Recaps

Gu An sensed a powerful black-robed man appear Beyond Heaven and later enter Third Medicine Valley with his aura suppressed. Lifespan Inspection identified him as Sun Moon Dark Emperor, a Divine Sense True Immortal Realm eighth-layer cultivator, and Ji Xiaoyu also noticed his arrival.

• An Xin asked Gu An about her fellow disciples' cultivation and whether she could become an immortal, while Gu An concealed Long Qing's true strength and encouraged her to keep cultivating.
• Six years later, Long Qing trained under Shenxinzi, who told him his strength could defeat a Qi Refining cultivator at the third level.
• A black-robed man appeared through a rift Beyond Heaven, then vanished as a battle erupted near the Sacred Court; Nine-Fingered Divine Lord left his chess game with Gu An to investigate.
• After a month without news, the black-robed man entered Third Medicine Valley with his aura suppressed to the Golden Core Realm.
• Gu An used Lifespan Inspection and learned the visitor was Sun Moon Dark Emperor, a Divine Sense True Immortal Realm eighth-layer cultivator over fifteen million years old.
• Ji Xiaoyu came out of her room and watched Sun Moon Dark Emperor approach.

The Sun Moon Dark Emperor brought Ji Xiaoyu her Soul Jade and warned her of a major change in the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain, while she chose to remain in Third Medicine Valley for now. Ten years later, Gu An visited Xiao Chuan, who asked him to choose a future disciple from Chuan Mansion.

• The Sun Moon Dark Emperor gave Ji Xiaoyu her Soul Jade and told her that she was the Reincarnation Dao Emperor, who had lived for more than twenty million years.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An that the Ji Family had been founded by her adopted son and that she would stay in Third Medicine Valley for now.
• The Sun Moon Dark Emperor settled into secluded cultivation in Third Medicine Valley, where he remained for ten years.
• Gu An visited Xiao Chuan and listened as Xiao Chuan lamented a dispute among his descendants over a forced marriage alliance.
• Xiao Chuan asked Gu An to take a future disciple from Chuan Mansion, and Gu An agreed while reserving the choice for himself.

Gu An spent decades gathering lifespan and tending his disciples before a powerful Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal caused a continent-wide disaster. Five years later, he declined an Immortal Dynasty banquet that might bring trouble, while Lu Lingjun and other visitors arrived at Human World Peak to discuss an unspecified matter.

• Gu An visited Xiao Chuan, discussed cultivation and events in the immortal world, and resolved to save lifespan until he had one billion years.
• Gu An spent thirty years collecting herbs and teaching his disciples, gaining fifty million years of lifespan as Long Qing advanced in body refinement.
• A Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal’s violent cultivation shook Taicang Continent, and the Sacred Court’s forces eventually subdued him with Carefree Origin Immortal and Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal intervening.
• Sun Moon Dark Emperor told Ji Xiaoyu that the Sacred Court was nearing a tribulation and hinted that a major event would soon unfold.
• Five years later, Gu An declined Immortal Emperor Yang’s banquet invitation and instructed Zhu Xinglan to expand Sky-Settling Peak’s herb cultivation.
• Lu Lingjun arrived at Human World Peak with the Holy Mother of West Spirit and others, and Gu An took An Xin back with him.

Gu An reunited with Gu Yu and Zhang Xianwang, who revealed the Immortal Dynasty’s origins and invited him to join. Zhang Xianwang claimed the dynasty had found true immortals and planned to clear away the mortal world’s obstacles, leaving Gu An wary because of his ties to the Sacred Court.

• Gu An visited Outer Sect City with Blood Prison Great Sage, who asked about Long Qing’s unusual growth, and Gu An confirmed Long Qing was like him.
• Gu An met Gu Yu at the Heaven-Mending Platform, where Gu Yu told him that Li Ya had inherited the Three Pure Mountains’ legacy and reached the Profound Heart Realm.
• Zhang Xianwang approached Gu An, and the two left together to talk at an inn.
• Zhang Xianwang revealed that he came from the Immortal Dynasty and offered to help Gu An reach the Nirvana Realm if he joined, but refused to bring anyone else.
• Zhang Xianwang said the Immortal Dynasty had found true immortals beyond the heavens and would remove obstacles for them, prompting Gu An to worry that the dynasty intended to destroy the world and conflict with the Sacred Court.

