Li Chen stood up and looked around. The Void Gate was still expanding, like a vortex born from nothing, swallowing the nearby mountains and enormous pits like the gaping maw of an abyss.
Given time, this Boundary Gate would gradually spread throughout the entire Grotto-Heaven world, and Li Chen's goal would be achieved.
For now, however, his position remained secure. With a thought, he opened the entrance to his Minor Grotto-Heaven wide. Mechanical instruments, each encased in an alloy module three feet square, floated out like boxes of building blocks.
They seemed to carry a special electromagnetic force that allowed them to fit together and lock into place.
Under program control, a simple altar with a circular inner structure and an eight-pointed star-shaped exterior was assembled in just a few breaths.
This was the altar design prescribed by the Creation Sect, intended to contact Heavenly Will and communicate with this god of Puppet Masters shared throughout the Puppet Dao.
Within the territories Puppet Masters normally occupied, there were already enough terminals and magic arrays to serve as anchors for Heavenly Will's descent. In an undeveloped region like this, however, external assistance was necessary. Otherwise, one had to simulate divine abilities and spells through the Mental Certification Dao Fruit, expending enormous amounts of magic power.
"Heavenly Will, I wish to offer information in exchange for completed cultivation knowledge!"
Li Chen simulated the Sea Demon General's condition in his mind. A moment later, he compiled it into a record and sent it surging into the void as a stream of divine thought.
From somewhere unseen, a vast will responded, sending the corresponding completed cultivation art back into Li Chen's mind.
It was as though inspiration had struck him, bringing sudden enlightenment.
"So that's how it works..."
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