Immortality begins with meditation puppets

【Five Virtues Qilin Puppet】

[Introduction: The Five Virtues of Nature are one of the Three Thousand Great Daos. Those who are born with the Five Virtues will turn misfortune into good fortune and difficulties into auspiciousness. Opportunities will arise wherever they are, and auspicious omens will appear wherever they pass. They embody the purest and most beautiful aspects of heaven and earth and are the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty.]

Later generations further developed the Five Virtues of the Primordial Heaven into the Five Virtues of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, among others. Some of the Dao patterns of Water and Fire were transformed into divine patterns, and the people were called Water Virtue Star Lord and Fire Virtue Star Lord. There were also the Five Virtues of Humanity, such as Gentleness, Kindness, Respect, Humility, and Humility. When a great sage of the human race obtained one of these Five Virtues, he also entered the ranks of the Seventh-Order Dao Lords...

Regardless of how later generations interpret the Five Virtues or how many acquired Five Virtues are derived, in people's hearts, the highest standard of morality in the world is still the innate Five Virtues. This is because the innate Five Virtues are untouched by worldly affairs and unaffected by political stances, and can treat all things in the world with the most fair and just attitude.

It is precisely because of the world's veneration of the Five Virtues that, in a sense, the Five Virtues Qilin has acquired the highest authority to interpret morality.

When this power falls into the hands of a virtuous person, the world will be at peace, and they can uphold justice for all living beings and clarify right and wrong. However, if it falls into the hands of an evil person, it may distort right and wrong and confuse good and evil. Fortunately, the Five Virtues Qilin itself likes good and dislikes evil, and will only favor those good, virtuous and perfect people who have a clear conscience, while keeping a respectful distance from those wicked, villainous and evil people.

In ancient times, the Five Virtues Qilin had a master who was the most virtuous person in all the heavens and ages. This person was the Red Cloud Daoist of Fire Cloud Cave. For him to obtain the Five Virtues Qilin was a great blessing for all beings in all realms. Originally, the grudges and affections between cultivators, the fights for treasures, and the conflicts of interest between clans could all be resolved by him leading the Five Virtues Qilin, so that disputes and conflicts could be resolved peacefully, thus reducing much bloodshed for all beings in ancient times.

It's a pity that it's hard to be a good person. There was that fierce demon Kunpeng Ancestor, who resented the Five Virtues Qilin for ruining his opportunities. He joined forces with the scheming Ancestor, who was always exposed by the Five Virtues Qilin. Therefore, he also wanted to kill the Styx Ancestor. The two powerful beings joined forces to intercept and kill Hongyun Daoist and the Five Virtues Qilin, so that Hongyun Daoist would perish and the Five Virtues Qilin would disappear.

Until the present day, a puppeteer named Su Qing discovered a wisp of Five Virtues Qilin light in the body left behind by Daoist Hongyun during the process of refining the Immortal Dao Doll. Using this Five Virtues Qilin light as the core, and adding runes such as merit runes, morality runes, life and death runes, and sacred beast runes, he refined this Five Virtues Qilin puppet, which can possess some of the authority of the Five Virtues Qilin of the past.

Alas, how pitiful! The Five Virtues Qilin, in life it would rather die than fall into the hands of treacherous people, yet even in death it could not escape being used by them!

[Function 1: Moral Holy Light, the core ability of the Five Virtues Qilin Puppet. Under the illumination of Moral Holy Light, evil has nowhere to hide. Those who are morally deficient will show black lines under this holy light. The worse their virtue, the more black lines they will have. (Taking the puppet master Su Qing as a reference, he has a total of 326 black lines on his body, which means that he has done 326 immoral things so far.)]

[Function Two: The Scale of Conscience. How much is conscience worth? People are all eager for quick success and instant benefits. For the sake of profit, they would give their conscience to dogs, but they do not know the value of conscience. The Five Virtues Qilin Puppet walks the Great Way of the Five Virtues and uses the scale of conscience to weigh the conscience of all living beings. Those with a heavy conscience will be bestowed with abundant merit, while those with a poor conscience will have their merit confiscated.]

