Recaps

Gu An returned to the forest to train An Hao and An Xin while the Taixuan Sect and the cultivation world awaited Han Ming’s duel with the Great Yu Sword Madman. An Hao rapidly mastered sword techniques, and Gu An demonstrated the power of a true sword cultivator by sending a leaf streaking toward the Taixuan Sect.

• Gu An returned to Medicine Valley, heard that spiritual energy had sunk again, and decided to visit An Hao and An Xin each night while returning to the Taixuan Sect by day.
• The one-month deadline arrived, and Han Ming waited outside the Outer Sect City as cultivators from across the region gathered to see whether Sword Venerable Fudao would appear.
• Fifteen thousand li away, Gu An taught An Hao the Great Vast God-Startling Sword while An Xin continued cultivating her first wisp of spiritual power.
• An Hao reached the third level of Qi Refining and formed Sword Qi after practicing the sword technique for an hour.
• Gu An told An Hao and An Xin that a sword could be anything held in the heart, then flicked a leaf that unleashed terrifying Sword Qi and blasted a clearing toward the Taixuan Sect.

Gu An defeated Han Ming with two leaf-based sword attacks, revealing the overwhelming power of Sword Venerable Fudao, then took An Hao and An Xin to a nearby town. There he encountered his former senior brother Zhang Chunqiu and learned that Zhang was preparing to retire.

• Han Ming challenged Sword Venerable Fudao at the Taixuan Sect's South City Gate, and a leaf shattered his Sword Qi and made him stagger.
• Gu An showed An Hao and An Xin how an ordinary leaf could become a swift, subtle sword attack, then brought them to a nearby town.
• Gu An's second leaf pierced Han Ming's shoulder and pinned him to the city wall, leading spectators to identify Sword Venerable Fudao as the Flying Leaf Sword Immortal.
• Gu An settled into the town to enjoy the mortal world, sensed a second-order demon enter, and then met Zhang Chunqiu, who said he planned to retire there.

Gu An reunited with the aging Zhang Chunqiu and met his talented son, Zhang Buku, before returning to his disciples and Mystic Valley. A year later, as Sword Venerable Fudao’s fame continued to grow, Gu An noticed an unfamiliar Great Cultivator at Heaven-Mending Platform.

• Zhang Chunqiu told Gu An how he had left the Taixuan Sect to live with Xiao Lian, and Gu An learned that Zhang Chunqiu had only three years left to live.
• Zhang Buku returned to the courtyard, where Gu An gave him high-grade Spirit Qi Pills and heard that he had fought An Hao.
• Gu An left An Hao and An Xin to cultivate, then returned to Third Medicine Valley and helped Shen Zhen make her painting of Han Ming’s defeat more dynamic.
• Over the following year, An Hao reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining and killed the Wolf Demon, while Gu An continued secretly training him and An Xin.
• Gu An visited Heaven-Mending Platform, saw Han Ming berating his disciple Zuo Lin, and spotted an unfamiliar Great Cultivator among the visitors.

Gu An taught An Hao the Gale Absolute Shadow Leg and planned to send him and An Xin to the Taixuan Sect. Lu Xian returned from the Hundred Clans Assembly claiming first place, but his account of breaking Li Ya’s limbs alarmed Luo Hun and Gu An.

• Han Ming pulled Gu An into a sword lesson with Zuo Lin, and Gu An escaped after an hour.
• Jiang Qiong gave Gu An high-grade medicinal seeds, promised to help him reach the Golden Core Realm, and asked whether he wrote books before reading Taixuan Secret Biography.
• Gu An taught An Hao the Gale Absolute Shadow Leg, and An Hao quickly learned its moves.
• Gu An decided to send An Hao and An Xin to the Taixuan Sect in about half a year.
• Lu Xian returned to Tianya Valley and said he had secured first place at the Hundred Clans Assembly after facing Ji Xiaoyu and Li Ya.
• Lu Xian revealed that he had broken Li Ya’s arms and legs, making Luo Hun and Gu An react with alarm.

