Time flew, and another half year passed in the blink of an eye. Before he knew it, Li Chen had entered the eleventh year of his campaign to conquer Cloud Province: New Calendar year 100153.
Over those six months and more, Li Chen had not devoted much attention to Divine Mist Mountain. He continued to entrust Heavenly Pivot with monitoring the battlefield, leaving the various retainers and Intelligent Machinery to wear down the enemy while he plunged headfirst into the use of spiritual essence treasured materials in the magical treasure industry.
This was, in fact, also a by-product of his exploration of his own power of law and his research into spirit-repelling treasured materials.
To investigate the mechanisms of spiritual essence in depth and distinguish spiritual essence materials from materials without it, he needed a sufficiently profound understanding of the magic artifacts, magical treasures, and various heavenly treasures that had existed in the cultivation world since time immemorial.
This also involved questions from many other fields. Fortunately, the Creation Sect's upper ranks provided ample support, while Puppet Masters from all quarters enthusiastically joined in for their own benefit.
As a result, although Li Chen still had few leads in his solitary exploration of the Heavenly Ghost Dharma Body, progress on this front was remarkably swift.
On January 20, Li Chen and several fellow cultivators from the Creation Sect, including Artifact Dao experts and materials grandmasters, walked through the Factory Complex built against the mountains beside Nine Ridges City, touring the new factory jointly funded and constructed by the various parties.
In truth, calling it a workshop was no longer appropriate. It was a genuine magical treasure factory, meeting modern standards for industrial mass production.
A sweet-faced Puppet Doll girl with a graceful figure served as their hostess, leading everyone into