Chapter Summaries

Gu An taught Yi Xiaoqiang and four other youths for five years at the Wushi Daoist Temple, then sent them away to pursue the immortal path. Elsewhere, Immortal Emperor Yang told An Hao that Gu An had left the Heavenly Spirit Great World and declared his intent to contend for the Heavenly Dao Theory.

• Gu An considered whether to use cause and effect to find Su Han’s reincarnated soul, hoping to ease Zhen Qin’s grief before she pursued revenge against Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.
• Gu An taught Yi Xiaoqiang and the other four the art of sword control, while Immortal Emperor Yang told An Hao that Gu An had left with a small group of disciples, including An Hao’s junior sister.
• Immortal Emperor Yang said he no longer believed the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill represented the Heavenly Dao and announced that he wanted to contend for the Heavenly Dao Theory.
• Five years later, Yi Xiaoqiang and the other four had reached Foundation Establishment and chosen new names: Yi Qingshan, Lin Chuan, Cheng Meng, Gu Changsheng, and Gu Chengdao.
• Gu An urged the five to leave and seek a broader immortal path; they kowtowed, promised to return after attaining the Dao, and departed.
• The White Spirit Mouse asked whether the five counted as Gu An’s disciples, and Gu An said they would return and accompany them for a thousand years or ten thousand years.

Zhen Qin killed Epiphyllum Ghost Mother to avenge Su Han, but Gu An intervened and offered the Ghost Mother a choice between reincarnation and atonement. After Zhen Qin collapsed from her wounds and age, Gu An took her away, where she awoke to find Su Han's preserved body in an ice coffin.

• Jiang Qiong trapped Epiphyllum Ghost Mother in an array, and Zhen Qin beheaded her to avenge Su Han.
• Gu An scattered the Golden Flame and offered Epiphyllum Ghost Mother reincarnation or a life of atonement; she chose to follow him and lost her freedom.
• Zhen Qin collapsed from exhaustion and depleted vitality, and Gu An caught her before she fell.
• Gu An told Jiang Qiong to manage the Gathering Flower Sect, then vanished with Zhen Qin as Jiang Qiong went to retrieve Epiphyllum Ghost Mother's corpse.
• Zhen Qin awoke beside Gu An and saw Su Han's intact corpse inside an ice coffin.

Zhen Qin’s lifespan ended after a final conversation with Gu An, who reflected on the limits of his power and the Heavenly Mandate. A thousand years later, Gu An’s Wushi Daoist Field flourished, and he watched his disciples return to their homeland while still believing he was long dead.

• Zhen Qin thanked Gu An, spoke of missing Martial Aunt Ye, and fell asleep beside him as her life ended.
• Shen Zhen questioned why Gu An could not control life and death, and he told her that even he could not command the Heavenly Mandate.
• A thousand years passed without an attack from Beyond Heaven, while conflict and new powers reshaped Heavenly Spirit Great World and Gu An’s annual herb harvest surpassed twenty million years of lifespan.
• Gu An checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his lifespan had reached 25,660,408,118 years, though he planned to wait until it reached a hundred billion before breaking through.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother told Gu An the Daoist Field lacked seeds, and he gave her a cultivation manual and urged her to reach Nirvana.
• Yi Qingshan and four others returned to their homeland after provoking a powerful enemy, planning to establish a sect while believing their former master Gu An was dead.

Yi Qingshan and his companions returned to their old mountain home, learned that Gu An was alive, and received permission from An Xin to establish a sect nearby. Elsewhere, the Heavenly Spirit God warned a War Court envoy not to test the will of a god, leaving him stranded on a fallen star.

• Yi Qingshan, Lin Chuan, Cheng Meng, Gu Changsheng, and Gu Chengdao decided to search for Gu An before establishing their sect and arrived at the stream where they had once cultivated.
• An Xin met the five and told them Gu An was in seclusion; she allowed them to establish a sect as long as it did not cross the stream.
• An Xin cautioned the five against letting hatred distract them from cultivation, and they left to begin their plans.
• An Xin rejoined Gu An, who approved of her encounter with his former disciples and said he would not prevent them from founding a sect.
• A black-robed War Court man asked the Heavenly Spirit God whether he would return if the Heavenly Court reappeared, and the god’s murderous pressure sent him to a fallen star.

