Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The supreme treasure of humanity, now in Su Qing's hands, will not be allowed to fall into other hands. The high-ranking cultivators of the heavens think that by putting pressure on Su Qing together, they can make him hand over this treasure? They are truly delusional!

The high-ranking cultivators from all the heavens, sensing something amiss, were naturally displeased. This was understandable, as each of them was a prominent figure in the myriad realms, and none of them had ever been so humiliated. Their shame, combined with the inability to quell Xuanyuan Gong's anger, drove them to extreme rage, and they launched a barrage of verbal attacks against Su Qing.

"Hey! We treat you, Su Qing, as a fellow Daoist, but you treat us like fools. If you disrespect us, don't blame us for being impolite!"

"How can such a momentous matter as the ownership of a supreme treasure of humanity be treated lightly? With your attitude toward this treasure, Su Qing, you are not qualified to possess it!"

"Lord Su, our Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom has no other demands. We don't want this bow either. Just return the humanistic fortune of our guardian general to us, and we're going home to stop playing!"

While the high-ranking cultivators from all the heavens were making a racket, they were also busy with their hands. In order to put pressure on Su Qing, each of them brought out their best weapons, ready to unleash a barrage of attacks on Su Qing as soon as someone fired the first shot.

Faced with this situation, Gao Erqiang felt a little scared. He thought that his third brother was too greedy. It was already a stroke of luck that he was able to get his hands on the Xuanyuan Bow. If it were him, he would have taken out some things from his storage bag to share with the high-level cultivators present. Everyone would have a share and everyone would be happy.

How can anyone act like that? Instead of sharing the spoils, he tricked everyone, absorbed the humanitarian luck of the guardian general, and got all the benefits while suffering more injustices than others. Wouldn't that incur public wrath and cause a huge disaster?

"What should we do? Otherwise, my demon brothers and I will protect you and leave first. You can go back to Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. In your own immortal kingdom, with array puppets and elite soldiers to help you, they should not do anything to you again!"

Gao Erqiang sincerely suggested that today's matter could be a big deal or a small deal. If a fight really breaks out, it would undoubtedly be a bloody internal struggle among all living beings in the heavens and myriad realms.

Given his less-than-clean background, he is most wary of such things happening now. His reputation as the Heavenly Origin War God has only recently improved, and if he were to get tainted with the blood of cultivators from all over the world, public opinion would immediately reverse. These people might go back and make a big deal out of his evil origins, which would be extremely detrimental to his ability to spread faith throughout the myriad worlds.

But he had no intention of betraying Su Qing. Over the years, although he complained, Erqiang knew in his heart who was sincere to him and who was fake. He would give up the Heavenly Origin War God position to help his good brother Su Qing, even if it meant risking his own position.

It would be best if Su Qing himself ran away quickly, took the Xuanyuan Bow, and then stopped complaining about getting the benefit!
“Yes, Qiang Shen is right. These people are taking advantage of their numbers and are in the right now, but if one of them starts it, they might actually attack you. Su Tianjun, listen to my advice, let's take a step back. There's plenty of time in the future. I've already noted down the names of the people who shouted the loudest just now. We can deal with them slowly in the future!”

Demon Lord Tianpeng is also a staunch supporter of Su Qing, because his Tianpeng clan had no other choice; within the demon race, they had no powerful backers.

Their ancestor, the Golden-Winged Roc, went astray and ended up practicing Buddhism. He was despised by the demon race, which led to the Roc race being discriminated against even within the demon race. Helpless, the Roc race discussed and decided to expel the Golden-Winged Roc from the Roc clan to show that his actions had nothing to do with the Roc race.

Without the Golden-Winged Roc, the Roc Clan would have no brand. The only one they could claim to be related to was the Kunpeng Ancestor, but this guy was disliked not only by the demon race but also by all races and beings. The Roc Clan was too busy distancing themselves from him to possibly use him as a brand.

If there's no signboard, then they'll raise a banner to gather influence.

In the face of isolation and vulnerability, if one wishes to make a difference in the turbulent Tianyuan Realm and avoid being bullied, one must proactively seek a new patron to rely on.

Relying on their previous friendship with Su Qing and the benefits they gained from their numerous actions with him, the Peng Clan now regards Su Qing as their backer. Within the demon race, they cheer for Su Qing in his quest for the Heavenly Emperor's throne, and throughout the myriad realms, they support him. They do their utmost to serve Su Qing when he needs them, and they seize opportunities to prove themselves even when Su Qing doesn't need them.

In short, Su Qing is not the Heavenly Emperor yet. They treat him as the Heavenly Emperor for now, so that they can have Su Qing's support and prevent various forces from the myriad realms from bullying their Peng Clan. Their future vision is to help Su Qing ascend to the position of Heavenly Emperor so that he can be treated as a minister who follows the dragon.

