I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

The midday wind swept through both sides of the low hill, stirring up the ashes and pebbles on the ground, which piled up into a low, circular mound at the monster's feet.

The dark red aura that once covered the monster's surface had almost completely disappeared, revealing the grayish-white metallic base beneath, like a skeleton stripped of its armor, its riddled bones exposed to the sunlight.

The gaps between the pieces are widening at a visible rate, spreading from the joints outwards. Each crack is tearing apart the metal edges that were once filled with dark red aura, revealing the charred core beneath, scorched by golden light.

Lin Che stood in front of the monster, looking up at the slowly fading dark red ball of light. He took out Lie Shan's spirit beast pouch, turned the opening outward, and slowly pulled it open.

"What you need to do now is devour them and take control of this puppet!"

"good!"

A crimson, fiery lion emerged from the bag and circled once in mid-air.

Lieshan's figure was more solid than when he was in the Soul Melting Abyss. His once incomplete outline was now covered by a layer of flowing soul flames, like armor being slowly repaired.

It paused in the wind for a moment, its crimson-gold eye sweeping over the crumbling monster before suddenly sinking down and falling straight into the core of the monster's chest.

The moment Lieshan's remnant soul fell into the core, the disintegrating fragments of his soul abruptly stopped.

The dark red aura that was originally scattering in all directions suddenly stopped in mid-air, and they began to be attracted.

The scattered fragments of souls, like iron filings attracted by the same magnet, were rushing toward Lieshan at an ever-increasing speed, forming a constantly rotating dark red vortex around its soul flame.

Lieshan's voice came from the depths of its core: "Such mixed soul power... These souls are shattered beyond belief, no wonder you came looking for me!" It paused, then continued, "Fine, I'll see what kind of power you're talking about!"

Dark red soul flames exploded outward from the core, like a sun being released, simultaneously engulfing the gathering soul fragments.

The fragments emitted a silent shriek the moment the soul flame touched them, and their struggles were forcibly suppressed.

The remaining will was like an isolated island being swallowed by the tide in the face of Lieshan's fighting spirit, being covered, submerged and assimilated layer by layer.

They were unwilling, reluctant, and unwilling to dissipate, but Lieshan's will was like a knife that had been repeatedly forged for hundreds of years. Every strike shattered, crushed, and melted the obsessions of those who resisted.

The fragments surged, merged, and recombined in the dark red soul flames, like countless rivers thrown into the same furnace, being forcibly twisted into a new force by the will of Lieshan.

They collided, tore, and devoured each other in the soul flames, but each collision made them more compact, each tearing helped them find their place again, and each devouring made Lieshan's will grow even larger.

The monster's massive body trembled violently at the same instant.

Within the gaps between the pieces, the dark red aura began to flow again, advancing along the repeatedly carved array patterns, reconnecting, filling, and cooling the crumbling edges, like a dried-up riverbed being injected with new blood and beginning to flow again.

Lieshan's soul power surged continuously within its core, swallowing, crushing, and assimilating the tens of thousands of scattered soul fragments one by one.

These massive and complex fragments of soul power did put up a fight, but they were no match for Lie Shan.

Its soul had been scorched for a thousand years, making it exceptionally resilient. In fact, due to some special abilities born from its soul fire, these remnant souls were practically easy prey.

The remaining will within those fragmented pieces began to be peeled away, cleansed, and eventually merged into Lieshan's body.

Those obsessions and memories that once belonged to different demonic beasts, different cultivators, and different eras are now being peeled away layer by layer by Lieshan's soul flames, leaving only the purest soul power. The impurities that are stripped away turn into wisps of light around the soul flames and dissipate into the night sky, like a silent farewell.

On the monster's body, the seams that were pieced together were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the once exposed joints were being filled back by dark red spiritual light, sealing, reinforcing, and fusing layer by layer.

The crack that Fang Tianheng had once cleaved slowly contracted from the edge to the center, like a wound being stitched up, gradually becoming whole again.

The shattered armor plates are reforming from the edges to the center, layering, reinforcing, and cooling, like a city wall being recast, rising inch by inch from the ruins.

