Liang Mu's soul frequently left his body, and each departure lasted a long time. As a result, the connection between his soul and body grew weaker and weaker, and time itself began to affect his soul.
But he paid it no mind, for he had completely plunged into feverish research.
As time stretched on, a soul separated from its body would gradually be washed away by time, slowly losing its memories.
Once all memories were lost, the soul would become a wandering ghost, drifting unconsciously from place to place until it completely dissipated.
After some time, Liang Mu seemed to realize something was wrong, so he decided to store his memories within puppets first.
At regular intervals, the puppets needed to recount his memories to him.
Meanwhile, he pressed on with his research at full speed.
Yet amid the torrent of time, his soul had completely lost contact with his body and become a soul without a master.
Even when he entered the Soulwood, he remained detached. This meant his soul had completely lost any place to hide.
The speed at which his memories vanished also grew faster and faster.
He had already realized that things were going badly, but nothing could be stopped. The memories that were meant to disappear would still disappear.
So, he decided to use a puppet shell made from the branches of the Tree of Life to protect his body.
A body without a soul would rapidly lose its vitality and eventually rot away completely.
For his soul to have a chance to return to his body in the future, his body had to be protected and supplied with a continuous stream of vitality.
That was why there was that puppet at the center of the Puppet Plane.
Afterward, Liang Mu seized every moment to