Chapter 1166 - 531: Domain of the Divine Furnace

Chapter 531

A will as brilliant as the great sun, filled with judgment and majesty, projected down from the gap in the Celestial Kingdom, locking onto Xu Ran seated at the center of the grindstone in an instant.

"Daring demon of the Lower Realm! How dare you steal the power of the ’Abyss’, disrupt the seal, your sin is unforgivable!"

A grand, cold, and emotionless voice rang out like Divine Thunder across the entire Dragon Elephant Domain.

Immediately, a giant golden hand made of endless Holy Light extended from the gap in the Celestial Kingdom, slapping down towards Xu Ran and the Gui Xu Reincarnation grindstone beneath him!

The might of this hand was entirely different from the demonic hand before.

The demonic hand represented corruption and filth.

But this golden hand represented the supreme "Order" and "Judgment"! It sought to erase all heresies!

"Abyss? Celestial Kingdom?"

Xu Ran’s gaze sharpened, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind instantly.

He understood that this Abyss of Bone Demons might officially be called the "Abyss". And this suddenly appearing "Celestial Kingdom" was the... Guardian of this place!

The commotion he caused was too great, finally alerting these lofty beings.

"Demon? Judgment?"

Xu Ran laughed, a trace of disdain and coldness in his laughter.

"In my eyes, how are you different from that Abyss?"

"You’re nothing but... another resource!"

Facing the descending hand of judgment, Xu Ran not only did not fear but rather was filled with fighting spirit that surged to the skies!

Having just broken through to the Divine Furnace Realm, he was troubled by the lack of opponents to test his strength, and now this so-called "Celestial Kingdom" delivered itself to his door!

"Today, I defy the heavens and slay the gods!"

Xu Ran rose to his full height, the divine furnace within him erupted mightily!

Having just broken through to the Divine Furnace Realm, he was troubled by the lack of opponents to test his strength, and now this so-called "Celestial Kingdom" delivered itself to his door!

"Defy the heavens? Slay the gods?" Xu Ran stood at the center of the Gui Xu Reincarnation grindstone, his black hair moving despite the lack of wind, the new Divine Furnace Dao Body flowing with Immortal radiance. In his eyes, the nebula reflected the giant golden hand reaching from the Celestial Kingdom’s gap, his tone calm yet containing a sharpness that made eternity tremble, "Do you even deserve to be called heaven? Do you even deserve to be called gods?"

Boom!

Before the words fell, he had already moved!

Facing the giant hand of Holy Light, brilliant as the great sun and carrying the supreme judgment Law, Xu Ran did not choose to confront it head-on, nor did he use any Divine Techniques. He simply made a move that shocked all living beings, whether the hundred thousand undead below or the cold will above the firmament.

He spread his arms, opened his chest, assuming a posture of welcome and embrace!

The divine furnace within him, a supreme furnace with Soul Light as its fire and Dao bones as its wall, roared into operation at this moment, erupting with infinite suction!

"Transforming oneself into a furnace, everything can be fuel, all paths can be wood!"

Xu Ran’s will, like a creation oracle, resonated within his divine furnace.

That golden hand of judgment was meant to serve Heaven’s punishment, eradicating all heresies and sins. The "Order" and "Purification" Law it contained should have been the absolute nemesis of the filth magic essence of the Abyss of Bone Demons and the death aura of skeleton beings.

However, when it shrouded the sky above Xu Ran and was about to strike down, it suddenly paused!

What emanated from Xu Ran was not any form of negative energy it was familiar with, but an even more ancient, more domineering, and more unreasonable... "Refining" will!

As if in Xu Ran’s eyes, it was not a sacred judgment, but just a well-colored "Divine Gold", a perfectly measured "Heavenly Fire", sent to consolidate his Divine Furnace Realm further as the best resource!

"Blasphemer!"

Behind the Celestial Kingdom gap, that grand will finally expressed a touch of emotion, a fury provoked by an ant!

The golden giant hand’s brilliance surged, and the judgment Law transformed into billions of golden rune chains, wrapping down to purify Xu Ran and the grindstone under him into nothingness!

However, it was too late.

Buzz—

The formless divine furnace Xu Ran’s body had become clashed boldly with the giant hand of judgment.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sound that set one’s teeth on edge—a sound of "Refining".

The sacred golden Holy Light, representing the supreme order, on contact with Xu Ran’s divine furnace aura, emitted a sizzling noise as if ice met a branding iron, being forcibly decomposed, torn, and devoured!

Together with the Holy Light, a solemn and grand divine chant sounded. It was the materialization of the Law, able to purify souls and judge sins.

But at this moment, this sacred chant turned off-key within Xu Ran’s divine furnace. Solemnity became shrillness, grandeur became wailing!

It was as though what was thrown into the alchemy furnace was not energy, but a living, conscious "god"!

"How is it possible?! What are you doing?!" The voice of the Celestial Kingdom’s will appeared for the first time with astonishment and disbelief.

Its power and its Law were being burned to nothing by that "demon" from the Lower Realm as fuel!

This was the most fundamental profanation and subversion of the "Celestial Kingdom’s" order!

Xu Ran spoke no words, his expression unruffled. The divine furnace Dao body bore countless mysterious patterns that appeared and disappeared, with each flicker accelerating the refining process.

He could sense that this "judgment" force, pure and domineering, far surpassed the corrupt magic essence of the Abyss of Bone Demons in "quality". After refining, it transformed into the most primal golden Divine Energy, continuously washing over the walls of his newly forged divine furnace, rapidly stabilizing his realm.