Chapter Summaries

Gu An upgraded several arts and abilities, then used his lifespan to break through to the ninth layer of the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm. His breakthrough shook the world and drew the Sacred Court, whose cultivators protected the continents and islands as Gu An considered what lay beyond his new realm.

• Gu An advanced his cultivation arts, sword techniques, footwork, physique, and Soul Capture Technique, spending a total of 105 million years of lifespan on upgrades and cultivation-related costs.
• Gu An invested five million years of lifespan and broke through to the ninth layer of the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm after succeeding in the Six Realms Fate Void Calamity.
• Gu An learned that the next realm required the Heavenly Dao Forty-Nine Profound Void Calamity and would take far longer to reach.
• Gu An sensed the Extinction Domain and several presences within it that made him wary.
• More than five million Sacred Court cultivators, including Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortals and Carefree Origin Immortals, rushed out to protect the world from the disruption caused by Gu An's breakthrough.
• Gu An appreciated the Sacred Court's efforts to protect living beings and resolved not to destroy it outright if it became his enemy.

After completing his breakthrough to the ninth layer of the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm, Gu An returned to his companions and resumed life in Taixuan Sect while Sacred Court cultivators investigated Sword Venerable Fudao. He began another Lifespan Reincarnation, choosing the Dark Great World, where he was reborn as Xiao Shengtian and faced a choice after surviving an attempted poisoning.

• Gu An completed his breakthrough, returned to Nianchu Cave, and reassured Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai before giving them a pile of storage artifacts to manage.
• Gu An told Jiang Qiong that the Great Cold Demon Sect had been destroyed, then returned to Third Medicine Valley and enjoyed seeing its residents safe and cheerful.
• Sacred Court cultivators began investigating Sword Venerable Fudao and the Great Cold Demon Sect, while Gu An played chess and defeated both Nine-Fingered Divine Lord and Thief of Five Elements.
• Gu An used ten million years of lifespan to start a new reincarnation and chose the Dark Great World.
• Gu An was reborn as Xiao Shengtian in the manor of Duke Xiao, and at age five survived poisoning by his father's third concubine before his grandfather asked whether he would expose her.

Gu An gained Xiao Shengtian’s memories and Battle Will through Lifespan Reincarnation, but Xiao Shengtian was killed by the Black Mystic Emperor in the Dark Continent. After returning to Third Medicine Valley, Gu An met Bai Ziya, asked about the Dark Great World, and was invited to Human World Peak’s ten-thousand-year summit.

• Gu An chose not to expose the third concubine, and Xiao Shengtian’s reincarnated life unfolded through his rise to fame, his family’s slaughter, and his journey into the Dark Continent.
• The Black Mystic Emperor killed Xiao Shengtian at age 143, ending the reincarnation and leaving Gu An furious at the repeated encounter.
• Gu An absorbed Xiao Shengtian’s memories, learned about the Dark Continent, and gained the Heavenly Steel Sacred Body and Battle Will.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley and wrote manuals of Chu Lu and Xiao Shengtian’s arts while Sword Venerable Fudao’s victory over the Great Cold Demon Sect remained widely discussed.
• Gu An met Bai Ziya above the ocean, discussed the Great Cold Demon Sect, and asked whether Bai Ziya knew of the Dark Great World.
• Bai Ziya invited Gu An to Human World Peak’s ten-thousand-year summit so he could take over as peak master, then wondered where he had heard of the Dark Great World.

After waiting for the Sacred Court cultivators to leave, Gu An went into the depths of the universe and spent vast amounts of lifespan breaking through the Heavenly Dao Forty-Nine Profound Void Calamity. He reached the ninth level of the Divine Sense True Immortal Realm and discovered his divine sense could inspect the past lives of beings connected to him by karma, while powerful beings began passing near his hiding place.

