Chapter Summaries

Liu An and Wei Ye accepted the white-robed old man’s offer to serve the Son of Heaven as they prepared to enter Zhongtian. After a prolonged battle in Zhongtian ended, Gu An discussed the defeated invader’s purpose with Shen Zhen and received a visitor at the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace.

• Liu An told Wei Ye that he had visited Zhongtian before and obtained an inheritance, prompting the white-robed old man to explain the dangers and upheaval there.
• The white-robed old man offered Liu An and Wei Ye the chance to serve the Son of Heaven, praising their mortal-born temperaments and wills; both men knelt and accepted.
• The battle between the Dao Extreme Daluo Immortal and the Heavenly Court continued for months, with the invader repeatedly driven out of Zhongtian and causing heavy casualties.
• Shen Zhen asked Gu An about the invader scattering Karma, and Gu An confirmed it had been his true objective.
• Gu An went to the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace, where a Divine Steed Official arrived to visit him.

Gu An refused to let the Great Evolution God Venerable take a thousand Soul-Forbidden Divine Steeds and told Chang Jigong to defend their interests. The Great Heaven Divine Steed warned him that Cangming had infiltrated the Heavenly Court, while Gu An observed Tian Hao’s return and considered the challenges ahead for him.

• Chang Jigong asked Gu An whether they should transfer a thousand Soul-Forbidden Divine Steeds to the Great Evolution God Venerable, and Gu An told him to decide from his position as an official.
• Chang Jigong advised refusing the request, and Gu An assigned him to handle the matter while declaring that he feared no one, not even a Supreme.
• The Great Heaven Divine Steed asked about Gu An’s ambitions and warned that Cangming’s influence had infiltrated the Heavenly Court, but Gu An made no promises.
• Other Divine Steed Officials visited Gu An with various concerns as they tried to understand their new Heavenly Monarch’s intentions.
• Gu An learned that Tian Hao had returned to the Heavenly Court with Liu An and Wei Ye, and reflected on Tian Hao’s coming trials.

Yang Jian agreed to help An Hao, while Longevity Divine Venerable and a mysterious black face discussed Gu An’s hidden origins and an approaching conflict. Back at Wushi Daoist Field, Gu An freed Heavenly Lord Jiucang and Mortal World Supreme, but Jiucang chose to stay.

• Longevity Divine Venerable asked Yang Jian to help An Hao, and Yang Jian agreed without hesitation.
• After Yang Jian left, Longevity Divine Venerable told a black face that Gu An was Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch and speculated about his origins and plans.
• Gu An returned to Wushi Daoist Field, harvested herbs, and told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that the Heavenly Court’s apparent weaknesses concealed deeper schemes.
• Mortal World Supreme asked Heavenly Lord Jiucang what he would do if the Heavenly Court fell into trouble, but Jiucang did not answer.
• Gu An told Heavenly Lord Jiucang and Mortal World Supreme that they could leave and recover their cultivation beyond the continent.
• Heavenly Lord Jiucang declined to leave, saying he wanted to settle himself longer.

Mortal World Supreme left the suppressed prisoners as he sought to exploit the turmoil in the Heavenly Court, while Tian Hao recruited Yang Jian to help him and train two mortal geniuses. Ten million years later, Gu An and Hongyi discussed Great Dao lotuses as Gu An foresaw Tian Hao and Yang Jian encountering danger and the Heavenly Court's great calamity beginning.

• Mortal World Supreme departed without saying farewell, while Heavenly Lord Jiucang remained behind gazing at the sky.
• Tian Hao told Yang Jian that the Heavenly Emperor had made him a Supreme Immortal and sent him to wage war in Chaos with few followers.
• Yang Jian agreed to support Tian Hao, who entrusted Liu An and Wei Ye to him for training in their master's battle techniques.
• Over ten million years passed as upheavals in the Heavenly Court spread across Zhongtian and the Myriad Worlds.
• Gu An and Hongyi discussed Hongyi's Dao Intent domain and the nine Great Dao lotuses in Chaos.
• Gu An saw Tian Hao and Yang Jian fall into danger and recognized that the Heavenly Court's great calamity was about to begin.

