Purple Firmament Puppet! Thanks to [Li Haoyang, Who Loves Tofu Boxes] for the bonus chapter celebration!

Inside the Portable Space, Xu Changqing placed the transplanted Violetcloud Azure Parasol before him.

He had chosen this place for three main reasons.

First, he would not be disturbed.

Second, it would not be affected.

Third, it was absolutely safe.

Of course, he could also have chosen the cultivation chamber in Red Maple Valley.

But there were too many people there, too many watchful eyes. The secret of Puppet Technique was best kept hidden.

Even the people closest to him could not be told about these things.

If he was going to lie low, he would lie low to the bitter end.

If he was going to be the old sixth, he would be the sixth to the extreme.

After all, the system had only given him an endless lifespan.

It had not given him the power to defeat every opponent.

If he wanted to live forever, safety and keeping a low profile were what mattered most.

The Violetcloud Azure Parasol was mainly composed of four visible parts.

First, the trunk.

Second, the Purple Firmament Sparrow.

Third, the Baleful-Subduing Moth.

Fourth, the Purple Firmament Spirit Dew.

To refine a puppet—especially the most elite kind of Spirit Plant Puppet—

he had to begin with these four aspects.

Xu Changqing raised a hand and formed seals. Spiritual light flickered at his fingertips as he first forced out a drop of essence blood to soak the spirit plant, then chanted an obscure incantation: "Wood as the foundation, spirit as the soul.

Nine Chapters of Puppetry, Masterful Hand brings forth life!"

The first step: extracting the core and shaping the form.

Xu Changqing removed the Purple Firmament Spirit Crystal from the trunk, then mixed lotus root powder with spirit dew and molded a body identical to his own. Even its face was flawlessly replicated.