Chapter Summaries

Gu An arrived beside Zhuang Xian as the Infinite Spirit crossed the Black Gate into the Heavenly Spirit Great World, paralyzing the immortals and Great Cultivators. The Infinite Spirit noticed Gu An and demanded to know who he was.

• The Black Gate's pressure froze the gathered immortals, gods, and Great Cultivators, while Zhuang Xian summoned the Supreme Chaos Plate and regained some control of his body.
• Gu An appeared beside Zhuang Xian, asked if he was ready, and remained unnoticed by most of those watching the gate.
• Gu An inspected the Infinite Spirit and recognized its connection to the Eternal Dao Pole and its intent to seize Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong.
• The Infinite Spirit stepped out of the Black Gate, increasing the pressure on everyone and drawing his gaze toward Gu An and Zhuang Xian.
• The Infinite Spirit sensed Gu An and the altered Karma of the world, then asked who he was because he bore no Heavenly Court Luck.
• Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong relaxed and watched the Infinite Spirit with mocking smiles.

Gu An captured the Infinite Spirit with ease, revealing himself to the Great Cultivators as Grandmaster Wushi and shattering Lin Canghai’s faith in the Eternal Dao Pole. After Zhuang Xian recovered the Black Banner and prepared to kill Lin Canghai, An Zizai stopped him and said he wanted to take Lin Canghai back to Wushi.

• The Infinite Spirit tried to escape through the Black Gate, but Gu An dispelled the gate and captured him in his hand.
• The Great Cultivators recognized Gu An as Grandmaster Wushi, while Lin Canghai collapsed in despair at the defeat of the Infinite Spirit.
• Gu An vanished after displaying the captive Infinite Spirit, and the Great Cultivators erupted in discussion of his power.
• Zhuang Xian took the Black Banner from Lin Canghai and prepared to kill him for his crimes.
• An Zizai seized Zhuang Xian’s wrist and said he wanted to take Lin Canghai back to Wushi, prompting Zhuang Xian to question how the world would view them.

Gu An uncovered the Eternal Dao Pole’s cruelty by searching the Infinite Spirit’s memories, then killed him with his causal power and natal treasures. As news of Grandmaster Wushi’s victory spread, Su Han asked Zhen Qin about Wushi and heard her praise him as the world’s only true Immortal.

• An Zizai stopped Zhuang Xian from killing Lin Canghai and took Lin Canghai away for punishment.
• Gu An searched the Infinite Spirit’s soul, learned how the Eternal Dao Pole preyed on Heavenly Dao beings, and erased the Infinite Spirit’s name from the Wuji Sword Book with the Fate-Fixing Pen.
• Gu An seized the Infinite Spirit’s lifespan, dismissed the Eternal Dao Pole as false eternity, and wondered whether Saints existed in the depths of Chaos.
• News that Grandmaster Wushi had saved the world spread, prompting more Cultivators to seek entry into Wushi’s sect.
• Su Han asked Zhen Qin about Grandmaster Wushi, and Zhen Qin declared that no true immortal or god could compare to him.

Su Han condensed his Sword Intent after a month of cultivation, while Gu An decided Lin Canghai’s fate and watched the progress of his allies and disciples. Gu An then considered opening Lifespan Reincarnation, eager to face the Heavenly Emperor within it.

• Zhen Qin promised to share unknown matters about Grandmaster Wushi with Su Han after he condensed his Sword Intent.
• A month later, Su Han successfully condensed his Sword Intent and reminded Zhen Qin of her promise.
• An Zizai asked Gu An how to deal with Lin Canghai, and Gu An ordered him killed and sent into Reincarnation to accumulate good deeds over a thousand lifetimes.
• Gu An observed Su Ling fighting cultivators in Beyond Heaven and reflected on the progress of Li Ya, Tian Hao, Zhang Buku, Zhu Xi, Yang Jian, and Li Xuanmiao.
• Gu An considered using Lifespan Reincarnation and grew eager to fight the Heavenly Emperor within it.

