Chapter Summaries

The Origin Immortal King emerged from the Reincarnation Vortex, alarming the Immortal Dynasty and forcing the Sacred Court to confront its growing disadvantage. The Sacred Gods debated how to respond, but their hopes of relying on Sword Venerable Fudao remained uncertain.

• As the strange pressure spread across the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Sun Moon Dark Emperor told Ji Xiaoyu that an Immortal King’s death-laden aura heralded disaster.
• The Origin Immortal King appeared within the Reincarnation Vortex, and an Immortal Spirit identified him as the long-lost king.
• The Sacred Court withdrew its cultivators from beyond Heaven as the Origin Immortal King began to emerge from the vortex.
• The Sacred Gods urged the Sacred Chancellor to prepare for the Origin Immortal King, but disagreed over whether the Chancellor could break through in time.
• The Sacred Gods raised Sword Venerable Fudao as a possible ally, while the Sacred Chancellor privately doubted he could persuade him to join the Sacred Court.

The Origin Immortal King was resurrected, seized the souls of the Immortal Dynasty’s Immortal Spirits, and reclaimed his black saber before appearing in Taixuan Sect to confront Gu An. Gu An let him strike once, and the Origin Immortal King and his saber were annihilated, leaving Gu An unharmed.

• The Origin Immortal King emerged from the Reincarnation Vortex, roared across the Heavenly Spirit Great World, and absorbed the souls of the Immortal Dynasty’s Immortal Spirits.
• The Origin Immortal King summoned his black saber from the ocean and revealed an aura at the peak of the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens, alarming Immortal Emperor Yang, the Ancient Immortal Emperor, and the Sacred Court.
• The Origin Immortal King vanished from Beyond Heaven and appeared in Outer Sect City, where he confronted Gu An and claimed the Immortal King Crown Gu An wore.
• The Origin Immortal King ordered Emperor Fiend to kneel, but Gu An pulled Emperor Fiend upright and challenged the Origin Immortal King to strike once.
• The Origin Immortal King swung his black saber at Gu An, but the saber and the Origin Immortal King were annihilated while Gu An remained unharmed.

After the Origin Immortal King was annihilated by Gu An’s Dao-Protecting Divine Essence, witnesses debated whether Gu An was Sword Venerable Fudao, while Taixuan Sect’s leaders tried to conceal his identity. Gu An returned to his ordinary routines, and the chapter ended with him and Wu Jue hearing a tale about Immortal Lord Qin as Immortal Emperor Yang arrived upstairs.

• The Origin Immortal King attacked Gu An and Emperor Fiend, but Gu An’s Dao-Protecting Divine Essence annihilated him without Gu An counterattacking.
• Taixuan Sect disciples argued over whether Gu An was Sword Venerable Fudao or merely connected to him, while Lu Baitian took Gu An aside and Emperor Fiend was led away by two cultivators.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley, jokingly claimed to be Sword Venerable Fudao, and later gave Ji Xiaoyu a playful account of the attack that left her suspecting his power.
• Gu An sensed that the Origin Immortal King’s followers had descended but chose not to intervene, then continued visiting his medicine valleys and teaching his disciples through the winter.
• On Spring Festival, Gu An drank with Wu Jue and listened to a storyteller describe Immortal Lord Qin’s return before Wu Jue questioned Gu An about Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An insisted that he was Sword Venerable Fudao, and Immortal Emperor Yang appeared at the stairway entrance.

Gu An met Immortal Emperor Yang at an inn, accepted his attempt to reconcile, and invited him to celebrate the Spring Festival at the Third Medicine Valley. Immortal Emperor Yang discovered the valley’s unusual residents and watched Gu An spend the evening among his companions.

• Immortal Emperor Yang approached Gu An at the inn, and Gu An made him drink a jar of wine before they began talking as friends.
• Gu An, Wu Jue, and Immortal Emperor Yang discussed the conflict between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court, the suffering it caused, and the possibility of new powers rising from Beyond Heaven.
• Gu An invited Immortal Emperor Yang to the Third Medicine Valley, where the emperor sensed several powerful and unusual beings among its residents.
• Gu An asked Long Qing to entertain Immortal Emperor Yang while he returned to see Shen Zhen, who was rummaging through his bookcase.
• The disciples gathered for the festival, and Immortal Emperor Yang watched Gu An surrounded by Shen Zhen, Zhen Qin, Ye Lan, Ji Xiaoyu, and An Xin.

