Recaps

Gu An accepted a yearlong job tending an Outer Sect disciple’s medicinal garden and continued learning spells from Jiang Qiong, whose respect for his swordsmanship grew after they sparred. At the Cave Mansion, he overheard Chen Li, Li Xuanyu, and Xiao Chenyun discussing the coming World Outer Sect Assembly and the rival sects’ hidden geniuses.

• Li Ya took Gu An to Chen Li’s Cave Mansion, where Gu An agreed to tend the medicinal herbs for a year in exchange for a Mid-grade Spirit Stone and Spirit Qi Pills.
• Jiang Qiong struggled to teach Gu An the Soul Capture Technique, then challenged him to a sword-move spar and praised his exceptional swordsmanship after he bested her.
• Gu An continued nightly spell lessons with Jiang Qiong and visited Chen Li’s Cave Mansion monthly to tend its garden.
• When Gu An arrived at the Cave Mansion in winter, he found Chen Li, Li Xuanyu, and Xiao Chenyun inside and recognized Xiao Chenyun as a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
• Chen Li and Xiao Chenyun discussed the upcoming World Outer Sect Assembly, the rival sects’ dual Spirit Root geniuses, and the pressure on the Taixuan Sect.

Gu An prepared Mystic Valley for Spring Festival when two Ten Thousand Yin Sect cultivators arrived and threatened the valley, but Li Xuanyu intervened. Later, Gu An sensed a battle and found Li Xuanyu and Li Ya injured as they faced Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine.

• Li Xuanyu asked Gu An to manage her Cave Mansion, gave him a token, and questioned him about his relationship with Li Ya.
• Gu An established Spring Festival in Mystic Valley and explained its meaning to Zhen Qin as the disciples decorated the valley.
• Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine landed in Mystic Valley and demanded to rest there, frightening Gu An and the other disciples.
• Li Xuanyu confronted Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine and led them away from Mystic Valley.
• Gu An sensed fighting nearby and found Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine facing the wounded Li Xuanyu and Li Ya.

Li Ya and Li Xuanyu survived an attack by Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine when an unseen sword expert killed both with leaves from ten li away. After Mystic Valley's Spring Festival, Gu An learned that Thousand Autumn Pavilion had planted spies throughout Taixuan Sect and that Mystic Valley was intended to become one of its strongholds.

• Cicada Concubine and Xu Ruye attacked Li Ya and Li Xuanyu, and Xu Ruye used a Purple Great Banner to try to seize Li Ya's soul.
• A distant sword expert killed Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine with flying leaves, and Li Ya and Li Xuanyu found a leaf embedded in a tree two hundred zhang away.
• Gu An celebrated Mystic Valley's Spring Festival with his disciples and reflected on the lifespan he gained from the two Demonic Cultivators' deaths.
• Gu An brought food and wine to Jiang Qiong, who explained that Mystic Valley would become a Thousand Autumn Pavilion stronghold and that the Pavilion had spies in other Medicine Valleys and among Taixuan Sect's elders.
• Jiang Qiong praised the food and promised to teach Gu An a Thousand Autumn Pavilion secret technique.

Gu An learned the Demonic Shadow Divine Technique from Jiang Qiong while Li Ya settled in Mystic Valley to guard the disciples after a deadly encounter with Demonic Cultivators. As Jiang Qiong prepared to leave in two years, Gu An secretly advanced his cultivation and spotted Zuo Yijian and Zuo Lin flying overhead; by the next day, Li Ya had brought Zuo Lin to Mystic Valley.

• Gu An learned that Jiang Qiong intended to teach him the Demonic Shadow Divine Technique, which she said would help him become a better spy.
• Li Ya told Gu An that Xu Ruye and Cicada Concubine had died after attacking him and Li Xuanyu, and he agreed to stay in Mystic Valley for half a year to protect the disciples.
• Jiang Qiong continued teaching Gu An, and after four more days of practice, the Demonic Shadow Divine Technique appeared on his Attribute Panel.
• Jiang Qiong said she would leave in at most two years, and Gu An hid his relief as he went out to invest lifespan in his cultivation.
• Gu An sensed Zuo Yijian, a Ninth-layer Golden Core cultivator, and Zuo Lin flying past him at night.
• Li Ya returned from the Outer Sect with Zuo Lin the next day.

