“Let’s do this!”
As Shui Miao made up his mind, he quickly summoned numerous magical treasures stored on his body. Except for the small chessboard killing formation, his life-linked supreme treasure, and the time-shield treasure, he deployed every usable artifact to resist the corrosion.
At the same time, Shui Miao rapidly repaired the time tower, continuing to reverse time’s flow.
“Mercy! I’ll never dare again!”
The treasure spirit sensed Shui Miao’s consciousness intrusion and memory theft, immediately becoming nervous and fearful.
“Too late! You evil creature, I absolutely cannot allow you to continue living.”
“Let’s go all out!”
Shui Miao’s thoughts raced as he quickly summoned a vast array of treasures stored within him. Apart from the small chessboard killing array, his innate supreme treasure, and the time-protecting treasure, he brought out every possible artifact to resist the corrosion.
Simultaneously, Shui Miao swiftly repaired the Time Tower, continuing to reverse time.
“Spare me, I won’t dare again!”
The artifact spirit, sensing Shui Miao’s intrusion into its consciousness and the theft of its memories, immediately grew tense and fearful.
“It’s too late, you evil creature. I cannot allow you to continue existing.”
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Purple Fortune Qi to destroy the malevolent artifact spirit that had obtained his primordial spirit’s memories.
Following this, Shui Miao began to transform the spirits of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements according to the forging methods of the Immortal-Demon Realm, successfully summoning his own Ten Yin Evil Fire. He then used this fire to reforge materials, directly crafting an exceptionally robust defensive protective bead.
Forging such a treasure was not particularly difficult.
For Shui Miao, it was quite effortless.
However, Shui Miao was a perfectionist. Given the current forging speed, there was still ample time.
Thus, Shui Miao began to study the structure of the toxic mist and blood rain outside.
The corrosive power of this toxic mist and blood rain was incredibly potent, surpassing even the Soul Devouring Force, and was no less formidable than the attacks of a sacred artifact.
If he could forge a treasure that was immune to the toxic mist and blood rain and could even control them, it would be perfect.
After a while, Shui Miao seemed to have an epiphany and suddenly stopped. He then moved the newly forged protective bead from the Immortal-Demon Realm into the toxic mist and blood rain for quenching…
The quenching of treasures in the Immortal-Demon Realm differed from that in the Immortal Realm.
In the Immortal Realm, quenching required powerful spiritual energy and blood with spiritual properties, such as dragon blood.
In the Immortal-Demon Realm, however, it required evil energy, and the more malevolent, the better.
Shui Miao, still thinking in terms of the Immortal Realm, feared that the evil energy would corrode the protective bead, which was a mistake in itself.
As the protective bead was moved out, an immense surge of malevolent energy poured into it, quickly nurturing an artifact spirit. With a thought, Shui Miao retrieved the bead and, through his spiritual sense, discovered that it was a high-grade demonic artifact. He immediately activated the bead, surrounding himself with its protection. Now, with the bead’s safeguard, he was no longer afraid of the toxic mist and blood rain.
“How miraculous!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, realizing how wondrous the world could be. Initially fearful of the toxic mist and blood rain, he had worried that the protective bead might be corroded. But now, he found the bead bathing in the toxic mist and blood rain, absorbing the evil energy, feeling as natural as a fish in water or a dragon in the sky.
Evil energy to demonic artifacts was like pure sacred energy to immortal artifacts.
“Since that’s the case, why not forge several large spatial demonic artifacts to store vast amounts of evil energy? Keeping them on hand for emergencies would be an excellent trump card, with power no less than that of sacred artifacts.”
“Good! It’s decided!”
Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, and he immediately activated the demonic forge, mass-producing spatial demonic artifacts to collect the toxic mist and blood rain.
An hour later, Shui Miao had forged ten large spatial spheres, each the size of a basketball, and filled them with the toxic mist and blood rain. Another hour passed, during which Shui Miao forged five more demonic forges, two sets of protective, flying, and attacking artifacts, one set for himself and one for Shui Tianyi. Together, they navigated through the toxic mist and blood rain, searching for a way out.
The Immortal-Demon Realm was vast and desolate.
After flying for a while without encountering any living beings, Shui Miao considered capturing a creature to extract its memories but found none.
“Shui Miao, aimlessly searching isn’t the way. Let’s follow the areas with the strongest evil energy.”
Shui Tianyi, somewhat restless from flying, suggested.
Shui Miao paused, “Why follow the areas with the strongest evil energy?”
“Fool, haven’t you noticed after flying for so long that some areas have weaker evil energy while others have stronger?” Shui Tianyi, a seasoned immortal with thousands of years of experience in the Immortal Realm, had ample insight.
Shui Miao, who had also lived for thousands of years but spent them all inside the Time Tower, was only exceptionally proficient in formations. Hearing Shui Tianyi’s words, he quickly grasped the implication and said, “Sister, are you suggesting that this toxic mist and blood rain were released by a demon god, not naturally occurring?”
“Of course, this place was once an ancient battlefield. If the Heavenly Court had defeated the Immortal-Demon Realm, this place would now be a sunny, spiritual haven, a second Heavenly Court, not this malevolent place. Therefore, I’m certain that the existence of the toxic mist and blood rain here is due to some formations set up by the demon gods, similar to the defense towers of the spirit generals. The Immortal-Demon Realm is using these defense towers to generate evil energy, blocking the path of immortals.”
Shui Tianyi’s analytical skills were sharp.
Her thoughts were influenced by the recent demonic siege on the spirit generals.
Shui Miao had slain several high-ranking figures from the Immortal-Demon Realm, and upon receiving the news, the Immortal-Demon Realm likely anticipated a large-scale invasion from the Immortal Realm. Unprepared, they naturally activated formations to create the toxic mist and blood rain to hinder the immortals’ advance.
Shui Miao’s thoughts were enlightened, and everything became clear.
“Good! Let’s go now!”
Shui Miao was excited.
Shui Miao wasn’t thinking of aiding the Heavenly Court against the Immortal-Demon Realm but was curious about the formations that created the toxic mist and blood rain. If he could learn them, he could directly create such formations, eliminating the need to collect the toxic mist and blood rain with spatial demonic artifacts.
“Alright!”
Shui Tianyi agreed, also eager to witness these formations.
With a clear direction, things became easier.
Wearing top-grade demonic shoes, the two found a castle enveloped in exceptionally dense toxic mist within half an hour.
Of course, at this point, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi were unaware of the castle hidden behind the thick toxic mist.
They charged into the toxic mist, moving forward until they suddenly sensed a protective shield blocking their path, undoubtedly a large defensive formation.
“Shui Miao, what should we do?”
Shui Tianyi immediately grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, communicating telepathically.
“Never mind that, let’s use the small chessboard killing array to blast the shield first.”
Shui Miao’s thoughts flashed, and he broke free from Shui Tianyi’s grip, stepping back to activate the small chessboard killing array, launching a fierce attack on the shield.
Instantly, a seven-colored light pillar appeared, and within the chaotic toxic mist, it seemed as if a massive sun had emerged. The intense light forcefully dispersed the surrounding toxic mist, and the protective shield crumbled instantly, the evil energy around them weakening. As the light grew brighter, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi saw a pitch-black castle.
“Found it!”
Shui Tianyi was thrilled, certain that the castle held something valuable.
“Sister, aren’t we being too hasty? Such a large castle must house a super-strong being. Shouldn’t we gather more information before proceeding?” Seeing the castle’s scale, as dark as the Immortal Realm’s Xian Du Mountain, Shui Miao felt uncertain.
