Rumble!
The Black Cauldron shuddered violently, and great clouds of white mist poured out.
The Heaven Refining Furnace shook as well. As it trembled, it turned red, and torrents of Flames burst from within. Under that searing heat, even the space inside the Swallowing Heaven Tower warped.
The Heaven Mending Goddess hurled the Five-Colored Divine Stone at the Black Cauldron. The moment it struck, it plunged inside.
The Sun Shooting Man drew his Longbow and fired Light Arrows at the Black Cauldron. Every arrow that hit it sank inside.
At last, the myna bird could approach Fang Chen. He asked, "Fang Chen, what exactly are these Manifestations of yours doing?"
Fang Chen shook his head slightly. "They're probably helping me refine something."
With that, Fang Chen swept his Spiritual Sense over the Heaven Refining Furnace and began forming Dao Patterns.
The Eight Trigrams Array Diagram beneath Fang Chen's feet immediately trembled. Spiritual Qi rushed toward it in a frenzy, and its Formation Runes began to rotate. As the Array Diagram turned, it drew in every Dao Pattern Fang Chen had formed.
"What's going on?"
Fang Chen froze and looked down at the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram. Nothing like this had ever happened when he refined things before. Yet now it had absorbed all the Dao Patterns he had formed.
While Fang Chen was still puzzled, the outermost Formation Runes of the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram began to turn in reverse. Dao Patterns streamed from them. They looked just like the ones Fang Chen had formed, but the pressure they gave off seemed even stronger.
Fang Chen stopped, but the outer edge of the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram kept turning in reverse. Dao Patterns poured out without end, flew toward the Heaven Refining Furnace, and plunged inside.
Inside the Heaven Refining