Jiang Ding also finished cracking the other spatial treasure, which resembled a finger bone. It was much easier.
"Let me see..."
Jiang Ding sent his divine sense into it.
Puppets. Vast numbers of puppets.
Lion and tiger puppets, giant bear flesh-and-blood puppets, puppets modeled after dragons and phoenixes. Most were damaged, and many of the flesh-and-blood puppets had even been reduced to scraps. One could imagine what a terrible battle they had endured.
"Ah, I still took a shortcut."
"Who smashed his puppets? Was it the Yang Bone Celestial?"
Jiang Ding sounded a little regretful.
If only the Threadweaver Celestial had been stronger back then. An opponent like him would have been more useful to Jiang Ding's Dao Path.
"Still, this isn't bad."
"The upper realm's finest forging techniques will certainly give a huge boost to the Immortal Sect's warship and robot development. But the destruction of the previous Immortal Order's Spiritual Treasure Realm is shrouded in layers of mist..."
Jiang Ding frowned.
The previous Immortal Order's Spiritual Treasure Realm had been a fairly traditional sect, skilled at refining and wielding artifacts. Puppets had been only one branch of its vast inheritance, and not a particularly remarkable one.
Yet when the Immortal Artifact Sect rose to prominence, the puppet arts had shone brilliantly and become the sect's mainstay.
Such a sudden change was bound to inspire troubling suspicions.
"Establish an experimental base at the former site of Dharma-Ending City."
"Prepare a laboratory under the highest security alert. At the first sign that something is wrong, have it self-destruct and plunge it deep into a star."
Jiang Ding made his decision.
This concerned the mystery of an Immortal Order's destruction. No amount of caution was excessive.
Besides the multitude of puppets, including three shattered celestial puppets, the finger-bone spatial treasure held