Chapter Summaries

After fifty years of peace and growth for the Taixuan Sect, Gu An reunited with Ji Xiaoyu and prepared for the lively Heavenly Ranking Tournament. At Strange Treasure Pavilion, an Immortal Spirit Imperial Dynasty cultivator named Zhang Xianwang noticed the golden pattern on Gu An’s forehead and asked where it came from.

• Gu An harvested nearly forty million years of lifespan from the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven as the Taixuan Sect flourished.
• Ji Xiaoyu returned to the Third Medicine Valley, recounted her decades of adventures to Gu An, and said she planned to rest before venturing out again.
• Gu An learned that a Wandering Immortal tree demon and a Carefree Origin Immortal from the Immortal Spirit Imperial Dynasty had come to the Taixuan Sect for the Heavenly Ranking Tournament.
• The Azure Vine Tree asked Gu An to capture the tree demon so it could eat him, but Gu An warned it against acting on its predatory urges.
• Gu An visited the crowded Outer Sect City, met Zuo Lin, and considered guiding Zuo Yijian for his loyalty to Sword Venerable Fudao.
• At Strange Treasure Pavilion, Zhang Xianwang noticed Gu An’s golden forehead pattern and asked where it had come from.

Gu An met Zhang Xianwang, an Immortal who recognized his Dao Pattern and warned him to remain under Sword Venerable Fudao’s protection. After secretly guiding Zuo Yijian with Sword Intent, Gu An returned to the Third Medicine Valley, where Shen Zhen showed him a painting that appeared to reveal mysteries of the Heavenly Rules.

• Gu An introduced Zhang Xianwang to the Taixuan Sect and praised Sword Venerable Fudao, while Zhang warned him that his Dao Pattern could attract danger.
• Gu An secretly sent Sword Intent into Zuo Yijian, leaving him immersed in Dao enlightenment and astonishing Zhang Xianwang, who did not realize Gu An was Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An returned to the Third Medicine Valley, gave An Xin the goods he had bought, and continued supporting the Handyman Disciples with discounted supplies.
• Shen Zhen showed Gu An an ancient painting she had imagined from a fragment, and he sensed that its scene contained mysteries of the Heavenly Rules.

Gu An reflected on how his presence had shaped Shen Zhen and the Taixuan Sect, then considered how to escape the rules of destiny. He encountered Chuan Yue at the Outer Sect City, and later Lu Baitian warned him that the Sea-Severing Domain might have been established to investigate Sword Venerable Fudao.

• Gu An studied Shen Zhen’s painting, realized he had become the person closest to her through karma, and considered how his influence had helped her and the Taixuan Sect develop.
• Gu An concluded that transcending destiny required becoming stronger than the rules of heaven and earth, then went to watch Zuo Yijian continue his enlightenment under the Taixuan Sect’s guard.
• Gu An met Chuan Yue at the Outer Sect City and gave him a token that could help his descendants enter Third Medicine Valley as Handyman Disciples.
• The Heavenly Ranking Tournament began seven days later, with Nine-Fingered Divine Lord representing the Taixuan Sect.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An that his son Lu Xian was following Li Xuandao to the Sea-Severing Domain’s main city and suspected the domain had been established to investigate Sword Venerable Fudao.

Gu An encountered Heavenly Sect, who revealed that he had come for an old friend and then singled Gu An out because of the Immortal King Crown. After Gu An secretly followed Heavenly Sect out of Taixuan Sect, Heavenly Sect explained the crown’s ancient origins and the fate of the first Immortal King.

• Gu An watched the Heavenly Ranking Tournament and learned that Zhang Xianwang had come to recruit Sword Venerable Fudao, while Heavenly Sect had come for an old friend.
• Gu An encountered Heavenly Sect in the city, and Heavenly Sect ordered him to leave Taixuan Sect that night and meet him for a chance to be remolded.
• Gu An left Mystic Valley after nightfall and followed Heavenly Sect’s summons, pretending to be frightened when they met in a forest.
• Heavenly Sect recognized that Gu An had gained the Immortal King Crown’s approval and asked whether he had a master; Gu An claimed he had found the crown by chance.
• Heavenly Sect told Gu An that the Immortal King Crown had been forged by the first Immortal King, who challenged the Heavenly Dao and sealed his Dao in the crown before dying under its curse.

