Chapter Summaries

Li Xuanyu learned that Gu An had brought Tian Hao to the Qiankun Sect, where he rapidly became a prodigy and elevated her branch. A thousand years later, Gu An explained why he had placed Tian Hao with her, while beyond heaven Taiyin Star Lord confronted Heavenly Spirit God and demanded a favor in exchange for concealing his crime.

• Li Xuanyu heard that Tian Hao, brought to the Qiankun Sect by An Xin, had learned a Great Divine Ability at a glance and was appointed as the next Sect Master.
• A thousand years later, Gu An and Li Xuanyu drank together in the city as cultivators discussed Tian Hao's rise from the Great Vehicle Realm to the Wandering Immortal Realm.
• Li Xuanyu asked why Gu An had placed Tian Hao under her care, and Gu An said he had chosen someone he trusted and wanted to leave Li Ya a good karmic tie.
• Gu An turned his attention beyond heaven as a gray-robed Taiyin Star Lord emerged through the Boundary Gate and greeted Heavenly Spirit God, who still bore Bai Sheng's face.
• Taiyin Star Lord questioned Heavenly Spirit God about a supreme treasure and his delayed ascension, then offered to conceal his crime and spare the Great Thousand World if he did one thing for him.

Tian Hao reached the Wandering Immortal Realm at one thousand years old and challenged Gu An to a spar, only to leave shaken by the experience. He asked the Qiankun Sect’s leaders to teach him how to conduct himself, as the story left him determined to grow beyond his immense talent.

• Taiyin Star Lord told Heavenly Spirit God to consider spreading the Dao and bestowing fortune, then left to travel the great world; Gu An overheard their conversation and reflected on Tian Hao’s sealed destiny.
• Tian Hao visited Gu An and bragged about reaching the Wandering Immortal Realm at one thousand years old, then challenged Gu An to spar.
• Gu An moved Tian Hao and the others to a vast, dark wasteland, where Tian Hao unleashed his formidable aura and prepared to surprise his master.
• Yi Qingshan, Lin Chuan, Cheng Meng, and the other Qiankun Sect leaders worried that Tian Hao’s rapid rise might make him arrogant.
• Tian Hao arrived at the leaders’ pavilion and asked them to teach him how to conduct himself, explaining that his spar with Gu An had frightened him.

Ten thousand years after Tian Hao’s rise, Gu An quietly spent time with Xiao Lan as Heavenly Court myths spread and Heavenly Dao providence grew. Elsewhere, Taiyin Star Lord gave Li Ya Immortal Brew, setting a new fate in motion.

• Tian Hao’s rise brought the Qiankun Sect fame, and he defeated every challenger and turned away every recruiter over the following ten thousand years.
• Gu An replaced his clone while Xiao Lan explained her new Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm, then reflected on his long lifespan and contented life.
• Xiao Lan told Gu An about Tian Hao and the spreading myths of the Heavenly Court, while Gu An considered how belief was strengthening Heavenly Dao providence.
• Xiao Lan offered to help Gu An, and he reassured her that he was satisfied with his freedom and proud of her.
• Taiyin Star Lord stopped Li Ya, observed that his fate had changed, and struck him with Immortal Brew that he said would grant him an innate body.

Li Ya met Taiyin Star Lord, then returned to worrying about Tian Hao and remembering An Hao. More than six thousand years later, Gu An unlocked Lifespan Projection after surpassing one trillion years of lifespan, and reassured Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that Tian Hao was destined to survive and grow stronger.

• Taiyin Star Lord departed after helping Li Ya, and Li Ya discussed the encounter and Tian Hao with the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit.
• Gu An witnessed Taiyin Star Lord leave the Heavenly Spirit Great World through the Boundary Gate, then spent more than six thousand years in peace.
• While picking herbs, Gu An surpassed one trillion years of lifespan and unlocked Lifespan Projection, which let him send three thousand projected bodies to pursue one Great Dao and retain their comprehension.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother asked whether Gu An would rescue Tian Hao if he faced a great disaster, and Gu An assured her that Tian Hao was destined to become the strongest.
• Gu An urged Epiphyllum Ghost Mother to focus more on cultivating with the Nine Abyss Heaven-Defying Flag, while she resolved to keep managing the Daoist temple.

