Immortality begins with meditation puppets

What have the three sects of the Dao lineage been pursuing all these years? They've been pursuing prestige. If you have prestige, all the heavens and myriad realms will support you; if you don't, all the heavens and myriad realms will trample on you.

As for the Lingbao Sect, they have rarely lost face in recent years because the sword cultivators are tough and resilient. If they lose face, they can immediately fight back and regain it. People and forces that dare to embarrass them have to think twice before provoking them.

However, there are three things that Lingbao Sect cannot regain its reputation from.

The first thing was the internal strife among the three sects of the Dao lineage back then. Their Lingbao Sect was beaten up by the Yuanshi Sect and Taishang Sect, which made them, who were originally the strongest of the three sects, no longer able to show their sharpness and trample on everyone they saw.

In truth, this matter is neither shameful nor shameful. What is shameful is that the outcome is certain; their Lingbao Sect has indeed suffered a crushing defeat from top to bottom. Given the pride of sword cultivators, they cannot deny their defeat. To beat someone fiercely, to be arrogant when victorious, to stand at attention when beaten, and to admit defeat—this is the basic operation of sword cultivators.

What's not shameful is that no one in the myriad realms thinks they're disgraced. One sect against two, and those two sects even brought along the Buddhist forces, which were at their peak at the time. It was a two-against-one or three-against-one situation. It's already quite remarkable that the Lingbao Sect was able to withstand the destruction of the sect. The fault for this defeat does not lie with the Lingbao Sect. They are still honorable despite their defeat. That's exactly what they are talking about.

Even the Yuanshi Sect and the Taishang Sect haven't dared to use this matter to pressure the Lingbao Sect in recent years, and they don't allow others to mention it either, for fear of angering the Lingbao Sect and causing these sword cultivators to draw their swords and challenge them to another duel. These sword cultivators have the strongest tempers, and when their true temper flares up, they really don't care about anything else. They are truly afraid of them.

The second thing is that their founding ancestor was defeated by the Demon Emperor in the battle against the Array Ancestor.

Cultivating all skills, arrays, weapons, alchemy, and talismans—this was the ranking in ancient times. Even now, only Su Qing, through his own efforts, has brought the puppet to fourth place, thus making a certain change to this ranking.

As for the position of the ancestor of all arts, the founder of the Yuanshi Sect held the title of the Ancestor of Weapons, and the founder of the Taishang Sect held the title of the Ancestor of Pills. The founder of the Lingbao Sect, who was on par with them, was too proud to be second to anyone and had to fight to the death for the position of the leader of all arts, the Dao of Arrays.

His arrogance was not without reason. He possessed extraordinary talent, a rare genius in cultivation, unparalleled throughout the ages. From ancient times to the present, no one dared to claim that they could compare with him in terms of cultivation talent. Although some busybodies listed Su Qing as a potential challenger to his talent, Su Qing himself firmly denied it. He understood the nature of his cultivation talent. Although he, like the founder of the Lingbao Sect, had cheat codes, he had a system cheat code, while Su Qing had a talent cheat code. In terms of talent, he was far from being Su Qing's match.

Besides his exceptional talent, he also has a unique advantage in cultivating the Dao of Arrays: he possesses the source of all arrays and the strongest array in the heavens, the Zhuxian Sword Diagram. By studying this diagram, his understanding far surpasses that of ordinary people who try to create arrays in isolation. The Zhuxian Sword Array, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Array that he created through this diagram are all renowned throughout the heavens and are still considered top-tier arrays in the present world!
Unfortunately, at the same time, a Demon Emperor also appeared. This person's talent was not much weaker than that of the founder of the Lingbao Sect. Although the Hetu Luoshu in his hands was far inferior to the Zhuxian Sword Diagram in terms of offensive power, it was not much weaker than the Zhuxian Sword Diagram in terms of deducing formations.

With everything else being roughly the same, and with some additional effort, this Demon Emperor Heavenly Emperor also achieved results in the art of array formations that were not much inferior to those of the founding patriarch of the Lingbao Sect. His Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array and Hun Yuan He Luo Great Array were recognized as being a level above the Wan Xian Array and the Jiu Qu Huang He Array.

As for the Lingbao Sect disciples' insistence that the Zhuxian Sword Formation surpasses the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation and the Hunyuan Heluo Great Formation, although all the cultivators in the heavens, except for the demon race, are willing to acknowledge it, the heavens and earth do not accept it.

Heaven and Earth recognize formations; you need to demonstrate tangible achievements.

