Chapter Summaries

Su Chen reached the top of the Mystic Pivot Stele, gained another Longevity Root, and received word that the Flawless One could study the degraded Origin-Returning blood. As Tong Zhuo and Zhong Yue tried to lure him to a banquet, a pillar of light erupted from the stele’s location, leaving Su Chen watching it with suspicion.

• Su Chen sent black Origin-Returning blood to the Flawless One, who agreed to study it despite its impurities and weakened activity.
• Su Chen defeated Changge Wudi, claimed a Longevity Root, and confirmed his name stood first on the Mystic Pivot Ranking.
• The Abyss Pillar’s connection revealed the Mystic Pivot Stele to Dao Lord, the Mech Sovereign, the World Honored One, and Old Gou; they noticed Ming Xiao was missing from the rankings and the stele cracked as the Origin Realm shook.
• Tong Zhuo and Zhong Yue invited Su Chen to a banquet, but before he answered, a brilliant pillar of light rose near the Mystic Pivot Stele.
• Su Chen looked toward the pillar and wondered whether it marked the place where the Mystic Pivot Stele stood.

Su Chen and the others witnessed the Mystic Pivot Stele split open and reveal an apparent Ascension Altar trial, while Zhu Jue entered and advanced to its second stage. Outside the Origin Realm, the Bright Suns decided to summon Su Chen to compete with him, and the chapter ended as more people entered the trial.

• Su Chen, Tong Zhuo, and Zhong Yue flew to the cracked Mystic Pivot Stele, where Taixuan Ji, Changge Wudi, and representatives of the Five Pillars gathered to inspect the disturbance.
• Zhu Jue entered the rainbow pillar, and an image identified him as being in Ascension Stage One, leading the onlookers to suspect a trial had begun.
• The Mech Sovereign, the Dao Lord, the World Honored One, Longevity Old Man, and Great Heaven watched from outside the Origin Realm and debated whether Su Chen should be sent to compete with Zhu Jue.
• The Dao Lord and the others overruled the World Honored One and arranged for Soaring Heavens to send Su Chen to the trial as quickly as possible.
• Taixuan Ji, Changge Wudi, and other Mystic Pivot natives entered the pillar as Zhu Jue advanced to Ascension Stage Two, while Ni Zhan urged the Five Pillars to try as well.

Su Chen investigated the Ascension Altar, where the trials revealed entrants’ true forms and Zhu Jue secretly erased contestants to harvest their treasures. After weighing the risks of exposing his identity, Su Chen stepped onto the first level to pursue the Incomplete Profession’s requirements.

• Su Chen, Tong Zhuo, and Zhong Yue entered the pillar of light and found a nine-tiered Ascension Altar whose levels tested climbers with battles against powerful opponents, including the Supreme Sovereign in his youth.
• Su Chen noticed that the altar exposed contestants’ true forms, including the Machine Domain members’ metal bodies and Fu Yi’s grotesque transformed body, and he wondered whether his own disguise would withstand it.
• Zhu Jue used a black gleam to dissolve Taixuan Ji and Changge Wudi, harvesting their Violet Extremity Flame and Longevity Root without spending Faith Spirit.
• The phantom watched Zhu Jue’s harvest and privately hoped Su Chen would avoid ascending, since the altar would expose him and his Incomplete Profession was unstable.
• After Tong Zhuo entered the first level, Su Chen weighed the danger of revealing himself against the chance to obtain the Incomplete Profession’s requirements and decided to climb.

Su Chen entered the Nine-Layer Divine Platform disguised as Jiang Yang and defeated a powerful Supreme Sovereign-level opponent on the first layer. As he advanced to the second layer, Zhong Yue and Tong Zhuo realized his identity, and Tong Zhuo was so enraged that he was thrown off the platform.

