Recaps

Gu An expanded the Dao Field across the Nine Spirits Continent, transforming it into a prosperous refuge over the next two hundred thousand years. As Wushi faced growing crowds, he prepared the Myriad Worlds Gate to let its people travel elsewhere, while Shen Zhen reported seeing more of the coming Son of Heaven Contention.

• An Xin asked Gu An to capture Yuan Luo and reform him, but Gu An said the Qiankun Sect must face its own tribulation.
• Gu An spent one hundred billion years of lifespan to expand the Dao Field across the Nine Spirits Continent, releasing abundant spiritual energy and Dao Intent.
• Two hundred thousand years later, the continent had become a hidden, flourishing refuge, and An Xin warned Gu An that its growing population might cause disorder.
• Gu An told An Xin he would establish the Myriad Worlds Gate, a Dao Treasure that would let Wushi's people travel to other worlds while screening out outsiders.
• After An Xin left to summon the third-generation disciples for a sermon, Shen Zhen told Gu An she was seeing more scenes of the Son of Heaven Contention.

Gu An reflected on his weakening bond with Tian Hao and the few old friends who had survived 1.68 million years, while considering how immense power distanced him from mortal life. He spoke with an old farmer about family, immortality, and the farmer’s grandson, then left after calling the farmer the true immortal.

• Shen Zhen told Gu An about a dream in which demons poured from a black hole above the Great Dao void, and Gu An connected the vision to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An watched Tian Hao and recalled how their bond had weakened as Tian Hao rose within the Ethereal Immortal Court and approached the future struggle of the Son of Heaven.
• Gu An looked back on old acquaintances, noting that fewer than one in ten had survived the 1.68 million years, and reflected on how his growing power made him increasingly indifferent.
• Gu An met an old farmer working in the fields and learned that the farmer’s grandson planned to take the imperial examinations rather than pursue cultivation.
• Gu An told the old farmer that he was the true immortal and left, suggesting that becoming immortal might cause the farmer to stop thinking about his grandson.

Gu An welcomed Immortal Monarch Taiyi back to his true body and discussed the coming contest among the Sons of Heaven. Taiyi chose to remain in the mortal realm with the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong, while Gu An left open the possibility of helping him make connections in the Heavenly Court.

• Ten years passed as Gu An continued his quiet life and occasionally visited old friends.
• An Zizai brought Immortal Monarch Taiyi to Gu An, and Taiyi explained that reincarnation could not erase his divinity or attachments.
• Gu An asked Taiyi about the coming contest among the Sons of Heaven, and Taiyi named Taixian Shenyuan and Xuanyuan Renzun as its instigators.
• Taiyi said the Son of Heaven he had chosen would eventually return to the Heavenly Court and become its War God, creating an opportunity for him.
• Gu An gave Taiyi the wooden plaques transformed from the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and assured him that he had no intention of opposing the Heavenly Court.
• Taiyi agreed to stay with the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong and observe the mortal realm, while Gu An invited him to appreciate its scenery.

After reaching the late stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm, Gu An encountered Li Xianyou, who sought help for his shattered master, Li Ya. Gu An gave Li Xianyou a wooden sword to take to Li Ya and hinted that Li Ya might one day walk ahead of everyone, leaving unanswered whether he could surpass Gu An.

• Gu An’s lifespan breakthrough carried him to the late stage of the Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm, after which he wandered across the Nine Spirits Continent.
• Gu An approached Li Xianyou, who knelt and explained that Li Ya had become obsessed with sword cultivation, suffered a devastating defeat, and seemed to have gone mad.
• Gu An gave Li Xianyou a small wooden sword and told him to bring it to Li Ya.
• Gu An acknowledged Li Xianyou as his martial nephew and urged him to take good care of Li Ya, whom he praised for holding on to his original heart.
• Gu An hinted that Li Ya might one day walk ahead of everyone, but smiled without answering when Li Xianyou asked whether Li Ya could surpass him.

After learning that the contest of the Sons of Heaven was approaching, Zhu Xi prepared the Sacred Court for the coming crisis and sought help from the former Lord of the Divine Court. He agreed to support her on the condition that she not pursue a Divine Name, then sent her to seek aid from the supreme one of the Ancient God Continent.