Gu An watched over An Hao and An Xin as they reached the Taixuan Sect, where An Hao’s Heavenly Spirit Root drew the elders’ attention. After celebrating Spring Festival and visiting Hao Dragon, Gu An sensed a familiar visitor approaching Mystic Valley, and the chapter ended with the visitor leaping through his window with a treasure.

• Lu Xian taught Gu An the Black Tortoise Surging Wave Palm, but Gu An pretended he could not learn it and left before Lu Xian gave up.
• Gu An escorted An Hao and An Xin near the Taixuan Sect, then secretly watched them until An Hao revealed his ninth-layer Qi Refinement cultivation and an elder welcomed them.
• At Mystic Valley’s Spring Festival gathering, Zhen Qin and Ye Lan told everyone that An Hao had a Heavenly Spirit Root and had been taken away by the sect master.
• Gu An visited Hao Dragon in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven and decided to ask Jiang Qiong about a transformation technique so Hao Dragon could go outside disguised as a snake.
• Gu An returned to his pavilion when he sensed someone familiar approaching, and the visitor leaped through the window asking him to guess what treasure they had brought.

Li Ya returned from the Hundred Clans Assembly with rare Primordial Gold-Swallowing Insects for Gu An, who later learned from Ye Lan that Wuxin was linked to the Thousand Autumn Pavilion and that the Demonic Path and Demon Race planned to attack the Taixuan Sect. The chapter ended with Gu An noticing Elder Tian sitting beneath an old tree and inspecting his lifespan.

• Li Ya gave Gu An sixteen Primordial Gold-Swallowing Insects and recounted how he and Zhou Tongyou had fared at the Hundred Clans Assembly, including Ji Xiaoyu injuring Lu Xian.
• Li Ya explained that remnant souls inside Lu Xian tormented him, then stayed with Gu An until morning while sharing stories from his travels.
• Gu An showed the insects to Elder Tian, Xiao Chuan, and the Handyman Disciples in the Third Medicine Valley so they would recognize the creatures patrolling the valley.
• Three years later, Ye Lan told Gu An that Wuxin was a Thousand Autumn Pavilion spy, and Gu An persuaded her to suppress the evidence.
• Ye Lan warned Gu An that the Demonic Path had allied with the Demon Race to besiege the Taixuan Sect, and Gu An escorted her to the Teleportation Array Platform.
• Gu An spotted Elder Tian sitting despondently beneath an old tree and used Lifespan Inspection on him.

As the Righteous-Demonic War approached, Gu An learned from Jiang Qiong that the conflict was driven by Taixuan Sect’s growing power and a struggle over cultivation resources. Months later, Ji Hantian and Gu Zong warned him of Taixuan Sect’s internal scandals and proposed sending fifty Golden Core Realm cultivators to protect Third Medicine Valley.

• Gu An visited Jiang Qiong, who confirmed that the Demonic Path planned to attack within half a year with the Demon Race’s support and promised Outer Sect City would be safe.
• Jiang Qiong explained that righteous-demonic conflicts were struggles for limited resources, and Gu An asked about the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor before leaving.
• Three months later, Gu An noticed Elder Tian’s cultivation had reached the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm.
• Ji Hantian and Gu Zong told Gu An that Chu Tianqi’s faction had committed serious misdeeds, including refining the Greed-Hatred Demon Ghost, and that Taixuan Sect was in danger.
• Gu Zong and Ji Hantian proposed sending fifty Golden Core Realm cultivators, including Xiao Yu, to guard Third Medicine Valley.

Gu An learned that the Demonic Path planned to attack Taixuan Sect and received protection from several powerful allies. After Li Xuandao visited Tianya Valley, Gu An learned that a hidden Nascent Soul Realm cultivator would be assigned to protect him, while Li Xuandao worried that Li Ya might master the Imperial Pole Sword Technique.

