The Old Village Would Never Return

About an hour later, Dongfang Yu opened his eyes.

The absorption of the Soul Bones was complete. The two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones had directly raised his level to 69. Calling it rocket-like progress would not have been an exaggeration.

Dongfang Yu vaguely felt as though none of this was real. It was as if his cheat had only just begun!

Before he could share the gains from absorbing the Soul Bones with Angewomon and LadyDevimon, a mechanical female voice rang out in his mind once more:

Demon God Emperor's Second Trial Activated: Obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain within half a year with cultivation below Soul Sage. Reward: Soul Power increased by 10 levels; the age of all Soul Rings increased by 5,000 years.

Dongfang Yu: "..."

Fine, he finally understood why that mysterious person had told him to wait until he reached Soul Emperor before activating the Godhood Inheritance.

Just as he had expected, that person was probably afraid he would die in Slaughter City if his cultivation was too low.

After completing the first trial and absorbing the Soul Bones, his level had landed exactly at 69. Wasn't that below Soul Sage?

That person had calculated both his next move and his cultivation speed perfectly.

But the problem was, with his current cultivation, he would have no room to use his abilities in Slaughter City.

That mysterious person had always been flawless in their calculations. How could they have made such a minor mistake?

Shaking his head, Dongfang Yu stopped thinking about it. He was afraid of getting stuck in a dead end.

"How was it?" Angewomon asked.

Pushing those messy thoughts aside, Dongfang Yu answered, "Logically speaking, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone should have two skills, but these two Soul Bones each only have