Artifact Spirit

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Artifact Spirit (器灵)
Alias(es)	Little Glazed
Species/Race	Artifact spirit; spirit body born from the Glazed Bottle
Gender	Variable; has manifested as a girl with twin ponytails while retaining Hanyu-like features
Affiliation	Hanyu; the Glazed Bottle; later assists the Central Continent
Occupation/Role	Glazed Bottle’s spirit, Hexi Pill producer, wielder of plunder rules, and Hanyu’s adviser/combat partner
Status	Active; compelled to take Hanyu’s place as the Heavenly Dao three centuries before the epilogue 1011
First Appearance	59

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Initial shaping	75	Receives a share of the Kirin-origin energy drawn through the Hexi Pill transaction; a fist-sized form begins taking shape in Hanyu’s Sea of Consciousness.
Partial physical manifestation	102	Develops two miniature arms protruding from its earlobes; its face already resembles Hanyu as a child.
Second transformation	275	Absorbs part of the Wood Spirit’s gift to Hanyu and gains legs, becoming stronger and markedly more boastful.
Complete spirit-body shaping	527 528	Shapes itself inside the Glazed Bottle after being isolated by mist; emerges in a complete girl-shaped form with twin ponytails.
Five Elements empowerment	699 700	Changes internally during the Bottle’s Five Elements evolution, then demonstrates the ability to borrow and use all of Hanyu’s Supernatural Powers.
Heavenly Dao substitute	1011	Hanyu captures the Artifact Spirit and has it take his place rather than becoming the Heavenly Dao himself.

Background / History

The Artifact Spirit is a consciousness associated with the Glazed Bottle, yet it and the Bottle possess separate wills. While the Bottle indiscriminately produces bizarre pills, the Artifact Spirit seeks fortune, Children of Fortune, and prodigies; when Hanyu presses it about their ultimate goal, it gives only one answer: revival. Its own origin remains unclear even to itself. 59 281 527

It first directs Hanyu toward Lin Fei after detecting the Kirin Beast Spirit within him. Rather than simply taking the Kirin’s soul energy, it engineers a Hexi Pill transaction: Lin Fei receives an extraordinary transformation in aptitude, while half of the Kirin’s soul origin is consumed. The resulting energy allows the Artifact Spirit to begin shaping a body. 59 61 75

After Hanyu gains control of the Bottle’s authority, the Artifact Spirit repeatedly schemes to have that authority assigned to itself. It cannot operate the authority independently, however, and pill production stops when neither it nor the Bottle possesses it. 177

The Wood Spirit’s gift grants the Artifact Spirit a major second transformation, including legs. Later, inspired by the Wood Spirit’s explanation of how spirit bodies originate, it enters the Glazed Bottle to attempt complete shaping. The experience leaves it briefly terrified, but it emerges as a complete spirit body. 275 527 528

As Hanyu’s Five Elements world evolves, the Artifact Spirit changes with it. It gains the unprecedented ability to borrow Hanyu’s Supernatural Powers and strength, allowing it to fight as an Hanyu-like spirit body. It uses this power to overwhelm the Fire, Wood, and Earth Spirits and force their cooperation. 699 700 767 768

The Artifact Spirit exposes itself to Central Continent cultivators when Hanyu is near death, directing Xia Wuyou and Wang Yu’s rescue effort. It later agrees to help strengthen the Central Continent’s cultivators, despite initial reluctance. 725 917

Near the end of the conflict, it works with a Soul Armor and Chen Xixi to impersonate Hanyu, using Hexi Slash and altered aura to mislead Yan Yi’s pursuers. 966

Appearance

The Artifact Spirit’s body is mutable and has repeatedly changed as it receives energy and further separates from the Bottle’s original constraints. Its most consistent trait is its resemblance to Hanyu. 102 527 767

• Initially formed as a small, incomplete body in Hanyu’s Sea of Consciousness. 75
• Developed miniature arms growing from its earlobes during an early transformation. 102
• Gained legs after absorbing energy associated with the Wood Spirit. 275
• Emerged from the Bottle as a girl with twin ponytails after completing its shaping process. 527 528
• Can form clothing identical to Hanyu’s, further emphasizing their resemblance. 528
• When acting outside Hanyu, it is recognizable as a spirit body with Hanyu’s face. 725 767

Personality

The Artifact Spirit is intensely drawn to fortune, exceptional talent, and high-value transactions. It dismisses ordinary people as beneath its interest, openly calls itself a dealer in “high-end stuff,” and sees prodigies as potential sources of power. 59

It is manipulative and opportunistic. It persuades Lin Fei to accept a deal that costs the Kirin half its soul origin, and later proposes taking half of Xia Wuyou’s origin under its “Pauper’s Special” plan. 75 319 Its grasp of plunder rules is unusually instinctive, even though it admits that it knows little about many other aspects of itself. 415 897

