Chapter Summaries

Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void warned Gu An about the Heavenly Court’s struggles among the Sons of Heaven, then discussed Sword Dao with him. After a century of pursuing the Great Dao of Luck, Gu An remained uncertain how to dissolve Heavenly Court Luck, while a powerful white-robed immortal arrived through the Boundary Gate.

• Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void explained the Heavenly Emperor’s influence over the Sons of Heaven and warned Gu An that his disciple’s favor could draw rivals and allies alike.
• Sword Ancestor of Boundless Great Void invited Gu An to discuss the Sacred Heart Sword Dao, and they spoke for a month before Gu An returned to harvest herbs and reflect on what he had learned.
• Gu An spent a century considering how to place Perfected Lord Xuanmiao in the Heavenly Court and dissolve Heavenly Court Luck, then conducted ten Lifespan Projections that deepened his understanding of the Great Dao of Luck.
• Heavenly Spirit God sensed a visitor at the Boundary Gate, calculated the newcomer’s immense Heavenly Dao Luck, and knelt as a white-robed old man emerged.
• Heavenly Spirit God wondered whether the old man had come for him, Gu An, Immortal Monarch Taiyi, or the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong, and did not dare alert Gu An.

Longevity Divine Venerable met Gu An and offered him a Heavenly Court Heaven-Answering Order, hoping to bind him to Tian Hao’s camp. Gu An decided to use the order to help one of his disciples become immortal and left with Shen Zhen and An Xin to find Yang Jian.

• Longevity Divine Venerable told the Heavenly Spirit God that Tian Hao was the reincarnated Son of Heaven, Xuanqing, and asked him to summon Gu An to the Boundary Gate.
• The Heavenly Spirit God explained Longevity Divine Venerable’s status to Gu An, who agreed to meet him later and spent the day touring Qiankun Sect with the Heavenly Spirit God.
• Longevity Divine Venerable gave Gu An a Heaven-Answering Order that could grant someone entry into the Heavenly Court at a high rank, and Gu An considered which disciple should receive it.
• Shen Zhen suggested giving the order to Yang Jian, and Gu An chose to help one of his disciples become immortal while preparing against Longevity Divine Venerable’s plans.
• The next morning, Gu An left Wushi Daoist Field with Shen Zhen and An Xin to find Yang Jian, who was living in seclusion in the Great Cang Dynasty.

Gu An visited Yang Jian and offered him the chance to become an immortal god and enter the Heavenly Court in support of An Hao. Yang Jian accepted and ascended soon afterward, leaving the Great Cang Dynasty and the watching cultivators astonished as Gu An considered the changing fortunes of the mortal world.

• Gu An reunited with Yang Jian at Holy King Palace, where Yang Jian explained why he had not visited his master.
• Gu An told Yang Jian about becoming an immortal god and revealed that An Hao was the reincarnated son of the Heavenly Emperor.
• Yang Jian agreed to enter the Heavenly Court, help An Hao, and act as Gu An's eyes there; Gu An gave him a Heavenly Court Response Order.
• Yang Jian activated the token and ascended amid a pillar of light, while Li Xuandao and powerful cultivators gathered to witness the event.
• Heavenly Dao Luck tempered Yang Jian's body and soul as his cultivation surged, and Gu An realized his ascension would strengthen belief in immortals and the Heavenly Dao Luck of the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

The mortal world entered an age of myths as the search for immortality spread, while Gu An prepared Li Xuanmiao to pass the Heavenly Dao assessment and become immortal. On the Path of the Great Dao, Blood Prison Great Sage pursued the Hunyuan Dao Emperor realm as an enemy force arrived to seize Fang Xuan.

