Chapter 79

The moment Su Chen stepped into the array, his expression changed.

An indescribable searing heat surged from all directions, as if his entire body had been dropped into an alchemical furnace.

His skin burned with each pulse, and even his bones felt as if they were melting from the heat.

This was merely residual energy leaking from the array’s suppression—yet it was already this terrifying.

Su Chen dared not underestimate it; he immediately sat cross-legged and activated his Primordial Golden Core. A golden core, spinning smoothly within his dantian, emitted a gentle magic power that enveloped his entire body, bringing him slight relief.

He looked up and saw the fist-sized Sun True Fire, quietly hovering no more than three zhang away.

The golden flame appeared dazzling, beautiful—but it filled him with a fear rooted deep in his soul.

As if even a single step closer would burn his spirit and soul to ash, leaving not even a trace.

“This is the origin of Sun True Fire…” Su Chen felt both reverence and burning desire.

It was the power left behind by the Demon Emperor Jun, one of the supreme flames of the Three Realms.

If he could refine it, his Primordial Golden Core’s Fire Path would instantly reach perfection, and his cultivation base would surge forward, breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm in one bound!

Outside the array, Chang Xi’s cold, clear eyes watched Su Chen silently.

Seeing he was ready, she lifted her slender hand and formed a series of mysterious talisman seals.

“Hum…”

The entire “Yin Locking Yang Great Array” emitted a soft chime; countless silver runes ignited, forming layers of visible chains that bound the Sun True Fire in overlapping loops.

The once wildly violent Sun True Fire, under the array’s suppression, immediately calmed, its power subdued.

“I have pushed the array to its limit, suppressing nine-tenths of the Sun True Fire’s power,” Chang Xi’s cold voice echoed in Su Chen’s ears. “The rest depends on your own fortune.”

“Thank you, Star Lord!” Su Chen was deeply grateful.

He knew that without Chang Xi’s help suppressing it, he wouldn’t even be able to approach the Sun True Fire, let alone refine it.

All preparations were complete; Su Chen wasted no more time.

He closed his eyes, sinking his spirit entirely into his dantian, focusing every ounce of his will on controlling the Primordial Golden Core.

“The True Explanation of the Primordial Golden Core: using the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth and the Yin-Yang Qi as nourishment, refining the Golden Core to evolve into the Primordial…”

The scripture’s incantation flowed slowly through his mind.

“Come!”

Su Chen’s will shifted, carefully drawing out a thread of golden flame—thinner than a hair by many times—from the suppressed Sun True Fire.

That tiny, insignificant flame, the moment it broke free from its source, erupted with terrifying heat.

Su Chen felt his spiritual sense pierced like a needle, agonizingly sharp.

He gritted his teeth, using every ounce of strength to guide the golden thread slowly, slowly toward his own dantian’s Primordial Golden Core.

This process was excruciatingly perilous.

Su Chen felt as if he were prodding a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

One misstep, and he would be utterly destroyed.

His spiritual sense burned from the Sun True Fire; beads of sweat formed on his forehead, his face pale.

Finally, after exhausting every last bit of strength, he successfully guided the golden thread to the side of his Primordial Golden Core.

“Refine!”

Su Chen whispered inwardly; his Primordial Golden Core spun violently, generating a powerful suction that swallowed the golden thread whole.

Boom!

The instant the golden flame entered his body, Su Chen felt his Primordial Golden Core was about to explode.

An indescribable agony erupted from deep within his dantian, instantly flooding his entire body!

“Ugh!”

Su Chen couldn’t suppress a groan.

He felt as if his five viscera and six bowels had been set ablaze.

Too brutal!

The power of the Sun True Fire was simply too brutal!

“Hold your spirit, return to unity!”

Only this single thought remained in Su Chen’s mind.

He clenched his teeth, forcing his Primordial Golden Core to spin, channeling its own power to wear down and merge the wild Sun True Fire.

It was an excruciatingly long process.

Su Chen felt as if he were trapped inside Laozi’s alchemical furnace, enduring unimaginable torment with every second.

Time lost all meaning in this moment.

After what felt like an eternity, the searing agony finally began to ease.

The thread of Sun True Fire, swallowed by the Golden Core, was completely refined under its pressure, transforming into an exquisitely pure Fire Origin force that merged into the core.

Hum!

Su Chen’s Primordial Golden Core shuddered violently.

On its surface, the region representing Fire—once faintly glowing red—now blazed brightly, infused with new power.

A far stronger aura radiated from the Golden Core.

Su Chen clearly felt his magic power had surged dramatically.

“Success!”

A surge of elation rose in Su Chen’s heart.

Though the process had been agonizing, the reward was immense!

Merely refining this single thread had brought such a clear advancement in his cultivation.

What if he could refine the entire mass of Sun True Fire?

He suppressed his excitement, refraining from immediately continuing; instead, he carefully examined his body’s changes.

His cultivation base had increased, his magic power had grown purer, and the Fire Origin of his Golden Core had strengthened slightly.

Everything was progressing favorably.

Yet, just as Su Chen prepared to draw another thread of Sun True Fire for a second refinement, his brow suddenly furrowed.

“Something’s wrong. Very wrong.”

Su Chen halted his actions, sinking his spirit entirely into his dantian to closely observe the slightly strengthened Primordial Golden Core.

The Golden Core shimmered with radiant light; the Fire region glowed red, pulsing with power.

Everything appeared normal.

Yet Su Chen’s unease grew stronger.

“Where is the problem?”

He scanned his Golden Core repeatedly with his spiritual sense, leaving no subtle change unexamined.

Finally, he found the source.

Inside his Primordial Golden Core, alongside the five-colored light of the Five Elements, there now lingered an extremely faint but utterly pure golden force.

This golden current was not Fire Origin power—it was something far more brutal.

It radiated the essence of supreme Yang, as if it were the very embodiment of the Sun.

“This is Sun Power!”