Arc 26The Dao Extreme Breakthrough

Gu An subdued the Heavenly Court’s challenges, guided his disciples and acquaintances through their choices, and waited as eerie power spread through the Great Thousand World. He then traveled to the Endless Dao Mountains, became a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal, and returned to Wushi while leaving Fairy Yao Xuan trapped in the World of No Cause.

  • Gu An defeated Golden Pole God and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong, turning the captives into wooden plaques while the Dao Court accepted the Innate Human Race’s defeat.
  • The Heavenly Spirit God explained the Heavenly Court’s interest in Tian Hao, and Tian Hao chose to travel to the Ethereal Immortal Court to resolve his troubles.
  • Gu An brought An Xin to the Ethereal Immortal Court and later subdued Immortal Monarch Taiyi, restoring the Heavenly Spirit Great World and turning Taiyi into a wooden token.
  • Emperor Tianhong knelt for tens of thousands of years seeking Sword Venerable Fudao’s tutelage, then received the Longevity Sword and a charge to save the mortal world before Gu An considered accepting him.
  • Xiao Lan joined the Beyond Heaven Project, Chen Chuan founded the Sword Sect, and Long Lin and Yang Nian faced the pull of Long Lin’s family as eerie power began spreading through the Great Thousand World.
  • Gu An traveled to the Endless Dao Mountains, transformed his body and techniques, evolved his Immortal Emperor Pupils into Absolute Void Pupils, and overcame repeated failures to reach the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm.
  • Gu An advanced to the mid-stage of the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm and returned safely to Wushi Daoist Field.
  • Gu An found Fairy Yao Xuan’s sleeping soul in the World of No Cause but judged that its terrifying will made rescuing her too dangerous for now.
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Ch. 628Why Bother Acting Personally

Gu An's Demon Shadow destroyed Golden Pole God in an instant, revealing the gap between them to everyone on the battlefield. As Gu An watched from home through an illusion, the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong appeared and shattered the battlefield into the void of the universe.

  • Gu An's Demon Shadow approached Golden Pole God as cultivators and the Innate Human Race watched, and many suspected he was Sword Venerable Fudao.
  • Golden Pole God unleashed a storm of golden lightning, but Gu An scattered it and destroyed Golden Pole God in an instant.
  • At Wushi Daoist Field, An Xin asked Gu An whether the Demon Shadow was a clone, and he said he was too busy to act personally.
  • The Innate Human Race and Zhu Guanghan accepted that they could not escape, while the survivors stared at Gu An's Demon Shadow.
  • The Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong appeared, and Purple Dragon Star Lord asked about Gu An's origins.
  • The Jindong immortals released their auras, shattering the world and transporting everyone into the void of the universe.

Ch. 629Son of Heaven, Trial

Gu An’s Demon Shadow confronted the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong, who had come to seize his disciple Tian Hao, and effortlessly captured them. Immortal Monarch Taiyi learned that the attack had failed and that Gu An’s power could not be measured, leaving the Heavenly Court’s plans uncertain.

  • Gu An faced the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and considered sealing them away rather than killing them, since they could resurrect through the Heavenly Dao.
  • Purple Dragon Star Lord approved the attack, and the Jindong immortals unleashed their abilities within the Jindong Absolute Immortal Formation.
  • Gu An shattered the formation, seized all seventy-two immortals, and disappeared after revealing a crimson world to the onlookers.
  • Zhu Guanghan and the Dao Court cultivators were left uncertain about what to do after Gu An vanished.
  • Immortal Monarch Taiyi told a yellow-robed Daoist that he believed the exiled Son of Heaven was undergoing tempering, not true exile.
  • Immortal Monarch Taiyi sensed the Jindong immortals’ failure and concluded their opponent had immeasurable power but lacked the Heavenly Court’s fortune.

Ch. 630Gu An's Terrifying Methods

Gu An captured the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong as wooden plaques after defeating them, while Zhu Guanghan surrendered and agreed to recall the Innate Human Race. The Heavenly Spirit God realized Tian Hao had a deeper connection to a Heavenly Court treasure and set out toward the Heavenly Spirit Great World, ready to make a choice.

  • Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Yellow-Robed Daoist discussed the captured Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and how to respond to the person who had defeated them.
  • Gu An turned the seventy-two Jindong immortals into small wooden plaques, strung them on a red thread, and hung them from his belt as Shen Zhen, An Xin, and Epiphyllum Ghost Mother watched.
  • Zhu Guanghan admitted defeat, agreed to recall the Innate Human Race, and warned Yuan Songzi that the Immortal Path was beyond the Dao Court cultivators' understanding.
  • Tian Hao wondered whether the powerful immortals had come for him, while Lu Xian led him away and Blood Prison Great Sage lamented that he had not been able to fight.
  • The Heavenly Spirit God concluded that Tian Hao's past might be connected to a supreme treasure stolen by Heavenly Spirit Immortal Venerable, feared the consequences of the resulting Karma, and headed toward the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

Ch. 631A Tip of the Heavenly Court's Iceberg

Gu An met with the Heavenly Spirit God, who offered to serve as his ally and explained what little he knew about the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Spirit God proposed sending Tian Hao to the Ethereal Immortal Court for protection, but Gu An remained uncertain whether it would truly keep him safe.

  • The Heavenly Spirit God told Gu An that he was willing to serve him, explaining that loyalty among Heavenly Court immortal gods could shift despite their status.
  • The Heavenly Spirit God described the Heavenly Court's hierarchy, the immense numbers of heavenly gods in its armies, and how little even he knew about its true power.
  • The Heavenly Spirit God said Immortal Monarchs Xuansu and Taiyi were targeting Tian Hao, whose origins and purpose might be connected to Immortal Emperor Ziwei.
  • The Heavenly Spirit God admitted he wanted a powerful backer and cared about Tian Hao, then asked whether Gu An's protection of the boy came from fate or personal designs.
  • The Heavenly Spirit God recommended sending Tian Hao to the Ethereal Immortal Court, where a power stronger than an Immortal Monarch could protect him.
  • Gu An recalled the Ethereal Immortal Court through Emperor Yongsheng's memories but questioned whether it would accept Tian Hao and keep him safe.

Ch. 632The Heavenly Spirit God's Feelings

Gu An and the Heavenly Spirit God discussed Tian Hao’s choices and agreed to tell him the truth, while news spread that Sword Venerable Fudao had defeated the Innate Human Race. After learning about his origins and karmic ties, Tian Hao chose to enter the Ethereal Immortal Court and face his troubles himself.

  • Gu An asked the Heavenly Spirit God about sending Tian Hao to the Ethereal Immortal Court, then decided Tian Hao should make his own choice.
  • Gu An assured the Heavenly Spirit God he did not need to fight the Immortal Monarchs for him, and invited him to watch an opera.
  • The Dao Court spread the news of the Innate Human Race’s defeat and identified its savior as Sword Venerable Fudao.
  • Gu An and the Heavenly Spirit God told Tian Hao about his mortal origins, his biological father, and his past-life karmic ties.
  • Tian Hao chose to go to the Ethereal Immortal Court, determined to solve his troubles and prove his worth.

Ch. 633Because She Is Most Like Me

After the world was freed from the Innate Human Race, Tian Hao prepared to leave for the Ethereal Immortal Court, and Gu An arranged for An Xin to visit the place he was going. Meanwhile, Xu You urged Zhang Buku to join a campaign to subdue a Great Thousand World.

  • The Heavenly Spirit God told Tian Hao he would pass on divine abilities and revealed that Tian Hao's mother was in the Qiankun Sect.
  • The Innate Human Race vanished, and Sword Venerable Fudao's fame surpassed Immortal Monarch Xuansu's before three hundred years passed.
  • An Xin asked Gu An about Tian Hao leaving for Beyond Heaven, and Gu An said Tian Hao was not leaving for himself.
  • Gu An invited An Xin to visit the place Tian Hao wanted to go, then told Shen Zhen that An Xin was the person most like him.
  • Xu You asked Zhang Buku to join a transcendent existence's expedition to subdue a Great Thousand World, and Zhang Buku hesitated over how long they would be gone.

