The first thing Shui Miao thought of was that the Immortal Emperor must have been observing this Immortal artifact.
Yet Shui Miao couldn’t quite understand—if it was indeed the Immortal Emperor observing, wouldn’t his Xiao Tiandou Four Symbols Formation at least give some kind of warning? At least a little?
The expression on Immortal Sage Hu was extremely strange.
Shui Miao couldn’t read the answer from his expression at all.
However, soon the imperial aura and yellow light vanished, and Immortal Sage Hu’s expression quickly returned to normal.
“Hurry, perform blood-binding!”
The first thought that came to Shui Miao’s mind was that the Immortal Emperor was coveting this immortal artifact.
Yet, Shui Miao couldn’t understand why, if the Immortal Emperor was indeed coveting it, his own Small Heavenly Dipper Four Phases Array hadn’t given any warning. There should have been at least some indication!
The expression on Hu Xianzun was extremely peculiar.
Shui Miao couldn’t discern any answers from his expression.
But soon, the imperial yellow light disappeared, and Hu Xianzun’s expression quickly returned to normal.
“Quick, blood recognition!”
After a flash of light, Shui Miao noticed the Frozen Domain artifact suddenly moving and hurriedly instructed Hu Xianzun to perform blood recognition.
Hu Xianzun, sensing the urgency, immediately performed the blood recognition.
“How is it? What’s the quality of the artifact? What was that yellow light about?” The higher the quality of the artifact, the harder it is to sense its specific quality, and only the person who performed the blood recognition knows it best.
Hu Xianzun beamed with joy and said excitedly, “It’s of the Supreme Grade, just one step away from being a Sacred Artifact! That yellow light was it drawing in imperial energy. Oh, you wouldn’t know, but the spirit of a Sacred Artifact, once born, possesses the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor. It’s a pity it’s just one step short, but it’s still excellent. I will nourish it with the best spiritual energy and elixirs to make it stronger.”
“Oh… I see…”
Shui Miao knew that artifact spirits could cultivate, and they were extremely loyal. Naturally born artifact spirits would never betray their masters, but those captured and tamed later were a different story.
Seeing Hu Xianzun store the artifact within his body, Shui Miao secretly became wary. What if Hu Xianzun decided to kill him after obtaining the artifact?
As the saying goes, it’s always wise to be cautious of others!
Hu Xianzun was too caught up in his joy. After a while, he handed a ring to Shui Miao: “Brother, you’ve done me a great favor. I will repay this kindness in the future. Here are some spirit stones, take them, you’ll need them. I’m so happy, I’m going to share this good news with my daughter. I’ll take my leave now, and I’ll come back later with some rare treasures to visit you.”
“Hu Xianzun, you’re too kind, thank you!”
Shui Miao was also delighted. Not only had he made a great profit, but he also received a red packet, making it a bountiful harvest.
The ring was filled with spirit stones.
Now, no matter how many spirit stones he had, Shui Miao had a place to use them.
After seeing off Hu Xianzun, Shui Miao immediately began crafting his own peerless artifact.
The Phantom Demon Array, Time Array, Protective Array, Heavenly Dipper Four Phases Array, Frozen Domain Artifact—the fusion of these essences would create an absolutely astonishing weapon. Shui Miao intended to pour all his thoughts, along with his understanding of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and all the Nüwa Stones he had, into crafting a personal, absolute life-bound artifact.
All the Celestial Stones were smelted.
All the Nüwa Stones were smelted.
The previous incomplete artifacts were also smelted together.
Nüwa Stones were originally extremely difficult to smelt, but in this Supreme Forging Furnace, they became much easier to handle.
Life-bound artifacts were completely different from other artifacts.
A life-bound artifact is nurtured by one’s own primordial spirit to create an artifact spirit.
Life-bound artifacts are immensely powerful, twice as powerful as ordinary artifact spirits, and the holder can mutually enhance their cultivation with the artifact spirit.
In other words, if Shui Miao forged a Sacred Artifact, its spirit would possess the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor, allowing Shui Miao to receive nourishment from the imperial energy through the spirit, breaking through his cultivation level and ascending to become a Xianzun, or even an Immortal Emperor.
Thus, this was Shui Miao’s opportunity, an absolute opportunity.
Inside the Time Tower, under high temperatures, all materials combined according to Shui Miao’s will to form various arrays, their complexity beyond imagination. Yet, under Shui Miao’s powerful mental force, they organized themselves orderly… He’er watched in a daze, unable to learn, and could only focus on studying the sword array beside him.
Forging artifacts wasn’t something just anyone could learn.
If Shui Miao hadn’t had a solid foundation, starting from Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, he would never have reached this point.
Time passed, second by second, like water dripping through stone…
Time flew like a shuttle, vast and boundless, yet fleeting in an instant…
Inside the Time Tower, Shui Miao spent a full sixteen days finally gathering his life-bound artifact, then released all the dragon blood to quench it, giving the entire artifact a strong spiritual aura!
This artifact, deeply crafted by Shui Miao, was spherical, over three meters in diameter, embodying everything Shui Miao had.
Watching the artifact awaken in the dragon blood, Shui Miao was exceptionally excited.
