Chapter Summaries

Li Xuanmiao and Yang Jian heard that the Heavenly Emperor might abdicate, while Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor searched a forest for a spiritual object. On Fangcun Island, Gu An confirmed True Origin Old Ancestor’s suspicions about the Heavenly Dao and considered the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor’s coming challenge to the Heavenly Emperor.

• God Venerable Guangfa Taiguang warned Li Xuanmiao to avoid other Immortal Gods as rumors of the Heavenly Emperor’s abdication spread.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor discussed Gu An and entered a dark forest to seek a hidden spiritual object.
• True Origin Old Ancestor told Gu An he sensed a watchful will in the world, and Gu An confirmed that his perception of the Heavenly Dao was correct.
• Gu An observed the Earth transmigrators and suspected they were pawns sent by the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor to prepare for his descent.
• Gu An concluded that the Heavenly Emperor would likely face the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor in a death tribulation, while the Emperor’s will remained in Son of Heaven Taihao.

Li Ya and other old acquaintances pursued their own paths in Zhongtian while Gu An watched over Wushi through centuries of change. A Heavenly God seized a True Dragon, setting the stage for a conflict that Gu An expected to reach the Wushi Continent.

• Li Ya reunited with Zhang Buku and met Zhang Chunqiu, then refused Zhang Buku’s invitation and continued following his own path.
• Over a hundred million years passed as Wushi disciples departed, families arose on the Wushi Continent, and mortals appeared there.
• Gu An let Lu Xian and Zui leave to attend the Origin Great Vein’s Dao Fruit Assembly, telling Zui to watch over his senior brother.
• A dragon’s cry rang across the heavens, and Gu An saw a golden-armored Heavenly God riding a True Dragon in his teacup’s reflection.
• Gu An foresaw that the Heavenly God’s attempt to subdue the True Dragon would spark a conflict affecting Wushi, and he looked forward to intervening.

Star Lord Xuanqing sought White-Headed Immortal Ancestor’s advice about choosing Merit Immortals and learned that Li Ya was a promising candidate. At the Origin Great Vein, Lu Lingjun and White Spirit Demon Emperor watched Lu Xian battle until a powerful Golden Dragon and its golden-robed master arrived.

• Star Lord Xuanqing showed White-Headed Immortal Ancestor the Heavenly Dao Immortal Register and asked which beings deserved to become Merit Immortals.
• White-Headed Immortal Ancestor refused to take charge of the register but named the ascender Li Ya as the being most suited to becoming a Merit Immortal.
• Lu Lingjun and White Spirit Demon Emperor watched Lu Xian fight inside the Origin Seven-Colored Pearl and discussed whether Grandmaster Wushi had secretly protected them over the years.
• A colossal Golden Dragon arrived at the Origin Great Vein with a golden-robed man standing atop its head, and the man declared that the battle should not be dull.

Immortal Jinglan descended on the Origin Great Vein, shattered the Origin Seven-Colored Pearl, and challenged the Origin Deity, prompting Lu Lingjun and others to leave. A hundred years later, Gu An explained that Jinglan had defeated the Origin Deity and that the Heavenly Court’s turmoil had emboldened reckless Immortal Gods.

• Immortal Jinglan shattered the Origin Seven-Colored Pearl and demanded that the Origin Deity fight him, while Lu Lingjun left with White Spirit Demon Emperor.
• Zui urged Lu Xian to leave the battlefield, and Lu Xian flew to join him as the Origin Sea rose and Immortal Jinglan readied his sword.
• A hundred years later, Lu Xian and Zui recounted how Immortal Jinglan defeated the Origin Deity, subdued him, and severed the Origin Great Vein’s main spiritual vein.
• Zui asked Gu An why the Heavenly Court tolerated Immortal Jinglan, and Gu An explained that the Heavenly Court faced upheaval and Jinglan’s side mistakenly believed Son of Heaven Taihao would become Heavenly Emperor.

