Chapter Summaries

Gu An reached the perfected Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm, then met with the Heavenly Spirit God to discuss growing threats from the Heavenly Court and Chaos Demons. Meanwhile, Emperor Tianhong returned to Wushi Daoist Field and was accepted as Sword Venerable Fudao’s disciple.

• Xiao Lan and the others returned to the Heavenly Spirit Great World, still shaken by the golden giant hand, while Gu An waited for his Lifespan Enemy Prediction prompts to end.
• Gu An used Lifespan Breakthrough in the Hongmeng Great World, spending four trillion years of lifespan to reach the perfected Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm.
• A thousand years later, Emperor Tianhong returned to Wushi Daoist Field, where An Xin welcomed him as a disciple and senior sister.
• Gu An met the Heavenly Spirit God before the Boundary Gate, confirmed Tian Hao was thriving in the Ethereal Immortal Court, and explained that he would keep Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong suffering in Reincarnation for now.
• Gu An asked the Heavenly Spirit God how he should face the appearance of other immortal gods and Chaos Demons in the mortal world.

Gu An questioned Heavenly Spirit God about the Heavenly Court and learned more about the different ranks of Heavenly Gods. Ten thousand years later, the Dao Court's travelers returned, Xiao Lan reunited with Gu An, and he began considering how to create a path of providence to help Ji Xiaoyu.

• Heavenly Spirit God described the choices facing those who opposed the Heavenly Court and explained its internal struggles and the varying status of Heavenly Gods.
• Gu An asked Heavenly Spirit God about God Tianzhen, who served Immortal Monarch Huangfeng and held authority across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• After ten thousand years, Xiao Lan, Yuan Songzi, and the other Dao Court members returned from the Path of the Great Dao.
• Xiao Lan hurried to find Gu An, while Yuan Songzi observed Zhao Rushen and wondered who might become the Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• Gu An reflected on Ji Xiaoyu's failed Imperial Road and damaged Dao Heart, then decided to study whether he could create a comparable path of providence.
• Xiao Lan reunited with Gu An in her Grotto-Heaven and embraced him, relieved that he was still there.

Gu An considered creating a cultivation path that let others draw on his power, and Emperor Tianhong and Shen Zhen volunteered to follow it. Meanwhile, Ji Xiaoyu’s cultivation continued to collapse before a terrifying black presence appeared in her palace.

• After returning to Wushi, Gu An told An Xin that Yuan Luo should not be sent there, and she went to negotiate with the Qiankun Sect.
• Gu An recognized Yuan Luo as a reincarnated Chaos Demon and told Emperor Tianhong he would not stop him from returning to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An proposed opening a path similar to that of a Great Dao Emperor Lord, and Emperor Tianhong and Shen Zhen offered to join it.
• Ji Xiaoyu spat blood as her cultivation fell further and feared the Invincible Emperor’s lingering divine ability was destroying her.
• A mass of black qi appeared above Ji Xiaoyu, and a pair of purple eyes stared down at her.

Ji Xiaoyu was attacked by a black-robed old man whose Immortal Emperor Pupils overwhelmed her, but Gu An arrived and defeated him effortlessly. Gu An gave Ji Xiaoyu a Dao Treasure to remove the Invincible Emperor’s lingering power, then returned to the Wushi Daoist Field and forcibly searched the old man’s memories.

• A black-robed old man appeared before Ji Xiaoyu and used his Immortal Emperor Pupils to suppress her while probing her karma.
• Gu An appeared behind the black-robed old man, suppressed his pupils, dragged his soul back into his body, and shrank him into his palm.
• Gu An gave Ji Xiaoyu the Samsara Endless Map to help eliminate the power left by the Invincible Emperor, then vanished before she could ask about the pupils.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field with the black-robed old man and learned that the old man believed the Immortal Emperor Pupils were the strongest power.
• Gu An used Doom Absolute Eye to search the black-robed old man’s memories, collapsing his consciousness and dimming his pupils.