As per Shui Miao’s will, all the Celestial Pills suddenly transformed into medicinal energy, continuously flowing into the artifact.
“Uh…”
The artifact contained Shui Miao’s primordial spirit, and he clearly sensed that something unusual was happening!
Logically, this was an artifact, and it should only be nurturing one artifact spirit.
But Shui Miao suddenly discovered that the artifact was nurturing two artifact spirits, both transformed from his own primordial spirit, one white and one black, reminiscent of the Yin-Yang fish!
They were frantically absorbing vast amounts of immortal energy and medicinal energy.
The speed at which they absorbed the medicinal energy was astonishing, beyond Shui Miao’s imagination.
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and he quickly transformed all the stored elixirs into medicinal energy, and even took out all the spirit stones Hu Xianzun had given him for the artifact spirits to absorb.
“How could this be?”
Feeling the artifact spirits continuously growing, endlessly absorbing, Shui Miao was stunned, his thoughts overturned.
This phenomenon was something Shui Miao had never heard of before.
It felt as though these two artifact spirits weren’t spirits at all, but two people, currently absorbing spiritual energy to grow, step by step!
Fortunately, Shui Miao had plenty of spiritual energy.
Their cultivation levels rapidly broke through, reaching the Xianzun level in the blink of an eye.
They were still absorbing immortal power, still absorbing medicinal energy.
The entire artifact was also growing stronger, its power continuously rising!
Shui Miao was almost afraid to move the artifact out, fearing it might instantly drain the spiritual energy of the immortal mountain.
He couldn’t stay here anymore!
The spirit stones might not be enough, and there was no one familiar here to help him. He had to leave.
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and he immediately exited the Time Tower, mentally informing Lian’er of his departure, then directly activated the Time Bead to head towards the desolate lands. Shui Miao did this because around the desolate lands, within the hundred thousand immortal mountains, there were many mountains he could split open to obtain the spirit stones inside.
Fortunately, Hu Xianzun had left him a ring full of spirit stones.
“Boom!”
Before Shui Miao could fly out of the hundred thousand mountains, he felt the spirit stones were running low and quickly used the Fire Dragon Blast to directly hit a mountain without any immortals.
The spirit stones inside the mountain weren’t plentiful, but they could alleviate the immediate crisis.
The mountain was blasted open, immediately alerting some loose immortals in nearby mountains.
Shui Miao, at an undetectable speed, snatched the spirit stones from these loose immortals, but unfortunately, they were too poor.
Just as Shui Miao was anxious about not getting enough spirit stones, he saw an immortal passing by, and upon sensing with his divine sense, he found this immortal very familiar!
“It’s him…”
“Oh no! It’s actually him!”
Shui Miao suddenly remembered, this was the Jade Void Sect’s manager he had encountered before, the one who had framed him.
“Fate really brings enemies together! What is he doing here?”
“Robbery, I’ll rob him, he must have good stuff on him!”
Shui Miao’s mind turned, and he quickly sneaked into a nearby mountain, changed his appearance into a demon beast, and blocked the manager’s path.
“This mountain is mine, this tree is mine, to pass through here, leave your wealth behind!”
Shui Miao had transformed into a large, fat, evil dragon monster.
The manager was slightly stunned and quickly smiled apologetically, “Friend, friend, don’t misunderstand, I’m just here to recruit disciples, I don’t have anything valuable on me.”
“Cut the crap, whether you have something or not isn’t up to you, let me search you!”
Shui Miao moved forward to get rough.
“I’m the Jade Void Sect’s manager, how dare you…”
The manager was startled and turned to flee, but Shui Miao caught up and hit him hard on the back of his head with a stone.
This manager was really weak, he was knocked out in one hit.
Shui Miao searched his body and found some Jade Void Sect recruitment notices, but no elixirs or spirit stones. It seemed this manager was out posting flyers! Given his greed, Shui Miao didn’t believe this guy had nothing good on him. With a thought, he forcibly entered his mind, checked his memories, and found that this guy had hidden a large amount of spirit stones and medicinal materials in his mental realm. Shui Miao quickly used the Heavenly Demon Heart Technique to control him and moved all the spirit stones and elixirs out.
Strike it rich!
Shui Miao made a bountiful harvest and quickly fled.
Far away, Shui Miao found a barren mountain, moved his treasure out, and offered a large amount of spirit stones and medicinal materials.
Not long after, the artifact emitted a profound yellow light, and a large amount of imperial energy descended from the sky!
“Ha!”
“Great, this is the rhythm of producing a Sacred Artifact!”
Shui Miao was extremely excited, sensing that both artifact spirits were receiving the imperial energy. But not long after, just like Hu Xianzun’s artifact, the imperial energy disappeared!
“What the!?”
Shui Miao’s heart sank. How could this be? It was clearly about to ascend to a Sacred Artifact, why did the imperial energy suddenly disappear?
There must be a conspiracy!
Shui Miao immediately suspected that the experts of the First Heaven had shut off the supply of imperial energy.
Damn it!
The artifact had already taken form, and the artifact spirits had stopped absorbing immortal power and medicinal energy.
