Chapter Summaries

Su Chen purified Black Pagoda Faith Essence, absorbed Black Pagoda Origin Power, and learned that the ancient kings could be contacted through regular sacrifices. Meanwhile, Qin Yun exposed a Royal Court spy who tried to recruit him, and Su Chen prepared to move ahead with his plan for the Radiant Moon Treasure Bone.

• Su Chen extracted Black Pagoda divine power from six portions of faith essence, collected five drops of divine power, and absorbed Black Pagoda Origin Power.
• The World-Slaughter Aspect used the origin power to devour Forging Heaven Trace, leaving Su Chen to wonder what their fusion would produce.
• Su Chen told the Black Pagoda that Bronze Church forces had intercepted the requested items and reported that the Royal Court could communicate with the ancient kings.
• Zou Wen approached Qin Yun in prison with a Royal Court offer to help him live in exchange for aiding a plan targeting Su Chen.
• Qin Yun exposed Zou Wen as a Royal Court spy and told Wu Feng that the man intended to harm Su Chen.
• Qing Cang informed Su Chen that the ancient kings had agreed to receive reports through sacrifices every three months, and Su Chen prepared to pursue the Radiant Moon Treasure Bone.

Su Chen returned to the Nether Domain to perform a sacrificial ritual and noticed a mysterious shadow near the Hao Sun Flame. In Flamefire Space, the Ancient Kings suspected that the brilliant sacrificial light came from Su Chen, then sent Taixuan Tianyi to challenge him inside the Cultivation Residence.

• Su Chen saw a distant shadow in the Nether Domain but proceeded with the sacrificial ritual, which sent a brilliant pillar of light to the Tower of Spirituality.
• The Ancient Kings questioned Taixuan Tianyi about the sacrificial method and suspected Su Chen might be the person who had contacted them from outside.
• Bronze Ancient King rejected the idea that Su Chen belonged to the Taixuan Family, but the Ancient Kings sent Taixuan Tianyi to test the person inside the Cultivation Residence.
• Su Chen saw Taixuan Tianyi challenge him and asked the Remnant Spirit whether he could refuse.

Su Chen accepted Taixuan Tianyi’s challenge and fought him while concealing his identity and most of his abilities. He overwhelmed Taixuan Tianyi with enhanced physical strength, and the Spirit of the Bright Sun watched with approval.

• The Remnant Spirit warned Su Chen that refusing Taixuan Tianyi’s challenge would cost him his Chosen One candidacy, so Su Chen accepted.
• The Ancient Kings saw the Spirit of the Bright Sun manifest the duel and debated whether Su Chen was disguised as Taixuan Hong.
• Taixuan Tianyi suspected his opponent might be Su Chen, then demanded the Ember of Fire Induction and attacked when Su Chen refused.
• Su Chen evaded Taixuan Tianyi’s Profound Flame attacks with Shadowflash Form, then endured the World-Purifying Fire and raised four Mystic Artifacts to Ninth Rank.
• Su Chen struck Taixuan Tianyi through his flame armor and sent him crashing to the ground, prompting the Spirit of the Bright Sun to look down at him approvingly.

Su Chen defeated Taixuan Tianyi, gained the Spirit of the Bright Sun’s Crimson Flame and a Morning Star weapon, then learned Tai Xu might help deduce profession requirements using his lost Origin Power. Outside, the Ancient Kings discussed Su Chen’s identity, while the Punishment Hall uncovered a Royal Court spy and warned that hostile forces were approaching the Church.

