Chapter Summaries

Gu An traveled to the Desperate Heaven Tomb and used his lifespan to break through to the perfection of the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm. The breakthrough stirred powerful phenomena, and a mysterious figure began emerging from a vast palace.

• Gu An offered Deep Sea Dragon Carp a magic treasure, and Deep Sea Dragon Carp asked for a banner that could control the ocean.
• Gu An chose the Desperate Heaven Tomb as his breakthrough location and spent ten billion years of lifespan to teleport there.
• Gu An found the tomb vast and desolate, with dense Great Dao Spiritual Qi and a strong aura of the Great Dao of Karma.
• Gu An repeatedly attempted to break through and eventually reached the early stage of the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm.
• Gu An spent nearly one hundred billion years of lifespan advancing to the perfection of the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm, triggering immense phenomena across the tomb.
• Gu An saw a figure walking out of the darkness behind the half-open gate of a distant palace.

Gu An broke through to the perfected Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm in the Desperate Heaven Tomb, where he encountered the mysterious child Zui and sensed a possible connection to his reincarnations. He returned to the Taixuan Sect for a nostalgic visit as Ye Cang, empowered by Qingtian Old Ancestor and an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure, advanced to attack the sect.

• Gu An reached the late stage of the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm while Zui disappeared from the palace gate, leaving Gu An with a sense that they were connected.
• Gu An completed his breakthrough to the perfected Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm and teleported back to the Hidden Spirit Palace after spending seventy billion years of lifespan on the Longevity Barrier.
• Gu An visited the flourishing Taixuan Sect, where disciples discussed Ye Cang's defeat of Grand Elder Zhu Xing and his coming assault.
• Gu An recognized that Qingtian Old Ancestor, a Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal's soul concealed in Ye Cang's treasure, was helping Ye Cang pursue revenge against the Taixuan Sect.
• Ye Cang advanced toward the Taixuan Sect beneath storm clouds, holding the ancient azure tower that carried Qingtian Old Ancestor's power.

Ye Cang returned to the Taixuan Sect with Qingtian Old Ancestor to demand justice for his murdered younger sister, confronting his former master Long Qing over the sect’s protection of the Cui Family. As Ye Cang and Qingtian Old Ancestor faced Long Qing and Zhu Xing at the Heaven-Mending Platform, Gu An watched from nearby, and Qingtian Old Ancestor demanded that Long Qing show where he stood.

• Ye Cang recalled how Long Qing had dismissed his accusations and failed to avenge his younger sister, then returned to the Taixuan Sect with Qingtian Old Ancestor’s support.
• Gu An went to the Heaven-Mending Platform, where Zuo Yijian guarded the Heaven-Severing Axe, and considered inviting him to become his sword attendant after the inheritance was handed over.
• Long Qing arrived at the platform, and Ye Cang broke through the Outer Sect City’s protective array to confront him and demand that he publicly condemn the Cui Family.
• Long Qing said the killer had already been executed and questioned whether the whole Cui Family should pay, while Ye Cang accused him of protecting those behind his sister’s death.
• Qingtian Old Ancestor challenged Zhu Xing and declared that he would stand behind Ye Cang, while Long Qing wavered at seeing his former disciple’s disappointment.
• Qingtian Old Ancestor told Long Qing that he could destroy the Cui Family but asked whether Long Qing would make the Taixuan Sect bear the consequences of its past mistakes.

Gu An intervened as Ye Cang prepared to attack the Taixuan Sect, subduing Qingtian Old Ancestor and bringing Cui Xianlin before him. After revealing himself as Long Qing’s master, Gu An rebuked Long Qing, who knelt along with the Taixuan Sect cultivators.

• Qingtian Old Ancestor threatened the Taixuan Sect, and Long Qing, Zuo Yijian, and Long Teng challenged him while Ye Cang remained consumed by anger over his sister’s death.
• Long Teng and Ye Cang’s former fellow disciples urged Ye Cang to reconsider, but Ye Cang grew more resentful and prepared to kill.
• Gu An appeared, pressed Qingtian Old Ancestor onto the Heaven-Mending Platform, and warned Ye Cang to cherish the living as well as avenge the dead.
• Long Qing identified Gu An as his master, and Ye Cang and the assembled cultivators realized Gu An was the Taixuan Sect’s legendary grandmaster.
• Gu An summoned Cui Xianlin and explained the history behind the feud, then told Ye Cang that his master could help him only if Gu An could help Long Qing.
• Gu An told Long Qing that he had disappointed him, and Long Qing knelt as the Taixuan Sect cultivators followed.