Gu An visited Mystic Valley and taught Jiang Qiong the Eternal Heaven-Measuring Dao Step, which she struggled to master even after a century. As the Profound Nether Divine Dynasty and Heavenly Demon Great Sect threatened the mortal world, Gu An told Jiang Qiong he would speak with Immortal Emperor Yang and offered to take her to meet him.

• Gu An gave An Shengtian and Jiang Shi cultivation pointers before entering Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven to see Jiang Qiong.
• Jiang Qiong questioned Gu An about Sword Venerable Fudao, and he taught her the Eternal Heaven-Measuring Dao Step after evading her pursuit.
• A hundred years later, Jiang Qiong complained that she still could not master the footwork and told Gu An that the Profound Nether Undead had founded the Profound Nether Divine Dynasty while reincarnated heavenly demons formed the Heavenly Demon Great Sect.
• Jiang Qiong explained that the Immortal Dynasty and Sacred Court had struggled against the two rising powers, and that the Heavenly Demon Great Sect had killed more than ten thousand Gathering Flower Sect disciples.
• Gu An said he would talk to Immortal Emperor Yang, then offered to take Jiang Qiong to meet him when she doubted he could.

Gu An discussed the Immortal Dynasty’s goals with Immortal Emperor Yang, then visited Immortal Seeking Island and learned that the Heavenly Demon Great Sect was active there. He watched Li Ya battle Zhao Xuehe from afar and saw Li Ya escape, though he foresaw that Li Ya would face years of trouble.

• Gu An brought Jiang Qiong to Third Medicine Valley, where Immortal Emperor Yang explained that the Immortal Dynasty sought the orthodoxy of the Heavenly Spirit Great World rather than the approval of all living beings.
• Gu An reassured Xun Hanfeng that Immortal Seeking Island would remain safe despite the Heavenly Demon Great Sect’s frequent presence there.
• Gu An observed Li Ya fighting Zhao Xuehe, who urged him to leave the Sacred Court and join the Heavenly Demon Great Sect.
• Zhao Xuehe drew on the Extinction Domain through a crimson fireball, while Gu An secretly strengthened the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit to help Li Ya resist.
• After two hours of fighting, Li Ya escaped the encirclement, and Gu An foresaw that he would be caught in a long vortex of grudges.

Gu An monitored the growing threat of the Heavenly Demon Great Sect, reassured Jiang Shi and An Shengtian, and encountered Immortal Emperor Yang at Third Medicine Valley. Thirty years later, as the Sacred Chancellor began a tribulation to reach Carefree Immortal, Gu An sensed the Nirvana God Emperor approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

• Gu An watched Li Ya battle the Heavenly Demon Great Sect and reflected on the dangers spreading through the world, while An Hao prepared to enter Nirvana.
• Gu An praised Jiang Shi and An Shengtian, then promised to arrange a sparring match with another of his personal disciples.
• Gu An dismissed Lu Changying's request on behalf of Luo Xian Gorge, and Immortal Emperor Yang took Lu Changying away to visit the sect.
• Thirty years later, Gu An and Ye Lan discussed Xu Jie's rising fame and An Hao's extraordinary progress toward Nirvana.
• The Sacred Chancellor began breaking through to Carefree Immortal, drawing powerful beings toward the Sacred Court as Gu An foresaw new variables.
• Gu An sensed a demonic meteor approaching from the Extinction Domain and recognized the aura of the Nirvana God Emperor.

The Nirvana God Emperor descended into the Heavenly Spirit Great World, leaving Gu An uncertain of his purpose and worried that Long Qing’s lineage might be involved. After the Sacred Court survived a war triggered by the Sacred Chancellor’s breakthrough, Lu Xian returned eight years later and privately asked Gu An if he was Sword Venerable Fudao.

• The Nirvana God Emperor’s meteorite crashed into the world, and he repaired a collapsing city before disappearing.
• Gu An warned Long Qing that his special constitution and unsettled state of mind could bring a calamity too great for anyone to stop.
• The Sacred Chancellor survived a coalition war against the Sacred Court’s enemies and broke through, then fought Immortal Emperor Yang.
• Eight years later, Lu Xian returned to Tianya Valley, drew Gu An into his Cave Mansion, and nervously asked whether he was Sword Venerable Fudao.

