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"The Twelve Zodiac Animals, the Mystic Ice Python."

When Ouyang Xu said those four words, the ice on his wrist thickened by half an inch. Three hundred years ago, when he was in seclusion underground, the twelve zodiac animals were still sleeping in their respective territories. Now, one of them has become a human's mount.

"How did you, a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages, manage to subdue it?"

"It wasn't subjugation, it was a deal I made with it."

Qin Yu took another piece of refined armor from the furnace and stuck it to his waist and abdomen. The upgrade progress of the entire Purple Sun Divine Armor had reached 80%. The armor piece tempered by the Chaos Furnace Fire had a ten times higher compatibility with his meridians than before, and the speed at which spiritual power circulated within the armor was faster than he had expected.

Ouyang Xu's grayish-white palm cracked from the cold air from the python's mouth, but he did not stop. He unleashed his half-step Nascent Soul spiritual power, shattering the ice layer and forcing the cold air back three feet.

"Whether it's a transaction or subjugation, all I want is the power of chaos."

"Then you can take it from me."

"You think I wouldn't dare?"

With his other hand, Ouyang Xu pulled a black bone needle from his sleeve. The bone needle was only the length of a chopstick, but the patterns on it were of the same origin as those of the Chaos Refining Furnace. The temperature in the secret chamber dropped by 30% the moment the bone needle was pulled out.

"The Soul-Extracting Bone Needle—I survived to this day because I stole a wisp of fire from the furnace using this very thing."

The needle tip was aimed at Qin Yu's brow, and a suction force was released from the needle tip, directly targeting the source of his nascent soul.

At the same instant, the Xuanbing Giant Python opened its mouth and bit down. The extreme cold aura from the python's mouth was enough to freeze and crack the protective spiritual shield of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. However, Ouyang Xu moved his body to the side, thus avoiding the python's attack range. The secret chamber was too small, and the python could not spread its body out, so it could only attack with its head.

Ouyang Xu is reaping the benefits of this.

"Your python cannot operate freely in this place, while I have been in this forbidden area for three hundred years, and every inch of this ground is my home ground."

The suction force of the bone needle pierced through the furnace fire membrane and penetrated Qin Yu's soul defense. The chaotic power in his dantian was pulled by that force, as if someone was stirring his stomach with a hook.

Qin Yu did not retreat; the last two armor plates in the furnace were still three breaths away from being ready.

Three breaths.

He withstood the suction of the bone needles. A wisp of chaotic power was pulled out, but it was immediately suppressed by the true dragon's energy. This three-breath interval was more painful for him than fighting Zhao Wuji.

"You can handle it."

Ouyang Xu's tone was tinged with surprise. If the Soul-Drawing Bone Needle could even steal from the Chaos Refining Furnace, how could a Nascent Soul cultivator's dantian withstand it?

"This young master can handle a lot of things."

Two crisp sounds came from the furnace, and the last two armor plates came out. Qin Yu reached in with both hands at the same time, took out a purple jade armor plate from each palm, and patted it on his chest and back.

The entire set of divine armor is complete.

The Purple Sun Divine Armor, tempered by the Chaos Furnace Fire, covered his entire body from head to toe. The Yi Wood pattern spread across each armor plate like blood vessels, and the green vitality and purple-gold chaotic power intertwined and flowed within the armor, giving the feeling of wearing a living skin.

Ouyang Xu's bone needles were still stuck in Qin Yu's soul defense line, but the suction force transmitted back from the needle tips stopped when they touched the complete divine armor membrane.

It hasn't stopped.

It was a backlash.

The wood-like patterns climbed up the bone needle like vines, reaching the base of Ouyang Xu's fingers within three breaths, and began to absorb the spiritual energy within his body.

"What is that?"

Ouyang Xu tried to throw away the bone needle, but the vines were too tightly wrapped around him, and his spiritual power was being drawn away by the green patterns at a visible speed. He had been able to prolong his life for three hundred years with a wisp of fire from the Chaos Furnace. The moment that wisp of fire was touched by the Yi Wood pattern, it seemed to have met its true owner and ran towards Qin Yu.

"You extended your life by three hundred years not because of your own cultivation, but because of the stolen furnace fire."

“That belongs to me.”

What you steal is yours.

