Chapter Summaries

True Origin Old Ancestor asked Gu An how to handle a mysterious future being that seized lifespans, and Gu An claimed he would deal with it. In Chaos, Zhu Xi watched God Venerable Dahuangtian die when a streak of fierce light engulfed them.

• True Origin Old Ancestor told Gu An about the future lifespan-seizing existence and asked how to face it, and Gu An said he would handle it.
• Gu An told True Origin Old Ancestor to stay on Fangcun Island and cultivate while he calmed down.
• Zhu Xi watched Chaos from God Venerable Dahuangtian's pagoda and asked him about its dangers.
• God Venerable Dahuangtian warned Zhu Xi that some places in Chaos could seize people across the void.
• A streak of fierce light struck, and God Venerable Dahuangtian was reduced to ashes with his soul scattered.

Zhu Xi survived the destruction of the Heaven and Earth Linglong Mysterious Tower and was swept into a ruined world, changing her future. Gu An then joined Lu Lingjun and the newly celebrated First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River as it advanced toward Cangming.

• A Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal killed God Venerable Dahuangtian and slaughtered the Immortal Gods inside the Heaven and Earth Linglong Mysterious Tower, while Zhu Xi escaped through a spacetime rift.
• Gu An observed that Zhu Xi's escape would lead her to a forgotten ruined world and could eventually make her a powerful Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal.
• Gu An watched True Origin Old Ancestor cultivate and considered his potential to become the Heavenly Dao's savior, even as Saints outside Chaos accelerated their approach.
• The Heavenly Emperor named Marshal Zhitian's battle-tested force the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River, and Gu An joined Lu Lingjun as the army advanced toward Cangming.
• Gu An told the White Spirit Demon Emperor it would soon learn what could make him get serious.

Gu An accompanied the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River as it advanced toward Cangming, where Emperor Jiming Cang was testing the Heavenly Court’s forces. The army encountered a gigantic dried corpse, and Gu An revealed it had once reached the late Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor realm.

• Gu An reassured Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor as they discussed Cangming and the coming battle.
• The First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River entered a region of darkness, where Marshal Zhitian prepared the troops for combat.
• A huge, resentful dried corpse emerged ahead and blocked the army’s path.
• Gu An told the White Spirit Demon Emperor that the corpse was dead and had once reached the late Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor realm.
• Gu An explained that this realm was above the Daluo Dao Fruit, with two major realms between them, startling Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor.

The giant dried corpse shattered the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River’s formation and unleashed devastating azure flames, forcing Lu Lingjun, the White Spirit Demon Emperor, and Gu An into a desperate battle. As Emperor Jiming Cang observed from afar, he concluded the corpse could disrupt his plans and suspected even more powerful hidden forces were involved.

• The giant dried corpse scattered the Heavenly Dao river of light and broke the army’s formation with a sweep of its claws, sending Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor flying until Gu An caught them.
• Marshal Zhitian charged the corpse with the aid of two Black Qilins and struck its forehead with a powerful spear attack.
• The corpse engulfed Marshal Zhitian in azure flames and burned Immortal Gods who could not escape, prompting the Daluo Dao Fruit generals and the rest of the army to charge.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor joined the assault, with Gu An following behind them, while the corpse continued breathing fire and killing Immortal Gods.
• Marshal Zhitian revived and attacked again as the battle intensified.
• Emperor Jiming Cang told the dark-red Magic Beast that the corpse would affect his plans and speculated about the powerful existence behind it and other hidden forces in Chaos.

Gu An explained the Giant Corpse’s power as it devastated the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River, then destroyed it with a single kick. The shaken survivors learned he had used the Taixuan Sect’s Gale Absolute Shadow Leg.

• Emperor Jiming Cang and the dark-red Magic Beast watched the war and questioned why the Heavenly Army had survived so long.
• Gu An told Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor that the Giant Corpse could drain its victims and revealed that it was a weapon aimed at the Heavenly Dao.
• Gu An waited for the hidden Heavenly Dao Supreme to act, but the Giant Corpse unleashed a blast that devastated the battlefield and critically wounded Marshal Zhitian.
• Gu An kicked out thousands of leg shadows, shattering the void and annihilating the Giant Corpse.
• Gu An told Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor that his attack was the Taixuan Sect’s Gale Absolute Shadow Leg.

Gu An destroyed the Giant Corpse with his evolved Gale Absolute Shadow Leg and revealed himself as the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch, earning Marshal Zhitian’s recognition. He led the Heavenly River army into the dark-red void, where they faced the Cangming Creation Tree and Emperor Jiming Cang.

