Chapter 630: Power, Brocade Pouch

“How terrifying! Brother, shall we step in and help?”

Shui Tianyi, the Holy Mother, was ultimately a human immortal, and human immortals shared a common nature: they were absolutely incompatible with evil beings.

There were many evil demons, their strength was formidable, and the situation was extremely terrifying.

At the moment Shui Miao activated the small chessboard killing formation, a sudden thought struck him: could this be the work of the Tianji Sage, orchestrating this scenario to test the power of the small chessboard formation?

This possibility was very high; otherwise, how could things be so coincidental?

This was truly a big dilemma: either use the small chessboard formation or watch Ling Shuai perish!

Seeing the eerie, evil skull-like dark clouds wrapping Ling Shuai layer upon layer, sensing that Ling Shuai and his group of heavenly soldiers could not break free, Shui Miao grew anxious. He couldn’t think about it any longer and immediately activated the small chessboard formation, launching an attack at the rapidly approaching, enormous black skull.

Suddenly, a seven-colored beam of light shot forth, creating an incredibly radiant pillar in the gray sky, directly striking the massive black skull. The skull instantly turned to nothingness, the surrounding dark aura quickly dissipated, instantly evaporating. The light shone like the blazing sun, rapidly spreading to the surrounding areas, dispelling the yin and malevolent energies.

The evil clouds around Ling Shuai vanished, and several evil blood-colored demonic shadows painfully disintegrated and disappeared completely under the light.

The power of the small chessboard formation was too terrifying—it was practically the nemesis of evil beings.

A vast area of malevolent energy was completely dispelled, and the previously gray sky transformed into a bright, clear expanse.

Shui Miao stopped channeling the small chessboard formation, but the beam he had unleashed did not disappear. Instead, the massive beam transformed into an enormous luminous dragon. Under Shui Miao’s mental command, it darted through the Immortal-Demon Realm, dispersing evil energy everywhere, transforming vast regions into a pure, serene, and spiritually rich paradise identical to the Immortal Realm.

Under the influence of spiritual energy, flowers and grass gradually sprouted from the land of the Immortal-Demon Realm, radiating vibrant vitality.

“This… this is just too amazing!”

Seeing the once-dead Immortal-Demon Realm suddenly undergo such a dramatic transformation, Holy Mother Shui Tianyi was instantly thrilled. “Brother, did you make significant modifications to the small chessboard formation? Normally, the Hongyu Chessboard could never produce an effect that reverses乾坤and overturns yin and yang.”

“I did make some changes, but I didn’t expect its performance to exceed my expectations so greatly.”

Shui Miao was also somewhat awestruck.

Originally, the thirty-three holy artifacts within the Hongyu Chessboard formed a whole—an ultimate formation combining attack, defense, and a heavenly city function.

Now, Shui Miao had arranged a small chessboard formation according to his own understanding, which was already a major modification.

Upon reflection, Shui Miao examined the Five Elements layout of the small chessboard formation and discovered that he had placed thirteen offensive holy artifacts in a configuration that enhanced yang energy through the mutual generation of the Five Elements. By sheer coincidence, this configuration happened to suppress the evil demonic energy.

In other words, as long as Shui Miao rearranged the positions of the thirteen offensive holy artifacts on the small chessboard formation, he could create various types of ultimate attack formations with different properties.

Indeed, this small chessboard formation was terrifying.

However, the massive amount of spirit stones required to activate it was also incredibly daunting.

“Someone has come to rescue us!”

“Who is he? How can he be so powerful? Could he be the Heavenly Emperor?”

“General Ling, are you alright?”

“I’m fine. Come, let’s go over…”

Ling Shuai led a group of heavenly generals, not riding horses but flying toward them.

“It’s you?”

Seeing Shui Miao, Ling Shuai was momentarily stunned.

Knowing about Shui Miao, Holy Mother Shui Tianyi was not surprised and asked with concern, “General Ling, are you okay?”

“Oh, thank you, Holy Mother, I’m fine!”

As Ling Shuai spoke with Holy Mother Shui Tianyi, he couldn’t help but stare at Shui Miao in astonishment.

Judging from his expression, he didn’t seem to be in cahoots with the Tianji Sage and was also a victim. Shui Miao’s thoughts turned, and he clasped his hands together, saying, “General Ling, we finally meet. Without the jade pendant you bestowed upon me back then, there wouldn’t be the Shui Miao of today.”

“This… this…”

Ling Shuai’s face immediately turned extremely awkward. After a pause, he blushed with shame and said, “Young Brother Shui Miao, I owe you an apology. I shouldn’t have used you to resolve my wife’s emotional turmoil. I’m sorry, please forgive me!”

To everyone’s surprise, General Ling actually apologized directly to Shui Miao.

This shocked everyone, including Shui Miao himself.

General Ling could have easily apologized privately or explained the matter in private, but he chose not to. This clearly showed that he was a person of integrity, with a clear conscience, speaking his mind openly. He was someone worthy of respect and admiration.

“Ahh, forget it…” Shui Miao shook his head and sighed, “General Ling, actually, this matter cannot be blamed on you. It was all fate’s doing. Although I was deeply troubled, I also gained a lot from it, step by step growing stronger. So there’s no need for you to apologize. Just give me the truth.”

“Alright, this is not the place to talk. Please come back with us and let’s discuss it properly. You saved our lives, and we must properly thank you.” Seeing that Shui Miao could say this, General Ling was very pleased and immediately invited Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi to his camp as guests.

“Thank you both for saving our lives!”

“Thank you both…”

The heavenly generals all clasped their hands and bowed in unison, expressing their gratitude.

Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi exchanged glances but said nothing.

After expending so many spirit stones to save everyone, hearing a few kind words was only fair.

Back at the camp, General Ling immediately set up a banquet of fruits to entertain the guests.

During the feast, Shui Tianyi inquired about the Immortal-Demon Realm from General Ling.

General Ling did not hide anything and truthfully explained everything.

Earlier that day, before Shui Miao arrived, General Ling suddenly received intelligence that something unusual was happening in the Immortal-Demon Realm, so he immediately led a group to investigate. However, he had not expected that as soon as they went out on patrol, they were surrounded by more than ten Demon Lords, and even the Demon Emperor himself had appeared.

Thankfully, Shui Miao acted in time, eliminating the Demon Emperor and those Demon Lords.

Such an event hadn’t occurred for over a thousand years.

Hearing this, Shui Miao once again suspected the Tianji Sage.

However, Shui Miao did not voice his suspicions.

After the banquet, General Ling invited Shui Miao into a secret chamber, where he set up powerful wards to prevent eavesdropping or spying. Then, with great frankness, General Ling got straight to the point and said, “Brother Shui Miao, to be honest, I’ve known for a long time that you would come looking for me, but I didn’t expect you to arrive so soon or grow so powerful so quickly. My master once gave me a sealed letter to give to you when you came, saying that once you read it, you would understand everything.”

“A sealed letter…”

Shui Miao was slightly taken aback, never expecting that he truly had a destined connection with the Supreme Elder Lord.