“This matter must be handled by you, Master Xing Tian, in a way that demonstrates the authority of the Heavenly Court. We cannot allow those factions with ulterior motives to disrupt the order of the Immortal Realm.”
It was a while before the Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism finally spoke.
Upon hearing this, Master Xing Tian immediately agreed and promptly turned to leave.
However, the Thunder Sage was somewhat puzzled. Normally, the Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism would first dispatch someone to investigate thoroughly, and then discuss how to proceed based on the findings. This time, however, the Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism had ordered Master Xing Tian to handle the matter directly without explanation. Master Xing Tian was known for his straightforward nature and merciless approach to dealing with problems, often resorting to violent punishment. Although this might quell the unrest, it could also alienate the hearts of the people in the Heavenly Court.
The Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism was known for his autocratic style and, being the cousin of the Heavenly Emperor, no one dared to question him too much.
However, this time the situation was too significant to ignore. If he didn’t ask, as a senior elder of Punishment City, he would still bear responsibility should anything go wrong.
Thus, the Thunder Sage cautiously asked, “Brother Tianji, what exactly has caused this great turmoil in the Immortal Realm this time?”
“Greed. Simply greed.”
The Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism coldly replied, shook his head, and then strode out of the Nine Punishments Holy Hall.
Clearly, the Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism was unwilling to say more and was quite arrogant.
The Thunder Sage was a wise and virtuous figure with a broad mind. Seeing that the Divine Sage of Heavenly Mechanism was unwilling to elaborate, he had already guessed many possibilities and silently returned to his Thunder God Hall. Upon returning, he immediately issued orders for the Thunder Division to maintain self-discipline, ensuring that regardless of what happened in the Immortal Realm, they would focus on their duties.
Meanwhile, upon returning to the Punishment Bureau, Master Xing Tian immediately summoned the Five Punishment Deities, each carrying a holy artifact, to descend into the Immortal Realm to quell the chaos.
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With the arrival of the Five Punishment Deities, the Immortal Realm quickly returned to its former tranquility.
However, many disciples from the major sects were killed, and resentment was stirred up.
Gradually, the major sects stopped paying attention to the conflict between immortals and gods and began to ponder the intentions of the Heavenly Court instead.
Each of the Five Punishment Deities occupied one level of heaven.
The Punishment Deity of the Sixth Heaven was named Lü Zheng, wielding a middle-grade holy artifact called the Tianluo Jingang Dao (Heavenly Net Jingang Dao).
Lü Zheng was broad-shouldered and strong, with a large waist and a black face. On his forehead were three vertical eyes. Anyone who met his gaze would be judged for any transgressions against the law. Accompanied by a large group of Tianxing Spirits, he patrolled the skies of the Sixth Heaven all day. When he spotted someone deserving punishment, he would kill them on the spot without asking for reasons.
The Sixth Heaven became eerily quiet. Whether innocent or guilty, no one dared to wander about recklessly.
Shui Miao was hidden inside his artifact, studying the creation of formations, unaware of the events unfolding outside.
One day, Shui Miao emerged from his artifact to temper a cloak.
This cloak was a super stealth artifact he had crafted after studying in the Time Tower for over a year. The artifact consumed a large amount of Tianyuan stones and pills, and also used up most of the Imperial Qi he had collected from the Kunpeng Immortal Emperor.
Now, the cloak was finally completed and was about to awaken.
The cloak emitted waves of purple light, and gradually, yellow Imperial Qi descended from the sky.
However, just as before, the Imperial Qi vanished in an instant.
But Shui Miao was prepared, knowing the Imperial Qi would disappear. Therefore, he activated the remaining half of the Imperial Qi he had received from the Kunpeng Immortal Emperor, allowing the artifact’s spirit to absorb it.
“It’s a holy artifact, a low-grade holy artifact!”
After a long while, the cloak trembled, successfully awakening, and the artifact’s spirit spoke out the quality of the holy artifact.
