Fighting Over the Furnace

Sparks flew and danced, gathering towards the divine being and finally condensing into that single spark. Please use this site to access information.

The Heart Demon's shadow immediately infiltrated the original Divine Body, simulating an Incense Faith and falling into the Divine Pool, slowly absorbing the negative emotions within the incense smoke.

On the other side, the main hall shook violently.

"What happened?"

Before the two ghosts near the Copper Furnace could even wonder what was happening, they were caught in the backflow of sparks and screamed as they hurriedly retreated.

The burly man's expression also changed drastically. The long whip he swung out was knocked aside by the impact of the returning sparks and struck one of the supporting legs of the Copper Furnace.

Whoosh!

This sudden pull caused the Copper Furnace to lose its balance and tip over.

Clang!

The furnace mouth crashed to the ground, and the flames inside roared out like a flood bursting its banks, spreading across most of the hall in the blink of an eye!

Inside the main hall, a large amount of pent-up People's Wishes remained, and as soon as it came into contact with the flames, it burst into flames!

Then, the flames spread, rushing towards the many deities in the corner and the screen deep inside the hall!

"Hmm?" The deity himself was startled upon seeing this. He was about to move the flames to save the gods and the screen, but he hesitated for a moment because he needed to maintain the flames of Human Path.

Some people are even faster!

"Oh no! We've made a mess of things!"

The burly man roared, disregarding everything else, and raised his hand to form a hand seal.

"The Great Evolution Leave-One Technique! So be it!"

As he spoke, he threw the long whip. The long whip first stretched straight, like the character "", then extended and changed, and then bent, drawing a circle in the air. The edges of the circle glowed, and fell straight down, trapping the spreading flames inside!

The raging flames, encircled by the light ring formed by the whip, were unable to break through; they were all contained within.

"Since that's the case, then let's not accept it, let's refine it directly!"

With a long sigh of relief, the burly man's entire body trembled violently, his chest bulged, and he opened his mouth to spew out a mouthful of Yang Fire, followed by a bit of Heart Fire. The two fires merged into one, transforming into a wisp of True Fire, which flew out rapidly and crashed into the overturned Copper Furnace.

Upon seeing this, the deity who was controlling the wisp of flame felt a chill run down his spine.

"Yang Fire? This person is actually a master of the fourth level of the Unity Realm! His soul inherits Seven Souls and has generated Yang Fire! Comparable to Fourth Grade Divine Path expert!"

Then, with a "bang," the fallen Copper Furnace bounced up from the ground and stood upright again.

That True Fire first clung to the furnace, creating an atmosphere of transforming matter and refining it for one's own use. But it was immediately scattered by the recoil from the furnace.

"Ugh!" The golden-haired giant's face paled. "Damn it, my Yang Fire is insufficient! This Law Treasure is even more precious than I thought!"

At this moment, a Fire Pillar suddenly rose from the raging flames confined by the golden circle, spinning and twisting, before being drawn into the flames in front of the deity's true form.

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

The deity spoke in a low voice, and the flames in front of him burst forth with a blinding green light.

Then, the flames flickered, analyzing the absorbed fire and extracting the purest People's Wishes and thoughts from it!

These flames are the result of the two ghosts feeding the People's Wishes over the past hundred years. The People's Wishes in the City God Underworld Office are only a part of them. The total amount is quite astonishing. After being refined again, the concentration is far beyond imagination.

That tiny spark of fire, originating from the sun in the Land of the Divine Remains, finally underwent a qualitative change after gathering the People's Wishes!

Blue!

A blinding blue light burst forth!

"Hmm?" The burly man's heart skipped a beat upon seeing this. "This is bad! Not only was this god not suppressed, but he used the power to condense his thoughts and transform a trace of Fourth Grade divine power from his Subordinate Fifth Rank divine power. His next step will definitely be to transform external objects! If we don't act now, he'll beat us to it!"

With this thought in mind, the big man puffed out his chest again, opened his mouth and spat out a stream of Yang Fire. With this spit, his body became somewhat shriveled, and his spirit waned.

The Yang Fire blazed continuously, its breath incessant, its momentum unstoppable, sweeping past the encircled flames and heading straight for the Copper Furnace.

At the same time, the deity himself also shot out that ball of blue flame.

The next moment, blue flames entered the furnace, while Yang Fire crashed into the furnace body!

Call!

The flames dancing at the furnace opening suddenly changed, turning into a deep blue color!

The blue color spread rapidly, like dye, and soon covered the entire furnace opening in the same hue.

However, below the furnace opening, the Yang Fire spread, occupying a large portion of the furnace body and reaching all four legs!

"I never expected it to turn out like this." The big man narrowed his eyes, made hand seals, and combined his Divine Sense to cast one Dao Seal. However, his Divine Sense could not break through the flames and was frozen and suppressed halfway through.

In Contemplating the Spirit deity himself remained at ease beside the Copper Furnace, manipulating the Humanistic Fire Seed within the talisman, creating a connection and resonance with the surrounding flames. His Divine Body floated and sank within the flames, completely unaffected!

Click! Click! Click!

In the blink of an eye, the World-Troubling Copper Furnace had changed its appearance. The upper part was a deep blue, like a crystal clear glass cup, while the lower part was filled with surging Yang Fire and surging Yang Qi.

Blue light flashed, Yang Fire roared.

The god and the man fought like tug-of-war, turning the Copper Furnace into a battlefield!

The Copper Furnace is sturdy, but the blue divine power is of the Fourth Grade, capable of transforming the properties of external objects. The Yang Fire is the manifestation of a cultivator connecting their Seven Souls and seeing the yang from the yin, capable of melting external objects, transforming their properties, and completely refining them!

