Chapter Summaries

The Spirit of the Bright Sun acknowledged Xiao Linfeng, but Bright Sun used him as a sacrifice to open a passage into Flamefire Space. Six Ancient Kings entered the passage before it closed, leaving Su Chen to consider how their absence might change Dust Star Sea.

• A tiny dragon emerged from Qin Yun and acknowledged Xiao Linfeng, who was pulled out of the trial and brought before the Ancient Kings.
• Xiao Linfeng learned that Su Chen had shattered the King Shadow at the seventh rank, while Su Chen had received no acknowledgment from the spirit.
• Bright Sun sent a purple flame into Xiao Linfeng and sacrificed him to open a passage, explaining that the brief connection after acknowledgment made it possible.
• True Martial Ancient King, Sacred Cauldron Ancient King, Star Vault Ancient King, Xuantian Ancient King, Vast Sea Emperor, and Bronze Ancient King entered the passage before it closed.
• Su Chen realized the six Radiant Moon Rank experts were trapped in Flamefire Space and considered how their absence could leave him with more room to act.

Su Chen considered the consequences of the Ancient Kings and Vast Sea Emperor entering Flamefire Space, while the Peak Star Assembly ended amid Xiao Linfeng’s death and rising tensions. The chapter left Chu Lingyuan suspecting the Ancient Kings would be trapped for a long time as Long River Clan demanded answers.

• Su Chen wondered whether the Remnant Spirit had entered Flamefire Space and exchanged a wary glance with the emaciated Qin Yun.
• The crowd reacted to Xiao Linfeng’s death as Chu Lingyuan announced the Peak Star Assembly would continue, but Xiao Ding demanded an explanation and Zhou Lingtian negotiated a temporary truce.
• Peng King named Su Chen Star Head, awarded the dead Xiao Linfeng second place, and ended the assembly; Chu Lingyuan told Su Chen to wait for his award ceremony.
• Su Chen left with Wei Zhenghong, Shen Yi'an, and Chu Ran after the crowd was dismissed, while Chu Lingyuan stayed behind with Qin Yun.
• Chu Lingyuan questioned Qin Yun, who denied causing the incident and said the Ancient Kings would struggle to escape Flamefire Space unless one gained recognition.

Su Chen used the Power of Tai Xu and an item once handled by Qin Yun to witness Qin Yun’s memories, discovering that the Remnant Spirit had hidden inside him after sending the Ancient Kings into Flamefire Space. He learned that the Remnant Spirit and Qin Yun planned to seize his body and uncover his secret, while Qin Yun remained chained at the Qin residence.

• Qin Yun persuaded Chu Lingyuan to take him to the Qin family residence, where Chu Lingyuan chained him and left him a metallic potion.
• Su Chen worried that the Remnant Spirit had escaped with Qin Yun and obtained a string of black beads that Qin Yun had handled.
• Su Chen entered the Nether Tower and used the Power of Tai Xu to view scenes from Qin Yun’s past, including his encounter with the Spirit of the Bright Sun and the Remnant Spirit.
• Su Chen witnessed the Remnant Spirit urge Qin Yun to send the Ancient Kings and the Vast Sea Emperor into Flamefire Space as a chance for Qin Yun to survive.
• Su Chen saw that the Remnant Spirit had hidden in Qin Yun’s Remnant Flame and wanted Qin Yun to help it seize Su Chen’s body.
• Qin Yun demanded a share of Su Chen’s secret, and the Remnant Spirit agreed.

Su Chen learned that the Remnant Spirit planned to seize his body, but chose to wait for it while preparing to advance and obtain Flame Gold Sand. Meanwhile, the Ancient Kings’ disappearance unsettled the major powers, and Han Xingliu discovered the crisis after leaving his challenge room.

• Su Chen traced how Qin Yun, the Remnant Spirit, and his own past actions led to the Remnant Spirit targeting his body, then decided to wait for it and contacted Venerable Chu Lingyuan about obtaining Flame Gold Sand.
• Chu Lingyuan and the other Venerables agreed to cooperate with the Royal Court while the Ancient Kings were absent, and Chu Lingyuan warned them against targeting Su Chen.
• Han Xingliu finished fighting the King Shadow and emerged to find the arena emptied and under martial law.
• Ni Chuan told Han Xingliu that several Ancient Kings and the Emperor had entered Flamefire Space and that Xiao Linfeng, not Su Chen, had been recognized by the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• Han Xingliu felt relieved that Su Chen had not been recognized.

