Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire are originally powerful divine abilities, formed from extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth. Before the myriad realms of the heavens merged into the Tianyuan Realm, it would have been extremely difficult for Su Qing to use them as a regular puppet-making method as easily as he does now. However, with the accumulation of inheritances from the great sects of the heavens, countless creations of cultivation have fallen into the Tianyuan Realm, such as the Heavenly Thunder Sword and the Earthly Fire Furnace in his hands, which have circulated into the Tianyuan Realm.

Undoubtedly, these creations of cultivation will bring about earth-shattering changes to the development of all arts and crafts in the Tianyuan cultivation world and to the cultivation of cultivators in the future.

This change is also why Su Qing did not resist their entry into Tianyuan, even though he knew that the influx of cultivators from all the heavens and myriad realms into Tianyuan would diminish the interests of the native cultivators of Tianyuan.

Ultimately, the ancient heritage of the myriad realms and the cultivation civilization that have developed over the years are too tempting for the Tianyuan Realm. Only by joining forces with them can the Tianyuan Realm utilize its resources after its revival as quickly as possible and transform them into combat power to deal with the evil forces.

He started thinking too far ahead, so he patted his face and forced himself to concentrate.

After installing the Heavenly Thunder Sword and the Earth Fire Furnace, lightning was drawn from above to bombard the area, while the earth fire below baked it. The heavenly thunder and earth fire stirred the Creation Talisman Water material into a vortex, evaporating white steam. It took three days and nights to complete the task.

He clearly didn't have the patience to wait, so after sending several Great Wood Spirits to monitor the frequency of lightning and the temperature of the earth fire, he turned to preparing other talismanic water.

The talisman water he prepared next was talisman water from a sixth-tier divine beast.

Because only Su Qing possesses the Creation Rune, the Rune Water is hard to find and can only be prepared by himself. Unlike the Divine Beast Rune, which is circulated throughout the myriad realms, the Rune Water can be bought with money.

A bottle of sixth-tier divine beast talisman water, depending on its quality, costs between twenty and thirty million spirit stones.

The materials needed to prepare one bottle of talisman water cost approximately two million.

More than ten times the profit!

Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that the materials for this talisman water are mostly monopolized by large corporations, Su Qing would have wanted to do this business. Unfortunately, if he wanted to compete with the Yuanshi Sect and the Dongwang Sect for business, they would immediately cut off his material supply and strangle him!

Although he couldn't do this business, he wouldn't give spirit stones to others either.

Although the refining process of this sixth-order divine beast talisman water is a bit complicated, it is not as difficult as the creation talisman water. He multitasked and worked hard for five days and nights to complete the refining process!
"Mid-to-high quality, selling for export starts at at least 18 million spirit stones. If you do the math, that's equivalent to me earning 15-16 million spirit stones in five days and five nights? A daily wage of at least 3 million?"

The talisman water was prepared. Although the quality was not entirely satisfactory, it was still usable. Su Qing was in a good mood. Looking at the Creation Talisman Water, it was also prepared during this process.

With the two main rune waters successfully completed, there are no grade requirements for the remaining rune water used to draw auxiliary runes. Theoretically, any rune water of the first or second grade is acceptable.

But given his current status, wealth, and ability to make money, wouldn't it make him a laughingstock?
Go up to the fifth tier! Go up to the fifth tier!

These were all leftovers from when he refined fourth-tier puppets. Some bottles were still more than half full, while others were just the bottom. But they were still usable, even though they were wobbly.

There are twenty or thirty bottles of fifth-tier Sky-Soaring Talisman Water, fifth-tier Mountain-Moving Talisman Water, fifth-tier Space Talisman Water, fifth-tier Material Talisman Water, fifth-tier Defense Talisman Water, and fifth-tier Battle Tool Talisman Water. In addition, there are sixth-tier Creation Talisman Water and Divine Beast Talisman Water. The value of these talisman waters alone is enough to bankrupt a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, if the goal is to create a fifth-tier puppet that can rival a Nascent Soul True Monarch, then these sacrifices seem insignificant.

"I have plenty of talisman water, but I don't know if this giant Kun can handle it!"

As a fifth-tier puppeteer who has crafted countless puppets, Su Qing knows better than anyone that although each additional rune on a puppet grants it an additional ability, and more is always better, the puppet itself has a limit to its capacity. If one is greedy and draws too many runes, the puppet will eventually be unable to bear the weight and collapse on its own, resulting in a great loss.

Stepping into the workshop, one can see that the main body of the giant Kun has been completed.

The entire Kun resembles a blue whale, over thirty miles long and more than ten thousand feet wide. Its indigo skin is made of sixth-order star sand mixed with earth obsidian, giving it the ability to resist void erosion, conceal divine consciousness fluctuations, and withstand heaven-level Taoist techniques or combat skills.

