Buzz!
A strange scene unfolded.
The Gold-Eating Beasts, raging only a moment ago, froze as soon as the ripple of mental power touched them.
Confusion flickered through their silver-white eyes, then their gazes gradually softened.
Even the Six-Turn Immortal King-level Gold-Eating Beast King lowered its head after a brief struggle.
Fine beads of sweat formed on Palace Mistress Lingxin's forehead. Maintaining mental control over so many beasts was clearly no easy task.
"Quick," she said softly. "I can only control them for the time it takes an incense stick to burn. Grab what you can!"
Fang Chen turned to White Fox. "Senior White Fox, now that Daoist Friend Lingxin has the Gold-Eating Beasts under control, can we take as much treasure as we want?"
"Well..."
White Fox hesitated. The Myriad Laws Furnace had been destroyed, and by all rights, this stretch of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road would collapse before long.
The Myriad Laws Furnace had not only served as a trial for those who sought to Steal the Heavens. It had also supplied energy to the entire Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road.
This stretch of the road depended on the furnace's energy to remain stable.
Now that the furnace was gone, this stretch could not possibly hold together for long.
When it collapsed, the Treasure Vault would inevitably fall into Chaotic Space.
"Take it," White Fox told Fang Chen. "With the Myriad Laws Furnace destroyed, this stretch of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road won't last. If we leave these treasures, no one else will be able to get them later! Better to take everything than let it all go to waste!"
"Got it!"
Fang Chen nodded, then said to Little Crane, "Don't hesitate. Take everything!"
"Yes, Master!"
Little Crane perked up at Fang Chen's words.
Little Crane used the Space Secret Technique to