Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 309 Refining the Old Evil, Obtaining Innate Bones, Complete Spiritual Roots, and Perfecting the Dao Foundation

A hero with three gangs.

Not only did the beautiful witch and the fire phoenix woman come to their aid, but also Brother Lion, Green-faced Lion, Old Golden Core Wu Dan, the Life-shortening Team, the Body Cultivation Team, the Dharma Cultivation Team, and many other fellow Daoists came to their aid.

The cultivators and demons were greatly excited that Su Qing had managed to trap the sect leader, Bai Mei, inside this strange doll-shaped furnace. They were indignant that Lao Xie was not obediently dying inside the furnace, and extremely afraid that Lao Xie might escape.

So much so that without Su Qing saying anything more, all the cultivators followed his instructions and acted accordingly, intending to combine the power of all the demons and cultivators to jointly refine the demon!

"Princess, I know you are of noble status and bloodline. It would be disrespectful and disrespectful to the Fire Phoenix to have you do such a thing as tending the fire. However, the situation is urgent and we must act accordingly. I ask that you come with my phantom Fire Phoenix. The two phoenixes will tend the furnace together, and the two will merge into one in the flames of rebirth, and then we will stir-fry this old evil spirit!"

"Yun'er, summon the Cold Yin Moon Dharma Image and let the moonlight cool down the furnace. I'm afraid that Erfeng will burn the furnace and the material runes on the furnace's surface won't be able to hold up. If any material coating peels off later, I'll have to trouble you to repair it outside!"

"Brother Lion, please return this fourth-tier True King skin to me first. Ah, this demon skin is unusable? It's all that old evil spirit's fault. In order to avenge Brother Lion's skin, please give me the Golden Lion Brothers for a while. Ah, are there only two Golden Lion Brothers left? Alas, the Golden Lion Brothers are still too brave. Two is fine, I won't mind."

"Elder Wu Dan, release all the demonic spirits and monsters within the Soul Banner. Don't worry about your retirement in the future. If any of the cultivators present today survives, they will take care of you until your death."

"Fellow Daoist Liang, why are you already wearing a cloth? Only I, Old Liang, understand me. I have lived to be eighty years old. These five array flags are light but carry great meaning. Fellow Daoist Liang, rest assured, I will definitely take you to the Kingdom of a Thousand Islands to make a fortune!"

"Fellow Daoist Helian, your Cold Tortoise Shell can unleash third-tier power! It can be of great help in resisting scorching flames. However, this magic artifact is linked to your soul. If it is destroyed, your soul will also be affected. Fellow Daoist, you don't care? You are very magnanimous!"

“Fellow Daoist Lai, you put on this cloth too early. We really don’t need you for the time being. Yes, yes, I didn’t say you were unwilling to shorten your lifespan. We really don’t need you for the time being.”

"Thank you for the Cold Rain and Icy Wine, Fellow Daoist Li!"

"Fellow Daoist Xu Huaiyi's alligator armor puppet is also quite good. I've already spoken to Yun'er about it. My word carries weight, and Yun'er will definitely look after you in the Demon Sect in the future."

“Li Hailang? You…you should summon Brother 17 and Brother 260.”

"Nine out of ten will live, one in ten will die? Brother 260, are you sure the risk is that high? I've prepared a lot. There's still a ten percent chance of death. Did you even factor in this fourth-tier talisman in my hand? You did? Then this old evil spirit is even more difficult to deal with than I imagined. Let me consider it further!"

"The gains from this trip will far exceed what I've made in the past two years of swindling and cheating in Baiyun Immortal City! Seventeenth Brother, you are truly talented! This old evil man has a blood feud with us. To avenge all of you fellow Daoists, I will risk everything and fight him to the death!"

"Fellow Daoists Niu, there's really no need for you to go into the furnace with me!"

"Fellow Daoist Wei, rest assured, I will avenge your brother-in-law!"

"Brother Delong, please don't throw any explosives in there! If the furnace explodes, we're doomed!"

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All his fellow Daoists obeyed his commands and followed his orders.

After making all the preparations outside, Su Qing drank a mouthful of spiritual wine, put on seven or eight layers of armor, and was protected by the innate demonic arts of many demon kings. With array flags planted, he threw himself into the furnace.

