Chapter Summaries

As the Demon Calamity approached, Gu An watched Six-Headed Jiaoluo lead millions of demons toward Eight Dynasties Land while hiding his own strength and reassuring those around him. After Lu Lingjun and Old Ancestor Xuanquan were defeated, the sect appealed to Sword Venerable Fudao, and Emperor Fiend warned Gu An that fleeing across the ocean might be the only path to survival.

• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother warned Su Han that the Demon Calamity would hinder his cultivation and that the Hating Heaven Divine Sword had fixed his lifespan unless he reached the Immortal Realm, and Su Han began cultivating.
• Gu An learned that Six-Headed Jiaoluo was leading millions of demons south, comforted the frightened Tian Yao'er, and reassured Mystic Valley's disciples after a dragon cry rang out.
• Taixuan Sect sent Lu Lingjun and Old Ancestor Xuanquan to fight Six-Headed Jiaoluo, but the two were defeated and retreated with injuries while Gu An watched over them.
• Gu An suspected that the Demon Emperor might be behind Six-Headed Jiaoluo's advance, as the demon refrained from invading human territory despite overpowering the defenders.
• Emperor Fiend told Gu An that the Northern Border was in danger and the sect was asking Sword Venerable Fudao to act, then said the ocean might be the only escape from the calamity.

As Six-Headed Jiaoluo led the Calamity of Demons and Monsters against the human race, Lu Lingjun and the cultivators of the Eight Dynasties Land joined the desperate defense. With the Taixuan Sect facing danger, hundreds of thousands of disciples called for Sword Venerable Fudao to act, and every sword around them began to tremble beneath a vast Sword Intent.

• Gu An watched the Heaven-Mending Platform and weighed whether intervening would hasten the Demon Calamity, while Emperor Fiend discussed escape across the ocean.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor watched the northern battlefront, and Lu Lingjun chose to remain rather than abandon the Taixuan Sect.
• Six-Headed Jiaoluo led the demon horde toward the human forces, prompting Liang Canghai, Old Ancestor Xuanquan, Lu Lingjun, Han Ming, and other cultivators to prepare for a fight to the death.
• Six-Headed Jiaoluo began the Calamity of Demons and Monsters, and powerful cultivators from the Eight Dynasties Land and the Southern Ocean rushed to defend the human race.
• Gu An reassured Chu Jingfeng that he could still become a hero as the Taixuan Sect disciples began shouting for Sword Venerable Fudao to take action.
• Gu Zong and the other disciples saw their swords tremble as a vast Sword Intent enveloped them, suggesting that Sword Venerable Fudao had heard their plea.

Gu An used the Million Sword Swarm to kill Six-Headed Jiaoluo, turning the battlefield’s desperate defense into a rout of the demon army. He returned the swords to their owners in Outer Sect City and wondered whether his intervention would hasten the Demon Calamity.

• Over a million swords flew north from the city, and Gu Zong believed their Sword Intent could challenge Six-Headed Jiaoluo.
• Six-Headed Jiaoluo overwhelmed the cultivators, while Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor considered retreating.
• The Million Sword Swarm pierced through Six-Headed Jiaoluo, destroyed his Primordial Spirit, and left his Mahayana Demon Core behind.
• Liang Canghai led the cultivators against the fleeing demon army as the swords flew back toward Great Cang Dynasty.
• Gu An took Six-Headed Jiaoluo's Demon Core, returned to Mystic Valley Pavilion, and guided the million swords back to their owners in Outer Sect City.
• Emperor Fiend realized Sword Venerable Fudao had killed Six-Headed Jiaoluo and returned to the Heaven-Mending Platform to study his Sword Intent.

Gu An began secretly hunting demons to save people and gather lifespan while Taixuan Sect disciples descended the mountain to fight the growing threat. The chapter ended as Ye Lan, Zhen Qin, and the Law Enforcement Hall disciples were confronted in the forest by Su Han and figures carrying a coffin.

• Gu An visited Outer Sect City, where disciples celebrated Sword Venerable Fudao's victory, and Great Elder Feng Shang persuaded him to write about Fudao in Shattering Void by offering him Sixth-Grade Herb seeds.
• Gu An spent the Spring Festival with Tian Yao'er, who questioned him about Dao companions before he redirected her attention to cultivation.
• Gu An made a distinctive set of robes, disguised himself with a mask and bamboo hat, and descended the mountain to slay demons attacking ordinary people.
• Gu An rescued an escort convoy by killing nine Demon Beasts, then continued hunting monsters that threatened civilians.
• Ye Lan and Zhen Qin discussed Sword Venerable Fudao and Su Han with fellow disciples while camping in the forest.
• Su Han's voice rang through the forest, and Ye Lan and the Law Enforcement Hall disciples prepared to fight as figures carrying a coffin emerged from the darkness.

