24 Power of Yin (2/2)

”The furious skies bring down retribution!” Ye Yuyan said as the clouds rumbled again and a lightning bolt struck down entering the furnace. Immediately after a thunderclap echoed throughout the valley making even the furnace shake.

”Again!” Ye Yuyan yelled and the lightning struck into the furnace disappearing.

”Again!” Ye Yuyan repeated as the sky rumbled, even more, releasing more and more lightning.

”One last time!” Ye Yuyan yelled as the heaven's reciprocated and sent a lightning bolt the size of a thigh. It burrowed into the furnace and disappeared as if it had never existed.

The furnace hummed as the scarlet flames danced below it, inside the furnace gathered the essences of the grand dao. Ye Yuyan guided them together with a deft hand and smelted them using the scarlet flames.

Inside of the furnace, Illathar and the Man tribulation were fighting off various elemental powers. The formation released hundreds of auroras that were filled with various elemental powers and occasionally a tribulation bolt would strike them.

Illathar tried to dodge an incoming sword strike from the metallic forces but failed and it ripped off his right arm. Before he could recover it, scarlet flames burnt it into embers that were absorbed by the furnace.

”What the hell is this?” Illathar roared as he tried to escape out of the formation.

Maven stood on the air and watched enraptured by the laws the furnace was releasing. Around the furnace was the humming of the grand dao and the sublimation of the highest heavenly laws.

”He's taking Heaven and Earth as a furnace!”Maven yelled out with realization, this entire time Ye Yuyan was building up Illathar and the Man tribulation using heaven and earth! This reminded him of a tale he had read from the Lunar Canon.

The Bearer of Adversity was said to have refined heaven and earth into his own personal world. From that, he founded the long-forgotten refining dao.

”What is master's relationship with the Tribulation Bearer?” Maven couldn't help but ask before he could follow that train of thought, the lid of the furnace burst open relaxing 9 different colors into the air.

Ye Yuyan tapped out on the air releasing a cacophony of lights, each light held the power of a grand dao. The Daos assembled until they numbered 3000 light points around Ye Yuyan. The red lotus on Ye Yuyan's glabella awakened as it appeared at his feet constantly rotating.

”With the 3000 Daos as a base!” Ye Yuyan said as he gathered the 3000 light spots together into one clump.

”The five elements in a formation” From the furnace came out the 5 elemental powers as a mist, they formed a pentagon that wrapped around the 3000 Daos.

”Tribulation as my catalyst.” Ye Yuyan said as he guided out from the furnace the essence of the man tribulation.

Man is the highest of all creatures and the man tribulation the highest of all tribulations. The swirling 9 colored essences struck the 3000 Daos like lightning, each Dao started to transform as it took on a black hue.

”Refine!” Ye Yuyan yelled as the tribulation essence went wild within the formation. The light flashed almost burning the 3000 Daos at once. But somehow the Daos still survived and emanated an even darker hue.

”That law it's like Illathar's!” Nesilia said surprised as she saw more and more of the black hue forming.

Ye Yuyan's red lotus hummed with intense desire, especially the third leaf which wanted its Daos back. Ye Yuyan used his perception to guide two essences out of the furnace, the first was a blue essence that was shaped like a frost stalactite.

The other was dark energy with a single light spot at the center of it. No matter how the dark energy moved, the light spot would remain firmly in the center.

These essences were the essences of Illathar! Inside of the furnace, his entire body was refined and turned into pure energy for Ye Yuyan to absorb.

The moment Ye Yuyan removed Illathar's essence the refinement had finished. The 3000 grand Daos and the formation fused as one becoming a condensation of dark laws. Ye Yuyan guided Illathar's dark laws and fused it into the refined laws.

”Long ago the world was one then the one became two. Two became four and four refined the world into five base attributes. From this was born the 3000 Daos and the world we live in.” Ye Yuyan said as a profound light flashed in his eyes.

The two laws fused together perfectly and the white spot emerged at the center but this time it was even stronger. It radiated with a heavenly power that one could not defame.

The Red Lotus under Ye Yuyan's feet started to expand as it gathered all the refined essences towards it.

”I have finally created the power of yin!” Ye Yuyan laughed with great abandon, his great plans had finally come to fruition. With this, he could track down the heavenly dao and the Eternal Throne!