Chapter Summaries

Gu An told Xiao Lan and An Xin about the fiery-red crow’s future as Fang Qiu, destined to become the Ancestor of All Demons and reach the pinnacle of the Immortal Path, then sent it on its way. As Zhongtian developed over the ages, Li Ya returned to the Nine Spirits Continent and, learning Gu An had disappeared, set out for Zhongtian to seek an immortal seat and perhaps help his junior brother.

• Gu An told Xiao Lan and An Xin that the fiery-red crow would become Fang Qiu, one of the Demon Race’s first seven emperors and a figure who reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Path.
• Gu An sent the crow away and explained that Wushi Disciples would face tests by encountering talented beings while concealing their cultivation.
• Over the long years, Zhongtian’s population, cultivation realms, conflicts, and ties to powers from Beyond Heaven grew, and its legends spread through the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• Li Ya and Li Xianyou returned to the Nine Spirits Continent, where Li Xianyou told Li Ya that Wushi had disbanded after Gu An disappeared tens of millions of years earlier.
• Li Ya decided to visit his homeland and then travel to Zhongtian to pursue an immortal seat, hoping that joining the Heavenly Court might let him help Gu An.

Fifty million years after the Fire-Red Crow Bird encounter, Gu An watched Zhongtian’s growing civilizations and reflected on the lives and destinies of those he knew. He discovered a giant egg formed from the Great Dao whose inhabitant would one day challenge the Heavenly God and shatter the Heavenly Dao.

• Gu An observed the Wushi Daoist Field’s two million disciples preparing to live as mortals when its barrier was eventually removed.
• Gu An saw beings ascend to Zhongtian and considered experiencing the life of an Immortal God.
• Gu An watched Zhang Buku cultivate in the Nine Abyss Death Realm and search through Reincarnation for his father’s Karma.
• Gu An reflected that Zhang Chunqiu had reincarnated into a happy, prosperous life, and chose not to reconnect him with Zhang Buku.
• Gu An found a giant egg in a secluded valley and foresaw its inhabitant reaching Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor, challenging the Heavenly God, and shattering the Heavenly Dao.

Gu An discovered a giant egg destined to produce a future Saint and protected it from a Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor from Eternity. Years later, he concealed its hatching and watched as a Taiqing Golden Immortal began to emerge.

• Gu An saw that the giant egg could become a Saint but chose not to destroy it.
• He discovered that a future Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor from Eternity planned to travel through time and kill the egg, so Gu An concealed its karma.
• Gu An’s intervention made the Emperor abandon his attempt and grow more cautious of the Heavenly Dao.
• Years later, Gu An returned and found the egg cracking, with an aura surpassing a Hengtian Golden Immortal.
• Gu An isolated the valley to hide the hatching, and the egg broke apart as a Taiqing Golden Immortal emerged.

Gu An took the newly born Hongyi in and taught her to cultivate, helping her learn about the world while she wondered about her identity and purpose. A million years later, Hongyi asked whether they were master and disciple, then attacked Gu An after he challenged her to defeat him to learn who he was.

• Gu An gave the newborn woman memories and asked her to choose a name, and she named herself Hongyi.
• Gu An invited Hongyi to cultivate with him, made her a white robe from her eggshell, and showed her the world as they began her training.
• Gu An taught Hongyi for a million years while she remained curious about who she was and what goal she should pursue.
• Hongyi asked Gu An who he was and whether they were master and disciple, and he told her to defeat him if she wanted to know.
• Hongyi struck at Gu An with a swift palm attack, freezing the nearby mountain forest.

Gu An taught Hongyi the Way of Combat after she tried and failed to strike him, then returned to Wushi Daoist Field and told Shen Zhen about her. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Emperor revealing that the Son of Heaven Taishang had lost his cultivation.

• Hongyi attacked Gu An, but his Dao Momentum stopped her palm, and he explained the power of Saints.
• Gu An showed Hongyi a battle reflected in a water vat and taught her the Way of Combat, helping her improve through sparring with Mud Men.
• Gu An harvested herbs at Wushi Daoist Field and visited Shen Zhen, who revealed she had detected his connection to Hongyi.
• Gu An told Shen Zhen about Hongyi's origins and asked her to keep their relationship secret.
• The Heavenly Emperor told the Son of Heaven Taishang that his cultivation was gone, and Taishang reacted with terror.

The Heavenly Emperor offered Son of Heaven Taishang a chance to compete with Taihao for the Heavenly Emperor's seat, while revealing his plans to leave and pursue his own Dao. Ten million years later, Gu An told Hongyi he would stop visiting her, but she refused to leave him.