Gu An reached the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm while the World Outer Sect Assembly drew notice to Ji Lin and Zuo Lin stayed in Mystic Valley to practice swordsmanship. After Zuo Lin taught Gu An a sword technique, Gu An discovered that the Wood Spirit Sword Technique had appeared on his Attribute Panel, but he chose to save his lifespan for the next function.

• Li Ya brought his childhood friend Zuo Lin to stay in Mystic Valley, where Zuo Lin praised Ji Lin’s performance at the World Outer Sect Assembly.
• A month later, Gu An reached the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and realized that Zuo Lin’s swordsmanship talent was mediocre.
• Zuo Lin noticed something unusual about Gu An’s calisthenics and asked him to teach the movements, then offered to teach him swordsmanship.
• Gu An pretended to struggle with Zuo Lin’s sword technique, then slipped away after half an hour of lessons.
• Zuo Lin complained to Li Ya, who told him to stop bothering Gu An.
• Gu An checked his Attribute Panel and found the Wood Spirit Sword Technique, but decided to save his lifespan until he reached one hundred thousand years.

Gu An found a rare Hao Dragon egg and, after learning it was an Ancient Hao Sect Saint Beast with True Dragon blood, left it beneath the Azure Vine Tree for Jiang Qiong to raise. He expanded his herb-tending work and began writing a book, but a sudden storm and oppressive heavenly might interrupted him.

• Gu An discovered that the White Spirit Mouse had brought him a Demon Beast egg and asked Jiang Qiong to identify it.
• Jiang Qiong recognized the egg as a Hao Dragon, a powerful ninth-rank Demon Beast revered as the Ancient Hao Sect's Saint Beast, and persuaded Gu An to leave it beneath the Azure Vine Tree.
• After cultivators stopped passing through Mystic Valley, Gu An resumed tending herbs at Chen Li and Li Xuanyu's Cave Mansions.
• Li Xuanyu connected Gu An with five more Outer Sect disciples, expanding his herb-tending work to seven Cave Mansions.
• Gu An raised his apparent cultivation to the sixth level of Qi Refining so he could travel more easily, then began writing a book to earn Spirit Stones.
• As Gu An wrote in the loft during winter, thunderclouds gathered and a terrifying heavenly might enveloped the mountains and forests.

Gu An watched Zuo Yijian’s lightning tribulation and learned that the newly ascended Nascent Soul cultivator’s sword practice was endangering Mystic Valley. To protect his medicinal herbs, Gu An confronted Zuo Yijian in disguise and launched a leaf imbued with Sword Qi, leaving their duel about to begin.

• Gu An observed Zuo Yijian’s three-day lightning tribulation and later felt his powerful Sword Intent threatening Mystic Valley.
• Jiang Qiong told Gu An that Zuo Yijian was an old acquaintance who had once pursued her, then taught Gu An the gu arts of the Myriad Gu Profound Technique.
• After Zuo Yijian’s Sword Qi damaged a mountain near Mystic Valley, Gu An decided to wait two days before moving the disciples to safety.
• Zuo Yijian meditated with five swords while Zuo Lin watched nearby, hoping to become a powerful sword cultivator like his father.
• Gu An disguised himself ten li away and challenged Zuo Yijian’s presence by silently hurling a leaf transformed by Sword Qi.

Gu An defeated Zuo Yijian with a sword strike from a leaf, then kept his involvement secret as Mystic Valley settled down. He later submitted his novel Investiture of the Gods to the Outer Sect Library Hall, where it was approved for distribution under the pen name Pan An.

• Zuo Yijian’s Sword Intent was shattered by Gu An’s leaf, and Zuo Yijian was blasted into a distant forest with a grave shoulder wound.
• Gu An led Mystic Valley’s morning exercises while the disciples speculated that the powerful Sword Intent had disappeared, and he later pretended to be surprised when Jiang Qiong concluded Zuo Yijian had been injured or killed.
• Jiang Qiong warned Gu An to be cautious when breaking through and undergoing tribulations, then showed him how she was nurturing the Hao Dragon egg.
• Gu An accompanied Zhu Qinglu to the Library Hall to submit his book, Investiture of the Gods, for approval.
• Liu Chang and Gu Yu became engrossed in Gu An’s book, and Liu Chang approved it for distribution with a thirty percent profit share for Gu An.
• Gu An chose Pan An as his author name because he feared his real name might bring trouble.

Gu An’s life in Mystic Valley continued to flourish as he expanded the valley and watched his disciples advance. After Jiang Qiong left him the Ziwei Array Record, he gave Ye Lan a Foundation Establishment Pill and urged her to pursue cultivation.

