Cultivating with Bragging System

Chapter 152 Primordial God Refining Technique! Automated Assembly Line! (2800 words)_1


"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister Mo!"

With a thought, the Kylin Armor reverted to a wristband on Wang Xiu's arm.

He stroked the band gently and smiled. "I really like this armor!"

Feeling Wang Xiu's gaze, Mo Wuwei's face turned red again. She lowered her head and trotted off. Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks and turned back to say, "If you have any problems with the Armor Puppet in the future, you can always come to the Manipulation Sect to find me!"

Wang Xiu nodded and bowed. "I will, Senior Sister!"

After Mo Wuwei left, Wang Xiu returned to his small courtyard and began to take stock of his recent gains.

The Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic. It was the supreme inheritance of the Artificer Path. At its pinnacle, one could use the sun, moon, and stars as Puppets, holding all things in heaven and earth in the palm of one's hand, controllable at will.

According to the descriptions in the Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic, the Artificer Path was divided into two directions: "Puppeteering with Tools" and "Puppeteering with People."

Puppeteering with Tools involved using various heavenly treasures and rare materials to forge Puppets, enabling wood and stone to walk and bringing inanimate objects to life. Both the Manipulation Sect and this Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic followed this path. The rarer the materials used and the more exquisite the Artificer's skill, the more powerful the resulting Puppet. However, this path demanded incredibly stringent skills and techniques as one delved deeper, making it exceedingly difficult.

Consequently, some sought shortcuts by embarking on a different, twisted path: Puppeteering with People. This involved refining corpses, or even living people, into Puppets using special, secret methods. A skilled Artificer could create a Puppet that retained the full strength, and even the thoughts and personality, of its prime. On the surface, they appeared no different from ordinary people. In reality, however, an invisible string, held in the Artificer's hand, controlled their every move.

Although this method was powerful, it was a firm step onto the Demonic Path and one of those practices that could not see the light of day. Even within the Demonic Path, Artificers who used people as Puppets were deeply despised. If one was discovered, they would be attacked by all. After all, no one wished to become someone else's Puppet.

The unity of human and puppet was a very high realm. It signified that a Puppet created by an Artificer could perfectly merge with its user—the human becoming the puppet and the puppet becoming the human—achieving a kind of perfect resonance. Different schools of Artificers had different interpretations of this concept. For the Sanqing Immortal Sect's Manipulation Sect, the symbol of this unity was the creation of an Armor Puppet.

Both Luo Binglan's "Transformer" and Wang Xiu's "Mo Yu Qilin Armor" fell into this category.

It was said that Gongshu Wumao had spent half his life to reach this stage. As for Mo Wuwei, although she claimed the Armor Puppet was jointly refined by her and nine Nascent Soul Stage Elders, Wang Xiu could tell that the core design and structural concepts were almost entirely hers. Those nine Elders had likely only provided assistance. Their greater role was probably using their powerful Mana to help Mo Wuwei smelt and forge some of the rare metals and materials.

After all, with just a glance, Wang Xiu identified more than a dozen incredibly rare materials on the Armor Puppet, such as Xuan Fire Gold Crystal, Cold Water Quartz, and Thousand-Year Mo Jade. These materials were inherently indestructible and possessed unique properties. For Mo Wuwei, with her Golden Core Stage strength, smelting them would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

However, her talent in this path was obvious. It seemed only a matter of time before the student surpassed the master.

But Wang Xiu knew that the Manipulation Sect… had taken the wrong path.

Most people assumed it was normal for Artificers, who were accustomed to relying on Puppets, to be somewhat weaker in their personal strength. For millennia, this had been the style of the Manipulation Sect. Take Mo Wuwei for example. As the head seat's Closed-door Disciple, her Cultivation Level was only at the seventh level of the Golden Core Stage, considerably weaker than peers like Li Zuiyue, who was also a chief of a branch. And Gongshu Wumao, the esteemed head seat, had a Cultivation Level that was barely at the sixth level of the Emergence Stage.

Although the Armor Puppet he created was strong enough to battle those at the Tribulation Transcendence realm when worn, the unity of human and puppet was not the highest realm of "Puppeteering with Tools."

The highest realm recorded in the Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic was Transforming All Things into Puppets. Its target was no longer limited to ordinary spiritual items and materials. The mountains and plains, the Spirit Veins and rivers, even the stars in the sky—all could be refined into Puppets. With a single thought, mountains and rivers would come alive to serve your will. With a single thought, the starry river would descend like a great dragon, bringing about world-ending destruction.

This was not about forcibly controlling everything with overwhelming Cultivation Level, but about understanding the ultimate principles of the universe. It was about grasping that invisible thread, that fundamental network, that connected all things in heaven and earth. This required a profound understanding of the Dao, so one's Cultivation Level naturally could not be allowed to stagnate.