After all, this was the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Even in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao wouldn’t recklessly attack an immortal city without knowing the opponent’s strength.
Remembering that even the ancient immortal cities had fallen in the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao became even more cautious.
“Shui Miao, don’t worry. We’re attacking suddenly; they won’t be prepared. Let’s act quickly…”
Shui Tianyi, however, was nonchalant.
Without stopping the formations that generated the toxic mist and blood rain, they couldn’t determine their direction, and without direction, escape was impossible. Shui Miao frowned, “Alright, let’s make it quick!”
With the castle’s protective shield destroyed, Shui Miao flew towards the castle, simultaneously activating the small chessboard killing array, preparing for a more powerful attack.
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Inside the castle
Three thousand demon soldiers gathered in the castle hall, each a small giant, three meters tall, broad-shouldered, clad in icy black armor, wielding massive black dragon-slaying swords.
Before them was a skeleton demon emperor riding a white skeletal dragon, draped in a black robe.
The skeleton demon emperor was indeed a white, skeletal figure!
However, the black robe concealed his body, revealing only his skull and the pair of blood-red eyes on it.
The demon soldiers quickly assembled.
The skeleton demon emperor suddenly spoke in a chilling voice, “We have slept for too long… too long… Today, the immortals have come to us! Let us devour their souls! In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, at most, reinforcements from the demon capital will arrive, and they won’t leave even the ashes of the immortals for us. So now is the time for us to attack, seize the immortals, devour their flesh and blood, and let us revive!”
As the skeleton demon emperor spoke, his tone grew increasingly frenzied.
“Revive!”
“Revive! Revive! Revive!”
All the demon soldiers roared insanely, their aura terrifying and intimidating.
“Kill!”
The skeleton demon emperor suddenly shouted, and all the demon soldiers roared, taking to the air!
“Bad news, it’s an ambush!”
Hearing the noise, Shui Tianyi’s face changed.
It would be strange if there were no danger. Realizing it was an ambush now was too late. Shui Miao shook his head in frustration; there was no turning back now. They had to fight their way out.
Immediately, Shui Miao activated the small chessboard killing array against the charging demon soldiers!
The seven-colored light pillar reappeared, annihilating a large number of demon soldiers.
But at that moment, the skeleton demon emperor, riding the white skeletal dragon, silently approached Shui Miao from the other side of the castle…
“Ah! Shui Miao, behind you, behind you…”
Shui Tianyi, nervously looking around in fear, suddenly spotted the skeleton demon emperor on the white skeletal dragon and screamed in panic!
“Behind me?”
Shui Miao turned sharply and saw the skeleton demon emperor on the white skeletal dragon about a hundred meters away. His blood-red eyes, illuminated by the white light, appeared eerily vivid!
However, the small chessboard killing array had just finished activating…
What a diversion…
“Roar!”
The white skeletal dragon attacked first, opening its mouth to spew a large amount of white crystalline flowers towards Shui Miao…
Then, Shui Miao began following the forging methods of the Immortal-Demon Realm to transform yin-yang and the five elements’ spirits, successfully activating his own ten-yin evil fire. Using this ten-yin evil fire to reforging materials, he directly forged an extremely thick defensive protective magic bead.
Forging such a treasure wasn’t particularly difficult.
For Shui Miao, it was extremely easy.
But Shui Miao always pursued perfection. With plenty of time at his current forging speed, he decided to study the structure of the toxic mist and blood rain outside.
“Let’s go all out!”
Shui Miao quickly summoned a large number of treasures stored on his body. Apart from the small chessboard killing array, his innate supreme treasure, and the time-protecting treasure, he brought out all the treasures he could use to resist the corrosion.
At the same time, Shui Miao swiftly repaired the Time Tower, continuing to reverse time.
“Spare me, I won’t dare to do it again!”
The artifact spirit, sensing Shui Miao’s intrusion into its consciousness and the theft of its memories, immediately became tense and fearful.
“It’s too late, you evil creature. I cannot let you continue to exist.”
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Purple Fortune Qi to destroy this evil artifact spirit that had obtained his primordial spirit memories.
Subsequently, Shui Miao began to convert the spirits of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements according to the forging methods of the Immortal-Demon Realm, successfully summoning his own Ten Yin Evil Fire. He then used this fire to reforge materials, directly crafting an extremely thick defensive protective bead.
Forging such a treasure wasn’t particularly difficult.
For Shui Miao, it was quite effortless.
However, Shui Miao was a perfectionist. Given the current forging speed, there was still ample time.
Thus, Shui Miao began to study the structure of the toxic mist and blood rain outside.
The corrosive power of this toxic mist and blood rain was incredibly strong, even surpassing the Soul Devouring Force, and was no less formidable than the attacks of a sacred artifact.
If he could forge a treasure that was immune to the toxic mist and blood rain, and could even control it, that would be perfect.
After a while, Shui Miao seemed to have an idea and suddenly stopped. He then moved the newly forged protective bead from the Immortal-Demon Realm into the toxic mist and blood rain for quenching…
The quenching of treasures in the Immortal-Demon Realm differed from that in the Immortal Realm.
In the Immortal Realm, quenching required powerful spiritual energy and blood with spiritual properties, such as dragon blood.
In the Immortal-Demon Realm, however, it required evil energy, and the more malevolent, the better.
Shui Miao, thinking from the perspective of the Immortal Realm, feared that the evil energy would corrode the protective bead, which was a mistake in itself.
As the protective bead was moved out, an immense surge of malevolent evil energy rushed into it, quickly nurturing an artifact spirit. With a thought, Shui Miao retrieved the bead and sensed through his divine consciousness that it had become a top-grade demonic artifact. He immediately activated the bead, surrounding himself with its protection. Now, with the protective bead, he was no longer afraid of the toxic mist and blood rain.
“How amazing!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, realizing how miraculous the world could be. Initially, he had been terrified of the toxic mist and blood rain, worried that the protective bead might be corroded. But now, he found that the bead was thriving in the toxic mist and blood rain, absorbing the evil energy, feeling as natural as a fish in water or a dragon in the sky.
For demonic artifacts, evil energy was akin to the purest sacred energy for immortal artifacts.
“Since that’s the case, why don’t I forge several large spatial demonic artifacts to store vast amounts of evil energy? I can carry them with me for emergencies. If hidden well, they could be a great trump card, with power no less than that of a sacred artifact.”
“Good! It’s decided!”
With this thought, Shui Miao immediately activated the demonic forge, mass-producing spatial demonic artifacts to collect the toxic mist and blood rain.
An hour later, Shui Miao had forged ten large spatial spheres, each the size of a basketball, and filled them with the toxic mist and blood rain. Another hour passed, during which Shui Miao used the time to forge five more demonic forges, two sets of protective, flying, and attacking treasures, one set for himself and one for Shui Tianyi. Together, they navigated through the toxic mist and blood rain, searching for a way out.
The Immortal-Demon Realm was vast and desolate.
After flying for a while, they still hadn’t encountered any living beings. Shui Miao wanted to capture a creature to extract its memories but never found one.
“Shui Miao, aimlessly searching isn’t the way. Why don’t we follow the areas with the strongest evil energy?”
Shui Tianyi was growing impatient from the prolonged flight.
Shui Miao was slightly puzzled, “Why? Why follow the areas with the strongest evil energy?”
