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Chapter 523 Divine Furnace Domain
Chapter 531

A radiant, sun-like beam of will, filled with judgment and majesty, pierced down from the rift in the heavenly kingdom, instantly locking onto Xu Ran, who sat at the center of the millstone.

"You audacious demon from the mortal realm! How dare you steal the power of the 'Demon-Suppressing Abyss' and disrupt the seal! Your crime is unforgivable!"

A grand, cold, and emotionless voice, like thunder from the heavens, resounded throughout the entire Dragon Elephant Domain.

Immediately afterwards, a giant golden hand made of endless holy light reached out from the rift in the heavenly kingdom and slammed down on Xu Ran and the Great Millstone of Reincarnation beneath him!
The power of this hand was completely different from the previous demonic hand.

The demonic hand represents depravity and filth.

This golden hand represents the supreme "order" and "judgment"! It is meant to eradicate all heresy!
"Suppressing the Demonic Abyss? Heaven?"

Xu Ran's gaze sharpened, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

He understood; this Abyss of Bone Demons probably had another official name: "Abyss of Demon Suppression." And this suddenly appearing "Heaven" was the...guardian of this place!
The commotion I caused was so great that it finally alerted these high and mighty beings.

"Demons? Judgment?"

Xu Ran laughed, his laughter tinged with disdain and coldness.

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

"It's just... another kind of resource!"

Faced with the judgment hand descending from the sky, Xu Ran was not afraid at all; on the contrary, his fighting spirit soared to the sky!
He had just broken through to the Divine Furnace Realm and was worried about not having any opponents to test his strength when this so-called "heaven" delivered itself to his doorstep!
"Today, I will defy the heavens and slay the gods!"

Xu Ran stood up, and the divine furnace within his body suddenly erupted!
He had just broken through to the Divine Furnace Realm and was worried about not having any opponents to test his strength when this so-called "heaven" delivered itself to his doorstep!
"Defying the heavens? Slaying gods?" Xu Ran stood in the center of the Great Millstone of Reincarnation in the Void, his black hair moving without wind, his newly formed divine furnace body flowing with immortal radiance. The nebula in his eyes reflected the giant golden hand that emerged from the crack in the heavenly kingdom. His tone was calm, yet it contained a sharpness that made all ages tremble, "You, do you even deserve to call yourselves heaven? Do you even deserve to call yourselves gods?"

boom!
Before he finished speaking, he had already moved!

Faced with that colossal hand of holy light, as radiant as the sun and carrying the supreme law of judgment, Xu Ran did not choose to confront it head-on, nor did he unleash any supernatural powers. He simply made a move that astonished all living beings, whether it was the hundred thousand dead below or the cold will above the sky.

He opened his arms and chest, adopting a posture of welcoming and embracing!
The divine furnace within his body, the supreme furnace that uses soul light as fire and Dao bones as walls, suddenly began to operate, unleashing boundless suction!

"By transforming oneself into a furnace, all things can become fuel, and all paths can become firewood!"

Xu Ran's will, like a divine decree of creation, resounded within his own divine furnace.

That golden hand of judgment was meant to punish on behalf of Heaven, eradicating all heresy and sin. The laws of "order" and "sanctity" it contained should have been the absolute nemesis of the filthy demonic energy of the Bone Demon Abyss and the deathly aura of skeletal creatures.

However, just as it was about to strike Xu Ran, it suddenly stopped!
What came from Xu Ran was not any kind of negative energy it was familiar with, but a more ancient, more domineering, and more unreasonable... "forging" will!
It seemed that in Xu Ran's eyes, it was not some sacred judgment, but just a piece of "divine gold" of good quality and a handful of "heavenly fire" of just the right amount, which was the best resources delivered to his door to help him consolidate his divine furnace realm!
"blasphemer!"

After the crack in the Kingdom of Heaven, that grand will finally took on a trace of emotion—the fury of being offended by ants!
The golden giant hand shone brightly, and the laws of judgment transformed into billions of golden rune chains, wrapping down to completely purify Xu Ran and the millstone beneath him into nothingness!

However, it was too late.

hum-

The invisible divine furnace formed from Xu Ran's body collided violently with the giant hand of judgment.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sickeningly loud "refining" sound.

The holy golden light, representing the supreme order, was like ice and snow meeting a branding iron the moment it came into contact with the energy of Xu Ran's divine furnace. It made a "sizzling" sound and was forcibly decomposed, torn apart, and devoured!
Accompanying the holy light was a solemn and grand sacred chant. It was the manifestation of the law, capable of cleansing souls and judging sin.

