Chapter Summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mortal World Supreme warned Gu An that a powerful Son of Heaven had taken control of the Heavenly Court and invited him to flee to Eternity, but Gu An refused and chose to remain within the Heavenly Dao. After the visitor left, An Zizai asked whether he should stop Wushi Disciples from going out to aid other Great Thousand Worlds.

• An Zizai brought the Mortal World Supreme to Guan Shan Pavilion, where he asked Gu An about his past rank in the Heavenly Court.
• The Mortal World Supreme warned that a Son of Heaven as powerful as the Heavenly Emperor was behind the immortal god operation and might target Gu An.
• The Mortal World Supreme invited Gu An to accompany him to Eternity, but Gu An declined and defended his choice to stay in the Heavenly Dao.
• The Mortal World Supreme asked why Gu An had created Wushi Daoist Field, then departed after hearing how it had grown from a place to live into a cultivation holy land.
• An Zizai told Gu An that many Wushi Disciples, including Wu Xie, wanted to help other Great Thousand Worlds and asked whether he should stop them.

After a thousand years of peace in the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An’s lifespan breakthrough upgraded his Lifespan Breakthrough function, but a simulation showed that advancing further would cost far more lifespan than he expected. He chose to keep saving and went to meet Li Xuandao after buying Reincarnation Wine.

• An Zizai agreed to warn the disciples that those who left to pursue justice would have to accept the risk of death.
• A thousand years passed as more Great Thousand Worlds fell to the Immortal Gods while the Heavenly Spirit Great World remained protected.
• Gu An’s lifespan exceeded one trillion trillion years, upgrading Lifespan Breakthrough so it offered locations that posed absolutely no threat to him.
• After killing a Demonic Cultivator, Gu An traveled to the Imperial City and considered whether he had enough lifespan for another breakthrough.
• Gu An’s Lifespan Simulation displayed a cost of 99,999,999,999,999 years, so he decided to keep saving his lifespan.
• Gu An bought Reincarnation Wine at Nine Abyss Flower Pavilion, then arrived in the imperial garden to meet Li Xuandao.

Gu An spoke with Li Xuandao about the Great Dao, the Heavenly Court, and Li Xuandao’s ambition to rule the mortal world, while hoping he would one day protect the Heavenly Spirit Great World. Elsewhere, Zhang Buku and Xu You learned that Grandmaster Wushi had saved their world but faced a deadly confrontation with a Son of Heaven.

• Gu An met Li Xuandao in the Imperial Garden, shared Reincarnation Wine, and discussed the lives of ordinary people and the Great Dao.
• Gu An reflected on Li Xuandao’s ambition and his hope that Li Xuandao would become lord of heaven and earth and protect the Heavenly Spirit Great World after Gu An left.
• Gu An told Li Xuandao that becoming lord of the mortal world could make him the Heavenly Emperor in the eyes of living beings, and Li Xuandao was thrilled that Gu An seemed to recognize his ambition.
• Zhang Buku and Xu You studied an Ancient Heavenly Court stele and worried they could not escape or save the Three Thousand Great Worlds in time.
• Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable told Zhang Buku and Xu You that Grandmaster Wushi had repelled the invading Immortal Gods and saved the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable warned that a Son of Heaven with power rivaling the Heavenly Emperor would personally confront Grandmaster Wushi, who faced ten thousand calamities and might never return.

Gu An continued teaching Su Han while the Heavenly Court prepared to send Guangfa Immortal Palace to suppress the Underworld’s Nine Abyss chaos. The Son of Heaven Taishang descended into the Great Dao void, where Gu An appeared before him.

• God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang ordered Guangfa Immortal Palace to obey the Son of Heaven Taishang and go to the Underworld, prompting Li Xuanmiao to demand permission to return to the mortal realm.
• God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang restrained Li Xuanmiao and drew him into his sleeve after Li Xuanmiao threatened to force his way out of the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An instructed Su Han in sword techniques, then left him to practice and summoned the Wushi Divine Sparrow.
• The Wushi Divine Sparrow carried Gu An into the distant Great Dao void, where the Son of Heaven Taishang was traveling.
• Gu An appeared before the Son of Heaven Taishang, who asked which Heavenly Dao Supreme had descended to the mortal realm.

Gu An confronted Son of Heaven Taishang over the Heavenly Court’s plan to destroy the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and Taishang revealed overwhelming power as a Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal. Gu An prepared to unleash a long-awaited divine ability, promising that Taishang would not escape even if he revived in the Heavenly Court.

• Gu An asked Son of Heaven Taishang to spare the Heavenly Spirit Great World and the Three Thousand Great Worlds, but Taishang dismissed the wishes of mortal beings.
• Son of Heaven Taishang revealed the Nine Heavens True Dragon Qi, advanced to Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal, and formed a colossal nine-headed dragon.
• Son of Heaven Taishang used his Immortal Emperor Pupils to enclose Gu An in a special cosmic plane as his aura alarmed powerful beings across the Dao domains.
• Gu An saw through Taishang’s Karma and learned that his Immortal Emperor Pupils came from the Heavenly Emperor Bloodline and had been kept hidden until he reached his current realm.
• Son of Heaven Taishang declared his ambition to become the supreme Heavenly Emperor, and Gu An agreed to fight with his strongest divine ability, warning Taishang that he would not be spared even after revival.