The wood-like patterns on his wrists had climbed another inch, and the skin on Ouyang Xu's wrists began to crack and peel. Thirty percent of the spiritual power he had accumulated over three hundred years came from that wisp of fire. Once the fire was taken away, his foundation began to crumble, and his aura as a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator slid from its peak towards the middle stage. Tie Wuhen saw this scene at the end of the passage. He was stunned for three breaths, and then did something that no one had expected.

He turned and ran away.

He wasn't running out; he was running into the puppet array on the second level of the forbidden area. The 108 Nascent Soul level golden-armored puppets were the foundation of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion. As the senior brother, Tie Wuhen had half of the control over them, and he wanted to use these puppets to pick up the scraps.

Once Ouyang Xu and Qin Yu are both severely injured, he will lead his puppet army in to seize the Chaos Furnace and all the Chaos Power.

"Boss, that iron lump is running towards the puppet formation."

Kui Wu's voice came from outside. He was squeezed at the entrance of the passage and could not get in, but he could see Tie Wuhen's back.

"Let him run away, we'll deal with him later."

Qin Yu's attention was entirely focused on Ouyang Xu. Although this guy was losing cultivation, his foundation as a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator was still there. Even if he dropped to the mid-stage, he would still be much stronger than an ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Release me.

With his other hand, Ouyang Xu summoned a jet-black iron ball. The ball was only the size of a fist, but it was heavy enough to smash a crater in the floor of the secret chamber. The dull thud as it landed made the entire forbidden area tremble.

"The Ten Thousand Jin Pendant, crafted by the first master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, increases the weight of anything it touches by a thousand times."

The iron ball flew towards Qin Yu's divine armor. The Chaos Furnace Fire couldn't completely counteract this purely physical weight-increasing effect in time. The armor plates became incredibly heavy the moment they touched the iron ball, causing Qin Yu's knees to bend and his entire body to sink half an inch.

"Your armor can block spiritual attacks, but it can't block gravity."

The second heavy object, weighing tens of thousands of pounds, crashed down. The two combined, and Qin Yu's foot cracked the floor of the secret chamber.

"Four coins and you'll be down, five coins and you'll be a meat pie."

When the third arrow struck, Qin Yu went from standing to half-squatting. The combined weight of the three arrows, each weighing ten thousand jin, exceeded one million jin, and his bones were creaking.

The fourth ten-thousand-pound weight appeared in Ouyang Xu's palm, but he didn't have time to throw it out.

The Chaos Furnace stirred.

The furnace flew up in front of Qin Yu, its lid swung open, and a ball of chaotic furnace fire spewed out from the furnace chamber, directly enveloping the three ten-thousand-pound weights. The weights were made of ancient black iron, but the chaotic furnace fire could fuse all things, including the ancient black iron.

The three heavy weights, weighing tens of thousands of pounds, held out in the furnace fire for two breaths before softening and turning into three clumps of black molten iron, which were then swallowed back into the furnace.

Gravity disappeared, and Qin Yu's body bounced up.

"Your Ten Thousand Jin Pendant was forged by the first Pavilion Master, and the Chaos Refining Furnace was also suppressed by the first Pavilion Master."

Qin Yu stretched his knees, which were sore from the pressure, and his voice carried as he returned to a standing position from a half-squat.

"If the first generation of the Pavilion Master's items are used against the first generation of the Pavilion Master's items, guess who will win?"

The answer is already there: the Ten Thousand Jin Pendant was eaten, and the trump card he retrieved from the relics of the first Pavilion Master three hundred years ago couldn't even last two breaths in front of the Chaos Refining Furnace.

"Feel free to throw out whatever other magic weapons you have."

Qin Yu's tone was as if he were asking if all the dishes had been served.

Ouyang Xu rummaged through his storage ring. He had more than a dozen magical treasures, but they were all products of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion. The Heavenly Craft Pavilion's items were of the same origin as the Chaos Refining Furnace. The furnace could fuse all things, so throwing it out would be like sending food to be eaten.

At that moment, he realized a fact that made him stagger backward.

Once the Chaos Refining Furnace recognizes its master, all the magical treasures accumulated by the Heavenly Craft Pavilion over three thousand years become mere raw materials before it.

"You won't get lost."

Qin Yu took a step forward, his feet sinking into the crater left by the 10,000-pound weight that had been eaten.

"Then this young master will help you clear out your storage ring." (End of Chapter)