The moment the puppet appeared, countless powerful bolts of lightning abruptly changed direction and shot toward it. Upon striking the puppet's body, they were absorbed by it. However, given the puppet's current physique, it clearly lacked the ability to absorb all of this lightning. Thus, its surface continuously shattered and repaired itself, while its entire body rapidly grew stronger.
Only a puppet devoid of pain could use such a method to increase its strength. An ordinary Dou Zun, let alone cultivate here, would likely be blasted into a lump of charred coal by the power of lightning before lasting even a few hours.
Seeing that the puppet was still within its limits despite constantly breaking apart and repairing itself, Gu He withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes to examine his own condition.
When refining a puppet, one needed to control one's strength with utmost care and precision. Tempering it afterward with Heavenly Flames also required careful control of the heat. Every step was quite difficult, and all of them were greatly beneficial to one's control over one's strength. After refining the Sky Demon Puppet, he had almost completely mastered the power of a six-star Dou Zun.
However, Gu He cultivated for another two days. Only after his body had developed a faint resistance to the lightning power in the outer regions did he rise and head deeper into the lightning pool.
When ordinary people cultivated in the outer regions of the lightning pool, they used special methods to temper the violent lightning energy that leaked out before absorbing it into their bodies. Very few dared to directly absorb void lightning into their bodies. This lightning was far beyond the scattered lightning energy; the difference between the two was like that between household electricity and a lightning bolt—simply beyond comparison.