“Fool, haven’t you noticed after flying for so long that some areas have weaker evil energy while others have stronger?” Shui Tianyi, a seasoned immortal with thousands of years of experience in the Immortal Realm, had plenty of insight.
Shui Miao had also lived for thousands of years, but all within the Time Tower, making him particularly adept at formations and the like. Hearing Shui Tianyi’s words, he didn’t immediately grasp the idea, but soon he thought of a possibility and quickly said, “Sister, are you suggesting that this toxic mist and blood rain was released by a demon god, not naturally occurring?”
“Of course, this place was originally an ancient battlefield. If the Heavenly Court had defeated the Immortal-Demon Realm, this place would now be a sunny, spiritually rich second Heavenly Court, not so filled with malevolent energy. Therefore, I’m certain that the presence of the toxic mist and blood rain here is due to some formations set up by the demon gods, similar to the defense towers of the spirit generals. The Immortal-Demon Realm is using these defense towers to generate evil energy, blocking the path of immortals.”
Shui Tianyi’s analytical skills were also strong.
Her ability to think of this was related to the earlier attack by the demonic spirits on the spirit generals.
Shui Miao had killed several top experts of the Immortal-Demon Realm, and upon receiving the news, the Immortal-Demon Realm would naturally assume that the Immortal Realm was planning a large-scale invasion. Unprepared, they would activate formations to create the toxic mist and blood rain to block the immortals’ advance.
Shui Miao’s thoughts were enlightened, and he quickly understood everything.
“Good! Let’s go now!”
Shui Miao was very excited.
He wasn’t thinking of helping the Heavenly Court against the Immortal-Demon Realm but wanted to see how the Immortal-Demon Realm created the toxic mist and blood rain formations. If he could learn it, he could directly create these formations without needing to collect the toxic mist and blood rain with spatial demonic artifacts.
“Alright!”
Shui Tianyi agreed, also eager to see it for herself.
With a plan, things became easier.
Wearing top-grade demonic shoes, the two of them found an Immortal-Demon Realm castle enveloped in unusually dense toxic mist in just half an hour.
Of course, at this point, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi didn’t know that a castle lay hidden behind the thick toxic mist.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi directly entered the toxic mist area, moving forward until they suddenly sensed a protective shield blocking their path. Undoubtedly, this was a large defensive formation.
“Shui Miao, what should we do?”
Shui Tianyi immediately grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, communicating telepathically.
“Never mind that, let’s use the small chessboard killing array to blast the protective shield first.”
With a thought, Shui Miao broke free from Shui Tianyi’s grip, stepped back, and activated the small chessboard killing array, delivering a powerful strike at the protective shield.
Instantly, a seven-colored light pillar appeared, and within the chaotic toxic mist, it seemed as if a massive sun had emerged. The intense light forcefully dispersed the surrounding toxic mist, and the protective shield crumbled instantly, with the surrounding evil energy rapidly diminishing. As the light grew brighter, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi soon saw a pitch-black castle.
“Found it!”
Shui Tianyi was thrilled, certain that the castle must contain something valuable.
“Sister, aren’t we being a bit reckless? Such a large castle must house a super powerful being. Shouldn’t we gather more information before proceeding?” Seeing the scale of the castle, as dark as the Immortal Capital Mountain in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao felt a bit uncertain.
After all, this was the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Even in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao wouldn’t dare to attack an immortal city without knowing the opponent’s strength.
Remembering that the ancient immortal city had fallen in the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao became even more cautious.
“Shui Miao, don’t worry too much. We’re attacking suddenly; they won’t be prepared. We just need to act quickly…”
Shui Tianyi, however, was nonchalant.
Without stopping the formation that generated the toxic mist and blood rain, they couldn’t determine their direction, and without knowing the direction, they couldn’t escape. Shui Miao frowned, “Alright, let’s make it quick then!”
With the castle’s protective shield broken, Shui Miao flew towards the castle, simultaneously activating the small chessboard killing array, preparing for an even more powerful attack.
※※※
Inside the castle
Three thousand demon soldiers were gathered in the castle hall. Each soldier was a small giant, three meters tall, broad-shouldered, and wearing pitch-black, icy armor, wielding massive black dragon-slaying swords.
In front of the demon soldiers was a skeletal demon emperor riding a white skeletal dragon, cloaked in black robes.
This skeletal demon emperor was indeed a white skeleton!
However, the black robes covered his body, revealing only his skull and the pair of blood-red eyes on it.
The demon soldiers quickly assembled.
The skeletal demon emperor suddenly spoke in a sinister voice, “We have slept for too long… too long… Today, the immortals have finally come to us! Let us devour their souls. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, at most, reinforcements from the demon capital will arrive, and then they won’t even leave us the scraps of the immortals. So now is the time for us to attack, seize the immortals, devour their flesh and blood, and let us revive!”
As the skeletal demon emperor spoke, his tone became increasingly frenzied.
“Revive!”
“Revive! Revive! Revive!”
All the demon soldiers roared madly, their aura terrifying and chilling.
“Kill!”
The skeletal demon emperor suddenly shouted, and all the demon soldiers roared as they flew into action!
“Bad news, it’s an ambush!”
Hearing the noise, Shui Tianyi’s face changed instantly.
It would be strange if there was no danger. Only now realizing it was an ambush was too late. Shui Miao shook his head in frustration; there was no turning back now. They had to fight their way out.
Immediately, Shui Miao activated the small chessboard killing array against the charging demon soldiers!
The seven-colored light pillar once again displayed its might, instantly annihilating a large number of demon soldiers.
But at that moment, the skeletal demon emperor, riding the white skeletal dragon, quietly maneuvered around the castle towards Shui Miao…
“Ah! Shui Miao, behind you, behind you…”
Shui Tianyi, nervously looking around in fear, suddenly spotted the skeletal demon emperor on the white skeletal dragon and screamed in panic!
“Behind me?”
Shui Miao turned sharply and immediately saw the skeletal demon emperor on the white skeletal dragon about a hundred meters away. His blood-red eyes, illuminated by the white light, appeared extremely vivid and eerie!
However, the small chessboard killing array had just finished activating…
What a diversionary tactic…
“Roar!”
The white skeletal dragon attacked first, opening its mouth and spewing a large amount of white crystalline flowers towards Shui Miao…
“Go all out!”
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted, and he quickly summoned a large number of treasures stored on his body. Apart from the small chessboard killing array, his life-bound supreme treasure, and the time-protecting treasure, he brought out every possible treasure to resist the corrosion.
Simultaneously, Shui Miao swiftly repaired the Time Tower, continuing to reverse time.
“Spare me, I won’t dare anymore!”
The artifact spirit, sensing Shui Miao’s intrusion into its consciousness and the theft of its memories, immediately grew tense and fearful.
“It’s too late, you evil creature. I cannot allow you to continue existing.”
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Purple Fortune Qi to destroy this evil artifact spirit that had obtained his primordial spirit’s memories.
Following this, Shui Miao began to transform the spirits of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements according to the forging methods of the Immortal-Demon Realm, successfully summoning his own Ten Yin Evil Fire. He then used this fire to reforge materials, directly crafting an incredibly robust defensive protective bead.
Forging such a treasure wasn’t particularly difficult.
For Shui Miao, it was quite effortless.
However, Shui Miao was a perfectionist. Given the current forging speed, there was still ample time.
Thus, Shui Miao began to study the structure of the toxic mist and blood rain outside.
The corrosive power of this toxic mist and blood rain was incredibly potent, even surpassing the Soul Devouring Force, and was no less formidable than the attacks of a sacred artifact.
