Recaps

Zhang Buku and Xu You faced Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable, who saw unusual potential in Zhang Buku and tested them with his Karma. Back in Wushi, Zhen Qin asked Gu An’s permission to travel through the Myriad Worlds Gate, and he reassured her that he would protect her from afar.

• Zhang Buku woke on a strange expanse of water and found Xu You watching a fog-shrouded figure.
• Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable examined Zhang Buku, judged his potential greater than Xu You’s, and increased his Karma to test them both.
• Gu An returned to Wushi after confirming Zhang Buku was safe for the moment and reflected on his power to cross time and reach the hidden plane.
• Zhen Qin told Gu An she wanted to travel through the Myriad Worlds Gate, and he gave her permission while promising the Wushi Divine Sparrow would help if she called for him.
• Gu An told Zhen Qin that Li Ya could come to Wushi if he needed help growing stronger.

Wu Xie became Wushi’s youngest Innate Golden Immortal and earned Gu An’s praise, while An Zizai learned he was close to reaching the same realm. Gu An then warned An Zizai that a new calamity would bring disaster to Wushi because Tian Hao, the reincarnated Son of Heaven, had returned to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

• Zhen Qin entered the Myriad Worlds Gate after a long seclusion, worrying Su Han when he learned of it.
• Wu Xie became a fifteenth-generation disciple and the youngest Innate Golden Immortal in Wushi, and Gu An said he was the greatest genius in Wushi’s history.
• Gu An told An Zizai that he was close to becoming an Innate Golden Immortal and revealed that the Dao Treasure in his cauldron was being made for Wu Xie.
• Wu Xie heard Gu An’s praise, hoped to meet him, and eventually committed himself to cultivating until Gu An summoned him personally.
• Gu An summoned An Zizai and warned that a calamity tied to the Heavenly Court and the Son of Heaven would threaten Wushi because Tian Hao had returned to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

Gu An warned An Zizai about the coming calamity and considered how Son of Heaven Taishang planned to use a purge of Chaos Demons to undermine Xuanyuan Renzun. In the future, Marshal Zhitian confronted Xuanyuan Renzun and ordered him to return to the Heavenly Court over allegations that Son of Heaven Changyou had joined the Dark Heavenly Court.

• Gu An told An Zizai about Son of Heaven Taishang and urged him to prepare for the calamity without revealing what he knew.
• Gu An foresaw that Taishang would use a campaign against the Dark Heavenly Court to devastate the Three Thousand Great Worlds and weaken Xuanyuan Renzun’s standing.
• Gu An decided to protect the Heavenly Spirit Great World and weighed whether to face the Heavenly Emperor, choosing to prioritize caution.
• Marshal Zhitian arrived at the Great World Divine Palace and told Xuanyuan Renzun that Taishang would send Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to search the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Xuanyuan Renzun protested that he could not have colluded with the Dark Heavenly Court, but Marshal Zhitian claimed Son of Heaven Changyou had transferred his origin into an avatar that merged with dark karmic fortune.
• Xuanyuan Renzun was stunned by the allegation and wondered why Changyou would betray the Heavenly Court.

Xuanyuan Renzun accepted that the Heavenly Court would send immortal gods into the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and seven million years later Gu An watched their invasion begin. Elsewhere, Li Ya reassured Zhen Qin that he was thriving in the Path of the Great Dao, despite his injuries and modest cultivation.

• Xuanyuan Renzun urged Marshal Zhitian to spare the Three Thousand Great Worlds hardship, then accepted that he could not oppose the Heavenly Court’s plans.
• Seven million years later, Gu An saw immortal gods and vast Heavenly Armies descend into the Three Thousand Great Worlds, including five Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals.
• Gu An considered how the coming war between humans and gods could let him gain lifespan, while recognizing that other powers were changing the calamity’s course.
• In a city on the Path of the Great Dao, Li Ya hid the severity of his injuries from Zhen Qin and boasted about his victories.
• Zhen Qin offered to take Li Ya back to Wushi, but he insisted he was content and claimed he might surpass Gu An after reaching Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal.

