Chapter Summaries

Gu An guided Epiphyllum Ghost Mother in cultivation and wondered at the vastness of Chaos. In the Heavenly Court, Yang Jian visited Li Ya, warned him about its internal struggles, and invited him to meet other Merit Immortals.

• Gu An passed Mortal World Supreme and the other servants without speaking to them, then spent half a day harvesting mature herbs.
• Gu An took Epiphyllum Ghost Mother into the woods and guided her into Dao comprehension before gazing toward Chaos.
• Yang Jian visited Li Ya in the Heavenly Court and admitted he did not know where Gu An was.
• Yang Jian warned Li Ya that anyone who joined the Heavenly Court's internal struggles was destined to lose, then invited him to a Supreme Immortal's banquet.
• Li Ya accepted Yang Jian's invitation, and Yang Jian asked him about Zhongtian and his path to becoming a Merit Immortal.

Gu An discovered that the Heavenly Emperor controlled Blue Sky and used the Black Heavenly Emperor as a piece in his schemes, while foreseeing a calamity that would endanger his old acquaintances. He visited Hongyi, who was about to face trouble because Eternity had set its sights on her.

• Gu An watched the Heavenly Emperor execute an Immortal God and learned that Blue Sky was the Heavenly Emperor’s hidden shadow, bound to the Heavenly Dao and Hongmeng’s remnant will.
• The Heavenly Emperor ordered Blue Sky to endure changes to the Heavenly Dao, while Gu An discovered that the Black Heavenly Emperor and the Dark Heavenly Court were also the Heavenly Emperor’s pieces.
• Gu An foresaw an uncontrollable future calamity that would bring misfortune to Li Ya, Li Xuanmiao, Yang Jian, and other old acquaintances.
• After spending the night observing the Heavenly Realm, Gu An left his courtyard and went to visit Hongyi.
• Hongyi welcomed Gu An, and he asked how she had spent the years, knowing that Eternity had set its sights on her.

Hongyi reunited with Gu An and asked about his identity, then decided she would leave with him after an event he hinted would come. Months later, an uninvited white-haired man entered the secluded space around her courtyard and fixed his greedy gaze on her, while noticing Gu An nearby.

• Hongyi welcomed Gu An to her courtyard, introduced him to the Bamboo People, and told him she would move after reaching the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal Realm.
• Hongyi tested Gu An with a powerful palm strike, but he stopped her and restored the shattered surroundings.
• Hongyi asked who Gu An was, and he described himself as an ordinary person; she asked to accompany him in the future.
• Gu An told Hongyi not to hurry, and she waited until he returned the next day before deciding she would leave with him after the event he had mentioned.
• Several months later, Hongyi sensed that the surroundings had been pulled into another space as a white-haired man in black robes approached her courtyard and looked at her with intense greed.

The Eternal Great Thousand Venerable came to seize Hongyi’s Saint destiny, but Gu An stepped in when the vastly stronger visitor overwhelmed her. Gu An wounded the visitor with Hongyi’s sword and forced him to kneel, revealing that the enemy had relied on an avatar.

• Hongyi confronted the Eternal Great Thousand Venerable after he entered the isolated plane and demanded her Saint destiny.
• The Eternal Great Thousand Venerable’s aura rose beyond Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal, then Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal, and overwhelmed Hongyi.
• Gu An explained that the visitor had reached Mystic Profound Venerable Immortal and appeared beside Hongyi, lifting the pressure from her.
• Gu An guided Hongyi’s hand to slash the Eternal Great Thousand Venerable, stopping him and ravaging his divine soul.
• Gu An identified the visitor’s reliance on avatars as a flaw and ordered him to kneel, which he could not resist.

Gu An spared the Eternal Great Thousand Venerable after Hongyi said she wanted to defeat him herself and settle their Karma. The Eternal Great Thousand Venerable returned to eternity in fear, suspecting Gu An might be the legendary Saint.

