Recaps

Gu An reflected on how the Taixuan Sect could better guide its disciples, then spent a century watching his mentorship plan spread while he continued a quiet life of cultivation and reading. At the Library Hall, he discovered the mysterious Heavenly Dao Theory and took an interest in collecting its copies.

• After the Spring Festival, Gu An drafted a hundred-year cultivation teaching system for the Taixuan Sect, and Lu Baitian agreed that it could help the sect become a Holy Land.
• A hundred years later, Gu An walked through Outer Sect City with the Blood Prison Great Sage and heard disciples praise the mentorship system he had proposed.
• Gu An entered the Library Hall to buy unusual books and asked its Elders to recommend their collections.
• An Elder showed Gu An Heavenly Dao Theory, a rare book rumored to predict the future and bring either extraordinary power or calamity.
• Gu An took Heavenly Dao Theory and asked the Elders to save any future copies for him.
• Outside the Library Hall, Gu An told the Blood Prison Great Sage not to bully the White Spirit Mouse, and the Blood Prison Great Sage claimed he had only been joking.

Gu An visited Zhu Xi to warn her that Heavenly Dao Theory came from an existence beyond the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens and could entangle her karma and fortune. Zhu Xi agreed to keep the book but stop using it and report any contact from its creator.

• The Blood Prison Great Sage carried Gu An back to Third Medicine Valley, where Gu An continued reading Heavenly Dao Theory.
• Gu An visited Zhu Xi and asked whether she had obtained a copy of Heavenly Dao Theory.
• Gu An revealed that he had known Zhu Xi liked stealing herbs and explained that he had taken her in partly because of her special constitution and bloodline.
• Gu An took the red-covered Heavenly Dao Theory from Zhu Xi and warned that using it would bind her to its creator and could lead to her being manipulated.
• Zhu Xi agreed not to use Heavenly Dao Theory, let Gu An teach her to control its power, and tell him if any existence contacted her.

Gu An studied the power in Heavenly Dao Theory and continued training Zhu Xi, then visited Tian Yao'er and the other demons in the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven. A terrifying presence shook the grotto-heaven, and Gu An identified the arrival of the Xuanhuang Demon God and Heavenly Demon Great Emperor as the beginning of the Heavenly Spirit Great World's catastrophe.

• Gu An told Zhu Xi that she possessed the Primordial Devouring Body, discussed her cultivation, and took Heavenly Dao Theory back after she offered it to him.
• Gu An spent the following forty-five years guiding Zhu Xi and studying the Great Dao power in Heavenly Dao Theory without directly absorbing it.
• Gu An visited the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven, where Tian Yao'er had reached the ninth level of the Great Vehicle Realm and was ready to undergo her tribulation.
• Tian Yao'er asked to follow Gu An after breaking through, and he said she needed to guard the grotto-heaven but could go outside with him occasionally.
• The grotto-heaven shook under a growing pressure, and Gu An announced that a demon god had descended and the Heavenly Spirit Great World's catastrophe was beginning.
• Gu An recognized the Xuanhuang Demon God outside Black City, accompanied by the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor.

As the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor and the Xuanhuang Demon God launched an invasion of the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An reflected on the world’s ordained destruction and advised Jueluo Sword Monarch to follow his own path. Ji Xiaoyu revealed that her true self was eager to fight the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor, then asked Gu An whether he saw any difference between this life and her previous one.

• Gu An told Tianbai and the other demons that an unseen power manipulated the world, while promising to take Tian Yao'er out to break through in a few days.
• The Xuanhuang Demon God and the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor approached the Heavenly Spirit Great World as heavenly demons emerged and the Heavenly Demon Great Sect attacked from within.
• Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor faced the threat, while Gu An reassured the disciples of Third Medicine Valley that the calamity would not immediately endanger the Taixuan Sect.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch explained the Xuanhuang Demon God's origins, and Gu An urged him to pursue a path of his own rather than attach himself to another Dao.
• Ji Xiaoyu said the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor's arrival had stirred her Innate Dao Talisman and her true self's desire to fight, then asked Gu An whether this life of hers differed from her previous one.

As the Heavenly Demon Great Sect invaded the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Ji Xiaoyu revealed a possible hidden motive behind her rebirth, while Taixuan Sect prepared to join the war. Gu An brought Tian Yao'er and two other women beyond the seas for their impending tribulation and watched the battle, wondering whether the Extinction Domain’s karmic fortune could consume the Heavenly Dao’s.

• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu that her different selves felt like different people, and she suggested she might have been herself from the beginning before ordering Sun Moon Dark Emperor to oppose the Heavenly Demon Clan.
• Xuanhuang Demon God confronted seven Free Immortals near the Heavenly Spirit Great World as the Heavenly Demon Great Sect spread its invasion and the Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty fought back.
• Xu Jie thanked Jueluo Sword Monarch before joining the campaign, and Taixuan Sect recruited disciples to sail out and fight the heavenly demons.
• Gu An let Third Medicine Valley disciples choose whether to join the campaign, then brought Tian Yao'er and two other women to an island beyond the seas for their tribulation.
• Gu An observed the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor suppressing the seven Free Immortals and noticed the Heavenly Dao’s light weakening as he considered the Extinction Domain’s role in the war.

Tian Yao'er began her Nirvana Realm tribulation while Li Ya set out to hunt Heavenly Demons after learning Divine Wonder City could turn them into Soul Ghosts. Meanwhile, the Xuanhuang Demon God prepared to unleash his power against the seven Free Immortals, who stood their ground to protect the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

• Gu An helped Tian Yao'er trigger her breakthrough, and dark heavenly tribulation clouds gathered as she steeled herself to reach the Nirvana Realm.
• Li Ya worried that he was falling behind An Hao, then resolved to hunt Heavenly Demons after the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit said Divine Wonder City could transform them into Soul Ghosts.
• The Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit admired Li Ya's determination and worried that Gu An might eventually give it to him.
• The Heavenly Demon Great Emperor taunted the seven Free Immortals as they braced for a battle they could not afford to abandon.
• The Xuanhuang Demon God revealed his fearsome true form and gathered power while the Saint Ancestor urged the Free Immortals to fight with everything they had.

As Tian Yao'er underwent her Nirvana tribulation, Gu An saved mortals and killed heavenly demons while the Xuanhuang Demon God invaded the Heavenly Spirit Great World. The Heavenly Demon Great Emperor appeared beside Gu An and was instantly destroyed, leaving the Xuanhuang Demon God as the greater threat.

• Gu An dispersed a deadly firestorm that threatened mortals, saved people from calamities, and harvested lifespan from heavenly demons while Tian Yao'er endured her tribulation.
• The Xuanhuang Demon God crashed onto a continent and began slaughtering the living beings of the Heavenly Spirit Great World at the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor's command.
• The Heavenly Demon Great Emperor found Tian Yao'er during her Nirvana tribulation and approached Gu An, who turned him to ash with a wave of his sleeve.
• Gu An gained over twenty-six million years of lifespan from the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor and continued targeting heavenly demons as the Xuanhuang Demon God remained at large.
• Tianqing and Tianbai asked Gu An about the dead visitor's realm, and he told them the man had been a Carefree Immortal.

As Gu An continued protecting the Heavenly Spirit Great World, the White-robed Elder warned the surviving Free Immortals that the calamity came from forces beyond the Xuanhuang Demon God and that an even more powerful being stood behind him. Tian Yao'er successfully reached the Nirvana Realm, while Ji Xiaoyu prepared to face the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor despite Gu An’s doubts about her chances.

• The White-robed Elder told the rescued Free Immortals that the Heavenly Spirit Great World faced a calamity tied to the Heavenly Dao and warned them against confronting the Xuanhuang Demon God or seeking help from Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An secretly continued exterminating demons and saving mortals while the Xuanhuang Demon God fought attackers and Tian Yao'er underwent her tribulation.
• With Gu An's help, Tian Yao'er passed her tribulation and reached the Nirvana Realm, then celebrated with Gu An, Tianqing, and Tianbai.
• Gu An returned to the Third Medicine Valley and sensed that Ji Xiaoyu's cultivation had reached the Immortal Path realm and that her Innate Dao Talisman might soon erupt.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An she had to defeat the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor to overcome her inner barrier, and Gu An calculated her fate as it changed again.

Ji Xiaoyu kissed Gu An before leaving Medicine Valley, then confronted the Xuanhuang Demon God as the Heavenly Spirit Great World faced catastrophe. Gu An discussed the looming danger with Jueluo Sword Monarch and ended by testing the Nirvana God Emperor’s edge.

