I've become the emperor of humanity, and only now is spiritual energy reviving?

[Follower?]

The clear voice was clearly stunned for a while after hearing those words.

It thought with utter disbelief: "What a joke! How dare this brat, who hasn't even touched the edge of immortality, say such things to me?"

Even if I'm kept locked in that coffin for another thousand years, I will never bow down to this little guy who only has luck!

Seeing that the other party did not respond immediately, An Sheng continued to increase the power she had already reached its limit by another half, while lowering her eyes and saying,

"If you personally admit that you are willing to be my [follower], I will open the coffin and release you right now."

"...It's not impossible."

The clear voice then thought—it's just a matter of a word, what difference would it make even if it were spoken? This brat doesn't even know the most basic knowledge that one must make a vow of Dao heart before an agreement.

But throughout history, at least in its existing memory, no one has ever made it say such a thing on its own initiative.

"—After I emerge from the coffin, I will make this little devil, who has a modicum of talent, my attendant, serving me faithfully for the rest of my life until my death!"

Having made this decision, the clear voice replied calmly: "Agreed."

—No, you can't laugh yet.

An Sheng forcefully suppressed the slight twitching at the corner of her mouth and said, "I'll say one thing first, and you just need to repeat it word for word."

"Blade tip? Fragment? Whatever you are, you're willing to become my peaceful 'follower'?"

An Sheng said, "From the bottom of my heart, I voluntarily become Emperor An Sheng's [attendant]."

【…】

After a long while, the clear voice finally managed to repeat the sentence with difficulty: "From the bottom of my heart, I willingly become Emperor Ansheng's attendant..."

These words were spoken.

An Sheng saw the change in the prompts in her mind and finally smiled.

He glanced again at the black skeleton inside the crystal coffin: "These skeletons, are they completely dead?"

[Haven't I already said it? This demonic cultivator is merely at the Purple Mansion level; he's just an inanimate object now! Without that bit of golden essence he cultivated, how could he have survived the long river of time until now!?]

The clear voice was filled with anger: "I've said what I needed to say, now it's time to let me out!"

"OK."

An Sheng released his grip, and the heavy crystal coffin lid sprang open with tremendous force, sending it flying backward and embedding itself deeply into the stone surface of the altar.

The crystal coffin was completely opened.

The terrifying pressure emanating from the blackened corpse rose again, causing An Sheng's body to go slightly limp.

But the remains did indeed lie motionless at the bottom of the coffin, like dead objects.

Instead, the crimson blade tip suddenly shot out and danced wildly in mid-air. Just by looking at its trajectory, one could feel its uncontrollable joy.

【Hehehe!】

A clear voice, filled with cheerful laughter, echoed throughout the bunker.

It hovered leisurely in front of An Sheng: "Boy, if you bow down now, I will spare your life and let bygones be bygones!"

But An Sheng just stared at the tip of the blade with a smile.

That smile made Qingche instinctively sense that something was wrong.

Something's not right... things shouldn't be like this, right?

Logically speaking, shouldn't this kid be trembling with fear and bowing down in worship?

It thought: "He's just a junior who hasn't even reached the Qi Refining stage. Even if he had the means to deal with me, he couldn't possibly be this calm."

He's definitely faking it!

After making this judgment, the blade tip spun in mid-air, intending to first pierce a dozen holes in An Sheng's body to teach him a lesson.

But soon, the clear voice discovered an astonishing phenomenon.

It couldn't even attack this kid named "An Sheng"!

Not only can you not attack him, you can't even use any potentially dangerous actions on him!

For the first time, a hint of panic appeared in Blade's voice: "[My words came true? My words became law? You, who exactly are you?!]"

"Who are you, the reincarnation of some powerful being?!"

An Sheng smiled slightly, not in a hurry to answer.

Instead, he bypassed the blade tip and carefully examined the skeleton in the coffin.

Even though it is indeed dead, An Sheng can still feel a vast and boundless energy contained within it, which must be "spiritual energy".

The spiritual energy tide had not yet truly arrived, and the members of the Supreme All Spirits Society were able to use various secret techniques, most of which were derived from these corpses.

It's a real shame to leave this to the authorities.

But it's really not easy to take it away.

An Sheng glanced at the panel on the blade tip, which had the same format as the little Guga at home, and found that apart from question marks, it was just gibberish.

【? ? ? 】

【realm:? ? ? 】

【potential:???】

【Skill:???】

It seems that this blade tip is indeed beyond the current version and his current imagination, and is not something that should appear at this point in time.

After a moment's thought, An Sheng looked back at the hovering blade tip and said calmly, "Since you tried to hurt me, you should understand where you are now."

long silence.

"Forget it, his background isn't important. I'm not interested in knowing."

A clear voice readily conceded defeat: "This time, I admit defeat."

As soon as he finished speaking, An Sheng saw it transform into a streak of crimson light and dart into his brow.

Then, a subtle and strange feeling came over me, like my spirit... no, more like my soul was bound to something.

The next moment, a clear voice rang in his mind: "Your name is 'An Sheng,' right?"

It said with deep displeasure yet helplessness: "Whether you call it helping or assisting, since I've already been tricked by you, this cunning fellow, into becoming your follower and acknowledging your master..."

I'm not the kind of person who would do something that harms others without benefiting myself.

From this day forward, I will be with you, through life and death, and will do my utmost to make you strong enough to dominate this new era!

[But at the same time.]

It paused, then said, slowly and deliberately, "An Sheng, you also need to help me gather the fragments of myself that are scattered around me until I am whole again."

How about this deal?

An Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Then how can you guarantee you're not just spouting nonsense? I haven't forgotten that the first thing you did after coming out of the coffin wasn't to become a follower, but to kill me."

That's you—

The clear voice suddenly rose in pitch, then slowly fell back down in helplessness.

After a long pause, it slowly said, "Now, right before your eyes, I will use this demonic cultivator's corpse to help you successfully awaken your spiritual power and embark on the path to immortality. What do you say?"

An Sheng nodded in satisfaction.

"Sir, may I ask your name?"

"—【Xiao】."