Chapter Summaries

Gu An entered the Abyssal Dao Sea and spent nearly eight hundred billion years of lifespan breaking through to the late stage of the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm. He left the Longevity Barrier with only thirty billion years remaining, but now saw Abyssal Imperial City as far less intimidating.

• Gu An observed Abyssal Imperial City and a colossal Kun in the Abyssal Dao Sea, then reflected on the realm’s powerful forces and the worlds trapped within it.
• Gu An invested lifespan to challenge the Daluo Dao Fruit, failing repeatedly before enduring the Tribulation of All Laws Within Daluo and reaching the early stage of the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Gu An’s breakthrough caused phenomena and spiritual qi disturbances across the Abyssal Dao Sea, drawing powerful divine senses and an aged Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal who demanded that Gu An reveal himself.
• Gu An absorbed the fortune memories of a Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal as powerful figures passed through the sea, then advanced to the late stage of the realm.
• Gu An stood up with thirty billion years of lifespan remaining and saw Abyssal Imperial City as less formidable than before.

After breaking through to Opening Heaven Great Luo Immortal, Gu An explored the Abyssal Dao Sea, returned to Wushi Daoist Field, and visited Jiang Qiong, promising that the Gathering Flower Sect would encounter great opportunities. Meanwhile, Ji Xiaoyu learned that the emperors planned to move Yin-Yang Immortal Domain into Heavenly Spirit Great World and that it was time for her to return.

• Gu An observed the Abyssal Dao Sea, sensed three Opening Heaven Great Luo Immortals, and returned to Wushi Daoist Field to continue gathering lifespan and herbs.
• Gu An visited Jiang Qiong, explained that the figure summoned by his descendants was his past life, and heard how the Gathering Flower Sect had relocated to an archipelago.
• Gu An promised Jiang Qiong that opportunities from War Court's inheritance would reach the Gathering Flower Sect and that he would give her a supreme treasure in a few thousand years.
• Gu An stayed overnight in Jiang Qiong's Daoist field and expounded the Dao for her.
• Sun Moon Dark Emperor told Ji Xiaoyu that Dust Emperor planned to move Yin-Yang Immortal Domain into Heavenly Spirit Great World, and that the emperors had agreed it was time for them to return.

A thousand years after the War Court treasures began reshaping the mortal world, Gu An watched the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain settle in and prepared to welcome Ye Lan’s next reincarnation. He found her as Xiao Lan and watched a Wandering Immortal recognize her rare talent, beginning her path to cultivation.

• Ji Xiaoyu agreed to let the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain merge into the Heavenly Spirit Great World, though she still hoped to catch up to Gu An.
• A thousand years passed as War Court treasures sparked a golden age, the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain settled in the great world, and Gu An’s disciples advanced under his Dao Intent.
• Gu An learned that Ye Lan was nearing reincarnation into the Heavenly Spirit Great World and traveled to the place where she would be reborn.
• Gu An lodged at a mountain villa and spent eighteen years with Ye Lan’s new incarnation, Xiao Lan, helping her develop extraordinary talent.
• A Wandering Immortal woman discovered Xiao Lan’s innate talent and seized her wrist, while Gu An watched, knowing she would become Xiao Lan’s first master.

Xiao Lan left Xiao Manor with Immortal Su and Gu An to begin her cultivation journey, and over the next fifty years she became a powerful cultivator while her affection for Gu An deepened. The chapter ended with Gu An realizing that Xiao Lan’s love for him had become an obsession spanning reincarnations.

• Xiao Lan admitted she was nervous about leaving home for the Dao Court, and Gu An promised to accompany her as Immortal Su’s nominal disciple.
• Immortal Su took Xiao Lan and Gu An away from Xiao Manor, then taught Xiao Lan about the Dao Court and began training her during their travels.
• Xiao Lan began Qi Refining, and Gu An gave her the Bailing Sword the following year as their affection for each other quietly grew.
• Over fifty years, Xiao Lan reached the Spirit Transformation realm while the trio traveled through twelve dynasties and encountered cultivators and supernatural beings.
• Xiao Lan continued to dote on Gu An despite his lower cultivation, and Gu An realized her love for him had become an obsession across reincarnations.

