Recaps

After Liu An’s ten-million-year term ended, Gu An sent him away and continued his quiet life as Zhongtian developed over hundreds of millions of years. Fairy Yao Xuan investigated the newly risen Emperor Yongsheng and returned convinced that, despite resembling someone she knew, he was not that person.

• Gu An told Liu An his ten-million-year term was over, and Liu An bid farewell to Xuanwu before a black rift pulled him away.
• Gu An stopped teaching cultivation and focused on comprehending the Dao as Wushi Disciples spread into Zhongtian and its native civilizations developed.
• Fairy Yao Xuan told Gu An she wanted to see the newly risen Emperor Yongsheng, and Gu An allowed her to go so long as she kept Wushi secret.
• Several thousand years later, Fairy Yao Xuan returned and told Gu An that Emperor Yongsheng looked and acted exactly like him, but was not him.

Gu An watched Zhongtian’s rising heroes while protecting Wushi Continent and its disciples from outside threats. Wu Xie’s uncontrolled Dao comprehension revealed a terrifying presence that was coming to slaughter everyone in Wushi.

• Gu An gave Fairy Yao Xuan a stone containing the true meaning of the Heavenly Dao and urged her to pursue her own goal rather than live for Emperor Yongsheng.
• Gu An observed Dragon Emperor’s growing fame and foresaw that he would eventually submit beneath the Heavenly Court.
• Wushi Disciples spread across Zhongtian, established sects and schools, and invented legends about Grandmaster Wushi while relying on Gu An to protect their continent.
• An Zizai interrupted Wu Xie’s cultivation when his uncontrolled aura threatened to attract attention, then told him what had happened.
• Wu Xie fell into the Great Dao again and manifested a mysterious dharma idol, but after An Zizai awakened him, he warned that someone was coming to slaughter everyone in Wushi.

Wu Xie told An Zizai that a Great Dao Emperor Lord had threatened Wushi, and Gu An promised to resolve the danger. Later, as golden snow carrying the Great Dao’s origin fell across Zhongtian, Li Ya, Wu Jue, and Xuanwu sensed the extraordinary phenomenon.

• Wu Xie told An Zizai that a Great Dao Emperor Lord had tried to force his power on him and threatened to wipe out those who followed the same path.
• An Zizai took Wu Xie to seek Gu An, and after several days of waiting, Gu An said he would personally resolve the trouble targeting Wushi.
• Wu Xie later realized the Great Dao Emperor Lord had vanished and returned his attention to cultivation.
• Li Ya and Wu Jue discussed Gu An, the Hunyuan Dao Emperor, and Emperor Xuanji’s challenge to the Dragon Emperor.
• Golden snow began falling across Zhongtian, and Li Ya and Wu Jue sensed that it contained spiritual qi of the Great Dao’s origin.
• Xuanwu sensed the golden snow from Fangcun Island and wondered whether another monster had been born.

Gu An observed True Origin Old Ancestor, a newly born Great Luo Immortal whose resistance to the Heavenly Emperor’s will revealed a power capable of surpassing the Heavenly Dao. After thousands of years, True Origin Old Ancestor headed toward Fangcun Island, leaving Gu An to wonder what would happen when they met.

• Golden snow blessed Zhongtian’s living beings, who learned the name True Origin Old Ancestor and revered him.
• Gu An saw that True Origin Old Ancestor had been born with extraordinary aptitude and that the Heavenly Emperor had marked him to become an abandoned pawn.
• True Origin Old Ancestor questioned the mission and thoughts imposed on him, then avoided other beings as he grew increasingly wary of the forces guiding him.
• Several thousand years later, True Origin Old Ancestor flew over the ocean toward Fangcun Island, where Gu An was fishing with Xuanwu.
• Gu An realized that resisting the Heavenly Emperor made True Origin Old Ancestor’s fate branch without limit, potentially leading him to transcend the Heavenly Dao or suffer eternal damnation.

Wu Xie sensed that the Great Dao Emperor Lord was approaching, while Wu Jue visited Wushi Continent and encountered a dangerous black-robed man. Gu An captured the man, revealed he was a servant of the Great Dao Emperor Lords’ creator, and sent him toward True Origin Old Ancestor as a test intended to draw out his master.

