# Chapter 1007: Falling Sun Descends Upon the World
Huo Poyun's entire body was already covered in golden flames, leaving only a blurred silhouette. But no one noticed this—all eyes were fixed dead on the golden sun hanging in the sky above.
The moment anyone saw it, the first thought that came to mind was a blazing sun descending upon the world!
The shock that the four words "Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath" brought to the Ice Phoenix elders was something the younger generation could never understand. But as they looked at the elders and the Palace Master, whose faces had paled to the point of complete loss of color, they could imagine just how terrifying a concept it was.
"Ahhh—aaaahhhhh!"
Huo Poyun continued to roar, his voice growing hoarser and more shrill with each cry, punctuated by the long cries of a Golden Crow. The light grew more intense, approaching pure gold. The "sun" in the sky existed in silence, appearing unchanged, but the terrifying aura grew rapidly with every breath, as if it would never end.
Yun Che's eyes were also fixed on the sun above, unable to look away. As shock filled his heart, Mu Xuanyin's voice transmission suddenly reached his ears:
"This is the power of the tenth level of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record, named Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath."
Tenth level!? Yun Che was secretly astonished.
"When Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath is cultivated to great perfection, it can summon nine suns to annihilate the world. Huo Poyun seems to have only reached the most basic 'One Sun' level, but... in the hundreds of thousands of years of Flame God Realm history, only four have ever cultivated Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath to completion! Even Huo Rulie, the current strongest of the Golden Crow Sect, has yet to cultivate the tenth level of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record."
Yun Che: "..."
"Of those four Golden Crow ancestors who cultivated the tenth level of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record, the youngest was over six thousand years old. And Huo Poyun... is less than thirty years old! This absolutely cannot be innate talent alone."
Yun Che's heart shook... The Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath Huo Poyun was releasing now was only the most basic 'One Sun' form, yet its aura was far more terrifying than Yellow Springs Ashes by many times over.
How terrifying would the complete 'Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath' be?
"Can you withstand such power? If not, then simply concede. I will bear the consequences myself—there's no need to force yourself."
Mu Xuanyin's voice was cold and devoid of emotion. Yun Che did not hesitate and gently nodded.
But his gaze remained fixed on the sun in the sky, and deep in his eyes flickered a profound longing.
From the Golden Crow Soul Spirit, he had only obtained the first seven levels of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record. After that, the extreme power of the Golden Crow Flame had allowed it to replace the Phoenix Flame as his most frequently used power. He never imagined that the higher levels of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record could be this powerful.
If he could obtain the higher-level Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record divine art, with his Evil God power, he should be able to cultivate it in a short time without too much obstruction. Then his power would surely reach another level... but that was, after all, the core divine art of the Golden Crow Sect—how could they let it fall into the hands of an outsider?
Mu Xuanyin's gaze inadvertently swept across Yun Che's eyes, but only for a moment.
Beads of sweat poured from Huo Poyun's body like rain, only to be instantly incinerated. Huo Poyun's roars gradually slowed, and high in the distant sky, the aura of that sun finally stopped changing.
In their line of sight, the originally pale sky had turned a dazzling golden yellow, extending to the very edge of the horizon. That sun had become the center of this world, releasing a light so blinding it was impossible to look directly at—just like a real sun.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe that all of this came from a young profound practitioner at the Divine Tribulation Realm.
Such a Huo Poyun could no longer be called an unprecedented genius... but rather a freak who defied all logic and understanding—a freak that had shocked every high-ranking member of the Ice Phoenix God Sect to the point of dropping their jaws.
In ancient legends, the source of the Golden Crow's flame was the fire of the sun. Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath burned with true solar fire.
Huo Rulie slowly turned his head, the excited flame in his pupils burning for a long time. This was the supreme realm he had dreamed of but never achieved. It was also why, when Mu Hanyi suddenly jumped out to "interfere," he had no dissatisfaction or hesitation at all.
Because not to mention Mu Hanyi, who was also at Divine Tribulation Realm Level 5—even Yan Zhuo, who had accompanied them today with profound power as high as Divine Tribulation Realm Level 8, was no match for Huo Poyun. In his eyes, Mu Hanyi's forced intervention was nothing more than delivering a meal—it wouldn't cause even the slightest obstruction.
