Recaps

Gu An discussed Emperor Tianhong and the mortal realm’s growing chaos with Shen Zhen, then traveled in disguise to the Endless Dao Mountains to seek knowledge and learn about the Heavenly Court. He met Hong Yazi, who invited him to hear the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor preach the Dao.

• Gu An told Shen Zhen that Emperor Tianhong had great potential and shared what he knew about the force stirring disasters in the mortal realm.
• Emperor Tianhong roamed the world suppressing evil forces, while Dao Court chief disciple Zhao Rushen gained renown for helping save the world.
• A hundred years later, Gu An suppressed his cultivation and entered the Endless Dao Mountains to gather intelligence and deepen his understanding of the Great Dao.
• Gu An approached the cautious cultivator Hong Yazi, introduced himself as the wandering Meng Lang, and learned that Hong Yazi came from the Ethereal Immortal Court.
• Hong Yazi invited Gu An to hear the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor, a respected Heavenly Court immortal, preach the Dao.

Gu An attended White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s sermon through a clone while continuing to gather herbs and observe the growing turmoil in the Heavenly Spirit Great World. The chapter ended with Li Ya arriving at the Qiankun Sect, changed from his former hot-blooded self.

• Gu An arrived at the Endless Dao Mountains with Hong Yazi, mingled with Great Luo Immortals, and sent his true body back to the Heavenly Spirit Great World while his clone remained for the sermon.
• White-Headed Immortal Ancestor descended and began preaching about the Great Dao of Strength, which Gu An listened to through his clone.
• The Heavenly Spirit Great World grew more chaotic as the Dao Court descended into internal strife, and Emperor Tianhong became a wanted criminal after breaking with it.
• Li Ya arrived at the Qiankun Sect carrying Elder Li Xuanyu’s token, and the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit remarked on the sect’s fortune and Li Ya’s changed temperament.

Li Ya told Gu An about a force of resentment from Beyond Heaven that was spreading chaos through the mortal world. Gu An agreed to end the calamity and made the bizarre force vanish with the simple act of setting down his teacup.

• Li Xuanyu and Li Ya exchanged stories about their lives, and Li Ya was unsettled by how quickly Li Xuanyu had advanced with help from powerful figures.
• Li Ya explained that a dying servant of the Heavenly Dao had warned him that a force of resentment from Beyond Heaven was fueling evil thoughts and threatening the world.
• Gu An revealed that the force came from Chaos Yuanluo and refused to treat it as an unstoppable calamity.
• Li Xuanyu argued that people had to face hardships themselves, while Li Ya asked whether Gu An could end the chaos without harm to himself.
• Gu An promised to grant Li Ya's wish, then set down his teacup and caused the bizarre force shrouding all living beings to vanish.

Gu An reunited with Li Ya, who chose to keep traveling rather than remain by Gu An’s side, and learned that Li Ya’s own choices had changed his karma. The chapter ended with Gu An attending the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s sermon and preparing to ask a question.

• Li Ya doubted Gu An had dispersed the strange power, then said he intended to keep traveling and refused Gu An’s offer to enter the Dao Court.
• Gu An and Li Ya reminisced at the Qiankun Sect, and Li Ya shared the hardships he had endured over the years.
• Gu An brought Li Ya to Wushi Daoist Field, where Li Ya saw its powerful disciples before departing after three days.
• Li Ya said he wanted to follow his own path and someday return to see whether Gu An had truly resolved the great calamity; the Divine Wonder Immortal Spirit left with him.
• An Xin asked whether Gu An had changed Li Ya’s karma, and Gu An said Li Ya’s own choice had changed it.
• At Endless Dao Mountains, the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor ended his thousand-year sermon and invited everyone to ask one question, prompting Gu An to consider what to ask.

At White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s sermon, Gu An learned more about the Heavenly Court’s rule and asked whether the Great Dao was infinite. Afterward, he heard other immortals condemn the Heavenly Court and learned why they dared to speak freely in the Endless Dao Mountains.

