Chapter Summaries

Ni Bin, Wan Chen, Su Chen, and the others entered the cauldron to face Chi Yang’s test for candidates seeking the spiritual essence and his inheritance. When Chi Yang used Strange God's Power to test their resolve, Su Chen secretly tamed it and stood up, surprising everyone watching.

• Ni Chuan staked his life on Ni Bin being allowed to join the selection, and Qing Cang agreed to send him into the cauldron with Wan Chen and the others.
• Chong Jingtian pushed Ming Lin forward to join the group, and all six were transported into the cauldron.
• Chi Yang’s fragment explained that candidates had to pass his tests before they could face the spiritual essence, then ranked them by talent, placing Ni Bin first with Double Mystic Purple talent.
• Chi Yang sent Strange God's Power into each candidate to test their character, causing Ni Bin, Wan Chen, Lin Yue, Lan Hao, and Ming Lin to collapse in agony.
• Su Chen’s panel tamed the incoming power and granted him a portion of mid-tier Black Pagoda Power, and he pretended to suffer before staggering to his feet.

Su Chen endured the corruption of strange god's power, so Chi Yang exempted him from the remaining trials and sent him to the Bronze Ancient King. The Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's spirit reacted to Su Chen, then charged at him as Su Chen realized he had already been chosen.

• Su Chen stood after resisting the strange god's power, while Qing Cang praised his resolve and Ni Chuan suspected he had been corrupted.
• Chi Yang expelled the strange god's power from Ming Lin, eliminated him from the trials, and gave him a fifth-rank crimson staff as a reward.
• Chi Yang ruled that Su Chen had distinguished himself and sent him to wait atop the cauldron; he later eliminated Lan Hao without a reward.
• The Bronze Ancient King examined Su Chen and confirmed that he had resisted the corruption through sheer will, then noticed the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's spirit trembling toward him.
• The Bronze Ancient King released the spirit, which transformed into a huge dragon and dove toward Su Chen in crimson fire and lightning as Su Chen thought he had already been chosen.
• Lan Hao returned to the others and learned that Su Chen had endured the corruption and been sent ahead, leaving him awed by Su Chen.

Su Chen became the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's chosen one because of his extraordinary compatibility, ending the selection before the remaining candidates could fight. Chi Yang asked Su Chen to become his inheritor, and Su Chen accepted, while the Bronze Ancient King also claimed him as a disciple.

• Ni Bin charged toward the cauldron after the Crimson Flame Thunder Dragon appeared, and Qing Cang followed him.
• Wan Chen awakened with Ni Bin and Lin Yue, but Chi Yang announced that the selection was over when he discovered Su Chen had become the chosen one.
• Chi Yang explained that Su Chen's compatibility had overcome his weaker talent, while Ni Bin realized the reports about Su Chen's earlier recognition had misled him.
• Su Chen received the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's remaining profession requirements, a Morning Fire Seed, and a boost to fire- and lightning-profession development.
• Chi Yang asked Su Chen to become his inheritor, Su Chen accepted, and the Bronze Ancient King said that Chi Yang's disciple would be his disciple too.

Su Chen became the Bronze Ancient King's Star Seed and asked him for help with Scarlet Thunder Star's impending Holy Feast. Before the Ancient King considered his options and rescued those trapped in the tripod, Chi Yang revealed the requirements for Force User and the path to the Flawless One; Su Chen then asked for a keepsake from his teacher.

• The Bronze Ancient King named Su Chen his personal disciple and Star Seed, while Ni Bin angrily challenged the decision before Chi Yang explained that Su Chen's exceptional compatibility had determined the outcome.
• Su Chen asked how to avert Scarlet Thunder Star's Holy Feast, and the Bronze Ancient King offered to survey the planet or temporarily dispel its nether mist, with each method consuming much of his power.
• Su Chen asked Chi Yang to free the people trapped inside the tripod, and the Bronze Ancient King used green data streams to retrieve more than ten people, including Ji Rou.
• Su Chen asked about Force User, and Chi Yang revealed its acquisition requirements; the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's intervention reduced the required number of master-level Body Forging Methods to fifteen.
• The system told Su Chen that acquiring Force User would let him begin the Flawless One's ascension, and he asked Chi Yang for a keepsake or memorial tablet.

