I Lost the Ghost Phoenix Battle Garment but Gained the Heaven-Piercing Banner; That's Some Compensation

Ao Miaomiao, standing in the corner, pricked up her ears and listened, surprise appearing on her face.

"Grandpa, are you saying this Heavenly Emperor Banner is the legendary Tongtian Banner? That can't be possible! It's only a War Emperor Level Weapon," Feng Yue said doubtfully.

She had once seen descriptions of the Tongtian Banner in ancient records, but the era in which it had appeared was far too distant. The relevant accounts contained only a few brief strokes, making it impossible to tell truth from falsehood.

"Grand Elder, you must be mistaken. How could this Heavenly Emperor Banner be the Tongtian Banner? According to ancient records, the Tongtian Banner possessed heaven-piercing might and was a supreme magic tool that had devoured Overlord-level beings," Feng Yan said, equally unwilling to believe it.

"This old man is only speculating. I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the Tongtian Banner once, but I no longer remember it clearly," Feng Hong said thoughtfully.

Feng Hong carefully probed the Tongtian Banner and discovered that it contained a great amount of yin water, as well as a slumbering "artifact spirit."

Feng Hong knew nothing about the yin water and thus felt no suspicion toward it, but the slumbering artifact spirit, the Spirit of the Yin Water, caught his attention.

"A postnatal spirit has fused with the Heavenly Emperor Banner to become a new artifact spirit." After making deductions, Feng Hong obtained the answer and confirmed that the Heavenly Emperor Banner had originally possessed no artifact spirit.

For an item at this level to lack an artifact spirit was clearly abnormal.

Feng Hong was certain that the Heavenly Emperor Banner must originally have had an artifact spirit, but for some reason, that spirit had dispersed, leaving behind only the empty shell of the Heavenly Emperor