Gu An continued secretly rescuing people and killing demons, reaching more than eight million years of lifespan while the calamity spread and the cultivation world rallied behind the returning Mahayana cultivator Dao Lord. After slaughtering demons that had captured villagers, Gu An faced a transformed demon named Zhang Buku, whom the rescued villagers had begged him to spare.

• Su Han emerged from the coffin after the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities let Ye Lan and Zhen Qin's group leave, while Gu An watched from afar.
• Gu An told An Xin that An Hao was in Tianwei, where he was cultivating in seclusion before a planned marriage to the princess.
• By his ninetieth birthday, Gu An had slain more than twelve thousand three hundred Demon Beasts and accumulated over eight million years of lifespan.
• Gu An sensed a Mahayana Realm cultivator walking across the sea on a White Lotus Stairway, and the cultivation world later learned that Dao Lord of the Cangtian Sect had returned.
• The Great Cang Dynasty absorbed Wu Zhen, Tianwei annexed Great Zhao, and the Nine Dynasties Land became the Six Dynasties Land.
• Gu An killed demons attacking villagers in a valley, but the rescued people pleaded for the transformed demon Zhang Buku, who had tried to protect them.

Gu An rescued Zhang Buku from demons, revealed his identity, and encouraged him to accept his mixed heritage and cultivate. A year later, Gu An had become known as the Green Hero while the Demon Calamity worsened, and he resolved to test its limits to protect Ye Lan.

• Gu An stopped Zhang Buku from attacking him, revealed himself as Uncle Gu, and gave him medicine after recognizing him as Zhang Chunqiu's son.
• Gu An gave Zhang Buku the Demonic Shadow Divine Technique and demon treasures, urged him to define himself by the person he wished to become, and left to rescue others.
• Over the next year, Gu An repeatedly saved people and demons, earning the folk reputation of the Green Hero as Great Cultivators returned and the Demon Calamity spread.
• At Mystic Valley, Gu An defeated Chu Jingfeng in a swordsmanship match, then listened as Ye Lan worried about the rising threat from the Land of Demons and Monsters.
• Ye Lan discussed fleeing overseas with Gu An if Great Jiang fell, while Gu An privately resolved to test the Demon Calamity's limits and protect her.

Gu An reached ten million years of lifespan and unlocked the Lifespan Fusion function, while learning more about the ocean and witnessing a battle near Heavenly Phoenix Mountain. He left Tian Yao'er teasingly angry and eager for him to stay the night and read with her.

• The Demon Teacher told a messenger that the Demon Ancestor could not revive without a suitable soul, but advised the Demon Emperor to destroy him if he regained consciousness.
• Gu An studied an Ocean Map at the Inner Sect Library Hall, and the Veiled Woman left Xu Lu more maps for him, saying someone wished to accept Gu An as a disciple and that he had another identity.
• Gu An visited Tian Yao'er at Nianchu Cave and sensed Ji Xiaoyu and her companions fighting an Ancient Relic Beast before a Profound Heart Realm Great Demon joined the battle.
• Gu An's lifespan surpassed ten million years, unlocking Lifespan Fusion, which could combine abilities, spells, and powers by consuming lifespan.
• Gu An joked that Tian Yao'er had eaten medicinal herbs, then offered to teach her a spell; she instead asked him to stay the night and read with her.

Gu An rescued Ji Xiaoyu from a powerful demon while concealing his identity, then traveled to a remote sea island to improve his cultivation techniques. He fused five techniques into the Five Elements Dao Technique, spending 500,000 years of lifespan.

• Gu An stayed with Tian Yao'er while monitoring the battle near Heavenly Phoenix Mountain, where Ji Xiaoyu and the others were overwhelmed and forced to flee.
• Ji Xiaoyu escaped through the Land of Demons and Monsters, but the Terrifying Lion Demon cornered her after she hid in a Formation.
• Gu An killed the Terrifying Lion Demon, rescued Ji Xiaoyu, and brought her to an underground cave to recover.
• Gu An returned to Tian Yao'er, then flew across the sea in his Demon Shadow form and reached a remote island suitable for a breakthrough.
• Gu An fused the Innate Earth Immortal Technique with four other cultivation techniques, spending 500,000 years of lifespan to comprehend the Five Elements Dao Technique.

