Chapter Summaries

Gu An learned that the Seven Stars Spirit Realm posed a formidable future threat as the Demon Calamity continued to overwhelm the human alliance. Meanwhile, Emperor Fiend met with the Red-Scaled Serpent to discuss the Demon Emperor’s plan to seek Sword Venerable Fudao’s help, but the Black Loathing Demon King arrived and was suddenly seized by an unseen hand.

• Shen Zhen told Gu An she had sensed supreme treasures through an ancient painting and asked him to join her treasure hunt, so he introduced her to Lu Lingjun, who agreed to go with her.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Sword Venerable Fudao that the Seven Stars Spirit Realm had founded a northern dynasty, commanded vast forces, and included an Immortal and many Mahayana cultivators; she then agreed to stay with the Taixuan Sect.
• The human alliance retreated as the Demon Calamity spread, and Gu An resolved to break through if a Wandering Immortal appeared on the continent.
• The Red-Scaled Serpent told Emperor Fiend that the Demon Emperor feared the Demon Calamity was threatening demons as well as humans and wanted to speak with Sword Venerable Fudao.
• The Black Loathing Demon King confronted Emperor Fiend and the Red-Scaled Serpent over the Demon Emperor’s willingness to seek human aid, but an unseen hand suddenly pressed down on his shoulder.

Gu An killed Black Loathing Demon King, learned that the Demon Emperor wanted an alliance against the powerful Heavenly Mandate Old Ancestor, and allowed Red-Scaled Serpent to bring the proposal to Taixuan Sect. A month later, Gu An found the badly wounded Zhang Buku and, disguised as a sparrow, led him away.

• Gu An subdued Black Loathing Demon King, searched his mind, and burned him to ash, taking his Demon Core and lifespan.
• Red-Scaled Serpent told Gu An that the Demon Emperor sought an alliance against Heavenly Mandate Old Ancestor and offered three Mahayana experts, ten Profound Heart experts, and a thousand demon soldiers.
• Gu An instructed Red-Scaled Serpent to meet Taixuan Sect's elders, and Emperor Fiend and Red-Scaled Serpent welcomed the prospect of peace between humans and demons.
• A month later, Gu An noticed Taixuan Sect building a Teleportation Array with Emperor Fiend among the workers, then traveled to a border region and found Zhang Buku gravely injured after a battle.
• Gu An transformed into a sparrow and led Zhang Buku away from the battlefield.

Zhang Buku found Six-Headed Jiaoluo’s Demon Core and absorbed its power, transforming his body and gaining the complete Heaven-Severing Divine Axe inheritance. Meanwhile, Li Ya returned to Mystic Valley to visit Gu An before setting out again, and Zhang Buku left the cave devoted to the unknown master who had guided him.

• Zhang Buku followed the sparrow until exhaustion made him collapse, then woke the next day and sensed a demonic aura leading him to a cave.
• Zhang Buku found Six-Headed Jiaoluo’s Demon Core and absorbed its power as Gu An watched from afar, ready to intervene if he failed to endure it.
• Gu An reunited with Li Ya, who described his cultivation at Three Pure Mountains and his decision to punish humans who committed evil during the demonic calamity.
• Li Ya gave Gu An a body-tempering method, told him an expert had identified a Heavenly Mandate Person in the Li Family, and departed the next morning.
• Zhang Buku emerged transformed, received the complete Heaven-Severing Divine Axe inheritance from the mountain wall, and vowed to serve its unknown master.

Gu An watched the cultivation world’s crisis worsen while keeping track of the gravely injured Su Han. Su Han found Zhen Qin and began transferring his cultivation to her, leaving Gu An to witness the moment from afar as Su Han explained that he meant to change her fate.

• Gu An discussed whether humans and demons could coexist peacefully with Lu Xian, then secretly guided him on the Black Tortoise Surging Wave Palm.
• The Taixuan Sect sent a demon army, including a Mahayana Realm Demon King, to support the Northern Border, while Gu An continued killing demons and sensed the Demon Ancestor’s aura in the north.
• Gu An noticed the injured Su Han hiding from the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities, then watched him travel in search of Zhen Qin.
• Zhen Qin left Ye Lan’s group and met Su Han in the forest, where he trapped her with his magical artifact and immobilized her.
• Su Han told Zhen Qin that the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother had taught him the Life-Reversing Divine Technique, that he had escaped with a Mahayana magical artifact, and that he was near death.
• Su Han began passing his cultivation to Zhen Qin, saying he would help her change her fate, while Gu An continued fighting demons in a distant town.