Heavenly Sect offered Gu An his inheritance, explaining that he wanted to leave the role because his long obedience to the Heavenly Dao had brought him regrets. He later gave Yang Jian a chance to recover his past-life memories and warned Gu An that the Immortal King Crown could draw the Sacred Court’s attention.

• Heavenly Sect told Gu An that he would inherit the name and role of Heavenly Sect after the Heavenly Ranking Tournament, and Gu An questioned the creed of conforming to the Heavenly Dao.
• Heavenly Sect explained that he had lived for seven hundred and eighty thousand years by following the Heavenly Dao, but regretted abandoning his loved ones for eternal life.
• During the ongoing Heavenly Ranking Tournament, Heavenly Sect visited Medicine Valley and gave Yang Jian golden jade that could restore memories of his past lives.
• Heavenly Sect entered Gu An’s pavilion, warned him about wearing the Immortal King Crown openly, and explained that the Sacred Court tracked fortune-linked Immortal Dao Supreme Treasures.

Gu An refused the Immortal Dynasty’s request to oppose the Sacred Court and continued cultivating while the Taixuan Sect expanded. Ten years later, Yang Jian chose to leave the Third Medicine Valley and pursue his own path, while Gu An turned his attention to An Xin.

• The Heavenly Sect gave Gu An a powerful mass of qi, which Gu An removed and sealed inside the Seven Stars Mirror.
• Nine-Fingered Divine Lord won the Heavenly Ranking Tournament, while Zhang Xianwang remained near the Taixuan Sect searching for Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An met Zhang Xianwang, rejected the Immortal Dynasty’s request to infiltrate the Sacred Court and rescue someone, and warned him not to disturb his cultivation.
• The Third Medicine Valley grew to more than two thousand disciples and received approval to expand.
• Yang Jian told Gu An he wanted to leave to avoid bringing trouble to the Medicine Valley and to seek the Dao; Gu An agreed and ordered him to keep Gu An’s existence secret.
• After Yang Jian departed, Gu An saw An Xin chasing the White Spirit Mouse and decided to focus on cultivating her.

Gu An began secretly guiding An Xin’s cultivation, then revealed that he was the same master who had saved her in the past. As An Xin embraced the truth, she asked about Yang Jian’s cultivation, while Gu An continued watching events unfold beyond the valley.

• Gu An offered to guide An Xin’s cultivation more directly, then went to Mystic Valley to spend the night with Tian Yao'er and the other two demons.
• Zhang Xianwang reported to Immortal Emperor Yang that Sword Venerable Fudao had refused the Immortal Dynasty’s offer, and Immortal Emperor Yang decided not to disturb him.
• Gu An watched An Xin comprehend the Dao and saw that the Heavenly Sect was tracking Yang Jian, while the Great Underworld Holy King had not discovered Yang Jian’s identity.
• An Xin awakened with the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Innate Technique and Myriad Forms Qi Art in her mind, and Gu An confirmed that he was the master she had known before.
• An Xin embraced Gu An and agreed to keep his identity secret from her senior brother, then learned the Blood Prison Great Sage was an ascender of the Great Vehicle Realm.
• An Xin asked Gu An whether Yang Jian was her true junior brother and what cultivation level he had reached.

Gu An encouraged An Xin to keep cultivating, then took her to Human World Peak, where an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure appeared in the sky. The chapter left them facing the enormous azure mountain reflected above the peaks.

• Gu An told An Xin that Yang Jian had reached the Void Crossing Realm and urged her to pursue her cultivation with resolve.
• An Xin returned to Third Medicine Valley in high spirits, while Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu teased each other about his secrets and Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An took An Xin toward another branch of his sect and gave her an evasive answer when she asked about his realm.
• The Blood Prison Great Sage identified their destination as Human World Peak, whose master was the peak master of Sky-Settling Peak.
• An enormous azure mountain’s shadow appeared across the sky, revealing the Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure that had drawn Gu An there.