• White-Headed Immortal Ancestor answered listeners’ questions about Chaos, the Heavenly Court, and the ways to become ranked among the immortals.
• Gu An asked whether the Great Dao was infinite and what meaning cultivators had within it, and White-Headed Immortal Ancestor said the Great Dao had no known end.
• After the sermon, Gu An asked an Opening Heaven Great Luo Immortal about Chaos Yuanluo, and the immortals blamed the Heavenly Court for allowing its destruction to spread.
• Hong Yazi told Gu An that the Endless Dao Mountains were beyond the Heavenly Dao’s providence, so visitors there were not bound by the Heavenly Court’s laws.
• Hong Yazi said the Ethereal Immortal Court outwardly flattered the Heavenly Court because factions that resisted it had been destroyed.

Gu An learned more about the Ethereal Immortal Court from Hong Yazi, then spent ten thousand years cultivating as the Qiankun Sect recovered. He discovered that Chaos Yuanluo had reincarnated as a disciple of peerless talent in the Qiankun Sect, while Immortal Monarch Huangfeng prepared to pursue him.

• Hong Yazi told Gu An about the Ethereal Immortal Court’s tribute to the Heavenly Court and gave him a Red Domain Immortal Token before they parted.
• Immortal Monarch Huangfeng ordered God Tianzhen to clear away Chaos Yuanluo’s power and said he would enlist a stronger Heavenly Dao power to capture him.
• Over ten thousand years, Gu An accumulated another one trillion six hundred billion years of lifespan, and the Qiankun Sect restored peace and began sending disciples out to save the world.
• Gu An told Shen Zhen that a peerless disciple was about to be born in the Qiankun Sect and said the disciple might surpass Emperor Tianhong and Zhao Rushen.
• Gu An recognized that the new disciple was Chaos Yuanluo reincarnated and told Shen Zhen he would keep his promise to take Emperor Tianhong as his disciple if he returned.

Gu An discussed Yuan Luo’s rise and the dangers surrounding his reincarnation while following Ji Xiaoyu and Xiao Lan’s progress on the Path of the Great Dao. Ji Xiaoyu prepared to face the Invincible Emperor, rejecting Yuan Songzi’s plea to withdraw from the battle.

• An Xin told Gu An that the Qiankun Sect planned to cultivate Yuan Luo as a prodigy, and Gu An revealed Yuan Luo had been Chaos Yuanluo in his previous life.
• Gu An told An Xin that Zhao Rushen was destined to become a Great Dao Emperor Lord and reflected on Ji Xiaoyu and Xiao Lan’s progress.
• Gu An saw that Ji Xiaoyu’s next opponent was the Invincible Emperor, a peerless prodigy from the Taichu Imperial Domain who had defeated a Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• Yuan Songzi warned Ji Xiaoyu that the Invincible Emperor was unbeatable and urged her to give up the match to survive.
• Ji Xiaoyu argued that she had to defeat the opponent chosen by the Great Dao and challenged Yuan Songzi’s certainty that she would lose.

Ji Xiaoyu fought the Invincible Emperor on the Path of the Great Dao, but was defeated and left with only a fading soul as he claimed her accumulated fortune. At the Qiankun Sect, Yuan Luo impressed the spectators with his strength, while Yuan Songzi tried to protect Ji Xiaoyu from the Invincible Emperor.

• The Invincible Emperor arrived with the mighty figures of the Taichu Imperial Domain and challenged Ji Xiaoyu to battle.
• At the Qiankun Sect, Yuan Luo defeated a Profound Heart Realm opponent and challenged a higher realm, prompting Lin Chuan to send a Great Vehicle Realm disciple against him.
• Gu An watched Yuan Luo's duel while monitoring Ji Xiaoyu's fight and decided to ensure she survived rather than help her win.
• Ji Xiaoyu wounded the Invincible Emperor but lost their final clash, leaving only her faint soul as her accumulated fortune flowed to him.
• Yuan Songzi pleaded with the Invincible Emperor to spare Ji Xiaoyu, but the Emperor called him a crawling insect as Taichu's mighty figures pressed him with their aura.

Gu An intervened when Invincible Emperor and the Imperial Clan threatened Ji Xiaoyu, Yuan Songzi, and the Dao Court. His golden hand wiped out the Imperial Clan, leaving the survivors stunned.

