Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Liu Sanpao rose from a dockworker to the head of a sect at the sixth level of Heavenly Lord over the years, all thanks to three things.

Being loyal, a true friend, and pragmatic—especially the third point—are the key factors that have enabled him to turn his life around time and time again. He seizes every opportunity, clings to every powerful ally, goes with the flow, and moves with the wind. This is the secret to his success.

Now, he has come to another crossroads in his life, and he has made his own choice!

He slapped the elder brother of the Ziwei Sect three times, stunned him, and then ran to grovel before the new elder brother.

"Dog Master, I'll remove the talisman from you. Let's stop pretending and leave right now. With the Hongquan Sect here, no one can touch a hair on your head today!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liu Sanpao landed on the execution platform. Ignoring the astonishment, surprise, disdain, mockery, and some envious glances from the cultivators of all realms, he knelt on the ground and enthusiastically, almost obsequiously, untied all the means that bound the fire egg.

"You lowlife, always so servile! You've disgraced the Hongquan Sect and the Feihong Realm!"

Li Jingze snapped out of his daze after being slapped three times by Liu Sanpao. Seeing Liu Sanpao's eagerness to untie Huodan, Li Jingze was trembling with anger and shouted at Liu Sanpao.

Liu Sanpao ignored him completely. Seeing that Huodan was limp and unable to stand up, with a swollen face and closed eyes, he knew that it had been fed poisonous beast food by the Ziwei Sect and was now just like a dead dog. No matter how much he tried to perform, this dog master wouldn't be able to see it.

But just because we can't see it, does that mean he won't act on it?

Absolutely not. There are countless cultivators and beings around Mangshan today. His every move today is destined to be known by the world. This performance will not be misplaced, and someone will eventually understand.

As for whether so many people watching would bring shame to him and the Hongquan Sect?
If Liu Sanpao were afraid of losing face, he wouldn't be where he is today; if Hongquanzong were afraid of losing face, he wouldn't exist.

In this fiercely competitive world of cultivation, those like them, without background or talent, if they are unwilling to risk everything and lose face, will truly be destined to remain at the bottom for life, forever trampled underfoot by powerful sects like the Ziwei Sect.

Besides, it's really shameful. He still thinks the Ziwei Sect, which sells poisonous beast food, is even more shameful!
"Old Li, Fellow Daoist Huodan, today my Hongquan Sect is determined to protect you. If your Ziwei Sect insists on harming you, you'd better ask if my Hongquan Sect will allow it!"

At Liu Sanpao's command, the Hongquan Sect disciples, who were already prepared, drew their swords.

As a ruthless sect, the disciples of Hongquan Sect are not good at anything else, but they are good at fighting and being tough. They live a life of licking blood off the knife. The disciples are all skilled and capable. At this moment, they have surrounded the execution platform in layers, and the knife is already skillfully placed at the necks of the Ziwei disciples.

On the other hand, before they came to the Flying Phoenix Realm, the Ziwei disciples still had a special hall for combat. Those spiritual farmers who used various spiritual plants to their fullest potential and combined them with combat techniques were no less powerful than the fighters of other sects. Back in the Tianyuan Realm, the Ziwei disciples who farmed were among the most capable fighters among the various affiliated forces of the Yuanshi Sect.

After arriving in the Flying Goose Realm, the Ziwei Sect discovered that black-hearted grain was easy to produce but very profitable. They spent all their time thinking about researching even more black-hearted and profitable black-hearted grain. As for the risky and low-return business of fighting against others, they could solve it by supporting the Hongquan Sect. Apart from still having a demon-slaying team of over a thousand people who could serve the Yuanshi Sect when summoned, most of the other warrior cultivators had gradually transformed into full-time spiritual farmers.

Thus, when Liu Sanpao suddenly led his men to betray them, the disciples of the Ziwei Sect were almost powerless to resist, and the Hongquan Sect took control of the situation.

"Let's go, bring out our spaceship puppet and send Fellow Daoist Fire Egg back to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom!"

Although he held the upper hand, Liu Sanpao dared not relax for a moment, because he understood better than anyone else that although the Flying Phoenix Realm claimed to be jointly ruled by his Hongquan Sect and the Ziwei Sect, in reality, the Ziwei Sect only treated their Hongquan Sect like a dog. In terms of true foundation and the accumulation over the years, the gap between their Hongquan Sect and the Ziwei Sect was as great as the gap between those Golden Core sects and their Hongquan Sect.

He knew exactly how many spirit stones the Ziwei Sect had earned from selling substandard grain over the years, and where they had used those spirit stones!

They are cultivating a batch of combat-ready spirit plants to compensate for the lack of martial prowess among their sect's disciples.