The struggle between these two forces placed a considerable burden on the Copper Furnace. Although it had been manipulated by the two ghosts, it had not been refined by them and was an ownerless object with no one in charge. Being fought over like this, it was ultimately difficult to last. Sounds came from inside, and a crack appeared!

As soon as the crack appeared, it unleashed a powerful ripple that penetrated the main hall and traveled far and wide!

As the ripples swept past, both the deity himself and the burly man felt a tremor in their hearts, sensing an inexplicable majesty, followed by confusion as illusory scenes appeared before their eyes.

Illusion!

But both the human and the god were resolute and unaffected by the illusion. With a change of heart, they shattered the illusion and resumed their struggle.

Suddenly! A vast and powerful force descended from above, howling and violent, like a passing storm.

"Min Yuan, you Lesser God! How dare you come to my Jiannan Circuit? Do you really think I, Lü Liang, have no way to deal with you?"

"Hmm?" Catching this thought, the burly man had a sudden idea. "Lü Liang? That's the name of the Jiannan Circuit City God. Judging from his tone, he has a grudge against the god before me?"

Having figured this out, he felt much more at ease.

"So you, a god, have a grudge against the Circuit City God. It seems you are doomed." He was trying to disturb Qiu Yan's State of Mind with his words.

Unexpectedly, the deity himself replied, "It's just a wisp of thought. That Circuit City God 'Divine Body is currently in chaos, and it's impossible for him to arrive in time. He said this to disrupt the situation."

"So what?" the burly man laughed. "As long as you still want to fight for this furnace, you'll be locked in a stalemate with me, unable to escape, and ultimately you'll inevitably..."

He was interrupted by the deity himself before he could finish speaking.

"Who said I wanted to fight over the furnace?" The true form smiled. "This furnace has an extraordinary origin. When those two ghosts were using it, they were extremely careful, using the Three Defilements Qi to conceal its fluctuations, fearing any leaks. But now the foul energies are gone, and it just caused quite a commotion, even alarming the Circuit City God. Even if I were to seize it, it would only bring endless trouble. Why bother?"

"If you won't take the furnace, then why are you with me...?" The burly man was taken aback, his mind filled with doubt, but he quickly understood the reason.

Suddenly, the Copper Furnace trembled violently, the blue light at the furnace mouth faded rapidly, and then raging flames shot into the sky!

These flames were dyed a dark blue by the power of Fourth Grade divine being, their nature transformed, and as soon as they burst forth, they converged toward the divine being's true form.

Boom!

Upon impact with the flames, the Divine Body of the deity instantly twisted, its emerald light replaced by blue, and a large amount of flames merged into it!

The nature of the flames has changed, and they have become one with the Divine Body.

Upon seeing this, the burly man's heart skipped a beat. "What this god desires is actually the fire in the furnace! His earlier display of struggle was merely a pretense, designed to mislead me! What a deep cunning!"

As the divine power retreated and shifted, the Yang Fire spread throughout the entire Copper Furnace, but the furnace remained empty, without a trace of flame.

The raging flames had already merged with the divine being.

The flames encircled by the whip were also drawn over and merged into it.

Upon seeing this, the burly man shut his mouth, stopped his Yang Fire, and hurriedly regulated his breathing, as he had just spat out Yang Fire, which had damaged some of his vital energy.

"Although this god has schemed and plotted, he has forgotten one thing: even if he steals the flames, how will he escape? Even the Circuit City God has a grudge against him..."

Before the thought had even settled, the Divine Body, engulfed in flames, rose from the ground and instantly left the Underworld Main Hall. Immediately afterward, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi fluctuated violently.

The deity was able to come here through the Divine Summoning Method, but this method itself has a flaw. The stronger the summoned deity, the more it will be repelled by the surrounding Spiritual Qi. Right now, the deity has absorbed a lot of flames, and its aura has already surged, Spirit Attraction.

The roof of the hall shattered, and Spiritual Qi had already surged in, but it was suppressed by the aura of the Underworld Office. Now that he had left the hall's area, the Spiritual Qi was no longer restrained and immediately swarmed in from Eight Directions, repelling him out of this world.

Snap!

The deity himself has vanished.

"Hmm? What kind of Divine Ability is this?"

The burly man inside the hall stared wide-eyed, unleashing his Divine Sense and expanding his perception, but he couldn't find the slightest trace.

"Really gone? That's too far-fetched!"

After searching for a while, the big man gathered his Divine Sense, turned his gaze, and his eyes fell on the World-Troubling Copper Furnace. The words spoken by the deity himself just now flashed through his mind.

"This Copper Furnace is no ordinary Law Treasure. Its grade is unknown. If we rashly refine it, it could really bring trouble to the Spirit-Sealing Dao. Although there may not be anyone in this Continent who can do anything to our sect, it would be bad if we angered our senior brothers. We should proceed with caution and not rush to refine it."

Thinking of this, the big man opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing back the Yang Fire that had spread throughout the entire Copper Furnace.

Then he patted his forehead. "Right, I came here to exorcise demons and uphold justice, where did those two mischievous ghosts go?"

Remembering his original intention, the big man took two steps forward, reached out and grabbed one of the Copper Furnace's feet, his body surging with Qi and Blood.

"Rise!"

He lifted the three-zhang-tall Copper Furnace, then strode forward with incredible speed, bent his knees, and leaped into the air, leaving the main hall behind.

He didn't notice that a tiny flame was flickering intermittently from a crack inside the Copper Furnace. (To be continued...)

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