Chapter Summaries

Su Mu used the Dao Lotus to shield Luo Yan and the others from a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but he hesitated to unleash its full power. The Eldest Princess arrived and revealed her connection to Su Mu, and Yu Guyue soon joined them, leaving the attackers terrified.

• The black-robed cultivator and his companions attacked Su Mu and the others, but the Dao Lotus blocked their Law Techniques and let Su Mu break the formation.
• Su Mu demanded that the cultivators leave the Wind Scar Grass, then threatened to kill them when they hesitated and prepared to attack again.
• A powerful divine sense immobilized everyone except Su Mu, who put away the Dao Lotus and waited for help.
• The Eldest Princess arrived, checked that Su Mu was unharmed, and warned him not to go off alone with Yu Guyue again.
• Yu Guyue arrived, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators realized that two Nascent Soul cultivators had come for Su Mu.

Yu Guyue rescued Su Mu from the black-clad cultivators, took the Jade Spirit Flame, and promised to settle the score with the Four-Armed Strength Ape. After returning to the stockade, Su Mu went back to Earth to inspect the moon-landing training base, where Wei Zhonghao gave him an unclaimed red envelope and explained that the bureau’s brothers had started invoking Su Mu’s name when they encountered strange things.

• Yu Guyue spared Luo Yan and his companions after Su Mu asked her to, killed the black-clad cultivators, and left Luo Yan’s group under a deadly restriction on revealing what happened.
• Su Mu gave Yu Guyue the Jade Spirit Flame and his Fallen Star Sword, and she promised to kill the Four-Armed Strength Ape and give him its iron mountain.
• Yu Guyue and the eldest princess returned with Su Mu to the stockade, where Yu Guyue went to refine the flame and Su Mu returned to Earth.
• Su Mu traveled with Wei Zhonghao to the moon-landing training base to check the formation arrangements.
• Wei Zhonghao gave Su Mu an unclaimed red envelope and said the bureau’s brothers now invoked Su Mu’s name when they encountered anything strange.

Su Mu watched the astronauts complete their training before traveling with Wei Zhonghao to witness the rocket launch. In orbit, the crew opened their classified mission documents and learned they had to assemble a Teleportation Array on the moon, resolving to protect it and complete the mission at any cost.

• Su Mu visited the training base with Wei Zhonghao and watched the astronauts demonstrate that they could assemble and activate the array without errors.
• The supervisor told the astronauts their secret mission would take them to the dangerous dark side of the moon, and they unanimously agreed to proceed.
• Su Mu and Wei Zhonghao traveled to the launch base, where Su Mu watched the rocket lift off and enter its planned flight sequence.
• After reaching Earth orbit, Li Runzhong, Yang Yi, and the third astronaut opened their classified documents and discovered that their mission involved a Teleportation Array.
• The astronauts realized the array could transport people and supplies between Earth and the moon, and silently resolved to assemble it on the moon even if it cost them their lives.

After the Spark landed on the moon, Su Mu and the team opened a Teleportation Array between Earth and the lunar surface, allowing a captain and supplies to reach the moon safely. With Spark Squad members and construction materials following, the lunar base began taking shape, and Su Mu planned to visit Wang Peng after the New Year.

• The Spark landed on the moon, prompting celebrations in Huaxia and allowing Su Mu to activate the Teleportation Array.
• Zhou Jianhua prepared a squad for the dangerous first teleport, and the captain volunteered to go ahead with supplies.
• The captain arrived on the moon beside Li Runzhong and the other two, confirming that the teleportation mission had succeeded.
• Li Runzhong reported the captain's safe arrival, and Earth began sending supplies through the array while Su Mu checked that the Spirit Stones remained charged.
• Spark Squad members followed to help build the lunar base as the astronauts maintained their public communications with Huaxia.
• Zhou Jianhua offered Su Mu gifts for his parents, and Su Mu said he would visit Wang Peng after the New Year.

Su Mu reunited with Wang Peng, Leizi, and Monkey before returning home and rejoining the Immortal Cultivation Realm, where he received his refined Fallen Star Sword and agreed to gain combat experience against Demon Beasts. He prepared to visit the fire essence mine, unaware that the eldest princess had secretly sent someone to protect him.

