Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The Five Elders' Way of Good Causes and Good Results: Doing good deeds will surely lead to a bright future. As long as you sow good seeds, things will always develop in a direction that is more beneficial to you. However, this change is like a gentle spring rain, nourishing things silently. It requires a long period of development and accumulation to bring forth large and abundant fruits.

"If used for the development of an immortal kingdom, it is an excellent Dao pattern. It allows most of the policies I promote within the immortal kingdom to remain true to my original vision after they are implemented. With years of continuous promotion, good things will surely happen."

If this were applied to me personally, would it make my cultivation smoother? Would it make my luck even more extraordinary? Would it increase my success rate in puppet making? Would it make the women in my family get along harmoniously? In short, it would be a good thing.

However, in this most pressing and urgent situation of embarking on a perilous journey, it wouldn't be of much use!

The Dao patterns were good, but they were of little use now. Su Qing was slightly disappointed as he shifted his attention from the Dao patterns to the Measuring Ruler.

This ruler is an innate spiritual treasure, ranking among the top thirty of the Heavenly Spiritual Treasures List. It possesses immense power, but like the Xing Tian Blood Axe, with his current abilities, he can hardly unleash even one percent of its power. Even the evil of the Bridge of Life and Death, which was formed from the spirit of the inner artifact, could not fully unleash the power of this treasure, let alone him, a fifth-order body cultivator.

But Su Qing didn't like the power and effectiveness of the Xingtian Blood Axe, which only had one or two percent of its power.
He doesn't love the physical cultivators who can open up their inner cave heavens with the Blood Axe, such as those who subdue dragons and tigers. He loves the Kaiyuan citizens and the witch tribes who are now enjoying the benefits of the three cave heavens. He also loves other forces that are hoping he will use the Blood Axe to help them open up their cave heavens!
The Measuring Ruler, with only one or two percent of the power, also possesses special effects that other magical artifacts and treasures in the world do not have.

【The Measuring Ruler】

[Quality: From the primordial chaos, a wisp of energy was born, which transformed into a vast expanse of heaven and earth.]

[Benefit 1: Accumulating merit through good deeds. Holding this measuring ruler, the merit gained from good deeds is three to ten times greater than that of ordinary people. One unit of effort can yield ten units of merit. If one holds this ruler and walks the path of merit, the speed of one's spiritual cultivation will be the envy of others!]

[Effect Two: Eradicating Evil Completely. The Measuring Ruler can sense those who defy Heaven and wreak havoc on life. All those who commit crimes will not escape its punishment, increasing its lethality against these cunning villains by three to five times!]

[Use 3: Measuring Heaven and Earth. The Heavenly Measuring Ruler is the only ruler in the universe capable of measuring the breadth and depth of the Heavenly Realm. If one wishes to divide the thirty-three heavens, establish various celestial palaces and temples, or create eighteen levels of hell underground and rebuild the Underworld, the corresponding construction contractor must possess the qualifications to use the Heavenly Measuring Ruler and have the ability to utilize its power.]

[Function 4: Dividing Life and Death. The Measuring Ruler once studied in the Underworld for four hundred billion billion years, specializing in the Great Dao of Life and Death. Although it did not graduate successfully, it still gained some knowledge. Using this ruler, one can reverse the life and death of others. (Use with caution, as this violates the principles of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. It can only be used when the power of various forces, such as the Heavenly Court, the Underworld, the Human Imperial Court, the three major Daoist sects, and the Western Buddhist sect, is weak and cannot be exercised. Of course, if one has strong connections, then that's another matter.)]

【Function 5: Speed ​​of Life and Death, can shorten spatial distances and accelerate the flow of time, enabling the use of techniques with effects similar to those of the "world within reach" supernatural arts (using this effect will consume a large amount of mana; if mana is insufficient, merit will be drawn; if merit is insufficient, lifespan will be drawn. Use with caution.)】

[Effect Six: Unique in all realms, an innate spiritual treasure, preordained by nature. In all the heavens and myriad realms, past and future, there is only this one. If this ruler is held in the present, no being can borrow the power projected from the past or future to unleash its corresponding might.]

[Effect Seven: Entanglement of Cause and Effect. The Dao patterns within the Measuring Ruler were originally spacetime Dao patterns, but were later integrated into the Dao patterns of good cause and good effect by a powerful being. This cause and effect will make the Measuring Ruler more likely to come into contact with the four imperial Dao patterns of cause and effect than other beings.]

It only has seven methods, and unlike the Xing Tian Blood Axe, which is a pure killing weapon, it is merely an auxiliary innate spiritual treasure.

However, after seeing the effects of this treasure, Su Qing held it in her hand as if it were a precious gem, and didn't even intend to put it in her storage bag.

In his view, the three abilities of this treasure alone—doing good deeds, eradicating evil, and speeding up life and death—are no less useful in this abyss secret realm than the Xing Tian Blood Axe.

