Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Pray to the gods, rub your hands together, and ask the heavens and earth to open their eyes.

Pray to the immortals, stomp your feet, and bathe and burn incense—these are essential.

After completing a ritual that Su Qing once utterly disdained but now dutifully followed, he inexplicably felt a surge of vague good fortune. Although reason told him that this was merely psychological comfort, it did bring him a little peace of mind.

This anxious state of mind was something he had only experienced in his early puppet-making career when he was short of money and couldn't afford too many failures. In his later puppet-making career, even when he first crafted a fifth-tier or sixth-tier puppet, he never experienced it again.

He originally thought that he had been through many hardships and had developed a calm and indifferent attitude towards gains and losses.

Looking back now, it seems that the success or failure of those puppets in the past had little impact on him and could not cause him any serious harm, which allowed him to remain calm. But today, when he was refining the Enlightenment Doll, which was extremely important to him and whose success or failure he was not sure about, he realized that it was not because of a high level of cultivation that he had a good mindset, nor because of being a wealthy person that he was open-minded and indifferent. It was just because most things had not touched their core interests. If something really hit their weak spot, they would still panic!

Because this Enlightenment Doll was too important, he trusted no one during the entire refining process. He kicked out all the fourth and fifth-level puppeteers from the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's Divine Scripture Zone who came to do odd jobs and observe. He didn't use a single Wood Spirit Puppet, which had always been reliable and had never made a mistake.

He planned to personally oversee the entire puppet-making process, from the puppet body to the rune coating, then to drawing the runes, adjusting the puppet, and activating it.

First, he needs to use the materials at hand to create an enlightenment doll that best suits his taste and needs.

The Bodhi Fruit and the Primordial Spirit Essence are two core materials that need little explanation; any kind of enlightenment child can use them.

However, these innate bodies have different racial attributes and different abilities. The Enlightenment Dolls born from these bodies as puppet bodies will naturally have different functions and effects.

"The Ancestral Witch Body is naturally the best material for refining Witch Dolls. It's not just for helping me cultivate Witch Clan combat techniques; it can also help me temper my physical body. My accumulation in physical cultivation is already greater than that in magical cultivation of the primordial spirit. With this Witch Doll, using the Witch Clan's methods of physical training to hone my body, perhaps I can break through to the seventh level in physical cultivation faster than I can advance in the primordial spirit!"

The Witchcraft Doll focuses on the combat skills and physical strength of the Witch Clan, which is a matter that doesn't require much thought.

However, to break through to the seventh level of physical cultivation, in addition to having a solid foundation, a well-developed physical body, and proficient combat skills and supernatural abilities, it is also essential to have a complete grasp of the Dao patterns of the Five Elders or above in a region.

He was in a dilemma when it came to choosing a Dao pattern.

The witch doll naturally uses witch-related Dao patterns, and he has more than one witch-related Dao pattern on hand.

Judging from his mastery of the various Dao patterns, the Nine Li Dao pattern should be the first choice. This Dao pattern was the first Wu Clan Dao pattern he acquired. Over the years, he has continuously developed and utilized it, and now it is polished to a shine. He is only a step away from fully mastering it. If the Wu Dao Doll comprehends this Dao pattern, it will obviously help him achieve the seventh-level body cultivation in the fastest time.

While it's true that the Jiuli Dao Rune is easy to master, its overall performance is rather mediocre. To be honest, the Great Witch Jiuli was like Shi Xiu, the "Desperate Saburo" among the 108 Great Witches of the Water Margin, with well-balanced attributes in all aspects. Whether it was fighting or engaging in large-scale battles, its performance was decent. Expecting it to turn the tide and rise to a higher level was out of the question. It rarely performed well in battles of the same level. On the other hand, the Great Witches like Xing Tian, ​​Kua Fu, and Chi You, who still have a reputation among all races after a long period of time, are like Wu Song the Pilgrim, Lu Junyi the Jade Kirin, and Guan Sheng the Great Saber. They are ruthless individuals who have been forged in countless tough and fierce battles.

In terms of ability, Su Qing's favorite is the Xing Tian Dao Pattern. This Dao Pattern has three advantages: it becomes stronger when facing stronger opponents, it is resilient and never falls, and it is undying in bloody battles. It is the Dao Pattern with the highest combat potential among the Five Elders Dao Patterns.

The path of physical cultivation is all about visceral, passionate battles where the victor is determined and life or death is decided. A thoroughly enjoyable fight is what physical cultivators desire. Of course, it would be even more perfect if one survived such a thrilling battle.

Su Qing was not a hot-blooded brute, nor did he like to joke about his life and death, but with the Xing Tian Dao Mark in hand, who could resist the temptation of this true man?

"The Xingtian Dao Pattern is indeed difficult to master, but its upper limit and the power it brings when combined with the Xingtian Blood Axe are incomparable to cultivating the Jiuli Dao Pattern alone."

A seventh-tier body cultivator needs to break through, but being a weakling among them won't cut it. Even if we don't compare to the likes of Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, who achieved physical sainthood at the seventh tier, we should at least be among the top-tier, sitting at the same table as Zhuo Peiyu!

