Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The great road is fifty, the sky is four and nine, and people are one of them.

Since the birth of the human race, among all the great Dao of Heaven and Earth, only a handful of fifty Dao patterns have been able to achieve the power of the Four Emperors.

Of these fifty runes, only the Azure Dragon rune was controlled by the Human Emperor.

The forty-nine directions and four imperial Dao patterns are all in the hands of the great beings of the heavens.

Among them, the Three Pure Ones Dao Ancestors wielded the most Four Imperial Dao Patterns. The Supreme Sect Ancestor wielded the Four Imperial Dao Patterns of three directions: Non-Action, Order, and Creation. The Primordial Sect Ancestor wielded the Four Imperial Dao Patterns of two directions: Cause and Effect and Heavenly Craft. The Lingbao Sect Ancestor also mastered the Dao Patterns of Sword Dao and Chaos, which possessed infinite power.

There are only fifty Dao patterns in total, and the Three Pure Ones together control nine of them. All three are innate deities, born together, and address each other as brothers. With their concerted efforts, none of the ancient innate deities and great powers could fight against these three brothers. Thus, the Dao lineage they established in ancient times was not subject to the control of the Heavenly Court, the Human Court, and the Underworld. They had the great freedom to transcend the Three Realms and Five Elements. No wonder all the talents of ancient times gathered under the tutelage of these three Dao lineages, making these three sects known as the source of the Great Dao of the Heavens, and they have been illustrious to this day.

Even though the Three Pure Ones possessed such immense power, there were still those in ancient times who could rival them.

The Snail Emperor created humans and gained immeasurable merit, which was no less than the merit gained by the Three Pure Ones in spreading the Dao to all the heavens. Moreover, he possessed Yin and Yang, the Dao patterns of the Four Emperors of Creation, and his merit was not much different from that of the Three Pure Ones.

In addition, there are the Heavenly Emperor, the Human Emperor, and the Earthly Lord. These three powerful beings were renowned and influential in ancient times, and their influence was no less than that of the Three Pure Ones.

The Heavenly Emperor governs the Heavenly Court, possessing the power to condense the Dao patterns of the sun and moon in the vast void. He controls the changes of all the stars in the heavens, commands the two stars Tai Xuan and Tai Yang, and governs the changes of night and day, and the seasons. Furthermore, countless gods and spirits are under his control and at his beck and call.

The Human Emperor ruled the Human Court and obtained the Azure Dragon with the Dao Pattern. He led the human race to sweep across the eight wastelands and six directions, suppressing all races. He brought about the human race's hegemonic era for thousands of years, with overwhelming fortune. At its peak, the human race's elite troops and generals could destroy mountains and temples. Even the Three Pure Ones, the gods and immortals could hardly exert any influence on the human race.

Then came the ruler of the underworld, Houtu Niangniang.

He attained enlightenment the latest, originally from the Wu clan, belonging to the ancestral Wu clan. He was born with the power to support the heavens and shake the earth. Like other Wu clans, he rose and fell because of his physical body. While fighting to the death with the demon clan for the Wu clan to become the master of heaven and earth, he suffered a severe injury. At the same time as his physical body disintegrated, he also gained blessings.

He thus comprehended the mystery of reincarnation and attained the Four Imperial Dao Patterns of Reincarnation.

Based on this Dao pattern, they sought innate spiritual objects from powerful beings in all directions, combined with the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, the Earth Book, the Nine Netherworld Soil, and other items, to create the ancient underworld.

From then on, in all the heavens and myriad realms, among all living beings and races, the souls of all beings have their own place to return to. Even if they die in this life, they can retain a wisp of spiritual light that will never be extinguished. If someone enlightens them, they can regain their memories of their past lives.

It gives cultivators in all realms a chance to undo their mistakes. If they make a mistake in this life and embark on the wrong path, they can choose to undergo physical disintegration and reincarnate to await the next life and embark on the path again.

