Chapter Summaries

As Chigan Zun’s attack threatened the Taixuan Sect, Gu An helped Lu Lingjun approach a breakthrough while watching the battle spread toward the Outer Sect City. The chapter ended as Zuo Yijian’s treasured sword awakened with a vast Sword Intent, drawing his attention.

• Gu An subtly guided Lu Lingjun’s spiritual power toward her heart as she entered another state of enlightenment.
• The Epiphyllum Sect’s Seven Venerables discussed the battle near the Taixuan Sect, while Lu Baitian’s allies debated the Cangtian Sect’s bid to lead their alliance.
• A report that an Epiphyllum Sect Profound Heart Realm cultivator had attacked the Taixuan Sect prompted Lu Baitian to rely on Sword Venerable Fudao’s help.
• Chigan Zun continued fighting Old Ancestor Kusong, then flew toward an Outer Sect City and threatened the Taixuan Sect’s disciples to draw out Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An sensed Chigan Zun approaching the Outer Sect City and focused his divine sense on Zuo Yijian.
• Zuo Yijian’s treasured sword trembled and released a vast Sword Intent, leaving him astonished.

Gu An’s unseen sword strike killed Chigan Zun and ended the attack on Outer Sect City, while Lu Lingjun awakened and announced she would undergo her tribulation above Medicine Valley. The chapter leaves her preparing for the tribulation as the Epiphyllum Sect’s Jing Tuxian learned that the Taixuan Sect attack had failed and its Vice Sect Master was missing.

• Zuo Yijian’s treasured sword flew at Chigan Zun and killed him with a single strike from Gu An’s Sword Intent.
• Old Ancestor Kusong and the people at Heaven-Mending Platform sensed the strengthened Sword Intent in the words Righteous Path, while Ye Lan wondered whether Gu An was safe.
• After a night of enlightenment, Lu Lingjun thanked Gu An, teased him about holding her hand, and declared that he was hers.
• Lu Lingjun announced that she would undergo her tribulation above Medicine Valley and began setting up formations around her Green Lotus.
• Jing Tuxian appeared before the Seven Venerables and learned that the Taixuan Sect assault had failed, Chigan Zun had been killed, and the Vice Sect Master had not returned.

Jing Tuxian ordered the Seven Venerables to keep gathering sacrificial offerings while he prepared to peer into the Heavenly Mandate. As Lu Lingjun entered the Profound Heart Realm and Three Pure Mountains prepared for the calamity, Shen Zhen revealed Gu An’s secret to Lu Lingjun, who confronted him by asking whether he was really Pan An.

• Jing Tuxian told the Seven Venerables that the missing Vice Sect Master was unlikely to be dead and ordered them to find more sacrificial offerings.
• At Three Pure Mountains, Heavenly Pivot Daoist ended Li Ya’s trial and said the sect’s branches must descend the mountain to face the great calamity.
• Lu Lingjun endured three days of Heavenly Thunder with help from Taixuan Sect’s cultivators and successfully entered the Profound Heart Realm.
• Lu Lingjun flew to the Medicine Valley and objected to Shen Zhen standing close to Gu An.
• Shen Zhen told Lu Lingjun that Gu An was Pan An, the author of Investiture of the Gods, and Lu Lingjun asked Gu An if it was true.

Lu Lingjun emerged from seclusion and went to Ten Thousand Silence Forest to join the battle, leaving Gu An a Double Heart Ring. As the Epiphyllum Sect began its sacrifice to summon its Sect Master, a terrifying Epiphyllum Mother Tree rose above the battlefield, and the sect’s Great Cultivators declared that an immortal was coming.

• Lu Baitian asked Gu An to tell Lu Lingjun to aid the battle at Ten Thousand Silence Forest, and she agreed to leave after warning him of the dangerous Profound Heart Realm auras there.
• Lu Lingjun offered Gu An the Double Heart Ring so she could sense when he was in danger, then departed.
• Gu An learned that Lu Xian and Yi Liuyun had gone with Li Xuandao on an expedition to the Great Chen Dynasty.
• After waiting another half month, Gu An watched Lu Lingjun fight a Profound Heart Realm cultivator while the Nine Dynasties and Epiphyllum Sect forces battled across the ruined forest.
• The Epiphyllum Sect’s Seven Venerables began activating their Formation to welcome their Sect Master, causing the Epiphyllum Mother Tree to rise and its terrifying aura to reach the battlefield.
• Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor considered retreating, but an Epiphyllum Sect cultivator claimed it was too late and urged everyone to welcome an immortal’s descent.