Normally, an artifact’s spirit was like a blank slate, with no memory at all.
However, this cloak’s spirit was different. This was because Shui Miao had split off a part of his soul to nurture the spirit.
Therefore, the spirit was a part of Shui Miao.
“Haha! Great! I’ve finally forged a holy artifact!”
Shui Miao was filled with excitement. Without even needing to perform a blood-binding ritual, the holy artifact had already become a part of his body, and the spirit was at the Immortal Emperor level. Unfortunately, this time the spirit was still only a general Immortal Emperor. Shui Miao also gained many benefits from the spirit, his immortal body becoming increasingly powerful after being purified by the Imperial Qi, and his spiritual power rapidly increasing, becoming stronger and stronger.
However, Shui Miao still could not break through to the next level and become an Immortal Emperor.
Becoming an Immortal Emperor was extremely difficult, but if Shui Miao could forge more holy artifacts and continuously use the power of the spirits to transform his immortal body, becoming an Immortal Emperor would gradually become easier.
“Great! Now I don’t have to fear those Immortal Emperors anymore!”
Shui Miao was very excited.
This cloak was purely a stealth cloak, integrating all the formations that Shui Miao had mastered, as well as his own insights and understanding.
At that moment, Shui Miao put on the cloak, transforming into a cultivator of water-type immortal energy, a Great Golden Immortal, and headed toward the imperial capital of the Sixth Heaven.
At the same time, Shui Miao’s mind stirred, and he summoned all four of his puppets to gather around him… they had already obtained a lot of materials, and this was undoubtedly another great harvest for Shui Miao.
After flying for a short while, Shui Miao met up with the Star River Immortal Emperor puppet he had left here.
The Star River Immortal Emperor puppet had raided the treasure vaults and obtained a large amount of Tianyuan stones, the quantity even surpassing what the Three Purities Sect had gathered. As Shui Miao was happily transferring all the Tianyuan stones into his own realm planet, a large group of Tianxing spirits and Lü Zheng approached.
From a distance, Lü Zheng used his vertical eye to look at Shui Miao and the Star River Immortal Emperor puppet.
“Hmm?”
Upon seeing them, Lü Zheng was immediately puzzled, muttering to himself, “Who exactly are these two people? Their auras are so chaotic. I can’t even see through their karma!”
Lü Zheng’s divine sense detection also alerted Shui Miao.
However, at this point, a large number of Tianxing spirits had already descended, surrounding Shui Miao.
Lü Zheng was very straightforward and directly demanded, “Who are you people? Why can’t I see through your karma?”
Shui Miao was taken aback, sizing up the Tianxing spirits and Lü Zheng, and a sense of foreboding crept over him. He felt that these immortals were no ordinary beings and that he could not afford to provoke them.
Seeing that Shui Miao did not respond, one of the Tianxing spirits immediately shouted, “How dare you not answer when our Tianluo god asks you a question! If you don’t speak up, don’t blame us for being rude.”
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and he had the Star River Immortal Emperor puppet speak on his behalf, saying, “Oh, I am the Star River Immortal Emperor of the Three Purities Sect. This person is just a passerby friend I met recently. I wonder who we might have offended by talking here?”
“Star River Immortal Emperor? Never heard of you. If you know what’s good for you, come with us.” With a wave of his hand, Lü Zheng ordered the Tianxing spirits to seize them.
Without hesitation, the Tianxing spirits immediately moved in to grab them.
“Hold on!”
The Star River Immortal Emperor puppet immediately shouted, “Who exactly are you people? Do you have the strength to arrest me?”
“Daring!”
“Reckless!”
“We are here on official business for the Tianxing Bureau. How dare a mere Immortal Emperor like you defy us?”
“Seize them!”
The Tianxing spirits shouted in unison, each one extremely arrogant and domineering, not allowing anyone to speak. Compared to the city guards in the mortal world, they were far more ferocious.