This also gave a great shock to many who acted recklessly. Those who commit numerous evils should not think that they can get rid of their sins after death. Their sins will be reincarnated in the most miserable animals, cattle and horses, until they have paid off all the sins they committed in this life.

In general, the great powers of the heavens were all pleased with the opening of the underworld.

When the demonic calamities arose, the great powers of the heavens realized the importance of the underworld.

Without a proper underworld to shelter wronged souls and the dead, these beings most susceptible to demonic possession will inevitably transform into malevolent spirits, bringing endless suffering to all the heavens.

Unfortunately, despite the many powerful beings and forces that came to its aid and protection, the ancient underworld held out for a long time during the demonic calamity. However, when the calamity reached its peak, the human court was destroyed, the heavenly court collapsed, and all the dragons who were capable of fighting were wiped out, leaving only some cowardly dragons who clung to life. The pure-blooded witches of the witch clan were almost completely wiped out, and there were very few witches who could fight. The demon clan lost all their demon saints, leaving only some mortal demons who clung to life.

Despite being preoccupied with their own problems, the major powers managed to spare some resources to aid the ancient underworld, but they arrived too late during the final massive invasion of the underworld by evil forces.

As a result, the Earth Goddess Houtu herself collapsed, declaring the last force of the three ancient tripods that established the order of all realms and all living beings, and the ancient underworld fell into ruin.

As time passed and the seasons changed, in this present world, there is no longer a Heavenly Court to rule the heavens, nor a human emperor to dominate the four directions on earth.

People's longing for the Heavenly Court and the Human Court is far less than their longing for the ancient Underworld.

For countless years, the souls of the deceased in all realms and sects have been lost and their whereabouts unknown. The only solution has been to sacrifice the Burial Immortal Realm, which is one of the most resource-rich realms in the universe, and use it as a refuge for the dead. The sects and the Reincarnation Halls have been established to take charge of the placement of the souls. They guide the dead across the Sea of ​​the Dead and place these souls in the Burial Immortal Realm for suppression. Even so, over the years, this realm has become somewhat overloaded, and there are signs that the dead are breaking free.

Within the Tianyuan Realm, there are also three areas—Guixu, Dahe, and Fengdu Guiguo—that still hold the authority of the ancient underworld, in order to accommodate the souls of the dead in this realm.

Su Qingzhen had lived in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom for over a hundred years and had personally witnessed the extent of the accumulation of the Guixu Death Cloud. Although he had used many dead spirits to refine exorcism dolls to alleviate some of the burden on Guixu, this was only a drop in the ocean. If it was not resolved soon, this strange void would reach its limit, and the other two places that housed the dead would likely be in the same situation.

At that time, the Tianyuan Realm will truly be filled with a hundred ghosts roaming at night, mixed with evil spirits causing trouble. All the ghosts and demons will turn into evil spirits, which will be impossible to eradicate completely, and living beings will find it difficult to survive and reproduce in this realm.

What's even more terrifying is that, for demons, places like the Burial Realm of Immortals in the myriad realms and the Ruins of Return in the Heavenly Origin Realm are all gluttonous feasts they crave. If they were to find an opportunity to detonate these powder kegs, they could corrupt all those undead spirits into evil.

The countless souls and spirits accumulated over the years across the myriad realms have transformed into evil spirits, wreaking havoc throughout the heavens. No one dares to imagine how difficult the situation will be to control.

This was after Su Qing learned that the Abyss Secret Realm might be related to the ancient underworld.

Knowing full well that this journey may be fraught with difficulties and obstacles, the reason for resolutely leading the team here is...

This is also why the great sects and powerful beings of all races, who know about the secrets of the abyss, are willing to bring out their sect's treasures and trump cards to give to their own True Monarchs.

Heaven and earth can exist without a celestial court, or without a human court.

But we must never be without the ancient underworld, and we must never allow the authority of the ancient underworld to be stolen by evil spirits!

As Su Qing and others had previously envisioned.

In this abyss, the most likely candidate to seize power in the underworld is a great evil demon with extraordinary talent, like Black Wukong.