This was a Supreme Artifact, just one step away from becoming a Sacred Artifact.
Shui Miao stored the artifact within his body, but he was very dissatisfied.
But then, due to the mutual enhancement of cultivation with the artifact spirits, Shui Miao’s immortal power transformed, and his cultivation level soared.
“Uh…”
“Am I… am I about to ascend to Xianzun?”
“Boom!”
Shui Miao suddenly felt a “buzz” in his head, as if struck by lightning, and an overwhelming force suddenly poured into his brain, spreading throughout his body, completely enveloping him.
Pain…
An indescribable pain stimulated Shui Miao’s nerves, and his entire body felt as if it was being skinned!
The buzzing in his ears continued incessantly, and the pain in his body became more and more apparent. Shui Miao didn’t know what was happening, why he was suddenly experiencing such changes!?
Immortal Sage Hu’s heart stirred, and he quickly performed the blood-binding ritual.
“What is it like? What level of Immortal artifact is it? And what was that yellow light just now?” The higher the quality of the artifact, the harder it was to sense its exact level; only the person who performed the blood-binding could know for sure.
Immortal Sage Hu broke into a wide grin and excitedly said, “It’s Supreme Grade—just one step away from Saint Grade! That yellow light was it drawing in imperial energy. Oh, you probably didn’t know, but the spirit of a Saint Grade artifact is born with the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor. Unfortunately, it’s still one step short. Still, it’s very good. I will nourish it with the finest spiritual energy and pills to make it grow stronger and stronger.”
“Oh… I see…”
Shui Miao knew that artifact spirits could cultivate, and they were extremely loyal. Naturally born artifact spirits would never betray their master, unlike those captured and tamed artificially, which were unpredictable.
Seeing Immortal Sage Hu store the artifact inside his body, Shui Miao secretly became cautious—if Immortal Sage Hu decided to kill him after obtaining the artifact?
As the saying goes, one must always be cautious of others.
Immortal Sage Hu was too caught up in his joy. After a while, he handed a ring to Shui Miao, saying, “Brother, you’ve done me a great favor. I will definitely repay you in the future. Here are some spirit stones for you—please accept them! Ah, I’m just so happy. I should go tell my daughter the good news. I’ll take my leave now, but I’ll bring some rare treasures to visit you later.”
“Immortal Sage Hu, you’re too kind. Thank you!”
Shui Miao was also delighted—not only had he made a huge profit, but he also received a gift, making it a truly rewarding day.
Inside the ring were countless spirit stones.
Now, no matter how many spirit stones he had, Shui Miao had a place to use them.
After seeing off Immortal Sage Hu, Shui Miao immediately began crafting his own world-shaking artifact.
The first thought that came to Shui Miao’s mind was that the Immortal Emperor was coveting this immortal artifact.
However, Shui Miao couldn’t understand why, if the Immortal Emperor was indeed watching, his own Small Sky Dipper Four Phases Array hadn’t given any warning. There should have been at least some indication!
The expression on Immortal Hu’s face was extremely strange.
Shui Miao couldn’t discern any answers from his expression.
But soon, the imperial yellow light disappeared, and Immortal Hu’s expression quickly returned to normal.
“Quick, blood recognition!”
After a flash of light, Shui Miao noticed that the Frozen Domain artifact suddenly moved, and he hurriedly instructed Immortal Hu to perform blood recognition.
Immortal Hu, sensing the urgency, immediately performed the blood recognition.
“So, what’s the quality of the artifact? What was that yellow light just about?” The higher the quality of the artifact, the harder it is to sense its specific quality, and only the person who performed the blood recognition would know best.
Immortal Hu beamed with joy and said excitedly, “It’s of the supreme grade, just one step away from being a sacred artifact! That yellow light was it drawing in imperial energy. Oh, you might not know, but the spirit of a sacred artifact is born with the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor. It’s a pity it’s just one step short, but it’s still excellent. I will nourish it with the best spiritual energy and elixirs to make it stronger.”
“Oh… I see…”
Shui Miao knew that artifact spirits could cultivate, and they were extremely loyal. Naturally born artifact spirits would never betray their masters, but those captured and tamed later were a different story.
Seeing Immortal Hu store the artifact within his body, Shui Miao secretly became wary. What if Immortal Hu decided to kill him after obtaining the artifact?
As the saying goes, it’s always wise to be cautious.
Immortal Hu was too caught up in his joy. After a while, he handed a ring to Shui Miao: “Brother, you’ve done me a great favor. I will repay this kindness in the future. Here are some spirit stones, take them, you’ll need them. I’m so happy, I’m going to share this good news with my daughter. I’ll take my leave now, and I’ll come back later with some rare treasures to visit you.”
“Immortal Hu, you’re too kind. Thank you!”
Shui Miao was also delighted. Not only had he made a great profit, but he also received a red packet, making it a bountiful harvest.
The ring was filled with spirit stones.
Now, no matter how many spirit stones he had, Shui Miao had a place to use them.
After seeing off Immortal Hu, Shui Miao immediately began crafting his own ultimate artifact.
