Immortality begins with meditation puppets

From ancient times to the present day, countless cultivators have discussed the difference between demons and demonic cultivators.

Of course, the demonic cultivators strongly protested against this. They felt that this was persecution by the orthodox Xuanmen sect and a deliberate attempt to stigmatize them. Although they were not good people, they could not be compared with demons. This was too much of a bullying. However, since their ancestors had done too many bad things in ancient times and had not yet paid off their debts, their protests could not stop this protracted discussion.

Ultimately, the cultivators from all the heavens and sects reached a conclusion.

Although both demons and demonic cultivators are equally cruel and ruthless, fond of killing, and accustomed to creating and spreading fear to achieve their own goals, their methods seem similar, and it is correct to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free.

However, there are still significant differences between the two. For example, demonic cultivators are highly organized and bound by sects. According to statistics, the probability of killing one's master and destroying one's sect is only about 30% to 40%. Compared to the fickle and unpredictable behavior of evil spirits who follow one demon general today and another tomorrow, and then set up their own independent sect the day after tomorrow if they have a wrong idea, the difference in the cost of maintaining stability between demonic cultivators and evil spirits is too great.

For example, demonic cultivators are principled; if they say they will kill someone's entire family, they will do so even at the cost of their lives, otherwise their Dao heart will be unstable. On the other hand, demons might want to kill one person, but then change their minds and go to kill another. They kill indiscriminately and without any hatred, making it impossible for people to defend against or escape.

Ultimately, the biggest difference between demonic cultivators and evil spirits lies in the fact that demonic cultivators are at least human beings. As human beings, they crave order and pursue survival. They would never do something that would destroy the world and dig their own graves. Therefore, demonic cultivators still have this bottom line in their conduct.

Unlike demons, they are formless and intangible, with no known origin or destination. Their purpose seems to be to destroy heaven and earth and annihilate all living beings in the myriad realms. Whether the myriad realms exist or not is of no significance to them.

Therefore, they often commit many evil deeds, such as flipping tables at the slightest disagreement and completely annihilating a region.

Because of this conclusion, cultivators across the heavens concluded that demonic cultivators had certain value in uniting the people and could be won over to their own camp, while there was absolutely no room for compromise with evil spirits, and they would be destroyed on sight.

Now that he has fallen into this realm of gods and spirits, the Demon of Reincarnation, in a fit of desperation, has also begun to overturn the table.

It intends to use the most feared and devastating power of evil spirits to completely annihilate this realm of gods and spirits, and to make all the beings that oppose it perish along with this world.

As a seventh-order demon, when it unleashes its full power, neither Su Qing and the sixth-order puppets it controls, nor even the living True Monarchs of the Heavens, have a good way to deal with it.

To maintain order in a realm under the command of a seventh-order demon, one would need at least a seventh-order Dao Lord or a treasure of extremely high rank, such as an innate supreme treasure.

These powers are clearly beyond their capabilities. All they can do now is deal with the powerful projections summoned by the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc and then divert some of their attention to Su Qing.

Everyone was hoping that he would be prepared for this and have the means to deal with it.

After all, everyone knew that the Reincarnation Demon would pull such a move. Su Qing couldn't have been unaware of it. If he hadn't been prepared and couldn't have dealt with it, what he had done in the past two or three hundred years wouldn't have been preparing for the final battle. Instead, he would have packed his bags, used all his connections, and even mobilized the True Monarchs of the Heavens to use their connections to ask powerful figures to intervene and escape to save his life.

Under their watchful eyes, Su Qing did not make many moves.

Su Qing was waiting for the actions of countless beings in the divine realm.

Just as the greatest strength of evil lies in its ability to destroy everything.

The reason why living beings have been able to fight against evil spirits to this day is that when they are guarding their homeland and protecting the world where they live and reproduce, they can also unleash their most extreme thoughts and powers.

At this very moment, as the Demon of Reincarnation absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, intending to utterly destroy the realm of gods.

Countless beings in the realm of gods, who were already filled with hatred for evil, felt flames ignite in their hearts and bodies. This single flame was nothing, because their individual abilities were limited. In the eyes of the Reincarnation Demon, it was merely the rage of ants. And in the eyes of these evil beings, the anger of ants only gave them a greater sense of pleasure in destroying the world, and had no other meaning.

But if you combine it with Su Qing, these little flames will be a different story!

The power of the emperor lies in his ability to rally the masses!
One person's strength is limited, but the strength of ten thousand people is immense; ten million people can change the world!
The power of individuals converges into the great power of the collective; trickles of water become the vast ocean of the world, and towering mountains stand firm against the earth.

But then a blue dragon soared into the sky from Su Qing's body, and countless flames and beams of light converged on the blue dragon, causing its aura to rise continuously.