Su Han passed his cultivation to Zhen Qin and died, but Gu An took his body and preserved it while investigating the Hating Heaven Sword Intent. The trail led Gu An to Hating Heaven Old Ancestor, who sensed the Mountain God’s interference and planned to visit the continent.

• As Su Han died, he passed his cultivation to Zhen Qin, asked her to burn his body, and expressed regret about disappointing their master.
• Zhen Qin awoke beside Su Han’s corpse, grieved over his death, and prepared to burn him before the Mountain God appeared.
• Zhen Qin pleaded with the Mountain God to save Su Han, and Gu An took the corpse, leaving her with hope that Su Han might someday return.
• Gu An preserved Su Han’s body in the Xuantian Grotto-Abode and traced the Hating Heaven Sword Intent’s Karma to Hating Heaven Old Ancestor, a Second Layer Scattered Immortal.
• Hating Heaven Old Ancestor sensed the Mountain God’s interference and decided to visit the continent to pass on his teachings, but an unknown hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder.

Gu An killed Hating Heaven Old Ancestor and learned the secrets of the Hating Heaven Great Dao, then returned to Mystic Valley as the Demon Calamity worsened. The Demon Ancestor prepared to march south, while Gu An left Tian Yao'er to check on another demon.

• Gu An seized Hating Heaven Old Ancestor's memories, killed him, and took his inheritance, discovering that the Hating Heaven Divine Sword drained its cultivators' fortune and lifespan.
• Gu An saw a demon cat slain by Chu Jingfeng in Mystic Valley and decided to hire Foundation Establishment Realm disciples to guard the medicine valley.
• Gu An sensed that the Demon Ancestor had revived and detected the eerie aura of the Fierce Demon to the north.
• The Demon Ancestor ate a black-winged bird demon alive and declared that it was time to prepare to go south.
• Gu An spent the Spring Festival with Tian Yao'er, agreed to look for two female demons to help her, and then vanished to check on another demon.

Zhang Buku advanced his cultivation in the mountain cave while Gu An watched, and the Demon Ancestor’s southward approach coincided with a Scattered Immortal from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm descending on the Taixuan Sect. The mysterious visitor targeted the Heaven-Mending Platform and threatened to destroy the sect, prompting the Heaven-Severing Axe to answer with Sword Intent as Gu An remained under pressure.

• Zhang Buku practiced the Heaven-Severing Divine Axe, and Gu An noticed his bloodline changing before leaving him Black Loathing Demon King's Demon Core.
• Xuan Tianyi and Ji Hantian sensed the Demon Ancestor’s overwhelming demon qi approaching from the north, and Xuan Tianyi vanished as Ji Hantian prepared the Taixuan Sect disciples for battle.
• Gu An sensed a power beyond the Nirvana Realm enveloping the Taixuan Sect as an array formed from the clouds, and Lu Lingjun and the sect’s Body Integration Realm cultivators flew to confront it.
• The golden array suppressed the Taixuan Sect’s cultivators, and Suxin the Fairy joined Lu Lingjun in asking the mysterious visitor why it had come.
• A golden hand reached toward the Heaven-Mending Platform and demanded that Sword Venerable Fudao reveal himself, but the Heaven-Severing Axe released Sword Intent that halted it.
• The mysterious voice threatened to turn the Taixuan Sect to dust, and Gu An sighed as the earth began to tremble.

Sword Venerable Fudao appeared on the Heaven-Mending Platform and split the Golden Light Array Diagram with the Heaven-Severing Axe, saving the Taixuan Sect from Lin Jingxian. Gu An then killed the wounded Lin Jingxian and returned to the Third Medicine Valley, where Lu Lingjun planned to leave after the Calamity of Demons and Monsters; as the Demon Ancestor approached, Xuan Tianyi wondered what realm Sword Venerable Fudao had reached.

• Gu An summoned his Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Body, which lifted the Heaven-Severing Axe and cleaved through the Golden Light Array Diagram and the giant face in the sky.
• Sword Venerable Fudao returned the axe to its place, patted Zuo Yijian on the shoulder, and vanished as the gale subsided and the Taixuan Sect celebrated its rescue.
• Gu An found the wounded Lin Jingxian in a mountain forest, destroyed his Primordial Spirit, seized his Storage Bag, and burned his corpse.
• Eight Scattered Immortals arrived at the forest, discussed Lin Jingxian's death and Sword Venerable Fudao's strength, then withdrew while Gu An watched from the Third Medicine Valley.
• Lu Lingjun told Gu An she planned to leave the Taixuan Sect after the calamity to explore the secret realm Shen Zhen had discovered, and praised Sword Venerable Fudao's victory.
• At the northern border of the Great Jiang Dynasty, Xuan Tianyi reassured the gathered Great Cultivators that Sword Venerable Fudao could protect the Taixuan Sect while privately wondering about his realm.

