These newcomers had only heard the legends of Su Jie and were seeing him for the first time.

“Welcome to the release of the Hall Master.”

Chen Yun quickly walked over, bringing a large group of Puppet Hall disciples behind, and bowed excitedly.

“May the Hall Master have great fortune, boundless mana, and eternal immortality.”

Over a thousand Puppet Hall disciples shouted in unison, following Chen Yun’s actions, creating a vast scene of bowing figures.

The nearby young disciples watched with envy, gaining a deeper understanding of Su Jie’s power and authority within the Ghost Ridge Palace.

In the Ghost Ridge Palace, an elder’s status was measured not only by strength but also by the important halls and resources they controlled within the sect.

The Puppet Hall, once on the verge of being abandoned, had become one of the largest halls in the Ghost Ridge Palace since Su Jie became the Hall Master. Even without considering Su Jie’s identity as an Immortal Seed and near-invincible power in the Secret Realm, the presence of the Puppet Hall made him a heavyweight Elder with real power.

Compared to the outer disciples, the few inner sect disciples passing by had even more intense gazes, with many having thoughts of ‘replacing him.’

Yet, these individuals did not know that the man before them was like a cheat character, with barely any chance for them to surpass him in this lifetime.

“How is the progress on the Flying Magical Boat?”

Su Jie looked at Chen Yun, inquiring about the important matter he was concerned with.

The Jieke Group was in the midst of digesting the territories seized in Southeast Asia. Before they finished assimilating that area, Su Jie had returned to the Tianyuan World.

Upon returning to the Tianyuan World, the first thing Su Jie did was to inspect the repair progress of the Flying Magical Boat.

This Flying Magical Boat had been seized from Guan Chao Pavilion and left in the Puppet Hall for years. Su Jie had invested a lot of manpower and resources into it, and now the results were finally emerging.

“Hall Master, I’ll call Zhang Qi over.”

Chen Yun was about to call someone when Zhu Zhangqi, who was originally inside the Flying Magical Boat, received a cue and jumped down from the boat, quickly running to Su Jie.

“Hall Master!”

Zhu Zhangqi, the senior brother of Puppet Hall, had a face covered in stubble and messy hair, clearly indicating that he often worked inside the boat and neglected personal hygiene.

“How is the current repair progress of the boat?”

Su Jie asked.

“Reporting to the Hall Master, the boat is basically repaired, and most functions can be used. Only some minor issues remain, which we will resolve within a month. Once thoroughly understood, we may even attempt to manufacture our own Flying Magical Boat.”

Zhu Zhangqi patted his chest; he was most fascinated by puppet machinery and learned a lot during the repair process of the Flying Magical Boat.

“Try starting it, can it fly?”

As Su Jie spoke, he gently waved his right hand, flying towards the Flying Magical Boat, with Chen Yun and Zhu Zhangqi being drawn by an invisible force to follow Su Jie to the bow deck of the Flying Magical Boat.

Being on the boat, one could feel the majestic scale of the Flying Magical Boat even more.

The water flowed slowly around, and it was like a palatial estate, a fantastical floating palace in the clouds with towering pavilions and temples on the boat, each tile and wood brimming with celestial aura.

The glazed tiles gleamed brilliantly under the sunlight, like scattered stars dotting the earth.

At the peak of the palace, golden Phoenix wings spread wide as if about to soar through the sky, taking this vessel to roam the seas.

In the center of the boat was a fairyland garden shrouded in mist, filled with various strange flowers and grasses competing for beauty, aromatic fragrance everywhere, colorful butterflies dancing along with celestial music, and a jade-like waterfall cascading from the highest point of the palace, creating layers of mist, decorating this place as though in a dream.

The boat was incredibly luxurious, with a dragon throne crafted from pure gold, inlaid with demanding spiritual materials and Spirit Stones, walls decorated with densely packed array patterns like star maps, and floors made of white jade and golden filaments, all sparkling and translucent.