Ch. 634The Fortune of the Immortal Emperor Pupils

Gu An took An Xin along the Path of the Great Dao, where her Immortal Emperor Pupils transformed as she witnessed visions of the universe's origins and absorbed the Great Dao's power. They arrived at the Ethereal Immortal Court, where a towering figure wreathed in black flames appeared behind an approaching cultivator.

  • Zhang Buku told Xu You they would fight for an immortal position, thinking that becoming an immortal might let him find Uncle Gu and Li Ya.
  • Gu An watched the Heavenly Spirit God and Tian Hao pass through the Boundary Gate, then resolved to break through further to see past the mysteries surrounding An Hao.
  • Ten years later, Gu An guided An Xin along the Path of the Great Dao and told her she was the disciple he thought most highly of.
  • An Xin's Immortal Emperor Pupils transformed as she witnessed visions of creation and destruction and absorbed power from the Great Dao.
  • Gu An and An Xin arrived at the Ethereal Immortal Court, where an enormous black-flamed figure appeared behind an approaching cultivator and pressed a finger to his head.

Ch. 635The Great Dao is Infinite

Gu An brought An Xin to witness an Innate Golden Immortal annihilate a Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal, then showed her the Ethereal Immortal Court and encouraged her to pursue the Great Dao. While An Xin watched the court and anticipated Tian Hao’s first battle there, Gu An traced its connection to Spirit Mountain in another Great Dao Universe.

  • An Xin asked Gu An about the realms of a Black Flame figure and the cultivator it had suppressed, and Gu An explained that they were an Innate Golden Immortal and a Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal.
  • The Black Flame figure reduced the Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal to ashes, then vanished, while Gu An warned An Xin to avoid stronger opponents and keep her desires restrained.
  • Gu An led An Xin to view the Ethereal Immortal Court and urged her to use her Immortal Emperor Pupils to study the Great Dao.
  • An Xin asked whether Tian Hao had entered the court, and Gu An said he was contesting Dao arts in his first battle and would pass through it smoothly.
  • Gu An sensed the Ethereal Immortal Court’s fortune and deduced its connection to Spirit Mountain, which lay in another Great Dao Universe and contained many worlds.

Ch. 636One Page, Ten Thousand Years

Gu An took An Xin to the Ethereal Immortal Court, where her Immortal Emperor Pupils developed as she followed him back to Wushi Daoist Field. Ten thousand years later, Gu An learned that Immortal Monarch Taiyi was approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World for the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and wondered where to hang him.

  • Gu An sensed Lu Qiuxian in the River of Fate and saw a mysterious, murderous figure approaching him through karma.
  • An Xin returned with Gu An, leaving behind figures from different periods of her life as she cultivated her Immortal Emperor Pupils.
  • Back at Wushi Daoist Field, An Xin went into secluded cultivation, and Shen Zhen noticed she could no longer see An Xin's karma.
  • Ten thousand years later, Gu An finished reading a book that chronicled eras in the mortal world, while Tianqing and Tianbai discussed a new prodigy from the Dao Court.
  • Gu An recognized the prodigy as the reincarnation of a Heavenly Court immortal god and realized Immortal Monarch Taiyi was preparing to descend for the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong.

Ch. 637Gu An vs. Immortal Lord

Gu An brought An Xin to the Boundary Gate to witness his confrontation with Immortal Monarch Taiyi, while the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong watched from his Dao Fruit Universe. Taiyi emerged and demanded Gu An surrender Tian Hao and release his captives, then unleashed his power as Gu An challenged his arrogance.

  • Gu An reassured Tianqing and Tianbai about their potential, then summoned An Xin to watch his coming battle with Immortal Monarch Taiyi.
  • Gu An brought An Xin to the Boundary Gate and explained that it led beyond the Great Thousand World, while the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong watched them from within his Dao Fruit Universe.
  • The Boundary Gate activated, and Immortal Monarch Taiyi appeared, overwhelming An Xin with his presence until Gu An stepped forward and steadied her.
  • Taiyi accused Gu An of plotting against the Son of Heaven and demanded that he release the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and hand over the Son of Heaven.
  • Gu An refused, offering Taiyi a choice between the Son of Heaven's whereabouts and the captives' freedom; Taiyi dismissed the offer and stepped out of the gate, unleashing his power.
  • Gu An questioned Taiyi's composure and asked whether he had imagined himself kneeling before mortal spirits.

