Chapter 612: Killing with a Borrowed Knife

Without the aura of purple fortune, this simply wouldn’t do. The realm of artistic conception still harbors my loved ones and friends.

After Shui Miao felt slightly better, a thought struck him. Since the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts could use the formations within their underworld treasures to convert the aura of purple fortune, and he himself possessed the innate power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, along with the knowledge of how to operate the formation for conversion, why not use his will to control his immortal power for the transformation?

Ha!

How could I have been so foolish?

Suddenly, Shui Miao had an epiphany. Formations and magical powers are actually interconnected. How could I not have realized the flexibility in their application? With the power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, along with my will, all I need to do is follow the operational laws of the formation to drive my immortal power. Doesn’t that make me a versatile, super artifact capable of invoking different spells at will?

Feeling enlightened, Shui Miao felt as though the pain in his body had significantly lessened.

In no time, waves of purple fortune aura began to emanate from Shui Miao’s body. Yes, this was the purple fortune aura converted by following the formation’s operational method.

When the evil aura encountered the purple fortune aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosive nature weakened, turning into ordinary yin energy.

Gradually, Shui Miao felt more at ease, the pressure greatly reduced. With his spiritual sense, he began to directly perceive the formation inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the changes in the coffin’s formation and the drastic shift in aura, the Eternal Demon King, who was slaughtering ghost catchers, was deeply shocked. Just as he was about to enter the coffin, he was forced back by a surge of purple fortune aura. “Bastard! What are you doing? You freak, you actually altered my formation. How is this possible? How did you do it? Who are you? Who exactly are you?”

The Eternal Demon King had thought he had captured Shui Miao, a slave who could forge treasures for him. But he never imagined that this supposed slave would instantly destroy his treasure, alter the formation within, turning his treasure into a piece of junk.

Yes, in the eyes of the Eternal Demon King, the treasure was now nothing but scrap.

But in reality, the treasure had transformed into something else… Shui Miao’s specialty, the destruction of treasures.

Shui Miao collected the purple fortune aura and flew out of the coffin, smiling at the Eternal Demon King. “Big monk, sorry about that. My skills are not up to par. Instead of fixing your treasure, I made it worse…”

“You brat, I’ll remember today. I’ll settle this with you.” The Eternal Demon King, having driven back the ghost catchers, intended to fight Shui Miao to the death but was intimidated by the purple fortune aura around Shui Miao. He could only roll up the coffin, mount his beast, and flee…

“That beast looks so fat, yet it runs so fast!”

Shui Miao licked his lips with a smile, then turned to Impermanence Blade who was about to give chase. “Brother, wait. Don’t chase a desperate foe. He’s doomed this time.”

“He’s doomed? What do you mean?”

Impermanence Blade was puzzled.

Shui Miao frowned slightly, thoughtfully stroking his chin, then asked Impermanence Blade, “Brother Blade, where do you think the Eternal Demon King can escape to in thirty seconds?”

“Brother, did you tamper with his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confidence, Impermanence Blade quickly added, “He’s a wanted felon, surely he’ll flee to a remote place. At his speed, I guess he’ll head towards the Rakshasa Sea in thirty seconds.”

“Good, the Rakshasa Sea is desolate, perfect for a self-destruct.” Shui Miao sighed in relief.

Impermanence Blade asked in confusion, “Brother, are you saying you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes, I altered the formation inside his coffin. It will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be massive, enough to severely injure him beyond recovery.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds. “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Good!”

Impermanence Blade, unsure, immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased towards the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao.

These ghost catchers, had Shui Miao not destroyed the formation in time, might have all been killed by the Eternal Demon King.

Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, they suddenly saw a burst of firelight from the direction of the Rakshasa Sea, followed by a deafening explosion. A massive shockwave rolled up the waters of the Rakshasa Sea, forming a tsunami wall tens of meters high, crashing towards them.

“Brother, how did you do that?”

Impermanence Blade looked at Shui Miao in shock. If not for Shui Miao pulling him back, he might have been killed by the explosion.

All the ghost catchers were stunned. No one had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao shrugged, flying towards the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself how close he had come to death. If not for Impermanence Blade’s timely intervention, if he hadn’t encountered the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts earlier, if he hadn’t had a flash of inspiration at the critical moment to use his immortal power to convert the purple fortune aura, how could he still be standing here, breathing?

The group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the Eternal Demon King’s corpse.

But the Eternal Demon King had been completely obliterated by the explosion.

Not far from the explosion’s epicenter, a massive corpse of a malevolent dragon surfaced…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang also arrived with a group of demon beasts…

“Father, father!”

Seeing the dragon’s corpse, Ao Shuang let out a mournful roar.

Had they mistakenly killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this, Shui Miao was stunned. This meant that any chance of reconciliation between him and Ao Shuang was now impossible. But Shui Miao couldn’t understand, why had Ao Shuang’s father come to the Rakshasa dock? Wasn’t he just on the Malevolent Dragon Island?

“Damn dragon, deserved to die, still daring to gather demon beasts to cause trouble. Let’s finish them off.”

Impermanence Blade, who harbored a deep hatred for dragons, upon seeing Ao Shuang, immediately ordered the ghost catchers to attack, slaughtering the demon beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang took out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to deal with Impermanence Blade…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Orb, instantly appearing before Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon, and directly snatching it back.

The Fire Dragon Cannon contained the Thunder Formation of the Immortal Realm; it couldn’t be used recklessly in the Underworld.

Shui Miao didn’t want to invite trouble, so naturally, he had to take it back.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, gnashing his teeth and shouting, “I see now, it was you! Shui Miao, you’re so despicable! You used a treasure to self-destruct and kill my father, and brought so many ghost catchers to kill me. I misjudged you. I, Ao Shuang, swear to the heavens, from now on, we are mortal enemies…”

“If I wanted to kill you, you’d already be dead.”

Shui Miao was also anxious, unsure how to explain in such a situation.

Ao Shuang immediately roared, “That’s because you want to use my dragon blood for forging and quenching. My dragon blood contains the aura of the Nuwa Stone. You want to drive me to desperation, then make me follow you, becoming a slave under your demonic grasp!”

Nuwa Stone!

Hearing these three words, all the ghost catchers were stunned.

Impermanence Blade’s eyes shifted, and he quickly shouted, “Capture this Ao Shuang, don’t let him escape. These malevolent dragons are the thieves who stole the Nuwa Stone from the Underworld many years ago.”

The ghost catchers immediately charged at Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken, did not resist, his body being slashed repeatedly, soon becoming a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, the Nuwa Stone of our dragon clan is on you. If you don’t return it today, one day you will have to…”

After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly summoned several underworld artifacts, causing them to self-destruct.

Using the self-destruction of the artifacts, Ao Shuang escaped.

Ao Shuang was extremely cunning, even as he left, he shouted that the Nuwa Stone was on Shui Miao, intending to bring endless trouble to Shui Miao.

Moreover, Ao Shuang had previously learned the art of forging treasures by Shui Miao’s side.

Those underworld artifacts were his own creations.

The yin energy from the self-destruction of the artifacts was surging around.

“This troublemaker will bring me great trouble sooner or later. Better to eliminate him than to keep him!”

Shui Miao, with a change of heart, was about to chase Ao Shuang.

However, Impermanence Blade suddenly stopped Shui Miao: “Brother, you can’t leave now. The Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the Underworld. If it’s on you, you must hand it over.”

“…”

Shui Miao was stunned, not expecting Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, it’s my duty. Although you helped us eliminate the Eternal Demon King today, your progress has been too rapid recently, making it hard not to be suspicious. So, I have to take you back.” Impermanence Blade clasped his hands towards Shui Miao, about to arrest him.

But Shui Miao shook his head, “The Nuwa Stone has already been forged into a treasure by me.”

“Then please leave that treasure behind.” Impermanence Blade was a ghost catcher who stuck to his principles. With a wave of his hand, the ghost catchers surrounded Shui Miao.

The ghost catchers were clearly reluctant, after all, Shui Miao had just saved them from the Eternal Demon King.

Shui Miao frowned, “Brother Blade, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty calls, forgive me!”

Impermanence Blade suddenly flashed, directly placing his blade at Shui Miao’s neck.

Shui Miao did not move, looking at Impermanence Blade, “Brother, I’m not lying to you. When I obtained the Nuwa Stone, its aura had already been mostly absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was just the remnants of the Nuwa Stone. I mixed it with the Heaven Origin Stone to forge a treasure, a personal artifact of mine. If you want to take the treasure back, you’ll have to kill me now.”

“For the sake of the treasure, I would definitely do that.”

Impermanence Blade said this, but his hand was trembling. He truly didn’t want to kill Shui Miao, this brother. He could feel Shui Miao’s honesty.

