Chapter Summaries

Gu An used evolved cultivation to master powerful techniques and advance to the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm, causing a disturbance across the universe. The chapter ended with Gu An returning to Third Medicine Valley, where Wu Jue had been waiting for him.

• Gu An mastered the Eternal Great Infinite Art and raised the Seven Gods Golden Body, Battle Will, Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image, and Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal to Return to Simplicity.
• Gu An endured the Heavenly Dao Execution Immortal Nine Absolute Tribulation and broke through to the first layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm, then raised his cultivation to the ninth layer.
• Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Court's Great Cultivators sensed the disturbance from the Extinction Domain and worried about its cause.
• Gu An's Golden Pill transformed into a Dao Seed as his cultivation advanced, while hidden figures watched from the darkness.
• Wu Jue waited at Third Medicine Valley for Gu An, argued about Liu Bei with a Great Cultivator, and saw Gu An emerge from the Teleportation Array Platform.

After reaching the ninth level of the Carefree Immortal Realm, Gu An welcomed Wu Jue’s news that he had reached the Body Integration Realm and secretly harvested herbs to build his lifespan back up. With one billion years accumulated, Gu An prepared for another breakthrough while the Sacred Court investigated the stolen herbs and he watched Zhu Xi cultivate.

• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley after advancing to the ninth level of the Carefree Immortal Realm, and Wu Jue proudly told him he had reached the Body Integration Realm.
• Beyond Heaven, Fu Shenxiu and Bai Ziya discussed the tension between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court and the vast Extinction Domain.
• Gu An secretly harvested herbs at Human World Peak and other places until he had accumulated one billion years of lifespan.
• Ten days later, Gu An prepared to break through but avoided the Extinction Domain because powerful beings were roaming nearby.
• Gu An learned that the Sacred Court was investigating the stolen herbs and used his divine sense to observe Zhu Xi cultivating at Falling Moon Divine Lake.

Gu An watched tensions rise between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court while searching the Extinction Domain for a safe chance to break through. After foreseeing Ji Xiaoyu’s future involvement in the coming war, he went beyond heaven and began spending his lifespan to attempt the Dao Fruit Realm, but his first hundred million years were not enough.

• An Xin asked Gu An about rumors of a war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court, and he said the Taicang Continent could not take part yet.
• Zhu Xinglan told Gu An that an unknown thief had picked herbs across several sects, and Gu An suggested they watch for further trouble.
• Gu An watched two Divine Sense True Immortals fight in the Extinction Domain and judged them weaker than the Sun Moon Dark Emperor.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An she was leaving to break through to the Body Integration Realm, and Gu An saw that her fate would draw her into the coming war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court.
• Gu An traveled secretly into the Extinction Domain, invested a hundred million years of lifespan in attempts to reach the Dao Fruit Realm, and failed to break through before investing another hundred million years.

Gu An endured hundreds of failed tribulation attempts before breaking through into the perfected Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm and creating his innate Great Divine Ability, True Words of Longevity. As he explored the universe with his divine sense, enormous eyes appeared in the darkness once again.

• Gu An spent hundreds of millions of years of lifespan on failed attempts before successfully passing the Heavenly Dao Taiyi Divine Origin Tribulation and entering the Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm.
• Gu An used the surging Great Dao Spiritual Qi to advance to the perfected Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm while the Longevity Barrier consumed another 120 million years of lifespan.
• Gu An formed his Dao Fruit and created the innate Great Divine Ability True Words of Longevity, which used karma and fate to determine living beings' life, death, and destiny.
• Ancient Immortal Emperor and Saint Ancestor observed the upheaval from beyond heaven and agreed to let their juniors struggle unless the Heavenly Demon threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World's survival.
• Gu An explored the Extinction Domain with his divine sense, found several other Great Worlds, and then sensed enormous eyes appearing in the darkness.

Gu An reached the perfected realm of Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal and forged the Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure Fate-Fixing Pen, while mysterious figures vanished into reincarnation. He returned to Third Medicine Valley, where Nine-Fingered Divine Lord claimed the pen really was an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure.

