Immortality begins with meditation puppets

On March 7th, in the boxing event, the opponent was an old acquaintance, Princess Fire Phoenix. This woman, a female phoenix, was a skilled boxer. Although he had a boxing doll to help him train in boxing and was now a skilled male boxer, he was still at a disadvantage in the current version. In addition, he intentionally gave away points, and after a fierce battle with Princess Fire Phoenix, where they fought hand to hand and he was drenched in sweat, he chose a cool pose to concede defeat.

On March 9th, the top three elimination rounds of the Array Dao project took place. The opponent in this battle was a fifth-order array master from the Yuanshi Sect. The Yuanshi Sect was the number one array Dao sect in the world. In addition, the array Dao project had a very high weight score, so the Yuanshi Sect attached great importance to this project and sent the strongest fifth-order array master in the sect.

Such an opponent, who has cheated his way to this point by using sword puppet formations, is someone I would find difficult to defeat even if I went all out, let alone throw the match to give away points. Of course, if I could successfully steal a win, I would be making a huge profit. The sword puppet would then step on the shoulders of the Yuanshi Sect's formation masters and become the target of all cultivators.

Unfortunately, this fifth-tier array master was meticulous and steady in his operation. He first cast defensive arrays on himself, such as the Inverted Luo Li Array and the Yuan Magnetic Reversal Array, which are specifically designed to counter sword arrays. Then he directly unleashed his ultimate attack on me, using the Five Elements Array and the Five Thunder Array to attack me in the most powerful way possible. I only lasted for ten breaths before I was unfortunately defeated.

Hey! This time I failed to refine a high-level sword puppet. Once Tiger Egg joins the Spirit Treasure Sect, the sect will acquire several fifth-tier swords, which will allow me to refine a fifth-tier sword puppet. At that time, I will definitely seek out this formation master again to compete and wash away the shame of being a mere ten-breath man today!

March 12th. Today, there are many cultivators watching the battle. They are all here to support me and Gao Erqiang. As the only two contestants from Tianyuan Realm to enter the top five in the Daoist cultivation project, Erqiang and I are giving the Tianyuan cultivation world a lot of face.

Having used my Transformation Technique to summon numerous Taoist arts, I originally intended to go easy on Erqiang. However, Erqiang, being concerned about his reputation, refused to fake the match and genuinely wanted to fight me head-on.

He didn't appreciate my kindness, so he deserved to be slapped in the face. Enraged, I unleashed my full power. I instantly cast Earth-level Dao techniques and unleashed Heaven-level Dao techniques in succession. I used my trump cards, such as Golden Sun, Radiant Light, and Dragon Soaring Across the Four Seas, to relentlessly attack Erqiang.

This ability and these skills drew cheers from all the cultivators in the heavens, and even the young women and wives were drooling over me. It was a time of unparalleled glory for me.

But Erqiang turned the tables on me. Good heavens, this Erqiang is no human. I don't know when he cultivated an ancient and extraordinary skill, he has three heads and six arms, he can transform in a thousand ways, his body is as tough as Vajra and he is as powerful as a divine beast. He can use Taoist arts and combat skills at will, and he moves and dodges gracefully and elegantly, leaving me completely dumbfounded.

Damn it! No wonder he didn't ask me to hold back. With his skills, I really couldn't defeat him without using my puppets and Azure Dragon Dao Patterns!
After a fierce battle, I narrowly lost to the two strongest opponents. I can swear on my conscience that I gave it my all in this battle and lived up to the expectations of any of my supporters. It's just a pity that because of the recent number of fixed matches, I have lost the trust of the cultivators in the heavens. Not a single cultivator believes me anymore. They all say that I deliberately let the two strongest opponents win out of brotherhood, in order to help my brother out. Let the misunderstanding be, I'm not too angry. But the two strongest opponents are furious. They loudly proclaim that they won fair and square, but no one believes them.

March 16th. Today I had no matches to play, but I watched the duel between Hu Dan and his prospective master Li Sanyang.

Li Sanyang wielded his sword with unparalleled skill, his Green Ram Sword resembling a antelope's horn, moving with incredible speed and unpredictable power. His swordsmanship was divine and his strength unfathomable. After a series of moves, he completely overwhelmed Hu Dan, making him look like a child being beaten by an adult. This put my mind at ease. Although I had already agreed to let Hu Dan become his disciple, I was still somewhat uneasy until I witnessed his abilities firsthand. After all, Hu Dan had considerable potential; the fact that he was recognized by the Heavenly Emperor was proof enough. I didn't want him to choose the wrong master and waste his life. Since Li Sanyang wasn't the type to mislead students, I needed to prepare some items for Hu Dan's ascension to the master's mountain. I just wondered if I should give Liu Yin to Hu Dan…

On March 23, the Heroes' Tournament, which had been suspended for a week, finally resumed. The reason for the suspension was that countless cultivators reported that the tournament was rigged, with many powerful cultivators throwing matches, which violated the fairness of the competition, disappointed the expectations of cultivators across the heavens, and negatively impacted the cultivation atmosphere of the myriad realms.

