Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 409 Immortal Generals, Heavenly God Title

"Water-injected meat, weighed only eight ounces, Old Li, you're utterly heartless! Do you still want to do business in Jiutou City?!"

Wang Erxiao, carrying the beef he had just bought, stormed over to the butcher and berated him.

He had it tough. He scrimped and saved to save up a little money, hoping to treat his family to a nice meal during the New Year. But he was cheated by the butcher after happily buying a few pounds of beef. Not only did his wife not smile when he got home, she also gave him a good scolding. This was truly unbearable!
"No returns or exchanges once purchased. You say my meat is injected with water, how am I supposed to know if you injected it at home? Wang Erlaizi, stop your nonsense and disrupting my business, or I'll stomp you to pieces!"

Old Li wiped the pig-slaughtering knife until it gleamed with oil, then draped the rag over his shoulder and pointed the knife at Wang Erxiao. His triangular eyes were filled with the cunning and ruthlessness honed from years of doing business in the marketplace!

Wang Erxiao, who was so skinny he couldn't even be controlled by his own wife, was so frightened by the butcher that he took several steps back, his face turning pale. Filled with resentment, he followed the piece of water-injected pork back home.

But the world is vast, so where can we go?
If he doesn't get an explanation from the butcher, he'll definitely end up in his wife's hands when he gets back.

When my wife gets angry, she's far more terrifying than this pig butcher!
I might as well not go back!

"Sigh, I'd rather be a dog in the Tengu City!"

Wang Erxiao muttered to himself in despair, but this was just a disheartening remark. It was rumored that once you entered the Heavenly Dog City, you would slowly be transformed into a dog, which was truly chilling.

"Wait, why am I limited to being a dog besides going home? I can also go to Langya Immortal Island and seize the Celestial Master's relics!"

In an instant, as if he had become a different person, Wang Erxiao shuddered, feeling countless pieces of information flash through his mind.

Heavenly pavilions and towers, jade palaces and towers, fairy islands floating in the sky, and immortals walking on clouds!

"That's right, I am not Wang Erxiao. I am Cong Guangcheng, a true disciple of the Penglai Sect, the master of the divine beast spaceship Guiche, and a Golden Core cultivator. I am here on the orders of Master Liu to attack Langya Immortal Island!"

Suddenly, Wang Erxiao trembled like a leaf, and everyone in the entire Ghost Cart City stood there dumbfounded, just like him, only muttering words like Penglai Immortal Island, Ghost Cart Ship Owner, Langya Immortal Island, Cong Guangcheng, and so on.

The timid and cowardly Wang Erxiao was Cong Guangcheng. He was originally a servant of the Liu family. Because he could endure humiliation and hardship, he was chosen by his master and was able to join the Penglai Sect. He became a loyal dog of the Liu family, and within the Penglai Sect, he was inferior to others and worked in a humble manner.

The wicked and vicious Old Li is Cong Guangcheng, who, relying on his status as a disciple of the Penglai Sect, bullies men and women outside the sect and strikes hard.

Even the wife whom Wang Erxiao married and treated like a father was someone Cong Guangcheng had been with since he joined Penglai and rose to prominence. He was the most upright person in the family, always bossing people around and treating his clansmen like servants, beating and scolding them at will.

Nine-Headed City is actually the Ghost Train.

All the living beings within it are part of his primordial spirit, Cong Guangcheng.

It's like someone is playing a game with countless versions of themselves.

It's like I've been played again?
Who messed with him?

She was none other than that villain from Langya, Lady Langya, the poisonous woman from the Eastern Wilderness, Granny Xu!
Once they realized what had happened, Cong Guangcheng, along with many other Penglai cultivators who had also been tricked, angrily drove their ghost chariots, celestial dogs, and other divine beast flying ships, attempting to break through the crumbling Weaving Heaven Cloth and Seven Emotions Painting.

However, he had no outlet for his pent-up anger.

Because Granny Xu and Lady Lanxiang wove the sky into a cloth, and used their bodies to paint the picture, and Lady Lanxiang used the seven emotions talismans to fill Granny Xu's empty world inside the cloth, they have blocked the unstoppable Penglai army in the cloth for three days.