• Ji Xiaoyu kissed Gu An, told him she would sever her feelings and pursue the strongest cultivation, then left Medicine Valley with the Sun Moon Dark Emperor at dawn.
• Gu An met Jueluo Sword Monarch before Ten Thousand Sword Mountain and asked about Great Hong Sword Heaven and its current leader, the Supreme Sword Venerable.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch explained that Great Hong Sword Heaven had survived an ancient catastrophe and still searched for the legendary Sword Dao Saint Ancestor.
• A distant rumble announced Ji Xiaoyu’s attack on the Xuanhuang Demon God, and Jueluo Sword Monarch wondered whether she might help preserve some lives with Holy Heaven.
• Gu An asked Jueluo Sword Monarch about the Nirvana God Emperor, then said he had only wanted to test the God Emperor’s edge, frightening Jueluo Sword Monarch.

Gu An watched Ji Xiaoyu and the other cultivators fight Xuanhuang Demon God while he secretly protected mortals from rampaging Heavenly Demons. The battle turned desperate when more than a hundred Xuanhuang Demon Gods appeared across the sky.

• Gu An monitored Ji Xiaoyu's battle against Xuanhuang Demon God as Immortal Emperor Yang and other cultivators joined the fight.
• You Yingying and Long Qing sensed calls from their Heavenly Demon origins but resolved not to abandon their identities or act recklessly.
• Gu An continued eliminating Heavenly Demons across the world and easing the suffering of mortal souls.
• An Hao watched Ji Xiaoyu, transformed into Reincarnation Dao Emperor, contend with Xuanhuang Demon God.
• A second Xuanhuang Demon God descended from a black vortex, causing the opposing cultivators to lose hope.
• More than a hundred Xuanhuang Demon Gods appeared in the clouds, terrifying An Hao, Immortal Emperor Yang, and Sun Moon Dark Emperor.

As one hundred and twenty Xuanhuang Demon Gods threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An challenged the Nirvana God Emperor’s claim to represent heaven and erased the demons with his Power of Causality. He then left Third Medicine Valley to face the Nirvana God Emperor beyond heaven, while the people of Taixuan Sect watched him depart.

• The Nirvana God Emperor sent one hundred and twenty Xuanhuang Demon Gods to overwhelm the Heavenly Spirit Great World, trapping Ji Xiaoyu, Immortal Emperor Yang, Sacred Chancellor, and the other Carefree Immortals beneath their pressure.
• As disasters spread across the world, Gu An questioned the Nirvana God Emperor’s right to decide the fate of its living beings, and the disasters and demonic pressure briefly ceased.
• The Nirvana God Emperor challenged Gu An to destroy the Demon Gods and come fight him beyond heaven, and Gu An accepted.
• Gu An used his Power of Causality to turn all one hundred and twenty Xuanhuang Demon Gods to ash in an instant.
• Gu An told Shen Zhen to draw him, then departed from Third Medicine Valley in a shaft of sunlight as An Xin and the disciples watched.

Gu An confronted the Nirvana God Emperor beyond the Heavenly Spirit Great World after destroying the Xuanhuang Demon Gods. The Nirvana God Emperor opened a Dao Gate and attacked with countless figures, but Gu An’s Supreme Chaos Plate shattered the gate and swept behind him.

• The heavenly demons watched Gu An emerge from the Heavenly Spirit Great World and approach the Nirvana God Emperor as both sides prepared for battle.
• Li Ya crossed the frozen waves, wondered whether the progenitor’s voice belonged to someone he knew, and resolved to return to the Taixuan Sect after the catastrophe.
• The Nirvana God Emperor revealed that he had reached the Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal Realm and asked Gu An what he was seeking.
• Gu An demanded that the Heavenly Spirit Great World’s living beings be left to their own fate, and the Nirvana God Emperor opened a Dao Gate to fight with their Daos.
• Gu An summoned the Supreme Chaos Plate, which crushed the Nirvana God Emperor’s palm shadows, shattered the Dao Gate, and hovered behind him.

Gu An defeated the Nirvana God Emperor’s manifested body and drove the Heavenly Demons to retreat, while warning the emperor not to interfere with the fate of living beings. The battle’s aftermath left the Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty wary of him, and Gu An secretly saved Ji Xiaoyu as the calamities began to subside.