• Yuan Songzi endured Invincible Emperor's humiliation and tried to protect Ji Xiaoyu as the Imperial Clan sealed off their escape.
• Ji Xiaoyu offered to die in exchange for the others' lives, but Invincible Emperor launched his spear at Yuan Songzi.
• Gu An secretly intervened, stopping the spear and warning Invincible Emperor to spare them.
• The Imperial Clan's mighty figures challenged the hidden helper, and Gu An judged their defiance to be conceited.
• Gu An sent a golden giant hand across the void, which turned Invincible Emperor and the Imperial Clan beings to ash.

Gu An destroyed the Imperial Clan forces threatening Ji Xiaoyu and gained enough lifespan to surpass ten trillion years, upgrading his enemy-prediction function. Ji Xiaoyu survived but lost her chance to become a Great Dao Emperor Lord, while Xiao Lan decided to leave the Imperial Road and return to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

• Gu An seized vast amounts of lifespan from the Imperial Clan after using his own power to destroy the Invincible Emperor and his forces.
• Gu An's lifespan exceeded ten trillion years, upgrading Lifespan Enemy Prediction so it could identify Karma and warn him about potential enemies.
• Gu An saw prompts naming numerous future enemies, including Tiangan Imperial General, Ancestor Chuji, and Hanlong, and used inspection costs to gauge their strength.
• Ji Xiaoyu recovered her physical body but said the Invincible Emperor's divine ability had cut off her path to becoming a Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• Yuan Songzi urged Xiao Lan to stop pursuing the Imperial Road, and she agreed, thinking of returning to the Heavenly Spirit Great World and her Brother Gu.

Gu An reached the perfected Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm, then met with the Heavenly Spirit God to discuss growing threats from the Heavenly Court and Chaos Demons. Meanwhile, Emperor Tianhong returned to Wushi Daoist Field and was accepted as Sword Venerable Fudao’s disciple.

• Xiao Lan and the others returned to the Heavenly Spirit Great World, still shaken by the golden giant hand, while Gu An waited for his Lifespan Enemy Prediction prompts to end.
• Gu An used Lifespan Breakthrough in the Hongmeng Great World, spending four trillion years of lifespan to reach the perfected Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm.
• A thousand years later, Emperor Tianhong returned to Wushi Daoist Field, where An Xin welcomed him as a disciple and senior sister.
• Gu An met the Heavenly Spirit God before the Boundary Gate, confirmed Tian Hao was thriving in the Ethereal Immortal Court, and explained that he would keep Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong suffering in Reincarnation for now.
• Gu An asked the Heavenly Spirit God how he should face the appearance of other immortal gods and Chaos Demons in the mortal world.

Gu An questioned Heavenly Spirit God about the Heavenly Court and learned more about the different ranks of Heavenly Gods. Ten thousand years later, the Dao Court's travelers returned, Xiao Lan reunited with Gu An, and he began considering how to create a path of providence to help Ji Xiaoyu.

• Heavenly Spirit God described the choices facing those who opposed the Heavenly Court and explained its internal struggles and the varying status of Heavenly Gods.
• Gu An asked Heavenly Spirit God about God Tianzhen, who served Immortal Monarch Huangfeng and held authority across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• After ten thousand years, Xiao Lan, Yuan Songzi, and the other Dao Court members returned from the Path of the Great Dao.
• Xiao Lan hurried to find Gu An, while Yuan Songzi observed Zhao Rushen and wondered who might become the Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• Gu An reflected on Ji Xiaoyu's failed Imperial Road and damaged Dao Heart, then decided to study whether he could create a comparable path of providence.
• Xiao Lan reunited with Gu An in her Grotto-Heaven and embraced him, relieved that he was still there.

Gu An considered creating a cultivation path that let others draw on his power, and Emperor Tianhong and Shen Zhen volunteered to follow it. Meanwhile, Ji Xiaoyu’s cultivation continued to collapse before a terrifying black presence appeared in her palace.