As the Demon Ancestor advanced toward the Northern Border, the Great Cultivators prepared to face an enemy they could not defeat without Sword Venerable Fudao. Gu An resolved to stop hiding his strength and reveal a sword art beyond the Great Vast God-Startling Sword, while a starry sky appeared over the battlefield.

• The Dao Lord warned Xuan Tianyi and the other Great Cultivators that the Demon Ancestor had reached the immortal path and could overwhelm them even together, so they pinned their hopes on Sword Venerable Fudao.
• The Demon Ancestor told White Dove that he could not leave the mainland and continued south, unleashing an immense demonic aura that alarmed the Three Dynasties and Taixuan Sect.
• Gu An and Lu Lingjun reassured the gathered Third Medicine Valley disciples, and Gu An decided to execute the Demon Ancestor without concealing his full power.
• At the Northern Border, the Longevity Daoist split the earth to raise a barrier as more than thirty Great Cultivators gathered to meet the Demon Ancestor.
• The sky darkened above the battlefield and filled with stars, drawing the attention of both the Great Cultivators and the Demon Ancestor.

Gu An used the Cangxing Zhentian Wuliang Sword to strike down the Demon Ancestor, whose challenge had brought the calamity to the borders of the Three Dynasties. The sky returned to normal, leaving cultivators and commoners stunned by Sword Venerable Fudao’s overwhelming power as they wondered whether the calamity had ended.

• An Hao recognized the star-filled sky as Sword Venerable Fudao’s Sword Intent, while cultivators and soldiers across the Three Dynasties looked up in alarm and awe.
• The Demon Ancestor challenged Sword Venerable Fudao and charged toward Xuan Tianyi and the others, who prepared to fight him.
• Gu An unleashed a vast rain of starlit sword shadows that overwhelmed the Demon Ancestor’s colossal demon form and shook the land.
• The blinding light faded, and Gu An received a prompt saying he had seized 1,030 years of lifespan from the Demon Ancestor.
• Xiao Chuan asked whether the battle was over, while Lu Lingjun and White Spirit Demon Emperor marveled at Sword Venerable Fudao’s power.
• Taixuan Sect disciples erupted in cheers as they believed the Demon Ancestor had fallen and the calamity might soon end.

After Sword Venerable Fudao killed the Demon Ancestor, the Holy Land revealed that the ancient Fierce Demon was behind the continuing demonization and sent disciples to help end the calamity. As the Three Dynasties prepared to exploit the demon lands, Gu An tried to keep his identities secret and was drawn into Xuan Tianyi’s new book about Sword Venerable Fudao.

• Xuan Tianyi and the other Great Cultivators celebrated the Demon Ancestor’s death, while Liang Canghai proposed erecting statues to honor Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An searched the battlefield, found no spoils from the Demon Ancestor, and watched demon forces retreat as news of the victory spread.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An that the Holy Land blamed the ancient Fierce Demon for turning monsters into demons and expected the calamity to end within five years.
• Lu Baitian planned to support Li Xuandao and expand Taixuan Sect’s influence in the Land of Demons and Monsters, then urged Gu An to write a book about Sword Venerable Fudao; Gu An refused.
• Xuan Tianyi brought Gu An his manuscript, Travels of the Sword Venerable, and asked for advice on a book intended to win Sword Venerable Fudao’s favor.
• Gu An approved the manuscript’s portrayal of Fudao but questioned Xuan Tianyi about Travels of the Green Hero, learning that it was half true and half false.

Gu An advised Xuan Tianyi on writing before Xuan Tianyi challenged Ji Xuanling to lift the Heaven-Severing Axe and mocked him when he failed. The incident spread through the cultivation world, while Gu An suspected the Seven Stars Spirit Realm had plans for the Taixuan Sect and began considering a new book.

