Fang Chen led the myna bird away from the Heaven Refining Furnace. Then the myna bird spat out his Natal Spirit Pearl, and Fang Chen gripped the Floating Immortal Sword and resumed chopping.
Ten days later, the mysterious figure in the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram stopped, and the diagram faded away.
Rumble!
A tremendous surge of energy erupted from the Heaven Refining Furnace.
Tribulation Clouds appeared above the Heaven Refining Furnace. A Space Vortex rapidly formed at their center, and a ray of golden light descended to envelop the furnace. Countless golden Runes within the light settled onto it, and the space around it began to warp. When the golden light vanished, the furnace vanished with it.
Fang Chen's eyes narrowed at the sight, but he did not panic. He knew the treasures inside the Heaven Refining Furnace were nearly complete. They had triggered a Heavenly Tribulation, and Golden Cicada Ridge had sent the furnace outside to undergo it.
It was just like the Chaos Demonic Star Vine's Tribulation Transcendence. Once the tribulation was over, the furnace would be sent back.
Three days later, a ray of golden light flew down from the Vortex at the center of the Tribulation Clouds and hovered over the Despair Abyss. When the light faded, Fang Chen saw the Heaven Refining Furnace.
Grass covered the furnace now—or more precisely, a dense growth of grass whose leaves resembled swords.
"Has it finished the tribulation?"
The myna bird could not help asking as he stared at the Heaven Refining Furnace covered in Swordgrass.
Fang Chen tried to send his Spiritual Sense into the furnace, but still could not.
Just then, the Swordgrass on the furnace began to burn. As it burned, it gave off intense Sword Intent. Many unusual Dao Patterns broke free of the grass,