Gu An evolved his physique and techniques on an isolated island, then used lifespan to cultivate with the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Innate Technique. He reached the ninth layer of the Scattered Immortal Realm but had yet to survive the tribulation required to enter the Wandering Immortal Realm.

• Gu An evolved his Five Elements Precious Body into a Mysterious Saint Body while divine senses repeatedly swept across the sea around his island.
• Gu An moved to a smaller island and evolved the Five Elements Dao Technique into the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Innate Technique, gaining the Palm of Qiankun divine ability.
• Gu An evolved the Innate As-You-Will Technique into the Myriad Forms Qi Art and gained the Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth divine ability as cultivators flew over the sea.
• Gu An spent lifespan recultivating with his new technique, repeatedly failing the Heavenly Five Mysteries Divine Tribulation before finally reaching the first layer of the Scattered Immortal Realm.
• Gu An advanced through the Scattered Immortal Realm to its ninth layer, but repeatedly failed the Yin-Yang Primordial Five Emperors Tribulation and was left weighing how to use his remaining lifespan.

Gu An advanced from the Scattered Immortal Realm to the Wandering Immortal Ninth Layer while stranded at sea, then perfected a new sword technique. He left the ocean and arrived above the Taixuan Sect, newly confident in his immense power.

• Gu An spent lifespan to break through to the Wandering Immortal Ninth Layer, but failed to advance further into the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm.
• A giant wave swallowed Gu An’s island, and a Deep Sea Ancient Whale at the Nirvana Realm Eighth Layer struck it apart as Gu An continued his breakthrough underwater.
• Gu An reached the Wandering Immortal First Layer on the seafloor and heard a newly freed Scattered Immortal vow revenge on the Seven Stars Spirit Realm.
• Gu An used lifespan to evolve the Great Vast God-Startling Sword into the Cangxing Zhentian Wuliang Sword and brought it to perfection.
• Gu An closed the Longevity Barrier, sensed Xiao Chuan at the Third Medicine Valley of the Taixuan Sect, and stepped there from tens of thousands of miles above the sky.

Gu An taught Ji Xiaoyu Dao Gang Primordial Qi, learned she wanted to destroy Seven Stars Spirit Realm, and agreed to work with her after revealing its role in the Calamity of Demons and Monsters. Back in Taixuan Sect, he continued hiding his strength as he learned that Head Disciple Xuan Tianyi had returned as a Mahayana Realm cultivator.

• Gu An surveyed Taixuan Sect, found four Profound Heart Realm cultivators, and considered secretly helping Lu Baitian through his next tribulation.
• Gu An taught Ji Xiaoyu Dao Gang Primordial Qi and heard her call Seven Stars Spirit Realm a demon's den and ask for his help overthrowing it.
• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu that Seven Stars Spirit Realm had caused the Calamity of Demons and Monsters, agreed to work with her, and sent her to the edge of the Great Jiang Dynasty.
• Gu An resumed farming and planned to disguise his Wandering Immortal strength by slowly raising his apparent cultivation with pills.
• Gu Yu told Gu An and Lu Lingjun that Head Disciple Xuan Tianyi had returned, reached the Mahayana Realm, and would preach the Dao after Spring Festival.

Gu An met Xuan Tianyi, the Mahayana Realm Head Disciple, and bonded with him over their shared love of books. Xuan Tianyi became Gu An’s sworn elder brother, gave him a cultivation technique, and left after they talked through the night.

• After Xuan Tianyi’s legendary cultivation history spread, he visited Gu An at Third Medicine Valley with Ji Hantian.
• Xuan Tianyi praised Gu An’s Investiture of the Gods and told him that his own book was Travels of the Green Hero.
• Gu An enthusiastically praised Travels of the Green Hero, and Xuan Tianyi decided they were kindred spirits and insisted they become sworn brothers.
• Xuan Tianyi gave Gu An a Jade Slip containing his cultivation technique and promised to send him cultivation resources after the new year.
• Gu An told Xuan Tianyi that his next book would be called Journey to the West, then the two discussed Taoist Xunchun until dawn.
• Lu Lingjun teased Gu An about spending the night with Xuan Tianyi, and Gu An joked that she should stop hoping to become his Dao companion.

