What kind of path is this?
This is obviously an impossible task!
To bring the dead back to life, Shui Miao honestly didn’t possess such extraordinary ability. If even Luo Tong couldn’t accomplish it, how could he possibly manage?
Clearly, only the first path seemed somewhat feasible.
Yet Shui Miao sensed a conspiracy; he felt the question itself was suspicious.
Even without considering deeper implications, Shui Miao absolutely refused to kill Bufa.
“Senior, no matter what, I will never take the first path. I have my own principles and stance in life. To kill someone who has helped me? I absolutely cannot do it. As for the path of reviving you using formations… I admit I lack the capability. If you wish to kill me, Senior, then just do it. With sixteen years of understanding, I will die without regrets.”
Shui Miao spoke from his heart.
The old man looked at Shui Miao with confusion and said, “You’d rather die than kill someone else. Don’t you realize this is foolish behavior?”
“Senior, there’s no need to say more. If you wish to kill me, just do it.” Shui Miao was determined, unwilling to betray his friends at any cost.
Hearing this, the old man stroked his beard, his eyebrows twitching. “Well, killing you outright would indeed be a pity. However, with your comprehension ability, you might still grasp some mysteries of formations, and perhaps even succeed in reviving my corpse. Alright then, I shall now pass on to you some profound knowledge of formations. Listen carefully and contemplate deeply. Once you’ve revived my corpse in the future, I will then impart to you all my abilities without reservation.”
The old man patted Shui Miao’s shoulder. Instantly, Shui Miao felt dizzy and dazed, as though countless pieces of information had been forcefully implanted into his mind.
Then, the old man vanished in a flash.
Shui Miao immediately sat down to meditate, circulating his spiritual energy and reaching out to Bai Feng inside the Spirit Pearl, asking for some pills to assist his cultivation.
Each formation of Luo Tong’s was extremely complex.
He had crammed 9,999 formations into Shui Miao’s mind all at once, nearly causing his head to burst from the overload.
Shui Miao spent many days enhancing his spiritual power. Once the dizziness subsided, he immediately began visualizing and practicing the formations within his consciousness.
These 9,999 formations were divided into three major categories, each containing 3,333 formations: Immortal Formation (Xian Zhen), Human Formation (Ren Zhen), and Ghost Formation (Gui Zhen).
The Immortal Formation was set by immortals or using immortal artifacts and treasures.
The Human Formation was set by humans, using the energies of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.
The Ghost Formation, as the name suggested, was set by ghosts and artifacts from the Netherworld.
With the complete knowledge of these three formation systems, Shui Miao entered a prolonged period of meditation and practice.
Time passed swiftly.
Within the Time Tower, secretly manipulated by Bufa, time accelerated rapidly. While only a single day had passed outside, a hundred years had already elapsed inside the tower.
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Treasure Vault of the Twelve Palaces of Wuyin Mountain
At the entrance of the Jiuyin Formation on the eleventh level, a large group of dwarves were observing the formation.
Bu Yi sat on a wheelchair, carefully studying the dense waves of Yin energy within the Jiuyin Formation…
After a long while, Bu Yi couldn’t help but shake his head in admiration. “Indeed, Luo Tong is an extremely rare formation master among the Three Realms. The mysteries of this Jiuyin Formation far exceed my imagination. I truly can’t think of a perfect way to break through it.”
“Master Brother, even if we can’t find a perfect solution, we must still break through! Shui Miao has been captured by a fragment of Luo Tong’s Yuan Shen. He is the hope for our dwarven clan’s revival. We’ve already been working hard for almost two months here—we can’t give up now after coming this far!” Bufa anxiously spoke, deeply worried about Shui Miao’s capture.
Since Bu Yi had led the dwarven experts here and painstakingly reached this eleventh level of the formation, with the twelfth level right before them, how could they easily give up? Moreover, after learning from Bu Yi about the mysterious figure who had saved him during the previous heavenly war, Bufa became even more convinced that Shui Miao might be the reincarnation of that enigmatic figure.
In fact, after discovering that Shui Miao also possessed Soul Devouring Power, Bu Yi himself had begun to suspect that Shui Miao might indeed be the reincarnation of that mysterious savior from the last heavenly war.
“Fine! All of you, enter my Qiankun Magic Pearl. I will use three supreme immortal artifacts to self-destruct and destroy this formation.”