Yi Qingshan founded the Qiankun Sect while Gu An watched Long Qing learn about his Long Clan heritage and Zhu Xing’s plan to seize the Taixuan Sect for Heavenly Dao merit. Gu An then recruited the White Spirit Mouse to guard the Wushi Daoist Field, leaving Long Qing to consider Zhu Xing’s proposal.

• Yi Qingshan and his companions established the Qiankun Sect after raising and training their first group of disciples.
• Gu An watched Long Qing hear from Zhu Xing that the Long Clan’s bloodline carried a rare talent and that Zhu Xing wanted him to reclaim the War Court.
• Zhu Xing proposed that Long Qing become the Taixuan Sect’s Sect Leader and unite the world to gain Heavenly Dao merit, and Long Qing asked how he would help.
• Gu An considered Long Qing’s choices and resolved to intervene if Long Qing followed the path of slaughter.
• Gu An met the White Spirit Mouse near the Wushi Daoist Field and appointed it to choose monsters and guard the area under strict rules.

After two centuries of growth for the Qiankun Sect, Gu An fished at the Wushi Daoist Field while explaining that a sword from Beyond Heaven had appeared and would draw Sword Dao cultivators to seek it. Chen Chuan began meditating on the Sword Dao, while Li Ya flew across the ocean to claim the sword, convinced it had chosen him.

• Over two hundred years, Gu An taught a hundred demons, the White Spirit Mouse forged ties with the Qiankun Sect, and the sect rose to become a first-rate power with nine Great Vehicle Realm experts.
• While fishing, Gu An told the Blood Prison Great Sage and Chen Chuan that the strongest sword in the world had come from Beyond Heaven and that the Great Hong Sword Heaven behind Jueluo Sword Monarch had sent it.
• Chen Chuan sensed the sword calling to him, then sat down with his own sword to quietly comprehend the Sword Dao.
• Gu An thought Chen Chuan would eventually surpass the Number One Divine Sword through cultivating beside him and wondered if Senior Brother Li would make him intervene again.
• Li Ya flew over the ocean on Black Eagle toward the sword, despite Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit warning him of the danger, and declared that he had to pursue it to grow stronger and catch up to An Hao.

Gu An watched the others pursue their cultivation while Li Ya failed to reach the divine sword, then Zhu Xi encountered Seeker Immortal Daoist, who offered her a method to safely approach the Dao Fruit of heaven and earth. The chapter ended with Zhu Xi realizing something alarming about Seeker Immortal Daoist’s purpose.

• Gu An left the lake after fishing, while Chen Chuan stayed behind to resist the divine sword’s pull and cultivate his Sword Intent.
• The following summer, Li Ya could not approach the divine sword as powerful sword cultivators and two Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortals fought over it.
• Zhu Xi met Seeker Immortal Daoist in a city, recognized him as a Heavenly Person, and transported them both to a desolate wilderness.
• Seeker Immortal Daoist warned Zhu Xi that the Dao Fruit of heaven and earth could devour anyone below the pinnacle of Free Immortal and offered her a cultivation method to avoid that fate.
• Zhu Xi revealed that she had been suppressing her realm because she sensed an almighty watcher beyond heaven, and Seeker Immortal Daoist agreed to teach her before she broke through.
• Seeker Immortal Daoist said he was helping Zhu Xi to fulfill a wish connected to his dead disciple, and Zhu Xi suddenly realized something that left her shocked.

Gu An considered the mysteries surrounding the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit, then watched events unfold without intervening. Meanwhile, Long Qing learned about the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword, and Li Ya followed the sword’s new wielder, who offered to teach him but had one condition left to state.

• Gu An reflected on Seeker Immortal Daoist’s origins and the powerful forces behind the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit, deciding to observe rather than act.
• Long Qing asked Zhu Xing about the sword he sensed, and Zhu Xing explained the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword’s history and its connection to Sword God Yang Ping'an and Sword Dao Saint Ancestor Yang Xian.
• Zhu Xing said the sword was about to gain a master and hinted that reincarnated old powers were pursuing some hidden plan, leaving Long Qing eager to learn more about his own master’s title.
• Li Ya followed the old man who had claimed the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword and asked to become his disciple.
• The old man agreed that Li Ya could become his disciple and said he might even pass him the sword, but stopped before revealing his condition.