Gu An began a new Lifespan Reincarnation as Ji, a Spirit Stone born in Taiwei Earth Core who awakened with the comprehension and Extreme Dao Battle Technique of his previous life. Ji grew under Holy Heaven’s attention, became a celebrated Sacred Court war god, and discovered his lifespan-evolution ability after killing an attacker.

• Gu An chose to reincarnate as Ji in Taiwei Earth Core, preserving his lifespan-seizing and Lifespan Evolution abilities.
• Ji awakened as a Spirit Stone and absorbed spiritual water until Holy Heaven found him and arranged for cultivators to guard him.
• At age 9,999, Ji broke out of the stone, formed the Extreme Dao Dao Fruit, and refused Holy Heaven’s offer to take him as a disciple.
• Ji traveled through Taiwei Earth Core with Holy Heaven, displayed extraordinary talent, and later cultivated in seclusion at the Sacred Court.
• Ji reached the Carefree Immortal Realm in a thousand years, received the title Heavenly Strategy War God, then surpassed that realm and left to roam alone.
• After Ji intervened to rescue someone and killed the troublemaker who attacked him, he discovered his Lifespan Evolution ability.

Gu An followed Ji’s rise as a peerless fighter, from defeating Taihao to escaping a deadly attack by a Hengtian Golden Immortal. After Lu Qiuxian taught Ji the Douzhuan Space-Time Technique, Ji used it to reach the Taichu Imperial Domain ten billion years in the past and began cultivating there.

• At 150,000 years old, Ji watched Taihao repel hundreds of powerful cultivators, then fought and defeated him after seven days and seven nights; they agreed to battle again in a million years.
• Ji rejected powerful factions seeking to recruit him and was later besieged by an Imperial Clan from the Taichu Imperial Domain, escaping after injuring its Hengtian Golden Immortal with the Extreme Dao Battle Technique.
• While recovering in the River of Great Dao, Ji met Lu Qiuxian, lost a battle to him, and learned the Douzhuan Space-Time Technique.
• Ji mastered the technique and shifted into the Taichu Imperial Domain, discovering that he had arrived ten billion years in the past.
• After failing to use the technique again, Ji hid in the mountains to cultivate until he became a Golden Immortal.

Ji traveled across worlds, grew into a Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal, and defeated Taihao before returning to the Taiwei Great World. He rescued a Sacred Court disciple from the Nine Yin Divine Mansion and left after refusing the Mansion Lord’s offer to betroth his daughter to him.

• Ji refused the Eternal Sword Soul’s offer to become its master, then fought his way out of the World Sword Mansion’s encirclement.
• Ji spared the ancestor of the Imperial Clan he had sought revenge against, then left the Taichu Imperial Domain and continued conquering other worlds.
• After sweeping across five planes and great worlds, Ji attained the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm and later reached the Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Ji defeated Taihao in a battle that caused the Great Dao to collapse, then refused Taihao’s invitation to roam the Path of the Great Dao together.
• Ji returned to the Taiwei Great World, volunteered to rescue a Sacred Court disciple from the Nine Yin Divine Mansion, and fought Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal until the Mansion Lord intervened and agreed to release the captive.
• Ji refused the Mansion Lord’s offer to betroth his daughter to him.

Ji rose from a Sacred Court warrior to a creator of War Emperor Jidao, then clashed with the Heavenly Court alongside Taihao. After they stormed Lingxiao Treasure Hall seeking the Heavenly Emperor, a Heavenly Dao Supreme revealed that he held the Taiwei Great World in his palm.

• Holy Heaven named Ji the Sacred Court's Undefeated War God and offered him a chance to become an immortal, but Gu An refused the offer on Ji's behalf.
• Ji traveled through the Three Thousand Great Worlds, became a Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal, and founded War Emperor Jidao.
• Ji defeated Son of Heaven Jueni, then rejected the Heavenly Court's attempt to seize him and repelled its army before a Heavenly Dao Supreme wounded him.
• Taihao found the injured Ji, joined him against the Heavenly Court, and helped him fight through its army to Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Ji and Taihao found the Heavenly Emperor's throne empty, and a Heavenly Dao Supreme entered holding the Taiwei Great World in his palm.

