Immortality begins with meditation puppets

In all the myriad realms and worlds, the various arts and practices of cultivation actually share commonalities and overlaps.

The reason for this is that all kinds of creations are based on runes.

For Su Qing, the current difficulty in refining a sixth-order puppet lies in the seventh-order runes and the rare materials that can support them.

The sixth-tier puppets he had previously crafted, such as the Cyber ​​Martial Emperor and the Spring and Autumn Cicada, were created by cleverly using some of the reincarnation Dao patterns contained within these treasures as seventh-tier runes. Their incomplete treasure bodies were precisely the best materials to support seventh-tier runes. Thus, by combining his accumulated skills in puppetry and his mastery of runes, he was able to create these sixth-tier puppets.

As for the Great Thunder Dragon, Buddha Bear Two, and Sword Lord Tiger Egg, these are all due to favorable circumstances and the puppets' own hard work and determination, and cannot be replicated or imitated.

As for these fifth-tier True Monarchs in front of us, the only way to turn their trump cards into sixth-tier puppets is to follow the method of the Five Treasures of Reincarnation.

Extract the seventh-tier runes and corresponding precious materials within to form the core of the sixth-tier puppet. As for the remaining materials and other rune combinations, leave them all to Su Qing!

"Let me put it this way, you hand over your treasures to me, and I, Su Qing, will not only pay for the materials and materials myself, but I also won't charge you any refining fees."

You all know my character, Su Qing. If this were in the mortal realm, you wouldn't even think about it, and I would never do it. Doing so would not only mean I would earn less money, but it would also disrupt the puppeteer market and squeeze the living space of low- and mid-level puppeteers. In short, in the mortal realm, if you wanted me to refine a sixth-level puppet, it would cost an astronomical sum, and it would depend on whether I had the time and the willingness.

But now, for the sake of all living beings, and to deal with this Cycle of Reincarnation Demon, I, Su Qing, am willing to make this sacrifice and am prepared to create sixth-tier puppets for everyone free of charge. It all depends on whether you all have that resolve!

Seeing that all the fifth-level True Monarchs present were interested, but were timid and hesitant to ask him for the price, he realized that the situation was different.

Su Qing immediately understood that these True Monarchs didn't not want a sixth-order puppet; they were afraid that he would kill them.

There's absolutely no need to worry about that!
At his current stage, spirit stones are just a number to him; he doesn't care about them anymore, at least not as much as he used to.

What he cares about is technological advancement and skill improvement.

He acquired a bunch of magical treasures, artifacts, talismans, and battle tools collected from various sects, using them as practice tools. In the process, he enjoyed the improvement of his puppetry skills, increased his proficiency with sixth-tier puppets, and used one or two sixth-tier runes to advance to the seventh tier.

What he cares about is the greater good of all living beings.

Honestly, how much help can these True Monarchs and True Immortals that Erqiang brought in be in the war against the Reincarnation Demon? What they can do, Su Qing can also do by making some fifth-order puppets. At most, he can just make a few more. Their most important value is their respective status and the spiritual treasures and magical artifacts bestowed upon them by their sects.

These good things, given their abilities, cannot unleash their full power. Rather than that, it would be better to refine them into puppets. As long as this battle is won, the benefits that Su Qing can obtain are self-evident. In short, it will be many times higher than the cost of refining several sixth-order puppets!
He was willing to dedicate himself and had a high level of awareness, but he couldn't expect all the True Lords present to have the same level of awareness.

They need to discuss it further before making a decision.

Su Qing wasn't in a hurry. He told them to take their time to explore the Divine Realm and think things through. They could come back to him when they had a clear idea.

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In the world of spiritual practice, a year or two is treated as a single day and night.

In the blink of an eye, another five years have passed.

On this day, Liu Gandang, the person in charge of Penglai, or rather, the former person in charge of Penglai, quietly walked out of the Erqiang Temple, carrying no one on his back, for fear of being encountered by a familiar True Lord.

He walked cautiously to Su Qing's weapon research room, hesitated for a long time, and finally knocked on his door.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, you are a rare guest. In the five years since I came to the Divine Realm, I have never seen you come to visit."

This is because we haven't resolved our old grudges with Xiaodaosheng yet. If you ask me, there's no need for that. We can deal with worldly grievances when we get back to the present world.

Now, we should set aside past grievances and work together to overcome this trial of the Reincarnation Demon. Once this matter is over, neither Fellow Daoist Liu himself nor the Penglai Immortal Kingdom will dare to claim any connection with evil spirits. With this immense merit bestowed upon them, won't the artificial Heavenly Court of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom be able to confer upon over a hundred more deities? That would truly be a divine court!

