Chapter Summaries

Su Chen investigated Lin Xiuyuan’s proposed trade, then created the External Rune Brain profession to help him learn and use Rune Arrays for infiltrating Buddha Land. After agreeing to cooperate with the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord’s test of his influence over the Lord of Creation, Su Chen used Fusion Fire to accelerate the merging of his Morning Flames.

• Su Chen suspected Lin Xiuyuan’s trade invitation might be a probe related to Wuqing Temple’s destruction, but agreed to meet him using an avatar.
• Su Chen searched for concealment professions and concluded that infiltrating Buddha Land would require expertise in forming and breaking Rune Arrays.
• Su Chen forged the External Rune Brain Holy Profession, whose requirements included a Spirit of the Morning Star and independently inscribing and breaking Morning Star Rune Arrays.
• The Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord asked Su Chen to cooperate with a test of his influence over the Lord of Creation, and Su Chen agreed.
• The Lord of Creation hesitated when the Saint Monarch approached, suggesting Su Chen’s influence had affected it.
• Su Chen used Fusion Fire to help three wisps of Morning Flame begin merging rapidly.

Su Chen received the enhanced Infinite Neural Core profession, whose demanding requirements could be fulfilled with Faith Spirit, while Xuantian Ancient King and Vast Sea discovered Bronze attempting to fuse with Black and White Flowing Light. As Huijing prepared to intercept Su Chen, Su Chen weighed how to create the profession's core and planned to gather more Faith Crystal Essence.

• Su Chen tested his improved Moonfire fusion efficiency, then stopped to handle other matters.
• Xuantian Ancient King and Vast Sea searched Meteorfall Mountain and uncovered Bronze's hidden mechanical body fused with Black and White Flowing Light.
• Xuantian urged reporting Bronze to Soaring Heavens, but Vast Sea warned him against using the discovery as a token of allegiance and asked to inform Su Chen first.
• Huijing learned Su Chen was heading to the designated location and prepared to go there himself to capture him.
• The Saint Monarch strengthened Su Chen's External Rune Brain, unlocking the Infinite Neural Core profession with requirements involving a Spirit of Radiant Moon and Radiant Moon-grade Rune Arrays.
• Su Chen considered using his damaged Spirit of Radiant Moon as the core's prototype and planned to obtain Faith Crystal Essence before returning to Pivot Star.

Su Chen arranged to borrow Faith Spirit from Soaring Heavens and used dispatch intelligence to uncover the Final Ruins’ plans involving Qin Jianzhi, the Black and White Flowing Light, and the World Honored One. He decided to check on Lin Xiuyuan first, while remaining concerned about Old Yuan and the danger in Buddha Land.

• Su Chen met Qi You and arranged for the Bronze Church to borrow two or three hundred thousand Faith Spirit from Soaring Heavens, subject to formal procedures.
• Su Chen contacted Chu Linyuan about the Faith Spirit and then spent Divine Blood to obtain intelligence from Shadowflash Form, the Emperor of Flesh and Blood, and the Immortal.
• Su Chen learned that the Final Ruins were tampering with Qin Jianzhi in the Sea of Eternal Silence, causing black and white powers to fuse as Qin Jianzhi neared an unknown transformation.
• Su Chen heard Old Gou and others discuss using the Black and White Flowing Light to lure Bright Suns into corruption, with the World Honored One as their intended target.
• Su Chen worried that the World Honored One’s corruption could threaten Buddha Land and Old Yuan, then decided to confirm Lin Xiuyuan’s situation by connecting with his avatar.

After Wuqing Temple was destroyed, Su Chen investigated the Black and White Flowing Light through an avatar while Huijing secretly watched him. A warning from Vast Sea drew Su Chen back toward Bronze Church, where Huijing’s compass suddenly pointed to Meteorfall Mountain and convinced him Su Chen was nearby.

• News spread that Wuqing Temple had been destroyed, and the World Honored One accused the Sea of Eternal Silence’s leaders of hiding the culprit.
• Su Chen used an avatar to inspect a place where the Black and White Flowing Light had passed, while Huijing secretly examined him and realized he was not facing Su Chen’s true body.
• Su Chen learned that Vast Sea and Xuantian Ancient King needed him at Bronze Church because Profound Heaven had discovered something and Bronze’s condition was worsening.
• Su Chen returned near Bronze Church, surprising Vast Sea and Xuantian Ancient King with his speed.
• Huijing and Wuzhi discussed striking Bronze Church and searching for Formless before Huijing’s compass pointed toward Meteorfall Mountain and he exclaimed that Su Chen was there.

