Shui Miao immediately divided his focus, channeling the essence of the Nuwa Stone from his spiritual realm into the Spirit Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his spiritual realm, he noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s essence had already seeped into the soil of the realm planet, infusing it with waves of unique vitality. This energy was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit creatures, causing their appearances to gradually resemble those of humans.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone composed of, and why was it so potent?
Shui Miao was deeply curious and suspected that the Nuwa Stone might be a form of primordial energy beyond the traditional yin-yang and five elements.
As thoughts raced through his mind, Shui Miao formed a bold hypothesis: perhaps there existed an unknown primordial energy in the universe, separate from the yin-yang and five elements. This energy might have been entirely absorbed by ancient cultivators, with the Nuwa Stone being one of the few remaining sources. That would explain its ability to make the tree spirits resemble humans more closely.
Shui Miao absorbed some of this unique primordial energy into his dantian and began cultivating.
However, he soon discovered that this energy seemed to offer little benefit, producing no noticeable changes or enhancements in his dantian.
As he dove deeper into the depths of the Luosha Sea, the pressure became staggering, the yin and evil energies more terrifying. Many giant deep-sea beasts appeared within Shui Miao’s perception range.
Shui Miao felt pressure, but the three Immortal Sovereigns felt even more.
These three were Immortal Sovereigns from the Immortal Realm, their auras primarily based on yang energy. In the extremely yin and frigid depths of the Luosha Sea, they were increasingly enveloped by dense, evil yin energy, causing their immortal power to deplete rapidly. Due to the mutual suppression between yin and yang, their pressure was not only equal to Shui Miao’s—it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? Why can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Luosha Sea monster?”
“I can’t be certain, but if he has a connection with Luotong, he’s definitely not just a simple Luosha Sea monster. No matter how deep he dives, we’ll follow him down.”
“Fine! Then let’s play with him a bit!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt uneasy. He didn’t know what the Feathering Immortal Sovereign had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since the other insisted on pursuing, he naturally couldn’t show weakness.
“Haha!”
“Great! The essence of the Nuwa Stone indeed strengthens treasures. Now that the Spirit Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time, I’ll play with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts flickered, he sensed the Spirit Pearl undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s essence.
This transformation was like adding steel to iron, or reinforcing soil with steel and concrete.
“It’s just a shame I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could refine the Spirit Pearl simultaneously, adding a Time Formation to make it faster than the Unrelenting Blade, and then I wouldn’t fear them. Oh, right! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon—maybe I should place it inside the Time Pagoda to reverse time and grow it quickly, so it can produce blood!”
I’m so brilliant, hahaha!
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Pagoda and transferred the newly hatched young dragon into it.
Operating the冥器 underwater and activating the Time Pagoda each consumed vast amounts of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some reserves of spirit stones within the Spirit Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao was fleeing, he suddenly noticed that Hua Yuting and the Feathering Immortal Sovereign had abruptly accelerated, seemingly attempting to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao had already reached his maximum speed.
You want to intercept me? Not so easy! I’ve obtained a large number of spirit artifacts from the Ten Yin Kun Yuan Formation. I’ll use them to obliterate these two bastards! In a desperate move, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two spirit artifacts and, with a mere thought, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and the Feathering Immortal Sovereign drew near. Unprepared for the sudden explosion, the two Immortal Sovereigns were immediately blasted backward by the force.
“Ah! I’m so stupid! I should have detonated hundreds of spirit bombs at once to kill them outright!”
By detonating soul artifacts to slow the two Immortal Sovereigns’ pursuit, Shui Miao quickly summoned another five hundred soul artifacts and launched them forward…
With the Ten Yin Kun Yuan Formation and various other formations beneath the Five Yin Mountains, Shui Miao had obtained nearly a thousand spirit artifacts in total.
Now, Shui Miao was making a grand move, planning to use five hundred spirit artifacts to annihilate the two great Immortal Sovereigns in the ensuing chaos.
