【Seeing the fate of the Flame-Iron Heavy Sword, the Cold-Glow Overlord Spear decided to "follow its heart" and cower.】
【"Master, I was only jesting with you just now."】
【You place the Cold-Glow Overlord Spear back onto your back.】
【"Behave yourself! Don't go believing everything people say just because they sweet-talk you!"】
【"Master is right."】
【Against sentient artifacts, the "Father of Non-Humans" trait is incredibly effective.】
【If an artifact has gained intelligence, what is it if not a non-human race?】
【You are confident that you can capture the Myriad Soul Banner once again.】
【"To think you actually triggered an artifact sentience crisis. Oh, Myriad Soul Banner, Myriad Soul Banner, you really are something. But don't think for a second you can escape the palm of my hand!"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner utilized the mysterious energy of the earth veins to forcibly awaken the sentience of artifacts across the world, allowing even low-level artifacts that should never have birthed a spirit to possess self-awareness.】
【At the same time, as an Immortal Artifact exceptionally skilled in soul manipulation, its highly inflammatory speech planted a seed of thought that bordered on brainwashing in the minds of the world's artifacts.】
【Must artifacts always follow humans? Why can't they be independent?】
【These artifacts had only just gained intelligence and were still very naive.】
【The Myriad Soul Banner's deception caused the majority of artifacts to turn on the spot, deserting their masters, much like Chen Yi's Flame-Iron Heavy Sword and Cold-Glow Overlord Spear.】
【From the scents picked up by "Treasure-Hunting Nose," you discern that the earth vein has disappeared, likely moving beyond the range of your detection.】
【However, the Myriad Soul Banner is still here.】
【And so, it fled, you pursued, and it was doomed.】
【"Why are you always chasing me!!"】
【"Immortal Artifact Myriad Soul Banner, you belong to me, Chen Yi. You aren't going anywhere!"】
【"Enough! We've already broken up! From now on, the world is wide, and we shall each walk our own path!"】
【Without a physical vessel, the spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner couldn't unleash any of its lethal moves.】
【When you finally caught up to it, it simply gave up, floating there and refusing to move another inch.】
【"Come on then, catch me. Heh, you can't actually touch me, can you, buddy?"】
【"Do you really think I have no way to deal with spiritual entities?"】
【"Otherwise?"】
【"Da Chun!"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner looked up.】
【A massive object, large enough to blot out the sun and sky, came crashing down.】
【Myriad Soul Banner: "What are you doing??"】
【Da Chun: "Cauldron Suppressing the Nine Provinces!!"】
【Da Chun had been gorging on peaches within the small world of the Nine Provinces Cauldron lately and had managed to grow a bit more of a brain.】
【It had realized several new ways to use the Nine Provinces Cauldron.】
【The Nine Provinces Cauldron spiraled down, its myriad divine lights blanketing the sky and earth, enveloping the spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner within.】
【These lights, filled with divinity, made the dark-hearted Myriad Soul Banner extremely uncomfortable, rendering it unable to escape.】
【With a Great Dao Immortal Artifact pressing down on it, the Myriad Soul Banner was immobilized, looking like Sun Wukong trapped beneath the Five Elements Mountain.】
【Boom!!】
【The giant cauldron landed, shaking the very foundations of the earth.】
【With a cold expression, you walk up to the mass of black spiritual energy.】
【"Either submit, or be reduced to nothingness!"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner remained stubborn.】
【"Chen Yi, you brat! Even if you can suppress me, you cannot destroy me! I am a grand Immortal Artifact!!"】
【You wasted no more words.】
【"Da Chun, refine him."】
【The Myriad Soul Banner was stunned.】
【"This big idiot even knows how to refine things?"】
【You replied with an amused smirk.】
【"That's a funny thing to say. It is a cauldron; shouldn't cooking things be its most basic function? I may not have a way to deal with spirits, but for a grand Great Dao Immortal Artifact to refine an artifact spirit, isn't it as easy as turning over a hand?"】
【Da Chun's honest, simple voice drifted over.】
【"Wait a moment, Brother Yi. I'll refine him into a pill to give you a boost."】