• Gu An waited ten years for the Sacred Court cultivators wandering Beyond Heaven to disperse, then traveled to a remote Falling Star and activated the Longevity Barrier.
• Gu An repeatedly failed the Heavenly Dao Forty-Nine Profound Void Calamity while spending hundreds of millions of years of lifespan, before finally breaking through to the first level of the Divine Sense True Immortal Realm.
• Gu An continued investing lifespan and reached the ninth level of the Divine Sense True Immortal Realm as cosmic spiritual energy and the power of rules poured into him.
• Carefree Origin Immortal and other powerful cultivators sensed Gu An's breakthrough, and a pair of enormous indifferent eyes appeared in the depths of the cosmos before looking away.
• Gu An received inherited memories revealing that he could inspect the past lives of beings connected to him by karma, including those tied to Chu Lu and Xiao Shengtian, but he could not see Ji Xiaoyu's previous life.
• Gu An immersed himself in karmic visions as his cultivation continued rising from the first level toward the third, while powerful existences passed through the area.

After reaching the ninth layer of the Divine Sense True Immortal Realm, Gu An surveyed the hidden powers and chaotic expanse of the universe before returning to Medicine Valley to train Yang Jian. A messenger from the Sacred Court arrived to offer Sword Venerable Fudao a Fortune Fruit Position, while secretly hoping to test the Heaven-Severing Axe.

• Gu An examined the Heavenly Spirit Great World, the Immortal Spirit Imperial Dynasty, the Sacred Court, and the Extinction regions, and resolved to see whether he could extend Ye Lan’s lifespan.
• Gu An trained Yang Jian, who fought with the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear but could not overcome him.
• A proclamation from the Sacred Chancellor announced that Sword Venerable Fudao could enter the Sacred Court to receive a Fortune Fruit Position.
• The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord explained the Sacred Court’s power to the disciples, who then worried about Sword Venerable Fudao leaving.
• Gu An went to the Heaven-Mending Platform, where a white-clad messenger arrived intending to test the Heaven-Severing Axe.

Lu Xianyi failed to pull the Heaven-Severing Axe, then stayed in the Third Medicine Valley and lost at Go to Gu An, who joked that he was Sword Venerable Fudao. After catching up with Xuan Tianyi, Lu Xianyi noticed Yang Jian and recognized his name from a conversation about Erlang Shen.

• Lu Xianyi tried to pull the Heaven-Severing Axe but could not move it, then left the Heaven-Mending Platform.
• Gu An avoided Thief of Five Elements and spent the day in the Alchemy Hall, while Lu Xianyi remained at the Taixuan Sect.
• In autumn, Lu Xianyi lost at Go to Gu An and mistook his joke about being Sword Venerable Fudao for a confession before others corrected him.
• Xuan Tianyi visited Gu An and told him about his experiences, An Hao's master, and the turmoil over lands and seas after the Great Cold Demon Sect retreated.
• After beating Thief of Five Elements at Go, Lu Xianyi noticed Yang Jian working in the valley and asked his name.

Gu An learned that the Ten Thousand Year Peak Assembly was beginning and traveled to Human World Peak, where he met the siblings Xu Ruohai and Xu Xi. Bai Ziya greeted him as a peak master and hurried to lead him inside, leaving the siblings stunned.

• Lu Xianyi accepted Yang Jian's copy of Journey to the West and later decided to visit Taixuan Sect to read Investiture of the Gods.
• Gu An declined Luo Hun's invitation to go to the Imperial City and continued working in Tianya Valley through autumn and winter.
• After receiving the assembly notice through the Human World Jade, Gu An traveled to Human World Peak and met Xu Ruohai and Xu Xi on the way.
• Gu An learned about Human World Peak from the siblings and traveled with them toward its towering mountain.
• Bai Ziya arrived, called Gu An a peak master, and began leading him inside; Gu An asked to bring Xu Ruohai and Xu Xi along, leaving them astonished.

Gu An became the master of Sky-Settling Peak, recruited Xu Ruohai and Xu Xi as disciples, and took over Immortal Seeking Island while keeping his true power hidden. As Human World Peak’s Ten Thousand Year Peak Assembly approached, the Holy Mother of West Spirit brought Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor to attend.

• Gu An chose Sky-Settling Peak, registered Xu Ruohai and Xu Xi as its disciples, and revealed his Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal aura to the peak’s nine Wandering Immortals.
• Gu An toured Sky-Settling Peak with Zhu Xinglan and gave him crystals to buy herbs and plant across the peak.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley, learned Shenxinzi had gone to Human World Peak’s Ten Thousand Year Peak Assembly, and later completed his purchase of Immortal Seeking Island.
• Gu An assured Hu Xiaojian and the elders of Sea Protection Mansion that he would support the island, including by arranging a Wandering Immortal to protect it.
• The Holy Mother of West Spirit brought Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor toward Human World Peak, where Lu Lingjun marveled at its strength and imagined returning one day with her own invitation.

