Chapter Summaries

Gu An watched cultivators struggle to contain the catastrophic waves rising from the Sea-Severing Great Rift while weighing the Heavenly Spirit Great World's strength. As the tide overwhelmed even an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure and the gathered Great Cultivators, a mysterious thousand-zhang figure appeared within the waves, driving the defenders toward despair.

• Gu An kept the ancient precious bodies’ danger from Yang Jian and observed the growing disaster at sea, where cultivators from many sects tried to block the waves.
• Chi Jiuxiao and the other defenders saw the Star Sea Primordial Flag scatter one wave, but a stronger wave surged from the Sea-Severing Great Rift and tainted the treasure.
• Gu An discussed with the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord whether one could fight a loved one who had become a monster, then returned to discussing Go with him.
• Holy Mother of West Spirit told Lu Lingjun that her elder had advised her to leave, while other Taixuan Sect cultivators debated fleeing and wondered whether Sword Venerable Fudao could stop the tide.
• Chi Jiuxiao and more than a hundred thousand cultivators, including twelve Heaven and Earth Flying Immortals, failed to halt the wave as a thousand-zhang figure appeared within it.

Gu An stopped the sea calamity from afar by sending a leaf that killed the thousand-zhang Divine Strange Grudge Ghost, earning recognition as Sword Venerable Fudao among the fighters. Back at the Taixuan Sect, he wondered what greater threat might emerge next from the Sea-Severing Great Rift as You Yingying prepared to leave for the Star Sea Sect.

• Lu Jiujia asked Gu An what Mystic Valley should do about the disaster at sea, and Gu An told him to focus on their duties and cultivation.
• Gu An showed the Blood Prison Great Sage the battle against the thousand-zhang monster and sent a leaf flying toward it.
• The leaf's sword light killed the monster, split the towering wave and thunderclouds, and left the distant cultivators stunned.
• Chi Jiuxiao recognized the attack as Sword Venerable Fudao's, and the cultivators confirmed the name after finding a leaf that carried his Sword Intent.
• Gu An returned to the Third Medicine Valley and wondered why killing the monster had yielded no lifespan, while anticipating a greater calamity.
• You Yingying told Gu An she was returning to the Star Sea Sect and invited him along, but he declined.

Gu An learned that a mysterious Carefree Origin Immortal had stopped the waves beyond the Sea-Severing Great Rift, while Sword Venerable Fudao’s intervention sent the Taixuan Sect into an uproar. As Yang Jian’s disturbing visions worsened, Gu An entered one with him and encountered a shadow that identified Yang Jian as a rarely seen Mystic Steel Tyrant Body.

• Gu An saw a mysterious Carefree Origin Immortal scatter the waves on the far side of the Sea-Severing Great Rift, and later heard that Sword Venerable Fudao had slain a Divine Strange Grudge Ghost.
• You Yingying returned to tell Gu An about Sword Venerable Fudao’s feat, then began spreading the story among Taixuan Sect disciples.
• The growing crowds at the Sea-Severing Great Rift made Zuo Yijian busier, while Gu An worried that the gathering cultivators might increase the number of Divine Strange Grudge Ghosts.
• Gu An spent more time guiding Yang Jian, whose visions caused him pain and whose suffering Gu An could not trace through karma.
• While Gu An instructed Yang Jian in the Boundless Freedom Step, Yang Jian collapsed in the snow, and Gu An entered the mysterious illusion with him.
• A black armored shadow approached Gu An and Yang Jian and called Yang Jian a Mystic Steel Tyrant Body, rarely seen once in a million years.

Gu An learned that Tian Wuchang planned to devour precious bodies, including Yang Jian, and urged his disciple to grow stronger while keeping him in Medicine Valley. Later, Gu An learned the first Ji Xiaoyu had died and met her reincarnated namesake, who arrived in the valley to cultivate.

• Tian Wuchang revealed that he had eaten a Mystic Steel Tyrant Body before and vowed to devour Yang Jian after hunting other precious bodies.
• Gu An calmed Yang Jian and told him to cultivate, and Yang Jian resumed practicing Boundless Freedom Step after Tian Wuchang's illusion vanished.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An that the original Ji Xiaoyu had died in the Seven Stars Spirit Realm and that a new Ji Xiaoyu with an Innate Dao Talisman had appeared in the Ji Family.
• Gu An watched Xiao Chuan living happily with his family and observed the tense activity around the Sea-Severing Great Rift.
• Ji Hantian brought the eleven-year-old Ji Xiaoyu to Medicine Valley and asked Gu An to look after her before leaving.
• The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord appeared before Ji Xiaoyu and examined her.

