Blazing fire spewed through the opening of the furnace. Through the flames, something could be vaguely seen thrashing around. 

Unfortunately for it, it was already too late. Even without using the Aberrant Alchemy that old bastard Jian Yuan had forced on Ji Jue, he could still think of at least eighty-one different ways to deal with something that had conveniently delivered itself right to his doorstep using Modern Alchemy alone!

Considering the situation, he didn’t take long to make up his mind. Amid a succession of agonized screams, reconstruction began inside the furnace.

***

Some craftsmen had only just started working. For others, however, the examination was already over.

Inside the Myriad Transformations Tower, one display after another turned crimson before Gustav and Jiang Tongguang. Pale faces filled the screens as terrified screams rang out without end. Within just a few minutes, the warning alarms had become almost continuous, barely pausing at all, to the point where they had almost merged into one unbroken tone.

To prevent damage to the candidates’...