During these three days, the three Nascent Soul cultivators, Liu Feng, Huo Ya, and Huang Li, along with several fourth-level Penglai cultivators who stayed behind to cover the retreat, were not affected by the Weaving Heaven Cloth and the Seven Emotions Painting.

The Fire Crow Immortal used his primordial spirit to grasp the crow's beak, using his strength to vigorously poke at the holes in the celestial cloth, making Granny Xu thread the needle, keeping her extremely busy.

A fourth-tier Soul Master shook the Tranquilizing Bell to prevent the Penglai cultivators in the painting, who were suffering from mental breakdowns, from being driven mad by Madam Lanxiang.

Master Huang Li used the Golden Crow Sun Technique to dissolve Granny Xu and Madam Lanxiang's magical powers with the might of the blazing sun.

The most crucial element is still Liu Feng himself.

The moment Madam Lanxiang stepped into the painting, he realized something was wrong.

Among the four ancient Celestial Masters, the Ancestral Celestial Master was renowned for his understanding of celestial secrets and his righteous Taoist arts. He created the Celestial Calculation lineage, which could calculate celestial secrets and predict human destiny. The Five Thunders of Humanity were on par with the Witchcraft Thunder, the Demon Clan Holy Thunder, the Immortal Purple Thunder, and the Divine Heavenly Thunder. Furthermore, the lineages of the Yellow Turban Warriors and the ability to turn beans into soldiers were passed down in the world. Therefore, he was the most famous. After the appearance of Master Tong, many forces attached the greatest importance to him because he was a method left behind by the Ancestral Celestial Master.

This is somewhat disrespectful to the other Celestial Masters besides the First Celestial Master.

To imbue a talisman with spirit and consciousness, grant it self-awareness, and allow it to master the seven emotions and Dao patterns, as well as acquire fourth-tier techniques—only Master Xu, one of the Four Celestial Masters of antiquity, could achieve such a feat.

Legend has it that this Celestial Master passed the imperial examination in his youth, became an official in middle age, and was upright and righteous, always doing things of great righteousness. Later, when the world was plagued by demons again, he realized that being an official could not save ordinary people. He started with an unnamed Taoist manual, and after ten days of Qi cultivation and a hundred days of foundation building, he was truly a rare genius of cultivation.

After attaining enlightenment, he became famous for his poetry, songs, and paintings, and created several lineages of Daoist arts, including Soul-Suppressing Poems, Demon-Subduing Lyrics, Heroic Songs, and Seven Emotions Paintings. Among them, only the Heroic Song is still passed down in the world. It was carried forward by the cultivators of the Central Plains Martial Kingdom and used as a war song in the army. When the war song was played, the morale would increase by several times. The other three lineages were rarely passed down. Therefore, compared with the Ancestral Celestial Master, Master Xu's fame was slightly inferior.

Before Liu Feng led his army to Langya Island, he was aware through the Penglai Sect's intelligence channels that Lady Lanxiang, like Old Daoist Tong, possessed the skills of a Celestial Master. However, her two acts of submitting to others and relying on the Langya Immortal and Old Daoist Tong to defend Langya Immortal Island made Liu Feng underestimate her abilities. Now, this Lady Lanxiang, using Celestial Master Xu's Seven Emotions Talisman technique, turned decay into magic, stirring the seven emotions and six desires of all cultivators, conjuring up a world of seven emotions, causing those divine beast ship owners to rise and fall in their own torrent of desires. Together with Granny Xu, she actually managed to stop his invincible Penglai army outside Langya Immortal Island!
When Liu Feng came to his senses, he was shocked by the methods of the Ancient Celestial Master. He thought to himself that if the four Celestial Masters had been able to gather their skills here, he didn't know what price they would have to pay if they wanted to seize the Celestial Master's relics. But he was also furious that someone dared to defy Penglai!
"Since it's not the ancient Celestial Master in person, but merely a painting he created years ago that has become a spirit, yet he still wants to stop my iron hooves from Penglai?"

Master Liu Feng raised the Heavenly God Sword, a massive sword as thick as a mountain and as tall as a pillar, and swung it towards the Weaving Cloth like an immortal wielding a sword.

