The Book of Changes is one of the ancient classics that has been passed down. It contains the principles of the evolution of all things and is one of the essential books for many beginners in talisman mastery.
In the current cultivation world, many runes, scriptures, and formations are actually derived from the Book of Changes. This is a vast field of knowledge, but it is only a theoretical book and has no practical application.
The Rune Research Institute, however, is currently attempting to integrate the principles of the Book of Changes with runes in an effort to achieve entirely new abilities. This is undoubtedly considered absurd by traditional cultivators.
It's like primitive people who have always used flames for lighting seeing others using light bulbs; they would find it absurd, even seeming to think it's meaningless.
Because light bulbs need electricity to emit light, and obtaining electricity in the primitive world was far more difficult than obtaining fire, he didn't think the invention of the light bulb was meaningful at all.
Even the most ingenious inventions can only shine in the right environment.
The Heavenly Dao Invasion Technique of the Chen Kingdom is currently very troublesome to execute. Although it does have an unexpected effect in some situations, in Li Sifan's eyes, it still feels somewhat like a strange and ingenious trick.
"Sect Leader Li, I know you have many misunderstandings about our Dao of Talismans philosophy."
"But it's alright. I believe that in the near future, the principles of Dao of Talismans arts of our Chen Kingdom will surely spread throughout all the heavens and myriad realms. At that time, you will naturally understand."
Landuo could tell what Li Sifan was thinking, but he didn't explain further and just smiled calmly.
After a day and a night of sailing, A Huo's warship finally arrived at the center of the Heavenly Puppet World.
Dozens of landmasses floated in the air here. To avoid alerting the enemy, A Huo ordered the fleet to rise, bypass the other smaller landmasses, and head directly from high altitude towards the central Heavenly Puppet Peak.
As the warship fleet approached Heavenly Puppet Peak, it activated the Heavenly Puppet Peak's defensive array, causing Landuo's Heavenly Dao shield to immediately fail.
Knowing that his whereabouts had been exposed, A Huo led the Demon-Slaying Sword Legion in a fierce attack.
Squeak... Boom...!
A Huo has brought over one of the Chen Kingdom's three main warships, the Pioneer Number Three. This main ship has now been upgraded to the Saint Level- level, and its main cannon has been upgraded, making it very suitable for destroying the defensive shield formed by the formation.
Under the bombardment of the Demon-Slaying Sword and the main cannons of war, the defensive formation of Heavenly Puppet Peak quickly began to crumble. Only then did the elders of the Heavenly Puppet Sect react and dispatch their disciples to stop the Chen Kingdom's army from landing on Heavenly Puppet Peak.
"What's going on? Why haven't we been informed by the Ancestor that the Chen Kingdom army has already arrived at Heavenly Puppet Peak?"
The elders were thrown into disarray, unable to understand why the Chen Kingdom army had appeared here out of nowhere.
Meanwhile, Song Yunting, who was at the top of Heavenly Puppet Peak, was also puzzled. He leaped out of the palace, wanting to deal with A Huo and the others, but Li Sifan appeared and restrained Song Yunting.
" Li Sifan, what methods did you use to get here?"
"Do you mean there are still people from your sect within our Heavenly Puppet Sect?"
Song Yunting's first reaction was that there was an internal traitor in the Heavenly Puppet Sect who had set up a large teleportation array to send the Chen Kingdom's army here.
However, as the ruler of this plane, he couldn't sense any fluctuations from the large teleportation array nearby, which puzzled him greatly.
"Heh, Song Yunting, you're already on your deathbed, so you don't need to know any more."
Li Sifan had no intention of telling Song Yunting the truth; he simply locked his aura onto the other party to prevent him from having a chance to make a move.
"Hmph! This is the foundation of my Heavenly Puppet Sect for thousands of years. With your small number of people, you probably can't do anything to me."
Song Yunting didn't want to fight Li Sifan to the death until the very last moment. After all, the higher one's cultivation level, the more one cherishes their life. Once injured in battle, it might take hundreds of years to recover.
However, not long after Song Yunting finished speaking, the Chen Kingdom warships below suddenly erupted.
Each warship launched three missiles emitting black and white light. These missiles struck the defensive shield of Heavenly Puppet Peak, immediately tearing countless huge holes in it.
"All of the Chen Kingdom! All troops, land!"
At A Huo's command, the rune warships rapidly approached Heavenly Puppet Peak, hurling down streaks of Spiritual Power. Chen Kingdom soldiers jumped down onto the land following these streaks, then formed dozens of small units and charged towards the summit.
A Huo led the Demon-Slaying Sword Legion straight towards the palace at the summit, launching a fierce attack.
Rumble...!
Just then, the summit of Heavenly Puppet Peak suddenly began to tremble violently. A Huo immediately ordered the soldiers to hold their ground and wait for an opportunity.
Not long after, the tremors stopped, but a strange puppet army of more than five thousand people appeared on the summit of Heavenly Puppet Peak.
" The Heavenly Puppet Army, this must be the last strength of the Heavenly Puppet Sect!"
A Huo sized up the legion before him, a hint of apprehension in his eyes.
The Heavenly Puppet Sect is named after the Heavenly Puppet, because the Heavenly Puppet Sect Heavenly Puppet is the most prized work of the sect's founder and also the spiritual symbol of the Heavenly Puppet Sect.
Legend has it that before their death, members of the Heavenly Puppet Sect can choose whether or not to become Heavenly Puppet and protect the Heavenly Puppet Sect for generations.
The more than 5,000 Heavenly Puppet here are the result of the Heavenly Puppet Sect's accumulation over thousands of years.
In the hundreds of battles fought against the Heavenly Puppet Sect, A Huo had encountered the Heavenly Puppet Sect's Heavenly Puppet more than once, but even the largest Heavenly Puppet Army he had ever encountered only had a little over a hundred Heavenly Puppet.
Those hundred-odd Heavenly Puppet put a lot of pressure on the Demon-Slaying Sword back then, so you can imagine how difficult it would be to deal with the more than five thousand here.
"Holy crap, so many Heavenly Puppet?"
If these Heavenly Puppet had been sent to the front lines when we first invaded, we probably would have had to flee long ago!
When Nangong Feng saw the Heavenly Puppet Army, he was also startled and speechless.
"You can rest assured, the Heavenly Puppet here are all ancestors of the Heavenly Puppet Sect. They are bound by contracts and cannot leave Heavenly Puppet Peak."
A Huo already knew about the existence of the Heavenly Puppet Army here, but he didn't expect there to be so many. It seems that breaking through the Heart of the Heavenly Puppet World will be a tough battle.
At this time, the nearby landmasses successively sent many disciples of the Heavenly Puppet Sect to attack Heavenly Puppet Peak and besiege the Chen Kingdom's army. A Huo knew that he could not delay any longer, so he immediately led his legion to attack the summit.
"Let's move! We'll use speed to stall them."
At A Huo's command, three thousand Demon-Slaying Sword warriors formed a sword formation, soared into the sky, and charged towards the Heavenly Puppet Army.
Boom! Clang! Clang...!
These Heavenly Puppet are actually made from the corpses of the dead. After being transformed into Heavenly Puppet, they can retain some of their strength from their previous lives, while also gaining an iron-hard body and the ability to fly and escape.
In terms of combat strength, even the weakest among them are at the King Level, and there are even Saint Level Heavenly Puppet among them. They are a group of fighting machines. Even the Demon-Slaying Sword, which likes to fight to the death, does not want to fight a group of corpses.