Gu An settled into life at Human World Peak, helped Lu Lingjun through Xu Xi, and learned that Ji Xiaoyu’s past life had fought the heavenly demons. The Thief of Five Elements revealed that Ji Xiaoyu was destined to challenge the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor, and Ji Xiaoyu decided she wanted to live and grow strong enough to face him.

• Gu An attended a gathering of Human World Peak’s leaders and learned that the Eternal Years Dao Lord was a sixth-layer Carefree Origin Immortal.
• Gu An gave Xu Xi a secret manual and asked her to accompany Lu Lingjun during the Ten Thousand Year Peak Assembly without revealing his identity.
• Xu Xi found Lu Lingjun and offered to help her explore Human World Peak, leaving Lu Lingjun astonished that the Sky-Settling Peak master had taken an interest in her.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An about a dream in which she fought demons in a vast, star-filled darkness and heard a terrifying being promise to await her challenge.
• The Thief of Five Elements identified the being as the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor and explained that Ji Xiaoyu was destined to challenge him, while the Sacred Court kept the demons from invading their world.
• Ji Xiaoyu decided she no longer wanted to die peacefully and urged Gu An to pursue the same goal and join her in battling the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor.

At the Ten Thousand Year Peak Assembly, Elder Mohen tried to take Gu An’s position as Sky-Settling Peak’s master, citing his past connection to the peak. Gu An refused and revealed overwhelming strength, leaving the banquet stunned as he patted Mohen’s face.

• Gu An attended the cloud banquet with Bai Ziya, where Elder Mohen asked to join Human World Peak and demanded the Sky-Settling Peak position.
• Eternal Years Dao Lord rejected Mohen’s demand, but Mohen continued pressuring Gu An to surrender his seat.
• Gu An refused, and Mohen threatened him until Eternal Years Dao Lord stepped in to protect him.
• Gu An walked toward Mohen and released an aura that rose to the ninth layer of the Carefree Origin Immortal Realm.
• Gu An asked Mohen what he had called him, then patted Mohen’s face as the banquet fell silent.

Gu An killed Elder Mohen after revealing his overwhelming cultivation at Human World Peak, while the resulting story spread across the sects. Seven years later, Lu Lingjun returned to the Third Medicine Valley and told Gu An about the assembly, unaware that he was the master of Sky-Settling Peak she admired.

• Gu An slapped Elder Mohen, rejected his attempt to join Human World Peak, and secretly seized his lifespan, killing him after he left.
• Human World Peak publicized the confrontation, and the news strengthened the reputation of Gu An and Sky-Settling Peak.
• The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord warned Zhang Buku that the Great Cold Demon Sect had been a pawn and proposed taking him to a dark world.
• Seven years later, Lu Lingjun returned to the Third Medicine Valley and told Gu An about the Ten Thousand Year Peak Assembly and Sky-Settling Peak's master.
• Gu An told Lu Lingjun that reaching such strength might take eight hundred thousand to a million years, and she said even that might not be enough.

Gu An appointed Xun Hanfeng to oversee Immortal Seeking Island, where Hu Xiaojian was stunned to learn how powerful Gu An was. A year later, Gu An visited Ye Lan at the Taixuan Sect branch and guided her cultivation before deciding to begin another reincarnation evolution.

• Gu An asked Zhu Xinglan to find a Wandering Immortal to manage an island, and Zhu Xinglan brought Xun Hanfeng to him.
• Gu An took Xun Hanfeng to Immortal Seeking Island and appointed him its overseer; Xun Hanfeng revealed his connection to Gu An, leaving Hu Xiaojian shocked.
• After another year passed, Gu An visited the Taixuan Sect branch and met several old acquaintances before finding Ye Lan.
• Gu An guided Ye Lan to comprehend the Heavenly Rules and watched her cultivate while considering whether she could benefit from training at Human World Peak.
• Gu An decided to begin another reincarnation evolution and hoped to be born into a good family.

