Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Wu Renxin is inhuman.

As one of the three giants of the Eastern King Sect, he has always believed in the law of the jungle during his years as the head of the Wu family. The strong rule everything, and the weak are ruled by the strong. When the demonic calamity re-emerged, he insisted on this view even more. Under the threat of the evil demons, tens of thousands of mortals are no match for a hundred or so cultivators. The world needs strong people to protect it so that the weak can have a space to survive. Therefore, resources should be tilted towards the strong. The weak should not only not feel resentful, but should also support the strong in using these resources to better protect them. As for the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, those weak cultivators in the Penglai Immortal Kingdom are not qualified to enjoy the opportunities of the immortal blessed land after the revival of the Heavenly Origin. Everything here should be controlled by their Eastern King Sect.

In addition, his development of such ideas was also related to the Great Dao he cultivated. The Great Dao of Heaven is indifferent and ruthless. The deeper one's cultivation, the harder it is to develop empathy for others. The more cold and indifferent one becomes, the more unacceptable and unreasonable things are in his eyes, but they are natural and in accordance with the principles of Heaven.

The so-called Heavenly Principle, as the master of the Great Dao of Heavenly Principle, his will is Heavenly Principle!

This fierce battle in the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, setting aside the overall interests of the Eastern King Sect, has seen the Wu family invest too much of their strength as both sides escalate the conflict. If they cannot achieve a satisfactory result and obtain substantial spoils, the Wu family, having suffered great losses, will find it difficult to maintain its position as one of the three giants of the Eastern King Sect in the future. This is clearly unacceptable to him.

Therefore, when Su Qing summoned the Five Virtues Qilin and unleashed the Light of Judgment to influence the battle, all the sects and cultivators were intimidated. They believed that with the Five Virtues Qilin's ancient ability to judge right and wrong and mediate disputes, this war, which even the Primordial Sect could not handle, would be quelled by Su Qing.

Wu Renxin, the party involved in the incident, still had no intention of stopping the war. He tried to go all the way down the wrong path, wanting to break the backbone of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom and make it a complete vassal of their Dongwang Sect. In the future, they would be able to take it at will. They also wanted to suppress the increasingly arrogant arrogance of the Tianyuan cultivation world in recent years and make them understand that even if Tianyuan were to recover, the salted fish would not be able to turn the tide. The people who are in charge of the cultivation world are still the powerful sects like their Dongwang Sect in the past, present, and future!
"The Five Virtues Qilin? It perished before the ancient demonic calamity. Its so-called flawless virtue is nothing but hearsay and unverified ancient legend. Its very existence is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so how can we expect it to distinguish truth from falsehood?"

"But I have upheld the principles of Heaven for many years. Heaven's course is constant; it does not exist for Yao, nor does it perish for Jie. By following the Way without wavering, the world cannot be harmed. Heaven has its predetermined order, which no one can defy. Today's battle is a battle in which my Eastern King Sect follows the principles of Heaven and maintains the order of Heaven. We must make this insubordinate Penglai Immortal Kingdom understand the distinction between superior and inferior!"

Wu Renxin's words enraged the cultivators from Penglai Immortal Kingdom and other Tianyuan sects. The Eastern King Sect regarded them as ants and dust, and did not care about their joys and sorrows. Today, they were determined to make them understand that even a salted fish can turn over!
The various sects and cultivators watching the battle also found Wu Renxin's words somewhat jarring. Although this was the law of the heavens in recent years, and everyone had conventionally followed the law of the jungle that the Eastern King Sect was currently practicing, hadn't the times changed? It was precisely the time to unite forces to deal with the evil demons. Even if you still thought that way in your heart, you had to pretend on the surface. Good heavens, you didn't even pretend anymore, which made it difficult for people to stand on your side.

Wu Renxin didn't care what they thought. His words just now weren't meant for them, but for the Dongwang Sect cultivators who were participating in the battle.

That Su Qing is despicable and shameless. He used the Five Virtues Qilin to employ dirty tricks to make the cultivators of the Eastern King Sect lose their Dao heart and their morale plummet. Since he wanted to continue this great battle, he naturally had to reverse this situation. Therefore, his words contained the principles of Heaven and Earth that he cultivated, which are to preserve Heaven and extinguish human desires. He wanted the cultivators of the Eastern King Sect not to be misled by petty virtues and righteousness, but to uphold the established rules of Heaven and Earth!

His words did indeed have an effect.

The cultivators of the Eastern King Sect have been beneficiaries of his system for years, and have long since come to believe in it without being influenced. Their momentary daze and instability of Dao heart were caused by the judgmental light of the Five Virtues Qilin Puppet, not by their own consciences suddenly awakening. At this moment, the judgmental light of the Five Virtues Qilin Puppet has been replaced by Wu Renxin's ruthless justice, and each of them is repeating their true nature, acting even more recklessly than before.

