Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 586 - 336: Refining the Heaven Rank Nine-Tailed Fox Bear, Great Puppet Seal! Elder Zhou Yan!

A bright moon hung high over the Endless Sea.

This seemed to be a desolate area after the war, with the blood and flesh of various Demon Beasts floating on the sea water, and several very small islands also appearing somewhat shattered in the divine skills exchanged between cultivators and Demon Beasts.

The various trees above almost had no vitality left, filled with deathly silence.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

Occasionally, some cultivators and Demon Beasts flew over the tops of the islands. But they did not even glance down, for this area was far too clean.

It was as though no living creature existed.

Yet, none knew that, deep within one of these islands, a cave mansion had been established for barely half a year.

A simple Earth Rank Great Array was set up outside the cave mansion for concealment.

Inside the cave mansion.

Broken treasure lay beneath Jiang Shu's feet, not far away, a brand new Nine-tailed Fox Bear figure appeared menacing in the dark.

Over the past half year, he practiced divine skills while refining treasures, using these newly refined treasures like a butcher cleaving a cow to completely cut away the fur, flesh, veins, and vital organs of the Nine-tailed Fox Bear.

Only a massive skeleton remained.

Then some Inner Core Realm Demon Beast materials, Earth Rank materials, Earth Rank treasures, and various vigorous evil objects, Five Elements Seeds, Yin Yang Qi formed naturally between heaven and earth, along with the fur, flesh, veins, and vital organs cut from the Nine-tailed Fox Bear, were re-refined.

If seen by others, this scene would surely shock them.

A Transformed Realm Great Demon, capable of speech, could transform into human shape, move mountains and fill seas, terrifyingly powerful with divine skills, comparable to a Nirvana Realm True Monarch, now without a soul, was about to be refined into a puppet under human control.

It had to be said, life's changes are unpredictable.

If the war between the Human Clan and Demon Race had not begun, with the bloodline of the Nine-tailed Fox Bear, it could have steadily cultivated to the late stage of the Transformation Realm, perhaps needing just a thousand years to gain recognition from the Demon Monarch of the Demon Race, joining the Demon Race with further possibilities.

But now, with the war started, even beings like him faced life and death beyond their control.

Jiang Shu's expression remained unmoved as half a year passed, with the war in the Endless Sea growing intensely, each day witnessing the fall of Primordial Pill Realm True Men, while similarly, Furnace Fire Realm cultivators condensed Primordial Pills and stepped into new realms.

Some Nirvana Realm True Monarchs were killed by peers from the Demon Race, even their souls captured, refined into Demons.

Others, like Jiang Shu, killed Transformed Realm Great Demons, climbed the merit list of the Eight Great Sects, earning vast cultivation resources and advanced in their cultivation.

From overcoming the Nirvana Wind Tribulation, to overcoming the Nirvana Fire Tribulation.

While the outside world was chaotic, Jiang Shu had already laid aside practicing divine skills, focusing wholly on refining the Nine-tailed Fox Bear Puppet.

Among the Transformed Realm Great Demons, the Nine-tailed Fox Bear, though adept with spiritual power, its bear body's strength and defense were not weak in the slightest. Under his various refinements, the skin, flesh, tendons, bones, organs, though devoid of demonic power, retained nearly the same intensity as in the past.

As Jiang Shu injected the last refined primordial liquid into the various parts of the Nine-tailed Fox Bear Puppet, a formidable aura slowly rose from the puppet's core.

"Phew... Thankfully, with the panel, skill proficiency boost allowed me to refine a Heavenly Rank Puppet in just over half a year!"

Jiang Shu exhaled deeply, Heavenly Rank Divine Power, Great Puppet Seal condensed in his palm, directly striking onto the Nine-tailed Fox Bear Puppet.

The murmured words, unrestrainedly revealed a touch of excitement.

To know, even the geniuses of the Heavenly Puppet Sect must spend decades refining a Heavenly Rank Puppet.

After all, puppet refining was never an easy task.

Its difficulty surpassed alchemy and artifact refining.

Especially, with some beast-shaped puppets, improper refinement could even regress the realm. Like the Nine-tailed Fox Bear, an improper method could lead to refining as an Earth Rank Puppet instead of a Heavenly Rank Puppet.

The difference in rank is truly like heaven and earth.

Moreover, once a puppet is refined, attempting to upgrade its grade undoubtedly requires massive time and resources.

For Jiang Shu, it was an extremely extravagant affair.

"Luckily, in the Divine Power Conference, obtained the Heavenly Rank Divine Power, Great Puppet Seal, capable of directly controlling a Heavenly Rank Puppet. Otherwise, using the Earth Rank Divine Power, Puppet Essence Seal obtained from the Heavenly Puppet Sect previously, controlling this Nine-tailed Fox Bear Puppet would certainly be inconvenient."

"More importantly, Puppet Essence Seal was mediocre even among Earth Rank Divine Power. Even if honed through skill proficiency to break limit, transforming to Heavenly Rank Divine Power was difficult, easily disrupted by Heavenly Rank Divine Power of Nirvana Realm True Monarchs in battle, interfering with the connection between myself and Puppet Sword."

"But with Great Puppet Seal, such troubles would never arise. Moreover, it originates from the Puppet Dao; upon comprehension, when killing a Heavenly Rank Demon Beast, refining takes no half year. One Great Puppet Seal alone could transform it into a puppet."

"In a blink, a continuous army of puppets arises. This is why, although disciples of the Heavenly Puppet Sect seem somewhat inferior to other sects, no sect would underestimate them. The strength of the Heavenly Puppet Sect doesn't lie in the disciples but in the Daoist Monarchs of Vientiane Realm, Daoist Venerables of Chaos Hole Realm, and puppets of surpassing Heavenly Rank reaching Daoist Rank accumulated over millennia."