Chapter Summaries

An Zizai grew up at Wushi Daoist Field under the care of An Xin and the disciples, reaching Nascent Soul by seventeen. Gu An prepared to visit the Qiankun Sect, where his old friend Xuan Tianyi had arrived, while continuing to watch the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s rising influence.

• An Xin took in An Zizai, whose despair had stirred the Heavenly Rules despite his lack of cultivation, and Gu An let An Xin teach him.
• Wushi’s disciples took turns educating An Zizai, and over ten years he grew into a lively youth with exceptional talent.
• At seventeen, An Zizai told Gu An that An Xin had invited him to the Qiankun Sect’s Heavenly Pride Dharma Tournament; Gu An said he would go separately.
• Gu An observed that the Blood Prison Great Sage had begun reincarnation projection and that more than a thousand beings had entered the Hunyuan Imperial Road, while the Heavenly Court investigated the Hunyuan Dao Emperor.
• Gu An recognized Xuan Tianyi, author of Travels of the Green Hero, had arrived at the Qiankun Sect and set out to meet him.
• Xuan Tianyi explored the Qiankun Sect’s main city, admired its righteous atmosphere, and wondered whether the Taixuan Sect had changed since Gu An left.

Xuan Tianyi visited the Qiankun Sect, where Zhang Chunqiu sold him a collection of books that captivated him. At the Dharma Combat Tournament, An Zizai drew the attention of the sect’s leaders and Yuan Luo, while Fang Xuan traveled through a distant void seeking to exchange insights with someone bearing the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s fortune.

• Xuan Tianyi met Zhang Chunqiu, bought seven books after reading a passage, and hurried to an inn to enjoy them.
• An Zizai attended the Qiankun Sect’s Dharma Combat Tournament with An Xin and received an eager welcome from the sect’s leaders.
• Yuan Luo watched An Zizai from afar, worried about the Qiankun Sect’s reliance on Wushi, and exchanged a brief glance with him.
• An Zizai declined Yi Qingshan’s offer to have Yuan Luo teach him, saying his master and martial uncles already taught him.
• Fang Xuan traveled through a star-filled void, seeking to exchange insights with someone whose fortune resembled that of the Hunyuan Dao Emperor.

Fang Xuan and Blood Prison Great Sage met on the Path of the Great Dao, shared their pasts, and became sworn brothers. A thousand years later, An Zizai asked to leave Wushi Daoist Field, and Gu An foresaw that he would return after facing many hardships.

• Fang Xuan approached Blood Prison Great Sage, and the two shared their insights about pursuing the Hunyuan Dao Emperor.
• Fang Xuan revealed that he had fought against the Heavenly Spirit Great World and survived Sword Venerable Fudao’s campaign; Blood Prison Great Sage shared his own history with Fudao.
• Blood Prison Great Sage and Fang Xuan became sworn brothers, while Gu An foresaw that they would later travel the Path of the Great Dao together with other Hunyuan Dao Emperor seekers.
• A thousand years later, An Zizai asked Gu An to support his wish to leave Wushi Daoist Field and gain experience, but Gu An told him to ask An Xin.
• An Xin asked Gu An to calculate whether An Zizai would return, and Gu An said he would come back after experiencing many things.

An Zizai returned to Wushi Daoist Field after eight hundred years of hardship and asked Gu An about justice and the strong preying on the weak. Gu An offered to bring back the people An Zizai had lost through Reincarnation, leaving him stunned by the possibility.

• An Xin lent An Zizai the Six Paths Mirror and a guiding jade pendant, then sent him to find Chen Chuan and cultivate sword techniques.
• Eight hundred years later, a weary An Zizai returned to Wushi Daoist Field and greeted Gu An, who was fishing.
• An Zizai recounted how a Great Cultivator of the Big Dipper Sect had caused the deaths of his loved ones and asked Gu An whether justice ruled the world or the strong preyed on the weak.
• Gu An told An Zizai that justice was what living beings desired, and that evildoers would eventually be judged by those who came after.
• Gu An offered to bring back the people An Zizai cared about through Reincarnation, warning that their new lives could bring either greater happiness or greater suffering.