Gu An inherited Ji’s memories and reflected on Ji’s battles, his death, and the Heavenly Emperor’s rivalry with him. As Gu An returned to his mountain, a white-jade coffin streaked across the sky and was stopped by an unseen hand.

• Ji surrendered his weapon, was imprisoned by the Heavenly Dao Supreme, and escaped after ten billion years by reaching Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal.
• Ji battled the Heavenly Court, but a mysterious hand struck him twice and ended his reincarnation.
• Gu An inherited Ji’s memories and concluded that the Heavenly Emperor was competing with him through reincarnations.
• Gu An considered the unfamiliar worlds Ji had visited and wondered whether others were secretly growing like him.
• Gu An walked toward his mountain as a white-jade coffin flew across the horizon and was intercepted near a cliff.

Jiyan struggled to challenge the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance as the world’s desire for immortality weakened his authority. At Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An sent An Zizai to help Zhen Qin rescue her disciple Su Han, while he reflected on political changes in the Heavenly Court.

• Jiyan took the White Jade Coffin and resolved to overthrow the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance so he could become the ruler of the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Ten million years later, the Heavenly Court had repelled the Dark Heavenly Court, and Jiyan’s forces had grown strong enough to contend with the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance.
• Zhen Qin asked Gu An to rescue Su Han, who had been captured by a subordinate of Jiyan, and Gu An ordered An Zizai to accompany her.
• Gu An considered how another Son of Heaven had gained control of the Heavenly Court and would eventually kill Xuanyuan Renzun.
• An Zizai returned with Zhen Qin and Su Han, whom Jiyan had released; Gu An sent An Zizai to settle Su Han in at Wushi Daoist Field.

Gu An reunited with Zhen Qin at Wushi Daoist Field, where she recounted her past and Su Han began settling into the sect. Years later, the Son of Heaven, Jiyan, urged Li Xuandao to join his struggle against the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance by promising Great Cang a chance at immortality.

• Gu An walked with Zhen Qin through Wushi Daoist Field and helped her open up as she described her experiences and her meeting with Wuxin, who had founded the Buddha Sect.
• An Zizai told Su Han that he was already welcome in Wushi and explained that Zhen Qin was Gu An’s disciple and An Zizai’s senior sister.
• Gu An brought Zhen Qin to reunite with Shen Zhen, while Su Han explored Wushi and hoped to make it his home.
• Several years later, Li Xuandao told Jiyan that the Great Cang Dynasty would not get involved in the Son of Heaven’s conflict with the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance.
• Jiyan argued that defeating the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance could break Great Cang’s development bottleneck and promised Li Xuandao an immortal opportunity.

Li Xuandao rejected Jiyan’s offer to join the Heavenly Court, while Gu An discussed the Heavenly Emperor and immortality with Su Han. A host of Fire Phoenixes appeared in the sky, heralding the birth of a heaven-blessed figure destined to rise above the mortal world.

• Li Xuandao challenged Jiyan’s claims and refused to support his campaign, then revealed that he might be interested in becoming the Heavenly Emperor himself.
• Jiyan left the great hall after Li Xuandao rejected him.
• By the lake, Su Han declared that he hoped to become the Heavenly Emperor and make Wushi a sacred sect, while Gu An warned him about the Heavenly Emperor’s power.
• Su Han asked whether Gu An had met the Heavenly Emperor, and Gu An explained that he had no need to become an immortal and was still growing stronger.
• A burst of radiance lit the sky, and several dozen Fire Phoenixes flew toward the distant earth.
• Gu An told Su Han that someone bearing great fortune was about to be born and would rise to the summit of the mortal realm.