• Su Mu met Wang Peng, Leizi, and Monkey for a meal, and they tried to set him up with Wang Peng's girlfriend's friends, but he showed little interest.
• Su Mu returned to the county town, bought a car and a home for his parents, and found them healthier than before.
• Yu Guyue gave Su Mu the refined Fallen Star Sword, explaining that its Jade Spirit Flame stored Spiritual Power he could use to escape danger.
• The eldest princess urged Su Mu to fight Demon Beasts to build experience, and he agreed to temper himself at the nearby mineral veins.
• After Su Mu left, the eldest princess secretly ordered a subordinate to protect him without letting him know.
• Su Mu checked his sparse supplies, realized he needed spirit jade and Spirit Stones, and planned to buy pills before visiting the fire essence mine.

Su Mu went alone to hunt Demon Beasts near the fire essence mine after Foundation Establishment teams rejected him, only to discover that the distribution map he bought was fake. He killed a Vermilion Calamity with the Jade Spirit Flame in his Fallen Star Sword, then rested and considered his shortcomings.

• Su Mu failed to find a suitable hunting group and bought a Demon Beast distribution map before leaving the stockade alone.
• Su Mu reached the fire essence mine and discovered the map was fake when he found no Mountain Red in the area it marked.
• A Vermilion Calamity ambushed Su Mu, and its venom nearly reached him after it caught his sleeve.
• Su Mu used the Jade Spirit Flame in Fallen Star to cut off Vermilion Calamity's head and waited until it stopped moving before collecting it.
• Su Mu set up a warning formation, recovered his Spiritual Power, and reflected on his poor judgment, combat skills, and limited supply of Jade Spirit Flame.

After returning from training near the fire essence mine, Su Mu learned that Yu Guyue had subdued a Four-Armed Strength Ape and brought back a strange mountain. He decided to have it refined into a floating island for Huaxia, while acknowledging his own shortcomings and the need to grow stronger.

• Su Mu returned to the stockade, registered his Demon Beast kills, and sold their corpses, but his expenses left him with only twenty Spirit Stones earned.
• Yu Guyue showed Su Mu the Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetism Mountain she had taken from the Four-Armed Strength Ape and explained that it could be refined into a floating island.
• Su Mu decided the floating island should be sent to Huaxia as an aerospace carrier to strengthen the country.
• Yu Guyue began refining the mountain with her Jade Spirit Flame and said Xiao Luanji could arrange further work on it.
• Yu Guyue asked about Su Mu's training, and Su Mu said he had gained a clearer understanding of his shortcomings.

Su Mu spent the days before the Spring Festival at home, keeping his protective garment on and avoiding fights while he looked for Divine Abilities to master. When village friends visited, he downplayed his finances as they compared their cars and homes and lectured him about taking on loans.

• Su Mu decided to stop seeking out Demon Beasts until he found and mastered more Divine Abilities.
• Back in his village, Su Mu refused his mother's offer to wash his protective garment, saying it needed special cleaning.
• Old friends asked Su Mu about his car and home, and he said he had bought both with loans and had not made much money.
• Su Xinyuan and Xiaohai compared their own purchases with Su Mu's and criticized him for taking on car and home payments together.
• Su Mu calmly accepted their advice, leaving Xiaohai satisfied that he could tell their parents Su Mu was not as successful as they had thought.

Zhang Hualing brought his family to visit Su Mu for the New Year and thank him for saving Zhang Yunping. Su Mu bestowed some of his fortune on the boy, while Su Xinyuan and the others watched, puzzled by the repeated bows and kowtows.

• Several luxury cars arrived at Su Mu's home, and Zhang Hualing greeted him respectfully as Mr. Su.
• Zhang Hualing explained that he had found Su Mu through his old Moments posts and brought his son to thank him for saving the boy's life.
• Zhang Yunping tried to kneel and kowtow, but Su Mu stopped him at first and asked his name.
• Su Mu warned Zhang Yunping to study hard and never commit crimes or do evil, then transferred some of his Dragon Vein fortune to the boy with a touch to his forehead.
• Zhang Yunping recalled Su Mu rescuing him from darkness and knelt again in thanks, while Su Xinyuan and the others watched in confusion.

Zhou Jianhua and provincial officials arrived at Su Mu’s home with gifts, impressing Zhang Hualing, Qin Feng, and the villagers. After the visitors met Su Mu’s parents and were invited to stay for a meal, Zhou Jianhua asked who Zhang Hualing and the others were.

• Su Mu spotted Zhou Jianhua arriving with provincial officials and gifts, so he invited them inside for tea.
• Zhou Jianhua introduced himself and the officials to Su Mu’s parents as Su Mu’s colleagues, and they explained that Su Mu held a high position at a public institution.
• Su Mu’s parents thanked Zhou Jianhua and the officials, while Su Xinyuan and the others realized how far above them Su Mu’s connections were.
• Su Mu served tea and asked his parents to prepare a meal, insisting that Zhou Jianhua and the others stay to eat.
• Zhou Jianhua noticed Zhang Hualing and the others and asked Su Mu who they were.

