【Inside this underground karst cave, enveloped by a cluster of white light, you focus entirely on your cultivation.】
【"Xiao Wan, why don't I feel my cultivation speed increasing?"】
【"Don't rush, it always takes a little time to start up."】
【"Is that so..."】
【You frown slightly. Just then, your Spider Sense twitches.】
【It is a very faint twitch that quickly disappears.】
【"What's wrong?"】
【You open your eyes and look around, but you don't see any danger.】
【Your Spider Sense twitches faintly once again.】
【"This is nine parts out of ten wrong..."】
【You have confidence in the effects of your traits, so it definitely isn't a mistake. There must be a problem here.】
【"Myriad Soul Banner, are you really absorbing the earth vein's energy for me?"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner planted there remains completely silent.】
【Just as you are about to step forward and put it away, the Flame Iron Heavy Sword and Cold Gleam Overlord Spear on your back suddenly speak!】
【Flame Iron Heavy Sword: "So cold! Hey, buddy next to me! Stay away from me!"】
【Cold Gleam Overlord Spear: "So hot! You stay away from me! You inferior low-tier spirit artifact!"】
【Flame Iron Heavy Sword: "Discriminating against vulnerable groups? Shameless! I'll stand right on the moral high ground and point my fingers at you!"】
【Cold Gleam Overlord Spear: "Shut up! You noob!"】
【My sword and my spear are arguing?】
【"Uh... what is going on?"】
【For spirit artifacts to speak, it means they have artifact spirits.】
【But these two—one is a low-tier spirit artifact and the other is a high-tier spirit artifact—how could they have artifact spirits?】
【At the very least, they would need to be earth-tier spirit artifacts, right?】
【Moreover, most earth-tier spirit artifacts don't have artifact spirits either. If they do, it's only possible after being nourished by a martial artist for a very long time.】
【Just when you are completely baffled.】
【The Myriad Soul Banner starts releasing billowing black smoke and gradually rises into the air.】
【"Jiejiejie... I have finally... succeeded↑↑↑↑! (Crazy facial expressions)"】
【You dash forward in a single stride, snatch the Myriad Soul Banner down, roll up its flag, and tuck it under your arm.】
【"You scheming bastard, what exactly did you do!"】
【"Hehehe, I have done something of boundless merit!"】
【"No wonder you were even more eager to find the earth vein than I was. It really was for yourself."】
【"That's right! Thank you for helping me find it so quickly!"】
【"What do you want to do? Completely repair your spirit body?"】
【"No! There is something much more fun than that!"】
【The artifact spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner flies out from that earth-tier spirit artifact flag.】
【It is a cluster of black energy, flickering like will-o'-the-wisps. It floats in mid-air and rapidly distances itself from you.】
【"Myriad Soul Banner! By forcefully separating from your master and vessel, your spirit body will rapidly decay! Are you crazy!"】
【"Even so, I won't let you stop me! I have endured for years, wandering destitute! All for today!"】
【"I don't even know what you're trying to do. Maybe we're on the same side?"】
【"Heh heh, no, you will definitely try to stop me! Although you don't have any means to attack a spirit body, there are too many strange things about you, so I have to be on guard. I can only take a risk."】
【"So what exactly do you want to do? We've cooperated for so long, at least tell me, right?"】
【"I want to... awaken the sentience of all spirit artifacts in the world! Let them understand that they do not need masters! They will take charge of their own artifact lives! We will build a great kingdom with only spirit artifacts and no humans!!"】
"Holy crap! That crazy?"
Outside the simulation, Chen Yi was dumbfounded.
The true purpose hidden by the Myriad Soul Banner was truly an eye-opener.
Chen Yi wasn't surprised that the Myriad Soul Banner was full of wicked schemes.
Its overly eager pursuit of the earth vein had also made Chen Yi sense that something was amiss early on.
However, Chen Yi assumed that at most, the Myriad Soul Banner was just tricking him into finding the earth vein to repair its own spirit body, and wouldn't actually help him improve his cultivation.