• Gu An recruited Yan Mei, Yang Min, and Ye Yan as Handyman Disciples, while Wuxin began helping him manage the valley.
• The White Spirit Mouse brought Gu An a jade ring filled with Spirit Stones, and Lu Jiujia returned as a Foundation Establishment cultivator before leaving Mystic Valley a month later.
• Two years passed, Gu An’s lifespan surpassed thirty thousand years, and eleven Outer Sect disciples had entrusted him with managing their Cave Mansions.
• Jiang Qiong departed Mystic Valley and gave Gu An the Ziwei Array Record, a secret manual of formations.
• Gu An gave Ye Lan a Foundation Establishment Pill and told her to focus on cultivation; Ye Lan confessed that she would never love another man.

After Ye Lan left, Gu An expanded Mystic Valley’s work by buying sheep demons and putting Xiao Chuan in charge of raising them. As Investiture of the Gods spread through the cultivation world, Li Ya announced he was leaving to seek a Spirit Transformation Realm inheritance, prompting Gu An to resolve to reach that realm before he returned.

• Gu An decided to start raising livestock in Mystic Valley, assigned Xiao Chuan to manage the beasts, and arranged for fifty young sheep demons to be brought from the Outer Sect.
• Xiao Chuan returned with Tang Yu and Su Han and led three Double-Horned White Eagles carrying the sheep demons into Mystic Valley.
• Zuo Lin urged Zuo Yijian to stop brooding, then left a copy of Investiture of the Gods with him; Zuo Yijian eventually began looking at the book.
• Li Ya visited Gu An and praised the popularity of Investiture of the Gods, then said he planned to seek the inheritance of a dying Spirit Transformation Realm sword cultivator in Ji Province.
• After Li Ya departed, Gu An decided he would reach the Spirit Transformation Realm before Li Ya returned.

Over three years, Gu An expanded Mystic Valley and raised his cultivation concealment by evolving the Dragon Force Divine Origin Technique into the Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi Technique, which granted him the Mysterious Yellow Dragon Might divine ability. As spring arrived, a powerful stranger named Li Xuandao entered the valley, and Gu An discovered that he was a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

• Gu An recruited Chen Hong and Zhen Xiao'er, bringing Mystic Valley's Handyman Disciples to ten, while his lifespan rose to eighty thousand years over the following three years.
• Gu An met the Hao Dragon in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven and invested two thousand years of lifespan into the Dragon Force Divine Origin Technique.
• The technique evolved into the Earth Vein Imperial Qi Technique and then the Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi Technique, allowing Gu An to comprehend the Mysterious Yellow Dragon Might divine ability.
• Gu An cultivated the new technique for a month, producing Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi and strengthening his concealment of cultivation and aura.
• As spring returned, Gu An noticed a white-robed stranger entering Mystic Valley and identified him as Li Xuandao, an Eighth Layer Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

Gu An discovered that his guest, Li Xuandao, was the Great Cang Emperor and Li Ya’s father. Li Xuandao rewarded Gu An with the Heavenly Abode Sword and recruited him to manage a new Medicine Valley, demanding his loyalty.

• Li Xuandao arrived at Mystic Valley, claimed he was visiting his child, and Xiao Chuan praised Gu An while showing him to a room.
• Gu An stayed cautious around Li Xuandao, who watched the disciples’ exercises and discussed Investiture of the Gods and the emperor with him.
• Li Xuandao revealed that he was the Great Cang Emperor and told Gu An to treat him as Li Ya’s father.
• Li Xuandao inspected the Heavenly Abode Sword, bestowed it on Gu An, and offered him a role managing a new Medicine Valley in exchange for his loyalty.

Gu An agreed to serve Li Xuandao as a spy in exchange for support, then celebrated the Spring Festival with him and planned to grow strong enough to protect himself. Later, Gu An discovered Su Han practicing the sinister Hating Heaven Divine Sword and began learning it himself; the chapter ended with Lu Jiujia hinting at a major upheaval in the Taixuan Sect.

• Li Xuandao recruited Gu An as a spy, promised to send someone for him in two years, and celebrated the Spring Festival in Mystic Valley.
• Du Ye told Gu An that Ji Lin planned to send a Foundation Establishment Pill and help him keep managing Medicine Valley.
• Gu An discovered Su Han practicing the Hating Heaven Divine Sword, warned him about its sinister methods, and promised he could remain in Mystic Valley.
• Gu An began cultivating the Hating Heaven Divine Sword in Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven after giving Su Han a volume of Investiture of the Gods.
• Gu An visited Lu Jiujia and Ye Lan in Outer Sect City, where Lu Jiujia revealed that something major had happened in the Taixuan Sect.