Zhen Qin heard that the Heavenly Court was moving against the Three Thousand Great Worlds, while news of the coming calamity eventually reached the Heavenly Spirit Great World and unsettled its sects. At Wushi, Wu Xie urged his fellow disciples to guard heaven and earth, as An Zizai advised them to wait for the critical moment.

• After parting with Li Ya, Zhen Qin reflected on her master and considered recording the sights of the Great Dao before cultivators flying overhead interrupted her thoughts.
• Zhen Qin heard that remnants of the Dark Heavenly Court had appeared in the Three Thousand Great Worlds and that the Heavenly Court had sent immortals and gods to investigate.
• Over the following thousands of years, reports of the Heavenly Court's planned move spread across the Three Thousand Great Worlds and reached the Heavenly Spirit Great World, alarming its sects.
• Wu Xie gathered several thousand Wushi Disciples and called on them to protect heaven and earth if turmoil came.
• An Zizai told Hai Yuan that Wushi should not rush to the front but should act at the critical moment.
• Gu An read Xuan Tianyi's new story about the romantic conflict between immortals and gods and found its details entertaining despite its absurdity.

Gu An and Shen Zhen watched the Nine Extremes Great World resist the immortals and gods, only to be devastated by Marshal Zhitian. Meanwhile, Immortal Monarch Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Spirit Great World with news that Marshal Zhitian had come in person.

• Shen Zhen observed that fate around the immortals and gods’ arrival remained uncertain, and Gu An said he would not let anyone destroy their home.
• Gu An showed Shen Zhen the battle in the Nine Extremes Great World, where Marshal Zhitian defeated its defenders and the world fell into deathly stillness.
• Marshal Zhitian sensed a distant figure resembling a remnant image of the Great Dao and reacted with dread at the possibility of its identity.
• Immortal Monarch Taiyi returned through the Boundary Gate and told Heavenly Spirit God that the Heavenly Court had closed the Heaven-Ascent Stairs and Marshal Zhitian had come in person.

Immortal Monarch Taiyi and Heavenly Spirit God realized the campaign against the Three Thousand Great Worlds was the Heavenly Court’s collective will, while resistance spread among the worlds over the next three million years. As disciples left to confront the invading forces, Gu An foresaw new threats to Wushi and began searching for a battlefield where he could harvest lifespan.

• Immortal Monarch Taiyi warned Heavenly Spirit God that the attack on the Three Thousand Great Worlds was the Heavenly Court’s will, and Heavenly Spirit God renewed his resolve to grow stronger.
• News of the Nine Extremes Great World’s defeat spread, prompting the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance and other powers to prepare their worlds for war.
• Three million years later, An Zizai told Gu An that the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance had asked about his plans, and Gu An warned that Wushi should focus on protecting the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Lu Xian, An Shengtian, and Jiang Shi asked to leave the Heavenly Spirit Great World to challenge the invading immortals and gods, and Gu An allowed them to go.
• Gu An foresaw the Dark Heavenly Court’s plans and new enemies targeting Wushi, then began looking for a battlefield to harvest lifespan.

A starving boy and his little sister struggled to survive in a ruined world until Gu An appeared and destroyed the demons flooding the sky. The boy mistook Gu An for his father, then asked whether he was an immortal.

• The boy led his younger sister across the desolate land and waited for her as they searched for water.
• The siblings drank muddy water, and the boy recalled how falling stars had destroyed his city and left only them alive.
• A vast vortex formed in the clouds, releasing a swarm of enormous demons that the siblings hid from behind a boulder.
• The demons’ flight suddenly stopped, and Gu An appeared as sunlight broke through the clouds and the demons turned to ash.
• The boy called Gu An “Father,” but Gu An gently corrected him, and the boy asked if he was an immortal.

Gu An saved two siblings from demons in a ravaged world, gave them cultivation manuals, and continued harvesting lifespan while seeking targets to restore. He returned to his courtyard and took An Xin out the next morning, while Su Han learned that she was strong enough to defeat his eldest senior brother in one move.

