Chapter Summaries

Gu An reassured Xuanqing Star Lord about Dao Ancestor Wanyuan, then used the Lifespan Breakthrough function to travel to the Pool of Creation Source. There, he saw reflections of all realms and timelines, including his own future calamity.

• Xuanqing Star Lord asked Gu An to intervene against Dao Ancestor Wanyuan, but Gu An explained that Wanyuan was a Saint from beyond Chaos who meant no harm to the Heavenly Dao.
• Xuanqing Star Lord accepted Gu An's explanation and asked how long the Heavenly Court could endure before leaving.
• Gu An, after thirty million years of accumulating lifespan, activated the Lifespan Breakthrough function and chose the Pool of Creation Source as his destination.
• Gu An arrived in a radiant plane filled with exceptionally pure spiritual energy and realized that taking it away could shatter the plane and disrupt every Dao Universe.
• Gu An saw that crystals in the Pool of Creation Source reflected all heavens and timelines, including his past on Earth and a future in which he faced a calamity.

Gu An confronted a future in which an unknown darkness devoured Chaos, then realized the Pool of Creation Source could not reveal the source of his breakthroughs and began cultivating for another breakthrough. Meanwhile, Li Ya visited the Yin-Yang Red Pavilion and was stunned when Zhang Buku revealed that he was its Saintly creator.

• Gu An reviewed visions of his past and future, including his defeat by a darkness that annihilated Chaos, and noticed the crystals did not show how he had achieved his breakthroughs.
• Gu An used his Attribute Panel and began improving his Daoist methods and pursuing another lifespan breakthrough.
• Li Ya found the Yin-Yang Red Pavilion in Chaos, paid to enter, and spent several days exploring its immense markets and halls.
• Zhang Buku stopped Li Ya in the pavilion and said he had been there for almost forty million years.
• Zhang Buku revealed that he was already a Saint and had created the Yin-Yang Red Pavilion, leaving Li Ya astonished.

Li Ya reunited with Zhang Buku in the Yin-Yang Red Pavilion, where silver rain spread across Chaos and Zhang Buku sensed the Great Dao wailing. The Heavenly Emperor and other Saints gathered to confront the upheaval, but Gu An’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Zhang Buku told Li Ya how he became a Saint by obtaining a fallen Saint’s foundation and created the Yin-Yang Red Pavilion to gather cultivation resources and observe changes.
• Li Ya and Zhang Buku traded teasing accusations and recalled their old adventures, reaffirming their unchanged bond.
• Silver rain fell throughout Chaos, and Zhang Buku revealed that it was not his creation and that he sensed the Great Dao wailing in grief.
• The Heavenly Emperor bathed in the silver rain, felt his cultivation rise, and concluded that Chaos was facing trouble as Saints across the mortal realm reacted.
• The Heavenly Emperor joined Old Ancestor Honggan, the Great Profound Yin Sovereign, and other Saints in the darkness, where the Nine Suns Divine Ancestor asked where Grandmaster was.

Gu An broke through beyond the Wuji Super-Origin Venerable Saint Realm into the Source Ancient Dao Final Realm, gaining power over the Great Dao and discovering that the dark force was connected to the resentment produced by his path of Lifespan Evolution. He restored the Dao Universes he had absorbed and resolved to seek a realm of his own through his own efforts.

• The Heavenly Emperor and the Saints debated the silver rain spreading throughout the Great Dao, then accepted its fortune when they could not stop it.
• Gu An meditated above the Pool of Creation Source as black qi approached, but golden light from his body repeatedly scattered it.
• Gu An’s Karma with the Great Dao dissipated, and he absorbed the Pool of Creation Source while awakening the Eyes of Reversing Ultimate Void.
• Gu An reached the Source Ancient Dao Final Realm and realized that the power seen by Dao Ancestor Wanyuan had been his own future self.
• Gu An restored the Dao Universes he had devoured and traced the dark power to resentment accumulated through Lifespan Evolution.
• Gu An chose to seek another realm through his own efforts rather than remain satisfied with the realm he had reached through Lifespan Evolution.

Gu An absorbed the Pool of Creation Source and reached the Source Ancient Dao Final Realm while searching for a path beyond the Great Dao. As the Great Dao summoned its creations against a looming threat, Gu An resisted the temptation to devour everything and faced manifestations urging him to abandon his attachments.

• While Gu An pondered how to surpass the Great Dao, the Pool of Creation Source's power flowed into him and silver rain fell across the Great Dao plane.
• Dao Ancestor Wanyuan recognized the silver rain as the Great Dao's response to a terrifying threat and meditated to gain strength.
• Gu An absorbed the Pool of Creation Source, reached the Source Ancient Dao Final Realm, and saw his lifespan rapidly increase.
• Gu An resisted the urge to devour the Great Dao and revive Wushi's living beings, reflecting on the person he had been when he began cultivating.
• Dark manifestations of Gu An urged him to abandon his attachments, but he challenged their right to decide his actions.
• Ye Lan appeared and urged Gu An to seize the opportunity for greater power, strengthening his resolve to distinguish her from Xiao Lan.

