Shui Miao immediately divided his focus, channeling the essence of the Nuwa Stone from his spiritual realm into the Jinghun Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, at the same time Shui Miao sensed the Nuwa Stone’s energy, he also noticed that part of it had already seeped into the soil of his spiritual realm planet, infusing it with waves of unique vitality. This energy spread outward and was absorbed and refined by the treant spirits, causing their forms to gradually resemble those of humans more and more.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone composed of, and why was it so potent?
Shui Miao was deeply curious and began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone might be a form of primordial energy outside the traditional yin-yang and Five Elements framework.
His mind raced with a bold hypothesis: perhaps there was another mysterious primordial energy existing alongside the yin-yang and Five Elements in the universe. This energy might have been entirely absorbed by ancient cultivators, with the Nuwa Stone being one of the few remaining sources. That would explain why it could cause the treants to resemble humans more closely.
Shui Miao absorbed some of this unique primordial energy into his dantian and began to cultivate.
However, he soon discovered that this energy seemed to have little effect, offering no noticeable transformation or enhancement to his dantian.
The deeper Shui Miao flew into the abyssal depths of the Rakshasa Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the yin and evil energies grew. Many colossal deep-sea beasts also appeared within his sensing range.
Shui Miao felt the pressure, but the three Xianzuns felt it even more.
The three were Xianzuns from the Immortal Realm, their auras primarily based on yang energy. In this extremely yin and frigid environment at the bottom of the Rakshasa Sea, they were increasingly enveloped by dense, malevolent yin energy. Every moment, their immortal power was rapidly depleting due to the yin-yang opposition. Their pressure was not only equal to Shui Miao’s—it was even greater.
“Hua Xiong, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Rakshasa sea monster?”
“I can’t be certain, but if he can associate with Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just an ordinary sea monster. No matter how deep he dives, we’ll follow him down.”
“Fine! Then let’s play with him for a while!”
…
Hua Yuting felt uneasy. He didn’t know exactly what the Yuhua Xianzun had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror, but since the other insisted on continuing the pursuit, he naturally couldn’t show weakness.
“Haha!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as he sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mind, imbuing it with a unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so potent?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the conventional Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through his mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there might exist another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the Yin evil energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within his sensing range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters of the celestial realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense Yin evil energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I’m not entirely sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror, but since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play with them properly and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao focused his thoughts, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete into soil.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforged the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so brilliant, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have used hundreds of Nether artifacts to self-destruct at once and finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to take advantage of the chaos and completely eliminate the two Immortal Masters.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back and bluntly asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited in the Raksha Realm. I could only detect whether he had recently passed through here.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… uh!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an incredibly powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely injured, with torn flesh and gruesome wounds. Without protective artifacts, the Yin evil energy in the Raksha Sea alone could have taken half his life, let alone his current critical condition.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The Yin evil energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts but found that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Master taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain himself and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Master—worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was thrilled.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person with countless Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao directly summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down—why would he sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts?
There must be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Master. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait… could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the disconnected top-grade Nether artifacts.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a beam of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to surround himself and ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal artifacts.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifacts. Seeing his artifacts on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he sealed Shui Miao’s escape with thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the celestial realm, I’ll use a supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the celestial realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the celestial realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk come with a price?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, Yu Hua Immortal Master’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Master’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
As Shui Miao focused his thoughts, he sensed the Jinghun Pearl undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s energy.
This transformation was akin to adding steel into iron, or reinforcing soil with steel and concrete.
“It’s just a shame I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could refine the Jinghun Pearl while multitasking, adding a Time Formation to make it even faster than the Wuchang Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Oh! Refining requires dragon’s blood. I have a baby dragon—why not place it inside the Time Pagoda and reverse time to grow it quickly? Then I can harvest its blood!”
I’m so clever, hahaha!
With a thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Pagoda and transferred the newly hatched dragon into it.
Operating these underworld artifacts and activating the Time Pagoda at the bottom of the sea required a massive consumption of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had a reserve of spirit stones inside the Jinghun Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao was flying forward, he suddenly noticed that Hua Yuting and Yuhua Xianzun were accelerating—they seemed determined to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao had already reached his maximum speed.
You want to intercept me? Not so easy! I obtained a large number of underworld artifacts from the Shiyin Kunyuan Formation. I’ll use them to blast these two bastards to death!
In desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two underworld artifacts, controlling them with his mind. As Hua Yuting and Yuhua Xianzun approached, he detonated the artifacts. The two Xianzuns were caught completely off guard and were blasted backward by the explosion.
“Ah! I’m such an idiot! I should have detonated hundreds of underworld artifacts at once to kill them outright!”
By exploding the underworld artifacts, Shui Miao had slowed the two Xianzuns’ pursuit. He quickly summoned another five hundred underworld artifacts and launched them forward…
Combined with other artifacts obtained from formations beneath the Wuyin Mountains, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand underworld artifacts in total.
Now, Shui Miao was about to unleash a grand strategy—using five hundred of these artifacts to eliminate the two mighty Xianzuns amidst the chaos.
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mind, imbuing it with a unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so potent?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper they ventured into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more overwhelming the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensing range.
While Shui Miao was under immense pressure, the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold environment of the Raksha Sea’s depths, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Is he really just a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play with them properly and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation, both internally and externally, under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed vast amounts of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao continued his flight, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flight speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast these two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have used hundreds of Nether artifacts to self-destruct at once and finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Masters in the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s ridiculously wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly—what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had recently passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an unimaginably powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was torn and mangled, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have been enough to take half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In his disoriented state from the explosion, Hua Yuting heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice ringing in his ears: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that brat for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Master taking advantage of the chaos.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Master—worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only of mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
Having seized Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now shielded by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Had he died?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
This had to be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he confirmed that the Immortal Master had truly vanished. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts remained, falling like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
With this thought, Shui Miao focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Brat, you’ve finally fallen for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact Shui Miao was hiding in.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the Nether artifact to escape but found that it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal artifact.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately summoned his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immense spiritual power.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s spiritual power was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he sealed Shui Miao’s escape with thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, believing victory was within his grasp. He stored the artifacts within his protective gear and flew at full speed back to the Immortal Realm.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and excessive gloating come with a price?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Master’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Master’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—die!”