"Mu Xuanyin, this new disciple you accepted is indeed extraordinary—it truly surprised me. But compared to Poyun... he's far too inferior!"
Huo Rulie stood beside Huo Poyun, speaking with immense pride and arrogance: "Poyun is a hundred times stronger than his useless master! In the future, he will surely be the first person in the history of our Flame God Realm... to achieve the Divine Lord Realm!"
Achieving Divine Lord!
In the God Realm, these were four words imbued with a mythical aura. Because a "Divine Lord" was considered a god among men. But under Huo Rulie's declaration, not a single person from the Ice Phoenix God Sect dared to mock him...
Twenty-four years old... Tenth level of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record...
The words "achieving Divine Lord" didn't seem at all exaggerated or absurd when spoken of such a freak.
The appearance of a Divine Lord Realm in Yin Xue Realm had sharply elevated its position among mid-tier star realms.
But if the Flame God Realm produced a Divine Lord...
Then it would very likely directly ascend to a top-tier star realm!
"Sect Master!" Mu Bingyun looked at Yun Che for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak to Mu Xuanyin. She and Mu Xuanyin were the only two who knew that Yun Che possessed the Evil God's power. But they were not Yun Che, and naturally couldn't truly understand the limits of the Evil God's power.
Faced with this extremely high-level Golden Crow Divine Flame, Mu Bingyun couldn't help but worry.
Mu Xuanyin did not respond.
"Huo Rulie, although you are too old to be of much use, you've taken on a good disciple!" Mu Xuanyin said coldly.
"Haah... haah..." Huo Poyun had flames covering his body, one hand raised to the sky, breathing heavily and painfully. His face and gasps carried deep suffering.
After all, although it was only the most basic "One Sun," for someone at the Divine Tribulation Realm, it was still too much. Though he barely managed to release it, it had completely drained all his power.
"Heh..." Huo Rulie chuckled lowly. "Better tell your disciple to concede quickly. You should know that Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath is not so easy to control. Once it falls, your newly accepted disciple will definitely die!"
"Concede?" Mu Xuanyin showed disdain. "Just because of this so-called Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath that doesn't even count as its fringe?"
Huo Rulie's eyes widened, and his voice sank: "As expected of the Yin Xue Realm King—truly 'unyielding'! You can even disregard the life or death of your own personal disciple. I, Huo Rulie, am truly enlightened today!"
"Life or death? Hmph, what makes you think this King's disciple cannot withstand this mere Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath!" Mu Xuanyin said coldly.
"Fine... fine!" Huo Rulie trembled all over. She could despise him, and he could bear it, but she dared to despise Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath. "Then if this disciple named Yun Che dies under Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath... what will you do?!"
"Die?" Mu Xuanyin's brows slanted, and she said with extreme coldness: "Fine. Then this King will give you the satisfaction!"
"If Yun Che is severely injured or dies under this Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath, this King will absolutely not pursue the matter. If I violate this oath, may heaven and earth destroy me! Huo Rulie, are you satisfied now!"
Such heavy words stunned everyone into dumb shock. Huo Rulie was directly frozen in place for a moment, then gritted his teeth and pointed: "Mu Xuanyin, those are... your words!"
"Sect Master! But that's—"
"Silence!" An elder of the divine palace had just spoken when Mu Xuanyin's cold glare rebuked him: "Two disciples are competing—what are you all chattering about! During their fight, whoever dares to intervene... don't blame this King for being ruthless!"
All the Ice Phoenix elders and palace masters lost their color and dared not speak another word. Yan Wancang and Yan Juehai exchanged glances.
If Yun Che died because of this, she would not pursue it... Not only that, but she also forbade anyone from stopping or saving him!
But that was Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath! How could he possibly withstand it!
"Poyun!" Huo Rulie roared with a desperate voice.
Huo Poyun raised his head with difficulty: "Master... but—"
"Since the Yin Xue Realm King has said so, can she take it back!" Huo Rulie bellowed. "Release it!"
Huo Poyun had already reached the limit of what he could sustain. He gritted his teeth fiercely, let out a great roar, and the flames on his body exploded. The light flickered in the space, and above in the sky, that "sun" fell amidst huge cries of shock.
