Ye Jingcheng pried loose the bone joint beside him and discovered that it was actually a Bone Ring containing a grotto-heaven.
He tapped it with his hand, and the Bone Ring fell off into his grasp.
The entire Bone Ring was ice-cold. He did not know whether it had always been that way or whether the Jade Qilin Dragon's Frost Dragon Qi had affected it.
Although the Jade Qilin Dragon was only at the middle fifth stage now, even an ordinary late-fifth-stage demon emperor might not be able to withstand its Frost Dragon Qi ability.
He did not enter immediately. Instead, he summoned several vajra flying ants.
Naturally, Ye Jingcheng would not use the ant king, but using ordinary third-stage flying ants posed no problem.
He selected a few relatively clever flying ants, applied spirit talismans to them, and sent them into the Bone Joint Grotto-Heaven, observing them for a long while.
After detecting nothing unusual, he took out a spirit puppet whose build closely resembled his own and sent it inside with the Spirit-Isolating Robe. Only after that revealed no problems either did Ye Jingcheng enter, holding the Golden Cicada Pearl and the Holy Spirit Tower spirit treasure.
Ye Jingcheng was deeply wary of this demonic corpse. In his eyes, no amount of caution was excessive.
The grotto-heaven was not particularly large. In fact, it was somewhat smaller than his Heaven Within the Conch.
At its center stood an open-air altar.
At the center of the altar was a blood pool. Beside it stood nine ancient bronze pillars bearing eerie spiritual patterns. Several enormous chains, each as thick as a fist, wound around the pillars. Traces of rust were still visible on them, clearly indicating their great age.
Scattered beside the bronze pillars were magic treasures, spirit materials, and