• Su Chen defeated Taixuan Tianyi but was pulled into the Spirit of the Bright Sun’s hall, where he received Crimson Flame and traded for the Five-Agregate Prayer Beads in exchange for sparing Taixuan Tianyi.
• Su Chen returned to his Cultivation Residence, questioned Tai Xu about the Spirit’s flame vessel, and learned that Tai Xu could help deduce profession requirements if they recovered his Origin Power and combined it with Divine Blood and Faith Spirit.
• Su Chen worried that seeking Tai Xu’s Origin Power from the Vast Sea Emperor could expose their connection, and Tai Xu fell silent as he considered another way.
• The Ancient Kings watched Taixuan Tianyi’s defeat, debated whether Taixuan Hong was Su Chen, and decided to speak with him.
• In the Punishment Hall of Copper Heart, Wu Feng brought in the wounded Zou Wen and reported that the interrogation largely confirmed Qin Yun’s account.
• Qing Cang reassured He Chengying that Zou Wen was likely a deeply embedded Royal Court agent, while Lin Langtian warned that God-Defier, Mystic Turtle, and Peng King might be approaching the Church.

Qin Yun revealed that he had killed several sects’ Morning Stars and trapped the Prison-Suppressing King’s spiritual body, leaving the Bronze Church facing a Royal Court attack within three months. As Su Chen vanished from Copper Heart by his own choice, he defeated Taixuan Tianyi in the Flame, spared him, and confronted the Ancient Kings.

• Qin Yun told Qing Cang that he had killed several Morning Stars and trapped the Prison-Suppressing King’s spiritual body, prompting Qing Cang to prepare the Bronze Church’s defenses.
• Lin Langtian explained that the Royal Court had only three months to settle matters before its next sacrifice to the Ancient Kings, and Qing Cang considered relying on Su Chen to purify the core Mist Ember.
• An armored messenger reported that Su Chen had disappeared from Copper Heart, and Qing Cang found a recording in which Su Chen said he would return and asked him not to search.
• Su Chen learned from Taixuan Tianyi that the Taixuan Family was being hunted by the five pillars of the Abyssless Domain and that they suspected Su Chen came from the Dust Star Sea.
• Su Chen spared Taixuan Tianyi, who was expelled from the Flame, then collected his blood and confronted the Ancient Kings, declaring that he wanted to beat them all to death.

Su Chen negotiated with the trapped Ancient Kings and obtained a Radiant Moon Treasure Bone from True Martial Ancient King. After the treasure triggered a transformation process, Su Chen delayed the Ancient Kings’ escape and demanded one hundred pure Faith Spirits as the price for helping them leave.

• Su Chen demanded Radiant Moon Treasure Bones as compensation for the Ancient Kings’ treatment of him, and they agreed to give him one from a person he chose.
• Su Chen selected True Martial Ancient King, who reluctantly removed a bone from his spine while the other Ancient Kings helped treat his wound.
• Su Chen received the Radiant Moon Treasure Bone and brought it into the palace, where the panel began preparing to transform it with Flame Gold Sand and the sun’s lingering flames.
• Su Chen paused the transformation when the Ancient Kings asked about escaping, then learned that deducing the Spirit of the Bright Sun’s occupational requirements required at least fifty pure Faith Spirits.
• Su Chen returned to the Ancient Kings and offered to help them escape in exchange for one hundred pure Faith Spirits.

Su Chen traded the method for sending resources through the Faith Spirit, then evolved True Brilliance and gained the Limit Break profession trait. Meanwhile, the Prison-Suppressing King accused Qin Yun of killing the Morning Stars, prompting the Royal Court to move against the Bronze Church; Su Chen finished his evolution and found a massive dragon head staring at him.

• Su Chen negotiated sixty portions of resources from the six factions in exchange for a method to send them through the Faith Spirit, buying roughly half a year of delay.
• The Prison-Suppressing King accused Qin Yun of betraying and killing the Morning Stars, and showed the assembled leaders evidence that convinced them the charge was likely true.
• The Prison-Suppressing King announced that the Royal Court had sent God-Defier, Peng King, and Black Tortoise King to detain Qin Yun, then closed the Star Gate to prevent Chu Lingyuan from leaving.
• News of Qin Yun's alleged crimes spread across the Dust Star Sea, while Zhou Lingtian considered exploiting the Royal Court's campaign against the Bronze Church.
• The Ancient Kings witnessed blood-gold light erupting from Su Chen's hall and realized his True Brilliance was evolving.
• Su Chen gained the Limit Break trait, which could temporarily raise his physical main profession by one rank, and opened his eyes to find a massive dragon head watching him.

