Immortality begins with meditation puppets

[Puppet Immortal - Puppet Supreme Effect Activated: The power of all puppets controlled by the Puppet Supreme will be greatly enhanced.]

[Currently active puppet - Fiery Spirit Burst Cannon Group: Main cannons: 24 (Tier 4), Secondary cannons (Tier 2-3, etc.): 3658]

The main gun's rate of fire has been significantly increased, from three rounds per breath to five rounds per breath.

[The main cannon's power has been greatly enhanced, upgraded from the low-grade Heavenly-level Daoist technique, Three Thousand Spiritual Flames, to the high-grade Heavenly-level Daoist technique, Great Sun Burning Heaven Fire.]

The rate of fire of the secondary guns has been significantly increased, from once every five breaths to once every three breaths.

[The secondary cannon's power has been greatly enhanced, upgraded from a low-grade Earth-level Daoist technique, Spirit Explosion Flame, to a high-grade Earth-level Daoist technique, Divine Fire Explosion Flame.]

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[Puppet Immortal - Transformation into Spirit Effect activated; currently active puppet: Fiery Spirit Explosion Cannon Swarm]

[The main gun material has been temporarily modified and enhanced. Modification direction: increased damage against evil spirits. Power increased by one tier. Current power: Tier 5 (lower).]

[The secondary cannon's materials have received a temporary enhancement; the enhancement direction is now "Evil-Piercing Damage Increase," raising its power by one tier. Current power: (Tier 3-4)]

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[The "Puppet Immortal - Emperor's Gathering" effect is in effect. Currently active puppet: Fiery Spirit Cannon Swarm.]

[Number of main guns: 24, Main gun tier: Tier 5 (lower) (temporarily changed).]

[Number of secondary guns: 3658; Tier: Tier 3 to 4]

[When a single puppet cluster exceeds one thousand, it gains an additional rapid-fire effect: the firing rate is twice the normal rate.]

The cannons create a synergistic effect, allowing the use of the Emperor's Gathering effect to form the Emperor's Explosive Sun Burning Cannon (Tier 6, with power level determined by the number and quality of the cannons).

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Those who become gods are either entrusted with great responsibilities by Heaven and Earth or worshipped by believers. Their divine power comes from Heaven and Earth and all living beings, and they are bound by them. Therefore, even gods have things they cannot do. For example, Erqiang, who holds the power of punishment and killing, has boundless divine power, but he cannot do what third- or fourth-tier gods of marriage or childbirth can do. All gods have their strengths and shine in their respective divine domains.

Those who become immortals roam freely throughout the universe, unrestrained and free, but they are not omnipotent. The path they take to become immortals determines the direction in which they excel.

Since ancient times, there have been countless people who achieved immortality through various arts and crafts.

The founder of the Shangqing Sword Sect proved his Dao through swordsmanship and achieved the position of Dao Ancestor.

The founder of the Yuanshi Sect was an unparalleled master in weapon crafting, and was regarded by weapon crafters from all over the world as the patriarch of the weapon crafting profession.

Needless to say, even a tiny bit of dregs from the alchemy furnace of the Supreme Sect's founder, when kneaded into a ball, could become a miraculous elixir that cultivators in the modern world would fight tooth and nail for.

The founder of the Peach Blossom Sect cultivated the Peach Blossom Tree of Ten Thousand Desires and Emotions using the Lingzhi Fu technique, and thus obtained the honorable position of Peach Blossom Immortal.

In the present world, the cultivation of all arts has long encompassed all aspects of a cultivator's practice. Through the innovation and development of countless cultivators, those who achieve immortality through these arts now possess abilities that are even stronger than in ancient times.

Then there's Su Qing, who entered the Dao through puppetry, imprinted various Dao patterns on his body, and gathered the torrent of myriad laws. From Qi Refining to Deity Transformation, he has accumulated so much and has finally achieved some success on the path of the Puppet Immortal.

