Black Tiger Sage Lord extended his divine consciousness to thoroughly scan Feathered Sage Lord multiple times, finally confirming that Feathered Sage Lord was indeed real. Only then did he dare to acknowledge him, exclaiming, “Oh my! Brother, you’re alive! I thought that old man had chopped you to death!”
“What, you saw me?!” Feathered Sage Lord suddenly realized something and immediately stepped forward, delivering a fierce punch to Black Tiger Sage Lord. “You rotten Black Tiger, you actually watched me get chopped without lifting a finger to help. I even considered you my brother…”
“Brother, stop hitting me, please!” Black Tiger Sage Lord, not the brightest, was caught off guard by the punch. He finally realized he had let slip something he shouldn’t have and scrambled to come up with an excuse: “Brother, I was gravely injured too! My protective artifact was destroyed in an explosion, and I suffered serious internal injuries. How could I possibly help you?”
“Whatever. I won’t bother arguing with you. Just hand over your immortal artifacts quickly. I need to go deal with that old bastard—he doesn’t have any冥-artifacts on him anymore, so this time I’ll definitely capture him.” The Feathered Sage Lord urged the Black Tiger Sage Lord to surrender the artifacts while grumbling, “Thankfully, he only recently ascended to Immortal Lord. His current immortal power is equivalent to no more than thirty celestial horses. If he were to ascend again, with the strength of his Soul Devouring Power, I truly wouldn’t know how to handle him. This guy is a genius—exceptional and extraordinary, and must be eliminated early. Otherwise, he will become our greatest threat.”
In the Immortal Realm, there exists a complete system to measure the strength of one’s immortal power, with three primary testing methods: the strength of a warrior, the power of a celestial horse, and the might of a green dragon. In essence, these tests involve a tug-of-war between an immortal and a warrior, a celestial horse, or a green dragon. The stronger the immortal, the greater the power of their immortal energy.
The strength of a warrior refers to the might of an Immortal Realm warrior. Typically, an ordinary Immortal Realm warrior can lift a weight of 30,000 jin, while a golden-bodied warrior can lift 500,000 jin. Thus, ten golden-bodied warriors could lift an entire mountain. Common Immortal Wanderers, Immortal Hermit, and Immortal Flyers usually test their power against golden-bodied warriors. Those who can overpower ten golden-bodied warriors in a tug-of-war can ascend to Immortal Flyer. Upper Immortals can match the strength of fifty golden-bodied warriors.
The power of a celestial horse equals that of ten golden-bodied warriors. A true Great Immortal must possess the strength of at least ten celestial horses. To ascend to Immortal Lord, one must command the power of fifty celestial horses. However, to qualify as an Immortal Lord, one must have the strength of at least fifty-five celestial horses. An Immortal Elder requires the power of one hundred celestial horses.
The might of a green dragon equals that of one hundred celestial horses, precisely the standard required of an Immortal Elder. A qualified Immortal Sage must possess the strength of at least five green dragons. An Immortal Emperor is even more terrifying—one must wield the power of one hundred green dragons to ascend to Immortal Emperor.
Of course, Feathered Sage Lord and his companions had violated the laws of the Three Realms by coming to the Realm of Demons. Upon arriving here, their immortal power was halved. In a place like the Realm of Demons, where dark and malevolent energies are rampant, they could barely wield a fifth of their usual power—equivalent to about sixty celestial horses.
In other words, their power here was only slightly greater than that of a qualified Immortal Lord.
Feathered Sage Lord and Black Tiger Sage Lord together could easily overpower Shui Miao threefold, completely suppressing him to the point of immobility.
However, Feathered Sage Lord did not mention the Soul Devouring Power in front of Black Tiger Sage Lord.
