Immortality begins with meditation puppets

"what?"

The Demon Buddha let out another exclamation, unable to discern what kind of puppet the four illusory lions were, but with a thought, he sensed the current location of his Black Lotus.

But it was in a mysterious little world among all the heavens and myriad realms.

With another thought, the black lotus returned to its seat.

This action consumed a lot of its divine power. The main body did it easily, but the remaining wisp of its spirit was somewhat strained, causing the demonic Buddha's appearance to become slightly ethereal and show signs of collapse and dissolution.

This delighted Su Qing, who was inside the Bixi (a mythical tortoise) on Dragon Island.

It's not scary to look like a god or immortal, as long as they show a health bar!
Let the four Void Lions guard the four directions of the Dragon Island and the Bixi, to defend against the attack of the Demon Buddha.

The Golden Lion Clan, however, stealthily dived back into the sea, closing in on the Heavenly Sea Mother.

The Demon Buddha may be powerful, but if I were to shatter your vessel, how would you respond?
The Demon Buddha's Dharma Image raised its eyes and glanced at Su Qing, who had even withdrawn the Starry Sun and Floating Light Dharma Image. It understood that this human cultivator's skills were all focused on puppets. Its wisp of divine consciousness could not be maintained for long. To take its life, it was necessary to sever the connection between its divine consciousness and the puppet.

What a wicked Buddha! He does things so carelessly.

The fifth-order Great Evil actually intended to crush Su Qing, a mere Golden Core cultivator, with his divine sense!

The demon Buddha was seated cross-legged on a lotus platform, his hands outstretched in front of his knees, his thumb and middle finger touching each other, while the other fingers were naturally extended, forming the Buddhist preaching mudra.

As soon as the hand seal was formed, he began to utter a cacophony of chanting, his words flowing like a celestial stream. As the chanting entered his ears, Su Qing felt a powerful will infiltrate the connection between his consciousness and the puppet. This will used the chanting to forcibly infuse his consciousness with a multitude of chaotic, mysterious, and ineffable evil runes.

The evil runes were difficult to understand and fathom. The massive flow of information was beyond his comprehension in a short time. If he did not bring back his scattered divine consciousness, either his divine consciousness would be burst by the evil runes or corrupted by them, and in an instant, the demonic Buddha would take away control of all the puppets!
The puppeteer excels in the puppet itself and is skilled in spiritual perception.

The importance of spiritual consciousness to a puppeteer is self-evident.

Over the years, through the combined use of the Transformation of Yuan Hand and the Divine Art of Technique, along with the improvement of his Puppet Master realm, Su Qing's spiritual strength has always far surpassed that of his peers, and he has never been bullied by anyone using his spiritual sense.

But today's opponent is far stronger than him, and he cannot erase the gap between their spiritual senses simply by trying harder.

His divine sense was crushed and he was unable to stop the invasion of the evil runes. If this happened to other cultivators, it would be a situation that even a god could not save.

But Su Qing was different.

The gods wouldn't save him, but the puppets did.

No matter how long you live or how many tricks you have up your sleeve, today I'll make sure you get your meat buns thrown to a dog and never see them again!

Are you using evil markings on me?
Would high-ranking Buddhist monks agree to a merit-making wooden fish?

The sound of wooden fish drums mingled with the chanting of the demonic Buddha, entering Su Qing's ears and transforming the evil patterns into golden Dao patterns within his consciousness.

Su Qing dared not understand, nor dared to absorb, the corrupted evil patterns.

The purified Dao patterns were sweet and delicious, and he accepted them all.

While the high-ranking Buddhist monks were busy with their merit-making wooden fish, he emptied his mind and guided all the Dao patterns and light energy that had been transformed by the merit-making wooden fish into his sea of ​​consciousness.

His consciousness jolted, and his soul landed elsewhere.

It was a desolate and bitterly cold place, with snow covering the land and ice stretching for thousands of miles, devoid of any life. It was a barren land where birds did not fly and even dogs did not come.

A Taoist priest with sores on his feet and bruises all over his body walked slowly through the wind and snow with great difficulty.

It seemed that his spiritual power was about to be exhausted, and he could no longer stop the erosion from the strong winds and snow outside.