This small achievement is the divine skill of the three puppeteers!

At this very moment, as the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons in front of him opened fire simultaneously, their firepower covering the surging horde of black dragon evil creatures.

All the True Lords present suddenly realized the truth.

Su Zhenjun is not fighting alone!
He alone is worth a thousand troops!

Somehow, the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon could unleash superhuman combat power in his hands.

The overwhelming array of Earth-level and Heaven-level Dao techniques, along with the bursts of spiritual flames that followed the application of these techniques to the Black Dragon Evil.

With such powerful and continuous firepower and a sea of ​​Taoist magic, one could easily believe that the Black Dragon Evil Clan was facing 100,000 heavenly soldiers from the ancient Heavenly Court.

Amidst the astonishment at Su Qing's incredible abilities, which seemed capable of blasting through the heavens and earth, customers who had purchased the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon couldn't help but raise a series of questions.

"This is a second-tier Flame Cannon? Our Danyuan Sect bought over a hundred of them, paying every penny. How come the cannons we bought don't fire as fast or have as much firepower as this one!"

"Ganni's mother, give us a refund! No, no refund, we want an exchange, we want the current batch of goods!"

"Let's all take a break. The puppets that Su Zhenjun uses himself are no different from the ones he sold to us. The difference is the people using them. The same puppet will have different effects when used by different people!"

"Are you saying that Su Zhenjun has acquired skills in the art of puppetry that are almost comparable to those of the legendary masters of all arts, such as the Ancestor of Weapons, the Ancestor of Pills, the Ancestor of Swords, the Ancestor of Humanity, and the Ancestor of Demons?"

"Although I am unwilling and dare not admit it, it seems to be true. In the past, our Yuanshi Sect's ancestor won the title of Artifact Ancestor. The acquired spiritual treasures he crafted had the power to rival those of innate spiritual treasures. This is the ability of an ancestor of a Dao. Su Zhenjun has obviously not reached that level yet, but he is already on the path to becoming a Puppet Ancestor!"

Guangxian Zhenjun sighed, "Not everyone who reaches the pinnacle of any art can become an immortal or ancestor."

Only when this path itself has a great influence on all beings in all realms and the universe can one use this path to climb to the highest point of the path, that is, the upper limit of the Hundred Arts Master, which depends on the upper limit of the Hundred Arts one has cultivated.

In ancient times, puppetry was not valued among the various arts of cultivation. At that time, the ranking of the arts was Heaven, Earth, Man, and Fortune, alchemy, weaponry, swordsmanship, and Buddhism. These top eight arts were also the paths to becoming a Dao Ancestor in all directions.

The eight Dao Ancestors of ancient times—the Heavenly Emperor, the Snail Emperor, the Earth Goddess, the Human Emperor, the Supreme Dao Venerable, the Primordial Dao Ancestor, and the Spirit Explosion Master—all achieved their Dao Ancestor positions through these eight paths.

What puzzles people in the present world is that the Human Emperor did not ascend to the ranks of Dao Ancestors through the Way of Humanity, but rather through the destiny of humanity. The one who ascended to the ranks of Dao Ancestors through the Way of Humanity was the Snail Emperor who created the human race.

Before Su Qing's sudden emergence, with the changing times and the development of the cultivation world, the ranking of the Hundred Arts changed again: arrays, weapons, pills, and talismans ranked in the top four, which remained unchanged for millions of years. After that, the four arts changed constantly among puppets, talisman painting, beast taming, and spiritual farming.

Among them, the Hundred Arts Paths considered by the three major sects of the Daoist lineage to be the most likely to produce Dao Ancestor-level beings are: Array Dao, Talisman Dao, Agricultural Dao, and Martial Dao. Among them, Array Dao has the potential to produce Dao Ancestors, but the probability of Array Dao producing Dao Ancestors is not high. This may be because the power of Array Dao is unpredictable and has a wide range of uses. It can be effective in high-tech fields and can also benefit the general public.

