Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen follows the Kind Father’s incarnation through the reopened Star Gate into the Starfield Galaxy, hoping to locate the elusive Black and White Flowing Light and take it first.
• The Kind Father searches for clues but leaves without confirming the Flowing Light’s location. Su Chen sends an incarnation after him and uses the Bronze Church and Stupa Pagoda’s intelligence networks to compile more than 30,000 credible reports of strange incidents near the Galaxy.
• Su Chen creates countless weak incarnations to investigate the reports in parallel.
• One incarnation finds a boy, Ye Fan, being pressured by his aunt and uncle to give a misleading account of his disappearance during a tour. His grandfather, who raised him and is seriously ill, protests but is too frail to intervene.
• Su Chen approaches Ye Fan and offers to help with his grandfather’s treatment in exchange for a look at the boy’s necklace. Ye Fan agrees, hoping his grandfather will recover.
• The pendant turns out to be the vessel for the Black and White Flowing Light. Su Chen draws the light out of it, astonished that such a powerful phenomenon had attached itself to an ordinary trinket by chance.

Character developments

• Su Chen is cautious about attracting the attention of the Final Ruins, but resourceful and persistent. When his intended shortcut fails, he shifts to a large-scale investigation using his many incarnations.
• Ye Fan emerges as honest, perceptive, and deeply devoted to his grandfather. Though pressured by his relatives, he is reluctant to lie and negotiates for his grandfather’s care before giving up his mother’s necklace.
• The grandfather is loving and principled, but his illness and frailty leave him unable to protect Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan’s aunt and uncle exploit the boy’s story for money and try to manipulate his testimony.

Significant themes

• Chance and hidden significance: The Black and White Flowing Light has no will or chosen master; it can end up inside something as ordinary as a child’s necklace.
• Power and resourcefulness: Su Chen compensates for uncertainty by using his influence, intelligence networks, and countless incarnations.
• Integrity under pressure: Ye Fan resists lying despite threats and promises, guided by his loyalty to his grandfather.
• Exploitation and compassion: The relatives treat Ye Fan as a means to profit, while Su Chen offers help—though his kindness is also tied to his pursuit of the pendant.

Character interactions

• Su Chen observes the Kind Father’s incarnation from a distance, then lets an incarnation continue the pursuit while he investigates independently.
• Ye Fan’s aunt and uncle pressure him to repeat a fabricated story for an interviewer; his grandfather objects, and Ye Fan tries to protect both his honesty and his grandfather’s interests.
• Su Chen speaks gently with Ye Fan, learns about his family situation, and bargains for the necklace by promising to help his grandfather.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen takes the valuable necklace from Ye Fan, explaining that it caused Ye Fan’s earlier disappearance. He leaves others to manage Ye Fan’s affairs.
• When Deng Yi and Ye Miao’s scheming relatives return to the hotel room, they find Su Chen’s guards waiting. Ye Miao and her husband are detained, while Deng Yi’s Void Cycle account is suspended for violating its exclusive terms.
• Su Chen returns to the Bronze Church with the Black and White Flowing Light. The Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord accepts and devours it, beginning the difficult process of absorbing both its opposing powers. His cultivation becomes dormant.
• A spider-emblem fleet exploring the Nether Mist captures a spacecraft from an Outer Domain. Its records reveal that the domain contains powerful factions—and a hall master who is a Bright Sun.
• In Abyssless, two Moon Radiance factions fight over a false lead about the Black and White Flowing Light. The conflict destroys planets and kills numerous Professionals and civilians.
• In response, the Six Pillars establish the Abyssless United Council to constrain major factions and prevent future conflicts from harming innocents.
• At the Council’s first meeting, Su Chen attends alongside the Primordial Mountain Lord. The Dao Lord privately tells him that the newly discovered Outer Domain has a Bright Sun who likely gained that power through the Black and White Flowing Light.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen continues to act decisively and discreetly: he secures the Flowing Light, avoids unnecessary suffering by sending it directly to the Sage Lord, and attends the Council as a figure whose standing has risen dramatically.
• The Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord demonstrates a new ability, apparently enabled by Supreme Metamorphosis: he can attempt to consume both the black and white powers rather than merely neutralizing one.
• Deng Yi shifts from confident media figure to frightened captive when she realizes her account suspension signals the involvement of powerful forces. Ye Miao’s household is similarly overwhelmed by Su Chen’s authority.
• The Dao Lord quietly alerts Su Chen to the Outer Domain’s Bright Sun, prompting Su Chen’s concern that the Black and White Flowing Light may have empowered another being.
• At the Council, leaders acknowledge Su Chen’s changed status. The World Honored One attends, but others treat him cautiously because doubts remain about his true condition; the Bronze Church and Buddha Land have meanwhile grown unusually close.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: A dispute among the strongest factions devastates whole planets and harms countless ordinary people.
• Order versus factional freedom: The United Council reflects the Six Pillars’ effort to integrate Abyssless and impose rules on powerful groups.
• The danger of coveted power: The Flowing Light provokes reckless conflict and may have created a Bright Sun beyond Abyssless.
• Changing status and political realignment: Su Chen’s rise, the Buddha Land’s shifting relationships, and the Council’s formation signal a changing balance of power.

Chapter Summary: “Outer Domain Bright Sun: A Serious Problem”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dao Lord informs Su Chen that a newly discovered Outer Domain, the Blazing Heaven Domain, contains a Bright Sun-level existence.
• The Bright Sun is believed to have transformed through the Black and White Flowing Light, which is suspicious because only five years have passed—far too little time for someone to naturally suppress and digest the Kind Father’s power.
• Su Chen considers three possibilities:
  1. The individual is an extraordinary genius with a special method.
  2. The individual was naturally born a Bright Sun.
  3. The most likely possibility is that something is fundamentally wrong with this “Bright Sun.”
• The Blazing Heaven Hall’s master, formerly a Moon Radiance, has defeated the other two Moon Radiances in the region while using only an incarnation. This resembles Old Yuan’s transformation, increasing suspicion.
• Dao Lord reveals that the Machine Domain discovered the region two months earlier but concealed it, presumably intending to claim it alone.
• Meanwhile, the Mech Sovereign formally presents the main policies of the newly established

Joint Council

• All factions must contribute part of their Faith Power to restore the Abyss Pillars.
• The six Pillar Lords will supervise the collection.
• Internal disputes must not escalate into war.
• Conflicts should be resolved through council votes or one-on-one duels between rulers.
• Guo Yao protests the demand for Faith Power, recalling the disastrous casualties caused by the earlier Source Fire Grounds operation. He questions whether the crisis at the Bottom of the Nether Domain is truly another calamity and accuses the Pillar Lords of concealing information.
• The Pillar Lords defend the measure, arguing that the restoration of the Abyss Pillars protects everyone and that the Faith Power will be publicly accounted for. Guo Yao ultimately remains silent and does not withdraw from the council.
• After the meeting ends, Great Heaven unexpectedly reveals that he knows about the Blazing Heaven Domain and openly asks whether the Mech Sovereign intends to investigate it.
• The other Pillar Lords learn that the Outer Domain possesses a Bright Sun and immediately recognize the significance of the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Dao Lord admits that he also knows about the discovery. This enrages the Mech Sovereign, who realizes that the Machine Domain’s secret information has leaked.
• The Pillar Lords debate how to handle the Blazing Heaven Domain. Most favor peaceful coexistence, believing the new Bright Sun could become an additional ally.
• Su Chen agrees publicly, despite privately believing there is a ninety-percent chance that the Bright Sun is suspicious.
• The chapter ends with the Mech Sovereign sarcastically remarking that everyone is apparently “benevolent and righteous,” suggesting that he has reservations about peacefully accepting the new Bright Sun.

