Li Chen soon entered seclusion again. Three months later, his mechanical body had taken its initial shape.
This time, he forged his new body with extraordinary efficiency. The Creation Sect had already prepared nearly everything he needed, so once his cultivation reached the required realm, several Grandmaster Artisans could be summoned to work simultaneously and help him finish in a remarkably short time.
Li Chen primarily cultivated the Dao of Wisdom. After reaching the Grandmaster Artisan realm, he had attained great completion only in the Skin-Painting Art, Capture Shadows, Refine Souls, and Awaken Spirituality, along with spellcraft related to the Primordial Spirit and intelligence. His attainments in the Dao of Life, such as Five Elements Organ-Shaping, had fallen behind instead. However, the Creation Sect had plenty of experts who had attained great completion in various fields, all of whom could contribute to his enhancement modification.
Li Chen also knew he could gradually improve those related attainments in the years ahead. Progressing toward great completion would pose no problem, so he did not insist on forging this body himself and instead accepted the shortcut.
Puppet Masters each excelled in different arts. Over a million years, they had long grown accustomed to all kinds of collaboration. It was inevitable.
When Li Chen emerged from seclusion again, he looked like a sixteen-year-old youth.
This was Li Chen's life-bound Original Body. Nearly all its flesh and blood had been replaced with the finest treasured materials. Its entire frame was Seven-Star Grade, and its Blood Mystic Gold, elevated to the quality of derivation jade, brimmed with Dao essence. This made the body far stronger than an ordinary Seven-Star Battle Puppet, even comparable to Eight-Star and Nine-Star ones.
Some Nine-Star Battle Puppets prevailed through their sheer size and energy levels. Their bodies might not actually match