"This old geezer is really hard to kill..."

Finally managing to stuff him into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, yet unable to refine him.

The Shen Family Founding Ancestor's strength is still far too overpowering.

With only Heaven-Grade quality, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner can't do anything to him; it can only take advantage of his current weakened state to trap him inside the banner.

But the Shen Family Founding Ancestor won't remain weak forever; he will slowly recover.

If things continue like this, this simulation run of mine might still end up ruined by him.

"To pull off such a massive comeback, the opportunity probably still lies with the traits!"

[After the battle ended, the Qiankun Mirror and the Nine Provinces Cauldron were chatting idly nearby.]

[The two Immortal Artifacts were discussing nine different ways to eat peaches.]

[You walked over curiously.]

["Qiankun Mirror, don't you remember me?"]

[The Qiankun Mirror's mirror surface turned towards you.]

["First time meeting, please advise."]

[This memory loss is way too fast.]

[Guess I saved a hundred peaches.]

["What's wrong with all these Great Dao Immortal Artifacts? Either their artifact spirits are damaged, or their main bodies are damaged. Aren't they supposed to be the most powerful artifacts in this world? Who injured them like this?"]

[You then turned your head to look at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]

["Old geezer, do you know?"]

[You were asking the Shen Family Founding Ancestor.]

[The Shen Family Founding Ancestor ignored you.]

[You activated taunt mode.]

["Oh dear, oh dear, still calling yourself the Guardian of the human world, that the human world can't do without you. I thought you were the best in the world. The Qiankun Mirror shattered into such a state in your hands. Seems you're not that great either..."]

["The opponent ambushed the Star Force Mystic Realm while I was in the ten-year period after my last body snatching, unable to properly control my body!

Seeing they couldn't seize the Qiankun Mirror from my hands, they chose to destroy it instead!

Even with the Heaven and Earth Sword in his grasp, I still managed to protect the Qiankun Mirror! What more do you want?!"]

["Heaven and Earth Sword?"]

[The Qiankun Mirror explained for you.]

["The Heaven and Earth Sword is also a Great Dao Immortal Artifact, the one with the most ferocious killing power among us!

That guy, with one slash, split me right in half! The other half shattered into tiny fragments on the spot!

Couldn't even be pieced back together, seriously powerful!"]

[Clearly, the Qiankun Mirror became somewhat abnormal and crazy after that heavy blow.]

["Shouldn't you Great Dao Immortal Artifacts be friends? You don't even take masters. Why would the Heaven and Earth Sword strike so viciously?"]

["Don't know. Maybe the Heaven and Earth Sword is also sick? Huh? Why did I say 'also'?"]

["How many Great Dao Immortal Artifacts are there in total?"]

["Five, each corresponding to one of the Five Elements.

Metal, Heaven and Earth Sword!

Wood, Nine Provinces Cauldron!

Water, Qiankun Mirror!

Fire, Sun Moon Tower!

Earth, Mountain River Armor!"]

[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner hopped over.]

["Dark, Ten Thousand Souls Banner!"]

[You kicked it aside with your foot.]

["Stop trying to steal the spotlight! Hurry up and think if there's a way to completely subdue this old man!"]

[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner had no ideas.]

[But you didn't choose to sit and wait for death either.]

[You began exploring this small world.]

[This place is similar to the small world inside the Nine Provinces Cauldron, though a bit larger than that one.]

[However, as long as you keep walking in one direction, within a few days, you'll reach the end.]

[The end is a vast expanse of white, impossible to enter.]

["The Essence of Heaven and Earth here is exceptionally dense, seems even denser than a Heaven-Grade Spiritual Vein..."]

[You switched your External Techniques, Internal Technique, and Heart Art back to the Limitless Sword Sect three-piece set.]

[Cultivating inside this Star Force Mystic Realm, you discovered your natural cultivation speed had reached the fastest level ever in your life.]

["But even with this rate of improvement, ten years later, I still won't be able to defeat a Martial King Realm expert..."]