"If we're talking about courage, it's Fellow Daoist Su who's the bravest. He's afraid that this old evil spirit isn't dead, and he wants to fight him again in the furnace!"

"Fellow Daoist Su is no match for Old Evil. I mean, Old Evil is very fierce. Without his demon skin, Fellow Daoist Su is probably no match for Old Evil!"

"This furnace-shaped child is Fellow Daoist Su's puppet. Fighting inside one's own puppet's belly, Fellow Daoist Su should have some advantage!"

"The Twin Phoenix Furnace is burning fiercely! I hope it doesn't burn Fellow Daoist Su before it burns Old Evil!"

"Don't worry, I have many ice-type magic spells for protection, I drink refreshingly cool spiritual wine, I wear the Cold Tortoise Shell that insulates against fire damage, and I carry the Water and Fire Biological Flag. There will be no major problems!"

"Then shall I wait here for Fellow Daoist Su's triumphant return?"

"Let's move away, it's too hot in here!"

"Absolutely, absolutely. It would be a great injustice if the furnace exploded and injured us."

"I'm not afraid of the furnace exploding, what I'm afraid of is that Old Xie isn't dead. It's better to stay far away so I can run faster!"

"It's all thanks to you rogue cultivators. No wonder you survived. You anticipated defeat before the battle even began; you have the bearing of a great general!"

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The moment Su Qing threw himself into the furnace, the battle became solely a matter between him and Lao Xie.

The fellow Daoists outside, apart from the princess who tends the fire and the witch who controls the temperature, can no longer offer him any help.

As soon as Su Qing, fully armed, entered the furnace, he saw the sect leader, Bai Mei, glaring at him coldly through the billowing ghostly flames.

The Cloud Mountain Palace beneath his feet was melting at an extremely fast speed, from hard to soft, until drops of golden liquid dripped down.

The two phoenixes are brought to a boil in the oven, and the sauce is reduced over high heat.

Even the fourth-tier treasure body of Yunshan Treasure Hall couldn't withstand falling into this furnace. Once it melts, Sect Master Bai Mei, without the protection of the treasure hall, will not be in a good state either.

Su Qing felt much better.

The soul fire inside the furnace will only burn this old evil spirit, and will not directly harm him, the master. He only needs to withstand the high temperature inside the furnace.

Although not many of the demon kings possessed ice-based protective magic, the Wind Eagle King's Eagle Wind Protection and the Demon Toad King's Toad Skin Membrane were still somewhat effective in resisting the intense heat.

Liang Haishun's Water and Fire Dual Life Array Flag has the power to transform water and fire, turning the scorching heat inside the furnace into a refreshing breeze. Although Old Liang's skills are insufficient and the array flag's power is inadequate, it can still help alleviate his pain.

Although Helian Xian's icy tortoise shell was constantly cracking and showing signs of collapse, the high temperature inside the furnace could not harm him in the slightest during the time he could still hold on.

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A well-prepared battle is easier to fight, so much so that even without his demon skin, Su Qing still dared to point at the old evil spirit and curse him loudly inside the furnace.

"Old demon, you have lost all conscience and are intolerable to heaven and earth. You have acted perversely and dragged an entire sect and a nation down with you. You are utterly wicked and have sucked away my spiritual roots and bones."

"What goes around comes around, and retribution is inevitable. Today is the day you die. What you ate from me, you will all have to spit out today!"

"You little scoundrel, do you think this one furnace is enough to trap this old Taoist? What I've swallowed, I have no reason to spit out. Not only will I not spit it out, I'll swallow you too!"

Sect Master Bai Mei felt a burning sensation under his feet and his eyebrows scorched with heat. After letting out a cold snort, his physical body suddenly increased several times in size. The Sect Master Bai Mei, who was more than ten feet tall, suddenly had countless heads and hands appear on his body.

These heads are about the size of a grain of rice, but upon closer inspection, some familiar faces can be seen.

Senior Brother Yuan, Senior Brother Lin, villagers of Gejia Village, Debao's brother-in-law, Niu Shisan's sister-in-law, Niu Ya's wife...

These are all living beings who were harmed by the Old Evil of Yunshan, and all evidence of his sins that deserve divine retribution!