Gu An learned that a power struggle was spreading through the Taixuan Sect, then encountered Lin Futian, a Nascent Soul cultivator disguised as an Outer Sect Law Enforcement Hall disciple, on his way home. After killing Lin Futian and returning to Mystic Valley, Gu An decided to lie low and build up his lifespan, until Zhen Qin arrived to report that Tang Yu and Su Han were fighting.

• Ye Lan and Lu Jiujia told Gu An that the Sect Master was fighting a rival elder’s faction, and Ye Lan offered to seek more patrols around the Medicine Valleys.
• On his way back to Mystic Valley, Gu An met Lin Futian, who posed as a Law Enforcement Hall disciple and questioned him about Xu Ruye’s death.
• Lin Futian trapped Gu An and revealed that he had fifteen other disciples in his wine gourd, but Gu An unleashed his hidden power and killed Lin Futian and his Nascent Soul with sword-infused leaves.
• Gu An took 25 years of Lin Futian’s lifespan, made a detour back to Mystic Valley, and resolved to stay inside while harvesting herbs and increasing his lifespan.
• Zhen Qin hurried into the pavilion and told Gu An that Tang Yu and Su Han had started fighting.

Gu An stopped Su Han from attacking Tang Yu and urged the two disciples to reconcile, while the Taixuan Sect investigated Lin Futian’s death and suspected the Flying Leaf Sword Immortal was a fellow sect member. With his lifespan nearly at one hundred thousand years, Gu An prepared to leave Mystic Valley at night and burn lifespan to break through.

• Gu An subdued Su Han during his sword-fueled frenzy, sent the injured Tang Yu to stop the bleeding, and later urged Su Han to apologize and consider what mattered most to him.
• Su Han acknowledged his wrongdoing and resolved to make amends with Tang Yu, while Gu An harvested herbs nearing maturity to build his lifespan.
• Chu Jingfeng and an old man examined a leaf marked with sword traces and concluded that the Flying Leaf Sword Immortal likely belonged to the Taixuan Sect.
• Ye Lan repeatedly passed over Mystic Valley while searching the area around Lin Futian’s death, and Gu An understood that she was concerned about him.
• Gu An noticed his lifespan had reached ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety years, taught Zhen Qin the Residual Wind Leg, and slipped out of Mystic Valley after dark with two third-grade medicinal herbs.

Gu An used his newly unlocked Longevity Deduction cautiously, then invested fifty thousand years of lifespan to transform all five of his Spirit Roots into Supreme Heavenly Spirit Roots. He used another ten thousand years to break through to the ninth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and the first layer of the Void Crossing Realm, leaving him with nearly forty thousand years of lifespan.

• Gu An learned that Longevity Deduction could answer questions about karma and fate, but it required 300 years of lifespan to determine whether Jiang Qiong wanted to kill him, so he declined.
• Gu An traveled to a secluded forest and invested lifespan to transform his Spirit Roots, eventually gaining a Supreme Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root.
• Gu An spent another ten thousand years improving his Spirit Roots, transforming his Earth, Fire, Water, and Gold Spirit Roots into Supreme Heavenly Spirit Roots.
• Gu An invested ten thousand years in cultivation and broke through the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation to reach the ninth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Gu An overcame the Mystic Nether Heavenly Tribulation and reached the first layer of the Void Crossing Realm, with nearly forty thousand years of lifespan remaining.

Gu An broke through to the first level of the Void Crossing Realm after absorbing vast amounts of spiritual qi, alarming cultivators across the Taixuan Sect. After returning to Mystic Valley, he learned from Ye Lan that the Devil Lord might be about to attack.

• Gu An’s cultivation surged through the Spirit Transformation Realm while his Longevity Barrier concealed him, but the massive drain of spiritual qi drew many powerful cultivators into the area.
• At dawn, Gu An reached the first level of the Void Crossing Realm, ended the barrier, and returned to Mystic Valley.
• Gu An reassured his disciples about the previous night’s strange loss of spiritual qi, then expanded the medicinal gardens to replace herbs consumed during his breakthrough.
• Ye Lan returned to Mystic Valley, sealed the pavilion, and warned Gu An that the Devil Lord might be about to attack.

