Apotheosis

The skull that occupied three fourths of the island was in fact the entrance to the Land of Bone Tribulation.

"The Land of Bone Tribulation opens every eight hundred hours. Six hundred and forty hours have now passed," the Sturdy Bull replied.

"So it will open in seven days?" asked Zen.

"Yes!" The Sturdy Bull answered.

Seven days...

Zen pondered this a while and decided not to leave the Other Shore.

These Other Shore creatures were not reliable. If he left, there was no guarantee they wouldn't set up arrays and wait for an opportunity to strike at him...

He sat down cross-legged facing the skull, dead still in meditation, waiting for its opening.

The Other Shore creatures stood behind him, sizing him up silently. They didn't want to provoke him anymore and so waited with him.

Seven days passed by quickly.

Once it had been eight hundred hours, the huge skull trembled and began rising slowly.

Zen sensed the change and opened his eyes, staring intently at the rising skull before him.

He now realized it was a complete skull but the lower end of it had been buried in the island before.

As it continued to rise, more and more was revealed and a cervical spine now became visible; it turned out to be a complete skeleton!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Once the skull had risen a fair bit, a strange sound echoed from between its jaws. Its mouth slowly opened, releasing, incredibly, a pathway.

The Other Shore creatures itched to give it a go. When the Land of Bone Tribulation had opened before, they would swarm in.

But this time, as Zen stood at the front, none of them dared to move first.

Zen walked without hesitation, straight into the large mouth of the skull.

The Other Shore creatures followed in as soon as he entered.

Inside the skull were stairs made of thin bones. After walking down the bone stairs, they returned to the bottom of the sea. Then another wondrous scene was revealed to them.

The Soul Interdicting Water with dark blue light was blocked by an invisible force, forming isolation walls.

In the center were many floating white bone plates.

This was Zen's f

and had no interest whatsoever in other matters. Even when the Element Spirit race had sent a message to attack Zen, he paid it no mind.

As they spoke, an intense pressure overtook the entire space, suddenly expanding and contracting along with the violent rising and falling of the surrounding sea water. A storm had formed in the center!

The storm rose and swept out the Soul Interdicting Water from the surrounding "walls".

Drops of Soul Interdicting Water gathered in the center of the storm.

Zen was inevitably hit by the Soul Interdicting Water as he sat on the bone plate.

He tried to dodge, but the Soul Interdicting Water was too dense. He was hit and then gave up trying to dodge it. He had accepted that he was unable to leave the Other Shore.

Buzz!

The Soul Interdicting Water was completely submerged in the rising storm, forming a larger blue storm.

'Is this the Myriad Tribulations Storm?' Frowning, Zen looked at the scene unfolding in front of him. At the same time, he felt confused as to whether he should refine his body with the Soul Interdicting Water.

When he was still at a loss for what his next move should be, streaks of golden liquid suddenly rose from the bottom of the storm.

Feeling the aura of the golden liquid shrank his pupils. Even the Primeval Lord of Heaven who was observing in his inner world seemed to remember something, which changed his face in an instant!