The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

The Bone Ring shone with a bright blue light, rising from Ying Li's filthy clothes and spinning incessantly above her head. The alluring man, seeing Ying Li's alertness, leaned against a pillar beside the thatched hut, arms crossed, and said with slight displeasure, "Of course I'm the one who saved you. You were beaten to death, and your blood awakened me from my slumber within the Bone Ring. Seeing your pitiful state, I helped you form a contract with the Bone Ring. The spirits of heaven and earth gathered, and that's how you came back to life. You've become the master of the Bone Ring for nothing, girl, you should be overjoyed!"

Ying Li was shocked. "A contract? The gathering of spiritual energy from heaven and earth?"

The alluring man took a step closer to Ying Li and said in disbelief, "Logically speaking, your family is also a prominent family in Ye Ling City. How come you don't even know the most basic Dry Bone Ring? It's a world-destroying, terrifying magic weapon. If you understand the law of contracts, you can also bring the living back to life and the dead back to life. Even the entire Spirit Realm Continent is going crazy for it."

"I was only qualified to learn advanced techniques like the Bone Ring and the Spirit Master's cultivation after I became the head of the family. It's normal that I don't know them now. What is your purpose? Why did you save me?!" Ying Li struggled to stand up and asked warily.

The alluring man smiled knowingly, but instead of answering, he changed the subject, "Little girl, this Bone Ring has been with you for fifteen years, and you didn't even know?!"

Ying Li was utterly shocked and couldn't understand what the man was saying at all. If the Bone Ring had been by her side for fifteen years, how could she have no spiritual power at all and be ridiculed by the entire Ye Ling City!

"The Seven Star Bone Rings were created when seven Spirit Lords simultaneously underwent Nirvana. Before their spiritual power exploded, they were sealed into a bone totem by external force, and finally formed by a Spirit King controlling them with his soul. The bracelet in your hand belongs to a Spirit Lord at least at the fifth level of the Gathering Spirit Lord stage, practically a Spirit Lord among Spirit Lords. For a girl to obtain such a treasure is a testament to the good fortune she accumulated in her past life." The man spoke slowly, his words carrying not only admiration but also a hint of regret that it had fallen into Ying Li's hands.

Ying Li froze on the spot. The fifth stage of the Spirit Gathering Master realm—there had only been ten Spirit Gathering Masters in the entire Spirit Realm Continent to date. Even her grandfather, Ying Wuyou, was only at the third stage of the Spirit Opening Master realm. This was already the strongest Spirit Master she had ever seen. Now, hearing the man say that even the weakest one on the Bone Bracelet was at the fifth stage of the Spirit Gathering Master realm, Ying Li felt a little dizzy. She stared intently at the Bone Bracelet flashing with blue light and argued, "So what? Even if I possess it, I haven't even entered the gates of Soul Cultivation yet. How do you explain that?!"

The alluring man gave a wicked smile, and with a flick of his right hand, the withered bone ring shot towards Ying Li. Just as it approached his wrist, the seven stars broke off and reunited at Ying Li's wrist. Ying Li watched as the blue halo surrounded his wrist, and unknowingly, he felt a warm current flowing down his wrist to his limbs and bones.

A magical sense of clarity flowed from his wrist. After about half an hour, the blue light disappeared, and Ying Li's vision was clear. He looked around and his eyes could see through layers of white clouds. He could clearly hear the swallow in the sky that was trying to catch up with its flock. He could hear the movement of every feather on its body and even the sound of its every movement.

"My body suddenly has strength, and this strength is flowing continuously from my wrist to my whole body. Am I dreaming?" Ying Li looked at his limbs in disbelief, listened to the echo of his own voice, and felt a great tremor in his heart.

"This was originally your own spiritual power, but because the Bone Ring was inside you, it temporarily suppressed your own spiritual power. Now that you have truly formed a contract with it, it no longer needs to see you as an enemy, and naturally it will return all your spiritual power." The alluring man said casually, his eyes sharp as an eagle's, repeatedly scrutinizing Ying Li. The energy from last night had completely disappeared; it seemed this little girl was hiding her true strength!

Ying Li's expression changed drastically. Thinking of the scorn she had endured for the past fifteen years, and her grandfather's sighs, all stemming from this withered bone ring, she was overwhelmed with mixed emotions and speechless. But what shocked her even more was that the withered bone ring, which the entire Spirit Realm Continent was desperately fighting for, had been hidden within her body for fifteen years—it was truly an unbelievable tale!

"I never knew this thing had been inside my body for so many years!" Ying Li touched the withered bone ring with her hand, the cool touch soothing her extremely shocked heart.

"Some things have been inexplicable since ancient times. The heavens will surely reveal the secrets to you in the future. Right now, you're racking your brains, but you probably don't even know where you are, let alone this rare treasure of the continent, the Bone Ring!"

The alluring man looked at Ying Li's distraught state and said, "Even if it acknowledges you as its master, it's useless. It helped you with the contract to live on the dead, but you don't understand how to control it. So, the Bone Ring is just an ordinary bracelet to you. Let's not worry about that now. I want to make a deal with you. If you agree to one condition, I will personally teach you spiritual cultivation, guaranteeing that your fifteen years of suffering won't be in vain. If you truly possess spirituality, I will teach you the complete method of controlling the Bone Ring. What do you say? Do you agree?!"

"What are the conditions?" Ying Li suppressed her shock and hesitated at the alluring man's proposal. His conditions were very tempting. Ying Li urgently needed to become stronger so that she could return to the Ying family openly. If she could control the Bone Ring, the position of family head and bringing glory to the family would be just around the corner. However, Ying Li was really unsure about the other party's identity.

By sheer accident, he had made a pact with the Bone Ring, and this man was now slumbering within it. Could he be the king of mind control within the Bone Ring? If he was the king, how could he explain making a deal with him? Ying Li was getting increasingly troubled.

The man smiled knowingly, made a shushing gesture, and blinked his eerie eyes. "You can't say now. Just tell me whether you should or shouldn't you?"

Ying Li bit her lip tightly, thinking carefully. Since nothing could be explained, she would take it one step at a time and deal with the future later. With that thought, Ying Li nodded heavily and said, "I agree!"