The hatch of the Cang Qiong slowly opened, and a traction beam shot out, drawing the fiercely glowing orange component of the [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree] into the hull.

After retrieving the hard-earned orange component, Song Chi maneuvered the Cang Qiong to slowly descend, landing next to the side of the Komo-Yin colossal serpent, which was now barely clinging to life.

The Komo-Yin colossal serpent had retracted to a hundred meters in length, and its body was covered with large and small wounds left by those three humanoid puppets; however, that was not the cause of its fatal condition.

What truly left the Komo-Yin colossal serpent at death’s door was the Enslavement Mark: Frenzy trait, a feature that came at the cost of all its vitality. With the end of the battle, its life also came to an end.

In its last moments, the Komo-Yin colossal serpent nudged Song Chi with its head and then completely lost its spark of life.

Seeing this, although he was mentally prepared, Song Chi’s heart couldn’t help feeling somewhat melancholic.

He collected the body of the Komo-Yin colossal serpent into the Cang Qiong, planning to bury it later around Green Moon Lake, and then returned to the Main Control Room, clutching the orange component of the [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree].

Before he could install the puppet component, a strong force of repulsion came through.

Right after that, the Cang Qiong turned into a stream of light and entered his Ancestral Aperture between the eyebrows. By the time he reacted, Song Chi found himself already standing outside the Immortal Puppet Tower.

Along with him, there were three other people who had almost simultaneously exited the tower.

However, before the four of them could reflect on this, the gaze of the clan members of the Song family, totaling over three hundred, cast directly upon them.

In their eyes, the second person to pass the 30th floor of the Immortal Puppet Tower must be one of these four individuals.

Soon, clan members of the Song family gathered in front of Song Yiming, the strongest among the four.

"Congratulations, Clan Brother Yiming, congratulations!"

Hearing this, Song Yiming was considerably puzzled. He had persisted for nearly twenty minutes on the 29th floor and ultimately suffered defeat; what was there to congratulate him on?

However, seeing everyone approach, he didn’t have time to ponder and could only respond with a warm smile.

Witnessing this, Song Chi, who was standing aside, understood what was happening. Moreover, feeling utterly exhausted, he didn’t hesitate and quickly headed toward the exit of the Immortal Puppet Secret Realm.

All that echoed in his mind now were two words.

"Sleep!"

He was just too tired.

Soon, this low-profile First Rank Torch Ship Captain summoned the Cang Qiong and quickly disappeared from everyone’s sight.

However, what Song Chi didn’t notice was that in the crowd, Song Ze from the earth pulse had never cast his gaze on Song Yiming from the beginning to the end. Instead, after glancing around, he eventually looked thoughtfully at Song Chi.

At the entrance of the secret realm, Song Chi emerged from the bronze gate on the left. After paying his respects to the Zhulu Warship that had closed its hatch, his figure quickly vanished into the cave.

Shortly after his departure, a deep voice suddenly echoed in the cave.

"Not yet 31 years old, clearing the 30th floor of the Immortal Puppet Tower... this Tenth Direct Vein has indeed produced a fine seedling..."

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Song Chi was unaware of these events that followed. After leaving the secret realm platform, he controlled the Cang Qiong to return directly to Green Moon Manor.

Once he got to his private room, he didn’t think much of anything, not even bothering to install the orange-quality [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree] component. He simply collapsed on the bed and fell into a deep sleep within seconds.

A whole day passed before Song Chi finally awoke.

After such a long deep sleep, he felt fully recovered. The refreshed Song Chi seemed like a completely different person from the one who was exhausted a day before.

After washing up, he entered the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Free-stall area, inside the Cang Qiong.

With a thought from Song Chi, a spatial fluctuation ensued, and fifteen slightly small soldier figurines appeared in the cabin.

These were the Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines summoned by the now installed [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree].

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These Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines stood at around one and a half meters tall, humanoid in shape, cloaked in black puppet skin under which special energy fluctuations faintly emerged. That was the inherent void affinity power they possessed as void-born creatures.

Additionally, these Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines were able to condense blades imbued with the Soul Shatter feature, known as Void Blades.

Song Chi’s eyes focused, and soon he had detailed attributes of these Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines.