• Gu An recalled that his Gale Absolute Shadow Leg had evolved from the Residual Wind Leg his master Cheng Xuandan once obtained.
• Marshal Zhitian recognized Gu An as the Heavenly Monarch, and Gu An’s identity as the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch was revealed to the Immortal Gods.
• Gu An dispelled the Great Dao turbulence with a step and brought the Immortal Gods before the Cangming Creation Tree.
• Emperor Jiming Cang asked why Gu An helped the Heavenly Dao despite knowing the harm it posed to Chaos.
• Gu An advanced toward the Cangming Creation Tree, and Marshal Zhitian and the surviving Immortal Gods followed.

Gu An and the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River fought Emperor Jiming Cang’s forces at the Cangming Creation Tree. Gu An cut through Cangming’s cultivators and advanced toward the tree’s trunk as its universes unleashed more enemies against him.

• Heavenly Venerable Juenian arrived to aid Gu An, while Emperor Jiming Cang led Cangming’s forces into battle against the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River.
• Heavenly Venerable Juenian summoned a mountain and a great river that scattered the Cangming army, and enemies emerged from the darkness to surround the Heavenly Dao forces.
• Gu An drew the Qinghong Sword and cut Emperor Jiming Cang and the dark-red Magic Beast apart, then fought through Cangming cultivators with ease.
• Heavenly Venerable Juenian attacked Emperor Jiming Cang after he reformed his body, while Gu An continued battling and deliberately prolonged the fight.
• As Gu An advanced toward the Cangming Creation Tree’s trunk, its universes sent beams of light and figures from the past and future to kill him.

Qin Chuang’s rise from a village woodcutter to Immortal Ancestor Tailiang ended when a white-clothed swordsman shattered his Heaven-Reaching Cauldron with one strike. As the scene broke into fragments, Qin Chuang could not believe his greatest treasure had been destroyed.

• Qin Chuang agreed to join Cangming’s call to defend the Great Dao from an existence seeking to destroy it.
• Qin Chuang entered the Great Dao and saw mighty figures from the past, including his future disciple.
• Qin Chuang arrived in a dark-red void and recognized the enormous Cangming Creation Tree.
• Qin Chuang took out the Heaven-Reaching Cauldron as a white-clothed swordsman swept through the gathered beings.
• The swordsman appeared before Qin Chuang and shattered the Heaven-Reaching Cauldron with a single strike.

Gu An slaughtered the forces summoned by Emperor Jiming Cang and unlocked Lifespan Transmutation, which could resurrect those he had killed. As Gu An captured Emperor Jiming Cang, the Heavenly Emperor sensed a sinister Karma tied to Hongmeng and glimpsed three terrifying figures in the darkness.

• Gu An killed Emperor Jiming Cang’s summoned fighters, reflecting on how they had been deceived into fighting for Cangming.
• Gu An’s lifespan surpassed ten million trillion trillion years, unlocking Lifespan Transmutation, which let him resurrect slain beings at a chosen cultivation level.
• The Heavenly Emperor watched the battle and grew wary of Gu An, wondering whether he was a Saint and what connection he had to Hongmeng’s destruction.
• Gu An seized Emperor Jiming Cang and lifted him toward a branch of the Cangming Creation Tree as Jiming Cang struggled and summoned Cangming’s karmic fortune.
• The Heavenly Emperor sensed strange Karma from Emperor Jiming Cang and recalled encountering similar traces amid Hongmeng’s destruction.
• The Karma erupted in black light, and the Heavenly Emperor saw three ominous figures in darkness that made his own perfected cultivation feel weak.

Gu An killed Emperor Jiming Cang and the Cangming forces began to collapse, but a mysterious being then targeted him through a rift near Jiang Qiong's Gathering Flower Sect. Gu An protected Jiang Qiong and revealed that he could not kill the being, leaving its threat unresolved.

• Gu An crushed Emperor Jiming Cang's neck, destroying his body, spirit, and karma, and the Heavenly Emperor realized a more terrifying force was behind the conflict.
• The Cangming Creation Tree withered, the Cangming forces fled, and Marshal Zhitian ordered the immortals and gods to hunt them down.
• Jiang Qiong reflected on her Gathering Flower Sect's success in Zhongtian and her longing to see Gu An again.
• A black rift opened near Jiang Qiong, and a blood-red eye froze her until Gu An arrived and dispelled its pressure.
• Gu An said the eye's owner was targeting him, then told Jiang Qiong that he could not kill the being.

Gu An visited Jiang Qiong after the mysterious eye vanished, then returned to find the Heavenly Court gaining ground against Cangming under the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River. As Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch’s reputation rose, Li Ya noticed parallels between him and Gu An’s writings and asked Xuanqing Star Lord about a bull demon.