After a pause, Shui Miao sighed, “Here’s what we’ll do. You report back to the King of Hell, tell him that after the Immortal-Demon War, I will present a sacred artifact to you. If you don’t believe me, kill me now, and my personal artifact will self-destruct with me. You’ll get nothing, and you won’t be able to fulfill your duty either.”

“Good! I believe you, brother. I will stake my life on your word!”

Caught between loyalty and righteousness, Impermanence Blade finally breathed a sigh of relief, finding a way to step down.

Impermanence Blade turned to the group, “Brothers, regarding today’s matter, I plan to wait until after the Immortal-Demon War, obtain the sacred artifact, and then report to the King of Hell. What do you say?”

“Good!”

The ghost catchers unanimously agreed.

They were all men of honor, and some things were understood without words.

The trouble in the Underworld was thus resolved.

However, what Shui Miao never expected was that the emotionally charged, temperamental Ao Shuang had fled to the Immortal Realm, telling everyone he met that Shui Miao possessed the Nuwa Stone and had secretly learned the Thunder Department’s formations…

Ao Shuang was trying to use others to kill Shui Miao, to eliminate him as quickly as possible!

Without the aura of purple fortune, this simply won’t do. The planet of artistic conception still harbors my family and friends.

After feeling a bit more comfortable, Shui Miao’s thoughts immediately turned to the fact that since the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts could use the formations within the Nether Treasure to transform it into the aura of purple fortune, and he himself possessed the ready-made power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and knew how to operate the formation for transformation, why not use his will to control the immortal power for conversion?

Haha!

Why was I so foolish?

Suddenly, Shui Miao realized that formations and magical powers are actually interconnected. How could I not know to use them flexibly? With the power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and willpower, everything is in place. As long as I drive the immortal power according to the operation rules of the formation, wouldn’t I become a super treasure capable of invoking different spells at will?

Feeling enlightened, Shui Miao felt as though the pain in his body had significantly lessened.

Not long after, waves of purple fortune aura began to emanate from Shui Miao’s body. Yes, this was the purple fortune aura transformed according to the operation of the formation.

When the evil aura met the purple fortune aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosiveness weakened, turning into ordinary yin energy.

Gradually, Shui Miao felt relieved, the pressure greatly reduced, and with his spiritual sense, he began to directly perceive the formation inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the changes in the formation inside the coffin and the drastic shift in aura, the Eternal Demon King, who was slaughtering ghost catchers, was greatly shocked. Just as he was about to enter the coffin, he was forced back by a wave of purple fortune aura. “Bastard! What are you doing? You freak, you actually altered my formation. How is this possible? How did you do it? Who are you, really?”

The Eternal Demon King thought he had captured Shui Miao, a slave who could forge treasures for him, but he never expected that this supposed slave would instantly destroy his treasure, alter the formation within it, turning his treasure into a piece of junk.

Yes, in the eyes of the Eternal Demon King, the treasure was now just junk.

But in fact, the treasure had become something else… something Shui Miao was most adept at creating, a destroyer of treasures.

Shui Miao collected the purple fortune aura and flew out of the coffin, smiling at the Eternal Demon King, “Sorry, monk, my skills are not up to par. I couldn’t fix your treasure; instead, I made it worse…”

“You brat, I’ll remember today. I’ll settle this with you.” The Eternal Demon King, having driven back the ghost catchers, wanted to fight Shui Miao to the death but was afraid of the purple fortune aura on Shui Miao. He had no choice but to roll up the coffin, mount his monster, and flee…

“That monster looks so fat, yet it runs so fast!”

Shui Miao, with a smile, licked his lips and turned to the Impermanence Blade who was about to give chase, “Brother, wait, don’t chase a desperate enemy. He’s doomed this time.”

“He’s doomed? What do you mean?”

The Impermanence Blade was puzzled.

Shui Miao frowned slightly, thoughtfully stroked his chin, and asked the Impermanence Blade, “Brother Blade, in thirty seconds, where do you think this Eternal Demon King could escape to?”

“Brother, did you tamper with his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confidence, the Impermanence Blade quickly added, “He’s a wanted felon; he’ll surely flee to a remote place. In thirty seconds, at his speed, I guess he’d head towards the Rakshasa Sea.”

“Good, the Rakshasa Sea is desolate, perfect for it to self-destruct.” Shui Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

The Impermanence Blade asked in confusion, “Brother, are you saying you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes, I altered the formation inside the coffin. It will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be massive enough to severely injure him, likely fatally.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds, “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Good!”

The Impermanence Blade, unsure, immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased towards the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao.

These ghost catchers, had Shui Miao not destroyed the formation in time, might have all been killed by the Eternal Demon King.

Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, they suddenly saw a flash of fire in the direction of the Rakshasa Sea, followed by a deafening explosion. A massive shockwave, with the force of a tidal wave, rolled up the waters of the Rakshasa Sea, forming a tsunami wall tens of meters high that surged towards them.

“Brother, how did you do that?”

The Impermanence Blade looked at Shui Miao in shock. If Shui Miao hadn’t held him back, he might have been killed by the explosion.

All the ghost catchers were stunned; none had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao shrugged and flew towards the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself that he was truly at the brink of life and death. If it weren’t for the timely intervention of his friend the Impermanence Blade, if he hadn’t previously encountered the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts, and if he hadn’t had a flash of inspiration at the critical moment to use the immortal power to transform the purple fortune aura, how could he still be standing here breathing?

A group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea to search for the Eternal Demon King’s body.

But the Eternal Demon King had been completely obliterated by the explosion.

Not far from the center of the explosion, a huge corpse of a vicious dragon floated up on the sea…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang also brought a group of demon beasts over…

“Father, father!”

Seeing the dragon’s corpse, Ao Shuang roared in grief and anger.

Had they mistakenly killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this, Shui Miao was somewhat stunned. Now, the enmity between him and Ao Shuang would be impossible to resolve. However, Shui Miao couldn’t understand why Ao Shuang’s father had come to the Rakshasa dock for no reason. Wasn’t he just on the Vicious Dragon Island?

“Damn dragon, deserved to die, still daring to gather demon beasts to do evil, let’s wipe them out by the way.”

The Impermanence Blade hated dragons intensely. Seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately ordered, and a large group of ghost catchers sprang into action, slaughtering the demon beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang took out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to deal with the Impermanence Blade…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Bead, instantly appearing in front of Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon, and directly snatching it back.

The Fire Dragon Cannon contained the Fire Thunder Formation of the Immortal Realm; it couldn’t be used recklessly in the Nether Realm.

Shui Miao didn’t want to get into trouble, so naturally, he had to take it back.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, gnashing his teeth and shouting, “I understand now, it was you! Shui Miao, you are so despicable! You used a treasure to self-destruct and kill my father, and brought so many ghost catchers to kill me. I was wrong about you. I, Ao Shuang, swear to the heavens that from now on, I will be your sworn enemy…”

“If I wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago.”

Shui Miao was also anxious; in this situation, he really didn’t know how to explain.

Ao Shuang immediately roared, “That’s because you want to use my dragon blood for forging and quenching. My dragon blood contains the aura of the Nuwa Stone. You want to drive me into a corner, then have me follow you, as a slave under your demonic grasp!”

The Nuwa Stone!

Hearing these three words, all the ghost catchers were startled.

The Impermanence Blade’s eyes turned, and he quickly shouted, “Capture this Ao Shuang, don’t let him escape. These vicious dragons are the thieves who stole the Nuwa Stone from the Nether Realm many years ago.”

The ghost catchers immediately charged at Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken, did not resist, and his body was cut down piece by piece, soon becoming a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, the Nuwa Stone of our dragon clan is on you. If you don’t return it today, one day you will have to…”

After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly summoned several Nether Artifacts, causing them to self-destruct.

Using the self-destruction of the Nether Artifacts, Ao Shuang escaped.

Ao Shuang was extremely sinister; before leaving, he shouted that the Nuwa Stone was on Shui Miao, intending to bring endless trouble to Shui Miao.

Moreover, Ao Shuang had previously learned the art of forging treasures from Shui Miao.

Those Nether Artifacts were his own creations.

The yin energy from the self-destruction of the Nether Artifacts was surging around.

“This troublemaker will bring me great trouble sooner or later. Rather than keep him, it’s better to eliminate him!”

Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, and he was about to chase Ao Shuang.

However, the Impermanence Blade suddenly stopped Shui Miao, “Brother, you can’t leave now. The Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the Nether Realm. If it’s on you, you must hand it over.”

“…”

Shui Miao was stunned; he didn’t expect Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, it’s my duty. Although you helped us eliminate the Eternal Demon King today, your progress has been too rapid recently, making it hard not to be suspicious. So, I have to take you back with me.” The Impermanence Blade clasped his fists at Shui Miao and was about to arrest him.

