Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun sought permission for Qin Tianlin to use the Creation Copper Heart, but Chu Ran announced that Su Chen had defeated Qin Tianlin and claimed the Sixth Rank championship. Su Chen then entered the Creation Copper Heart and completed his Stigmata Physician requirement by treating five thousand simulated patients in six hours.

• Qing Cang agreed to arrange twelve Master Builders for the Bronze Church, while Chu Lingyuan approved Qin Yun's request to exchange contribution points for Qin Tianlin to use the Creation Copper Heart.
• Chu Ran rushed in and told Qing Cang, Chu Lingyuan, and Qin Yun that Su Chen had defeated Qin Tianlin to become the Sixth Rank champion.
• Qing Cang left after sensing the Ancient King, and Qin Yun departed with fresh doubts about Su Chen's secrets.
• Su Chen left Wei Zhenghong's celebration and traveled to Copper Heart, where Senior Brother Ku explained that the Creation Copper Heart was a manifestation of the Ancient King's ability.
• Su Chen entered the Creation Copper Heart and asked Copper Spirit to create a medical setting for his Stigmata Physician requirement.
• Su Chen treated five thousand data-formed patients, completing the requirement in six hours of outside time.

Su Chen completed the Stigmata Physician profession in the Creation Copper Heart, gaining two Stigmata, then was summoned by the Bronze Ancient King. The Ancient King praised Su Chen’s potential and asked what he had done to anger the Stele Spirit.

• Su Chen completed the requirement to help five thousand people and took up the Stigmata Physician profession, gaining the ability to form two Stigmata.
• Su Chen considered his plans for reaching sixth-rank and decided to prepare for further contact with Lan Hao before leaving the Creation Copper Heart.
• Qing Cang met Su Chen outside and told him the Bronze Ancient King wanted to see him, then carried him to the Ancient King Hall.
• A Great Venerable statue resonated briefly with Su Chen, and the Bronze Ancient King explained that this showed Su Chen had spirit attachment.
• The Bronze Ancient King said Su Chen might reach Morning Star Rank before age one hundred, then asked what he had done to anger the Stele Spirit.

The Bronze Ancient King showed Su Chen the sect’s Flame, which was being corrupted by powerful Mist Ember, and asked him to test whether he could purify a separated fragment. Su Chen purified it almost immediately, leaving the Ancient King and Qing Cang stunned and the Flame briefly surging with renewed power.

• The Bronze Ancient King brought Su Chen and Qing Cang inside the Flame and explained that Mist Ember had nearly corrupted it, while Mist Source could help professions evolve.
• The Bronze Ancient King revealed that the outermost Mist Ember was medium-grade and too dangerous for Su Chen to approach, then offered him a separated, lowest-grade fragment to test his ability to purify it.
• Qing Cang warned Su Chen that Mist Ember could trap him in illusions and despair, while the Bronze Ancient King promised to pull him out if corruption began.
• Su Chen accepted the fragment and entered its Mist Ember, saying he had confidence in facing a Strange God of the same rank.
• The Bronze Ancient King and Qing Cang discussed the sect’s dwindling options as Su Chen remained enveloped in black matter.
• The Flame suddenly flared, the black matter receded from Su Chen, and the Bronze Ancient King confirmed that Su Chen had purified the Mist Ember.

Su Chen purified a weak grade of Mist Ember, giving the Bronze Ancient King hope that he could eventually help save Flame. After the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable consumed the Mist Source and promised to help forge a Holy Profession, Su Chen asked the Ancient King to seek Morning Star Marrow from the Royal Court, then headed to the Spirit Hall to choose a main Profession.

• Su Chen quickly purified the weak-grade Mist Ember, and the Bronze Ancient King explained that stronger grades would require Su Chen to reach at least the seventh rank and forge a Holy Profession.
• The Bronze Ancient King gave Su Chen the purified Mist Source, which vanished when the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable consumed it and promised to help forge a Holy Profession once.
• Su Chen promised to help purify the Mist Ember around Flame and asked the Bronze Ancient King to obtain Morning Star Marrow from the Royal Court.
• Su Chen claimed the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's phantom had revealed the need for Morning Star Marrow, and the Bronze Ancient King agreed to ask the Royal Court despite the substance's rarity.
• Qing Cang took Su Chen back to Copper Heart, where Su Chen said he would visit the Spirit Hall to choose a main Profession.
• In the Qin family's compound, Qin Tianlin remained troubled by Su Chen's face more than half a day after leaving the challenge room.