The Phantom Demon Array, Time Array, Protection Array, Sky Dipper Four Phases Array, Frozen Domain artifact—all these essences fused together would create an absolutely world-shaking weapon. Shui Miao intended to pour all his thoughts, along with his understanding of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, into this artifact, combining everything with the Nuwa Stone to create his own, absolute, life-bound artifact.
All the Heavenly Origin Stones were smelted.
All the Nuwa Stones were smelted.
The previous incomplete artifacts were also smelted together.
Nuwa Stones were originally extremely difficult to smelt, but in this supreme artifact furnace, they became less challenging.
A life-bound artifact was completely different from other artifacts.
A life-bound artifact was nurtured by one’s own primordial spirit to create an artifact spirit.
Life-bound artifacts were immensely powerful, even more so than ordinary artifact spirits, and the holder could complement their cultivation with the artifact spirit.
In other words, if Shui Miao forged a sacred artifact, its spirit would have the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor, and Shui Miao could receive nourishment from the imperial energy through the spirit, breaking through his cultivation level and ascending to become an Immortal Venerable, or even an Immortal Emperor.
So, this was Shui Miao’s opportunity, an absolute opportunity.
Inside the Time Tower, under high temperatures, all the materials combined according to Shui Miao’s will to form various arrays, their complexity beyond human comprehension. Yet, under Shui Miao’s powerful mental force, they assembled in an orderly manner… Crane, watching from the side, was dazzled and couldn’t learn, so he focused on studying the flying sword’s array instead.
Artifact crafting wasn’t something just anyone could learn.
If Shui Miao hadn’t had a solid foundation, starting from Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, he would never have reached this point.
Time passed, second by second, like water dripping through stone…
Time flew like a shuttle, vast and endless, yet fleeting in an instant…
Inside the Time Tower, Shui Miao spent a full sixteen days finally gathering his life-bound artifact, then released all the dragon blood to temper it, giving the entire artifact a strong spiritual essence!
This artifact, which Shui Miao had poured his heart into, was spherical, over three meters in diameter, embodying everything Shui Miao was.
Watching the artifact awaken in the dragon blood, Shui Miao was exceptionally excited.
Following Shui Miao’s will, all the Heavenly Origin Pills suddenly turned into medicinal energy, continuously flowing into the artifact.
“Huh…”
The artifact contained Shui Miao’s primordial spirit, and he clearly sensed that something unusual was happening!
Logically, this was an artifact, and it should only be nurturing one artifact spirit.
But Shui Miao suddenly discovered that the artifact was nurturing two artifact spirits, both derived from his own primordial spirit—one white and one black, reminiscent of the Yin-Yang fish!
They were frantically absorbing vast amounts of immortal energy and medicinal energy.
The speed at which they absorbed the medicinal energy was astonishing, beyond Shui Miao’s imagination.
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and he quickly transformed all the stored elixirs into medicinal energy, even taking out all the spirit stones Immortal Hu had given him to feed the artifact spirits.
“How could this be?”
Sensing the artifact spirits continuously growing, endlessly absorbing, Shui Miao was stunned, his thoughts overturned.
This phenomenon was something Shui Miao had never heard of before.
It felt as though these two artifact spirits weren’t spirits at all, but two individuals, absorbing spiritual energy to grow, step by step!
Fortunately, Shui Miao had enough spiritual energy.
Their cultivation levels rapidly broke through, reaching the Immortal Venerable level in an instant.
They were still absorbing immortal energy, still absorbing medicinal energy.
The entire artifact was growing stronger, its power escalating!
Shui Miao was almost afraid to move the artifact out, fearing it might drain all the spiritual energy from the immortal mountain.
He couldn’t stay here anymore!
The spirit stones might not be enough, and there was no one familiar to help him here. He had to leave.
Shui Miao’s mind flashed, and he immediately exited the Time Tower, mentally informing Lian’er that he had left, then directly activated the Time Pearl to head towards the desolate lands. Shui Miao did this because around the desolate lands, there were many immortal mountains where he could split open the mountains to obtain the spirit stones inside.
Fortunately, before leaving, Immortal Hu had given him a ring full of spirit stones.
“Boom!”
Before Shui Miao could fly out of the Ten Thousand Mountains, he felt that the spirit stones were running low, so he used the Fire Dragon Blast to directly strike an uninhabited immortal mountain.
The spirit stones inside the mountain weren’t plentiful, but they could alleviate the immediate crisis.
The mountain was shattered, immediately alerting some scattered immortals nearby.
Shui Miao, at an undetectable speed, snatched the spirit stones from these immortals, but unfortunately, they were too poor.
Just as Shui Miao was anxious about not getting enough spirit stones, he saw an immortal passing by. Sensing with his divine consciousness, he found this immortal very familiar!
“It’s him…”
“Oh no! It’s actually him!”
Shui Miao suddenly remembered—this was the supervisor from the Jade Void Sect he had encountered before, the one who had framed him.
“Fate brings enemies together! What’s he doing here?”
“Robbery, I’ll rob him. He must have something good on him!”
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and he quickly hid in a nearby immortal mountain, transformed into a demon beast, and blocked the supervisor’s path.