The Green Lion Clan and the White Ape Clan are in the same predicament as the Peng Clan.

The Green Lion Clan does have a reputation and powerful backers. In ancient times, they produced several powerful lions. Some served as mounts for Supreme Ancestors and Dao Ancestors, some went independent and established Lion Camel Ridge with Golden-Winged Roc and Six-Tusked White Elephant, and some even became protectors of the Buddhist sect under the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

In short, the Azure Lion Clan had a prestigious reputation in ancient times and had connections with various forces. In the present world, there is also an Azure Lion Realm, which is full of powerful lions and has a profound foundation.

Originally, the Azure Lion Clan did not need to rely on external forces; they could have been strong contenders for the Heavenly Emperor's throne on their own.

The White-Faced Azure Lion King had only glanced at the myriad realms and found that the Azure Lion Celestial Venerable, nicknamed Soul Devourer, was barely strong enough, but had a whimsical and tyrannical temper and acted as he pleased. He did not resemble a ruler. Therefore, after returning to his own realm, he immediately changed his tune and firmly supported Su Qing, unwilling to be bound to the Azure Lion lineage of the myriad realms.

As for the White Ape Clan, it's even simpler. Their ancestors were incredibly famous. The Four Chaos Monkeys—even excluding the most renowned Great Sage Wukong, the other three were also prominent figures. Besides the Four Chaos Monkeys, Yuan Hong, who was skilled in the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, was tricked by the Goddess Nuwa with the Map of Mountains and Rivers, died from the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, and was eventually enfeoffed as one of the Four Wasted Stars by Jiang Ziya, could also be considered a third-rate existence in ancient times.

The ape clan's reputation is well-known, but the embarrassing thing is that this reputation has already been used by someone else. The Great Sage Who Overturns the Sea, who possesses the bloodline of the four chaotic monkeys and the demonic power of the Great Sage Wukong, has now reformed and is recruiting soldiers under the banner of the Great Sage Wukong. The white ape clan can no longer compete with them for the ancestral reputation, and many white apes have even secretly gone to serve him.

Therefore, the white ape clan had no choice but to choose Su Qing as their object of loyalty, at least to use his influence to limit the escape of the white apes in their clan.

The support of these three clans is Su Qing's basic base among the demon race, apart from the Fire Phoenix clan. Now that he has encountered trouble, seeing that these three clans have all stepped forward and are willing to help him resolve the matter together with Erqiang, Su Qing feels gratified.

However, as a human cultivator, when faced with such internal strife within the human race, he could neither rely on the two powerful deities nor on the demon race. If he did so, it would only give these human cultivators from all the heavens an excuse to attack him, accusing him of being a human who instigated demon gods to attack the human race. Not only would he be unworthy of the Xuanyuan Bow, but he would also be stripped of his qualification to compete for the Human Emperor title, which would be quite unfavorable.

After all, just as Erqiang worried, Su Qing was still far behind the major sects in controlling public opinion across the myriad realms. After all, the influence and power they had accumulated in the myriad realms from ancient times to the present was too great. Unless he announced it to the myriad realms as he did last time, making it impossible for them to defend against, it would be extremely difficult to break through their network of public opinion.

Now, he must neither give these people the opportunity to smear him, nor should he allow them to have the courage to smear him.

He waved his hand, signaling Gao Erqiang, Zhenpeng Demon Lord, White Ape Demon King, and White-faced Green Lion King to retreat behind him.

He stood with his hands behind his back, surrounded by boundless human destiny energy and swirling with azure dragon Dao patterns. His gaze swept disdainfully over the incessantly clamoring cultivators of the heavens, and he said:
"You all keep saying that the Xuanyuan Bow is the most precious treasure of the human race and of vital importance to the human race. But what is the significance of this treasure? It is its power to ward off all evil spirits and protect the peace of humanity! If you want to use this power, you must at least have the ability to draw this bow, right? If you can't even draw this bow, then what use is it to you? To keep it on a shelf or to show it off as a symbol of your sect's glory?"

I placed this bow here to give you all a chance to prove yourselves. Those people from the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom said that I had already recognized this artifact spirit as my master and deliberately prevented you from pulling it. They underestimated my abilities.

It is true that as soon as I acquired the Xuanyuan Bow, it took the initiative to recognize me as its master. However, when you were drawing the bow just now, I did not tamper with it in any way. Whether or not you can draw the Xuanyuan Bow has nothing to do with who its master is. As long as you have made enough contributions to the human race and have great human fortune, you can draw this bow.

As for me, I have many duties to attend to and I am not very good at archery. If there is a talented human here who can draw this bow, I am willing to lend it to him temporarily. I have only given you the opportunity, but none of you are good at it.

"Your own incompetence is being blamed on me. While I have always been kind to others and avoided conflict unless absolutely necessary, if you have treated me with such disrespect, then I have no choice but to show you my true colors!"

