Fang Chen nodded slightly and said, "Yes. They hid inside the Heaven Refining Furnace. Not only could they absorb my energy, but almost every time I used the furnace to refine something, a Heavenly Tribulation descended. Those tribulations weren't aimed at them, but the furnace absorbed the energy of the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, and the Sacred Flames absorbed it along with the furnace. That's why they kept growing stronger!"
"That's monstrous!"
The Myna bird couldn't help marveling. It knew that an ordinary Sacred Flame would need a very long time to transform through its own efforts. Yet after following Fang Chen, these Sacred Flames had grown stronger at a startling pace.
Fang Chen waved at the Sacred Flames circling him. "Go play somewhere else!"
At his words, the Sacred Flames immediately scattered and drifted through the Heaven Refining Furnace.
Fang Chen and the Myna bird landed at the bottom of the Heaven Refining Furnace. Fang Chen's feet left two prints in the powder coating its base. It was like sand on a beach. He crouched, scooped up a handful, and examined it closely in his palm. Though it looked like powder, he discovered that every grain was formed from countless mysterious Runes.
The Myna bird scratched at the bottom of the furnace with its claws. After studying the powder carefully for a while, it said, "Fang Chen, this looks a lot like the Heaven Demon Powder you refined before!"
Fang Chen nodded slightly. "I thought so too!"
The Myna bird asked, "Want to take some out and test it?"
Fang Chen nodded. "Of course. Let me collect it all first!"
With that, Fang Chen took out more than a dozen gourds and gathered up all the powder inside the Heaven Refining Furnace!
Then Fang Chen brought the powder to