Shui Miao shook his head, “The Nuwa Stone has already been forged into a treasure by me.”

“Then please leave that treasure behind.” The Impermanence Blade was a ghost catcher who only followed the rules. With a wave of his hand, the ghost catchers surrounded Shui Miao.

The ghost catchers were clearly reluctant; after all, Shui Miao had just saved them from the Eternal Demon King.

Shui Miao frowned, “Brother Blade, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty calls, forgive me!”

The Impermanence Blade suddenly flashed, directly placing his blade at Shui Miao’s neck.

Shui Miao did not move, looking at the Impermanence Blade, “Brother, I’m not lying to you. When I obtained the Nuwa Stone, its aura had already been mostly absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was just the residue of the Nuwa Stone. I mixed it with the Celestial Stone to forge a treasure, a personal treasure of mine. If you want to take the treasure back, you’ll have to kill me now.”

“For the treasure, I would definitely do that.”

The Impermanence Blade said this, but his hand was trembling. He actually didn’t want to kill Shui Miao, this brother. He could feel Shui Miao’s honesty.

After a pause, Shui Miao sighed and said, “How about this, you go back and report to the King of Hell, tell him that I will give you a sacred artifact after the Immortal and Demon War. If you don’t believe me, kill me now, and my personal treasure will self-destruct, and you’ll get nothing, and you won’t be able to fulfill your duty either.”

“Good! I believe you, brother. I will vouch for you with my life!”

Loyalty and righteousness are hard to balance. The Impermanence Blade finally breathed a sigh of relief, finding a way to step down.

The Impermanence Blade turned around again and said to everyone, “Brothers, regarding today’s matter, I plan to report to the King of Hell after the Immortal and Demon War, after obtaining the sacred artifact. What do you think?”

“Good!”

All the ghost catchers responded in unison.

They were all men of blood and courage; some things were just tacitly understood.

The trouble in the Nether Realm was thus resolved.

However, Shui Miao never expected that the emotionally charged and temperamental Ao Shuang would fly to the Immortal Realm, telling everyone that Shui Miao had the Nuwa Stone, that Shui Miao had secretly learned the Thunder Department’s formations…

Ao Shuang wanted to kill Shui Miao by borrowing others’ hands, to eliminate him as quickly as possible!

Haha! How could I be so stupid?

Shui Miao suddenly had an epiphany. The formation and spiritual power were actually interconnected—he had failed to apply them flexibly! With Yin-Yang and Five Elements Immortal Energy, and with his willpower intact, all the necessary elements were there. As long as he could channel his Immortal Energy according to the operational patterns of the formation, wouldn’t he essentially become a versatile, ultimate treasure capable of producing countless spells at will?

With this sudden clarity, Shui Miao felt his physical pain lessen significantly.

Before long, Shui Miao began radiating waves of Purple Fortune Aura—yes, this was the Purple Fortune Aura transformed precisely according to the formation’s operational principles.

Without the aura of purple fortune, this simply won’t do. The planet of artistic conception still harbors my family and friends.

After feeling a bit more comfortable, Shui Miao’s thoughts immediately turned to the fact that since the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts could use the formations within the Nether Treasure to convert it into the aura of purple fortune, and he himself possessed the ready-made power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, knowing how to operate the formation for conversion, why not use his will to control his immortal power for the transformation?

Ha!

Why was I so foolish?

Suddenly, Shui Miao had an epiphany: formations and magical power are actually interconnected. How could I not know to use them flexibly? With the power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and willpower, everything is in place. As long as I drive the immortal power according to the operation rules of the formation, wouldn’t I be like a super treasure capable of invoking different spells at will?

Feeling enlightened, Shui Miao felt as if the pain in his body had significantly lessened.

Soon, waves of purple fortune aura began to emanate from Shui Miao’s body. Yes, this was the purple fortune aura converted according to the operation of the formation.

When the evil aura met the purple fortune aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosiveness weakened, turning into ordinary Yin energy.

Gradually, Shui Miao felt more at ease, the pressure greatly reduced. With his spiritual sense, he began to directly perceive the formation inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the changes in the formation inside the coffin and the drastic shift in aura, the Eternal Demon King, who was slaughtering ghost catchers, was deeply shocked. Just as he was about to enter the coffin, he was forced back by a wave of purple fortune aura. “Bastard! What are you doing? You freak, you actually altered my formation. How is this possible? How did you do it? Who are you, really?”

The Eternal Demon King thought he had captured Shui Miao, a slave who could forge treasures for him. But he never imagined that this supposed slave would instantly destroy his treasure, alter the formation within it, turning his treasure into a piece of junk.

Yes, in the eyes of the Eternal Demon King, the treasure was now just junk.

But in fact, the treasure had become something else… Shui Miao’s specialty, a treasure of destruction.

Shui Miao collected the purple fortune aura and flew out of the coffin, smiling at the Eternal Demon King, “Big monk, sorry about that. My skills are not refined enough. Instead of fixing your treasure, I made it worse…”

“You brat, I’ll remember today. I’ll settle this with you.” The Eternal Demon King, having driven back the ghost catchers, wanted to fight Shui Miao to the death but was afraid of the purple fortune aura on Shui Miao. He had no choice but to roll up the coffin, mount his monster, and flee…

“That monster looks so fat, yet it runs so fast!”

With a smile on his face, Shui Miao licked his lips and turned to Impermanence Blade, who was about to give chase: “Brother, wait. Don’t chase a desperate enemy. He’s doomed this time.”

“He’s doomed? What do you mean?”

Impermanence Blade was puzzled.

Shui Miao frowned slightly, thoughtfully stroked his chin, and asked Impermanence Blade, “Brother Blade, in thirty seconds, where do you think this Eternal Demon King could escape to?”

“Brother, did you tamper with his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confidence, Impermanence Blade quickly added, “He’s a wanted felon, surely he’ll flee to a remote place. In thirty seconds, at his speed, I guess he’ll head towards the Rakshasa Sea.”

“Good, the Rakshasa Sea is desolate, perfect for a self-detonation.” Shui Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

Impermanence Blade asked in confusion, “Brother, are you saying you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes, I altered the formation inside his coffin. It will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be massive enough to severely injure him, likely fatally.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds, “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Good!”

Impermanence Blade, unsure, immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased towards the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao.

These ghost catchers, if not for Shui Miao’s timely destruction of the formation, might have all been killed by the Eternal Demon King.

Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, they suddenly saw a burst of firelight from the direction of the Rakshasa Sea, followed by a deafening explosion. A massive shockwave rolled up the waters of the Rakshasa Sea, forming a tsunami wall tens of meters high, crashing towards them.

“Brother, how did you do that?”

Impermanence Blade looked at Shui Miao in shock. If it weren’t for Shui Miao pulling him back, he might have been killed by the explosion.

All the ghost catchers were stunned; none had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao shrugged and flew towards the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself, it really was a matter of life and death. If it weren’t for Impermanence Blade’s timely intervention, if he hadn’t encountered the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts earlier, if he hadn’t had a flash of inspiration at the critical moment to use his immortal power to convert the purple fortune aura, how could he still be standing here, breathing?

A group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the Eternal Demon King’s corpse.

But the Eternal Demon King had been completely obliterated by the explosion.

Not far from the explosion center, a huge corpse of an evil dragon floated up on the sea…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang also brought a group of demon beasts over…

“Father, father!”

Seeing the evil dragon’s corpse, Ao Shuang roared in grief and anger.

Had they accidentally killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this, Shui Miao was somewhat stunned. Now, the grudge between him and Ao Shuang would be impossible to resolve. However, Shui Miao couldn’t understand why Ao Shuang’s father had come to the Rakshasa dock for no reason. Wasn’t he just on the Evil Dragon Island?

“Damn evil dragon, deserved to die, still dared to gather demon beasts to do evil, let’s wipe them out while we’re at it.”

Impermanence Blade hated evil dragons intensely. Seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately ordered, and a large group of ghost catchers moved to kill the demon beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang took out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to deal with Impermanence Blade…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Orb, instantly appearing in front of Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon, and directly taking it back.

The Fire Dragon Cannon contained the immortal realm’s fire thunder formation, how could it be used recklessly in the netherworld.

Shui Miao didn’t want to bring trouble upon himself, naturally he had to take it back.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, gnashing his teeth and shouting, “I understand now, it was you! Shui Miao, you are so despicable! You used a treasure to self-destruct and kill my father, and brought so many ghost catchers to kill me. I misjudged you. I, Ao Shuang, swear to the heavens, from now on, you and I are mortal enemies…”

“If I wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago.”

Shui Miao was also anxious, in this situation, he really didn’t know how to explain.

