Chapter Summaries

Gu An overwhelmed Son of Heaven Taishang with the Heavenly Dragon Reincarnation Great Image, destroying his body and soul before Taishang revived in a golden hall. Taishang remained terrified and shaken when someone suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder.

• Gu An summoned countless reincarnation incarnations and confronted Son of Heaven Taishang's Great Cauldron and Heavenly Dao True Fire.
• Gu An's silver giant hands tore through Taishang's sea of fire and crushed the Nine-Headed True Dragon.
• The power of the Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal annihilated Taishang's body and soul.
• Son of Heaven Taishang revived from a golden pillar and struggled to accept his defeat.
• An unseen person placed a hand on Taishang's shoulder, making him freeze in fear.

Gu An stripped Son of Heaven Taishang of his cultivation but spared his life, telling him that losing his power might help him see the Heavenly Dao clearly. Taishang faced the loss of his authority by resolving to hold on to his position, while Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field and sat with Su Han.

• Gu An suppressed Son of Heaven Taishang and began dispersing his magical power as Taishang pleaded for mercy and promised to spare the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• As his power faded, Son of Heaven Taishang recalled his painful past, his rise to become a Son of Heaven, and how he had come to resemble the Heavenly Emperor he resented.
• Gu An spared Son of Heaven Taishang and said that without magic power he might see the true nature of the Heavenly Dao; Taishang recognized that Grandmaster Wushi could have killed him.
• When someone called from outside the hall, Son of Heaven Taishang rose and resolved to defend his authority in the Heavenly Court despite his defeat.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field, where Su Han discussed the Immortal Gods and the ongoing calamity while practicing his swordsmanship.

After the Son of Heaven Taishang changed the Heavenly Order, Marshal Zhitian led the Immortal God Army back to fight the Chaos Demons while Gu An continued harvesting lifespan and protecting the Heavenly Spirit Great World. Two thousand years later, Gu An planned to accelerate his harvesting and break through before the Heavenly Emperor returned, then promised Epiphyllum Ghost Mother he would take her with him wherever he went.

• Marshal Zhitian received the revised Heavenly Order and learned that the Immortal God Army would turn back to hunt the Chaos Demons.
• The Son of Heaven Taishang changed the Heavenly Order, and Gu An continued harvesting lifespan while the Immortal God Army fought the Dark Heavenly Court's forces.
• Two thousand years passed as the Heavenly Spirit Great World remained peaceful and battles between the Immortal God Army and demons continued across other worlds.
• Gu An saw that he possessed thirty trillion trillion years of lifespan and decided to speed up his harvesting so he could break through before the Heavenly Emperor returned.
• Gu An praised Epiphyllum Ghost Mother for guiding disciples at Wushi Daoist Field and promised to take her with him wherever he went.

Gu An gathered his disciples to celebrate the Spring Festival and his lifespan surpassing one hundred thousand trillion years, while the Dark Heavenly Court’s search led Zhang Buku and Xu You toward the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor. Gu An planned to attempt a breakthrough the next day, unsettled by a major change in the future’s fate.

• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother thanked Gu An after he told her he was leaving the Heavenly Spirit Great World, then decided to keep following him.
• Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable led Zhang Buku and Xu You through the Nine Abyss Death Realm to seek the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor and opportunities for them.
• Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable said the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor surpassed Son of Heaven Taishang and could even rival the Heavenly Emperor.
• After the Immortal Gods stopped slaughtering mortal spirits, the Heavenly Spirit Great World enjoyed ten thousand years of peace and development.
• Gu An returned to his courtyard with Reincarnation Wine and gathered his disciples to celebrate the Spring Festival and their cultivation progress.
• Gu An saw that his lifespan had exceeded one hundred thousand trillion years and decided to attempt a breakthrough the next day.

Gu An told his disciples he planned to leave the Heavenly Spirit Great World and discussed the Hengtian Golden Immortal realm with them. The next morning, he chose Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain as his destination and teleported there, arriving in an unfamiliar place.

• Gu An told his disciples he intended to leave the Heavenly Spirit Great World in a few years, and they said they wanted to follow him.
• Gu An explained the Hengtian Golden Immortal realm, inspiring his disciples to pursue higher cultivation.
• Shen Zhen told Gu An she would follow him for the rest of her life, and the two spent the night together.
• Gu An activated Lifespan Breakthrough and considered nine possible destinations.
• Gu An chose Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain, paid the cost of one hundred trillion years of lifespan, and teleported there.

Gu An enhanced his physique into the Creation Endless Body and began repeatedly attempting to break through to the Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm, failing to endure the Nine Tribulations of Chaos Sainthood. Meanwhile, Li Ya faced his disciples’ demand to withdraw from the battle between the Immortal Gods and the demonic cult, and urged them to help those who were suffering.