Unexpectedly, Black Wukong had no such intentions. Once the Great Sage Overturning the Sea arrived and he found an opportunity to escape from the Yama Palace, he was unwilling to stay there for even a moment longer. He merged with the Great Sage Overturning the Sea and left this abyss secret realm.

Su Qing was overjoyed, because Hei Wukong was already among the top in terms of combat power and potential among the sixth-order great demons. If he were to gather the power of the underworld, it would take a lot of effort to subdue him. In short, it was not something that could be held off by the two strong men alone as before.

After talking with the stone priest, he actually hoped that it was Black Wukong who was causing trouble in this abyss.

Because Black Wukong was created by demons and used as a henchman, he was not a high-ranking demon himself. He lacked the ability of high-ranking demons to devour Dao patterns to transform their own demonic essence and thus elevate their status. If Black Wukong wishes to dabble in the Dao patterns of reincarnation, he must, like cultivators throughout the heavens and realms, study the Dao, comprehend its mysteries, understand the impermanence of life and death, and grasp the true meaning of reincarnation and rebirth before he can achieve anything and attain something.

In short, even if Black Wukong were to master the Reincarnation Dao Pattern, he would still need to follow the basic principles of cultivation. Given the complexity and profundity of this Dao Pattern, it would require an immense amount of hard work to achieve success in his cultivation; there is absolutely no possibility of it being accomplished overnight.

But now, things are not like that!
The ancient powerful beings who came to the underworld to purge evil spirits did not completely eradicate the evil spirits here.

There was even a high-ranking demon left alive in this abyss.

It corrupts and taints the ghost messengers and generals in the ancient underworld, and even beings like the Ten Kings of Hell.

Turning this entire abyss into a demonic lair is not enough.

They also coveted the Reincarnation Dao Pattern, and had even incorporated it into their bodies.

At this moment, upon seeing that eerie black face that seemed to cover the entire sky, alarm bells rang wildly in Su Qing's heart.

Using the Four Imperial Dao Patterns as the source of evil, once successful, one becomes a Heavenly Demon General!
The twelve ancient demon generals turned the heavens and the universe upside down, forcing countless gods, Buddhas, and powerful figures from various sects to self-destruct their Dao fruits in order to temporarily halt the demonic calamity.

Now, the spiritual energy has only recently been revived and has not yet developed. Its strength is still far weaker than that of the ancient worlds and races. Can it withstand the birth of a new Heavenly Demon General?
"What's even more troublesome is that it controls the core of the ancient underworld, the Dao of Reincarnation. Once it becomes the Demon Lord of Reincarnation, all the souls of the dead in all realms and races will fall into the hands of evil spirits. In this situation, our living beings will only become fewer and fewer, while the evil spirits will become more and more powerful!"

At some point, Tong Laodao, dressed in a purple-blue Celestial Master's robe and wearing a Celestial Master's crown, looked at the demonic faces that filled the abyss's secret realm and sighed deeply, knowing what this meant.

"This demonic aura is only at the sixth level right now. Should I charge forward and test its strength?"

After finishing off the four demon lords with Xiong Er, Hu Dan, and Guangxian Zhenjun, Gao Erqiang, who left the demonic essence to Gongde Bilian and Gongde Muyu to clean up the mess, also landed next to Su Qing and spoke up.

Normally, Su Qing would have been delighted by Er Qiang's fierceness, but now, seeing Er Qiang shaking his body, about to transform into the Dharma of Heaven and Earth to compete with the Reincarnation Demon, he reached out and pressed him down.

He can't compare; even the two strongest are no match for him, let alone this Reincarnation Demon.

Looking at the deep, boundless black clouds swirling from within that eerie face, one understands that if the two strong men go up now, they will only be easily swallowed up.

"The Reincarnation Dao Pattern governs the changes of life and death, and all things are impermanent. Although it is the most easily corrupted of the four Dao Patterns, it is still the most easily corrupted by evil spirits."