Old Xie had been holding back for who knows how long, waiting for Su Qing to willingly enter the furnace and deliver herself to him before revealing this ability.

These rice-grain heads chanted in unison a delusional and demonic melody. The moment the demonic melody filled his ears, Su Qing's soul trembled, and he involuntarily wanted to throw himself into the old evil's embrace and become one of these rice grains.

This is an evil spell specifically targeting the souls of cultivators, created by the old evil spirits who harbored countless grievances.

Brainwash the cultivators and make them willingly offer themselves!
The signature skills of evil spirits, and the innate abilities of the Old Evil of Yunshan.

If it were outside, there might be interference or poor results from others, but inside this furnace, with only it and Su Qing inside, its Foundation Establishment divine sense would definitely not be able to withstand such methods.

Sect Leader Bai Mei was extremely confident, but after the evil voice rang out for a moment, his expression changed slightly.

However, he discovered that Su Qing's soul was actually more resolute than he had imagined, seemingly possessing the strength of the mid-to-late stage of the Golden Core realm, and was not so easily bewitched.

That's fine, it just takes a little more effort. Countless Golden Core cultivators have been bewitched by him, so what if they have Golden Core consciousness?

Sect Master Bai Mei remained calm and composed, waiting for Su Qing, who was still putting up a fight and acting coy, to turn around and stand in front of him.

It couldn't wait to swallow the little thief whole, devouring all the Dao patterns on his body.

It's just a pity that this little thief led his men to blast Baiyun Immortal City from the ground to the sky. Without its lair, it regained its evil power. After swallowing this little thief, it was no longer able to plot against Gao Erqiang and Immortal God Ice in the Jade Wall Cave.

That's fine. This little thief alone is enough for it to synthesize the Four Evil Runes. It just needs to find a place where no one will disturb it and escape the pursuit of the Western Sea Yuan Alliance and the Heavenly Talisman Palace. When it succeeds, the Western Sea cultivation world will naturally carve out a celestial kingdom and evil domain for it, just like the Earth Demon Heaven!
Sect Leader Bai Mei was dreaming, while Su Qing was twisting and turning happily.

Just as Su Qing and Bai Mei were within arm's reach, the rice-grain-like heads on Bai Mei's body opened their mouths and countless arms wrapped around him.

"What a poop on you!"

With lightning speed, Su Qing stuffed the fourth-tier talisman she had been holding into Bai Mei's mouth.

With his divine sense, he was naturally unable to resist the old evil man's bewitching influence.

But the old evil spirit has many wronged souls and resentful thoughts that cast evil spells, and his storage bag also contains thirty-six high-ranking Buddhist monks chanting wooden fish.

He gave up a fourth-tier golden light talisman and used his own talisman paper to feed Xiong Er and the merit wooden fish, which both became plump and healthy.

Originally there were eighteen merit-making wooden fish, now there are thirty.

Twenty-four highly accomplished Buddhist monks were assigned to individual posts, each with their own merit-making wooden fish.

The remaining twelve high-ranking Buddhist monks, having been somewhat aggrieved, paired up and struck the remaining six merit-making wooden fish together.

With the combined power of the thirty merit-making wooden fish, Su Qing, blessed by Buddha, found it incredibly easy to resist the evil sounds.

Feigning weakness, she turned close to Bai Mei, making Bai Mei extremely happy, and Su Qing herself was also extremely happy.

Without any hesitation, a fourth-tier talisman was given to this old evil spirit to treat him to something good. It was truly good.

This is a fourth-tier talisman paper that he snatched from Huang Song before his death.

Huang Song deserved to die.

His heart was far too wicked.

This talisman is called the Order Reversal Talisman.

Under the influence of this talisman, the order of seniority, hierarchy, and moral principles are all reversed.

The son is above the father, and the servant is above the master.

However, Huang Song wanted to use this talisman to make all his puppets and magical artifacts turn against their master!

It was a close call that he didn't get to use it.

This phrase is perfectly suited to describe Lao Xie at this moment.

The moment the talisman entered his mouth, Sect Master Bai Mei didn't have time to chew it properly. Knowing that he had been tricked by Su Qing, he cursed and unleashed a barrage of Taoist and evil arts at Su Qing.