• Gu An recognized that the Nirvana God Emperor had taken Long Zhan’s Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image and used Long Family disciples, including Long Xin, as reincarnated bodies.
• The Nirvana God Emperor’s body dispersed after Gu An warned him against interfering with the Heavenly Dao, but Gu An received no sign that the body had truly died.
• Gu An let the frightened Heavenly Demons flee, then foresaw their retreat, the Profound Nether Divine Dynasty’s dissolution, and a prolonged period before the world’s next rebirth.
• Gu An saw Ji Xiaoyu being drawn into the Innate Dao Talisman and spoke to her before it vanished beneath the sea.
• The Sacred Chancellor and Immortal Emperor Yang decided to visit the Taixuan Sect after realizing the Sacred Court could not oppose Gu An.
• At the Third Medicine Valley, Shen Zhen worried about Gu An until she saw something that made her smile.

Gu An returned after defeating the Nirvana God Emperor’s avatar, then prepared to use six billion years of lifespan to break through. He traveled deep into the Extinction Domain, where he surveyed the many worlds before beginning his breakthrough.

• Gu An returned to Medicine Valley, where Shen Zhen and the disciples learned that he had won, and he told Shen Zhen he had achieved a lucky victory.
• Gu An killed the remaining Heavenly Demons threatening the mortal world, while news of Sword Venerable Fudao’s victory spread and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao renewed his resolve to cultivate.
• The next morning, Gu An harvested herbs in Hidden Spirit Palace and checked that his lifespan had reached over six billion years.
• The Deep Sea Dragon Carp confirmed that Gu An had fought the Nirvana God Emperor, then left to cultivate after Gu An urged him to improve faster.
• Gu An traveled into the Extinction Domain, surveyed its great and small worlds, and avoided the Boundary Gate before choosing a barren continent as his breakthrough site.

Gu An spent hundreds of millions of years of lifespan improving his physique and arts while his Longevity Barrier stirred chaos throughout the Extinction Domain. He then began attempting to break through to the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm, but repeated tribulation failures revealed how formidable the breakthrough was.

• Gu An invested four hundred million years of lifespan to advance his Chaotic Dao Gold Body into the Chaotic Wuji Body, awakening Wuji Power and an affinity for all Great Dao rules.
• Gu An advanced the Great Dao Infinite Art, Great Thousand Profound Void Art, Eternal Heaven-Measuring Dao Step, and Formless and Shapeless Carefree Body into higher arts and forms.
• The Longevity Barrier drained Great Dao Spiritual Qi across the Extinction Domain, causing powerful beings to stir and races to flee, while cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit Great World feared the disturbances beyond Heaven.
• Sacred Court cultivators and Immortal Dynasty Immortal Spirits discussed Sword Venerable Fudao and proposed making him the common ruler under heaven.
• Gu An spent lifespan attempting to break through to the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm, but repeatedly failed the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation and learned that tribulations came every twenty million years.

Gu An spent billions of years of lifespan to survive the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation and reach the late stage of the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm. As his breakthrough disturbed the universe, his disciples and allies gathered in the Third Medicine Valley, where Long Qing noticed a formidable newcomer entering.

• Gu An repeatedly invested lifespan, passed the Cangxuan Great Dao Reincarnation Tribulation, and advanced to the late stage of the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm while retaining more than 480 million years of lifespan.
• Gu An’s breakthrough drew Great Dao Spiritual Qi from across the universe, unsettling powerful beings and leaving ordinary spirits anxious as the Heavenly Demons withdrew and new celebrations began.
• Lu Baitian’s guards initially stopped Ye Lan and Zhen Qin from entering the Third Medicine Valley, but a black-clad figure intervened and let them pass.
• An Xin welcomed Ye Lan and Zhen Qin, then told them she had learned Gu An’s true identity only the previous day as they discussed his hidden past and the Reincarnation Calamity.
• Long Qing invited Blood Prison Great Sage to spar, but Blood Prison Great Sage pointed him toward a silver-armored man entering the medicine valley.

Yang Jian returned to the Third Medicine Valley on a Sacred Court mission, while Zhang Xianwang arrived from the Immortal Dynasty to meet Gu An. Gu An welcomed them warmly after reaching the late stage of the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal Realm, then revealed he knew why they had come, leaving them feeling as if they faced the Heavenly Dao.