Hua Yuting, unable to contain himself any longer, urgently asked, “Yuhua Xianzun, quickly tell me what you saw in the Time Tracking Mirror! Who exactly is this guy?”
“Old brother, if I knew who he was, I would have told you already. Do you think I’d wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s ability to trace through time is greatly limited in the Rakshasa Realm. I could only confirm whether he had just passed through here,” Yuhua Xianzun replied, preparing to chase after Shui Miao again. But then he noticed a dense swarm of underworld artifacts flying straight toward them.
“What the hell! This guy’s gone mad! Where did he get so many underworld artifacts?!”
“What…?!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned his senses outward, he was shocked to find hundreds of underworld artifacts already upon him.
“Whoosh!”
Yuhua Xianzun immediately darted upward to evade the self-destructing artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred underworld artifacts were already right in front of him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao suspected that the Nuwa Stone contained some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, aside from the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Many gigantic deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. However deep he can dive, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete to mud.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m truly brilliant, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed vast amounts of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy. Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast these two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts. With a thought, he detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations beneath the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Masters in the chaos.
“Dammit! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we also have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trick.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had passed through this area recently.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… uh!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an overwhelmingly powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely mangled and torn, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have been enough to claim half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In the chaos, Hua Yuting was dazed and disoriented by the explosion. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice ringing in his ears: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that brat for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his intent, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear had disappeared. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Master taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Vile immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could fully recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Master—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only of mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
Having seized Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now shielded by several artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao directly summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
There must be some trickery involved. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he confirmed that the Immortal Master had truly vanished. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts remained, falling like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Brat, you’ve finally fallen for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact Shui Miao was hiding in.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the Nether artifact to escape but found that it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal artifact.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized the remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed a frenzy of destructive energy, shattering many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer after layer, including the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, a total of thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts, sealed off Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, believing victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew at full speed back to the Immortal Realm.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
As he felt his protective immortal artifacts being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Master’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Master’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, it’s my turn now. No more talk—prepare to die!”
Dazed and disoriented from the explosion, Hua Yuting barely regained his senses when he heard Yuhua Xianzun’s voice in his ear, “Old brother, you should retreat first. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that brat for you.”
With those words, Yuhua Xianzun dove straight into the depths of the Rakshasa Sea.
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit creatures, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in form.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so remarkably potent?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone was composed of some form of energy beyond the conventional Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, unable to bring about any significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold environment of the Raksha Sea’s depths, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the inherent conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete with rebar.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed vast amounts of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew onward, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast these two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have used hundreds of Nether artifacts to self-destruct at once and finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations beneath the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to capitalize on the chaos and completely eliminate these two Immortal Masters.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen into his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly—what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had passed through this area recently.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to evade the self-destruction of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an overwhelmingly powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely mangled and torn, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have cost him half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented and battered. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that brat for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove directly deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He intended to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or if Yu Hua Immortal Master had taken advantage of the situation to loot them.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Vile immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could fully recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Master—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only of mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection with the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down—why would he sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts?
There must be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Master. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait… could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost their connection with him.
“Haha! Brat, you’ve finally fallen into my trap!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously to destroy Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to layer upon layer of protection. Along with the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, he used thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts to tightly seal off Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, believing victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew at full speed back to the Immortal Realm.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and excessive gloating come with a price?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
As Yu Hua Immortal Master sensed his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, his expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact shattered.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Master’s protective artifact also burst apart!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao relied on the refined Soul Pearl for protection and concentrated all his Soul Devouring Power into his hand. With lightning speed, he enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly channeled his spiritual energy to protect his body and rapidly retreated to the surface of the Rakshasa Sea, catching his breath on the Dragon Island.
“Phew! Finally made it back alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before Hua Yuting could recover from his exhaustion, the previously wounded but now fully healed evil dragon lunged forward and swallowed him whole.
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“Haha! Great!”
“Five hundred mediocre underworld artifacts successfully took down a Xianzun—definitely worth it!”
Sensing that the explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and gravely injured, Shui Miao was ecstatic.
The five hundred underworld artifacts he had just used were merely of medium to high quality.
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mental realm, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly is the Nuwa Stone made of? Why is it so formidable?
Shui Miao was deeply curious and began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, Shui Miao found that this energy seemed largely useless, unable to bring any significant changes or assistance to his dantian.
The deeper they flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Many gigantic deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensing range.
Shui Miao was under great pressure, but the three Immortal Venerables were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Venerables from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, which rapidly consumed their immortal power every moment. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue this, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete to mud.
“It’s a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here. Why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed vast amounts of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy. Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Venerables were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Venerables’ pursuit with the explosion, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Venerables in the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually detonated Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was struck by the shockwave of the explosion, and his top-grade protective artifact was nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had just passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… uh!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable immediately flew upward to avoid the explosion of the Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an overwhelmingly powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely injured, with flesh torn and wounds everywhere. Without protective artifacts, the sinister energy in the Raksha Sea alone could have cost him half his life, let alone his severe injuries.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts but found that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Venerable in the chaos.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain himself and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Venerable is worth it!”
Sensing that the explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Venerable.
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, having seized Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, continued pursuing Shui Miao under the protection of several artifacts.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person with countless Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao directly summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Venerable was here to pursue him. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
This had to be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Venerable. Only the disconnected top-grade Nether artifacts, now masterless, fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
Shui Miao’s mind raced as he focused his senses on the disconnected top-grade Nether artifacts.
“Haha! Kid, you’ve finally fallen for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a beam of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact Shui Miao was hiding in.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the Nether artifact to escape but found it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s spatial immortal artifact.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately summoned his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to envelop himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously to destroy Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immense spiritual power.
Fortunately, Shui Miao had cultivated in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, granting him unparalleled spiritual strength.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifacts self-destructed, their chaotic energy destroying many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to envelop the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he sealed Shui Miao’s escape with thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste. Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into materials, and I’ll forge a peerless sacred artifact to unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
Shui Miao’s mind stirred. The outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, then fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Venerable reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as his protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing sinister energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his soul-devouring power into his hand and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now it’s my turn. Save your words and die!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mind, imbuing it with a unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so potent?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the conventional Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, aside from Yin-Yang and Five Elements energy, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more overwhelming the pressure became. The sinister energy grew increasingly terrifying, and many gigantic deep-sea monsters appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
Shui Miao was under immense pressure, but the three Immortal Lords were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Lords from the celestial realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold environment of the Raksha Sea’s depths, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the inherent conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Lord had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The Nuwa Stone’s aura can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play with them properly and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao focused his thoughts, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete with rebar.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have an artifact refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforged the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining artifacts requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m truly brilliant, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Lords were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have used hundreds of Nether artifacts to self-destruct at once and finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Lords’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to take advantage of the chaos and completely eliminate these two Immortal Lords.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s truly wealthy! Fortunately, we also have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trick.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Lord, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s tracking ability is greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had just passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an immense force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the powerful explosion, was severely mangled and torn, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have been enough to claim half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In his disoriented state from the explosion, Hua Yuting heard Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s voice ringing in his ears: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely help you capture that brat.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Lord dove directly deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He intended to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Lord taking advantage of the chaos.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“You vile immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could fully recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Lord—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Lord.
Having seized Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Lord, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person with countless Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao directly summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Lord had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Lord was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
There must be a trick here. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he confirmed that the Immortal Lord had truly vanished. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts remained, falling like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Brat, you’ve finally fallen for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized the remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed a frenzy of destructive energy, shattering many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Lord hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer after layer, including the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, a total of thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts, sealed off all of Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“You wretched brat! I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the immortal realm, I’ll use the supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the immortal realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord was ecstatic, believing victory was assured. He stored the numerous artifacts within his protective treasure and flew at full speed back to the immortal realm.
“Ignorant immortal! Don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, dozens at a time, Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Lord reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, the last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s protective artifact also burst apart!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao relied on the refined Soul Pearl for protection and gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hand. With lightning speed, he enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Lord, now it’s my turn to strike. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
Previously, he had only suspected that Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was certain—the Nuwa Stone must be in the hands of this mysterious person who possessed a vast number of underworld artifacts.
He was determined to capture him at all costs.
“Come on! If you’ve got the guts, come and get me!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as he sensed his mental realm, he discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mind, imbuing it with a unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao suspected that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through his mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been entirely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits more human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more overwhelming the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within his sensing range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Lords were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Lords of the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Lord had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The Nuwa Stone’s aura can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao focused his thoughts, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s a shame I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Netherworld artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
“You think you can intercept me? Not so easy! I obtained a large number of Netherworld artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation. I’ll use these artifacts to blast you two bastards to pieces!” In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Netherworld artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Lords were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Netherworld artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Lords’ pursuit with the explosion, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Netherworld artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation and other arrays under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Netherworld artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Netherworld artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Lords in the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually detonated Netherworld artifacts to block us. He’s ridiculously wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord was struck by the shockwave of the explosion, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back and bluntly asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Lord, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had recently passed through here.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Netherworld artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Netherworld artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Netherworld artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord immediately flew upward to avoid the explosion of the artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Netherworld artifacts were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Netherworld artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an immense force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the powerful explosion, was severely injured, with torn flesh and gruesome wounds. Without protective artifacts, the sinister energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have been enough to claim half his life, let alone his severe injuries.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was left disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Lord dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts but found that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Lord taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain himself and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
※※※
“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Netherworld artifacts to take down an Immortal Lord—worth it!”
Sensing that the explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Netherworld artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Netherworld artifacts left, more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Lord.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Lord, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual with countless Netherworld artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Netherworld artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade ones in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Netherworld artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Lord had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Lord was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Netherworld artifacts.
This had to be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Lord. Only the disconnected top-grade Netherworld artifacts, now masterless, fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling artifacts?”
With this thought, Shui Miao focused his senses on the top-grade Netherworld artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a beam of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Netherworld artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Netherworld artifact Shui Miao was hiding in.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the artifact to escape but found that his supreme-grade Netherworld artifact had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s spatial immortal artifact.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately summoned his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Netherworld artifacts to envelop himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously to destroy Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immense spiritual power.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s spiritual power was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Netherworld artifact explosions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many arrays within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Lord hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to layer upon layer of protection. Along with the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, he used thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts to tightly seal Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Netherworld artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into materials, and I’ll forge a peerless sacred artifact to unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord was ecstatic, believing victory was assured. He stored the artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk come with a price?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Netherworld artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Netherworld artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective immortal artifacts being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Lord reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact shattered.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s protective artifact also burst apart!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his soul-devouring power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Lord, now it’s my turn. No more talk—prepare to die!”
“Boom!”
Unexpectedly, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection with the two hundred high-quality underworld artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his spiritual senses, only to discover that Yuhua Xianzun had vanished.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
A Xianzun chasing him had no reason to fight to the death with underworld artifacts.
There must be a hidden scheme. Shui Miao felt a sense of foreboding.
Yet, his spiritual senses confirmed it—Yuhua Xianzun was truly gone, leaving only the many high-quality underworld artifacts that had lost their master, falling like rain toward the ocean depths…
“Wait a second… Could he be hiding among these falling underworld artifacts?”
With a sudden realization, Shui Miao quickly focused his spiritual senses on the high-quality underworld artifacts that had lost their connection with him.
“Haha! Little brat, you finally fell for it!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone was composed of some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed largely useless, unable to bring any significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more overwhelming the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
Shui Miao was under immense pressure, but the three Immortal Venerables were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Venerables from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. However deep he can dive, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play with them properly and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here. Why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed vast amounts of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy. Anyway, I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation. I’ll use these Nether artifacts to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Venerables were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Venerables’ pursuit with the Nether artifact explosions, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to take advantage of the chaos and completely eliminate the two Immortal Venerables.
“Damn it! This guy actually detonated Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we also have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was struck by the shockwave of the Nether artifact explosion, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had just passed through here.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he was shocked to find hundreds of Nether artifacts already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable immediately flew upward to avoid the explosions of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an immense force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the powerful explosion, was severely injured, with torn flesh and gruesome wounds. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and evil energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have been enough to take half his life, let alone his severe injuries.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He intended to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Venerable taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
※※※
“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Venerable is worth it!”
Sensing that the Nether artifact explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was thrilled.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Venerable.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now protected by several artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person with countless Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned the remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping the three hundred supreme-grade ones in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Venerable was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
There must be a trick. Shui Miao was very surprised, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, the Immortal Venerable was truly gone. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized the remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to surround himself and ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s immortal artifacts.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required extremely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact explosions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifacts. Seeing his artifacts on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to layer upon layer of protection. Along with the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, he used thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts to tightly seal Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to spare! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use a supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
Shui Miao’s mind stirred. The outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Venerable reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact shattered.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s protective artifact also burst apart!
Amid the billowing sinister energy, Shui Miao relied on the refined Soul Pearl for protection and concentrated all his soul-devouring power into his hand. With lightning speed, he enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the conventional Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more overwhelming the pressure became. The sinister energy grew increasingly terrifying, and many gigantic deep-sea monsters appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Lords were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Lords from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Lord had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation, both internally and externally, under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete into soil.
“It’s a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforged the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
“You think you can intercept me? Not so easy! I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation. I’ll use these Nether artifacts to blast you two bastards to death!” In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Lords were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Lords’ pursuit with the Nether artifact explosions, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Lords in the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trick.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord was struck by the shockwaves of the Nether artifact explosions, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Lord, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had just passed through here.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… uh!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an immense force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the powerful explosion, was severely injured, with flesh torn and wounds everywhere. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone could have taken half his life, let alone now that he was seriously injured.
In the chaos, Hua Yuting was disoriented by the explosion. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Lord dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he willed it, he realized all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Lord taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
※※※
“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Lord—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the Nether artifact explosions had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was thrilled.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only of mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Lord.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Lord, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Lord had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Lord was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
This had to be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he confirmed that the Immortal Lord was truly gone. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts remained, falling like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s immortal artifacts.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, Shui Miao had cultivated in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, granting him unprecedented mental power.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifacts. Seeing his artifacts on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Lord hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he deployed thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts to seal off all of Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use a supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew at full speed back to the Immortal Realm.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that gloating and talking too much will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
As Yu Hua Immortal Lord felt his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, his expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Lord reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands. With lightning speed, he enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Lord, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—die!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed largely useless, unable to bring about any significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
Shui Miao was under great pressure, but the three Immortal Lords were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Lords from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Lord had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation, both internally and externally, under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast these two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Lord approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Lords were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! I’m so stupid! I should have used hundreds of Nether artifacts to self-destruct at once and finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Lords’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to take advantage of the chaos and completely eliminate the two Immortal Lords.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trick.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Lord, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had recently passed through here.” Yu Hua Immortal Lord responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an unimaginably powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was battered and torn, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have cost him half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s voice beside his ear: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Lord dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear had vanished. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Lord taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could fully recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Lord—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Lord.
Yu Hua Immortal Lord, having seized Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, continued pursuing Shui Miao under the protection of several artifacts.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned the remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping the three hundred supreme-grade ones in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Lord had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Lord was here to pursue him—there was no reason for him to fight to the death with the Nether artifacts.
There must be some trickery involved. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he confirmed that the Immortal Lord had truly vanished. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts remained, falling like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the Nether artifact to escape but found that it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s spatial immortal artifact.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized the remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Lord hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had obtained from Hua Yuting, he sealed Shui Miao’s escape with thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Lord was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Lord reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed, and Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Lord’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Lord, it’s my turn now. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
Controlling hundreds of artifacts simultaneously required an extremely powerful spiritual force.
Fortunately, after over six thousand years of cultivation within the Time Pagoda, Shui Miao’s spiritual force was unprecedentedly strong.
“Boom! Boom! Boom…”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mental realm, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly is the Nuwa Stone made of? Why is it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone was composed of some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, aside from the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
Shui Miao was under great pressure, but the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, which rapidly depleted their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Masters amidst the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trick.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had just passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an incredibly powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely mangled and torn, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and malevolent energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have cost him half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented and battered. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he willed it, he realized all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Master taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Master—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred high-grade and top-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao directly summoned his remaining two hundred high-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred top-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred high-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down—there was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
There must be some trickery involved. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Master. Only the disconnected, masterless high-grade Nether artifacts fell like rain toward the seabed…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the high-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the high-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the top-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal artifact.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized his remaining three hundred top-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously to destroy Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact self-destructions unleashed chaotic energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he sealed Shui Miao’s escape with thirty-six mid-to-top-grade immortal artifacts.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to spare! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many top-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective immortal artifacts being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Master’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last top-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as Yu Hua Immortal Master’s protective artifact also burst apart!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
“Foul brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many underworld artifacts you have to waste against me! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Immortal Refining Furnace on you! Hahahahaha! By then, your life will hold no value to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will become raw material for forging an ultimate divine artifact, and I shall rule the entire Immortal Realm! Hahahahaha…”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao suspected that the Nuwa Stone contained some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, aside from the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it. That was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed largely useless, offering no significant changes or assistance to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more overwhelming the pressure became. The sinister energy grew increasingly terrifying, and many gigantic deep-sea monsters appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, which rapidly depleted their immortal power every moment. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. However deep he can dive, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical tools. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s just a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether tools and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed vast amounts of spirit stones each time.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether tools in the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether tools. With a thought, he detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether tools at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the Nether tool explosions, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether tools and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether tools in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether tools to completely annihilate the two Immortal Masters in the chaos.
“Dammit! This guy actually detonated Nether tools to block us. He’s ridiculously wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal tools for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the Nether tool explosion, and his top-grade protective treasure was nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly—what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had recently passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. But then he noticed a dense swarm of Nether tools flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether tools?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Nether tools were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to avoid the explosion of the Nether tools.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether tools were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether tools simultaneously, unleashing an immense force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective treasure! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal tools for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the powerful explosion, was severely mangled and torn, a gruesome sight. Without protective treasures, the sinister and baleful energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have cost him half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was dazed and disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that brat for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective treasures, but as soon as he willed it, he realized all his treasures were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Master taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Vile immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
※※※
“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether tools to take down an Immortal Master—worth it!”
Sensing that the Nether tool explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Nether tools Shui Miao had just used were only of mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred high-grade and top-grade Nether tools left, more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective treasures, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now shielded by several treasures, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual with countless Nether tools.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal tool closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred high-grade Nether tools, keeping three hundred top-grade Nether tools in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal tool suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred high-grade Nether tools.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down—why would he sacrifice himself against the Nether tools?
There must be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
But as he extended his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Master. Only the disconnected, masterless high-grade Nether tools fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait… could he be hiding among these falling Nether tools?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the high-grade Nether tools that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Brat, you’ve finally fallen into my trap!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the high-grade Nether tools, instantly enveloping the top-grade Nether tool where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the Nether tool to escape but found it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal tool.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized his remaining three hundred top-grade Nether tools to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal tool.
Controlling hundreds of treasures at once required immense spiritual power.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s spiritual power was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether tool explosions unleashed a frenzied energy that destroyed many of the formations within the immortal tool. Seeing his treasure on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurried back while summoning other immortal tools to encase the Nether tools. Layer by layer, using the treasures he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he sealed Shui Miao’s escape with thirty-six mid-to-top-grade immortal tools.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal tools. Let’s see how many Nether tools you have to spare! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into materials. I’ll forge a peerless sacred weapon and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various treasures within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether tools began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, then fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many top-grade Nether tools?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective immortal tools being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Master’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last top-grade immortal tool shattered.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed as his protective treasure also burst apart!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands. With lightning speed, he enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
“Naive immortal, don’t you know that becoming arrogant and talking too much can cost you dearly?”
With a thought, Shui Miao began detonating the outermost underworld artifacts in groups of five, then ten, then fifty!
“Ahh!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planetary world within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone was composed of some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through Shui Miao’s mind: in the universe, besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within Shui Miao’s sensory range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Venerables were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Venerables from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical treasures. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete into soil.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than the Wuchang Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here. Why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Netherworld artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Netherworld artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Netherworld artifacts. With a thought, he detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Venerables were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Netherworld artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Venerables’ pursuit with the explosion, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Netherworld artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations beneath the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Netherworld artifacts in total.
Now, in a grand move, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Netherworld artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Venerables amidst the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually detonated Netherworld artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was struck by the shockwave of the explosion, and his top-grade protective artifact nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had recently passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Netherworld artifacts flying toward them. “Damn it! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Netherworld artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized with a shock that hundreds of Netherworld artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable immediately flew upward to avoid the explosion of these artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Netherworld artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
In a grand move, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Netherworld artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an incredibly powerful force that immediately cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was torn and mangled, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and evil energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have been enough to take half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had just sustained.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He intended to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Venerable in the chaos.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could fully recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Netherworld artifacts to take down an Immortal Venerable is worth it!”
Sensing that the explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was exhilarated.
The five hundred Netherworld artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only of mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Netherworld artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Venerable.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious individual who possessed so many Netherworld artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned the remaining two hundred top-grade Netherworld artifacts, keeping the three hundred supreme-grade ones in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Netherworld artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Venerable was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Netherworld artifacts.
There must be a trick here. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Venerable. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Netherworld artifacts fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Netherworld artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Netherworld artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a beam of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Netherworld artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Netherworld artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Netherworld artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized the remaining three hundred supreme-grade Netherworld artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost artifacts to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immensely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Netherworld artifacts self-destructed, their chaotic energy destroying many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable hurriedly retreated while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Netherworld artifacts. Layer after layer, including the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, a total of thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts, sealed off Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Netherworld artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use a supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Netherworld artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Netherworld artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective immortal artifacts being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Venerable reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed, and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hand and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
“Not good! This is dangerous!!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as Shui Miao sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mind, imbuing it with waves of unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit, causing its appearance to increasingly resemble that of a human.
What exactly is the Nuwa Stone made of? Why is it so formidable?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone was composed of some form of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through his mind: in the universe, aside from the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there existed another mysterious energy. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirit increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, unable to bring any significant changes or assistance to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more astonishing the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Many gigantic deep-sea monsters also appeared within his sensing range.
Shui Miao was under great pressure, but the three Immortal Venerables were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Venerables from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, which rapidly consumed their immortal power every moment. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. However deep he can dive, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the matter, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete into soil.
“It’s just a pity that I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforged the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wu Chang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy. Anyway, I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array. I’ll use these Nether artifacts to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Venerables were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! I’m so stupid! I should have used hundreds of Nether artifacts to self-destruct at once and finish them off!”
After using the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts to slow down the two Immortal Venerables’ pursuit, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts in total.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to take advantage of the chaos and completely eliminate the two Immortal Venerables.
“Damn it! This guy actually self-destructed Nether artifacts to block us. He’s really wealthy! Fortunately, we also have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was struck by the shockwave of the self-destruction, and the top-grade protective artifact he wore was nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back. Setting aside his pride, he urgently asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s tracking ability is greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had just passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he was horrified to find hundreds of Nether artifacts already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable immediately flew upward to avoid the self-destruction of these Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already right before him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an immense force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the powerful explosion, was torn and mangled, a gruesome sight. Without protective artifacts, the sinister and evil energy in the Raksha Sea alone could have taken half his life, let alone the severe injuries he had now.
In the chaos of the explosion, Hua Yuting was disoriented. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s voice ringing in his ears: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely catch that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He intended to summon other protective artifacts, but as soon as he focused his mind, he realized that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear had disappeared. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or if Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had taken advantage of the situation to steal them.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly circulated the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain his body and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could fully recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred Nether artifacts that aren’t even the best to take down an Immortal Venerable—it was worth it!”
Sensing that the self-destruction of the Nether artifacts had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was thrilled.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only of medium to high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Venerable.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now protected by several artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person who possessed so many Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao directly summoned the remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping the three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Venerable was here to hunt me down. There was no reason for him to fight to the death with the Nether artifacts.
There must be some trick here. Shui Miao was very surprised, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, the Immortal Venerable was truly gone. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether artifacts fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he quickly focused his senses on the top-grade Nether artifacts that had lost connection with him.
“Haha! Kid, you’ve finally fallen for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately mobilized the remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to encase himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously to destroy Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required extremely powerful mental strength.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s mental strength was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifacts self-destructed, their frenzied energy destroying many arrays within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to encase the Nether artifacts. Layer after layer, including the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting, a total of thirty-six medium, top, and supreme-grade immortal artifacts, sealed off Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to waste! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into forging materials. I’ll create a peerless sacred artifact and unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the various artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that being overconfident and talking too much will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, dozens at a time, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Venerable reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, the last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed, and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now it’s my turn to strike. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
“Boom!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as he sensed his mental realm, he also discovered that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mental realm, imbuing it with a unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit, causing its appearance to increasingly resemble that of a human.
What exactly is the Nuwa Stone made of? Why is it so extraordinary?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through his mind: besides the energies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, there might exist another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirit increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the sinister energy grew. Many gigantic deep-sea monsters also appeared within his sensing range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Venerables were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Venerables from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-based immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense sinister energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a simple Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror. Since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The Nuwa Stone’s aura can indeed strengthen magical artifacts. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao’s thoughts raced, he noticed that under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura, the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforcing concrete to mud.
“It’s a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforge the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here. Why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether artifacts and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
Trying to intercept me? Not so easy! Since I obtained a large number of Nether artifacts from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array, I’ll use them to blast you two bastards to death! In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether artifacts and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Venerables were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether artifacts at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Venerables’ pursuit with the explosion, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether artifacts and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Array and other formations under the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether artifacts.
Now, with a grand gesture, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether artifacts to completely annihilate the two Immortal Venerables in the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually detonated Nether artifacts to block us. He’s ridiculously wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal artifacts for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s top-grade protective artifact was nearly shattered by the shockwave of the explosion.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back and bluntly asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited in the Raksha Realm. I could only check whether he had recently passed through here.” Yu Hua Immortal Venerable responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether artifacts flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether artifacts?!”
“What… uh!”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Nether artifacts were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable immediately flew upward to avoid the explosion of the Nether artifacts.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether artifacts were already in front of him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
With a grand gesture, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether artifacts simultaneously, unleashing an unimaginably powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective artifact! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal artifacts for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely injured, with flesh torn and wounds everywhere. Without protective artifacts, the sinister energy in the Raksha Sea alone would have cost him half his life, let alone his severe injuries.
In the chaos, Hua Yuting was disoriented by the explosion. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that brat for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The sinister energy of the Raksha Sea was eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective artifacts but realized with a shock that all his artifacts were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Venerable in the chaos.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain himself and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, taking a breather on the Isle of Evil Dragons.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Vile immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could catch his breath, the previously injured but now recovered evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether artifacts to take down an Immortal Venerable is worth it!”
Sensing that the explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was thrilled.
The five hundred Nether artifacts Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether artifacts left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Venerable.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective artifacts, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now protected by multiple artifacts, continued his pursuit of Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person with countless Nether artifacts.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal artifact closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal artifact suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether artifacts.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Venerable had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Venerable was here to hunt him down. There was no reason for him to sacrifice himself against the Nether artifacts.
This had to be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Venerable. Only the disconnected top-grade Nether artifacts, now masterless, fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait, could he be hiding among these falling Nether artifacts?”
With this thought, Shui Miao focused his senses on the disconnected top-grade Nether artifacts.
“Haha! Brat, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a beam of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether artifacts, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether artifact Shui Miao was hiding in.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. Just as he tried to control the Nether artifact to escape, he found that his supreme-grade Nether artifact had been captured by one of Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s spatial immortal artifacts.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately summoned his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether artifacts to envelop himself, then ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously to destroy Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s immortal artifact.
Controlling hundreds of artifacts at once required immense spiritual power.
Fortunately, after cultivating in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, Shui Miao’s spiritual power was unparalleled.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether artifact explosions unleashed a frenzy of destructive energy, shattering many of the formations within the immortal artifact. Seeing his artifact on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable hurried back while summoning other immortal artifacts to envelop the Nether artifacts. Layer by layer, using the artifacts he had taken from Hua Yuting and his own, he deployed thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal artifacts to seal off Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal artifacts. Let’s see how many Nether artifacts you have to spare! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use a supreme refining furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into materials, and I’ll forge a peerless sacred artifact to unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Venerable was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored the artifacts within his protective gear and flew back to the Immortal Realm at full speed.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and excessive gloating come with a price?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether artifacts began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether artifacts?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
As he felt his protective artifacts being destroyed piece by piece, Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Venerable reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal artifact exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering explosion followed, and Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s protective artifact also shattered!
Amid the billowing sinister energy, Shui Miao, protected by his refined Soul Pearl, gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands and swiftly enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Venerable’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Venerable, now it’s my turn to strike. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
“Boom!”
Shui Miao immediately split his focus, channeling the aura of the Nuwa Stone from his mental realm into the Soul Pearl to refine and enhance its defensive capabilities.
However, as he sensed his mental realm, he noticed that part of the Nuwa Stone’s aura had already seeped into the soil of the planet within his mind, infusing it with a unique vitality. This vitality spread in all directions and was absorbed and refined by the tree spirit monsters, causing them to increasingly resemble humans in appearance.
What exactly was the Nuwa Stone made of? Why was it so remarkably potent?
Filled with curiosity, Shui Miao began to suspect that the Nuwa Stone contained a type of energy beyond the conventional Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
A bold idea flashed through his mind: besides Yin-Yang and Five Elements energy, there might exist another mysterious energy in the universe. This energy might have been completely absorbed by ancient cultivators, and the Nuwa Stone happened to contain traces of it, which was why it could make the tree spirits increasingly human-like.
Shui Miao also absorbed some of this special energy into his dantian and began cultivating with it.
However, he soon realized that this energy seemed rather useless, as it brought no significant changes or benefits to his dantian.
The deeper he flew into the depths of the Raksha Sea, the more immense the pressure became, and the more terrifying the Yin evil energy grew. Numerous giant deep-sea monsters also appeared within his sensing range.
While Shui Miao was under great pressure, the three Immortal Masters were under even greater strain.
As Immortal Masters from the Immortal Realm, their auras were primarily composed of Yang-type immortal power. In the extreme Yin and cold depths of the Raksha Sea, they were constantly enveloped by increasingly dense Yin evil energy, rapidly depleting their immortal power. Due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, their pressure was no less than Shui Miao’s—in fact, it was even greater.
“Brother Hua, who exactly is this guy? How can he dive so deep? Could he really just be a Raksha sea monster?”
“I can’t say for sure, but since he’s connected to Luo Tong, he’s definitely not just a Raksha sea monster. Whatever depth he can reach, we’ll follow him.”
“Good! Then let’s play along with him!”
“…”
Hua Yuting felt somewhat uncertain. He didn’t know what Yu Hua Immortal Master had seen in the Time Tracking Mirror, but since Yu Hua was determined to pursue the target, he couldn’t afford to show weakness.
“Ha!”
“Excellent! The aura of the Nuwa Stone can indeed strengthen magical tools. Now that the Soul Pearl’s power has increased, I can dive even deeper. Haha, this time I’ll play along with them and see who can last longer.”
As Shui Miao focused his thoughts, he noticed that the Soul Pearl was undergoing a qualitative transformation from the inside out under the influence of the Nuwa Stone’s aura.
This transformation was akin to adding steel to iron or reinforced concrete to soil.
“It’s a pity I don’t have a refining furnace. Otherwise, I could split my focus and reforged the Soul Pearl, incorporating a time array to make it faster than Wuchang’s Blade. Then I wouldn’t have to fear them. Wait! Refining requires dragon blood. I have a young dragon here—why not place it in the Time Tower and reverse time to quickly raise it? Then I can harvest its blood for use!”
I’m so clever, haha!
With this thought, Shui Miao activated the Time Tower and moved the recently hatched young dragon inside.
Operating Nether tools and activating the Time Tower at the bottom of the sea consumed a massive amount of spirit stones with every action.
Fortunately, Shui Miao still had some spirit stones stored within the Soul Pearl.
“Hmm?”
As Shui Miao flew, he noticed that Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master had suddenly accelerated, seemingly intending to intercept him.
At this point, Shui Miao’s flying speed had already reached its limit.
“You think you can intercept me? Not so easy! I obtained a large number of Nether tools from the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation. I’ll use these Nether tools to blast you two bastards to death!” In a moment of desperation, Shui Miao suddenly summoned two Nether tools and, controlling them with his mind, detonated them just as Hua Yuting and Yu Hua Immortal Master approached. Caught off guard, the two Immortal Masters were sent flying by the explosion.
“Ah! How foolish of me! I should have detonated hundreds of Nether tools at once to finish them off!”
Having slowed down the two Immortal Masters’ pursuit with the Nether tool explosions, Shui Miao quickly summoned five hundred more Nether tools and sent them flying out…
From the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation and other arrays beneath the Five Yin Mountain, Shui Miao had acquired nearly a thousand Nether tools in total.
Now, in a grand move, Shui Miao intended to use five hundred Nether tools to completely annihilate the two Immortal Masters in the chaos.
“Damn it! This guy actually detonated Nether tools to block us. He must be incredibly wealthy! Fortunately, we have top-grade immortal tools for protection, or we would have fallen for his trap.” Yu Hua Immortal Master was struck by the shockwave of the Nether tool explosion, and his top-grade protective treasure was nearly shattered.
Hua Yuting could no longer hold back and bluntly asked, “Yu Hua Immortal Master, tell me quickly, what exactly did you see in the Time Tracking Mirror? Who is this guy?”
“Old friend, if I knew who he was, I would have told you long ago. Why would I wait until now? The Time Tracking Mirror’s capabilities are greatly limited here in the Raksha Realm. I could only detect whether he had recently passed through this area.” Yu Hua Immortal Master responded immediately and prepared to continue pursuing Shui Miao. However, he soon noticed a dense swarm of Nether tools flying toward them. “Damn! This guy is insane! Where did he get so many Nether tools?!”
“What… huh?”
Hua Yuting was momentarily stunned. When he turned to sense the situation, he realized that hundreds of Nether tools were already right in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
Yu Hua Immortal Master immediately flew upward to evade the exploding Nether tools.
By the time Hua Yuting reacted, the five hundred Nether tools were already upon him…
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
In a grand move, Shui Miao detonated all five hundred Nether tools simultaneously, unleashing an incredibly powerful force that instantly cracked Hua Yuting’s top-grade protective treasure! Hua Yuting hurriedly summoned more immortal tools for protection, but it was too late. His protective battle robe was also torn apart, leaving him completely naked. His body, caught in the center of the massive explosion, was severely injured, with torn flesh and gruesome wounds. Without protective treasures, the Yin evil energy in the Raksha Sea alone could have taken half his life, let alone his severe injuries.
In the chaos, Hua Yuting was disoriented by the explosion. When he finally regained his senses, he heard Yu Hua Immortal Master’s voice beside him: “Old friend, you should return quickly. Leave this to me. I will definitely capture that kid for you.”
After saying this, Yu Hua Immortal Master dove deeper into the Raksha Sea.
The Yin evil energy of the Raksha Sea was rapidly eroding Hua Yuting’s immortal power. He tried to summon other protective treasures but realized with a shock that all his treasures were gone—even his underwear was missing. He didn’t know whether they had been destroyed in the explosion or stolen by Yu Hua Immortal Master taking advantage of the situation.
Frustrated, Hua Yuting quickly mobilized the immortal power from his mental realm to sustain himself and swiftly fled to the surface of the Raksha Sea, catching his breath on Evil Dragon Island.
“I’m exhausted… I finally made it out alive…”
“Despicable immortal, die!”
Before the exhausted Hua Yuting could recover, the previously injured but now rejuvenated evil dragon swallowed him whole.
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“Ha! Excellent!”
“Using five hundred mid-to-high-grade Nether tools to take down an Immortal Master is totally worth it!”
Sensing that the Nether tool explosion had left Hua Yuting half-dead, stripped naked, and severely injured, Shui Miao was thrilled.
The five hundred Nether tools Shui Miao had just used were only mid-to-high grade.
He still had four to five hundred top-grade and supreme-grade Nether tools left, which were more than enough to deal with Yu Hua Immortal Master.
After seizing Hua Yuting’s protective treasures, Yu Hua Immortal Master, now protected by multiple treasures, continued pursuing Shui Miao.
Previously, he had thought Shui Miao might be a sea monster.
But now, he was convinced that the Nuwa Stone was in the hands of this mysterious person with countless Nether tools.
Thus, he was determined to succeed.
“Come on! Come at me if you dare!”
Sensing a gourd-shaped immortal tool closing in, Shui Miao immediately summoned his remaining two hundred top-grade Nether tools, keeping three hundred supreme-grade Nether tools in reserve.
“Boom!”
To Shui Miao’s surprise, the gourd-shaped immortal tool suddenly self-destructed!
The powerful shockwave instantly severed Shui Miao’s connection to the two hundred top-grade Nether tools.
Shui Miao quickly focused his senses and realized that Yu Hua Immortal Master had disappeared.
Could he be dead?
No! That didn’t make sense!
The Immortal Master was here to hunt him down—why would he sacrifice himself against the Nether tools?
There must be a trick. Shui Miao was deeply puzzled, and a sense of foreboding grew in his heart.
However, after scanning with his divine sense, he found no trace of the Immortal Master. Only the disconnected, masterless top-grade Nether tools fell like rain into the depths of the sea…
“Wait… could he be hiding among these falling Nether tools?”
A thought struck Shui Miao, and he focused his senses on the disconnected top-grade Nether tools.
“Haha! Kid, you finally fell for it!”
Suddenly, a wild laugh echoed as a streak of starlight shot out from one of the top-grade Nether tools, instantly enveloping the supreme-grade Nether tool where Shui Miao was hiding.
Shui Miao’s heart sank. He tried to control the Nether tool to escape but found it had already been captured by Yu Hua Immortal Master’s spatial immortal tool.
Drawing on his previous experience battling Luo Tong’s spirit, Shui Miao acted without hesitation. He immediately summoned his remaining three hundred supreme-grade Nether tools to surround himself and ordered the outermost ones to self-destruct continuously, destroying Yu Hua Immortal Master’s immortal tool.
Controlling hundreds of treasures at once required immense spiritual power.
Fortunately, Shui Miao had cultivated in the Time Tower for over six thousand years, granting him unprecedented spiritual strength.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”
“…”
Wave after wave of Nether tool explosions released chaotic energy that destroyed many arrays within the immortal tool. Seeing his treasure on the verge of collapse, Yu Hua Immortal Master hurried back while summoning other immortal tools to layer upon layer of protection around the Nether tools. Using the treasures he had taken from Hua Yuting, he deployed thirty-six mid-to-supreme-grade immortal tools to seal off all of Shui Miao’s escape routes.
“Brat, I have thirty-six immortal tools. Let’s see how many Nether tools you have to spare! Once I return to the Immortal Realm, I’ll use the Supreme Refining Furnace to deal with you! Hahahaha! By then, your life will be worthless to me. The Nuwa Stone you stole will be refined into materials, and I’ll forge a peerless sacred tool to unite the Immortal Realm! Hahahaha…”
Yu Hua Immortal Master was ecstatic, thinking victory was assured. He stored all the treasures within his protective gear and flew at full speed back to the Immortal Realm.
“Ignorant immortal, don’t you know that overconfidence and too much talk will cost you?”
With a thought from Shui Miao, the outermost Nether tools began self-destructing in groups of five, then ten, and finally fifty!
“Ah!”
“How is this possible? Where did he get so many supreme-grade Nether tools?”
“This is bad! I’m in danger!!”
Sensing his protective immortal tools being destroyed in groups of several or dozens, Yu Hua Immortal Master’s expression grew increasingly grim.
“Boom!”
Just as Yu Hua Immortal Master reached the surface of the Raksha Sea, his last supreme-grade immortal tool exploded.
“Boom!”
Another earth-shattering blast followed as his protective treasure also shattered!
Amid the billowing Yin energy, Shui Miao relied on his refined Soul Pearl for protection and gathered all his Soul Devouring Power into his hands. With lightning speed, he enveloped Yu Hua Immortal Master’s body. “Hmph! Yu Hua Immortal Master, now it’s my turn. Enough talk—prepare to die!”
Amidst the surging yin energy, Shui Miao, protected by the refined Jinghun Pearl, channeled all his Soul Devouring energy into his hands. With lightning speed, he wrapped his energy around Yuhua Xianzun’s body.
“Hmph! Yuhua Xianzun, now it’s my turn to strike. No more talk—die for me!”
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