Chapter Summaries

As one hundred and twenty Xuanhuang Demon Gods threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An challenged the Nirvana God Emperor’s claim to represent heaven and erased the demons with his Power of Causality. He then left Third Medicine Valley to face the Nirvana God Emperor beyond heaven, while the people of Taixuan Sect watched him depart.

• The Nirvana God Emperor sent one hundred and twenty Xuanhuang Demon Gods to overwhelm the Heavenly Spirit Great World, trapping Ji Xiaoyu, Immortal Emperor Yang, Sacred Chancellor, and the other Carefree Immortals beneath their pressure.
• As disasters spread across the world, Gu An questioned the Nirvana God Emperor’s right to decide the fate of its living beings, and the disasters and demonic pressure briefly ceased.
• The Nirvana God Emperor challenged Gu An to destroy the Demon Gods and come fight him beyond heaven, and Gu An accepted.
• Gu An used his Power of Causality to turn all one hundred and twenty Xuanhuang Demon Gods to ash in an instant.
• Gu An told Shen Zhen to draw him, then departed from Third Medicine Valley in a shaft of sunlight as An Xin and the disciples watched.

Gu An confronted the Nirvana God Emperor beyond the Heavenly Spirit Great World after destroying the Xuanhuang Demon Gods. The Nirvana God Emperor opened a Dao Gate and attacked with countless figures, but Gu An’s Supreme Chaos Plate shattered the gate and swept behind him.

• The heavenly demons watched Gu An emerge from the Heavenly Spirit Great World and approach the Nirvana God Emperor as both sides prepared for battle.
• Li Ya crossed the frozen waves, wondered whether the progenitor’s voice belonged to someone he knew, and resolved to return to the Taixuan Sect after the catastrophe.
• The Nirvana God Emperor revealed that he had reached the Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm and asked Gu An what he was seeking.
• Gu An demanded that the Heavenly Spirit Great World’s living beings be left to their own fate, and the Nirvana God Emperor opened a Dao Gate to fight with their Daos.
• Gu An summoned the Supreme Chaos Plate, which crushed the Nirvana God Emperor’s palm shadows, shattered the Dao Gate, and hovered behind him.

Gu An defeated the Nirvana God Emperor’s manifested body and drove the Heavenly Demons to retreat, while warning the emperor not to interfere with the fate of living beings. The battle’s aftermath left the Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty wary of him, and Gu An secretly saved Ji Xiaoyu as the calamities began to subside.

• Gu An recognized that the Nirvana God Emperor had taken Long Zhan’s Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image and used Long Family disciples, including Long Xin, as reincarnated bodies.
• The Nirvana God Emperor’s body dispersed after Gu An warned him against interfering with the Heavenly Dao, but Gu An received no sign that the body had truly died.
• Gu An let the frightened Heavenly Demons flee, then foresaw their retreat, the Profound Nether Divine Dynasty’s dissolution, and a prolonged period before the world’s next rebirth.
• Gu An saw Ji Xiaoyu being drawn into the Innate Dao Talisman and spoke to her before it vanished beneath the sea.
• The Sacred Chancellor and Immortal Emperor Yang decided to visit the Taixuan Sect after realizing the Sacred Court could not oppose Gu An.
• At the Third Medicine Valley, Shen Zhen worried about Gu An until she saw something that made her smile.

Gu An returned after defeating the Nirvana God Emperor’s avatar, then prepared to use six billion years of lifespan to break through. He traveled deep into the Extinction Domain, where he surveyed the many worlds before beginning his breakthrough.

• Gu An returned to Medicine Valley, where Shen Zhen and the disciples learned that he had won, and he told Shen Zhen he had achieved a lucky victory.
• Gu An killed the remaining Heavenly Demons threatening the mortal world, while news of Sword Venerable Fudao’s victory spread and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao renewed his resolve to cultivate.
• The next morning, Gu An harvested herbs in Hidden Spirit Palace and checked that his lifespan had reached over six billion years.
• The Deep Sea Dragon Carp confirmed that Gu An had fought the Nirvana God Emperor, then left to cultivate after Gu An urged him to improve faster.
• Gu An traveled into the Extinction Domain, surveyed its great and small worlds, and avoided the Boundary Gate before choosing a barren continent as his breakthrough site.