Ao Shuang immediately roared, “That’s because you want to use my dragon blood for forging and quenching. My dragon blood contains the aura of the Nuwa Stone. You want to drive me to a dead end, then follow you, to be a slave under your demonic grasp!”

Nuwa Stone!

Hearing these three words, all the ghost catchers were stunned.

Impermanence Blade’s eyes turned, and he quickly shouted, “Capture this Ao Shuang, don’t let him escape. These evil dragons are the thieves who stole the Netherworld’s Nuwa Stone many years ago.”

The ghost catchers immediately attacked Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken, did not resist, his body was cut down by blades, soon becoming a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, the Nuwa Stone of our dragon clan is on you. If you don’t return it today, one day you will have to…”

After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly sacrificed several nether treasures, making them self-destruct.

Using the self-destruction of the nether treasures, Ao Shuang escaped.

Ao Shuang was extremely sinister, before leaving, he shouted that the Nuwa Stone was on Shui Miao, intending to bring endless trouble to Shui Miao.

Another thing was, Ao Shuang had learned the skill of forging treasures from Shui Miao.

Those nether treasures were his own creations.

The Yin energy from the self-destruction of the nether treasures was surging around.

“This troublemaker will bring me big trouble sooner or later, better to eliminate him than to keep him!”

Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, and he was about to chase Ao Shuang.

However, Impermanence Blade suddenly stopped Shui Miao: “Brother, you can’t leave now. The Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the Netherworld. If it’s on you, you must hand it over.”

“…”

Shui Miao was stunned, he didn’t expect Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, it’s my duty. Although you helped us eliminate the Eternal Demon King today, your progress has been too fast recently, making people suspicious. So, I have to take you back.” Impermanence Blade clasped his fists towards Shui Miao, about to arrest him.

But Shui Miao shook his head, “The Nuwa Stone has already been forged into a treasure by me.”

“Then please leave that treasure behind.” Impermanence Blade was a ghost catcher who only followed the rules. With a wave of his hand, the ghost catchers surrounded Shui Miao.

The ghost catchers were clearly reluctant, after all, Shui Miao had just saved them from the Eternal Demon King.

Shui Miao frowned, “Brother Blade, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty calls, forgive me!”

Impermanence Blade suddenly flashed, directly placing his blade on Shui Miao’s neck.

But Shui Miao did not move, looking at Impermanence Blade, “Brother, I’m not lying to you. When I got the Nuwa Stone, most of its aura had already been absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was just the residue of the Nuwa Stone. I mixed it with the Heavenly Origin Stone to forge a treasure, a life-bound treasure for myself. If you want to take the treasure back, you’ll have to kill me now.”

“For the treasure, I would definitely do that.”

Impermanence Blade said so, but his hand was trembling. He actually didn’t want to kill Shui Miao, this brother. He could feel Shui Miao’s honesty.

After a pause, Shui Miao sighed, “How about this, you go back and report to the King of Hell, tell him that I will give you a holy artifact after the Immortal-Demon War. If you don’t believe me, kill me now, my life-bound treasure will self-destruct with me, and you’ll get nothing, and you won’t be able to fulfill your duty either.”

“Good! I believe you, brother. I will vouch for you with my life!”

Loyalty and righteousness are hard to balance, Impermanence Blade finally breathed a sigh of relief, having found a way to step down.

Impermanence Blade turned around again, saying to everyone, “Brothers, regarding today’s matter, I plan to report to the King of Hell after the Immortal-Demon War, after obtaining the holy artifact. What do you think?”

“Good!”

All the ghost catchers agreed in unison.

They were all men of blood and courage, some things were just tacitly understood.

The trouble in the Netherworld was resolved.

However, Shui Miao never expected that the emotionally charged, temperamental Ao Shuang would fly to the Immortal Realm, telling everyone that Shui Miao had the Nuwa Stone, that Shui Miao had secretly learned the Thunder Department’s formations…

Ao Shuang was trying to use others to kill Shui Miao, to eliminate him as quickly as possible!

Shui Miao gradually felt relieved, his pressure greatly reduced. His spiritual senses extended outward and began directly perceiving the formation inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the sudden change in the formation and the drastic shift in its energy, the Ancient Demon King, who had been slaughtering the ghost catchers, was greatly startled. As he was about to enter the coffin, a surge of Purple Fortune Aura forced him to retreat repeatedly. “Damn it! What are you doing? You freak! You actually altered my formation—how is that even possible? How did you do it? Who are you? Just who the hell are you?”

The Ancient Demon King had originally thought he had captured Shui Miao, a potential slave who could forge treasures for him. But he never expected that this so-called slave would destroy his treasure in an instant, altering the formation inside and turning his treasure into a useless wreck.

Yes, in the Ancient Demon King’s eyes, the treasure had become a piece of junk.

But in reality, the treasure had transformed into something else entirely—precisely the kind of artifact Shui Miao was best at creating: a destruction artifact.

Shui Miao ceased the Purple Fortune Aura and flew out from the coffin, smiling at the Ancient Demon King. “Master Monk, I’m really sorry. My skills aren’t good enough—I couldn’t repair your treasure, and instead made it worse…”

“You brat! I’ll remember this day! I’ll settle the score with you!”

The Ancient Demon King drove away the ghost catchers, originally intending to fight Shui Miao to the death, but fearing the Purple Fortune Aura radiating from him, he could only roll up the coffin, mount his strange beast, and flee.

“What a fat beast—it sure runs fast!”

Shui Miao smiled, licked his lips, and turned toward Wu Chang Yi Dao, who was preparing to give chase. “Brother, wait a moment. Don’t press a desperate enemy too hard—he’s as good as dead already.”

“Dead already? What do you mean by that?”

Wu Chang Yi Dao was puzzled.

Shui Miao lightly furrowed his brow, thoughtfully stroking his chin before asking Wu Chang Yi Dao, “Brother Yi Dao, in thirty seconds, where do you think the Ancient Demon King could have fled to?”

“You mean you did something to his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confident expression, Wu Chang Yi Dao quickly added, “He’s a wanted criminal—he’ll definitely flee to a remote place. In thirty seconds, at his speed, I’d guess he’ll head toward the Rakshasa Sea.”

“Perfect. The Rakshasa Sea is uninhabited—exactly where I’ll let it self-destruct.”

Shui Miao exhaled in relief.

Wu Chang Yi Dao asked in confusion, “Brother, you mean you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes. I altered the formation inside the coffin. It will explode in thirty seconds, with a tremendous force—enough to leave him severely injured and beyond recovery.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds. “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Let’s go!”

Though still uncertain, Wu Chang Yi Dao immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased toward the Rakshasa Sea alongside Shui Miao. If it hadn’t been for Shui Miao’s timely disruption of the formation, they might all have been killed by the Ancient Demon King.

Before they reached the Rakshasa Sea pier, a sudden flash of fire erupted from the sea’s direction. Then came a deafening explosion, and a massive shockwave surged forth like a tidal wave, creating a thirty-meter-high tsunami that swept across the sea in all directions.

“Brother, how did you do it?”

Wu Chang Yi Dao stared at Shui Miao in shock. If it hadn’t been for Shui Miao holding him back, he might have been blown up too.

All the ghost catchers were stunned—none had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao simply shrugged and flew toward the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself how close he had come to death. If it hadn’t been for Wu Chang Yi Dao’s timely intervention, if it hadn’t been for his encounter with the Black and White Yama Guards beforehand, and if he hadn’t had that sudden inspiration to convert his Immortal Energy into Purple Fortune Aura at the critical moment, he wouldn’t be standing here breathing now.

A group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the Ancient Demon King’s remains.

But the Ancient Demon King had been completely obliterated.

Near the explosion’s epicenter, a massive dragon corpse suddenly floated to the surface of the sea…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang arrived with a group of demonic beasts…

“Father! Father!”

Seeing the dragon corpse, Ao Shuang let out a grief-stricken roar.

Had he mistakenly killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this scene, Shui Miao was momentarily stunned. Now, any chance of reconciling with Ao Shuang was gone forever. But Shui Miao couldn’t understand—why had Ao Shuang’s father come to Rakshasa Pier for no reason? Hadn’t he just been at the Dragon Island?

“Damn dragon deserved to die. Daring to gather demonic beasts for evil deeds—eliminate them all.”

Wu Chang Yi Dao hated dragons intensely. Seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately gave the order, and a swarm of ghost catchers sprang into action, cutting down the demonic beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang pulled out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to confront Wu Chang Yi Dao…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Bead, instantly appearing before Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon and snatching it away.

Inside the Fire Dragon Cannon was a celestial realm Thunder Formation—something that must not be recklessly used in the Underworld.