• Wu Xie sensed that the Great Dao Emperor Lord was descending from Beyond Heaven and worried about Wushi Continent being exposed.
• Wu Jue arrived at Wushi Continent, observed its peaceful but weak inhabitants, and was threatened by a black-robed man.
• Gu An seized the black-robed man, transformed him into a Wooden Man, and learned he had come to force Gu An into the Heavenly Dao’s view.
• Gu An let Wu Jue leave, deciding not to interrupt the opportunity arising from Wu Jue’s grief and growing potential.
• Gu An sent the Wooden Man toward True Origin Old Ancestor, hoping the encounter would make the Great Dao Emperor Lords’ creator reveal himself.

True Origin Old Ancestor broke a wooden figure on an island trapped in a storm, releasing the existence inside it. In Chaos, Emperor Lord Taiqi sensed Black Desire Great Emperor fighting a being he believed was the long-awaited variable.

• True Origin Old Ancestor realized he could not escape the storm-bound sea and found a wooden figure on an island.
• True Origin Old Ancestor returned to the island, shattered the wooden figure, and released a spreading black fog.
• Emperor Lord Taiqi reflected on Hunyuan Dao Emperor, his plans against the Heavenly Court, and his use of Black Desire Great Emperor.
• Emperor Lord Taiqi sensed Black Desire Great Emperor fighting and recognized the opposing Heavenly Dao living being as the variable he had been waiting for.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Court’s influence reach Zhongtian as a Heavenly Steed carried an Immortal God’s child across the sky, while he prepared for Emperor Lord Taiqi’s arrival. The White-Headed Immortal Ancestor told Li Ya that his merit and plans could earn him a place among the immortals, leaving him resolved to continue his path.

• Gu An watched Xuanwu worry over the distant thunder cloud and ordered him to cultivate, then continued painting the battle between the True Origin Old Ancestor and Black Desire Great Emperor while awaiting Emperor Lord Taiqi.
• A Heavenly Steed carrying an Immortal God’s child galloped across the sky, and Gu An told Xuanwu it belonged to the Heavenly Court and could easily kill him.
• Xuanwu asked whether Gu An was an Immortal God and said he wanted to visit the Heavenly Court, but Gu An sent him back to cultivate.
• Li Ya visited the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor at Wu Jue’s recommendation and asked whether he could become immortal.
• The White-Headed Immortal Ancestor said Li Ya’s merit and planned orthodoxy qualified him, and told him to keep taking disciples and building merit until an immortal official came to take him to the Heavenly Court.

Gu An observed the ongoing battle between True Origin Old Ancestor and Black Desire Great Emperor as he considered creating a divine power unique to himself. Emperor Lord Taiqi arrived and offered to take True Origin Old Ancestor to Chaos to seek his origin, while Black Desire Great Emperor warned him about the powerful being who had trapped them.

• Gu An watched the battle and thought about making a divine power that no one else could learn.
• True Origin Old Ancestor fought Black Desire Great Emperor, grew overwhelmed by confusion, and began to lose control of his emotions.
• Black Desire Great Emperor unleashed a devastating black-fire attack against True Origin Old Ancestor.
• Emperor Lord Taiqi appeared, dispersed the black fire, and broke True Origin Old Ancestor out of his altered state.
• Emperor Lord Taiqi offered to take True Origin Old Ancestor to Chaos to seek his origin, and Black Desire Great Emperor warned that another powerful being had trapped him.

Gu An rescued True Origin Old Ancestor from Emperor Lord Taiqi and revealed his overwhelming power. He then carried True Origin Old Ancestor into Chaos, where they found Emperor Lord Taiqi’s true form meditating among the nebulae.

