Chapter 544 - Day of the Nine Suns

On this day, it would look like nine suns had appeared, but eight of them were remnants of the Golden Crow’s soul. Only the one in the dead center would be the sun. The position of one’s heaven meridian point was similar to the sun in the center of the sky.

Jian Chen and Lan Ling’er watched with concern as Long Chen took a deep breath. He had a feeling that the phenomenon would begin in a short while. The world seemed to have fallen silent. Long Chen held the Emperor Flame Pearl in his hand, then he looked up and watched the sun in silence.

It has begun!

Long Chen’s heart skipped a beat!

The sun in the sky trembled in a manner visible to the naked eye. Bright and melodious bird calls filled the air; they sounded like they came from far away but were also close to the ear. Eight bird silhouettes emerged from the sun. They orbited around the sun, then they turned into burning suns themselves identical to the real sun in the center!

A total of nine suns dotted the sky. The image of the golden bird appeared in every sun.

That was the Golden Crow!

Long Chen felt truly shaken when he witnessed it.

Is this what true power is like?

Remnants of its souls remain in the sun so that even after its death, they appear in this manner.

The nine suns were in the center of the sky!

Hundreds of millions of people were watching this miraculous scene across the whole Divine Martial Empire!

It looked magnificent at first, but it became scorching hot soon after. Every single sun emitted waves of pure heat that roasted the world below. Long Chen felt the extreme heat around him, as if the air itself was burning.

Although he was not burning, he felt as if he was situated in the middle of burning flames. Every inch of his skin was being burned by the suns!

The people who were not as strong as him were probably suffering even more.

Of course, everyone had long known that this day would come, so it was common for everyone to take precautions. Thankfully, the situation was not as tragic as he imagined.

“How interesting.”

Xiaolang stared woodenly at the nine suns high up in the sky. He stood up subconsciously with brazen greed in his eyes. This brazen, insatiable greed came from the nature of the Sun Devouring Wolf, not Xiaolang.

The nine suns in the sky were the objects of his dream!

Due to the opening of the nine meridian points and the Emperor Flame Pearl, the main character of the day was Long Chen.

The nine suns had officially formed, so Long Chen guessed that the Emperor Flame Pearl would activate soon. As expected, the quiet Emperor Flame Pearl suddenly emitted a shocking amount of heat and levitated from his palm until it was floating above his head!

The Emperor Flame Pearl spun quickly, and Long Chen kept reminding himself to calm down as he watched it spin. It was not an absolutely safe method to directly progress to the Ninth Passage Stage, so he had to remain cautious.

Everyone else watched the Emperor Flame Pearl spin anxiously.

The burning suns were directly above the Emperor Flame Pearl. It let out a soft cry, then, to Long Chen’s shock, he saw a golden thread flying out from each sun towards his head!

They were golden threads when they were in the sky, but by the time they reached his head, they turned into golden fiery poles!

This was why Long Yue said that Long Chen would cause a huge commotion. Even people beyond the Swirling Cloud Mountain Range would see nine fiery poles descend into the mountain range!

The poles came directly from the nine suns in the sky!

The gigantic poles quickly reached his head. By now, Long Chen had already lost consciousness and all he felt was his body floating as he lay horizontal in the air. All he could see were golden flames!

Rumble!

When the gigantic fiery poles hit the top of his head, they shrank immediately and all their heat poured into the Emperor Flame Pearl. The Emperor Flame Pearl was absorbing them into itself!

The singular pearl suddenly multiplied into nine, and every pole corresponded to one pearl. The arrangement of the pearls was the same as the suns in the sky.

From Long Chen’s perspective, the nine pearls looked like nine miniature golden suns, though they were close by. Behind the nine miniature suns were the actual suns in the sky!

Nine Emperor Flame Pearls, nine suns! They reflected each other!

“Long Chen, focus! Begin!” said Little Cat.

Little Cat’s reminder made Long Chen a lot more awake.

An invisible force guided Long Chen’s Qi.

One of the nine pearls led the power from the golden poles to slowly descend upon his body. It was heading towards Long Chen’s dantian. This was the dan meridian point, also the first meridian point in his body!

Whoosh!

Long Chen watched the Emperor Flame Pearl melt into his body, flow to his dantian, and merge with his dantian. Golden energy flowed through his body and followed the eighteen starry rivers within to travel to his four limbs. To his surprise, having flames burning within his golden energy was not as terrifying as it seemed. It was a gentle, nourishing source of energy that did not belong to any element. It was just like the Ascension Fruit he had consumed a long, long time ago!

The nourishment helped his past injuries heal very quickly. This included the foundational damage caused by the third stage of Blood Sacrifice. If merely one pearl was effective, he could not imagine what the others would do.

When the first Emperor Flame Pearl had completely merged with his dan meridian point, the second Emperor Flame Pearl descended. Just like a liquid, it flowed into his central meridian point, then even more energy poured into his body!

The nine suns provided a continuous flow of energy, and when the pearls merged into his meridian points, the power of the suns entered his body directly.

It was comfortable, very comfortable. He had the same sensation as bathing in warm water on a winter day when he was very young. Not only did the golden energy heal his injuries, it also left behind a seal that strengthened his body.

It’s the third one now ...

The third Emperor Flame Pearl merged into the sole of his left foot.

Time passed slowly. The strange phenomenon taking place in the Swirling Cloud Mountain Range continued.

Long Chen had already opened the first three meridian points, while the other four were sealed because of Blood Sacrifice. However, this was no obstacle to the Emperor Flame Pearls—the meridian points quickly opened once more after the pearls merged with them.

In the blink of an eye, seven pearls had merged with seven meridian points. The merging of the eighth meridian point had begun. Just now, Long Chen had been terrified because the power of the pearl entered his Yang meridian point, which was located in his fragile brain!

The merging of the eighth pearl was undeniably a success. Out of the nine suns in the sky, eight of them were actually soul remnants of the Golden Crow, but they were now directly connected to his body!

Only the heaven meridian point remains. Once this succeeds, I’ll begin ...

thought Little Cat.

The Emperor Flame Pearl in the center moved. Long Chen watched it anxiously because he had a feeling that it was moving towards his heaven meridian point!

Little Cat’s assistance would be the most important moment of today. Right now, this was the second most important moment!

After he finished clearing his heaven meridian point, his cultivation would be solidified at the Ninth Passage Stage!

While he was anxious, the other two were anxious too. Lan Ling’er had been watching nervously since the beginning as the fiery poles were very scary. She would not have dared to use this method to increase her strength.

Of course, she did not need the Emperor Flame Pearl since she was at the Earthly Martial Realm.

Jian Chen squinted, also watching for Long Chen’s heaven meridian point.

Usually, the position of the heaven meridian point was strongly related to one’s talent in cultivation. The more important the location was, the more talented the cultivator. It was usually located in the torso, but there were both good and bad places within. The most powerful location was the heart.

If the heaven meridian point appeared in the limbs, then that person was not talented in cultivation.

A peak prodigy’s heaven meridian point would be in between their eyebrows, forming a triangle with the Yang Earth and Yin Earth meridian points. Jian Chen had heard that only a handful of people had this. The legendary Martial Overlord of the Martial Alliance was one such case.

Long Chen was extraordinary too, so Jian Chen really wanted to know ... Where would his heaven meridian point be?

Jian Chen’s expression suddenly changed.

“Ling’er, someone’s coming. Be prepared to kill. Protect Long Chen at all costs!”