Recaps

Gu An received the Immortal King Crown from the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities, destroyed the Evil Emperor hidden in its coffin, and buried the crown and their flute beneath the North Sea. Three years later, he learned that Lu Xian planned to attend the Golden Ranking Assembly and suspected Lu Baitian might be connected to the Epiphyllum Sect.

• Gu An confronted the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities, who knelt and explained that Epiphyllum Ghost Mother had sent them to offer him the Immortal King Crown.
• Gu An blasted the Evil Emperor's skeleton to ash and learned from Li Shouyou that the Evil Emperor was Epiphyllum Ghost Mother's ancestor and the crown was a dangerous artifact tied to the Great Vast God-Startling Sword.
• Gu An accepted the Immortal King Crown and Nine Serenities Flute, then buried both beneath the North Sea before returning to Mystic Valley.
• Three years later, Gu An met Lu Xian, who said he planned to attend the Golden Ranking Assembly after his inner demons and dreams had stopped.
• Gu An sensed that one of the residual souls within Lu Xian was gone and wondered whether Lu Baitian had a connection to the Epiphyllum Sect.

Gu An advanced the Dao Derivation Technique into the Innate Reincarnation Technique and gained the Return to Origin Divine Path, a seal that could suppress or erase cultivation. At Taixuan Sect’s Golden Ranking Assembly, he watched the duels with Ye Lan and reunited with Wu Jue, whose maximum lifespan had surged to 7,600 years.

• Gu An met with Ye Lan, learned about her experiences on the Path of Nine Serenities, and confirmed that the Dao Derivation Technique had slightly increased her maximum lifespan.
• Gu An spent 100,000 years of lifespan simulating cultivation, advancing the technique to the Innate Reincarnation Technique and mastering the Return to Origin Divine Path.
• Gu An learned that the Immortal Path’s first stage was Nirvana and realized that maximum lifespan determined how long someone could pursue cultivation.
• Gu An registered for the Golden Ranking Assembly at age seventy-two and watched the opening duels with Ye Lan.
• Wu Jue appeared, questioned Gu An about Ye Lan and Miss Shen, and revealed that he was also competing with an invitation from Gu An.

Gu An watched the Golden Ranking Assembly, saw Wu Jue make a stunning debut, and accepted a Thousand Shadow Bead from Lu Baitian to compete. After several matches and months of cultivation, he headed to the Outer Sect City to watch the highly anticipated battle between An Hao and Li Ya.

• Gu An watched Perfected Lord Xuanmiao of the Three Pure Mountains defeat a Void Crossing Realm opponent with a single Dao seal, while Wu Jue later won his match with eight powerful punches.
• Lu Baitian gave Gu An a supreme-grade Thousand Shadow Bead and promised him a Sixth-Rank Spirit Tree if he reached the top five hundred.
• Gu An won his first Golden Ranking Assembly match with the Thousand Shadow Bead after putting on a drawn-out performance against a Golden Core Realm opponent.
• Gu An continued through three close matches as An Hao, Lu Xian, Perfected Lord Xuanmiao, and other dynasty geniuses rose to prominence.
• Gu An heard that An Hao and Li Ya were about to face each other, then went to the Outer Sect City to watch their battle.

An Hao revealed that he had also mastered the Great Vast God-Startling Sword and defeated Li Ya in the Golden Ranking Assembly, becoming famous across the cultivation world. Ten days later, Li Xuandao discussed Li Ya and Ye Yan with Gu An and said he already knew Sword Venerable Fudao’s identity.

• Li Ya and An Hao fought in the Golden Ranking Assembly, and Li Ya unveiled the Great Vast God-Startling Sword.
• An Hao displayed an even stronger Great Vast God-Startling Sword, defeated Li Ya, and was declared the victor.
• News of An Hao’s inheritance spread through the cultivation world, while Li Ya withdrew to recover from his injuries.
• Gu An met Li Xuandao in Tianya Valley, where Li Xuandao said he had sent Ye Yan to cultivate at the Three Pure Mountains.
• Li Xuandao asked whether winning over Sword Venerable Fudao would secure his throne, and then told Gu An he already knew who Sword Venerable Fudao was.

Gu An harvested herbs in the Xuantian Grotto-Abode and considered using five million years of lifespan for his next breakthrough. While observing the North Sea Mountains, he watched Perfected Lord Xuanmiao survive a deadly ambush and unleash an ancient power that sent his attacker fleeing.