• Zhong Yue watched Jiang Yang ascend the first layer and recognized his disguised face as Su Chen.
• The phantom realized Su Chen had entered the trial and decided to raise its difficulty rather than expel him.
• Su Chen defeated the first layer's ice-and-fire giant with thirty Heavenly Marks and advanced to the second layer.
• Tong Zhuo emerged from his own first-layer battle, spotted Su Chen, and then deduced that Jiang Yang was Su Chen.
• Tong Zhuo's fury caused him to spit blood and fly off the first layer, while Su Chen wondered how many opponents the later layers would contain.

Su Chen reached the Ascension Stage and discovered that he faced growing numbers of Supreme Sovereign Projections, unlike the other challengers, leading him to suspect the phantom was deliberately targeting him. Meanwhile, the Bright Suns learned that Jiang Yang was Su Chen just as Tong Zhuo and Zhong Yue’s conversation revealed they had fawned over him while he was disguised.

• Fu Yi and the other challengers recognized that Su Chen had ascended to the third level, then realized Jiang Yang was Su Chen when both names appeared to advance together.
• Changge Ming defended Su Chen’s killing of Ming Xiao, while a monk accused him of challenging members of the Changge family and seeking Longevity Roots.
• Su Chen told Ni Zhan that he faced two hundred and fifty-six Supreme Sovereign Projections on the ninth level, then decided to climb higher and demand an explanation from the phantom.
• Tang Huai and Dao Lord found Su Chen’s palace empty and learned that he had vanished from Soaring Heavens without a report.
• The Bright Suns watched Tong Zhuo and Zhong Yue emerge from the rift arguing about Jiang Yang, and World Honored One realized that Jiang Yang was Su Chen.

Su Chen reached the upper levels of the Mystic Pivot Stele and defeated Zhu Jue after awakening power equivalent to the Moon Radiance tier, but the lingering obsession of the last Supreme Sovereign intervened and sent him to the ninth level. Su Chen negotiated for a class requirement in exchange for leaving, and his panel revealed the class Supreme Profound Extremity Lord of Creation.

• The World Honored One accused Dao Lord of secretly arranging Su Chen's entry, while Dao Lord denied instructing Su Chen and agreed that any returned treasures could be destroyed.
• Su Chen reached the fifth level, where Zhu Jue recognized him as Jiang Yang and attacked after revealing his sacred true body.
• Su Chen activated a hundred Heavenly Marks and Blazing Transformation, unleashing Moon Radiance-tier power before the platform expelled him and Zhu Jue from their fight.
• On the ninth level, the phantom separated Su Chen from Zhu Jue, explained that he was the last Supreme Sovereign's lingering spiritual obsession, and gave Su Chen a sphere containing three Violet Extremity Flames, one Longevity Root, and two Mystic Trees.
• Su Chen agreed to leave in exchange for one class requirement, and his panel revealed the class Supreme Profound Extremity Lord of Creation and a requirement to seize Profound Extremity Creation Power and fully materialize a Reality Star Domain.

Su Chen obtained the Supreme Profound Extremity Lord of Creation’s profession requirement and a Thread of Creation Light, then learned the phantom would send everyone out safely. Zhu Jue reached the summit of the Ascension Stage, and Su Chen discovered that Zhu Jue had multiple Spirits of the Morning Star.

• Su Chen secured the profession requirement, and the phantom warned that Bright Suns were watching outside and might detect him using the Formless Heaven Gate.
• Su Chen asked the Saint Monarch to hide his black sphere and Golden Light Bag; the Saint Monarch also obtained a Thread of Creation Light that could materialize objects Su Chen had seen.
• The phantom concealed Su Chen’s true Ascension Stage level, while Zhu Jue recovered on the seventh level and realized his container of rare items had vanished.
• Zhu Jue quickly climbed to the ninth level and reached the summit, alarming the Bright Suns watching the Mystic Pivot Stele.
• Su Chen watched Zhu Jue swallow four Spirits of the Morning Star, restoring his weakened aura, and understood how Zhu Jue had gained his strength.