• The blood-red eye and black rift disappeared, and Gu An told Jiang Qiong the distant entity was beyond the reach of even the Immortal Gods in the heavens.
• Jiang Qiong concluded Gu An had hidden his exceptional talent, while Gu An reflected that his true advantage came from his Lifespan Evolution ability.
• Gu An stayed with Jiang Qiong at the Gathering Flower Sect for more than half a month before returning to Wushi Daoist Field.
• As Cangming’s fortune scattered, its armies faltered and the Heavenly Court advanced; news spread that Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch and Heavenly Venerable Juenian were attacking Cangming’s lair.
• Xuanqing Star Lord recounted how he had invited Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch, and Li Ya connected the stories to Gu An’s books before asking whether the Heavenly Monarch had a half-human, half-demon bull under him.

Gu An traveled to Olden Hongmeng to use Lifespan Breakthrough to advance beyond the Primordial Taiyi True Saint Realm. He discovered Olden Hongmeng was tied to Hongmeng’s existence, then began investing his vast lifespan in a breakthrough.

• Li Ya asked Star Lord Xuanqing about the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch’s disciples, but Xuanqing’s answer convinced him he had mistaken his connection to Gu An.
• The Heavenly Court’s Immortal Gods discussed the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch’s achievements and anticipated the return of the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River.
• Gu An activated Lifespan Breakthrough and chose Olden Hongmeng from the locations offered.
• Gu An spent one hundred quintillion years of lifespan to travel to Olden Hongmeng, a lifeless realm linked to Hongmeng and governed by a power that held the Great Dao in check.
• Gu An checked his Attribute Panel, confirmed his lifespan could fund a breakthrough, and began investing it in his cultivation.

The Heavenly Dao forces returned after destroying Cangming, while a blue radiance granted beings across the Heavenly Dao and Chaos visions of their pasts and possible futures. In Olden Hongmeng, Gu An completed his breakthrough to Wuji Super-Origin Venerable Saint and learned the truth behind Hongmeng’s destruction.

• Marshal Zhitian and the Immortal Gods of the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River celebrated their victory and credited Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch.
• White Spirit Demon Emperor urged Lu Lingjun to submit to Gu An, prompting Lu Lingjun to question her hesitation.
• A blue light spread across the Heavenly Dao and Chaos, showing living beings new memories of their futures and cultivators the profundities of their next realms.
• The Heavenly Emperor saw himself becoming a Saint and sensed the difference between a Saint and a Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor.
• Gu An awakened in Olden Hongmeng after advancing from the Primordial Taiyi True Saint Realm to the Wuji Super-Origin Venerable Saint Realm.
• Gu An learned that a Hongmeng Saint’s attempt to reach a higher realm sparked a battle that shattered Hongmeng, after which its pioneer dispersed his cultivation to preserve it as the Hongmeng Will.

After attaining the Wuji Super-Origin Venerable Saint realm, Gu An examined the Saints nearing Chaos and planned to create a Dao Universe of his own. He established the Wushi Dao Gate, and the chapter ended with An Xin finding him after the creation’s effects faded.

• Gu An realized he could appoint nine Saints, chose the Heavenly Emperor among his candidates, and decided the approaching Saints outside Chaos would become a trial for later generations.
• Gu An investigated the origins of Dao Universes and the Underworld, then resolved to create his own Dao Universe and move the Wushi Daoist Field into the Wushi Realm.
• Gu An formed the Wushi Dao Gate between two mountains, and its golden light swept across the Wushi Daoist Field.
• Five days later, the living beings awakened from the creation, and An Xin found Gu An carving a wooden sword and asked whether the anomaly had affected him.

Gu An gave An Xin the Wushi Master Sword and named her master of the Wushi Realm, while the mysterious blessing stirred powerful insights and speculation across the worlds. Decades later, he revealed the Wushi Realm to his disciples and let them venture out to train and bring their descendants back.

• An Xin worried that the mysterious blessing might bring disaster, but Gu An reassured her and gave her the Wushi Master Sword, making her master of the Wushi Realm.
• Liu An and Wei Ye discussed visions of their past and future after receiving the blessing, while they sensed Tian Hao’s powerful aura.
• Tian Hao awoke from a dream of becoming a Saint and wondered why the blessing had chosen him.
• Cultivators and mortals across Chaos awoke, and the cultivation world came to believe the Great Dao had bestowed the fortune.
• The Heavenly Emperor rewarded the First Demon-Sweeping Army, promoted Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch to Merit Suppressing God Supreme, and granted Divine Steed Officials providential protection.
• Gu An told the second-generation disciples about the Wushi Realm and allowed them to go out, train, and eventually bring their descendants and disciples back.

