Once Su Yu had been refined away, Qin Wuyou's gaze fell on the Silver Mask.
He had thought that while he was refining Su Yu, even if there was no backlash from providence, the Emperor-to-be's soul would not simply stand by and watch Su Yu perish.
Yet even after Su Yu had been refined away, the Emperor-to-be's soul had never appeared.
This made Qin Wuyou all the more certain that the Emperor-to-be who had intervened earlier was hiding inside the Silver Mask.
Inside the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the Silver Mask was surrounded by Samadhi Divine Flame. Even after sensing the flame's terrifying power, the elderly Emperor-to-be within still did not show himself.
He seemed to have seen through Qin Wuyou's methods long ago and knew that Qin Wuyou could not bear to refine away the Silver Mask.
After all, the Silver Mask was an exceedingly rare support divine weapon. Even a Great Emperor would covet it, let alone Qin Wuyou.
Of course, that depended on Qin Wuyou recognizing how extraordinary the Silver Mask was.
While Su Yu was being refined, the elderly Emperor-to-be within the Silver Mask had initially been unsure whether Qin Wuyou knew of its wonders.
But when he noticed that the Samadhi Divine Flame did not harm the Silver Mask at all while refining Su Yu, he knew Qin Wuyou must have recognized its wonders.
He also knew that Qin Wuyou was waiting to force him out.
Having understood Qin Wuyou's intentions, the elderly Emperor-to-be did not reveal himself, even as he witnessed Su Yu being cruelly refined away from beginning to end.
It was not that he did not want to appear. Rather, in his current state, he could not have helped Su Yu even if he had.
He could only watch helplessly as Su