As Ren spoke, Yao Lao listened and understood. Energy swirled through the hall, flowing into the Bone Spirit Cold Flame at its center—or rather, into Yao Lao himself!
As he absorbed the energy, the flames surged higher and gradually took on a human shape!
Before long, Thunder Tribulation exploded across the sky, and black Demon Lightning descended once more!
The elders of the Snake People Tribe watched the black lightning fall without batting an eye.
After all, the same lightning had appeared a few days earlier, only to prove all show and no substance. It had been smashed apart in a few blows!
If the people of the Central Plains knew someone had called Black Demon Lightning "all show and no substance," they would probably weep.
This time, white flames blocked the descending lightning. They even engulfed the dark clouds overhead and burned them!
Boom...
Boom...
Lightning and flame collided with a thunderous roar!
In the end, both vanished. Yao Lao gathered up the flames that remained.
Inside the now-quiet palace, Yao Lao stood in human form. He looked at Ren, overcome with excitement. "Thank you, Lord Ren!"
Yao Lao could scarcely contain himself, especially when he felt his physical body. The fact that it had been formed from Heavenly Flames made him more excited still!
Ren regarded him calmly. "Yao Lao... what level are you at now?"
"Lord Ren... before I was betrayed, I was a Nine-Star Dou Zun. Forming a body from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame not only restored my former cultivation, it let me break through to Dou Sheng! And the Dou Qi condensed by a body of Heavenly Flames is far beyond that of an ordinary Dou Sheng!"
Ren looked at the confident Yao Lao. "A Dou Sheng counts as a powerhouse even