• Gu An learned from Gu Zong and Ji Hantian that fifty Golden Core Realm cultivators would be sent to Third Medicine Valley, and Elder Tian taught him the Spirit Gathering Divine Finger.
• Gu Yu arrived with the Golden Core cultivators and gave Gu An a copy of Taixuan Secret Biography.
• Gu An visited Ji Xiaoyu, who offered him protection from her great-grandfather Ji Hantian and asked him to write another Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Xuandao visited Gu An in Tianya Valley and said the Demonic Path planned an all-out assault on Taixuan Sect at the end of the year.
• Li Xuandao arranged for a concealed Nascent Soul Realm cultivator to protect Gu An and explained that Li Ya could threaten the Crown Prince if he mastered the Imperial Pole Sword Technique.

Gu An returned to Mystic Valley and received Yang Ni, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator sent by Li Xuandao to protect him. As the Demonic Path’s invasion began, the Heaven-Swallowing Underworld Bird passed over the valley toward Taixuan Sect’s Outer Sect City, leaving Gu An and the disciples to watch the distant battle.

• Gu An warned Mystic Valley’s disciples that the Demonic Path would soon attack and decided to stay there each night.
• Yang Ni arrived as an Outer Sect disciple assigned to protect Gu An, gave him a Cyan Jade Bracelet, and later accompanied him to Third Medicine Valley.
• Yang Ni gradually gained goodwill toward Gu An as she watched him tend the valleys and treat the Handyman Disciples kindly.
• During a snowfall, Yang Ni sensed danger and went to the southern mountaintop as the Heaven-Swallowing Underworld Bird’s birdsong alarmed Wuxin and the disciples.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Underworld Bird flew over Mystic Valley with more than ten thousand Demonic Cultivators on its back, heading for Taixuan Sect’s Outer Sect City.
• Yang Ni protected Gu An and the herbs with a great banner while Gu An sensed Void Crossing Realm cultivators fighting in the distance.

The Righteous-Demonic War erupted as the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor revealed himself, while Gu An’s Mystic Valley was targeted by a Demonic Cultivator. As Yang Ni battled White Centipede, Gu An prepared to test the Spirit Gathering Divine Finger on Devil Lord Xu Lian, who sensed danger just as he was about to finish giving orders.

• The Yellow Spring Demon Emperor unleashed his demon aura and summoned Vicious Ghosts on the Heaven-Mending Platform as Taixuan Sect Elders confronted him.
• Gu An reassured the frightened Mystic Valley disciples, but Li Ya arrived and warned that a spy had let Demonic Cultivators into the Taixuan Sect.
• White Centipede descended into Mystic Valley, exposed Wuxin as a spy, and threatened to kill everyone there.
• Yang Ni wounded White Centipede and drove him into an aerial battle, while Li Ya went to help her.
• Gu An went to the forest and aimed the Spirit Gathering Divine Finger at Devil Lord Xu Lian, who was overseeing an array several hundred li away.
• Xu Lian sensed something and abruptly turned before he could finish ordering his disciple to prepare the array.

Devil Lord Xu Lian and twenty-five other demonic cultivators were wiped out by a devastating blast, while Gu An protected Wuxin and moved from Mystic Valley to Third Medicine Valley. There, Ji Xiaoyu displayed overwhelming power against the invaders, but a vast army of monsters and ghosts arrived with a black-robed leader who threatened her.

• A mass of air struck near Devil Lord Xu Lian, killing him and twenty-five other cultivators as Gu An seized years of their lifespans.
• Li Ya brought Gu An back to Mystic Valley, where Yang Ni killed White Centipede and prepared to execute Wuxin until Gu An and Li Ya intervened.
• Gu An convinced Wuxin to leave the Taixuan Sect under a false name, then traveled to Third Medicine Valley and found Lu Baitian quietly preparing to defend the sect.
• Gu An patrolled the medicine fields as Ji Xiaoyu fought off hundreds of demonic cultivators with the Qilin Step and powerful divine abilities.
• A vast horde of monsters and evil ghosts advanced on Ji Xiaoyu, led by a black-robed man who warned that her talents made her a future threat.