• Gu An told the siblings that the demons would be expelled and gave the boy two cultivation manuals before leaving them to head north.
• Gu An continued traveling through the calamity-stricken worlds and saw that Li Ya had chosen to save shattered Great Worlds, setting him on a stronger path.
• Gu An returned to his courtyard, invited An Xin to travel with him the next morning, and reflected on her growing Immortal Emperor Pupils.
• An Xin arrived early the next day, and Gu An led her away while Su Han watched nervously.
• Su Han asked Shen Zhen about An Xin's cultivation, and Shen Zhen said Su Han's eldest senior brother could not last one move against her.

Gu An took An Xin to a ravaged Great Thousand World to hunt demons while concealing his help, then watched Li Ya's state of mind break through as he resolved to gather like-minded people. Li Ya began contemplating a new path, and Gu An reflected that every Saint should have a path of their own.

• Gu An brought An Xin to a Great Thousand World and had her fight evil demons using only the Immortal Emperor Pupils while he secretly finished off her enemies.
• Gu An and An Xin returned to Wushi each dusk, and the next morning they picked herbs before resuming their demon hunt.
• Li Ya questioned his aim as he cared for orphaned children, then decided to gather people to help save the suffering rather than establish a sect.
• An Xin used the Immortal Emperor Pupils to observe Li Ya's fortune changing and asked Gu An what opportunity he had gained.
• Gu An explained that Li Ya's breakthrough in state of mind had set him on a new path, then reflected that everyone should have their own path of a Saint.

Gu An watched An Xin defeat Soul-Lost Elder and considered testing his newly upgraded Lifespan Projection. Elsewhere, the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor confronted Son of Heaven Taishang over his plans for the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole and the darkness entering the Heavenly Dao.

• Gu An's lifespan exceeded one million trillion years, upgrading Lifespan Projection so it could send three thousand projection bodies across Great Dao worlds, time, and space.
• An Xin trapped Soul-Lost Elder in an illusion and killed him with her Immortal Emperor Pupils while Gu An secretly took his lifespan.
• Gu An collected Soul-Lost Elder's belongings and instructed An Xin on her battle before returning with her to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• The Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor questioned Son of Heaven Taishang about sealing the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole and the Heavenly Court's failure to stop dark forces.
• Son of Heaven Taishang refused to change his will, and the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor asked whether he had considered that the Heavenly Emperor might be watching him.

Son of Heaven Taishang revealed his perfected Nine Heavens True Dragon Qi, drove the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor away, and noticed a mysterious variable among the worlds. Gu An reflected on his Dao insights, while Li Ya led his disciples toward the Three Golden Crows.

• Son of Heaven Taishang manifested a vast Golden Dragon and revealed that his Nine Heavens True Dragon Qi had reached perfection.
• Son of Heaven Taishang forced the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor to return to the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly Pole and threatened to destroy it if she left.
• Son of Heaven Taishang examined miniature reflections of worlds and noticed a figure he called a variable.
• Gu An used Lifespan Projection, pondered whether pursuing the Three Thousand Great Daos was the right path, and prepared to travel with An Xin.
• Li Ya led tens of thousands of disciples through the wilderness and said the Three Golden Crows were not backed by the Heavenly Court.
• Li Ya declared that defeating the Three Golden Crows would be no difficult matter, inspiring his disciples.

Gu An watched Li Ya battle the Golden Crows while he guided village children and helped An Xin reflect on her progress. After returning to Wushi Daoist Field, he revealed Su Han’s identity to An Xin and promised to take her into a true battle the next day.

