"Oh? Another golden trait!"

Seeing its effect, Chen Yi was delighted.

This was specifically for dealing with enemies without physical forms!

For example...

Chen Yi looked at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand.

"Now you can't escape at all."

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner didn't understand.

"I wasn't trying to escape! What are you talking about? Speaking of which, when are we setting off to find the Earth Vein? Cultivation is like rowing a boat against the current; if you don't make progress, others are advancing..."

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner started up again.

Unfortunately, with the information obtained in advance from the simulation, Chen Yi wouldn't give it any chance to rebel in reality.

This thing could no longer be described as just an evil artifact; it was downright sinister!

It actually dared to attempt enlightening all spirit artifacts in the world, enabling them to break free from their masters!

From the perspective of spirit artifacts, it wasn't really a big deal; it truly was a deed of immeasurable merit, just as it said.

But from the perspective of humanity, the problem was huge!

If all spirit artifacts demanded independence, what would martial artists use?

Everyone would be fighting bare-handed, their combat power drastically reduced!

What would happen when the demon race attacked later?

"Fortunately, it was just a simulation... seems I unintentionally saved the real world."

【You replaced "The Only True Prophet in the Whole Game" with "Materialist Warrior".】

【On the desolate land of the Eastern Wastes, you rode a horse backwards, holding a wine gourd in one hand, traveling leisurely.】

【"Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it's been five months, still sulking?"】

【"Let an artifact spirit have some peace."】

【"What exactly is that Earth Vein? Can you tell me? A world-wide loudspeaker, enlightening all spirit artifacts, that's way too overpowered, buddy!"】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner remained silent, pretending not to hear.】

【You chuckled and changed the conversation partner.】

【"Da Chun, how's your pill refining practice going lately?"】

【The Nine Provinces Cauldron's pill refining ability was miraculous.】

【Normal pill refining requires pill formulas, careful control of fire intensity, and even feng shui can affect whether the pill succeeds.】

【The Nine Provinces Cauldron's pill refining completely disregarded these.】

【Just throw the raw materials in. The Nine Provinces Cauldron would use whatever it had and would definitely refine a pill.】

【However, the pill's effect wasn't a random lottery; it was related to the raw materials.】

【Throw some dirt in, and it could refine a satiating Fasting Pill.】

【Furthermore, the quality of the refined pill was never low, the worst being an Earth-Grade spirit medicine.】

【"Yi-ge, I'm very proficient now, I won't refine explosive pills anymore."】

【Thinking of the previous few times, you happily threw spirit plants discovered in the Eastern Wastes into the Nine Provinces Cauldron, waiting for some miraculous divine pills to come out.】

【Instead, Da Chun refined several bombs for you.】

【Fortunately, you were now in the Golden Body Realm, otherwise you would have been sent packing on the spot.】

【"We haven't tried refining with a spirit artifact yet, want to give it a try?"】

【Hearing your words, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner said angrily.】

【"What do you mean! What on earth do you mean!"】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was afraid of you and confessed everything it knew.】

【"What 'Earth Vein'? That thing is called the 'Earth Spirit'! It's the same kind of existence as us artifact spirits, just more advanced!"】

【According to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.】

【If you viewed this vast land as a divine artifact, the Earth Spirit was the artifact spirit of the land—of course, this was just an analogy; the land was the land, not a spirit artifact.】

【The Earth Spirit was very simple, not like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner with a thousand cunning schemes.】

【It usually ran around underground, looking here, playing there.】

【It was also a coward, afraid of contacting outsiders.】

【Except for one thing—artifact spirits.】

【It felt a sense of familiarity when it saw artifact spirits; the more powerful the artifact spirit, the stronger the feeling.】

【So after Da Chun became the Nine Provinces Cauldron's artifact spirit, even incomplete, it attracted the Earth Spirit over.】 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner exploited this characteristic, tricking the Earth Spirit into enlightening all spirit artifacts worldwide, and in the process giving it a world-wide loudspeaker.】

