The First Step Into Flame
After an unknown period of time, Rias finally woke up.
The night had deepened. Moonlight spilled softly across the lakeside camp, silver light dancing over rippling water. A faint mist drifted above the surface, and the crackle of a small campfire echoed gently nearby. The scent of damp earth and burning wood mingled with the lingering heat of Mana in the air.
Inside her body, everything had changed.
Her cultivation had already stepped into the Onyx Realm — one star.
More importantly, she had fused completely with the purgatory flames of the Inferno Kong and successfully evolved her own Divine Bone.
Deep within her spiritual core, a crimson bone pulsed quietly — elegant, fierce, alive. It felt like a second heartbeat inside her.
The power of the precious bone had yet to be completely absorbed. In the coming days, she only needed to convert the remaining power into her own Mana, and her cultivation would rise rapidly.
