[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-35":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortal Craftsmanship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2227458,4127,"Chapter 35: I Have a Head","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utter darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the endless darkness, Ning Zhuo gradually regained his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What on earth happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is this?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a piece of information traveled along the \"Human Life Hanging by a Thread\" directly into his heart: \"Molten Immortal Palace, Mechanical Inheritance, Hanging Thread Soul-Pulling, Qi Refining Trial... Leave Room Number One, enter Room Number Two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo’s spirit suddenly lifted, and he understood the cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it seems, the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining is the first standard for selection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I reached it, so my soul was pulled in, entering the Molten Immortal Palace to begin the second step of the trial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is very different from the information Mother left behind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, the appearance of the Dharma-Transmitting Bell was already signaling—the way Qi Refining cultivators compete for the Molten Immortal Palace is completely different from the Foundation Establishment, Jin Dan, and Nascent Soul stages before!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thinking about it, it makes perfect sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the dantian is completely transformed and stabilized. The difficulty of switching cultivation methods is extremely high, almost impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I am at the Qi Refining stage, and I switched directly while my dantian was not yet set, and I am cultivating the Five Elements Qi Law. To the Molten Immortal Palace, this makes me one of their own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compared to those outsiders cultivating other methods, the distinction between close and distant is clear at a glance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave Room Number One, enter Room Number Two? What should I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo calmed his heart and felt carefully in the endless darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gradually felt that his soul was not existing independently, but was residing in some object, and hidden within this object was a mass of spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo tried to mobilize this spiritual power, but it had no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set his mind to work and used the Five Elements Qi Law to mobilize it, and immediately there was a reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual power was mobilized, following the circulation path of the Five Elements Qi Law, and began to flow slowly inside the object where his soul resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this, Ning Zhuo gradually perceived that his soul’s dwelling looked like a long, rectangular box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A coffin?\" Ning Zhuo guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, this feeling of mobilizing spiritual power, I am very familiar with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should be a spirit stone. I am drawing spiritual power from it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The spiritual power in a spirit stone has a limit; my circulating the cultivation method like this is continuously consuming it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo stopped the cultivation method and fell into hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered in the darkness, unable to find any more clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems this is the only option...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth, deciding to take a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never lacked the courage to take risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he urged the Five Elements Qi Law to its peak, causing the spiritual power to be consumed violently, but he did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy began to leak out from the \"long rectangular box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaking spiritual energy was like his tentacles, allowing Ning Zhuo to gradually have a vague sense of things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that direction, it seems something exists.\" Ning Zhuo sensed a presence in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this presence seemed to be faintly echoing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo hardened his heart and urged the spiritual power to its strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The echoing feeling suddenly became intense, and in the following few breaths, the degree of echoing surged dozens of times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until a mysterious hard object suddenly collided with the long rectangular box where Ning Zhuo’s soul resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual energy leaking everywhere quickly pulled the long rectangular box and the mysterious hard object together, directly combining them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual energy Ning Zhuo was emitting outward suddenly had a new destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As spiritual power was infused into the mysterious hard object, Ning Zhuo gradually perceived the shape of this mysterious hard object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looks like, looks like... an arm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lightning bolt seemed to flash through Ning Zhuo’s heart, and he immediately had a conjecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to circulate the cultivation method, confirming his previous guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was indeed an arm; the front of the arm had a palm, and there were four fingers on the palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, Ning Zhuo felt it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to wave the arm, then extended the palm, moved the fingers, and groped around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not have any sense of touch, but the spiritual energy spreading outward began to echo with other mysterious objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a cube-shaped hard object was also sucked onto him by Ning Zhuo and combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness that had plagued him suddenly dissipated, and Ning Zhuo’s vision lit up in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally saw everything around him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a room with a huge space, piled with countless mechanical components. Torsos, heads, hands, feet, tails, horns, wings, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These mechanical components were varied, all made of wood, brownish-yellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he, Ning Zhuo, was on a small hill piled up by these mechanical components.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo observed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My conjecture was correct!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long rectangular box where his soul had previously resided was a rectangular mechanical torso component.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first one he sucked over with spiritual energy was the left arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second cube he spliced together was a square mechanical head component.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, it’s a head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This head is quite big.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head component had components similar to eyes, which was why he could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After possessing the ability to observe, it was much more convenient for Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He followed the same method, found other components in the small hill of mechanical components, and spliced them onto himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he climbed to the ground from the hill-like pile of mechanical components, he already had both hands and feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A mechanical puppet body...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Ning Zhuo’s main torso was a long rectangular box. He had two legs, one slightly thinner, one slightly thicker, and their heights were not completely consistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His two arms were of equal length, but the two hands had only three and four fingers, respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his big head was square, disproportionate to the torso, looking a bit dull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Having a body, although I can move freely like a human, the consumption of spiritual power has also increased a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo constantly monitored the spirit stone inside the torso. So far, he had already consumed nearly half of the spiritual power in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Other torso components should have spirit stones stored. I can take them out for backup.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as Ning Zhuo targeted a torso component and was about to take action, new information came, telling him—it is not allowed to destroy other components.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll just splice another body.\" Ning Zhuo had just moved when information came again—the current allowed limit for spiritual power components is one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo had no choice but to stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of the first piece of information—requiring him to enter the second room from the first room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the assessment standard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The second trial, on the surface, has no time limit, but in fact, it does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the number of spiritual power components is only one, and the spiritual power in the spirit stone will be continuously consumed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must complete the first assessment before the spiritual power is completely exhausted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should leave here as soon as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Room Number One had a large space, red copper walls, a golden roof, and bright light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo had long seen the only door in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He limped toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrived in front of the door, and just as his finger touched the door, information came again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spirit stone, a mechanical component hanging ring, and a spell \"A Burst of Qi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can only choose one of them?\" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1319,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7ac04aa3938741447fcf9e4b416fd93b70a9f6980eb063e4ae0b890926e6658b","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-36","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-34",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]