Huijing and Wuzhi ambushed Su Chen at the Bronze Church, but Su Chen learned that the Bronze Church’s hidden Black and White Flowing Light had drawn the attention of spies and could bring the Five Pillars down on them. When Su Chen used the Lord of Creation’s power to purge the Kind Father’s corruption from the Bronze Ancient King, the Lord refined some of it into essence and gave it to the Emperor of Flesh and Blood, awakening a new power.

• Huijing detected Su Chen’s return and ordered Wuzhi to alert their hidden forces while they prepared to capture him.
• Su Chen examined Old Yuan’s Black and White Flowing Light, and the Xuantian Ancient King warned that spies had likely exposed the secret to outside powers.
• Su Chen rejected the Xuantian Ancient King’s plan to shift blame to Bronze, arguing that Old Yuan could succeed and that two earthbound spirits would pose less of a threat than two free Pillars.
• Su Chen touched Old Yuan’s machine, and the Lord of Creation reacted to the Kind Father’s corruption, drawing the black substance into Su Chen and leaving Old Yuan surrounded by white light.
• The Lord of Creation refined the corruption and sent its essence into the Emperor of Flesh and Blood, which developed the second power called Flesh Dharma Aspect.

Su Chen realized Buddha Land had tracked him to Bronze Church and launched an assault, but he emerged in a towering crimson-gold form to break Huijing’s Buddha palm. Huijing recognized Su Chen and shouted, “You did this!”

• Su Chen sensed that the World-Crossing Dharma Wheel was targeting Bronze Church and warned Xuantian and Vast Sea to prepare.
• Buddha Land’s Wuzhi led an assault that dismantled Bronze Church’s rune array, while Chu Lingyuan demanded an explanation.
• Xuantian and Vast Sea moved to defend Bronze Church, but Huijing blocked them and used a compass to locate Su Chen on Meteorfall Mountain.
• Huijing summoned a Buddha phantom that struck at Meteorfall Mountain with a massive palm, overwhelming Xuantian and alarming the defenders.
• Su Chen rose in a towering crimson-gold form and shattered Huijing’s Buddha palm, prompting Huijing to recognize him and exclaim, “You did this!”

Su Chen revealed a giant Flesh Dharma Aspect and fought Huijing, who summoned the World Honored One’s Golden Body with a Bright Sun method. Su Chen’s statue called forth Stingy Dragon, the Spirit of the Bright Sun, and the two Bright Sun forces collided above Meteorfall Mountain.

• Huijing realized Su Chen had arranged the attacks on Wuqing Temple and recognized the power of Su Chen’s giant flesh-and-blood form.
• Su Chen attacked Huijing, endured his crystalline elephant’s assault, and burned away the invading Sanskrit symbols with Golden Extremity Flame.
• Su Chen ordered Xuantian and Vast Sea to hold back Wuzhi while Huijing summoned a stellar Buddha Kingdom through the swastika in his palm.
• The World Honored One’s Golden Body formed from the Buddhist phantoms and nearly drew the onlookers into reverence.
• Su Chen connected with the statue at the Bronze Church, and Stingy Dragon descended as the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• Stingy Dragon confronted the World Honored One’s Golden Body, and purple flames collided with Buddhist light above Meteorfall Mountain.

Su Chen transformed into the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord and confronted the World Honored One Golden Body after Huijing sacrificed Wuzhi to empower it. The Dao Lord and the other great powers arrived to witness Su Chen shatter the golden body’s head, leaving the World Honored One stunned.

• Huijing used Wuzhi as the price for a Nirvana Grand Sacrifice, summoning the World-Crossing Dharma Wheel to pour Faith Power into the World Honored One Golden Body.
• Su Chen revealed his true Bright Sun-like power, fused with the Stingy Dragon, and declared himself the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord.
• Su Chen sent purple flames to protect the Bronze Ancient King, then faced the World Honored One Golden Body as the Stingy Dragon fell behind.
• The Dao Lord learned the Bronze Church was unreachable and confronted the World Honored One, while the other great powers joined them to investigate.
• The World Honored One, Dao Lord, Mech Sovereign, Great Heaven, and Longevity Old Man arrived near the battlefield and saw Su Chen strike the World Honored One Golden Body.
• Su Chen brought down boundless violet flames on the World Honored One Golden Body and shattered its head.

Su Chen used the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord’s power to destroy the World Honored One’s Faith Golden Body, drawing the Bright Suns’ attention. As the World Honored One confronted him over the Black and White Flowing Light, Su Chen exposed Buddha Land’s attempt to seize it, leaving the dispute with Dao Lord unresolved.