Character Developments

• Su Chen remains cautious and analytical. He recognizes that the Blazing Heaven Bright Sun’s rapid transformation is nearly impossible by normal means and suspects hidden interference or corruption. However, he cannot reveal the Lord of Creation’s role in Old Yuan’s transformation, so he conceals his true reasoning.
• Dao Lord acts as Su Chen’s informant and political ally. He seeks Su Chen’s support before the council’s response and openly acknowledges his knowledge of the Blazing Heaven Domain.
• The Mech Sovereign demonstrates both political authority and growing frustration. He imposes the Faith Power policies but becomes visibly angered when the Machine Domain’s secret discovery is exposed.
• Great Heaven shows that he possesses extensive intelligence-gathering abilities. His decision to reveal the Blazing Heaven Domain publicly is unexpected and appears calculated, possibly intended to prevent the Machine Domain from monopolizing the region.
• Guo Yao continues to resent the Pillar Lords because of his son’s death during the Source Fire Grounds operation. He becomes the main voice of opposition within the council, though he ultimately lacks the power or resolve to challenge the council directly.
• Longevity Old Man defends the Joint Council’s policies and emphasizes collective responsibility, though he acknowledges that resistance will likely emerge during implementation.
• Amitabha bluntly exposes the selfish thinking of the factions, observing that many assume the Pillar Lords will bear the consequences of any disaster.
• Yuan Shuo remains quiet but reacts significantly when the existence of another Bright Sun is revealed, likely because it resembles his own transformation.

Significant Themes

• Suspicion surrounding sudden power advancement: The Blazing Heaven Bright Sun’s rapid transformation challenges existing knowledge about reaching the Bright Sun realm and suggests hidden forces, corruption, or imitation.
• Political unity versus factional self-interest: The Joint Council is intended to unite the major factions against cosmic threats, but its members resist surrendering Faith Power and fear that temporary sacrifices will become permanent exploitation.
• Responsibility of the powerful: The Pillar Lords argue that powerful factions must protect ordinary lifeforms, whose existence sustains Faith Power and whose deaths would destabilize the universe.
• Information control and betrayal: The Machine Domain attempted to keep the Blazing Heaven Domain secret, but the information leaked to Dao Lord and Great Heaven, undermining the Mech Sovereign’s authority.
• Public cooperation versus private distrust: The factions formally accept the council’s resolutions, but their agreement is largely pragmatic. Beneath the surface, they remain suspicious of one another and unwilling to sacrifice more than necessary.
• Peaceful coexistence versus preemptive destruction: The Pillar Lords must decide whether the mysterious Bright Sun should be treated as a potential ally or eliminated before it becomes a greater threat.

Character Interactions

• Su Chen and Dao Lord secretly discuss the origin and suspicious nature of the Blazing Heaven Bright Sun.
• Guo Yao confronts the Pillar Lords over their demands for Faith Power and their secrecy concerning the Bottom of the Nether Domain.
• Great Heaven challenges the Mech Sovereign publicly by revealing that he knows about the Blazing Heaven Domain.
• Dao Lord confirms his own knowledge, further embarrassing and angering the Mech Sovereign.
• The Pillar Lords debate whether peaceful coexistence with the new Bright Sun is possible, with everyone except the Mech Sovereign openly supporting that approach.
• The Mech Sovereign’s final sarcasm exposes his distrust of the group’s apparent consensus and hints that he may pursue a different course.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The leaders of the Reality Universe question Mech Sovereign about the mysterious Blazing Heaven Domain.
• Mech Sovereign reveals that an exploratory fleet contacted him from the Outer Domain and discovered that Blazing Heaven Hall possesses the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Pagoda, the former weapon of the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord.
• The pagoda’s appearance alarms everyone, especially because of its connection to Su Chen and its potential to greatly enhance his power.
• Mech Sovereign explains that he originally considered keeping the information secret, but Great Heaven’s exposure of the matter forces him to reveal it. He then demands payment of one hundred thousand Faith Crystal Essence from each participant for the coordinates.
• Su Chen refuses to immediately seize the pagoda. He publicly states that Blazing Heaven Hall may become part of Abyssless and promises not to attack as long as they remain peaceful and law-abiding.
• Dao Lord and Yuan Shuo worry that Blazing Heaven Hall may become suspicious of Su Chen, ally with the Final Ruins, or retreat into the Nether Domain. Yuan Shuo proposes striking first, but Su Chen insists that the strange circumstances require caution.
• Amitab agrees to send people to the Blazing Heaven Domain and establish a guiding sacrifice so that the Buddha Land’s World-Saving Dharma Wheel can eventually reach it.
• Elsewhere, Chen Xing fails to recover a hidden source of Origin Power near the Starfield Galaxy, but successfully deduces the location of another target.
• In the Nether Domain, Old Gou submits to the Kind Father and begins hunting the Final Ruins Chi, Fool, and Calamity. He requests additional power because he is unsure he can defeat them.
• The Kind Father agrees to lend him strength, unaware that Old Gou’s submission is part of a final desperate gamble rather than genuine loyalty.
• Su Chen learns of this through the Shadowflash Form and becomes increasingly suspicious about the true force behind the Blazing Heaven Domain.

Character Developments

• Su Chen demonstrates unusual restraint. Although the World-Purifying Pagoda could strengthen him, he refuses to act rashly and prioritizes uncovering the hidden conspiracy.
• Mech Sovereign shows himself to be calculating and opportunistic. He uses the pagoda’s discovery to gain compensation, retaliate against Great Heaven, and unsettle Dao Lord.
• Dao Lord reveals his continued loyalty to Su Chen and the Bronze Church. Though he does not openly encourage an attack, he subtly warns Su Chen to avoid letting Blazing Heaven Hall become a future enemy.
• Yuan Shuo remains aggressive and tactical, immediately suggesting a preemptive strike after recognizing the pagoda’s importance.
• Amitab cooperates with Su Chen and prepares to establish a route to the distant Outer Domain.
• Old Gou appears to surrender to the Kind Father, but the revelation makes clear that he is secretly pursuing a separate plan.
• The Kind Father remains confident and manipulative, believing Old Gou has genuinely returned to his control.

Significant Themes

• Power versus restraint: The World-Purifying Pagoda offers enormous benefits, but Su Chen recognizes that taking it by force could create a greater threat.
• Uncertainty and hidden schemes: The strange appearance of Blazing Heaven Hall, the pagoda, and Bright Sun creates suspicion that someone is manipulating events from behind the scenes.
• Political alliances and trust: The leaders must balance cooperation with personal interests, while considering whether Blazing Heaven Hall could become an ally or enemy.
• Misjudgment: The Kind Father believes he understands Old Gou’s motives, but Old Gou is secretly gambling on another plan.
• The danger of the Nether Domain: Retreating into the Nether Domain could restore Blazing Heaven Hall’s strength and turn its master into a major adversary.

Character Interactions

• Mech Sovereign deliberately provokes Dao Lord by revealing the pagoda and then demands payment for its coordinates.
• Dao Lord indirectly warns Su Chen not to let Blazing Heaven Hall discover his connection to the pagoda, while still favoring Su Chen over the unknown Outer Domain faction.
• Yuan Shuo presses Su Chen to attack before Blazing Heaven Hall realizes it has been exposed, but Su Chen rejects the immediate plan.
• Amitab accepts the responsibility of sending forces to prepare a route to the Blazing Heaven Domain.
• Old Gou appeals to the Kind Father for assistance, successfully concealing that his obedience serves a deeper purpose.
• The chapter closes with Su Chen questioning whether the Blazing Heaven Domain is connected to Old Gou’s scheme—or to an even more mysterious force behind the Final Ruins.

