Without the Purple Fortune Aura, things would not have worked out. Inside the Realm Planet, his loved ones and friends were still being nurtured.
After Shui Miao felt slightly better physically, his thoughts quickly turned. He suddenly realized—if the Black and White Yama guards could use the formation within the Treasure of the Netherworld to transform and generate the Purple Fortune Aura, then why couldn’t he, who already possessed the Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Energy and knew how to operate the formation, use his mind to control this Immortal Energy and transform it himself?
Haha!
How could I be so stupid?
Shui Miao suddenly had an epiphany. The formation and spiritual power were essentially interconnected. How could I not think to apply them flexibly? With Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Energy, and a sharp mind, all the necessary elements were present. By simply activating the Immortal Energy according to the operational pattern of the formation, wouldn’t I become a universal, infinitely adaptable super spiritual treasure capable of producing countless spells at will?
Feeling suddenly enlightened, Shui Miao felt as if the pain in his body had instantly diminished.
Before long, streams of Purple Fortune Aura began to radiate from Shui Miao’s body—yes, this was the Purple Fortune Aura transformed precisely according to the formation’s operational method.
When malevolent energy encountered the Purple Fortune Aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosiveness weakened, transforming into ordinary Yin energy.
Shui Miao gradually felt relieved, the pressure greatly reduced. His spiritual sense extended outward, directly perceiving the formation inside the coffin.
“What’s going on?” Sensing the sudden change in the formation and the drastic shift in energy, the ancient demon king, who had been slaughtering the ghost catchers, was greatly shocked. As he tried to enter the coffin, he was immediately forced to retreat repeatedly by a surge of Purple Fortune Aura. “Damn it! What are you doing? You freak! You actually altered my formation! How is that even possible? How did you do it? Who are you? Just who the hell are you?”
The ancient demon king had originally thought he had captured Shui Miao, a potential slave who could forge treasures for him. But he had never imagined that this so-called slave had destroyed his treasure in an instant, altering the formation inside and turning his treasure into a crippled, useless object.
Yes, in the demon king’s eyes, the treasure had become nothing more than junk.
But in reality, the treasure had transformed into something else entirely—precisely the kind of artifact Shui Miao was most skilled at creating: a treasure of destruction.
Shui Miao withdrew the Purple Fortune Aura and flew out from the coffin, smiling wryly at the ancient demon. “Master monk, I’m really sorry. My skills aren’t good enough—I didn’t manage to fix your treasure; instead, I only made it worse…”
“You little brat, I’ll remember this day. I will come after you for revenge.”
The ancient demon king drove back the ghost catchers, originally wanting to fight Shui Miao to the death, but fearing the Purple Fortune Aura radiating from him, he could only snatch up the coffin, mount his bizarre beast, and flee into the sky.
“That beast is so fat, yet it runs so fast!”
Shui Miao smiled, licking his lips, and turned to the approaching Wu Chang Yi Dao. “Brother, wait a moment. Don’t pursue a desperate foe—they’re doomed already.”
“Doomed already? What do you mean by that?”
Wu Chang Yi Dao was puzzled.
Shui Miao lightly furrowed his brow, thoughtfully stroking his chin before asking Yi Dao, “Brother Yi Dao, in thirty seconds, where do you think this ancient demon king could have fled to?”
“Brother, you must have done something to his coffin,” Yi Dao said, seeing Shui Miao’s confident expression. “He’s a wanted criminal, so he’ll definitely escape to a remote place. In thirty seconds, given his speed, I’d guess he’ll head toward the direction of the Rakshasa Sea.”
“Perfect. The Rakshasa Sea is uninhabited—just the place for it to self-destruct.”
Shui Miao exhaled in relief.
Yi Dao asked in confusion, “Brother, you mean you made his coffin self-destruct?”
“Yes. I altered the formation inside the coffin. It will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be massive enough to critically wound him.”
Shui Miao waited a few more seconds. “Okay, we can go now.”
“Alright!”
Though Yi Dao felt uncertain, he immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased toward the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao. If it hadn’t been for Shui Miao’s timely sabotage of the formation, they would all likely have been killed by the ancient demon king.
Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, a sudden flash of fire erupted from the sea’s direction. Then came a deafening explosion, sending shockwaves rolling across the sea, creating tsunami walls dozens of meters high, crashing outward in all directions.
“Brother, how did you do that?”
Yi Dao stared at Shui Miao in shock. If it hadn’t been for Shui Miao pulling him back, he might have been blown up too.
All the ghost catchers were stunned. None of them had ever witnessed such a powerful explosion.
Shui Miao merely shrugged and flew toward the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself how close he had come to death. If it hadn’t been for Yi Dao’s timely intervention, if it hadn’t been for meeting the Black and White Yama guards before, and if he hadn’t had that sudden inspiration at the critical moment to convert the Immortal Energy into the Purple Fortune Aura, how could he still be standing here, breathing so easily?
The ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the ancient demon king’s remains.
But the ancient demon king had already been completely blown to pieces.
Near the center of the explosion, a massive dragon corpse suddenly floated to the surface…
Upon hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang arrived with a group of monstrous beasts.
“Father! Father!”
Seeing the dragon corpse, Ao Shuang let out a grief-stricken and furious roar.
Did we mistakenly kill Ao Shuang’s father?
Seeing this scene, Shui Miao was momentarily stunned. Now, the feud between him and Ao Shuang would never be resolved. But he couldn’t understand—why had Ao Shuang’s father come to the Rakshasa Dock for no reason? Hadn’t he just been at the Dragon Island?