Gu An spared the Invincible Emperor Ancestor and recruited him after learning of his hatred for the Heavenly Court. As the Taichu period neared its end, Zhao Rushen secretly gathered support while pursuing a chance to become a Great Dao Emperor Lord.

• Gu An learned that the Invincible Emperor Ancestor feared the Heavenly Court and had only a few hundred billion years of lifespan left, so he sealed him in his Dao Fruit Universe instead of killing him.
• Gu An told the Invincible Emperor Ancestor that he also possessed the Immortal Emperor Pupils, then learned that a Heavenly God had killed the Ancestor’s wife and children.
• Gu An offered to settle their conflict if the Invincible Emperor Ancestor became his subordinate, and the Ancestor accepted after Gu An promised to strengthen his pupils.
• Gu An assigned the Invincible Emperor Ancestor tasks and returned to his peaceful life while Zhao Rushen grew resentful that Yuan Songzi would not take him to the Path of the Great Dao.
• Zhao Rushen secretly drew in Dao Court higher-ups and considered rebellion, while Gu An chose not to interfere as long as Xiao Lan remained unaffected; the Taichu period neared its end.

A hundred thousand years after Gu An subdued the Invincible Emperor Ancestor, he watched the Qiankun Sect’s grand competition with Emperor Tianhong and sent him to find a child in the Taigan Dynasty to teach immortal cultivation and name Taiyi. Gu An then returned to the Hidden Spirit Palace, where he promised the Deep Sea Dragon Carp he could choose disciples after reaching the Carefree Immortal Realm.

• Gu An and Emperor Tianhong watched the Qiankun Sect’s grand competition and discussed the twenty geniuses Gu An had arranged to join the sect.
• Emperor Tianhong asked about the Blood Prison Great Sage’s fighting method, and Gu An explained the Extreme Dao Battle Technique.
• Gu An gave Emperor Tianhong a jade pendant and ordered him to find someone in the Taigan Dynasty, teach him immortal cultivation, and name him Taiyi without revealing Wushi.
• After the grand competition ended, Emperor Tianhong set out, while Gu An went to the Hidden Spirit Palace.
• The Deep Sea Dragon Carp asked to take disciples, and Gu An promised he could travel and choose nine disciples after reaching the Carefree Immortal Realm.

Gu An reflected on the Deep Sea Dragon Carp’s future while continuing to guide him, as Zhu Xi found herself imprisoned in the Taiwei Great World and was approached by Meng Lang with an offer to help her escape. The chapter ended with Zhu Xi asking whether Meng Lang was an Innate Golden Immortal.

• Gu An foresaw that the Deep Sea Dragon Carp would one day unite the ocean-dwelling Demon Race, found the Dragon Palace, and fight a world-shaking war, but he continued teaching him.
• Zhu Xi listened as a cultivator condemned the Divine Court’s imprisonment and exile of outsiders in the Taiwei Great World.
• Zhu Xi recalled arriving in the prison after fleeing another Great World and resolved to escape and restore the Sacred Court.
• Meng Lang told Zhu Xi that dozens of Innate Golden Immortals were imprisoned there and that their Divine Court guard was a Hengtian Golden Immortal.
• Meng Lang offered to take Zhu Xi with him, and after introducing herself and learning his name, she asked whether he was an Innate Golden Immortal.

Gu An accompanied Zhu Xi as she followed the Divine Court's Crown Prince through a black-hole tunnel, while keeping his true strength hidden. They emerged to find a vast army waiting, and learned the Crown Prince's escape involved a rebellion against the Divine Court and an immortal god.

• Gu An told Zhu Xi that a Taiqing Golden Immortal was watching them and would capture her if he did not intervene.
• The Crown Prince of the Divine Court opened a black-hole tunnel, and Gu An and Zhu Xi followed the fugitives inside.
• Gu An warned Zhu Xi that the real danger would come after they escaped the suppressed land.
• The fugitives emerged into a mountain forest and found countless purple-armored troops waiting above the clouds.
• A voice accused the Crown Prince of treason, and he declared that the Divine Court had become an immortal god's servant and was sacrificing innocent beings.