Li Ya accepted Grandmaster Sword Destroyer as his master despite the warning that the inheritance would bring a life without peace. Meanwhile, Li Xuandao faced a looming succession crisis and called on Gu An for help, and Gu An appeared before him.

• Grandmaster Sword Destroyer warned Li Ya that inheriting his orthodoxy would bring peerless power but little peace, and Li Ya chose to become his disciple.
• Gu An overheard Li Ya compare Grandmaster Sword Destroyer to him and recognized that the master's avatar shared a source with a powerful skull he had encountered before.
• Li Xuandao learned from two ministers that the Crown Prince might covet the throne and that the Yang Family had gathered support around him.
• Li Xuandao called out to Gu An in his imperial study, knelt, and begged for help.
• Gu An caught Li Xuandao's forehead before he could kowtow and appeared before him.

Gu An agreed to help Li Xuandao contend with Human World Peak by sending Yang Jian to serve him, and he asked Zhu Xinglan to keep the Yang Family from interfering in the Great Cang Dynasty’s struggle. Meanwhile, Yang An returned to urge Li Lingtian to seize the throne by force.

• Li Xuandao told Gu An that Li Lingtian and the Yang Family were threatening his rule, and that he feared Human World Peak’s influence.
• Gu An promised to send Yang Jian to help Li Xuandao, then visited Human World Peak and ordered Zhu Xinglan to prevent interference in the Great Cang Dynasty’s internal struggle.
• Zhu Xinglan carried out Gu An’s instructions, and Gu An rewarded him by teaching him a divine ability.
• Li Lingtian resisted his allies’ plans to harm Li Xuandao, saying they could seize power but must not hurt his imperial father.
• Yang An returned from Human World Peak and told Li Lingtian that the Yang Family expected him to take the throne without hesitation.

Yang Jian appeared in the Yang Family hall, stopped Yang An from pressuring Li Lingtian, and reminded Li Lingtian of his old ambition. Later, Gu An began a new Lifespan Reincarnation in the Dark Great World and was reborn as the Black Mystic.

• Yang Jian appeared beside Yang An and held a blade to his throat as the Yang Family urged Li Lingtian to seize the throne and kill his kin.
• Yang Jian rebuked Li Lingtian for abandoning his ambition to become the Number One Under Heaven cultivator and revealed that he was the Holy King of Candle World of the Sacred Court.
• Yang An submitted to Yang Jian's command to change his name, while Li Lingtian felt the growing gulf between them.
• Gu An checked his lifespan, watched Tianqing and Tianbai practice sword techniques, and decided to start a Lifespan Reincarnation.
• Gu An chose the Dark Great World and was reborn in the Western Extreme Region as a baby named Black Mystic after a cultivator rescued him from a Demon Beast.

Gu An read through Black Mystic's reincarnation, following his rise from the Dark Heaven Demonic Sect to the Great Vehicle Realm and his sudden arrival in an immortal realm. The chapter left Black Mystic deciding whether to join the Xuanqing Immortal Sect after a white-robed woman invited him.

• Black Mystic trained under Luo Shenyuan, survived the venomous python, and began a hundred-year journey after leaving the Dark Heaven Demonic Sect.
• Black Mystic defeated a beast tide, won Hanji City's dueling arts tournament, then killed the city lord after discovering the city lord had arranged an ambush against him.
• Black Mystic returned to the Dark Heaven Demonic Sect, investigated Luo Shenyuan's suspicious death, and escaped when the sect accused him of qi deviation and attacked him.
• Black Mystic reached the Northern Nether Realm, found a mysterious Cave Mansion and its Karma Stone Stele, and entered seclusion until he reached the Great Vehicle Realm.
• The Karma Stone Stele drew Black Mystic into an immortal-realm-like world, where a white-robed woman invited him to join the Xuanqing Immortal Sect.