• Su Chen’s purple flames shattered and began refining the World Honored One’s Faith Golden Body, shocking the Bright Suns who recognized him.
• After the World Honored One and Dao Lord left the Sea of Eternal Silence, Old Gou and the Final Ruins entities helped Qin Jianzhi’s transformation and tried to hasten it.
• The World Honored One appeared before Huijing while Dao Lord arrived beside Su Chen, bringing several Bright Suns together as Su Chen continued refining the Golden Body.
• The World Honored One asked whether the Black and White Flowing Light had raised Su Chen to Bright Sun, and Su Chen neither confirmed nor denied it.
• Su Chen accused the World Honored One of using Wuqing Temple and Huijing and Wuzhi to seize the Black and White Flowing Light, while the World Honored One criticized the Bronze Church for withholding it from Soaring Heavens.

Su Chen’s possession ended, leaving the Bronze Church threatened by the World Honored One, who demanded the Faith Spirit and Formless. Just as Su Chen faced an impossible choice, Meteorfall Mountain transformed and the Bronze Ancient King emerged as the Primordial Scarlet Meteor Mountain Lord, wielding Bright Sun power.

• The Dao Lord defended the Bronze Church’s right to keep the Black and White Flowing Light, while Su Chen put away the Buddha Land’s Faith Spirit.
• Su Chen’s purple flames faded as the Saint Monarch’s possession ended, revealing that he had not truly advanced to Bright Sun.
• The World Honored One demanded the Faith Spirit and Formless and threatened the Bronze Church, while the Dao Lord blocked his attempt to strike.
• Meteorfall Mountain erupted in azure and scarlet light, expanded dramatically, and formed a vast energy curtain.
• The Bronze Ancient King appeared beside the Bright Suns as the Primordial Scarlet Meteor Mountain Lord and declared that he was borrowing Meteorfall Mountain’s power to wield Bright Sun might.

The Bronze Ancient King completed his transformation into a Bright Sun bound to Meteorfall Mountain, forcing the World Honored One to abandon his demand that Su Chen leave the Bronze Church. The Pillar Lords rushed back to the Sea of Eternal Silence after a crisis threatened Qin Jianzhi, while Bronze secured the church and thanked Su Chen for helping him survive his transformation.

• The Bronze Ancient King revealed that he could wield Bright Sun power near Meteorfall Mountain, and the World Honored One dropped his demand for Su Chen to split from the Bronze Church.
• The Longevity Old Man and Great Heaven vanished after sensing trouble at the Sea of Eternal Silence, and the Mech Sovereign warned that enemies might be trying to rescue Qin Jianzhi.
• The World Honored One, Dao Lord, Mech Sovereign, and an incarnation of the Bronze Ancient King departed for the Sea of Eternal Silence, leaving Huijing and the Wuqing Temple Professionals behind.
• Bronze declared that the Bronze Church would become a unified force, and he ordered Chu Lingyuan to detain the abandoned Wuqing Temple Professionals without harming them.
• Bronze restored the damaged church buildings and Floating Islands, then bowed three times to Su Chen and acknowledged that Su Chen's help had kept him alive through his transformation.

Su Chen learned that Qin Jianzhi had escaped the Sea of Eternal Silence after being corrupted by the black substance, while the World Honored One and other Bright Suns pursued him. Su Chen then used Faith Spirit from the World Honored One’s Golden Body to acquire the Infinite Neural Core Profession, greatly strengthening his abilities.

• Bronze Ancient King explained that absorbing the white flowing light risked letting the black substance corrode the body, and Su Chen decided not to act against Profound Heaven and Vast Sea.
• At the Sea of Eternal Silence, Qin Jianzhi escaped after sacrificing the sea, and the Bright Suns learned that the black substance had transformed him into a grotesque Bright Sun-level being.
• Mech Sovereign revealed that he had marked Qin Jianzhi, and the World Honored One joined the others in pursuing him to prevent further danger and investigate the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Su Chen considered using the World Honored One’s absence to enter Buddha Land and asked Bronze Ancient King to devise a way to conceal his aura from Bright Sun detection.
• Su Chen used Faith Spirit refined from the World Honored One’s Golden Body to complete all three requirements for the Infinite Neural Core Profession and acquired it.
• The Infinite Neural Core granted Su Chen Absolute Control, Rune-Brain Trait, and Overload, improving his resource efficiency, Rune Array abilities, and overall combat power.