• Gu An examined Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain and used 132 hundred-quintillion years of lifespan to transform his Creation Epoch Body into the Creation Endless Body.
• Gu An invested vast amounts of lifespan into cultivation and repeatedly failed his attempts to reach the Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm because he did not endure the Nine Tribulations of Chaos Sainthood.
• At a great lake, Li Ya’s disciples argued that they should withdraw from the battle because they hated the Immortal Gods and feared dying for them.
• Li Ya acknowledged that the disciples’ hatred could not simply be dismissed, then urged them to keep helping others who were suffering.

After a vision of a golden immortal sparks a wave of comprehension across the worlds, Gu An completes his breakthrough into the early Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm. He realizes Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain is a reflection of Immortal Path cultivators in a realm beyond the Heavenly Dao and Chaos.

• A golden immortal riding beside a colossal White Dragon-Horse appears in the sky, and Li Ya and his disciples watch in awe before resuming their cultivation.
• Li Ya meditates on the Dao of ideals, while cultivators throughout the Heavenly Dao, Chaos, and the Underworld gain sudden insights.
• Ji Xiaoyu masters a divine ability and suspects Gu An secretly helped her.
• Zhang Buku masters the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor's inheritance, prompting Xu You to begin cultivating after Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable explains the Immortal Path's providence.
• Gu An breaks through from the perfected Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor realm to the early Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm and understands the nature of Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain.

Gu An reached the mid stage of the Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm, uncovered the Heavenly Emperor’s history, and studied Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain. He entered a Saint Tribulation by creating a life in the past, appearing as a boy at the True Martial Dao Sect.

• Gu An advanced to the mid stage of the Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm and saw that the Heavenly Emperor had founded the Heavenly Court and deliberately fostered conflict among its immortals and gods.
• Gu An discovered that Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain could nurture a Primordial Taiyi True Saint and decided to undergo his Saint Tribulation there.
• Gu An entered the Immortal Path era represented by a blade of grass and appeared as a twelve-year-old boy at the True Martial Dao Sect.
• A woman in white told Gu An that the sect’s statue honored True Lord Zhitian, whom its disciples hoped would save the mortal realm from demons.
• Gu An recognized the statue as Marshal Zhitian and told the woman that immortals were beneath him.

Gu An experienced a Saint Tribulation by living thousands of years in another mortal realm, where he helped Lin Caiyi and others save humanity. After returning to Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain, he reached the middle stage of the Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm and recognized that no one in the Heavenly Dao could match him.

• Lin Caiyi brought Gu An into the True Martial Dao Sect, but he declared that an immortal was inferior to him and asked whether she wanted to save the mortal realm.
• Gu An waved away Lin Caiyi’s consciousness and walked through the mortal realm for thousands of years, gaining a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Dao.
• Gu An’s intervention allowed the mortal realm to continue existing, and Lin Caiyi and her allies eventually defeated the demons and monsters; Lin Caiyi was Ranked Immortal Class.
• After his consciousness returned, Gu An explored Immortal Spirit Boundless Mountain and cultivated beside a purple flower, guiding it to absorb immortal qi.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field at the middle stage of the Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm, certain that no one in the Heavenly Dao could match him.

Gu An received news that the Heavenly Court had changed the Heavenly Order to target the true evil demons, then told An Xin he planned to go to Zhongtian, a world that had not yet been born. He brought Ji Xiaoyu to a terrifying region of the Underworld and asked whether she had heard of the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor.

• An Xin used her Immortal Emperor Pupils to read Yang Jian's message in the jade and learned that the Heavenly Court would fight the true evil demons and make amends to the common people.
• Gu An told An Xin that the calamity would last until a decisive powerhouse emerged, then said he had decided to go to Zhongtian, which had not yet been born.
• Gu An visited Ji Xiaoyu and confirmed that her improved comprehension had come from the fortune stirred by his breakthrough.
• Gu An invited Ji Xiaoyu to the Underworld and transported her to a gloomy region filled with bones, barren land, and sinister mists.
• Gu An asked Ji Xiaoyu whether she had heard of the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor.

Gu An brought Ji Xiaoyu into the deepest part of the Nine Abyss Death Realm, guiding her toward the source of the Great Dao of Reincarnation while explaining the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor and Zhang Buku. They found Zhang Buku cultivating the Hongmeng Golden Body, whose power left Ji Xiaoyu stunned.