Su Chen learned the Path of Selection, accelerated his cultivation, and improved his World-Slaughter Aspect, then returned from the Nether Tower to find an enormous azure barrier covering Copper Heart and nearby regions. Outside the hall, the Ancient Kings agreed to investigate whether the person inside was Su Chen, while Su Chen found signs that someone had entered his Floating Island.

• The Spirit of the Bright Sun told Su Chen that he could become the Chosen One by defeating ten qualified candidates or by surpassing Azure God talent, and Su Chen discovered that his transformed body could reach Eighth Rank in roughly half a year.
• Su Chen traveled through the Spirit Tower, defeated a dark-brown flood dragon, obtained a Great Heaven Pill and Perfect-Grade Strange God Origin Power, and swallowed the pill.
• The Ancient Kings connected the talent transformations of the person in the hall and Su Chen to morning star marrow and a radiant moon treasure bone, then agreed to investigate Su Chen's talent.
• World-Slaughter Aspect devoured Forging Heaven Trace, reducing Mystic Artifact Enhancement consumption by 30% and allowing heavenly marks to be restored with metal materials.
• Su Chen returned from the Nether Tower after more than half a month and found an enormous azure barrier around Copper Heart, Flame, and nearby inhabited planets, along with signs that someone had entered his Floating Island.

Su Chen returned from the Nether Domain and learned that the Royal Court was preparing to attack Copper Heart under the pretext of Qin Yun’s actions, with three Morning Stars on their way. He persuaded Qing Cang to let him enter Flame’s core Mist Ember, where the Black Pagoda phantom unexpectedly recognized him.

• Su Chen told Qing Cang that he had achieved Spirit-Flesh Unity and that Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable’s vanished spirituality was connected to him.
• Qing Cang explained that the Royal Court was targeting both Qin Yun and Su Chen, and urged Su Chen to evacuate before three Morning Stars arrived.
• Su Chen insisted on helping Copper Heart by purifying Flame’s core Mist Ember, and Qing Cang agreed to take him there.
• He Peiting sensed that Su Chen had entered the densest Mist Ember and tried to connect with it using the power left in his descended body.
• After Su Chen entered the Mist Ember, it shook and formed a Black Pagoda-shaped figure, prompting Qing Cang to leave Flame as another crisis arose outside.
• Inside the Mist Ember, the Black Pagoda phantom raised its head, recognized Su Chen, and spoke to him.

Su Chen defeated Black Pagoda’s Mist Ember projection and purified the core Mist Ember, then emerged as the flame helped him escape. Outside, the Royal Court fleet confronted the Bronze Church and demanded Qin Yun and Su Chen, while the Peng King proposed a wager over breaching Copper Heart.

• Black Pagoda took control of the Mist Ember projection and tried to overpower Su Chen, but the flame interfered and Su Chen struck back with his enhanced strength and spirit-flesh unity.
• Su Chen smashed Black Pagoda’s projection, shattered the Mist Ember space, collected the resulting Mist Source, and followed a ribbon of fire out.
• Han Xiao, Lu Feng, and the Peng King waited with a fleet outside Copper Heart and discussed the Bronze Church’s defenses and Qin Yun’s possible cooperation.
• Lu Feng demanded that Qing Cang hand over Qin Yun and Su Chen, claiming Su Chen had masterminded Han Xingliu’s death.
• The Peng King offered the Bronze Church a wager: the Royal Court would withdraw if it failed to breach Copper Heart, but Qing Cang would lead the church into the Royal Court if it succeeded.

