novelsite Chapter 447 The Limits of the Devouring Furnace
Chapter 447 The Limits of the Devouring Furnace
Lu Sheng's fingers trembled from the burning pain.
The spiritual core of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations is undergoing a reorganization of its laws with an unstoppable momentum. The blue-white light is growing brighter and brighter, and the spiritual particles within the spherical space are being frantically absorbed by the core, like a black hole devouring everything around it.
Human-Dragon state - 30 seconds remaining.
"Thirty seconds later, the human-dragon state will end. My stats will drop from tripled back to 1x. At that time—"
Lu Sheng dared not think any further.
"Think of another way."
His mind was working at its maximum speed.
The dragon claws couldn't reach the core of the spiritual source—the temperature was too high.
The chain-resonance sphere of light—there's no time to condense. Even if it were to condense, detonating it at this distance would kill it.
Dragon's breath—its penetrating power is sufficient, but it needs to be emitted from the mouth. The spiritual core of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable is in his chest—the angle is wrong.
"What else—"
The Heaven-Devouring Furnace.
These two words flashed through Lu Sheng's mind.
The core function of the Devouring Furnace is to devour.
Previously, during the spatial freeze, he used the Devouring Furnace to devour the surrounding spiritual energy particles to create a spiritual energy vacuum, thus breaking the spatial freeze.
"What if I concentrate the devouring power of the Devouring Furnace onto a single point?"
It does not devour spiritual energy particles.
It directly devours the spiritual core of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations.
Lu Sheng had never used the Devouring Furnace like this before. The Devouring Furnace was designed to absorb external spiritual energy to restore physical strength and for cultivation. He had never tried to use it as a weapon.
"But theoretically—the Devouring Furnace has no upper limit to its devouring power. What it can devour depends on the host's spiritual source level. I am currently at the peak of the Spirit Saint realm—the Devouring Furnace's devouring power can theoretically affect any energy body at or below the peak of the Spirit Saint realm."
The spiritual core of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations is transitioning from the peak of the Spirit Saint realm to the realm of the Spirit Immortal realm.
Right now—it hasn't completed its breakthrough yet. It's still at the peak of the Spirit Saint level.
"There's still time."
Lu Sheng no longer hesitated.
His right hand reached once again towards the hollow in the chest of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations.
This time, he did not directly touch the core of the spiritual source.
He hovered his palm about ten centimeters away from the core of the spiritual source.
Then—the Heaven-Devouring Furnace was activated.
Full power launch.
Lu Sheng had never operated the Devouring Furnace in this way before. He concentrated all his willpower on the Devouring Furnace—commanding it to devour—the law energy within the spiritual source core before him.
The gravitational field of the Devouring Furnace surged forth from his palm—like a black hole suddenly opening its mouth.
The laws and energy on the surface of the Spirit Source Core were pulled by this gravitational force.
The body of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations trembled violently.
"What are you doing—" His voice changed, carrying a hint of panic.
He sensed it. A portion of the law-based energy that was being reorganized within his spiritual core had been drawn away by an external force!
"stop!"
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was enraged. His right hand condensed a protective layer of the Law of Freezing Ice near the core of the spiritual source—attempting to block the Devouring Furnace from consuming it.
However, the Devouring Furnace is not a law-based attack. It is a system-level ability that transcends the realm of laws. The protective layer of the Ice Sealing Law was torn apart like paper by the gravity of the Devouring Furnace.
"How is this possible—" The pupils of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations contracted sharply. "What kind of power is this?! A law—no—this isn't a law—what is this—"
Lu Sheng did not answer him.
He devoted all his energy to controlling the Devouring Furnace.
The rate of absorption is accelerating.
The framework of laws that was being reconstructed on the surface of the Spirit Source Core was being torn off piece by piece by the Devouring Furnace and swallowed into Lu Sheng's body.
Those fragments of laws poured into Lu Sheng's spiritual core—the Devouring Furnace automatically decomposed, purified, and transformed them into law energy that Lu Sheng could use.
Lu Sheng's power of law began to surge at this moment.
"Ding! High-quality Law Energy Influx Detected—Spirit Saint Peak Foundation Stability Exceeds 99%!" "Ding! Spirit Saint Peak Foundation Stability—100%!"
100%.
The pinnacle of spiritual sainthood.
But the energy of the laws is still pouring in. The Devouring Furnace is still devouring.
The excess energy of the laws began to challenge the ceiling of the peak of the Spirit Saint realm—
Lu Sheng's spiritual core was trembling violently.
