[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-777":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortal puppet Master",{"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},2228200,4127,"Chapter 777","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-777",777,"\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo quietly returned to his cave dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a hurried meeting with Chef Lao, Qing Chi, and Gongsun Yan, he plunged into the martial arts formation to go into seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His feelings in many places were very different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most direct was the five senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo frowned, his eyes focused, and his vision immediately became clear; the distant scenery seemed to be magnified, and nearby objects were almost visible in every detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out a stone and stared at it carefully, distinguishing the finest layered patterns of the rock. Taking out a piece of wooden stake treasure material, even if the outside was worn, he could still clearly see the patterns of the growth rings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called Gongsun Yan and asked him to use magic power to roughly control the Green Bamboo Puppets to attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo closed his eyes, sealing his sense of smell and touch, relying only on his hearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he entered a combat state, his hearing immediately became sharp, accurately capturing all information related to the battle from the chaotic sounds. The footsteps of the Green Bamboo Puppets, the breathing of Gongsun Yan. Ning Zhuo could even feel a hint of curiosity and fighting spirit from Gongsun Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Green Bamboo Puppets fought him for a moment, he heard the rhythm of their internal mechanical engagement and the humming of magic power flow from the sounds made by their movements, which allowed him to clearly grasp the strengths and weaknesses of these Green Bamboo Puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The sounds captured in battle are the principles I benefited from the Way of War. Being able to hear the sounds inside the Green Bamboo Puppets is the addition of the principles of mechanical arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were things Ning Zhuo did not possess before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked Gongsun Yan to step back, put away the puppets, and began to try artifact refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He channeled his magic power to form flames, and when burning the wood, he listened carefully, hearing the subtle sound of the fire licking the surface of the wood and the crackling sound of the wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a certain moment, he suddenly withdrew the flames, took out the wood, and upon checking, he immediately found that, just as he had heard, the heat of the roasting was just right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From this point of view, the addition of the principles of artifact refining has increased my ability to process materials by dozens of times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was a conservative estimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo twitched his nose and tasted with his tongue, testing the improvement of his sense of smell and taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could now distinguish a large number of subtle odors from the air and could, to some extent, trace their origins. That is, follow the scent to find the source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention his perception of mechanical creations and the like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sense of touch was also greatly improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo brushed his fingertips over the rock and could clearly perceive its hardness and potential fracture planes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used his magic power hanging threads to control mechanical creations and found that he could perform far more subtle control over the mechanisms than before. A small movement of a finger that he could do before, he could now break down into at least three different detailed levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out a magic tool and, just by touching it, could perceive the precise state of the array patterns and talisman patterns on the magic tool, whether they were worn, and what the degree of wear was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After testing the five senses, Ning Zhuo found that his perception abilities in the Way of War, mechanics, and artifact refining had gained explosive growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Way of War gave him more ability in actual combat, while mechanics and artifact refining made his heart itch, wishing he could wantonly refine magic tools and build mechanisms right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the array space of the martial arts arena, Ning Zhuo began to move his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stretched his arms and threw punches, shaking his muscles, and found that when he exerted force, his muscles twisted like steel wires tempered a thousand times. When he didn't exert force, they were loose as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bones became very hard, comparable to some metal treasure materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strength didn't increase much, but his force became very precise and controllable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo tried to handle a piece of stone treasure material; he gradually increased the force, allowing the damage to the stone to be completely controlled in his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin was much tougher than before, almost like wearing a thin layer of armor, but the weight had not changed at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo used weapons like knives, swords, and sticks to gesture on his body for a while. He found that he had a stronger ability to resist piercing and cutting damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo just flicked his arm slightly and dislocated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he used a little force to retract it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dislocation disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo moved his limbs and performed various actions; he found that his control over his limbs had reached an unprecedented level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like I've become a mechanical puppet. The joints are sturdy and flexible, and every movement can be broken down to achieve extreme precision.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roasted himself with fire, froze himself with frost, struck himself with electric currents, and cut himself with wind blades—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My physical body has a great resistance to attacks of the five elements and so on, which has increased by at least seventy times compared to before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used the Guarding-Clumsy Wheel-Slashing Array and found that the control was indeed a hundred times easier than in the Profound Armor Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After practicing for a while, inspiration burst forth in his spiritual sea, allowing him to see many shortcomings in this battle array, which could be fully improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong had been observing Ning Zhuo through the Human Life Hanging Thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worry in his heart dissipated for the most part, and he exclaimed: \"Little Zhuo, your physical body has great secrets and is extremely unusual!