• After returning to Wushi, Gu An told An Xin that Yuan Luo should not be sent there, and she went to negotiate with the Qiankun Sect.
• Gu An recognized Yuan Luo as a reincarnated Chaos Demon and told Emperor Tianhong he would not stop him from returning to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An proposed opening a path similar to that of a Great Dao Emperor Lord, and Emperor Tianhong and Shen Zhen offered to join it.
• Ji Xiaoyu spat blood as her cultivation fell further and feared the Invincible Emperor’s lingering divine ability was destroying her.
• A mass of black qi appeared above Ji Xiaoyu, and a pair of purple eyes stared down at her.

Ji Xiaoyu was attacked by a black-robed old man whose Immortal Emperor Pupils overwhelmed her, but Gu An arrived and defeated him effortlessly. Gu An gave Ji Xiaoyu a Dao Treasure to remove the Invincible Emperor’s lingering power, then returned to the Wushi Daoist Field and forcibly searched the old man’s memories.

• A black-robed old man appeared before Ji Xiaoyu and used his Immortal Emperor Pupils to suppress her while probing her karma.
• Gu An appeared behind the black-robed old man, suppressed his pupils, dragged his soul back into his body, and shrank him into his palm.
• Gu An gave Ji Xiaoyu the Samsara Endless Map to help eliminate the power left by the Invincible Emperor, then vanished before she could ask about the pupils.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field with the black-robed old man and learned that the old man believed the Immortal Emperor Pupils were the strongest power.
• Gu An used Doom Absolute Eye to search the black-robed old man’s memories, collapsing his consciousness and dimming his pupils.

Gu An spared the Invincible Emperor Ancestor and recruited him after learning of his hatred for the Heavenly Court. As the Taichu period neared its end, Zhao Rushen secretly gathered support while pursuing a chance to become a Great Dao Emperor Lord.

• Gu An learned that the Invincible Emperor Ancestor feared the Heavenly Court and had only a few hundred billion years of lifespan left, so he sealed him in his Dao Fruit Universe instead of killing him.
• Gu An told the Invincible Emperor Ancestor that he also possessed the Immortal Emperor Pupils, then learned that a Heavenly God had killed the Ancestor’s wife and children.
• Gu An offered to settle their conflict if the Invincible Emperor Ancestor became his subordinate, and the Ancestor accepted after Gu An promised to strengthen his pupils.
• Gu An assigned the Invincible Emperor Ancestor tasks and returned to his peaceful life while Zhao Rushen grew resentful that Yuan Songzi would not take him to the Path of the Great Dao.
• Zhao Rushen secretly drew in Dao Court higher-ups and considered rebellion, while Gu An chose not to interfere as long as Xiao Lan remained unaffected; the Taichu period neared its end.

A hundred thousand years after Gu An subdued the Invincible Emperor Ancestor, he watched the Qiankun Sect’s grand competition with Emperor Tianhong and sent him to find a child in the Taigan Dynasty to teach immortal cultivation and name Taiyi. Gu An then returned to the Hidden Spirit Palace, where he promised the Deep Sea Dragon Carp he could choose disciples after reaching the Carefree Immortal Realm.

• Gu An and Emperor Tianhong watched the Qiankun Sect’s grand competition and discussed the twenty geniuses Gu An had arranged to join the sect.
• Emperor Tianhong asked about the Blood Prison Great Sage’s fighting method, and Gu An explained the Extreme Dao Battle Technique.
• Gu An gave Emperor Tianhong a jade pendant and ordered him to find someone in the Taigan Dynasty, teach him immortal cultivation, and name him Taiyi without revealing Wushi.
• After the grand competition ended, Emperor Tianhong set out, while Gu An went to the Hidden Spirit Palace.
• The Deep Sea Dragon Carp asked to take disciples, and Gu An promised he could travel and choose nine disciples after reaching the Carefree Immortal Realm.

Gu An reflected on the Deep Sea Dragon Carp’s future while continuing to guide him, as Zhu Xi found herself imprisoned in the Taiwei Great World and was approached by Meng Lang with an offer to help her escape. The chapter ended with Zhu Xi asking whether Meng Lang was an Innate Golden Immortal.