Gu An witnessed five Immortal Gods fall to a gigantic cursed corpse from beyond Chaos and resolved to seek a breakthrough strong enough to protect himself from Saints. In the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Emperor named Hongyang the first Son of Heaven, and Hongyang declared that he wanted the throne instead.

• A white-robed female immortal illuminated the darkness and revealed a colossal mummified corpse, prompting five Immortal Gods to flee and attack it.
• The corpse swallowed the five Immortal Gods despite their spells and magic treasures.
• Gu An watched from the eaves and recognized the corpse as a late-stage Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor sent by a mysterious being outside Chaos.
• Gu An decided to find a way to reach the perfected realm and returned to Wushi Daoist Field to handle daily matters first.
• Xuanqing Star Lord brought the Heavenly Emperor's awakened son to Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where the Heavenly Emperor named him Son of Heaven Hongyang.
• Hongyang said he wanted to become the Heavenly Emperor, and the Heavenly Emperor promised to yield the throne if Hongyang became stronger than him.

Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor encountered Gu An in the Heavenly Army as it advanced into Chaos. Marshal Zhitian led the army into battle against an overwhelming horde of evil demons, and the fighting began.

• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor traveled with an elite Heavenly Army toward Chaos, sensing that the coming operation was unusually dangerous.
• Gu An appeared in Heavenly Soldier armor and told Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor that they would fight together.
• Marshal Zhitian warned the hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals that the evil demons could devour their Heavenly Dao Luck and prevent them from resurrecting.
• Marshal Zhitian shattered the barrier into Chaos and charged through the opening with his two Black Qilins.
• The Heavenly Army followed Marshal Zhitian into Chaos and clashed with the countless evil demons, as golden streaks of light burst through the darkness.

Gu An and the Heavenly Army fought a grinding battle against the Chaos Demons as Marshal Zhitian realized the army had been abandoned amid Heavenly Court power struggles. Emperor Jiming Cang ordered Wuzhong Demon Immortal to kill everyone except Marshal Zhitian, and Lu Lingjun was left unable to fend off an attacking female demon.

• Gu An fought with his power suppressed, reaping lifespans from demons while Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor battled beside him.
• Divine Steeds charged onto the battlefield, but Marshal Zhitian saw that only forty percent of the Heavenly Army remained and suspected the new Heavenly Emperor had withheld support.
• Emperor Jiming Cang watched the battle from a Black City and sent Wuzhong Demon Immortal to capture Marshal Zhitian and kill the rest.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor grew exhausted, and a disheveled female demon lunged at them too quickly for Lu Lingjun to block.

Gu An protected Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor in the Chaos battle as the Heavenly Emperor sent a giant sword that defeated the Wuzhong Demon Immortal and ended the war with Cangming. After gathering an enormous amount of lifespan, Gu An left Zhongtian, which soon trembled under an inexplicable force that terrified its Immortal Gods.

• Gu An saved Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor from a demon and stayed beside them as they continued fighting.
• The Son of Heaven, Hongyang, advised the Heavenly Emperor that failing to intervene could make the Heavenly Court appear weak, and the Heavenly Emperor formed a sword from Heavenly Dao light.
• The Wuzhong Demon Immortal from Cangming entered the battlefield, but the Heavenly Emperor's giant sword restored the Heavenly Gods' strength and annihilated him.
• Emperor Jiming Cang and the Heavenly Emperor clashed in secret and drew, bringing the war between the Heavenly Army and the Cangming evil demons to an end.
• Gu An returned home with a huge lifespan harvest, then left Zhongtian; about an hour later, Zhongtian trembled and its Immortal Gods sensed a terrifying, unexplained aura.