The Dao of Formations is too profound and mysterious, and very few people have made any achievements in this field. To this day, no one in the world has been able to set up the Yin-Yang Two Elements Formation, the Four Symbols Taiji Formation, the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation, the Zhou Tian Star Formation, the Hunyuan Heluo Formation, and other great formations that were deduced and created by the great masters of ancient times.

The ancient sages who created such formations never attained enlightenment through formations. It is even more difficult for cultivators in the present world to attain enlightenment through formations. In fact, among the various arts of cultivation, the way of formations is one of the few arts that are far inferior to those of the ancient times.

Because of its simplicity, ease of use, cheap and readily available materials, and the fact that the talismans produced can be easily converted into cash, this practice has become very popular in the modern world and has been developing well.

In ancient times, there were also ancestral masters of talismanic arts, the Four Celestial Masters, and the Talisman Celestial Master. When Master Tong received the Celestial Master's inheritance, he also received the complete inheritance of the Talisman Celestial Master in the art of talisman making. It is just unknown whether the art of talisman making has been able to reach the level of Dao Ancestor with the development of the world in recent years. After all, in ancient times, the foundation of the art of talisman making was not enough, and the Celestial Master was not yet included in the ranks of Dao Ancestors.

The agricultural path depends on the human path, and it prospers because of the prosperity of the human race. In ancient times, the human path and the human destiny path, which were born from the human race, each gave birth to two Dao Ancestor-level beings: the Snail Emperor and the Human Emperor. Who can guarantee that another Dao Ancestor-level being will not be born because of the human race? The key is that spiritual agriculture is of utmost importance in any realm. In recent years, there have been continuous breakthroughs in the quantity and yield of spiritual plants, and the future looks very promising. Everyone is willing to have high expectations for it.

As for martial arts, it is the path of physical cultivation. In ancient times, many great masters attached great importance to it, especially those with exceptional physical talents.

Beings such as the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan, the Ten Demon Gods of the Demon Clan, the Four Dragon Kings of the Dragon Clan, and the Four Chaos Demon Apes have all attempted to ascend to the position of Dao Ancestor through this path.

Even the Primordial Dao Ancestor of the Primordial Sect was not content with being left out. With the help of the Chaos Treasure, which even the Heavenly Treasure List could not register, he deduced the peerless Eight-Nine Arcane Technique and entrusted it to the most talented of his three generations of disciples to cultivate, in an attempt to nurture a Martial Ancestor.

Without exception, all of these beings were stuck at the peak of the seventh rank, limited by the upper limit of martial arts itself, making it difficult for them to even glimpse the position of Martial Ancestor.

In the current cultivation world, there are countless practitioners of physical martial arts, and various combat techniques are emerging one after another. There may be few well-known physical martial arts masters within the Tianyuan Realm, but outside the Tianyuan Realm, physical martial arts masters who can shatter stars and worlds with a single punch are frequently appearing, making this path particularly anticipated.

It wasn't until Su Qing emerged that, under the name of the Head of All Heavenly Puppets, he created and promoted various new types of puppets. Utilizing his own influence and the quality of the puppets themselves, he forcefully changed the landscape of all arts, elevating the puppetry industry to the top four among all arts, thus forming a new landscape of arrays, artifacts, puppets, and talismans.

If such a person were to use this to become a puppet Dao Ancestor, even a great cultivator like True Lord Guangxian, though amazed and envious, would actually find it acceptable.

After all, this is currently being discussed by the sect leaders and elders of the major sects in the heavens.

Su Qing is not only the first candidate to prove his Dao through a puppet, but also the first candidate for the Heavenly Emperor's Dao, the first candidate for the Human Emperor's Destiny, and the first candidate for the Snail Emperor's Dao.

Of the eight major paths leading to the ancestor, he now occupies four of them all by himself!
"In short, all you need to know is that Su Zhenjun's methods are unparalleled and extremely powerful!"

