Four years later, in the Cultivation World of the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range," at "Crimson Cloud Mountain."
It was late autumn. Outside a cave abode atop the mountain, where Spiritual Energy was exceptionally abundant, fallen leaves danced across the ground, blanketing the entire clearing before the abode in withered yellow.
More than a dozen birds had landed amid the dead leaves, chirping as they searched around for food.
Shortly after noon, a creaking sound suddenly came from the stone doors of the cave abode, which had remained silent for a long time.
The sudden disturbance startled the many birds on the ground. Frightened, they flapped their wings and scattered into the nearby forest.
Before long, as the cave abode's gates slowly opened, a streak of azure light shot swiftly out and arrived outside the abode.
Song Qingming looked up at the long-unseen sunlight in the sky, then lowered his gaze to the ground and lightly waved his hand where he stood.
Spiritual light flickered in Song Qingming's hand, and a yellow Puppet Beast several zhang tall, resembling a flying eagle, appeared before him.
The aura emanating from this Puppet Beast was faintly no weaker than that of a Golden Core Cultivator. It was clearly an Early Golden Core Stage Puppet Beast that had reached Grade 3 Low-grade.
During his four years in seclusion, aside from his daily cultivation, Song Qingming had also spent considerable time in the cave studying the refinement of his Puppet Skill.
After taking up residence at "Crimson Cloud Mountain," Song Qingming had used materials gathered by Song Family cultivators in the marketplace to refine high-tier puppets.
Furthermore, when he had helped repair that Nascent Soul Puppet at "Yinfeng Ridge," he had received some guidance from Qu Bai.
After spending several years and consuming a great deal