Gu An guided Black Mystic through centuries of cultivation and adventures with Immortal Baixian, urging him to restrain his murderous nature and reject the emperor’s path. When the Heavenly Court’s God of Destruction attacked the Xuanqing Great World, Black Mystic chose to defend the Xuanqing Immortal Sect, but Immortal Baixian sent him through the cave that had brought him to this world.

• Gu An had Black Mystic join the Xuanqing Immortal Sect, where he trained under Immortal Baixian and met Emperor Ziwei at the ten-thousand-year Dao Conference.
• Black Mystic accompanied Immortal Baixian on her travels, fought demons despite her warning against slaughter, and declined Emperor Ziwei’s invitation to his Dao field.
• Black Mystic met the old Daoist on a mountain and chose not to open the killing precept or walk the emperor’s road.
• After Black Mystic and Immortal Baixian returned to the Xuanqing Immortal Sect, the God of Destruction from the Heavenly Court appeared and declared that an anomaly had to be cleansed.
• Black Mystic chose to stay and protect the Xuanqing Immortal Sect, but Immortal Baixian took him to the cave and struck him inside while throwing in a jade pendant, leaving him to see her farewell at the entrance.

Gu An watched Black Mystic’s reincarnation memories reveal how he became the Black Mystic Emperor and returned to a ruined Xuanqing Great World. After Immortal Wudao rescued him from the God of Destruction, Black Mystic abandoned his promise and began sending karma avatars to kill Gu An’s other reincarnated selves.

• Black Mystic slaughtered his way through the Dark Heaven Demonic Sect, killed the Vice Sect Master, and later reached the Immortal Dao ninth heaven before the Evil Delusion Emperor seized him.
• Black Mystic agreed to become the Evil Delusion Emperor’s disciple but refused to refine the Luo Heaven Golden Pill; the Evil Delusion Emperor forced him to consume it, and Black Mystic erased the evil soul within.
• Black Mystic defeated and killed the Evil Delusion Emperor, claimed the hall’s imperial fortune, became the Black Mystic Emperor, and wandered the cosmos searching for a way back to the Xuanqing Great World.
• Black Mystic returned to find the Xuanqing Great World in ruins and Immortal Baixian restored to her Heavenly Court identity; Immortal Wudao repelled the God of Destruction and took Black Mystic away.
• Immortal Wudao brought Black Mystic to the Land of Reincarnation and taught him to create karma avatars that would hunt his other reincarnated selves; Black Mystic created three thousand avatars and began studying the Great Dao Sovereign Technique.

Gu An guided Black Mystic through another reincarnation, from his imprisonment in Boundless Purgatory to his rise as a Golden Immortal and final death at the hands of the Heavenly Spirit God. After inheriting Black Mystic’s memories, Gu An learned that the Heavenly Spirit God also beheaded Immortal Wudao.

• Gu An chose Emperor Guangyu to survive Devil Lord Wuyu’s test, and Immortal Wudao returned Black Mystic to the Land of Reincarnation.
• Black Mystic escaped Immortal Wudao’s Daoist field, was gravely wounded by a ghost immortal of the Nine Yin Divine Mansion, and began another reincarnation.
• Black Mystic recovered his memories, returned to the Land of Reincarnation, and wandered the Great Worlds while investigating the Heavenly Court.
• Black Mystic broke through to the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, but the Heavenly Spirit God killed him in the shattered Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An inherited Black Mystic’s memories and experienced his lonely early life, his travels with Immortal Baixian, and the God of Destruction’s attack.
• In Black Mystic’s final memories, the Heavenly Spirit God beheaded Immortal Wudao after killing Black Mystic.

After absorbing Black Mystic Emperor’s million years of memories, Gu An reflected on the Great Dao and reincarnation before teaching Shen Zhen Black Mystic Emperor’s Great Dao Sovereign Technique. Shen Zhen inherited the technique and agreed to keep it secret.

• Gu An awakened after the reincarnation inheritance ended, with Black Mystic Emperor’s memories fused into his soul.
• Shen Zhen showed Gu An a painting of his back and described the shocking fragments she had seen while painting him.
• Gu An warned Shen Zhen not to describe or paint the dangerous scenes she had glimpsed.
• Gu An offered to teach Shen Zhen a profound divine technique, and she eagerly accepted.
• Gu An passed the Great Dao Sovereign Technique into Shen Zhen’s mind, and she entered a state of Dao comprehension.
• After waking the next morning, Shen Zhen heard Gu An tell her not to pass the technique on to anyone else.