“Cursed! This guy actually used self-destructing spirit artifacts to block us! He’s truly wealthy! Fortunately, we had top-grade immortal treasures to protect us, or we would have fallen victim to his trick.” The Feathering Immortal Sovereign was struck by the shockwave from the spirit artifact’s explosion, and his top-grade protective treasure was nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could hardly contain himself and, disregarding his dignity, urgently asked, “Feathering Immortal Sovereign, quickly tell me what you saw in the Time Tracking Mirror! Who exactly is this guy?”
“Brother, if I had known who he was, I would have already told you. Do you think I would have waited until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s tracking capability is greatly limited within the Luosha Realm. I can merely confirm whether he passed through here recently.” The Feathering Immortal Sovereign replied immediately, preparing once again to chase after Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a massive swarm of Ming Qi flying densely toward them.
“Damn! This guy has gone mad! Where did he get so many spirit artifacts!!”
“What… uh!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned his attention back, he was shocked to find hundreds of spirit utensils already upon them.
“Whoosh!”
The Feathering Immortal Sovereign immediately fled upward to avoid the explosions of the spirit artifacts.
After Hua Yuting regained his senses, the five hundred spirit offerings were already right in front of him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…”
Shui Miao made a bold move, detonating five hundred Ming Qi simultaneously, unleashing a tremendous explosion that instantly cracked the supreme protective treasures on Hua Yuting’s body. Hua Yuting hurriedly activated additional immortal treasures for protection, but it was already too late. His protective battle robe was also shattered, leaving him completely naked, his flesh torn and bleeding under the force of the blast, a pitiful sight indeed. Without treasures to shield him, the mere yin and evil energies of the Luosha Sea were already enough to drain half his life force. Even worse, he was now gravely injured.
Still dazed and disoriented from the explosion, Hua Yuting had barely begun to recover when he heard the Feathering Immortal Sovereign’s voice in his ear, “Brother, you should retreat first. Leave this matter to me. I promise I will capture that brat for you.”
After saying this, the Feathering Immortal Sovereign directly dove deeper into the Luosha Sea.
The sinister Luosha seawater was corroding Hua Yuting’s immortal energy. He wanted to activate other treasures for protection, but when he tried, he discovered that all his treasures were gone—not even his underwear remained. Whether they were destroyed or stolen by the Feathering Immortal Sovereign during the chaos, he couldn’t tell.
Feeling depressed, Hua Yuting quickly channeled his spiritual realm’s immortal energy to his body and swiftly retreated to the surface of the Luosha Sea, catching his breath on the Dragon Island.
“Phew! Finally made it back alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before Hua Yuting, exhausted and panting, could recover, he was swallowed whole by the now-recovered Evil Dragon, who had previously been injured.
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“Haha! Great!”
“Five hundred mediocre spirit artifacts managed to seriously wound an Immortal Sovereign—it was worth it!”
Feeling the explosion of the冥器 had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was overjoyed.
The five hundred Mingqi that Shui Miao had just used were merely mid to upper-tier Mingqi.
Now, he still had four to five hundred top-grade spirit artifacts in reserve, more than sufficient to deal with the Feathering Immortal Sovereign.
The Feathering Immortal Sovereign had taken Hua Yuting’s protective treasures. Protected by several treasures, he continued to pursue Shui Miao.
Previously, he had merely suspected Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was certain—the Nuwa Stone must be in the hands of this mysterious figure who possessed so many burial artifacts.
Therefore, he was determined to capture him at all costs.
“Come on! If you’ve got the guts, come and get me!”
Sensing an oddly shaped, gourd-like immortal treasure approaching, Shui Miao immediately summoned the remaining two hundred high-tier spirit artifacts, keeping the last three hundred supreme-tier spirit artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
Unexpectedly, the oddly-shaped gourd-like immortal treasure suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection with those two hundred upper-tier spirit artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly concentrated, only to find that the Feathering Immortal Sovereign had vanished.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
An Immortal Sovereign came to kill him—why would he fight to the death with spirit artifacts?