Gu An secretly wiped out a demon horde attacking Third Medicine Valley, then watched Ji Chen chase Xu Jue away. Elder Tian revealed himself as Lu Baitian and invited Gu An to join him in sweeping away the Demonic Path.

• Xu Jue attacked Ji Xiaoyu and unleashed a horde of demons and Vicious Ghosts on Third Medicine Valley while Ji Chen confronted him above the clouds.
• Gu An saw demons crushing his herbs and used green Sword Qi to slaughter the entire horde without harming the disciples, gaining more than fifty thousand years of lifespan.
• Ji Chen and Xu Jue continued their evenly matched battle above the clouds until Xu Jue fled and Ji Chen pursued him.
• After the valley grew calm, Elder Tian transformed into a younger-looking man and revealed that his real name was Lu Baitian.
• Lu Baitian asked Gu An whether he hated Demonic Path cultivators and offered to take him to sweep them away.

Lu Baitian revealed his strength by draining Lei Zhen’s cultivation and killing him, then offered to make Gu An his disciple and successor as sect master. Gu An refused to commit, worried that taking the position would plunge Taixuan Sect into chaos.

• Lu Baitian took Gu An to a grand hall, where they met Lei Zhen and An Hao.
• Lei Zhen attacked Lu Baitian, but Lu Baitian revealed his true cultivation and overpowered him.
• Lu Baitian drained Lei Zhen’s spiritual energy and killed him with the Spirit Gathering Divine Finger.
• Lu Baitian asked Gu An to become his disciple and next sect master, but Gu An argued that the succession would cause chaos.

Lu Baitian returned to life, rejected Gu An’s refusal to become sect master, and made An Hao his disciple while slaughtering Demonic Path cultivators across the Taixuan Sect. As the war neared its end, Yang Ni revealed she would remain with Gu An by Li Xuandao’s order, and Gu An sensed a Demonic Path survivor near Outer Sect City.

• Gu An refused Lu Baitian’s offer to become sect master and suggested creating a three-person rank to manage the sect, while An Hao identified himself as Chu Tianqi’s disciple.
• Lu Baitian named An Hao his sole direct disciple, then took him and Gu An into the sky and slew Demonic Cultivators with the Spirit Gathering Divine Finger.
• Lu Baitian’s resurrection spread across the battlefields, while Li Xuandao and others discussed his return and Lu Xian vowed to surpass him.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley, where Shen Zhen questioned him about Lu Baitian before fleeing in embarrassment when he threatened to write and illustrate a story about her.
• After the war began to wind down, Li Ya returned to the Inner Sect, and Yang Ni told Gu An she would stay by his side under Li Xuandao’s orders.
• Gu An sensed a Demonic Path survivor nearby and asked Yang Ni to guard Medicine Valley while he went to Outer Sect City.

Gu An investigated the defeated Demonic Path, learned of Taixuan Sect’s new Honor Pavilion, and saw Chu Jingfeng reduced to a handyman after the Chu Family’s fall. The chapter ended with Shen Zhen asking whether Gu An had begun writing Travels of the Medicine Hero.

• Gu An ambushed Xu Jue, searched his memories for information about the demon army, took his Storage Bag, and burned his corpse.
• Gu An visited Ye Lan and Jiang Qiong in Outer Sect City, learned about the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor’s attack and the false Sword Venerable Fudao, and received high-grade seeds from Jiang Qiong.
• Lu Baitian established the Honor Pavilion, investigated Demonic Path spies, and punished the Chu Family after Chu Tianqi fled.
• Gu An welcomed the disgraced Chu Jingfeng to Mystic Valley and considered teaching him Wuxin’s Dao Derivation Technique if he performed well.
• Six months later, Gu An went to Third Medicine Valley and found Shen Zhen waiting for him; she asked whether he had started writing Travels of the Medicine Hero.