Su Chen chose to have the Ancient King temporarily drive the Nether Mist from the planet, allowing the survivors to reunite and making it possible to search the world for Strange God believers and ruins. As the Scarlet Thunder Cauldron completed the expulsion, Wan Chen warned Su Chen that the Ancient King’s absence could invite trouble.

• Chi Yang reshaped a piece of the cracked cauldron into a tablet bearing his name and gave it to Su Chen.
• Qing Cang brought the people trapped in the cauldron back down, where Xia Hanshi and Chong Jingtian reunited with their rescued students and Ji Rou.
• Su Chen told Xia Hanshi and Chong Jingtian that the Ancient King could either personally address the Holy Feast or temporarily expel the Nether Mist, and they chose the second option.
• Su Chen called Qing Cang his Senior Brother and asked him to tell the Ancient King to proceed with expelling the mist.
• The Ancient King restored the Scarlet Thunder Cauldron and used it to drive the Nether Mist away, while Wan Chen warned Su Chen that the Ancient King’s absence could leave the Church vulnerable.
• The cauldron exploded, and its crimson fragments joined the light barrier spreading across the sky.

Su Chen helped secure the Strange God's Power shipments while the Ancient King's barrier cleared the Nether Mist from Scarlet Thunder Star, giving its cities time to purge the Strange God's followers. As Ni Chuan and Lan Hai discussed the failed attempt to seize the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's spirituality, Lan Hai wondered whether Lan Hao had been chosen.

• The Scarlet Thunder Cauldron fragments strengthened the barrier, and Qing Cang estimated it would keep the Nether Mist away for one to three years.
• Qing Cang let Su Chen choose when to leave Scarlet Thunder Star, and Su Chen decided to collect the Strange God's Power shipments from other cities before returning to Yingfeng.
• Su Chen collected the Strange Artifacts aboard Tianqing's ship while Chong Jingtian and Jiang Shumo arranged a purge of the Strange God's followers.
• Ni Chuan urged Ni Bin to recover from his defeat, then contacted Lan Hai and accused him or Lan Hao of exposing his secret pursuit.
• Ni Chuan told Lan Hai that the Grand Selection was unnecessary, and Lan Hai asked whether Lan Hao had been chosen.

Su Chen returned to Yingfeng after the Bronze Ancient King drove away the Nether Mist, making him the Chosen One and a highly regarded figure in the Bronze Church. As Yingfeng's people celebrated the reprieve, Su Chen ordered Teng Liang to kill the crippled Wei Yufan.

• Lan Hai learned from Ni Chuan that Su Chen, a native of Scarlet Thunder Star with Twin Ink Jade, had become the Chosen One and the Bronze Ancient King's half-disciple; Lan Hai then considered bringing Su Chen into his family branch.
• The Bronze Ancient King used his power to drive the Nether Mist from Scarlet Thunder Star, and Su Chen collected the Strange God's Power from Blazing Sun and Yuandu before returning to Yingfeng.
• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the Ancient King's power had not been exhausted and warned that some enemies might come for the spirituality while others might target Su Chen.
• Su Chen and Chong Jingtian returned to Yingfeng, where Shi Yunzhou and the others learned that the Nether Mist would stay away for six months, giving them time to survey the planet and eliminate Ghost God believers.
• Su Chen reunited with Bu Siqi, Teng Liang, Ling Yue, Xia Hanshi, Ji Rou, and Ming Lin, and they celebrated his return and discussed the end of the Holy Feast crisis.
• Ming Lin reported that Wei Yufan had been stripped of his Core Seed status, expelled from the Tribunal, and crippled; Su Chen dismissed the matter, and Teng Liang agreed to leave no one alive.

Su Chen used the Strange Artifacts and divine statues gathered from four cities to strengthen his divine essences and alter the requirements for several Professions. He also unlocked the path toward a Holy Profession and prepared to leave Scarlet Thunder Star with Ming Lin accompanying him.

• Su Chen absorbed the Strange Artifacts and divine statues, gaining large stores of divine power and six portions of essence.
• Su Chen used essences to alter Force User, Endurance Walker, and Life Nourisher's requirements, clearing several obstacles and arranging for hearts to be collected.
• Su Chen spent two portions of black pagoda essence to open Life Burner's path toward a Holy Profession, which required physical-enhancement Professions, a preliminary fusion, and morning star fire.
• Su Chen asked Chong Jingtian to collect hearts from species with Profession tiers of at least four, keeping the request from Qing Cang and the others.
• Su Chen told Chong Jingtian he would leave without returning to Southwind, and Chong Jingtian decided Ming Lin should accompany him to the Bronze Church.

