[You chose No.]

[Wang Mingbai exhausted all the massive spirit crystals he usually carried during the final battle.]

[The remaining spirit crystals inside the Cauldron Realm were scarce.]

[This caused the Nine Provinces Cauldron to fly even slower.]

"Brother Chen, haven’t we reached the place where that elder you mentioned? Did we go the wrong way?"

"We should be almost there, my memory isn’t wrong."

"You’ve been here?"

"I’ve heard of it."

That day, the flying Nine Provinces Cauldron was attacked.

From the Cauldron’s external viewpoint, you saw a cluster of demon souls floating outside, and the leader was an old familiar demon soul.

"The Demon World has been barren for thirty thousand years, and today a guest arrives, hahahaha! Brothers! Let’s have some fun with him!"

A tiger-headed, human-bodied demon soul led the group and surrounded the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

Although they couldn’t directly touch physical bodies, they could use their remaining weak cultivation to cast demon spells. Each one was feeble, but their numbers made them a real obstacle to the Cauldron’s flight.

"Yi Brother, I can’t fly anymore. Should I just ram them to death?"

Da Chun asked, simple-mindedly.

You smiled.

"No need, they’re all old friends."

Wu Yue and the others looked at the Cauldron’s external view, but outside there was nothing.

"Who’s there?"

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner said, somewhat impatiently.

"A bunch of flesh-and-blood mortals, and you can’t even see them! Now the banner itself must help you!"

You held the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and jumped out of the Cauldron Realm, standing on the edge of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, waving the golden banner and casting down streaks of golden light curtains.

"Spirit Ghost Heaven Curtain!"

Immediately, all the soul-forms became visible, and everyone could see them.

"Hahahaha! Hu Tiangong! We meet again!"

The Demon Emperor’s son, Hu Tiangong!

In the fourth simulation, during the fight with Huo Feihuo, he used supreme demon techniques and sacrificed vast numbers of demon souls to shatter Huo Feihuo’s Dragon-Saint Realm physical body, but he himself was scattered to the winds.

Hu Tiangong wore a confused expression.

"What bullshit are you human saying, how could we have possibly met?"

"Hahaha! That’s not important. Come, come, come, you and your fox-and-dog friends, sit inside the banner for a while. I’ll take you to a good place afterward!"

You waved your hand, and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner billowed in the wind, swelling to a kilometer in size, blotting out the sky. One banner gathered them all and absorbed every demon soul within a hundred-mile radius.

Hu Tiangong actually wanted to resist.

But, as before, when he saw this gold-glittering, divinely tempered golden banner that essentially was similar to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he lost the will to fight and reluctantly drifted into the banner.

The Demon Refining Pot hanging at your waist looked around.

"This isn’t the Demon World? I don’t even get a chance to appear? Old Wan that powerful now?"

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner crowed proudly.

"You lowly Immortal Artifact, how could you know the gold content of the King of Artifacts! Hahaha!"

You reminded the Ten Thousand Souls Banner not to refine these demon souls.

Including the demon souls you had picked up casually since entering the Demon World — don’t refine them.

If Huo Feihuo is still unbeatable later, you can have Hu Tiangong help out.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner’s internal capacity was enormous now; its baseline could reach into the millions, and with effort go into the tens of millions.

After loading these demon souls, the interior space still had ample room.

Year thirty-nine, age fifty-eight.

Extracting trait tag…

Extraction successful!

"‘Wǎ junior brother’ (white common): You are very enthusiastic toward women, and always like to call them ‘Mom’."

Adjust the trait tag?

Yes/No

You chose No.

Following the remembered route, you finally arrived at the Ancient City Ruins of the Demon Tribe.

In a second run, speed was everything.

"Up! Break the chains!!"

The Qilin Soul didn’t even clearly see who had come.

You ten people, plus the large pack of souls reformed by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and various Immortal Artifacts, in three quick moves removed the binding soul-chains suppressing the Qilin Soul.

"You are…"

There was no time to explain.

You directly released Hu Tiangong.

"Guardian Lord? You have already fallen in battle, and they still imprisoned you here to torment you! What bastards!!"

Seeing Hu Tiangong, the Qilin Soul relaxed a great deal. At least it could tell you all were not enemies.

As you predicted, once there was movement on the Qilin Soul’s side, Huo Feihuo — the guardian posted here — emerged.

The ground of the ancient city shook violently, and bottomless fissures spread up from underground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

Dazzling red beams burst from the earth, the scorching heat melting the ground, and waves of heat radiated through the air.

Huo Feihuo, holding a gigantic axe flowing with lava, slowly rose from underground, exuding immense pressure.

"No one can, under my watch, rescue the Demon Tribe’s Guardian… and yet they’ve already been rescued."

Not just rescued.

You had already formed your formation and were waiting for him to show himself.

Show his head and get hit!

"Full assault! Kill that bastard!"

Long Yang, Wu Yue, Baili Su and the other nine, plus the tens of thousands of demon souls commanded by Hu Tiangong, in addition to numerous Immortal Artifacts and Great Dao Immortal Artifacts.

All forces sealed off the ancient city ruins; various techniques and spells rained down.

"Rumble!!"

In the blink of an eye, Huo Feihuo was engulfed by the explosive light, and the ancient city ruins were completely blasted into rubble.

At the same time, you were nearby fighting a group of Water Demon Spirits.

Stack the steel!

Under normal circumstances, if you created enemies yourself, you couldn’t stack the “steel” effect.

But Demon Spirits were special.

They were biological weapons.

Both living creatures and weapons at once.

When they weren’t controlled by the Dragon-Man tribe, they only had battle instinct.

When you threw a Spirit Pearl into a puddle and let it form a fighting body of water, the trait tag could only classify it as an enemy.

"You think this will defeat my Huo Feihuo?!!"

Enraged, Huo Feihuo slammed the axe down to suppress all assaults, took a step spanning over a thousand meters, and with a flap of his fleshy wings, everyone and every soul were sent flying.

He had only been momentarily taken by surprise.

Given the combined strength present, it was still unlikely any of them could seriously threaten a Dragon-Saint like him.

"Everyone, you go. I’ll stall this fiend!"

The Qilin Soul stepped forward, preparing to face the enemy alone.

Hu Tiangong blocked his path.

"Guardian! You’ve given so much for the Demon World already. Let me put my leftover strength to use!"

The Qilin Soul looked at Hu Tiangong with complex eyes.

"Young Master…" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The Qilin Soul understood what Hu Tiangong intended; it did not stop him. This was the dignity a son of the Demon Emperor should have.

Just as Hu Tiangong was about to act, a pair of giant feet strode right over everyone’s heads.

At forty meters tall, you leapt up and elbowed Huo Feihuo!

"Everyone, step back a bit!! It’s mine!!"

Your reason dropped again.

But that also meant, at this moment, all trait tags were stacked to the max!

Huo Feihuo roared in fury, "What the hell do you guys think you’re doing! Fighting over me?!"

Outside the simulation, Chen Yi stared intently at the scrolling lines, expectation glinting in his eyes.

"Fine, fine! Let me see how powerful this elbow is at full stack!"