The variety of Tianming's lifebound beasts had pushed Li Haochen to his limit. He channeled his newfound willpower, giving the ones who were watching him worriedly hope once more. This was probably why the celestial orderians and the sun emperor were so feared. They watched as the eight totems returned to Li Haochen, but they didn't enter his bane-rings. Instead, they rammed into his body, their golden divine patterns gathering around him and resulting in eight subsequent explosions.

His totem ki and astralforce blended together, causing a pillar of flame a thousand meters high to blast off from his body and form a blade-wielding giant. This was the totemic calamity, Vastsun Truegod. It was a second totemic calamity, something thought to be impossible. It looked even more terrifying than his first totemic calamity. Now, he really seemed like a god descending from the heavens. The flames around his body were...