Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan Renzun and Old Immortal Cixuan met Gu An at Wushi to seek his friendship and support in the struggle of the Sons of Heaven, which revolved around the Creation Green Lotus. Gu An refused to get involved, and the meeting ended with him questioning whether Xuanyuan could truly defeat Taixian Shenyuan while the Heavenly Emperor favored him.

• Xuanyuan Renzun and Old Immortal Cixuan entered Wushi and met Gu An in his pavilion.
• Xuanyuan Renzun asked Gu An to befriend him and share his view of the struggle of the Sons of Heaven; Gu An said he wanted to remain in seclusion and keep the conflict from affecting his world.
• Old Immortal Cixuan revealed that the winner could obtain the Creation Green Lotus, whose power and promise of transcendence stirred Gu An's interest, but Gu An declined to participate.
• Old Immortal Cixuan described Taixian Shenyuan's Spirit Race origins and Xuanyuan Renzun's ten thousand reincarnations, then criticized Taixian Shenyuan for challenging Xuanyuan.
• Gu An asked why Xuanyuan expected to win when Taixian Shenyuan had the Heavenly Emperor's favor, and Old Immortal Cixuan replied that the Emperor was in seclusion and cited Xuanqing as a precedent.

Gu An declined to join the Heavenly Court after speaking with Xuanyuan Renzun and Old Immortal Cixuan, while quietly weighing the fate of the Sons of Heaven and planning to rescue Zhang Buku. As the Three Thousand Great Worlds continued to struggle, Lu Qiuxian sensed another visitor in the River of Fate and challenged them.

• Gu An told Xuanyuan Renzun and Old Immortal Cixuan that he preferred his freedom and named Yang Jian as the disciple who had been Ranked Immortal Class.
• Xuanyuan Renzun promised to win the struggle and invited Gu An to share the Creation Green Lotus, while Gu An wished him luck.
• After the visitors left, Gu An foresaw that Xuanyuan Renzun would still lose and considered how to rescue Zhang Buku, who was fighting for him.
• Xuanyuan Renzun told Old Immortal Cixuan that he admired Gu An and wanted to reform the Heavenly Court, though Cixuan doubted Gu An would join them.
• As time passed, the Three Thousand Great Worlds remained embroiled in struggle while the Heavenly Spirit Great World stayed peaceful.
• Lu Qiuxian opened his eyes in the River of Fate and challenged the visitor who had come to face him again.

Lu Qiuxian fought Di Jiuyin in the River of Fate but was captured and imprisoned in a White Jade Gourd. Gu An rescued him, warned him that the Eternal Dao Pole would return, and left Lu Qiuxian determined to remain in the River of Fate to uncover his father's karmic origins.

• Lu Qiuxian attacked Di Jiuyin, who overpowered him and carried him away through the River of Fate.
• After five hundred thousand years, Gu An saw Di Jiuyin approach a hidden path toward the Eternal Dao Pole and stopped him.
• Gu An searched Di Jiuyin's soul and took the White Jade Gourd, but a powerful force destroyed Di Jiuyin before Gu An could obtain his lifespan.
• Gu An released Lu Qiuxian from the gourd and offered him a chance to escape the River of Fate before the Eternal Dao Pole returned.
• Lu Qiuxian refused to leave, explaining that he sought answers about his father's complicated karmic origins, while Gu An kept the truth about Lifespan Reincarnation to himself.

Gu An gave Lu Qiuxian Di Jiuyin's white jade gourd, then watched the struggle for Son of Heaven unfold over millions of years while continuing his own cultivation and mortal reincarnations. In his current life as a constable, he learned his wife was pregnant, then sensed that someone had tracked a meteor to their world.

• Gu An gave Lu Qiuxian the white jade gourd and left without acknowledging their connection.
• Gu An considered the mysterious Eternal Dao Pole and kept its secrets from spreading.
• Over three million years, Taixian Shenyuan gained ground in the struggle for Son of Heaven, while Gu An protected his friends and accumulated lifespan.
• Gu An continued experiencing ordinary mortal lives, deepening his understanding of the Dao of Creation by creating souls for the children born in those lives.
• In his current life as a constable, Gu An's wife told him she was pregnant, and he decided to cook to celebrate.
• A meteor fell in the distance, and Gu An realized that someone had traced it to this world.