• Over ten thousand years, rumors of Yang Jian’s ascension drove beings across the mortal world to seek immortal opportunities, and the Heavenly Spirit Great World grew toward its heyday.
• Gu An told Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to restore his original name, Li Xuanmiao, and assured him he was strong enough to pass the Heavenly Dao assessment.
• Gu An made Li Xuanmiao his disciple, gave him the Mountain and River Peerless Cauldron, and began teaching him to refine it as he prepared him to become immortal.
• On the Path of the Great Dao, Fang Xuan watched Blood Prison Great Sage pursue the Hunyuan Dao Emperor realm alongside five sworn brothers.
• A mysterious force approached through a colossal black hole, and Fang Xuan flew out to confront it.

Gu An arranged for Li Xuanmiao to pass the Heavenly Dao Immortal Stone’s trial in the Chennei Great World, then returned to the Wushi Daoist Field and considered expanding it to protect the Nine Spirits Continent. As Gu An and Shen Zhen set out for the Qiankun Sect, An Xin warned him that Yuan Luo had become a demon.

• Gu An concealed Li Xuanmiao’s memories of him and sent him to take the Heavenly Dao Immortal Stone trial in the Chennei Great World, where Li Xuanmiao passed.
• The Heavenly God guarding the Chennei Great World noticed Li Xuanmiao’s ascension and prepared to welcome him.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field, passed Emperor Tianhong and watched Lu Zidao and Jiang Lan spar, then considered expanding the field across the Nine Spirits Continent.
• Shen Zhen asked Gu An about Yang Jian’s immortal rank, and Gu An said he still could not calculate it.
• The next morning, Gu An headed for the Qiankun Sect with Shen Zhen, but An Xin appeared and reported that Yuan Luo had become a demon.

An Xin learned that Yuan Luo had slaughtered cultivators and brought Qiankun Sect into a crisis, but Gu An chose to let events unfold. Meanwhile, Yuan Songzi told the Dao Court’s outstanding disciples to inherit its legacies and prepare to found new sects after the Court eventually dissolved.

• An Xin told Gu An about the backlash against Qiankun Sect after Yuan Luo killed tens of thousands of cultivators, and Gu An said the sect should endure the crisis.
• An Xin resolved to become the first Hunyuan Dao Emperor in Wushi besides Gu An.
• Xiao Lan and other disciples gathered at Yuan Songzi’s courtyard, where Zhao Rushen was also present.
• Yuan Songzi announced that the Dao Court would eventually dissolve and asked its outstanding disciples to inherit its legacies and establish their own sects.
• Yuan Songzi explained that the Dao Court had united the leading sects of the great heavens and said it would make its successors understand the difficulty of ruling before it disbanded.

Gu An spoke with Xiao Lan about the Dao Court's impending dissolution and her progress toward the Hunyuan Dao Emperor before returning to the Wushi Daoist Field. In the Heavenly Court, God of Heavenly Destruction met God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang, who assigned him to teach Li Xuanmiao, and the two departed together.

• Xiao Lan asked Gu An which sect might unify the realm, and he avoided revealing what he knew.
• Gu An discussed Xiao Lan's reincarnation projections and cultivation, then spent three days with her before leaving to gather herbs.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field and looked forward to breaking through after reaching a lifespan of one quadrillion years.
• God of Heavenly Destruction met God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang, who promised to help him become a Star Lord and ordered him to cultivate toward Taiqing Golden Immortal.
• God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang introduced Li Xuanmiao as his disciple and assigned God of Heavenly Destruction to teach him.
• Li Xuanmiao led God of Heavenly Destruction away and asked about the duties and authority of Heavenly Gods.

Li Xuanmiao learned about the Heavenly Court’s ranks from the God of Heavenly Destruction as war against the Dao Court consumed the mortal world. As the conflict neared the Nine Spirits Continent, Gu An met the Heavenly Spirit God at the Boundary Gate to hear what he had discovered in the realm beneath the Heavenly Court.