An Zizai chose to let his dead friends reincarnate naturally and vowed to avenge them while protecting Wushi. In the Great Dao Qi Sea, Zhang Buku and Xu You’s Heavenly Army confronted a hostile force, whose leader accused God Tianzhen of eliminating the Son of Heaven.

• An Zizai told Gu An he would not interfere with his old friends’ lives, but would cultivate, seek revenge, and fulfill his mission.
• The Wushi disciples gathered around An Zizai, and Emperor Tianhong promised to help him take revenge on the Big Dipper Sect.
• An Zizai described the mortal world and the Sword Sect founded by Chen Chuan to the Wushi disciples.
• As the Heavenly Army crossed the Great Dao Qi Sea, Xu You told Zhang Buku that their mission might involve a private dispute among immortal gods.
• God Tianzhen halted the army before a vast pressure, and a hostile voice accused him and Immortal Monarch Huangfeng of eliminating the Son of Heaven.

Ten thousand years after An Zizai returned, Gu An agreed to teach him a Great Divine Ability. The chapter left An Zizai poised to learn Gu An’s newly created Myriad Dao Peerless Palm.

• God Tianzhen attacked a colossal, black-qi-wreathed figure with his dharma idol while hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers formed ranks to fight.
• An Zizai devoted himself to cultivation for ten thousand years, while Gu An followed Zhang Buku’s Heavenly Court army and considered the dangers surrounding Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s reincarnation.
• An Xin asked Gu An to teach An Zizai a Great Divine Ability so he would be better prepared to seek revenge on the Big Dipper Sect.
• Gu An agreed, and An Zizai asked for a domineering divine ability capable of suppressing injustice.
• Gu An introduced the seven-palm Myriad Dao Peerless Palm, saying its first palm could pacify every turmoil in the world.

Gu An taught An Zizai the first palm of his Myriad Dao Peerless Palm, inspiring him to pursue his grandmaster’s Dao. Meanwhile, the Blood Prison Great Sage and Fang Xuan were warned that the Heavenly Court might target them, but God Tianzhen caught them as they tried to flee.

• Gu An guided An Zizai into comprehending God-Suppressing World, the first palm of the Myriad Dao Peerless Palm, and An Zizai later began pestering him for more instruction.
• Fang Xuan and the Blood Prison Great Sage discussed their bitter projected lifetimes and their reverence for the Hunyuan Dao Emperor.
• A Black-Robed Man warned Fang Xuan and the Blood Prison Great Sage that the Heavenly Court was seizing people who had stepped onto the Imperial Road and urged them to leave the Path of the Great Dao.
• Fang Xuan urged the Blood Prison Great Sage to hide, but the Blood Prison Great Sage refused to abandon his mission.
• God Tianzhen arrived with a force that suppressed them, and the Blood Prison Great Sage grabbed Fang Xuan and fled before an abyss of darkness swallowed them both.

Gu An brought An Zizai to the Great Cauldron where the Blood Prison Great Sage and Fang Xuan had been captured. As they walked through the cauldron, Gu An explained the realms above the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens and prepared to confront the Heavenly Court’s forces.

• Gu An sensed that the Blood Prison Great Sage and Fang Xuan had been captured by the Heavenly Court and traced their location through the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s providence.
• Gu An invited An Zizai to accompany him, and An Zizai accepted after Shen Zhen challenged him to act like Wushi’s eldest third-generation disciple.
• Gu An brought An Zizai into the Great Cauldron, where thousands of beings beyond the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens were trapped.
• Gu An told An Zizai that the cauldron belonged to an immortal god of the Heavenly Court and that the Blood Prison Great Sage and Fang Xuan were inside.
• Gu An led An Zizai through the vast, scorched cauldron and explained the higher cultivation realms and their location on the Path of the Great Dao.
• An Zizai asked Gu An to fight with the Myriad Dao Peerless Palm, and Gu An nodded.

