"Considering the latter is of little significance, treat it as a masterless treasure instead! An immortal artifact that has lost its master—what would be its greatest desire?" Chen Mengze slowly spoke as her jade-like fingers tidied Shen Mo's long hair.
"Hmm?"
Shen Mo opened his half-closed eyes. As his thoughts turned, he quickly understood Chen Mengze's meaning.
Artifact spirits differed from ordinary living beings. Though they too pursued higher realms, their most fundamental purpose was to be used by people;
After all, magical artifacts were forged to better assist cultivators in cultivation and battle. Even immortal artifacts, powerful as they were, were no exception. Otherwise, they would lose the meaning of their existence.
Of course, there were also some spirit artifacts and spirit treasures whose artifact spirits refused to acknowledge a new master after their original master perished. Not only would they be unable to continue advancing, their spiritual charm would gradually disperse as well, until they vanished into the long river of time!
As an immortal artifact, Ghost Gate Pass was akin to a cultivator attaining True Immortality. Moreover, it possessed the wondrous ability to control space and time, so naturally it would not perish like spirit artifacts or spirit treasures;
But at its root, it was still an artifact. Wanting to choose a new master in order to fulfill the value of its existence was not difficult to understand!
Back then, Ghost Gate Pass had manifested in the Ghost Kingdom Ruins of the Primordial World, granting all who passed its trials various benefits. Perhaps it had already begun searching for suitable candidates at that time.
Yet that had only been the first trial!
Shen Mo, Chen Mengze, and the people within those hundred-odd scrolls of shifting, dazzling light had most likely all been cultivators who had once passed