Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master - Chapter 1354 - 534: Ning Zhuo Is About to Die

In Ning Zhuo’s Divine Sea, various thoughts rose and fell, his mind racing as he thought quickly.

A Nascent Soul had appeared alone outside his Cave Mansion, persistently saying it was looking for him. This was too bizarre! If it was a trap, what was the motive? If it was an enemy, why not attack directly? If it was a misunderstanding, how could it be such a coincidence?

Ning Zhuo decided to proceed with caution.

He did not send Gongsun Yan or the Chef, to prevent falling into a trap, so he directly deployed a Mechanical Combat Puppet to probe.

The Cave Mansion gate opened, and the Mechanical Puppet stepped out.

The Nascent Soul saw this and sensed the strong presence of Ning Zhuo from the Mechanical Puppet, and was overjoyed.

It dove over.

Not an attack, but a dive.

It opened its arms, lunging toward the Mechanical Puppet, shouting sharply: “Ning Zhuo! Ning Zhuo! I finally found you!”

Under Ning Zhuo’s control, the Mechanical Puppet instinctively swung its fist to counter.

The fist smashed into the Nascent Soul, sending it flying.

The Nascent Soul somersaulted a few times in the air, then struggled to fly back, its eyes filled with urgency: “Quick! Quickly refine me! I am yours! I belong to you!”

Ning Zhuo: ?!

The Mechanical Puppet stood in place, motionless.

The Nascent Soul dropped with a slap onto the head of the Mechanical Puppet, still shouting incessantly.

“Quickly refine me! Let us become one! I am yours! I belong to you! Hurry hurry hurry! Once the primary consciousness awakens, it will be too late!”

Ning Zhuo, inside the Cave Mansion, watched this scene through the Jade Token, dumbfounded.

The big-headed young man took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

He carefully observed this Nascent Soul through the Cave Mansion Jade Token and the Mechanical Puppet.

He saw that it was small and delicate, its pure white body covered in fine cracks. The cracks were like cobwebs, like tree roots, spreading from the top of its head to its feet, dense and making the whole Nascent Soul look like a fragile porcelain that was about to shatter completely, a shocking sight.

The layer of purple-black mist had already dissipated mostly, leaving only a thin layer, like a tattered swaddle, wrapping the Nascent Soul’s broken body.

Its aura was so faint it was almost imperceptible, each breath seeming to use up the last of its strength.

“This Nascent Soul is severely injured, on the verge of collapse!” Ning Zhuo concluded.

Through the Mechanical Puppet, he applied a method of sealing, and indeed, with ease, he controlled the Nascent Soul.

He then activated the Cave Mansion Jade Token, using the power of the Cave Mansion’s Array to further seal and control the Nascent Soul.

The Nascent Soul remained motionless throughout, allowing the actions, and even continued to shout, “Quickly, hurry up!”

Ning Zhuo carefully examined layer by layer again and again, ensuring everything was under his control, and only then did he let the Mechanical Puppet bring the Nascent Soul into the Bluestone Cave Mansion, eventually to the Cultivation Room, right in front of him.

Because the whole situation was too bizarre, Ning Zhuo instinctively chose to inform only Sun Lingtong and did not let the Chef or Gongsun Yan within the Cave Mansion know.

“Refine me… I am yours…” The Nascent Soul, upon seeing Ning Zhuo’s physical form, was already weak and dying.

Ning Zhuo truly did not understand at all.

He queried the Nascent Soul, but its reply was limited to one sentence—”Refine me… I am yours…”

Ning Zhuo: “Who are you?”

Nascent Soul: “Refine me… I am yours…”

Ning Zhuo: “Why do you want me to refine you?”

Nascent Soul: “Refine me… I am yours…”

Ning Zhuo: “Who is the ’primary consciousness’ you mentioned? What will happen if it awakens?”

Nascent Soul: “Refine me… I am yours…”

Ning Zhuo knit his brows tightly. This Nascent Soul was so low that it was already muddle-headed, only repeating this one sentence. It was severely injured, on the brink of collapse, yet it insisted he refine it. This was too abnormal.

If the Nascent Soul’s condition were better, Ning Zhuo might be able to probe with divine sense or use other means to investigate.

But now, the Nascent Soul’s condition is too poor, and Ning Zhuo dare not make any rash moves.

“Perhaps first I should store it away until the leader returns, then reconsider the plan.” Ning Zhuo just thought this idea when suddenly he exclaimed and cried out in pain.

At this moment, the Mechanical Ring suddenly contracted, with unprecedented force!

This instant, Ning Zhuo was in such pain that he deluded—the Mechanical Ring would directly “snap” his finger bone.

“The Mechanical Ring had never alerted me to this degree before!” In a moment, Ning Zhuo became thoroughly attentive, the faint sense of dread making his pupils constrict instantly.

He realized he must make a decision.

Time was of the essence.

This bizarre Nascent Soul seemed to harbor enormous risk that he could not imagine. Alternatively, the Nascent Soul might bring great danger that Ning Zhuo could not resist!

“I must handle this Nascent Soul in the best way and do it quickly!”

“What should I do?”

Ning Zhuo rubbed the Mechanical Ring in his hand, thoughtfully musing: “Should I release it?”

The ring tightened slightly.

Ning Zhuo thought further: “Should I awaken it?”

The ring tightened slightly.

Ning Zhuo thought again: “Should I help it, heal it?”

The ring tightened again.

Ning Zhuo: “This…”

He was completely at a loss.

It’s not really his fault; there were too many things he did not know. But these pieces of information were quite critical.

The Nascent Soul he’s currently sealing isn’t anyone else, but Qin De’s Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul.

This Nascent Soul, which Qin De forged by breaking his pill, is truly exceptional.

Typically, when a cultivator achieves a Nascent Soul, they can fully control it. But Qin De is different.

The reason is simple—the foundation of the Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul includes not only Qin De’s own Golden Core but also Song Taosheng’s Golden Core and the Blood Fog Demon Seed.

If Qin De had completely refined the latter two, he could use them for himself. But unfortunately, when in the Cloud Prison Ninth Floor, he had absolutely no time to refine them.