Chapter Summaries

Gu An put aside his questions about reincarnation and focused on becoming stronger while the Crimson Coffin’s threat unsettled cultivators and stirred doubts within the Sacred Court. After harvesting more than sixty-five million years of lifespan, he returned to Medicine Valley and reassured You Yingying, who feared she might bring trouble to the sect.

• Gu An accepted the old man in black’s compromise, resolved to hide his past and grow stronger, and watched Long Qing play with the White Spirit Mouse.
• Bai Ziya and Fu Shenxiu discussed the Crimson Coffin’s deadly history while a white-robed Holy King told his golden-armored subordinate to wait for the Dark War Emperor and revealed that Holy Heaven had entered the Reincarnation Calamity.
• Gu An rode to the Third Medicine Valley, dismissed Long Qing’s potential to the Blood Prison Great Sage, and discussed the boy’s background with Nine-Fingered Divine Lord over a game of chess.
• Gu An harvested more than sixty-five million years of lifespan in the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven and returned to Medicine Valley with Long Qing.
• You Yingying told Gu An she feared bringing trouble to Medicine Valley, and he urged her to stay and care for Long Qing, reminding her that Sword Venerable Fudao protected Taixuan Sect.

As the Dark War Emperor emerged from the Crimson Coffin, the Sacred Court allowed him to hunt and feast despite his promise to eradicate the Heavenly Demons. His aura spread across the Heavenly Spirit Great World, frightening the people in Taixuan Sect’s Third Medicine Valley, where Gu An comforted Long Qing and You Yingying.

• Gu An sensed the Crimson Coffin trembling and spoke with Ji Xiaoyu about the blood-red omen and the slaughter she believed would follow.
• The Dark War Emperor emerged from the Crimson Coffin, blasted apart the surrounding formations, and demanded a feast after clearing out the Heavenly Demons.
• The man in white from the Sacred Court agreed to the Dark War Emperor’s demand, shocking the gathered cultivators.
• In Third Medicine Valley, Gu An sensed the Dark War Emperor’s aura grow as a region’s life force vanished, and he grew angry at the Sacred Court for letting him run rampant.
• Gu An comforted the frightened Long Qing and You Yingying, then sensed a large group entering Taicang Continent, led by someone only at the Profound Heart Realm.

Gu An watched the Dark War Emperor arrive on Taicang Continent, where his power plunged all living beings into a vision of despair. As the Dark War Emperor prepared to attack, a radiant sword shadow appeared and began breaking through the darkness.

• Gu An recognized the newcomers arriving from Heavenly Prison as reincarnated Heavenly Demons and suspected the Great Underworld Holy King had sent them to lure the Dark War Emperor.
• The Dark War Emperor followed the Heavenly Demon karma to the continent, unleashed a devastating attack elsewhere, and then turned toward Taicang Continent.
• Gu An went to Mystic Valley as the Dark War Emperor's pressure spread across the continent and trapped its inhabitants in a terrifying vision.
• The Dark War Emperor formed a black spear and prepared to test the mighty being he sensed on the continent.
• Ji Xiaoyu and the other living beings saw a silver, lightning-wreathed sword shadow appear and shatter the darkness.

Gu An used the Eternal Boundless Divine Sword to defeat the Dark War Emperor, whose attack had trapped the continent’s inhabitants in an illusion, and the victory made Sword Venerable Fudao’s power known across the Heavenly Spirit Great World. The chapter ended with Qingsongzi and the Sacred Chancellor’s gathering confronting the consequences of the Heavenly Prison’s actions and suspecting someone had maneuvered the Dark War Emperor against Sword Venerable Fudao.

• The Dark War Emperor attacked the colossal sword shadow, but the Eternal Boundless Divine Sword broke the illusion and pursued him beyond Heaven.
• Gu An’s sword destroyed the Dark War Emperor’s black mist, then tracked him through space by his karmic aura and killed him; Gu An seized 207,632 years of his lifespan.
• The disciples and inhabitants of Taicang Continent celebrated Sword Venerable Fudao’s victory, while Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley and worried that the Heavenly Prison’s release of Heavenly Demons would bring further trouble.
• Qingsongzi left a black-robed man in the Dragon Bone Crown after warning that Sword Venerable Fudao might discover the Heavenly Prison’s role and expose the Holy King.
• The Sacred Chancellor defended his decision to use dark beings against the Heavenly Demons, while the gathered figures suspected someone had used his plan to scheme against Sword Venerable Fudao.

