Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Divine Weapon Base, a vast wilderness.

Countless massive construction-type divine weapons were still functioning normally, but the divine weapon generals who controlled them were all distracted, because their minds, like all the beings in the Divine Realm at this moment, were drawn to the sixth-order puppet that Su Sheng was about to manifest.

Su Sheng was the title given to Su Qing twenty years ago after he led them out of the underground and reclaimed their home on the surface. This title was not solely due to his achievement.

It is also known that more than two hundred years ago, when the demonic calamity began and all living beings in this world were about to perish, it was the divine weapons under Su Sheng's command—the Vajra Buddha Bear, the Giant Sword Tiger, and the Divine General A-San—who taught them the skills of divine weapons. The three giant divine weapons also sacrificed themselves to enter the Red Moon, helping them temporarily block the evil forces' plot to destroy the world, and buying them one or two hundred years to develop.

To this day, the three divine weapons that saved the world and the divine weapon catalog—these things that changed the fate of countless people in this world—were all brought by Su Qing. He has made a great contribution to saving the world, and it is no exaggeration to call him a saint.

If he hadn't refused to be deified, given his current prestige in the divine realm, it would be fitting to erect a statue of him and have every household worship him.

Well, the statues weren't entirely absent. Under Su Qing's instructions, a magnificent and extremely luxurious temple with statues has now been erected within the realm of gods.

However, the temple did not enshrine Su Qing, but rather a statue of another deity called the God of War of Tianyuan.

According to Su Sheng, this god is his sworn brother. His divine shadow roams the myriad realms, advocating the punishment of evil and the promotion of good. He is also extremely loyal and always grants requests. As long as they sincerely worship him, one day this god's divine presence will descend upon this realm to help them fight against evil spirits.

Out of respect for Su Sheng, everyone began to devoutly offer incense to this deity who held a knife in his right hand and a pagoda in his left. It has been more than 20 years since then. Will this deity ever come?

It doesn't matter whether you come or not.

Offering sacrifices to deities is simply a way for people to find solace.

Since the birth of Su Sheng, under his leadership, countless divine soldiers have appeared, and the demons have been repeatedly defeated by them. Even without the help of the gods, they can drive the demons out of their homes on their own.

In particular, if Su Sheng's sixth-order divine weapon is successfully forged, then they will have even more confidence.

In their hearts, a fifth-tier divine weapon is no different from a god, and a sixth-tier divine weapon is a power that surpasses that of a god. It is a power that can truly fulfill their centuries-old wish, leading them to fight their way to the Red Moon and crush the demon god.

"It must succeed!"

An old man with white hair, who was said to be a young divine soldier but was actually a veteran divine soldier, muttered to himself in the cockpit.

At this very moment, whether they were in the Divine Weapon Base or not, everyone in every corner of the Divine Realm shared the same thought.

Li San's carbon alloy arms were trembling with tension.

A sixth-tier divine weapon—that was his teacher, his teacher's teacher, and generations of divine weapons. They had spent their entire lives trying to achieve it, but they could never break free from the shackles. The more they studied it, the more difficult it seemed, like climbing to the heavens. It was a dream they could never reach, or one that would never be realized.

If he can achieve this before he dies, if he can witness it with his own eyes, then on his way to the underworld, he should talk to those predecessors and peers who have devoted their lives to researching divine weapons, and share their thoughts.

"Shadow Guardian, this is the fifth-level divine weapon created by Su Sheng. It integrates high-difficulty and high-level runes such as light and shadow, illusion and reality, transformation, weapon, and creation, and fully activates the function of all materials. Even though it is a fifth-level divine weapon, its power is a level higher than other fifth-level divine weapons. Although it cannot compare with perfect creations such as the Divine Silver Flow and the Two-Headed Dragon God that have developed self-awareness, it is still a super-powerful divine weapon that I, Luo Bing, have strived for my whole life, hoping to replicate before I die of old age."

"A fifth-tier divine weapon already possesses such good fortune; imagine the majesty of a sixth-tier one! How incredibly lucky we divine weapon engineers would be to even catch a glimpse of it!"

As Luo Bing sighed, he saw the sky suddenly darken.

In the sky, a giant silver tiger spreads its transparent wings of light, and two giant dragons breathe out black light.

Black and white intertwine, dragon and tiger unite, yin and yang converge, giving birth to a black and white Pisces, like a sticker, covering the red moon in the sky, which is like the eye of a demon, completely.

That's how it should be!

Su Sheng forged a sixth-order divine weapon.

They can watch, but do the demons have the right to watch?
And after the red moon was obscured.

