Inside a massive cave with crimson stone walls.
Scorching magma gushed out, pooling in the stone pit beneath a gigantic pill furnace...
The pill furnace was entirely black, over ten feet tall, shaped like a gourd with two layers, connected with intricate mechanical springs.
Here, the searing magma had heated the bottom of the pill furnace to a glowing red.
Duan Rong and Yin Cong were perched on two wooden ladders, guarding the two medicine ports on the second layer of the furnace.
While Pan Yong, Chen Hu, and Tang Zhu surrounded the three medicine ports on the first layer.
Shang Xiangyu stood next to the pill furnace, gazing intently through a circle of large, transparent Water Jade embedded in the belly of the furnace...
The interior of the pill furnace was ablaze, red light filtered through the Water Jade, casting a blood-like hue on Shang Xiangyu's face.
Suddenly, Shang Xiangyu's expression shifted, and he said in a deep voice, "Medicine Port One. Earth Emperor Essence!"
