[As expected, the Demonic Seed lodged within Dan Liu had its true nature seen through by the Tower Master of the Root Pill Tower. It was then unfortunate enough to be besieged by the Root Pill Tower's many alchemists, and the Demonic Seed was removed in that battle...
Dan Jiu had specifically told you about this because you had also asked him to help you find the corpse of a powerful expert. Dan Liu's corpse, now rid of the Demonic Seed, happened to meet your requirements for refining a Corpse Puppet.]
[Dan Liu himself had been very mediocre in combat. After all, alchemists had to devote vast amounts of time to pill refining. Merely keeping their cultivation realm from falling behind was already difficult, so they usually had little time to comprehend physical techniques and laws.
Yet Dan Liu was one of the rare alchemists who preferred traveling everywhere in search of herbs. To avoid dying in Secret Realms while seeking medicinal ingredients, he had spent enormous resources to have the Witch Clan of the Grand Luo Heavenly Domain modify his body.
After the modifications, Dan Liu's body had been covered in all kinds of advanced Witch Marks. If he only fought for a short period, Dan Liu, who was merely a Life Path Quasi-Emperor, could wield the combat power of a Star Sea Quasi-Emperor. He could even have the Witch Marks take over the fighting, so there was no issue of insufficient combat experience at all.]
[It was precisely by relying on these advanced Witch Marks that Dan Liu had repeatedly escaped danger. Even though his combat experience was abysmal, he was still not weak. The reason he had not even had a chance to flee when facing the Heavenly Sacrifice Holy Lord this time was entirely because he