• Li Xuandao told Gu An that Sword Venerable Fudao had a close connection to Li Ya, while Ye Lan later warned Gu An that the sect was investigating Li Family disciples.
• Gu An reached the top five hundred of the Golden Ranking Assembly, then began conceding matches; An Hao won first place, and Wu Jue reached the top twenty as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An he planned to move against the Li Family but would not harm Li Ya, and warned that he would visit Medicine Valley less often as the Taixuan Sect faced new threats.
• Gu An harvested nearly twenty thousand years of lifespan from the Xuantian Grotto-Abode and began considering where to find enough spiritual energy for his next breakthrough.
• Gu An watched dozens of Spirit Transformation cultivators and a hidden Void Crossing cultivator attack Perfected Lord Xuanmiao; after his dharma manifestation was shattered, Xuanmiao opened a gate of ancient power and the Void Crossing cultivator fled.

Perfected Lord Xuanmiao’s mysterious power caught Gu An’s attention, while Jing Tuxian ordered the Epiphyllum Sect to prepare an invasion of the Nine Dynasties. Months later, Li Ya left to cultivate at Three Pure Mountains, and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao searched near Gu An’s grotto-abode for a blessed opportunity.

• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao summoned a giant hand that crushed a Void Crossing Realm Great Cultivator, then collapsed from the effort as Gu An watched and wondered about his connection to Three Pure Mountains.
• Jing Tuxian dismissed concerns about Sword Venerable Fudao and ordered the Epiphyllum Sect to gather with the Epiphyllum Mother Tree for an assault on the Nine Dynasties Land.
• Gu An saw Perfected Lord Xuanmiao build a Daoist temple in the North Sea Mountains and train beside a young fox demon.
• Li Ya visited Gu An and revealed that he was leaving for Three Pure Mountains at his father’s request, likely for several decades.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao searched near Xuantian Grotto-Abode with a compass, looking for a blessed opportunity.

Gu An disguised himself as a Mountain God and met Perfected Lord Xuanmiao, who sought his help curing the Fox Demon Youth’s poison. After healing the disciple and exchanging techniques with Xuanmiao, Gu An suspected the youth was connected to the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor.

• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao entered Gu An’s forest seeking blessed fortune, and Gu An appeared in a tiny form, posing as the Mountain God.
• Xuanmiao offered Gu An an Earth Spirit Mystic Ganoderma and asked him to cure his poisoned disciple, so Gu An told him to return the next night.
• Gu An gave the Fox Demon Youth a pill that cured his Epiphyllum poison, then warned Xuanmiao to keep the Mountain God’s existence secret.
• Xuanmiao asked Gu An for a supreme art and exchanged his Divine Connection Mystic Gate technique for the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Body.
• Xuanmiao offered Gu An seven boxes of Seventh-Rank Heavenly Treasure seeds, and Gu An recognized a possible connection between the Fox Demon Youth and the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor.

Gu An harvested herbs with Lu Lingjun, who decided to build power with him and become the Taixuan Sect Master. After Perfected Lord Xuanmiao brought him a vision of the Epiphyllum Sect attacking the Nine Dynasties Land, Gu An warned him that the Yellow Spring Fox Demon might bring disaster or fortune, and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao left believing the Mountain God had revealed a calamity.

• Gu An harvested Sixth-Grade Herbs while Lu Lingjun guarded him and decided to cultivate a faction with him to pursue the Taixuan Sect Master position.
• Gu An planted Perfected Lord Xuanmiao's seven Seventh-Rank Heavenly Treasures in the Xuantian Grotto-Abode and began preparing formations for another Cave Mansion.
• The Fox Demon Youth told Perfected Lord Xuanmiao about a nightmare of demons and black-robed cultivators ravaging the world, and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao used a compass to confirm the vision included the North Sea.
• The Fox Demon Youth developed hostility toward Gu An, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao hurried to meet the Mountain God and report the vision.
• Gu An identified the vision as an impending Epiphyllum Sect assault and warned Perfected Lord Xuanmiao that the Yellow Spring Fox Demon might bring disaster or fortune.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao interpreted Gu An's words as guidance about his own calamities, thanked the Mountain God, and departed.

Gu An uncovered the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor’s origins and learned that the Epiphyllum Sect was launching a major invasion across the Nine Dynasties. As the Taixuan Sect mobilized, Gu An sought a place to break through before confronting the Epiphyllum Sect’s Mahayana Realm cultivator.

• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao fought the Yellow Spring Fox Demon, summoned a Profound Heart Realm cultivator through the Divine Connection Mystic Gate, and let the fox demon escape.
• Gu An followed the Yellow Spring Fox Demon, discovered the Yellow Spring Demon Emperor’s hidden Primordial Spirit, seized his memories, and killed him.
• Gu An learned that the Nine Serenities Domain was an independent world oppressed by the Epiphyllum Sect and began writing an encyclopedia about it.
• Ye Lan warned Gu An that the Epiphyllum Sect had invaded the Nine Dynasties and left with healing pills to protect the common people.
• Gu An decided to find a place to break through, then visited the Inner Sect Library Hall, where Xu Lu lent him a continental map and a book.
• As Gu An left the Library Hall, he sensed a Profound Heart Realm cultivator inside and grew more determined to advance his cultivation.

Gu An traveled to Heavenly Phoenix Mountain and used simulated practice to break through to the Nirvana Realm, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao led Taixuan Sect disciples through the North Sea Mountains. As Gu An continued advancing, a wounded woman in red collapsed near his Longevity Barrier.

• Gu An chose the Land of Demons and Monsters as a place to break through and traveled to Heavenly Phoenix Mountain.
• Gu An spent hundreds of thousands of years of lifespan on simulated practice before successfully breaking through the Innate Five Elements Divine Lightning Tribulation and reaching the ninth layer of the Nirvana Realm.
• Gu An’s breakthrough drained spiritual energy from Heavenly Phoenix Mountain and startled its demon creatures.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao told Zhen Qin and the other Law Enforcement Hall disciples that a Mountain God protected the North Sea Mountains and promised to escort them back once he recovered.
• A wounded woman in red staggered into the forest and collapsed less than a hundred zhang from Gu An’s Longevity Barrier.

Gu An broke through to the Ninth-layer Nirvana Realm and rescued Tian Yao'er, a young demon fleeing captivity under the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Mother. He took Tian Yao'er as his apprentice and settled her in a newly excavated Cave Mansion, where she began recovering.

• Gu An completed his breakthrough to the Ninth-layer Nirvana Realm after spending nearly fifty thousand years of lifespan, then used his new ability to glimpse Tian Yao'er's past.
• Gu An carried the unconscious Tian Yao'er to a cave and offered to either take her somewhere safe or teach her to cultivate; she chose to follow him and seek revenge on the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Mother herself.
• Gu An created a pool for Tian Yao'er to wash in and went out to find a place for a Cave Mansion.
• Gu An excavated a spacious underground Cave Mansion beside a spiritual vein and brought Tian Yao'er there after she had washed.
• Gu An told Tian Yao'er to recover and stay inside, leaving her books that she could not read before he vanished.

Gu An harvested herbs with Lu Lingjun, reflected on immortals and mortality, and named his cave mansion Nianchu Cave. He tested his new plant-growing ability, discovered it could not accelerate lifespan gains, and began teaching Tian Yao'er to cultivate.

• Lu Lingjun asked Gu An whether she should leave the Medicine Valley to fight demons, but he told her to remain and protect the herbs; they then discussed whether immortals existed.
• Gu An helped Xiao Chuan hold the White Spirit Mouse and reflected on Xiao Chuan's age, while sensing a distant battle involving Old Ancestor Xuanquan and choosing not to intervene.
• Gu An carved the name Nianchu Cave into a stone stele and used his All Things Divine Descent ability to cover the cave floor with weeds.
• Gu An rapidly matured a second-tier spirit herb and found that the exhausted herb yielded no lifespan, so he decided to keep farming normally.
• Gu An taught Tian Yao'er the Innate Earth Immortal Technique, and by morning she could draw in spiritual energy on her own.

Perfected Lord Xuanmiao called upon Gu An, the Mountain God, to save him and the Taixuan Sect Law Enforcement Hall disciples from the Epiphyllum Sect. Gu An annihilated their pursuers, then punished Perfected Lord Xuanmiao for revealing his existence and sent the survivors away with a warning to keep his identity secret.

• As the injured Perfected Lord Xuanmiao and his companions were cornered, he urged them to pray to the Mountain God, and Gu An sensed his call from Inner Sect City.
• The Wooden Staff Elder and the Epiphyllum Sect cultivators arrived, but Gu An appeared on Perfected Lord Xuanmiao’s shoulder as the enemy attacked.
• Gu An raised a vast Tree Mountain that killed the Epiphyllum Sect cultivators and swallowed the Wooden Staff Elder before the trees vanished, leaving a Great Chasm.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao offered Gu An a Square Wooden Box, and Gu An reduced his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm as punishment for revealing the Mountain God’s existence.
• The Law Enforcement Hall disciples offered treasures and promised secrecy, and Gu An sent them away with a warning that he would find them if they broke their promise.