• Gu An answered the village children’s questions about Hou Yi and left them a basic immortal cultivation method.
• Gu An observed Li Ya fight three Golden Crows, confident that Li Ya would win and advance in the Dao of the Sword.
• Gu An and An Xin encountered Zui and Su Han, and Zui sensed An Xin’s intimidating strength.
• Zui told Su Han that An Xin was the person he feared most in the Daoist field because she had once been the strongest among the second-generation disciples.
• An Xin asked whether Su Han was Gu An’s former disciple, and Gu An confirmed it while explaining that he would not yet reveal the truth to Su Han and Zhen Qin.
• Gu An told An Xin he would take her to face a true battle the next day, where she might lose.

After months of recovery, Li Ya faced a colossal Golden Crow and its Red-Robed Man master, who overwhelmed him with a single palm. An Xin intervened, and the battle continued beneath a sky filled with countless purple eyes.

• Li Ya meditated with his disciples for months, preparing for the calamity he expected after the battle against the Three Golden Crows.
• A colossal Golden Crow appeared, and the Red-Robed Man accused Li Ya of wounding his son before striking him down.
• Li Ya fell gravely wounded and tried to call for Gu An, but sinister magic prevented him from speaking.
• An Xin attacked the Red-Robed Man, and their clash destroyed the Golden Crow.
• Gu An appeared as countless purple eyes filled the sky, while Li Ya recognized him and watched An Xin fight.

Gu An watched An Xin battle the Red-Robed Man while considering his own path to Sainthood. As the battle continued, Li Ya found direction in Gu An’s example and entered sudden enlightenment, greatly increasing his future potential.

• Gu An observed An Xin and the Red-Robed Man fight and sensed that a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal was protecting the world.
• The Red-Robed Man trapped An Xin in his Dao Domain, but she shattered it with divine swords unleashed from her Immortal Emperor Pupils.
• Li Ya watched the battle, realized Gu An was protecting him, and reflected on the opportunities available to his old friends and disciples.
• Li Ya took Gu An as a model for finding his own Dao and entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
• Gu An saw that Li Ya’s future had changed, and that Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal would no longer be his limit.

Li Ya recovered through seven days of sudden enlightenment while An Xin fought the Red-Robed Man, but the battle was interrupted when the Black Fallen Great Emperor tried to seize An Xin’s Immortal Emperor Pupils. Gu An appeared and killed the Black Fallen Great Emperor with a wave of his sleeve, leaving the Red-Robed Man stunned.

• Li Ya entered sudden enlightenment and, after seven days, recovered his magic power and learned that a chilling force was shielding the earth from the battle’s fallout.
• An Xin and the Red-Robed Man continued fighting, growing stronger and beginning to injure each other as An Xin’s Immortal Emperor Pupils proved ineffective against him.
• The Black Fallen Great Emperor appeared and reached for An Xin’s Immortal Emperor Pupils, but Gu An seized his hand and stopped him.
• Gu An told the Black Fallen Great Emperor that their intervention would break the rules for a battle between juniors, then waved his sleeve and reduced him to ash.
• The Red-Robed Man froze in shock, unable to understand what Gu An had done.

Gu An killed Black Fallen Great Emperor and Red-Robed Man, then returned to Wushi Daoist Field with An Xin and sent her back into seclusion. Meanwhile, Old Immortal Cixuan urged Xuanyuan Renzun to contact his master and resist Taishang's scheme, leaving Xuanyuan Renzun considering his dwindling options.

• Gu An killed Black Fallen Great Emperor, gaining an enormous amount of lifespan, then turned Red-Robed Man to ash.
• Gu An ended the crisis, and Li Ya told the disciples that they had escaped calamity and could resume cultivating.
• Gu An and An Xin returned to Wushi Daoist Field, where An Xin resolved to create a killing-oriented divine ability using her Immortal Emperor Pupils.
• Gu An told An Xin to continue her seclusion and said he would quietly keep helping suffering living beings despite fearing the Heavenly Court.
• Old Immortal Cixuan urged Xuanyuan Renzun to contact his master and fight for the Three Thousand Great Worlds against Taishang's scheme.

