Chapter 1776: Crushing Heaven and Earth With My Fist

A deafening roar shook heaven and earth as the ground within fifty kilometers of Ye Qing sank hundreds of meters like it was water. It didn’t break or split into cracks though.

Not only that, the depressed earth swelled and returned to normal. Looking at the ground surface, it was as if nothing had happened.

Something was happening though. Deep underground, thunder was booming without end.

Wherever the thunder went, the weapons and treasures planted on the ground all shattered to pieces. Wherever the noise reached, the treasures and items floating on the river crumbled into powder.

The rumbling was still going when Ye Qing threw another punch.

The punch was not yet over, but he was already throwing another punch.

The force was not yet spent, but he was already regrowing a new force.

The intent had not yet disappeared, but he was already regenerating a new intent.

New force overlapped with old force, and new intent overlapped with old intent. Again and again, Ye Qing punched the same area.

Thump thump thump...

The continuous pounding eventually merged into one continuous rumble. The force and intent also gathered into one and spread everywhere like a world-ending flood. Five kilometers, fifty kilometers, five hundred kilometers...

Gradually, the entire Profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven began shaking. Its earthly qi was destroyed, its spiritual energies were twisted, its rules were broken, its light was waning, and even the sun and moon were dimming.

Only Ye Qing alone was shining brightly. Standing in the sky, yin and yang rotated as one and generated an endless amount of energy, and dark yellow light illuminated the nine heavens brighter than the sun and clearer than the moon.

He looked like a god or a demon who was shaking the world.

Rumble rumble rumble...

As if sensing the danger and feeling angry, an invisible air of divinity washed out and formed an invisible yet tangible connection with the weapons, treasures, and artifacts on the ground, rivers, and sea. The next moment, the sabers, spears, swords, halberds, mirrors, pearls, banners, flags and more abruptly flew into the sky and floated.

Buzz...

It was as if the weapons and treasures had suddenly had souls injected into their once mundane and lifeless vessels. They exploded into power and light and flew straight toward Ye Qing.

“And here I thought you could hold steady forever,” Ye Qing sneered.

Ye Qing’s idea was very simple. If the wisp of spirit wouldn’t show itself, then he would force it too. How? By threatening to crush the Profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven.

The wisp of spirit was spawned from the Profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven. If he destroyed this place, it made sense that the spirit would perish as well. Even if that wasn’t the case, it would suffer greatly from the loss.

That was why he was certain that the spirit would show itself if he threatened the existence of the Profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven.

Of course, this was only possible because no one was controlling the Profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven right now. It was also on the brink of death while possessing less than one percent of its energies. Otherwise, assuming that the heaven was at full power, forget damaging or destroying it, he would be lucky not to have his ass kicked left, right and center.

Alas, this was not the ancient times, and the profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven’s glory days were long behind it.

The spirit was the one who should be afraid, not him.

In fact, his plan worked perfectly.

Afraid of his brutal strategy, his opponent tried to mount a resistance.

Ye Qing wasn’t afraid of the spirit’s resistance. On the contrary, he wanted it to happen.

Had his opponent chosen to hide itself like a turtle, then there really wasn’t anything he could do to it.

But since it had shown itself, Ye Qing was confident that he could capture it one way or another.

Ye Qing’s response toward the hail of divine weapons shooting toward him was a simple, “Freeze.”

Divine weapons froze, treasures fell still, light extinguished, and power disintegrated.

“Break.”

As if his word was the law itself, every single weapon and treasure exploded into pieces.

The bits and pieces did not fall lifelessly to the ground though. The crumbling light did not disappear into nothing either. Instead, they combined with the air of divinity permeating the heaven and formed a massive, mysterious-looking, and round two-eared furnace.

The furnace was so big it looked as if the earth was its bottom, the space was its belly, and the sky was its cover. It was large and boundless, enigmatic and profound.

Heaven and earth was the furnace, yin and yang was the charcoal. Nature was the craft, and everything was but specks of dust.

This was the Divine Furnace of Nature.

Although the furnace before him was just an image; an illusion, Ye Qing could still feel its unparalleled air of divinity and immense power.

Buzz...

Profound, divine light shone inside the Divine Furnace of Nature, and formless flames swooped in from every direction.

The fire boasted seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple. It was the Rainbow Divine Fire.

The Rainbow Divine Fire could ignite anything and burn everything. Water could not extinguish it, ice could not destroy it, and snow could not freeze it. It was one of the scariest and most mysterious flames of ancient times.

The Rainbow Divine Fire looked like it was all bark and no bite, but it collapsed mountains, crushed rocks, dried rivers, and evaporated seas wherever it traveled. Wind died, and qi emptied. Earth sank, and sky sundered.

“It’s still trying to refine us!” Ye Qing noted with a smirk.

When the Rainbow Divine Flame got close, Ye Qing slowly spread his hand wide and dropped his arm.

The palm fell three inches, and the heavens sank one meter.

As if suppressed by an invisible power, the flame burning the sky immediately fell to ground level, unable to rise.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Despite this, an endless amount of Rainbow Divine Flame continued to surge toward Ye Qing from every direction like the sea.

However, as soon as the Rainbow Divine Flame got within three hundred meters of Ye Qing, it was halted in place and pressed to the earth like a rice field bowing to a terrible gale.

Seeing that the time was right, Ye Qing slowly clenched his fingers while circulating the Yin Yang Qi between his fingers. Then, the suppressed Rainbow Divine Flame was pulled into the air and slowly ground into nothing by taichi.

By the time the Rainbow Divine Flame finally reached Ye Qing’s palm, it was only as big as a candle flame.

It was so tiny, and yet the power it emanated was anything but.

In fact, this tiny flame of Rainbow Divine Flame was the source of the earlier inferno.

In other words, this tiny flame of Rainbow Divine Flame was the one who conjured the flood of fire.

“This is the good shit!”

Ye Qing’s eyes brightened at the sight of the flame. He was just about to grab it when a voice spoke up.

“Wait... wait...”

It was an ancient, wizened voice. At the same time, a miniature version of the Divine Furnace of Nature popped into existence. A pair of eyes, a nose and a mouth appeared on the wall of the furnace. It even had a pair of long white eyebrows. It looked rather like a kind old man.

The face on the Divine Furnace of Nature looked at Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou and repeated itself, “Please wait!”

“Wait what?” Ye Qing asked while grasping the Rainbow Divine Flame and enveloping it in Yin Yang Qi.

Rumble!

Whatever Ye Qing was doing, it seemed to have dealt massive damage to the miniature Divine Furnace of Nature. The furnace shook, its light dimmed, and its body grew transparent.

“You... you...”

The face glared at Ye Qing. It looked like it wanted to say something but did not know where to begin.

“Oh, please excuse my rudeness. I forgot to ask your name, senior,” Ye Qing said casually as if he did not mind the glare or notice what was wrong with his action whatsoever.

“... I am the remnant spirit of the Profound Furnace Spirit Weapons Heaven. You could say that I am the remnant spirit of the Divine Furnace of Nature as well.”

The face—the remnant spirit of the Divine Furnace of Nature—sucked in a deep breath to push down its anger before answering.

“Oh, I see. Greetings, senior!”

The greeting was as lax and disrespectful as it could be. “So, why have you appeared before us, senior?”