"This is my bonded mech. Here in the sect, we call bonded mechs Titans. In a sense, they're similar to beast tamers' spirit beasts. Their cultivation is comparable to ours, and they may even ascend with us someday."
Noticing Tang Yu's slight shock, Yuan Shi smiled as he explained.
Bonded mechs were built according to the blueprints left behind by the founding patriarch. Back then, many materials had been unavailable, so the patriarch had failed to create one.
Afterward, the patriarch ascended. The remaining disciples of the Heavenly Craft Sect spent generation after generation refining the design, seeking out different materials as substitutes and upgrading various techniques. They eventually succeeded in creating Titan mechs, greatly raising the combat strength of Heavenly Craft Sect cultivators and leaving them with few rivals among cultivators of the same realm.
"I see."
Tang Yu nodded, walked over, and lightly patted the big fellow with a smile.
"I wonder if your founding patriarch is still around. If he is, perhaps he's already made Immortal Emperor-level mechs in the Immortal Realm."
"Hard to say. Even Immortal Emperors who ascend to the Immortal Realm aren't immortal. Too many Immortal Emperors fail to survive the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. I can only hope the patriarch is still alive."
Yuan Shi sighed, then opened the crate before him. Inside lay a dense pile of parts.
As he skillfully assembled them, he asked, "Brother, why are you in such a hurry to buy Burners in bulk? The war at the Nether Sea should already be over, right? Mechs at the Burner level require several elders working together to produce them. They're time-consuming, labor-intensive, and extremely troublesome to make. Some of the materials required are also difficult to find."
Burners were considered the Heavenly Craft Sect's signature product. Titan