Qin Yun offered Qin Tianlin a dangerous way to grow stronger and intervened when a purple flame tried to possess him. Meanwhile, Su Chen retrieved two main professions, which fused into a sixth-rank top-tier profession, and discovered that the fusion also resolved Black Pagoda God power’s evolution requirements.

• Qin Tianlin admitted that he could not defeat Su Chen’s Training Projection, and Qin Yun assured him the loss was temporary.
• Qin Yun suspected that Su Chen was purifying Mist Ember and offered Qin Tianlin a risky method to advance; Qin Tianlin agreed.
• Qin Yun let a purple flame enter Qin Tianlin, then used silver-gray runes to turn the flame against its attempt to make Qin Tianlin a vessel.
• Su Chen visited the Spirit Hall, where Zhong Chengyu recommended the Burning Thunder Lord and Flame-Thunder Spirit Scribe professions.
• The Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable fused the two professions with divine powers, creating the Thunder Ember World-Reflecting Lord and reducing its requirements.
• Su Chen realized the fusion had also resolved the evolution requirements for Black Pagoda God power.

Su Chen accepted an advance supply of Thunder Pulp Potions and began using one while Black Pagoda investigated the purification of Mist Ember. Meanwhile, Peng King brought Han Xingliu toward the Bronze Church for the Peak Star Assembly and discussed the Royal Court’s plans involving Qin Yun and Su Chen; the chapter ended with Su Chen tempering himself in Scarlet Thunder.

• Su Chen collected his ranking rewards from Ding Fan, who arranged an advance loan of fifteen Thunder Pulp Potions while the church’s regular supply was ordered.
• Su Chen asked Ding Fan about Heaven-Forged Items, then returned to his training room and drank a Thunder Pulp Potion.
• Black Pagoda learned that another weak portion of Mist Ember had been purified and decided to investigate, considering a personal visit to the Bronze Church during the Peak Star Assembly.
• Peng King explained to Han Xingliu that the Royal Court intended to use Qin Yun to pursue Flame fusion and learn what happened in the Lost Flame.
• Peng King told Han Xingliu that Su Chen had defeated Qin Tianlin despite being a fifth-rank professional, and said Su Chen was worth watching.
• Su Chen circulated the Body Tempering Meditation as Scarlet Thunder enveloped him in his training room.

Su Chen met Lan Hao in the Nether Domain, learned the requirements for the Weaving Healer Profession, and ordered him to gather information about Qin Tianlin. After Su Chen convinced Black Pagoda that Zhou Yunyang had a lead on the person who purified the mist embers, Black Pagoda agreed to deliver the Heart of Spirit Light in person and promoted Su Chen to High Priest.

• Su Chen reached master level in his Body Forging Method and meditation method, gaining Thunder Force Body and Soul Barrier.
• Su Chen met Lan Hao, learned that Qin Tianlin was seeking people with specific Professions, and ordered Lan Hao to investigate him.
• Lan Hao revealed the requirements for the Weaving Healer Profession, and Su Chen acquired its advancement option.
• Su Chen told Black Pagoda that Zhou Yunyang claimed to know the target's identity and had evidence linked to the Bronze Ancient King.
• Black Pagoda agreed to Zhou Yunyang's terms and said it would personally bring the Heart of Spirit Light to the Bronze Church.
• Black Pagoda instructed Su Chen to monitor him and bestowed enough faith power to advance him to High Priest.

Su Chen mastered Black Pagoda’s High Priest abilities, formed a Nether Pact with the Centipede Dragon, and began training with new methods. After learning that Qin Guang was monitoring his circle and obstructing their dealings, Su Chen halted their transactions and considered how to respond.

• Su Chen reviewed the abilities Black Pagoda had granted him, including resurrection and Nether Pacts, and discovered that he could form a pact using Faceless Ghost divine power.
• Su Chen visited the Nether Stone mining area, formed a Nether Pact with the Centipede Dragon, and collected thirty Nether Domain Mother Stones from Little Black.
• Su Chen returned to the Bronze Church and began practicing the Thunderfire Cauldron Body Forging Method and the Blazing Thunder Soul-Refining Meditation Method.
• Ming Lin told Su Chen that Qin Guang had ordered people in the Qin family’s sphere of influence to delay business with them and was investigating Su Chen’s activities.
• Su Chen told Ming Lin to pause their goods sales, while construction of the satellite city advanced and nearby forces gathered at Balanceway Hub.