Chapter Summary: “What If I Became the Final Ruins?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Su Chen analyzes the Final Ruins’ sudden actions and concludes that Old Gou is probably not planning to kill the Kind Father. Instead, Old Gou has likely pretended to submit while secretly targeting Su Chen.
• The Blazing Heaven Domain and its World-Purifying Tower appear to be bait. Because the domain has been strengthened by a Bright Sun, only Su Chen is likely capable of taking the tower, forcing him to enter what may be a trap.
• Su Chen estimates that the Final Ruins’ plan has a 70–80% chance of being aimed at eliminating him, though he decides the situation must still be investigated.
• The six Pillar Lords establish a Joint Council and issue a public announcement advocating cooperation and restraint among the major forces. This reassures smaller factions, which fear being caught in escalating conflicts over the Black and White Flowing Light.
• The Dao Lord orders Tang Huai to investigate the Blazing Heaven Hall peacefully and negotiate for the World-Purifying Tower. He is unwilling to force the matter, recognizing that a conflict involving a Bright Sun could have serious consequences.
• The Mech Sovereign also learns that the Blazing Heaven Domain has been exposed. He orders his forces to support the Blazing Heaven Hall if it resists surrendering the tower, seeing the situation as a possible way to create tension between Su Chen, the Soaring Heavens Palace, and the Bronze Church.
• Su Chen’s Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord completely devours a strand of Black and White Flowing Light, advancing toward its next Supreme Metamorphosis. By absorbing the Kind Father’s power within it, Su Chen gains the Nether Domain Mark, causing the Nether Domain to recognize him as a Final Ruin.
• Su Chen discovers that Chen Xing has disappeared, leaving behind only an empty shell. He suspects Chen Xing either detected surveillance or was being watched by another party, though Su Chen still has another safeguard in place.

Character Developments

• Su Chen: Demonstrates increasingly sharp strategic judgment, recognizing that the Blazing Heaven Hall may be a carefully constructed trap. His Sage Lord grows stronger by consuming Black and White Flowing Light, and he gains a new status within the Nether Domain. He also becomes more cautious after losing track of Chen Xing.
• Old Gou: Is portrayed as a reluctant and deceptive subordinate of the Kind Father. His apparent loyalty may actually be part of a larger plan to eliminate Su Chen and escape being trapped between Su Chen and the Kind Father.
• Kind Father: Remains seriously weakened, but his power continues to influence events through the Final Ruins and the Black and White Flowing Light.
• Dao Lord: Acts cautiously and prioritizes peaceful negotiation. He recognizes the danger of allowing Su Chen to gain another Bright Sun-level artifact but does not want open conflict.
• Mech Sovereign: Seeks to exploit the dispute over the World-Purifying Tower to weaken the alliance between Su Chen, the Bronze Church, and the Soaring Heavens Palace. However, he is opportunistic rather than openly committed to war.
• Tang Huai: Receives the responsibility of investigating the Blazing Heaven Hall and negotiating on behalf of the Soaring Heavens Palace.
• Chen Xing: Becomes increasingly mysterious after abandoning his monitored body and vanishing.

Significant Themes

• Traps hidden beneath opportunities: The Blazing Heaven Hall’s sudden appearance and possession of the World-Purifying Tower may be a lure designed specifically to force Su Chen into danger.
• Political balance and fragile alliances: The major powers publicly advocate peace while privately maneuvering to limit one another’s influence.
• Power through absorption and transformation: Su Chen’s Sage Lord does not merely use the Black and White Flowing Light; it completely consumes it, turning even the Kind Father’s power into a source of advancement.
• Identity and boundaries: By receiving the Nether Domain Mark, Su Chen crosses closer to becoming a Final Ruin, blurring the distinction between the Reality Universe’s cultivators and the entities of the Nether Domain.
• Uncertainty and surveillance: Nearly every faction is concealing its true intentions, and even Su Chen’s careful monitoring can be evaded.

Character Interactions

• Su Chen privately reasons about Old Gou, the Kind Father, and the Final Ruins, trying to determine who is manipulating the Blazing Heaven Domain.
• The Dao Lord instructs Tang Huai to investigate the Blazing Heaven Hall and negotiate for the World-Purifying Tower, while warning him to avoid bloodshed.
• The Mech Sovereign questions his subordinates about the leak of the Blazing Heaven Domain’s location, then orders them to support the domain’s ruler if necessary.
• The emerging dispute places Su Chen at odds with the Dao Lord and potentially the Bronze Church, while giving the Mech Sovereign an opportunity to fracture their cooperation.
• Su Chen’s connection to Chen Xing is disrupted when he discovers that his monitored target has escaped, leaving him to rely on a secondary contingency.

Summary of “A Visit to Blazing Heaven”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Su Chen uses the Mortal Realm Eye to trace the information-state of Chen Xing, following his movements through several Star Gate Hubs, including Swordmark Star Gate Hub, Autumn Waters, and Chasing the Sun.
• He determines that Chen Xing is likely heading toward Ruststain Blood Lake, a highly dangerous forbidden region formed during the ancient Abyssless Cataclysm from the remains of a battle between Final Ruins and Bright Sun forces.
• Su Chen immediately travels toward the Blood Lake through a Star Gate, accelerating through it with his physical body in an attempt to intercept Chen Xing and the incarnation of Kind Father hidden within him.
• Meanwhile, members of Ancient Abyssless arrive at Blazing Heaven Hall in nine warships. They are welcomed by Hall Master Xiao Jinye, a newly transformed Bright Sun entity, along with his two subordinate Moon Radiance entities, Xiang You and Pang Ze.
• The visitors introduce the surviving powers of Abyssless, revealing that all six Pillar Lords remain in some form. They identify Xuantian Ancient King as the inheritor of the Primordial Mountain Lord and reveal that he, like Xiao Jinye, has transformed into a Bright Sun entity.
• The visitors also disclose that the World-Purifying Tower in Blazing Heaven Hall once belonged to the World-Purifying Pillar Lord, creating a significant connection—and potential dispute—between the two factions.
• Ancient Abyssless states that it wishes to coexist peacefully with Blazing Heaven Domain. Xiao Jinye accepts this diplomatically, though the atmosphere remains cautious and politically tense.
• At Ruststain Blood Lake, Su Chen realizes that finding the Black and White Flowing Light will be extremely difficult because the region is rarely explored and offers little recorded information.
• He considers using Nine Eyes’ flesh and blood to perform a deduction, but knows that Kind Father’s incarnation would detect the aura and flee. Su Chen therefore decides that capturing Kind Father’s incarnation must come first.

Character Developments

• Su Chen demonstrates careful deduction and urgency. He successfully tracks Chen Xing but remains cautious about exposing his methods, recognizing that Kind Father’s incarnation may detect disturbances. His willingness to risk detection shows his determination to end the pursuit.
• Chen Xing is revealed to be traveling purposefully through multiple Star Gate Hubs, apparently seeking the Black and White Flowing Light at Ruststain Blood Lake. His movements suggest a secret mission rather than random exploration.
• Xuantian Ancient King presents himself as a powerful representative of Ancient Abyssless and subtly asserts authority. By mentioning his relationship to the World-Purifying Pillar Lord and inviting Xiao Jinye to the Bronze Church, he tests Blazing Heaven Hall’s response and establishes political leverage.
• Xiao Jinye is portrayed as guarded and politically controlled. Although newly elevated to Bright Sun status, he conceals details about his transformation and carefully evaluates the visitors. His composure reflects both confidence and concern over Abyssless’s surviving strength.
• Xiang You and Pang Ze initially fear that the Abyssless delegation may be hostile, but become more reassured after hearing its promise of peaceful coexistence. Their reactions also emphasize how intimidating the visiting Pillar Lords and Bright Sun entities are.
• Tang Huai, Huijing, Huang Pan, and the other Abyssless representatives collectively reinforce the faction’s restored strength and continuity, showing that Ancient Abyssless remains a major power despite its past destruction.

Significant Themes

• Power and political balance: The meeting centers on the shifting balance between Blazing Heaven Hall and the revived Ancient Abyssless. The revelation that both sides possess Bright Sun entities creates a delicate equilibrium.
• Inheritance and continuity: Ancient Abyssless has survived through the preservation or revival of its Pillar Lords, while Blazing Heaven Hall has inherited relics such as the World-Purifying Tower. Both factions claim legitimacy through the past.
• Trust and concealed motives: Although Abyssless promises peaceful coexistence, the Blazing Heaven representatives remain unsure of its intentions. Similarly, Xiao Jinye withholds information about his own transformation.
• Dangerous pursuit: Su Chen’s search reflects the risks of operating in forbidden regions, where information is scarce and even investigative techniques can expose the hunter to his enemies.
• Strategic restraint: Su Chen and the Blazing Heaven leaders both avoid acting impulsively. Each recognizes that revealing too much or provoking the wrong opponent could have severe consequences.

