Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

The light of the Creation Cauldron gradually dimmed, as if it were reluctant to continue its ordeal, or perhaps it simply lacked the strength to do so.

However, Wang Chen, who had observed its unsealing state through the immortal cultivation panel, how could he tolerate failing to kick at the last door.

Without a second thought, he smashed down 1 point of Human Virtue.

Just 1 point.

[Creation Cauldron (Yellow)]

The display content on the cultivation panel suddenly changed, the seals were completely removed, but a "Yellow" suffix was added.

Yellow Cauldron?

As Wang Chen was puzzling over this, the treasured cauldron suddenly emitted a deep roaring sound.

It was like the chant of a dragon, the howl of a tiger, and the cry of a phoenix!

Following that, a Flood Dragon Dharma Phenomena appeared above the cauldron, which then quickly transformed into a roaring tiger...

From the eight shoulders of the cauldron, eight Auspicious Beast Dharma Phenomena unfolded, with seven-colored spiritual light swirling around its body, highlighting its depth and majesty!

The next moment, the eight beasts spat out thick smoke simultaneously.

The smoke condensed into a cluster, and out from it emerged a young child who tumbled to the ground with remarkable agility.

"Little Ding pays respect to Master!"

Wang Chen: "Uh."

This child appeared to be only four or five years old, with a tiger-headed visage, large eyes, arched eyebrows, pale skin, and a round body, looking extremely adorable.

It had its hair tied into double buns, wore a bellyband, had a Golden Ring around its neck, bells strapped to its feet, and a fluttering red ribbon wrapped around its waist.

However, in Wang Chen’s perception, this child was not a real flesh-and-blood body.

It was a mass of Spiritual Energy condensed to the extreme!

Artifact Spirit. Find your next adventure on empire

Wang Chen immediately realized that this was the Artifact Spirit of the Creation Cauldron!

Spiritual Artifacts have spirits, and second-tier Spiritual Artifacts possess spiritual intelligence. When the spiritual intelligence reaches a certain level, an Artifact Spirit forms.

But for an Artifact Spirit to manifest, it must be at least of the Spiritual Treasure level!

Third-tier Magical Treasures, fourth-tier Spiritual Treasures, are correspondingly associated with the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul!

Wang Chen had already known that the Creation Cauldron possessed an Artifact Spirit.

He had not expected that after absorbing the entire True Sunflame and becoming fully unsealed, it would actually manifest its Artifact Spirit.

And this Artifact Spirit was lifelike, with articulate speech and a cunning glint in its eyes, obviously possessing considerable intelligence.

Wang Chen suddenly felt a sense of being unable to grasp the situation.

On the surface, he remained composed and asked, "You are the Artifact Spirit within the cauldron?"

Though it was an obvious question, it enabled Wang Chen to clarify his thoughts.

"Yes."

The Artifact Spirit cheerfully replied, "Master can just call me Little Ding."

It hopped and skipped around the Creation Cauldron, suddenly leapt onto the cauldron’s lid, and then back in front of Wang Chen, appearing very lively and active.

A bit bearish.

Wang Chen laughed and asked, "What can you help me do?"

He had just checked his Sumeru Ring and discovered that more than ninety percent of the mid-grade Spirit Stones he had seized from the Mysterious Intent Taoist were exhausted.

Considering the Spirit Stones he had originally thrown in, Wang Chen didn’t even want to calculate the total cost he had invested in this object.

Having paid such a tremendous price, if it couldn’t serve him, that would truly warrant spitting blood in frustration!

Little Ding spat out a cluster of Spiritual Light, holding it out to Wang Chen with both hands.

Wang Chen’s heart stirred, he reached out and lightly touched it.

The cluster of Spiritual Light instantly merged into his body, and at the same time, a vast amount of information flooded his mind.

The impact was so profound it shook Wang Chen’s Divine Soul consciousness.

He couldn’t help but tremble all over.

"The ancient universe, Heaven, Earth, Mysterious and Yellow, myriad worlds as a furnace..."

An incredibly grand voice echoed within Wang Chen’s Sea of Consciousness, countless images flashing before his eyes.

Time passed unknowably, and Wang Chen’s consciousness slowly returned to normal.