Su Chen received the Heaven-Forged Item despite Qin Guang’s interference and arranged for the Centipede Dragon to abduct him. Meanwhile, Qin Tianlin began harvesting the abilities of imprisoned church professionals, and the chapter ended with the Centipede Dragon swallowing Qin Guang and escaping into the Nether Domain.

• Su Chen received the Heaven-Forged Item from Ding Fan, paid part of its cost with Nether Domain Mother Stones, and learned Qin Guang had tried to intercept it.
• Su Chen had Lan Hao deliver an Erosion Domain Bead to Qin Guang’s side and used Crimson divine power to help Lan Hao advance his profession requirement.
• On Cloud Dragon Planet, Qin Tianlin and Qin Guang went to the Qin family’s prison, where Qin Tianlin used purple flames to tear abilities from imprisoned professionals and form an illusory Saint Lancer.
• Qin Guang returned to his room and was trapped when the Erosion Domain Bead’s substance spread through it.
• The Centipede Dragon emerged from the distorted space, told Qin Guang that someone wanted to see him, swallowed him, and retreated into the Nether Domain.

Su Chen captured Qin Guang and questioned him in the Nether Domain about Qin Yun’s return from Lost Flame, Qin Tianlin’s plans, and the Qin family’s Imperishable Vajra profession. Qin Guang revealed that Qin Tianlin had used a purple flame to steal the Saint Lancer profession, then began sharing three professions in the Imperishable Vajra sequence.

• Su Chen watched the Centipede Dragon capture Qin Guang and brought him to the Nether Domain for questioning.
• Qin Guang pleaded for his freedom, but Su Chen asked whether Qin Yun had concealed anything about surviving Lost Flame; Qin Guang said he did not know.
• Su Chen asked why Qin Guang was gathering elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people, and Qin Guang admitted Qin Tianlin was stealing their professions.
• Qin Guang said Qin Tianlin had stolen the Saint Lancer profession using a purple flame, which made Su Chen suspect Qin Yun had brought the flame back from Lost Flame.
• Qin Guang offered to investigate Su Chen and revealed that Qin Tianlin had been driven to act by Su Chen’s rise.
• Su Chen asked about the Imperishable Vajra profession sequence, and Qin Guang began to disclose the three professions he knew.

Su Chen learned how to fuse the Vajra professions into Vajra Venerable, then killed Qin Guang by feeding him to Little Black, who evolved into a Seventh Rank Nether Domain Creature. As news of Qin Guang’s death reached the Bronze Church, the arrival of the True Martial Church and the Black Tortoise King raised new concerns.

• Qin Guang revealed the requirements for Vajra Strongman, Bone Vajra, and Blood Vajra, and Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable fused them into Vajra Venerable with three difficult requirements.
• Su Chen decided that Vajra Venerable could support a future Holy Profession, then rejected Qin Guang’s offer to work as an informant and ordered Little Black to devour him.
• Little Black evolved into a Seventh Rank Nether Domain Creature, while Su Chen considered the profession-plundering information and the many professions he could forge.
• Ming Lin told Su Chen that Qin Guang had reportedly been attacked at home, and Su Chen cautioned him against drawing suspicion; Wei Zhenghong later confirmed Qin Guang was dead.
• Jiang Mufeng reported that the True Martial Church was coming to the Eternal Path Hub and that the Royal Court had sent the Black Tortoise King, who carried an item for a transaction with the Ancient King.

Su Chen learned about the Peak Star Assembly’s contenders and the rewards for becoming Star Head, while Qin Tianlin revealed his ability to plunder professions and was urged by Qin Yun to proceed cautiously. Back on the Floating Island, Su Chen drank the melted Heaven-Forged Item to incorporate it into his body.

• Jiang Mufeng and Wei Zhenghong discussed the Royal Court’s Black Tortoise King, the Star Seeds Luo Yao and Han Xingliu, and the Bronze Church’s fair challenge system.
• Chu Ran told Su Chen that the Star Head would receive powerful resources from the churches and the Royal Court, including the Ancient King’s help with advancement.
• Wu Feng confronted Qin Yun at the Qin family compound, but Qin Yun refused to let the Punishment Hall investigate Qin Guang’s death.
• Qin Tianlin showed Qin Yun that he could plunder professions, but Qin Yun forbade him from sacrificing others to advance; a voice urged Qin Tianlin to target Su Chen instead.
• Song delivered the melted Heaven-Forged Item to Su Chen, who fused his control Mystic Artifact into his body and swallowed the scorching liquid.