Gu An crushed the source of his lifespan evolution after recognizing it as Wushi Wuxiang, while his reincarnated bodies shielded him from the Great Dao’s black waves. After the silver rain revealed that Wushi threatened the Great Dao, Gu An returned to Wushi Realm and asked An Xin what their realm should do as it became the Great Dao’s public enemy.

• Gu An revealed and crushed the blood-qi source of his Lifespan Evolution, freezing the void as his reincarnated bodies held back the black waves.
• After seven days of silver rain, the Saints learned that Wushi was the existence feared by the Great Dao, and worlds across Chaos reacted with alarm.
• An Xin ordered Wushi Realm’s disciples to return and forbade them from leaving while the second-generation disciples debated how to respond.
• Gu An appeared before An Xin, confirmed that his existence threatened the Great Dao, and asked what Wushi should do as its public enemy.

As the Great Dao turned Wushi into its enemy, Gu An rejected the choice to yield and prepared to face the forces gathering against him. Wushi’s disciples wavered under the persecution, while Gu An opened the way between Dao Universes and waited for his challengers.

• Gu An told An Xin that Wushi could either flee to the land of nothingness or resist the Great Dao, and said their conflict would become the Great Dao’s greatest tribulation.
• Across the Myriad Worlds, people hunted Wushi’s followers, while a million beings gathered below Gu An’s mountain to demand an explanation.
• Wu Xie threatened the gathered crowd with death if they attacked him or approached the mountain, defending Gu An’s stance.
• Gu An left the Wushi Realm, appeared in the darkness between Dao Universes with the realm in his palm, and removed the barriers so his opponents could reach him.
• Wanyin Demon Venerable arrived on the steps below Gu An, who recognized him as Dao Ancestor Wanyuan’s mortal enemy and a creation of the Great Dao.

Gu An faced the forces summoned by the Great Dao as followers and enemies gathered on the stairs he had created. His allies affirmed they would fight beside him, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Wanyin Demon Venerable tried to approach Gu An but was forced to his knees by an invisible pressure.
• Old Ancestor Honggan, the Great Profound Yin Sovereign, and True Origin Old Ancestor chose to walk toward Gu An, while other challengers were suppressed.
• Xiao Lan arrived, and Gu An told her to look at the countless powerful figures gathering below.
• Gu An asked his allies whether they still wished to stand with him despite being cast as enemies of the Great Dao.
• Lu Xian, Su Han, and the Wushi Disciples declared they would fight alongside Gu An.

Gu An faced the Great Dao’s rising Guardians as his allies gathered on the Creation Steps, including the Heavenly Emperor and Lu Qiuxian. With the Great Dao empowering its forces and Wanyin Demon Venerable attacking, Gu An drew the Qinghong Sword and declared that only he could decide whether to devour the Great Dao.

• Gu An ignored Wanyin Demon Venerable’s hatred notifications as the Great Dao Guardians’ numbers and power continued to grow.
• The Heavenly Emperor chose Gu An’s side, followed by Wu Jue, Liu An, and other cultivators, while Li Ya and Xuanqing Star Lord watched in turmoil.
• Lu Qiuxian joined the Great Dao Guardians but turned to face them, reflecting on what he saw through Gu An’s eyes.
• The Great Profound Yin Sovereign attacked Wanyin Demon Venerable, who blasted him away as the Great Dao began lifting its Guardians’ restraints.
• The Great Dao infused its Guardians with vast power, allowing Wanyin Demon Venerable to rise and press Gu An’s allies beneath his aura.
• The Heavenly Emperor blocked Wanyin Demon Venerable’s charge, and Gu An drew the Qinghong Sword, declaring that the decision to devour the Great Dao belonged to him.

Gu An revealed that the Great Dao had manipulated the conflict and confronted the white-haired being behind its will, unveiling the Great Ultimate Source Freedom Technique before the battle’s outcome remained hidden. In a later age, Gu An traveled as a mortal with Zhang Buku, who learned that the defeated enemy was trapped in a jade pendant and that Gu An had reached the Wushi Wuxiang Realm.

• Gu An overwhelmed the Great Dao Guardians with sword intent, draining their cultivation, Dao Fruits, and divine souls while leaving them alive.
• Gu An explained that the dark power that had once threatened the Dao Universes belonged to a fallen being, not to him, and a white-haired man emerged from the Eye of the Great Dao.
• The white-haired man claimed he had reached the Source Ancient Dao Final Realm, and Gu An summoned his incarnations and used the Great Ultimate Source Freedom Technique against him.
• After the battle, peace returned to the Great Dao, and Gu An later sealed his cultivation to travel the mortal world with Zhang Buku.
• Gu An told Zhang Buku that the white-haired man was trapped in a jade pendant, and Zhang Buku witnessed him being destroyed and reborn repeatedly inside it.
• Gu An named his realm the Wushi Wuxiang Realm and said he was waiting to meet a genius who could grow stronger by devouring other people's lifespans.