Unwilling to invite trouble, Shui Miao naturally wanted to retrieve it.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, clenching his teeth in rage. “I understand now—it’s you! Shui Miao, how despicable of you! You used a treasure to explode and kill my father, and brought all these ghost catchers to kill me. I was wrong about you—I was wrong about you! Ao Shuang swears to the heavens from this day forward—we are enemies forever!”

“If I wanted to kill you, you’d already be dead.”

Shui Miao grew anxious, unsure how to explain the situation.

Ao Shuang roared, “It’s because you want to use my dragon blood for forging weapons. My dragon blood contains Nuwa Stone energy—you want to force me into desperation so I have no choice but to follow you and become your slave under your control!”

Nuwa Stone!

At the mention of those three words, all the ghost catchers were shocked.

Wu Chang Yi Dao’s eyes flickered, then he shouted, “Seize Ao Shuang—don’t let him escape! These dragons are the thieves who stole the Underworld’s Nuwa Stone years ago!”

The ghost catchers immediately surged forward to kill Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken and grief-stricken, made no resistance. His body was hacked repeatedly until it was a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, our dragon clan’s Nuwa Stone is on you. If you don’t return it today, you will have to repay it someday!”

Without the aura of purple fortune, this simply won’t do. The planet of artistic conception still harbors my family and friends.

After Shui Miao felt a bit more comfortable, his thoughts immediately turned to the fact that since the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts could use the array within the Nether Treasure to convert it into the aura of purple fortune, and he himself possessed the ready-made power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and knew how to operate the array for conversion, why not use his will to control the immortal power for transformation?

Haha!

Why was I so foolish?

Suddenly, Shui Miao had an epiphany: the array and magical power are actually interconnected. How could I not know to use them flexibly? With the power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and willpower, everything is in place. As long as I drive the immortal power according to the operation rules of the array, wouldn’t I become a universal super artifact capable of invoking different spells at will?

With his mood suddenly brightened, Shui Miao felt the pain in his body diminish significantly.

Not long after, waves of purple fortune aura began to emanate from Shui Miao’s body. Yes, this was the purple fortune aura converted according to the operation mode of the array.

When the evil aura encountered the purple fortune aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosiveness weakened, turning into ordinary yin energy.

Gradually, Shui Miao felt relieved, the pressure greatly reduced, and with his spiritual sense, he began to directly perceive the array inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the changes in the array inside the coffin and the drastic change in aura, the Eternal Demon King, who was slaughtering ghost catchers, was greatly shocked. Just as he was about to enter the coffin, he was forced back by a wave of purple fortune aura. “Bastard! What are you doing? You freak, you actually altered my array, how is this possible? How did you do it, who are you, who exactly are you?”

The Eternal Demon King thought he had captured Shui Miao, a slave who could forge treasures for him, but he never expected that this supposed slave would instantly destroy his treasure, alter the array within, turning his treasure into a piece of junk.

Yes, in the eyes of the Eternal Demon King, this treasure was now just junk.

But in fact, the treasure had turned into something else… Shui Miao’s specialty, the destruction of treasures.

Shui Miao collected the purple fortune aura and flew out of the coffin, smiling at the Eternal Demon King, “Sorry, monk, my skills are not refined enough, not only did I fail to repair your treasure, but I made it worse…”

“Brat, I will remember today, I will settle this with you.” The Eternal Demon King, repelling the ghost catchers, intended to fight Shui Miao to the death, but fearing the purple fortune aura on Shui Miao, he had to roll up the coffin, mount the monster, and flee…

“This monster looks so fat, yet it runs so fast!”

Shui Miao licked his lips with a smile, then turned to look at Impermanence One Blade who was about to give chase: “Brother, wait, don’t chase a desperate enemy, he’s doomed this time.”

“He’s doomed? What do you mean?”

Impermanence One Blade was puzzled.

Shui Miao frowned slightly, thoughtfully stroked his chin, and asked Impermanence One Blade, “Brother One Blade, in thirty seconds, where do you think this Eternal Demon King can escape to?”

“Brother, did you tamper with his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confidence, Impermanence One Blade quickly added, “He’s a wanted criminal, he will definitely flee to a remote place. In thirty seconds, at his speed, I guess he will flee towards the Rakshasa Sea.”

“Good, the Rakshasa Sea is desolate, perfect for it to self-destruct.” Shui Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

Impermanence One Blade asked in confusion, “Brother, do you mean you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes, I altered the array inside the coffin, it will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be very powerful, enough to seriously injure him.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds, “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Good!”

Impermanence One Blade, unsure, immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased towards the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao.

These ghost catchers, if not for Shui Miao’s timely destruction of the array, might have already been annihilated by the Eternal Demon King.

Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, they suddenly saw a flash of fire in the direction of the Rakshasa Sea, followed by a deafening explosion, the massive shockwave rolling up the waters of the Rakshasa Sea, forming a tsunami wall tens of meters high, rushing towards all sides.

“Brother, how did you do it?”

Impermanence One Blade looked at Shui Miao in shock, if not for Shui Miao pulling him, he might have been blown up too.

The ghost catchers were all stunned, none had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao shrugged, flying towards the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself, it was truly a matter of life and death. If not for the timely intervention of his friend Impermanence One Blade, if he hadn’t encountered the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts before, if he hadn’t had a flash of inspiration at the critical moment to use immortal power to convert the purple fortune aura, how could he still be standing here breathing?

A group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the body of the Eternal Demon King.

But, the Eternal Demon King had been completely obliterated by the explosion.

Not far from the center of the explosion, a huge corpse of an evil dragon floated up on the sea…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang also brought a group of demon beasts over…

“Father, father!”

Seeing the corpse of the evil dragon, Ao Shuang immediately roared in grief and anger.

Had he mistakenly killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this, Shui Miao was somewhat stunned, thus, the enmity between him and Ao Shuang would be impossible to resolve. However, Shui Miao couldn’t understand, why did Ao Shuang’s father come to the Rakshasa dock for no reason? Wasn’t he just on the Evil Dragon Island?

“Damn evil dragon, deserved to die, still daring to gather demon beasts to do evil, let’s wipe them out by the way.”

Impermanence One Blade hated the evil dragon deeply, seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately ordered, a large group of ghost catchers immediately took action, slaughtering the demon beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang took out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to deal with Impermanence One Blade…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Pearl, instantly appearing in front of Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon, directly snatching it back.

The Fire Dragon Cannon contained the Fire Thunder Array of the Immortal Realm, how could it be used recklessly in the Nether Realm.

Shui Miao didn’t want to get into trouble, naturally, he had to take it back.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, gritting his teeth and shouting, “I understand now, it was you! Shui Miao, you are so despicable! You actually used a treasure to self-destruct and kill my father, and brought so many ghost catchers to kill me, I was wrong about you, I, Ao Shuang, swear to the heavens, from now on, I am irreconcilable with you…”

“If I wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago.”

Shui Miao was also anxious, in this situation, he really didn’t know how to explain.

Ao Shuang immediately roared, “That’s because you want to use my dragon blood for forging and quenching, my dragon blood contains the aura of the Nuwa Stone, you want to drive me to desperation, then follow you, be a slave under your demonic palm!”

Nuwa Stone!

Hearing these three words, all the ghost catchers were stunned.

Impermanence One Blade’s eyes turned, quickly shouting, “Capture this Ao Shuang, don’t let him escape, these evil dragons are the thieves who stole the Nuwa Stone from the Nether Realm many years ago.”

The ghost catchers immediately attacked Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken, did not resist, his body was cut down one by one, soon a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, the Nuwa Stone of our dragon clan is on you, if you don’t return it today, one day you will have to…”

After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly sacrificed several Nether Artifacts, letting them self-destruct.

Taking advantage of the Nether Artifacts’ self-destruction, Ao Shuang escaped.

Ao Shuang was extremely sinister, before leaving, he shouted that the Nuwa Stone was on Shui Miao, he wanted to bring endless trouble to Shui Miao.

Another thing was, Ao Shuang had previously learned the skill of forging treasures by Shui Miao’s side.

Those Nether Artifacts were forged by himself.

The yin energy generated by the self-destruction of the Nether Artifacts was surging around.

“This troublemaker, sooner or later will bring me big trouble, rather than keep him, better to eliminate him!”

Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, he was about to chase Ao Shuang.

Who knew, Impermanence One Blade suddenly stopped Shui Miao: “Brother, you can’t leave now, the Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the Nether Realm, if it’s on you, you must hand it over.”

“…”

Shui Miao was stunned, he didn’t expect Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, it’s also my duty, although you helped us eliminate the Eternal Demon King today, but brother, your progress has been too fast recently, making people have to doubt, so, I have to take you back.” Impermanence One Blade clasped his fists towards Shui Miao, about to arrest him.