About a thousand years after Immortal Jinglan’s battle with the Origin Deity, Dragon Ancestor began a desperate ritual to gain the power to destroy gods and challenged Jinglan to a death calamity. Gu An gathered the Wushi Mountain disciples to watch the coming battle, while Zhang Buku recognized the overwhelming aura as Dragon Ancestor’s.

• Gu An told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that Dragon Ancestor had sacrificed the True Dragon race to gain the ability to eliminate Heavenly Dao Luck and destroy Immortal Gods.
• Dragon Ancestor’s power surged across Zhongtian, triggering earthquakes and disasters before he declared that he would make all living beings know that immortals could die.
• Gu An returned to Wuzhong Mountain with Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and showed the gathered disciples Dragon Ancestor’s image through the Artifact Refining Cauldron.
• Lu Xian regretted that he would not defeat Immortal Jinglan himself, while An Xin saw Dragon Ancestor’s power contending against Heavenly Dao Luck.
• Zhang Buku identified Dragon Ancestor and wondered what secret art had made him so powerful.

Dragon Ancestor killed Immortal Jinglan, and the news shattered the belief that Immortal Gods could not die. Decades later, the Heavenly Court descended to confront Dragon Ancestor as Yang Jian watched uneasily, while Li Ya questioned Star Lord Xuanqing about the Heavenly Court’s injustice.

• Gu An returned to his house after showing his disciples Dragon Ancestor’s battle with Immortal Jinglan, and Jiang Shi and the others discussed the death of an Immortal God.
• A vast wave threatened the Wushi Continent, but a wind from within the continent blasted it apart and reminded its people of the legend of a protecting True Immortal.
• News spread that Dragon Ancestor had permanently destroyed Immortal Jinglan, and the Heavenly Court gathered to send a Supreme Immortal and an army against him.
• Decades later, Yang Jian descended with the Heavenly Army and saw Dragon Ancestor’s enormous shadow beneath the sea as the two sides prepared to fight.
• Li Ya asked Star Lord Xuanqing why the Heavenly Court tolerated Immortal Jinglan, and their conversation was interrupted by a voice declaring Dragon Ancestor an enemy of the Heavenly Dao.

As the Heavenly Court battled Dragon Ancestor, opposition spread through Zhongtian and dark powers began infiltrating amid the turmoil. Gu An remained an observer, while Ji Xiaoyu led mighty figures from the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain into Zhongtian.

• Star Lord Xuanqing told Li Ya that turmoil in the Heavenly Court was part of the long changes of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Court besieged Dragon Ancestor, whose resistance drew ocean creatures and land powers into the fight against the Immortal Gods.
• Fairy Yao Xuan asked Gu An about the battle and the unusual Great Dao of Karma, and Gu An assured her the upheaval would pass.
• As the battle continued and all living beings grew bolder, Gu An saw the Dark Heavenly Court and the Eternal Dao Pole infiltrating Zhongtian.
• Ji Xiaoyu led Sun Moon Dark Emperor, the other three of the Four Emperors of Yin and Yang, and other mighty figures through a black rift into Zhongtian.

Ji Xiaoyu set out to establish the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain while Gu An reflected on her resolve to surpass him and protect him. After the Heavenly Court defeated Dragon Ancestor, Gu An prepared Wushi Continent for new threats, and Lu Xian stepped forward to face the first invading Taiqing Golden Immortal.

• Ji Xiaoyu sensed a great opportunity in the direction she chose and resolved to grow strong enough to challenge and protect Gu An.
• Gu An told Xuanwu about Ji Xiaoyu, then punished him by ordering him to run around Fangcun Island ten million times.
• The Heavenly Court defeated Dragon Ancestor, beheaded him, and sealed his soul, ending the war.
• Gu An warned his disciples that a Taiqing Golden Immortal would attack Wushi Continent, and chose Lu Xian to face the threat.
• A Taiqing Golden Immortal arrived intending to sacrifice the continent’s living beings, and Lu Xian stepped forward to battle him.