• The Heavenly Emperor told Son of Heaven Taishang that his mother had chosen for him to be Ranked Immortal Class, then offered him a chance to regain his cultivation by contending with Taihao for the Heavenly Emperor's seat.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that he wanted Taihao to succeed him so he could leave the Heavenly Court and pursue his own Dao, and advised Son of Heaven Taishang to seize Zhongtian's luck.
• Ten million years passed, and Gu An told Hongyi that the strongest being had reached Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal while she was attempting to attain the Daluo Dao Fruit.
• Gu An told Hongyi he would no longer visit her and urged her to follow her own path, but Hongyi grew angry and panicked.
• Hongyi insisted she would not leave Gu An and grabbed his sleeve.

Gu An parted from Hongyi after urging her to explore the world and grow strong enough to meet him as an equal. Seventy million years later, Zhongtian entered a new age with the rise of the Demon Race, and ascender Li Ya encountered Fang Qiu.

• Gu An used Dao Intent to show Hongyi a life spent by his side, then encouraged her to live independently and promised to answer whenever she needed him.
• Hongyi accepted their separation and resolved to cultivate until she surpassed Taiqing Golden Immortal before roaming.
• Seventy million years passed, and a newly advanced Taiqing Golden Immortal called on transformed beings to establish the Demon Race, shifting Zhongtian's Heavenly Dao Luck and intensifying conflict.
• Li Ya survived his ascension to Zhongtian and discovered his cultivation had improved, giving him hope of reaching Hengtian Golden Immortal.
• Fang Qiu appeared before Li Ya and asked whether he was an ascender and why he had come to Zhongtian.

Li Ya ascended to Zhongtian and was welcomed by Fang Qiu, whose hidden ambitions would eventually turn them into enemies. At Wushi Daoist Field, Wu Xie sought Gu An’s guidance and began reading books from the mortal world, while Gu An sensed the Heavenly Emperor had entered Zhongtian to find him.

• Li Ya told Fang Qiu he had come to Zhongtian seeking immortal opportunity and the Great Dao, then accepted Fang Qiu’s invitation to visit his mountain.
• Li Ya learned Fang Qiu had no master and had not based his appearance on Gu An’s Junior Brother Gu, abandoning his suspicion that the two were connected.
• Wu Xie saw Gu An in a mountain pavilion, accepted his invitation to sit, and asked for guidance by listening as Gu An handed him books to read.
• Wu Xie read Journey to the West and other books while autumn rain fell, becoming absorbed in them.
• Gu An noticed the Heavenly Emperor enter Zhongtian and realized he had come to find him.

Gu An guided Wu Xie toward a new appreciation of mortal lives, while Zhongtian entered an age of Demon Race conquest. Li Ya encountered Hongyi as she searched for a place to undergo her tribulation, and Wu Jue lay injured in a demon-haunted forest.

• Wu Xie thanked Gu An after reading mortal books and said he had found his answer, then left the pavilion.
• Over the following years, Heavenly Court gained recognition as Demon Race factions rose, and a million years later the promise of merit and Immortal Class for unifying the demons fueled conquest.
• Li Ya traveled Zhongtian after listening to a Dao sermon and met Hongyi on a barren mountain path; they passed without speaking, but he sensed her immense power.
• Hongyi, who had reached the Opening Heaven Great Luo Immortal realm, suppressed her coming tribulation while seeking an isolated place to undergo it.
• Wu Jue lay amid charred timber in a smoky coastal forest, worried that his body had not recovered and that demons might approach.

Wu Jue arrived in Zhongtian and set out toward a gathering of living beings while Gu An quietly altered his fate. After the Heavenly Emperor left, Son of Heaven Taishang’s companion created the human race, and An Xin and Zui were suddenly struck down during their Immortal Emperor Pupils practice.

• Wu Jue survived his arrival in Zhongtian, encountered a powerful Daoist riding a four-winged demon dragon, and then flew toward the densest gathering of auras.
• Gu An watched Wu Jue depart, removed several fatal paths from his fate, and observed Wu Xie and Wushi disciples rehearsing mortal relationships.
• Ten million years after descending to the mortal realm, the Heavenly Emperor left Zhongtian without finding Gu An.
• Son of Heaven Taishang brought a female immortal to the mortal realm, where she created the human race and earned Heavenly Dao merit.
• As Gu An guided An Xin and Zui in practicing the Immortal Emperor Pupils, both disciples were suddenly flung to the ground and looked at him in fear.

An Xin and Zui learned that Gu An had created the Absolute Void Pupils, a form of eyes beyond the Immortal Emperor Pupils, and began cultivating toward them. Several thousand years later, the Immortal Emperor Pupils appeared in Zhongtian and threatened all life, while Wu Jue sought the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor and encountered Son of Heaven Taishang.