It was precisely because Liu Sanpao knew about their plan, and knew that once they had cultivated this batch of combat spirit plants, their Hongquan Sect would no longer be of any use to this sect and would inevitably be abandoned by it, that he so resolutely chose to turn against this sect.

Now, seeing the land trembling near Mangshan and an unsettling aura permeating the surroundings, Liu Sanpao, with his keen intuition for danger, only wanted to get Gouye out of Feihong Realm as quickly as possible.

According to his original plan, he didn't need to take such a risk. Based on the analysis of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Su Qing himself by their Hongquan Sect, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had been on the rise and was acting as the leader of the Tianyuan Realm in the heavens. The leader didn't care about anything else, but what he cared about most was losing prestige. The Yuanshi Sect's position was not consistent with that of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom could turn against them at any time. If the Ziwei Sect killed Su Qing's favorite dog, the ruler of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, they would immediately explode and would have to use all the power of the immortal kingdom to kill their way to the Feihong Realm.

As for Su Qing, although he is usually very amiable to most people, Liu Sanpao also rose from the bottom and knows all too well how a hero like Su Qing, who rose from humble beginnings, treats his true enemies. He is ruthless and merciless, like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. His enemies can never enjoy the gentle breeze and tender care he shows to his old brothers and new friends.

Therefore, once he relayed the information to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom would certainly not let it go easily. Especially at this time, when the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom was leading the Tianyuan Alliance in a subtle confrontation with the forces of the myriad realms led by the Yuanshi Sect, he should not tolerate this matter. Otherwise, if the Ziwei Sect bullied his dog and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom dared not utter a word, then in the future, forces that would dare to bully him would spring up like mushrooms after rain throughout the myriad realms.

Putting aside everything else, the various industries that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom currently owns across the myriad realms are the envy of all sects and factions. The reason they didn't take action against these industries before was because they were wary of retaliation from Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Su Qing. If Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Su Qing don't retaliate, or only issue strong verbal condemnations, then just like when Ziwei Sect confiscated the assets of the Fire Egg Beast Food Shop, these sects and factions will forcibly confiscate the industries of Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom without any hesitation.

Liu Sanpao didn't believe that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Su Qing were unaware of these consequences. Therefore, in his view, if he had informed the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom of the situation in advance, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should have taken action today or even before today. Although this immortal kingdom didn't have a seventh-order Dao Lord to suppress it, and was far from being able to deal with the Yuanshi Sect, it could easily handle a Feihong Realm or a Ziwei Sect. After all, hundreds of years ago, they had the strength to fight the Reincarnation Demon to the death. Even though the Human Dao Imperial Court, the Eastern Peak Emperor, and the True Martial Emperor, these three seventh-order puppets, couldn't be replicated, the sixth-order puppets of the Divine Weapon series, the sixth-order puppets of the Divine Beast series, and so on, among all the forces in the myriad realms, there were only a handful of major sects that could match their combat power.

If they weren't strong, their Hongquan Sect wouldn't be in such a hurry to fawn over them. But what puzzled Liu Sanpao was that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom forces, which they expected to definitely appear, hadn't appeared at all by now. There wasn't even a single puppet!

Could it be that this Fire Egg has fallen out of favor in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom? After all, it's been earning its own dog food, so maybe Su Qing wouldn't even be willing to give it any.

Liu Sanpao muttered to himself, thinking that if this were the case, then he would have made a huge mistake this time. He had turned against his original master, the Ziwei Sect, and broken away from the Yuanshi Sect's power system, but he had licked the wrong person, no, the wrong dog. Even if he rescued the disgraced Huodan, it might not be possible to get them into the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's system. In that case, the Hongquan Sect, which was neither loved nor cared for, would have no place to stand in the myriad realms in the future!

But since he had already done it, he made up his mind. Regardless of the status of the Fire Egg in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, why the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had not taken action, or what kind of methods the Ziwei Sect was hiding in the Feihong Realm, he, Liu Sanpao, and the Hongquan Sect were determined to save the Fire Egg today!
"Good, good, good, as expected, they are all ungrateful wretches who cannot be tamed by their own kind. Today, I will have fellow Daoists from all the heavens and myriad realms bear witness."

Over the years, the Hongquan Sect has been secretly engaging in numerous swindling and deceitful activities behind the backs of our Ziwei Sect. Our Ziwei Sect is completely unaware of these activities; they are all the work of the Hongquan Sect, which is designed to flatter superiors and deceive subordinates.