But at this moment, within Xu Ran's divine furnace, this sacred chant took a different turn. Solemnity transformed into mournful wailing, grandeur into lamentation!
It was as if what was thrown into the alchemy furnace was not energy, but a living, willful "god"!
"How is this possible?! What are you doing?!" For the first time, the voice of the Heavenly Will was filled with horror and disbelief.

Its power and its laws are being burned to ashes by that "evil spirit" from the lower realm!

This is the most fundamental desecration and subversion of the "Kingdom of Heaven" order!

Xu Ran remained silent, his expression as calm as still water. On his Divine Furnace Dao Body, countless profound patterns appeared and disappeared, each flash increasing the refining speed by one point.

He could sense that this power of "judgment" was pure and domineering, far more "qualitative" than the filthy demonic energy of the Bone Demon Abyss. After refining it, it transformed into streams of the most primordial golden divine energy, constantly washing over the walls of his newly forged divine furnace, rapidly stabilizing his realm.

"The Primordial Dao Bone Scripture: Minor Completion of the Divine Furnace Realm (10%)... (20%)... (35%)!"

In just a moment, his realm was completely solidified, and even improved!
Click!

Finally, the colossal golden hand that blotted out the sky, after having absorbed ninety-nine percent of its energy, could no longer maintain its form, shattering inch by inch and dissipating into a shower of light.

However, this is not the end.

"Condense!" Xu Ran shouted, and the divine furnace trembled violently.

The original source of the Judgment Law that he had refined and purified but had not absorbed was forcibly "spit out" from the divine furnace under his will control!

hum!
A fist-sized, rhomboid crystal, entirely of a lustrous golden color, floated in Xu Ran's palm.

Within this crystal, a miniature heaven of judgment seems to be sealed, with countless chains of order moving within, radiating an awe-inspiring majesty that makes one's soul tremble.

This is the culmination of the "Law of Judgment"!

It is the very core of that golden giant hand!
Xu Ran held the law crystal as if it were a star. He raised his head, his gaze piercing through endless space, as if meeting the gaze of the being behind the rift, a faint smile curving his lips.

He flicked his finger.

Whoosh!
That law crystal, which would drive any expert in the Burning Fire Realm mad, was casually flicked downwards like trash.

"Zhenshan, this item is given to you to help you uncover the secrets of divine fire."

Zhen Shan, still reeling from the miraculous confrontation, shuddered upon hearing this, his leaden-gray soul flame flickering violently. He instinctively reached out his bony hand, and the golden crystal landed precisely in his palm. Boom!
A vast torrent of laws and information instantly surged into his consciousness. He seemed to see countless gods seated on clouds, wielding their laws and judging all living beings. This power was remarkably similar to his own profound and solidified Dao of "Suppression"!

"Thank you so much, my lord!" Zhenshan's voice trembled. He knew that this crystal had paved the way for him to reach the next great realm!
This scene completely shattered the arrogance of the Heavenly Kingdom's will.

This is not just a defeat, it's a humiliation!

Refine its power of judgment and then casually bestow it upon a lowly skeleton!

"You...are...looking for...death!"

Each word, spoken with deliberate pause, was like the friction of ancient, frozen ice, causing the space of the Dragon Elephant Domain to violently distort. The crack in the sky suddenly widened tenfold!
Rumble!
No longer just a hand, but a... Heavenly Gate constructed of holy light and runes of order!
A majestic, magnificent golden gate, seemingly suppressing all realms, slowly emerged from the crack. Carved upon the gate were scenes of countless gods and demons being slain and all spirits paying homage. A pressure a hundred times stronger than before descended with a deafening roar!
"The gates of heaven have been opened; sins shall be judged!"

"The Legion of God, march forth!"

With the command of that grand will, the golden heavenly gate slowly opened.

tread!tread!tread!
The synchronized footsteps seemed to tread upon the hearts of all living beings.

Squads of "Heavenly Warriors," clad in golden divine armor, wielding holy spears, and sporting pristine white wings, emerged from the gate. Their faces were stern, their eyes devoid of any emotion, displaying only absolute obedience to "order."

Each Heavenly Warrior possessed an aura no weaker than that of a Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm!
Leading the group were twelve even more terrifying "Seraphim," whose strength had reached the Burning Fire Realm!

This is not all!