Gu An learned that the Immortal Dynasty was secretly placing Immortal Spirits across the world while recruiting powerful cultivators, and An Hao agreed to join it after being challenged by one of its envoys. The chapter ended with Shen Zhen describing a vision of two mighty figures preparing to face each other above the Ninth Heaven.

• Zhang Xianwang told Gu An about the Immortal Dynasty’s ancient history and said he would stay at the Taixuan Sect while Gu An considered joining it.
• Gu An discovered that Immortal Spirits were secretly scattered across the world, and he later took An Xin to meet Lu Lingjun in disguise.
• An Xin returned delighted that Lu Lingjun had mistaken her for a senior, and Gu An urged her to cultivate humbly and keep pursuing her goals.
• An Immortal Dynasty envoy told An Hao that his physique and fortune made him suited to join the dynasty, and An Hao agreed to join if he could defeat the envoy.
• Gu An discovered that An Hao had left the Sea-Severing Domain with a Wondrous Dharma Spirit Immortal and chose not to interfere.
• Shen Zhen told Gu An about a painting he imagined, depicting two figures standing opposed above the Ninth Heaven.

Gu An’s cultivation world was shaken when Immortal Ancestor Yuanxu sacrificed himself to open Reincarnation and grant all living beings immortal rain. As golden rain spread and Immortal Spirits preached across the world, Gu An watched the Immortal Dynasty reveal its power and influence.

• Shen Zhen speculated that she might be an Immortal reincarnated, while Gu An reflected on his loneliness and began writing a new book.
• Nine years after Gu An published Romance of the Three Kingdoms, You Yingying confronted him over Zhuge Liang’s death, and he escaped into Ji Xiaoyu’s room.
• Gu An discovered that the fragrant red scarf on Ji Xiaoyu’s bed was an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure and suspected it came from her previous life.
• Immortal Ancestor Yuanxu announced that he would sacrifice his thirty million years of Dao cultivation to aid all beings and open Reincarnation, then destroyed his body to begin the process.
• Golden rain fell across the Heavenly Spirit Great World and enhanced living beings’ cultivation as Immortal Spirits, including Zhang Xianwang, preached the Dao throughout the world.

After Immortal Ancestor Yuanxu’s golden rain blessed all living beings and boosted the Immortal Dynasty’s fortune, Gu An witnessed the world’s gratitude and the rising tension between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court. Five days later, while visiting Immortal Seeking Island, he encountered Immortal Lord Chiming, who mistook him for the island lord Meng Lang.

• Gu An discovered that the golden rain had raised the cultivation and maximum lifespans of Taixuan Sect’s disciples, while the Immortal Dynasty’s fortune surged after Yuanxu’s sacrifice.
• Ji Xiaoyu predicted great chaos and discussed how Yuanxu’s deed challenged the Sacred Court; Gu An observed Sacred Court cultivators guarding the Reincarnation Vortex.
• People across Taicang Continent honored Yuanxu, and five days later Gu An visited Immortal Seeking Island, where its people praised the blessing and discussed Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
• Gu An left the island lord’s manor with Hu Xiaojian, encountered Immortal Lord Chiming, and saw that he was a third-layer Dao Void Mystic Immortal carrying the Immortal Dynasty’s fortune.
• Immortal Lord Chiming approached Gu An and asked whether he was the island lord, Meng Lang.

Gu An killed Immortal Lord Chiming after refusing to serve him, then secretly harvested mature herbs from sects to gain lifespan. While harvesting spiritual flowers, he encountered Zhu Xi, a young cultivator with an unusually high lifespan, and watched as she absorbed their spiritual energy.

• Immortal Lord Chiming demanded that Gu An serve him, but Gu An refused and later used Ultimate Void Incarnation to kill him and seize his lifespan.
• Gu An observed the growing war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court and resolved to advance his cultivation by harvesting herbs instead of killing innocent people.
• Gu An secretly harvested mature herbs at Purple Pill Palace for fifteen nights, gaining one hundred and fifty million years of lifespan and alarming the sect.
• Gu An tried harvesting at another sect but withdrew when its disciples noticed something abnormal, then chose a distant lake filled with spiritual flowers.
• Gu An saw Zhu Xi find the harvested flowers and discovered through Lifespan Inspection that her maximum lifespan was 9,999 years.
• Zhu Xi absorbed the spiritual energy from the flowers and vowed to avenge them.