Su Chen emerged before the five Bright Suns as Zhu Jue used a mass of black corruption to infect the sphere of light above the Bright Sun. While the Bright Suns confronted the World Honored One over Ming Xiao’s corruption and death, the Origin Realm began changing. Old Gou revealed that he had chosen to corrupt it rather than compete for it, leaving Su Chen to suspect the Supreme Sovereign’s phantom had a larger plan.

• Zhu Jue tore a mass of black mud from his heart and forced it into the sphere of light, which began turning murky as Su Chen was transported before the five Bright Suns.
• Su Chen concealed the Longevity Root, greeted the Bright Suns, and handed over his Compression Bracelets for inspection; Dao Lord protected him as the others questioned him about what he had obtained.
• The World Honored One accused Su Chen of killing Ming Xiao and demanded the Faith Spirits, but Dao Lord and the other Bright Suns condemned the World Honored One for sending Ming Xiao into danger while corrupted.
• Su Chen claimed the Supreme Sovereign’s phantom had taken the Golden Light Bag and explained that he had obtained a Co-Lord’s Token to investigate suspicious deaths.
• The Origin Realm shrank as Nether Mist streamed into it, and Old Gou revealed that he had arranged to corrupt it rather than compete for it.
• Su Chen connected the corruption to the black mud Zhu Jue had used and wondered whether the Supreme Sovereign’s phantom was seeking to complete its profession through the Nether Domain.

Su Chen realized Jue Tianshuo had used the Origin Realm, the Abyss Pillar, and Zhu Jue to reach a balance between corruption and his own power, then attack the entity beneath the Abyss Realm. Jue Tianshuo heavily damaged it and intercepted fragments of its origin, which he said could be used to create Bright Sun Offices.

• Su Chen concluded that the Supreme Sovereign's phantom had needed the black mud and the reconstructed Abyss Pillar to carry out its plan.
• As the Origin Realm shrank, the entity beneath it began to awaken, and Jue Tianshuo emerged from the black-and-white sphere formed from the realm.
• Jue Tianshuo identified himself as the final Supreme Sovereign and plunged into the darkness to fight the entity below.
• The battle shook the Nether Domain, and several streaks of black-and-white light escaped as the Bright Suns moved the others away from the battlefield.
• Jue Tianshuo returned as a fading phantom and revealed that he had heavily damaged the entity and intercepted fragments of its origin.
• Jue Tianshuo said the fragments, combined with his power, could be used to create Bright Sun Offices.

After Supreme Sovereign Jue Tianshuo sacrificed himself and revealed that Black and White Flowing Light could forge Bright Sun Offices, the factions returned from the Abyss Realm and began planning to find it. Dao Lord questioned Su Chen about his role in the events, explained Jue Tianshuo’s legacy, and warned him that the World Honored One might target him.

• Jue Tianshuo declared that he had upheld the name of Supreme Sovereign, then vanished, leaving Ni Zhan, Dao Lord, Su Chen, and the others to mourn him.
• Dao Lord led Soaring Heavens back through the restored Abyss Pillar, while the Bright Suns secretly agreed to search for the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Longevity Old Man confronted the World Honored One over the plot against the Longevity Root, and the World Honored One blamed Ming Xiao while ordering his followers to investigate the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Back in Soaring Heavens, Dao Lord questioned Su Chen about entering the Origin Realm and meeting Jue Tianshuo; Su Chen explained that he had faced multiple Supreme Sovereign phantoms and could defeat Ni Zhan in fewer than three moves.
• Dao Lord told Su Chen that Jue Tianshuo had weakened a hidden danger and left behind Black and White Flowing Light that could forge Bright Sun Offices, then warned him to beware of the World Honored One.
• Su Chen left Soaring Heavens Palace planning to move to Pivot Star and consider whether his three wisps of Violet Extremity Flame could help him refine two more Morning Flames.