• The Sacred Court's officials urged Zhu Xi to investigate the contest of the Sons of Heaven and strengthen their control of the Taiwei Great World.
• Zhu Xi issued orders to mobilize the Sacred Court, then visited the former Lord of the Divine Court in a bamboo forest.
• The former Lord explained that Immortal Lord Hansha had served a Son of Heaven and warned Zhu Xi that the contest would bring danger to all living beings.
• He offered to support Zhu Xi if she promised not to compete for a quota to become an immortal god, and she agreed.
• The former Lord gave Zhu Xi a jade token and told her to take it to the Ancient God Continent to meet its supreme one.

After another five hundred thousand years, Gu An watched Li Ya reach Hunyuan Dao Emperor and observed the troubles facing his disciples and allies. He considered opening Wushi to more disciples, then visited Human World Peak, where Eternal Years Dao Lord questioned him about Hunyuan Dao Emperor.

• Gu An observed Li Ya achieve Hunyuan Dao Emperor and saw Li Xianyou hunted by two powerful clans after the woman he loved was forced to her death.
• Gu An watched Zhang Buku cultivate with God Tianzhen and saw Zhu Xi gradually take control of the Taiwei Great World.
• Blood Prison Great Sage urged Gu An to open Wushi to more disciples, and Gu An gave him a painting to finish before leaving.
• Gu An visited Sky-Settling Peak and met Eternal Years Dao Lord, who asked for guidance about his Hunyuan Dao Emperor opportunity.
• Gu An told Eternal Years Dao Lord that he had not become Hunyuan Dao Emperor either, and Eternal Years Dao Lord assumed Gu An had secluded himself to comprehend the Dao.

Gu An reached the perfected Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm and discovered the Heavenly Emperor’s overwhelming power while examining the Heavenly Court. Emperor Tianhong then told Gu An that his awakened immortal-god identity would soon draw him back to the Heavenly Court, and Gu An let him leave with a warning to protect living beings.

• Gu An gave Eternal Years Dao Lord a four-day sermon and sensed that the Hunyuan Dao Emperor’s growing luck could benefit him.
• Another million years passed, during which several disciples of the Wushi Daoist Field advanced to Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal.
• Gu An spent nearly eighty trillion years of lifespan to reach the perfected Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal Realm and saw the immense forces of the Heavenly Court, including the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Emperor Tianhong told Gu An that his awakened identity as Star Lord Tianhong would soon return his Heavenly Court Luck and make him leave the Wushi Daoist Field.
• Gu An urged Emperor Tianhong to protect living beings, and Emperor Tianhong promised to remember him as his master before departing.

Thirty thousand years after Emperor Tianhong left, Li Ya and Li Xianyou returned to the Nine Spirits Continent and traveled to Wushi with An Xin and Li Xuanyu. Li Ya marveled at the continent’s growth and Gu An’s Dao attainments, then was stunned to find Zuo Yijian had also reached the Carefree Immortal Realm.

• Gu An refused to open Wushi’s gates widely but allowed disciples to each accept one apprentice, and the first fourth-generation disciple appeared less than ten years later.
• An Xin entrusted many Wushi affairs to her eldest disciple, An Zizai, as Wushi and the wider world continued to grow stronger over thirty thousand years.
• Li Ya and Li Xianyou entered the Nine Spirits Continent and reunited with Li Xuanyu and An Xin, discovering Li Xuanyu had become a Free Immortal.
• An Xin and Li Xuanyu escorted Li Ya and Li Xianyou through the thriving continent and explained the Myriad Worlds Gate, deepening Li Ya’s awe of Gu An.
• At Wushi’s core Dao field, Li Ya encountered Zuo Yijian and was shocked that he had reached the Carefree Immortal Realm.

Li Ya reunited with Zuo Yijian before visiting Gu An, where their teasing quickly restored their old closeness. Meanwhile, Li Xuanmiao received a summons to Shenyuan Immortal Palace for a Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon and considered how to contact his master amid Heavenly Court factional politics.

• Li Ya and Zuo Yijian reminisced about their long separation and compared their formidable Sword Dao before An Xin led Li Ya away to meet Gu An.
• Li Xianyou asked Li Ya about Zuo Yijian, and Li Ya explained Zuo Yijian's history with Gu An and admitted he owed Gu An many favors.
• Li Ya entered Gu An's courtyard nervously, but Gu An's teasing eased the tension and brought back their familiar rapport.
• A purple-robed old man told Li Xuanmiao that the Supreme had ordered him to receive a Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon at Shenyuan Immortal Palace and warned him not to promise anything if Taixian Shenyuan tried to recruit him.
• After the messenger left, Li Xuanmiao thought about the Heavenly Court's factions and how to contact his master.

