Chapter Summaries

Gu An confronted Ascending Yellow Heaven after it surrounded Falling Star and threatened Blood Prison Great Sage and the others. He erased Immortal Emperor Buyuan and thousands of enemies with one stroke of the Fate-Fixing Pen, then left with Blood Prison Great Sage and Zui while Fang Xuan and the others marveled at his power.

• Gu An warned Ascending Yellow Heaven to withdraw, but its leader mocked him and refused to retreat.
• Ascending Yellow Heaven’s golden mist churned around Falling Star as Blood Prison Great Sage, Fang Xuan, and the others feared the coming battle.
• Gu An swept the Fate-Fixing Pen through the sky, destroying Immortal Emperor Buyuan, thousands of Ascending Yellow Heaven cultivators, and the divine beasts in the golden mist.
• Gu An told Blood Prison Great Sage and Zui that the trouble was over and assured Fang Xuan and the others that the enemies outside the universe were also dead.
• Fang Xuan wondered whether Blood Prison Great Sage’s decision to follow Gu An would lead him to surpass Fang Xuan in cultivation.

Gu An returned to Wushi Daoist Field with Blood Prison Great Sage, while Ascending Yellow Heaven’s leaders responded to Immortal Emperor Buyuan’s death by ordering disciples to pursue the Hunyuan Dao Emperor path. An Xin questioned the value of that path after drawing with Blood Prison Great Sage, and Gu An explained that it could strengthen her Immortal Emperor Pupils.

• Fang Xuan urged his companions to comprehend the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s power, and the group began cultivating in earnest.
• Gu An returned to Wushi Daoist Field with Zui and Blood Prison Great Sage, identified the earlier opponent as a Hengtian Golden Immortal, and arranged for Blood Prison Great Sage to lecture the disciples.
• The Yellow Heaven Emperor Ancestor learned that Immortal Emperor Buyuan had been killed and ordered ten thousand disciples to pursue the Hunyuan Dao Emperor path without resorting to schemes.
• After An Xin and Blood Prison Great Sage fought to a draw, An Xin asked Gu An whether the Hunyuan Dao Emperor was truly powerful.
• Gu An told An Xin that Hunyuan Dao Emperor was a variable karmic power that could strengthen her Immortal Emperor Pupils, while Blood Prison Great Sage could not cultivate them.

Gu An discussed the Immortal Emperor Pupils with An Xin and later agreed to let the Invincible Emperor Clan’s prodigies remain in the Heavenly Spirit Great World as Qiankun Sect neared its collapse. He warned Li Xuanyu that Qiankun Sect would scatter and offered her the choice to join Wushi, leaving her uncertain but hopeful.

• Gu An told An Xin that the Immortal Emperor Pupils were too troublesome for every disciple to cultivate, then answered her questions about Hunyuan Dao Emperor.
• Over five hundred years, Blood Prison Great Sage mingled with Wushi’s third-generation disciples after returning to the Daoist Field.
• Gu An agreed to let the Invincible Emperor Clan’s twenty prodigies remain in the Heavenly Spirit Great World and establish sects, provided they did not threaten the great world.
• Invincible Emperor Ancestor told Gu An about the struggle between the Sons of Heaven, and Gu An foresaw a great calamity in which even immortals and gods would fall.
• Gu An told Li Xuanyu that Qiankun Sect would scatter and asked whether she would return to the Great Cang Dynasty, join Wushi, or choose another path.
• Li Xuanyu asked if she could really join Wushi, and Gu An considered training her to surpass her brother, Li Ya.

Gu An invited Li Xuanyu to join Wushi, while Li Xianyou and Li Ya discussed the Sword Sect and prepared to attend its sword assembly. After Zhang Buku and Xu You received Heavenly Court Luck and learned the path toward becoming Heavenly Gods, Zhang Buku resolved to surpass them.