Gu An confronted Punishment Demon Soul Lord in the Heavenly Prison, where the Sacred Chancellor appeared and explained his role in the Dark War Emperor’s descent. The Sacred Chancellor promised the Sacred Court would leave Sword Venerable Fudao alone, and Gu An asked him to bring the Great Underworld Holy King so he could kill him himself.

• Fu Shenxiu and Eternal Years Dao Lord discussed Sword Venerable Fudao’s power and worried that the Sacred Court’s actions would bring turmoil.
• Shen Zhen criticized the Sacred Court to Gu An, who decided to settle his grudges in the Heavenly Prison.
• Gu An appeared beside Punishment Demon Soul Lord and demanded that he confess who had arranged for Heavenly Demons to be released into Taicang Continent.
• Punishment Demon Soul Lord blamed Qingsongzi and Great Underworld Holy King, while the Sacred Chancellor arrived and admitted that he had arranged the Dark War Emperor’s descent.
• The Sacred Chancellor promised not to disturb Gu An’s cultivation, and Gu An asked him to bring the Great Underworld Holy King so he could kill him.

Gu An accepted the Sacred Court’s offer to join in name as Holy Sword Three, while insisting that the Great Underworld Holy King be handed over to him. Five days later, the Sacred Chancellor brought the injured Great Underworld Holy King to Taicang Continent, leaving Gu An poised to claim his target.

• Gu An agreed to join the Sacred Court in name, received the Holy Sword Three token, and spared the Punishment Demon Soul Lord.
• Back in Mystic Valley, Gu An inspected the token and resolved to keep building his strength while waiting for the Great Underworld Holy King.
• Gu An saw the Sacred Chancellor seize a Dao Void Mystic Immortal near the Extinction Domain, demonstrating the Sacred Chancellor’s overwhelming power.
• Gu An spent time with Long Qing beneath the stars, then later debated Journey to the West with Shenxinzi.
• Five days later, Gu An sensed the Sacred Chancellor arrive at the continent with the captured, badly injured Great Underworld Holy King.

Gu An killed Great Underworld Holy King and returned to Sky-Settling Peak, where disciples discussed Sword Venerable Fudao’s rise and the growing danger in the world. Eight years later, Shenxinzi offered to secretly teach Long Qing cultivation and stunned him by revealing the realms above Body Integration.

• Gu An appeared before Holy King Xingshi and the chained Great Underworld Holy King, then annihilated Great Underworld Holy King and seized part of his lifespan.
• At Sky-Settling Peak, Gu An listened as his disciples discussed the Sacred Court’s title of Holy Sword for Sword Venerable Fudao and warned them to cultivate amid rising unrest.
• An Xin asked Gu An about the Sacred Court, and he described it as the mortal world’s ruling force while reflecting on its enemies and the Extinction Domain.
• Gu An urged An Xin to keep training, and she resolved not to let Long Qing surpass her.
• Eight years later, thirteen-year-old Long Qing chased a white-furred rat through Medicine Valley before Shenxinzi approached him.
• Shenxinzi offered to secretly teach Long Qing and listed the cultivation realms above Body Integration, leaving Long Qing astonished.

Shenxinzi took Long Qing into the sky, inspired him to cultivate, and accepted him as his disciple. Two days later, Long Qing struggled to draw in qi, while Gu An welcomed Li Ya back to Medicine Valley and prepared to hear about his adventures.

• Shenxinzi showed Long Qing the starry sky and agreed to teach him after Long Qing asked to become his disciple.
• Long Qing returned to Gu An and promised he would always be filial, then hurried off when Gu An told him to chop firewood.
• Shenxinzi meditated with Long Qing in a bamboo grove, but Long Qing still had not cultivated spiritual power after two days.
• Long Qing spotted someone passing overhead and ran out of the grove, while Shenxinzi recognized the figure but stayed quiet.
• Li Ya arrived at Gu An's loft, where Gu An set aside Investiture of the Gods and welcomed him back.
• Li Ya said he was unharmed and offered to recount his experiences; Gu An joked that even Long Qing could not be injured with Divine Wonder City in hand.

