Was it revenge? You offered no explanation. Perhaps it no longer mattered. But regarding what you said to your "companion" afterward, he raised few objections and obediently agreed to let you place a mark on him. From then on, you could finally rest completely at ease.
The crown had not been used throughout the entire process, but it had not truly strayed from your objective. As for the crown's origins, your companion, "Niu Wudi"—a name translated according to his own meaning—told you everything afterward.
Everyone had stories they could not easily speak of. This crown was not a True Supreme Treasure of the Eight-Ring Creation Dao Grade, but this ancient treasure possessed a unique ability: it nurtured Niu Wudi's master within it.
Niu Wudi was a rare aberrant beast who, like you, had Ascended from a Small World and cultivated his way to his current level. Before he had even developed self-awareness, both his parents had already died. His master had helped him more than anyone else throughout his path of cultivation and had saved his life three times during his growth. That was why, when he found this crown and discovered that there was a chance to save his master, it became so important to him.
Though you could tell that Niu Wudi valued his own life more than the crown and did not wish for all his gains in the Time Ancestral Land to come to nothing, he still wanted to survive at your hands. Yet in exchange for the crown you had taken, he was willing to offer you a certain "tribute" and brought out some of his gains for you to choose from...
Niu Wudi handed over six treasures in total, all of them items that could be taken out of the Time Ancestral Land. Yet