Chapter 66: The Five Elements Treasures, Primordial Divine Fire

Nezha was straightforward and had no airs.

He led the two to his mansion, dismissed the celestial attendants, personally fetched his treasured immortal wine, and drank with Sun Wukong and Su Chen in the garden pavilion.

Sun Wukong and Nezha were both blunt men, both of the kind who become friends only after a fight; after a few cups of wine, their tongues were completely loosened.

They spoke of amusing tales from the mortal realm, then of the Dragon King’s palace, then of the Underworld’s Yanwang , then of the myriad immortals of Heaven.

The more they talked, the more in sync they became; the more they drank, the happier they grew—until finally they swore brotherhood.

“Big Brother Monkey, here, let me toast you again!” Nezha, imitating Su Chen’s address, raised his cup, his face flushed red.

“Little Nezha, bottom’s up!” Sun Wukong accepted without hesitation, lifted his cup and drained it in one gulp, exuding boldness.

Su Chen sat beside them, drinking along and occasionally interjecting a few words.

Yet within him, thoughts churned endlessly.

“I never expected Big Brother Monkey would become friends with Nezha so quickly. This is a good thing.”

He knew that although Nezha was a third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect, he had achieved sainthood through his physical form and was not bound by the Investiture of the Gods—his status in Heaven was exceptionally lofty.

Moreover, he was upright and hated evil with a passion, one of the few righteous deities worth befriending.

With him as a friend, Sun Wukong would gain a powerful ally in Heaven and face less resistance.

Yet…

Su Chen watched Sun Wukong and Nezha clinking cups and roaring with laughter, sensing the ocean-deep magic power radiating from them, and a longing stirred within him.

One of them had been a Jin Xian since leaving his sect; now he was surely a Taiyi Jin Xian.

The other had been famed throughout the Three Realms since the Investiture era; no one knew his current realm.

And he himself? Only a Ren Xian.

The gap between them was vaster than heaven and earth.

Although Sun Wukong and Nezha had never looked down on him for his low cultivation,

Su Chen knew well: before beings of this caliber, he was as insignificant as an ant.

His safety, his status, everything he possessed, rested solely on the identity of “Sun Wukong’s brother.”

Lose that protection, and any minor deity in Heaven could crush him like an ant.

“I must prioritize raising my cultivation,” Su Chen thought inwardly.

Though since arriving in Heaven, aided by the vast spiritual energy, his cultivation had advanced rapidly,

to reach the Earth Immortal realm, even a conservative estimate required over a hundred years.

How could he wait that long? To accelerate his progress, he must find the Five Elements treasures.

After the feast ended, Sun Wukong was utterly drunk, staggering back to the Great Sage Mansion.

Su Chen remained completely sober.

After settling Sun Wukong down, he returned alone to his room, closed the door, and pondered his next steps in cultivation.

At Wuzhuang Temple, he had obtained Yang Mei’s discarded form—the hollow willow branch.

That willow branch was a primordial spiritual root, brimming with boundless Jia Mu essence, enabling him to perfect the Wood attribute of his Golden Core and thus achieve Ren Xian.

To break through to Earth Immortal swiftly, he needed a top-tier Fire attribute treasure to refine his Golden Core and bring its Fire attribute to perfection.

“It seems I must rely on the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror,” Su Chen thought.

Thinking this, Su Chen summoned the [Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror].

Before him, the ancient mirror, visible only to him, slowly materialized.

【Current Heaven’s Mechanism Points: 300】

“Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror, consume Heaven’s Mechanism Points to reveal clues to a Fire attribute spiritual object suitable for my cultivation and attainable by me.”

The mirror shimmered faintly; its inscriptions began to flash rapidly.

【Heaven’s Mechanism Calculating…】

【Searching for a Fire attribute supreme treasure to break through to Earth Immortal realm. Requires 250 Heaven’s Mechanism Points. Confirm?】

“Two hundred fifty points!”

This number exceeded by fifty the cost of deciphering the Pangu True Form Map.

“So expensive?” Su Chen thought inwardly: “What could it possibly be?”

Just seeking a Fire attribute treasure—even if demanding—shouldn’t cost more than Yang Mei’s discarded form.

Could this opportunity be greater than Yang Mei’s relic?

Or does it involve immense karmic entanglements?

Su Chen did not know how the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror measured the required points.

“Do it!”

After a brief hesitation, Su Chen gritted his teeth and made his decision.

“Confirm!”

As his will confirmed, the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror instantly lost 250 points.

Simultaneously, the mirror blazed with brilliant light.

After a moment, the light gradually subsided.

A line of ancient golden seal script appeared on the mirror.

【Lunar Core, dwelling of the Moon Goddess, legacy of the Demon Emperor, Supreme Solar Fire.】

A single sentence—but Su Chen’s heart pounded wildly.

Supreme Solar Fire!

One of the most supreme flames in the Three Realms!

A primordial divine fire born from the Sun Star’s origin, paired with the Lunar Core’s Yin True Water as the ultimate Yang and Yin sources of heaven and earth.

The ancient Demon Emperor Di Jun was a three-legged golden crow born from the Sun Star, naturally wielding this supreme fire.

Legend said this fire burned all things, melted even primordial spiritual treasures.

If he could obtain even a wisp of it to refine his Primordial Golden Core, the effect…

Su Chen could not imagine it.

His Golden Core’s Fire attribute would not merely reach perfection—it might undergo some unforeseen transformation from the infusion of this primordial Solar Fire.

Now he understood why this deciphering required 250 Heaven’s Mechanism Points.

Yet after the initial elation faded, Su Chen quickly regained his composure.

The opportunity was great—but acquiring it was harder than climbing to heaven.

The location: the Lunar Core.

The Lunar Star was one of Heaven’s notorious forbidden zones.

Not even other Heaven’s great ones could step inside without the Jade Emperor’s decree—let alone a Ren Xian like him.

Worse, the treasure lay within the domain of the Moon Goddess Chang Xi.

Who was Chang Xi? One of the ancient Demon Emperor Di Jun’s demon empresses!

No one knew why, after the War of the Gods and Demons, she had not perished but instead became the Lord of the Lunar Star.

Yet even a fool could guess: she was an ancient monster, alive for countless ten thousand years, her power unfathomable.

To steal a relic left by her dead husband from her own cultivation grounds?

What was that but pulling teeth from a tiger’s mouth?

No—it was ten thousand times more dangerous than pulling teeth from a tiger’s mouth!

If discovered, he wouldn’t just fail to obtain the treasure—he’d have no chance of reincarnation. The Moon Goddess would instantly reduce him to ash, annihilating his soul and spirit.

“Hard! Hard! Hard!”

Su Chen paced back and forth in his room.

“But since the Heaven’s Mechanism Mirror gave this clue, it means I have a chance—I just need to think carefully.”