Su Chen learned how Nether Stones could connect Scarlet Thunder Star to the Qing Cang Church and left Scarlet Thunder Star with Ming Lin. Aboard the ship, he began testing ways to break through the limits of the Body Forging Method, while Lin Yue secretly arranged to train against a simulation based on him.

• Su Chen asked Qing Cang about contacting Scarlet Thunder Star and learned how Nether Stones, anchors, and the dangers of the Nether Domain worked.
• Su Chen met with acquaintances, promised Bai Fengxi he would reach the top, and entrusted Old Xia with looking after the three families supporting him.
• Chong Jingtian’s people collected fourth-tier mutant hearts from seventy-six species before Su Chen departed with Ming Lin aboard Qing Cang’s ship.
• Qing Cang explained the Dust Star Sea, its nether mist, the factions’ flames, and the coming Star Gate jump at Hengdao Hub.
• Su Chen used simulated turbulent energy and several abilities to test how to strengthen his energy while practicing the Cloud-Dragon Body-Tempering Method.
• Lin Yue entered the training room after Su Chen left and asked Copper Star to create a training opponent modeled on him.

Lin Yue tested Su Chen’s Training Projection and was repeatedly overwhelmed, while Su Chen learned that the fight had extended his Great Venerable’s blessing by three months. Lin Yue told Wan Chen about the projection, but he accused her of humiliating Su Chen, leaving her shocked and indignant.

• Lin Yue challenged Su Chen’s Training Projection in fair combat mode, but his speed and black lightning defeated her before she could fight back.
• Su Chen checked his Profession progress and received notice that his development-efficiency blessing had been extended by three months for defeating Lin Yue’s projection.
• Su Chen suspected the training room had recorded his data and left to develop his Professions.
• Lin Yue tried the projection again, including against her full rank-five strength, but could only gain a slight advantage.
• Lin Yue told Wan Chen to inspect Su Chen’s recorded data, and Wan Chen accused her of humiliating Su Chen, prompting her to protest in disbelief.

After a month aboard the spaceship, Su Chen advanced his Calamity Envoy development and awakened Calamity Seal as the group approached Hengdao Hub. Lan Hai urged Lan Hao to build a relationship with Su Chen for the Lan Family’s benefit, while Qing Cang warned that the hub’s Star Gate was closed and they would have to stay at least ten days.

• Lin Yue concealed her frustration with Su Chen’s status, while Wan Chen wondered whether Su Chen could survive the sect’s hostility.
• Su Chen reached 50% Calamity Envoy development, awakened Calamity Seal, and saw Hengdao Hub approaching beyond the Nether Mist.
• Lan Hai learned why Lan Hao had lost the Nether Stone and told him to apologize to Su Chen and cultivate a relationship with him for the Lan Family’s interests.
• Lan Hao apologized to Su Chen and offered to help him, surprising Wan Chen and drawing a warning from Lin Yue.
• Qing Cang showed the group a projection of Hengdao Hub, and Xia Jie explained that the Star Gate was closed during a route adjustment, requiring at least a ten-day stay.

Qing Cang’s group docked at the Hengdao Hub and agreed to wait ten days for the route through the Nether Mist to clear. Yuan Fusheng secretly reported their arrival to a black-and-red phantom, while Qing Cang sent Su Chen to the Prophet Society to investigate who was watching them.

• Wan Chen warned that the Sixing Group might be preparing an ambush, but Qing Cang decided the group would stay at the Hengdao Hub for ten days rather than take a six-month detour.
• Lan Hao and Lin Yue competed to speak with Su Chen as their ship approached the hub, puzzling Wan Chen and Qing Cang.
• Yuan Fusheng welcomed Qing Cang’s party, arranged their hotel rooms, then reported to a black-and-red phantom that Su Chen, the newly emerged Star Seed, had arrived.
• The phantom told Yuan Fusheng to treat the group well and hold them at the hub for ten days, while Yuan Fusheng’s subordinate died after the phantom dissipated.
• Qing Cang sent Su Chen to the Prophet Society to buy a current affairs analysis, assigning Lan Hao to accompany him.
• Lan Hao took Su Chen toward the Prophet Society, and Su Chen asked why they could not buy its information online.

