Six thousand years have passed!
With just a slight movement of his sensing ability, Shui Miao shocked even himself. His perception not only extended beyond the Tower of Time but also pierced through the Ten-Yin Kun Yuan Array in the twelve-tiered treasure vault, allowing him to sense information from the distant Ten-Thousand Mountain Range!
Such terrifying power was beyond even Shui Miao’s belief.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was greatly shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his mental realm either, yet his mental world had undergone a earth-shattering transformation. It had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s mental planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s mind flickered again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao quickly focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his will, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the physical world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his mental realm, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated, carefully sensing Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. No one could understand the loneliness of a master. The higher one climbed, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from them and further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true body had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He merely threw Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve either. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were also formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could kill Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him. To his surprise, Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, he considered continuing to use Shui Miao to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, he somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He then switched tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to deplete Shui Miao’s mental energy. Yet again, his plan failed because Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones.
However, the most astonishing twist was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which utterly thwarted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
The primordial spirit spoke halfway before Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao drew Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Merging it with his own understanding, he established a formation to unravel its secrets. Then, with another flicker of his will, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—embedding wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
What!
Have I really been in the Tower of Time for six thousand years?
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual stir of his sensing power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his sensing power permeated through the Time Tower, but it had also pierced through the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Perceiving the flow of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was utterly astounded. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the immense quantity of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been entirely exhausted. Not a single spirit stone remained in his意境 (yijing), yet the意境 world had undergone a profound transformation. It had evolved from a mere landmass into a colossal planet, its surface adorned with intricate formations. The six enchanting elf maidens had long since perished, but countless treants had endured, thriving and proliferating across the expanse!
Evidently, Shui Miao’s realm of imagination had transformed into a utopia for treants.
The treants had even formed a nation, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his efforts on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mind, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual power into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao entered his realm of consciousness to meditate, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, providing him with ample opportunity to delve into the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is thanks to me. You’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations. You… you should be grateful to me!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts capable of breaking them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong was not dead. His true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never truly intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong would feel no regret. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were also formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a single thought, the primordial spirit could have killed him.
However, the primordial spirit had not anticipated that Bu Yi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and too stubborn for him to learn anything from them.
Therefore, he did not want to expend his primordial spirit energy and instead wanted Shui Miao to do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him, but Shui Miao withstood it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre, making him somewhat of a dilemma—neither particularly useful nor entirely disposable. Thus, the primordial spirit thought about torturing him to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to drain Shui Miao’s mental energy, but Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling the plan once again.
The biggest unexpected event, however, was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are thanks to me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a single thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Integrating it with his own understanding, he established a formation to facilitate the breakthrough of the primordial spirit. Then, with another thought, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring to amplify the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong had not left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating various mystical formations into artifacts was what constituted artifact forging!
In short, learning to set up formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of a hundred thousand immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be destroyed. At that point, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Clearly, Shui Miao’s inner realm had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a nation, with several carefully chosen elder guardians protecting a single cauldron.
That cauldron had become the sacred relic of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao shifted his focus and urgently sensed the Soul Crystal. To his surprise, time within the Soul Crystal remained unchanged—it had only been two months, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao quickly focused his consciousness again, reaching out to the Tower of Time!
“Subordinate greets the Master!”
Feeling Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the unclaimed artifact spirit inside the Tower of Time immediately knelt down, willingly swearing allegiance to Shui Miao as its master.
With a flick of his consciousness, Shui Miao infused spiritual energy into the Tower of Time, claiming it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received all the information about the tower.
It turned out that the Tower of Time only affected the cultivator himself.
As for real-world objects—especially magical treasures—the Tower of Time had no effect whatsoever.
Shui Miao sat in meditation, entering his inner realm, where time naturally stretched infinitely within the Tower of Time, granting him an immense amount of time to comprehend the subtleties of formations.
Indeed, the Tower of Time was a truly wondrous treasure!
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual extension of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
With another flicker of intent, Shui Miao quickly sensed the Soul Pearl and strangely discovered that time within it remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused his senses on the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of intent, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
As Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of a master was something no one could understand. The higher one stood, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He merely threw Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a single thought, the primordial spirit could kill Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre, making him somewhat of a dilemma—neither particularly useful nor entirely disposable. Thus, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to drain Shui Miao’s mental energy. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling the primordial spirit’s plan once again.
