Chapter Summaries

Su Chen defeated Du Yunfei and Zhong Yue in succession, climbing from fourth to second on the Soaring Heavens Hidden Star Rankings. With only Tong Zhuo left above him, the assembled heavens watched as Su Chen’s challenge threatened the top-ranked Star Seed.

• After Su Chen climbed into the top ten, he challenged Mu Niancheng and continued defeating opponents one rank at a time until he reached fourth.
• Du Yunfei accepted Su Chen’s challenge after losing to Zhong Yue, but Su Chen broke through his Sword Lord techniques and defeated him with a single punch, taking third place.
• Zhong Yue discovered Su Chen had defeated Du Yunfei and assumed his own earlier fight had weakened Du Yunfei; he accepted Su Chen’s challenge to defend his claim to overcoming Azure God.
• Zhong Yue unleashed his star-beast transformation, but Su Chen defeated him with a single punch, and Zhong Yue recognized that Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis backlash had affected him.
• Su Chen rose to second place, leaving Tong Zhuo as the only higher-ranked contestant, while the gathered spectators and heavenly leaders stared at him.

Su Chen accepted Tong Zhuo’s challenge, and the two agreed to project their battle for Soaring Heavens to watch. Tong Zhuo revealed his Three Firmament Bodies as the fight began, leaving Su Chen to face three distinct opponents.

• Tong Zhuo received Su Chen’s challenge, and Jiang Yue pressed him to accept and project the battle outside the Martial Proving Hall.
• Du Yunfei emerged and revealed that Su Chen specialized in explosive physical strength, giving Tong Zhuo a rough idea of his opponent’s abilities.
• Tong Zhuo accepted the challenge, and Qi You reminded him to welcome Su Chen’s strength as an asset to Bronze Heaven.
• Su Chen agreed to project the battle, and he and Tong Zhuo entered the battlefield and exchanged courteous greetings.
• Spectators gathered to watch the projected match, while Jiang Ce explained that Tong Zhuo’s Azure God power let him manifest three bodies with different capabilities.
• Tong Zhuo summoned his Three Firmament Bodies, and Su Chen recognized the three figures as the opening move of their battle.

Su Chen fought Tong Zhuo’s Three Firmament Bodies and concealed the true extent of his power until Tong Zhuo merged them into one. Su Chen unleashed all Eight Heavenly Marks, defeated Tong Zhuo, and the Martial Proving Hall announced his victory.

• Tong Zhuo used Changge Ming, Xu Yingshen, and Sheng Moqian’s abilities to attack Su Chen while avoiding a direct confrontation.
• Su Chen opened five Heavenly Marks and endured the Three Firmament Bodies’ attacks as Tong Zhuo tried to wear down his burst strength.
• Su Chen used Shadowflash Form to destroy Xu Yingshen, prompting Tong Zhuo to merge the remaining bodies into one.
• Tong Zhuo attacked what he believed was an exhausted Su Chen, but Su Chen opened all Eight Heavenly Marks and struck him down.
• The holographic screen announced Su Chen’s victory, stunning the spectators and delighting Little Jiang Fan.

After defeating Tong Zhuo and taking first place on the Soaring Heavens Hidden Star Rankings, Su Chen drew the attention of the Morning Stars and secured gifts for Bronze Heaven. When Qi You secretly took a sample of Su Chen’s flesh and blood, Su Chen noticed, and Qi You offered him another five hundred portions of Faith Spirit.

• Su Chen reflected on his need to strengthen the Shadowflash Form and worried about having enough Faith Spirit for his plans.
• Zhong Yue and the other Hidden Dragons learned that Su Chen had defeated Tong Zhuo and claimed first place.
• Su Chen emerged from the Martial Proving Hall and received congratulations from Qi You, Jiang Yue, and the other Morning Stars.
• Su Chen declined a celebratory feast, and the Morning Stars offered Bronze Heaven resources and gifts, including a Jade Washing Platform, a Dragonblood Pool, and a Sangwu Tree.
• Su Chen apologized to the challengers he had defeated and asked for Faith Spirit; Qi You allocated five hundred portions for him and three hundred each for Bronze Heaven’s other two Star Seeds.
• Qi You secretly took a sample of Su Chen’s flesh and blood, but Su Chen noticed, prompting Qi You to offer him another five hundred portions of Faith Spirit.

