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 across twelve layers of treasure vaults, allowing him to sense information from the Ten-Thousand Great Mountains!
Such terrifying power was beyond even Shui Miao’s belief.
Most importantly, Shui Miao sensed the thoughts of Luo Tong’s soul essence.
What!
Have I really been in the Tower of Time for six thousand years?
From the perception of time within Luo Tong’s thoughts, Shui Miao was immediately shocked. His divine consciousness flickered, and he discovered that all the spiritual stones stored within his Tianyuan Ring had already been consumed. Even the spiritual stones within his realm were gone. However, his inner realm had undergone a tremendous transformation—his realm had evolved from a land of continents into a massive planet, its surface covered with arrays. All six of the beautiful elves had long since perished, but countless Treants had survived, multiplying and spreading densely everywhere!
Clearly, Shui Miao’s inner planet had become a paradise for the Treants.
The Treants had even formed a nation, with several carefully selected elder guardians protecting the cauldron.
That cauldron had become the sacred relic of the Treant Kingdom!
Shui Miao’s consciousness stirred again, and he quickly checked the Soul Pearl. To his surprise, time within the Soul Pearl remained unchanged—it had only been two months, just like the outside world.
Shui Miao immediately focused all his sensing power on the Tower of Time!
“Your humble servant greets the Master!”
Feeling Shui Miao’s immense immortal power, the spirit within the Tower of Time, previously masterless, knelt down willingly, recognizing Shui Miao as its new master.
With a thought, Shui Miao sent a wave of spiritual energy into the Tower of Time and successfully claimed it as his own.
Instantly, Shui Miao received the tower’s knowledge.
It turned out that the Tower of Time only affected the cultivator himself.
As for real-world objects, especially treasures, the Tower of Time had no power to alter them.
Shui Miao sat in meditation, entering his inner realm, where time naturally extended infinitely within the Tower of Time, granting him vast amounts of time to comprehend the profound mysteries of arrays.
The Tower of Time was truly an extraordinary treasure!
After claiming the Tower, Shui Miao saw a wisp of Luo Tong’s soul essence approach him.
Compared to Shui Miao’s current power, this wisp of soul essence was like an ant before an elephant.
Looking at Shui Miao, the soul essence suddenly spoke, “Kid… no, Shui Miao, you wouldn’t be here today without me. Now that you’ve grown strong and mastered all my array techniques, you should be grateful—thank me!”
Clearly, Luo Tong’s soul essence lacked confidence.
Shui Miao frowned. “Senior Luo Tong, weren’t you the one who said you only taught me a little? Why did you stop teaching me array techniques?”
Luo Tong’s soul essence hesitated. “What do you mean? With your current power, you must know that I’ve already passed on all my array techniques to you!”
“…”
Shui Miao focused his consciousness and carefully sensed Luo Tong’s thoughts once more.
Instantly, everything became clear.
It turned out that Luo Tong’s mastery of arrays and forging had reached a level where further improvement was impossible. The loneliness of a supreme expert was something no one could understand. Thus, he set up arrays to attract experts capable of breaking them, hoping to learn new array principles from them to elevate his own cultivation.
In truth, everything had been a deception.
Luo Tong had not perished. His true body had ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving behind a large portion of his soul essence here.
He had never intended to take Shui Miao as a disciple. Instead, he had simply cast Shui Miao into the Tower of Time, leaving him to survive or perish on his own. If Shui Miao could comprehend the arrays, he would be delighted. If Shui Miao failed to grasp the arrays, ran out of spiritual energy, and perished from drained mental power, Luo Tong would feel no sorrow—he had treated Shui Miao merely as a pawn.
Moreover, the Tower of Time contained binding arrays that controlled Shui Miao’s physical body. With a mere thought from Luo Tong’s soul essence, he could kill Shui Miao instantly.
However, what he had not anticipated was that Bu Yi had detonated three supreme immortal treasures, which damaged the delicate formations inside the Tower of Time.
With the Tower damaged and sensing the terrifying devouring power of Shui Miao’s Qi, the tower’s spirit had eagerly pledged allegiance to Shui Miao.
As for Luo Tong’s command for Shui Miao to kill the Dwarves, it was because the Dwarves lacked his intelligence and were stubborn, offering him nothing to learn. Thus, he had no desire to waste his soul essence and wanted Shui Miao to eliminate them.
When Shui Miao refused, the soul essence grew furious. He had planned to transmit 9,999 arrays to Shui Miao at once, overwhelming his mind and causing him to perish from mental chaos. But Shui Miao endured.
Seeing Shui Miao’s great potential, he considered continuing to use him to uncover more array techniques.
However, Shui Miao’s talent was mediocre, making him like a bone—tantalizing but ultimately unsatisfying. Thus, he had considered tormenting Shui Miao to death. He changed tactics, accelerating the Tower of Time’s operation, hoping to drain Shui Miao’s mental power until his death. However, Shui Miao’s Tianyuan Ring contained an abundance of crystals, once again foiling his plan.
But the biggest unexpected event was the self-destruction of the three supreme immortal treasures, which completely shattered the soul essence’s plans.
“Wa ow wa ow wa ow…”
After sensing the soul essence’s thoughts, Shui Miao chuckled. “Senior, you’ve truly been kind to me!”
“You, don’t speak to me in that sarcastic tone. You can’t deny that your current achievements are all thanks to me…”
Before Luo Tong could finish, Shui Miao raised his hand and interrupted, “Thank you for giving me a chance. Now, I’ll give you one too.”
With a thought, Shui Miao sealed Luo Tong’s soul essence into the Tianyuan Ring, combining his own understanding to set up an array for him to break. Immediately afterward, Shui Miao activated his consciousness, gathering all the treasures present into the Tianyuan Ring to enhance the array’s power.
Luo Tong hadn’t left behind many treasures.
Moreover, the so-called skill of forging treasures was essentially the ability to create arrays, embedding powerful arrays into treasures—that was the essence of forging!
In short, mastering arrays equated to mastering treasure forging.
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“There’s no choice. I must break this formation. I’ve already destroyed three supreme immortal treasures. If necessary, I’ll even sacrifice the ultimate treasure, the Kun Yuan Mirror!” Bu Yi, desperate to save his savior, was nearly frantic.
Bu Fa quickly intervened, “Senior Brother, no! The Kun Yuan Mirror is a Supreme Treasure, containing the Tian Dou Four Symbols Array formed by 100,000 immortal treasures. If it explodes, the consequences will be catastrophic. Not only will we lose our Dwarven Clan’s ultimate trump card, but the Ten-Thousand Great Mountains will be completely destroyed. Shui Miao may not even survive!”
“Hehe, thank you both for your concern. I will repay your kindness with my life. Allow me, Shui Miao, to break the Ten-Yin Kun Yuan Array!”
Shui Miao’s voice suddenly echoed from within the array.
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