Important Character Interactions

• Su Chen and Chen Xing: Su Chen tracks Chen Xing through his information-state, using the connection between the state and Chen Xing’s true body to identify his destination.
• Su Chen and Kind Father’s incarnation: Though they do not directly confront each other in the chapter, Su Chen’s entire plan revolves around preventing the incarnation from discovering his use of Nine Eyes’ flesh and blood and escaping.
• Xuantian Ancient King and Xiao Jinye: Their exchange is outwardly courteous but carries clear strategic tension. Xuantian emphasizes his status and connection to the World-Purifying Pillar Lord, while Xiao Jinye responds cautiously.
• Tang Huai and Xiao Jinye: Tang Huai acknowledges Xiao Jinye’s Bright Sun transformation respectfully, while also forcing him to confront the strength and survival of Ancient Abyssless.
• Abyssless delegation and Blazing Heaven Hall: The meeting begins with mutual suspicion but moves toward tentative cooperation after Abyssless promises peaceful coexistence. However, the revelations about the World-Purifying Tower and the two Bright Sun entities ensure that the relationship remains wary rather than genuinely trusting.

Chapter Summary: “Interception”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Su Chen decides that destroying the Kind Father’s Incarnation is worthwhile, even if the Kind Father can eventually create another one. Eliminating it will at least force the Kind Father to pay a significant price.
• He tracks the Incarnation to the Blood Lake, suspecting that it has entered the lake to retrieve the remaining Black and White Flowing Light.
• Using Chen Xing’s information state as a reference, Su Chen begins deducing the Incarnation’s location. However, the Incarnation senses the surveillance and attempts to disperse and escape.
• Su Chen responds by activating all of his Holy Professions and empowering the Mortal Realm Eye. This grants him the “Eye of Time,” allowing him to perceive the Blood Lake’s past and future and finally locate the Incarnation.
• The Incarnation is revealed to be deep within the Blood Lake, using Chen Xing’s body and struggling to control the portion of Jue Tianshuo’s Origin Power fused into it.
• Realizing he has been discovered, the Incarnation tries to escape to the Nether Domain using a black crystal. Su Chen counters this with purple flames that destroy the escape route and isolate the Incarnation.
• Su Chen appears before the Incarnation and severs its connection with the Kind Father’s main body.
• The Incarnation recognizes that Su Chen deliberately used Chen Xing as bait, understanding that Su Chen’s earlier summons prevented it from abandoning Chen Xing’s body.
• Su Chen and the Incarnation briefly converse. Both are curious about each other, but the Incarnation refuses to exchange information.
• When Su Chen mentions the Black and White Flowing Light, the Incarnation’s consciousness self-destructs rather than allow Su Chen to obtain it.
• Su Chen cannot prevent the consciousness from collapsing, but he seals and preserves the remaining body for later study.
• He then locates and takes the Black and White Flowing Light. He notices that it appears to have formed a weak connection with the Blood Lake, though he does not investigate further.

Character Developments

• Su Chen becomes more decisive and aggressive. His concern over the Kind Father’s potential future Incarnations disappears once he concludes that destroying the current one will impose a meaningful cost.
• He demonstrates the full potential of his powers by combining all Holy Professions with the Mortal Realm Eye, gaining the ability to perceive events across time.
• Su Chen also shows strategic growth: he realizes that Chen Xing is the Incarnation’s point of reference and uses that connection to lure and track it.
• The Kind Father’s Incarnation is portrayed as highly cautious, perceptive, and knowledgeable. It senses Su Chen’s investigation, immediately attempts to flee, and recognizes Su Chen’s trap once they meet.
• Despite its intelligence, the Incarnation is ultimately unable to resist Su Chen’s superior strength and preparation. It chooses self-destruction rather than reveal information or let Su Chen exploit its consciousness.
• The Incarnation’s connection to Chen Xing is revealed to be a complete fusion rather than a simple possession, highlighting the Kind Father’s advanced methods.

Significant Themes

• The cost of power and survival: Even though the Kind Father may create another Incarnation, Su Chen believes forcing it to pay a price is still valuable.
• Knowledge versus concealment: Both Su Chen and the Incarnation rely on deductions, surveillance, and hidden identities. Their encounter becomes a contest over who can discover the other first.
• Strategy and manipulation: Su Chen’s earlier interactions with the Incarnation were carefully calculated, using Chen Xing as bait and preventing the Incarnation from abandoning its vessel.
• Limits of control: Su Chen can defeat and isolate the Incarnation but cannot stop its consciousness from destroying itself, emphasizing the limits of even his advanced abilities.
• Mystery and greater powers: The origins of the Kind Father, the nature of the Black and White Flowing Light, and its connection to the Blood Lake remain unresolved.

Character Interactions

• Su Chen and the Incarnation meet directly for the first time as enemies rather than apparent allies.
• Their conversation is respectful but tense. The Incarnation acknowledges Su Chen as extraordinarily unusual, while Su Chen remains curious about its origins and abilities.
• The Incarnation refuses Su Chen’s proposed exchange of questions, recognizing it as a potential manipulation.
• Su Chen’s final mention of the Black and White Flowing Light triggers the Incarnation’s self-destruction, demonstrating the object’s importance and the Incarnation’s unwillingness to let Su Chen obtain it.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen takes another piece of Black and White Flowing Light from the Nether Domain and feeds it to the World-Purifying Sacred Lord. He realizes the dark currents there are bound up with the universe and cannot be erased without serious consequences.
• The Kind Father discovers that his carefully made avatar, Jue Tianshuo, has vanished. Suspecting Old Gou, he considers creating another operative body, despite the cost.
• Blazing Heaven Domain agrees to connect to Abyssless and help build signal stations, bringing it into closer cooperation with the Void Cycle.
• Tang Huai privately urges Flame Saint Xiao Jinye to return the World-Purifying Tower to the Bronze Church, citing the Sacred Lord’s powerful alliances. Xiao refuses, viewing the tower as Blazing Heaven Hall’s ancestral foundation.
• The Xuantian Ancient King makes a similar request on behalf of the Bronze Church and the Taixuan Lineage. Xiao rejects him too, arguing that the tower should return to the Taixuan Family only when the Sacred Lord does. The Ancient King leaves without reaching a deal.
• Back at the Bronze Church, Su Chen calculates that the two streams of Black and White Flowing Light may provide enough power to advance the Sacred Lord’s Supreme Metamorphosis. He considers using the Infinite Neural Core and Nine Eyes’ flesh to locate more, but lacks sufficient material and judges the risk of taking flesh from another Final Ruins too high.
• The chapter ends as Su Chen remembers another item connected to Nine Eyes, setting up the next development.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen remains pragmatic and ambitious, weighing ways to strengthen the Sacred Lord while avoiding a dangerous confrontation with the Final Ruins. His thoughts also turn to whether devouring a Final Ruins being could work.
• The Kind Father is enraged by the loss of his avatar and grows more distrustful of Old Gou, even though he cannot establish a motive for the suspected theft.
• Xiao Jinye proves more defiant than his visitors expect. He resists pressure from both Tang Huai and the Xuantian Ancient King, insisting that Blazing Heaven Hall will not surrender the tower casually.
• Tang Huai tries to use the Sacred Lord’s connections as leverage, but cannot openly explain the full extent of his power.
• The Xuantian Ancient King appeals to the Taixuan Family’s ties to the World-Purifying Pillar Lord, but Xiao turns the argument back on him by questioning the Bronze Church’s claim.

Significant themes

• Power and political leverage: The Sacred Lord’s alliances influence negotiations even when his full strength cannot be discussed openly.
• Inheritance and legitimacy: The dispute over the World-Purifying Tower turns on who has the rightful claim to an ancestral relic.
• Risk versus advancement: Su Chen seeks the resources needed for the next transformation but recognizes that pursuing them could provoke powerful enemies.
• Distrust and uncertainty: The Kind Father’s suspicion of Old Gou and the competing claims around the tower show how little anyone can safely assume about others’ motives.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen summons the Remnant Spirit—a consciousness formed from remnants of Nine Eyes and Tai Xuan Ye—to ask whether it can recreate Nine Eyes’ body.
• The spirit says it needs a vessel, substantial energy, Faith Power, and access to the Nether Domain. The process would take a thousand years normally, a hundred with the Nether Domain’s power, or fifty if catalyzed by Nine Eyes’ flesh.
• Su Chen reveals a human vessel and tests it with the World-Purifying Fire, peeling away Chen Xing’s body to expose the underlying form. He intends to conceal Chen Xing’s death until the Kind Father is less likely to notice that its incarnation has been intercepted.
• The Remnant Spirit recognizes the fire and realizes Su Chen has reached the Bright Sun realm, explaining Su Chen’s newfound confidence.
• Upon entering the vessel, the spirit detects the Kind Father’s purified aura within it. This material could allow it to form a Nine Eyes body in under a year, without the usual Corruption Power.
• Su Chen then expands his control over the Nether Domain, establishing it as his base.