Han Xingliu learned that Su Chen had claimed the Star Head position and was ranked above him, while the Ancient Kings became trapped in the Flamefire Space and resolved to wait for Su Chen. Back outside, Su Chen gathered materials for his Shadowflash Form and received an invitation to a banquet from Qin Yun’s father.

• Ni Chuan told Han Xingliu that Su Chen had become the Star Head after reaching tier 7 and shattering King Shadow, while Han Xingliu was ranked third behind the deceased Xiao Linfeng.
• Vast Sea Emperor and the Ancient Kings found Prison-Suppressing King in the Flamefire Space, where he warned them that the remnant spirit had deceived and trapped people there.
• True Martial Ancient King tried to gain the Spirit of the Bright Sun’s recognition but was rejected and provoked its flames; Bronze Ancient King confirmed that the group could not break out together.
• The Ancient Kings decided to wait in the Flamefire Space for Su Chen and join forces to capture him when he returned.
• Ding Fan delivered the retina of the Beast of Time and the tendons of the Flashshadow Leopard to Su Chen, who noted that observation and concept were the remaining requirements for his Shadowflash Form.
• A man resembling Qin Yun arrived and respectfully invited Su Chen to a banquet on his father’s behalf.

Su Chen received an invitation to Qin Yun’s banquet and watched news of his rise spread across the Dust Star Sea while suspecting the Remnant Spirit planned to take his body. Elsewhere, Xiao Ding’s allies considered using a Strange God against the Five Great Sects and the Royal Court, and Su Chen began integrating the Mirror of Possibility.

• Qin Lie invited Su Chen to Qin Yun’s banquet at Copper Heart and promised compensation, but Su Chen gave no definite answer and suspected the Remnant Spirit had arranged a trap.
• News spread that Su Chen had become Star Head and that the Ancient Kings and the Vast Sea Emperor might be trapped in Lost Flame.
• Xiao Ding gathered several forces to discuss opposing the Five Great Sects and the Royal Court, but Zhou Lingtian refused to join them and accused them of seeking power for themselves.
• Xiao Ding consulted a hidden figure, who suggested borrowing the Strange God as outside force against their rivals.
• Luo Shuhang gave Su Chen the Mirror of Possibility, which Su Chen merged into his body and tested by foreseeing where a lightning arc would strike.

Su Chen attended Qin Yun’s banquet, where Qin Yun apologized and offered him a Morning Star Ember as a gift. A Remnant Spirit had secretly infused the ember with purple flame, intending to use it to seize Su Chen’s body when they were alone.

• Qing Cang congratulated Su Chen on becoming Star Head and explained that Copper Heart’s defenses could suppress unauthorized Morning Star power.
• Su Chen agreed to attend Qin Yun’s banquet, and his arrival drew a crowd of sect officials and guests who had come because of his status.
• Before the banquet, Qin Yun and the Remnant Spirit prepared a plan to attack Su Chen using a purple flame hidden in a charcoal-like object.
• Qin Yun apologized publicly to Su Chen and asked him to look after the innocent members of the Qin family.
• Qin Yun presented Su Chen with a Morning Star Ember, which could be refined to obtain the class held by a deceased Morning Star.

Su Chen accepted Qin Yun’s Morning Star Ember apology, unaware that the Remnant Spirit inside it planned to seize his body. After reuniting with Ming Lin and Teng Liang, he learned the Scarlet Thunder Star’s Nether Mist was returning and received a large supply of Strange God's Power, while the Ancient Kings’ disappearance left the Dust Star Sea facing possible upheaval.

• Qin Yun gave Su Chen a Morning Star Ember as an apology, and Su Chen accepted it while concealing his suspicions about the Remnant Spirit.
• Chu Lingyuan and Qing Cang discussed Qin Yun’s gift, the Ancient Kings’ disappearance, and signs that the strange gods might be making a major move.
• Qin Yun returned to his room and waited for the Remnant Spirit to use Su Chen’s body to help end his house arrest.
• Su Chen reunited with Ming Lin and Teng Liang, who reported that the Nether Mist was returning on the Scarlet Thunder Star and that rumors about the Lost Flame had spread.
• Su Chen told Ming Lin and Teng Liang that Eighth Rank Professionals would guard the Scarlet Thunder Star, then inspected the Strange God's Power they had brought from the planet.
• The Remnant Spirit sensed the Strange God's Power in the storage room and grew more eager to seize Su Chen’s body.

Su Chen used the Great Venerable to defeat and capture the Taixu Remnant Spirit, then let the Armament Master consume the Morning Star Ember. The Remnant Spirit was left to be tamed while the Armament Master began refining the ember with Strange God's Essence.