Ch. 638Heavenly Emperor Bloodline

Gu An suppressed Immortal Monarch Taiyi with his Immortal Emperor Pupils after Taiyi destroyed the Heavenly Spirit Great World, leaving Taiyi struggling to avoid kneeling. The Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong realized Taiyi was being overpowered, while Purple Dragon Star Lord suspected Taiyi sought the Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.

  • Gu An rejected Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s demand that he kneel, and Taiyi shattered the Heavenly Spirit Great World with his aura.
  • An Xin saw Gu An’s Immortal Emperor Pupils appear and realized they were suppressing Immortal Monarch Taiyi.
  • Gu An revealed that he had used the Power of Causality to cut off the destroyed world from outside interference.
  • Purple Dragon Star Lord suspected Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s true aim was the Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.
  • Gu An steadily increased the pressure of his Immortal Emperor Pupils until Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s legs began to bend toward a kneel.

Ch. 639Absolute Power

Gu An restored the Heavenly Spirit Great World after defeating and subduing Immortal Monarch Taiyi, then explained his Immortal Emperor Pupils to An Xin. He took her back toward the world while considering how to strengthen himself before his next tribulation.

  • Gu An restored the shattered Heavenly Spirit Great World, subdued Immortal Monarch Taiyi, and turned him into a wooden token.
  • An Xin asked Gu An about his Immortal Emperor Pupils, and he explained that they could make vanished things reappear and existing things disappear.
  • Gu An reassured An Xin that she could grow strong enough to surpass the power he had displayed.
  • Gu An released Immortal Monarch Taiyi to suffer through reincarnation because he had destroyed the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
  • Gu An took An Xin toward the Heavenly Spirit Great World and answered her questions about the battle.

Ch. 640Strife of the Heavenly Army

Zhang Buku and Xu You joined the Heavenly Army’s desperate battle against a Chaos Demon, while God Tianzhen judged the recruits’ prospects. Ten thousand years later, Gu An advanced his Great Dao of Strength and considered how to help Zhang Buku, who had returned from the Heavenly Court dispirited.

  • Zhang Buku and Xu You charged into the Heavenly Army’s battle against the Chaos Demon as countless silver-armored soldiers fell around them.
  • God Tianzhen watched from above and judged that few promising talents were among the Heavenly Army recruits.
  • Heavenly Spirit God sensed traces of Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s aura, realized Gu An had dealt with him without causing upheaval, and returned to cultivation.
  • Ten thousand years later, Gu An used the Lifespan Projection function to strengthen his Great Dao of Strength, causing cultivators across a continent to feel its influence.
  • Gu An browsed books in a mortal city and reflected on Zhang Buku’s unexplained absence and dispirited return from the Heavenly Court.
  • Gu An left without buying a book, then told the shopkeeper he would buy the author’s drawings, making the shopkeeper beam with joy.

Ch. 641The Resolve of Number One Under Heaven

Gu An refused to let Emperor Tianhong join Wushi, despite Tianqing and Tianbai's hopes of raising the Daoist Field's renown. Emperor Tianhong knelt outside Wushi for over a century to prove his determination to follow Sword Venerable Fudao, but doubt began to unsettle him when no one came.

  • Gu An told Tianqing and Tianbai that Wushi would not recruit disciples and warned them not to chase empty fame.
  • Tianqing and Tianbai went to reject Emperor Tianhong, but found him waiting outside Wushi and kneeling beside a river to prove his resolve.
  • Emperor Tianhong recalled discovering the Heaven-Severing Axe at the Heaven-Mending Platform and spending thousands of years repaying the Dao Court before seeking Sword Venerable Fudao.
  • Yuan Songzi supported Emperor Tianhong's decision to leave the Dao Court and pursue Sword Venerable Fudao's tutelage.
  • Emperor Tianhong knelt for more than a hundred years, but as Sword Venerable Fudao remained absent, panic and distracting thoughts began to trouble him.