Sky-piercing bone claws, five thunderbolts and yang fire, a soul-piercing sword with scattered rays of light, a shuttle of three lifetimes of annihilation and reincarnation...

Bai Mei was clearly furious. He didn't care whether the Yunshan Palace could withstand it or not, and frantically drew upon its spiritual power, unleashing numerous and ruthless Taoist techniques.

Su Qing, a young man, could not withstand such a brutal beating from Lao Xie, so she simply used a substitute doll to die in his place, thus distancing herself from Lao Xie.

By this time, he was about to run out of substitute dolls in his storage bag. Considering the power of this old evil man's attack, which required him to use more than a hundred substitute dolls to evade, he could only die once more at most.

Of course, it's best if he doesn't die. He doesn't have many trump cards to save his life. The Green Sword Kids have already been wiped out by this old evil man. He still hopes to have a batch of Big Green Kids left as a backup.

Bai Mei just displayed his power, using a series of Taoist techniques to kill more than two hundred of his substitute dolls. He was truly formidable.

But this is its last display of power. Once the order-reversing symbol in its mouth takes effect, all the wronged souls and resentful thoughts that were under its control and regarded it as a slave will turn against it.

"How dare the light of a grain of rice compete with the brilliance of the sun and moon!"

Sect Leader Bai Mei remained defiant, attempting to mobilize the power of the Yunshan Palace to suppress all the rice-grain heads that were devouring their master.

Unexpectedly, the evil beasts and oxen inside the Cloud Mountain Palace were expelled from its body by this treasure, and the palace turned into golden liquid that fell into the soul fire below, never again lending its power to this old evil spirit.

As soon as the monstrous bull and horse appeared in the palace, the large, medium and small monsters that had been prepared beforehand all exerted their strength, wielding long spears, short clubs, and laser missiles, not even giving it a chance to show off, and blasted it into the soul fire.

The White Cloud Immortal City is gone, and the Cloud Mountain Palace is dead.

Now, only the sect leader Bai Mei remains of the old evil master of Yunshan. While he is terrified and furious, his dying struggle is also quite formidable.

Old Xie was ruthless to himself. He didn't care that his flesh and bones were being devoured by the resentment of the wronged spirits on his body, letting them gnaw at the sect leader, Bai Mei, until he was reduced to bare bones.

A celestial array of stars surrounding the sun condensed above its head, and its white bones shone brightly. The soul fire below could not harm it; instead, it was used to summon raging flames that transformed into fire crows, pecking at Su Qing.

"How can one Golden Core and one Divine Soul condense into two Dharma Forms? I have already broken the Dragon-Tiger White Emperor Dharma Form, so how was this Star-Encircled Sun Dharma Form condensed?"

Su Qing, who had used many methods to believe that the old evil spirit was about to die, was both surprised and furious when he saw the old evil spirit shamelessly summon another Dharma form.

After the old evil man spoke, his anger soared to the sky, lifting the furnace lid high.

"A golden elixir can condense a golden elixir dharma form, and a different kind of spiritual root can also condense a spiritual root dharma form. This is the Star and Sun dharma form, which I obtained from you. The dharma body has the power of your entire nature and roots, and can absorb the power of all things and phenomena. Even this soul fire cannot harm my golden bones and dharma body!"

Even though the sect leader Bai Mei was no longer alive, only a skeleton, he was still stubborn and arrogant, making Su Qing want to slap him on the spot.

He fanned himself with the fan, producing the Radiant Bird, whose dazzling light blinded the sect leader, White Eyebrows, and caused the Fire Crow and Golden Crow to circle in disarray.

Wearing goggles, Su Qing unleashed a frenzied attack on the skeletal body of the sect leader, Bai Mei, in that brief moment.

"I'll make you swallow my very bones!"

"I'll let you eat my spiritual root!"

"Using my spiritual root to condense a Dharma form, is that remarkable? Isn't it remarkable?"

"You devour my bones and drive away my soul with fire, how arrogant! Aren't you incredibly arrogant?"

"I'll let you devour my senior brother. He's just doing this for money, and he's treated me well!"

"You got to eat your sister-in-law? I... even Fellow Daoist Thirteen didn't get to, so why should you?"

