The Great Nether Wastes Wilds.
Beyond Coiling Forest and across Azure Lake, the magnificent Great Wall receded behind him. The unbearable radiance of Wu Earth gradually faded. Before him stretched a boundless world, windblown sand veiling the sun, with nothing but desolation and deathly silence-not a speck of green in sight.
Amid the rising dust, countless gold-armored Talisman Soldiers busied themselves, hauling timber and stone, laying bricks and tiles, and erecting towering Treasure Platforms, dark black and adorned with spiritual patterns.
The Great Void split open, and a man stepped out.
The young man stood in midair, clad in deep-black Daoist robes. His yellow eyes glimmered as he surveyed the area. With a light sweep of his sleeve, the thousands of Talisman Soldiers below stopped what they were doing, becoming motionless.
[Nether Sheep Rite] was an exceptionally powerful spirit-awakening Divine Ability, its mysteries arguably foremost among the five essences. By comparison, the path of the Lingsa focused more on merging with and commanding spirituality. In awakening spirituality, it fell far short of nurturing earth.
For Talisman Soldiers and puppets to act on their own, they needed not only external communion with [qi transformation], but also an internally generated [Divine Mechanism]. Without a Divine Mechanism, they were the lowest grade of constructs and had to be controlled through spiritual perception.
Once they possessed a Divine Mechanism, however, they could function independently, requiring no attention. The finest Talisman Soldiers and puppets could even cultivate on their own, just like living people.
The spark of spirituality born from nurturing earth could serve precisely as a Divine Mechanism. It therefore offered many wonders in the arts of Talisman Soldiers, puppets, and incarnations, sparing him any need to seek subordinates.
The dark buildings stretched and twisted in the windblown sand, hideous as monsters. Xu Fayan