【What lies beyond Immortal Artifacts?】
【That question is beyond the syllabus.】
【The monk tells you.】
【"Great Dao Immortal Artifacts!"】
【"Sounds pretty damn awesome."】
【"Immortal Artifacts, whether forged by today's divine artisans, passed down from ancient times, or even the more miraculous ones that fell from beyond the heavens—no matter what, they are all man-made.
But Great Dao Immortal Artifacts are nurtured by heaven and earth themselves!"】
【Imagine throwing a pile of metal and stones randomly into the sea. After ocean currents, storms, and animal disturbances, they eventually form a pocket watch.】
【That is a Great Dao Immortal Artifact.】
【Just from the way it is born, you know this thing is a true divine object that seizes the creation of heaven and earth.】
【"So, what all these factions across the continent are fighting over right now is a Great Dao Immortal Artifact?"】
【"Yes, the Nine Provinces Cauldron. However, they are not fighting over it right now; they are breaking the seal. Those Spirit Artifacts flying around everywhere were blasted out from the earth's crust during the seal-breaking process."】
【"The Nine Provinces Cauldron..."】
【You mutter to yourself, feeling like you've definitely heard this name somewhere before.】
【But reviewing your entire life, even including your past simulated lives, you truly cannot remember specifically where you heard it.】
【You possess Photographic Memory, yet there's still a vague memory. How strange.】
【"Who sealed the Nine Provinces Cauldron here?"】
【"This humble monk truly does not know."】
"This is going to be tricky..."
In reality, Chen Yi felt a headache coming on.
He had originally planned to arrive at this location early in the next simulation, to snatch the prize from under the whole world's nose while no one knew the Nine Provinces Cauldron was here!
He didn't expect there to be a seal on the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
All the major players have gathered and are jointly breaking the seal.
Even if he came here early, it seems useless. How could he take the cauldron if he can't open the seal?
"Even if I can't open the seal, I still have to come and try. What if one of my traits activates, bugs stack on bugs, and it just works on the spot?"
His current self in the simulation is sixty years old.
That means if he heads for the Eastern Wastes at the start of the next simulation, Chen Yi would have decades to try.
With the Alien's Biological Father trait, he doesn't have to worry about the demon tribes of the Eastern Wastes threatening his personal safety.
Looking at the words "Great Dao Immortal Artifact" and "Nine Provinces Cauldron" in the simulation text.
Chen Yi's expression resembled Fa Ge looking at a dragon robe.
He seemed to hear the BGM of "I walk down the long street, listening to the opera singer singing of the capital" playing in his ears.
In the depths of his soul, he had a feeling.
This treasure is destined to belong to me, Chen Yi!
"A Great Dao Immortal Artifact... I want it so badly! I dream of it!"
Chen Yi's expression changed again, this time resembling Hu Hai.
【The Nine Provinces Cauldron emerges, stirring up all martial forces under heaven.】
【The Central Plains imperial clan, the Southern Borderlands royal families, the Northern Frontier tribes, the Xiliang religious orders, the Eight Pillars of the Five Domains, martial arts families...】
【Every faction appearing here is a hegemon who commands respect across a region, or a top-tier expert in a certain field.】
【Any one of them stomping their foot can change the situation of the world.】
【When the seal on the Nine Provinces Cauldron is broken.】
【That peerless treasure, its entire body shimmering with bronze-green patina and standing a hundred meters tall, is placed before the crowd.】
【A test of human nature versus righteousness is placed before them.】
【Each person cannot avoid this question: the Great Wastes beyond the Five Domains, the demon tribes, this external enemy, must be guarded against.】
【Should they fight over the Nine Provinces Cauldron until heads are broken and blood is spilled, allowing the demon tribes to exploit the chaos, or compete in a more peaceful way.】
【Fortunately, these martial arts bigshots did not act on impulse and start fighting on the spot.】
【After cordial meetings, the leaders of all sides decided to hold a Cauldron Quest Tournament!】
【Each major faction will send their young disciples under twenty years of age to compete in arena battles.】
【The faction whose disciple wins in the end will obtain the Nine Provinces Cauldron.】
