Planting Bones (3/3)

Zhou Heng selected more than a dozen pieces of metal from the Spatial Artifact, all of them Ascension Realm grade.

It was not as if the Zhou Family lacked higher-grade materials. The old Zhou Family was quite wealthy; they even had piles of Creation Realm treasures. But the key was that the Metal-Eating Race bloodline was not up to the task. It showed no reaction at all to Creation Realm materials, so what was the point of taking them?

Never mind all that for now. Restoring his normal physique was what mattered most.

Carrying those materials, Zhou Heng returned to the immortal residence and immediately began refining them.

The limit of the Metal-Eating Race bloodline lay between the Sunflare Emperor and Ascension King realms. Zhou Heng already found it somewhat strenuous to devour these Ascension Realm materials, but he did not care. Even if he had to bite through clenched teeth, he would eat them. He no longer wanted to remain trapped in this child's body.

Bit by bit, he refined the precious materials. Metal essence was extracted, strengthening his divine bones.

His body gradually changed. His divine bones grew tougher, yet he did not grow taller or larger, because the body's instinct was to develop in the direction of greater strength. Whether it looked good or not was entirely secondary.

Sunflare Sovereign, Sunflare Emperor!

These were all Ascension Realm precious materials. After refining merely seven pieces of metal, Zhou Heng had raised his physique to the peak of the Sunflare Emperor realm. This was the limit of the Metal-Eating Race bloodline within him.

At this point, any further metal essence he absorbed could not temporarily break through the bloodline's restrictions or further improve his physique. It could only strengthen Zhou Heng's divine bones, finally allowing his body to grow