Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The future is uncertain.

Two strong forces pave the way.

Erqiang's keen eyesight was always sharp, and he was the first to leap out of the giant Kun from the North Sea.

Under the illumination of the Dharma eye, there is only a hazy sky and a hazy earth.

The sky was extremely dark and heavy, as if it were connected to the ground, making it feel oppressive and suffocating.

The ground was covered with countless cracks, like black lines, gurgling out deathly black demonic energy.

Even if one has the ability to see clearly, one can see through the surrounding environment for dozens of miles. But if one looks further ahead, the scenery will be shrouded in layers of mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

Within this area of ​​several dozen miles, although one or two Netherworld Spiders, Black Light Scorpions, and other abyssal demons could be seen crawling out from the black patterns on the ground from time to time, these beings were nothing to the cultivators on the Giant Kun of the North Sea and could not be considered a threat.

After all, even the small fry of the Huang family could handle these demons back then. How could their luxurious lineup of over a hundred forces and over a hundred True Monarchs be intimidated by these abyssal demons?

At Erqiang's call, a line of cultivators emerged from the giant Kun of the North Sea.

"What a refreshing smell! No, it's a disgusting smell!"

"Is this the Abyss Secret Realm? Although it is filled with a large amount of death energy and demonic energy, the spiritual energy seems to be not much worse than that of the Tianyuan Realm!"

"The Five Poison Flower is the main ingredient for refining the Three Corpse Pill, and it can also be used by Yin-attribute spirit beasts to break through their bottlenecks. What a treasure!"

"Necrostones are excellent for refining weapons and creating puppets!"

"Our arduous journey was worthwhile; this Abyss Realm is indeed full of treasures!"

As part of the ancient underworld, the Abyss Realm may lack other valuable items, but it is overflowing with Yin-type undead materials.

Some of these materials were very useful in ancient times and were harvested and plundered by ancient cultivators. Most of what we have now only regenerated or formed after the great calamity of antiquity.

However, some materials, which ancient cultivators looked down upon or could not utilize and discarded like worn-out shoes, could be passed down to future generations, making them treasures for cultivators who were used to hardship.

Just like the Flame Crystal Mine that Su Qing discovered.

Ancient cultivators were violent and ruthless, often using heavenly thunder and earthly fire, but they mostly relied on their own Taoist arts. The magical cannon-like puppets that are prevalent in the current cultivation world had not yet been born in ancient times.

Therefore, even though they have a need for Flame Crystal Ore, they only use it as fuel for furnaces in alchemy and weapon crafting, and their demand for this ore is not great.

If this Flame Crystal ore falls into the hands of Su Qing or any of the existing sects, it can be used as cannonballs for magic cannons, allowing them to fire at will and unleash their firepower.

Such strategic materials are not to be missed by anyone who sees them.

Su Qing understood that he couldn't waste time mining and treasure hunting here. He simply marked all the mines he passed along the way, so that he could develop and utilize them when the opportunity arose in the future.

As for some spiritual plants and herbs that can be picked and obtained easily, and materials from monsters that can be killed or destroyed, they can be picked up along the way.

The hundred or so True Monarchs looked down on these trivial things. Even those who were tempted could resist the urge to give these benefits to the third and fourth level Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, as the other True Monarchs did not intervene, for the sake of face and to avoid losing face for the sect.

Following the route previously explored by the Huang family, they set off forward and traveled more than a hundred miles.

None of the cultivators encountered any significant resistance. Contrary to their expectations, upon arriving in the Abyss Secret Realm, they were not met with an overwhelming horde of abyssal demons, fierce and malevolent creatures, charging towards them.

Until they saw only ruins and broken walls.

This is the camp built by the Huang family in the past. Most of them are low-level spirit houses, but there are also nest houses, golden stone halls and other high-level spirit houses that have undergone a series of impact resistance tests when they are manufactured. Normally, they can withstand attacks from Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators.

And now, what comes into view of all the cultivators is...

Whether it was a low-level spirit house or a high-level spirit house, they were all reduced to piles of broken materials scattered on the ground.

On the ground, there was no one, no bloodstains, and no remains.

"Someone must have used sonic magic to shatter all the spirit houses in this place, and then opened their mouth and sucked everyone in!"

In the realm of spirit burial, there are fifth-tier spirit detectives. Their job in the heavens is to be hired by various sects to help them analyze the conspiracies and schemes behind murder cases, clear up misunderstandings, and also create hatred.

After walking around the camp, he was able to analyze what had happened there before.

Su Qing and the other True Lords did not seem to care much about this.

Therefore, most of the cultivators in the camp were at the second or third level of Foundation Establishment or Core Formation. Any True Monarch present could wipe them out with a wave of their hand.

What they care about is the background and methods of the entity that took action.

The short man with a goatee, whose Taoist name was Seeking Truth and who was also known as the Spirit Detective, chewed on a blade of grass and said in a solemn tone:
“I observed that there were remnants of Buddhist nature on the dust and ashes of these spirit houses, which means that the person who made the move must have had some connection with Buddhism.”

