At that time, to confront the Celestial Sage, Shui Miao intentionally inscribed a self-destructive array within the supreme-grade holy artifact during its forging.
All the holy artifacts and demonic artifacts he forged contained this self-destructive array.
Although Shui Miao had originally intended to use these arrays against the Celestial Sage, they ended up being used against the Nine-Eyed Demon God instead.
The self-destruction of a supreme-grade holy artifact possessed terrifying power capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Moreover, the Go board also stored a vast amount of crystals.
The fallen Nine-Eyed Demon God twitched on the ground before slowly transforming into a giant cobra, its neck covered with dense patterns resembling snake eyes.
Seeing the fall of the Nine-Eyed Demon God, the elite demonic soldiers and generals were thrown into chaos.
Taking this opportunity, General Ling commanded the heavenly soldiers and generals to counterattack, surround, and annihilate the enemy.
“Shui Miao, is he dead?”
Shui Tianyi stood beside Shui Miao, eyes wide with curiosity. She had already guessed that Shui Miao had used the method of holy artifact self-destruction. However, she still wasn’t certain whether the Nine-Eyed Demon God had truly perished.
“He won’t survive, more or less. Sister, please guard me while I extract his memories.”
Shui Miao immediately closed his eyes, concentrated his spiritual power, and entered the mind of the Nine-Eyed Demon God to investigate.
Chaotic, extremely chaotic!
Indeed, the power of the supreme-grade holy artifact’s self-destruction was terrifying. The Nine-Eyed Demon God’s mind had also been affected by the explosion, leaving it in a state of complete disorder and damage, with no coherent thoughts detectable.
Moreover, waves of explosive power continued to seep into his body, gradually eroding his physical form.
“He’s beyond salvation, sister. You can proceed now.”
Shui Miao opened his eyes and exhaled deeply, surprised that such a powerful expert had perished so easily—just one self-destruction, and the entire world fell silent.
Some lives may seem mighty, yet their destruction can be so effortless…
The destruction artifact was Shui Miao’s original creation, a supreme weapon, and also his favorite.
“What? Proceed with what? I don’t understand,” Shui Tianyi was momentarily confused.
Shui Miao smiled faintly. “Of course, it’s time to collect the treasures. He must have some good ones on him. Don’t mention the tower, for example. If you don’t want it, I’ll just take it myself…”
“I want it! Of course I want it!”
Prompted by Shui Miao, Shui Tianyi’s mind suddenly became sharp, and she quickly moved to collect spoils from the fallen Nine-Eyed Demon God.
Meanwhile, Shui Miao multitasked, immediately reversing time within the Time Tower to forge a new Hongyu Weiqi board.
Without the Celestial Sage’s imperial qi infusion this time, Shui Miao only managed to forge a low-grade holy artifact, with its spirit possessing cultivation at the level of a general Xianzun. Therefore, Shui Miao decided to forge a set of low-grade holy artifacts, forming a complete Hongyu Weiqi board composed entirely of low-grade artifacts. He adjusted the internal arrays so that whenever someone attempted to seize the board, it would immediately self-destruct.
Then, using the imperial qi he had collected, Shui Miao forged another supreme-grade holy artifact to repair and perfect the Hongyu Weiqi board.
Now, Shui Miao possessed one supreme-grade holy artifact board and one low-grade holy artifact board.
Since he still had plenty of materials left, and to prepare for future confrontations with powerful enemies, Shui Miao continued forging, producing ten low-grade self-destructive holy artifacts and ten low-grade self-destructive demonic artifacts.
Then came ten Mirror Duplicates and five puppets…
The Mirror Duplicates could prevent powerful beings from detecting one’s cultivation level and could forge identities without being discovered.
Shui Miao crafted one for himself, disguising his cultivation as that of an ordinary immortal.
Then, he installed a Mirror Duplicate on each of the five puppets.
These five puppets were modeled after himself, the Celestial Sage, the Nine-Eyed Demon God, General Ling, and Shui Tianyi.
He forged the duplicates of Ling and Shui Tianyi because Shui Miao considered them close friends and deeply cared about their safety.
