Chapter Summaries

Su Mu welcomed the carp spirit into his stronghold after learning his Divine Ability could bring spirit rain over hundreds of mu. He secured the stronghold with calligraphy that released Righteous Qi, then learned that Great Liang's vassal states were preparing to expand into the Savage Wilderness.

• The carp spirit volunteered to join Su Mu and explained that, with a spirit spring, his rain-summoning Divine Ability could cover several hundred mu, so Su Mu accepted him.
• Di Xingchun hoped Su Mu would enlighten him, while Lin Hongbin reassured him that Su Mu had not yet given up on him.
• Su Mu sent Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun to place calligraphy outside the stronghold, where its Righteous Qi formed a barrier that kept Demon Beasts away.
• Su Mu planned to inspect the Spirit Stone mine and gather enough Spirit Stones to reactivate the ultra-long-distance Teleportation Array.
• A voice transmission informed Su Mu that Great Liang's vassal states planned to claim territory in the Savage Wilderness after Great Liang's expansion and the departure of their Rogue Cultivators.

Su Mu tested using spider silk to control Iron-Eating Beasts and set them to mine his Spirit Stone vein, then planted the parasol tree seed and protected it with formations. Back on Earth, he learned that construction of Huaxia’s lunar base was progressing and would likely be completed in about half a month.

• Su Mu learned that Iron-Eating Beasts could mine quickly but needed strong spider silk to keep them from escaping through their tunnels.
• Lin Hongbin brought several Iron-Eating Beasts, and Su Mu used his underwater spider silk to restrain one and confirm it could mine Spirit Stones without biting through the strands.
• Su Mu decided to use more Iron-Eating Beasts to mine the vein and left Yu Shan to watch over the site.
• Su Mu buried the parasol tree seed in the stockade and had formations placed around it after it showed no signs of sprouting.
• On Earth, Su Mu read Zhou Jianhua’s messages that the lunar base’s preliminary structure was taking shape and construction would likely finish in about half a month.

Su Mu checked on Spirit Plant hybridization and told Zhou Jianhua that a successful breakthrough would lead to a second Teleportation Array activation. After accepting several friend requests at his mother's urging, he joked to Lin Shuqi that he was Huaxia's only orthodox immortal cultivator, leaving her confused.

• Su Mu asked Zhou Jianhua about Spirit Plant hybridization, and Zhou reported that the experiments had produced promising leads.
• Su Mu told Zhou Jianhua they would begin a second Teleportation Array activation once the research succeeded.
• Zhou Jianhua considered the spirit spring research and the valuable fruit it produced, which still could not grow fruit without the spring.
• Su Mu ignored several friend requests at first, then accepted them after his mother explained that their neighbors kept asking about it.
• Lin Shuqi messaged Su Mu after he accepted her request, and Su Mu told her he cultivated immortality deep in the mountains as Huaxia's only orthodox immortal cultivator.

Su Mu posted a joking claim that he was an immortal cultivator, then gave Wuren another Buddhist scripture that stirred temples across the land and led Wuren to wonder whether Su Mu was a Buddha reincarnated. Wuren offered to welcome him as a Buddhist Son, but Su Mu declined and gained another powerful ally.

• Su Mu posted a photo of himself cultivating in the mountains and advertised feng shui services, drawing amused comments and skeptical reactions from his friends.
• Su Mu copied a Dao scripture into the Immortal Cultivation Realm, where Wuren visited to thank him for the previous Buddhist scripture.
• After Wuren said he had fully comprehended the earlier scripture, Su Mu wrote him another, whose golden light and Buddhist resonance caused bells and Buddha statues across temples to respond.
• Wuren accepted the scripture in awe and wondered if Su Mu was a Buddha reincarnated, while Su Mu noticed that his Buddha Lotus had opened a fourth petal.
• Wuren invited Su Mu to enter monastic life as a Buddhist Son, but Su Mu declined and welcomed Wuren's offer of future help.

Su Mu’s study of a Dao Scripture stirred Buddhist Fortune and drew the attention of powerful figures who feared Buddhism’s rise. An old Daoist then explained that another cultivation world was stealing this world’s Fortune, and asked Su Mu to help resist the coming calamity.

• Wuren gave Su Mu fifty million Spirit Stones for the Diamond Sutra, and Su Mu sent a demon to tell Yu Shan to increase the Iron-Eating Beast’s mining.
• As Su Mu studied the Dao Scripture, his Dao Lotus glowed, a petal began to unfurl, and Buddhist Fortune stirred across the world.
• Ancestor Wuwang suspected Su Mu had written another Buddhist scripture and decided he had to eliminate him.
• An old Daoist appeared inside Su Mu’s stronghold, freezing Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun in place as he spoke with Su Mu.
• The old Daoist told Su Mu that another cultivation world was plundering their world’s Fortune, threatening its people and the future of immortal cultivation.

