At that time, to confront the Celestial Sage, Shui Miao deliberately embedded 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 large quantity of crystals.
The Nine-Eyed Demon God, who had crashed to the ground, convulsed violently, gradually 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 immediately fell into chaos.
Marshal Ling seized the opportunity to command the heavenly soldiers and generals to launch a counterattack, surrounding and annihilating the enemy.
“Shui Miao, is he dead?”
Shui Tianyi widened her eyes, standing beside Shui Miao. She had already guessed that Shui Miao had used the method of holy artifact self-destruction, but she still wasn’t certain whether the Nine-Eyed Demon God was truly dead.
“He won’t survive, more or less. Sister, help me guard against interruptions. I’ll extract his memories.”
Shui Miao immediately closed his eyes, focusing his spiritual energy to enter the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s consciousness and probe his condition.
Chaotic, extremely chaotic!
Indeed, the power of a supreme-grade holy artifact’s self-destruction was terrifying. The Nine-Eyed Demon God’s thoughts had also been affected by the explosion, leaving them in complete disarray and damaged beyond recognition, with no coherent information to be sensed.
Moreover, waves of explosive power continued to seep slowly into his body, gradually eroding his physical form.
“He’s beyond salvation, sister. You can start looting now.”
Shui Miao opened his eyes and exhaled deeply. He hadn’t expected such a powerful expert to die so easily—just a single self-destruction, and the entire world fell silent.
Some lives may seem mighty, but their destruction can be surprisingly effortless…
The destruction artifacts were Shui Miao’s original creation, his ultimate weapon, and his favorite tool.
“What? Me loot? Loot what?” Shui Tianyi was momentarily confused.
Shui Miao smiled faintly. “Of course, collect the treasures! He must have good ones on him. Don’t mention anything else—just that pagoda is quite nice. If you don’t want it, I’ll take it…”
“I want it! Of course I want it…”
Prompted by Shui Miao, Shui Tianyi’s mind suddenly brightened. She hurriedly began collecting spoils from the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s body.
Meanwhile, Shui Miao multitasked, immediately reversing time within the Time Tower to forge a new Hongyu Go Board.
Without the Celestial Sage’s imperial energy infusion this time, Shui Miao only managed to forge a low-grade holy artifact, with its spirit possessing cultivation at the level of an ordinary Celestial Sage. Thus, Shui Miao decided to forge a set of low-grade holy artifacts, forming a complete Hongyu Go Board composed entirely of low-grade holy artifacts. He adjusted the internal arrays so that whenever someone tried to absorb the board, it would self-destruct.
Then, Shui Miao used the imperial energy he had collected to forge once more, finally creating another supreme-grade holy artifact to repair and perfect the Hongyu Go Board.
Now, Shui Miao possessed one supreme-grade holy artifact Go board and one low-grade holy artifact Go board.
With plenty of materials remaining, and anticipating future confrontations with powerful enemies, Shui Miao continued forging, creating ten more low-grade self-destructive holy artifacts and ten low-grade self-destructive demonic artifacts.
Then came ten Decoy Mirrors and five puppets…
The Decoy Mirror could prevent powerful beings from detecting one’s cultivation level and could fabricate identities undetectably.
Shui Miao crafted one for himself, impersonating a cultivator of ordinary attainment.
Then he installed a Decoy Mirror on each of the five puppets.
These five puppets were modeled after himself, the Celestial Sage, the Nine-Eyed Demon God, and both Marshal Ling and Shui Tianyi.
He forged the puppets of Ling and Shui Tianyi because he considered them friends, and Shui Miao especially cared about the safety of his close friends.
“Shui Miao, look what I found!”
Shui Tianyi searched thoroughly over the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s remains. Besides the soul-sealing pagoda, she also broke open his body and discovered a mirror.
This mirror was precisely the Void Mirror.
At that time, to deal with the Heavenly Mechanism Sovereign, Shui Miao deliberately embedded a self-destruction array within the supreme-grade sacred artifact during its forging.
All the sacred artifacts and demonic artifacts he forged contained self-destruction arrays.
These arrays, which Shui Miao couldn’t use against the Heavenly Mechanism Sovereign, were instead employed against the Nine-Eyed Demon God.
The self-destruction of a supreme-grade sacred artifact possessed the terrifying power to annihilate heaven and earth.
Moreover, the chessboard stored a vast amount of crystals.
The Nine-Eyed Demon God, fallen to the ground, convulsed and slowly transformed into a massive cobra, its neck densely covered with patterns of snake eyes.
Seeing the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s demise, the elite demon soldiers and generals were thrown into chaos.
Seizing the opportunity, the Spirit Commander led the heavenly soldiers in a counterattack, surrounding and annihilating the enemy.
“Shui Miao, is he dead?” Shui Tianyi widened her eyes, standing beside Shui Miao. She had guessed that Shui Miao had used the self-destruction method of the sacred artifact, but she wasn’t entirely sure if the Nine-Eyed Demon God was truly dead.