Gu An brought An Xin to Sky-Settling Peak to witness Fu Shenxiu subduing an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure, but he intercepted the treasure, Azure Sky Peak, when it flew toward his peak. Eternal Years Dao Lord gave it to Gu An, who discovered a concealed Heavenly Demon inside it.

• Gu An brought An Xin and the Blood Prison Great Sage to Sky-Settling Peak as Fu Shenxiu subdued an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure called Azure Sky Peak.
• Gu An explained Immortal Dao Supreme Treasures to An Xin, then caught Azure Sky Peak when it flew toward Sky-Settling Peak.
• Fu Shenxiu tried to seize Azure Sky Peak but was thrown back, and the treasure returned to Gu An.
• Eternal Years Dao Lord gave Azure Sky Peak to Gu An, while Fu Shenxiu accepted that he had no fate with it and left.
• Gu An told An Xin she might use Azure Sky Peak after cultivating, then sensed a hidden Heavenly Demon inside the treasure.

Gu An mastered Azure Sky Peak and concealed the Heavenly Demon within it while waiting for the calamity to unfold. As Yang Jian awakened memories of his previous life, Shen Zhen’s painting of the sky phenomenon suddenly caught fire.

• Gu An took control of Azure Sky Peak and its Immortal Spirit, then shrank the peak into an accessory and kept it hidden from deduction.
• Gu An instructed An Xin in the Dao-Treading Time Step as golden light spread across the sky.
• Yang Jian absorbed the golden jade’s contents on an overseas island and began awakening his previous-life memories while the Heavenly Sect watched over him.
• Gu An told An Xin that Yang Jian had been a Holy King of the Sacred Court and explained that his future would depend on his own choices.
• Shen Zhen showed Gu An her painting of the golden sky, which drew the Heavenly Rules and rules of reincarnation closer before suddenly bursting into flames.

Shen Zhen’s painting of an anomaly drew a warning from a mysterious being inside one of the seven suns, while Gu An later confronted a Heavenly Demon hiding in Azure Sky Peak. The demon revealed that a Demon Fetus was the reincarnation of an emperor from the Extinction Domain, but Gu An learned it would take thousands of years for the threat to mature.

• A mysterious being inside one of the seven suns stared at Gu An’s pavilion, causing Shen Zhen’s scroll to burn to ash, and Shen Zhen agreed to be more careful with her paintings.
• Gu An watched Yang Jian and the Heavenly Sect remain hidden on their island until summer, then returned to the sect and told the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord that the Dao could be attained through many pursuits.
• Gu An sensed activity inside Azure Sky Peak and confronted a withered old man in black, who admitted influencing the peak to crash toward Gu An’s mountain.
• The old man in black explained that the Demon Fetus was the reincarnation of an eighth-heaven Immortal Path emperor from the Extinction Domain and warned that more Heavenly Demons would descend.
• Gu An learned that the Demon Fetus would take several thousand years to fully form, so he asked the old man in black for a few years to consider whether to leave.

Gu An agreed to help Eternal Years Dao Lord and Fu Shenxiu seek the Earth Origin Divine Soul in the Thunder Sea Demon Domain, and decided to bring An Xin along. Meanwhile, Li Ya ventured across the ocean in search of a treasure-body opportunity, while Ji Xiaoyu remained away on her undersea expedition.

• Gu An watched An Xin’s cultivation progress and declined Ji Xiaoyu’s offer to take her to an undersea secret realm before Ji Xiaoyu departed the next morning.
• Li Ya set out across dangerous waters to seek a treasure-body opportunity, determined to grow stronger without relying on the Progenitor’s help.
• Eight years later, Gu An was teaching An Xin about herbs when Eternal Years Dao Lord and Fu Shenxiu asked him to help find an Earth Origin Divine Soul in the Thunder Sea Demon Domain.
• Gu An agreed to leave with them in three days after Eternal Years Dao Lord offered to send Immortal Dao herbs to Sky-Settling Peak.
• Gu An offered to bring An Xin along, and she agreed after he told her to keep practicing the Dao-Treading Time Step.