[Function Three: Moral Judgment. When right and wrong are at odds, everyone has their own reasons and perspectives differ, making it difficult to accurately measure right and wrong. The Five Virtues Qilin Puppet uses its innate five virtues to fairly judge right and wrong, thereby mediating conflicts and resolving differences.]

[Function Four: Bringing Auspicious Omens.]

[Function Five: Merit and Virtue Bestowed Upon Oneself.]

[Function Six: Bringing Good Fortune in Times of Trouble.]

[Function Seven: Winning People Over with Virtue (Because the Five Virtue Qilin has not appeared in the world for many years, people can only learn about it from Taoist classics and myths. Therefore, if the puppet master Su Qing does not reveal the puppet's identity as the Five Virtue Qilin puppet (which is highly unlikely), people will only regard it as a resurrected Five Virtue Qilin. Based on the Five Virtue Qilin's moral standards in ancient times, people will view the current Five Virtue Qilin puppet with virtue, thus winning people over without fighting.)]

【Function Eight: Moral Shackles. Although there are more bad people than good people in the world, apart from the incorrigible and utterly wicked, most bad people still have a certain moral bottom line. The Five Virtues Qilin Puppet can enhance moral constraints, forming moral shackles to restrict a person or thing from doing something that violates their moral standards. (This ability has a greater restriction on people with higher moral standards, while those who are inherently immoral will not be bound by this ability.)】

【Function Nine: Qilin Fortune. Although the Five Virtues Qilin is not a Qilin species, there are no Qilins in the world. Its relationship with the Qilin clan is closer than that of all other things in the world. Therefore, the Qilin fortune that has been sealed away from ancient times to the present day without a master to inherit it has been inherited by the Five Virtues Qilin Puppet (including the Qilin treasure, Qilin supernatural powers, Qilin connections, and other ancient Qilin clan legacies)).

[Function Ten: Ceasefire Barrier. When the Qilin appears, warfare ceases. Within a million miles around it, magical spells become ineffective, and warfare stops.]

[Function Eleven: Emits five divine lights of green, white, red, black, and yellow, corresponding to the five elements' cycle, capable of restraining the vast majority of magical treasures in the heavens.]

[Function Twelve: The Mantra of Abundant Harvests, ensuring the land trodden by hooves is overflowing with bountiful harvests, and protecting the home from drought and flood for three years.]

Although it was a chance encounter and something he created casually, Su Qing took it seriously because of the preciousness of the Five Virtues Qilin's innate spiritual light. He used all his puppet-making skills on this puppet to bring out as much of the Five Virtues Qilin's potential as possible.

He is very satisfied with the finished product.

As the saying goes, you make up for what you lack; the less you have, the more you want it.

Su Qing now has both cultivation and power; he lacks very little. If we're talking about it, the only thing he lacks is morality.

He doesn't commit murder or arson, but he's done plenty of swindling and cheating. Although he had thought about going back to the right path and salvaging his reputation after becoming successful, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. Over the years, from Tianyuan to Zhutian, people's impression of him has become fixed. They all think that Su Qing is righteous in his major virtues but has flaws in minor matters, and his reputation can never compare to that of the great and righteous Yuanshizong.

When people reach a certain status, what they care about is fame.

A bad reputation, for him, at best makes it difficult to gain the trust of others and increases unnecessary communication costs, and at worst affects his succession to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor and makes it impossible for him to win the hearts and minds of the people.

Now, although he is still doing something immoral, he wants to use this Five Virtues Qilin puppet to impersonate the Five Virtues Qilin, and use this to prove his moral standards.

