And now.
In the Devil Wasteland, deep in a mountain range.
A middle-aged man found a cave and slipped inside.
Then he took out a jade box.
Inside it lay three bones.
At the sight of them, Ao Wushuang's eyes flashed with excitement.
"I'm not going to the Heavenly Devil Palace. That damned fatty and that dog are over there. I'd have to be crazy to go!"
Ao Wushuang muttered.
—Grand Elder Hui Song had forced him and Song Jiyuan to return to the Devil Wasteland Realm.
Once they arrived, he'd followed their usual routine: he'd had Song Jiyuan hide, then "bravely" set off with the Forbidden Master's Bone to look for the Evil Corpse.
Then he'd headed straight for this mountain forest and hidden himself away.
Now, after making sure the area was safe, he opened the jade box.
He reached out and gripped the Forbidden Master's Bone.
In an instant, a mysterious aura poured from the bones into his dantian through his hand, then was absorbed by the Nine-story Black Tower, which floated unsteadily within him.
After all the power in the three bones had been absorbed, about a third of the second level of the black tower had been divinized.
Ao Wushuang's aura shifted abruptly, surging to the Seventh Realm.
The Spirit Platform Realm!
"Hm? The second level needs more bones than the first?"
Despite his delight, Ao Wushuang was a little puzzled.
The first level of the black tower had been completely divinized after absorbing the power of just three bones.
But after absorbing the same number, two-thirds of the second level remained mottled with rust, ancient and weathered.
"Never mind... I'll leave it at that for now."
Ao Wushuang gave it no further thought and put the three bones back in the jade box.
Now,