The many formations created by the founding patriarch of the Lingbao Sect were used during the Three Sects War. Out of consideration for the Xuanmen lineage and camaraderie among fellow disciples, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, while showing some prowess, had few real victories. They were all show and no substance, leaving the audience unsatisfied. As for the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, while impressive, the opponents were far too strong. The founding patriarchs of the Yuanshi Sect and the Taishang Sect, along with two leaders of Buddhism, were four Dao Ancestor-level beings working together. How could this formation possibly withstand them? Thus, this most powerful formation ended up being broken, and those who broke it were unharmed. It seemed utterly useless and naturally failed to gain the approval of Heaven and Earth.

In contrast, the Demon Emperor's Hunyuan Heluo and Zhou Tian Xingdou formations truly reversed the disadvantage of the demon race in the struggle against the witch race. Although they were eventually broken by the ancestral witches, these two formations still managed to kill several ancestral witches and dozens of great witches, changing the final outcome of the witch-demon war. This resulted in the demon race, which should have been defeated by the witch race, suffering mutual destruction and heavy losses with the witch race. Such achievements were truly impressive and even more impressive than those of the founding ancestor of the Lingbao Sect. Therefore, the position of formation ancestor fell to the Demon Emperor.

Although the founder of the Lingbao Sect lost the competition for the position of Ancestor of Arrays, he quickly regained the position of Ancestor of Swords, which at least saved some face for himself. However, all living beings in the myriad realms know how great the difference is between the position of Sword Dao and the position of Array Dao.

To put it simply, in terms of generating revenue for the sect, the Sword Dao can't even compare to the Array Dao. This is why the Lingbao Sect is currently the poorest of the three Dao lineage sects. If their founding ancestor had been more assertive back then, killing those who deserved it and being ruthless when necessary, without showing any womanly mercy, they would have gained the title of Array Ancestor. Not to mention anything else, the array Dao project they built for Su Qing's Lingxiao Palace puppet would have cost at least 70-80% more. They wouldn't have been pressured to lower their prices by using the Three-Legged Crow Clan's offer, which was based on the title of Array Ancestor!

This shameful matter is because it is their ancestor who has lost face. The ancestor has already collapsed and his Dao fruit has scattered throughout the myriad worlds. There is no way to bring the ancestor back to life and regain face. In the Lingbao Sect's Array Hall, so far, no disciple has appeared with the potential to compete for the title of Ancestor of Array Dao and bring honor to the ancestor. Therefore, this matter can only remain a regret for the Lingbao Sect to this day, and it seems that this regret will continue to last.

The third thing is that it was Zhuo Peiyu and his generation of Lingbao disciples who disgraced the Lingbao Sect this time!
Everyone knows that the Lingbao Sect's most treasured artifacts are the Four Swords of Zhuxian. During the ancient demonic calamity, the founders of the Lingbao Sect, the Yuanshi Sect, and the Taishang Sect burned everything to fight against the evil forces, including the most treasured artifacts of each sect.

The Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda collapsed during the ancient demonic calamity. The Taiji Diagram was lost after the ancient demonic calamity. The auspicious clouds of the heavens scattered into cloud buds, drifting to who knows where. The Pangu Banner pole remains, but the banner is gone, and it will be difficult to regain the advantage of attacking in the past.

The spirits of the four swords of Zhuxian have wandered off to who knows where, and the sword bodies of the four swords have also disintegrated and been lost. When the founder of the Lingbao Sect was on his deathbed, he used his great magic to summon the fragments of the four swords, hoping that his disciples would slowly reunite the four swords in the years to come and find the spirits of the four swords so that the four swords of Zhuxian and the Zhuxian Sword Formation could reappear in the world.

The Lingbao Sect disciples have always been eager to fulfill the high expectations of their founder. From ancient times to the present day, countless Lingbao Sect disciples have ventured into places like the Land of Fallen Swords and the Lost Land, which are extremely dangerous and devoid of spiritual energy, in search of the fragments of the Four Swords. The number of sword cultivators who have perished for this purpose is almost the same as the number of disciples who have died fighting against evil spirits.

Having paid such a high price to finally assemble the complete body of the Immortal Trapping Sword, before they could even summon its spirit, the Evil Sword Demon seized control of the sword. Using the Immortal Trapping Sword's power, it fought its way out of the Lingbao Sect's encirclement, destroying hundreds of realms along the way. In the years that followed, it used the Immortal Trapping Sword in the Evil Sword Realm to harm countless lives. This humiliation has become so great that even the disciples of the Lingbao Sect are ashamed to look the Evil Sword Realm in the eye when passing through it. Whenever anyone in the heavens suffers because of the Evil Sword Demon, the Lingbao Sect immediately visits to apologize and offer compensation in terms of manpower and resources.