Gu An and An Zizai discovered that the Soul Refining Cauldron was using captives to create a powerful fleshly body that Gu An suspected belonged to a Demon God. As earthfire engulfed the prison world, Gu An took the giant egg and drove back the flames, while the Soul Refining Cauldron appeared before God Tianzhen’s army.

• Fang Xuan and the Blood Prison Great Sage found themselves trapped alongside powerful captives, including Emperor Xuanji, and could not locate Gu An or An Zizai.
• Gu An brought An Zizai to a thousand-zhang egg containing a soul-less body linked to the Three Thousand Great Daos, and deduced that the cauldron was refining captives’ flesh and blood to make it.
• Earthfire surged through the prison world, so Gu An took the giant egg into his sleeve and swept away the flames with a violent wind.
• The wind cleared the flames around Fang Xuan and the Blood Prison Great Sage, though they could not identify its source.
• God Tianzhen’s Soul Refining Cauldron erupted into a pillar of fire and expanded before the heavenly army, but no attacker appeared.

Gu An extinguished the Soul Refining Cauldron’s flames and broke the trapped cultivators out, then faced God Tianzhen and the Heavenly Court’s army. As hundreds of thousands of soldiers surrounded him, Gu An began the first palm of the Myriad Dao Peerless Palm, leaving Xu You stunned by what appeared above them.

• Gu An raised his aura so the cauldron’s prisoners could see his blurred figure, then shattered the Soul Refining Cauldron from within with a palm strike.
• Gu An emerged from the cauldron with An Zizai as the trapped cultivators, including the Blood Prison Great Sage and Emperor Xuanji, flew free.
• God Tianzhen rallied hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers into a formation and accused Gu An of being their enemy when he refused to identify himself.
• Gu An told An Zizai to watch the first palm of the Myriad Dao Peerless Palm and pressed his hand downward.
• A vast pressure descended from the sky, and Xu You cried out in disbelief.

Gu An used God-Suppressing World to overwhelm God Tianzhen and the Heavenly Court’s army, then took the Demon God Body he had seized to the Taicang Continent and considered giving it to Perfected Lord Xuanmiao. The chapter left Xuanmiao wary after Gu An warned him that claiming the body would bring great power and immense karma.

• Gu An unleashed God-Suppressing World, flooding the void with Golden Giant Palms and overwhelming the Heavenly Court’s formation.
• An Zizai woke in Gu An’s courtyard and excitedly told An Xin and Shen Zhen how his grandmaster had defeated the heavenly soldiers and gods.
• Gu An examined the Demon God Body and concluded that its compatibility with the Three Thousand Great Daos was unusually high.
• Gu An told Perfected Lord Xuanmiao he could help him claim the body, but warned that it came with immense karma and potential trouble.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao asked cautiously where the body had come from after learning that a true immortal god had refined it.

Perfected Lord Xuanmiao agreed to take possession of the Demon God Body and infiltrate the Heavenly Court for Gu An. On the Path of the Great Dao, others discussed the emergence of a new kind of Great Dao fate, while Emperor Xuanji set out to pursue the Hunyuan Imperial Road.

• Gu An explained that he wanted Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to investigate the Heavenly Court, and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao accepted the Demon God Body and thanked him.
• Zhang Buku awoke among heavenly soldiers beside Xu You, who explained that God Tianzhen was likely passing on intelligence.
• Zhang Buku sensed that Gu An possessed a new kind of Great Dao fate, and Xu You said its rise could challenge the Heavenly Court's divine might.
• Emperor Xuanji told Blood Prison Great Sage and Fang Xuan that he wanted to pursue Hunyuan Dao Emperor, and Blood Prison Great Sage explained how Hunyuan Crystals could guide him onto the Dao.
• After Emperor Xuanji departed with his followers, Fang Xuan and Blood Prison Great Sage spoke of their hope that Hunyuan Dao Emperor would surpass the Great Dao Emperor Lords.