"I have received numerous accusations from cultivators of this realm, detailing the heinous and countless crimes committed by the Hongquan Sect. Today, my Ziwei Sect, representing the Feihong Realm, will eliminate this scourge, the Hongquan Sect, and restore justice to the countless people of the Feihong Realm who have suffered under its persecution!"

Li Jingze flicked his whisk, displaying the demeanor of a sect leader, and denounced the numerous crimes of the Hongquan Sect in front of all the worlds and the local forces of the Feihong Realm. He was clearly trying to condemn them as sinners of the Feihong Realm and bring them and Huodan down for trial!
“Our Hongquan Sect is not clean. We have taken some wrong turns over the years. I will endure this crime, and so will our Hongquan Sect. If any aggrieved party comes to us, our Hongquan Sect is willing to atone for this sin.”

But what are you Ziwei Sect pretending to be good people for? Do you think you don't know what we've done all these years? I swear on my Dao heart that the most numerous and heinous things we Hongquan Sect have done over the years were all done at the behest of your Ziwei Sect. If we are guilty, then your Ziwei Sect is the biggest sinner in my Feihong Realm. No, your Ziwei Sect doesn't even belong to my Feihong Realm. You've never treated the people of Feihong Realm as human beings!

They have been conducting large-scale human experiments with experimental rice in my Feihong Realm for many years, harming hundreds of millions of people and cultivators. They have been using inferior spiritual rice to impersonate high-priced grains, harming people in my realm and all the other realms. The spirit stones they have earned are stained with blood. Furthermore, they have even deliberately created pest infestations during years of disaster to hoard resources, buy low and sell high, forcing small and medium-sized sects to sell their assets at rock-bottom prices and forcing cultivators and ordinary people to sign indenture contracts. These crimes are far greater than the crimes committed by the gambling dens and spiritual desire clubs run by our Hongquan Sect.

At least the gambling dens of my Hongquan Sect accept their losses. Those incurable gamblers deserve to be bankrupted. The Spiritual Desire Masters recruited by our Lingyu Club weren't forcibly taken here; it was your Ziwei Sect that drove them to desperation, forcing them to come here for a meal!

When the Ziwei Sect tried to smear the Hongquan Sect, Liu Sanpao didn't tolerate it at all and immediately retaliated.

Their Hongquan Sect is involved in organized crime, so naturally they're a bit dirty, and they can't be clean even if they want to. But the Ziwei Sect is much dirtier than them. If it were a black-hat competition, neither the Hongquan Sect nor the Ziwei Sect would be a match for them!

"You're quite adept at slander and framing, but I won't waste my breath on you. Just like back then, in the eyes of my Ziwei Sect, you've always been nothing but ants and dust, not worth mentioning or even a laugh!"

Li Jingze sneered, and then, on the path that Liu Sanpao and the others were walking on, black thorns suddenly sprouted from the ground.

These brambles were as thick as hemp ropes, but no matter how the Hongquan Sect disciples chopped with swords and axes, or used water and fire to heal them, or employed physical combat techniques or magical supernatural powers, none of them were effective against them. However, the dense thorns on them could shatter their protective armor and magical shields with a single blow, forcing them to watch helplessly as the brambles coiled around them like snakes and pythons, binding them and hanging them upside down.

"All disciples, heed my command! Form the Brotherhood Formation!"

Liu Sanpao summoned the Guardian Golden Blade, which moved through the air like a spiritual sword, scattering blades of light that severed all the thorny branches that were entwining the disciples and sucking their life essence. Then, he shouted and ordered the disciples to form an array to deal with the suddenly appearing terrifying spiritual plant.

"Those who join my sect are all brothers. Those who deceive others out of what is entrusted to them by their brothers will die under a thousand blades. Those who help outsiders rob their brothers will be struck down by five thunderbolts. Those outsiders who disrupt my brothers' unity will be killed according to the oath of brotherhood. Those brothers who disrupt my brothers' unity will be killed according to the oath of brotherhood..."

The disciples of Hongquan silently recited the array incantation, and the Brotherhood Array began to take effect. A black mystic light appeared on each disciple's body. This mystic light could greatly increase their courage, make them immune to or negate the pressure of high-level cultivators, allow them to share the damage they suffered, share hardships, and make them fight selflessly, sacrificing their lives for their brothers and sect.

Those involved in organized crime are all small fry.

In the eyes of the powerful, the life and death of these insignificant people are never important, but their lives are the concern of their sects and their brothers. Therefore, for the sake of their sects and their brothers, they are willing to sacrifice their lives.

And this is also the core competitiveness of their Hongquan Sect.

However, sometimes, victory or defeat is beyond individual control. When the strength of the two sides is vastly different, even the most heroic and valiant acts will only lead to tragic casualties. (End of Chapter)