Gu An, Xiao Lan, and Immortal Su traveled toward the Dao Court while Long Teng accepted Li Xuandao’s offer to train there and serve the Great Cang Dynasty. After visiting Xiao Manor, the travelers arrived at the Dao Court and saw the vast, powerful alliance that had risen from the former Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty.

• Gu An sensed a Great Demon battling a Great Cultivator over a War Court relic near the river and began considering what Dao Treasure to refine for Xiao Lan.
• Li Xuandao met Long Teng in the Third Medicine Valley, offered to make him the next Yang Jian, and persuaded him to join the Great Cang Dynasty’s plans for unification.
• Li Xuandao arranged for Long Teng to cultivate at the Dao Court before becoming a Great General, and Long Qing approved of Long Teng’s choice to serve the dynasty.
• Eighty years after leaving Xiao Manor, Xiao Lan returned there with Gu An and Immortal Su, left her family cultivation resources, and then traveled with them toward the Dao Court.
• Immortal Su, Xiao Lan, and Gu An reached the Dao Court, where Gu An sensed that it had grown from an alliance of powerful factions and former Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty forces.

Gu An helped Xiao Lan settle into Dao Court life and watched her advance rapidly while accompanying her to Dao City. As he refined a Dao Treasure for her, he noticed a new variable in Zhang Buku’s dangerous encounter in the Taize Great World.

• Immortal Su praised Gu An for helping Xiao Lan focus on cultivation and told him she would be his greatest opportunity on the path of immortal cultivation.
• A thousand years passed, Xiao Lan reached the Nirvana Realm, and she took Gu An to Dao City for the coming Enlightenment Assembly.
• Gu An noticed Long Teng winning matches in Dao City and saw Wu Jue watching him, while Xiao Lan enjoyed strolling through the city with Gu An.
• Tian Yao'er and Shen Zhen discussed Gu An’s frequent absences and guessed he was accompanying Ye Lan’s reincarnation; Gu An confirmed that Xiao Lan was Ye Lan.
• Gu An continued refining a Dao Treasure for Xiao Lan and watched Zhang Buku and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord face danger in the Taize Great World, where an unfamiliar person had entered Zhang Buku’s fate.

Gu An watched Zhang Buku and Xu You face a powerful formation, then turned his attention back to the Dao Court’s Enlightenment Assembly and his peaceful life. After Xiao Lan excelled and was taken to meet the Dao Court’s mighty beings, Gu An went to help Long Teng, who was stopped at the city gate by an unexpected figure.

• Zhang Buku urged the reincarnated Xu You to fight alongside him against the eight-armed bronze statue and the surrounding cultivators, and Xu You agreed to break through with him.
• Gu An recognized Xu You as a likely Heavenly Court immortal god, chose not to interfere, and reflected on his hopes for Heavenly Spirit God and Bai Sheng.
• Xiao Lan’s comprehension of the Great Dao stirred the Great Dao Stone Stele, and Immortal Su took her to meet the Dao Court’s mighty beings after the five-year Enlightenment Assembly ended.
• Gu An left the assembly and headed to aid Long Teng, planning to protect his descendant from trouble and give him a push.
• Long Teng and his companion reached the city gate, where an unknown figure blocked their path; Long Teng recognized the person and froze in shock.

Gu An met Long Teng in Dao City, acknowledged him as his descendant, and gave him and Li Yu powerful inheritances. Later, he accompanied Xiao Lan to her new cave mansion and gifted her the Bailing Sword, leaving them to shape her vast new small world together.

• Gu An met Long Teng and Li Yu in Dao City, told them not to reveal their meeting, and identified himself as Gu An, the Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An used his Dao Intent to pass Long Teng the Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image and Li Yu the Seven Gods Golden Body.
• Long Teng wondered whether Gu An stood behind the Dao Court after receiving the inheritance and seeing its rise explained.
• Xiao Lan told Gu An that she would move into the Dao Court's main lineage and bring him with her.
• Months later, Gu An gave Xiao Lan the Bailing Sword as a congratulatory gift for becoming a True Disciple and warned her to keep its power secret.
• Gu An and Xiao Lan began exploring her new hundred-thousand-li small world as she described the landscape she wanted to create.