[Name: Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines]

[Quality: Orange]

[Rank: Zero Rank (upper limit Fifth Rank)]

[Level: lv0]

[Active Abilities: Rift-Space Ability, Void Flash, Instant Prison Shadow Kill]

[Passive Abilities: Child of the Void (born as a darling of the void, possessing the ability to freely traverse and shuttle through the void), Soul Shatter Dagger (freely condense a Void Blade with Soul Shatter properties)]

[Description: Born in the void as darlings of space, they possess abilities that can contend with Void Demons.]

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Gazing at the attribute panel of these Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines, Song Chi was quite satisfied.

They indeed lived up to the Orange Quality of soldier figurines, their active abilities as well as passive abilities were all exceedingly powerful, far surpassing the Fire Peony Soldier Figurines by leaps and bounds.

Without hesitation, after dismissing the summons of these figurines, he directly enhanced the [Void Phantom Assassin Soldier Figure Tree] component to lv20.

After being enhanced to Second Rank, the number of Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines he could summon increased from 15 to 20, and the strength of these Second Rank-level Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines saw a substantial enhancement as well.

Song Chi tried it out by mobilizing the Power of Laws in the entire secret realm as the Ruins Market Master, binding the space around these Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines, and then ordering them to use their abilities to see if they could tear through the surrounding space.

The result was still very satisfying to him. Although these Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines had been enhanced to Second Rank and possessed strong spatial affinity, under the suppression and binding of the laws of the Ruins Market Secret Realm, they still could make no resistance at all.

This outcome also indirectly confirmed the power of the Ruins Market itself.

Even though he was only at First Rank at the moment and the market as well, with the law’s empowerment, he could easily suppress beings of Second Rank Level without resorting to the Torch Warship, and even more so in their area of expertise.

Moreover, Song Chi had an intuition that it was not just the Second Rank Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines—he would be able to easily control them even if they were enhanced to Third Rank later on.

"Indeed, just as I thought, the standing of this Ruins Market Secret Realm is exceedingly high, far above that of ordinary Starry Sea Secret Realms, it must be at least of a Primordial Level..."

Having reached this conclusion, Song Chi shifted his gaze, looking through the Spectral Energy Screen above to the pitch-black void outside the market.

Truth be told, he was quite eager to try.

As for the idea of hunting Void Demons and gathering Void Crystals, it was something he had long considered.

Now that Cang Qiong, with the aid of Space Solidification Stones, possessed no small measure of spatial resistance, and with the aid of Void Assassin Clan figurines that could hunt in absolute silence, he was fully capable of putting his plans into action.

However, after pondering for a while, he dismissed the idea and re-entered the All-Attributes Cultivation Room.

Instead, he preferred to spend the next period of time immersing himself in intensive cultivation, leveraging the substantial stocks of Insect Race meat and Advanced Body Tempering Potions, to swiftly enhance his Guidance Technique level again.

After all, whether it be opening Ruins Market trades to earn resources or acquiring high-quality components to strengthen Cang Qiong, the ultimate goal was all towards a faster, better enhancement of his own Guidance Technique level, so as to secure more opportunities for Life Sublimation, thereby extending his lifespan.

And so, two months whisked by, during which Song Chi consumed over three thousand catties of Second Rank Insect Race meat and spent ten thousand Merit Points to purchase 20 Advanced Body Tempering Potions, in total, using up 34 Advanced Body Tempering Potions.

In addition, he ate twenty catties of Insect Queen meat containing Fourth Rank energy essence and gave the other twenty catties to his mother Chen Lixia, allowing her to break through to lv20 in her Guidance Technique a month ago, officially advancing to Second Rank.

As for Song Chi himself, after two months of dedicated cultivation, his Guidance Technique level skyrocketed from lv11 to lv15.

Of course, it was only five days ago that he had just broken through to lv14, with a long way to go before reaching lv15. It was thanks to that piece of Insect Queen meat that he made the jump, advancing from the early stages of lv14 all the way to his current lv15, with lv16 not far off.

Given that the Insect Queen meat contained Fourth Rank energy essence and was even beneficial for overcoming the Second Rank bottleneck, its effects on Song Chi were naturally even more significant.

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