After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

The "Thousand Machines Technique of Puppet Transformation" is a modified version of the ancient puppet technique fragment "Record of Puppet Spirits".

This cultivation method focuses on spiritual awareness and almost never encounters bottlenecks during the Qi Refining stage, thus allowing cultivation speed to be several times faster than that of other cultivators.

Legend has it that those who master the "Record of the Creatures" can command all things in heaven and earth to become creatures, the most famous of which is the art of turning beans into soldiers.

Unfortunately, most of the "Yanlinglu" has been lost, and the remaining fragments were later modified into the "Yanhuaqianji Dafa".

Unlike the legendary "Yanlinglu" which can turn stones into soldiers, the "Yanhua Qianji Dafa" only retains the Qi Refining chapter of the "Yanlinglu".

Lacking the key technique of turning stones into soldiers, the Qi Refining chapter of the "Thousand Machines Transformation Technique" uses mechanical puppets that are easier to control and have greater destructive power than stones.

The content after the Foundation Building chapter of "The Great Technique of Transforming a Thousand Machines" has no relation to "The Record of Transforming Spirits" at all, and the objects it commands are no longer mechanical puppets, but various wild beasts.

Even the most ordinary beasts, such as wolves and tigers, can possess the strength of the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining after being controlled as puppets by the "Thousand Machine Transformation Technique".

If a demon beast already possesses the strength of a low-level Qi Refining cultivator, this technique can elevate it to the mid-level Qi Refining stage.

In addition, unlike mechanical puppets, beast puppets do not consume spirit stones, but are directly controlled by the operator's spiritual power, making them more convenient to use than mechanical puppets.

The creator of the "Thousand Machine Transformation Technique" quickly came up with a question:

The cultivation principles of low-level demonic beasts are completely different from those of humans, and they can still be raised to a small level by this technique. What would happen if human cultivators were directly used as the substitute?

The results of the experiment were astonishing—human puppets showed a greater increase in strength than beast puppets, and were several times easier to control!

Thus, a new demonic sect was born in the cultivation world—the Thousand Yan Sect. Linglong was a disciple of the Thousand Yan Sect, and a core disciple who successfully cultivated the Divine Sense Transformation Technique.

She infiltrated the Qiongshan Sect for twenty years, all for the sake of the Demon God Palace within the Nine Star Secret Realm.

The Divine Consciousness Transformation Technique is a secret technique recorded in the "Great Method of Transforming a Thousand Machines".

As the name suggests, "Divine Consciousness Transformation" means dividing one's divine consciousness into countless forms to control numerous puppets, which is similar to the split consciousness of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage.

Thanks to this secret technique, Linglong has a great advantage within the Demon God Palace.

Unfortunately, she was very unlucky. She spent half a day finding only one treasure. Later, in order to prevent the appearance of evil spirits, she even self-destructed 70% of the mechanical puppets, as she was already out of ammunition and supplies.

Unexpectedly, the spirit-suppressing array within the passage destroyed her last few mechanical puppets, leaving her in dire straits.

A resolute glint flashed in Linglong's eyes. If it weren't for the fact that human puppets couldn't be stored in a storage bag, and that carrying them around would be too conspicuous, and that it wasn't convenient for the inner sect of the Qiongshan Sect to make human puppets, she wouldn't be in such a passive position now.

Before entering the secret realm, she carefully selected an inner disciple at the third level of Qi Refining as her companion, just in case.

The third level of Qi Refining is the highest level of human puppet she can control. With the blessing of the Thousand Machine Transformation Technique, it can unleash the power of the early Foundation Establishment stage.

After finally managing to evade everyone's notice, the good-for-nothing was unexpectedly affected by the black mist, went berserk, and disappeared. The Qi Refining Level 1 kid she had accidentally captured was handed over to Yu Bai in order to win him over.

At this point, she had no more usable pieces left.

Without a puppet, the Thousand Machines Technique is now only useful for exploring new paths in her current situation.

Putting aside the mysterious demon sealed here, she would have almost no chance against the other Foundation Establishment cultivators at this moment.

This is why she was willing to expend her spiritual energy to maintain high-speed flight. While flying, she kept her divine sense spread out, searching for an exit while also constantly watching out for anyone approaching.

Not long after, someone appeared within her spiritual sense range.

Linglong's first reaction was to avoid it, but she was stunned when she saw who it was. She then changed direction and flew straight towards the person's location.

In no time, Linglong appeared in front of the man with a smile.

"Junior Brother Yun, where are you rushing off to?"

"Senior Sister Ling!"

Yun Liushui, who had been rushing through the passage with his sword, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Linglong and hurriedly said:

"I think I lost consciousness just now, and when I woke up I was here. This place is eerie, we shouldn't stay any longer, let's get out of here quickly!"

"Now that we have the treasure, we should leave as soon as possible. But before we leave, I have something to ask of you, junior brother."

Linglong smiled broadly.

"I wonder what's going on?"

Yun Liushui completely relaxed his guard and asked eagerly, as he just wanted to get out of this hellhole as soon as possible.

"I would be so kind as to borrow your physical body, junior brother!"

As she uttered the last few words, Linglong's divine consciousness split into six sharp blades, piercing straight into Yun Liushui's divine consciousness, and the Thousand Transformations Technique was activated!

This technique is most effortless to use when the target is unprepared. Her previous words were all to paralyze Yun Liushui, all for this moment.

Yun Liushui was indeed greatly surprised, but after the initial shock, the situation that Linglong had predicted did not occur.

"You're not at the third level of Qi Refining!"

When the divine sense blade pierced into Yun Liushui's divine sense, Linglong immediately noticed something was wrong, but it was too late to withdraw her divine sense.

The surprise in Yun Liushui's eyes faded, replaced by undisguised mockery. With a thought, he directly severed one of the divine sense blades.

The flaw of the Divine Consciousness Transformation Technique lies in this: the strength of the six divine consciousnesses that Linglong differentiated was not one-sixth of the original, but one-eighteenth.

This is also why she could only choose the highest level of Qi Refining (Level 3) to create a human puppet. It was all to prevent the target from harming her spiritual consciousness. However, she never expected that she would misjudge the situation.

This kid has somehow concealed his cultivation level; even she didn't notice anything amiss!

Despite the throbbing pain in her mind caused by the damage to her divine sense, Linglong was filled with rage.

After landing a successful attack, Yun Liushui quickly retreated and fled in the opposite direction, moving several times faster than when Linglong first discovered him.

Now that things have come to this, how could Linglong not understand that she had been completely tricked, tricked by a useless Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator!

Just as she guessed, Yun Liushui had anticipated all of this.

Whether it was being hunted down by Linglong now, obtaining the Thunder Dragon's inheritance before, or even earlier obtaining the spiritual vein embryo before Long Yucheng, everything was within his expectations.

Because everything that is happening now is exactly the plot of the novel "The Ancestor of Heavenly Dao" that he read earlier!