The Creation Cauldron still stood in front of him, but the Artifact Spirit Cauldron had vanished without a trace.

Wang Chen exhaled deeply.

The cluster of Spiritual Light given to him by Little Ding contained not only a profound Dharma Technique for controlling the cauldron but also the origin and functions of the Creation Cauldron and the Artifact Refining knowledge and experiences left behind by previous masters of the cauldron.

The value was immeasurable!

Unfortunately, due to Wang Chen’s cultivation realm, not only was the tier of the Creation Cauldron locked, but he could only glimpse a portion of these incomparably precious knowledge.

In the ancient cosmos, with Heaven, Earth, Mysterious and Yellow, Wang Chen could currently only use the first tier.

That is, the "Yellow" tier.

The Yellow-tier Creation Cauldron can refine first-tier Magic Artifacts, repair and enhance first-tier Magic Artifacts and second-tier Spiritual Artifacts.

It combines the triple functions of creation, maintenance, and strengthening!

The wonders of creation are infinite and boundless.

Wang Chen had now preliminarily mastered the Dharma Technique for controlling the cauldron and a portion of the knowledge.

He called out, "Ding."

No sooner had his words fallen than the Artifact Spirit "rolled" out from within the cauldron body, "Master, what do you need me for?"

It blinked its large eyes, looking innocently naive.

Wang Chen took out the Red Nether Sword from his Sumeru Ring and asked, "Repair this sword for me."

The tier of the Creation Cauldron was too high, and Wang Chen’s cultivation strength too low, so if he wanted to use this treasured cauldron, he had to do so through the Artifact Spirit.

Otherwise, it was like a child wielding a heavy hammer, not only unable to exert its power but also risking injury to oneself.

"The Sword Spirit is damaged."

Ding glanced at the Flying Sword and said with a grimace, "Five hundred Middle Spirits."

"What?"

Wang Chen was a bit stunned.

Ding spread out its pale little hands and said righteously, "The repair fee is five hundred Middle Spirits."

Wang Chen almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He had paid such a huge price to unseal the Creation Cauldron, only to get a coin-operated machine?

What do I need you for!

"I don’t have it."

Wang Chen sneered maliciously, baring his white, sharp teeth, "If you can’t repair it, then forget it. You want to trick me out of my Spirit Stones, I’ll soak you for three days in a cesspit to give you a little taste!" n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Experience left by the previous cauldron masters all told him that one must never spoil an Artifact Spirit, for it would take an inch and want a mile, its appetite growing larger and larger until the cauldron master could no longer bear it.

This guy looked innocent, but in reality, it had a very large appetite and was extremely greedy!

"Bad master!"

Ding immediately changed its expression and quickly escaped back into the Creation Cauldron.

"Seize!"

Wang Chen reached out and pressed down on the body of the cauldron.

The Creation Cauldron then conveyed a thought of resistance.

Wang Chen ignored it and fully mobilized the Dharma Technique for controlling the cauldron he had just grasped.

He was the cauldron master, and the Artifact Spirit could not stop this simplest form of control; the treasured cauldron consequently shrank.

"Three hundred, three hundred Middle Spirits!"

Ding, realizing the situation was dire, immediately sent a telepathic message to Wang Chen.

Wang Chen turned a deaf ear, his attitude unwaveringly resolute.

He would rather take a big loss than satisfy the Artifact Spirit’s appetite, planting a huge pitfall for himself.

"Two hundred!"

"One hundred fifty!"

"One hundred!"

As the cauldron was being retracted, Ding kept bargaining.

In the end, it clamored, "Thirty, at least thirty, if it’s below cost, you might as well soak me in the cesspit!"

Wang Chen stopped his action.

He felt this must be the Artifact Spirit’s bottom line.

Indeed, the repair of Magic Artifacts required the expenditure of Spirit Stones, and since the Red Nether Sword was a second-tier Spiritual Artifact, it indeed required Middle Spirits.

But for a cost of thirty, to charge three hundred, did you take me for a state-owned enterprise?

Wang Chen withdrew his hand, allowing the Creation Cauldron to return to its original state.

He then inserted thirty Middle Spirits.

"Quickly repair it for me!"

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The second update is here.