"Waaaahhhhhhh!"
Earlier, the heat had still been bearable for the Ice Phoenix disciples. But as the sun descended, the entire world seemed to plunge into a sea of purgatorial fire. The disciples with lower cultivation levels let out pained screams.
The seventy-two elders and thirty-six palace masters all flew up at once, forming a large-scale ice crystal barrier to isolate the heat. But the consequence of this, naturally, was that the flame force could not dissipate... Yun Che, at the center, would bear the full power of Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath in a concentrated manner.
The sun dragged a long shadow of flames as it rapidly descended. Even through the ice barrier, all the Ice Phoenix disciples could feel an extremely terrifying aura.
Yun Che tilted his head upward, his entire body bathed in dazzling gold. The sun fell slowly, and it didn't lock onto Yun Che's aura—it seemed Huo Poyun deliberately left Yun Che time to escape. But Yun Che stood motionless, staring directly at the solar fire descending toward him, as if probing something.
"Ahhhhh—!"
Amid a chorus of overlapping screams, everyone watched helplessly as the sun finally crashed down, engulfing Yun Che...
Boom~~~~~~~~~
A dull explosion, golden light shattering, ten thousand feet of flame light shooting straight into the sky. It was as if a real sun had exploded right before their eyes.
The space where Yun Che stood had completely become a golden world, with only world-incinerating golden flames burning and raging violently. Layers of ice sealed off these golden flames, preventing them from escaping. But the Ice Phoenix elders and palace masters maintaining these ice crystal barriers were all shocked to the core.
Because the force impacting the ice crystal barriers... had nearly reached the level of the Divine Spirit Realm!
Divine Tribulation Realm Level 5... releasing power comparable to the Divine Spirit Realm!
The prototype of Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath was already this terrifying. If all nine suns fell together, it might truly destroy heaven and earth like a "Heavenly Wrath."
But as for Yun Che...
"Sigh!" Yan Wancang's eyes shone brightly. The sight of a falling sun descending upon the world stirred even his heart. He sighed deeply, but in his heart, he simply could not understand why Mu Xuanyin would rather risk her disciple's life than let him concede, and even took a heavy oath herself.
His sigh had just fallen when his expression suddenly changed.
Through layers of Golden Crow flame... he could clearly sense Yun Che's aura!
Not only did this aura exist, it was exceptionally clear... showing no sign of weakening at all!
This sudden discovery caused the number one figure of the Flame God Realm to stand frozen on the spot, staring fixedly ahead, unable to believe his own spiritual senses.
"So... so terrifying... Flame God Realm actually has... someone this terrifying." One Ice Phoenix disciple stammered. In comparison, their previously adored Mu Hanyi seemed utterly lackluster.
"Yun Che... he... he... sss! With such terrifying power, he must have died in an instant... The Sect Master, she—"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
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The Ice Phoenix disciples were in shock and terror. Such power was something none of the younger generation of their Ice Phoenix God Sect could match. As for Yun Che... the only outcome was to be buried within. Perhaps in the very first instant, he had already turned to ashes.
But they didn't notice that the expressions of the elders and palace masters had suddenly changed drastically, all gazes fixed firmly on the spot where Yun Che had stood... Their stunned expressions and completely frozen stares made it seem as if they had all lost their souls at once.
The solar flames, after burning fiercely for a long time, finally began to subside and gradually extinguish.
As the golden flames gradually thinned, a figure that had been devoured by fire slowly emerged.
Yun Che still stood in the same place, but the ice beneath his feet had long disappeared, melted into an unknown deep cavity below. His face was calm, and around his body, a blue ice crystal barrier shimmered with a blue-gold light amid the flames.
The golden flames still burned, but were all sealed outside the ice crystal, no matter how fiercely they raged, they could not touch Yun Che's body. From head to toe, he was completely unharmed. The Ice Phoenix Snow Robe he wore showed not even the slightest visible trace of burning.
The moment Yun Che's figure appeared, the entire world suddenly fell into deathly silence, except for the sound of flames burning.
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[PS: Huo Poyun is no mere side character—he's a boss!]
(End of chapter)