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The addition of so many principles without any conflict is simply a miracle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what this means?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo nodded slightly: \"I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators' cultivation will inevitably involve the addition of principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, a cultivator practicing a wood-element technique adopts wood-element magic power, circulating it in the body and outside along a certain path repeatedly. While increasing the total amount of magic power, the relevant principles of the wood element are imprinted on him bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whichever technique one practices, the corresponding principles will be added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the addition, the cultivator will have an understanding of this aspect. Even if his original comprehension was not good, he would possess excellent understanding due to the proximity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming something often makes one better at understanding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators cannot practice techniques at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, the foundation of the technique lies in the three major dantians, with at most three. On the other hand, the transformation of the cultivator's physical body and soul by different techniques is different; the directions are different, and the effects are different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many times, these effects will cancel each other out. For example, a soft technique and a hard technique. Sometimes, the effects of cultivation will conflict with each other, causing harm to the cultivator. For example, if a cultivator practices a fire-element technique and a water-element technique at the same time, it usually causes a serious backlash where water and fire are incompatible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the Three Sects' Supreme Methods are the world's top techniques. Because the three techniques focus on the three major dantians, and the cultivation process does not conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot practice a fourth technique.\" Ning Zhuo had already learned a profound lesson on this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when he subconsciously practiced the \"Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breathing Great Method\" while heading to the Thousand Peaks Forest, which caused him to suffer a backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I can use other methods to add principles to my physical body and soul and accumulate foundation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three techniques Ning Zhuo practiced did not help his physical body much, but the \"Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breathing Great Method\" could. Ning Zhuo could not practice it, but he could help himself through the Fetal Breathing Spirit Boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, even if he didn't practice, he could still gain the addition of relevant principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To some extent, the Fetal Breathing Spirit Boat is the same as the Stone-Casting Earth Treasure and the Jade-Rinsing Courtyard. These three are a magic treasure, a divine ability, and a cave dwelling, respectively. They seem different, but they all add principles to other things.\" Ning Zhuo understood in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fetal Breathing Spirit Boat can improve a cultivator's physical foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Stone-Casting Earth Treasure can make ordinary objects become one of the earth treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade-Rinsing Courtyard is similar, adding principles to stones, improving their quality, and forming pieces of beautiful jade of different categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Ning Zhuo guessed: \"My ability to carry different principles means I can use any means under heaven to bless myself and add to my foundation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, there should be a limit to this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this caused by my immortal talent?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong pondered: \"When we were at the Myriad Medicine Sect, the Five Elements God specifically warned you not to investigate this immortal talent of yours, as it would be disadvantageous to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since he has already passed the Five Elements true intent to you, he shouldn't harm you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Zhuo, instead of investigating the immortal talent on your body, you should focus on the current Flying Cloud Assembly. There are opportunities everywhere here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo nodded, agreeing with Sun Lingtong's view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Profound Armor Cave trial, Ning Zhuo's path of cultivation had a brand-new landscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have made great progress in the Way of War and should be able to fully comprehend the 'Strong Man Returns' technique. Then, by using the 'Soldiers in the Same Helmet' and 'Gao Sheng's Last Letter,' I can acquire the second military battle array.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have become a mechanical grandmaster. Can the difficult and miscellaneous diseases of Yuan Dasheng, Meng Yechu, and even my mother be solved?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In terms of artifact refining, I have also become a master. This is one of the four major arts of cultivation, and it has a comprehensive, fundamental, and huge improvement for my cultivation of mechanical arts and even other skills!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's even better is that this reward is only known to me and Young Master Qingwu, and the outside world knows nothing about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it were exposed, I fear it would set off a whirlpool of public opinion!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, the things that spread my name are just that I took first place and defeated Ban Jie for the second time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ban Jie—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo thought of this opponent and couldn't help but let his eyes shine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It would be best to find out Ban Jie's new movements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This person and I are quite fated. Why do I feel that I can gain more from him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ning Zhuo was planning, a jade talisman was delivered to the cave dwelling and fell into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo scanned it with his spiritual sense and showed a look of surprise: \"Oh? The duel between Situ Xing and Zhu Fenxiang has ended; Situ Xing was seriously injured and defeated, and Zhu Fenxiang was also not lightly injured!