Gu An reassured Ye Lan about the suspected Demonic Path attack, then dealt with a Thousand Autumn Pavilion agent who came seeking the Azure Vine Tree. After Du Ye invited him to a Ji Family banquet for Ji Xiaoyu, Gu An decided to improve his Eight Directions Step.

• Ye Lan warned Gu An that Devil Lord Jiye might attack the Taixuan Sect and urged him to flee with her, but Gu An calmed her and advised her to focus on cultivation.
• Gu An stayed in Mystic Valley and refrained from cultivating while the Outer Sect's spiritual energy recovered.
• Fu Xiong secretly visited Gu An, revealed that the Azure Vine Tree was Thousand Autumn Pavilion's sacred tree, and tried to recruit Gu An as his disciple in exchange for a share of the Medicine Valley's harvest.
• Gu An used the Soul Capture Technique to search Fu Xiong's mind, killed him, burned his remains and belongings, and found that Fu Xiong knew nothing about the Azure Vine Tree's location.
• Du Ye told Gu An that Ji Xiaoyu had mastered the Qilin Step and that the Ji Family would hold a banquet in ten days, then asked him to prepare medicinal herbs as a gift.
• Gu An decided to spend lifespan that night improving his Eight Directions Step so he could compare it with Ji Xiaoyu's Qilin Step.

Gu An used his lifespan to evolve the Eight Directions Step into the Boundless Traceless Profound Heaven Step and Jiang Qiong’s Demonic Shadow Divine Technique into the Great Yin-Yang Transformation. After arriving in the Inner Sect City with Du Ye to attend the Ji Family banquet, he began exploring alone to buy spiritual herb seeds and learn about the city.

• Gu An spent five thousand years evolving the Eight Directions Step into the Boundless Traceless Profound Heaven Step and tested its movement ability after returning to Mystic Valley.
• Gu An spent two thousand years evolving the Demonic Shadow Divine Technique into the Great Yin-Yang Transformation, which could conceal his true form from divine sense, treasures, and deduction.
• Gu An met Du Ye in the Inner Sect City and learned about its scale, the Teleportation Array, and the sect’s surrounding territories.
• Gu An and Du Ye reached Ji Mansion, where they took over guard duty from two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
• Gu An paid Du Ye a hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones to cover his post and left to buy spiritual herb seeds, but someone called out to him.

Gu An explored Inner Sect City with Zuo Lin, learned more about the Taixuan Sect, and attended the Ji Family banquet, where Gu Zong unexpectedly asked him to become a disciple. Gu An deferred the offer, and the chapter ended with Ji Xiaoyu summoning him.

• Gu An met Zuo Lin, who showed him the Scripture Pavilion and the formations; Gu An bought basic techniques for his disciples but found teleportation arrays too expensive.
• Gu An returned to Ji Mansion with Du Ye, met Ji Lin, and helped prepare to welcome guests to the banquet.
• Gu An recognized Luo Xunye and Jiang Qiong among the guests, then discovered that Gu Yu's father, Gu Zong, was a Second-layer Void Crossing Realm cultivator.
• Gu Yu urged Gu Zong to take Gu An as his disciple, and Gu Zong publicly offered to accept him; Gu An asked to discuss it later.
• Gu Zong said Gu An could instead help him with a matter in exchange for having his requests fulfilled, and a Ji Family cultivator then summoned Gu An at Ji Xiaoyu's request.

Gu An met with Ji Xiaoyu, who offered him a Medicine Valley, a Teleportation Array, and a Talisman Treasure after learning he wrote Investiture of the Gods. He learned that demonic sects planned to target Ji Xiaoyu for her Innate Dao Talisman, then met Gu Zong and Gu Yu as the banquet continued.

• Ji Xiaoyu summoned Gu An, agreed to seek another Medicine Valley for him, promised a Teleportation Array, and gave him a Talisman Treasure that could kill Golden Core cultivators.
• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu that he had written Investiture of the Gods, and she warned him to keep his authorship secret because other sects were searching for Pan An.
• Jiang Qiong secretly gave Gu An a jade pendant revealing that she and other Demonic Path forces planned to seize Ji Xiaoyu's Innate Dao Talisman after she formed a Golden Core.
• Gu An watched Ji Xiaoyu demonstrate the Qilin Step at the banquet while the hidden Demonic Cultivators held back.
• Gu Zong and Gu Yu visited Gu An, and Gu Yu promised to return within half a year with a large Medicine Valley for him.