• Gu An watched two figures emerge from giant eyes and disappear through the Reincarnation Rules into the light layer Beyond Heaven.
• Gu An completed his breakthrough to the perfected realm of Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal and forged the Fate-Fixing Pen, preventing it from connecting to the Heavenly Dao Rules.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley and joked with You Yingying about selling his new pen for one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Nine-Fingered Divine Lord examined the Fate-Fixing Pen and agreed that it really was an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure.

Gu An defeated Nine-Fingered Divine Lord at chess, humbled Long Qing in a spar, and checked on Tian Yao'er as unrest spread between the Heavenly Demons and the Heavenly Spirit Great World. He discovered a Phoenix hidden within one of the seven suns Beyond Heaven, apparently calling to Tian Yao'er.

• Gu An beat Nine-Fingered Divine Lord at chess, then declined to help You Yingying remove the karmic restriction keeping her from cultivation.
• Gu An and You Yingying visited Long Qing, and Gu An swiftly knocked him into a tree during their spar.
• Heavenly Demons gathered near the Heavenly Spirit Great World as its Great Cultivators Beyond Heaven prepared for confrontation.
• Gu An sparred with Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai, then listened as Tian Yao'er described her restless qi and the mysterious call she felt.
• Gu An looked toward the seven suns Beyond Heaven and saw a Phoenix within one of them as the awakened beings watched the approaching Heavenly Demons.

Gu An discovered that Tian Yao'er was descended from the Phoenix and reassured her that he would not send her away. He encouraged Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to pursue immortality, and Xuanmiao resolved to establish the Heavenly Court; after the New Year gathering, Gu An reunited with Hao Dragon in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven.

• Gu An recognized Tian Yao'er's faint karmic connection to a powerful Phoenix ancestor and promised he would not abandon her.
• Gu An urged Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to focus on cultivation, and Xuanmiao declared that he wanted to become an immortal and establish the Heavenly Court.
• At the New Year gathering in the Third Medicine Valley, Gu An observed the mounting tension between the Sacred Court and more than a million Heavenly Demons, including two Divine Sense True Immortals.
• Gu An left the valley the next morning and found Hao Dragon beneath the Azure Vine Tree in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven.
• Hao Dragon told Gu An that it had secretly followed the Ancient Hao Sect to the Spring Festival gathering so it could see him, while Gu An sensed someone approaching.

Gu An confronted Zhuimo, a powerful intruder who coveted the Azure Vine Tree and threatened Hao Dragon. Gu An subdued him and used the Fate-Fixing Pen to erase every backer Zhuimo could call upon, leaving Zhuimo overwhelmed by terror.

• Hao Dragon refused Gu An’s offer to return to the Taixuan Sect, and Zhuimo emerged from a cave with a black spider on his shoulder.
• Zhuimo revealed that he had helped Hao Dragon reach the hidden grotto and demanded that Hao Dragon submit to him.
• Zhuimo attacked Gu An, but Gu An blocked him with the Fate-Fixing Pen and immobilized him.
• Zhuimo threatened Gu An with his master and other allies, but Gu An forced him to his knees.
• Gu An wrote the word “death” with the Fate-Fixing Pen and erased Zhuimo’s possible backers, leaving Zhuimo gripped by fear.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Demons invade the Heavenly Spirit Great World while choosing not to intervene, as its defenders fought back across the world. The battle eased on the Taicang Continent, but Zhu Xi fled into danger on a distant island, where a Heavenly Demon approached her.

• Gu An killed Zhuimo with the Fate-Fixing Pen, warned Hao Dragon to keep silent, and confirmed the pen could seize lifespan.
• Over the following five years, Gu An resumed his quiet life as more than five million Heavenly Demons gathered beyond the world.
• The Heavenly Demons invaded in falling meteors, and Shenxinzi, the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord, and other defenders fought to protect the continents while Gu An observed.
• Sun Moon Dark Emperor sensed that Long Qing's changing karma connected him to the Heavenly Demons.
• Gu An noticed Heavenly Demons slipping into the mortal world and suspected some had come seeking Long Qing.
• Zhu Xi escaped the attack on Falling Moon Divine Lake, but a Scattered Immortal Realm Heavenly Demon approached her on an island as she sensed danger all around.

