You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

The distant Far East.

In the vast wilderness, there lay a vast city spanning a hundred miles, and in the center of the city stood a towering palace.

This was the Holy Land of the White Bone Demon Path, the White Bone Palace.

Though it was named for bones, the White Bone Palace was not what the outside world imagined, a demonic lair made of human bones, just as the White Bone Demon Lord was not the terrifying demon of legend.

On the rooftop of the White Bone Palace, a thin, short old man stood at the edge of the platform, gazing at the people in the city below.

Within the city that housed the White Bone Palace, traces of any cultivators were nearly absent, with only ordinary mortals present.

Even the disciples of the White Bone Palace were forbidden from casual contact with mortals, let alone killing to refine bones.

Even the various Saint Heirs did not dare to defy this rule.

Millions of mortals lived and worked here in peace, completely unaware that within the grand palace in the city, many demons practicing bone refining gathered.

Few in the White Bone Palace knew that this was the method the Ancestor used to temper his Dao Heart.

The mortals within the city were even less aware that a pair of eyes had always been watching them from above the land where their ancestors had lived for generations.

—The eyes of the White Bone Demon Lord.

This being, appearing as a short and frail old man yet a giant in the demon path, had not only created the White Bone Demon Path that symbolized death but also seemed very interested in mortal life.

He had stood atop this towering palace observing mortals for nearly a millennium.

"Master."

A man in a black robe suddenly appeared behind the White Bone Demon Lord, bowing respectfully and said, "I have urgent news to report."

This person was indeed the Palace Master of the White Bone Palace, the chief disciple of the White Bone Demon Lord.

When there was urgent news, it couldn't be conveyed slowly; instead, it was transmitted through Divine Thought Transmission, where the speed of the divine thought equaled the speed of thought, completed in an instant.

"...Therefore, we can only trouble Master to descend in avatar form and eliminate the Daoist suspected of being linked to the Fourteenth Prince." The Palace Master transmitted respectfully.

"Oh?"

After listening to the chief disciple's report, the White Bone Demon Lord did not rush but instead turned his hand and took out a World Token, his divine thoughts seemingly entering the Tianxia Building through the token.

"Is Master intending to inform Your Highness Prince Cheng about this matter?" The Palace Master couldn't help but ask, "Is it really necessary to explain such a small matter in advance?"

"This is no small matter."

The White Bone Demon Lord chuckled lowly and said, "Do you think that Daoist is from the lineage of the Fourteenth Prince or the Head of the Heavenly Punishment Department? Heh... I don't think so."

"Not so?" The Palace Master questioned, "In the Thunderbolt Lineage, aren't these two among the strongest in the world?"

"Does being the strongest in the world mean they excel at teaching?"

The White Bone Demon Lord spoke calmly, "The Fourteenth Prince lacks the patience to teach disciples, and the Head of the Heavenly Punishment Department wouldn't be so secretive. However... such a genius who grasps the embryonic form of the Heavenly Reversal Path must have an extraordinary origin."

The Palace Master, somewhat helpless, said, "If it's not these two, then who could it be?"

The White Bone Demon Lord replied, "You mentioned earlier that the Daoist's strength was at the pinnacle of the Seventh Layer in the Tianxia Building?"

"Yes." The Palace Master nodded, "The thunder technique power was as astonishing as a heavenly tribulation, with an incredibly rapid escape speed. Across the world, perhaps only the Seventeenth Prince of the Eighth Layer in the Tianxia Building and his guard could surpass this person, right?"

The White Bone Demon Lord pondered for a moment, then said, "Perhaps it is the Seventeenth Prince himself?"

"The Seventeenth Prince himself?" The Palace Master was taken aback, saying, "I haven't heard the Seventeenth Prince knew thunder techniques; that Heavenly Tribulation Path seems to be the ultimate in thunder..."

"The Seventeenth Prince is the first genius of the Human Clan in this era."

The White Bone Demon Lord continued, "He has yet to achieve Harmonization and become a Saint, perhaps to temper his Dao Heart or to pursue a stronger path, like... nearing the legendary Ultimate Path?"

The Palace Master was stunned.

Although the Ultimate was considered an elusive existence, nearly impossible to approach and only a few from ancient times have truly come close, generations of Human Clan geniuses indeed tried to draw near.

"To fuse a path approaching the Ultimate, one needs to master multiple Heavenly Reversal Paths."

The White Bone Demon Lord said gravely, "The Seventeenth Prince has a deep relationship with 'Heavenly Cloud Disciple,' the former genius of the Shenxiao Sect, suspected to be his grandfather. Even if the Seventeenth Prince never practiced thunder techniques, he couldn't be unaware of them. Mastering the Heavenly Tribulation Path is not impossible."

He paused and continued, "Moreover, it's at the pinnacle of the Seventh Layer of the Tianxia Building, and in the entire Great Yong, there are only a few. Suddenly an unheard-of genius appears? Although it could be a hidden genius, it might as well be the Seventeenth Prince, traveling the human world, assuming another's life, as a way to temper his Dao Heart?"

The Palace Master gradually understood and said, "So, the possibility of that Daoist being the Seventeenth Prince is even greater?"

The White Bone Demon Lord nodded slowly, saying, "Prince Cheng has said that the Seventeenth Prince is the current Sect Leader of the Tantian Sect, perhaps possessing the supreme treasure of the Tantian Sect, 'All Beings,' hiding and disguising himself with significant depth, unseen by you."

"That Daoist indeed showed no fear of me." The Palace Master mused, "If it's the Seventeenth Prince, it makes sense."

Although he had never met the Seventeenth Prince personally, the legend said the Seventeenth Prince held a Divine Artifact Battle Saber, and with his talent, entering the Temple of Thousand Gods, he might have even acquired a Semi-Divine Artifact.

Being at the Eighth Layer of the Tianxia Building himself, wielding Divine and Semi-Divine Artifacts, such strength would hardly be concerned about a mere avatar of his.

In the realm of Saint powers, he was merely ordinary, and the treasures consumed by that avatar were not substantial, its strength hardly reaching the Eighth Layer of the Tianxia Building.