Gu An spent hundreds of millions of years of lifespan improving his physique and arts while his Longevity Barrier stirred chaos throughout the Extinction Domain. He then began attempting to break through to the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm, but repeated tribulation failures revealed how formidable the breakthrough was.

• Gu An invested four hundred million years of lifespan to advance his Chaotic Dao Gold Body into the Chaotic Wuji Body, awakening Wuji Power and an affinity for all Great Dao rules.
• Gu An advanced the Great Dao Infinite Art, Great Thousand Profound Void Art, Eternal Heaven-Measuring Dao Step, and Formless and Shapeless Carefree Body into higher arts and forms.
• The Longevity Barrier drained Great Dao Spiritual Qi across the Extinction Domain, causing powerful beings to stir and races to flee, while cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit Great World feared the disturbances beyond Heaven.
• Sacred Court cultivators and Immortal Dynasty Immortal Spirits discussed Sword Venerable Fudao and proposed making him the common ruler under heaven.
• Gu An spent lifespan attempting to break through to the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm, but repeatedly failed the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation and learned that tribulations came every twenty million years.

Gu An spent billions of years of lifespan to survive the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation and reach the late stage of the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm. As his breakthrough disturbed the universe, his disciples and allies gathered in the Third Medicine Valley, where Long Qing noticed a formidable newcomer entering.

• Gu An repeatedly invested lifespan, passed the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation, and advanced to the late stage of the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm while retaining more than 480 million years of lifespan.
• Gu An’s breakthrough drew Great Dao Spiritual Qi from across the universe, unsettling powerful beings and leaving ordinary spirits anxious as the Heavenly Demons withdrew and new celebrations began.
• Lu Baitian’s guards initially stopped Ye Lan and Zhen Qin from entering the Third Medicine Valley, but a black-clad figure intervened and let them pass.
• An Xin welcomed Ye Lan and Zhen Qin, then told them she had learned Gu An’s true identity only the previous day as they discussed his hidden past and the Reincarnation Calamity.
• Long Qing invited Blood Prison Great Sage to spar, but Blood Prison Great Sage pointed him toward a silver-armored man entering the medicine valley.

Yang Jian returned to the Third Medicine Valley on a Sacred Court mission, while Zhang Xianwang arrived from the Immortal Dynasty to meet Gu An. Gu An welcomed them warmly after reaching the late stage of the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm, then revealed he knew why they had come, leaving them feeling as if they faced the Heavenly Dao.

• Yang Jian returned to the Third Medicine Valley, met a former cultivator who told him how the valley and world had changed, and learned the Sacred Chancellor wanted him to ask Gu An about the world's future.
• Zhang Xianwang entered the valley, anxious about meeting Gu An, and Gu An greeted him as an old friend and led him toward his pavilion.
• Gu An greeted the gathered disciples warmly, then welcomed Yang Jian, Zhen Qin, and Ye Lan and brought them into his room with Zhang Xianwang.
• Gu An and the others exchanged introductions, and Ye Lan learned that Yang Jian was the reincarnation of the Holy King of the Holy Dynasty.
• Gu An told Zhang Xianwang and Yang Jian that he knew why they had come, and his words made them feel as though they stood before the Heavenly Dao.

Gu An discussed the dangers of immortal power and the nature of reincarnation with his companions, then supported Ye Lan as she chose to die and reincarnate. As her soul rose from the world, Gu An turned his attention to the Heavenly Dao and resolved to face whatever lay beyond it.

