Primordial Era: The Sun Emperor

In the beginning of chaos, heaven and earth were separated.

Pangu, the great god, created heaven and earth, and his body transformed into all things. His left eye became the sun, his right eye became the moon, his hair became stars, and his blood became rivers.

The Sun Star, the origin of all yang and the source of all heavens.

It hangs at the highest point of the primordial sky, its entire body burning with an inextinguishable true fire of the sun. The flames are golden-white, and the temperature is so high that even space itself is scorched and distorted. Ordinary primordial deities who approach it will be burned to ashes.

In the deepest part of the Sun Star, where the true fire is most intense, a place that only a Primordial Golden Immortal can enter, two orbs of light are slowly pulsating.

Those were the embryos of two innate deities.

Two true spirits born from the origin of the sun.

Both beams of light took the form of three-legged golden crows, the innate divine beasts formed from the essence of the sun. The three-legged golden crow, the essence of the sun, was born to wield the power over the sun.

The golden crow on the left shone with fierce and domineering light, its golden color tinged with blazing white, as if it wanted to incinerate everything in the world.

Its aura was as majestic as a mountain and as domineering as an emperor. Even though it had not yet developed intelligence, the pressure emanating from its body made the true fire of the sun within a radius of ten thousand miles submit to it.

The golden crow on the right shone just as fiercely, yet it was slightly softer than the one on the left, carrying a sense of all-encompassing grandeur. Its aura was equally powerful, but it possessed a touch more of an emperor's dignified elegance.

The two golden crows share the same origin, both stemming from the core of the Sun Star, the Great Japanese Origin. They slumbered deep within the Sun Star for countless eons, each absorbing the essence of the sun, awaiting the moment when sentience would be born.

On this day, beyond the sun, on the primordial land, the dragon, phoenix, and qilin races were locked in a fierce struggle for supremacy. Endless resentment, murderous intent, and malevolent energy surged into the sky, even affecting the celestial phenomena.

The sun trembled slightly.

In that instant, something unexpected happened.

From the depths of the powerful and domineering Golden Crow's origin on the left, a faint light suddenly appeared. That light was completely different from the True Fire of the Sun, carrying a trace of... an aura that did not belong to this world.

That was a wisp of soul from a later generation.

It appeared abruptly deep within the core of the Golden Crow's origin, its origin and origin unknown.

The moment the soul appeared, it instinctively merged with the origin of the Golden Crow.

That soul carried fragments of memories from a future life. Although it was in a state of chaos and lacked intelligence, the consciousness of "self" had already begun to awaken.

boom--

The sun star suddenly shuddered.

A visible golden ripple spread out from the depths of the Sun Star, sweeping across the heavens and the earth.

The powerful beings of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races, who were fighting on the primordial land, all looked up at the sky with expressions of horror.

That aura... was too domineering.

It was as if an unparalleled emperor was being conceived, and before he was even born, he had already proclaimed to the world—I am the Lord of the Sun!

The anomalies outside the Sun lasted for a full ten thousand years.

Over the course of millennia, the sun's light shone ten times brighter than usual, causing the temperature of the primordial land to rise several times over. Countless powerful beings attempted to deduce the secrets of heaven, but could only see chaos.

The entire primordial world became incredibly hot. Some powerful beings wanted to resolve this issue, but found that they could not get close to the great sun at all.

Even the most powerful beings cannot reach the Sun Star directly.

Fortunately, all the creatures born at this time were extraordinary, otherwise they would have been scorched to death by that great sun.

Deep within the Sun Star, the two golden crow primordial energies are undergoing dramatic changes.

The golden crow's primordial energy on the left is about to be imbued with sentience due to the intrusion of a future soul. The primordial power begins to actively gather and condense, evolving towards "self."

This is a good thing.

The problem is that the Great Japanese Source of the Sun Star is finite. The Sun Star nurtured two primordial deities, and their origins were originally divided in two. Now, the Golden Crow Source on the left is actively absorbing the Great Japanese Source, thus squeezing out the Golden Crow Source on the right.

More importantly, the two golden crow primordial energies are too close together.

That anomaly that lasted for ten thousand years disrupted the flow of the Great Japanese Origin within the Sun Star, and the two Golden Crow Origins were pushed together by an invisible force.

The golden-white light and the pure gold light complement each other.

The powerful and domineering Golden Crow essence on the left, in the process of merging with the souls of later generations, instinctively sensed the existence of the entity of the same origin on the right. It was an extreme hunger—as if only by devouring the other could it become whole and powerful.

They have no intelligence, no sense of good or evil, only instinct.

The golden crow's essence on the left began to devour.

Golden light flourishes!

The golden crow on the left spread its illusory three-legged form and bit down on the golden crow's primordial energy on the right. The golden crow on the right had not yet developed sentience and was powerless to resist, only able to let its primordial energy be devoured bit by bit.

This process lasted for an unknown period of time.

It may be a hundred years, a thousand years, or ten thousand years.

When the last wisp of Emperor Jun's essence was completely devoured, the golden crow essence on the left finally ceased its movement. Its light was several times more intense than before, its golden-white color was even more intense, and its domineering aura almost shattered the sun.

The golden crow on the right disappeared completely.

In the Sun Star, there is no longer Di Jun, only Tai Yi remains.

The fusion of that wisp of soul from the future with the origin of the Golden Crow was finally completed.

Taiyi's intelligence was born at this moment.

The golden light faded, and the sun returned to its usual tranquility.

But Taiyi, deep within the Sun Star, was plunged into an unprecedented shock.

He... woke up.

"who I am?"

This was the first thought that came to Taiyi after he gained sentience.

Immediately afterwards, an endless stream of information flooded in like a tidal wave.

He witnessed the formation of the sun star—Pangu's left eye transformed into the sun star, and the Great Japan Source gave birth to two true spirits.

