Meanwhile, after kicking Elia out of the imperial city, while one body of his remained within his chambers to receive and indulge in this year's female tributes, Konrad crossed space to land within the empress' palace. Those weren't mere avatars, but Devil Bodies with separate but equal cultivation bases.
Like all other Transcendent beings, Konrad could start over and reach Embodiment in another Law. However, without another Transcendence, he couldn't pursue Embodiment in a third. To defeat that hurdle, Konrad used his Realm Will, Nascent Infiniteness Insight, Devil Bridge and Death Transcendence to create a new devil art similar to Regretless' Three Corpse Refining Incantation:
The Devil Refining Incantation.