• Gu An spent two hours advising Xuan Tianyi on how to write an engaging book, and Xuan Tianyi left to visit the Heaven-Mending Platform.
• Xuan Tianyi found Ji Xuanling at the Heaven-Mending Platform and promised to take him to meet Sword Venerable Fudao if he could lift the Heaven-Severing Axe.
• Ji Xuanling used his Great Vehicle Realm power and a secret art but could not move the axe, and Xuan Tianyi mocked him.
• Zuo Yijian revealed that Xuan Tianyi had not made the axe shake either, freezing Ji Xuanling's smile and making Xuan Tianyi more smug.
• Gu An wondered whether the Seven Stars Spirit Realm intended to absorb or annex the Taixuan Sect, then planned to write Journey to the West over several decades.
• News of Ji Xuanling's failure spread, drawing more cultivators to the Taixuan Sect to see the Heaven-Severing Axe.

As peace returned after the Demon Ancestor’s fall, Gu An tended his valleys, watched the growing threat of the Fierce Demon, and worked on a new book. Meanwhile, Li Ya met Zhang Buku in a mountain temple, and the two prepared to spar.

• Gu An declined the Number One Under Heaven Alchemy Convention and encouraged Lu Jiujia to cultivate and seize the opportunities of the changing times.
• Gu An rescued two injured Cat Demons for Tian Yao'er, named them Tianqing and Tianbai, and sensed that Seven Stars Spirit Realm was guarding the sealed Fierce Demon.
• Xuan Tianyi told Gu An he was leaving with a Holy Land group to search for the Fierce Demon, while Gu An continued writing a book in the style of Investiture of the Gods.
• Zhang Buku entered a mountain temple and met Li Ya, who challenged him to a spar after noticing his stone axe.

Zhang Buku defeated Li Ya in a spar, then the two became friends and traveled north to seek opportunities. A year later, as Gu An resumed farming and investigated the Seven Stars Spirit Realm’s interest in the Mountain God, Lin Chen went to confront Perfected Lord Xuanmiao and left with a wooden figure, still suspecting the Mountain God was Sword Venerable Fudao.

• Zhang Buku defeated Li Ya with the Heaven-Severing Divine Axe, then helped him recover and told him about his adventures while concealing Gu An’s existence.
• Zhang Buku and Li Ya stayed at the temple for two days before traveling north together, and Li Ya declined Zhang Buku’s offer to teach him axe techniques.
• A year later, Gu An’s total lifespan reached ten million years, and he returned to farming as demon and monster numbers dwindled and his influence in Taixuan Sect grew.
• Gu An visited Perfected Lord Xuanmiao in the North Sea Mountains and warned him that people from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm would come that night.
• Ji Xuanling told Lin Chen that his faction wanted to befriend Sword Venerable Fudao and recruit Taixuan Sect, prompting Lin Chen to leave angrily.
• Lin Chen questioned Perfected Lord Xuanmiao about the Mountain God, took a wooden figure of him, and left the temple suspecting the Mountain God was Sword Venerable Fudao.

Gu An subdued Lin Chen and learned that the Seven Stars Spirit Realm was divided over how to handle Sword Venerable Fudao, while he continued concealing his power and enjoying life in Taixuan Sect. As the Number One Under Heaven Sword Dao Tournament approached, a new ascender appeared beyond the Three Dynasties, drawing Li Ya and Zhang Buku toward the site.

• Gu An used Lifespan Inspection on Lin Chen, then incapacitated him and harvested 384 years of lifespan while learning about the Seven Stars Spirit Realm’s conflicting plans for Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An reassured Ye Lan about Zhen Qin and revealed that he had written Investiture of the Gods, prompting Ye Lan to recognize him as Pan An.
• Gu An continued traveling between medicine valleys and decided to postpone breaking through to Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal until year’s end at sea.
• As sword cultivators gathered for the Number One Under Heaven Sword Dao Tournament, Gu An sensed an ascension beyond the Three Dynasties and found a concealed stone stele nearby.
• Gu An saw Li Ya and Zhang Buku among the cultivators heading toward the ascension site and suspected the two would run into trouble again.

Gu An expanded Nianchu Cave and, after the ascender Blood Prison Great Sage overwhelmed cultivators in the Land of Demons and Monsters, captured him and sealed his cultivation. He brought the Great Sage back to Mystic Valley as his mount, leaving the once-invincible ascender bewildered by his new life.

• Gu An doubled the size of Nianchu Cave and left Tian Yao'er a Storage Bag of seeds to plant.
• After the ascender opened a small world, Li Ya and Zhang Buku joined the fighting, suffered injuries, and escaped with a golden fruit while the Blood Prison Great Sage pursued them.
• Gu An subdued the Blood Prison Great Sage, searched his memories, and learned that he had gained a demon body by absorbing a divine beast's true blood.
• Gu An sealed the Great Sage's cultivation, changed him into a dark-red ox, and ordered him to serve as a mount for a thousand years.
• Gu An rode the bewildered Blood Prison Great Sage to Mystic Valley, where the disciples gathered around to look at him.