Firstly, the purpose of this trip to the Abyss Secret Realm is, on a smaller scale, to release the wronged souls and undead who were trapped there years ago and to cleanse the remaining evil spirits and demons. On a larger scale, it is to prevent the demons here from taking control of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, manipulating the underworld, and harming all living beings for generations to come.

Whether it's a small or large operation, as the leader of this operation, he will gain merit points as long as he leads the team. As they carry out their operations in the Abyss Secret Realm, massive amounts of merit points will fall from time to time. He already has a lot of merit points, and with the help of doing good deeds and accumulating merit points, it will double or even tenfold. He doesn't even dare to imagine how many merit points he can earn on this trip!

Secondly, everyone in this abyss is an evil person, almost none of them are good. The three to ten times increase in killing power from eliminating evil will affect his puppets, Xing Tian Blood Axe, his own divine abilities and physical combat skills. He can already imagine how enjoyable it will be for him to kill. He only knows that he will be extremely happy.

Thirdly, his worries before arriving and the experiences he encountered afterward proved that this Abyss Secret Realm was indeed as he had imagined—a den of dragons and tigers. He couldn't yet determine how strong the opponents he would encounter would be, but he knew that with this Life-or-Death Speed ​​skill, he could at least gain more chances of survival for himself and his fellow Daoists. As for the mana, merit, and even lifespan consumed in this process, he would deal with that later. In any case, although he didn't have much mana, he had plenty of merit, and his lifespan was several hundred thousand years, which should be enough.

Besides the great evil, he obtained the Dao patterns and a primordial spiritual treasure.

Su Qing was in a good mood at the moment, and the True Lords around him were also excited with him.

"True Lord Su rarely makes a move, but when he does, it's breathtaking!"

"A sixth-order Great Evil! Let alone us, even within my main sect, encountering such a Great Evil would require calling upon our ancestor to descend from the mountain to deal with it! Yet, True Monarch Su dealt with it with just a few puppets! He truly deserves the title of Master of the Heavenly Puppets!"

"How many? There are thousands! What kind of puppets are those wooden spirit monks holding wooden fish? Do Su Zhenjun's shops sell them? No matter how expensive, I will make sure my sect buys several hundred or even a thousand when we get back!"

"Don't even think about it. That wooden spirit monk is just a tool puppet for striking the wooden fish. Its power lies in those merit wooden fish. They are not puppets, at least not simple puppets, but some kind of Buddhist treasure. Some even suspect that they are manifestations of the Dao fruits of great Buddhist masters. Previously, a group of Buddhist cultivators went to Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to find True Lord Su and asked him to give them these merit wooden fish for them to study, but True Lord Su sent them away. Now, only True Lord Su himself knows what these merit wooden fish are. Of course, even he himself may not understand what they are!"

"If you don't understand it, you don't understand it. As long as it works well, that's fine. Regardless of the wooden fish, these are really effective at dealing with evil spirits. It's a pity that they are not very effective at dealing with demons. I've noticed that Su Zhenjun rarely uses these Buddhist treasures when dealing with high-ranking demons."

"That's for sure. Those ancient demons were difficult even for the real Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to deal with in ancient times. How could they be easily dealt with by Buddhist treasures!"

As the True Lords praised the Merit Wooden Fish and the Jade Lotus Vajra Pestle, they were filled with admiration.

Having overcome the perilous obstacle of the Bridge of Life and Death, the giant Kun of the North Sea finally arrived at the majestic and imposing Yama's Palace, which stood as tall as the sky and exuded an awe-inspiring grandeur. The palace doors were wide open, as if inviting them inside.

Although all the True Lords learned from Su Qing that the entire Huang family was wiped out after entering the Yama Palace.

Looking at the Yama Palace again, it seems even more like a ferocious beast with its mouth wide open, ready to devour all living things.

But come all come.

There's no reason not to go in.

On this trip to the Abyss Secret Realm, I encountered the Prison-Suppressing Divine Elephant, the Ancient Demon Cultivator, the Styx Blood Mosquito, the Western Sea Demon Horde led by the Great Sage Overturning the Sea, and the Evil of the Bridge of Life and Death.

They killed many evil spirits and demons, but they did not find what the cultivators desired.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc, the Reincarnation Dao Patterns, the key core Earth Book that makes up the ancient underworld, and the Primordial Netherworld Soil—these are extremely important to all the heavens and myriad realms, and all living beings in the present world, yet they must never be controlled by evil spirits or demons.

All of this forces them to knowingly venture into dangerous territory.

If they dare to back down now, even without Su Qing's intervention, they will be punished by their sects if they escape back to the mortal world. At best, their cultivation will be completely destroyed; at worst, they will have to atone for their sins with their lives.

In short, now that we're here, there's no reason to back down.

At least, neither of the two strong players has retired yet!
As Su Qing turned to look at Gao Erqiang's situation, all the True Lords also turned to look at Erqiang.

