Chapter 1 Third-Order Shapeshifter

Ybur carefully sensed his own state.

His spirit was full, and fifteen Mysterious Sources arrayed within him like stars.

He then looked at what was before him, the bloodstained blade, the mysterious cuisine of a gnoll symbolizing the fusion, a small mirror, and a warm volcanic stone—purchased from the market of Miracle City—and most precious of all, a bottle sealing the Abyssal Power of Melopae.

Everything was ready.

He could advance now!

Ybur's heart was so excited it almost trembled as he meticulously arranged the materials according to the needs of the Advancement Ritual. Although Melopae was the most precious, from the ritual's perspective, the most important turned out to be the relatively cheap volcanic stone, as it symbolized the heart of the Saint within the stone, the key for Transcendents to break through the Spirit Nether World and cross the gate to new life.