With the help of the guardian deity and the Xuanwu armor, Su Qing fed the Xuanyuan Bow to its heart's content and then took it into his hands.

As he drew the bowstring, endless white light converged upon it. Above the Western Sea, a powerful dragon roar, seemingly from ancient times, could be heard. Azure dragon patterns transformed into the shape of an azure dragon and landed on the bowstring, instantly turning into a dragon arrow. With Su Qing's movements, the dragon head and arrowhead slowly moved across the bodies of the high-ranking cultivators who had just been shouting.

In an instant, the several high-ranking cultivators from the heavens who had shouted the loudest suddenly felt that they could not exert any strength, not even their physical bodies or their souls. This oppressive feeling that they were about to die at any moment made them dare not make a sound anymore. They could only look at the disciples of the three sects of the Dao lineage in panic and fear, hoping that they could stand up and uphold justice.

Who dares to uphold justice!

What is justice anyway!
Guangxian Zhenjun was in a real bind. He was happy to see the various cultivators from the heavens putting pressure on Su Qing and giving him attitude.

Although he had a pleasant working relationship with Su Qing in the past and there would be many opportunities for cooperation in the future, it did not mean that he could tolerate the fact that Su Qing's influence was spreading in the Tianyuan Realm and throughout the myriad worlds, gradually affecting the status of the three sects of the Dao lineage.

Taking this opportunity to suppress his arrogance and diminish his prestige is an excellent thing in the eyes of Guangxian Zhenjun, and he is happy to see it happen.

Unexpectedly, Su Qing was so bold as to point the Xuanyuan Bow at them!

This is a supreme treasure of humanity, capable of slaying gods and immortals with a single arrow. With Su Qing's abilities and the humanistic fortune he has accumulated, if this arrow were to fall, not only would he be unable to block it, but even a Refining Void Celestial Venerable would tremble with fear.

Unable to withstand the Xuanyuan Bow, and with no intention of jeopardizing his millennia of cultivation, Guangxian Zhenjun had no intention of stepping forward at this moment.

He had no intention of stepping forward, but the cultivators of the heavens were forcing him to.

"True Lord Guangxian, this is a matter that your Yuanshi Sect must take care of!"

"Is this reasonable? Is this reasonable? The supreme treasure of humanity has just been born, and instead of targeting the demons and evil spirits, it is pointing its finger at us human cultivators. This is absolutely intolerable. We beg the Yuanshi Sect to step in and explain the greater good to this Su Qing, so that he will put down the precious bow and surrender!"

"True Lord Guangxian, say something!"

Say it, say it, say it, what are you saying!

I'm not the only disciple from the three sects of the Daoist lineage here. Why don't you go and find Lord Guletian and Lord Sanyang?
Guangxian Zhenjun was extremely agitated, but as a disciple of the Yuanshi Sect, if he did not step forward, the sect would lose all face. Helpless, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward to uphold justice for all the heavenly cultivators.

Unexpectedly, someone else stood up even before him to speak up for Su Qing.

However, it was that great Confucian scholar from the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom.

He was terrified. He was the one who shouted the loudest just now, and he was the one who said that Su Qing was the master of the Xuanyuan Bow and that Su Qing deliberately humiliated the high-ranking cultivators of the heavens.

In this situation, if things don't end well and Su Qing takes action, he dares not say what will happen to Su Qing, but he will definitely be pierced through the heart by Su Qing's arrow.

Therefore, he had no choice but to stand up and fight for his life!

"Justice resides in the hearts of the people; this Xuanyuan Bow should rightfully belong to Su Tianjun."

In terms of ability, Su Tianjun has cultivated for less than a thousand years, yet he has reached the sixth level in body cultivation and the Void Refinement level in magic cultivation. He cultivates both body and magic simultaneously, both of which have brought him great fortune. Such innate talent and ability are unparalleled from ancient times to the present, making him the first among men. Moreover, he is known as the Head of All Heavenly Puppets, and the puppets he creates are praised by all who have used them, further demonstrating his ability.

In terms of status, who in all the heavens and myriad realms doesn't know that Su Tianjun possesses the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern? Although whether this Dao Pattern is a symbol of the Human Emperor is still debatable, its close relationship with the ancient Human Emperor is undeniable. Being able to wield this Dao Pattern at least proves that the ancient Human Emperor recognized Su Tianjun, and that he is worthy of this bow!

As for his achievements, I need not say more. Su Tianjun has devoted himself to the human race and made countless contributions. The matter of incorporating the Divine Realm into my Tianyuan Realm is something that no human cultivator in the present world can compare to. Therefore, in terms of achievements, no one can compare to Su Tianjun.

In my opinion, this bow rightfully belongs to Su Tianjun. If anyone else were to take it, they would truly be unworthy of their position! (End of Chapter)