Gu An intervened to stop Ye Cang’s feud from consuming Taixuan Sect, then offered Zuo Yijian a place at Wushi and left Long Qing and Ye Cang reflecting on the Righteous Path. Back at Wushi, Gu An began a reincarnation in the Ethereal Immortal Court, where his new life, Yongsheng, began under a deadly curse.

• Gu An gave Cui Xianlin to Ye Cang, who killed him to avenge his sister, while Gu An told Ye Cang to accept Long Qing’s judgment afterward.
• Gu An offered Zuo Yijian the choice of becoming his sword attendant or receiving a sword art, and Zuo Yijian chose to follow him to Wushi once the Heaven-Severing Axe inheritance was obtained.
• Long Qing and Ye Cang returned to Third Medicine Valley, where Zuo Yijian urged Long Qing to consider the Righteous Path and Ye Cang began questioning his own principles.
• Gu An returned to Wushi Daoist Field and used ten million years of lifespan to begin a reincarnation in the Ethereal Immortal Court.
• Gu An learned that Yongsheng was born with Immortal Emperor Pupils, but a Void Demon later stole his eyes and cursed him to die before twenty, prompting his parents to take him to Spirit Mountain.

Gu An followed Yongsheng’s reincarnation from his tragic childhood through his rise as a powerful Buddhist cultivator beneath Spirit Mountain’s Bodhi Sacred Tree. Yongsheng finally left Spirit Mountain, discovered the Mystic Demon Emperor had stolen his eyes, and survived the Emperor’s attack with a silent intervention from the Heavenly Buddha.

• Yongsheng joined Spirit Mountain at nineteen, and the Heavenly Buddha accepted him as a disciple and helped suppress his bad luck beneath the Bodhi Sacred Tree.
• At nine thousand, Yongsheng refined the Bodhi Golden Body, and at nine thousand one hundred, the Heavenly Buddha destroyed the Black Mystic Emperor when he attacked.
• Yongsheng reached the Wandering Immortal Realm and wanted revenge for his parents, but the Heavenly Buddha ordered him to attain the Dao Fruit Realm before leaving Spirit Mountain.
• Yongsheng cultivated for thousands more years, then left Spirit Mountain at ninety thousand with a mission to take a disciple from the Ethereal Immortal Court.
• Yongsheng entered a cosmic domain with cultivators from Ascending Yellow Heaven, where Great Dao true fire consumed the universe and destroyed the Mortal World Buddha Beads.
• Yongsheng recognized the Mystic Demon Emperor as the one who had stolen his eyes and attacked him, but the Heavenly Buddha’s golden palm drove the Emperor back before Yongsheng escaped the shattered universe.

Gu An watched Yongsheng's choices lead him from Spirit Mountain into a search for Fairy Yao Xuan, while learning the truth behind the Immortal Emperor Pupils and the Heaven Stealing Emperor. Yongsheng became Emperor Yongsheng, fought Spirit Mountain and other enemies, and entered reincarnation in the Taize Great World with the Mystic Demon Emperor.

• Yongsheng chose to dissolve his Bodhi Golden Body to save Fairy Yao Xuan, who broke free, killed Grandmaster Xuan'e, and was later lost to the Abyss of Reincarnation.
• The Mystic Demon Emperor revealed that he had seized Yongsheng's Immortal Emperor Pupils to protect him from the Heavenly Court and asked him to lead the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect, but Yongsheng refused.
• Yongsheng recovered his Bodhi Golden Body and Dao attainments by fusing with the Immortal Emperor Pupils, then traveled with the Mystic Demon Emperor to search for Fairy Yao Xuan.
• Yongsheng rejected Spirit Mountain's demand to surrender the Immortal Emperor Pupils, fought its Buddhist cultivators, and became enemies with Spirit Mountain.
• Yongsheng proclaimed himself Emperor Yongsheng as his enemies and reputation grew, and he and the Mystic Demon Emperor later entered the Taize Great World, captured its world lord, and stepped into reincarnation.