But the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Don’t… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao sealed Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring, crafting a formation based on his own understanding to unravel its mysteries. Then, with another flicker of intent, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be destroyed. At that point, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Haha, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Allow me, Shui Miao, to break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current power, this soul fragment was like an ant facing an elephant.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a nation, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the top was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. Instead, he threw Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental power, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve—he saw Shui Miao as nothing more than a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated that Buyi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and too stubborn for Luo Tong to learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to waste his primordial spirit’s energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him. To his surprise, Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to drain Shui Miao’s mental power. Yet again, his plan failed because Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones.
But the biggest unexpected event was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Don’t… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Drawing upon his own profound understanding, he meticulously arranged a formation to unravel the mysteries of the primordial spirit. Then, with another flicker of thought, he gathered all the treasures scattered across the area into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency to its zenith.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—embedding wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning to set up formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Buyi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bufa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the Hundred Thousand Mountains would be completely destroyed. At that point, even Shui Miao might not survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual stir of his sensing power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his sensing power permeated through the Time Tower, but it had also pierced through the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been in the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Perceiving the flow of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was utterly astounded. With a flicker of his divine consciousness, he discovered that the immense store of spirit stones within his Tianyuan Ring had been entirely exhausted. Not a single spirit stone remained in his realm of意境 (yijing). Yet, the意境 world had undergone a cataclysmic transformation. What was once a mere landmass had now expanded into a colossal planet, its surface densely adorned with intricate formations. The six enchanting elf maidens had long since perished, but countless treants had endured, thriving and proliferating in vast numbers across the world.
Evidently, Shui Miao’s imaginative world had transformed into a utopia for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That alchemy cauldron had become a sacred object of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s mind flickered again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his sensing power on the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower directly knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his will, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao obtained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao entered his meditative state and delved into his realm of consciousness, the Time Tower naturally extended time infinitely, providing him with abundant opportunities to unravel the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated, carefully sensing Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of a master was something no one could understand. Standing at the pinnacle, he felt the coldness of isolation. Thus, Luo Tong set up formations to attract experts capable of breaking them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong was not dead; his true self had gone to the Immortal Realm, leaving behind a significant portion of his primordial spirit to guard this place.
He never truly intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong would feel no sorrow. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were also formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit had not anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit urgently acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because these dwarves were less intelligent than him and stubborn. He could learn nothing from them.
Thus, he did not want to expend his primordial spirit energy and instead wanted Shui Miao to take action.
When Shui Miao did not comply, the primordial spirit grew furious. He originally intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming him and causing his thoughts to spiral into chaos until he died. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao withstood it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit also somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He then changed tactics, accelerating the operation of the Time Tower to deplete Shui Miao’s mental energy and kill him. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, once again foiling his plan.
But the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao drew Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Merging it with his own understanding, he established a formation to aid the primordial spirit in breaking through. In the next instant, with another flicker of his will, Shui Miao gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong had not left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating various mystical formations into artifacts. This was artifact forging!
In short, learning to set up formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact. It contains the Tiandou Sixiang Formation, powered by a hundred thousand immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Haha, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Shui Miao frowned slightly. “Senior Luo Tong, weren’t you the one who said you only taught me a little? And why did you stop teaching me the formations?”
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying power was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his mental realm either, but his mental world had undergone a dramatic transformation. It had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but numerous treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s mental planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his will, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, he gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his mental realm, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current power, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current power, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated, carefully sensing Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. The higher one climbed, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died from exhaustion of spiritual power due to insufficient energy supply, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could kill Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi had detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and preferred to have Shui Miao do the dirty work.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him, but Shui Miao withstood it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre, making him somewhat of a dilemma—unrewarding to keep yet a pity to discard. Thus, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s mental energy, but Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling his plan once again.
But the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
The primordial spirit was cut off as Shui Miao raised his hand. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao drew Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Utilizing his own profound understanding, he established a formation to unravel the spirit’s secrets. Then, with another flick of his mind, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating mystical formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose its trump card, but the Hundred Thousand Mountains would be completely destroyed. At that point, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Haha, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
“…”
Shui Miao focused, sensing Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Instantly, he understood everything.
It turned out that Luo Tong had already reached the pinnacle of formation mastery and forging techniques, a level so high that he could no longer improve. The loneliness of a supreme expert was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation at such heights, Luo Tong set up the formations to attract experts capable of breaking them, hoping to learn new formation secrets from them to elevate his own cultivation.
