Chapter Summaries

Epiphyllum Ghost Mother was allowed to enter Gu An’s once-every-thousand-years martial contest, while Lu Baitian prepared Long Qing to succeed him as sect master. A powerful white-clad man arrived at the Third Medicine Valley to warn Long Qing, and his speed with a sword shocked Zhu Xing.

• Gu An allowed Epiphyllum Ghost Mother to participate in the martial contest, and she resolved to make the most of her opportunity.
• A hundred years later, Lu Baitian advised Long Qing about becoming sect master and recalled how he had first met Gu An.
• A white-clad man entered the Third Medicine Valley and recognized Zhu Xing from the War Court.
• The white-clad man said he had come to warn Long Qing and pushed past Zhu Xing despite Zhu Xing’s suspicions.
• When Zhu Xing followed, the man drew his sword so quickly that its tip appeared at Zhu Xing’s throat before he could react.

Long Jun revealed himself as Long Qing’s ancestor and warned him of the Long Clan’s fate, urging him to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image at the cost of his life. The chapter ended with Long Qing asking whether Long Jun knew his master.

• The white-clad man subdued Zhu Xing, Long Qing, and Lu Baitian, then revealed that his surname was Long.
• After Long Qing stopped Zhu Xing from attacking, the man named himself Long Jun and said he was the son of Great Emperor Long Xin.
• Long Jun warned that Long Qing would lead Taixuan Sect to unify the Heavenly Spirit Great World, then die at the hands of War Court and be possessed by Nirvana God Emperor.
• Long Jun explained that the Long Clan had been devastated because his child inherited Long Zhan’s bloodline power, while he had hidden his own talent to survive.
• Long Jun told Long Qing to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image, which could summon bloodline kin to fight, but required him to sacrifice himself after leaving offspring.
• Long Qing wondered whether his master had left because of his fate, then asked Long Jun if he knew his master.

Long Qing accepted Long Jun’s offer to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image, while Gu An watched and resolved to oppose the War Court. Ten years later, Long Jun visited the Heaven-Mending Platform to experience Sword Venerable Fudao’s Sword Intent, where Zuo Yijian told him to join the line.

• Long Jun told Long Qing that only the two of them remained of the Long Clan, and Long Qing revealed that his master had saved his life.
• Zhu Xing warned Long Qing against accepting the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image, but Long Qing agreed because he wanted to stand alongside the Long Clan’s ancestors.
• Gu An sensed Long Jun’s origins and Karma, resolved to deal with the War Court, and considered his own growing reincarnation abilities.
• Long Jun moved into Third Medicine Valley, where the disciples called him Senior White-Clothed, and he spent ten years teaching and pondering the Dao through Go.
• Long Jun went to the Heaven-Mending Platform to experience Sword Venerable Fudao’s Sword Intent, and Zuo Yijian told him to queue behind the crowd.

Long Jun failed to lift the Heaven-Severing Axe and realized Sword Venerable Fudao’s cultivation surpassed his own. Thirty years later, he sensed powerful Sword Intent and found Li Ya cultivating the Sacred Heart Sword Dao, whose origin he questioned.

• Long Jun found the Heaven-Severing Axe too heavy to lift, while Zuo Yijian warned him to stop holding up the line.
• Gu An reflected on the four young cultivators whose paths might one day collide and felt determined to prove the value of staying by his side.
• After thirty years of cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image, Long Qing still could not grasp it, and Long Jun left to investigate a powerful aura.
• Li Ya reached the Scattered Immortal realm and displayed powerful Sword Intent, impressing Grandmaster Sword Destroyer.
• Long Jun appeared before Li Ya and Grandmaster Sword Destroyer, then asked Li Ya where his Sword Dao came from.

Long Jun clashed with the Nirvana God Emperor’s subordinate, while Gu An suspected Long Jun was redirecting the Nirvana God Emperor toward Li Ya. Immortal Emperor Yang entered the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill in an attempt to restore the Great Thousand World, and the chapter ended as a growing sun appeared in the sky.