Su Qing's enthusiasm comforted Liu Gandang, who cupped his hands and smiled, saying:
“What Su Zhenjun said is exactly what I, Liu Gandang, thought. I know my own abilities. In the final battle, the role I can play may not even be as good as one or two puppets that Su Zhenjun has made.”

However, I, Liu Gandang, am well aware of the great significance of resolving the cycle of reincarnation, reclaiming the authority over reincarnation and the underworld, and manifesting the resources and divine holy stones within the divine realm to all the heavens.

As part of the present world, my Penglai Immortal Kingdom and I are willing to give our all without reservation.

Therefore, today I have brought with me the only innate spiritual treasure of my Penglai Immortal Kingdom—the Seven Star Nails—to see True Lord Su. I humbly request that True Lord Su refine this treasure into a sixth-order puppet, so that my Penglai Immortal Kingdom may contribute its share to this important matter!

Su Qing's eyes lit up when he saw the Seven-Star Nail that Liu Gandang handed him, but he didn't rush to take it. He just smiled and said:
"I greatly admire Liu Zhenjun's noble character, but I cannot make a puppet for you right now!"

"Why is that? Didn't True Lord Su just say that he wanted to put aside past grievances? Although I had some conflicts with True Lord in the past, I swear to God, True Lord, you didn't suffer any loss. It was all me who suffered losses..."

Liu Gandang, who had hesitated before coming and was somewhat reluctant to part with his innate spiritual treasure, became anxious again upon hearing that Su Qing was no longer refining it for him, and hurriedly said...

“Lord Liu, you underestimate me. I would not refuse to help you refine puppets because of past grievances. It’s just that I have too many orders on my hands right now and I can’t get my turn yet. Why don’t you register me first, Lord Liu, and I will start refining one for you as soon as I finish my previous orders!”

"Ah, we have to queue up to refine puppets? Haven't those True Lords been saying these past few days that using spiritual treasures to refine puppets is not cost-effective?"

When Liu Gandang saw the list handed over by Su Qing, and saw that the major sects such as the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, the Primordial Beginning Sect, the Guangxian Sect, and the Peach Blossom Sect were at the top of the list, he was immediately furious.

His heart isn't dirty enough!
These people are all dirtier than him!
It should be understood that innate spiritual treasures, ancestral talismans, or other various kinds of trump cards are all considered secrets.

It can be driven by a fifth-order True Monarch and can exert power of around the sixth order. Its level must be higher than the sixth order, or at least it must be a peak sixth-order item.

Furthermore, since they are all inherited items from various sects and schools, they are more suitable for use by cultivators from various sects and schools. In terms of actual value, they are actually more valuable than sixth-order puppets.

This is also why, inside the temple, the True Lords discussed it back and forth, but none of them agreed to give their treasures to Su Qing to be refined into puppets.

Liu Gandang hesitated for five years, and that was the reason.

It's important to understand that the Penglai Immortal Kingdom is not one of the many sects in the heavens. They have a profound foundation passed down from ancient times, and their sects possess far more than just one innate spiritual treasure or any other treasure. They could easily use any of these to create a puppet. In all these years, the Penglai Immortal Kingdom has only managed to accumulate one innate spiritual treasure: the Seven Star Nails.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this treasure isn't showing its power yet. Just like Xing Tian's Blood Axe, its power will gradually be released after he advances to the sixth or seventh rank. It's a good thing that will be useful at that time.

If this were in the mortal realm, he would absolutely not agree unless Su Qing offered a seventh-tier puppet in exchange.

The reason he hesitated for five years was that he finally made up his mind to use this treasure to create a puppet.

This was because he saw the significance of this decisive battle against the Demon of Reincarnation, and the enormous benefits that would follow.

Yes, the Seven Star Nail is more valuable than a sixth-tier puppet.

However, in this decisive battle, with his abilities, he could not unleash much of the treasure's power, or perhaps only the power equivalent to one attack at the sixth level.

This is clearly not as effective as a sixth-tier puppet, and when the credit is distributed after the battle, the contribution will not be much.

This was something Liu Gandang was unwilling to do.

Everyone understands that simply defeating the Reincarnation Demon and recovering the Reincarnation Dao Patterns would be an immense achievement. This is why those sects across the heavens are willing to place such a heavy bet, not only sending their strongest fifth-tier disciples to accompany Su Qing to the Abyss Secret Realm, but also bringing them various sect trump cards.

Now, it's not just the merit of the Reincarnation Demon; the merit of bringing the Divine Holy Stone into the mortal world through the manifestation of the divine realm is no less than the merit of recovering the Reincarnation Dao Pattern.

Two great achievements—if they could get even a small share of the spoils, it would be enough for Penglai Immortal Island and the Liu family to enjoy endlessly.

Therefore, exchanging Seven Star Nails for a Tier 6 puppet is definitely not a bad deal!
It would be best if he did this alone. Otherwise, since everyone has a sixth-tier puppet and everyone earns the same credit, the distribution of credit will be roughly the same, and there won't be much difference between them.