Gu An watched the Heavenly Court imprison the Dragon Ancestor, then spent millennia guiding the disciples who had remained on Wushi Continent while developing a divine ability of his own. As Wushi Continent became renowned, a white-robed outsider discovered that a seemingly ordinary boy was secretly a Mystic Origin Carefree Immortal and demanded to know why he hid his cultivation.

• The Heavenly Court failed to destroy the Dragon Ancestor's soul and imprisoned him, while the Heavenly Emperor let the Immortal Gods argue over how to punish the Dragon Ancestor's allies.
• Gu An began guiding his disciples, improving their command of divine abilities and spells, and continued teaching disciples from other generations over the following millennia.
• Wushi Continent's reputation spread across Zhongtian, and the Dragon Ancestor's legacy inspired cultivators to resist injustice and tyranny.
• Gu An worked on creating a divine ability of his own, drawing inspiration from the Dragon Ancestor's power to erase Heavenly Dao Luck.
• A white-robed man arrived on Wushi Continent and recognized a cloth-clad boy among five youths as a Mystic Origin Carefree Immortal hiding his cultivation.
• The white-robed man released the frightened boy and asked why he concealed his cultivation, noting that the boy had no complicated karma or blood feud.

The cloth-clad youth left town after the Mortal World Supreme exposed his disguise, but Gu An reassured him that the incident did not count as a failure. Gu An revealed that he had recognized the Mortal World Supreme and instantly trapped him in his palm.

• The cloth-clad youth ignored the Mortal World Supreme and wandered into the woods, distressed about having to leave after his disguise was exposed.
• The Mortal World Supreme followed and explained that he had come to investigate the legends of Pure Land, while the youth warned him to leave.
• Gu An appeared, reassured the youth, and was greeted as Grandmaster.
• Gu An identified the white-robed man as the Mortal World Supreme and said he would not let him leave.
• The Mortal World Supreme vanished, but Gu An captured him and showed his tiny, struggling figure in his palm.

Gu An subdued the Mortal World Supreme, brought him to Wuzhong Mountain, and stripped him of his cultivation so he could experience mortal life. The former Heavenly Dao Supreme was put to work planting herbs, and the chapter ended with Gu An and Su Han discussing the Demon Race’s turmoil as they passed his field.

• Gu An suppressed the Mortal World Supreme, told the Cloth-Clad Youth to use a different identity, and carried the captive through villages and towns for three days and nights.
• At Wuzhong Mountain, Gu An made the Mortal World Supreme a mortal and left him in the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother's care.
• Gu An told Shen Zhen that the captive had once been a Heavenly Dao Supreme of the Heavenly Court.
• News spread among the Wushi Disciples, and the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother assigned the Mortal World Supreme to plant herbs while disciples came to gawk at him.
• Gu An and the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother walked past the Mortal World Supreme with Su Han, who asked Gu An about the Demon Race's split and Demon Emperor Fang Qiu's future.

Gu An reflected on the rise and decline of all things while the Mortal World Supreme remained imprisoned and another Heavenly Court immortal joined him. As the Wushi Continent’s reputation as a Pure Land spread, Shen Zhen wondered how many more Immortal Gods would come to investigate.

• Gu An told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that Su Han’s curiosity meant he would eventually leave, then pondered whether beings whose lifespans he seized could ever be revived.
• The Mortal World Supreme spent a thousand years laboring without Gu An speaking to him, until Epiphyllum Ghost Mother brought Immortal Lord Zhenxie to work beside him.
• The Mortal World Supreme and Immortal Lord Zhenxie learned that they had both belonged to the Heavenly Court, but dismissed each other’s status and returned to silence.
• Shen Zhen asked Gu An why he kept capturing Immortal Gods instead of killing them, and Gu An said their pursuit of the truth made their arrival interesting.
• Gu An told Shen Zhen that more Immortal Gods and beings from Zhongtian might come as the Wushi Continent’s reputation as a Pure Land spread.