Gu An broke through to the perfection of the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm in the Desperate Heaven Tomb, where he witnessed a thousand-zhang finger emerge from a deep hole. Zui approached the finger, and Gu An recognized it as belonging to Fairy Yao Xuan, leaving him wondering how Zui was connected to her.

• Xiao Lan reached the Wandering Immortal Realm while Gu An watched, and he decided to break through a minor realm of his own.
• Gu An teleported to the Desperate Heaven Tomb and spent one hundred ten billion years of lifespan to reach the perfection of the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Gu An discovered a bottomless hole at the tomb's center and saw a thousand-zhang dark red index finger shoot out before an invisible barrier forced it back down.
• Zui emerged from the palace and ran to the fallen finger, where he touched it and wept.
• Gu An felt the finger's touch on his own hand and recognized the finger as Fairy Yao Xuan's, then wondered what relationship Zui had with her.

Gu An left the Desperate Heaven Tomb after discovering that the Thousand-Zhang Index Finger would bring calamity to the Great Thousand World, then watched Xiao Lan celebrate her breakthrough and return toward Xiao Manor. Xiao Lan planned to pursue her ambitions in the Dao Court and asked Gu An about the Bailing Sword, whose origin remained unknown.

• Gu An learned that the Thousand-Zhang Index Finger would cause a vast calamity if it reached the Great Thousand World, so he left Zui and teleported back to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An reflected on the laws of heaven and earth as he traveled, wondering about the strange Great Dao aura on the Thousand-Zhang Index Finger.
• Xiao Lan celebrated reaching the Wandering Immortal Realm with Immortal Su and her fellow disciples, then departed with Gu An to visit Xiao Manor.
• Xiao Lan worried that Xiao Manor and her family’s descendants might be gone, while Gu An comforted her and listened as she declared her goal of becoming the master of the Dao Court.
• Xiao Lan said she intended to temper herself and pursue treasures, and Gu An encouraged her to go while he waited in the Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Lan asked about the Bailing Sword, and Gu An said an Immortal had supposedly given it to its previous owner and that Xiao Lan would have to discover its origin herself.

Xiao Lan returned to Xiao City and set her sights on becoming master of the Dao Court and strengthening the Xiao Family, prompting Gu An to ponder whether immortals should have feelings. Long Teng was honored by the Great Cang Dynasty, but a demon abducted him and prepared to kill him, dismissing the possibility that he was connected to Sword Venerable Fudao.

• Xiao Lan reunited with her descendants in Xiao City, stayed for a month, and declared her ambitions to lead the Dao Court and make the Xiao Family endure for ages.
• Gu An reflected on whether immortals, the Heavenly Dao, and the Great Dao should have feelings.
• Li Xuandao appointed Long Teng Heavenly Glory General and gave him authority to mobilize any army and execute orders before reporting.
• A demonic force attacked the imperial hall, overpowered Yang Jian, and abducted Long Teng.
• An eagle-headed demon bound Long Teng in an underground plaza and told his master that Long Teng had no connection to Sword Venerable Fudao.

Long Teng’s captors argued over whether to risk angering Sword Venerable Fudao, while Gu An remained unconcerned and allowed An Xin to aid the Qiankun Sect. At dusk, Gu An invited Shen Zhen to meet the god of the Great Thousand World.

• The Black-Robed Old Demon stopped the Eagle-Headed Monster from killing Long Teng and ordered him returned unharmed.
• The Eagle-Headed Monster protested, but the Black-Robed Old Demon threatened to end their master-disciple relationship unless he obeyed.
• Long Teng ignored the demons and pondered the Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image.
• An Xin told Gu An the Qiankun Sect planned to compete for an Innate Spirit Tree, and Gu An said she could help.
• Gu An invited Shen Zhen to take a walk and told her he would take her to meet the god of the Great Thousand World.