Su Chen recorded Rune Arrays in the Infinite Neural Core and planned to trade information about Old Yuan’s Black and White Flowing Light for advanced arrays from Soaring Heavens. The Dao Lord told Tang Huai that Yuan Shuo had become Bright Sun and ordered him to investigate whether someone in Soaring Heavens had leaked Su Chen’s aura to Buddha Land.

• Su Chen recorded the Bronze Church’s Rune Arrays in his neural core and tested its enhanced Six-Directional Bronze Pillar Rune Array.
• Su Chen decided to visit Soaring Heavens and offer information about Old Yuan’s experience with Black and White Flowing Light in exchange for advanced Rune Arrays.
• Tang Huai connected Wuqing Temple’s movements to the Bronze Church, but the Dao Lord revealed that Buddha Land had already attacked and been defeated.
• The Dao Lord told Tang Huai that Yuan Shuo had transformed into Bright Sun near Meteorfall Mountain and that Qin Jianzhi had escaped the Sea of Eternal Silence.
• The Dao Lord ordered Tang Huai and Yan Xing to investigate whether someone in Soaring Heavens had leaked Su Chen’s aura to Buddha Land.
• Tang Huai suspected his disciple might be involved and hoped the culprit was not him.

As rumors of Su Chen's battle with Buddha Land and the Bronze Ancient King's transformation spread across Abyssless, Old Gou assessed the Bronze Church as a rising power while keeping his focus on Qin Jianzhi. Su Chen and Chu Lingyuan went to Soaring Heavens to arrange financing, where Qi You revealed that the source of the aura used to track Su Chen had been identified.

• Conflicting footage and eyewitness accounts spread across Abyssless, confirming that Su Chen had fought Huijing without advancing to Bright Sun and that the Bronze Ancient King had transformed into Bright Sun.
• Old Gou inferred how Su Chen had borrowed the Spirit of the Bright Sun's power and wondered how the Bronze Ancient King had overcome the Kind Father's influence; he decided to watch the Bronze Church while prioritizing Qin Jianzhi.
• Su Chen declined another personal loan, but agreed to visit Soaring Heavens with Chu Lingyuan to discuss the church's need for funding.
• Qi You asked Su Chen whether he could fight Huijing to a draw, and Su Chen said he likely could after gaining the Infinite Neural Core's Profession.
• Su Chen asked to meet Heavenly Lord Tang, and Qi You explained that the Dao Lord had ordered an investigation into the Wheel-Turning Compass used to track Su Chen's return.
• Qi You told Su Chen that the investigation had found the source of the aura used by the compass.

Su Chen learned that Tong Zhuo had provided Buddha Land with his aura in an attempt to have him killed. Tang Huai punished Tong Zhuo by stripping his chosen statuses, erasing his professions, and imprisoning him until death, then told Su Chen about the sentence.

• Qi You told Su Chen that Tong Zhuo was suspected of giving Buddha Land his aura, and Chu Lingyuan worried Su Chen's magnanimity might let Tong Zhuo escape proper punishment.
• Tong Zhuo entered Tang Huai's palace, where Tang Huai confronted him about targeting Su Chen and accused him of selling Su Chen's aura to Buddha Land.
• Tong Zhuo denied responsibility, blamed Zhong Yue, and argued that Su Chen was not truly one of Soaring Heavens' disciples.
• Tang Huai stripped Tong Zhuo of his Moon Radiance Chosen and Bright Sun Chosen statuses, erased all his professions, and sentenced him to imprisonment until death.
• Tang Huai met Su Chen, Chu Lingyuan, and Qi You and confirmed that Tong Zhuo had been punished according to Soaring Heavens' rules.

Su Chen settled the Bronze Church’s loan and shared Yuan Shuo’s method for transforming through the Black and White Flowing Light, then persuaded Tang Huai to let him review Soaring Heavens’ Moon Radiance-level Rune Arrays. The Infinite Neural Core recorded all 229 arrays, leaving Tang Huai uneasy about what Su Chen had gained.

• Tang Huai agreed to imprison Tong Zhuo, offer the Bronze Church a loan without interest, and provide Faith Spirit for Qi You and Chu Lingyuan to collect.
• Su Chen learned that the Origin-Returning Talent might be transformed with three rare materials, but decided to treat the matter as a low priority.
• Su Chen explained how Yuan Shuo used Creation Power and the surrounding environment to resist Corruption Power when transforming through the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Su Chen asked Tang Huai for help improving the Bronze Church’s Rune Arrays and gained permission to review Soaring Heavens’ Moon Radiance-level designs.
• Tang Huai let Su Chen view all 229 arrays under strict time limits, while the Infinite Neural Core recorded them more quickly as the review went on.

