The Old Palace Master explained:
"After those one hundred and eight Spirit Bone Pills came out of the furnace, my friend and I began secretly contacting the Heavenly Court's various divine generals and immortal officials, hoping to give them the pills."
"Though few responded at first, with the appearance of the Demon Mother and the Nine Abysses, and the opening of the Heaven-Demon Battlefield..."
"More and more immortal officials and divine generals began to wonder whether other origin laws truly existed beyond those sixteen."
"And so, the one hundred and eight Spirit Bone Pills in our possession began to be claimed, one after another."
At this point, the Old Palace Master sighed.
"But not long after we gave away those one hundred and eight Spirit Bone Pills, the Heavenly Court discovered the matter and branded us rebels plotting to overthrow it."
"Later, with help from other cultivators, my friend successfully escaped the Heavenly Court."
"But I was betrayed by a treacherous disciple under my tutelage and ultimately thrown into the heavenly prison."
"After I had been imprisoned there for several thousand years..."
"The Jade Mother summoned me from the heavenly prison and ordered me to serve under Taiyi Star Lord, guarding the Yangling Fire Mansion on the fourth layer of the Yaochi Sacred Land."
"I was also responsible for refining pills for the Heavenly Court."
"As for my friend and the Spirit Bone Pills, they vanished from the Three Realms from then on."
After hearing the Old Palace Master's account, Xu Taiping remained silent for a long time.
Only after a while did he draw a deep breath and murmur:
"To think this tiny Spirit Bone Pill had such a winding and extraordinary history."
The Old Palace Master gave a bitter smile.
"What was extraordinary about it? It was merely