Amidst public outrage, the competition committee solemnly promised to conduct a thorough investigation and bring to justice those who engaged in match-fixing and collusion. As a member of the competition committee, I took on this task without hesitation. After a week of investigation, we dealt with some minor sect cultivators, which was a satisfactory explanation to all cultivators.

However, most people are foolish and not entirely satisfied with my investigation results. They keep saying that I am the biggest mastermind behind the match-fixing. Fortunately, there are still many smart people in this world. The many members of the competition committee pretended not to hear such foolish slander against me and paid no attention to it.

Today's competition is quite a challenge for me, as it is the championship match for the puppetry event. I am determined to win this battle and cannot afford to lose. To this end, I didn't even fight the witch last night and have been conserving my energy until now.

The reason for such importance is not only that the title of the Puppet Master of the Heavens cannot be lost, but also that the opponent is no weakling.

He was a fifth-tier puppeteer from the Samsara Sect, with the Daoist name Su Ying Zhenjun. Like his sect, he was very low-key in the myriad realms, usually keeping a low profile. However, he made a name for himself at this Heroes' Gathering. On the leaderboard, the Samsara Sect surpassed sects such as Guangxian Sect and Styx Sect, breaking into the ranks of top-tier forces. Su Ying Zhenjun also overcame numerous obstacles in the puppetry competition, defeating the super-strong puppeteers sent by Yuanshi Sect and Dongwang Sect, and finally reached the end, gaining the qualification to stand before me!
I naturally couldn't be as rude to a fellow puppeteer with genuine talent as I was to an old fellow like Qian Xuzi who had only a reputation for nothing. Since stepping onto the arena, I treated her with utmost respect and courtesy, and we chatted for a long time. This True Lord was quite a remarkable person. She looked cold and aloof, but after a few words of teasing, she burst into laughter, making the sky lose its color.

I only regret that the audience below the stage didn't cooperate, insisting that I was lusting after her beauty and taking advantage of the competition to get close to her. Isn't that wrong? Although I admit that she does have a great figure and is somewhat tempting to me.

But who am I, Su Qing? My heart is as firm as iron. When it comes to real fighting, I am ruthless beyond human comprehension!

The demon army marched out in formation, the four demon generals exuding awe-inspiring power, which terrified Su Ying, leaving her face pale with fear.

The Lizard Knights, clad in armor and armed with weapons, formed a formidable force when combined with a company of heavily armored knights.

The Buddha Bear Warriors consist of two bears, one black and one white, wielding red and blue flower sticks. They look roguish, but in reality, they are elite bears trained by Xiong Er, possessing both intelligence and strength.

Releasing these three legions is already ruthless enough, after all, Su Ying is not an outsider. She just called me "Brother Su" a few times. I can't really scare her to tears from the start.

But this little sister really opened my eyes today.

The puppet it released was one that had never been used in previous matches, clearly hidden away to deal with me. When it was thrown out, it was a dark, sphere with sticky tentacles on its surface. As soon as it was released, it fell into the midst of my three battle groups. The moment the tentacles stuck to my puppet, a row of serrated white teeth appeared on the black sphere, which let out a cackling laugh. The laugh was accompanied by waves of spiritual energy. I realized something was wrong at that moment, but it was too late to stop it.

This black sphere clearly possessed the ability to cause a mental explosion. Although it caused no physical damage, it disrupted the mental link between me and the puppet. In just an instant, most of my three battle groups were paralyzed.

Suying, who had just won a battle, smiled shyly at me, but then, like a fairy scattering flowers, she threw purple marbles into the air with both hands.

The marble was another type of spherical puppet. It split in two in mid-air, from which yellow electric mice leaped out. They moved like lightning, incredibly agile, and streaked through my three puppet battle groups, heading straight for me.

I, the older brother, am not to be trifled with either. I countered each move with a group of sword puppets. The electric rat was agile, but it was no match for the sword puppets. The rat used electric swords, and the swords stabbed the puppets. In this round, the brother and sister barely managed to fight to a draw.

This outcome was not what I expected. Before the match, I had studied Su Ying's match videos and knew that she had taken an unconventional approach, specializing in a niche puppet.

Spherical mythical beast-type puppet!
These puppets are made from various spirit beasts. Unlike other puppeteers who use dead spirit beasts to make puppets, these puppets must be made from living spirit beasts. The puppeteer uses special techniques to empower these spirit beasts so that they have the abilities and self-growth potential of normal spirit beasts, and can also meet the puppeteer's special needs, just like puppets.

