Apotheosis

The white bone boat floated on the blue ocean.

It was rowed manually by the bone slaves, so it did not move too fast.

Zen possessed the ability to fly and could do so across the ocean, or even help the bone slaves speed up if he wished.

But the Primeval Lord of Heaven warned him not to break the rules of the Land of Bone Tribulation. They had entered the land in this way before. As per the advice he was given, Zen just watched on as the bone slaves paddled the boat forward slowly.

Their intelligence was at the most basic level, and although they were able to communicate smoothly with Zen, they seemed to know very little. When he asked of theirs and the Land of Bone Tribulation's origin, all they offered was dull, stiff answers.

After asking a few more questions, Zen gave up this pursuit with them.

Splash! Splash! Splash...

The boat continued on slowly, bypassing bones jutting out of the sea one by one, before Zen finally caught sight of a white island.

The island was made of thick bones piling up together and in the center was a huge skull, but Zen didn't know what creature it belonged to.

"Is this the Land of Bone Tribulation?" Zen asked.

"Yes," a bone slave nodded.

As the boat slowly approached the shore, Zen leaped casually into the air and landed on the island.

He stood firm when suddenly, a handful of sea water splashed at his head!

Being on the Other Shore for so long, Zen was very alert to Soul Interdicting Water and the like. The thunder wings on his back exploded violently as his body turned away, barely avoiding the Soul Interdicting Water!

He stabilized in midair and now saw clearly that there were more than a dozen creatures on both sides of the island!

They were of many different shapes and sizes; some were tiny, some were as big and burly as giants. But it was obvious they were Other Shore creatures.

"Hasn't it been a long time since anyone entered the Land of Bone Tribulation?" Zen asked in confusion.

He thought he was the only one here. Seeing so many Other Shore creatures appear all of a sudden was certainly unexpected.

"Creatures in the chaos can't enter the Land of Bone Tribulation, but the Other Shore creatures can," the Primeval Lord of Heaven

uickly explained in a panic, "He told us the news. He came here and told us that if we attacked you, the Element Spirit race would reward us, which would benefit our race!"

The Sturdy Bull pointed at a cat-like creature not far off.

The cat-like creature took two steps back when he was pointed out. His eyes narrowed and gazed dangerously, ready to deal with Zen's attack at any moment.

But Zen just glanced at him indifferently and said, "I came here to pass the Land of Bone Tribulation. As for the grudge between me and the Element Spirit race, you'd better stay out of it!"

These Other Shore creatures were also outstanding warriors of their different races. They had thought Zen was a weak lamb they could bully, and naturally they wanted to rush forward to capture him.

But Zen displayed such great power that they decided it was better to not risk their lives!

"Yes, yes. I'm not a member of the Element Spirit race," the Sturdy Bull nodded.

They immediately let out a sigh of relief and all the tension in the atmosphere relaxed when Zen showed restrained hostility.

Zen looked into the depths of the island and asked, "Has the Land of Bone Tribulation opened yet?"

On the bone boat, the Primeval Lord of Heaven had told him the basics rules of the Land of Bone Tribulation.

Like the Soul City, the Land of Bone Tribulation also opened for a period of time and then closed for another period of time. But the periods were much longer than that of the Soul City.