"I'm better suited to it myself?"
Truly, a single remark had startled a dreamer awake.
Li Chen considered his cultivation realm low and did not see himself as a "dominant power," yet he actually possessed the potential to become one. If he actively sought out his shortcomings and filled the gaps, he could fully complete his strategic framework.
The Outer Dao practitioners were the opposite. The mighty power of their divine abilities resided within themselves, highly centralized, and this characteristic stayed with them throughout their lives, difficult to change.
When mobilized, they certainly enjoyed the advantage of the strong overwhelming the weak, but in terms of abundant troops and commanders and sprawling battle lines, they could never compare with the Puppeteer Dao Path.
Past modes of warfare had mostly involved generals fighting generals and soldiers fighting soldiers in matched duels, followed by groups using divine abilities and spells to fight a thousand foes apiece, or Puppet Masters burying their opponents beneath vast numbers of Mechanism Puppets.
Moreover, the Puppeteer Dao Path was itself a Dao Path adept at warfare, its defining trait being its greater capacity to store up strength.
He who won in the temple calculations before battle did so because his calculations were many!
The greatest advantage of the Puppeteer Dao Path was that the mighty power of its divine abilities did not reside within the practitioner. It could be effectively stored in Mechanism Puppets and all manner of creations. Pitting years of accumulation against a moment's hotheaded impulse, it naturally prevailed wherever it went!
How had the Puppet Dao secured its place? Its ability to wage war, and wage it well, deserved much of the credit.
The Puppet Dao allowed for ample accumulation in everyday life. Mining a few extra pounds of spirit iron, refining one more