Chapter 820: Golden Man Puppet

"Hmm!"

"It still failed."

Looking at the Golden Man before him, which radiated a terrifying aura, Su Fan knew clearly that this Golden Man Puppet still had not reached his expectations.

Compared to the Twelve Golden Men of the Great Qin World, it was lacking quite a bit.

The core of the Twelve Golden Men of the Great Qin World was driven by the divine spirit cores of Primordial Spirit Stage deities, a point Su Fan could not achieve.

However, by fusing the puppet-refining methods of this world with some mechanical components from the Swallowing Star World, the Golden Man Puppet technique he created could be considered quite formidable.

It was just that, sensing this Golden Man Puppet, its aura was only at the limit of Fifth-Grade High-Rank.

It could house five top-grade Spirit Stones inside, and the power it erupted with was comparable to the late Nascent Soul Stage; its maximum burst of power could even reach the full-force strike of a Nascent Soul Stage Great Perfection.

Placed in Zhongzhou, these were top-tier treasures.

But Su Fan was not satisfied.

After all, to refine this Golden Man Puppet, Su Fan had used up a great many materials and treasures; calculated by the standards of Yuanyang Jie, they were all sixth-grade materials.

The materials Su Fan had consumed over these past few years could have refined several sixth-grade Dharma treasures; if a Primordial Spirit Stage cultivator nurtured them for a thousand years, those would be several Pure Yang Dharma treasures.

How many Pure Yang Dharma treasures were there in the entire Yuanyang Jie?

Yuanyang Jie had birthed quite a few Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators, but not every Primordial Spirit Stage cultivator possessed a Pure Yang Dharma treasure.

Firstly, for a sixth-grade Dharma treasure to become a Pure Yang Dharma treasure, one had to nurture it with one's own essence, energy, and spirit; it could be said that nurturing a Dharma treasure consumed thousands of years of time, which meant that during these thousands of years, one could rarely cultivate.

This cost alone was something not many cultivators dared to commit to.

Secondly, the materials required just to refine a sixth-grade Dharma treasure were extremely precious in Yuanyang Jie.

Therefore, sixth-grade Pure Yang Dharma treasures were truly not numerous.

Sixth-grade Dharma treasures were also not numerous.

Su Fan had squandered several at once; if the outside world knew of this, there was no telling how long he would be criticized.

However, Su Fan did not feel the heartache; although these materials were very precious to Yuanyang Jie, even to the Shangqing Sect, they really did not amount to much for Su Fan.

Even if the Shangqing Sect had support from the upper realm and opened a passage between the two worlds, it was very difficult to transport many things.

After all, generally, opening the two worlds was only to allow the lower realm's Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators to ascend; transporting items, especially treasures from the upper realm, incurred a massive cost due to the rules of the two worlds.

Sometimes, even a True Immortal could not bear it.

This also led to the fact that sixth-grade materials in Yuanyang Jie were becoming increasingly scarce; apart from a few that might be birthed in secret realms, the rest were either in the depths of the Four Seas or in certain places within the Ten Thousand Mountains.

But every one of those places was difficult to scheme against.

After all, those places were not ones you could enter and exit at will.

This also led to sixth-grade Dharma treasures and Pure Yang Dharma treasures in Yuanyang Jie becoming increasingly rare; some Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators, upon ascending, would take these Dharma treasures with them.

Therefore, this has also led to sixth-tier magical treasures and Pure Yang magical treasures in Yuanyang Jie becoming increasingly scarce, as some who reach the Primordial Spirit Stage and ascend also take these treasures with them.

It was only sects like the Shangqing Sect that might not lack such Dharma treasures, as Dharma treasures with an orderly Inheritance would be left behind after ascension.

After all, they still had backers in the upper realm, with Ancestors who were great True Immortals; once they ascended and were received, how could a True Immortal Ancestor's sect lack one or two sixth-grade Dharma treasures?

But it was different for other sects or Loose Cultivators; they had no Ancestors in the upper realm to protect them.

Once one cultivated to the Primordial Spirit Stage, one could generally find out what the situation in the upper realm was like; the Shangqing Sect was relatively generous in this regard.

They let these Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators know the situation of the upper realm.