Xuanyuan Renzun realized that Taishang’s scheme had made the Three Thousand Great Worlds’ destruction inevitable, while Gu An continued saving lives and preparing to face the Blue Sky. As Gu An took Zui to teach him the Immortal Emperor Pupils, a white-haired man emerged from a rift in the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

• Xuanyuan Renzun told Old Immortal Cixuan that the living beings would blame the Heavenly Court for their suffering, causing faith to decline until the Blue Sky erased the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Marshal Zhitian’s Heavenly Army continued conquering worlds, while Li Ya and other experts fought dark forces and Gu An saved suffering beings across the worlds.
• Gu An examined his lifespan, sensed the Three Thousand Great Worlds moving toward destruction, and resolved to break through and confront the Blue Sky before it destroyed them.
• An Zizai asked whether Wu Xie and the others could go to Beyond Heaven to prepare formations, and Gu An allowed them, saying the approaching beings were not true immortal gods.
• Gu An met Zui the next morning and took him away to teach him the Immortal Emperor Pupils.
• A white-haired man in a feather robe emerged from a black rift above the mountains of the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

As the Heavenly Army devastated Great Thousand Worlds, Marshal Zhitian chose the Heavenly Spirit Great World as its next target because the conflict involved the Sons of Heaven. Zhang Buku sensed the impending invasion and wanted to return to his birthplace, but Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable restrained him; the chapter ended as Heavenly Dao Golden Light announced the Heavenly Army’s arrival at the Boundary Gate.

• Gu An taught Zui the Immortal Emperor Pupils in a protected bamboo grove, then resumed harvesting lifespan.
• The Heavenly Army overwhelmed the alliance of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, while fear of the immortal gods spread through the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Marshal Zhitian learned that the Son of Heaven Xuanqing was rumored to have been born in the Heavenly Spirit Great World and ordered the army to march there.
• Zhang Buku sensed that his birthplace was in danger and pleaded to return, but Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable suppressed him and knocked him unconscious.
• Heavenly Spirit God saw Heavenly Dao Golden Light descend at the Boundary Gate and realized the Heavenly Army had arrived.

The Heavenly Court’s army descended on the Heavenly Spirit Great World via the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, and Marshal Zhitian confronted Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Jindong Immortals. Marshal Zhitian offered the realm’s hidden protector one last chance to stay out of the conflict, while Shen Zhen and Shangguan Xian'er watched Gu An to see how he would respond.

• Golden mountains descended beside the Boundary Gate and formed the Heaven-Ascent Stairs, filling the Heavenly Spirit God and the gathered immortals with awe and fear.
• Heavenly Gods and countless Heavenly Soldiers poured down from the stairs, while cultivators and Demon Race forces gathered and hesitated to advance.
• Marshal Zhitian arrived, and Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong knelt before him.
• Marshal Zhitian accused Taiyi and the Jindong Immortals of betraying the Heavenly Court, but Taiyi claimed they were only spreading the Heavenly Dao.
• Marshal Zhitian gave the Jindong Immortals and the hidden protector of the realm one last chance to remain out of his way.
• Shen Zhen and Shangguan Xian'er looked toward Gu An as he read beneath a tree, waiting to see what he would do.

Gu An decided to confront Marshal Zhitian after the Heavenly Gods chief threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World. As Marshal Zhitian ordered his forces to attack, Heavenly Spirit God, Immortal Monarch Taiyi, and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong stood against him, and Gu An announced that he would awaken the invaders on behalf of the Heavenly Dao.

• Gu An told his disciples he would act ahead of schedule because Marshal Zhitian had come for him, while Blood Prison Great Sage eagerly offered to carry him into battle.
• Gu An recognized that Marshal Zhitian was using his slow descent to frighten living beings and turn them against Xuanyuan Renzun and Gu An.
• Heavenly Spirit God stood up despite the danger, and Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong followed his example.
• Gu An's voice came from the Heavenly Spirit Great World, declaring that he would awaken the immortal gods on behalf of the Heavenly Dao.
• Marshal Zhitian summoned his weapon and ordered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to exterminate the demon as his forces began forming heavenly arrays.

