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The Formation Master and the others were ashen-faced, somewhat incredulous.

The Talisman Maker's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something.

But Ye Chun was too lazy to listen to anything superfluous and directly asked, "How do you plan to use us to craft a Puppet?"

This question made I Want to Pilot a Gundam ecstatic.

His plan was just one step away from completion, and he couldn't wait to reveal the blueprint to everyone.

"It's very simple. The Alchemist's Alchemy will become the core of the Puppet, the Artifact Refiner's Artifact Refining will become the outer shell of the Puppet, the Formation Master's Formation will become the power source of the Puppet, and the Talisman Maker's Talisman will become the source of the Puppet's special abilities.

"And your Immortal Foundation is crucial; it's the key to connecting all the Puppet's components, you can think of it as Meridians."

I Want to Pilot a Gundam's eyes revealed a certain fanaticism: "Unfortunately, because my cultivation is limited and my research isn't deep enough, and your skill levels aren't high enough, the final product won't be too powerful.

"But it will definitely be the limit that the current Rank can achieve. It's not impossible to fight above one's Realm against a Golden Core Realm Cultivator."

After speaking, I Want to Pilot a Gundam looked at the Formation Master again, chuckling:

"If we go to kill Li Changfeng like this now, it will definitely fail."

"But if we combine the strength of all of us to create an unprecedentedly powerful Puppet, there is a possibility of success."

"Therefore, I'm not betraying you. I'm still steadily advancing the plan to hunt Golden Core Realm Cultivators."

The Formation Master immediately flushed, opening his mouth as if to curse.

But Ye Chun spoke first: "So the Puppet Dao is so interesting. You want to use other people's Dao to craft Puppets, unheard of... However, can a mere Mortal Foundation Cultivator like you truly wield 'Dao,' something exclusive to high-level Cultivators?"

Ye Chun thought for a moment, and without waiting for an answer, he directly said: "I think it's impossible. In the end, all you'll be able to create is a flesh and blood Puppet cobbled together from corpses."

With that, he didn't wait for the others to speak, directly broke free from his chains, and with a single thought, crushed I Want to Pilot a Gundam on the spot, then drifted away.

Only the Formation Master, Talisman Maker, Alchemist, and Artifact Refiner were left in place, looking at Ye Chun's retreating figure, exchanging bewildered glances.

What... what's going on?

...Ye Chun was feeling a bit irritable.

The direct reason he crushed I Want to Pilot a Gundam on the spot was simple: pure self-defense.

In a game, if you're ambushed by someone, of course you have to find a way to counter-kill, no other reason is needed.

However, with his strength, even if I Want to Pilot a Gundam self-destructed on the spot, he wouldn't be able to harm a single hair on him. He could have leisurely waited for the situation to develop and see what that little Puppeteer was up to.

But he still directly crushed the opponent.

He knew he was afraid of the potential outcome later.

His previous cultivation experience told him that to come into contact with something as high-level as 'Dao,' one had to at least possess an Immortal Foundation, and even then, they needed extraordinary talent.

Generally, one could only gain insights at the Golden Core Realm.

For example, the 'Spear Intent' he comprehended, which is part of the 'Spear Dao,' he only gained a series of deep insights after achieving the Golden Core Realm, enabling him to truly exert his power.

The level of one's Realm determines the depth of one's Dao comprehension; this was Ye Chun's subconscious belief.

Even when there were rumors that a player who achieved Dao Heart outside the game would also have Dao Heart in the game, Ye Chun didn't believe it.

In his opinion, the Xuanhuan World was, after all, just a game, and games have Rank divisions, with many things having strict Rank requirements.

Golden Core Realm level things, if you haven't reached Golden Core Realm, you'll never touch them, can't unlock them, can't use them, and won't even have information about them.

This was an iron rule of the game world.

But... just now, facing I Want to Pilot a Gundam, Ye Chun's heart suddenly pounded faster.

He suddenly realized a question: does the Xuanhuan World truly have all the iron rules of a game world?

Will it truly design a series of activity rewards, equipment, and skills based on Rank?

Is there a possibility that a Mortal, with incredibly astonishing talent in a certain Dao, one day just stands there, suddenly has an Epiphany, and directly achieves a Fifth Rank or Fourth Rank?

Although I Want to Pilot a Gundam was just a small Mortal Foundation Cultivator, who says that skill must be divided by Realm?

What if he truly had astonishing and profound insights, and could really use the 'Dao' of others to craft extremely powerful Puppets while still being a Mortal Foundation Cultivator?

Since the Dao Heart System opened, this was the first time Ye Chun had taken it so seriously.

Before this, he had always focused on matters of combat power.

Sword Intent, Sword Heart, Sword Dao, Spear Intent, Spear Heart, Spear Dao... He believed these were nothing more than a type of combat power enhancer.

Similar to embedding gems or refining in other games, nothing major.

But now... "Kumu Daoren's Culinary Dao, I Want to Pilot a Gundam's Puppet Dao..." Do these things really help combat power?

"No, if I still view them through the lens of traditional game combat power, is that really correct?"

Ye Chun found a high mountain, stood on its peak, and watched the white clouds Liu Zhuan.

"If these Daos of the hundred arts can also achieve success, and can also advance, then can powerhouses like the state-stabilizing seal calculate that?"

"No, do these Daos truly have an upper limit? Can 'life skills' truly contend with 'combat skills'?

"No, no, no, does the Xuanhuan World even have a division between 'life skills' and 'combat skills'?

"Is a powerful Formation Master really inferior to a Sword Cultivator?"

"Even a chef, a chef who can prepare great demons, is his combat power really poor?"

"If all the inferences about Dao Heart are correct, then if a player has an extremely strong Dao Heart as soon as he enters the Xuanhuan World, how can the state-stabilizing seal calculate that?"

"No, he can't calculate one's origin, but he can calculate the future..."

Ye Chun's mind was in a turmoil, and finally, he sighed.

"Let's wait and see..."

He flew into the clouds, then landed on the ground, casually chose a direction, and slowly walked into a forest.

Among the giant trees were vines as thick as buckets, the wildflowers blooming on the grass were as large as basketballs, and the occasional birds soaring through the sky burst forth with incredible speed.

Everything here was extraordinary.

Ye Hei slowly opened his eyes from his dazed state. The warm current circulating throughout his body had disappeared. He only felt his body seemed to have become somewhat light... excessively light.

"Huh?"

He suddenly noticed that his hands were not right; they seemed to have shrunk and become very tender, somewhat like a child's hands.

"Wait, my voice?"

He noticed another anomaly; his voice also seemed to be off.

He walked towards the nearest puddle, looked down, and was struck as if by lightning.

Reflected in the water was not a successful middle-aged man, but a tender little child.