Translator: AnubisTL
With both feet planted firmly on the furnace, Li Qing's injuries were completely healed, restoring him to his peak condition.
The Black Furnace, dormant in his hands for so many years, finally regained its former glory, transforming into the Annihilation Furnace—a formidable Profound-Grade Spirit Treasure.
"Just another furnace? Is this your final trump card?" the Formless Saint Ancestor's voice remained utterly calm.
As his words faded, the Formless Saint Ancestor's body suddenly swelled to colossal proportions, towering between heaven and earth as thick demonic qi surged from his form.
A terrifying pressure swept outward from him, causing the entire world to tremble.
"Though I descended without a demonic treasure, I am far from unarmed."
With that, the Demon Realm Saint Ancestor's dao body conjured a warlock mark in the void.
Buzz!
In the next instant, a long-handled blade materialized in his hand. The blade was as black as ink, its surface etched with eerie, violet demonic patterns.
Yet this seemingly transcendent demonic treasure appeared somewhat illusory, lacking true substance.
"Since becoming a Saint Ancestor, only a handful of Great Ascension old monsters from the spirit realm have seen this blade and lived."
"This blade is called the Chaos Severing Heaven Blade, a chaos demon treasure. Even though this is merely a phantom projection, you should still be proud."
With these words, the Formless Saint Ancestor slowly swung the Chaos Severing Heaven Blade. The space around him shattered inch by inch, the human realm's fabric unable to withstand such a devastating attack.
Watching this unfold, Li Qing's scalp tingled with dread. He never imagined the Formless Saint Ancestor could summon a projection of a chaos demon treasure.
He was no longer the naive cultivator he once was. Chaos demon treasures were legendary weapons capable of earning a place on the Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking—divine artifacts born from the primordial chaos before heaven and earth separated, each imbued with the origin rule power of the great dao!
The Blood Spirit Ruler he had refined for Wan Shengtian had been inspired by his fleeting vision of the Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler.
Li Qing had no way of knowing how much of the true chaos demon treasure's power this projection possessed, but even one ten-thousandth of its full might would be terrifying beyond measure.
He dared not hesitate. Immediately, he poured all his energy into activating the Annihilation Furnace, recklessly expending his newly acquired lifespan to condense two thousand years of vital essence into seven-colored life essence in a single breath.
Boom!
Empowered by the seven-colored life essence, the Annihilation Furnace erupted with boundless spiritual light.
Simultaneously, Li Qing channeled the four heavenly spirit fires within his body to protect himself. The shockwave from the impending collision would undoubtedly exceed the limits of a fifth-tier fleshly body.
In this critical moment, Li Qing discovered that the Great Sun Golden Flame he had activated resonated with the Annihilation Furnace, revealing an extraordinary connection between the two.
Time allowed for no further contemplation, as the Formless Saint Ancestor had already unleashed the phantom shadow of the Chaos Severing Heaven Blade. Where its blade passed, space itself was annihilated—a true display of heaven-severing power.
Li Qing hurled the Annihilation Furnace forward to intercept this terrifying strike.
The instant the Chaos Severing Heaven Blade made contact with the Black Furnace, the entire world seemed to revert to nothingness. All sound vanished, all light extinguished, and the cosmos collapsed into a primordial chaos, as if before the separation of heaven and earth.
In the next instant, chaos parted, and the world began to reconstruct itself, heaven and earth re-evolving.
Amidst this cosmic upheaval, the Annihilation Furnace, now radiating a precious glow, flew out horizontally, bearing a massive gash—the mark of the Chaos Severing Heaven Blade's phantom shadow.
This was the most grievously damaged treasure Li Qing had ever crafted since mastering the artifact refinement technique. Newly reforged, it had once again suffered a fatal wound.
In the sky, the Formless Saint Ancestor's colossal dao body no longer held the phantom shadow of the Chaos Severing Heaven Blade.
He lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Annihilation Furnace had crashed.
There, a figure struggled to rise, one hand clutching the shattered furnace while the other channeled four-colored spirit fire.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Li Qing coughed violently, blood-flecked froth mixed with fragments of internal organs. He looked utterly wretched.
The aftershock of the Ancestor's strike had effortlessly breached his spirit fire barrier. Had the Savage Bone Battle Mark not surged forth in time to reinforce his fleshly body, he would have been reduced to a bloody pulp.
"The Annihilation Furnace is severely damaged, but thankfully the thirty-six Gold Flame Marks remain intact. I can use the Great Sun Golden Flame to reshape it."
Having confirmed this, Li Qing immediately channeled the Great Sun Golden Flame into the furnace.
He soon discovered that the flame was undergoing a strange transformation within the furnace, solidifying from its spiritual flame state into a tangible form.
The Formless Saint Ancestor's voice carried a hint of surprise: "You actually managed to withstand it. But you're clearly at your limit. Will you continue this futile struggle?"
Li Qing ignored the mocking words, his gaze fixed intently on the shattered Annihilation Furnace.
The half-destroyed forge pulsed with the Great Sun Golden Flame, undergoing a strange evolution, as if undergoing a metamorphosis.
"Still something's missing," Li Qing thought, his mind racing. "The Annihilation Furnace and the Great Sun Golden Flame share an inexplicable connection. What exactly is lacking?"
His thoughts quickly converged on the realization: life force.
Earlier, he had infused the Annihilation Furnace with seven-colored life essence, and only then did the Great Sun Golden Flame resonate with it in a unique way.
Without hesitation, Li Qing once again converted a portion of his own lifespan into a ball of seven-colored life essence, mixing it with the golden spiritual flame within the Annihilation Furnace.
At that very moment, the Formless Saint Ancestor sensed a subtle shift in the fate of his dao body.
"Unbelievable... I'm actually going to perish," the Formless Saint Ancestor murmured, his voice tinged with disbelief. This wasn't merely a prophecy he had glimpsed in the threads of fate; it was an oracle, a premonition of his impending doom.
He desperately wanted to understand what was happening, but Li Qing had already vanished, leaving behind only the shattered Annihilation Furnace.
"Damn it!"
It was too late. Li Qing activated his Wind-Thunder Silver Wings, simultaneously channeling the Kunpeng divine power within his body. With this dual boost of extreme speed, spatial distance ceased to exist.
By the time the Formless Saint Ancestor reacted, Li Qing was already at his side.
"Great Sun Annihilation Jade," Li Qing said, his voice devoid of emotion. He raised his hands, cradling a sphere of blazing white light. The light radiated outward in tangible waves, holy and ethereal, illuminating Li Qing like a descending immortal.
In the next instant, the sphere erupted, bathing the entire world in a layer of pristine white frost.
"I never imagined I would fail three times in this minor world. Who exactly are you?" The Formless Saint Ancestor's featureless face turned sharply toward Li Qing, as if trying to pierce his soul.
As the demonic qi around him dissipated, a demonic curse shot from his body and branded itself onto Li Qing.
"Formless Heart-Devouring Curse... Pity I can't use it to kill you. I can only lock onto you."
Before he could finish speaking, the Formless Saint Ancestor's massive body began to shrink rapidly, then plummeted from the sky.
Li Qing, now at his limit, couldn't evade the curse mark's attack.
(End of the Chapter)
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