Gu An confronted the Heavenly Army at the Heaven-Ascent Stairs and effortlessly destroyed the forces of immortals and gods. The chapter ended with Marshal Zhitian left alive, staring up at Gu An as the onlookers watched in awe.

• Grandmaster Wushi Gu An approached the Heaven-Ascent Stairs as Immortal Monarch Taiyi, Ji Xiaoyu, Guan Tianyu, and others watched.
• The Heavenly Army sent a War God dharma image and then more than a thousand of them to attack Gu An, but none of their assaults harmed him.
• Gu An drew his sword and instantly killed dozens of powerful Heavenly Gods above him.
• Gu An’s next sword strike froze the charging immortals and gods, and he appeared high above Marshal Zhitian on the Heaven-Ascent Stairs.
• The immortals, gods, and Heavenly Soldiers erupted into sword light and vanished, leaving Marshal Zhitian alive as the onlookers marveled at Gu An.

Gu An defeated Marshal Zhitian and the Heavenly Court’s hidden supporters after warning them not to harm the Heavenly Spirit Great World. He vanished after the victory, leaving its people stunned and celebrating the immortals and gods’ defeat.

• Gu An confronted Marshal Zhitian, recognizing his inner conflict but refusing to show mercy for his past slaughter.
• Gu An revealed that he had captured five Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals who had secretly aided Marshal Zhitian.
• Gu An scattered the revived immortal-god army with a burst of pressure and warned that he would destroy the Heavenly Court’s luck if its forces returned to commit evil.
• Gu An crushed the five Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals and then killed Marshal Zhitian with a downward strike.
• Gu An nodded to Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong before vanishing, while the Heavenly Spirit Great World erupted in celebration.

Gu An returned to Wushi Daoist Field after defeating the immortals and gods, reassuring his disciples that the threat would not return soon. As word of Grandmaster Wushi’s victory spread across the mortal realm, the Heavenly Court’s forces withdrew from the Heavenly Spirit Great World but continued their campaign elsewhere.

• Gu An told Blood Prison Great Sage and the other disciples that the immortals and gods would not return in the short term and promised to resolve the remaining trouble.
• Son of Heaven Jiyan reflected on Grandmaster Wushi’s strength and the lesson he had learned, while Mortal World Supreme warned that Wushi might become a future calamity for the white bones.
• Marshal Zhitian asked the five Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals how to proceed, and a white-haired Daoist ordered the army to leave the Heavenly Spirit Great World aside and continue clearing evil demons elsewhere.
• Marshal Zhitian led the immortals and gods away, while the five Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals remained above the clouds in silence.
• News that Grandmaster Wushi had defeated the immortals and gods spread through the mortal realm, bringing relief and surprise to its inhabitants.

Xiao Lan reflected on Gu An’s victory as the Heavenly Spirit Great World prepared to aid other worlds, and Gu An reassured Ji Xiaoyu that the Heavenly Court could not threaten him. A century later, the Mortal World Supreme arrived in Wushi claiming to have information about the Heavenly Spirit Great World’s safety.

• Xiao Lan walked through Xiao Family City, heard people praise Grandmaster Wushi, and wondered about Gu An’s origins and his confidence against the Heavenly Court.
• The Immortal God Army destroyed another Great Thousand World after its defeat in the Heavenly Spirit Great World spread hope across the worlds.
• Ji Xiaoyu told Gu An that the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance planned to send willing disciples to support other worlds, and Gu An guided her cultivation toward Heavenly Dao Luck.
• Gu An assured Ji Xiaoyu that the Heavenly Court could not threaten him, then returned to Wushi Daoist Field to continue harvesting lifespan from evil forces.
• A hundred years later, the Mortal World Supreme arrived on the Nine Spirits Continent claiming to have once been an immortal god and to possess information concerning the Heavenly Spirit Great World’s safety.
• An Zizai escorted the Mortal World Supreme into Wushi, where he marveled at the Daoist field’s spiritual energy and Dao Intent.