Gu An told Lu Xian that every old force would eventually be destroyed and advised him to treat the Profound Nether Divine Dynasty as a stepping stone. Meanwhile, the Nirvana God Emperor confronted An Hao and used a purple vortex to seize his attention, leaving An Hao’s fate uncertain.

• Gu An claimed to Lu Xian that he was Sword Venerable Fudao and warned him to keep the secret.
• Lu Xian asked whether he should join the Profound Nether Divine Dynasty, and Gu An said it would fall along with every old force in the world.
• Gu An suggested that survivors of the coming destruction could rise to great status, and Lu Xian eagerly asked him more about the world’s fortunes.
• Gu An gave Luo Hun Dream of the Red Pavilion, then left Tianya Valley with An Xin and the Blood Prison Great Sage.
• The Nirvana God Emperor told An Hao he was destined for a higher heaven and earth, then a purple vortex appeared beneath his helmet and An Hao’s gaze lost its light.

The Nirvana God Emperor gave An Hao an inheritance after showing him a memory of a powerful, unnamed existence, changing An Hao’s future. Meanwhile, Gu An learned that Lu Baitian would face a killing tribulation connected to Xu Jie.

• An Hao awoke from a dreamlike memory when the Nirvana God Emperor restrained him and compared his fate pattern to that of an unnamed existence.
• The Nirvana God Emperor bestowed a divine ability on An Hao, urged him to pursue the power he had witnessed, and disappeared.
• Gu An observed that An Hao’s future had changed and wondered about the Nirvana God Emperor and the worlds beyond the universe.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An that Xu Jie remained dissatisfied after a dispute with an aristocratic family, but Gu An said the sect should treat Xu Jie normally.
• After Lu Baitian left, Gu An calculated his fate and discovered that Lu Baitian would die in a killing tribulation because of Xu Jie.

Gu An reflected on the futures he had foreseen for Lu Baitian and Xu Jie, then enjoyed the peaceful life of Third Medicine Valley as the White Spirit Mouse learned boxing. The Nirvana God Emperor entered the valley searching for Ji Xiaoyu and confronted the Blood Prison Great Sage, asking the hidden Reincarnation Dao Emperor to meet him.

• Gu An considered how Lu Baitian's choice to cultivate Xu Jie could lead to Lu Baitian's downfall, but he did not blame Xu Jie for the future he had calculated.
• Twenty years later, Gu An checked his attributes while the White Spirit Mouse showed him a fist technique; Gu An praised it and told the mouse it could challenge Long Qing.
• The Nirvana God Emperor arrived at Taixuan Sect disguised as an ordinary cultivator and entered Third Medicine Valley looking for Ji Xiaoyu.
• The Nirvana God Emperor told You Yingying to cherish the present because a time would come when she could not help herself.
• At Gu An's pavilion, the Nirvana God Emperor called for the Reincarnation Dao Emperor to reveal himself and told the Blood Prison Great Sage to pretend he had seen and heard nothing.

Nirvana God Emperor descended to seek a surviving descendant of the War Court Long Clan, then left after failing to find his aura or karma in the Great World. Ji Xiaoyu warned Gu An that Nirvana God Emperor believed he was hiding there, but Gu An denied being the person she suspected and asked how strong the God Emperor was.

• Nirvana God Emperor told Ji Xiaoyu he was hunting a descendant of the War Court Long Clan who might threaten the entire universe.
• Nirvana God Emperor searched Third Medicine Valley, found no trace of his target, and said Ji Xiaoyu could help him after her Reincarnation Calamity ended.
• After Nirvana God Emperor departed, Ji Xiaoyu explained to Sun Moon Dark Emperor that he was the legendary Extinction Domain being and had countless avatars.
• Gu An woke from his nap, noticed the injured White Spirit Mouse, and went upstairs with Ji Xiaoyu to speak privately.
• Ji Xiaoyu warned Gu An that Nirvana God Emperor believed he was hiding in the Heavenly Spirit Great World, while Gu An denied being the person she suspected and asked whether the God Emperor was strong.

Gu An began a reincarnation evolution in the Great Hong Realm, where he lived as Yang Xian, a compassionate and exceptionally gifted sword cultivator. By age twenty-one, Yang Xian had joined the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ridge, become the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ancestor’s disciple, and embarked on the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Path.