Furthermore, what surprised Wang Xiu the most was that the Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic also recorded an ancient technique called the Primordial God Refining Technique. Using this technique, one could take relatively common materials and, through repeated forging, purification, and condensation, transform them into much rarer substances.

For example, a piece of ordinary Cold Iron could only block a single sword strike from a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. But with ten pieces of Cold Iron, hammered and refined using the Primordial God Refining Technique, they would sublimate into a single piece of Cold Iron Gold Essence, capable of withstanding a full-powered blow from a Core Formation Stage expert.

The Manipulation Sect's Puppets were clearly powerful, so why was their reputation so lackluster? The Artificer Technique itself had even become a synonym for heterodoxy in many people's mouths. The reason was very simple: the more powerful the Puppet, the more precious the required materials. Many so-called high-end Puppets could perform tasks that cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage or Emergence Stage could already accomplish with ease, making the Puppets redundant. Meanwhile, those below this realm simply couldn't afford the precious materials needed to create such Puppets. It was simply too impractical.

Luo Binglan's White Jade Coffin, though powerful enough to tempt even experts of Great Ability, was a separate matter. Its cost was so exorbitant that many smaller sects couldn't afford it even if they bankrupted themselves. As for Wang Xiu's Mo Yu Qilin Armor, while not on the level of the White Jade Coffin, it was by no means cheap. Those dozens of rare materials, each costing thousands or even tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, were enough to make most Nascent Soul Venerables balk. Even ordinary individuals of Great Ability would feel the sting.

Low-level Puppets were looked down upon, while high-level Puppets were too expensive to build. The most important reason the Manipulation Sect struggled to rise was simple: they were poor.

But with the Primordial God Refining Technique, everything would be different. Wang Xiu would only need a massive quantity of low-level materials to refine a large amount of precious ores and meteoric iron. With this, couldn't the art of puppetry flourish in his hands, growing bigger and stronger?

SNAP!

Wang Xiu lit a stick of sandalwood incense. He inhaled deeply, a soft smile gracing his lips as he contemplated his future prospects amidst the billowing smoke. Suddenly, he glanced at the Netherworld Incense in his hand and paused.

He had been worrying about finding people to handle the collection and production of raw materials for the Netherworld Incense and Soldier's Ration Pills. He was concerned that letting too many people in on the secret would have negative consequences.

But now…

Could I build a batch of puppets to automatically gather raw materials, process them, and create finished products? An automated assembly line? It would save a lot of unnecessary trouble and allow me to perfectly exploit the treasures of the Netherworld Forest.

Wang Xiu took another deep whiff of the Netherworld Incense, his spirits soaring and his eyes growing brighter. He pushed open the door, mounted the Black Tortoise Mirror, and sped towards the blessed land at an astonishing speed.

At the entrance to the blessed land, a group of Immortal Sect disciples were still queueing up to enter and start mining. Suddenly, they saw a streak of light race past them and vanish into the blessed land in an instant.

"Senior Brother Wang Xiu?"

"Greetings, Senior Brother!"

"...Huh!"

"What's going on with Senior Brother Wang Xiu?"

"No idea…"

In a nearby hall, Xiao Qingyu glanced at the fleeting streak of light outside, her brow furrowing slightly. This kid is in such a rush. Did something happen?

After entering the blessed land, Wang Xiu raced towards the Netherworld Forest without stopping. Upon arrival, he wordlessly emptied a mountain of materials from his Space Ring—all spoils scavenged from the members of the Ghost King Sect. It was a motley collection of all sorts of things. He spread his Divine Sense, using the knowledge from the Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic to sort the materials into categories.

Then, his expression turned serious as his hands began to form a series of seals.

SWOOSH!

Dozens of Cold Iron and Xuan Gold pieces flew up in unison, suspending themselves neatly in the air before him. Wang Xiu then changed his hand seals, and his Mana surged forth, condensing in mid-air into a giant hammer.

He struck down fiercely.

「Meanwhile, in another place.」

High above the clouds, a shuttle was cruising at high speed. Mo Wuwei gripped the shuttle's steering wheel, the high-altitude wind whipping through her hair, making her look both grand and gorgeous. Her gaze, however, was somewhat vacant, her thoughts wandering.

Actually… the Mo Yu Qilin Armor can still be improved. The timeline was a bit rushed. If I had another month, I'm sure I could make this Armor Puppet even more perfect!

Without a doubt, she was an incredibly serious person when it came to studying Puppets; calling her a perfectionist wouldn't be an overstatement. Although the Mo Yu Qilin Armor wasn't her creation alone, in her heart, it was her most perfect work. Moreover, she was well aware of the Manipulation Sect's situation. She might not get another opportunity to create such a powerful and perfect Armor Puppet for the next decade. She had to do everything in her power to elevate the Mo Yu Qilin Armor to its absolute limit.

First, I'll go back and report to Master… then I'll research for a while and come back later! Yes, that's the plan!

Having made up her mind, the young woman nodded and pressed down on the accelerator. The shuttle vanished in an instant.

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