• Su Chen entered the Nether Tower with the Morning Star Ember and confronted the Taixu Remnant Spirit attached to it.
• The Taixu Remnant Spirit attacked Su Chen, but the Great Venerable seized him and subdued his Bright Sun Remnant Flame.
• The Great Venerable brought the Taixu Remnant Spirit into the place where the Professional Spirit resided, and Su Chen questioned him before suppressing his attempts to bargain.
• The Armament Master developed a desire for the Morning Star Ember, and Su Chen granted it to him.
• The Armament Master swallowed the ember and grew alarmed, so the Great Venerable fused Strange God's Essence into him to help him refine it.

Su Chen learned that Copper Heart had been sealed because the missing Ancient King’s power needed to be conserved, but Ku Boye intervened and Qing Cang brought him back inside to develop the Shadowflash Form. Meanwhile, Qin Yun grew suspicious that the Remnant Spirit had failed to seize Su Chen’s body and considered turning against him.

• Su Chen replenished his Strange God's Essence and headed to Copper Heart, only to learn from Ku Boye that it had been temporarily sealed while the Ancient King was missing.
• Ku Boye secretly contacted Chu Lingyuan, who sent Qing Cang to escort Su Chen into Copper Heart despite its closure.
• Qing Cang explained Ku Boye’s history with their master, then helped Su Chen enter Copper Heart and begin developing the Shadowflash Form.
• Qin Yun questioned Qin Lie about Su Chen’s movements and became uneasy when he learned Su Chen had entered Copper Heart instead of coming to see him.
• Qin Yun suspected the Remnant Spirit had failed or betrayed their agreement and considered using their recorded conversation against it.
• Su Chen practiced the Shadowflash Form inside Copper Heart, moving through a simulation of complex, orderly machinery as a new panel message appeared.

Su Chen learned that he could take the holy forging profession Forging Heaven Trace by extracting spirituality from a Morning Star Artifact, and discovered that the missing weapons were inside the Bright Sun spirituality in the Flamefire Space. He secured Taixu Remnant Spirit’s help to re-enter the space using the Ember of Fire Induction and Cultivation Residence, both of which he had already obtained.

• Su Chen found that only the requirement to extract spirituality from a Morning Star Artifact remained before he could take Forging Heaven Trace.
• Su Chen questioned Taixu Remnant Spirit, who explained that the Flamefire Space’s Bright Sun Flame belonged to Tai Xuan Ye and that the Morning Star weapons had been swallowed by its spirituality.
• Taixu Remnant Spirit revealed that the Ember of Fire Induction and Cultivation Residence could enable entry into the Flamefire Space and help retrieve the weapons.
• Taixu Remnant Spirit offered to help Su Chen gain Three-Dragon Recognition, believing Su Chen still needed the Ember of Fire Induction and Cultivation Residence.
• Su Chen showed Taixu Remnant Spirit that he already possessed the Ember of Fire Induction and had opened the Cultivation Residence.
• Taixu Remnant Spirit agreed to help Su Chen enter the Flamefire Space silently.

Su Chen completed the observation requirements for Shadowflash Form and learned that Han Xingliu had been attacked, while Black Pagoda’s descended body infiltrated Copper Heart by becoming Zhou Yunyang’s student. The chapter left Su Chen weighing whether to meet Qin Yun, who had invited him to talk, without exposing his connection to the Remnant Spirit.

• Su Chen ended his exchange with the Remnant Spirit after insisting that it prove its value, and the Remnant Spirit resolved to gain his trust before making a move.
• Zhou Yunyang accepted He Peiting as his student after He Peiting bluntly explained why he wanted to study under him.
• He Peiting revealed himself to be Black Pagoda’s descended body, which planned to keep Zhou Yunyang close and noted that the believer it needed had stopped praying.
• Su Chen completed the observation requirement for Shadowflash Form and realized he was close to taking up the Profession.
• Su Chen read Chu Ran’s message that Han Xingliu had been ambushed on his way to the Royal Court, and that Peng King had killed the assassin.
• Qin Lie invited Su Chen to meet Qin Yun, but Su Chen rejected the idea of approaching him under the Remnant Spirit’s identity.

Su Chen acquired the Shadowflash Form Holy Profession, tested its movement and concealment abilities, and used a prayer ritual to enter Flamefire Space. He arrived in a Cultivation Residence as six Ancient Kings gathered outside, aware that someone had entered.