Immortal Emperor Ziwei entered the world but withdrew after encountering an unseen killing intent, while Gu An reflected on Ziwei’s ties to An Hao and the Eternal Dao Pole. Thirty years later, Gu An watched the end of his mortal life’s family karma, then returned to Wushi Daoist Field, where An Zizai told him a prince of the Great Cang Dynasty had come to visit.

• Immortal Emperor Ziwei confronted Immortal Monarch Taiyi over his arrival, but an unseen killing intent forced him to withdraw his Purple Jade Long Staff and leave.
• Gu An watched Ziwei depart and considered his connection to An Hao, the Eternal Dao Pole, and the Heavenly Court while cooking for his family.
• Thirty years later, Gu An watched his mortal-life son swear an oath at his and his wife’s tombstones, knowing the son would avenge them and become a Great Cultivator before eventually falling before Nirvana.
• Gu An returned to Wushi Daoist Field and saw Shen Zhen and Shangguan Xian'er writing cultivation methods into their stories for readers to discover.
• Gu An continued tempering his disciples’ Dao Treasures, including the Six Paths Mirror, which could contend with an Innate Golden Immortal.
• An Zizai told Gu An that a prince of the Great Cang Dynasty had come to visit and claimed to be an old acquaintance.

Li Lingtian asked Gu An to help rescue Yang Ni from the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance, and Gu An sent An Zizai and Shangguan Xian'er to assist him. After they left, Shen Zhen and Gu An discussed life, meaning, and whether their world was real or false, ending with Shen Zhen saying she cherished the life she had.

• An Zizai brought Li Lingtian to meet Gu An, and Li Lingtian asked for help freeing Yang Ni from the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance.
• Gu An agreed to help after confirming Yang Ni had been framed, then reminisced with Li Lingtian about their past as Shen Zhen and Shangguan Xian'er joined them.
• An Zizai and Shangguan Xian'er left with Li Lingtian to gather Wushi Disciples and rescue Yang Ni.
• Shen Zhen wondered about Gu An and the lives around them, prompting Gu An to ask whether a life without immortality mattered.
• Gu An explained that he had created false identities and memories in the mortal world, then asked whether a greater existence could make their reality seem false.
• Shen Zhen said she would cherish her present life even if it were fake, as long as she could keep pursuing what she wanted.

Gu An reflected on his past and watched Yang Ni prepare to explore Beyond Heaven while he and Hong Yazi waited beneath the Xuanyou Primordial Tree. When Zhu Luosha invited them to the Nine Yin Divine Mansion to discuss the opening of the Xuanyou Divine Abyss, Gu An recognized the danger awaiting them.

• Gu An told Shen Zhen that everything around him still felt real, then chose to stop tempering himself in the mortal realm and favored Yang Xian and Ji as reincarnated identities.
• Yang Ni told Li Lingtian she planned to explore Beyond Heaven, and he warned her that it was dangerous.
• Beneath the Xuanyou Primordial Tree, Hong Yazi told Gu An the story of the Xuanyou Fruit and the Two Sages of the Great Dao.
• Zhu Luosha arrived from the Nine Yin Divine Mansion and invited Gu An and Hong Yazi to meet the Second Mansion Lord about the soon-to-open Xuanyou Divine Abyss.
• Hong Yazi accepted the invitation, while Gu An thought the Xuanyou Divine Abyss was an abyss with no return.

Gu An remained in the Wushi Daoist Field, seeking to understand a mysterious state of mind, while his clone and Hong Yazi stayed trapped in the Xuanyou Divine Abyss. There, Gu An and Hong Yazi discovered ancient steles bearing a message that all beings beneath saints were ants and insects.