Gu An welcomed Ji Xiaoyu into his medicine valley, grew close to her as she settled in, and watched her begin to show signs of extraordinary cultivation. Elsewhere, An Hao learned that the powerful Tian Wuchang might target his treasured body, while Ji Xiaoyu began seeing memories of a past life.

• The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord praised Ji Xiaoyu’s rare talent, and Gu An arranged for her to live near him after she asked to cultivate alone.
• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu about his past as a Ji Family servant, and she confided that she felt distant from her parents; the two chatted until she felt close to him.
• True Person Fuchen warned An Hao to remain within the Star Sea Sect because Tian Wuchang, a powerful enemy who sought treasured bodies, might target him.
• A month later, Gu An found Ji Xiaoyu contemplating the Mystic Clarity Tree and guarded her until she came out of her trance.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An that she had seen memories of herself in the sky, with demons and people kneeling before her.

Gu An heard reports of the Divine Strange Ghost Kings and watched a ghost attack Immortal Seeking Island before escaping back to the Taixuan Sect. There, Ji Xiaoyu revealed that Holy Mother of West Spirit’s presence reminded her of people who had hunted her in visions of her past life.

• Gu An learned that Tian Wuchang, Ni Jiuyou, and Yin Yang Luan were causing havoc across the ocean, while a Bitter Sea Buddhist Sect monk had obtained an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure.
• A Six-Eyed Grudge Ghost attacked Gu An on Immortal Seeking Island, but it burst into ghost fog, and Gu An left without gaining any lifespan.
• Gu An found the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord playing chess against Holy Mother of West Spirit, who left after the divine lord challenged her questions about his identity.
• Lu Lingjun asked Gu An to let her take Ji Xiaoyu as her disciple, but Gu An said Ji Xiaoyu belonged to the Ji Family and suggested she ask the Vice Sect Leader.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An that Holy Mother of West Spirit and Lu Lingjun’s auras resembled people who had tried to capture her in visions, and she warned him to stay away from them.

Gu An reassured Ji Xiaoyu, checked on the growing threat of Divine Strange Grudge Ghosts, and watched Yang Jian defeat Li Lingtian in a spar. Ji Xiaoyu then brought Gu An a cultivation technique she had comprehended, leaving him to consider whether he could share it with others.

• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu she could cultivate safely in Medicine Valley, and she chatted with him about Journey to the West.
• Gu An visited Immortal Seeking Island, where Hu Xiaojian described its attack by Divine Strange Grudge Ghosts and reported that sects across the ocean were fighting more of them.
• Five years later, Yang Jian defeated Li Lingtian in a spar, and Gu An sensed Divine Strange Grudge Ghosts appearing near the continent.
• Ji Xiaoyu came to Third Medicine Valley and asked Gu An to talk with her in his pavilion.
• Ji Xiaoyu showed Gu An a technique she had comprehended to cleanse the tendons and refine the marrow, and Gu An asked whether he could teach it to others.

Gu An neared thirty million years of lifespan and prepared to break through, while Tian Wuchang targeted An Hao and attacked the Star Sea Sect. The chapter ended as Star Sea Sect Master Da Mingtian confronted Tian Wuchang with the Star Sea Primordial Flag.

• Ji Xiaoyu taught Gu An a body-tempering technique, and Gu An decided to break through in the Sea-Severing Great Rift once his lifespan reached thirty million years.
• Tian Wuchang appeared in An Hao’s vision, recognized his Blazing Origin Precious Body, and threatened to devour him before seeking the Mystic Steel Tyrant Body.
• Two years later, Gu An was close to reaching thirty million years of lifespan, and Shen Zhen brought him a new novel to read.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An she was returning to the Ji Family, and he escorted her to the Ji Mansion before sensing a powerful battle nearby.
• Tian Wuchang attacked the Star Sea Sect to seize An Hao, and Sect Master Da Mingtian came to face him with the Star Sea Primordial Flag.