• Su Chen declined Qin Lie's invitation to meet Qin Yun and asked him to pass along that he would honor his promise after accepting the Morning Flame Ashes.
• Su Chen questioned the Remnant Spirit about its agreements with Qin Yun, then acquired Shadowflash Form and gained Myriad Shadows Returning to Silence and Essence-Stilling Shadow.
• Su Chen tested his new abilities, found that he could jump between locations without a visible trajectory, and confirmed that his development efficiency had improved.
• With the Remnant Spirit's guidance, Su Chen prayed to the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord using his blood and the bright sun remnant flame to enter Flamefire Space.
• The Ancient Kings discussed sending the Prison-Suppressing King out, but a purple pillar of light brought Su Chen into the tower before they could act.
• The Ancient Kings gathered outside the third-floor Cultivation Residence, while Su Chen saw through a virtual screen that six Radiant Moon Rank experts were waiting at the doors.

Su Chen used a Bright Sun Remnant Flame projection to approach the six Moon Radiance Rank experts outside the Cultivation Residence and negotiate a way to contact the outside world. He left them with a ritual to prepare while his projection climbed toward the palace’s highest level, hoping to use the opportunity to obtain Radiant Moon Treasure Bones.

• Su Chen learned from the Remnant Spirit how to use Meditation mode to create a mobile projection without risking his true body.
• The True Martial Ancient King destroyed Su Chen’s first projection, and Su Chen learned that the Ancient Kings could potentially be freed through cooperation with people outside.
• Su Chen realized the Prison-Suppressing King could carry a message outside and formed a new projection to speak with the Ancient Kings.
• Su Chen introduced himself as Taixuan Hong, claimed descent from Tai Xuan Ye, and refused to leave the palace or reveal himself.
• Su Chen offered the Ancient Kings a way to contact the outside world in exchange for letting his projection move freely, then gave them materials and instructions for a ritual.

Su Chen used the Ember of Fire Induction to obtain the damaged Morning Star Artifact Ink-Dyed Thousand Peaks from the Spirit of the Bright Sun, then extracted its spirituality and advanced his Forging Heaven Trace profession. The Ancient Kings remained wary but accepted his explanation, while Su Chen ended the chapter absorbing the profession’s extensive forging knowledge and new abilities.

• The Ancient Kings watched Su Chen’s phantom perform daily worship and agreed to send Prison-Suppressing out while continuing to rely on Su Chen’s method.
• Qin Yun heard from Qin Lie that Su Chen had declined to meet him, and decided to wait and learn what the Remnant Spirit intended.
• Su Chen used the Ember of Fire Induction during his worship, prompting the Spirit of the Bright Sun to bestow the damaged Morning Star Artifact Ink-Dyed Thousand Peaks.
• Xuantian Ancient King recognized the sword as Venerable Beichen’s and returned it to Su Chen after Su Chen offered it as a memento.
• After retrieving the Ember of Fire Induction, Su Chen used Forging Heaven Trace to extract the sword’s spirituality and advanced his profession.
• Su Chen received the Soul Seal Forging Method and Heavenly Mark Hammer abilities, along with a longer Heavenly Mark enhancement duration.

Su Chen explored ways to use faith power to obtain more Morning Star Artifacts and learned that Eternal Body could grow stronger by devouring powerful stamina-based Professions. He left the tower with the Spirit of the Bright Sun still beyond his reach, while a second, faint arrival attempt failed outside.

• Su Chen examined the abilities granted by his new Profession and realized a Heavenly Mark might let him temporarily turn a Ninth Rank weapon into a Morning Star Artifact, though the cost could overwhelm him.
• Eternal Body responded to Su Chen’s doubts by revealing that it could change after devouring five powerful stamina-based special Professions and possibly Morning Flame Ashes containing a stamina-based Holy Profession.
• Su Chen asked the Remnant Spirit how to obtain more Morning Star Artifacts and learned he could trade concentrated faith power, usually harvested from Strange Gods, with the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• The Remnant Spirit proposed retrieving his abandoned origin power from Vast Sea Emperor to deceive the Spirit of the Bright Sun and steal artifacts, but Su Chen rejected the risky idea and kept the Radiant Moon Treasure Bone as his priority.
• Su Chen departed the tower as the Ancient Kings watched, then another faint pillar of light appeared but failed to connect to the tower.
• Su Chen returned to the Nether Tower holding a nearly exhausted Ember of Fire Induction.

Su Chen improved his development speed and received the Flame Gold Sand as Prison-Suppressing awakened and accused Qin Yun of betrayal. The Royal Court’s Morning Stars began considering a move against the Bronze Church to seize Su Chen, while Qing Cang revealed that Qin Yun had fused the Eternal Body.