As the Nine Dynasties fought the Epiphyllum Sect at the Ten Thousand Silence Forest, Gu An discovered a Mahayana Realm presence within the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and prepared to intervene as the Mountain God. He sent Perfected Lord Xuanmiao toward the battlefield, where Jing Tuxian emerged and overwhelmed the Nine Dynasties’ forces.

• The Nine Dynasties’ cultivators launched an all-out assault on the Epiphyllum Mother Tree as the Six Paths Great Vehicle Formation began activating.
• Gu An sensed a concealed Mahayana Realm aura inside the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and decided to act under the Mountain God’s identity rather than as Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An demanded that Perfected Lord Xuanmiao become his eternal slave, and Xuanmiao agreed in exchange for the Mountain God saving the living beings of the Nine Dynasties.
• Gu An gave Xuanmiao a Wooden Man and restored his cultivation, then sent him racing toward the Ten Thousand Silence Forest.
• The Chen Serpent attacked the Epiphyllum Mother Tree, but Jing Tuxian’s Blood Light pierced its throat and his overwhelming pressure revealed that he was beyond the Profound Heart Realm.

Jing Tuxian activated the Six Paths Great Vehicle Formation and trapped the Great Chen Dynasty, but Gu An used the Mountain God Wooden Doll as a decoy and killed him with a devastating strike. Gu An halted the resulting forest of trees and disappeared, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao arrived and believed serving the Mountain God for life was an honor.

• Jing Tuxian activated the Six Paths Great Vehicle Formation, freezing living beings across the Great Chen Dynasty and draining their life force.
• An Hao and Wu Jue became trapped by blood threads as Jing Tuxian emerged from the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and challenged the Nine Dynasties’ leaders.
• Gu An empowered Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to hurl the Mountain God Wooden Doll toward Jing Tuxian, using it to mask his own attack.
• Gu An struck Jing Tuxian with an azure beam that destroyed the Epiphyllum Mother Tree and killed him, then unleashed trees that seized Epiphyllum Sect cultivators while sparing the Nine Dynasties cultivators.
• Gu An stopped the vast Tree Sea from a distance and vanished into the forest, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao reached the Great Chen Dynasty and knelt in awe of the Mountain God.

After the Mountain God destroyed the Epiphyllum Sect, the Nine Dynasties Sects learned of his existence and began building temples in his honor. Gu An reflected on the destruction and his lifespan gains as worship spread and the sects cleared epiphyllums across the land.

• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao told the sect masters that the Mountain God had given him a Wooden Man to save the common people, and Heavenly Pivot Daoist revealed a memory confirming his account.
• The sect masters agreed to build temples and spread word of the Mountain God, while Perfected Lord Xuanmiao left the Three Pure Mountains to serve him.
• Gu An gained 1.27 million years of lifespan from destroying the Epiphyllum Sect and later went out to harvest epiphyllums.
• Ye Lan visited Gu An after news of the Epiphyllum Sect's destruction spread and excitedly told him about the Mountain God.
• People began worshiping the Mountain God in the Outer Sect City, and the Nine Dynasties Sects cleared most of the world's epiphyllums within a month.

After building a temple and tending his connections in Taixuan Sect, Gu An rescued the wounded Chen Serpent and learned that someone had inherited the Epiphyllum Sect’s power. The person revealed to him left Gu An surprised.

• Gu An ordered Perfected Lord Xuanmiao to build a temple and medicinal fields in the North Sea Mountains, then told him that cultivation could lead to the realm of Immortal Gods.
• Lu Lingjun returned to Third Medicine Valley, offered to protect Gu An in exchange for herbs, and urged him to write another Investiture of the Gods.
• Gu An visited Tian Yao'er with wine and food for the New Year, then left after sensing trouble.
• Gu An found Chen Serpent near death and killed the approaching Heavenly Phoenix Demon Mother with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Gu An gave Chen Serpent medicinal pills, and the wounded beast warned him that someone had inherited the Epiphyllum Sect’s power before revealing a human figure.