After much thought, Su Qing decided that he couldn't be too hasty. He wouldn't pursue a breakthrough for the sake of breakthrough. He could master the Nine Li Dao Patterns with his own efforts. As for the Xing Tian Dao Patterns, such a difficult task, it would be better to leave it to the Witch Doll. After all, that's what it was made for!
Once the witch doctor doll was chosen, he immediately turned his attention to the second doll.

This innate body was left behind by the Red Cloud Taoist. Its innate qualities and endowments are no weaker than those of the Ancestral Dragon Body or the Ancestral Witch Body.

Because he was more skilled in the primordial spirit path, most of his Dao fruit creation was placed on the primordial spirit. The creation contained in his physical body and bones that were left behind was less than 30% of what he had in life.

Fortunately, its physical constitution is suitable for the cultivation of the Dharma lineage, making it perfect for refining immortal dolls.

As for him personally, his cultivation in the path of Dharma practice was entirely based on borrowing from various sources. He would use whatever was useful and let the meditation doll learn whatever was easy to learn. Whenever he had nothing to do, he would let the meditation doll unleash its creativity and create Taoist magic and mystical arts suitable for his cultivation.

To put it nicely, it's about learning from others' strengths and innovating; to put it bluntly, it's just haphazard practice without any method or system.

After ascending to the rank of Refining Void Heavenly Lord, he also considered this drawback and selected the method cultivated by the Heavenly Emperor as the foundation of his cultivation, allowing the meditation dolls to focus on comprehending the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Book, Hunyuan Heluo Hand, Palm Sun and Moon, and other Heavenly Emperor techniques and supernatural powers.

However, the Heavenly Emperor's methods are profound and mysterious, and the meditation child is not yet capable of comprehending them. So far, he has only just begun to grasp these techniques and supernatural powers, and cannot even achieve minor success. He is too embarrassed to fight with others, lest he be laughed at.

However, if he were to refine a celestial doll and use it to comprehend the Heavenly Emperor's methods, it would be of great help to him.

But he quickly changed his mind and immediately rejected the idea.

He understood that the mastery of the Heavenly Emperor's techniques depended on two factors: personal talent and destiny. If one possessed sufficient talent and was favored by Heaven and Earth, one could achieve enlightenment in a single moment, without needing to slowly and painstakingly comprehend them.

"This doll should be used to cultivate the orthodox Xuanmen. Xuanmen Daoist methods all originate from the three sects of the Dao lineage. The three sects are the source of all cultivation methods in the world and the foundation of all methods. Cultivating the Daoist methods of the three sects is the best way to unify and organize the mixed Daoist methods in my body."

Tiger Egg, acting on the orders of the Lingbao Sect, also gave me a copy of the Shangqing True Method. When my relationship with the Yuanshi Sect was good, they also gave me several of their secret cultivation techniques. Although the Taishang Sect didn't show any particular interest, I disliked their passive-aggressive, inactive style, so I figured I might as well not practice it!

Su Qing planned to have this immortal child cultivate both the orthodox methods of the Yuanshi Sect and the Lingbao Sect, so that he, Su Qing, could also become an orthodox practitioner of the Xuanmen. In the future, if he could defeat the disciples of the Yuanshi Sect using the orthodox methods of the Xuanmen, he would see if they would still insist on the old rules of cultivation!
The thought immediately filled him with joy, and he quickly decided on the doll's purpose and attributes before turning his attention to the last innate body.

This innate body was left behind by the Dragon King of the Dragon Clan, who believed that his fate was in his own hands, not in the heavens.

According to the idea of ​​the Witch Doll, under the condition of specializing in one bone for one purpose, the Ancestral Dragon Body should be refined into a Dragon Dao Doll, so that it can comprehend the Dragon Clan's Dao patterns, cultivate the Dragon Clan's combat skills, and allow Su Qing to possess the abilities of a seventh-tier Ancestral Dragon.

But Su Qing hesitated about this.

There is no intention to look down on the dragon race. As the former overlords of heaven and earth, the dragon race is at least a powerful race that is qualified to compete for the title of overlord of heaven and earth. They have excellent physical qualities, extremely strong primordial spirit attributes, and are also a long-lived species. They have many advantages and a high potential. Among the myriad races in the heavens, most races are proud of being compared to the dragon race. Very few have the right to look down on the dragon race.

The reason he didn't want to refine the Dragon Path Doll was simply because it wasn't suitable.

Although he condensed the ancestral dragon bone and summoned the ancestral dragon's phantom, this does not mean that he has great attainments in the inheritance of the dragon race.

Regarding dragon-related Dao patterns, apart from the Dao patterns of the Nine Sons of the True Dragon, he had not mastered any others. Moreover, the level of the Nine Sons Dao patterns among the Five Elders Dao patterns was not even comparable to that of the Nine Li Dao patterns. He considered the Nine Li Dao patterns too weak, so naturally he looked down on the Nine Sons Dao patterns even more.

