Chapter Summaries

Su Chen defeated Kongming after activating all five Heavenly Marks, then spared him when Taixuan Tianyi warned that Boundless Buddha had left a trap to protect him. Back at his Cultivation Residence, Su Chen discovered that the derivation had revealed a new Bright Sun Rank profession, while a mysterious purple figure began to form near Taixu Remnant Spirit.

• Kongming unleashed Azure God Talent and battered Su Chen, but Su Chen endured while waiting for the Spirit of the Bright Sun's derivation to finish.
• Su Chen activated all five Heavenly Marks, overwhelmed Kongming, and collected his blood after the Spirit of the Bright Sun declared him the victor.
• Taixuan Tianyi warned Su Chen that a glasslike bead left by Boundless Buddha would erupt if he harmed Kongming, so Su Chen took Taixuan Tianyi and left.
• Su Chen ignored the Spirit of the Bright Sun's summons, returned to his Cultivation Residence, and discovered the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord profession on his panel.
• Taixu Remnant Spirit watched a hazy purple figure form and noticed that the being controlling him looked at it with awe, greed, and longing.

Su Chen received rewards from the Spirit of the Bright Sun and was preparing to leave the Flamefire Space when the Sunfire Tribulation-Transmuting Heavenly Venerable stole a wisp of aura from the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord. The Spirit of the Bright Sun reacted violently, triggering a selection phenomenon that left Huang Pan and the Ancient Kings stunned.

• Su Chen learned from Taixuan Tianyi that Huang Pan served Great Heaven and that Great Heaven might soon descend, then went to claim his rewards from the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• The Spirit of the Bright Sun gave Su Chen a Rock Crystal and the Incomplete Power of Tai Xu for Taixuan Tianyi, while Su Chen noticed his panel had not responded to the Saint Monarch.
• As Su Chen prepared to leave, his panel reported that the Sunfire Tribulation-Transmuting Heavenly Venerable coveted the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord and stole a wisp of its aura.
• The Spirit of the Bright Sun sensed the aura, the flame trembled, and the enraged dragon crashed into it, causing the Spirit Hall to explode.
• Outside the Spirit Tower, Huang Pan considered taking Taixuan Hong to Great Heaven as human seed stock, but a purple pillar and a vast Spirit of the Bright Sun appeared.
• Huang Pan recognized the event as a selection phenomenon, while the Ancient Kings realized Taixuan Hong might be chosen and noticed the Spirit of the Bright Sun thrashing savagely.

Taixuan Tianyi’s heart-splitting blood sacrifice awakened Tai Xuan Ye through a spiritual statue, completing Taixuan Hong’s recognition as the Chosen One and sending Su Chen back to the Nether Domain. There, a Great Heaven Morning Star tried to capture Su Chen, but Su Chen summoned the Heavenly Venerable to kill him.

• Kongming and Taixuan Tianyi realized Taixuan Hong lacked enough victories to be chosen, while Su Chen considered escaping the gathering forces.
• Great Heaven arrived through a fissure and clashed with the Spirit of the Bright Sun as Su Chen prepared to flee.
• Taixuan Tianyi offered a heart-splitting blood sacrifice, and the blood flames reached the spiritual statue, allowing Tai Xuan Ye to manifest.
• Tai Xuan Ye’s power completed Taixuan Hong’s recognition, and he sent Su Chen out to the Nether Domain as the Ancient Kings fled.
• A Great Heaven Morning Star found Su Chen and tried to seize him as breeding stock, so Su Chen summoned the Heavenly Venerable, which killed the attacker.

Su Chen escaped the Nether Domain with a Morning Star corpse after the Bright Sun Flamefire battle ended, while Great Heaven and the World Honored One moved to find Taixuan Hong and claim the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord. Huang Pan learned that Luo Shuo had fallen, and the World Honored One discovered that Kongming had lost to Taixuan Hong.

• Su Chen took the burned Morning Star corpse from the Nether Domain and escaped as the Bright Sun Flamefire faded.
• Great Heaven and Huang Pan discussed tracking down Taixuan Hong, and the World Honored One arrived, took Kongming away, and agreed to pursue the Chosen One.
• Huang Pan learned that Luo Shuo had died after investigating a burst of energy and recognized Taixuan Hong's Moon Radiance method in the damaged recording.
• The World Honored One asked Kongming about the missing Seven-Profession Wonder Tree and heard his account of the events involving Taixuan Hong and Tai Xuan Ye.
• Kongming admitted that he had lost to Taixuan Hong, surprising the World Honored One, who had believed Taixuan Hong was only Eighth Rank with True Radiance Talent.