Character developments

• Su Chen is markedly more powerful and self-assured than before. He treats the spirit less warily, presses for a rapid solution, and uses his growing mastery of the World-Purifying Fire and the Nether Domain to advance his plans.
• The Remnant Spirit shifts from cautious cooperation to astonishment and excitement. It learns that Su Chen has become Bright Sun and sees a real chance to regain a body and continue its existence.
• Chen Xing is revealed to have been used as the outer body of the vessel; Su Chen regrets his death and plans to provide an explanation to his family and friends.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Su Chen’s rise in strength changes the balance of power between him and the Remnant Spirit.
• Transformation and identity: The spirit’s mixed consciousness may become the basis for recreating Nine Eyes, while the vessel contains a hidden, purified trace of the Kind Father.
• Pragmatism and moral cost: Su Chen pursues his urgent goal even though doing so involves Chen Xing’s death and its concealment.
• Purification versus corruption: The vessel’s Kind Father-derived substance has been purified, making it more useful—and safer—than ordinary flesh and blood from the Final Ruins.

Character interactions

• Su Chen speaks to the Remnant Spirit with casual familiarity but directs the exchange toward practical needs, repeatedly challenging its estimates and asking how quickly it can act.
• The spirit remains wary of Su Chen’s motives, then reacts with fear and disbelief when it recognizes the World-Purifying Fire and realizes Su Chen’s advancement.
• Once inside the vessel, the spirit confirms the presence of the Kind Father’s aura, giving Su Chen the breakthrough he needs to accelerate the reconstruction.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen oversees the Remnant Spirit’s reconstruction in the Nether Domain. Before allowing it to absorb the vast Nether Mist, he learns that Final Ruins beings lack Bright Sun Professions but possess comparable foundations called “Professional Spirits.” He also saves some purified Kind Father flesh for later study.
• Su Chen discovers that he can absorb Nether Mist through a Nether Domain Mark, replenishing his energy far more efficiently than in the Reality Universe. This gives him a major advantage in the Nether Domain, which he decides to keep secret.
• In the Blazing Heaven Domain, Xiao Jinye’s advisers warn him that refusing to surrender the World-Purifying Tower could provoke the powerful World-Purifying Sacred Lord and alienate other Pillars. Xiao dismisses their concerns, citing support from the Machine Domain and Great Heaven, and challenges the Sacred Lord to come.
• The Kind Father confronts Old Gou about stealing the Black and White Flowing Light. Old Gou denies involvement and reveals that the flesh in the Netherworld Forest has also vanished. Realizing someone else may have uncovered his movements, the Kind Father identifies Su Chen as his leading suspect but postpones confronting him while pursuing the remaining Flowing Lights.
• Su Chen watches the Kind Father’s avatar rapidly rebuild into a monstrous vertical eye. Old Yuan then reports that Xiao Jinye has rejected the offer to trade for the World-Purifying Tower. Su Chen agrees to hear the details.

Character developments

• Su Chen grows more strategically capable: he learns how to replenish himself in the Nether Domain and quietly investigates both the Kind Father and the situation in the Blazing Heaven Domain.
• The Remnant Spirit begins restoring his body, drawing on Nether Mist and explaining the nature of Final Ruins beings.
• Xiao Jinye shows confidence bordering on recklessness, insisting he can withstand the World-Purifying Sacred Lord. His advisers’ doubts expose how new and fragile their loyalty to him may be.
• Old Gou maintains his deception before the Kind Father, while the Kind Father’s suspicion shifts toward Su Chen.
• The Kind Father is unsettled by the disappearance of his flesh and the possibility that someone in the Reality Universe has discovered his activities.

Significant themes

• Power and home-ground advantage: The Nether Domain’s abundant energy has long favored its native beings, but Su Chen may now be able to exploit that same advantage.
• Deception and uncertainty: Old Gou conceals his plans, the Kind Father tries to identify who has interfered, and Su Chen keeps his new ability secret.
• Political loyalty and risk: Xiao Jinye’s allies question whether their commitment is worth the danger of defending the World-Purifying Tower.
• Transformation and corruption: The Remnant Spirit’s reconstruction and the Kind Father avatar’s grotesque change show how power in the Nether Domain reshapes bodies.

Character interactions

• Su Chen questions the Remnant Spirit about Final Ruins beings and guides his reconstruction.
• Xiang You and Pang Ze caution Xiao Jinye about the consequences of refusing the World-Purifying Tower trade; Xiao rejects their warnings.
• The Kind Father interrogates Old Gou, who denies the accusation and inadvertently helps reveal that someone else has taken the missing flesh.
• Old Yuan informs Su Chen of Xiao Jinye’s refusal, setting up Su Chen’s next move.

Key plot points

• Su Chen arrives at the Bronze Church council chamber while Chu Lingyuan is furious over Blazing Heaven Hall’s refusal to trade for the World-Purifying Tower.
• Xuantian Ancient King explains that Xiao Jinye, Blazing Heaven Hall’s newly established Bright Sun leader, rejected the offer and openly challenged Su Chen. Two recently subdued faction leaders, Xiang You and Pang Ze, privately warned that the Machine Domain and Great Heaven may be encouraging Xiao Jinye to oppose the Bronze Church.
• Su Chen refuses to take the bait. He tells the Church to gather information and focus on its own affairs rather than confront Blazing Heaven Hall or approach the suspected instigators.
• In a separate episode, a warship crew celebrates finding what their leader claims is a Moon Radiance Essence. Once the crew is drugged, the leader murders them one by one to keep the prize for himself.
• One young crew member survives the drug and confronts the leader, recognizing that the prize is actually a Bright Sun Essence. The leader kills him too, then orders the ship’s AI to head for a Star Gate hub.
• As Su Chen prepares to leave, an urgent message arrives. It is not news about the long-sought Black and White Flowing Light, but information concerning a Bright Sun Essence.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen remains composed despite Xiao Jinye’s deliberate provocation, choosing patience and intelligence-gathering over retaliation. His restraint puzzles Xuantian Ancient King.
• Chu Lingyuan is outraged and wants to take action, but ultimately trusts Su Chen’s judgment and agrees to leave Blazing Heaven Hall alone for now.
• Xuantian Ancient King reports the failed negotiation and the political maneuvering around it, while wondering why Su Chen is not responding forcefully.
• Xiao Jinye is presented as domineering and politically aggressive, though his motives and the extent of outside influence remain uncertain.
• The warship’s boss shifts from convivial leader to calculating murderer, revealing greed and ruthless ambition. The young technician shows perceptiveness and courage by identifying the Essence and resisting the drug, but is killed before he can explain how he knew.

Significant themes

• Provocation and restraint: Su Chen refuses to let an opponent dictate when or how he responds.
• Power politics and manipulation: The Machine Domain and Great Heaven may be using Xiao Jinye to create conflict with the Bronze Church.
• Greed and betrayal: The boss sacrifices his entire crew to seize a rare treasure.
• Hidden power and uncertainty: The true identity of the Essence—and how the young man recognized it—suggests that crucial secrets remain undiscovered.