At the very rear of the legion, a golden chariot pulled by eight heavenly horses slowly emerged, crushing through the void.

A figure sat upright on the chariot.

He wore a silver inquisitor's robe, his face was so handsome it was almost otherworldly, and he held a thick silver codex in his hands. His aura was as deep as the sea, completely different from the Heavenly Warriors around him; he possessed an independent and proud will.

His realm has transcended mere burning; he has ignited his own "Divine Fire of Order"!
Divine Fire Realm!
“I am the seventh judge of the Heavenly Kingdom, the judge in charge of the Geng-character myriad worlds, Fimir.”

He looked down at Xu Ran, his voice elegant yet cold, "Heretic from the lower realm, you have disrupted the seal of the 'Demon Suppression Abyss' and desecrated the majesty of the Heavenly Kingdom. Your sins are enough to make you burn in the sacred fire for ten thousand epochs."

"Now, kneel down, hand over the source of power you stole, offer up your soul, and perhaps I may be merciful and judge only your body."

His words were not a discussion, but a judgment. It was as if every word he uttered was an inviolable "law".

The 100,000 undead below were almost extinguished by the pressure of this Divine Fire Realm expert, and their bodies uncontrollably wanted to kneel down.

Even Zhenshan and the Purple Lightning Knight felt the immense suppression originating from the level of life.

However, Xu Ran laughed.

"Judges? The Geng-character Myriad Realms?" He keenly grasped the key information. "So, there are tens of thousands of skeletal worlds like the Dragon Elephant Domain? And you are the guardians of this enormous 'cage'?"

Judge Fimiller frowned slightly; he disliked the metaphor of a "cage."

“We are the guardians of order,” he corrected. “Beneath the Demon-Suppressing Abyss lies the ‘Primordial Evil,’ which is capable of corrupting all the heavens. We are here by divine decree to guard this place for the benefit of all living beings. And you, an ignorant thief, are shaking this ancient foundation.”

“That sounds nice.” Xu Ran shook his head, a knowing indifference flashing in his eyes. “Protecting? Blessing? It’s nothing but domestication. You treat this place as your ‘mine’ and all living beings as your ‘livestock’. When problems arise in the ‘mine’ and the ‘livestock’ try to resist, you raise your butcher’s knife and call it ‘judgment’.”

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the orderly Heavenly Kingdom army, then glancing at the restless abyss below, and said, word by word, "In my view, you are no different in essence from this abyss."

"One is the chaotic evil that devours everything."

"One is a hypocritical order that imprisons everything."

“And I…” Xu Ran extended his right hand, which was branded with the “Demon Map of Return to Nothingness,” and slowly clenched his fist, “… am the variable that will end all of this!”

"Insanity!"

Fimiller's eyes flashed with divine light, and the golden chariot beneath him roared as the pressure of the Divine Fire Realm crushed Xu Ran without reservation!

"Stubborn sinner, since you refuse mercy, then experience the wrath of heaven in despair!"

He opened the silver codex in his hand.

"God says, 'Sin must be bound!'"

Wow!
Above the codex, countless runes of order flew out, weaving in the air into thick, golden chains. These chains ignored space and instantly appeared around Xu Ran, blocking all his escape routes and relentlessly binding him!

This is an attack of "laws"! A Divine Fire Realm expert can already mobilize the power of the laws of heaven and earth, and their words become law!
Faced with such an attack, Xu Ran neither dodged nor avoided it.

"Binding?" he murmured, and the divine furnace within his body emitted a long roar, like an ancient beast that had been sleeping for ages opening its eyes.

"Within my furnace, all phenomena are illusory!"

hum!
An invisible "furnace domain" suddenly spread out from Xu Ran's center!
Within this domain, all tangible and intangible matter and energy began to become "unstable," as if they were about to be decomposed and return to their origin at any moment.

The golden light began to flash intensely the moment those chains of law that had been coiling around entered the domain, and the order runes that made up the chains began to collapse and dissipate one by one!
“What… what kind of domain is this?!” Fimiller’s pupils suddenly contracted.

He had never seen such a domineering domain! This was not a matter of attribute restraint, but a higher level of... conceptual crushing!
It was as if Xu Ran's very existence was the end of all "order" and "laws"!

"Interesting." Xu Ran felt quite satisfied as he sensed the power of the Divine Furnace Domain. This was the innate ability he awakened after breaking through to the Divine Furnace Realm.

"Unfortunately, it's not enough."

(End of this chapter)