Gu An and Shen Zhen found Bai Sheng struggling to rescue Sujin from a powerful Demon Emperor, and Gu An tested how far Bai Sheng would go to save her. He began telling Bai Sheng about the Heavenly Spirit God beyond Heaven, leaving both listeners drawn into the story.

• Shen Zhen watched Bai Sheng cultivate and asked Gu An about his identity and distress.
• Gu An explained that Sujin had been captured by a Divine Sense True Immortal and that Bai Sheng was determined to rescue her.
• Gu An and Shen Zhen approached Bai Sheng, who mistook them for demons before recognizing Gu An as an old friend.
• Gu An asked whether Bai Sheng would risk death to save Sujin, and Bai Sheng said he would if it meant she could choose her own happiness.
• Gu An began telling Bai Sheng about the Boundary Gate and the Heavenly Spirit God beyond Heaven.

Gu An told Bai Sheng that he might be the reincarnation of the Heavenly Spirit God and could use his will to save Sujin, but becoming the god might change his feelings for her. As Sujin prepared to bury her love, Gu An, Shen Zhen, and Bai Sheng entered the demon city, where Gu An planned to meet someone.

• Gu An explained that reviving the Heavenly Spirit God could defeat the Demon Emperor but might bring catastrophe, and told Bai Sheng he could instead persuade the god to change his thinking.
• Bai Sheng suspected he was the Heavenly Spirit God's reincarnation, and Gu An warned that becoming him could make Sujin less important to him.
• Sujin reflected on her long efforts to reunite with Bai Sheng and decided to bury her love so he could be saved.
• A purple-dressed female demon told Sujin that the Demon Emperor had invited the Human Realm Demon Emperor to a wedding and hoped to unite the Demon Race.
• The female demon told Sujin that Immortal Wudao, a self-proclaimed servant of the Heavenly Dao, had appeared in the city and predicted an immortal god would be born there.
• Gu An, Shen Zhen, and Bai Sheng entered the prosperous demon city, where Bai Sheng chose to look around before deciding what to do and Gu An said he wanted to meet someone.

Gu An found Immortal Wudao’s clone in the demon city and confronted him over their shared past. The chapter ended with Gu An stopping Immortal Wudao’s sudden attack by scattering his magic power with a pat on the shoulder.

• Gu An followed Bai Sheng and Shen Zhen through the demon city while tracing Immortal Wudao’s presence.
• A host of powerful guests arrived for Great Liang Demon Emperor’s wedding, which was being held early because a heavenly treasure was about to emerge.
• Bai Sheng reached a hundred-zhang stone stele, where Gu An found Immortal Wudao standing among the gathered beings.
• Shen Zhen saw that the stele was part of a living crimson turtle’s shell, and Immortal Wudao asked who her master was.
• Immortal Wudao said Gu An resembled a disciple whose soul he had seen destroyed, and Gu An replied that Immortal Wudao resembled a master he had seen beheaded.
• Immortal Wudao raised his hand, but Gu An struck his shoulder first and scattered the magic power inside him.

Gu An restrained Immortal Wudao in Demon City and revealed that Bai Sheng’s past life had killed him, while Immortal Wudao disclosed the possibility of an Innate Immortal God. As the Great Liang Demon Emperor’s wedding began, Bai Sheng chose to become the Heavenly Spirit God to save Sujin, and a terrifying aura erupted during the ceremony.

• Gu An held Immortal Wudao captive, revealed that Bai Sheng’s past life had killed him, and sealed Immortal Wudao’s strength.
• Immortal Wudao said he sought an Innate Immortal God nurtured by Heavenly Dao fortune, and Gu An noticed that Sujin was pregnant.
• Bai Sheng grew anxious as the wedding hour approached and silently pleaded with his possible revival to save Sujin without harming anyone.
• The Great Liang Demon Emperor announced a supreme treasure for the wedding guests, and Bai Sheng told Gu An he had decided to become the Heavenly Spirit God.
• A terrifying aura erupted in the distance, shaking Demon City and freezing the Great Liang Demon Emperor’s smile.