Shui Miao shook his head, “The Nuwa Stone has been forged into a treasure by me.”

“Then please leave that treasure.” Impermanence One Blade was a ghost catcher who only recognized the dead rules, he waved his hand, the ghost catchers surrounded Shui Miao.

The ghost catchers were obviously unwilling, no matter what, Shui Miao was the benefactor who just saved them from the hands of the Eternal Demon King.

Shui Miao frowned, “Brother One Blade, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty calls, forgive me!”

Impermanence One Blade suddenly flashed, directly placing his blade on Shui Miao’s neck.

Shui Miao did not move, looking at Impermanence One Blade, “Brother, I didn’t lie to you, when I got the Nuwa Stone, the aura inside had been almost absorbed by Ao Shuang, what I got was just the residue of the Nuwa Stone, I mixed it with the Heavenly Origin Stone to forge a treasure, a life-bound treasure for myself, if you want to take the treasure back, unless you kill me now.”

“For the treasure, I would definitely do so.”

Impermanence One Blade said so, but his hand was trembling, he actually didn’t want to kill Shui Miao, this brother, Shui Miao’s honesty he could feel.

After a pause, Shui Miao breathed a sigh of relief, “How about this, you go back and report to the King of Hell, tell him, I will give you a sacred artifact after the Immortal and God War, if you don’t believe, kill me now, my life-bound treasure will self-destruct, you will get nothing, and also can’t hand over the task.”

“Good! I believe you, brother, I will vouch for you with my life!”

Loyalty and righteousness are hard to balance, Impermanence One Blade finally breathed a sigh of relief, finally found a way to step down.

Impermanence One Blade turned around again, saying to everyone, “Brothers, today’s matter, I plan to report to the King of Hell after the Immortal and God War, after getting the sacred artifact, what do you think?”

“Good!”

The ghost catchers all accepted the order.

Everyone was a man of blood, some things, just tacitly understood.

The trouble in the Nether Realm was solved.

But, Shui Miao never expected that the emotionally agitated, temperamental Ao Shuang, he actually fled to the Immortal Realm, telling everyone that Shui Miao had the Nuwa Stone, Shui Miao had secretly learned the Thunder Department’s array…

Ao Shuang wanted to kill Shui Miao by borrowing a knife, to eliminate him as soon as possible!

Using the explosion as cover, Ao Shuang fled.

Ao Shuang was extremely cunning. As he escaped, he loudly proclaimed that the Nuwa Stone was in Shui Miao’s possession—intending to bring endless trouble to him.

Moreover, Ao Shuang had learned the art of forging treasures while staying with Shui Miao.

Without the aura of purple fortune, this simply won’t do. The planet of artistic conception still harbors my family and friends.

After Shui Miao felt a bit more comfortable, his thoughts immediately turned to the fact that since the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts could use the formations within the Nether Treasure to convert it into the aura of purple fortune, and he himself possessed the ready-made Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Power, knowing how to operate the formation for conversion, why not use his will to control the immortal power for transformation?

Ha!

How could I be so foolish?

Suddenly, Shui Miao had an epiphany: formations and magical powers are actually interconnected. How could I not know to use them flexibly? With the Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Power and willpower all at my disposal, as long as I follow the operational laws of the formations to drive the immortal power, wouldn’t I become a super artifact capable of invoking different spells at will?

With his mood suddenly brightened, Shui Miao felt the pain in his body diminish significantly.

Not long after, waves of purple fortune aura began to emanate from Shui Miao. Indeed, this was the purple fortune aura converted according to the operation of the formation.

When the evil aura encountered the purple fortune aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosiveness weakened, turning into ordinary yin energy.

Gradually, Shui Miao regained his ease, the pressure greatly reduced, and his spiritual sense began to directly perceive the formation inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the changes in the formation inside the coffin and the drastic shift in aura, the Eternal Demon King, who was slaughtering ghost catchers, was greatly shocked. Just as he was about to enter the coffin, he was forced back by a wave of purple fortune aura. “Bastard! What are you doing? You freak, you actually altered my formation. How is this possible? How did you do it? Who are you? Who exactly are you?”

The Eternal Demon King thought he had captured Shui Miao, a slave who could forge treasures for him, but he never expected that this supposed slave would instantly destroy his treasure, alter the formation within it, turning his treasure into a piece of junk.

Yes, in the eyes of the Eternal Demon King, the treasure was now just a piece of junk.

But in reality, the treasure had transformed into something else… Shui Miao’s specialty, the destruction of treasures.

Shui Miao collected the purple fortune aura and flew out of the coffin, smiling at the Eternal Demon King, “Big monk, sorry, my skills are not refined enough. I couldn’t fix your treasure; instead, I made it worse…”

“You brat, I will remember today. I will settle accounts with you.” The Eternal Demon King, having driven back the ghost catchers, wanted to fight Shui Miao to the death but was afraid of the purple fortune aura on Shui Miao. He had no choice but to roll up the coffin, mount his monster, and flee…

“That monster looks so fat, yet it runs so fast!”

Shui Miao licked his lips with a smile, then turned to the Impermanence Blade who was about to give chase: “Brother, wait, don’t chase a desperate enemy. He’s doomed this time.”

“He’s doomed? What do you mean?”

The Impermanence Blade was puzzled.

Shui Miao frowned slightly, thoughtfully stroked his chin, and asked the Impermanence Blade, “Brother Blade, in thirty seconds, where do you think this Eternal Demon King can escape to?”

“Brother, did you tamper with his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confidence, the Impermanence Blade quickly added, “He’s a wanted felon; he’ll definitely flee to a remote place. In thirty seconds, at his speed, I guess he’ll head towards the Rakshasa Sea.”

“Good, the Rakshasa Sea is desolate, perfect for it to self-destruct.” Shui Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

The Impermanence Blade asked in confusion, “Brother, are you saying you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes, I altered the formation inside the coffin. It will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be massive enough to severely injure him, likely fatally.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds, “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Good!”

The Impermanence Blade, unsure, immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased towards the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao.

These ghost catchers, had it not been for Shui Miao’s timely destruction of the formation, might have all been killed by the Eternal Demon King.

Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, they suddenly saw a flash of fire from the direction of the Rakshasa Sea, followed by a deafening explosion. A massive shockwave rolled up the waters of the Rakshasa Sea, forming a tsunami wall tens of meters high, crashing towards them.

“Brother, how did you do that?”

The Impermanence Blade looked at Shui Miao in shock. If it weren’t for Shui Miao pulling him back, he might have been killed by the explosion.

All the ghost catchers were stunned; none had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao shrugged and flew towards the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself that he was truly at the brink of life and death. If it weren’t for the timely intervention of his friend the Impermanence Blade, if he hadn’t previously encountered the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts, if he hadn’t had a sudden inspiration at the critical moment to use his immortal power to convert the purple fortune aura, how could he still be standing here, breathing easily?

A group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the body of the Eternal Demon King.

But the Eternal Demon King had been completely obliterated by the explosion.

Not far from the center of the explosion, a huge corpse of a vicious dragon floated up on the sea…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang also brought a group of demon beasts over…

“Father, father!”

Seeing the corpse of the vicious dragon, Ao Shuang let out a mournful roar.

Had he accidentally killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this, Shui Miao was somewhat stunned. Now, the enmity between him and Ao Shuang would be impossible to resolve. However, Shui Miao couldn’t understand why Ao Shuang’s father had come to the Rakshasa dock for no reason. Wasn’t he just on the Vicious Dragon Island?

“Damn dragon, deserved to die, still dared to gather demon beasts to do evil, let’s wipe them out by the way.”

The Impermanence Blade hated the vicious dragon intensely. Seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately ordered a large group of ghost catchers to act, slaughtering the demon beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang took out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to deal with the Impermanence Blade…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Orb, instantly appearing in front of Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon, and directly snatching it back.

The Fire Dragon Cannon contained the Immortal Realm Fire Thunder Formation; it couldn’t be used recklessly in the Netherworld.

Shui Miao didn’t want to bring trouble upon himself, so naturally, he had to take it back.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, and gnashing his teeth, he shouted, “I understand now, it’s you! Shui Miao, you are so despicable! You used a treasure to self-destruct and kill my father, and brought so many ghost catchers to kill me. I misjudged you. I, Ao Shuang, swear to the heavens that from now on, I will be at odds with you…”

“If I wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago.”

Shui Miao was also anxious; in this situation, he really didn’t know how to explain.

Ao Shuang immediately roared, “That’s because you want to use my dragon blood for forging and quenching. My dragon blood contains the aura of the Nuwa Stone. You want to drive me to desperation, then follow you, to be a slave under your demonic grasp!”

Nuwa Stone!