• The God of Heavenly Destruction explained the Heavenly Court’s immortal ranks and asked Li Xuanmiao about his ascension, bringing the two closer.
• The Hundred Sects of the Mortal World launched a war against the Dao Court, and the Qiankun Sect joined after imprisoning Yuan Luo for ten thousand years.
• One hundred thousand years later, Gu An lectured his disciples at Wushi Daoist Field and advised Mo Xundi to reflect on his desire for revenge.
• Shangguan Xian'er asked whether Hunyuan Dao Emperor could carry her consciousness into the heavens to spread her books, and Gu An urged her to study karma, the soul, and reincarnation.
• A distant blast shook Wushi Daoist Field, and An Xin warned that the war was about to reach the Nine Spirits Continent.
• Gu An went to the Boundary Gate, where the Heavenly Spirit God reported for a discussion about the realm beneath the Heavenly Court.

Heavenly Spirit God told Gu An that two Sons of Heaven were preparing to fight through the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and Gu An decided to seek a way to protect the Heavenly Spirit Great World without joining their conflict. Elsewhere, Yang Jian traveled with Longevity Divine Venerable’s party to hear a Heavenly Dao Supreme preach, grateful to Gu An for the opportunity.

• Heavenly Spirit God warned Gu An that the Sons of Heaven’s struggle could draw in cultivators and bring Blue Sky’s punishment upon those who supported them.
• Gu An told Heavenly Spirit God to find a way to shelter the Heavenly Spirit Great World while keeping their identities secret.
• Gu An expounded the Dao to Heavenly Spirit God, who listened eagerly and sought to advance his cultivation.
• Longevity Divine Venerable led Yang Jian and more than ten immortals and gods toward a sermon by the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor.
• A gray-robed Daoist explained the Heavenly Dao Supreme’s status and the benefits of hearing her sermon, and Yang Jian looked forward to it while wishing his master could have come instead.

Gu An witnessed the Dao Court’s dissolution and helped Xiao Lan decide to return to the Xiao Family and protect it. After accompanying her there, he returned to Wushi, where Lu Xian came back with important news to share privately.

• After another 220,000 years of war, the Dao Court dissolved as its defenses fell and its disciples scattered.
• Gu An and Xiao Lan watched a Dao Court city burn, and she asked what purpose an orthodoxy served amid the will of the people.
• Gu An told Xiao Lan that the Dao Court’s deeds would endure despite its damaged reputation, and she decided to return to the Xiao Family.
• Gu An accompanied Xiao Lan to the Xiao Family, then returned alone to Wushi several days later.
• Lu Xian discussed the state of the world with the disciples, then hurried to Gu An and requested a private meeting about something important.

Gu An warned Lu Xian that the divine opportunity he had found was part of a struggle among the Sons of Heaven, then destroyed it. He activated Lifespan Reincarnation and entered a new life as Zhang Buku and the Heavenly Soldiers faced a final trial that could trap all but the first one hundred thousand to escape reincarnation.

• Lu Xian brought Gu An a box containing a supposed immortal opportunity, and Gu An explained the scheme behind it.
• Gu An burned the box, then told Lu Xian to stay and cultivate in the Daoist field.
• Gu An considered his approaching lifespan threshold and activated Lifespan Reincarnation.
• God Tianzhen appeared before Zhang Buku, Xu You, and the Heavenly Soldiers and announced a final trial with one hundred thousand places.
• God Tianzhen said the trial would be a Reincarnation Duel, and those who failed to escape reincarnation would remain trapped forever.

Zhu Xi witnessed the white-haired Tai Shangjue devastate the Taiwei Great World while searching for the Longevity Fruit. After killing Li Chengfeng and capturing Immortal Lord Hansha, Tai Shangjue vanished through a space-time rift, leaving the world’s Heavenly Dao immortal light fading.

• Zhu Xi and her followers saw a white-haired man battling the Divine Court at Boundary Mountain and fled when Li Chengfeng descended into the sea of fire.
• Tai Shangjue defeated Li Chengfeng with one move, demanded the Longevity Fruit, and killed him when he could not provide it.
• Zhu Xi and the others fled as a great blast swept across the Taiwei Great World.
• A Heavenly God identified the attacker as Tai Shangjue of the War Spirit Sacred Mansion and entered the Boundary Gate.
• Tai Shangjue captured Immortal Lord Hansha and disappeared with him through a space-time rift.