Fifth order, sixth order, and even seventh order.

That's not enough, because slogans alone cannot save people; beliefs must be embodied in reality in order to unleash their power.

Su Qing was also prepared for this.

But as soon as his divine sense stirred, he saw that the divine sense network he had established in this world three or four hundred years ago, which linked all living beings in this world, was now drawing on the divine sense power of all living beings in this world.

With his abilities, he was far from being able to forcibly extract the divine consciousness of all the beings in the Divine Realm, whose divine consciousness was already extremely powerful.

But there was no need for him to forcibly extract it; he only needed the thought that he needed everyone's divine consciousness to assist him. Once this thought passed through the divine consciousness network and was received by the beings of this world, he was satisfied.

The beings of the divine realm, who trusted him implicitly and placed all their hopes on him, unreservedly transmitted their divine consciousness to the divine consciousness network and instilled it into him.

The divine consciousness of all living beings in the realm was concentrated on him alone, instantly elevating Su Qing's divine consciousness to the seventh level.

Such a sudden surge in spiritual awareness would be difficult for his physical body and soul in the mortal world to withstand.

This is when the power of the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon he crafted for himself was revealed. This sixth-order puppet has no other ability than to serve as a container for receiving and accommodating divine consciousness for a short period of time.

Upon seeing the white spiritual light bursting from the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, like strands of white silk, it instantly connected with all the divine weapons and puppets in this world.

Each divine weapon puppet is different in type, rank, and form, but at this moment, they will all become components of the seventh-order puppet—the Humanity Imperial Court.

Under the convergence of the Azure Dragon Dao Patterns, which gathered the beliefs of all living beings.

A colossal combined puppet slowly took shape, under the gaze of countless beings in this world and amidst the awe of the True Lords of the Heavens.

Carved beams and painted rafters, dragon-carved pillars, a continuous palace complex, a magnificent building that stretches as far as the eye can see.

There were civil officials and military generals, countless elite soldiers clad in armor and wielding sharp weapons, and countless cultivators with boundless magical powers. All of these came together to form an unparalleled majesty that attracted congratulations from all directions and made all realms pay homage. They also formed a power that swept across the eight directions and six realms, establishing the order of all heavens and myriad realms.

The enormous, majestic Human Court, which occupied half of the sky, only revealed its true form for a fleeting moment before, driven by Su Qing's thoughts, it rapidly shrank again, transforming into a small white jade seal with a blue dragon design.

The Thunder Dragon grasped the small seal with its claws, spun its body, and hurled it out of the red moon with all its might.

As the small seal slammed into the ground, it instantly stabilized this realm, which was about to be annihilated by the Reincarnation Demon, like a pillar supporting the sky.

The countless tentacles that probe this world, once they fall into this realm, will all be dissolved by the humanistic light emanating from that small seal.

Upon witnessing this scene, the True Lords of the Heavens and the countless beings of the Divine Realm were overjoyed, feeling as if they had escaped from a desperate situation and were about to turn the tide.

But the feeling of being a reincarnation demon is not good.

Its own demonic forces were useless, slaughtered by Su Qing's anti-demon army, leaving it utterly alone and helpless, fighting against an entire realm alone. It was also rather useless itself, forced out of the Six Paths of Reincarnation by Su Qing, causing it to lose all sense of security.

Now, even when he used the demon's most prized method, unleashing a world-destroying power, Su Qing managed to block it.

Each defeat made it feel that the scales of victory were rapidly tipping in Su Qing's favor.

As a demon's instinctive reaction, its first thought was to escape; as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, which is located by the Five Treasures of Reincarnation, was abandoned by it. As long as it escaped, it could use the majority of the reincarnation Dao patterns on its body to work under the Demon Buddha and even get a position. With the protection of the Demon Buddha, Su Qing would probably not dare to chase after it and fight it again!

Having already failed in his entrepreneurial endeavors, the reincarnated demon, now desiring to become a carefree wage earner, twisted his octopus tentacles, abandoning the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the opportunities for creation within this realm of gods and spirits, seeking only to surrender and lose half, thus preserving his demonic life.

However, Su Qing clearly had no intention of letting it go, because the reincarnation Dao patterns on its body were especially important to all the heavens and myriad worlds. If he did not seize this great opportunity today, he would not know when he would have another chance in the future.

If the ancient underworld cannot be rebuilt, the evil forces can always use places like the Burial Realm of Immortals, the Eye of the Void, and the Tower of Babel as entry points, just like the Demon Buddha did this time, and will always have the possibility of seizing control over the lives of living beings.

Therefore, even if this Reincarnation Dao Pattern doesn't like him, Su Qing, he still wants to peel this Reincarnation Dao Pattern off the Reincarnation Demon's hand!

