At this point, Bai Xiaochun heard the Eternal Mother speaking to him. “You have ten breaths of time!” 

In response, his hands blurred in an incantation gesture, and then he flung them out in front of him. In response, the starry sky began to sink down, surrounding the Mortal Renegade like a pill furnace.

“Time is the fire!” As he waved his sleeve, boundless time seemed to flow toward the starry sky pill furnace.

Inside the furnace, the Mortal Renegade’s face flickered, and he quickly performed an incantation gesture with his right hand. Then he shoved his hand out in front of him, causing masses of black smoke to roil out and batter against the pill furnace.

Moments ago, he had assumed he would be able to escape from the furnace easily. But the Eternal Mother was powering it with energy from all of the living...