Gu An continued secretly harvesting herbs and reached one billion years of lifespan, unlocking a function that let him simulate reality or imagined scenarios. After turning down Zhang Xianwang’s invitation to join the Immortal Dynasty, Gu An prepared to use the new ability to help plan his breakthrough.

• Zhu Xi secretly absorbed the Purple Cloud Flowers at Falling Moon Divine Lake, then fooled the other cultivators into thinking an intruder had stolen them.
• Gu An stopped picking herbs at Falling Moon Divine Lake and gathered lifespan by visiting distant sects, while their members grew alarmed and suspected various enemies.
• Zhang Xianwang invited Gu An to join the Immortal Dynasty, but Gu An refused, and Ji Xiaoyu warned that joining amid the conflict with the Sacred Court could be dangerous.
• Zhang Xianwang accepted Gu An’s refusal, gave him a magic artifact, and left Third Medicine Valley after sharing a drink with him.
• Gu An went to the Bitter Sea Buddhist Sect and harvested herbs until he passed one billion years of lifespan, unlocking the lifespan simulation function.

Gu An went to the Extinction Domain to prepare for his breakthrough, strengthened his physique and cultivation method with hundreds of millions of years of lifespan, and drew the attention of a colossal creature. The chapter ended with the creature appearing in the darkness as Gu An looked toward it.

• Gu An decided to undergo his breakthrough in the Extinction Domain and used a simulation to defeat Sun Moon Dark Emperor, gaining confidence in his strength.
• Gu An traveled through the Extinction Domain and settled on an inconspicuous meteorite inside his Longevity Barrier.
• Gu An spent fifty million years of lifespan to transform his Primordial Supreme Dao Body into the Chaotic Refining Void Body, awakening its full power.
• Gu An spent another fifty million years to advance the Great Thousand Creation Infinite Art into the Eternal Great Infinite Art and strengthen Infinite Clones.
• The surge of Great Dao Spiritual Qi attracted a colossal yao-like creature, which appeared in the darkness before Gu An.

Gu An used evolved cultivation to master powerful techniques and advance to the ninth layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm, causing a disturbance across the universe. The chapter ended with Gu An returning to Third Medicine Valley, where Wu Jue had been waiting for him.

• Gu An mastered the Eternal Great Infinite Art and raised the Seven Gods Golden Body, Battle Will, Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image, and Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal to Return to Simplicity.
• Gu An endured the Heavenly Dao Execution Immortal Nine Absolute Tribulation and broke through to the first layer of the Carefree Immortal Realm, then raised his cultivation to the ninth layer.
• Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Court's Great Cultivators sensed the disturbance from the Extinction Domain and worried about its cause.
• Gu An's Golden Pill transformed into a Dao Seed as his cultivation advanced, while hidden figures watched from the darkness.
• Wu Jue waited at Third Medicine Valley for Gu An, argued about Liu Bei with a Great Cultivator, and saw Gu An emerge from the Teleportation Array Platform.

After reaching the ninth level of the Carefree Immortal Realm, Gu An welcomed Wu Jue’s news that he had reached the Body Integration Realm and secretly harvested herbs to build his lifespan back up. With one billion years accumulated, Gu An prepared for another breakthrough while the Sacred Court investigated the stolen herbs and he watched Zhu Xi cultivate.

• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley after advancing to the ninth level of the Carefree Immortal Realm, and Wu Jue proudly told him he had reached the Body Integration Realm.
• Beyond Heaven, Fu Shenxiu and Bai Ziya discussed the tension between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court and the vast Extinction Domain.
• Gu An secretly harvested herbs at Human World Peak and other places until he had accumulated one billion years of lifespan.
• Ten days later, Gu An prepared to break through but avoided the Extinction Domain because powerful beings were roaming nearby.
• Gu An learned that the Sacred Court was investigating the stolen herbs and used his divine sense to observe Zhu Xi cultivating at Falling Moon Divine Lake.

Gu An watched tensions rise between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court while searching the Extinction Domain for a safe chance to break through. After foreseeing Ji Xiaoyu’s future involvement in the coming war, he went beyond heaven and began spending his lifespan to attempt the Dao Fruit Realm, but his first hundred million years were not enough.