Gu An used the Fate-Fixing Pen to project himself into three thousand worlds and absorb their Great Dao comprehension, entering a sudden enlightenment that gathered his disciples around him. After hearing about Gu An’s past, Tian Hao reconsidered his reasons for pursuing strength, while Gu An opened his eyes and saw Tian Hao’s life of more than a hundred million years.

• Gu An watched Zhang Buku prosper in the Taize Great World and felt glad that he had found his purpose.
• Gu An spent one hundred billion years of lifespan to project himself into three thousand worlds and inherit their Great Dao comprehension.
• Tian Hao arrived at the Wushi Daoist Field, sensed its unusual spiritual energy, and went to see Gu An meditating.
• Lu Xian, Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, and the others recounted Gu An’s past deeds, leading Tian Hao to question whether he should pursue strength for its own sake.
• Gu An opened his eyes, and he saw Tian Hao’s life stretching over a hundred million years.

Gu An examined Tian Hao’s destined future and spoke with him about the Eternal Prodigy Grand Assembly, his disciples, and the values he hoped Tian Hao would uphold. He ended by telling Tian Hao about other Great Thousand Worlds, stirring the young prodigy’s eagerness to face greater challenges.

• Gu An saw that Tian Hao’s destined path led him to become the strongest in the Heavenly Spirit Great World and venture beyond it without ever failing.
• Tian Hao asked Gu An whether he should attend the Dao Court’s Eternal Prodigy Grand Assembly, and Gu An warned him to guard against others while acknowledging his sheltered life.
• Tian Hao asked which disciple Gu An liked most, and Gu An named An Hao and recounted his life until dusk.
• Tian Hao said he would give everything for the Qiankun Sect but could not sacrifice himself for all living beings, and Gu An urged him never to bully the weak.
• Gu An told Tian Hao about other Great Thousand Worlds and their prodigies, and Tian Hao listened with growing fighting spirit.

Twenty thousand years after Tian Hao’s rise, he entered the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain to seek the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Flower, while Gu An chose to cultivate the Great Dao of Strength. Gu An’s projection revealed that Tian Hao had met his first peer in the same realm, and Ji Xiaoyu quietly prepared to take a decisive step.

• Tian Hao became the world’s foremost genius and reached the ninth level of the Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal Realm, wielding three powerful Dao Treasures.
• Tian Hao entered the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain to search for the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Flower, and Ji Xiaoyu ordered Sun Moon Dark Emperor to let him pass through the territories.
• Ji Xiaoyu suspected Tian Hao was connected to An Hao and considered taking a major step of her own.
• Shen Zhen painted Heavenly Spirit God and discussed her growing Great Dao of Karma with Gu An, who encouraged her to create a unique divine ability.
• Gu An used Lifespan Projection to choose the Great Dao of Strength and sensed a change in the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An calculated that Tian Hao had encountered a formidable opponent in the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain and, for the first time, had failed to defeat someone in the same realm.

Gu An inherited the Great Dao of Strength insights from his projected bodies, greatly increasing his power, and considered how to fulfill the obsessions of his Reincarnation bodies. As he watched the paths of people across other worlds, he focused on Zhu Xi exploring Emperor Ziwei’s ancient secret realm.

• Gu An inherited the Great Dao of Strength insights from three thousand projected bodies, while Tian Hao reflected on their battle and decided to return to the Nine Spirits Continent to cultivate.
• The Sun Moon Dark Emperor learned that Her Majesty had gone Beyond Heaven to pursue the Great Dao and that he was to lead the Reincarnation Domain.
• Gu An warned Shen Zhen after she painted the Heavenly Spirit God kneeling before an immortal, and she burned the painting.
• Gu An considered helping Emperor Yongsheng save Fairy Yao Xuan and reflected on the obsessions of his other Reincarnation bodies.
• Gu An saw Ji Xiaoyu’s difficult future and Zhang Buku’s eventual rise to Demon Emperor, then watched Zhu Xi explore Emperor Ziwei’s ancient secret realm.