Gu An uncovered Li Xuandao’s connection to the Epiphyllum Spirit and watched him gain Taixuan Sect’s support for uniting the Nine Dynasties against demons. Five years later, as Wu Jue prepared to join Li Xuandao’s campaign, a mysterious cultivator from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm invited Wu Jue to leave with him.

• Chen Serpent told Gu An that Li Xuandao had inherited the Epiphyllum Sect’s power and asked him to cripple Li Xuandao, but Gu An refused and left Chen Serpent to recover.
• Gu An found Tian Yao'er drunk in Nianchu Cave, carried her to bed, and let her keep believing the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Mother was alive so she would have a target for her cultivation.
• Gu An met Li Xuandao in Tianya Valley and learned that Li Xuandao was waiting for the Honor Pavilion of Taixuan Sect after gaining insights from the Investiture of the Gods.
• Five years later, Wu Jue told Gu An he would leave to support Li Xuandao’s effort to unite the Nine Dynasties and resist the coming Demon Calamity.
• Wei Tiangong, a Profound Heart Realm cultivator, approached Gu An and Wu Jue at an inn and invited Wu Jue to cultivate in the Seven Stars Spirit Realm, which Gu An suspected might be the Holy Land.

Gu An visited the Inner Sect Library Hall, where Old Ancestor Kusong discussed novels and revealed plans to investigate the Land of Demons and Monsters. Later, as demons and monsters surged north past Heavenly Phoenix Mountain, Tian Yao'er told Gu An that they were going to worship the Demon Ancestor, who was said to be nearing revival.

• Wei Tiangong tried to recruit Wu Jue to the Seven Stars Spirit Realm, but Zhou Yu took Wu Jue away to speak elsewhere.
• Gu An visited the Library Hall, borrowed another book by Taoist Xunchun from Old Ancestor Kusong, and argued with him about Taixuan Immortal Venerable and Investiture of the Gods.
• A gray-robed cultivator told Old Ancestor Kusong that the Nine Dynasties Sects planned to investigate the Land of Demons and Monsters, and Kusong agreed to go despite the danger.
• Gu An taught Tian Yao'er the Boundless Freedom Step for five years while considering when to help her form her Golden Core.
• Gu An sensed a vast horde of demons and monsters moving north, and Tian Yao'er told him that similar migrations had once gone to see the Demon Ancestor.
• Tian Yao'er recounted that the Demon Ancestor had fallen defending demons from humans and that demons now offered their blood to revive him.

Gu An learned more about the Demon Ancestor’s threat and discovered the vast demonic forces gathering at Ten Thousand Demon Peaks, while continuing to guide Tian Yao'er. Three years later, he met An Hao at Perfected Lord Xuanmiao’s temple and heard predictions about the Heavenly Mandate Person among the Li Family.

• Gu An told Tian Yao'er that humans and demons could coexist, but she needed to become strong enough to protect herself.
• Gu An tracked the demonic tide to Ten Thousand Demon Peaks and sensed more than a thousand Body Integration Realm auras, over twenty Profound Heart Realm auras, and a Mahayana Realm demon monster.
• Three years later, Gu An visited Perfected Lord Xuanmiao in the North Sea Mountains and found An Hao there, already at the first layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao gave An Hao a map to a Great Cultivator’s Cave Mansion ruins and warned him about the Hating Heaven Divine Sword’s murderous wielder.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao said the Li Family had a Heavenly Mandate Person among Taixuan Sect’s disciples, and Gu An suspected it was Li Xuandao rather than Li Ya.

Gu An learned that Wuxin had become a ruthless cultivator serving the Tianwei emperor, while An Hao was trapped in an ancient cave mansion and called for his hidden master. The chapter ended as Gu An appeared beside An Hao and chided him for needing rescue.

• Lu Jiujia told Gu An that Wuxin had resurfaced as a powerful, brutal monk serving the emperor of Tianwei.
• Prince Si Zong besieged An Hao inside an ancient cave mansion and waited for his Profound Heart Realm master to arrive.
• An Hao treated his injuries while Si Yan'er urged him to surrender, then examined a strange statue in the cavern.
• Si Zong's master began attacking the cave mansion, leaving An Hao frightened and calling for his true master.
• Gu An appeared beside An Hao and called him a foolish disciple for crying out for help.

