Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 266 Refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet

Protector Xuan was utterly horrified, and the black mist around him churned violently.

He never expected that the young man in front of him, who seemed to have only a six-star Dou Huang cultivation level, would actually possess a Spirit Realm soul!

"It's too late to realize this now."

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Bai's eyes, and a dazzling silver light suddenly emanated from between his brows.

A vast, ocean-like spiritual power swept out, instantly enveloping the entire cave.

"ah--!"

Protector Xuan let out a shrill scream, his body, formed of black mist, twisting and contorting under the impact of the soul power.

He struggled desperately, but like a moth caught in a spider's web, he couldn't break free.

"Wu Ying, make your move!"

Xiao Bai suppressed Protector Xuan with his soul and gave a cold shout.

"Yes, sir!"

The eagle sneered, and the black mist transformed into chains, instantly binding the body of Protector Shangxuan.

As a fellow protector of the Soul Palace, he knew his opponent's weaknesses all too well.

"You hawk! How dare you betray the Soul Palace?!"

Protector Xuan roared in terror and rage:

"Betrayal? This isn't betrayal."

The hawk shook its head, a fierce hatred welling up in its eyes, and gave a sinister smile:

"It's revenge!"

"No--!"

In a desperate roar, Protector Xuan's soul once again transformed into a distorted black mist.

Xiao Bai raised his hand and sealed it in a jade bottle that had been prepared beforehand.

Satisfied, he put the bottle away, turned to look at the hawk, and smiled, "Well done."

"We have the same goal now, so there's no need to be polite."

After glancing at Xiao Bai with a pair of red eyes, the hawk transformed into a wisp of black mist and drifted back into the storage ring on his hand, leaving a faint sound in the cave:

"Xuanming and I both belong to the same Heavenly-level Protector. You'd better hurry up with your plan, otherwise, if we disappear for too long, it will arouse his suspicion!"

Xiao Bai remained noncommittal, his fingertips lightly stroking the storage ring, a meaningful smile suddenly appearing on his lips.

"It'll be soon. With the addition of Iron Guardian, the Soul Palace will pose virtually no threat to the area surrounding the Gama Empire!"

The dim light inside the cave cast a shadow on his angular profile.

Just then, Little Fairy Doctor led Zi Yan in.

The two elders, Jin and Yin, were escorting the three elders of Demon Flame Valley behind them.

"Ziyan, did you find something good?"

Xiao Bai turned around and looked at the bouncy Zi Yan, whose mouth was almost stretched to her ears. He immediately put aside his thoughts and smiled.

"Hehe. Guess?" Zi Yan leaned closer and said mysteriously.

Xiao Bai shook his head with amusement, not giving her a chance to keep him in suspense. In fact, he already knew in his heart that they had simply looted the collection of Demon Flame Valley.

"Zi Yan found a hidden cave behind a stone wall. After we went inside, we found a warehouse made of graphite steel. There were quite a few things inside, some of which were even restricted by the old demon. Luckily, Zi Yan was there, otherwise it would have been really difficult to take them!"

Little Fairy Doctor smiled gently at Xiao Bai, patted Zi Yan's head, and opened her other fair hand, revealing a storage ring in her palm. She explained softly.

Xiao Bai took the storage ring, scanned it with his soul power, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

The Demon Flame Valley's accumulation over hundreds of years is indeed substantial, with numerous cultivation techniques and combat skills alone, not to mention its rare medicinal herbs and ores.

Then, looking at the three imprisoned elders, Fang Yan seemed to sense something and immediately shuddered.

She averted her shocked gaze from the old demon, raised her head to meet Xiao Bai's dark eyes, and instantly turned ashen-faced, her bad premonition growing stronger.

"I...I am willing to submit!"

The second and third elders also trembled and prostrated themselves on the ground:

"Please, sir, spare my life!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Bai extended his slender hand, and three beams of light flashed.

After a muffled clap of thunder, a hair-like charred mark appeared between the three men's brows, and their eyes gradually became vacant.

With a grab from a distance, three illusory souls were instantly pulled out, their eyes still showing a hint of confusion.

"Xiao Bai, do you have a hobby of extracting souls?"

Seeing that he would pull out the soul of the person he killed, Yaotianhuo in the ring twitched violently at the corner of his mouth.

"If I hadn't seen you so weak, like you were drifting away in the wind, and intended to restore your soul power, why would I have gone to all this trouble!"

Xiao Bai rolled his eyes and replied inwardly with a hint of annoyance.

He doesn't have the Emperor's Banner, so what's the point of taking these souls?

"Did you get this for me?"

Yao Tianhuo was taken aback. He hadn't expected that Xiao Bai was extracting these souls for him, and a warm feeling rose in his heart.

"What else? I don't need it!"

Xiao Bai shrugged. There were many ways for him to improve his soul power, and he didn't care about this method at all.