Zhu Xi agreed to let Dao Xuan Tian Ji possess her to escape Emperor Ziwei’s Daoist field, but she resisted the possession and defeated the mystic princess. Emperor Ziwei then appeared, destroyed Dao Xuan Tian Ji, and turned his attention to Zhu Xi, who found herself unable to escape.

• Zhu Xi learned from Dao Xuan Tian Ji that Emperor Ziwei had made the Daoist field a land of sealing and left a clone there for resurrection, then agreed to the possession so she could leave the mountain forest.
• Gu An recognized Dao Xuan Tian Ji’s connection to the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect and watched Zhu Xi escape the forest while possessed.
• After Shen Zhen woke, Gu An advised her to relax rather than cling to comprehending the Dao.
• Zhu Xi revealed that she cultivated the Great Dao Sovereign Technique and fought Dao Xuan Tian Ji when the mystic princess tried to seize her body.
• Zhu Xi’s golden lotus broke through Dao Xuan Tian Ji’s formation, and Zhu Xi struck off her head with a sword.
• Emperor Ziwei seized and annihilated Dao Xuan Tian Ji, then fixed his gaze on Zhu Xi, who sensed that she could not flee.

Emperor Ziwei interrogated Zhu Xi about her masters and tried to kill her, but Gu An protected her through his Immortal Emperor Pupils. Zhu Xi recognized her master and continued toward her path of the Great Dao while Gu An watched from Human World Peak.

• Emperor Ziwei forced Zhu Xi to reveal that Seeker Immortal Daoist had taught her the Great Dao Sovereign Technique, then tried to make her name her other master.
• Zhu Xi escaped when the restraints on her vanished, but Emperor Ziwei trapped her with eighteen dragon shadows and sensed that someone was protecting her.
• Gu An revealed his Immortal Emperor Pupils, and their power destroyed Emperor Ziwei's dragon shadows before they could harm Zhu Xi.
• Zhu Xi recognized the Immortal Emperor Pupils as her master's and heard Gu An tell her to continue pursuing the Path of the Great Dao.
• Gu An watched Zhu Xi from Human World Peak and realized that defeating Emperor Ziwei's body had granted him no lifespan.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Court’s influence spread through the Heavenly Spirit Great World as the Golden Pole God descended and cultivated mortal followers. He foresaw the god’s eventual downfall while continuing to guide An Xin in mastering the Doom Absolute Eye.

• Gu An opened a passage across the universe for Zhu Xi, then told Zhu Xinglan he might attend the Dao Court’s discussion while declining to supply Human World Peak with peerless geniuses.
• The Golden Pole God arrived at the Boundary Gate carrying a token marked Xuansu and invited the Heavenly Spirit God to join Immortal Monarch Xuansu’s cause; the Heavenly Spirit God let him pass but gave no answer.
• Over the following hundred years, the Golden Pole God traveled among mortals, established mystic realms and divine statues, left inheritances, and guided gifted people, gaining Heavenly Dao providence for them.
• Gu An foresaw that Golden Pole God’s arrogance would turn the world against him before a force from Beyond Heaven seized him, and he reflected on the Heavenly Court’s reach.
• Gu An advised An Xin as she struggled to cultivate the Doom Absolute Eye, telling her that it would become whichever Great Dao she hoped it to be.

An Xin spent ten thousand years cultivating the Immortal Emperor Pupils, while Tian Hao advanced to the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm and returned to visit her. After he left, An Xin discovered that her eyes could see a powerful fortune coiling around him.

• An Xin continued cultivating the Immortal Emperor Pupils as Gu An taught her, and she came to believe Doom Absolute Eye could alter her bloodline.
• Another ten thousand years passed, and An Xin remained at the Carefree Origin Immortal realm while more Wushi Daoist Field disciples reached that realm.
• Tian Hao returned to the Daoist field and told An Xin that he had broken through to the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm.
• Tian Hao recounted how the Qiankun Sect had risen in prominence and described the mysterious opponent who had once defeated him.
• Tian Hao gave An Xin gifts and departed, and An Xin saw a blazing, dragon-like fortune surrounding him.

