Chapter Summaries

Su Chen received the Mysterious-Feminine Spirit Embryo from Ni Zhan, then gathered the remaining materials and completed his Azure God Talent metamorphosis. The transformation granted him False Sustained Voidfire, greatly increasing his combat power and the efficiency of his Morning Flame refinement.

• Ni Zhan proposed forcing the Upper Three Heavens to provide Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis materials after Su Chen revealed his Morning Star advancement.
• Ni Zhan gave Su Chen the Mysterious-Feminine Spirit Embryo and considered opposing the Upper Three Heavens, while privately deciding he would ask Su Chen to marry Ye Chutong and have a son.
• Su Chen warned Chu Lingyuan not to act on Ni Zhan's plan without consulting him, then returned to his residence with the metamorphosis materials.
• Su Chen used the five materials to metamorphose into Azure God Talent and gained False Sustained Voidfire, which empowered him according to the number of Morning Flames refined.
• Su Chen tested his new power and discovered that his physical abilities and Morning Flame refinement efficiency had increased substantially.

Su Chen spent more than half a month transforming Emberless Flame, received materials from Chu Ran, and used Shadowflash Form to uncover the impending harvest of a Source Fire and Black Pagoda’s plan to incarnate in Soaring Heavens. He then watched Changge Ming defeat another Morning Star at the Tower of Spirituality, where the two noticed each other.

• Su Chen checked his transformed Emberless Flame trait, calculated his remaining Faith Spirit, and received a case of embers from Chu Ran, who had advanced to seventh rank.
• Su Chen consumed the embers to develop his Holy Professions, then extracted Shadowflash Form’s intelligence and learned that five Bright Suns and Final Ruins were preparing a Source Fire Harvesting Grounds.
• Su Chen discovered that Boundless Buddha’s incarnation, Eternity, was speaking with Black Pagoda, who planned to incarnate in Soaring Heavens to find an old friend.
• Su Chen fed Shadowflash Form four lower-grade Morning Star Embers and decided to wait before pursuing the final steps for Heavenly Wrath Shockwave.
• At the Tower of Spirituality, Changge Ming defeated Hong Qizheng without injury, while onlookers discussed Changge Ming’s Longevity Root and his prospects for becoming the Chosen One.
• Su Chen watched Changge Ming, who recognized him; the two exchanged nods as the crowd whispered about Su Chen’s reputation.

Su Chen entered the Tower of Spirituality and shocked its watchers by revealing that he had advanced to Morning Star and undergone Azure God metamorphosis. Inside the Cultivation Residence, he reunited with Stingy Dragon, whose strange golden traces and Sanskrit symbols left Su Chen concerned.

• Xuankai arrived to observe Changge Ming, then announced that he wanted to reside in the Tower of Spirituality to gain the Spirit of the Bright Sun's favor.
• Su Chen approached the Tower of Spirituality and entered its eighth floor, revealing himself as a Morning Star and astonishing the gathered experts.
• Qi You informed Chu Lingyuan, Qing Cang, and Lin Langtian that Su Chen had advanced and entered the tower, and they agreed to go see him.
• Ni Zhan urged Yan Xing to support Su Chen, but Yan Xing deferred his decision until Jiang Yue reported Su Chen's advancement and entry into the tower.
• Su Chen collected the eighth-floor reward, entered the Spirit Hall, and met Stingy Dragon, whose body showed golden traces and flickering Sanskrit symbols.

Su Chen discovered that Buddha Land had been secretly influencing Stingy Dragon through the sacrifices it accepted, then entered the Tower of Spirituality and drew an immediate challenge from Qin Guanyu. The chapter ended with Qin Guanyu attacking Su Chen with a Soaring Heavens jade talisman, which Su Chen evaded using Shadowflash Form.

• Su Chen told Stingy Dragon that golden light and Sanskrit covered its body, and Stingy Dragon realized the recent sacrifices might have let a Buddha Disciple harm it.
• Qin Guanyu suffered another backlash while tempering Morning Flame, then learned that Su Chen had advanced to Morning Star and entered the Tower of Spirituality.
• Qin Guanyu challenged Su Chen before other Morning Stars could claim the opportunity, and the Tower revealed that Su Chen had Azure God Talent, shocking the gathered factions.
• Changge Ming and others reacted to Su Chen's Azure God status while Qin Guanyu entered the challenge, and Chu Lingyuan and Qi You arrived to watch.
• Inside the starry Cultivation Residence, Qin Guanyu questioned why Su Chen had entered the tower, then used a mental Holy Profession attack and a Soaring Heavens jade talisman to suppress him.
• Su Chen's thoughts briefly stalled under Qin Guanyu's attack, but he escaped the talisman's suppression with Shadowflash Form.

