I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Divine Sense Transformation consumed an immense amount of Divine Sense. Jiang Zuo had just achieved a breakthrough and had to expend a great deal of effort using the power of Divine Sense Transformation to successfully condense his Blood Qi Avatar and visualize the phantom of the stele.

With a single glance, Jiang Zuo could tell that his Blood Qi Avatar was now vastly different from before.

Previously, the Blood Qi Avatar was condensed purely from Blood Qi and had no true physical form.

If someone spotted it in a well-lit area, they would know at a glance that it wasn’t a real person.

But after using Divine Sense Transformation, the condensed Blood Qi Avatar now possessed a physical shell!

Although only the shell was physical, the inside was still made of Blood Qi.

But this was only because Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense wasn’t strong enough yet.

If Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense were powerful enough, he could condense a truly human-like form.

And with just this physical shell, the power and speed the Blood Qi Avatar could unleash were drastically increased.

The phantom of the stele visualized within the Blood Qi Avatar, thanks to Divine Sense Transformation, could now also carry more of the stele’s power.

The Blood Qi Avatar’s range of activity increased once again, reaching a distance of seventy li.

Unfortunately, the Blood Qi Avatar was still too weak to fully unleash the power of the stele’s phantom.

’I should go to the Scripture Pavilion.’

After a moment of thought, Jiang Zuo got up and headed to the Scripture Pavilion.

In over two years, he had only managed to eliminate about one-fifth of the foreign power in his Sea of Consciousness.

However, as his Divine Sense grew stronger, the speed of elimination would also increase.

But even at a faster pace, it would still take another six or seven years.

Jiang Zuo decided to go to the Scripture Pavilion anyway and look for a Cultivation Technique Secret Manual for something like an External Incarnation, which he could study in his free time.

He knew the first two floors certainly wouldn’t have it, so after entering the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower, Jiang Zuo went directly to the fourth floor.

Jiang Zuo’s current status in the Black Tortoise Dao Sect was transcendent, so he was free to peruse any Cultivation Technique Secret Manual on the first five floors of the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower.

However, after a thorough search, Jiang Zuo found that neither the fourth nor the fifth floor had any Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals for cultivating an External Incarnation.

Jiang Zuo lowered his expectations and searched for any kind of avatar technique, but still found none.

The only thing remotely similar to an External Incarnation was the Ten Thousand Miles Manifestation used by great Cultivators of the Manifestation Realm.

But that realm was too far beyond his reach.

"Elder Jing Lun."

After some thought, Jiang Zuo decided to call out the Artifact Spirit.

"You again, kid! What do you want from me now?!"

The child-like Artifact Spirit appeared in response, but he stood far away from Jiang Zuo.

The Artifact Spirit seemed to be terrified of the Daoist Shackles on Jiang Zuo.

Whenever Jiang Zuo called him, he would always appear as far away as he possibly could.

If Jiang Zuo didn’t have the Beast Patterns that the spirit desperately wanted, it probably wouldn’t even show its face to him at all.

"Elder Artifact Spirit, don’t be afraid! My Daoist Shackles can’t be transferred to you!"

Seeing his reaction, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but tease the Artifact Spirit.

"No! You don’t get to decide how that thing works!"

The child-like spirit shook his head like a rattle-drum, resolved not to get any closer to Jiang Zuo.

"Fine. Elder Jing Lun, I wanted to know if you have any Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals for External Incarnations?"

Jiang Zuo stopped teasing the Artifact Spirit and got down to business.

"An External Incarnation? What’s that?"

But to Jiang Zuo’s surprise, the Artifact Spirit had never even heard of an External Incarnation.

Jiang Zuo gave a rough description of the characteristics of an External Incarnation.

"This External Incarnation of yours sounds pretty amazing. However, a Cultivation Technique like that probably doesn’t exist in the Cultivation Realm, so I definitely don’t have one here."

"The closest thing would be the Ten Thousand Miles Manifestation from the second stage of the Manifestation Realm."

The Artifact Spirit shook his head.

’So this world really doesn’t have any Cultivation Techniques for External Incarnations.’

