Li Chen paced around the room, his expression solemn.
In the end, he chose to answer Hua Wucuo's question directly. "If the transformation of civilization here at Chess Mountain succeeds, I will replicate this model and spread it, founding an entirely new cultivation civilization in which everyone is like dragons and all under heaven enjoys great unity!"
Hua Wucuo shuddered at his words.
Everyone like dragons, great unity under heaven!
What a timeworn phrase.
Yet countless gifted and devoted souls had pursued it through the ages. How could the words "timeworn phrase" erase all that?
This was the ideal and aspiration of those with ambition!
An ordinary cultivator who attained the Dao as a Grand Artisan aspired to become a Grandmaster Artisan, build his own immortal city and Mountain Gate, and transcend the mortal world.
He might even propose some ascension plan, bringing exceptional mortals and cultivators to the Upper Realm to serve under his command.
Li Chen's wish, however, was to transform the realms on the ground beyond Guangyun.
From then on, immortal havens and immortal cities would be everywhere, with no need to ascend.
This actually ran counter to personal achievement, taking a far more difficult and winding road.
Moreover, other problems lay within it.
Hua Wucuo hesitated. "But this revolution seems to threaten the lives of us Puppet Masters ourselves. If mortal craftsmen also master power comparable to that of Puppet Masters, what will happen? Have you ever considered these things, Grand Artisan Li?"
Rather than clearing up, the doubts in his heart only multiplied.
Li Chen said, "Have you forgotten, Fellow Daoist? We Puppet Masters do not cultivate immortality or seek investiture as gods. We seek only truth and the Dao!"
"In that case, what does it matter whether mortal craftsmen master power comparable to that