Chapter 775: The Furnace Explodes

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Jin was pleased that his precautions had been useful. It worked tremendously well too. He had also been terrified of the situation earlier, but with Xiao Huo in the midst of advancing to Rank 8, he mustn’t be disturbed.

Thankfully his backup plan worked or else Lin Jin wouldn’t know what to do.

Tianzun praised his idea, and while the other immortals were far away, they were also impressed by Lin Jin. He obviously had a clear grasp on the immortal devouring beast and knew its traits. He even made contingency arrangements based on what he knew. Meanwhile, they hadn’t thought about it at all, nor did they know what to do.

Despite being fortunate enough to survive this incident, they knew it was just temporary. Whatever it was that attracted the immortal devouring beast here, it was almost certain that the immortal devouring beast would return.

So they had to relocate immediately.

Both Tianzun and Lin Jin knew that too.

“All of you please go on ahead,” Lin Jin said to the immortals decisively.

They would be useful against normal immortal beasts and enemies, but they couldn’t help in fighting the immortal devouring beast. That being the case, it was best to let them leave first.

There was praise in Tianzun’s eyes as he looked at Lin Jin. Not everyone was able to send others away first during moments of danger. Such magnanimity was rare.

Some wouldn’t even let others leave knowing they couldn’t go as well. Such people wanted everyone to die together, and Tianzun had seen many such individuals.

The immortals were touched by this gesture. They got excited and refused to leave, but Lin Jin insisted. They also knew that should the immortal devouring beast return, they wouldn’t even last one second.

Gaining insight from his observation earlier, the judge said, “The immortal devouring beast is only concerned with this place. It might even be targeting the Heaven & Earth Furnace because it was staring at it earlier. That being the case, it’s only wise that Mr. Lin leaves with us.”

The other immortals echoed in agreement. The judge was right, but he had no idea that Lin Jin couldn’t let this chance go.

If he let this chance slip, it would be difficult to get another chance for Xiao Huo to perform evolution with a high success rate.

Heck, there might not even be another one.

So Lin Jin couldn’t leave no matter what. At least not until Xiao Huo evolved.

Seeing how insistent Lin Jin was, the immortals knew they couldn’t be of help by staying. They might even give Lin Jin extra trouble if they did, so they saluted Tianzun and Lin Jin before leaving together.

“You may leave too, Tianzun,” Lin Jin said after seeing that the furnace required no manual control.

Tianzun shook his head. “I’m the one who caused this so I’m not leaving no matter what you say.”

Lin Jin guessed as much so he stopped trying to persuade him.

It was actually risky to stay here as no one knew when the immortal devouring beast would return. And once it did, Lin Jin had no other contingency plans to lure it away again so a huge fight might break out.

Xiao Huo couldn’t help right now so only Tianzun’s green fish could be relied on. Still, no matter how phenomenal Tianzun was, it would be tough for him to go against the immortal devouring beast alone.

And both Lin Jin and Tianzun knew that very well.

Time was of the essence. Tianzun sent out a few more amulets to help the furnace burn faster, even if it meant potentially damaging the furnace.

Lin Jin also worked the Purple Thunder Needle inside Xiao Huo’s body to help speed up the evolution process.

Another hour went by.

The Heaven & Earth Furnace was now burning like the sun. Its thick walls were red all over from the high temperature and it had reached its limit. Then, they heard a noise coming from inside.

Rumble!

The massive Heaven & Earth Furnace shook and Lin Jin’s eyes lit up.

Knowing that he couldn’t help at this critical moment, he beckoned and a bolt of purple lightning flew back into his palm. It was the Purple Thunder Needle.

Tianzun laughed heartily upon seeing it. “A product of a profound immortal. The aura on it is very familiar too. That Miao Yan brat made this, right?”

Perhaps only one person in the entire world could call Miao Yan Zhenren a brat. Lin Jin nodded. “I had Miao Yan Zhenren craft this for me when I was a guest at the Mystery Dao Sect in the extraterritorial land.”

Tianzun nodded. “Miao Yan’s weapon crafting skills are only so-so. I’ll refine it for you next time.”

Lin Jin was delighted.

Tianzun was a genius in both alchemy and smithing. If he would refine the Purple Thunder Needle, the needle’s might would further increase by one grade.

This was great news for Lin Jin.

Having said that, Tianzun looked back at the furnace. “Your fire wolf should be ready.”

Lin Jin nodded.

Neither he nor Tianzun could help out anymore at this point. The last hurdle depended on Xiao Huo. Although the success rate was high, nothing was absolute. There might even be accidents, so before Xiao Huo truly advanced, anything could happen in between.

Just then, another powerful rumble came from the Heaven & Earth Furnace as if something was knocking into it from the inside.

Then, they heard a terrifying cracking sound coming from the furnace.

A slit had actually been cracked open.

Flames began to splatter from the crack.

The furnace now looked like a giant bomb, like a searing sun ready to explode.

“This is bad!” Lin Jin was shocked to see this because Xiao Huo was planning to destroy the Heaven & Earth Furnace.

That mustn’t happen.

The Heaven & Earth Furnace was a premium grade magic treasure, one that took Tianzun a hundred thousand years to craft. It would be such a pity to have it destroyed. Moreover, Lin Jin didn’t think that anything in this world could destroy this planet-sized Heaven & Earth Furnace.

Rumble!

There was another sound and this time, more cracks appeared. Flames were spilling out now.

Tianzun pulled Lin Jin, turned, and ran.

“Your pet beast plans to devour the furnace flames. Let’s run. A massive explosion is about to occur and it’ll be too late to escape when that happens.” Tianzun had sounded excited, clearly thrilled to be able to witness an evolution of this scale.

Lin Jin thought differently.

It would be terrible if Xiao Huo’s evolution destroyed Tianzun’s Heaven & Earth Furnace because the furnace was such a divine item and also the blood and sweat of Tianzun’s.

Perhaps he noticed Lin Jin’s worries, Tianzun said, “It’s only a furnace. I can create another one if this is ruined. A Rank 8 pet beast is more important.”

Tianzun was being so generous that Lin Jin didn’t know what to say. He could only follow Tianzun to a safe distance.

Soon, a third rumble came from the furnace.

From so far away, the Heaven & Earth Furnace looked like an exploding sun, burning thoroughly and too dazzlingly for it to be looked straight at. Lin Jin closed his eyes to sense his blood contract before heaving a long sigh.

The next instant, the Heaven & Earth Furnace exploded.. Flames burst out everywhere, covering several hundred miles and the Nine-Heaven Realm shook.