• Long Jun confronted Grandmaster Sword Destroyer and Li Ya, then fought the Nirvana God Emperor’s subordinate within their domains before both vanished.
• Months later, the Nirvana God Emperor approached Grandmaster Sword Destroyer and Li Ya, exchanging divine abilities and studying Sacred Heart Sword Dao with them.
• Immortal Emperor Yang told An Hao he would try to restore the world’s fortune and stepped into the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, leaving its flames suddenly still.
• A swelling sun appeared over the world, and Gu An told Shen Zhen that Immortal Emperor Yang was trying to restore the Great Thousand World to its original form.

Immortal Emperor Yang tried to merge the great worlds to expand their capacity and spare the Heavenly Spirit Great World from calamity. After one world joined with it, the Heavenly Spirit God appeared and killed Yang, leaving Gu An wondering how An Hao would respond.

• Zhu Xing told Long Qing that Immortal Emperor Yang was using the Heavenly Dao to merge the great worlds, while Gu An explained to Shen Zhen how the merger could increase the world's capacity.
• Immortal Emperor Yang's power drew other worlds toward the Heavenly Spirit Great World, and Carefree Immortals who tried to stop him were overwhelmed.
• After the Heavenly Spirit Great World lost its night, one great world collided with it and began to merge, and Immortal Emperor Yang believed his plan had succeeded.
• Enormous eyes appeared in the cosmic darkness, and the Heavenly Spirit God struck Immortal Emperor Yang with an axe, destroying him and his Heavenly Dao Golden Pill.
• Zhu Xing told Long Qing that he had seen the will of the Heavenly Dao, while Gu An wondered what An Hao would do after witnessing Yang's death.

Gu An learned that the Heavenly Spirit God stood behind the calamity and continued gathering lifespan while the worlds merged. After surpassing one hundred billion years of lifespan, he unlocked a function that offered safe locations for secret breakthroughs, and he prepared to choose one.

• An Hao, Zhu Xi, and Seeker Immortal Daoist reflected on the Heavenly Spirit God’s power and the threat surrounding the Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit.
• News of Immortal Emperor Yang’s fall and the merging of another world stirred the Heavenly Spirit Great World, while Gu An continued picking herbs for more than six hundred years.
• Gu An crossed one hundred billion years of lifespan and unlocked a function that provided breakthrough locations in exchange for lifespan.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao praised Immortal Emperor Yang and interpreted Gu An’s words as a promise to overthrow the powers behind heaven and earth.
• Gu An activated the new function and received nine possible breakthrough locations, realizing he would need to activate the Longevity Barrier before attempting a breakthrough.

Gu An teleported to the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole and spent billions of years of lifespan attempting to break through to the Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm. He reached the early stage and continued advancing toward perfection as the sea of clouds around him churned ominously.

• Gu An chose the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole as his breakthrough site and spent ten billion years of lifespan teleporting there.
• Gu An activated the Longevity Barrier and found that the boundless sea of clouds blocked his divine sense from reaching below.
• Gu An spent 5.6 billion years of lifespan before successfully breaking through to the early stage of the Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm.
• Gu An continued investing lifespan to advance toward the perfected Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm as Great Dao Spiritual Qi flooded his body.
• The sea of clouds surged into a towering wave, as if a colossal creature were about to emerge.

Gu An advanced to the Perfect Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm in the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole, where he encountered powerful beings and sensed the Great Dao’s rules more clearly. He witnessed a Heavenly Pole God fighting a Great Demon who sought an audience with the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor, whom Gu An connected to the white-dressed woman he had seen.

