A Six-Star Battle Puppet represented the pinnacle of combat power in the Core Formation Realm. With one such puppet, Elder He's strategic ambition of "holding dominion over a region" could truly be realized. Against ordinary Core Formation Realm enemies, it was an absolute force, a pillar capable of standing firm amid the raging current.
But crafting a Six-Star Puppet was no easy task. Li Chen believed that even if Elder He disregarded the confidentiality rules, and the Creation Sect ignored all the repercussions and selflessly handed him the complete crafting schematics for the Heavenly Hero Divine Crane, he might still be unable to thoroughly digest them in a short time.
Giving him a finished puppet for free? That was even less likely, unless it came with conditions of vassalage or some other fortuitous opportunity. Things had not reached that point yet.
"After Outer Dao cultivators advance to Core Formation, they can't reach the late stage, let alone the pinnacle, in a short time either."
Thinking of it that way, Li Chen felt much more at ease.
By nightfall, Li Chen sat alone in a tall building in the Inner Valley Courtyard, gazing at the distant lights of the Market District.
That was the city he had founded with his own hands, leading numerous Wilderness Rogue Cultivators and the local Shaman Folk. It held his heart's blood and labor.
At last, Li Chen could begin to understand how those Puppet Masters of old had felt, clad in rags and driving crude carts as they carved out their foundations.
"What are you looking at, sitting here all alone?"
Mei Xuan's voice came from the mountain path behind him. The Puppet Sisters, waiting far away at the junction, turned to look but did not move.
Li Chen did not turn around either. He