General Zhu annihilated the Divine Court's Crown Prince and attacked the fugitives, but Gu An rescued Zhu Xi and later offered her a chance to become stronger. In the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An and the Heavenly Spirit God discussed signs that the Heavenly Emperor's succession struggle could devastate the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

• General Zhu killed the Divine Court's Crown Prince and struck at the fugitives with two powerful beads.
• Zhu Xi awoke beside Gu An on a cliff and learned that he had brought her to safety in the Taiwei Great World.
• Gu An asked Zhu Xi whether she wanted to become stronger as she prepared to leave.
• The Heavenly Spirit God told Gu An that rumors of a struggle for the Heavenly Emperor's position were spreading through the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An described how the Divine Court was sacrificing mortal divine disciples in a pill furnace, and the Heavenly Spirit God warned that the practice might be tied to the succession struggle.
• The Heavenly Spirit God feared that the Three Thousand Great Worlds might eventually be destroyed and remade by the Heavenly Court.

Gu An advised Heavenly Spirit God as the Heavenly Court threatened the Three Thousand Great Worlds, then watched the Qiankun Sect grow and reflected on the rules of the path he hoped to establish. Four hundred years later, Zhu Xi entered the Dao and chose to remain in the Taiwei Great World to challenge its divine court after Gu An departed.

• Heavenly Spirit God asked Gu An what to do about the Heavenly Court's threat to destroy the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and Gu An advised him to cultivate and let events unfold.
• Gu An watched a crippled former genius suffer humiliation in the Qiankun Sect and considered the rules of the path he wanted to open.
• Gu An saw through the divine court's staged resistance in the Taiwei Great World and recognized Zhu Xi as a potential force against its rule.
• Zhu Xi entered the Dao and comprehended the Sacred Heart Sword Dao while Gu An observed her progress.
• Gu An offered to help Zhu Xi leave the Taiwei Great World, but she chose to stay and pursue a great undertaking there.
• Zhu Xi knelt to thank Gu An as her master, and he departed; she resolved to confront the immortals and gods.

After a century of millennia spent pursuing Dao Creation, Gu An visited Li Xuandao amid the war between Taigan and the Dao Court, then went to see Xiao Lan as she struggled with a cultivation bottleneck. He challenged her to fight, insisting that even at full strength she could not defeat him.

• Li Xuandao praised Taigan's bold attack on the Dao Court, and Gu An explained that Taigan's ambitions would lead to years of war before Zhao Rushen subdued it.
• Li Xuandao asked whether Gu An was secretly nurturing Long Teng, and Gu An admitted he was helping Long Teng comprehend the Dao with his Dao Intent.
• After drinking with Gu An, Li Xuandao wondered how long their peaceful meetings could continue, and Gu An told him they would last until Li Xuandao grew tired of them.
• Gu An reflected on how age and stalled cultivation unsettled his old friends, then visited Xiao Lan as she emerged from seclusion feeling discouraged by her bottleneck.
• Xiao Lan tried to kiss Gu An and tugged at his clothes; days later, she declined his offer to spar, and Gu An told her she could not beat him even at full strength.

Gu An revealed his overwhelming strength while testing Xiao Lan, then offered to guide her toward becoming a Hunyuan Dao Emperor. The chapter ended with Xiao Lan learning that this path relied on comprehension rather than slaughter.

• Gu An transformed the surroundings into a boundless wasteland and asked Xiao Lan to show her full strength.
• Xiao Lan attacked Gu An with her sword and a formation, but he effortlessly withstood her techniques and defeated her after an hour.
• Gu An told Xiao Lan she could become a Great Dao Emperor Lord by surpassing him, and offered to help her recover her previous-life memories.
• Gu An explained that he had gone to Xiao Manor for Xiao Lan and said his feelings were not limited to her previous life.
• Gu An offered Xiao Lan the alternative path of becoming a Hunyuan Dao Emperor, which relied on comprehension instead of slaughter.

Gu An began teaching Xiao Lan the Hunyuan Dao Emperor path, while disciples in the Ethereal Immortal Court discussed Emperor Yongsheng’s legendary past. The gathering turned deadly when the Mystic Demon Emperor revealed himself and trapped the disciples in the palace.