Key plot points and events

• An intelligence report announces that a Bright Sun Essence has appeared in Jade Falls, a cosmic danger zone in Sacred Heaven Dao. The discovery becomes credible when explorer Zhou Feng exposes his team leader, who murdered the other explorers to hide the find.
• Su Chen and Yuan Shuo suspect Black and White Flowing Light is involved: it may combine with a Professional Spirit emerging within a cosmic wonder to create a true Bright Sun Essence.
• The news spreads across Void Cycle, drawing the major factions and public attention. Because the secret is already out, an open war over the site seems less likely; the Pillars may instead negotiate and oversee the selection of a Chosen One.
• Su Chen decides he must inspect Jade Falls. He leaves his original body in Nether Domain to watch Nine Eyes evolve and prepares to travel with Yuan Shuo.
• When Nine Eyes hesitates to stop evolving, Su Chen interprets his words as a possible test of boundaries. He overwhelms and seals Nine Eyes in a crystal-like prison, making clear that he does not trust him.
• Su Chen and Yuan Shuo set out for Jade Falls, where crowds and faction representatives have gathered, hoping either to witness the event or to be chosen.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen remains cautious about the Bright Sun Essence but recognizes its potential connection to his earlier discoveries. His tremendous power is emphasized when Nine Eyes cannot even copy his form and is easily restrained.
• Yuan Shuo supports Su Chen’s interpretation of how the essence formed and agrees to accompany him, mentioning that he has gained new insights.
• Chu Lingyuan considers the political consequences. Though he believes Su Chen could contend with powerful rivals, he is wary of provoking the other Pillar Lords and is already satisfied with the Bronze Church’s position.
• Nine Eyes shows reluctance to interrupt his evolution, perhaps testing how much freedom he has. Su Chen’s response frightens him and confirms the vast gap between them.
• Zhou Feng triggers the public crisis by recording his leader’s confession and arranging for the evidence to spread widely.

Significant themes

• Power and political rivalry: A Bright Sun Essence could shift the balance among the Pillars, so its ownership is likely to involve negotiation as well as strength.
• Secrecy and public knowledge: The explorers’ attempt to conceal the discovery fails, and widespread exposure makes the site harder to control but may deter a private attack.
• Trust and control: Su Chen’s treatment of Nine Eyes shows that apparent cooperation does not erase suspicion, especially when dealing with dangerous, cunning beings.
• Cosmic forces and transformation: The chapter links Black and White Flowing Light, cosmic wonders, and the possible creation of a true Bright Sun.

Plot points and events

• The newly born Bright Sun Essence in Jade Falls attracts the Six Pillars, whose leaders gather outside to decide how it should be handled.
• The Mech Sovereign argues that, because the Essence is immature and unshaped, the first Azure God Talent introduced to it may have a strong chance of being chosen. This could give the first faction to act a decisive advantage.
• Several leaders arrive, including the Longevity Pillar Lord, Su Chen, Yuan Shuo, Amitabha, Great Heaven, and the Dao Lord. Their conversation also touches on the Black and White Flowing Light, its strange effect on a Professional Spirit, and the possibility that it may hold clues to power beyond Bright Sun.
• Great Heaven and the Mech Sovereign trade accusations over whether Great Heaven tried to claim the Essence secretly. The Longevity Pillar Lord then proposes joint oversight and choosing a Chosen One.
• Since the leaders cannot agree on who should send a candidate first, the Mech Sovereign suggests drawing lots. Su Chen surprises everyone by asking what it would take for him to claim the Essence alone. The chapter ends before the others answer fully, establishing that taking it outright would require him to defeat the assembled Pillar Lords.

Character developments and interactions

• Mech Sovereign weighs the political risks of acting first, then seeks to limit Su Chen’s faction by proposing a lottery. He remains hostile toward Great Heaven and wary of Su Chen.
• Su Chen appears calm and unexpectedly direct. Rather than argue over the proposed rules, he openly raises the possibility of taking the Essence for himself, signaling confidence and a willingness to challenge the established balance.
• The Longevity Pillar Lord acts as mediator, advocating shared custody while recognizing that the Essence’s immaturity makes the order of candidates important.
• Great Heaven and the Mech Sovereign exchange barbs over past interference, but set aside their feud when Su Chen’s growing influence threatens their factions.
• The Dao Lord is initially mistaken for the one who stopped Great Heaven’s supposed secret attempt; he watches Su Chen’s challenge with visible interest. Amitabha senses the tension and follows Su Chen’s lead.

Significant themes

• Power, ownership, and collective control: No faction can safely claim a publicly known Bright Sun Essence alone, so political compromise masks competing ambitions.
• Rising powers versus established factions: The Bronze Church and Su Chen’s allies are gaining strength, unsettling the older Pillars.
• The cost of advancement: The leaders recall how established powers obstructed the World-Purifying Sacred Lord’s rise, suggesting that being chosen may bring danger as well as opportunity.
• Potential beyond existing limits: The Black and White Flowing Light may offer a path past Bright Sun, while the new Essence represents another uncertain source of power.

Key plot points and events

• The Bright Sun Essence becomes the focus of a dispute. Su Chen says he wants not the essence itself but the Black and White Flowing Light within it, hoping to restore it and use it to explore what lies beyond the Bright Sun stage.
• Mech Sovereign tries to divide the group against Su Chen, but Dao Lord proposes a duel: if Su Chen defeats him, Dao Lord will stay out of the contest. Su Chen accepts, and they move to an empty star region to avoid collateral damage.
• Before fighting, Dao Lord asks whether Su Chen possesses Origin-Returning Talent. Su Chen confirms it, explaining that his method of developing it is unique to him.
• Dao Lord unleashes the full power of the Soaring Heavens Universe-Slaying Sword, combining his palace, drum, bell, chains, and other abilities in a devastating attack. Su Chen breaks free, revealing that his Bright Sunfire has reached the Remnant Flame stage.
• Su Chen withstands Dao Lord’s killing strike with his body, using two Flesh Embryo Inscriptions. Dao Lord then combines the forces of his Soaring Heavens Palace into a single powerful form.
• Su Chen concludes that he can match Dao Lord without using his final trump card. He channels all his Sanctified Holy Professions into Emperor of Flesh and Blood, revealing a much greater reserve of power.
• Recognizing that Su Chen has surpassed him, Dao Lord concedes. Su Chen then challenges Mech Sovereign, Great Heaven, and the others to face him either individually or together.

Character developments

• Su Chen demonstrates striking growth: his Bright Sunfire has advanced rapidly, his body can withstand Dao Lord’s ultimate attack, and he has powerful hidden reserves beyond his already formidable strength. His commitment to obtaining the Black and White Flowing Light remains firm.
• Dao Lord shows both his competitive nature and his respect for Su Chen. He fights at full strength but concedes once he sees that Su Chen’s final power exceeds his own.
• Mech Sovereign grows increasingly wary of Su Chen’s strength and considers the political consequences of Dao Lord winning the duel.
• The other Bright Suns, especially Longevity Old Man and Amitabha, are astonished by Su Chen’s progress and the scale of his power.

Significant themes

• Power and rapid advancement: Su Chen’s growth challenges the limits and expectations of the Bright Sun stage.
• Ambition and rivalry: The struggle over the essence is also a struggle over the possibility of advancing beyond Bright Sun.
• Respectful competition: Dao Lord and Su Chen fight earnestly without treating their alliance as a reason to hold back.
• Strength and restraint: Dao Lord stops the battle when its outcome becomes clear, while the observers recognize how dangerous the broader contest could become.

Character interactions

• Su Chen and Dao Lord speak candidly about Su Chen’s unusual talent and their history of mutual protection before facing one another.
• Dao Lord’s duel offer unsettles Mech Sovereign and Great Heaven, who fear its effect on the balance of power.
• The observers react with growing shock as Su Chen breaks Dao Lord’s restraints, survives his sword strike, and reveals his final strength.
• After Dao Lord concedes, Su Chen turns the contest outward, directly challenging the remaining Bright Suns.

