Cultivating To Immortality

Three months later, Fang Hong returned to Yuan Huang Peak with Su Shan at the fastest possible speed.

Upon returning to the familiar place, Su Shan immediately entered a secluded cultivation chamber, preparing to fully reach the Nascent Soul Realm, while Fang Hong remained in a spacious and solemn grand hall to act as her Dharma Protector.

At the same time, Fang Hong did not waste this idle period; he took out a large pile of artifact refining materials from his storage bag, intending to use this opportunity to refine several puppets.

The Nascent puppet art that Fang Hong was currently cultivating was a inheritance of puppet arts passed down from the High Heaven Sect, which detailed many secret methods and techniques for refining puppets.

With Fang Hong's comprehension ability and talent, he quickly grasped the core essentials and integrated them, applying what he learned to other situations.

To refine a high-grade puppet, the most crucial factor was undoubtedly the selection of materials.

Among the artifact refining materials, the most basic were various rare ores and metals, while the most critical were high-grade Demon Beast souls containing the power of the soul.

Coincidentally, Fang Hong had accumulated quite a few powerful Demon Beast souls over the years, which now came in handy.

Fang Hong gently exhaled a Nascent Soul Fire, rapidly melting the materials in his hand.

Following the steps recorded in the Nascent puppet art, he refined the materials one by one into shape, crafting a pile of precise and complex parts, which he then assembled and put together.

Once the construction was complete, he began to engrave special puppet talismans on the puppet's surface; once the talismans were closed, the entire puppet was truly formed.

Ten days passed in a flash, and Fang Hong finally completed the first puppet.

It was a monkey-shaped puppet, over nine feet tall, with a large build, presenting a dark golden metallic luster all over its body, with dozens of complex and profound puppet talismans faintly visible on it.

Although this puppet's appearance was not very majestic, and even seemed a bit strange, its true strength was extremely astonishing.

This was an eighth-grade puppet, and its combat power had already reached the rank of an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Fang Hong had refined it using the Demon Beast soul of an eighth-grade Golden Armor Crab as its core, supplemented with rare Ores, and it also had a large amount of spirit stones sealed within its body, which could sustain it in continuous combat for a year without needing to replenish spiritual energy.

With Fang Hong's current strength, he naturally would not consider this rank of puppet as his main combat force.

The true purpose of this puppet was for him to specifically refine it for Su Shan, to use for personal protection and defense, or to guard an Immortal Cave.

If those Early Stage Nascent Soul Old Ancestors were to learn that Fang Hong was using an eighth-grade puppet to guard a gate, they would probably be so angry that they would spit three liters of blood on the spot.

Fang Hong did not stop; he continued using the same method, intending to refine all the remaining high-grade Demon Beast souls in his possession into puppets, maximizing the utilization of resources.

...

Time flew by, and another three months passed.

Fang Hong had refined a total of nine puppets, including one eighth-grade puppet, four ninth-grade puppets, and four tenth-grade puppets.

This was equivalent to him having nine more Nascent Soul Cultivators under his command: one Early Stage, four Middle Stage, and four Late Stage.

The power of these nine puppets alone was already enough to crush the entire combat strength of the Demon Subduing Alliance.

Boom!

Just as Fang Hong was checking the puppet's structure and the operation of the spirit stones, a sudden roar echoed above Yuan Huang Peak.

Rolling dark clouds rapidly gathered in the sky, and silver electric arcs darted and leaped between the clouds; within a few breaths, a massive cloud vortex formed above the peak.

The spiritual energy from the surrounding heaven and earth surged like a tide, continuously converging towards Yuan Huang Peak.

Fang Hong slowly walked out of the grand hall, stood before the stone steps, and looked up at the sky, a hint of a pleased smile on his face—Su Shan was finally about to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm.

The unusual phenomenon at Yuan Huang Peak quickly alarmed the surrounding Disciples; many flew from distant peaks, wanting to investigate.

But when they discovered that the source of the phenomenon was Yuan Huang Peak, they immediately stopped, not daring to approach further, only daring to observe from a distance.

Everyone knew that Yuan Huang Peak was the secluded residence of Old Ancestor Fang Hong, and it was not a place they could casually approach.

On a mountain peak not far from Yuan Huang Peak, Ye Yu also stood at the cliff's edge, gazing at the celestial phenomenon, her eyes filled with a sense of relief.

She knew that her most favored disciple was finally about to step into the Nascent Soul Realm, and so quickly at that.

As time passed, the dark clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, the lightning gradually vanished, and the vortex gradually disintegrated with the flow of spiritual energy, restoring Yuan Huang Peak to tranquility and clarity.

The stone door of the secluded cultivation chamber slowly opened, and Su Shan, dressed in a light purple palace gown, rose from the chamber, her spirit soaring.

She flew into Fang Hong's embrace, her face full of joy and excitement.

"Congratulations, my dear wife, for successfully advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm."

Fang Hong said with a smile, embracing Su Shan's slender waist, unable to resist gently twirling her around.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to the spirit pills and miraculous medicines you gave me, husband; I hardly encountered any difficulties during the advancement process," Su Shan said, blinking her eyes and smiling sweetly.

"Oh? Did you refine those puppets over there?"

Su Shan suddenly noticed the nine extraordinary puppets arranged in the grand hall, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"That's right," Fang Hong chuckled and nodded.

"These are Guardian puppets specially refined for you, consider them a gift for your advancement to the Nascent Soul Realm."

With that, he took Su Shan's hand, and they walked into the grand hall together.

"Oh my god. These are all Nascent Soul-grade puppets."

Su Shan exclaimed as she looked closely, feeling the Spiritual Pressure emanating from the puppets, her shock growing more intense.

Fang Hong smiled as he explained them one by one.

"This one is eighth-grade, those four are ninth-grade, and these four here are tenth-grade."

As Fang Hong spoke, he taught Su Shan the method of controlling the puppets.

Su Shan listened, dumbfounded, hardly believing her ears.

Any one of these puppets before her would be enough to become the treasure of a sect, yet Fang Hong had refined nine of them for her at once; such a grand gesture was simply unimaginable.

"My husband is truly amazing." Su Shan, moved, hugged Fang Hong's neck and praised him sweetly.

"Hehe, my dear wife has just broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and her Qi is unstable; it's only natural for your husband to help you properly regulate it."

"Coincidentally, your husband recently learned a avatar technique, and I'll teach it to you later; we can try out its effects together."

Fang Hong chuckled, a hint of mischief in his eyes.

"Av-avatar?" Su Shan's pretty face flushed, feeling both shy and timid, yet also vaguely curious and expectant.

Without another word, Fang Hong directly scooped Su Shan into his arms and walked towards the cultivation chamber, working to stabilize her newly breakthrough cultivation.