If he could forge a treasure that was immune to the toxic mist and blood rain, and could even control it, that would be perfect.
After a while, Shui Miao seemed to have an epiphany and suddenly stopped. He then moved the newly forged Immortal-Demon Realm protective bead into the toxic mist and blood rain for quenching…
The quenching of treasures in the Immortal-Demon Realm differed from that in the Immortal Realm.
In the Immortal Realm, quenching required powerful spiritual energy and blood with spiritual properties, such as dragon blood.
In the Immortal-Demon Realm, however, it required evil energy, and the more malevolent, the better.
Shui Miao, still thinking from an Immortal Realm perspective, feared that the evil energy would corrode the protective bead, which was a mistake in itself.
As soon as the protective bead was moved out, an extremely malevolent evil energy surged into it, quickly nurturing an artifact spirit. With a thought, Shui Miao retrieved the bead and, through spiritual sensing, found that it was a high-grade demonic artifact. He immediately activated the bead, surrounding himself with its protection. Now, with the bead’s safeguard, he was no longer afraid of the toxic mist and blood rain.
“How miraculous!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, realizing how wondrous the workings of the universe were. Initially fearful of the toxic mist and blood rain, he had worried that the protective bead might be corroded. But now, he found the bead bathing in the toxic mist and blood rain, absorbing the evil energy, feeling as natural as a fish in water or a dragon in the sky.
For demonic artifacts, evil energy was akin to the purest sacred energy for immortal artifacts.
“Since that’s the case, why not forge several large spatial demonic artifacts to store vast amounts of evil energy? Then, I can carry them with me for emergencies. Properly hidden, they could serve as an excellent trump card, with power no less than that of sacred artifacts.”
“Good! It’s decided!”
With this thought, Shui Miao immediately activated the demonic forge, mass-producing spatial demonic artifacts to collect the toxic mist and blood rain.
An hour later, Shui Miao had forged ten large spatial spheres, each the size of a basketball, and filled them with the toxic mist and blood rain. Another hour passed, during which Shui Miao used the time to forge five more demonic forges, two sets of protective, flying, and attacking treasures—one for himself and one for Shui Tianyi. Together, they navigated through the toxic mist and blood rain, searching for a way out.
The Immortal-Demon Realm was vast and desolate.
After flying for a while without encountering any living beings, Shui Miao considered capturing a life form to extract its memories but never found the opportunity.
“Shui Miao, aimlessly searching isn’t the way. Let’s follow the areas with the strongest evil energy,” suggested Shui Tianyi, growing restless from the flight.
Shui Miao paused, “Why? Why follow the areas with the strongest evil energy?”
“Fool, haven’t you noticed after flying for so long that some areas have weaker evil energy while others have stronger?” Shui Tianyi, a seasoned immortal with thousands of years of experience in the Immortal Realm, had ample wisdom.
Shui Miao, though also thousands of years old, had spent all that time within the Time Tower, making him exceptionally skilled in formations but not as worldly. After a moment of confusion, he quickly grasped the implication, “Sister, are you saying this toxic mist and blood rain was released by a demon god, not naturally occurring?”
“Of course, this place was once an ancient battlefield. If the Heavenly Court had defeated the Immortal-Demon Realm, it would now be a second Heavenly Court, radiant with sunlight and filled with immortal energy, not this malevolent atmosphere. So, I’m certain the existence of this toxic mist and blood rain is due to formations set by demon gods, similar to the defense towers of the Spirit Marshal. The Immortal-Demon Realm uses these towers to generate evil energy, hindering the steps of immortals.”
Shui Tianyi’s analytical skills were sharp.
Her reasoning was influenced by the recent demonic siege on the Spirit Marshal.
Having slain several high-ranking figures from the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao knew that the realm would assume the Immortal Realm was launching a massive invasion. Unprepared, they would naturally activate formations to create the toxic mist and blood rain, obstructing the immortals’ advance.
Shui Miao’s thoughts were enlightened, and everything became clear.
“Good! Let’s go now!”
Shui Miao was excited.
He wasn’t planning to aid the Heavenly Court against the Immortal-Demon Realm but was curious about the formations that created the toxic mist and blood rain. If he could learn them, he could produce these formations himself, eliminating the need to collect the toxic mist and blood rain with spatial demonic artifacts.
“Alright!”
Shui Tianyi agreed, equally eager to explore.
With a direction, things became easier.
Wearing top-grade demonic shoes, the two found an Immortal-Demon Realm castle shrouded in exceptionally dense toxic mist in just half an hour.
Of course, at this point, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi were unaware of the castle hidden behind the thick mist.
They charged into the misty area, moving forward until they suddenly sensed a barrier blocking their path—undoubtedly a large defensive formation.
“Shui Miao, what should we do?”
Shui Tianyi immediately grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, communicating telepathically.
“Never mind that, let’s use the small chessboard killing array to blast through the defensive barrier first.”
With a thought, Shui Miao broke free from Shui Tianyi’s grasp, stepped back, and activated the small chessboard killing array, launching a fierce attack on the defensive shield.
Instantly, a seven-colored light pillar appeared, and within the chaotic toxic mist, it seemed as if a massive sun had emerged. The intense light dispersed the surrounding mist, and the defensive shield crumbled instantly, the evil energy around them weakening. As the light grew brighter, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi saw a pitch-black castle.
“Found it!”
Shui Tianyi was thrilled, certain that the castle held something valuable.
“Sister, aren’t we being too hasty? Such a large castle must house a super-strong being. Shouldn’t we gather more information before proceeding?” Seeing the castle’s scale, as dark as the Immortal Realm’s Celestial Mountain, Shui Miao felt uncertain.
After all, this was the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Even in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao wouldn’t recklessly attack an immortal city without knowing the opponent’s strength.
Remembering that even the ancient immortal cities had fallen in the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao became even more cautious.
“Shui Miao, don’t worry. We’re launching a surprise attack; they won’t be prepared. Let’s act quickly…”
Shui Tianyi, however, was unfazed.
Without stopping the formations that generated the toxic mist and blood rain, they couldn’t determine their direction, and without direction, escape was impossible. Shui Miao frowned, “Alright, let’s make it quick!”
With the castle’s defensive shield broken, Shui Miao flew towards the castle, simultaneously activating the small chessboard killing array, preparing for a more powerful attack.
※※※
Inside the castle
Three thousand demon soldiers gathered in the castle hall. Each soldier was a small giant, three meters tall, broad-shouldered, clad in dark, icy armor, wielding massive black dragon-slaying swords.
Before them stood a skeletal demon emperor, riding a white skeletal dragon, draped in a black robe.
This demon emperor was indeed a white skeleton!
However, the black robe concealed his body, revealing only his skull and the pair of blood-red eyes on it.
The demon soldiers quickly assembled.
The skeletal demon emperor suddenly spoke in a sinister voice, “We have slept for too long… too long… Today, the immortals have come to us! Let us devour their souls! In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, at most, reinforcements from the Demon Capital will arrive, and they will leave no trace of the immortals for us. So now is the time for us to attack, capture the immortals, devour their flesh and blood, and let us revive!”
As he spoke, the skeletal demon emperor’s tone grew increasingly frenzied.
“Revive!”
“Revive! Revive! Revive!”
All the demon soldiers roared madly, their imposing aura terrifying and chilling.
“Kill!”
With a shout from the skeletal demon emperor, all the demon soldiers roared and took to the air!