• Gu An foresaw that the Deep Sea Dragon Carp would one day unite the ocean-dwelling Demon Race, found the Dragon Palace, and fight a world-shaking war, but he continued teaching him.
• Zhu Xi listened as a cultivator condemned the Divine Court’s imprisonment and exile of outsiders in the Taiwei Great World.
• Zhu Xi recalled arriving in the prison after fleeing another Great World and resolved to escape and restore the Sacred Court.
• Meng Lang told Zhu Xi that dozens of Innate Golden Immortals were imprisoned there and that their Divine Court guard was a Hengtian Golden Immortal.
• Meng Lang offered to take Zhu Xi with him, and after introducing herself and learning his name, she asked whether he was an Innate Golden Immortal.

Gu An accompanied Zhu Xi as she followed the Divine Court's Crown Prince through a black-hole tunnel, while keeping his true strength hidden. They emerged to find a vast army waiting, and learned the Crown Prince's escape involved a rebellion against the Divine Court and an immortal god.

• Gu An told Zhu Xi that a Taiqing Golden Immortal was watching them and would capture her if he did not intervene.
• The Crown Prince of the Divine Court opened a black-hole tunnel, and Gu An and Zhu Xi followed the fugitives inside.
• Gu An warned Zhu Xi that the real danger would come after they escaped the suppressed land.
• The fugitives emerged into a mountain forest and found countless purple-armored troops waiting above the clouds.
• A voice accused the Crown Prince of treason, and he declared that the Divine Court had become an immortal god's servant and was sacrificing innocent beings.

General Zhu annihilated the Divine Court's Crown Prince and attacked the fugitives, but Gu An rescued Zhu Xi and later offered her a chance to become stronger. In the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An and the Heavenly Spirit God discussed signs that the Heavenly Emperor's succession struggle could devastate the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

• General Zhu killed the Divine Court's Crown Prince and struck at the fugitives with two powerful beads.
• Zhu Xi awoke beside Gu An on a cliff and learned that he had brought her to safety in the Taiwei Great World.
• Gu An asked Zhu Xi whether she wanted to become stronger as she prepared to leave.
• The Heavenly Spirit God told Gu An that rumors of a struggle for the Heavenly Emperor's position were spreading through the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An described how the Divine Court was sacrificing mortal divine disciples in a pill furnace, and the Heavenly Spirit God warned that the practice might be tied to the succession struggle.
• The Heavenly Spirit God feared that the Three Thousand Great Worlds might eventually be destroyed and remade by the Heavenly Court.

Gu An advised Heavenly Spirit God as the Heavenly Court threatened the Three Thousand Great Worlds, then watched the Qiankun Sect grow and reflected on the rules of the path he hoped to establish. Four hundred years later, Zhu Xi entered the Dao and chose to remain in the Taiwei Great World to challenge its divine court after Gu An departed.

• Heavenly Spirit God asked Gu An what to do about the Heavenly Court's threat to destroy the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and Gu An advised him to cultivate and let events unfold.
• Gu An watched a crippled former genius suffer humiliation in the Qiankun Sect and considered the rules of the path he wanted to open.
• Gu An saw through the divine court's staged resistance in the Taiwei Great World and recognized Zhu Xi as a potential force against its rule.
• Zhu Xi entered the Dao and comprehended the Sacred Heart Sword Dao while Gu An observed her progress.
• Gu An offered to help Zhu Xi leave the Taiwei Great World, but she chose to stay and pursue a great undertaking there.
• Zhu Xi knelt to thank Gu An as her master, and he departed; she resolved to confront the immortals and gods.

After a century of millennia spent pursuing Dao Creation, Gu An visited Li Xuandao amid the war between Taigan and the Dao Court, then went to see Xiao Lan as she struggled with a cultivation bottleneck. He challenged her to fight, insisting that even at full strength she could not defeat him.

• Li Xuandao praised Taigan's bold attack on the Dao Court, and Gu An explained that Taigan's ambitions would lead to years of war before Zhao Rushen subdued it.
• Li Xuandao asked whether Gu An was secretly nurturing Long Teng, and Gu An admitted he was helping Long Teng comprehend the Dao with his Dao Intent.
• After drinking with Gu An, Li Xuandao wondered how long their peaceful meetings could continue, and Gu An told him they would last until Li Xuandao grew tired of them.
• Gu An reflected on how age and stalled cultivation unsettled his old friends, then visited Xiao Lan as she emerged from seclusion feeling discouraged by her bottleneck.
• Xiao Lan tried to kiss Gu An and tugged at his clothes; days later, she declined his offer to spar, and Gu An told her she could not beat him even at full strength.