Jiang Zuo had already suspected as much when he saw that the Artifact Spirit had never heard of an External Incarnation.

’What if I use the Mysterious Stele to create a Cultivation Technique for an External Incarnation myself?’

Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but wonder.

The Mysterious Stele had the ability to supplement and create Cultivation Techniques. His refinement progress had just surpassed 60%, and based on past experience, he should now have an opportunity to supplement and create a technique.

However, after a moment’s thought, Jiang Zuo gave up on the idea.

He had a rough idea of why this world had no Cultivation Techniques for External Incarnations.

The reason was simple: the Cultivation systems were different.

In the Core Formation Nascent Soul system, one could achieve an External Incarnation because a Cultivator could condense a second Nascent Soul, and a Nascent Soul could exist outside the body.

But in this world, Cultivation involved condensing a Dao Foundation within the body and nurturing a Divine Tree.

The Divine Tree couldn’t leave the body. By the time one’s Cultivation reached a level where the Divine Tree could leave the body, one would already be a great Cultivator of the Manifestation Realm.

This was also why the Ten Thousand Miles Manifestation of a great Cultivator of the Manifestation Realm was so similar to an External Incarnation.

If Jiang Zuo really wanted to create an External Incarnation, he would probably have to find a mindless body, split off a part of his Divine Sense to possess it, and then start Cultivation all over again.

But doing that would be like managing an alt account; he’d have to help the alt with its Cultivation and find resources for it.

And who knew when the alt would be able to give back to the main account? It would be nothing but creating trouble for himself.

If he wasn’t careful and the alt account died, not only would all his effort be wasted, but his own Divine Sense would be damaged as well.

Jiang Zuo couldn’t be bothered with such a troublesome and thankless task.

"Zhou the kid, don’t you have Divine Sense? I have a Cultivation Technique here called the ’Divine Sense Puppet Technique,’ which allows you to control puppets from a long distance using your Divine Sense!"

"It’s not as good as the External Incarnation you mentioned, but it can be used like one in certain situations."

"So, what do you think? Want to trade for it?"

It was rare for the Artifact Spirit to have Jiang Zuo come to him, so he immediately started pitching the Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals he had on hand.

’The Divine Sense Puppet Technique?’

An idea sparked in Jiang Zuo’s mind.

It was a complete wake-up call.

Jiang Zuo had read so many novels that he’d become obsessed with the idea of getting an External Incarnation.

But for him, the Divine Sense Puppet the Artifact Spirit mentioned might actually be more suitable.

Because he possessed a heaven-defying artifact: the Mysterious Stele.

Other people using the Artifact Spirit’s Divine Sense Puppet technique could probably only control puppets within the range of their Divine Sense.

But with Jiang Zuo, the puppets he controlled would surely be able to go far, far beyond that!

"First, let me see what kind of technique it is."

Jiang Zuo said to the child-like Artifact Spirit, his face impassive.

’This child-like Artifact Spirit seems to be getting smarter and smarter.’

The Artifact Spirit immediately showed Jiang Zuo a general overview.

’This will work!’

’Especially since I can have the Mysterious Stele supplement and modify it, making the technique a perfect fit for me!’

"So, how about it? You can have it in exchange for just one of those Runes you have!"

The child-like Artifact Spirit said, a bit impatiently.

"Just trading for this one technique is a raw deal for me. It’s not like it’s a Celestial Tier Cultivation Technique."

"Refining puppets requires some knowledge of Arrays. I’ll agree to the exchange, but in the future, when I want to look at the Array Secret Manuals you have, you can’t refuse me."

Thinking that he might have to learn about Arrays in the future and that he didn’t have many Beast Patterns left, Jiang Zuo decided to take the opportunity to freeload access to the Array Secret Manuals possessed by the Artifact Spirit.

"This... Alright! You’ve got a deal!"

Jiang Zuo had expected the Artifact Spirit to haggle with him, but to his surprise, the spirit just gritted his teeth and agreed.

But Jiang Zuo didn’t dwell on it. He took out his last Rank 2 Beast Pattern, the Eagle’s Eye, and made the exchange with the Artifact Spirit.

