Bibi Dong did not hesitate at all. She knew that now was the best time. She immediately took out the Living Bone Blood Fusing Pill from the jade bottle and swallowed it into her stomach. Her figure quickly became illusory, turning into a ray of light and diving into the skeleton.
The moment Bibi Dong's divine consciousness entered the skeleton, the skeleton trembled violently. In those empty eye sockets, light gradually condensed.
At the same time, terrifying strange energy permeated from within the skeleton. And under this energy, flesh and blood actually began to appear magically on those bones!
White bones growing flesh. Such a miraculous effect was naturally brought by the Living Bone Blood Fusing Pill.
"Your Majesty, hold on!"
Looking at the rapidly squirming flesh and blood tissue on the skeleton, Huo Yuhao's expression also became solemn. With a low shout, the three flames wrapping the skeleton instantly burned ragingly.
Under the calcination of such flames, the newly generated flesh and blood tissue was actually burned to ashes. But as soon as the ashes scattered, the terrifying strange energy permeated out again, and the speed of that flesh and blood growth also became faster and faster.
Later on, one could almost only see granulation tissue squirming rapidly, and a blurry human-shaped outline of flesh and blood also took shape quickly.
This kind of burning and growth lasted for nearly twenty hours. On that flesh and blood, skin tissue finally completely formed under the roasting of the flames.
And with the generation of skin, at this moment, the skeleton on the stone platform had completely turned into a human form. Next, it was to wait for Bibi Dong to complete the final fusion with this body. Then, the Empress who amazed the Douluo Continent back then would truly be able to—
Rise from the ashes!
Reaching this step, Huo Yuhao looked at the slender figure with closed eyes within the flames and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the body had been successfully refined, the subsequent steps had nothing to do with Huo Yuhao. As long as Bibi Dong could successfully merge perfectly with this body, she would truly be reborn.
"Your Majesty, the rest is up to you."
Huo Yuhao murmured softly, then sat cross-legged on a futon nearby. His eyes slowly closed, entering a cultivation state. Ning Tian and Ye Linlin successively activated their martial souls to help Huo Yuhao recover the massive consumption caused during this period.
And as Huo Yuhao entered the cultivation state, the cave dwelling fell into silence again. Only the low sound of flames burning rang rhythmically within the cave dwelling.
Huo Yuhao cultivated with his eyes closed, and a day passed quickly. When the consumed soul power and spiritual power in his body were completely restored again, he slowly opened his eyes. In his vast star-ocean-like eyes, thousands of stars loomed and then returned to silence.
After recovering his state, Huo Yuhao first looked at the stone platform, only to see Bibi Dong still with her eyes closed, without any movement coming out.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, but did not panic. This was just normal. The various materials used for this body were not ordinary things. It was not as easy as imagined for Bibi Dong to merge completely with it.
"I'll leave the rest to you three," Huo Yuhao turned his head to look at the three girls, Ju Zi and the others, and instructed.
Ning Tian's support could amplify the strength of Bibi Dong's divine consciousness. Ye Linlin's martial soul characteristics could accelerate the completion of the growth and recovery of human flesh and blood. One of Ju Zi's soul skills could even replenish soul power for soul masters.
The three of them had gained the approval of the Dragon Realm this year and could use their martial souls.
"Don't worry, go about your business," Ju Zi and Ning Tian smiled gently at him and said.
Huo Yuhao nodded and then left the cave dwelling.
A year had passed, and the new Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was about to begin. Even though the Sun Moon Empire had experienced the tragedy of the deaths of the Emperor and the Crown Prince successively, no empire would miss the opportunity to host such a profitable grand event.
This time, the new Tang Sect would reappear before the world. Huo Yuhao didn't want any accidents to happen, so he planned to leave the Dragon Realm and go out to take a look personally.
In this year, Huo Yuhao had completed the fusion of all soul bones, and his ostensible cultivation had also reached the peak of Soul Sage. As long as he obtained the last two soul rings for the Evil Eye, he could step into the limit of human soul masters.
After all, even he himself couldn't say clearly to what extent his total soul power had reached.
Di Tian and the other fierce beasts had already returned to Star Dou long ago. Only Huo Yuhao and his companions remained in the Dragon Realm.
Now, they were undergoing bitter cultivation while completing the grand feat of burying dragons.
Especially the Straw Hat Brigade and the members who joined subsequently, all were cultivating intensely with red eyes.