• Li Xuanyu accepted Gu An's invitation to join Wushi after settling the affairs under her command.
• Li Xianyou urged Li Ya to join Wushi, but Li Ya said he would take his disciple to the Sword Sect for a divine sword.
• Li Ya announced that he would challenge Chen Chuan at the Sword Sect's Number One Under Heaven Sword Discussion Assembly.
• Zhang Buku and Xu You received Heavenly Court Luck, and Xu You explained that their cultivation could eventually lead them to the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Zhang Buku looked toward God Tianzhen and vowed to surpass the Heavenly Gods.

God Tianzhen told the newly made Heavenly Soldiers they would join a contest between two Sons of Heaven, while Zhang Buku worried about the danger to the worlds. Three hundred years later, Gu An sent An Xin to drive the Qiankun Sect from the Nine Spirits Continent as Shangguan Xian'er asked him to teach her a divine ability.

• God Tianzhen announced that the Heavenly Soldiers would support one of two Sons of Heaven in a contest across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Xu You explained the purpose of the Sons of Heaven's struggles, while God Tianzhen promised the Heavenly Soldiers they would retain their Heavenly Court Luck even if defeated.
• God Tianzhen said he would preach the Dao to help the Heavenly Soldiers reach the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm before the contest.
• Three hundred years later, Gu An sent An Xin to expel the Qiankun Sect from the Nine Spirits Continent, and Li Xuanyu sensed An Xin and Yuan Luo's powerful auras.
• Shangguan Xian'er gave Gu An a book she had written and asked him to teach her a divine ability so she could improve her ranking among the third-generation disciples.

Gu An expanded the Dao Field across the Nine Spirits Continent, transforming it into a prosperous refuge over the next two hundred thousand years. As Wushi faced growing crowds, he prepared the Myriad Worlds Gate to let its people travel elsewhere, while Shen Zhen reported seeing more of the coming Son of Heaven Contention.

• An Xin asked Gu An to capture Yuan Luo and reform him, but Gu An said the Qiankun Sect must face its own tribulation.
• Gu An spent one hundred billion years of lifespan to expand the Dao Field across the Nine Spirits Continent, releasing abundant spiritual energy and Dao Intent.
• Two hundred thousand years later, the continent had become a hidden, flourishing refuge, and An Xin warned Gu An that its growing population might cause disorder.
• Gu An told An Xin he would establish the Myriad Worlds Gate, a Dao Treasure that would let Wushi's people travel to other worlds while screening out outsiders.
• After An Xin left to summon the third-generation disciples for a sermon, Shen Zhen told Gu An she was seeing more scenes of the Son of Heaven Contention.

Gu An reflected on his weakening bond with Tian Hao and the few old friends who had survived 1.68 million years, while considering how immense power distanced him from mortal life. He spoke with an old farmer about family, immortality, and the farmer’s grandson, then left after calling the farmer the true immortal.

• Shen Zhen told Gu An about a dream in which demons poured from a black hole above the Great Dao void, and Gu An connected the vision to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An watched Tian Hao and recalled how their bond had weakened as Tian Hao rose within the Ethereal Immortal Court and approached the future struggle of the Son of Heaven.
• Gu An looked back on old acquaintances, noting that fewer than one in ten had survived the 1.68 million years, and reflected on how his growing power made him increasingly indifferent.
• Gu An met an old farmer working in the fields and learned that the farmer’s grandson planned to take the imperial examinations rather than pursue cultivation.
• Gu An told the old farmer that he was the true immortal and left, suggesting that becoming immortal might cause the farmer to stop thinking about his grandson.

Gu An welcomed Immortal Monarch Taiyi back to his true body and discussed the coming contest among the Sons of Heaven. Taiyi chose to remain in the mortal realm with the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong, while Gu An left open the possibility of helping him make connections in the Heavenly Court.

• Ten years passed as Gu An continued his quiet life and occasionally visited old friends.
• An Zizai brought Immortal Monarch Taiyi to Gu An, and Taiyi explained that reincarnation could not erase his divinity or attachments.
• Gu An asked Taiyi about the coming contest among the Sons of Heaven, and Taiyi named Taixian Shenyuan and Xuanyuan Renzun as its instigators.
• Taiyi said the Son of Heaven he had chosen would eventually return to the Heavenly Court and become its War God, creating an opportunity for him.
• Gu An gave Taiyi the wooden plaques transformed from the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and assured him that he had no intention of opposing the Heavenly Court.
• Taiyi agreed to stay with the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and observe the mortal realm, while Gu An invited him to appreciate its scenery.