The Taoist priest walked slower and slower until he reached a crooked tree covered in frost, where he finally had no strength left to go any further.

Just before his eyes closed, he glanced at a Taoist talisman wall painted with lotus patterns in the snow under the tree.

The scene changes.

The once lifeless land has been transformed by the melting of ice and snow, with all things vying for spring's favor, radiating vitality, and countless families living in harmony with nature, bathed in the light of Buddha.

The Taoist priest of yesteryear has donned a cassock and dressed as a Buddha.

The crooked tree from years ago has been transformed into the sacred Bodhi tree, a precious tree in Buddhism.

That fragment of lotus-shaped wall became the Buddhist merit altar.

The legend circulating here is that the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, hence the tale of all beings in the world being able to see the Tathagata!
The first pot of gold you make is never necessarily glamorous.

Su Qing deeply understood this, and instead of despising the Buddha's act of recounting his past experiences after attaining enlightenment, she greatly admired him.

Starting from a broken piece of wall, one can become a Buddha or an ancestor. This is much more difficult than the founding emperor of the Tianyuan Dynasty, who built his empire by picking up a bowl.

After quickly learning the origin of this Dao pattern, in his mind, lines of white characters on a black background, accompanied by countless gods, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and vajras, appeared again, bowing slightly to him.

[Taoist Mark: Lotus Seal.]

【Origin: One of the thirty-six fragments of the Dao Heaven Talisman Wall, containing the Four Imperial Dao Patterns. It fell at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth. A primordial being picked up this fragment, comprehended the wonders of the Dao Patterns, and realized the myriad methods of Buddhism, benefiting countless beings. Later, during the great calamity of antiquity, gods and Buddhas either perished, collapsed, retreated, or went into hiding. This Lotus Birth Seal was placed by an ancient Buddha in the Western Sea Ruins, where it, together with the methods left behind by other ancient great beings, stabilized the land and sea, regulated the spiritual energy, and saved the Tianyuan Realm from the calamity of the end of Dharma, allowing it to still have the hope of attaining the Dao.】

As time passed and the world changed, even the ancient Buddha's methods could not withstand the erosion of time. The Lotus Seal of Daoist Patterns gave rise to evil, and the title of Demon Buddha descended upon the Western Sea, wreaking havoc on the world.

[Rune Type: Supernatural Power]

[Rune Quality: Four-Rank Imperial (approximately equivalent to a ninth-tier rune in this era)]

[Current Dao Pattern Completeness: 2.17%]

[Current Power: Tier 3 (Power will gradually increase as the cultivator masters more information about this Dao rune and gains further insights)]

[Current effect: Lotus gives rise to all laws, seals are formed to exert power, and the Fearless Lion Seal can be formed now, fearless and unparalleled, its power is unstoppable!]

Note 1: The Four Imperial Dao Patterns require a vessel to carry the Dao. The Merit Lotus Platform is the vessel for the Lotus Birth Seal, also known as the Supreme Treasure of the Dao. Without this vessel, the power of this Dao Pattern cannot be fully realized.

Note 2: This Dao pattern is unique across all realms, and due to ancient events, it carries a great deal of Buddhist karma. Those who inherit this Dao pattern will have their karma resolved.

[Puppets that can be crafted: Puppet Immortal, Guardian Buddha, Vajra Buddha, Merit Buddha, Compassionate Buddha, Past Buddha, Future Buddha...]

[Current tattoo holder: Demon Buddha (Evil Palm Mark 97.83%, only half-achievement, Dao Mark Completeness: 48.91%), Su Qing (2.17%)]

The Western Sea is a land of natural beauty and spiritual energy, but also a place of great turmoil. You never know when an ancient monster might emerge from some hidden corner.

But there are also surprises, such as the Four Imperial Dao Patterns. In this vast deep sea, there may be far more than just the Lotus Seal!
Aside from converting the Four Imperial Dao Patterns, Su Qing vaguely felt that the Four Imperial Dao Patterns were extremely different from all the Dao Patterns he had used to refine himself into a puppet.

If he refines it into his body, his puppet immortal, which he has been refining for a long time, may undergo a great change.

Although I sensed it, now is clearly not the right time to transform myself into a puppet.