Tian Wuchang attacked the Star Sea Sect to seize An Hao, forcing Da Mingtian and the sect’s cultivators into a desperate battle while An Hao struggled with guilt and helplessness. Just as An Hao feared they could only wait for death, his master Gu An arrived and dismissed Tian Wuchang as an ant.

• Tian Wuchang broke into the Star Sea Sect’s hidden world and challenged Da Mingtian, who raised twelve Star Sea Primordial Flags against him.
• Tian Wuchang overpowered the flags’ attacks and taunted An Hao, while An Hao feared his presence would bring ruin to the sect.
• Chi Bei urged An Hao to watch and grow stronger, while Li Ya and Xuan Tianyi discussed the attack and worried over Zhang Buku’s disappearance.
• Da Mingtian and the Star Sea Sect’s reinforcements fought Tian Wuchang as he wounded the Sect Master and provoked An Hao into fury.
• Gu An appeared before An Hao, called Tian Wuchang an ant, and drew the Ghost King’s killing threat.

Gu An crushed Tian Wuchang’s body and drove the power sustaining the Divine Strange Grudge Ghost back toward the Sea-Severing Great Rift, then returned to the Taixuan Sect and prepared to grow stronger before confronting it. After Sword Venerable Fudao’s feat spread across the ocean and into the sect, Ji Xiaoyu returned and offered to use a family treasure to examine Gu An’s soul.

• Gu An ignored Tian Wuchang’s attack, disabled him, and crushed his body while the power behind the Divine Strange Grudge Ghost retreated toward the Sea-Severing Great Rift.
• An Hao told the Star Sea Sect that Gu An was his first master, Sword Venerable Fudao, and Tian Wuchang fled back to the stone stele, where its voice promised to summon the other Ghost Kings.
• The Star Sea Sect spread news of Tian Wuchang’s defeat, and Gu An heard cultivators praise Sword Venerable Fudao before returning to Mystic Valley and continuing to harvest herbs.
• Two months later, Gu An played chess with Nine-Fingered Divine Lord while teasing You Yingying, and Ji Xiaoyu returned to the Taixuan Sect.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An she had brought a family treasure that could peer into souls and asked whether he wanted her to examine his.

Gu An entered the world beneath the Sea-Severing Great Rift and used his vast lifespan to transform his physique into the Primordial Causality Body and upgrade his cultivation technique to the Chaos Primordial Origin Sacred Art. After mastering their inherited powers, he prepared to break through beyond the Carefree Origin Immortal Realm.

• Gu An avoided Ji Xiaoyu and, after his lifespan exceeded thirty million years, descended through the Sea-Severing Great Rift into a vast, desolate world.
• Gu An established a Longevity Barrier on a cliff and spent 1.67 million years of lifespan transforming his Mysterious Saint Body into the Primordial Causality Body.
• Gu An spent another 2.7 million years of lifespan upgrading the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Innate Technique into the Chaos Primordial Origin Sacred Art.
• Tian Wuchang felt the world tremble and feared Gu An had arrived, but the voice in the stele said the disturbance was likely caused by turbulence in the world's rules.
• Gu An inherited the Primordial Causality Body's abilities and the Chaos Primordial Origin Sacred Art, including the Primordial Divine Eye and Primordial Origin Heaven-Seizing Hand.
• Gu An checked his rapidly decreasing lifespan and prepared to break through beyond the Carefree Origin Immortal Realm.

Gu An spent more than twenty-two million years of lifespan to break through to the ninth level of the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal Realm, triggering a disturbance across many worlds. The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord investigated the phenomenon as Gu An completed his breakthrough and his soul entered a mysterious transformation.

• Gu An repeatedly failed to break through, spending twenty million years of lifespan before one final investment let him reach the first level of the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal Realm.
• Gu An spent another one million and thirty thousand years of lifespan advancing to the ninth level of the realm as spiritual energy shook the world and Divine Strange Grudge Ghosts fled.
• The Second Cave Master and the nine Divine Strange Ghost Kings investigated the sinking spiritual energy, and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord emerged from the stone stele to examine it.
• Gu An sensed a powerful Carefree Origin Immortal's divine sense sweep across the world while he waited inside the Longevity Barrier.
• Gu An broke through from the ninth layer of the Carefree Origin Immortal Realm to the first layer of the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal Realm, and his soul began absorbing the power of the Heavenly Rules.

