Chapter Summaries

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao searched the immortal island for the Jade Dew and found a hidden cave concealed by Yellow Stone Jade. Inside, they discovered a floating stone hand holding a pool of what they believed was Jade Dew, and Su Mu prepared to collect it.

• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao searched the island but found no sign of the Jade Dew, so Su Mu suspected it might be hidden inside a mountain.
• Su Mu found a concealed crack in the cliff, and he and Ye Weixiao entered the hidden passage.
• Ye Weixiao recognized Yellow Stone Jade covering the cave walls, which concealed the cave from Divine Sense.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao reached a chamber where a floating stone hand held a living pool of water that appeared to be Jade Dew.
• Su Mu took out a jade bottle to collect the Jade Dew, and Ye Weixiao told him to take his share first.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao collected the Jade Dew, but Old Monster Pang found them and demanded they surrender it and the Spirit of the Earth. Su Mu used an azure inscription to bind Old Monster Pang, leaving him unable to move or use his Spiritual Power.

• Su Mu took three drops of Jade Dew, and Ye Weixiao collected two more before they prepared to leave.
• Old Monster Pang arrived at the cave and recognized Su Mu and Ye Weixiao as the pair who had taken the Spirit of the Earth.
• Old Monster Pang discovered the Jade Dew was gone and demanded that they hand over both treasures.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao decided to kill Old Monster Pang rather than surrender the treasures.
• Su Mu summoned an azure lotus and used its power to bind Old Monster Pang, restraining his body, Spiritual Power, and Nascent Soul.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao killed Old Monster Pang after Su Mu’s Dao Lotus sealed his powers and trapped his Nascent Soul. They followed a Jade Slip toward the immortal island’s control center, but stopped before a vast woodland of indistinguishable trees.

• Old Monster Pang recognized Su Mu’s Dao Lotus and realized Su Mu was the cultivator from the Youtian Realm.
• Su Mu urged Ye Weixiao to kill Old Monster Pang quickly, and she beheaded him with a flying sword.
• Ye Weixiao burned Old Monster Pang’s trapped Nascent Soul to ashes and checked that he was completely dead.
• Ye Weixiao found a Jade Slip in Old Monster Pang’s Storage Bag that described the immortal island’s control center.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao flew southeast toward the control center and halted before a woodland where all the trees looked alike.

Su Mu and Ye Weixiao searched the forest for the immortal island’s control center but could not identify it, while a cultivator began searching for the stolen Spirit of the Earth. The chapter ended with another cultivator discovering that the Jade Dew had already been taken.

• Ye Weixiao struck a great tree with her flying sword, but a formation stopped the attack and she realized breaking it would destroy the immortal island.
• Su Mu tried using a twig to find the control center, but it pointed in random directions, so he and Ye Weixiao searched the trees by other means.
• A man shouted that Su Mu and Ye Weixiao had stolen his Spirit of the Earth, apparently hoping other cultivators would help find them.
• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao decided to find the control center quickly before news that the Jade Dew was also gone drew more cultivators after them.
• A cultivator entered the cave where the Jade Dew had formed and found the palm empty, realizing someone had taken it.

After Ao Zhenjun helped Su Mu and Ye Weixiao find the hidden ancient tree at the heart of the immortal island, Su Mu refined it and took control of the island. He completed the imprinting as cultivators searched for the stolen Jade Dew.

• When cultivators began searching the island for the Jade Dew, Su Mu and Ye Weixiao tried to conceal themselves, but Ye Weixiao sensed someone nearby.
• Ao Zhenjun revealed herself and asked Su Mu to move her higher on the Hundred Flowers Ranking in exchange for a treasure.
• After learning that Ao Zhenjun could identify the real tree among the fakes, Su Mu promised to raise her ranking without payment if she led them to it.
• Ao Zhenjun guided Su Mu and Ye Weixiao through the concealment array to the enormous ancient tree at the immortal island’s core.
• Su Mu erased the previous owner’s mark and, after refining the tree, completely claimed the immortal island.

After refining the immortal island’s core, Su Mu escaped with Ye Weixiao and Ao Zhenjun, then sent the island flying to draw away the cultivators pursuing them. Su Mu and Ye Weixiao used several Teleportation Arrays to lose their pursuers, who eventually gave up.

