News of Ying Wuji

The puppet He Ping contacted with his mind was none other than Xiao Qianjue, the "Crane-Releasing Sword Elder," once an expert of the Fragrance Sect.

Elder Xiao was an adept of the Fragrance Sect who had entered the Dao. Tall and lean, he wore silver silkworm robes beneath a crane-feather cloak. His hair was wholly silver, five locks of silver beard hung from his chin, and even his long brows were white as snow. He truly looked like an immortal descended to the world.

Xiao Qianjue himself had died long ago. After He Ping seized his heart, it had been refined into a Stealing Heaven Puppet.

Now that He Ping's cultivation had advanced greatly, after a period of time he had condensed another Seven-Aperture Puppet Heart. This Stealing Heaven Puppet, Xiao Qianjue, could now be split off at will, becoming a puppet capable of acting independently.

The Stealing Heaven Puppet had also inherited some traits of a "living puppet." It possessed a corresponding degree of "intelligence" and could act on its own. Perhaps it was not as quick-witted as a living puppet, but acting alone would not expose its identity.

Moreover, unlike a "living puppet," whose fleshly body was made from puppet materials, the Stealing Heaven Puppet's body was simulated with Ten Transformations Myriad Phenomena True Qi. It was no different from a genuine body of flesh and blood; even a Manifestation Realm expert would never spot any flaw.

Of course, against immortal-god-level experts like the Emperor You, the Stealing Heaven Puppet could not remain concealed. Thus, infiltrating Great You from overseas in Xiao Qianjue's guise was in itself a highly dangerous undertaking—particularly now that He Ping had already reached the Manifestation Realm.

"Fortunately, ever since the demonic star's aberration, the order of heaven and earth has also changed. This