Su Chen returned to Soaring Heavens after the Dao Lord summoned him, while the Dao Lord ordered the Pillar leaders to search for Black and White Flowing Light that could create a Bright Sun. The chapter revealed that streams of the light had appeared in the Sea of Eternal Silence and at Meteorfall Mountain, as Su Chen strengthened his Mystic Tree and Longevity Root.

• Su Chen met Tang Huai, Yan Xing, and Pei Song outside Soaring Heavens Palace, and Tang Huai explained that the Dao Lord had tried to summon him two days earlier.
• The Dao Lord told Tang Huai, Yan Xing, and Pei Song that several streams of Black and White Flowing Light had entered the Reality Universe and could create a Bright Sun, then ordered them to find the streams.
• Qin Jianzhi discovered Black and White Flowing Light swirling in a vortex in the Sea of Eternal Silence, while a mass of black-and-white radiance lay in Meteorfall Mountain’s crater.
• Su Chen used two Buddha Land Mystic Trees to grow the ninth branch of his Mystic Tree.
• Su Chen devoured a growing-stage Longevity Root, increasing the life force in his body by 150%, but the Immortal said the root remained far from maturity.

Su Chen used his last Violet Extremity Flame to temper his Morning Flames, but it began transforming into Golden Extremity Flame and nearly spiraled out of control. With the Saint Monarch’s help, he completed the transformation and awakened the Emperor of Flesh and Blood, leaving him with twelve Morning Flames and a newly fused Holy Profession.

• Old Gou and Three-Fool God searched for the Black and White Flowing Light after Jue Tianshuo’s battle with Kind Father, while factions across the Abyssless Domain began investigating it.
• Su Chen absorbed his final wisp of Violet Extremity Flame, which started turning golden and devouring his vitality as it lost control.
• The Saint Monarch suppressed the flame and told Su Chen that it needed more Violet Extremity Flame to complete its transformation.
• Su Chen used Creation Light to materialize his own purple-and-gold flame, spent forty thousand Faith Spirits, and persuaded the Saint Monarch to supply the remainder.
• The Saint Monarch helped fuse the materialized flame with Su Chen’s inner Violet Extremity Flame, completing his twelfth Morning Flame.
• The Golden Extremity Flame devoured Su Chen’s World-Slaughter Aspect and Heavenly Wrath Shockwave, then formed the Emperor of Flesh and Blood as a new Holy Profession.

Su Chen completed his transformation into the Emperor of Flesh and Blood profession, gaining greatly enhanced power and removing several limits on his body. As he planned his next professions and delayed advancing to Moon Radiance, he learned that Buddha Land was investigating him and consuming vast quantities of Faith Spirits, then found a message from Qing Cang saying he was coming to Soaring Heavens.

• Su Chen transformed into the Emperor of Flesh and Blood profession, gaining Flesh Liberation, Flesh Proliferation, and a Flesh Imprint that strengthened his body.
• Su Chen examined his abilities, confirmed his twelve strands of Morning Flame were ready to advance, and decided to wait until he could advance inside the Stupa Pagoda.
• Su Chen considered adding a speed-focused Holy Profession and projected Soaring Heavens' profession database, but the Stupa Pagoda notified him that Buddha Land had tried to retrieve his information.
• Su Chen learned that Buddha Land received at least two hundred thousand Faith Spirits each year yet remained short of them, and he ordered the Stupa Pagoda to keep watching Buddha Land.
• Su Chen told the Stupa Pagoda that Jue Tianshuo's Black and White Flowing Lights could create a Bright Sun, then found Qing Cang's message saying he was coming to Soaring Heavens.

Su Chen arranged to move to Pivot Star and learned that the Five Pillars were searching for Black and White Flowing Light, which was rumored to have fallen into the Sea of Eternal Silence. When Qing Cang revealed that it had also crashed into Meteorfall Mountain, Su Chen weighed how to handle the dangerous discovery.

