["Da Chun! Go on, transform into a Great Dao Immortal Artifact, let those who once looked down on you gaze up at you in awe!"]

[You cheer Da Chun on.]

[You've figured it out, there's nothing to feel reluctant about.]

[If he can truly become a Great Dao Immortal Artifact, isn't that far better than being a lowly person in this chaotic world?]

[Just think back to how pitiful Da Chun and Shen Jia were, wandering and destitute, in the second simulation.]

["Yah!!"]

[Da Chun's chubby face scrunches up tightly from the effort, making him look remarkably like Fat Buu.]

[Da Chun stretches his hand with great force towards the red sealing light.]

[It passes right through!]

["Heavens, as expected!"]

[You knew it! The hint you received when touching the Nine Provinces Cauldron in the last simulation definitely meant something!]

["Whoosh..."]

[You feel a nameless wind surge up fiercely from beneath the ground.]

["Da Chun, be careful!"]

[You are a martial artist, with a solid stance, but Da Chun isn't. He's blown away on the spot.]

[You hurriedly shake the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, using it to shield Da Chun, and rush with him towards the earth's crust.]

[But the commotion underground is truly immense. You and Da Chun are still blasted out from underground by a tremendous force.]

[You activate your Golden Body state, release your Vitality Energy outward, and hold Da Chun tightly, letting your body tumble and crash through the mountain forests and across the earth until the impact force dissipates and you come to a complete stop.]

["Da Chun, are you okay?"]

[Da Chun still has the roasted chicken leg clutched tightly in his hand. He takes a bite before answering.]

["I'm fine!"]

[The earth is shaking.]

[From the spot where you were digging down, dust billows, and the underground rocks crumble and disintegrate, shooting out in all directions.]

[The ground bulges upward, as if a giant's back is arching.]

[When it rises to a certain height, the earth's crust shatters with a thunderous boom, and the natural oppressive aura from the Great Dao Immortal Artifact spreads out in all directions!]

[A massive bronze cauldron, a hundred meters tall, breaks through the earth and stands silently upon the land of the Eastern Wastes.]

[The demon tribes in the vicinity scatter in panic like birds and beasts upon seeing this, fleeing in all directions.]

["It's emerged..."]

[You see that the seal on the Nine Provinces Cauldron has vanished.]

[Undoubtedly, this is the result of Da Chun's touch.]

[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner is also very excited nearby.]

["My goodness gracious! Buddy! You're a god! You really got the Nine Provinces Cauldron out? What are you standing around for? Hurry up and make it acknowledge you as its master, take it in, let it keep me company!"]

[At this moment, your heart is pounding with excitement.]

[Who would have thought that a mere Golden Body Realm martial artist like you would one day possess a Great Dao Immortal Artifact!]

[You must understand, this Nine Provinces Cauldron is an existence that forced all the top martial factions across the entire Five Regions to sit down and negotiate, ultimately leading to the creation of the Cauldron Quest Tournament.]

[This is the real deal, a true Supreme Treasure!]

[Suddenly, you notice something is off with Da Chun.]

["Da Chun, you..."]

[Da Chun's body is flickering between transparency and opacity.]

["Yi-ge, that big pot seems to be calling me over."]

["Da Chun, you are the Artifact Spirit of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, you were always a part of it. Do you want to go?"]

["Yi-ge, it seems I really am a cauldron. No wonder, after I became human, many people who saw me called me an idiot. How can a cauldron be a person? Hahaha..."]

[Da Chun still laughs his simple, honest laugh.]

[His body completely dematerializes, transforming into a glowing Spirit Body that flies towards the Nine Provinces Cauldron.]

["Da Chun..."]

[Your mood turns somewhat heavy.]

[From today onward, Da Chun the human—the Da Chun who saved your life multiple times and saw you as his only family—is gone.]

[But the Nine Provinces Cauldron will also regain its divine majesty, transforming from "a giant-sized brick" back into what it should be!]