“Bandits! You’re nothing but bandits! What Tianxing Bureau? You’re nothing but a bunch of bandits pretending to be from the Tianxing Bureau. If you want to arrest me, try it first—I’ll kill you all!”
After shouting a few times, the Fairy Crane Immortal Emperor puppet immediately charged at Lü Zheng. At the same time, he unleashed several waves of Yin and evil energy, injuring the surrounding Tianxing spirits and sending them all flying.
“Haha! You dare to fight me? Interesting!”
Lü Zheng loved battle and, seeing that his opponent had some skill, immediately felt the urge to fight, “Step aside, all of you! Let me deal with him!”
Lü Zheng had not yet used his holy artifact since arriving at the Sixth Heaven.
Confident in his abilities, he did not take the Star River Immortal Emperor puppet seriously at all.
“Fine, let’s fight! You think I’m scared of you?”
The Star River Immortal Emperor puppet directly spat a stream of evil energy at Lü Zheng.
Seeing this, Lü Zheng’s lips curled slightly, suddenly flashed forward, and released a golden light. The light instantly transformed into a sharp blade, directly slicing toward the Star River Immortal Emperor. The Star River Immortal Emperor, being a puppet, was slow and was immediately pierced by the golden blade. A faint mist of sinister energy began to seep from his body.
Sensing the sinister energy, Lü Zheng immediately furrowed his brow, “Star River Immortal Emperor? Are you a demon? Why are you exuding such evil energy?”
“You’re the demon! Your whole family are demons!” The Star River Immortal Emperor puppet suddenly roared and charged directly at Lü Zheng, “Black ghost with three eyes, dare you fight me hand-to-hand? If you keep dodging, you’re a coward!”
“Damn it! You dare to call me a black ghost with three eyes!”
Lü Zheng was instantly enraged.
However, when the Star River Immortal Emperor puppet reached Lü Zheng, it suddenly self-destructed.
“Boom!”
A mushroom cloud of black, sinister energy erupted…
All the Tianxing spirits were not spared and were instantly gravely injured. They were only ordinary Immortal Lords and could not withstand the self-destruction power of a supreme destruction immortal artifact. Lü Zheng, protected by an ultimate-grade supreme artifact, was not seriously injured but was still stunned and disoriented by the explosion.
“Damn it! Is this guy a madman? He self-destructed after just a few blows?”
Lü Zheng flew out from the thick sinister energy, activated the Imperial Qi around his body to dispel the evil energy, and scanned with his divine sense. All his subordinates were gravely injured, and Shui Miao was fleeing… Shui Miao could have escaped earlier with the protection of his holy artifact, but he had been holding onto the idea of capturing an Immortal Emperor and thus delayed his escape. Now, seeing Lü Zheng still full of vigor, Shui Miao was terrified and hastily fled.
“This kid’s karma is also unclear to me. He definitely isn’t a good person either.”
With this thought, Lü Zheng immediately used his magical power to gather his subordinates into his artifact and pursued Shui Miao closely.
Shui Miao’s flying speed could not compare to Lü Zheng’s, and soon he was caught up.
As Lü Zheng was about to attack Shui Miao, suddenly two experts flew over.
“Black ghost with three eyes, you heavenly dog of the heavenly court, today I will see if I can’t eliminate you!”
“Haha, let me take your eyes and forge them into an artifact…”
The newcomers were none other than the White Tiger Emperor and the Puppet of the Heaven-supporting Immortal Emperor.
Upon hearing this, Lü Zheng was instantly enraged. He immediately summoned his mid-grade holy artifact, the Tianluo Jingang Knife (Heavenly Net Jingang Knife), and angrily roared, “You two bastards dare to call me a black-faced, three-eyed monster? Just wait until I chop you into mincemeat with my mid-grade holy artifact, the Tianluo Jingang Knife…”
Clearly, Lü Zheng really disliked being called a black-faced three-eyed monster.
“Mid-grade holy artifact!”
Upon hearing this, Shui Miao was greatly shocked, his scalp tingling with fear.
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