After reaching the late stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm, Gu An encountered Li Xianyou, who sought help for his shattered master, Li Ya. Gu An gave Li Xianyou a wooden sword to take to Li Ya and hinted that Li Ya might one day walk ahead of everyone, leaving unanswered whether he could surpass Gu An.

• Gu An’s lifespan breakthrough carried him to the late stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm, after which he wandered across the Nine Spirits Continent.
• Gu An approached Li Xianyou, who knelt and explained that Li Ya had become obsessed with sword cultivation, suffered a devastating defeat, and seemed to have gone mad.
• Gu An gave Li Xianyou a small wooden sword and told him to bring it to Li Ya.
• Gu An acknowledged Li Xianyou as his martial nephew and urged him to take good care of Li Ya, whom he praised for holding on to his original heart.
• Gu An hinted that Li Ya might one day walk ahead of everyone, but smiled without answering when Li Xianyou asked whether Li Ya could surpass him.

After learning that the contest of the Sons of Heaven was approaching, Zhu Xi prepared the Sacred Court for the coming crisis and sought help from the former Lord of the Divine Court. He agreed to support her on the condition that she not pursue a Divine Name, then sent her to seek aid from the supreme one of the Ancient God Continent.

• The Sacred Court's officials urged Zhu Xi to investigate the contest of the Sons of Heaven and strengthen their control of the Taiwei Great World.
• Zhu Xi issued orders to mobilize the Sacred Court, then visited the former Lord of the Divine Court in a bamboo forest.
• The former Lord explained that Immortal Lord Hansha had served a Son of Heaven and warned Zhu Xi that the contest would bring danger to all living beings.
• He offered to support Zhu Xi if she promised not to compete for a quota to become an immortal god, and she agreed.
• The former Lord gave Zhu Xi a jade token and told her to take it to the Ancient God Continent to meet its supreme one.

After another five hundred thousand years, Gu An watched Li Ya reach Hunyuan Dao Emperor and observed the troubles facing his disciples and allies. He considered opening Wushi to more disciples, then visited Human World Peak, where Eternal Years Dao Lord questioned him about Hunyuan Dao Emperor.

• Gu An observed Li Ya achieve Hunyuan Dao Emperor and saw Li Xianyou hunted by two powerful clans after the woman he loved was forced to her death.
• Gu An watched Zhang Buku cultivate with God Tianzhen and saw Zhu Xi gradually take control of the Taiwei Great World.
• Blood Prison Great Sage urged Gu An to open Wushi to more disciples, and Gu An gave him a painting to finish before leaving.
• Gu An visited Sky-Settling Peak and met Eternal Years Dao Lord, who asked for guidance about his Hunyuan Dao Emperor opportunity.
• Gu An told Eternal Years Dao Lord that he had not become Hunyuan Dao Emperor either, and Eternal Years Dao Lord assumed Gu An had secluded himself to comprehend the Dao.

Gu An reached the perfected Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm and discovered the Heavenly Emperor’s overwhelming power while examining the Heavenly Court. Emperor Tianhong then told Gu An that his awakened immortal-god identity would soon draw him back to the Heavenly Court, and Gu An let him leave with a warning to protect living beings.

• Gu An gave Eternal Years Dao Lord a four-day sermon and sensed that the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s growing luck could benefit him.
• Another million years passed, during which several disciples of the Wushi Daoist Field advanced to Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal.
• Gu An spent nearly eighty trillion years of lifespan to reach the perfected Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm and saw the immense forces of the Heavenly Court, including the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Emperor Tianhong told Gu An that his awakened identity as Star Lord Tianhong would soon return his Heavenly Court Luck and make him leave the Wushi Daoist Field.
• Gu An urged Emperor Tianhong to protect living beings, and Emperor Tianhong promised to remember him as his master before departing.