Hearing these three words, all the ghost catchers were startled.

The Impermanence Blade’s eyes turned, and he quickly shouted, “Capture this Ao Shuang, don’t let him escape. These vicious dragons are the thieves who stole the Netherworld’s Nuwa Stone many years ago.”

The ghost catchers immediately charged at Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken, did not resist, and his body was cut down one stroke after another, soon becoming a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, the Nuwa Stone of our dragon clan is on you. If you don’t return it today, one day you will have to…”

After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly sacrificed several Nether Artifacts, causing them to self-destruct.

Using the self-destruction of the Nether Artifacts, Ao Shuang escaped.

Ao Shuang was extremely sinister; before leaving, he shouted that the Nuwa Stone was on Shui Miao, intending to bring endless trouble to Shui Miao.

Moreover, Ao Shuang had previously learned the skill of forging treasures by Shui Miao’s side.

Those Nether Artifacts were his own creations.

The yin energy from the self-destruction of the Nether Artifacts was surging around.

“This troublemaker will bring me great trouble sooner or later. Rather than keeping him, it’s better to eliminate him!”

Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, and he was about to chase Ao Shuang.

Unexpectedly, the Impermanence Blade suddenly stopped Shui Miao: “Brother, you can’t leave now. The Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the Netherworld. If it’s on you, you must hand it over.”

“…”

Shui Miao was stunned; he didn’t expect Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, it’s my duty. Although you helped us eliminate the Eternal Demon King today, your progress has been too fast recently, making it hard not to suspect. So, I have to take you back.” The Impermanence Blade clasped his fists towards Shui Miao, ready to arrest him.

Shui Miao shook his head, “The Nuwa Stone has already been forged into a treasure by me.”

“Then please leave that treasure behind.” The Impermanence Blade was a ghost catcher who only adhered to strict principles. With a wave of his hand, the ghost catchers surrounded Shui Miao.

The ghost catchers were clearly reluctant; after all, Shui Miao had just saved them from the Eternal Demon King.

Shui Miao frowned, “Brother Blade, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty calls, forgive me!”

The Impermanence Blade suddenly flashed, directly placing his blade on Shui Miao’s neck.

Shui Miao did not move, looking at the Impermanence Blade, “Brother, I didn’t lie to you. When I obtained the Nuwa Stone, most of its aura had already been absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was just the remnants of the Nuwa Stone. I used it mixed with the Heavenly Origin Stone to forge a treasure, a personal life-bound treasure of mine. If you want to take the treasure back, you’ll have to kill me now.”

“For the treasure, I would definitely do that.”

The Impermanence Blade said so, but his hand was trembling. He actually didn’t want to kill Shui Miao, this brother. He could feel Shui Miao’s honesty.

After a pause, Shui Miao sighed, “How about this, you go back and report to the King of Hell, tell him that after the Immortal-Demon War, I will give you a holy artifact. If you don’t believe me, kill me now, and my life-bound treasure will self-destruct, and you’ll get nothing, and you won’t be able to fulfill your duty either.”

“Good! I believe you, brother. I will stake my life on your guarantee!”

Loyalty and righteousness are hard to balance. The Impermanence Blade finally breathed a sigh of relief, having found a way to step down.

The Impermanence Blade turned around again and said to everyone, “Brothers, regarding today’s matter, I plan to wait until after the Immortal-Demon War, obtain the holy artifact, and then report to the King of Hell. What do you say?”

“Good!”

All the ghost catchers responded in unison.

They were all men of blood and courage; some things were just tacitly understood.

The troubles in the Netherworld were thus resolved.

However, what Shui Miao never expected was that the emotionally charged and temperamental Ao Shuang had fled to the Immortal Realm, telling everyone that Shui Miao had the Nuwa Stone, that Shui Miao had secretly learned the Thunder Department’s formations…

Ao Shuang intended to use others to kill Shui Miao, to eliminate him as quickly as possible!

Without the aura of purple fortune, this simply won’t do. The planet of artistic conception still harbors my family and friends.

After feeling a bit more comfortable, Shui Miao’s thoughts immediately turned to the fact that since the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts could use the array within the Nether Treasure to convert it into the aura of purple fortune, and he himself possessed the ready-made power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, knowing how to operate the array for conversion, why not use his will to control the immortal power for transformation?

Haha!

Why was I so foolish?

Suddenly, Shui Miao had an epiphany. The array and magical power are actually interconnected. How could I not know to use them flexibly? With the power of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements and willpower, everything is in place. As long as I drive the immortal power according to the operation rules of the array, wouldn’t I be like a super treasure capable of invoking different spells at will?

Feeling enlightened, Shui Miao felt the pain in his body diminish significantly.

Soon, waves of purple fortune aura emanated from Shui Miao’s body. Yes, this was the purple fortune aura converted according to the operation of the array.

When the evil aura encountered the purple fortune aura, it was quickly neutralized, its corrosiveness weakened, turning into ordinary yin energy.

Gradually, Shui Miao felt relieved, the pressure greatly reduced. With his spiritual sense, he began to directly perceive the array inside the coffin.

“What’s going on?” Sensing the changes in the array inside the coffin and the drastic shift in aura, the Eternal Demon King, who was slaughtering ghost catchers, was greatly shocked. Just as he was about to enter the coffin, he was forced back by a wave of purple fortune aura. “Bastard! What are you doing? You freak, you actually altered my array. How is this possible? How did you do it? Who are you, really?”

The Eternal Demon King thought he had captured Shui Miao, a slave who could forge treasures for him. But he never expected that this supposed slave would instantly destroy his treasure, alter the array within, turning his treasure into a piece of junk.

Yes, in the eyes of the Eternal Demon King, the treasure was now just junk.

But in reality, the treasure had transformed into something else… Shui Miao’s specialty, the destruction of treasures.

Shui Miao collected the purple fortune aura and flew out of the coffin, smiling at the Eternal Demon King, “Sorry, monk, my skills are not refined enough. Not only did I fail to repair your treasure, but I made it worse…”

“Brat, I will remember today. I will settle accounts with you.” The Eternal Demon King, repelling the ghost catchers, wanted to fight Shui Miao to the death but feared the purple fortune aura on Shui Miao. He had no choice but to roll up the coffin, mount his monster, and flee…

“That monster looks so fat, yet it runs so fast!”

Shui Miao licked his lips with a smile, then turned to look at Impermanence Blade who was about to give chase: “Brother, wait, don’t chase a desperate enemy. He’s doomed this time.”

“He’s doomed? What do you mean?”

Impermanence Blade was puzzled.

Shui Miao frowned slightly, thoughtfully stroked his chin, and asked Impermanence Blade, “Brother Blade, in thirty seconds, where do you think this Eternal Demon King can escape to?”

“Brother, did you tamper with his coffin?” Hearing Shui Miao’s words and seeing his confidence, Impermanence Blade quickly added, “He’s a wanted felon, he’ll definitely flee to a remote place. In thirty seconds, at his speed, I guess he’ll head towards the Rakshasa Sea.”

“Good, the Rakshasa Sea is desolate, perfect for it to self-destruct.” Shui Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

Impermanence Blade asked in confusion, “Brother, you mean you made his coffin self-destruct?”

“Yes, I altered the array inside the coffin. It will self-destruct in thirty seconds, and the explosion will be massive, enough to severely injure him beyond recovery.” Shui Miao waited a few more seconds, “Alright, we can head over now.”

“Good!”

Impermanence Blade, unsure, immediately gathered the ghost catchers and chased towards the Rakshasa Sea with Shui Miao.

These ghost catchers, if not for Shui Miao’s timely destruction of the array, might have all been killed by the Eternal Demon King.

Before the group reached the Rakshasa Sea dock, they suddenly saw a burst of fire in the direction of the Rakshasa Sea, followed by a deafening explosion. A massive shockwave rolled up the waters of the Rakshasa Sea, forming a tsunami wall tens of meters high, crashing towards the surroundings.

“Brother, how did you do that?”

Impermanence Blade looked at Shui Miao in shock. If not for Shui Miao pulling him back, he might have been killed by the explosion.

All the ghost catchers were stunned; none had ever witnessed such power.

Shui Miao shrugged and flew towards the Rakshasa Sea, thinking to himself, it was truly a matter of life and death. If not for the timely intervention of Impermanence Blade, if not for encountering the Black and White Impermanence Ghosts earlier, if not for the sudden inspiration to use immortal power to convert the purple fortune aura at the critical moment, how could I still be standing here breathing properly?

A group of ghost catchers rushed into the Rakshasa Sea, searching for the body of the Eternal Demon King.

But the Eternal Demon King had been completely obliterated by the explosion.

Not far from the center of the explosion, a huge corpse of an evil dragon floated up on the sea…

Hearing the explosion, Ao Shuang also brought a group of demon beasts over…

“Father, father!”

