Practice begins with immortality

Above the sea of ​​thunder, Wang Bai, who had destroyed the corpse demon tree, also discovered a finger bone.

"Is this a relic left behind by some powerful creature? And—"

Wang Bai's mind moved, and he took the finger bone. It was a dark golden index finger bone, emitting a layer of bright light.

"It seems the Corpse Demon Tree was born from this finger bone. Furthermore, even though only one finger bone remains, I can still sense the powerful power contained within it."

"If it is refined..."

As he spoke, Wang Bai began to absorb the power within. However, no matter how Wang Bai refined it, even using the Soul Devouring Furnace, the finger bone remained motionless.

"what happened?"

"Youngster, it's useless. This finger bone has the property of 'immortality'. Even the strongest among you in this world can't do anything to it."

A slightly sarcastic voice appeared in Wang Bai's mind.

Then, the voice said in a very mature tone: "Do you know what immortality is? Life without death, beginning without end. Eternal within oneself, unaffected by any external forces..."

"Haha." Upon hearing this, Wang Bo replied coldly, "So what? Isn't there only one finger bone left?! Besides, your so-called immortality is ultimately just relative."

Then, Wang Bai continued, "Besides, even if I can't refine this finger bone, can't I also refine the residual soul of yours hiding in it? Today, I will make you turn into ashes!" Before he finished speaking, Wang Bai shouted, "Die!"

In an instant, a powerful devouring aura gushed out from him, sweeping around like a surging ocean wave.

Yet, faced with such a powerful aura, the voice hidden within its finger bones showed no fear at all. Instead, it let out a chuckle, as if mocking Wang Bo's presumptuousness. After the laughter died down, the voice echoed again, "Haha, relying on you, these little brats of this world? This is truly hilarious! In my prime, a single thought would erase all of your past and present time, as well as all the causal connections. A mere junior like you, who hasn't even reached the immortal realm, dares to dream of refining me. It's simply wishful thinking!"

At this moment, the arrogant voice suddenly stopped, replaced by a cry of astonishment and disbelief: "How...how is this possible? What method did you use? How were you able to refine me?"

Then, the voice seemed to have thought of something, and its tone became hurried: "Wait, I understand, you must be a powerful being from another world, right? Let me go, I know many crucial secrets of this world, as long as you let me go, I will reveal all these secrets!"

"It's too late! It's too late to say anything now! Besides, as long as I succeed in refining you, I will naturally know all your secrets and everything you know!" His words were cold and decisive, as if there was no room for negotiation.

"Wait, please stop first! Some things are not as simple as you think. They are subject to powerful restrictions. If I don't tell you voluntarily, you will not be able to obtain this information even if you forcibly devour me!" The voice shouted anxiously, with a hint of panic and despair in its voice.

"You dare to threaten me? I, Wang, hate being threatened the most in my life! As for those rubbish in your mind, to be honest, I'm not interested in them at all!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Bai increased the power of the Soul-Devouring Furnace.

"Wait, young man, oh no, sir! Please have mercy on me, don't kill me!"

The voice began to plead, "I went through so much hardship and finally survived that terrible disaster. I don't want to die!"

Hearing this plea for mercy, Wang Bo frowned slightly, but his movements didn't stop. He responded coldly, "Hmph, that depends on whether you're sincere enough. If you dare to hide anything or deceive me, the consequences will be more than you can bear!"

"I understand, I understand! I am willing to swear to heaven that as long as you ask me about something, I will tell you the truth without reservation and will never dare to tell a lie!" The voice agreed quickly, its tone full of awe and fear.

But after hearing this, Wang Bai did not restrain the power of the Soul Devouring Furnace. "Are you playing word games with me?"

"You only answer truthfully when I ask you, so if I don't ask you, are you deceiving me?"

"And who knows if you'll be able to escape the Heavenly Oath. So, if you want to live, give me a trace of your true spirit!"

"What? Hand over a trace of your true spirit? How is that possible..."

"If you don't agree, die now!"

"No, no, no, I agree. It's better to live a miserable life than to die."

Then, a fist-sized illusory skull slowly emerged from the finger bone. The next moment, a tiny ray of spiritual light emanated from the skull. Wang Bai immediately absorbed it and cast numerous restrictions upon it.

"Okay, now you're a member of the group. Tell me what's going on in this world."

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After a while, Wang Bai released the people who were captured here and began to ask Old Bone (the nickname Wang Bai gave it) what was happening in this world.

"This world was created after the death of our Creator. To be more precise, it was created from a single particle of His being."

"I don't quite understand why He died. I only know that after a strange wave of influence struck, everything changed. I died, and so did those who were beloved by the Lord."

"The owner of this finger bone I'm hosting is one of them. They are called Immortal Bones. As the name suggests, a part of their body has developed immortality. And the Lord is called the Immortal. Their life forms are somewhat similar to the Lord, so they are said to be beloved by the Lord."

"I don't know how many years have passed since the Great Change. I woke up, but I was about to die. After all, only a remnant of my soul remained. Fortunately, I was lucky. There was an immortal bone on the continent I was on, enough to serve as my shelter."

"So, there's more than one bone like this?"

"Of course, there are many Undying Bones, 206 in total. However, they don't get along well with each other. Their Immortal Bones are different, and I've heard that they can even snatch each other's Immortal Bones."

"Legend has it that when the Immortal Bones fight and devour each other until only one remains, that last Immortal will become a Semi-Immortal, possessing power and status second only to the Lord."