"Cackle... First, a puppet at the Body Integration Realm, then a Talisman Paper Figure bolstered by Dao law. No, the aura on that paper figure was clearly residual Ancient Dao Law.
These two fellows truly were not simple.
Not long ago, they seized this old man's Spiritual Field, Spiritual Plants, and Judge's Seal. Now, so soon afterward, they had taken this old man's Storage Bracelet as well.
Hmm... Fortunately, this Storage Bracelet was an antique from ten thousand years ago. There were no truly worthwhile treasures inside.
As for that so-called Cultivation Method and Secret Technique capable of enhancing and repairing a cultivator's divine soul... cultivating it successfully would hardly be so easy.
No, regardless of whether cultivating that Cultivation Method and Secret Technique would allow them to survive by sheer luck.
The Spiritual Plants and Judge's Seal could not be lost!
They dared touch this old man's belongings—how could this old man possibly let them live?
After lying dormant for so many years and amassing such power in this Sinful Dao, this time, this old man must forge a physical body anew and restore his former human form.
I cannot wait any longer. I must gather power as swiftly as possible."
The upper and lower teeth of the skeleton clacked together as its stiff voice rang out in succession.
As it spoke, towering Ghostly Qi gathered beneath the Stone Chamber where the skeleton sat cross-legged.
The Ghostly Qi condensed underground without leaking away elsewhere. Instead, as though guided by a purpose, it accumulated and accumulated.
Until, at last, it erupted beneath the skeleton, transforming into surging Ghostly Qi that rapidly washed over the skeletal figure seated cross-legged inside the Stone Chamber.
A massive amount of Ghostly Qi had gathered beneath the Stone Chamber, then began flowing into the skeleton's