Thirty thousand years after Emperor Tianhong left, Li Ya and Li Xianyou returned to the Nine Spirits Continent and traveled to Wushi with An Xin and Li Xuanyu. Li Ya marveled at the continent’s growth and Gu An’s Dao attainments, then was stunned to find Zuo Yijian had also reached the Carefree Immortal Realm.

• Gu An refused to open Wushi’s gates widely but allowed disciples to each accept one apprentice, and the first fourth-generation disciple appeared less than ten years later.
• An Xin entrusted many Wushi affairs to her eldest disciple, An Zizai, as Wushi and the wider world continued to grow stronger over thirty thousand years.
• Li Ya and Li Xianyou entered the Nine Spirits Continent and reunited with Li Xuanyu and An Xin, discovering Li Xuanyu had become a Free Immortal.
• An Xin and Li Xuanyu escorted Li Ya and Li Xianyou through the thriving continent and explained the Myriad Worlds Gate, deepening Li Ya’s awe of Gu An.
• At Wushi’s core Dao field, Li Ya encountered Zuo Yijian and was shocked that he had reached the Carefree Immortal Realm.

Li Ya reunited with Zuo Yijian before visiting Gu An, where their teasing quickly restored their old closeness. Meanwhile, Li Xuanmiao received a summons to Shenyuan Immortal Palace for a Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon and considered how to contact his master amid Heavenly Court factional politics.

• Li Ya and Zuo Yijian reminisced about their long separation and compared their formidable Sword Dao before An Xin led Li Ya away to meet Gu An.
• Li Xianyou asked Li Ya about Zuo Yijian, and Li Ya explained Zuo Yijian's history with Gu An and admitted he owed Gu An many favors.
• Li Ya entered Gu An's courtyard nervously, but Gu An's teasing eased the tension and brought back their familiar rapport.
• A purple-robed old man told Li Xuanmiao that the Supreme had ordered him to receive a Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon at Shenyuan Immortal Palace and warned him not to promise anything if Taixian Shenyuan tried to recruit him.
• After the messenger left, Li Xuanmiao thought about the Heavenly Court's factions and how to contact his master.

After increasing his lifespan income for millions of years, Gu An watched the immortals and gods divide the Three Thousand Great Worlds while continuing to guide his disciples at Wushi Daoist Field. He sent Zui out to temper himself for a thousand years under Blood Prison Great Sage’s watch, leaving the pair to set off together.

• Li Ya spent a month visiting Gu An at Wushi Daoist Field before leaving, and Gu An later held a Dao lecture for his disciples.
• Gu An expanded his herb cultivation until his annual lifespan income reached two hundred million years, then watched immortals and gods stir conflict across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Zui wounded Blood Prison Great Sage in their spar, surprising him, and Gu An told An Xin that Zui came from the Desperate Heaven Tomb, outside the Great Dao.
• Gu An urged Zui to keep cultivating rather than argue about whether Blood Prison Great Sage had held back.
• Gu An ordered Blood Prison Great Sage to accompany Zui for a thousand years of tempering without interfering, and Blood Prison Great Sage agreed to report Zui’s actions to Gu An.

Thirty thousand years after Zui and Blood Prison Great Sage returned to Wushi, Yinxuan Immortal Monarch came to the Heavenly Spirit Great World seeking support for Son of Heaven Xuanyuan Renzun’s cause. Immortal Monarch Taiyi persuaded him to leave, while Gu An watched from Wushi and spoke with Shangguan Xian’er about her Sword Intent.

• Zui’s journeys through the mortal realm broadened his understanding, and Blood Prison Great Sage’s intervention during a siege eased their relationship before both settled in Wushi.
• Yinxuan Immortal Monarch arrived at the Boundary Gate and asked Heavenly Spirit God to help with Xuanyuan Renzun’s cause, but Heavenly Spirit God refused to involve the world in the Sons of Heaven’s struggle.
• Immortal Monarch Taiyi explained that the Heavenly Spirit Great World was not currently part of the Sons of Heaven battlefield and warned Yinxuan against investigating a Son of Heaven there.
• Yinxuan Immortal Monarch left after Immortal Monarch Taiyi challenged him, and Taiyi told Heavenly Spirit God to prepare for more immortal gods descending to the lower realm.
• Gu An approved of Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s handling of the encounter, then listened as Shangguan Xian’er showed him her Sword Intent and complained about her standing among the third-generation disciples.
• Shangguan Xian’er rejected Gu An’s suggestion that she travel like Zui, preferring to avoid outside karma and focus on cultivation.