But if he doesn't say anything, who will know?
What all the cultivators in the heavens saw was the incarnation of the Five Virtues, the moral standard of the heavens, the Five Virtues Qilin. They were all willing to submit to him, Su Qing, and they all thought that he, Su Qing, was a morally perfect person. Their previous opinions about him were all prejudices. They were blind and wronged him!

"It's not that I intentionally wanted to lie; it's a white lie. After all, I still need to use the identity of this Five Virtues Qilin to quell the turmoil in the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, so that I can free up manpower to stop the evil forces' conspiracy. From this point of view, I am also doing a good deed!"

Su Qing muttered to himself, nodding without any sense of shame, affirming his actions. He was a results-oriented person; as long as the result was good, he didn't care whether the means were despicable or the process was immoral.

Since the revival of Tianyuan, the territories of various immortal kingdoms have expanded, and the Western Sea has become vast and boundless. The journey from Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to Penglai Immortal Kingdom is much longer than before. Even if he is in a hurry, he cannot arrive in an instant as before.

As he rode the Five Virtues Qilin Puppet on a journey bathed in colorful light, he took the opportunity to examine the three precious treasures in his storage bag. These were the three Enlightenment Dolls he had painstakingly crafted in seclusion over the years, despite missing out on countless opportunities for treasures that had appeared throughout the heavens.

【Enlightenment Doll: Immortal Doll】

[Type: Enlightenment-type Immortal Puppet]

[Rank: High-grade Rank 7]

[Introduction: One of the exquisite puppets in the Doll series. Only the puppeteer Su Qing has the conditions and ability to create it, and only the puppeteer Su Qing knows of its existence.]

It was crafted using the blueprints for the Enlightenment Doll, combined with the innate body left behind by the Red Cloud Taoist, and incorporating the various runes he possessed.

The moment this puppet was created, it incurred the wrath of Heaven. The Heavenly Dao intended to unleash divine lightning to destroy this puppet, which should not exist in the world and violated the fundamental rules of Heaven and Earth. Only because Su Qing, acting as the Heavenly Emperor, intervened, did Heaven and Earth make an exception, allowing it to be preserved.

[Function 1: Perfect Conversion. All the achievements of the Immortal Cultivation Doll can be simultaneously converted to its owner, Su Qing, without any difference from his own cultivation gains.]

[Function Two: Dao Pattern Analysis. The Immortal Doll inherits Hongyun Daoist's comprehension of immortal Dao patterns, and can analyze and master any Dao pattern below the Four Emperors level.]

[Function 3: Cultivating Taoist Techniques. The Immortal Child inherits the Taoist comprehension of the Red Cloud Taoist, and can comprehend and cultivate Taoist techniques with the efficiency of a Taoist Master.]

[Function 4: Energy saving and conserve power. It abandons other unnecessary functions and focuses solely on existing as a cultivation tool for its master, Su Qing. It obtains as much of the energy required for daily cultivation as possible from the outside world.]

The Immortal Puppet was successfully crafted. With this puppet, he could finally make use of the Immortal Dao patterns he possessed, and the speed at which he merged with the Five Elders Dao patterns and became a seventh-level Dao Lord would be greatly accelerated.

"I originally thought that this immortal doll, which was made primarily from the body of Daoist Hongyun, would at most be a low-grade seventh-rank. After all, among the great powers of ancient times, Daoist Hongyun was not well-known and had no outstanding achievements. Moreover, he was the first to be eliminated in the struggle for sainthood among the ancient heroes. It was normal to underestimate him."

Who would have thought that this Daoist Hongyun possessed such exceptional talent? The immortal doll crafted from his body was actually of superior seventh-grade quality! This was only because my puppetry skills and the quality of the other auxiliary materials held me back. Otherwise, using his body as the primary material, I could have easily crafted a top-grade seventh-grade enlightenment doll!

The body of Daoist Hongyun gave Su Qing a big surprise. Having this seventh-grade high-quality immortal doll was equivalent to having Daoist Hongyun, a top seventh-grade Dao Lord, working and cultivating for him. This was obviously something that those Void Refining Heavenly Venerables of the same realm as him could not compare to.

