Chapter 411: End of Volume: Eight Trigram Baking Furnace, A World Unto Itself (3/3)

Boom!

A gigantic palm descended from the sky, instantly grabbing one of the wings of the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body.

And before the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body could respond,

another halo manifested out of thin air, from which extended another gigantic palm.

This is precisely another application of the [Qiankun Ring]—to split into two.

It is not a simple division or duplication but a true transformation into another [Qiankun Ring].

Theoretically speaking, as long as Li Boyang has the capability, he could even draw countless [Qiankun Rings] from endless spacetime.

As a projection from the Space-Time Realm, every [Qiankun Ring] is genuine and true.

"Caw!"

Realizing the crisis, the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body let out another long cry.

The second pair, even the third pair of wings, slowly began to grow from Its body...

But before those wings fully emerged,

the same number of [Qiankun Rings] and arms descended from the sky, firmly gripping them.

Looking again at Li Boyang inside the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower], he had somehow transformed into the form of a six-armed giant.

Red hair dancing, three eyes glaring angrily, six arms outstretched...

His entire body radiated a fiery red like flames.

More terrifyingly, after easily capturing the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body,

Li Boyang didn’t glance at it again but directed his gaze towards the earth below.

Or, more accurately, Li Boyang was now looking at the entire Returning Void.

Clearly situated within the Returning Void, Li Boyang’s perspective seemed to leap beyond this Secret Realm, seeing the full scale of the fallen Celestial Emperor’s Capital.

"This world... is the true unexpected delight of this journey."

As if in response to Xiluo’s earlier complaints, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Li Boyang’s mouth.

"The legendary Ninth Heaven, the true abode of the Celestial Emperor."

"I couldn’t have imagined that the mysterious Ninth Heaven was actually a man-made Underworld."

As Li Boyang’s voice fell,

the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body suddenly emitted a mournful cry.

Immediately after, an Underworld completely identical to the Celestial Emperor’s Capital slowly emerged, appearing to overlap entirely with the Returning Void.

That is the Ninth Heaven of the Celestial Emperor’s Capital—Supreme Heaven Red Bright and Yang Heaven!

Simultaneously, Li Boyang’s Celestial Eye once again demonstrated its ability to look upwards to the Nine Heavens and downwards to the Nine Netherworlds, thoroughly discerning the nature of the Returning Void.

Millennia ago, the Celestial Emperor possessed ambitions far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

During the height of Its rule, It created the Celestial Emperor’s Capital not just to showcase Its prestige and divine power.

Although the Celestial Emperor was not a Path Seeker like Li Boyang,

due to a fear of death, the Celestial Emperor had long conducted various experiments.

The hunt for the reincarnated form of the Lord of the Netherworlds was one attempt.

Creating a world uniquely its own was another attempt.

The Second to the Eighth Heavens of the Celestial Emperor’s Capital, though each unique,

were ultimately failed attempts of the Celestial Emperor, recognized divergences and dead ends.

The First Heaven and the Ninth Heaven were different.

Those were truly refined by the Celestial Emperor’s painstaking efforts, an unfinished Path to Heaven even posthumously.

The First Heaven modeled the mortal world, forming the material foundation of the Returning Void.

The Ninth Heaven mirrored the Underworld, the other side of the Returning Void, a spiritual dimension opposite to the material layer.

When the Underworld and the mortal world overlap, when the boundaries between life and death are shattered.

Woosh!

Li Boyang, who orchestrated all this, slowly stood up, dispersing the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower] composed of Profound Yellow Qi.

Then, Li Boyang exhaled Yin and Yang Qi.

The Yin and Yang Qi soared into the sky, rapidly expanding, and in the blink of an eye transformed into a [Tai Chi Diagram] that covered the sky and blocked out the sun.

The [Tai Chi Diagram] balanced Yin and Yang, and the world seemed to return to tranquility at that moment.

However, in the eight directions of the Returning Void, at the outer corners of the [Tai Chi Diagram],

symbols representing the "Innate Eight Trigrams" gradually manifested, presenting a model of the myriad things in rotation, endlessly generating new forms.

"Qian One, Dui Two, Li Three, Zhen Four, Xun Five, Kan Six, Gen Seven, Kun Eight..."

Using the trigrams to pair numbers, with one Yin and one Yang, balanced and contrasted.

This was Li Boyang’s first time deploying such a large-scale [Array of the Two Principles and Trigrams].

Compared to the previous creation of the [Mutton Fat Jade Purification Bottle] and the [Sea Calming Divine Treasure],

this time, the [Array of the Two Principles and Trigrams] used the world as the array map, evolving each direction into the Eight Trigrams of heaven, earth, thunder, mountain, fire, water, marsh, and wind.

Whether in terms of impact area or complexity, it far surpassed the previous attempts.

——Tai Chi Diagram·Innate Eight Trigrams Array!

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At the same time, high above the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Xiluo and the Celestial Erosion Monarch had only just recovered when the [Qiankun Ring] once again unfolded above their heads.

Thus, everyone saw at the other end of the [Qiankun Ring] the scene of raging earth, fire, water, and wind.

Yet, eerily, everyone’s current perspective was not from within the Returning Void.

It was as if they were in the void, viewing that bubble symbolizing the "Celestial Emperor’s Capital" from a creator’s perspective.

"What is he doing!?"

In the Celestial Erosion Monarch’s incredulous gaze, the bubble turned from illusion to reality.

Instantly, a furnace as if melting heaven and earth formed at the other end of the [Qiankun Ring].

——Using the Returning Void as a furnace, refining all things into a pill.

The furnace resembled the Prison Soul Tripod of Feilai Peak, yet far more complex than the Prison Soul Tripod.

Inside, the Innate Eight Trigrams formed by heaven, earth, thunder, mountain, fire, water, marsh, and wind cycled endlessly.

Externally, twelve complete Proverb Talismans appeared and disappeared, invoking the Power of Heaven and Earth to strengthen and transform.

Most crucially, this furnace was different from the Prison Soul Tripod.

Its bottom continuously burned with searing Undying True Fire.

That flame was sourced from the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body, the flame of the most powerful Sun God millennia ago.

Afterward, it merged with Li Boyang’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, refined into Samadhi, a flame alive like life itself.

"Samadhi True Fire..."

At this moment, also shocked by the furnace, Xiluo noticed the Undying True Fire.

Xiluo had heard from Li Boyang long ago that living beings were physical forms constructed of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

If flames were to possess their own unique Essence, Qi, and Spirit, could they also be considered living beings?

Going even further, could flames with Essence, Qi, and Spirit be another kind of Innate God?

Yet, what she never expected was that Li Boyang actually created this so-called [Samadhi True Fire], and made it from the Celestial Emperor’s remnant body.

Boom!

As everyone remained in shock, a loud noise echoed from the sky again.

Next moment, Li Boyang appeared out of thin air, holding the enormous furnace, walking out slowly from the [Qiankun Ring].

Vaguely, Xiluo seemed to glimpse the countless beings and phenomena within the massive furnace, seemingly a scene of a self-contained world.

However, that world was one of flames, a world entirely controlled by Li Boyang, the "creator."

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