"If he didn't take the initiative, then even if I obtained the skeleton, I wouldn't be able to refine it!"
Having understood this, Nie Yun felt a surge of gratitude.
An Emperor's skeleton had been tempered a thousand times over by an Emperor Realm expert and the great tribulation of the Heavenly Dao. It was immensely powerful. If its owner were unwilling, there was no way Nie Yun could refine it with his current strength, much less fuse it into his body and replace his own bones.
Now that the skeleton had acted on its own, it spared him considerable trouble and could integrate with his body even more perfectly.
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!
As he pondered, the Ice Emperor's skeleton before him had already fused flawlessly with his own bones, completely becoming one with them.
"Having obtained my inheritance, I hope you can help me look after the Ice lineage!"
Once the two skeletons had fully fused, the Ice Emperor's will spoke its final words and vanished, as though it had never appeared.
"The Ice lineage?"
Nie Yun smiled bitterly.
Having obtained the Ice Emperor's skeleton, it was his duty to help care for the Ice lineage. But... billions upon billions of years had passed. Whether the Ice lineage he spoke of even still existed was unknown.
"I'll worry about that later. First, I need to restore my body!"
Putting those matters aside, Nie Yun guided his soul toward the skeleton. The moment they fused, he felt a surging force spread from his bones, nourishing his soul as flesh continuously grew outward.
Creak! Creak!
The skeleton filled out at a visible rate, and his body, which had just been blown to pieces, slowly reappeared.
Nie Yun felt as though he had fallen into a hot spring. Every limb and