Chen Yi used the intelligence that "Shen Wanquan is collaborating with the Dragon-Man tribe" to trade for a set of materials needed to forge the Immortal Artifact, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Then, right then and there, Chen Yi forged the artifact on-site, using the Shen Family's artificers and forging grounds to craft the Ten Thousand Souls Banner into a super-immortal artifact, exactly as it was in the simulation.

"Holy shit! Dude! You're way too good to me! I'd go through fire and water for you, bro!!"

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was so excited it stammered, howling and screaming.

No one could call it a lowly Earth-Grade Spirit Artifact anymore.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner had transformed in an instant, becoming the strongest Immortal Artifact in the human world!

Just like in the simulation, the moment it was successfully forged, the sky erupted in strange phenomena, sacred and glorious, shaking the entire Starry Domains.

The Demon Refining Pot watched enviously, its mouth turning purple.

"Hey—say, boss? Do I ever get a chance to upgrade too?"

Chen Yi shrugged.

"You need the original blueprints. Otherwise, what I forge won't be the Demon Refining Pot, but a completely new item. In that case, the 'Artifact' and 'Spirit' won't match, and you won't be able to enter it."

The Demon Refining Pot was bitterly disappointed.

It didn't know what its own blueprints looked like.

Unlike the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which had been shattered many times by righteous cultivators when it was running with the underworld.

So the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had directly memorized its own forging blueprints to make it easier to reconstruct its body.

It had even kept various low-tier versions, so it could forge lower-quality copies when resources were scarce.

"Next shareholder, please."

Chen Yi's next stop was the Free and Unfettered Holy Land.

This journey didn't take long.

Because Chen Yi first flew through the Starry Domains, then, after arriving above the Free and Unfettered Holy Land, he broke through the Sky-Earth Barrier to descend.

Flying in the Starry Domains didn't require overcoming gravity, so flight speed was much faster.

Chen Yi concealed his aura, casually lifted a corner of the Free and Unfettered Holy Land's warning grand array, and without alerting anyone, entered the heart of the Holy Land.

Along the way, he encountered many hidden formation obstacles, but he effortlessly resolved them all.

After all, he had learned his Formation Dao in that last simulation, and before Chen Yi, an Immortal-tier Formation Master, the Holy Land's formations were practically nonexistent.

Chen Yi arrived at Nine Palaces Island.

He wanted to fulfill a regret from the simulation.

Xie Guihong, the Island Lord of Nine Palaces Island, was currently giving a lecture on the Dao to the newly accepted disciples.

"What is a formation? Using tangible means to gather intangible energy, borrowing the power of heaven and earth. The person setting the formation may not be strong themselves, but as long as they master the Formation Dao and can activate a grand array, they can overcome strength with weakness and turn the impossible into the possible…"

Xie Guihong had already considered that the disciples' talents were mixed, so he explained in a very accessible way.

But the disciples listening below were still scratching their heads, completely lost, and on the verge of falling asleep.

"So, can anyone tell me the three key elements of formation foundations when setting up an array?"

As soon as the teacher asked a question, the students below immediately shrank their heads and averted their eyes.

Xie Guihong sighed and shook his head.

"Another batch of mediocre apprentices. When will my Nine Palaces Island ever welcome a true formation genius? At this rate, we'll have no successors…"

Just then, a clear voice rang out from the air.

"The formation foundation is the cornerstone of any array. It determines whether the formation succeeds, how much margin for error it has, and how much of its power can be unleashed. These three elements align precisely with these three goals…"

Chen Yi's understanding of the Formation Dao had reached Transcendent Mastery.

His explanation was even easier to understand than Island Lord Xie's.

Xie Guihong listened to Chen Yi sharing his insights on the Formation Dao, feeling as refreshed as if a spring breeze had washed over him, as if he had found a great treasure.

It wasn't until Chen Yi finished speaking that he suddenly snapped to attention.

"Which island are you from? With cultivation above the Martial King realm, why do you look so unfamiliar?"

