After several demon gods departed, the Assembly of the Hundred Races continued as usual. Yan Ju's task had already been completed, so he returned alone to his residence.
The actions of those demon gods had also made Yan Ju smell danger in the air.
Especially for a crown prince of the Flame Emperor Clan like him—if anything happened to him, the Flame Emperor and his consort would probably go berserk.
Therefore, he needed to keep a lower profile from now on.
Yan Ju found himself missing Heng'e a little. Whenever times like this came around, teasing Heng'e always relieved the tedium of an entire day's cultivation.
Heng'e was currently cultivating the Grand Lunar Form-Refining Art deep within the palace!
After giving it some thought, Yan Ju calmed his heart and continued working on his unfinished idea.
He wanted to expand the carpenters' path with several directions for advancement.
He felt it could perhaps develop in two directions. One was mechanism arts—exquisite mechanical inventions had always been closely tied to craftsmen—and another path led toward the transcendent.
Yan Ju had long come into contact with that aspect.
It was puppet arts.
Yet both directions were merely supplementary. Yan Ju estimated that their effects would be rather limited, unless it was after humans and gods began living separately.
"Better something than nothing. Any benefit I can gain is a benefit, and it should help the growth of the Eastern Azure-Spirit Emperor Lord's divine rank!"
He mused inwardly.
When Heng'e emerged from seclusion, she saw such a sight.
The palace halls were littered with disorderly scraps of spiritwood. Small wooden carvings of divine beasts lay everywhere, each one lifelike and brimming with dense divine might.
A trace of curiosity appeared in her eyes.
"Crown Prince, what are you doing?"
"Don't touch things recklessly