• Gu An saw a vast Heavenly Pole Divine Eagle peer through the clouds, sensed its fear, and watched it withdraw before continuing his breakthrough.
• Gu An reached the early and then mid Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm as his Dao Fruit and Mind's Eye grew stronger.
• A beautiful woman in a white feather dress appeared above the clouds, watched briefly, and vanished; Gu An suspected she was the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor.
• Gu An advanced through the late and Perfect Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm and used his expanded Mind's Eye to observe a distant battle.
• A silver-armored Heavenly Pole God fought a Great Demon, who said he had come to visit the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor; Gu An connected that title to the white-dressed woman.

After stabilizing his cultivation in the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole, Gu An returned to his universe and resolved to deal with the Nirvana God Emperor before confronting the Heavenly Spirit God. Thirty years later, he advised An Xin on how to respond to a threat facing the Qiankun Sect.

• Gu An finished stabilizing his cultivation, returned from the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole, and judged that he had surpassed the Heavenly Spirit God.
• Gu An decided to target the Nirvana God Emperor, who had schemed against the Long Clan and Gu An, and visited Li Ya as he practiced swordsmanship.
• Gu An watched Li Ya and decided to wait until the Nirvana God Emperor had finished teaching him before making his move.
• Thirty years later, An Xin told Gu An that an overseas sect led by a Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal threatened the Qiankun Sect.
• Gu An told An Xin she could defend the Qiankun Sect if a Great Cultivator invaded, but must not help it expand its territory.

Gu An gave An Xin the Fate-Fixing Pen and spoke with Lu Xian about the mysterious cultivation method he was learning. Elsewhere, Gu An appeared before Li Ya and Grandmaster Sword Destroyer and annihilated the Nirvana God Emperor, leaving Li Ya shaken by the gap between Gu An and his own masters.

• Gu An handed An Xin the Fate-Fixing Pen, telling her it would reveal its power when she encountered someone who ought to be killed.
• Lu Xian asked Gu An about the mysterious method he was cultivating, and Gu An said mastering it would let him roam unhindered across the mortal world.
• Li Ya asked the Nirvana God Emperor to reveal his identity before leaving, but the Nirvana God Emperor said Li Ya would hear his legends after reaching Beyond Heaven.
• Gu An appeared and pinned the Nirvana God Emperor in place, suppressing his Dao Fruit and preventing Grandmaster Sword Destroyer and Li Ya from moving.
• Gu An annihilated the Nirvana God Emperor with one hand, warned Grandmaster Sword Destroyer to keep the incident secret, and vanished.
• Li Ya realized that Gu An was far more powerful than the Nirvana God Emperor and felt shaken about the strength of his own masters.

Gu An searched Nirvana God Emperor’s soul and uncovered his history of targeting the Long Clan, along with the powerful figures behind its conflicts. After Gu An destroyed him, Shen Zhen’s painting revealed Long Mie standing beneath the sun, moon, and stars.

• Grandmaster Sword Destroyer warned Li Ya to forget what had happened, while both struggled to understand how easily Gu An had subdued Nirvana God Emperor.
• Gu An examined the black pearl containing Nirvana God Emperor and searched his soul, learning that Nirvana God Emperor had possessed and tormented Long Clan descendants while seeking Long Zhan’s bloodline.
• Gu An learned that Immortal Emperor Absolute Thought had slain Long Xin and that the secluded Immortal Emperor ruled the War Court and could revive through the chanting of his Dao title.
• Gu An crushed Nirvana God Emperor’s pearl, seized over fifteen billion years of lifespan, and decided against hunting more Innate Golden Immortals to avoid attracting trouble.
• Shen Zhen painted a vision of Long Mie standing on a mountain beneath the sun, moon, and stars, a scene absent from Nirvana God Emperor’s memories.

Gu An wondered whether Long Mie had survived and protected the Long Clan, while Shen Zhen sensed his lonely, vengeful presence in her painting. Elsewhere, Zhang Buku and the Divine Strange Ghost Kings were trapped in a desert temple, where the Buddha Immortal offered a deadly inheritance.