Gu An reincarnated as Long Zhan in the Divine Origin Great World, rose to become the Heavenly Dragon Great Emperor, and was ultimately killed by the Nirvana God Emperor. After the reincarnation ended, Gu An received Long Zhan’s memories and added another enemy to his ledger of hatred.

• Gu An chose to reincarnate in the Divine Origin Great World and accepted an arranged marriage to Han Jiao'er, later becoming the Divine Dynasty's prince consort and fathering Long Xin.
• Long Zhan grew powerful, married Han Jiao'er, and set out to roam the universe after bidding her farewell.
• Long Zhan refused the Dragon Clan Old Ancestor's offer to awaken his bloodline, escaped the Old Ancestor's attack, and was healed by Fairy Ziyuan.
• Long Zhan unified the microcosm, founded the War Court, married Fairy Ziyuan, and proclaimed himself the Heavenly Dragon Great Emperor.
• Long Zhan reached the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm and activated lifespan plundering, sacrificing living beings before the Nirvana God Emperor killed him.
• Gu An retreated to an overseas island, received Long Zhan's memories, and recorded the Nirvana God Emperor as another enemy.

After inheriting Long Zhan’s memories, Gu An reflected on the cost of power and discovered that Ji Xiaoyu’s Heavenly Dragon Demon-Suppressing Image shared an origin with Long Zhan’s divine ability. A clue from Thief of Five Elements left him wary of distant powers, and five years later the Sacred Court established the Sea-Severing Domain while Li Xuandao renamed the continent Taicang Continent.

• Gu An absorbed Long Zhan’s memories, inherited the Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image, and decided he would avoid using lifespan-plundering to pursue reincarnation in a similar way.
• Ye Lan awoke from her Dao comprehension with an increased maximum lifespan, and Gu An visited her before leaving after asking whether affection or good and evil mattered more to her.
• Ji Xiaoyu displayed the Heavenly Dragon Demon-Suppressing Image, and Gu An recognized its shared origin with Long Zhan’s divine ability.
• Thief of Five Elements said the Reincarnation Dao Emperor had used the Heavenly Dragon Demon-Suppressing Image and described a vast world beyond the universe, prompting Gu An to resolve to remain cautious.
• Five years later, the Sacred Court established the Sea-Severing Domain, and Li Xuandao issued an edict renaming the continent Taicang Continent.

Gu An observed An Xin’s breakthrough, watched Yang Jian meet An Hao and agree to a future duel, and learned that Ji Xiaoyu wanted him to join her on a quest. He refused, choosing to remain with the Taixuan Sect.

• Gu An watched An Xin’s maximum lifespan rise as she comprehended the Dao, and the next morning saw that it had reached three hundred years.
• Gu An taught Yang Jian combat in the woods, then told him a genius had returned to the Medicine Valley.
• Gu An introduced Yang Jian to An Hao, who thanked Gu An for caring for An Xin and gave him a box of eighth-rank herbs.
• Yang Jian challenged An Hao, and An Hao proposed that they settle the contest at the Heavenly Ranking Tournament when Yang Jian was stronger.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An that she was leaving to pursue a great opportunity and asked him to come; Gu An refused, saying the Taixuan Sect needed him.

Gu An refused Ji Xiaoyu’s and An Hao’s attempts to persuade him and stayed in the Third Medicine Valley, while An Xin explained why she would not follow An Hao. Later, Gu An brought the Blood Prison Great Sage to Sky-Settling Peak, where he opened a mysterious cave and destroyed the soul of Dark Soul Old Ancestor.

• Ji Xiaoyu failed to persuade Gu An to accept the opportunity, then left the Third Medicine Valley; An Hao also left after An Xin refused to go with him to the Star Sea Sect.
• Gu An asked An Xin whether she regretted her choice, and she said she would not become a stumbling block for An Hao.
• Gu An flew with the Blood Prison Great Sage to Human World Peak and met Zhu Xinglan at Sky-Settling Peak.
• Zhu Xinglan led Gu An to a cave with powerful restrictions, where Gu An sensed a Heavenly Demon aura and opened a hidden passage in a black stone pillar.
• Gu An pulled Dark Soul Old Ancestor’s soul from the pillar and scattered it with a squeeze.