Gu An rode the Blood Prison Great Sage around the Taixuan Sect while advising Lu Baitian to recruit demons and hearing Lu Lingjun reveal that she was an ascender. The chapter ended with Xuan Tianyi and An Hao searching the Land of Demons and Monsters for Fierce Demon, with Xuan Tianyi planning to stay behind alone.

• Gu An took the Blood Prison Great Sage to Mystic Valley and Third Medicine Valley, where the White Spirit Mouse tormented the bull and the other disciples inspected him.
• Gu An visited Tianya Valley, where Ji Ruolai asked him to tell her third sister that their family wanted her to return to the Seven Stars Spirit Realm.
• Lu Baitian asked Gu An how the Taixuan Sect should treat demons, and Gu An supported recruiting them to strengthen the sect and prepare for future conflict with the Seven Stars Spirit Realm.
• While riding through Third Medicine Valley, Gu An spoke with Lu Lingjun, who revealed that she was an ascender and wanted to build a network of ascenders within the Taixuan Sect.
• Xuan Tianyi and An Hao searched the Land of Demons and Monsters for Fierce Demon, and Xuan Tianyi said An Hao would carry back the intelligence while he stayed behind.

Gu An helped Zhen Qin confront her grief over Su Han and arranged for her to become a True Disciple, then traveled to a demon-filled continent. He used his lifespan to repeatedly simulate a breakthrough and finally reached the first layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm.

• Gu An revealed to Zhen Qin that he was Pan An and urged her to honor Su Han by living fully and doing good rather than inheriting his hatred.
• Zhen Qin told Gu An about Su Han's death, admitted she had inherited his power and reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and agreed to pursue an upright path.
• Gu An contacted Lu Baitian, who agreed to make Zhen Qin a True Disciple because she had received the Life-Reversing Divine Technique.
• Gu An traveled west to a small continent and found demons but no human cultivators.
• Xuan Tianyi and An Hao reached a magma lake in the Land of Demons and Monsters, where seven figures shrouded in demonic energy appeared.
• Gu An spent millions of years of lifespan on cultivation simulations, failed the Heaven and Earth Divine Will Great Heavenly Tribulation repeatedly, then succeeded and broke through to the first layer of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm.

Gu An broke through to the ninth level of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm, discovered that beings could travel between this world and the world beyond the heavens, and returned to the Taixuan Sect. There, Shen Zhen showed him a lifelike animated work based on Taixuan Secret Biography, whose masked male cultivator looked suspiciously like him.

• Gu An reached the ninth level of the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm after a massive influx of spiritual energy, and saw a Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal leave through the heavenly barrier.
• An Hao escaped through a spatial rift after Xuan Tianyi sent him away, and vowed to return and avenge him if he died.
• Gu An removed the Longevity Barrier, returned to the Taixuan Sect, and used his divine sense to check on his acquaintances and the demonic qi region.
• Gu An rode the Blood Prison Great Sage to the Third Medicine Valley and hurried to meet Shen Zhen.
• Shen Zhen showed Gu An her new lifelike animated work, and explained that its masked male cultivator wore a mask because she could not imagine another man for the role.

Shen Zhen shared her new cultivation Jade Slip with Gu An, who later opened a grotto-heaven beneath Heavenly Phoenix Mountain. At the New Year festivities, Emperor Fiend defended Gu An and the Blood Prison Great Sage from Zhou Ye, whose demand to buy the bull sparked a commotion.

• Shen Zhen gave Gu An a Jade Slip documenting her cultivation of a divine ability and told him about her adventure with Lu Lingjun.
• Gu An visited Tian Yao'er at Nianchu Cave and opened a small grotto-heaven beneath Heavenly Phoenix Mountain to let it absorb spiritual energy.
• Gu An rode the Blood Prison Great Sage to Outer Sect City and met Emperor Fiend, who invited him to drink and discussed the upcoming sword tournament and admitting Demon Race disciples.
• Zhou Ye offered Gu An two High-grade Spirit Stones for the Blood Prison Great Sage, but Gu An refused to sell him.
• Emperor Fiend confronted Zhou Ye and revealed he had reached the third level of the Profound Heart Realm, frightening Zhou Ye and his attendants.