Li Xiaoya discussed matters with Second Better and the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.
Second Better was, after all, a human cultivator, so he agreed without hesitation to refine puppets and spirit cannons for Li Xiaoya. The materials posed a bit of a problem, but Li Xiaoya still had plenty of heavenly starstone on him! Besides, back in the Southwestern Ancient City, Second Better had managed to refine so many puppets under even worse conditions. He would find a way here, too!
As for breeding the Steel-armored Beetles, the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma unexpectedly offered to handle it himself. This took Li Xiaoya by surprise. When he asked for details, the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma confidently told him that, as a spiritual being born of heaven and earth, he naturally understood the preferences and habits of insect demon beasts. He had nothing else to do anyway, so he might as well help Li Xiaoya.
When Li Xiaoya said he intended to reach the Great Void Stage within a hundred years, however, Second Better teased him, thinking he was indulging in wild fantasies.
But!
To his surprise, the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma supported Li Xiaoya, telling him that once he reached great perfection of the Spirit Communion Stage, he had a way to give Li Xiaoya a very high chance of successfully advancing to the Great Void Stage.
Yet when Li Xiaoya pressed him for details, the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma acted all mysterious and refused to explain the exact method, saying they would discuss it once Li Xiaoya actually reached that level.
He also told Li Xiaoya that the Five-Element Heaven and Earth cultivation method he had given him was truly extraordinary. Cultivating it would greatly increase his chances of reaching the Great Void Stage. Li Xiaoya was somewhat skeptical, but he recalled how this miraculous