Chapter 595: Jue Ying

After an immortal is killed and reborn, the memories he retains will only be those from before he crafted his life talisman.

To recover the memories after crafting the life talisman, the reborn immortal soul must reach a certain level of recovery, connect with the lost realm of comprehension, and only then can the memories be restored.

Hua Yuting had just been reborn and clearly had not yet regained his cultivation power.

Seeing the stranger in front of him, he felt puzzled and asked, “Friend, do we know each other?”

“Haha, of course we do! If we didn’t, why would I be here to pick you up? We are brothers! Come out quickly—I’ll take you to a great place to restore your cultivation,” Shui Miao, well aware of the confusion following rebirth, used a mix of persuasion and trickery to coax Hua Yuting out of the Jade Void Sect and head westward toward the desolate lands.

Along the way, Hua Yuting noticed they were heading west and curiously asked, “Brother, what should I call you? Where exactly are we going?”

“Hehe, most people just call me Master. We’re heading to the Binding Dragon Mountain in the west. Brother Hua, you probably don’t know yet— the war between the Immortals and Gods has already begun. You were killed by the Emperor Kunpeng. Now, the Ninth Heaven is still under Kunpeng’s rule. We must go to the desolate lands and join forces with the Dragon Clan to fight back into the Immortal Realm.” Shui Miao, taking advantage of Hua Yuting’s confused state after rebirth and his lack of knowledge, spouted nonsense freely, pulling off a grand deception.

“Eh!?”

Hua Yuting was completely baffled, “Master… that’s such a strange name…”

“Hehe, it is a bit. If you find it awkward, just call me ‘Master’ with one character.” Shui Miao rubbed his nose, secretly delighted.

“It’s fine, just a name after all…” Hua Yuting, still dazed and confused, had no idea that Shui Miao was deceiving him and taking advantage of him. “Master, can you tell me what’s going on in the Immortal Realm now? Why did Emperor Kunpeng kill me? And what Dragon Clan are you talking about… surely not the Thunder Dragon God of the Beast Clan?”

“Brother Hua, this is a long story. How about this—you relax and don’t resist, and I’ll connect our consciousnesses. I’ll transfer all my memories of what’s happened during this time to you.”

“That’s even better, saves us from going back and forth with questions.”

Without any suspicion, Hua Yuting immediately agreed.

Taking advantage of the moment, Shui Miao sealed Hua Yuting’s immortal soul into his spatial ring, then activated the Devil Heart Technique and the Dream Devil Heart Technique to enter Hua Yuting’s thoughts, hypnotizing him and effortlessly extracting his memories.

Hua Yuting had been tricked.

At this moment, he was like meat on Shui Miao’s chopping block, a helpless lamb awaiting slaughter.

Although only a reborn immortal soul, his memories were still rich and deep.

To fully understand Hua Yuting, Shui Miao pushed his flying shoes to their limit, rushing to the desolate, lifeless wilderness as quickly as possible. Then, hiding inside the Time Tower, he fully controlled Hua Yuting’s immortal soul and began to slowly and thoroughly read his memories.

It turned out that within the Jade Void Sect, Hua Yuting was merely a minor figure.

Compared to the entire Jade Void Sect, he was far too weak, barely more than a foot soldier.

Combining this information with what he already knew, Shui Miao deduced that Hua Yuting was merely a pawn being used by others.

His arrival at the Ninth Heaven was actually to stir up chaos, colluding with Emperor Kunpeng to gather the Ninth Heaven’s wealth and deliver it to the higher-level experts above. These experts would then use the wealth to forge treasures for the fierce battles in the war between Immortals and Gods.

Everything revolved around the war between Immortals and Gods.

The immortals in the lower heavens were essentially just sacrificial pawns.

Hua Yuting didn’t know much about the thousand-year-old female ghost. The deal with her had been entirely arranged by his son, Hua Tianxiong.

Hua Yuting looked down on the thousand-year-old ghost, considering her a minor figure. His main objective in coming to the Ninth Heaven was to court Emperor Kunpeng. He held all other sects and immortals in contempt, seeing them all as targets for elimination. As for the previous failure in the battle for treasures in the Realm of Rakshasas, Hua Yuting had always felt bitter about it. Unfortunately, he now bore a greater mission entrusted by his sect—to create chaos and gather wealth—and had no time to dwell on past failures.

Through Hua Yuting’s memories, Shui Miao also learned that the Emperor Kunpeng’s so-called tournament was actually a grand scheme. The plan was to lure powerful experts into a supreme treasure for a competition where they would kill each other. Meanwhile, Hua Yuting would lead a group of disguised experts to raid various sects, stealing pills and treasures to accumulate wealth.

Additionally, Hua Yuting had already gathered many crystals and forging materials inside his realm of comprehension. There were also numerous pills and various secret manuals on formations he had collected over the years.

In short, capturing Hua Yuting brought Shui Miao numerous benefits.

Immediately, Shui Miao began channeling spiritual energy to help the dazed Hua Yuting restore his cultivation.

In his confused state, Hua Yuting’s cultivation gradually improved, and he slowly reestablished a connection with his realm of comprehension…

Metals for forging, crystals, books, pills, immortal treasures—countless rare items—all were looted by Shui Miao. Finally, to completely eliminate Hua Yuting and leave no future threat, Shui Miao even placed a small-scale destruction immortal artifact inside Hua Yuting’s realm of comprehension. Then, he threw the dazed Hua Yuting into a desolate mountain and fled swiftly.