Su Chen’s victory over Tong Zhuo made him the first-ranked fighter on the Hidden Star Ranking, prompting Qi You and Tang Huai to investigate whether he was connected to the Taixuan Family. After Tang Huai found no connection, Su Chen collected his rewards and spent his Faith Spirit on several powerful items.

• Qi You gave Su Chen an additional five hundred Faith Spirit and sent him away after taking a blood sample for verification.
• News of Su Chen’s victory spread across Soaring Heavens, while Chu Lingyuan received Heavenly River Water and Heavenly River Marrow from Ni Zhan as congratulatory gifts.
• Qi You reported Su Chen’s victory to Tang Huai, who examined the sample and confirmed Su Chen had no connection to the Taixuan Family.
• Wei Zhenghong and Shen Yi'an gave Su Chen two hundred Faith Spirit, and he used his total of thirty-three hundred portions to buy several items, including Hidden Origin Shadow.

After Su Chen spent Faith Spirit on Profession materials, Chu Lingyuan worried that Bronze Heaven could not protect him, but Su Chen explained Soaring Heavens’ harsh rules against internal attacks. Su Chen then faced the excited Bronze Church members as gifts arrived, while the Everdragon Heaven Lord assessed his strength and warned Zhong Yue that the future remained uncertain.

• Su Chen reviewed the costs and delivery times of his purchases, decided to wait before buying more Morning Star Embers, and noted that his Profession development had reached fourteen percent.
• Chu Lingyuan visited Su Chen, worried that Bronze Heaven could not protect him, and Su Chen cited Soaring Heavens’ history of punishing entire Heavens for internal wrongdoing.
• Su Chen declined to attend the gift reception, then joined the Bronze Church members and reminded them that Shen Yi'an still ranked first on the Holy Hall Ranking.
• Qi You arrived with the Jade Washing Platform and Suppressing Seal as gifts from Heavenly Lord Tang, while other Heavens sent gifts after news of Su Chen’s Hidden Star Ranking victory spread.
• The Everdragon Heaven Lord reviewed Su Chen’s recorded fights with Zhong Yue, judged that Tong Zhuo was the only one who might challenge him, and discussed the uncertain prospects of Su Chen’s future advancement.

Zhong Yue learned that rebuilding Abyssless made the selection of a Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord urgent, while Boundless Buddha hired Old Gou to search for Taixuan Hong. Su Chen retrieved classified intelligence revealing that Zhou Lin had killed Gu Hong over a Ruin's End Great Realm containing Profound Extremity Radiance and a Sovereign’s Relic.

• Everdragon Heaven Lord told Zhong Yue that the Five Pillars were preparing to choose a Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord to help rebuild Abyssless.
• Boundless Buddha negotiated with Old Gou to find Taixuan Hong, paid with classified intelligence and lost five hundred years of lifespan when he demanded a faster search.
• Fazhi told Boundless Buddha that Su Chen had taken first place on the Hidden Star Ranking, and Boundless Buddha learned Su Chen had reached Eighth Rank True Brilliance.
• Su Chen received the Water-Soul Flow and spent Divine Blood to retrieve classified intelligence through Shadowflash Form.
• Su Chen witnessed Zhou Lin kill Gu Hong in a Ruin's End Great Realm after Gu Hong accused him of betrayal over Profound Extremity Radiance.
• Su Chen learned that Zhou Lin had also discovered a brilliant radiance, which was actually a Sovereign’s Relic fallen from the Ruins Origin Realm.

Su Chen investigated the Ruins Origin Realm, the Sovereign’s Relic, and the dangers of Ruin's End before conceiving a plan to exploit the absence of the Bright Suns. Meanwhile, Qing Cang reported that the Celestial Star-Dipper Rune Array would greatly expand Bronze Heaven's protection, as its leaders prepared to attract factions from across the Dust Star Sea.

• Su Chen found hidden information identifying the Ruins Origin Realm and the Sovereign’s Relic, then speculated that the realm was tied to the Nether Domain's ancient expansion and the Bright Suns' ongoing expedition.
• Su Chen searched the Abyssless Star Ranking and learned that Zhou Lin was a senior deacon of Storm Tower, a faction with two Moon Radiances, making a direct confrontation risky.
• Su Chen studied Ruin's End exploration and learned that its unstable realms could collapse with enough force to kill even Moon Radiances; he then began planning a major move while the Bright Suns were away.
• Qing Cang told the Bronze Ancient King, Gu Lin, and Pei Song that the completed Celestial Star-Dipper Rune Array would extend Flame's light thirtyfold and its reach against Nether Mist a hundredfold.
• The Bronze Ancient King agreed to invite Dust Star Sea factions to Bronze Heaven and offer to relocate their life stars for a price, while Gu Lin and Pei Song discussed the need to secure a successor for Bronze Heaven.

