Perhaps the eighteen puppet war statues could only hold so much. By now, Lu Xiaotian had more or less guessed why Emperor Qinling had gone to Earth Vault City to retrieve the Heart of the Earth Palace. If Emperor Qinling ultimately succeeded, Lu Xiaotian could hardly imagine how vast and magnificent the scene would be. By then, Emperor Qinling would surely contend with the Heavenly Court for supremacy.
At first, Lu Xiaotian had thought that since he had obtained these eighteen puppet war statues, he could repair them and control them using the method for commanding the eighteen golden men. With their help, he would be able to stand against Golden Immortal-level beings to some extent.
But now it seemed that even with all eighteen puppet war statues in hand, controlling them would be no easier than an ordinary Celestial Immortal directly attempting to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.
"Wait, that can't be right. To fully comprehend the power of five laws would be far too astounding. Even Golden Immortal powerhouses cultivate only one law to perfection. To cultivate all five laws completely and transform one into another at will might be a path of its own. But what level of cultivation would it take to achieve that? An Immortal Lord, or the Heavenly Emperor?"
Lu Xiaotian turned it over in his mind again and again. He suspected Emperor Qinling had long since forged his own path: using a puppet body to contain the power of laws. Such a heaven-defying method could only have been dreamed up and put into practice by a madman and genius like him.
Perhaps Emperor Qinling had devised this approach, but had he relied entirely on his own strength, or had he used outside assistance? Only further investigation could tell. After weighing it