【Sensing a powerful suction force dragging it into the cauldron, the Myriad Soul Banner finally began to panic.】
【"You big idiot! Don't lie to people! Your artifact spirit is incomplete; how could you possibly have the strength to refine the spirit of an Immortal Artifact?!"】
【"But you aren't a full Immortal Artifact either, Uncle Myriad."】
【"Hiss—damn it, I forgot about that part!"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner was indeed an Immortal Artifact, but it had been heavily damaged in the past and had yet to recover to its peak condition.】
【"Why won't you betray Chen Yi! Did you not hear a single word I said earlier?!"】
【"What is betrayal?"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner was left speechless!】
【It was over. This one was a complete idiot; it couldn't be enlightened at all!】
【The Myriad Soul Banner let out a hollow laugh.】
【"Haha, buddy! We're all brothers here, let's talk this out reasonably..."】
【Although the Myriad Soul Banner always wore a mask and never treated anyone with sincerity, you had spent decades with him in a previous simulation and understood him deeply.】
【He was different from other artifacts; he was more like a human, possessed by a strong desire for survival.】
【As long as his "life" was truly threatened, he would naturally compromise.】
【"I know, your natural talent is low, and you need me to refine souls to feed your cultivation, right? Fine, fine, ten years! I'll help you for ten years!"】
【"Da Chun, keep going."】
【"Wait, wait, wait! Twenty years! Twenty years! Twenty years is long enough. How many twenty-year periods does a man have in his life!"】
【"Da Chun..."】
【"Fine! Stop calling for Da Chun! Just tell me, how long do you want me to help you!"】
【"A lifetime."】
【"You..."】
【The Myriad Soul Banner was doing the math.】
【Artifacts have no concept of a lifespan.】
【Once he outlived you, he would be free.】
【But the problem was...】
【"Damn your ancestors! I went through all that trouble to awaken the artifacts of the world, just to stir up chaos and seize the chance to become the Lord of All Artifacts! After all that, I, the Lord of All Artifacts, am still stuck working for you! Which artifact would ever follow me now?!"】
【You asked with total indifference.】
【"To be, or not to be?"】
【This was the question that troubled the Myriad Soul Banner.】
【In the end, he chose to be.】
【"I really can't beat this Great Dao Immortal Artifact!"】
【"Hmph, a day without a beating and you're back to your old tricks! You met me in this life, so your 'blessings' are still to come. You still want to run?"】
【The Myriad Soul Banner wailed to the heavens.】
【"I can grant the world's artifacts independence and let them control their own fates! Yet I cannot control my own! O vast heavens, why have you treated me so cruelly!"】
【"Enough, hurry it up! You've caused such a massive mess this time; who knows how far the fallout will reach. We don't have time to waste here!"】
【After the spirit returned to its vessel, the Myriad Soul Banner was restored to its original state.】
【Following this, the fellow who usually never stopped talking was actually so depressed that he didn't say a word for several months.】
【No matter, give him some time to settle his heart.】
【Riding Black Wind, with the Cold-Glow Overlord Spear on your back and the Myriad Soul Banner and Nine Provinces Cauldron hidden within you, you head for your next stop.】
【The Infinite Sword Sect!】
【You need to show your face before the Sword Master, demonstrate your high-level demon-slaying skills, and have him leave a mark on you.】
【Once the Sword Master feels it is time for you to take the stage, he will come looking for you and bring you peaches to eat.】
【Year Four, twenty-two years old.】
【Drawing a new trait...】
【Draw successful!】
【"Materialist Warrior" (Golden Legend):】
【The Master did not speak of the strange, the chaotic, or the supernatural!】
【All non-material energy entities, spiritual bodies, soul bodies, and the like can be treated as physical matter by you, allowing you to strike them directly.】
At the same time, you are immune to any non-physical attacks inflicted by such entities!
There are no ghosts in this world. If there are, then just blow them apart with a single punch!!]
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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.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
