Luo Tong was now completely overwhelmed by the Soul-Devouring Force, which had infiltrated every part of his being, consuming his magical power and mental strength. It had even severed his psychic connection with the spirit of the supreme-grade sacred artifact, leaving him utterly defenseless. One by one, his sacred artifacts were being collected by Shui Miao.
After Shui Miao dispelled the sinister energy from his mental world, even without being attacked further by the Soul-Devouring Force, Luo Tong would no longer turn against Shui Miao or fight to the death. His sanity had been restored, and he was no longer the enslaved follower of Xuan Chi Zi.
Thus, Shui Miao could now focus entirely on dealing with Xuan Chi Zi.
By seizing several sacred artifacts from Luo Tong, Shui Miao’s power had grown even stronger—the number of Emperor-grade artifact spirits had reached one hundred!
Meanwhile, the Three Pure Sect was still embroiled in internal strife, fighting among themselves.
The Holy Mother Shui Tianyi and the Venerable Xing Tian oversaw the scene, while experts from various sects gathered to witness the spectacle… Everyone watched the internal strife within the largest sect of the celestial realm with a sense of malicious glee.
Whoosh!
Shui Miao entered the Three Pure Sect’s immortal city and, with a sweep of his divine sense, immediately detected vast quantities of spirit stones, pills, and the treasure where Xuan Chi Zi was hiding… Thanks to obtaining Luo Tong’s memories, Shui Miao knew that Xuan Chi Zi was on the verge of mastering the Crimson Refinement Art. The situation was critical. Without bothering with the immense piles of spirit stones and pills, Shui Miao directly enveloped the treasure concealing Xuan Chi Zi, fully activated his time-based protective artifact, and fled at top speed toward the fifth heaven—the Immortal-Demon Realm.
Shui Miao harnessed the power of one hundred Emperor-grade artifact spirits—a truly terrifying level of magical energy.
In just a few breaths, Shui Miao directly teleported to the fifth heaven, entered the Immortal-Demon Realm, and then flew deep into its territory.
Simultaneously, he infused his powerful mental energy into the treasure to sense Xuan Chi Zi’s progress.
Inside the spatial treasure, an area spanning dozens of square miles was filled with extremely intense, scorching Crimson Refinement flames!
Xuan Chi Zi’s body was at the center of these flames—his mastery of the Crimson Refinement Art was nearly complete.
Swoosh!
After flying for a while, Shui Miao saw a range of dark, towering mountains.
Without hesitation, he summoned the Hongyu Chessboard—composed entirely of low-grade sacred artifacts—and placed all remaining self-destruct sacred artifacts, along with the treasure hiding Xuan Chi Zi, inside it. He set them to self-destruct in ten seconds.
Ten seconds was all he had.
With the power of one hundred Emperor-grade artifact spirits fully driving his time-based protective artifact, Shui Miao could escape far, far away in that time.
Whoosh!
Shui Miao struck the Hongyu Chessboard with his palm, sending it flying deep into the mountains.
Then, he teleported away repeatedly to escape.
Inside the Hongyu Chessboard flying deep into the mountains, the treasure hiding Xuan Chi Zi suddenly turned red. In the blink of an eye, the entire treasure ignited, quickly melting into liquid. Torrents of flames erupted, and Xuan Chi Zi emerged as a figure of fire within the chessboard. Without caring where he was, he exclaimed excitedly, “I succeeded! I’ve finally mastered the most powerful Crimson Refinement Art in the Immortal and Demon Realms! I will reshape this world with Crimson Refinement flames!”
“Huh? Where is this? What place is this?”
But then, Xuan Chi Zi realized he was not in the first heaven of the immortal realm.
He quickly spread his divine sense to probe…
“Ah—!”
When Xuan Chi Zi sensed that dozens of sacred artifacts were about to self-destruct, he was utterly stunned!
What kind of maniac would do this?!
Before he could react, the self-destruction irreversibly commenced…
BOOM!!
The simultaneous self-destruction of dozens of sacred artifacts produced an indescribable explosion that shook the entire Immortal-Demon Realm. Even the immortal and demon realms felt violent tremors! The unimaginable Terrifying Power spread throughout the Immortal-Demon Realm, vicious energies stirring up an unimaginable storm that destroyed and tore apart everything in its path.
Xuan Chi Zi had believed that mastering the Crimson Refinement Art would make him invincible, granting him the power to sweep through both the immortal and demon realms. Yet, this self-destruction instantly ended all his delusions!
Indeed, Xuan Chi Zi was annihilated…
However, something Shui Miao had not anticipated occurred…
At the center of these vast mountains, on a platform atop a towering peak, many super-powered experts from extraterrestrial races had gathered. They were waiting for the Celestial Gate leading beyond the cosmos to open. Suddenly, the violent energies erupted, shattering all the giant peaks and engulfing them in a frenzy of destruction. Some of the less powerful extraterrestrial experts had their internal energies triggered by the storm and self-destructed on the spot.
Even the area above the platform where the Celestial Gate was opening was cracked slightly.
The scale of this explosion was truly enormous, far beyond anything expected.
Many experts perished instantly…
This unexpected outcome was something Shui Miao had not foreseen, and the extraterrestrial superpowers were even more unprepared.
In the chaos, even those who survived were severely injured, their vitality greatly depleted, and their cultivation levels significantly regressed.
