Chapter 1378: Peak of the Cloud Sea, A Hero!

The Fog Demon Spear, surrounded by Ancient Demon Souls, moved with such incredible speed that it reached Si Mozi in an instant. Si Mozi's pupils constricted. Although he had anticipated Wang Lin's strength, he had not expected it to be this formidable!

"This child has not yet reached the Third Step, yet he can already fight me. If he were to break through my Void Gate, I fear I would be no match for him. Furthermore, he knows about my past; he is clearly from the Inner Realm!

Such a person must die… It is a pity that I am currently on the Great Emperor Star and cannot use my killing moves!"

Si Mozi did not retreat. Instead, the moment his eyes constricted, a cold glint appeared in them. However, as soon as this cold glint arose, his expression changed instantly. He spat out a mouthful of blood and his body suddenly recoiled.

"Damn it! Venerable Master is right, all Cultivators with Void Fire deserve to die!! Damn it!! This Void Fire cannot be dodged; it burns the moment one's emotions stir. If this continues, this battle will be unfavorable for me!"

Si Mozi did not have time to think. He raised his right hand and waved it forward, and a white silk cloth suddenly appeared in his hand out of thin air. On this white silk was a patch of fresh blood resembling a plum blossom; the blood was shocking to behold and looked extremely terrifying.

As Si Mozi flicked the white silk, it immediately began to flutter. The blood on it transformed into a red mist, permeating the space in front of Si Mozi.

From within the mist, a faint, lingering sigh could be heard. In Wang Lin's vision, he clearly saw a graceful figure suddenly step out from the red mist.

The figure's appearance could not be seen clearly, as she was dressed in a white veil. After appearing, she raised her jade hand and pressed it toward the approaching Ancient Demon Soul.

A power of time surged forth from the woman's jade hand, causing the space in front of her to distort and enveloping the Ancient Demon Soul within it.

All of this happened in an instant. Wang Lin stepped forward and waved his right hand. The Ancient God Star Point between his brows spun rapidly, and a dim light flashed urgently from the first star between his brows.

In the blink of an eye, with a loud boom in the space before Wang Lin, a massive furnace materialized. This furnace was incomparably large, and the moment it appeared, an aura of vicissitudes spread out.

Even more astonishing was that as soon as this furnace appeared, it instantly engulfed Si Mozi, along with the red-mist woman figure before him, trapping them all inside!

The Ancient God Royal Clan Magical Artifact, the Celestial Emperor Furnace!

Si Mozi's expression changed instantly. He looked up abruptly and took a step forward, intending to leave the Celestial Emperor Furnace with the red-mist woman figure. Just as his body was about to move, Wang Lin's eyes blazed with a monstrous red light, and he raised his right hand, pointing at Si Mozi.

He roared, "Freeze!! Freeze!! Freeze!!"

The three "Freeze" commands cut through the air like thunder. Wang Lin spat out three mouthfuls of blood, his expression immediately wilting, but the madness in his eyes became even more intense!

The backlash, exceeding what he could bear, erupted in an instant, and Si Mozi's body finally suffered a momentary pause.

This pause gave Wang Lin a tremendous opportunity!

"Royal Clan Magical Artifact, open the furnace!" Ignoring his injuries, Wang Lin formed Hand Seals with both hands and waved them violently to the sides. Immediately, the illusory Celestial Emperor Furnace began to spin, and waves of the aura of vicissitudes permeated from within!

"Today, I, Wang Lin, shall refine you, this Third Step almighty!" Wang Lin stepped forward, turned around sharply, and sat atop the massive Celestial Emperor Furnace. He pressed both hands onto the furnace lid. His left eye roared with flames, and nine-colored fire surged forth, spiraling around the entire furnace along his left hand.

His right eye manifested the lightning diagram again, transforming into endless thunder that roared as it merged into the furnace through his right hand. The lightning aided the fire's might, and the fire aided the lightning's momentum. Amidst this combination of thunder and fire, he began a frantic refining process!

This scene immediately caused all the Cultivators who had been swept far away, but who were unwilling to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and were still observing with their Divine Sense, to change their expressions drastically!

"Refining a Third Step almighty!!!"

"Throughout history, I have never heard of anyone who could refine a Third Step almighty! This Third Young Emperor actually possesses such cultivation!"

"Inconceivable! Unbelievable! This Third Young Emperor is mad; does he think he is practicing Alchemy?"

The uproar erupted with unprecedented shock.

Not to mention them, even the Old Vermilion Bird opened his eyes wide. He had never intended for Wang Lin to defeat Si Mozi; as long as the two fought to a draw with his secret help, Wang Lin would have established his prestige!

To fight to a draw with a Third Step almighty using only Second Step cultivation was something enough to shock the entire Primordial Realm. Although this involved his secret help at first, and the fact that Si Mozi dared not use his killing moves due to his own deterrence later, the fact remained the fact!

But now, Wang Lin was actually going to refine Si Mozi. This scene immediately made the Old Vermilion Bird gasp.

"Good!! He is worthy of being a descendant of my clan. Regardless of whether he can refine him, to have such thoughts and such courage, this child is truly a hero!" The Old Vermilion Bird laughed heartily, his eyes filled with gratification.

In the entire sky, aside from the incense power of the Outer Realm sealed by the Ancient Breath Leaf, only this massive furnace remained. Wang Lin sat upon it, continuously circulating the Origin Energy within his body and wielding his Origin, causing the thunder and fire to roar as they merged into the Celestial Emperor Furnace to carry out the refining!

