Inside the furnace, the scene was even more earth-shaking.
As Dao Patterns flowed into the five suns of Imperial Flame, their forms began to change. One moment they became five elemental Divine Beasts circling overhead; the next, twin Yin Yang fish swimming together; then they scattered into a sky full of twinkling stars.
Guided by the Dao Patterns, the refined medicinal Essence no longer merely fused together. It began to weave, like the finest craftsman using the Great Dao Laws as thread to create something the world had never seen!
The Pill's Nascent Form was slowly taking shape in a way that surpassed every Pill Master's understanding.
It was no mere crystal of medicinal power. It was more like the embryo of a world containing multiple contradictory Laws!
Then, at the most critical, most tense moment, an abrupt change struck!
The Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram had been turning quietly, sustaining Fang Chen and the entire domain. Now the perpetually hazy region at its center began to fluctuate violently!
Whenever Fang Chen had summoned the Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram before, a mysterious Silhouette had appeared at its center to offer guidance or aid. But he had never been able to see the figure clearly or communicate with him directly.
This time, as Fang Chen poured almost all his strength into gathering Dao Patterns and drove the Alchemy to its peak, the Mysterious Silhouette grew clearer than ever before!
He wore an ancient Daoist Robe, his long hair loose around his shoulders and his face veiled in flowing Dao light.
His features remained indistinct, but he stood straight as a pine with his hands behind his back, possessed of a supreme bearing that looked down upon the ages and stood apart from the world.
His gaze seemed to pierce Spacetime