“Damn dragon deserved to die! Daring to gather evil beasts to commit heinous acts—eliminate them all!”
Wu Changyi deeply hated the dragon. Upon seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately gave orders to his men, and a swarm of ghost catchers surged forward to slay the monstrous beasts and Ao Shuang.
Ao Shuang pulled out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to confront Wu Chang Yi Dao.
At this moment, Shui Miao quickly activated the Time-Protecting Bead, instantly appearing in front of Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon and snatching it away.
Inside the Fire Dragon Cannon was a Celestial Realm Thunder Formation. It couldn’t be recklessly used in the Netherworld.
Not wanting to invite trouble, Shui Miao naturally wanted to retrieve it.
Ao Shuang was stunned. Pointing at Shui Miao, he angrily shouted, “I get it now—it’s you! Shui Miao, how despicable of you! You used a treasure to explode and kill my father, then brought all these ghost catchers to kill me. I thought I knew you, but I was wrong. Ao Shuang hereby swears to the heavens—starting from today, we are sworn enemies forever!”
“If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead.”
Shui Miao was also anxious, not knowing how to explain the situation.
Ao Shuang roared, “It’s because you want my dragon blood to forge treasures and temper flames! My dragon blood contains the aura of Nuwa Stone. You want to force me into desperation so I have nowhere to go but follow you, becoming your slave under your evil grip!”
Nuwa Stone!
At the sound of those three words, all the ghost catchers were shocked.
Wu Chang Yi Dao’s eyes flickered, and he quickly shouted, “Seize Ao Shuang! Don’t let him escape! These dragons are the thieves who stole the Di冥界 Nuwa Stone years ago!”
The ghost catchers immediately attacked Ao Shuang.
Ao Shuang, heartbroken and grief-stricken, did not resist. His body was hacked by blade after blade, soon reduced to a bloody mess.
“Shui Miao, our dragon clan’s Nuwa Stone is with you. You may not return it today, but one day you will have to!”
After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly activated several冥 artifacts, causing them to self-destruct one after another.
Using the explosion as cover, Ao Shuang fled.
Ao Shuang was extremely cunning. As he escaped, he loudly proclaimed that the Nuwa Stone was with Shui Miao, intending to bring endless trouble to him.
Moreover, Ao Shuang had learned treasure-forging techniques from Shui Miao’s side.
The冥 artifacts that just exploded were all self-made by him.
The Yin energy from the exploding冥 artifacts surged in all directions.
“This menace will surely bring me endless trouble. Better to eliminate him now than leave him behind!”
Shui Miao’s mind raced, preparing to chase after Ao Shuang.
Unexpectedly, Wu Changyi Dao suddenly blocked his way. “Brother, you can’t leave now. The Nuwa Stone is a supreme treasure of the Underworld. If it’s in your possession, please hand it over immediately.”
“…”
Shui Miao was taken aback, not expecting Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.
“Sorry, but it’s my duty. Although you helped us defeat the ancient demon king today, brother, your rapid advancement recently has raised suspicions. Therefore, I must take you back for questioning.” Wu Chang Yi Dao bowed to Shui Miao and moved to seize him.
Shui Miao shook his head. “The Nuwa Stone has already been forged into a treasure by me.”
“Then please hand over that treasure.” Wu Chang Yi Dao, a strict ghost catcher who followed rules rigidly, waved his hand, and the ghost catchers immediately surrounded Shui Miao.
The ghost catchers were clearly reluctant. After all, Shui Miao had just saved them from the ancient demon king.
Shui Miao frowned. “Brother Yi Dao, are you really going to fight me?”
“It’s my duty. Please forgive me!”
Wu Chang Yi Dao suddenly dashed forward and placed his blade against Shui Miao’s throat.
But Shui Miao did not move. He looked at Yi Dao and said, “Brother, I’m not lying to you. When I obtained the Nuwa Stone, most of its aura had already been absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was merely the residue. I combined it with Tianyuan Stone to forge a treasure, my own life-linked treasure. If you want to take it, you’ll have to kill me first.”
“I will do whatever it takes to obtain it.”
Though Yi Dao said that, his hand was trembling. Deep down, he didn’t want to kill his friend Shui Miao. He could feel Shui Miao’s sincerity.
After a pause, Shui Miao exhaled and said, “Fine. You can go report to King Yama. Tell him I will deliver a Holy Artifact to you after the Celestial and Divine War. If you don’t believe me, kill me now. My life-linked treasure will self-destruct, and you’ll gain nothing and fail your mission.”
“Fine! I believe you, brother. I will stake my head to guarantee it!”
Caught between loyalty and righteousness, Wu Chang Yi Dao finally found a way out.
He turned around and addressed the others. “Brothers, I’ll report this matter to King Yama after the Celestial and Divine War, once we’ve obtained the Holy Artifact. How does that sound?”
“Agreed!”
The ghost catchers shouted in unison.
They were all men of honor, and some things were left unspoken but understood.
The troubles in the underworld were temporarily resolved.
However, Shui Miao never expected that Ao Shuang, emotional and hot-tempered, would fly straight to the Celestial Realm, spreading the word everywhere that Shui Miao possessed the Nuwa Stone and had stolen the Thunder Sect’s formation techniques…
Ao Shuang was plotting to use others’ hands to kill Shui Miao and eliminate him once and for all!
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