Su Chen defeated Qin Guanyu in the Tower of Spirituality and claimed the Bright Sun’s selection. The Spirit of the Bright Sun appeared, and Su Chen revealed himself publicly as its Chosen One.

• Qin Guanyu attacked Su Chen with the Soaring Heavens Creation Refinement Method, but Su Chen blocked the Giant Spirit Body and countered it with overwhelming strength.
• Qin Guanyu summoned multiple profession manifestations, while Su Chen used Heavenly Wrath Shockwave and his other abilities to fight them off.
• Qin Guanyu merged the manifestations into himself and unleashed his Azure God Talent, but Su Chen’s charged strike sent him flying and ended the duel.
• Su Chen appeared at the top of the Tower of Spirituality, where the Spirit of the Bright Sun emerged and acknowledged him as its Chosen One.
• Su Chen removed the concealment over him, revealing his identity as the Bright Sun’s Chosen One to everyone present.

Su Chen completed the Bright Sun selection and learned five more requirements for the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord profession, though the process granted him no new recognition. After the Pillars disputed who would supervise the site, Su Chen entered the Spirit Tower’s ninth floor and found a hall of rewards.

• Su Chen received five Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord profession requirements from Stingy Dragon, while learning that three more would unlock after he reached Moon Radiance.
• Stingy Dragon took Su Chen into the Spirit Tower’s ninth floor as the crowd outside concluded that he had become the Bright Sun Chosen One.
• Yuan Shuo and other Soaring Heavens Heavenly Lords arrived, and the Pillars argued over whether the site should remain under their joint supervision or move to Bronze Heaven.
• Yuan Shuo agreed to let the Bright Suns decide the site’s future, and Yan Xing ordered unrelated people to leave.
• Su Chen explored the ninth-floor hall, took a Red-Scaled Fruit from a purple bubble, and judged its effect too weak for a Holy Profession.

Su Chen absorbed a fading wisp of Violet Extremity Flame, which rapidly tempered his Morning Flame and temporarily transformed his Heavenly Mark into half a Moon Mark. After learning the flame could grow stronger and securing Stingy Dragon’s promise to protect him, Su Chen considered seeking more Violet Extremity Flame from the Taixuan Family members in the Mystic Pivot.

• Stingy Dragon explained that the Mistfall Calamity began when Moon Radiances drew a vast tide of Nether Mist, and Tai Xuan Ye fell into Nine Eyes’ trap while investigating something washed out from the Nether Domain.
• Su Chen found a wisp of Violet Extremity Flame and absorbed it, enduring its scorching tempering as his Eight-Treasure Refinement Method advanced and his progress toward a third strand of Morning Flame reached 56%.
• Su Chen activated the flame’s Blazing Transformation, temporarily fusing his abilities and traits and turning his Heavenly Mark into half a Moon Mark before the effect quickly faded.
• Stingy Dragon said the Violet Extremity Flame could grow stronger if Su Chen nurtured it with his body, and Su Chen considered seeking more from Taixuan Family members in the Mystic Pivot.
• Su Chen asked Stingy Dragon to protect him now that his identity was exposed, and Stingy Dragon promised to keep him safe while admitting it could contend with Bright Suns only if supplied with enough Faith Spirit.

Su Chen emerged as the Bright Sun Chosen One, and Stingy Dragon forced the other Pillars to let him leave with Su Chen. In Soaring Heavens, Tong Zhuo advanced to Morning Star, only to learn that Zhong Yue had advanced even earlier.

• Stingy Dragon explained that worship sustained his consciousness, and Su Chen agreed to find ways to gain him more worshippers.
• Su Chen left the Tower of Spirituality and faced the assembled Moon Radiances, who acknowledged him as the Bright Sun Chosen One.
• Huang Pan said the Spirit of the Bright Sun had to remain under the Pillars' supervision, but Stingy Dragon manifested his true body and declared he would leave with Su Chen.
• The Moon Radiances relented, and Su Chen departed through the Heaven Gate with Tang Huai and the people of Soaring Heavens.
• Tong Zhuo advanced to Morning Star using the Three Firmament Bodies and set out to show his strength.
• Tong Zhuo met Zhong Yue at the Heaven Gate and learned that Zhong Yue had completed Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis and advanced to Morning Star before him.

