To Mo Shen's surprise, the liquid went into her body all at once, breaking free from his control. As he wanted to stop the process, he discovered that it was changing her body structure at the speed naked to the eyes.
He was initially amazed, thinking she might have some kind of supreme constitution, until he felt it. The feeling which only he can feel on others, but others can't feel it on him.
It's said that, the owners of the 9 supreme artifacts can sense each other. But after Mo Shen had fused with his 2 artifacts, it was impossible for other owners to sense him, but he could sense other people with the artifacts, and that was what he sensed from Mo Yanxue.
Right now, his mind was in a mess thinking of what to do. It was impossible for him to destroy it just like that since it wasn't in his body, and it was also impossible to remove it from her. Although it was in its weakest phase right now, it is still a supreme artifact of creation.
As he was thinking so hard, the liquid had already been reduced by more than half. If he wasted more time, it will all be absorbed by her, and the artifact might get far stronger than it is supposed to be. After all, the liquid contained the aura of 2 of the most powerful artifacts.
The 9 artifacts are not of the same level, the Human Emperor's crown, Demon bones and Ancient God heart are said to be the King of the other artifacts, and are significantly stronger.
Although Mo Shen had absorbed all of the melted form of the Demon Bones and Ancient God heart, it's aura still remained in the remaining crystalline liquid that contained the corpses of the 2 Universe Dao creatures.
"I got it," Mo Shen said as he suddenly had an idea. The crystalline liquid was almost finished.
Mo Shen's soul was very powerful. It had surpassed the Universe Dao realm. He condensed a wisp of soul flame with a part of his soul power fused together, then he sent it into the crystalline liquid to be absorbed into Mo Yanxue's body.
As the last of the crystalline liquid was entering her body, his soul wisp entered with it. Immediately he went to look for the artifact in her body. As he expected, the artifact wanted to absorb most of the energy, leaving only a tiny part for Yanxue to strengthen her body.
"What!" Mo Shen exclaimed as he saw the artifact. It wasn't any of the other 7 artifacts, it was a golden cauldron. "Was there a golden cauldron among the supreme artifacts?"
"Wait, is the legend real?" From the memories of the 2 artifacts he possessed, he heard a legend that there were 2 other supreme artifacts: the Fire cauldron, and the Ice sceptre. "He didn't think much into it, so he didn't expect he'll meet one of them so fast.
"Anyway, there's no time to waste." Mo Shen said as he proceeded to first destroy the consciousness of Fire cauldron. He could easily annihilate it with his left eyes that could use his soul power and his dao to eliminate any spirit weaker than him. But he decided to use a mild attack first to be sure of its intentions.
After attacking it the first time with the combination of his soul power and his Ruler dao, he heard a screeching noise. The next moment, a figure materialised on top of the cauldron. It was a spiritual figure taking the shape of a female baby.
"Stop, stop great one." A light baby voice was heard from the figure. "Why are you trying to kill me after I just found my first owner? What have I done wrong?"
The voice sounded so pitiful that even Mo Shen couldn't help feeling pity for it, but that didn't make his waver determination waver in the slightest bit. "Give me a reason why I shouldn't destroy you. You artifacts that always try to devour your owner in the end. What use are you to my sister? Wouldn't it be better if I refine you for her to devour?"
"Indeed, it will be better for that in the short run, as she'll progress very fast. But she isn't like you. Your weren't born to be the Chaos Supreme, or to take the Dao Divine throne, you made yourself so."
Mo Shen was startled hearing her words. Chaos is the beginning of the world. It's said that the power of chaos can dominate everything. And only the one that can fully comprehend all 3000 supreme dao and combine it into 1 will be able to wield the power of chaos.
"But your sister doesn't have such a strong soul like you at birth, so the benefits she'll receive will be very limited to a permanent increase in body strength and soul power, and not by much like you. Since the we came into being, I and the Ice sceptre hadn't found anybody suitable to us. She is the first one that is qualified to be my owner, I will never harm her, this I can swear upon my soul."
Mo Shen thought for a moment. "You are right. It wouldn't benefit her much. So the only way I can spare you is if you surrender and be my artifact, otherwise I'll annihilate your consciousness. Don't even think of trying to escape, those 2 guys in me were far stronger than you when I devoured them, and that time, I was 5 years old. So make your choice."
"No, never!" The figure shouted without hesitation. "I didn't think you'll be so despicable. I will never surrender to you. I and the ice sceptre are different from the other artifacts. Once we choose a master, we will be with them till the day they die. If our master dies, we will also die, for we can only have one master. Once a master, forever a master, and besides, we'll protect them with our lives, so it's only those that are strong enough to destroy us that will be able to kill our masters. It will be better if you just destroy me, I will never surrender to you, and don't even think of killing my master, if not, I'll self destruct with her."
