Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The Dao pattern of cause and effect: seeking the cause leads to the effect, and reversing the effect back to the cause.

Su Qing stepped forward and pulled out the thread, and the Yuanshi Sect's Dayan Dao Master immediately used the causal Dao patterns to deduce the past and future along this thread.

As predicted by all the great beings in the world, the fact that the Demon Buddha had made such a big move could not have been due to the work of a single evil or demon.

There is the Chaos Demon Lord who has mastered the Chaos Demon Rune of the Four Evil Runes, the World Destroyer Demon Lord who has mastered the World Destroyer Demon Rune of the Four Evil Runes, the Desire Demon Lord who has mastered the Desire Demon Rune of the Four Evil Runes, and the Hundred Beasts Demon Lord who has mastered the Hundred Beasts Demon Rune of the Four Evil Runes.

With the addition of the Demon Buddha himself, there were a total of five Heavenly Demon Generals who joined forces to keep the myriad realms in the dark about their actions.

Yu Dayan Dao took the initiative to trace back to the source using the Dao patterns of cause and effect, following the timeline of Tong Chang's disappearance.

It was astonishing to see that, apart from the Demon Buddha, the other four Heavenly Demon Generals all took action to stop him, and it was a close call that they managed to knock out the Great Evolution Dao Master.

Fortunately, the great sects of the heavens are not to be trifled with.

These demon generals, whether they have now been born or have been hiding the news of their birth, are all following the Demon Buddha in causing trouble.

Everyone knows that this commotion is getting bigger and bigger, and the things that the Demon Buddha is going to do are much bigger than they expected.

As the saying goes, "Where the enemy goes, we go." We can't let the enemy have a good time, otherwise we definitely won't have a good time!

The Desolate Sword Dao Master of the Lingbao Sect, a ruthless and taciturn man, took the initiative to challenge the Desire Dao Master, who had recovered the fastest among the Heavenly Demon Generals and had reached the peak of the seventh-order Dao Master. He used the Dao patterns of his Four Imperial Dao Pattern Sword, which was extremely effective in attacking, to fight against him. They fought from the River of Time to the Primordial Universe. Along the way, the stars trembled and spacetime shattered. Countless cultivators and demons suffered undeserved disasters, and the Dao fruits they had painstakingly cultivated were obliterated by the two.

The Taoist Kongkong of the Supreme Sect, who had been lazy for countless years, suddenly became energetic today. His long hair and eyebrows moved in unison, like a celestial rope binding the sky and a Dao chain binding the earth, binding the Chaos Demon Lord in a small past world. They exchanged pieces, and neither of them could get involved in the struggle in other directions.

With the three major sects of the Dao lineage all making their moves, they were basically all facing one of the Four Heavenly Demon Generals. When the Eastern King Sect saw this, they realized that they had been shouting the slogan of surpassing the three major sects of the Dao lineage for so many years. If they failed now, all those years of slogans would have been for nothing. So they gritted their teeth and brought out the Dharma bodies of their two patriarchs.

The two patriarchs of the Eastern King Sect are the Queen Mother of the West and the King Father of the East. Legend has it that in ancient times, these two were transformed from the first wisp of innate Yin Qi and the first wisp of innate Yang Qi. They were pure innate deities, born with the Dao patterns of the two types of innate Xuan Yin and innate Xuan Yang, which are above the Five Elders and not yet fully developed by the Four Emperors.

After a period of cultivation, the two of them worked hard and struggled, but they never obtained a great enough opportunity to elevate their Dao patterns of cause and effect, sword, and non-action to the level of the Four Emperors, just like the three founders of the Yuanshi Sect, Lingbao Sect, and Taishang Sect.

Thus, the Dao patterns were always above the Five Elders, but not yet the Four Emperors, and the two Ancestors were always stuck above the Dao Lord, not yet the Dao Ancestor realm, which was a half-step Dao Ancestor level existence.

The descendants of the Dongwang Sect do not acknowledge this. In their consistent propaganda, they claim that their two founders were not two people, but actually one person, just with two faces representing two aspects of yin and yang.