Gu An completed his breakthrough to the ninth level of the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal realm and confronted the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord over Tian Wuchang. After forcing the realm lord to kneel and apologize, Gu An returned to Taixuan Sect in high spirits.

• Gu An comprehended the destinies of living beings and rose to the ninth level of the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal realm, while the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord searched the Divine Anomaly Realm for the cause of the upheaval.
• Gu An appeared behind Tian Wuchang and demanded that the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord extract Tian Wuchang's power from the Divine Strange Fate Stele.
• The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord surrendered Tian Wuchang's soul, and Gu An destroyed both it and Tian Wuchang's source soul.
• The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord challenged Gu An to take one palm, but Gu An grew to a hundred thousand zhang and overwhelmed him with the Primordial Origin Heaven-Seizing Hand.
• The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord knelt and asked Gu An to forgive him, and Gu An then returned to Taixuan Sect and headed to play chess with the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord.

Gu An left his life in the Third Medicine Valley to explore beyond heaven as a Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal, where he encountered Bai Ziya, a Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal from Human World Peak. After learning about the dangers and powers of the cosmos, Gu An was invited to join Bai Ziya’s sect.

• Gu An used his ability to see fate to frustrate the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord in a chess game until the Divine Lord quit.
• Gu An strolled through the Third Medicine Valley, spoke with Yang Jian, An Xin, and Tang Yu, then shared a conversation about beyond heaven with Ji Xiaoyu.
• Gu An sent his Wondrous Dharma Immortal Soul beyond the world and observed the Heavenly Spirit Great World, its seven suns, and the surrounding worlds.
• Gu An found Bai Ziya meditating on a wandering meteorite and introduced himself as Meng Lang, a newcomer beyond heaven.
• Bai Ziya explained the dangers beyond heaven, including hostile cultivators, Heavenly Demons, and the Extinction Domain, then invited Gu An to join Human World Peak.

Gu An learned about the Sacred Court and accepted Bai Ziya’s invitation to join Human World Peak, though he remained wary of its Luck Treasure Seat and stayed in the Human World. A month later, Tian Yao'er told him an immortal herb had matured in the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven, prompting him to go there with her, Tianqing, and Tianbai.

• Bai Ziya explained the Sacred Court’s authority and Human World Peak’s standing, then invited Gu An to become a peak lord and offered him a Human World Jade.
• Gu An agreed to join Human World Peak but declined to visit it for now, and Bai Ziya later wondered where Gu An had come from.
• Gu An evaded Bai Ziya’s divine sense, returned to Medicine Valley, and resumed his daily routine with the disciples.
• Li Lingtian tried to stir Ji Xiaoyu’s jealousy by mentioning Gu An’s female confidantes, but Ji Xiaoyu said she valued cultivation over becoming his dao companion.
• A month later, Tian Yao'er reported that an immortal herb had matured in the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven, and Gu An went there with Tianqing and Tianbai.

Gu An continued developing his World-Outside Grotto-Heaven and refused You Yingying’s offer to enter the Star Sea Sect, then watched a ninth-level Wandering Immortal arrive in Third Medicine Valley. Shenxinzi met the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord and identified You Yingying as a fiend, declaring that she must be eliminated.

• Gu An let a mature seventh-rank herb keep growing, promised Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai they could leave the grotto-heaven once they reached the Great Vehicle Realm, and warned them about the calamity on the ocean.
• You Yingying offered Gu An a chance to enter the Star Sea Sect for five years, but he declined and noticed a hideous illusion emerge from her body when he examined her karmic power.
• As winter snow fell, Shenxinzi arrived in Third Medicine Valley, where Gu An recognized him as a ninth-level Wandering Immortal with a maximum lifespan of 999,999 years.
• Shenxinzi played Go against the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord and lost, then praised the game’s principles before leaving with him to talk privately.
• Shenxinzi said he had been ordered to the Sea-Severing Great Rift and asked whether the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord supported the Taixuan Sect; the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord mentioned Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Shenxinzi saw You Yingying pass by and declared that, since she was a fiend, she must be eliminated.