Yuan Shuo’s claims about Su Chen’s achievements were met with disbelief until news arrived that Su Chen had defeated Tong Zhuo, the top-ranked fighter in Soaring Heavens. Later, Su Chen extracted Leimo from a dispatch, strengthened the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree, and received another delivery of strange god origin power.

• Yuan Shuo downplayed Su Chen’s feat of withstanding a Morning Star’s strike and said Su Chen had only assisted with his mist ember purification method, prompting Gu Lin and Pei Song to doubt his claims.
• Wen Tuo reported that Tong Zhuo had lost to Su Chen, shocking Gu Lin, Pei Song, and Yuan Shuo; Tong Zhuo later canceled his challenge to Su Chen after a day.
• Su Chen extracted Leimo from the Endless Titan’s dispatch and integrated the Endless Titan into the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree, unlocking Mystic Water Goumang and Five Elements Rotation.
• Su Chen sent the Endless Titan on another dispatch with strong hints to borrow the Seven-Treasure Refinement Method, then discovered Tong Zhuo had canceled his challenge.
• Su Chen collected two metal cases from Xiang Bai of the Law Bureau and took out the perfect-grade strange god origin power.

Su Chen used the Grand Vow Crystal to complete Thunderborn Nine Hells’ requirements and took up the profession, gaining powers to imprison Nether Domain Creatures and create an incarnation from one. The chapter left Su Chen testing the new abilities while Zhou Lin prepared to explore a Ruin’s End Middle Realm and Tong Zhuo struggled with his defeat by Su Chen.

• Su Chen infused Thunderborn Nine Hells with Perfect-Grade Strange God Origin Power, then merged Hidden Origin Shadow into his Shadowflash Form and the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree to gain Five-Element Shadowcraft.
• Zhou Lin brought a group from Five Pillars City toward a Ruin’s End Middle Realm, promising them forty percent of its gains while intending to claim a mysterious opportunity for himself.
• Tong Zhuo obsessed over how to defeat Su Chen until Tang Huai rebuked him for fixating on failure and urged him to prepare for the chance to become the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord’s Chosen One.
• Su Chen used the Grand Vow Crystal to complete Thunderborn Nine Hells’ final requirement and took up the profession, gaining Nine Hells, Prison Body, and the Humanoid reward.
• Su Chen imprisoned Leimo, subdued him by raising his Mystic Artifact’s strength, and created a humanlike incarnation that could receive enhancements from the captive.

Su Chen strengthened Leimo into an avatar capable of using his Holy Profession abilities and set up a plan to impersonate Taixuan Hong. He traveled with Jiang Ce to Five Pillars City, then briefly entered Ruin's End before returning, leaving Jiang Ce wondering whether he sought Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis.

• Su Chen used Black Pagoda Origin Power to give Thunderborn Nine Hells the ability to receive his consciousness anywhere within the same Nether Domain, and obtained a strand of Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord's aura.
• Su Chen found Taixuan blood for sale, integrated Nine Thunder-Evolving Domains into the Seven-Profession Wonder Tree, and discovered his avatar could use the tree's Holy Professions, Mystic Artifacts, and Heavenly Marks.
• Su Chen met Jiang Ce and asked him to guide him to Five Pillars City, where guards and passersby recognized Su Chen as Bronze Heaven's Star Seed.
• Su Chen asked Jiang Ce to take him to a public Exploration Rift, entered a small Ruin's End realm, and quickly returned to Five Pillars City.
• Jiang Ce followed Su Chen back and wondered whether Su Chen also wanted Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis.

Su Chen asked Jiang Ce about Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis and investigated where Five Pillars City’s black market traded Strange God items, but decided not to enter. After returning to Soaring Heavens, he rewarded Jiang Ce and bought an expensive villa in the Nether Domain.

• Su Chen questioned Jiang Ce about Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis, its risks, and its rare materials, hoping it might inform the Flawless One.
• Su Chen asked about Strange God goods, and Jiang Ce led him to a black market controlled by High Top Hat.
• Su Chen acquired the Black Market Seer profession but chose not to enter the black market, and Jiang Ce eagerly took him back to Soaring Heavens.
• Su Chen transferred fifty portions of Faith Spirit to Jiang Ce as thanks, then asked him about buying property.
• Su Chen purchased a three-story villa for 342 portions of Faith Spirit and invited Jiang Ce to visit Copper Heart with Jiang Fan later.