• An Xin asked Gu An about rumors of a war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court, and he said the Taicang Continent could not take part yet.
• Zhu Xinglan told Gu An that an unknown thief had picked herbs across several sects, and Gu An suggested they watch for further trouble.
• Gu An watched two Divine Sense True Immortals fight in the Extinction Domain and judged them weaker than the Sun Moon Dark Emperor.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An she was leaving to break through to the Body Integration Realm, and Gu An saw that her fate would draw her into the coming war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Sacred Court.
• Gu An traveled secretly into the Extinction Domain, invested a hundred million years of lifespan in attempts to reach the Dao Fruit Realm, and failed to break through before investing another hundred million years.

Gu An endured hundreds of failed tribulation attempts before breaking through into the perfected Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm and creating his innate Great Divine Ability, True Words of Longevity. As he explored the universe with his divine sense, enormous eyes appeared in the darkness once again.

• Gu An spent hundreds of millions of years of lifespan on failed attempts before successfully passing the Heavenly Dao Taiyi Divine Origin Tribulation and entering the Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm.
• Gu An used the surging Great Dao Spiritual Qi to advance to the perfected Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm while the Longevity Barrier consumed another 120 million years of lifespan.
• Gu An formed his Dao Fruit and created the innate Great Divine Ability True Words of Longevity, which used karma and fate to determine living beings' life, death, and destiny.
• Ancient Immortal Emperor and Saint Ancestor observed the upheaval from beyond heaven and agreed to let their juniors struggle unless the Heavenly Demon threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World's survival.
• Gu An explored the Extinction Domain with his divine sense, found several other Great Worlds, and then sensed enormous eyes appearing in the darkness.

Gu An reached the perfected realm of Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal and forged the Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure Fate-Fixing Pen, while mysterious figures vanished into reincarnation. He returned to Third Medicine Valley, where Nine-Fingered Divine Lord claimed the pen really was an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure.

• Gu An watched two figures emerge from giant eyes and disappear through the Reincarnation Rules into the light layer Beyond Heaven.
• Gu An completed his breakthrough to the perfected realm of Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal and forged the Fate-Fixing Pen, preventing it from connecting to the Heavenly Dao Rules.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley and joked with You Yingying about selling his new pen for one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Nine-Fingered Divine Lord examined the Fate-Fixing Pen and agreed that it really was an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure.

Gu An defeated Nine-Fingered Divine Lord at chess, humbled Long Qing in a spar, and checked on Tian Yao'er as unrest spread between the Heavenly Demons and the Heavenly Spirit Great World. He discovered a Phoenix hidden within one of the seven suns Beyond Heaven, apparently calling to Tian Yao'er.

• Gu An beat Nine-Fingered Divine Lord at chess, then declined to help You Yingying remove the karmic restriction keeping her from cultivation.
• Gu An and You Yingying visited Long Qing, and Gu An swiftly knocked him into a tree during their spar.
• Heavenly Demons gathered near the Heavenly Spirit Great World as its Great Cultivators Beyond Heaven prepared for confrontation.
• Gu An sparred with Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai, then listened as Tian Yao'er described her restless qi and the mysterious call she felt.
• Gu An looked toward the seven suns Beyond Heaven and saw a Phoenix within one of them as the awakened beings watched the approaching Heavenly Demons.

Gu An discovered that Tian Yao'er was descended from the Phoenix and reassured her that he would not send her away. He encouraged Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to pursue immortality, and Xuanmiao resolved to establish the Heavenly Court; after the New Year gathering, Gu An reunited with Hao Dragon in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven.

• Gu An recognized Tian Yao'er's faint karmic connection to a powerful Phoenix ancestor and promised he would not abandon her.
• Gu An urged Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to focus on cultivation, and Xuanmiao declared that he wanted to become an immortal and establish the Heavenly Court.
• At the New Year gathering in the Third Medicine Valley, Gu An observed the mounting tension between the Sacred Court and more than a million Heavenly Demons, including two Divine Sense True Immortals.
• Gu An left the valley the next morning and found Hao Dragon beneath the Azure Vine Tree in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven.
• Hao Dragon told Gu An that it had secretly followed the Ancient Hao Sect to the Spring Festival gathering so it could see him, while Gu An sensed someone approaching.