He saw two golden crow primordial energies sleeping deep within the sun—the one on the left was himself, and the one on the right was another being.

He saw the Sun Star undergo an anomaly, with two primordial energies drawing closer.

Then, he saw himself devour another primordial energy.

Taiyi fell silent.

In his consciousness, besides his original fragments of memory, another memory had appeared. It was the remaining information carried by the golden crow's essence that had been devoured—Di Jun.

Di Jun.

This name instantly connected the fragments of memories from the future in Taiyi's mind.

In his previous life, he had seen records of primordial myths in an ancient book.

Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, ancient demon emperors and sun gods, established the Heavenly Court, led the demon race, and fought with the witch race for supremacy in the primordial world.

But now, Di Jun has been devoured by himself before he has even developed any intelligence.

Taiichi's feelings were extremely complicated.

But he quickly calmed down.

Because he felt an unimaginable, immense power within his body.

After absorbing Di Jun, the essence of the sun within him became more than twice as pure as before.

The Great Japan of the Sun Star was originally divided into two, but now they have been reunited and all belong to him alone.

This is an incredible opportunity.

Taiyi had no time for sentimentality; he had to refine Dijun's essence as soon as possible and make it completely his own.

Otherwise, if Di Jun's remaining consciousness were to backfire, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Taiyi calmed his mind and began refining.

The true fire of the sun burned fiercely within him, incinerating the last impurities in Di Jun's origin. Di Jun's fragments of laws, origin imprints, and even that tiny bit of unformed consciousness were all melted down by Taiyi's true fire of the sun and integrated into himself.

Only a trace of true spirit was refined by Taiyi, without any trace of the sun's origin, and not even consciousness.

This process of refinement is a great eon.

Over the course of a great eon, the primordial world underwent earth-shattering changes.

The great war between the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans has finally come to an end.

The three races suffered heavy losses and were severely weakened, forcing them to retreat into the primordial wilderness to recuperate.

The three great races that once dominated the primordial world have now withered and disappeared, leaving no trace.

All races seized the opportunity to rise up.

Tigers, wolves, snakes, rocs... countless innate races thrived and multiplied on the primordial land, vying for blessed lands and grottoes.

The primordial world entered a chaotic era of conflict among myriad races.

Beyond the primordial wilderness, deep within the chaos, an even more terrifying battle is unfolding.

The Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Demon Ancestor Luohou: The Struggle Between Dao and Demon.

That was a battle beyond the imagination of all living beings in the primordial world. The two fought from the chaos to the edge of the primordial world, and from the edge of the primordial world back to the depths of chaos.

In the end, Hongjun suppressed Rahu with his supreme power, but he also paid a heavy price and bore the enormous karmic burden of the West.

With the conflict between the Dao and the Demonic Realm over, Hongjun went into seclusion to prepare for attaining enlightenment.

The landscape of the primordial world is quietly changing.

All of this was unknown to Taiyi, deep within the Sun.

He is completing the final step of refining.

Deep within the Sun Star, golden light suddenly burst forth.

The light was a hundred times more intense than the sun itself, shooting straight into the sky and piercing through the heavens and the earth.

Countless creatures on the primordial land looked up and saw that the sun star in the sky was like a burning giant eye, shining brightly and illuminating every corner of the primordial world.

The primordial chaos trembled.

Countless powerful beings tried to calculate, but could only see a sun hanging high in the sky, majestic, domineering, and arrogant.

"That was... a remarkable being born from the Sun Star."

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, the Hongjun Ancestor slightly opened his eyes, looked towards the direction of the Sun Star, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

He did some calculations, but found that the secrets of heaven were in chaos, and he could not see the future of that being.

Hongjun frowned slightly, then relaxed, and murmured, "Interesting."

He then ignored it.

Deep within the Sun Star, Taiyi slowly opened his eyes.

Within his golden eyes, it seemed as if two suns were burning, and wherever his gaze fell, even space itself was scorched and distorted, exuding domineering, majesty, and an unquestionable authority.

Taiichi looked down at himself.

His body had already solidified into a form, standing three zhang tall, entirely golden, with muscles sculpted like those of a knife and axe, brimming with explosive power.

Her golden hair cascaded down to her waist, each strand burning with the true fire of the sun.

What's most eye-catching is the golden halo behind him.

That is the Sun God Ring, formed from the pure essence of the sun, slowly rotating and radiating a high temperature sufficient to incinerate everything.

Taiyi felt the power within his body, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"The Great Luo Golden Immortal has reached perfection."

He uttered those four words softly, a hint of satisfaction in his voice.

By devouring Di Jun and refining his origin, he cultivated diligently for a great eon, eventually reaching the perfect state of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

He is only one step away from becoming a Primordial Golden Immortal.

His cultivation level was secondary; what mattered most was that he exclusively possessed the complete essence of the sun and held sole power over it.

Taiyi raised his right hand, and a ball of golden-white flame appeared in his palm.

That is the ultimate form of the true fire of the sun—the Great Sun Holy Flame, which even a Great Luo Golden Immortal dares not touch lightly.

"Di Jun, you were devoured by me before you were even born, so I benefited from you," Taiyi murmured. "But the path of cultivation is inherently a dog-eat-dog world. Now that I have your essence, I will take your share and reach the highest point as well."

Then, Taiyi placed the bit of true spirit extracted from Dijun's origin in the core of the sun and preserved it.

"If I ascend to the highest heavens, I will be a hero for all eternity."

Gazing at that spark of true spirit, Taiyi made a promise in his heart.

He raised his head and looked beyond the sun star, his golden eyes seemingly able to see through the endless void and into the primordial land.

"In this life, I will let the brilliance of the sun shine upon all the heavens and myriad worlds."