The World Honored One learned that Taixuan Hong had become the Chosen One and ordered the Boundless Buddha to find him and silence witnesses. Back in the Nether Tower, Su Chen examined his new Bright Sun blessings and began considering how to protect the Dust Star Sea from Great Heaven.

• The World Honored One summoned the Boundless Buddha, rebuked him for hiding his plans to gather Spirits of Radiant Moon, and ordered him to bring Taixuan Hong to the Buddha Land and eliminate witnesses.
• The Boundless Buddha agreed to use the World-Crossing Dharma Wheel to act against the Dust Star Sea, then learned from Kongming that Kongming had lost to Taixuan Hong and forfeited his claim to the Chosen One position.
• Su Chen returned to the Nether Tower and discovered that the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord had granted him a 500% increase to fire-Profession development and a portion of tainted world flame.
• Su Chen realized the Sunfire Tribulation-Transmuting Heavenly Venerable had stolen another portion of tainted world flame for him and received punishment from the Sage Lord.
• Su Chen weighed the threats from Great Heaven and the Boundless Buddha, decided to consult Old Qing, and found Qing Cang's message that the Royal Court's Strange God's Blood had arrived.

Su Chen collected the divine blood he needed and considered how to protect the Bronze Church if the Abyssless Domain attacked the Dust Star Sea. Meanwhile, Boundless Buddha and Kongming used the World-Crossing Dharma Wheel to reach the Dust Star Sea and began searching for a possible guide.

• Su Chen met Qing Cang, learned Boundless Buddha had escaped Flamefire Space and might be heading for the Dust Star Sea, and collected two hundred drops of divine blood while borrowing twenty more.
• Qing Cang warned Su Chen that the Bronze Church could not simply evacuate and told him to leave if the Dust Star Sea faced an overwhelming threat.
• Su Chen decided that fleeing into the Nether Mist was unsustainable and considered seeking Soaring Heavens' protection to counter Great Heaven.
• Boundless Buddha heard Kongming's account of the events in Flamefire Space and summoned the World-Crossing Dharma Wheel using his highest authorization.
• Boundless Buddha and Kongming arrived in the Dust Star Sea, where Boundless Buddha searched for Black Pagoda, a former Buddha Land disciple who might guide them.

Su Chen extracted the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree and discovered that the panel had turned it into an ability for linking and strengthening compatible Holy Professions. He used it to combine Emberless Flame and Eternal Body, completed several of the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's profession requirements with Tainted World Flame, and was left aiming to raise his development progress toward the Morning Star Rank.

• Su Chen extracted the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree from three hundred drops of Strange God's Blood and found that the panel had absorbed it as a new ability tab.
• Su Chen filled Emberless Flame into one branch, then used Rock Crystal on the dispatched Eternal Body to give it an earth attribute and fill another branch.
• The Seven-Profession Wonder Tree linked Eternal Body with Emberless Flame, creating Mars Fills the Star, which doubled Eternal Body's base physical strength when both Holy Professions were used together.
• Su Chen used Tainted World Flame on the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable's remains, completing its fifth and third profession requirements and leaving only the second and fourth requirements unfinished.
• Su Chen dispatched the World-Slaughter Aspect and Shadowflash Form again, spending all but one drop of Divine Blood while his profession development progress remained at two percent.

Su Chen learned a concealment ritual from the Remnant Spirit to hide his future Chosen One identity, then began refining the corpse with Divine Blood. The chapter ended as a strange black light appeared amid a vast sea of Buddhist light.

• Su Chen absorbed the remaining spirituality from the black armor, turned it into a Heavenly Mark, and used the armor to recharge his power.
• Su Chen negotiated with the Remnant Spirit, who explained how to disguise him as a Chosen One and conceal that status from Abyssless Domain.
• Su Chen performed the Nine Eyes Conceal the Shadow ritual using Faith Spirit and the Remnant Spirit's origin, completing the concealment after more than half a day.
• Wen Jing delivered Divine Blood to Su Chen, who used it with Faith Spirit to begin refining the corpse inside black flames.
• A deep black light suddenly shot into a vast sea of Buddhist light surrounding a translucent Buddha Phantom.

Boundless Buddha learned about the Dust Star Sea from Black Pagoda and chose to target the Royal Court’s Sun Fire Pillar first, while Su Chen recovered from Limit Release, advanced his Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable, and gave a contaminated morning star ember to the High Priest. After the Ancient Kings returned to the Bronze Church and ordered emergency defenses, Su Chen saw a chance to borrow the church’s faith spirit.