When the two are combined, they can evolve the power of Yin-Yang Dao patterns and possess the abilities of a Dao Ancestor. Therefore, their Eastern King Sect is also a sect that has produced Dao Ancestor-level beings, just like the three sects of the Dao lineage. They are fully qualified to be compared with the three sects of the Dao lineage.

But no matter how they promote it, they cannot change the fact that during the height of the ancient demonic calamity, all the Dao Ancestors collapsed and returned their Dao fruits to the heavens to suppress the demonic calamity.

The two half-step Dao Ancestors, the Eastern King Duke and the Western King Mother, chickened out and fled. Although the reason for their eventual demise is unknown, they never demonstrated the same sense of responsibility as the other Dao Ancestors during the Demon Tribulation. As a result, the respect that later generations have for these two founders of the Eastern King Sect is far less than that for the other Dao Ancestors of ancient times.

To be honest, even the disciples of the Eastern King Sect don't seem to have much respect for their two patriarchs. Otherwise, they wouldn't bring out the remains of their patriarchs' bodies every time a major event occurs.

The two half-step Dao Ancestors, who had perished countless years ago, one manifested the innate profound Yin, and the other the innate pure Yang. By combining the power of Yin and Yang Dao patterns, they barely managed to block the attack of the World-Destroying Demon Lord. Judging from the expression on the face of the Eastern King Sect's Eastern Dao Lord, it was clear that they had paid a considerable price for using the remains of their ancestral body.

The Eastern King Sect invoked its patriarch, and regardless of the method, it has established its image for many years, demonstrating its ability to exert influence comparable to the three major sects of the Daoist lineage.

These four sects are all orthodox sects of the Xuanmen. As the leader of the Demonic Sect, Luo Hou Sect, which once wanted to compete with the orthodox sects of the Xuanmen and establish the rightful lineage of heaven and earth, although he was a little apprehensive, he had no choice but to stand up for the Demonic Path at this moment.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Although the demonic path was suppressed and targeted by the orthodox sects in every way after the conflict between the Dao and the demons, and could not even stay in the Tianyuan Realm, they were bullied terribly by the orthodox sects who were unforgiving and would not even accept the condition of surrendering and losing half. However, some of their ancient foundation was still preserved.

Among them is a demonic fetus that has been conceived since ancient times and has never appeared in the world despite countless demonic tribulations.

Legend has it that it was formed by the ancient Demon Ancestor before his fall, when he stripped away his own Dao Fruit, and it contains the power of the Four Imperial Dao Patterns and the Killing Dao Pattern.

Over the years, because this demonic fetus has never shown any power, the orthodox sects of Taoism all say that the rumors about this demonic fetus are just fabrications by the Rahu sect, like pigs with garlic stuck in their noses.

But today, when Luo Hou Zong brought out this demonic fetus, it manifested as a black-robed Daoist figure. Upon touching or looking at it, one could feel its awe-inspiring power, with an aura that looked down upon all directions. It reached out and grabbed the Hundred Beasts Demon Lord, and immediately engaged in a fierce battle with him. Although it seemed that it was being suppressed by the Hundred Beasts Demon Lord, its spirit and courage remained unchanged. It was able to withstand this Heavenly Demon General and redeem the reputation of the demonic path once again.

The five Heavenly Demon Generals are from the Three Sects of the Daoist lineage. They claim to be on par with the Three Sects of the Daoist lineage, but in reality, they are also the Eastern King Sect, the fourth sect of the Xuanmen, and the Rahu Sect, the leader of the Demonic Path.

Seeing that they were using every ounce of their strength, the other major sects of the heavens also dared not hold back.

Those high-ranking demons and sixth-order demon lords under the command of the Heavenly Demon Generals were all dealt with by elders from various major sects, who brought their sect's most valuable treasures.

Suddenly, starting with Tong Chang's disappearance, it suddenly turned into an earth-shattering war between all the cultivators of the heavens and the demons.