Ch. 642Kneeling for Ten Thousand Years

After An Xin defeated Emperor Tianhong and warned him that he could leave if he could not endure the wait, he regained his resolve and continued kneeling to enter Wushi. Ten thousand years later, Gu An and An Xin watched him as An Xin asked whether she should drive him away.

  • Emperor Tianhong brooded over Sword Venerable Fudao's refusal to accept him and doubted his standing as the greatest heavenly prodigy.
  • An Xin challenged Emperor Tianhong, saying that defeating her would qualify him to enter Wushi.
  • An Xin defeated Emperor Tianhong with a divine ability and told him that his wavering after only a hundred years had disappointed those awaiting him.
  • Emperor Tianhong renewed his resolve and knelt again, determined to enter Wushi even if it took ten thousand years.
  • After ten thousand years, Gu An and An Xin observed Emperor Tianhong, and An Xin asked whether Gu An wanted her to drive him away.

Ch. 643Beyond Heaven Project, Chaos Yuanluo

Gu An considered accepting Emperor Tianhong as his disciple and weighed the Dao Court’s plans to explore other Great Thousand Worlds. Meanwhile, Immortal Monarch Huangfeng learned of Chaos Yuanluo’s spread and chose to wait while sending God Tianzhen on a separate mission.

  • Gu An told An Xin that he had not ruled out accepting Emperor Tianhong, and An Xin reassured herself that Tian Hao would survive his troubles.
  • An Xin described the Dao Court’s weakening influence and its plan to search for other Great Thousand Worlds, which Gu An supported; he then decided to let Chen Chuan choose whether to leave seclusion.
  • Gu An and An Xin left Emperor Tianhong, who awoke briefly and reflected that kneeling had helped him shed the burden of being called the number one prodigy.
  • God Tianzhen told Immortal Monarch Huangfeng that Chaos Yuanluo was spreading through the Great Thousand Worlds and could become a calamity.
  • Immortal Monarch Huangfeng told God Tianzhen not to act rashly, warning that greater Karma might lie behind Yuanluo, then gave him a piece of golden jade to deliver to Immortal Monarch Xuansu.

Ch. 644The Bearing of a True Immortal

Xiao Lan considered joining the Dao Court’s Beyond Heaven Project, and Gu An encouraged her to pursue the opportunity while he stayed behind. After she departed with the Dao Court’s expedition, Heavenly Spirit God sensed an unusual connection to her and wondered whether Gu An would make more immortal gods suffer.

  • Xiao Lan told Gu An she wanted to join the Beyond Heaven Project and pursue the Dao Court’s top heavenly genius position, and he supported her decision.
  • Xiao Lan and Gu An spent a month together before she left, after which Gu An began gathering herbs from his other Medicine Valleys to increase his lifespan income.
  • Xiao Lan traveled with Yuan Songzi and the Dao Court’s cultivators to the Boundary Gate, where they bowed to Heavenly Spirit God and passed through.
  • Heavenly Spirit God sensed something strange about Xiao Lan, then looked toward Wushi and saw Emperor Tianhong kneeling beside the Qiankun Sect.
  • Heavenly Spirit God searched for Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s reincarnated body and wondered whether other immortal gods would descend to suffer after offending Gu An.

Ch. 645Zhao Rushen, The Great Dao Emperor Lord's Contest

Zhao Rushen came to persuade Emperor Tianhong to return to the Dao Court and challenge him, but An Xin drove him away and revealed that the two men were destined to contend as Great Dao Emperor Lords. Emperor Tianhong remained kneeling before Wushi, determined to continue cultivating as he awaited his future duel with Zhao Rushen.