Gu An reunited with An Hao in the hidden Cave Mansion and killed Si Zong, Ancestor Xingyan, and their cultivators when they challenged him. He opened the Cave Mansion’s secret world, where An Hao and Si Yan'er went to face its trial while Gu An sought out the weak Mahayana Realm remnant soul.

• Gu An appeared before An Hao, who explained how Si Zong had betrayed him and trapped him in the Cave Mansion ruins.
• Gu An told An Hao to release Si Yan'er, then warned Si Zong and Ancestor Xingyan to leave the Cave Mansion.
• When Ancestor Xingyan’s group refused, Gu An swept them away with a blast of mana, reducing all fifty-seven cultivators to ash.
• Gu An activated the stone statue, revealing a gateway to a hidden world where an ancient voice promised a chance to inherit its legacy and glimpse the Mahayana Realm.
• An Hao and Si Yan'er entered the forest to face the trial while Gu An crossed the hidden world to find its Mahayana Realm remnant soul.

Gu An learned from Suxing Daoist’s memories that the Demon Ancestor came from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm, then returned to Third Medicine Valley and discovered a demon had entered Taixuan Sect. He identified the demon as Emperor Fiend, who was speaking with Zuo Lin at the Heaven-Mending Platform.

• Gu An searched Suxing Daoist’s remnant soul and learned that the Seven Stars Spirit Realm had released the Demon Ancestor to create the Demon Race.
• Gu An harvested more than three hundred thousand years of lifespan from the Cave Mansion and left An Hao and Si Yan'er exploring its inheritances and befriending its spirit beasts.
• Lu Lingjun warned Gu An that a powerful demon’s divine sense had appeared in the Outer Sect City, then asked him to write a book about her life.
• Gu An overheard Lu Lingjun and the White Spirit Demon Emperor discussing whether his books could help them contact other ascenders and unite them.
• At the Heaven-Mending Platform, Zuo Lin introduced himself to Emperor Fiend, and Gu An recognized the demon as a Profound Heart Realm cultivator.

Gu An released his new novel, Shattering Void, helped Du Ye with Foundation Establishment Pills, and learned that Ji Xiaoyu had been betrothed. Later, Lu Baitian revealed that Su Han had learned the Life-Reversing Divine Technique and warned Gu An that a powerful figure might be guiding him.

• Zuo Lin introduced Emperor Fiend to Gu An, who observed Emperor Fiend for two years and found no sign of ill intent.
• Gu An published Shattering Void under the name Pan An, and the novel quickly spread across the Taicang Cultivation World.
• Gu An gave Du Ye two Foundation Establishment Pills, and Du Ye told him that Ji Xiaoyu had become betrothed.
• Lu Lingjun praised Shattering Void and asked Gu An to keep writing it after offering him heavenly treasures.
• Lu Baitian told Gu An that Su Han had learned the Life-Reversing Divine Technique, which originated with the Epiphyllum Sect, and warned that Su Han's hidden backer might target Gu An.

Gu An learned that Tian Yao'er had reached the Golden Core Realm and awakened a transformation ability, then continued guiding her cultivation. Meanwhile, Su Han entered the Ancient Hao Sect Forbidden Ground to confront the Holy Beast Hao Dragon, with Epiphyllum Ghost Mother appearing to protect him.

• Lu Baitian warned Gu An that the Hating Heaven Divine Sword could become a threat and promised to protect him within Taixuan Sect.
• Gu An visited Star-Dwelling Cave Heaven, harvested treasures, and saw An Hao and Si Yan'er advancing through Suxing Daoist's inheritance.
• Tian Yao'er told Gu An she had condensed her Demon Core and demonstrated her ability to transform into his likeness.
• Gu An encouraged Tian Yao'er to master the Boundless Freedom Step, gave her cultivation pills, and taught her the Innate Earth Immortal Technique.
• Su Han ordered a frail old man to lure away the Holy Beast Hao Dragon, then advanced into the Ancient Hao Sect Forbidden Ground with his Bone Sword.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother struck down a Gray-Robed Giant and warned him not to interfere with Su Han.