Su Chen became the Bright Sun Chosen One after completing Azure God Fetal Metamorphosis and defeating Qin Guanyu, shocking Soaring Heavens and the wider Abyssless Domain. As the Dao Lord returned and asked to see him, Su Chen received an urgent message summoning him.

• Tang Huai announced that Su Chen had received the Bright Sun's selection, leaving Zhong Yue and Tong Zhuo stunned.
• Yuan Shuo explained that Su Chen had hurried to become the Chosen One because Buddha Land was trying to corrupt the Spirit of the Bright Sun and expose his Taixuan Hong identity.
• News of Su Chen's selection spread through the Abyssless Domain, and Old Gou told the Bright Suns that Su Chen had won the selection despite his youth and the Three Pillars' blockade.
• The Dao Lord decided to send an incarnation back to the present world after learning that Su Chen had become the Chosen One.
• Su Chen received Chu Lingyuan's message that the Dao Lord had returned and wished to see him.

Su Chen met the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord, who approved of his conduct and revealed that the pillars had agreed to strip away any branch that produced the Bright Sun’s Chosen One. The chapter ended with Su Chen realizing that Bronze Heaven was to be separated from Soaring Heavens, leaving its future exposed to danger.

• Su Chen and Chu Lingyuan traveled to High Heaven, where Chu explained that Su Chen’s new status had fueled tensions between the Upper Three Heavens and the other heavens.
• Tang Huai escorted Su Chen through High Heaven and brought him to meet the Soaring Heavens Dao Lord.
• The Dao Lord described how he had gathered opinions about Su Chen from his teachers, friends, and others, then praised him as very good.
• The Dao Lord told Su Chen that Bronze Heaven must be stripped away from Soaring Heavens under an agreement among the pillars.
• Su Chen objected that Bronze Heaven had already joined Soaring Heavens, but the Dao Lord said the agreement could not be reversed and that Soaring Heavens could not withstand the other pillars’ united pressure.

Su Chen learned that Bronze Heaven would be separated from Soaring Heavens, though the Dao Lord allowed him to stay temporarily and promised to remove Buddha Land’s influence from the Spirit of the Bright Sun. At the Abyssless Assembly, attendees debated rebuilding Abyssless and dismissed the Bronze Church’s claim to pillar status before Su Chen appeared on the platform and drew everyone’s attention.

• Soaring Heavens Dao Lord told Su Chen that Bronze Heaven would be separated, invited him to remain temporarily in Soaring Heavens, and said he would attend the Abyssless Assembly as a potential Bronze Pillar administrator.
• Su Chen asked for help with Buddha Land’s contamination of the Spirit of the Bright Sun, and the Dao Lord promised to extract its power when his true body returned.
• Su Chen told Tang Huai and Chu Lingyuan about the separation; Tang Huai offered him support, while Chu Lingyuan accepted that Bronze Heaven would become the Bronze Church.
• News of the separation spread through Soaring Heavens, prompting protests and increased visits and resources from the Upper Three Heavens.
• Su Chen joined the virtual Abyssless Assembly, where attendees discussed rebuilding Abyssless and the abbot of Wuqing Temple dismissed Su Chen and the Bronze Church as unworthy of pillar status.
• A Bright Sun’s seat appeared on the platform, and the assembled leaders stared in astonishment as Su Chen’s figure appeared there.

Su Chen attended the Abyssless Domain assembly and was placed in a Bright Sun’s seat, prompting the World Honored One to try to provoke resentment and make him appear arrogant. The Dao Lord moved Su Chen to the back as an observer, then announced that Bronze Heaven would leave Soaring Heavens and return to the Bronze Church; the assembly’s remaining announcements were still to come.

• Su Chen found himself seated in a Bright Sun’s honored place and faced disapproval from the gathered leaders.
• Longevity Old Man arrived, heard Su Chen explain that the seat had been assigned by mistake, and accepted his explanation.
• The World Honored One called Su Chen qualified to sit with the Bright Suns and praised the future influence of the Bronze Pillar, but Su Chen rejected the implication that he deserved the seat.
• The Dao Lord arrived, challenged the World Honored One’s praise, and moved Su Chen’s seat behind the Moon Radiances as an observer.
• The Dao Lord began the assembly by announcing that Bronze Heaven would separate from Soaring Heavens and return to the Bronze Church.
• A leader asked where the Bronze Church would be stationed so that they could visit and offer congratulations.

