Soul Puppet

Inside the Void Dragon Hall, Lin Ming's true body remained seated in meditation, his aura as deep and unfathomable as the sea. Within his Inner World, over nine thousand zhang in size, a refinement concerning creation and destruction had reached its final—and most crucial—stage.

Great Heavenly Venerate's body, tempered by the fire of the world's true body, floated in midair, its appearance completely transformed.

His once withered, skeletal frame now possessed a texture as warm as jade yet as hard as metal. Dark golden flowing light faintly coursed beneath his skin—evidence that, after Lin Ming had used World Power to temper it with the ultimate essences of various metals, its flesh, blood, tendons, and bones had been highly condensed and were gradually becoming energy-based.

Though its size had shrunk by a full circle, every inch of muscle fiber seemed to have been rewoven, containing explosive power. Not a trace of Death Qi or impurity remained around it; it was as pure as the embryonic form of a humanoid sacred artifact.

This shell had originally possessed the strength of a Two-Star Dou Saint. After being refined by Lin Ming's world's true body, its toughness was no weaker than that of the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master, a Late Stage Three-Star Dou Saint. It had therefore reached the perfect state for use as a puppet body.

Meanwhile, the soul formed by fusing Hun Yan, the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master, with Great Heavenly Venerate had also undergone a thorough "purification."

Their soul origin, stripped of all personal consciousness, emotional memories, and individuality, now shone with a profound dark silver luster.

Although it radiated Mental Fluctuations of madness and bloodlust, the layers of World Imprints binding the Soul Body forced it to remain obediently in place, awaiting Lin Ming's orders.

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