Immortality begins with meditation puppets

A monstrous demon has appeared and is blocking our path within the Abyss Secret Realm.

This was exactly what Su Qing had expected.

This is a glimpse of the future that the Demon Buddha showed him.

Given their current strength, those fifth-tier sea monsters would be a minor nuisance to the True Monarchs present, if not effortless.

Through hard work and determination, these True Lords, who have inherited their skills for many years, cultivated diligently, and acquired various cultivation artifacts to assist them, have achieved great things.

They are far superior to a bunch of sirens who only possess high levels of cultivation but lack effective methods, and whose superficiality is comparable to a group of muscular, technologically advanced men.

As for the sea monsters below the fifth rank, they are nothing more than a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Even Yao Guangquan, Wei Debao, and others, as long as they are equipped, can kill them as prey.

This is the advantage of human cultivation. In ancient times, before the emergence of demons, the main theme of the Tianyuan Realm was the struggle for supremacy among all races.

The witch race, the demon race, the dragon race, the phoenix race, the ferocious beasts, and the divine beasts—these races either possess flawless physical bodies or innate supernatural powers. By all accounts, the overlord of all races cannot be a human being with inadequate innate conditions, a weak physical body, and a fragile soul.

Ultimately, however, humanity, through the arduous efforts of countless cultivators, overcame numerous obstacles, created secret techniques, and crafted various cultivation artifacts. This allowed them to compete and rise above all other races, establishing the Human Imperial Court outside of Heaven and Hell, becoming the undisputed overlord of all races, a position that, while perhaps not entirely convincing to the other races, was difficult to challenge.

The Humanitarian Imperial Court at that time treated other powerful races in the same way that the cultivators in the Abyss Secret Realm now view the evil demons.

So what if you can fight? Having more money and more equipment is what really matters!
Yao Guangquan, a third-tier warrior, arrogantly spun his blue-flame Gatling gun, unleashing a barrage of fire at a massive fourth-tier sea monster that required no effort to spare. He blasted it to pieces, exposing its bare bones, before finally stopping.

Meanwhile, the others had already engaged the demon horde in battle. Judging from the situation, Su Qing didn't even need to use his puppet army to deal with these demons.

But the Demon Buddha sent these wicked demons into the abyss to cause them trouble, not to deliver them to be killed.

The reason why the evil demons of the North Sea have been able to entrenched themselves in the West Sea for hundreds of years is not simply because they have kept a low profile.

It's because their leader, the sixth-order Overturning Sea Great Sage, is a truly ruthless character!

While deciphering fragments of the future, Su Qing also struggled with how to deal with this wicked demon.

They pulled Tong Chang over to discuss it together, and combined the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern with the Celestial Master's divination techniques to deduce the answer.

Finally, they found a way to deal with this sea monster!
That means pushing Erqiang to take over!

To be honest, among all the gods in the Tianyuan Realm today, Erqiang's only problem is his poor background. He became a god through evil deeds, so his foundation can't really be said to be clean.

But apart from his background, Erqiang is the most outstanding among the gods in every way.

He shed blood for the Tianyuan Realm, he withstood lightning for countless lives, and he even won the glory of being the number one fighter for the gods of the Tianyuan Realm at the Heroes' Assembly!

Such a deity is capable of doing things, dares to do things, and has already achieved something.

If he doesn't improve, who should?
A humble origin does not negate the ambition of a deity who truly aspires to do something for the Tianyuan Realm and all the myriad worlds!
Erqiang should sit in the position of the Heavenly War God!

The main reason is that the organization needs him to take this position.

This was not even subject to his own will. As the only two people in the current Heavenly Origin Realm who could speak on matters of the gods, the Heavenly Emperor's Walker and the Celestial Master of the Present World, Su Qing and Tong Chang hit it off immediately and decided to push the two of them to the throne of the sixth-order Heavenly Origin War God in this Abyss Secret Realm.

This is also why Su Qing had Erqiang fight when they encountered the Shadow Bat and Blood Mosquito Taoist on the road.

We're not trying to trick him, we're genuinely training and developing him!
Go ahead, don't let us down!

"Erqiang, I have high hopes for you!"

Encouraged by Tong Chang and Su Qing, Erqiang was excited and thrilled, but his body trembled as he said:

"Talk is talk, but let's fight. Before we go, shouldn't you give me some real artifacts and divine weapons? I at least had the Thunder God's Hammer and the Qian Yuan Mirror when I fought that Blood Mosquito Daoist. Now that I'm fighting the even more ruthless Overturning Sea Great Sage, there's no reason for me to go empty-handed. At the very least, give me some puppet talismans!"

The opportunity was right in front of him, and Erqiang knew he couldn't miss it. But since the organization had entrusted him with such an important task, he couldn't just talk about it. Even the emperor doesn't starve his soldiers, so he had to get himself some good equipment too!
“If we were to use genuine artifacts or divine weapons, which of the True Lords here wouldn’t dare to fight this Great Sage Overturning the Sea? Why would we need you?” Su Qing waved his hand, rejecting his seemingly reasonable and humane request, which was theoretically unacceptable.

