My CEO Bai Fumei’s wife

The four fragments were intertwined in mid-air. The three fragments in Li Dijun's hand wanted to fly towards Qin Yu, but he suppressed them with his spiritual power.

"Let go."

"You think I'll just release it because you tell me to? Who do you take me for?"

Chaos Furnace Fire burst forth from the furnace chamber, its dark golden flames piercing through space and rushing straight towards Emperor Li's palm, only to collide with something he couldn't swallow.

The defensive formation of Wudi City.

The power accumulated over three thousand years is not ordinary spiritual energy; it is the condensation of the entire city's fortune. The Chaos Furnace Fire can melt all things, but it cannot melt fortune.

"In Emperor Wu's City, I am the heaven."

Li Dijun's cultivation level skyrocketed thanks to the great array, climbing from the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm all the way up, his aura approaching that of a half-step Mahayana cultivator.

The oppressive force made Mo Nu's claws tremble uncontrollably.

“Master, he has the advantage of terrain; a direct confrontation is not going to work.”

Qin Yu did not back down.

He placed his hand on the Chaos Furnace, pouring all the chaotic power within his body into it, causing the furnace temperature to soar to its limit.

"This young master only speaks of reason."

The bowstring was drawn taut, and the Falling Moon Divine Bow was filled with dragon breath. An arrow, formed from the fire of the Chaos Furnace, was aimed directly at Emperor Li's brow.

"No matter what the rules are, if you have the power, the rules are worthless."

The arrow was released from the bowstring.

The city's protective formation solidified into a golden wall, thick enough to withstand the combined attack of three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

The arrow struck the golden wall.

Cracks appeared in the wall, not completely, but cracks spread throughout a three-foot radius around the point of impact, as the power of the chaotic furnace fire began to erode the formation.

"Your arrows can really break my great formation."

For the first time, Li Dijun's voice carried a hint of surprise; the city's protective formation had never been breached head-on in three thousand years.

"It can't break through everything, but it can break through a hole."

The second arrow was not shot at Li Dijun but at the ground. The moment the arrow pierced the ground, the Chaos Furnace Fire began to spread along the formation's veins.

"You are undermining my foundation."

“I did the same thing at the Heavenly Craft Pavilion before. That time I ate puppets, and this time I ate formations.”

The Chaos Furnace Fire spread underground much faster than expected. The core of the Martial Emperor City's formation was composed of spiritual energy, and the Chaos Furnace Fire had no restrictions on the fusion of spiritual energy.

Emperor Li's cultivation bonus began to decrease.

He fell from the half-step Mahayana stage back to the peak of the late-stage Nascent Soul stage.

"You've forced me to get serious."

He released the three soul fragments with his right hand, and the fragments flew towards the one in Qin Yu's hand the moment they were freed. The four fragments merged in the void into a larger white sphere of light.

The woman's silhouette inside the sphere of light became clearer.

Yan Mingyu's face went from being blurry to having her features clearly discernible.

"Mingyu".

As Qin Yu uttered those two words, the remaining medicinal power of the Nine-Ring Soul Nourishing Pill surged out from the storage ring and automatically poured into the light sphere.

With the energy of the Soul Nourishing Pill combined with the four fragments, the three souls and seven spirits began to recombine.

Emperor Li did not stop the process because he discovered something even more deadly.

The chaotic furnace fire is devouring the array base of Martial Emperor City.

With each unit he absorbs, his city-protecting formation weakens; if he doesn't act soon, the entire city's defense system will collapse within half an hour.

"Whether your wife wakes up or not, you won't be leaving Wudi City today."

He took a sword out of his sleeve with his left hand.

The sword was entirely black and had no luster, but the sky over the entire Martial Emperor City darkened the moment it was drawn from its sheath.

"The Martial Emperor Sword was forged by me three thousand years ago using the essence of an entire mine. It is of the Mahayana level."

Mahayana level.

Above the Chaos level is the Mahayana level, and there are fewer Mahayana level magic treasures than Chaos level ones in the entire cultivation world.

Mo Nu's body uncontrollably retreated three steps. As a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, it couldn't even stand steadily in front of a Mahayana-level magic weapon.

"Boss, that sword is too powerful; I can't withstand it."

"You don't need to block me."

Qin Yu removed his hand from the Falling Moon Divine Bow and placed it on his chest.

The plates of the Purple Sun Divine Armor began to fall off, flying one by one into the furnace of the Chaos Refining Furnace.

"You're dismantling your own armor."

Emperor Li's sword stopped in mid-air.

"A was forged in the Chaos Furnace Fire. Dismantling it and feeding it back into the furnace will cause the furnace fire to surge to a higher level. This young master doesn't need defense; this young master needs firepower."

The moment the divine armor was poured into the furnace, the color of the chaotic furnace fire changed from dark gold to pure gold, the temperature increased fivefold, and the furnace spirit's voice came from inside the furnace.

"It's ready to eat."