There's no other reason. It's just simple dislike!

In his view, the soul is inherently mysterious, and influenced by past lives, if one were to use the method of absorbing the souls of countless living beings to elevate oneself, there might be hidden dangers in the future.

Who knows if the Xiao Bai of the future will still be the same Xiao Bai?

However, Yao Tianhuo's situation is different now. He urgently needs to recover, otherwise he may really die in a short time.

In times of emergency, one must act expediently!

In the original story, he also absorbed the evil soul of Protector Xuan before his soul power recovered to the Dou Zong level.

Yaotianhuo remained silent for a moment, his illusory soul body rippled slightly, and finally he sighed:

"Xiao Bai, I will remember this kindness."

Xiao Bai smiled slightly, flicked his fingertips, and several five-colored lightning arcs landed on the three soul bodies, instantly shattering them into pure soul energy, which slowly flowed into his storage ring.

This is easy to do. The Gengjin tribulation lightning has a special effect on the soul. He himself has tried it and everyone who has used it says it works well!

"Senior, please recover first. We will help you be reborn once a suitable body is found."

As Yaotianhuo absorbed this soul energy, its originally illusory form gradually solidified.

"Remember to find me a handsome body; I don't want an ugly one!"

"!" Xiao Bai.

A man who's hundreds of years old, and he still values ​​this?

But speaking of which, that old guy Yunshan's "Battle Master" title is gone!

"Let's stay here for a few days. After I've refined some things, we'll head to the Izumo Empire!"

After dismissing the two elders, Jin and Yin, Xiao Bai looked at the two women in front of him with gentle eyes and chuckled.

"Um!"

The Little Fairy Doctor's crystal-clear eyes shimmered softly as she glanced at Xiao Bai, nodded gently, and then led Zi Yan out of the cave, her gentle voice lingering in his ears:

"Just focus on refining it. Ziyan and I will protect you at the door!"

Xiao Bai silently watched her turn and leave.

The light from the cave entrance illuminated the hazy figure dressed in light makeup, her white hair bound by a purple ribbon, fluttering in the wind, exuding an ethereal and tranquil aura.

"Tsk, this girl's charm is getting stronger and stronger!"

After a while, Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze, then found a suitable place to sit cross-legged, took out a grayish-brown bamboo scroll from his storage ring, and slowly unfurled it.

A blood-red, menacing character instantly came into view, causing Xiao Bai to raise an eyebrow.

"Heavenly Demon Puppet!"

Without hesitation, the bamboo slip continued to scroll, and the tiny, bloodthirsty characters appeared densely in sight.

"The Heavenly Demon Puppet is neither a cultivation technique nor an ordinary fighting skill, but a puppetry technique passed down from ancient times. To create a Heavenly Demon Puppet, three things are required: a body, a soul, and a demonic core!"

"Using the body as a vessel, the soul as a catalyst, and a demonic core as its heart, along with numerous other materials, the demonic puppet is ultimately created!"

"Demon puppets are divided into three grades: Heaven, Earth, and Human. The difference in grade is determined by the materials used in the refining process and the fire used in the refining. Once successfully refined, they possess boundless power, are devoid of joy or sorrow, pain or injury, and are weapons of slaughter."

After spending the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Bai finished reading the contents of the bamboo slip and had gained a general understanding of how to refine the "Heavenly Demon Puppet".

Xiao Bai tapped the bamboo slip lightly with his fingers, pondered for a moment, then flipped his hand, revealing a fiery red seventh-order demon core. This was the Earth Demon Old Ghost's collection, which he probably intended to use to refine the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

With a flick of his sleeve, the corpse of the old demon from not far away landed in front of him.

Xiao Bai stared at the withered corpse of the Earth Demon Old Ghost, his eyes gleaming.

"The body of a Seven Star Dou Zong, combined with his soul, is, according to the bamboo slips, the most suitable and excellent material for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet. The refining process will be much easier, since they share the same origin!"

With a flick of his finger, a ball of crimson lightning rose from his palm, the intense heat causing the surrounding space to distort slightly.

"First, temper the body!"

Flames surged and lightning arcs leaped, instantly engulfing the corpse of the old demon.

Under the burning of the Bing Fire Yang Thunder, the impurities on the corpse were quickly incinerated, and it gradually dried out.

Wisps of black mist rose and swirled, causing Xiao Bai to frown slightly. With a wave of his hand, a whistling wind rose from the quiet cave, sweeping the black mist out of the cave.

"Yue Xiaobai, what are you making in there? It smells terrible!"

Zi Yan's clear voice suddenly rang out from outside the cave, filled with resentment.

"Your nose is amazing, keep your distance!"

Xiao Bai was helpless. He had tried his best to keep the black mist away, but the girl could still smell it.

"From now on, when you're making those sugar pills, get me a new cauldron. Don't use this one!"

The little girl's voice grew softer and softer, as if she were trying to escape.