Seeing the corpse of the evil dragon, Ao Shuang roared in grief and anger.

Had he accidentally killed Ao Shuang’s father!?

Seeing this, Shui Miao was somewhat stunned. Now, the enmity between him and Ao Shuang would be impossible to resolve. However, Shui Miao couldn’t understand, why did Ao Shuang’s father come to the Rakshasa dock for no reason? Wasn’t he just on the Evil Dragon Island?

“Damn evil dragon, deserved to die, still daring to gather demon beasts to do evil, let’s wipe them out while we’re at it.”

Impermanence Blade hated the evil dragon deeply. Seeing Ao Shuang, he immediately ordered, and a large group of ghost catchers took action, slaughtering the demon beasts and Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang took out the Fire Dragon Cannon, ready to deal with Impermanence Blade…

Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated the Time Protection Pearl, instantly appearing in front of Ao Shuang, grabbing the Fire Dragon Cannon, and directly taking it back.

The Fire Dragon Cannon contained the Fire Thunder Array of the immortal realm, how could it be used recklessly in the netherworld.

Shui Miao didn’t want to bring trouble upon himself, naturally he had to take it back.

Ao Shuang was stunned, pointing at Shui Miao, gritting his teeth and shouting, “I understand now, it was you! Shui Miao, you are so despicable! You used a treasure to self-destruct and kill my father, and brought so many ghost catchers to kill me. I misjudged you. I, Ao Shuang, swear to the heavens, from now on, you and I are irreconcilable enemies…”

“If I wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago.”

Shui Miao was also anxious, in this situation, he really didn’t know how to explain.

Ao Shuang immediately roared, “That’s because you want to use my dragon blood for refining and quenching. My dragon blood contains the aura of the Nuwa Stone. You want to drive me to a dead end, then follow you, to be a slave under your demonic grasp!”

Nuwa Stone!

Hearing these three words, all the ghost catchers were stunned.

Impermanence Blade’s eyes rolled, and he quickly shouted, “Capture this Ao Shuang, don’t let him escape. These evil dragons are the thieves who stole the Nuwa Stone from the netherworld many years ago.”

The ghost catchers immediately attacked Ao Shuang.

Ao Shuang, heartbroken, did not resist, his body was cut down by blades, soon becoming a bloody mess.

“Shui Miao, the Nuwa Stone of our dragon clan is on you. If you don’t return it today, one day you will have to…”

After roaring, Ao Shuang suddenly sacrificed several nether treasures, making them self-destruct.

Using the self-destruction of the nether treasures, Ao Shuang escaped.

Ao Shuang was extremely sinister, even as he left, he shouted that the Nuwa Stone was on Shui Miao, intending to bring endless trouble to Shui Miao.

Moreover, Ao Shuang had previously learned the skill of forging treasures by Shui Miao’s side.

Those nether treasures were forged by himself.

The yin energy from the self-destruction of the nether treasures was surging around.

“This troublemaker will bring me great trouble sooner or later. Rather than keeping him, it’s better to eliminate him!”

Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, and he was about to chase Ao Shuang.

Unexpectedly, Impermanence Blade suddenly stopped Shui Miao: “Brother, you can’t leave now. The Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the netherworld. If it’s on you, you must hand it over.”

“…”

Shui Miao was stunned, he didn’t expect Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, it’s also my duty. Although you helped us eliminate the Eternal Demon King today, brother, your progress has been too fast recently, making people suspicious. So, I have to take you back.” Impermanence Blade clasped his fists towards Shui Miao, ready to arrest him.

Shui Miao shook his head, “The Nuwa Stone has already been forged into a treasure by me.”

“Then please leave that treasure behind.” Impermanence Blade was a ghost catcher who only recognized the law. With a wave of his hand, the ghost catchers surrounded Shui Miao.

The ghost catchers were obviously reluctant, after all, Shui Miao had just saved them from the Eternal Demon King.

Shui Miao frowned, “Brother Blade, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty calls, forgive me!”

Impermanence Blade suddenly flashed, directly placing his blade on Shui Miao’s neck.

Shui Miao did not move, looking at Impermanence Blade, “Brother, I’m not lying to you. When I got the Nuwa Stone, the aura inside had been mostly absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was just the residue of the Nuwa Stone. I mixed it with the Sky Origin Stone to forge a treasure, a life-bound treasure for myself. If you want to take the treasure back, you’ll have to kill me now.”

“For the treasure, I would definitely do that.”

Impermanence Blade said so, but his hand was trembling. He actually didn’t want to kill Shui Miao, this brother. He could feel Shui Miao’s honesty.

After a pause, Shui Miao sighed, “How about this, you go back and report to the King of Hell, tell him that I will give you a sacred artifact after the Immortal and Demon War. If you don’t believe me, kill me now, my life-bound treasure will self-destruct, and you’ll get nothing, and you won’t be able to complete your task.”

“Good! I believe you, brother, I will vouch for you with my life!”

Loyalty and righteousness are hard to balance, Impermanence Blade finally breathed a sigh of relief, finding a way to step down.

Impermanence Blade turned around again, saying to everyone, “Brothers, I plan to report this matter to the King of Hell after the Immortal and Demon War, after obtaining the sacred artifact. What do you think?”

“Good!”

All the ghost catchers agreed in unison.

They were all men of blood, some things were just tacitly understood.

The trouble in the netherworld was resolved.

But what Shui Miao never expected was that the emotionally unstable, temperamental Ao Shuang actually fled to the immortal realm, telling everyone that Shui Miao had the Nuwa Stone, that Shui Miao had secretly learned the Thunder Department’s array…

Ao Shuang wanted to kill Shui Miao by borrowing others’ hands, to eliminate him as soon as possible!

“This pest will bring me endless trouble. Better to eliminate him now than leave him to grow.”

Shui Miao’s thoughts raced as he prepared to chase after Ao Shuang.

But unexpectedly, Wu Chang Yi Dao suddenly blocked his path. “Brother, you can’t leave yet. The Nuwa Stone is a supreme treasure of the Underworld. If it’s in your possession, please hand it over immediately.”

“…”

Shui Miao was taken aback, not expecting Ao Shuang’s provocation to take effect so quickly.

“Sorry, but it’s my duty. Although you helped us defeat the Ancient Demon King today, your recent progress has been too rapid, raising suspicions. Therefore, I must take you back for questioning.” Wu Chang Yi Dao bowed to Shui Miao and moved to seize him.

Shui Miao shook his head. “I’ve already forged the Nuwa Stone into a treasure.”

“Then please leave that treasure with us.” Wu Chang Yi Dao was a strict ghost catcher who followed the rules rigidly. He waved his hand, and the ghost catchers immediately surrounded Shui Miao.

Though reluctant, the ghost catchers obeyed—they all owed their lives to Shui Miao, who had just saved them from the Ancient Demon King.

Shui Miao furrowed his brow. “Brother Yi Dao, are you really going to fight me?”

“Duty demands it—forgive me!”

Wu Chang Yi Dao suddenly darted forward, drawing his blade and placing it at Shui Miao’s throat.

But Shui Miao didn’t move, simply staring at Wu Chang Yi Dao. “Brother, I haven’t lied to you. When I obtained the Nuwa Stone, most of its energy had already been absorbed by Ao Shuang. What I got was merely its residue. I combined it with Tianyuan Stone to forge a treasure—an intrinsic treasure of my own. If you want that treasure, you’ll have to kill me first.”

“I will do it for the treasure!”

Though saying this, Wu Chang Yi Dao’s hand trembled—he truly didn’t want to kill his friend Shui Miao, sensing the honesty in Shui Miao’s words.

After a pause, Shui Miao exhaled. “How about this—go report to King Yama. Tell him I will deliver a Holy Artifact after the Celestial and Divine War. If you don’t believe me, kill me now, and my intrinsic treasure will self-destruct along with me—you’ll gain nothing and fail your mission.”

“Fine! I believe you, brother. I’ll stake my head on it!”

Caught between loyalty and duty, Wu Chang Yi Dao finally found a way to save face.

Turning to the others, Wu Chang Yi Dao said, “Brothers, I’ll report this matter to King Yama after the Celestial and Divine War, once we have the Holy Artifact. What do you say?”

“Agreed!”

The ghost catchers shouted in unison.

They were all men of honor—some things were simply understood without words.

The Underworld’s trouble seemed resolved.

But Shui Miao had never expected that Ao Shuang, emotional and hot-tempered, would fly straight to the Immortal Realm, spreading the word everywhere that Shui Miao possessed the Nuwa Stone and had stolen the Thunder Sect’s formations…

Ao Shuang was plotting to incite others to kill Shui Miao—determined to eliminate him at all costs!