  • Zhao Rushen visited Emperor Tianhong after more than twenty-one thousand years of kneeling and urged him to return to the Dao Court, describing how he had become its foremost prodigy.
  • An Xin and Chen Chuan arrived, and Zhao Rushen sensed An Xin's overwhelming presence and left after she ordered him to go.
  • An Xin told Emperor Tianhong that Zhao Rushen had been able to kill him and would become his destined enemy in a struggle between future Great Dao Emperor Lords.
  • An Xin explained that Sword Venerable had not accepted Emperor Tianhong yet and told him to keep kneeling, while he acknowledged that his understanding of the Great Dao had grown.
  • After An Xin departed, Emperor Tianhong resolved to remember Zhao Rushen and looked forward to their future duel.

Ch. 646Strange Attack

Gu An reflected on Zhao Rushen’s fate and Xiao Lan’s rise on the Path of the Great Dao, then spent time with Jiang Qiong after another five thousand years had passed. He sensed a strange, corrupting power approaching the Heavenly Spirit Great World, one that had already plunged other Great Thousand Worlds into chaos.

  • Gu An observed that Xiao Lan had begun pursuing the Great Dao Emperor Lord and had been guided toward the Dao of Obsession, the Great Dao of Thought.
  • Chen Chuan founded the Sword Sect, An Shengtian returned to support the An Family, and Lu Xian gained fame by defeating peerless geniuses across the four directions.
  • Gu An visited Jiang Qiong, gave her a formation that could protect the Gathering Flower Sect for a million years, and spoke with her about his long stay in the world.
  • Gu An sensed a strange power nearing the Heavenly Spirit Great World and learned that it made those it touched violent and bloodthirsty.

Ch. 647Gu An's Reincarnation

Gu An told Jiang Qiong about his varied experiences living as a mortal, which she began to see as a form of cultivation. Elsewhere, Long Lin and Yang Nian traveled with the Changyang Sect to confront a ten-thousand-year-old Great Demon, while Long Lin weighed whether to return to the powerful Long Family.

  • Jiang Qiong studied Gu An's Formation scroll, discussed the Gathering Flower Sect and Lu Lingjun with him, and asked whether he grew bored with cultivation.
  • Gu An explained that he had spent decades serving a mortal emperor and had experienced many mortal identities, prompting Jiang Qiong to consider doing the same.
  • Long Lin and Yang Nian flew with the Changyang Sect disciples toward a battle against a ten-thousand-year-old Great Demon.
  • Long Lin told Yang Nian that his clansmen had found him and wanted him to return to the Long Family, whose influence had persuaded the Changyang Sect's leaders to urge him to go.
  • Yang Nian felt envy beneath his gratitude toward Long Lin, while Long Lin hesitated because the Long Family did not accept outsiders and yearned to meet its Immortal.

Ch. 648An Old Acquaintance is Met

Gu An sensed an eerie power invading the Great Thousand Worlds and reassured An Xin that the coming calamity would draw powerful beings to oppose it. On the Path of the Great Dao, Ji Xiaoyu and Xiao Lan learned about Spirit Mountain before a battle outside their monastery alarmed Yuan Songzi.

  • Gu An recognized that the eerie power had entered the Great Thousand World through its Great Dao rules, but chose not to interfere in the troubles it would cause Long Lin and Yang Nian.
  • An Xin told Gu An that her Immortal Emperor Pupils and future self had sensed a vast calamity, and Gu An confirmed that the heavens would face one.
  • Gu An noted that Ji Xiaoyu, Zhang Buku, Tian Hao, and Zhu Xi were pursuing the Great Dao Emperor Lord realm, while Ji Xiaoyu and Xiao Lan had met through Yuan Songzi's efforts.
  • Ji Xiaoyu told Xiao Lan about Spirit Mountain, and Yuan Songzi recalled a Spirit Mountain disciple who had once saved his world and suppressed a Beyond Heaven Demon.
  • The monastery shook as two figures fought in the void of the Great Dao, and Yuan Songzi recognized one of them and grew visibly troubled.

Ch. 649Fifty Trillion Years of Lifespan!

Gu An watched the mortal world descend into widespread conflict while considering his next breakthrough, then met Emperor Tianhong, who had knelt for more than fifty thousand years. He lent Emperor Tianhong the Longevity Sword to save the mortal world and told him to decide later whether he still wished to become his disciple; afterward, Gu An resolved to break through.