But then they saw the Great Thunder Dragon speaking divine words in the heavens:

"Now, in my capacity as the one who walks the heavens and earth and wields the Dao patterns of the sun and moon in the void, I hereby summon the will of the True Martial Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable to descend upon the world and, in this realm, carry out divine punishment on behalf of the Heavenly Emperor, to annihilate the evil demons that wreak havoc on heaven and earth!"

After uttering a divine word, Su Qing quietly awaited the arrival of the True Martial Emperor's will.

However, he intended to do the same thing as he had just done, using the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern of the Human Emperor to gather the beliefs of all living beings so that he could condense a seventh-order puppet, the Human Dao Imperial Court, in a short period of time.

Using the Dao patterns of the Heavenly Emperor's Void Sun and Moon, and drawing upon the will of Zhenwu, the seventh-order puppet Zhenwu Emperor was manifested again in a short time to annihilate this Reincarnation Demon.

This was the only way he could come up with after racking his brains to solve the problem of the Reincarnation Demon once and for all.

Only seventh-order beings can deal with seventh-order beings.

With his abilities, it would be impossible for him to create a seventh-order puppet within two or three hundred years using normal puppet-making methods; it would be harder than climbing to heaven.

The only solution is to find a way from the two directions and four imperial runes that he has mastered.

The Azure Dragon Dao Pattern of the Human Emperor, gathering the power of all living beings, and with the help of these divine weapons and puppets he and the beings of this world have jointly crafted over the past two or three hundred years, has barely managed to condense the Human Emperor's Court.

However, since this puppet was not fully crafted, most of its abilities were difficult to manifest. Its ability to establish order and stabilize the world was already a great help. It was not feasible to rely on it to deal with the Reincarnation Demon.

Therefore, the beings of this world desire to protect their own land and energy. The extermination of demons is merely a means to achieve this goal. If the Human Emperor's Court were to abandon this world and sacrifice it to exterminate the Reincarnation Demon, it would instantly lose its power and disintegrate due to the loss of popular support.

Therefore, the task of eliminating the Reincarnation Demon still needs to be undertaken by the True Martial Emperor.

This puppet is also a seventh-tier puppet, which even Su Qing couldn't create.

Only after his master respectfully gave him the Yin-Yang Bone Tablet to refine, he sensed that the will of Zhenwu Dangmo Tianzun, one of the Four Saints of the Ancient Heavenly Court, still lingered in the world and had not been annihilated by time and space.

Therefore, he wanted to use the sin of the Reincarnation Demon to disrupt this world, and through the power of the Heavenly Emperor's walking and the Taixu Sun and Moon Dao Patterns, he summoned the will of the True Martial Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable to serve as the core of the puppet, so as to temporarily manifest the power of the seventh-order puppet True Martial Emperor.

And the ancient gods were indeed reliable, and the Heavenly Emperor's prestige was exceptionally effective.

Countless divine lights appeared from the past, future, and all realms, heading towards this realm that did not exist in the past or future, and which even the great powers of the present world could not perceive or interfere with.

Upon seeing this, Su Qing was instantly terrified and said to Gao Erqiang and the others:

"By the mandate of Heaven and Earth, I command the Heavenly Origin War God Gao Erqiang to unite with his guardian deities and gather divine power to condense the True Martial Body and bear the will of the True Martial Emperor!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Erqiang and the other gods were taken aback.

"What's going on here? Combining puppets isn't enough, are we going to combine gods too?!"

"Hey, Su Qing is really taking good care of Gao Erqiang, letting him form a True Martial Body. If they destroy the Reincarnation Demon, he'll benefit immensely!"

"Are you stupid? Just because Gao Erqiang has done something good doesn't mean we haven't. We're Gao Erqiang's guardian deities right now!"

"Why didn't you even consult us? You weren't prepared at all!"

After their initial shock, all the True Lords of the Heavens were overjoyed.

They all knew this was an opportunity for Su Qing to make a name for themselves. Even though they weren't prepared, they knew how to seize such a chance to gain credit without any preparation.

But seeing Gao Erqiang rouse himself, unleashing all the divine power he had accumulated over the years, and shout:
"I'll form the head!"

Immediately, the person transformed into rays of divine light, which condensed into a blurry yet exceptionally majestic and sacred head.

After that, the other True Lords of the various realms, no, the two powerful Dharma Protectors, also transformed into divine light and gathered towards this head.

"I'll form the arms!"

"I'll be your thigh!"

"I'll make the toes."

"I want my belly button done!"

"I'll do the tail!"

"How stupid! Zhenwu Emperor attained enlightenment in human form, how could he have a tail!"

"I have nowhere to put it, so who cares? Having another tail can't be a bad thing!" (End of Chapter)