[No System + passionate adventure + plot-driven + decisive and ruthless + play the pig to eat the tiger]
Puppets are nothing but lifeless objects. They have no intelligence, only shells, like walking corpses at the mercy of others. But Gu Zhen’s puppets understand human nature, scheme, and seem alive. They can open shops and take the field to slay enemies.
That is because he can give puppets minds, nurture puppet souls, and forge puppet bodies.
A puppet thread binds a puppet soul; a heart of elixir subdues demons and drives out evil.
With a twitch of a puppet master’s fingers, a storm of blood and fury rises to punish evil and uphold good. Wherever a puppet master goes, all things come back to life.
[The first level of puppet-thread control: like drawing a needle through silk. The finger bones have three joints: the upper joint hooks the soul and body, the middle locks the soul’s root, and the lower binds its awareness.]
[The body is the external manifestation; the puppet can move freely...]
[Control an earth-bound soul as a foot soldier, using its ears and eyes without granting it intelligence...]
[Next comes soul awareness: capture its form and soul, then control it temporarily. This is easier than manipulating silk threads...]
After failing his tribulation, his body was destroyed and his primordial spirit became a prized delicacy coveted by every cultivator. Overnight, Gu Zhen, also known as Gu Qingfeng, went from a legendary cultivator to a mouthwatering morsel, placed on every cultivator’s menu as a nourishing treat.
With his primordial spirit hunted relentlessly and nowhere left to turn, Gu Zhen could only find a dead body to inhabit and survive for the time being. That choice launched him into another tumultuous life.
“Others raise pets. I gather people across the land and turn them into puppets under my control. They gave me a name: Puppet Controller!”