"Fine, then go ahead. Don't you have the Xingtian Blood Axe, a true weapon of slaughter? Go and fight the Great Sage Overturning the Sea!" Gao Erqiang finally caught Su Qing off guard and jabbed him in the throat.

He just hadn't realized that you have to choose your target and the timing when you make a challenge.

"Since you, Erqiang, are unwilling to go, then Fellow Daoist Ying, what do you think of the position of Heavenly Origin War God? Everyone has seen how Fellow Daoist Ying has performed as a human and as a god over the years. With your background, qualifications, and achievements, I think there is no problem for you to become the Heavenly Origin War God!"

Su Qing turned to Ying Jue, a fifth-tier deity who also wanted to improve, an armored general, Shao Delong's father-in-law, a major financial backer of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, and a person with strong power, influence, connections, and abilities.

Upon hearing this, Ying Jueshen was about to stand up gratefully when Erqiang grabbed him by the collar and threw him behind him.

"To make a god who forges armor into turtles the god of war is a joke, isn't it? Third brother, I didn't think before I spoke just now. I apologize to you."

"Alright, Second Brother doesn't need anything. I'll go and take care of this Great Sage Who Overturns the Seas for you right now!"

Erqiang had finally figured it out. Since Su Qing and Tong Chang both insisted that they should not rely on the power of others to deal with the Great Sage Overturning the Sea.

This must be an important part of my becoming the God of War of the Heavenly Origin. It's not that Su Qing is stingy and inhumane for not giving him the true artifact or divine weapon.

"Speaking of which, Second Brother, the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword in your hand is a first-class killing weapon, and the Exquisite Pagoda in your hand is also a first-class innate spiritual treasure. With these two treasures in hand, if Second Brother were to rely on other true artifacts or divine weapons, he would not be able to show his own might in this battle, nor would he be able to display his divine authority as the God of War!"

Su Qing patted Erqiang on the shoulder and said sincerely.

Whether Erqiang can successfully advance to the Heavenly Origin War God is the key to whether their Abyss team can achieve its established goals.

He really didn't want Erqiang to be thinking about other things at this time, so as to miss this opportunity for promotion!

Erqiang nodded to him, indicating that he knew what to do.

Meanwhile, the Great Sage Overturning the Seas saw a group of cultivators using puppets, talismans, magical artifacts, and weapons to suppress and slaughter his sea monster brothers.

Enraged beyond measure, he wielded a freely moving iron staff, his ape-like body traversing the sea waves, and in an instant, he arrived before the assembled cultivators.

The sixth-tier demon seemed to possess the power to shatter the heavens and split the earth with every move. With a single swing, the already somber sky of the Abyss Secret Realm was torn open like a canvas, leaving behind two trails of black blood-red clouds stretching for countless miles.

At the same time, Gao Erqiang, who was determined to die rather than fail, also shuddered and transformed into a giant god more than 10,000 feet tall in an instant.

The three-pointed, double-edged sword in his hand also grew larger along with his body.

With a loud clang, as if thunder were rumbling in the heavens, it was actually just the sound of a three-pointed double-edged sword clashing with a heart-shaped iron staff.

And the result of this collision.

However, the Great Sage Who Overturned the Sea was completely unharmed. Although he was somewhat surprised that someone could withstand his attack, he was able to raise his staff again and strike once more.

Erqiang, however, was kneeling in the sea of ​​blood, his enormous body oozing a massive amount of divine blood from his shattered armor.

Clearly, it's a bit too much for a fifth-order deity to resist a sixth-order monstrous demon.

But only by facing difficulties head-on can one become a war god; only by becoming stronger when facing stronger opponents can one truly be considered a top-tier fighter!
As the Great Sage of the Overturning Seas struck with his second staff, Erqiang stood up straight again and parried with his sword once more!

Rumble!
A deafening thunderclap shook the heavens and the earth.

They left behind about half of the True Monarchs and three to five hundred Nascent Soul cultivators to deal with the monstrous demons of the Western Sea.

Su Qing led the remaining troops, bypassing the giant immortal god and the giant black ape, and rushed straight towards the Yama Palace that had already come into view.

As for the battle between Erqiang and Fuhai Dasheng, who will win and who will lose?

It's neither something they can get involved in, nor should they waste their time getting involved.

We walked another hundred miles or so.

Ahead lies a blood-red bridge, stretching endlessly, its height seemingly reaching the heavens.

On that bridge, countless ghostly figures of all shapes and sizes sell goods, eat and drink, just like any other worldly nation built on this long bridge. All the flavors of life, all the scenes of daily life, everything that should be there, this bridge has it all.

But the problem is, to truly experience the myriad flavors of life, one must first be in the human world!
These vengeful spirits are nothing more than pitiful creatures who cannot be reincarnated and are bound by the Bridge of Life and Death in the underworld, forever drowning in the illusory and bizarre kingdom woven for them by this bridge!