As he took action, Old Master Tong's eyelids twitched, he clapped his hands, jumped up and down, and cursed loudly:
"How many good things did those bastards from Penglai find in the ruins of the ancient Heavenly Court? This isn't some kind of Heavenly God title; isn't this the Immortal General guarding the South Gate of the ancient Heavenly Court? It's said that after the monkey broke through the South Gate of the Heavenly Court from the East Gate, the ancient Heavenly Court couldn't recruit enough gate-guarding immortal soldiers who had been killed by the monkey and were no longer in service. So they specially created puppet immortal soldiers called Immortal Generals. Each of them has the ability to transform into a god and can take on the role of an immortal soldier!"
These scum from Penglai just picked it up and used it, shamelessly claiming it was independently developed and giving it the name "Heavenly God"?

Despite his cursing, Tong Laodao, who knew the power of the Heavenly God, pulled out a talisman from his storage bag with a pained expression the moment the Heavenly God made its move.

The fourth-tier talisman paper, the Heaven-Suppressing Talisman, is located in the heavens where immortals and monsters cannot enter without permission!

The celestial being danced with his sword, the tip of which pierced the sky, hissing with purple sword light. Wherever it passed, the heavens were easily torn apart like a curtain, the clouds split in two, and the sword marks streaked through the air, but stopped when they landed within the range of the anti-air talisman.

"As far as I know, Fellow Daoist Tong is not well-versed in spatial talismans. This anti-space talisman could not have been refined by Fellow Daoist Tong himself. It must have been obtained from my Penglai Sect many years ago? Fellow Daoist only has one at most. Using it here is a bit of a waste!"

Liu Feng, inside the Celestial God, showed no anger at the fact that the divine sword had been blocked, and calmly said...

"This old Taoist priest is indeed unable to refine this talisman, but you Penglai people can? Didn't you obtain it from ancient ruins? Penglai Island, the Star Orbit Cannon, the Divine Beast Ship, the Heavenly God Ship, and this Anti-Flight Talisman—you Penglai people have already obtained enough ancient treasures. Don't try to take more than your share. You should know that everyone's destiny is limited. Forcibly taking opportunities that you shouldn't have may bring misfortune upon you!"

Tong Chang gave a cold shout to Liu Feng, then turned and instructed Lao Huotou and the others:

"I have calculated the secrets of heaven and know that reinforcements will arrive in three days. I would like to trouble you fellow Daoists to help Madam and Granny Xu hold off the Penglai army for three days. Once the three days are up, no matter what the situation is on this immortal island, I will lead you into the Celestial Master's Ruins and will never let you be in danger!"

As the old Taoist spoke, he secretly glanced at the Heavenly Talisman. Seeing that Su Qing had read it but not replied, he knew that his heavenly secrets were just nonsense, but he was very confident on the surface. Seeing this, Lao Huotou, Zhu Jiang and the others felt very reassured.

"There's more outside help? Is it the people from the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom? Or the army from the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom? I knew you old man were no good. Since you dared to defend the Immortal Island, you must have a backup plan. Since you still have a chance to turn the tide, I, Old Firehead, will add fuel to the fire for you. I want to see if this Fire Crow True Man's primordial spirit can be as stubborn as his mouth without the protection of his physical body!"

"Old Zhu, with the snake and python wrapped around my shoulder, is loyal to you. For the sake of your wife, I, Old Zhu, have also recognized Fellow Daoist Tong as my brother. Good brother, quickly give me, Brother Zhu, and my brother, the Devouring Python, a Celestial Armor Talisman, and see what we can do!"

“Yun’er’s cultivation is shallow and her methods are few, but since she is on the Immortal Island, she should stand with all fellow Daoists against the common enemy. She is willing to lead the elders and disciples of the Demon Sect to summon the Demon Cloud to provide cover for you all.”

Having been given a shot of adrenaline by Master Tong, the cultivators on Langya Island all used their methods, employing the Heavenly Cloth and the Seven Emotions Painting as strategic points, to engage in a struggle with Liu Feng and the other Penglai cultivators.

