Within the Great Yin Furnace, silver radiance flowed.
Xi Sang lay immersed in moonlight, the nether mist steadily receding. Under the dual suppression of the Earth Foundation and Great Yin, his eyes remained tightly shut, as though he had fallen into stillness.
Chu Mo gazed inward at the Golden Vault, looking down upon the scene within the furnace. Then his thoughts stirred slightly, and the silver radiance suddenly intensified.
At his thought, moonlight surged into tides, piercing the nether mist and washing over Xi Sang's true form. Each surge of silvery liquid shrank this Taboo a little, while another mass of peculiar origin essence appeared below.
The Taboo shrank, and the origin essence grew. At this rate, it would not be long before he became a cloud of indistinct Qi mist.
But just then, Xi Sang abruptly opened his eyes and looked up into the void. His gaze seemed to pierce the Golden Vault and meet Chu Mo's from afar. "You wish to refine me? It will not be so easy."
His voice was remarkably calm, without the slightest anger.
Chu Mo frowned slightly. By rights, the scouring of Great Yin True Intent should have stripped Xi Sang of his awareness. Yet although his aura had indeed weakened, his spirituality remained active.
Xi Sang slowly raised a hand and curled his fingers around empty air. The nether mist within the furnace suddenly surged backward.
The true form that should have reverted to its original essence actually gathered anew within the Great Yin True Intent, becoming eerie patterns that spread backward along the silver radiance.
"I am a Taboo, born to uphold the will of Eternal Night..."
Xi Sang's voice echoed within the furnace, his power manifesting anew with his words. "I receive the offerings of living beings, an exalted one