This Celestial Emperor Furnace was an Ancient God Royal Clan Magical Artifact, and its power was earth-shattering. Now, controlled by Wang Lin, an Ancient God of the Royal Clan, it erupted with immense power!

The Ancient God Star Point between Wang Lin's brows spun rapidly, and waves of Ancient God Power surged madly from within his body into the Celestial Emperor Furnace!

Inside the Celestial Emperor Furnace, Si Mozi looked around. All was Chaos around him. His expression was extremely ferocious. Due to a moment of carelessness, he had been plotted against by Wang Lin and trapped within this strange furnace.

"A mere furnace dares to trap me!" Si Mozi formed Hand Seals with both hands and waved them suddenly toward the surroundings. His entire body was enveloped in purple energy, which transformed into two massive purple hands that smashed toward the surrounding furnace walls.

The two purple hands touched the furnace walls in an instant. With the strike, a roar erupted, and the entire furnace shook violently!

Wang Lin's body shook along with the furnace. A cold glint appeared in his eyes. He spat out blood onto the furnace, then simply closed his eyes and frantically circulated the power within his body, continuing the refining!

"What kind of Magic Treasure is this again!!" Si Mozi continuously unleashed Divine Abilities inside the Celestial Emperor Furnace, but the resilience of this furnace made his expression extremely gloomy!

Furthermore, under his continuous bombardment, an increasingly scorching high temperature suddenly condensed within the furnace. Beneath this high temperature, wails of agony slowly drifted in from all directions.

A sharp glint flashed in Si Mozi's eyes. He looked over abruptly, and his expression changed immediately!

He saw that all around him, a large number of illusory souls had appeared. These souls were each massive, and they were none other than Ancient Demons and Ancient Devils! Their numbers were uncountable, and their wails of agony pierced into Si Mozi's mind, causing the pupils in his eyes to constrict.

These illusory souls surrounded Si Mozi, and the wails grew increasingly intense!

These souls were all the living beings that had been refined to death in this furnace throughout history!

The Ancient Demon Soul that had been entangled with the white silk and red mist figure flashed backward and merged with the surrounding illusory souls, becoming indistinguishable from them.

The red mist contracted. The white-veiled woman stood silently beside Si Mozi, saying nothing. Her face still could not be seen clearly, but the trace of gentleness revealed in her eyes was very clear.

Si Mozi withdrew his gaze and stared coldly upward, saying in a cold voice, "This little bastard has quite a few Magic Treasures, but if he thinks he can trap me, he is overestimating himself!" With a cold snort, Si Mozi raised his right hand and waved it forward suddenly, shouting in a low voice, "Seven-Colored Divine Void Nails!"

The moment his words were spoken, twenty-nine rays of seven-colored light suddenly appeared before Si Mozi. As the seven-colored rays intersected, they immediately illuminated the furnace. In that light, the surrounding illusory souls all retreated, as if they were extremely afraid of these twenty-nine nails that had suddenly appeared!

"Seven-Colored Nails, break this furnace for me!" Si Mozi flicked his large sleeve, and the twenty-nine rays of seven-colored light immediately let out earth-shaking whistles as they flew toward the surroundings!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Violent sounds suddenly rang out. The twenty-nine seven-colored nails had directly nailed themselves onto the walls of the Celestial Emperor Furnace and had even pierced fiercely into them!

In the sky outside, Wang Lin, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes abruptly. The Celestial Emperor Furnace beneath him roared, and sharp spikes were seen suddenly bulging out from the furnace!

There were twenty-nine sharp spikes in total, emitting seven-colored light, as if they were about to break open the Celestial Emperor Furnace!

A cold glint flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. He raised his right hand and waved it through the air, and a jade bottle appeared in his palm!

Demon Soul Bottle!

Holding this bottle, Wang Lin bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of Ancient God blood, which landed on it. He shouted in a low voice, "In the name of my Royal Clan Ancient God, I summon thirty thousand Ancient Demons to assist me in refining!"

Devilish Qi roared out from the bottle's mouth. Phantoms of Ancient Demons appeared, roaring. After absorbing Wang Lin's blood, they ferociously rushed toward the Celestial Emperor Furnace!

Inside the Celestial Emperor Furnace, Si Mozi's eyes revealed madness. Roaring, he grabbed into the empty air with his right hand, and an object immediately appeared in his hand! This object was a beast bone. The beast bone was not large, less than three feet long, and was originally plain and unremarkable, but on it was a clear palm print!

This palm print was deeply embedded on the beast bone, and even the palm lines within it could be clearly seen!

"A mere furnace, watch how I, this old man, break it!" This beast bone had been bestowed by the Venerable Master back then, and the palm print on it was left by… the Venerable Master!!

It contained the power of one palm strike from the Venerable Master!

Looking at the beast bone in his hand, a look of complexity flashed across Si Mozi's eyes. He raised his right hand and was about to press it onto the palm print on the beast bone when, at that moment, a faint, lingering sigh came from behind him.

"Sima… Accompany me home… will you…"

Si Mozi's right hand trembled, and his expression showed a struggle. Above his brow, the firefly-sized glimmer of light shook violently.

"Let us return our cultivation to him… and go home together… will you…"

At this moment, outside on the Celestial Emperor Furnace, Wang Lin's eyes revealed a strange light. He formed Hand Seals with both hands and exhaled a deep breath. This breath was invisible; it landed on the Celestial Emperor Furnace and dispersed…

"Daoist Magic… Dream Dao…" In his life, Wang Lin had created three techniques: Fading Night, Flowing Moon… and after that, it was the first Daoist Magic he had created in his life, within the Heaven Defying, within the Dao Realm!