Chapter Summaries

Gu An revealed that Hongmeng had hidden itself within Chaos and helped Old Ancestor Honggan become a Saint while freeing Hongyi from the Great Dao Nine Hong. As Saints and other enemies threatened the Heavenly Dao, Gu An began summoning the Wushi Saints.

• Old Ancestor Honggan asked Gu An why the Hongmeng Will had controlled their bodies, and Gu An urged him to become a Saint.
• Gu An infused Old Ancestor Honggan with Hongmeng Purple Qi and explained that Hongmeng had concealed itself within Chaos because of an internal threat.
• Gu An healed Hongyi, severed her connection to the Great Dao Nine Hong, and transferred her fate and karma to Old Ancestor Honggan.
• Hongyi learned that more than twelve Saints were targeting Chaos and that the Heavenly Emperor was fighting a Saint beyond it.
• Gu An told Hongyi he would summon the Wushi Saints, then opened a rainbow portal through which figures began to appear.

Gu An revealed eighteen Saints, including Hongyi’s future self, and sent them toward the conflict threatening the Heavenly Dao. As the Heavenly Emperor faced five Saints, Gu An’s reincarnation Ji arrived as a Saint and attacked a golden-robed female Saint.

• Gu An showed Hongyi eighteen Saints, and she recognized her future self along with Li Ya, An Xin, Tian Hao, Zhu Xi, Xiao Lan, and Ji Xiaoyu.
• Hongyi asked whether eighteen Saints could end the conflict, and Gu An said that one alone would be enough.
• The Heavenly Emperor faced Nine Suns Divine Ancestor and four other Saints, trusting that the Heavenly Dao still had a chance to survive.
• Ji emerged from a golden vortex as a Saint, alarming the Heavenly Emperor and the five Saints.
• The golden-robed female Saint summoned countless snake shadows, and Ji tore through them before punching at her.

As Gu An’s summoned Wushi Saints awakened the same potential in their original selves, a terrifying Saint appeared over Wushi Realm and confronted the realm’s hidden protector. The chapter ended with the protector facing the intruder amid a sea of flying swords.

• Li Ya sensed a Saint’s aura identical to his own as saintly might descended over the Heavenly Realm, while a white-robed fairy in the Twenty-Fifth Heaven recognized Hei Xuan.
• Tian Hao, An Xin, Zhu Xi, Xiao Lan, Ji Xiaoyu, Jiang Qiong, and others sensed that they would become Saints, and Jiang Qiong credited Gu An for her qualification.
• Wu Xie accused An Zizai of betraying Wushi, but An Zizai insisted he wanted to purge its lax disciples and lead Wushi to replace the Heavenly Dao.
• A gigantic, dragonlike Saint’s head broke through the sky above Wushi Realm, forcing An Zizai, Wu Xie, and the other combatants to stop fighting.
• Countless swords flew into the sky and formed a blue sea of Sword Qi around Wushi Realm, revealing a blue-robed man whom the intruding Saint challenged.

Yang Xian and Ji confronted powerful foes as Gu An watched the catastrophe unfold, but the invading Saints and their opponents were suddenly immobilized by a mysterious purple banner. The banner’s power dragged all the Saints surrounding Chaos toward an unknown domain.

• Yang Xian sensed his karma with An Xin, drew his sword, and faced the Saint who had summoned him.
• Sword cultivators in the River of Sword Dao sensed the Sacred Heart Sword Dao manifesting as blue light appeared.
• Ji overpowered the Saints attacking the Heavenly Emperor, while the Heavenly Emperor struggled to accept Ji’s strength.
• Gu An told Hongyi that he was gratified by an old acquaintance’s refusal to give up, then revealed that the Saints he had summoned included his reincarnated bodies and future Wushi Saints.
• A purple banner formed from Heavenly Dao Luck appeared, suppressed the Saints’ power, and began dragging them toward an unknown domain.

Saints from across past and future were trapped in a barren realm and confronted by two identical Dao Lords, one bearing Chaos qi and the other Hongmeng Purple Qi. The Hongmeng Dao Lord questioned who had summoned them, fixing his attention on Ji.

• Li Ya and Tian Hao arrived in the realm, where Tian Hao sensed that he could not perceive the Great Dao.
• Gu Xuanyou, An Xin, the Heavenly Emperor, and many other Saints descended and found themselves unable to escape or sense beyond the realm.
• Yang Xian arrived, and Ji landed beside him; the two acknowledged each other's formidable Sword Intent and battle intent.
• The ground trembled, then Chaos qi surged across the land, alarming the trapped Saints and leaving the Wushi Saints wary.
• A Purple Great Banner appeared, and two identical Dao Lords emerged, one radiating Chaos qi and the other Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• The Hongmeng Dao Lord asked who had summoned the Saints from the future and focused his gaze on Ji.