On his five-thousandth birthday, Gu An welcomed Lu Xian into Wushi Daoist Field after the young man crossed a continent and seas to seek his instruction. As Lu Xian began sparring with Blood Prison Great Sage, Li Ya prepared to take up the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword under Grandmaster Sword Destroyer.

• Gu An checked his Attribute Panel, surveyed the fortunes of old acquaintances, and deduced that Li Ya’s growing strength carried heavy karma.
• Lu Xian reached Gu An after centuries of travel, accepted the conditions for staying in Wushi Daoist Field, and crossed the stream despite glimpsing a woman he was leaving behind.
• Blood Prison Great Sage challenged Lu Xian to a spar, and Gu An opened a barrier for them to fight as the Daoist Field’s residents gathered to watch.
• Shen Zhen sensed that Lu Xian’s karma and fate were changing, while Gu An secretly washed away his karma to protect the location of Wushi Daoist Field.
• Li Ya arrived before the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword as Grandmaster Sword Destroyer watched, and the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit emerged to inspect the blade.

Li Ya endured the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword’s trial and later became a celebrated swordsman, while Gu An watched from the Wushi Daoist Field as a new invasion threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World. The chapter ended with Gu An sensing the Nirvana God Emperor’s aura at the realm gate.

• Grandmaster Sword Destroyer warned Li Ya of the sword’s deadly backlash, but Li Ya seized it and faced a blood-red illusion in which Gu An stabbed him.
• Gu An sensed Grandmaster Sword Destroyer helping Li Ya survive the sword’s backlash and watched Lu Xian battle Blood Prison Great Sage.
• Zhu Xing told Long Qing that Li Ya was claiming the sword and explained that it could let Li Ya withstand even the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens.
• Five hundred years later, Li Ya had won a hundred duels with the Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword and become renowned as a leading genius.
• Gu An anticipated turmoil from invading worlds and sensed the Nirvana God Emperor’s aura coming from the realm gate.

The Nirvana God Emperor entered the Heavenly Spirit Great World with seven subordinates and joined the Sacred Court, claiming they wanted to cultivate one person by using the court to challenge him. Gu An watched their movements but chose to keep growing stronger, while Seeker Immortal Daoist suggested that the Nirvana God Emperor was himself a chess piece.

• The Nirvana God Emperor and seven subordinates passed through the Boundary Gate, promised the Heavenly Spirit God they would not destroy the great world, and descended into it.
• Gu An declined a lifespan simulation that would cost five billion years, then observed that the Nirvana God Emperor had joined the Sacred Court instead of going to the Taixuan Sect.
• The white-robed man told the Sacred Chancellor that the Sacred Court could help temper a person they wished to cultivate, and Nirvana God Emperor gave him a section of Dao wood as a gift.
• Nirvana God Emperor revealed that he had created the Extinction Domain and that Nirvana was his name.
• Seeker Immortal Daoist told Zhu Xi that the Nirvana God Emperor was likely being driven by a stronger power, and Zhu Xi said she was not afraid with her talent and the Great Dao Sovereign Technique.

Zhu Xi continued comprehending the Great Dao Sovereign Technique as the struggle between the Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty reshaped the world. An Xin gave the Qiankun Sect a new inheritance, while Gu An arranged a thousand-yearly competition for the disciples at his Daoist field.

• Zhu Xi asked Seeker Immortal Daoist about the Great Dao Sovereign Technique, and he explained that it passed down through a single lineage and that he had never cultivated it himself.
• Yi Qingshan and four fellow Nirvana Realm cultivators asked An Xin for an inheritance to strengthen the Qiankun Sect, and she gave them five secret manuals to choose from.
• Yi Qingshan chose a manual titled Heaven and Earth Qiankun Innate Technique, whose golden light enveloped all five cultivators and left them dazed.
• Gu An sparred with Chen Chuan using a sheathed sword, then proposed a competition every thousand years for the Daoist field's disciples.
• Gu An named Lu Xian and Chen Chuan as each other's first opponents, and both disciples eagerly accepted the challenge.