Gu An confronted Zhuimo, a powerful intruder who coveted the Azure Vine Tree and threatened Hao Dragon. Gu An subdued him and used the Fate-Fixing Pen to erase every backer Zhuimo could call upon, leaving Zhuimo overwhelmed by terror.

• Hao Dragon refused Gu An’s offer to return to the Taixuan Sect, and Zhuimo emerged from a cave with a black spider on his shoulder.
• Zhuimo revealed that he had helped Hao Dragon reach the hidden grotto and demanded that Hao Dragon submit to him.
• Zhuimo attacked Gu An, but Gu An blocked him with the Fate-Fixing Pen and immobilized him.
• Zhuimo threatened Gu An with his master and other allies, but Gu An forced him to his knees.
• Gu An wrote the word “death” with the Fate-Fixing Pen and erased Zhuimo’s possible backers, leaving Zhuimo gripped by fear.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Demons invade the Heavenly Spirit Great World while choosing not to intervene, as its defenders fought back across the world. The battle eased on the Taicang Continent, but Zhu Xi fled into danger on a distant island, where a Heavenly Demon approached her.

• Gu An killed Zhuimo with the Fate-Fixing Pen, warned Hao Dragon to keep silent, and confirmed the pen could seize lifespan.
• Over the following five years, Gu An resumed his quiet life as more than five million Heavenly Demons gathered beyond the world.
• The Heavenly Demons invaded in falling meteors, and Shenxinzi, the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord, and other defenders fought to protect the continents while Gu An observed.
• Sun Moon Dark Emperor sensed that Long Qing's changing karma connected him to the Heavenly Demons.
• Gu An noticed Heavenly Demons slipping into the mortal world and suspected some had come seeking Long Qing.
• Zhu Xi escaped the attack on Falling Moon Divine Lake, but a Scattered Immortal Realm Heavenly Demon approached her on an island as she sensed danger all around.

Demon Emperor E'Mo used a mysterious karmic power to pull countless people from the Heavenly Spirit Great World into the Nine Abyss Realm, where Gu An, Ye Lan, and Zhen Qin found themselves among the captives. As E'Mo announced that they had no way to escape, Gu An and the others faced an unknown ordeal.

• A female Heavenly Demon tried to possess Zhu Xi, but Zhu Xi devoured her soul and woke unharmed.
• Shenxinzi told Long Qing that the Heavenly Demons' invasion had been repelled, while Li Ya prepared to leave Three Pure Mountains and seek experience in the world.
• Demon Emperor E'Mo revealed that the invasion served a greater purpose, then transformed into a black sphere that Ancient Immortal Emperor and Saint Ancestor could not disperse.
• A black karmic net ensnared Ye Lan, Zhen Qin, Long Qing, and many others, and Gu An vanished with Ye Lan and Zhen Qin as they were transported away.
• Gu An, Ye Lan, and Zhen Qin arrived in the Nine Abyss Realm, where Demon Emperor E'Mo declared that no one could save them and promised them only a thread of life.

Demon Emperor E'Mo trapped Gu An, Ye Lan, Zhen Qin, and many others in the Nine Abyss Realm, where Heavenly Demon reincarnations were urged to fight the world's inhabitants. Gu An joined Taixuan Sect disciples and watched as they regrouped, while Li Ya drew a swarm of Heavenly Demons into battle.

• Demon Emperor E'Mo declared that Heavenly Demons and the inhabitants of the Heavenly Spirit Great World had to kill each other to regain their freedom, and Gu An realized the Heavenly Dao protected the world's living beings from mass slaughter.
• After E'Mo and the giant eyes vanished, Ye Lan decided to gather Taixuan Sect disciples, and she, Zhen Qin, and Gu An descended the hillside together.
• Gu An sensed more than a million Heavenly Demons in the Nine Abyss Realm and followed Ye Lan's group while keeping watch over Ji Xiaoyu, An Hao, Li Ya, and the others.
• The Taixuan Sect group spotted Li Ya using Divine Wonder City's power to suppress a Heavenly Demon, attracting more enemies around him.
• Gu An and the others reunited with An Xin, Long Qing, and the Taixuan Sect disciples, while Long Qing eagerly anticipated fighting the Heavenly Demons.