Demon Emperor E'Mo used a mysterious karmic power to pull countless people from the Heavenly Spirit Great World into the Nine Abyss Realm, where Gu An, Ye Lan, and Zhen Qin found themselves among the captives. As E'Mo announced that they had no way to escape, Gu An and the others faced an unknown ordeal.

• A female Heavenly Demon tried to possess Zhu Xi, but Zhu Xi devoured her soul and woke unharmed.
• Shenxinzi told Long Qing that the Heavenly Demons' invasion had been repelled, while Li Ya prepared to leave Three Pure Mountains and seek experience in the world.
• Demon Emperor E'Mo revealed that the invasion served a greater purpose, then transformed into a black sphere that Ancient Immortal Emperor and Saint Ancestor could not disperse.
• A black karmic net ensnared Ye Lan, Zhen Qin, Long Qing, and many others, and Gu An vanished with Ye Lan and Zhen Qin as they were transported away.
• Gu An, Ye Lan, and Zhen Qin arrived in the Nine Abyss Realm, where Demon Emperor E'Mo declared that no one could save them and promised them only a thread of life.

Demon Emperor E'Mo trapped Gu An, Ye Lan, Zhen Qin, and many others in the Nine Abyss Realm, where Heavenly Demon reincarnations were urged to fight the world's inhabitants. Gu An joined Taixuan Sect disciples and watched as they regrouped, while Li Ya drew a swarm of Heavenly Demons into battle.

• Demon Emperor E'Mo declared that Heavenly Demons and the inhabitants of the Heavenly Spirit Great World had to kill each other to regain their freedom, and Gu An realized the Heavenly Dao protected the world's living beings from mass slaughter.
• After E'Mo and the giant eyes vanished, Ye Lan decided to gather Taixuan Sect disciples, and she, Zhen Qin, and Gu An descended the hillside together.
• Gu An sensed more than a million Heavenly Demons in the Nine Abyss Realm and followed Ye Lan's group while keeping watch over Ji Xiaoyu, An Hao, Li Ya, and the others.
• The Taixuan Sect group spotted Li Ya using Divine Wonder City's power to suppress a Heavenly Demon, attracting more enemies around him.
• Gu An and the others reunited with An Xin, Long Qing, and the Taixuan Sect disciples, while Long Qing eagerly anticipated fighting the Heavenly Demons.

Gu An secretly helped the Heavenly Spirit Great World's fighters gain the upper hand in the Nine Abyss Realm while Demon Emperor E'Mo searched for Long Qing Great Emperor. When E'Mo confronted Long Qing, Gu An stopped him, searched his memories, and killed him, leaving the purpose of E'Mo's search to be uncovered.

• The Taixuan Sect disciples joined the battle, and Gu An secretly killed weakened Heavenly Demons to protect their side and gain lifespan.
• Outside the Nine Abyss Realm, the Ancient Immortal Emperor and Saint Ancestor concluded that Demon Emperor E'Mo was searching for something and ordered the space sealed.
• After half a day of fighting, Gu An had gained more than thirty million years of lifespan, and no Taixuan Sect disciple had died.
• Demon Emperor E'Mo appeared in the sky and cast an illusion over the living beings before locating Long Qing and approaching him.
• Gu An seized E'Mo's wrist, prevented him from moving, and questioned him about why he sought Long Qing Great Emperor.
• Gu An searched E'Mo's memories, killed him, destroyed his Dao Seed, and gained more than six million years of lifespan.

After Gu An destroyed Demon Emperor E'Mo and returned everyone from the Nine Abyss Realm, he learned that Long Qing was the last surviving descendant of the Long Family and that the War Court had pursued him. Fifty years later, Zhu Xi arrived at Human World Peak, and Jiang Qiong visited Gu An with a warning about Zhen Qin.