• Emperor Lord Taiqi immobilized True Origin Old Ancestor and provoked the black qi within him to emerge.
• Gu An appeared, seized Emperor Lord Taiqi’s arm, and challenged his interference with Gu An’s Dao.
• Emperor Lord Taiqi tried to strike Gu An, but Gu An annihilated his body in an instant, prompting Black Desire Great Emperor to flee.
• Gu An shrank True Origin Old Ancestor and carried him through darkness toward Chaos, explaining that Emperor Lord Taiqi’s true form was hidden there.
• Gu An and True Origin Old Ancestor emerged in a starry sky and spotted Emperor Lord Taiqi meditating on curved wood within a nebula.

Gu An defeated Emperor Lord Taiqi and offered True Origin Old Ancestor the karma that would let him control the Great Dao Emperor Lord. True Origin Old Ancestor asked Gu An to accept him as a disciple, and his future as the Sacred Chancellor began to surpass the Heavenly Emperor’s.

• Emperor Lord Taiqi saw Gu An arrive at his hidden Daoist field and attacked him with a Golden Dragon and a giant Black Cauldron.
• Gu An shattered the Black Cauldron with the Qinghong Sword and beheaded Emperor Lord Taiqi, severing his karma with the Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• Gu An captured Emperor Lord Taiqi’s dark-blue divine soul pill and offered its power to True Origin Old Ancestor.
• Gu An told True Origin Old Ancestor that he wanted him to grow freely and would not demand repayment or take away his freedom.
• True Origin Old Ancestor knelt and asked Gu An to accept him as a disciple, causing his future as the Sacred Chancellor to grow beyond the Heavenly Emperor’s.

Gu An brought True Origin Old Ancestor to Fangcun Island as his disciple and concealed his whereabouts from the Heavenly Dao. A million years later, as Wushi’s disciples left to pursue their own paths, An Zizai told Gu An he did not want to become an immortal under the current Heavenly Dao.

• Gu An took True Origin Old Ancestor to Fangcun Island, gave him a pill, and hid his fate from the Heavenly Dao so he could cultivate unnoticed.
• Xuanwu welcomed True Origin Old Ancestor and realized he was the powerful figure associated with Golden Snow.
• Black Desire Great Emperor and Emperor Lord Taiqi died secretly, while an Immortal God’s rampage with the Heavenly Steed became a legend among mortals.
• A million years passed as Immortal Gods frequently visited the mortal world, deepening living beings’ hopes of joining the Heavenly Court.
• An Zizai told Gu An that fewer than thirty percent of the Wushi Disciples remained and explained why he accepted their departures.
• Gu An asked whether An Zizai wanted to become an immortal, and An Zizai refused because he disliked the current Heavenly Dao.

Gu An reflected on whether the Heavenly Court should change while An Zizai criticized its failures. Meanwhile, True Origin Old Ancestor’s growing insight and Saintly aura threatened the Heavenly Dao, and Gu An arrived to find Li Xuandao troubled by a prince’s bid for the throne.

• Gu An agreed that living beings should strive to change the Heavenly Court themselves, while An Zizai listed the Immortal Gods’ failures and Gu An added details.
• True Origin Old Ancestor told Xuanwu he could read his thoughts and sense Liu An’s karma, then admitted he could not perceive Gu An’s thoughts.
• True Origin Old Ancestor used the Great Dao Emperor Lords’ providence to shape his Dao, nearing Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal while his Saintly aura began affecting the Heavenly Dao.
• Gu An observed that the Heavenly Dao was instinctively opposing True Origin Old Ancestor’s path to sainthood, though the Heavenly Emperor had not noticed the changes.
• Gu An went to the Great Cang Dynasty, where Li Xuandao sat drinking in the Imperial Garden, worried because an imperial prince had become a Luo Heaven Carefree Immortal and sought the throne.

Gu An returned to visit Li Xuandao and helped him decide to leave the throne and seek a new path in Zhongtian. In Zhongtian, Zhang Buku restored his father Zhang Chunqiu’s memories after ten thousand reincarnations, and the two reunited.