Gu An continued preparing Nianchu Cave and supporting Tian Yao'er while waiting for the Epiphyllum Sect’s Mahayana Realm cultivator to emerge. As a decisive battle neared, Wu Jue prepared to join the Taixuan Sect’s expedition to the Great Chen Dynasty, determined to avenge his master.

• Gu An safely sent Perfected Lord Xuanmiao, Zhen Qin, and the others to the Great Cang Dynasty, and Perfected Lord Xuanmiao told the disciples to keep the Mountain God secret.
• Zhen Qin visited Gu An and described the spreading war, then accepted medicinal pills before preparing to enter seclusion.
• Gu An taught Tian Yao'er to sow medicinal seeds in Nianchu Cave and shared a barbecue meal with her as she asked about his past and requested future pill-refining lessons.
• Gu An learned that the Epiphyllum Sect had built a vast sacrificial altar in Ten Thousand Silence Forest, guarded by forty Profound Heart Realm cultivators, and suspected its Mahayana Realm leader would soon appear.
• Wu Jue told Gu An that he would accompany his master to the Great Chen Dynasty to fight the Epiphyllum Sect and avenge his own master, and Gu An urged him to be careful.

As Taixuan Sect faced an assault by Epiphyllum Sect, Gu An watched Old Ancestor Kusong battle Chigan Zun while guarding Third Medicine Valley. He killed the Ninth Layer of the Profound Heart Realm White Cloud Fairy when she came seeking information about Sword Venerable Fudao, while Lu Lingjun gained insight from the battle above.

• Gu An watched cultivators clash over the Great Chen Dynasty and suspected Epiphyllum Sect was preparing a surprise attack on Taixuan Sect.
• Epiphyllum Sect spies triggered a battle in Main Sect City, and Chigan Zun challenged Taixuan Sect’s Profound Heart Realm cultivator.
• Old Ancestor Kusong descended from the Library Hall and began fighting Chigan Zun high above Taixuan Sect as Lu Lingjun watched.
• White Cloud Fairy approached Third Medicine Valley in disguise and asked Gu An for information about Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An suppressed White Cloud Fairy’s cultivation and soul, then used the Thousand Shadow Bead to make her death appear to be caused by the bead.
• Lu Lingjun burned White Cloud Fairy’s corpse and continued reflecting on the Profound Heart Realm.

As Chigan Zun’s attack threatened the Taixuan Sect, Gu An helped Lu Lingjun approach a breakthrough while watching the battle spread toward the Outer Sect City. The chapter ended as Zuo Yijian’s treasured sword awakened with a vast Sword Intent, drawing his attention.

• Gu An subtly guided Lu Lingjun’s spiritual power toward her heart as she entered another state of enlightenment.
• The Epiphyllum Sect’s Seven Venerables discussed the battle near the Taixuan Sect, while Lu Baitian’s allies debated the Cangtian Sect’s bid to lead their alliance.
• A report that an Epiphyllum Sect Profound Heart Realm cultivator had attacked the Taixuan Sect prompted Lu Baitian to rely on Sword Venerable Fudao’s help.
• Chigan Zun continued fighting Old Ancestor Kusong, then flew toward an Outer Sect City and threatened the Taixuan Sect’s disciples to draw out Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An sensed Chigan Zun approaching the Outer Sect City and focused his divine sense on Zuo Yijian.
• Zuo Yijian’s treasured sword trembled and released a vast Sword Intent, leaving him astonished.

Gu An’s unseen sword strike killed Chigan Zun and ended the attack on Outer Sect City, while Lu Lingjun awakened and announced she would undergo her tribulation above Medicine Valley. The chapter leaves her preparing for the tribulation as the Epiphyllum Sect’s Jing Tuxian learned that the Taixuan Sect attack had failed and its Vice Sect Master was missing.

• Zuo Yijian’s treasured sword flew at Chigan Zun and killed him with a single strike from Gu An’s Sword Intent.
• Old Ancestor Kusong and the people at Heaven-Mending Platform sensed the strengthened Sword Intent in the words Righteous Path, while Ye Lan wondered whether Gu An was safe.
• After a night of enlightenment, Lu Lingjun thanked Gu An, teased him about holding her hand, and declared that he was hers.
• Lu Lingjun announced that she would undergo her tribulation above Medicine Valley and began setting up formations around her Green Lotus.
• Jing Tuxian appeared before the Seven Venerables and learned that the Taixuan Sect assault had failed, Chigan Zun had been killed, and the Vice Sect Master had not returned.