Beneath the skin and flesh, the thick layer of fat, as high as a building, is entirely filled with high-grade Crimson Bloodstone. This ore is even more effective than Blood Spirit Crystal, not only possessing super restorative power but also granting cultivation creations the same effect as fourth-order body cultivators' internal energy, greatly mitigating external impacts and reducing the damage they suffer by more than half. Su Qing himself owns a Crimson Bloodstone mine, mining and processing about a hundred kilograms of Crimson Bloodstone daily. He puts a small portion of it on the market and sells it to various parts of Tianyuan. The remaining majority, besides being used to refine puppets such as heavy knights, lizard knights, and heavily armored giant bears, has accumulated over 100,000 kilograms of Crimson Bloodstone over the years. Originally, he planned to accumulate a large amount to create a fifth-order Vajra Bear God. Now that the Giant Kun of the North Sea is suitable, the Vajra Bear God, whose blueprints haven't been completed yet, can only remain a figment of his imagination.

Beneath the flesh and fat forged from Crimson Bloodstone lies a skeleton pieced together from countless animal bones, including tigers, leopards, jackals, oxen, horses, apes, elephants, eagles, rocs, whales, sharks, and even a small number of dragon bones, cloud dragon bones, and earth dragon bones.

The skeletons of various races were ingeniously pieced together by the skillful hands of the wooden figures to support the massive body of the giant Kun. It looked quite sturdy, but Su Qing knew that this was a last resort.

According to the blueprints provided on the panel, the giant Kun is enormous, and if it needs to travel through the void in the future, it must have strong bones to support its body and resist the erosion of the omnipresent earth, wind, water, and fire in the void. Therefore, the best giant Kun bone material provided on the panel is the skeleton of a fifth-order demon beast containing the bloodline of Kunpeng. If that is not available, complete fifth-order dragon bones or fifth-order Qilin bones, which are divine beasts and exotic beasts, can be used as substitutes.

In short, a skeleton pieced together from the remains of various monsters and mythical beasts like he did with building blocks is definitely substandard.

But it's just that the conditions don't allow it!

Monsters with the bloodline of Kunpeng are already hard to find. In the entire Tianyuan Realm, only the Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom's Hundred Treasures Pavilion raises a group of Mountain-Chasing Cloud Kun. The strongest Cloud Kun leader among them is only at the peak of the third rank!

That's why the Hundred Treasures Pavilion is useless. They've been raising Cloud Kun for countless years, but they haven't achieved anything. If they had raised a fourth-tier Cloud Kun, he could have gritted his teeth and spent a lot of money to get it and make do with it for this Northern Sea Giant Kun. Even if they wiped out their entire clan of third-tier Cloud Kun, they still couldn't build the structure of a fifth-tier Giant Kun!
The Kunpeng is known for its purity and celibacy, refusing to mate indiscriminately with true dragons, resulting in a rarity of its offspring. Fifth-tier Kunpeng descendants are extremely rare. So, are fifth-tier true dragons, fifth-tier phoenixes, and fifth-tier qilin much easier to obtain?

Who isn't a top-tier divine beast? Who isn't a favorite of the heavens? With Su Qing's connections, he only managed to get a few pieces of cloud dragon and earth dragon remains from the Azure Dragon King. As for the rest of the demon bones, it was only because the Fire Phoenix Princess and the White-Faced Green Lion King were loyal enough that they managed to get a bunch of fifth-tier demon bones from their friends in Tianyuan and the various demon races, either by buying, exchanging, or threatening them.

"Let's make do with it. If we don't have enough materials, we'll use runes. If it's not tough enough, we'll add some defensive runes. If it's not strong enough, we'll add some mountain-moving runes. If it's not smooth and harmonious enough, the creation runes will create its own destiny!"

Having reached the limit of her current efforts, even if she didn't meet the standard, she had no regrets. Su Qing wasn't the type to nitpick or pursue perfection. She put aside the regrets about the skeleton and looked at the internal structure.

A series of arrays separated countless spaces. If all went well, once he applied the spatial and material runes to the puppet, the spaces enclosed by these arrays would transform into individual rooms. Although they weren't materialized yet, by observing the different functions of the arrays, one could discern the purpose of each small space.
The room protected by the blast-proof array was naturally his puppet-making room. After all, even if he was as steady as a rock in making puppets, if you walk by the river often, there will always be one or two times when you accidentally cause an explosion.

The rooms equipped with the fresh air array are the lounges for the Merman Princess and the VIP guests. They not only have fresh air arrays, but also temperature control arrays and sunlight arrays, ensuring a comfortable and pleasant living environment.

With dozens of arrays such as concealment array, breath-extinguishing array, and recovery array combined, this room should be his rest room. It's not excessive at all. After all, this puppet is his, and it's perfectly normal for him to get some good stuff. After all, when the giant Kun of the North Sea is mobilized, it will be a long and arduous journey. The journey is long and lonely, and he also needs to tell stories to the fish-woman princesses.

Su Qing focused on the equipment inventory, which included a row of new Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons, Exorcising Missiles, Sky Tyrants, Deep Sea Tyrants, Dragon-Breaking Crossbows, Immortal-Binding Ropes, Demon-Binding Nets, and more. All of these items together were worth almost as much as a fifth-tier puppet. These were all prepared to compensate for the North Sea Giant Kun's weakness of having strong defense but lacking attack power.