Gu An sensed An Xin’s Immortal Emperor Pupils awakening, then watched his friend Guan Qiu leave on a dangerous mission, foreseeing that Golden Pole God would change Guan Qiu’s life. He used a Lifespan Breakthrough to travel to the Hongmeng Great World and began spending vast amounts of lifespan attempting to advance to the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm.

• Gu An sensed An Xin comprehend the power of the Immortal Emperor Pupils and wondered whether the pupils were connected to becoming an Innate Immortal God.
• Gu An drank with Guan Qiu, foresaw the hardships awaiting him on his mission and his later encounter with Golden Pole God, then watched him leave.
• Gu An ended his karma with Guan Qiu by splashing wine downstairs and departed to begin a Lifespan Breakthrough.
• Gu An chose the Hongmeng Great World, spent ten billion years of lifespan to teleport there and found a vast, apparently lifeless universe rich in spiritual energy and Great Dao rules.
• Gu An invested lifespan in attempts to reach the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm, failed repeatedly, and then committed another hundred billion years to cultivation.

Gu An spent vast amounts of lifespan breaking through to the perfection of the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm and creating a Miaozhen Dharma Image centered on the Great Dao of Strength. After exploring the Hongmeng Great World and glimpsing its powerful inhabitants and a colossal egg, he returned to the Heavenly Spirit Great World with a deeper sense of the boundless cosmos.

• Gu An repeatedly invested lifespan until he endured the Lawless Creation Freedom Great Tribulation and broke through to the early stage of the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Gu An advanced to perfection and created a Miaozhen Dharma Image centered on the Great Dao of Strength, incorporating his reincarnated bodies as gods within it.
• Gu An checked his remaining lifespan, noting that the breakthrough had cost him one trillion eight hundred billion years and that his next breakthrough would require at least five trillion years.
• Gu An inspected the Hongmeng Great World and discovered Heavenly Judge Qiongluo, other powerful wills, and a colossal egg formed from Hongmeng purple qi.
• Gu An teleported back to the Heavenly Spirit Great World and looked across its many worlds, reflecting on the seemingly endless expanse beyond them.

Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field after advancing to the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm, while Tian Hao celebrated his own breakthrough and asked about immortal gods. Meanwhile, Golden Pole God set Li Ya against an Innate Human fighter and prepared to unleash more warriors, prompting Gu An to investigate the calamity and the forces behind it.

• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field, where Tian Hao announced that he had reached the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm, and Gu An privately reflected on his own breakthrough to the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Tian Hao asked Gu An whether immortal gods existed, and Gu An said that anything imaginable within the Great Dao could be real but no one held absolute authority.
• Golden Pole God told Li Ya that he possessed an Innate Body and offered to teach him its cultivation method if he defeated an Innate Human fighter.
• Li Ya fought the long-haired man as Golden Pole God opened a portal and summoned more powerful warriors, intending to use them to provoke the mortal world and pose as its savior.
• Gu An sensed the change in heaven and earth, followed Golden Pole God through his deductions, and saw a world and an army inside him, thousands of companions, and a figure above the Great Dao.

Gu An watched the Innate Human Race plunge the world into war while he remained in seclusion and allowed Xiao Lan and his disciples to join the fight. The chapter ended with several Wushi disciples preparing to leave, while An Xin chose to stay by Gu An’s side.

• Golden Pole God’s Innate Human Race spread across the world, conquering territories and slaughtering living beings until the Dao Court and many other powers launched a war against them.
• Xiao Lan told Gu An she would join the Dao Court’s campaign, and the two spoke before she left for the battlefield.
• The war raged for centuries as the Innate Human Race resisted the world’s forces, and Golden Pole God’s disciples gained fame by spreading the name of Immortal Monarch Xuansu.
• Chen Chuan asked Gu An to let the Wushi disciples fight the Innate Human Race, and Gu An gave them permission to go and use the Dao Treasure.
• Lu Xian and other disciples prepared to leave, while An Xin, Shen Zhen, and the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother stayed behind.