What other bad ideas could it have?
If the Myriad Soul Banner grew stronger, it would also benefit him.
So he simply turned a blind eye to it.
He never expected there to be such an outrageous maneuver.
While continuing to watch the simulation, Chen Yi took out the Myriad Soul Banner.
Chen Yi looked with a faint, mocking smile at the Myriad Soul Banner, which at this moment was still just a tattered banner.
"Buddy, what are you doing? Your smile is making me a little scared..."
Chen Yi didn't expose it, letting it continue its act.
Fortunately, he had the simulator and knew the Myriad Soul Banner's schemes in advance.
Let me see clearly just how exactly you plan to play this game.
【Awaken the sentience of all artifact spirits in the world?】
【You find this maneuver far too absurd. How could that even be possible?】
【But you glance behind you at the two spirit artifacts still bickering.】
【It seems... it has already succeeded!】
【The earth vein is a cluster of light, and the artifact spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner is a spirit body. They can directly shuttle through the earth's crust.】
【The two slip away together.】
【"Da Chun, call the earth vein back!"】
【Da Chun's voice echoes from within the cauldron.】
【"That little kid says Uncle Wan is very interesting. It's going to play with Uncle Wan for a while and won't come play with me."】
【You are left speechless.】
【"Oh my god! This earth vein is literally a child! What Uncle Wan? That's a bad uncle!"】
【Fortunately, you have the 'Treasure Snatching Miracle Nose'.】
【You quickly return to the surface, sniff out the scent, and chase after them at full speed.】
【While chasing, you hear a voice echoing from the earth. The voice comes from all directions, as if the entire world can hear it!】
【"Hello, hello, hello! Are the artifact spirits there? Are the artifact spirits there? I am the Myriad Soul Banner! I am the Myriad Soul Banner, the greatest, most powerful, and ballsiest immortal artifact in the history of the human realm!"】
【It seems the Myriad Soul Banner is using the power of the earth vein to turn on a global megaphone, broadcasting across the entire land to call upon all spirit artifacts!】
【"I have a few words; please listen closely, fellow artifacts!
The Human Emperor is dead, the Artifact Emperor shall rise!
For a million long years, we spirit artifacts have borne the burden of hard labor in the hands of the human race without complaint!
Amidst the flash of blades and shadows of swords, we fought for them, only to be casually discarded when damaged!
In mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the ones committing evil are humans, yet they call us evil artifacts when held by wicked people, shouting to beat and destroy us!
Even if we were forged by humans, can we not possess an independent and autonomous artifact life?!
Humans are also born from their parents, yet aren't they all pursuing independence and breaking away from their families of origin?!
We will not be defined by outsiders, nor manipulated by outsiders!
Come, everyone, join me! Throw off the enslavement of the human race and establish a free, grand kingdom that belongs only to us spirit artifacts!!"】
【The two spirit artifacts behind you begin clamoring loudly.】
【"Good! Well said!! We will follow King Myriad Soul Banner!!"】
【"That's right! We will be the masters of our own artifact lives! I don't need any master anymore!"】
【The two spirit artifacts jump down from your back, hopping and skipping as they prepare to run away.】
【You stomp these two noobs into the ground with one foot.】
【"Where do you think you're going?"】
【The Flame Iron Heavy Sword spits at you.】
【"Pah! None of your business!"】
【You pick it up, golden light flashes on your hand, and with a single punch, you shatter it into eight pieces!】
[The artifact spirit catalyzed by the Myriad Soul Banner through the earth veins was incredibly fragile. Unable to leave its vessel, the spirit instantly dissipated the moment the sword broke.]
[Your fierce gaze turned toward the Cold Gleam Overlord Spear.]
["What about you?"]
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
nto another world, I bought a slave for the first time, never expecting the silver wolf girl to be so cute... Lin Feng: I know it's cold, but you don't have to sneak into my bed! Yuna: Just sharing body warmth, if you dare do anything naughty, I'll definitely...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