A loud bang echoed in the sky.

The divine weapon makes a dazzling debut.

A beam of light, tinged with crimson and gold, rolled in from the west and north. Wherever it passed, the clouds parted and the sky split in two. It was still far away on the horizon, but in an instant it was right in front of us.

Descending from the sky, at first glance it appears as a magnificent golden pillar, a divine spear supporting the heavens.

It landed beneath the divine weapon base, stirring up a cloud of dust, but the dust could not obscure the myriad rays of light emanating from it. A powerful, inexplicable, and steel-like will, which the young warriors could not comprehend, soared into the sky, as if this divine spear were about to charge forward at any moment, shattering the heavens and reaching the crimson moon.

With its unparalleled will and awe-inspiring power, this divine spear merged with the world around it, gaining the approval of the heavens and earth. The heavenly light emitted purple energy, like clouds and mist, surrounding the spear and bestowing upon it divine might. Golden lotuses rose from the ground, releasing precious energy, making the spear even more solid and substantial.

But that's not all.

But after being baptized by heaven and earth, this divine spear suddenly changed.

The spearhead blossomed and then reassembled, revealing a face with sharp, angular features like a statue. The spear body transformed, revealing a silver-armored divine body. In just a short instant, the divine spear had transformed into a silver-armored colossus ten thousand feet tall.

This sent another shockwave through everyone who witnessed it.

That divine spear had just given them an unparalleled sense of power and an indescribable sense of mystery.

Knowing of this power already indicates that Su Sheng's sixth-order divine weapon has been successfully forged.

They could now cheer.

But before they could utter the words of praise they had prepared, they were all rendered speechless by the astonishment of the silver-armored giant statue.

"Sharp lines, a strong metallic feel—I can sense that Su Sheng has drawn creation runes on this divine weapon. There's no reason he wouldn't; these runes have a Midas touch for divine weapons, and Su Sheng's mastery of them is extremely high. It's only natural that he would use them on this divine weapon. However, if creation runes were used, why did it mimic this thing that looks like a mecha, like a colossus, in short, unlike a human or any divine beast or creature?"

Li Sanquan exclaimed in surprise. The old man next to him, who looked just as old and whose body had undergone several replacements of his divine weapon parts, was also puzzled.

These individuals were all chief engineers in the five underground bases, possessing the strongest spiritual power and the most masterful skill in crafting divine weapons. They had all led projects to create fifth-tier divine weapons. While their rune skills and divine weapon techniques couldn't compare to Su Qing's, they were still top-tier among fifth-tier puppeteers in the Tianyuan Realm. Over the years, they had all been fascinated by the Creation Runes. Although Su Qing generously shared these rune techniques with them and helped them overcome difficulties, they still struggled to make progress in runes. At most, they could only break down Creation Runes into two categories—bionic and intelligent—like the other artisans in the Tianyuan Realm, choosing one to study. Attempting to fuse them to achieve the level of Creation was extremely difficult, as if an invisible barrier prevented them from drawing Creation Runes.

This led them to conclude that the Creation Runes are something that only those who have received divine guidance can master. Under heaven, perhaps only the Saint Su is qualified to draw these runes.

This is the limitation imposed on them by Heaven and Earth, because the matter of creation is no small matter. If everyone could understand it and everyone could create things, then Heaven and Earth would surely be in chaos, and it is impossible to allow such a situation to occur.

Although they have not achieved much in the creation runes, over the years, seeing Su Qing refine many creation-type divine weapons, their understanding and knowledge of creation runes has become much deeper.

The runes of creation imitate ancient creatures and carry on the lost arts of the sages.

Creation does not arise from nothing. Instead, it first takes existing beings, whether in the present or in ancient times, as templates, imitating their physical structure and soul construction. Then, based on this, and through the sedimentation of time, allows them to slowly develop their own unique characteristics, gradually transforming and gaining new life.

First imitate, then surpass.

The divine weapons crafted by Su Qing are all imitations of ancient divine beasts or innate spirits, mimicking their physical forms and supernatural abilities. There are none that can truly develop self-awareness and achieve the status of a divine being like the Silver Flowing God or the Two-Headed Dragon God; they are all still in the imitation stage.

This is normal. Even the ancient snail emperor who condensed the Dao patterns of creation imitated and drew inspiration from the innate races of the world at that time when he created the human race.

And at this moment, a colossal statue landed before them.

It is unlike any living being that has ever existed in the heavens.

It seems to be a type of mecha weapon developed by the gods themselves.

"Perhaps Su Sheng has come up with another brilliant idea and made a breakthrough in the creation runes that we cannot even imagine!"