• Gu An spent a hundred thousand years contemplating an elusive state of mind, while his clone and Hong Yazi remained trapped in the Xuanyou Divine Abyss.
• An Xin told Gu An that her Immortal Emperor Pupils had stirred hostility in her Dao Heart, and Gu An explained that another pair of the pupils had appeared and become her destined rival.
• Gu An encouraged An Xin to master her Immortal Emperor Pupils by tempering her mind, then spoke with her about their shared confusion in their states of mind.
• In the Xuanyou Divine Abyss, Hong Yazi grew frustrated at being unable to escape, but Gu An continued onward and persuaded him to follow.
• Gu An and Hong Yazi found a slope covered in ancient steles, and Hong Yazi read the largest one as declaring that all beneath saints were ants and insects.

Gu An and Hong Yazi crossed a slope covered in ancient stone steles, where Gu An learned that the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor had brought despair to the immortal gods. Elsewhere, Li Ya and hundreds of cultivators remained trapped in a giant armored fiend’s palm until Immortal Lord Xuanmiao of the Heavenly Court arrived, and Li Ya recognized his voice as familiar.

• Gu An and Hong Yazi pondered the steles’ references to saints, then continued up the slope.
• Gu An sensed fragments of ancient immortals slaughtering one another and discovered that the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor had been their enemy.
• Li Ya recovered with hundreds of cultivators trapped in the palm of a towering armored fiend that had effortlessly suppressed a Hengtian Golden Immortal.
• Li Ya wondered whether Gu An’s Miaozhen Daluo Immortal cultivation could defeat the fiend, then berated himself for relying on Gu.
• Immortal Lord Xuanmiao arrived in a blaze of light and challenged the fiend to surrender, and Li Ya recognized his voice as familiar.

Immortal Lord Xuanmiao, revealed to be Li Xuanmiao, arrived to rescue Li Ya and fought a mysterious dark Demonic Beast. As the battle continued, Gu An watched from the Wushi Daoist Field and reflected on the fighters’ immense power.

• Immortal Lord Xuanmiao appeared before Li Ya and the other cultivators, and Li Ya recognized him as Li Xuanmiao, his clansman.
• Li Xuanmiao attacked the mysterious evil demon with his spear, and their clash shook and shattered the void around the trapped cultivators.
• Li Xuanmiao’s golden chains bound the demon, and he summoned Golden Wheels and a golden cauldron to suppress it.
• Gu An watched the battle from the Wushi Daoist Field and noted that both Li Xuanmiao and the demon were Taiqing Golden Immortals, though Li Xuanmiao’s realm had been raised by Heavenly Dao Luck.
• Gu An heard Li Ya’s thoughts and privately compared the demon to the far more powerful Hong Yazi.

Gu An watched Li Xuanmiao battle the mysterious evil demon, reflecting on Li Ya’s growing drive to become immortal before returning to observe the fight. As the demon gained the upper hand in the River of Fate, it summoned a Black Coffin that threatened to pull Li Xuanmiao in.

• Gu An watched Li Xuanmiao fight the mysterious evil demon and realized Li Ya had gained a karmic thread of fate leading to immortality.
• Gu An left his courtyard, admired the thriving Wushi Daoist rite, and resumed watching the battle from a mountain cliff.
• The mysterious evil demon overwhelmed Li Xuanmiao by draining his magic power, while the captives in its palm feared they would die.
• Li Ya worried that Li Xuanmiao had come to save him and murmured for him not to risk his life.
• The mysterious evil demon gathered its chains around a Black Coffin, drawing in the currents of the River of Fate and alarming Li Xuanmiao.

Gu An used the Wushi Divine Sparrow to seize the Black Coffin and save Li Xuanmiao and the others from the mysterious fiend. Back at Wushi Daoist Field, he kept the demon sealed in the coffin, and An Zizai asked whether he should attend a Golden Immortal tribulation on Wushi’s behalf.