• Gu An asked Hongyi how she felt after the battle, and she said she was unwilling to remain so weak.
• Gu An asked Hongyi whether he should kill the Eternal Great Thousand Venerable, and she said she wanted to defeat him herself but left the decision to Gu An because the Karma had spread beyond her.
• Gu An spared the Eternal Great Thousand Venerable and warned him to stay in eternity until Hongyi came to settle their Karma.
• The Eternal Great Thousand Venerable regained control of his body, bowed to Gu An, and vanished back to eternity.
• Hongyi asked Gu An whether sparing him would cause future trouble, and Gu An questioned her understanding of their realms before leaving.
• The Eternal Great Thousand Venerable returned to his hall, trembled in fear, and wondered whether Gu An was the legendary Saint.

Eternal Great Thousand Venerable fled the Heavenly Dao after encountering Gu An and Hongyi, then sought help to settle his karma with Hongyi. As the Heavenly Emperor refined the Merit Immortal system, Gu An joked with Su Han about becoming the Heavenly Emperor and secretly startled him with an illusory thunderclap.

• Eternal Great Thousand Venerable decided to stop plotting against Hongyi and sent a Silver Lotus to ask his Old Ancestor for help.
• Hongyi chose to remain in the mortal world and pursue the Dao, and Gu An began guiding her cultivation toward Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal.
• The Heavenly Emperor wondered why Eternal Great Thousand Venerable had entered and quickly left the Heavenly Dao, then told Star Lord Xuanqing to refine the Merit Immortals' ranks from the ninth heaven to the twenty-seventh heaven.
• Su Han suggested Gu An would suit the role of Heavenly Emperor, and Gu An frightened him with an illusory thunderclap.

Gu An watched Zhongtian’s fortunes unfold over ten million years and saw the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor’s growing threat, while planning to join the coming battle of Chaos. Shen Zhen and the Wushi Disciples began to sense an immortal fate linked to Gu An and Wuzhong Mountain, leaving them to speculate about his origins.

• Gu An observed that Zhongtian would produce a remarkable genius but chose not to take the person as a disciple, then spent ten million years wandering the continent.
• After ten million years, Gu An saw new conflict between the Demon Race and the Underworld Race, while Wushi’s disciples and his other associates advanced in cultivation and influence.
• Gu An noticed the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor sending outsiders into Chaos and moving closer, and he saw that the Heavenly Emperor remained unaware of the threat.
• Gu An decided he would join the Heavenly Court in the coming battle of Chaos to fight and gain lifespan for his breakthrough.
• Shen Zhen sensed an immortal fate in Gu An and guessed he had once held a high position in the Heavenly Court, while Wushi Disciples later began linking an approaching immortal opportunity to Wuzhong Mountain.

Gu An reassured Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and the imprisoned beings that they could eventually leave, with Mortal World Supreme likely to go first. Elsewhere, Star Lord Xuanqing heard of the Pure Land and grew interested in its immortal guardian, while Zhang Buku pressed Zhang Chunqiu to explain his troubled thoughts.

• Gu An told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that he would not drive away those who wished to follow him to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu An told the prisoners that their crimes did not merit death and that Mortal World Supreme would be the first to leave when the time came.
• Star Lord Xuanqing asked an Old Daoist about reputable cultivators, and the Old Daoist described the Pure Land and its protective Immortal.
• Star Lord Xuanqing became interested in the Pure Land after hearing that its Immortal came from another world and had been thanked by many ascenders.
• Zhang Buku found Zhang Chunqiu brooding beneath the stars and urged him to explain what was troubling him.

Zhang Buku, Zhang Chunqiu, and Xu You suspected their visions were tied to the Great Dao of Reincarnation and planned to return to the Underworld for answers. Centuries later, Star Lord Xuanqing arrived at Wushi Daoist Field and offered Gu An the Heavenly Court office of Divine Steed Official.

