mu 200,000 Spirit Stones for a better piece of calligraphy, and he left a strand of his Divine Sense in her restriction.
• Su Mu saw a ranking titled Hundred Flowers Fairies form in the sky as Spiritual Power surged around it, with no names written on it yet.

As the Hundred Flowers Ranking formed, female cultivators competed to climb toward it, while Su Mu earned Spirit Stones by agreeing to help multiple contestants. Mi Hongling and Ruan Wenyou reached the front without seeking his help, and Fairy Feng Lan called on her recruited scholars to begin.

• Su Mu agreed to help several female cultivators compete for the ranking and collected hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones.
• Five days later, the Hundred Flowers Ranking released a ripple, and countless female cultivators flew up to test their strength against its pressure.
• Fairy Feng Lan and the Female Rakshasa of the Heavenly Ghost Sect initially stood at the front of the competitors.
• Mi Hongling and Ruan Wenyou arrived, exchanged attacks, and surged ahead of Fairy Feng Lan, with Ruan Wenyou half a step in front.
• Su Mu realized that Mi Hongling and Ruan Wenyou had not sought his help because they had recruited famous scholars instead.
• Fairy Feng Lan called her scholars to begin helping her compete for the ranking.

Female cultivators used scholars’ calligraphy to climb toward a ranking list, and Ruan Wenyou reached it first. Mi Hongling used Han Feiyu’s calligraphy to gain ground, while Su Mu finally appeared to fulfill his agreement with Fairy Feng Lan.

• The scholars wrote calligraphy whose Righteous Qi helped the female cultivators climb toward the list.
• Ruan Wenyou reached the list first, and Fairy Feng Lan and other cultivators followed as their names appeared.
• Mi Hongling used Han Feiyu’s calligraphy to climb onto the list, drawing surprise and comparisons between Han Feiyu and the Ten Gentlemen.
• Ji Han and the other scholars rejected the comparison to Han Feiyu and said he was afraid to appear.
• Su Mu stepped forward and loudly told Fairy Feng Lan that he had come to fulfill their agreement.

Su Mu used literary masterpieces to raise several female cultivators’ positions on the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking, then offered another piece to the highest bidder. As the cultivators began bidding, the ranking rippled as though provoked.

• Su Mu wrote a poem for Fairy Feng Lan, whose position rose from tenth to seventh, then wrote one for the Female Rakshasa, who advanced to sixth.
• Su Mu’s poem helped Fairy in the Clouds enter the ranking at ninety-seventh place, displacing the woman in one hundredth place.
• Su Mu continued writing masterpieces for his clients, raising one cultivator from eightieth to sixty-eighth and changing other positions on the ranking.
• When Fairy Feng Lan questioned why others’ masterpieces seemed stronger, Su Mu said they had paid more.
• Mi Hongling, Ruan Wenyou, and other female cultivators sought Su Mu’s help, so he offered his next masterpiece to the highest bidder, and their bids turned the ranking into an auction.
• As the bids climbed, ripples spread across the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking.

Su Mu sold calligraphy to female cultivators bidding for better positions on the Hundred Flowers Ranking, then unexpectedly received the ranking itself. He realized the ranking had chosen him to determine its order.

• Su Mu sold calligraphy to the female cultivators, with Mi Hongling winning one piece for 5.8 million Spirit Stones and Ruan Wenyou winning another for 7.9 million.
• After claiming his previous piece was the last, Su Mu produced another and started a fresh round of bidding.
• Su Mu continued writing while the female cultivators competed, and the Confucian scholars stopped writing to avoid being compared with him.
• The Hundred Flowers Ranking shone, descended as a small scroll, and landed in front of Su Mu.
• Su Mu grasped the ranking and realized it had chosen him to determine the order because he had influenced it so often.

Su Mu kept the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking after it descended into his hands, while disciples from several sects demanded the treasure and argued over who should claim it. The cultivators turned against Su Mu and prepared to kill him as more people arrived, leaving him surrounded with the ranking still in his possession.

• Su Mu examined the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking as Ji Xin of the Immortal Hidden Sect offered him ten thousand Spirit Stones to surrender it.
• Su Mu refused Ji Xin, and a Green Bamboo Sect disciple and a six-scarred monk also demanded the ranking for their own groups.
• Mi Hongling mocked the monk, while Ji Xin and the other cultivators argued over who should receive the treasure.
• The cultivators ordered Su Mu to put down the ranking, but he said it had descended because of him and called them hypocrites.
• Ji Xin urged the others to kill Su Mu, and countless female cultivators arrived and focused on the ranking in his hands.

Su Mu used his control of the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking to make the female cultivators turn on their enemies and promised Mi Hongling a higher place and Fortune. After Mi Hongling killed Ji Xin and received her reward, the other cultivators crowded around Su Mu to bargain for better positions, while he considered the limits of his authority.

• Su Mu threatened to erase the names of ranked cultivators who would not attack those with ill intentions, then offered Mi Hongling a higher rank and Fortune if she killed Ji Xin.
• Mi Hongling attacked Ji Xin, ignored his plea for help, snapped his neck, and took his Golden Core.
• Su Mu placed Mi Hongling at fifty-eighth on the ranking, and the Fortune she received immediately strengthened her cultivation.
• The female cultivators surrounded the remaining male cultivators, who begged Su Mu to spare them, while several of their targets were killed.
• The Female Rakshasa and other women pressed Su Mu to raise their positions, and he studied the ranking as Fairy Feng Lan watched in anger.