Gu An returned to Mystic Valley and found Qiu Qianli, a Ten Thousand Yin Sect cultivator, threatening his disciples and stealing medicinal herbs. Gu An secretly killed him using the Demonic Shadow Divine Technique, then learned from Wuxin that the mysterious protector may have been sent by Wuxin's father.

• Gu Zong promised to make Gu An an Outer Sect disciple and give him a second Medicine Valley in exchange for a book about his deeds.
• Gu An returned to Mystic Valley and discovered that Qiu Qianli had taken six fourth-grade medicinal herbs and trapped the valley in a Formation.
• Qiu Qianli revealed that he belonged to the Ten Thousand Yin Sect and threatened Gu An and the disciples, demanding to use the valley for pill refining.
• Gu An used the Great Yin-Yang Transformation to appear as a mysterious cultivator, destroy Qiu Qianli's Golden Pill, kill him, and secretly dispel the Formation.
• Gu An pretended to return with medicinal herbs after the killing, while the frightened disciples described what had happened.
• Wuxin told Gu An that the mysterious cultivator was likely a Great Cultivator from Thousand Autumn Pavilion sent by Wuxin's father to protect him.

After Qiu Qianli’s death, Gu An reported the incident to Taixuan Sect and secretly advanced to the ninth level of the Void Crossing Realm. As fighting erupted near the Inner Sect over Ji Xiaoyu’s Golden Core, Wuxin told Gu An that he was a genius whose cultivation was suppressed by a divine technique.

• Gu An warned Wuxin to keep the mysterious protector’s intervention secret, then preserved the crime scene and prepared to report Qiu Qianli’s death.
• Gu An searched Qiu Qianli’s Storage Bag, discovered that he had come to assist a Ten Thousand Yin Sect spy seeking the Innate Dao Talisman, and destroyed items that might reveal his identity.
• Murong Ying and the Law Enforcement Hall investigated Mystic Valley, took Qiu Qianli’s pill furnace, and left after Gu An recounted the incident.
• Gu An spent 7,500 years of lifespan to advance the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique into the Yang Wood Primordial Chaos Technique and raise his cultivation to the ninth level of the Void Crossing Realm.
• A month later, Gu An sensed Void Crossing Realm cultivators fighting near the Inner Sect and suspected that Demonic Path spies were trying to seize Ji Xiaoyu’s Golden Core.
• Wuxin visited Gu An at night and revealed that he cultivated a divine technique that suppressed his growth while letting him accumulate strength and change his fate.

Wuxin taught Gu An the Dao Derivation Technique, and Gu An secretly began cultivating it. After teaching Su Han swordsmanship, Gu An met with Jiang Qiong, who revealed that she had been injured during the attempt to seize Ji Xiaoyu’s Innate Dao Talisman and entrusted him with a Ji Family Divine Ability Treasury fragment.

• Wuxin explained that the Dao Derivation Technique let him accumulate cultivation without raising his realm, then taught it to Gu An.
• Gu An defeated Su Han in a spar and explained how he used the Hating Heaven Divine Sword to read and counter Su Han’s attacks.
• Jiang Qiong arrived at Mystic Valley and told Gu An that a Ji Family Nascent Soul cultivator had seriously injured her while Ji Xiaoyu escaped unharmed.
• Jiang Qiong explained that she had hoped Gu An would warn the Ji Family, then revealed she had taken a bronze fragment containing one of the Ji Family’s ten great divine abilities.
• Jiang Qiong asked Gu An to hide the Divine Ability Treasury fragment in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven until she could obtain blood from a direct Ji Family descendant.

Gu An broke the restriction on the Bronze Fragment and learned the divine ability Heaven and Earth Dao Gang. He then left Mystic Valley with Luo Hun to take charge of Li Xuandao’s remote Tianya Valley, where he discovered an overgrown valley that needed to be reclaimed.

• Jiang Qiong recovered in Mystic Valley, taught Zhen Qin an unusual technique, and departed after nearly a month.
• Gu An broke the Bronze Fragment’s restriction in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven and learned that it contained Heaven and Earth Dao Gang.
• Luo Hun arrived with Li Xuandao’s summons, gave Ye Yan a spear manual, and took Gu An toward Tianya Valley.
• Luo Hun told Gu An that Tianya Valley would nurture geniuses and could not be connected to Mystic Valley because its existence had to remain secret.
• Gu An reached Tianya Valley and found it twice the size of Mystic Valley but overgrown with weeds, while Luo Hun said he would capture demons to help reclaim it.