Immortal Lord Zhenxie and Mortal World Supreme endured a century of forced labor and humiliation under Blood Prison Great Sage. Meanwhile, Gu An protected Ji Xiaoyu’s plans for the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain and prepared for Heavenly Lord Jiucang’s threatened invasion of Wushi Continent.

• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother caught Immortal Lord Zhenxie after he fled to the sea, and Blood Prison Great Sage repeatedly beat him when he slacked at work.
• After a hundred years, Blood Prison Great Sage slapped Mortal World Supreme and ordered him to bow during future visits, prompting Immortal Lord Zhenxie to mock him.
• Gu An secretly changed Ji Xiaoyu’s destiny to steer potential enemies away from the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain.
• An Zizai told Gu An that Heavenly Lord Jiucang planned to expose the supposed Pure Land, and Gu An said An Zizai’s master would handle him.
• Gu An gave An Xin a golden collar to use against an opponent she could not defeat.
• Heavenly Lord Jiucang arrived at Wushi Continent and unleashed his pressure as Mortal World Supreme and Immortal Lord Zhenxie watched the rosy light at the horizon.

Immortal Lord Zhenxie and Mortal World Supreme watched Heavenly Lord Jiucang endure captivity and repeated humiliation on Wuzhong Mountain. Two thousand years later, Gu An watched Li Ya prepare to become the first Merit Immortal, reflecting on the difficult reforms Li Ya hoped to lead.

• Immortal Lord Zhenxie and Mortal World Supreme were assigned to care for Heavenly Lord Jiucang, who had been transformed into a black panther.
• Blood Prison Great Sage captured Jiucang after another escape attempt and whipped him until repeated humiliation wore down his persistence.
• Gu An judged that the three Immortal Gods had not committed great crimes and revealed that he only expelled harmless outsiders while killing evil intruders.
• Two thousand years later, Gu An watched from Wuzhong Mountain as Li Ya prepared to enter Xuanqing Star Lord's Heavenly Dao Immortal Register and become the first Merit Immortal.
• Gu An saw that Li Ya and his disciples sought to reform the Heavenly Court and resolved that Li Ya could rely on his strength.

Li Ya ascended as the first Merit Immortal, and the omen of his arrival spread the path of merit across Zhongtian. In the Heavenly Court, he called for replacing Immortal Gods who failed to improve the Heavenly Dao, provoking the gathered gods.

• Golden lotuses rained across heaven and earth for seven days, revealing the path to immortality through merit and strengthening living beings.
• An Xin asked Gu An about Merit Immortals, and he explained that attaining immortality through merit was exceptionally difficult.
• Li Ya climbed the Heaven-Ascent Stairs and entered the Heavenly Court as its first Merit Immortal.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked Li Ya what the Heavenly Dao needed, and Li Ya said the Immortal Gods should be replaced with better ones.
• The Immortal Gods rebuked Li Ya while the Heavenly Emperor silently watched him argue with them.

Gu An watched Zhongtian rise as a new Number One Under Heaven emerged, while Su Han became curious about the former champions among Epiphyllum Ghost Mother's followers. The chapter left Su Han listening to Old Ancestor Qilin recount his life in Wushi Daoist Field.

• Li Ya entered the Heavenly Court as a Merit Immortal, and Gu An considered seeking an opportunity to face the Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhongtian's influence grew over one hundred thousand years until an Opening Heaven Great Luo Immortal was born there.
• Su Han told Gu An that Dust Ancestor had become the present age's Number One Under Heaven.
• Gu An mentioned that one of Epiphyllum Ghost Mother's servants had once been Number One Under Heaven, prompting Su Han and Shen Zhen to visit her.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother directed Su Han and Shen Zhen to the medicinal field, where Su Han learned that the shriveled old man was Old Ancestor Qilin.
• Su Han asked Old Ancestor Qilin to tell his story, and Qilin began recounting his life while wondering what Su Han wanted.