• Gu An appeared before Li Xuandao after Li Xuandao had prepared a place for him more than a thousand times.
• Gu An advised Li Xuandao to follow his true heart and establish order elsewhere, and Li Xuandao decided to go to Zhongtian.
• Gu An and Li Xuandao drank and talked until dusk, when Gu An left and Li Xuandao looked forward to the future.
• Zhang Chunqiu regained his youth in a dark-green pool, and Zhang Buku told him that he was his son.
• Zhang Buku explained that Zhang Chunqiu had reincarnated through ten thousand lives and that they were now in Zhongtian.
• Zhang Chunqiu asked whether Zhang Buku had been well, and Zhang Buku said he would not suffer anymore now that his father was with him.

Zhang Buku told Zhang Chunqiu about the long life he had lived since his father's death, and Zhang Chunqiu praised him while accepting that his mother might not return. As Zhongtian's powerful figures rose and clashed, Su Han asked Gu An who was strongest and revealed his plan to write a history of the world's greatest existences and refine it into a treasure of Karma and fate.

• Zhang Chunqiu read Investiture of the Gods and asked Zhang Buku to recount his experiences since his death.
• Zhang Buku described his hardships, Gu An's help, and his friendship with Li Ya; Zhang Chunqiu told him he was proud of him.
• Zhang Buku raised the possibility of reviving his mother, and Zhang Chunqiu said there was no need to force her return.
• Gu An continued his routines as True Origin Old Ancestor and Wushi disciples advanced in cultivation, while the Seven Demon Emperors fought among themselves.
• The Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor arrived from Beyond Heaven, challenged powerful figures, and defeated a Demon Emperor.
• Su Han asked Gu An who was strongest in the world and said he wanted to record the greatest beings of each era in a book that he could refine into a treasure of Karma and fate.

Su Han described his ambition to create a Years Dao Book, and Gu An warned him about the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor’s disastrous final tribulation. In the Heavenly Court, Star Lord Xuanqing sought God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang’s view of His Highness Taihao, then left Li Xuanmiao to learn that Xuanqing was Eastern Pole Imperial Duke’s youngest disciple.

• Su Han explained that his supreme treasure would record Zhongtian’s past and present, deduce its future, and eventually reflect the Heavenly Dao and Great Dao.
• Gu An told Su Han that Dust Ancestor had reached the Peak of Immortal Path and said the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor would suffer for choosing Zhongtian as his final tribulation.
• Su Han worried that creating his Years Dao Book might offend the Heavenly Dao, but Gu An refused to answer and sent him away.
• Star Lord Xuanqing asked God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang whether His Highness Taihao could become emperor and said Taihao reminded him of His Majesty.
• After Star Lord Xuanqing departed, Li Xuanmiao asked about him, and God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang revealed that Xuanqing was Eastern Pole Imperial Duke’s youngest disciple.

Li Xuanmiao and Yang Jian heard that the Heavenly Emperor might abdicate, while Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor searched a forest for a spiritual object. On Fangcun Island, Gu An confirmed True Origin Old Ancestor’s suspicions about the Heavenly Dao and considered the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor’s coming challenge to the Heavenly Emperor.

• God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang warned Li Xuanmiao to avoid other Immortal Gods as rumors of the Heavenly Emperor’s abdication spread.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor discussed Gu An and entered a dark forest to seek a hidden spiritual object.
• True Origin Old Ancestor told Gu An he sensed a watchful will in the world, and Gu An confirmed that his perception of the Heavenly Dao was correct.
• Gu An observed the Earth transmigrators and suspected they were pawns sent by the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor to prepare for his descent.
• Gu An concluded that the Heavenly Emperor would likely face the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor in a death tribulation, while the Emperor’s will remained in Son of Heaven Taihao.

Li Ya and other old acquaintances pursued their own paths in Zhongtian while Gu An watched over Wushi through centuries of change. A Heavenly God seized a True Dragon, setting the stage for a conflict that Gu An expected to reach the Wushi Continent.

• Li Ya reunited with Zhang Buku and met Zhang Chunqiu, then refused Zhang Buku’s invitation and continued following his own path.
• Over a hundred million years passed as Wushi disciples departed, families arose on the Wushi Continent, and mortals appeared there.
• Gu An let Lu Xian and Zui leave to attend the Origin Great Vein’s Dao Fruit Assembly, telling Zui to watch over his senior brother.
• A dragon’s cry rang across the heavens, and Gu An saw a golden-armored Heavenly God riding a True Dragon in his teacup’s reflection.
• Gu An foresaw that the Heavenly God’s attempt to subdue the True Dragon would spark a conflict affecting Wushi, and he looked forward to intervening.