“Boom!”

The destruction artifact exploded inside the realm of comprehension, completely annihilating Hua Yuting’s immortal soul, and the mountain was instantly blown apart.

Shui Miao knew that Hua Yuting still had a life talisman hidden in the Jade Void Hua Mansion in the Sixth Heaven. However, with his realm of comprehension destroyed, even if Hua Yuting were to be reborn again and recover his cultivation, he would have to rebuild his realm of comprehension from scratch. There would be no way for him to threaten Shui Miao again.

“Haha!”

“Great! Finally, I have new materials. It’s time to forge a supreme protective talisman!”

Filled with joy, Shui Miao randomly chose a desolate mountain to hide in and began forging the ultimate Time Protection Talisman inside the Time Tower.

Ordinary protective treasures were made with very limited materials—thin layers, like iron armor. These treasures were lightweight, required little spiritual energy to activate, and didn’t hinder movement, but their durability was limited, with insufficient arrays for strong defense, making them prone to damage.

Now, Shui Miao planned to forge a supreme protective talisman using dozens, even hundreds of times more materials. It would be a talisman with overlapping arrays and the Five Elements nourishing each other, creating an unprecedented level of defense. Even if a Saint Artifact were to self-destruct nearby, this talisman would allow him to emerge unscathed.

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While Shui Miao was forging treasures using the materials looted from Hua Yuting,

In the Fate Talisman Palace of the Jade Void Hua Mansion in the Sixth Heaven, the last life talisman of Hua Yuting shattered.

Hong Xu Zhenren, the master of the Jade Void Hua Mansion and Hua Yuting’s master, who had been meditating in the Zhenyuan Palace, suddenly opened his eyes.

The grand gate of the Zhenyuan Palace flew open as a cold-faced woman in black robes rushed inside.

“Master, something terrible has happened! The last life talisman of Senior Brother Hua has exploded…”

“Jue Ying, I already know. It seems I underestimated our enemy. It’s not only our Jade Void Sect scheming for the Ninth Heaven—other sects are also involved. This matter concerns the life and death of our sect. My identity is special, so I cannot leave easily. I must send you to the Ninth Heaven in person.” Hong Xu extended his hand. “Come, take this Red Dust Protection Talisman from me. If you encounter a supreme expert, fight if you can, flee if you cannot…”

Hong Xu’s expression was filled with worry, but his gaze on Jue Ying was filled with deep affection and reluctance.

Jue Ying had a graceful figure and was extremely beautiful—Hong Xu’s most beloved disciple.

Looking at the Red Dust Protection Talisman in Hong Xu’s hand, Jue Ying hesitated, “Master, this Red Dust Talisman is a Saint Artifact. Although some of its arrays have been damaged, it is still your core treasure. If you give it to me, what will you use?”

“Jue Ying, your safety is my greatest concern!”

Hong Xu placed the Red Dust Talisman into Jue Ying’s hands, lowered his head with a sigh, waved his hand, and signaled her to leave.

Hearing her master’s words, Jue Ying suddenly knelt down, tears streaming down her face, “Master, I understand your feelings for me, but…”

“Say no more. Go—it is fate!”

With a wave of his hand, Hong Xu sent a surge of spiritual energy around Jue Ying, propelling her out of the Zhenyuan Palace.

“Master, I know your kindness, but I hate the many rules of the Immortal Realm that prevent me from staying by your side. If there is a next life, I would willingly become your ox or horse to repay your grace.” Taking a deep breath, Jue Ying left a few tears behind and immediately flew away, heading straight for the Ninth Heaven.

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“Great King, it was from this place that the loud explosion came!”

“Wow! What tremendous power! I clearly remember there was a mountain here, but now it’s nothing but dust…”

“Great King, with your profound cultivation, surely you can tell who was here?”

A massive army of beast clans appeared in the desolate wastelands, not far from where Shui Miao was hiding.

The “Great King” they referred to was none other than Hui De, the young dragon that Shui Miao had brought back from the Realm of Rakshasas.

Hui De had grown up and was no longer a juvenile dragon.

He had tamed countless beast clans and had become the new Beast King.

Hui De scanned the area coldly and ordered, “Search every inch of this land. Find any trace of whoever was here!”

“Yes…”

Thousands of beasts scattered in all directions.

Hui De sniffed the air and suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, “This seems like his scent… Could it be… he was killed!?”

The “he” in Hui De’s heart was naturally Shui Miao.

A sudden sense of loss filled Hui De’s heart.

After all, it was Shui Miao who had raised him.

“Damn it! How dare you die? You stole the Nuwa Stone that was rightfully mine, and I haven’t even taken it back yet—how dare you die!”

Hui De muttered to himself, his emotions rising, and even shedding two tears.

“Haha!”

“My ultimate protective artifact is finally complete!”

Suddenly, Shui Miao flew out from the Time Tower. Floating before him was a massive red sphere covered with intricate tortoiseshell patterns.

Filled with excitement, Shui Miao crushed numerous medicinal herbs, releasing medicinal energy, ready to awaken the artifact’s spirit.

“Damn! This bastard isn’t dead yet!”

Hui De sensed Shui Miao and felt an instant surge of joy, quickly wiping away his tears, “I knew it—this bastard isn’t that easy to kill.”

“Hmm?”

“Who’s there!?”

Shui Miao’s spiritual sense stirred, detecting Hui De. But then, he suddenly sensed another presence— a woman in black robes had appeared behind Hui De!