The humiliation might be washed away today. Su Qing even promised that if the Evil Sword Demon was killed, he would take its demonic essence, that is, the part of the sword Dao patterns it controlled. The Immortal Trapping Sword should be returned to its rightful owner, the Lingbao Sect. The Lingbao Sect would naturally not fight with him for the so-called leadership. After all, Su Qing had just used the Lingxiao Palace Puppet he had just refined to make amends for the mess the Lingbao Sect had made in the past. They really had no face to compete with him for the position of elder brother.

The importance of the leader in any organized, large-scale operation is self-evident.

A leader with vision, planning, and the ability to handle challenges and take responsibility ensures his subordinates feel secure and can gather even more followers.

Within the myriad realms, in any action, if any of the three major sects of the Dao lineage were to step forward as the leader, no one would object or refuse.

Now, in this operation against the Evil Sword Realm, even the veteran leader, Lingbao Sect, is willing to step down to Su Qing. Wuzhuang Temple, Taoyuan Sect, and other sects from all over the world are also very sensible and have acknowledged Su Qing as their leader.

Of course, this leader is only temporary, and whether he can perform well remains to be seen.

"Before we take action, please forgive my bluntness. We have been in the universe for a long time and have dealt with this Evil Sword Realm countless times. We are well aware of its methods and know just how troublesome it is."

Since Su Tianjun usually cultivates in the Tianyuan Realm and has never fought against this Evil Sword Realm, there are some things I have to tell Su Tianjun in advance so that he can be more cautious.

This evil sword realm is more treacherous and cunning than other evil realms. After obtaining the Immortal Trapping Sword, the evil sword demon took advantage of its characteristics to bring out the worst of the evil demons' treachery.

Within and outside this realm, countless demons have set up countless traps. These traps can deceive our divine sense and confuse our perception. Once we mistakenly enter them, we will surely suffer great losses.

The most common traps are the Void Gale, Samadhi True Fire, and Evil Spirit Black Lightning. These traps are nightmares for cultivators below the sixth rank. If they accidentally fall into one, they will immediately perish without rescue. Furthermore, to prevent sixth and seventh rank cultivators from rescuing these stranded cultivators, the demons will nest even stronger traps within the main traps. For example, the Void Gale trap is encased in a layer of Annihilation Sword Spirit Formation. If a sixth-rank Heavenly Monarch is caught in this trap, they will suffer from the omnipresent Annihilation Gale Spirit Sword, resulting in severe injury or even death. Therefore, even sixth-rank cultivators who could rescue others often dare not intervene, lest they cause further damage and losses.

Taoyuan Sect Master Taole reminded Su Qing.

As the only seventh-order Dao Lord of the Peach Blossom Sect, his presence here to lend a hand clearly demonstrates the Peach Blossom Sect's stance to all realms. They are now firmly on Su Qing's bandwagon and determined not to leave.

Between the Yuanshi Sect and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, the Taoyuan Sect's courage in choosing to side with the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom goes without saying. They also knew the consequences of failing to choose a side. Therefore, in Su Qing's attempt to demonstrate his influence in the myriad realms, Daoist Tao Le was extremely cautious. He only wanted Su Qing to win steadily and smoothly, not to lose troops and generals due to carelessness, become a laughing stock in the myriad realms, and never have the opportunity to compete with the Yuanshi Sect for the right to speak in the myriad realms again!

As the strongest individual fighter besides Zhuo Peiyu in this operation, Su Qing naturally had to respect his reminder.

While I respect his words, his reminder was unnecessary.

Su Qing has never been an arrogant or conceited person. His ability to assess his enemies with leniency is one of the excellent qualities that has enabled him to avoid setbacks throughout his many years of adventure.

Before choosing the Evil Sword Realm as the first victim of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's invasion of the myriad realms, he had already had many AI puppets in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom conduct detailed and professional analyses of several targets in the myriad realms suitable for the Lingxiao Palace puppets to perform their functions.

The evil spirits are treacherous and difficult to deal with in the Evil Sword Realm. That is why they have been able to survive in the myriad realms for so many years, despite being regarded as a thorn in the side by the Spirit Treasure Sect.

However, the very thing that the Evil Sword Realm struggles to deal with is precisely what the Lingxiao Palace Puppet can easily handle!
It's just a trap or landmine. Even the most professional array breakers and trap masters in the myriad realms have to try each one individually, and they will make mistakes. And each mistake will be paid for with lives, so that they will inevitably suffer huge casualties in the process of attacking the Evil Sword Realm. Under such circumstances, the benefits of a strong attack on the Evil Sword Realm are not proportional to the risks, which is why the myriad realms have never organized such a large-scale operation against the Evil Sword Realm as today.

However, Su Qing and the puppets of the Lingxiao Palace do not need to sacrifice human lives to fill the trap set by the Evil Sword Realm.

"The entire suicide bomber swarm team is on the move! Leave no corner untouched, and launch a full-area carpet bombing!" (End of Chapter)