• Su Mu finished refining the core and led Ye Weixiao and Ao Zhenjun out through a gap in the island’s array, raising Ao Zhenjun ten places in the rankings before she left.
• After Su Mu and Ye Weixiao flew away from the island, Su Mu shrank it, expelled everyone aboard, and sent it flying toward them.
• The expelled cultivators realized someone had taken the island’s core and suspected the thief had also taken the Jade Dew, so they pursued the island.
• Su Mu retrieved the island and put it in his Storage Bag, then Ye Weixiao took him through several Teleportation Arrays to escape the pursuers.
• The pursuing cultivators followed the trail through multiple arrays but lost track of Su Mu and Ye Weixiao and gave up.

Su Mu returned to the Youtian Realm with Jade Dew and used it to revive the parasol tree seed. The tree grew, but Yu Guyue questioned whether any Phoenixes remained to inhabit it.

• Su Mu and Ye Weixiao divided the Spirit of the Earth and lotus root before going their separate ways.
• Su Mu sold spirit herbs for Spirit Stones, rented a secure cave abode, and teleported back to the Youtian Realm.
• Su Mu told Yu Guyue that he had obtained Jade Dew and wanted to use it on the parasol tree seed.
• Su Mu poured two drops of Jade Dew onto the seed, which split open and grew into a small parasol tree.
• Yu Guyue warned Su Mu that the tree's revival did not mean any Phoenixes still existed, leaving him uncertain.

Su Mu reunited with Yu Guyue, learned that the marketplaces had earned him five hundred million Spirit Stones, and discussed his rapid cultivation and her concern about his State of Mind. He showed her a Dao Lotus that had fully bloomed, leaving her astonished at his progress.

• Yu Guyue told Su Mu that the eldest princess had become empress of Great Liang and that the marketplaces were earning many Spirit Stones.
• Yu Guyue gave Su Mu his share of five hundred million Spirit Stones from the marketplaces.
• Su Mu and Yu Guyue went to a cliff, where they discussed their cultivation progress.
• Yu Guyue used her Divine Ability to check Su Mu's State of Mind, but he reassured her that his Golden Lotus could suppress a Heart Demon.
• Su Mu showed Yu Guyue his Dao Lotus, and she was surprised to see that one had fully bloomed.

Su Mu discovered that his Dao Lotus could make the law follow his words, then returned to Earth to arrange the next teleportation and learn that nuclear fusion was nearly ready. After three days of cultivation, he received Yu Guyue’s urgent, delighted summons and hurried toward the parasol tree.

• Su Mu told Yu Guyue about the Dao Lotus’s ability to bind targets, and she realized it gave him the strength of a high-level cultivator.
• Su Mu returned to Earth and asked Zhou Jianhua to set a date for the Teleportation Array, bringing the requested Storage Bags.
• Zhou Jianhua told Su Mu that nuclear fusion had entered testing and could soon be ready for use.
• Su Mu cultivated for a day, confirmed that the teleportation would take place in three days, and returned to the Youtian Realm.
• Su Mu heard Yu Guyue’s voice transmission summoning him to the parasol tree and immediately hurried there.

Su Mu and Yu Guyue watched a Phoenix use its divine fire to make the parasol tree grow into a towering giant, and the Eldest Princess arrived after sensing Great Liang’s National Fortune rise. The Phoenix settled in the tree, bolstering the kingdom and deterring nearby Demon Beasts.

• Su Mu and Yu Guyue saw a Phoenix breathe divine fire over the parasol tree, which grew taller instead of burning.
• The Phoenix’s fire went out, and it settled on the towering tree while Su Mu regretted not bringing his phone to film it.
• The Eldest Princess arrived, questioned Su Mu for returning without telling her, and then turned her attention to the Phoenix and the tree.
• The Eldest Princess explained that she had sensed Great Liang’s National Fortune rise and learned that Su Mu had revived the parasol tree with Jade Dew.
• Su Mu asked whether the Phoenix would prevent creatures from the Savage Wilderness from counterattacking, and the Eldest Princess said avian Demon Beasts would likely gather around it.