Huge columns seemed to traverse through the clouds with painted flying eaves and upturned corners, dragons and phoenixes vivid and lifelike, immensely magnificent and majestic.

“Start the boat.”

Zhu Zhangqi held a crystal ball, the key to controlling the Flying Magical Boat.

With Zhu Zhangqi inputting spiritual power, the Flying Magical Boat rose from the ground like a wild horse let loose, and the layered array radiance enveloping the boat burst forth, soaring like a counter-flying meteor through the sky, piercing the clouds.

Below, mountains and rivers quickly retreated, and the hustle and bustle of the mortal world were seemingly left behind. A few celestial cranes and sparrows passed by, joined the boat, playing and frolicking, enjoying the spiritual energy environment pervading the boat.

Su Jie sat high up in the tallest pavilion on the boat, sitting on the pure gold dragon throne, with a water curtain array pattern appearing before him, like a holographic projection, completely projecting the surrounding scene onto the curtain, allowing Su Jie to command the whole situation from within the boat.

“Initiate attack.”

The boat flew extremely fast, and at ten thousand meters high, Zhu Zhangqi demonstrated the boat’s attack capabilities.

Located at the core of the boat was a long crystal pillar, and within the pillar solidified a Phoenix feather.

This belonged to the Fire Phoenix among the Phoenix species, and although it was just one feather, it constantly emitted infinite light and heat, in conjunction with the supply of top-grade Spirit Stones, providing enormous flight energy for the boat.

When the attack system was activated, this arm-long Phoenix feather shined crimson, the feather danced like flames, exuding a terrible aura of unending Nirvana flames.

At the bow of the boat, an array covered a hundred-meter square, like ten thousand rays of golden light cast onto the earth, illuminating every detail on the boat, forming dazzling halos with the spiritual light emitting from the boat, like a bridge to the sky or an apocalyptic flame. A pure white flame pillar swelled instantly, piercing straight into the ground below.

BOOM!

This white flame pillar exploded the earth’s soil, raising a wild wave of mud, leaving a massive crater behind.

Just one fully charged strike equated to a full-force attack by a strong practitioner at the Secret Realm Fifth Level, but due to the long charging time, the power was great, but the hit rate was not high; unless the enemy was forcefully restrained, they wouldn’t stupidly stay put.

The ship’s explosive array radiance emanated more attack functions. The power of the Fire Phoenix transmitted layer by layer, converging onto the attack arrays inscribed across the ship.

In the next moment, attacks from the ship fell, with some Slaughter Arrays like blooming laser beams, others resembling countless storm cuts, and some transformed into rolling Heavenly Thunder. These attacks, although lacking the charged power, were fast and dense, each having the impact force of a Secret Realm Second or even Third Level cultivator’s attack, posing a higher threat to Secret Realm enemies.

At this moment, the Flying Magical Boat was like a firepower turret, with the dense attack formation eliminating large areas of forest below, causing numerous birds and beasts to flee in terror, only to be consumed by flames, lightning, and light columns, burned to ashes.

The cost, however, was the rapid consumption of stored top-grade Spirit Stones aboard the boat. Maintaining such firepower output for a minute could bankrupt a Secret Realm practitioner.

Luckily, Su Jie was now affluent; among the many Secret Realms in the Ghost Ridge Palace, in terms of wealth, with the Puppet Hall and past war gains, Su Jie’s wealth ranked at least in the sect’s top five.

“Hall Master, name this boat. It will be your ride from now on.”

After demonstrating the boat’s attack capabilities, Chen Yun spoke appropriately.

Su Jie pondered for a while, glanced at the curious Thousand-Handed Centipede crawling from his sleeve, and couldn’t help but laugh, “Let’s call it Thousand Hands, in memory of my Xiao Qian.”

As soon as these words fell, Su Jie used great magic power to engrave the two ancient characters ‘Thousand Hands’ on the boat’s side, completing the naming of his ride.