Five hundred thousand years passed as the mortal world entered a golden age and Gu An watched his disciples and old acquaintances prosper. Shangguan Xian'er brought him a book and shared news of an approaching war between the Qiankun Sect and the Dao Court, while Gu An teased her about her swordsmanship.

• Over five hundred thousand years, the mortal world flourished, the Wushi Daoist Field gained new disciples, and An Zizai reached the Dao Void Mystic Immortal Realm.
• Gu An reflected on his immense lifespan and the well-being of his old acquaintances, whom he continued to support in secret.
• Shangguan Xian'er brought Gu An her newly written book, and he tucked it away while telling her not to disturb An Xin's cultivation.
• Shangguan Xian'er reported that the Qiankun Sect would go to war with the Dao Court because of Yuan Luo, and Gu An knew the conflict would eventually bring down the Dao Court.
• Gu An told Shangguan Xian'er to cultivate instead of expecting to fight, then mocked her swordsmanship until she grew angry.

Fang Xuan became the first Hunyuan Dao Emperor, securing the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s providence across the worlds. Meanwhile, Li Ya traveled toward the Sword Sect with his young disciple and was confronted by an old fisherman who revealed his origins.

• Gu An reassured An Xin that the conflict between the Dao Court and the Hundred Sects was part of the mortal world’s evolution, then saw that Fang Xuan had succeeded in becoming a Hunyuan Dao Emperor.
• Li Ya traveled toward the Sword Sect with his plain-clothed disciple, who dragged a massive log as part of his training.
• Li Ya told his disciple that the Sword Sect’s founder was his martial uncle’s disciple, prompting the youth to vow to surpass the founder.
• Li Ya noticed an old fisherman whose cultivation he could not discern and continued past him cautiously.
• The old fisherman stopped Li Ya by naming him as a former prince of the Great Cang Dynasty who had been sent to the Taixuan Sect to cultivate.

Immortal Monarch Huangfeng offered Li Ya a place among the immortal gods to build a bridge between the Heavenly Court and Sword Venerable Fudao. He brought Li Ya and a youth to the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, where Li Ya saw the path leading to the Heavenly Court.

• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng revealed that immortal gods had watched over Li Ya and offered him a chance to be Ranked Immortal Class, hoping he would help reconcile the Heavenly Court with Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Li Ya asked to consult Gu An before deciding, and Immortal Monarch Huangfeng took him and the youth in plain clothes away to a place near the Heaven-Ascent Stairs.
• Gu An told Perfected Lord Xuanmiao that Li Ya was being courted by an immortal god and let him decide for himself whether to accept the opportunity.
• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng explained that the Heavenly Court lay above all planes and could be reached by ascending the Heaven-Ascent Stairs.

Immortal Monarch Huangfeng showed Li Ya and the cloth-clad youth the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, then demanded that Li Ya help recruit Gu An into the Heavenly Court. When Li Ya chose to seek Gu An first, Huangfeng restrained him and revealed his true form.

• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng summoned the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, which appeared as immense golden mountains stacking into steps that reached toward the universe.
• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng explained that one needed the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit Realm to climb the stairs and urged Li Ya to become an immortal god.
• Li Ya declined to agree to Huangfeng’s proposal and said he would find Gu An first and convey Huangfeng’s sincerity.
• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng froze Li Ya’s magic power and declared that the Heavenly Court would eliminate Gu An if he refused recruitment.
• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng erupted with immortal energy, burned away his disguise, and revealed his imposing true form.

Li Ya refused Immortal Monarch Huangfeng's demand, and Huangfeng killed Li Xianyou before Gu An appeared and destroyed Huangfeng's avatar. Gu An restored Li Xianyou to life, then revealed that a stronger being was descending the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, leaving Li Ya and Li Xianyou facing its arrival.