It seems that unless one encounters a master Nascent Soul cultivator with outstanding lineage and supernatural powers like True Lord Guangxian or True Lord Sanyang, even a mediocre Nascent Soul cultivator would be in a bind if faced with the firepower of the Giant Kun of the North Sea. Oh, I forgot to mention, there are also more than a thousand specially treated feathered arrows hidden in the deep, well-like ventilation holes on its head, which are completely free of any aura fluctuations. They can be used to ambush people with perfect accuracy!

Inside the giant Kun's belly, Su Qing saw a huge fireball, as large as a disc, radiating intense red flames. Even from several miles away, he could feel the surging energy emanating from it.

This is a fifth-order fire source refined from an ancient star core. Without it as a power source, it would be impossible to satisfy the consumption of the giant Kun in the North Sea.

This source of fire exists only in the void, and only a sixth-order Void Refinement cultivator has the ability to refine ancient stars into a source of fire.

Therefore, if one wants to purchase this item, one must seek out the various sects of the heavens, and at least it must be a major sect like Peach Blossom Sect or Pill Origin Sect, which has a sixth-level Void Refinement cultivator in charge.

Su Qing knew that the Fire Source was precious and hard to come by, so when he came to buy it, he brought more than a dozen storage bags containing spirit stones. He even went so far as to exchange it for a fourth-order exorcising missile puppet, which was in high demand, showing his sincerity.

However, after visiting several major sects, they came up empty-handed; no one would sell, no matter how expensive or cheap!
Even the Snail Emperor Sect, which considers itself half a family member, is unwilling to sell him its fifth-order fire seed source.

Only after asking did I learn that only stars born before the creation of the world can be considered ancient stars, and only such stars can be refined into the source of fire.

In ancient times, although there were countless primordial stars in the void, there were also more ancient powerful beings than stars. Some used these stars to refine weapons and treasures, some swallowed these stars for cultivation, and some used these stars to decorate their inner grotto-heavens...

The ancient powerful beings did not leave anything for future generations, only caring about their own pleasure. As a result, after the ancient times, there are very few ancient stars in the heavens, and one can only find one or two in the depths of the void.

Even so, obtaining it is not easy. The void is a world of its own, and there are countless void beasts, some of which can rival even sixth-level Void Refinement cultivators or seventh-level Dao Lords. They love to nest in ancient stars, and to refine ancient stars, one must fight against the void beasts.

Due to their limited quantity and difficulty in acquisition, coupled with the fact that major sects themselves have needs for using this fire source to refine weapons and puppets, cultivate supernatural abilities, etc., it is naturally impossible for them to sell it to others.

Su Qing felt deeply regretful about this, but she could understand it. Since it couldn't be bought with spirit stones, the only option was to exchange it for merit points in the Heavenly Talisman Hall.

The Heavenly Talisman Palace organization is not a secret in the heavens. As far as he knows, the Guangxian True Lord of the Yuanshi Sect and the Zhongze True Lord of the Dongwang Sect are both members of this organization. The major sects have no sense of vigilance against this elusive organization, as if they know its background and are not worried that it will harm people and cultivators.

Over the years, he has been developing peacefully in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and has no time to deal with evil spirits. However, even though he doesn't seek out evil spirits, they still come to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to cause trouble.

Over the past hundred years, he has passively subdued hundreds of demons, most of whom were of lower or middle rank. However, he has accumulated considerable merit in the Heavenly Talisman Palace. In addition, he has leftover merit points from killing several high-ranking demons in the past. He has accumulated more than 15 million merit points in the Heavenly Talisman Palace.

He didn't feel too bad about spending over six million to exchange for this fifth-tier Void Flame Source.

If nothing unexpected happens, this source of fire will be able to supply the giant Kun of the North Sea until it is scrapped. During this period, he will not need to spend a single spirit stone on this puppet.

After inspecting the source of the fire and seeing that it was burning brightly and everything was normal, he was completely relieved.

He took out the Kunpeng Blood from his storage bag, preparing to carry out the final step in refining the main body of the Giant Kun of the North Sea!
Hemolysis manifests supernatural powers!
Since it is based on the Kunpeng, how can it lack the Kunpeng's supernatural powers!
This drop of Kunpeng essence blood contains the cultivation insights, various Dao techniques, and even innate divine abilities of a Dao Ancestor-level Kunpeng.

With the creation runes he refines next, there is a very high probability that this giant Kun from the North Sea will obtain some of the divine powers and techniques unique to the Kunpeng.

Su Qing didn't ask for much; he would be content with just one or two Earthly Fiend-level divine abilities and three to five Heavenly-level demonic arts.

He held the Kunpeng blood in his palm, and without his control, the blood, like a weary bird returning to its nest, landed on the head of the giant Kun of the North Sea. It then burst open with a snap, and droplets of essence blood flowed like mercury across every corner of the giant Kun's body, bringing about all sorts of mysterious and wondrous changes. (End of Chapter)