Su Chen controlled his Leimo avatar in the Nether Domain and traveled to Five Pillars City to register an identity and acquire supplies. After buying Taixuan blood and storage bracelets, he headed toward a Nether Rift near the Ruin's End Great Realm.

• Su Chen tested the Leimo avatar in its native Nether Domain and found Falcon Group's camp along his route.
• Su Chen forced his way past Falcon Group's guards and entered a Nether Rift after Elder Li allowed him through.
• Su Chen reached Five Pillars City, registered the identity Duan Ye with Geng Shan's help, and added Geng Shan as a friend.
• Su Chen exchanged Faith Crystal Essences for digital assets and bought True Brilliance-level Taixuan blood and three Space Compression Bracelets.
• Su Chen stored the blood in a bracelet, summoned a flying vehicle, and set off for a Nether Rift near the Ruin's End Great Realm.

Su Chen forged the flesh chip crafter profession and used its Flesh Chip ability to automate his body’s cultivation while his consciousness traveled in a Nether Domain avatar. He then told the Remnant Spirit that the Abyssless Domain had discovered the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord, leaving the Remnant Spirit scrambling to preserve his hopes.

• Su Chen sent his Leimo avatar toward its destination on autopilot, then searched for a profession that could keep his main body practicing without his consciousness.
• Su Chen forged several professions, eventually combining their essence into the flesh chip crafter profession and taking it up after using the Grand Vow Crystal to satisfy a requirement.
• Su Chen used a Flesh Chip to record cultivation and potion-drinking movements, then set his body to repeat them in a loop while he watched without taking control.
• Su Chen considered the risks of a Chosen One’s death and summoned the Remnant Spirit, who expected him to ask about becoming Bright Sun’s Chosen One.
• Su Chen told the Remnant Spirit that the Abyssless Domain had discovered the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord, and named Great Heaven, Buddha Land, Soaring Heavens, and Five Pillars among those who knew.
• The Remnant Spirit panicked at the news and urged Su Chen not to give up, though he had no clear way to overcome the Abyssless Domain.

Su Chen followed Remnant Spirit’s plan to undermine the Five Pillars’ selection of a Chosen One, then entered the Ruin’s End Great Realm to find Zhou Lin’s group. There, he captured a Six-Tailed Illusion Fox and discovered that Zhou Hong and another member of the Taixuan Family were searching for something that could restore their clan.

• Remnant Spirit told Su Chen to contact the Spirit of the Bright Sun and claim that the Five Pillars caused Tai Xuan Ye’s death, hoping to delay their selection of a Chosen One.
• Su Chen decided to use five hundred portions of Faith Spirit to contact the Spirit of the Bright Sun and descended with an avatar toward Ruin’s End.
• Su Chen reached the Ruin’s End Great Realm, spotted a Nuo Ship, and defeated and imprisoned a Six-Tailed Illusion Fox, gaining strength and a Pink-Faced Peach.
• Chen Fan and Old Fan discussed escaping Zhou Lin’s search party while concealing themselves in a cave.
• Chen Fan overheard Zhou Hong and a younger Taixuan Family member searching for something they believed would restore the Taixuan Family, and he realized their identities.

Chen Fan and Old Fan discovered Su Chen, whom they believed to be Taixuan Hong, and fled after Su Chen defeated Chen Fan's wind-and-lightning tower. Zhou Lin attacked Su Chen but failed to stop him from escaping into Ruin Light; after learning Su Chen's identity and finding a trace of his blood, Zhou Lin remained outside the Ruin's End Great Realm to intercept him and claim the treasure he sought.

• Chen Fan and Old Fan recognized Taixuan Hong at a cave entrance, but Su Chen discovered them and they split up to flee.
• Chen Fan tried to capture Su Chen with a wind-and-lightning tower, but Su Chen shattered it with a single charge and pursued him.
• Chen Fan led Su Chen to Zhou Lin, who struck Su Chen with a lightning blade, but Su Chen survived and escaped into Ruin Light.
• Chen Fan told Zhou Lin that the fugitive was Taixuan Hong, and they found a surviving drop of his blood among the ashes.
• Zhou Lin took the blood and flew outside the Ruin's End Great Realm, deciding to guard the exit and capture Su Chen for both the reward and the treasure.