• Gu An comforted Shen Zhen after she described falling into a frightening vision of a blood-robed man, and he suspected Long Mie’s Karma remained unresolved.
• Shen Zhen wondered whether the figure in her painting was one of Gu An’s past lives, then watched him return home to study the Nirvana God Emperor’s memories and plan against the War Court.
• Zhang Buku returned to the Buddhist hall and told the weakened Divine Anomaly Realm Lord and Divine Strange Ghost Kings that the endless desert’s scorching sun would eventually kill them.
• Zhang Buku urged the group to search the temple for a way to survive, and they realized the great Buddha statue was watching them with a sinister smile.
• The Buddha Immortal revealed that it needed flesh and blood to revive, offered to choose one person as its inheritor, and declared that the others would be eaten by that inheritor.

Buddha Immortal trapped Zhang Buku and his companions in the yellow sand after severing their karmic ties, while Gu An’s life continued peacefully through two thousand years of change. On Immortal Seeking Island, Gu An inspected its grand gathering and later witnessed two powerful swordsmen fighting on the River of Sword Dao.

• Buddha Immortal severed the karmic ties binding Zhang Buku and the Divine Strange Ghost Kings, leaving them free but terrified as they fled into the yellow sand.
• Two thousand years passed without the Nirvana God Emperor’s death causing any disturbance in the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An visited Immortal Seeking Island’s century-spanning grand gathering with An Xin and Blood Prison Great Sage, and praised Hu Xiaojian for his work.
• Gu An noticed the injured Chi Jiuxiao and his young disciple at a stall, but continued on without approaching them.
• Gu An added treasured swords to Ten Thousand Sword Mountain and reflected on the enduring Sacred Heart Sword Dao.
• Gu An sensed two Mystic Origin Carefree Immortals battling on the River of Sword Dao, both looking up to Yang Xian’s eternal Sword Dao.

Gu An watched a mysterious swordsman wield the Sacred Heart Sword Dao to destroy two powerful cultivators, then used the encounter to temper Chen Chuan’s ambitions. He also sensed that Zhang Buku was in danger and prepared to intervene if he could not defeat Buddha Immortal.

• On the River of Sword Dao, a mysterious swordsman appeared and killed two Mystic Origin Carefree Immortals with one slash before vanishing into the river.
• Chen Chuan told Gu An he had hit a bottleneck and asked about Li Ya’s Nine Absolutes Sacred Heart Sword, but Gu An froze him and made him experience the sword cultivators’ defeat.
• After seeing the mysterious swordsman’s overwhelming power, Chen Chuan understood Gu An’s warning and resolved to become stronger before leaving the Daoist field.
• While reading with Shen Zhen, Gu An reassured the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit that he would protect the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord if necessary.
• Gu An thought of Zhang Buku’s danger and watched Buddha Immortal, resolving to step in if Zhang Buku could not defeat him.

After two thousand years of torment, Zhang Buku faced the Buddha Immortal’s offer to take his place in the Heavenly Court in exchange for the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord’s survival. As Zhang Buku struggled to choose, a hidden powerful being subdued the Buddha Immortal and ordered him to pass all his abilities to Zhang Buku without revealing the being’s existence.

• The Buddha Immortal told Zhang Buku that he was a Fate Changer whose altered fate made him suited to replace the Buddha Immortal in the Heavenly Court.
• The Buddha Immortal explained that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Position granted immortality but would confine Zhang Buku and threatened the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord’s life to force his choice.
• Zhang Buku agonized over whether to accept, torn between repaying the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord’s kindness and preserving the chance to see Uncle Gu and Li Ya again.
• A hidden powerful being seized the Buddha Immortal and cut him off from Zhang Buku through the Power of Causality.
• The being ordered the Buddha Immortal to pass all his abilities to Zhang Buku and keep the being’s existence secret, and the Buddha Immortal agreed.