Old Ancestor Qilin told his life story, but Su Han still left him to atone for his sins. Ten thousand years later, True Origin Old Ancestor returned to Fangcun Island, where Gu An's test drew the attention of a hidden figure who demanded to know who Gu An was.

• Old Ancestor Qilin finished telling his story, and Su Han promised to record it but ordered him to remain and atone for his sins.
• Su Han and Shen Zhen left, while Mortal World Supreme and the others continued their quiet routine without changing their attitude toward Old Ancestor Qilin.
• Zhongtian entered a flourishing age as cultivators performed good deeds, preached the Dao, and strengthened faith in the Heavenly Dao and Heavenly Court.
• Ten thousand years later, True Origin Old Ancestor returned to Fangcun Island, met Xuanwu, and went to visit Gu An.
• Gu An kicked a half-carved wooden statue toward True Origin Old Ancestor, but a pitch-black figure caught it and asked Gu An who he was.

Mingji God confronted Gu An after tracking True Origin Old Ancestor, and Gu An revealed that Mingji God was an ancient Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal. Mingji God attacked, destroying Fangcun Island and Xuanwu before summoning a gigantic hand from Chaos to seize Gu An and True Origin Old Ancestor.

• True Origin Old Ancestor sensed an unseen threat, while Gu An spoke to the hidden figure and demanded that it identify itself.
• Mingji God introduced himself, and Gu An recognized his ancient origins and cultivation as a Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal.
• Mingji God explained that he had tracked True Origin Old Ancestor because he sought the fortune connected to Emperor Lord Taiqi, and Gu An stood to fight him.
• Mingji God's aura destroyed Fangcun Island and reduced Xuanwu to ash, while Gu An told True Origin Old Ancestor not to look back and walked toward the attacker.
• Mingji God summoned a massive Great Dao hand from Chaos, shattering Zhongtian's firmament as it reached to seize Gu An and True Origin Old Ancestor.

Gu An effortlessly killed Mingji God and reversed the destruction he had caused, restoring Zhongtian and Fangcun Island. True Origin Old Ancestor returned to safety, while the Heavenly Emperor sensed a fleeting change within the Heavenly Dao and grew wary.

• Gu An gathered Mingji God's karma, ignored his pleas, and destroyed him before True Origin Old Ancestor could intervene.
• Gu An used his power to restore Zhongtian and return True Origin Old Ancestor to Fangcun Island, explaining that Mingji God had been real but that he had reversed everything.
• True Origin Old Ancestor saw that Xuanwu and Fangcun Island were safe, then went down the mountain to talk with Xuanwu.
• The Heavenly Emperor sensed a brief change in the Heavenly Dao and wondered whether an unknown power had infiltrated it or an uncontrollable being had emerged.

The Heavenly Emperor reflected on threats he had met in Reincarnation and continued cultivating as he awaited Gu Xuanyou’s return. On Fangcun Island, Gu An watched the Wushi Continent thrive, let Lu Xian repel an intruder, and continued allowing Mortal World Supreme and the others to live and cultivate under his care.

• The Heavenly Emperor wondered when Gu Xuanyou would appear again, then resumed cultivating to gain insight from Reincarnation.
• True Origin Old Ancestor stayed on Fangcun Island and devoted himself to cultivation after Mingji God's fall.
• Over the next ten thousand years, two Merit Immortals emerged, and the Pure Land’s reputation drew more people seeking refuge from disasters.
• While Gu An taught a seventh-generation disciple, Lu Xian fought an intruder for two hours and drove it away.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother asked why Mortal World Supreme and the others remained at work in the herb fields, and Gu An told her to leave them be for now.
• Mortal World Supreme continued comprehending the Dao, while Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor sought to merge her nine Daos into a Great Dao of her own.