Gu An watched Emperor Yongsheng’s reincarnation end after he discovered he was not the true self, traced Fairy Yao Xuan’s karma, and chose to die within the Great Karma Stele. He then inherited Emperor Yongsheng’s memories, witnessing his early life and the Heavenly Buddha’s power and compassion.

• Emperor Yongsheng became a Taiqing Golden Immortal, founded the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect, and continued searching for Fairy Yao Xuan.
• The Heavenly Court besieged Emperor Yongsheng, but the Heavenly Buddha rescued him and sent him to the River of Karma.
• Emperor Yongsheng learned through the Great Karma Stele that he was not the true self, then traced Fairy Yao Xuan’s karma and died within the stele.
• Gu An accepted Emperor Yongsheng’s inherited memories and saw his birth in Jinlan Immortal Mansion, the Mystic Demon Emperor’s attack, and his parents’ deaths.
• Emperor Yongsheng reached Spirit Mountain, where the Heavenly Buddha became his master and taught him with power and compassion.

Gu An inherited Emperor Yongsheng’s memories, understood the karma connecting Shen Zhen to Fairy Yao Xuan, and began cultivating his own Immortal Emperor Pupils. Meanwhile, Long Qing told Ye Cang about the Long Clan’s burden and the approaching War Court, leaving Ye Cang determined to help protect his master and the Long Clan.

• Gu An realized Emperor Yongsheng had placed Fairy Yao Xuan’s karma on Shen Zhen to lead him to rescue her, and he accepted responsibility for that karma.
• Gu An manifested the Immortal Emperor Pupils and cultivated a new version free of Heaven Stealing Emperor’s karma.
• Long Qing heard Ye Cang confess his past wrongs and offered him the responsibility of becoming the Taixuan Sect’s next sect master.
• Long Qing told Ye Cang about the Long Clan’s conflict with the War Court and explained why he wanted his descendants kept away from that karma.
• Qingtian Old Ancestor warned that the War Court was approaching and that Long Qing could not sever the Long Clan’s karma, while offering to flee with Ye Cang if the Heavenly Spirit Great World was attacked.
• Ye Cang vowed to help Long Qing and protect the Long Clan without throwing his life away, despite Qingtian Old Ancestor’s doubts about his ability to challenge the War Court.

After a thousand years of cultivating in peace, Gu An watched the reincarnated Heavenly Spirit God, now a scholar named Bai Sheng, reunite with Sujin, the white fox who had searched for him for ten thousand years. Gu An joined their journey to Imperial City, intending to test whether Bai Sheng could regain his compassion.

• Gu An finished refining a Dao treasure while Shen Zhen continued comprehending the Great Dao.
• Gu An observed Bai Sheng traveling toward Imperial City and Sujin following him after ten thousand years of searching.
• The chapter recounted how Xiao Wu and Sujin survived persecution, fell in love, and were separated when Xiao Wu died protecting her.
• Gu An decided to use Sujin to test Heavenly Spirit God's heart and joined Bai Sheng's journey disguised as a wandering swordsman.
• Bai Sheng welcomed Gu An as a traveling companion, while Sujin reacted angrily when Gu An teased them about a scholar and a fox spirit.

Gu An and Bai Sheng reached the Imperial City, where Sujin sensed a strong demonic presence. Meanwhile, Li Ya left Mystic Valley intending to go Beyond Heaven, but a Dao Court guard stopped him and warned that a great tribulation was approaching.

• Gu An taught Bai Sheng swordsmanship during their journey, while Sujin planned to teach him immortal cultivation later.
• Gu An and Bai Sheng arrived at the Imperial City, and Sujin sensed monsters within it.
• Li Ya revisited Mystic Valley, told the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit he planned to go Beyond Heaven and search for Zhang Buku, then flew toward the sky.
• A silver-armored guard intercepted Li Ya and said leaving the Heavenly Spirit Great World required a Heavenly Dao Decree established by the Dao Court.
• The guard warned Li Ya that the Dao Court had barred passage Beyond Heaven to prepare the Great World for the first Taichu-period tribulation.

Li Ya heeded a warning about an approaching calamity, while Gu An watched the War Court close in on the Heavenly Spirit Great World and awaited a battle. As a demon descended on the imperial city, Sujin tried to take Bai Sheng to safety, and An Xin learned that Qiankun Sect faced pressure from the Dao Court and a frightened cultivator.