Zhang Buku agreed to the Buddha Immortal’s demand, only to learn that the Buddha Immortal had changed his plans and restored the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord. Meanwhile, An Hao refused to flee the doomed Heavenly Spirit Great World and was offered the power of past Heavenly Dao Inheritors.

• After three days of inner conflict, Zhang Buku agreed to the Buddha Immortal’s demand to save the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord.
• The Buddha Immortal revealed that he had no Heavenly Dao Immortal Position, admitted he had planned to take Zhang Buku’s body, and asked Zhang Buku to save him in the future.
• The Buddha Immortal healed the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord, while Zhang Buku remained wary of how the Buddha Immortal had changed his mind.
• At Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An returned from warning the Buddha Immortal and spoke with Shen Zhen before she left.
• The voice in the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill urged An Hao to flee the doomed Heavenly Spirit Great World, but An Hao refused to abandon those he cared about.
• The Heavenly Dao Inheritors of past generations emerged from the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and offered An Hao their power, turning his pupils golden.

Gu An enjoyed his quiet life while An Xin told him about tensions within the Qiankun Sect. Meanwhile, Long Qing faced a dispute between the Taixuan Sect and the Great Cang Dynasty, and Zhu Xing hinted that an opportunity for the sect’s development had arrived.

• An Xin finished guiding three Qiankun Sect disciples and sent them a hundred li away before rejoining Gu An.
• An Xin told Gu An about a Qiankun Sect disciple preparing for a life-and-death duel after years of silence, and Gu An chose not to investigate the outcome.
• Long Qing presided over Taixuan Sect elders arguing about Li Xuandao and the Great Cang Dynasty’s growing challenge to the sect.
• Long Qing said he could not contact his master, while the elders discussed whether Taixuan Sect should focus on strengthening itself rather than suppressing the dynasty.
• Zhu Xing told the gathered elders that an opportunity for the Taixuan Sect to develop had arrived.

Zhu Xing revealed that the Immortal Dynasty was nearing collapse, and ten years later the Heavenly Spirit God stripped away its destiny, plunging it into chaos. Gu An foresaw the Heavenly Spirit God eventually destroying the universe and weighed whether to confront him or delay, while considering how An Hao needed to grow.

• Zhu Xing told Ji Hantian and the Elders that the Immortal Dynasty was about to disperse, and news of its imminent fall intensified conflict across the world.
• Ten years later, the Boundary Gate glowed red, and the Heavenly Spirit God suppressed its light before Gu An saw the Immortal Dynasty's destiny vanish.
• Gu An foresaw the Heavenly Spirit God destroying worlds and the universe, and considered whether to oppose him or abandon the world to protect those he cared about.
• Gu An decided to stall for time and reflected that An Hao needed to develop a stronger sense of responsibility before Gu An stepped in to help him.
• Gu An showed Blood Prison Great Sage a vision of the Heavenly Spirit God's power, leaving him terrified and uncertain whether Gu An could defeat that being.

As heaven and earth descended into chaos, Long Qing struggled against the Long Clan’s mission and the War Court’s threat. After entering the threshold of the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image and seeing Great Emperor Long Xin, he learned that summoning stronger Long Clan ancestors could offer hope against their enemies.

• Blood Prison Great Sage watched Gu An make pottery and interpreted his calmness as proof that he understood the coming catastrophe.
• The Sacred Court withdrew to the Holy Domain while the Taixuan Sect, the Great Cang Dynasty, and other powers rushed to seize opportunities left by the Immortal Dynasty.
• Long Qing questioned Long Jun about the War Court and resented being forced to cultivate for the Long Clan’s survival.
• As despair overwhelmed Long Qing on the cliff, he saw a majestic figure before Long Jun caught him and helped him recover.
• Long Jun explained that the figure was his father, Great Emperor Long Xin, and said the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image could summon ancestors of different strengths.
• Long Jun revealed that summoning his son—or all Long Clan members—could give the clan its greatest hope, leaving Long Qing questioning whether anyone could surpass Great Emperor Long Xin.