Star Lord Xuanqing sought White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s advice about choosing Merit Immortals and learned that Li Ya was a promising candidate. At the Origin Great Vein, Lu Lingjun and White Spirit Demon Emperor watched Lu Xian battle until a powerful Golden Dragon and its golden-robed master arrived.

• Star Lord Xuanqing showed White-Headed Immortal Ancestor the Heavenly Dao Immortal Register and asked which beings deserved to become Merit Immortals.
• White-Headed Immortal Ancestor refused to take charge of the register but named the ascender Li Ya as the being most suited to becoming a Merit Immortal.
• Lu Lingjun and White Spirit Demon Emperor watched Lu Xian fight inside the Origin Seven-Colored Pearl and discussed whether Grandmaster Wushi had secretly protected them over the years.
• A colossal Golden Dragon arrived at the Origin Great Vein with a golden-robed man standing atop its head, and the man declared that the battle should not be dull.

Immortal Jinglan descended on the Origin Great Vein, shattered the Origin Seven-Colored Pearl, and challenged the Origin Deity, prompting Lu Lingjun and others to leave. A hundred years later, Gu An explained that Jinglan had defeated the Origin Deity and that the Heavenly Court’s turmoil had emboldened reckless Immortal Gods.

• Immortal Jinglan shattered the Origin Seven-Colored Pearl and demanded that the Origin Deity fight him, while Lu Lingjun left with White Spirit Demon Emperor.
• Zui urged Lu Xian to leave the battlefield, and Lu Xian flew to join him as the Origin Sea rose and Immortal Jinglan readied his sword.
• A hundred years later, Lu Xian and Zui recounted how Immortal Jinglan defeated the Origin Deity, subdued him, and severed the Origin Great Vein’s main spiritual vein.
• Zui asked Gu An why the Heavenly Court tolerated Immortal Jinglan, and Gu An explained that the Heavenly Court faced upheaval and Jinglan’s side mistakenly believed Son of Heaven Taihao would become Heavenly Emperor.

About a thousand years after Immortal Jinglan’s battle with the Origin Deity, Dragon Ancestor began a desperate ritual to gain the power to destroy gods and challenged Jinglan to a death calamity. Gu An gathered the Wushi Mountain disciples to watch the coming battle, while Zhang Buku recognized the overwhelming aura as Dragon Ancestor’s.

• Gu An told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that Dragon Ancestor had sacrificed the True Dragon race to gain the ability to eliminate Heavenly Dao Luck and destroy Immortal Gods.
• Dragon Ancestor’s power surged across Zhongtian, triggering earthquakes and disasters before he declared that he would make all living beings know that immortals could die.
• Gu An returned to Wuzhong Mountain with Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and showed the gathered disciples Dragon Ancestor’s image through the Artifact Refining Cauldron.
• Lu Xian regretted that he would not defeat Immortal Jinglan himself, while An Xin saw Dragon Ancestor’s power contending against Heavenly Dao Luck.
• Zhang Buku identified Dragon Ancestor and wondered what secret art had made him so powerful.

Dragon Ancestor killed Immortal Jinglan, and the news shattered the belief that Immortal Gods could not die. Decades later, the Heavenly Court descended to confront Dragon Ancestor as Yang Jian watched uneasily, while Li Ya questioned Star Lord Xuanqing about the Heavenly Court’s injustice.

• Gu An returned to his house after showing his disciples Dragon Ancestor’s battle with Immortal Jinglan, and Jiang Shi and the others discussed the death of an Immortal God.
• A vast wave threatened the Wushi Continent, but a wind from within the continent blasted it apart and reminded its people of the legend of a protecting True Immortal.
• News spread that Dragon Ancestor had permanently destroyed Immortal Jinglan, and the Heavenly Court gathered to send a Supreme Immortal and an army against him.
• Decades later, Yang Jian descended with the Heavenly Army and saw Dragon Ancestor’s enormous shadow beneath the sea as the two sides prepared to fight.
• Li Ya asked Star Lord Xuanqing why the Heavenly Court tolerated Immortal Jinglan, and their conversation was interrupted by a voice declaring Dragon Ancestor an enemy of the Heavenly Dao.

