Time passed slowly. Three days went by in the blink of an eye.
The Glazed Empress lounged in the Suspended Jade Palace outside Emperor Volcano, pouring herself Emperor Wine as she watched the drifting clouds.
The wine was crisp and fragrant, easing the heat and tedium of the past few days.
Then the energy of heaven and earth around her changed abruptly.
The once-gentle rhythm of fire turned wild. Flames surged through the Earth Veins beneath the entire region, rushing toward a single point.
The Glazed Empress's eyes sharpened. She rose, became a streak of crimson-gold light, and entered the heart of Emperor Volcano in an instant.
The sight shook her.
The sky above Emperor Volcano had changed color. Fire clouds rolled backward, and rays of light streamed down.
Before Lin Yi, the ancient, heavy bronze pill furnace glowed a blazing red. Radiance poured from it like a sun suspended over the mountain.
Most astonishing of all, the furnace was drawing in the Fire God Great World's twenty to thirty thousand streams of pure Emperor Fire origin. They flowed into its mouth without end, spiraling around it as crimson currents of flame to nourish the pills through their final stage.
This spectacle had long surpassed anything an ordinary Emperor Pill could produce.
The Glazed Empress looked at Lin Yi gravely. "What exactly is the origin of this pill? Its formation has shaken the subterranean fire and drawn the World Origin to it. Is it truly a supreme ancient formula from the Ancestral Source Continent?"
"I already told you where it came from: a secret inheritance in the Six Source Ancestral Land of the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."
Lin Yi brushed off the question with an easy smile, once again attributing