"Ding! A breakthrough opportunity to the Spirit Immortal Realm has been detected! Would you like to attempt the breakthrough?"
Lu Sheng almost cursed out loud.
"Now? At a time like this?"
He was vying with the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations for the primordial energy of the Spirit Emperor's remains. He was using the Devouring Heaven Furnace to absorb the law energy within the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations' spiritual core. His human-dragon form had only fifteen seconds left.
At this critical moment, when he was on the verge of death, the system asked him if he wanted to break through to the Spirit Immortal Realm.
"Postponed."
Lu Sheng made a decision in his mind. Breaking through to the Spirit Immortal Realm required the reorganization of laws. This reorganization would create a period of legal void in his cultivation. To have a legal void in front of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable would be tantamount to suicide.
"Eat his core first. We'll deal with the breakthrough later."
The Devouring Furnace continued to devour.
The spiritual core of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was rapidly shrinking. The core, which had originally expanded to its limit, had shrunk in size by nearly one-third under the frenzied absorption of the Devouring Furnace.
His breakthrough was abruptly interrupted.
"No--"
The voice of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena became hoarse and frantic.
"I won't let you destroy everything—"
His right hand—the only intact hand—slammed down on his spiritual core.
"The Origin—Explosion!"
The Celestial Venerable of All Things can also unleash his primordial explosion.
No—he didn't learn it from ancient metal plates. He used his own version—a cruder, more primitive, and more reckless one.
He detonated 20% of the primordial energy within his spiritual core.
Twenty percent.
Lu Sheng almost dismantled the spherical space with just five percent of the space.
20 percent
"It's over."
In that instant, Lu Sheng did the only thing he could do.
He retreated with all his might—simultaneously using dragon scales, law shields, and spatial folding—to stack all available defensive measures in front of him.
Then—white light.
Pure white light.
I can't see anything.
The shockwave from the explosion slammed into Lu Sheng's defenses—the Law Shield shattered in 0.01 seconds. The spatial folds were torn apart in 0.02 seconds. The dragon scales—all shattered. Not a single one remained.
The residual force of the shockwave struck Lu Sheng's body.
The human-dragon state ended precisely at this moment.
Triple all attributes - disappear.
Physical strength at the level of a Spirit Immortal has been reduced back to the peak of a Spirit Saint.
The shockwave struck the physical body of a peak-level Spirit Saint—
The bones were broken. Not just one. More than a dozen. Ribs, collarbone, the ulna and radius of the left arm—all broken.
The internal organs were severely damaged by the shockwave. The protective shield of the five internal organs was no match for an attack of this magnitude.
Lu Sheng's body was lifted up by the shockwave like a falling leaf and slammed into the inner wall of the spherical space.
"puff--"
A large mouthful of golden blood spurted from his mouth.
His vision blurred for a moment. His consciousness teetered on the brink of collapse amidst the intense pain.
"Don't faint—don't—"
He bit his tongue. The sharp pain at the tip of his tongue kept him barely conscious.
Then he saw it.
At the center of the spherical space—after the white light dissipated—was the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena.
The Celestial Venerable of All Things is still alive.
But he—
Lu Sheng's eyes widened.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was reduced to only half a body.
Below the waist—gone. One arm—gone. And that huge hole in the chest.
His entire body was just a broken torso, floating in the ocean of spiritual energy.
But his spiritual core—is still there.
It shrank considerably, to one-third of its original size. The 20% explosion of its origin caused it to permanently lose a large amount of its spiritual energy.
But the core is still functioning.
Moreover—the core surface's framework of laws—actually completed the final step of its reorganization amidst the chaos of the explosion.
The pupils of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations turned completely blue-white.
The light of the Immortal Realm radiated from his broken body.
He made a breakthrough.
Despite losing most of his body, 20% of his origin, and a large portion of his spiritual energy being devoured, the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations forcibly broke through to the Spirit Immortal Realm.
"It's done."
A slight smile appeared on the lips of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations.
He looked down at his broken body—without caring at all.
Because the elemental Dao bodies of the Spirit Immortal Realm can regenerate from nothingness.
Blue-white substances began to grow from the broken ends of his body. The speed was more than ten times faster than before.
Waist. Legs. Left arm.
Ten seconds later—the body of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was completely regenerated.
A brand new, perfect body radiating blue and white light.
He stood in the ocean of spiritual energy. He looked down at his hands.
Then he raised his head—and looked at Lu Sheng, who was stuck to the inner wall of the spherical space, covered in blood.
"It's over, kid."