Jing Tuxian ordered the Seven Venerables to keep gathering sacrificial offerings while he prepared to peer into the Heavenly Mandate. As Lu Lingjun entered the Profound Heart Realm and Three Pure Mountains prepared for the calamity, Shen Zhen revealed Gu An’s secret to Lu Lingjun, who confronted him by asking whether he was really Pan An.

• Jing Tuxian told the Seven Venerables that the missing Vice Sect Master was unlikely to be dead and ordered them to find more sacrificial offerings.
• At Three Pure Mountains, Heavenly Pivot Daoist ended Li Ya’s trial and said the sect’s branches must descend the mountain to face the great calamity.
• Lu Lingjun endured three days of Heavenly Thunder with help from Taixuan Sect’s cultivators and successfully entered the Profound Heart Realm.
• Lu Lingjun flew to the Medicine Valley and objected to Shen Zhen standing close to Gu An.
• Shen Zhen told Lu Lingjun that Gu An was Pan An, the author of Investiture of the Gods, and Lu Lingjun asked Gu An if it was true.

Lu Lingjun emerged from seclusion and went to Ten Thousand Silence Forest to join the battle, leaving Gu An a Double Heart Ring. As the Epiphyllum Sect began its sacrifice to summon its Sect Master, a terrifying Epiphyllum Mother Tree rose above the battlefield, and the sect’s Great Cultivators declared that an immortal was coming.

• Lu Baitian asked Gu An to tell Lu Lingjun to aid the battle at Ten Thousand Silence Forest, and she agreed to leave after warning him of the dangerous Profound Heart Realm auras there.
• Lu Lingjun offered Gu An the Double Heart Ring so she could sense when he was in danger, then departed.
• Gu An learned that Lu Xian and Yi Liuyun had gone with Li Xuandao on an expedition to the Great Chen Dynasty.
• After waiting another half month, Gu An watched Lu Lingjun fight a Profound Heart Realm cultivator while the Nine Dynasties and Epiphyllum Sect forces battled across the ruined forest.
• The Epiphyllum Sect’s Seven Venerables began activating their Formation to welcome their Sect Master, causing the Epiphyllum Mother Tree to rise and its terrifying aura to reach the battlefield.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor considered retreating, but an Epiphyllum Sect cultivator claimed it was too late and urged everyone to welcome an immortal’s descent.

As the Nine Dynasties fought the Epiphyllum Sect at the Ten Thousand Silence Forest, Gu An discovered a Mahayana Realm presence within the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and prepared to intervene as the Mountain God. He sent Perfected Lord Xuanmiao toward the battlefield, where Jing Tuxian emerged and overwhelmed the Nine Dynasties’ forces.

• The Nine Dynasties’ cultivators launched an all-out assault on the Epiphyllum Mother Tree as the Six Paths Great Vehicle Formation began activating.
• Gu An sensed a concealed Mahayana Realm aura inside the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and decided to act under the Mountain God’s identity rather than as Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An demanded that Perfected Lord Xuanmiao become his eternal slave, and Xuanmiao agreed in exchange for the Mountain God saving the living beings of the Nine Dynasties.
• Gu An gave Xuanmiao a Wooden Man and restored his cultivation, then sent him racing toward the Ten Thousand Silence Forest.
• The Chen Serpent attacked the Epiphyllum Mother Tree, but Jing Tuxian’s Blood Light pierced its throat and his overwhelming pressure revealed that he was beyond the Profound Heart Realm.

Jing Tuxian activated the Six Paths Great Vehicle Formation and trapped the Great Chen Dynasty, but Gu An used the Mountain God Wooden Doll as a decoy and killed him with a devastating strike. Gu An halted the resulting forest of trees and disappeared, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao arrived and believed serving the Mountain God for life was an honor.

• Jing Tuxian activated the Six Paths Great Vehicle Formation, freezing living beings across the Great Chen Dynasty and draining their life force.
• An Hao and Wu Jue became trapped by blood threads as Jing Tuxian emerged from the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and challenged the Nine Dynasties’ leaders.
• Gu An empowered Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to hurl the Mountain God Wooden Doll toward Jing Tuxian, using it to mask his own attack.
• Gu An struck Jing Tuxian with an azure beam that destroyed the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and killed him, then unleashed trees that seized Epiphyllum Sect cultivators while sparing the Nine Dynasties cultivators.
• Gu An stopped the vast Tree Sea from a distance and vanished into the forest, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao reached the Great Chen Dynasty and knelt in awe of the Mountain God.

