Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Although Bi Haixuan is like an old general on a stage, covered in flags, setting up flags again and again.

But he ultimately did not die.

The one who saved him was none other than the last hope of the demonic cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm, no, of all the heavens and myriad realms—the sect leader of the Desire Demon Sect, Shi Lijing, who bore the responsibility of rebuilding the glory of the demonic path!

Fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation have appeared in the Southern Frontier, and the Tianyuan Realm immediately organized a group of people to search for them.

Among them, the locals of Southern Xinjiang, especially the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom, the undisputed overlord of Southern Xinjiang, had the most people and the greatest influence.

The group from the Western Sea cultivation world, including the Desire Demon Sect, were fighting in a foreign land. Their intelligence, resources, and manpower were far inferior to those of the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom. Logically, they should have been just there to accompany the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom in the competition for the Creation Jade Butterfly Fragments. They should have voluntarily helped the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom and perhaps even gotten a share of the spoils when the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom obtained the Creation Jade Butterfly Fragments.

Shi Lijing initially thought the same way and had no interest in the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation.

He knew that this treasure had the ability to deduce Taoist techniques and perfect cultivation methods, which was of strategic significance to the inheritance of a Taoist lineage and the power of a sect.

But what the demonic sect lacks now is not cultivation techniques? There are countless ancient demonic classics passed down, far more than they can possibly learn. What the demonic sect lacks is people!

If we say that the most scarce resource in the era of the end of the Heavenly Yuan Dynasty is resources, then human life is worthless. In order to obtain precious materials and spiritual objects, human lives can be used to make up for them.

In this era of Tianyuan revival, resources are abundant and opportunities abound. The most valuable asset is talent. As long as new talents join the sect, they can grow into the backbone of the sect within a hundred or a thousand years by taking advantage of the Tianyuan revival.

Therefore, in recent years, the competition among the various sects of Tianyuan for cultivation talents has been much more intense than the competition for related resources.

In this kind of talent competition, the Desire Demon Sect is naturally at a disadvantage, having already lost most of the battle before it even begins.

It's not fair to blame the descendants of the demonic path for being incompetent; the blame lies with the ancient demonic predecessors who were utterly incompetent. The conflict between the Dao and the demonic path broke the backbone of the demonic cultivators, so now they dare not even speak loudly when competing with the orthodox Xuanmen sects for disciples.

In terms of strength and influence, the Demonic Sect is completely dominated by the Orthodox Xuanmen Sect in terms of public opinion. In terms of talent competition, the two sides are not even on the same level.

People are pragmatic. The families and parents of those aspiring cultivators all hope to send them to the orthodox sects of the Xuanmen, to cultivate in prestigious schools. If the three major sects of the Dao lineage are not an option, then it must be one of the great sects of the heavens. If that's not possible, at the very least, they can go to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, where they can at least make a living. At the very least, the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom, and the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom are also viable options. Unless one is mentally disturbed, who would give up a promising future to go to the infamous and fiercely competitive demonic sects for cultivation?
Without attracting talent, no amount of cultivation techniques or fragments of the Jade Butterfly of Creation can save the demonic path. Shi Lijing, who has been racking his brains lately trying to figure out how to turn the tide in the talent competition, really didn't want the Jade Butterfly of Creation fragment this time. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given up the Jade Butterfly of Creation fragment that was already in the Western Sea cultivation world and traveled thousands of miles to the Southern Frontier.

His idea was to find some seeds for spiritual cultivation along the way in southern Xinjiang!
The environment in the Southern Frontier is relatively isolated, and the prejudice against the Demonic Sect is not as great as that in the Western Sea cultivation world. If he can find a few promising talents here, his trip will not be in vain.

Therefore, while everyone else was frantically searching for fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation, Shi Lijing focused his attention on the talents of the demonic path.

"Is this the location of the Father-Son Alliance? According to previous intelligence, this is indeed the place."

Led by a Golden Core cultivator, people from sixteen kingdoms lived and thrived here. It was one of the few areas in the Southern Frontier not controlled by the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom, but now it was so desolate. "Birds have vanished from a thousand mountains, human tracks have disappeared from ten thousand paths—not a single soul is to be seen. How can we possibly find our demonic talent!"

Shi Lijing muttered to himself. Several years ago, Tong Chang had given him some pointers, saying that there was a demonic talent in the Southern Frontier Father-Son Alliance that he had been longing for. When he heard this, he couldn't contain himself and was eager to bring this demonic talent back to the Desire Demon Sect to cultivate and protect him carefully. However, the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom was too domineering and simply wouldn't allow him, a demonic master, to enter the country. No matter how much he pleaded, he was not given any face. So he endured until now. This time, he entered the Southern Frontier under the pretext of helping the Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom search for the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation, in an attempt to find that demonic talent.

