Immortality begins with meditation puppets

A place of utter despair.

Amidst the endless demonic energy, Su Qing, holding an axe, looked more terrifying than any demon god.

Su Qing rarely engages in unprofitable business.

But today's deal looks like it's going to be a loss!
God knows how much he sacrificed to earn the chance to go toe-to-toe with this car demon!
The mobile force, built at great expense, was sent to its death aboard the Prisoner Bull Treasure Ship, solely to hinder the Demon's actions and prevent it from rescuing the Wheelchair Demon. He had just taken a quick look and saw that the special forces soldiers he had placed his hopes on, along with the special forces captain, had all been tainted by layers of black demonic liquid. Although they were currently fighting the demonic beasts on the ship, the core of their puppets had been invaded, and it was only a matter of time before they completely crashed and became unusable.

Does Su Qing have many elite teams under his command? How many times can he withstand the loss of an entire elite team being wiped out?
Besides, the Yazi Divine Might Cannon was beating loudly, and regardless of whether Huang Mie was acting or not, Su Qing had gone to great lengths to deal with it. The few fourth-tier demon cores and dozens of third-tier demon cores that he had painstakingly accumulated were all turned into cannonballs, resulting in losses amounting to hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

This was only to deal with the extra losses of the Wheel Chariot Demon. In the fight with the Wheel Chariot Demon, he used the Four Imperial Dao Pattern Lotus Seal and the Divine Pattern Mask. Wasn't the amount of merit and luck he consumed in this process as valuable as spirit stones?

Such a high price to pay.

The results were truly impressive!
A powerful demon who had wreaked havoc in ancient times and harmed countless ancient beings was annihilated by him with a single axe stroke!
This is no great achievement!

Heaven and earth are blind. He wore the mask and wielded the blood axe, yet the credit was split between the divine mask and Xing Tian's blood axe.

So, Su Qing is just an employee?
How could you insult someone like that!

In his past and present lives, has Su Qing ever worked for anyone?
Just as Su Qing was regretting that she had made a bad deal and was cursing the unfair and blind Heaven and Earth for their unfair distribution,

Suddenly feeling a burning sensation at his waist, he took it out and saw that there was a new message on the Heavenly Talisman.

[Heavenly Talisman Decree: Upon investigation, Su Qing, a core member of the Heavenly Talisman Hall, slayed the high-ranking demonic Wheel Chariot Demon in the Fallen Dragon Sea of ​​the Heavenly Origin Realm. For this achievement, his ranking on the All-Heavens Demon-Slaying Ranking rises twelve places, currently standing at eighty-one. He is rewarded with one entry into the Heavenly Talisman Hall, 4.62 million merit points, and the opportunity to refine his demonic origin and transform it into corresponding Dao patterns.]

[Note: If the Dao patterns obtained from refining the demonic essence are incompatible with your own, you may consider exchanging them with the Heavenly Talisman Palace for corresponding treasures. The Heavenly Talisman Palace has been seeking to purchase these items at high prices for a long time.]

Heaven may be blind, but the Heavenly Talisman Palace is very fair.

That's how it should be! With such clear rewards and punishments, it's no wonder that the Heavenly Talisman Palace has developed to its current state. At this moment, Su Qing's sense of identification with this organization has increased even more!

Without hesitation, he took advantage of the fact that the essence of the Wheel Demon had not yet dissipated and activated the Heavenly Talisman Palace to quickly transform the demonic essence that he knew was a treasure but did not know how to use into corresponding Dao patterns.

With a slight thought, he saw a gentle aura descending from the sky where he stood, its hazy, precious light refracting into dazzling beams of light in the mist. When the light dissipated, a palm-sized, green gourd appeared before Su Qing.

The gourd spun around randomly for a moment, and the thick, ink-like, flesh-devouring, soul-devouring primordial demonic energy that Su Qing found so difficult to overcome poured into the gourd like an old widow meeting a live-in man. After the gourd had eaten its fill, it spun around randomly again, and then suddenly reversed its position, releasing points of Dao patterns into Su Qing's sea of ​​consciousness.

[The Forging Gourd has successfully refined the essence of evil, and has now forged the Five Elders Dao Pattern—War Lord.]

[As determined by the Heavenly Talisman Hall, this Dao pattern is not compatible with member Su Qing. We are willing to purchase it at a high price of 30 million merit points, or equivalent items such as a fifth-tier spiritual treasure or sixth-tier spiritual materials. Is member Su Qing willing?]

Not a good fit?
You're the one who said it doesn't fit!
I believe you!
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Qing rejected the offer from the Heavenly Talisman Palace, intending to keep the Dao pattern for his own use. If he remembered correctly, this War Lord seemed to be one of the essential Dao patterns for the Puppet Immortal.

