Boom!
Shen Luo's Divine Soul shuddered violently, and he involuntarily began visualizing the cultivation path of the Pangu True Art. More streams of gray mist immediately gathered around him, enveloping his entire body...
Fire Spirit Child was still calling Shen Luo's name, repeatedly chanting, "Return, soul!" Yet the Four-Banner Soul Formation showed no response whatsoever.
"No way... is he really gone?" Fire Spirit Child muttered in stunned disbelief.
If Shen Luo's Divine Soul could not return to his body, then even if his fleshly body could be reforged, it would only be an empty shell, utterly useless.
Just as Fire Spirit Child was growing frantic, a gust of wind suddenly passed through the Four-Banner Soul Formation. It entered through the Death Gate in the southwest, crossed the center of the great formation without pausing, then exited through the Life Gate in the northeast.
Before Fire Spirit Child could understand what was happening, he saw a phantom Divine Soul emerge from the Life Gate. It rose into the air, then plunged directly into the Human Seed Furnace at the center.
He saw clearly that the figure was Shen Luo.
"No..." Fire Spirit Child cried out in alarm.
The body inside the Human Seed Furnace had not yet been successfully forged. If the Divine Soul entered rashly, not only would the two be unable to fuse, but Shen Luo's Divine Soul would very likely be scorched by the flames and scatter into nothingness.
"It's a mess, it's all a mess..." Fire Spirit Child stomped back and forth anxiously, his mind racing for a remedy.
But at that moment, a sudden change occurred.
From within the Human Seed Furnace, where flames had been surging, vast quantities of grayish-white mist suddenly billowed out. Yet it merely condensed around the furnace and did not spread