• Gu An explained Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor’s origins and used the journey through the Nine Abyss Death Realm to guide Ji Xiaoyu toward the source of the Great Dao of Reincarnation.
• Gu An told Ji Xiaoyu that Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor would become a terrifying existence across the Three Thousand Great Worlds, prompting her to wonder about Gu An’s own origins.
• Gu An revealed that Zhang Buku was cultivating under Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor and recounted his journey from the Heavenly Spirit Great World to capture by the Dark Heavenly Court.
• Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu emerged from a gorge and saw an enormous, fiery-cracked foot looming on the horizon.
• Gu An told the astonished Ji Xiaoyu that the foot belonged to Zhang Buku, who was cultivating the Hongmeng Golden Body and would become nearly impossible to defeat once he succeeded.

Zhang Buku’s Hongmeng Golden Body astonished Xu You, while Gu An brought Ji Xiaoyu to challenge him and secretly empowered her. Ji Xiaoyu pierced Zhang Buku’s palm with a single sword strike, and Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable was blasted away when he intervened.

• Xu You watched Zhang Buku cultivate a dharma idol and felt inferior, while Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable told him that Zhang Buku’s innate aptitude could not be matched through effort.
• Gu An arrived with Ji Xiaoyu, explained that Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable came from the Dark Heavenly Court, and promised to help her challenge Zhang Buku without leaving behind Karma.
• Zhang Buku rose from the cloud-sea and struck at Ji Xiaoyu, but her sword pierced his palm and drew golden blood.
• Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable attacked Ji Xiaoyu with the Zhentian Endless Tower, but the Killing Intent threw him away and sent him vanishing into the distance.
• Ji Xiaoyu advanced through the Killing Intent, stunned by the immense power behind her sword and realizing Gu An had amplified her strength beyond comprehension.

Ji Xiaoyu used Gu An’s enhancement to defeat Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable with the Reincarnation Forbidden World Stele. As Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu continued across the barren land, Gu An explained why he had spared the enemy, leaving Ji Xiaoyu wondering about Zhang Buku’s future.

• Gu An urged Ji Xiaoyu to keep fighting, while Zhang Buku sensed that the power that pierced his palm had improved his Hongmeng Golden Body and removed some hidden dangers.
• Ji Xiaoyu unleashed the enhanced Reincarnation Forbidden World Stele, trapping Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable in its formation and overwhelming him with endless falling steles.
• After half an hour, Zhang Buku and Xu You found Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable’s shattered bones among the ruins as they began to tremble.
• Gu An and Ji Xiaoyu walked across the barren land, and Ji Xiaoyu asked why Gu An had wanted to punish Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable without killing him.
• Gu An said he had spared Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable because he saw a future master-disciple connection involving Zhang Buku, leaving Ji Xiaoyu to wonder whether Gu An feared harming Zhang Buku.

Gu An took Ji Xiaoyu to observe Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor, then returned to his quiet life as the war between immortals and demons continued for ten million years. After Zhuang Xian received the final immortal seat, Gu An prepared to leave for another world, while An Zizai asked why Gu An still withheld recognition from Wu Xie.

• Gu An brought Ji Xiaoyu to the darkness before Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor and had her study his figure before returning her to the Dao Palace.
• Gu An continued his cultivation and life in the Three Thousand Great Worlds as the immortal-demon war spread, and Yang Jian reunited with Li Ya amid the fighting.
• Ten million years passed, and Zhuang Xian became the last of the ten Wushi disciples granted an immortal seat.
• Gu An watched Zhuang Xian ascend and said he could finally leave for the next world.
• An Zizai asked Gu An why he looked down on Wu Xie, and Gu An questioned whether Wu Xie's resentment came only from missing an immortal seat.

Gu An explained why Wu Xie could not become an immortal and told An Zizai to choose someone to oversee Wushi. When Gu An announced that disciples could leave the Heavenly Spirit Great World with him, Wu Xie confronted him and asked to come along, and Gu An agreed.

• Gu An told An Zizai that Wu Xie carried hidden karma and that becoming an immortal would reveal his true form.
• An Zizai refused Gu An’s offer to make him Lord of Wushi, so Gu An asked him to find a suitable successor and said he would take any disciples who wished to leave with him.
• News of Gu An’s planned departure spread from Wushi across the Nine Spirits Continent and the wider world, unsettling people and sects.
• Three years later, Wu Xie confronted Gu An about leaving and asked to follow him, and Gu An immediately agreed.
• Gu An explained that he had rarely met with Wu Xie because they had no common hobbies, and said he would not interfere in Wushi’s affairs.

Gu An led the Wushi Disciples from the Heavenly Spirit Great World to the newly established Zhongtian Great World, where he founded a Daoist Field and ordered them to live in seclusion. He told An Xin that Zhongtian would become a gathering place for powerful cultivators, though the Heavenly Dao had prepared it for countless years.