To rescue Shui Miao, Bu Yi was willing to go all out, even at the cost of his most precious treasures.
Supreme immortal artifacts—these were treasures that even Immortal Emperors could only dream of possessing.
Throughout their entire history, the dwarves had only ever possessed five peerless immortal artifacts and one supreme treasure, Bu Yi, which had recently been completed.
Now, in order to break through the formation, he was willing to sacrifice three supreme immortal artifacts—an astonishing and momentous decision.
Upon hearing this, all the dwarves were shocked.
The reason Bu Yi was doing this was entirely due to the mysterious figure who had saved him during the previous heavenly war.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Wuyin Mountain trembled violently. The entire range of mountains within a radius of ten thousand li shook, countless souls instantly shattered by the shockwaves.
The explosion of three supreme immortal artifacts unleashed unimaginable power.
When the dust finally settled, the entire peak of Wuyin Mountain was gone, with dozens of nearby mountains reduced to barren hills.
Looking at the eleventh level Jiuyin Formation, it was now completely destroyed, in ruins, with Yin energy scattered everywhere.
Bu Yi flew back down from the sky, activated his magical treasure to clear away the dust, and rushed into the entrance of the twelfth-level treasure vault.
“Eh…?”
Seeing the twelfth-level treasure vault, Bu Yi was immediately stunned.
Bufa also hurried over. Upon seeing the twelfth-level vault, he immediately cried out in disbelief, “How is this possible? Why is this happening? Could it be… did we make a mistake?”
The twelfth-level treasure vault looked exactly the same as the eleventh.
“Don’t panic, let me take a closer look first!”
Bu Yi broke into a cold sweat. Concentrating intently on the formation for a while, he exclaimed in astonishment, “Incredible! This must be the legendary Shiyin Kunyuan Formation. Even a Supreme Being might struggle to break it! This is beyond belief. This ancient, long-lost legendary formation has actually been set by Luo Tong. Fortunately, Luo Tong is already dead. Otherwise, even a Supreme Being wouldn’t stand a chance against him!”
Looking at the formation, Bu Yi felt like a small old man from the countryside suddenly seeing a skyscraper for the first time.
It was an overwhelming, absolute震撼! → It was an overwhelming, absolutely震撼ing experience!
（Note: 根据上下文，“震撼”在英文中通常翻译为 “shock”, “impact”, 或 “awe”，具体用词需视语境而定。若想保留“震撼”作为强调，可以使用创造性的表达，例如 “absolutely震撼ing” 或 “absolutely mind-blowing”。如需更准确的翻译，请提供更多上下文。）
若目标是让句子更自然的英文表达，可考虑：
**It was an overwhelming, absolutely mind-blowing experience!**
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Inside the stone cave
Shui Miao was startled by a loud explosion, snapping him out of his meditation.
“What on earth is happening?”
Shui Miao was extremely shocked. Instinctively, he circulated his spiritual energy to prepare for danger, only to suddenly realize that he could now control his spiritual energy again, and even use his Soul Devouring Power.
The explosion of Bu Yi’s three supreme immortal artifacts unleashed immense destructive power, not only obliterating half a mountain and shattering the eleventh level’s Jiuyin Formation, but also damaging some formations within the cave beneath the Twelve Palaces Treasure Vault.
Due to the damage to these formations, Shui Miao was finally able to regain control of his body.
Shui Miao immediately spread out his divine consciousness to sense his surroundings.
Because Luo Tong’s Yuan Shen had altered the Time Tower’s time-speed ratio, one day outside equaled one hundred years inside the tower. Now, two months had passed outside, meaning Shui Miao had spent six thousand years inside the tower studying formations! During these six thousand years, his mastery of formations had reached an unparalleled peak. Simultaneously, his cultivation power and Soul Devouring Power had also advanced to an extremely terrifying level.
“Damn it! Have these dwarves gone mad? How could they do something so insane? Using three supreme immortal artifacts to destroy our formation! Who exactly is this Shui Miao to them… No, not good! Shui Miao has sensed me! My plan… Oh no! I might have been raising a tiger only to bring about my own doom!”
Feeling Shui Miao’s powerful presence, this fragment of Luo Tong’s Yuan Shen immediately panicked.
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