Now, the Southern Frontier Allied Kingdom is in ruins, and the talented demonic cultivators he so longed for have probably turned into piles of bones, leaving him heartbroken and utterly helpless.

"Heaven does not favor my Demonic Sect. Is there really no hope for my Demonic Sect to rise again?"

Even with a steadfast Dao heart and profound respect for his master, he felt frustrated at this moment, thinking that the revival of the demonic sect might just be wishful thinking on his part. This world, this myriad beings, while hating evil spirits, also didn't have much goodwill towards demonic cultivators...

Just then, a white light flashed in the sky. With a flick of his sleeve, he caught it in his hand. A cool sensation spread through his palm, calming his wavering Dao heart. Upon seeing its crystal-like shape, he instantly understood what it was.

It is the very fragment of the Jade Butterfly of Creation that has haunted the dreams of countless people!

"After the darkest hour comes the dawn; life is full of surprises. If this is the will of Heaven, then it is not meant to destroy my demonic path!"

Shi Lijing clenched his fist in the back of his hand, his eyes narrowed, and he fled straight towards the depths of the Southern Frontier, a place that made countless cultivators tremble with fear, and also the direction from which the fragments of the Jade Butterfly of Creation came from.

He had a strong feeling that the person he was looking for was right there, and that the person was indeed a genius of the demonic path. Because he had not yet joined the demonic path, he was given this fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation. He had not even entered the path yet, but he had already made such a great contribution. If he had entered the path, what would have happened!
As a giant of the demonic path, he has received strong support from the various demonic sects and has enjoyed the respect due to the masters since the revival of the Heavenly Origin. His cultivation level is now vastly different from before. Although he is still at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and has not yet stepped into the threshold of the Void Refining Heavenly Monarch stage, his demonic sect techniques are already highly refined. The quantity and quality of the many demonic sect magic treasures he has refined are comparable to those of the true disciples of the three major sects of the Dao lineage. After all, the three major sects of the Dao lineage have many treasures, but they also have many people, so there are not enough to go around. On the other hand, the demonic sect has fewer treasures and fewer people, so they have plenty of treasures!

With lightning speed, Shi Lijing, riding on the Twelfth-Grade Netherworld Black Lotus, swept through the turbid mist and arrived at Bi Haixuan's battlefield in an instant, like a hurricane tornado.

What he saw before him filled him with astonishment and doubt.

It was different from what he had imagined—a story of heroes from the Demonic Sect bravely fighting against evil.

In his eyes, it was clearly a group of crazed demonic beasts killing each other.

But upon closer inspection, something seemed off.

Although the auras emanating from both of these demonic beasts carried a mad and nauseating quality unique to turbid air.

But it's obvious who's on the side of justice and who's on the side of evil. One side consists entirely of bizarre shapes, deliberately growing in an ugly and grotesque way—can that be a good thing? Absolutely ugly and bad!

On one side was sexy and graceful, yet holy and pure. Even a seasoned demonic cultivator like Shi Lijing, who had seen and experienced all sorts of things, was momentarily moved. How could this be a bad beast? It must be a poor thing that had gone astray and ingested turbid energy!

Shi Lijing is not a looks-obsessed person. As the leader of the demonic path in the present world, he has always been cautious in his actions. After observing the female beast for a long time, he made his final decision!
This is a Celestial Beast, not a demonic beast!

It was transformed from human cultivation, but it is unknown what kind of cultivation technique it practiced to be able to transform turbid energy for its own use and transform into such a perfect celestial maiden beast.

Shi Li was extremely respectful and certain that this person was the demonic talent he had been dreaming of. Look at this perfect celestial beast, even before it had cultivated any demonic charm techniques, it could already captivate and move people's hearts. If it were to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Great Art or the Desire Demon Heart Sutra of his demonic sect, wouldn't it bewitch all the innocent young men in the myriad realms? At that time, with it as the ambassador for the demonic path, would the demonic path still have to worry about attracting talent?

With his thoughts racing, the master, having reached a conclusion, immediately entered the room with respect.

With him here today, no one can harm this genius of the demonic path.

The Hundred Poisonous Serpent Beast could twist its head off and kick it like a ball. The Flower Poison Beast was most skilled at ruthlessly destroying flowers. With his abilities, killing that Vampire Beast would be a piece of cake.

However, the talented demonic cultivator wanted to take revenge himself, but Shi Lijing was afraid that he would overstep his bounds and anger the demonic cultivator. So he could only be careful and watch over him from the side, afraid that the blood-sucking demonic beast would hurt the demonic cultivator he was so concerned about.

The demonic prodigy he had placed high hopes for did not disappoint him. After fighting the vampire beast for hundreds of rounds, he finally condensed a holy arrow and killed it.

This sacred arrow filled Master Lijing with joy and delight, for it had a powerful effect in targeting and restraining evil spirits.