As the Heavenly Court battled Dragon Ancestor, opposition spread through Zhongtian and dark powers began infiltrating amid the turmoil. Gu An remained an observer, while Ji Xiaoyu led mighty figures from the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain into Zhongtian.

• Star Lord Xuanqing told Li Ya that turmoil in the Heavenly Court was part of the long changes of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Court besieged Dragon Ancestor, whose resistance drew ocean creatures and land powers into the fight against the Immortal Gods.
• Fairy Yao Xuan asked Gu An about the battle and the unusual Great Dao of Karma, and Gu An assured her the upheaval would pass.
• As the battle continued and all living beings grew bolder, Gu An saw the Dark Heavenly Court and the Eternal Dao Pole infiltrating Zhongtian.
• Ji Xiaoyu led Sun Moon Dark Emperor, the other three of the Four Emperors of Yin and Yang, and other mighty figures through a black rift into Zhongtian.

Ji Xiaoyu set out to establish the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain while Gu An reflected on her resolve to surpass him and protect him. After the Heavenly Court defeated Dragon Ancestor, Gu An prepared Wushi Continent for new threats, and Lu Xian stepped forward to face the first invading Taiqing Golden Immortal.

• Ji Xiaoyu sensed a great opportunity in the direction she chose and resolved to grow strong enough to challenge and protect Gu An.
• Gu An told Xuanwu about Ji Xiaoyu, then punished him by ordering him to run around Fangcun Island ten million times.
• The Heavenly Court defeated Dragon Ancestor, beheaded him, and sealed his soul, ending the war.
• Gu An warned his disciples that a Taiqing Golden Immortal would attack Wushi Continent, and chose Lu Xian to face the threat.
• A Taiqing Golden Immortal arrived intending to sacrifice the continent’s living beings, and Lu Xian stepped forward to battle him.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Court imprison the Dragon Ancestor, then spent millennia guiding the disciples who had remained on Wushi Continent while developing a divine ability of his own. As Wushi Continent became renowned, a white-robed outsider discovered that a seemingly ordinary boy was secretly a Mystic Origin Carefree Immortal and demanded to know why he hid his cultivation.

• The Heavenly Court failed to destroy the Dragon Ancestor's soul and imprisoned him, while the Heavenly Emperor let the Immortal Gods argue over how to punish the Dragon Ancestor's allies.
• Gu An began guiding his disciples, improving their command of divine abilities and spells, and continued teaching disciples from other generations over the following millennia.
• Wushi Continent's reputation spread across Zhongtian, and the Dragon Ancestor's legacy inspired cultivators to resist injustice and tyranny.
• Gu An worked on creating a divine ability of his own, drawing inspiration from the Dragon Ancestor's power to erase Heavenly Dao Luck.
• A white-robed man arrived on Wushi Continent and recognized a cloth-clad boy among five youths as a Mystic Origin Carefree Immortal hiding his cultivation.
• The white-robed man released the frightened boy and asked why he concealed his cultivation, noting that the boy had no complicated karma or blood feud.

The cloth-clad youth left town after the Mortal World Supreme exposed his disguise, but Gu An reassured him that the incident did not count as a failure. Gu An revealed that he had recognized the Mortal World Supreme and instantly trapped him in his palm.

• The cloth-clad youth ignored the Mortal World Supreme and wandered into the woods, distressed about having to leave after his disguise was exposed.
• The Mortal World Supreme followed and explained that he had come to investigate the legends of Pure Land, while the youth warned him to leave.
• Gu An appeared, reassured the youth, and was greeted as Grandmaster.
• Gu An identified the white-robed man as the Mortal World Supreme and said he would not let him leave.
• The Mortal World Supreme vanished, but Gu An captured him and showed his tiny, struggling figure in his palm.