Chapter 129: Chapter 129: The Furnace Fire Tempers the Heart Ape

Boom! The Titan's massive body collapsed like a small mountain, shaking the ground. Feng Lin stood still, blood dripping from him drop by drop, like an Asura who had slaughtered his way out of a sea of blood, his murderous aura making it impossible for anyone to approach. Thump, thump, thump. In his hand, he held an oval sphere half a meter in size, completely transparent and deep red, as if crafted from crystal, yet it pulsed wildly like a heart. In fact, it was a heart! The Titan's heart! It was by tearing out this heart that Feng Lin had dealt a fatal blow to the Titan, whose vitality was so formidable. Looking down at the Titan's heart, he could feel the immense, overwhelming energy within it, like an atomic bomb. It showed no energy reaction on the surface, but once unleashed, it would be world-shattering. Was this a transcendent organ? Feng Lin recalled a common piece of knowledge among cultivators. Once a cultivator reached the elite level, they formally embarked on the path of transcendence, their body gradually becoming energy-based. This process of energy transformation followed a specific order, step by step. The first organ to complete energy transformation was often the cultivator's most talented aspect and the core of their future transcendent energy. In the cultivation world, it had a professional term: the transcendent organ. Clearly, this Titan's heart was the Titan's transcendent organ, the energy core of its immense power. In other words, by obtaining this, Feng Lin had gained most of the Titan's energy. But he had only just begun his formal cultivation journey, with limited experience. After pondering for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the specific uses of the Titan's heart. But there was no rush. The Titan's heart was no ordinary object; it had endless wonders. Just because he couldn't use it now didn't mean he wouldn't in the future. Such rare treasures were always better to have more of, greatly enhancing one's foundation. Feng Lin carefully stored it away, planning to explore it thoroughly later. His gaze swept across the space, and the vast core chamber fell into utter silence, littered with corpses emitting a foul stench. The people from Giant Pharmaceutical had been slaughtered by him alone. It was time to leave! But after a moment's thought, Feng Lin didn't leave immediately. Instead, he began to carefully search the surroundings. He remembered this was an ancient mythological relic, likely containing the legacy of the Furnace Immortal Sect from the mythological era. There was no movement outside for now, so he had to search as quickly as possible before the Mars Revolutionary Army arrived. After all the effort and hardship to get here, leaving empty-handed would be like finding a treasure mountain and walking away without entering. No one would be willing to accept that. Feng Lin was no exception. He started searching along the edges of the space, moving quickly, and soon completed a full circuit. He discovered this was a perfectly circular space, shaped like a hollow metal sphere. Clang, clang, clang. Feng Lin tapped the walls and found that aside from the passage above, there were eight doors around the sphere, tightly sealed by massive metal gates. He extended his spiritual power and was startled to find that outside was a sea of molten core magma, with a giant metal sphere floating within it, rising and falling. The shape of this metal sphere felt strangely familiar to Feng Lin, as if he had seen it before. Strange, I've never been here, so why does it feel familiar? Feng Lin didn't think he was hallucinating. With his powerful spiritual energy and exceptional memory, he rarely made mistakes. If it felt familiar, it was highly likely he had been here or seen something similar before. Where? Feng Lin searched his memory, a flicker of firelight flashing before his eyes, and suddenly remembered. When he had used mental hypnosis on the crystal lifeform formed from the Primordial Creation Pill, he had seen a scene of ancient alchemy. He had become the pill, being refined in a furnace by flames, which was very similar to this scene. A furnace? Feng Lin's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the spherical space. The more he looked, the more it seemed like being inside a furnace. Though the metal sphere was terrifyingly large, its shape was unmistakably that of a furnace. Legend had it that mythical artifacts could change size at will. Could this really be a furnace? It was highly possible! Though it seemed somewhat unbelievable, Feng Lin grew more certain. Hadn't Giant Pharmaceutical dug up the Primordial Creation Pill here? Wasn't it only natural for a pill to be unearthed from a furnace? This furnace was even using the core flames of a planet for refinement. In the Furnace Immortal Sect, it must have been some kind of mystical treasure. Could he possibly claim it? Feng Lin's heart stirred, feeling it was very plausible. Among the alchemy techniques he had inherited from the Furnace Alchemy Art, there was a basic method for collecting furnaces. If he could use this method to refine the furnace, it would greatly enhance his foundation, and his alchemy skills would no longer be a useless art like slaying a dragon. Feng Lin decided to act on the thought. He boldly began, his hands forming seals in rapid succession, like butterflies dancing in the air, dazzling to behold. His spiritual energy flowed out with the changing hand seals, carrying a strange resonance, slowly penetrating the furnace and gradually forming a mysterious connection with it. It seemed that with a single thought, he could activate its power. It worked. Feng Lin felt a surge of joy, sensing he was rapidly refining the furnace. But before he could celebrate too much, his ears twitched. He suddenly heard hurried footsteps from the passage above, like a storm, heavy and numerous. He was in the middle of refining the furnace and had no time to evade. Suddenly, the passage door was blasted open, and a group of soldiers in Mars combat uniforms surged in like a tide. "Finally found this place, huh?" Feng Lin didn't panic. He calmly looked at the crowd, thinking of a countermeasure. "Look! The people from Giant Pharmaceutical who fled are all here!" "They're all dead! Who did this?" "Who's there? Everyone on alert! There's someone! If they resist, kill without mercy!" ... With a shout, the soldiers raised their beam guns, aiming warily at Feng Lin, ready to riddle him with holes at the slightest move. A leading officer stepped forward, looking at the corpses strewn across the ground, the massive Titan corpse, and Frank's body, his expression dark. He then glanced at Feng Lin, covered in blood but unharmed, his eyes filled with killing intent. He coldly ordered, "Kill him!" Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Beam bullets rained down like a dense storm, striking Feng Lin's back but silently dissipating without a trace. "What?" The soldiers cried out in shock, falling into chaos. But Feng Lin, eyes lowered, spoke coldly, "Ignite!" He formed seals with his hands and pointed at the furnace, channeling his spiritual energy with full force. Boom! The furnace's Bagua door opened, and molten core magma surged in, the temperature skyrocketing, turning the space into a hell of flames. Fire, fire, fire... Flames filled every direction, the spherical space transforming into an endless sea of fire, engulfing the soldiers completely. Before they could even scream, they were instantly incinerated by the thousands-of-degrees heat, leaving no trace. The magma poured down, submerging Feng Lin as well. His body naturally curled up, his skin glowing with a jade-like luster, gradually forming stony scales that encased him layer by layer. He seemed to transform back into a monkey within a stone womb, floating in the sea of fire, constantly refined by the scorching heat, purging impurities until he reached a state of pure clarity. The furnace's fire tempered the heart-ape!

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