Inside the Heaven-Earth Furnace, Ye Xiu saw a brilliant burst of light before him. After a field of white filled his vision, he found himself in a dim gray expanse.
"Ashes?"
He looked around, but he was not overly flustered.
Before entering the Heaven-Earth Furnace, the inner clan elders had already plainly explained its situation to one another.
Although they had decided to replace the clan chief, ensuring that the entire clan remained free of trouble and that the clan chief remained healthy was in everyone's interests.
Under such circumstances, Ye Xiu was not afraid that those elders would deceive him.
There were many people in this world who harmed others for their own benefit, but very few enjoyed harming others without benefiting themselves.
As the core of the entire Heavenly Craftsmen City, the Heaven-Earth Furnace appeared from the outside to contain eternally burning, scorching flames.
Those blazing flames were inexhaustible and endless, seemingly able to share their power outward simply because they were vast enough.
But in truth, that was not how it worked.
Having received the secret teachings, Ye Xiu knew that what lay within the Heaven-Earth Furnace was called fire, but was actually more akin to a kind of law.
Through the supply of all manner of spiritual materials from heaven and earth, it extracted their most essential portions, pieced them together, and ultimately kept the Dao laws from dispersing.
The immense quantity of spiritual power was actually meant to preserve enough strength to replicate those Dao laws and ensure that they did not dissipate during transportation.
The waste expelled in this process was piled up in the lower levels of the Heaven-Earth Furnace.
The Heavenly Craftsmen Tribe's clan chief was the one who used his special physique to control the enormous formation above it.
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