Su Mu learned that a Great Tribulation would let another cultivation world seize the remaining Fortune of his world, cutting off its cultivators’ path to ascension. He told the eldest princess and Yu Guyue, who agreed to keep the news secret, then learned that his floating island was ready to collect.

• An old Daoist explained that fleeing to the other cultivation world would not save their Fortune and asked Su Mu to help strengthen the Buddhist Sect before the Great Tribulation.
• Su Mu agreed to help, and the old Daoist vanished in spiritual light.
• Su Mu flew to Changning City and told the eldest princess and Yu Guyue what he had learned about the Great Tribulation.
• Yu Guyue and the eldest princess realized that ascension had stopped after High Antiquity, and the eldest princess decided they should keep the news from spreading.
• The eldest princess told Su Mu that his floating island and its formations were ready at the Artifact Refining Bureau.

Su Mu learned that the first generation of Spirit Plant hybrids was ready and arranged to activate the Teleportation Array again as soon as possible. As Huaxia announced a major power outage for the activation, people at home grew excited while foreign officials grew anxious about what Huaxia was doing.

• After comprehending three basic Dao Scriptures, Su Mu opened a second petal on his Dao Lotus.
• Zhou Jianhua told Su Mu that the first-generation Spirit Plant hybrid was ready, with an estimated yield of around thirteen hundred jin per mu.
• Feeling urgency after learning about the second Great Tribulation, Su Mu ordered preparations for the Teleportation Array's second activation, scheduled for March 28 at eight thirty.
• Su Mu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm to prepare, while Huaxia issued an urgent notice about a large-scale power outage.
• Huaxia's netizens speculated excitedly about the coming event, while foreign officials worried that their satellites would miss it and argued over whether to thank Huaxia for avoiding damage to them.

Su Mu prepared a surprise for Zhou Jianhua and used the Teleportation Array to send a floating island from the Immortal Cultivation Realm to Earth. The island appeared above the array in full view of the world, leaving Zhou Jianhua horrified and Su Mu wondering if its concealment formation had been damaged.

• As the 28th arrived, Su Mu sensed his Spiritual Power nearing a qualitative change and expected to reach Foundation Establishment within days.
• People gathered around the Teleportation Array as several provinces shut off their power and livestreamers prepared to film the activation.
• Zhou Jianhua asked Su Mu whether anything would be sent over, and Su Mu promised him a big treasure.
• When the Teleportation Array filled with electricity and erupted in a pillar of light, people across the region watched in astonishment.
• Su Mu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, activated its Teleportation Array, and sent a floating island to Earth with Yu Guyue keeping watch.
• The island appeared above the pillar of light, shocking Zhou Jianhua and the watching public, while Su Mu wondered whether its concealment formation had been damaged.

A damaged concealment formation exposed Su Mu’s floating island above Huaxia, startling officials and viewers across the country. The higher-ups decided to use it as an aerospace carrier despite its discovery, while Su Mu inspected the island and found that some formations still worked.

• Zhou Jianhua ordered the electrical engineer to shut off the power, making the pillar of light and floating island disappear from view.
• Su Mu told Zhou Jianhua that the island was intended as an aerospace carrier and that teleportation had probably damaged its concealment formation.
• The higher-ups told Zhou Jianhua there was no need to restore the concealment formation for now because the island would be used as an aerospace carrier.
• Su Mu flew to the island and found several damaged formations, while the water-gathering formation and other systems remained intact.
• Viewers discussed whether the island was real and waited for the next day’s press conference.

Huaxia officials reviewed preliminary data on the floating island and prepared for a press conference as the world waited for an explanation. The island remained visible in daylight, and footage of it spread online, confirming its reality to amazed viewers.

• Huaxia officials reviewed the floating island's size, water supply, and other preliminary data, then ordered a professional team to plan its construction.
• People around the world waited for Huaxia's press conference, while netizens joked that the country was loading new features like an app.
• A streamer sent a drone toward the floating island and discovered that it was still hovering in the sky.
• The streamer posted and promoted footage showing water flowing from the island and birds flying nearby.
• Netizens and foreign officials watched the footage in amazement, and commenters joked that the app theory's author was a seer.

The spokesperson confirmed that Huaxia had developed the floating island to defend Earth against threats from space, not to target other countries. He revealed that its crew would use the island itself as a last-resort shield against a meteor, leaving reporters and viewers moved by their willingness to sacrifice themselves.