That's why he secretly went to see Su Qing today without telling anyone.

I never expected that the other sects would be so shameless. Just yesterday, Shi Lijing from the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom was saying that his sect was a small and insignificant sect with no innate spiritual treasures. But now, looking at the list, the first one on the list is from his own sect, and he even has two puppets made!
Hey! How utterly shameless!
Liu Gandang cursed the sects ahead of him all the way back to the temple without mentioning that he himself was also on the list.

There are already enough competitors; there's no need to add more. Besides, the decisive battle is only fifty years away. If there are too many orders, even True Monarch Su might not be able to process them all.

As he was thinking this, he saw Zhongze Zhenjun approaching in his direction.

As a powerful sect in the myriad realms, second only to the three major sects of the Dao lineage, the Eastern King Sect possesses sixth and seventh-tier treasures that are far superior to those of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom.

This True Lord has been hesitant and indecisive for the past few years.

He was genuinely hesitant because Liu Gandang didn't see them on Su Qing's list.

Seeing Zhongze Zhenjun approaching, Liu Gandang was a little embarrassed, but unexpectedly, Zhongze Zhenjun gave him a wink and said:

"Liu Zhenjun, you gave it to Su Qing too?"

"Give? What do you mean, give? Nothing like that, don't think nonsense!" Liu Gandang waved his hands repeatedly.

"Stop pretending. You left home early this morning, and countless eyes were watching you. You were acting suspiciously and even circled around several times. In the end, you still ended up with Su Zhenjun!"

"Can't I go and chat with True Lord Su and discuss the Dao?"

Seeing that Liu Gandang was still trying to argue, Zhongze Zhenjun simply stopped pretending and said:

"We gave it to them years ago, so we did. It's quite unexpected that Liu Zhenjun only made the decision today!"

"Oh, you gave it too? But your name isn't on the list!" Liu Gandang exclaimed in surprise.

"Liu Zhenjun, how can you be so naive? There are only fifty years left until the decisive battle. Even if Su Zhenjun works day and night to refine puppets, how many sixth-order puppets can he refine? If you are listed in order, by the time it is your turn, the decisive battle may have already been fought!"

We all cut in line by giving gifts, so we're not on the list. For example, my Eastern King Sect gave True Lord Su a Primordial Spiritual Treasure as the core material for crafting a sixth-order puppet, and also a sixth-order talisman as tribute. That's why we're third on the list. The Primordial Beginning Sect and the Supreme Sect gave even more tribute, and True Lord Su has already started crafting them for them!

Zhongze Zhenjun looked at Liu Gandang with some surprise, thinking to himself, "This person in charge of Penglai Immortal Kingdom used to seem quite clever, how come he doesn't understand even this basic human decency now?"
Yes, this battle against the Reincarnation Demon is a major event, and we shouldn't have too many selfish thoughts. Moreover, everyone taking out their spiritual treasures to refine puppets for Su Qing is also a way to share the pressure with him.

However, time is limited. Whether Su Qing refines them for someone else or not, in the end, she can only refine a few puppets.

Therefore, you must show more sincerity than others so that Su Zhenjun can refine yours first!

List?

The two puppets from the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, which is ranked first on the list, are in doubt whether they can be completed before the final battle. Those ranked further down the list have almost no chance of being successfully crafted!
Upon hearing Zhongze Zhenjun's words, Liu Gandang was enlightened and immediately understood!
So it turns out that he was sending the spiritual treasure up to Su Qing to refine the puppet, which was actually to help Su Qing.

In reality, there were too many people who wanted to help Su Qing, and he couldn't choose them all. The ones he needed to help were actually themselves!

"Yes, we should give him some benefits. No, I mean, we can't let Su Zhenjun work so hard for nothing."

But my Penglai Immortal Kingdom has nothing else of value. Are we really going to give him the Investiture of the Gods? That's asking too much!

"We don't need the Investiture of the Gods. Even if True Lord Liu doesn't have anything good, my Eastern King Sect does. As long as True Lord Liu signs this contract, my Eastern King Sect will honor your sincerity!"

"Regarding the resolution on the development of the cultivation paradise outside the third ring of Penglai Immortal Island by the Eastern King Sect? This... this... your appetite is too big! After the Tianyuan Realm is fully restored, the real estate business outside the third ring is a huge pie!"

"Whether the cake is big or not depends on who makes it. The civil engineering strength of my Eastern King Sect is among the best in all the heavens and myriad realms. You can rest assured that this project is in your best interest. So, sign it? If you do, I still have a sixth-order Profound Spirit Divine Light Fruit here, which you can give to True Monarch Su as a fee for jumping the queue." (End of this chapter)