Mo Shen was quite surprised at this turn, but he was very happy. "Very good." Mo Shen said with a smile. "If you had surrendered to me, I would have destroyed you then and there. It's good you passed my test, because, I really couldn't bear to destroy you when you look like that."
"What? You were testing me?" The figure looked at Mo Shen in shock and heaved a sigh of relief. She definitely didn't want to die especially whenn she had just found her first master. Earlier on, she had felt Mo Shen's aura pressing down on her. Although she was very scared, she couldn't abandon her master."
"Why will I kill my lovely sister for an artifact. In my life, I will dominate with my own strength. Without any external help, I will rise to the top, I will live my life without greed in my heart, without lust in my eyes, without innocent blood on my hands, without guilt in my soul, without any restraint, only living like I please, loving like I feel, killing who I want to kill, and protecting who I want to protect. That is my kind of dao. That is the foundation for my dao, the Divine Throne."
As Mo Shen spoke, he didn't even know when his soul flame became brighter, his Ruler Dao had risen to the peak stage of the Dao, his other 7 daos had also risen to the peak of the first stage. He was quite surprised. His mental state had achieved a height that had not been seen even among Divine King cultivators. His soul had already reached the Universe Lord realm, once he establishes his dao, it will immediately skyrocket to the peak of the Universe Lord realm.
"Even if you're loyal, I still can't trust you fully. Swear a master - servant pact with her soul, and I'll be the witness. You will never betray your master or harm her. Any action you take can only be to help her, directly or indirectly. And you must never cause her to be sad, every action you take must all be with her consent except in critical situations."
The consciousness of the artifact swore the pact, and Mo Shen used his soul flame to seal it. If it were to ever go against the pact, it will be destroyed by his soul flame, and all the energy in it will be transferred to Mo Yanxue.
Mo Shen turned to look at Yanxue's soul which had been jumping around him all through. It was also because he felt that she liked the artifact that was one of the reason he considered not destroying it.
As Mo Shen's consciousness returned to his body, he found his parents already awake and looking at him and Yanxue with worry in their eyes. Mo Shen had entered the cauldron with Yanxue before he entered her consciousness.
"Shen'er, what happened? It's already been a month, is Xue'er okay?" Gu Xian'er said as she ran towards the cauldron to check on her daughter.
"A day?" Mo Shen was surprised. He thought he stayed longer.
After the pact, he had stayed to watch the artifact refine all the energy from the crystal and transfer it to Yanxue's body bit by bit. In the process, he caught hold of the Supreme Devouring dao of the artifact. It was the dao ranked 23rd on the Supreme dao ranking. So he stayed to comprehend it. Initially, he just wanted to comprehend it to the beginning stage and later comprehend it further, unexpectedly, his comprehensive power had increased greatly compared to before. It seemed like it was as a result of his mental state improving. With it, he reached the peak of the 1st stage of the Supreme devouring dao.
"A lot of things happened in this one month mom. Trust me when I say I want to sleep now." Mo Shen said in a tired tone.
He had actually overtasked his soul to force a pressure on the artifact. Initially, he had planned to destroy it with his annihilating eyes, but when he started reconsidering, he used the method of forcing pressure on the artifact. If it was his full soul, then there would be no problem, but it was just a tiny wisp of his soul that was there, so he felt drained.
The pact was connected directly to his soul, so as his soul grew stronger, the bind will also grow stronger. At the same time, his soul will be continuously strained, unless he makes a big breakthrough in his soul.
"Let's leave first." Mo Shen said as he exited the small crystal world with Yanxue and his parents. After that, he returned to his manor to have a rest. He laid down on his bed and slept without care.
A few hours later, he woke up feeling refreshed. He was surprised that there was no much strain on his soul. In shock, he decided to check up on the wisp of soul he left in Yanxue's consciousness. He discovered the reason, it was because the Fire cauldron didn't put up any resistance to the pact.
Although he was happy about that, he couldn't help feeling some concerns. It meant that if it put up a large resistance, his soul might not be able to handle it. This made him feel so helpless and weak. It wasn't until he was able to comprehend at least another 5 supreme dao to perfection of the first stage and his soul grew stronger that he could feel assured for now.
Comprehending the dao was also training the soul, as the essence of the dao came from the soul. The more dao supreme dao he comprehended, the stronger his soul would be.