“Bad news, it’s an ambush!”
Hearing the noise, Shui Tianyi’s expression changed instantly.
It would be strange if there were no danger. Realizing it was an ambush now was too late. Shui Miao shook his head in frustration; there was no turning back now. They had to fight their way out.
Immediately, Shui Miao activated the small chessboard killing array against the charging demon soldiers!
The seven-colored light pillar reappeared, instantly annihilating a large number of demon soldiers.
But at that moment, the skeletal demon emperor, riding the white skeletal dragon, silently maneuvered around from the other side of the castle towards Shui Miao…
“Ah! Shui Miao, behind, behind…”
Shui Tianyi, nervously looking around in fear, suddenly spotted the skeletal demon emperor on the white skeletal dragon and screamed in panic!
“Behind?”
Shui Miao turned sharply and saw the skeletal demon emperor on the white skeletal dragon about a hundred meters away. His blood-red eyes, illuminated by the white light, appeared eerily vivid.
However, the small chessboard killing array had just finished activating…
What a clever diversion…
“Roar!”
The white skeletal dragon attacked first, opening its mouth and spewing a large amount of white crystal flowers towards Shui Miao…
After a while, as if suddenly remembering something, Shui Miao abruptly stopped and placed the just-forged Immortal-Demon Realm protective bead into the toxic mist and blood rain for quenching…
Quenching techniques for Immortal-Demon Realm treasures differed from those in the Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm required powerful spiritual energy and sentient blood, like dragon blood.
The Immortal-Demon Realm required evil qi—the darker and more sinister, the better.
Shui Miao, still thinking in terms of the Immortal Realm, feared the evil qi might corrode the protective bead, which itself was a mistake.
As the protective bead was moved out, extremely sinister evil qi instantly surged into its interior, quickly nurturing a treasure spirit. With a thought, Shui Miao retrieved the bead. His divine sense detected it was actually quite good—a high-grade demonic treasure. Immediately, Shui Miao activated the bead, surrounding himself with its protection. When he emerged again, protected by the bead, he was no longer afraid of the toxic mist and blood rain.
“How amazing!”
Shui Miao was extremely excited, discovering how wondrous the world truly was. Initially, he had feared the toxic mist and blood rain, worrying whether the forged protective bead would be corroded. Now, however, he saw the bead actually thriving in the toxic environment, absorbing evil qi as naturally as fish in water or dragons soaring in the sky.
To demonic treasures, evil qi was like the purest holy spiritual energy to immortal treasures.
“Let’s go all out!”
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted, and he quickly summoned a large number of treasures stored on his body. Apart from the small chessboard killing array, his innate supreme treasure, and the time-protecting treasure, he brought out every possible artifact to resist the corrosion.
Simultaneously, Shui Miao swiftly repaired the Time Tower, continuing to reverse time.
“Spare me, I won’t dare again!”
The artifact spirit, sensing Shui Miao’s intrusion into its consciousness and the theft of its memories, immediately grew tense and fearful.
“It’s too late, you evil creature. I cannot let you continue to exist.”
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Purple Fortune Qi to destroy this malevolent artifact spirit that had acquired his primordial spirit’s memories.
Following this, Shui Miao began to transform the spirits of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements according to the forging methods of the Immortal-Demon Realm, successfully summoning his own Ten Yin Evil Fire. He then used this fire to reforge materials, directly crafting an exceptionally robust defensive protective bead.
Forging such an artifact wasn’t particularly difficult.
For Shui Miao, it was quite effortless.
However, Shui Miao was a perfectionist. Given the current forging speed, there was still ample time.
Thus, Shui Miao began to study the structure of the toxic mist and blood rain outside.
This toxic mist and blood rain had an incredibly potent corrosive power, surpassing even the Soul Devouring Force, and was no less formidable than the attacks of a holy artifact.
If he could forge an artifact that was immune to the toxic mist and blood rain, and could even control it, that would be perfect.
After a while, Shui Miao seemed to have an epiphany and suddenly stopped. He then moved the newly forged protective bead from the Immortal-Demon Realm into the toxic mist and blood rain for quenching…
The quenching of artifacts in the Immortal-Demon Realm differed from that in the Immortal Realm.
In the Immortal Realm, quenching required powerful spiritual energy and blood with spiritual properties, such as dragon blood.
In the Immortal-Demon Realm, however, it required evil energy—the more malevolent, the better.
Shui Miao, still thinking from an Immortal Realm perspective, feared that the evil energy would corrode the protective bead, which was a mistake.
As the protective bead was moved out, an extremely malevolent evil energy surged into it, quickly nurturing an artifact spirit. With a thought, Shui Miao retrieved the bead and, through spiritual sensing, found that it was a high-grade demonic artifact. He promptly activated the bead, surrounding himself with its protection. Now, with the bead’s safeguard, he was no longer afraid of the toxic mist and blood rain.
“How miraculous!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, realizing how wondrous the world could be. Initially fearful of the toxic mist and blood rain, he had worried that the protective bead might be corroded. But now, he found the bead bathing in the toxic mist and blood rain, absorbing the evil energy, feeling as natural as a fish in water or a dragon in the sky.
Evil energy, for demonic artifacts, was akin to the purest holy energy for immortal artifacts.
“Since that’s the case, why not forge several large spatial demonic artifacts to store vast amounts of evil energy? I can keep them on me for emergencies. Well-hidden, they could serve as an excellent trump card, with power no less than that of holy artifacts.”
“Alright, it’s decided!”
With his thoughts in motion, Shui Miao immediately activated the demonic forge, mass-producing spatial demonic artifacts to collect the toxic mist and blood rain.
An hour later, Shui Miao had forged ten large spatial spheres, each the size of a basketball, and filled them with the toxic mist and blood rain. Another hour passed, during which Shui Miao used the time to forge five more demonic forges, two sets of protective, flying, and attacking artifacts—one for himself and one for Shui Tianyi. Together, they navigated through the toxic mist and blood rain, searching for a way out.
The Immortal-Demon Realm was vast and desolate.
After flying for a while without encountering any living beings, Shui Miao considered capturing a creature to extract its memories but found none.
“Shui Miao, aimlessly searching isn’t the way. Let’s follow where the evil energy is strongest.”
Shui Tianyi, growing impatient from the flight, suggested.
Shui Miao was momentarily puzzled, “Why follow the strongest evil energy?”
“Fool, haven’t you noticed after flying for so long that some areas have weaker evil energy while others are stronger?” Shui Tianyi, a seasoned immortal with thousands of years of experience in the Immortal Realm, had ample wisdom.
Shui Miao, having also lived for thousands of years but mostly within the Time Tower, was particularly adept at formations. He quickly grasped Shui Tianyi’s implication and responded, “Sister, are you suggesting that this toxic mist and blood rain was released by a demon god, not naturally occurring?”
“Of course, this was once an ancient battlefield. If the Heavenly Court had triumphed over the Immortal-Demon Realm, this place would now be a second Heavenly Court, radiant with immortal energy, not shrouded in such malevolence. Thus, I’m certain the presence of toxic mist and blood rain here is due to formations set by demon gods, similar to the defensive towers of the Spirit Commanders. The Immortal-Demon Realm uses these towers to generate evil energy, hindering the steps of immortals.”
Shui Tianyi’s analytical skills were sharp.
Her thoughts were influenced by the recent demonic siege on the Spirit Commanders.