“This mountain is mine, this tree is mine. If you want to pass, leave your valuables!”
Shui Miao had transformed into a fat, evil dragon monster.
The supervisor was slightly stunned and quickly smiled apologetically, “Friend, friend, don’t misunderstand. I’m just here to recruit disciples. I don’t have anything valuable on me.”
“Cut the nonsense. Whether you have something or not isn’t up to you. Let me search you!”
Shui Miao moved forward to use force.
“I’m the supervisor of the Jade Void Sect. How dare you…”
The supervisor was startled and turned to flee, but Shui Miao caught up and hit him hard on the back of the head with a stone.
The supervisor was truly weak, knocked out in one blow.
Shui Miao searched him and found some recruitment notices from the Jade Void Sect but no elixirs or spirit stones. It seemed the supervisor was out posting flyers! Given his greed, Shui Miao didn’t believe he had nothing good. With a thought, he forcibly entered his mind, checked his memories, and found that the supervisor had hidden a large amount of spirit stones and medicinal herbs in his mental realm. Shui Miao immediately used the Heavenly Demon Heart Technique to control him and moved all the spirit stones and elixirs out.
Jackpot!
Shui Miao made a great haul and quickly fled.
Far away, Shui Miao found a barren mountain, moved his treasure out, and offered a large amount of spirit stones and medicinal herbs.
Not long after, the artifact emitted a profound yellow light, and a massive amount of imperial energy descended from the sky!
“Ha!”
“Great, this is the rhythm of a sacred artifact emerging!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, sensing that both artifact spirits were receiving the imperial energy. But not long after, just like Immortal Hu’s artifact, the imperial energy disappeared!
“What the…?”
Shui Miao’s heart sank. How could this be? It was supposed to ascend to a sacred artifact, so why did the imperial energy suddenly disappear?
There must be a conspiracy!
Shui Miao immediately suspected that the experts of the First Heaven had cut off the supply of imperial energy.
Damn it!
The artifact had already taken form, and the artifact spirits had stopped absorbing immortal energy and medicinal energy.
It was a supreme artifact, just one step away from becoming a sacred artifact.
Shui Miao stored the artifact within his body, feeling extremely dissatisfied.
But then, due to the complementary relationship between his cultivation and the artifact spirits, Shui Miao’s immortal energy transformed, and his cultivation level soared.
“Huh…”
“Am I… am I about to ascend to Immortal Venerable?”
“Boom!”
Shui Miao suddenly felt a “buzz” in his head, as if struck by lightning. An overwhelming force surged into his brain, spreading throughout his body, completely enveloping him.
Pain…
Unnamed pain stimulated Shui Miao’s nerves, and he felt as if his skin was being peeled off!
The buzzing in his ears continued, and the pain in his body became more intense. Shui Miao didn’t know what was happening or why he was suddenly experiencing such changes!?
All the Tianyuan Stones were smelted.
All the Nuwa Stones were smelted.
The previous broken artifacts were also smelted.
Nuwa Stones were originally extremely difficult to smelt, but in this Supreme Grade artifact furnace, they became manageable.
Life-bound artifacts were completely different from ordinary artifacts.
Life-bound artifacts were those in which the artifact spirit was nurtured by the owner’s soul essence.
Life-bound artifacts were immensely powerful, twice as strong as ordinary artifact spirits, and the owner could mutually enhance their cultivation with the artifact spirit.
In other words, if the artifact Shui Miao forged became a Saint Grade artifact with a spirit possessing the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor, then Shui Miao could receive imperial energy from the spirit and instantly break through to Immortal Sage, or even Immortal Emperor.
Therefore, this was Shui Miao’s absolute opportunity.
Inside the Tower of Time, under intense heat, all the materials combined into various formations according to Shui Miao’s will. The complexity was beyond human comprehension, yet under Shui Miao’s immense spiritual power, everything was meticulously arranged. He’er watched in awe, unable to learn, and could only focus on studying sword formations nearby.
Crafting artifacts was not something everyone could master.
If not for Shui Miao’s solid foundation rooted in Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, he would never have reached this level.
Time passed like water dripping through stone…
Years flew by in the vast cosmos…
Inside the Tower of Time, after a full sixteen days, Shui Miao finally gathered all the materials into his artifact, then released all his Dragon Blood to temper it, infusing the artifact with intense spiritual energy!
This artifact, which Shui Miao had poured his heart into, was spherical in shape, over three meters in diameter, integrating everything he had.
Watching the artifact awaken in the Dragon Blood, Shui Miao felt an indescribable excitement.
The first thought that came to Shui Miao’s mind was that the Immortal Emperor was coveting this immortal artifact.
Yet, Shui Miao couldn’t understand why, if the Immortal Emperor was indeed watching, his own Small Heavenly Dipper Four Phases Array hadn’t given any warning. There should have been at least some indication!
The expression on Hu Xianzun’s face was extremely peculiar.
Shui Miao couldn’t discern any answers from his expression.
However, soon after, the imperial aura’s yellow light vanished, and Hu Xianzun’s expression quickly returned to normal.
“Quick, blood recognition!”