Shenxinzi discovered that You Yingying was the reincarnation of a Heavenly Demon and tried to kill her, but Gu An stopped him inside Medicine Valley. You Yingying remained troubled by her fate, yet Gu An’s ordinary scolding helped her feel that she still had a place there.

• Shenxinzi tried to confront You Yingying, but Nine-Fingered Divine Lord warned him not to cause trouble in Medicine Valley, and You Yingying fled after sensing his stare.
• Gu An encountered the frightened You Yingying, calmed her with teasing, and later Shenxinzi approached Yang Jian and Li Lingtian to invite them into the Bitter Sea Buddhist Sect.
• Shenxinzi entered You Yingying’s room at night, told her she was the reincarnation of a Heavenly Demon, and prepared to kill her.
• Gu An restrained Shenxinzi and ordered him not to kill anyone inside the Taixuan Sect, forcing the monk to leave You Yingying unharmed.
• You Yingying brooded over her fate until Gu An told her to help shovel snow, and she realized Medicine Valley still gave her a place to belong.

Shenxinzi abandoned his plan to eliminate You Yingying and stayed in Third Medicine Valley, while An Hao learned of the Sacred Court and resolved to pursue its supreme seat. Twelve years later, Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu visited a city to see Xiao Chuan, where a young man riding a flood dragon caused a commotion.

• Shenxinzi recovered from his confusion through playing Go with Nine-Fingered Divine Lord and decided to stop thinking about eliminating You Yingying.
• Gu An invited Shenxinzi to the Spring Festival in Third Medicine Valley, where Shenxinzi resolved to return to cultivate there if he survived his journey to the Sea-Severing Great Rift.
• True Person Fuchen told An Hao about the coming battle in the Divine Strange Realm and the Sacred Court, inspiring An Hao to aim for the supreme seat.
• Twelve years later, Gu An accompanied Ji Xiaoyu to a city and told her about Xiao Chuan and his choice to give up immortality.
• A young man riding a flood dragon flew low over the city, scattering tiles and rubble as Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu watched.

Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu witnessed the enforcement of Great Cang’s laws and visited Immortal Seeking Island, where the Sea-Severing Great Rift battle and Journey to the West were widely discussed. Meanwhile, Yang Jian wondered about Tian Wuchang, and An Hao learned that Journey to the West had spread across the ocean under Pan An’s name.

• Gu An stopped Ji Xiaoyu from intervening when a Nascent Soul sword cultivator struck down Xu Jin’s rampaging flood dragon and arrested them for violating Great Cang’s laws.
• Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu visited Xiao Chuan’s home without disturbing him, then continued their journey for half a month before returning.
• Gu An and Yang Jian visited Immortal Seeking Island, heard reports of the ongoing Sea-Severing Great Rift battle, and learned that Shenxinzi had helped promote Journey to the West.
• Yang Jian asked Gu An whether Tian Wuchang or a Divine Strange Ghost King was stronger, and Gu An told him he would learn when he faced Tian Wuchang himself.
• An Hao reached the ninth level of the Void Crossing Realm and told Chi Jiuxiao that his master had another disciple whose talent might rival his own.
• Chi Jiuxiao showed An Hao Journey to the West, and An Hao recognized Pan An as Gu An and recalled their first meeting.

Gu An learned that Li Ya was trapped in the Sea-Severing Great Rift and watched as Li Ya fought Zhen Liudao to protect Divine Wonder City. Shenxinzi intervened and was captured, while Zhang Buku’s transformation into a Divine Strange Grudge Ghost left Gu An reflecting on his fate.

• Gu An reassured An Xin about An Hao’s success and listened as she complained about the White Spirit Mouse’s mischief.
• Gu An sensed Li Ya borrowing Divine Wonder City’s power and found him besieged by Zhen Liudao in the Divine Strange Realm.
• Zhen Liudao revealed that Zhang Buku had become a Divine Strange Grudge Ghost, enraging Li Ya and driving him to unleash Divine Wonder City’s power.
• Shenxinzi sacrificed himself to trap Zhen Liudao and the Three-Tailed Ghost Beast, after which Li Ya collapsed.
• Zhen Liudao brought the wounded Shenxinzi to the Divine Strange Fate Stele, where the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord healed him and explained that Zhang Buku had been ordered protected.
• Gu An withdrew his attention, recognizing that Zhang Buku’s fate was now bound to the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord.