Fan Lang basically knew all there was to know about the Founding Duke and had long anticipated that, in his desperation, the Founding Duke would very likely use the Sacred Furnace Burning Ruins Art.
Fan Lang happened to have a way to counter the Sacred Furnace Burning Ruins Art. It would have been one thing if the Founding Duke had not used it, but once he did, he would be playing right into Fan Lang's hands and would only die faster.
Fan Lang activated the Heavenly Dao cheat God Tablet and summoned the soul of a Divine Ancestor from within it, allowing it to possess him.
This Divine Ancestor was called the True Melting Ancestor. He excelled at controlling all kinds of flames and was the forefather of fire itself. Back then, he had created more than nine thousand eight hundred different kinds of flames, and many later fire-based cultivation arts had originated from him.
The furnace fire within the Founding Duke's body was also a kind of flame. Playing with fire before the True Melting Ancestor was nothing less than playing with fire and getting burned!
The will of the True Melting Ancestor descended upon Fan Lang and merged with his own.
"Since he lit a fire inside his own body, then let his flames burn even fiercer!"
A red radiance burst from Fan Lang's body, dyeing even the lotuses red. He resembled Ksitigarbha emerging from hell itself, gripping a monk's staff in one hand while the other changed through rapid gestures. He pointed through the air at the Founding Duke.
The Founding Duke was immediately affected. The furnace fire within him surged violently, becoming even fiercer and more unruly, as though someone had added fuel to the fire.
The furnace fire was nearly out of control, racing wildly