After a flash of light, Shui Miao noticed the Frozen Domain artifact suddenly moving and hurriedly instructed Hu Xianzun to perform blood recognition.
Hu Xianzun, sensing the urgency, immediately performed the blood recognition.
“So, what’s the quality of the artifact? What was that yellow light about?” The higher the quality of the artifact, the harder it is to sense its specific quality; only the person who performed the blood recognition knows best.
Hu Xianzun, beaming with joy, excitedly said, “It’s of the Supreme Grade, just one step away from being a Sacred Artifact! That yellow light was it attracting imperial aura. Oh, you might not know, but the spirit of a Sacred Artifact, once born, possesses the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor. It’s a pity it’s just one step short, but it’s still excellent. I will nourish it with the best spiritual energy and elixirs to make it stronger.”
“Oh… I see…”
Shui Miao knew that artifact spirits could cultivate, and they were extremely loyal. Naturally born artifact spirits would never betray their masters, but those captured and tamed later were a different story.
Seeing Hu Xianzun store the artifact within his body, Shui Miao secretly became wary. What if Hu Xianzun, after obtaining the artifact, decided to kill him?
As the saying goes, it’s always wise to be cautious of others’ intentions!
Hu Xianzun was too caught up in his joy. After a while, he handed a ring to Shui Miao: “Brother, you’ve done me a great favor. I will repay this kindness in the future. Here are some spirit stones; you’ll find them useful. Please accept them! I’m so happy; I need to share this good news with my daughter. I’ll take my leave now, but I’ll return with some rare treasures to visit you.”
“Hu Xianzun, you’re too kind. Thank you!”
Shui Miao was also delighted. Not only had he made a significant profit, but he also received a red packet, making it a bountiful harvest.
The ring was filled with spirit stones.
Now, no matter how many spirit stones Shui Miao had, he had a place to use them.
After seeing Hu Xianzun off, Shui Miao immediately began crafting his own unparalleled artifact.
The Phantom Demon Array, Time Array, Protective Array, Heavenly Dipper Four Phases Array, Frozen Domain Artifact—the fusion of these essences would create an absolutely astonishing weapon. Shui Miao intended to pour all his thoughts, along with his understanding of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and all the Nüwa Stones he had, into crafting a personal, ultimate life-bound artifact.
All the Heavenly Origin Stones were smelted.
All the Nüwa Stones were smelted.
Several previously incomplete artifacts were also smelted together.
Nüwa Stones were notoriously difficult to smelt, but in this Supreme Artifact Forging Furnace, they became much easier to handle.
A life-bound artifact is entirely different from other artifacts.
A life-bound artifact is nurtured by one’s own primordial spirit to develop an artifact spirit.
Life-bound artifacts are immensely powerful, twice as strong as ordinary artifact spirits, and the holder can mutually enhance their cultivation with the artifact spirit.
In other words, if Shui Miao forged a Sacred Artifact, its spirit would possess the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor, allowing Shui Miao to receive nourishment from the imperial aura through the spirit, potentially breaking through to become a Xianzun or even an Immortal Emperor.
Thus, this was Shui Miao’s opportunity, an absolute chance.
Inside the Time Tower, under high temperatures, all materials combined according to Shui Miao’s will to form various arrays. The complexity was beyond human comprehension, yet under Shui Miao’s powerful mental force, they organized themselves meticulously… He’er watched in a daze, unable to learn, and could only focus on studying the flying sword’s array nearby.
Artifact forging isn’t something just anyone can learn.
If Shui Miao hadn’t had a solid foundation, starting from Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, he would never have reached this point.
Time flowed, second by second, like water dripping through stone…
Time flew like a shuttle, vast and fleeting…
Inside the Time Tower, Shui Miao spent sixteen full days finally gathering his life-bound artifact, then released all the dragon blood to quench it, imbuing the entire artifact with intense spirituality!
This artifact, deeply crafted by Shui Miao, was spherical, over three meters in diameter, embodying everything Shui Miao had.
Watching the artifact awaken in the dragon blood, Shui Miao was exceptionally excited.
As per Shui Miao’s will, all the Heavenly Origin Pills suddenly transformed into medicinal energy, continuously flowing into the artifact.
“Huh…”
The artifact contained Shui Miao’s primordial spirit, and he clearly sensed that something unusual was happening!
Logically, this should be an artifact, just nurturing a single artifact spirit.
But Shui Miao suddenly discovered that the artifact was nurturing two spirits, both derived from his own primordial spirit—one white and one black, reminiscent of the Yin-Yang fish!
They were voraciously absorbing vast amounts of immortal energy and medicinal energy.
The speed at which they absorbed the medicinal energy was astonishing, beyond Shui Miao’s imagination.
Shui Miao, with a flick of his mind, quickly transformed all stored elixirs into medicinal energy and took out all the spirit stones Hu Xianzun had given him for the spirits to absorb.
“How could this be?”
Sensing the spirits’ continuous growth and endless absorption, Shui Miao was stunned, his thoughts overturned.
This phenomenon was something Shui Miao had never heard of.
It felt as though these two spirits weren’t artifact spirits at all but two individuals, currently absorbing spiritual energy to grow, step by step!