But what surprised him was not just this fairy doll.

【Enlightenment Doll: Witchcraft Doll】

[Puppet Type: Enlightenment-type Witchcraft Puppet]

[Puppet Rank: Tier 7, Top Quality]

[Synopsis: Houtu, one of the Seven Sages of Antiquity, was originally a Primordial Witch before becoming the Lord of the Earth. To settle the karma of the Witch Clan and attain the Dao of Reincarnation, Houtu voluntarily shed her Primordial Witch body. After Houtu perished during the ancient demonic calamity, this Primordial Witch body changed hands several times before falling into the hands of the puppeteer Su Qing. Lacking any reverence for the virtues of the ancients, he unhesitatingly desecrated Houtu's Primordial Witch body, using it as the main material to create this Witch Doll.]

【Function 1: Perfect Transformation, Like an Immortal Doll】

[Function Two: Analyzing Dao Patterns. The Witchcraft Doll inherits the comprehension of the Ancestral Witch Houtu regarding witchcraft-related Dao patterns, and can analyze and master any Dao pattern from the Four Emperors of Witchcraft down to the lowest level.]

[Function 3: Cultivating Witchcraft. The Witchcraft Doll inherits the aptitude of the Ancestral Witch Houtu for witchcraft combat techniques, allowing it to cultivate all witchcraft combat techniques with the same efficiency as the Ancestral Witch.]

[Function Four: Great Virtue Bears All Things. The Witch Doll can bear damage on behalf of its master, Su Qing. Damage transferred from its master to the doll will then be transferred to the Nine Netherworld.]

[Function Five: Pillar of the Witch Clan. The Ancestral Witch Houtu was once one of the twelve pillars of the Witch Clan, and to this day she remains the spiritual totem of countless Witches. Therefore, at certain specific times, this Witch Doll appears to gather the Witch Clan's fortune and boost the spirits of the Witches. In addition, when this Witch Doll is present, all Witches suffer 30% less damage, which is absorbed by the Nine Nether Earth.]

"Although it would be best if the Enlightenment Doll focused solely on my enlightenment and didn't need any other functions, this Houtu Ancestral Witch Body is truly rare, and its ability to bear great virtue and support the Witch Clan is just too tempting. I really can't bear to give it up!"

Just like the surprise of the Immortal Doll, it came from the fact that the Red Cloud Daoist's aptitude far exceeded his expectations, thus raising the upper limit of the Immortal Doll. The surprise that the Witch Doll brought him was also because he had previously underestimated the power of the Houtu Ancestral Witch Body.

As he had previously thought, while Houtu Niangniang was indeed powerful, being one of the Seven Ancient Saints and wielding authority over the earth, Houtu Niangniang was Houtu Niangniang and Zuwu Houtu was Zuwu Houtu; the two could not be equated.

But when he actually used it, he discovered that even the ancestral witch Houtu's talent and attainments in witchcraft far surpassed his own, who now possessed the ancestral witch's bones.

With it as the core, even with a lack of auxiliary materials and runes, it can drive the entire puppet's grade up, allowing the originally expected seventh-grade upper-middle-grade witch doll to leap to seventh-grade top-grade. The two additional functions, one to help him ward off disasters and the other to help him unite the hearts of the witch clan, are of great use and are naturally a pleasant surprise.

Looking at the last dragon doll, the surprise was minimal.

He barely reached the mid-grade seventh rank, falling short of the Immortal Dao Doll and the Witch Dao Doll. The only reason he couldn't compete was because his Heavenly Dragon Body lacked the foundation of the Red Cloud Daoist Body and the Houtu Ancestral Witch Body. No wonder the Dragon Clan didn't trust him back then and nipped him in the bud before he could even begin his rebellion. With his aptitude, even if he led the dragons to attack the Heavenly Court, he would only be a burden to the Heavenly Emperor! (End of Chapter)