• Gu An warned Zhang Xianwang and Yang Jian not to provoke him or endanger mortals, then listened as Yang Jian recounted his experiences in reincarnation.
• Gu An explained to Ye Lan that worlds could be destroyed and that reincarnation preserved a person’s nature even if their memories were erased.
• Ye Lan told Gu An she wanted to reincarnate, and he promised to find her again in her next life.
• Four hundred and twenty years later, Ye Lan’s soul stood beside Gu An at her tomb after spending her final years receiving his guidance in the Third Medicine Valley.
• Gu An sent Ye Lan’s soul toward the firmament and reassured her that he would find her again, even if the world was annihilated.
• Gu An looked toward the Heavenly Dao beyond the world and resolved that he would one day face it and the beings behind it.

After Ye Lan entered the Reincarnation Vortex, Gu An returned to the valley with An Xin and discussed Holy Heaven’s return and the Immortal Dynasty’s distant defeat. He learned that the War Court had entered the universe, while Jueluo Sword Monarch resolved to seek aid despite Gu An’s refusal to identify himself as the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor.

• Gu An watched Ye Lan enter the Reincarnation Vortex, then reassured An Xin that the Immortal Dynasty was still far from defeat and urged her to pursue the Nirvana Realm.
• Gu An turned aside at Ten Thousand Sword Mountain to speak with Jueluo Sword Monarch, who said he recognized the power of beings that had invaded the universe before.
• Gu An identified the intruders as the War Court, whose leader was a perfected Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal, and wondered why the Heavenly Spirit God had allowed them through the Boundary Gate.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch offered to summon Great Hong Sword Heaven to oppose the War Court, but Gu An denied being the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor and told him to focus on surpassing the Carefree Immortal Realm.
• After Gu An left, Jueluo Sword Monarch decided he could not remain idle and raised his hand, summoning an illusory Green Lotus.

Li Ya returned to Third Medicine Valley and reunited with Gu An’s disciples, while a golden-armored man devoured a world and sought the Long Clan and Sword Venerable Fudao. The chapter ended with the man intercepting a streak of Sword Qi and searching for its source.

• Li Ya returned to Third Medicine Valley after several hundred years and met Long Qing and Blood Prison Great Sage.
• Li Ya summoned Divine Wonder City when he recognized Blood Prison Great Sage, then withdrew it after realizing Gu An had taken him in.
• An Xin escorted Li Ya to meet Gu An, while Blood Prison Great Sage told Long Qing about his past clash with Li Ya.
• A golden-armored man and a Black-Robed Woman discussed the Long Clan, Sword Venerable Fudao, and their plan to devour one hundred worlds to open the War Dao.
• The golden-armored man used his Great Cauldron to devour a world, then seized a streak of Sword Qi and searched for its source.

Gu An reconnected with Li Ya over drinks and explained the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens, while Li Ya considered his future. Elsewhere, An Hao encountered the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, which appeared to choose him as its inheritor and warned him to run.

• Gu An eased Li Ya's unease by treating him as his junior brother, then listened as Li Ya imagined his future and explained the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens to him.
• An Xin watched Gu An and Li Ya talking late into the night and felt relieved that her master seemed cheerful after Ye Lan's death.
• Li Ya left the next morning, and Jueluo Sword Monarch sensed that his fate had changed and wondered at Gu An's realm.
• Immortal Emperor Yang brought An Hao to the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and explained its power, the Heavenly Dao, and the history of the Immortal Dynasty.
• An Hao heard a voice from the Golden Pill telling him to run, and Immortal Emperor Yang realized the relic might have chosen him as its inheritor.

An Hao was recognized by the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and endured visions of his worst fears, while Immortal Emperor Yang wondered whether he was truly the chosen one. Thirty-seven years later, Gu An learned that Xiao Chuan was about to be born, as Chen Luo and Xu Ling decided to return to the Holy Domain with their infant son.

• Golden Flame burst from the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill into An Hao, whose body and soul were tormented by visions of his loved ones suffering and a voice urging him to run.
• Immortal Emperor Yang was blasted away when he tried to help An Hao and wondered whether An Hao was the chosen one.
• Thirty-seven years later, Gu An walked through Outer Sect City with the Blood Prison Great Sage and Long Qing as silver meteors filled the sky.
• Gu An recognized the sword cultivators as people from Great Hong Sword Heaven and realized Xiao Chuan's Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal had appeared.
• Chen Luo told Xu Ling they had to return to the Holy Domain to protect their infant son from their enemies, and she agreed.