• Ji Xiaoyu warned Gu An that the Nirvana God Emperor was overwhelmingly powerful, but Gu An denied being the person she suspected and let her leave.
• A year later, Gu An gathered herbs at the Hidden Spirit Palace, read a sword-hero book, and decided to experience a chivalrous life through Lifespan Reincarnation.
• Gu An chose the Great Hong Realm, where he was born Yang Xian in the Ziwei Immortal Mansion and displayed extraordinary cultivation talent from childhood.
• At seventeen, Yang Xian defied his elders to save a man from Demonic Cultivators, killed their leader, and seized eighty-seven years of lifespan.
• Yang Xian entered the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ridge at eighteen and obtained the immortal sword Jinghong.
• At nineteen, Yang Xian accepted the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ancestor as his master, and by twenty-one he had stepped onto the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Path.

Gu An watched Yang Xian reject the position of ridge lord and marriage, rebuild his sword path, and raise the gifted Yang Ping'an as his disciple. After Yang Ping'an left the island, Yang Xian continued cultivating in seclusion until Fang Meng’s daughter arrived with news that Fang Meng was dying and wanted to see him.

• Yang Xian refused the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ancestor’s offer of the ridge lord position and was sent to investigate his traitorous eldest senior brother.
• Yang Xian crippled his Sword Intent to save Fang Meng, but the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ancestor killed the eldest senior brother; Yang Xian later rejected Fang Meng’s proposal and left to pursue his sword path.
• Yang Xian refused the killing tribulation, regained Sword Intent through his own cultivation, and took the innate Sword Intent wielder Yang Ping'an as his disciple.
• Yang Ping'an challenged Yang Xian every five years and defeated him at one hundred, earning permission to leave the island; he never returned.
• Yang Xian advanced his swordsmanship for centuries, buried his swords at the lake, and then received Fang Meng’s daughter, who said Fang Meng was dying and wished to see him.

Gu An guided Yang Xian’s reincarnation as he avenged Fang Meng, became a celebrated Sword Saint, and challenged the evils of Great Hong Dao Heaven. After the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ancestor rescued and trained him, Yang Xian devoted himself to helping the people of the Great Hong Realm and reached the Carefree Immortal Realm of Immortal Dao Nine Heavens at seventy thousand years old.

• Yang Xian visited Fang Meng before she died, then followed a mysterious power from her grave to the Imperial City and killed the state preceptor and emperor who had stolen lives to prolong the emperor’s life.
• Yang Xian returned to his mountain island, helped those in need, and refused an invitation from his former disciple Yang Ping'an to attend his Sword Master banquet.
• Yang Xian became known as the Sword Saint for his deeds and reached Carefree Origin Immortal before turning ten thousand.
• Yang Xian learned that Great Hong Dao Heaven preyed on living beings and Cultivators, killed one of its Carefree Origin Immortals, and refused its recruitment.
• A mysterious mighty figure nearly killed Yang Xian, but the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Ancestor rescued him and took him to a small world, where he trained him and warned him not to oppose Great Hong Dao Heaven.
• Yang Xian resolved to help all the people of the Great Hong Realm and, at seventy thousand years old, reached the Carefree Immortal Realm of Immortal Dao Nine Heavens.

Yang Xian avenged his family and homeland by destroying Great Hong Dao Heaven alongside his disciple Yang Ping'an, then became renowned as the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor. After defeating the Black Mystic Emperor twice, he died at the Boundary Gate at the hands of the Heavenly Spirit God, leaving Gu An to absorb his memories and wonder about the things Yang Xian had left behind.

• Yang Xian returned to the Great Hong Realm, found Ziwei Immortal Mansion destroyed and Fang Meng's resting place lost, and drew his sword against Great Hong Dao Heaven.
• Yang Xian defeated ten Carefree Immortals with the River of Sword Dao, but Great Hong Dao Heaven's Old Ancestor overwhelmed him until Yang Ping'an joined the battle.
• Yang Xian and Yang Ping'an destroyed Great Hong Dao Heaven's Dao foundation, gained Dao Fruits, and became known as the Sword Saint and the Sword God.
• Yang Xian refused the Black Mystic Emperor's challenge but struck down his physical body, later executing him in a second attack without confirming his death.
• Yang Xian reached Mystic Origin Carefree Immortal, earned the title Sword Dao Saint Ancestor, and died after entering the Boundary Gate and being attacked by the Heavenly Spirit God.
• Gu An experienced Yang Xian's memories and learned that Yang Xian had never used Lifespan Evolution and had left things behind before his death.