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wonderful, once this battle result comes out, the eyes of the cultivators will immediately shift from me to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially Zhu Fenxiang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo picked up the jade talisman: \"I want to see the scene of this battle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others cannot view the specific battle scene, but Ning Zhuo is a good friend of Shen Xi and Lin Jinglong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them were at the scene and secretly used magic to record this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This jade talisman came from Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the initiative to convey this intelligence to Ning Zhuo, also to let Ning Zhuo better guard against Situ Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ning Zhuo's magic power and spiritual sense were poured into the jade talisman, the battle scene between Situ Xing and Zhu Fenxiang emerged in the high sky of Ning Zhuo's spiritual sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhu Fenxiang, challenging me is your biggest mistake!\" Situ Xing scolded, the space behind him rippling, revealing seven brilliant sword lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword lights circled Situ Xing's body, immediately forming a Big Dipper Seven Luminaries Sword Array. The sword light flourished and revealed deep blue star light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenxiang's yellow robe fluttered, his hands forming seals like lightning, while he chanted ancient divine words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God-Inviting Technique—North Black Tortoise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine light soared into the sky, instantly condensing into a Black Tortoise divine body several feet high. The tortoise shell was vast and as firm as a rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snake raised its head and coiled, locking its gaze on the Big Dipper Seven Luminaries Sword Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce light flashed in Situ Xing's eyes, and he attacked first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed a finger, and the dual star sword lights representing Tianxuan and Tianji in the Big Dipper Sword Array suddenly blazed, shooting out, piercing the air, making a sharp whistling sound, and stabbing at the Black Tortoise divine body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword light and the Black Tortoise divine body collided violently. Sword light, starlight, and divine light splashed wildly, and the space twisted violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Tortoise divine body trembled violently, cracks appeared on the tortoise shell, and the Black Tortoise divine body was forced to retreat a few steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenxiang's face turned slightly pale, and he used the God-Inviting Technique again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a giant divine body appeared in the battlefield, which was none other than the Giant Spirit God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Giant Spirit God focused on attacking, and the North Black Tortoise focused on defending, resisting Situ Xing's attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing had seven sword lights circling his body, forming a battle array, which could be said to be both offensive and defensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't collide head-on but roamed around, so the scene fell into a stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo watched the two go back and forth, sighing in his heart: \"The North Black Tortoise and the Giant Spirit God are both bodies created out of thin air, but both have Jin Dan-level combat power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once Situ Xing's Big Dipper Seven Luminaries Sword Array is built, he can fight back and forth with Jin Dan cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing and Zhu Fenxiang were both at the peak of Foundation Establishment, both had deep accumulation, and superb cultivation talent, so they both possessed Jin Dan-level combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in the first round of clashes, both exposed their true combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was not surprised at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time the Flying Cloud Assembly is held, it makes the Myriad Phenomena Sect famous in the Flying Cloud Country. At the same time, it also attracts outsiders to join, and the terms are quite generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a vast crowd, the geniuses who can stand out must be well-known within a country or have a slight reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not strange that their combat power can rival Jin Dan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Fenxiang clapped his palms together and used the God-Inviting Technique again, inviting a Martial God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three gods drove temporary divine bodies, surrounding Situ Xing and making him run around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing gradually fell into a disadvantage, eager to turn the situation around, but every result was far from what he expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh, ah!\" Situ Xing roared like a beast, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed his sword formula to the limit with both hands, and the true essence in his body, along with his essence and blood, were burning crazily! The Yaoguang star position in the Big Dipper Sword Array erupted with unprecedented tragic light, and the light of the other six stars was forcibly extracted and gathered together, forming a condensed sword light the size of an infant's forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword light, carrying Situ Xing's expectations, shot through the air, pierced through the North Black Tortoise, and clashed with the Martial God, inseparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Giant Spirit God was left free, fighting in front of Situ Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing retreated repeatedly, barely maintaining the scene with the sword array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good times didn't last long; the Giant Spirit God seized the opportunity, performed a divine technique, and destroyed the sword array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the sword array was gone, the seven sword lights around Situ Xing all restored their original appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was livid, and he had to reveal a trump card in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the trump card was out, it immediately changed the situation of the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Situ Xing had such a trump card, and Zhu Fenxiang came to fight in person, so naturally, he also had a corresponding trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>",2805,"2026-06-17T23:33:14.591Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cc3e2787c65b3076fd362b67c243401708da26c3e33d300b74ba4a5e8e241d51","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-778","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-776",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]