Long Chen was wary of his heart-devil suddenly trying to escape. Thus, he was rather reluctant to use the Earth Cauldron to refine pills, fearing that doing so would release his heart-devil. As a result, he suspected that his heart-devil was tricking him into fully opening the lid so that it would escape.

But to his astonishment, Long Chen eventually found that his heart-devil was truly gone, and the Earth Cauldron was completely empty. Even when Long Chen double-checked, he could find no trace of his heart-devil’s existence.

“How? How can this be?” 

Long Chen was dumbfounded. His heart-devil was really gone? Had it been refined? However, Long Chen quickly tossed aside that thought. His heart-devil was another side of him, so it couldn’t just...