Gu An traveled with An Xin, Fu Shenxiu, and Fairy Yongxin toward the Thunder Sea Demon Domain, where he revealed that a Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal awaited them. Meanwhile, Li Ya entered the stormy domain and encountered a massive demon rising from the sea.

• Gu An brought An Xin to Human World Peak and joined Fu Shenxiu and Fairy Yongxin aboard her Small Red Pavilion.
• Fairy Yongxin warned Gu An about the Carefree Origin Immortals and powerful demon forces in the Thunder Sea Demon Domain, while Fu Shenxiu shared intelligence about its inhabitants.
• Gu An reassured Fu Shenxiu that the Earth Origin Divine Soul would belong to him if it remained intact, easing the tension between them.
• Gu An accelerated the pavilion and revealed that a Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal, likely above the fifth level, was hidden in the domain.
• Li Ya flew into the Thunder Sea Demon Domain on a black eagle and decided to search for a way to cultivate a treasure body or find Demon Treasures.
• A huge black shadow burst from the sea near Li Ya and charged into the thunderclouds.

Gu An seized the Earth Origin Divine Soul from Zhao Qizhen and handed it to Fu Shenxiu, then took An Xin away to watch the battle around Divine Wonder City. He promised to show her Azure Sky Peak’s power, leaving the pair poised to witness what he would do next.

• Gu An located the blue-lit sea where Zhao Qizhen fought another Carefree Origin Immortal over the Earth Origin Divine Soul.
• Gu An seized Zhao Qizhen, took the Earth Origin Divine Soul, and gave it to Fu Shenxiu before leaving the two fighters alive.
• Fairy Yongxin and Fu Shenxiu thanked Gu An, and the Red Pavilion carried them away from the Thunder Sea Demon Domain.
• Gu An took An Xin aside and brought her to watch Soul Ghosts from Divine Wonder City battling demons.
• An Xin asked whether Azure Sky Peak could be as powerful as Divine Wonder City, and Gu An said he would show her its true power.

Gu An revealed Azure Sky Peak to drive off the demons threatening Li Ya and Divine Wonder City, then watched Li Ya choose to withdraw and seek a battle he could handle. Five years later, Ji Xiaoyu returned and encouraged An Xin to grow stronger, while Gu An visited the Gathering Flower Sect and waited for Jiang Qiong to emerge from seclusion.

• Gu An cast Azure Sky Peak into the clouds, frightening the demons into retreating without killing them.
• Li Ya concluded that the battlefield was beyond Divine Wonder City's strength and led it away.
• After the Thunder Sea Demon Domain trip, An Xin trained harder, and five years passed before Ji Xiaoyu returned and questioned Gu An about another woman's scent.
• Ji Xiaoyu offered An Xin help from the Ji Family so she could become strong enough to protect Gu An, prompting An Xin to make Ji Xiaoyu her target.
• Gu An traveled to the Gathering Flower Sect to see Jiang Qiong, learned she was in seclusion, and agreed to wait several days.

Gu An reincarnated into the Primordial Great World as Lu Han, who was born on Earth before an apocalypse sent him through a Black Gate into a cultivation world. The simulation left Lu Han alive with a wife and a gifted son, while Gu An watched to see how far this life would go.

• Gu An chose the Primordial Great World and began Lu Han's life in Jiang City, Huaxia, on Earth.
• At eighteen, Lu Han entered a Black Gate during the apocalypse and emerged in a wilderness, eventually reaching an ancient city and learning he had transmigrated.
• Lu Han joined the Dao Court's Outer Sect as a Handyman Disciple, lost his girlfriend Cheng Qianqian to Zhou Xuankun's betrayal, and vowed to become an Immortal after her death.
• After falling into a gorge, Lu Han accepted Mad Devil Lord's offer of rescue and became his servant, enduring painful experiments before learning the Heaven-Swallowing Technique.
• Lu Han married Yuan Ling'er, had a son named Lu Qiuxian, and fled with his family when demons attacked their city.
• Lu Han brought his family back to the Dao Court's Outer Sect, where Lu Qiuxian was revealed to have a rare Heavenly Spirit Root and became the disciple of a Great Vehicle Realm Elder.

