Without warning, the huge, silent Melting furnace seemed to turn into some tentacled monster. Flames shot forth, dragged the terrified Little Cow and Horse inside, and swallowed it whole. The motorcycle vanished from sight, leaving only a steady stream of beeping from behind the furnace walls.
"Brother Ji Jue, this is bad!"
Little An went pale as well, instinctively wanting to cry out, "Master Little Cow and Horse has been eaten by the furnace monster!"
But Ji Jue's expression remained unchanged. Through the connection and perception granted by Deus Ex Machina, every aspect of the furnace's operation lay within his senses and control.
No—rather, it felt as though he were personally controlling it.
The furnace had turned the tables!
This furnace, which had refined countless Blessings and Supreme Goodness over who knew how many ages, was now working against the supply of his ability. In turn, it had pulled Ji Jue under its control.
It was as if it had seized his hand and pressed his palm onto the control levers and workbench, guiding him step by step, hurriedly and bluntly demonstrating everything, desperately wishing for him to remember.
[Waste Ruins], [Ascension], [Embers]...
Spirit essence originating from Ji Jue circulated through the furnace and divided into nine parts. Like a chain reaction, it underwent successive qualitative transformations under the interference of the three Supreme Goodness Emblems. Then, after merging with one another in some mysterious sequence, they manifested as silver-white phantom light Ji Jue had never seen before, all of it flowing into Little Cow and Horse's huge body.
Then, an unprecedentedly shrill horn sounded from inside the furnace, muffled by the heavy barrier.
Yet in Ji Jue's perception, Little Cow and Horse's form seemed to melt, rapidly losing its original shape. Startled, he wanted to stop, but the furnace