Chapter 229: The Death of Protector Wu's Soul! Refining the Celestial Demon Puppet!

  "In this way, I have full trol over this branch of the Soul Hall."

  In the valley, Gu He slowly opened his eyes.

  Everything that had just happened in the Soul Hall was withrough his soul ination.

  The soul ination jured by the Soul Splitting Art couldn't be too far from the main body.

  However, this distance is greatly reted to the strength of the main body's soul.

  With Gu He's current soul realm, even if he were deep within the aan Institute, he could always see what was happening with his soul ination.

  This is the great advantage of having one's soul power break through to the soul realm!

  Thinking of the Soul Hall powerhouses' attitude towards his soul ination, a smile couldn't help but appear at the er of Gu He's mouth.

  With their strength, those Soul Hall powerhouses simply couldn't dis the reality of his soul ination.

  Gu He's only was the suddeurn of the Venerable of the Soul Hall.

  With the strength of the Dou Zun realm, it is possible to see through the reality of his soul ination.

  Gu He only hoped that the Venerable of the Soul Hall would return ter, giving him enough time for his strength to grow.

  Perhaps, by the time the Venerable returns, his own strength will have undergoh-shaking ges.

  Even if the Venerable discovers something, Gu He could suppress him and take his pce!

  Thinking of this, an idea sprouted in Gu He's mind.

  Perhaps, he could gradually infiltrate the Soul Hall with the strangeness of the Soul Fusion Art, and step by step rise to a high position in the Soul Hall.

  By then, every move of the Soul Hall would be under his trol.

  Of course, this idea is great, but with his current strength, it's obviously impossible to achieve this.

  The priority is still to enhance his own strength.

  ", it's time to make use of Protector Yun's corpse for the st time."

  Suddenly, Gu He thought of the Celestial Demon Puppet he had obtained ireasure trove of the Earth Demon Old Man, a slight smile curling at his lips.

  With a thought, Protector Yun's corpse was immediately released.

  At this moment, Protector Yun's body was still in a frozen state, ed in a thick yer of ice.

  Then, Gu He activated his essence divine fme, and the moment, a purple fme surged out.

  Gu He flicked his finger, and the purple fme rushed towards Protector Yun's corpse, enveloping it pletely.

  Uhe high heat of the life-bound godly fme, the thick ice yer enveloping Protector Yun's body quickly melted away.

  As the ice yer melted, the st defense was gone, and the robe on Protector Yun's body turo ash and disappeared.

  Watg the corpse of Protector Yun enveloped in purple fme, Gu He's face was expressionless.

  As the life-bound godly fme burned, Protector Yun's body turned a fiery red color.

  With this tinuous roasting, faint wisps of bck qi emerged from the corpse, only to be ied into nothingness by the life-bound godly fme.

  This bck qi is a type of corpse qi, taining subtle iions from the owner's life. If this qi isn't pletely expelled, it's difficult for other souls to fully merge with the body.

  However, for the refi of the "Celestial Demon Puppet," the body, magic core, and soul must pletely merge, so this corpse qi must be expelled.

  The temperature of the fme was trolled by Gu He to a very precise degree, able to expel the corpse qi remaining in the body without burning it.

  Just refining the body aloook Gu He a full three hours to pletely expel the corpse qi.

  Whe wisp of corpse qi left the body, Gu He breathed a sigh of relief, then flicked his finger, sending out two gusts of wind that pierced the corpse's chest and forehead, creating fist-sized holes.

  No blood flowed from the holes, as any remaining blood had already been evaporated in the process of refining the corpse qi, and simirly, this was also a small step in the refi of the "Celestial Demon Puppet."

  At this moment, Protector Yun's body had shrunk several sizes, its skin a cold, gray-white color, tightly ging to the dried-up muscles, with its hands being exceptionally slender, like sharp daggers.

  Following the instrus in the bamboo slip, Gu He slightly refihe body, theended his hand and a fiery red seventh-grade magic core floated out, eventually settling into the small hole in the chest of the corpse, pleting these steps.

  After pleting these steps, Gu He's mind stirred, aook out the soul orb taining Protector Wu's soul from the Soul Pace.

  Now that he had trol over the Burial Se Soul Hall branch, even if the Soul Hall powerhouses discovered that Protector Wu's soul imprint had vanished, without his approval, no one from the Soul Hall would iigate the cause of Wu's death.

  Therefore, there was o keep Protector Wu's soul. It erfect for refining the Celestial Demon Puppet.

  Gu He flicked his finger, and a wave of soul power directly shattered the soul orb. Protector Wu's soul emerged from the broken orb in an instant.