Zhou Lin discovered Taixuan Hong's trail in the Ruin's End Great Realm, while word of the find spread among powerful factions. Su Chen revealed himself to Zhou Lin as part of a plan to make the Five Pillars witness Taixuan Hong's apparent death, then set out to search for valuable treasures to fund costly intelligence and memories.

• Zhou Lin decided to report Taixuan Hong's trail to his master and ordered Chen Fan to fetch Song Liao.
• Duan Ye sent Geng Shan encrypted intelligence that Zhou Lin had found Taixuan Hong's trail and intended to conceal it, prompting Geng Shan to tell his father.
• Jiang Yue told Zhong Yue that the Blackrock Kingdom held a Ruin's End Great Realm containing rainbowstone spirit soil, while they discussed the Chosen One selection and Su Chen's prospects.
• The Boundless Buddha learned that the Longevity Pillar had found a clue to Taixuan Hong and hurried to the Storm Tower to verify it.
• Su Chen recovered from Zhou Lin's attack and explained that he had staged his exposure to gather high-ranking witnesses to Taixuan Hong's apparent death.
• Su Chen discovered that his Professions had returned with a memory and confidential intelligence, but extracting them required more divine blood and faith spirit than he could afford, so he set out to search for valuable treasures.

Su Chen searched Ruin’s End and found a pair of intertwined Ruin Lights whose aura terrified even his current body. Meanwhile, Storm Tower and four of the Five Pillars learned that Zhou Lin had found evidence pointing to Taixuan Hong and prepared to pursue him into the Nether Domain.

• Su Chen searched among the Ruin Lights, avoiding a black-purple one whose threat seemed comparable to Zhou Lin’s, until he reached two intertwined lights with an exceptionally terrifying aura.
• Song Liao reported to Yuan Luofan that Zhou Lin had found Taixuan Hong in a Ruin’s End Great Realm and brought back a drop of blood.
• Yuan Luofan verified that the blood came from the Taixuan Family, then ordered Song Liao to gather Executors Zhou and Li while he notified Luo Cheng.
• Huang Pan, Tang Huai, Boundless Buddha, and Zhuang Yi arrived at Storm Tower and demanded to know where Zhou Lin was.
• Yuan Luofan admitted that Zhou Lin was monitoring a Ruin’s End Great Realm, and the visitors agreed to travel there together after waiting for the Machine Domain’s people.
• Su Chen located two intertwined Ruin Lights and sensed an aura more frightening than anything he had encountered, even when facing Zhou Lin.

Su Chen used Venerable Transformation to defeat Zhou Lin and seize the treasures hidden in Ruin's End. As his three-minute transformation continued, he approached the Vast Light and discovered a dark-golden gate within it.

• Zhou Lin joined the Five Pillars figures searching Ruin's End, then lured Yu Jing to the intersecting Ruin Light and threw him toward a powerful creature.
• Su Chen found Zhou Lin and learned that six Moon Radiances were searching Ruin's End while another guarded its entrance.
• When Zhou Lin attacked, Su Chen used Venerable Transformation to become the Sunfire Tribulation-Transmuting Heavenly Venerable and killed him.
• Su Chen stored Zhou Lin's corpse, subdued the Four-Armed Golden Ape, and collected the Profound Extremity Radiance.
• Su Chen examined the Vast Light and saw a dark-golden gate rising and falling inside it.

Su Chen failed to force open the Sovereign’s Relic, then reinforced Ruin Light and drew the attention of several Moon Radiance experts. The relic fell into his hands after he revealed the Saint Monarch aura, and the chapter ended with the gathered Pillars confronting him as Taixuan Hong.

• Su Chen could not force open the Sovereign’s Relic, so he reinforced Ruin Light and sent a blazing pillar into the sky to attract attention.
• Boundless Buddha and the other Moon Radiance experts detected the disturbance and rushed toward Su Chen’s location.
• Su Chen revealed the Saint Monarch aura, causing the dark golden gate to fall and shrink into a palm-sized Abyss Gate (Damaged), which he stored away.
• Boundless Buddha peered through Ruin Light, saw the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord, and confirmed that Taixuan Hong was inside.
• Tang Huai addressed Taixuan Hong, who asked why the Pillars had arrived so quickly and whether Storm Tower had notified them.