There must be a plot. Shui Miao felt extremely suspicious, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
Yet, with his spiritual sense scanning, the Immortal Sovereign was truly gone, leaving only numerous disconnected upper-tier spirit artifacts raining down toward the seabed…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling spirit offerings?”
Shui Miao’s mind clicked, and he quickly focused his spiritual sense on those disconnected upper-tier spirit artifacts.
“Haha! Kid, you’ve finally fallen for it!”
Suddenly, a狂laugh echoed. A beam of starlight flashed from one upper-tier冥器, instantly enveloping the极品冥器 where Shui Miao was hiding.
(Note: The terms “狂laugh,” “冥器,” and “极品冥器” contain untranslated Chinese characters or terms. If these are intentional stylistic choices or placeholders, they are preserved as such. If you’d like them fully translated, please provide clarification.)
Here is the fully translated version:
Suddenly, a狂laugh echoed. A beam of starlight flashed from an upper-tier spirit artifact, instantly enveloping the supreme spirit artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
(Note: “狂” in “狂laugh” might be intended as “crazed” or “maniacal.” If so, here’s a refined version:
Suddenly, a maniacal laugh echoed. A beam of starlight flashed from an upper-tier spirit artifact, instantly enveloping the supreme spirit artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.)
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he attempted to control his Spirit Artifact to escape, he discovered that his supreme Spirit Artifact had already been captured into one of the Feathering Immortal Sovereign’s spatial treasures.
Drawing from his previous experience battling Luotong’s soul, Shui Miao immediately activated the remaining three hundred supreme-grade spirit artifacts around him, then had the outermost artifacts continuously self-destruct to destroy the Feathering Immortal Sovereign’s treasures.
Controlling hundreds of treasures simultaneously required an extremely powerful spiritual force.
Fortunately, Shui Miao had cultivated inside the Time Pagoda for over six thousand years, his spiritual force now unprecedentedly strong.
“Boom! Boom! Boom…”
“…”
Wave after wave of spirit artifact explosions unleashed chaotic destruction, shattering many formations within the immortal treasures. As his treasures became increasingly endangered, the Feathering Immortal Sovereign hurriedly activated other immortal treasures to surround and seal Shui Miao, layer upon layer. Including those he had taken from Hua Yuting, he now used a total of thirty-six middle, high, and supreme-grade immortal treasures to tightly enclose Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I possess thirty-six immortal treasures. Let’s see how many spirit artifacts you have to challenge me. Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Immortal Refining Furnace on you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will mean nothing to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will become the refining material for me to forge an ultimate holy treasure, and I shall unify the Immortal Realm, hahahaha…”
The Feathering Immortal Sovereign was extremely excited, believing that victory was assured. He gathered all his treasures into his protective ones and exerted all his strength to flee back toward the Immortal Realm.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that getting too confident, talking too much, will cost you dearly?”
Shui Miao’s mind stirred. The outermost spirit artifacts began exploding in groups of five, then ten, then fifty!
“Ahhh!”
“How is this possible? Where does he get so many supreme spirit artifacts?”
“Not good! This is dangerous!!”
Feeling his protective treasures’ immortal treasures being destroyed one by one, dozens at a time, the Feathering Immortal Sovereign’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as the Feathering Immortal Sovereign reached the surface of the Luosha Sea, his last supreme immortal treasure exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion erupted—the Feathering Immortal Sovereign’s protective treasures exploded as well!
Taking advantage of the rolling yin energy spreading in all directions, Shui Miao, protected by the refined Spirit Pearl, concentrated all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands. With lightning speed, he wrapped the Feathering Immortal Sovereign’s body, “Hmph! Feathering Immortal Sovereign, now it’s my turn to strike. No more talk—die for me!”
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