Gu An rescued Hao Dragon from Su Han and accepted the Epiphyllum Sect’s Sect Master Token from Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, who revealed that cultivators from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm had blocked her group’s return to the Path of Nine Serenities. Back at Mystic Valley, Gu An watched the war between the Great Cang and Han Lu dynasties before learning that Supreme Elder Ku Song had died exploring the Land of Demons and Monsters.

• Gu An sensed Hao Dragon was in danger, found Su Han fighting him, and knocked both unconscious with his divine sense.
• Epiphyllum Ghost Mother explained that she had used Su Han as a pawn and offered Gu An leadership of the Epiphyllum Sect; Gu An took its Sect Master Token.
• Gu An watched Lu Xian, Wu Jue, and Ye Yan take part in the Great Cang Dynasty’s war against the Han Lu Dynasty.
• Zhen Qin told Gu An that the Ancient Hao Sect had placed Su Han on its wanted list, and Gu An told her not to worry about him.
• Gu An and Zhen Qin received a sect announcement that Supreme Elder Ku Song had fallen while exploring the Land of Demons and Monsters, and that disciples must pay respects to the Old Ancestor in three days.

Gu An mourned Old Ancestor Kusong, sheltered Jiang Qiong after her return, and watched the Demon Calamity draw nearer as the dynasties shifted. The chapter ended with an unseen person grabbing the mysterious crow-headed figure who had claimed to kill Old Ancestor Kusong.

• Gu An attended Old Ancestor Kusong's memorial, where the Taixuan Sect revealed that the Demon Calamity would erupt in several decades.
• Jiang Qiong returned to Gu An's Mystic Valley, revealed she had gained a great opportunity, and accepted refuge in the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven while giving him spiritual nectar.
• Gu An gave the spiritual nectar to Ye Lan, Zhen Qin, and Xiao Chuan, and warned Ye Lan and Zhen Qin not to join the Taixuan Sect's investigations into the Land of Demons and Monsters.
• The Great Cang Dynasty annexed the Han Lu Dynasty, while reports of demons and monsters increased across the Nine Dynasties.
• Emperor Fiend refused a summons to return to His Majesty, criticized the plan to exterminate humanity, and said he would remain in the Taixuan Sect.
• A mysterious crow-headed figure claimed he had killed Old Ancestor Kusong, then flew to the Great Chen Dynasty, where an unseen hand seized his shoulder.

Gu An avenged Old Ancestor Kusong by killing the Black Crow Demon Envoy, then continued tending to his people and preparing for the Demon Calamity. The chapter ended with Du Ye telling Gu An that the Ji Family planned to leave the Taixuan Sect and had asked them to go along.

• Gu An tracked the Black Crow Demon Envoy, captured him, destroyed his body and soul, and seized 380 years of lifespan.
• Gu An gave An Xin the Innate Reincarnation Technique and taught Tian Yao'er a Demon Race spell that let her transform into Fire Crows.
• Gu An considered the Demon Race's strength and learned from the Black Crow Demon Envoy's memories that Dao Lord had once wounded the Demon Emperor.
• Two years passed as demons and monsters spread; An Hao and Si Yan'er emerged from the Star-Dwelling Cave Heaven and learned that Tianwei's emperor intended them to marry.
• Du Ye visited Gu An in Mystic Valley and said that the Ji Family planned to leave the Taixuan Sect and had specifically invited them to accompany the Third Young Miss.

Gu An refused to leave Taixuan Sect with the Ji Family, learned more about the powerful Seven Stars Spirit Realm from Jiang Qiong, and met Ji Ruolai in Tianya Valley. Meanwhile, Su Han absorbed spiritual power from his victims as the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother warned him that hunters would soon arrive, leaving him ready to fight them.

• Du Ye told Gu An that the Ji Family planned to leave Taixuan Sect to escape the Demon Calamity, but Gu An refused to abandon the sect.
• Gu An asked Jiang Qiong about the Ji Family's refuge, and she explained the power of the Seven Stars Spirit Realm and its connection to Ji Xiaoyu's planned marriage.
• Gu An met Ji Ruolai, Ji Xiaoyu's elder brother, after he arrived in Tianya Valley as Gu An's assistant.
• Su Han absorbed spiritual power from a plainly dressed man in a ruined temple while the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother told him that cultivators would come to hunt him within seven days.