These kinds of puppets are difficult to make. After all, living spirit beasts are not as cooperative as dead spirit beasts. If they resist even slightly during the making process, the project will fail. Moreover, the making cost is extremely high. The spherical containers that hold the spirit beasts alone are very expensive, not to mention the difficulty and cost of collecting small, special spirit beasts.

However, it must be said that these puppets have two advantages that other puppets cannot match. First, they do not need the help of creation runes. Because these puppets are spirit beasts, they also have extremely high combat intelligence. Second, once they are successfully made, they put very little burden on the puppeteer's consciousness. Even if the consciousness link is severed, they can still fight independently because they are both puppets and spirit beasts.

With these two advantages, Su Ying Zhenjun defeated all her powerful enemies and made it to the final battle.

But coincidentally, her two strengths are exactly what I excel at!
After she paralyzed the three major battle groups with her black ball puppets, I immediately dispatched a total of eighteen bad guys from my storage bag, including Bad Guy No. 2, Bad Guy No. 3, ... Bad Guy No. 18, forming an information army.

The eighteen villains, working together, used the special advantage of their Inspiration Dolls in terms of mental consciousness to instantly suppress the consciousness of the Black Ball Puppets, winning the battle of consciousness.

Next, I summoned the Starry Chaos and Void Lions to protect me on either side, to prevent a repeat of the earlier incident where their Electric Rat Wyvern charged at my face.

Only after making sure I wouldn't accidentally cause any trouble did I have the leisure to have some fun with my little sister, Su-ying.

She used Flash Bunny to try and cover my face, but I used Artillery Corps without aiming and just laid siege fire.

She releases the Mantis Assassin, I release the Loyal and Filial Devotion, wielding the Fangtian Halberd, who dares to offend my lord!
She released a fire-breathing dragon, and I released a nine-headed dragon. The dragon was a small dragon, and the dragon was a large dragon. They breathed fire at each other, and the nine-headed dragon could fight against a hundred dragons.

She was at her wit's end, so I relentlessly pursued her. She ran away, I chased, I chased, she ran away, until she was blushing and her heart was pounding, and she started calling me "bad brother." I chuckled and returned all the pikas, mantises, and other insects I had captured to her. In return, I got my good sister's contact information and a letter of appointment as a lecturer at the Martial Arts Academy.

My fame was rekindled in this battle, and I rightfully earned the title of the Puppet Master of the Heavens. Without a doubt, this elevated my status among cultivators across the myriad realms to a new level.

Besides, a torrent of good fortune descended from the heavens, but I didn't feel anything. The Azure Dragon Dao Pattern on my body, however, was thoroughly satisfied. Since it was a Dao Pattern under my sole control, it didn't matter whether it ate or not, so I didn't care too much. My mind was entirely on the puppet business in the future. After this competition, I could inscribe the name of the Puppet Master of the Heavens on any puppet I made. This wouldn't be false advertising; it would be the real deal. Finally, I could confidently raise the price of my puppets. After all, how could puppets made by the Puppet Master be ordinary puppets?
On March 29th, the four highly anticipated categories of formations, weapons, pills, and talismans all saw their champions determined.

not my business.

Just watching for the fun.

As expected, the first place in the array formation competition was won by that fifth-level array master from the Yuanshi Sect. Although I couldn't stand the smug look on that old Taoist priest's face, I figured that since he won the championship, I was eliminated by the champion, so at least I wasn't too embarrassed.

Surprisingly, the title of the number one weapon-refining sect in the heavens was not snatched by the Yuanshi Sect, but by the Dongwang Sect. The weapon refiner of this sect did a great job, melting an ancient star into a star bead the size of a goose egg. Although insiders said that the entire sect had been busy with this work for a long time, leaving only the finishing touches for this weapon refiner to do, it made it seem as if he had independently refined this sixth-order magic weapon. The technical content was far inferior to the miraculous operation of the honest weapon refiner of the Yuanshi Sect in repairing the ancient dragon and phoenix zither.

But what's the use of being so amazing? Among the judges and audience, there aren't many experts. They're just watching for the show and to see who does the best job. In this round, the Eastern King Sect was clearly more powerful, and the Primordial Sect's defeat was not unjust.

The talisman project, which I had high hopes for, unsurprisingly disappointed me. It was a disgrace to the Celestial Master lineage. He clearly had a wealth of talisman inheritance left by the patriarch, which would have been enough for him to simply copy. However, he was old and weak, and his spiritual power was insufficient to activate the sixth-order talisman in his hand. He let out a silent fart on the stage, a level of shame that would make the Celestial Master jump out of his coffin if he knew.

Gu Le Zhenjun won the alchemy project without any doubt. He was the only one from the Supreme Sect to participate in this project. If he didn't get first place, the Supreme Ancestor would have to jump out and beat him up just like the Celestial Master beat up Tong Chang.

On April 1st, the sky was overcast and rainy. Shao Delong perished in the final round of the armor competition. (End of Chapter)