• Zhang Chunqiu described visions of strange objects flying across the sky, and Zhang Buku could not tell whether they were real or imagined.
• Xu You said he had sensed similar guidance and suggested that they return to the Underworld to seek answers about the Great Dao of Reincarnation.
• Zhang Buku agreed to go, while his plans to revive dead souls and build his own kingdom remained a source of concern.
• Star Lord Xuanqing reached Wushi Daoist Field, met Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, and followed her to Gu An after sensing his immense merit.
• Xuanqing Star Lord announced that the Taihao Heavenly Emperor had summoned Gu An to become Divine Steed Official, responsible for watching over and feeding the Heavenly Court's divine steeds.

Xuanqing Star Lord offered Gu An a position raising divine steeds in the Heavenly Court, but Gu An rejected him and warned that the Heavenly Court would struggle to survive a future calamity. After returning to the city, Xuanqing read Journey to the West and grew shaken by its parallels to his visit and the Heavenly Court.

• Xuanqing Star Lord invited Gu An to become the Divine Steed Official, but Gu An questioned the post and dismissed him.
• Gu An’s disciples reacted angrily to Xuanqing’s offer, and An Xin escorted the Star Lord away.
• Gu An told his disciples that the Heavenly Dao would face a calamity that the Heavenly Court might not withstand.
• Xuanqing returned to the city, bought Journey to the West, and began reading it.
• Xuanqing became unsettled when the story showed Taibai Jinxing recruiting Sun Wukong as Bi Ma Wen, then trembled as Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Court.

Xuanqing Star Lord grew convinced that Gu An could foresee the fate of the Merit Immortals and spent a century waiting for another audience. He offered Gu An the position of Divine Steed Heavenly King and, after receiving no answer, proposed asking the Heavenly Emperor for permission.

• After reading Investiture of the Gods, Xuanqing Star Lord feared that Gu An had foreseen the dangers surrounding the Merit Immortals and began planning how to win him over.
• Xuanqing Star Lord returned to Wushi Daoist Field and bowed outside the forest for a hundred years, refusing to leave until Gu An agreed to see him.
• Blood Prison Great Sage and the disciples mocked Xuanqing Star Lord's offer to make Gu An a Divine Steed Official, and Xuanqing Star Lord asked Blood Prison Great Sage to pass on his request for an audience.
• Several months later, Epiphyllum Ghost Mother brought Xuanqing Star Lord to Gu An, who confirmed that he could see the future of Xuanqing Star Lord and the Merit Immortals.
• Gu An warned that Merit Immortals should not focus only on the Heavenly Court, and Xuanqing Star Lord offered him the rank of Divine Steed Heavenly King, authority over several hundred Divine Steed Officials, and control of the divine steeds.
• When Gu An did not respond, Xuanqing Star Lord offered to return to the Heavenly Court and ask the Heavenly Emperor for permission, prompting Shen Zhen to wonder whether Gu An feared anyone.

Xuanqing Star Lord left the Pure Land to persuade the Heavenly Emperor to grant Grandmaster Wushi an immortal position, while Zhang Buku, Zhang Chunqiu, and Xu You sought answers from the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor. The emperor warned them that a mysterious power was approaching the Heavenly Dao through reincarnation and that Zhang Chunqiu’s father would become its puppet and enemy.

• Gu An agreed to Xuanqing Star Lord’s request, and Xuanqing Star Lord left determined to persuade the Heavenly Emperor.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother led Xuanqing Star Lord past the medicinal fields where Mortal World Supreme and other punished immortals worked.
• Xuanqing Star Lord left the Dao Field without understanding why Grandmaster Wushi had sent him along that route.
• Zhang Buku, Zhang Chunqiu, and Xu You reached the Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor in the Nine Abyss Death Realm.
• The Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor said a power he could not see through was approaching the Heavenly Dao through reincarnation and had marked Zhang Chunqiu’s ghost domain.
• The Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor warned that Zhang Chunqiu’s father would become the power’s puppet and enemy, and said he could no longer protect them.