• Boundless Buddha met Black Pagoda, learned about the Dust Star Sea’s powers and flames, and decided to head for the Royal Court’s Sun Fire Pillar.
• Su Chen used thirteen portions of faith spirit to restore the Thunderbone Martial Venerable and reduce his Limit Release backlash.
• Su Chen trained as the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable, then fed the contaminated morning star ember to the High Priest.
• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the Ancient Kings had left the Flamefire Space and ordered the Bronze Church to activate the Copper Shield and recall its senior members.
• Su Chen pointed out that the Ancient Kings’ return meant the church’s prepared faith spirit had been saved and said he wanted to borrow some.

Su Chen created the Greenwood Wanderer Holy Profession and prepared to complete its remaining requirement while securing faith spirit to counter Boundless Buddha. Meanwhile, Huang Pan found a route to the Dust Star Sea and entered it, while Boundless Buddha stood beneath the Sun Fire Pillar in the Royal Court.

• Su Chen convinced Qing Cang to lend him one hundred portions of faith spirit, claiming he could use it to deal with Boundless Buddha, and learned that the Bronze Ancient King was returning.
• Su Chen selected four wood-attribute recovery professions and fused them into Greenwood Wanderer, then used perfect-grade Strange God origin power to erase two requirements and asked Luo Shuhang to prepare the remaining materials and ritual.
• Huang Pan killed a Nether Domain Creature, learned from its memories about the Dust Star Sea and its powers, and entered a passage leading there.
• Huang Pan used Taixuan Feng in a blood ritual to search for nearby members of the Taixuan Family, but found no one and dispersed the blood mist.
• Boundless Buddha stood beneath the Sun Fire Pillar in Dawnlight Hall, gazing up at the Royal Court's holographic dome.

Boundless Buddha seized control of the Royal Court’s Sun Fire Pillar and learned that Su Chen was working with the Bronze Church to purify the contaminated spirit of radiant moon. Alarmed by the Royal Court’s collapse and the arrival of powerful outsiders, Su Chen deduced a rite for contacting the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord and prepared to perform it while disguised as the Bronze Ancient King.

• Boundless Buddha captured Lu Feng and Pei Jun, recruited Han Xiao, and ordered Kongming to bring the Heavenly Dragon Host to secure the Royal Court’s Sun Fire Pillar.
• Boundless Buddha learned that Su Chen, a seventh-rank Star Seed, was helping the Bronze Church purify the contaminated spirit of radiant moon, and he considered visiting the church after reporting the flame to the World Honored One.
• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the Royal Court’s Sun Fire Pillar had vanished, and Su Chen suspected Boundless Buddha or Great Heaven had taken it.
• Su Chen used the Tai Xu essence to deduce a sacrificial rite for communicating with the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord, but decided not to contact the Dao Lord under his own identity.
• Su Chen asked the Sunfire Tribulation-Transmuting Heavenly Venerable to release a trace of its aura and changed his appearance to resemble the Bronze Ancient King before attempting the rite.

Su Chen summoned the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord and learned that protection for the Bronze Church would require it to join Soaring Heavens as Bronze Heaven, a choice he postponed until he could consult his master. Meanwhile, Han Xingliu and Peng King learned that the Royal Court's Flame had vanished and set course for the Bronze Church.

• Su Chen used Faith Spirit to summon the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord and told him that the Great Heaven had obtained the position of Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord.
• The Dao Lord offered to protect Su Chen personally, but said protecting the whole Bronze Church would require it to join Soaring Heavens as Bronze Heaven.
• Su Chen learned Bronze Heaven could manage its affairs and keep its Flame as an external base, but its powerful figures would have to join Soaring Heavens; he asked for time to consider and received a jade token for emergencies.
• Han Xingliu received reports that the Royal Court's Flame was gone and that Han Xiao had seized the capital and imprisoned the Prison-Suppressing King and God-Defying King.
• Peng King accidentally struck Han Xingliu while reacting to the news, then rallied the group and ordered them to head for the Bronze Church to purify the Mist Ember.

Su Chen faced Boundless Buddha’s invasion of Copper Heart as the Sacred Cauldron Church fell and the Bronze Church came under threat. Su Chen revealed a jade token that summoned the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord, who declared the Bronze Church part of Soaring Heavens as Bronze Heaven, leaving Boundless Buddha shocked by the revelation.

• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the Sacred Cauldron Church had been breached and tried to send him away from Copper Heart.
• Boundless Buddha arrived with Kongming, Han Xiao, and armored followers, then demanded that the Bronze Church enter his Buddha Land.
• The Bronze Ancient King’s phantom attacked Boundless Buddha, but Boundless Buddha destroyed it with a single blow.
• Su Chen stepped forward and pretended he had long yearned to join the Buddha Land before saying he could not, then produced a white jade token entrusted to him by the Bronze Ancient King.
• The Soaring Heavens Dao Lord declared the Bronze Church to be Bronze Heaven, the Ninth Heaven of Soaring Heavens, and warned that anyone who harmed its people would be an enemy.
• Boundless Buddha recognized the Dao Lord’s authority and realized that the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord was no longer a secret.

Boundless Buddha withdrew from the Bronze Church after the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord intervened and declared the church Soaring Heavens’ Ninth Heaven, Bronze Heaven. Su Chen explained the arrangement to Chu Lingyuan and Qing Cang, leaving the church’s leaders to consider what joining Soaring Heavens would entail.

• The Soaring Heavens Dao Lord warned Boundless Buddha that any losses suffered by Bronze Heaven would be taken from Buddha Land, and Boundless Buddha chose to withdraw.
• Su Chen received a token marked Bronze and instructions to build a Heaven Gate connecting Bronze Heaven to Soaring Heavens, with Soaring Heavens covering the costs.
• Boundless Buddha left with his companions, then discussed the failed attack and Su Chen’s extraordinary luck with Black Pagoda, who had been waiting nearby.
• Chu Lingyuan told the Bronze Church members to keep the day’s events quiet and revealed that the Royal Court’s Flame had vanished and the Sacred Cauldron Church had been breached.
• Su Chen told Chu Lingyuan and Qing Cang that Soaring Heavens was one of the Abyssless Domain’s Five Pillars and that the Bronze Church had become its Ninth Heaven.
• Su Chen explained that the Bronze Church would send its Radiant Moon and Morning Star Spirits and their chosen ones to Soaring Heavens, while otherwise continuing to manage its territory itself.

Su Chen arranged for the Bronze Church to join Soaring Heavens and prepare a Heaven Gate, while the Boundless Buddha’s forces continued destroying churches across the Dust Star Sea. When the Ancient Kings returned, they discovered the other churches had fallen but the Bronze Church remained unharmed.

• Qing Cang and Chu Lingyuan accepted the Bronze Church’s arrangement with Soaring Heavens, and Su Chen began gathering materials for a Heaven Gate.
• Qing Cang decided to warn the other churches to evacuate but leave the True Martial Church uninformed.
• Huang Pan took the Spirit of Radiant Moon as Ku Zhou arrived and warned that Soaring Heavens had accepted Bronze Heaven.
• The Ancient Kings returned to the Dust Star Sea and learned that the Royal Court, Sacred Cauldron Church, True Martial Church, Xuantian Church, and Star Vault Church had lost their Flames.
• The Bronze Ancient King discovered that the Bronze Church was still unharmed, leaving the other Ancient Kings waiting to hear the news.

The Bronze Ancient King revealed to the Xuantian Ancient King that the Bronze Church had joined Soaring Heavens as Bronze Heaven and remained intact, while the other powers faced ruin. Su Chen gained the holy profession Weird Spirit, whose abilities let him resist the Nether Domain and devour its creatures, and learned that the Dust Star Sea had been devastated.

• The Bronze Ancient King accessed the Bronze Church’s network and learned that Su Chen had summoned the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord to drive off the Boundless Buddha, leaving the church unharmed.
• The Ancient Kings set out to reunite with their followers, and the Bronze Ancient King told the Vast Sea Emperor that the Peng King, the Galaxy Throne, and the Spirit of Radiant Moon should be safe.
• After the others departed, the Xuantian Ancient King pressed the Bronze Ancient King for the truth, and he explained that the Bronze Church had become Soaring Heavens’ Ninth Heaven-Bronze Heaven.
• The Bronze Ancient King offered to let the Xuantian Ancient King travel to the Abyssless Domain through the Bronze Church, but the Xuantian Ancient King chose to assess Profound Heaven first.
• Su Chen received the holy profession Weird Spirit, gaining enhanced mental power and the abilities Spirit Body and Weird Devouring, while the Yang Marrow Calamity Transmutation Heavenly Venerable suppressed its growing craving.
• Su Chen checked the news and saw that four of the Five Great Sects and the Royal Court had collapsed within days of the Boundless Buddha’s arrival.