Gu An met with Lu Baitian, arranged for Shen Zhen to speak with him, and obtained hundreds of thousands of high-grade medicinal herb seeds. Five years later, Li Ya announced that he was leaving for the North Sea Mountains to seek the North Sea Kun Fish, while Gu An looked forward to reaching one million years of lifespan.

• Shen Zhen asked Gu An to introduce her to Lu Baitian, and Gu An agreed after accepting her gift of Purple Mist Bamboo.
• Lu Baitian showed Gu An the four members of Honor Pavilion, agreed to provide him with high-grade medicinal herb seeds, and met privately with Shen Zhen.
• Five days later, Lu Baitian's messenger delivered hundreds of thousands of seeds and a letter requiring Gu An to become his disciple if he failed to grow them successfully.
• Five years passed peacefully, and Gu An's total lifespan surpassed seven hundred thousand years.
• Li Ya told Gu An and Yang Ni that he planned to leave for the North Sea Mountains to seek traces of the North Sea Kun Fish and would not return until reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Yang Ni chose to remain with Gu An, saying she preferred growing plants to fighting and killing.

Gu An encouraged Yang Ni to care for Mystic Valley’s garden and helped Chu Jingfeng regain his motivation by teaching him the Great Vast God-Startling Sword. Two years later, as Gu An prepared for a breakthrough beyond Body Integration, Yang Ni warned him that the Crown Prince might target him over his relationship with Li Ya.

• Gu An assigned Yang Ni responsibility for the medicinal garden, then brought Chu Jingfeng to the forest and inspired him to practice the Great Vast God-Startling Sword.
• Gu An visited Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven, discussed taking Hao Dragon to the North Sea Mountains in a few years, and noticed a branch of the Azure Vine Tree tremble as if it might have gained sentience.
• Two years passed, and Ye Lan told Gu An about the Epiphyllum Sect’s attacks on Demonic Path sects and Ghost Thief’s threat to steal the Mystic Clarity Tree.
• Ye Lan told Gu An that Taixuan Sect was gathering information on Emperor Li Xuandao and aiding the Crown Prince, who had been a sect disciple for a century.
• After Ye Lan left, Gu An planned to find a map for his breakthrough, but Yang Ni warned him that the Crown Prince might scheme against him if he learned of Gu An’s relationship with Li Ya.

Gu An received Yang Ni’s warning about Crown Prince Li Dai, then met Li Dai when he visited Mystic Valley and concealed his hostile intentions. Li Dai later sought Lu Baitian’s support, but Lu Baitian warned him to leave Gu An alone and revealed that Gu An’s only backing was himself.

• Yang Ni told Gu An that Li Dai had repeatedly tried to assassinate Li Ya and warned him to be cautious around the Crown Prince.
• Gu An inspected the treasures in Third Medicine Valley, arranged iron ore for a Primordial Gold-Swallowing Insect, and continued harvesting herbs for lifespan.
• Li Dai visited Mystic Valley, spoke with Chu Jingfeng, and then spent half an hour making friendly conversation with Gu An.
• After leaving the valley, Li Dai told a blue-robed elder to investigate Gu An and discussed killing Gu An and Li Ya if the Sect Master supported him; Gu An overheard them.
• Yang Ni told Gu An that she suspected Li Dai’s family was connected to her elder sister’s death and promised to protect Gu An if Li Dai acted against him.
• Lu Baitian told Li Dai to stop investigating Gu An and revealed that Gu An had no Aristocratic Clan backing, only Lu Baitian himself.