After the Mountain God destroyed the Epiphyllum Sect, the Nine Dynasties Sects learned of his existence and began building temples in his honor. Gu An reflected on the destruction and his lifespan gains as worship spread and the sects cleared epiphyllums across the land.

• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao told the sect masters that the Mountain God had given him a Wooden Man to save the common people, and Heavenly Pivot Daoist revealed a memory confirming his account.
• The sect masters agreed to build temples and spread word of the Mountain God, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao left the Three Pure Mountains to serve him.
• Gu An gained 1.27 million years of lifespan from destroying the Epiphyllum Sect and later went out to harvest epiphyllums.
• Ye Lan visited Gu An after news of the Epiphyllum Sect's destruction spread and excitedly told him about the Mountain God.
• People began worshiping the Mountain God in the Outer Sect City, and the Nine Dynasties Sects cleared most of the world's epiphyllums within a month.

After building a temple and tending his connections in Taixuan Sect, Gu An rescued the wounded Chen Serpent and learned that someone had inherited the Epiphyllum Sect’s power. The person revealed to him left Gu An surprised.

• Gu An ordered Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to build a temple and medicinal fields in the North Sea Mountains, then told him that cultivation could lead to the realm of Immortal Gods.
• Lu Lingjun returned to Third Medicine Valley, offered to protect Gu An in exchange for herbs, and urged him to write another Investiture of the Gods.
• Gu An visited Tian Yao'er with wine and food for the New Year, then left after sensing trouble.
• Gu An found Chen Serpent near death and killed the approaching Heavenly Phoenix Demon Mother with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Gu An gave Chen Serpent medicinal pills, and the wounded beast warned him that someone had inherited the Epiphyllum Sect’s power before revealing a human figure.

Gu An uncovered Li Xuandao’s connection to the Epiphyllum Spirit and watched him gain Taixuan Sect’s support for uniting the Nine Dynasties against demons. Five years later, as Wu Jue prepared to join Li Xuandao’s campaign, a mysterious cultivator from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm invited Wu Jue to leave with him.

• Chen Serpent told Gu An that Li Xuandao had inherited the Epiphyllum Sect’s power and asked him to cripple Li Xuandao, but Gu An refused and left Chen Serpent to recover.
• Gu An found Tian Yao'er drunk in Nianchu Cave, carried her to bed, and let her keep believing the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Mother was alive so she would have a target for her cultivation.
• Gu An met Li Xuandao in Tianya Valley and learned that Li Xuandao was waiting for the Honor Pavilion of Taixuan Sect after gaining insights from the Investiture of the Gods.
• Five years later, Wu Jue told Gu An he would leave to support Li Xuandao’s effort to unite the Nine Dynasties and resist the coming Demon Calamity.
• Wei Tiangong, a Profound Heart Realm cultivator, approached Gu An and Wu Jue at an inn and invited Wu Jue to cultivate in the Seven Stars Spirit Realm, which Gu An suspected might be the Holy Land.

Gu An visited the Inner Sect Library Hall, where Old Ancestor Kusong discussed novels and revealed plans to investigate the Land of Demons and Monsters. Later, as demons and monsters surged north past Heavenly Phoenix Mountain, Tian Yao'er told Gu An that they were going to worship the Demon Ancestor, who was said to be nearing revival.

• Wei Tiangong tried to recruit Wu Jue to the Seven Stars Spirit Realm, but Zhou Yu took Wu Jue away to speak elsewhere.
• Gu An visited the Library Hall, borrowed another book by Taoist Xunchun from Old Ancestor Kusong, and argued with him about Taixuan Immortal Venerable and Investiture of the Gods.
• A gray-robed cultivator told Old Ancestor Kusong that the Nine Dynasties Sects planned to investigate the Land of Demons and Monsters, and Kusong agreed to go despite the danger.
• Gu An taught Tian Yao'er the Boundless Freedom Step for five years while considering when to help her form her Golden Core.
• Gu An sensed a vast horde of demons and monsters moving north, and Tian Yao'er told him that similar migrations had once gone to see the Demon Ancestor.
• Tian Yao'er recounted that the Demon Ancestor had fallen defending demons from humans and that demons now offered their blood to revive him.