Despite its selfishness and frequent mockery of Hanyu, it becomes deeply attached to him. It worries over his reckless use of dangerous powers, reveals itself to organize his rescue, and celebrates when he wakes after days unconscious. 336 725 732 791 Its concern does not make it gentle: it is willing to beat other spirits into submission, stab Hanyu repeatedly to remove dangerous residual power, and use coercion when it considers the outcome necessary. 767 768 853

Abilities & Skills

Hexi Pill Creation

The Artifact Spirit produces Hexi Pills through authority-based transactions rather than ordinary alchemy. The pill serves as the form of an exchange: the recipient gains a benefit, while fortune or a relevant origin is taken as payment. 61 415

• Can grant a recipient their “limit of strength,” allowing them to experience achievements they might otherwise reach only in the future. 61
• The Hexi Pill given to Lin Fei elevates his aptitude, cultivation speed, memory, comprehension, and combat potential. 61 75
• Cannot simply conjure pills at will in the same manner as the Glazed Bottle. 61
• Requires the Artifact Spirit to hold the relevant authority before a Hexi Pill can be produced. 527
• Payments can be severe, including fortune, talent origin, or soul origin. 61 415

Hexi Slash and Plunder Rules

Hexi Slash is the Artifact Spirit’s rule-based power of plunder. Zhishou identifies the Artifact Spirit as the rule’s true owner, while Hanyu bears the consequences when wielding it. 896

• The complete version follows a principle of give-and-take: every use requires Hanyu to lose something in addition to slashing a target. 896
• The Artifact Spirit possesses innate knowledge of plunder rules and insists that such rules retain something for those affected rather than taking without remainder. 897
• Can personally wield Hexi Slash, including rapidly harvesting the Enlightenment Dao Forest before fleeing a Heavenly Being’s retaliation. 968
• Provided Hexi Slash support to the Soul Armor during its deception of Yan Yi. 966

Borrowed Supernatural Powers

Following the Bottle’s Five Elements evolution, the Artifact Spirit can wield Hanyu’s Supernatural Powers using Hanyu’s strength. 700

• Can use Fire Supernatural Power, including Hanyu’s Great Explosion. 700
• Can borrow all of Hanyu’s Supernatural Powers, effectively giving it the capabilities of five elemental spirit bodies. 700
• Can deploy Hanyu’s Five Elements world over an area of roughly ten li. 768
• Can suppress elemental spirits with their own powers, overpowering the Earth, Fire, and Wood Spirits in direct combat. 767 768
• Does not possess Hanyu’s exceptional physical body. 767

Spirit-Body Mobility

The Artifact Spirit can leave and return to Hanyu’s Sea of Consciousness as spiritual light. 725 852

• Can independently engage in combat outside Hanyu’s body. 767 852
• Uses Earth Evasion to escape after plundering the Enlightenment Dao Forest. 968
• Can conceal itself underground while mist covers its escape. 966

Cultivation Knowledge

The Artifact Spirit is a valuable, if unreliable, source of information on cultivation phenomena, spirit bodies, and authority. 260 263

• Correctly identifies Hanyu’s personality shift as a cultivator’s mental hurdle and warns him against disregarding life. 260
• Explains that Five Elements Spirits are nurtured by heaven and earth, choose for themselves, and can support Supernatural Power breakthroughs. 263
• Recognizes the risks of Hanyu combining Supernatural Powers and the potential formation of new Dharma Idols. 680
• Detects and comments on Hanyu’s growing combat aura and increasingly refined use of Supernatural Powers. 781 803

Equipment / Items

• Summoning Bag — Belongs to the Artifact Spirit and holds nearly a thousand cultivation pills acquired through Hexi Slash. 924
• Small blade — Used while pursuing and removing destructive residual rule power from Hanyu’s body. 853

Relationships

• Hanyu — Host, partner, and frequent target of its schemes. The two share a Sea of Consciousness, exchange abilities, and ultimately develop strong mutual trust and concern. 59 700 725 897
• Glazed Bottle — Its original body and rival-like counterpart. They have distinct desires, compete over authority, and remain bound by the same greater system. 59 177 527
• Lin Fei — A target of its early Hexi Pill transaction; it uses the Kirin within Lin Fei as the payment source for its own growth. 59 75
• Kirin Beast Spirit — Its soul origin is consumed as the price for Lin Fei’s Hexi Pill transformation. 61 75
• Fire, Wood, and Earth Spirits — Initially hostile or uncooperative elemental spirits; the Artifact Spirit defeats all three by borrowing Hanyu’s powers. 767 768
• Zhishou — A skeptical interlocutor on rules and the Hexi Slash awakening; Zhishou is startled by the Artifact Spirit’s instinctive understanding of plunder. 896 897
• Central Continent cultivators — Learns to work with them after revealing itself during Hanyu’s crisis and later agrees to help improve their strength. 725 917

Notable Quotes

“Revival!” 59

“I only play with the high-end stuff.” 59

“Whether she’s good or evil is just a word from me.” 1011