For no other reason than that the progress the group made by following Huo Yuhao into the Dragon Realm for a year of cultivation actually surpassed their progress of five years of cultivation in the outside world!
Damn! What tournament? Their peers had long been left far behind by them. Participating in that wretched tournament was a waste of time and energy!
In less than another year, even the sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who had the lowest cultivation, would break through the Soul Emperor bottleneck and enter the Soul Sage realm.
Many had even received the grace of the dragon race and collected a full set of soul bones. Here, the thing that was least lacking was soul bones!
Of course, this time Huo Yuhao went out, naturally one or two people chose to follow. They were Zhang Lexuan, who wanted to witness with her own eyes the Tang Sect becoming the target of public criticism, and Die Qiu, who controlled the destiny of Star Dou.
Since Huo Yuhao obtained the brand of the Dragon Realm, his third soul skill finally returned to normal. Most importantly, he could enter and exit the Dragon Realm at will.
Therefore, Gu Yuena was not worried about his safety at all. With Huo Yuhao's current strength, he could go anywhere on the Douluo Continent except Sea God Island.
Wait until Huo Yuhao completed the layout of the Douluo Continent. At that time, she could let Huo Yuhao go into seclusion to help absorb the excess Golden Dragon King qi and blood—
At the same time, on the Douluo Continent, countless talented young people were sharpening their weapons and feeding their horses, setting off with the conviction of certain victory.
Destination—Ming Dou.
The slogan of the new Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was Return!
A long time ago, this tournament with a history of ten thousand years originally allowed sects to participate. It wasn't until the last thousand years that the scale was reduced, only allowing academies to participate.
This time, after the proposal of the organizer, the Sun Moon Empire, and the agreement of other countries, it was finally decided to restore the eligibility of sects to participate, and the competition system was also changed. In this way, the scale of the entire tournament increased significantly.
For academies, achieving good results in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament was a great opportunity to make a name for their own academy, which had huge benefits for enrollment and academy development.
And for sects, wasn't it the same?
The development of any sect could not lack talents. And the more high-end talents were, the more they would join powerful sects.
Just after the competition system of the new tournament was determined, more than sixty percent of the sects on the continent chose to sign up, and this naturally included... the Tang Sect!
If not for the tournament organizing committee's decision to limit not only the age to twenty but also require at least five participants in the sect registration to have a cultivation of more than four rings, the number of participating teams in this tournament would probably exceed the previous one by ten times!
Even with such restrictions, stimulated by the Demon King Huo Yuhao, countless hidden sects emerged one after another. This led to the final number of participating teams reaching two hundred and fifty-seven, quite a few more than the previous one.
As the wealthiest country on the Douluo Continent, even though the Sun Moon Empire had experienced royal turmoil, hosting such a tournament was naturally nothing.
They had prepared for this tournament for a full three months. As the largest city on the continent, Ming Dou also expanded a large number of hotels and increased guest rooms to accommodate more guests during this grand event, especially merchants from other places, to facilitate earning more profits from it.
As the number one soul engineer country on the continent, the Sun Moon Empire also invested heavily in this tournament.
The final prize was no longer soul bones but replaced by high-level soul tools. Just like in the original timeline, the champion team would receive a Class 9 soul tool, the runner-up Class 8, and the second runner-up Class 7.
The price of these three soul tools was much higher than the value of soul bones. Especially the Class 9 soul tool that the champion team could obtain, that was basically a priceless treasure nowadays.
Only the Sun Moon Empire possessed Class 9 soul tools. At the same time, this Class 9 soul tool was the greatest threat to the other three countries on the continent!
Under heavy rewards, all participating teams were gearing up, striving for a higher ranking.
For the vast majority of academies and sects, this was not only a good opportunity to become famous in one battle but also a good time to obtain generous returns!
After all, for modern soul masters, to become stronger, besides their own cultivation, they had to rely on soul tools.
However, the expensive price of high-level soul tools deterred the vast majority of soul masters. To become strong, one absolutely could not do without money.
Just as the major empires, academies, and sects across the continent were tensely mobilizing and preparing to participate, a spatial gap quietly opened within the Heaven Soul People's Republic, revealing three figures.
"Douluo, we're back."
Huo Yuhao rarely roared to the sky in high spirits. That unrestrained and free appearance made Zhang Lexuan slightly dazed.