Gu An revealed his overwhelming strength while testing Xiao Lan, then offered to guide her toward becoming a Hunyuan Dao Emperor. The chapter ended with Xiao Lan learning that this path relied on comprehension rather than slaughter.

• Gu An transformed the surroundings into a boundless wasteland and asked Xiao Lan to show her full strength.
• Xiao Lan attacked Gu An with her sword and a formation, but he effortlessly withstood her techniques and defeated her after an hour.
• Gu An told Xiao Lan she could become a Great Dao Emperor Lord by surpassing him, and offered to help her recover her previous-life memories.
• Gu An explained that he had gone to Xiao Manor for Xiao Lan and said his feelings were not limited to her previous life.
• Gu An offered Xiao Lan the alternative path of becoming a Hunyuan Dao Emperor, which relied on comprehension instead of slaughter.

Gu An began teaching Xiao Lan the Hunyuan Dao Emperor path, while disciples in the Ethereal Immortal Court discussed Emperor Yongsheng’s legendary past. The gathering turned deadly when the Mystic Demon Emperor revealed himself and trapped the disciples in the palace.

• Xiao Lan agreed to become a Hunyuan Dao Emperor, and Gu An healed her before beginning to preach the Dao.
• Gu An developed a plan for Hunyuan Dao Emperor cultivators to comprehend the Great Dao by projecting their wills into reincarnation.
• At the Ethereal Immortal Court, Tian Hao listened as disciples discussed their qualifications to compete for the title of Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• A blue-robed disciple described Emperor Yongsheng’s talent, his connection to Spirit Mountain, and his mysterious disappearance into the River of Karma.
• The blue-robed man revealed himself as the Mystic Demon Emperor and declared that only one disciple would survive to compete for the title.
• The palace shook under a powerful suppressive force, and Tian Hao prepared to fight as the disciples found themselves unable to escape.

Gu An created the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s fortune and planned a Hunyuan Imperial Road on the Path of the Great Dao. After another Lifespan Projection, the chapter shifted to Yuan Luo’s return to the Qiankun Sect, where he revealed that someone weaker than him had defeated him.

• Gu An watched Mystic Demon Emperor suppress the Ethereal Immortal Court’s prodigies, then rescue the gravely wounded Tian Hao from the battle.
• Gu An used Lifespan Projection five times to advance his understanding of the Great Dao of fortune and created fierce, powerful Hunyuan Dao Emperor fortune.
• Gu An showed Shen Zhen a trace of the fortune’s aura, then considered establishing a Hunyuan Imperial Road on the Path of the Great Dao.
• Gu An began another Lifespan Projection to strengthen his Great Dao of Creation.
• Yuan Luo returned to the Qiankun Sect and told Yi Qingshan and the other elders that someone with lower cultivation had defeated him.

Yuan Luo’s defeat unsettled Qiankun Sect, while its Elders resolved to remain independent amid the war between the Taigan Dynasty and Dao Court. A thousand years later, Emperor Tianhong returned to Wushi Daoist Field grieving the death of Taiyi, and Gu An reassured him that Taiyi would reincarnate before allowing An Xin to seek a disciple of her own.

• Yuan Luo insisted that the unknown opponent who defeated him had lower cultivation, and he refused Yi Qingshan’s suggestion to go cultivate at Wushi.
• Gu Changsheng reassured the Elders that Wushi would keep Qiankun Sect from falling behind in talent, and Yi Qingshan ordered the sect to avoid taking sides in the war.
• The Elders discussed the Taigan Dynasty’s advance toward Dao Court’s mountain gate and the opportunities Dao Court’s weakening might create for ambitious forces.
• A thousand years later, Emperor Tianhong told Gu An that Taiyi had died fighting a Taigan power, and Gu An said Taiyi would reincarnate.
• An Xin asked to take a disciple from Qiankun Sect, and Gu An allowed her to accept one without worrying too much about their aptitude.