Ji and the Saints fought the Hongmeng Dao Lord and Chaos Dao Lord after the Dao Lords revealed they had trapped them to use their power to break through. The Saints were defeated, and Ji remained the last one standing as Gu An prepared to intervene.

• The Hongmeng Dao Lord and Chaos Dao Lord revealed that the Saints had entered a formation and would become power for the Hongmeng Dao Lord to surpass the Primordial Taiyi True Saint.
• Ji attacked the Dao Lords, inspiring the Saints to resist, and the battle erupted as more than thirty Saints joined the fight.
• Gu An told Hongyi he was going to deal with the masterminds, then vanished from the cliff while Hongyi stayed behind to comprehend her path.
• The Dao Lords overwhelmed the Saints, leaving them gravely wounded and drained of magic power, while Ji alone remained standing.
• The Chaos Dao Lord mocked Ji, and the wounded Saints looked to him as their last hope.

Li Ya and Yang Xian helped Ji gather the strength to strike at the Chaos Dao Lord and the Hongmeng Dao Lord, but their counterattack was stopped by the Purple Great Banner. Gu An appeared just before the Chaos Dao Lord’s sword could hit Ji.

• Li Ya gave Ji the last of his magic power, and Ji’s fighting spirit surged as the Chaos Dao Lord mocked the Saints.
• Yang Xian stood and sent his Sword Intent into Ji, forming silver-blue armor around him.
• Ji unleashed a devastating punch that struck the two Dao Lords and shook the mysterious world, but the Purple Great Banner swelled and the Dao Lords emerged unharmed.
• The Chaos Dao Lord restrained Ji and Yang Xian, then swung a black sword at them.
• Gu An appeared before Ji and dispersed the incoming Sword Qi, while An Xin called out in surprise.

Gu An confronted the Chaos Dao Lord and Hongmeng Dao Lord, effortlessly overpowering their attacks as they joined forces against him. As the Saints faced the danger of their fused power, Gu An drew the Qinghong Sword and asked Li Ya whether he still remembered the sword technique he had taught him.

• Gu An arrived as the Chaos Dao Lord and Hongmeng Dao Lord questioned his identity, and he challenged them over their treatment of the living beings they had created.
• The two Dao Lords attacked Gu An, but he caught them, slammed them into the ground, and scattered the Chaos Dao Lord’s sword strikes with two fingers.
• The Hongmeng Dao Lord unleashed the Purple Great Banner while the Chaos Dao Lord combined his Black Sword with it, transforming the battlefield and raising its heat to a level that threatened the Saints.
• Gu An asked Li Ya whether he remembered the sword technique he had taught him, then drew the Qinghong Sword as sword-wielding phantoms appeared around him.

Gu An overwhelmed the Chaos Dao Lord and Hongmeng Dao Lord with his sword, while Ji achieved complete enlightenment during a vision of countless reincarnations. The chapter left the two defeated Dao Lords kneeling before Gu An as he confronted them about destroying the worlds they had created.

• Gu An’s sword phantoms rose together and combined their Sword Qi into a single attack that struck the Dao Lord’s overwhelming flames and lightning.
• Ji dreamed through countless reincarnations, achieved complete enlightenment, and awoke recognizing Gu An as the invincible figure he had sought.
• Ji, Yang Xian, and Gu An’s other Reincarnation bodies awakened to find the Chaos Dao Lord and Hongmeng Dao Lord kneeling before Gu An.
• The awakened Wushi Saints and the Saints who had served the Dao Lord saw the defeated Dao Lords, while the Great Profound Yin Sovereign accepted the outcome as natural.
• Hongmeng Dao Lord asked whether Gu An had surpassed the Primordial Taiyi True Saint, and Gu An challenged both Dao Lords over their plans to destroy Hongmeng and Chaos.

Gu An ended the calamity by killing Hongmeng Dao Lord and Chaos Dao Lord, then sent the invading saints into reincarnation. Later, he explained to Jiang Qiong that he had spared them so they could help Chaos produce new saints, while hinting that the two Dao Lords might have survived as children.

• Gu An killed Hongmeng Dao Lord and Chaos Dao Lord with one sword strike, then sent fourteen invading saints into reincarnation to earn their freedom by nurturing a saint within Chaos.
• Gu An gave the Wushi Saints one day before they had to leave, while Ji, Gu Xuanyou, and the other reincarnated bodies departed to resolve their own regrets.
• The Heavenly Dao's great calamity ended, and the Heavenly Emperor announced that he would enter seclusion to recover from his injuries.
• At the Gathering Flower Sect, Jiang Qiong told Gu An about meeting her future self and asked why he had spared the invading saints.
• Gu An explained that Chaos needed stronger power and that he hoped the reincarnated saints would help create Chaos Saints; he also reflected on building the Wushi Realm into a Dao Universe beyond the ordinary kind.
• Jiang Qiong pointed out two children playing with the Great Profound Yin Sovereign and asked whether they were the reincarnated Dao Lords.