Gu An unlocked Lifespan Enemy Prediction after his lifespan exceeded one million years, then left the Taixuan Sect to cultivate in seclusion in the North Sea Mountains. After transforming his Supreme Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root into a Five Elements Precious Body, he began a breakthrough that caused spiritual qi across the mountains to sink, alarming Li Xuandao.

• Crown Prince Li Dai returned with medicinal herb seeds, and Gu An gave Yang Ni fifth-grade seeds to cultivate.
• Gu An unlocked Lifespan Enemy Prediction after harvesting Deer Bone Grass and reached a million years of lifespan.
• Gu An demonstrated his mastery of Black Tortoise Surging Wave Palm to Lu Xian, then slipped away from the Taixuan Sect with Hao Dragon.
• Gu An took Hao Dragon to the North Sea Mountains, concealed himself, and invested one hundred thousand years of lifespan into his Spirit Root.
• Gu An's Supreme Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root transformed into a Five Elements Precious Body, and the resulting spiritual qi disturbance spread across the North Sea Mountains.
• Li Xuandao sensed the spiritual qi sinking and wondered why the phenomenon had reached the North Sea Mountains.

As spiritual energy sank across the North Sea Mountains, Gu An transformed his body and upgraded two techniques before spending a hundred thousand years of lifespan to break through repeatedly. He reached the ninth layer of the Profound Heart Realm and began raising his cultivation further, while the region remained in turmoil.

• Li Ya and the Old Ancestor sensed the spiritual energy sinking, while cultivators and demon beasts across the North Sea Mountains reacted to the disturbance.
• Gu An completed his transformation into a Five Elements Precious Body and upgraded the Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi Technique into the Innate As-You-Will Technique.
• Gu An upgraded the Yang Wood Primordial Chaos Technique into the Innate Earth Immortal Technique as spiritual energy sank again and powerful beings flew through the region.
• Li Xuandao deduced that heavenly secrets were obscured and activated his formations to prepare for tribulation.
• After two nearby Body Integration Realm cultivators fought and left, Gu An simulated cultivation, survived a heavenly tribulation, and advanced to the ninth layer of the Profound Heart Realm.
• Gu An considered whether to spend his remaining lifespan upgrading techniques or advancing his cultivation, then began raising his cultivation.

Gu An broke through to the eighth layer of the Great Vehicle Realm after learning that Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor had ascended from a weaker world. The two newcomers flew south, while Gu An prepared to face whatever dangers their arrival might bring.

• Li Xuandao began crossing his heavenly tribulation as Gu An advanced into the Profound Heart Realm and gained a rune that could nurture an innate Divine Ability.
• Gu An saw Lu Lingjun emerge from a spatial rift with the White Spirit Demon Emperor, and learned that they believed they had ascended to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor sensed the surrounding world, discussed their arrival, and flew south toward the strongest human presence.
• Gu An feared the ascenders might approach the Taixuan Sect, so he spent two hundred thousand years of lifespan on cultivation and repeatedly attempted the Great Vehicle Realm tribulation.
• Gu An endured the Mysterious Yellow Five Gods Heavenly Tribulation and broke through to the eighth layer of the Great Vehicle Realm.

After reaching the eighth layer of the Great Vehicle Realm, Gu An used his divine sense to survey the North Sea Mountains and found Li Ya injured and in danger. Gu An saved Li Ya from the Vengeful Poison Fox King, then offered to teach him a sword technique.

• Gu An broke through to the eighth layer of the Great Vehicle Realm and sensed across the North Sea Mountains, spotting Li Xuandao undergoing tribulation, Li Ya hiding with injuries, and Hao Dragon bullying little demons.
• Li Ya emerged from his cave to train with the North Sea Heavy Sword despite his wounds, hoping to grow strong enough to attend a holy land's disciple recruitment and revive the Li Family.
• The Vengeful Poison Fox King attacked Li Ya and demanded the Dragon-Elephant Divine Origin, while Li Ya and Old Ancestor argued over whether Old Ancestor could help him.
• Gu An appeared in his demonic disguise and let the Vengeful Poison Fox King leave, but killed him with overwhelming spiritual power after learning the demon hated him, gaining 190 years of lifespan.
• Gu An reassured the frightened Li Ya, took the North Sea Heavy Sword, criticized Li Ya's swordsmanship, and offered to teach him a sword technique.