Gu An uncovered a dormant Demon Fetus beneath Sky-Settling Peak and ordered Zhu Xinglan to keep it secret and sealed. After returning to the Taixuan Sect and training his demons, Gu An visited the elderly Xiao Chuan, where he met Xiao Chuan’s grandson Chuan Yue.

• Gu An killed Dark Soul Old Ancestor, sensed a dangerous Demon Fetus inside the stone pillar, and told Zhu Xinglan to seal the entrance and keep the Heavenly Demon secret.
• Gu An picked herbs on Human World Peak, returned to the Taixuan Sect, and continued overseeing his valley while Blood Prison Great Sage admired his conduct.
• Gu An sparred with Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai in the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven, easily defeating the three demons and urging them to train harder.
• Xiao Chuan discussed his grandson’s wish to cultivate and explained that he had not sent his descendants to the Taixuan Sect because they lacked aptitude.
• Gu An visited Xiao Chuan, met Chuan Yue, and spoke with Xiao Chuan about his family’s wish to seek immortality.

Gu An gave Xiao Chuan a Dao-enlightening manual, then discovered a Heavenly Demon in the Sea-Severing Domain main city and another hidden in the soul of a girl tied to Xiao Chuan’s descendant Chuan Qi. As Gu An weighed whether to interfere in mortal lives, Nine-Fingered Divine Lord described a mysterious Heaven’s will that governed even the Sacred Court.

• Xiao Chuan told Gu An he was satisfied with his life, and Gu An secretly preached the Dao to him, drawing him into the Heavenly Rules.
• Li Ya entered the Sea-Severing Great Rift to search for Zhang Buku after the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit warned him that a terrifying presence lurked in the main city.
• Gu An sensed a living Heavenly Demon in the Sea-Severing Domain main city and chose to watch rather than act against it.
• Gu An saw that Xiao Chuan’s descendants would face trouble, and found that the gifted Chuan Qi’s future became obscure after he met a girl carrying a Heavenly Demon’s soul.
• Nine-Fingered Divine Lord told Gu An that an unseen Heaven’s will shaped the fate of living beings and constrained even the Sacred Court, while Gu An placed a stone at the center of their Go board.

Gu An reflected on changing fate and resolved to fight for the people he cared about as he continued growing stronger. Meanwhile, Li Ya was overwhelmed by Divine Strange Grudge Ghosts until Divine Wonder City awakened within him, prompting a mysterious voice to address Sword Venerable Fudao.

• Gu An defeated Nine-Fingered Divine Lord at chess and left after saying the game had taught him that variables could bring calamity.
• Gu An decided he would change only the lives of people he cared about and would keep fighting for the present rather than rely on reincarnation.
• The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord told Zhang Buku that the Sacred Court feared the Heavenly Demons and was using him to identify them.
• The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord restrained Zhang Buku as Li Ya continued fighting the ghosts, unable to summon Divine Wonder City's power.
• As a ghost attacked Li Ya, golden light erupted from him and Divine Wonder City appeared to protect him.
• A majestic voice addressed Sword Venerable Fudao and remarked that he had given an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure to a mortal child.

Gu An captured Luo Xuzi, a trusted aide of Great Nether Holy King, and learned that the Sacred Court’s pressure on Sword Venerable Fudao came from Great Nether Holy King’s schemes. In the Sea-Severing Domain, Lu Xianyi advised Qingsongzi to avoid provoking Gu An and focus on staying alive.

• Gu An appeared in Divine Wonder City, rejected the Sacred Court’s demand that Sword Venerable Fudao accept its conferment, and seized the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal from the sky.
• Gu An searched Luo Xuzi’s memories, learned that Great Nether Holy King had sent him to investigate Gu An, and discovered that the Sea-Severing Domain’s founding had been part of Great Nether Holy King’s plan against Holy King of Candle World.
• Gu An destroyed Luo Xuzi’s soul after learning that Great Nether Holy King was searching for reincarnated Heavenly Demons.
• Qingsongzi summoned Lu Xianyi and asked whether the Sacred Court should investigate Sword Venerable Fudao for refusing its Fortune Fruit Position.
• Lu Xianyi urged Qingsongzi not to offend Sword Venerable Fudao and warned him that survival in the Sacred Court mattered most.