Without the interference of other Heavenly Demon Generals, the Great Evolution Dao Master used the sect's supreme treasure, the Five Directions Immortal Banner, and the innate five elements power generated by the Five Directions Immortal Banner to establish time and space, so that the Dao Pattern of Cause and Effect could eliminate the influence of the Demon Buddha's Time Dao Pattern and successfully trace back to the source to discover the origin of the Demon Buddha's layout.

He saw a scene: the Lingxiao Palace was in ruins, the gods and immortals had disappeared.

It is not the ancient celestial court ruins that appeared on Penglai Island, because the ancient celestial court was so vast that its extent was unknown and its number of gods was countless, and its territory was extremely wide.

The ancient celestial court ruins that landed on Penglai Immortal Island were only a small part of the ancient celestial court, such as the Hall of Reverence for Gods, the Hall of Divine Mechanisms, the Hall of Alchemy Furnaces, the Hall of Array Arts, and other functional halls. The original major families of Penglai Immortal Island also obtained their fortunes from these halls, which is why the Liu family obtained the Investiture of the Gods, the Liang family obtained the Divine Array Diagram, and the Ying family obtained the Divine Armor Technique, among other opportunities.

Everyone understands that the essence of the ancient Heavenly Court lies in this Lingxiao Palace.

Because when the ancient Heavenly Court collapsed, the Heavenly Emperor and all the gods of the heavens gathered in the Lingxiao Palace, and they all perished there.

Their divine markings and immortal bodies were all left behind in this treasure hall. For countless years, cultivators from all realms have searched for their traces but have found nothing.

However, the Demon Buddha discovered this site before them, or rather, this site was originally sealed within the river of time by the Demon Buddha, which is why it had never been discovered by the great cultivators of the heavens. In short, after tracing back to the cause, it was determined that Tong Chang's disappearance was related to the Lingxiao Palace.

The Demon Buddha's schemes and actions also aimed to unseal the Lingxiao Palace!
The Dao Master of the Great Evolution trembled slightly. This Lingxiao Palace was a gathering place for the elite gods of the ancient Heavenly Court. If they were all obtained by the Demon Buddha, the Four Heavenly Demon Generals he had supported—the Demon Lord of Transformation—could immediately use their demonic possession abilities to transform these ancient Heavenly Court gods into demons.

When that time comes, all the heavens and myriad realms will likely face an attack from a group of evil gods who have possessed the bodies of the elite gods of the ancient Heavenly Court.

"That's right. The biggest problem for the demons now is that all the heavens and myriad realms are extremely wary of them, and they don't have the time to develop slowly like in ancient times."

However, if they were to possess the bodies of these ancient gods, they would immediately be able to form a force that could rival all the living beings in the heavens!

The most troublesome thing is that the physical body of the ancient Heavenly Emperor seems to have been left behind in the Lingxiao Palace.

If it were possessed by demons, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The Great Evolution Dao Master now finally understands why the Demon Buddha stirred up trouble everywhere, diverting the attention of all the great cultivators in the heavens, and gathering his demonic elites to devise such a conspiracy.

Because the benefits it seeks are indeed greater than those of the Reincarnation Demon or the Burial Immortal Realm.

It aims to create a heavenly court of evil gods and seize the power of the Heavenly Dao among the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man. If it were to occupy the body of the Heavenly Emperor and participate in the competition for the Heavenly Emperor in the present world as an evil god, that would be the thing that would cause the collapse of all the heavens, myriad realms, and all living beings.

After tracing back to the cause and effect, the Great Evolution Dao Master told all the great beings in the heavens about the information he had obtained. Everyone's reaction was the same as his: shock, fear, apprehension, and anger.

"It's impossible to guard against! Who would have thought that this evil spirit wouldn't be interested in fighting against the living beings of this world, but instead set its sights on the ancient divine corpses? Those are our people! We haven't even considered making a move against them yet!"

"The thought of this evil spirit succeeding fills me with dread. Quick, everyone, we really have to use all our skills this time! We absolutely cannot let these evil spirits succeed!"