After increasing his lifespan income for millions of years, Gu An watched the immortals and gods divide the Three Thousand Great Worlds while continuing to guide his disciples at Wushi Daoist Field. He sent Zui out to temper himself for a thousand years under Blood Prison Great Sage’s watch, leaving the pair to set off together.

• Li Ya spent a month visiting Gu An at Wushi Daoist Field before leaving, and Gu An later held a Dao lecture for his disciples.
• Gu An expanded his herb cultivation until his annual lifespan income reached two hundred million years, then watched immortals and gods stir conflict across the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Zui wounded Blood Prison Great Sage in their spar, surprising him, and Gu An told An Xin that Zui came from the Desperate Heaven Tomb, outside the Great Dao.
• Gu An urged Zui to keep cultivating rather than argue about whether Blood Prison Great Sage had held back.
• Gu An ordered Blood Prison Great Sage to accompany Zui for a thousand years of tempering without interfering, and Blood Prison Great Sage agreed to report Zui’s actions to Gu An.

Thirty thousand years after Zui and Blood Prison Great Sage returned to Wushi, Yinxuan Immortal Monarch came to the Heavenly Spirit Great World seeking support for Son of Heaven Xuanyuan Renzun’s cause. Immortal Monarch Taiyi persuaded him to leave, while Gu An watched from Wushi and spoke with Shangguan Xian’er about her Sword Intent.

• Zui’s journeys through the mortal realm broadened his understanding, and Blood Prison Great Sage’s intervention during a siege eased their relationship before both settled in Wushi.
• Yinxuan Immortal Monarch arrived at the Boundary Gate and asked Heavenly Spirit God to help with Xuanyuan Renzun’s cause, but Heavenly Spirit God refused to involve the world in the Sons of Heaven’s struggle.
• Immortal Monarch Taiyi explained that the Heavenly Spirit Great World was not currently part of the Sons of Heaven battlefield and warned Yinxuan against investigating a Son of Heaven there.
• Yinxuan Immortal Monarch left after Immortal Monarch Taiyi challenged him, and Taiyi told Heavenly Spirit God to prepare for more immortal gods descending to the lower realm.
• Gu An approved of Immortal Monarch Taiyi’s handling of the encounter, then listened as Shangguan Xian’er showed him her Sword Intent and complained about her standing among the third-generation disciples.
• Shangguan Xian’er rejected Gu An’s suggestion that she travel like Zui, preferring to avoid outside karma and focus on cultivation.

Gu An followed the karmic trail that Shen Zhen sensed to find Fairy Yao Xuan trapped in a realm of great dao karma. As he helped free her, he told Shen Zhen the story of Emperor Yongsheng and explained the link between his obsession and her summons.

• Gu An told Shangguan Xian'er to seek guidance from her teachers, and she left determined to improve her sword dao.
• Shen Zhen told Gu An that karma had guided her to save a woman meditating in oppressive darkness, and Gu An confirmed that someone was guiding her.
• Gu An took Shen Zhen through a realm opened by the Great Dao of Karma and explained the dangers of great dao karma.
• As Gu An used his Dao Intent to help Fairy Yao Xuan expel the karma trapping her, he told Shen Zhen Emperor Yongsheng's story.
• Shen Zhen realized Emperor Yongsheng's lingering obsession had guided her to Fairy Yao Xuan, and Gu An denied being his reincarnation while saying he had known him.

Gu An rescued Fairy Yao Xuan from the Exile Realm and explained that a being born from Great Dao karma’s evil thoughts was trying to use her to reach the Great Dao Universe. As the giant-eyed creature confronted him, Gu An revealed that another hidden person was watching them.

• Gu An and Shen Zhen found Fairy Yao Xuan meditating within a purple lotus, and Gu An scattered the lotus with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Fairy Yao Xuan awakened and asked who Gu An was and whether he had expelled the karma afflicting her.
• Gu An told Fairy Yao Xuan that Emperor Yongsheng’s obsession had brought them to rescue her and offered to help with the remaining hidden trouble.
• Gu An summoned the being formed from the evil thoughts of Great Dao karma and explained that it wanted to attach itself to Fairy Yao Xuan to reach the Great Dao Universe.
• Gu An warned an unseen onlooker that he might ruin their plan, startling Shen Zhen and the giant-eyed creature.