After hearing Feathered Sage Lord’s words, Black Tiger Sage Lord became intrigued. “Brother, I only have three artifacts left. One is my life-linked Tiger Treasure, which I absolutely cannot give to you. Another is my Divine Power Gauntlet, which I need for myself. The last one is the high-grade immortal artifact, the Jade Green Gourd, which I use to store pills. I don’t think you would have any use for it.”
Feathered Sage Lord knew that Black Tiger Sage Lord was not wealthy to begin with.
Black Tiger Sage Lord’s words were partly to avoid lending out his artifact.
To his surprise, Feathered Sage Lord immediately said, “I’ll take the Jade Green Gourd. It’s exactly what I need to suppress him. Once I bring him back to my cave dwelling, I’ll use my Supreme Artifact Furnace to refine and destroy him completely. After that, I’ll give you an ultimate-grade immortal artifact as compensation.”
“Great, great, great! You said it yourself!”
At the prospect of gaining a great advantage, Black Tiger Sage Lord instantly became enthusiastic.
Inside his gourd, Black Tiger Sage Lord had a dozen Immortal Soul Pills—nothing particularly valuable. He handed over the gourd along with the pills directly to Feathered Sage Lord. Feathered Sage Lord had sustained some injuries, so the two split the pills and consumed them together before heading back into battle.
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While Feathered Sage Lord and Black Tiger Sage Lord returned to fight, Shui Miao underwent a transformation of his immortal power, greatly enhancing his strength. His Soul Devouring Power also advanced, increasing severalfold.
Shui Miao was extremely excited, feeling as if he had boundless energy.
Just as Shui Miao was about to leave and return to the Forgotten Soul Valley in the Realm of Demons to find Bu Yi and shamelessly beg for some materials to forge a Time Spirit Pearl, the leader of the evil dragon clan, Long Zun, found him. Long Zun earnestly begged Shui Miao to help him deal with Hua Yuting inside his belly. It turned out that Long Zun, due to severe depletion of his energy and exhausted immortal power, could no longer completely refine and destroy Hua Yuting, so he had no choice but to seek Shui Miao’s help.
Shui Miao didn’t have a good impression of the other Long Zuns, but he held a favorable view of Long Zun’s leader. Moreover, the enemy he was fighting was Hua Yuting, so Shui Miao immediately and without hesitation agreed. Just having ascended to Immortal Lord, Shui Miao fully unleashed his immortal power and Soul Devouring Power, easily and effortlessly destroying Hua Yuting, who was already on the brink of death.
Even as an Immortal Sage, Hua Yuting was an extraordinary existence in the Immortal Realm.
First, he had been devastated by the self-destruction of 500冥-artifacts, which obliterated his protective artifacts and left him severely wounded. Following that, Feathered Sage Lord had confiscated his remaining artifacts. After enduring relentless refinement by Long Zun up until now, he had become completely exhausted and drained. When Shui Miao suddenly launched an overwhelming assault, Hua Yuting stood no chance of survival and was utterly eradicated.
Feeling the terrifying might of the Soul Devouring Power and utterly powerless to resist, Hua Yuting fell into complete despair. Relying on his soul talisman stored in the Immortal Realm, which would allow him to be reborn, he directly self-destructed his immortal body. However, since his immortal body was extremely weak, the explosion was also very feeble.
They had actually killed Hua Yuting!
Overjoyed, Shui Miao immediately sat cross-legged with Long Zun on the Demon Dragon Island, both meditating and absorbing the residual energy and healing mists left behind by Long Zun. Both gained tremendous benefits.
“Damn it! The cursed Feathered Sage Lord is back again!”
While meditating, Shui Miao suddenly felt a disturbance in his heart and quickly opened his eyes. In the distant sky, he saw Feathered Sage Lord flying straight toward them, wielding the Jade Green Gourd…
“Damn it! What should I do now! Another immortal artifact! Another Immortal Sage!”
Shui Miao’s heart sank in anxiety, bitterly regretting his own carelessness. If he had known this would happen, he should not have stayed here idly meditating—he should have fled earlier!
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