Three days later.
The Mysterious Silhouette sent the final Dao Pattern into the void, and the Flowing Time Formation roared to life.
The Time Bell released streams of Silver-White flowing-time ripples, sealing off everything within a thousand-mile radius.
Within the ripples, the Time Flow Rate held steady at roughly ten thousand times that of the outside world. It was evenly distributed, without surging or slowing.
With that done, the mysterious silhouette at the center of the Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram slowly faded away.
Fang Chen flew beneath the Time Bell and sat cross-legged. The Heaven Refining Furnace flew out of his body and hovered before him.
The furnace was ancient and plain, its Eight-Colored Radiance subdued. The phantom Otherworldly Beast on its lid cracked open its eyes, as though it had caught the scent of an approaching feast.
Fang Chen raised a hand, took every material from his Storage Ring, and tossed them straight into the Heaven Refining Furnace.
Then he released all his Manifestations.
As before, the Manifestations gathered around and began eating Hot Pot.
The Medicine-Brewing Old Farmer swept out a hand, opening a Space Rift.
Fang Chen did not hesitate. He flew into the Space Rift and once again appeared in that mysterious Bamboo Grove.
After entering the grove, Fang Chen found that its bamboo had grown larger than before. Some stalks even rose more than Ten-Thousand Zhang high.
The Bamboo had not only grown in size; the entire grove had expanded.
"I wonder just how vast this Bamboo Grove is!"
At that thought, Fang Chen soared into the air, flying directly above the grove.
But as soon as he reached the air above it, he felt an immense pressure descend. The surrounding space began to tremble, and terrifying Spatial Pressure bore down on him.
Fang