• Yang Jian returned to the Third Medicine Valley, met a former cultivator who told him how the valley and world had changed, and learned the Sacred Chancellor wanted him to ask Gu An about the world's future.
• Zhang Xianwang entered the valley, anxious about meeting Gu An, and Gu An greeted him as an old friend and led him toward his pavilion.
• Gu An greeted the gathered disciples warmly, then welcomed Yang Jian, Zhen Qin, and Ye Lan and brought them into his room with Zhang Xianwang.
• Gu An and the others exchanged introductions, and Ye Lan learned that Yang Jian was the reincarnation of the Holy King of the Holy Dynasty.
• Gu An told Zhang Xianwang and Yang Jian that he knew why they had come, and his words made them feel as though they stood before the Heavenly Dao.

Gu An discussed the dangers of immortal power and the nature of reincarnation with his companions, then supported Ye Lan as she chose to die and reincarnate. As her soul rose from the world, Gu An turned his attention to the Heavenly Dao and resolved to face whatever lay beyond it.

• Gu An warned Zhang Xianwang and Yang Jian not to provoke him or endanger mortals, then listened as Yang Jian recounted his experiences in reincarnation.
• Gu An explained to Ye Lan that worlds could be destroyed and that reincarnation preserved a person’s nature even if their memories were erased.
• Ye Lan told Gu An she wanted to reincarnate, and he promised to find her again in her next life.
• Four hundred and twenty years later, Ye Lan’s soul stood beside Gu An at her tomb after spending her final years receiving his guidance in the Third Medicine Valley.
• Gu An sent Ye Lan’s soul toward the firmament and reassured her that he would find her again, even if the world was annihilated.
• Gu An looked toward the Heavenly Dao beyond the world and resolved that he would one day face it and the beings behind it.

After Ye Lan entered the Reincarnation Vortex, Gu An returned to the valley with An Xin and discussed Holy Heaven’s return and the Immortal Dynasty’s distant defeat. He learned that the War Court had entered the universe, while Jueluo Sword Monarch resolved to seek aid despite Gu An’s refusal to identify himself as the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor.

• Gu An watched Ye Lan enter the Reincarnation Vortex, then reassured An Xin that the Immortal Dynasty was still far from defeat and urged her to pursue the Nirvana Realm.
• Gu An turned aside at Ten Thousand Sword Mountain to speak with Jueluo Sword Monarch, who said he recognized the power of beings that had invaded the universe before.
• Gu An identified the intruders as the War Court, whose leader was a perfected Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal, and wondered why the Heavenly Spirit God had allowed them through the Boundary Gate.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch offered to summon Great Hong Sword Heaven to oppose the War Court, but Gu An denied being the Sword Dao Saint Ancestor and told him to focus on surpassing the Carefree Immortal Realm.
• After Gu An left, Jueluo Sword Monarch decided he could not remain idle and raised his hand, summoning an illusory Green Lotus.

Li Ya returned to Third Medicine Valley and reunited with Gu An’s disciples, while a golden-armored man devoured a world and sought the Long Clan and Sword Venerable Fudao. The chapter ended with the man intercepting a streak of Sword Qi and searching for its source.

• Li Ya returned to Third Medicine Valley after several hundred years and met Long Qing and Blood Prison Great Sage.
• Li Ya summoned Divine Wonder City when he recognized Blood Prison Great Sage, then withdrew it after realizing Gu An had taken him in.
• An Xin escorted Li Ya to meet Gu An, while Blood Prison Great Sage told Long Qing about his past clash with Li Ya.
• A golden-armored man and a Black-Robed Woman discussed the Long Clan, Sword Venerable Fudao, and their plan to devour one hundred worlds to open the War Dao.
• The golden-armored man used his Great Cauldron to devour a world, then seized a streak of Sword Qi and searched for its source.

Gu An reconnected with Li Ya over drinks and explained the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens, while Li Ya considered his future. Elsewhere, An Hao encountered the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, which appeared to choose him as its inheritor and warned him to run.

