One Hour later, the Heavenly Punishment finally stopped, and the Tribulation Clouds overhead gradually dispersed.
Over that One Hour, no one knew how much Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning the Heaven Refining Furnace had devoured. The entire furnace glowed red, and great plumes of white smoke rose from it, forming banks of mist.
"It's stopped!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Tribulation Clouds disperse. This Heavenly Tribulation had been terrifying. It had continued without pause for a full One Hour. Only Fang Chen's Heaven Refining Furnace could withstand it. If it had been another Saint's Life-Bound Treasure, it would have been blasted to nothing the moment the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning struck, let alone lasted an hour.
"It worked!"
Fang Chen's gaze sharpened slightly. With a wave of his hand, the lid of the Heaven Refining Furnace opened, and streaks of golden light flew out. Each streak was a stake of the Floating Immortal Great Array—Three Thousand six hundred in all.
As soon as the stakes emerged, they swelled rapidly. Each grew to over Three Thousand yards long, its surface engraved with countless mysterious Formation Runes.
"Bzz, bzz, bzz..."
The stakes gave off strange vibrations that warped the space around them. All Three Thousand six hundred enormous stakes hung in the sky, an overwhelming sight.
"Three Thousand six hundred!"
"The number has tripled!"
"And the stakes are longer and thicker!"
"The pressure they give off is much stronger than before!"
Everyone stared at the glittering golden stakes in the sky, stunned.
Fang Chen waved his hand and condensed a Soul Imprint, branding it onto the stakes and claiming them in an instant. A peculiar formation appeared in his mind, and under the control of his Soul Power, the stakes arranged themselves accordingly in midair.
"Down!"
Fang Chen