• An Xin warned Gu An that a newly born pair of Immortal Emperor Pupils in Zhongtian felt evil and might bring calamity.
• Gu An explained that Immortal Emperor Pupils came from the Heavenly Emperor Bloodline and revealed his Absolute Void Pupils, leaving An Xin and Zui unable to move or think.
• Gu An told An Xin and Zui that they would need to reach Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal before they could cultivate the Absolute Void Pupils, and they resumed training.
• Several thousand years later, a pair of Immortal Emperor Pupils emerged among the human race and devoured living beings' magical power, spreading fear throughout Zhongtian.
• Wu Jue traveled through Twilight World in search of the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor, hoping to grow stronger.
• Son of Heaven Taishang caught up with Wu Jue, introduced himself, and asked his name.

Wu Jue met Son of Heaven Taishang on their way to seek White-Headed Immortal Ancestor, while Gu An watched from nearby and intervened to help his old friend. Wu Jue became White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s disciple alongside Son of Heaven Taishang, leaving the Immortal Ancestor astonished by his unusual talent.

• Wu Jue met Son of Heaven Taishang, and the two agreed to travel together to find White-Headed Immortal Ancestor.
• Gu An watched them approach and reflected on Son of Heaven Taishang’s deadly fate and White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s involvement in the Heavenly Emperor’s schemes.
• White-Headed Immortal Ancestor tested Wu Jue and Son of Heaven Taishang by having them comprehend a Great Cauldron, while Gu An secretly aided Wu Jue.
• Wu Jue comprehended the secret art first, so White-Headed Immortal Ancestor accepted him as her disciple before Son of Heaven Taishang awakened.
• Son of Heaven Taishang also comprehended the secret art, and both men became White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s disciples as she marveled at Wu Jue’s gift.

After Wu Jue left the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s tutelage, Gu An noticed the old immortal had shifted away from supporting Taishang and uncovered a memory of the Heavenly Emperor learning that Hongmeng’s destruction would bring about his death.

• The Son of Heaven Taishang became known as the Taishang Demon God after defeating those who tried to stop him, while seven thousand years passed.
• Wu Jue bowed farewell to the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor, who warned him to act carefully and avoid involvement with Taishang.
• The White-Headed Immortal Ancestor wondered whether Wu Jue was the variable foretold by his Grandmaster and decided not to stake everything on Taishang.
• Gu An noticed the White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s changed fate, then saw Zhang Buku and Xu You preparing to travel from the Underworld to Zhongtian.
• Gu An sensed the Heavenly Emperor’s will throughout the Heavenly Dao and entered a memory in which a mysterious voice warned the young Heavenly Emperor that Hongmeng’s destruction would eventually kill him.

Gu An explored the Heavenly Emperor’s memories, uncovering a cursed eye and a shadow that had secretly watched the Heavenly Emperor’s early creation of the Heavenly Dao. Back at Wushi Daoist Field, he discussed the coming Demon Race gathering with Xiao Lan and explained how calamities strengthened immortals.

• Gu An watched the Heavenly Emperor confront a cursed eye in the Sun Star and saw a perfected Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor shadow appear behind him during the Heavenly Dao’s founding.
• Gu An concluded that the Heavenly Emperor had borrowed Hongmeng karma to create the Heavenly Dao, but decided not to visit the Hongmeng Great World and instead focus on growing stronger.
• As the Taishang Demon God swept through the world, the founder of the Demon Race called its members to gather and choose a Demon Emperor to oppose him.
• Xiao Lan asked Gu An whether Fang Qiu, the Fire-Red Crow Bird, would rise to become an emperor or the Ancestor of All Demons, and Gu An confirmed that Fang Qiu had already become renowned.
• Gu An explained to Xiao Lan that calamities strengthened immortals and the Heavenly Emperor, then said he would not remain wholly detached from Zhongtian once his dao field opened.

Gu An prepared to dissolve the Wushi Daoist Field and let his disciples enter Zhongtian, while keeping their cultivation capped at the Free Immortal level. After the field closed, the disciples explored the continent for the first time, and a human cultivator eventually arrived from across the sea.

• Gu An told Shen Zhen that the Taishang Demon God was a pitiful Son of Heaven controlled by a power in the Heavenly Court stronger than him.
• The seven Demon Emperors agreed to campaign against the Taishang Demon God as his followers and the human race grew stronger.
• An Zizai announced that Gu An would dissolve the Daoist field and set a maximum cultivation level of Free Immortal for the disciples.
• Gu An explained to Su Han that the disciples could defend themselves if outsiders provoked them.
• One year after the Daoist field closed, Gu An allowed the disciples to explore the continent but forbade them from going out to sea.
• After 120 years, a human cultivator in the Xuanyuan Carefree Immortal Realm crossed the sea on a banana leaf and discovered the inhabitants of the continent.