Su Mu learned that the Spirit of the Dragon Vein had used nearly all its Spiritual Power to create an enormous lake in Huaxia. Zhou Jianhua arrived to confirm what had happened and froze when Su Mu told him the lake was freshwater.

• Su Mu warned Zhou Jianhua that Zhang Pingyun might show unusual abilities after receiving a gift from him.
• The Spirit of the Dragon Vein carved out a vast pit in an uninhabited region, and water filled it to form a lake.
• After dinner, Su Mu met the weakened but delighted Spirit of the Dragon Vein outside and realized it had created the lake.
• Zhou Jianhua rushed over after satellite images revealed the lake covered more than 400,000 square kilometers.
• Su Mu explained that the Spirit of the Dragon Vein had created the lake to address water shortages and said it was freshwater, leaving Zhou Jianhua stunned.

After Su Mu confirmed that the enormous lake was freshwater gathered by the Spirit of the Dragon Vein, Zhou Jianhua reported the news to Huaxia’s leaders, who arranged surveys and protections. The lake’s sudden appearance became public the next day, leaving netizens stunned as officials admitted they were still investigating its origins.

• Su Mu told Zhou Jianhua that the lake was freshwater drawn from other places and created with the Dragon Vein’s abilities, and estimated it was several hundred to a thousand meters deep.
• Zhou Jianhua returned to a meeting and reported what Su Mu had told him, prompting leaders to recognize that Huaxia might possess the world’s largest lake and freshwater lake.
• Huaxia’s leaders dispatched a scientific expedition, ordered the lake area sealed off, postponed tourism, and planned environmental protections and greening work.
• News of the lake spread online the next day, and Huaxia’s netizens reacted with disbelief to its size, crescent shape, and freshwater reserves.
• At a press conference, the spokesperson said Huaxia was investigating the lake and did not yet know how it had appeared.

Huaxia confirmed that First Lake held more freshwater than the Caspian Sea, while international visitors praised the country’s improved air quality. In the Immortal Cultivation Realm, Su Mu received a sword instruction from the eldest princess and Yu Guyue arranged for his iron mountain to be made into a floating island.

• A spokesperson confirmed that First Lake was freshwater and that its water storage exceeded the Caspian Sea’s, and announced plans to plant trees around it.
• International environmental and meteorological representatives praised Huaxia’s improved air quality, prompting netizens to recognize the changes in their country.
• Su Mu asked the eldest princess for offensive techniques, and she gave him a Jade Slip containing the Azure Spirit Sword Instruction.
• Su Mu studied Azure Spirit Slash and Azure Spirit Flash, deciding the sword techniques would strengthen his combat and survival abilities.
• Yu Guyue refined Su Mu’s iron mountain and asked the eldest princess to activate its Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetism and turn it into a floating island.

Su Mu returned from hunting Demon Beasts near the fire essence ore vein and sold his haul in the growing settlement. A group of Foundation Establishment cultivators recruited him to help explore a newly discovered tunnel in the Spirit Stone mine, and he agreed.

• Su Mu used a talisman to immobilize a Demon Beast and killed it with the Fallen Star Sword, earning a small profit.
• Su Mu returned to the transformed stockade and sold Demon Beast materials for 103 Spirit Stones.
• A female cultivator invited Su Mu to a teahouse, where five Foundation Establishment cultivators asked him to join their exploration team.
• The bearded cultivator explained that miners had uncovered a hidden tunnel in the Spirit Stone mine and that Great Liang offered a thousand Spirit Stones for exploring it.
• Su Mu agreed to join the team and investigate the newly discovered tunnel.

Su Mu joined Shi Hu, Qiu Lan, and Hong Wei to investigate a newly appeared tunnel in the Spirit Stone mine after preparing for the journey and briefly returning to Earth. Deep inside, they found unnatural passages and branching tunnels, where one of Hong Wei’s scouting birds suddenly disappeared.

• Su Mu replenished his talismans and returned to Earth to tell his parents he was leaving, then traveled back to the Qinling Mountains.
• Su Mu met Shi Hu and the others at the city gate, and they rode a carriage to the Spirit Stone mine.
• Shi Hu showed the group’s mission at the mine entrance, and they followed the strange tunnel deeper inside.
• Su Mu noticed the smooth walls and scattered Spirit Stones, concluding that miners had not dug the tunnel.
• When the tunnel branched, Hong Wei sent three magical birds to scout, but one disappeared, putting the group on alert.