• Xiao Lan agreed to become a Hunyuan Dao Emperor, and Gu An healed her before beginning to preach the Dao.
• Gu An developed a plan for Hunyuan Dao Emperor cultivators to comprehend the Great Dao by projecting their wills into reincarnation.
• At the Ethereal Immortal Court, Tian Hao listened as disciples discussed their qualifications to compete for the title of Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• A blue-robed disciple described Emperor Yongsheng’s talent, his connection to Spirit Mountain, and his mysterious disappearance into the River of Karma.
• The blue-robed man revealed himself as the Mystic Demon Emperor and declared that only one disciple would survive to compete for the title.
• The palace shook under a powerful suppressive force, and Tian Hao prepared to fight as the disciples found themselves unable to escape.

Gu An created the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s fortune and planned a Hunyuan Imperial Road on the Path of the Great Dao. After another Lifespan Projection, the chapter shifted to Yuan Luo’s return to the Qiankun Sect, where he revealed that someone weaker than him had defeated him.

• Gu An watched Mystic Demon Emperor suppress the Ethereal Immortal Court’s prodigies, then rescue the gravely wounded Tian Hao from the battle.
• Gu An used Lifespan Projection five times to advance his understanding of the Great Dao of fortune and created fierce, powerful Hunyuan Dao Emperor fortune.
• Gu An showed Shen Zhen a trace of the fortune’s aura, then considered establishing a Hunyuan Imperial Road on the Path of the Great Dao.
• Gu An began another Lifespan Projection to strengthen his Great Dao of Creation.
• Yuan Luo returned to the Qiankun Sect and told Yi Qingshan and the other elders that someone with lower cultivation had defeated him.

Yuan Luo’s defeat unsettled Qiankun Sect, while its Elders resolved to remain independent amid the war between the Taigan Dynasty and Dao Court. A thousand years later, Emperor Tianhong returned to Wushi Daoist Field grieving the death of Taiyi, and Gu An reassured him that Taiyi would reincarnate before allowing An Xin to seek a disciple of her own.

• Yuan Luo insisted that the unknown opponent who defeated him had lower cultivation, and he refused Yi Qingshan’s suggestion to go cultivate at Wushi.
• Gu Changsheng reassured the Elders that Wushi would keep Qiankun Sect from falling behind in talent, and Yi Qingshan ordered the sect to avoid taking sides in the war.
• The Elders discussed the Taigan Dynasty’s advance toward Dao Court’s mountain gate and the opportunities Dao Court’s weakening might create for ambitious forces.
• A thousand years later, Emperor Tianhong told Gu An that Taiyi had died fighting a Taigan power, and Gu An said Taiyi would reincarnate.
• An Xin asked to take a disciple from Qiankun Sect, and Gu An allowed her to accept one without worrying too much about their aptitude.

An Xin and Gu An's other disciples waited to take disciples of their own while Gu An created the fortune of the Hunyuan Dao Emperor. He then met Jiang Qiong, whose Gathering Flower Sect faced pressure to join Taigan's campaign against the Dao Court, and offered her an opportunity to strengthen the sect.

• An Xin searched Qiankun Sect for a disciple, and the other Dao Field disciples later asked Gu An for permission to take disciples as well.
• Another ten thousand years passed without An Xin finding a disciple, while Gu An's Great Dao attainments advanced through six more Lifespan Projections.
• Gu An went to the Path of the Great Dao and released the fortune of the Hunyuan Dao Emperor into the Great Dao.
• Gu An traveled through many worlds and planes to wash away his Karma and aura before returning to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Jiang Qiong told Gu An that Taigan was urging the sects to seize Dao Court territory, but she doubted Taigan could win while the Great Cang Dynasty remained.
• Gu An offered Jiang Qiong an opportunity that could help the Gathering Flower Sect become a powerful sect like the Dao Court.