Xiao Bai shook his head, too lazy to pay her any attention.

Half an hour later, although the corpse had shrunk a size, it became crystal clear like jade, and the bones gleamed with a metallic luster.

A body as clear as glass floated amidst the lightning and fire, emanating a faint aura of power.

"Next, the soul!"

Xiao Bai took out the jade bottle that sealed the soul of the Earth Demon Old Ghost. Lightning flashed at his fingertips, and the Gengjin Tribulation Lightning shattered the bottle instantly.

The old demon's soul, upon seeing the familiar corpse, immediately understood what was happening. Its eyes bulged, its teeth bared, and it let out a shrill roar:

"Xiao Bai! How dare you!"

"Ha, what's there to be afraid of? I, Xiao, am able to refine this Heavenly Demon Puppet thanks to your gift!"

Xiao Bai sneered, clenching his five fingers, and five-colored lightning arcs intertwined to form a net.

Seeing that he could not escape the lightning net, the old demon's eyes revealed deep despair and resentment.

I had always wanted to create a Heavenly Demon Puppet, but I never imagined that one day I would actually create it using my own corpse and soul.

The thought of his future corpse puppet having to loyally protect the person who killed him almost made him vomit blood from frustration; it was worse than death.

The gazes directed at Xiao Bai seemed intent on devouring him alive; his piercing screams and venomous curses echoed throughout the cave.

"Ah, I hate it! I curse you to a terrible end!"

"So noisy!"

Xiao Bai snorted coldly and completely shredded its soul, dissipating the intelligence hidden within and turning it into pure soul energy.

Then, with a flick of his finger, the energy was injected into the body of the Earth Demon Old Ghost.

"Finally, the Magic Core!"

The fiery red seventh-order magic core was slammed into the heart of the body by Xiao Bai, and in an instant, the entire body trembled violently.

"Freeze!"

Xiao Bai formed hand seals, and his soul power surged forth, controlling the Bing Fire and Yang Thunder to completely fuse the three elements.

Amidst the thunder and flames, the aura of the body rose steadily. At a certain moment, the Earth Demon Old Ghost's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, his pupils filled with pitch black.

Xiao Bai seemed oblivious to this scene that resembled a zombie rising from the dead.

He took out some metal with a strange luster from his storage ring and kept throwing it into the lightning flames on the corpse.

"Unfortunately, the metal material is still a bit lacking."

After throwing in all the various metals he had collected, Xiao Bai shook his head slightly with regret, but then quickly remembered something and a smile appeared on his lips.

He took out two glowing objects from a separate storage ring and quietly tossed them into the crimson flames.

Half an hour later.

"Huh, it's so heat-resistant?"

Xiao Bai stared in astonishment at the two white thigh bones glowing in the flames.

"Nonsense, that's the thigh bone of a Dou Zun, and a fire-attribute Dou Zun at that!"

An exasperated voice rang out from the snow-white storage ring:

"Hey kid, have some decency! How dare you burn my bones right in front of me!"

Xiao Bai shivered slightly; he detected a hint of resentment in the voice.

Yao Tianhuo felt like strangling Xiao Bai. Back in the underground space, this kid had righteously declared that the corpses were for his resurrection, but now...?

Sure enough, Brother Yao was right, this kid is full of bad ideas!

Xiao Bai chuckled awkwardly, touched his nose, and said:

"Senior, don't be in a hurry. I'll borrow these two thigh bones for you. In the future, I'll find you a handsome and dashing body and repay you tenfold."

"Hmph! You better keep your word!"

Yao Tianhu snorted coldly, said nothing more, and silently went to absorb soul energy.

The cave gradually quieted down, and Xiao Bai quietly controlled the Bing Fire Yang Thunder, continuously tempering the metal and thigh bone.

Time passed slowly, and three days went by in the blink of an eye.

As if sensing something, Xiao Bai suddenly opened his eyes.

Above the corpse in front of them, a clump of liquid shimmered with a silvery-white light.

With swift hand seals, the silvery-white liquid landed on the corpse, slowly wriggling and enveloping the entire body.

Just as the body was wrapped up, it suddenly trembled.

Soul energy transformed into countless points of light that invaded every part of the body, and the demonic core in the chest trembled slightly, emitting a faint buzzing sound.

When the buzzing sound reaches a certain peak, a violent aura suddenly surges out from it.

The energy of the demonic core instantly transformed into a torrent, flowing rapidly along the body's meridians.

Dense, dark red lines appeared on the skin's surface, spreading throughout the body like blood vessels.

The strange phenomenon lasted for a moment, then the light gradually dimmed, revealing a metallic chill emanating from the silvery-white corpse, giving it an indestructible feel.

Looking at the silver-white, streamlined demonic puppet in front of him, which resembled a metal robot, Xiao Bai's eyes revealed a hint of joy.

"It's done!"

(End of this chapter)