Gu An encountered Holy Mother Xuanqiong, a Heavenly Court immortal who had come to subdue the evil creature bound to the Great Dao of Karma, then escorted Fairy Yao Xuan along the Path of the Great Dao. He revealed that her child was safe in his Daoist field, and Fairy Yao Xuan asked to go there and serve him.

• Holy Mother Xuanqiong appeared and asked Gu An to let her subdue the evil creature, while Gu An and his companions left without interfering.
• Gu An explained to Shen Zhen that the evil creature could not escape its bond with the Great Dao of Karma and that Holy Mother Xuanqiong intended to subdue it for her own purposes.
• Gu An brought Fairy Yao Xuan to the Path of the Great Dao and told her she was free, then explained that Emperor Yongsheng had died inside the Great Karma Stele.
• Fairy Yao Xuan learned that her child was Gu An's disciple and asked to join him in his Daoist field, offering to serve him.

Fairy Yao Xuan settled into Wushi Daoist Field, reunited with Zui, and grew close to An Xin as her cultivation recovered. A million years later, she told Gu An she had witnessed the Heavenly Emperor's evil thoughts.

• Holy Mother Xuanqiong subdued the evil creature, named it Xuan'e, and secretly avoided drawing Heavenly Dao Luck into it.
• Fairy Yao Xuan reunited with Zui at Wushi Daoist Field, and the disciples learned that she was his mother.
• Fairy Yao Xuan recovered her cultivation, sparred regularly with An Xin, and eventually surpassed her.
• Another million years passed, and Gu An practiced tai chi while considering his growing lifespan and peaceful life.
• Fairy Yao Xuan told Gu An she had seen the evil thoughts of Heavenly Court immortals and gods, including the Heavenly Emperor's.

Fairy Yao Xuan told Gu An about a frightening evil thought associated with the Heavenly Emperor, and he agreed to hear more about the Heavenly Court. Meanwhile, Zhang Buku accompanied God Tianzhen to meet Yinxuan Immortal Monarch, and seeing the Heaven-Ascent Stairs strengthened his ambition to become an immortal god.

• Fairy Yao Xuan speculated that the Heavenly Emperor's weariness and hostility could bring catastrophe, while Gu An urged her not to worry about what they could not change.
• Fairy Yao Xuan asked whether Gu An hid in his small world because he feared the Heavenly Court, but Gu An denied it and agreed to hear her other intelligence.
• God Tianzhen led Zhang Buku, Xu You, and six other Heavenly Soldiers across a sea of clouds to meet someone from the Heavenly Court.
• The Heaven-Ascent Stairs appeared as immense golden mountains descended, and Zhang Buku became obsessed with climbing them and reaching the Heavenly Realm.
• Yinxuan Immortal Monarch descended the stairs and asked whether the kneeling God Tianzhen was the one he sought.

Yinxuan Immortal Monarch ordered God Tianzhen and the Heavenly Soldiers to support the Human Venerable in the coming Son of Heaven Contention, while Gu An watched Zhang Buku and the rising Heavenly Dao Luck across the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Back at Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An encouraged An Zizai after his spar with Zui and began teaching him the second palm of the Myriad Dao Peerless Palm.

• Yinxuan Immortal Monarch gave God Tianzhen a Golden Pill and told him to lead the charge in the Son of Heaven Contention in support of the Human Venerable.
• God Tianzhen explained to the Heavenly Soldiers that helping the Human Venerable become Heavenly Emperor would keep the Heavenly Dao on the right path, though Xu You remained unconvinced.
• Gu An observed Zhang Buku and the growing Heavenly Dao Luck as immortal gods mobilized throughout the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Zui defeated An Zizai in their spar, then praised his martial nephew's potential.
• Gu An reassured An Zizai that disciples should improve together and taught him the second palm, Myriad Dragons Ascending to Heaven.

