Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Personal will may not determine victory or defeat, but the right choice can lead to ultimate victory.

When that colossal, sky-covering warship appeared in the sky above Feihong Realm, Liu Sanpao almost burst into tears.

Today, he repeatedly doubts himself, questioning the correctness of his judgment and choices.

They judged that Fire Egg was a dog that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had to save, but the people from Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom were slow to arrive.

They felt that although the Ziwei Sect was slightly stronger than their Hongquan Sect, the difference was not significant. They thought that a group of farmers couldn't be that powerful no matter how skilled they were. In a real fight, their Hongquan Sect should be on the same level as the Ziwei Sect and had the ability to put up a fight. However, they didn't expect that the Ziwei Sect would be shattered with a single touch and defeated in a single test. Both sides had hidden something, but the Ziwei Sect's hidden thing was far more powerful than that of their Hongquan Sect.

Seeing his disciples dying and being wounded, with blood almost staining Mangshan red, and witnessing the once-great sect on the verge of ruin, Liu Sanpao, who had brought the sect to this state, was naturally heartbroken, doubting himself and life, and almost regretting it for the rest of his life.

But then, it got dark, and then it got light again.

His judgment was correct; the people from the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had indeed arrived.

He didn't care whether it was a person or a puppet.

He didn't care what kind of puppet the Arctic Purple Star was or what kind of power it possessed.

All he knew was that once the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom entered the fray, the battle was no longer relevant to their Hongquan Sect.

"Dog Master, Dog Master, come out! Your savior is here!"

They took out the spirit house, brought out the still dazed Huodan, stroked its fur, gave it some spiritual water, and helped it quickly regain its spirits so it could meet with the Kaiyuan people.

As he had predicted, once the puppet warship of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom entered the Feihong Realm, neither the cultivators from various realms who were watching the battle, nor the Ziwei Sect who had just been fighting the Hongquan Sect to the death, had any time to pay attention to the Hongquan Sect or today's protagonist, Huodan.

They were all drawn to this colossal ship, which had never appeared in the world before, and analyzed what kind of existence this puppet was.

"A Void Mothership! Is that the Void Mothership-type puppet that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom invited to invest in a hundred years ago? At the time, they described it as a puppet powered by void energy, capable of cruising in the void like a star for a long time, to defend the myriad worlds against the threat of evil spirits. This puppet was positioned as a high-end puppet, at least of the fifth rank, and normally the sixth rank, costing more than 300 million spirit stones to build!"

"The Arctic Purple Star? What arrogance! It dares to use the title of the ancient Four Heavenly Emperors as its name. It is unworthy of its position and will be punished by the heavens. If the power of this puppet cannot bear the title of the Four Heavenly Emperors, a bolt of heavenly lightning might just shatter it!"

"Big, big, big, what a huge puppet! Everyone says the Kunpeng is huge, but I've never seen a Kunpeng and don't know how big it is. But I've seen this puppet now. If it's really that big, just the fact that it crashed into any realm of the heavens would be enough to make that world tremble!"

"It's not a Void Mothership, it's the Lingxiao Palace Puppet! I have inside information that decades ago, Su Qing attempted to create a seventh-tier puppet modeled after the ancient Heavenly Court's Lingxiao Palace, using it to patrol the heavens on behalf of the heavens. To this end, he not only traded valuable items from various forces, but also put out tenders for various projects such as array formations and magical artifacts for the puppet. My Divine Light Sect also participated in the tender for the array formation project, but unfortunately lost in the competition with the Spirit Treasure Sect and the Three-Legged Crow Clan."

"Oh, to be able to compete with the Lingbao Sect and the Three-Legged Crow Clan for the array project, your Shenguang Sect's array skills are indeed remarkable. My sect is in need of rebuilding the mountain-protecting array. Please leave your contact information, and after I report back to my sect, I will have someone from the sect contact you."

"Put business aside for now and tell me about this Lingxiao Palace puppet. Does Su Qing really have the ability to create seventh-order puppets? It's not like the Great Emperor of Dongyue or the True Martial Emperor, who claimed to have created them. People from the Divine Realm also claim to have created them, but they haven't appeared in the mortal world. Nobody is sure if he has actually created a seventh-order puppet or not."

"You don't believe me? I can't believe it either! I know that Su Qing created this Lingxiao Palace Puppet to challenge the Yuanshi Sect. He wants to use this seventh-tier puppet to create a deterrent effect on all the worlds and protect the commercial interests of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and even the various forces in the Tianyuan Realm. Do you think he can just create a puppet like this whenever he wants? I can't even make a fifth-tier puppet with this much speed!"

