Amid a soft sigh, an icy wind washed over them, scattering the snowflakes that filled the sky.
They danced between heaven and earth on the wind, like the storms of passing years quietly arriving.
"Old Ox, tidy things up. Let's keep tinkering with the immortal puppets." A trace of loneliness seemed to linger in Chen Xun's smile as he roused Big Black Ox from its state of remembrance.
At the mention of immortal puppets, Chen Xun's gaze deepened. Ba Tian and Yanshu had in fact been Super Cultivation Lifeforms forged by him and Big Black Ox. They had never been picked up by a riverbank.
Their bodies contained fragments of his and Big Black Ox's split souls, no longer merely Five Elements Marks.
Anything that happened to them would be sensed by Chen Xun and Big Black Ox. They even influenced their thoughts imperceptibly.
Perhaps because Third Sister and Little Crimson's departure had left a hollow place in their hearts all these years, they had made them accompany them like living beings, treating them as two juniors to be taught.
In truth, they did not need teaching at all. Their consciousness and understanding had been bestowed by Chen Xun and Old Ox. Without those strands of split souls fused into them, they would not have differed much from immortal puppets.
They could also take control of Ba Tian and Yanshu's bodies at any time, though with their current terrifying strength, there was no longer any need.
They would forge more immortal puppets to enter the world. Chen Ba Tian and Chen Yanshu could only be considered two projections of them.
As long as they could control Xuanji Holy Land and extend their influence in every direction, the entire situation in the Desolate Heaven Domain would be opened up. They would