All one hundred Cold Flame Snakes that covered Qian Duoduo died from Soul self-destruction.
After they were chosen, Fat Snake Xiao Guan left a Soul imprint on them.
As soon as they were knocked out or captured, the Soul imprint would immediately activate self-destruction.
The Eight Ancestors of Ba Ling Sect faced Cold Flame Snakes that died in the exact same way, but they could not find any clues.
After that, the Ice Cave Grotto-heaven completely returned to peace, without a ripple.
The Ba Ling Sect explained the Cold Flame Snakes rampaging through the sect as them being startled by a massive thunderclap caused by a drastic change in weather.
Half a month later, the morale of Ba Ling Sect slowly stabilized, and the entire sect continued to be busy; everyone was desperately Cultivating, and frantically collecting Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills, Formations, and Talismans.
At this time, Qian Duoduo was in seclusion in Qian Manor, also frantically Artifact Refining.
Guan Tusheng, Ming Huanhuan, and others were already able to control nine Zombie Puppets at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
While Qian Duoduo armed them to the teeth, each of their more than three hundred Zombie Puppets were fully equipped with Zombie Puppet sets, including Zombie Puppet Armor, Zombie Blood Claw, and Soul Locking Chain.
In the Golden Bull Garden, there were already over five thousand Golden Ox, and the Soaring Overlord sets for these Golden Ox were also ready.
However, a problem arose: who would be the riders?
In Refining Spirit Sect, Jin Buhuan had Tang Honggong as his backer, allowing him to recruit Disciples on a large scale.
But in Ba Ling Sect, Qian Duoduo did not have that qualification.
Qian Duoduo thought and thought, and realized that only Zombie Puppets could be the riders.
"Master," Qian Duoduo looked at Golden Toad, "Zombie Puppets can be riders, but who will command them? It certainly can't be me. I can't command that many."
Liu Boli stroked his beard and pointed his yellowish finger down at Four Unlike.
"The one who commands the Zombie Puppets is far away in the sky, but close at hand."
"It? Can it do it?" Qian Duoduo was not entirely convinced.
Having a Puppet command Zombie Puppets was a novel idea.
"Remove the 'can it'. You ask the Sacred Artifact to command thousands of artisan artifacts, it's like playing around."
Liu Boli curled his lip, expressing his dissatisfaction with Qian Duoduo's disdain for Four Unlike.
Ever since Four Unlike settled in Golden Toad, Liu Boli had given the most central position to Four Unlike.
Fortunately, as Qian Duoduo's Cultivation grew, the space within Golden Toad also expanded, from a mere ten zhang in the past to thirty or forty zhang now.
"Then I'll try." Qian Duoduo was half-convinced.
He first took out ten refined Zombie Puppets and discussed with Four Unlike, "You command them."
These ten were all at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
Four Unlike opened one eye, extended a Spiritual Awareness from one of the Soul holes of the Entering Saint Key, and the Spiritual Awareness strung together the ten Zombie Puppets like candied haws on a stick.
In Four Unlike's hands, the Zombie Puppets attacked and defended freely, like a single entity.
"It can be done!" Qian Duoduo's eyes lit up.
Four Unlike has nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine Soul holes; let alone five thousand, even fifty thousand Zombie Puppets, it could command them.
"Guan Tusheng, Ming Huanhuan, you two and Pang Yunhan secretly collect Zombie Puppets on Left Ear Peak, collect as many as you can. You can buy them with gold coins or trade for them with Magic Treasures." Qian Duoduo took out all his gold coins and Magic Treasures and handed them to the two of them.
When Guan Tusheng carried out the task, he had an idea.
He found that everyone was scrambling for ready-made Magic Treasures, while materials were very cheap. He used gold coins to collect many materials and gave them to Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo praised his intelligence; under his full Artifact Refining, the cheap materials turned into popular Magic Treasures again...
Time flew by, and the day for the Zongshi War arrived.
Qian Duoduo stopped Guan Tusheng and others from following him.
Participating in the Zongshi War alone would allow him to act freely.
"Dong!"
As the bell on the peak of Nose Peak rang, he stepped on a Flying Sword and arrived at the main hall on the peak.