Gu An secretly helped the Heavenly Spirit Great World's fighters gain the upper hand in the Nine Abyss Realm while Demon Emperor E'Mo searched for Long Qing Great Emperor. When E'Mo confronted Long Qing, Gu An stopped him, searched his memories, and killed him, leaving the purpose of E'Mo's search to be uncovered.

• The Taixuan Sect disciples joined the battle, and Gu An secretly killed weakened Heavenly Demons to protect their side and gain lifespan.
• Outside the Nine Abyss Realm, the Ancient Immortal Emperor and Saint Ancestor concluded that Demon Emperor E'Mo was searching for something and ordered the space sealed.
• After half a day of fighting, Gu An had gained more than thirty million years of lifespan, and no Taixuan Sect disciple had died.
• Demon Emperor E'Mo appeared in the sky and cast an illusion over the living beings before locating Long Qing and approaching him.
• Gu An seized E'Mo's wrist, prevented him from moving, and questioned him about why he sought Long Qing Great Emperor.
• Gu An searched E'Mo's memories, killed him, destroyed his Dao Seed, and gained more than six million years of lifespan.

After Gu An destroyed Demon Emperor E'Mo and returned everyone from the Nine Abyss Realm, he learned that Long Qing was the last surviving descendant of the Long Family and that the War Court had pursued him. Fifty years later, Zhu Xi arrived at Human World Peak, and Jiang Qiong visited Gu An with a warning about Zhen Qin.

• Gu An discovered from Demon Emperor E'Mo's memories that the War Court had targeted Long Qing, the last descendant of the Long Family, and that Demon Emperor E'Mo had cultivated the Dark War Emperor.
• Gu An collapsed the Nine Abyss Realm, granted its survivors insights into the Path of Karma, and sent them back to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Back in the Third Medicine Valley, Gu An let Long Qing recount the Nine Abyss Realm journey while he returned to his house unnoticed.
• Fifty years later, Zhu Xi arrived at Human World Peak seeking to join the sect, while Gu An sensed her arrival from Sky-Settling Peak.
• Gu An calmed An Xin's uncontrolled astral qi during cultivation and later accompanied her to Mystic Valley.
• Jiang Qiong told Gu An she was preparing to enter the Body Integration Realm and warned him that Zhen Qin was seeking revenge on the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.

Gu An refused to abandon Zhen Qin or Long Qing despite the dangers tied to their karmas. Ji Xiaoyu shared a book from her past life about the Dragon clan, leaving Gu An to wonder whether it was connected to Long Qing.

• Jiang Qiong told Gu An that Zhen Qin still hated the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, and Gu An asked Jiang Qiong to keep Zhen Qin safe without making her seek revenge.
• Jiang Qiong shared her new insights into karma and deduction, then brought Gu An to the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven for the night.
• Ji Xiaoyu questioned Gu An about his night away, then warned him that Long Qing carried extraordinary karma and might bring disaster to the Medicine Valley or Taixuan Sect.
• Gu An refused to send Long Qing away, saying he would not abandon someone who treated him like a father.
• Ji Xiaoyu gave Gu An a book marked with the character “Dragon,” explaining that the Reincarnation Dao Emperor had held it and that it recorded a clan’s evolution.

Gu An read about the Long Family’s rise and fall, then watched the Sacred Court send seventeen Holy Kings, including Yang Jian, into the Reincarnation Vortex. Their departure gave him the idea of marking Xiao Chuan so he could find him in a future life, and the chapter ended with Gu An leaving Xiao Chuan’s home at dawn.

• Gu An read the history of Long Xin and the Long Family, reflecting on their decline and the difficulty of achieving true immortality.
• Gu An reassured the Blood Prison Great Sage, who mistook his advice to focus on the future as a promise of special cultivation support.
• The Sacred Chancellor ordered the Holy Kings to enter the Reincarnation Vortex to seek their absent ruler, and Yang Jian and Holy King Xingshi volunteered before the others were compelled to go.
• Gu An saw seventeen Sacred Court figures, including Yang Jian, enter the Reincarnation Vortex and considered marking Xiao Chuan with the Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal so he could find him after reincarnation.
• Gu An asked Xiao Chuan whether he would want to meet again in another life, and Xiao Chuan said he would welcome it while describing the life he hoped to have.
• Gu An stayed with Xiao Chuan until dawn, then departed as Xiao Chuan’s great-granddaughter asked who the mysterious young man was.