Su Mu discussed refining Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and urged the eldest princess to invest Great Liang’s wealth in cultivating more cultivators. After returning to Earth with treasures, he uncovered a traitor inside the Security Bureau and left Hou Yuan in Zhou Jianhua’s hands.

• Yu Guyue, Su Mu, and the eldest princess left the Phoenix’s habitat, and Su Mu considered what to refine his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo into.
• Yu Guyue suggested a flying sword, but Su Mu set the idea aside because he lacked a Thunder Method.
• The eldest princess described Great Liang’s growing wealth and cultivation efforts, and Su Mu urged her to spend its Spirit Stones on training cultivators.
• After speaking late into the night, the eldest princess left while Su Mu prepared treasures to transport to Earth.
• Su Mu returned to Earth, flew to the Security Bureau, and met with Zhou Jianhua.
• Su Mu bound Hou Yuan after recognizing him as a spy, and Zhou Jianhua had him taken away.

Su Mu confirmed that preparations for the Teleportation Array were complete and arranged for more mushroom bombs after using up his supply. As Huaxia prepared another power outage for the activation, foreign spies realized their infiltrator had likely been exposed and remained unable to discover what Huaxia was planning.

• Zhou Jianhua told Su Mu that teleportation preparations were ready and the power outage would likely be the last, then agreed to transfer him more mushroom bombs.
• Zhou Jianhua asked Su Mu to check for spies, and Su Mu said no one else appeared to be compromised for now.
• News of the coming power outage excited Huaxia’s netizens, who praised the new trains and discussed plans for a lunar tourist area.
• At a secret base, foreign agents panicked when their contact, Cobra, stopped responding and concluded that he had probably been exposed.
• The agents’ captain berated his team for failing to uncover Huaxia’s plans, while the team admitted that their other infiltrators had also gone silent.

As Huaxia prepared to activate the Teleportation Array, people across the country and observers around the world waited for another spectacular light show. The array began to activate under Su Mu and Zhou Jianhua’s watch, ending the chapter as a pillar of light shot into the sky.

• Eagle Sauce’s team leader blamed his staff for failing to find a way to stop Rabbit’s rapid development and left to consult others.
• People across Huaxia waited for the Teleportation Array’s activation, while netizens, streamers, and people on the moon prepared to watch.
• Su Mu finished setting up the array, and an electrical engineer switched on the power as Su Mu and Zhou Jianhua watched.
• The Teleportation Array filled with light, shuddered, and sent a massive pillar of light through the clouds.
• People in Huaxia and observers in other countries watched the light show and wondered what Rabbit was doing.

Su Mu sent research items to Huaxia, then discovered that a second Floating Island had appeared despite its concealment array. Huaxia began preparing to receive it as the public and foreign powers reacted, while Zhou Jianhua called the spokesperson about something other than the island.

• Su Mu sent a Storage Ring through the Teleportation Array and told the electrical engineer to shut it down.
• Su Mu and Zhou Jianhua spotted a second Floating Island, and Su Mu said Huaxia could use most of its territory.
• Zhou Jianhua arranged for people to receive the island as livestream viewers celebrated Huaxia's new aerospace carrier.
• Foreign powers and neighboring countries grew anxious after learning that Huaxia had acquired another Floating Island.
• The spokesperson expected Zhou Jianhua to call about the island, but Zhou Jianhua said he was calling about something else.

Zhou Jianhua told the spokesperson that Huaxia had cracked controlled nuclear fusion and that a power station would begin operating in three days. At the next day’s press conference, the spokesperson began addressing the Floating Island as the public waited to hear what he would say.

• Zhou Jianhua told the spokesperson that controlled nuclear fusion tests had succeeded and the power station would begin operating in three days.
• The spokesperson agreed to announce the breakthrough at the next day’s press conference.
• Huaxia’s citizens watched new videos of the Floating Island and speculated about its construction and eventual concealment.
• The spokesperson reviewed details of the nuclear fusion power station with Zhou Jianhua before the press conference.
• The spokesperson opened the press conference by referring to the Floating Island’s appearance during the previous night’s light show.