A mysterious power spread through Chaos and the Heavenly Dao, letting all living beings glimpse their futures and guiding them in cultivation. As the blessing faded, Emperor Jiming Cang was left troubled by a future opponent whose silhouette had filled him with fear.

• Li Ya and the Merit Immortals sensed a vast aura and saw visions of their futures, including future breakthroughs.
• Beings across Chaos and the Heavenly Dao received guidance, and even mortals began cultivating during the two-hour blessing.
• Star Lord Xuanqing and the Son of Heaven Hongyang discussed the mysterious power, while the Heavenly Emperor grew anxious about its origin and his plans to become a Saint.
• The White Spirit Demon Emperor and Lu Lingjun speculated that Gu An might be connected to the blessing as they and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals absorbed its benefits.
• Emperor Jiming Cang saw a future opponent stronger than the Heavenly Emperor and felt dread at the figure he would face after reaching a higher realm.

Gu An reached the perfected Primordial Taiyi True Saint realm and discovered powerful, unknown beings watching Chaos. Tens of millions of years later, he managed Heavenly Court affairs and secretly marked a future attacker from Chaos before sending him back to his own time.

• Gu An used one-third of his lifespan to advance from mid-stage Saint to perfected Saint and perceived the edges of Chaos, the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor, and several Dark Shadows watching it.
• Gu An returned to Wuzhong Mountain, dismissed questions about the great fortune, and saw Zhongtian’s forces and new talents flourish over the following tens of millions of years.
• Gu An went to the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace and observed the Heavenly Court’s growing conflict with Cangming, its conscription, and the Heavenly Emperor’s hunt for spies.
• Gu An issued orders to the Divine Steed Officials, then reached through the River of Time and seized a black-robed Chaos expert destined to attack the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Gu An branded the black-robed man’s soul and returned him to the future, while the man’s present self received the mark without noticing.

Gu An warned Fairy Yao Xuan that Dao Shu Zun, an ancient being from Chaos, sought to devour Heavenly Dao Luck, and declared his allegiance to the Heavenly Dao. Meanwhile, Tian Hao weighed the Heavenly Emperor’s offer to appoint him a Great Dao Heavenly Emperor as Yang Jian urged him to accept.

• A black-robed man sensed an unexplained disturbance, declared that defeating the Heavenly Emperor would not be simple, and formed a staff from the hanging fruits.
• Fairy Yao Xuan read the name Dao Shu Zun on Gu An’s paper and saw visions of slaughter and the devouring of Heavenly Dao Luck.
• Gu An explained that Dao Shu Zun predated the Heavenly Dao, then told Fairy Yao Xuan that he would stand with the Heavenly Dao.
• Fairy Yao Xuan said she wanted to return to seeking the Dao without emotional attachments, and Gu An wrote the name Jiu Hong.
• Tian Hao told Yang Jian, Liu An, and Wei Ye that the Heavenly Emperor was considering him for one of nine Great Dao Heavenly Emperor posts.
• Yang Jian urged Tian Hao to accept the appointment, but Tian Hao asked what his master would have said.

Tian Hao sent Liu An and Wei Ye to Zhongtian to find extraordinary beings named Hong, while Gu An helped Hongyi grow stronger after she sensed one of her kind. A mysterious figure linked Hongyi to the will of Hongmeng and vowed to return with overwhelming force to reveal her origin.

• Yang Jian reflected on how much he trusted his master, while Liu An and Wei Ye wondered whether Yang Jian was the Erlang Shen of Huaxia mythology.
• Tian Hao ordered Liu An and Wei Ye to search Zhongtian for innate beings named Hong and told them to continue until he recalled them.
• Yang Jian questioned why Tian Hao assigned the search to two promising cultivators, and Tian Hao said their fates would lead them to the people he sought.
• Hongyi told Gu An she had sensed one of her kind in the sky but chose to focus on growing stronger, and Gu An continued helping her with his Dao Intent.
• A silhouette formed from leaves approached Hongyi and called her a will of Hongmeng, but Hongyi shook it apart and walked away.
• The leaf silhouette identified Hongyi as Chaos Order and promised to return with overwhelming force, making Immortal Gods die in a downpour so she would seek her origin.