Gu An told Su Han that he had a fifty percent chance of defeating the Heavenly Emperor and encouraged him to cultivate toward a long life. As Jiyan and the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance plunged the mortal realm into war, Guan Tianyu rose to the Carefree Immortal Realm, and the chapter ended with the Heavenly Gate lighting up as the Heavenly Spirit God awaited someone’s arrival.

• Su Han told Gu An that Guan Tianyu had reached nirvana at thirty and wondered whether he would oppose the Son of Heaven.
• Gu An said he and the Heavenly Emperor each had a fifty percent chance of winning, then urged Su Han to cultivate and promised to recommend him to the Heavenly Court as an immortal official.
• Jiyan declared war on the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance, prompting the Alliance to announce it would eradicate the Son of Heaven’s forces.
• Guan Tianyu grew powerful through battle and, a million years later, reached the Carefree Immortal Realm, earning Jiyan’s admiration and repeated recruitment attempts.
• The Heavenly Gate lit up deep in the cosmos, and the Heavenly Spirit God rose to salute as he awaited the one within.

Old Immortal Cixuan warned the Heavenly Spirit God that Son of Heaven Taishang was targeting Tian Hao and Xuanyuan Renzun, and urged him to summon Tian Hao back. Gu An met Ji Xiaoyu as Son of Heaven Jiyan arrived to pressure the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance, leaving Gu An hinting that his visit might save her from the coming calamity.

• Old Immortal Cixuan told the Heavenly Spirit God that Taishang had sent seventeen Sons of Heaven into Reincarnation and was investigating Xuanqing as a pretext to target Xuanyuan Renzun.
• Old Immortal Cixuan urged the Heavenly Spirit God to summon Xuanqing back, but the Heavenly Spirit God only said he would consider it.
• The Heavenly Spirit God decided to visit the mortal world and see someone before deciding whether to seek Grandmaster Wushi.
• Gu An shared wine and pastries with Ji Xiaoyu, who warned him not to interfere in the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance's troubles and asked what he thought of Guan Tianyu.
• Son of Heaven Jiyan arrived and mocked the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance's decline, prompting Ji Xiaoyu to question Gu An's purpose for visiting.
• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu that without his visit, she might not have escaped the calamity.

Gu An warned Ji Xiaoyu that the Son of Heaven Jiyan posed a threat to the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance, then explained how heaven and earth’s fortune had given birth to Guan Tianyu. After Ji Xiaoyu gained insight into the Dao, Jiyan arrived at the hall, bloodied from battle, and confronted her while failing to discern Gu An’s cultivation.

• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu that the Son of Heaven Jiyan could not escape his calamity as Jiyan’s forces began battling the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance.
• Ji Xiaoyu asked Gu An about Guan Tianyu, and Gu An explained that the fortune of heaven and earth had transformed him to protect the world from Jiyan.
• Gu An guided Ji Xiaoyu into comprehending the Dao while reminding himself that beings stronger than him could exist within the Heavenly Dao.
• Ji Xiaoyu awoke after a long period of enlightenment and thanked Gu An for helping her understand the ways of heaven and earth.
• Jiyan entered the hall wounded and holding a trembling divine sword, asked Ji Xiaoyu which alliance leader she was, and could not see through Gu An’s cultivation.

Gu An stopped Jiyan, the Son of Heaven, from killing Ji Xiaoyu and sealed him inside a mountain for five hundred years. Ji Xiaoyu wondered whether Gu An’s intervention broke his rule against becoming involved in worldly struggles, but he left without answering.

• Jiyan attacked Ji Xiaoyu with the divine sword, but Gu An appeared and blocked his Sword Intent.
• Gu An warned Jiyan against breaking the rules, then sent him flying from the palace and sealed him in a mountain for five hundred years.
• Gu An told Jiyan he would be freed after five hundred years, then explained to Ji Xiaoyu that he had made the mountain for him.
• Ji Xiaoyu asked whether Gu An’s intervention counted as an exception, but he vanished without answering.
• Ji Xiaoyu watched great powers fly toward the mountain where Jiyan was sealed.