Li Ya returned to Taixuan Sect and reunited with Gu An, while Shenxinzi and Ji Xiaoyu warned that Li Ya faced a fated calamity. In the Divine Anomaly Realm, Zhang Buku prepared to travel to Taichu, and the chapter ended with Ye Yan arriving at Third Medicine Valley to seek his former master, Gu An.

• Li Ya told Gu An about his travels and rapid cultivation, then gave Long Qing a magic dagger and left Herb seeds behind.
• Shenxinzi and Ji Xiaoyu both sensed that Li Ya would encounter a destined calamity, while Gu An invited Ji Xiaoyu to admire the moon with him.
• Zhang Buku mastered the strongest ancient treasure body, and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord announced that he would travel with the group to Taichu.
• The Thief of Five Elements volunteered to remain behind as the Divine Anomaly Realm's contact with the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Ye Yan reached Third Medicine Valley and told An Xin that Gu An had once been his master.

After Ye Yan returned to Third Medicine Valley near the end of his life and was buried there, Gu An pondered the rules of reincarnation and entered a state of enlightenment. He later spoke with Ye Lan about mortality and her wish to explore the world, then Shenxinzi began teaching Long Qing body refinement after his cultivation made no progress.

• Ye Yan visited Gu An after decades away, recounted his life, and asked to be buried in Third Medicine Valley.
• Ye Yan and Zhen Qin remembered their old companions, and Gu An later stood calmly before Ye Yan's grave as he pondered reincarnation and entered enlightenment.
• Gu An asked Ye Lan whether she would accept eternal youth and longevity under restrictive rules, but she declined and said she wanted to spend her final hundred years with him and explore the world.
• Shenxinzi reassured Long Qing that his physique might require body refinement, and Long Qing eagerly accepted the new training plan.
• An Xin questioned Shenxinzi about taking Long Qing around, while Shenxinzi noticed that her presence felt subtly unusual.

Gu An sensed a powerful black-robed man appear Beyond Heaven and later enter Third Medicine Valley with his aura suppressed. Lifespan Inspection identified him as Sun Moon Dark Emperor, a Divine Sense True Immortal Realm eighth-layer cultivator, and Ji Xiaoyu also noticed his arrival.

• An Xin asked Gu An about her fellow disciples' cultivation and whether she could become an immortal, while Gu An concealed Long Qing's true strength and encouraged her to keep cultivating.
• Six years later, Long Qing trained under Shenxinzi, who told him his strength could defeat a Qi Refining cultivator at the third level.
• A black-robed man appeared through a rift Beyond Heaven, then vanished as a battle erupted near the Sacred Court; Nine-Fingered Divine Lord left his chess game with Gu An to investigate.
• After a month without news, the black-robed man entered Third Medicine Valley with his aura suppressed to the Golden Core Realm.
• Gu An used Lifespan Inspection and learned the visitor was Sun Moon Dark Emperor, a Divine Sense True Immortal Realm eighth-layer cultivator over fifteen million years old.
• Ji Xiaoyu came out of her room and watched Sun Moon Dark Emperor approach.

The Sun Moon Dark Emperor brought Ji Xiaoyu her Soul Jade and warned her of a major change in the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain, while she chose to remain in Third Medicine Valley for now. Ten years later, Gu An visited Xiao Chuan, who asked him to choose a future disciple from Chuan Mansion.

• The Sun Moon Dark Emperor gave Ji Xiaoyu her Soul Jade and told her that she was the Reincarnation Dao Emperor, who had lived for more than twenty million years.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An that the Ji Family had been founded by her adopted son and that she would stay in Third Medicine Valley for now.
• The Sun Moon Dark Emperor settled into secluded cultivation in Third Medicine Valley, where he remained for ten years.
• Gu An visited Xiao Chuan and listened as Xiao Chuan lamented a dispute among his descendants over a forced marriage alliance.
• Xiao Chuan asked Gu An to take a future disciple from Chuan Mansion, and Gu An agreed while reserving the choice for himself.