In truth, everything had been a deception.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his mental realm either, yet his mental world had undergone a dramatic transformation. It had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but numerous treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s mental planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a nation, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred object of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then concentrated fully on sensing the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the physical world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his mental realm, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. You’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations. You… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao focused his mind and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. The higher one climbed, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He merely threw Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental power, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could kill Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre, making him somewhat of a dilemma—neither worth keeping nor discarding. Thus, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to deplete Shui Miao’s mental power. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling the primordial spirit’s plan once again.
But the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Don’t… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Integrating it with his own understanding, he established a formation to unravel the secrets of the primordial spirit. Then, with another mental command, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—embedding wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formation mastery was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose its trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
He had never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He merely abandoned Shui Miao inside the Tower of Time, letting him live or die on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, he would be delighted. If Shui Miao failed to grasp them, ran out of spirit stones, and perished from mental exhaustion, Luo Tong wouldn’t have cared in the least. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Have I really been in the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his mental realm either, yet his mental world had undergone a dramatic transformation. It had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but numerous treants had survived, thriving and multiplying everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s mental planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred relic of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then concentrated fully on sensing the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his will, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, he gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his mental realm, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao focused his mind and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. The higher one climbed, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He merely threw Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and exhausted mental strength, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were also formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed him.
However, the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated that Bu Yi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves’ intelligence was inferior to his, and they were stubborn. He couldn’t learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to waste his primordial spirit’s energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre, making him somewhat of a dilemma—neither particularly useful nor entirely disposable. Thus, the primordial spirit somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s mental energy. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, once again foiling his plan.
But the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a single thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Drawing upon his own understanding, he crafted a formation for the primordial spirit to unravel. Then, with another flicker of his will, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s strength.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual stir of his sensing power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was greatly shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a nation, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then concentrated all his efforts on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his will, a surge of spiritual energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao entered his conceptual world to meditate, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you’ve achieved today is thanks to me. You’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations. You… you should be grateful to me!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao focused his mind and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts and further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong was not dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He had never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. Instead, he had thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to grasp the formations and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong would feel no regret. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a single thought, the primordial spirit could have killed him.
However, the primordial spirit had not anticipated that Bu Yi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower compromised and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit urging Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn from them.
Thus, he did not want to waste his primordial spirit energy and instead wanted Shui Miao to do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. To his surprise, Shui Miao withstood it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre, making him somewhat of a dilemma—neither particularly useful nor entirely disposable. This led the primordial spirit to consider torturing Shui Miao to death. He then changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to drain Shui Miao’s mental energy. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, once again foiling his plans.
But the biggest unforeseen event was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Don’t… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are thanks to me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao sealed Luo Tong’s primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring, crafting a formation rooted in his own understanding for the spirit to unravel. Then, with another flicker of his will, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong had not left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what constituted artifact forging!
In short, learning to set up formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it explodes, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the Hundred Thousand Mountains would be completely destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a earth-shattering transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mind, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual power into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you can’t possibly be unaware that I’ve already taught you all my formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. The higher one stood, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts capable of breaking them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve either. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were also formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a single thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves’ intelligence was inferior to his, and they were stubborn. He couldn’t learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to waste his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would take action.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming him and causing his thoughts to spiral into chaos until he died. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit also somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to deplete Shui Miao’s mental energy. But Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, once again foiling his plan.
Yet the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve truly been… kind to me!”
“You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Integrating it with his own understanding, he established a formation for the primordial spirit to unravel. Then, with another flicker of his mind, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring to amplify the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what constituted artifact forging!
In short, learning to set up formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact. It contains the Tiandou Sixiang Formation, powered by a hundred thousand immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layer treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been in the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but numerous treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you’ve achieved today is because of me. You’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations. You… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts and further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. Instead, he had thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to grasp the formations and died from exhaustion of spiritual energy due to insufficient resources, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve—he saw Shui Miao merely as a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower compromised and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and too stubborn for him to learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. To his surprise, Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s spiritual energy. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling the primordial spirit’s plan once again.
But the biggest unexpected event was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao drew Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Merging it with his own understanding, he crafted a formation for the primordial spirit to unravel. Then, with another flicker of his mind, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. At that point, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying power was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao gained knowledge about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you’ve achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao focused his mind and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the top was something no one could understand. The higher one stood, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental power, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were also formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated that Bu Yi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves’ intelligence was inferior to his, and they were stubborn. He couldn’t learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and preferred to have Shui Miao do the dirty work.
When Shui Miao refused to comply, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit also felt somewhat inclined to torment Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to deplete Shui Miao’s mental power and kill him. But Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling the primordial spirit’s plan once again.
Yet the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Integrating it with his own understanding, he established a formation specifically designed to unravel the mysteries of the primordial spirit. Shortly thereafter, Shui Miao collected all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring to amplify the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating various mystical formations into artifacts was what constituted artifact forging!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact. It contains the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of a hundred thousand immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Allow me, Shui Miao, to break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was greatly shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful spirit maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, the strength you have today is all thanks to me. Now that you’ve grown powerful and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental power, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve—he saw Shui Miao as nothing more than a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated that Bu Yi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves’ intelligence was inferior to his, and they were stubborn. He couldn’t learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and preferred to have Shui Miao do the dirty work.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him. To his surprise, Shui Miao withstood it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, he considered continuing to use Shui Miao to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, he somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He then changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s mental power. Yet again, his plan failed because Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones.
But the biggest unexpected event was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are all because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a single thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Integrating it with his own understanding, he established a formation to unravel the mysteries of the primordial spirit. Then, with another thought, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring to amplify the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating various mystical formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formation mastery was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact. It contains the Tiandou Sixiang Formation, composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it explodes, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose its trump card, but the Hundred Thousand Mountains would be completely destroyed. At that time, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Haha, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
However, Shui Miao’s talent was merely average, like a bone with no meat—tempting to chew on, but ultimately not worth it. Thus, he considered tormenting Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Tower of Time’s operation, hoping to drain Shui Miao’s mental energy until he perished. However, Shui Miao had stored a large amount of crystals in his Tian Yuan Ring, once again foiling his plan.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself found hard to believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was greatly shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mind, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual power into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
It could not alter real-world objects, especially magical artifacts.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, the strength you have today is all thanks to me. Now that you’ve grown powerful and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts capable of breaking them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong was not dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never truly intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. Instead, he had thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and exhausted mental strength, Luo Tong would feel no sorrow—he saw Shui Miao merely as a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, the primordial spirit had not anticipated that Bu Yi would detonate three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and too stubborn for him to learn anything from them.
Thus, he did not want to expend his primordial spirit energy and instead wanted Shui Miao to do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. To his surprise, Shui Miao withstood it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s mental energy. Yet again, his plan failed because Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones.
But the biggest unexpected event was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Integrating it with his own insights, he established a formation specifically designed to unravel the mysteries of the primordial spirit. Then, with another flicker of thought, he gathered all the treasures scattered across the area into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong had not left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating mystical formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact. It contains the Tiandou Sixiang Formation, powered by 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it explodes, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose its trump card, but the Hundred Thousand Mountains would be completely destroyed. At that time, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Haha, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
“Wa ow wa ow wa ow…”
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a earth-shattering transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but many treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his thoughts, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao obtained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you can’t possibly be unaware that I’ve already taught you all my formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao focused his mind and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
In an instant, Shui Miao understood everything.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could comprehend. The height was cold and desolate, so Luo Tong set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as his disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him fend for himself. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died from exhaustion due to insufficient spiritual energy, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve either. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could kill Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He initially planned to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit thought about torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s mental energy. But Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling the primordial spirit’s plan once again.
The biggest surprise, however, was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s plans.
“Well, well, well…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Don’t… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao sealed Luo Tong’s primordial spirit within the Tianyuan Ring, crafting a formation based on his own profound understanding to aid the spirit in its unraveling. In another swift motion of his mind, he gathered all the treasures scattered across the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, thereby amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating mystical formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning to set up formations was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact, containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of a hundred thousand immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Allow me, Shui Miao, to break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
“You, don’t be sarcastic! You can’t deny that your current achievements are all because of me…”
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he realized that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but numerous treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao’s thoughts shifted again as he urgently sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower.
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his thoughts, a surge of mental energy entered the Time Tower, and Shui Miao claimed it as his own.
