354: I take a bath in the sky

That terrifying suction force, which twisted time and space, acted directly upon the very Foundation of existence.

Lin Fan felt as if he were being forcibly "gouged" out of the real world.

His entire being transformed into an irresistible streak of light, shooting straight toward that massive furnace imprinted with the traces of the Universe's birth and death.

Within the Tian Yuan Realm, all survivors watched helplessly through the star charts as the point of light representing Lin Fan was completely swallowed by the furnace mouth that ends all things.

With a "crack," the Jade Slip in Li Hanyue's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Her world shattered along with the disappearance of that point of light.

"No..."

A dreamlike whimper escaped her throat; her vision went dark, and her body slumped backward.

It was over.

This time, it was truly over... Inside the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Lin Fan thought he would experience the ultimate agony of being smelted into basic particles.

However, the anticipated excruciating pain did not arrive.

The moment he was sucked into the furnace mouth, his Physical Body did indeed feel a terrifying high temperature sufficient to instantly vaporize even a True Immortal.

But in the next instant, that burning sensation vanished.

In its place was an indescribable... comfort.

It was like a person frozen stiff in a world of ice and snow suddenly soaking in a hot spring of just the right temperature.

Surrounding him were the rolling fires of Chaos, formed from the smelting of billions of Laws.

These flames licked his body, but far from causing harm, they transformed into the purest, most primal Origin energy, scrambling to drill into every one of his pores.

His four limbs, every bone, and every cell let out a groan of pleasure.

"This..."

Lin Fan was stunned.

He looked around; this was a chaotic-colored sea of fire where countless fragments of the Great Dao Laws ebbed and flowed, flickering with various lusters.

Those were the various Law Origins sent down by the Heavenly Tribulation when he was previously "having a buffet."

At this moment, under the calcination of this Chaos Dao Fire, these fragments were being perfectly purified, removing the dross and retaining the essence.

A crazy thought rose uncontrollably in his mind.

Wasn't this the perfect Cultivation site, tailor-made for him?

He had previously collected over a hundred types of Law fragments and Origins and was worrying about how to perfectly melt them into one furnace to forge a unique immortal Dao Foundation.

Now, the Heavenly Dao had personally stepped in, helped him set up the furnace, and lit the fire.

Even the fuel was the highest-grade Chaos Dao Fire.

This service was simply too thoughtful!

Instead of having any thought of resistance, Lin Fan sat down cross-legged, floating steadily in the center of the Chaos sea of fire.

The moment he sat down, the System light screen popped up on its own.

[Detected that the Host is in a "Dao Dissolution Smelting" state, fulfilling hidden conditions.]

[Ultra-rare Cultivation Technique (Undying Heavenly Merit (Remnant Chapter)) has been unlocked.]

[Undying Heavenly Merit: Use the myriad Daos as firewood to forge an eternal Indestructible body. Operating this technique in an energy-rich area allows one to transform into a devouring vortex, forcibly plundering all surrounding energy to temper oneself.]

[Warning: This Cultivation Technique is extremely overbearing; please use with caution.]

Lin Fan looked at the technique description, his mouth curling into a grin that reached his eyes.

Caution?

In a place like this, was there any technique more suitable than this?

Without hesitation, he immediately began to operate the [Undying Heavenly Merit] according to the description.

Buzz—

A vibration that could not be described by sound emanated from within Lin Fan.

His entire person seemed to instantly transform into an invisible black hole.

The Chaos Dao Fire, which had originally been gently soaking his body, suddenly found a vent.

Like a bursting dam, they turned into a visible torrent of energy, madly surging into Lin Fan's body.

Under the impact of this energy, Lin Fan's body was not blown apart; instead, like a piece of red-hot divine iron, it became increasingly dense and tough under repeated hammering.

Those Great Dao Law fragments floating in the sea of fire were also pulled by this suction, turning into streaks of light that were imprinted deep into his body.

For a time, a wondrous sight formed inside the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Lin Fan sat in the center, an Incarnation of a vortex devouring all things.

The endless Chaos Dao Fire and Law fragments were like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, scrambling to throw themselves into his embrace.