Gu An watched Lu Han's reincarnation unfold from a tragic loss into a legendary rise, ending with Lu Han entering the River of Fate, reviving his son, and dying in a battle with the Black Mystic Emperor. Gu An inherited Lu Han's memories and insights into the Dao of Fate, then sat in contemplation until Jiang Qiong arrived.

• Lu Han lost his son Lu Qiuxian and his wife Yuan Ling'er, then followed a divination to Burial Immortal Ridge and became the disciple of the Qiankun Holy Emperor.
• Lu Han mastered the Supreme Dao Body, grew into a powerful immortal, avenged Lu Qiuxian, and rose to become the Primordial God Emperor.
• Lu Han entered the River of Fate, comprehended its Dao, revived Lu Qiuxian, and sent him to safety before the Black Mystic Emperor killed him.
• Gu An declined to activate lifespan-plundering, then absorbed Lu Han's memories and gained a deep understanding of the Dao of Fate.
• Gu An returned to the Gathering Flower Sect and contemplated Lu Han's insights for three days until Jiang Qiong entered the room.

After mastering Lu Han’s Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal, Gu An visited Human World Peak with An Xin and learned that the Immortal Dynasty was about to emerge. He then witnessed a mysterious coffin from the Extinction Domain overwhelm a Sacred Court immortal and fly toward the Heavenly Spirit Great World, leaving its connection to the Sacred Court uncertain.

• Gu An reflected on Jiang Qiong’s many possible fates, then returned to Taixuan Sect to study the Dao of Fate.
• Twenty years later, Gu An emerged after mastering Lu Han’s Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal and discussed his changed aura with Ji Xiaoyu.
• Gu An took An Xin to Human World Peak using the Dao-Treading Time Step, where they heard that the Immortal Dynasty was about to emerge and clash with the Sacred Court.
• Gu An sensed a dark-red coffin coming from the Extinction Domain and watched a Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal lose his body trying to stop it.
• The Sacred Court’s cultivators cleared a path for the coffin as it continued toward the Heavenly Spirit Great World, and Gu An returned to writing while wondering about its connection to the Sacred Court.

Gu An watched a deep-red coffin crash into a distant world and learned that the being inside was the Dark War Emperor, a threat to the Heavenly Demons and the Great Emperor’s Demon Fetus. After hearing the black-robed old man’s plea, Gu An agreed to learn a method to help the Great Emperor be born before the Dark War Emperor found him.

• Gu An saw the deep-red coffin fall into a distant continent, where its impact devastated the land and killed most of its inhabitants.
• You Yingying told Shenxinzi that she felt uneasy, and he explained that a natural enemy of Heavenly Demons had descended.
• Gu An showed the black-robed old man an illusion of the coffin, and the old man identified its occupant as the Dark War Emperor of the ancient War Court.
• The black-robed old man warned that the Dark War Emperor could find and destroy the Great Emperor’s Demon Fetus, then begged Gu An to help the Great Emperor be born.
• Gu An asked how to help, and the black-robed old man taught him a wondrous art to use quickly.

Gu An brought the Demon Fetus to birth and discovered the infant Long Qing was connected to Long Zhan’s family and had reached immense cultivation before Gu An suppressed it. Long Qing settled into life in Third Medicine Valley while the Crimson Coffin remained unopened, and Gu An kept the old man in black imprisoned after claiming the Dark War Emperor had fled.

• Gu An used the old man in black’s art to bring the Demon Fetus out of its pillar and identified it as Long Qing, a likely descendant of Long Xin and Long Zhan.
• Long Qing rapidly reached the first level of the Nirvana Realm, so Gu An suppressed his cultivation and karma before taking him to Third Medicine Valley.
• Gu An introduced Long Qing as a child he had found, and An Xin, Ji Xiaoyu, and the other disciples welcomed him into the valley.
• Ye Lan and Zhen Qin visited, saw the dragon-like mark on Long Qing’s back, and agreed to keep his origins quiet; Long Qing later became the valley’s beloved child.
• After the Crimson Coffin remained sealed for a year, Gu An told the old man in black that the Dark War Emperor had fled and refused to release him for another ten thousand years.