Gu An introduced the Hunyuan Dao Emperor path to Jiang Qiong and secretly spread its destiny among his disciples and friends. On the Path of the Great Dao, Fang Xuan discovered a glowing silver crystal and stepped onto the Hunyuan Imperial Road, while Nine-Fingered Divine Lord recognized a resemblance between Gu An’s chess style and that of a long-lost friend.

• Gu An gave Jiang Qiong the opportunity to pursue the Hunyuan Dao Emperor and concealed that he had created the path.
• Over the following years, Gu An secretly passed the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s destiny to his disciples and old friends, including Li Ya and Wu Jue.
• Fang Xuan, dying from a shattered Dao Fruit on the Path of the Great Dao, forced himself toward a glowing silver crystal and was swallowed by its light when he touched it.
• Gu An sensed that Fang Xuan had stepped onto the Hunyuan Imperial Road and recognized him as a War Court cultivator he had once spared.
• Nine-Fingered Divine Lord told Gu An that his chess style reminded him of a friend who had disappeared nearly four hundred thousand years earlier.

Gu An watched the world change after the Dao Court defeated the Taigan Dynasty and quietly strengthened the Heaven-Severing Axe’s inheritance. Fifty thousand years later, Fang Xuan succeeded in projecting on the Path of the Great Dao, while Silver Crystals appeared across its reaches, drawing the attention of other cultivators.

• Gu An secretly infused the Heaven-Severing Axe with Hunyuan Dao Emperor fortune while Nine-Fingered Divine Lord bragged and later tried to lead him to an old friend’s residence.
• Zhao Rushen slew the Taigan Son of Heaven, causing the Taigan Dynasty to collapse as the Dao Court won the war and blood mist covered Taigan.
• Fifty thousand years later, Gu An checked his cultivation while accompanying Xiao Lan, then noticed that Fang Xuan had succeeded in projecting.
• Fang Xuan awoke from memories of several lifetimes and realized that the Hunyuan Dao Emperor fortune had given him an extraordinary way to comprehend the Dao.
• A black-armored Lion Demon found a Silver Crystal beneath a great tree as several hundred crystals appeared across the Path of the Great Dao.

The God of Heavenly Destruction visited his master, who warned him of growing turmoil and sent him to investigate a new fortune on the Path of the Great Dao. Ten thousand years later, Gu An watched An Xin defeat Blood Prison Great Sage and considered sending him to the Path of the Great Dao to temper himself.

• The white-robed old man praised the God of Heavenly Destruction’s cultivation and told him he no longer needed to suppress his desire for slaughter as turmoil grew in the Heavenly Court.
• The God of Heavenly Destruction said he would reject the Long Family’s path of growing stronger through slaughter, and his master directed him to explore a new fortune on the Path of the Great Dao.
• Gu An observed that more than three hundred cultivators were pursuing the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s opportunity, while stronger contenders had emerged beyond Fang Xuan.
• At Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An watched An Xin and Blood Prison Great Sage fight as the disciples debated her hidden techniques.
• An Xin defeated Blood Prison Great Sage, and Gu An resolved to send him to the Path of the Great Dao to temper himself.

After An Xin defeated the Blood Prison Great Sage, Gu An sent him to the Path of the Great Dao to grow stronger and investigate Hunyuan Dao Emperors and Great Dao Emperor Lords. A hundred thousand years passed, and An Xin became Wushi’s first Carefree Immortal before bringing an orphan to the Daoist Field, where Gu An named him An Zizai.

• An Xin defeated the Blood Prison Great Sage, and Gu An encouraged him to develop his divine ability and surpass her.
• Gu An sent the Blood Prison Great Sage to the Path of the Great Dao, where its vast Great Dao Qi Sea inspired him to train seriously.
• The Blood Prison Great Sage’s departure prompted Wushi’s disciples to enter seclusion, while the Dao Court’s weakening opened Beyond Heaven to a wave of cultivation and settlement.
• Over a hundred thousand years, Wushi’s disciples advanced greatly, and An Xin became its first Carefree Immortal at five hundred and fifty thousand years old.
• An Xin brought an orphan boy from the Nine Spirits Continent to Wushi, and Gu An named him An Zizai, hoping he could live freely for himself.