Chen Yi outside the simulation, seeing this, also felt a complex mix of emotions.

"So Da Chun really is an Artifact Spirit..."

At this very moment, in reality, Da Chun was still enjoying a life of leisure back at the Yuelai Inn.

Every action within the simulation had a way back.

But in reality?

Should he take Da Chun to transform into an Artifact Spirit?

"Let's keep watching. I have a feeling it won't go so smoothly. Need to step on all the pitfalls in the simulation first..."

[After the Nine Provinces Cauldron obtained its Artifact Spirit, the cauldron's body glowed briefly.]

[And then.]

[Nothing else happened.]

["Da Chun? Nine Provinces Cauldron?"]

[You jump onto the cauldron, call out a few times, but get no response.]

["I say... Ten Thousand Souls Banner, do you know how to make a Great Dao Immortal Artifact acknowledge a master?"]

["I dunno."] 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

["Aren't you an Immortal Artifact? Aren't you familiar with Great Dao Immortal Artifacts?"]

["Aren't you human? Are you familiar with being an emperor?"]

[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was as foul-mouthed as ever.]

[Right at that moment, you hear Da Chun's voice coming from inside the cauldron, echoing repeatedly within its interior.]

["Wow! Yi-ge! It's so spacious in here! There's grassland! A river! Huh? There are even peaches!"]

["What's going on?"]

["Yi-ge, I can bring you in. Do you want to come in and play?"]

["Then... let's go in and take a look?"]

[You feel a suction force appear beneath your feet, pulling you into the cauldron.]

[Instead of landing inside the cauldron as expected, you see a flash of light around you and find yourself standing on a patch of grassland.]

[Here, the sun was bright, bees and butterflies flitted about, birds sang, and flowers were fragrant.]

[Not far away was a clear, small river.]

[By the riverbank stood a peach tree, its pink peaches looking incredibly sweet and delicious.]

[Da Chun was eating a peach.]

[He ate one, and another immediately grew on the tree. It was utterly magical.]

["Yi-ge! There are endless peaches here! After I eat them, I feel a tickling sensation in my head, like I'm getting smarter!"]

[Chen Yi stood up and walked around the area.]

["There's a miniature world inside the cauldron?"]

[Da Chun walked over and said.]

["And there's this too."]

[Da Chun raised his hand. An image of the outside world appeared in his palm—the view from around the Nine Provinces Cauldron.]

["You can see and hear the outside?"]

["Not just that!"]

[Da Chun pointed with his other hand, and the outside view began to shift from a level perspective to a bird's-eye view.]

[The Nine Provinces Cauldron was ascending into the sky!]

["Fly!"]

[At Da Chun's command, the Nine Provinces Cauldron flew off in one direction.]

[Chen Yi quickly stopped Da Chun.]

["Alright, alright, stop flying. Don't attract people over."]

[The Nine Provinces Cauldron landed.]

[After some communication with Da Chun.]

[You realize that Da Chun is not a complete Artifact Spirit.]

[He appears foolish not because he's an Artifact Spirit, but because he is incomplete.]

[Therefore, Da Chun currently cannot utilize the Nine Provinces Cauldron's full power. He doesn't even know what abilities it has.]

[He only knows there's a miniature world inside the cauldron, he can sense the outside world from within, and he can control the cauldron's movement, making it bigger or smaller.]

[With a partial Artifact Spirit, the Nine Provinces Cauldron can also merge into your body, just like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]

[However, there was no process of acknowledging a master.]

[Nor was one needed.]

[As long as Da Chun is willing, the Nine Provinces Cauldron might as well have acknowledged you as its master.]

[Different from an Artifact Spirit like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Da Chun can still maintain an independent human body.]

[He can leave the Nine Provinces Cauldron, yet still remain the Artifact Spirit.]

["Yi-ge, I feel like if I eat more peaches, I can learn more moves!"]

["Then go in and eat. It's safe in there, at least."]