“Shui Miao, look what I found!”
After thoroughly searching the Nine-Eyed Demon God, Shui Tianyi found not only the tower that captured souls but also a mirror after breaking open the demon’s body.
This mirror was the Void Mirror.
Shui Miao picked up the partially damaged Void Mirror and sensed it, his heart immediately filled with excitement. This treasure was even more mysterious than the Sky遁符. With it, escaping danger in the future would no longer be a problem.
“Excellent! I’ll forge a few more—we each get one.”
Inspired, Shui Miao immediately began forging.
Inside the Time Tower, time reversed as Shui Miao carefully studied the Void Mirror. After slight modifications, he forged ten more Void Mirrors.
Each of the five puppets was then equipped with a Void Mirror.
These puppets and their artifacts all had self-destruct capabilities, making them not just puppets but also deadly super bombs ready to strike at any moment.
Outside, the elite demonic soldiers had nearly been wiped out.
Shortly afterward, Shui Miao teleported Shui Tianyi’s puppet out. “Sister, this is your duplicate. You can perform a blood-binding ritual and implant thoughts into it. In an emergency, it can also self-destruct. And here’s the Mirror Duplicate for you…”
“Ahh!”
Seeing an exact replica of herself, Shui Tianyi was so shocked she didn’t know what to say.
Seeing the Mirror Duplicate, she was even more astonished, nearly wanting to kiss Shui Miao passionately.
Smiling faintly, Shui Miao let Shui Tianyi store the duplicate away before finding General Ling and handing him his own puppet and Mirror Duplicate, preparing him for any emergency.
Then, Shui Miao released the Nine-Eyed Demon God puppet infused with part of his consciousness, sending it to the Demon Realm with five low-grade self-destructive demonic artifacts to self-destruct near Wuyezhi.
Currently, the fake heavenly emperor Xuanchizi of the Celestial Court and the demon emperor Wuyezhi of the Demon Realm were Shui Miao’s main enemies.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi returned to the Fifth Heaven and released the Celestial Sage’s puppet.
To prevent the Celestial Sage from being detected by others, Shui Miao had infused the puppet with memories obtained from the fake Celestial Sage, making it indistinguishable from the real one.
In the mountainous regions of the Fifth Heaven.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi shimmered into view before he turned serious and said to her, “Sister, we should part ways here. I plan to go to the First Heaven.”
“Where you go, I go. I won’t leave you,” Shui Tianyi grabbed Shui Miao’s arm, pouting.
“Aren’t you afraid of being dragged into trouble because of me?” Shui Miao couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
Shui Tianyi raised her eyebrows and smiled. “Afraid of what? You’re a supreme forger blessed by the Purple Fortune Qi. Following you brings many benefits. Plus, I love this kind of life—living freely, slaying powerful foes, doing whatever I please. Isn’t that great?”
One important thing Shui Tianyi didn’t say was that she was growing more and more fond of Shui Miao.
Now, she almost wanted to tackle him, hug him tightly, and roll around on the ground together…
Shui Miao sighed helplessly. “Fine then. Just don’t blame me when trouble comes.”
“No way, absolutely not,” Shui Tianyi waved her hands repeatedly. “Shui Miao, what are we going to do in the First Heaven?”
“Well…”
Shui Miao solemnly halted his steps, pondering for a while before replying, “I think I’ll go to the First Heaven… to find the Heavenly Emperor.”
Rather than waiting passively for danger, it was better to strike first and catch the enemy off guard.
Besides, the Heavenly Emperor wasn’t real at all—he was actually Xuanchizi, the demon emperor Wuyezhi’s senior apprentice in the Demon Realm. Furthermore, the Saint King Forger Luo Tong was still under the fake Heavenly Emperor Xuanchizi, and Shui Miao really wanted to meet this teacher who had taught him the art of forging.
“I haven’t seen my master in thousands of years. His understanding of formations must have reached a peak. I’m sure I can learn much from him.”
With these thoughts in mind, Shui Miao made his decision and headed toward the First Heaven.
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