Gu An identified the invading Moro Qilin as forces deployed by Taixian Shenyuan ahead of the future war between the Sons of Heaven, then rescued a stray black dog and helped it shed its mortal shell. A million years later, Wushi Daoist Field’s disciples discussed a Demon Emperor who had unified half the mortal realm, leaving the Nine Teachings uneasy despite his having committed no evil.

• Zhu Xi and cultivators observed a colossal being entering the Taiwei Great World and feared the struggle between the Sons of Heaven was beginning.
• Gu An deduced that the invading Moro Qilin belonged to the Moro Race and had been deployed by Taixian Shenyuan across half the Great Thousand Worlds.
• Gu An let a little black dog escape the children chasing it, then helped it shed its mortal shell after it followed him into the woods.
• Gu An returned to his courtyard and told Shen Zhen that saving the dog had made him happy.
• A million years later, Wushi Daoist Field’s fourth-generation disciples discussed a Demon Emperor who had united half the mortal realm and alarmed the Nine Teachings.

Gu An allowed Wushi’s fourth-generation disciples to leave and experience the Mortal World under strict conditions, while refusing to guide them toward creating worlds. In the Ethereal Immortal Court, Tian Hao decided to go to the Heavenly Court and face the fate tied to his identity as a Son of Heaven.

• Gu An foresaw the Demon Emperor’s future suppression but chose not to intervene, then returned to his courtyard.
• An Xin asked Gu An whether fourth-generation disciples could leave to temper themselves, and he permitted them to go for up to ten thousand years while forbidding them from entering the Myriad Worlds Gate.
• An Xin suggested encouraging disciples to open their own worlds, but Gu An told her not to guide them or become entangled in karma.
• Tian Hao reflected on An Hao’s memories, his hidden past-life karma, and the power buried within him.
• Tian Hao’s yellow-robed master warned that the struggle of the Sons of Heaven would erase Tian Hao’s current self when he returned to his origin.
• Tian Hao resolved to go to the Heavenly Court and discover his true fate as a Son of Heaven.

After Lifespan Reincarnation upgraded, Gu An decided to begin a new reincarnation in the past to learn about the ancient Heavenly Court. He chose Xuanyou Divine Abyss and began a new life as a Xuanyou Fruit on the Xuanyou Primordial Tree.

• Gu An’s lifespan surpassed ten trillion years, upgrading Lifespan Reincarnation and allowing him to choose a time period and reincarnation world.
• The Deep Sea Dragon Carp asked Gu An about the Demon Emperor and urged him to save the demon, but Gu An told him not to interfere and allowed him to leave if he wished.
• Gu An spent one hundred million years of lifespan to begin a new reincarnation evolution and chose the past.
• Gu An selected Xuanyou Divine Abyss and was born in Other Shore Heaven as a Xuanyou Fruit of the Xuanyou Primordial Tree.
• Gu An observed a Ghost Immortal comprehend the Dao and cultivate divine abilities, then gradually figured out how to absorb qi.

Gu An followed Gu Xuanyou’s reincarnation from a Xuanyou Fruit into Other Shore Heaven, where he cultivated under the Other Shore Emperor and later traveled to the Nine Yin Divine Mansion. The chapter left Gu Xuanyou by the Yellow Springs after he killed five Nine Yin Divine Mansion disciples and discovered he could seize lifespan.

• After more than thirteen thousand years as a Xuanyou Fruit, Gu An chose a male body, transformed into Gu Xuanyou, and set off with a staff made from the tree’s branch.
• Gu Xuanyou met Ghost Sanlang and Daoist Zhutian, accepted the latter’s invitation, and became the Other Shore Emperor’s disciple.
• After cultivating for one hundred thousand years, Gu Xuanyou reached Xuanyuan Carefree Immortal Realm and went to the Nine Yin Divine Mansion to temper himself.
• By the Yellow Springs, Gu Xuanyou refused Taihao’s invitation to search for treasure and began cultivating while Taihao entered the river alone.
• When two Nine Yin Divine Mansion disciples attacked him over Ghost Sanlang, Gu Xuanyou killed them, discovered he could seize lifespan, and used Lifespan Evolution to improve his divine technique.
• After three more disciples challenged him, Gu Xuanyou attacked and annihilated them.

Gu An guided Gu Xuanyou’s reincarnation as he grew powerful, allied with Taihao, and fought the Nine Yin Divine Mansion. After Gu Xuanyou reached the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm, the Other Shore Emperor rescued him and Taihao and urged them to wait for reinforcements before acting again.

