Chapter 367: The Threefold True Water

Ambush!

At this moment, the female ghost launched a surprise attack. If Shui Miao withdrew his immortal energy to defend himself, the evil spirit would escape.

The underground river was vast and labyrinthine, and recapturing the evil spirit would be extremely difficult.

Shui Miao was momentarily startled but did not withdraw his defenses, because he still had one last trump card—the stone tablet within his realm of consciousness. Thinking of the stone tablet, inspiration struck him: if he could move it out from his realm and use it as a weapon, wouldn’t battling demons and monsters become effortless?

But whether this was feasible was just a fleeting idea in Shui Miao’s mind.

Just as Shui Miao’s thoughts momentarily drifted, the evil spirit exerted all its strength to break through the encircling devouring spiritual force, creating a small gap as it prepared to escape. However, at that moment, the female ghost moved. She channeled her yin energy to its fullest, unleashing a desperate strike that forced the evil spirit back inside.

Regaining his focus, Shui Miao dared not let his mind wander again, concentrating all his energy on controlling the immortal and devouring forces to suppress the evil spirit.

“Apprentice, why? Why would you betray me?”

The evil spirit screamed hysterically, demanding answers.

The female ghost, eyes filled with murderous intent, roared back, “You despicable creature! Worse than pigs and dogs! You not only caused my death, but also imprisoned my soul here, forcing me into servitude and mockery. Did you really think I would obey you and save you? Die! I’ve been enduring all this time, waiting for my chance to take revenge. Today, finally, I will watch you slowly disintegrate and scatter into oblivion, and only then will my hatred ease!”

“You… you’ve hated me all along?”

The evil spirit hesitated, ceasing its struggle. It seemed genuinely shocked and deeply affected.

“Don’t give me that crap! Should I be grateful instead?” the female ghost screamed hysterically.

“Fine, fine! You’ve grown bold and capable. But don’t forget who gave you your powers. Everything you have was given by me. How dare you not only fail to repay me, but even harbor hatred toward me? You’ve wasted all my efforts to train you!”

After shouting this, the evil spirit suddenly laughed.

“Even at death’s door, you still have the nerve to laugh?”

The female ghost sensed something amiss and instinctively retreated a few meters.

“Hmph!”

Suddenly ceasing his laughter, the evil spirit roared, “You underestimate me too much! Did you really think I was so easily defeated? Don’t forget—I am the soul of the Ninth Netherworld! Although this kid’s cultivation method is unusual, completely absorbing and refining me won’t be easy. I only pretended to be weak to test your loyalty!”

“What!?”

The female ghost, clearly wary, flew backward again.

“It’s true—he was hiding his power!” Shui Miao sensed a sudden surge of immense energy from the evil spirit’s soul. He immediately tried to move the stone tablet from his realm of consciousness to destroy the evil spirit, but the tablet remained completely unmoved, unresponsive to his attempts.

“Hehehe! Scared now, aren’t you?”

The evil spirit fixed its evil eyes on Shui Miao, a gleam of tears forming in them. “Kid, your Daoist techniques are indeed amazing, but unfortunately, they’re strange rather than refined. You don’t even know how to use the basic Three Realms Sacred Fire. Do you really think you can destroy me? You’re nothing but a fool. Now, I’ll show you what I can really do!”

“Little brother, don’t look into his eyes—close your eyes quickly!”

Noticing something strange in Xie Lin’s gaze, the female ghost immediately shouted a warning to Shui Miao.

“Hahahaha! It’s already too late!”

The evil spirit laughed loudly. “Little brother, do you suddenly feel something moving inside your belly?”

Shui Miao’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. Indeed, he felt something stirring inside his stomach, growing larger by the moment.

“Hehehe! Allow me to proudly introduce this technique—it’s my own creation, combining the Three Realms Sacred Water with the Supreme Yin Arts. I call it the ‘Amorous Gaze Sacred Water.’ Hahaha! Pretty creative, right?” The evil spirit laughed triumphantly, clearly convinced of its victory.

His belly swelled larger and larger…

Water began to spill from his stomach—where it came from, no one knew.

Shui Miao couldn’t help but cough, spitting out some aquatic plants and a small fish!

Then, a massive surge of river water erupted from his mouth, as if his mouth had transformed into a giant faucet…

“What’s happening to Shui Miao?”

Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi both saw Shui Miao opening his mouth and spewing water.

However, the camera feed only showed Shui Miao with his mouth open, without any visible water.

This bizarre situation left Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi completely confused. They wanted to help but didn’t know how. Yet watching Shui Miao spewing water left them anxious and torn.

“Don’t worry—I’ll help you!”

The female ghost tried to channel her yin energy to assist Shui Miao, but was blocked by the immortal energy surrounding him, unable to get close.