"If I let you eat your brother-in-law's food, you'll lose him completely, you know that? You know nothing!"

The shadow that had been looming overhead, the impending calamity, had kept Su Qing awake at night for the past few years, forcing him to sleep with a puppet by his side.

At this moment, revenge is sought. The tiger claw fan becomes a phantom, aiming to fan the old evil man into the soul fire to refine his sins.

Unexpectedly, the old evil spirit was also waiting for him to get close. While his divine sense and vision were blocked by the Radiant Bird, a strong suction force surged from within his physical body and bones, trying to pull Su Qing into it and completely refine him.

This is the old evil's last resort. From the very beginning of the Demon Queen's birth, she could use the most powerful evil magic with the evil runes.

Heaven and earth are united with evil, and evil transforms all things!
"Merge with me, and I will grant you the same lifespan. The evil runes will never perish, and we will be immortal!"

With the beauty in his arms, Bai Mei held Su Qing, laughing wildly.

Su Qing's face showed great fear, but her eyes were fixed on what was behind Lao Xie.

But he deliberately offered himself to the tiger to attract the old evil man's attention.

Behind that old evil man, Gao Xiong was already in place!
Xiong Er, a Buddhist monk skilled in backfighting, whistled and chanted Buddhist mantras as he struck Lao Xie from behind.

At the same time, the sound of a wooden fish could be heard coming from the storage bag in Su Qing's mouth.

The vajra comes at you head-on.

The wooden fish for merit is soft.

Using both soft and hard tactics, Su Qing managed to break free of the sect leader, Bai Mei, whose bones were fractured and legs were weak. Not only did Su Qing easily escape, but he also gave Bai Mei one last powerful blow before leaving!

Swish!
The sect leader, Bai Mei, who had fallen into the soul fire, had his body engulfed in flames. His empty eyes, blazing with evil fire, were still staring blankly at Su Qing, still harboring wicked intentions and still wanting to devour him.

Su Qing kicked the two dazed children, Big Ghost and Demon Ghost, to the ground and snatched the large exorcism missile and the super-giant fire poison exorcism missile from their hands.

He personally took matters into his own hands and delivered two powerful blows to the old evil man, beating him so badly that he could no longer stand up, thus venting his pent-up anger.

This prompted all the big, medium, and small ghost dolls to join the fray, raining down laser missiles on the old evil one.

At the same time, Xiong Er whistled a Buddhist chant, while a high-ranking Buddhist monk struck a wooden fish.

Soul fire merges with evil body.

The Buddha's light dispels evil spirits.

Even after thousands of years of scheming and manipulation, it was too late to reverse the situation.

At the instant its physical body and golden bones disintegrated, the celestial and sun images within the furnace, and the spiritual essence of the golden bones in the fire, surged toward their original master like weary birds returning to their forest.

[Having regained the Star and Sun Spiritual Root, his Dao Foundation is now flawless, and the quality of his Spiritual Root has been upgraded to the upper-middle grade (Nascent Soul stage is achievable, and Deity Transformation is within reach).]

[Having regained full vitality and physical integrity, the body is now a unified whole, and the quality of the physical bones has been upgraded to the upper-middle grade (Earth Furnace and Heavenly Canopy, Inner Heaven and Earth).]

His consciousness sea condensed into the spiritual root dharma image of stars and sun, surrounded by a multitude of stars and surging spiritual liquid, indicating that he had already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

The furnace produces the five elements and yin and yang, and the furnace fire contains all the myriad phenomena. The furnace fire roars and burns out a furnace lid with blood and qi, with the Dao patterns of the Nine Li on it and the wings of the Qiongqi below.

The Quanxing Root Bone can melt the blood of ten thousand lives for its own use. It uses the earth as a furnace and the sky as a lid. With its control over the two Dao patterns of Jiuli and Qiongqi, it condenses the Dao pattern furnace lid. It is currently a second-grade furnace lid, but it also has the potential to become a first-grade one.

One day, the furnace fire forged the old evil.

Having refined the Star Moon Root and the Complete Nature Bone, the foundation of the Dao is now complete, and the Great Dao is within reach.

May his lifespan exceed three thousand years!

Is it possible to attain immortality?

You can attain immortality!

(End of this chapter)