"This time, he used the stupid method."
In the lounge, Heavenly Furnace leaned against the sofa, studying the projection before him. "I only looked away for a moment, and it's already getting interesting."
A completely out-of-control artifact spirit and an unreliable master?
In a sense, they were a perfect match—practically made for each other.
One was an artificial soul that spent every moment plotting how to kill its own creator, while the other was a creator who didn't take it seriously at all and dumped a mountain of trouble onto his tool.
You could not even tell which one was more absurd...
The key was that they actually worked rather well together?!
"Hmm..."
Heavenly Furnace stroked his chin and clicked his tongue in admiration. "Maybe this kid is the sort of freak who has no interest in humans whatsoever, but is inexplicably good at dealing with this type."
This was bad.
Could it be that his lineage really could not find even one remotely normal successor?
No, even betraying the school was about to become a tradition. This lineage probably would not last much longer...
Still, it didn't matter to him.
Just as Ji Jue had said, sometimes the world could keep turning without anyone—even without someone like him, the so-called Heavenly Furnace. If one Heavenly Furnace was gone, the next would naturally be born.
Ascension represented the transcendence of the soul, while Waste Ruins represented the eternity of matter. And between soul and matter, so long as the heart for revolution and renewal remained, Embers Road would continue without end.
Since his student had chosen to draw a line between them, then as the teacher, he naturally would not force him.
For all that he had done, rather than caring for his successor's successor, he had more hoped that