• The spokesperson admitted the floating island existed and said Huaxia had developed it, prompting reporters to ask about its technology and military purpose.
• The spokesperson explained that the island was built to counter threats from space, including meteors, and would carry the weapons that had destroyed the previous meteor.
• The spokesperson revealed that if the island’s weapons failed, its commander could authorize using the island itself to block a meteor strike, which would leave its crew unable to escape.
• Viewers posted messages volunteering to serve on the island, while several reporters cried at the thought of its crew sacrificing themselves.
• The spokesperson said Huaxia’s current technology could not reliably detect or target fast-moving space objects, while America’s lawmakers angrily pounded their tables over the island’s development.

Su Mu finished helping the country establish operations on the floating island, then returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm and arranged for Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun to plant Spirit Plants. As he studied the Dao Scripture, his Dao Lotus began to show signs of opening, while Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun believed Su Mu was about to enlighten them.

• Su Mu watched the floating island's press conference and oversaw the arrival of aircraft, supplies, and construction crews.
• Zhou Jianhua thanked Su Mu, offered him a reward, and gave him an official identification document with special authority.
• Su Mu finished teaching the island's flight and formations, then jumped from its edge and returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
• Su Mu asked Yu Shan about finding a Spirit Plant grower, and Lin Hongbin explained that he and Di Xingchun could grow the plants themselves.
• Su Mu told Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun to plant the Spirit Plants, while Yu Guyue returned to Changning City to guard against the increasingly ferocious Nascent Soul Demon Beasts.
• Su Mu studied the Dao Scripture, and his Dao Lotus began to show signs of opening as Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun eagerly tended the spirit field.

Su Mu watched Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun plant Spirit Plants, then reached Foundation Establishment by drawing spiritual power from the spirit spring. He learned that the First Lake had been officially named Star Lake as he reflected on Huaxia’s improved environment and growing reputation.

• Su Mu inspected the Spirit Plants that Lin Hongbin and his companion had cultivated from rice crossed with Spirit Plants.
• Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun mistook Su Mu’s gestures for a demonstration of how to plant the seedlings and began transplanting them by hand.
• Su Mu left the spirit field, satisfied with the planting, and planned to have the carp spirit use Spirit Rain once the Spirit Plants had multiplied.
• Su Mu drew spiritual power from the spirit spring until it formed spiritual liquid, successfully reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Su Mu read that the First Lake had been officially named Star Lake and considered why Huaxia’s safety, environment, and public cooperation had attracted attention abroad.

Su Mu tended his cultivation and learned that foreign countries were preparing lunar probes that could expose Huaxia’s lunar base. Zhou Jianhua asked him to conceal the base, but Su Mu lacked the materials and Spirit Stones needed to do so.

• Su Mu confirmed that Lin Hongbin and Di Xingchun had planted the Spirit Plants and told them to care for them.
• Ancestor Wuwang completed a straw-doll Devil Artifact and headed for Changning City, intending to kill Su Mu.
• Su Mu cultivated beside the spirit spring, but stopped when his Spiritual Power consumption disturbed the little Dragon Vein.
• Zhou Jianhua told Su Mu that foreign countries suspected Huaxia’s floating island was connected to its lunar missions and were preparing to launch lunar probes.
• Zhou Jianhua asked Su Mu to set up a concealment formation on the Moon, but Su Mu said he lacked the materials and Spirit Stones to do it.

Su Mu learned that overseas powers planned to survey the moon, then returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm and faced the reappearing Ancestor Wuwang. The chapter ended with Wuwang attacking Su Mu with a sinister straw doll as Su Mu prepared to use the Dao Lotus.

• Su Mu saw that people online linked the lunar island to strange lunar ores, while overseas powers decided to launch a probe after analyzing the astronauts’ conversations.
• Su Mu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm to study the Dao Scripture and noticed Yu Guyue had not visited recently.
• The stronghold’s formation dissipated, and Ancestor Wuwang appeared before Su Mu and the others.
• Su Mu recognized Wuwang and told Yu Shan to summon Yu Guyue, but Wuwang declared that no one could save him.
• Wuwang bowed toward Su Mu with a straw doll, causing Su Mu’s features to appear on it, and Su Mu grasped the Dao Lotus to strike back.

Ancestor Wuwang vanished through a rift after using a straw doll, leaving Su Mu and his allies fearing he had placed an undetectable threat on him. In the Haotian Immortal Cultivation Realm, the demonic sect learned Ancestor Wuwang had sent a final command to kill Su Mu, and its sect master proposed using the Haotian Mirror.