Su Chen and Lan Hao visited the Prophet Society, where Su Chen received free intelligence as a Bronze Church Star Seed and found himself at the top of its Star Seed list. As they left, Lan Hao revealed that only twelve of the hundred people on the talent list were also Star Seeds.

• Lan Hao explained that Nether Mist and the lack of instant communication forced the Prophet Society to transmit intelligence through its own encrypted channels.
• Lin Yue grew suspicious that Lan Hao had noticed something unusual about Su Chen, while Wan Chen questioned her and began connecting her behavior to Su Chen’s Training Projection.
• People outside the Prophet Society recognized Su Chen as the Bronze Church’s newest Star Seed and discussed his rising bounty on Dark Flower.
• The Society’s attendant escorted Su Chen and Lan Hao past the queues, gave Su Chen free intelligence, and sent him the Star Seed list, which named him first.
• Su Chen read the detailed entry about Han Xingliu, asked about other rankings, and learned that the highest-ranked talent had dual divine radiance but was not a Chosen One.
• Lan Hao said that only twelve of the hundred people on the talent list appeared on the Star Seed list, leaving Su Chen to consider the resentment those others might feel.

Su Chen learned that becoming a Star Seed brought powerful enemies, then discovered a growing three-billion-Star-Coin bounty on him as he left the Prophet Society. He and Lan Hao went to a restaurant under Qing Cang’s unseen protection, where Su Chen sought information about threats inside the Bronze Church before an unexpected visitor entered their room.

• Su Chen learned that Morning Star Rank Professions required a sacrifice and that large-scale screening made it unlikely that the Star Seed list had missed anyone.
• Su Chen and Lan Hao left the Prophet Society and found that Dark Flower was hosting a growing bounty on Su Chen, totaling three billion Star Coins.
• Su Chen persuaded the uneasy Lan Hao to go with him to the Star Luxury Restaurant, where he ordered mutant meat and asked the manager about poison detection.
• Qing Cang spoke to Su Chen through his ear, confirming that he was watching over them.
• Su Chen asked Lan Hao who posed the greatest threat to him within the Bronze Church, but Lan Hao avoided giving a direct answer.
• A pointed-faced middle-aged man entered Su Chen and Lan Hao’s private room, froze upon seeing Su Chen, and claimed he had entered the wrong room.

Su Chen and Lan Hao dined in the Hengdao Hub while conspirators planned to claim the bounty on Su Chen, but Qing Cang intercepted them. After returning to the hotel, Su Chen learned that Qing Cang had captured dozens of would-be attackers, including people hired through private bounties, and the identity of those targeting him remained uncertain.

• A sharp-faced man confirmed Su Chen's identity to three accomplices, who agreed to attack him for a three-billion-Star-Coin bounty until Qing Cang appeared and subdued them.
• Su Chen read about the Firework Starfall incident and the Nether Mist's expansion while eating, completing the requirements for Life Nourisher.
• Su Chen asked to visit the materials market for a restorative plant sap, and Lan Hao offered to obtain immortal ancient tree sap instead.
• Lan Hao returned to the hotel and sent a guard to buy one liter of immortal ancient tree sap after transferring him money.
• Qing Cang told Su Chen that seventy-six people had intended to attack him and that some had accepted private assassination bounties; he could not identify who had arranged them.

Su Chen advanced Life Nourisher, gaining the ability to drain life force and heal his injuries, then developed Lawlord's Might before the group departed Hengdao Hub. The chapter ended as the Copper Star prepared to jump through the Star Gate toward Taiyue Hub.

• Su Chen advanced Life Nourisher, endured a painful transformation, and gained Drain with doubled draining speed.
• Lan Hao delivered Immortal Ancient Tree sap to Su Chen, then spoke with Wan Chen, who suspected Lin Yue had lost to Su Chen's Training Projection.
• Su Chen stored the sap until he could use it safely aboard the ship and continued developing his professions while the group waited at Hengdao Hub.
• Su Chen reached 50% development of Wordspirit Lawlord and gained Lawlord's Might after it fused with Gaze of Black Pagoda and Edict.
• Yuan Fusheng announced that the Nether Mist had cleared and the Star Gate was ready, so Qing Cang led the group to the Copper Star.
• Qing Cang explained that the Star Gate jump to Taiyue Hub would take about fifteen days, and the Copper Star began its departure.