• Li Xuanmiao tried to free Li Ya and the others, but the Black Coffin trapped him in darkness as a scaled claw emerged from within.
• A flute calmed Li Xuanmiao, then a divine bird’s claw seized the Black Coffin and vanished with it, leaving the mysterious fiend gone and its arm behind.
• Gu An received a lifespan prompt for the Karma Greed Demon and took the Black Coffin from the Wushi Divine Sparrow, sealing it as a black tablet.
• Gu An walked down the mountain with the Wushi Divine Sparrow and told An Zizai that the bird was clever despite not speaking.
• An Zizai told Gu An that the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance had invited Wushi to observe an Alliance Leader’s attempt to attain the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, and asked whether he should go.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Spirit Great World grow through ten million years, from the birth of its first Innate Golden Immortal to the flourishing Daochu Era. After secretly reaching the perfection of the Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal Realm, he observed the final struggle for Son of Heaven and the progress of his Wushi grand-disciples.

• Gu An allowed An Zizai to take disciples to witness an Innate Golden Immortal's breakthrough and predicted that Golden Immortals would become common in future epochs.
• The first Innate Golden Immortal preached throughout the Heavenly Spirit Great World, and ten million years passed as the world entered the Daochu Era.
• Gu An returned from a two-hour breakthrough having reached the perfected Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal Realm, spending nearly thirty quadrillion years of lifespan.
• Gu An saw that Taixian Shenyuan had taken command of most Great Thousand Worlds while Xuanyuan Renzun continued to resist, and he trusted Xu You to protect Zhang Buku.
• Gu An watched two ninth-generation Wushi Disciples spar as Carefree Immortals and reflected on the difficulty of advancing beyond that realm.

Gu An spent half a year dreaming of lives as Yang Xian while Shen Zhen and Shangguan Xian'er attended the Demon Race's grand gathering. After Shen Zhen returned suspecting Gu An was connected to the Demon Emperor, Old Immortal Cixuan and Immortal Monarch Taiyi asked Gu An to save Human Venerable, and Gu An questioned why he should help.

• Gu An went home, slept, and created another life for himself in a dream as Yang Xian, the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor.
• Shangguan Xian'er persuaded Shen Zhen to attend the Demon Race's grand gathering, and the two returned half a year later.
• Shen Zhen told Gu An that the Demon Emperor seemed to resemble him and might become the second Innate Golden Immortal; Gu An warned her not to probe their karma.
• An Zizai reported that Old Immortal Cixuan and Immortal Monarch Taiyi had come to visit, and Gu An received them at Guan Shan Pavilion.
• Old Immortal Cixuan asked Gu An to turn the tide for Human Venerable, and Gu An asked why he should help.

Old Immortal Cixuan asked Gu An to help Xuanyuan Renzun against the threat posed by Taixian Shenyuan, and Gu An agreed to intervene without revealing himself. After Cixuan left, Immortal Monarch Taiyi stayed behind to speak with Gu An.

• Old Immortal Cixuan warned Gu An that Taixian Shenyuan would remake the Three Thousand Great Worlds if he won, while Xuanyuan Renzun sought only to stop his rival.
• Gu An said he could leave with Wushi and the Heavenly Spirit Great World, but Cixuan argued that the Heavenly Court could strip its inhabitants of their Heavenly Dao Luck.
• Cixuan promised rewards for Gu An and his disciples, then offered a golden jade pendant said to represent the Heavenly Emperor's authority.
• Gu An agreed to help resolve the battlefield of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, but said he would remain hidden and not interfere in the struggle between Xuanyuan Renzun and Taixian Shenyuan.
• Cixuan left, and Immortal Monarch Taiyi stayed as Gu An invited him to sit; Taiyi said Taixian Shenyuan was more dangerous than Xuanyuan Renzun.

Gu An reassured Immortal Monarch Taiyi and learned more about the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade before preparing to act through the Wushi Divine Sparrow against evildoers across the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Meanwhile, Zhu Xi and other world lords met the Son of Heaven, who demanded that every living being worship him or face destruction.