The old man, whose head was half replaced with the divine weapon of heavenly punishment, muttered to himself, trying to explain.

The others nodded silently, all saying that Su Sheng had never made a mistake when forging divine weapons. Although the image of this divine weapon was beyond their understanding, perhaps such beings really existed in ancient times. It was just that they were not as knowledgeable as Su Sheng and did not know or recognize such beings.

They assumed Su Qing was wise and resourceful, and that everything was under his control.

When Su Qing saw the Martial Emperor Spear transformed into this form, he was utterly astonished.

"Emperor Wu, the one I'm imitating is clearly Emperor Wu of the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom!"

"What's going on with this Gundam? Did it break apart during the refining process? That shouldn't be the case. The sixth-order Creation Rune has already taken effect, and the Martial Emperor's Martial Bone and Martial Will within the Black King Battle Spear have also been integrated into this puppet. How could something have gone wrong!"

There is no problem with the Creation Runes.

The martial spirit and martial will of the Martial Emperor were perfectly integrated into the puppet, and when it manifested in the form of a divine spear, there was absolutely no problem with it.

Everything is fine.

The problem lies with the founding Martial Emperor of the Immortal Qin Dynasty himself!

"Damn it, this Immortal Qin Martial Emperor is no human being!"

"He's a Gundam, no, he's some kind of metallic life form!"

"If he's a metallic life form, how did he develop human martial arts? Can the human meridians, bones, and internal organs be the same as his?"

In just a moment, Su Qing understood.

The founding emperor of the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom may have been a metallic life form disguised as a human, or perhaps he was actually human in this form. He only disguised himself as a human to unite the human race. The subsequent rulers of the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom may also have been non-human beings, and they would not have actively exposed this fact to avoid domestic turmoil and being questioned and ostracized by the human race.

"However, regardless of whether he is human or not, he quelled the great chaos in the Central Plains in the past, saving countless lives. His descendants, the Martial Emperors, also considered themselves human rulers and always acted from the perspective of the human race. Even if he is not human, he can still be considered human. It is not some heinous crime, nor is he a villain that the human race should condemn just because his identity has been exposed!"

Su Qing muttered to himself, knowing that regardless of their race, their contributions to humanity were indelible, and they were still ancient sages whom people of later generations needed to respect and honor.

This Immortal Qin Martial Emperor, in humanoid Gundam form, after transforming, had fine, thread-like patterns appear on his silver-white mecha shell, like human meridians, with true energy surging within, just like a human martial artist, capable of mastering and performing human martial arts.

Su Qing looked at the panel again and saw the information that the puppet had been successfully crafted.

[Forged from the Martial Emperor Spear, a sixth-tier reincarnation-type divine weapon puppet, unlocking the following three types of puppet blueprints.]

[Puppet One: Creation-type combat skill puppet—Azure Bird Martial Saint (Tier 6 version), a Azure Bird residing in the world, a sky-blue Martial Saint.]

[Puppet Two: Reincarnation-type Creation Puppet—Three Lives Mirror Maiden (Sixth Tier Version), reflecting three lifetimes and severing your past and future.]

[Puppet Three: Creation-type Metal Puppet—Cosmic Emperor (Sixth-Order Version), a metallic life form, an innate spirit, spreading the spark of life, its power resounding throughout the universe.]

[The Puppet Master has broken through their cultivation level, advancing from the peak of the fifth rank to the sixth rank. Please choose three from the following five puppet blueprints.]

[Puppet One: Mythical Warship-Type Puppet – Lingxiao Palace, a mythical palace-level building and a powerful tool for ruling over all the heavens.]

[Puppet Two: Human-Driven Imperial Puppet – The Humanitarian Imperial Court, gathering the human resources from all directions to forge my Humanitarian Imperial Court, sweeping across the six directions and dominating all corners of the world.]

[Puppet Three: Mythical Creation-Type Puppet—The Furnace of Heaven and Earth, seizing the heavens to become oneself, transforming from mortal to spirit, forming a hundred-linked Vajra, ascending to immortality.]

[Puppet Four: Mythological Monster-type Puppet—Chaotic Sacred Ape, transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements, unrestrained and lawless.]

[Puppet Five: Mythological Demon-Suppressing Puppet - True Martial Emperor, Heavenly God Lord, Guardian Deity, vanquishing demons and evil, protecting all directions.]

[The blueprints for the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the Humanity Imperial Court, and the True Martial Emperor have been selected. The blueprints have been unlocked...]

[Details of the Puppet Martial Emperor Spear are as follows...] (End of Chapter)