ROAR—!!!
From within the furnace, beast-like roars continued to ring out, filling the air with dread. While incinerating the Immortal Emperor's corpse, Lin Cheng and Little Black remained at its side without taking a single step away, not daring to relax in the slightest.
Even though Lin Cheng believed the Primeval Pearl should be able to handle everything, he still kept watch with his own eyes. Only then could he feel somewhat at ease.
Though he did not know what changes had occurred within the Immortal Emperor's corpse—whether it was the corpse transformation Little Black had mentioned—something abnormal had undeniably happened. Lin Cheng secretly counted himself fortunate that they had discovered it early.
Otherwise, in a few centuries at most, or a few decades—or perhaps even within a few years—the Immortal Emperor's corpse would certainly undergo an unimaginable transformation. And since Crouching Dragon Mountain was so close to where the Spacetime Small World had been discovered, it would definitely be the first to suffer.
When the Corpse King had fully matured and went berserk, even Lin Cheng would be left dumbfounded.
Little Black stared fixedly at the enormous furnace, its expression grave. After a long while, it let out a heavy breath and said sternly, "Master's corpse was affected by the Divine Tower. It should be somewhat different from the Corpse King back then, with certain discrepancies, but it's still incredibly powerful. Judging solely by the traces of aura leaking out, if it escaped, you and I would certainly die without a doubt. The living beings on this continent would also be utterly doomed."
In its judgment, the monster inside the furnace was at least at the peak of the Divine Sun Realm—perhaps even stronger.
And that was only because it had not completed its transformation. Otherwise... the consequences would