Considering the ancient underworld, with its connections to Buddhism and the ability to devour the heavens and earth, it's easy to guess who the person who made the move was!

"It was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who transformed into a demon and did it!" Shao Delong, who had been keeping a low profile because he had been deceiving the cultivators of the Eastern King Sect and was embarrassed to show himself in front of Zhongze Zhenjun and others, suddenly turned his head and blurted out the answer.

The detective spat a blade of grass onto his face.

"If Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had transformed into a demon, none of us would be able to escape now. Moreover, this Abyss Secret Realm has long since become a hell on earth, affecting all the heavens and myriad realms."

"It's Di Ting, the mythical beast Di Ting, you idiot!"

Di Ting, a mythical beast, is one of the ancient mythical creatures.

It has a tiger's head, a single horn, dog's ears, a qilin's body, a lion's tail, and a bear's paws. Its appearance is neither tiger nor lion, neither qilin nor dog. It can identify all things in the world by listening to their sounds, and it is especially good at listening to people's thoughts.

When demons wreaked havoc on the ancient land, Di Ting subdued the Prison-Suppressing Elephant Clan and was considered a powerful figure among all the demon kings and divine beasts.

After being thoroughly defeated by the Wu Clan, the Demon Clan suffered heavy losses. Later, the Demon Clan was targeted by the orthodox Xuanmen and Buddhist high-ranking cultivators. Di Ting and the Prison-Suppressing Elephants did not enjoy their glory for long before they began to live a miserable life of hiding and being hated by everyone.

Fortunately, it is luckier than others because it has the supernatural ability to hear people's voices, and the prison-guarding elephant it commands has the skill of shepherding wronged souls.

It just so happened that Houtu Niangniang was establishing the Underworld, which was short of talent, and the Heavenly Court, Buddhism, and Taoism all wanted to place their people in the Underworld to get a share of the pie.

Because of its relevant expertise, it and the guardian elephant were fortunate enough to be chosen by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and through the workings of Buddhism, they were given a position in the underworld.

During the ancient calamity, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, as a seventh-order great being, fought to the death in the underworld. In the end, he followed the other great beings, shattering his own Dao fruit in the world, and transforming the Dao he had comprehended into a legacy for future generations.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has a grand vision; the divine beast Di Ting, which he has trained for many years, seems to lack such enlightenment.

Having spent so many years in this dark and desolate abyss, filled with deathly and demonic energy, it has essentially transformed into a demon!

"This divine beast was a sixth-order divine beast back then, and now that it has transformed into a demon, it may also possess sixth-order abilities. What's more troublesome is that it has the ability to control the Prison-Suppressing Divine Elephants. If one of these beasts transforms into a demon, it may lead the Prison-Suppressing Divine Elephants to transform into demons as well, and the Prison-Suppressing Divine Elephants are at least fourth-order in strength!"

"That's not all. Di Ting has the ability to hear and investigate the Three Realms and Nine Netherworlds. Even though the Abyss Secret Realm is currently isolated from the world and not connected with the myriad realms and the Tianyuan Realm, making it difficult for it to observe the affairs of the myriad realms and the Tianyuan Realm, our every move and thought in the Abyss Secret Realm may still be under its control!"

"Damn it, did it hear about me secretly hiding tens of millions of spirit stones from my father-in-law as payment for goods?"

"It probably doesn't care about this matter, but since you've said it out loud, aren't you afraid your father-in-law will find out now?"

"Oh yeah, why did I say that? It feels like my brain went haywire the moment I arrived at this Abyss Secret Realm!" And it wasn't just Delong who had a brain problem.

Many cultivators below the fifth level of Nascent Soul were showing signs of mental confusion and loss of consciousness.

"This is the Aura of Mind Degradation! It is the signature divine power of a senior master of our ancient Demon Sect. He once used this divine power to create chaos among billions of living beings in all nations, turning them all into puppets in his hands, thereby threatening the ancient Heavenly Court and the orthodox Xuanmen sect."

Unfortunately, he spent a long time with those who had been mentally corrupted by him, and his mind was also affected by them. He was easily deceived by a judge in the underworld who said that he had been given a position in the underworld, a demon kingdom had been established, the staff had been set up, and the throne was made of pure gold, just waiting for him to come and sit down.

In the end, he walked right into a trap and was sealed away in the underworld!

Bosnian True Lord frowned and said that everyone had unknowingly fallen into the trap set by their Demonic Sect's powerful figures.

The demonic cultivators beside him, including Shi Lijing, felt honored upon hearing this.

As expected of their Demonic Sect's senior, he can easily outwit people.

Most people, of course, cursed the members of the Demonic Sect, saying that there had never been many good people in the past, and when they couldn't win in open battle, they loved to resort to these underhanded methods.

Pointing at monks and cursing them as bald monks—no, these people didn't even try to hide it; they were openly cursing the demonic sect cultivators to their faces.