Gu An traveled with Old Ancestor Honggan, Qingfeng, Mingyue, and the Great Profound Yin Sovereign to explore a new world in the Heavenly Dao. Meanwhile, Zhang Buku prepared to leave the Heavenly Dao in search of a chance to become a Saint, entrusting the Evil Court to Xu You.

• Gu An reassured Jiang Qiong that the Chaos Dao Lord and Hongmeng Dao Lord would survive the Heavenly Dao's reincarnation and offered immortal opportunities to the Gathering Flower Sect.
• Gu An and his companions left the Gathering Flower Sect, and he explained that the Great Dao Nine Hong had become independent after the Dao Lord severed their karma.
• Old Ancestor Honggan warned Qingfeng and Mingyue to follow the rules, then Gu An brought the group to a new world beneath a twilight sky and beside a vast ocean.
• Xu You questioned Zhang Buku's decision to leave the Heavenly Dao and seek a chance to become a Saint, but Zhang Buku insisted he would return alive and entrusted him with the Evil Court.

The Heavenly Emperor asked Son of Heaven Hongyang to help shoulder the Heavenly Court’s expanding duties and revealed a plan that shocked him. Meanwhile, Gu An explained Chaos’s future to the Great Profound Yin Sovereign before they set out to investigate the powerful being who had captured Old Ancestor Honggan.

• The Heavenly Emperor reassured Son of Heaven Hongyang that his sacred heart was damaged but he would survive, then urged him to gain experience by sharing the Heavenly Court’s responsibilities.
• Son of Heaven Hongyang agreed to hear the Heavenly Emperor’s plan and was shocked by the scale of his ambitions.
• Gu An told the Great Profound Yin Sovereign that Chaos would grow stronger alongside Dao Universes and that the strongest creation lay in the Wushi Realm.
• Qingfeng reported that a monster had captured Senior Honggan, and Gu An asked the Great Profound Yin Sovereign to investigate the matter before leading the way.
• The Great Profound Yin Sovereign sensed another Saint’s karma entwined with Old Ancestor Honggan’s, while Honggan remained bound by a giant white python and demanded answers from a woman in white.

Gu An met Lu Lingjun, a saint from a distant future, who came seeking help with a threat endangering all of Chaos. He directed her to Zhang Buku, but Lu Lingjun revealed that she had also hoped Gu An could send her back.

• The White Python restrained Old Ancestor Honggan until Gu An arrived with the Great Profound Yin Sovereign, Qingfeng, and Mingyue.
• Lu Lingjun revealed that she and the White Spirit Demon Emperor had come from a distant future, where all of Chaos faced a threat.
• Gu An told Lu Lingjun he would not interfere in the future but advised her to find Zhang Buku for help.
• Lu Lingjun thanked Gu An but then admitted that she had come hoping he could send her back.

Gu An explained how his actions had created new Great Dao rules and variables, while Great Profound Yin Sovereign and Old Ancestor Honggan recognized the vast gap between him and other beings. He warned his companions that growing variables would bring trials, including encounters with Dao Lord-level existences.

• Gu An told Lu Lingjun that going to see the past would help her understand how variables could sever karma, and she stayed behind to think it over.
• Great Profound Yin Sovereign explained that Gu An's actions had created a new Great Dao rule, causing variables that could not threaten Gu An but could affect others.
• Gu An said he could shape the future and create different fates, then reflected on how quickly his strength and lifespan were growing.
• Gu An warned Great Profound Yin Sovereign and Old Ancestor Honggan that future variables would bring challenges, though he would ensure they did not die.
• Gu An told Mingyue and Qingfeng their trial would be even greater and could involve beings like the Dao Lord.

Gu An returned to the Wushi Realm and found An Xin troubled by her restless visions of the Heavenly Dao. He assigned her to lead Wushi Disciples to True Origin Old Ancestor’s Dao gathering, where trouble awaited, and told her to follow her true heart when it came.

• Gu An surveyed the expanding Wushi Realm and watched two Dao Treasury Carefree Immortals spar without killing intent.
• Gu An visited An Xin at her Dao Field and asked why she kept using the Absolute Void Pupils to observe the heavens.
• An Xin explained that her pupils had advanced, allowing her to shift between void and reality, reverse fortune, and briefly revive the dead.
• Gu An explained that lingering variables from the Saints’ invasion were unsettling her and suggested she relax.
• Gu An tasked An Xin with leading Wushi Disciples to True Origin Old Ancestor’s Dao gathering beyond the Heavenly Dao, warning that trouble would arise and urging her to trust her true heart.