Taking the Divine Sense Puppet Technique with him, Jiang Zuo returned to Taihao Peak and began to study it carefully.

’According to this Divine Sense Puppet Technique, the first step is to refine a special puppet using special materials as described in the manual.’

’Then, using a unique puppet-refining method, I must invest a large amount of Divine Sense into it during the refining process to create an imprint.’

’That way, even from an extremely far distance, as long as it’s within range of my Divine Sense, I can sense the puppet’s existence and, in turn, control it.’

’To make the puppet meet my requirements, I’ll need to make quite a few changes to both the puppet’s refinement process and the puppet-refining method itself.’

’This will all be up to the Mysterious Stele.’

Jiang Zuo mused.

However, he wasn’t in a hurry to have the Mysterious Stele modify the technique.

He planned to first take his time studying the puppet refinement process and its characteristics as described in the technique, while also solidifying his own ideas on how he wanted to modify it.

And so, studying puppets was added to Jiang Zuo’s daily routine.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Zuo still hadn’t started to have the Mysterious Stele modify the Cultivation Technique.

But on this day, an unprecedented event occurred in the Black Tortoise Dao Sect.

Early in the morning, the weather had been bright and sunny.

But by noon, when the sun was at its strongest, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky above the Black Tortoise Dao Sect.

Faint rumbles of thunder could occasionally be heard from the sky.

But this was confined only to the Black Tortoise Dao Sect.

Further away from the Black Tortoise Dao Sect, the sun was still scorching hot.

’Crossing the Tribulation?’

The thought flashed through Jiang Zuo’s mind.

’Could someone in the Black Tortoise Dao Sect be breaking through to the Three Flowers Realm?’

Jiang Zuo had never seen someone else undergo a Tribulation Crossing. Since this was a rare opportunity, he prepared to go take a look to gain some experience and knowledge, lest he be completely clueless when his own time came.

"Don’t get too close! My master said the commotion from the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower’s Tribulation Crossing will be immense! If you approach rashly, you might get caught in the Thunder Tribulation!"

However, as Jiang Zuo was walking out of Taihao Peak, he suddenly heard a disciple shouting.

’The Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower?’

Jiang Zuo was stunned for a moment, and then it all clicked into place.

’No wonder it was so willing to agree to his demands and trade for the Beast Pattern half a year ago.’

’Turns out the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower was just one step away from its breakthrough.’

Thinking about it more carefully, Jiang Zuo knew that the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower’s ability to break through at this time had a great deal to do with him.

The Beast Taming Secret Manuals he had brought back from the Celestial Eye Black Pupil Secret Realm must have provided the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower with a great deal of Cultivation.

The Cultivation provided by those Beast Patterns was even more substantial.

Without him, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower would have had to wait at least another one or two thousand years.

At that moment, Jiang Zuo also received a message from his master, Luo Taidong, informing him that the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower was Crossing the Tribulation and asking if he wanted to go and observe it with them.

Jiang Zuo was just thinking about how he wanted to learn more about Crossing the Tribulation, so after sending a reply, he rode a Magical Artifact and flew toward a mountain peak.

It was an ordinary mountain peak, not too far from the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower, from which one could clearly see the tower’s every move.

"Junior Brother, over here!"

Yu Ying was on the mountain peak, waving vigorously at Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo guided his Magical Artifact to land beside Yu Ying.

Nowadays, whenever he flew outside, he always rode a Flying Magical Artifact.

While under the effect of the Daoist Shackles, Jiang Zuo was unable to fly on his own.

Upon seeing Jiang Zuo, many Sect Elders, as well as some unfamiliar senior brothers and sisters, all greeted him.

It had been nearly six years since Jiang Zuo was afflicted by the Daoist Shackles.

Many of the senior brothers and sisters in the sect knew of the great contributions Jiang Zuo had made to the sect.

Upon seeing Jiang Zuo, they all treated him with courtesy.

"The Thunder Tribulation is about to start!"

Just as Jiang Zuo reached Luo Taidong and Yu Ying’s side, someone couldn’t help but shout.