"Impressive. You’re truly strong. But your guts are even stronger. You actually dared to carry out such a crazy idea to brand all the divine runes onto your soul. Were you not afraid of your starry sea exploding?”0

The Earth Cauldron’s voice echoed in Long Chen’s mind, filled with both admiration and reproach. The Earth Cauldron understood better than anyone the sheer power and danger of these divine runes. Hence, Long Chen’s actions had been nothing short of reckless, a gamble that could have left him crippled—or worse.1

If the Earth Cauldron had been capable of communicating with Long Chen before, it would not have let him do something so foolish no matter what. Now, even though the process was complete, it was...6