Gu An followed the karmic trail that Shen Zhen sensed to find Fairy Yao Xuan trapped in a realm of great dao karma. As he helped free her, he told Shen Zhen the story of Emperor Yongsheng and explained the link between his obsession and her summons.

• Gu An told Shangguan Xian'er to seek guidance from her teachers, and she left determined to improve her sword dao.
• Shen Zhen told Gu An that karma had guided her to save a woman meditating in oppressive darkness, and Gu An confirmed that someone was guiding her.
• Gu An took Shen Zhen through a realm opened by the Great Dao of Karma and explained the dangers of great dao karma.
• As Gu An used his Dao Intent to help Fairy Yao Xuan expel the karma trapping her, he told Shen Zhen Emperor Yongsheng's story.
• Shen Zhen realized Emperor Yongsheng's lingering obsession had guided her to Fairy Yao Xuan, and Gu An denied being his reincarnation while saying he had known him.

Gu An rescued Fairy Yao Xuan from the Exile Realm and explained that a being born from Great Dao karma’s evil thoughts was trying to use her to reach the Great Dao Universe. As the giant-eyed creature confronted him, Gu An revealed that another hidden person was watching them.

• Gu An and Shen Zhen found Fairy Yao Xuan meditating within a purple lotus, and Gu An scattered the lotus with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Fairy Yao Xuan awakened and asked who Gu An was and whether he had expelled the karma afflicting her.
• Gu An told Fairy Yao Xuan that Emperor Yongsheng’s obsession had brought them to rescue her and offered to help with the remaining hidden trouble.
• Gu An summoned the being formed from the evil thoughts of Great Dao karma and explained that it wanted to attach itself to Fairy Yao Xuan to reach the Great Dao Universe.
• Gu An warned an unseen onlooker that he might ruin their plan, startling Shen Zhen and the giant-eyed creature.

Gu An encountered Holy Mother Xuanqiong, a Heavenly Court immortal who had come to subdue the evil creature bound to the Great Dao of Karma, then escorted Fairy Yao Xuan along the Path of the Great Dao. He revealed that her child was safe in his Daoist field, and Fairy Yao Xuan asked to go there and serve him.

• Holy Mother Xuanqiong appeared and asked Gu An to let her subdue the evil creature, while Gu An and his companions left without interfering.
• Gu An explained to Shen Zhen that the evil creature could not escape its bond with the Great Dao of Karma and that Holy Mother Xuanqiong intended to subdue it for her own purposes.
• Gu An brought Fairy Yao Xuan to the Path of the Great Dao and told her she was free, then explained that Emperor Yongsheng had died inside the Great Karma Stele.
• Fairy Yao Xuan learned that her child was Gu An's disciple and asked to join him in his Daoist field, offering to serve him.

Fairy Yao Xuan settled into Wushi Daoist Field, reunited with Zui, and grew close to An Xin as her cultivation recovered. A million years later, she told Gu An she had witnessed the Heavenly Emperor's evil thoughts.

• Holy Mother Xuanqiong subdued the evil creature, named it Xuan'e, and secretly avoided drawing Heavenly Dao Luck into it.
• Fairy Yao Xuan reunited with Zui at Wushi Daoist Field, and the disciples learned that she was his mother.
• Fairy Yao Xuan recovered her cultivation, sparred regularly with An Xin, and eventually surpassed her.
• Another million years passed, and Gu An practiced tai chi while considering his growing lifespan and peaceful life.
• Fairy Yao Xuan told Gu An she had seen the evil thoughts of Heavenly Court immortals and gods, including the Heavenly Emperor's.