"Then eat." The Chaos Furnace Fire transformed into a golden fire dragon and rushed towards the Martial Emperor Sword. Emperor Li swung his sword to meet it, and the Mahayana-level sword energy cleaved open the fire dragon's head, but a new head immediately grew from the broken part.

"The Chaos Furnace Fire fused with the essence of Yi Wood from the armor plate, and the Yi Wood attribute gave it regenerative abilities."

Zhuge Chuchu's voice came from a distance; she had already retreated to a safe distance.

The fire dragon coiled around the Martial Emperor Sword, and the furnace fire began to fuse the spiritual power on the surface of the sword. It could not fuse the Mahayana-grade material, but it could fuse the spiritual power. With each fusion, the spiritual power that Emperor Li poured into the sword would decrease by one unit.

"You are consuming my spiritual power."

"This young master is not only consuming your spiritual power, but also your formation."

The chaotic furnace fire underground was still devouring the array base, and with the battle raging on two fronts, Li Dijun's spiritual power was being lost at twice the rate.

The Martial Emperor Sword cleaved open the third fire dragon, and the fourth one had already emerged from the furnace. The Chaos Furnace Fire grew stronger with each bite it took to strengthen the array base. In this war of attrition, Qin Yu grew stronger and stronger, while Li Dijun grew weaker and weaker.

“You are using my city to feed your furnace.”

"From the Heavenly Craft Pavilion to the Abyss Alliance to the Northern Abyss, I've eaten my way through the city. Your city is the biggest meal I've ever had."

His cultivation level dropped from the peak of the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the mid-stage of the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and 30% of the city's protective formation was swallowed up.

A resolute glint flashed in Li Dijun's eyes.

"Since that's the case, I'll abandon the grand formation and fight you with my true cultivation."

He grabbed the void, channeling the remaining 70% of the city-protecting array's power into the Martial Emperor Sword. The sword's body changed from jet black to deep purple, the color resulting from the fusion of the array's power and the Mahayana-grade material.

One sword.

Qin Yu's body was cleaved away, and without the protection of his divine armor, a deep wound appeared on his chest, running from his left shoulder to his right waist, revealing the bone.

"boss!"

Kui Wu's roar exploded from afar.

Qin Yu's body smashed through the wall of the imperial palace. The wall shattered, but he remained intact. The power of chaos formed a purple-gold protective film at the wound, preventing it from worsening.

"That sword strike was ruthless."

He stood up from the ruins, blood still at the corner of his mouth, and his hand was already back on the Chaos Furnace.

"But your great formation is gone."

Emperor Li's face darkened. The fact that the power of the great formation had been poured into the Martial Emperor Sword meant that the city's defense system was completely empty, and the Chaos Furnace Fire no longer had any formation energy to absorb.

But he also lost the city's protection.

"With his true cultivation at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, he can fight against the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage with the Chaos Furnace Fire."

Qin Yu held the Moonfall Divine Bow in his left hand and the Nine Dragons Sword in his right.

"Mo Nu."

"exist."

"Hold him off for thirty breaths."

Mo Nu's body swelled up, and his mid-stage Nascent Soul form filled the entire street. When his claws slammed towards Emperor Li, the Martial Emperor's Sword came down. But Mo Nu wasn't there to win; he was there to buy time.

Thirty breaths.

Qin Yu threw the Nine Dragons Sword into the furnace of the Chaos Refining Furnace.

"What are you doing?" asked Ye Gu.

"Upgrade the sword."

The chaotic furnace fire enveloped the Nine Dragon Sword, and the nine golden dragons on the sword struggled for a moment before falling silent, as they sensed the intention.

It's not a fusion.

It is evolution.

All the rare materials collected from the Heavenly Craft Pavilion were thrown into the furnace at once. The items, worth thirty million spirit crystals, were melted into molten metal in the furnace fire and poured into every inch of the Nine Dragon Sword's patterns.

Twenty-five breaths.

Its rank has risen, from the highest level of the Heavenly Rank to the Chaos Rank.

Twenty breaths.

Since there weren't enough materials, Qin Yu threw in the Falling Moon Divine Bow as well.

The furnace spirit was stunned for a moment.

"The bow is also melted?"

"Fusion, two Chaos-level items fused into one, the resulting item will be at least a Chaos-level supreme item."

Fifteen breaths.

Mo Nu's left foreleg was severed by Emperor Wu's sword, and its screams echoed throughout Emperor Wu's city. But it did not retreat, and the black blood spurting from its severed leg smeared Emperor Li's face.

Ten breaths.

The Nine Dragons Sword and the Falling Moon Divine Bow began to merge in the furnace. The sword became half a foot longer, and a bowstring-shaped pattern appeared on the spine of the sword.

Five breaths.

Emperor Li cleaved through Mo Nu's defenses, and the Martial Emperor Sword pointed directly at Qin Yu's back.

"Out of the oven." (End of Chapter)