• Su Chen acquired the True Martial Nine Transformations profession and used up nearly all his Faith Spirit.
• Su Chen told Tang Huai he planned to move to Pivot Star to be closer to the Spirit of the Bright Sun, and Tang Huai agreed to arrange a residence.
• Ni Zhan told Su Chen that Black and White Flowing Light was suspected to have fallen into Qin Jianzhi's Sea of Eternal Silence, drawing the Five Pillars' attention.
• Qing Cang visited Su Chen in secret, and Su Chen learned that Black and White Flowing Light had crashed into Meteorfall Mountain.
• Su Chen considered whether to notify Soaring Heavens and hand over the discovery.

Su Chen decided to conceal the Black and White Flowing Light that might help Old Yuan become Bright Sun, and he arranged to muddy the Void Cycle with false sightings while warning Qing Cang not to act independently. Meanwhile, Qin Jianzhi refused to give up the object in the Sea of Eternal Silence without learning its purpose, as Old Gou suspected it could involve power above Bright Sun.

• Su Chen learned that Old Yuan's Professional Spirit had merged with the Black and White Flowing Light in Meteorfall Mountain and told Qing Cang to warn their teacher to be careful.
• Su Chen told Qing Cang to keep the discovery secret, then asked the Void Cycle administrator to spread untraceable false reports of Black and White Flowing Light sightings.
• Qing Cang gave Su Chen more than two thousand Faith Spirits and explained that True Martial Ancient King and Buddha Land were competing for control of the Dust Star Sea.
• Su Chen used the Faith Spirits to buy Grand Vow Crystals after the administrator agreed to spread the false reports.
• Huang Pan failed to persuade Qin Jianzhi to hand over the object in the Sea of Eternal Silence, and Qin Jianzhi dismissed his advisers to think alone.
• Old Gou suggested the object might concern something above Bright Sun, but Qin Jianzhi rejected his offer to protect the Sea of Eternal Silence in exchange for it.

Su Chen arrived at the Pivot Star amid the escalating false reports of Black and White Flowing Light, then entered the Stupa Pagoda to advance to Moon Radiance. His profession advancement succeeded, granting him new abilities and leaving him transformed within the pagoda.

• Tang Huai learned that millions of Black and White Flowing Light sightings were flooding Void Cycle and ordered Soaring Heavens to investigate the false reports and search places with no sightings.
• Factions across Abyssless spread more fabricated leads, while Su Chen realized the commotion he had arranged through the Stupa Pagoda had grown far beyond his expectations.
• Su Chen arrived at the Pivot Star with Qi You, met Gu Lin, and settled into a private Floating Island residence under Gu Lin's arrangements.
• Su Chen entered the Stupa Pagoda, reviewed the Reward and Punishment Envoys' successful destruction of a corrupt faction, and announced that he would advance to Moon Radiance.
• Su Chen successfully took up Sunfire Tribulation-Transmuting Heavenly Venerable and gained Divine Descent, Moon Radiance Body, and Might of Moonfire.

Su Chen advanced to Moon Radiance and learned through Shadowflash Form that the World Honored One knew the Bronze Church possessed Black and White Flowing Light. Buddha Land planned to wait for a chance to target the church and lure Su Chen out, while Su Chen considered warning Soaring Heavens; his transformation ultimately took nearly two months to finish.

• Su Chen completed his Moon Radiance advancement, and the administrator confirmed Buddha Land had made no recent moves within the Stupa Pagoda’s surveillance range.
• Su Chen used Divine Blood to access intelligence showing Martial Buddha report to the World Honored One that the Bronze Church possessed Black and White Flowing Light.
• The World Honored One ordered Martial Buddha to delay confronting the Bronze Church, hoping to weaken its ties with Soaring Heavens and create a chance to kill Su Chen as well.
• Su Chen learned Buddha Land’s plan and considered telling Old Yuan and handing Black and White Flowing Light to Soaring Heavens.
• Su Chen returned to his room to adapt to his new strength, and his professions finished reaching Moon Radiance after nearly two months.