• Li Ya decided to remain with the Taixuan Sect after the silver-armored man warned that a calamity was coming.
• Gu An sensed the War Court gathering to attack the Long Clan's descendants and saw dark clouds bearing down on the imperial city.
• Sujin sensed a terrifying demon approaching, revealed her human form to Bai Sheng, and tried to lead him out of the city.
• Bai Sheng insisted that they bring Gu An with them, so Sujin agreed to take him back to their lodging.
• Demon Birds poured from the clouds toward the imperial city as a blood-eyed figure watched from above.
• Yi Qingshan told An Xin that the Dao Court wanted Qiankun Sect to accept the Heavenly Dao Decree and that a powerful cultivator in the sect was raving about the sky collapsing; An Xin advised refusing the Dao Court.

Bai Sheng searched the ruined imperial city for Gu An, then fainted after Sujin offered to take him as a cultivator. Five hundred years later, the War Court descended upon the world, and Long Qing prepared to face it while Gu An sensed the threat from afar.

• Bai Sheng searched the ruined city for Gu An until Sujin found him and offered to teach him immortal cultivation.
• Bai Sheng asked Sujin to find Brother Gu, then fainted, and Sujin carried him away while promising to protect him.
• Five hundred years passed as Gu An and Shen Zhen remained at Wushi Daoist Field, where Gu An explained that the War Court had appeared beyond the Great Thousand World.
• Zhu Xing, Ye Cang, and Qingtian Old Ancestor discussed the War Court’s strength beneath Long Qing’s pavilion.
• Long Qing told Long Teng to watch carefully as the War Court’s arrival stirred hostility and killing intent, while Ye Cang wondered how his master would respond.

The War Court invaded the Heavenly Spirit Great World to wipe out the Long Clan, while Gu An watched the conflict unfold and left Long Qing to face his clan’s fate. Long Qing entered the battle alone, and the chapter ended with a voice praising him for standing forth as a descendant of the Long Clan.

• Black holes appeared across the Heavenly Spirit Great World as the War Court’s vast force advanced toward it through a path of light.
• War Court cultivators attacked the Heavenly Spirit Great World’s defenders, beginning the great battle.
• Gu An showed his disciples the invasion, revealed that Long Qing descended from the Long Clan, and said he would wait until Long Qing could no longer hold on before intervening.
• Long Qing flew into a black hole despite Zhu Xing warning him that the War Court was too powerful, while Zhu Xing stayed behind.
• A resounding voice praised Long Qing for standing forth and honoring the bloodline of the Long Clan.

The War Court invaded the Heavenly Spirit Great World, led by its lord Zhu Tianjun, while Long Qing summoned the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image to face them. As the War Court attacked, a colossal blood-colored figure appeared to shield Long Qing, leaving both sides stunned.

• Zhu Xing fled the Taixuan Sect, and Qingtian Old Ancestor urged Ye Cang to escape as well.
• Bai Sheng and Sujin watched the strange phenomenon in the sky and discussed how little they knew about the forces behind it.
• Fang Xuan watched the War Court advance as Long Qing stepped out of a black hole and began summoning thousands of Dharma Images.
• Zhu Tianjun appeared, challenged the unseen protector of the Long Clan, and ordered his experts to surround Long Qing.
• Long Qing's gray qi turned to blood qi, and a million-zhang blood-colored figure appeared to block the War Court's attack.

Long Qing unleashed the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image, and Long Mie's immense blood-colored figure held back Zhu Tianjun and the War Court's forces. Gu An recognized the bloodline Karma behind the battle and resolved to intervene as Long Zhan, while the God of Heavenly Destruction watched from afar and vowed to avenge his descendants when he returned.

• Long Qing summoned Long Mie's Dharma Image, which repelled the Innate Golden Immortals and led the Long Clan's Dharma Images in an assault on the War Court's path of light.
• Fang Xuan prepared to fight as Zhu Tianjun's attack struck Long Mie's Dharma Image, and the clash's aftershock killed watching Heavenly Spirit Cultivators outside the War Court's protection.
• At Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An recognized that Long Mie's Dharma Image carried the Heavenly Dao's aura and decided to resolve the Long Family's karmic disaster as Long Zhan.
• Gu An noticed that the War Court's Innate Golden Immortals carried fortune from other factions and suspected that further schemes lay behind the battle.
• The God of Heavenly Destruction explained that the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image drew on bloodline Karma and that Long Qing's final battle would exhaust his lifespan.
• The God of Heavenly Destruction sensed a stronger existence approaching but vowed that the Long bloodline would survive and that he would make the War Court's allies suffer when he returned.