As soon as they came into contact with Su Qing and the other living beings, the death energy was stimulated by the life energy, and the illusion that had been repeated for countless years was shattered. Immediately, all the ghosts were immersed in the pain of not being able to get rid of themselves for countless years and being just lonely ghosts for countless years, and instantly blamed this resentment on Su Qing and the others.

If not them, then who is to blame?
Why is the Bridge of Life and Death such a dead object?
Everyone needs an outlet for their frustrations!

And these living, breathing immortals and gods, high above, the cultivators who freed them from their delusions and dreams, became the outlet for these demons who instantly transformed into vicious and evil spirits!
Endless, malevolent, and vengeful spirits surged from the Bridge of Life and Death towards the thirty or forty True Lords.

Su Qing turned her gaze to several Buddhist masters, including those from the Suspended Buddhist Kingdom, the Ksitigarbha Buddhist Kingdom, and the Bodhi Buddhist Kingdom.

Without a word, they all stood up, some speaking eloquently, some holding prayer beads, and some roaring like lions.

In short, these vengeful ghosts and spirits were left to be dealt with by Buddhist monks who were qualified to handle them.

And the evil spirits that emerged from the Bridge of Life and Death.

This is something that ordinary Buddhist masters cannot handle.

The Bridge of Life and Death is an innate spiritual treasure called the Measuring Ruler, which has the ability to measure the length of heaven and earth and to calculate the interval between life and death.

When the ancient goddess Houtu created the underworld, some enthusiastic people, whether voluntarily or under duress, presented this measuring ruler to Houtu for use in the underworld.

Then the Earth Goddess transformed this ruler into a bridge between life and death, guiding living souls and delivering vengeful spirits. The demise of the physical body's vitality does not mean death; only when the soul crosses the bridge between life and death is it considered true death.

Over the years, countless souls have crossed the Bridge of Life and Death, including some with great supernatural powers. However, the resentment of these beings after death cannot be completely quenched by the Bridge of Life and Death.

In the past, when the underworld was fully established, there was also Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who would chant sutras daily at this Bridge of Life and Death to deliver the souls of the living and alleviate the burden on the Bridge of Life and Death.

Since the great calamity of antiquity, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's enlightenment has been lost, and the resentment accumulated on the Bridge of Life and Death from the past and the present has lingered for a long time.

Thus, this object, like the Yunshan Palace that Su Qing encountered years ago, has also been transformed into an evil spirit.

It is far more powerful than the Cloud Mountain Palace; it is not some third-order evil spirit, but a sixth-order evil spirit!
The only good news is that it is just an evil spirit, not possessed by any evil spirit. It only has the power of an evil spirit, not the power of an evil spirit.

Of course, it is just an evil spirit. Since it has reached the sixth level, it is not so easy to deal with!

At least, the exorcism army under Su Qing's command has no experience in fighting sixth-order evil spirits. In fact, due to the absolute difference in their status, the exorcism army, which has only completed the fourth-order transformation and has not even produced a fifth-order exorcism puppet, cannot accumulate experience in fighting sixth-order evil spirits. This is because the first battle would likely result in total annihilation, with no second chance.

Without the exorcism army, it was already difficult for the Buddhist high-ranking monks to deal with hundreds of millions of vengeful spirits and dead souls, so it was not good to trouble them further.

So who should deal with this Bridge of Life and Death?
At this moment, Xiong Er stepped forward, wanting Su Qing to take out the Arhat skeleton so that it could fight the Bridge of Life and Death to the death.

Xiong Er was a highly accomplished Buddhist practitioner, whose mastery of Buddhist teachings was so profound that other Buddhist practitioners of the same level could only look up to him and regard him as their master.

If he were to bring the Arhat's remains with him again, the probability of him taking down the Bridge of Life and Death would be extremely high, at least higher than the probability of the two strong men defeating the Great Sage Overturning the Sea.

However, Su Qing did not let Xiong Er play.

It wasn't that they were afraid it might suffer some mishap in a battle against a sixth-order great evil.

In fact, during this Abyss Operation, not to mention Xiong Er and Hu Dan, even Su Qing himself was prepared to sacrifice himself for others.

No one can be willing to sacrifice themselves!

The reason for not letting Xiong Er go was that you can't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

This Arhat's skeleton is no ordinary object; it contains a Buddha relic. Among all the cultivators present, only Xiong Er can bear the skeleton and use its power to unleash the Buddha relic's might.

This is a sharp knife, a key to victory that can only be used at the last moment to stab the enemy in the heart.

It's far from being about just a sixth-tier evil spirit.

Su Qing took out Bi Lian, 3,672 merit wooden fish and their matching large wooden spirits from his storage bag.

Xiong Er handed the Vajra to Bi Lian, who then held the Vajra and, along with the merit-making wooden fish, went to the Bridge of Life and Death.

This was the elite exorcism team he had formed on top of the exorcism army.

Wooden Fish Special Forces! (End of Chapter)