During the Spring Festival, Gu An avoided Ye Lan’s advances and reflected on how romance and karma could pull him into worldly troubles. After visiting Jiang Qiong and Tian Yao'er, he returned to Third Medicine Valley, where Xiao Chuan wondered how far his senior brother had surpassed him.

• Gu An celebrated the Spring Festival with his disciples, heard reports of growing chaos and Su Han’s exploits, and resolved to wait for the Demon Emperor and Demon Ancestor before intervening.
• Ye Lan tried to force herself on Gu An, but he overpowered her; the next morning, she and Zhen Qin left Mystic Valley.
• Gu An told Jiang Qiong that he would not accept Ye Lan’s feelings because he wanted her to focus on cultivation, then pretended to get drunk when Jiang Qiong force-fed him wine.
• Gu An visited Tian Yao'er, instructed her in cultivation, and fled when she tried to cling to him.
• Gu An pondered whether Heaven was drawing him into romantic entanglements, while Xiao Chuan reflected that Gu An had become someone beyond his reach; An Xin then told Xiao Chuan that White Spirit Mouse had returned.

The White Spirit Mouse accidentally gave An Xin a Water Spirit Pearl, and Gu An compensated its owner while protecting his disciple. Later, Gu An appointed Jiang Qiong to lead the Epiphyllum Sect, and she returned determined to build her own power as the Demon Calamity neared.

• The White Spirit Mouse spat a pearl at An Xin, and Lu Lingjun identified it as a Water Spirit Pearl that had granted her a fortuitous opportunity.
• Gu An offered the pearl’s owner twenty Sixth-Grade Herbs and invoked An Hao’s name to settle the dispute peacefully.
• Xuan Tianyi’s preaching assembly boosted his prestige, and he later slew a Mahayana Great Demon King and three Profound Heart Realm Demon Kings at the border.
• Gu An revealed the Epiphyllum Sect Master’s token to Jiang Qiong and appointed her Envoy, noting that her conflict with the Seven Stars Spirit Realm was one reason he chose her.
• Jiang Qiong returned three months later and told Gu An she would establish her own force, warning that the Demon Calamity was about to erupt in full.

Gu An continued his peaceful life in the Medicine Valleys while the Seven Stars Spirit Realm prepared for the Demon Ancestor’s resurrection. In Tianya Valley, Ji Ruolai revealed that Gu An had written Investiture of the Gods, leaving Luo Hun astonished.

• An Hao used his Great Vast God-Startling Sword to frighten Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities into retreating from Heavenly Palace Mountain, while Su Han watched with envy.
• Gu An sensed demons and Nirvana Realm cultivators gathering around a sacrificial altar for the Demon Ancestor’s resurrection, but chose not to intervene yet.
• Gu An spoke with An Xin in Third Medicine Valley and gave her the White Spirit Mouse to care for.
• Gu An visited Tianya Valley, where Luo Hun delivered a Golden Pill from Li Xuandao and received the latest Travels of the Green Hero from Gu An.
• Ji Ruolai said Xuan Tianyi had written Travels of the Green Hero and identified Gu An as the author of Investiture of the Gods, shocking Luo Hun.

As the Demon Ancestor’s terrifying presence loomed over the Three Dynasties, Gu An assessed the coming calamity while the human forces prepared to fight. The chapter ended with Su Han refusing to target Li Ya, an ancient enemy confronting the Longevity Daoist, and Gu An discovering that the Seven Stars Spirit Realm was teleporting demons into the Three Dynasties.

• Gu An revealed himself as Pan An to Ji Ruolai and Luo Hun, then left after Ji Ruolai praised his loyalty to Taixuan Sect.
• A demonic aura lasted for seven days, and the Demon Ancestor’s eyes appeared in the clouds as Xuan Tianyi vowed to slay him and flew toward the Northern Border.
• Tian Yao’er told Gu An that an unfamiliar rage was stirring in her, while Gu An sensed that a force was driving the demons and monsters of the Land of Demons and Monsters berserk.
• Lu Baitian and Ji Hantian stood together at the Northern Border as the demonic tide approached, despite the Ji Family withdrawing most of its disciples.
• Su Han refused the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother’s plan to target Li Ya, and a mysterious figure in thunderclouds challenged the Longevity Daoist.
• Gu An discovered spatial formations in ancient ruins and forbidden lands were teleporting demons into the Three Dynasties, and concluded that the Seven Stars Spirit Realm was aiding the invasion.