Gu An spent decades gathering lifespan and tending his disciples before a powerful Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal caused a continent-wide disaster. Five years later, he declined an Immortal Dynasty banquet that might bring trouble, while Lu Lingjun and other visitors arrived at Human World Peak to discuss an unspecified matter.

• Gu An visited Xiao Chuan, discussed cultivation and events in the immortal world, and resolved to save lifespan until he had one billion years.
• Gu An spent thirty years collecting herbs and teaching his disciples, gaining fifty million years of lifespan as Long Qing advanced in body refinement.
• A Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal’s violent cultivation shook Taicang Continent, and the Sacred Court’s forces eventually subdued him with Carefree Origin Immortal and Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal intervening.
• Sun Moon Dark Emperor told Ji Xiaoyu that the Sacred Court was nearing a tribulation and hinted that a major event would soon unfold.
• Five years later, Gu An declined Immortal Emperor Yang’s banquet invitation and instructed Zhu Xinglan to expand Sky-Settling Peak’s herb cultivation.
• Lu Lingjun arrived at Human World Peak with the Holy Mother of West Spirit and others, and Gu An took An Xin back with him.

Gu An reunited with Gu Yu and Zhang Xianwang, who revealed the Immortal Dynasty’s origins and invited him to join. Zhang Xianwang claimed the dynasty had found true immortals and planned to clear away the mortal world’s obstacles, leaving Gu An wary because of his ties to the Sacred Court.

• Gu An visited Outer Sect City with Blood Prison Great Sage, who asked about Long Qing’s unusual growth, and Gu An confirmed Long Qing was like him.
• Gu An met Gu Yu at the Heaven-Mending Platform, where Gu Yu told him that Li Ya had inherited the Three Pure Mountains’ legacy and reached the Profound Heart Realm.
• Zhang Xianwang approached Gu An, and the two left together to talk at an inn.
• Zhang Xianwang revealed that he came from the Immortal Dynasty and offered to help Gu An reach the Nirvana Realm if he joined, but refused to bring anyone else.
• Zhang Xianwang said the Immortal Dynasty had found true immortals beyond the heavens and would remove obstacles for them, prompting Gu An to worry that the dynasty intended to destroy the world and conflict with the Sacred Court.

Gu An learned that the Immortal Dynasty was secretly placing Immortal Spirits across the world while recruiting powerful cultivators, and An Hao agreed to join it after being challenged by one of its envoys. The chapter ended with Shen Zhen describing a vision of two mighty figures preparing to face each other above the Ninth Heaven.

• Zhang Xianwang told Gu An about the Immortal Dynasty’s ancient history and said he would stay at the Taixuan Sect while Gu An considered joining it.
• Gu An discovered that Immortal Spirits were secretly scattered across the world, and he later took An Xin to meet Lu Lingjun in disguise.
• An Xin returned delighted that Lu Lingjun had mistaken her for a senior, and Gu An urged her to cultivate humbly and keep pursuing her goals.
• An Immortal Dynasty envoy told An Hao that his physique and fortune made him suited to join the dynasty, and An Hao agreed to join if he could defeat the envoy.
• Gu An discovered that An Hao had left the Sea-Severing Domain with a Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal and chose not to interfere.
• Shen Zhen told Gu An about a painting he imagined, depicting two figures standing opposed above the Ninth Heaven.

Gu An’s cultivation world was shaken when Immortal Ancestor Yuanxu sacrificed himself to open Reincarnation and grant all living beings immortal rain. As golden rain spread and Immortal Spirits preached across the world, Gu An watched the Immortal Dynasty reveal its power and influence.

• Shen Zhen speculated that she might be an Immortal reincarnated, while Gu An reflected on his loneliness and began writing a new book.
• Nine years after Gu An published Romance of the Three Kingdoms, You Yingying confronted him over Zhuge Liang’s death, and he escaped into Ji Xiaoyu’s room.
• Gu An discovered that the fragrant red scarf on Ji Xiaoyu’s bed was an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure and suspected it came from her previous life.
• Immortal Ancestor Yuanxu announced that he would sacrifice his thirty million years of Dao cultivation to aid all beings and open Reincarnation, then destroyed his body to begin the process.
• Golden rain fell across the Heavenly Spirit Great World and enhanced living beings’ cultivation as Immortal Spirits, including Zhang Xianwang, preached the Dao throughout the world.