Shi Hu, Su Mu, and the others entered a frigid underground pool and discovered a valuable ice crystal. Su Mu noticed something lurking in the darkness behind it and fled upward, while the others saw a Demon Beast emerge.

• Shi Hu led the group into a chamber with a freezing pool, where they found no sign of a Demon Beast.
• Hong Wei scooped up some pool water, and Su Mu speculated that an underground river might have carried a Demon Beast away.
• Shi Hu and Qiu Lan spotted what appeared to be an ice crystal beneath the water, and the group agreed to retrieve it together.
• The group swam toward the ice crystal, but Su Mu noticed the darkness behind it and began rising toward the surface.
• Hong Wei questioned Su Mu as he hurried upward, and the ice crystal shifted to reveal a ferocious Demon Beast.

Su Mu, Shi Hu, and Qiu Lan became trapped with a nearly Core Formation Stage spider after it sealed their escape route. They fought back, but their attacks barely harmed it, leaving them arguing over whether Su Mu should use his sword’s power to break through the web.

• Shi Hu fled from the underwater spider and attacked Su Mu with his whip, but Su Mu deflected it and escaped using Water Escape.
• Su Mu burned a hole through the spider’s underwater web, allowing him, Shi Hu, and Qiu Lan to escape while the remaining cultivators were strangled.
• The spider followed them out of the pool and sealed the exit with another web, trapping the three cultivators together.
• Shi Hu proposed that they join forces, and Su Mu suggested the others hold off the spider while he broke through the web; they instead agreed to attack it together.
• The spider’s venomous web neutralized Shi Hu’s whip, while Su Mu’s sword and Qiu Lan’s ice attacks barely harmed the beast.
• Shi Hu accused Su Mu of holding back, but Su Mu explained that fully powering his sword would leave him unable to break through the web.

Su Mu escaped the cave and turned back to stop Shi Hu, who was killed by the variant spider. Qiu Lan joined Su Mu to kill the beast, and they collected its materials before Su Mu left.

• Shi Hu and Qiu Lan distracted the spider while Su Mu burned a hole through its web and escaped.
• Su Mu blocked the entrance and struck at Shi Hu, allowing the spider to catch and kill him.
• Qiu Lan offered to help Su Mu kill the spider, and he agreed after she revealed she knew its weakness.
• Qiu Lan bound the spider with jade silk, exposing its weak spot, and Su Mu killed it with the Fallen Star Sword.
• Su Mu and Qiu Lan divided the spider's materials, then Su Mu left first.

Lin Hongbin thanked Su Mu for helping him reach Great Complete Foundation Establishment and gave him a parasol tree seed before asking to stay by his side. The Eldest Princess and Daoist Jixu then asked Su Mu to guide Jixu’s confused disciple, Di Xingchun, and offered him territory containing a large Spirit Stone mine, which caught his interest.

• Lin Hongbin found Su Mu, revealed that he had achieved Great Complete Foundation Establishment, and presented him with a parasol tree seed as thanks.
• Lin Hongbin asked to follow Su Mu and contemplate the Dao beside him, and Su Mu agreed.
• The Eldest Princess introduced Daoist Jixu and his disciple Di Xingchun, explaining that Jixu wanted the disciple to spend time learning from Su Mu.
• Su Mu tried to decline, but Yu Guyue and Daoist Jixu pressed him to help Di Xingchun with his confusion and offered him cleared territory in return.
• Su Mu learned the territory contained a large Spirit Stone mine with an estimated yield of around a hundred million Spirit Stones, and his interest was piqued.

Su Mu took charge of a new stockade in the Savage Wilderness and gained Di Xingchun as another student seeking to comprehend his Dao. As human and Demon Beasts prepared for a major conflict, Su Mu began assessing his territory and its resources.

• Su Mu agreed to guide Di Xingchun, and Lin Hongbin’s tales of Su Mu’s cryptic lessons left Di Xingchun doubting his own comprehension.
• Su Mu stopped Lin Hongbin from revealing more of his embarrassing stories, while Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun mistook his reprimand for a warning about the rules of enlightenment.
• Di Xingchun told Su Mu that Daoist Jixu planned to remain in the Savage Wilderness after discovering Nascent Soul Demon Beasts organizing their forces.
• Several days later, Su Mu arrived at his stockade with Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun and took command of Yu Guyue’s subordinates, including three Core Formation demons and twenty-one Foundation Establishment demons.
• Su Mu considered expanding the stockade’s territory and inspected the area, while Yu Shan and another Core Formation demon discussed the benefits of securing land for the Demon Race.
• An odd-looking man hurried to Su Mu, calling out to him with delight.