Su Chen learned that the Five Pillars planned to rebuild Abyssless by sending Morning Star and Moon Radiance powerhouses into the Nether Domain to gather Source Fire. When Stingy Dragon tried to create a guardian for the Bronze Church, the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord intervened, removed the Buddha Land’s corruption, and helped form a powerful spiritual statue.

• The Dao Lord announced that Abyssless would be rebuilt under the Five Pillars’ coordination and that factions could refuse to join but would forfeit Abyssless’s protection.
• The Dao Lord said that powerhouses would gather Source Fire in the Nether Domain within six months to a year, surrendering seventy percent in exchange for shares in territory opened after Abyssless was rebuilt.
• Chu Lingyuan told Su Chen that the Bronze Church would relocate near Meteorfall Mountain in about three months and that rumors called it the weakest Pillar.
• Su Chen asked Stingy Dragon to create a guardian for the Bronze Church, but dividing off its spirituality allowed the Buddha Land’s power to begin eroding it.
• The Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord appeared, stripped the Buddha Land’s corruption from Stingy Dragon, and punished the mocking Yang Marrow Calamity Transmutation Heavenly Venerable.
• The Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord fused purple power with Stingy Dragon’s separated spirituality, forming a towering statue to guard the Bronze Church.

Su Chen discovered that the Bright Sun Sacred Statue could let Stingy Dragon borrow a wisp of Bright Sun Fire, then used Buddha Land Great Vow Power to strengthen his Eight-Treasure Refinement Method. As Su Chen prepared for the sect’s relocation, Three Fool and Old Gou discussed activating the Stupa Pagoda and rebuilding Abyssless.

• Su Chen examined the Buddha Land Great Vow Power and found it could support his Eight-Treasure Refinement Method.
• Su Chen learned that the Violet Extremity World-Purifying Sacred Lord Statue contained a wisp of Bright Sun Fire for Stingy Dragon, then gave him about five hundred Faith Spirits.
• Su Chen told Chu Lingyuan that they would establish a statue for protection, while Chu Lingyuan reported that the disturbance had drawn attention across the heavens.
• Su Chen used the Great Vow Power with his Eight-Treasure Refinement Method, greatly increasing its efficiency and bringing him closer to tempering a third strand of Morning Flame.
• The Dao Lord declined to investigate the disturbance and told Tang Huai to calm the heavens without disturbing them.
• Three Fool and Old Gou discussed activating the Stupa Pagoda, avoiding the Bright Suns’ notice, and waiting until Abyssless was rebuilt before acting against Su Chen.

On the day Bronze Heaven was relocated and the Bronze Church was reestablished, Su Chen and his allies received powerful guests while Chen Jin challenged the Church’s authority. Yuan Shuo arrived with four Ancient Kings who had joined the Church, and a statue bearing Bright Sun aura appeared, leaving the gathered forces to recognize the Bronze Church’s newfound strength as Su Chen stepped forward.

• Soaring Heavens gave Bronze Heaven to the Bronze Church and opened the relocation ceremony to visitors, while pillars and other forces sent congratulations and gifts.
• Chen Jin confronted Tang Huai and demanded to meet Yuan Shuo, implying that the Bronze Church’s absence of its leader showed disrespect.
• Yuan Shuo arrived with Xuantian Ancient King, Star Vault Ancient King, Sacred Cauldron Ancient King, and Vast Sea Emperor, introducing them as members of the Bronze Church.
• The four Moon Radiance experts’ arrival unsettled Chen Jin and the other guests, revealing that the Bronze Church now had five Moon Radiance experts including Yuan Shuo.
• A statue carrying a faint Bright Sun aura appeared, and Huang Pan was injured when purple flames burst from his eye as he tried to probe it.
• Su Chen walked out before the gathered guests as the Bright Sun’s Chosen One.

Su Chen and Chu Lingyuan returned to the newly independent Bronze Church, where Dao Lord formally separated it from Soaring Heavens. Bronze Ancient King explained how he had gathered four Moon Radiances to secure the church’s future and revealed that Dust Star Sea would soon yield Faith Spirit.

• Su Chen and Chu Lingyuan emerged with Bronze Ancient King and drew attention from the gathered Moon Radiances and Morning Stars.
• Dao Lord announced that Bronze Heaven would separate from Soaring Heavens and resume the name Bronze Church, after which other factions began expressing goodwill and placing orders.
• Bronze Ancient King assigned Chu Lingyuan and Qing Cang to organize the church’s new arrivals, then took Su Chen into the central hall to discuss the separation and its risks.
• Bronze Ancient King explained that he had recruited Xuantian, Star Vault, Vast Sea, and Sacred Cauldron to strengthen the church, and Su Chen told him the statue could summon the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• Bronze Ancient King estimated that Dust Star Sea’s first harvest would provide about fifteen thousand Faith Spirit, with future annual yields settling at six to eight thousand.