Fortunately, Shui Miao had ample spiritual energy.
Their cultivation rapidly broke through, reaching the Xianzun level in an instant.
They continued to absorb immortal power and medicinal energy.
The entire artifact grew stronger, its power escalating!
Shui Miao was almost afraid to move the artifact out, fearing it might drain the spiritual energy of the immortal mountain.
This place was no longer safe!
The spirit stones might not be enough, and there were no familiar people here to help. He had to leave.
With a flick of his mind, Shui Miao exited the Time Tower, mentally informed Lian’er of his departure, and directly activated the Time Pearl to head towards the desolate lands. Shui Miao chose this because the desolate lands, surrounded by countless immortal mountains, allowed him to split the mountains to obtain the spirit stones inside.
Fortunately, Hu Xianzun had left him a ring full of spirit stones.
“Boom!”
Before Shui Miao could fly out of the Ten Thousand Mountains, feeling the spirit stones were running low, he used the Fire Dragon Blast to directly strike a mountain without any immortals.
The mountain didn’t contain many spirit stones, but it was enough to alleviate the immediate crisis.
The mountain’s destruction immediately alerted some loose immortals in nearby mountains.
Shui Miao, at an imperceptible speed, snatched the spirit stones from these loose immortals, but they were too poor.
Just as Shui Miao was anxious about the lack of spirit stones, he saw an immortal passing by. Sensing with his divine sense, he found this immortal very familiar!
“It’s him…”
“Oh no! It’s actually him!”
Shui Miao suddenly remembered; it was the supervisor from the Jade Void Sect he had encountered before, the one who had framed him.
“Fate brings enemies together! What’s he doing here?”
“Robbery, I’ll rob him. He must have good stuff on him!”
Shui Miao, with a flick of his mind, quickly hid in a nearby mountain, changed his appearance, and transformed into a demon beast, blocking the supervisor’s path.
“This mountain is mine, these trees are mine. To pass, leave your valuables!”
Shui Miao had transformed into a large, fat, evil dragon monster.
The supervisor was slightly stunned and quickly smiled, “Friend, friend, don’t misunderstand. I’m just here to recruit disciples; I don’t have anything valuable on me.”
“To hell with that! Whether you have something isn’t for you to decide. Let me search you!”
Shui Miao moved forward to act rough.
“I’m the supervisor of the Jade Void Sect. How dare you…”
The supervisor was startled and turned to flee, but Shui Miao caught up and hit him hard on the back of his head with a stone.
The supervisor was truly weak; he was knocked out instantly.
Shui Miao searched him and found some recruitment notices from the Jade Void Sect but no elixirs or spirit stones. It seemed the supervisor was out posting flyers! Given his greed, Shui Miao didn’t believe he had nothing good. With a flick of his mind, he forcibly entered his thoughts, checked his memories, and found that the supervisor had hidden a large amount of spirit stones and medicinal materials in his mental realm. Shui Miao quickly used the Heavenly Demon Mind Technique to control him and transferred all the spirit stones and elixirs out.
He struck gold!
Shui Miao, with a bountiful harvest, quickly fled.
Far away, Shui Miao found a barren mountain, moved his treasure out, and offered a large amount of spirit stones and medicinal materials.
Not long after, the artifact emitted a profound yellow light, and a vast amount of imperial aura descended from the sky!
“Ha!”
“Great, this is the rhythm of a Sacred Artifact being born!”
Shui Miao was thrilled, sensing both spirits receiving the imperial aura. However, not long after, just like Hu Xianzun’s artifact, the imperial aura disappeared!
“What the hell!?”
Shui Miao’s heart sank. How could this be? It was supposed to ascend to a Sacred Artifact, but suddenly the imperial aura vanished!
There must be a conspiracy!
Shui Miao immediately suspected that the experts of the First Heaven had shut off the supply of imperial aura.
Damn it!
The artifact had already formed, and the spirits stopped absorbing immortal power and medicinal energy.
It was a Supreme Artifact, just one step away from becoming a Sacred Artifact.
Shui Miao stored the artifact within his body, feeling deeply dissatisfied.
But then, due to the mutual enhancement of his cultivation with the artifact spirits, Shui Miao’s immortal power transformed, and his cultivation surged.
“Huh…”
“Am I… am I about to ascend to Xianzun?”
“Boom!”
Suddenly, Shui Miao felt a “buzz” in his head, as if struck by lightning. An overwhelming force poured into his brain, spreading throughout his body, completely enveloping him.
Pain…
Unnamed pain stimulated Shui Miao’s nerves, and his entire body felt as if it was being skinned!
The buzzing in his ears continued, and the pain in his body became more pronounced. Shui Miao didn’t know what was happening or why he was suddenly experiencing such changes!?
“Uh…”
Since the artifact contained Shui Miao’s soul essence, he clearly sensed something unexpected happening!
In theory, this should have been a single artifact spirit forming.
But suddenly, Shui Miao discovered that two spirits were forming inside the artifact, both born from his own soul essence—except one was white and the other black, resembling the Taiji symbol!
They were frantically absorbing vast amounts of spiritual and medicinal energy.
