With a rustle, the bone umbrella opened.
It was a mechanical weapon with eighteen bone ribs. Ghostly souls circled across its mistlike canopy, sending out waves of cold vapor, yet perhaps because it had been refined through a special method, it showed no trace of eerie gloom.
It possessed four forms-spear, claw, sword, and shield-as well as an innate divine ability to summon bone soldiers. Its strongest power, however, was the Bone King Dharma Form unique to the White Bone Gate. This had originally been a supreme technique cultivated by the White Bone Dharma King; unexpectedly, it had been preserved when his remnant soul became an artifact spirit.
Its star rating was high enough, and its power impressive enough, that it could serve perfectly well as Li Chen's main weapon until he found one better suited to his hand. Thus, although he was not particularly fond of its design, he still carried it.
Grandmaster Artisan Yu Long smiled at this, then laughed it off. "These old bones of mine are getting on in years. Forgive me for not joining you."
Not every Puppet Master was good at fighting, or enjoyed it.
Li Chen could hardly force him and could only abandon the idea with regret.
The two returned to the Inner Valley, where they unexpectedly received notice that the Golden Sun Gate would hold an Ascension Ceremony at the end of the year, inviting Li Chen to attend as an allied guest.
"An Ascension Ceremony? Has the Sun Palace finally been formally completed?"
Yu Long asked curiously, "You mean the new Sky City officially named Golden Sun Immortal City?"
Li Chen said, "That's right. More than thirty years ago, Golden Sun True Person became a Puppet Dao Master and finally earned the right to govern a city of his own