Su Chen tempered his third Morning Flame, then sent his Golden Ape avatar with Vast Sea to the Source Fire Grounds. After the harvesters entered, a crimson lightning net suddenly sealed the grounds and cut off the Pillars’ perception.

• The Bronze Ancient King agreed to send Vast Sea to harvest Source Fire and allowed Su Chen’s Golden Ape avatar to accompany him.
• Tang Huai moved Su Chen to a palace in the Upper Three Heavens, where Su Chen tempered his third Morning Flame and returned to the Nether Domain.
• Vast Sea and Su Chen’s avatar joined harvesters from the Five Pillars and the Strange Gods, who traveled through a Great Heaven wormhole to the Source Fire Grounds.
• The harvesters entered the seemingly peaceful grounds, where Yan Xing spotted a strange structure behind a vast net of crimson lightning.
• Outside the grounds, the lightning net appeared across the rainbow sphere and cut off the Pillars’ senses, alarming the World Honored One and the other leaders.

The Stupa Pagoda activated and merged with the Harvesting Grounds, trapping everyone inside while the Bright Suns could not safely intervene. Su Chen was transported to a strange, realistic city and discovered a newspaper announcing Xuanyuan Mountain’s coming opening.

• The Dao Lord identified the activated treasure as the Stupa Pagoda, and Mech Sovereign warned that separating it from the Harvesting Grounds would make the realm collapse.
• Yan Xing sensed that the Pagoda had cut off the area, then transformed as his two dragons merged into armor before a force transported him away.
• Yan Xing told everyone not to resist the unknown force, and people including Jiang Yue, Pei Song, Vast Sea, and Su Chen vanished in turn.
• Su Chen arrived in a city with old-fashioned vehicles and a crimson lightning curtain that its inhabitants seemed unable to see.
• Su Chen restrained a newsstand owner and read that Xuanyuan Mountain would open for a year, with visitors required to take aptitude tests at Xuanyuan Pavilions.

Su Chen spent a month trapped in Xuanyuan Mountain before a vision revealed Qin Guanyu fighting a powerful fiery python, and the Thunderous Firmament began judging people’s deeds. After Su Chen defeated the python and killed Qin Guanyu for abandoning him, the firmament declared the killing a good deed and prepared to reward him.

• Su Chen discovered he could not leave Xuanyuan Mountain and spent over a month investigating its history without triggering anything unusual.
• A vision showed Qin Guanyu fighting a powerful fiery python, and Su Chen agreed to help him as the city repeatedly crumbled and reformed around them.
• The Thunderous Firmament praised Su Chen for helping Qin Guanyu, then punished Qin Guanyu with lightning after he refused to assist Su Chen in battle.
• Su Chen unleashed his Morning Flames and Violet Extremity Flame, broke the fiery python’s horn, and defeated the beast.
• Su Chen questioned Qin Guanyu about the firmament’s judgment, then killed him after learning he had been punished for abandoning someone in danger.
• The Thunderous Firmament declared that punishing a person of middling evil was an act of middling good and began sending Su Chen a reward.

Su Chen learned that the Stupa Pagoda had sent him to liberate Ruin Realms and reward good deeds, then acquired an incomplete portion of Source Fire and received a demand for at least one hundred portions. He arrived at Lion's Roar Star, where he began gathering information about the Ruin Realm and its guardian White Lion.

• Su Chen inspected the Good-and-Evil Token, learned it came from the Stupa Pagoda, and saw that it recorded his good deeds and could grant entry once the pagoda opened.
• Su Chen fused the wounded fire python into his avatar, healed with two Calamity-Dispelling Seeds, and gained a major increase in physical strength.
• The Stupa Pagoda declared that liberating the Ruin Realm counted as minor good, and Su Chen collected an incomplete strand of Source Fire from the dispersing realm.
• The Yang Marrow Calamity Transmutation Heavenly Venerable asked Su Chen to bring him at least one hundred portions of Source Fire.
• Black Pagoda was marked with the character for evil after devouring a Ruin Realm, while Su Chen was transported to Lion's Roar Star.
• Su Chen learned that Lion's Roar Star was ruled by the Lijiang Empire and was protected by a White Lion, then began seeking information about the Ruin Beast.