Over ten thousand years, Gu An deepened his understanding of Chaos and created a world inside an ordinary pebble, then hurled it into Chaos to collide with the Demon World. Five hundred years later, the conflict alarmed the Heavenly Court, while Gu An watched ancient experts awaken in pursuit of the Nine Great Chaos Orders.

• Gu An used a pebble to create a world whose inhabitants acted according to his will, then threw it beyond the Heavenly Dao into Chaos.
• Gu An’s created world collided with the Demon World, triggering a catastrophic war that he watched without incurring karma or merit.
• Mighty beings in Chaos noticed the collision, while Gu An returned to Wuzhong Mountain and continued his ordinary routine.
• Five hundred years later, Immortal Gods in the Heavenly Court discussed the war between two forces powerful enough to challenge the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Emperor investigated the conflict and worried that an unknown power might threaten his Heavenly Dao Luck, while Gu An recognized the collision as his warning.
• Gu An observed that ancient experts were awakening for the opportunity to seize one of the Nine Great Chaos Orders.

Gu An rode a divine steed between the Heavenly Court and Wushi Continent while observing how the Heavenly Court and Chaos reacted to the destruction he had caused. After his actions brought the Heavenly Dao a respite, Xuanqing Star Lord came to ask him to save a group of endangered Merit Immortals.

• Gu An observed the Heavenly Dao Supremes' unease and rode a divine steed from the Heavenly Court back to Wushi Continent.
• Gu An introduced the divine steed to Su Han, An Zizai, and other disciples, then returned to Wuzhong Mountain to sleep.
• Gu An returned to the Heavenly Court and saw that the Demon World had been destroyed and his created great world was collapsing.
• Gu An noted that his actions had halted fighting along the Heavenly Dao's borders and hoped the Heavenly Emperor could become a Saint.
• Xuanqing Star Lord knelt before Gu An and pleaded for help rescuing Merit Immortals in Chaos who risked losing their Heavenly Dao Luck and former convictions.

Star Lord Xuanqing asked Gu An to save the Merit Immortals stranded in Chaos, and Gu An appeared to resolve the crisis without leaving the Heavenly Court. The chapter ended with Li Ya and over a hundred Merit Immortals still meditating on a desolate continent in Chaos.

• Star Lord Xuanqing pleaded with Gu An to protect the Merit Immortals, and Gu An asked him about the Son of Heaven, Hongyang.
• Star Lord Xuanqing described Hongyang’s life and admitted he was unsure whether Hongyang would become a wise or tyrannical Heavenly Emperor.
• Gu An said Hongyang could choose a Divine Steed freely in the future, and he told Xuanqing not to reveal that the arrangement came from him.
• Gu An seized Xuanqing’s jade and tossed it away, then declared the Merit Immortals’ predicament resolved without setting out for Chaos.
• Star Lord Xuanqing thanked Gu An and left, while Li Ya and over a hundred Merit Immortals remained on a vast, bleak continent in Chaos.

Li Ya and the Merit Immortals were surrounded by mysterious demons seeking the Hongmeng will, but an enormous azure star appeared and devoured the demons before vanishing. The Merit Immortals survived and continued onward, while Li Ya suspected the female Merit Immortal was concealing the truth about the Hongmeng will.

• The white-robed Merit Immortal sensed karma around the Heaven-Returning Creation Stone, and Li Ya and the others prepared for another danger.
• Black qi covered the sky as mysterious beings surrounded the continent and argued over the Hongmeng will; Li Ya noticed a female Merit Immortal reach for her purplish-red brocade pouch.
• An immense azure star swept away the darkness and devoured the demons, while the Merit Immortals found themselves unable to escape the continent.
• The azure star retreated, and the Merit Immortals speculated about what they had witnessed as the white-robed Merit Immortal urged the continent onward.
• Li Ya reflected on the power of Chaos and suspected the female Merit Immortal was hiding something.

