[Year 43, Age 61.]
[You finally see the sea.]
[Gazing at the distant horizon where sea meets sky, it's still a hazy expanse, with no sign of any moving continent.]
["It seems we need to venture deep into the sea. But, which direction should we fly?"]
[One can imagine how vast a world is.]
[At this point, no matter which direction you fly, if you choose the wrong one, you might fly until you die without ever finding the Migratory Continent.]
[The key issue is, there are currently no clues.]
[Even after inquiring with many demon souls along the way, they either didn't know about the Migratory Continent or didn't know its specific direction at this very moment, since it moves after all.]
["Let's use the 'Traffic Light' to take a look."]
[A sudden inspiration strikes you, and you think of this newly acquired trait.]
[What you see in your field of vision doesn't change, but it's overlaid with a mask of three colors.]
[Looking towards the direction of the continent, it's all green.]
[Looking towards the direction of the sea, there's a change. Most areas are still green, a few areas are yellow, but there is one narrow, elongated direction that is red.]
[It's not hard to understand why there's so much green.]
[This is an alien world. All beings here are non-humans to you. You are their living father.]
["Why can there still be red and yellow areas? Could there still be dangers in this already destroyed world that pose a threat to my safety?"]
[Adhering to the principle of creating clues where none exist.]
[The red area occupies the smallest portion of your vision. Rather than flying around like a headless fly in the vast green expanse, it's better to head towards this sole red direction!]
["Da Chun, fly towards the one o'clock direction!"]
["What is 'one o'clock'?"]
["The direction my finger is pointing!"]
[The Nine Provinces Cauldron skims over the sea.]
[The number of souls on the sea surface plummets.]
[The deeper you fly into the sea, the fewer souls there are, until finally, there's nothing at all.]
[Perhaps when the living beings of the Demon Tribe were annihilated, the sea wasn't the main battlefield, so there are fewer wandering souls here.]
[Some time later.]
["Three of Hearts."]
["Bomb!"]
["Da Chun, don't bomb with such a small card... Also, we're on the same team."]
["Alright, I'll play an Ace."]
["I bomb!! A pair of sixes! I only have two cards left! Buddy, if you can beat me with your 17 cards, I'll eat Da Chun right here, right now! Hehehehe!"]
[Inside the miniature world within the cauldron, you are playing Landlord with Da Chun and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]
[As for the Qiankun Mirror, ever since he smoked himself out, he's been silent, not sure if he's truly dead.]
[The playing cards are homemade by you using wood.]
[There's no other way, it's just too boring.]
[The entire world has no living creatures, so naturally, there are no martial arts resources. There's no way to grab some benefits along the way.]
[There's no Essence of Heaven and Earth either, so you can't cultivate even if you wanted to.]
[Every day, aside from studying the sword path and continuing to use your Proficiency to enhance your techniques, you can only pass the time by playing cards with the two little ones.]
[Sometimes, you envy these Immortal Artifacts. They don't need to cultivate at all; their strength at birth is what it is.]
[At most, they are like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, severely damaged midway, needing to find ways and spend time to recover.]
["Boom!!"]
[The world inside the cauldron shakes violently.]
[Da Chun throws down his cards and hurriedly opens his palm to view the external vision.]
[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner is furious.]
["Ah! Don't throw the cards away! I was about to win! This round counts as my win, three peaches! No welching!"]
[The peaches from the miniature world inside the cauldron are beneficial for the recovery of artifact spirits, so both the Qiankun Mirror and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner love to eat them.]
[But only Da Chun can pick these peaches; no one else or spirit can.]
[You grab the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and prepare for battle.]
["Someone is attacking us! Forget about your peaches!"]
[From the external vision, you can see over a dozen monsters, dozens of meters tall, standing on the sea surface, attacking the Nine Provinces Cauldron flying over their heads.]
[These monsters are entirely composed of seawater, resembling a waterspout with a pair of strong arms, with structures resembling eyes and a mouth at the top.]
[Although their bodies are seawater, each punch they throw carries solid, substantial force.]
[They have forcefully intercepted the Nine Provinces Cauldron, seemingly intending to pull it down into the sea.]
[You jump out of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in one hand and the Soul-Chasing Sword in the other.]
[The Soul-Chasing Sword is an Earth-Grade Spirit Artifact that hasn't yet produced an artifact spirit. It was one of the resources you demanded from the Shen Family when exchanging for extra resources.]
["Hu Tiangong! What are these?"]
[Hu Tiangong's soul is released. He looks around and says.]
["They are Water Demon Spirits!"]
["What the hell? Didn't you say the Demon World was destroyed and there couldn't be any living creatures?"]
["Water Demon Spirits can't really be considered living creatures. They were combat weapons used by the Dragon-Man race when they attacked the Demon World. They have no self-awareness, only knowing to follow the Dragon-Men's commands to fight. These are probably remnants."]
["Hmph! I see they have mouths and eyes, clearly living creatures! That means they are a group of non-humans! Take my sword!"]
[Your fighting spirit soars. "The Most Severe Father to Non-Humans" activates, and its amplification multiplier rapidly maxes out!]
[The Soul-Chasing Sword in your hand creates a multitude of sword shadows, unleashing countless sword qi.]
[A move from the "Unrestrained Sword Art" called "Sorrowful Wind Paints a Fan" causes the sword shadows to draw a semicircle dozens of meters in diameter in the air, like a folding fan being opened.]
[With one sword strike, you cleave a Water Demon Spirit in half, turning it into two piles of seawater that crash "splash-splash" onto the sea surface.]
["Too weak!"]
[Before you can finish gloating, you see the Water Demon Spirit you just split apart gather large amounts of seawater again, transforming back into the waterspout monster's form, its face ferocious as it throws another punch at you!]
["Can't be killed?"]
[Hu Tiangong's voice comes from within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]
["As long as there is water, Water Demon Spirits will regenerate infinitely! They are unkillable in the sea unless you destroy their Spirit Pearl! That is the root of their existence, their lifeline!"]
["Where is the Spirit Pearl?"]
[Looking for a small pearl inside these colossal bodies?]
[Seems no different from finding a needle in a haystack!]
["Use divine sense to find it!"]
["What divine sense do I have?"]
["Alright, forgot about that... I saw your sword technique just now contained the intent of the Sword Path. Why don't you try using the Sword Path to find the weakness of its Spirit Pearl?"]
["You, a member of the Demon Tribe, understand the Sword Path?"]
["Hehe, well... After all, we were planning to attack the Human World back then, so we learned quite a bit about you humans' methods."]
[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner and the Nine Provinces Cauldron hold off the surrounding Water Demon Spirits' attacks for you. You step onto a flying sword spirit artifact and use the "Sword Flight Art" to rise into mid-air.]
[You close your eyes, grip the Soul-Chasing Sword, and immerse your entire mind into the Sword Path.]
[At this moment, though your eyes see nothing, the sword in your hand perceives every movement of the enemy with crystal clarity.]
["There!"]
[You thrust your sword, and a peerless sword qi flies out from the Soul-Chasing Sword, spanning several thousand meters, piercing through a Water Demon Spirit in one strike!]
["Splash-splash..."]
[This Water Demon Spirit disintegrates on the spot.]
[Simultaneously, you see a pale blue little pearl fall from mid-air.]

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