“Hmph! Naive! The energy surrounding this little brother is pure immortal power—I can’t even break through it. You think you can? Although… hehehe, even if you could get close, what could you possibly do? You’re just too weak…”

The evil spirit arrogantly wagged its finger.

However, his words also revealed his current predicament—he still hadn’t managed to escape Shui Miao’s imprisonment.

Dividing his focus, Shui Miao guided the strange energy within his abdomen toward his realm of consciousness. When this water touched the stone tablet of defense within his realm, the tablet suddenly trembled, releasing a surge of Primordial Yellow Qi into Shui Miao’s body. Instantly, the abnormality within him was expelled.

“What! How… how is this possible? How did you do that?”

The evil spirit was stunned, its expression frozen.

Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi saw a flash of yellow light from Shui Miao’s body, and he returned to normal. Yet the camera still showed no sign of the yellow light.

The female ghost was also momentarily stunned, then overjoyed, pointing at the evil spirit and shouting, “See that? Your evil techniques are useless! Evil cannot overcome righteousness. Just wait for your death!”

At that moment, Shui Miao spoke, “Miss, stop wasting words on him. Tell me exactly how he performed that technique. I need to learn it—so I can use his own methods against him.”

Without a master’s guidance, Shui Miao had to rely on his own understanding. Though not lacking in intelligence or potential, he simply lacked the proper methods.

The female ghost hesitated slightly. She had spent a long time mastering the Three Realms Sacred Water herself, and now this young man wanted to learn and apply it immediately—it seemed incredible. Still, since he had asked, she couldn’t refuse. She nodded and began explaining, “Honestly, I don’t know if his technique is truly the Three Realms Sacred Water. What I do know is that he adapted it from the Three Realms Sacred Fire. The Three Realms Sacred Fire consists of three internal fires: the fire of focused gaze, the fire of intent, and the fire of energy movement. When these three fires are combined with intense focus and sustained gaze, it’s called Martial Fire. When the intent is relaxed and vague, it’s called Civil Fire. He inverted this principle, combining three internal waters of the human body with earth-water, stone-water, and river-water, attacking you using the Martial Fire method. And that ridiculous ‘Amorous Gaze’ nonsense? Pure nonsense!”

“I understand now!”

Shui Miao closed his eyes, entering his realm of consciousness, and began gathering various types of water from his dantian. Then, suddenly opening his eyes, he locked his gaze firmly on the evil spirit…

The evil spirit felt extremely uncomfortable under Shui Miao’s stare, its lips twitching slightly. “Kid, do you think you’re a genius? Trying to use my own technique against me? You’re just daydreaming… Wait, what is this?”

Ambush!

The female ghost chose this moment to launch a sneak attack. If Shui Miao were to withdraw his immortal power to defend himself, the evil spirit would surely escape.

The underground river was vast and interconnected like a sprawling network. Once the evil spirit fled into its depths, how incredibly difficult would it be to capture it again?

Shui Miao was only briefly stunned but did not withdraw his immortal power for defense. He still had one last ace up his sleeve—the stone tablet within his mental realm. The thought of it sparked an idea: What if he could summon the stone tablet as a weapon? Wouldn’t that make dealing with demons and monsters effortless from then on?

Whether it was even possible to summon the stone tablet was merely a fleeting thought.

Just as his mind wandered, the evil spirit mustered all its strength to break through, tearing a small opening in the encirclement of soul-devouring power and nearly escaping. But at that very moment, the female ghost moved. Channeling all her dark energy, she struck with everything she had, forcing the evil spirit back inside.

Snapping back to attention, Shui Miao dared not let his thoughts drift further. He focused entirely on controlling his immortal and soul-devouring powers to suppress the evil spirit.

“Disciple, why? Why betray me?” the evil spirit screamed hysterically, its voice filled with rage.

The female ghost glared with murderous intent and retorted sharply, “You beast! Worse than an animal! Not only did you kill me, but you also imprisoned my soul here for your amusement and commands. Did you really think I would obey you and save you? Go to hell! I’ve been biding my time, waiting for a chance to take revenge. Today, that chance has finally come. I want to watch you slowly fade into nothingness—only then will the hatred in my heart be avenged!”

“You… you’ve always hated me?” The evil spirit paused, seemingly shocked and caught off guard.

The female ghost screamed furiously, “What absolute nonsense! Should I be grateful to you instead?”

“Fine, fine, fine! You’ve grown wings and become capable. Have you forgotten who gave you your powers? Everything you have, I gave you! Instead of repaying me, you resent me? What a waste of all my teachings!” After this emotional outburst, the evil spirit suddenly laughed.

“You’re laughing even at death’s door?” The female ghost sensed something amiss and instinctively retreated several meters.

“Hmph!” The evil spirit abruptly stopped laughing and shouted, “You underestimate me. Did you really think I’m so weak? Don’t forget, I am a soul of the Nine Netherworlds. Although this kid’s techniques are unusual, it won’t be so easy for him to devour and refine me. I pretended to be weak to test your loyalty!”