  Upon emerging, Protector Wu realized his situation and transformed into a bck mist, attempting to flee. However, a of purple fmes instantly enveloped him.

  "Gu He, what will it take for you to let me go?" Protector Wu, trapped within the purple fme , looked fiercely at Gu He, his voice filled with venomous anger.

  "Protector Wu, don't worry, your end is near," Gu He said with a cold smile. He ched his hand, and the purple fme disappeared with a bang, revealing a bck soul body.

  As soon as the soul body appeared, it tried to flee towards the valley's exterior but was quickly captured by the prepared Gu He.

  Looking coldly at Protector Wu's desperately struggling soul, Gu He's haed with purple fmes, pletely enveloping it. Terrified screams and curses filled the valley.

  "Gu He, you will not die well!"

  "You dare kill me, the Soul Hall will not let you go!"

  "Ah! Gu He, I regret not killing you earlier!"

  Ign the curses, Gu He tio intensify the fmes. With the high temperature, Protector Wu's soul, sealed for so long, dissipated in a faint sound, its sciousness evaporating in an instant.

  After refining Protector Wu's sciousness, Gu He g the bck mist in his hand, thely tossed it. The mist transformed into a bck dragon and swiftly ehe hole in Protector Yun's corpse's forehead.

  As the soul devoid of sciousness entered, Protector Yun's closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing pitch-bck pupils.

  Watg this se, Gu He wasn't surprised. His fingers moved quickly, and various metallic objects with a peculiar luster flew out from his ste riually h in front of him.

  After iing the floatials, Gu He nodded slightly. He ched his hand, and purple fmes surged from his palm like a pilr, drawing the metals into the fmes.

  Uhe terrifyingly high temperature of the life-bound godly fme, the peculiar metals gradually began to melt, though they were far from pletely liquefied.

  Gu He divided his focus, trolling the fmes to refihe body at a stant temperature on one side, aing the peculiar metals at a high temperature oher. The different temperatures required high fme trol skills, but fortunately, after abs the souls of two Sixth-Grade Alchemists, Han Feng and Qi Shan, Gu He didn't feel overwhelmed.

  The dual refining process required siderable time, especially the body's tempering, which had to reach a certain degree to perfectly ie with the ied soul and magic core.

  Knowing that it wasn't a task to be rushed, Gu He sat quietly, waiting for the perfeent of iion.

  After five days, the peculiar metals had been pletely refined into a dark gold liquid, cirg slowly in the fmes aing a strange luster.

  The metal refining was plete, but the perfetegration of body, soul, and magic core was yet to be achieved.

  However, Gu He atient, aware that haste could cause him to miss the fleeting moment of perfe.

  This would not only ruin the body but also rehe magic core and soul useless, which was the most challenging part of refining the Celestial Demon Puppet.

  Maintaining his calm, Gu He waited ahree days.

  At a certain moment ohird day, Gu He, who had been sitting motionless, suddenly trembled, and his closed eyes opened abruptly, revealing an undeniable excitement.

  He had finally captured the perfeent in the refining process!

  In the valley, Gu He's eyes, gleaming with joy, swiftly formed an odd hand seal, uttering a strange intation.

  Following his and, Protector Yun's corpse trembled. The soul inside, like shattered by an invisible force, dispersed into tless tiny points, scattering throughout the body. Simultaneously, the magic core in the chest emitted a faint humming sound.

  A surge of violent energy erupted from it, flowing like a torrent through the body's meridians.

  As the soul and magic core underwent this transformation, the corpse's grey-white color intensified. The body shrank slowly, and a vast, emotionless aura emanated from it, rivaling that of a-Star Dou Aor.

  Feeling this powerful aura, Gu He's eyes brightened, suppressing the excitement in his heart. He moved his hand

  , and the dark gold liquid in front of him gently poured over the cold corpse.

  Hiss! The high-temperature metal liquid touched the body, emitting white vapors and a faint smoky smell. However, the skin, strengthened by prior refi, showed no signs of damage.

  The soul power swept over the puppet's body, applying the dark gold liquid to every part. The high temperature tact produced a chilling hissing sound.

  Ohe liquid covered the entire body, the grey-white color was repced by a dark gold hue, exuding a sense of extraordinary solidity.

  Gng at the puppet now covered in the liquid, Gu He exhaled softly. With a wave of his sleeve, purple fmes engulfed the puppet, the terrifyi slowly permeating.

  As the high temperature tio roast, the dark gold liquid slowly seeped into the puppet's skin. As the infiltration intensified, the puppet's cradually turned dark , resembling a copper block.

  the puppet's color transformation to bck, Gu He slightly frowned, questioning, "Only copper color?"