Of the original group of superpowers, only three ancient elders remained.
Such an explosion was no accident.
The situation was unclear, and it was not safe to remain.
Two injured but surviving extraterrestrial superpowers immediately teleported back to their respective worlds to recover and avoid further danger.
One who was less severely injured but filled with intense vengeance used a treasure to swiftly teleport away, searching for the one who had ambushed them.
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In the demon realm, the violent tremors caused widespread panic among the demons and monsters.
The many formations and traps set by the demon realm in the Immortal-Demon Realm were completely destroyed.
To investigate what had happened, the Demon Emperor Wu Ye Zi, who had been in seclusion, teleported to the entrance of the Immortal-Demon Realm to assess the situation.
Vicious energy waves, like tsunami walls thousands of meters high, crushed everything in their path.
Terrifying—it was too horrifying!
Even the Demon Emperor felt a wave of fear upon seeing this spectacle.
Just as Wu Ye Zi turned to leave, he sensed a familiar aura approaching. It was none other than the Nine-Eyed Demon God puppet created by Shui Miao.
“Brother, you’re here too. This is no place to stay; let’s talk elsewhere.”
Wu Ye Zi did not carefully sense the Nine-Eyed Demon God’s aura and merely spoke casually.
“Brother, I have something to tell you. Let’s talk here.”
“Brother, I’ve missed you so much!”
The Nine-Eyed Demon God puppet flew toward Wu Ye Zi, suddenly accelerated, and embraced him…
“Huh?”
Wu Ye Zi was baffled. What was wrong with his brother today?
BOOM!!
The Nine-Eyed Demon God puppet promptly self-destructed!
The puppet was carrying five low-grade self-destruct sacred demon artifacts. The sudden self-destruction, with Wu Ye Zi at its epicenter, severely injured his demon body on the spot. The subsequent vicious energies completely destroyed his demon form!
The violent storm also broke through the entrance and surged into the demon realm, instantly killing a large number of demons.
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“Retreat! Quickly, everyone, fall back…”
In the fifth heaven, the celestial soldiers and generals guarding the entrance to the Immortal-Demon Realm, under the command of Marshal Ling, withdrew to the immortal realm.
Vicious energy waves blotted out the sky and covered the earth!
All defensive formations set up by the immortal realm at the entrance were activated, but this alone could not guarantee everyone’s safety.
Thus, Shui Miao used the Venerable Mechanist puppet to order Marshal Ling to withdraw immediately.
“Bastards! It must be you human immortals who plotted against us! I will utterly destroy you!”
The extraterrestrial superpower who was not too severely injured teleported to the entrance and, seeing the celestial soldiers retreating, immediately grew suspicious and began slaughtering them… He resembled a humanoid insect-like monster. Opening his mouth, he spewed out many black, flying creatures. These creatures were extremely Terrifying — they could directly burrow into the bodies of celestial soldiers and generals. Within seconds, the celestial troops were completely controlled, turned into puppets!
Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately turned back, activated the Hongyu Chessboard, and launched a fierce assault on the superpower. Purple Luck energy, Soul-Devouring Force, Void-Destruction Arrays, thunder-based treasures, and various killing arrays of Yin-Yang and Five Elements attributes—coupled with the combined power of one hundred Emperor-grade artifact spirits—all crashed down on the extraterrestrial superpower like a tidal wave!
In an instant, the small creatures were annihilated, and the extraterrestrial superpower was forced into retreat, utterly unable to fight back.
Seeing the vicious energy waves like thousand-meter-high tsunami walls rushing forward, Shui Miao had an idea. He commanded the Venerable Mechanist puppet to fly toward the extraterrestrial superpower, embrace him, and plunge into the energy waves before self-destructing with a thunderous roar!
This foolhardy extraterrestrial superpower had brought suffering upon himself.
Shui Miao was not one to show mercy—he annihilated him completely, ensuring he would never again cause trouble in the immortal realm.
“The Tianji City Lord is dead!”
“The Tianji City Lord died for us?”
“…”
Many celestial soldiers and generals were stunned witnessing the self-destruction of the Venerable Mechanist.
Shui Miao mobilized his power to gather all the dazed celestial troops and bring them out of the Immortal-Demon Realm. He then activated the Hongyu Chessboard’s defensive formations to withstand the energy waves, preventing the vicious energies from rushing into the immortal realm…
Why was it Shui Miao again?
He had even annihilated an extraterrestrial superpower…
Seeing the Venerable Mechanist self-destruct and recalling that he too had a puppet, Marshal Ling easily deduced that the one who self-destructed was not the real Venerable Mechanist. The real one had likely already fallen!
And now, Shui Miao was acting freely across the immortal and demon realms, growing increasingly powerful…
Amid the crowd, Marshal Ling’s thoughts raced, and his eyes darted around. He remembered his master once saying that when great chaos engulfed the immortal and demon realms, it would be time for the ancient immortals to return to the celestial court and restore order to the three realms!
Was now not the time of great chaos in the immortal and demon realms?
No, he had to inform his master immediately so they could return and reorganize the immortal realm!
With this thought, Marshal Ling quietly blended into the crowd, secretly activated a Heaven-Fleeing Talisman, and directly left the fifth heaven, teleporting to the Kunlun Mountains in the mortal world…
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