“What?!” The female ghost seemed deeply alarmed and flew backward again.

“Not good—he’s been hiding his strength!” Sensing a peculiar and powerful energy erupting from the evil spirit’s soul, Shui Miao tried to summon the stone tablet from his mental realm to destroy the evil spirit. But the stone tablet remained motionless, impossible to summon.

“Hehe, scared now?” The evil spirit’s sinister eyes fixed intently on Shui Miao, a glimmer of tears appearing. “Kid, your techniques are indeed mystical, but it’s a pity they’re unconventional and unrefined. You don’t even know how to use the simplest Samadhi True Fire, yet you dare try to destroy me? You’re overestimating yourself. Now, let me show you what I’m capable of!”

“Young man, don’t look into its eyes! Close them quickly!” The female ghost, noticing the strange glint in the evil spirit’s eyes, realized what was about to happen and urgently warned Shui Miao.

“Hahaha! Too late!” The evil spirit laughed triumphantly. “Young man, do you suddenly feel something moving inside your stomach?”

Shui Miao’s eyebrows twitched. He indeed felt something stirring in his abdomen, growing larger and larger.

“Hehe, allow me to proudly introduce my own creation—a unique move combining Samadhi True Water with Profound Yin techniques. I call it ‘Flirtatious Glance True Water.’ Quite innovative, don’t you think?” The evil spirit laughed arrogantly, seemingly confident of its victory and Shui Miao’s impending doom.

Shui Miao’s stomach continued to swell…

Large amounts of water gushed out from within him, though it was unclear where it came from. He couldn’t help but vomit, spewing out seaweed and a small fish!

Then, torrents of river water surged from his mouth, as if it had become a massive faucet…

“What’s happening to Shui Miao?” Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi watched in shock as water gushed from Shui Miao’s mouth.

Yet, on the camera screen, Shui Miao was only shown with his mouth open—no water was visible.

This bizarre situation left Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi utterly bewildered. They wanted to help but had no idea how. Standing by idly while Shui Miao seemed to be in distress filled them with anxiety and helplessness.

“Don’t be afraid, I’ll help you!” The female ghost channeled her dark energy to assist Shui Miao but was repelled by the immortal power surrounding him, unable to get close.

“Hmph! How naive. The energy surrounding this young man is immortal power. Even I can’t break free from it—what makes you think you can get near him? But… hehe, even if you could, what would you do? You’re far too weak…” The evil spirit shook its finger arrogantly.

However, its words also revealed its current predicament—it still hadn’t managed to break free from Shui Miao’s constraints.

Shui Miao divided his focus, channeling his immortal power to guide the strange water energy into his mental realm. When this energy came into contact with the stone tablet of defensive principles, the tablet trembled and emitted a mysterious yellow energy that flowed into Shui Miao’s body, instantly purging the abnormality.

“What?! How… how is this possible? How did you do that?” The evil spirit was stunned, its expression frozen in disbelief.

Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi saw a yellow light flash around Shui Miao, and he returned to normal. Yet, on the camera, no yellow light appeared.

The female ghost was also taken aback but soon overjoyed. Pointing at the evil spirit, she laughed, “See? Your evil techniques are useless. Evil will never prevail over righteousness. Just wait for your doom…”

At that moment, Shui Miao spoke, “Miss, no need to waste words on it. Tell me how it executed that move. I want to repay it in kind.”

Without a master to teach him, Shui Miao relied on his own comprehension. He was intelligent and had great potential—all he lacked was guidance.

The female ghost was slightly taken aback. It had taken her a long time to learn Samadhi True Water, and now this young man wanted to learn and use it on the spot. It seemed unbelievable, but since he asked, she saw no reason to refuse. She nodded and explained, “To be honest, I’m not sure if its move is truly Samadhi True Water. I only know it evolved from the principles of Samadhi True Fire. Samadhi True Fire involves three fires within the human body: the fire of gaze, the fire of intent, and the fire of breath. Combining these three fires with intense focus and unwavering attention is called ‘Martial Fire’; applying them with a light, almost imperceptible touch is called ‘Civil Fire.’ What it did was reverse the process, combining three types of water within the body—earth water, stone water, and water within water—and attacking you with the ‘Martial Fire’ method. As for its so-called ‘Flirtatious Glance,’ that was nothing but nonsense and lies.”

“So that’s how it is. I understand now!” Shui Miao closed his eyes and, using his mental realm, gathered waters of various attributes from his dantian. Then, he suddenly opened his eyes and fixed an intense gaze on the evil spirit…

Uncomfortable under Shui Miao’s stare, the evil spirit’s lips twitched. “Kid, do you think you’re a genius? Trying to use my own move against me? You’re daydreaming… Huh? What is this?”

Mid-sentence, the evil spirit suddenly saw a multicolored water droplet materialize right before its eyes!