A shrill, miserable scream had barely rung out before it vanished.
The greatest sound was silence.
The Heaven and Earth Furnace's power erupted. It was not that there was no commotion—it was that the commotion was too vast, drowning out every sound in Xuanji Sect and even the entire Central Continent.
At this moment.
If one looked from the depths of the universe, one would see a brilliant streak of azure light tearing through the void from Azure Star's location, stretching all the way into the deepest reaches of the universe.
It was not as though this radiance was particularly dazzling.
Within the boundless starry river, the overwhelming majority of living beings could not even perceive the existence of that azure light.
Yet in the eyes of certain terrifyingly powerful great experts, that streak of azure light had never been clearer.
Deep within the Demon Realm.
At the bottom of the magma lake along the Blazing Cloud Hundred Demon Path, roiling magma condensed into an enormous face.
"The Heaven and Earth Furnace's aura has appeared again. Kong Yue and those fools are Tribulation Crossing stage cultivators, after all. They have been gone for so long, yet they still have not seized this treasure?
"With this aura exposed, every last one of those undying old monsters in the depths of the starry river will surely be alerted.
"No. The Heaven and Earth Furnace is so close to this Emperor. How can I let those old monsters beat me to the punch?
"Since Kong Yue and those useless fools cannot do it, then I will send a few more.
"This Emperor is determined to obtain the Heaven and Earth Furnace!"
Voices rang out one after another from the magma face.
The moment the words fell, a streak of demonic fire shot out