The Royal Court used the Galaxy Throne to assault Copper Heart’s barrier, while the Bronze Church’s leaders struggled to hold it against repeated strikes. The Flame recovered and strengthened the barrier just as Su Chen emerged, and Qin Yun charged at him, forcing Su Chen to unleash every enhancement he had.

• Lu Feng, Peng King, and Black Tortoise King took turns attacking Copper Heart’s barrier with the Galaxy Throne, while Qing Cang and Lin Langtian used themselves as vessels to reinforce it and suffered severe injuries.
• Ku Boye offered to face Lu Feng’s next strike, but Qin Yun asked to take his place and then tried to attack Copper Shield from within; the Bronze Ancient King’s stored power repelled him, exposing that he had not truly repented.
• Qing Cang ordered the phantom left by the Bronze Ancient King to attack Qin Yun, but Peng King redirected his efforts to defending against the phantom.
• The Flame erupted with energy and restored the barrier, leaving the Royal Court unable to break through; Su Chen emerged from the Flame as the surrounding leaders realized he had likely resolved the Mist Ember.
• Qin Yun charged at Su Chen, and Su Chen activated Limit Release, raised his equipment and abilities to Ninth Rank, and used Heavenly Mark Hammer to enhance his armor and hammer to Morning Star Artifact level.

Su Chen survived Qin Yun’s full-force attack and helped the Bronze Church’s seat chiefs subdue him. After Qing Cang executed Qin Yun for betraying the Church, the Royal Court fleet withdrew, only for its command center to learn that Zhou Lingtian and the Long River Clan had launched a surprise attack on the royal capital.

• Su Chen blocked Qin Yun’s vajra punch, astonishing Ku Boye, Qing Cang, and the Church’s other observers.
• Su Chen called on the seat chiefs to attack, and they restrained the wounded Qin Yun while he struggled to reach Su Chen.
• Qin Yun claimed that Su Chen was actually the Remnant Spirit, but the others dismissed him, and Qing Cang executed him for betraying the Church.
• Qing Cang sent the Ancient King’s phantom beyond the barrier as the Royal Court’s leaders withdrew with the Galaxy Throne.
• Han Xiao told Peng King and Lu Feng that Zhou Lingtian and the Long River Clan had attacked the royal capital alongside Crimson, Cunning Fox, and Faceless Ghost.

The Royal Court escaped the Bronze Church after Black Tortoise King shattered his turtle-shell defense, while Taixuan Tianyi returned to find his family captured by Buddha Land and was pressured by Boundless Buddha for information about Flamefire Space. Back at the church, Ku Boye died peacefully, and Su Chen secured Qin Yun’s corpse and promised resources to strengthen himself.

• Han Xiao reported that the Royal Court had suffered heavy losses and the Spirit of Radiant Moon had been entangled by Mist Ember, but Qing Cang trapped the Royal Court’s mothership and destroyed its other warships.
• Black Tortoise King formed a giant turtle shell around the mothership, and Peng King covered it in golden light; Black Tortoise King shattered the shell to help the mothership escape.
• Taixuan Tianyi returned to the sacrificial grounds and discovered Buddha Land had captured his family, while his second uncle had betrayed them to Boundless Buddha.
• Boundless Buddha threatened Taixuan Tianyi’s family and demanded the Ember of Fire Induction; Taixuan Tianyi revealed that six Moon Radiance professionals had been in Flamefire Space and agreed to another sacrifice with Boundless Buddha.
• The Bronze Church mourned Ku Boye, who died after asking for his ashes to be scattered near Copper Heart, while Su Chen asked Qing Cang for Qin Yun’s corpse, Divine Blood, Faith Spirit, and metal materials.

Su Chen learned how the Royal Court’s raid unfolded while the Prison-Suppressing King tried to bring Chu Lingyuan and the Bronze Church into the Royal Court. The news that Su Chen had restored the Bronze Church Flame, the Black Tortoise King had died, and Qing Cang had killed Qin Yun upended the Prison-Suppressing King’s plans.

