The battlefield of immortals and demons, an ancient relic.
What would this ancient and solemn place look like?
After so many years, what kind of treasures might still be hidden there?
Following Shui Tianyi, Shui Miao flew swiftly through the air, heading toward the battlefield of immortals and demons.
Along the way, Shui Miao multitasked, beginning to forge a new holy artifact inside the Tower of Time—a tool for swift travel.
Since the journey was long, their speed seemed painfully slow.
Previously crafted flying shoes and such no longer met Shui Miao’s current needs.
Moreover, as they ventured deeper into the immortal-demon realm, they might encounter all sorts of dangers, so forging a perfect holy artifact was necessary.
When the artifact was completed and Shui Miao began to awaken its spirit, Shui Tianyi suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
“Brother, why are you awakening its spirit here? This isn’t the Immortal Realm, it’s the Immortal-Demon Realm. I’ve heard that you won’t receive the blessing of the Emperor’s energy here…”
Of course, this was just something Shui Tianyi had heard.
“It’s fine. If it doesn’t work, I can just melt it down and forge it again,” Shui Miao replied calmly. In his heart, he thought this was an opportunity—after all, hearsay was just hearsay; only through personal experience could one know the truth.
Only then did Shui Tianyi recall that Shui Miao was an artifact forger.
The process of awakening the spirit remained unchanged, but the result was just as Shui Tianyi had said—the artifact failed to awaken its spirit, its quality plummeting to produce merely a supreme-grade immortal artifact!
It didn’t even reach the level of a supreme treasure!
Shui Miao realized that the environment was truly crucial for awakening an artifact’s spirit.
However, Shui Miao wasn’t discouraged. He melted the artifact down again and reforged it into a nether artifact to attempt spirit awakening once more.
The environment here was similar to the Realm of Rakshasa. Shui Miao thought perhaps he could receive the Emperor’s energy from the nether god?
Trying leads to understanding reality.
Failure is merely the accumulation toward success.
Yet again, the result was failure—the nether artifact also failed to awaken its spirit, and its quality worsened.
“How strange! Why is the artifact’s quality getting worse?”
Shui Miao murmured in confusion.
Upon hearing this, Shui Tianyi couldn’t help but sigh, “That’s only natural, because we’ve ventured deeper into the Immortal-Demon Realm. In a place like this, all the energies are sinister and negative. The deeper we go, the more we immortals will be suppressed—our spiritual senses, the power of our immortal energy, everything will be weakened. That’s why, under normal circumstances, immortals can only reach as far as the battlefield of immortals. But this time might be different—we have the Little Chessboard Killing Formation to protect us. Perhaps we can go even deeper and discover some rare treasures.”
“Rare treasures? Won’t the demon spirits of the Immortal-Demon Realm take them?”
Shui Miao was very puzzled.
Shui Tianyi gently shook her head with great patience. “No. The treasures we value are seen as trash by them, and the treasures they value are also trash in our eyes.”
“I see…”
Shui Miao nodded as if he understood, though he only grasped the general idea—that treasures were relative to the perspectives of immortals and demons.
At this point, Shui Miao stopped talking and focused solely on moving forward.
After about an hour and a half of continuous flight, the two arrived at a region shrouded in toxic mist, where yin energy was extremely heavy. At a glance, it reminded Shui Miao of the Yellow Spring Swamp—a place utterly devoid of life, filled with a suffocating atmosphere of death. Within the colorful toxic mists, one could vaguely see various mountain peaks and giant stones that appeared to have been sliced and sharpened by some colossal blade. One couldn’t help but wonder what kind of battle this terrifying place had witnessed and what terrifying things might be hidden beyond those mountains.
Mysterious, terrifying, tense, yet thrilling—these complex emotions mixed together, making one feel deeply uneasy.
Shui Miao tried to spread his spiritual awareness but could only sense an area within a hundred meters.
Shui Tianyi was also scanning the surroundings.
To enhance his perception, Shui Miao summoned the power of all his artifact spirits. This time, he successfully sensed the area within a five-mile radius.
Within this five-mile radius, everything was eerily silent—no signs of life. Scattered everywhere were many broken artifacts, all sharing a common feature: they were extremely large. The toxic gas in this area originated from a massive emerald-green pill cauldron, two-thirds of which had been severed by some sharp blade. The remaining third still contained some undamaged formations that continued to generate large amounts of toxic gas.
Of course, there were many other broken artifacts and incomplete formations in the area, still emitting residual energies.
Within a few miles of the area, there were no treasures left—those broken artifacts were now just empty shells.
However, many of these incomplete artifacts were treasures to Shui Miao, as they were all forged from Tianyuan stones—refined forging materials. As long as they were melted down again, they could be forged into holy artifacts.
“Come on, it’s temporarily safe. Let’s quietly go ahead and take a look…”
Shui Tianyi lowered her voice, grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, and flew forward.
Shui Tianyi had been here before. She had obtained the Hongyu Chessboard Formation Chart here and taken away some broken artifacts, which she later refined into forging materials. Thus, a large portion of her forging materials came from this place.