Star Lord Xuanqing learned that Son of Heaven Hongyang was recruiting Immortal Gods and received back the jade stone Gu An had used to save the Merit Immortals. Gu An gained three thousand jing years of lifespan and took the Blood Prison Great Sage to the Path of the Great Dao, where a silver vortex began releasing ghosts that formed a staircase.

• At the East Heavenly Gate, Star Lord Xuanqing learned that Son of Heaven Hongyang was recruiting Immortal Gods in the lower realm.
• A streak of azure light returned the jade stone to Star Lord Xuanqing, who wondered how Gu An had resolved the Merit Immortals’ predicament so quickly.
• At Wuzhong Mountain, Gu An collected three thousand jing years of lifespan through the jade stone and summoned the Blood Prison Great Sage to serve as his mount.
• Gu An rode the Blood Prison Great Sage to the Path of the Great Dao and strolled along its immense central road.
• A silver vortex appeared above the Path of the Great Dao, and ghosts emerged from it to form a staircase down to the land below.

Gu An and Blood Prison Great Sage encountered Ghostly Vicious Venerable on the Path of the Great Dao, where Gu An effortlessly killed him. They continued onward as powerful beings gathered for an approaching Great Dao opportunity and the birth of another Great Dao Nine Hong.

• Blood Prison Great Sage spotted Ghostly Vicious Venerable and urged Gu An to confront him, but Gu An told him to keep moving.
• Ghostly Vicious Venerable attacked Blood Prison Great Sage and Gu An, but Gu An blasted him apart.
• Ghostly Vicious Venerable filled the void with countless powerful avatars, and Gu An erased them and seized his lifespan.
• Blood Prison Great Sage was shaken by Gu An's power, and Gu An told him to keep going because the real show was still ahead.
• Gu An recognized Ghostly Vicious Venerable as an ancient Underworld mighty being who had come seeking a Great Dao opportunity, while powerful beings from both worlds gathered nearby.

Gu An and the Blood Prison Great Sage reached a pit on the Path of the Great Dao, where powerful beings had gathered around a mysterious red egg. After the Heavenly Court’s Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor arrived, he recognized Gu An as the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch, and Gu An revealed that he had expected him.

• The Blood Prison Great Sage hurried toward the promised spectacle while Gu An watched their destination approach.
• True Origin Old Ancestor and other powerful figures examined a golden-patterned red egg at the bottom of a gigantic pit, waiting for it to hatch.
• The Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor arrived on a silver throne, and the Immortal Gods greeted him as a Heavenly Dao Supreme.
• Gu An explained that the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions both rejected outsiders and protected the thing about to be born.
• True Origin Old Ancestor recognized Gu An, while the Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor and the other gathered powers grew wary of his unseen aura.
• The Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor addressed Gu An as the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch, and Gu An said he had calculated that the Emperor would come.

Gu An watched the Golden-Veined Red Egg with Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor and a crowd of Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals as it neared its birth. The Heavenly Emperor’s hidden karma enveloped the egg, and as it began to crack, the Heavenly Emperor focused on Gu An and wondered whether he was an enemy.

• Gu An told Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor that the egg’s roots were too complicated to interfere with, and Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor agreed to keep watching.
• More than a hundred Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals gathered as the figure inside the egg began breathing faster.
• The Great Dao erupted into lightning, and Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor saw a terrifying strand of karma overwhelm the others around the egg.
• Gu An recognized the strand as the Heavenly Emperor’s deliberately disguised karma and realized Purple Vault Great Dao Emperor was unknowingly one of the Heavenly Emperor’s disciples.
• In Lingxiao Treasure Hall, the Heavenly Emperor saw Gu An as a possible threat to his plan to claim the Hongmeng Will, though he sensed Gu An might not be his enemy.
• The Golden-Veined Red Egg began to crack as the Heavenly Emperor watched.