Seeking the Golden Seat and the Struggle for It

"Turtle Elder—"

Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign sighed softly.

She had not known before, but after becoming a Golden Core True Lord, she had naturally sensed something amiss with Turtle Elder.

She suspected he was a nail driven into her by a powerful outsider.

So she had stood by and watched him fall.

Yet beyond all the schemes, she also remembered how Turtle Elder had guided and protected her back then—

Whoosh!

Cold winds howled. Frost and snow descended upon the newly risen sun.

Countless trees loomed in shadow, then seemed to become myriad vines winding around the Fusang tree—

When Zhan Hongxiu had communed with heaven and earth, her title as Primordial Sovereign had not been a sudden whim. Every part of it held meaning.

"Ninefold" signified the Wood Virtue she had originally cultivated.

"Year-Spirit" meant the spirit of a Year Guardian, signifying her identity as the daughter of Primordial Beginning Heaven—in other words, the daughter of the Great Sun!

Only the final words, "Pure Radiance," referred to Lunar Yin!

Together, the three formed the true title of Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign!

Because of the symbolism of "keeping watch over her father's well-being," Zhan Hongxiu's attack was particularly effective against Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign.

What was more, Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign was already in terrible condition, while the Lunar Yin Dao Path was one that could contend with the Great Sun!

Though she too held a Guest Position, Zhan Hongxiu had seized authority from the Four-Moon Orthodoxy. She already had an achievement to her name!

Her Guest Position could not change, but that achievement was enough to send her strength soaring.

Billowing Lunar Yin energy even covered the solar corona, drawing an incredulous cry from Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign within: