Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Within the Tianyuan Realm, Su Qing pierced a hole in the sky with an arrow, blasting out the Demon Buddha hidden between the boundary walls of the Tianyuan Realm.

All the cultivators of all realms, the Heavenly Origin, and all living beings were astonished. Although everyone claimed every day that they would fight the evil demon to the death and find the Demon Buddha to fight it to the death, they were still somewhat bewildered when the Demon Buddha appeared in front of them.

"Big brother, what should we do? Should we all attack together? The chance to achieve something great is right in front of us. This is our chance to become dragons and phoenixes!"

"Go to hell! How many lives do you have that the Demon Buddha can kill? Just stay put and stand back, or you'll get splattered with blood!"

"It's one thing for this demonic Buddha to hide and not show himself, but now that he has revealed himself, wouldn't it be inappropriate for us cultivators to remain indifferent?"

"Who said we're ignoring this? We'll wait for the powerful beings from all realms to fire the first shot, and then we'll follow them. Besides, it was Su Tianjun who fired the first arrow, so he should be the first to fight the Demon Buddha!"

"That's right, Su Tianjun is so confident and bold, shooting out the Demon Buddha with one arrow. He must have the ability to compete with the Demon Buddha!"

"He's got no skills whatsoever. All he does when he causes trouble is call for backup!"

Two small sects of unknown countries, cultivators, found themselves in this magnificent era. Though insignificant figures, they were able to discern the situation clearly.

They are right. Although Su Qing has made great progress in his cultivation, with a strong sixth-level body cultivator, a high-level primordial spirit of a Void Refining Heavenly Venerable, and countless puppets, he could potentially kill a weaker seventh-level Dao Lord if he spared no expense and risked everything.

However, if it were someone like the Demon Buddha, who was once an eighth-order Heavenly Demon General and is now divided into three, at the peak of the seventh-order Dao Lord realm, and who has mastered three types of four-order Dao patterns and can use the Heavenly Emperor's Dharma Body, he would have no intention of fighting him at all.

His arrow was merely a signal flare, a starting pistol.

The discovery of the Demon Buddha's whereabouts forced the powerful beings of the heavens to abandon their previous peaceful coexistence with him, compelling them to engage in a battle of magic and combat.

Just as he expected, the moment the Demon Buddha appeared, he didn't even need to call for reinforcements. The seventh-order Dao Lords of all the heavens and myriad realms, whether they were willing or not, whether they had made preparations beforehand or not, had already crossed the void and chaos and made their moves from all realms.

"I am irreconcilably opposed to evil spirits. Wherever evil spirits are, I will be there, always standing on the front line of the fight against them!"

"You demonic Buddha, you have the audacity to harm me, the Heavenly Emperor, right in front of us! With me, the Xuanqing Dao Master, here, you won't be able to hurt a single hair on Su Xingxing's head today!"

"I am the Kunpeng Ancestor, and I have endured for many years, misunderstood by all living beings. I have been waiting for this day to use your blood, the blood of the Demon Buddha, to clear my name. Demon Buddha, prepare to die!"

One by one, powerful Dao Lords appeared in the Tianyuan Realm with either their divine sense or their true forms, blocking all of the Demon Buddha's attacks the moment he made a move against Su Qing.

Su Qing understood, and so did the other high-ranking cultivators from various realms present.

The reason these celestial lords acted so swiftly was not because they truly cared about Su Qing's life, nor because they genuinely hated evil spirits and wanted to immediately determine who was superior and who was inferior to the Demon Buddha.

They had no choice but to do so. As soon as the Demon Buddha appeared, Tianyuan Heaven and Earth locked onto him. Those beings among all living beings who were too weak to fight against the Demon Buddha did not take action against him. Tianyuan Heaven and Earth did not blame them, because forcing others would only increase casualties.

However, if these seventh-order Dao Lords from all the heavens and myriad realms see the Demon Buddha appear and still turn a blind eye, failing to come to help heaven and earth fight against the Demon Buddha, then the Heavenly Origin World will have to doubt their background and question their character.

In short, these dozen or so seventh-order Dao Lords from all the heavens and myriad realms, as long as they still intend to devote themselves to the Tianyuan Realm in the future to seek the opportunity to advance to the eighth-order Dao Ancestor, must show their attitude in front of the Tianyuan Heaven and Earth.

Whether one can kill the Demon Buddha in one battle is a matter of ability, and Tianyuan Tiandi does not force it. But whether one dares to go up and whether one comes to fight is a matter of attitude, and this is extremely important.

After all, the resources of heaven and earth are limited, and the number of eighth-order Dao Ancestors that can be born in this great calamity is also limited. These are the forces that can establish the pattern of the heavens. When the Heaven and Earth bestow opportunities, it always hopes to place these opportunities on those seventh-order Dao Lords who can shoulder heavy responsibilities for the Heaven and Earth and the myriad worlds, rather than on cowardly villains who shy away from evil.

It can be said that the seventh-order Dao Lords in the myriad realms are like princes vying for the throne within a mortal dynasty. They all want to please their fathers, demonstrate their loyalty and abilities in front of them, and thus gain their fathers' favor so that the precious throne can be passed on to them.

When their father was alright, they would always find an opportunity to fawn over him and make sure he didn't forget he had a son like them. But now that their father was in trouble, even if they had the most important things to do, they would still prioritize helping their father drive the demonic Buddha out of Tianyuan Heaven and Earth!

The Demon Buddha was also helpless. Although Su Qing was right in front of him, and he could crush him with a single finger, the Dao Lords blocking his way made it impossible for him to insert his finger.

High above, Xie Tiandi used time-based Dao patterns to transform countless distorted timelines into strands of golden threads, sweeping them toward dozens of seventh-tier Dao Lords.

Then, the Buddha-Emperor appeared with a golden wheel on his back and radiating Buddha light. It was as if countless Bodhisattvas and Buddhas were behind him, praising him and reciting Mahayana Buddhist scriptures. With the great path of merit, he disturbed the minds of the seven-level Dao Lords around him.

Then the Black Emperor pressed down with one finger, as vast as the sky and as powerful as the earth, containing immeasurable pressure, wanting to make all living beings bow down and all cultivators submit.

With a single thought, the Demon Buddha transformed into three demons. By leveraging the power of the Heavenly Emperor's Dharma Body, the results of his actions were already clearly demonstrated at this moment.

When all three bodies appeared simultaneously, he actually had the ability to briefly contend with more than ten Dao Lords of the same level.

This caused the expressions of the group of seventh-level Dao Lords to change. They thought to themselves that they really couldn't blame Su Qing for making a move so early. If he hadn't exposed this secret, who would have thought that in just a few short years, the Demon Buddha would have used the Heavenly Emperor's Dharma Body to raise his strength to such a level?

What made the group of seventh-order Dao Lords even more shocked was that they were certain that the Demon Buddha was trying to emulate the way living beings attained Dao by severing the three corpses, coveting the position of the eighth-order Dao Ancestor!

They are all ancient beings who have lived from ancient times to the present day. They are very familiar with all kinds of methods to achieve enlightenment. Moreover, the method of severing the three corpses is not a secret in the myriad realms. Seeing the Demon Buddha's thought divide into three parts, everyone can understand what is going on.

Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the mere fact that it had this idea startled all the seventh-order Dao Ancestors. In their original plan, as long as one of them advanced to the eighth-order Dao Ancestor before the demons returned to the peak of the Heavenly Demon Generals, with the power of a Dao Ancestor, they could easily wipe out these Heavenly Demon Generals who were still only seventh-order and completely end this great calamity of demons that had spread from ancient times to the present.

But now it seems that, setting aside his attainments in the path of evil, this Demon Buddha's progress in severing the three corpses is already much faster than theirs.

This is truly bizarre! On the path to becoming a living being, everyone else is even outmatched by this demonic Buddha in terms of development!
"No, no one can separate the three corpses in just a few years. This demon has been planning this method of severing the three corpses for who knows how long. In the last battle of ancient times, he stole the Buddha's Dharma body and occupied the merit Dao patterns. Now he has occupied the Heavenly Emperor's Dharma body, which is why he has such good fortune!"

"Yes, his severing of the three corpses is not yet complete. The Evil Heavenly Emperor has the Dao patterns of time, but no physical body to support them. The Buddha Heavenly Emperor has a Dharma body and Dao patterns, and can attain enlightenment through merit, but he lacks the faith of living beings and cannot obtain merit from the outside. He is using what the Buddha accumulated back then, and every bit he uses is one less bit he has left, so he dares not use too much. As for the Black Heavenly Emperor, he only has the Dharma body of the Heavenly Emperor, but he lacks the Dao patterns of the Great Void Sun and Moon or other Four Imperial Dao patterns that are compatible with the Dharma body of the Heavenly Emperor. Right now, he is only on the path of severing the three corpses and is far from successfully severing them!" "Good! Su Qing shot this arrow well. If we had remained in the dark and not waited for him to advance to the Dao Ancestor level, but only let him sever the three corpses to perfection, it would have been difficult for us to deal with him in the future. Now is the perfect time to kill him here and completely get rid of this troublesome person!"

The rain of light filled the sky, converging into countless flying swords—this was the Lingbao Sect's sword rain and flowing light.

A chaotic cause and effect, a reversal of right and wrong—this is the cause-and-effect transformation of the Yuanshi School.

By reversing Yin and Yang and confusing black and white, the Eastern King Sect has brought out the Dharma bodies of their ancestral grandparents, the Eastern Duke and the Western Mother.

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When dozens of Dao Lords unleashed their full power, the Demon Buddha, who couldn't withstand them before, now found himself struggling to resist as one split into three.

At this moment, several Heavenly Demon Generals who had been lying dormant throughout the myriad realms also revealed their demonic forms, coming to this Heavenly Origin Realm to support the Demon Buddha.

In an instant, the surface of the Western Sea was like boiling water. The aftershocks of the battle between these Dao Lords and Demons were so intense that the high-level cultivators from all realms present found it unbearable.

"When powerful beings clash, we cannot intervene or offer any assistance, so let us all disperse!"

Su Qing waved his hand, greeted the group of high-ranking cultivators from various realms, and then immediately led Qinghe away towards the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

"They're done? He just broke up like that? How could he leave so casually? Wasn't this all his fault?!"

Seeing Su Qing leave without warning, one of the cultivators was stunned and spoke up.

"Do what you are capable of. Su Tianjun has done everything within his power. Forcing that Demon Buddha out is enough to repay the heavens and earth for their nurturing of him. If he doesn't leave now, he's just waiting for these evil demons to find an opportunity to kill him!"

Guangxian Zhenjun shook his head and shouted loudly at Su Qing's retreating figure:
"Lord Su, wait for me! I have important matters to discuss with you. There is still room for expansion in the cooperation between our Yuanshi Sect and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom!"

Not only did True Monarch Guangxian follow Su Qing to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, but many other cultivators from various sects and races also went with Su Qing to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

"What are these people doing? Wouldn't it be better for them to go home? Why are they heading to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom?"

The minor cultivator who dabbled in the underworld and practiced illegal cultivation asked his elder brother a question.

"Either I'm the older brother and you're the younger brother, or with your IQ, you'll be the younger brother for life. Can't you even see that Su Qing just shot an arrow? Was that arrow shot with the gathering of human luck? Did the arrow achieve its goal?"

"It was indeed an arrow shot, shot with the power of humanity. It shot out the Demon Buddha. Although we don't know how great the result was, it certainly wasn't a wasted effort!"

"That's right. Since Su Qing's arrow has done a service to heaven and earth, given the nature of heaven and earth's clear rewards and punishments, what he will receive in return will far exceed what he gave. In addition, the fortune of humanity depends on people's hearts. It is true that he shot out the fortune of humanity just now, but he shot out the Demon Buddha. All the human races in the heavens have seen it. The fortune of humanity he has gathered now may be 30% more than before he shot the arrow!"

"So, Su Qing's arrow just now was an investment, and now he's getting back his principal and interest? He was already closest to the Human Emperor's throne, and now that the luck of humanity is rising again, who can compete with him for the Human Emperor's throne? That's why these sects and forces are rushing to curry favor with him?"

"Now that you know, why are you still standing here? Quickly come with me to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to pay homage to the future Human Emperor!"

"Oh, are we gangsters going to join in the fun too?"

"So what if you're involved in organized crime? Look at Fellow Daoist Li next to the Human Emperor. He's a senior figure in our underworld. Because he followed the Human Emperor early on, he's now cleaned up his act and is doing quite well!"

"Li Hailang? I've never heard of this senior figure before. Has our underworld ever produced someone like him?"

"It's normal that you haven't heard of him. This senior figure has never made a name for himself in the underworld. Some underworld brothers even wanted to nominate him as one of the top ten disgraceful figures in the underworld in the last century. However, because he climbed up to Su Tianjun's high branch, they removed him from the list of top ten disgraceful figures to avoid offending Su Tianjun!"

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Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, in the far west city.

A castle in the sky, a divine kingdom underground, where gods and mortals coexist, and human cultivators and demon cultivators are friends.

The spirit of cultivation and creation has spread to every household here, and the brilliant civilization of cultivation has taken root here.

Liu Qingsong really liked the atmosphere of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. Here, there were differences in race but no distinction of superiority or inferiority, and differences in cultivation level but equal status for everyone.

Here, the only thing that distinguishes superiority and inferiority is money!
With money, even if you're just a minor Qi Refining cultivator or a mere mortal, as long as your body can handle it, you can go to places like the Blissful Abode and the Red Sleeve Pavilion. Even high-level Golden Core cultivators and third-tier demons will sing and dance for you, doing everything they can to please you.

Even if you're a Nascent Soul cultivator, without money, you'll have to put aside your pride and become a beast of burden.

Before money and spiritual stones, all beings are equal, because money and spiritual stones are the measure of the value of all people and things. If you have no money, you have no value; if you have money, you have value.

In this immortal realm where everything revolves around money, he, a second-tier sword cultivator, spends his days waiting for orders in the Sword Arrival Hall, acting as a cold-blooded and ruthless assassin. At night, he drives his patrol car, which he bought with a loan, carrying passengers and making money according to the routes planned for him by the intelligent puppet—the Heavenly Eye Puppet.

"Beep, old Shocker."

"Beep, God of Benevolence Card."

"Beep, Gaoshuka."

"Hey, what's this 'High-Level Certification Card'? Old Xiu, only the benevolent gods are meritorious veterans recognized by the Immortal Kingdom and can enjoy free tickets. You're dressed quite well, how dare you try to evade paying your fare!"

Liu Qingsong grabbed the embarrassed Guangxian Zhenjun and glanced warily at the many high-ranking cultivators from various realms following behind him. They were all dressed impeccably; did they intend to collectively skip out on the bill? (End of Chapter)