Chen Yi smiled and clasped his fists in greeting.

"Island Lord Xie, I am not a member of the Holy Land…"

"How did you get in? Don't you know that trespassing into the Holy Land is a grave offense?"

"I am an Immortal-tier Formation Master…"

"Well, as I was saying, our Free and Unfettered Holy Land has always cherished talent. If you are truly an Immortal-tier Formation Master, we will certainly welcome you with open arms."

The Nine Palaces Island disciples gathered around the lecture platform watched as their usually upright, stern, and unsmiling island master put on a face-changing act on stage. They struggled to hold back their laughter.

The arrival of an Immortal-tier Formation Master on the island sparked great curiosity among everyone at Nine Palaces Island.

Especially the elderly formation masters, who scrambled over one after another, as if afraid this Immortal Master might run away.

Chen Yi sat down to discuss the Dao, selflessly sharing the pinnacle formation techniques he had inherited from the simulation.

He spread the spirit of open-source sharing.

After hearing Chen Yi's lecture, even without seeing him actually set up a formation in practice, those experienced old formation masters could basically conclude:

This young man's formation skill definitely surpasses mine!

But some hot-headed youth raised doubts.

"Anyone can talk. Maybe he just read a few ancient books and sounds all mystical. Can he really set up an Immortal Formation?"

The reckless youth who spoke out of turn was immediately smacked by his master.

And that master was none other than Zhao Hanzhou, Chen Yi's legitimate master from the simulation.

Seeing this white-haired old man again stirred up many emotions in Chen Yi.

This master, who had helped him refine his Formation Dao, had died without seeing his favorite disciple one last time, nor had he lived to see the Immortal Formation reappear in the world.

For someone who had devoted his entire life to the path of formations, this was undoubtedly a profound regret.

So, Chen Yi went along with it and said,

"That's fine. Practice is the true test of knowledge. I'll just set up a simple Immortal Formation."

Zhao Hanzhou apologized apologetically.

"You don't have to do that, sir. My disciple's wild words are due to my lack of discipline. Please forgive me."

"No problem."

Chen Yi borrowed some materials and Spirit Crystals from Xie Guihong and the others, and under the watchful eyes of everyone at Nine Palaces Island, he effortlessly set up the One-Line-Sky Grand Array.

The absolute flight-suppression effect of this array drew exclamations of amazement from everyone.

Seeing an Immortal Formation with their own eyes brought tears to the eyes of many old formation masters.

"Hahaha, I knew it! That's why the magpie was chirping on the branch this morning! So our human race has another Immortal-tier Formation Master!"

"What a great blessing! And he looks so young! Think of how many powerful formation masters he can teach in the future!"

"Say no more. I'm going to take him as my master."

This was truly a role reversal.

In the simulation, Xie Guihong, Zhao Hanzhou, and the others were Chen Yi's masters.

But in reality, they were the ones begging Chen Yi to accept them as disciples, doing everything they could to keep him on Nine Palaces Island.

Xie Guihong even directly handed him the Island Lord's waist token.

"Island Lord Xie! I can't accept this! You are the Island Lord; how could I overstep my bounds!"

"Lord Chen is joking. On our Nine Palaces Island, whoever has the highest formation skill becomes the Island Lord. Who agrees? Who opposes?"

A chorus of approval rose from below, and their expressions didn't look like they were joking.

Just then, Dongfang Shuo, the Chief Commissioner of the Free and Unfettered Holy Land, arrived upon hearing the news.

Chen Yi quickly stated his purpose to Dongfang Shuo.

"I came to the Free and Unfettered Holy Land this time to meet the Free and Unfettered God."

Chen Yi slightly revealed his Martial God-level aura, and Dongfang Shuo's expression instantly became much more respectful. He immediately bowed and clasped his fists.

"Senior, have you just broken through?"

"You could say that."

"I understand that Senior wants to exchange ideas with cultivators of the same realm, but the Free and Unfettered God is a special case…"