Su Chen learned that the great powers were seeking Taixuan Hong and discovered that Bronze Ancient King had recognized his connection to the Chosen One. Bronze Ancient King confronted him at Copper Heart, leaving Su Chen to explain that he was not from the Taixuan Family.

• Su Chen read Ancient King's approval, retrieved fifty drops of Divine Blood from World-Slaughter Aspect, and considered the Bronze Church's position amid the upheaval in Dust Star Sea.
• Soaring Heavens Dao Lord, World Honored One, and Great Heaven agreed to notify the other Pillars and search Abyssless Domain for Taixuan Hong.
• Peng King and Han Xingliu learned that the four major churches had been destroyed, then received a communication from Vast Sea Emperor, who told them to wait at Taiyue Hub.
• Bronze Ancient King visited Su Chen, discovered that he had reached Eighth Rank and possessed True Brilliance, and confronted him about being Taixuan Hong's Chosen One.
• Su Chen denied being from the Taixuan Family and explained that Taixuan Tianyi had sacrificed himself partly because Tianyi's brother had little time left to live.

Su Chen explained his connection to Taixuan Hong and the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord to the Bronze Ancient King, who planned to conceal Su Chen’s identity and talent before their journey to Soaring Heavens. Su Chen then met Luo Shuhang, and they prepared the Rebirth Ritual for Greenwood Wanderer.

• Su Chen told the Bronze Ancient King how he entered the Flamefire Space, assumed Taixuan Hong’s identity, and learned about the outside world from the Remnant Spirit.
• Su Chen explained that he had contacted the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord while impersonating the Bronze Ancient King, then handed over the Heaven Gate token.
• The Bronze Ancient King proposed that Su Chen fake his death, but they instead planned to register his talent as divine radiance and conceal his true rank and talent.
• The Bronze Ancient King masked Su Chen’s profession rank and talent, then left to handle church affairs and prepare for Profound Heaven and Star Vault’s arrival.
• Su Chen went to the port, where Luo Shuhang and his companions arranged the plant materials for Greenwood Wanderer’s Rebirth Ritual.

Su Chen completed the Greenwood Wanderer appointment, gaining a doubled lifespan, rapid recovery, and Calamity-Dispelling Seeds that could support resurrection and strengthen his Dual Body. As Soaring Heavens prepared to receive the Bronze Heaven, Su Chen arrived at the Royal Court outpost and came face-to-face with the Profound Heaven Ancient King, who recognized his past as Taixuan Hong.

• Su Chen absorbed the ritual’s energy and completed the Greenwood Wanderer appointment, gaining the Evergreen Body, Calamity-Dispelling Seeds, and an extra seed capacity.
• Su Chen filled a position on the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree, where Deeply Rooted let two Calamity-Dispelling Seeds transform into a Dual Body.
• The Bronze Ancient King returned, and the Church debated its move to Soaring Heavens as the chapter revealed that the Five Bright Suns were searching for Taixuan Hong, the Chosen One of the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord.
• A teacher in Soaring Heavens tasked Qi You with preparing to receive the Bronze Heaven Lord and noted Su Chen’s unusual age, rank, and talent.
• The Profound Heaven Ancient King arrived to discuss the Heaven Gate and the damaged Xuantian Instrument with the Bronze Ancient King, then met the arriving Vast Sea Emperor and Su Chen.
• Su Chen reached the Royal Court outpost to discuss purifying Mist Ember and was startled when the Profound Heaven Ancient King addressed him as Taixuan Hong.

Su Chen entered the Bronze Church’s Flamefire Space and purified the Mist Ember infecting the Spirit of Radiant Moon by overpowering Crimson. After taking the resulting Mist Source, he learned that the Bronze Ancient King planned to delay the return, while the True Martial Ancient King arrived at the Great Heaven-occupied Sacred Cauldron Church demanding Huang Pan.

• The Vast Sea Emperor handed the Spirit of Radiant Moon to the Bronze Ancient King, who took Su Chen to the Flamefire Space to purify its Mist Ember.
• Su Chen faced Crimson’s projection and used his abilities and Mystic Artifacts to destroy it with ease.
• The Bronze Ancient King stopped the Spirit of Radiant Moon from consuming the Mist Source, then gave the Mist Source to Su Chen.
• Su Chen said Kongming was strong enough that his own displayed power might only give him a slight advantage in a fight.
• The Bronze Ancient King decided they needed to delay for at least half a day, and the True Martial Ancient King appeared at the Sacred Cauldron Church demanding to know where Huang Pan was.