“If not dead, he’s close to it. Sister, protect me while I extract his memories.”
Shui Miao immediately closed his eyes, focusing his spiritual energy to delve into the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s mind and probe his condition.
Chaos, utter chaos!
The self-destruction of the supreme-grade sacred artifact was indeed terrifyingly powerful. The Nine-Eyed Demon God’s mind was severely damaged by the explosion, leaving no trace of coherence.
Moreover, the residual power of the explosion continued to seep into his body, slowly consuming his flesh.
“He’s beyond saving, sister. You can finish him.”
Shui Miao opened his eyes and let out a long sigh. He hadn’t expected such a formidable foe to be so easily defeated. With just one explosion, the world fell silent.
Some lives appear incredibly powerful, yet their destruction can be so effortlessly achieved…
The self-destructing artifacts were Shui Miao’s unique creation, his ultimate weapon, and his favorite.
“What? Me? What should I do?” Shui Tianyi was momentarily confused.
Shui Miao smiled faintly, “Of course, collect the artifacts. He must have some good ones. If you don’t want them, I’ll take them…”
“Yes, yes, of course, I want them!”
Prompted by Shui Miao, Shui Tianyi’s mind quickly cleared, and she hurriedly began looting the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s body.
Meanwhile, Shui Miao multitasked, reversing time within the Time Tower to forge another Cosmic Chessboard.
Without the Heavenly Mechanism Sovereign’s imperial energy infusion, Shui Miao only managed to forge a low-grade sacred artifact this time, with a spirit of ordinary immortal cultivation. Thus, he decided to forge a set of low-grade sacred artifacts, forming a Cosmic Chessboard entirely composed of low-grade sacred artifacts. He adjusted the internal arrays so that if anyone tried to claim the chessboard, it would self-destruct.
Then, using the imperial energy he had collected, Shui Miao forged once more, finally creating another supreme-grade sacred artifact, perfecting the Cosmic Chessboard.
Now, Shui Miao possessed one supreme-grade sacred artifact chessboard and one low-grade sacred artifact chessboard.
With plenty of materials left, Shui Miao continued forging, producing ten low-grade self-destructing sacred artifacts and ten low-grade self-destructing demonic artifacts.
Next, he crafted ten Mirror Doppelgangers and five puppets…
The Mirror Doppelgangers could conceal one’s cultivation level and create false identities without detection.
Shui Miao created one for himself, disguising as an ordinary immortal.
He also installed Mirror Doppelgangers on each of the five puppets.
These puppets represented himself, the Heavenly Mechanism Sovereign, the Nine-Eyed Demon God, the Spirit Commander, and Shui Tianyi.
He crafted the Spirit Commander and Shui Tianyi’s doppelgangers because he considered them friends, and their safety was of utmost importance to him.
“Shui Miao, look what I found!”
After thoroughly searching the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s body, Shui Tianyi, besides the soul-collecting pagoda, also discovered a mirror.
This mirror was the Void Escape Mirror.
Shui Miao took the partially damaged Void Escape Mirror and sensed its power. Excitement surged within him; this treasure was even more mysterious than the Escape Talisman. With it, escaping would no longer be a concern.
“Excellent! I’ll forge a few more, one for each of us.”
With a thought, Shui Miao began forging immediately.
Inside the Time Tower, time was reversed. After carefully studying the Void Escape Mirror, Shui Miao made slight modifications and forged ten more.
Each of the five puppets was equipped with a Void Escape Mirror.
These puppets, along with the artifacts they carried, all had self-destruct capabilities. They were not only puppets but also super bombs that could take lives at any moment.
Outside, the elite demon soldiers and generals were nearly annihilated.
Moments later, Shui Miao summoned Shui Tianyi’s puppet. “Sister, this is your doppelganger. You can bind it with your blood and infuse it with your thoughts. In desperate times, it can self-destruct. Also, here’s your Mirror Doppelganger…”
“Ah!”
Seeing the doppelganger that looked exactly like her, Shui Tianyi was so shocked she didn’t know what to say.
Seeing the Mirror Doppelganger, she was even more thrilled, wishing she could kiss Shui Miao twice.
Shui Miao smiled and let Shui Tianyi store the doppelganger. Then, together, they found the Spirit Commander, explained the situation, and gave him his puppet and Mirror Doppelganger for emergencies.
Next, Shui Miao released the Nine-Eyed Demon God puppet, infused with part of his thoughts, and sent it to the demon realm with five low-grade self-destructing demonic artifacts to self-destruct against Wuyezi!
Now, the fake Heavenly Emperor Xuan Chizi of the celestial realm and the Demon Emperor Wuyezi of the demon realm were Shui Miao’s primary enemies.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi returned to the Fifth Heaven and released the Heavenly Mechanism Sovereign’s puppet.
