3 Strange Inheritance

As his palm wrapped around the smooth edge of the crystal, Dante immediately felt a sharp pain stabbing into his hand as a single drop of blood fell onto the ball.

His outstretched hand winced back in pain, but surprisingly he was unable to let go of the ball as it slowly melted into a flowing liquid piercing through the pores on his hand.

Dante felt his veins burn up as the light in his eyes slowly started to fade before he fell asleep lightly onto the floor of the forest.

At this very same time a small creature crawled over to him, it's fur a pure white with black stripes and its bright eyes stared curiously at the sleeping Dante. Despite Dantes sleeping state the creature felt a deathly threat when it got closer, naturally these were the secret treasures left for Dante by the Clan.

If someone from the continent saw the creature they would recognise it as a legendary holy beast. An extremely rare Heavenly devouring beast, looking quite like the legendary white tiger on earth. The only difference is a bright orange stripe passing straight down the beast's spine.

The Heavenly beast crawled onto the floor next to Dante staring at his sleeping face.

Hours passed quickly, the sun set before Dantes eyes finally opened once again.

''What a Strange Inheritance'' Dante couldn't help but exclaim as he looked through the thoughts in his mind.

He learnt from the crystal that the Inheritance was that of the Puppet Emperor during his peak, he used his special techniques to create new puppets using various materials. Not only could he use corpses of those powerful people, he could also manufacture different puppets with heavenly materials.

With the inheritance came a lot of memories, the previous Puppet Emperor had found this technique after accidentally wandering into a cave. He turned from a well known waste boy into a powerful cultivator of the Antique Realm.

But the losses along the way were countless. His family, his wife, his friends all died one by one under the chase of countless forces who he had stolen corpses from.

But as his puppet army grew, so did his.

He decided to try to create a powerful puppet using a corpse of the Armstrong Family ancestor. The Armstrong family, who were already a behemoth at this point, naturally couldn't stand for it.

This led to the battle of the ancients as it's not called, but the Armstrong family underestimated their opponent. Of course this is a result of the Armstrong family not mobilising its entire family but there is no doubt of the puppet emperor's strength.

The strength that the Armstrong family mobilised was more than enough to destroy another antique family. Finally an elder from the family made the quick decision to use an old weapon left for generations. It was one of a kind in the family warehouse, no one knew its origins only that it contained a terrible power.

From his overview of the battle Dante quickly figured out how to work the inheritance, but he noticed one discrepancy.

In his mind was another memory not belonging to the Puppet Emperor. Within it was an advanced version of the puppet technique. Not only could he make living people his human puppets, he could implant souls into new bodies

But the largest benefit was that he could gain cultivation as the puppets cultivate. Yes that's right, he could create special Physiques for his Puppets allowing them to cultivate while maintaining one hundred percent loyalty.

After scanning this memory Dante was sure something had happened to this inheritance. From the puppet emperor's memory Dante could tell that he didn't have this bonus. All of the puppets had a set cultivation from their creation, and the emperor himself had to cultivate like a normal person.

Despite Dantes giant background he couldn't help but show a little excitement at this point, not to mention he was only 5. It was the first time he acted his age as he jumped around excitedly.

''Hisss'' Before Dante was finished with his excitement, he heard a sharp hissing sound and a soft feel under his foot.

As he looked down dumbfoundedly he saw a cute little tiger tail under his foot. The tiger's claws were extended as it tried desperately to pull itself away from Dantes foot.

However Dantes' eyes showed excitement for a different reason, he had found the perfect target. His chaos eyes clearly saw the difference of this little tiger, it had incredible luck and it was already in the core building stage.

With the thought in Dantes head he reached out and grabbed it by the scruff of its neck. The tiger had no power to defend itself against Dante as his spiritual power poured into the tiger's head.

Dante could clearly feel a strong connection between him and the tiger, like a string connecting the two of them. He can clearly feel that he can implant anything into the tigers mind with no obstruction.

The tiger, or rather the heavenly beast, looked stunned for a moment before purring contendly like a house cat and trying to rub against Dantes palm.

Unlike when the Puppet Emperor made puppets, Dantes puppets could keep their previous soul and personality aslong as they were made puppets while they were alive.

The only difference between them and the previous entity was the undying loyalty they now have towards Dante.

As the connection between the two got stronger and stronger Dante could clearly feel some energy flowing through the rope into his body.

While it was a miniscule amount, it was some nonetheless. The tiger wasn't even cultivating and he could still receive some minor feedback from the beast this was definitely a heaven defying technique.

If there were thousands or even millions of puppets cultivating at the same time, even if Dante only receives a fraction of the energy absorbed is an insane amount.

Just as the thought was going through his head Dante suddenly felt heat rushing through his body and suddenly sat cross legged on the ground, dropping the tiger on the floor.

First level of body refining

Second level

Third…

Fourth...

Fifth...

All the way to the 9th level of body refining Dante felt his cultivation increase.

''What? Why?'' Dante couldn't help but exclaim as he felt another set of strength flow into his body.

After calming down and checking the inheritance again, Dante found something shocking. He now has two different cultivation bases.