• Gu Xuanyou killed more Nine Yin Divine Mansion disciples, then rescued people in the Underworld and followed them to the Taiyuan Great World.
• Gu An rejected Yan Yuexi’s marriage proposal on Gu Xuanyou’s behalf, and Gu Xuanyou traveled the world with Ghost Sanlang, killing threats and saving those in distress.
• Gu Xuanyou grew to the Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm, returned to the Underworld with Ghost Sanlang, and reunited with Taihao, who asked him to oppose the Nine Yin Divine Mansion.
• Gu Xuanyou and Taihao attacked the Nine Yin Divine Mansion, destroyed the Taiyin Inverse Dragon, and took the Reincarnation Heavenly Lotus before escaping the pursuing disciples.
• Taihao taught Gu Xuanyou Nine Heavens True Dragon Qi, and they later intervened when the Nine Yin Divine Mansion refined souls into Six Paths Ghost Artifacts.
• Gu Xuanyou broke through to the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm during the battle, but the Nine Yin Divine Mansion suppressed him and Taihao until the Other Shore Emperor rescued them and told them to wait for reinforcements.

Gu Xuanyou and Taihao survived the fall of Other Shore Heaven and waged war against immortals and gods, growing powerful enough to destroy the Nine Yin Divine Mansion. They then traveled together through the worlds, where Gu Xuanyou defeated new enemies and advanced his Other Shore Universal Divine Technique to a new level.

• Immortals and gods turned against Other Shore Heaven, forcing the Other Shore Emperor to send Gu Xuanyou and Taihao into reincarnation before he died.
• Gu Xuanyou sought revenge on heavenly gods across the myriad worlds, reunited with Yan Yuexi, and broke through to the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm during battle before Taihao rescued him from a mysterious giant hand.
• After reaching the Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm, Gu Xuanyou fought Taihao for more than ten thousand years, then agreed to end their battle in a draw.
• Gu Xuanyou and Taihao destroyed the Nine Yin Divine Mansion but retreated when a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal appeared.
• The pair cleared Chaos Demons from the Taishi Great World, bathed in a spiritual spring in the Abyssal Dao Sea, and killed a Great Dao Emperor Lord who attacked them.
• Gu Xuanyou and Taihao slaughtered tens of thousands of the Donglan Imperial Clan and then exterminated the clan in the Taichu Imperial Domain, where Gu Xuanyou's Other Shore Universal Divine Technique reached a new level.

Gu An watched Gu Xuanyou and Taihao travel the myriad heavens, grow into famed Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals, and eventually clash with the Heavenly Court after Gu Xuanyou was imprisoned. After Taihao rescued him, the two fought to the death in Chaos and perished together, learning they were both bodies of Reincarnation.

• Gu Xuanyou and Taihao traveled the myriad heavens together, earned the title Two Sages of the Great Dao, and reached the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Gu Xuanyou reunited with Yan Yuexi and accepted her as a companion, but their journey together was disrupted when immortals and gods captured them.
• Gu Xuanyou sent Taihao away and was imprisoned by the Heavenly Court, where he refused repeated offers to serve it.
• After a peerless vicious demon broke the heavenly prison, Gu Xuanyou escaped and fought the Heavenly Court alongside the demon until Taihao rescued him.
• In Chaos, Taihao challenged Gu Xuanyou to a death battle, and after one hundred million years they perished together, realizing they were both bodies of Reincarnation.

Gu An merged with Gu Xuanyou’s memories and reflected on Taihao, the Great Dao Heavens, and the meaning of reincarnation. He returned to Wushi Daoist Field, resolved to rest from reincarnations for a few million years, and met Zui, who showed him a newly created divine ability.

• Gu An absorbed Gu Xuanyou’s memories and concluded that Taihao was likely the Heavenly Emperor’s reincarnation.
• Gu An considered the power of Gu Xuanyou’s divine abilities and the mighty beings he had encountered, including the ferocious demon that attacked the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An demonstrated Xuanyou Yin-Yang Protection and decided to pause Lifespan Reincarnation for a few million years.
• Gu An walked toward Wushi Daoist Field while pondering Gu Xuanyou’s life and the meaning of reincarnation.
• Zui appeared before Gu An and demonstrated a divine ability he had created.