After Immortal Ancestor Yuanxu’s golden rain blessed all living beings and boosted the Immortal Dynasty’s fortune, Gu An witnessed the world’s gratitude and the rising tension between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court. Five days later, while visiting Immortal Seeking Island, he encountered Immortal Lord Chiming, who mistook him for the island lord Meng Lang.

• Gu An discovered that the golden rain had raised the cultivation and maximum lifespans of Taixuan Sect’s disciples, while the Immortal Dynasty’s fortune surged after Yuanxu’s sacrifice.
• Ji Xiaoyu predicted great chaos and discussed how Yuanxu’s deed challenged the Sacred Court; Gu An observed Sacred Court cultivators guarding the Reincarnation Vortex.
• People across Taicang Continent honored Yuanxu, and five days later Gu An visited Immortal Seeking Island, where its people praised the blessing and discussed Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
• Gu An left the island lord’s manor with Hu Xiaojian, encountered Immortal Lord Chiming, and saw that he was a third-layer Dao Void Mystic Immortal carrying the Immortal Dynasty’s fortune.
• Immortal Lord Chiming approached Gu An and asked whether he was the island lord, Meng Lang.

Gu An killed Immortal Lord Chiming after refusing to serve him, then secretly harvested mature herbs from sects to gain lifespan. While harvesting spiritual flowers, he encountered Zhu Xi, a young cultivator with an unusually high lifespan, and watched as she absorbed their spiritual energy.

• Immortal Lord Chiming demanded that Gu An serve him, but Gu An refused and later used Ultimate Void Incarnation to kill him and seize his lifespan.
• Gu An observed the growing war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court and resolved to advance his cultivation by harvesting herbs instead of killing innocent people.
• Gu An secretly harvested mature herbs at Purple Pill Palace for fifteen nights, gaining one hundred and fifty million years of lifespan and alarming the sect.
• Gu An tried harvesting at another sect but withdrew when its disciples noticed something abnormal, then chose a distant lake filled with spiritual flowers.
• Gu An saw Zhu Xi find the harvested flowers and discovered through Lifespan Inspection that her maximum lifespan was 9,999 years.
• Zhu Xi absorbed the spiritual energy from the flowers and vowed to avenge them.

Gu An continued secretly harvesting herbs and reached one billion years of lifespan, unlocking a function that let him simulate reality or imagined scenarios. After turning down Zhang Xianwang’s invitation to join the Immortal Dynasty, Gu An prepared to use the new ability to help plan his breakthrough.

• Zhu Xi secretly absorbed the Purple Cloud Flowers at Falling Moon Divine Lake, then fooled the other cultivators into thinking an intruder had stolen them.
• Gu An stopped picking herbs at Falling Moon Divine Lake and gathered lifespan by visiting distant sects, while their members grew alarmed and suspected various enemies.
• Zhang Xianwang invited Gu An to join the Immortal Dynasty, but Gu An refused, and Ji Xiaoyu warned that joining amid the conflict with the Sacred Court could be dangerous.
• Zhang Xianwang accepted Gu An’s refusal, gave him a magic artifact, and left Third Medicine Valley after sharing a drink with him.
• Gu An went to the Bitter Sea Buddhist Sect and harvested herbs until he passed one billion years of lifespan, unlocking the lifespan simulation function.

Gu An went to the Extinction Domain to prepare for his breakthrough, strengthened his physique and cultivation method with hundreds of millions of years of lifespan, and drew the attention of a colossal creature. The chapter ended with the creature appearing in the darkness as Gu An looked toward it.

• Gu An decided to undergo his breakthrough in the Extinction Domain and used a simulation to defeat Sun Moon Dark Emperor, gaining confidence in his strength.
• Gu An traveled through the Extinction Domain and settled on an inconspicuous meteorite inside his Longevity Barrier.
• Gu An spent fifty million years of lifespan to transform his Primordial Supreme Dao Body into the Chaotic Refining Void Body, awakening its full power.
• Gu An spent another fifty million years to advance the Great Thousand Creation Infinite Art into the Eternal Great Infinite Art and strengthen Infinite Clones.
• The surge of Great Dao Spiritual Qi attracted a colossal yao-like creature, which appeared in the darkness before Gu An.