• Gu An told Shen Zhen they would leave the following year, while An Zizai refused requests to let outsiders join the departing Wushi Disciples.
• An Zizai gathered the disciples willing to leave, and Gu An revealed that they would wait for an announcement from the Son of Heaven, Taihao.
• Taihao declared that the Heavenly Dao had established the Zhongtian Great World, where victims of the calamity could reincarnate and virtuous beings could ascend.
• Gu An transported the disciples to Zhongtian, established a new Wushi Daoist Field, and told them to conceal their cultivation and remain there as the world developed.
• Gu An told An Xin that Zhongtian would draw powerful cultivators from the Three Thousand Great Worlds and Great Dao domains, and that the Heavenly Dao had prepared it in secret.

Gu An and the Wushi Disciples settled in the newly created Zhongtian Great World, where they lived quietly while concealing their cultivation. Gu An reflected on the Heavenly Court’s future and foresaw that Zhongtian’s first living being would not be born for ten million years, with its fate tied to the war between immortals and demons.

• Wu Xie and the other Wushi Disciples explored Zhongtian, marveling at its vastness and profound spiritual energy.
• An Zizai instructed the disciples to build Cave Mansions, and the Wushi Disciples established themselves among two million followers in a world with no other living beings.
• Twenty-two years after arriving, Gu An brought Xiao Lan to Zhongtian, where she joined him in embracing a life free from the old world’s burdens.
• Gu An had the disciples conceal their cultivation and told Xiao Lan that he expected Zhongtian to become more prosperous than the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An considered the Heavenly Emperor’s plans and foresaw that Zhongtian’s first living being would appear ten million years later, with an unknown connection to the war between immortals and demons.

Ten million years after moving to Zhongtian, Gu An and the Wushi Disciples sensed the final Immortal-Demon War and waited as the world settled back into calm. A decade later, Zhongtian’s first living being was about to be born beneath a sky filled with heavenly might.

• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother asked Gu An about the battle beyond heaven, and he told her it was the final Immortal-Demon War and reassured her that the Three Thousand Great Worlds would endure.
• The immense pressure from the war alarmed the Wushi Disciples, and Gu An told Shen Zhen that she could not reach the combatants’ realm through cultivation alongside him alone.
• The pressure vanished the next morning, and the Wushi Daoist Field returned to its quiet routine.
• Ten years later, Gu An told Fairy Yao Xuan that Zhongtian’s first living being, born from heaven-and-earth fortune, was about to appear and might one day visit Wushi.
• Fairy Yao Xuan asked whether the Heavenly Court would discover them, and Gu An said their Daoist field was concealed and he would keep the disciples from venturing out.
• Rolling Thunder Clouds darkened the sky as terrifying heavenly might enveloped Zhongtian.

Gu An settled into life in Zhongtian, where he guided his disciples to establish themselves as mortals while its powerful first living beings fought and developed. After Old Immortal Cixuan confirmed that Grandmaster Wushi had left, Xuanyuan Renzun accepted that his ambitions had faded but said he would remember Grandmaster’s kindness.

• Gu An told the Wushi Disciples that Wushi would take no more disciples and challenged them to live as mortals in Zhongtian without revealing their cultivation.
• Gu An lectured for a thousand years, then returned to gathering immortal-grade herbs as new beings were born and fought in Zhongtian.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother questioned the battles, and Gu An explained that Zhongtian’s first living beings would learn to coexist and comprehend the Heavenly Dao through conflict.
• Old Immortal Cixuan told Xuanyuan Renzun that Grandmaster Wushi had left with some disciples and that no one knew where he had gone.
• Xuanyuan Renzun lamented the loss of his support but said he would always remember Grandmaster Wushi’s kindness.

Xuanyuan Renzun wrestled with the Son of Heaven Taihao’s rise as rumors spread that the Heavenly Emperor might abdicate. Ten million years later, Gu An showed Xiao Lan and An Xin a fiery-red crow destined to become the Ancestor of All Demons and eventually an immortal.

• Xuanyuan Renzun considered showing goodwill to Taihao after Old Immortal Cixuan warned him about the Heavenly Court’s shifting power.
• Ten million years later, conflict erupted across the Heavenly Spirit Great World as sects and imperial courts besieged the Heavenly Spirit Dao Alliance.
• Gu An took Xiao Lan and An Xin fishing and offered fruit to a fiery-red crow whose concealed cultivation surprised them.
• Gu An revealed that the crow had reached the peak of the Innate Golden Immortal Realm and would establish the Demon Race, become the Ancestor of All Demons, and eventually become an immortal.
• Gu An restrained the crow long enough to let the women admire it, then offered to tell them its long story.