To ensure the puppet wouldn’t be detected, Shui Miao infused it with the memories he had obtained from the fake Heavenly Mechanism Sovereign, making it indistinguishable from the real one.
In the mountain ranges of the Fifth Heaven.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi teleported there, and Shui Miao spoke seriously, “Sister, let’s part ways here. I plan to visit the First Heaven.”
“Wherever you go, I’ll follow. I’m not leaving you,” Shui Tianyi grabbed Shui Miao’s arm and pouted.
“Aren’t you afraid of being implicated?” Shui Miao couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.
Shui Tianyi raised her eyebrows and smiled, “Afraid of what? You’re a super forger blessed by the Purple Fortune Aura. Staying with you brings many benefits. Besides, I love this life—swift justice, slaying the strong, freedom to do as I please. It’s wonderful!”
There was one more important thing Shui Tianyi didn’t mention: she was growing increasingly fond of Shui Miao.
Now, she wished she could pounce on him, roll on the ground together…
Shui Miao sighed helplessly, “Alright then, don’t blame me if trouble comes.”
“No, no, absolutely not,” Shui Tianyi waved her hands repeatedly. “Shui Miao, what are we going to the First Heaven for?”
“Well…”
Shui Miao stopped walking, pondering for a while before saying, “I want to go to the First Heaven to find the Heavenly Emperor…”
Rather than waiting to be attacked, it’s better to strike first and catch the enemy off guard.
Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor wasn’t the real one—he was the Demon Emperor Wuyezi’s chief disciple, Xuan Chizi. Additionally, the Forging Sage Luo Tong was under the fake Heavenly Emperor Xuan Chizi’s command. Shui Miao wanted to meet the master who had taught him the art of forging.
“My master has been forging for thousands of years. His understanding of arrays must have reached the pinnacle. Meeting him will surely teach me more.”
With his mind made up, Shui Miao decided to head to the First Heaven.
“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 then received one Void Mirror implanted within.
These puppets, along with their artifacts, all had self-destruct capabilities. They were not only puppets but also deadly super bombs ready to detonate at any moment.
Outside, the elite demonic soldiers and generals had nearly been wiped out.
Moments later, Shui Miao teleported Shui Tianyi’s puppet out. “Sister, this is your decoy. You can perform a blood-binding ritual to claim it, then implant your consciousness. In dire situations, it can also self-destruct. And here’s the Decoy Mirror for you…”
“Ahh!”
Seeing a perfect replica of herself, Shui Tianyi was momentarily stunned into speechlessness.
Seeing the Decoy Mirror, she was even more astonished, almost wanting to kiss Shui Miao passionately.
Shui Miao smiled faintly, urging Shui Tianyi to store the puppet away before they went together to find Marshal Ling and handed him his puppet and Decoy Mirror, advising him to keep them for emergencies.
Then Shui Miao released the Nine-Eyed Demon God puppet infused with part of his consciousness, sending it with five low-grade self-destructive demonic artifacts to the demonic realm to self-destruct near Wu Yazi.
Currently, the fake heavenly emperor Xu Chi Zi of the Celestial Court and the demonic emperor Wu Yazi of the demonic realm were Shui Miao’s main enemies.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi returned together to the Fifth Heaven and released the Celestial Sage’s puppet.
To prevent the Celestial Sage from being detected by others, Shui Miao had even transferred the memories he obtained from the fake Celestial Sage into the puppet, making it indistinguishable from the real one.
In the mountainous region of the Fifth Heaven.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi shimmered into view, then Shui Miao turned seriously toward Shui Tianyi and said, “Sister, we should part ways here. I’m planning to go to the First Heaven and have a look.”
“Wherever you go, I go too. I won’t leave you,” Shui Tianyi grabbed Shui Miao’s arm, pouting.
“Aren’t you afraid of being dragged down by 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 me countless benefits. Plus, I really enjoy this lifestyle—living freely, taking revenge, slaying powerful enemies, doing whatever I want. Isn’t that great?”
There was an important point Shui Tianyi didn’t mention—she was growing increasingly fond of Shui Miao.
Now, she almost wished 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?”
“This…”
Shui Miao gravely halted his steps, pondering for a long while before replying, “I want to 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, that Heavenly Emperor wasn’t genuine at all—he was actually the demonic emperor of the demonic realm, Xu Chi Zi, the senior apprentice of Wu Yazi. Moreover, the Saint King Luo Tong, who taught Shui Miao forging techniques, was still under the fake Heavenly Emperor Xu Chi Zi. Shui Miao really wanted to meet this teacher who had imparted forging skills to him.
“My master has been forging for thousands of years. His mastery of arrays must have reached the peak of perfection. I’m sure I can learn much more from him.”
As thoughts raced through his mind, Shui Miao made up his mind and headed toward the First Heaven.
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