The elder giant’s expression was nondescript by the time Lu Yun reopened his eyes, as if the Tome of Life and Death had passed the giant by and remained unseen. It was the young man who sat dumbly where he was. Upon inspecting his body with the inner eye, he saw the changes in the treasure.

It’d changed from an ancient bronze book into a bamboo scroll?

What the heck is going on?

After its transformation, all of the power of life and death within the treasure transmuted to the power of reincarnation. Lu Yun could call upon it with a single thought. In his current condition, all inner force within his body—whether immortal force or the power of order that he’d later cultivated—had disappeared. They...