• Su Chen discussed the strain of his abilities with Lin Langtian, who explained that the Black Tortoise King had sacrificed himself to help the Bronze Church retreat from the Royal Court’s raid.
• Lin Langtian invited Su Chen to share a meal with him and his daughter Lin Yue.
• The Prison-Suppressing King invited Chu Lingyuan to join the Royal Court and argued that the other church leaders would let the Bronze Church be absorbed.
• The Prison-Suppressing King revealed that Lu Feng had taken the Galaxy Throne to negotiate with Qing Cang, and threatened to rely on Qin Yun if Chu Lingyuan refused.
• A communications soldier reported that Su Chen had restored the Bronze Church Flame, the Black Tortoise King had perished protecting Han Xiao and the others, and Qing Cang had slain Qin Yun after Su Chen blocked his attack.

After the Royal Court’s failed attack on the Bronze Church, Su Chen gained new panel abilities and received Qin Yun’s corpse and other materials. He began a ritual to forge a Holy Profession from Qin Yun’s remains, Divine Blood, and Faith Spirit.

• The Prison-Suppressing King learned that Su Chen had blocked Qin Yun’s attack and that the Royal Court’s capital had been devastated, with its Spirit of Radiant Moon contaminated by Mist Ember.
• News of the Bronze Church’s victory and Su Chen’s feat spread across the Dust Star Sea, while Su Chen escaped Wei Zhenghong’s banquet and absorbed the Mist Source.
• Su Chen’s panel granted profession-requirement rewards and opened the Fire Induction and Profession Forging pages, which could forge or strengthen professions using an Igniter.
• Lin Langtian told Su Chen that Zhou Lingtian, the Long River Clan, and a Strange God had attacked the Royal Court, and delivered Qin Yun’s corpse, Divine Blood, and Faith Spirit.
• Su Chen used ten drops of Divine Blood, five portions of Faith Spirit, and the Remnant Flame of Bright Sun to begin a ritual over Qin Yun’s corpse.

Su Chen learned from Remnant Spirit how Morning Star ranks depended on refining Morning Flames and how Refinement Methods affected progress, while Qin Yun’s corpse burned through a transformation. Qing Cang contained the fire, discussed the Strange Gods’ plans with Su Chen, and warned that Great Strange Gods might descend in their true forms, though the crisis could also bring an opportunity.

• Su Chen heard Remnant Spirit’s cries and stopped the World-Slaughter Aspect, Eternal Body, and Shadowflash Form from tormenting him.
• Remnant Spirit explained that Morning Stars were ranked by the number of Morning Flames they refined, and that talent, Refinement Method quality, and Holy Professions affected refinement speed.
• Su Chen learned that the Ancient Kings could receive proxy phantom flames made by Radiant Moons sacrificing their lives.
• Qing Cang arrived, contained the expanding fireball, and confirmed that Qin Yun was inside as the flames burst through his barrier.
• Su Chen asked Qing Cang for the church’s stored Strange God’s Power, then heard that Zhou Lingtian’s leads had prompted an investigation into the Great Strange Gods.
• Qing Cang said the Great Strange Gods might soon descend in their true forms, but suggested the situation could also offer an opportunity.

Su Chen considered how to address his stamina weakness and chose to seek passive professions, while the Boundless Buddha and Kongming plotted to claim the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord’s Fallen Land. The chapter ended with Su Chen absorbing a Morning Star Ember and meeting Zhou Yunyang’s student, He Peiting.

• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the Royal Court might need his help with its Spirit of Radiant Moon and promised to have his damaged facilities rebuilt.
• The Boundless Buddha told Taixuan Tianyi that the Dust Star Sea’s Moon Radiances might be among the instigators of the Mistfall Calamity, then summoned Kongming to pursue the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord’s Fallen Land.
• Luo Shuhang advised Su Chen to use passive professions to improve his stamina recovery, and Su Chen asked him and Zhong Chengyu to find eight suitable options.
• Su Chen picked up a Morning Star Ember, and Eternal Body devoured it to grow stronger.
• Zhou Yunyang delivered metal materials to Su Chen and introduced his student, He Peiting, who admired Su Chen.