Guangxian Zhenjun sighed again, but the other Zhenjuns were not blind.

But they saw that the dragon sons and grandsons of the Seven Hells Black Dragon King were wiped out by Su Qing alone using puppets.

He also carried a Royal Explosion Great Sun Burning Heaven Cannon composed of many Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons. With one shot, he unleashed a great red sun star, instantly obliterating the Seven Hells Black Dragon King, along with his soul and chains, leaving not a trace.

Everyone understands that Su Zhenjun is no longer on the same level as them!
Although he appears to have only broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, and is similar to them in terms of realm, there are still differences between Nascent Soul True Monarchs. The current True Monarch Su is at the top of all Nascent Soul True Monarchs throughout history, and no one can surpass him.

Anyone who disagrees can try letting Su Zhenjun's barrage of attacks on him!
Su Qing was fairly satisfied with the results she had achieved.

They unleashed the Lotus of Merit, and led the wooden fish of merit to transform the evil patterns that had scattered from the Seven Hells Black Dragon King into Dao patterns.

The Dao pattern is called True Dragon Seed Spread. It has the ability to not be restricted by race, size, or even gender, but it can create offspring with just a drop of essence.

This greatly disappointed him. He had thought that the Seven Hells Black Dragon King had the ability to tear space before and after his death, and had some mastery of spatial Dao patterns. After his death and transformation into evil, there was a high probability that the Four Imperial Spatial Dao patterns could be extracted from him.

Unexpectedly, this little perverted dragon neither liked to study spatial Dao patterns in life nor in death, but only cared about studying how to have children!

He thought about it carefully. His current women were all human and didn't seem to care much about having children, so this Dao mark didn't seem to be of much use to him.

But how to put it? Among all the races in the heavens, the tiger clan girls are bold and generous, the fox clan girls are charming and beautiful, there are goddesses who are otherworldly and ethereal, and dragon girls who are moist and juicy. In this vast world, there are countless wonders waiting for him, and he has countless stories to tell. Keeping this Dao mark for future use will always be beneficial.

Only after the Dao patterns were completely gathered.

Looking at the seemingly unobstructed road ahead.

His expression suddenly darkened.

All he could see ahead was a dark abyss. The countless unburnt cannonballs he had fired with his Flame Cannon had been swallowed up by this black hole. Even the Black Dragon Realm created by the Seven Hells Black Dragon King had been silently devoured by the black hole before him.

Looking further back, all they could see was a vast, dark expanse that swallowed all light, stretching the space infinitely, leaving them with no end in sight and no clue where they had come from.

Su Qing sighed inwardly, having a slightly ominous feeling about this Yama's Palace, but she didn't voice it aloud, only pretending to be cheerful:
"Gentlemen, let us continue forward. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles we encounter, as long as we overcome them one by one, we will eventually reach the end!"

The True Lords present were not ignorant fools; they all knew that this Yama Palace was not simply an office of the ancient underworld, as they had previously judged it to be, according to the ancient Daoist records.

It may now be the embodiment of the ancient underworld, bearing the vast power of the reincarnation tunnel. If this group of people wants to pass through this Yama Palace, they have to break through the ancient underworld. They don't know how many evil demons and heretics they will encounter along the way!

But as Su Qing said, no matter how many difficulties they faced, there was no turning back.

Only by holding firm to our goals and persevering can we overcome any obstacle and charge forward.

"It really is true that life and death are preordained and wealth and honor are determined by fate!"

The promising Yuanshi Zong Guangxian Zhenjun uttered a soft sentence. Immediately, three zhang above his head, a crystal lamp emitted the light of Yin and Yang, illuminating the dark path ahead. The cultivators followed the light and looked around.

But no one knows when.

A group of stone statues of deities dressed in divine robes and Taoist garments surrounded them! (End of Chapter)