Long Qing nearly fell in battle against the War Court before his plea to his master awakened Gu An’s Dharma Idol as Long Zhan, progenitor of the Long Clan. Gu An revealed himself and used a single sword strike to kill Zhu Tianjun and the Immortal Emperor, leaving the universe split by an immense blade of light.

• Zhu Tianjun attacked Long Qing with the War God Golden Pestle, destroying his body and leaving his soul clinging to his bones as Long Mie's Dharma Image fought on.
• As Long Qing thought of his master, radiant power restored him and transformed Long Mie's Dharma Image into a vast white Dharma Idol resembling Gu An.
• Long Qing recognized the figure as Long Zhan, the Long Clan’s progenitor, and realized that his master was the ancestor he had summoned.
• Zhu Tianjun called on his master, and enormous eyes appeared in the void before declaring that he sought someone other than the Karma Dharma Idol.
• Gu An’s Dharma Idol answered that the person the Immortal Emperor sought might be him, then summoned a silver sword and shattered space with a command to break.
• Gu An’s sword cut down Zhu Tianjun and annihilated the Immortal Emperor, leaving sword light stretched across the universe.

Gu An annihilated most of the War Court with a single sword, then used his Immortal Emperor Pupils to revive the fallen and send all living beings into a dream. He saved Long Qing from the cost of using the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image and left to destroy the War Court completely.

• Gu An used Long Qing's Long Zhan Dharma Image to wipe out the War Court's leaders and most of its forces, while seizing vast lifespans from the dead.
• Gu An reversed karma across the universe, reviving fallen beings and making them fall into a dream; he confirmed that the power could not repeatedly yield lifespan.
• In the dream, Gu An told Long Qing he had saved him but forbade him from ever using the Heavenly Dragon Great Dharma Image again.
• Gu An warned Long Qing to guide the Long Clan toward making amends and threatened to destroy it if it strayed again.
• Gu An left to make the War Court collapse completely, while Long Qing resolved to consider his future and repay his progenitor.

Gu An killed the Immortal Emperor and Zhu Tianjun, then searched Ni Hai True Person’s memories and learned of the Abyssal Dao Sea and its connection to the Immortal Palace’s supreme treasure. He turned his attention to the War Court, declaring that everything belonging to Long Zhan should end.

• The God of Heavenly Destruction and the green-robed Daoist watched an illusion of Long Zhan’s battle and wondered about his power and the slaughter below.
• The Immortal Emperor confronted the gray-robed figure inside the Falling Star about his failure, and Gu An appeared and killed the Immortal Emperor.
• Gu An seized Ni Hai True Person from the Falling Star and used the Doom Absolute Eye to search his memories.
• Gu An learned that Ni Hai True Person came from the Abyssal Dao Sea and had invaded the Heavenly Spirit Great World seeking clues to the Immortal Palace’s supreme treasure.
• Zhu Tianjun arrived, and Gu An killed him with True Words of Longevity before Ni Hai True Person also turned to ash.
• Gu An looked across the War Court and declared that everything belonging to Long Zhan should end.

Gu An destroyed the War Court and prepared to break through beyond the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm. With powerful factions approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World, he chose Abyssal Dao Sea as the place for his breakthrough and began teleporting there.

• Gu An severed the War Court's fortune and used the Power of Causality to kill those who threatened the Long Clan or had slaughtered many living beings, bringing the War Court to ruin.
• Fang Xuan awoke in a mortal world, decided not to return to the War Court, and flew off to seek a new path of survival.
• Half a month after the War Court's destruction, Gu An checked his lifespan and found it had risen to more than 830 billion years.
• Gu An chose to break through that night rather than wait to reach one trillion years of lifespan, since powerful factions were approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An selected Abyssal Dao Sea as his breakthrough location and began teleporting there after accepting the lifespan cost.