Su Chen learned about Buddha Land’s Bright Sun Rune Array and planned to send a Moon Radiance spirit clone there rather than risk his true body. He contacted the remnant spirit Tai Xu to ask about a sacrificial method for reaching the Kind Father, prompting Tai Xu to question who he really was.

• Tang Huai described Buddha Land’s Bright Sun Rune Array, its spirit Six Arms, and how wisdom roots made infiltration difficult.
• Su Chen and Chu Lingyuan left Soaring Heavens and discussed plans for Pivot Star, the Void Cycle, the Dust Star Sea, and Buddha Land’s attempt to ransom Formless.
• Lin Langtian returned from the Dragonshadow Merchant Guild with a promising boy he intended to take as his student.
• Su Chen decided to use a damaged Moon Radiance spirit as a clone for entering Buddha Land while his true body stayed behind to fuse Moonfire.
• Su Chen contacted Tai Xu and asked whether he knew a sacrificial method to connect with the Kind Father.
• Tai Xu reacted with alarm and demanded to know who Su Chen was.

Su Chen used the Instantaneous Heaven-Deriving Rune Array to search the Remnant Spirit’s memories and uncover the sacrificial method for contacting Kind Father, along with secrets about the World Honored One. He concluded that the World Honored One might be cultivating the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion toward Supreme Sovereign-level power, leaving Su Chen concerned about what would happen if it were reunited with him.

• Su Chen summoned the Remnant Spirit and used the Instantaneous Heaven-Deriving Rune Array to search its memories after it refused to reveal the sacrificial method.
• The Rune Array revealed that contacting Kind Father required a Sacrificial Rune Array and the flesh and blood of a Final Ruins entity, while the Remnant Spirit explained that Kind Father would reclaim the origin essence he had divided among his vanguard.
• The Remnant Spirit told Su Chen that Nine Eyes had planted a corruption seed in the World Honored One, who cut it out with Faith Power to create the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion.
• Su Chen inferred that the World Honored One could be using the Nether Domain and Faith Spirits to strengthen and purify the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion before reclaiming it.
• The Remnant Spirit offered to sense the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion, so Su Chen stored him away and worried that the World Honored One’s reunion with it could make him even more powerful.

Su Chen prepared to send his Spirit of Radiant Moon avatar into the Buddha Land to investigate the World Honored One’s Body of Greed, Anger, and Delusion and search for valuable resources. Yuan Shuo concealed the avatar and gave it a Data Core, while the Pillar Lords continued pursuing the transformed Qin Jianzhi and Old Gou reflected on his role in the chase.

• Su Chen weighed his objectives in the Buddha Land, including obtaining Buddha Sarira, Faith Spirit, Final Ruins flesh, and information about the World Honored One’s Body of Greed, Anger, and Delusion.
• Yuan Shuo visited Su Chen, examined his Spirit of Radiant Moon avatar, and warned that infiltrating the Buddha Land could expose Su Chen’s true body.
• Su Chen explained the Remnant Spirit’s account of the World Honored One’s plan, and Yuan Shuo agreed that the weakened Buddha Land offered a rare chance to investigate and disrupt it.
• Yuan Shuo covered the avatar with Data Mimicry and gave Su Chen a Data Core that could let an avatar wield limited Bright Sun power.
• The five Pillar Lords found Qin Jianzhi’s blood in a desolate starfield, and the World Honored One urged them to continue the pursuit rather than delay.
• Old Gou watched from the Nether Domain and said the nail was in place, while admitting that Qin Jianzhi’s chaotic transformation was difficult to influence.

Old Gou and Eternity arranged a plan to exploit Buddha Land’s need for new Buddhas, while Su Chen entered Buddha Land disguised as Ming Nian and passed a routine inspection. He joined Ming Chi at Huijing’s Dharma lecture, where Buddha Land’s remaining members had gathered in hopes of being elevated by the Buddha Sarira.

• Old Gou told Eternity that Qin Jianzhi’s unexpected actions had weakened their plan, and promised him Black and White Flowing Light if the World Honored One fell into corruption.
• Su Chen arrived at Buddha Land’s Spirit Mountain disguised as Ming Nian and reported his Dharma-spreading mission to the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit, which found nothing amiss.
• Ming Chi met Su Chen on the Jade Steps and explained that Huijing might use the Buddha Sarira to elevate someone into a Buddha.
• Ming Chi warned Su Chen that Su Chen’s name had become taboo in Buddha Land after Su Chen asked about their past connection.
• Su Chen and Ming Chi joined the gathering before Huijing’s residence, where the Dharma lecture was about to begin.