Su Chen humiliated Black Pagoda while treating him as Zhou Yunyang’s student He Peiting, then used Church materials to restore Heavenly Mark and forged the Emberless Flame Holy Profession. The profession’s requirements were substantially reduced by Perfect-Grade Strange God Origin Power and completed with Crimson Flame, leaving Su Chen able to take it once he met its remaining rank requirement.

• Su Chen praised He Peiting, called him Martial Granduncle, and watched as Zhou Yunyang pressured him into kowtowing and offering tea while Black Pagoda concealed his anger.
• Su Chen gave He Peiting Brother Victim’s wedding ring as a keepsake, then asked Zhou Yunyang to send more metal materials as the Church transport ship departed.
• Su Chen absorbed the delivered metal ingots, restoring both Heavenly Marks to about half strength, and asked Old Qing to procure another batch.
• Luo Shuhang and Zhou Chengyu found the profession information Su Chen needed, and he selected fire-related professions to forge into a Holy Profession.
• Su Chen forged Emberless Flame, used Perfect-Grade Strange God Origin Power to reduce its requirements, and fed it Crimson Flame to complete the remaining collection and hunting requirements.

Su Chen’s Limit Release penalty faded, allowing him to resume training and rapidly advance his Scorching Thunder Priest development. Meanwhile, the Boundless Buddha brought Kongming to the Tower of Spirituality, where Kongming cleared the Bright Sun Trial and discovered another recognized Cultivation Residence; the chapter ended with Su Chen heading to meet the Royal Court and the churches’ representatives.

• Su Chen completed nearly all Emberless Flame profession requirements, then agreed to Black Pagoda’s request to monitor him while Black Pagoda arranged more divine items.
• News spread that the Royal Court had suffered major losses after the Long River Clan, Zhou Lingtian, and the Strange Gods attacked it, prompting the Royal Court to issue sweeping wanted notices and threats.
• Su Chen’s Limit Release penalty finally faded, and he returned to training after discussing the Dust Star Sea’s political situation with Chu Ran, Jiang Mufeng, and Wei Zhenghong.
• The Boundless Buddha arrived at the Tower of Spirituality with Kongming, who gained the Ember of Fire Induction, cleared the Eighth Rank Bright Sun Trial, and found another Cultivation Residence linked to a Seventh Rank challenger with True Radiance Talent.
• Su Chen reached 50% Scorching Thunder Priest development, drank a Dark Crow Potion, advanced both his training methods to Master level, and reached 68% development.
• Su Chen left his Floating Island to attend the meeting between the Royal Court, the churches, and the Ancient Kings.

Su Chen gained a stamina-consuming trait while the churches contacted the Ancient Kings, and the Prison-Suppressing King revealed that the Royal Court had been breached. The Ancient Kings learned that the Royal Court’s assault on the Bronze Church had left the Bronze Church vulnerable to destruction.

• Su Chen watched preparations for contacting the Ancient Kings, then learned his body had gained a thirtyfold stamina multiplier and the minor trait Burn My Remains, which let him consume a Dual Body for three times its stamina.
• Qing Cang began the costly communication ritual, and the Boundless Buddha noticed the Ancient Kings’ contact with the outside after leaving their meeting hall.
• The Prison-Suppressing King reported that the royal capital had been breached and the Spirit of Radiant Moon contaminated by mist ember.
• The Prison-Suppressing King explained that Zhou Lingtian, the Long River Clan, and followers of Crimson, Cunning Fox, and Faceless Ghost had attacked the Royal Court, while the Royal Court’s forces had taken the Galaxy Throne to attack the Bronze Church.
• The Bronze Ancient King realized Copper Heart was dangerously exposed, and the True Martial Ancient King declared that the Bronze Church might soon cease to exist.