At a press conference, Huaxia’s spokesperson explained that the Floating Island’s appearance was chosen to reflect the country’s fondness for traditional culture, then announced that Huaxia had successfully tested controlled nuclear fusion. He said the power station would soon supply more than ninety-eight percent of Huaxia’s electricity, but that the technology would remain classified.

• An American reporter asked why the aerospace carrier looked like an island, and the spokesperson said Huaxia had chosen the design because it liked the appearance and valued traditional culture.
• The spokesperson announced that Huaxia had completed a controlled nuclear fusion test three days earlier and would put its power station into operation in two days.
• The Japanese reporter asked whether Huaxia had truly mastered fusion, and the spokesperson said the plant would connect to the grid in three days and supply over ninety-eight percent of the country’s electricity.
• Reporters asked Huaxia to share the technology and identify the scientist responsible, but the spokesperson said the announcement was only to share the achievement and that the technology remained classified.
• Netizens angrily criticized the reporters online for asking Huaxia to share its technology.

At a press conference, the spokesperson refused to reveal details about Huaxia’s controlled nuclear fusion technology or allow reporters to tour the plant. He announced that lunar tourism would open to Huaxia residents through an online lottery at the end of the month, while foreigners would be excluded because their bodies could not withstand the strain.

• Reporters asked who had developed the controlled nuclear fusion technology, but the spokesperson kept the information secret.
• The spokesperson rejected reporters’ request to tour the nuclear fusion power plant, calling it a classified site.
• Reporters asked whether foreigners could join the upcoming lunar tourism program, and the spokesperson said it would initially be limited to Huaxia residents selected by lottery.
• The spokesperson explained that foreigners’ bodies could not withstand the strain, citing a foreigner who had suffered severe reactions after secretly riding a high-speed train.
• The reporters wondered whether every person in Huaxia could withstand the greater strain of traveling to the moon.

After Huaxia announced controlled nuclear fusion and plans to travel to the moon, Su Mu handed over the Floating Island to a commander and returned to Qinling Mountains Mountain. There he reunited with Little Dragon Vein, learned it had refined its Dragon Pearl and protected the seas, and offered to find it a female dragon.

• Netizens celebrated the news of controlled nuclear fusion and lunar travel, then joked about losing the ritual of power outages.
• Su Mu handed the Floating Island’s formation-control jade token to a visitor and told him which marked areas not to touch.
• Su Mu returned to Qinling Mountains Mountain and summoned Little Dragon Vein, which greeted him excitedly.
• Su Mu noticed Little Dragon Vein had refined its Dragon Pearl but still could not speak because of lingering injuries.
• Little Dragon Vein gestured that it had been regulating the seas and helping fish populations thrive, and Su Mu offered to find it a female dragon.

Su Mu returned to the Youtian Realm, showed Yu Guyue the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, and gave her and the eldest princess mushroom bombs. He discussed the realm’s growing wealth and the need to train more cultivators, while the eldest princess’s anger toward him faded.

• Su Mu told Yu Guyue he might take her through the Teleportation Array someday and showed her the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Su Mu gave Yu Guyue three mushroom bombs and then went to see the eldest princess.
• Su Mu gave the eldest princess mushroom bombs, making her happy and easing her lingering anger.
• The eldest princess explained that court officials had misused Spirit Stones and that vassal states and immortal firms were seeking deals with Great Liang.
• Su Mu urged the eldest princess to use the realm’s resources to train more cultivators, and she said she had already assigned trusted aides to do so.

Su Mu began refining the Fortune seized from Kashyapa Temple in seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Three months later, tribulation clouds gathered over his cave abode, and the Eldest Princess and Yu Guyue watched from a distance as his Nascent Soul tribulation began.

• Su Mu learned that the Eldest Princess was nearing the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and said he was ready to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Su Mu asked the Eldest Princess about changes in the Savage Wilderness, and she said its inhabitants had retreated after the Phoenix arrived.
• Su Mu entered seclusion at his cave abode, while Yu Guyue stayed outside to guard him.
• Su Mu refined the Fortune from Kashyapa Temple, causing the Golden Lotus's petals to become golden liquid that merged into his Spiritual Power.
• After three months, tribulation clouds gathered over Su Mu, and the Eldest Princess joined Yu Guyue as they worried whether he had a Law Treasure to withstand the tribulation.