• Su Chen calculated that stacking professions could cut his path to the Eighth Rank from five years to three and stored the Ember of Fire Induction in the Nether Tower.
• Prison-Suppressing awakened, told Lu Feng and Peng King that the Emperor and Ancient Kings had sent him out to establish contact, and accused Qin Yun of causing their deaths in Flamefire Space.
• Peng King proposed using the accusations against Qin Yun to target the Bronze Church and take Su Chen, and Lu Feng and Prison-Suppressing supported the plan despite Black Tortoise King’s warning.
• Qing Cang delivered the Flame Gold Sand to Su Chen and told him Prison-Suppressing had awakened and that Chu Lingyuan was taking Seat Heads Lin and Shen to meet the other sect leaders.
• Qing Cang said he intended to deal more harshly with Qin Yun, and he confirmed that Qin Yun had fused the Eternal Body.

Su Chen learned how Holy Professions were ranked and how Radiant Moon traits could develop, while considering Eternal Body’s unusual potential. Elsewhere, Taixuan Tianyi completed a ritual to reach the Tower of Spirituality, obtained the Ember of Fire Induction, and encountered six figures waiting for him.

• Su Chen asked the Remnant Spirit whether Qin Yun could be refined into Morning Star Ember, and learned that it might be possible with Faith Spirit, Divine Blood, and Qin Yun near death.
• The Remnant Spirit explained Holy Profession grades, the eight-profession limit, and how Radiant Moon Fire could add professions to forge traits with near-conceptual powers.
• Su Chen reflected on Eternal Body’s potential to surpass ordinary Holy Professions and then entered a state of development.
• On a desolate planet, Taixuan Tianyi’s family used its remaining resources to send him to find the fallen World-Purifying Sacred Lord’s Bright Sun Office and pursue the Saint Monarch’s legacy.
• At the Tower of Spirituality, Taixuan Tianyi received Three-Dragon Recognition and the Ember of Fire Induction from the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• As Taixuan Tianyi prepared to descend from the platform, six figures appeared below the stairs and stared at him.

Taixuan Tianyi was captured by the six Ancient Kings, who learned about the Cultivation Residences and tried to use him to reach Taixuan Hong. The chapter then returned to Su Chen, who agreed to help Black Pagoda gather resources and investigate whether the Ancient Kings could escape Bright Sun Flamefire.

• The six Ancient Kings restrained Taixuan Tianyi, examined his belongings, and crushed his Ember of Fire Induction after learning it could transport only one person at a time.
• Xuantian Ancient King questioned Taixuan Tianyi about his family, the Spirit of the Bright Sun, and how to enter a Cultivation Residence.
• Taixuan Tianyi challenged the master of an unguarded Cultivation Residence, but the challenge was rejected because Taixuan Hong was outside the permitted challenge hours and had Dual Divine Radiance.
• Xuantian Ancient King told Taixuan Tianyi to challenge Taixuan Hong when he next descended and bring him out in exchange for Taixuan Tianyi's freedom.
• Su Chen spoke with Black Pagoda, who ordered him to have church operatives retrieve items from Iron Rhino Star and send Divine Blood and Faith Power to him.
• Black Pagoda identified He Peiting, Zhou Yunyang's student, as his vessel of descent and asked Su Chen to investigate whether the Ancient Kings could escape Bright Sun Flamefire.

Su Chen strengthened Eternal Body and gained the Dual Body ability, then received six portions of Faith Spirit from Bu Siqi for Black Pagoda’s descent vessel. Meanwhile, Han Xiao planned to use a Royal Court expedition against the Bronze Church to seize Su Chen and blame the Church for Han Xingliu’s injuries.

• Su Chen investigated He Peiting and decided to keep Old Black’s identity concealed so he could monitor him and benefit from his needs.
• Han Xiao visited the injured Han Xingliu, announced a Royal Court expedition against the Bronze Church, and said he would bring Su Chen back while claiming the Church’s people had attacked Han Xingliu.
• Su Chen advanced his body cultivation and meditation methods to Master level, then drank the Nine Cauldrons Great Bell Potion.
• Eternal Body fused five stamina-type professions, increased Cauldron Body’s stamina, and granted Su Chen Dual Body, which restored him to peak condition after exhaustion.
• Bu Siqi delivered six sealed portions of Faith Spirit to Su Chen, who confirmed they could help Black Pagoda’s descent vessel display Morning Star-level strength temporarily.