"This is the place."
Heavenly Treasure Daoist led the two brothers to the rear mountain.
Ahead lay an Eight Trigrams plaza, where chain after chain bound a golden furnace floating at its center.
"These past years, while nurturing my treasures, I have felt that the Eight Trigrams Furnace was somewhat inadequate. Worthy brother, I must trouble you to lend a hand and add some Creation to it."
Heng Hua examined the Eight Trigrams Furnace and grinned. "Perfect. This happens to be right in my line of work."
Clapping his hands together, he activated the Eight Trigrams Furnace Method. A phantom golden furnace flew toward the golden furnace.
The two merged. The Primordial Trigrams began to revolve, and divine fire instantly rose three feet within the furnace chamber. A delicate crimson lotus slowly bloomed at its core.
Boom—
The sky abruptly darkened. Nine meteorites came crashing down.
The restrictions outside Heavenly Treasure Pavilion activated on their own, as hundreds of millions of talisman lights formed a halo and blocked the meteorites.
Heavenly Treasure Daoist's expression darkened. With a sweep of his sleeve toward the sky, the nine meteorites immediately changed direction and smashed into the distance.
"Wretches, why do you not die at once!"
Space twisted, forcing shadow after shadow to reveal themselves.
They tried to flee, but an invisible force imprisoned them. They could only watch helplessly as the meteorites struck them head-on, crushing each of them into pulp.
"Immortal elder, what are those shadows?" Heng Hua could tell that they were not creatures of the Mortal World.
"Those are demonic obstructions from the Nine Netherworlds. As for their purpose..."
The Daoist looked at the female cultivator behind him, then at Fu Henghua.
"I do not know what mischief the Nine Netherworlds are stirring up this time. They have repeatedly