Tang Yan arrived at the Artifact Forest and went straight to the Mausoleum.
The Mausoleum was guarded. The guards had already been notified that if they saw a skeleton, they were not to stop him, only report him to the sect.
Without having to worry about being discovered, Tang Yan absorbed the bone power very quickly.
After he finished absorbing the bone power, Qi Yiyang invited him to a secluded spot and humbly sought his advice. "Young Master Tang, we used the Burning-Heaven Calamity Banner to pressure the various races into signing the Great Age Non-Aggression Treaty with the Human Clan.
"The Immortal Wood Clan Extinction Incident certainly intimidated them greatly.
"But the Demon Race soon spread word that the Burning-Heaven Calamity Banner could only be used three times in total, and now only one use remained.
"Its deterrent effect on the various races immediately diminished considerably, and their attitudes turned cold. They felt that as long as they weren't too arrogant, that final use wouldn't necessarily fall on their heads.
"Young Master Tang, what should we do next to use the demonic banner's might to restrain the other races as much as possible?"
Tang Yan considered for a while before replying on paper: [Whether the Demon Race's claim is true remains to be verified.
"Assuming the demonic banner really can only be used three times, use it to destroy the strongest of the other races and lessen the threat to us.
"Approach the other races one by one to discuss a Peace Agreement, in descending order of combat strength.
"Whichever refuses to accept will have that final use fall on their heads.
"You can avoid the Demon Race during negotiations. They created the Burning-Heaven Calamity Banner and very likely have a way to suppress it.
"Whichever race it ultimately