Su Chen completed his preparations and endured accelerated tempering in the Creation Copper Heart before fusing his two main Professions. The advancement succeeded, granting him Thunder Ember World-Reflecting Lord and the Reflecting Venerable ability.

• Su Chen considered using Qin Tianlin to support his story to Black Pagoda and resolved to keep collecting essence and Heaven-Forged Items.
• Lan Hao learned that the Qin family had found no leads in Qin Guang's death investigation, then denied to Lan Hai that he had been busy with anything else.
• Su Chen completed development of both Professions and endured tenfold lightning, flame, and illusion tempering in the Creation Copper Heart.
• Su Chen returned to his training room and began fusing Thunder Radiance Flame Lord with Scarlet Thunder Might Lord, enduring a painful transformation as his mental core merged with his body.
• Su Chen successfully advanced into Thunder Ember World-Reflecting Lord and acquired the Reflecting Venerable Profession ability.

Su Chen completed his advancement to the sixth rank, discovering that his mental power had fused with his body and that he could manifest the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable’s shadow. He visited the Artifact Hall to order upgrade materials and discuss a powerful melee weapon, while considering a visit to the Ancient King to test his strength and ask about morning star marrow.

• Su Chen finished transforming, found that his mental power had merged throughout his body, and confirmed that his abilities still worked.
• Su Chen activated the ability that reflected the Great Venerable and found it greatly increased his combat strength.
• Su Chen decided to seek sixth-rank Mystic Artifact upgrades and have logistics commission him a new combat outfit.
• Su Chen sent Zhou Yunyang a list of upgrade materials and asked to use one of his saved opportunities to obtain a sixth-rank weapon.
• Zhou Yunyang recognized Su Chen’s advancement and, after bringing him to a private office, asked whether he wanted a firearm or melee weapon.
• Su Chen chose a melee weapon with extremely explosive destructive power.

Su Chen chose the Thunderclap Mountainbreaker Hammer and upgraded all his Mystic Artifacts to tier six, greatly increasing his strength and preparing him to attempt purifying an intermediate-grade Mist Ember. Meanwhile, the Peng King and other leaders planned to pressure the Bronze Church over Qin Yun, while Han Xingliu and Luo Yao discussed Su Chen’s growing reputation.

• Su Chen selected the Thunderclap Mountainbreaker Hammer after Zhou Yunyang recommended it, and Zhou arranged to deliver it with the requested materials.
• The Peng King revealed that the Prison-Suppressing King had left the name Qin Yun and secured agreement to demand answers from the Bronze Church, while the group planned to test the Bronze Ancient King’s condition.
• Han Xingliu, Luo Yao, and Zhang Yuan discussed Su Chen’s victory over Qin Tianlin and his potential as a future rival, and Han Xingliu expressed interest in meeting him.
• Zhou Yunyang delivered Su Chen’s materials and the hammer, which Su Chen controlled and merged into his body for a powerful strength enhancement.
• Su Chen spent several hours raising every Mystic Artifact under his control to tier six, then sensed he might be able to attempt purifying an intermediate-grade Mist Ember.

Su Chen tested his tier-seven Mystic Artifact enhancement and went with Qing Cang to visit the Bronze Ancient King, hoping to test his strength against the mist ember. The Bronze Ancient King explained Su Chen’s unusual Spirit-Flesh Unity and revealed that the Black Tortoise King was bringing the morning star marrow.

• Su Chen used the Four Seasons Meridian Wheel to enhance his Mystic Artifacts to tier seven, dented the training room’s tier-seven metal wall, and decided to test himself against the mist ember.
• Su Chen summoned Qing Cang by claiming he had urgent news about the Ancient King, and Qing Cang took him to the Ancient King Hall while explaining that the Royal Court and four major sects were arriving with Star Seeds.
• The Bronze Ancient King said he would personally welcome the Black Tortoise King and pay the cost of keeping the Flame lit while he was away.
• The Bronze Ancient King discovered Su Chen’s mental core had merged into his body, identified the condition as Spirit-Flesh Unity, and told him to return for help when he advanced to tier seven.
• The Bronze Ancient King took Su Chen to the Flame’s core, where Su Chen asked whether the Royal Court had agreed to provide morning star marrow, and the Ancient King said the Black Tortoise King was bringing it.