Shui Miao had slain several high-ranking figures from the Immortal-Demon Realm, and upon receiving the news, the realm likely anticipated a large-scale invasion from the Immortal Realm. Unprepared, they naturally activated formations to produce the toxic mist and blood rain to obstruct the immortals’ advance.
Shui Miao’s thoughts were enlightened, and everything became clear.
“Alright, let’s go now!”
Shui Miao was excited.
He wasn’t necessarily planning to assist the Heavenly Court against the Immortal-Demon Realm but was curious about the formations that created the toxic mist and blood rain. If he could learn them, he could produce such formations himself, eliminating the need to collect the mist and rain with spatial demonic artifacts.
“Alright!”
Shui Tianyi agreed, also eager to witness this.
With a direction in mind, things became easier.
Wearing top-grade demonic shoes, the two found an Immortal-Demon Realm castle enveloped in unusually dense toxic mist in just half an hour.
Of course, at this point, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi were unaware of the castle hidden behind the thick mist.
They charged into the misty area, moving forward until they suddenly sensed a shield blocking their path—undoubtedly a large defensive formation.
“Shui Miao, what should we do?”
Shui Tianyi immediately grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, communicating telepathically.
“Never mind that, let’s use the small chessboard killing array to blast the defensive shield first.”
With a thought, Shui Miao broke free from Shui Tianyi’s grasp, stepped back, and activated the small chessboard killing array, delivering a powerful strike to the shield.
Instantly, a seven-colored light pillar appeared, and within the chaotic toxic mist, a massive scorching sun seemed to emerge. The intense light dispersed the surrounding mist, and the defensive shield crumbled instantly, the evil energy around them weakening. As the light grew brighter, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi saw a pitch-black castle.
“Found it!”
Shui Tianyi was thrilled, certain that the castle held something valuable.
“Sister, aren’t we being a bit hasty? Such a large castle must house a super-strong being. Shouldn’t we gather more information before proceeding?” Seeing the castle’s scale, dark and imposing like the Immortal Capital Mountain of the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao felt uncertain.
After all, this was the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Even in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao wouldn’t recklessly attack an immortal city without knowing the opponent’s strength.
Recalling how the ancient immortal cities had fallen in the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao became even more cautious.
“Shui Miao, don’t worry. We’re launching a surprise attack; they won’t be prepared. Let’s act quickly…”
Shui Tianyi, however, was unfazed.
Without stopping the formation that generated the toxic mist and blood rain, they couldn’t determine their direction, and without direction, escape was impossible. Shui Miao frowned, “Alright, let’s make it quick!”
With the castle’s defensive shield broken, Shui Miao flew towards the castle, activating the small chessboard killing array, preparing for a more powerful attack.
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Inside the castle
Three thousand Immortal-Demon soldiers gathered in the castle hall. Each soldier was a small giant, three meters tall, broad-shouldered, clad in dark, icy armor, wielding massive black dragon-slaying swords.
At the forefront was a Skeleton Demon Emperor, riding a white skeletal dragon, draped in a black robe.
The Skeleton Demon Emperor was indeed a white skeleton!
However, the black robe concealed its body, revealing only its skull and the pair of blood-red eyes.
The Immortal-Demon soldiers quickly assembled.
The Skeleton Demon Emperor suddenly spoke in a chilling voice, “We have slept for too long… too long… Today, the immortals have come to us! Let us devour their souls! In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, at most, reinforcements from the Demon Capital will arrive, and they will leave us not even the ashes of the immortals. So now is the time for us to attack, capture the immortals, devour their flesh and blood, and let us revive!”
As the Skeleton Demon Emperor spoke, its tone grew increasingly frenzied.
“Revive!”
“Revive! Revive! Revive!”
All the Immortal-Demon soldiers roared madly, their aura terrifying and intimidating.
“Kill!”
With a shout from the Skeleton Demon Emperor, all the soldiers roared and took to the air!
“Damn it, it’s an ambush!”
Hearing the noise, Shui Tianyi’s face changed.
It would be strange if there were no danger. Realizing it was an ambush now was too late. Shui Miao shook his head in frustration; there was no turning back now. They had to fight their way out.
Immediately, Shui Miao activated the small chessboard killing array against the charging Immortal-Demon soldiers!
The seven-colored light pillar reappeared, annihilating a large number of the soldiers.
However, the Skeleton Demon Emperor, riding the white skeletal dragon, stealthily approached Shui Miao from the other side of the castle…
“Ah! Shui Miao, behind you, behind you…”
Shui Tianyi, nervously looking around in fear, suddenly spotted the Skeleton Demon Emperor on the white skeletal dragon and screamed in panic!
“Behind me?”
Shui Miao turned sharply and saw the Skeleton Demon Emperor on the white skeletal dragon about a hundred meters away. Its blood-red eyes, illuminated by the white light, appeared eerily vivid!
At this moment, the small chessboard killing array had just finished activating…
What a diversion…
“Roar!”
The white skeletal dragon attacked first, spewing a large amount of white crystal flowers towards Shui Miao…
“Great! That’s settled then!”
With this thought, Shui Miao immediately activated his demonic furnace, forging numerous spatial demonic treasures to collect the toxic mist and blood rain.
After an hour, Shui Miao had forged ten large spatial orbs, each the size of a basketball. He then filled the interiors of these ten large orbs with toxic mist and blood rain. Another hour passed as Shui Miao used this time to reforged five demonic furnaces, crafting two sets of protective, evasive, and offensive magical treasures—one set for himself and one for Shui Tianyi. Together, they navigated the toxic mist and blood rain, searching for an exit.
The Immortal-Demon Realm was vast and extremely desolate.
After flying for quite a while, they still hadn’t encountered a single living being. Shui Miao wanted to capture someone to obtain their memories, but kept failing.
“Shui Miao, continuing to search blindly isn’t working. Why don’t we follow the direction with the strongest evil qi?”
Shui Tianyi was growing somewhat frustrated with the evasive flying.
Shui Miao was momentarily taken aback, “Why? Why should we follow the strongest evil qi?”
“Idiot, haven’t you noticed after flying this long that some areas have weaker evil qi while others have stronger?” Shui Tianyi had been a seasoned deity, having survived in the Immortal Realm for thousands of years, and her experience was substantial.
Though Shui Miao had also lived for thousands of years, all of it had been spent inside the time tower. He was particularly skilled in formations and such matters. Hearing Shui Tianyi’s words, Shui Miao momentarily couldn’t grasp the concept, but soon a possibility struck him, and he quickly said, “Sister, you mean these toxic mist and blood rain were released by a demon god, not naturally occurring?”
“Obviously! This place used to be an ancient battlefield. If the heavenly court had defeated the Immortal-Demon Realm back then, this area would now be a second heavenly court—bright, sunny, and filled with immortal energy. Why would it be so filled with sinister evil qi? Therefore, I’m certain the reason for the existence of this toxic mist and blood rain must be because some demon god placed formations here, similar to Ling Shuai’s defensive towers. The Immortal-Demon Realm is using these defensive towers to generate evil qi to block the immortals’ advance.”
Shui Tianyi’s analytical abilities were also strong.
Her ability to reach this conclusion was closely related to today’s attack on Ling Shuai by those evil demons.
Shui Miao had defeated several experts from the Immortal-Demon Realm, and upon receiving this news, the Immortal-Demon Realm would certainly assume the Immortal Realm was preparing for a major invasion. Unprepared for such an attack, they naturally activated their formations to create the toxic mist and blood rain to block the immortals’ advance.