Such methods are extremely useful in today's world where evil is rampant.

One reason why Su Qing has such prestige in the Tianyuan Realm and even in all the myriad realms is that he is the only one in all the myriad realms who has the ability to create exorcising puppets to suppress evil spirits.

There aren't many ways to subdue demons, but now, the Demonic Sect has mastered one. In the future, they can use it as a brand and promote it extensively throughout the myriad realms so that the myriad realms will no longer underestimate our Demonic Path. No, we shouldn't promote it. Before its strength reaches a certain level, we should protect it to prevent it from being targeted by the demons or harmed by some treacherous villains who do not want the Demonic Path to prosper!
Before Angewomon even became his disciple, Master Lijing had already made arrangements for her to join the Demonic Sect.

When the fragrant celestial maiden beast transformed back into the filthy Bi Haixuan, Shi Lijing was both surprised and delighted.

Humans transforming into beasts, men into women—in other sects, this would be considered a grave offense; in their demonic sect, it would be considered a seed of demonic cultivation!
This means that he has reached the highest realm of demonic cultivators, where he can do whatever he wants, without sex or form. All the ethics, morals, theorems and rules of the mortal world are meaningless to him. This is the unrestrained and free Heavenly Demon!
"He is absolutely a one-in-a-million genius in the demonic path!"

Shi Lijing's eyes grew brighter, and he was about to descend from the clouds to take Bi Haixuan under his command.

But then Bi Haixuan raised his palm and struck his own crown!

Shi Lijing was shocked. Was this his skull? This was the skull of their Demonic Sect. No one was allowed to touch it, not even himself!

At the critical moment, Shi Lijing intervened and stopped Bi Haixuan.

When asked why he no longer wanted to live, he sadly replied:
"Fellow Daoist, why stop me? My death is nothing to regret. I was supported by the sixteen kingdoms of Southern Xinjiang, yet I failed to fulfill my duty to protect their land and people, resulting in the tragic deaths of hundreds of millions of lives in those kingdoms. This is my first death. I adopted over a thousand sons, only to have my own parents bury their children. This is my second death. Blinded by hatred, I went astray, disregarding the taboos of cultivation, and even inhaled impure energy to cultivate. This is my third death. I am burdened with countless sins and am already unacceptable to the world. I am not afraid of death. Having avenged this great grudge, I have no regrets. To live on in this world with this neither-male-nor-female, neither-human-nor-beast appearance is worse than death for me. Let me die, for death will bring me liberation!"

Bi Haixuan's words left Shi Lijing speechless for a long time. It had to be said that he was indeed quite miserable. If he had experienced the same thing, he certainly wouldn't want to live either. But for others, they could die whenever they wanted. There was no shortage of miserable people in this world. Even Shi Lijing had the misfortune of having a son who wasn't his own. If they couldn't bear the bitterness of life, they would just end it all and die. They, the demonic cultivators, were the most open-minded and would never do such a foolish thing as stopping someone from dying. But Bi Haixuan couldn't die. How could he face the seniors of the demonic path if a one-in-a-million demonic genius died in front of him?

He racked his brains, used his silver tongue and every trick in the book, and talked himself hoarse before he finally managed to persuade Bi Haixuan.

"Then I'll heed your advice and not die for now, but there's really no point in living!"

"The world is vast and full of wonders, with countless beautiful things. Once you join my Demonic Sect, we will have ways to help you find true happiness!"

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but what I seek and love is different from what others do!"

"I understand, I get it. We demonic cultivators all love to try things different; that's what makes it exciting!"

"Well, I'm glad you understand. Would you be willing to call me godfather? I love taking in adopted sons more than anything in my life. Only with adopted sons do I feel that my struggles have meaning and that my life has hope. Could you grant me this insignificant request?"

"If you do not reject me, I am willing to become your godfather!!!"

Shi Lijing wasn't sure if Bi Haixuan was deliberately taking advantage of him, but it didn't matter. As long as Bi Haixuan was willing to join the Desire Demon Sect and contribute to the great cause of the revival of the demonic path, it wouldn't matter if Shi Lijing personally lost a generation and suffered some grievances.

Thus, Shi Lijing, carrying his newly recognized adoptive father and the still-warm fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation, returned from the Southern Frontier laden with riches.

But the moment he returned to the Western Sea, all his joy vanished, for a great battle was breaking out in his Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom!

It was the fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly that had fallen into the Western Sea. It was obtained by a demon, and because Su Qing and Tong Chang sealed off the Tianyuan Realm, it couldn't be taken out. Forced into a corner, and unfortunately for them, it chose to hide within the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom. Ultimately, Su Qing, with his Golden Eye of Truth, discovered its whereabouts and led the Western Sea cultivation world in a fierce battle against a Heavenly Demon General hiding within its Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom! (End of Chapter)