Qin Yulin stared wide-eyed at this astonishing scene from a distance.

As a master of formations, she immediately understood what the Lin family was planning to do; they were actually preparing to seize control of this puppet!

She noticed the battle from a great distance; she never expected the Lin family to be so bold.

But the beast soul before us is strong enough, and even possesses a powerful obsession and suppressed fighting spirit. In addition, the original body's rank is high enough, so it might actually succeed.

Her gaze returned to the object she had brought back—the ice-blue jade box, and the entity within it that emanated fluctuations of the laws of time.

Now she understood why Lin Che was in such a hurry—this object was the new energy core of this puppet!

"No! Something's wrong..." Qin Yulin's eyes widened suddenly.

She finally realized something terrifying: the beast soul in front of her had reached the fourth level!

Does this mean...?

When she looked at Lin Che again, she realized that she couldn't understand his cultivation at all.

"When did this guy break through to the Nascent Soul stage?! No, is this right?" Qin Yulin was a little confused. She had only been in seclusion for a while, so why was she suddenly unable to understand this world?

Her gaze shifted, landing on the guy standing calmly not far from her.

Even a gorgeous long dress couldn't conceal her proud curves. "No, no," Qin Yulin quickly shook his head and continued to observe her cultivation level.

Without a doubt, she couldn't see through this person's cultivation level either; he was actually a Nascent Soul senior!

Noticing Qin Yulin's gaze, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Demon Emperor's calm face remained completely unmoved, showing no concern whatsoever.

Her gaze remained fixed on the soul flame surging within Lieshan's core, her silvery-white pupils reflecting the soul fragments being devoured.

With outsiders present, and a Nascent Soul senior at that, Qin Yulin dared not act recklessly anymore. He quietly stayed to the side, minimizing his presence, even lowering his breathing, like a cat huddled in a corner.

Lin Che on the other side wasn't just watching either.

He was also fully utilizing the Myriad Beasts Paying Homage to the Ancestor Technique to help Lieshan devour these remnant souls and completely integrate them into the puppet.

His divine sense, like elongated threads, extended from his fingertips to the core of the monster, guiding the fragments of souls being devoured by Lieshan in the right direction, like a bridge being recalibrated, slowly connecting the two banks together.

Guided by spiritual power, the fragments flowed more orderly into Lieshan's soul flames, no longer colliding or tearing at each other, like a straightened river flowing into the sea.

"Master Qin, don't just sit idly by. See if you can completely sever the Rebellious Demon Palace's control over the grand formation. Contact Qing'er for details!"

"Alright, I'll contact Xiao Qingqing right away. Leave it to me!" Qin Yulin, who had been called out while hiding to the side, didn't make any attempt to negotiate. He quickly squatted down in front of the crimson array and took out a communication talisman to contact his dearest disciple, Xiao Qingqing.

Her fingers moved quickly across the array plate as she watched the slowly fading array patterns while she whispered something rapidly into the communication talisman.

The expression on that little face gradually changed from initial focus to a sense of "I see," and then quickly switched back to a focused expression of intense concentration.

The nine-tailed celestial fox standing to the side slightly moved its eyes, realizing that this little golden core should have some weight in the Lin family, but it only remembered the name and did not pay too much attention to it.

As time went by, the massive fragments of his soul began to be gradually devoured by Lieshan, and he could feel a strange sensation more and more, as if he were possessing a body!

Unlike a spirit, that's a feeling that only exists in life.

The soul power that once belonged to different beings merged, reorganized, and wove within Lieshan's body, like a net being rewoven, slowly connecting the scattered fragments into a new whole.

He could feel the metal joints rotating slightly under the drive of the spiritual light, he could feel the armor plates slowly heating up under the cover of the soul fire, and he could feel the scorch marks that had once been burned by the golden light being covered, filled, and smoothed layer by layer.

Just then, Qin Yulin, who was studying the Blood Fiend Soul Refining Array, clapped his hands, his voice carrying a lighthearted satisfaction at having completed his task: "I have successfully completed my mission; the array's connection has been completely severed!"

