After entrusting the tasks to Heavenly Pivot and his original body, Li Chen piloted the Seven-Star Mechanical Body to another secluded location.
Several subordinates working there saw him and hurriedly rose to salute him. "Employer, you're here."
Li Chen waved a hand. "No need for ceremony. I just came to take a look."
This was a Minor Grotto-Heaven within the void of the Materialized Heaven, protected by layer upon layer of magic arrays.
It occupied little space, but stood beside the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, surrounded by high-rank grotto-heavens among the nine Major Grotto-Heavens, including Supreme Heaven, Hidden Treasury Heaven, and Great Unity Heaven. It was the place that commanded the most of Li Chen's attention.
Some Puppet Master Artisans and outstanding craftsmen who had originally served him in Guangyun Domain and Chess Mountain Domain had already settled inside.
These people had been secretly brought over after Li Chen proposed his "mechanical ascension" plan.
Li Chen had yet to make this ascension widespread among his followers. Even those involved did not feel they had ascended, but in truth, each had already found their place and taken up their duties, beginning lives as citizens of his heavenly kingdom.
Their missions and responsibilities were heavier than those of the people in the first realm, Materialized Heaven, and they accumulated more merit and contributed more, because their work was research.
They researched all manner of mortal materials, spirit materials, divine abilities, and spells, analyzing new technologies across various fields and disciplines.
Thanks to the connection between the Materialized Kingdom Network and the Puppet World Heavenly Net, Li Chen could now draw on things from the outside world as well, rather than building a cart behind closed doors.
Recently, these people had been devoting all their efforts to analyzing the spoils Li Chen had