Su Chen learned that Strange God blood could fuel the creation of a Holy Profession, while Qing Cang weighed whether to intervene in the church on Su Chen’s behalf. Wan Chen and Lan Hao uncovered Su Chen’s hidden strength when his Training Projection defeated Wan Chen instantly, revealing that Lin Yue’s earlier battle had been fought against a fourth-rank projection while she was fifth rank.

• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the Holy Hall had three Holy Professions and explained that Strange God blood was the best fuel for Morning Star Fire.
• Qing Cang wondered whether to carry out a plan that could protect Su Chen and uphold their master's prestige but might cause upheaval in the church.
• Wan Chen failed to access Su Chen’s Training Projection and Lin Yue’s battle records, then persuaded Xia Jie to roll back the training room’s data.
• Wan Chen and Lan Hao watched Lin Yue fight Su Chen’s Training Projection and saw that she held only a slight advantage.
• Wan Chen challenged Su Chen’s Training Projection in fair combat mode, but the projection overwhelmed him with a lightning-fast attack.
• Lan Hao asked Copper Star about the earlier fight and learned that Lin Yue had been fifth rank while Su Chen’s Training Projection had been fourth rank.

Wan Chen fought Su Chen’s Training Projection and was overwhelmed, convincing him that Su Chen deserved to be the chosen one. Su Chen traced the unauthorized access to Wan Chen’s data rollback, while Qing Cang began reviewing the fight recording and was about to see Su Chen’s combat ability for himself.

• Wan Chen reviewed Lin Yue’s combat records and concluded that Su Chen’s speed and burst damage made his Training Projection extraordinarily difficult to fight.
• Su Chen discovered that his profession-development blessing had been extended after Wan Chen’s defeat, then learned from Copper Star that someone had accessed his Training Projection after a data rollback.
• Su Chen asked Xia Jie about the rollback and learned that Wan Chen had requested it; Xia Jie also revealed that Lan Hao had been in the training room.
• Xia Jie reported the situation to Qing Cang, who checked the task log and found that Wan Chen had accessed Su Chen’s Training Projection and Lan Hao had inquired about the combat mode.
• Qing Cang ordered the recording of Wan Chen’s fight against Su Chen’s Training Projection to be shown, and he and Xia Jie began watching.

Su Chen acquired the Tough Walker Profession and tested its ability to convert injuries into restorative power. After Qing Cang gave him a portion of their Master's power for protection, an unknown force captured their ship and swept Su Chen and the others into the jump corridor.

• Su Chen acquired Tough Walker, which converted injuries into restorative power, and found that Saint's Hand could boost the conversion rate to nearly eighty or ninety percent.
• Su Chen discovered that his Training Projection and the others' combat records had been removed from the system.
• Qing Cang asked about Su Chen's special Professions and warned that his strength would draw more people eager to uncover his secrets.
• Qing Cang gave Su Chen a portion of their Master's power and sought his cooperation in identifying the person most hostile toward him.
• A traction field interfered with the jump corridor and tried to capture the ship, so Qing Cang swept Su Chen, Wan Chen, Lin Yue, Lan Hao, Ming Lin, and the others outside into the corridor.

Qing Cang rescued Su Chen and the others from the Royal Court’s interception in the warp corridor, then brought them to the Taiyue Hub and left them hidden on a meteorite while he investigated. He later told Lin Langtian, Wu Feng, and Hu Qi that Su Chen and the others were missing, and Hu Qi warned that the spirituality would be useless if the Royal Court captured Su Chen alive.

• The Royal Court’s device pulled the Copper Star into the warp corridor’s spatial barrier, but Qing Cang carried Su Chen and the others safely onward.
• Ni Chuan and Ni Bin planned to seize the spirituality first and capture Su Chen second, intending to keep him alive with the Freezing Law.
• Qing Cang bypassed the Taiyue Hub’s usual entrance by crossing the spatial barrier, then hid the group on a meteorite and confiscated their communication devices.
• Qing Cang left the meteorite to investigate the hub, while Wu Feng, Lin Langtian, and Hu Qi waited for his arrival.
• Qing Cang returned injured and reported that the Royal Court had intercepted them and that Su Chen and the others were missing, though he still had the spirituality.
• Wu Feng was relieved that Qing Cang had kept the spirituality, but Hu Qi warned that it would become useless if the Royal Court captured Su Chen alive.