Because Huoya Zhenren lost his physical body, Huang Li Zhenren was once captured alive by Tong Laodao and had some lingering fear of him, Liu Feng, as the commander, was unwilling to risk his life. Furthermore, because the Heavenly God was restricted by the anti-air talisman and could not perform any major actions, these three Zhenren could not display their full power. The few fourth-tier professionals behind them were mostly serving the Penglai army. The Penglai army was trapped in the Weaving Heaven Cloth and the Seven Emotions Painting, and their abilities were naturally difficult to compare with those of Lao Huotou, Zhu Jiang, and other rogue cultivators who had fought their way up from the bottom.

As a result, the battle reached a stalemate. With the help of the old cook and others to share the burden, Granny Xu, who retained her youthful appearance, aged much more slowly. It seemed that if this continued, she could hold on for a long time.

It was a pity that the anti-air talisman lasted too short a time, only a day and a night before its power dissipated, making it difficult to stop the might of the Heavenly God's sword. When the Heavenly God raised his sword again, even Tong Laodao used all his skills and took out all kinds of talismans to deal with it. He even summoned Wan Xia Ri, who had been deified by him not long ago, and transformed into the Xuanwu Lake God Dharma Form, using its tortoise shell to withstand several attacks from the Heavenly God's giant sword.

Ultimately, the Celestial God was a fifth-order puppet that had been modified. Although the Penglai Sect did not have any fifth-order puppeteers and could not restore it to its original state, thus failing to unleash its full power, the sect spared no expense in modifying the puppet with various materials and recruited several fourth-order puppeteers to study the puppet's usage day and night.

This celestial being truly possesses the power of a peak fourth-tier being. The immortal sword he wields weighs tens of thousands of jin. It cannot be said to have any sword techniques; it is purely about overwhelming people with force. It is only in the form of a sword. With its weight, it can be transformed into knives, spears, clubs, and other weapons, which would also be just as imposing.

This was a last resort for the puppeteers of Penglai.

The original fifth-tier immortal generals possessed their own matching heavenly-level combat skills, which enabled them to guard the gates for the Heavenly Emperor. Their strength was far beyond what the current Heavenly God could compare to.

But what could they do? These Penglai puppeteers only had fourth-tier abilities at most. After taking on the major project of modifying immortal generals, they tried to slack off and overstate the project budget while also trying to fool the client and barely get by. After outliving three project liaisons and fattening up several puppeteer families, they finally figured out how to use immortal generals: one was to activate them, and the other was to deactivate them.

In short, they will turn the machine on and off.

After powering on, the immortal general can raise his hands and stomp his feet, twist his waist and sway his hips. Due to his immense strength, although his movements are clumsy, he can overcome all techniques with sheer force and possesses the power of a peak fourth-tier cultivator.

After shutdown, the immortals and gods will automatically cut off the power, eliminating the need to constantly bear the massive power consumption after startup. This saves the Penglai Sect an unknown amount of money, though it may not be as much as they greedily made on this project.

So, besides turning the machine on and off, they didn't contribute anything else?

That's impossible. If that's all there is to it, how can we possibly get away with it?
To silence other knowledgeable professionals, they cleverly subcontracted the project to various other professionals, such as array masters and weapon refiners.

There are weapon refiners who have spent countless precious materials to forge immortal weapons and divine swords that are hard, thick, and, most importantly, expensive.

A formation master planted countless array flags inside and outside the puppet's body. Although many of these arrays were not very useful in enhancing the puppet's power, when a bunch of arrays were activated, the array lights danced wildly, colorful and confusing to laymen.

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Not to mention how much manpower and resources the Penglai Sect spent on the project to transform the immortals and gods, and how many professionals became rich because of it, after the project succeeded, the immortals and gods transformed into the Heavenly God and made several great contributions to the Penglai Sect. To this day, this project is still a successful case that is inevitably discussed in the Penglai Sect's meetings every hundred years.

Today, in this battle to conquer Langya Immortal Island, the Heavenly God has once again made a great contribution!
I just got home from a traffic jam and quickly wrote this chapter to wish everyone a happy new year and a fresh start.

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