Besides, even if it's not for refining oneself into a puppet and improving the completeness and proficiency of the puppet immortal, just looking at the name "War Lord" tells you that its function must be correct!
War? Su Qing was born for grand occasions. Given the current situation in the Tianyuan Realm, how could large-scale wars be avoided in the future?
[Member Su Qing has refused the acquisition offer from the Heavenly Talisman Palace. Member Su Qing is requested to quickly pay the costs required for this forging of the Treasure Gourd, totaling: 1.96 million merit points or 3.2 million spirit stones.]

Turning their backs on you?
This is absolutely shameless!
Besides, you didn't say you wanted money!

Isn't this deceiving consumers?!

Out of her instinct to protect herself, Su Qing didn't want to pay this unnecessary money.

But if he doesn't hand it over, the Forging Treasure Gourd stops emitting Daoist spiritual light. Judging from its stance, if he insists on not handing it over, the Daoist patterns will be confiscated by it!
"Hand it over! Hand it over! Hand it over! Fine, I'll hand it over then. Earning over a million merit points from a single order, this thing of yours is really good at making money!"

Only when a helpless Su Qing had the Heavenly Talisman Palace deduct more than a million merit points from his merit account did the Forging Treasure Gourd finally continue to spew Daoist spiritual light with satisfaction.

The actions of the man and the gourd were all observed by Jiu Kong and Huang Mie.

From their perspective.

In the blink of an eye, Su Qing transformed from human to god, wielding an axe to slay the demon. In the blink of an eye, within three to five breaths, or even just two or three moves, the ancient and raging high-ranking demon, the Wheel Chariot Demon, met its end with the disintegration of its body and the collapse of its essence.

Yes, the Wheel Demon has been sealed away for many years, and its strength is almost gone. This time, it can be said that it is like a tiger falling into the plains and being bullied by dogs, allowing Su Qing to pick up the loophole.

But Su Qing's ability to seize this opportunity is also a testament to his skill. Who would have thought that a fourth-tier Nascent Soul cultivator, who also works as a puppeteer, could so cleanly and swiftly kill the Wheel Demon, who had already recovered to the fifth tier?

Had they known he would kill so quickly, these two high-ranking demons would have wasted their time putting on an act; even if they had rushed to their aid, they might not have been able to in time. Poor Wheel Chariot Demon, even after its death, that scoundrel Su Qing didn't let it go. He somehow obtained the Forging Treasure Gourd, an ancient and despicable magical artifact that made them demons grit their teeth, and used it to devour the Wheel Chariot Demon's demonic essence completely, leaving not a single trace for them. The reason they hadn't tried to save the Wheel Chariot Demon earlier was not only because they feared the relationship between the Time Demon Lord and Su Qing, but also because they wanted to devour the Wheel Chariot Demon's essence so they could quickly recover and prepare for the potential siege by mortal beings after the complete collapse of the barrier of this Land of Despair.

It now seems that the Wheel Demon died in vain, without even getting a bite to eat. However, the appearance of the Forging Treasure Gourd has convinced Jiu Kong and Huang Mie that Su Qing has nothing to do with the Time Demon Lord.

At least, if they were to eliminate this child, the Time Demon Lord would certainly not blame them.

If the Time Demon Lord views this child as prey, then all his actions will be under the Time Demon Lord's watchful eye. And if that were the case, the Time Demon Lord would certainly not stand idly by and watch him use the Forging Treasure Gourd to transform the demonic essence into Dao patterns.

Demons take it upon themselves to transform Dao patterns into their own demonic essence. How can they possibly transform their demonic essence into Dao patterns? Such a reversal of the natural order is what all demon lords detest most.

Therefore, Huang Mie and Jiu Kong could confirm that Su Qing was not the Demon Lord's prey, and that the Demon Lord's gaze had never lingered on him!

In short, they can eliminate this child without any consequences they cannot afford.

On the contrary, it has huge benefits!
On the Qiuniu Treasure Ship, Jiu Kong looked with sorrow at the ship, which had been riddled with holes by the mobile force.

Su Qing's prediction was correct. This mobile force might be of great use against fourth-tier Nascent Soul cultivators, but against the Demon Nine Holes, it was simply courting death. These puppets were not living beings, and not only could they not be destroyed and turned into their own, but they also exploded one by one, cleanly and efficiently. Their deaths disgusted the Nine Holes, forcing it to expend some of its original magic power to restore the Prisoner Bull Treasure Ship to its original state.

He glanced with some apprehension at Su Qing, who was still standing in the distance, holding an axe and exuding an air of authority.

Nine holes transformed into a white worm with a black hole body. The nine black holes were like nine pitch-black, empty eyes, turning towards the direction of Huang Mie and speaking to it:
"Of the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, you, me, the Wheel Chariot, and the Fire Demon were each sealed by four of them. The remaining four were in the hands of that ancient dragon's remnant soul, and they had been nowhere to be found. But the other day, two cloud dragons entered the barrier, and then there were signs of the barrier collapsing. It is not difficult to deduce that the ancient dragon, like us, was also freed from the seal of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls."