Zhang Buku failed to get help from Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor against a power targeting the Heavenly Dao, while the Heavenly Emperor granted Grandmaster Wushi a new rank as Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch. A century later, a sudden crash shook Wuzhong Mountain as Gu An practiced his sword, but its source remained unknown.

• Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor warned Zhang Buku and Xu You that a formidable power aimed at the Heavenly Dao, then Zhang Buku left with Zhang Chunqiu and Xu You.
• Xuanqing Star Lord asked the Heavenly Emperor to grant Grandmaster Wushi a high immortal rank, and the Heavenly Emperor enfeoffed him as Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch.
• The Heavenly Emperor created a Merit Divine Steed Token for Grandmaster Wushi and told Xuanqing Star Lord it would merge with the Heavenly Dao Immortal Register in a hundred years.
• A century later, Gu An practiced swordsmanship in his courtyard while Shen Zhen watched and felt Dao Intent in his moves.
• A sudden crash shook Wuzhong Mountain, but Gu An continued practicing and Shen Zhen could not find its source.

Gu An learned that a powerful being had broken into Zhongtian but remained focused on his plans, while True Origin Old Ancestor watched the distant battle and resolved to grow stronger. A thousand years after leaving, Star Lord Xuanqing returned with a higher immortal rank for Gu An, who questioned whether the Merit Immortals could fulfill their purpose in the Heavenly Court.

• Shen Zhen asked Gu An about a thunderous sound, and he told her a living being had broken into Zhongtian.
• True Origin Old Ancestor watched the battle from Fangcun Island, reassured Xuanwu that it posed no danger to the island, and then returned to cultivation.
• A thousand years after leaving, Star Lord Xuanqing returned to Wuzhong Mountain with the title Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch for Gu An, a rank above Supreme Immortal.
• Gu An invited Star Lord Xuanqing inside, but questioned him about what Merit Immortals should be and why their merit stopped growing after they entered the Heavenly Court.
• Star Lord Xuanqing acknowledged the problem but affirmed that he still believed in merit and was certain he wanted to give Gu An the immortal position.

Gu An ascended to the Heavenly Realm with Star Lord Xuanqing and claimed the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace, drawing in the Heavenly Court’s luck. As Gu An entered the palace, the Golden Body God Venerable appeared outside its doors.

• Gu An and Star Lord Xuanqing used the Heavenly Dao Immortal Register, and golden merit light carried them away from Wuzhong Mountain.
• As they ascended, Gu An concealed his true power while the Heavenly Emperor examined him and wondered about his origins.
• Star Lord Xuanqing presented the Merit Divine Steed Token, which flew to the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace and drew in vast streams of Heavenly Court Luck.
• Gu An entered the palace and observed its protective formation, while Star Lord Xuanqing followed him inside.
• A gigantic golden face rose from the sea of clouds, and Star Lord Xuanqing recognized it as the Golden Body God Venerable.

Gu An took his post as Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch and swiftly crushed Golden Body God Venerable’s challenge, sending him into a Great Thousand World. After taking his throne, Gu An allowed Star Lord Xuanqing to summon the Divine Steed Officials.

• Gu An inspected the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace’s divine pillars and learned how its steeds served the Heavenly Court across many worlds.
• Golden Body God Venerable confronted Gu An and questioned his background, so Gu An asked whether Immortal Gods could spar in the Heavenly Realm.
• Golden Body God Venerable charged Gu An but was forced to his knees, then hurled out of the Heavenly Realm and into a Great Thousand World.
• Star Lord Xuanqing realized that the Heavenly Court’s hidden powers would witness Gu An’s show of strength and urged him to summon the Divine Steed Officials.
• Gu An sat on his throne and told Star Lord Xuanqing to summon the officials.

Gu An received the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch position, then returned to Zhongtian while Xuanqing Star Lord introduced him to the Heavenly Court’s Merit Immortals and offered them a mission. As Gu An resumed tending his Dao Field, he predicted that Immortal Gods would soon flee the Heavenly Court.

• Xuanqing Star Lord used Gu An’s Merit Divine Steed Token to contact the Immortal Gods under Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch’s command, while the Heavenly Court’s powerful figures reacted to Gu An’s rise.
• Li Ya heard Merit Immortals discuss Gu An’s position and worried that he was a tool of the Heavenly Emperor, leaving him dissatisfied with life in the Heavenly Court.
• Xuanqing Star Lord told the Merit Immortals that Gu An was of their Dao and offered them a mission to investigate possible Chaos invasions in worlds near the edge of the Heavenly Dao.
• Gu An returned to the Wushi Daoist Field, where Epiphyllum Ghost Mother asked about the Heavenly Court and told him some disciples had left to accumulate merit.
• Gu An casually told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that Immortal Gods would soon flee the Heavenly Court, astonishing her.

A hundred million years after Gu An became Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch, he watched Eternal Dao Pole’s Eternal Extreme War Emperor fortune threaten the Great Dao Emperor Lord and sent True Origin Old Ancestor to intervene. Meanwhile, Liu An and Wei Ye continued their long rivalry in battle, with neither able to claim victory.

• Gu An observed that Eternal Dao Pole was promoting Eternal Extreme War Emperor, whose warlike followers threatened the Great Dao Emperor Lord.
• True Origin Old Ancestor told Gu An he would leave to repay the Great Dao Emperor Lord, and Gu An allowed him to go and face the calamity.
• Gu An told Xuanwu that Liu An would return soon, leaving Xuanwu pleased.
• Liu An and Wei Ye fought fiercely in the void, reflecting on how they had remained each other’s greatest rivals through many ascensions.
• Liu An and Wei Ye unleashed their strongest abilities, shattering the surrounding void as their battle continued without a winner.

Liu An and Wei Ye woke in the Son of Heaven’s Small Heavenly Realm after fighting in the River of Great Dao, and learned it was traveling to Zhongtian. Meanwhile, Gu An showed Xiao Lan the Divine Steeds under his command, where a colossal presence appeared and drew everyone’s attention.

• Liu An and Wei Ye woke beneath a massive tree and met a white-robed old man, who explained that he had rescued them from the backlash of fighting in the River of Great Dao.
• The old man said the Small Heavenly Realm served Tian Hao and was heading to Zhongtian, so Liu An and Wei Ye agreed to leave when it arrived.
• Gu An showed Xiao Lan the many Divine Steeds in a Cloud Realm and offered her one, but she declined because it would attract trouble in Zhongtian.
• A golden-armored Heavenly God arrived to inspect a Divine Steed before completing the required procedure, and Gu An told Xiao Lan that the Heavenly God was a Supreme Immortal’s personal disciple.
• An immense heavenly might spread across the sea of clouds, and a gigantic face appeared behind the Sun-Carrying Divine Steed, frightening Xiao Lan and drawing the Heavenly God’s gaze.

Gu An watched a Heavenly Court Divine Steed Official capture the Golden-Armored Heavenly God, then explored the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain while secretly helping Ji Xiaoyu cultivate. An ancient Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal from Beyond Heaven attacked Zhongtian, and Gu An joined his disciples to watch the battle.

• A Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal Divine Steed Official seized the Golden-Armored Heavenly God for trying to claim a divine steed without a Heavenly Order.
• Gu An taught Xiao Lan about the divine steeds and the Heavenly Court's power struggles before they returned to Wushi Daoist Field, where Xiao Lan began secluded cultivation.
• Gu An wandered through the Yin-Yang Immortal Domain and secretly helped Ji Xiaoyu as she approached a breakthrough.
• An ancient Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal from Beyond Heaven charged toward Zhongtian with a karma-wreathed treasure tower, and powerful figures gathered to oppose him.
• Gu An returned to Wuzhong Mountain and told Lu Xian the attacker was an ancient expert from the Taichu Imperial Domain whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Immortal Path.