"No wonder everyone was kept in the dark, except for Su Qing, who was able to react. Because he has mastered the Taixu Sun and Moon Dao Patterns, he is a strong contender for the current Heavenly Emperor. Naturally, he can sense things related to the Heavenly Emperor on a whim!"

"No, it's not just Su Qing who can sense it. As the Celestial Master of the present world, Tong Chang, with his Celestial Master authority, has the ability to directly reach the heavens and connect with both the celestial and mortal realms. In the past, when the Lingxiao Palace was sealed, Celestial Master Tong couldn't sense it. But once the Demon Buddha opens the Lingxiao Palace, Celestial Master Tong will definitely be able to detect it!"

"That's right, it was precisely because Master Tong made a discovery that the Demon Buddha erased its existence, preventing it from having the opportunity to notify us!"

"If that's the case, then the Lingxiao Palace has already been opened by the Demon Buddha, and the evil spirits have already entered the palace?"

"Quickly, Dao Master of the Great Evolution, quickly deduce and determine the location of the Lingxiao Palace!"

Everyone is anxious, because this is no longer a matter of assigning blame afterward.

This is a problem where evil spirits want to smash everyone's pot.

In ancient times, there were three paths: Heaven, Earth, and Man. These three forces established their dominance over Heaven and Earth, while the major sects of the heavens remained outside, playing a role in supervising and supporting them, and preventing any one of the forces from getting out of control.

With the combined strength of all the major sects in the heavens, it is naturally stronger than any of these three forces.

But when have all the major sects in the heavens ever truly been able to work together?

If the elite gods of Heaven were to be possessed by demons, those demons could indeed unleash sixty to seventy percent of the power of the ancient Heavenly Court.

In the present world, living beings have only gained a slight advantage in the struggle against evil spirits by relying on the countless years of development that the ancient Dao Ancestors and Dao Lords gained by destroying their Dao Fruits.

This advantage is not significant. If the demons were to receive assistance from these divine corpses, they could immediately overcome their disadvantages and even gain the power to surpass that of the living beings.

This is something that the great masters and powerful cultivators of all the major sects in the world today would absolutely not accept.

The Great Evolution Dao Master also frantically deduced the future, using the timeline where Tong Chang disappeared as a coordinate, and indeed located where he was now, as well as the specific location of the Lingxiao Palace.

But what one sees is that the Lingxiao Palace floats in a chaotic void, with no realm formed around it. It is a deep void that all cultivators avoid, also known as the Land of Fallen Dao.

Here, Tong Chang sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, wearing a Celestial Master's crown that emitted a hazy spiritual light, revealing the figures of the Celestial Masters of the Four Directions.

Master Zu, Master Ge, Master Xu, Master Sa.

“Throughout the ages, countless years have passed, yet the spirits of you four Celestial Masters remain, using your heroic bodies to keep my Demon Buddha outside this Lingxiao Palace, fighting against my demons until today.”

I, the Demon Buddha, admire your abilities and will. However, like water without a source or a tree without roots, no matter how much you have accumulated in the past, you have not been able to replenish your spiritual energy in this land of fallen immortals for countless years. Now, it is time for you to finally dissipate.

Even with the assistance of this mortal Celestial Master and the abundant spiritual resources he has acquired, it can only sustain us for a short time. Ultimately, the Lingxiao Palace will still fall into the hands of my Demon Buddha!

Seeing the Demon Buddha's extreme arrogance, he confidently declared his victory to the four Celestial Masters.

The Great Evolution Dao Master's heart sank, for he understood that although they had discovered the location of the Lingxiao Palace, they had also uncovered the Demon Buddha's conspiracy.

However, it was discovered too late, and the land of the fallen was too far away and too difficult to reach.

Even if it is all in vain, they must still exert all their power and send troops to the place where the Dao perished.

If the Four Celestial Masters can hold out until they arrive, that would be best, as they will surely keep the evil spirits outside the Lingxiao Palace.

If the Four Celestial Masters cannot hold out until their arrival, they will raze the Lingxiao Palace, now occupied by demons, to the ground! (End of Chapter)