Gu An established the Wushi Realm as a home for his disciples and put An Xin in charge, while the Wushi name spread through Zhongtian over ten thousand years. The chapter ended with Immortal Lord Baitao recognizing a passing God Venerable while trapped in a sealed cultivation state, but the God Venerable continued on without helping him.

• Gu An reassured his disciples that the Wushi Realm could hold many people and hinted that his recent fortune had helped him break through.
• Gu An appointed An Xin master of the Wushi Realm and told Shen Zhen she could travel and return through the Wushi Dao Gate.
• Gu An explained that he wanted the Wushi Realm to have living beings and planned to invite people from the Myriad Worlds into it.
• The Heavenly Court gained momentum in its war against Chaos, and the First Demon-Sweeping Army of the Heavenly River received promotions and rewards.
• Ten thousand years later, Wushi's name had spread through Zhongtian, its disciples traveled freely, and Immortal Gods visited Wushi Continent to meet An Zizai.
• Immortal Lord Baitao called to a passing God Venerable for help, but the God Venerable glanced at him and kept walking.

An Xin entered a mysterious void while comprehending the Dao and confronted a colossal eight-armed figure that asked about the end of immortal cultivation. Meanwhile, Gu An shared a meal with the Young Monk, who read his palm and was shocked to find that he had transcended the mortal and entered the Saint realm.

• An Xin learned from the visiting God Venerable that Gu An had become a Heavenly Dao Supreme and marveled at his hidden accomplishments.
• An Xin entered the Wushi Realm to cultivate with the Wushi Master Sword, but a powerful force pulled her into a strange void.
• An Xin faced a colossal eight-armed figure that asked what lay at the end of cultivating immortality and comprehending the Dao.
• Gu An drank and ate with the Young Monk, who offered to read his fortune in return for the roasted chicken.
• The Young Monk examined Gu An's palm, then recoiled in shock at his discovery that Gu An had transcended the mortal and entered the Saint realm.

Gu An revealed that Young Monk was the reincarnation of his junior brother Wuxin and confronted a powerful being lurking inside him. After identifying the being as a pawn of Saint Venerable Luo Xu, Gu An spoke with the distant Saint, who warned that Chaos had drawn the attention of many Saints.

• Young Monk feared Gu An after realizing that the seemingly frail scholar possessed power beyond Immortal Gods.
• Gu An recalled that Young Monk was Wuxin, whose reincarnation he had helped bring to Zhongtian, and that the Great Immeasurable Devil Ancestor had targeted him.
• Young Monk lost control of his body, but Gu An splashed wine on him and forced a Dark Shadow out of him.
• The Dark Shadow recognized Gu An as a Saint of Chaos, and Gu An explained that Saint Venerable Luo Xu had sent the Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor into the Heavenly Dao as a pawn.
• Saint Venerable Luo Xu addressed Gu An as Meng Lang and warned that Chaos had become conspicuous to many Saints in the darkness.

Gu An erased the Dark Shadow, helped Wuxin begin a new path, and left him with manuals and a way to seek help. A million years later, as Wushi flourished in its realm, An Xin approved Wu Xie’s mission to the Nine Abyss Underworld to rescue captured disciples.

• Gu An dispersed the Dark Shadow and its Karma, while allowing Young Monk to remember what happened.
• Gu An told Young Monk that they had been senior and junior brothers in a past life, gave him secret manuals, and left after pointing him toward Wushi if he ever needed help.
• A million years passed, the war between Chaos and the Heavenly Dao ended, and Gu An revived beings to populate the Wushi Realm.
• An Zizai told An Xin that Wushi disciples had been taken to the Nine Abyss Underworld and asked to send Wu Xie to investigate and rescue them.
• Wu Xie volunteered to go, and An Xin approved the mission while warning him to judge carefully whom he intended to save.

An Xin reflected on fate and Gu An’s power after Wu Xie and An Zizai left, while Gu An visited a town where a snake demon was causing trouble. He stopped the beggar from confronting the demon, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• An Xin watched Wu Xie and An Zizai leave and realized Wu Xie’s Underworld calamity could change in form but not disappear.
• An Xin lamented Gu An’s absence and marveled that the Wushi Master Sword had helped her approach the Miaozhen Great Luo Immortal realm.
• Gu An listened to a storyteller in an inn and asked the woman in green to bring a beggar inside, offering her silver.
• The woman in green tried to drag the beggar into the inn, but his power forced her back and he confronted her about seeking a treasure.
• The beggar immobilized the woman in green and approached her, but Gu An told him to stop frightening the pitiful little demon.