After absorbing Yang Xian’s memories, Gu An inherited the Sacred Heart Sword Dao and began passing its techniques on to the Deep Sea Dragon Carp. Three years later, he saw the Nirvana God Emperor’s black city near the Extinction Domain and learned that An Hao planned to challenge a Scattered Immortal.

• Gu An absorbed Yang Xian’s memories, gained the Sacred Heart Sword Dao, and taught sword techniques to the Deep Sea Dragon Carp.
• Gu An’s changed bearing drew notice from the disciples and the Blood Prison Great Sage, and he told the latter to prepare because their thousand-year plan might not take that long.
• An Xin visited Gu An and said she had no interest in romance, while Gu An reflected on Yang Xian’s regret over rejecting Fang Meng.
• Over the next three years, Gu An’s Sword Intent grew stronger, and he spotted the Nirvana God Emperor’s black city near the Extinction Domain, where approaching cultivators had been turned to stone.
• Wu Jue told Gu An that An Hao had reached Nirvana and planned to duel a Scattered Immortal, and Gu An let him decide whether to tell An Hao about Sword Venerable Fudao.

Gu An planned a sword mountain with Long Qing while sensing forces emerging from the Reincarnation Vortex and tracing their Sacred Heart Sword Dao to Great Hong Sword Heaven. The chapter ended as an Immortal Dynasty Divine Sense True Immortal unleashed a vast Sword Intent across the horizon.

• Gu An took Long Qing to scout a location for a sword mountain and reassured him that he had high hopes for him.
• Gu An told Long Qing about the Blood Prison Great Sage’s origins, prompting Long Qing to resolve to calm his temper and settle down.
• Gu An sensed forces arriving through the Reincarnation Vortex and learned that the Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty were joining forces to stop them.
• Gu An recognized the Sacred Heart Sword Dao among the newcomers and deduced that they came from Great Hong Sword Heaven in the Great Hong Realm.
• An Immortal Dynasty Divine Sense True Immortal sent a vast Sword Intent soaring across the horizon, startling Long Qing.

Great Hong Sword Heaven’s Jueluo Sword Monarch entered the Heavenly Spirit Great World to challenge the inheritor of the Sacred Heart Sword Dao, while Gu An watched from afar and focused on cultivating. The chapter ended with An Hao demonstrating overwhelming strength in battle, leaving Wu Jue stunned by the gulf between them.

• Great Hong Sword Heaven’s forces fought the Sacred Court and the Immortal Dynasty as Long Qing followed Gu An back to Medicine Valley and learned about the battle Beyond Heaven.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch arrived in the Heavenly Spirit Great World and declared that he would defeat the Sacred Heart Sword Dao’s inheritor to prove Great Hong Sword Heaven could create a stronger Sword Dao.
• Gu An sensed Jueluo Sword Monarch’s arrival and learned of his intentions, but decided he posed no threat unless he attacked.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao asked Gu An about strange phenomena in the sky, and Gu An told him to cultivate until he was strong enough to help those in peril.
• An Hao stood victorious over a Scattered Immortal with nine Bright Suns behind him, and Wu Jue recognized the immense gap between their strength.

After An Hao defeated a Scattered Immortal, Jueluo Sword Monarch arrived and tried to recruit him, then sought to learn who his master was. Unable to divine Gu An, Jueluo claimed he had come from another world to find Sword Venerable Fudao, leaving An Hao wary and the Taixuan Sect stunned.

• An Hao celebrated his victory over a Scattered Immortal, then reunited with the Taixuan Sect elders while Wu Jue watched from the sidelines.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch descended before An Hao and offered to help him grow if he would serve him.
• An Hao refused, even after Jueluo revealed his formidable Carefree Immortal cultivation, and explained that strength alone would not make him abandon his master.
• Jueluo tried to divine An Hao’s master but could not identify the mysterious figure behind him, making him suspect a connection to the Sacred Heart Sword Dao.
• Jueluo told An Hao that he came from another world to find his master and would not force An Hao to serve him, leaving An Hao hesitant and the Taixuan Sect astonished.