As she finished speaking, the frequency of the pulsation of the dark red orb on the monster's chest changed at that moment.

It changed from a state of getting slower and weaker to a stable rhythm.

The cracks that were slowly crumbling stopped expanding at that moment. The falling metal fragments stopped falling and were re-attracted, repositioned, and re-fixed. Then, dark red flames lit up again in the monster's empty eye sockets.

The flame flickered twice in its eye socket before gradually stabilizing. A pair of eyes slowly opened, re-examining the world from the perspective of its new owner.

Lin Che also felt that a new connection had been established between him and that monster.

It wasn't as easy to control as controlling a puppet, and there was even a somewhat clunky sense of manipulation, but it was definitely possible to control it.

With a thought, its right arm twitched slightly.

The battle blade rose from the ground, whistling through the plain, its edge gleaming with a dark red glow under the blazing sun.

"It's done!" A smile involuntarily appeared on Lin Che's face.

Gaining control of this monster is the most difficult step.

If it weren't for the Myriad Beasts Paying Homage to the Ancestor Technique, it would be completely impossible to refine this special puppet like an ordinary puppet.

Those complex souls and countless wills could instantly tear apart a cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness; they were simply impossible to control.

The "Ten Thousand Beasts Pay Homage to the Ancestor" technique is undoubtedly a shortcut.

It used a soul contract to make Lin Che contract with Lie Shan, allowing Lie Shan to complete this step in Lin Che's place.

But this is only the first step.

If there is no further energy supply, this special puppet may not even be able to return to Chuyang City before it disintegrates.

Lin Che picked up the jade box engraved with sealing array patterns and took out the fifth-grade top-quality ore containing the laws of time—the Time Crystal!

The crystals radiated a warm, blue-white glow in the night breeze, and the textures compressed inside the crystals, as if frozen for hundreds of years, slowly flowed under the blazing sun.

This is the energy source that Lin Che chose for the monster.

At present, there is nothing more suitable in the Lin family than this, as its rank is definitely sufficient to provide power for this puppet.

Moreover, the time laws governing it are not wasted.

The repair and restoration of the puppet also involves the laws of time in a certain sense. Perhaps this object can even cause a qualitative change in the puppet!

When the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Demon King saw this item, his originally calm face finally showed a change of expression.

Her gaze fell on the crystal that was emitting a blue-white light, and her silver-gray pupils contracted slightly: "A fifth-tier mineral, and it even possesses a trace of the power of time?"

She had never underestimated the Lin family, but when she saw this item, she realized that she had underestimated them. How could they even produce something of this caliber?

Now, the puppet's energy is no longer an issue, and it seems the Lin family truly has the ability to establish a foothold in the Southern Region.

As the time crystal slowly flew into the puppet's control core, the puppet's entire body began to heal rapidly.

The charred marks that had once been burned by the golden light were now covered by a thin layer of dark red light film, and the cracks that were slowly healing began to melt back together in the blue and white light.

In the gaps between the pieces, dark red light and blue-white light flickered alternately, each alternation peeling away, filling in, and covering the past wounds layer by layer.

The shattered armor plates reformed in the blue and white light, like armor being reforged, transforming from fragments into a whole piece, from cracks into a smooth surface.

In no time, the entire puppet began to return to normal.

The cracks disappeared, the shattered armor plates were put back together, and the scorch marks were covered with a new layer of light film.

Its form became whole again, like a mountain that had just been restored, standing in a completely new posture on the scorched earth that had been repeatedly burned by the golden light.

At the puppet's chest, the dark red ball of light gradually turned blue. With each pulsation, it pushed new energy to the puppet's limbs and bones, advancing, illuminating, and awakening layer by layer along the reconnected spiritual pathways.

The reactivated array patterns gleamed with a warm light under the blazing sun, like a map being relit, extending outward from the core and reconnecting the torn lines one by one.

Lin Che let out a breath, his gaze falling on the massive figure standing respectfully before him, a long-lost smile appearing on his face: "Plan successful!"