When his consciousness returned to the present world, he saw a demonic Buddha going mad on the sea.

All the previous kind and gentle expression was gone; his face was twisted into worm-like clumps, which didn't look ferocious but rather disgusting.

Furthermore, from its Dharma form, twisted and ghostly phantoms emerged, clearly enraged by Su Qing's banditry of devouring its evil runes, and intending to use a fifth-order technique that could only be used in its true form to kill Su Qing here.

The fifth-order great evil energy surged from the sea and rose into the sky, causing the area around Dragon Island and Bixi to seem to fall into an endless hell. The Western Sea and the sky disappeared, leaving only a dense, colorless darkness and the whispering vengeful spirits and evil ghosts in the darkness.

These methods were beyond the capabilities of the Four Lions of Emptiness and the Bixi of Dragon Island. Su Qing instinctively took the substitute doll in her hand and stuffed Qinghe into the protective shield at the very center of the Bixi of Dragon Island.

The Bixi of Dragon Island is skilled in defense, and it is hoped that after this demonic Buddha's methods end, this puppet can protect Qinghe.

It was destined that this lotus spirit would suffer this calamity. Why couldn't she just stay home and mind the shop with Ge Ling? Instead, she had to come and cause trouble for me.

Su Qing, who was preparing to make a run for his life, silently prayed for Qing He and all the puppets in his area. Suddenly, he saw the boundless darkness recede rapidly, and he heard the demonic Buddha roar in resentment before disappearing into the sky.

Looking up again, I saw that the Golden Lion Group had done a great job!

The demonic Buddha was so enraged by Su Qing's act of stealing his evil runes that he lost his mind, focusing all his attention on Su Qing.

The West Sea Heavenly Mother was drained so that her demonic Buddha form could use its fifth-order power to obliterate Su Qing, but this gave the Golden-haired Water Lion Gang an opportunity to get close.

These golden-haired water lions are not as powerful as the four Void Lions, but when the twenty-four of them are combined, they can pull the fourth-order Great Evil Western Sea Heavenly Mother into the deep sea, preventing her from escaping.

Waiting for it in the deep sea were the Buddhist Xiong Er, the two-headed mirage dragon, and the three puppets of Bi Lian, who had been prepared in advance.

For twenty years, Xiong Er of the Buddhist sect has reigned supreme in the underground world of Wanghai, operating in the underworld but not in the legitimate world, controlling the Wanghai black market and becoming known as Xiong Er of the underworld.

But he never forgot his mission, nor did he ever slacken in his skills.

Having honed its body alongside Tiger Egg for twenty years, it grew tall, strong, and powerful, already possessing the imposing presence of a third-tier warrior. It even inspired Su Qing to develop a new type of puppet, the Giant God Bear General Puppet, based on it.

The Xiong Er of today is not the same as before. He pouts and holds his breath in the sea, mercilessly striking the powerless West Sea Heavenly Mother with his Vajra Pestle.

The golden pestles struck the Western Sea Heavenly Mother with unbearable pain. She wanted to seek help from the Demon Buddha's image, but the Demon Buddha's image was only focused on killing Su Qing. It thought that once it used its move, Su Qing would surely die, and then its lingering spirit would dissipate. Whether the Western Sea Heavenly Mother lived or died was no longer important to it.

Unable to rely on the Demon Buddha, and with golden-haired water lions clinging to her body, the immobile Tianhai Ximu could only save herself.

She opened her mouth and began to sing, only to see a shameless puppet opposite her transform into her shape and spew out streams of foul language that even this evil spirit couldn't utter.

What a terrible sin! These filthy words actually contain the golden light of Buddhism, not only insulting its evil nature but also harming its evil body!
The lion locks itself up, the bear pounds its chest, and the troll hurls insults.

This series of combined blows left the evil spirit, whose power had been largely extracted by the Demon Buddha, utterly powerless to resist. Just as its evil body was about to collapse and its evil runes were about to disintegrate...

The demonic Buddha's methods finally affected this place, pulling it and all the puppets into the Black Demon Realm.

Just as the Heavenly Mother of the Western Sea was rejoicing at escaping a calamity.

Another dramatic change has occurred! (End of Chapter)