Dao artifacts were not living beings.
But they were existences that had developed sentience.
Especially the Sect-Suppressing Dao Artifacts of the Eight Sects—every one of them had existed for over a thousand years and possessed exceptionally powerful sentience.
After watching Qin Shujian casually destroy three Dao artifacts, one of them burned directly with Wisdom King Karmic Fire, they could almost still sense the agonized wails of that Two-Mark Dao Artifact's sentience.
People feared death.
Dao artifacts feared death just as much.
Now that all the experts of the Eight Sects had been wiped out, the ownership imprints upon them had completely vanished as well. Unlike the Mountain-Suppressing Seal back then, they had no ownership imprint forcibly suppressing their desire to submit.
And so.
After Qin Shujian spoke.
All the Dao artifacts chose to submit.
Seeing this.
A smile appeared on his face.
For any sect, each additional Dao artifact strengthened it while also increasing its fortune and reserves.
Afterward.
Qin Shujian picked up the lotus-platform Dao artifact and dripped his blood onto it, claiming ownership.
Immediately.
A certain connection formed between him and the Golden Lotus.
"The Third-Grade Golden Lotus, a Two-Mark Dao Artifact!" Qin Shujian smiled faintly as he looked at the Golden Lotus in his hand.
This was the Heavenly Martial Sect's Sect-Suppressing Dao Artifact.
Within the God-Slaying Fiend-Slaying Myriad Spirits Annihilation Grand Formation, the Heavenly Martial Sect's Sect Master, Zhao Zunji, had relied on the Third-Grade Golden Lotus to remain unharmed despite the pounding thunder, tearing saber energy, and even the burning Wisdom King Karmic Fire.
Although it had ultimately fallen at the instant the stars descended.
That still demonstrated the Third-Grade Golden Lotus's formidable defensive power.
For offense.
He had Thousand Mountain Blood, a Three-Mark Dao Artifact.
For killing enemies, he commanded grandmaster-level formations.
The only