"If it really is a seventh-order puppet, then wouldn't that mean Su Qing is already a seventh-order puppeteer? From ancient times to the present, there has never been a seventh-order puppeteer in the myriad realms. They can do what others cannot, breaking through the upper limit of their profession. In this sense, Su Qing truly deserves the title of the Puppet Master of the Heavens. Considering his lifespan, if he doesn't die young unexpectedly, I have high hopes that he will become an eighth-order puppeteer, becoming a Dao Ancestor like the Primordial Ancestor and the Supreme Ancestor, and becoming the Puppet Ancestor of the Heavens!"

"Look closely, this puppet is indeed called the Arctic Purple Star, but there's a '1' character branded on the bottom of its hull? What does that mean? Does it mean it's the first ship of the Lingxiao Palace? Does that mean there's a second ship, a third ship? What does Su Qing take seventh-tier puppets for? Does he still think of them as being mass-produced like dumplings with the Pengtian Armor Puppet?"

"I wonder if this Lingxiao Palace puppet is for sale. To be honest, our sect has been swindling and cheating in the heavens all these years, no, we've been working hard and have accumulated some wealth. If Su Qing is willing to sell this puppet, our sect will spare no expense to buy one to suppress the sect's fortune!"

"Sell? You couldn't afford it even if you sold your entire sect. Let alone the fact that a seventh-tier puppet is a strategic resource that can elevate a sect to the status of a major sect in the heavens, Su Qing would never sell it, at least not in the short term. Even if he really wanted to sell it, apart from the three sects of the Dao lineage and the Eastern King Sect, who else has the financial strength to buy it? Such a puppet would cost at least several hundred billion spirit stones!"

"Stop talking! Think about how the fellow Daoists of the Ziwei Sect feel. I think that Sect Leader Li Jingze is about to cry. He probably never expected that just killing a dog would not only force the Hongquan Sect to fight his Ziwei Sect to the death, but also attract a seventh-level puppet to directly confront the sect. Now that someone has a gun to his head, let's see if he can still be as tough as before!"

No matter when or where, no matter who or what, from the beginning of time to the present, the appearance of a seventh-order puppet is a major event in all the heavens, because it is the first real seventh-order puppet to exist in all the heavens since the beginning of time!
Before its appearance, the strongest puppets in the heavens, namely the Reincarnation series puppets refined by Su Qing of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, were not enough for the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom to be proud of, even if they obtained a Cyber ​​Martial Emperor puppet. Now, when they challenge someone to a duel, they just send out this puppet and beat their opponent until they scream. It's really bullying.

Although the various factions that obtained the Reincarnation series puppets all claimed with certainty that the combined puppets could rival the might of a seventh-tier puppet—a feat Su Qing had demonstrated once in the Divine Realm—while some in the mortal realm believed them, many more did not. Ultimately, the Divine Realm before the present did not belong to the past or future, nor to the mortal realm; their existence at that time was illusory. Everything that happened there, unless it manifested in the mortal realm later, could not be considered real; it should be regarded as a fleeting dream, a mirage. Sixth-tier puppets, the Reincarnation series puppets, are still only sixth-tier puppets. Although these sixth-tier puppets are slightly more powerful and have more mysterious effects than the sixth-tier puppets crafted by the sixth-tier puppeteers in the mortal realm, they still cannot break through the limitations of sixth-tier puppets and cannot contend with beings at the seventh-tier Dao Lord level.

This is why the myriad realms never regard the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom as being on the same level as the Yuanshi Sect. In fact, in the eyes of the myriad realms, aside from Su Qing's potential and influence, the overall strength of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom is far inferior to that of the Dongwang Sect. The reason for this is that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom has never had a seventh-order Dao Lord level being in charge, and it has always been just one step behind the strongest forces in the myriad realms.

It was also because they were just one step away from victory. When the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and the Yuanshi Sect became adversaries, most of the forces in the myriad realms, except for sects and realms whose industrial chains were extremely dependent on the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom or who needed the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to provide a large number of exorcism puppets for defense, chose to side with the Yuanshi Sect or at least maintain a neutral stance on the surface. This was because everyone did not believe that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, which had at most only sixth-order power, had the ability to outlast the Yuanshi Sect.

But now, with the appearance of this Lingxiao Palace puppet, the strategic landscape of the heavens is about to be rewritten.