Su Chen visited the Bronze Church after advancing to Moon Radiance and discussed the Black and White Flowing Light with the Bronze Ancient King, who hoped to use it to gain Bright Sun-level power near Meteorfall Mountain. After learning that Buddha Land and Great Heaven had ambushed the church’s allies, Su Chen arranged to return to the church’s core with Vast Sea Emperor and asked the Bronze Ancient King to lend him his Moon Radiance Artifact.

• Su Chen used the Stupa Pagoda to reach the starry sky near the Bronze Church, then secretly entered the church’s core and met the Bronze Ancient King.
• The Bronze Ancient King discovered that Su Chen had reached Moon Radiance, and Su Chen accompanied him to inspect the Black and White Flowing Light on Meteorfall Mountain.
• Su Chen warned the Bronze Ancient King that Buddha Land knew about the Black and White Flowing Light, and the two discussed how the Bronze Ancient King might use it to gain Bright Sun-level power near Meteorfall Mountain.
• Qing Cang reported that Buddha Land and Great Heaven had ambushed Sacred Cauldron and the Star Vault Ancient King, leaving Sacred Cauldron Ancient King gravely injured.
• Vast Sea Emperor agreed to return to the Dust Star Sea, and Su Chen offered to go with him while promising to stay at the church’s core.
• Su Chen asked the Bronze Ancient King to lend him his Moon Radiance Artifact.

Su Chen returned to the Dust Star Sea with Vast Sea and Qing Cang, while the Bronze Ancient King gave him the Quantum Microcrystal Core and prepared to contact the Black and White Flowing Light. There, Su Chen learned that True Martial had become powerful enough to cripple Sacred Cauldron and Star Vault, and the Jade Firmament Heaven Lord, Kong Xun, arrived as Vast Sea demanded an explanation.

• The Bronze Ancient King gave Su Chen his Moon Radiance Artifact, the Quantum Microcrystal Core, and agreed to attempt contact with the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Su Chen caught Qing Cang trying to leave without him and joined Qing Cang and Vast Sea through the Heaven Gate to the Dust Star Sea, concealing his identity along the way.
• Qing Cang told Su Chen that the church had expanded dramatically, attracted many factions, and seen the innate talent of newborns rise.
• Su Chen met the injured Sacred Cauldron and Star Vault Ancient Kings, who explained that True Martial had grown stronger after joining Great Heaven and had defeated them.
• Kong Xun arrived, and Vast Sea demanded an explanation for the ambush that had critically injured the church's Moon Radiance experts.
• Kong Xun questioned why Vast Sea had brought his son, Han Xingliu, to discuss the matter.

Su Chen learned that the Sacred Cauldron Ancient King could use his Sacred Cauldron’s life force to accelerate the growth of living things. After the Ancient King poured his remaining life essence into Su Chen’s Longevity Root, it matured, while the Ancient King’s own life neared its end.

• Kong Xun warned Vast Sea against harming relations between Soaring Heavens and the Bronze Church, then left after refusing Qing Cang’s demand for revenge against the Five Pillars.
• The Star Vault Ancient King explained that Great Heaven’s ambushes made it costly to defend the Bronze Church’s territory, and Qing Cang said they had been told to preserve the core regions.
• The Sacred Cauldron Ancient King privately offered Su Chen a way to revive after death, but Su Chen said he did not need it and asked whether the Ancient King could use life force to grow a planted seed.
• The Ancient King recognized Su Chen’s Longevity Root as a Moon Radiance and used his Sacred Cauldron to pour a torrent of life essence into it.
• The Longevity Root reached its mature stage and gained the Deeply Rooted potency, while the Ancient King spent the last of his life essence and told Su Chen that he could not be saved.