• Gu An told Immortal Monarch Taiyi that he held no dissatisfaction toward him and asked about the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade.
• Immortal Monarch Taiyi explained that the Heavenly Court awarded the jade to favored Sons of Heaven and those who accumulated great merit, and estimated that at least a thousand existed.
• Gu An decided he could someday give the jade to a cherished disciple and planned to use the Wushi Divine Sparrow to target powerful evildoers across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Star Lord Beichen brought Zhu Xi and other Great World lords to meet the Son of Heaven, instructing them to kneel and keep their heads lowered.
• The Son of Heaven demanded that all living beings in the Three Thousand Great Worlds worship him, threatening to destroy any world that displeased him.

Zhu Xi and the other Great World lords received Taixian Shenyuan’s power and Dao insights, while Xuanyuan Renzun learned that Gu An had agreed to help his cause. A silver-white divine bird then appeared in a conquered world, bringing hope to wounded cultivators as it flew toward the demonic qi.

• Taixian Shenyuan granted Zhu Xi and the other Great World lords Great Dao Spiritual Qi and insights, leaving them unconscious before they awoke and began cultivating.
• Star Lord Beichen watched the empty treasure chair and noticed something that surprised and suspiciously caught his attention.
• Old Immortal Cixuan told Xuanyuan Renzun that Gu An had agreed to help, though he could not promise when Gu An would act.
• Xuanyuan Renzun learned that other powerful beings would not assist him and worried that his support in the Heavenly Court was fading.
• A silver-white divine bird entered a conquered Great Thousand World and drove back the darkness as wounded human cultivators watched it fly toward the densest demonic qi.

The Wushi Divine Sparrow swept through worlds occupied by Taixian Shenyuan, destroying evil demons and drawing powerful enemies after it. As Gu An gained vast amounts of lifespan from the battle, he unlocked Lifespan Inheritance, then came upon An Zizai confronting a defiant disciple.

• The Wushi Divine Sparrow annihilated the evil demons in one Great World and descended into another, where Taixian Shenyuan’s forces surrounded it.
• Xuanyuan Renzun and Old Immortal Cixuan watched the bird defeat its attackers, while Star Lord Beichen grew alarmed at its power.
• Gu An gained enormous amounts of lifespan from the fighting and reflected on the danger of killing too many beings.
• Gu An’s lifespan exceeded ten quadrillion years, activating the Lifespan Inheritance function, which let him enter the preaching grounds of annihilated enlightenment-seekers at a cost of at least one hundred billion years.
• Gu An walked through the Daoist rite grounds and saw An Zizai lecturing a young disciple who stubbornly met his gaze.

Gu An intervened in An Zizai’s dispute with Zhuang Xian and approved the disciple’s request to confront injustice, sending him out to gain experience for at least a thousand years. As Gu An continued walking, he sensed a new and powerful variable entering the battle among the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

• An Zizai reprimanded Zhuang Xian for interfering in a worldly grievance, while Zhuang Xian insisted he could not ignore injustice.
• Gu An arrived, heard what Zhuang Xian had done, and told An Zizai to let the disciple go out and gain experience.
• An Zizai ordered Zhuang Xian to remain outside Wushi for at least a thousand years, and Zhuang Xian accepted without hesitation.
• Gu An noticed a new variable in the battle among the Three Thousand Great Worlds and realized an unforeseen powerful existence was joining it.

Zhu Xi, Xuanyuan Renzun, and Old Immortal Cixuan watched the Wushi Divine Sparrow battle across the Three Thousand Great Worlds as a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal arrived. Gu An realized the immortal god intended to seize control of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and a mysterious white-robed figure began to darken the firmaments with a clenched hand.

• Zhu Xi worried that Taixian Shenyuan might lose and feared the Taiwei Great World would be ravaged by fiends if he prevailed.
• Xuanyuan Renzun and Old Immortal Cixuan praised the Wushi Divine Sparrow as it burned fiends and pushed through the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Xuanyuan Renzun identified a newly arrived presence as a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal, leaving Old Immortal Cixuan alarmed about whether Grandmaster Wushi would intervene.
• Gu An told An Xin that an immortal god had come to take control of the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• A white-robed figure raised a hand in the darkness and clenched it into a fist, plunging the firmaments of the Three Thousand Great Worlds into deeper darkness.