"He's gone mad!"
Master Evan let out a shrill scream. "The heat and energy inside that furnace could incinerate an Immortal Emperor's Dao Body in an instant, to say nothing of those clashing storms of Dao Principles!"
Yet the expected sight of his hand burning away—or a world-shaking explosion—never came.
The Mysterious Silhouette's hand moved inside the furnace, stirring a few times with what looked like perfect ease.
He was like a seasoned chef adjusting the heat beneath a pot of soup or shifting its ingredients.
With those few simple movements, the violently shaking Heaven Refining Furnace miraculously steadied!
The energies and Dao Principles inside, which had seemed ready to explode at any moment, were smoothed into order as if by an invisible hand. They began their final fusion and condensation in perfect harmony.
The phantom Otherworldly Beast on the furnace lid even narrowed its eyes in pleasure and gave a contented purr.
The Mysterious Silhouette withdrew his hand. It was completely unharmed, without so much as a scorch mark. He shook it casually, as though brushing off a little dust.
Then he flicked a finger at the Heaven Refining Furnace.
Ding!
A clear note, like jade striking stone, rang out across the land.
The Heaven Refining Furnace shuddered. All its radiance drew inward in an instant, as though every trace of energy and every Dao Principle had been compressed to the limit, converging on a single point.
From within the furnace came a clear, trembling note, like a young phoenix's first cry, yet also like the primordial opening of chaos.
Ding!
That clear, jade-on-stone note still lingered through heaven and earth.
The instant the Mysterious Silhouette's finger flick landed, every glimmer of the Heaven Refining Furnace vanished. It was as though the universe had collapsed and all paths had