As demons ravaged the world, Gu An traveled as Green Hero, rescued survivors, and returned to Taixuan Sect. He secretly killed the Demon Teacher with the Heaven-Severing Axe, leaving Emperor Fiend awed by Sword Venerable Fudao and Taixuan Sect’s elders unable to lift the weapon.

• Gu An slaughtered demons attacking a mountain town, then returned to Mystic Valley and wrote to calm the hostility stirred by the carnage.
• Gu An sensed Xuan Tianyi fighting three Great Demon Kings while he harvested herbs at Third Medicine Valley.
• Gu An found the Demon Teacher speaking with Emperor Fiend on the Heaven-Mending Platform and left to fetch the Heaven-Severing Axe.
• Gu An hurled the axe from a distant mountaintop, and it struck the Demon Teacher, reducing him to a bloody corpse before the gathered cultivators.
• Old Ancestor Xuanquan identified the dead intruder as a great demon, while the cultivators recognized Sword Venerable Fudao’s Sword Intent on the axe.
• Emperor Fiend realized Sword Venerable Fudao had spared him, and Old Ancestor Xuanquan failed to lift the Heaven-Severing Axe.

After Sword Venerable Fudao killed the Demon Teacher and left the Heaven-Severing Axe at Taixuan Sect, cultivators gathered to test its inheritance. Xuan Tianyi arrived to investigate the demon’s remains, failed to lift the axe, and unleashed his power in a renewed attempt.

• Old Ancestor Xuanquan failed to lift the Heaven-Severing Axe, while Gu An watched from afar and decided to seek a suitable inheritor later.
• Old Ancestor Xuanquan took the bloodied Emperor Fiend away, and Li Ya left Three Pure Mountains to return to Taixuan Sect and help amid the chaos.
• At a war council, Xuan Tianyi and other leaders discussed Sword Venerable Fudao’s victory and whether the slain demon had been the Demon Emperor or Demon Teacher.
• Xuan Tianyi arrived at the Heaven-Mending Platform, examined the Demon Teacher’s White Bone, and realized the demon had surpassed the Mahayana Realm.
• Xuan Tianyi failed to move the Heaven-Severing Axe and erupted with spiritual power, but the axe remained still as cyan runes appeared on his neck.

After Xuan Tianyi failed to lift the Heaven-Severing Axe, he privately confided his humiliation to Gu An, who was pleased to become his sworn elder brother. Months later, Sword Venerable Fudao was revealed as an Immortal, and Ji Xiaoyu returned to the Taixuan Sect to meet him before trying to lift the axe herself.

• Xuan Tianyi failed to move the Heaven-Severing Axe, accepted his defeat publicly, and vowed to challenge Sword Venerable Fudao after wiping out the Demon Calamity.
• Xuan Tianyi vented to Gu An over drinks, and they jokingly made Sword Venerable Fudao their eldest sworn brother, with Gu An taking the second-brother role.
• Xuan Tianyi left for the front lines, while Gu An enjoyed the disciples’ renewed confidence and sparred with An Xin.
• News spread that Sword Venerable Fudao was an Immortal who had killed the Demon Teacher, and Gu An worried that powerful enemies would now target him.
• Ji Xiaoyu returned to meet Sword Venerable Fudao and took Gu An to the Heaven-Mending Platform, where she explained the axe’s connection to the Heaven-Severing Divine Axe inheritance.
• Ji Xiaoyu grasped the Heaven-Severing Axe as Gu An sensed an Innate Dao Talisman’s power surging within her.

Gu An witnessed Su Han clash with Wu Jue, then learned that the Demon Emperor had ordered a messenger to contact Sword Venerable Fudao as a fifty-thousand-year-sealed Fierce Demon neared its escape. He returned to Third Medicine Valley troubled by the cruelty he had seen, where someone was waiting in his pavilion.

• Ji Xiaoyu failed to pull the Heaven-Severing Axe, and Gu An pretended to try before leaving the Heaven-Mending Platform.
• Gu An resumed hunting demons as Green Hero while the Demon Calamity continued and his lifespan grew.
• Wu Jue fought Su Han and revealed that Gu An had taught him the Gale Absolute Shadow Leg; Su Han withdrew with Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities.
• The Demon Emperor learned that the Fierce Demon sealed for fifty thousand years was close to breaking free and ordered the Red-Scaled Serpent to deliver a message to Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley at dusk, troubled by the cruelty of people, and found someone waiting in his pavilion.