Gu An taught Li Ya the Great Vast God-Startling Sword, leading the Old Ancestor to suspect he was the Li Family Progenitor. Back at the Taixuan Sect, Gu An learned that Jiang Qiong planned to join the rising Epiphyllum Sect and warned Yang Ni to guard Mystic Valley, unaware that she suspected he had guessed her identity.

• Gu An used the North Sea Heavy Sword to pass the Great Vast God-Startling Sword's Sword Intent to Li Ya, and the Old Ancestor identified Gu An as a possible Li Family Progenitor.
• Gu An returned to the Taixuan Sect, met Zhen Qin at the Heaven-Mending Platform, and heard that Su Han had joined the Epiphyllum Sect.
• Jiang Qiong told Gu An she planned to join the Epiphyllum Sect because the Taixuan Sect suspected her, and she warned him that the sect was infiltrating the Taixuan Sect and that he should be cautious.
• Lu Songhan, the new Outer Sect Grand Elder, visited Mystic Valley and offered to help Gu An if he encountered trouble.
• Gu An told Yang Ni to watch Mystic Valley for Epiphyllum Sect thieves, prompting her to wonder whether he had guessed her identity.

Gu An inherited the pinnacle Boundless Freedom Step and discussed the Taixuan Sect’s response to the rising Epiphyllum Sect with Lu Baitian, who tried to recruit him and revealed his Body Integration Realm cultivation. At Mystic Valley’s Spring Festival banquet, Gu An appointed Lu Jiujia chief disciple, prompting Yang Ni to suspect that Gu An was onto her and decide to act.

• Gu An mastered the Boundless Freedom Step, searched for Li Ya and the missing Hao Dragon, then returned to Mystic Valley before dawn.
• Lu Baitian brought An Hao to Third Medicine Valley for the Spring Festival, while An Hao brought An Xin from the Outer Sect.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An about the Epiphyllum Sect’s return and revealed that he was at the ninth level of the Body Integration Realm as he tried to recruit Gu An as his disciple.
• Lu Baitian explained that he knew of Gu An’s connections to Li Xuandao and Thousand Autumn Pavilion, then described how he manipulated spies and rivals within the Taixuan Sect.
• At Mystic Valley’s banquet, Gu An named Lu Jiujia chief disciple and gave him responsibility for Medicine Valley’s affairs.
• Yang Ni suspected Gu An had singled out Lu Jiujia because he suspected her, and decided she needed to act.

Gu An guided a group of Taixuan Sect geniuses through medicine-valley chores and gave them the mysterious Divine Continent Scripture to study. Six months later, he rushed back to Third Medicine Valley and confronted Zong Ying, whose concealed Body Integration Realm cultivation was no match for Gu An’s grip.

• Gu An discovered that Meng Lang could not harvest herbs for him and continued practicing the Wood Spirit Sword Technique.
• Yang Ni planted unfamiliar sixth-rank epiphyllum seeds, while Gu An recognized their value and let her keep planting.
• Lu Chen delivered ten young Taixuan Sect geniuses, including Ji Xiaoyu, to Gu An for heart cultivation, and Gu An put them to work tending the medicine valley.
• Gu An gave the dissatisfied disciples copies of the Divine Continent Scripture, and they gradually embraced the chores as part of their cultivation.
• Six months later, Gu An sensed a visitor at the Mystic Clarity Tree, hurried to Third Medicine Valley, and identified the visitor as Zong Ying, a Body Integration Realm cultivator hiding his strength.
• Zong Ying tried to overpower Gu An after Gu An gripped his wrist, but Gu An’s strength left him shocked and afraid.