Although this ancient dragon's remnant soul harbors considerable resentment towards all living beings due to past events, we are its greatest adversaries, both in life and in death. If it is prepared, it will surely come to cause trouble for us. Previously, the four of us demons, working together, were not afraid of it. However, now that the Fire Demon and the Wheelchair Demon are dead, leaving only the two of us, we must quickly deal with this human cultivator. If we delay too long, the ancient dragon will seize an opportunity to attack. With our combined strength, what are our chances of victory now?

If this boy is killed quickly, the traces of time essence on his body can win the favor of the Time Demon Lord, thereby gaining the Time Demon Lord's protection. Not to mention the Nine Li Dao Patterns, Qiongqi Dao Patterns, and other Dao Patterns that even I cannot see through for the time being.

"How about it, Huang Mie? Let's join forces and pull off this heist. I'll give you this kid's physical body, primordial spirit, the two Dao patterns of Jiuli and Qiongqi, and even the Xing Tian Blood Axe. All I need to do is take the Yazi, Taotie, and the other nine dragon boats that this kid snatched from me, along with their corresponding Dao patterns!"

Jiu Kong sincerely invited Huang Mie to join forces—a genuine alliance, not the superficial one where they were at odds and scheming against each other as before.

But Huang Mie did not respond to him for a long time, which made Jiu Kong slightly unhappy. This younger brother was too ignorant. Over the years, they had eaten and drunk their own food. If it weren't for his idea that he could get them to help him share some of the firepower after he escaped, all three of them would probably have had their original source destroyed by the Dinghai Pearl, just like the other five evil demons who were sealed with them back then.

The ancient ones have already suffered a great loss, and now the Wheel Demon and the Fire Demon have set an example for them with their deaths. Why don't they learn their lesson? They know that Su Qing is not easy to deal with, and that the remnant soul of the ancient dragon is still haunting them. Why don't they join forces with it?

Just as Jiu Kong was feeling annoyed, Huang Mie across from him slowly shook its wings, which stretched for tens of thousands of feet from the sky to the ground. With this action, Jiu Kong understood why it was recovering so slowly.

Before, Huang Mie's wings, with their black feathers and white scales that resembled a black and white battle armor, were majestic. Now, however, they were riddled with holes, looking like a beehive, making them unbearable to look at.

It turns out that he was just putting on an act. Huang Mie really couldn't withstand the awe-inspiring power of the Ya Zi Divine Might Cannon and the numerous treasure ships, and suffered quite a bit.

"We must join forces! We can't rest easy until this brat is killed! He'll pay a bloody price!!!"

Phoenix Extinction roared angrily. It was trying to put on an act, but Su Qing on the other side was really going all out. Those third- and even fourth-tier divine might shells, spirit explosion shells, and exorcising missiles were fired at it without stopping for a moment. Nine Holes asked it why it didn't answer earlier. It was because the other side hadn't stopped firing!

The two evil beings reached an agreement.

Their respective undead legions suddenly unleashed a speed of advance that was completely different from their previous slacking off.

They had previously positioned themselves behind the wheeled vehicle corps, intending to have the wheeled vehicle corps wear down Su Qing's firepower.

Now that the wheeled vehicle corps is completely gone, they can only rely on their own minions to face the dense firepower of Su Qing's treasure ships and French cannons.

It's no longer considered dense.

Although Su Qing was wealthy, his wealth had only accumulated over a few decades. Although the ships had many French cannons, the shells were insufficient to sustain such intense combat for an extended period.

In addition, although the wheeled vehicle corps was completely wiped out, they did briefly board the treasure ship, burning, killing and destroying many of the treasure ship's cannons. This further weakened the already depleted firepower of the treasure ship due to the reduction in the number of cannons.

Under these circumstances, the pirate undead controlled by the Prisoner Bull Treasure Ship, after experiencing underwater attacks such as the Deep Sea Tyrant and the Water Mine Puppet, rushed to within a few dozen miles of Su Qing. The treasure ship's magic cannons no longer posed much of a problem for them. Under the protection of the three Nascent Soul Pirate Kings, the pirate undead, with their dead fish eyes and wielding strange weapons such as axes, halberds, and hooks, charged towards the treasure ship fortress like mad dogs.

Meanwhile, on the other side, with its wings ravaged by the magic cannons, Huang Mie, who was holding back his anger, led the Ten Thousand Demon Undead to launch an attack on the treasure ship fortress from the air. Occupying the aerial advantage, they were also extremely agile. If the treasure ship's magic cannons had covered the entire airspace with their unreasonable firepower as before, they might not have fared well. But now, with the magic cannons scattered, they really didn't care!
While these two demonic forces mobilized their troops to launch a full-scale attack, Su Qing remained unmoved. After swallowing the Daoist light spots from the gourd's mouth, he retrieved four emerald green, transparent beads the size of goose eggs, along with a ship model carved from white bone, from the spot where the chariot demon had fallen.

"Heaven and earth may be blind, but the Wheel Chariot Demon is quite discerning. It knows who killed it, and the spoils it left me are anything but meager; they truly live up to its price!" (End of Chapter)