  • Yuan Songzi identified one of the fighters outside as Zhou Jie of Ascending Yellow Heaven, and the group waited in fear until the battle pressure disappeared.
  • Over the next twenty thousand years, eerie power spread through the Heavenly Spirit Great World, fueling violence and wars that Gu An chose not to stop while secretly protecting old acquaintances.
  • Gu An checked his Attribute Panel and found that his lifespan had exceeded five trillion years, then encountered Emperor Tianhong kneeling beside a river after more than fifty thousand years.
  • Emperor Tianhong said that the Dao could be found everywhere in heaven and earth and asked Gu An to accept him as a disciple.
  • Gu An lent Emperor Tianhong the Longevity Sword and charged him with saving the mortal world before deciding whether to become his disciple.
  • Gu An walked away, deciding to attempt a breakthrough beyond the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm.

Ch. 650Endless Dao Mountain

Gu An used Lifespan Breakthrough to travel to Endless Dao Mountain and spent billions of years of lifespan advancing his physique and techniques. As his enhancements disturbed the mountain, a powerful Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal appeared nearby, while Gu An began upgrading the Immortal Emperor Pupils.

  • After parting from Emperor Tianhong, Gu An traveled to an uninhabited mountain forest and activated Lifespan Breakthrough.
  • Gu An chose Endless Dao Mountain from the nine destinations and spent ten billion years of lifespan to teleport there.
  • Gu An invested forty billion years of lifespan to transform the Chaotic Reincarnation Indestructible Body into the Chaotic Dao-Creating Body.
  • Gu An advanced his Great Dao Sovereign Art, Sun and Moon Selfless Divine Path, Dao-less Heavenly Net Step, and Primordial Void-Turning Golden Body into stronger techniques.
  • Gu An's upgrades stirred the Great Dao rules and drew the attention of a powerful Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal on a distant Dao Mountain.
  • Gu An ignored the distant figure and began investing lifespan to enhance the Immortal Emperor Pupils.

Ch. 651Breakthrough to Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal

Gu An evolved his Immortal Emperor Pupils into Absolute Void Pupils, then spent trillions of years attempting to break through to the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm. He finally passed the Great Tribulation of Boundless Heavenly Void and began transforming into a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal as powerful cultivators watched from the Endless Dao Mountains.

  • Gu An invested 1.8 trillion years of lifespan to evolve his Immortal Emperor Pupils into Absolute Void Pupils, gaining the power to create and erase void and reality.
  • The disturbance from Gu An's breakthrough drew cultivators onto nearby Dao mountains, including a gray-qi figure whose cultivation was at the late stage of the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm.
  • Gu An repeatedly failed to break through to the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm, spending more than two trillion years of lifespan before finally passing the Great Tribulation of Boundless Heavenly Void.
  • Gu An sensed many powerful cultivators in the Endless Dao Mountains, including several Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals.
  • Gu An learned that Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals could revive up to forty-nine times through their Dao Extreme Markings, while his magic power and True Words of Longevity began transforming.

Ch. 652World of No Cause

Gu An broke through to the mid-stage of the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm while exploring the Endless Dao Mountains, then returned to Wushi Daoist Field. He discovered that Fairy Yao Xuan’s soul was exiled in the World of No Cause, a dangerous place he was not yet ready to enter.

  • Gu An completed his transformation into a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal and sensed other powerful beings and Heavenly Court providence in the Endless Dao Mountains.
  • Gu An used his enhanced insight to learn about the mountains’ rules, their visitors, and the routes leading to different cosmic planes.
  • Gu An spent eight hundred billion years of lifespan to reach the mid-stage of the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm, then returned safely to Wushi Daoist Field.
  • Gu An traced Fairy Yao Xuan’s karma to the World of No Cause and found her soul sleeping there among countless exiled souls.
  • Gu An judged that the World of No Cause’s terrifying will made rescuing Fairy Yao Xuan too dangerous for now, while Shen Zhen sensed that he had become stronger.
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