However, after being in the hands of Houtu Niangniang for countless years, influenced by Houtu Niangniang's Daoist heart, it became even closer to living beings.

It is not something that a high-ranking demon can easily attempt to corrupt, but the reincarnation Dao patterns have no controller to manage them, so they are like water without roots, only able to passively resist, but difficult to sustain for long.

I observed that this demon was absorbing the deathly and demonic energy contained within this abyss secret realm, using this realm, which contained three parts of the ancient underworld's creation, as fuel. The speed at which this demon digested and devoured this cycle of reincarnation patterns was absolutely unimaginable.

Currently, it is only at the sixth rank. If left unchecked, it will only take a hundred or a thousand years at most to advance to the seventh rank!

Guangxian Zhenjun looked troubled. Even though he was the most outstanding disciple of the Yuanshi Sect in this generation, the current situation was far beyond his ability to handle.

"Since this fiend has already contained the Dao patterns of reincarnation, it should have been able to activate it long ago. Why did it wait until now, until we arrived? What do we have that it needs?"

Youwohuangzong Caihua Zhenjun stood with the others and asked in confusion.

No sooner had these words been spoken than Qingfeng Zhenjun of the Wuzhuang Sect let out a startled exclamation.

"Grandmaster, the ancestral tablet has moved! The ancestral master has manifested his power!"

No, it wasn't the ancestral master appearing; it was a celestial demon trying to steal my ancestral master's tablet!

His exclamation startled all the True Lords present, making them realize the truth.

Again, the black demonic claws that emerged from the dark clouds attacked the Five Internal Organs Ancestral Master's Tablet in my hand.

Su Qingli unleashed the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, combined with the luck of humanity, and used the Dragon-Capturing Handprint to clash head-on with the demonic claw.

The majestic and righteous Dragon-Capturing Hand, like a golden dragon under the sun, was imbued with the wondrous patterns of reincarnation. Upon contact, Su Qing felt an intoxicating and bone-corroding aura dissolve the humanistic fortune on the Dragon-Capturing Hand.

Before he had established his own court, he was only at the fifth level of strength. Even though his Azure Dragon Dao Pattern and Reincarnation Dao Pattern were both four-level Dao Patterns, he was at a disadvantage in this contest.

As he struck again, using the Taixu Sun and Moon Dao Pattern to unleash the Heavenly Emperor Palm, the demonic claw had already swept the Ancestral Master Scroll into the dark clouds.

Seeing this, Qingfeng Zhenjun below was filled with despair and howled in pain.

Su Qing's expression also hardened, and he instantly sent a message to several True Lords below.

At Su Qing's request, two True Lords of the Styx Sect, Subduing Dragon and Tiger, appeared beside him, each holding a precious mirror.

This is the Reincarnation Mirror, a treasure passed down through the Styx Sect. It was created when the ancient goddess Houtu opened up the underground passages. She received the Nine Netherworld Land from the Styx Sect's founder. After the Underworld was established, she took a wisp of the Dao of Reincarnation and condensed it into this mirror. It was both a way of repaying the Styx Sect's founder's kindness and a testament to the Styx Sect's investment in the ancient Underworld.

Just like the ancestral tablet of the Wuzhuang Temple, it is a primitive stock of the ancient underworld, and it contains some reincarnation patterns.

Why did the Reincarnation Demon wait until these people entered the Abyss Secret Realm before making its move?

This is because the reincarnation Dao pattern he obtained is not complete. He still needs to reclaim all the original shares that the ancient Houtu Niangniang distributed to make the reincarnation Dao pattern completely complete!
Without Su Qing needing to summon them, all the True Lords present understood what to do.

A True Monk Xiaoxia of the Reincarnation Sect landed beside him, holding a precious jade with a Bai Ze pattern on it; a General Zhen Dong of the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom handed him the Black King War Spear; a master from the Hanging Temple gave him a kasaya (Buddhist robe) painted with the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra… (End of Chapter)