Experiment? Overkill?
Jagged reefs stood thick around Five Sword Island, interlocking like canine teeth. The waves surged violently, muddy billows overturning the heavens. Several formations had been laid throughout the surrounding waters, along with countless whirlpools of every size. Their depths were black and heavy, seeming to lead straight to the ocean floor. Ever since the island had been arranged in this manner, foreign ships had been unable to cross over. Other than cultivators with profound cultivation, no outsiders could hope to approach Five Sword Island.
This time, however, the "enemy" had no intention of approaching the island. They had merely set up a sea-sealing grand formation. If this formation were placed on the Central Huan Continent, it would be nothing remarkable. Yet its creators had put considerable effort into refining it, employing ingenuity and incorporating the subtleties of the Six Ren and Qimen arts. It was by no means insignificant.
Five Swords Lord was now under the control of puppet insects. His soul had also been controlled by the mother insect through his body, using form to enslave the heart. This was a secret art He Ping had reverse-engineered from the Living Puppet Method.
The core of the Immortal Puppet Sect's Living Puppet Method was founded upon the concept of "body and soul reflecting one another." That was to say, the primordial soul and spiritual essence resided within the flesh. Even if the soul-body centered in the brain were destroyed, it could be reproduced through a perfected physical body, creating an existence resembling a "true spirit."
Through this theory of "body and soul reflecting one another," He Ping could likewise use the puppet mother insect in reverse: first control the physical body, then transform it into a living puppet, create a simulated true spirit, and layer it over the