• Ancestor Wuwang chanted an incantation, sent a straw doll through a rift, and disappeared after Yu Shan and the other Core Formation Cultivators shielded Su Mu.
• Su Mu told Yu Guyue what had happened, and she took him to the eldest princess, but neither Nascent Soul Cultivator found anything wrong with him.
• A straw doll emerged from a rift above the demonic sect's mountain and cried, "Kill, kill, kill!"
• The sect master identified the message as Ancestor Wuwang's final command and said the demonic sect had to kill Su Mu in another world.
• The sect master proposed using the Haotian Mirror, while the elders warned that the cost and the risk of discovery could endanger their sect.

The sect leader ordered the demonic sect to gather Spirit Stones and materials from major religious groups so they could activate the Haotian Mirror and target Su Mu. As Su Mu and his companions searched for a defense, he returned to Earth to choose Buddhist sutras, while the eldest princess and Yu Guyue stayed close to protect him.

• The sect leader decided the Buddhist Sect, Daoist Sect, Confucian School, and other major sects would provide resources to activate the Haotian Mirror and eliminate Su Mu.
• Su Mu reassured Yu Guyue that the doll might have returned to its world, but she warned that Ancestor Wuwang’s message suggested its people could still attack across worlds.
• The eldest princess regretted not making sure Ancestor Wuwang was dead, while Su Mu resolved to study the Dao Scripture and seek stronger protection from the Golden Lotus.
• Su Mu returned to Earth to select Buddhist sutras to take to the Buddhist Sect, and the eldest princess and Yu Guyue entered his tent to keep watch over him.

Su Mu sent a Buddhist scripture to the great monk while studying the Dao Scripture, and Di Xingchun nearly comprehended something in the spirit fields. Meanwhile, the Mysterious Yin Cult began gathering resources from the major sects to activate the Haotian Mirror in about ten days.

• Yu Guyue took Su Mu’s Buddhist scripture and flew off to deliver it to the great monk, while the eldest princess urged Su Mu to stay by his side.
• Su Mu studied the Dao Scripture, and a petal of the Dao Lotus in his Divine Sense began to unfurl.
• Di Xingchun sensed a fleeting opportunity while watching the spirit fields, but Lin Hongbin told him that he had missed his chance; Di Xingchun then resumed inspecting the crops.
• The Mysterious Yin Cult elder told the Hidden Immortal Sect master that Ancestor Wuwang had warned them to eliminate someone from the world of ten thousand years ago and proposed using the Haotian Mirror.
• The Hidden Immortal Sect master agreed to contribute five billion Spirit Stones and other resources, with his sect’s people observing the mirror’s activation.
• The Mysterious Yin Cult elder left to request resources from other sects, aiming to activate the Haotian Mirror in roughly ten days.

Su Mu’s Dao Lotus fully bloomed after his words from the Tao Te Ching helped Di Xingchun overcome his demonic obstruction. Though the group gained confidence, the great sects and demonic cults began preparing to activate the Haotian Mirror.

• Di Xingchun reported that the Spirit Plants were producing an enormous amount of spirit rice, and Su Mu told him to let them grow.
• Di Xingchun asked Su Mu how to understand the Dao and nature, and Su Mu answered with a line from the Tao Te Ching.
• Di Xingchun’s demonic obstruction shattered, while Su Mu’s Dao Lotus bloomed fully with twenty petals.
• Su Mu showed the Dao Lotus to Yu Guyue and the Eldest Princess and explained that the line came from a supreme Dao canon they could not hear.
• Yu Guyue’s divination produced no hexagram because the matter involved another world.
• The great sects and demonic cults began gathering resources to activate the Haotian Mirror.

The Demonic Sect and other major sects used the Haotian Mirror to locate Su Mu across realms, pulling him into the sky above Earth. They realized Earth was a new world rich in Fortune and began eyeing it, while Su Mu feared for its safety.

• Su Mu returned to Earth and learned that the Spirit of the Dragon Vein had been greening the desert around Star Lake.
• In the Haotian Realm, the sect master of Mysterious Yin used the Haotian Mirror, spirit stones, and a doll to open a connection across realms.
• Su Mu and the Spirit of the Dragon Vein sensed danger, and the Dragon Vein was thrown underground when it tried to protect him.
• People across Huaxia saw an enormous scroll-like vision unfold across the sky as Su Mu was drawn into the air before the cultivators.
• The sect master of Mysterious Yin recognized Earth as a new world with abundant Fortune, and Su Mu regretted not fleeing Ancestor Wuwang sooner.