His aura was rising steadily at an inconceivable speed.

At the furnace mouth.

Within that indifferent eye of the heavenly dao, the rotating Laws showed a hint of disorder.

It clearly sensed that the energy within the furnace was rapidly draining at an abnormal rate.

That "anomaly" who should have been smelted into nothingness was not only not being refined but had begun to steal its power.

[Analyzing... Target has not been obliterated.]

[Target is absorbing the Origin power of "Dao Dissolution Smelting."]

[Logic error... Program conflict.]

[Increasing energy output, forcibly executing smelting program!]

Rumble!

The Heaven and Earth Furnace shook violently.

The eye of the heavenly dao suddenly accelerated its rotation, increasing the energy input.

An even more majestic and violent Chaos Dao Fire erupted from the furnace walls, attempting to use absolute power to completely burst and crush Lin Fan.

However, the [Undying Heavenly Merit] within Lin Fan's body operated even faster.

His speed of absorbing energy was actually a step faster than the speed at which the heavenly dao will was pouring it in.

The energy inside the furnace did not increase; instead, it drained even more severely.

For the first time, the eye of the heavenly dao fell into a certain "dilemma."

To maintain the operation of the furnace and to completely obliterate Lin Fan, this BUG, it was forced to start drawing energy from further away.

In an instant, centered on the Tian Yuan Realm, the cosmic space of several surrounding Star Domains underwent a terrifying transformation.

The light of countless stars dimmed without warning.

The Spiritual Qi permeating the Universe was drawn away by an irresistible force, forming rivers of energy that spanned galaxies, continuously pouring into that massive Heaven and Earth Furnace.

This scene finally alerted certain ancient existences sleeping in the deepest parts of the Universe... In a desolate Star Domain forgotten by time, within the core of a long-dead star.

A faint Divine Thought slowly awakened.

"Hmm? This fluctuation... is the World-Ending Immortal Tribulation?"

"No, why is the core of the tribulation so stable, even continuing to grow stronger?"

...In another chaotic Void Realm, on a floating continental fragment, the eyelids of a stone statue that had sat cross-legged for eons twitched slightly.

"Interesting, someone is Undergoing Tribulation, yet has forced the Heavenly Dao to the point of drawing upon the Universe Origin to supplement it."

"This is not Undergoing Tribulation."

"He is... swallowing the tribulation!"

...Even further into the dark depths.

A pair of eyes that could not be described in words slowly opened.

Its gaze seemed to penetrate infinite time and space, falling directly upon Lin Fan within that Heaven and Earth Furnace.

That Divine Thought swept over Lin Fan without pausing, but as it passed over the System deep within his Soul, it emitted a very faint fluctuation of slight surprise.

"This aura..."

"Is it something left behind by 'Him'?"

"To actually appear in such a low-level plane and even provoke a Heavenly Dao Incarnation."

"How interesting."

Those eyes slowly closed again, as if having merely glanced at an ant by the roadside.

But an invisible mark, transcending Karma and time, had already quietly fallen upon Lin Fan... Inside the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Lin Fan was completely unaware of everything happening outside.

He was immersed in the pleasure of his strength skyrocketing madly.

He had already devoured more than half of the hundred Great Dao Laws; they were colliding and merging within his body, beginning to construct an unprecedented prototype of an immortal body.

His Physical Body strength was increasing exponentially.

"Refreshing!"

"More! Give me more!"

Lin Fan even began to actively urge the [Undying Heavenly Merit] to accelerate the speed of devouring.

Just then.

Buzz—

The entire Heaven and Earth Furnace suddenly let out an overburdened wail.

Because more than half of the core energy had been sucked away by Lin Fan, the internal energy structure of this furnace, forcibly constructed by the heavenly dao will, began to become extremely unstable.

Tiny cracks even appeared on the furnace walls.

A destructive aura was brewing deep within the furnace core.

The System light screen before Lin Fan's eyes instantly changed from a gentle blue to a piercing blood-red.

[Warning! Warning!]

[Energy furnace core is about to lose balance!]

[Estimated star-destroying level explosion in ten breaths!]