Plot and key events

• Su Chen confronts the Bright Suns after defeating the World Honored One. The Dao Lord yields without forcing a full battle, and the other leaders—especially the Mech Sovereign—recognize that Su Chen is strong enough to take the Bright Sun Essence. No one challenges him.
• Su Chen enters Jade Falls and locates the Essence in a Waterfall Grotto. It appears as a small, concealed dark-green dragon, with a trace of the Nether Domain’s influence.
• Su Chen captures the Spirit of the Bright Sun and gives it to the Saint Monarch, who devours it and falls dormant. Su Chen concludes that the Saint Monarch is undergoing a second Supreme Metamorphosis, though a third will require far more power.
• The Mech Sovereign and other Bright Suns depart. Later, the Mech Sovereign tells Metal Head that Su Chen took the Essence for himself because he had the strength to stand against them alone.
• Onlookers initially expect a public selection for someone to receive the Essence. After nearly three months without one, they learn Su Chen claimed it outright, ending those hopes.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen demonstrates overwhelming confidence and restraint: he secures the Essence without a major fight, then uses it to advance the Saint Monarch. He thanks the Dao Lord for making the situation easier.
• The Dao Lord remains candid and self-possessed. He acknowledges his interest in surpassing the Bright Sun level but says he would not have held back if Su Chen had lacked the strength to claim the prize.
• The Mech Sovereign is frustrated but tacitly accepts the outcome, recognizing that opposing Su Chen would be too risky. His blunt explanation to Metal Head makes clear that this was a matter of power, not a fair allocation process.
• The Saint Monarch is largely passive but undergoes a major transformation after absorbing the Essence.
• Metal Head misunderstands why Su Chen was allowed to take the prize, then realizes he has spoken carelessly and apologizes to his master.
• Amitabha, the Longevity Old Man, and Great Heaven witness the outcome; their reactions underscore both Su Chen’s rising status and the difficulty of opposing him.

Significant themes

• Power and political authority: Su Chen’s strength effectively determines who can claim the Essence.
• Transformation and advancement: The Saint Monarch’s second metamorphosis signals further evolution, while the cost of future advancement remains steep.
• Unequal opportunity: The public and Pillar factions had expected another selection, but Su Chen’s unilateral claim closes that opportunity.
• Pragmatism and restraint: The leaders avoid a costly battle when the likely outcome is already clear.

Key plot points and events

• News spreads that Su Chen has defeated the Dao Lord and gained exclusive control of a Bright Sun Essence. Many now suspect he may possess Supreme Sovereign-level power, especially given his earlier killing of the World Honored One.
• Old Gou, who had been trying to lure Su Chen with Blazing Heaven Hall’s World-Purifying Tower, realizes his earlier provocations are no longer credible. Worried by Su Chen’s strength and unpredictability, he orders Xiao Jinye to offer a transaction through the Bronze Church and request that Su Chen attend in person.
• Su Chen’s allies agree to negotiate for the World-Purifying Tower, but Su Chen urges them to bargain patiently and push the price down. He also rejects a proposal to name him Supreme Sovereign, judging that Abyssless is not ready and the title would cause conflict without granting real authority.
• In the Nether Domain, Su Chen recognizes that Old Gou’s sudden change of tactics may present a chance to pursue his own goals: obtaining the Tower and dealing with the Final Ruins. He summons the reshaped Nine Eyes and asks him to arrange a private meeting with another Final Ruin. Su Chen proposes using the claim that Old Gou has submitted to the Kind Father as the pretext.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen remains composed and strategic despite his growing reputation. Rather than rushing to confront Blazing Heaven Hall or accept political authority, he uses patience and negotiation to maintain leverage. He also shifts from simply ignoring Old Gou’s provocations to planning how to exploit the proposed meeting.
• Old Gou becomes increasingly cautious after seeing evidence of Su Chen’s power. He abandons open provocation but still plans to test Su Chen, ready to accuse a clone of disrespect or attack if Su Chen appears in person.
• Xiao Jinye loyally follows Old Gou’s instructions, though he questions the risk that Su Chen might send a clone.
• Xuantian Ancient King and Chu Lingyuan recognize the strategic value of Su Chen’s victory and support negotiations. Chu briefly favors sending a clone to smooth relations, while also raising the possibility of making Su Chen Supreme Sovereign.
• Nine Eyes, now reshaped and wary of Su Chen, responds humbly but warns that the other Final Ruins will be difficult to lure into a meeting.

Significant themes

• Reputation as power: Su Chen’s victory changes how others interpret his strength and forces Blazing Heaven Hall to reconsider its approach.
• Caution and strategic patience: Both Su Chen and Old Gou avoid straightforward moves, each trying to anticipate the other’s intentions.
• Political authority versus actual power: Su Chen rejects an honorary title that would not truly unite or command Abyssless.
• Deception and calculated risk: The proposed transaction, the possibility of clones, and the planned false pretext for a meeting show how trust and appearances shape the conflict.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Nine Eyes is shocked when Su Chen claims that Old Gou has submitted to the Kind Father again. Because prolonged contact with the Kind Father can corrupt the Final Ruins’ self-awareness and make them loyal, Nine Eyes suspects Old Gou must be facing a danger severe enough to seek the Kind Father’s help.
• Su Chen asks Nine Eyes to lure a Final Ruin into a meeting. Nine Eyes recommends Calamity: Old Gou cannot be approached because his alleged submission is the pretext, Three Fool has a grudge against Nine Eyes, and the unpredictable Ignorance might reveal Nine Eyes’s resurrection.
• Nine Eyes performs a sacrificial ritual to contact Calamity. Su Chen watches closely, revealing gray, seemingly bottomless eyes that alarm Nine Eyes and make clear he can detect any attempt at deception.
• The scene shifts to Calamity, Three Fool, and Ignorance discussing Old Gou’s plans and Su Chen’s remarkable rise. Calamity receives Nine Eyes’s call and appears through the ritual.
• Nine Eyes explains that he survived Taixuan’s attack, escaped the Fallen Land, and rebuilt his body. Calamity doubts this account because a Final Ruin’s true resurrection should take far more time and resources.
• Nine Eyes warns that Old Gou has submitted to the Kind Father and intends to move against all the Final Ruins. Calamity is initially incredulous, but seems to reconsider after recalling something.
• To support his warning, Nine Eyes brings up Qin Jianzhi, who died after the Kind Father’s corruption was extracted from him, and the flesh taken from the Netherworld Forest. He suggests Old Gou knew about these events and that whoever needs the flesh may be connected to the threat.

Character developments

• Nine Eyes remains cautious and politically calculating. He cooperates with Su Chen while weighing the opportunity and danger of gathering the Final Ruins. His confident presentation to Calamity masks his own uncertainty about Old Gou’s motives and his resurrection’s implications.
• Su Chen shows growing confidence and power. His unsettling ability to observe Nine Eyes during the ritual suggests extraordinary perception and reinforces his control over the encounter.
• Calamity is suspicious of Nine Eyes’s return but becomes more receptive to the claim about Old Gou, hinting that he recognizes a possible explanation or has relevant knowledge.
• Three Fool and Ignorance are shown discussing Su Chen’s rapid rise and Old Gou’s plan, establishing that the other Final Ruins are already watching events unfold.

Character interactions

• Su Chen directs Nine Eyes to arrange contact but lets him choose the target, while remaining alert to possible deception.
• Nine Eyes and Su Chen maintain a wary alliance: Nine Eyes supplies information and performs the ritual, while Su Chen monitors him.
• Nine Eyes uses his conversation with Calamity to turn suspicion toward Old Gou, citing Qin Jianzhi’s death and the missing Netherworld Forest flesh as clues.
• Calamity’s exchange with Nine Eyes exposes the central uncertainty: whether Old Gou has truly returned to the Kind Father, and what prompted him to do so.