Gu An inherited the memories of Tai Shangjue, a powerful reincarnation whose obsession was saving his master, Dao Ancestor Hongchen. Learning that Tai Shangjue would die without finding the Longevity Fruit, Gu An resolved to help him.

• Gu An caught a meteor and found that it contained a white jade stone left by Tai Shangjue, whose memories he had just inherited.
• Gu An learned that Tai Shangjue had been born with the Great Dao Sacred Heart and had risen to become a Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal after years of hardship and adventure.
• Tai Shangjue had fought the Heavenly Court after refusing to join its Ranked Immortal Class, and Dao Ancestor Hongchen had been severely injured while saving him.
• After Dao Ancestor Hongchen sealed himself away and asked for the Longevity Fruit, Tai Shangjue pursued cultivation but was later trapped in the Desperate Heaven Tomb by the Heavenly Dao Supreme.
• Tai Shangjue escaped by using a karmic connection to Emperor Yongsheng's son Zui, whom he had sheltered in the Desperate Heaven Tomb.
• Gu An learned that Tai Shangjue would eventually fall without finding the Longevity Fruit, and he decided to help fulfill Tai Shangjue's request.

Gu An completed the transformation of his heart into the Great Dao Sacred Heart and resolved to eventually settle the karma tied to the Desperate Heaven Tomb and his past lives. A thousand years after the Dao Court disbanded, An Xin told the founders of the Qiankun Sect that Gu An was also her master, leaving them stunned.

• Gu An finished absorbing Tai Shangjue’s memories and Dao Intent, then sensed the Desperate Heaven Tomb and resolved to settle its karma when he became stronger.
• After the Dao Court disbanded, the great sects fought over territory and resources, and the mortal world remained in chaos a thousand years later.
• Yi Qingshan and the other Qiankun Sect founders told An Xin they were exhausted and wanted to relinquish control of the sect.
• Yi Qingshan asked An Xin about Gu An, and she reassured the five that he was well.
• An Xin revealed that Gu An was also her master and that she had been protected by him, not the other way around.

Gu An learned that the upgraded Longevity Barrier could be expanded freely, then used Lifespan Breakthrough to travel to the Supreme Source Forest. He arrived safely and began examining its immense source trees, worlds, and unusual Great Dao energy.

• An Xin told Yi Qingshan and the other four that Gu An was her master, and they asked to enter Wushi to serve him.
• Gu An's lifespan surpassed one hundred trillion years, upgrading his Longevity Barrier so it could block prying, perception, and deduction across a freely controlled range.
• Gu An encouraged Epiphyllum Ghost Mother to keep seeking the Great Dao through ordinary pursuits and told her he treated her as a disciple.
• Gu An used Lifespan Breakthrough and chose to teleport to the Supreme Source Forest.
• Gu An arrived in the Supreme Source Forest, activated the Longevity Barrier, and observed its enormous silver trees, countless worlds, and abundant Great Dao Spiritual Qi.

Gu An transformed his physique into the Chaotic Wuji Dao-Creating Body, then spent over forty-three trillion years of lifespan breaking through to the early stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm. His breakthrough stirred the Supreme Source Forest’s Great Dao, drew the attention of a powerful being, and sent Silver Qilins surging from the sea of qi.

• Gu An invested five trillion years of lifespan to transform his physique into the Chaotic Wuji Dao-Creating Body, while the Longevity Barrier consumed more than three hundred billion years.
• Gu An repeatedly invested lifespan in cultivation before successfully transcending the Dao-Questioning Chaotic Nine-Yang Great Heavenly Tribulation and reaching the early stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm.
• Gu An saw an enormous Source Tree and sensed a powerful being searching the distant forest for the cause of the Great Dao upheaval.
• Silver Qilins of varying strength burst from the blue sea of qi and raced toward the sky as the Great Dao rules avoided them.