[It's not just that there's a time bomb inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]

[Ten years later, when the Star Force Mystic Realm gate opens, there will be a bunch of powder kegs waiting for you to light them up outside.]

[You crippled the Shen Family Founding Ancestor; the Shen Family won't let you off.]

[You started meticulously exploring this small world, trying to find some useful things.]

[First, you found a cavern.]

[Inside were various types of metals, stones, wood materials, silk fabrics, as well as dried spiritual plants and medicinal herbs.]

["This is a material storage. None of these seem to be ordinary materials."]

[Regardless, you directly took everything, storing it all into your Storage Ring.]

[About three miles from the willow tree where the Shen Family Founding Ancestor played chess, there was a wooden hut.]

[The interior space was quite spacious. Inside, there were no beds, tables, or chairs, only rows upon rows of bookshelves.]

[The bookshelves were categorized, each hanging with different labels.]

[Martial Dao, Alchemy Dao, Talisman Dao, Artifact Dao, Formation Dao, Puppet Dao, Witchcraft Dao, Faith Dao, Beast Taming Dao...]

["There are actually this many paths?"]

[Usually mixing in the Five Regions, you basically only come into contact with Martial Dao, Alchemy, and Artifact Refining. Formations, unless in a major assault or attacking someone's main base, are rarely encountered.]

[Yet, in the Shen Family Founding Ancestor's study hut, you discovered a full eighteen Dao paths!]

[You took down a Beast Taming Dao book to look at, but found you couldn't really understand it.]

[You only knew it seemed to mention that a person, without practicing martial arts, just by taming beasts, could also raise their realm.]

[These paths don't seem to mean the same thing as the martial arts side professions you thought they were.]

["Junior, these Dao books are the results of my research, summarization, gap-filling, and compilation of the Dao left behind by ancient sages over more than thirty thousand years.

You can read them if you wish. I can't control you now. I only hope you have basic decency and don't damage these achievements of mine.

Passing these books to later generations holds extraordinary significance."]

[From within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the voice of the Shen Family Founding Ancestor rang out.]

[You said dismissively.]

["You want to carry on the lost knowledge of the past sages; that's a nice idea, just the execution is a complete mess.

These paths now only circulate within your Shen Family. The humans of the Five Regions and the Great Wastes basically only understand Martial, Alchemy, Artifact, and Formation, four things."]

["Since the beginning of the Great Antiquity, the purity of the Essence of Heaven and Earth has been inferior to that of the High Antiquity period. Practicing Martial Dao is the optimal solution.

Even if I were willing to send people to teach the other paths, not many would be willing to spend time learning them.

Either they don't directly increase realm, or they require consuming massive amounts of resources."]

[Without another word, you waved your hand grandly, collecting the Shen Family Founding Ancestor's lifelong achievements entirely into your Storage Ring.]

["Junior, you..."]

[The Shen Family Founding Ancestor was angered by you again.]

[Since you couldn't get out anyway, you planned to use "Photographic Memory" to memorize all these books for him when you had time!]

[They're all mine!] 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

[It doesn't matter if I can't learn them now. When the corresponding traits come, I'll learn them in minutes!]

[Thirtieth year, forty-eight years old.]

[Drawing traits...]

[Draw successful!]

["Artifact Refining Sage" (Purple Epic): You are proficient in Spirit Artifact material science, possess top-tier artifact refining talent, and your efficiency in learning artifact refining techniques is beyond imagination!]

[Adjust traits?]

[Yes/No]

"Excellent, excellent, the Simulator really gets me!

With the teaching materials provided by the Shen Family Founding Ancestor, plus the materials discovered in the small world.

This is setting me up to self-study artifact refining and personally forge the Immortal Artifact Ten Thousand Souls Banner!"

Saying it is easy, but Chen Yi could feel that ten years was still too tight.

Having to both learn artifact refining techniques and forge an Immortal Artifact felt a bit too difficult.

"Fate has its own arrangements; I only need to make micro-adjustments!"

[You equipped "Artifact Refining Sage".]

[You equipped "Alchemy Sage".]