However, she could only sense an area within a hundred meters.
She didn’t know that Shui Miao, by summoning the power of his artifact spirits, could sense an area within five miles.
Shui Miao, sensing the surroundings, followed closely behind Shui Tianyi.
Flying through the sinister toxic mist for more than ten minutes, covering a distance of over ten miles, Shui Tianyi led Shui Miao to the front of a ruined palace and softly transmitted her thoughts: “I discovered the Hongyu Chessboard Formation Chart inside this ruin. I’ve already explored it thoroughly—there are no more artifacts left here. I’ve never gone deeper.”
Shui Miao sensed that going deeper led to a massive ruined immortal city, half-buried underground. This palace was merely a part of that city. However, the city concealed many dangerous formations that could be triggered at any moment.
“Sister, follow me. Ahead lies an immortal city. There must be treasures inside. I’m quite familiar with the formations here—we can sneak in.”
After sensing for a moment, Shui Miao grabbed Shui Tianyi’s hand and flew forward.
Only at this moment did Shui Tianyi suddenly realize that it had always been Shui Miao protecting her, not the other way around.
After several twists and turns, Shui Miao led Shui Tianyi into a grand palace within the immortal city.
Deep inside the palace, everything remained intact.
However, the yin and toxic energies were overwhelming. Without profound cultivation and powerful artifacts, one couldn’t possibly survive in such a place.
Shui Miao’s mind stirred, and he activated his Purple Fortune Qi, dispersing the sinister and toxic energies within the hall, restoring clarity and purity to the grand chamber.
“Brother, you’re truly amazing!” Seeing the abundant Purple Fortune Qi, Shui Tianyi was greatly astonished. “How can you have so much Purple Fortune Qi? Isn’t this too wasteful?”
“No worries. I cultivate Yin-Yang and the Five Elements’ energy. I can use formations to generate large amounts of Purple Fortune Qi,” Shui Miao replied, glancing around before walking toward a jade cabinet…
Shui Tianyi suddenly understood. “I get it now! No wonder you can forge supreme-grade holy artifacts so effortlessly—it’s all thanks to the Purple Fortune Qi!”
“Mm…”
Shui Miao casually nodded, then reached out and opened the cabinet door. Inside, he found some broken formation manuals, severely corroded by the sinister toxic energy.
With a sweep of his spiritual awareness, Shui Miao discovered that these formations were unknown to him, unlike anything he had ever encountered. Immediately, he closed his eyes and memorized the incomplete formations, then began calculating and supplementing them, simulating them within his spiritual realm.
“Ah!”
Moments later, Shui Miao suddenly exclaimed, “So that’s how it is!”
“Shui Miao, what are you talking about?”
Shui Tianyi, who had been intently looking elsewhere, was startled by his sudden exclamation.
Shui Miao quickly responded, “The formations I saw at the Forging Bureau—what they call ‘advanced formations’ are actually just intermediate ones. The heavenly court must still be hiding many true advanced formations. These few manuals on Tianyuan Defense Shields are genuine advanced formations. They’re so profound—I’ve struck gold this time!”
Overjoyed and surprised, Shui Miao realized that compared to the formations he had previously learned, these advanced formations were like comparing basic arithmetic to advanced mathematics.
“Really? That’s great! There are many formation manuals here…”
Shui Tianyi also discovered many cabinets in other rooms. Fortunately, this was a secret chamber storing formation manuals.
“Let me check…”
Shui Miao spread his spiritual awareness and scanned the other rooms, discovering that all the cabinets contained formation manuals.
There were many—over a thousand manuals!
“These treasures are all mine now…”
Excited, Shui Miao quickly activated his spiritual energy, absorbing both the jade cabinets and their contents into his spiritual world.
This was truly a massive haul!
Just obtaining these manuals alone made Shui Miao feel deeply satisfied.
“I’ll go check other places…”
Shui Tianyi, her eyes gleaming with excitement, eagerly darted toward other palaces.
Shui Miao had found treasures, and she was thrilled, but she wanted even more to find treasures herself.
Shui Miao quickly condensed his Purple Fortune Qi into a protective shield and followed Shui Tianyi to other palaces.
This immortal city contained several grand palaces.
After rushing into one palace, Shui Tianyi found it completely empty, as if it had been looted long ago.
“Sister, don’t rush. There must be more treasures. I think the useful things have already been taken. These formations are hard for many to understand, so they remained. We can go deeper and take a look,” Shui Miao expanded his spiritual awareness and sensed that there were no more treasures within a five-mile radius.
“Yeah, the last time I came here, I only found some formation blueprints. If I had known this earlier, I would have learned forging.”
Shui Tianyi was reluctant, pouting like a wronged little girl.
Who would have thought that the Holy Mother could be so cute and adorable!
Seeing Shui Tianyi’s restless and frustrated expression, Shui Miao suddenly found her beautiful and endearing, feeling an urge to hold her in his arms and cherish her dearly…
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