Originally, Lu Xiaotian had been unable to find the pill furnace's weak point in the short time available, with the Ancient Buddha Burning Cloud interfering. Just as he was at a loss, a soul-stirring note from a zither rippled through the void.
Lu Xiaotian's heart jolted. It had lasted only a brief moment, but he had still caught it.
"How?" The ancient dragon shadow glanced at Lu Xiaotian.
"I found it." Lu Xiaotian nodded. "Senior, leave with me."
"I can't leave. Ancient Buddha Burning Cloud is no easy opponent. I still have some dragon souls left; take what you can. I was born because of Esoteric Buddhism. Even if I vanish here, I've already existed for so many years—there's nothing to regret. I had planned to pour the power of my dragon soul into your Fangtian Halberd, but circumstances change. Take this instead." The ancient dragon shadow opened its mouth. A dragon-patterned soul crystal with eight facets emerged and flew toward Lu Xiaotian.
"So be it." Lu Xiaotian nodded. He could escape the pill furnace under Ancient Buddha Burning Cloud's control only because the ancient dragon shadow had bought him time. And by giving Lu Xiaotian the dragon-patterned soul crystal, it was clear the ancient dragon shadow had little time left. Otherwise, to escape, Lu Xiaotian would probably have had to release the Black Dragon's dragon pearl, which would inevitably create even more unpredictable complications.
Lu Xiaotian summoned the Fangtian Halberd and slashed at the void in the direction from which the demonic zither note had come. Though he couldn't easily use spatial power inside the pill furnace, his keen eye had already noticed that a demonic zither note from outside had pierced Ancient Buddha Burning Cloud's obstruction. He couldn't wield spatial power inside the furnace to fight Ancient Buddha