In the darkest moments of Gu Jianlin’s life, he saw the Sun once again.

That was a figure that unknowingly stood before him, ordinary in stature yet as tall as the heavens, as fierce and magnificent as the rising sun. Her white hair cascaded in the wind, seemingly spanning three thousand feet.

This scene seemed familiar in dreams, as if the first time they met was under similar circumstances. That strongest figure in human history blocked the endless darkness with an overwhelmingly supreme stance, and held up the sky.

She clenched her fist, with a burning Sun in her palm, and delivered a punch!

Still a delicate fist, yet the thunderous noise resounded through heaven and earth!

Sunlight shattered in all directions. Even with crossed arms in defense, the Vermilion Bird Venerate was blasted away like a cannonball. That extreme force spread like fire, nearly carbonizing its noble form, revealing shocking cracks.

She steadied herself with one hand on the ground to release inertia. She released a sea tide-like mental thought to protect herself, but a ray of sunlight from above pierced her right shoulder, causing soul-tearing pain.

It was more than sunlight; it was the materialized Yang Flame Spear!

The second, third, fourth, up to the tenth!

Pure beams of sunlight descended from the sky. The Vermilion Bird Venerate had no choice but to maneuver in the storm-like onslaught, unleashing powerful mental thoughts to block.

Her left hand was torn, the corners of her eyes cut, black hair scorched, and heart and lungs penetrated!

It was an ability never seen before, not belonging to any known path. She felt as if trapped in an endless Yang Flame Hell, where the scorching temperature threatened to burn her away.

Boom!

In her eyes, pale Elemental Turbulence billowed, and desolate clouds gathered in the sky.

That was the Heavenly Master Path at the Eighth Rank, known as Divine Tribulation!

He raised his right hand toward the sky as if to grasp the gathered terrifying energy in the clouds.

At this moment, the fierce deity arrived, grabbing her right hand with a hand that clutched a Sun, broke through the air, and struck her abdomen!

Boom!

The Vermilion Bird was struck toward the sky, her wings shielded the sun, blood dripped!

The fierce deity turned around, countless rays of sunlight tore through the silent spacetime, attacking that exquisite side view, burning the earth to ashes along the way.

Sunlight pierced the atmosphere, the Candle Dragon Venerable was torn apart on the spot, dissipating like a reflection in water. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Crisscrossed sword lights flashed by, effortlessly cutting through the descending sunlight, spacetime collapsing, swept by dimensional turbulence, and finally returning to its original state.

Accompanied by Dragon Roar, the Candle Dragon Venerable was forced away from under the tree, suspended high in the sky.

She faced two Ancient Supremes alone and pushed them back!

This was unprecedented in human history.

No, perhaps that person was no longer human.

The newborn deity raised her head, gazing at the two Supremes standing side by side in the sky, her forehead flowing with a mark as scorching as the sun, and her dignified phoenix eyes were full of flames!

The Vermilion Bird Venerate had seen this woman before, knew her name, and even fought against her. She should have long been dead, yet miraculously reborn.

Her appearance remained familiar, but the power she possessed felt overwhelmingly strange.

"Your title."

The Candle Dragon Venerable looked down from above, with a strange smile in her blood-red vertical eyes, full of lightning and thunder.

The newborn deity turned around without hesitation. Every step she took on the barren land left scorched tracks like molten lava, spewing hot Yang Flame.

"Taihua, or perhaps... Ji Zhou."

She paused: "In your understanding, I should be called... Venerable Xi He."

The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Great Wilderness South states: "Beyond the East South Sea, between the Gan Water, there is the Xihe Country. A woman named Xi He bathes the Sun in the Sweet Pool."

Xi He, the Sun Goddess and Goddess of Chronology in ancient mythology, the world’s oldest image of the sun chariot, and the most devoted primal worship of the sun by primitive tribes.

That ancient book recording the tales of gods and ghosts cannot foresee the future, but the strongest who completed self-evolution found a corresponding description in mythology. She achieved her supreme status with the title of Xi He, reborn as a deity, commanding the world!

Theoretically, this was impossible, but it just so happened.

The Vermilion Bird Venerate’s gaze was deep, finally seeing through everything: "It turns out that the Supreme destined to be born on Earth is you. You are the one chosen by this planet!"

The Candle Dragon Venerable tied up her ink-dyed long hair, her eyes and brows filled with a cold smile.

She scoffed, having seen through the rules of this Universe.

The Universe should not produce new Ancient Supremes, because the planets capable of nurturing deities have all been killed by the power of the Third Law and turned into Dead Stars.

Earth is different, it was the Primordial’s prepared incubator.

This meant that the planet always had the potential to produce a Supreme, but interference from the Primordial delayed the emergence of the chosen one.

Now the Primordial’s will was ended, She finally emerged.

Taihua, she was supposed to be the chosen one, a surprising yet logical result, because she was Earth’s purest and strongest life form born over 4.5 billion years and the last master of order’s will in human history.