No matter how powerful a seventh-order puppet is, even if it is the weakest among beings of the same order, it still has the ability to crush those below the seventh order. The moment it is born, it also signifies that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom has risen to the ranks of the top forces in the heavens, and has the capital to truly contend with the major sects of the heavens and bargain with the Yuanshi Sect!

With this puppet, the Yuanshi Sect or the Dongwang Sect, which previously imposed unreasonable sanctions on the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and various forces in the Tianyuan Realm across the myriad realms, and the Ziwei Sect, which followed the will of the Yuanshi Sect and the Dongwang Sect, began to target and suppress the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom within their sphere of influence, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, which originally had no influence in the myriad realms, now also has the ability to remotely project military force and carry out military deterrence and punishment.

This also signifies that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, which had always been benevolent and focused on making money through harmony, exporting goods and selling puppets to all realms, has changed its foreign policy. From the past "making money through harmony" to the present "fight if you disagree," all forces in all realms must prepare to deal with the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, which has made this change. At the very least, they will have to be more polite to them in the future.

Most importantly, whatever you do, don't touch Su Qing's dog!

Li Jingze, the leader of the Ziwei Sect, showed a more resolute attitude than all the cultivators in the heavens had imagined.

Because he targeted Fire Egg and publicly executed it, he originally had the idea of ​​luring Su Qing out of Tianyuan Realm and into his Feihong Realm.

Even if Su Qing didn't come, he wouldn't be afraid of the other forces that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom dispatched. Feihong Realm was the home ground of his Ziwei Sect. They had been operating in this realm for a long time and had already made it as solid as a rock. As for the demonic plants that were nurtured underground in this realm, only one-third of them had emerged so far. He had been saving the truly powerful demonic plants for the reinforcements from the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

According to the analysis of their Ziwei Sect's Strategic Analysis Hall, if Su Qing himself came, it would be very difficult for their Ziwei Sect to capture him with his personal strength, but he would not be able to fight against their Ziwei Sect alone. At that time, they would close the gate and lock the realm, trapping him and beating him. Even if they had to wear him down, they could wear him down to death in the Feihong Realm.

If Su Qing himself dares not leave the protective shell of Tianyuan Realm and sends the puppets he created to their Feihong Realm, with his sixth-order puppets, their Ziwei Sect's demonic plants, taking advantage of the natural world and home ground, will not be afraid of his puppet sea tactics.

Regardless of the outcome, if their Ziwei Sect were to fight against the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, they could demonstrate their loyalty and value to the Yuanshi Sect, making them a winner no matter how you look at it.

Unexpectedly, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom did not send Su Qing, nor his fifth or sixth-order main battle puppets that they had analyzed countless times. Instead, they sent only a group of seventh-order puppets.

It's just a seventh-tier puppet!

Li Jingze himself couldn't help but laugh when he said it. He wondered why their Ziwei Sect had been able to rely on the Yuanshi Sect for survival all these years, unable to maintain independence like the Taoyuan Sect and Danyuan Sect. Wasn't it because their sect hadn't produced a seventh-level Dao Lord?

Without a seventh-tier Dao Lord, one cannot stand as tall as others, and can only live in fear, secretly selling shoddy food and planting demonic trees.

Without the suppression of a seventh-tier Dao Lord, the Ziwei Sect had absolutely no right to use words like "merely worthless" or "nothing special" when facing Su Qing's seventh-tier puppets, because these puppets truly had the ability to annihilate the Ziwei Sect.

But what else could he say besides that?

This way, it can also boost the morale of the disciples and give them some courage to continue fighting against this seventh-tier puppet.

Of course, having courage is useless. Just like Hongquan Sect just now, in the face of an absolute difference in strength, courage, bravery, and fearlessness only increase casualties and do not play a decisive role in the outcome.

But he still did it because he still clung to the last glimmer of hope.

Like Liu Sanpao, who, in a desperate situation, was able to wait for the seventh-tier puppet from the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to come to their aid, pulling their Hongquan Sect back from the brink of collapse.

Perhaps the Ziwei Sect can wait for the seventh-level Dao Lord of the Yuanshi Sect to come and support them at this last moment, helping them turn the tide.

"Beat it! Beat it hard! Take this puppet down! I'll let you take this puppet down! Feihong Realm is the Feihong Realm of my Ziwei Sect. This is not Tianyuan Realm. We will not tolerate the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom being arrogant here!"

Li Jingze flicked his whisk, his face contorted in rage, and roared at the sect disciples, urging them, and all the demonic plants painstakingly cultivated by the Ziwei Sect, to launch a suicidal attack on the Lingxiao Palace puppet in the sky. (End of Chapter)