• Gu An discovered from Demon Emperor E'Mo's memories that the War Court had targeted Long Qing, the last descendant of the Long Family, and that Demon Emperor E'Mo had cultivated the Dark War Emperor.
• Gu An collapsed the Nine Abyss Realm, granted its survivors insights into the Path of Karma, and sent them back to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Back in the Third Medicine Valley, Gu An let Long Qing recount the Nine Abyss Realm journey while he returned to his house unnoticed.
• Fifty years later, Zhu Xi arrived at Human World Peak seeking to join the sect, while Gu An sensed her arrival from Sky-Settling Peak.
• Gu An calmed An Xin's uncontrolled astral qi during cultivation and later accompanied her to Mystic Valley.
• Jiang Qiong told Gu An she was preparing to enter the Body Integration Realm and warned him that Zhen Qin was seeking revenge on the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.

Gu An refused to abandon Zhen Qin or Long Qing despite the dangers tied to their karmas. Ji Xiaoyu shared a book from her past life about the Dragon clan, leaving Gu An to wonder whether it was connected to Long Qing.

• Jiang Qiong told Gu An that Zhen Qin still hated the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, and Gu An asked Jiang Qiong to keep Zhen Qin safe without making her seek revenge.
• Jiang Qiong shared her new insights into karma and deduction, then brought Gu An to the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven for the night.
• Ji Xiaoyu questioned Gu An about his night away, then warned him that Long Qing carried extraordinary karma and might bring disaster to the Medicine Valley or Taixuan Sect.
• Gu An refused to send Long Qing away, saying he would not abandon someone who treated him like a father.
• Ji Xiaoyu gave Gu An a book marked with the character “Dragon,” explaining that the Reincarnation Dao Emperor had held it and that it recorded a clan’s evolution.

Gu An read about the Long Family’s rise and fall, then watched the Sacred Court send seventeen Holy Kings, including Yang Jian, into the Reincarnation Vortex. Their departure gave him the idea of marking Xiao Chuan so he could find him in a future life, and the chapter ended with Gu An leaving Xiao Chuan’s home at dawn.

• Gu An read the history of Long Xin and the Long Family, reflecting on their decline and the difficulty of achieving true immortality.
• Gu An reassured the Blood Prison Great Sage, who mistook his advice to focus on the future as a promise of special cultivation support.
• The Sacred Chancellor ordered the Holy Kings to enter the Reincarnation Vortex to seek their absent ruler, and Yang Jian and Holy King Xingshi volunteered before the others were compelled to go.
• Gu An saw seventeen Sacred Court figures, including Yang Jian, enter the Reincarnation Vortex and considered marking Xiao Chuan with the Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal so he could find him after reincarnation.
• Gu An asked Xiao Chuan whether he would want to meet again in another life, and Xiao Chuan said he would welcome it while describing the life he hoped to have.
• Gu An stayed with Xiao Chuan until dawn, then departed as Xiao Chuan’s great-granddaughter asked who the mysterious young man was.

Gu An reunited with Wuxin, declined an offer to cultivate at an immortal manor, and discussed the Great Cang Dynasty’s future with Li Xuandao. Twenty years later, he accompanied Xiao Chuan’s soul as it rose from Chuan Mansion, where Xiao Chuan asked whether Gu An was Sword Venerable Fudao.

• Gu An visited Li Xuandao with An Xin and reunited with Wuxin, who had reached the Void Crossing Realm.
• Li Xuandao offered Gu An a chance to cultivate at an immortal manor, but Gu An declined despite Wuxin’s urging.
• Gu An, Li Xuandao, Wuxin, and An Xin discussed the Great Cang Dynasty’s entrenched classes and the talents of Yang Jian and An Hao.
• After Gu An left, Li Xuandao suggested that An Xin and Gu An might be concealing their cultivation, recalling a Dao Pattern he had seen on Gu An.
• Twenty years later, Gu An watched Xiao Chuan’s soul rise from Chuan Mansion on the seventh day after his death.
• Gu An appeared beside Xiao Chuan’s rising soul, and Xiao Chuan asked whether he was Sword Venerable Fudao.