Su Mu finalized the female cultivators’ rankings, demanding payment and removing a ghost cultivator who tried to charm him. He accepted Ao Zhenjun’s dragon pearl to raise her rank, then left first place unassigned while privately reserving it for Yu Guyue.

• Su Mu told the female cultivators they would have to pay more to improve their rankings.
• When a ghost cultivator tried to charm him, Su Mu resisted with the supreme treasure, struck her name from the list, and drove her away.
• Ao Zhenjun offered Su Mu a dragon pearl, and he raised her rank from ninety-first to sixty-eighth.
• Su Mu refused the other cultivators’ offers because all the ranking places had been taken, then finalized the list and granted the women Fortune according to their ranks.
• The women noticed first place was empty, and Su Mu said he needed more time to decide whose household would receive it.
• Su Mu privately intended to give first place to Yu Guyue.

After securing the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking, Su Mu returned to Earth and brought a spirit spring to Zhou Jianhua at the Azure Dragon Base. Zhou Jianhua showed him Huaxia’s plan to grow high-yield, body-strengthening rice and expand Teleportation Array access, leaving Su Mu to consider how the new crop could meet domestic demand and counter foreign grain traders.

• Su Mu fled with the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ranking, avoided pursuit, and returned to Earth.
• Su Mu replenished the spirit spring near his villa and told Zhou Jianhua he was available to help.
• After Zhou Jianhua reminded him about the promised spirit spring, Su Mu traveled to the Azure Dragon Base to deliver it.
• At the base, Zhou Jianhua showed Su Mu a new rice variety bred with genes from thousand-year-old spirit medicines.
• Zhou Jianhua explained plans to grow the rice widely to strengthen people for teleportation and to build Teleportation Arrays in every city.
• Su Mu reviewed documents describing the rice’s high yield and Huaxia’s plan to replace existing grain and reduce reliance on foreign traders.

Su Mu provided spirit springs and offered to install Teleportation Arrays for Huaxia while discussing whether cultivation arrays could help overcome the difficulties of building a lunar base. He inspected the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and discovered it floated in the middle of the thunderstorm, then left after confirming it was growing safely.

• Su Mu gave Zhou Jianhua thirty sealed spirit springs for the Spirit Plants and agreed to arrange Teleportation Arrays powered by electricity.
• Zhou Jianhua described the challenges of constructing a lunar base, and Su Mu said he would look for arrays that could support a small ecosystem on the moon.
• Su Mu visited the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo’s exclusion zone and saw that the plant floated in midair, absorbing lightning as it grew.
• Foreign tourists filmed the thunderstorm in amazement while nearby Chinese visitors treated it as familiar scenery, amusing Su Mu.
• Su Mu left after confirming the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was safe and continued growing, planning to return when it matured.

Su Mu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm by plane after reflecting on his stalled cultivation, but a bird strike crippled the aircraft during its approach. The pilots managed to climb again, and the chapter left the plane damaged and its terrified passengers facing a dangerous emergency.

• Su Mu recognized the new city construction as teleportation train stations and decided to return to the Immortal Cultivation Realm to seek treasures and improve his strength.
• Su Mu boarded a plane and considered how his Earth cultivation had stalled because he looked down on his current Cultivation Method.
• A bird struck the plane during its landing approach, damaging the left engine and wing and triggering cockpit warnings.
• The captain and copilot executed a go-around as the left engine trailed smoke, and air traffic control cleared the runway and diverted other flights.
• The pilots found that the engine could not be restarted, the wing was damaged, hydraulic fluid was leaking, and the flaps were jammed.
• The pilots struggled to control the damaged plane while the passengers, frightened by the explosion and smoke, feared for their lives.

After HX7001 was damaged by a bird strike, its pilots struggled to find a safe way to land while passengers and airport staff grew increasingly alarmed. Zhou Jianhua contacted the captain and asked for Su Mu, hoping he could help, and the flight attendant woke Su Mu, who had not realized the plane was in danger.

• A passenger confronted a flight attendant about smoke from an engine and the plane’s apparent damage, while other passengers began to panic.
• Airport staff prepared emergency services as HX7001 circled overhead, and news of the flight’s trouble spread online.
• The pilots debated how to land with one engine, damaged flaps, asymmetrical thrust, and a tilt, while flight attendants reviewed emergency procedures with passengers.
• Someone told Zhou Jianhua that Su Mu’s flight had hit a bird, prompting him to contact the captain of HX7001.
• Zhou Jianhua asked the captain to bring Su Mu to speak with him because Su Mu might help with the emergency landing.
• The flight attendant woke Su Mu, who had been examining his body and calmly asked whether the plane had landed.

After flight HX7001 suffered an emergency, Su Mu suggested using the Floating Island as a landing platform. The island appeared and helped the plane land safely, and the passengers began evacuating.

• Su Mu told Zhou Jianhua he could not guarantee the passengers' safety, then suggested calling the Floating Island to provide a landing platform.
• Zhou Jianhua arranged for the plane and the Floating Island to coordinate an emergency landing.
• The Floating Island emerged from the clouds as people at the airport and aboard the plane watched with relief.
• The Floating Island commander cleared the runways, positioned emergency crews and cables, and guided flight HX7001 toward a landing.
• The captain landed the plane on the Floating Island, where arresting cables brought it to a stop.
• The flight attendants began directing the passengers to evacuate.