  As per the bamboo slip, Celestial Demon Puppets are categorized into three levels: heavenly, earthly, and human, distinguishable by their skin cold for heavenly, silver for earthly, and copper for human. The puppet's color indicated it was of the lowest grade, whiewhat disappointed Gu He.

  Despite his disappoi, Gu He did not cease the fme's intense heat, slowly merging the dark gold liquid into the puppet's skin and dried muscles. The method of refining a "Celestial Demon Puppet" involved using these metal materials to enhahe body's strength. A living person would explode from such treatment, but the puppet, devoid of pain and sciousness, could withstand this extreme agony. If successful, the puppet would bee a perfect killing mae despite its ck of bat teique knowledge.

  As the dark gold liquid was gradually absorbed by the puppet, faint silver fshes began to appear on its faintly skin. Simultaneously, the puppet's aura surged, reag the level of a ar Dou Aor!

  Gu He, ily, noticed more and more silver fshes appearing, and the dark color of the puppet's body began to fade.

  With the appearance of the silver light, the aura emanating from the puppet increased step by step, eventually reag the pinnacle of the ar Dou Aor realm!

  This transformation took only about ten seds, after which the dark puppet began to shih silver light. Although a bit of light remained, it was almost negligible pared to the extensive silver glow. When the silver light reached its peak, it stopped, and the asding aura also came to a halt. The silver light slowly dimmed, as if all the light had submerged into the puppet's body. Although the silver light faded, Gu He could feel that the puppet's aura had not weakened, indig that the dimming of the silver light was just a subtle trick to keep the puppet inspicuous.

  Within the purple fmes, the puppet slowly stood upright, h motionless in the air he cave wall, its eyes filled with ay bess.

  Gu He bit his tongue lightly, releasing a drop of blood taining soul imprints, which accurately nded on the puppet's forehead, gradually sinking in, and turned into a dark red spot the size of a thumb.

  With the drop of blood entering the puppet's brain and imprinting an indelible mark, a hint of life seemed to emerge in the puppet's hollow bck eyes. It awkwardly moved its stiff neck, looking down at Gu He, who was sitting cross-legged, the on one knee, bowing its head towards him.

  Gu He felt as if his soul had split in two: one part trolling himself and the other trolling the puppet in front of him. The puppet would obey any and from him, even if it meant attag Gu He himself.

  Now imprinted with his soul, the puppet would be Gu He's most loyal guard, incapable of betrayal.

  Excitedly the kneeling puppet, Gu He thought it more apt to call it ahly Demon Puppet," as it had not reached the highest level described in the bamboo slip.

  Even though it was only ahly Demon Puppet, Gu He was quite satisfied, feeling that its strength was parable to a ar Dou Aor.

  After the puppet for a moment, Gu He chuckled and moved to the side of the cave wall, followed closely by the puppet. Its every step caused spiderweb-like cracks on the ground, surprising Gu He with its immerength.

  Standing beside the cave wall, Gu He ahe puppet to punch the wall below.

  Upon his and, the puppet's eyes fshed red, and it threowerful punch straight ahead, causing a distortion in spad creating a cave arc of air around the fist. A huge air pression on, about te in size, emerged and shot downwards with a deafening sound and a powerful wave of wind!

  The air ashed into the mountain wall, creating a terrifying crack that spread rapidly, shaking the entire valley as if ahquake had struck.

  Just one punch demonstrated such terrifying pu He was thrilled, realizing that the punch could severely injure a Dou Aor of three or four stars, or even kill them i if they were unlucky.

  This Celestial Demon Puppet truly lived up to its reputation as an a killing on. Its formidable power was terrifying.

  However, this puppet had only reached the level of ahly Demon Puppet. Gu He wondered how powerful a Heavenly Demon Puppet would be.

  He then pragmatically dismissed the unrealistic thought of creating a Heavenly Demon Puppet, sidering the immense resources required. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Gu He stored the Earthly Demon Puppet in his ste ring, which doesn't store living beings, but the puppet was merely a mindless struct.

  With the Earthly Demon Puppet refined, Gu He turned his thoughts to preparing the Breakthrough Pill, desigo

  assist in reag the Dou Aor realm. Despite his soul having reached the Spirit Realm and having the capacity to refih-grade medial pills, Gu He had never made even a seventh-grade pill. Although he had the capability to make the Breakthrough Pill, he still had some doubts.

  "Let's give it a try! If I fail, it's just a waste of some ingredients," Gu He thought, sidering his abundant supply of materials.

  (End of Chapter)

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