Instantly, he gained all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this wisp of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. You’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations. You… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated, carefully sensing Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to him.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. The higher one climbed, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In truth, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend them and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental strength, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve either. To him, Shui Miao was merely a pawn.
Within the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed him.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to waste his primordial spirit energy and hoped Shui Miao would do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to deplete Shui Miao’s mental energy. Yet, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, once again foiling his plans.
But the biggest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao sealed Luo Tong’s primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring, establishing a formation based on his own understanding for the spirit to decipher. Then, with another flicker of his mind, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, thereby amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—embedding various mystical formations into artifacts was what constituted artifact forging!
In short, learning formation mastery was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
※※※
“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose our trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Allow me, Shui Miao, to break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but numerous treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a kingdom, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao then focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower immediately knelt down, willingly acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received all the information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you have achieved today is because of me. Now that you’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations, you… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? And why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. Feeling the chill of isolation, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true body had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend the formations and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and exhausted mental power, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve—he saw Shui Miao as nothing more than a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could kill Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had no choice but to urgently acknowledge Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit ordering Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and too stubborn for him to learn anything from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and preferred to have Shui Miao do the dirty work.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. Unexpectedly, Shui Miao endured it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, the primordial spirit considered continuing to use him to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, the primordial spirit also entertained the idea of torturing Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to exhaust Shui Miao’s mental power. But Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, once again foiling his plan.
The biggest surprise, however, was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which completely disrupted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“Y-You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are thanks to me…”
Before the primordial spirit could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao drew Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Merging it with his own understanding, he established a formation for the primordial spirit to unravel. Then, with another mental command, he gathered all the treasures in the vicinity into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formation mastery was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
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“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts—what’s the harm in sacrificing the ultimate treasure, the Qiankun Mirror?” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is an ultimate treasure containing the Tiandou Sixiang Formation composed of 100,000 immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose its trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. At that point, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Haha, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Allow me, Shui Miao, to break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical treasures was essentially the ability to weave formations—embedding powerful arrays into treasures. In essence, mastering formations equated to mastering treasure forging.
In short, learning formations meant learning the art of crafting treasures.
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Six thousand years had passed!
With a casual surge of his sensory power, Shui Miao was astounded. Not only had his perception penetrated the Time Tower, but it had also breached the Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation of the twelve-layered treasure vault, allowing him to sense the information of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Such terrifying strength was something even Shui Miao himself could hardly believe.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s primordial spirit.
What?!
Had he really been inside the Time Tower for six thousand years?
Upon sensing the passage of time from Luo Tong’s primordial spirit, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. With a flicker of his divine sense, he discovered that the vast amount of spirit stones stored in his Tianyuan Ring had been completely depleted. There were no spirit stones left in his conceptual world either. However, his conceptual world had undergone a dramatic transformation—it had evolved from a landmass into a massive planet, its surface covered with formations. The six beautiful elf maidens had long since died, but countless treants had survived, multiplying and spreading everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s conceptual planet had become a paradise for treants.
The treants had even formed a nation, with carefully selected elders and guardians protecting the alchemy cauldron.
That cauldron had become a sacred artifact of the treant kingdom!
Shui Miao focused his mind and quickly sensed the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, he found that time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—only two months had passed, just like in the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his energy on sensing the Time Tower!
“Your servant pays respects to the master!”
Sensing Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the masterless artifact spirit of the Time Tower knelt down willingly, acknowledging Shui Miao as its master.
With a flicker of his mental power, Shui Miao sent a strand of spiritual energy into the Time Tower and claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received information about the Time Tower.
It turned out that the Time Tower only affected the cultivator themselves.
Objects in the real world, especially magical artifacts, remained unchanged by the Time Tower.
When Shui Miao meditated and entered his conceptual world, time was naturally extended infinitely by the Time Tower, granting him ample opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of formations.
The Time Tower was indeed a remarkable treasure!
After claiming the Time Tower, Shui Miao saw Luo Tong’s strand of primordial spirit appear before him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current strength, this strand of primordial spirit was like an ant facing an elephant.
Staring at Shui Miao, the primordial spirit suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, everything you’ve achieved today is because of me. You’ve grown stronger and comprehended all my formations. You… you should thank me, show me gratitude!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s primordial spirit lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, didn’t you say you would only teach me a little? Why did you stop teaching me formations?”