Su Chen entered Flame’s mist ember to purify its outer layer and fought a powerful Black Pagoda replica, using several enhancements to overcome it. The Bronze Ancient King detected Su Chen’s extraordinary abilities as the mist ember condensed into a fist-sized mass, while Su Chen collapsed and Flame blazed above him.

• The Bronze Ancient King told Su Chen the Royal Court had made morning star marrow a Peak Star Assembly preliminary selection reward to investigate his abilities.
• Su Chen entered Flame’s outer layer of mist ember after learning that purifying it could give the Bronze Ancient King more freedom.
• Su Chen fought the Black Pagoda replica, whose combined professions and mental attacks made it far stronger than before.
• Su Chen used Blood Burner, Stigmata Physician, Ravager, and his remaining Stigmata to strengthen himself and heal the resulting injuries.
• The Bronze Ancient King observed Su Chen’s escalating strength and abilities as the mist ember boiled and formed a fist-sized mass.
• Su Chen slumped to the ground, panting, while Flame shrieked and blazed a hundred feet high.

Su Chen helped the Bronze Ancient King purify more Mist Ember, then let the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable consume the Mist Source and merge with the spirituality in a Bronze Church statue. Black Pagoda learned of Su Chen and the purification, and headed for the Bronze Church as the Great Venerable fell silent after granting Su Chen several rewards.

• The Bronze Ancient King restored Su Chen to peak condition, then used his power to fight the Mist Ember while sending Su Chen to the Ancient King Hall.
• Black Pagoda descended into a prepared body, learned about Su Chen and the Bronze Church, and decided to travel there to investigate the purification.
• Su Chen gave the Mist Source to the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable, who urged him to touch the statue carrying external spirituality.
• The Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable merged with the statue's spirituality, gave Su Chen three abilities, and then fell silent.
• Su Chen realized the statue's inherited spirituality had been consumed and worried about explaining its disappearance to the Bronze Ancient King.

Su Chen learned that his purification had strengthened the Bronze Church’s flame, while the Bronze Ancient King discovered the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable’s spirituality had vanished and agreed to keep the matter quiet. As the other churches and the Royal Court arrived to test the Bronze Church’s weakness, the Ancient King appeared before them with the flame blazing brightly.

• The Bronze Ancient King praised Su Chen for extending the flame’s Radiant Sun Time and granted him unrestricted access to the Creation Copper Heart, with a promise to evolve it when he reached the Morning Star Rank.
• The Bronze Ancient King noticed that the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable’s spirituality had disappeared, and Su Chen claimed a voice had led him to it after he absorbed the Mist Source.
• The Bronze Ancient King told Su Chen to conceal his role in purifying the Mist Ember and asked him to welcome the visiting factions without appearing alongside him.
• The four major churches and the Royal Court arrived together at the Bronze Church’s Star Gate, where Wu Yue questioned why the Bronze Ancient King had not come to greet them.
• Wu Yue taunted the Bronze Church about its flame, but the flame suddenly blazed with powerful vitality and the Bronze Ancient King appeared in person.
• The assembled visitors and Bronze Church leaders bowed to the Bronze Ancient King.

The Bronze Ancient King appeared in his true body at the starport, and the increased brightness of Flame unsettled the Royal Court and the four major churches. After Su Chen learned what had happened, the group discussed the threat posed by Han Xingliu and the upcoming Peak Star Assembly, whose preliminary selection was expected to differ this year.

• The Bronze Ancient King greeted the Black Tortoise King and accompanied him aboard an aircraft while the gathered leaders reconsidered their assumptions about the Bronze Church’s strength.
• Han Xingliu asked Wei Zhenghong and Shen Yi'an why Su Chen was absent, revealing his interest in the Bronze Church’s newly advanced Star Seed.
• Wei Zhenghong messaged Su Chen about the Ancient King’s appearance, and Su Chen joined him and Shen Yi'an at the Floating Island.
• Wei Zhenghong told Su Chen and the others that the Ancient King had appeared in his true body and that Flame seemed brighter, while Wu Yue and the Peng King had reacted with alarm.
• Jiang Mufeng warned that Han Xingliu was a powerful contender for the Emperor’s throne, and the group discussed the Peak Star Assembly’s year-long preliminary selection.
• Zhao Ming explained that the selection would use a challenge system in the new satellite city Dragon Abyss, while Jiang Mufeng noted that Qing Cang was personally handling this year’s process.