Chapter 3114: World Artifact Returns!===GLOSSARY===

Zhang Mantu agreed: "Lingxu Shengzun has always acted with clear principles, and others find it hard to understand him. For nearly two hundred years, only Lady Lady Lady Mitian and He Lingchuan have disrupted his grand plan."

Sun Fuling looked at him with a hint of hope: "You suddenly appeared today—surely you must bring us some good news?"

"Better than good news." Zhang Mantu smiled, pulled a treasure box from his bosom, and solemnly opened it: "Take a look—what is this?"

Inside the box lay no silk cushion, only pitch-black emptiness—truly a void.

Only a palm-sized small flask floated in the void, slowly rotating.

This was merely an ordinary double-eared flask: its surface neither metal nor jade, faintly porcelain-white, smooth and unblemished, bearing not a single pattern, let alone complex formations or runes.

Even the flask's mouth had a lid, tightly sealed.

Upon seeing it, Sun Fuling's gaze locked—she could not look away.

She was overjoyed: "The Great Square Flask? You—you actually brought it back?"

Two hundred years ago, when Panlongcheng fell, the Great Square Flask merged with the Panlong ruins; no one could take it away.

Later, the Earth Mother placed the entire Panlong ruins on her back, and the Great Square Flask naturally followed.

Until not long ago, the Great Square Flask emerged from the void into substance, directly bringing all the heroic spirits of Panlongcheng back to reality, completing the law of primordial energy—but where this flask itself went, no one knew.

He Lingchuan had discussed this with Sun Fuling, feeling deep regret. They both believed divine objects possess spirit, and after fulfilling their duty, they retreat into the void, unknown where.

Sun Fuling never expected that, at this moment and scene, she would see the Great Square Flask again.

And this time, it had a physical form.

"Yes, the Great Square Flask hurried back to see you—I just brought it along."

Sun Fuling blinked in surprise: "See me?"

"Exactly. In the upcoming great battle, it will surely help." The Great Shaman no longer spoke in riddles: "You and He Lingchuan want to stop Lingxu Shengzun—aren't you lacking a way to pursue him into the Qingming?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Fuling's eyes lit up.

"The World Heartcore, entering Qingming to alter heavenly laws—of course! Only the Great Square Flask in this world can do it!"

"With the Great Square Flask's aid, you need not sacrifice yourselves as offerings, nor offer your bodies and souls to Lingxu Shengzun, thus avoiding his trap."

Sun Fuling nodded repeatedly: "Marvelous! The most difficult part of this plan—its very first step—has been removed by the Great Square Flask."

With the Great Square Flask, they can nearly safely enter Qingming to pursue Lingxu Shengzun.

Previously, she and He Lingchuan's greatest worry was lacking such a divine artifact to rival what Lingxu Shengzun holds.

First, it must be forged from the World Heartcore, retaining the world's primordial will.

Second, the forging process is extraordinarily lengthy—not achievable overnight.

Third, such a supreme treasure will never easily accept a master. Even if it does, controlling it is far harder than mastering the Destiny Divinity.

How much suffering did He Lingchuan endure to gain the Destiny Divinity's approval? In the end, he even sacrificed his life.

Thus, even possessing such a supreme treasure does not guarantee easy use.

They had considered the Great Square Flask, but dismissed it instantly, for its whereabouts were unknown.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Mantu actually returned the Great Square Flask.

This is truly: when drowsy, someone brings a pillow.

Sun Fuling now regarded the Great Shaman with increasing approval: "With the Great Square Flask, our chance to intercept Lingxu Shengzun has increased by at least fifty percent."

The Great Square Flask was indeed forged from the World Heartcore;

Compared to Lingxu Shengzun's divine artifact, its completion and evolution are only higher, never lower;

It will not reject the Red General and He Lingchuan—both are old acquaintances of it.

Perfect!

The primordial chaos once nurtured within the Great Square Flask has returned to the Heavenly Dao, but this treasure itself, forged from the World Heartcore's will, still retains the chance to enter Qingming and touch the laws.

The Great Shaman looked at her and smiled: "Do you know how to use it?"

Sun Fuling pondered briefly: "Make it mine? No—better to fuse it with the divinity."

If human cultivators used their divine powers to forge it, who knows how much time it would consume? In fact, Lingxu Shengzun long ago offered a more convenient method: fusing the World Heartcore with one's own divinity.

As for divinity, it is mostly the god's own solidified understanding of laws; using it to bind a small world's core is firmer than any other method.

"No wonder you're the Red General." The Great Shaman gave his insight a thumbs-up: "The time needed to fuse a world artifact is overly long, and the harmonizing process is too grueling. Your familiarity with the Great Square Flask far exceeds He Lingchuan's—you've harmonized with it for over two hundred years. So I suggest you control it—it will save you much time."

Time is also what He Lingchuan and Sun Fuling currently lack most.

"Exactly my intention." Sun Fuling nodded.

The one who originally understood the Great Square Flask best should have been Zhong Shengguang. After his sacrifice, the Red General's soul was absorbed into the Great Square Flask, then became its artifact spirit, overseeing the evolution of Panlong World and primordial chaos.

It can be said that Sun Fuling's relationship with the Great Square Flask has always been mysterious and intimate.

Now, Sun Fuling is like the Great Square Flask—she reaches out her hand.

Before he could touch the box, the small flask flew to him on its own, landing in his open palm.

No earth-shaking omen—just a flash of purplish-red light, and the Great Square Flask vanished.

Sun Fuling's palm was empty.

The close bond between her and the Great Square Flask means she need not spend vast time refining this divine artifact anew.

Even the Panlong World within the flask was originally modeled after Lady Lady Lady Mitian's Divine Kingdom of Death.

Sun Fuling exhaled a long breath.

Formerly, she was the artifact spirit of the Great Square Flask; now, the Great Square Flask has become her divine artifact.

This truly is: life is full of surprises.

The Great Shaman also relaxed, as if shedding a ten-thousand-jin burden: "Finally got it off my hands—truly not easy. Since primordial chaos emerged, the Great Square Flask has been especially active."

Sun Fuling casually picked up a pebble and tossed it, making seven or eight skips on the water: "Divine artifacts have spirit. It knows our great battle approaches and does not wish to miss it."

"It behaves quite obediently in your hand." The Great Shaman gave a wry smile: "I too tried to communicate with it, but aside from urging me to find you, it utterly refuses to heed me."

Saying this, the Great Shaman collected his smile and returned to the matter: "The return of the Great Square Flask will help you gain more initiative when battling Lingxu Shengzun."

"I know." Sun Fuling nodded, "I will rework the battle plan with the Nine Abyss Society."