Gu An sent Xiao Chuan into reincarnation after preserving his memories and marking his soul so he could find him in a future life. Months later, as life continued in the Third Medicine Valley, Gu An encountered a newcomer named Zhang Shi whose presence drew his attention.

• Xiao Chuan thanked Gu An for secretly helping him and asked him to seek him out again only if he had exceptional cultivation aptitude in his next life.
• Gu An sealed Xiao Chuan's memories against reincarnation, marked his soul with a Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal, and watched him enter the Reincarnation Vortex.
• An Xin brought Gu An Xiao Chuan's farewell letter several days after his death, and Gu An stored it in a brocade box.
• Gu An continued managing the Third Medicine Valley and watched the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord challenge a visiting weiqi player.
• Zhang Shi introduced himself to Gu An as a recent Taixuan Sect arrival, then accepted the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord's challenge; Gu An sensed something unusual about him.

Gu An observed the mysterious Zhang Shi, who recognized Sun Moon Dark Emperor and warned him about the Reincarnation Calamity before leaving Third Medicine Valley. Twelve years later, Gu An tested An Xin’s swordsmanship, praised her progress, and returned to the valley, where he found Zhou Tongyou again.

• Gu An sensed that Zhang Shi carried an unusual aura of reincarnation, while Zhang Shi lost a chess game to Nine-Fingered Divine Lord.
• Zhang Shi recognized Long Qing’s connection to the Long Clan and told Sun Moon Dark Emperor that the Reincarnation Dao Emperor had reincarnated, warning that the Reincarnation Calamity feared becoming a savior.
• Twelve years later, An Xin fought Gu An and unleashed a powerful sword technique that shook the island; Gu An praised her progress and urged her to temper her own sword with Sword Intent.
• An Xin speculated that Gu An was an Immortal King, but he called himself a Scattered Immortal, and the two returned to Third Medicine Valley with the Blood Prison Great Sage.
• Gu An sensed Zhou Tongyou’s arrival, remembered their past encounters, and went to meet him with An Xin.

Gu An reunited with Zhou Tongyou, then learned that An Hao would represent the Immortal Dynasty in a contest against the Sacred Court. After Zhou Tongyou defeated Wu Jue, Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley and discovered that Shen Zhen had comprehended a secret art that greatly improved her cultivation.

• Gu An welcomed Zhou Tongyou to Third Medicine Valley, and they reminisced about old acquaintances, including Ye Yan, who had reached the end of his natural life.
• The Ancient Immortal Emperor announced a grand assembly between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court, offering the top cultivators Dao Realm Cultivation and other rewards.
• An Hao refused a white-skirted immortal maiden's offer to train with him and left the hall.
• Zhou Tongyou defeated Wu Jue, and An Xin excitedly told Gu An about the battle as he advised her and explained a weakness in Zhou Tongyou's Evil-Suppressing Golden Body.
• Gu An found Shen Zhen waiting in his room, where she revealed that her newly comprehended secret art had raised her maximum lifespan to 7,200 years.

Gu An learned that Shen Zhen had mastered a secret art related to reincarnation and grew suspicious that she might be caught in the Reincarnation Calamity. After Shen Zhen teased him about their supposed past and gave him her latest book, Ji Xiaoyu peeked at what he was reading and decided not to bring him along to cultivate.

• Shen Zhen explained her secret art to Gu An, who recognized its connection to reincarnation and wondered whether she had awakened memories from a past life.
• Gu An teased Shen Zhen about being an immortal reincarnated, and she claimed she was the main character and invited him to cling to her thigh.
• Shen Zhen falsely claimed that Gu An had hugged her and spoken sweetly to her four hundred years earlier, then admitted she had been testing whether Ji Xiaoyu would eavesdrop.
• Shen Zhen apologized for her teasing, gave Gu An her latest Taixuan Secret Biography, and left his room.
• Ji Xiaoyu used her divine sense to peek at Gu An's book, blushed, and decided she could not bring him along to cultivate in case he became a scourge.