Gu An tried to secure Xiao Chuan a peaceful childhood by having Yang Jian intervene in the Chen Family’s troubles, but an unknown force of causality obscured the boy’s fate. Just as the family celebrated Xiao Chuan’s fortune, Xu Ling was suddenly killed, leaving his future uncertain.

• Gu An foresaw that Xiao Chuan would suffer after his parents died and asked Yang Jian to resolve the dangers facing the child’s parents.
• Gu An sensed strange causality emanating from the Heavenly Dao Theory and suspected its creator might be approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Yang Jian arrived at the Chen Family and warned them to let Xiao Chuan grow up without resentment, while Gu An noticed an unknown force had descended upon the boy and shrouded his fate in chaos.
• The Chen Family welcomed Xiao Chuan and praised his extraordinary fortune as Yang Jian watched over him.
• Xu Ling abruptly turned into a pool of blood, and Yang Jian caught Xiao Chuan as the hall fell silent.

Xu Ling was killed by a mysterious power, but Gu An saved her soul and hid her in Hidden Spirit Palace while arranging for Chen Luo to seek help at Taixuan Sect. As winter came, Gu An watched over Xiao Chuan and resolved to master the Power of Causality so he could confront the force behind the attack.

• A mysterious Power of Causality killed Xu Ling in the Chen estate, and Yang Jian could not identify the source.
• Chen Luo tried to destroy his own cultivation after learning Xu Ling's soul had scattered, but Yang Jian stopped him, leaving him crippled.
• Gu An restored Xu Ling's body in Hidden Spirit Palace, told her she could not return, and promised to reunite her with Chen Luo and Xiao Chuan.
• Yang Jian told Chen Luo that Xu Ling might still be saved and sent him to Taixuan Sect, instructing the Chen Family not to help him on the journey.
• Yang Jian named Xiao Chuan Chen Chuan, while Gu An secretly helped Chen Luo through dangers as he traveled by boat.
• Gu An resolved to focus on mastering the Power of Causality and eventually confront the existence behind Xu Ling's death.

Gu An explored creating a karmic divine ability and began shaping a book that governed life and death. Meanwhile, Zhang Buku and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord traveled through distant worlds, witnessed a Heavenly Horse, and continued toward an unknown fortune.

• You Yingying left the Third Medicine Valley to wander and temper herself, promising to return once she reached Immortal Path cultivation.
• Gu An celebrated the Spring Festival with Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai, then contemplated combining the Fate-Fixing Pen with a book to create a karmic artifact.
• Zhang Buku and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord saw a Heavenly Horse cross the sky, and the Realm Lord took it as a sign of good fortune ahead.
• Gu An walked through the Third Medicine Valley with a black-covered book hidden in his robe, explaining to himself that it governed life and death.
• An Xin appeared before Gu An and called out to him.

After returning from a year of Dao comprehension, Gu An created the Wuji Sword Book, a causal treasure that reflected the entire Heavenly Spirit Great World. As he traveled to Tianya Valley, Jueluo Sword Monarch warned him that the Sword God might have reappeared and could be targeting him.

• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley, reassured An Xin that he would tell her before leaving, and learned that Xuan Tianyi had brought him books.
• Gu An named his new causal treasure the Wuji Sword Book, which absorbed karma and expanded its reflection across the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• The Sacred Chancellor sensed that the era was growing dangerous but could not calculate the cause of his unease.
• Gu An practiced with the disciples, then set out for Tianya Valley on the Blood Prison Great Sage.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch told Gu An that the Sword God, Yang Ping'an, might have returned and set his sights on him.
• Gu An remained unconcerned and rode on, while Jueluo Sword Monarch grew excited at the prospect of a battle between the Sword God and the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor.

Gu An secretly helped Chen Chuan deepen his sword comprehension, then detected a powerful immortal harboring killing intent toward him. After discovering the stranger had a fifteen-billion-year lifespan, Gu An returned to Hidden Spirit Palace with the Wuji Sword Book.