Seeing this, all the sects and cultivators were both angry and worried. In their view, it didn't matter whether the Eastern King Sect bowed down or the Penglai Immortal Kingdom gave in, or who was immoral or heartless. They only hoped that this great battle would end quickly so as not to affect the overall situation of resisting demons and disturb the peace of the heavens!
Therefore, before Su Qing arrived, they were angry that the Tianyuan cultivation world was ignorant and refused to surrender even though they knew they were no match for him. After Su Qing intervened forcefully with the Five Virtues Qilin, they were angry that the Dongwang Sect was ignorant of the bigger picture and insisted on fighting Su Qing to the death.
Slightly different from their emotions, Guangxian Tianjun felt a secret joy in addition to his anger at the Dongwang Sect's refusal to cease hostilities and his worries about the future situation of the heavens.

This secret joy wasn't because Su Qing was unable to mediate the dispute, unable to outdo their Yuanshi Sect, or unable to gain immense prestige as a result.

While the Yuanshi Sect didn't particularly want to see this outcome, they weren't overjoyed. The Yuanshi Sect members weren't so narrow-minded in their ambitions and aspirations. They would be happy to see anyone mediate this great war, as it would benefit all the myriad realms and all living beings. Even if that person was Su Qing, they would still accept it.

The unspeakable joy of the Heavenly Lord Guangxian was due to the fact that Wu Renxin had broken the judgmental aura of the Five Virtues Qilin.

According to his sect's records, the Five Virtues Qilin is an innate sacred beast. In its professional field of the Five Virtues, no one can surpass it. The judgment light it unleashes is something that even the ancient Heavenly Emperor and Human Emperor could not resist. If this Five Virtues Qilin that respects the newly appeared world is also like this, and has recognized Su Qing as its master, it is hard to imagine what kind of things Su Qing will do with this Five Virtues Qilin in the future. I'm afraid that even their Yuanshi Sect will not be able to compete with it in terms of righteousness and legitimacy.

But now that Wu Renxin could block the Five Virtues Qilin's methods, he, with the abilities of the Yuanshi Sect, could certainly handle it as well, and it was not as terrifying as the ancient Five Virtues Qilin he had imagined.

He didn't doubt the authenticity of the Five Virtues Qilin, because only the Five Virtues Qilin could wield that Judgment Aura; the real couldn't be faked, and the fake couldn't be made real. In his judgment, the reason the Five Virtues Qilin wasn't as powerful as the legends suggested was either because the ancient legends exaggerated it, or because the Five Virtues Qilin of the present world had weakened due to the changes in the Mountain and Sea Time and Space, especially the increasingly decadent human nature, and was no longer as powerful as before.

While everyone had their own thoughts, Su Qing, the master of the Five Virtues Qilin, remained neither surprised nor angry.

While others might not know, he knew that this Five Virtues Qilin Puppet was merely a puppet, not the ancient, innate, sacred beast manifested from the Five Virtues. It was normal that its strength was inferior to Wu Renxin, one of the top twenty or thirty people in the myriad realms, a master of the Innate Dao Integration realm. As for Wu Renxin and the Eastern King Sect's attitude, he was not angry. Having mastered the Five Virtues Qilin Puppet, he had already discerned through the Light of Judgment that these Eastern King Sect cultivators lacked any sense of righteousness, were driven solely by selfish desires, and were beyond redemption. Getting them to repent was extremely difficult.

"In the end, the cultivation world still has to be decided by force. If reasoning were effective, everyone wouldn't need to cultivate so hard."

This is an injustice, as everyone has already concluded through the Five Virtues Qilin. Since the Eastern King Sect remains incorrigible, for the sake of all living beings, I implore my fellow Daoists to lend me a hand and capture and kill this wicked villain who has disrupted the unity of our heavens!

Su Qing pointed a finger, carrying the weight of righteousness, and commanded the heroes, intending to invite all realms and sects to come down and capture and kill Wu Renxin, to use violence to stop violence, and to end war with war!
"Let's see who dares!"

Wu Renxin's hair and beard bristled, his eyes filled with threat as he scanned the various sects and cultivators. Those who met his gaze looked away uncomfortably. Only a handful of people, including the Three-Sheep Heavenly Lord, met his gaze without fear, but that was all.

Ultimately, the Eastern King Sect was powerful, and its innate Dao-merging cultivators were strong. It was not something that Su Qing could do with just a few words to get all the sects and cultivators to deal with such a powerful enemy!
Furthermore, even if the Five Virtues Qilin judged right and wrong, there were still sects and forces that turned a blind eye. Some of these sects and forces had always relied on the Eastern King Sect, using its reputation to roam freely throughout the myriad realms. Others shared the Eastern King Sect's ideology, believing that Heaven and Earth were ruthless and that all things were like straw dogs, and that Tianyuan cultivators were not worthy of enjoying the spiritual energy and should be relocated to enjoy it. These people would never have helped the Tianyuan cultivation world. If the Eastern King Sect's actions had not been disapproved of by the three major sects of the Dao lineage, such as the Yuanshi Sect, and if their rash intervention had not easily drawn the attention of the three major sects and Su Qing, they would all have been willing to serve the Eastern King Sect and deal with those Tianyuan cultivators.