Erqiang is really in a terrible situation!
His ability to unleash the great supernatural power of "Law of Heaven and Earth" would be so great that even the old guys from the three major sects of the Daoist lineage would have to call him a prodigy and a genius of unparalleled talent. With this supernatural power, not to mention that he would be hard to beat at the same level, even a mediocre sixth-level opponent would be able to put up a fight against him with this supernatural power and the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword.

This is also the source of his confidence to take the pie in the sky that Su Qing and Tong Chang painted for him, and to challenge the Great Sage Who Overturns the Sea.

But if you touch it, it will break.

This Great Sage Who Overturns the Seas is no weak sixth-tier warrior. Back then, he was the top master of the Double Red Flower Staff on the side of evil, having fused the essence of the four Chaos Demon Apes and mastered their divine powers. When he was at the eighth tier, he could fight the Great Sage to a draw, making him one of the best among the eighth tier warriors. Even after falling to the seventh tier, he could still dominate there. And now, even after falling to the sixth tier, he is still a strong contender for the strongest sixth tier warrior.

Erqiang unleashed the Dharma of Heaven and Earth, and Qi also unleashed the Dharma of Heaven and Earth, transforming into a crimson-haired ape. It breathed out Samadhi True Fire, swept away Samadhi True Wind with its staff, fixed itself and split itself, gathered and dispersed without a trace, was indestructible, could support the sky and shake the earth, breathed flames and swallowed knives, and created a false form of a pot-shaped heaven. All its supernatural abilities made Erqiang cry for his father and mother.

As for the supernatural powers and techniques that Erqiang possessed, they were numerous and complex, including the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends and the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Powers. He had even received instruction from a deity in a dream. However, these supernatural powers and techniques required time to practice. Even with Erqiang's high talent and the deity's guidance on cultivation methods in his dream, achieving mastery of great supernatural powers was not a matter of one or two years, or even a hundred or a thousand years. These were all measured in tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

Thus, with their supernatural powers still immature and their divine abilities also immature, how could Erqiang not be able to withstand the bullying of the Great Sage Overturning the Sea?

Although Erqiang was bullied badly and beaten and ran around everywhere, he never fled to their side, whether he was in the sky or on the ground, or going east or west. He even deliberately avoided the battlefield where Wei Debao and the other group were fighting against the demons of the West Sea.

Clearly, they remembered Su Qing's words: even if they couldn't defeat the Great Sage Overturning the Sea, they would rather die far away than let the Great Sage Overturning the Sea hinder their progress!
Erqiang is his brother!

Whether they are true brothers or not.

Su Qing's relationship with Er Qiang must be stronger than that of these True Monarchs. Er Qiang has been forced to this point by him, so how could they still dare to have any thoughts of cherishing their lives?
Su Qing was clearly not as ruthless as they had imagined. Seeing that Er Qiang was about to be killed by the Great Sage of the Overturning Sea, she was also a little worried. She was about to take something out of her storage bag, but before everyone could see a lotus petal peeking out, Tong Chang stopped her.

"This is the final test of Erqiang's transformation, and he must face it himself. We should not interfere. Moreover, the methods you have prepared should be kept in the Underworld as a precaution!"

It wasn't Su Qing who was ruthless, but Tong Chang. He only wanted Erqiang to withstand the Great Sage of the Overturning Sea, and he didn't allow anyone else to help Erqiang!
"Good people are always blessed by Heaven, and good gods always help them. You can't go wrong by listening to the old master. The old master must have already calculated that the two strong men will be completely safe and sound this time, and there will be no danger of death!"

When True Lord Peach Blossom Spring heard the two talking, he spoke up.

"I am merely a fifth-order Celestial Master. How could I possibly calculate matters involving sixth-order beings? Whether the two strong contenders succeed or fail, or live or die, is beyond my comprehension. But you, True Lord Taoyuan, are pale and dark-skinned. Stepping into the gates of the Underworld is truly a matter of life and death. Have you thought this through?" Tong Chang stroked his beard and looked at True Lord Taoyuan, urging him to first consider his own situation.

"My face is pale and black, but I observe that all of you True Lords are also pale and black. Who among you has not faced death nine times out of ten when you step into this Yama's Palace? But in the end, none of you will be like me, following True Lord Su and Celestial Master Tong into this palace!"

Taoyuan Zhenjun smiled and said, "As a Nascent Soul True Lord, with a lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, who would be willing to gamble with their life if given a choice? But if there is no choice, those who can advance to Nascent Soul True Lord are all beings with hearts of iron and minds of steel. Fear and the desire to live will not become obstacles on their path forward."

"Very well! Then I, Su Qing, will take you all to see the ancient Yama King today, to see if he can still decide our fate, and to fight the Demon Ape Great Sage, to test if he still has the power to overturn the heavens!" (End of this chapter)