Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The great evil that the Bridge of Life and Death transformed into resembled a giant black bull with its back broken. It was ten thousand feet tall, with a head like Mount Tai, a waist like a steep mountain range, eyes like lightning, a mouth like a blood basin, and teeth like swords and halberds.

The demon lord, upon seeing this Dharma form, immediately cried out in surprise.

"He is the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, a peerless genius of the ancient Bull Clan, who, as a demon, joined the Lingbao Sect, married a princess, and kept a beautiful concubine—an eighth-order Dao Lord level being!"

"Princess and concubines are no problem for anyone, but an eighth-level Dao Lord is something to be envied!"

"This demon saint was once a brilliant talent among demons in ancient times, but unexpectedly, in the end, he couldn't even protect his Dharma body and ended up in this abyss underworld, where he was used by evil spirits and became their accomplice!"

"The good news is that this demon saint's physical body disintegrated and his Dao fruit scattered back then, leaving only this Dharma body, which at most has only one ten-thousandth of his abilities in life. The bad news is that even one ten-thousandth of the abilities of a Dao Lord demon saint who has achieved sainthood through physical body is enough for this evil battle on the Bridge of Life and Death to be fought against the evil power!"

"What should we do? According to the rule that whoever caused the trouble should deal with it, shouldn't our demon friends step up and fight against this evil bridge of life and death that uses the demon saint's body?"

"That's right. When Master Shi, a junior of the Demonic Sect, tore apart a senior of the Demonic Sect, didn't you demons feel excited? Why don't you also perform a scene of tearing apart a senior demon saint?"

When the group of human True Monarchs saw that the Bridge of Life and Death had transformed into the ancient Bull King's Dharma form, they felt troubled and then passed the problem on to more than ten demon True Monarchs.

Human True Lords are adept at shifting blame, while Demon True Lords are far less experienced in dealing with such matters.

After being confronted by their words, two tiger-headed and arrogant tiger kings stepped forward, ready to fight the evil spirits of the Bridge of Life and Death.

Whether it works or not is another matter, whether they live or die is another matter, but in front of so many powerful forces, they can't let the demon race lose face!
Just as they were preparing to die heroically.

Su Qing reached out and stopped them.

"The two demon lords possess unparalleled supernatural powers, and there will be times when we need to rely on them. This evil bridge of life and death is evil, not a demon. Dealing with it is not the forte of the two demon lords. Please bear with it for a moment and let me handle this evil!"

These words brought tears to the eyes of Tiger King and Ox King. Grabbing Su Qing's hand, they uttered a thousand words in one sentence:

"True Lord Su, you're a true friend. Next time you come to my Bull Clan, I'll definitely serve you the freshest tiger meat!"

"True Lord Su, my good brother, when you come to my Tiger Clan in the future, you must taste the fattest and most delicious beef first!"

Not only Tiger King, but Ox King was also deeply moved.

The other demon lords behind them were also deeply moved.

Although the demon race is doing better than the witch race now, they still can't compare to the thriving human race. Whether in the myriad realms or in this abyss, they can't avoid being ostracized and suppressed by the human race's True Monarchs, just like before.

Only Su Zhenjun could treat them with genuine kindness.

No wonder the Heavenly Emperor valued him highly and appointed him as an attendant to perform the duties of the Heavenly Emperor.

Previously, some demons within the demon race were dissatisfied and believed that the position of Heavenly Emperor should be chosen from among their demon race. However, in the eyes of the dozen or so True Monarchs of the demon race now, Su Qing is more than worthy of this position!
Even walking can be removed, and he can directly become the Heavenly Emperor. That way, the demon race can legitimately follow him, just like the witch race, who can get two grotto heavens for free and live a much better life than them. That's how the world is. If no one above can protect you, the little demons below will suffer!
Regardless of other factors, Su Qing is truly a capable and reliable person.

While he stopped the two demon race True Lords, his Merit Special Forces had already blocked the Life and Death Bridge Demon, which had transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-tall bull-headed avatar.

Boom boom boom!
This is the sound of more than three thousand wooden fish being struck.

As the wooden fish resounded, beams of Buddhist light shot into the sky, tearing through the darkness and cleansing away evil.

In an instant, it transformed into countless chains of Buddhist light, binding the bull-headed evil body from head to tail into a bundle.

Even though this Bridge of Life and Death possesses numerous methods and myriad supernatural powers.

It was as if they had encountered their natural nemesis. Once bound by the chains of Buddhist light emanating from these wooden fish, they could only scream in pain, unable to break free no matter what.

At this moment, wisps of merit energy in Su Qing's hand fell towards Bi Lian's direction.

The moment the merit energy landed around Bi Lian, it transformed into a golden lotus shape and then adhered to her body, coating her with a layer of merit lotus armor. Even Xiong Er was slightly envious when he saw this.