Their absorption speed was shocking, beyond anything Shui Miao had ever imagined.
Shui Miao quickly transformed all his stored medicinal pills into energy, and even used up all the spirit stones given by Immortal Sage Hu to feed the spirits.
“What’s going on?!”
Feeling the spirits continuously growing, endlessly absorbing, Shui Miao was stunned, his understanding completely overturned.
He had never heard of such a phenomenon.
It felt less like artifact spirits and more like two beings cultivating, step by step growing stronger!
Fortunately, Shui Miao had an abundance of spiritual energy.
Their cultivation rapidly broke through, soon reaching the Immortal Sage level.
They continued absorbing spiritual energy and medicinal energy.
The artifact itself also grew stronger, its power rising rapidly!
Shui Miao was even afraid to move the artifact outside, fearing it might drain all the spiritual energy from the immortal mountains.
He couldn’t stay here any longer!
The spirit stones might not be enough, and there was no familiar person here to help. He had to leave.
Shui Miao immediately exited the Tower of Time, mentally informing Lian’er of his departure, then activated the Time Pearl and headed straight for the Wastelands. He chose this place because there were many immortal mountains around the Ten Thousand Mountains, where he could split open mountains to extract spirit stones.
Fortunately, Immortal Sage Hu had given him a ring full of spirit stones before leaving.
“Boom!”
Before Shui Miao had flown beyond the Ten Thousand Mountains, he sensed his spirit stones were running low, so he immediately used the Fire Dragon Blast to strike an unoccupied immortal mountain.
The mountain contained only a small amount of spirit stones, but enough to ease his immediate need.
The explosion shook nearby immortal mountains, alerting some wandering Immortal Cultivators.
At an undetectable speed, Shui Miao snatched the spirit stones from these cultivators, though they were disappointingly poor.
Just as Shui Miao was desperately seeking more spirit stones, he spotted a passing Immortal Cultivator. Upon sensing his aura, Shui Miao suddenly recognized him!
“It’s him…”
“Damn it! It’s actually him!”
Shui Miao immediately recalled—he was the same sect leader from Yuxu Sect who had framed him before.
“What a coincidence! What is he doing here?”
“Robbery! I’m going to rob him—he must have something valuable!”
Shui Miao quickly sneaked into a nearby immortal mountain, changed his appearance into a monstrous fat dragon, and blocked the leader’s path.
“This mountain was carved by me, this tree planted by me. If you wish to pass, leave your treasures behind!”
The sect leader was momentarily stunned, then quickly smiled nervously, “Friend, friend, no misunderstanding! I’m just here recruiting disciples. I don’t have anything valuable.”
“Cut the crap! Whether you have something isn’t for you to decide—let me check!”
Shui Miao stepped forward aggressively.
“I’m the leader of Yuxu Sect. How dare you…”
The leader was shocked and tried to flee, but Shui Miao chased after him and smashed a rock against his head.
The leader really was pathetic—he was knocked unconscious instantly.
Shui Miao searched him and found only some recruitment notices from Yuxu Sect, no medicinal pills or spirit stones. So this guy was just out here posting ads! Knowing how greedy he was, Shui Miao couldn’t believe he had nothing valuable. He immediately entered the leader’s mind, scanning his memories, and discovered that he had hidden a large stash of spirit stones and medicinal herbs in his spiritual realm. Using the Tianmo cultivation technique, Shui Miao took control of him and extracted all the treasures.
He struck gold!
Shui Miao gained a huge haul and quickly vanished.
From afar, Shui Miao found a desolate mountain and summoned his treasures, then laid out massive amounts of spirit stones and medicinal herbs.
Before long, the artifact emitted a mysterious yellow glow, and a torrent of imperial energy rained down from the heavens!
“Haha!”
“Great! This is the sign of a Saint Grade artifact forming!”
Shui Miao was ecstatic, sensing both spirits receiving the imperial energy. However, soon, just like with Immortal Sage Hu’s artifact, the imperial energy vanished!
“What the hell!?”
Shui Miao’s heart sank. How could this happen? The artifact was clearly on the verge of becoming a Saint Grade artifact—why did the imperial energy suddenly disappear?
There must be a conspiracy!
Shui Miao immediately suspected that experts from the First Heaven must have blocked the flow of imperial energy.
Damn it!
The artifact had already taken shape, and the spirits had stopped absorbing spiritual and medicinal energy.
It was a Supreme Grade artifact, just one step away from becoming a Saint Grade artifact.
Shui Miao stored the artifact inside his body, but his heart was filled with dissatisfaction.
However, immediately afterward, his body, connected to the spirits’ cultivation, underwent a transformation, and his power surged.
“Uh…”
“I… I feel like I’m about to ascend to Immortal Sage?”
“Boom!”
Suddenly, Shui Miao felt a “buzzing” sensation in his head, as if struck by lightning. A powerful force surged into his brain and spread throughout his body, enveloping him completely.
Pain…
Unbearable pain coursed through Shui Miao’s nerves, as if his skin was being peeled off!
A continuous buzzing filled his ears, and the pain in his body intensified. Shui Miao had no idea what was happening—why was he suddenly undergoing such a transformation!?
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