Shui Miao’s thoughts were suddenly enlightened, and everything clicked into place.
“Great! Let’s go now!”
Shui Miao was extremely excited.
Shui Miao wasn’t necessarily thinking about helping the heavenly court fight against the Immortal-Demon Realm, but rather wanted to see exactly what kind of formation the Immortal-Demon Realm used to create the toxic mist and blood rain. If he could learn it, he could directly create these formations himself, eliminating the need to collect toxic mist and blood rain using spatial demonic treasures.
“Alright!”
Shui Tianyi agreed, also eager to witness this herself.
With a lead, things became easier.
“Let’s go all out!”
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted, and he quickly summoned a large number of treasures stored within him. Apart from the small chessboard killing array, his innate supreme treasure, and the time-protecting treasure, he brought out every possible artifact to resist the corrosion.
Simultaneously, Shui Miao swiftly repaired the Time Tower, continuing to reverse time.
“Spare me, I won’t dare to do it again!”
The artifact spirit, sensing Shui Miao’s intrusion into its consciousness and the theft of its memories, immediately grew tense and fearful.
“It’s too late, you evil creature. I cannot let you continue to exist.”
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Purple Fortune Qi to destroy the malevolent artifact spirit that had obtained his primordial spirit’s memories.
Following this, Shui Miao began to transform the spirits of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements according to the forging methods of the Immortal-Demon Realm, successfully summoning his own Ten Yin Evil Fire. He then used this fire to reforge materials, directly crafting an incredibly robust defensive protective bead.
Forging such a treasure wasn’t particularly difficult.
For Shui Miao, it was quite effortless.
However, Shui Miao was a perfectionist. Given the current forging speed, there was still ample time.
Thus, Shui Miao began to study the structure of the toxic mist and blood rain outside.
The corrosive power of this toxic mist and blood rain was exceptionally strong, even surpassing the Soul Devouring Power, and was no less formidable than the attacks of a holy artifact.
If he could forge a treasure that was impervious to the toxic mist and blood rain and could even control them, it would be absolutely perfect.
After a while, Shui Miao seemed to have an epiphany and suddenly stopped. He then moved the newly forged protective bead of the Immortal-Demon Realm into the toxic mist and blood rain for quenching…
The quenching process in the Immortal-Demon Realm differed from that in the Immortal Realm.
In the Immortal Realm, quenching required powerful spiritual energy and blood with spiritual properties, such as dragon blood.
In the Immortal-Demon Realm, however, it required evil energy—the more malevolent, the better.
Shui Miao, still thinking from an Immortal Realm perspective, feared that the evil energy would corrode the protective bead, which was a mistake in itself.
As the protective bead was moved into the toxic mist, an incredibly malevolent evil energy surged into it, quickly nurturing an artifact spirit. With a thought, Shui Miao retrieved the bead and, through his spiritual sense, discovered that it had become a top-grade demonic artifact. He immediately activated the bead to protect himself. Upon emerging, shielded by the bead, he was no longer afraid of the toxic mist and blood rain.
“How miraculous!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, realizing how wondrous the world could be. Initially fearful of the toxic mist and blood rain, he had worried that the protective bead might be corroded. But now, he found the bead bathing in the toxic mist, absorbing the evil energy, feeling as natural as a fish in water or a dragon in the sky.
For demonic artifacts, evil energy was akin to the purest holy energy for immortal artifacts.
“Since that’s the case, why not forge several large spatial demonic artifacts to store vast amounts of evil energy? I could carry them with me for emergencies. Properly concealed, they could serve as an excellent trump card, with power no less than that of holy artifacts.”
“Good! It’s decided!”
With this thought, Shui Miao immediately activated the demonic forge, mass-producing spatial demonic artifacts to collect the toxic mist and blood rain.
An hour later, Shui Miao had forged ten large spatial spheres, each the size of a basketball, and filled them with the toxic mist and blood rain. Another hour passed, during which Shui Miao forged five more demonic forges, two sets of protective, flying, and attacking artifacts—one for himself and one for Shui Tianyi. Together, they navigated through the toxic mist, searching for a way out.
The Immortal-Demon Realm was vast and desolate.
After flying for a while without encountering any living beings, Shui Miao considered capturing a creature to extract its memories but found none.
“Shui Miao, aimlessly searching isn’t effective. Let’s follow the areas with the strongest evil energy.”
Shui Tianyi, growing impatient, suggested.
Shui Miao paused, “Why follow the strongest evil energy?”
“Fool, haven’t you noticed that some areas have weaker evil energy while others are stronger?” Shui Tianyi, a seasoned immortal with thousands of years of experience in the Immortal Realm, had ample wisdom.
Shui Miao, who had also lived for millennia but mostly within the Time Tower, was particularly adept at formations. It took him a moment to grasp Shui Tianyi’s point, but soon he realized, “Sister, are you suggesting that this toxic mist and blood rain were released by a demon god, not naturally occurring?”
“Of course! This place was once an ancient battlefield. If the Heavenly Court had defeated the Immortal-Demon Realm, it would now be a radiant, spiritual paradise, not this malevolent wasteland. Therefore, I’m certain that the toxic mist and blood rain are the result of formations set up by demon gods, similar to the defense towers of the Spirit Commanders. The Immortal-Demon Realm uses these formations to generate evil energy and hinder immortals.”
Shui Tianyi’s analytical skills were sharp.
Her reasoning was influenced by the recent demonic siege on the Spirit Commanders.
Having slain several Immortal-Demon Realm experts, Shui Miao knew that the realm would assume an imminent invasion from the Immortal Realm. Unprepared, they would activate formations to create the toxic mist and blood rain to block the immortals’ advance.
Shui Miao’s thoughts were now clear.
“Good! Let’s go now!”
Shui Miao was excited.
He wasn’t planning to aid the Heavenly Court against the Immortal-Demon Realm but was curious about the formations generating the toxic mist. If he could learn them, he could create such formations himself, eliminating the need to collect the mist with spatial demonic artifacts.
“Alright!”
Shui Tianyi agreed, eager to see for herself.
With a direction, things became easier.
Wearing top-grade demonic boots, they found an Immortal-Demon Realm castle shrouded in exceptionally dense toxic mist within half an hour.
At this point, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi were unaware of the castle hidden behind the mist.
They charged into the misty area, moving forward until they sensed a barrier blocking their path—undoubtedly a large defensive formation.
“Shui Miao, what should we do?”
Shui Tianyi immediately grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, communicating telepathically.
“Never mind that, let’s use the small chessboard killing array to blast the barrier first.”
Shui Miao broke free from Shui Tianyi’s grasp, stepped back, and activated the small chessboard killing array, launching a fierce attack on the barrier.
Instantly, a seven-colored light pillar appeared, resembling a blazing sun in the chaotic mist. The intense light dispersed the surrounding toxic mist, and the defensive barrier crumbled, the evil energy thinning. As the light grew brighter, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi saw a dark castle.
“Found it!”
Shui Tianyi was thrilled, certain that the castle held valuable treasures.
“Sister, aren’t we being too hasty? Such a large castle must house a superpower. Shouldn’t we gather more information before proceeding?” Shui Miao, seeing the castle’s scale—dark and imposing like the Immortal Capital Mountain in the Immortal Realm—felt uncertain.
After all, this was the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Even in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao wouldn’t recklessly attack a city without knowing the opponent’s strength.
Remembering the fall of the Ancient Immortal City in the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao became even more cautious.