Significant themes

• Corruption and identity: Contact with the Kind Father threatens the Final Ruins’ independence and selfhood.
• Trust and manipulation: Both Su Chen and Nine Eyes cooperate cautiously, each aware the other may have hidden motives.
• Power and rapid change: Su Chen’s rise unsettles even ancient, powerful beings.
• Uncertain resurrection and hidden schemes: Nine Eyes’s return, Old Gou’s alleged submission, and the clues surrounding Qin Jianzhi and the stolen flesh suggest a larger plot whose true purpose remains unclear.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Calamity suspects Old Gou has submitted to Kind Father. He reasons that Old Gou may have sought submission as a way to avoid being fully corrupted if the Final Ruins’ plan against Su Chen fails. Calamity also learns that Nine Eyes has revived and agrees to meet him in the Nether Domain, bringing corrupted spirit essence.
• Calamity tells Three Fool he must handle a failing sacrifice involving an Outer Domain. He persuades Ignorance to accompany him by offering him half the domain, concealing that his real purpose is to meet Nine Eyes. Three Fool remains wary.
• Nine Eyes confirms that Old Gou and Three Fool are roughly Blazing Sun-level, while the other Final Ruins, including himself, are Flourishing Flame-level in the Nether Domain. He offers Su Chen information to secure his own survival. Su Chen intends to use Nine Eyes’ knowledge while keeping him under control.
• Just as Su Chen is in the Nether Domain, his system announces that the Bright Sun Essence has been digested and his second Supreme Metamorphosis is beginning. He returns to the Bronze Church and transforms in an empty starfield.
• The transformation raises Su Chen to the Flourishing Flame level and grants him two Sanctification opportunities. He Sanctifies Emberless Flame, gaining an ever-burning Void Flame, and True Martial Nine Transformations, gaining nine true bodies. With seven Holy Professions Sanctified, he is closer to sustaining his powerful nine-Profession state.
• Su Chen considers himself strong enough to challenge Calamity but chooses caution. Meanwhile, Calamity and Ignorance travel through the Nether Domain. Calamity eventually admits that he is meeting Nine Eyes and asks Ignorance to hide nearby as backup. At the agreed location, Calamity finds Nether Domain creatures dying from poisonous fire and calls for Nine Eyes.

Character developments and interactions

• Calamity grows increasingly distrustful of Old Gou and Three Fool. He secretly recruits Ignorance for protection, while using a false explanation about an Outer Domain to get him to come along.
• Ignorance is suspicious of Calamity’s long detour but accepts his explanation about Nine Eyes. He negotiates aggressively, demanding five thousand life-bearing planets for his help.
• Nine Eyes acts cautiously and pragmatically, offering intelligence to Su Chen in exchange for safety. His account clarifies the Final Ruins’ relative strength and limitations.
• Su Chen remains composed through the transformation, evaluates his new power strategically, and continues to favor preparation over overconfidence.
• Three Fool suspects Calamity’s departure has another purpose but cannot stop him.

Significant themes

• Distrust and self-preservation: The Final Ruins conceal information and make alliances cautiously, each weighing who might betray them.
• Power and adaptation: Su Chen’s metamorphosis and Sanctified Professions steadily expand his strength, while the Final Ruins rely on absorbing life and resources to grow.
• Secrecy and strategy: Calamity hides his true mission, Su Chen restrains Nine Eyes, and both sides prepare for possible conflict.
• The cost of survival: Old Gou’s suspected submission may preserve his autonomy at the expense of the others, underscoring how survival can reshape loyalty.

Key plot points and events

• Calamity meets Nine Eyes in the Nether Domain to verify his claims that Old Gou betrayed him and was involved in Nine Eyes’ apparent death. Calamity confirms that the flesh in Netherworld Forest has vanished, but still cannot verify Qin Jianzhi’s death.
• Nine Eyes begins explaining what happened, mentioning Su Chen. By invoking Su Chen’s name, he gives the hidden Su Chen a chance to emerge from his words: Su Chen’s Shadow of Karma ability lets him manifest from information connected to him.
• Su Chen ambushes Calamity, overwhelms his defenses, and tears his wings apart. Calamity survives and rapidly begins regenerating, demonstrating the Final Ruins’ powerful connection to the Nether Domain.
• Su Chen realizes that repeatedly attacking may not be enough to capture the Final Ruins. The Lord of Creation provides a Creation Net, woven from Creation Power, that can seal an area off from the Nether Domain and cut off their source of recovery.
• Ignorance arrives to support Calamity. He accidentally reveals that Old Gou and Three Fool are expected to join the attack, exposing the group’s ambush before he realizes he has let too much slip.

Character developments

• Calamity moves from suspicion of Nine Eyes to being caught completely off guard by Su Chen. Though gravely wounded, he demonstrates remarkable resilience and begins to recover.
• Nine Eyes confirms that his apparent death was not a voluntary sacrifice and accuses Old Gou of acting behind his back. He cooperates with Su Chen, despite the taboo of a Final Ruin conspiring with a Bright Sun against another.
• Su Chen reveals power on the level of a Supreme Sovereign and uses his unusual ability to stage an unexpected attack. He also quickly identifies the limitation behind the Final Ruins’ regeneration and receives a way to counter it.
• Ignorance remains powerful but careless: his muddled speech gives away the planned reinforcements and weakens the element of surprise.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and mistrust: The Final Ruins’ long history of schemes makes Calamity reluctant to trust Nine Eyes, even when evidence supports the accusation against Old Gou.
• Power and hidden capabilities: Su Chen’s true strength and Shadow of Karma catch both Calamity and Nine Eyes by surprise.
• Home-ground advantage and its limits: The Nether Domain lets the Final Ruins recover rapidly, but the Creation Net may neutralize that advantage.
• The cost of careless speech: Ignorance’s inability to keep quiet turns a concealed ambush into an obvious one.

Character interactions

• Calamity interrogates Nine Eyes, testing both the evidence and Nine Eyes’ account of his past.
• Nine Eyes acts as bait by speaking Su Chen’s name, allowing Su Chen to emerge and attack Calamity.
• Calamity accuses Nine Eyes of betraying the Final Ruins; Nine Eyes responds by blaming Old Gou for his fate.
• Su Chen ignores their argument and focuses on the tactical problem of Calamity’s regeneration.
• Ignorance arrives and unintentionally exposes the plan involving Old Gou and Three Fool.

Key plot points and events

• Ignorance arrives and urges Calamity to recruit Nine Eyes against Su Chen, warning that Su Chen may eventually destroy the Nether Domain. Calamity argues that Su Chen manipulated Nine Eyes and that together they can wear him down.
• Nine Eyes, who had submitted to Su Chen only under pressure, agrees to switch sides—but plans to flee rather than risk fighting. Su Chen remains strangely calm.
• Su Chen’s reinforcements appear: Dao Lord confronts Ignorance, while Amitabha and Yuan Shuo engage Nine Eyes. Su Chen takes on Calamity himself.
• Dao Lord’s attacks injure Ignorance, but the Final Ruins can rapidly regenerate in their home domain. Su Chen, empowered by Bright Sunfire and the eighteen Flesh Embryo Inscriptions, overwhelms Calamity in a single exchange.
• Su Chen uses the Creation Net to sever Calamity’s connection to the Nether Domain, stripping away the source of his apparent immortality. He captures and devours Calamity, while the Purple Extremity World-Purifying Sage Lord begins refining the essence.
• With Calamity gone, Ignorance realizes the danger and tries to escape, but Dao Lord’s forces keep him trapped. Nine Eyes is still held at bay by Amitabha and Yuan Shuo.

Character developments and interactions

• Nine Eyes reveals his self-preserving nature: he has no loyalty to Su Chen, accepts Calamity’s offer, and attempts to escape once fighting begins. His plan fails when Su Chen’s allies arrive.
• Calamity shifts from confidence in the Nether Domain’s protection to genuine terror when Su Chen cuts off his connection to it. His offers to betray other Final Ruins come too late.
• Su Chen shows foresight and overwhelming strength. He arranged a coordinated ambush with trusted allies, withheld the full extent of his preparations, and turns Calamity’s home-ground advantage against him.
• Dao Lord takes charge against Ignorance and recognizes the power behind Su Chen’s Creation Net, linking it to Supreme Sovereign Jue Tianshuo.
• Amitabha and Yuan Shuo work together to contain Nine Eyes, preventing him from escaping or joining the fight elsewhere.

Significant themes

• Power and loyalty: Nine Eyes’s allegiance is based on coercion and opportunity, not trust.
• Preparation and strategy: Su Chen’s reinforcements and restraint prove more decisive than brute force alone.
• Immortality’s limits: The Final Ruins’ regeneration depends on their connection to the Nether Domain; severing that bond makes them vulnerable.
• Predation and transformation: Su Chen and the Sage Lord treat powerful enemies as sources of essence to absorb and refine.