Of course, given Su Qing's current prestige across the myriad realms, there are always some sects willing to fight alongside him, regardless of who their opponent is.

These sects include the Taiyi Sect, the Snail Emperor Sect, and the Peach Blossom Sect, whose relationships with him are ambiguous and who have long been marked with the Su family's mark. There are also sects like the Hongquan Sect of the Flying Goose Realm, which are captivated by his personal charm, martial prowess, or puppet power and are willing to bet on him to secure a future for themselves and their sects. There are also generous and righteous individuals who were inspired by his words and firmly believe that justice and public sentiment are more important than the heartless laws of heaven.

With many hands make light work. Wu Renxin hadn't expected Su Qing's influence in the myriad realms beyond the Tianyuan Realm to reach such a level. Although most of the sects supporting him were beneath his Eastern King Sect's notice, a few still required his careful attention. The Taiyi Sect had a seventh-tier Dao Lord, who, though an acquired Dao Lord, would be far more powerful than the Refining Void Heavenly Venerable once he merged with the Dao. The Snail Emperor Sect's foundation was even stronger than his Eastern King Sect's. It was only because they lacked business acumen that they were somewhat impoverished. However, the innate spiritual treasures and superior Dao techniques left behind by the Snail Emperor were not to be underestimated.

Moral judgment was irrelevant to Wu Renxin, but the force of his fists could not be ignored. The pressure from Su Qing, representing these sects, made Wu Renxin's situation somewhat difficult. After a moment's deliberation, he finally said:
"Heaven cherishes life, and this great war has caused immense suffering. I am deeply saddened by this. Considering the great cause of resisting the demons, which requires the unity of all sects, I am willing to show some magnanimity and make a slight concession. All I ask is that the Penglai Immortal Kingdom compensate my Eastern King Branch for the losses it has suffered and hand over the wicked Qinghe, who killed my Heavenly Venerable, to my sect for its own disposal. In return, I am willing to give Su Tianjun and all fellow Daoists face and cease hostilities."

And remember, my actions are not out of fear of you, but simply because the greater good is at stake, and I do not wish to embarrass myself further with you!

In Wu Renxin's view, Su Qing's biggest goal in coming here was to mediate this great war. He would never have such wishful thinking as destroying his Eastern King Sect. Now that he was willing to give him this great prestige and stop the war, he had already made a huge concession. In this way, he only had to pay the small price of having the Penglai Immortal Kingdom compensate him with some external resources and handing over Qinghe, who was not human and not of his kind. He had already made a great profit, so he should agree without hesitation.

But he was inhuman, analyzing the problem solely from the coldest perspective of self-interest, and judging Su Qing based on that. This was a huge mistake. Anyone who knew Su Qing knew that things were completely messed up!
"What was Old Wu thinking? Everyone knows Su Qing is extremely protective of her own, yet he still insisted on stabbing him in the back. It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned Qing He, because now that he has, Su Qing and he are definitely going to have a hard time getting along!"

"This isn't the attitude for discussing things! If you want to make peace with Su Qing, you should at least understand what kind of person he is, right? You may be inhumane, but does he have any humanity? Judging others by your own standards will only backfire!"

"Get ready, this battle won't end anytime soon. It's a head-on clash, and who knows how far it'll escalate!"

"Sigh, if only this Daoist Master Wu were a bit more mature and made a few more concessions, Su Qing would have accepted it. After all, given his current strength, Su Qing isn't very confident he can defeat the Eastern King Sect in a real fight. Even Wu Renxin, a mere Innate Daoist Master, is enough to give him a headache. So, if he were given a way out, he would have taken it. But Wu Renxin has laid nails on that way out, and Su Qing definitely doesn't want to step on it!"

Whether Su Qing is moral or not is still a question in the minds of all sects and cultivators, even with the Five Virtues Qilin as evidence. However, Su Qing's vindictiveness, protectiveness, and pettiness are deeply ingrained in their minds. After all, he had recently destroyed the Ziwei Sect, a major sect among the heavens, because of a dog.

If Wu Renxin still wanted Qinghe to hand over to such people, then there was no room for negotiation.

As all the sects and cultivators had predicted, after Wu Renxin's words, Su Qing's expression turned solemn. He stopped talking to him and instead used his divine sense to contact various parties. Soon after, the bloodshed within the Penglai Immortal Kingdom intensified, with even more unexpected entities intervening in the battle! (End of Chapter)