• Li Ya rejected Immortal Monarch Huangfeng and vowed to take revenge, so Huangfeng caused Li Xianyou to explode and threatened everyone connected to Li Ya.
• Gu An appeared behind Huangfeng and destroyed him when Huangfeng tried to recruit him into the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An turned Li Xianyou's death from reality into phantasm, restoring him to life and explaining that Huangfeng had only been an avatar.
• Gu An revealed that Huangfeng had summoned the Heaven-Ascent Stairs to bring an even stronger existence to the mortal world.
• A figure emerged from the white light at the top of the stairs and began walking down toward Gu An, Li Ya, and Li Xianyou.

Gu An confronted Immortal Monarch Huangfeng and Golden Crow Divine Venerable, who accused him of protecting Longevity Divine Venerable and defying Heaven. Gu An revealed overwhelming sword power and prepared to strike, leaving Huangfeng shocked by his connection to someone from the River of Sword Dao.

• Golden Crow Divine Venerable descended the Heaven-Ascent Stairs as Immortal Monarch Huangfeng warned Gu An that he represented the Heavenly Court and Heaven's will.
• Gu An rejected their claims, said their target had left the Heavenly Spirit Great World, and refused to be intimidated.
• Golden Crow Divine Venerable sent his enormous Golden Crow down at Gu An, who cut it with the Qinghong Sword and a strike infused with the true meanings of three thousand Great Daos.
• Golden Crow Divine Venerable unleashed Sun True Fire and Heavenly Dao fortune, while Huangfeng realized Gu An appeared to have reached the consummation of the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Gu An summoned an immense silver sword-shadow and locked Golden Crow Divine Venerable with his Sword Intent, prompting Huangfeng to ask about Gu An's connection to someone from the River of Sword Dao.

Gu An used the Three Thousand Dao-Slaughtering Sword to defeat Golden Crow Divine Venerable and Immortal Monarch Huangfeng, then considered how to overcome Heavenly Court Luck and whether to answer a summons from the River of Sword Dao. The two immortal gods survived through revival, but Golden Crow Divine Venerable ordered Immortal Monarch Huangfeng to stay away from the Heavenly Spirit Great World and conceal what had happened.

• Gu An unleashed the Three Thousand Dao-Slaughtering Sword, destroying Golden Crow Divine Venerable and Immortal Monarch Huangfeng's forms and leaving the Heaven-Ascent Stairs intact.
• Gu An returned Li Ya and Li Xianyou to the riverside, where Li Ya confirmed that the mysterious swordsman was his martial uncle and described his immense strength.
• Gu An reflected on Heavenly Court Luck and considered using Lifespan Projection and Lifespan Evolution to find a way to dissolve it.
• Gu An sensed a powerful being in the River of Sword Dao sending him goodwill and inviting him to meet.
• Golden Crow Divine Venerable and Immortal Monarch Huangfeng revived, and Golden Crow Divine Venerable ordered Huangfeng to avoid the Heavenly Spirit Great World, withdraw the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, and keep the encounter secret.

Gu An visited the River of Sword Dao and met Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void, who explained his own past and the Heavenly Court’s hierarchy. After advising Gu An on how to handle his conflict with the Heavenly Court, Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void heard Gu An ask about the struggle of the Son of Heaven.

• Gu An entered the River of Sword Dao in a suppressed state and met Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void on a small island.
• Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void recognized Gu An as the master of the Sacred Heart Sword Dao and explained that he had once been a disciple of the Grotto-Heaven Beneath Immortals before choosing to remain in the river.
• Gu An told Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void how his disciple’s identity as the reincarnation of the Son of Heaven had brought the Heavenly Court’s attention upon him.
• Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void recounted how a Supreme Immortal had driven him into exile and described the Heavenly Court’s ranks and their differing authority and strength.
• Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void advised Gu An to consider joining the Heavenly Court or sending his disciple there, and Gu An asked him to explain the struggle of the Son of Heaven.