A Daoist arrived on Wushi and stayed for half a year, forcing its disciples to maintain an elaborate disguise until Gu An lured him away with a distant opportunity. Later, Gu An detected three high-speed train compartments from Earth crossing into Chaos, carrying dozens of unaware mortals toward the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

• The Wushi Disciples sensed a Daoist approaching, and Gu An told Shen Zhen he had no interest in meeting him.
• The Daoist landed on Wushi, learned about the human race’s hardships, and chose to stay, making more than two million disciples maintain disguises across a dynasty.
• After half a year, Gu An caused a distant opportunity to emerge, and the Daoist flew away to investigate it.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother asked Gu An how to deal with intruders, and he said he would judge them by the severity of their offenses.
• Gu An sensed three azure-lit high-speed train compartments carrying ordinary people from Earth through Chaos toward the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

Gu An discovered that the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor controlled Earth and was sending mortals into Chaos, including the people aboard the three carriage compartments. After seeing how the Earthlings’ struggle would divide two childhood friends, Gu An gave them a hidden Dao Treasure to influence their fates, leaving them to discover its power.

• Gu An traced Earth to the palm of the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor, who sent mortals from his universes into Chaos at different points in time.
• Gu An observed the Earthlings from the three carriage compartments land in a barren place, where only eight survived and two eventually ascended to Zhongtian.
• Gu An broke a bronze blade into a hilt and edge and sent the pieces to the two Earthlings, hoping to improve their fates and prevent them from becoming enemies.
• Wei Ye examined the sword hilt while his tattooed childhood friend excitedly told him the blade could cut stone like tofu.

Wei Ye and Liu An endured life in the cultivation world after arriving from Earth, while Gu An watched Zhongtian descend into conflict under the Taishang Demon God. An Zizai worried the Wushi Disciples could not keep pace with Zhongtian’s powerful natives, and Gu An reassured him as he investigated Wei Ye and Liu An’s fate.

• Wei Ye and Liu An struggled to find food after arriving in an unfamiliar land, then later entered the cultivation world, where Liu An left their sect and joined a demonic sect.
• Gu An recorded Wei Ye and Liu An’s story, while the Wushi Disciples became wary after another outsider arrived on the continent.
• The Taishang Demon God killed a Demon Emperor and spread panic, prompting humans to develop sinister methods for devouring others’ power.
• An Zizai asked Gu An whether the Taishang Demon God might attack their continent and worried about the Wushi Disciples falling behind Zhongtian’s natives.
• Gu An urged An Zizai to focus on cultivation and revealed that Wei Ye and Liu An would come to them in the future.

A million years after An Zizai learned the names Wei Ye and Liu An, Taishang Demon God dominated Zhongtian while the Immortal Lords avoided opposing him. When Wu Jue confronted him, Taishang Demon God overwhelmed him but spared his life, leaving Wu Jue questioning his resolve.

• An Zizai memorized the names Wei Ye and Liu An, then left Gu An to urge the disciples to focus on cultivation.
• A million years later, Li Xuanmiao and the other Immortal Lords discussed Taishang Demon God's growing power and decided to establish Dao Fields far from him.
• Taishang Demon God had crushed open resistance, while the human race spread throughout Zhongtian and began to rise toward dominance.
• Wu Jue confronted Taishang Demon God and defended his duty to uphold Zhongtian's order despite their vast difference in strength.
• Taishang Demon God struck Wu Jue unconscious but spared him, and Wu Jue awoke alive, wondering why Taishang Demon God had shown mercy.

Gu An reflected on the Wushi Disciples’ hidden city and the Zhongtian human race’s doomed rise, then built a pavilion on a distant island and sat atop a sea turtle. Months later, he found the gravely injured Liu An and offered to save him in exchange for ten million years of servitude.

• Gu An decided to keep an eye on Wu Jue but did not comment on his views or try to change his fate.
• Gu An observed that outsiders kept leaving the Wushi Disciples’ territory, while the disciples maintained their disguise and carried on with their duties.
• Gu An considered how the human race’s unification of Zhongtian would bring its decline under the Immortal Gods’ rules.
• Gu An built a pavilion on a deserted island and sat on a sea turtle, repeatedly pinning it down whenever it tried to move.
• Months later, a wounded Liu An fell through a black rift onto the beach, and Gu An offered to save him if he served as his slave for ten million years.