Tian Dou had paid too high a price to obtain his current strength. He had betrayed humanity in order to save his Specter clan, and later, he had turned to Jue Yi for protection. Finally, he had returned to the Aeternals. The cost had been so steep, and yet everything had been lost because of a single person. Just how was this even possible?

Lu Yin would not explain his die to Tian Dou. "The entire reason why you saved Silver when you found him was because he’s a bone grafter. Your Specter clan has passed down the God of Death’s left arm for countless years, but nothing could be done with it. You saw it, and yet it was left to rot. You tortured Silver with your research in order to learn how to incorporate the abilities of a bone grafter into yourself so that you could fuse the God of Death’s arm into your own body. You made Silver’s very existence miserable, but you didn’t fare much better.”

"Just as you tore all of his flesh away, you did the same to yourself in order to become a bone grafter. Honestly, I find your determination impressive."

Tian Dou clenched his fists. His gaze would not steady itself as he stared at Lu Yin. "And yet I still failed. I might have incorporated the God of Death’s arm into my body, but I need to be a Semi-Progenitor to access its full power. However, the arm also means that my tribulation to become a Semi-Progenitor will be so powerful that I have no hope of survival. The tribulation can sense the God of Death’s presence in my body, which means that my next tribulation...