It was precisely because they understood the upper realm that they knew it was not friendly to Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators like them.

With their level of strength, placing them in the upper realm meant they were essentially at the bottom.

Those at the late Primordial Spirit Stage could barely survive, but those at the early or middle Primordial Spirit Stage, if they were unlucky and encountered danger, would likely have almost no means of resistance.

Possessing one or two sixth-grade or Pure Yang Dharma treasures could enhance their strength and provide an extra bit of confidence.

Therefore, these cultivators would never leave behind the sixth-grade Dharma treasures or Pure Yang Dharma treasures in their hands.

This also led to the fact that sixth-grade Dharma treasures in Yuanyang Jie did not increase, but instead constantly decreased.

After all, Dharma treasures could also be damaged, especially during combat.

Precisely because of this, sixth-grade Dharma treasures in Yuanyang Jie were more than dozens of times more precious than sixth-grade Spirit Talismans and Spirit Pills.

And in terms of status, a sixth-grade Artifact Refiner was higher than a sixth-grade Alchemist.

Sixth-grade Artifact Refiners were even rarer in Yuanyang Jie.

In the entire Yuanyang Jie, there were no more than three true sixth-grade Artifact Refiners.

Although some Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators could nurture sixth-grade Dharma treasures or Pure Yang Dharma treasures, in reality, these were all their own Natal Dharma Treasures.

As their cultivation levels increased, the Dharma treasures automatically rose to the sixth-grade level.

Of course, such Natal Dharma Treasures were also not numerous.

After all, firstly, the materials required for a Natal Dharma Treasure were extremely precious, and secondly, these Primordial Spirit Stage cultivators also paid a great price during the process of their Natal Dharma Treasures advancing.

In reality, Su Fan looked at the Golden Man Puppet before him.

If he nurtured it with his own essence, energy, and spirit for a thousand years, or perhaps even less than a thousand years, it would likely be able to automatically advance to the sixth-grade level.

After all, the materials themselves were already at the sixth-grade level.

By then, this Golden Man Puppet would also be able to erupt with the combat power of a pseudo-Primordial Spirit Stage, and at the very least, its Fleshly Body strength would be comparable to a sixth-grade demonic beast.

It might not be a match for a Primordial Spirit Stage cultivator, but it would be very difficult for an early Primordial Spirit Stage cultivator to break the Golden Man Puppet's defense.

But it would require a thousand years of time, and Su Fan would not squander that.

With this world, he might as well continue researching puppet techniques to improve his refining skills.

"However, although it cannot reach the combat power of the Primordial Spirit Stage, the defense of this Golden Man Puppet is still no weaker than that of an early Primordial Spirit Stage."

Su Fan looked at this Golden Man Puppet, which was still a few degrees inferior to the one from the Great Qin World.

"However, although it cannot reach the combat power of the Primordial Spirit Stage, the defense of this Golden Man Puppet is still no weaker than the Primordial Spirit Initial Stage."

Su Fan looked at this Golden Man Puppet, which was a few degrees inferior to those in the Great Qin World.

However, Su Fan did not feel much disappointment.

To refine the Twelve Golden Men, the Great Qin mobilized thousands of people; among them, the great experts from the Gongshu Family and the Mohist School would be considered at least Tier 5 Artifact Refiners if placed in the Yuanyang Jie.

The few leaders among them were likely all Tier 6 Artifact Refiners.

And he himself was far inferior to those masters.

Of course, the Golden Man Puppet was inferior to the Twelve Golden Men in every aspect.

Even if it reached the Tier 6 level, Su Fan knew that the Golden Man Puppet could not compare to the Twelve Golden Men; after all, in terms of materials, especially the core, he really could not compare.

The divine spirit core of a deity at the Primordial Spirit Stage—the Main World had no way to obtain such material, unless it was the Demonic Nascent Soul of a Primordial Spirit Stage being, which was somewhat similar.

But he did not possess a Demonic Nascent Soul of the Primordial Spirit Stage.

Although he had slain that member of the Demon Race, the final Demonic Nascent Soul had actually already dissipated.

He had not held back at the time, obliterating it along with the Nascent Soul, not giving the opponent a single chance at nirvana or Reincarnation.