For example, the abilities and skills of a jade lotus or a merit-based wooden fish largely depend on the amount of merit one has accumulated.

As for the master, Su Qing, since becoming the ruler of Kaiyuan Kingdom, he has brought blessings to countless living beings over the years, and receives a massive amount of merit every day.

Moreover, the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern lays the foundation for the destiny of humanity. All human cultivators, whether they are in the Tianyuan Realm or the myriad realms, owe their success to the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern whenever they do good deeds, break through realms, or establish new achievements.

While they gain merit and fortune, they also pay a merit tax to the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, which is Su Qing, the controller of the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern.

Thus, with the merits Su Qing currently possesses, it's no exaggeration to say that if he wanted to follow the path of gods, immortals, and Buddhas, achieving Buddhahood on the spot and ascending to heaven immediately, there would be no problem at all. However, if he did that, the Azure Dragon Dao Mark might have to leave him.

With so much merit in his possession, he could easily use just a little to nurture these three thousand merit wooden fish, and also grant Bilian and the Vajra Pestle greater fortune.

This is not something Xiong Er should envy, because he has been doing too many part-time jobs over the years. The matter of practicing the Merit Wooden Fish has been handled by Bi Lian. Now it is time for Bi Lian to officially take over and replace him, Xiong Er, as the captain of the Merit Special Forces, to exorcise evil spirits for her master!

At this moment, Bi Lian, dressed in lotus merit armor, transformed into a lotus Dharma body with a sway. The vajra in her hand shone with a chilling Buddhist light, causing the evil spirit of the Bridge of Life and Death to tremble in fear. It even lost interest in the bull king's Dharma body that it had finally managed to occupy. The evil spirit's true form, a dark and deep ruler, shot out from the bull's head Dharma body and drew a downward stroke before fleeing.

In an instant, the group and the evil spirit were separated into two worlds by that one stroke. Their time was out of sync, their spaces were incompatible, and even a thick aura of death emanated from the group of True Monarchs who were in the prime of their lives.

This is the strongest divine power of this sixth-order Great Evil, capable of measuring heaven and earth and confusing life and death.

Without corresponding countermeasures, even if there were many Nascent Soul True Monarchs present, they would be completely suppressed by it due to its absolute superiority in rank. Fortunately, the Merit Special Forces were specifically designed to deal with it.

It vainly attempted to shed its Bull King Dharma body, to escape its shell like a cicada shedding its skin, and break free from the constraints of the merit-making wooden fish.

Little did they know that the Buddhist light and chanting of the merit-making wooden fish possessed the ability to detect evil spirits from the void.

That is, as long as it is regarded as a target and its aura is locked, no matter where or what realm this evil is, whether it escapes to the past or the future, it will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Buddha's light and the sound of the Buddha's voice. This is the Buddha's net, which is vast and its meshes are wide but it misses nothing.

Without the evil spirit of the Bridge of Life and Death with the body of the Ox King, the merit-making wooden fish have one less obstacle, allowing them to directly target the resentment and evil energy on its body.

Countless chains of Buddhist light emerged again, binding the Life and Death Bridge Evil tightly once more. It thought it was no longer in the same time and space as the Merit Wooden Fish, and still wanted to use the power of the Measuring Ruler to ravage and kill Su Qing and the other True Monarchs.

At this point, the Buddha's light chains were not just about restricting the Life and Death Bridge Demon's ability to move. Each of these chains, like red-hot iron falling into cold water, sizzled and burned away a certain amount of resentment and evil energy from the Life and Death Bridge Demon's body.

At the same time, Bilian, wielding the Vajra, had already charged towards the evil one at the Bridge of Life and Death.

"Die!"

"You old fool, how dare you act tough in front of your grandpa?"

"Do you even know what it means for a grandfather to beat his grandson? You are my grandson!"

No amount of merit could change the uncivilized Bi Lian into a civilized one. At least now it wouldn't spew insults at him or at evil spirits, which Su Qing didn't see as a problem.

As he worked together with the merit-making wooden fish, strands of evil patterns on the body of the Bridge of Life and Death were transformed into Dao patterns, which then fell into his sea of ​​consciousness.

My consciousness spun, as if I were in an ancient underworld.

Although the underworld is equally lifeless and filled with countless wronged souls, it is the place where wronged souls and the dead are dealt with, their good and evil are determined, their merits and demerits are distinguished, and then they are sent into the cycle of reincarnation. Therefore, most wronged souls are normal. As long as the order is well-maintained, and there are people to deal with these wronged souls and people to give them hope, even the most heinous criminals, who are thrown into the eighteen levels of hell and suffer endless torment, will eventually have a day to atone for their sins and escape.