Gu An completed his breakthrough into the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm and discovered the vast scope of his new perception and power. He retrieved Fairy Yao Xuan’s index finger from the Desperate Heaven Tomb and reached Zui, offering to take him home.

• Gu An emerged from his repeated past lives as a Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal and surveyed the Supreme Source Forest, identifying its hidden creator and strongest inhabitants.
• Gu An spent one hundred ninety trillion years of lifespan to advance to the middle stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm, then secretly teleported back to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An went to the Desperate Heaven Tomb and took Fairy Yao Xuan’s Thousand-Zhang Index Finger, preventing it from bringing a future catastrophe to the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Gu An sensed an ancient skeleton whose evil power might be preparing it for resurrection, but chose not to interfere.
• Gu An reached Zui’s palace, where Zui cautiously asked who he was, and Gu An said he had come to take him home.

Gu An introduced Zui, his new disciple from beyond the Three Thousand Great Worlds, to Wushi and brought him along as he explored the world. A century later, Gu An visited Jiang Qiong with Zui, who quickly disappeared to play while Gu An prepared to guide Jiang Qiong's cultivation.

• Gu An introduced Zui as his little martial uncle to Jiang Lan and brought him to meet the Wushi disciples.
• Gu An told the disciples that Zui came from beyond the Three Thousand Great Worlds and said he would personally look after him or entrust him to Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.
• A hundred years passed as the Qiankun Sect fell into turmoil after Yuan Luo became Sect Master, while the Gathering Flower Sect grew stronger and Jiang Qiong attained Free Immortal.
• Gu An brought Zui to visit Jiang Qiong, who teased him about having a son and offered to bear him one; Gu An declined.
• Zui asked to go play and vanished with surprising speed, while Gu An told Jiang Qiong he would guide her cultivation.

Gu An returned Zui to the Wushi Daoist Field and agreed to let people remain on the continent as the Qiankun Sect fell into turmoil. On the Path of the Great Dao, Gu An reunited with Blood Prison Great Sage and revealed that he had come to help him and his companions with a threat from Ascending Yellow Heaven.

• Gu An brought Zui back from the Gathering Flower Sect, and Zui asked him to let people stay on the continent rather than drive them away.
• Gu An agreed to Zui’s request and warned him to respect others and never bully them.
• Blood Prison Great Sage’s six companions tried to dissuade him from returning to Gu An, but Blood Prison Great Sage insisted he would remain Gu An’s mount for life.
• Gu An arrived on the Falling Star and told Blood Prison Great Sage he could stay away if he wished, but Blood Prison Great Sage chose to return with him.
• Gu An revealed that Blood Prison Great Sage and his companions had offended a Great Dao Emperor Lord backed by Ascending Yellow Heaven, which had sealed off the surrounding void.

Gu An gathered Blood Prison Great Sage, Fang Xuan, and the others to wait for Ascending Yellow Heaven, intending to demonstrate the might of Hunyuan Dao Emperor. Ascending Yellow Heaven surrounded them with Yellow Heaven Golden Rain and revealed a terrifying figure, leaving the group facing an overwhelming threat.

• Blood Prison Great Sage learned that a Yellow-Robed Daoist had spoken about Hunyuan Dao Emperor to a cultivator from Ascending Yellow Heaven.
• Gu An introduced Zui to Blood Prison Great Sage and told everyone to wait for Ascending Yellow Heaven to act.
• Gu An recalled that Immortal Emperor Absolute Thought of Ascending Yellow Heaven had killed Long Xin.
• Ascending Yellow Heaven covered the void with Yellow Heaven Golden Rain that corroded life, weighed down their bodies and souls, and sealed their escape.
• A towering figure appeared in the golden mist with countless terrifying creatures surrounding the falling star, and Blood Prison Great Sage called out that they had not offended Ascending Yellow Heaven.