“Shui Miao, don’t worry. We’re launching a surprise attack; they won’t be prepared. Let’s act quickly…”
Shui Tianyi, however, was unfazed.
Without stopping the formations generating the toxic mist, they couldn’t determine their direction, and without direction, escape was impossible. Shui Miao frowned, “Alright, let’s make it quick!”
With the castle’s barrier destroyed, Shui Miao flew towards the castle, activating the small chessboard killing array, preparing for a more powerful attack.
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Inside the castle
Three thousand Immortal-Demon soldiers gathered in the castle hall. Each soldier was a small giant, three meters tall, broad-shouldered, clad in dark, icy armor, wielding massive black dragon-slaying swords.
Before them stood a Skeleton Demon Emperor, riding a white skeletal dragon, draped in a black robe.
The Skeleton Demon Emperor was indeed a white skeleton!
Only his skull and blood-red eyes were visible beneath the black robe.
The Immortal-Demon soldiers quickly assembled.
The Skeleton Demon Emperor suddenly spoke in a chilling voice, “We have slept for too long… too long… Today, immortals have come to us! Let us devour their souls! In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, reinforcements from the Demon Capital will arrive, leaving us nothing. Now is the time to attack, capture the immortals, devour their flesh, and let us revive!”
By the end, the Skeleton Demon Emperor’s tone had become utterly frenzied.
“Revive!”
“Revive! Revive! Revive!”
All the Immortal-Demon soldiers roared madly, their aura terrifying and soul-shaking.
“Kill!”
The Skeleton Demon Emperor suddenly shouted, and all the soldiers roared, taking to the air!
“Bad news, it’s an ambush!”
Hearing the noise, Shui Tianyi’s face changed.
It was no surprise there was danger, but realizing it was an ambush was too late. Shui Miao shook his head in frustration; there was no turning back now. They had to fight their way out.
Immediately, Shui Miao activated the small chessboard killing array against the charging Immortal-Demon soldiers.
The seven-colored light pillar reappeared, annihilating a large number of soldiers.
But then, the Skeleton Demon Emperor, riding the white skeletal dragon, silently approached Shui Miao from the other side of the castle…
“Ah! Shui Miao, behind you, behind you…”
Shui Tianyi, nervously looking around in fear, suddenly spotted the Skeleton Demon Emperor on the white skeletal dragon and screamed in panic!
“Behind?”
Shui Miao turned sharply and saw the Skeleton Demon Emperor on the white skeletal dragon about a hundred meters away. His blood-red eyes, illuminated by the white light, appeared eerily vivid.
At that moment, the small chessboard killing array had just finished activating…
What a diversion…
“Roar!”
The white skeletal dragon attacked first, spewing a large amount of white crystalline flowers towards Shui Miao…
Of course, at this point, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi didn’t yet know there was a castle hidden behind the dense toxic mist.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi charged directly into the toxic mist area, moving forward. As they walked, they suddenly sensed a barrier blocking their path ahead—undoubtedly a large defensive formation.
“Shui Miao, what do we do?”
Shui Tianyi immediately came over and grabbed Shui Miao’s hand, sending him a mental message.
“Who cares! First, use the small chessboard killing formation to blast through the defensive shield!”
With a thought, Shui Miao shook off Shui Tianyi’s hand, immediately retreating and activating the small chessboard killing formation. He launched a powerful strike at the shield.
Instantly, a seven-colored beam of light suddenly appeared, like a blazing sun emerging from the chaotic toxic mist. The sun’s scorching light forcefully dispersed the surrounding toxic mist, and the defensive shield instantly crumbled. The surrounding evil qi quickly dissipated. As the light grew brighter, Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi also caught sight of a pitch-black castle.
“We found it!”
Shui Tianyi was excited, convinced there must be valuable treasures inside the castle.
“Sister, aren’t we being a bit too hasty? Such a massive castle must certainly have supreme experts inside. Otherwise, let’s not rush. How about we investigate the situation thoroughly first?” Seeing the scale of the castle, its black expanse resembling the Immortal Realm’s Immortal Capital Mountain, Shui Miao immediately felt uncertain.
After all, this was the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Even in the Immortal Realm, Shui Miao wouldn’t dare attack an immortal city so brazenly without knowing the opponent’s strength.
Thinking of how even the ancient immortal city had fallen in the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao became even more cautious.
“Shui Miao, stop worrying needlessly. We’re launching a surprise attack—they won’t be prepared. If we act quickly enough, it’ll be fine…”
Shui Tianyi, however, was rather dismissive.
Unable to stop the formation generating the toxic mist and blood rain meant they couldn’t determine direction, and without direction, escape was impossible. Shui Miao frowned, “Alright then, let’s make it quick!”
The castle’s defensive shield was already broken. Shui Miao flew toward the castle’s interior, simultaneously activating the small chessboard killing formation, preparing for an even more powerful attack.
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Inside the castle
Three thousand immortal-demon soldiers and generals were gathered in the castle hall. These immortal-demon warriors were all small giants, three meters tall, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, clad in pitch-black cold armor, each wielding a massive black dragon-slaying greatsword.
In front of the immortal-demon soldiers and generals was a skeletal demon emperor riding a white skeletal dragon, wearing a black robe.
This skeletal demon emperor was truly just a pale skeleton!
However, the black robe covered his body, revealing only his skull and the pair of blood-red eyes on his skull.
The immortal-demon soldiers quickly assembled.
Suddenly, the skeletal demon emperor spoke in a human voice, his tone sinister and chilling, “We have slept for far too long… far too long… Today, immortals have finally come knocking! Let us go forth and devour their souls. Within one cup of tea’s time, at most one cup of tea’s time, massive reinforcements from the demon capital will arrive. By then, they won’t even leave us with the scraps of these immortals. Therefore, now is the time for us to launch our attack—capture the immortals, devour their flesh, and let us revive!”
As the skeletal demon emperor spoke of the present moment, his tone had already become extremely frenzied.
“Revive!”
“Revive! Revive! Revive!”
All the immortal-demon soldiers and generals roared wildly, their momentum soul-chilling and terrifying.
“Kill!”
Suddenly, the skeletal demon emperor shouted “Kill!” and all the immortal-demon soldiers and generals immediately roared, flying into action!
“Oh no, it’s an ambush!”
Hearing the noise, Shui Tianyi’s expression immediately changed.
If there was no danger, that would be strange indeed. Now realizing there was an ambush was already too late. Shui Miao sighed in frustration, knowing there was no turning back now. They had no choice but to fight their way through in a bloody battle.
Immediately, Shui Miao suddenly activated the small chessboard killing formation against the charging immortal-demon soldiers and generals!
A seven-colored beam of light reappeared, instantly annihilating a large number of immortal-demon soldiers and generals.
However, at this moment, the skeletal demon emperor, riding his white skeletal dragon, silently approached Shui Miao from the other side of the castle…
“Ahh! Shui Miao, behind you, behind you…”
Nervously looking around in fear, Shui Tianyi suddenly spotted the skeletal demon emperor riding the white skeletal dragon and immediately screamed in panic!
“Behind me?”
Shui Miao abruptly turned around and immediately saw the skeletal demon emperor riding the white skeletal dragon over a hundred meters away. His pair of blood-red eyes, under the white light, appeared extremely vividly red and eerie!
However, at this moment, the small chessboard killing formation had just begun to activate…
What a perfect feint…
“Roar!”
First to attack was the white skeletal dragon. It opened its mouth and sprayed a massive amount of white crystal flowers toward Shui Miao…
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