In contrast, the wronged souls trapped in the abyss have no hope at all. They can only endure endless torment day after day. In addition, without the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha or other Buddhist masters who occasionally visit to chant sutras and preach the Dharma for them, or to provide them with psychological guidance, they are naturally prone to developing problems and turning into evil spirits.

At that time, the spirit of the Bridge of Life and Death was accompanied by countless wronged souls and dead spirits passing over it every day. Although it was also troubled by their various past lives, which were all tragic and miserable, the ghost messengers pressed down on it every day.

But every few years, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva comes to cleanse the bridge of the evil spirits and malevolent energy, high-ranking officials from the underworld reward it with a salary, and ghost messengers and generals chat with it.

At this point, the spirit of the Bridge of Life and Death felt that the work was somewhat tedious and boring, but it was quite meaningful and had rewards that matched the meaning. Whether it was salary and benefits or intangible merit, it was enough to make it satisfied and content.

It even has the happy dilemma of choosing which pancake to eat. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said that after it has helped countless wronged souls to be saved, it can be introduced to Mount Ling. It dares not say it can become a Buddha, but becoming a Bodhisattva or Arhat is no problem at all. The Five Deceptive Emperors have also promised it that as long as it does well in the underworld, it can become one of the Ten Kings of Hell. Even the Heavenly Court said that it can reserve a divine position for it, and it can ascend to godhood whenever it wants.

All of this vanished into thin air on the day the Heavenly Court collapsed and the Underworld disintegrated.

Those high-ranking beings who had promised him great things either perished at the hands of evil spirits or had their Dao fruits scattered throughout the world.

It's understandable that all the people above are dead and the promise can't be fulfilled.

The key point is that two groups of people came afterward. One group only knew how to kill, kill, kill vicious people and demons, kill evil spirits and monsters. They didn't care about burying the dead, nor did they care about the amount of evil energy that was released after the vicious people and demons were killed. This greatly increased their workload, and they were exhausted every day. The amount of resentful energy they cleared out was not as much as the amount that was generated.

When the second wave of powerful beings arrived, it, which had been struggling to hold on and faithfully performing its duties, finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. As the highest-ranking employee currently in the underworld, it was conceivable that it could take off and become the King of Hell or the Emperor of Ghosts.

The expected rewards and promotions never materialized. Upon arriving at the Abyss Secret Realm, the powerful figures felt that the evil aura there was too strong and beyond saving. They simply wanted to close their coffins, seal the Abyss Secret Realm, and leave it to future generations to deal with.

It tolerated this, knowing that the abyss was not a place for humans, and even ghosts couldn't stand it, let alone its spirit form.

But sealing is sealing, so what's with leaving me behind?

Not only did they leave me behind, but they also left behind Di Ting, the Prison Guardian Elephant, the Deceptive Soldiers, and even Yama himself.

We are all meritorious citizens of heaven and earth who have rendered service to the underworld and contributed to all living beings. To receive such treatment, everyone would cry out that heaven is unjust.

Thus, the spirit of the Bridge of Life and Death, already harboring resentment, was constantly influenced by the evil spirits and malevolent energy of the place over the long years that followed, transforming into a malevolent being—a natural consequence of sowing seeds and reaping the harvest.

Su Qing, on the other hand, only glanced at the events from the perspective of the evil spirit of the Bridge of Life and Death.

It is also understood that the Di Ting, the prison-suppressing deity, and even the Yama King in the Yama Palace, who has almost completely transformed into an evil spirit, must have gradually become evil for the same reason.

Su Qing could understand why the ancient powerful beings sealed this abyss and did not take it out.

Because at that time, the Tianyuan Realm and even the entire universe were full of demons and in ruins, with holes everywhere. They no longer had time to save people and monsters, but only to hurry up and plug the holes everywhere to prevent them from causing harm to future generations.

Now, the troubles left behind by our ancient predecessors are for us, their descendants, to deal with.

[Convert the Five Elders' evil patterns—reversing moral order, comprehend the Five Elders' Taoist patterns—good cause and good effect, and master the innate spiritual treasure—the Measuring Ruler of Heaven.]

【Good Causes, Good Results (Five Elders, one of the branches of the Four Imperial Dao Patterns of Cause and Effect): All things are ever-changing, and life is impermanent. Those who do good deeds may occasionally have evil thoughts, and those who do evil deeds may also have good intentions. The same thing may produce bad results for you and good results for others. How should good and evil be judged, and how should merit be divided? This is the biggest problem in the ancient merit system.

Therefore, the Dao Ancestor Yuanshi, using his understanding of the Dao patterns of cause and effect, decomposed the Dao patterns into good causes and good effects, and integrated them into the innate spiritual treasure, the Measuring Ruler, giving it the ability to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong, and to define merit and demerit... (End of this chapter)