• Gu An dismissed the Blood Prison Great Sage's questions about Jueluo Sword Monarch and began pondering the sword path in the Wuji Sword Book.
• Ten years later, Chen Chuan impressed Chen Xiong with his sword talent and unusual insights while practicing a technique left by Yang Jian.
• Gu An watched Chen Chuan and, recalling his former life, sent him Dao Intent to inspire a new realization.
• Chen Chuan entered deep contemplation, while Chen Xiong saw him glow with an almost immortal radiance.
• Gu An detected Jian Guming's killing intent and used Lifespan Inspection, learning that the mid-stage Xuanyuan Carefree Immortal had a lifespan of fifteen billion years.
• Unable to locate Jian Guming with his divine sense, Gu An returned to Hidden Spirit Palace and took out the Wuji Sword Book.

Gu An used the Wuji Sword Book and the Fate-Fixing Pen to unleash a causality sword that killed Jian Guming, a mid-stage Xuanyuan Carefree Immortal, and seized more than 1.4 billion years of his lifespan. As Gu An realized he could reap enemies’ lifespans from afar, he sensed something and hurried toward Hidden Spirit Palace’s doors.

• Gu An concentrated his Power of Causality on the Wuji Sword Book while Xu Ling and the Deep Sea Dragon Carp cultivated nearby.
• Jian Guming told the Antlered Elder that he was acting for the God Emperor and believed nothing below the Mystic Origin Carefree Immortal realm could threaten him.
• A colossal image of the Qinghong Sword appeared before Jian Guming, overwhelmed his resistance, and killed him as the Antlered Elder watched helplessly.
• Gu An received a prompt confirming he had seized 1,440,090,872 years of lifespan from Jian Guming.
• Gu An considered the possibilities of killing enemies and taking their lifespans from hiding, then sensed something and went to the doors of Hidden Spirit Palace.

Gu An endured karmic backlash after using the Wuji Sword Book, while Immortal Emperor Yang and An Hao discussed a vanished future calamity and the Heavenly Dao’s role in worldly conflict. Back in Mystic Valley, An Xin reported that an Immortal had descended and offered a path to inherit a True Immortal’s legacy.

• Gu An resisted karmic backlash that cost him 200 million years of lifespan, leaving him with a net gain of 1.2 billion years and dark karmic traces on his palm.
• Immortal Emperor Yang told An Hao that a Sword Dao calamity had vanished, and explained that the Immortal Dynasty and Sacred Court’s conflict was driven by the will of heaven and earth.
• An Hao suspected that his master, Sword Venerable Fudao, might represent the Heavenly Dao and sank into a mysterious state.
• In Mystic Valley, Gu An watched Jiang Shi and An Shengtian spar and reflected on their potential, valuing Jiang Shi’s talent for the Path of Karma.
• An Xin told Gu An that an Immortal had descended and promised that gathering the true copies of all nine Heavenly Dao Theory volumes would grant access to the Heavenly Dao Record and a True Immortal’s legacy and fate.

Gu An watched the True Immortal inheritance stir rumors while a century passed and Chen Luo finally reached Taixuan Sect seeking help for his wife. After hearing Chen Luo’s reflections on his long journey, Gu An told him to turn his grief into the strength to cultivate and become an Immortal who might save her.

• Gu An considered the dangers surrounding the True Immortal inheritance, then stopped Jiang Shi and An Shengtian’s sparring and gave them pointers.
• A hundred years later, Chen Luo arrived at Taixuan Sect with a blue-robed Daoist, who revealed that the sect held an authentic copy of the Heavenly Dao Theory.
• Long Qing met Chen Luo in the Outer Sect City and brought him to Gu An, while Gu An sparred with and instructed Chen Chuan at Third Medicine Valley.
• Chen Luo knelt before Gu An and asked him to save his wife, then explained what his years of hardship had taught him.
• Gu An told Chen Luo that he should turn his grief into motivation to cultivate, since becoming an Immortal might let him save his wife.