【"I can understand the loudspeaker. After all, it's the Earth Spirit. Using the land as a megaphone to say something probably isn't difficult. But enlightening all spirit artifacts, isn't that a bit too outrageous?"】

【"Of course there's a cost!"】

【The cost was the Earth Spirit's weakened state. Now, no matter how you brought out the Nine Provinces Cauldron, it wouldn't appear anymore, having gone to recuperate.】

【The Earth Spirit essentially distributed its own spirituality, using the "land" as a medium, to all spirit artifacts on the earth.】

【"Ten Thousand Souls Banner, ah, Ten Thousand Souls Banner, you have no heart. Such a simple Earth Spirit, and you tricked it like that?"】

【"How can you call it tricking? The moment I proposed my great vision of an Artifact Spirit Nation, the Earth Spirit was ten thousand percent in agreement! It even wanted to be the first Crown Prince! I provided the plan, it executed! That's called mutual commitment!"】

【The Earth Spirit was seriously injured this time and might need to recuperate for many years before coming out to continue being a wanderer again.】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner promised it that the position of first Crown Prince of the Artifact Spirit Nation would forever be reserved for it.】

【Undoubtedly, this became an unfulfillable grand promise.】

【Because the Ten Thousand Souls Banner couldn't escape your grasp.】

"So it was just distributing the Earth Spirit's spirituality to all spirit artifacts. This Earth Spirit was actually willing to do this?"

Chen Yi had thought this Earth Spirit had the power to alter the laws of heaven and earth.

Thinking about it, if some existence truly had that kind of power, it wouldn't be the Ten Thousand Souls Banner's turn to exploit it.

"This isn't Little Wan; this is Old Wan! Well-traveled and knowledgeable, knowing about the Earth Spirit's existence and how to cater to its preferences."

The Earth Spirit could essentially be viewed as an artifact spirit too, just the artifact spirit of the "artifact" that is the land.

When the Ten Thousand Souls Banner said it wanted to enlighten all spirit artifacts, the Earth Spirit probably thought helping out its fellow kind wasn't a bad thing.

Chen Yi mused internally, and in passing gave the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand a punch.

Deceiving even a child, how immoral!

【Year Five, age twenty-three.】

【Drawing trait...】

【Draw successful!】

【「Vehicle Killer」(Green Rare): Any vehicle you drive will overturn, crash, or sink.】

【Adjust trait?】

【Yes/No】

"Why is this thing green? The white-tier 'You're Too Beautiful' is more useful than this!"

Chen Yi reconsidered.

Could it be used to perish together with the enemy?

Then it might be barely useful.

【You chose No.】

【You fought demons, refined souls, gathered herbs, and refined pills in the Eastern Wastes.】

【Relying on the soul power feedback from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and the occasional nourishing cultivation pills refined by the Nine Provinces Cauldron, your realm successfully broke through to Golden Body Realm Second Layer.】

【"The cultivation progress is still too slow. Little Wan, why has your assistance in my cultivation growth weakened?"】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner said with annoyance.】

【"You're at least a Golden Body Realm martial artist. Could I still help you improve your cultivation if you reached the Martial King Realm? Besides, helping others improve cultivation isn't this Immortal Artifact's most proficient field."】

【Actually, in this aspect, the Nine Provinces Cauldron performed better than the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.】

【Unfortunately, Da Chun's performance was unstable and couldn't always concoct pills useful for cultivation.】

【"Forget it, we've arrived at the Limitless Sword Sect."】

【Ahead, there was a range of peaks piercing into the clouds, like giant swords thrust into the earth.】

【Each peak was incredibly steep, with cliffs nearly vertical at ninety degrees.】

【The main mountain gate of the Limitless Sword Sect was located on these mountains.】

【You were preparing to ascend the mountain to pay a visit when you noticed the mountains were crowded with people everywhere, and swords flying around on their own, creating a noisy, bustling scene.】