Bai Sheng awakened as the Heavenly Spirit God and swiftly defeated the Great Liang Demon Emperor, sparing him only after warning him to stay away from Sujin. After rejecting Sujin and sending her away, the Heavenly Spirit God turned toward Gu An, who approached with Shen Zhen and Immortal Wudao.

• Bai Sheng's aura surged as his soul transformed, drawing the attention of Sujin, the Great Liang Demon Emperor, and powerful cultivators throughout Demon City.
• The Heavenly Spirit God captured the Great Liang Demon Emperor and struck down a Carefree Immortal Realm cultivator who tried to rescue him.
• The Heavenly Spirit God told Sujin that his former self had been within Reincarnation and that their relationship was a false fate manipulated by others.
• The Heavenly Spirit God released the Great Liang Demon Emperor after warning him never to approach Sujin again, and the other powerful figures fled to pursue the Heaven and Earth Supreme Treasure.
• The Heavenly Spirit God rejected Sujin's feelings and struck her away, then Gu An led Shen Zhen and Immortal Wudao toward him.

Gu An confronted Heavenly Spirit God about the Heavenly Court’s judgment against the Heavenly Spirit Great World and struck a bargain with him. He then tasked Immortal Wudao with spreading belief in the Heavenly Dao, while secretly appearing behind Wudao’s true body on the Path of the Great Dao.

• Gu An challenged Heavenly Spirit God’s view of mortal spirits, and Heavenly Spirit God explained that the Heavenly Court had ordered the Heavenly Spirit Great World to perish.
• Gu An revealed that he knew Heavenly Spirit God had secretly created an Innate Immortal God and offered to teach his son if Heavenly Spirit God dealt with an approaching Star Lord.
• Heavenly Spirit God agreed to cooperate and flew toward Beyond Heaven, while Gu An told Shen Zhen that his Dao marks would let him control Heavenly Spirit God if necessary.
• Gu An assigned Immortal Wudao the task of promoting the Heavenly Dao and Heavenly Court, then left with Shen Zhen.
• Immortal Wudao returned to his true body on the Path of the Great Dao and wondered whether to cooperate with Gu An, unaware that a figure had appeared behind him.

Gu An found Immortal Wudao’s hidden true body but chose to startle him rather than kill him, then took Sujin and her unborn child under his care. A year later, Gu An adopted the infant as his disciple and named him Tian Hao, while Heavenly Spirit God realized the child’s extraordinary fate.

• Gu An traced Immortal Wudao’s Karma to his true body, then patted his shoulder and revealed himself as his master.
• Sujin, hurt and abandoned by Heavenly Spirit God, encountered Gu An, who offered her shelter and a new beginning.
• A year later, Gu An sent An Xin to bring Sujin’s infant to the Daoist rite grounds so he could adopt the child.
• Gu An named the infant Tian Hao and declared him his disciple as the gathered residents welcomed him.
• Heavenly Spirit God discovered the name Tian Hao in his palm and acknowledged that he had lost to Heavenly Spirit Immortal Venerable.

Tian Hao revealed an undying golden flame and, after seeing Gu An summon a colossal sun, asked to cultivate immortality. Gu An sent him with An Xin to the Qiankun Sect, while the Heavenly Spirit God watched them emerge and received a warning that someone was about to arrive.

• At seventeen, Tian Hao showed Gu An, An Xin, and Shen Zhen the golden flame he had awakened, which could burn endlessly.
• Gu An conjured a sun that filled the sky, astonishing Tian Hao and prompting him to ask to learn immortal cultivation.
• Gu An told Tian Hao to cultivate at the Qiankun Sect and sent him away with An Xin to meet someone and resolve her regret.
• The Heavenly Spirit God watched Tian Hao and An Xin emerge, reflecting on Tian Hao's creation and the risks it might bring.
• A golden token delivered a message warning the Heavenly Spirit God that the speaker would arrive soon and telling him to prepare.