"No—!!!" The Chaos Fierce Ape let out one final mental shriek filled with unwillingness and terror. Its thousand-zhang Chaos Demonic Body, along with the Power of Destruction frozen around it, seemed to be kneaded and compressed by an invisible giant hand, transforming into a twisted gray-black streamer that helplessly shot toward the furnace opening, barely a foot wide, and vanished inside in an instant.
"Clang."
The Furnace Lid fell shut, sealing it perfectly.
The Dao Patterns for "Suppress" and "Refine" on the furnace body lit up one after another, intertwining into an impenetrable net of Dao Patterns that completely sealed the furnace. Dull impacts and unwilling roars faintly echoed from within, but they quickly weakened and ultimately fell silent.
The foot-long furnace drew in its radiance, spun once, and transformed into a stream of Hundun light before reentering Lin Yan's brow. It sank deep into his dantian, where it was nurtured beneath the Kun Yuan Sheng Hua Dao Tree.
The suffocating Hundun destructive pressure between heaven and earth receded like the tide.
The grey darkness of the leaden clouds gradually dispersed from the sky. The earth stopped trembling, and the chaotic Spirit Qi slowly settled.
Across the ravaged Boulder Ravine, the ground was strewn with wounded and fallen Guard Team Members.
The scene was deathly still.
A moment later, Li Zhu was the first to react. She rushed to Lin Yan's side and caught his body as he nearly collapsed. With lingering fear and a trace of excitement, she said, "Lin Yan! How are you? You... you sealed another Golden Immortal Beast. That's amazing!"
Li Zhu had personally witnessed Lin Yan seal a Taiyi Fierce Beast before, so she was not overly shocked by his sealing of the Chaos Fierce Ape this time.
Although Minghe knew that Lin Yan possessed