Zhouyang began his refining journey with Tier One Puppet Beasts, choosing an Iron Bull Puppet primarily made of Refined Iron as his starting point. This type of Puppet Beast had no other advantage than its durability and low Spiritual Power consumption; it only required a single Low-Grade Spirit Stone to operate. If pitted against an ordinary Tier One Demon Beast, it would undoubtedly win.
However, this was of no practical use.
Even a Tier One Puppet Beast needed to be controlled with Divine Sense, which only a Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivator could possess.
And with the weak Divine Sense of an ordinary Early-Stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator, they could only command such a puppet in battle by riding on its back.
So, Puppet Beasts, in essence, weren't toys for Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivators. They couldn't afford to play with these expensive, high-end items, whether in terms of their cultivation level or personal finances.