• Gu An eased Li Ya's unease by treating him as his junior brother, then listened as Li Ya imagined his future and explained the Immortal Dao Nine Heavens to him.
• An Xin watched Gu An and Li Ya talking late into the night and felt relieved that her master seemed cheerful after Ye Lan's death.
• Li Ya left the next morning, and Jueluo Sword Monarch sensed that his fate had changed and wondered at Gu An's realm.
• Immortal Emperor Yang brought An Hao to the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and explained its power, the Heavenly Dao, and the history of the Immortal Dynasty.
• An Hao heard a voice from the Golden Pill telling him to run, and Immortal Emperor Yang realized the relic might have chosen him as its inheritor.

An Hao was recognized by the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and endured visions of his worst fears, while Immortal Emperor Yang wondered whether he was truly the chosen one. Thirty-seven years later, Gu An learned that Xiao Chuan was about to be born, as Chen Luo and Xu Ling decided to return to the Holy Domain with their infant son.

• Golden Flame burst from the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill into An Hao, whose body and soul were tormented by visions of his loved ones suffering and a voice urging him to run.
• Immortal Emperor Yang was blasted away when he tried to help An Hao and wondered whether An Hao was the chosen one.
• Thirty-seven years later, Gu An walked through Outer Sect City with the Blood Prison Great Sage and Long Qing as silver meteors filled the sky.
• Gu An recognized the sword cultivators as people from Great Hong Sword Heaven and realized Xiao Chuan's Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal had appeared.
• Chen Luo told Xu Ling they had to return to the Holy Domain to protect their infant son from their enemies, and she agreed.

Gu An tried to secure Xiao Chuan a peaceful childhood by having Yang Jian intervene in the Chen Family’s troubles, but an unknown force of causality obscured the boy’s fate. Just as the family celebrated Xiao Chuan’s fortune, Xu Ling was suddenly killed, leaving his future uncertain.

• Gu An foresaw that Xiao Chuan would suffer after his parents died and asked Yang Jian to resolve the dangers facing the child’s parents.
• Gu An sensed strange causality emanating from the Heavenly Dao Theory and suspected its creator might be approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Yang Jian arrived at the Chen Family and warned them to let Xiao Chuan grow up without resentment, while Gu An noticed an unknown force had descended upon the boy and shrouded his fate in chaos.
• The Chen Family welcomed Xiao Chuan and praised his extraordinary fortune as Yang Jian watched over him.
• Xu Ling abruptly turned into a pool of blood, and Yang Jian caught Xiao Chuan as the hall fell silent.

Xu Ling was killed by a mysterious power, but Gu An saved her soul and hid her in Hidden Spirit Palace while arranging for Chen Luo to seek help at Taixuan Sect. As winter came, Gu An watched over Xiao Chuan and resolved to master the Power of Causality so he could confront the force behind the attack.

• A mysterious Power of Causality killed Xu Ling in the Chen estate, and Yang Jian could not identify the source.
• Chen Luo tried to destroy his own cultivation after learning Xu Ling's soul had scattered, but Yang Jian stopped him, leaving him crippled.
• Gu An restored Xu Ling's body in Hidden Spirit Palace, told her she could not return, and promised to reunite her with Chen Luo and Xiao Chuan.
• Yang Jian told Chen Luo that Xu Ling might still be saved and sent him to Taixuan Sect, instructing the Chen Family not to help him on the journey.
• Yang Jian named Xiao Chuan Chen Chuan, while Gu An secretly helped Chen Luo through dangers as he traveled by boat.
• Gu An resolved to focus on mastering the Power of Causality and eventually confront the existence behind Xu Ling's death.

Gu An explored creating a karmic divine ability and began shaping a book that governed life and death. Meanwhile, Zhang Buku and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord traveled through distant worlds, witnessed a Heavenly Horse, and continued toward an unknown fortune.

• You Yingying left the Third Medicine Valley to wander and temper herself, promising to return once she reached Immortal Path cultivation.
• Gu An celebrated the Spring Festival with Tian Yao'er, Tianqing, and Tianbai, then contemplated combining the Fate-Fixing Pen with a book to create a karmic artifact.
• Zhang Buku and the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord saw a Heavenly Horse cross the sky, and the Realm Lord took it as a sign of good fortune ahead.
• Gu An walked through the Third Medicine Valley with a black-covered book hidden in his robe, explaining to himself that it governed life and death.
• An Xin appeared before Gu An and called out to him.