Aside from Dao patterns, he didn't think much of the Dragon Clan's combat techniques. Indeed, the Dragon Clan cultivated both their physical body and primordial spirit, achieving high levels of proficiency in both physical combat techniques and primordial spirit supernatural abilities. Ordinary cultivators who obtained a single inheritance would be overjoyed and would benefit immensely from it.

However, Su Qing's vision and abilities far surpassed those of ordinary people. In terms of physical combat skills, no matter how strong the Dragon Clan's combat skills were, they could not surpass the Witch Clan's combat skills that he cultivated. In terms of the primordial spirit, no matter how strong the Dragon Clan was, they could not surpass the Xuanmen Orthodox Method and the Heavenly Emperor's Secret Transmission that he cultivated.

Su Qing possessed top-tier skills in both the physical body and primordial spirit cultivation techniques, so he looked down on the dragon race's combat skills, feeling that cultivating this path was unnecessary.

To be honest, he looks down on dragons.

However, he still valued the ancestral dragon's body. This innate body was naturally compatible with the dragon race, and eliminating the dragon race would not be a simple matter.

In his opinion, there are two solutions.

One method is to use the puppeteer's purification techniques to completely remove all dragon-related power from the ancestral dragon bone, turning it into a blank material that he can manipulate at will.

If this method is used, one will be free from interference from the dragon race. However, the drawbacks are also obvious. Each innate body has its own characteristics and innate talents. While washing away the power of the dragon race, it will also wash away the innate characteristics and talents of the ancestral dragon. There is the problem of wasting resources and ruining things. Furthermore, if the dragon race finds out about this, it will affect the close relationship between the two sides and create a rift with the dragon race.

The second solution, however, was the one he had just thought of.

Humans and dragons are also dragons. In the past, the dragon race was subordinate to the human emperor. In order to benefit from the human race's fortune, they made a deal with the human emperor. The human emperor called himself the Son of Heaven of the True Dragon and allowed the dragon race to share a portion of the human race's fortune. In return, the dragon race sent many true dragons to take human form and serve under the human emperor.

This established a connection between the Human Emperor and the Dragon Clan, allowing him to utilize the ancestral dragon's body to comprehend the Human Emperor's martial arts.

He would not look down on the martial arts of the Human Emperor. As a candidate for Human Emperor, he had also received a lot of Human Emperor inheritance. The Emperor Dragon Fist, the Human Emperor Sword Technique and other martial arts were no weaker than the combat skills of the Witch Clan.

As for Dao patterns, the Azure Dragon Dao pattern is the first choice for the Human Emperor. This Dao pattern is one of the Four Imperial Dao patterns. If he can master it completely, he can immediately leap to the strongest of the seventh rank. In certain environments, he can even exchange a few blows with the eighth-rank Dao Ancestor. Moreover, it is related to his attainment of the Human Emperor's position. If he can master it, that would be the best outcome.

However, the Enlightenment Doll is only a seventh-order puppet. Even if it studies the Four Imperial Dao Patterns day and night, it may not be able to succeed. If he chooses this method, there is a possibility of wasting this Enlightenment Doll. Even if it can study the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, the study time will be at least tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years. It is impossible to meet his requirement of breaking through to the seventh order in a short period of time.

"I have three dolls. I'll leave the task of breaking through to the seventh rank to the other two dolls. As for this doll, I'll cultivate the Human Emperor's Path!"

Su Qing wasn't sure how high the potential of the Enlightenment Dolls was, or whether they could cultivate the Four Imperial Dao Patterns. So he simply took out one doll to experiment. If it worked, even if the efficiency was low, he could accept it. In the future, he could have several Enlightenment Dolls lined up and cultivate together. After all, he had an urgent need for the Four Imperial Dao Patterns. He didn't want to give up any of them, such as the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, the Tai Xu Sun and Moon Dao Pattern, the Yin Yang Dao Pattern, and the Creation Dao Pattern. If he were to cultivate them himself, he simply wouldn't be able to keep up. He could only place his hopes on the Enlightenment Dolls.

Of course, how to use this Enlightenment Doll is still up to the last minute. If the other two Enlightenment Dolls fail to be refined, this one can only be washed to a blank, sacrificing its upper limit to ensure its success rate. He can first choose an easy-to-obtain Five Elders Dao Pattern to comprehend, ensuring that he can obtain the position of the seventh-level Dao Lord as soon as possible.

"In this arrangement, according to the level of difficulty, the Immortal Doll is the easiest to refine. The Dao patterns of the Five Elders Immortal Dao that I chose are relatively simple and not difficult to master. In addition, after I break through to the seventh-level puppeteer, the effect on my primordial spirit will also be of great benefit to my breakthrough to the seventh level in magic cultivation. After this doll is refined, it seems that magic cultivation will break through to the position of Dao Lord the fastest."

"In that case, we can now begin refining this immortal doll!"

Su Qing calculated with his fingers, discerning the secrets of heaven, and knew that no major events would occur in the heavens within the next one or two hundred years. He then announced to the public that he would be going into seclusion to refine puppets. (End of this chapter)