Luo Tong’s primordial spirit was taken aback. “What do you mean? With your current strength, you must know that I’ve already taught you all the formations!”
“…”
Shui Miao concentrated and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Suddenly, everything became clear to Shui Miao.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of formations and artifact forging had reached a level where he could no longer improve. The loneliness of being at the pinnacle was something no one could understand. The higher one climbed, the colder it felt. Thus, Luo Tong had set up formations to attract experts who could break them, hoping to learn new formation mysteries from these experts to further his own cultivation.
In reality, it was all a deception.
Luo Tong wasn’t dead; his true self had gone to the Immortal Realm, leaving a significant portion of his primordial spirit behind.
He never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. He had merely thrown Shui Miao into the Time Tower to let him survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the formations, Luo Tong would be pleased. If Shui Miao failed to comprehend the formations and died due to insufficient spiritual energy and depleted mental power, Luo Tong wouldn’t grieve. He saw Shui Miao as nothing more than a pawn.
Inside the Time Tower, there were formations designed to restrain and control Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought, the primordial spirit could have killed Shui Miao.
However, what the primordial spirit hadn’t anticipated was that Bu Yi had detonated three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, damaging the intricate formations within the Time Tower.
With the Time Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power within Shui Miao, the artifact spirit had eagerly acknowledged Shui Miao as its master.
As for Luo Tong’s primordial spirit asking Shui Miao to kill the dwarves, it was mainly because the dwarves were less intelligent and stubborn, offering him nothing to learn from them.
Thus, he didn’t want to expend his primordial spirit energy and instead wanted Shui Miao to do the deed.
When Shui Miao refused, the primordial spirit grew furious. He had intended to transmit all 9,999 formations to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming and killing him with mental chaos. To his surprise, Shui Miao endured it.
Seeing Shui Miao’s immense potential, he considered continuing to use Shui Miao to comprehend more formations.
However, Shui Miao’s aptitude was rather mediocre—like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat yet a pity to discard. So, he somewhat wanted to torment Shui Miao to death. He then changed tactics, accelerating the Time Tower’s operation to deplete Shui Miao’s mental energy and kill him. But Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained a vast store of spirit stones, foiling his plan once again.
Yet the greatest surprise was the self-destruction of the three supreme-grade immortal artifacts, which utterly thwarted the primordial spirit’s schemes.
“Wow, wow, wow…”
After sensing the primordial spirit’s thoughts, Shui Miao smiled. “Senior, you’ve been so kind to me!”
“You… don’t be sarcastic. You can’t deny that your current achievements are because of me…”
The primordial spirit spoke halfway before Shui Miao raised his hand to interrupt. “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one in return.”
With a mere thought, Shui Miao stored Luo Tong’s wisp of primordial spirit into the Tianyuan Ring. Merging it with his own insights, he crafted a formation specifically designed to unravel the mysteries of the primordial spirit. Then, with another mental directive, he gathered all the treasures scattered throughout the area into the Tianyuan Ring, amplifying the formation’s potency.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging magical artifacts was essentially the ability to set up formations—integrating wondrous formations into artifacts was what artifact forging was all about!
In short, learning formation mastery was equivalent to learning artifact forging.
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“There’s no other way. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme-grade immortal artifacts. At worst, I’ll sacrifice the supreme artifact, the Qiankun Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his great benefactor, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Elder Brother, you mustn’t! The Qiankun Mirror is a supreme artifact. It contains the Tiandou Sixiang Formation, powered by a hundred thousand immortal artifacts. If it detonates, the consequences would be unimaginable. Not only would our dwarf tribe lose its trump card, but the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains would be utterly destroyed. By then, there’s no guarantee Shui Miao would survive!”
“Hehe, thank you for your kindness, esteemed seniors. I will repay your great grace with my life. Let me, Shui Miao, break this Ten Yin Kunyuan Formation!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed within the formation.
Bu Fa quickly stopped him. “Senior Brother, don’t! The Kun Yuan Mirror is a Supreme Treasure containing the Tian Dou Si Xiang Array formed by ten thousand immortal artifacts. If it explodes, the consequences will be catastrophic. Not only will the dwarves lose our ultimate trump card, but the entire Ten-Thousand Mountain Range will be completely destroyed. Shui Miao may not survive either!”
“Haha, thank you both for your concern. I will repay your kindness with my life. Let me handle the Ten-Yin Kun Yuan Array myself!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed from within the formation.
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