Wang Jixuan observed the only 'living human' in the cabin through the eyes of his avatar.

After a brief contemplation, Wang Jixuan casually wielded his long sword.

Li Qiwei's entire body broke out in a cold sweat, thinking he was about to die.

But as the sword light flickered past, the window and part of the cabin structure in front of Li Qiwei suddenly collapsed.

He stumbled forward, falling onto the soft sand. Just as he looked up, the tip of a long sword was pointed at his throat.

The desert night was somewhat chill, and the cold wind blew against Li Qiwei's neck.

The sword was only a few millimeters away from Li Qiwei;

His mind went blank, thinking he was about to die, but the sword edge did not stab forward. Instead, it turned left and pressed against his shoulder.

Li Qiwei's legs went weak and he knelt down with a thump.

"What's your name?"

Xing Dian's voice was low and hoarse.

"Li, Li Qiwei Leon."

"Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Wang Jixuan asked calmly through his avatar.

Li Qiwei shook his head fiercely, then quickly nodded, his mind racing.

"You, you want me to send a message to them..."

"Smart."

Xing Dian seemed to smile:

"Furthermore, you don't carry the aura of someone who has killed, and your hands are relatively clean. Tell them, they can come to die if they wish, but they mustn't involve innocent civilians here. I have abandoned the dark for the light, and I'm ashamed to be associated with them."

"Okay, okay."

Wang Jixuan didn't say much, turning his avatar around.

Li Qiwei's hands were trembling.

A crazy thought crossed his mind—attack the person in front of him!

This was a perfect chance to prove himself!

But this thought was suppressed as soon as it appeared.

Seeking death is easy, surviving is difficult.

Xing Dian's figure burrowed into the ground and vanished.

Li Qiwei sat on the ground.

He touched his cheek with his hand, his body trembling continuously, looking at the corpses lying around and the large man kneeling not far away with injuries all over his body. His Adam's apple moved up and down.

Is this really an enemy they can provoke?

Such combat power was comparable only to the SS-class Spiritual Ability Users of legend, right?

The way he used Spiritual Energy, those mysterious methods...

'How can we possibly fight this.'

...

Wang Jixuan controlled the avatar and returned to the seventh-floor studio.

Switching his focus back to his main body, Wang Jixuan scrutinized the appearance of the War Puppet, getting increasingly displeased the more he looked at it, so he turned his head and called out, "Mu Dan?"

Mu Dan, who was adjusting her makeup on a chair, quickly put away her makeup items, her swift movements showing a hint of panic.

"Sir, Mu Dan is here."

"Arrange a plastic surgery for this War Puppet No. 1. Get it a new face; Xing Dian's face is disgusting."

"Understood!"

Mu Dan's fingers swiftly tapped the air: "So, boss, do you want a more heroic or handsome look?"

"Anything will do, as long as it's not Xing Dian's original face. Also, give it an iron mask, one that's directly imprinted on the face, so it looks like a mechanical body at first glance."

Wang Jixuan said with a grin, eyeing Xing Dian's mechanical arms and legs.

These were just ordinary mechanical prosthetics that Xing Dian used.

He was already looking forward to the subsequent modification of this avatar into a half-human mecha, wielding Thunder Skill in one hand and a Destruction Cannon in the other. It would be an immensely powerful force.

However, for now, he had to deal with the current batch of enemies first.

'Hope they don't get scared off too easily,' Wang Jixuan thought with some concern.

After several days of refining, the War Puppet was now mostly modified, and its internal Mana had stabilized. Though it wasn't quite ready to form a Golden Core, the current amount of Mana was roughly equivalent to an average Cultivator in the early to mid-Golden Core stage.

The earlier battle was just a small test.

[War Puppet's Magic Power], combined with [Dragon Python Soul] and [Mahayana Soul], and his understanding of talismans, formations, pills, and artifacts, meant that even without using the Soul Refining Evil Technique to amplify the power of the strange soul, he could easily wipe out ordinary S-class Spiritual Ability Users. Visit Мy Virtuаl Librаry Еmpirе (М_VLЕМРYR) fоr mоrе.

This War Puppet refining had been a complete success.

But his greatest gain wasn't merely a War Puppet with decent combat strength at this stage.

After all, the War Puppet was just an external power, considered as a benefit from the Dragon Python Swallowing Heaven Technique, which could be useful before he entered the Golden Core stage. Once he advanced to the Golden Core Realm, this War Puppet would be redundant.

At all times, one's own cultivation is fundamental.

His greatest gain was...

Wang Jixuan quickly formed seals with his hands. A sound of rushing water rose within him, like the flow of a river or the rush of a mountain torrent; his skin glowed a faint blue, and waves of Qi formed a vortex around him, pushing open the surrounding screens and sweeping through the place.

Perfect Returning Void Realm!

Foundation Establishment complete!

In this life, he finally stood at the door of the Golden Core Path once again!

The next step was to find a way to take advantage of this 'unique' phase of the Perfect Returning Void Realm to enhance his own aptitude.

The conventional methods he could use to enhance aptitude mainly included three categories: refining elixirs, being forged by formations, and self-severing the Tao Foundation.

He could use Demon Path techniques, but Master Wang was still somewhat resistant to them.

Self-severing the Tao Foundation... Wang Jixuan proactively ruled out.

If he were in a peaceful cultivation environment, severing the Tao Foundation would be an option—to sever it nine times and forge a perfect Three Flowers True Body.

Unfortunately, he didn't have that much time. Even with the War Puppet taking the front line, he needed to focus on his own cultivation.

If the War Puppet exceeded the range of his Spiritual Sense, the strange soul could only persist for a moment, and the mental strain would be enormous.

Wherever he went, the War Puppet had to be there.

Although he didn't need to charge into battle, the main body still needed protection, and there were quite a few limitations overall.

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