Having understood this principle, Ling Qing no longer rushed. Instead, he tossed out the Primordial Unity Banner and set it atop the lotus boat's cabin.
Like a sail, it gathered the surrounding Qi of earth, water, wind, and fire, nurturing the Primordial Unity Spirit Worm within.
Yet the Primordial Unity Banner was not a true innate spiritual treasure. Though its nature allowed it to suppress the rampaging earth, water, wind, and fire—
—it ultimately could not suppress them as completely as the Immortal-Ending Sword could. Once such agitation accumulated excessively, it would trigger even greater chaos.
Thus, whenever the surrounding primordial Qi was on the verge of erupting, Ling Qing would shake the Immortal-Ending Sword and cleave the upheaval away.
And so, a lotus boat bearing a sail continued onward, escorted by earth, water, wind, and fire.
Meanwhile, Emperor Miaoyuan continuously refined this treasure within the Primordial Unity Banner.
Most of the nine incarnations Ling Qing had refined were one with their treasures.
For instance, Emperor of Wonderful Dharma had been formed through the Meritorious Spirit Talisman Method. The Nine Heavens Ten Lands Yin-Yang Dharma Realm refined by that method was Emperor of Wonderful Dharma himself.
The Merit Wheel, meanwhile, was the vessel for the Meritorious Spirit Talisman Method and the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Yin-Yang Dharma Realm.
The Primordial Unity Banner was the same. The <One Origin Spirit-Transforming Life-Seizing Treasure Canon> gathered primordial Qi and transformed it into primordial essence spirit worms.
Those essence spirit worms were themselves Emperor Miaoyuan, while the magic treasure they wielded was the Primordial Unity Banner.
Just like Ling Qing himself and the Wanhua Whisk, they shared glory and loss alike.
However high Ling Qing's realm rose, the Wanhua Whisk would rise to the same realm.
At this time, the Primordial Unity Banner established