Oh! You Mustn't Listen to His Nonsense!

[This has been going on for thirty years.]

[It wasn't until a few years ago that the Artifact Spirit like the Demon Refining Pot and the Heavenly Dragon Blade gradually recovered.]

[The appearance of the Artifact Spirit immediately created a contradictory phenomenon.]

[The quality of the Demon Refining Pot has been upgraded to the level of an ordinary Spirit Treasure.]

[Ordinary Spirit Treasure shouldn't have Artifact Spirit, not even Legendary Spirit Treasure.]

[Artifact Spirit is a special entity possessed only by certain Innate Spirit Treasure.]

Therefore, the Old Demon Hag gave these strange artifacts, such as the Myriad Souls Banner and the Demon Refining Pot, a unique name: Half-step Pre-celestial Spirit Treasure.

"The old woman wants us to acknowledge her as our master, but we would rather die than comply!"

You look at the Demon Refining Pot with suspicion.

"Are you sure it's not because you can't accept God?"

"Oh my goodness! Who said that?!"

"That's what Old Wan just said."

"Hey! You can't listen to his nonsense! Let's get out of this mess right away!"

"It's really time to go."

[The Myriad Souls Banner rushed forward and said.]

"It's time to go! But buddy, you have to do a classic remake!"

"What classic reissues?"

"Just like back at the Shen Family, take this pool with you! The Spirit Nourishing Pool is a treasure; look, it not only upgraded these guys to the quality of Spirit Treasure, but it also enlightened them!"

[Taking the pool with you is possible, since you have plenty of storage bags on you right now. Don't worry about where you got it.]

But you can't do that.

"No, you can't stay in there any longer."

["Why? Have you changed your personality? Does this fit your persona?"]

[You scoop some spiritual liquid from the pool and casually sprinkle it on the ground.]

"This is indeed good stuff, but something has been added to it."

[Reverse Engineering reveals that the Spirit Nourishing Liquid contains a medicinal liquid called "Soul Cleansing Water."]

[It's an artifact created through cultivation; either the Old Demon Hag crafted it herself, or she acquired it from somewhere unknown.]

[This substance works by long-term soaking or ingestion; it can rewrite memory.]

[You'd guess that the Old Demon Hag discovered these Half-step Pre-celestial Spirit Treasure couldn't recognize a master, so she tried rewriting the memories of their Artifact Spirit, making them believe that she was their master.]

[Thus achieving this non-mechanical, but theoretically feasible, recognition of a master.]

"Those wonderful dreams you were just discussing were probably caused by this potion taking effect."

[The Myriad Souls Banner still clings to a sliver of hope.]

"But... it's all just a beautiful dream, isn't it?"

"Dreams are the opposite of reality, buddy."

[The Myriad Souls Banner, a truly terrifying thought, leaped out of the pool with a "splash."]

["Hey! You wicked hag! I could tell at a glance she was no good! She actually poisoned us!"]

[The various Immortal Artifact left the pool and surrounded you.]

[Now that the Artifact Spirit have recovered and their quality has improved, you feel they are indeed different from when they first arrived in the Real Realm.]

[Now, she appears extremely spiritual, much like she did in the Void Realm.]

The Myriad Souls Banner still refuses to give up.

"Is it possible to separate the poison and the elixir? Could we just take the elixir?"

[You shake your head, indicating that you cannot do this.]

[But you seem to have seen it in the Divine Ability Index; it's Divine Ability that's possible to achieve.]

[So, you take out a storage bag, pack up the entire pool, and take it with you. Later, when you have the ability to separate the poison, you can use it to soak the Immortal Artifact.]

"Don't you all know where that Old Demon Hag went?"

"To put it bluntly, we brothers are basically being held captive in this pool by her. She never reports to us where she goes."

[The whereabouts of Duobao Tonglao are currently unknown, and her disciples cannot say where she went either.]

[You speculate that she might have been invited to some place to Artifact Refining, just like she did when she went to Fortune Star last time, and might no longer be on Blaze Star.]

Interstellar travel is measured in years; if we leave Blaze Star, we really won't be able to find her anytime soon.

"This time, we demolished her Daoist temple, killed her disciples, and packed up all her belongings. It's a good way to vent our anger!"

[You begin your journey back to the Firewood Sect.]

[In the forty-eighth year, at the age of seventy-two.]

"Dude! The world is so big, why do you insist on going back to that tiny, Firewood Sect?"

[As they approached Firewood Town, the Myriad Souls Banner, which you carried on your back, spoke in a shrill voice.]

["Little Firewood Sect?"]

Ah, have you forgotten? Didn't I say that under my reforms and leadership, Firewood Sect is completely different now!

It seems that after these years of development, they have become wealthy and accumulated a lot of resources.

As the Sixth Elder, it's only right that I receive some Cultivation Resources, isn't it?

Moreover, the quality of the Firewood Sect from top to bottom is quite excellent. They will definitely not only become wealthy themselves, but will also help the surrounding people to become wealthy!

"I bet Firewood Town must be bustling and prosperous right now!"

[You entered Firewood Town, and what greeted your eyes was desolation; fallen leaves and piles of unknown trash floated in the air.]

[A row of beggars sat by the roadside, all of them Human Race.]

Nine out of ten houses are empty.

[The place was a complete mess.]

[The Myriad Souls Banner couldn't hold it back.]

"You call this 'prosperity'?"

"What happened? Even when we were poor and destitute, things weren't this bad!"

You took a deep breath and adjusted your mindset.

"Cultivator are probably a bit more selfish than ordinary people. The people of the Firewood Sect have become rich, but they probably haven't taken care of the surrounding people, so the people in the town are living a rather miserable life."

But I imagine the Firewood Sect must be thriving now, with a strong cultivation atmosphere and abundant resources!

You pushed open the gate of the Firewood Sect courtyard.

There wasn't a single person there!

"You call this a prosperous family?"

"Damn it! Where did everyone go?"

"Dude, has this sect disbanded?"

"That shouldn't be happening!"

"Dude, is this sect even real? You're just bragging, right?"

"I'll blow your ass!"

Suddenly, something occurred to you.

"I understand. I've been gone for quite a few years. The array at the mine might be malfunctioning and not working. Everyone in the sect has gone to the mine to supervise. Let's go check it out."

[You have arrived at the Firewood Sect Mine.]

[You see a group of Human Race in the mine, wielding chisels and hammers, Great Khan profusely, emaciated and barely recognizable.]

The foremen were a Minotaur Race.

[They were bloated and fat, chatting and drinking and eating meat.]

[The Myriad Souls Banner couldn't resist again.]

"You call this oversight?"

[The veins on your forehead are bulging.]

[If you see the Minotaur, you've basically guessed what's going on.]

Just then, the foreman saw you.

"Hey you! What are you standing there for! Have you finished your portion for today? Get back to work!"

[You grasped the Myriad Souls Banner behind you.]

The veins on his face bulged, as if you could see the blood rushing through them.

[His gloomy face was like the darkest thing in the universe.]

[You stared at these Minotaur, and uttered a single, resounding sentence.]

"You'd better have an indestructible body!"