【You and the monk have been wandering around the periphery these past days. Some people came out from the central area, and upon inquiring, you learned all this from them.】
【Upon hearing about the Cauldron Quest Tournament, the monk revealed a benevolent smile.】
【"For our human race to unite like this is truly rare. The Buddha is merciful..."】
【You roll your eyes at him.】
【What the hell does this have to do with your "Buddha"...】
【It's just these martial arts bigwigs not wanting to fight to the death over a cauldron, letting the younger generation compete to minimize casualties to the greatest extent.】
【And this matter could be facilitated entirely because the threat of the demon tribes is very clear.】
【The Azure Dragon that appeared at the Chixin Sect before is a case in point.】
【If the demon tribes don't want to follow the rules, their bigshots can just as easily kill their way to the Central Plains and wipe out a sect if they say so.】
【If the demon tribes were just a bit weaker, given human greed, all the major players would definitely take action personally, pouring out in full force, fighting until the sky darkens and the earth blacks out.】
【A Great Dao Immortal Artifact is worth such effort!】
【Year 43, age 61.】
【You replace "Luckier with Age" with "Sudden Inspiration".】
【You still have not left the place where the Nine Provinces Cauldron emerged.】
【Leaving just like that after such a major event would mean missing a lot of important information.】
【You need to gather more intelligence for future simulations.】
【The Cauldron Quest Tournament is organized with great fanfare.】
【The various factions jointly built a temporary palace directly near the Nine Provinces Cauldron, erected a majestic arena, and even constructed spectator stands on an even grander scale.】
【The emergence of the Nine Provinces Cauldron is no longer a secret; it has spread throughout the Five Domains.】
【More and more factions and martial artists are coming to join the excitement.】
【The major players simply decided to widely distribute invitations, inviting martial artists from across the land to come to the Eastern Wastes to participate in the Cauldron Quest Tournament.】
【Anyone under twenty years old can compete.】
【As long as you can win, no matter how weak the faction behind you is, the major players will back you and grant the ownership of the Nine Provinces Cauldron to your side.】
【The major players simply decided to widely distribute invitations, inviting martial artists from across the land to come to the Eastern Wastes to participate in the Cauldron Quest Tournament.】
【How could young martial artists from ordinary factions possibly defeat the prodigies from major powers?】
【With so many martial artists gathered, a trading market for martial resources spontaneously formed in this area.】
【You sell the demon tribe materials accumulated in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner at the market, making a huge profit.】
【Since the top martial factions are gathered here, some things not easily seen in local markets have also appeared.】
【For example, storage Spirit Artifacts.】
【You buy a storage ring with Spirit Crystals and put the remaining crystals inside.】
【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner is very dissatisfied with this.】
【"Not cool, bro? Where's the trust?"】
【You definitely don't trust this guy.】
【The accounts never match up.】
【During your exchanges with various martial artists, you learn a lot of useful information. Your understanding of martial arts and the martial artist circle gradually broadens!】
【For example, there's a rumor that many have heard, though it might not be very reliable:】
【Great Dao Immortal Artifacts hold the secret to achieving immortality!】
【We cultivators, practicing martial arts bitterly, competing for fortune, rushing about our entire lives, fighting and killing—is it just to have slightly bigger fists than ordinary people?】
【No!】
【There should be a greater pursuit!】
【Longevity!】
【How to achieve longevity? Only by becoming an immortal!】
【But now, within the Five Domains and the Great Wastes, achieving immortality has become a distant, unattainable legend.】
【No matter how peerlessly elegant and beautiful you are, in the end, you'll become a skeleton adorned with rouge and powder!】
【No matter how much of a generation's prodigy you are, possessing a vast kingdom, in the end, you'll still turn into a handful of yellow earth!】
【Even the most powerful martial artist cannot resist the erosion of time, living at most a few more years than ordinary people.】
【Achieving immortality has almost become an obsession for all martial arts giants.】

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