The Son of Heaven Jiyan remained imprisoned on Zhentian Majestic Peak, enduring two centuries of humiliation and isolation. A determined village boy reached the summit to seek Jiyan’s teachings and jumped from the cliff after Jiyan told him he could only meet him below.

• After Jiyan was suppressed, cultivators and his subordinates gathered at Zhentian Majestic Peak but could not free him, while the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance debated who had imprisoned him.
• Two hundred years passed, and Jiyan remained pinned to the mountain wall, his anger fading into numbness as visitors stopped coming in such great numbers.
• A plain-clothed boy reached the summit after three years of hardship and ten days of climbing, but could not see Jiyan through the clouds.
• The boy called for Jiyan until Jiyan answered that he was beneath the cliff and could be seen only by jumping down.
• The boy asked Jiyan to teach him cultivation so he could eventually save him, then jumped from the cliff when Jiyan gave no further reply.

As Son of Heaven Jiyan neared the end of his five-hundred-year suppression, Heavenly Spirit God and Tian Hao discussed his return and Tian Hao’s origins. At Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An told Su Han about a previous disciple with the same name, leaving Su Han to judge the dead disciple’s choices.

• The Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance destroyed Jiyan’s forces, and Jiyan grew increasingly fearful as his release approached.
• Heavenly Spirit God and Tian Hao watched Jiyan from beyond the Boundary Gate, and Tian Hao said he remembered Jiyan as far more powerful than himself.
• Heavenly Spirit God told Tian Hao that Gu An had agreed to his return, then sent him to cultivate in the mortal realm.
• Su Han asked Gu An what they should do if Jiyan harmed the mortal realm again, and Gu An said Jiyan would not deliberately hurt ordinary people.
• Gu An told Su Han about a deceased senior disciple who had shared his name, and Su Han condemned the man for choosing a crooked path despite owing Gu An a debt of gratitude.

Su Han continued his quiet cultivation under Gu An's guidance while the Son of Heaven, Jiyan, completed his five-hundred-year confinement and began questioning the purpose of his reincarnations. As the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance surrounded him, Jiyan stood beneath falling snow, reflecting on the lives he had encountered.

• Gu An teased Su Han with a story about his many incarnations, then continued correcting his sword practice.
• The Son of Heaven, Jiyan, broke free from the mountain wall after five hundred years of confinement and discovered the cloth-clad youth's scattered skeleton nearby.
• Jiyan deduced the youth's past and realized he had placed sincere hope in the Son of Heaven to end his suffering.
• Gu An asked Jiyan what he had gained and whom he was fighting for, prompting Jiyan to question his path and whether conquest was the only way to unite the world.
• Cultivators gathered around Zhentian Majestic Peak, and the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance formed battle arrays to surround Jiyan.
• As snow fell, Jiyan looked up at the sky and saw memories of people from his past and present lives reflected in the snowflakes.

Gu An reflected on the path to sainthood after helping Jiyan, the Son of Heaven, and spent the following ten million years in quiet cultivation. At Zhentian Majestic Peak, Tian Hao found Jiyan and urged him to oppose Taishang, but Jiyan argued that victory was impossible and questioned why the Heavenly Emperor had given Taishang such power.

• Gu An sent Su Han to visit his grandfather in the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance and deliver a bamboo sword, saying his grandfather had encountered trouble.
• After Su Han left, Gu An pondered the path to sainthood, then set the question aside and returned to tending his herbs.
• Ten million years passed as the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance restored its influence and expanded beyond the Heavenly Spirit Great World, while Jiyan remained at Zhentian Majestic Peak.
• Tian Hao, identifying himself as Xuanqing, arrived through the snow and told Jiyan that Taishang intended to eradicate the Sons of Heaven.
• Tian Hao asked Jiyan to join him against Taishang, but Jiyan said their opponent was too powerful and asked why the Heavenly Emperor had entrusted Taishang with such authority.