Bosnia and Herzegovina were naturally furious.

Shi Lijing, however, told him to prioritize the overall situation.

It is precisely because the cultivators of the heavens have such a great prejudice against the demonic sect cultivators.

They need to perform well, after all, in the past, they, as demonic cultivators, had no choice, but this time they want to be good people.

If bad people want to reform, they need to show some attitude!
"My master, Li Jing, the initiator of the new era of the new demonic sect, will today, in front of all the True Lords of the heavens, perform a feat of tearing apart the ancestor of the demonic sect with his bare hands."

This is to distance ourselves from the ancient demonic sects. We also hope that all you True Lords will return and spread the word about our new demonic sect, so that cultivators from all realms will not still view us demonic cultivators with outdated perspectives!

The teacher spoke with respect and clarity.

All the cultivators present, who had previously held grudges against the demonic cultivators, now gave him a thumbs up after hearing his words.

"Well done, Sect Master!"

"A real man!"

"You tore that old demon apart today. From now on, I'll be the first to stop anyone from speaking ill of demonic cultivators!"

Under the gaze of everyone.

Shi Li stepped forward, and with a sudden burst of energy, his long robe exploded into countless fragments, revealing his flesh covered in runes.

This sudden clothing rip-off shocked everyone present.

It's not that I think showing respect to teachers is abnormal.

Instead, they were all drawn to the Dao patterns on its body.

"Master Shi truly lives up to his reputation as the leader in spirit runes; his spirit rune skills are absolutely superb!"

"The spirit patterns engraved on his body are actually animated, just like the animation released by the image-recording talisman!"

"It can not only move, but also has corresponding Daoist principles hidden within it. It can mobilize the Daoist principles hidden within any pattern on its body at will!"

"Spotted tiger, black-striped dragon, flying mantis, lark diving into the sea!"

"Mount Kunlun, the Northern Sea, the ancient Heavenly Court, and the present-day Western Sea!"

"No wonder the old True Lord has such a grand presence; it turns out that mountains, rivers, and all things are engraved on his body!"

As a fifth-tier spirit pattern master, Shi Lijing's years of experience have allowed him to create a variety of intricate designs on his body.

The man first transformed into a striped tiger and roared at the front.

A blurry Dao image was shaken out from tens of thousands of feet away.

Then the man transformed from a tiger into a dog, riding on black clouds, and chased after the dark figure.

"What a beast! As a disciple of the Demonic Sect, he actually wants to be a dog for the Daoist Sect!"

The shadowy figure initially tried to turn and flee upon realizing it had been exposed.

Upon seeing Shi Lijing arrive in dog form, he was immediately enraged and stood frozen in place, determined to cleanse the Demonic Sect of its filth and eliminate this junior cultivator who had disgraced the Demonic Sect.

And this is exactly what teachers respect and expect.

You see, since he dared to take the matter on his own, he wanted to show the True Lords of all realms his determination and methods.

He had clearly calculated the strength of his opponent.

This old master of the Demonic Sect didn't rely on combat skills back then; he only had the ability to subdue intelligence to gain recognition. In addition, he himself wasn't very bright. Now, he has been trapped and sealed in this abyss secret realm for countless years, and it is likely that he has lost almost all of his remaining wisdom.

Lacking both ability and intelligence.

He deserved to be treated with the utmost respect by his master, even unto death.

The black dog transformed into a Vajra Demon Ape, landed in front of the old demon, reached out and pierced through the old demon's chest, then stretched out its arm and pulled.

He truly meant what he said; he said he would tear apart the old master of the Demon Sect, and he did just that!
Meanwhile, Shi Lijing's side had just finished fighting.

Before the cultivators could even begin to praise his fierce and unruly behavior, the others had already begun to do so.

Then they saw thick black smoke rising in the distance, forming a long line, rolling towards the group of cultivators!

"What kind of monster are you? Do you also want to test the power of this sect master?"

Shi Lijing had just torn apart the old senior, and it was a time when the old man was feeling young and spirited, and feared no one.

Seeing the black smoke approaching, he shouted loudly. But when the black smoke got closer, he saw that it was a group of black smoke, connected in a continuous expanse, each one as big as a small mountain, with tens of thousands of prison-suppressing divine elephants behind it.

The man immediately turned into an ostrich, scurried back into the group, buried his head, and refused to respond to anyone calling him.

"Alright, this should be our first battle in the Abyss Secret Realm."

Ladies and gentlemen, I will not go into too much detail about the significance of this Abyss Operation here.

I only hope that you all remember your responsibilities and fight bravely alongside me!

With a loud shout, Su Qing leaped into the air and clapped his hands, causing more than ten million Flame Cannons to appear in front of him.

Then, thousands upon thousands of cannons unleashed their firepower, allowing these ancient, immortal, yet still resilient, prison-guarding divine elephants to experience firsthand the might of modern-day cannons! (End of Chapter)