Gu An took Epiphyllum Ghost Mother traveling and broadened her understanding of the changing Heavenly Dao. In a mortal city, he noticed someone with the aspect of chaos and revealed that Jiang Qiong would become a Saint before a Flying Sword suddenly targeted Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.

• Gu An agreed to take Epiphyllum Ghost Mother on his travels and reassured her that he considered her one of his own.
• Gu An helped several talented disciples who were being suppressed, intending to strengthen them and caution the Wushi Disciples.
• Decades later, Gu An traveled with Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, Old Ancestor Honggan, the Great Profound Yin Sovereign, Qingfeng, and Mingyue to a mortal city.
• Gu An sensed a person with the aspect of chaos and told Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that Jiang Qiong would become a Saint and later become enemies with another Saint.
• A Flying Sword shot out of the crowd and pointed directly at Epiphyllum Ghost Mother.

Old Ancestor Yuntian remembered how Gu An and his companions had changed the course of his childhood, then explained the encounter to Zhang Yu. As they rested in the city, the master and disciple sensed two powerful figures fighting beyond the firmament and identified them as forces aligned with the Heavenly Dao.

• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother caught the young man's flying sword, and Gu An said the attack had added another thread of karma against Saints.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother returned the sword and warned the young man to remember how powerless he felt as Gu An and his companions walked past him.
• Ten million years later, Old Ancestor Yuntian recalled the childhood encounter while standing above a city, and Zhang Yu arrived after finding no signs of Nine Abyss there.
• Old Ancestor Yuntian told Zhang Yu how Gu An and the others had taught him caution, and Zhang Yu agreed that they must have been extraordinary beings.
• Old Ancestor Yuntian and Zhang Yu sensed two Dao Extreme Daluo Immortals fighting beyond the firmament, and Old Ancestor Yuntian recognized a ninth-generation Wushi Realm disciple facing a Heavenly Court Immortal God.

Epiphyllum Ghost Mother celebrated her breakthrough to Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal and visited Gu An, who was fishing in a lake without fish. Gu An pulled a mysterious man from a tear in space, and the man pleaded with him to save creation.

• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother admired her new Mystic Qi Chaotic Immortal perception and flew to the lake where Gu An, Old Ancestor Honggan, and Great Profound Yin Sovereign were gathered.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother described her breakthrough, while Old Ancestor Honggan explained the realms above hers.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother asked what Gu An was fishing for, and the rod suddenly tugged despite the lake having no visible fish.
• Gu An hauled a black-clothed man through a twisted tear in spacetime and onto the grass.
• The man recognized Gu An as Wushi and begged him to save the endless Great Dao and creation.
• Old Ancestor Honggan warned that the man came from beyond Chaos and questioned why Gu An should help him.

Gu An questioned Dao Ancestor Wanyuan about the mysterious power devouring the Great Dao beyond Chaos. Wanyuan identified Gu An as his only hope, but Gu An admitted he lacked confidence and asked Wanyuan to begin repaying him immediately.

• Dao Ancestor Wanyuan warned that a formless power was devouring the Great Dao and had drained his cultivation.
• Wanyuan said the power might have existed since the Great Dao's source and had begun striking Dao Universes more frequently.
• Gu An asked why Wanyuan believed he could save them, and Wanyuan explained that Gu An's Wushi surpassed the Great Dao and that he had sensed Gu An resist the power.
• Gu An said saving Wanyuan had been his limit and that he had acted because of Wanyuan's rare merit, not confidence that he could defeat the power.
• Wanyuan apologized and promised to repay Gu An, who told him to start repaying him immediately.

Gu An restored Dao Ancestor Wanyuan and tasked him with helping guide Chaos as it advanced, while keeping Gu An’s role secret. Years later, Wanyuan had become a renowned Daoist figure in the Heavenly Dao, and Star Lord Xuanqing sought Gu An’s help after failing to recruit him.

• Gu An restored Dao Ancestor Wanyuan’s cultivation and assigned him to help open a higher path for Chaos without revealing Gu An’s involvement.
• Gu An assured Epiphyllum Ghost Mother that the evil power could not threaten Chaos before she became a Saint, and said Qingfeng and Mingyue’s final tribulation was Wanyuan.
• Gu An considered his own coming breakthrough and whether to use Lifespan Breakthrough to reach a safe place.
• Over the years, the Heavenly Dao and Chaos began to merge, and Dao Ancestor Wanyuan became a celebrated figure who spread Daoist teachings across the Myriad Worlds.
• After Wanyuan refused Star Lord Xuanqing’s recruitment attempts, Xuanqing visited Gu An at the Merit Divine Steed Heavenly Palace and finally caught him.