An Xin returned to cultivation while Shen Zhen reflected on experiencing the mortal world. At Mountain God Temple, Perfected Lord Xuanmiao rejected a believer’s plea to summon the mountain god, and the man revealed his devotion to Immortal Monarch Taiyi before cursing Xuanmiao.

• An Xin resolved to cultivate while the others were away, and Shen Zhen said she could experience the mortal world without leaving the Daoist sanctum.
• At Mountain God Temple, a battered man begged Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to save him from the Great Cang Dynasty, but Xuanmiao questioned his claims and demanded to know who he was.
• The man revealed that he was a believer of Immortal Monarch Taiyi, who he said could descend if a sufficiently devout person made a grand vow to the Heavenly Dao.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao refused to help summon Taiyi, saying he believed only in the Mountain God.
• The man cursed Xuanmiao with the deaths of his loved ones and a life of suffering as his skin split and blood covered his body.

After Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s curse tormented Perfected Lord Xuanmiao, Gu An removed it and urged him to reflect on the experience. Gu An then visited Li Xuandao and warned him that another Immortal Monarch was about to appear.

• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao watched the gaunt believer dissolve into blood and grew wary of Immortal Monarch Taiyi.
• The Great Cang Dynasty repelled the Innate Human Race’s devils, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao suffered nightmares and chaotic magic power from the curse.
• Gu An arrived, dispelled Perfected Lord Xuanmiao’s affliction, and suggested he consider the curse an opportunity.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao chose to keep serving Gu An and helping travelers, then sat down to reflect on the curse.
• Gu An visited Li Xuandao in the imperial palace and told him that another Immortal Monarch was about to appear, sharing what had happened to Perfected Lord Xuanmiao.

Gu An and Li Xuandao discussed the struggle between immortals and gods and the rising prodigy Tian Hao, while the Blood Prison Great Sage devastated the Innate Human Race. Chen Chuan and his companions resolved to seek the source of the enemy’s reinforcements, as the Heavenly Spirit God watched and prepared to meet someone at the Boundary Gate.

• Gu An told Li Xuandao that mortals should not concern themselves with the struggle between immortals and gods, and they discussed Tian Hao’s growing fame.
• The Blood Prison Great Sage destroyed an Innate Human Race city, defeated its fighters, and freed tens of thousands of captured cultivators.
• Chen Chuan, An Shengtian, and Jiang Shi suspected that a connection to Beyond Heaven was supplying endless reinforcements and decided to find it with the Dao Treasures.
• The three disciples set out to support the Blood Prison Great Sage and planned to join forces with Tian Yao'er and the others.
• The Heavenly Spirit God watched the disciples’ Dao Treasures and rose to face the Boundary Gate, anticipating someone’s arrival.

The Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong entered the Heavenly Spirit Great World, while Gu An continued guiding An Xin as she mastered the Immortal Emperor Pupils. Gu An suspected the newcomers were searching for An Xin’s pupils or Tian Hao, and warned her that dozens of powerful immortals were now hidden in the mortal realm.

• The Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong emerged from the Boundary Gate and ignored the Heavenly Spirit God, while a golden-armored youth urged him to submit to Immortal Emperor Ziwei.
• The Heavenly Spirit God realized Immortal Monarch Taiyi had sent the seventy-two immortals and wondered whether they knew about Gu An.
• Over five thousand years, Gu An’s disciples saved countless people from the chaos caused by the Innate Human Race, while Wushi’s reputation spread without revealing Gu An’s identity.
• Gu An taught An Xin to use the Immortal Emperor Pupils, whose devouring power could temporarily turn what they consumed into strength.
• An Xin sensed a terrifying presence approaching, and Gu An explained that her cultivation had become the Immortal Emperor Pupils and that hidden immortals might be seeking them or Tian Hao.
• Gu An told An Xin that dozens of immortals were concealed in the mortal realm, and she eagerly asked where they were.